II CGED TO ORGANIZE
I tabbs, Vice President
R Farmers* Union.
| July 25: ? Hon E W
I ce president of the FarmI
n of South Carolina, spoke
I mber of farmers at the
I uilding Wednesday afterlie
seems to be well informed
potton situation and the foli?
somewhat the trend of his
vs:
tton, where there is a stand,
to glory in the heat and is
heading itself like a green bay
Iee, and it will not be long before
e 'bears' will be sending out estiates
of sixteen million bales or
Ore. That means, unless the farmers
organize to meet the situation,
that their crop will be sold for less
than cost before we can recover
from the panic that a raid by the
bears will produce. And there are
some who will say 10 cents is a pretty
good price for cotton, but 10
l cents for this crop of cotton will be
Mittle better than 5 cents fifteen
Bears ago, and before we can adjust'
Hurselves to 10c cotton, millions of
"alues will be wiped out.
"Everyone who is interested in
the general prosperity of our counfhould
join the Farmers' Union,
1 touch with his fellow farmer
hus strengthen his lines of deand
cement the bonds of union,
at at the first onslaught of the
we could shut down tight on
bale of cotton and stop the
s of the world's cortfmerce unre
get a fair return for our
said this can be done if we can
ice the farmer that the fight is
i him. "To do this the union is
ig an active campaign to reach
neighborhood of every county
cotton-growing States. Our
st difficulty lies in the disposif
the farmers to trust to luck,
id fate, or a disastrous visita
pleaded guilty and received sentence
of Sghteen months' imprisonment in
the county jail.
Mr Motley is a young man of good
address and prepossessing manners,
and has a number of friends who
have faithfully stood by him in his
trouble and are ready to aid him in!
l his effort to begin life over again. ;
I There is one medicine that every I
family should be provided with and j
^especially during the summer)
months; viz. Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It
lis almost certain to be needed. It
Pcosts but a quarter. Can you afford j
| to be without it? For sale by all (
dealers.
Chamberlain's g?
* Never fail.* Buy it ao*v it may save life.
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{>n of Providence in some other
ition. Always some otlr.r section,
we trust to luck or fate to fertil1
and cultivate our crops we would
ike none. Why then should we
ist to luck or fate or Providence
market our crops?"
Mr Dabbs went on to say that the
mere have no system in marketing
ir crops, they go to market blindas
it were, with their cotton and
pfy ask, "What is cotton doing
s(r, or what will you give me for
mine?" of course accepting the price
of the buyer. "How long will it take
( the farmer to learn that the business
side of selling is just as important
as the business side of production?"
From this place Mr Dabbs visited
several points in the county, endeavoring
to interest the farmers that
' they may organize for their mutual
- benefit, WES.
MOTLEY RELEASED FROM JAIL.
Sentence Commuted on Account
of Good Behavior.
Mr D E Motley was released from
jail Friday. His term would not
"
have expired until next month but
~~ nf cnnd behavior Gov
OCWUtl V -* 0
ornor Blease commuted his sentence
one-twelfth of the term, we understand.
According to this, Mr Motley
served about one week overtime
He has been a model prisoner, the
Sheriff says, and Governor Blease
? has promised to restore his citizen_8hip
on certain conditions within six
months.
The public is familiar with the
facts of the case. Daniel E Motley,
the young assistant cashier of the
Bank of Lake City,was charged with
a defalcation of about $9,000. He
aeners may not ruu,uui yvaoiuij wi
the State Senate from Marion. Senator
Brown has been urged to stand
for the Senate.
It is said that L M Gasque has
; girded about the political sword of
disjointing powers with the expectation
of changing the official toga now
worn by W H Wells as Solicitor of
the 11th circuit.
The Solicitorial wrappings worn
now by J M Spears are to be sought
by two from Dillon, two from Marlboro,
one each from Darlington and
Chesterfield.
This makes it look like lively times
in the 4th circuit.
These are only the beginning of
the bubblings in the situation so far
off yet. Many other simmerings will
manifest themselves doubtless as the
months roll by and onward."
BENSON BRIEFS.
Crops Need Rain?Big Fishes
Caught?Protracted Meeting.
Benson, July 25:?Mrs P D Snowden
of Iitiiantown is visiting at Mr
J Y McGill's.
Mr and Mrs J F Gilmore of Fayetteville,
N C, and Mrs R J Williams
of Rex, N, C, drove through Monday,
Miss Leila Johnson of Cades accompanying
them, in Mr Gilmore's
touring car, and spent the day with
Mr McGill's family,
Mrs Sue Gamble of Indiantown is
spending some time with her daughter,Mrs
T A McCrea, at this place.
Mr S T McCrea caught several
fine rock fish from Black liver last
week. We weighed one that balanced
the scales at 19$ pounds and
j measured three feet from tail to
' mouth. These specimens of fish pre
found only in deep water.
Miss Vera Nesmith, of Indiantown
postoffice, is visiting friends and relatives
at this place.
A protracted meeting will begin
at the Methodist church Monday,
July 31, and will continue throughout
the week.
At this writing crops are suffering
a little for want of rain.
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How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollure Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F J CHENEY & CO. Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F J Cheney
for the last 15 years.and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and financially
aMe to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
Walding. Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Just one plug of Merry
Widow will convinie you
that it is the best 10 cent
plug of tobacco in Kingstree.
Buy from the People's
Mercantile Co. 5-11 -I3t
One plug of MERRY
WIDOW tobacco bought
from the People's Mercantile
Co.Kingstree, SC, will
convince you that it is
the best 10c plug on earth.
7-27 -St
A LONG LOOK AHEAD.
i Some Probable Candidates loi
Next Summer's Campaign.
! The Mullins Messenger, edited bj
I Hon James Norton,who usually keeps
i well posted in politics, makes a rath'
er interesting forecast as to probable
j State and Congressional candidates.
We may say, in passing, that Governor
Blease will, in all probability,
have a much harder man to Deat
j than Mr Lyon, who, if he be wise,
1 will stick to his huckleberry bush, if
1 some fellow doesn't come along and
j nose him out of that. Mr Norton's
probable candidates are as follows:
"Governor Blease has declared his
' candidacy for re-election. Many
names have been suggested by his
opponents. Attorney General J FraI
ser Lyon will be the opposition candidate
as a natural sequence to de:
veloping conditions. Senator Tillman
will be re-elected without opposition,
j if he wishes.
Solicitor J Monroe Spears of Darj
lington has announced his candidacy
I for Congress from the Sixth district.
I Col P A Hodges of Bennettsville will
again stand for this honor. W A
Brown of Marion has been mentioned.
It is said that if Hodges and Ellerbe
both enter, the Hon Thomas I
Rogers of Bennettsville will enter
with a shimmering cutlass. Ben B
n " i U..4.
j "BLACK MINGO" VS "MINGO."
.1
No Open Cotton Market at
Rhems.Says This Correspondent.
Editor County Record: ?
( In that beautiful narrative written
from Rhems by one "Mirgo,"
the second installment of which ap-1
peared in The County Record of the
13th inst, we were informed that
we have two cotton buyers at Rhems ,
' "who pay the best market prices for j
cotton." Now, anyone not under-1
standing the situation here will think !
that those cotton buyers buy in an ,
1 open market from all persons having j
cotton for sale, but such is not the I
1 case. Our "merchant princes" re-!
serve the exclusive right to buy1
1 without competition or opposition,
and at their own prices, all cotton
offered for sale at their stores or
gins. They then sell it to the cotton
1 buyers.
Now, "Mingo," let me probe your
memory and perhaps in your next
installment you will tell the public
about the bottling up of the community
south of the Black Mingo
and north of Black river, beginning
nearly a quarter of a century ago.
Tell by whom and by what means it
was accomplished and give us more
of the results. For instance, some of
our best citizens were driven out and
sought homes in communities where
thov had a f?h?n/?p to make an hon
est living: and that 50 per cent of
the whites who remain ana" 99 per
cent of the negroes are in a condition
hardly better than abject slavery.
Turn on the light, "Mingo," so
that the public can see both sides of
the picture. Black Mingo.
PRAIRIE MONITORS.
They Protected the Pioneers From Attacks
by the Indians.
In the sixties, soon after John
Ericsson's turreted Monitor proved
itself a success, the plainsmen of
; Kansas were making use on land
of the turret idea. From Hays, at .
that time the farthVst point reached
by the Union Pacific, the Smoky
hill route ran for 120 miles west
through Trego, Gove, Logan and
Wallace counties. . ^
The stage ranches, where horses
were changed and drivers cared for,
were much harassed by Indians.
Stables were fired, and women and t
children were captured or killed. \
The government was unable to c
provide garrisons strong enough to
patrol Smoky lill.
To protect themselves the frontiersmen
devi ied and built prairie '
monitors. The monitor was a deep <
cellar, thirty to fifty yards from i
the ranch horse. The roof was of (
heavy logs, deeply covered with
earth, the whole rising only a foot (
above tjie_ level of the "ground.
Loophpjes iarge enough to sigl^
a rifle through were""5ut oh ill (
6ides. Thus the land monitor prei
sented these two essential ideas?a t
. small_ and, <fci|icult target for,
enemy^lihd a circular protection i
from which to shoot in all directions."
An underground passage ]
' from the ranch house led to the
monitor. This passage was so low ^
that one had to crawl on hands and
| knees. ^ .
^Inside the monitor planks testing
on boxes gave the defenders
support which brought their heads '
i and shoulders to the level of the
loopholes. Women and noncom- $
batants sat ort the floor in safety.
When the ranch house and the sta- !
i ble were in flames or the marauding
Indians were battering down j
the doOrs the occupants took to the
monitor by underground' passages.
There they found always a store r
of ammunition, food and water;
These underground forts baffled .
the Indians, who could not dig out ^
or starve out the garrisons. The
besieged had u perfect range from
. which to fire on the besiegers, and
return fire was as futile as if directed
into a sand pile. White puffs of
smoke spurting from the ground s
wore out the courage and patience 1
of the Indians. They did what s
damage they could to property, but ^
usually drew off after a short siege. 1
Then the frontiersmen came out 1
from their holes, went to Irilding rsornin
arid in the end oonauered the
west.?St. Louis Republic.
Why not give us a chance to fig:- ^
ure on your job printing? We have c
good printers and one of the best f
equipped offices in the State, and we r
guarantee satisfaction, or no charge. r
We do not ser d out solicitors, because
we have none to send; but we
do give vou the benefit of what we
save by not sending out agents, i
It stands to reason that if we pay <?
agents 25% commission, the customer
has it added to his bill. Out of c
town orders for $5.00 and over deliv- j
Iered free. tf t
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July 28 and 29 II' |
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' the Kingstree Insurance &
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i June 16. Just fourteen days
len they turned over to me a
amount of loss without the
rage.
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