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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. * jt . ' &L. . I {>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. w r s . ' 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 A * i 1 I In! 1 yiflfp JII Our Clubbing' Rates j We offer cheap clubbing rates vith a number of popular news-. >apers and periodicals. Read care-! !ully the following list and select j ;he one or more "hat you fancy and j m iiuuw i? ve shall be pleased to send in yourj ^ >rder. These rates are of course; ?/.-/V^TIJ^TIC^VJ J ill cash in advance, which means ^AST/l) I I ;hatboth The Record and the paper S \> >rdered must be paid for, not 1, 2,3, | ^ I, 5, 9, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, but "WELVE honths ahead. Below is the list of . j >ur best clubbing offers. 1^ iT The Record and Home & Farm * * "* [twice a month,) $1.35. j The Record arid New York World J* 10 [3 times a week,) $1.75. The Record and Atlanta Consti- A pass^nge ;ution (3 times a week) $1.85. j _ _ , D , r and comfort, ec The Record and Bryan s Comnoner, $1.65. 3 Dining, Sleepii The Record and Cosmopolitan _ Vlagazine $1.75 - Or rates, S1 Ihe Record and Youth's Com- | tjoil( to Minion (New Subscribers) $2.o0. H The Record Semi-Weekly State, 2 12.50. , I The RrcokD and Watson's i Magazine $1.65. | The Record and The Jeffersonian II.65 t\ 1 t : 4-t-'c 1HE rtECUKD anu o Magazine $2.75. , The Record and National Magazine $2.00. N. B. We do not ciub with any iaily papers. The first issue you eceive of the paper or periodical s evidence that the money for ame has been forwarded by us. iVe are not responsible after that. ^ The County Record. editor coi/N Kingstree. S. C. .. . Too much t Work Will Soon Start ; ifter you take Dr King's New Life Continental fil 'ills, and you'll enjoy their fine re- . . ults. Constipation and indigestion represented Dy anish and fine appetite returns. da?i pctatP r~ They regulate stomach, liver and KCdl C5Late >owels and impart new strength and 0f the claims i I pergyto the whole system. Try jem. Only 25c at M L Allen's. fj struction of Itr The price of subscription for The bfary by fire, Of Record is $1 25 a year; we a low 25 had expired wtl :ents discount when a whole year is mid in advance. If you are six check for full nonths or a year behind don't ex- slightest demui )ect a receipt for a whole year one ? lollar. This applies tc all. tf Hurrah fc TOR sale " Kingstree ,nsu; iriek in any quantity to suit purcha- * r. The Best Dry Press Machlae-madt A be^cz:. v j . . jpecial shapes made to order, Corre- | MngSiree, o. L loridem-p -olioited before plarii v vto rders. w. R. FUNK.* V J . ....^ .... -.m-jM " ^ ^ i'lii; il I ji|||l f Listen! Yon I | Young Men: 1 | J TJTERE'S a chance you I | 1/ * ^ don't want to miss, | t f because it won't come |||||| again tms season. A special representative direct from the famous tailoring house of Clarence Mayer & Co., Cincinnati, will be at our Friday and Saturday 1 July 28 and 29 II' | ?to show you their complete |H assortments of new woolens for ! j j jjij Fall and Winter. There'll be H hundreds of classy fabrics to M . ,i select from?and every one all- HI Come and have a look I if! J JENXINSON BROS. GO., I' 1 Kingstree, S. C. FMKTIC COAST I INtl IflQRpUGH FARE orJ^rtVEL | tefVeen ffre? M H^ndSOUTH I rida?Cuba. r service unexcelled for luxury juipped with the latest Pullman rig and Thoroughfare Cars, chedule, maps or any informa* WM. J. CRAIG, H General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. C. . ' ' 1 ' TY RECORD i praise cannot be accorded the e frmnrnnce Co.. of New York, ' the Kingstree Insurance & , for their prompt adjustment had against them for the dev dental office fixtures and li, i June 16. Just fourteen days len they turned over to me a amount of loss without the rage. ir the Continental and the ance & Real Estate Co! . U Respectfully yours, A. M. SNIDER.