The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 17, 1911, Page SIX, Image 6
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FARMERS' UNION BUREAU.
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:FYom J Whitner Reid, Secretary South <
Carolina State Farmers' Union.
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To the Farmers and All the Business (
Interests That Are Affceted by the
I Price of Cotton:?
The Sumter County Farmers'
Union at its last meeting unanimously
directed us as a committee to call
your attention to the serious condi
tion that confronts us in the outlook j
for low prices for this crop of cot- j
ton. Thirty or forty days ago cotton
sold in Sumter for 15.* cents (spot).
To-day a holder who would not then
sell was glad to get 12$ cents. These
are actual sales. Whai has brought
about such a slump in this short
time after cotton has held steady for
8 or 10 months at 14 to 15 cents?
They say it is because there is a
prospect of over 14,000,000 bales.
Is it not more because the world,
judging from the past, thinks it can (
stampede the farmers and the mer- (
chants and buy this crop for any old (
price? We hear it said that cotton
will sell below 10c before Christmas, j
The men who are predicting such ,
prices are working with might and j ]
main to bring about 10c cotton by j,
telling their farmer friends that the >
crop is the largest on record. "You (
^ ought to sell as fast as you can, for .
cotton is bound to go lower," ap- _
parently not knowing that this is x
the very way to bring about a lower j
level of prices, r
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Northern or foreign spinner who
wants low-priced cotton. It is only a
part of his business to get his raw ^
material at the lowest possible price,
and it is also a part of his business
to sell his finished product at the
highest possible price. But how any
Southern men, even owners of mill <
stocks, can wish to see low prices for
cotton, or can in any way give aid
and encouragement to the enemy by ?
joining in the hue and cry that I
"prices are bound to go lower", is 1
past our comprehension. Every busi- j
ness man and every cotton mill in j
the South is inevitably bound up in {
the general prosperityof this section. ]
If Southern mills would seek out
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new markets for the manufactured 1
goods, and learn from the successes |
of foreign mills to cater to the demands
of the world's trade in the
fabrics the world wants, put up in
the kind of packages the world
wants, they could join hands with all 1
the business interests of the South
and fix and maintain the highest pos- 1
sible price tor cotton and cotton
goods.
That the mills will not do this is
abundantly proven by the history of 1
recent years when our own mills c
kept out of the market, while the
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iarmer was xaimig u*n uiuueu <.v
. sell his cotton, and later paid more c
for their stocks than the foreigners, S
with freight and other charges add- t
ed. We may expect the same thing
to happen this fall. Hence we leave s
the Southern spinners out of the I
count. s
But we do call on every merchant e
and every fertilizer manufacturer J
and every banker and every railroad
man to join with the Farmers' Union
in urging every farmer to hold back f
his cotton until the world is willing c
to pay a living price for it. Such a v
course can hurt no one and it will
help every one: the merchant by
giving him cash customers for his i
goods; the fertilizer plants by in-'t
creased use of their goods: the banks i 1
by larger deposits; the railroads by !'
larger freights on more imported
goods that our people will have the s
money to buy, and every profession
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and calling by the increase in the (
circulating medium brought about r
by the larger How of foreign gold in 1
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all the arteries of commerce.
There can be no question that this
will be the result of higher prices
for cotton. If it were not true, from
whence comes the present prosperity
of the South? It is 15c cotton
that has done it. As surely as the
sun rises in the east and sets in the
west, just so surely will there be
stagnation and want, distress and
bitterness in thousands of homes in
the South, and they will n??t all be
farmers' homes,if we let this crop of
cotton sell for 10c or less.
With the world's stocks of cotton
almost depleted, with the automobile
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tire industry alone taking hundreds
of thousands of bales of cotton annually,
increased consumption on every.
side, this crop can be marketed
at 14 or 15 cents per pound just as j
easily as last year's crop was, if we
but hold out for it. This is not merely
our opinion, fellow farmers,but it
is the opinion of as shrewd business
men,as the ones who tell you that!
cotton will go lower. Besides, j
"there's many a -lip 'twixt the cup
and the lip", and the drought is not!
yet broken over large areas where
cotton is burned up; in other sections
the young crop cannot make a ,
half yield under most favorable con-1
ditions. And all of it has to run the1
eauntlet of excessive rains, if they 1
ever start, and of the many insect
pests and climatic changes that make j
a late crop so uncertain.
In conclusion, your committee
would urge,with all the insistence of
calm and deliberate judgment, that
every one who can do so hold his
cotton off the market, either in his
own strength or with the assistance
of his creditors and the banks. Pick
it dry,gin it dry,put the bales under
shelter dry. And if you must borrow
money on it, do n<?t borrow more
than $25 or $30 a bale and for not
ess than six months. Thirty-day
?otton loans and loans close up to
:he market value are worse than
selling: outright. We call on all the
inions in the cotton belt to join us
n this fight. Shut down on cotton
low and for the next sixty days and
he fight is won. Paper contracts do
lot run mills.
Yours for Southern prosperity?
rhe Sumter County Farmers' Union.
E W Dadds,
J M Brogdon,
S N Welsh,
Committee.
Sumter, August 8.
A King Who Left Nome
?t the world to talking, but Paul
tfathulka of Buffalo, N Y, says he
ilways KEEPS AT HOME the King
)f all Laxatives?Dr King's New
Life Pills?and that they're a blessng
to all his family. Cure constipation,
headache, indigestion, dyspepsia.
Only 25c at M L Allen's.
[HE CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Enrollment over 700?Value of Property
over a Million and a Quarter Ninety
Teachers and Officers.
Seven full four years courses, in
Agriculture, Engineering, etc.
Cost per session of nine months,
ncluding all fees, board, heat, lijht,
aundry and necessary uniforms?
>121.87.
Students who are financially able
lay $40.00 tuition additional.
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATIONS.
The College maintains 124 Agri:ultural
Scholarships and Textile
Scholarships.worth $100.00 and free
uition.
(Students who have attended Clem- ;
on College or any other College or
Jniversity are not eligible for the
cholarships unless there are no other ,
ligible applicants).
stext Session Opens September i
13,1911.
Write AT OXCE to W M Riggs,
'resident Clemson College, S C. for
atalogue, scholarship blanks, etc. If
ou delay, you may be crowded out.
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Sion Reward, S1C0
The readers of this paper will Ik- pleased to learn 1
hat there is at least one dreaded disease that scince
has been able to cure in ail its stages, and j
hat is Catarrh. Hall 's Catarrh Cure is the only j
ositive cure now known to the medical fraternity. I,
"atarrh, being a constitutional dis? ase. requires a
onstitutionai treatment. Mali's Catarrh Cure is!
aken internally, acting directly upon the blood :
nd mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de-!
troying the foundation of the disease, and givrig
the patient strength by building up the con- [
titution and assisting nature in doing its work,
"he proprietors have so much faith in its curative
lowers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for 1
ny c ise tiiat it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
Sold bv all Druggists. 75c. j 1
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Noah's Liniment Is the
best remedy lor RhcumaU
tism, Sciatica, Lame Hack, (
xwgv v Stiff Joints anci Muscles,
IS sJbfc-L Sore Throat. Colds, Strains,
Sprains, Cuts, Bruises,
Colic, Cramps, Neuralgia,
hnimB Toothache, and all Nerve, j
IMSklHi Bone and Muscle a cues
IklV/allRl and Pa In s. The genuine
flHfTYH'ffl has Noah'a Ark on every
IlmMIJI packacc and looks like this I
cut. but has RED band on |
m aulTiui 'ro:it of package and
S^| "Noak't Liniment" always
? In RED Ink. Beware of
H Imitations. Large l>ottle,
|H 25 cents, and sold by all
mm per ?re de a 1 e r s In medicine.
?Guaranteed or money reL^?e?TiiJa
funded by Noah Remedy
' w Co., Inc., Richmond, Yu.
Sold and Guaranteed by
Kingstree Drug Co.
Filial Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd
ay of September, A D 191 l,at 12 o'clock
oon, I will apply to P M Brorkinton,
udge of Probate of Williamsburg
:ounty, for Letters Dismissory as Excntor
of the estate of John Blanch, deeased.
Dowen Chandler,
810-4t Executor.
Office Days. j
Regular office daysare Mondays and
>atuniays. Parties wishing to secure
larriage licenses will please govern j
hemselves accordingly.
PiM Brockinton. j
-3-tf Judge of Probate. ;
Professional Cards. |!
DR. R. C. McCABE
Dental Surgeon,
Iffice in Hirscli builiing, over Kingstree
Drug Company's.
M A WOODS. 1
county, and must otter prooi 01 nis residence
within the limits of the town for J
four months and the payment of all A
taxes assessed against him due and collectible
for the previous fiscal year.
C C Burgess,
Superintendent of Municipal Registra- K
tion for the Town of Kingstree, S C.
Kingstree, S (i,
June 12, 1911. 6-15-tf
Clerk's Sale
Under and by virtue of a decree of 1
the Court of Common Pleas for the Coun- '
ty of Williamsburg,made by his Honor,
Judge S W G Shipp, in a certain cause
therein pending,entitled E B Rhodus as
Executor, Plaintiff, against Lovenia
Gamble, James Gamble, Aaron Gamble
Mack, John Mack. Mary Mack, Alex
Mack, Madison Mack, Lilly Circlelight, j
Etta Rivers, Manda Ravenel, Beatrice
Conyers, Jennings Rivers,Jennie Mack, ~
Samuel Mack and Wilky Rivers, Defendants,
and dated the 21st day of June,
1911, I will offer for sale at public out- ?
cry before the court 'house door at
Kingstree,S C. between the legal hours
of sale on Monday, the 4th day of Sep- "
tember, 1911. the following described
real estate: .f
"All of that tract of land lying and
being in Penn township, State and county
aforesaid, and containing ten (10) (1
acres, more or less, and bounded as fol- t'
lows: North by lands of Boyd and others;
South by Central Railroad of South P
Carolina; East bv lands of W W Stutts, o
and West by lands of W W Stutts; also
One tract or parcel of land lying and
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being m townsnip, aiaic anu cuumj
aforesaid,said to contain fifty (50)acres,
more or less, and bounded and described
as follows: North by lands of Mitchum; ~
South by lands of Gourdin and Carolina
Fiber Co; East by lands of W W Stutts. ?
now C B Vincent, and West by lands of >
W W Stutts, now C B Vincent, and JW
Browder; also ?
Orte tract containing twenty-two and ?
one-half (221 e) acres, more or less, and ?
bounded as follows: North by lands of r
W B Browder. now Joe Gamble; South ?
by lands of Carolina Fiber Co; East by
lands of T R Johnson, and West by lands T
of Carolina Fiber Co." >
Terms of sale. cash. Purchaser to pay
for papers, and if the purchaser fail to r
comply with the terms of sale forth- ^
with, the property will be again offered
for sale at his risk on the same or some T
subsequent salesdav. ^
H 0 Britton.
Clerk of Court of WilliamsburgCountv. ?
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Clerk's Sale.
Under and by virtueof a decree of the ?
Court of Common Pleas for the County of j p\\
illiamsburg.made by his Honor. Judge i
S W G Shi pp. in a certain cause therein ?
pending, entitled E B Rhodus. as Exec- >
utor of the last will and testament of W
T Rhodus, deceased, Plaintiff, against \ ?
Rebecca Keels. Thomas Keels, Venus i ^
i.' ...1? maut \Ia/?Lr >v.i?nri !
OOiau acvi^, j ,
Emma Keels.and Chester Keels. Kertha j ?
Keels and E B Rhodus, Defendants, and j >
dated the 21st day of June, 1911. I will >
offer for sale at public outcry before the '
court house door at King's tree, SC. be
tween the legal hours of sale on Monday,
the 4th day of September, 1911. the
following described real estate:
"All that certain piece, parcel or lot of :
land situate lying and being in the coun-!
ty of Williamsburg.State of South Carolina,containing
twenty-three (23)acres,
more or less, and bounded as follows, to
wit: On the North by lands of Bina
Montgomery, known as the estate of
Lauber Montgomery; on the East by
lands of C H Lesesne; on the South by
lands of Nero Oliver, and on the West
by lands of the estate of C Lesesne."
Terms of sale,cash. Purchaser to pay
fur papers, and if the purchaser fail to
comply with the terms of sale forth- I
with, the property will be again offered
for sale at his risk on the same or some I
subsequent salesday. E
H O Britton. i
Clerk of 'ourt of Williamsburg County. R
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5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any
case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c. ||
I Legal Notices |'d
Registration Notice. ec
The otllce of the Supervisor of Keg : Cl
istration will be open on the 1st Monday
in each month for the purpose of
registering any person who is quali- i
fied a> follows:
Who shall have been a resident ot j
the State for two years, and of th? kcounty
one year, and of the polling pre- J!
cinct in which the elector offers to
vote four months before the diy of ?
election, and shall have paid. ?i> ^
month* before, any poll tax then dm and
payable, and who ran both rrw
and write any section of the ronstitn |
tion of 1S95 submitted to him b.\ cb> |
Supervisors of Registration. '?r wh I
can show that he owns, and has pai I
all taxes collectable on during tie g
present year, property in this Stall assessed
at three hundred dollars o? |
more. J. Y. McGILI.,
'.lerk of Board |
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Final DischargeNotice
is hereby given that on the
28th day of August, A D 1911, at 11 i
o'clock in the forenoon, I will apply to
the Hon P M Brockinton, Judge of Pro
bate for the county of Williamsburg, at
his office in the town of Kingstree. S <',
for a Final Discharge as Administrator ?
of the estate of C M Richburg,deceased.
i E Richburg, _
Administrator of estate of C M Rich- }
burg, deceased. 7-27-5t
Registration Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the books *
of registration for the Town of Kings- 5
tree, S C. are now open in the office of the
Kingstree Hardware Company on
Academy street of said town, for the J
registration of all voters and qualified
electors within the limits of said town
of Kingstree, S C, who, under the laws
of the State, have the right to become L
qualified voters for the Municipal Elections
to be held within the limits of said
town of Kingstree on the 26th c ay of
September, 1911.
All applicants for such municipal registration
must, when applying for a certificate
of registration, present his certificate
of registration from the Board
of Supervisors of Registration cf the
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-AKEC1TY, - S.C
iV. Leland Taylor,
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office over I>r W V BrockiiiKton - store,
[INGSTREE, - S.C.
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M. D. Nesmith
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AKE CITY, - . - S. C.
W. L. BASS,
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LAKE CITY, 8. C.
)R. R. J, MCCABE
Dentist.
3NGSTREE, - S. C
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We are now in the large | j
building fomrerly occupied J
by Wilkins Wholesale Groc- q
ery Co., where we are glad 3
to welcome our old custo- 3
mers as well as new ones. ^
We keep *
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All Kinds of Meats <
in season at living prices, j *
also a choice line of Fruits, *
Vegetables and Canned <
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will be
Septembei
All departmer
in Good Wort
Parents who intend entering
will please do so during the first
Patrons and friends of the S
to visit the school at an / .ime.
Any further informa
applying to
J. W. Swittenberg,
Superintendent.
Kingstree
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