Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fWe are ready f( prepared tc I n fact, we nrires and Is :@:@:@:?:?:?.@:?:?:( o NOT ??? The Farmers' Union I house, located just oppG tree, is now open, and i ceived any day you brin Pwill he issued to vou. |v are: 35 cents per bale cents per bale for each s || charges including all co.< II and insurance. M io-5-tf R. N. SF K MIST E ARC CAST You will not make one if il > yon want In the line of II JEWELRY. WAT I ] [ Silver and Silver Plated Wi I < > Glass and Cutlery, Spectacles I WATCHES AND JEWELRY L > Watch Inspector for Southern m S. THOMA H 257 KING B CHARLESTON, S Mail orders receive prompt at ^HAgravers Stephen Thomas & Bro Ham E From now on we wi water fish. Everythii THE PEOPLE H. A. MILLER, ? ReddicL It is true tha I do, and yet r about a business shon and stock fi a fresh veiwpoinl I am still in just received my thing in, standing you the best pric r for yourself and I am always for the lowest pr II prices. H. > Kingstree. ^^SSSS^SSSSSS^SSSSSSSSS TOLEYS KIDNEY PELS CM ftaoaioM KIM>.>I?MSUMW 'EIGNER, Manager. | I ARES | TO MAKE. | you send to us for anything | . CHES OR RINGS | , ire, Clocks and Bronzes, Cut i and Eyeglasses, ? REPAIRED and ENGRAVING | i Ry. and Consolidated St. R. R. f S & BRO., I i STREET, I SOUTH CAROLINA. * tention. As Jewelers and En- $ ther are Synonyms of Quality. "1 Beef, Ground Beef for iburger Steak, Game, Sultry in Season. 1 FISH \ ill handle fresh and salt ng fresh and clean, 'S MARKET PROPRIETOR i z's Bargain it nobody knows my tew eyes can often that old eyes miss? om a different angl t. business at the same new stock of goods.! : ready to wait on yo :es that can be had. be convinced. ready to give you th ices. Come and see D. Reddi Sout 1 *-?n?v??TA if ivivim. WltXS Uk'LWJLAAAim roa ST?H4t? ?nd.CeniTiur?ai :?:@:?:?:?:?:?:?:@:@:i FILLED New and Sty son's Freshest an* and our reputatior previous efforts, i LUSlUMtlK S. MA k?:?:?:?:?:?:?:@:?:@ ("What's ) in a i Name?" i When you refer to pianos, | | j there's a great deal in the name, i I The Stien Piano has become a [ synonym for merit, and the name j is a sufficient guarantee on which j to purchase. If you will get acquainted with i the manufacturer of the Artistic L Stieff.note its quality, tone, work- |j manship aud durability, when you fl buy,yours will be a Cbas M Stieff I Piano. S Ohas. SI. Stieff, I MANUFACTURER OF THE Artistic Stuff, Shaw, and Stieff S?lf>plar?r Pianos SOUTHERN WAREROCI: I 5 West Trade Street, I Charlotte* - - N. C. I C. H. WILMOTH, Manager. I (Mention this paper). I . . . HUNT'S . . ? |%|| Lightning OIL Is the one unfailing scientific dressing which Instantly relieves and permanently cures all hurts,cuts,burns, bruises, sprains and wounds of every kind* Pain leaves at once because the air is excluded, and the oil covering acts as artificial skin. The quickest, fastest, healing oil known? HUNT'S~L?qHTNINQ OIL. 25 cent and 50 cent bottles. A.B.RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.,Sherman,Tex. SOLD BT Dr. W.V. BrocKington, Kiz&rfatr**, S. C. BlaKeley-McCuUough Co, Ltnai. S. C. FOR SALEBrD-k in *ny quantity to null purcb? er. The Best Dry Press Machine-mad? XBBICK.* gpeclal made tu order. Corn* pondence solicited before placing your orders. w. R I'UXK. ft House ' business better see new things j can look at your e, can introduce old stand. I have and have every>u, and will give Come and see e very best goods me and get my ck, h Carolina. J FOimffiWEMMI topath* coo^h and haala langi d ?:?:?:@:@:@:?:?.?:?? STORE 1 Vith A!! That's >r you with the Sea > serve your needs, have overdone our dependable goods. A SATISFIED ?>:?.@.@:?:?:@:?:?:?:@:<s ICE. Cotton Storage Ware- 1 site the depot at Kings- j your cotton will be reg it and receipt for same The charges for storing for first month and 25 succeeding month, these sts of weighing, storing I I ?>:?:@:?:?:@.@:?@:@:@: TO OVE1 lis!: in Weara d Newest Merchan 1 in the way of lov and more than evei j ^ rv Arw/tzri A ijU'JU .tuvt^t ROUS ?;?.*@ ! "FARMEORGESFARM 'ERS TO HOLD COTTON, ;i PRICES AWAY BELOW THE COST ! OF PRODUCTION--ALL CLASSES I | SHOULD STAND TOGETHER. Editor County Record:? Will you please allow me space ir your paper to say a U w words to the farmers and all classes of men thai are interested in the prices of cottonl Now, gentlemen, just here allow me to ask you a question: Why ii cotton selling to-day from four tc four and a-half cents less per pound than it was last yeai? Please stop for a moment and ask yourselves and see if you cannot solve this vital question. I dare say that every levelheaded, well-balanced mind can at once solve this question, and man; have already solved it, but are too cowardly to advise the poor ignorant fanners, and some silly merchants who are striving hard to rush their own crops and their customers' crops on the market as fast as it is gathered and ginned, thereby helping tc sustain the predictions of a few tencent buyers,who are only wanting tc get a little commission for buying your cotton,and a few ten-cent traveling men who want to sell a few goods and also get a little commission, by saying that this is the "bumper crop" of the world. Now, gentlemen, I cannot see why any well-informed man who has at heart the welfare of his country can allow such ridiculous impressions tc be made on the common minds oi our ignorant and foolish farmers. I admit that the crop of 1911 will exceed that of 1910 by a small pei cent, but nothing to be considered the "bumper crop" of the world, which to be so must exceed a fifteenmillion bale crop. If not mistaken I think the crop of 1906 was considered the "bumper crop" of th< world, when about fifteen millior bales were made. Now, gentlemen, we will take this year's crop from the Governmenl reports, which are always bearish arid invariably fall short of their estimate,and they have only estimated this year's crop at about 13,800,0(K bales. Is this a "bumper crop"? I'll answer this, No. Has not the yield for the past nine!years without anj increase in demand been used' Which demand was 14,000,000 bales and over, and I say that the demand is greater to-day than it was eves three years ago, with which all wellinformed will agree. Even the 15,000,000 bales were used and not i bale was destroyed, and the price was forced from 6c to 10c in the middle of the season, simply bv all d asses of men of business getting together and fixing their minds and opinions on one thing. Now, gentlemen, let's see if we amnot solve the question why the prices are below the cost of producing to-day. In 1910, at the first ginners' report, Texas had ginned, ai my recollection serves me,over 3,00(1 bales of cotton more than it had ever ginned up to that time. Wh? had Texas gathered and ginned thai much cotton in the month of Aug nBt? Was it because she had e 4 bumper crop?" No, Texas had ? short crop, as was proved when it was harvested and ginned. But Texas had a dry season and her croj 1 matured early, and with an extraor dinarily good season the picking waj ?:@:??:??:?:@:@:?:@:<i RFLOWtt ibles for Womei ciise. This store wa v prices is being fu r you will find this t ?77 iEME/VT i ) j rushed and crop marketed. Over the ' j nther States of the Cotton Belt the season was late and a portion of the , world's crop was held off, while the Texas crop was being marketed. P That was for 1910; now, how about 1911? Texas had the same dry season this year that she had last year, and not only Texas but every cotton-growing State in the Union had compara tively the same dry season, thereby - putting it upon an equal footing , t with the Texas season of last year, j The whole season has been a remark' able one for gathering the crop? > better than it has been for many > years up to this time?and every efI fort has been made to gather the > cotton as fast as it could be done , I and force it on the market. This is I how I account for the "bumper" crop1 and low prices, and I will dare say', that when the crop is harvested, ( ' which will be in the early part of ( November, we will all see where the ] > "bumper crop" will be. Should , 1 we not get together as men with ' some brains and business qualities i > and stop the rapid selling of the ] crop which is bringing nothing, it i ? will, if continued, demoralize all , " manner of business for many years , ' to come. This is the way that I see ] it, and I have met with many othe s ] ' who are seeing it in the same way r rtiat I do. ; I am not thinking hard of the j f mill men, for if I were in their place and the crop were forced upon me, . r as it is on them, I for one would 1 : have the price much lower. Do not . blame them at all. The blame is ] ' upon us poor ignorant farmers, who, ; after working hard and toiling < through the long summer months, , ' have made the crop but are too ig- ; norant to know ? after God has , ' blessed us with a fair crop?how io j - market it. Suppose that every man in South ? Carolina were forced to sell his entire j ' corn crop in the next thirty days j J nn/f oil t-n a fpw mnnpvpd men of 1 the State?what would we derive |] from this crop? I dare say, not one- ; 1 third of its valuation, t Now, gentlemen, we are ignorant- 1 1 ly forcing the cotton crop upon the j ' market,while the few that are holding I the cotton crop of the world cannot ) raise means by which to handle it. ] ' Should the mill men mortgage everything they possess and raise every r dollar they could, they would not be able to handle the crop in the man' ner in which it is rushed upon the j 1 market. , 1 I was told a few days ago by a re- i ' liable cotton buyer who is buying for ' ' an exporter that he threatened to 1 1 take all of his buyers off the market | ! if they did not cease rushing the ( ! cotton on the market as they were, i How ridiculous! How absurd! 1 > Now, I have tried to outline my ' reason, as I see it, for a "bumper crop" and the ridiculously low ' prices. Now the remedy. * Let me beg you, brother Farmer, 1 Mr Merchant and Banker, let all or as come together at once and let us 1 hold our cotton off the already 1 glutted market and demand a profit ] [ on our cotton. Many will say, "How , r can we do this when we are owing ] ' debts?" I will show how it is easy ] enough. I have discussed this quea- 1 tion with lots of business men and j 1 they appreciate our condition and - are willing to help us, provided we t will store our cotton in some place > of safety and draw on our bank for 1 money. I am glad to say that our 1 j bankers are willing to lend every i ?:@:?:?:@:@:@:@:?.?:@ 4G | nOl| | is never so well @ lly maintained. ^ he store of low @ ? 1 ? ? ?:?.?:@:@:?:?:?:?:?!? dollar that they possibly can on our cotton crops and we can pro rata it nent or oaim uj cuiiipore witu ouu* en's Arnica Salve. It's the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. For Sore Byes, Cold Sores, Chapped Hands or Sprains it's supreme. Unrivaled for Piles. Try it. Only 25c at M L Allen's. * We have printed up a lot of note books and receipt forms, which we will sell at ten cents the book of fifty. tf I ' 'I should have done in me eariy pari. of the season, instead of getting 9c for cotton, it would be bringing prices equal to those of last year. Now, gentlemen, we have only a . few days to accomplish what I feel that we are compelled to do, as it will be too late after the mill men and speculators have gotten hold of the bulk of the crop, to accomplish anything. With three million and a half or four million bales held firm in the hands of men that will not sell,as the Farmers' Union is advocating over the entire Cotton Belt, I feel cenfident that before the next crop is planted we can demand 'most any price that we may fix. I am not backing my personal judgment in this matter, but mine and some of the best brain of the South. With these few facts before you, I hope that the farmers and merchants and all classes of men will fall in line in this great fight and let us accomplish and hold what we have i ueeu bu lamuuuj wwiuug xvi uming the past few years. Again I repeat the hope that you will see it as I do, or partly so, and let us stop this rapid selling. I am, Very respectfully, A Farmer. i You are not experimenting on yourself when you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a cold as that preparation has won its great reputation and extensive sale by its remarkable cure of colds, and can slways be depended upon. It is squally valuable for adults and children and may be given to young children with implicit confidence, as it contains no harmful drug. Sold by all dealers. The town of Black River Falls, Wis., with a population of 2000 was risited by a flood and wiped off the may. Its Equl Botu't Eilst No one has ever made a salve,oint 1?1? i- ul t> t_ out to each of our creditors, and they will gladly accept what we can pay and stand by us and help us through this great fight not to allow this cotton to go as it already has been. We will lose what we have already accomplished during the past few years, which will take us many 9 many years to regain. I don't want any one to understand that I am advising them to shirk, or allow their creditors to suffer, for I am not of that disposifon. But it is our duty as honest, hardwofldng, upright citizens to look af ter our own interest and he interest of our loved ones who are depending on us. I feel that the time has come that our farmers should do their own thinking and exercise some business qualities in regard to the marketing of their crop, or give up their farms and become tenants under men who have brain sufficient to handle the crop after it is made. I have contended the whole season that the present crop should be marketed around 14c,and had our people taken hold of the situation as they