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MR. HAMER TO PLANTERS. Spinner and Grower of Cotton Gives Sound Advice. The letter below appears in the Dil? lon Herald, its author being a promi? nent planter and president of a cotton ?m?L ? It is full of sound and practical advice to South Carolina planters: To Manning Township Planters and "Business Men: At our Township Cot? ton Growers' association I was* very ??nd?y asked to submit for publica? tion my views as regards marketing cotton. This I will do later on, but I am going to unload a portion of my thoughts for your perusal on a rainy day or when your day's work is end? ed. I want to preface my remarks though, by saying first: I am glad to be a member of the Southern Cot? ton Growers' association, because I - helieve it to be the most important organization that has ever been un? dertaken for the future of the south and her people. If we don't organize and perpetuate same our unknown riches will pass into the hands of the far-seeing investors just as the tim? bered lands of the south have gone. I hope and expect to see good cotton lands sell for $100 per acre and the world won't be compelled to \have more than 20,000,000 bales of cotton tn less than 10 years time. It may seem strange and even para? doxical ' to many of you for a buyer and consumer of raw material, but when you recall my dual position of planter and manufacturer you must realize my opportunity to greater ap? preciate the interdependence of the farmers and the mills. "Without the mills your cotton would be worthless and without your cotton the mills would be so much scrap irons, brick and mortar. For that reason I heartily commend the most friendly co-opera? tion of the two, and believe we should work together for a stable price of cotton and relieve the speculator of so much opportunity for invetment in paper contracts and profits. T see lit? tle need for so many middle men to share the profits in cotton and can but predict a Southern growth of mind that will exclude all such, just as the former commission man has been eliminated and is -now almost extinct. The South's Attractions. With the increase of years and ex- j perience I apperciate more fully the "blessings of the souti, and grow not only exultant, but buoyant, when I count and recount her attractions in climate, oil, minerals, cereals, and last hut far from least, her fleecy staple / * Give Your Stomach Rest, v ^Nothing will cure indigestion that 'doesn't digest the food, itself, and give the stomach rest. You can"t ex? pect that a weak stomach will regain its strength and get well when it is compelled tc do the full work that a sound stomach should do. You wouldn't expect a sick horse to get well when it is compelled to do a fuit day's work every day in the week. HCodol Dyspepsia Cure is a perfect di gestant and digests the food regard? less of the condition of your stomach. Relieves indigestion, belching, sour stomach, and all stomach disorders Sold by all druggists. Ithat will, in due course of time, IIUKJ her mistress of the financial world with Xew Orleans as her Liverpool. , Talk about boycotting thev ' United ?States and her cotton? You might ss j well talk about boycotting the Chica? go market or the Standard oil product Cotton ranks now second only to food products in man's necessity, and iii st in the commercial product of the world. Let us, see what homage statistics pay the cotton crop from 1SS5 to 1305 ; yielded to the south in round numbers $1,S01,000.000. The crop from 1900 1905 gave to the south in round num? bers $2.677,000,000, $S75,000.000 more cash for the last five years of the dec? ade than the first five . The crop of 1S95 of about seven million bales, brought in round numbers $232.000. 000, while the cr^p of 1905 of 14.000, 000 bales, brought $623,000,000 or a surplus of $334,000,000 more than the crop of ten years ago, which is $50. 000,000 mere than the total crop of ten years ago brought. ? Xow we take up the textile statis? tics and find that the world has about 116,000,000 spindles with annual con? sumption of more than 15,000,000, bales of cotton. Of this amount the south onrly owns S,000,000 spindles and the whole United States only about 24.000,000, with the entire consump? tive capacity of the United States lim? ited to about 4,250,000 bales per an? num. She produces 14.000.000 bales out of the entire production of 17, 000,000 bales for the whole world. The European Continent owns S 3, 000,000 spindles and raises a very limited amount of the cotton they consume, while we annualy export more than S,000,000 bales. This would indicate consumption by th? wrold of one and a quarter million bales per month, and out of this more than 1.000,000 bales per month is tak? en from Southern cotton. You can readily see when you recall that i i seven years an increase in the spindles of the South from three to eight mil? lion, with about one million spindles now being added in the United Stat^ and fortysix new mills now being erected in England, with an aggregate of four mill?n spindles, that the bal? ance of trade must come our way and that very rapidly. We are in a line of progress and the investing eye is fixed upon the South, where the guiding star has shifted from the East and from the West, and the wise men are on their way to Bethlehem. It is im? perative for us to be alert to the oc? casion and be ready with means and might lest the money changers engag? our patrimonies. , The Association. There can be no ifs and ands about the untold and . inconceivable good that has come to the South from th j influence and workings of the South? ern Cotton Growers' association. A Fearful Fate. *It is a fearful fate to have to endure the terrible torture of piles. " I can truthfully say," writes Harry Colson, of Masonville, Ia., "that for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the best cure made." Also best for cuts, burns and injuries. 25c at all drug? gists. Exclusively for Readers of This Paper Sir Henry Morgan ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ We have secured the serial rights and will shortly begin the publi cation of the fascinating and romantic pirate story .... Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer By Cyrus Townsend Brady, author of The Southerners 3 Thrilling and Vivid De ; scription of Sea Fighting on the Spanish Main The Buried Treasure and IfiLSt Moments of the Most Accomplished Cut? throat and Freebooter of All Ages. Interwoven with Love^ Romance and Heroism lil nitrated from paintings. . Burying the treasure The Boston Transcript says : " A thrilling pirate story, a lively romance sufficiently sensational yet not lacking in delicacy." $on't Mfrs thc Opening Chapters Cotton has been raised from 6 to cents in less than 12 months, and ,n has promises of acceptation for time with 10 cents as a minim price. But for this organization n lions would Inive been lost by South and the salvation came in ti not only to save the farmers, but i bankers, merchants and every ot! business enterprise. All wen Ith con from the soil, and had the slump the price of cotton come in Sppteml astead of December, 1904, the v< foundations of business in the Sot would have tottered in ruins. T. only evidences our building upon t sands rather than diversifying c crops and thus fortifying against c; amities of every kind. We are goi too fast and reaching out too i in thc investment fields, which tea to make our growth in banks, mil etc., top-turvey with bills payable a counts, and foundation too narrow ? the superstructure. Thus we s some of our largest institutions yiel ing to the control and ownership stronger moneyed concerns. Contin ation will mean' foreign ownership our wealth-producting institutioi which* our own people should contr and receiving the accuring profits < The seeming want of interest and co tribution on the part of us ?ll ai especially the planters, have a te dency to discourage our official hea^ and for that reason we should put oi shoulders to the wheel and perpetua this organization to a man, as succe of the one means success to the oth. in our varied industries. All busin? men should be solicited to join ar end their money and influence 1 making the Southern Cotton Growir association the bed rock for the u] building of our entire people. "W should have a central executive con mittee composed of one from cae township, whose duty it should b under penalty of $1 fine for absenc to attend a county meeting under til call and supervision of the preside: of the county association at Mario each month on the day after the go\ ernment report comes out. Thc should bring with them for informs tion and comparison views procure in their respective sections, all fore casts of weather, conditions of ero] amount picked, ginned and marketed as near as practicable, to be compile in a book of record, not only for thi crop, but for future reference in thi way a more accurate statement ca be sent to headquarters in Colum bia. Marketing:. T regard our mode of marketing rh ;rop the most defective imaginable .ind as a remedy Leg to suggest th following: Require all cotton to b sold through warehouses, where sam an be protected from weather an fire. At all depots where cotton i marketed erect warehouses in propor tion to the amount of colton sold Where less fortunate than Dillon ii having enterprising private citizens t< lend investment to such, start sub scriptions and own same through join stock companies. Require all bu;, e: to buy through these warehouses t< prevent pinhooking, and in this wa: the weak and the strong, the rich am the poor will receive "equal rights t( all and special privileges to none.' All cotton brought to the warehouse should be graded, weighed and re? ceipted for by a transferable receipt showing the weight, grade, owner anc amount of insurance carried per bale The owner of this receipt could the:: use the same as collateral in any bank, in case the farmer should need money to meet obligation due. All cotton should be sold under the warehouse man' guarantee of weights and grades, due allowance being agreed upon for variation above or below the grades named in receipts, or the cotton could be arrange ed in rows according to grade, say, 100 bales of middling, 100 strict mid? dling and 100 good middling, and each buyer could inspect the same and use his own judgment as to grades. When a certain number cf bales are sold, say at 12-12 cents, the owner could name his pleasure of ac? ceptance to the warehouse man, and if the price is not satisfactory, simply turn bis storage tag and await the next regular selling day, which should be arranged so as to not to compete withwarehouses in adjacent towns. For instance, let MJarion, Latta and Dillon have alternate days, and thus enable all the buyers to attend the sales at each place. Of course the owners of these warehouses are not "philanthropists." like old-line life insurance companies, and must be compensated for their invetment and time. Cotton Seed. The question <>f cotton seed seems dormant and yet thc ability of the ?UBaHHMMUMMiMiiaMMnaMnMBW La Grippe and Pneumonia. ?Pneumonia often follows la grippe but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar. lt cures Ia grippe coughs and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tai- and refuse any substitute offered. Mr. G. Vacher, of L57 < ?s Good st.. Chicago, writes "My wife had a severe case of la grippe three years ago. and it left her with a terrible cough. She tried a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar and it gave immediate relief. A 50 cent bottle cured her cough entirely.'' Refuse substitutes. Durant's Pharmacy. farmers to control the price of same is absolute. His lint cotton is useless to him save as a money crop, while his colton seed can bc- used as fertili? zers with gTeat profit. Let him haul tin- seed of or.<.-hc.lt* of his crop as it is ginned out into his field, where the weather can make thom unmar? ketable before January, and later rise in prices prove too strong a tempta? tion for him to live up to his obliga? tion. He can then sell th.- other half at 40 cents, deriving thereby the same amount of money, and having am? monia enough to produce another crop with the addition of a little kainit and acid. This will not work any hardship upon the cotton seed crusher, but will require him lo do ike the manufatcurei oi cotton, or? ganize to force the other fellows to pay prices of his fo ' is commensurate with the cost of raw ma:..rial. If these lines can be carried out. untold wealth will be saved :.. iii South, and our coffers will be made full and pro? portionate to our just reward. Now there is one other point I want to touch upon, and that is the invisi? ble leakage in weights. How differ? ent we find the scales of different buy- , ers. If warehouses are established and run by good, honest men, with commissions sufficient to justify, they will put in up-to-date automatic scales where erro:- could, and would be reduced to a minimum and thus the buyer and seller receive i justice, while the pea manipulator and j man of errors will not only be put out j of commission, but relegated to j oblivion. Tve should remember the virtue of i moderation when. fixing prices, and advance same gradually, in order that the investing public may become edu ated up to paying a good price for a j good thing like cotton. All good ' things come high, and with this j maxim. "Live and let live," as viola- J tion of such means destruction of in- j tordependents. In Mad Ciiase. ?Millions rush in mad chase after ! health, from one extreme of faddism j to another, when, if they would only \ eat good food and keep their bowels j regular with Dr. King's Xew Life Pills, their troubles would ail pass ? away. Prompt relief and quick cure i for liver and stomach trouble. 25c at all druggists; guaranteed. Beck Brothers company will in? crease the capital stock to $50,000 for the purpose of conducting a strictly wholesale dry goods and notion busi? ness. They will use one of their new store on Harvin street for an o??ce j and sample room and the old Mon- j aghan warehouse for heavy goods ; temporarily until they can bet their main building completed, which they wiil commence erecting in January on the corner of Main and Bartlette streets. Cure for Sore Nipples. *As soon as the child is done nurs- ! ing apply Chamberlain's S.ilve. Wipe j it off with a soft cloth before allowing ? th- child ti nurse. Many trained ? nm s s use this with the best results. : Price 25 cents per lox. For sale by j all druggist--. j - Rev. "Will B. Oliver has withdrawn his resignation as pastor of the Flor? ence Baptist church. Failed. ?All efforts have failed to find a better remedy for coughs, colds and lung troubles than Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops the cough, heals the lungs and prevents serious results from a cold. J. X. Patterson, Nashua. Io wa,writes: "Last winter I had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at least a dozen advertised cough med? icines and had treatment from two physicians without getting any bene? fit. A friend recommended Foley's Honey and Tar and two-thirds of a bottle cured mc. I consider it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world." Durant's Pharmacy. Downward Course Fast Brit; g Realized by Sum? ter People. A Utile bernelee a* ?rs*. Daily increasing till the br.c'c i* lance and weak. U iiiar.w ? herders quickly follow ; Diabetes and anally Bright's di.-ea-e. This is the downwar t eoiuse of kidney j ill,. ? D .n't take th,- course. Follow tho ad? vice of a Snmtc-r eitzen. George YV. Hancock, keeper of tin- jail. 27 Canal St.. says: "I h?ve been down in lu ci on account of my back several i tmes mid suf? fered the mos! intensepain righi aeross the ? smaii ol' my back whi. >> felt just ar-, ir a iogof wood was laying on it and crushing the lifo out of me and I was unable to get from un? der it. could not turn over without taking both hands to pull myself. The kidney se? cretions were very dark, full of sediment and called me out of bed every little while. I think I contracted the disease during the war. awav back in ISC2 and ISXE? layinjr oui in all kimhTof weather, exposed to heat and cobl. Sine?- then during laier year- 1 have suffered everything a man rould suffer and live, r used everything I could get hold of but nothing seemed to touch it. I tinnily saw Hoan"s Kidney Pilis advertised and went to Dr. A. J. China's drug store and procured a box. They acted like a charm. I have used three boxes and all the pain in my back has left, the kidney s< cretions have been natural and I fee! A Xo.l. Dean's Kidney Pills tire the best kidney remedy on earth." For sab- by alf ?lealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mil burn <<>.. Buffalo. N. V.. sole agents for t he United St ates. Remember the name- Dean's-and take no other. 33 fiore Horses and Mules and Better ==Horses and Mules, Two carfally selected carl,-ads just in. They are right, the price is right and they need s; liing badiy. A full line of Buggies, VVa.ons and Harness always on hand. I sell the celebrated MILBURli WAGON. Respectfully, 9 9 9 Received Tuesday, October the ?7th, Two G a, IP Loads OF CHOICE r iviatcnei of Horses in the Lot. A FAIR PROPOSITION. If you have PROPERTY FOR SALE, it is my business to sell it for you. Hut in order to make the sale, I must have the matter in business shape. Write me for Description Blank, sign the contract on the back of same, and return to me. Ii the price given is reason able, I will advertise and sell the property for you. The contract I wish you to sign, is as follows : The State of South Carolina, ) County of Sumter. I.hereby list for sale the within described property- with R. B. Belser for a period of._months from date and authorize him to negotiate a sale for same at the rate of.".dollars per acre or.dollars for the whole property, on. terms as follows: And further agree that during the period herein above mentioned. I will not offer the said property to any one at a price iower tnan that above specified, nor on terms more favor? able than above authorized, and that I will refer all applicants to K. B. Felser: Provided it is understood and agreed, that I shall have the privilege of revoking the authority above conferred after having given thirty days written notice of such intention : but no attempted withdrawal will be effective under this agreement without such previous notice. And further, in ease of sale made by K. B. Belser. or throujrh any agency employed by him, whether through personal solicitations, by advertising or otherwise; or if he basin any way contributed to a sale of said uroperty. even though concluded by myself. I agree to pay to said K. B. Belser. as compensation for ins services in affecting the sale. _per cent, commission on the purchase price for said property, to be paid to him immediately up? on the receipt of the tirst installment paid in by the purchaser of the said property. Witness my hand and seal this.day of.190 In the presence of: .[Seal} .[Seal! I HAYE DEMAND for several NICE FARMS, E. g. : A 10 horse farm in high state of cultivation in good community. ATTORNhY-AT-LAV/ H ARB Y BIG COURT SG ? REAL ESTATE BROKER,. PHONE NO. 309. CANTILE CO. 9 Dalzell, S. C. Come to Dalzell and call on us for your Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods and Notions. Just recived full line of Windsor and other fancy candies, put up in 1 and 1=2 lb. boxes. Prices 75c. per lb. SPECIALTIES : Fresh Cream Cheese, fresh Butter, Macaroni, Evaporated Apples, best Columbia River Salmon, Can Peaches and Oysters, and, also, Evaporated Cream.