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HOLD FOR HIGHER PRICES. J. c. dunbar of dalzell com \MENTs ox cotton situ ation. Believes in Organization und Co? Operation; Individual Effort Counts ?Fanners Must Make Their Farm Self-supporting; Reduce Acreage and Raise Corn and Hogs. Editor Daily Item: i have read with profound lnter ?mt the many suggestions on the cot? ton situation and some of them ap? pear to be very plausiblo. The plan adopted at the convention in Columbia during Fair week had some very striking features whereby the Southern cotton producers may benefited if the plan is adopted throughout the cotton belt. I think the idea of reducing acreage is the best scheme that has yet been ad? vanced. If the acerage is not cut. the average cotton farmer will be in a hole next year with the big crop now on, have as there wil!, I feel, be a surplus to carry over. The cotton bears have the sitnation in hand now and. if there is not a surplus from this crop, he will put every effort for- J ward to make it appear so to the producer in consequence of which I there will be another panic among j the producers next season. We all know what a panic means and, it does seem to any intelligent I man that, this great rerolution in I price riiould' be a lesson not to be! forgotten. Some will say, what are we to p?ant our laiid in, if we cut the cotton acre- J age? To those I will suggest that! they be sure to plant com, oats and other food crops for all purposes on J the farm and, after reducing the cot? ton area, let the balance of the land rest This will curtail the fertilizer bill, and the land Itself will be in a better condition for a crop another! year, when by rotation we can let I another piece rest But some one will say that land Is worth too much to lie out even for a year. Well, sup? pose we take some of that money we j are spending to enrich the fertilizer! companies and Invest it in wire fenc-1 ing which we can throw around that land while It is resting and keep a I bunch of hogs as well as some cat-1 tie which will bring a remunerative J price when put on the market or, should we find prices unattractive, I we can use that kind of produce in J paying off our labor. The laborer has lo live and by raising the supplies on the farm to feed him with we will not have to go to the merchant once or twice! per month to get rations to feed him with. We are up against a hard proposition and if we do not adopt new methods in operating the farm. St seems to me that the future will be dark and dreary, beset with many 1 difficulties. The warehouse scheme is a good J one, but we can not depend solely on I that We must put our brains as well I ?AS our muscles to work; depend up? on our Individual efforts, as well as co-operation, in cutting the acreage j to that per cent, whereby we can get J a profit on our investment and labor, I The union is a great organization an?l every farmer should belong to it. He I that look* well to his own interest, I ?an not fail to see that there is poo l in organization and co-operation, j "United we stand, divided we fill, * Is an adage that does not fall. Every other class Is organized and Is try-1 ing to better Its conditfons. while the average farmer Is groping his way in J the fumes of his self conceit trustin? to luck that something may turn up I In his favor. Business men do not do j that way. Until we quit it. as a class, we will serve for the rest of the world. J. C. DUN RAR. Dalzell. Nov. 9. Mate of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney 6 Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL? LARS for each and every case of Ca? tarrh that cannot be cured by the tue of Hall's Cataarh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed to my presence, this 8th day of De? cember, A. D.. 1886. A. W. OLEASON, (Seal.) Noury Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter? nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by all Druggists, 76o. Take Hall's Family Pills for con etlpatlon. Real Estate Transfers. H. T. Edens to M. R. Parharn, 4.11 suras in county, $14.000. Richard I. Manning to Thomas ?3. jFraser. strip of land on North Main Street. $1.00. The boy's appetite Is cften the source of amazement. If you would have such an appetite take Cham? berlain's T.ibl* They not only create a healthy appetite, but strengthen the stomach and enable It la do Its work nnturallv. Fir sale by all dealers. HYDE WON'T CONTEST ELECTION Decision of Defeated Candidate Mark* Extraordinary Political Revolution in Charleston. Charleston. Nov. 9.?Maj. T. T. Hyde, in a statement issued tonight, declares his intention not to protest the result of the municipal primary on Tuesday, when Col. Grace received a majority of 85 votes over Maj. Hyde and E. W. Hughes in the contest for mayor. Maj. Hyde's adherents had challenged a large number of votes and it was believed for a time that formal protest would be made on the grounds that fraud had been practic? ed at the polls. Maj. Hyde's decision not to make a protest means that what is perhaps the most extraordi? nary political revolution in Charles ton's history has been accomplished. the: drama in mayesville. Musical Comedy Company Opens An Engagement. Mayesville, Nov 10.?The Cagle Sisters and Wakefleld Musical Com? edy company opened an engagement at the school auditorium last night to a large and appreciative audience. This company of entertainers is one of the best seen here in many days. The program consisted of vaudeville cast and sketches and there wasn't a cast and sketches and theer wasn't a dull moment from the rise of the curtain until the end of the perform? ance. The Cagle Sisters in their mu? sical acts were exceptionally good, playing on many different instru? ments and giving the latest song hits. Miss Ollie Cagle is a very win? some and charming little Soubrette, and her German song and dance net was very unique and made a big hit. Miss Dollie Cagle was especially good in the sketches and in her songs and she is a pianists of no small ability. Mr. J. Wakefleld is a first-class com? edian, especially in black face and gained rounds of applause in his work. His sleight-of-hand act in the early part of the program was all right and showed that he was a mas? ter of the art Mr. F. M. Cagle, the manager of the company, deserves praiso for the excellent organization he has under his control and the high-toned and strictly moral per? formances that he gives the public. Sed Death at Pine wood. Pinewocd, Nov. 10.?This town was saddened this morning when it was announced that Hob Griff.n had died at 4:30 this morning. The deceased was the youngest son of Mr. Ben Griffin, who in the past six years has lost his wife, three daughters and Bob. The young man was above the average in character and was a de? vout Christian and a member of the Baptist church. He had visited sev? eral resorts in New York State, also Atlanta and Asheville, In hope of re? gaining his health, but to no avail. The sympathy of the entire toWfl and community is extended to the only two surviving members of the family, Mr. Grittin and his son. Frank. A Mail Carrier's Load. Seems heavier when he has a weak back and kidney trouble. Fred Dneh ren, mail carrier at Atchison, Kas.. says: "I huve been bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and bad ?a severe pa'n across my back. When? ever I carried a heavy load of mail, my kidney trouble increased. Some time ago. I started taking Foley Kid ney Pills and since taking them I have gotten entirely rid of all m\ kidney trouble and am as sound BOW as ever." Sibft's Drug Store. Corhctt Will Address Arizona ft**, masters. An addre.*s will b? delivered I V Postmaster J. Knox "*orbett at the annual meeting of the postmasters of Arizona, which will be held in Phoe? nix Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. He has prepared no paper, as he did last year, but Is ready ?o speak, either in English or Spanish, on any subject relating to poBtoftVe or postal affairs that the chairman may suggest. The sessions of the convention will be conducted by Postmaster A. L. Smith of Prescott. who Is president of the postmasters' association.? Tueson, Arizona. Times. To make the liargain Day a suc? cess and attract th?. crowds of shop Pers?to bring them to "your" store ?the merchants must advertise the particular bargains they ofTVr. There? fore the merchants who have real bargains will be oulck to realize the value and use liberal space In the Bargain Day edition of the Watch? mm and Southron and Daily Item, shoppers nre not corning t<> your store unless they know what son of bargains jrou offer. KneUnrhe. Headache. VorvoiiHnow. and rheumatism, both in men and women, mean kidney trouble. Do not allow it to progress beyond the reach of medlclae hut stop it prompt? ly with Foley Kidney Pllla They regulate the action of the urinary or? gans. Tonic In actb.n. quick in re? sults. Stbert's Drug store. BLEASE DISCOURTEOUS ? SPIRITED reply or MARLBORO cotton MARKET. Action of Governor in Refuting to ( all Extra Session of Legislature, With View to Reviewing Farmers of state, Without Granting Hearing Requested, Severely Criticised and c haracterizod Undemocratic?Rea? sons for Refusal Fail to Satisfy. Iiennettsville, Nov.9.?Mr. J. J. Evans, representing the committee appointed by the mass meeting of Marlboro farmers, has made reply to the letter of Governor Mease. This committee, which is composed of Senator J. R Green, Representatives J. J. Evans, F. P. S. Pegues, Don Mc? Queen, Mr. Charles Crosland and former United States Senator Mc Laurin. following the instructions of the mass meeting, telegraphed the Governor asking for a hearing for next Monday in the matter of calling an extra session of the Legislature to consider the cotton situation. The Governor's letter was received here yesterday, it having previously ap? peared in the press. The committee had hoped, at least, that the Gover? nor would extend to it the courtesy of a meeting. The letter of Mr .Evans, which the Governor will receive tomorrow, is as follows: "To His Excellency. Hon. Cole L Blease, Columbia, South Carolina? Dear Governor: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, in response to my telegram requesting a hearing for the representatives from this county on the subject of an extra session. Tho request 'was made in response to the decision of a mass meeting of Marlboro farmers, held last Monday in the Court House. My message to you was not through the public prints and I regret sincerely that you did not accord us a hearing before reach? ing your decision. "Waiving, however, the discourtesy to us, it does seem that a mass meet? ing of Marlboro citizens might have expected an opportunity to present the reasons which caused them to make this request. The right of the people to speak in mass meeting in free Government is supposed to be sacred and will be a protection against injustice long after the ephemeral power of the wily politician has pass? ed away. The old-time theory, and the only valid reason for a democracy, is to do the greatest good to the greatest number, and 1 do not conceive that there is any manner in which you could better employ the functions of your great ofllce than in assisting the farmers of this State to secure bet? ter prices for the products of their labor. It is not a good shepherd, my dear Governor, who would sit on a stump and Impartially allow the bears and the sheep to tight it out. The crafty and the strong should not be allowed to compel the wenk and simple t<> fight them on their own grounds and the Govern* ment take no consideration of mercy, justice and the eternal moralities. "Your Excellency says that tie holding of tho cotton crop now will do no good except to a few wealthy farmers.' Most respectfully, Wl beg leave to differ with you on that question. Any sdvance In the price of cotton would be of urea' advan? tage, not only to a 'few wealthy far? mers' but to every man, woman end child In the South. Cotton is the basis of our wealth, in this county not one-half of the crop has been ginned, Much is being held in the hope of help from ' Dfftewhere, "I believe that a call from you for tho Legislature of South Carolina to meet in extra session, to do what she could constitutionally to aid in the present holding .movement, would of itself advance the price of COtton ma? terially, if the crop of South Caro? lina is 1.200,000 bales, a cent a pound would mean six million dollars to the people Of the State. I "I think, Governor, that you are mistaken about th<- p?>or farmer' getting no benefit; it Is the 'poor far? mer' who needs it most; the 'poor 'farmer.' operating under a lien and mortgage, that these times are liter? ally crushing Into the earth. Com? pelled to buy his supplies at exor ' bltant prices, he is now forced to sell at a cruel sacrifice. The fact is. my dear Governor, the 'rieb farmer* Is a .myth, the last one evaporated when cotton went below 10 cents. "You speak of the mill mergers being the cause of ail ibis depression I think it goes deeper than that Governor, The mill mergers are th< outgrowth of the business conditions and policies of the past half cen? tury, We are living in a now era; tho principle of Individualistin dom? inant over the past Is exhausted, and when the consequent i of a prin? ciple an exhausted, the structure built upon it crumbles awsi. "We sre living In a time when the prln*Hple of association Is th< controlling force and with all th< varied Interests combined Into trusts there is nothing left to productive la bor, whethi r on the farm or in the shop, except to make their Govern? ments the vehicle! through which, by unity of action, they may have some voice In fixing their share of the fruits of their own toil. It is a mis? fortune, Governor, even if people were able to hold their cotton, for I them to be forced to do so, unless adequate provision be made to bor? row money. To tie up one hundred bales of cotton means that much money retired from circulation. A warehouse certificate is now merely an asset in certain localities or chan? nels of trade. "if the name of the State of Louisiana makes her certificates good In all the money marts of the world, why should not the name of South Carolina be equally good? Why can? not you do for our State what Gov? ernor .Tared V. Sanders has done for Louisiana? Why could not the mag nificient harbor and terminal facil? ities of Charleston be utilized for this State, as those of New Orleans are for Louisiana. Mississippi and Eastern Texaa? The harbor of Char? leston is a splendid asset; it belongs to South Carolina. Why not use it? "Am to the cost of holding an ex? tra session, I am deeply gratified to learn of the patriotic spirit which prompted the Senator from Newberry to refuse pay for services at an extra I session. I am not willing, however, to admit that the Senator from New berry had a monopoly of the patriot Ism of South Carolina, and, if call? ed on, I believe the entire General Assembly would serve in this emer? gency free of cost. "The Act of 1908, page 1.079, pro? vide * pay for the regular session. Therefore, we may infer that the Legislature expected that members called in extra session would serve from patriotic reasons, or that no Governor would ever be so progres? sive aa to call an extra session for any purpose other than to elect some man to office, as was the eise in the extra session to which you re? ferred. With assurances of my highest re? spect, 1 am yours very truly. J. J. Evans, For the Committee." PRESIDENT FIN LI A DISCUSSES BANKS. Currency Legislation Should Be Framed t<> Meet Sectional Require? ments. Washington. Nov. 8.?Speaking to? day of the present discussion of cur? rency legislation, President Finley. of the Southern Railway Company, said: "The banks of tho Southern States compare very favorably as to sound? ness and ability of management with those of any other part of the coun? try. This was demonstrated in the panic of 1907 and the subsequent business depression. "In the Sout'.i, as in the Waat, a much larger supply of currency is needed during the crop-moving per? iod than at an) other time in the year. The effect ?f the present bank? ing system is tha\ during the crop moving season and ; s a result of this larger demand for cash, Interests rate tend to advince and credit is curtailed, notwithstanding the fad that farmers of the South are bring? ing to market hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cotton and other products, on the basis of Which credit should expand rather than contract. "sneaking generally, therefore, any plan of currencyy legislation should not only be such as will stand the strain of conditions tending to rente panics, but should also bo so framed as to meet peculiar sectional requirements. This does not mean that legislation should DC Sectional, for any plan that will enable the banks of the south, or of any other locality, to meet their sim tiona] demands for cash and to expand their credit within safe limits will be beneficial to the entire coun-i try. 'it is. i bei lev ?, t<> the Interest ?>? the entire country, as wall as of the South, that the banking resources of each locality should be made avail aide for commercial transactions in that locality) as far as this can be done consistently with safety and sound banking, in its own opera? tions the Southern Railway Company aims to Bid in the carrying out of this policy. So far as it can consist ently do so. jt allows the money it receives in payment for freight and I passenger transportation to remain in the localities in which it Is col- J looted. In the shape (.f deposits In local banks, to be drawn upon from time as occasion may require In pay? ment of wages and other obligations." A Father'* Vengeance. Would have fallen on anv one who attacked the son of Pater Bondy, of South Rockwood, Mi.b.. but he was powerless before attacks of Kidney trouble. "Doctors could nol help him." he wrote, "so at laut we Hiiro him Electric Ritter? and lie Improved wonderfully from taking six bottles, it* tin* b.>st kidney medicine I ever saw." Backache, fired feeling, nerv . usneaa loss of appetite, warn of kidney trouble that mar end dropsy, diabetes or Rrlght's disease Reware: Take Electric Bitters and be safe. ESvery bottle guai in teed at rt's 1 Mr ' ' tore. WOMEN AM) CHILDREN VICTIMS OF MASSACRE. (.ma Portion of Chinese1 City Burn? ed aud Looted?Work of Carnage Carried on While Rebeli Outside of City Iwalting Relnforcemcnti? Badge of Revolution Marked Wear er for Instant Death?Thousands Flee In Attempt to Escape Fury of Manchns. Nanking, Nov. 10,?Nanking to? night is desolat?*. Fully u thousand of its Inhabitants He massacred and numerous business houses and dwel? lings have been looted and burned. Seventy thousand persons have al? ready lied the city and still others are joining in the exodus. Along the railway leading from the city a great line of humanity is trudging. It was the hand of the Manchus that blought the devastation. While the Republicans were in camp three miles away, awaiting ammunition and reinforcements, the Manchus began the work of carnage. Men, women and children wore slaughtered. Neither youth nor age was taken in? to account, while, the emblem of the revolution marked its wearers for Instant death. Chinamen with white shoes, a sign of mourning among them, or even a white handkerchief, were ruthlessly slain. There was little fighting today be? tween the revolutionists and the troops. A desperate battle is expect? ed shortly. At historic Nanking, this afternoon, the sun set upon a scene of fire, rapine, desolation and butchery un? recorded !n modern history. . Tonight 12,000 Manchu and Impe? rial old-style soldiers hold Pumle Hill, where they are entrenched, while from beneath their stronghold they are driving before them hordes of Chinese out of the city. Innocent Chinese, destitute. are fleeing terror-stricken to the shelter at the rear of the reform forces. The latter, numbering between 20, 000 and 30,000. aro impotent to check tho slaughter or avenge the slain, because of their lack of ammu? nition. Last night the revolutionists made a demonstration, but did little shoot? ing and there were few fatalities. The main body of the reformers re? mained in camp thr^e miles distant from the city, awaiting the arrival ot ammunition. Reform reinforce? ments are coming from every direc? tion. They are raw and ragged re? cruits, but are determined. For? eigners are receiving utmost consid? eration. When the city gates were opened this morning the people thronged toward the country, driv? en by the Imperialists. Soon after? wards the carnage began. Since the night of November when the first attack was mads by the rebels, the Tartar general has tried to terrorize the Inhabitants by wholesale executions. Those whose Queue had been CUt off were behead? ed but today when the order for a general slaughter was given the whole native city was Invaded by the Manchu soldiers, who massacred men. women and children. Even the aged and babes In arms W< re shown no mercy. Thousands of Chinese poured from the gates. At noon it was estimated fully ??>,000 persons had tied. Be? fore nightfall 20,000 more, represent? ing every class, had escaped. Mean? while the Man? bus scoured the nar? row city streets. Mouses of wealthy merchants were sacked. Any queue I -ss victim w as beheaded immediate? ly. The correspondent of the Associat? ed Press saw several women execut? ed and their children stabbed and trampled under foot. The order ap? peared to be that any one woar'ng white, which ?Uggested the white badge worn by the reformers, must be killed forthwith A white pocket handkerchief, worn by the Chinese as a sign of mourning, was the signal for the execution of the wearer. An attempt tonight to estimate the number of innocents and combatants slain would be futile. The Chinaman found wearing for? eign clothing immediately fell a vic? tim to his advanced taste, but for? eigners were not molested. Th ir protest against the massacres, how? ever, were laughed at. Correspondents for the Associated Press worked uninterruptedly within the outer walls of the city. Fires sprang up everywhere. A large sec? tion of the native city was burned. Tonight the Manchu. driven to bay and glutted with blood, watches the I IIa ag city from the height of Pur? ple .Mountain and .awaits the morrow. RalLod nt Cold Steel. "I wouldn't let ,i doot >r cut my f,.,.. oft " said ii. i?. Biy, Bantam, Ohio, "although ? horrible ulcer had be n ths pi u ?? of my life for four \. ii ; Instead t used Bucklen's A?? idea salvo, und my foot ^ tu . . completely i ured." Heati bui ? bolls snrea bruises, sesame, pimples e ?rna Surest pile cure 2.,e a Sil.el t*S 1 " Ug Stol e. BRIDGE CLUB FORMED. L'oung People Prepare for Interesting Meetings J Miring Coming Season. I Wednesday evening at Dr. E. R. Wilson's office a bridge club was fanned preparatory to the social func? tions of the coming season. The club is composed of young people of this city, and a number of young married i co u ides. The club organized by electing offi? cers and mapping s schi d ita of i test? ings during the winter. Mr. Qao. L. Ricker was elected president and Mr. O. Ii. Folley was made secretary and treasurer. The club will hold its meetings every other week, being en? tert; ined by the ladies of the club at their homes, while it falls to the lot of the men to furnish the prizes at each meeting. Quite an interest? ing schedule of meetings was plan? ned and the members of the club ex? pect to derive much enjoyment from its meetings. Ill The Police Court. The following cases were tried by Recorder Lee Friday: B. II. House, public drunkenness and cursing, $10 on each charge. Geo. Stewart, petit larceny, $30 or 30 days. Stewart was charged with taking cigars from Mr. R. P. Brad w ell's store. He denied the charge and his employer and Mr. Brad well both stated that hitherto he had been found to be perfectly honest. Stew? art stated that he had purchased the cigars the night before from some negro down on Manning Avenue. The Recorder stated that he could not take this statement as true when the cigars which had been stoien from Mr. Uradwell were found in Stewart's trunk, and he accordingly found Stewart guilty and imposed the fine upon him. Sam Richardson, for discharging firearms in the city limits, was fined $30 or 30 days. Sam claimed that he had not discharged the pistol, but that someone else had fired it at him. It seems from the testimony that Sam had gotten in trouble by prom? ising to marry one "lady" who had found him going out riding with an? other "colored lady." The shooting occurred several days ago, but Sam was only arrested Thursday when he was passing through town on his way irom Wedgefield. Coughing at Night Means loss of sleep which is bad for anyone. Folejra Honey and Tar Compound stops the cough at once, relieves the tickling and dryness in the throat and heals the Inflamed membranes. Prevents a cold de? veloping into bronchitis or pneu? monia. Keep always In the house. Refuse substitutes. Slbert's Drug Store. Civil Court Proceedings. Thursday afternoon the case of the Atlantic Coast Line vs. A. D. Harby was completed) the jury returning a Verdict of $s.41 in favor of the plain? tiff. The case of Shelly I^awrence, col? ored, vs. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company was taken up In the court of Common pleas Friday mornimv after a long argument as to whether or not the case should ba postponed, until the plaintiff could secure other witnesses. Zt was final? ly decided to begin the case with what witnesses were on. hand and get the other witnesses, if possible, during the progress of the case. The suit is one for $2,500 damages bi cause of personal injuries sus? tained by the plaintiff. Lawrence was injured in the head by being hit by moving box cars. The case was commenced about 11 o'clock Friday morning. J. E. Parker. 2021 No. 10th St., Ft. Smith, Ark., says that he had taken many kinds of kidney medicine, but did not get better until he took Fo ley Kidney Pills. No matter how long yon have had kidney trouble, you will find quick and permanent benefit by the use of Foley Kidney Pills. Start taking than now. Slbert's Drug Store. Sumter Streets are in much bet? ter condition since they have had a chance to dry off after the recent rains. Start* Much Trouble. If all people knew thAt neglect of constipation would result in severe indigestion, yellow jaundice or viru? lent liver trouble they would soon take Dr. Kin*'* Xaw Life PtllSL and end It. Its the only safe way. Beet for bil? iousness, headaoho, dyspepsia, chills and debility. 25c at Slbert's Prug Store. The number of motor vehicles in sumter county keej>s steadily mount? ing up At present 324 motor ve? hicles have been registered in the office of the county clerk of court. There ran Id be no hotter medicine than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. My children were ail sick with whoop? ing couch. One of them was In bed, h id a high fever and was coughing up 1 Our doctor gave them Cham* Ii s Cough Remedy and the iirvt eased them, and three bottles ' ?oed them," says Mrs. R, a. Donald* p of Lexington, If fas. For sale by a11 dealera