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^*1 Just Ret SSi Shi i-r- M?J ESl f || gnats | The V P You_wn | For TV ggj B ^ur JT M i *ga I THE BAII jj|| THE STORE LOCAL LACONICS. Happenings of Interest About Town. Mr. J. H. Wilburn, of Lockhart was here last week. Mr. J. O. Proctor, Jr., of Boston was in town Sunday. Mr. E. H. Clark, of Columbia was in town Monday. Mr. Monk Lipscomb, of Jones villc, was here this week. Mr. J. L. Calvert, of Mt. Tabor was in the city Wednesday. The Mutual Dry Goods Co. wil be closed Thanksgiving Day. Mr. J. Frost Walker was in Co lumbia this week on business. Mr. D. K. Gaffney, of Spartan \ burg, was in the city this week. Mr. E. F. Girardeau, of Colum bia, was a visitor to Union las1 week. Mr. E. N. Chisolm, city engineei of Columbia, came up last week t( inspect the Neal Shoals dam. Mr. Ben J. Smith, one of th< most promfnent insurance men ir the Tarheel State, was here Satur day. Mr. W. H. Townsend, formerly assistant attorney general was ir town this week on professional bus iness. It is probable that a carnival bal will be given during the carniva here. A contest for queen of tin ) .. carnival will be held. Mr. Ike Monk, advance manage; of the Barkoot Amusement Com pany, was in Union this week mak intr Drenarations for the rnminc carnival during the week of December 11th. New Drug Store at Buffalo The new drug store at Buffalc erected for Berry & Kellar is now completed and will be ready foi opening next week. The furnituri is now being installed and when completed the store will present a very handsome interior. Th<j twt members of the firm, Dr. R. R. Berry and Dr. G. T. Kellar, art * both well known and popular and good business men. Dr. Kellar, who i^an experienced pharmacist, r will have charge of the prescription department. L ceived a N ...ment of.. and Necl ery Latest Thi I need some Nev lanksgivi Store is Headquc Come and See U .EY - COPEI ; THAT LOOK AFTER ITS < I ThonKsaivinn Dav. Thanksgiving Day will be ob served at the First Baptist churcl Sunday morning. It is hoped tha there will be a full attendance, am ? that each one will come prcparet to make a contribution to benevo lence. L. M. Rick, Pastor. * Officers of Monarch Mills Reelected. At a meeting of the stockholder! ? of Monach mill held Tuesday after noon all of the officers and di 1 vectors were reelected and a dividend of 3 per cent declared whieli will be paid January 1st, 1006. The New Methodist Church The new Methodist church al Monarch is now assured of erection, t The contract for the building ha* been let and all is now waiting foi P the lumber which has not yet arj rived. It is to be hoped that tin proceeds from the lecture by prof! Clinkscales on Saturday night'next J will l>e large enough to add a nic< 1 sum to the building fund. The McNally-Lindsay Com; pany. A new firm has this week been organized and it bears the name oi the McNally-Lindsay Company. I Mr. Thos. McNally is president; 1 Mr. Paul McNally, vice-president; * and Mr. Herbert Lindsay is secretary and treasurer. It is capitalized at $5,000 and will do business ' in stocks, bonds and real estate. ; Remember the Orphans en ThanKsgivh^i Day. Services will be held in each church of this city on Thanksgiving day and a full attendance is greatly > desired and sincerely hoped for by ' the good people of the city. Every one should go prepared to contrib ute something for the orphans, th< ' poor and the needy in grateful acknowledgment of the blessings which > have been bestowed upon them by the Ggd and ruler of the universe. People should contribute to th< I comfort and pleasure of the many , orphans who aro being cared for ii , tho different orphanages of th? i State. "Giving to the poor is lending to tho Lord." " ! D i i js ! WO CO I art fer or pr? Hr ilai I pai lia< ng Out. I a ???????? SgS cm'I sS it* / Fixings ? !!;! (53 fpi no in 5 an* ; act i the ' an* E an* 15 is 1 lov wo -AN0CO, I \ ~u^OMERS. || >? r" T Ai Mr. Shannon house's Resig- fr( nation. I en | ITU 1 Rev. Royal Shannonhousc, rcc- Mi ^ tor of the Church of the Nativity, no 1 has resigned his rectorate here and tir 1 will on the first of December leave co - here for Edgefield to whieh place Ice he has lieen assigned by Bishop to Capers who esteems him highly. ha Many friends made here in his ou . stay of fifteen months will deeply an regret the departure of Mr. Shan- hij nonhouse, for by his genial man- gel ncr, kind heart, and devoted "work 6 he has attached many to him. be Edgefield will gain an excellent as minister and a good man. j de 1 To the Cotton Association of !lviJ Union County. inj In compliance with instructions set from President Harvic Jordan, you lar t arc requested to meet on Saturday, by . IVc. 2nd, at your regular places in lar ' each Township, for the purpose of no increasing your membership and At perfecting your organizations: You coj are required to elect a president, nil vice-president, secretary and trcasu- an t rer of each sulnlivision in the Couii- we ? Al_- A- * ^ iV " ' itv. /\jhu vu seieci tnreo represon- inj tatives to meet at Union on M'opday, ^h< Dec. 4th, to elect county officers, ? and delegates to the State Associa- 1 tion at Columbia on January llrd, eri 1006. All of the above officers will mi . remain in office until December, inf r 1900. in Every person in our County who sta is interested in its prosperity and mc success when they see what the he combined effort of the Cotton Asso- wl ciation has done for the upholding cia 1 and advancing the price of cotton, I feel no one will have so little patriotism, as not to feed it his lamnd- Co I en duty to unite with us, shoulder fol to shoulder, to support and build jee up this organization, to contribute lii| to its maintenance and to pay mi promptly your annual dues, and cr< three cents per bale on all cotton of made in 1905., an F. M. Fakh, President. agi Cotton Association Union County, nu Building Lots for Sale. The undersigned will sell to the )y highest bidder, on Friday, the 1st day of December, 0 large lots known as the Charles Bolt property. Will be sold a8 for a division. Sale will begin at 8 o'clock p. m. Terms of sale, ono half cash, balance on note with mortgage for 1 months from date of sale. Sale * wil. I e ha I on premises T. J. RtTKXBATTOH, Rsv. T. B. Owkn*, cv< 1ft W. J. Jolly. ho w?| VVAMW4 x Wf EMANDS 15 CENTS (Continued from 5th page.) .iry instance I have been told that i cotton crop in their section uld reach between GO and 75 per it of the cotton crop of 1904. 1IOLD FoU FIFTEEN CENTS. New Orleans. I*a.?Oldtimc bulls 5 getting together, and at a conenco held in New Orleans a day two ago at which there were ?sent such men as Frank B. lync, W. P. Brown, llarvie Jorti, president of tlio Southern tton association and others equally active in sustaining the price of aerican grown cotton, definite ins were adopted for the launch\ of the most ambitious bull camign that the cotton world has yet \ to consider. This is nothing >ro nor less than the tieing up dor contract of some 8,000,000 es of cotton which is to l?e held til the mills nre ready to pay 15 its per pound, basis middling for In defense of the practicability of s plan, it was pointed out that ; current crop can hardly exceed ,000,tMX) bales; that the world's nning and weaving industry is w breaking all previous records the matter of new business and leral prosperity; that most of i mills are sold up for a year to 110 on a basis of 11 cents cotton, 1 have not as yet purchased the ual cotton with which to fulfill >ir contracts; that the farmer \ not the speculator is entitled to ifit by the shortness of the crop; it very large portion of the crop i alread been sold below its value, 1 that the remainder must bring cents if the season's average price to reach 12 1-2 cents, which is when contrasted with the rld's requirements and the 11)05 Id. President Jordan announces his ention of immediately sending ivassers through the cotton states, ese canvassers will call on the mers and planters as rapidly as SJble and secure from them writ)8 %?to hold as many bales n ph'dgS|^|,e number of bales to they absence of cott stated until m^nceting an inn offered for 1" T^mli sliiill easing demand for supj^^up to ivc brought the hid of t cents. anwhile, the effc^W. I eculativc "shorts" to cover tlut essurc on them is felt, will, it is V lievcd, exert a signal and favora2 effect on the market both in lierica and Europe. "I have already received pledges im a number of reputable plant? guaranteeing to take off the irket many bales of cotton,'' said r. Jordan. The farmers have t thus far held cotton for every lie offers around 11 cents have me to them they have let go. Bev that figure only cotton that had he sold to meet payments due s been turned loose. It is not r purpose to ask the farmers who 2 unable to hold cotton for the' ;her prices to embarrass thenives by so doing, hut rather to int on full market values or a little tter. This they have all done, the market tendency has clearly nionstrated. Now we have reached point of vantage where we can solutely control the situation durl the remainder of the season. We will send out canvassers to ure these pledges, hut expect a ge ninnlier to come in voluntarily mail to our headquarters at Atlta. In fact, such pledges are w coining to me by every mail, id within two or thiVt; v.ecks, the :ton world will awake Jo the sigiieanee of what we are doing. We ? now a thoroughly organized and 11 equipped body and are recciv; J,he support arid cooperation of 3 cottop' gpowe^a all' oyer jhp ith. ' On December 3, the day the gov- j nnent issues its annual crop estiite, the farmers will hold meet- j ?s in every cotton growing county . the south, when they will name y ,to delegates. Later the annual ?eting of the association will )>e j Id at Hot Springs, Arkansas, t icn general ollicers for the asso- f ition will be selected. I Pres. Harvic Jordan, of Southern tton Association, has issued the lowing agreement with the obt of securing to the farmer the jhest practical price for the rounder of this year's small cotton >p. He SllKKf'StS that the farmers 1 each locality disxruss tho matter long themselves, sign lip the ' reement for the holding of as ' ich cotton as they can afford to [ te off the market, using the form 1 agreement as below, and prompt- * mail same to the Southern Cotton ^ sociation at Atlanta, Ga., as soon ' possi hie: t1 i < FORM OF AOUKKMKNT. i{ We, the following named citizens I Postoflioe County 1 State, hereby agree to use < ry power at our command to t Id the number of bales of cottou ^ J* fT I jjglfi23&SS????2?S?i 5 Now We> g The Best Cook S H Sold on 55 years S Sizes and Prices | The Cha gg Stoves on< I V ! There is a difference in 1 Ranges but the Chartei I than the next best. No be "just as good" as "just as good ' a Stove ALRIGHT. Don't fail want a cook stove or he BAILEY FURI A Handsome Present SI amounting to : |\ VEHICLES Ar 1 \ IMPLEM \W \~ l s ^ m vvflr ?ave just r< I _h!pment of Wa 1 f!1* Harrows, S I rowk Wi Middf Bursters' 1 Wire *nd StaP, r.W T * ! V CX a A 1 in Iar^fquatitrtw | low p?iie+wh,ch 8 position^0 sav 1 We inviff efIGry, ra teres ted i\,,.e Ik items to ck s || People\S dated opposite our respective nan 'or HO days from date and refuse t<>m ;cll any of said cotton within that ime for less than fifteen cents per j ft xmnd, hasis middling, at our mar-J a tot points: | The names of all signatures will j >e confidential ami none given out j o the public by the. association, I >nly the aggregate number of hales roin each county held. Names j, Postoflice U State, j No. Bales i p 1'KOCLAMATION. il Mr. Jordan's proclamation to the t< 'armers follows: lv To all holders of spot cotton:? 1; ft is now definitely ascertained from 0 ill reliable resources, including the , 1 lepartmont of agriculture at Washington, I). C., that the present crop >f cotton will Ik; in the neighborhood of only ton million hales. ? Half the crop has already hcen sold u iround ton cents. An unproee-j a lentcd demand exists for the hal-1 incc of this crop, which if sold at , fifteen cents, would average thfjrice of the mills at o>'\. 12 1-2 vnts. Wo must tie up at least! hree million bales at once to con- j rince the cotton world that we pieau i ?3BT?IS5"T /t (lot It! g >tove on Earth. B ; record. Styles, & to suit all. ^ rter Oak| el Ranges. ^ the price of Stoves and 3 r Oak costs no more 3 Stove or Range can 13 the best. None are 3 s for $7.50 THAT IS M to see us when you m ater. fc# 1ITURE CO. I with every purchase S $10 and over. SS *>JD FARMING 1 ENTS. I eceived a large i gons, Buggies, i moothing Har- j|; ; Turn Plows,? car load Barbed j|i :s. We bought m ss and at a very if places us In a e you money, m one who is in= m bove mentioned if ee us. fjjf upply Co. I """"""" lj????? ???^ usiness. If this is done the u?nr-. et, Aviil advance to our figure. The nuthevn Cotton Association, therehrc1, asks all spot holders who a it ttrto do to subscribe to the lf/.\nvTK Jordan. Big Pox Hunh. Cant\C' ''/^V^f^^a-ned roin n UAWV l'nnt? '? NVil* nmsl)urg%t ^. l1> counties. Ir gives a^BL'"." ^ ^<eription of he hunts, ?y -0 hounds i) full cry. de?L" illy sweet music i> the hunter's^*,r- Eleven foxes rere caught. 'Cm? foxcs were tho irge red strii)e<^^^?l':iy8? that can utrun a red fn# 'irs^ *ew noticeT%^ citi* Take notice that ',he un<lcr*i|i:^?^itat? en* will anp'v C, ll*o ^pcre'sry >r u "!* '?> \\U? social ot'tfani* "ti'Ml Of "' V. w in, 8. c. ^vng ...11111) (iflUlt, VV. T Austell. .T IV Hunco'k, M B L e, .1<'S?'|?1) Crawford, Al S Funcett, T, J. Canlt, \V A. L Kelly, T. K. Foster