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if., 1 V 1 t i v , ' k ) " t - " r - T-'M j'- .. - -J - r p: " 1 1 SOBESONIAN I . . - . -Ul ESTABLISHED 1870. Country, 'God and Truth. SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTS. - I i in i .. iii .. .. .... . .i . , " . - - . VOL. XXXVI. NO. 64, r LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1005. ' iOI NO. 076 1 t i . . gggSB, TP LUMBER-BRIDGE NEWS, LUMBER BB1DGB. W. C. REV. P. R. LAW. D. D., - - EDITOP. All in all, our country -never made each crops as are to be har vested in 1905. In the cast) of some of the leading crops there was a larger yield in the past, but taken as a whole this is a record breaking vear. There should be and is prosperity within our bor ders. The obligation to general thanksgiving is very great. Oar Deonle ought to be happy. The kindness of the God of Providence is amazing. It is wholly unde served. There are great national sinB that are perpetrated most ruthlessly. Little or no united ef fort is seen to arrest great public wrong-doings. Yet the seasons are favorable to our great industry, agriculture. Mr. Bryan said before he sailed that the popular things President Roosevelt has done were conform ity to Democratic precedent. As sume this to be oorrect. Then the courage, integrity and intelligence of the president get a high compli ment at the hands of the distin guished Nebraskan. Policies be come helpful or hurtful by turns. What would be hurtful today would be helpful tomorrow. That either party can lay claim to wis dom and for the endorsement of the oountry by adhering unwaver ingly to the same policy under all shifting conditions is foolishness. The party that adapts itself to the needs demanded by the progress of the world from term to term is worthiest of support. Both of the great parties have had sagacious policies. Neither has a right to . say it has had a monopoly of them. That the president stands ready, to seize upon all that is best fcr the good of the country, regardless of its souroe, is altogether to his credit. Thousands will be glad when the clash of the newspapers in Charlotte with their printers is ended. We are in sympathy fully with the papers. They are doing " just what we would do. If the members of the typographical un a ion who are participating in the strike were in the place of the papers they would adopt the course no doubt the papers have adopted. The golden rule should prevail. Alas it does not, Ihe love tor IT notoriety,' the delight in Hon' ten tion, the thirst for power, the ' greed for money in the manage ment of labor unions ot all kinds, are elements that are giving trouble everywhere. Organizations are legitimate, are desirable when used righteously, but in many ways hurtful to all classes when abused bv the play of unholy im pulses. In the Charlotte struggle the printers are not to be excused. An unpleasant but true view of life, as lived by fallen man is that nf crushing one another and re morsely rising upon the ruins wrought thereby to earthly for tune and fame. It is an unholy struggle one sees. Let no one sup pose that it is peculiar to the neb or poor. Both are in the hottest of the struggle. The one will trample upon you as quickly as the other. If any art not doing it the reason is found in a lack of ability or opportunity. He only acts rightly who is moved thereto in some way by the gospel. The golden rule introduces righteous ness into the doings of life and the golden rule becomes possible as a power only by the advent and influence of the gospel. A world blessed with pace and equity in the transactions of business and social life is a boon, and the gos pel is tor this life only therefore most desirable. , It appears that at the election in Wadesboro, which wai carried by the wet party, with which a majority of the whites voted.mucb money was used by the whiskey .. element. We are told this by a citizen of -Jtbe ; town. One man, wbo does not live in the town, neither atihis; Own contributisn or " -' as a representative of others, gave twenty-fire - hundred dollars to win it. Now we are to bare a Hamlet II. Another fountain of evil, another great temptation is ADDRESS. To Cotton Planters, Merchants and Bankers, by rlarvle Jordan, Presi dent Southern Cotton Association. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southern Cotton Association, held at A9heville, N C. Soptember a6 8, 1905. where representatives from each cotton producing State and Territory were present, u report cn the condition of the cotton crop made up to August, 25 ch, was carefully com piled from returns of more than 15,000 correspondents showing a condition of 73 per cent as com pared with a condition of 84 per cent, for a corresponding period of 1904. An estimate of the crop for this season baBed on reports from the same correspondents in dicated a yield of 9,588,383 bales of cottop. Taking this informa tion as a guide in connection with the present enormous demand for spot cotton by the spinners of the world, the present high prices of cotton goods, and the heavy cost to the producers for cultivating and harvesting this crop, the com mittee agreed that eleven cents as a minimum price, basis middling at all interior points, would be a reasonable and conservative price to be asked by the producers this season lor tneir staple, it nas been generally reported, and not publicly denied, that spinners can pay twelve ceiits per- pound for middling cotton at the present time and still make good profits in the manufacture of the raw material into the finished iabric. Peace has been recently declared between Russia and Japan. The whole civilized world is in a mcst prosperous condition and the spin dles in all the cottou mills of Europe and America are running night and day to supply the tre mendous demands for cotton goods. CONSUMPTION UNPRECEDENTED. The enormous crop of Americas cotton reaching the unprecedented figures of nearly 14,000,000 bales has been easily absorbed by the spinners at an average price of nine cents per pound. Of this crop there was only a small reserve stock of little" more than a milliou bales to be carried into the season of 1905 6 on the first day of Sep tember. If no more than ten mil lion bales of cotton are harvested this season to be added to the small reserve stock carried over from the crop of 1904, the mills of the world, at the present rate of consumption, will face a famine in raw cotton before another crop oan ue planted, cultivated and placed upon the market. The mills have contracted for many months ahead for the delivery of goods to be manufactured out of cotton yet to be bought from the producers. The Exporters have sold to the spinners cotton to be delivered in the future months which is yet to be bought from the producers. The spinners and the Exporters are heavily short, - with nothing but paper contracts in their, pos session, while the farmers of the South bold the spot cotton in their hands and control absolutely the key to the situation. Will the farmers take advantage of 'the splendid position tbsy occupt, tod hrt men, Assert their rights to demand a fair price for this erop at the hands of the buyers? Will not the merchants and local bank ers throughout the South line up solidly in unbroken ranks with tue farmers against the combina tions that are so actively at work to depress prices and defeat the will of the people? ! " " v MUST DO OUR DUTY. v Every man in the South, no matter what bis avocation, is ex peoted to do his duty during the coming months and to throw their full moral and financial ability in th great fight that we have en gagel id. The "Bear" speculators of Wall Street and London are using every device known to hu man ingenuity to depress prices. The International Cotton Spinners of Great Britain have combined to crush the present efforts of the farmers to maintain fair price, and Exporters are doinij all in their power to bamm -r down the market. The solutiju i.i ho prob lem is easy and simple. The ability of the farmer to win .this fight is unquestioned. Stand to gether as br thsrs, battling for the protection of your firesides and your fcMnt;-, your wives, chil dren and y ur country. Stop teU- ing cotton n.z present prices. 011 upon your merchants and bankers to aid you :r the heroic struggle that lies ahead. Store your cotton in the seed wherever possible and do not have it ginned until later ia the season. Store the lint cotton urder good steds to keep it dry od the farm or place it iu ware houses, where the receij U are need ed as collateral to borrow money to meet maturing obligations. All other lines of business borrow money, why not the farmers, when by so duing tby cmu ht,ld their cotton off the muiiiet and ma terially advance its price? Pay no attention to the "bearish" lit erature being printed and circu lated broadcast throughout the South. This is done with but one object and that to discourage and induce you to Bell your cotton at prices below its value; As pro ducers you knew that the crop in short aud that unless you get good prices, at least eleven cents per pound, there will be but little or no profit in this crop. Hold your cotton and check up the present heavy receipts and demandnot less than eleven cent? for every pound of middling cotton you have to offer. The Southern Cotton Association, The Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union, The American Society of Equity, The Farmers' Alliance of North Carolina have all agreed on the minimum price of eleven cents a l a Kapa K t r rf hoaa Tin TJP -- tin m i i j- j- - - erful organizations, standing to gether in unity and harmony, can defy the combinations of the world and win another notable victory, the like of which was never wit nessed before. Call your county and district meetings throughout the entire belt. Build up your membership in the Southern Cotton Associa tion and stand firmly tcgetber for justice and protection. It you will check the sale of your cotton for 80 or 60 days this Association will guarantee an advance in the price easily to eleven cents per pound. Do .not rush your cotton on a depressed market, but sell slowly and prove to the world beyond all question of doubt that -Southern farmers have the ability, the de termination and the strength to force the world to recognize their power in maintaining a fair price for their products. The Southern Cotton Association must be maintained and fioanoed by the farmers of the South. Its power to protect the interest of the produoers is recognized and feared by all the leading specu lative and cotton interests of America and Europe. If we go down iu defeat the enemy will be merciless and it will take twenty years for. the South to recover again. Stand by the Association and thereby proteot yonr individ ual interests. The South is both mentally and financially abb to manage and protect her interests from the dominating and devasta ting hands of her enemies. Last January the price of cotton was depressed to .six cents per pound add, tbe Southern Cotton Association wm organized at the New Orleans CLvention Jan. 26, 1904 to .briutf about harmony cmong tbe producers, merchants and bankers s6 as tu advance the price tu ten cents p r pound. The world knows that through this powerful organization the price of apot cotton was advanced to ten cents in tbe South on July 3rd, just five OQoutbs Inter. Not ouly this, bat tbe MSiistance giveo the "Bear" operators by certain offi cials in th United States Depart ment ct Agricnlture was exposed through the ittrts of tbe As sociation and the rcscals -"were promptly turi.ed ut. This work m . ... nas already sav d millions of dol lars to the Sjui h uui will continue to do so if festered and maintained by tbe people. If the South toald advance tbe prce of a 14 000,000 bale crop fro in 6 cents to 10 ceutn, clearly it would require but little co-operative ifort to secure not lesB than eleven cents for a 10, 000,000 bale crop. Let the people know the truth, know the power of their strength and then let them act promptly and tbf- victory for hiphpr prices will sofi i v won, then their great sts .- will selling at its real value to t L world. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20, 1905. ElrOd News. Mr. I. T. MoLean, of Ashpole, is visiting Mr. R. W. Bullard. "Quarterly meeting at Rowland last Sunday. A few of our people attended. Mr. Will Currie, of Maxton, was in our community Sunday ! evening. Miss Ora Paul and brother, of Parish, Fla., are visiting at tbe home of Mr. L. W. Ballard. ' Mr. C. T..Pate went to Laurel Hill Sunday evening. Miss Tiny Cnappell was at Pem broke Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Blue, of Laurinburg, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs A. W. Pate. Rev. W. W. Willis, of Latta, 3. C, was here last week. vr n-i if .T j Stephens, of Ashpole, were here Sunday evening. Mr. J. A. McRae and little son, of Pates, were at Mr. L. W. Bul lard's Sunday. The following names of children were on "Honor roll1' last month : Frankie Pipkin, Lorena McCall, Juliet Bullard, Mae McCall.Lyns day Norment, V. Bridgers, Sam Bridgers, and Zeb McCall. Mr. L. W. Paul went to pole Sunday. Lumber Bridge Locals. Ash. The sale of tbe Townsend Hotel ia Red Springs fell through as some oue expressed it. Ben Town send rubs it and bis boarders sty they are glad. Tnpy are delighted with the service. Tbe business of the hotel has increased greatly of late. . It is good propertyran im posing building, on an ideal site, surrounded by lovely grounds and in a fine - town for a large pat ronage. The Presbyterians of Red Springs are expecting Rev. J. C. McCall, of Cleburne, -Texas, to assume tbe pastorate of their cbnrch 1st of December... Fayetteville Presbytery will meet next Tuesday at 10 a. m. iu Centre church. Mr. Neill Conoly is the dele gate to Presbytery from Shannon church. Mr. J. P. Malloy came and went last week carrying back his family to his home in Peoria, Ga , where he is prospering. Ut. J. V. Martm, wbo opened up jewelry shop iu tbe Edwards Building on 4th street, has mcyed his stock of goods to a sfore back of Messrs, Caldwell Garlyje's store. Commissioners Prortedirgs The regular monthly meeting of the County Board of Commission era was held at the court house If 1 m i iuonuay. ine loiiowing wre present: R R.Barnes, chairman, J. W. Carter, A. R McEachern and J A. Hodgin, commissioners, It was ordered that the Row land Land & Improvement com pany be given a rebate of $17.(50; ordered that petition, of new road from Floral College to Wilson P. church (colored) be allowed, and notice sent out; ordered that pe tition of Blue Springs township, new road to Carthage Road a Lilys Chapel P. chnrob, be g ant ed; ordered that rebate $72.24 and $28.85 Roanoke R. R. & L. To., be cancelled; ordered that bill of O. B MoLeod $22.85 and $13 80 be allowed ; ordered that petition of J. D. and D. M Rogers be al lowed to erreot phone poles from Rochester to Fair Bluff ; ordered that bill 5f D. W. Biggs $108.15, supplies tor jail, be allowed ; or-4 dered that bill of Joel Stone, $10. 10 lumber and work building bridge on Ashpole Swamp, be al io ed; ordered that F. J. Meares be allowed $85.15 for keeping County Home; ordered that H D McNeill be allowed $0.00 for repairing MoNeill's bridge ; order ed that gate be erected at Fair Bluff access to the publio road and instruct Mr. Oliver to attend to fame; ordered by the Board that they withhold final judgment with reference to the publio road in Red Springs township, repre sented C. G. Vardell and others, petitioners, and J. T. Denny and others, respondents, until Tuesday October 7th, 1905, and that said Board is to visit the premises in question on said October 17th . to further consider this matter; or dered that bill of G. W. Jones $16.30 for work and lumber on Marsh Bridge be paid. The Board then adjourned to meet again Tuesday October 10th, 1905. Jury List. Tbe following is the jury Hit for tbe November term of court: jrnirw if wm m a m 9 Thompson,. J. E. Smith, S. W. Fowler, Angus McLaunn, J. A. Grooms, J. S. Willis, Luther Am- monds. N. L. Sinclair, Alforde- vilh; E. C. McNeill, J. B. Mc- Callum, D. P. McLeod, Bed Springs; A. T. Stubbs, Mack N, Patterson, A..G. Mitchell, A. L, Grimsley, Thompsons; H. B.Jen. mok?. D. C. Sinclair, E. B. Free man, Lumbertnn; T. S. Tolar, J. H. Tyson, J. M. Breeden, St. Pauls; Malcom McMillan, Park ton. R.'F. D.; N. M. Ciddell, C. C. York, Maxton; M. A.Clark, Archie A. Mclnnis. J. W. Mo- Phaul, C. B. Parker, Blue Springs; W. A. Smith, Burnt Swamp; W. S. Small, Back Swamp; Amos Rosier, J. Ira Townsend, J. Cha son, Howellsville; Wm. L. Little, Lumber Bridge; D. R. Hardin, Sterlings. Second Week G. B. Kinlaw James G. Smith, Howellsville; W C. Townsend, Raft Swamp; C. P. Grantham, O. B. Braswell, W. L Townsend, J. L. Stewart, Thomp son ; James Norton, Bine bpringa ; C. B. Pate, J. L. Sbaw, Neill Shaw. J. R. Rsckley, Lumber Bridge; Arch McDoffie, Saddle Tree; Charlie Ray, Maxton; J. A. Love, Red Springs; N. J. Mo Rimmon, Alfordsville; G. W. Jones, Lumberton; J. B. McCji mick, Park ton. Millinery Opening. The hats on exhibition at the Fall Millinary Opening of Mrs. Peterson and Miss Breece were many and beautiful. As is usually the case, the store was crowded both days with visitors and pur chasers, who. could but be suited among suoh a display of beautiful and stylish headgear. The visitors were greatly pleased, and we learn that the sales of this reliable firm more than repaid their trouble in rouging tb display. - f To Members of tbe Cotton Growers' Association. You have doubtless noticed thai at tbe meeting ou th 27th of Sep. ,tember the County Catton Grow- er Association-adopted lh action of thf AshevilleConveDtior, which was to hold cctton for eleven cants. After the 10th of October 00 man can be a true nrember of the As. sociation that will sell a bale of cotton for less than eleven cents. There is only one masou that cottou is not selling today for eleven cents or higher, and that is because people who ue it can buy it for less, We have bad un usually good we&tle-to gather tbe crop. The ginnr report was con. itrod by tho trade to He bullish, wh.lrt iu truth aud ftct it there was a big crop of cottou oiad it would have been the raot. bearish giuuers report we have had, owing to the fact that we have bad the earliest matured crop that we have bad iu years. There is undoubtedly a great demand lor cotton this Tear; there is good business in tbe dry goods trade ; aud there is ouly one thing necessary for the growers to get a gocd prioe for their cotton, and that is to with held it from the market until it is needed. Good common business sense it a good rnle by which to weigh all business matters and it applies equally as well to cotton. If ym could buy at a low price tbe things that yon have to buy in sufficient quantity to serve your pnrpose, you ' certainly would not pay a higher price for it. That is the condition with the people who are using cotton. It makes no dif ference how much tbsy can afford to pay for it, so leng as they can get their supply at ten cents they are not going to pay more, and if they caa get it at eleven cents they are not going to pay twelve. Tbe world is with ur. Every Urns cottou goes below ten Cfints ritpeoptTwho tre nut rsemberi or the Association refuse to sell and it reacts. Therefore, if we ref ui to sell it for less than eleven csnts there is nto donbt but that ccxasl tUsi-pries is s very short time. - A. J. McKisnon,' President Robeson County Cotton X Growers Association. Alfordsville Items. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Boney and children, of Wallace, N. C, have been visiting in this community. Tbe farmers are puttingjon grace ful smiles these days. Cotton yon know, is 10 cent. Kev. W. T. Wralker, after a months outing has returned to the delight of his many friends. Mrs Bettie Alford, of Latta, S. C, has returned home after spend ing sometime with Mr. J. E. Al ford and other relative. Qmarterly meeting was held at tbe new Methodist church at Row land Saturday and Sunday. We are sorry to report Mr. Scotch McCall urn's little son Claud, not improved much. Sorry to learn that Mr. Henry John, a prosperous farmer of- Al fordsville, has sold out and ex: pects to move to his future home at Raeford sometime before Xmas. Messrs. Houston and Carter, from Fla., spent Thursday night at Mr. D. A. McLean's. Mrs. Harvey Baker, of Jackson ville, Fla., and Miss Sellie Sin. clalr. of Rowland, are visiting Bfr. and Mrs J. E. Alford this week. Miss Laura McCall um, who is in very feeble health is better at this time .Her niece Mrs. Mon roe, is now visiting her. Carl Alford, Jr , has another bad attack of white swellina; hope be will soon be ready for school again. The farmers of this community - are about through picking cotton. The Columbia Hotel is reoeiv- 4 .'4 HI' i.r I'. X.v' V 1 1 - 1 :.; V. It'
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