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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. J. b\ NIS BET Editor. We would lie glad to have reports from the sub-Alliances on Alliance topics, farming, in all ol its phases, the money question, tree silver,the tarill'and anything in a non partisan way. Some Alliaucemen would like to have a few more sacks of gu nno and if they will report to me at once how much they will need and make up a car load?IOC sack.? * will try to get i1. V great iitaii\ tanners h<?\? thought -r a longtime thai the fortiliz o:* the 'Market do not contain cnou^li of potash. There is a little hook < moled I'ota-h in Agriculture or the Farmer'f tiuide ami three or four othei works on agriculture that will bt sent tree <>| charge to any farniei who applies for them. Address The Herman Kali Works, !).'> Nassau St., New York City. We have them ami considei them valuable works. Hopewell Alliance will meet next Sat. the St In at 2 o'clock, p m. I'.very member is expected to he present as business of im portanee will he transacted. W. <i. A. i'ORTKR, L'res. fkktilikkkn for cotton. I'litritlii Soft l'laospliiif? , Cotton weal .Ha ul, Cruslii-tl Cotton Need. Elr. In 1 bhG in addition to experi ments on the farm of the Alaba ma station there wi re conducted under the direction ?.f the statioi 27 fertilizer experiments will cotton in as many different locali ties. Reports were received fron 24 sources, and the most conclu sive of these constitute tlie basii for the result presented in a bul letin on the subject of which tin following is a summary : Florida soft phosphate, alsc known as natural plant food proved inferior to high grade acit phosphate, pound for pound. Tin nitrogen contained in crushed cot ton seed and cottonseed meal was equally valuable,pound fur pound < )n an average one pound of cot tonseed meal proved as effective as 2 !-l'l pounds of crushed cot ton seed. In other words, 02pounds of cottonseed meal prove*, equal in fertilizing value 1?> 2,00' pounds of crushed cotton seed According to these results, which however, may he influenced h\ the unusual season, a farmer can not allord to .-el! cotton seed am buy cottonseed meal until the tm price of seed i< at least ! > pet lit. ol the ton price of the meal ror example, witn eottonseei; meal at $20 ja r toll,crushed seei i- worth on the far in $0.20 foi leitili/.ing purposes. In testing the n?1 - ??f the rot ton plant *200 pounds j>er acre ol cottonseed meal was used to fur nisli nitrogen, 210 pounds acid phosjihutc to supjdy pho?>phork acid and 200 pounds kiti it it to of ford potash. These fertilizer? were not as a rule ajiphed singly hut hv twos and threes. Thf chiel need of the toil was apparently phosphoric acid in three instances, potash in three eascf and nitrogen in live soils. On ! of lhe*e 1 1 soils phosphoric acid potash and nitrogen were all about equally effective. A com plete fertilizer, containing all three of the above mentioned fer tilizer materials, was more effec five on t) out ol 14 soils than was any combination of only two fer tilizers. Averaging the results for the 14 tests, the increase over the yields ot unfertilized plots were . as follows : With a complete fer tilizer, an increase of 454 pounds of seed cotton per acre; with a mixture of cottonseed meal and acid phosphate, an increase ot , UTS pounds; with a mixture ol ; cottonseed meal and kainit,a gam ot U75 pounds; with a mixture of acid phosphate and kaiuit, ' 11)22 pounds. The average profits per acre Iroru fertilizers were .'respectively $ '?.<> I. $~>.t>U, $5.7$. and The work ol testing the manorial needs ot different soils is being continued with cotton in I>1?7. . _ _ _ . A?1 vice to Farmers. The advice given to the farmer-, by the State <iubernatorial Socie . tv. at Augusta, recently,to reduce . their cotton acreage and increase , the cereal crop, sounds farsical in . the face of the fact that nine . tenths ol the farmers have pur1 i 4 i. .: - . I cnaseu uieir mines,iemiuers,oie., 'anil are about ready to put the seed in the ground. A Iter waiting .I so late we can't see why the advij sorv committee did not hit upon the 4th day ol duly as the proper ( time. It is a dillicult thing to do, this j cutting down the cotton acreage. Talk is cheap, hut it takes money to buy land. Kvery farmer is a business man on his own hook, with conditions, obligations and j environments around him peculiarly his own. It. no doubt would I be better to reduce the crop, but thousands of farmers all over the i South are forced to plant cotton, i and we use the word forced adj visedly. If a tenant, the landlord *! wants his rent in cotton; the guano , | man wants a cotton note; the , merchant wants a note or mortgage i' based on cotton, and so on down - the list, and the farmer is forced 1J to plant cotton, nolens volens, to [meet these monied obligations. _j The landlords who work the ? I negro and white tenants are as much and more to blame than any } other class of people in forcing the jl planting of cotton. They buy meat, guano llour and other farm supplies, and sell to their tenants < at prices that are simply shame. J ful. It this is not done they divide profits with some town merchant. | and it means the same to the poor , | fellow who has to pay it and with I cotton. Never a won! said about 1 >j paying in iMrn. moat, poasliav or cattU?it inii-t In* paid in cotton. I lie system ki'i'ps t lioni )>oor,aml 'they aro bound to civ hard times, I and it is hard tunes with thorn, i while the landlord get- a hi:; rent and all t ho balance t he tenant has, j buys more land.builds more hut-. and sets out some cotton orchards I ; . with negro tenants. Mr. President o! the State tin bernatorial Society says he is tired of hearing so much talk ol hard I times among the farmers. This reminds us of the boy whocontin' tied to bang on his little brother's i head with a hammer, when his mother came out and said, "Oh, Willie, what is the matter with little Charlie?'' "Nothing.'' the I . I boy replied, "tin- little fool just 1 hollers every time 1 hit him on the , head with the hammer." That is ' the way the small farmers are I forced to plant cotton and then called fools for making so mnch of it. i Hreak up the landlord system in j this country, give every man a chance to own a little farm of his own, and he his own boss about what he will and will not plant, and the question of reducing the cotton acreage in the South will settle itself. However, this jiincrow talk at these State (iubernatorial Society meetings will not amount to anything. Small farmers who own their own farms generally make their own corn, meat, etc., and other t hings to sell,besides cot ton, while the big plantations raise nothing scarcely but cotton, and J they are the men who need ad vice.?(Jeorgia Planter. >'o lli?? Issue. : .. - ? I , 1 he .1 ellerson dinner at the '.Metropolitan hotel in this city on the ldth of April cleared the atmosphere. Ih'vuu set the keynote when he asserted that the i paramount issue of the Chicago | , platform ol lSf)(> would he thej I issue in JS08, 1000, and until finally settled and setteled right. I The purring round of little men had created some alarm for fear the Democratic party would he I diverted from its great mission i ? and condescend to fight si 1 e isj sues with the Republican party i while the gold party gained another victory. But all such nonJ sense was exploded and brushed aside, not only by the great speech of .Mr. Bryan, but the speeches of such men as Jones, of Arkansas, Sibley, and others who were equally patriotic in! I their expression-, in favor of first liberating the people from the chains of slavery which the gold standard has fastened upon the limbs of industry before considering other questions. Another ninttor w?s unt ;.t rest. If anybody ever doubted that. William J. Bryan would be our leader in 1900, as he was in 1890, such doubts wore dispelled, lie leads the people because bis' convictions lead him to do ri?rbt. lie is a hero, because be is ear I nest, honest, and eloquent, lie is a reformer because he labors to relieve the intolerable sufferings which the people endure The people love and admire him I for the grand work in which he j I is engaged, and until that work is accomplished no man can take his place. His last trip to Wash ' ington has done him good. His' argument in the Supreme Court established his reputation, not only in that court, but among! the lawvers o! America, as hav-J ing a legal mind of grasp, force, and honesty of purpose. He was recognized as a power at the bar I as a lawyer of the very highest' grade before he had spoken one half hour. This was new to those | j who hoard him ridiculed as the 1 --hoy orator of Matte The people have come to learn that Mr- Hryan can till any place to which he may aspire and that ! lie never falls helow the occasion. His appearance in Washington was opportune. Ho came at a time whon the Republican party is attempting to patch prosperity with the rags of adversity, and to further impose upon the people by promises never to be per f,... ,1 11 i- ?' ? -< mi r,(|||c if) w .tHIllllglOll to point to the people that they must obtain relief for the ills they j sulTVr through their sovereign ^ power at the ballot box.?S. K. W. ?The Cedar Creek Pension Hoard will meet at Carmel Sat-I, urdav afternoon at 2 o'clock. Jos. M. Caskey, Chairman. ?Waxhaw Pension Hoard will meet at Van Wyck Friday, May 7th. All applicants please take notice. J. M. Voder, Chairman. ?The Flat Creek Town< hip. Pension Hoard will meet at White Hindoo Saturday the Sth at 10 o'clock. J. N. KsTHIIxjk, ('hairmau. ?The Pleasant !li!l Township! Pension Hoard will meet at Heath' Sprimx on Saturday the v1h, at !(? o elocK. \\ P. Rl',1 CK, < 'hairman. Vo Srcrecf/ 'This Time. At the recent examination of applicants for teachers' certificates, s whites and It) colored i presented themselves before the hoard. Papers of only the fol-. lowing have been examined: Annie C. Voting, 1st grade. Crockett McMnrr.iy, 2nd grade.1 Nettie Price, 2nd grade. Isabel Davis, 2nd tirade. Sudie Poster, 2nd grade. iMattie B. Key, 2nd grade. May Hell, 2nd grade. I feel tiki' a new man and life is wort It living since I took a coarse of I>r. K. C. West's Nerve and Hrain Treat inent. Sole Agts. J. K. Mackey & Co. and It. C. Hough it Co., Lancaster, S. C. faun*1 to ttic Wall. The Iiock Hill Printing, Co., Mr. J. II. Evans, publisher of the Daily 81111 and the Catawba In dex, made an assignment 011 Wednesday of last week in favor of.I. AN'. Hammond. The plant in turn was assigned by Hammond to one of the Rock Ilill banks, tor a debt of $'10, borrowed money, and was sold at auction on Main street, Rock Ilill, Tuesday morning. Mr. .J. J. Hull was the purchaser. No-To-liar for Fifty Cents. Guarantee*! tobacco habit cure, makes weak I uiuu niroiiK. uioou pure. bUc.tl. Alltlru^'Kists. ! Aumber of Hook*, i'tmpteru, etc. in The Itibfe. "A member of Zion M. K. church" sends us the following for publication, and wishes other biblical scholars to say whether he is correct or not : No. Hooks iii the C)I?1 Testament, 30 " Chapters, 929 " Verses, 23,214 " Words, .... 502,439 " Letters, 2,728.100 No. Rooks in New Testament, 27 " Chapters, 200 Verses, 7,959 " Words, ... 181,258 Letters, 888,890. Ivliu tic Your llowr!* Willi 1'i'nily <'iitlnirilr, run* emistIpaiioti forever. 10o,95c. HC.C.C fall, druvKlsts rotund money.' (i rail uat i mj Iter it nl. <>n the evening of May 1 Itli .Miss .Margaret Humphreys of Lancaster will give Iter graduating rnusicical recital at the Presbyterian College lor Women, and on the evening of May -1 the junior class of the college, will hold a Wordsworth somposi-l urn.? Register, May 1. For t/ir llouml Trip. The Seaboard Air Line will sell round trip tickets from here to Wilmington, IN. (J. on account of the Southern liaptist Convention which meets in that city the first week in May, for $0.60. They have also made a round trip rate of $11.00 from this point to Nashville, Tenn., to attend the Reunion of the Veterans in June. For further information apply to Geo. Mcl\ Matte, Traveling 1'ass'ger Ag't, Charlotte, N. C. ?Louis Mussey died last Tliursday from the o Heels of injuries received a low hours before in a. runaway. He was driving Mr. It. L. ?Sowell's team when they became frightened and ran oil", V dragging him some distance and ^ afterward running over hint and so injuring him that ho died i i a short time. mrrrm V.S.Joum/il ?f .V?r?f<V% , Prof. W. H. PecKfh who 4. Epilepsy, 1ms without doubt treated and cured more <-ar.es than any V if success is astonishing. |Kj/ We have heard of cases of ao years' standing <tH enrol by J ba 1 him. Ho a Tj % /2k ff\ I m 81 il I I \iU . fll .1 ui lift ku HI ease, which A ^ r pi LK j vA H ho soil tin w?E -<&J ASi. w i t h a largo bottle of h!s absolute cure, free to any sufferers who may send their P. C>. and Express address. We a ! vise nnv ue wishing a cure to address PruI.W. U. lr K.f.h.r? P. 1>., 4 Cedar St., Aew York JW^I^Tis r WANTHI). ? ! : |to NOT WANT ItON'S <?K M)AI*'KltS, In write, but men t?fability. ijbjon to $500 per month, tuilury or i onimission. State and general managers. KACINK KIHK K\ <i I N 11 Co., limine, Wis. Wanted?An Idea SS!S Protect v.>ur thov msv bring vou wenlth. Write JOHN WKUIiKKBUKN '* CO.. Patent Attorney*. Washington. l>. t\. for tlielr #1.800 prise offer aud new list of oi.e thousand ln?eut Ions wanted. ^ AGENTS losoiic* u orders by samplo tor our j 1 Wool Pants io order $3. 1 j right parties. Address ^ GUARANTEE 1?IL0HING Co mimLn 211-217 Grand St . N Y. ^ PARKER'S CtNCER TONIC hate* Lung Tioublf*, DtbUHy. di greeting atomarh and female ills, and Is noted for tna\;ng %urea when ill other treatment fail*. Every mother and invalid should have it. KoJH u.iarker:s? 1 HHIIf DALSAHI HdUpM JM Cl??r.,?i ?nj beautiHas lh? s?i? I*romnta? a lnxujianl growth. BBlfir aflN'vtr Tail* to Ilaatora Oru HEHair to lta Toothful ColorT KSBb-^HCuii acalp Uitrairt * hair lailu^ l"c.ani|l.a)at Dniglai HIMDERCORNS Ths only rurt Cut* for Owns. Stop) aU pain. Makes walking ?a?y. lie. atOniggoisMiss Maria Parloa is admitted to be a leading American authority on sooking ; Hhe Says "Use a good stock for the foundation of soups, sauces and many other things. and the best stock is Liebig COMPANY'S Etract of Beef." , lit) of Miss l'arloa's recipes sent gratis by iiauchy & Co., iff l'ark Place. New \ ork. Itch on Human, k Manjro on llorneR, Do^h anil all stock, cured 111 .'?() minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by J. K. Mac ?ey vV Co., Iiru^^ist, Lancaster, S. C. TliQOOpmSOH - t y w* rmma. sxtnaimvuni I A SpsrJHIU ':'r!"r-r^^ . ti yii.ry i?-rrt.ntii?ntly . 1 ... 1 In !..? \ ic ti' .4: .i ,it . ? ,, ?;:Ik?ui t .i iw.-i.u.i ku irau* 14 y. '. vhi ; |-Mi-'-tno III r "Co", V ... It rtill: ' 'I nr4*l44nl > II Til aorlinroc.K vrofall I >oaro.Ityoalii*vot*ii ? umi? cury, (4>i4lrto > >! 4, i : ntll! ! . ? . * . ? iaiii , 7 ?t ?*?': r:! . w ?t <? ? ? 'ii:ini4rt. 1 upper | > i t : t ire,* on ony i i<f t' l< i v. ! i r i . * > > j v . .lii.ir I but, ll lo tliis HtM ioiiliiry iti.iim; I'n^DN Troifnarnntfotori;. Wo l:.-ittUo-i nli, ,vinnto CMHbit and rlinlluiiKo tUo w.oWl !or a CHIP woc.inniil crrp, TliH rii onto ll;.II always LnillW-U tin' Hit III ? ! t lib lU4int ** litiutillt |>li J'ltlrlaiin. 9500,000 rnpltnl N'hlnd our unconditional tni'irautjr. A Into I til e proof * nrnt m.ilcl oo application. AiJdri-ns COOK IIKMK1IV CO*, 10? Masonic T?5ir>jilo, CUICAOO, 1JLL. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. 3* * You run no rink. All druggist guarantee Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic to do all that the manufacturer* claim for it. Warranted no cure, no pay. There are many imitation*. To (ret the oasr- *(X ink ask for Orove'h. Sold on ita merits.?No cure no pay?by J. F. Mackey A. Co. and It. C. lloiiKh A Co.