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LAN 9 VOL. VII. _ : r- .' > *? ."xv ? /?>?'?., wi /?. Ki i^'V | f J ? w -"~v. j f, X*-\ i ,v ' V ' s - v ' ' ? v'i ' v u ^ p.i r*. /?- K eo$ y ^ SO s: . jBoOLUitLi SI .'.' i i.i\? "'O !j . \ . . c??* < v.-? * --c | A FACT KNOWN 1 1 (i thost who linn'l kmi v Inr^i'st ami brst soil i toil v.* C'Diitiiics. ^ V, e nt'Yi'r rhar>;<' for o. V jioopU', who :ir?* wrnriiiic lJ,i> far I thai wo i.-io ii K' / of sitlomling to your ?*y? ;( If \ntir oy?*s nttont . w?? will frankly loll you s< < : r. ) j Under Tower Cicck. i W? Are The P< ^ Abreast < t Tu?>? /-:l ?~ - ? v- xs\iu l inn i.u ['? un n visi ? *tr>e what push and the knov w NKSS will do. You can't f: ^ bettor lixod to do your GF ^ County. For your convenit ? nights and our hard cash, a ^ contradiction that wo give ^ tho square inch than anybo< ^ cotton under the snoot of 01 ^ drive your team to tho roarc your hale of cotton ready fo i# We will Gin V ^ ^5 cents per 4 RPMI . u m, Cum u * a db v that \w ;iro Iic*u? 111u.ti*t CinXK UXI'. If you l,i ]|C<'<1 ;i jjjooil li'-lf, Dine t'l !| any!:in<l i?i our line, 1- ;> in coinmoilato vou. \V : i! < > J,; i y '! i. ! ; n n I < Ciui.ry. 'I'll .n!.inn ?j?111,1. (or | a < i' 11'. 11 ; 11; -: i o I 1111i . * W, . At* O *=\> a .f ^ r> r\ /*. v*/ x> - v.*/ ^ L^'cy *i- ' />& O -x X, . . # v % ?\ x n * - i" .i\nn,ina ?11 ' 1' /cut businc- n conducted!' r MoutHAtr Frrs JO'jb O'fic; ib ^ppcaiti U S Patent Cweicr 5 ; we C HI SCI II. C ! 0 Ul ill It'. I ' I. .'-' !. .Ill III' St t icmote from w aslniiK'.on. * Send model, drawing or photo , wkh des<-rip itlon. Wo palvi'.e, it | .Ttcn' iMc or not, (ice ol /charce. Ojr fee nn? <i'ie t>!l patent is secured. I A F* amthlet, "1 low t<> Ob's ii I'stents,'' Witt Jrn-.t if sau.c In t'ic U.S. Ami ! r ,^n conn'ru" /sent lice. Address, sC.A.SMOW&CQ. OPP^ PATCNT OrriCC, WASMINOT .ri, L C. W VYTI^n AT ON( F \\ J\ i> 1 VjiJ Itright youn man to handle our celebrated T.uhr cntirifepoil* ami (ireasen. Salary an expenses. Knrlose ntamp for part in lar.9. Address, CRESCENT OIL CO., ,2f- Minneapolis, Minn. III ^ _ LANCASTER, S ?-v-p?n a trvv*'* ,7" to j\n iff! A rl Hi * ua u. r\ij.v a t'U ? ^'4 A m m oIT K i w *r I ' \ .; * ! i ^ AT \v ' ^ ^ ? . 'w' i .1 S /?& V U - 't I , * '" ft _ J.Nvy A -r, , 'j A ATI 0 -1:, , ALL A i v " i : i ; Ion Cancar ' ..: (ho t...\.;..s ?ri;< 1- t .' it rfi-c r . ; T I r ' 1 r It*. \ * ?..? b If aro. Wontre? an^? or Ken "ii.rk. 0 MARY. i i .') , i\v. I?'t ii- i -II you that v.i- havothi' ^ * i \ <)j>tii al (JotnN in t!u? Four i, 1 ' ,\;ui.iuiiiK tlit' anil ImiiilriMls cii / I \ ! , > liltril l),\ ii?. will lf>ti!'\ to '\ H">- work, in (lie itnporti:t br;:ii?'li ') ! 1 ion, i'oiiu' to 1'S, if w . .n't :11 you, ' ( I ' eweler and Optician, .) Chester, S. C. | i: Ginnery! | eople Who Keep ^ , >f The Pro- ^ i re Times. f ^, * ' t when you ?omo to town, and 0 pledge of a 6PE0IAL BUSI- ^ i lil to Bee and admit that we ar? ^ NNING than anybody in tho ^ , nee wo have spent sleepiest! ^ nd we claim without fear of moro GENUINE SKBVICE to ^ ! ly. Only put your wagon of & s ir elevator and in 15 minutes J < nd of building and get delivered ^ , r market. ^! Your Cotton at ^ Hundred. \ EMBER ?!' its for anything in tlio MA- ^ ak down. coiiU' to us; if you v : if you want information of an! wo will do our l?o>t to an . . A ' asn prioo to;* cotton scd at our V >a-i patronage and >??Ii?-itin^r a ^ t 51 aro vours fruIv, x & ' So .0"^,rr;0'OT*, ^ ; osm:\!m; or Ri:i;ra.iTio\ ji HOOKS. i! ! vo l h i; is iikwi;i;\ <. i \ i;\ that J li iti accordance with flit* Art of < j 1 providing f??r the r-gist rat ion of ? electors, the books of regist rut ion will '. 4 be opened on the tlrM Monday of each ' IJ tnontb at tlu? Court House, for the ,i registration of electors entitled to | j registration under the Constitution, I 4 and kept open for three successive ! 4 days in each inoiit it unt il thirty days j 'j before the general election in Isfis. * Klectors who registered on or before j the 1st of January, ls'.is, are not re-. ? iplired to register - Otllce hours : from 'J a. ru. to 3 p. in. ' K W. O. A. PoitTKU, i- Supr.of lteg. for I,aneaster County . ' L aneaster, C. U.S. c., Feb. 1, is'.ts. ( iKilnrato Vonr Unwell With ("Huenretii. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forovor. j tor. IT**. Itr.C. C fall, drugc'sts rrfunj inon?y. I\ li N . C., WEDNESDAY, COTTON AOUEAtiE. IS'.IH. !J.\ Lafhan, Alexander & Co.,' I tan hers am! Cell m Commission Merchants of V\v York. I a on r ? I J - ii' . ; 1 d! t < iI bit. we invit >(1 the attonfion iv *r<* 11:111< and !t1 to tro i" tnoust ! ! t !.e ?o.il |i, on Mooot;it. ','Ni'i -'-i i.lioi! crops. '.n u. _ -1 ' .i r?1 !' > i a col i : i ' ;i^o I ! iivo?.?ilii'alion oi crop-. as ti;e rnosl oiledivy p'sio'lv. The press ol the South gener illy vi*ry kindly printed our lot rer, and from the many communications we have nsv v it is >u,? /vi ; : < * t .1 * mi ii iii i>_; (" v re i pro]i<?rly j?111 1 : '' , ' ir liov would clu-i r: ,i!!y reduce tin-1 njIton acreage tl.i- year, in ordt 1 J !h;tt reinunorutive prices might i ?(' sotMirod for tin' next crop. I nder tho h ! o! k*( 'rop I )iVOI>ilic:Uioil.'* I ho tiulvestoll Nc.vs jp it- i- no of .f:tMH:iry l.'lli published :i number of letters I iririni: the planters of Ihe South j to reduce cotton acreage, and we J publish the following letter on this subject, written by It. It. Dancy A: <'o.. Houston, Texas: "The planters must diversify their crops and plant less cotton or our beautiful land, with the most, productive soil on earth. will produce pauperism, want and misery to those who have the power in their own hands to mould their destiny. "The claim unless the tenant and average farmer will agree to plant a certain quantity of -cotton acreage' the merchants cannot supply his wants. Wo have seen considerable of Texas life, and Uato, without hesitation, that, the average Texas farmer lives poorer than any other. The land he tills will produce equal to any in the1 world, and it thrifty lie could within a short lime make himself altogether independent of the i merchant. Instead of contracting lebts. bo would have monov to' spend with his merchant. >11 most plantations the luxury nl the garden is ignored. Luxu rieiil grasses, rea lv tor hay. ahoul the time cot I on |>i?*k i n ir com mences, are neglected. ill c'.i'ii tn waste, instead ot housing. he cause all time mil lahor mu-t he given to cotton < )n t' e npenii: : ?f Spring he imi-' ! uy rovend r for his woi'dug animals. Those things which a countryman in' Ihimpo ??r the 1. . tern States of, [Hit' land won! 1 cou.-ider nm es sarins ol 1 i11* and hea ill an1 neglected?cert ainlv not Innn ignor iinnn. lor yon seldom son a grown man or woman lliat cannot read, and write. .Note the following facts audi ponder over hem : 'The planter has not raised the J corn or wheat, to provide his own hou8u with bread. "Ho has not raised the horses or mnles require 1 to keep up his own farm. "lie has not raised the cows' and hogs to supply milk, butter and meat, for his own table use. J Hp T? D 171 i .orvir KKBRI ARY 9, 1808. 'Hoi; i not raised tohaceo, po J tutor-, peanut-, ' r stnrar eane or J 1?:_.;aiii to mike - acut aiid sy ru p y for !; one constantpt 3 "lie lias not rai-eil even a lew chickens and t tirk vs to have oj:c . J in<. on some sj ei i;;' oecaion a f r. . a! low 1 lor tlinit' r. "lie I IS I>Ol raise , tnv ot tie] ". IV e1 : ! ' a e 1 ?: ,-e t ? ona-li, etc.. so nutritious mid . -;1 \* en If i' .' ed i !. i el' ill :' ' ! .,,,i a. j li lias not raised any melons, * l,.:l k.T \. ilte luxury I'one on a g liot day. taken Irotn a well air - I?ii11li", upon eoiuinu; from hard, work in cult i vat inc. the one and all iinuortant cotton crop. lie iuts not raised any apples, ' tears, peaehes, plums, apricot-.,1' tics or crapes?any of these ho '' raise, if he would. "Hut, the head of the tarni by, " preference takes hi> team, drive?. 11 to town ami buys j'rotn liis mer ! chant all the various necessari- 8 ?also butter, cheese, lard, cotl'e? , tobacco, eggs, peanuts, Migar. cabbage, turnips, melons, candy, a " juir of syrup, a sack of corn and " a halo of hay. Anything his mer j chant has not in stock, he must I1 do without, or the merchant must :n send out and got it for him. Still. ^ he seems blind to his own wollare 111 and continues to plant cotton, let w the price ho what it may. P "America produces about three sj fourths of all the cotton grown in 0, the world and no other country can take precedence. The very low prices existing now for cotton are not of special benefit to 1' anyone. f>n account of over tl production the planter must sell ?1 his product at a price below its ,j cost to produce. The merchant must take it in payment of the planter's account and do his ut 01 most to clear himself on a close hi innririn, it at all. The huver must' seek the world hv cables and tele-! irraphs. meetinsx competition for any outlet tor it, often simply, swapping dollars to make sales 7 and relieve himself and hankers of I lie h >ad. The mmui'ae;urers learning it fron. oxperienee I uy close and is T willing sotn one >dse should'n: earry the cot'on -i[>* > jt saves in 1 1 t<M*esf and risk, and because the'c contract-. he em make for hi- ( .roods are ?? a! d to the olo-e-t point,and his eapjtal i- necessarily , employed in the mannlacttire ol roods he mu-t carry, hecause ol the over protluel ion. lleliee. I he enorinou . < rop. 1 nle-eutai in.r .1 t v < ; o - -> to tie' i a. ; ill . 1 di idv ant . re, and the enl ire spon-ihility lie- with the tarne r. Th halatic of tlie | <.\v( r i hi-. ^ To snoces or ri'in a'l mn-t ! ! low him. tii With such oxperienee and facts the planter .-IioiiM lie will in/ to call a halt, n-e >ome jud/ ll ment, ^diversifying his planting. and next Kail the re-lilt will >d leady beirin to show such a wave j el prosperity for lliis land of the South, that every man reducing i his acreage in cotton 2~>', . or I more, would feel that he had been1 instrumental, in part, in brim/in!*' -1 it about ; that it was the turning! ' point of success in his farming I life and lie had lived to learn and, be convinced that something was better than all cotton." OAHTOniA. Rj V iv. .</ O NO. 46. koyui uiukcs the fuou pure, v.'hvi j jvr.io uud delicious. I tj p ^ i '! X - '* T\ ^ Q| >i*> % <7;! f' >' { fc j V!^"' t ? pmnm s iUsoJmily ? uro I .J .. - .r U13 fMJKMl . 'fti'tl of Tinta. Mu.i.i'i r<>!? : Ii L.ive.-> u> pleasure i < \|?i* >s 1111r ill,ink-, not only . I ,.ii 1 --- . . <! v I -11 _ i , 111 < u i. I>ui ; 11S O ? members of oilier denomina* us, lor tlu? kind. open-hearted imse warming we received on our rival from Tennessee. on .Ian. ?. they came t > the parsonage * the number ol about one bunred ?i:? n, women and children ringing with them a regular pic ic dinner for all, and having for * nearly everything necessary for ousekeeping from a broom to a an try full of the best provisions id a barn full of corn and fodder, /e appreciate theso things very inch indeed, not only because o needed them, but more osccially because of the loving licit which nrnmnfc/l ftw. cr iff I ? i - ? t-."*'- ?" Lir short stay among tins people e have learned to respect them, > admire them, and to love lem, an<l although we have not le power to bless them as we lould like, we would remind lem of our Saviour's saying, "In unuch as ye have done it unto ne of the least of these my rethern.ye have done it unto me." Rkv. wo Mrs. J. I.. Oaths. Walkup, N. 0. Feb. !} '98. 'he I,< i >i for 1 SOS. The appropriation bill has been ltrodneod into the legislature, ho levy for State ; urposos is 5 til's. That f- r I.ancaster count}' Qmills, inc1 td'ng mills for . A C. II. 11. bonds. In (Jills r ( !; T'm. n ' ere will be 1 \ tills <). II. A' II. II. and say 1 >i the ({faded School, making a )' il of mills for this town li . \vhi? h, by fho wav,is heavier v nth >r t n - hi > i?*. t!)o ' tit v. After IH years of untold cuifcrlng 'i>111 pile*, W, I'ur-i'll hi l\ nil tn'r.i* 'If, I' . ! >i\ i?-ii r -'i - i11!C i\ i?: l?f\\ it?'-. \\ itrh iln/.fl Salve. i\ i *i disease* -nt'li eczema, ra>h, t - :11nI , 11 i r r> i ri r ! 1. y irml by this fuinini remedy. < "ra\v.r11 Itro-. PORK, 4-"orl; Sausage, BSEF. ? You run now >?et fresh pork sausage as well as llrsf olass beef at my inarkft daily. Prompt delivery made for all orders in any part of the town. W. P. YOUNG. i iily lM?7(ly > A