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% TIE*. j NfSWi AX? HERALD. MBMSEBJ* 3VERY WEDNESDAY -BYm W'S AND HSB4 LD COMPANY. TI5RM8.IN ADVAJiCJK: a??V?ar, ... 81.50 Six Meatbi. - - >75 VIMNSBORO, S. C. ?* ' ~ ?? ??: ? Wednesday March 29, - - 1899 SOUrflEKN DEVELOP Jl E>*T. Southern Pines, N C., M*rch 9,1899. B>ard of Ujariiisiio i?r*: (yentlemen?We ci'i your attention t> the enclos d circnkr I.*tier that has bean seat to a Urg.i nu'n^er of prominent Southarn people, invieinjf them to be present at Southern Pines, N. C , on the 18 h of April, and to work for th.'ir respective secti >us. We beg to 1 suggest that it will be to the adr intage of your place, if you wiil se'ect a comm'ttae composed o? the mayor of your place and the editors of n-iwspap-rs located in your territory, to attend tbe meeting, an i you oujht to mike an appropriotion to piy at leastt he expenses of th6se gentleman. We are sura tbey will be williag to give their llOlt*, II you V?m penses uid h ;t*l char/rea. We want to tell "?ou ibat tbe Northern people whc have come into this plac 5 duri -g the p**t few days are now payi-ig onesixth of the taxes of this entire county, both school, coanty and State, and it will i?ay you to send a delegation to Southern Pines, that they may induce Northern people to go to your place and aid yon? people in paying taxes and in developing manufacturing enterprises. Oar people from ih j North ^ will gladly corns down out of that "* bleak, col 1 climate to the sunny land Ot Dixie, H yoo win oniy luBui | know you want them, as the native people of this section did, advertise the fact that they wanted u?. You cannot expect people to settle in your plac#, for they know comparatively nothing aiwnt it. All they do know is that it is down in ths postoffic? directory, as having a postoffice. . They see no otner advertisement of it This place w filling np to overflowing, and we haven't room for all who want to come, and we will be glad to help yon to a share. You Southern people do not realize lb? fact that you do not advertise what you have. You need to advertise your advantages through your horn*) paper*, and send yonr home papers broadcast over every Northern State. We hope yon appreciate whit we Northern pejple located at Southern Pines (ihe Yankee city in tha Soatb) are deing to bring Norther. tera to every pay part ot Dixie. Yon cai.'t spend a conpla of hundred dollars to baiter advantage, thanbv fur rusting it to yonr chairman and editors, and send them to talk your advantages to the large number of ! Nvrbernars, who will be at Southern Pi'ies to learn of the advantages of the difleerut sections of the South. Yours truly, A. &. Clarke, Presiieat Board of Trade. P. H. Seek, . " Mayor Southern Pines, ' The above letter together with a ""^similar letter for life mayor of the fchVD and an jiiritatioa to editors to attefcS. the ^meeting mentioned have . been rt.?3ived at this office. It may be a sche.ne merely to advertise Southern - - -> J I iin?5 ftQU Uraw vk uvnu iuoiv tbat the hotels may profit by it, but ths letter cartainly contains many , facts. Southern people do not realize tbe importance of advertising. We expect people to find out for themselves wh?t we have for sale and what the local advantages are. If we would advertise and let Northern capitalists know the good opportunities for in- 1 vestment in tbe South, more capital w^uld ?ome to U3. Millions of dollars j seek investment in tbe North at 3 and 4 per cent, yet tbe same money coma oe jast as safely placed in tbe South at j seven and eight per cent. If it could , be made clear to the Northern man i thai solid and safe investment could < be made here at * higher rate than he j i3 now getting, his money will come in this direction. Let the farm- i ers in less favored sections know that here are greater advantages here and j they will settle here. , A. kind of bureau of information or < some organization to collect statistics 1 and data of all kinds relating to the ! particular locality is needed in every section. If a party of prospective ! settlers should land in Fairfield to day, there is no organization to take hold or ! them and furnish them with informstion as to the lands for sale and the character of the lands. M i WINNSBOKO NEEDS HOMES. A genuine building and loan asso- j ciation is badly needed io Wiunsboro- \ The town show's unmistakable evi- , dences of growth, but it lacks just such an organization as a building and loan association, an association that will bnild a home and sell it on easy j terms. Many young men, with small ! income*, wonld build homes, if tbey j c^ald arrange to pay for them iu monthly installments. Ail progressive and growing towns have such an organization, and Winngboro should ! > not be without one?not simply a loan 1 I company, bat a company which shall A ?'.! a field that's not now occupied, | that of lending money exclusively ^>n j j Brea! estate aesigayu tor ?uujcuuuv ? Rioaie. The rr.ore owners of homes tho.re are ia aay community the better off is that community. People should bs encouraged to obtain homes for themselves. Sach a coarse will n?t only be an advantage to those who j obtain a home, bai will result in profit j to the stockholders in the association, i Even tin most selfish, and plenty of \ rr-^&em are in every commomty, ca& - j >; consistently pat their racosv ia a j ^ bu ding and loan associate*. The j |Sniaa with money, from a selfish, stand- j l^po it, if he ha* any sense, desires tlte.-: j to umanUy to Jgrow and prosper;- be- ' |l?lu*e it adds to his ; wealth, by htcr&s>^^5?i~th9~vald3"of what he pressor and | by affording a source of investment. Oace yoa can iodace people to baiid and own homes yoa have them rooted, j wliacourage establishing inane*, an 1 I tbe~e i? no better wav than building c landioao association*, provided they e Bare not organized t> extort usarons ^interest. If 4 company cx&i. &s or1" > - ' . - ganized in WInnsboro, and the managers would be satisfied with & reasonable profit, there can be- no doubt that it would succeed, and be of iuestimable advantage to the town and everybody in it. j Gen*. Wheelek, ^it is reported, says' that he would like to stay in the irmy, if he was sent to the Philipines. Were "vve hi# confidential adrisers, we wociiu advise him to retire. He has distinguish?.! himself and his country, and ha will go dowo in history as a great military lealer. It is a good time to stop. - - - - T - - A. It will be hard ur rresiasai axuKinley and Senitor Hf.nna to convince the country that th* assembling of so many prominent Kepuolicans ab:ut Jekyl Island was a mere coincidence. The South loses a valuable friend in the death of Patrick Walsh. Ha did as much as any nun we san recall to baild up the South. m . snmmm More msn in Manilla are wasted ! That $20,000,000 won't toncb what the United Stated will hare to piy for these ielauds. runwr ftTTR rSROXICLES. Politics --Churcfcess-* Schools?Factories. Charlotte city politics remind one somewhs: of a Tillman campaign a few years ago. The present mayor has been in office nearly two years or one term. Two years ago, feeling tnai be was n >t gettiDg fair treatment at the hauch of the Democratic executive committee, he refused to go into the primary, bat appealed to the general election. Then followed a bitter campaign, which became too dirty before its close for a man to have much to do with it. Whiskey was u?ed freely and vote* were openly bought and sold. There was a sharp line drawn then between the two factions. This spring the agitation of the dispensary has changed ihe old lines somewhat, bnt it has lef". two factions. The municipal eleeuoa is about a month off "Fair play," "citizens," "voter," "taxpayer" and a host of oihers are -fflltnnr nn nf nozxrart inpr anar.ft ad JKlAlUg Uf iVVW V*, ? vocating different men for officr Tbe fight will be a sharp one. The principal bone of contention will be the liquor Question, and such a fight generally leave3 its stjag. There is a disposition among many to close back doors and remove all rcrenes from barroom*. The Philadelphia base ball team (professional) is spending awhile here i now. They are a big, muscular set of mnn onii Ia/iIt os it Jhou WrtnM nnt HD Ui^U UHU JWA MU i*. iwvj If ? a splendid exhibition of ball playing, j They will play games here with teams from the surronnding towns and will remain uuti! the season opens North. Th? sight of a man, whose name he has 4ofteu seen in the reports of ball games, is a treat to many a crank. Kev. J. Knox Montgomery, pastor First U. P. Church, of Cincinnati, will occupy the pulpit of the First A. R. P. Charch of this place, for a month. Kev. J. T. U&aicaers, u. u.t me regu? lar pastor, has beeu unwell for some time and will take a raacb needed rest. Rer. Montgomery is a splendid preacher, and has already made a good impression on the people here. He is ulso a lec: urer of some note and delivered a lecture Friday night on "Help Somebody." The proceeds go to the different societies of the church. Speaking of th?*A. R. P.'s, this place boasts of the obI/ second A. E. P. Church ia the coanti v. It is something new in Secederdoin aud it already promises great Uiit gs. I remftmhnr r?a.4ini? ouce in i be Abbeville ! Medium s me one writing th ?t it used to be tha. the Seceders wonld take a man in if he was worth less than $5,000. Bat the reverse is almost the case u*jw ; there are so few rich ones to tafeo in. Whatever else Charlotte may be lacking in it is not good churches and good preachers. Ever/ church edifice is an ornament to the town; very few them are over ten yearn old, and the .preachers are exceptionally good A^aio, tbe paopJ.e at 1 churchjoing people. Ab a geu. ' tbio*, ftiere are good coflgregatio. "< pvery :hurch. Sat as I said above ibcjr have superior attractions. It is wonderful, when you begia to louut them, the number of mannfac' - * ? i rrtA-A luring enterprises ueie. iucic seren large cotton mills and almost irery othar kin i of factory is re predated. They are wonderful feeders !o any town and the money they turn oose each week is enoogi to make many a small town rich. These factories are rather on th? increase as aew ones of different charac'ers are jeieg talked of and planned. It is perhaps not generally known :hat th? Cnarlctte graded acbool is the second largest (in one building) in the jouutry. The city school of Milwaatee,NWis., is the largest. There are >ver 1,400 pupils in the graded school lere. The school not only boasts of ?eing the largest in the country, but -1? 4. c j iK;.Ctii?a iU'J iiifeb uue IUUUUVU iu tux# uiuiv. G. aiBiimuiiumiiiiiuiHisiiifiiiffiiiiiiiiiin | 1 | is a wonderful aid in the E | maintenance of health; it.is | = an easily assimilable form of g = nourishment in illness, and s s is invaluable in restoring 5 ? ckom?fv?H nppv? and In rnfiu B | valescen^eo A doctor writes: ? = "I have found it especially 1 | valuable for persons conva- ? g lescing from fever, and for a = nursing mothers. I am high- ? ly pleased ? with k and | | Av \ Biy patients | s , could not do 1 | without it.7' | E Drnj Stores ? IsnmrannitRraHiuiiBniiBamiifflaB _ i _ ror oaie. A TRAOT Q? 176 ACF.5S OF and, on Little River, belonging to ). M. Bi oom, and bojmded &y lands ?f the estate of R. G. Simontou, Season ami others. For ten.- a apply to A. S. & W. D. DOUGLASS. 11-17 Attorneys Winniboro, S. C, UPPER LOJfGOOWX. | Rair. I Rain I and fetill it continue? lo rain. We had quite a heavy rain last night, which waa accompanied by tbuader and lightning. Farm work i has heen srreatlv retarded by the ex ceesive rain?. Very little ploughing has been done yet. Oar farmers will not succeed in planting much corn in March this year, as a comparatively mall area has been pal in so far; however, if the weather will permit there will be a considerable amount planned daring the remaining dayt of j the moath. We should all strive to! see how much corn and ether supplies forborne consumption we can make tbii year. Let us see if we can't stop this thing of having our corn crib3 and finoke houses in the West iastcad of afhome where they should be. We certainly can raise most of our supplier at home blessed as we are, living ' in a country that will produce almost all agricultural products, all that is needed is labor and toil, without nnthinor orpat nor rood can be | T. muu uv???# D - j accomplished. Diversified farming; is the most profitable, and is io most instances the sect et of the success of those who are now onr most prosperoas farmers. I am glad to say that our farmers are beginning to devoto more attention to raising their own hog and hominy, so to speak. This is as it shonld be. When we succeed in doing this, then, and not nntil then, ? :n nnn/litinn ho Hofforprl W 111 UU1 WHUIIiVU WV VWHVV* VV?? Small grain is looking well, especially it this the case as regards wheat. There has been more wheat sown in this section than has been the case before iu years. Owing to the superabundance of rain no spring oats were sown until March, which is'somethiog unusual. v. Some corn ha* been planted; generally speaking though, very littie has been planted yet. Gardening is backward, owing to ' Mmt nf nnr np.iah I lie TOOL xcauidi iav? v* v.. ??Q? bora, however, planted their gardens the latter part ot last *eek or first of this. Onions, radiehc*, cabbage, etc., have in tome instances commenced to come np. We are afraid that the frnit has been greatly injured. Especially is tbis the case ai regards peacbes, most of them b3ing killed in the bnd. We notice some trees though blooming ont nicely. Apples aod?cherries have not been injured any, at least we do not think so. Fig bushes vrere in most instances killed to the ground. Both of the Longtown schools are progressing nicely. The upper school, under the efficient management of Mr. J. R. Sterling, is in a flourishing conditio?, having 50 scholar* enrolled Miss Ketchin's school on the Wateree has closed. Her many friends re - . ^ - i i gret to see ner jeare. Mrs T W Mellichamp is with her daughter, Mrs Gettys, of Kershaw, who has? been quite ill bat is now con-1 valesciug. Mr and Mr3 Wm Mobley, of Chester, recently spent several days among' relatives in this section. E H. H | March 23, '99. ' ' Hillloss 6Hr?n Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The propria ters ?f Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, bare given away over ten million trial bottles of tb'j great medicine; and hare the satisfaction of knowing it hag abi solutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Brohcbiiis, Hearseness and ail diseases of the Throat, Cbeit and Lungs are sured by it. Call on McMaster Co , druggists, and get a 1-!-' L-l'l- T>?r?nU? dim tnd I rial UVU1C J I CO IK^UIM oi^v WVM M"$1.' Every bottle guaranteed, or price refaudtd. N 3 FSASTERVILL ITEMS. There was a good deal of wind and! rain on Saturday night the 18th inst. j There his been very little work done - on me iarins. omui gram i* :uv&>ug very well. Mrs. Sarah Gladden, of Shelfon, is riaifciDg relative? in this section. Mr. J. W. Gibson has moved back from Chester. Mr. William Weir, Sr., and Mr. John Yarnadore have both been qaite Ick. We wish then: a speedy recovery. Mr. David Taylor, of the Crosbyville section, has been soffering with ruenmi-iam. We hope he will soon be ap again. Mr. Taylor is one of oar most enterprising farmers. Last year be made fourteen oaiet 01 coiccn, averaging 500 pounds eaeh, on fourteen acre* of land. He used a ton of acid and one hundred bushels of cotton seed on abont ten aGres of the land and about one-half top of guano on the other part. The crop above mentioned was cultivated by Mr. Cameron forhneo or-cpn ntmc T dn not remem ber). Both Messrs. Taylor and Cameron deserve credit for their successful farming. Ic demonstrates that the while people of this country cau, by perseveiance and industry, make farming remunerative. In my opinion those who can, like Mr. Taylor, make the greatest yield with the least expense are the best farmers. Some of our farmers have been hauling guano. Some use Gibbs' high grade, Th#y say it's the best guano that's made; It will make yocr cotton grow tall, And insures a good yield next fall. Gibbs' high grade gaano Is a little litce Mark A. Elanua; It gives the eottor. a good start, And cheers the workingman's tieart. Iu politics Mark's qnick on the start, And some tbfaks he's mighty smart; He'll shake handa and say. "Howdydo," Bat next fall he'll meet bis Waterloo. The negro, the mule and gaano just suits, With them the merchant has gone into caboat; They will give hi-n a lien and say next fall, "Come on, boys, to me you owe it all." The lien Hw li * aim vt live ! Its day, And we h'>pe ii win so m pa*s aw?y; I was unwise iu its origin, Bat the Legislature won'd m?t call it in Robt. R flares. March 20, 1899 We have s*ved many doctor bills since we b^an usiog Chamberlain's Hnnoh RpfTisAv in nnr home. We kceol a bottle open afl the time and whenever any of my family or .myself begin to catch cold we begin to ^i?e the Coo^h Remedy* ;asd as a jwsnh we never have to send a.wjiy for a doctor and incur a largo doctor bi.l, fui j Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never i fails to cure. It is certainly a medicine 0| great merit and worih ? D. S. Mearkle, Genera! Merchant and Farmer, Mattie, Bedford county, Pa. For sole by McMaster Co. i bbhegj&aaTOBaBasegSRg^3g^ Aj^etabie PrepaMoirfof As - ij I siffiflatirig t&Tood andRegula- & tflg rttt>fltorcachsand Bowels m Erofflotesl^estion,Cheerful- e ness^d^stCoiitalns neither % OpnimtMorptimeiior ^msraL m ?OT KAR OTIC. Jjttxpt atOUlVrSmuLLPu wlbJt PmpJax Seci' . Abiienna* JkMUSJtr- I JtalttSeid* 1 /faiu/huul' ^ * :3?M ihCarkaattSoiia* I SSgftt*r. I h^ryrt^FUfrsr. J jJ| ^ I A perfect Bemedy for Constipa- Mi | tioa. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea, '?{ Worra .Convulsions .Feverish- M ' ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. fl Facsimile Signature of NEWYORK. 1 g| Hi' - ' ?ipg* EXACT COPY-OF WRAPPER, || ?isBg??amsst ONE WAY TO ADVANCE TIIE PKICE OF COTTON". The Clemso i College Chroniclc.'~ If. will soon be time for the farmsre of South Carolina to plant another crop of cotton, and the thought of greatest importance to them is, "Wbat price will it brin??" Will this crop sell at * ^ - -N-U ^ ? Won I Via r? rAn r\ f tt ULIglJd' iuau lXAV V4V/p V* AWVV. What grounds have we upon which to hope that the crop of '99 will place enough money ia the hands of the f?rmers to pay all expenses and have a profit balance? We have none, and ire are discouraged, even before the rep is planted, by the prospective, almost certain lo;v .price. This question, "How to rais8 the price of cotton?''has received earefal thought from many men, some of whom have honestly endeavored to aid the unfortunate planters, and other* who hare labored for le9S worthy purposes. We cannot call attention to all the schemes arising from the discussion of this question, but mention the decrease of cotton acreage, the cylindrical bale, wire tire, and ;hs bagging made from the cotton stalk. The first i-? the only method of improvement that would help the planters as a dass, and raise the price of cotton, but it has been found impracticable for i he reason that all planters will not decrease the number of acres planted. It is but human for each one to plant* as many acres as possible when be thinks the price is going to advance. Good results may come from the cotton picking machine, and the employment of animals trained to pick the white locks. What the Sonth needs most is the means of advancing the price of cotton?a means that wi.l not be affectcd by an increas-e ot the namber of bales marketed. If this can oe accompnsnea we price u> cutton will advance independently of the acreage, and the whole South wilt take on an era of profitable farming and prosperity, and that man who will put this means into the hands of the people will be the greatest benefactor of the Southern cotton planter si'ice Whitney, who gave tham the gin. We are spending too much time and energy in seeking new methods and innovaiions. Wnat we should do is to - - * nn . j? _ . j improve present memous. xo ao cms we mnst stady the conditions that surround the production of cotton and its manufacture. We pass over tbe planting and gathering of the crop to the ginning?tbe subject of o;ir discussion. In this day of haste, even the inven- , tor is apt to pay no attention to the minor needs in tbe processes of pro' > ArranlArtL' f Ko UUUUUii) auu io o^;it iv vuw opportunities of improving present methods of manufacturing. Thousands ; of men ride each day in vehicles and ] never for a moment think of the man who invented the single-tree, without which the motion of the hor.-e would make vehicle riding unendurable. How few thoughts are bestowed npo:i the * man who first used laths upon wt:ich 1 to fasten tha plastering of the walls? 1 How many of us realize that every ' time we raise a book ofi a table, acd every time the housekeeper weighs a < a? m/At flovih ia tn enc. 1 v i Lu;a.) luu cat iu i j * ?.? www pension? We might go on, but this is ' OLly to show ihat we are too heeil ess < of the forces that surround and con- ' tiuually affect us. The cotton produced wis one* of I little ralne whether a few acres were ' planted or hundred* because of the 1 crndo moifnd of preparin? it for the ! requirements of man. A study of ibe * coaditions and requiremen?s Jed Whit- 1 n?r to nroduce !hc ein, and the value ( of* cottou was for many years f commensurate With the efficiency * ot the gin. The processes of producing and (he methods of manufacturing the staple have been improved from >ear to year u;itil J we have now abjut c^meto a standstill. T^ese processes and methods hav- reached their limit of cheapness, and as we have approached this limit i rh-; price of chiton his steadily de- t criuod. An advance can not be ex- a peeled under present conditions. ? Aiioih r Whitney must rise up and c ex:entl theso limits of improvement. It is to the improvement of the cotton ( gin tnat the S^uth mast look for an advance and a speedy advance in the price of cotton. We must look to the J get:ius of inyentiou to make the improvements, but let us consider them. Chu method of separating the fibers a from the seed has not changed ma- ti lerially from the original meihod of v Whitney. That id the employment of b circular saw*, the teeth of which poll h the fiber from the seed by pulling it c between the iron ribs. -This lint is s brushed Irout the taw by a rapidly re- c vohi-'i/Wrasb, revolving in the oppc c site (luecdon. Some gm oa\vs may t! pull the lint from the seed in this way f when new, but none of them do after ? thev have been filed by hand or by a portable filing machines. " S The shaft holding the saws is taken out, mounted iu a frame where it is p free to turn, and the filing "done. A (] three cornered file is applied to each s< side of the tootb, and when finished v, gives the tooth a diamond shaped p cro=s-section, while the crotch of the s< tooth is as sharp as filing can make it n When the saw is remounted and gin nirg commenced, tbe saw revolves in the seed cotton, catches the fibers, and p the lint, 33 it is pulled between the p n?a?nnsariiHri ? si - ^ *1 ? * w v * 4 S g?-4 ?r- - . , rt t;& ;.?$gpfej , '*&L: i* 14 ?S? w&SgTil II a Xv^J. .iZfti* .ind&dLiren. * a ' p - o rj e 7 n (3 p tm$m Yea ha?e J Always Booghi J Bears the / ? * MC\s^ ^ ri' .' $ U *\I 1 Signature / Ay ? si w T!ie! Kind i [j1 You Have; always Bought, i the centaur company, new York cmr. | : i ribs is cut Jn two if the.saw is sharp 1 and formed into a hard lump or nap 1 if the saw Is dull. Thus we see that ] the usual process of ginning is one of culling tie ^fibers from the seed, and 1 very oft^njcutting tin detached fiber \ into shor erpieces. ~ 1 Thi* rhnnnino- ud of the cotton floer I( rt n "4 - . becomcs in tbe end a serious !o*s. J Let ns trace it Yon have bren in a J cotton mill and have seen this short J iirit filling the air and festooning tbe 1 Q)acbm?ry.. Where does it come from? As the lint passes frcm the first machine to the sccond and so on it is Deing continually drawn out io that all tbe fibers-, will lay along sida of each other and be in the best position for trc-irriusr. L is daring these drawing and spinning processes that this { short fiber i-= beaten out by the m?.clrnerv and collects on tfc-; machines ( and fills tbe air. This los- ha^ been * estimated by good authority at from twelve to fifteen per cent. And besides this there is tbe cost of separal- 1 ing it from the longer fibers. A bale of cotton as-it is ginned now ; contains, anylength of fibers from a s small fraction of an inch to one and onc-haif inches. This varying length of fiber, has been and is now, a ques- : tion of tauch concern to the designer | of eotlon manufacturing machinery. ! These machines mast be desisued to : make a thread from tbe fibers of j mixed lengths, hence when a bale of >, wdi ginned (Ions: fiher) cotton goes through the mill the loss is considers-! ble. The . machiLery uses the same I amount o"f this 16n^ fiber to make tka I same size thread as it did cf the choppcd up fibers. Of course the . thread .''made from - the long fibers is 1 stronger, but the cloth is no better . than the poorest threads that compose J k. Now then if the fibers wore all f longer .the thread could be made . ~ /I 1A?? aaH A*> n rn/1 TiiAn 4 ^ feUl.-il/Cl UUU iC3* LUUUJ UO^U. 111VU mi J bale of c ' * ? ^*f>rjld make more cloth. It is reawj^.c .u say that there will never be aav less cotton goods u-ed than at presant, and as these goods can be manufactured more cheaply from cotton of longer fiber, or the long fibers manufactured into finer goods than the present lengths of fiber, the better ginned cotton will bring a higher price. Wbat/weueed then is a gin that will pull the whole length of fib^r from the seed asd cot chop it or iup c it. Fnrihermore, we want a gin tl?af. will separate the different lengths of fiber?. Tne shorter lengths wiil make the cheap goods now in use, and tlie long fibers will be sold at a higher : price to be made into finer fabrics. This improvement in the gin must be \ left, as we have said, for the inventor v to accomplish. But in the mrantime a 3 little more'care in filing and better methods of sharpening the saws nvw in use will result in longer fiber?. a:id I we believe-.ia an advance ia price. Edgar M. Matthews. I is very "hard to stand idly by and 3: e onr cear ones suffer while atvaiti::g lh^ arrival o? the doctor. An Albany (N. Y.) dairyman called at a drug 5:ore mere lor a doctor iu cuiue uuu ;ee h:s cbil"d, then very sick with :roup Not. finding the doctor in, be eft word f-;r him to come at ones on lis return. (le also bought a bottle of Jhimberlain'e Cough Remedy, which 3C hoped would give some relief un;il ,he d ^c.or should arrive. In a f;?w icui-s he 1 ciarned, saying the doctor . ieed no! come, as (be elaiid was much C jctter. The druggi?i. Mr. Oitu Snolz, J iajs the family has ?inre recommonchd ^ Chamberlain's Consrh Jieinedy to their ^ ie;ghbors and f;iends until lu has a ? constant. demaud*for it from that pari )f the country. For sa'e by McNJas-1 er uo. FATHER BY AN. ^ Story of the Gifted Poet Patriot of the fT South. | From the Birmingham JSre:cs. Mrs. M. E. Ilenry-Ruffin recency nade public a hitherto unprinted pcern >y Abram J. Ryan, the gifted poet a mil patriot of the South, whose name oust be fsmiiiar to readers of A merlin ver^-v.fhologies, although he i:mscif -w: - -l : ;I sing, with a Vvi.:e too low Tc be heard beyond to-day, ti minor kjys of my people's vi-oe; And my songs will pass away." The publication of the poem was js coir.paniod by several pages of in- f cresting persdnaj_ memories. The E rrirer of these, wbea^a little girl, | egMn to make verses and Father-Ryan $ ,3iped her with encouragement aDd riticism. Before leaving school she "" nbmitted a po-.rn in a newspaper onipstitio:!, the subject being the bar; (If the North tu the South afrer * lie ; v low fever epidemic. Father |[ iran was one of the judges. Mrs. \ [enry-Ruffin tells the rest of the story 3 follows, (the Rosary Magazine, fovember): "A few days after sendiag in my oem Father Ryan came to see rue. "" Nellie,' he said, 4I want ycu to do ^me'bing for me. I think the others riil ba glad if yon do; but theyopose my asking /ou. If will be a| icritice, but I want vou to do it for, c* ie.' ! u: " What is ir, Father?' I asked. W ' 'I want you to withdraw yonr -il oem from that competition. T'.ar tlr riz? should go out of Mobile. Be ;ded, we all know you and like you so ' a rell. I did not think of yon entering J lis contest, or I wonld have asked \ on not to do it.' j f "'Certain''*. T r:ji take it out. Ju*tj jnd it back.' i au^thered u,y girlish i I ioannnintmpnt and said nothing more. ! 4 "Father Ryan afterwards gave me % ! m^bable account of how the Bishop ' nd the other 'scolded' hiai j ?hen he told th^m be had rcq:ie.ved i le to withdraw. When he wa? traih- { ring his poems togeiher he asked me d let him place this poem, 'Rcmtiited,' tBODg his own. In looking over the erses he had written, just a?'ter the > Far, he said it seemed ie him then that I hev needed soif-ethinj? to 'eorteri' i hem. "Your poem, my child is ju-t the ort I need. 1 could not write in that one myself. The war meaut too much o me. To you, it is only history. To ae, an awfc! ?u3mory. Bat i [rowing eld. I ivani to forge-, t h?' litterness. I wa'.t to help others to orget it. Youi poem will touch a mto that T t pprf and that I cannot t iae.' * ~ 9 O A ''So my verse, 'Reunited,' went into \ he book, as did a long- p >em. 4The | 3ilgrim,' which had been written t>v , lis young and beloved brother, David, < vho was killed in the war. I cs- ( ecially stipulated that .there shoul-J ? -e no signature to distinguish my erses, and although the meter, etc., s, I think, totally unlike any of father Ryan's, I have yet to read the ir3t word that seemed to note the nrantiee hand' in the master's wosk. "There i3 a curious little incident; j ;onnected with the poem. After tbc >ublication ofUhis book, Father Ryan rave most successful readings in rarions cities. At (he Acarterav of ilusic, in Baltimore, an immense iadienc3 greeted him His pro^ramm i was made np of his poems selected bv | be literary , men of the country. Dr.! 3liver Wendell Holmes, of Boston, ihose 'Reunited' as bis selection. HowFather Ryan and I laughed over that when he returned. 'It was the funkiest thing that ever happened to me In my life,' he told me 'I stood before that great throng and thought of :he little girl iu Mobile, and I jast ?^at? tha tvauieu to say nucn luo? vuwavu poem 'I didn't write that?I couldn't write it. A dear child down South, :o whom war is only history, who ha3 ao brother's blood to remember, she wrote that.' I thought of my promise :fcat the poem should pass as my own, md I just stood there with the paper n my hand and did not know what to 3o about it. When I came homo the Bishop gave me another "scolding," md said it made no different what Nellie wanted, I should have read the poems as hers'." Regardless of Age. The kidneys are responsible for more sickness, suffering, and deaths han any other organs of the body. A majority of the ills afflicting people to-day i3 traceable to kidn-iy trouble. 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OBEAR, Druggist, Winnsboro, S. C. m m A FRESH STOCK OF ;anned peas, 3eans, :olumbia river SALMON, L DESSERT PEACHES, CONDENSED MILK. "ry Join's Premiiai Pitt. J / To make soup delicious get can of Succotash, FRESH BREAD AND - CAKES TO-DAY. J. S. McCarley. [ , I, |-I, una, ?.,1^| -n HHS 5 oou bv*-:wfi<5* th* bslc, kSfcrCs+S* xTor^jiCM a hixt-rixnt growth-vx!Sr:?vor Tailr to Restore Grsy Ea-ir to J:* Tc*?hfftl QcjOTOsxotv--^ ,J;^:;,-. ?b ~? of -sa YANKEE \Jnr ,r< bicycles/?! is A PI ^33T II v )) W*Ithyickel-\ i |1 ^ V ^ plated Lamp I f . 1f N^=s^ and Bell. / UV Second-hand Wheels, all makes, 95.00 up. Shipped C. O. D. on approval. Write for catalogue and full particulars. _ f YANKEE CVCtE CO. Of 27 South JJinth St. Philadelphia, Pa. JD Notice. 51 0 1 HAVING SOLD OUT THE MER- toi ii;I!e Imf'ness herfttotorc couducted pn iHer iii?; mine < !' B J. Emer*o.i to th< '. J. Emerson, I am tiu longer re?p ???- coi j q for ai:y debts contracted by >:ud hii m. B.J.EMERSON, i March 27th, 1899 3 28-Uw3fr i -w' % V I B MY Wlf t mas aurrcncu i k For more than eleven years, and has trie< h several doctors, but nothing did her any s 2C her Gerstle's Female Panacea whi< H her greatly at her monthly periods. 1 m L. GERSTLE & CO., Proprietors, \r-.. i;?i_ I uu UcUl c^wCULLipiiSIl U1S effort by ri< : ? ;..V , .) ' . * l . . t. ':V' Models 59 and 60 1898 are entirely new. Price Pnlnmhio Droit uuiuiiiuia ouaii For scientific design, tho: tion and elegance 'of finis unequaled by any bicycles I - PRICl Hartfords, Pat Possess every advantage of ir Vedettes, PATT Best for tli ' ???'* aas <?o i X HV-CO, ' 1UV>U O, A" Every feature of these mac in our New 1 POPE MFG. CO., JOBM & DAVIS, A| -BUd* r POISON. ; i! I c \ For the Destruttion ?f Insects, 1 r Ants. ] Roaches, i I I 23 Tlg'S- !I 5, I DRUGGIST, Harflwere, k'? t TBE UNDERSIGNED HAS PUR j ased the interest of the estate of F j jrig, deceased, in the stock of goods Gerig & Seigler, and solicits the | :de of the people of Fairfield County. | q lis, Hoes, Harness, gadflies, | r ' ? j ia Fanainff Implements |01 all kinds, and everything foand a FIRST-CLA^S HARDWARE 'ORE. rhe tra.Ic of the friends and cusuers of Ceng & Seialeris fally apeciaied, and the undersigned hopes >v mil- find it n? their interests to Htinue *heir bnsii e-s r^Ia*ions with SI n. lii J. W. SEIGLER. iffiffrSi' ERY woman is under obligations J o herself and the man she mar- V ie8 to be in the most healthy cpn- A x possible. She should be free of 2 nale diseases and menstral irreg- V ;ies, because the condition of the ? nakes or mars the home. Bon't a because you dread to consult a , r, for a "consultation is tm&eo* A ? /" < -t ? hnMaa nf . ym UClfiVlOY krUVMW V* not| pc female (101 Ltd panacea 2 ? "(Q-.F.F.)??*. z ;reat yourself in the privacy of j| home. It will cure yon. If tan* w y costiveness or indigestion, re> A i it with a few mild doses of St* a ih'A Liver Regulator. Write ns. W ir case is complicated, and wewiu & act yon, free of charge, how to J hese faxnons remedies. V FROM WOMB TROUBLB8 M ? airArv+ViiTiff she ronld fet, S3 Wtli. M :oodT 'Last spring I commenc?dglTia* >h save immediate relief and benffitea ; IV. E. TUKSEK, St. ^phenaTAlt. V . Chattanoog*, TtflB. A . ; most with the least ding the Bevel-Gear CHAINLESS. Z $75. I KDDELS S7 iHD roughness of construc h, these machines are : of the chain type. i $50. [ . .. terns 19 and 201 lost bicycles that cost more. i $35. ERNS 21 ANDt 22. -, . i * v e money.'' 'v; . ; 5; Ladies', $26. :hines is fully illustrated Catalogue. , Hartrorcuuonn rents, Wsista, S. C. 1 ' ' ~ i . , $ , ?' v^_ ilTn fPimn I not I ii in in IN SPITE OF THE ateness of the season, if' , rou prepare land well afcd. slant seed bought from js you will probably have i better garden than T it ? . lsuai mis year. Biiiin a# m. They are scarce atid the Driee will go up* ?We Sell? rRIUMPH, BURBANK, BEAUTY OF HEBRON, EARLY ROSE and PEERLESS POTATOES MnMnnfnn Pa lliliH bl. IUST RECEIVED! . in ifitt rn in [3 fflulu) 13 "Which We Oto :heap for cash or on?? - - - time. - - i w nnw 9. hf\ u, n. nun aw. UNDERTAKING"' ^ IN ALL ITS DEPABTMBftTB, iib a fall stock of Caskets, Burial M I asfts *nd Coffins, constantly on hand, fl id us- of hearse when rrqne?ted. M for paat pa^nase and <olici, i for a share in the fuHirt, in thi^fl d stand Calls attended to at all baot*. THE BLLIOTT (US aiop.J J. :a?ELLiOPT^|?fl 4-lT-ly M ForSaieJjj^^^^l KING'S IMPROVED^ EED. Price 50 ceuts p^ ,rsd at railroad. VY. S. EM 3 7-St "V .