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Agricultural Thinks Minimum of Farn ers' Union Wiser than tht Fixed by Cotton Assock tion. ProcreFeive Farmer. Please allow me through you columns to urge the farmers i North Carolina au 1 throughou the South to hold their cotton f< the price fixed by the Farmer Union at Texarkana, Texas. Th National Farmers' Union|in se aion the bth inst at Texarkati fixed tne price a: 11 cents. in Cotton Association pricej^is 1 cents. I am inclined to think th National Farmers' L'nion price more equitable. I have read the Dallas (Tex News closely for the pastjlfoi mouths. Dp to August loth^Texi had the prospect of a fine'fcro In June and July when the] A lantic States were being drown? out, the Texas farmer was enjo} ing fine seasons and cuitivatin his cr ?p with comparative ease but about the 1st of Augu heavy rains began to Tall i nearly all sections of the Stat and for the last forty days tl Tt-xas crop haB gonesteadily bac deteriorating also from the ravi res of boll worm and Mexici weevil. I see reports from mai c unities saying that cotton h deteriorated from 30 to 50 p cent. 1 am satisfied from what can learn that the crop in t Atlar,;c States will be 20, ! and 5C er cent short in some ii stances; will probably averaj 30 per cent short of last yeai yield. I think the final yield will right close to eleven mi Hi bales, if this guess should pro approximately correct, this cn of cotton should sell at 11 to oeats. I am also in receipt of a circ iar letter from Messrs Lathai Alexander <fc Co., of New Yor saying that the crops of 1904 a 1905 amounted in round nu t>ers to twenty-lve million bal This cotton has all been consul ed at fair prices?1 guess wou average about 11 cents. No why sell this ciop for less th 11 or 11$ cents? I know a main facturer near this place w contracted on the 12th inst. deliver a large amount of No two ply warp in October at 2 cents. Now any mill man will t< you that this mill could pay cents and make a decent profit. New cotton today is selling most interior towns at S$ and cents. 2$ to 3 cents less than i worth )ur only remedy is to ho the cutton buck. Don't let them i avo it. IJi't let t tie Wall .Street crov fix the price. Pat your cotton in the wan hue and borrow monev enouj to i.ieet your pressing needs. John M. Smith. Mecklenburg Co., >r. C. More about the Texas Fevi --Dosses from the Disease "Mr Thomas Taylor, .Jr., of tl South Carolina Live Stock Ass ciation, requests us to g.ve pu Jicity to the following, with tf view of disseminating informs tion concerning the disease I which it/ refers ' lit a previous article it was e: plained how the cattle ticks r< Mricled the market fo the catt, Department. I j produced iu this state. But iu re' cent years these parasites have i , had even a more serious effecF i and one that is more generally i felt. Before the operation of the i stock law ail our cattle were exposed to ticks from the time of 1 _ birth and all acquired iu this I n way a natural protection against t Texas fever. But after the pas)F sage of the stock law conditions 1 ? were greatly changed. The cattle ie | were all kept up. The ticks disap- i peared from some plantations and the cattle raised on these) e places did not acquire the nat-| LQ ural protection against Texas , fever. On other plantations the ) jp ticks continued to thrive and , the cattle became proof against j ? l j: i a i ine disease, as unoer me oiu conditions. 11 So that today we have some tt S p places infested with ticks and j t others that are entirely free from the parasite. When a cow is taken from a ! g tick-free place to oue where ' ,. ticks exist she develops Texas I fever and usually dies. If a town- j ruicml n n u.- i a aunt nnf f r\ nooinrn J-J I ? MIU\>V? vv TT IO DV ti v V/U W VU ^aoiui C | e on such a plantation the same I ie thing usually happens, because J k town raised cows do not have an i opportunity to acquire immuniin ty to the disease. If a cow is tak-j en from one of the tick-infested \ ap places to one of the tick-free er | places, the cattle raised on the , I latter place take the disease and ho most of them die. 30 In this wav enormous losses n- are sustained by cattle ownersl $e from this one disease. The situa- i r's I tion also interferes with the local trade in cattle. One may debe sire to buy a certain animal from on a neighbor but caunot do so with ve safety because his plantation is >p infested with ticks and the'Jani12 mal in question has been raised on a tick-free place, or his own u- cattle may not be proof against m, ticks and the animal he desires k.; to purchase is infested with ticks ud and would mtroduce them into m- j tns herd. i nere is only one way out ot n~ j the matter and that is to eradi Id ; cate the ticks from the infested w' places. This will not only over-j 5411 come the difficulties mentioned but will also open up a larger; h" ' market, for as soon as apart of; * ' j the state is free from ticks it can J 3d j be placed above the quarantine "h line, provided the legislature | 011 I passes a law authorizing the es- I 1- tablisbmentof a state quarantine j | line. . ' Six Gcod Mousquito Rules j Id i [Good Housekeeping | A mosquito never lays eggs ex J cept upon surface of still water.! I This still water need not necessa | rily be a swamp, marsh or a lake, B~ I or a pond of fresh water, but the ~ ' smallest puddle ot stagnant rain water. Even an old rusty tin cupful of the filthiest water to be found on dump heaps will suffice.; just so it is not disturbed for a period not exceeding twenty-five . | days. The mosquito egg undergoes the metamorphosis?larva, < pupa or wig^ler. and full 10 mosquito?in less than four i weeks. The more stagnant the 1 h water the greater seem* the pos- i )(* nihility of a breeding place for 1 l~I mosquitoes. Thun mosquitoes ,t to may breed about dwelling*, i | wherever anyone has carelessly \ i-1 left a little water in the smallest i ?-I receptacle, in gutters, ceaspools, r lejrain barrels, fire.buckets, cisterns, I etc., and inasmuch as each female mosquito deposits from 150 to 400 eggs each, it can readily be conceived how the existence of a whole family of people may be made miserable by one female mosquito. The female mosquito is ready to lay eggs in less than a week after she issues from the shell or pupa. Dr Quitman Kohnke, president of the New Orleans board of heath, has formulated the fol lowing "once a week." six sim pie rules for the extermination of the pest. It would be a move in the right direction for every housekeeper to post these rule* conspicously and to religiously apply them : 1. Once a week, pour into every water surface on your pre mises uot removable by drainage or stocked with hsh. or screened from mosquitoes, h quantity of kerosene equivalent to one ounce [twotablespoonfule J for each fifteen square feet of water surface. 2. Once a week, pour into the privy vault five cents' worth of crude carbolic acid, or five cents worth of kerosene. 3. Once a week, empty and refill all vessels containing water, upon which oil should not be placed, such as fire buckets provided in cotton presses, in accordance with insurance requirements. 4. Once a week, pour kerosene or crude petroleum [about one pint] where it will llow through your drain gutter into the street gutter. 5. Once a week, report to the board of health the presence ot any stagnant water in vacant lots or any condition in the neighborhood not easily remedied by yourself or your neighbors, aud keep on reporting once a week until you get rid of the nuisance or a satisfactory explanation. 6. Once a week, read over these rule? and see if you have not neglected something thai should have been done, and per suade your neighbor to do as you do. More about Movement tc Place Immigrants on Southcrn Farms. Washington, Sept. ? With the vi?w to facilitating the landing of the immigrants destined for Southern farms and (particularly for those in South Carolina, K B. Herbert, chief clerk of tin department of immigration o! that state, called at the department of commerce and labor today and held conferences with Acting Secretary Murry and Acting Commissioner General of immigration Lamed. Mr Her bert said that his visit here at this time was in view of the announced intention of the North German Lloyd Steamship company to make regular landings at Charleston and Savannah from European ports and that he wished certain information regarding the law on this sub ject. The first consignment of im migrants will sail from Bremen October 18, for Charleston. Im migration Commissioner Watson, of South Carolina, is now abroad and it was stated today that he is exercising more or less super vision over tho intended immigrants in order that only the more desirable may come to these shores. It is expected that the iction of the steamship company vill go toward relieving the sitlation in many of the Southern itates w ith respect to the head of abor. I (i - "The Old Reliable." ===== HHL < THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, s.c. sV S CAPITAL $50,000.00. A ^ SURPLUS $50,000.00. g pj Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. n II Collections given prompt and careful attention. X Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ 'jg Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and |1 pi the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. gg ' ^Fill J ^ ^^InSr Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes ***+' "Ziegler settles the question." Cherry & Company. 0 1 3 A "J | Look Out I: ? Bargains 1 i 0 1 ,'L I I When the bolls begin to pop M The people begin to hopDon't forget to stop > At J. C. Edwards's, headquarters for bargains. Best Granulated Sugar 20 lbs. to $1.00. Seed Tick Coffee at vI 1 1 ^ 1L . - 11 _ . 1 ... ii i-ic id ) an omer groceries sold in proportion. Magnolia Flour gets better every day?$2.25 per 98 lbs. standard weight. Large line of Cooking Stoves on the way : that we are going to sell so cheap anyone can buy. We expect to save you 3 or 4 dollars on your purchase. Our Dry (i >ods, Shoes and Notions are bargains. All summer Dress Goods at first cost; all Low-Cut Shoes at cost. Come to see us and let us show you everything we have. If you don't buy we will still be friends. Always when you are in town leave your baggage with us. Tell your friends to meet you at the store where goods are very cheap and customers are heartily welcomed ? , To spend their time, To spend their influence, To spend their money To the best advantage for themselves and J C. Edwards * in Bennett's Old Stand. II _ I 9 The First National Barfk of Lancaster. DIRECTORS Beside# the well known character and ability of our hoard of I>irecT. S. Carter. I tor*, w* u. .... - , - jw... .iMPiirj lll.SlircU J. D. Funderburk, against every kind of loss, making O P Hpnth hank a safe place to deposit m Chas. I). Jones, your savings. Ira B. Jones, We extend every courtesy and aeR. G. McManUS, eommodation consistent with good R. E. Wylie. banking. Accounts From $1.00 Up Solicited. CHAS. I>. JONES, President. R. K WYLITC, Vire-i'renl'?nt. \ K. M . CKOXTON, Cashier. ^2 T