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% Letters Froir .Farming and T-* i Abroad, fda,n 1,1 the water o Farmers in;levo1 in 5,11' l much mot i THE LAN*Oil the world, will keep the s I the Nile at theeame well seasons and will cause j natii b land to be brought I ou* i LCSTKK NJfiWS, MARCH S streets and a* stations, a as kept in the market- Th 7H8 can make a square men 3f it. 10, 1907. r i YOUR S| MHMMi ll ?;?" * -'J' E-gyp BY A. M. (Copyrighted, 1WC, b NO. 1 Farming in Eg) as falling (-ft" a lo? ' under cul'i' an ample m stack. times, lln v R. F. Beasley ) dam was a 3. j gineerinn. :pt is *'?? easy |)V an Ahum j," If it were | and one-fe (ration. It will affoid SOUT .lpply of water at all e construction of this Tl wi i di rlul feat of eu-J^en' The plans were drawn j ricr n. The dam is one j The urlh miles 10:1 jr and I neei^ I! MAY HAVE NO FEARS O EGYPTIAN COTTON. cotton crop requires work co there iH very little dan of increasing the acreage cotton growers of the Soutl have no tears about Egypt' LO D i. li . I PPORTU ? $$ HITY not there would b it done by the pre the soil. The c make themselves, are very indolent not wholly to Man is something in e very lit'lo o! j |las a dumr sent tillers oh This dam it rops virtually | provemeuts The people! given jEgy | but they are in, stmiable re for it. There! Agriculture the sunshine j Egypt's we ny car track on ft.? cot in ; one ol the ni;iny im ;i tlil i winch Eng:and has l'l,e [>f, and will prove of clum value lo the country, plow is the main source of pi filth audit is the chief a' ,0 >ii crop. ueriHiniy not unti Icrent population moves in land is broken up with sy tiling which they call . It is just like tl e picture o\v8 which I saw in the roy inbfi at Thebes and, conse I 1 \i ?o t lw\ en tnn L'1 iw) lluoi I We offer below for you a appeal to all who want i ? We Art nor running a CRUSH J ~ item quoted here not nc ir consideration some pr to save money on their pi ; Not Cr SALE, but we will forfeit >w in stock. We make the ices that should urchases. ushed $100.00 for any following prices wnicn iiiaKes one < dislike exertion. 1 earth is more suit man. The soil is he can get his fox tie effort, and the warm that he can r?lot li i ir rPhoco fn crave ease ami occupation tint no land 011 If England able for a lazy t,j0n oi mod so ferlile thai fuse new li ;1 with but lit Egypt will t climate is so among the dispense with world. vrtrc of ?nil :ind of most oi tlif people. I vi"*7" can secure the adop- morc leni methods and in- ?thei fe into the farmers, are < a^ain take a place s great nations of the ,eri'i This ^ must Ill l?5 1JC O CI 111V/ |>1"VI "OV > than 4,000 years ago. Thei r instruments of husbandr. )n par with the plows Alte ieed are in the ground wa g the land is (he main laboi is a pretty big task an< not be neglected. A cow o - unin witnarawn: r $5.00 Overcoats at 2.S v coats at 7.50. r Men's Suits from 3.98 54-inch Broadcloth, sc . Wide Taffeta Silk, bli I 54-inch Ladies' Cloth, r 20 pieces A. F. C. Gin >8 ; 7.50 Overcoats at 4.9 I to the best in stock at 9. >ld at 1.00 and 1.25 yard, i ick and colors, at 87 cent! 42 1-2 cents yard, ighams and Linen-finish C 8 ; 10.00 Over00. now 85c yd. 5 yard. ? "hambrays, 10c. climate flie native to an uncommon usually works in t ed of everything clothing. In the ] the children of th stark naked even i PLANT SKKD i farmer enjoys I extent. He T||e crnp, he field divest jn|o wiu|<>r in the way ol The winler remote villasres ,Jjat(,)y aft( e peasants p-o ?|e inululf n tlie winter, Tw , ,w ,i IN THE MUD OF TIIE ltlVKl^. buffo 5 of Ksrypf are divided t'1'H and summer crops. ,ner crops are sown imnie I)at(' ?r I lie subsidence of *n co i' ion. In southern f>"? ~ <i.n thicli O lo, sometimes a camel, doe work in most cases. No far plants much cotton, just ii lies here and there. An acr tton is a pretty big crop to farmer. They plant it to< : in very many instances toilet case cotton tfiai 8 Only six of our G.00 \ Men's Odd Pants fror ; 5.00 Foi r! 0 $3.50 Krippendof Sho Ladies' Fine Shoes at ukets at b.5c, eye ana l.zs. Vool Blankets left to close n 75 cents to 3.48 pair. bush Shoes at 2 es at 2.98. 75 cents nair and un. j at 4.25 pair. k48 Ill sucl' a conditi< the tourists lor I a will not let up some monay. While Eitypt ha: square miles of ter tivatable nait is !c iv-> i't "" >n they chase (jj(l 0f f>ct< ck!>heetli, and p;irt ()l the until I hey yet 0j deit.i U hey; * over 455,000 'I's.o subsid ritorv, the cul- ,miis Ironi \-s than 1 ' ) 00(1 1 f?!in-e? the time intum tile lino | :>her ; in the central ^ 'le valley it begins the sa vember, and in the 1 lie ins late in December ^?ns enco of the Nile be 8Cftn' south to north and and liill'erent seasoiiR (or ?lirr>' n I lie cotton opens they picl ck it and sell in the seed cotton buyers ship it to tlx in the same sacks. Gins ar< c. Tiieco'ton stalks are cu sold f< r fuel. The stalks an ed to market on camels, am < 2000 yards heaviest w 2000 yards (?e Plai ls i Job lot Men's Fine 2.< Bitf lot Laces, Insertii Get our ]>rices before 1 tee to save you money, e I 1 Jl weight Sheeting at G cents \t 5 cents yard. >o and 2.50 Fur Hats at 1, igs and Embroideries at c you make your purchases Yours for business, yard. .48. >ld prices. >. We guaran square miles. l'ra< is the Nile valley v in by the two mci through which the The Lybian desert and the Arabian east, and the lengt dically, Knypt sowing. I vhich is walled ground plo^ ordain ranges peed, river fl \vs.? about, and s is on tlie we.-t t ho wel groi desert o? 'be t?n roller is U of the valley four nron'l ? - - , larely ever is flip ( >ved or prepared for ,roni The planter wades patters the seed over ')e,<" nnl, and then a wood- l,ot run over if. About a! ?" is I hen elap -e before ' 3amel cnii ea;ry the h' alfc nearly an acre ol 1 ?n<l. ?tt<'ii was unknown in Egyp e 1820. Its cultivation wa s ri-usiy umiertaken uuti t 1803. Now the value o cott??n ex ported abou hundert \ 8 1 1 ~ ? . I Time is the )urk Com Thief pany is about 830 miles, varying from six t until the delta is Mien the river fork ley gradually wide branches of the r the sea. The soi with a breadth harvest. '1 0 fit teen miles a sickle, eat reached, and hard place :s and the val- spread out, ?ns out as the trodden out iver approach which are c 1 in this valley straw is th he wheat i.s cut with ned on a camel to a '' on the ground, there 00,,<) and then the grain is ' by oxen or buflaloea ,n"r< Inven over it. Tjle '9 ,1() en loosed U|) in the yet f >00,000 per year. 1 lie bul Hoes to England. Very littl n i- m^nulac'ured in Egj'pl ' could grow many time cotton than I Ik y do, but i t likely lo be done for year o come. J/ oi opp-irtiinity an?1 de e a b- nk account ami let on tin' road to a ureati The sooner > on S on the habits of thrift I will j-our accumulatio Start an account All deposits made on < trom tlie tirst. Your i lays breed danger. Some day your surplus ? urmng* accum *i prosperity. Why not. do it form the bunk-account habit a and economy, the better for j n grow. in our Savings Department i >r before the tilth of the month tccount will have careful atten you intend to start 11 late and place you now ? nd get n (food grip r on, and the larger md watch it grow, will draw interest tlon at is exceedingly lei fertility is renewed the annual overfl caused by the heji the Equator and h of tlie snows on th Abyssinia. But mu 1 l 1 J5 1 . . . , rtile, and this I air with \v every year by wind blows o\v, which is wlie?f is c ivy rains near and put in y the melting little larger e mountains <>f The print icli of this rich Egypt are vt i ? * ooden forks and the hioii away the chaff. 'I lie arried to the village h a mud granary but acre.' than a barrel. rents lipal winter crops of 'o rheat, barley, elover, pays l'HICKI) LAND AND CONTKNTK] I ARMKRS. an Egyptian owns a ft*v ? lie is well to do. Lan i from $'20 to $50 per acre r one-hall. The land owne the government $5 per acr The Fir: v I (1 e -V-' " st National B .ANOASTER, S. C. ' ' a ank ~ > i all (I WOUIU UU it it could not be v gation. It does n the summer and supply the water t Canals branch out and carry the watt A f 4 It A /l/llltt I f 1 .eny worthless | and beans ( va'ered by irri- kindred cro ot. rain here in work. Tl? the Nile must planted in 1 or the crop*.? are jiatheiec Irom t lie Nilemonf t lie pr ?r into all pari* j ;ll-e cotton, for slock.) Those ami as ta >pH require very little from e summer crops are The March an<l April and local 1 in the auiumn. A- river incipal summer crop* far '' llax, hemp, rice and e,^'e : .1 _ _ kXes. nana near nairo sen $1,000 io $5,000 per acr< price varies according t ion and level above tli Of course, it is chespt rotn the cities and on tli of the desert. There is cot . _ i i _ i 1: : .v l ? I Am I f J sa i ii urs i ui tau vuuuii Y effected by difl'erei The principal on wheel, which is tu lalo, catnel or cow The wheel is fitti of wood or clay. i;irM On fh*? a* Ih>p I iiii'"| sugar cane, it methods.? ! quantities e is the water cucumbers, irne 1 by a but- vegetables, blindfolded.? baceo is pr ;d with scoops. raise reveni The buck ts or <?i tobacco. Iifiiir lt>?? wr?4??r -I.i ? ? i Jiey also frrow v<isl s??ei of melons, onions, uninj cabbage and othei 11 The growing of to- most nhibitod, in order !o He le from the imports ';ife In upper Efrypt tlie h'8 r - - 1 i-\ 1 /\vtI H"ie ueilllll}^ 111 ii % on just now. 10 Egyptian farmer in tli contented man in the worli does not wish toaccumi property and will notehauji net hods or liahil s. lie sti ' u 'j Jam I: oir ???/! u iwivr tw r | AFRICAN COTTON GROWEJ W/ / Guaranteed Analysis e W/^ Avail Prion Ac ut (j', - Ammonia ' Yy Potash... }?? I wyJwMA II jrnu /N *4 /-\ 4 4 /">k 1>< 1^4 | Mi S//mA TM izers i into a trnuph, frot: into the li-ld. 11 ers u*e a bucket o long pole, and tin h cro-'s piece re tii posts. The man water naked an 1 w , ~ uiiiwi i'rop 11 which it runs sutiar laetoi ie poorer larm- (,u^. The ca 11 th? end "I a the stalk to j ole work on lurers. Froi \z on two mud tram roads stands in the tion- over t i i this crude in sugar cunt*, <iii(i io" are very n inter- cairn ne is cu5 and add in gelh the nearby rnanulac- 1'ie n the lactones .small I'her run indifferentdirer- ??o c< ii - country and tlie sccti ? \ I 1? li 1 r naiui f/v | ; farm >! and a donkey, yoked t' er. lie hauls everything o 1) u'k oi the ?am" animal' e are very tew horses an onveyaiices in the countr (?ie. The products of tliej s and all other heavv hill ;*| i nui uuyinij " Disti "They Grov ir r ury, rnitfiij 'ibute Eoenly / the Biggest vjrounu, Crops." contrivance. An screw, said to bo invention, is also in lower Egypt, li augershaped punij ed by one man, two men. This is I ,lf 141 Archinvdean ; nearest i l'fti an American work is nee used by a le'.v Jn, |q work I i, an inclined loves. Sutra ) an.I is operat- b; the peoj HomelimeR by rem luxury not in general n lino. Very little .s ar\ for this crop? 'in (I is what ihe African 'oa?!< r c hi is l .rypiy eaten 1*<>rs< >!o and is esteemed a (f?nk . It is pecMlcd about c irrj i than are carried on camels, whic ow ti to be loaded and tii Btl. 'l'bey can carry i ont e load on a camel. The po< ey is also compelled t f burdens liruer arid heayie it is, and is too olteii oruell Il Gt ' The He i r v T.A \T( :t Them From ath-Jones n a qt'xt' t^ a r Co. V use, as the Oriental new inventions v In northern Kgyp fields are planted steam pumps ar< The dam above A< <?ri44 I does not ?do|> 1 j Mr 1?. N. W er\ readily.? 'journal, the Ki ? ,fI ran a li ill n t, whore vast I on.-e applied li _ __.w. mtlun.iiiaUon in >ut-.i?r ca > , jjeal0(^ (|,? wo11 5 often seen.? Kk'" 'jV" lord llniH , 1- in isuan, the larg- gist. 26a ?i i.ihc ? < iiiirni. iilkcr. editor of tlmt Kj>iey ( iti-rprise, Louisa, aay?: jl ue i my foot last week and at . nek inn's Arnica Salve. No followed; the halve simply i nd." Hi nla every sorc.bnrn J itHc. (inarantced at <'ravr- IihTG iiderburk i'barmney. Dint- , can' an with a heavy stick. Hi ver complains like Iho cam* . The tanner still dresses t did when Joseph was (low , when he dresses at all. Yo t tell a man from a womai JUAJLi.1 ' It : Send Us' L/XJLUXUJLV, KJ' VIf our Job Fri t. / ??? ????T # .i AtlBg *5