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p " 2 Agricultural ^ Department. Bacon Can Be Made As Cheaply in the South As n the West. A. I.. French in The Progressive! Knriuer i Ail readers will remember that ; the writer, when having occasion to mention the farmer's oh! sow.! has always spolu u of her in, terms <>t the greatest resptc.'. It haa been a rule at 'Sunny Home*' to Jo unto others as they lo outo u^ This accounts very | largely 1 ?r our frequ'ut kindly: mention of our old sow*. They have been treaiino us very well,1 ? j ( aud we wit'll t<? give them due, credit. There are usually eight or ten of these <?ld ladies walking around in -'Sunny Home Farm" and getting into mischief whenever the opportunity oilers; ?ut we notice whenever the uccoantn are balanced at the end of the year, that the old sows' usually have a good balance on hand, no matter how impudent and inconsiderate they may have been all through the year. So; when '-Mebnda" comes up and indicates thai she desires the boss" to scratch her ear he does it without a murmur. One of 'he things 1 have been | unable to figure out is why our Southern farmers will allow the Western farmers to grow their 'nog meat for them when it is a fact (we can prove it) that as much money can be made per acre ol land growing and feeding hogs a9 can be made producing any ordinary farm crop that, can be produced and sold as a raw product in our section. SELL THK CROP AND SAVK TllH KKRTILITY. ; I I The raw product takes off the I larm all the plant food and humus produced from the land, while the hogs may be grown and out witn t.ne loan ol leas tlian onerourthof the plant food and practically none of the humus in the erop? on which they are led ( Again, these hogs ma^ be produced in ihe South more cheaply than in the section that i? now ( furnishing our meat You may not believe thi-, but j i know it to he a <*c% hiving < raised a goodly number of hogs in both sections. You at-k ''Why, ' then, is the Westora farmer i growing aud sliippitig his meat, t if it. costs more for him to pro. J t dace it than it woul 1 u-f' Sim- t ply because there is good money ( in producing the We?' *ra hogar , :he price we p ?v tor him even on f :be high-priced land, and by the \ ise ot the high priced labor ?ho t Western tanner mas' needs em-: h pioy. How much more there;, would he in it tor t tie Southern , farmer who may employ ihe v halt doz-*n grazing crops that , cannot he u-ed by the Western'j lartner, the cheap land that is f not to be had in the West, lhe;( cheap labor, costing not half t what the same labor c in the j, West not and more ?nan onet bird ( when we lake into consideration the greater length of the worktog season in the Sou'li NIK SOUTHERN FARMKR'S I.KKAT,, advantaor. ( Then the Southern larmer | has only to load his hogs (or I meat) into the wagon and deli- t ver direct to the consumer &1- I most anywhere in the Sou1 h, a- ' we con si me hog meat every- j where, and I know of no com | munity in the South at this time ( that is beinz supplied entirely i with home grown meat. Con i trait this with the necessary ex- f pense of marketing the Western ; hog. The farmer hauls or drives > BmiJlMl" Wfrl ii11 i r>. turn t(? station (costs as much as 1 ielivering to the consumer in the < South), pays freight to Chicago, I twitching andcommissiou charges '; it the yards The packer j i :?kes his piortt on the uiauufac-j< ure ot the product, aiul ships it ; another thousand miles. The < lidtributing station takes its i profit, when the product is deivered to the loeai merchant who charges us 13 cents per' pound this w inter lor fat meat ;, hat we c?>uld have produced at ! iome at less than live cents I J he Western tanner oily rejeived about ~?, cen'^ gross, <?i ( iot iDoie than lie for tut meat { he hogs produced, the railroads, |( he packer, the wholesaler, and L he local merchant taking the', )ther seven cent-*. The South- ; | *rn farmer, his hands, and ten- ( iuts. eat the meat, and store , lp energy with which to produce 'distressed" cotton and tobacco. , JlST TRY TIM s 1*1.AN TI1I8 VKAR, 1 My friends, 1 wouldn't say a vord if we Could produce this loiton, tobacco, etc., at a greater ;>rofit,or as great a profit, as we 1 ;ouhl secure in the produc ion of 1 he meat, because 1 know you tre no' g< ing t(? work against In* almighty dollar. l>ui in proluciug meat you are assured of I the dollar and a greatly impr v?d soil as well. Won't you pur- j 'hase a good big, long, thick, ieep old sow that lias been bred to a good pure bred boar, give her ami her pigs good pp.dure,feed and care, and prove that the 'Sunny Home"' man is wrong in what he is telling von and practicing on his farm? Wheu you have done this I will agree for you* vo return to the cropping system and not bother you any more This Farmer Solves The J Problem?Will Change His Methods. "No, dun'i quote my n *me in j tlie p (per*. for I don't care lor mtwspaper publicity," -aid aj piosperou* looking farmer a few: laya ago. Continuing, l.e said: ' The farmers in my section ire busy getting in shape for the spring plaining and clearing md ihe niijoriij are going to [jImui and conduct tneir farms' jn entirely different lines in the ut lire. La-t year they used Western hav and com. expect* ' 1 ng to pay fur it out oi liieir Olton; but till? ceason, and in , ill future <eHsons, they will rai^e ; Heir own hav and corn and dher foodstuff-, wild live ofl'| heir ??ii crops. lheie is 110 easoli ill the a or id wuy the West sh<>uM fumidi u> South?rn farmers witn oat , corn, hay ' md side-meat, when we can aise all of it ourselves. Audj here are uo tvt er farmers any- j; vheie tiian in (i-orgia. Tuerej s 110 -jii.f in the tartn--rs of his sectn?n paying ? high price or things 'hev can raise on their iwii laud. i, for one. will in he Jul tire ea: m> own corn, ill' my ewn "eef, and raise *11 he hav and oat- in it 1 need." COMMKNI i I'll I- n\MM KM. 1 his w rliupcvi froin the .Middle tieurgii Kirni-r." 1' 1 <?0'i *)ii-? larm r and many ilhern a long time ie K?lve the problem." Many should do likewise. iVe were dking wi'h >? firmer rorn near Milner, (? ?. lie aid : 'I am jjoing Io reduce my cotton icreage one-third from what 1 j plant ed last year. 1 have thought | >n this a great deal It took me three days and nights to | ? i- ~ ? ;.. r. i ! U I# IIIy iUUlU, *iut J aui I >ettled on it now." It is time, pou were putting in your three lays ami night". Another party THE LANCASTER N writes : "The pric<* ot lhe cot ion will bo settled now in your fields." Bnt better still is it for you '?? i-otiie upon a <letinite aud rational svstein of diversifijc i rrmiug. -Solve the pr iblem lor yourseh and do it now.?South t?ru Cultivator. m m Pen Bushels More Corn to | The Acre. | La-t spring a y^ar ai:o I read ! in your paper where some tar-i mer made fifty bushels more c rn j ?ii ten acres ol land than he had; ?ver made on it before by the use of a disc harrow. 11 is way.! I remember was to double disc lhe land before turning, then turn with a good two-horse plow <11 <i harrow with a good drag harrow a? the end ol each hall lay's plowing, while the soil turned up is still moist. This may look like a lot ol work to put on land ; but it pays fine in north (Jeorgia. I think it pays best on stiff bottom land. When yon double cut the land you can turn it just about twice the depth you can without the cutting; consequently by the process you get a line seed bed 1 used the foregoing process on thirteen acres of land that 1 had helped to cultivate tor more than thirty years, and I think it made ten bushels to the acre more than 1 ever saw it make before. You notice that operation made me about 180 bushels corn extra on the thirteen acres, which was very good pay indeed for the extra work?W. D. Hasty in the Progressive Farmer. Judge Ira B. Jones to be Sworn in as Chief Justice April 15?Other Changes. Columbia State. * Interesting and impressive cere monies will take place in the supreme court ror)ill on April 15 when a new chief justice and a new associate justice will be sworn in. A tie* circuit judce and a new solicitor will come into i-tlice that day. Tne exercise will take pla *e ai lOo'ctock. In the opinion of tien. Ij . II. Brooks, clerk ol the supreme court, it is (he fir-i time in the history of the bench in South Carolina th it so many changes will be made at one time. Jounce Ira 1> dones of Lanco w . iir vk' i I i hr. o .1 n? ?? ? -* I >. ? 1 % i i??- v . "?i? wo n ? >1 1 11 l-vf i in: ( (lice of chief justice, succeeding V. J. 1'ope ot Newberry, resign ed. Justice Joiv* will be succeeds 1 hh associate justice bv 1 Juds-'c D. K. Hydrick, who up to chat time will l>p julue of the Seventh circuit. Alter Justice Jones has been made chief justice he will swear in Judge Llydrick as associate .jut-Uc? He will afterward swear in J'hos. A. Scn" of Spartanburg ,\s circuit j l"dge,sueceedinsJudge Hyditck, iti 1 J. < Oit- ' f Oh?-ri)k?e as so i?Mt ?r, succeeding Mr. Sense. Man and Woman Charged \*ith Murder of Latter's Child. (ireenville special in the f'nluinhia S'ale : A warrant was sworn ?>ut today f<>r Mrs. I'almer I V 1 I I 1 I. a I . I - I - \ ? ?I 11 .'.111 I Ulll * J 11 I ?1 ? f I* 11 il I ^ n ^ rltr.m wi'h the murder ot Itonnie Louise Corn, the 2-year-oM daughter or the former. I he warrant ,vjih sw ?rn out by 1'almi'r Corn, husband of the woman. Corn alleges that his wit? deserted him and is living with Child* and tha' Ch'lds had been heard to s;?v that he intended to make away with the girl. The man alleges that the little mrl cannot b? located ami that she is dead. Corn lives in North Carolina now and his wife and Chtlds in the upper section of this county. V - IEWS, APRIL 7. '9Q9 SULLY'S PLAN OUTLINED.! Former Cotton King Tells of His Scheme to Remove Cotton from Domination j of Speculative Dealers Chain ot Warehouses to be ? Established. Atlanta, (?a., April ?4 Winn the ot the South and the business seen ?>t 'lie South sav the ?<ul. fund* will h? 1111medialelx av tilable 111 sulllcient volume to forever place the great Indus ry of cotton production upon ;t stable foundation, free from I he ohniic? fluctuations of fho market, relieved of ihe aiiHCr. of manipulation and le ivm;, the gigantic crop monopoly of this section to respond, unembarrassed and unreslricted, to the legitimate lawsol supply and demand. The result should mean to the South an annual cash saving ranging from .1150,000,000 to $250,000,000." In these plain terms Daniel J. ? Sully, the man who drove col ion M to its highest market price since'I the Civil war, today outlined the r purpose of his visit to Atlanta and t he SouthContinuing, Mr. Sully said his I plan contemplates "the creation ' I of an impregnable business sv?-, |. Item which shall do away with:! the annual necessity ot the far ? mer sacrificing nil!iioiiu of baits of cotton lor preseiug debt, congesting the market, hammering down prices, upsetting the regulations of supply and demund and lotting to thia flection the i tremendous sums 'hat are its duet in return lor the crop indispensable to the needs ol civilization, j "I do not ask one penny from the Southern people, I do not , ask the pledging ol one hale ot cotton until I have given ample good laith ol sufficient financial backing, trom sources that are unquestionable, to carry every detail ol the plan into effect to safeguard I he interest ol every farm cm in the South, from the man who raises one hale to the man wh > raiseH 1 000 hales. k<A minimum fund of #10,000<>0O, mi ben bed by the moat con- ^ servative financiers ol the lTi?ited > Statew, is available lo be invested j! in su'-li ironclad securities, as snu'.i injure me anility and the p responsibility o' the plan's pro- { motors to redeem their promises e SI and obligations to 'lie last de ti t!til , . . The people of the South will s< t*' he giveij the fir-t opportunity to ti nivst in this project, if, upon l< receiving it, it commends itself t<? i heir judgment. ' The backbone <>l the plan is a chain ot bonded warehouses throughout ihe South, sufficient in number ami charac'er ?o hnnse < f.thiid of 'he crop, and that lone. 111r< 1. ;> . has been uemon- a i st rated, will be the balance of fJ power which will render market e con</e>tion impo'Mlde and insure tfie disposal ot the crop in strict f conforrai'y wi?h the laws of sup I ply and demand " In borrowing money on hi* j warehouse certificates, Mr. Sully *' j said, the farmer does not sur rac ier the equity in hi* cotton. J I "it is Ins 'o s?*l! whenever he , | pleases or to hold as long as he j pleases, with the plain business t 1 exception r 1) 11 the certificate ho may have us-ed as collateral lor 1 the loan is a prior lien upon the 51 bale, which must bo satisfied out ^ of the sal > of the bale when that culmination is reached." rl The company would be paid a nominal fee for each bde of cot-, f ton bandied and in this way, y Mr. Sully figures, a fair profit a will be realized on the invest- * meet, I i / etc., a little Kodol will Reliev Kodol supplies 11 ie s:? me digest It? ! Juices that are found in a healthy I)t stomach. Being a liquid, it starts K< digestion at once. sti Kodol not only digests your food, ^ ( but helps you enjoy eve.ry'mout hfui th you eat. " 3? Vou need a sufficient amount of good, wholesome food to maintain strength and health. But, this food must be digested thoroughly, otherwise the pains of G indigestion and dyspepsia are the J,*' result. hoi When your stomach cannot do Its work properly, take something to ti,> help your stomach. Kodol is the Kia only thing that will give the stem- Hj ach complete rest. in Why? Because Kodol does the t,n same work as a strong stomach, and does it in a natural way. ' ie; Sold by J F. MAC S $ MOORE LUMBER 4 DA t ? ? Brick, Laths, Shingles, 1 Wood Fibre Plaster, Pail W Cement Plaster, Doors, ^ Weights, All Kinds of L ^ Porch Colums, Balustrac ^ and Moulding. In fact, ^ goes to build a cottage o ^ w orK is our specialty. J ly furnished. You cam ^ an order for anything i j figuring with us. Our ] 'v' saying that your order # with us. Give us a trial ^ Patronize home industi ^ also and would like to fi] W your supply and "keep 0 "rainy days." \ MOORE LUMBER A MA 1 Notice of Election. j" Whereas, one-third of the Krseolders and one-third of the Klector* >siding in the lielair hrhonl District J in H, in I,a i caster < on lit y, .s ttve petitioned the County Hoard of Idilcatinn to order an lection to de>rmine whether or not a tav of three II mills shall he leej,.(j on all reuhmd ersonai property in .-aid District \*o for school purposes Notice in hereby ifiven that -aid lection he held by the 'I rustees of nd District (No. H) on Wednesday, le 7th day ?>1 April, 190W, at Kelair nliool house, at which ele -lion only nch electors as return real or peri?nal propeity for taxation, and who xh h?t their tax receipts and rejfismtion certificates shall he entitled i ) vote. Signed. County Board ot Education ! A. <' Howell W r. Hough 4!>-53 II. K. Coffey Why Old Cow Changed. " Whv are all those people ticking rlown to Hiram llurdpple's barn?" a.,k d 'ho old arnier on the hay wa^on, <*rditik I<? The t 'fdca^o News. 'lids -ot u curiosity down liar," chuckled fin* vi lace ton. t able. "That What kiod of ' uriogity is t? " "Why, II.'- old rod-Mild-white rsey coa. Ttie other tight lo old critter had the colic and It went down with hi> lantern . . I ?> uw* her 'lone of c >w med?-| inf Blamed it he didn't make mistake tn i ttivo her a pint of ; ?s&oline.v 'Do tell ! I);dn't kill Iter, lid it?" 'No, but by heck, it had a unny eflec'. Now, instead of j?>in^ ,kMoo, moot" like any >lher seoPRble cow, she noes ^ Honk, HonfU' like one of them har bl?m?<1 Vutoraobileff." r Kod For Dyspepsia ai If you Suffer from Indigest the Stomach, Belching, Sour n Lol ? od Indigestion ion. Dvsneosia. Gaa on Stomach, Heart-burn, e you almost Instantly ^ , So. don't neglect your stomach. ,>n't become a chronic dyspeptic. ? ?!> \olir KtAltliLrli liAA.lt.hv anil ronjr by taking a little fcodoL )u don't have to take Kodol all e time. You only take it wliw U need it. ?.* Kodol is perfectly harmless. Our Guarantee >o to voar druggist today and get a defcbottl". Then after you hare aiad UN lira content* of tho bottle If you at aestly suy that It haa not done you aa? mI, return the bottle to the druggletaM will refund your money without qa?e> nor delay. We will then pay theara#? t. Don't hesitate, all druggists know it our guarantee Is good. This offer apes to the large bottle only and to but ooe a fiuully. The larre bottle con tales 44 tee as much as the fifty cent bottle. Kodol is prepared at the laboratorj of E. C. He Witt & Co., ChieagVt SKEY & CO. ? NUFACTURINC CO 5 Vulcanite Roofing, ^ nts, Oils, Etc. Ivory 5 Sash, Blinds, Sash ^ umber, Sash Cord, ^ le, Mantels, Grilles, \ , "everything that r a mansion. Shop W Estimates cheerful- ^ not afford to place n our line before 4 prices justify us in ? should be placed I 1 l- - i ^ i iuiu ue convinced. ^ ies, We sell coal M 11 your orders. Get ^ warm" during the W HOPACT'lRING CO ? s Readers, Read Stieffs Ads Every Week YOl' will find them not only interesting, but instruct- ? ive. and if vou exnect to E bin a piano and will be I / guided by our knowledge [) gained from sixty-six years' | experience, you can secure a piano that will always be good, and buy at the Right I Price. * / / i 'J Watch tor Special bargains ) Write Toilny i , ^ 7 Chas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff Shaw and Stieff Selfplayer Pianos. f Southern Wareroom: 5 W. Trade St. Ctarlotte, N. C. L. M. WILMOUTH, i Manager. S 'V'hen yon write mention thia pttper t)Q-Um-? | ff It it U hm Ttutrd. ira? it ? -. h- V.? ?#?/.?