The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 08, 1891, Image 7
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p Twelve [Pages.
k By HUGH WILSON.
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Wednesday, April 8, 1891. i
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The Chauce of a Life Time.
I There will be a grand sale of building lots ?
Id oar sister town Greenwood on tbe 22 and Zi
of April,and to aocommodate buyers special jj
trains will be run over tbe railroads leading ]
to tbat town. (
Greeu wood Is probably tbe most progressive ?
and prosperous town in all of upper South
Carolina, ?ud for ten years her every step (
has been forward and onward. Her growth '
has been both steady and rapid, and under e
the prestige of past prosperity and In view of *
a glorious future, there is no telling what for- ,
tune may lie betore her, aud what splendid t
profits are to be realized from the sale of her
H Let live and pushing speculators attend the i
CT sale on tbe 22 and 26, and help to balld up the
^Loonstantly ?rowlug Granite City which will
|^Afee as enduring as the everlasting hills, which
^^Turround her busy marts.
HL Owing to the publication of our subicripNMtlon
list, the general make up of the paper
somewhat disturbed. We thought the list
QjBthe most' important and tbe most Interest*
^^ng part of the paper, and hence gave it
RgBke best place. It may be said that each and
^^Bvery subscriber is editor thiB week, and that
j^Hn the aggregate, tbe names of more than one
^^fcousand editors appear in this issue. We
^ ^>polnted;every subscriber editor for this
K week, so that they know bow It is to be an
editor.
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Tbe Dream *f the Pald-l'p Subscriber.
LAboa Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase),
(Awoke one night from a deep dream of c
k peace.
Bid naw within the moonliebt in his room-- ?
Kinking It rich and like a lily in bloom? t
angel writing in a book of gold. a
^ xeeeding peace had made Ben Adhem c
bold, ?
d to the presence in the room he said? i
VWhat writest thou?" The vision raised <1
ml Its head,
kd with a glance, and in a kindly manner, 1
^Answered?" The paid-up subscribers to the
Press and Banner.'* i
"And is mine one?" said Aboil, ' Nay, not I
so,"
Replied the angel?Abou spoke more low e
But cheerily still, and said, " I do but pray to c
thee
Write me down as one that's paid to Dinty- i
three." k
The angel wrote and vanished?the next r
| night
Lit came again, and with a great wakening c
W light. i
^fcnd showed the paid-up names?with visage t
^ solemu, I
And, lo, Ben Adhem's led the top of the *
column.
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Contributed Locals. 1
Abbeville, Aprll'7,1891. a
Winter still lingers with chilling winds, c
frost, and ice. Overcoats and wraps are quite f
comfortable. Fruit has been seriously lu- ?
jured. K
Very few persons were in town last Mon- ?
. day (except doctors) and many of them walk- i
ed to town leaving their animals at home at ?
work.
MaJ. Vance and daughter and Mrs. Mamie v
Dorroh with Mies Marie Chiles, of Troy were f
shopping in town last Wednesday.
The first strawberries of the season was sold v
on the 2nd by Messrs. A. M. Hill <fc Sour.
Mrs.I. B. Brown and Mrs. J. F. Laney, of
Monroe, N. C., paid our town a visit last
week, and In company with their handsome
husbands had delightful drive over the city, i
We hope they were pleased and will como
again and remain longer.
Two straw hats ventured out last Saturday.
bat looked too cool, and hid themselves. ]
Mr. Julius Vlsanska Is still quite sick. Also
Mr. Rosenberg's children.
Mr. Arthur byfau, who was sick last week,
das sufficiently recovered to be able to call on
bis best girl.
Mr.C.P. Hammond, of Wofford College,
spent las; week at home on account of sickness;
lie Is better and has returned. L
Mr. H. R. Laney, who has been Express ],
Messenger on the G., C. & N. has been trans- w
ferred, with better salary, his run now Is a
flrom Wilmington, N.C., to FloreuoeS. C. n
Mr. R. O. Glover, of New York City, is here p
on a visit to bis son. p
Mr. J. J. Johnson, cashier of Lowndesvllle w
Bank, and Mr. Tom Baskln, one of ber best |j
merchants, were In town last Saturday. ii
Mr. John M. Gambrell who has teen close- tl
ly confined at bin books day and night for y
lx months Is now suffering with bis eyes. w
Mtss Ella Dorn after a protracted visit to o
Atlanta Is home again. p
O. P. Heath <fc Lo's "fashign palace" was n
, crowded during tbelr opening days. Their p
store was beautifully arranged so as to make ? <
I a tempting and grand display of their many c<
I novelltles.
Miss Anna Jones wa? home on a visit last h
r week. a
Tbe stove la tbe Methodist church being d
taken down for Easter, made tbe church un- it
comfortably cold last Snnday. We hope it g:
bwill be put up again, until the wiuter is over a
at least. c<
Mrs. D. H. MagiII and her sister MJss Carrie
Ellis, ot Hodges, were shopping lu town last ri
Monday. f<
Rev. w. K. Boggs preached his farewell w
sermon to the congregation at Mount Carmel &i
and will leave this week for his new field of tl
labor Augusta,Ga. u
Preaching in the M. E. cburch at 11 o'clock fj
next Saturday morning. The Second Q,uar- w
lerly Conference will be held Saturday even- o
ing in pastor's study at 8:30 o'clock. Rev. A. b
J. Cauthen. P. E. presiding, Love-feast Sun- ti
d&y morning at 9 o'clock, and communion
services at 11 o'clock. Services also at night, b
Mr, Jas. A. Hill Is certainly a musical
genius, playing thirty-two different instru- a
ment, and bus Just added auother to the li
l list. v
I The Woman's Missionary Society of the M. n
E. church will meet next Friday afternoon in n
the church at 5:i>0 o'clock. j
Mr. M. W. Paschal, ot Mt. Carmel, has a v
contract lor building a cottage in Greenwood, ti
and will commence work at once. b
Mrs. P.J. Lawson rested well las: night and ! e
is better today. M. h
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Quarterly Conference.
\ Next Saturday, the Second Quarterly Con- !;
ference of the Abbeville Station will be held {:
| in the Methodist church. Kev. A. J. Cauth- "
? en, Presiding Elder, will preach on Saturday ?
Bwdpd Su nday. ,
flHUr. W. M. Leftwlch, ;of Nashville, Tenn., ,
eH^BI conduct the meeting after Tuesday. , a
kSB
experienced teacher says that pupils
ywM^MKhave access to newspapei-s at home, i t
HKHMBl compared with those who have not,
9?B^Bgramm;iri>ins, better punctuators ami f,
more understandingly. and obtain a ! u
I.CUI KiiuwufUKc ui geugrupuy IU uiuiwi i t
ibo time It requires the others. The j
wper Is decidedly an important factor | j,
dern life. This will noi bo disputed l>y |
oe who has taken the trouble toinves- f.
the matter for himself.
publish our list as nearly correct as we p
get it. If we have made a mistake in j tl
ving any man proper credit, we aro | ti
sorry, as we intended to do exactly : M
by all. : tl
iNSKKKS. ? From the estate of P. B.
un to James W. Tulbert, in the town of ,
rmick, 8. C., four lots, to wit: Lot No. 5, ' j
ock H.; Lot No. ti, in Block 11.; I.ot No.
Jlock K.; Lot No. 10, in Block L. ' u
vkly everybody is buying one or more i n
af wire lencing. No man can alt'ord to I Ui
le grass goto waste. The cattle will j ti
ritgratis. .
ru a few days of clear weather, the I
;rs have taken heart, and gone to work i
a will.
1 \i\jw 11 mo nu|/J/lCliirui. IVOitU
* it, and then looU on the last page of the paper
l for odds and ?nds.
There is 10 telling where you may find
t editorials, totals and communications.
L Mr. W. H.Dbennos of Mount Carmel Is '
Jr now with th? Press and Banner. H
Y
FROM OPE ATHENS,
visitor*?Lawyer* ? TdfCaph I'l*?
OpeneJ--?Presbytery Will Meet-?
Mr. Bonner Acccptii*Ai,> Devlin '
la Better.
Due West, S.ft April 7,1801. 1
The first message passed o*er the new tele;raph
line between Due We?t and Donalds
ast Tuesday April 7th, 1891. P
Mrs. Dr. Bigbam spent a fortnight with her
nother, Mrs. Dr. J. U Miller,"-'turning home
iVtdnesday. 5
Many gardens are being thoroughly worked
his weather In our community- li
Col. Walter L. Miller paid our city a -rislt n
ast week. Mr. Miller It ?;lawyer of fine P
iblllty and Is holdlug his ow me bar. a
At the Municlpa 1 election Monday Dr. li
rames VV. Wldeman whs declared Intendant y
>f Due West, and Messrs. A. Ellis, W. C. i'
Brock, P. L. Grler and A. t> Kennedy were n
ibosen Wardens. There wi? no opposition
mil a solid vote for every miO on me ucxei <
v&? a new thing in our council election. tl
Warren MoAdams, a t?nn?8t on the place s
>f Mrs. T. C. (Jowau met witbthe misfortune n
>f having bis house burnedou last Monday,
barren is a quiet inoffensi re farmer and de- F
lerres the heip of the oomnionity, as he lost ^
ill of his pofseesions by thaflre. n
There will be a meeting of Second Presby- Q
;ery in Due West next Friday- Preaching at b
-he usual hour on that daytfd also Saturday. '
The communion service oo next Babbaih
111 be observed. a
Rev, O. Y. Bonner has elven notio* that he t
*111 accept the pastorship of the Due West t
- ongreaKutlon, provided of course, his PreB- '
>ytery will sanction this act. ii
Mrs. Dr. C. B. Cowan returned home from a d
Msi t to Chappel l's on last Monday. i
Mr. Bobt. Aiken, the energetic and wide c
iwafce ngent for the Mutu?r Aid Loan and e
investment Company, of AUauta, ua? was u
n town Monday. j! f
Mr. Tom Miller has signed tor regular cases v
>n the A. R. P., glad to welcane you Tom to t
>ur place as a permanent fix ure.
Miss Lucia Held, the charodng and beauti- v
ui as well as courteous and student teacher '
?f the primary department <f the Due West 1
female College, speut Sabba.li and Monday c
vlth relatives in Anderson.
Mr. John a. Devlin has be?n restored to his K
isual health aud is guininc bis liesh every ?
luy. LARRY. 1
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THE LIME KIL.KCHJB. J
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L Report That Brothec Gardener Sat c
Down On?Increasing the Clrcula* ^
tion. t
Prof. Singletree White, (chairman of the ?
ommittee on finance, reported as lollows : c
"Your committee hm traced de use of ?
aoney back to 4,000 y'art IB. C., an'has not 8
teen able to find dat de pop' man eber had n
my nio' dan he has got id-day. It ar' our e
iplnyun dat sumthiu' -oruex* be dun. Ills i
;wiae around dead brokt isn't only hurtful a
o feelius, but werry inconjenieut. We would v
larfore recommend as iolifl|s : t
- nrsi. E>xpauu me cm tucy uuui uo uus- ^
cet slops ober? i
' Second. Coin 'nuff i ver so dat ebery ^
nan will Lev to hev at) t tra an extra bind |
)Ocket to curry his sharf .
Third. Make a day's* >rk six hoars loug,
in' de pay 80, but doau h* too many of 'tin 8
>ne week. > c
"Fourth. Bring de pt 3 of whltewa^hin' J
ip at least 2W per cent., Il t knock de price *
>i meat an' taters downI the werry lowest g
lotch.
"Fifth. Fix it so dat efl ry cull'd pusson in t
lis kentry who wants u* wear diamonds an' v
lde in his kerrldge kin < :> so, but 11' rldin' ?
iround makes bis bucki the din fix It so he ..
iin open a bank, and it nk all the chaui- [
>agne be wants to."
Wuyilown Bebee, Shlnfli ; Watkius, Whale- B
>one Howker, Ulvedaa Jones and others
poke very strongly on the question of adoptng
the report, but Br?# er Gardener arose
md said: Dat
report will be sotd* >wn on an' laid on t
le table indefinitely. ItVi too soon. It asks t
nr too much. If we could liev all dose things t
isked fur in dat report^ve'd consider ourelves
so clus to Heuven dat nobody would K
urn out to Thursday evening pray ertueetln's. ?
shall Instruct de seekretary tosaydat ltisde t
euse ol dis club dat de circulation orter to
n. r/.'iu.n millunrt ilnllnrcu
Ft lilUtUOCU UUV/U v HI I/cgu UlUIJ Ull UVt(Mt? M y
''ar until ebery uuli'd head of faru'ly is able u
0 tiev a rubber doah mat jo de lop step au' ,
1 chuckoo clock in the parlor. De meetin' ,
fill now be all broke up, 10 assemble again v
it the call of de seckretar/." t
L WRONG TO THE DEAD AND OFFEHSE '
TO THE LIVING. a
Jvll and taiHchievoatt Bisposed Per- t
son* Enter Upper JLong Cane Cent- J
etery and Open the Grave or Jn<l?ce t
Wardlaw?Hin H?ttalle Ciwe Is t
Broken?The Bod3 Lett Intact.
The grave of Jud/e Wardlaw, in Upper u
lOugCane Cemetery, wan opened one night 1
1st week, and the nietilic cast iu which he '
ras burled, was broken. Circumstances In- c
Icate that the deed was done on Monday
Ight. The (act that t he grave had the ap- b
earn nee of being tampered with was re- ^
orted to his friends on Friday or Saturday, a
rhen they immediately sent a man to exam- v
10 l> H? rp| urnerl at nnoA without touch- t
It, and reported tbe facts which presented f
lemselves. Hon. W. H.'Parker, and Messrs, r
enetand A. W. Smith went to the grave u
'lthout delay. They found that It had been 1
pened, and bad been but partly refilled. r
art of the fresh clay was left lying around t
le grave. A piece of metal, supposed to he 0
art of a metalic case, wus found near by, the 1
Jges of which showing that it had been re- i
jn tly broken.
The Judge's friends were of course appre- *
enslve that the body bad been either taken '
way or disturbed, and for this reason the ?
lrt was thrown oul In opeulng the grave ^
iwas discovered that tbe depredators had i
really widened it in throwing out the dirt, ?
Dd that they had entirely uncovered the I
jffin. J?
When the coffla, or metalic case, was
sached by the Judge's friends, the top was t
>und to be broken in the middle, just above i
here the bands of the deceased were folded
cross his breast, buf. no signs were apparent
3at the body bad been at all disturbed. The
letalic slab, which covers the glass over the
ice, was removed and tbe face and body t
ere found to be in a remarkably good state s
f ni-ovoTuntinn tnouisli the deceased had ?
eeu bai led some eighteen years?since some v
me In 1873. s
The large rock with which the coflln was t
roken was found on tae top of the ground. t
From ttie mud which was thrown out t,
gainst the marble, tba hedge and surroundlgr
shrubbery, It Is eflident that the deed ^
as doue during the r?n which fell Monday r
iglitof last week.'ijjBe grave stones which e
lark the resting Hco of the wife of the v
udge, and which w H near to his own grave, u
tere bespattered w; Hinup, and one of the
ninor parts was bro^B), and the large mar- t
le slab bore evIdencAf having been remov- p
d from its proper phic b, and afterwards set ji
>aek in position. The tracks of the persons
loing the work werep) ainly to be seen at the t
iead and foot. p
Owing to the exceeding solt condition of 0
bo earth, the depredators left the clearest itn- s
iressions ot their shoe tracks,?the ground tj
lelngsosoft that immediately around the i
rave aim in uie unjoining neiu oi pines ineir
rucks were distinct -even on the piue
lei'dles. The tracks of others of their numier.
us they retreated in another direction
.nd from their ghoulish deed, were too plainy
left to leave any doubt as to the condition *
>f the earth, or the size and form of the w
eet. P
The depredators met at the grave coming J;
roro different directions, as by agreement, ,
nd when their sliatiu'lul work was done N
bey departed by different routes.
In opening the grave the monument which
:-.d been erected to the memory of t lie Judge 11
.as partially undermined, and in cunse- n
uence. It is now three inches out. of plumb. ?
The news of this desecration of the sacred
>recincts ol the dead, was a great shock to P
lie friends and relatives of I he deceased, and .w
ney are at a loss toat'rlbute a motive for so! J'
Irange and so tinuMiai deed. Nothing like 11
lie desecration of'.lie graves of the dead is j '
[>minon in this country, and there Is not8'
nown reason why his gra\e should have!'1
ten disturbed, but i' is surmised that the I"
epredators hoped to find something of value,!
hieh they might remove. 0
Diligent ellbrt will be imide to Uncertain the
ames of the persons who have committed so "
Jtrageous a crime against all our better sen- ] ^
incuts, and If found they will be severely ,
ealt with. y
A. M. Hill * Soils' Locnh. ^
Seed pinders! n
Choice picnic bams! '1'
Fresh candies! v
Just received by A. M. Hill <t Sons. a
Our Hat Stock 1h liow complete. O. P. "
cath <t Co. j ?
APRIL'S BUSIEST DAYS.
ALKS WITH THE TILLERS OF THE SOIL.
'ood! for Thongbt, Whereby They
Nay Earn Food for the Body, and
JIake the Farm Blossom as ;the
liose.
Southern Cultivator.
In the South there are more acres planted
3 therseveral farm crops than durlngany one
jooth In the year. Corn planting is still
rogresBlng, cotton planting Is at high tide
nd wll 'Iconllnue throughout the month. It
t emphatically the planting mouth of the
ear, while at the sauie lime It Is the month
[1 WUlUIi UUIllVUUUU uiuov WMIU.VUW iU w?.
est.
Early planted corn will soon be ready for
be plow, yet we would not plow It before
be plants are large enough to permit the
Iding to be done in the most thorough mailer
without too much stopping to uncover.
Thin leads me to remark that Jones' Plant
'ender is a very excellent appliance for proectlng
small plants from covering, and pei;aittiue
close and deep plowing. It can be
ulckly attached to any plowstock, and costs
ut|oue dollar. (Thin advertisement being
ree and all the more reliable).
The first plowing may; and should be, deep
nd close ou all soils that are Btlft'or inolined
0 run together, and we know of nothing beter
for the sidiug furrow than a moderately
ong square or diamond pointed scooter. It
1 not necessary to pjvw out the whole midlie
at once ; on the contrary, we buve found
t generally expedient to run round the entire
rop, or as much as may be ready for the opration,
and then return and plow the midlies
out. On mellow, soft, clean lands deep
(lowing is not at at all necessary if theground
has well plowed before planting. Indeed, in
>ur own pracuoe we aaopteu me gcuomi
ale that wherever a sweep, scrape or other
plde expendlug cultivator will do good work,
10 other implement, or deeper plowing Is retired.
It is pretty safe role all through the
ultlvatlon ot any crop, thus always giving
he preference to the Implement that will do
atlsfactory work at the time and the largest
.mount:(acre8 per day) with the least labor.
)avid Dickson, the apostle of practical farm
peratlonn, used to plow out a seven loot corn
ow with four furrows, lucluding the first as
Fell as the second and third plowlugB. We
an do still better with one or the Improved,
ill steel cultivators. Mr. Dickson was a pro
lounced advocate of the tue of the wide
weep, a .costly Implement, comparatively,
nd difficult to keep In proper shape. The
leel scrape followed, and has nearly supeice;ert
the sweep, and It will in turn give way
"* " ~L * AvriAnHim* ctnnl
O me strong, iiKnt-i uiiiiiuu,
ulilvators, that will clean out a hve foot row
,t one round trip. Tills first plowing of corn
uouid be done so carefully as to obviate tt c
lecesslty for hand hoe work, which may be
aslly done on smooth, well prepared land,
t is not a bad rule to require every plowman
n such land to stop and remove, or cover
t'itb his hands, or a paddle kept at band for
he purpose, every bunch or sprig of grass
hat might have been destroyed by the plow.
Jnder such a rule greater care and skill will
>e exercised by the plowman, for no man
ikes to slop to uncovcr, or cover anyblng.
It Is only by enforced attention to these
mall details that perfect work can beaccomillshed.
He who overlooks them and reardsthem
as no consequence, will always
lave slipshod work and untidy looking
lelds.
If the plants are healthy and vigorous, und
be land not specially Infested by bud worms,
re greatly prefer thinning out by hand or by
neans ol a narrow paddle. In advance of the
lows. It may bfefdoim when the ground is
oo wet to plow or hoe, each hand being
imed with a paddle three or four feet long,
ind carrying two rows at a-'tlme.
COTTON PLANTING.
Horn nlowlne over, and fertilizers dlstrlbn
ed ott the cotton laud, cotlou piauting Is
lext in order. When Is the proper time to
ilaut cotton?
Our old readers are aware that we do not ro:ard
temperature, or tbe ordinary, but very
ulsleaillng "signs," In deciding when u>
ilaut corn, cotton or anything else. Tbe time
>l" the year and tbo condition of the ground
,s to preparation aud moisture are theonlyuldes
thai are of any value. Plant when
he grouud is In good condition, not too wet
o plow, aod when the date has arlved
vhicti past experience tells us in the best
line. The important thiugiu planting cot011
is to plant so as to secure and afterwards
nalntaln a good stand. The condition most
Ikeiy to secure these objects are a mellw,
utKomewbat compacted soil, a fresh made,
callow furrow, a covering ol fresh soil, modirately
compressed by block or board and tbe
ime after which we do not usually have oold,
vet weather. Of course perfectly sound seed,
kUd plenty of them are understood. Somelines
the ground Is so dry that the teed can?ot
he covered deep enough to secure gcrmilation
without danger oi becoming too deep
y buried to cotne up if a heavy rain nboiild
ccur. In such Case it Is well to cover with a
Ightdouble toothed barrow aud knock oil
u live or six days, or Just as tbe llrst plants
mmmence t ; appear.
We can coulideniiy recommend, from peronal
expei'ment, the broadcast harrowing
>f cotton flf ids theflrst timcjust as tbeplauta
,re commeroing to break through, but not
if o ruTwt inrrnini? on
I ill 1.1 ug 1 \JI bum *? ? VI V.W, ?
he surface, as will be llikely wtieoover a ram
kllBon a newly planted field. The first barowing
may be either directly across the beds
,t right angles, or diagonally. Perhaps the
utter plan.is better, been use the second burowing
may be diagonally In the other dlreclon.
But we would not run parallel with or
ilong the rows. A light slanting steel
oothed harrow is the kind for the purpose,
.'he effect of harrowing thus is 10 save an
ramense amount of labor oi both of plow and
ioe. and to postpone the necessity for both
rom a week to three weeks, according to the
xlgencies of tbe situation. Justtbluk of it:
good mule can e.isily 'pull a light sinoothog
barrow that will spread five feet, thus
;oing over ten to twelve acres in one day.
t will not do to wait until the grass is up acd
[rowing.
Don't wait until something must be done,
>ut only wait until a light crust is about to
orm two or three days al ter a ralu.
FORAGE CHOPS.
Dou'.t fail to put in a liberal area to one or
noreof the well approved green forage crop*,
itch ax cat tail millet, sorghums, common
uru. They are immensely productive, and
eill prove Immensely convenient as theshort
uppIy of dry forage commences to run low,
>exides being very wholesome and palatable
0(>d. But they each and all require rich land
o succeed well.
Try a patch or two of colloids, common
xeorsrla eollards. Plaut on good land, the
icher the better, in three feet rows, one plant
tvcry twelve Inches. Cultivate well, and our
vord lor it you will uotreijret the small ventire.
Commence thlnniDgwhen the plants grow
o touch e;tch other, by pulling up every tnird
ilant, and feed to every animul that must be
cd. hogs particularly.
When the patch has been gone over once,
hen go over again, pulilng up "every other''
ilatit; then commence running or stripping
ill the lower leaves onoor two at a time, and
o on throughout the summer and fall. We
ielleve collards are about the best preventve
of hog cholera ex tun t.
THE AIIKA OK TUB COMING COTTON CHOI*.
Before the end of tills mouth, the greater
lartof the area of the coming coltou crop
rill have been planted; in the cotton belt
roper, quite all of it. It is tberelore high
irue to make the calculations, and tour-,
lve at :i final conclusion us to what that area
hall be.
The secular papers of laic, have contained j
Bveral well wntieu articles ou the subject, j
lie object, of which, was to convince the lar-1
lersof the impolicy of planting a large crop |
1' cotton.
itlseasey to show by figures, and past ex-I
erience und observation of the markets, as j
ell a* by a consideration of the well known
iw of supply anu demand,as it ell'ects prices,1
lint a larger crop will command a lower price |
or pound than a smaller one; and that Itj
Dllic-tlmes Happen* umi me iissn-gim: 1
inount.of money realized in gross irom a!
ir^u crop, is actually less Hum the amount j
i:fivc(i iroiu a niueli smaller number ol I
ales.
Wn<*rcupoti, it is urged upon the farmers,!
s a class, and upon Ihe Alllaucc as au or-j
ituizulion of farmers and producers, that |
icy should co operate to reduce the area of
lie crop, and thereby reduce the aggregate!
ield, as a means of securing better prices, i
bey are told that a large crop means low
rices per pound, a smaller aggregate return to
ixch farm, and a smaller graud aggregate of
eturnsto the cotton producers, as a class. I
his is all very well, as far as It goes. But
rill not the adoption of such counsels, based
lone on the arguments presented, involve a
e?reo of self-denial, aurt.of confidence in ine
tithful adherence of other farmers to.tbe plan
f reduction of areaB, that patst experience,
teactaei us cannot be relied In? Have we not
yearn ago. ana repeaieaiy .oearu wu ??uic tuguuaents,
biLsed upon precisely the same facts?
Was there ever a material reduction of the
area of a cotton crop by such argument* and
appeals? Wedoupt It. Moreover, are not
these arguments an appeal to wrong principles
and motives T Does not tbe suggestion
of combination to reduce areas, smack of a
combination to put up prices? Farmers have
not been slow or late years to strongly condemn
and denounce all efforts to put up the
prices of articles they must buy, by trusts,
combinations, and other forms of monopolies.
Shall we "flgbt the devil wifch flreT'?
return evil for evil?wrong for wrong?meet
trusts with truaU?
After all, are high prices an unmixed good I
Don't somebody have to pay these prices?
The cotton buyer and the cotton manufacture
do puy them. They lall at last, on the people
who consume the cotton goods.
These thoughts are suggestive. Maybe we
are working at the wrong end of the line.
Tneeftortbaa been to intlaence market prices,
that are to rule six months, or a year
hence. Would it not be better to rive more
intelligent attention and .effort at this end ol
the line?
What we want is a wider margin between
the cost of maKlmr cotton, and the price which
??itl AnmmanM 4r\ tho mar.
keU All are agreed upon that proposition,
So a merchant wants a wider margin between
tbe coht of tbe goods be buys, and the price at
wblcb he must sell them. Bat be cannob-iD
the lace of active competition?fix an arbitrary
price on which ho sells. What tbeu?
He >?oe8 to work at the other end; he tries
lo buy in a cheaper market; he reduces exEenses
by more systematizing his business;
e is more careful about giving credit; he
employs more skill and Judgment in selecting
and buying. In a hundred ways, here a
a little and there a little, he reduces the coet
of the goods down to the moment they are
banded over the counter, and thus Is enabled
to undersell his less enterprising aod skillful
neighbor, and still make a satisfactory profThe
application is easy. Tbe farmer should
work at this end of the line; It is tbe eud he
holds in bis hand. His aim should be to make
the lareest amount of cotton at the smallest
possible cos( but bis main effort should be to
reduce the cost.
To do this, he must first reduce the area
next he must concentrate on the smaller, his
skill and Judgment (which cost him no money),
concentrate the preparation. Intensify
the selection of seed, use none but tbe best
Implements, lu perfect working order. Then
turn off some or tbe expensive laborors, sell
some of the poor out-lying land. This Is Intensive
farming in Its analysis. It Is to make
every acre of land, every mule, every laborer,
every plow and machine, everything on
the place, as productive of result* as possible.
This will, as we have said, Involve a larger
reduction In the area, and a greater or leas
degree in the aggregate yield; butlt will involve
a still greater reduction in the costol
making the crop. Which is the better result
?to produce titty bales of cotton and sell it
for 82,000, or, to make forty bales and sell It for
$2,400 ?
In the first case you get eight cents, and in
the second case twel ve cents per poun d.
Without hesitation we say that tbo forty!
bale crop Is by far the most profitable. Now,
If every farmer could be induced to curtail his
production in the same proportion (one fifth
less), we believe tbe price would be one-hall
higher from eight to twelve cents. Can such
aceneral reduction be effected? We wish it
could.
But suppose anot.hsr case: Instead of an individual
crop of fifty bales, that soils at eight
cents, suppose the farmer makes only forty
bales at eight cents. The difference In the
gross returns would be $2,000?$1,600, or 8100,
But suppose the reduction to have been
caused by reducing the area one-third or onehalf,
reducing the number of laborers and the
uumber of mules by one-third, and adding a
third to the amount invested in fertilizers
He now makes a greater plenty of com, oats,
bacon and lurd.
There are more of these to 6elt, and less tc
buy. How far would you gro In the reduction
of expenses before the $400 would be more
than saved? These reductions are largely, II
not wholly, within the farmer's control, If he
controls anything. The enhancement in tin
market price next fall, under tbe plan so frequently
advocated of reducing tbe urea alone,
depends on tbe faltbfa! co-operation of every
other larmer in tbla broad land.
What we want to impress is, that tbefarmer
should reduce the area in cotton because be
may then produce cheaper cotton. If he still
makes as uiucb as before it Is all riybt?It biu
cost blm lese, and bis profits will be greater
If be makes less, It will have cost blin pro
poriionately less to make It. and he will be
safe, with probably more of foe>d supplies on
band. So In any event named lie will be In
as good condition, if not better, than that ol
bis neighbors. Now, suppose every farmer
or a very large number of them, Joiu in tbe re
duction and concentration plan?tbe inten
slve system. Is it not plain that In genera!
all will fare as well as the one Individual whr
'goes it alone." And If tbe result be a very
material decrease in the aggregntfe production
KHt;b and all will set the additional beueflto:
a greatly enhanced market price.
It is no part of oar desire to antagonize the
policy of a general reduction of area, Noi
can It be wild that we have endeavored to ex
pose the essential weakness of the argument,
urged by others in support of the policj
when such weakness is so well understood b>
every wide-awake farmer. In the face of 11
general effort to combine the mam of cotton
irmers in the adoption of such a policy, how
many thousands?especially among the blf
planters?would secretly take counsel of t.beii
own selfishness and resolve to plant ail crea
lion lu oolton > expectation oI high prices.
Solar from combatting the movement, wc
only seek to add additional, and we think
more effective arguments, addressed directly
to each man's self lnterest,and aiming to ln>
duce him to pursue a plan which will be bet
ter for him in any event, and all the more
better, If everbody adopt* the same plan. Il
is a sort of covert plea for Intensive farming
by extensive numbers.
It is a plan that does not nccessarlly 01
primarily tax consumers for the benefit ol
producers. It levies the tax for the payment
of increased profits on the sunshine, the alt
and the soil?upon tbeskill and Judgment and
sound practical sense, that cost less in constant
nse, than in disuse.
Toreduceareasimply is to rednce'productlon,
is but a temporary expedient. Its first success
would be followed by such a general d<?moral!zatloD,
as no Sat could again control,
The plan we suggest is nothing new, nor is It
a temporary expedient, depending for its Individual
successful results on the co-operation
and good fallb of others.
Merchants had better see our White Goods
wbo? in need. u. l*. xieain oc v^o.
61 nelmme?choice styles?<i 1 4c per yard, nt
0. l\ lieutli Jfc Co.'s
Whbt Free Coinage in.
While several gentlemen were talking
:it the Markham, one of them asked
concerning the meaning of the
term "free coinage" as it is often heard
uowadays. An experienced mining
man explained as follows :
"Free coinage means that the government
should coin silver as it coins
go.'d, free of charge. There are now
four coinage mints in the United
States. They are located at San Francisco,
New Orleans, Carson City and
Philadelphia. Any man who will
take gold to any of these mints may
receive thegold in shape of coin, Silver
is not recognized on the same basis,
and this is what the silver men demand.
''There are two facts I can learn
when J look at $20 gold pieces," continued
the gentle man, "and those are
the mint where the coin was turned
out and the initials of the man who
made the die. If you don't know
where to look for the marks it is a
hopeless task, but the persoh who penetrates
the secret must have a new
coin and a good pair of eyes."
"The teacher of English," says the
Journal of Education, "lias two tilings
to ilo?to teach his pupils to read and
to write their native tongue. This is
true of all grades, from the primary
school to the university." This may
seem like a very commonplace remark,
but It is not. In view of certain recent
movements in this country, the
utterance is full of significance.
Pittsburg and Alleghany are in the
grip of La Grippe, the deaths numhp>rinc
nearly 5.000.
t \
: fwf* ''
\ It Is Hard to Waste It,
Some advertisers have an idea that
only copies going to paid up subscribers
are useful to them. This is not quite so.
For example, suppose a journal has 25,000
actual subscribers to whom the
paper goes regularly. Suppose it prints
5,000 extra copies a week, which are S6ut
i as specimens to good parties, whose addresses
are supplied by its agents and
onil moik K nnfl wppV to one
' set of persons, the next week to another
set of 5,000 and so on. In this way 260,000
extra persons are reached during the
year, while if the extra 5,000 were sent
every week to 5,000 paying subscribers
only that number could be reached. In
1 the former case 285,000 persons are
| reached- In the latter case only 80,000
all told. A person receiving a copy of a
journal which he has not seen before,
with a request to examine it, will usually
look all through it, advertisements and
all. Such a course is as useful to .the
yearly advertiser as if his card were sent
to the whole 285,000 persons, or even
more so, for liis single loose card receives
far less attention than would be found
in the columns of a reputable journal.
?Orange Judd Farmer.
Tbe Art or Advertising.
, Advertising seems to be an art yet to
be discovered by some people. That
is, the practical part of it. A constant
stream of water from ore or more
fire engines will soon extinguish or get
; tinder control a very large tire, while a
few buckets of water, dashed on here
and there, have little or no effect The
modern fire department is practical, and
has outgrown tbe old bucket system;
and so with modern advertising?plenty
of it, used in a practical, common sense
, and judicious manner, pays.
If you want to catch a certain kind ol
fish you use a certain kind of bait; not
' all fish bite at all kinds of bait. Not all
" people respond to every advertisement.
The newspaper is a medium indispen[
sable to the majority of advertisers, be!
cause of its wide and repeating circula
, tion. As a promoter of trade and profil
s newspaper, advertising is no longer an
' open question; that is, when done in s
' practical and intelligent manner, and
pays because of ita effectiveness and
i cheapness.?Beatrice (Neb.) Democrat,
i
Spasmodic Advertising.
We all recognize that as between the
i fellow who works "by fits and starts'
| and the chap who plods along and keepi
at it steadily, the plodder gets there
every time. The spasmodic fellow maj
[ create an occasional impression, but the
; results of his fitful labors are dissipated
, in the intervals.
r The occasional display of fireworkf
, only serves the purpose of preventing hit
being forgotten altogether; while the
man who works, and keeps working, con
^ stantly improves his position and pros
' pecta.
i So it is with advertising. It is the re\
pea ted "ad" and the sustained effort that
telL We don't mean the "ad" that is
never changed, but the one that is ever
( changing, but never omitted! The wise
advertiser keeps always before the people
to whom he deeLres to sell his wares.
When you want to quit doing business
: stop advertising, or advertise only "once
; in a while."
11 Be Brief! Be Pointed!
; In preparing tneir announcements aa[
vertisers will usually do well to confine
their statements to one, or at most, a
very few points. Few persona can do
' well more than one thing at a time, and
it is much the same with the memory;
! but one or two points in any statement
make an impression and are retained.
As the number of points is increased the
probability of any of them making an
impression and bringing returns is proportionately
reduced.
"Too Much Is Plenty."
An advertisement for a wife in a Col,
orado paper brought such a heavy mail
to the advertiser, Mr. Paul White, a
prosperous ranchman at Rocky Ford,
Colo., that he had to convey it from the
postoffice to his ranch in barrels in his
farm waffon. For a month he has spent
! his evenings perusing his correspond|
ence, and he has not yet made a choice.
?New York Weekly.
A Common Sense View.
Nearly every business has its "dull
| season," during which a good advertdsej
ment will do faithful work day and
i night, rain or shine, in familiarizing
, consumers with the name, location and
; specialties or advantages of the adveri
tiser. so that when the time to buy corncs
! he reaps the benefit of his seed sowing.
I ?Azro GofFs Circular.
It All Takes Time.
Don't be prejudiced. Because at one
; timo you put a short local in your town
newspaper for one week, and "car|
tooned" all the fence boards in the vicinj
ity, don't give up, get discouraged and
say tliat you have tried advertising, resolved
that it didn't pay and decided not
I to do Jiny more of it.?Warren (Ills.)
Sentinel.
Expect Good Returns.
Give your "ads" a sanguine, optimistic
I hue. Convey, in a subtle bat unmistak!
able way, the impression that you expect
success, and the results will mnch
more surely come. Never advertise your
doubts or fears.
Nothing except the mint can make
money without advertising.?Gladstone.
No MfXllnin Like the Newspaper.
The advertising man of a well known
New York clothing house says: "We
.were the first to use the sails of vessels
as an advertising medium. Then
we got np the 'alphabet puzzle,' and
gave away 600,000 puszlea while the
erase lasted. Afterward we invented .
the Waterbury watch idea. We had to
do something, because three of our principal
competitors had failed, and their
stockB were being sold for next to
nothing by assignees; so we decided to
give a Waterbury watch with every
twelve dollars' worth of goods pur- ,
chased. We advertised the watches
'wound and set' To wind them fast
enough we had to rig up a little machine
worked like a sewing machine that
would do the winding, and we kept
several boys at work winding and settingthem.
Before we quit we had gives
away 40,000 of the watches.
"But nothing ever pays us like the ordinary
newspaper advertising. The fact
ia thera has come to be in this city u
class of advertisement readers just as
there is of news readers. They read the
advertisements every day, and of course
the man who wants to attract them has
to get up an advertisement that will do
it. The day of standing advertisements
in the paper, 'Go to So-and-So's for clothing,'
or 'Go to Thia-and-That's for shoes,*
has passed, just as the day for painting
signs on rocks and fences or on the sails
of boats has passed. You must have
something interesting and fresh in every
advertisement, and it will be read.
A Place for Talent.
?rf nearly all regelated lines of industry
at present the advertising man is one
of the most important adjuncts of *
business. And on the the other hand
the advertising department of a first
class newspaper is not what it used to
be, but is instead fast becoming an interesting
feature of all enterprising journals.
Formerly the prevailing idea
among the uninitiated was that the
talented, the best, most versatile and
most ingenious writers and artists were
all employed in the news department.
How nearly correct this idea may have
I been need not be stated, but that such is
| not the case now may be seen by a
( pernaal of the "ads" of any flourishing
papfer. The competitions between the
merchants and between the papers'
! agents have become so great that the
, great wholesale and retail houses of the
large cities employ talented men at big
r salaries to attend to their advertising
, alone, and the men who want the best.
positions in the counting rooms of newspapers
must combine fine business qualifications
with the talent that wins sue
*? nl V on ATO1H o'fl
C 83 ID tUO CUilAJi ictL uau. 4vuwi?*i*vx
News, a
Advertising Necessary to Success*
' The merchant or manufacturer who
1 does not advertise liis goods cannot suo
' ceed. Of late newspaper advertising has
' become a distinct trade in itself, and all
over the country leading concerns pay
fabulous prices for men who are skillful
in writing catchy advertisements. In
* many large cities there are men earning
from $3,000 to $10,000 a yearto write ad'
vertisements. This fact in itself shows
f advertising pays.
' If people interested in this subject
i will investigate it for themselves they'
' will find that the leading advertisers in- '
The Plain Dealer are the merchants who'
' have the best stores, the beet assort5
ments of goods and who sell at the most
* reasonable prices. Such merchants do a
mnch larirer business than merchants
who do not advertise; consequently they
turn their goods over more quickly and
can afford to give better prices. Close
' buyers appreciate this. What is the
1 moral? He who advertises the most
' judiciously succeeds the best, and the
> buyers who seek the best bargain?
patronize such merchants.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
i
! Never Be Commonplace.
"Bring your feet with yon and have
them fitted to a pair of our common
sense shoes," is the way a Pittsburg
dealer advertises. It is a good phrase
1 and one which attracts attention. The
' man who succeeds in advertising in such
1 a way that people read his advertisement
is the one who draws trade to his
store as sure as a magnet ifraws a needle
to itself. Study np quaint, pithy or
witty phrases to head your advertisements,
and be not too modest in the
space they occupy.?Brockton Shoe.
Regular Publications Best.
No one takes up a regular publication
without the expectation of finding something
of interest. The simple act of
turning the pages is as positive an example
of expectation as is the opening
of a closet if one is in search of a coat
! Hence an announcement in a regular
publication has an advantage over any
other form of business solicitation?that
of meeting the sought for eye at a time
Uiar it is in a mooa rur sutn greHirag,?
A. C. Ladd
Fulfill Every Promise.
The merchant who desires the confidence
and custom of intelligent peopb
should never make a promise that h?
Joes not fulfill, or hold out, either by
express statement or inference, any inducements
that are not fully substantiated
by the facts. There is no enduring
success where confidence is lacking
on the part of customers. Any success
not founded on square and liberal deaJ- ,
ing is sure to be short lived.
Use Common Sense.
That people should use tue same prac:
tical common sense in advertising that
| is necessary to transac t ;ny other business
would seem to he an indisputableproposition.
Yet there are gentlemen*
i who aro extremely good business men.
I in all other respects who will make*
I grievous errors in this direction.?Kncxvillo
Sentinel.
Must Have Genius.
The simplest advertisements sometimes
require the most '-are and thought:
I - ? Til \1 rifli I) PAlnmnl
IX! UL1UU UVllOU UUWVii. i w *? \ a vv (? v"iu4MW|
is a matter of time, but to edit it down;
into a sentence is something more.?<
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