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5lBt'lJiO\\ HOARIER. | A Famtfy Fcwspaper : For (Jxe Promotion oj CJie- Political, &>eial, Affrivul/.urai and Catnm>crcial Interest*. J TKKMfs; gl.SO x \ exx. Spiiob amu mmom. S ^ ) wr Ad^hva SbMi-wEEKLt tuirma. lan('astki);, s. ()..~j?l~t '*:>:> ~~E vfftIO?Hhaf52 A Timmnrvn ato .ini:i in i iPiT haimd otm?^ m , ? ftuijiiurw) INuiiUfij.i I. A N : A ST KU.S.r. I )eo. H I S$?S "lyro TK K is hereby given that litis i a-Al office will 1m open from the 1st j day of Juti. to the ii'Mh day of Fen. 1800, for i!ic purji. sr of receiving (lip re.urns of tin? taxpayers of Ii>ter j t'ount v. All pors as having property in tin ir po-sessinn or control, as Managers, Holdeis, or as H usband. l'.dvnt.Clnartiian, Trustee, Kxecutor, Admiaistrntor, llcceiver, Accounting Ottleer, 1 Agent Attorney or Factor, on the 1st! day of .Fountr are required to I list the same for taxation within the; time required hy law, or incur the} penally of lifiy per (tent, which at-1 Inches in case of failure 'o do so. Toe l*.?ll Tax o*" One Dollar is lai-'l upon all male persons, between the j ages of 21 and 09 yarn, except p-r j hoiih vvlio lire maimed and unable to 1 earn a mii pport. Confederate soldiers are exempt from 1' ?ll I at .Id yearn > f age. The Auditor or an assistant will at* tend the following places in the eouti- I ty on the dates below for the convenience of the pub'ie. Osceola, Tn ^sday, Jan. 10 IS90, at 12 ni. Pleasant Valley, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1899. Belair, Thursday, January 12, 1899 Van Wyck, Friday, January 13, 189ft Dixie, A. M , Dwlght, P. M., Mom day, January 10. 1S99. Tradesville, Thursday, Jauuary 17, 1899 Tuxabaw, Wednesday Jan 18,1999 Flat Creek Church, Thursday, Jan. 19, 1899, Dr. C* C. Welsh's Friday, Jan. 20, 1899. Primus, Haturday, Jan 21, 1899, Haile Gold Mine, Monday, Jau 23d. 1?QQ Kershaw, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jail 24th anil 25th. 1899 Heath Spring, Thursday, January 26 th 1899. Picasaut Hill, Friday. January 27th to 12 m. < armel Church, Monday, January 80th. 189?. Ii will be to the interest of every Taxpayer, *o make his return promptly ofa'l personal property, al.-o of all | Transfer or improvements on Real lOatuf an 1 save t'le penalty of 50 per cent which attaches after the 2<?th day of Kebtuary. lb-spec fully, JOH X A COOK, < "canity Auditor. Dec; 5, 1S9S. " SAY r DON'T DO IT ! Don't send off for jewelry, | I 1 v?mi iio, eiui'Ks, silverware, or , for anything in lhcae lines, for Hie identical tiling can l>c obtained from 11. Brandt for the siuno 1 money and oftentimes for lrs>, . besides you know how often one is deceived. I)nl von ever thiol; of it, Unit It R-iia It 11mm nod a hIloly of or h'riiikj micIi t' i for K yc;tiH, tool Unit lie j certainly kno\Ti lof r where to nnter fr >m i tin i v'ihi who eeca-nonal' > l'eii'1 no nlvertiriemeni or receive a eaia?j lo^ue ttem-inher all joWelera are ' not -ho veil |> mi.-* I. K'-it|o your en a loifne u'.onif an I !i? *'511 ilemunet rate j Wli .l Mi' s<y?i. N ?w, iTi it, In* 5on ton ? it. Our |?ri ire low ami a 10 p*r ceri' ! K'l i : t i i nii-'i tlifin a Xi"-* it ii> al , I ? v \V.'on f ?r envoi ir-<. ii fiRAMnr. T t V * * F K >r > on it money living Jeweler, Chester, 5, O OA.BTOT1I A. Bmm Uio y9^* You Hata Arrays Bon?t4 " r- &UstfZ^. "I iiiffVrrd (lie torture* of (lie dimmed with protruding piles hruuchl on by constipa- | tion with which I was afflicted for twenty ' years I ran across your CASCAKKTS in the town i>f Newell. Is., and never found nnvthinr i to equal them To-1ay I am entirely free from | piles and feel llko a new man." C. II. Kbitz. nil Jones St., Sioux City, la i M CATHARTIC ^ ccodft rSADf MANN MMnMO Pleasant. Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken. Weeken. or Grtpe, Me. Me. Mo. ... CURB CONSTIPATION. ... t.rH.t R.bNj C.Myisy, CMft liskwt let. Slfl io-TO-uo X tuuiyi 1 JLJ'.yUt/U CijiZjijLJ IF. TRANSIT, I CONTENDED THAT Sl'CIli ACTION WAS I N CONSTITUTION AL. Claimed That It Could Not I'e Confiscated lirrore teaching v i 1 )e*tination--The heari'1* The State, 4th iu>t. An interesting case involving the constitution*litv of tin4 dispensary law was hoard before thv constitutional court yesterday. It, will l>? some time before the do-1 cision will be tiled. I,nst spring Charles and I,ewi% Iiolleyman and Charles Nixon, of Darlington county, want ;i|i to North Carolina and bought about '25 gallon* of whiskey. When returning to Darlington thay were ar rented near Chesterfield and their vehicle and content* seized. Thar were arrested at night and] the charge against them wn for violation of that part of the dispensary law which prohibits the handing of liquor after dark. , They were tried before Judge ; Benet and fiaed $100 each. Mr W. 1*. Pollock, for the j defense, appealed to the supreme court, and the case was heard last April. Justices Jones and Pope aliirmed Judge Bonnet's decision, but Chief Justice Mclver and Justice Gary dissented. As the deciding justices were | equally divided, the case was, up-! on Mr Pollock's motion, given a rehearing before the constitutional court. When the court assembled yesterday, there was again an even number of justices and judges present, and upon lots i?eing( drawn, .fudge Gage was relieved from sitting upon this case. Judge Bonnet, of course, could not act, for the appeal was made from the court over which he presided, j Judge Krnest Gary wts absent, j Those present who hoard the ease wore Chief Justice Mclvor, As sociate Justices Pope, Gary, Jones, and Circuit Judges Aldrich, Bucluunan, Watts, Townsend and Klugh. The main point argued by Mr Pollock, for the Ho!l*vmans, and Mr I X (iuntor, for tha Stale, was nt tvlmt time the interstate ' common* law reused to protect 11 to eisiih in transit. Mr l'ollook arirned that the stork was not subject to seizure until it. arrived lit its destination. Mr (iuntiv contended that thw interstate eo umereo law ceased to protect the whiakey immediately after it crossed the State I'm*. As there is ipiito a jjfood deal r f this kind of work coin:* on in the border counties, the decision of the constitutional court will lie a waited with interest. ? i Dr. W B Nott, a promiaine "oung physician of t'nion, died 1 Wednesday of pneumonia. 7\ t rr.' Asu/iuruf / u ^Disease The beginning of baldness h dandruff. \ Keep the scalp clean And promote the gr&wth of the hair by the use of jiyersJfcairVigor v i WANT LII'.LKTY. An Iwta realiriir Manifesto That is Now Usinw IVmtrihulc 1. Tho Cuban deleualio* in \Yn*h-'{ ington is very suspicious of t'i*' devious of this country witk ro-! ti'nrd to the island recently wrested from Spain. The announce*! in* jj tantions of tliw Inited States <;<> - j eminent with reward to Cuba,! have never been very clear, and at no time have the represents* i' tives of the revolutionary party been satisfied a* to whether they . wore to he allowed to take charge . n | of the affairs of their countiy, or i whether Cuba was to lie continued j c under control of the Uuited St itea. <. They are alill in doubt. Last t week, they caused to he ilia-1 tributed throughout the island a! circular from wh:eh tha following ii is s* extract: 11 "If anexatiou were to l>c de- 11 sired it would ht better to have i it brought about now tbaa later, j t and for that reason it is desired j t that the question should be settled ji finally at the present time. Yet;r it is sufficiently known that the j Cubans made war and fought for t independence, not for annexation, ( and that all the precious blood t that has been shed and all the f hardships endured and all suffer- | ings were to gain independence ] and noting short of that. 1 "It is ridiculous to try to an- i swer the accusations that the ( Cuban people are indolent, that t they are uneducated, unfaithful j and unable to govern themselves, o Their industry, labor ami energy ' i have made Cuba in many re?peet6 l one of the most productive conn- j trios of the world. \ u "Their duty now is to stand by f the lone star banner, which signi-1 ^ ties independence ami liberty, the t greatest blessings of heaven. j c "Remember that Cuba bas not Is fought and endured for u change |i of masters; hut that her people i may be their own masters. |] 'We are nonu the less grateful I* to the people of the* I'nited States (for tiieir aid and support, ami in < doing what they have done to fres j a Cuba from Spain, th*y hare but v repaid the great debt which they b owed to humanity, justice and the f right for !<> aid they received , from Lal'ai alts ai d France dur- f ij;g their war for imlependem e.M t Xfpfct Your Liver, t nuliltm quickly result i:t Rcrlmis ,ii i i i' tin v\ ;1.1 ii. t'tei is liis r-*??nr?l liialth. A liottle t ... -m' 1 r<>ti hitters i 1; n uou" nnil |)i?-n i ui> livcr in |MTt'. .-t order. If tlio |0 , tui.s developed, Hrnwiis* Iron T>io< rs vtii cure it permanently. Streuiftli and * VIII I ..Mm* 1 fIt It'll'. ... ri.i it Jiiiur* .1 ?ola or *11 dealers. *' w Phe IVnitontisirv Will l'sir $10,-! ooi) Into St 11* Treasury. s< ,1 Tha )><>nt?< 1 ? f directors of the * penitentiary is preparing the an- 11 nual report of that institution to, 1 the general assembly. Chairman w T. J. Cunningham stated yastor- j ? ilay that the financial ahowiag " would he excellent, considering!1'1 the iiw price of the markets. A ' number of improvements haver" been made on grounds and build- H' in"*, and $10,000 will be turned ? I fli into the State treasury, leaving lereral thousand dollars upon '* which to commence operations H' next vear.?The State. '* " t m ti h Kilnnatn Voor Mowtli With CMe?r?U. Candy Cathartic, eure constipation forever. ? 10c. lie. If C. C C. fail. d*axyiata refund *eoney. ?Pay your subscription to the c< Ledger. FOI.LY OF' W, ALL C'jfTOf: FALLACY 31-3 Tioaiai That Firaiers Suoiild Avoid Tiiis Year. THOILD RAISE SUPPLIES AT HO^E. rime Ha^ Ariive 1 to Stop Halving on n Crop That Sells lielow Cost of lhoduetion. Tho following New Year's adIrass luin just been issued by the lomnii.ssioner or agrieultura of he State of Georgia: Atlanta, .Inn. 1, lSOtb The beginning of the naw year s upon us and lsMK, with all its lopes and disappointments, ?is a thing of the past. It will tie well for each of us at this time, before ha year, to take a calm and .houghtful view of the situation, Old l.hea t?? ai'l 11 - ? ~-r *. ?? >/OV/UUJC nudSiDK' net). What, then, do we tind to he .he condition of the average ieorgia farmer at this timet Af,er working for months to make ind gather a large eotton crop, iaa ho any money left from it? I aay emphatically no. Those 'armers are fortunate indeed vho have l>een able to pay the lebtvjocurrod by them in making he -Jut cotton crop, the vast maority having unpaid accounts igainst them either for guano, neat, corn or goods of other linds. Has the average Georgia farmer i supply of corn, oats, hav and odder, with which to feed his tock of every kind until he can nakc another crop? lias lie plenty >f home made moat and flour and vrup, with which to feed all lands on his farm for the next h> nontha? Are his mules, and ior.-es and cattle, and hogs. and heep in good order and well ured for, now in the midst of a old, long winter? I Ins he an hundanec of poultry of all kinds, fell housed and wall fud? lias ic plenty of good milk and hotter rom graded .ler-ay or Holstein o\v>? lla-< he a rich garden loin A-hieh he can dailv gather lie winter vegetable to add to his ill ?>f fnivf To all 111<1 " * ?piesion* I must rejrotfnllv unswc: o. Ami yet ! assert positively hot y!l thesu are within ?:i*y roach f ovcv land owner in (i^or^fiy rlio will throw oti the eui'se of nil otloM /rowing, an I return to t!i? a\s of our fathers. Si:Ii we continue to jjrow and idl cotton l)?lnw the cost of prouction (to the v:ro;it delight of :ie balance of mankind, who care otiiine for our HutTorin?*s), until ?lal ruiu overtakes u?, or shall re make a united and determined Hot i to raise our own supplies i abundance, and thus make our [?tton crop an absolute surplus? no hop# for our farmers ivc to adopt tin; latter plan aud tick to it regardless of the price f cotton. Don't delude your-1 ?lf with the idea that your neigh- I ors will diminish their cotton creago and therefore you will icronee yours in the hope of getng a good price. There could o no greater mistake of judgtent than this, as the selfish irmer ho acting will find to his )st at the end of the season. If Georgia made no cotton this vear, (Ik* !o-> would doubtless lie r made up 1?v l!i?* yearly increased1! acroHei of rich cotton lands luouirlit into cultivation west of i the Mississippi river. \\ v had better pre]aire ourselves for * loiii; period of low-priced cotton, for the. outlook promises nothing'] else, and heinj; prejiarcd, we rin i hatter endure such a calamity. For dd years we have relied on cotton alone with which to pur- 1 chase avcrvthinuf else. During I that time we have made not less ] than in 1.00(1,000 of halec. worth | at a moderate estimate, fully'* $ >00,000,000. What lias become : jof this vu?t amount of money, M wiiicii, ir kept at home, would 1 lnvc lindens one of the richest 1 States in the I'nion? It hn* all 1 gone to pay the farmers and minu < fncturers of the north and east for f I supplies of various kinds, ererv i item of which we could and should i have produced within our ovn borders. Suppose wo hud made I [only 10,000,000 hales in the past, i 3.'} years, and in addition had pro- >' | dneed all the supplies that we I have bought irom other States,;! is it eot self evident that we would t l>e better off by $400,000,0001 I 1 than we are at present? The! 1 entire property of the State, cities ? I included, is now but a little over J* $400,000,000, and the farmers of I Georgia ought alone fco have been : c ncber by this vast amount, had I f i they not been deluded by the all- U | cotton fallacy. Look around you in your differ- $ lent communities and note the * successful farmers of your ao- j1 quaiulance; invariably you will 1 i find them to bs the men win. have ' I diversified their crops and raised j' their own supplies. No State or ' section can prosper that raliei ' entirely on onu crop. Kun-^as j' I tried it with wheat, uatil most of her farms were mortgaged, and ( she was ?>nly saved from utter ' ruin: it is said, by thw "hen and ' [cow." "Now, with diversified ' far miug. she is again on the road 1 to prosperity. I write us a fanner tu fanners ' knowing and appraciut in<* th* dillieul ties in 11i*^ way, liut I be- 11cv? they ran ail bo (ivcrconif bv * a persistent and detcraiined effort f in the rijjht ?li:*? ?! inn. I 1?\* no ' menus advise the abandonment of ( cotton culture, for we havo no 1 oilier money crop upon which we ' can witli absolute certainty de Jl pend; tint I urpo upon and plead 1 with eacli and * rerv fanner in ' thu Slate to plant no seeal cotton > until he has planted tinli an ' aereao? of caeii and wverv other ' crop that will erow on his laud, ' tiiat, let the season he dry or wet, * he will bo assure*! of abundant ' and varied provision erops. In'1 addition to this, let proper atten- 1 tion bo given to the raiain^ of * atoek of all Lin<l>. part icu!?u | v > cattle. hoga and poultry. With ' proper innnageniout, it i> easier 1 and chaaper t?? rai*? a pound of ' pork or a pound of any kind of poultry than it is to raiae a pound ' of cotton, and vei a pound of,' cotton, aid yet. a pound of pork iv r worth as much or three time* as jc much hs a pound of cotton. Tka * papers stated that Atlanta alone ' used 10,000 turkeys on Thanks- > giving day, and 1 venture to say 1 that nins tenths of then came ^ fro ai Tennessee and Kentucky. I What a commentary on our method of farming! A good beginning has beon made ia the right direction ia the f sowing of the largest wheat crop , prohahly ih the late history of tin; Stale. A full* crop of fail oats lifts also hewn planted, hut the i'T&ajrr should 110 (lou'oh'l Ol" Irehlel Trillion! delay. l'repare to plant a ^ood corn crop. not loss than 1" to I acres to the plow: and he sure to either broad :'? -t liold pons in your corn *\ the last plowing, or drop tlioni on, or hy the side of the corn row* at the second plowing. Then prepare not less thaM live iicl'Qs to the plow for such crops a^ groundpea#, potatoe*, sugarcane, millet, *te. After that, put )o aeraa. uid no more, in cotton, rjpird!(???: ?. ' ? - 1 y,L TVIIVF lliav KlVlf' Villi 1(1 the contrary. A crop like thi* Rill gire you *Jo ten'* to the l")low. an?l is enough for north teorgia though in middle ami ;outh Geoigia, a fen more acres night he cultivated in corn or ;roundpeas. Buy as little guano a*. possible, nit use all th? home-made ferlilzers that you caa get together >etween thia and planting time. Stop buying hoebandles, axlelvea, beams and othar things hat you can and should make at lorae on rainy days. Never go to town with an impty wagon, if only h load of vood. Buy nothing on credit if you an possibly avoid it. Better mffcr some privations than go in leht. If we would he independent tnd prosperous, we must farm on he lines suggested. No other 'oaals will lend us out of the woods n which we are now almost liopeessly lost?hut if w# will follow lie course I have endeavored to ilaze out, wa will in a short time 10 a happy, prosperous and confuted people. In the laudable effort to hemine self sustaining, all must end a hand The merchants and .lie landlords can greatly aid hi ho good work by not insisting hilt their customers mid tenants ilmll |>1 n 111 u lar??e cotton crop in mler to ir^t supplies. This course, litherto pursued. has resulted in ircatly incraasini; the cotton acre* i<re, to the serious injury I may vvn say almost ruin of ail hands oncerned. It they would tiv the >pposite ?oiir*e, extending aid ard audit only to those who make heir food supplies, how dill'erenl ml liow gratifyi11 ?_T w "'hi he ihe e-ull. 1 appeal particularly to he iwrchual*, who l>\ the istence on a lar^e cotton amva.ru icforu credit would extended. ia\e practical!\ "kiilftd the ooose hat laid the golden c?:y." Let hem "facts n ln>ut" and refuse redit to their customers who nay contemplate planting a lur_re ottoM *creau'?. If audi * eour?? hould lie a lop cd iunleirric I out. t need* iii? gift ?if prophecy to nretell that :i v a<t amount of iropertv .i*l ?ullering would he ran i shod from our Stat#. I am more than willing to help in this good cairn t>r everv T nouns in my power, and tln> jrentest reward that thn conduct if thin department could oiler me rouhi he tlio satisfaction of feeing that I had aided, even though n a very small degree, in restorng to the autTeriag farmers of Jeorgia, that plenty and proaisrity which thar once enjoyed. (). B. Stevens, Commissioner. 1 ? < +-+ ? No'Tc-Bm for Fifty Ont*. OuraniMd to banco habit care, makee weak bh atrwM. Mood nare. Kto 41 iiidriuma Whm* IU?rJ#?T <W?' Nk ntj.