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"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. '*
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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.