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TUP fOTT inc LU < ! Old Blunder That Thi Tho followiug New rear's addn has just been issued by the comm sinner of agriculture of the Stan; Georgia : ATLANTA. Jan. 1, 1S9D: The beginning uf the new year upon US and 189S, with all hs h<?t and disappointments, is a thing of t past. It will be well f>?r each of at this tinre, before "we commence < work for ?he year, ro take a calm a thoughtful view i>f the situation, a then to act as become .-cosible men. What, then, do we find to he t condition of the average G-eor? . farmer at this time? After worki for months to make and gather a lar cotton er<?p, has he any money h from its sale? I say emphatically t Those farmers are fort?nate inde .cvho have been able to pay the del incurred by them in makimr thc \a cotton cr>'p. the vast majority havi unpaid accounts against them eith for guano, meut, corn or goods other kinds. Has tho average Georgia farmer supply of corn, oats, hay and fodde with which to feed his stock of eve kind until he can make another ero Has he plenty (d' home-made me and flour and syrup with which feed all hands on the farm for tl next 10 mouths? Are Iiis mule and horses, and cattle, and hogs, at ?heep in good order and well can for, now in the midst of a cald, lot winter? Has he au abundauce < poultry of all kinds, well housed au well fed? Has he plenty of go > milk and butter from graded Jerse <ir Holstein cows? Has he a ric garden from which he can daily gatln the winder vegetable to add to his bi of fare? To all these questions must regretfully answer no. An yet I assert positively that all thes are withiu easy reach of every lao owner in Geoi'gia who will throw o thc curse of all cotton growing, au return to the ways of our fathers. Shall we continue to grow aud se cotton below the cost of productio (to thc great delight of the balance c mankind," who care nothing for ou suffering.?), until total ruin overtake ; us, or shall wc make a united aud de termined effort to raise our own sur. plies in abundance, and thus muk .our cotton crop an absolute surplus I see no hope for our farmers save ti adopt the latter plan and stick to i -regardless of the price of cotton Don't delude yourself with the ide that your neighbors will diminisl their cotton acreage and therefore yoi will increase yours in the hope of get ting a good price. There could be n> greater mistake of judgment than this as the selfish farmer so acting wil fitad to his cost at the end of th season. If Georgia made no cotton this year the loss would doubtless be made u] by the yearly increased acreage o rich cotton lands brought into cuki vation west of the Missouri river We had better prepare ourselves for a long period of jow-priced cotton, foi the outlook promises nothing else beiDg prepared, we can better endure .such a calamity. For 33 years wc have relied on cot ton alone with which to purchase everything else. During that time we have made not less than 20,000, 000 of bales, worth at a moderate esti f mate, fully $800,000,000. What has become of this vast amount of money, which, if kept at home, would have made us one of the richest States in the Union? It has all gone to pay . the farmers and manufacturers of the north and east for supplies of various kinds, every item of which we could and should have produced within our own borders. Suppose wc had made only 10,000,000 bales in the past 33 years, and in addition had produced all the supplies that wc have bought from other States, is it not self evi dent that wc .would be bettor off by ?400,000,000 than wc are at present? Thc entire property of the State, cities included, is now but a little over $400,000,000, and the farmers of Georgia ought alone to have been richer by tLis vast amount, had they not been deluded by the all-cotton fallacy. Look around you in your different communities and note thc successful farmers of your acquaintance; iuvari. ably you will lind them to be the men who have diversified their crops and .raised their own supplies. No State or section can prosper that relics en tirely on oue crop. Kansas tried it with wheat, until most of her farms were mortgaged, and she was only caved from utter ruin, it is said,.by the "hen and the cow." Now, with .diversified farming, she is again on the road to prosperity. I write as a farmer to farmers, knowing and appreciating the diffi culties in the way, but I believe they can all ba overcome by a persistent and determined effort in the right di rection. I by no means advise the Abandonment of cotton culture, for \! FALLACY. rmers Should A.void ?"ear. wc have no other money crop on which ?ve can willi absolute certainty de pend: ">m I urae it pott, and pleno with each ami every farmer in the State to plant no seed cotton ntitil he has planted such an acreage of each and every other cr<?p that will grow on his land, that, let the season be dry or wet, he will be assured ol' abundant and varied provision cr"ps In ad dition to this. Iel proper attention be given to trie raising nf stock td' all kinds, particularly cattle, hogs and poultry. With proper management, it is easier an?! cheaper to raise a pound of pork or a pound of any kind of poultry than it is to rai-e a pound nf cotton, and yet a pound of pork is won h as much t ? ? three times as much a pound of cotton. The papers stated that Atlanta alone used lt) OOO tu? keys on Thanksgiving day, and 1 venture to say that nineteuths ol' them came from Tennessee and Kentucky. What a commentary on our method of farming ! A good beginning has boen made in thc right direction in the sowing of the largest wheat crop probably in the late history of the S'ate. A fair crop of fall ??ats has also been planted, but thc acreage should be doubled or trebled without delay. Prepare to plant a good corn crop, not less than 10 to 12 acres lo the plow: and be sure to cither broad ;ast field peas in your corn at the last plowing, or crop them on, or by the side of thc corn rows at the i-cuoud plowing. Then prepare not less than five acres to the plow for such crops as ground-peas, pota toes, sugarcane, millet, etc After that, put 10 acres, and no more, in cotton, regardless of who may advise you to the contrary. A crop like this will give you 25 acres to the plow, and that is enough for north Georgia, though in middle and south Georgia a few more acres might be cultivated in coru or groundpeas. Buy as little guano as possible, but use all the home-iiiade fertilizers that you can get together between this and plauting time. Stop buying hoehandles, axhelves, hames and other things that you can and should make at horne on rainy days. Xever go to town with an empty wagon, but always carry something Lo sell if only a load of wood. Buy nothing on credit if you can possibly avoid it. Better suffei- some privations than go in debt. If we would be independent and prosperous, we must farm on the linc-* suggested. No other roads will lead us out of thc woods in which wc arc now almost hopelessly lost-but if we will follow the course I have endeav ored to blaze out, we will in a short time be a happy, prosperous and con tented people. Io the laudable effort to become self sustaining, all must lend a baud. The merchants and the landlords can greatly aid in the good work by not insisting that their customers and tenants shall plant a large cottou crop in order to get supplies. This course, hitherto pursued, has resulted in greatly increasing the cottou acreage, to the s? rious injury-I may even say almost ruin-of all hands concerned. If they would try thc opposite course, extending aid and credit only to those who make their food supplies, how different and how gratifying would bc the result. I appeal particularly to the merchants, who, by their insist ence on a large cotton acreage before credit would bc extended, have prac tically ''killed thc goose that laid the golden egg." Let them "face about" and refuse credit to their customers who may contemplate planting a large cotton acreage. If such a course should be adopted and carried out. it needs no gift of prophecy to foretell that a vast amount of poverty aud suffering would be banished from our State. I am more than willing to help on this good cause by every means in my power, and the greatest reward that the conduct of this department could oiler mc would bc the satisfac tion of feeling that ? had aided, even though in a very small degree, in re storing to the suffering farmers of Georgia, that plenty and prosperity which they once enjoyed. O. II. STEVENS, Commissioner. - One day when a celebrated bar rister was on his way to Westminster Hall with his large bag full of briefs, he was impudently accosted by a boy, who askod if he was; a dealer in old clothes. ':No," replied the barrister, "these are all uew suits." - A school master inquired of one of his pupils on a cold day in winter what was thc Latin word for cold. "I can't remember it at thc moment," said thc boy, "but I have it at my fingers ends." - During the year endiog Septem ber, 1898, 1,258 criminals were sen tenced in Iowa. (,'hnrhsiot?'s Lxterho. ('??AKLESTOX. S i1. Jiu I.-Tho jr,,ll.?j ijoWll lif I'M' S IM I" Uli.''" 'S 'I 'I a sunset f'i eloiid- and pink, willi faneifu' ma-sings: 11 \< empty |>'?* turc. wilhtMH forms. a -p" ading nf smoky light nvcr half tin' sky and "lie water beneat ?? Tin- fat.f t h*' har hoi*, reflect?na orange ami r 'i brown, then a -eil?'- ni' nail: -it:'! livid color ings, become.-at la-i luiuinou.- whiu*. like sea lire; r- ii ^ rt i ti tr distances are handed by diimy s lu ires, lin- blurred tops of trees against the light nf the sky. The city begins at the harbor wall a while shell path, a small kind nf park willi live oaks upon ii. ile as phalted fashionable drive, the column ed fronts "f the houses This is the order. Then dwellings and more dwellings, willi high walls and -ar den-, numberless negroes, a few white people, very many singh" mule.- haul ing two-wheeled cotton drays, and. if you walk about two miles up town, au abrupt, ending of these things in a faded, smoking plain. Ymi set; au old. ragged and weather worn city; with it the oin. the wind, and the wetness, apparently, have always had their way: you remember thal many cyclones have harassed it; tidal w ives swept its level streets and flooded its gardens: that once, not long ago, the cartli nf irs foundation trembled. iTou remember that human ctieinies bombarded the place for years and that it.- life was crushed out. Sn the strangeness of tin' look and color ing id' things is not a surprise. The real life here ??es somewhere in j a-t. time, that is the obvious i m pres sion: the city, being built for a pur pose, once has served it. but still stands: superseded elsewhere. its original shell remains whole despite the efforts nf new men, as if it had been handed down in trust. The in sensible shell dominates, thc sensible inhabitant (in fancy, at least.) has been deposed. And wha' contrives to force the notion home is this, that everywhere one looks at color that is not man made, but natural; upon brick walls that are deep earthly brown, rich with a coating of damp ness, tinged with moss: upon surfaces, originally of painted stucco, the same hues of the open- landscape, in great variety-the yellow nf clay hanks, the swarthiness of ploughed lields. the dense and uurefulgent shading of wa ter on a cloudy day: most common of all. you will see unmistakable cloud colorings, and of almost any weather. Add one thing more, a certain solemn green (shed from very plentiful name less shrubs all over the cit) ) which tills the eye. In such a town, when settled both by French and by English, it is natu ral that the difference should survive. There are many houses made in the shape of a plain box, set facing a gar den, and with an end to thc street. Verandas like decks are added to each story, enclosed by shutters, and the roof may be covered with old, hollow, red tiles. In the garden will bc a veritable crush of growing things bryonet, spiked and formidable pal mettos, shiuing evergreens, shapeless bananas, and, with a half dozen kinds of December blooming flowers, roses growing as if wild. A high wall of an iron fence encloses, its gateway twice the height of a man. There is the other sort, thc great house built by thc Englishman, and really co iccivcd for thc high position of its owner. Built as for executive mansions, with the shed-like quarters for -laves, with a massive front of columns, from the shadow of which thc plainest citizen might speak with some authority, with rich and solid trees in regular lines inside imprison ing walls, these places, since they lack Two lu au- can make a love affair, but it takes three, al least, ?<> make a linnie, and om- of them must bc that of a baby. The young married eon pit s that start nut in life with tin. idea tim: i ?ii kl rc ii are nuisances, and that they do not want and will nm have them, are thc kimi that you read about every day in tlc- m wspapers-in the divorce column. A home without children is not a home. Dod and Nature never in tended that there should be a place called hoinv that did not resound with tin- palter of childish footsti ps There are tens <>f thousands nt" homes that are childless because nf the ill-health of the wife and would-be mother. There are tens of thousands "I other homes child less because the little ?mes have died al most as soon as ile y wen- horn. In both cases Dr. Piero - Pavoritc Prescription is a sovi reign remedy, lt acts directly on thc delicate and important organs that make wi ft hood and motherhood possible. Il make-- them well, strong, vigorous, virile, and elastic. I: does away with thc dangers of maternity, lt banishes the usual dis comforts of the expectant period and makes baby's advent easy and almost pain less. Il insures the little new comer's health and an ample supply of nourish ment. The prospective mother prepares herself for maternity by taking thc "Fa vorite Prescription " and (jives her child a fair start in life by giving il a strong and well developed body. Thousands of homes that were childless, to-day echo with babies' laughter, and bless this great medi cine. Thousands of women who were weak, nervous, despondent invalids, arc to-day happy, healthy wives and mothers because of this medicine. Medicine deal ers sell it. Constipation kills slowly-but it kills, E*. Pierce's Pleasaut Pellets cure it. t?ic ?mi nf ruin, aro ?ill th? mon; i um-lmly ( )i this one. three foui nf thu shutters nf heavy hoard dosi d, t ii.it buildings (dosed, {larden ov min.: ;? row of mairim stands at the front.., their cluster polished It??f r? fleeting light nod the wind, beating a tattoo ti ? if he rain .w re falling. I*.o' ably an woman lives here ahme, tfiih two vants, cherishing the.relics of family. Down ac cither end of th? ci streets you will come upon marshes; iii? way a cluster of m cabins, daubed ci til dirty iv h i town The smell ni' salt water ooze mi you. Then the way straggles blindly into a place nf wal In iv-! hides and ditches, and of rank gr; a low. dull line that is the river lin this cloudy plain; and thc whites against which thc shape of a vc: with bare masts seems vaguely plac backs the picture.-X. Onanien Advertiser. Kapid Dreaming. How long does it take you to dre:! Dui you ever find out-or try? I hammed, it is related, once fell asl on a camel's bark. Before falling int') drcauilu .d he sai<l he saw a p? tree -thc only one insight-about camel s lengths away, lie fell asl? and dreamed that ho had gone heaven-saw sights strange and w derful-many <d* them. Ile; had clear conception of time-but he fi rather than knew, that days and d; had passed, and then he woke up. The camel was just passing 1 palm tree-Mohammed had been ash. about four seconds. Someone told the above story t other night, after the talk had chane on psycology, mesmerism, thougl t ansferrence-the occuit in gener And then one young fellow of 25 thereabouts told bis tale. "I had a dream the other night tl since 1 had it has kept me awa thinking. It was a mixture of t Faust idea and of my one master p? sion-money getting. But thc Pa that it was over sn quickly is thc pi thar has puzzled me most. ':l had gone through a pretty ha I day. and before dressing to go out th evening I thought I d lie on the com fora minute-lie full lenght on ti back and get a good rest that wa As I lay there I noted that the chu on the mantel was just striking scve ':I fell asleep and dteamcd that ll devil had copie to me and said I cou have all thc money I wanted if would be content to die on my 30i birthday, lie told mc to thiuk tl matter over and he sat down in rr Morris chair, and picked up a mag zinc, read it for a long time. In aboi an hour's time I told him that I wou accept. Ile rose, put a packet i moucy on the maDtcl and told me th; as often as I desired money I had bi to look on the mantel and the amoui would be there. And then bc openc thc door and went out. "I was thoroughly cognizant of tl fact that I was only 25 years old, an had five years yet to live-yet in th; dream I lived them. I did not go th pace-I behaved myself-but live sumptuously-took care of relative and friends-traveled all over th world. I even fell in love, but di not ask the girl to bc my wife, becaus I had always in mind the fact that was to die as soon as 1 was 30 year old.. '"Year after year [Kissed and 1 sat no more of my friend, the devil. A often as I wanted money 1 found it and I took it with no misgivings as ti my ultimate future, inasmuch as knew that the life I was leading wai above reproach. 'Thirty days before my thirtietl birthday I went to my lawyer and sav that my will was in perfect technica shape. And then I concerned tnyselt no more in respect to my death than 1 would to thc p?rcha9ing of a new collar. "On the night before my thirtieth birthday ? gave a stag affair to about 20 men. I was as gay as any man there, and the quip and jest and story had gone around. Then my nearest intimate got up and proposed ' my health, lt was drunk, and ? was call ed upon for a speech. I rose, glass in hand. Just as? got to my feet the clock in the hall chimed out midnight - 1 was thirty years old. 1 tried to raise my glass on high, but it fell with a crash to thc table. The lights danced in front of mc, the men's faces laded away, a big black pall came down and blotted everything and I felt myself falling, falling, falling-and then 1 awoke with a start. UI looked up at tile clock on thc mantel, it marked five minutes after 7-1 had been asleep five minutes anti had lived five ycais." That was thc man's story-you can believe him or not, you eau reason out its meaning or not, just as it best suits you. He merely told the tale as illustrat ing how short a time as computed ay human reckoning it may take to live a cycle of dream life. And maybe that's what's meant by the Scriptural phrase: "A thousand years in Thy ?bight are but as yester day when it is past." Well, it's worth thinking over whether you believe it or not I-Phil adelphia Press. PiVnlj or Hlm-kmling. rio tn the fact. I ii a I ? here ha, h, . n ?ewer cases than u.-uni he?or? :;I cf I tn III ? .s > i .? ii ors for ii:oi ?i-. .. i u ?-, ing tim past several months ii..' pression prevails t Ii;* r ? H?cit ?? ist i I ?rt>s owing !.> I hi; active effort - of i he .-(,?:i ?inj Ferlera! "IiiI.>-Y<. is un tho waai Inn ll tiding i> pitty Co!l?ctiir lil A. Aiken, who is continu illy io i he moonshine districts nf.this and sur rounding counties ami who has also hao extensive experience in ti,.- same li;?' iii ]Sorth Carolina. sa? - this im pression ?s erroneous. When he w? s asked yesterday if moonshine was de creasing, h<- laughed and .-aid: "Why, no; toi the c unary ii i rampant. Ur don t evi n intere-t lin: moonshiners. Thc State and Federal officers don't phase the business; don't take the hark oil' it: don't take the edge uti'it. Of course we do all we can to kepp it down; I m in the moun tains nearly every day thai: I am ma engaged in a court and steadily bring in thc cases Nevertheless wc hardly bother those fellows. .There isa great demand for liquor, whn h the di-pen sary can't meet, and for various rea sons. For one reason, the sentiment of the people is not behind lin: dis pensary business and tile ?H?eil sal>-s are winked at and even encouraged. Thc State distilleries are afraid ni !!:.. State hoard in sidling to tigers and distilleries outside of the State are afraid of their stud' being seized ii they ship to tigers. Consequently the moonshiners have a monopoly for thc tiger trade. '"As to the number ot' ease-, tiiat. is hardly au indication. Uecerit rulings of thc court have made it extremely difficult to bring a case. Bi fore a warrant is issued now a probable case under affidavit has to bc made out. You've got to show who ymir witnesses are aud prove by their affidavits what they will swear to. which gives the friends of the defense opportunity to direct the evidence at the final trial. Thc detection of fraud on the part ?d' officers led to restrictions, l p in North Carolina the moonshiners used to work this trick: Finding that a case was going to be brought against him the moonshiner would go to the officer and acknowledge that there was a clear case against him, and give the names of some of his relatives as wit nesses, saying they knew enough to convict him and would ask that the other witnesses be dismissed as their being summoned was unnecessary. The officer, having made iris fee by bringing the case, would comply and when the case came up for trial these relations would know practically noth ing and the moonshiner would get oft' There has been a great amount of fraud in bringing cases and in forging claims lately both in the States around herc and bordering on thc upper Mis sissippi and the department has been compelled to adopt a lot of red tape not used heretofore. This is a hard ship to many good and faithful men in the service by causing delay in ?e cognitioo of claims and extra work in making out reports, but probably it cuts off a deal of rascality. For in stance, in my report now I have to put down thc exact time 1 leave to make a raid, how long I am out, ex actly what I did. In short I have to bc painfully accurate and exact, in everything/'-Ora nuiffi ?Vi ic*. - - mm . mu What Denomination Jay Cooke, in I Slit'., mid the writer thc following: "One day when I was putting government bonds upon the market, I was greatly annoyed by the clerks telling me that there was an old man in the office who would do no, business with them and must see me. To get rid of him 1 went out. Ile said : " 'Mr. Cooke. 1 have three thou sand dollars in gold in this bag. I can't do anything with it in the town where I live; they are circulating grocers' checks and everything else for money, and I am frightened be cause I think 1 will bc cheated if I dispose of it. Will yo i tell me on your word of honor if these bonds are ? sound and right '/' "'.replied: 'If they arc not right, nothing is right. I am putting all I have in the world in them.' "After further conversation thc mau concluded to take them. 11 'What, denomination will you have them in?' I asked. .'This was too much for the man. He had never heard that word used in connection with business. He sc.atched his head, and said: "'You may give me five hundred in Old School I'resbyterian, to please the old woman: but 1 will take the heft of it in Baptist.' " mt > rn? How to Prevent Pneumonia. You are perhaps aware that pneu monia always results from a cold or an attack of la grippe. During thc epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many eases resulted in pneu monia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that disease when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was used, lt counteracts a ny tendency of a cold or la grippe to result in that dangerous disease. It is the best remedy in the world for bad colds and la grippe. Kvery bottle warranted. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. SHOES 10 BEAT THE BAND. WE don't have to mik through our hats to sell nor Shops. The Shoes sell them selves if v<?u will cm y take thn trouble o> look at, them., Quality and Prices do the wnrk. WP just stand ando and arlu. You don't have r.o buy from us just because we grin We have to grin, anyway, because- wo can't help it. When our Sb.ie sades almost double last year's wt don't have t-? look sad-eyed and Imposed ti po ti, because we can't. So come on to the place where the brainiest f???t in Anderson County are shod, and if we can't Shoo von ?ind your family, your sou .John aud his family. itSM be because you rather go barefooted. I*, H.-'^Vp can also "Shoe" the inner-man with such substantials UH DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR and J K NO. li CO F KKK that will make his mouth water, and clothe comlnrmbh tho legs of the outer-man with a Wirst Class, Capital pair of Gen tleman's PAN I S for Sixty Cents that will just elevate the superannuated linen from the infantile shrubbery. DEAN & RATflJFFE. 2?. K -Parti-s owing us on Note or Anc?n nt will save themselves considerante expense by sHtlinu up sam? huforo December 1st. Jf yon UH- *-* J I ' t go? a clear receipt fro tu us weare ta king to YOU. DE vN & RATLltfFE IS what every person w/ints and j eau supply them. I make it a point to keep pure, fresh Goods, and eau please the most fastidious in both quality and price. Just now the house keeper finds it difficult to supply the table, but if you will give me a call I can help you, as 1 beep PLAIN and FANCY GROCERIES of Every Description. 3ly Stock ol' l imned Good s can't lie Excelled. FRUITS of all kinds in S'a on, and when you want to make a Fruit Cake I can supply your demands. Fine line nf CONFECT!* ?NERIB^, TOBACCO and CIGARS. Just received a f esh lot of POTATOES. CABBAGE, Etc. Yours tu please, Free City Delivery. F. BIGr FTY , II II.? i m nw. II -nu III - - ????. -i mi I u I. linn -lill---? 0. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Strictly in it at Lowest Possible Prices. Two Cars Texas Red Rust Proof Oats. Aud all the country raised Oats v?u; want. These have go, uo matti r what Cotton sells -.il. Pure Wheat Flour Rock Bottom Prices. We eau give Country Merchants close ligures on CHEESE. OYSTERS, TOMATOES, SALMON. SARDINES and TOBAC? 0. Everybody knows we beat the Town on and we propose to keep iv? our reputation. BAGGING ?IHO TEEM guaranteed prices. 5ES** Send us your orders. Yours for Business, O. O. ANDERSON & BRO. THE OLD, RELIABLE Furniture Store! - . Still in the Lead ! They have the Largest Stock. Best duality, and Certainly the Lowest Prices ! OTHERS try to get there, but they miss it every Limo. New, beautiful and select Stock of Furniture, etc. arriving everv dav, and at PRICES NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. Here you have the Largest Stock ; therefore, you <:;-,u ge'. ?u9t what you want. Here you have the Best Grade of Furniture; therefore, yo.i can ge?. Goods that will last. Here you have thc very LOWEST PRICES ; therefore, y:>c save good big money. Come along, aud we will do you as we have been doiog for the las forty years-sell you the very best Furniture for the very ?ow?st prices. tigk The largest Stock in South Carolina and the Lowest Price in th* Southern States. New Lot Baby Carriages Just Received.