YANKEE PAPE .\Vhy This? 'iTear's Oro [Price Than The Boston Herold devotes the good part of a pag i to Southern pros perity and cotton ecently. ?l'he arti cle is profusely illustrated, including ?orne Georgia scenes. It says in part: j Ten cent cotton,; the South's dream of golden prosperity, which long seemed almost hopeless, has. been realize!. % After many seasons of effort to adjust production to the li ceo t basia, tho necessity for so doing has suddenly been removed. Low prices il ii TC uuuv tiucit M ul iv ujr i m nicnscly stimulating the demand for colton goods, and it is not likely that a return to cheap rates will occur,.at least for a long time to come. With cotton higher than it has been in years, thc demand is stronger than it ever has been before. The sharp increase in demand has been an encouragement to speculative dealing and cotton onoe more takes its place beside whenr. and stocks as a medium for speculation. In . a single week recently nearly $25,000,000 worth of ootton ohanged. hands on tho New York exchanges, an amount greater than the visible available sup ply in the country at that time.. Americans are apt to look upon wheat as the greatest of ali crops, but it is a fact that, taking into account all climes and countries cotton is the most import mt orcp in the world. It is a fact ?Iso vhat the United States supplies u large propor tion of ail the cotton that is used, a far greater proportion than comes from any other country. The cotton belt of tho United States extends over about 10 degrees of latitude, including eleven States and territories, in which it forms the chief staple, while it is raised to some extent in half a dozen other commonwealths. This region measures something like u'00,000 square mile?, of which about 20,000,000 aores are devoted to' raising cotton, contains a population of upward of 3 0.000,000 people, while it is safe to say that 10,000,000 more de pend for their prosperity, directly or indirectly, upon the ootton industry. Taking into consideration the ootton spinning mills, as well as the ootton raising industry, cotton becomes of a greater annual money value to the United States than gold, w^eat or corn. It i 3 a mistaken idea to suppose that the present high price of cotton is the result of a orop failure. The yield of last year, 10,500,000 bales, exceeds any crop raised in this country, with thc exception of the two previous sea sons, which produoed phenomenal yinlds of over 11,000,000 bales eaoh. The falling off of 1,500,000 bales, therefore, should be COUD tr ned mere ly as a return to normal production, bat the vast i norene o in the number of uses for the product has made this normal crop virtually an nader sup ply. At the low prices which prevailed for the three seasons preceding the present year, cotton:was so cheap that a score of new uses, never dreamed of before, were found for it. It-baa been used in making rugs, mattresses and sheetings, ami has been, mixed with -col or linen to form half a dozen fabrics, each of which has its own name. Under the impetus of tho great de mand caused by the- increase of the Dumber of purposes for whioh cotton was used, the world's spindles multi plied twice as rapidly during^the last three years as they had during any like period previously. Tho worldV consumption of cotton grew from 10> 000,000 bale's in 1896 to 12,000,000 Wies in 1899. The vast additional production whioh thoao figures indi cate was taken up by the great growth m consomption due largely, to the shipping of lOw-priced goods to Japan, China nod the other Asiatic countries. Meanwhile the crops of the otuer cot ton growing countries, India .and Egypt, had not increased to any mate rial extent, and tho growth in tho world's demand has been largely left 10 be satisfied by American cotton fields. While no great inoreaao in the aore *ge devoted to ootton growing is likely 10 take place, the production will be encouraged by moro up-to-date meth ods of pkniing, cultivating, ginning ?Qd packing, and these, with the high Prices which seem likely to prevail for ".?aral seasons to como, foretell a Nriod of prosperity for tho South ?2-? as the magnificent yields of Jjeat and oom have brought to the Daring the en tiro period of depres ,,0Q in the cotton growing regions Production has been adjusted to a low ?iel of cost, whioh will make the in ff&utry profitable even at a lowef-price that which now prevails? It ? * the S on iii A. rand mtnv titira ?A 1 i .cam that,the tsethod of raising ?ot-1 j l0I? whioh prevailed before the war) R ON COTTON ?p is Brir ging a I-iarger L Formerly. 1 was not suited to tho changed condi tions which followed that conflict. Great plantations, manned by ex pensive - labor, are not likely again to become profitable in the South. Cot ton in now grown almost exclusively by email farmers, mon who own or rent farms, or who work on shares the pieces of land belonging to the pro prietors Oi lurgu plantations. These men put their owu labor into the soil, and by careful cultivation make the most of each acre. ibu ut the only assistance they need to employ is in tho picking! Tho picking season, which is now on, means- as much to thc lab ir of the Southern States as harvesting does to those of the wheat belt. The cotton raising industry has been largely controlled by these commission merchants. It has been their custom to advance money to the planters, taking as their security the propeotive crop. In this way cotton raisers have been kept largely dependent upon them, and they have been able to make a good profit on most of the cot ton which passed through their hands. At the present time, however, the ! planters are coming more and more to rely upon their own efforts, and when they have realised their independence of the "general storo" and the com mission merchant they will be able to obtain a better return upon their in vestments. Two other factors promise to add to the prosperity whioh is likely to come to tho South from its most important crop. One of these is the growing de mand whioh exists for what were for merly the waste products of the orop. At the present time the value of cot ton seed is little less than that of the cotton itself. Within a few years tho export of cotton seed oil haa,grown from noth ing to upward of 15,000,000 gallons, while the total production of the' United Staten now exceeds 45,000,000 gallons, adding to the resources of the country more than $50,0u0,000 per year. This is entirely aside from the uses whioh have been found for cotton seed products-as food for cattle and as fertilizers-whioh uses in them selves represent a value of several million dollars. The other development whioh is adding immensely to the prosperity of the South is the growth of the cotton spinning industry. Instead of ship ping its cotton to Liverpool or New England, as formerly, the South now works up ifs own raw material. Nearly 500 ootton mills are now in ^aeration within the amita of the oot ton belt, running 5,000,000 spindles, representing an investment of ?130, OGOjOOO, and consuming annually 1,500,000 bales of ootton, or about one-seventh of the entire cotton crop. This growth of the manufacturing industry side by side with the fields of production is one of the most en couraging signs for the industrial out look of the South. It means millions of dollars in profits kept at home and in wages paid out to operators, and it means a diversity of interests, whioh is the best assurance of continued prosperity. Trial treatment of B. B. B. free by addressing BLOOD BALM COM PANY, Atlanta, Qa. Describe your trouble, and we will inolude free med ical advice. B. B. B. never fails to cure quiokly and permanently, after ali fails. Thoroughly tested for thir ty years. Over 3,000 voluntary testi monials of oureB by B. B. B. Hill Orr Drug Co., Wilhite & Wilhito, and Evans Pharmacy. - dudley-"Joye! I should think you'd live in more comfortable and Btylish quarters than this." . Hadley -"So I would if I had the halves and dollars I've loaned to some people that do," A bottle of Priokly Ash Bitters kept in the house and used occasional ly means good health to the whole household. Evans Pharmacy. - "This." said tho salesman, "is a very attractive umbrella." "Take it away," said Wiseman; "I want an um urella for roy self-cot one that will attract some other fellow. The Best Prescription For Malaria Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonio. It is simply iron and quinine in a taseless form. No cure, No pay. Price 50c. - It is about 30. miles across town in London, and for tho entire distance there is said to. be an unbroken line of residences and stores. ' The kidneys are small but impar ten* ergass. They need help occa sionally. Prickly Ash Bitters is a successful kidney tonio and system regulator. - American railway trains run at a greater speed than those of any country in the world. DoWitt's Little Early Risers, the I_i ?_:_ _tll__i- ? ' , , mrov KS vol inna aver JU au c. XiUJ IO taite and neva? gripe. Evana' Phar macy. Treatment or- Snake Bites. Having spent over a year among the salive huntorc ?nd farmers of the moat primitive mountain region of j Southwestern Arkansas, where the number of poisonous snakes was na* countable, including the copperhead, mountain or timber rattlesnake and rook or diamond-back rattlesnake upon j tho upland or mountains, (sad while I j write I can lift my eyes to the skin of a diamond-back upon the wall of my office, 4 1-2 feet long without the head or tail, whioh, sporting 17 rattles, fell before tho muzzle of my Winchester just as he was about to spring at me, whioh speaks for the si zo of some of the larger speoimens of tho upland re gions) the bottoms along the stretv.uB being plentifully supplied with cotton mouths, water moccasins, and various kinds of adders, it follows as an axiom that many persons aro often bitten by a snake, and the native simple way of treating it I learned in this way: Ono of tho natives and I wero-hunt ing mineral outcrops on the Boer'B Tusk Mountain in Juuo, 189G, when we carno upon a huckleberry patch and began gathering and eating the ripe berries. My guide cautioned me to be on the look-out for snakes, saying: ."?'hem cussed varmints hide under the huckleberry bushes to ketch the birds when they come to feed on the berries," and I was careful, but he was not, for ? -soon heard a sharp cry from him, and on looking at him saw him throw his left hand and arm in the air and shake off and throw to some distanoo a diamond-back whioh had struck him midway of the left forefinger. While I was soared as badly as if I had myself been bitten, the hunter drew his knife and made two quick outs on the finger, so that it would bleed freely, and began strip ping his finger tb force the blood out of the outs. He thon too^ a piece of common alum out of his poeket and bit off a pieoe as largo as a good-sized chestnut and chewed ic up and swal lowed it, and then he bit off and chew ed fine another piece of alum, which he placed upon his cut finger and tied up with a piece of rag torn from the bottom of his homespun cotton phirt, and then he hunted up aud killed the snake, uud again began gathering and c iting berries, much to my sur prise. In answer to my question as to the need of going to town to consult a doc tor, he said: "The blood runnin' from the out J took out ail the pizen, but if it did* nt all get out, the alum will fix it,- but them outs will give me a sore finger for a day or two." The result waa no swelling of even the finger, and he said that if a man would always out through the bite and let the blood out and take alum, there was no danger from the bite of any snake. A Long Parole. Though thirty-five years have passed since the close of the Civil War, Capt. Platt B. Walker, of St. Paul, Minn., is still a prisoner. He was captured by the Union soldiers, sent to Fort Snelling and released on. parole. He has never received farther attention, and is as muoh a prisoner of war now as the day he was captured. "I was one of the last Confederate officers to give up my arms," soys Capt. Walker. "When that great gathering of armies in the corner of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas occur red I was among the troops. We had boen driven back, step by step, from Missouri, and there, on that memora ble morning, the whole army was to eleot whether they were, to surrender and go home, or stay and be driven back until wo joined Maximilian in MPT'OO. It was a wonderful sight to seo tho separation. On tho hills on one sido gathered those who wero to surrender, on the other those who were off for Mexico. I was among the latter. "Wo went along through Texas, un til about twenty miles from tho Rio Grande, when I was overe?me from a wound, and was unconscious for twen ty-eight dey s. "I awoke to find myself in a shanty whero I had been oared for, and there ene morning, through a cloud of dust that approached through the ohaporal, Captain Glenn and a detachment of Ohio cavalry captured me. I was sent from there in a broken-down rattle trap of a stage thirty miles, and final ly I was taken to the Rook Island pris on. From there I was sent to Fort Snelling. I did not know whether I was to he hanged or imprisoned for life, but when I arrived the command ing officer shock mo by the hand and turned me loose on parole, and I was issued three ?ations for eight months. "I stayed here, of course, because I was a prisoner of war, and I have never received any further order*. ? gave my parole and kept it. I have been here thirty-five years, and I guess the War Department has forgotten me."-St: Louis Republic. Makers and c?ronktore of counter feits commit fraud. Honest men will not deoeivo you into buying worthless counterfeits of DeWitt'a Witob Hazel Salve. The original is infallible for curing piles, sores, eczema and all skin diseases. Svens* Pharmacy. She Tamed Mer Husband. I dare flay that there isn't a woman on earth who hasn't u theory on the sub joe t of how to manage a husband, and I have [never yet como [across a maa who waa any tho worse for a little soientifio handling now and then. If I were in the florist business I'd send a palm to a certain senator's daughter) who has set an example managing wives might follow with profit. She has a husband, this senator's daugh ter, who is disposed to be oritical. Most of his friends are men of great wealth, who ..ve extremely well, and association with them has m?do him somewhat hard to please in the matter of cooking. For sometime tho ten dency has been growing on him. Scarcely a meal at his homo table pas^fld without criticisms from him "What is this meant for?" ho would ask after tasting an antreo his wifo had racked her brain to think up. "What on earth is this?" ho would say when thc dessert came on. "Is this supposed to be a salad?" he would inquiro sarcastically wheu the lottuce was served. His wife stood it as long as she could. One evening he came homo in a particu lar captious humor. His wife wes dressed in her most beooming gown and fairly bubbled over with it. They went into dinner. Tho soup tureen was brought in. Tied to one handle was ft card, und on that card the in formation in a big round hand: "This is soup." Roast beef followed, with a placard announcing: "This is roast beef." The potatoes were labelled. The gravy dish was placarded. The olives bore a oard marked, "Olives," the salad. bowl carried a tag marked "Salad," and wheu the ioeoream came in a card announcing "This is ioe cream," came with it. The wife talked of a thousand different things all through thc meal, never once re ferring by look or word to the labelled dishes. Neither then nor thereafter did ho say a word about them, and never since that even has thc captious husband ventured to inquire what anything set beforo him was.- Wash ington Post. What Pleases a Woman. It pleases her to bc told that she is fascinating. It pleases her to be called wei] dressed. It pleases her to be called sensible. It pleases her to depend on some man and pretend that she is ruling him. It pleases her to be told that she improves man by her companionship. It pleases her to be treated courte ously and with respeot, and to be talked to reasonably. It pleases her to be treated sensibly and honestly, to be considered and questioned, and not treated as a but terfly, with no head or heart. It pleases her to be loved and ad mired by a man'who is strong enough to rule and subdue her, and make hie way her way, to lead her and take care of her. It pleases her to find happiness in being -ruled [by an intellect that she can look np to admiringly, and one to whom her mind bows in divoroe. Thia slfnatdre ia on every box ol tho Genuine Laxative Bfomo=Quioioe Tablet? the remedy that coreo o cold to. one .day - She--"Can a person do two things at ODOC?" HO-"Oh, yes. Every moment I am with you I am j completely gone." Yon Know What You Aro Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Touio because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron aud ?Quinine in a tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay. 50o. - Noone should attempt to do more than one thing at a time. When you have finished slandering your neigh bors, go and say yours prayers; but don't attempt both at once. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will quiokly heal the worst burns and scalds, and not leave a soar. Usc it for piles and skin diseases. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Evans' Pharmacy. - The way in whioh we do our work may not be of much consequence to the world; but it is of the gravest con ce que nee to ourselves. When you want prompt nctiug little Eilis that never gripe use Dewitt's little Early Risers. Evans' Phar macy._f j_? : OATS, OATS, AN WE ABE HEADQUARTER Three Thonsand Bushels of TEX One Car of that famous HENRI only Oat that will positively stand an] Have just received Two Cars of ? Have just received Three Cars < hogs, and lt comes much cheaper than Toura reepectfull O. I SYMPTOMS LIKE THESE BELCHING, BAD BlBPATMr BITTER TASTS, GLOATING Aft?rlM?al9, HEARTBURN. BACKACHE, HEADACHE, DIZZINESS. NERVOUS WEAKNESS, LOW SPIRITS, indkate bad digestion, ? disordered system ?nd falling state of health. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS Is a positive and speedy cure, lt clears the body of poisonous secre* tlons, cleanses the blood, aids diges tion, strengthens the kidneys, purifies the bowels and Imparts . renewed energy to body and brain. DRUGGISTS 5nx li ...-.fnce/^l(i0 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ANDERSON. In the Court of Common Pleas. J. R. Fowler, Plaintiff, against Mrs. Josie Kessler, et al., iDefendauts-Foreoloa ure Mortgage Real EB tnt c. Pursuant to ao order of tbe Court of Common Pleas, dated Oct. 20 1000,1 vril 1 sell on S?lesday in December, in front of the Court House, within the usual hours of public sales, the folio ?log described Tract of Lind, to wit: I {All tbat c?nalo Tract of Lind, Bituate in H ta tb and County* afore-eld, lu Pen dleton Township, on Three and Twenty Creek, boin? the same Land purabased by Nathan Keasler in 1872 from Colonel Sloan, and which be owned rind realdod on at tho time of bis deuth containing seveniy-live (75) acree, more or less, bounded by lf RICE FLOUR for fattening your any other feed And is much better. >. ANDER80N A BRO. 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