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COT How to Increase By F. J. Merriam, I Another oh ort oren, wita tb o prie of the fleeoy staple constantly at vancing, brings the question borne t every southern fermer, "How can increase my orop next year?" Tho past season saw very nearly th limit reached so far as acreage is cor cerned. Our farmers planted all the could, and many of them more tba they could cultivate properly. I spite of the'.increase in acreage, hon ever, tbe crop ia snorter thau las year. The boll weevil, a late spring summer drought, and an early fros have contributed to out down th yield. The supply is not equal to th increasing demand, and we do no know that it will bo next year. Olear ly, a if till further increased aoreag will not do it. Furthermore, we can cot greatly increase thc aoresge, if w would, tor we have not the labor witl whioh to do tho work. Thc only sure way to increase th size of the cotton crop in 1904 is ti increase the yield per acre; and wi can do this by better preparation o this land and an increased use of fer tilizer. You oan begin this prepara tion now. Start your plows wheneve: the land is dry enough to work; and i does not have to bc quite as dry nov as it does in the spring. If you bav( a big team and a diso plow, put it tc work breaking your land broadcast If you are limited to one horse, bec out your land as deeply as possible and then robed it next spring before you plant. This winter work will help you to get your land into bettei shape in the spring. It will also en able you to prepare more land, and plant it earlier. Every cotton grow? er knows that if be can get his crop started early ho stands a muoh bettex chance to make a good crop. It is a good plan, where land is broken in the fall or winter with a big plow, to work it up well on the surface in the spring with a cutaway cr di?? barrow, followed with a smooth ing harrow or drag. Then lay oil your rows the desired width and plant your cotton in the furrow, covering it light ly. By planting in the furrow the after cultivation oan be kept more level, and the crop will stand drought better. t Before the seed are planted, how ever, we must not forget about the fertiliser. This, more than anything else, will help to increase the yield over what it wonld otherwise bo. Two hundred pounds of guano per aore is the nonal amount; bat we want more than the ususl crop of cotton,'so mast use more fertiliser. Oa well-prepared* land we .oan apply 400 poonda to 600 poonda per sere, with the assurance that it trill pa;, and pay handsomely. We have heretofore apparently been satisfied with one bale of cotton to every 3 sores of land. At Icaat, that is about what we have been making on j an average. Now that we want more cotton, we cannot depend upon the old mothodo to make it. It would not be wiee to inorease the aoresge much even if we could; for we must grow something besides cotton. But we can r.-Ao a bale to every 2 instead of 3 sores, and if we try, a bale per aero, or oven better 'than that. After all this is really easier and muoh more satisfactory than, increasing thc aore age. We hire the fertiliser to do the work instead of the negro, thet is I ?n. ; 1 . Now the kind of fertiliser to uso for best results must de pen? some what on the character of. - your soil. If your land is red clay the fertilizer should analyze about 8 per cent avail ablephopphorio spid ,2 per cen t.ammon ia and 2J per cent potash. ' For medi um loam soil the potash should be id' creased, also tho ammonia. If you mit your owe fertiliser, the. following is an excellent formula and easy to remember and prepare. Take 1,000 pounds 14, per coot acid phosphate, I 500 pounds cotton seed meal, and,500 pounds kain?t to make a ton. This fertilizer will analyze about 7 per oent phosphoric acid, 2 per cent am monia and 3 per Cent potash. This I formula will bo foun^ well adapted to jloam and sandy loam soils wjhore there tua a good clay subsoil sod is especially I recommended whero cotton is affected by rust, which the kaicit seems in a roat measnro to prevent. On sandy [???oil the potash should be s?ll further ]iafireaaedr so that th^ ^nalys? aljont 7 per c?flt phosphate I sid, 3 per eont ammonia and 4 per } j^ent potash. Persoraliy we believe that large [?ropa of ootton, as well as other crops, fthould be grown by making the whole l^nd rich through a ' systematic rota tion io whioh leguminous crops find ?their regular place. It would be folly J*o abandon such a rotation in order g ?PUnt more ootten, for fertility of the pod must al ways bo of first impor t?e to the sueeessfol farmer. Io, My article, however, wo are trying t? XAV, PN. >tton ^Production, iftdr Southern Ruraliat. point out how best to increase next season's cotton crop, and must take tho land as wo find it. While it is undoubtedly better farming to first build up th* land in order to make a big crop, still this takes time, foi which, in the present instance, we can not wait. An increase in the amount of fer tilizer used per aero will increase the crop, wc know, for wo have tried it. We also know that it will yield a handsome margin of profit. In 1900 we made, with 200 pounds of fertili zer per acre, 375 pounds of lint cotton, while where we applied 500 pounds of fertilizer per nero we made 500 pounds of iint. Kure oG0 pounds cf addition al fertilizer made an increase of 125 pounds of lint cotton, which is worth at present prices about $15. It will cost no more to cultivate an aore where the larger amount of fertilizer is used. It gives a much larger mar gin of profit and is in our opinion the most practical way to increase tho crop. If you will look around we think you will admit that the farmers who prepared their land best and used the most fertilizer made the most cot ton the past season. Now, if wo are going to use more fertilizer we want it to bring us the best possible results, and to this end we must use care ic applying it. Open a furrow 6 inohes deep, and put the fertilizer in the ground under tho seed, where there will be plenty of moisture to dissolve it. Be careful thatitdoe8 not come indirect con tact with the seed, as it will be likely to injure them. Where a large quan tity Fa'fertilizer is used it is best to mis ri with the soil by running thn the furrow with a scooter. We it also be careful that it does notje. 1 <V away, and when applying by had JfQould use a tin guano horn. ThPO es ?e also several excellent .horse fer] -ref drills on the market whioh wis0 ber" -he fertilizer more evenly th A. SDlj be done by hand. I an ,ier y?a plas- your cotton in th?j^ ?w or on the bed, be sure your laug . rokeo deeply and put in good phi eatt condition so it will retain mol vver; Plants take up all their foclg)/1" liquid form, and we must haw 344,ter to make the fertiliser Bola' ting- Much can also be done to .idB iceecjoil in retaining moisture by keel |:C?(b.e ernst broken, and a floe earl ?eef]pb on the surface, thus pro ven! t Uporation. This after eui tivt lt" j just as important aa .the pre; fr exn. We must learn to cul :tiv? I ex orops to make them grow and jH?cde nply to kill grass. V, ill as make more cotton by plant ing ||472jwhat we can fertilize and cult Ij improperly than by trying to incr ?5.3^ acreage. r eatlRES CATABBH. Jp $? i - "Hjfi" jint ti tbel Most Woutiirtjal CiBt|)0vei'er Discovered,?? Soya EK I recr^ar,TttCy* CntV toliare 0flta"h by tak ing <B Ais aiPto t|e stomaoh: it cannot De cW4tcv I manneiv The only way ETM - ^joh ms too common dis ease BLI Stafeureiis through a direct applV^l Con thatwill kill the bacilli of cal |fI nd plvent thoir growth. Hm Jr y\ theinly known method of trS^ltil th thalacoomplishes this. It is I mc jn jplesftnost pleasant, and the cS B jolutceire for catarrh that has (?fi cert% dislyercd. Thfi9B plao of ?Bolidited testimo nials wp :1 a c( bten?eceived from the roost |^( . lenten and women in tho col ls>* w*lwholvo been oured by this wu nd wkble Inedy. Ministers, bankes lent jrers, lan eminent physi oiaas BC liven long testimonials as to tH reP?r^rkw powers of Hyo mei tfff "portaharrl Tin I ?xperieif5 JfHnel outfit costs but ? rai.v,- , *4iog of au inhaler, dropi mc.f,mo and *nt fiyomei to last sever Tilin your mKs will effect a cure in ore BS, Jnds so rciu* fo? cttronio aad deep-!sea L .? . J)f catarrh, longer Use m QSB?T;'ln? dutiU and then extra bottle nei I importancia be obtained for ! 50o. )t filtim? in tn?000 tke bo8t (il might! thV e lo.m1 duly) method of ouringjbtttFnnectlonjit is also the most econoi ?lore reve Eva taoy |n is an J**6 80 maon oon' fidenc owei? .7 Hof Hyomei tocare catarr hey |c?U'd dejwill for a limited time, med>rporatior??*ne under their porsoi tee vv rnr .Jj refund the mon ey if t seers* ? r ta5Vcan say. that it did no am. ?-4ks o . the gove.*? - i ably ie subjec?06diamond has been f a m^ble to er??^T?^ wWoD I0" eeotly labia fi - . ^3*non, near Cra ter M ArUoF \proaa* Thc meteor tSaelf < h bif oath' *4*en by contact with tl grouthe State,WJ npoa whioh it fell, a diat only an Tond was found firmly? d in, o?nty tharne of the frag ments, ol ves itseV T i ?o?d 5 reycnuepoo? Day Take! frome?r can ?n4uiaioe Tablets/ All dre land Ottoty au tb money if it fails to B. W WTOTe** signa ture is ber. . "rice 2So. - Si i pto6 by considered solden Igold ii - \ scarce. j LAPSED MEMORIES. Some Examples of Mon Forgetting Who They Are. Many remarkable instances of loss of personal identity are weil authen ticated above and beyond ordinary occurrences of epileptic persona who after an attack have moved from place to place, often over con siderable distances, without being in any real sense conscious. Among such arc instances of prolonged lapse of memory which cannot with certainty be connected casually with a post-epileptic 6tate. A caso was recorded by Cborcot of a man who had repeated losses of consciousness not definitely epileptic and during a period of two years had several wandering attacks last ing several hours. At thc end of that time he had one which lusted eight days. On a particular day he was busy with his ordinary employment in Paris. On the evening of that day he lost consciousness-at any rate of his ordinary personality: Eight days later he suddenly "woke up" in a strange town, which proved to bo Brest. Ho had no knowledge of what had passed in tho interval, lio was in a well kept general condition, and he "had spent ?8 of bis employer's mon ey. Two months later in a town 300 miles away P. man known as Brown, who six weeks before had opened a small stationery shop, suddenly "woke up" and asked where ho was. His name, ho said, was Bourne and not Brown. He knew nothing of shopkeeping. Ho could remem ber nothing of his actions since ho had entered a tram car, as it seemed to him, on thc previous day. During the six weeks nothing had occurred to associate him with his previous life or to indicate that he was not in a normal mental state. After three years he was placed in the hypnotic state, when he im mediately answered to thc name of Brown and said that he had heard of Bourne, but did not know that he had ever met the man. He also fail ed to recognize his wife. On being questioned he explained how he had passed the unaccounted for fortnight. One afternoon he hod been in Boston, a night was spent in New York, and ten days had been passed in -Philadelphia, at first in a hotel, but mostly in a boarding house. At this place after the interval of years he was quite clearly remem bered as a quiet man, not at all ec centric. The only euniusion of the two existences was that once during his shopkeeping life he gaje an ad dress at a religious meeting in which he, as Brown, referred to an incident that had occurred in his life as Bourne.-British Medical Journal. Patterning Oyotore. There aro two classes of oyster beds-the outside and the inside. Tho former are located sometimes several miles offshore in water often j ninety feet deep. The beds axe worked from steamers or power boats, a dredge being put over from either side. The "inside" beda are in brocldsh water around and. in the mouths of and some distance up creeks and rivers. These are work ed from small boats by means of tongs. Before being marketed the oysters are brought in and "fatten ed"-that is, they are submerged on floats in water which, while not absolutely fresh, is less dense than that, from which they were taken. This causes the denser fluids in the tissues to pass slowly outward, the less saline water passing more rap idly inward. A swelling of the tis sues results, the oyster looking plumper, whereas, as a matter of fact, there is often aa actual loss of nutritious ingredients. This fat tening is usually done in rivers and creeks, which sometimes contain sewage.-W. B. Thornton in Good Housekeeping. ?.. ? . ? ? - To Base Uses. During the siege of Mafeking one of the officers organized a concert or "singsong" to keep up the spirits of the men. He discovered, accord ing to the story as.it is told, that the jjiep had causo onough for low Bpirits., 'I $2? .-^7 -y ~~ i Hearing of a sergeant in the high landers who was a good performer, he asked the man to contribute to the con?prt. "Fm^rry, sir, but I cannot" "Wl?gf asked the officer. "You play so8g|j instrumentj.don't you "I aUoV sir," . i "What was it?" "Thc bones, sir, but Pro "eaten 'em." _,. When It'e Necessary. "Here's an article for women," ho said, "on fl?ow to Make Yourself Attractive to a Man/ " /'Before or after marriage?" she inquired, thinking it was about time to have little sport with liim. "After, of course," he replied promptly. "No woman ever loses the knack until after she marries." No doubt he was, as she said;-*'* mean oldth?ng"-New York Times. 5 - Most of na have* very clear ideas <of what the world owes us ; too few of tte trouble to think of what weona tbe world. : --- The meek msy inherit the earth, bnt that does pot bindee those who ?re not meek getting posression of it. - Next to being pretty herself, a woman weald rather, have ber bes! friend not be. - Heights of philosophy ere good places on wbioh to ifre?ie. Mr. Penny's Yellow Dog. Erastus Penny, who acouinulated a modest fortune years ago in tho town of Bunker by farming and mouey loaning on improved real estate, was not renowned for his generosity as a giver. Two years before the great mort gagee, death, foreclosed upon him he j was the owner of a yellow dog. This dog had been a tramp, but one day while paying an informal call at the farm it had evidently discovered in Mr. Penny some agreeablo qualities that had escaped tho observation of his neighbors and promptly adopted him. Tho process of getting some thing for nothing, even in the case of a yellow dog, invariably appealed with power lo farmer Penuy, aud he graciously permitted himself to bc adopted. In a few months the yellow dog was the talk of the neighborhood. Ho worried ducks, killed chickens, stampeded calves and even throttled sheep. On Christmas morning as tho Rev. Abijah Jones, who lived half a mile away. Wan shovclt?g a path through tho snow between the parsonage and the road Farmer Penuy drove up with thc yellow dog tied to his buggy. "Merry Christmas, Brother Joues!*' he cried ch ci ri ly a few moments later as he led the dog into the yard. "The same to you, Brother Penny," waB tho hearty reply. "Waal, parson," continued Farmer Penny, "this bein' Christmas I thought I'd remember yo. Knowiu* ye was powerful fond of animals I've brought ye a dog." "Thank you, sir; thank you," cried the astonished and dismayed minis ter, who knew the yellow dog by repu tation. "This present of yours calls to my mind more forciby than ever before the truth of the Biblical saying that 'it is more blessed to giv? than to reoeivel' " Potting Papa np a Tree* "Pop," said little Willie, "do you know anything of science?" "Well, my boy," replied his father, modestly, "although I am no scien tist, yet I may safely say that I have given some attention to matters scien tific. Why?" "Oh, nothing, only I thought Fd like to ask you a question." "My boy," said hi* father, confi dently, "put your question and 1 11 unswer it. Never hesitate in the pur suit of knowledge." "Well, pop, it's this: When you look into a mirror the left side of your faoe appears to be the right aide, and the right side appears to be the left side, doesn't it?" "Yea, my boy, the mirror reverses th i ogs. "That's what I thought. Well, pop, what I want to know is, if the mirror reverses the right and left side of the faoe, why doesn't it reverse the top and bottom of your faoe the same way?" "H'rm!" said bis father. "If you haven't anything better to do than think up fool questions you'd better go to bed." - Any giri who thinks of bleach ing her hair should try to keep it dark. - The world has more respeofc for a man who eries than for one who whines. - That virtue is always desirable wbioh the devil derides. Uns: ?'li Sugo"s Sagacity. Ooo day a young man of llussoll Sage's acquaintance-iu fact, tho grandson of an old friend of other days-approached him on tho subject of a loan of teu dollars for two weeks and-got it, says Collier's Weekly. He promised faithfully to return tho money at a stated hour, and the prom ise was as faithfully kept. He (Sage) had very little to say when ho gave up the ten, and quite as little when he got it back. A week or ten days later the young man esme to seo him agaiu, and this time asked him for a hundred dollars, making all aorts of representations nf what he would do with it. Mr. Sago refused io ante. Thc young mau was surprised, not to say pained. "Why," he exclaimed, "you know I'll pay it ail right.. Didn't 1 bay I'd have that teu for you on Monday, and was not I there to the minute with i it." Mr. Sage beamed softly on the grandson of his old friend. "My boy," he said, with no iraceof j unkindness in bis tone, "you disap j pointed mo ouce and I don't want you j to do it ogain." j "I beg your pardon, I did not," ar j gued the youth. "1 baid 1 would pay I you back and 1 did." j "Yes, yes, my boy," purred Mr. I Sage, "you paid me back tho ten, aud ji never expected you would. Now i if 1 let you have tho hundred I should expect you to pay mo back, and you j wouldn't. One disappointment at my ! time of life is enough, my boy. Good i morning." ! ^ The jaguar's Cunning. In the more tropical parts of South America thc rivers aro often crowded with alligators. They are ?ugly customers in their own ele ment and arc best given a wide berth. When a jaguar wishes to cross a stream he knows the risk ho runs and acts accordingly. Standing on the bank, he begins to roar and keeps it up for an hour. Meanwhile the alligators gather near the spot in great numbers, licking their jaws as they think of the treat in store. By and by the jaguar ceases roaring and dashes* up stream for two or three milos and there crosses in j safety. His artfulness is displayed j in two points-not only does ho de liberately adopt a plan to outwit his iocs, but he proves his wisdom hy- selecting u piacc up the river, knowing that tho alligators would have to swim against thc stream to reach him and thus increasing his chance of safety. Waat Ailed tb? CloeU. Mrs. Benson's clock, after having kept excellent time for s?veral yeera, suddenly stopped. After trying for nome time to make lt go she removed lt from Its shelf and sent lt to a clock repairer. "Madam." he said after Inspecting, "1B this clock kept In a damp room?" "No," she replied. "We keep it in the driest room in the house." "Has it ever bad a fall into a tub of water or anything of that sort?' "Never." "Well. I can't understand lt Ita works ore ns rnsty*%as if it had been left unused In a cellar for a year." "I can't sse how that can be," said Mrs. Bensen. "We are so careful of H?at cioer. tn ni wo niwnya keep our vials of muriatic nnd sulphuric acid inside of it where we know they will never be touched." Then the Jeweler understood. Youth's Companion. - A wife can forgive a husband any thing except never having to be for given. AFTER THIS DATE We Will Not Retail Fertilizers And Acid Phosphate to Any One,, We do this for the reason that we are represented hore by Merchants, and it will be much hotter for all of the retail business to paps through then - hands, thereby paving a lot of confusion. We therefore respectfully ask our . friends to call on OSBORNE & PEARSON, OR DEAN & RAT IA PFE? Or any other ouo of our representatives here or any adjacent town. We'are represented at every Town in the up-country, and hone to merit your con ti II ned liberal patronage. OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT And the results show that there is none superior in quality. ANDERSON PHOSPHATE AND OIL CO, REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. We offer for sale the followingl?desirable property, situ> ated in this and surrounding Conn ties, li i Nearly all of theae places have good improvements on them. For full particu lars ao to terms, location, &c, call at my office. 50 acres, two miles from city, un improved. House and Lot, G acres, near city limits, very desirable. 74 acres in Kook Mills township, on Richland Greek, good dwelling. Half aoro City Lot, front on Main Street, uo improvements. 1 nore, with new dwelling, in oity limits. Hi acres, near oity limits, cleared, no improvements. 200 acres in Fork township, on Tug aloo River, two dwellings. 100 aoreB ia Wiliiamston township, improved, on Beaverdam creek. 400 acres in Oaklawn township, in Greenville Co., half in cultivation, 5 tenant dwellings, 50 acres of this is in bottom land. 700 aoreB in Hopewoll township, on ..~A rii."""4._ ji_,."i, uno cultivation, 2 good residences, 6 ten ant dwellings, 40 acres in bottom land. 91 acres in Garvin township, on Three-and-Twenty Creek, good dwell ing, barn, &o. 56 acres in Macon Co., N. C., 29 miles above Walhalla, on road to Highlands._ Berry place, V?rennos, 87? acres. 4117 acres, Pendleton township,-ten? ant houses and dwelling. 145 acres, Evergreen place, Savan nah township. 90 acres in Fork township. 150 acres in Savannah %.? -.n-**?!??. well timbered, no improvements. 400 acres in Center township, Oco nee County, 100cleared, balance v?oil timbered, well watered, good mill aito-. with ampio water power. 65 acres in PiokenB County. 174 aores in Hopewell township. - 130 acres in Broadway township, * improved. 230 aorea in Fork towm-'iip, on Sen eca River, good dwellings, &o. 50 acres in Varennes township, near oity limits. 800 acres in Anderson County, on U-1. T>:- * " Wt.VMl.UMt. .ill, Hi . 96 acres in Lowndesville township, Abboville County. 84 acres in Corner township. 75 acres in Ooonee County. 75 aores in Piokens County. 152 acres in Rook Mills township,, on Seneca River, 2 dwellings. * 700 acres in Fork township. All tho above are desirable Lands, and parties wanting good homes, at" low prieta, oan seleot from the above and call for further particulars. Noir is the time to secure your homes for another year. JOS. J. FRETWEIX, ANDBB80N, 8? C. en m S 0 ? H g " 0 bd M W . S O < F M CC < O w 8 5 M ra i nj * M _ m o Q HJ ft m td g S ?2 8 s H3 ft > & 2 ft K Li ' WW Sd * ft % Q S ?M % ft CO . o o % M S fe a ?4 WE have moved our Shop and office below Peoples' Bank, in f Mr. J. J. Fretwell's StableB. We respectfully ask all our friends tV any Roofing done, or any kind of Repair work, Engine Stacks, E or any kind of Tin or Gravel Roofing to call on us, os we are prof. it promptly and in best mauner. Soliciting your patronage, we are _Respectfully,_BURRIS8 & DI IR CW Bk Tim Establishment lias been Selling IN ANDERSON for moro than forty years. Daring all that time competitors have como and gone, bat wo have remained right here. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during thoso long years we have not had one dis satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any time we found that a customer was dissatisfied we did not rest until v:b bad made him satisfied. This polioy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and wo can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have tho confi dence of tho people of this section. Wo have a larger Stock of Goods this season than we have ever had, and wo pledgo you our word that wo have never sold Furnituro at as close a margin of profit aR we arc doing now. This is proven by tho fact that wo aro selling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in tho Piedmont section. Como and soe us. Your parents saved money by buying from ns, and you ?tid your obildren can Bave money by buyiog here, too. Wo oarry EVERYTHING in the Furniture line, G. F. TOLLY & SON, Dppot Street The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers J HAVES JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF CORN, Slightly damaged, and can sell you at 50c. per bushel. Wills have a lot of it cracked for hog and; chicken feed at same^ ? price. Seejne for j OLD DOMINION CEMENT, AND BEST XJIHUCIEL W?tures Oiftlfrom the^ Sunny South ] fr otto len el It isn't tho kind of food you eat, but rather what your stomach fails to digest, that gives you indigestion. Lard ia a foe to digestion. If you had the stomach of an ostrich you could hardly withstand the ravages cf lard-soaked pastry. You have probably found thia out and already given up the eating of pastry. . 'Tis wholly unnecessary 1 Anyone can eat and digest food cooked with Cottolone-thp perfect shortening. It is a pure re jetable product, made from the, best beef suet and choicest vegetable oil. It ia neutral in .taste and odor ; it is Nature's Gift from the Sunny South. >^ Cottolene is never so'td in bulk. ; It ia put up in carefully sealed th pails. And right nero ia another advantage. When you buy lard you baye no protection as to quality-you simply know you are getting LARD-novor mind the grade, it's just L-A-R-D. On the other hand, avery paU of Cottolene ia uniform-the product is guaranteed. You 'utica no chances whatever. In the face of these facts just ask yourself if you can afford to use hog hud when you can get pura, healthful, nutritious Cottolene. USE 50 I?8S. Cottolene being richer than either lard or cooking butter, one-third las?is required. T?'DT??7 Sand i? a Sc ?tamo to piypoii?fic 6nd w?*11 mail you a copy of our book. riUlC/ .. Horns -Help*.' editad by UnVRortr. which contains 300 chofco recipe? frc rn tfro country's noted cooks