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PLANTING FOR I l?rice ol' Cotton is Fix ?upplv am Atlanta Coi liditor Constitution - 1 disagree wi'.h the argument that it is advisa ble for southern farmers to plant this year for a 12.0l.)u,u00 L-aK' cotton crop. As 1 seo it. tho advice is dangerous and the reasoning foll of errors. 1 heg your permission to explain why I be lieve -o. First, last and always, except for temporary flurries, the price of cotton is fixed by tin- relation of supply and demand. IJull campaigns and 1" ;n movements can never bo succe.-sful to a serious extent except when they are directed with strict regard t" the size of the crop and thc amount "I the ; staph' which tiie world requires. Within certain limits thc South lias a monopoly of cotton production; just j as the Standard* ?il Company has ij kerosene, except that the monopoly in cotton is a natural ?me, and that in oil is artificial. What it costs to pro duce a gallon of oil need not effect the price of that gallon in the market at all so long as thc Standard Oil Company controls the output. The cost of producing u pound of cotton need not affect the prico in thc least, so long as any reasonable control is kept over thc output. Thc means by which thc Rockefeller company has grown famously rich has been that of keeping the supply within the limits where it would not depress the price, and at the same timo improving tho methods of production so as to lessen the cost to tho company. Now, the Standard Oil company has resorted to ignoble methods to establish and keen its monopoly; for that monopoly was by nature an artificial and unnatural one. But in cotton, tho American Cotton Belt bas a natural monopoly, and to take advantage of it no trick ery or foul work of any sort is needed; but only plain, common sense, fore sight and self-control. The only tbing needed is for the southern peo ple to resist the temptation to plant too much cotton, if they refrain from spoiling their market, thc out side world may bo trusted to bid prices up and wealth will steadily pour into tho South. But if the South produces too much cotton, the whole outside world will be quick to shovo down the price of the staple ngain to tho level which brings bankruptcy, if not starva tion, in thc South. It is only by exercising self-restraint that the cot ton producers can guarantee their own prosperity and that of tho South as a whole. You say plant for 12,000,000 bales. What ?B the usc of it? The world may be able able to consume that quantity of American cotton, but it will surely not pay more than 5 or 7 cents for it; whereas it will pay 12 or 15 cents for 10,000,000 bale crop; and the cotton belt will make the differ ence in clear profit, curuing twice as -g^-ut an income from a smaller amount of labor ls therC any possible valid reason why the cotton planters should de liberately spoil their market and sell their product for more than it costs to make it? Is the South under obligations for benefactions in the past? Bo Asia and Europe soil us tea and spices and silks and woolenB and linen cheap er than they must? Dooa the North give us low prices on machinery and all tbe sundry supplies, out of pure goodness of heart? Has the Ameri can government befriended the South in the matter of the tariff and the pensions and such things? Has the cotton belt waxed plutocratic by ex tortiog nnfair prices for its staple, wringiug honest, hard-earned dollars from the poor suffering outside world? The people of the South do not realize how immensely wrong affirmative an swers to these questions would bc. In comparison with England, France or Holland, Massachusetts, New York or Wisconsin, the cotton belt is wretchedly poverty stricken, and mainly because the farmers have too often yielded to the temptation to plant as many acres as possible in cot ton. In the modern world of competition every country and every section must husband its resources and make the best of its advantages, or else suffer the consequences of poverty and de gradation. Ten or twelve years ago there was a movement by the Farmers' Alliance to reduce the cotton output; but at that timo all the farmers were in debt and unable to carry out their resolutions to reduce the acreage. But now, with, their debts mostly paid off, they should be their own /masters, and should handle their af /fairs as a body purely for their own interests. There is no exouse for spoiling the market with a record breaking crop. You have said plant for 12,000,000 bales but don't out ou ?the labor and acreage devoted to food or ops. How ,2,000,000 BALES. e<l by tho Isolation ol' 1 IDemaiid. DStittltioD. can that he accomplished? Can ?1 man who worked full time last year cultivating twenty acres of cotton and ten of grain, cultiv?t'.1 thirty acres of cotton and thc -ame amount of grain this year? If so, then limes arc changed since I left the field. Suppose the farmers plant for l-\ IMJD.UM) I iles; how can any ono guess how creal the yield will be? The crop might pi ?vc to he 12,000,000 and . Il at 7 cents; il might be 10,000,000 and sell at l"? cents; or ala.-, it might bc 1 1,000,000 hales and sell at a price so low that the South will he bankrupt again. The South has a limited natural monopoly in cotton. Thc smaller thc crop, within certain limits, thc larger the income from it; thc larger thc crop thc smaller thc income. Hy rea son of its great staple, the cotton belt has an advantage over any other agri cultural region in thc world. If it only docs not keep flinging its advan tage away. Need one ask how it may secure substantial and lasting pros perity? Why, simply by raising moro corn, wheat, oats, peas, hay, cattle, hogs, poultry, peaches, melons and all the fancy crops; hy building moro factories to draw moro farmers out of tho cotton fields; and above all, by planting not an aero more cotton, for several years to come, ihan was plant ed in our good year of grace, nine teen hundred and three. Ulrich B. Phillips, Instructor of tho History of tho South, University of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., March 29, 11)04. Not Her Class. Not far from Willow Grove lives a young farmer whose fine stock of hor ses are admired hy all who see them. The other day a friend, an amateur, called on him iu search of "something fast." "There," said the stock farm own er, pointing to an animal iu tho held, "there, sir, is a mare that could trot her mile in three minutes, were it not for one thing." "Indeed!" said the friend. "Ves," continued Mr. S., "she waB 4 years old Inst spring, is in good con dition, looks well, and is a first-rate mare, and she could go a mile io three minutes were in not for one thing. ' "What is it?" was the query. "That mare," insisted tho owner, "is in every woy a g)od mare. I work her three or four days a week. Sho trots fair and square, end yet there is ono thing that prevents her from going a mile in three minutes." "What in tho name of thunder is it?" cried tho friend, impatiently. "Well," replied the other, quietly, "tho distanco is too groat for the time."-1'hiladelpbia Ledger. MONT ir S TRIAL FREE, Breathe ?tyoitiet l*iiree or Four Time? Hatty and Cured ol Catarrh. K vans Pharniarcy, one of the most re liable business firms in. Ande i son, have seen many instances of thc remark able power of Hyomci to cure catarrhal troubles and other disorders of the re spiratory organs. Results in this treatment has given them so much confidence in Hyomei that they will give a month's trial with tho positive understanding that if at tho end of that time a oure is not effected or enough relief gained to warrant a continued use of the treat ment for a whilo longer, the money will be refunded. Hyomei is tho only treatment for catarrh that has been sold under a a "no cure, no pay" plan, and the only one where a month's trial treat ment is free unless it cures. Hyomei is not a pill or liquid. Just breathe it through tho neat inhaler that comos with every outfit, and benefit will be seen from the first day's use. Breathed in this way, the health giving Hyomei penetrates to the min utest air cells of the lungs, and drives catarrhal germs and poisons from tho system. The complete outfit costs but $1, and extra bottles of Hyomci may bo obtained for 50o. Remember that if Hyomei doos not eure you after a month's trial, Evans Pharmacy will refund your money and the treatment will be absolutely ire?._ _ _ _ - Even a man with false teeth la ments the deoeption of women. - Too much concentrated food, too generous keep and too nice, comforta ble stables are often forerunners of disaster to the brood mares. - Many a man sits around and growls about hiving to support a wife who works eighteen hours a day tryiog to support him. To Cure a Cod to ODS Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU druggists refund the money if it fails to oure. E. W. Grove's signa ture is on each box. Price 25c. - Religion is something more than sitting in a oushioned pew and looking solemn while the minister talks. A JAPANESE STORY. Deserted by Five lluslmiuls, lint Final ly l 'on ml a .?au. < bice there lived n wealthy merchant in the country town of Asakusa. Ile hal a daughter fatuous for lier beauty and graceful manners. As she was of agc the merchant busied himself selecting a good hus band for her. At last he thought he hal found a suitable man, and pre parations were made for the wedding ceremony. Many a barrel of sake was consumed in celebration of tho happy union, ami thc customary chetr of a "thou sand yean and eight thousand years more," resounded from thc lips of one guest to another. But, strange to say, thc young bridegroom, who was j supposed to be thc happii st of ail, was on his knees before his parents in-law on the very next morning, ear nestly beseeching for that hateful thing - thc divorc? . What eau bc done when a young ou pie do not agree? After much hes itation, his petition was granted and tlic beautiful daughter was again sin gle. Hut she must marry, for does not our loyalty to our ancestors de mand that every Japanese shall con tinue thc family succession? As good luck would have it, a young gentleman of a respectable family in a neighboring village consented to mar ry her. The exchange of presents and other ceremonies were duly performed. The marriage bond was again tied. But alas! Ile also would not stay, lie actually fled from hjs new home. So, in the same manner, thc third, the fourth and even tho fifth husband could not endure this beautiful daugh ter. Overcome with grief and shame, the merchant published an announcement that anybody who would marry his daughter and stay with ber at his home would inherit tho whole estate of tho family without a condition. Poor old man! Ile was almost crazy, despite the immense fortune that bc possessed. One day a ronin (a Samurai without a lord who roamed the country as a soldier of fortune) happened to come to Asakusa, a.id heard the strange story. His curiosity was so aroused and his love of wealth so kindled that he offered himself as a suitor for the hand of tho beautiful daughter. The old man was only too glad to accept him, for despite his poverty thc ronin was a man of noble birth. After thc usual preliminaries, thc marriage was formally made. The sound of the dishes in the kitchen bad subsided and thc shouts of tin merry guests were heard no more, the candles in the ball and in thc reception room bad burned out, and thc bride and bridegroom bad re tired to their chamber. The tolling of thc bell in a distant templo told that it was the dead of night. Suddenly the bridegroom awoke from his sleep and saw a white figure standing before the dim light of the chamber lantern. It was his bride. He watched her eagerly, although pre tending to sleep, for he felt that he was about to know the secret of her rejection by ber five previous hus bands. FTer long black hair fell over her palo faoe, which, turning toward the bridegroom smiled a ghastly smile. Thon the woman-oh! not a woman, but a ghost!-glided softly out of the room toward the garden. Ile heard thc wooden sliding doer outside opon. Was be afraid? Cer tainly not. He was a Samurai, the wearer of two swords, and fear was impossible to him. He rose from his couch and followed her. The night was oold and still. Not a leaf rustled in the trees. The moon shone brightly, and the slender figure of tho woman moved on the white ground like a shadow. Her course was toward the town graveyard, the abiding plaoe of ghosts and demons. ? thin oloud came over the moon, and she disappeared among the tombstones. The young warrior climbed up, sat on a high tombstone, orossed his arms firmly on his breast, and looked eager ly around the graves. The moon, shining through a rift in the oloud, showed him a ghastly sight. The girl had opened a newly made gravo and was devouring the corpse ravenously. Even the cracking cf the bones oould bo distinctly heard. Fran tic with her oannibal enjoyment, she raised a bonn high in the air and ut tered a shriek that might have fright ened even the ghosts and tho devils hovering around. But it did not frighten the young Samurai. He drew his long sword the inspiration of the Japanese soldier -and jumped down from his seat. The girl turned around and rushed to ward him. "Who are you-woman or devil?" domanded the brave soldier. She thrust a broken bone, already partly eaten, in front of his face, and said : f "Eat this and I wilt '.eli you who I am. He hesitated a moment, but she re lieved him from his wonder by ex claiming: "(Jli, my ?ii ar liusbaud! You are the only one who has watched my nightly performance with real maali' ness. Thia is but a trial of your cour aire. How eoul'i 1 tru-i mytelf and uur great estate to a weak, cowardly husband? Take this Lune lookiu thing and taste it. ' ' He took it and tasted and found that it was a big piece of candy. Translated front the Japanese of Saik kaku, a Noted Novelist of Three Hun dred Years Ago. Vouched For Her. In a certain mountain town lived a little hoy of four, who was very much frightened at the th tughtof a hear- in fact, it was the only animal or thiug he was afraid of-aud Iiis motherin trying to keep him from running into the street aud playing in thc irri gating ditcher, and wandering away to a little uukept park, told him he must not go, for there were hears there. This frightened William and thc following day he sat on the door step in a very quiet arid thoughtful mood. When asked by the village clergyman, who was passing by, why he did not go out and play, William replied: "I must uot go out of the gate, tor lhere are bears in thc roada and down in thc park." Thc minister laughingly replied, "No, there's no bears anywhere around," but William insisted that there were, as his ma ni I had told him that there were. Tho minister said, "Let's go iu and ?ik mamma about it," aud mamma had to acknowledge that she had simply told William that to keep him fiom running away from home. When alone with the little boy the mother said, "William, mamma is sorry that she told you a story about the bears, and I guess we had better ask God to forgive her," whereupon William Baid, "Mamma, you had better let me atk God, for may bc Ho wouldn't believe you." - Lippincoit's Magazine. - Men are idiots enough to think if they wero married to a widow she would say as nice things about her live husband as she does about her dead one. Spartan Motlier? of .Japan. All London is interested in the wife ot' the Japanese ambassador to Great Britain. ?*hc is the typical Japanese mother-gentle, affection ate, enduring and loyal, but, like all other mothers in Japan, regardless of caste, she believes her life and the life of every male child belongs to the Government. Thc Viscountess llaya shi has ouc sou. Ile is not a soldier, and has spent most of his 2;i years of life in England, but if the call reach ed him tomorrow he would abandon all he ha? and all he expects to have to respond to it. To the Am? rican wife and mother thc devotion of the women of Japan to their country is almost terrifying. Their prayers arc fur male children, and thc birth of a sou is made the occasion of great re joicing, and on thc ninth day after the boy is born he solemnly is dedi cated to the service of the Emperor. A mother who did not urge her son to war in times of war would be dis graced in vhe eyes of her friends. "Girt on your sword," is her admoni tion, "and g> forth to meet the enemy of your Hujpcror. Return to mo vic torious, or do not return at all." Is it any wor.dn? that with such a spirit instilled iu th? sons of Japan by their mothers, the white Goliath of the North is being beaten back by the browu-Hkinned Uavid?-New York Press. Bears the _/j TB Kind You Hara Always Bought Bigaaton of - A letter from Austin, Texap, says that Mrs. Hetty Green's son Ed ward is to engage in poultry raising near Terrill, where he has bought a large ranch, in which he will place 10,000 Leghorn fowls. He has already bought 4,500 fowls from a Northern fancier, and the ranch is in tho hards of a competent force. Mr. Green ?gures that each hen will represent enough money in the course of a year by ber eggs to pay all expenses at tendant on keeping her, and net him $1 clear profit, which will make his annual profit off the farm $10,000. He has been assured he can get a market for all the eggs he can deliver. LIKE A SPONGE:,^^! Some of the most stubborn diseases enter into the system through the pores of thc fkin. ?S?^|^^^^^J Like a sponge, it absorbs poisons of various kinds, which are taken np by thc little blood- r^^t^^^^B^!.?^ vessels beneath the surface of the body, and 'm^?j^^^SS^ emptied into the great current of the blood. ^^^?t*^^^^^ The juices of "olson oak and other noxious ^*?&w3?it=>^*^ wild plants percolate through the skin like water through a sponge, are taken into the circulation, breaking out afresh each season, and linger ing on for years unless antidoted and driven out of the system. Dye Poisoning among the employes of dye houses, and from wear ing colored_under-clothing and hosiery, is of frequent occurrence and dangerous to health,* -^^mtyTv* - ' causing boils and sores and POISON OAK AND ITS EFFECTS. Other emotions. Over fifteen years aero I waa poisoned with Foi ... .} . . son Oak. ried remedy after remedy without Workers in leau, crass getting rt Sores broke out over my body and and other metals ars often on my tonyas, affecting the lining of my mouth. .... . ? Finally, about a year ago my doctor told me to poisoned by the chemicals try S. S. S., whioh I did. After taking three and acids used in polish- bottles all the sores disappeared, and I have not , j * I n been bothered since, and I feel much indebted to ing, ana the dust ana ni- your valuable medicine for so prompt and oom inga settling upon the skin, g^ffi^ and which find their way Danvl.ie, Ky. . _ 00N. O'SRYAN1. through the oores into the .^jKi?t?S??**k**-^-,,4lV' ^.?^?^r-<rt??r~ blood, followed by inflammation, swelling and the most obstinate sores. * 'Blood Poison, the vilest of all human diseases, is often con tracted through shaking the hand or handling the clothing or other arti cles used by one infected with this dangerous poison. The deadly virus ? finding its way through the pores of the S^Hj^'fr skin,contaminatestheblood and produce? 1 g^^H 8 dT*"**! fearful ulcers, eruptions and blotches. ^T*^^ '^lie diseases that enter the system by to^^^^fe j fcw ff y absorption or through the pores are aa **am~~^{?W l^~L*y deep-seated and dangerous as any brought ^^""^ ^maB9W^ on by internal causes, and cannot be reached by washes, salves, soaps or other external remedies. The blood must be purified and a healthy circulation established before getting permanently rid of the disease. S. S. S. acts upon the blood, ridding it of the original poison and restoring it to a healthy, normal condition. S- S. S. is guaranteed entirely vegetable, an unrivaled blood puri fier and the best of all tonics. With all impurities removed from th? blood, the sores and eruptions disappear from the skin. Write us should you desire medical advice or any information about your case ; this wil, cost you nothing. m? SWIFT SPECIFIC CO; ATIAHTA, CA* AFTER THIS DATE We wm iNot Retail Fertilizers And Acid Phosphate to Any One. We do thia for the Teason that we are represented here by Merchants, and it will be.much better for ali of the retail business to pass through theil hands, thereby saving a lot of confusion. Wo therefore respectfully ask oui friends to call on OSBOkNE & PEARSON. OR DEAN ii RATLIFFE. Or any other one of our representatives here or any adjacent town. We are represented at every Town in the up-country, and hope to merit your con tinued liberal patronage. ? ? OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT And the results: ow that there is none superior in quality. sHDERSOH PHOSPHATE M OIL CO. ^^^^^^'V BEGINS WORK witt/ the first dose; / cleansing thc blood of all the poisonous jA9BH ar hat produce RHEUMATISM, driving Jg j he dangerous germs that infest the Bm BM^^^^^^ ^ ""T^IAT '* CURCS ^ C^ECTC<^ ^ Other medicines treat symptoms; Rheumacide removes tbt cause, and, therefore, its CURES ARE PERMANENT, Helps the digestion, tones up the3ystem. Sample bottle free on application to BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO., Pro prietors, 316 West Lombard St., Baltimore, Md. S BAKGAIN SALE OF PIANOS 9 TO YOU. They NUDD'S S? Clark.? 5 00 Newman Bros. 5 00 Li. Gilbert. 10 00 Chickering. 10 00 Loud tfc Comston. 15 00 These aro Cash prices and you take them away at your own expense, are worth ? our fold vi hat we ask for them. Bacon dc Raven.f45 00 Chickering. 45 00 Nunn's & Clark. 45 00 I Fischer. GO 00 A. II. Gale. 05 00 ChicberlDg. 65 00 Chickering. 75 00 The last seven named Pianos we will sell you on easy monthly payments and deliver as you mav direct. We have other fln? Pianos at prices above those mentioned up to 91200 to sell you at low prices on terms to snit. Call on or write us. THE C. A. HEED MUSIC HOUSE, ANDERSON, S. C. Tr3 To Special attention is invited to a new shipment of ACORN STOVES AND RANGES Which we have just received, and which includes the very latest patterns both coal or wood, adapted to the requirements of this market. If you require anything in the Stove or Runge line we solicit an oppor tunity to explain the merits of THE ACORN. We also carry a complete and up-touate line of TINWARE, WOOD -i^TIIT A OP Bn<1 TJOTTOT? 'PTTDXTTQ HTMf?Q 11.1 fT .CXA?/JJ ililli 11UU U1J J.- UXUllUUMiuCi BgL. Guttering, Plumbing and Electric WiriDg executed on short notice Yours truly, ARCHER & NORRIS. LANDRETH'8 Fresh Garden Seeds. ORR, GRAY & CO. D. S. VANDIVBR. J. J. MAJOR. E. 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