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Cry of the 3BEarveste guages ai gg**?<?*W-g?M.?a? .:..?..) -. . ;? ? Sunny That holiday which wo know aa Thanksgiving day might with almost equal p ropriety M called "Tbs Per petual Feast of the Harvester." It woe rejoicing over ?a (successful crop safely gathered that gave rise to the beautiful Custom of setting apart one day of the year to give thanks to the Almighty for tho blessings ho baa bestowed. ' " . * ?That day is so far distant that Amor icscs might bo expected to forget, but no dato ie more strongly fixed in the, nation's mind than that of November, 1621, in whioh occurs the first Thanks giving day. The wonderful farming machinery of the press?t day, tye binder, and thresher that have just aided * in har vesting one of the biggest crops ' that Unole S?^ eyer knew, were then aa distant from the minds of the Pilgrim fathers as a visit to Mensis to the people of today? The harvest whose* finish they com memorated had been wrung from an unwilling soil by the primitive means, and with the peril of .attacks by tho Indians ever present. J Tbey have been in the nsw country a matter of eleven mCnths,f rom Decem ber 21 to November, Their ferais were pitched on lands from which they had .cleared forests, and during the months of summer, there were limes when the doubt of a successful crop daunted ev?? the saost hopeful, and the prospect, Of starvation hung .' over like a menace. But the land responded to the call of the pioneers, and so the first har vest by white men in the United States became the ; occasion of the first Thanksgiving day. It took only "four young men** to gather the. geme'and food for that 2?S5 Aa" ?rmy of ?. mil lion will be needed to gather Unole Sam what he eats this year as a mark of rejoicing that he has prospered co . * plentifully. . ; Without the harvest there would have been\nOThanksgiving day.; The nation which rejoices is primarily giv ing thanks xor those rich fields whioh have made the United States the great Sonrra ox food oujopiy for ?he world. .-: : On this basis, the American people never had more cai?sa to be grateful than just now. ''The Sgures show theft - the corn crop is the largest in the bia tory of . tho - country,' and the - .'wheat . Crop is not far behiod the phenomena! fig?rese* MWft.;*'. The computation Ut cora show's 2, 707,oW?00O; busbys.U This ia 188^ 86^1,683 bushels more than ie 19?2. The wheat crop will drop fully ?mat* ter Of 30,W,()^ bushels below *he figures for 1002. ^i?X? .. The seowy 8t?plo that constitutes , the main source cf wealth in 4^Jxie,' . :./iike$ifc cord-breaking, in&ofar as its/'jaoney value is boacei^su. Gotten .j$a com-. modity about which^)?mise ia un wise and unprofitable, bu^ the far^Ws in the Cttott belt h|v?"?very reason ' ? to believe, fro^ , .. that tbey will get an average of U cents, and probably more, for their product. A. 100(H)0,000?bale crop, at this rato? would mean another year of ?coord-fe???ki^lw^t?i an?,-,;*inivera.al pre?per?ty for the South. A s!ga<a?S * cant in&eation is that the farmers ? , ? solid array, eppeaf ft be giving them* i ' :;';?elVsjaJ?|^ : : ' ' the m?fkeY^l|?a?? feeaips. 1 'j being of Sputa ia cf&uoh * ?ature Vm^^M?^^ ****** ' o^^^^^f a_e^8' The v*te?8? ?0" Maiming-?rod^ j ttoht-. that Ami?ri6an iavontivov gon I jos baa wrought in the science of ?KSGIVING" I m Sounds in all X?an id Lands. South. tho modern getting gan to the oppos ing-army. First came the reapers and binders, each drawn by 4 or 6 mules, The leading machine makes its torn into the fields. Driver and helper work some magic with tho machinery. Then there ie a brm, and the fickle begins to work* Tho great canvas arms which sweep the grain into sheaves for binding, begin to whirl. Then in an instant ont comes four nb oaves. Tho work that fifty men contd not haye performed in an hoar, has been doce, and better, by two men in a minute. But even this is not the limit. In California is a still more wonderful device. ? . / JL.? VV This machine, heavy es a church and complicated as a watch, it a me? oh ocio al marvel. Before, goes aium bering engine with a heavy stack, and a fire-box that vomits ont dense flames from a hot petroleum fire. Behind, it is all levers and big pillars and curious devices o? steel. It works with the complex aooaraoy of a human belog. The sickle busses, and th? heads from a tweaty-foot swath fall smoothly oa t canvas bed. . Only the heads; this prond monster does not concern himself with 'Straw, and the decapitated stalk's stand be hind hlB course. Tho coldon he ade ron' into the ma chine a* though by their own power, abd are lost in its belly. Sou catoh glimpses of them .rushing here and there throng!* tho complex mechan? ism; and presently a laborer, who bias heen very bupy with some sacks, tierks down a lever. Bump I out tum? nie four fat bags of wheat* At the other end, is mau with a shovel works like mad, dearing away a pile of chaff and short, csumjrled straw. This is all that the ignoran* observer sees; only th? engineer can tell yon? how the grain which stood in proud array; a minute before, is BOW ready for? milt-~o month's work ia five min? It is happy work* woric^?0BVi*?tv ;^en the whirr; of,the-most mod?ra mach?n cry h es been able tofbi? Sf i t D poetry. There is aotaething tn the ?Forking in the sunshioe, the thought that after ali the pains of planting, of guardiag . through: tho ! summer, she crop baa been a success, and will so?? ht?; stored away, as a safeguard, egalnst : the .oomiog winter that makes joyous the laborera who do tho toil. : ' Bospito aU tho jnodMa fcare?stieg ?ppliances, hoirey?r, half th still gathering its orop? according to 'the method, ef the .?Wen iays^ fer the ; sickle.. wsa: ?a^er to the 'long Soy the, and both are the- ancestors of While the binder is ^wprkiiig in Da kota, tko Busman peasant, the basque of the Spanish midlande Bcd t?ie mil lions of - the United. K.iogdom raoa tirue, from Chriotmas on ko the next Christmas. I*ean Hinda nollie women or pretty, dainty Japanese glance tboir swift fingers, crusted from knuckles to nail with rings, through the bright leaves, choosing those which are ripe for the drier. Their harvest festival, too, goes on all the time, for the Japanese make perpetual holidays among the camps of playero and tumblers and puppet-shop propio which cluster about the plantations. In December and January orange piokisg wi" be in progress in Califor nia and Florida. In the dead of our winter, the Cuban laborer* begin to hack at the broad leaves of the to bacco plants, In January and Febru ary they begin io out cane in the West Indies or on the isthmus. Next cornea the main coffee picking in Ceylon. Before it is half over April or early May brings the wheat harvest again, for grain is ripe and ready in Pales tine. In the fields which onoa replenish ed Solomon's granaries, they, till the soil, from ceed to seed, Just as they did for the Wise King. Still the men wield the eicklo and the women gleans and the anmossled ox treads ont the ohe?, as in times when the Prophets made parables from the bread of the body thai men might understand the Bread of Idfo. Only, .the Chosen People harvest no more, and the lord ly Bedouins, who have inherited the land, are too proud to soil their fia* gera with the dust of earth. De? spised Christians from aoross th? Jor dan lease the. fields for a few dol?an and part of the crop. Until tho grain io ripe they esto] their tents in the ruined temples an? theatres of a greater age, ' and turi the waters of the sacred river for Inri gallon and make war on the wild boars Then Boas reaps and Ruth gleam af ter the pattern set when Israel wa a nation. . While they ' aro thrashing in Pales tine, the first binder begins to whir ii Dakota or Oklahoma, and the harves is on again, that the hunger of ma may he satisfied through another Mit ier.; ,' .. _ _ .v ? The Triumph of tha Su?nea. $\?ne of the most interesting au jfWuable of the many Partners" Bull tins issued by the United States D p?riment of Agriculture is tho Lan Worthy m?fiflg^?!? cs jjV?&e Gula* Fowl end its Use as Food," Tl guinea, as wo all know in the Soul is one of the most attractive of ail ? domoE&ioated birds. It can run fast than a kildee, fly further than a pi (ridge, quarsel' moro iban the eoave tton of tho Daughters of tho Aneribi Revoistiofi, and; make aa mmh no? as a Hungarian band; -~ We ; 4e a agree with Dr. Ltagwonby thai 1 ory e2 tho guinea "is undeniably & agreeable", btsi wo do a^eo with hi Chai ii ifl boi yery maok worae th thoso of duoks and geese. T guinea'o placo in tho poultry ye eoonomy is that of a watoheaan ipi *oweV He gives - W?mia|, as I &angworihy says, of marauders in t paltry yard, ^andy^m^ o o t i'ear to attack janything in : feel ero,- BO pugn?oiouB ie hie dispositif nad so determined is fco that he ak may apply : ; whatever correo tito ::S?s^4- .?u; &e?pfog ?be other p6?|tf .quiio so 8weet - among the ;te$j$H inhabitants - of fthe iarm ln';|^p ema' hours of th? morning, ">hen I jS&;Ipt;<Bjii?^rfS^?^*!?Wi?" mt !f?"-ai the ft^*V?*:f^ ?^oi-?ekfSV:po^ African. Mrd.v%|^^^^^^ The guinea,?'^'.ya^'m -han a pugiii?t and poHceaii?^ him as most excellent ^ randing him with tfeobeet of our ge birds, and, issdscd, ia soiao of toe ^ut>aee-^ eb?d in the open markst under flsffio cf pheasant. The demand Mia among the epicures ie?e*e*< ^Wl^ftfi^ ?ide sp eacosBsfally as a gamb bird ia W?d as isu^h /when / f,he ..?.r?a^e! of the game laws forbids unintem cd ooznaiof?e in (be wilder bat ^^^^pir4si^fc^^pi|i idea of $e imp?rtanos attained hotels o?" New -^wU/mti be-gel from ?ho fact than in one of ibo a 4i^a$a^^ ;'fco*>el? 8,008 ;^nueaS ?'were e?b^fg^ .^t^enwell cooked tibe birdt? ?ife tractive in.. appearance, and - the ; fit particularly of the young and of a:^sp^i^iy ^Me- i ;^^f?eVm?n^;h^^ med? pai^ form er?yf pair. ID Montgomery, Alabama, the guinea sella from 30 cents to 35 oents eaob, and the reports from the poul terers in many of our Arc erie au citied show that the guinea is worth as mnoh as the best of youog chiok 'en?. Strange \o say, in this experimental country of ours tho guinea egg has not yet reached its true appreciation. It ia considered by European epicures as a great delicacy, with, a rich flavor resembling that of tho, much prised plover's eggs, and is regarded by many as especially delicious when eaten cold with aspic jelly or other relish. In the South the best of the old time oooks hold the guinea egg in special reverence when it comes to making oake and preparing dishes, where a rioh flavor is required. The flesh cf tLd guinea ia regarded as easi ly and .thoroughly digested, and not inferior on this account to the flesh of ohiokens and turkey. The conducion of Dr. Lang worthy is that guinea fowls might well be brod in the United States more estensively either along with other poultry or in langer numbers by themselves. They are inclined to run about ; a good deal. With proper care they are easily raised and the guinea hen is a great layer of eggs, ber average output a ? year not being less than 100 eggs, and frequently more than this num ber. The guinea is exceptionally bardy and free from diaeeas. He ia a great iciest destroyer. He eata all sorts of wild seeds, and if property trained 'would doubtless make abort work ox ino nut grass crop, whioh ia se much of s nuisanoe. on many Southern farms. ,lit will without doubt, says Dr. Langworthy, be a benefit to both breeders and boyero, If, as seems probable, guinea fowls ba come more appreciated as a table bird in this. ountry." Ab?. - that is as good as a pheasant for the table, and that lays better eggs than a hen, that furnishes ai ! nourishing diet aa beef or mutton, that protesta the roost from thieves at night and the poultry, yard from hawks in the day 'time, that oan bc releed with little oare and a mo dieu a of food, ought to be regarded witt great favor by. our economists cf th < farra. The day of the guinea'I triumph is near at hand. We hav< known bim for many years, and tb* Amerloan people. will prise bim a! the mora when they' learn to apprc elate his many virtues.-News am Courier. Speaker Canne* Sold His Coat. Indianapolis, November 19.-Sena tor Homenway last night told a story of Speaker Cannon that seems to bo new. lie said that tho Speaker's daughter looks after her father's olothiug. and one day sho suggested that ho needed a new ovcrooat, and he said that ho would drop in at hin tailor's and order one the nest day. Miss Cannon knew her father's Washington tailor and sho made it a point to seo him. Sho seleoted a handsomo pieoo of cloth and asked the pride. ''It's worth $60," said the tailor. "Very well," said Mioa Cannon, "when father comes in you show it to him and suggest that it is just the thing. He will not want to pay you more than ?25, so you put that prioe on it and I will pay the remain der." Two days later Mr. Cannon called on hie tailor to buy an overooat. Ho readily foll into tho trap and seleoted I tho cloth the tailor urged him to buy. The ooat was made and it was a fino garment. The day Congress opened "Uncle Joe" was on hand with his new overooat. Several members ad mired it and one Congressman asked what the ooat oost and where it waa purchased. Mr. Cannon gave the name of the tailor and proudly in formed the Congressman that he got the coat for $25." "That's oheap enough." replied the Congressman. "I'd like to have one like it. I'll tell you what I'll do. 1 haven't time to go and see that tailoi and ?ait for a ooat to be made. Tl give yon $?0 for it." "The 03at'a yours," said "Und Joe," and he Blipped off the germen and handed it over. The spesker is wondering yet wha brought a very strange expression t Mias Cannon's faoe that evening i dinner when he told her about hi shrewd overcoat deal. --Men who oan labor with the 'hands are needed in the South. A< cording to The "Manufacturera' R cord, with every able-bodied leborfc man now ai work, "there would eti bc room for 500,000 men and wornt to do the immediate work ox ti South, to say nothing ofthat whij ia to bo done hereafter." Thia ahpi age of help has told severely in tl cotton mills. ?ooordiog to The B o ord, "Io the'season of 1901-05 So ut ern cotton mills consumed 2,172,9 bales of cotton, though their spinnii eapaoiljr waa sufficient to consut 400,000 or 600,000 bales more." OOD, big "mealy" potatoes can not be produced with out a liberal amount of POTASH in the fertilizer-not less than ten per cent. It must be in thc form of Sulphate of POTASH of highest quality. "Plant Food" and "Truck Farming" are two practical books which tell of the successful growing of potatoes and the other garden truck-sent free to those who write us for them, Addreos, (JU RM AN KALI WORKS. Now Ycrk-03 Nassau Street, or Atlant?. Qa.-22}; So. Broad Street. FRED. 0. BROWN, Pren, and Treas. | ?3 B. F. M ATJLD1N, Vice Pweiden A. B. FARMER, Secretary. The Anderson Iteal Estate and Investment Co?, BUYERS AND SELLERS OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS & BONDS. J. C. CUMMINGS, Sales Dep't. Our facilities for handling your .property are perfect, m we are large advertisers all over the country. Bight now wo ara having considerable inquiry for farms in this and ad? olnlng Counties, and owners of farm lands in the Piedmont section who wish to dispose of their property will find that we are in a position to make quick and satisfactory sales. Now is the time to list your property with us, and ve will proceed at once to giye attention to all properties en trusted to us. Address j?ll communications to J, C. Cummings, Sales Department, maui HU BM & manar ami Kf?w comos the "Good Old Summer Time" /'?'.?. .when you want one of our - - . - - ?> Up-to-Date VEHICLES for Pleasure. Carriages, Surreys, ? Photons* Buggies, Eun-a*Bouts, ; Buckboard, Traps, And in fact o?y thing you need In the Vehicle line yon will find at our lia* podtories. A fiuo lino of HARNESS, SADDLES, UMBRELLAS, CAN OPY SHADES, DUSTERS, &o. Gall and examine for yourself, and if we cannot salt yon it will bs? cse fault, /Very truly, HOTWELL-HANKS 00M Anflerson, 0 THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTB?MCI .yv, ??xmxcelle? Bining Car Service. Through Pullman Sleepingtfiars eft allTrains. Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. WIKTJBB TOURI?T BATES are new tn tflcct;to ell FJoii?a Pointe For foll information as to rates, routes, etc., ' coninlt ceaieit Benthes? Railway Ticket Agent, or , B. W. HUNT, Bivieion Passenger Agent, Charleston, a 0. QSTE CAB OF HQfi F^ED. V Have just received one Car Load of HOGr*FEED (Shorts) at very close prices. Come before they are all gone. Now is the time for throwfog--- " ? Around your premises to prevent a case of fever or ;\v?vV>:,-. ?onieother disease, that will wat you very much more than the prica.of a bdrelof Xime (>1.00.)9We have a fresh shipment in stock, and rill be glad to sendjyon some. If yM contemplate building n,barn oijaay ; ^ f , t> ^ ? other bullang, see ns before^uying your-' CEMSHT and J .? A?w*ae?tha^ lt Makes Paie ?lEote.%i& togaterfc dlsbesSi, sticSi aa headache, ^W^ ^el toto?ws, ot?te, scan^orpfe^ meostru attooV dragging <t?wn pains, etc. T ; ?t Isa balding. slwogth-m?Sbg in?rilc^ ^ medicine that is certain to do yra good. T*y it. - -, ^^|o^-b>:every drugged ^ $^00 botttea. [ \ \' /w \ free?? and frankly, to s?rfcfcst couf?d* " ^tefllog us?B your eysapioais em "YOU ASE F?tel>3 |^Sffi?fifi?I?? Caldofi I ? BBaa SMASHS? 1 m lautend mat Carool rt vratft ??S weSgtf ia gold toefl eutrtrfng ladles." JAW itt R?en Even with ?tapie a matter as shoe blacking not one .kriow ?i?w to shine shoes properly. In |^!^lb^i:tt?;; ordinary shine looks vlike iull stove polish. Theres allays good wages for fomfe ^?&?Wfc% they'are har? tQ ^d. Wc want Ninian ihi?t^-;^r^.^.;^ to push our selling system ^r TH? :\. PHILADELPHIA. PA. ? [':??.????':?- ^ ?Sr?