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AIKEN ON ?GRI( Urges Hore Liberal Support ol Mr. Aiken: Mr. Chairman, while I am not a member of the Agricultural Committee, I feel tho deepest interest in all that pertains to agriculture and to any legislation looking to its ad vancement* I desire to direct special attention to a certain provision of the agricul tural bill, and incidentally to refer to tho general matter of appropriations for agricultural purposes. Tho item of the agricultural appro priation bill which authorizes thc ex penditure of $20,000 "to further de velop the dairy industry of the South ern States by conducting experiments, holding institutes,' and giving object lessons in dairying," a separate prop osition incorporated in the bili at the instance of my colleague (Mr. Lever), is a good measure, and I wish to ex press my i .earliest indorsement of it. The only objection that I have to the measure is thut the amount appropri ated is too smal?. Sui many meas? ores which prove to be of the greatest importance have had just such a small beginning and so this one, onoe its advantages have been impressed upon the public mind, may findjnore libera] eupport in Congress. There aro many advantages whiob B peouliarly recommend the South GB a dairying section; and that this is not one of itB ohief industries, to-day is due more to the lack of information on the subject than to any other cause. ..*'. ' ' - Perhaps one of ?e greatest advan tages that the South offers as.a dairy ing section is the cheapness of land and the o paree hess of its population. Pas ture lands are necessary for profitable dairying, and pasture lands come pret ty high at forty and fifty dollars per acre, tho oommon price in populous sections. ( In South Carolina we have some 19,000,000 acres of land, of which only about 6,000,000 acres are in cultiva tion, and South Carolina perhaps offers little' advantage over other Southern States in this particular. More than two-thirds' of '4ar .'abd is idle, in a measure profitable : ?or the lack of sufficient farming population. A large per cent of this land is well adapted to pasturing for beef and dairying purposes, i If only our farm ers oouid he brought to realise the profits of dairying as an independent industry these lands, now unprofita ble, would furnish a new source of wealth to that section; or if dairying could be carried on more extensively or more systematically as an adjunct to the well conducted farm, the advan tage to tho farmer in land building as well as in receipts from dairying pro ducta would make it well worth his While. ; V'y] ' Host of . the Southern States have a luxuriant growth of natural grass that ia green', nine or ten months of the year; and in my own State Bermuda and many other introduced grasses grow in perfection. Th? bay front Bermuda; grass is unexcelled in the world. This 1dan personally vonoh for- .j/S:0^ "While graea ?one bannet be relied Oa for profitable dairying it is an es sential and properly used with cotton B?wu ???is tv?d.????l produces splendid results. ! T?e aatural grasses of South Carolina would furnish ample pastor? ago for great herda': : of ;loitt!s? m months iUvth?"yea|.' : $o Sxteusive effort has eyer been m ade to grow-win ter grasses, but in thousand of yards and lawns ra ay bo seen a practical da monstration of the fact ?iati?lue grass atti lawn grass both grr?w there b?sd ti^idl^^d^-p^pw conditions. ; ::, The great difficulty with our South ern people bas been the one crop idea; and so p/c?table hes been this crop for tho past few year3 that they have ubt'|PeJ|t^the.-neeossity^ for diversifica ' ? The man who ie doing well wiping: cotton never thinks that h^i might do better raising something .-m^^^^^^m Even il* local deme^d.>for daby at, aaostCprofltable priocs, coming Xt?m i.Sud a, ?mali town in the 8oja.ih tbal bas not had Us pariodleal butter faa ice, and yet- nature -ins '^^^^Ittil :;::v?l^t?ltt?^^ cbjeet ?etMai has b?en dose by ,O?#?awn A^r# ,. tnr*?^ ds^s^^f^^'W .'t?. so?s^^P my^?isiei^f?iinstenfii*. ?n&/it?a?& 'snd^-'is^ are ;jtwwtfoi?j CULTURAL BILL f tho Agricultural Department. far exceeds the supply. With the possible exception of the corn crop, no single farm product rcaohes this stu pendous amount. Tho South could easily add at least 30 per cent to this amount without the loss of a single dollar from its present souroos of rev enue. The Government could not spend money to better advantage than in encouraging this industry there, and in instructing tho people in its proper management. For agricultural purposes I favor tho most liberal appropriations. The products of the soil, and that which goes with tho ordinary farm, consti tute the basis of our wealth; all oise is but so much margin on the crudo products. What blood is, coursing through tho veins and arteries of the human system, that the farm product is distributed through the great rail road lines of this country. Esch car rier in its composition tho life-sus taining essence. - The various farm produots of the United States last year aggregated the stupendous sum of $6,415,000,000, and eaoh year brings sn increase of over $250,000,0.00. Literally we feed and olothe the world, furnishing, as we do, more than 30 per cent of the grain, a still larger per cont of the meat, and fully 80 per oent of tho aot ton ?f the world. In th* past six years the farmers have secured a bal? ance of trade amounting io $5,635, 000-.000. . .. Tho Government is year by year "lengthening its cords and strength ening UB stakes." Is it not tho part of wisdom to lend every encourage ment to that whioh constitutes the basis of its strength, if. not its very life? Surely, "there i s a giving that enrioheth and a withholding that im poverished!." :' Although agriculture stands incom parably first in the production v of wealth, it oooupies the lowest place in the scale of appropriations. A'state ment prepared by Senator Allison, covering the average annual appropri ations as well as the aggregate appro priations for various purposes for the paet six years, will doubtless prove of ; interest, and hence I give it here; PURPOSES ?P APPROPRIATION. . i -.-.- -. ?":':.; *'?';*. ,? ? i. ., Total sha yrs. Annual Av. Ap. for all purpftae?~...?lI694.2251982 S7?0.C07.CS3 P. O. Department......... S62,36G,1CS 147.1S1.08I Feiioioni....................... 810,781.090 141,101.618 AnajM.MM.......?.MM.. 515.74G.106 O0,057.C3i l?avy.................... 602,817,088 88,719,610 ?andry CitU Kxp._ a37.401.785 51,3CG,053 ?5i?wMT? Sq^Mw?. 189,430,711 ?3,575, J18 RlTCr and harbor....... 115,741,764 19,190,688 Indian!-.................. 62,177,078 S,766,2C2 Fortifications............... 43,801,695 7,250,182 Agricultural.................. S2,5*5,0S0 , 0,424,189 Occupying tho position of the first nation of the world as a producing people, we aire almost parsimonious in the appropriations whioh go to build up the farming interests. ' With farming interests more exten sive than those of/.benighted Russia, we spend less than one-third the ; amount espended by that country for agricultural purposes. A oompara ti ve statement1 of the amounts spent by the leading powers shows this Government up in very bad light. Russia spends $25,000,000 annually; Fran?e, $9,000,000; Austria, ' $9,275, 000;4HuBgary, $9,400,000; while ihe United States, With ita vast area and ;. diversified farming, calling tot the ; ;m?>afc " so??iiSno methods, spends lesa .then $7,000,000. Snob has been the yield of our virgin soil, no matter how uoeeientiflo 'oar methods, thai.?the Government for many years overlook ' ed tho ' necessity of establishing an' Agricultural Department wprtby of . the name. From tho Carnation of th? Govern meot the demands of agriculture havo baen forced, inch by iu?h, upon the unwilling ears, df ; Congress. There was not an agricultural bureau until 1839; and af ter thBt tiuio, even lo the year 3889, owing to inadequate appro ' priatioBS, it was little more-than a '.i boreau. : In 188$ the real' ? Agriesltund-Depart?^ ' 'farni?^t^W'V , :.-'-v.'...'''?^W8 Proverb* th? World Orer. Tho wit ?nd wisdom of proverbs sro olsd in different garb in different countries, bot they aro all very much the esme. Identioal ideas arising in dependently in widely separated na tions aro not necessarily expressed in intertranslatablo forms. They usu ally derive, says the Loudon Globe, a cen sin quaintness from the manners and customs of tho people who uso them. Thus, tho old Greek proverb, "The master's eyo makes tho horse fat," has many different renderings. Tho Haytians express it with local color ing, "Tho garden far (from tho mas ter's house), tho gumbo spoils." ?gaiu, tho familiar idea whioh we set forward in tho following way, "You can't get blood from a stone or from a beet, or brocks from a Highlandor," is rendered in tho West Indies as "The pumpkin vino does net yield the oalabash." Even ia regard to tho matter of "going before tho break" tho East Indian and tho West Indian have parallel expressions, for whore tho former says of a friend that he was ''pinohed," tho latter observes that they "pressed his tail." In order to establish tho sisterhood of proverbs it is only neceasary to take a fow touches of nature which make the whole world kin and regard them from the various national ss* peots. The classical but homely truth, "Drive ont nature with a pitch fork, and she will return," orops ont in many a negro tribe in quaint forms, such as the following: "A man that keeps the birds away keeps them away." The idea convoyed by "He needs mu at gc whom tho devil drives" is universally recognized. Some tribes patti, "Tbs stomach has no ears," others, "The empty bag cannot stand upright,'' j Tho idoQ we. express in tho words, "Only the wearer knows where the i shoe pinohes," is convoyed quito as I aptly by the Swahili in his proverb, "Only tho dead man knows where the grave is too narrow." Seafaring tribes say "Tho bottom of tho ship knows best how theses presses." Our fa miliar sayings about "running after two hares" and "falling between two stools" are again paralleled and cap ped by tho Zambesi proverb "Thc rider of two horses splits asunder." ThiB quaintness of setting forth often "goes one better" on our home? ly proverbs. Our saying "Don't, dc asido, do as I tell yon" is good; but the Dutch "The monk preschet against thieves with the goose in hit larder," or the American "When thc lawyer gets the fowl stealer acquitted be is paid in fowls," is better, bat thc Spanish parallel is quaintest of all, "The friar condemns the thief with thc padding np his sleeve." Where wc say "If you want a thing done clo il yourself" the West Indian gets t shade ahead-of us wi*-h ^h** ?^**?"= "Send a dog, and the dog will send his tail." ' The same advice is given in a still better form by the Armenian who ob serves, "If you ?end a messenger 01 an errand go with him.". And thc astute unbelieving Chinaman who, Uko his proverbial image maker, putt no faith either in the gods or the mes sengers of the gods, I 'for he knowe what they are made of," sums up thc situation in a way that is perhaps at correct as it is sweeping. "If yoi wanta thing done," he says, "gc yourself; if not, send." Il There is probably no better prover! in the English language than "Stall waters run deep." No other nat?os "goes one better" than this, thongs many come near it. The Turk says, "Distrust the water that dosi not war bje, and the bird that dosi not chirp." Thia lacks the element of parados which occurs in our English render ing. The African parallel has more cf ?hat element. "Beware of thc silent matt," ti rana; "he has a bras, band in his mouth" ; and a mon southern tribe1 puts the idea squall? well in the shape of "Silenoe hath s mighty noise." . On the sub j e c t of woman it go e ? without saying that all the nations ol the earth formed the sagat? opinion ol thc fair sox long, long ago, and up tc the present none of them have aee'a any reason to alter that opinion, but whether the opinion in which they all concur is concealed or rey^?d-'"!" pro verbs, it would be an insrjfc to thc iver's reason ,an^ to whisper, "If a man loses a woman and a farthing ho will miss tho farth ing"; the Fronohman pauses between his absinthes to remark, "A woman of gold is worth a man of straw" ; the negro medicino man swears to his tribo, "Women are words, doods aro men" ; the Persian assorts that "Wo men and dragons aro host out of the world" ; tho Gorman contends that "Whorover there ia mischief brewing, a woman and a priest aro at the bot tom of it" ; ond that "Thoro aro only two good women in tho world; ono is dead and tho other is missing." Needed Protection. After bo had fallen upon his kneen , and kissed her hand sho said: "Beforo I auswer yes or no there aro some things I would Uko to ask you. Do ;'H over drink or gam ble?" 'No," ho eagerly replied. "I do not know what tho tasto of liquor is. I havo never defiled my lips with to bacco. I have never uttered a profano word in my lifo. I have never oven played ouohro whore a prize was at stake." Sho looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, drow a long sigb, and then asked: "Have you ever broken a woman'B heart?" "Ah, how can you ask mo that?" he almost reproachfully answered. "If I had evor spoken a word of love to another I would not deem myself worthy to touch tho hem of your garmont. I have never oared for any woman except my. mother. I < have never given any girl oauso to utter a sorrowful sigh. Yours is tho first door, soft little band that I have ever held in my own. Never beforo to night havo 1 looked into auy girl's oyes as I am looking into your deep, soulful eyes. .Never" "Oh, dear," sho impatiently inter rupted, drawing her hand away from him. "It's after 8 o'clock, and you shouldn't be so far away from homo at this timo of night. Wait a min ute, pleaso, aud I'll seo if I can't get my brother Tom to go with you. Your mamma must bo terribly wor ried. "-Chicago Record-Herald. - Opportunity knocks at every man'B door but a lot of men aro so busy doing a little "knocks" them selves that they fail to hoar oppor tunity. Boars tte _vyIbo Kted You Hara Always Bought Three Big Floors of Merchandise Filled to the Brim ! $?5f000.00 WORTH OF NEW MERCHANDISE ! BY WHOM? Tho Oldest and Reliable House in Anderson County, tho Famous : JUST THINK 1 This House ia over a half century old 1 Always given satisfaction, and always will. Now, good friends and customers, we are going to Bay ii you are out hunting a pretty Dress or a beautiful Ladies' Hat we can fit you up to the letter. We have three large floors covered with beautiful Goo da. On the first floor you will find everything in Domestics-suoh aa Sheet* ing, Shirting, Checks. Oalicoea, Oil Cloth. On this floor we also have * beautiful Skirt and Suit Department. On the main floor you will find a "beautiful line of up-to-date Dress Goods in Wool and Cotton. Men's and Ladies' Shoss and Slippers, also Men's and Children's Shoes, Ladies' Waists, Embroideries, Laces and No tions. lu our Millinery Department we have a magnificent line of Ladies' and Children's Hats. All the Ladies tell us we have tho prettiest and cheapest Hats in Anderson, so don't forget to see us on this lina, On the third floor you will find a splendid line of Men's and Boys' High Grade Clothing at prices to snit your pocket-book. A beautiful line of Boya'Knee Suits from 98o to 8150.' / See our line of Men's and Boys' Negligee Shirts and Ties. If you ara contemplating taking a trip this Summer soe us on Trunks, We sell more Trunks than any other house in Anderson. Tours for a big Spring business, ^ LESSEE SB CO., LEADERS OP LOW PRICES, FRED. G. BROWN, Pres. and Treas. | B. F. MAULDIN, Vice President A. 8. FARMER, Secretary. Anderson Real Estate and Investment Go., ?fel Bi| teft M! This Esiab?isumont hos been Selling ^TTIELIISrXTTTIE^IE IN ANDERSON for raore than forty yoara. During all that time eompotitorfl hayo como and gone, but wo havo remained right hero. We have ?ilwoys bold Cheaper than any others, and during thoBO long years \to have not had ono dis satisfied oustomer. Mistakes will sometimes ocour, and if at any time w? found that a customer was dissatisfied we did not rest until we had mauo him satisfied. This polioy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, Iru? and last ing, and wo can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence of tho pcoplo of this section. We have a larger Stock of Gooda thia season than wc have ever had, and we piedlo vou our word that we have never sold Furniture at as close a margin of pr^f.t as we aro doing now. This ia proven by tho fact that we aro selling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Como and seo us. Your parents saved money by buying from us. and you and your children can savo money by buying I ?e too. We carry EVERYTHING in the Furniture linc, (G, F. TOLLY & SON. Depot Street. The Old Reliable Furniture Dealer? I). S. VANDIVBR. J. J. MAJOR. E. P. VANDIVER. VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR -DEALERS IN - Vehicles SLUCL JEIctrxiess ! SEE US ON BUGGIES.WAGONS HARNESS If you owe us past due paper be sure to see us promptly. : : : : Yours truly, VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. Ntrar is a good time to buy a new Buggy and Harness and we want you to look at our large stock of the latest and beBt up-to-date sty leB, and it will be no trouble for yu to make a selection. Our work is all sold under gu?rante J. We have extra bargains to offer. Give us a trial. Our prices are low and terms to suit. TH? J. S. FOWLER COMPANY. F. S.-We havo a few last Fall's Jobs to go at Cost. THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM! UJO excelled Dining Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping?Cars?on all Trains J? H Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. g? WINTER TOURIST RATES are now In effect to all Florida Pointe For full information as to rates, routes, etc., consult ne ar CE t Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent,'Charlee toi,, S..O- , SR COKS MORGAN, A IBU Gen. Pas, Agent, Atlanta, Ga. . i 1 i 4 ? Sis g eg li * i P. ca H s ca 8 g I? S0 > 4 OB. S S ONE CAB OF HOG FEED. Have just received one Car Load of HOG FEED (Shorts) at veiy close prices. Come before^they^are all gono. Now is the time for throwing Around yonr premises to prevent a case of fever or some other disease, that will cost you very much more than tho price of a barrel of Lime ($1.00.) We have a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad to send?yon some, If yon contemplate building a barn or any other building, Bee us b?ibre buying your CEMENT and LEKE3 "SE AB we sell the Tery^bestlqaalitiesConly.; o??p. AMBIBRSOM: A LONS LOOK AHEMS A man thinks it ia when the matter *of lifo ' ineoiraee suggests itself-bet dronjnsten> v est of lats hive oho wu how life hangs by a thread when war, flood, hurricane and firs suddenly overtakes you, and the only way v io bs sure that you? family is protected in ease of calazsity overtaking yon is to In? ?ure in a solid Company like The Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co? Drop in and see us about it STATE V Peoples' Bank Building, ANDERO. . C v '? ' . .. .. -y - '!' ? , "'; ;.? V ..; . ... . . . I 'l Wi