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Barnwell VOL- XXIV- BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 2,, I90 i. V NO. 38 POLITICS IN THIS STATH. McLanrin’s Poaltion aa it Appears to aa Outsider. Mr. W. E. Curtis, correspondent of the Chicago Record-Herald, who was recently in CL&rleston and other parts of South Carolina studying the politi cal situation developed by Senator Mc- Laurin, writes to his paper from Co lumbia his impressions of the case. He says: “ The politics of South Carolina are in what may be called an interesting situation, but to appreciate the signi ficance one must take into considera tion a few events in history. Before the war Sooth Carolina was ruled by wj^al is familiarly known as the “plan tation aristocracy,” a close and exclu sive clan which was autocratic and in dependent. After the war came what is known aa the “carpet-bag” period, when former soldiers and camp fol lowers of the Union tinny organized the newly enfranchised negroes into a Republican party and controlled the offices and the finances of the Stale. Tin se were overthrown by force—a political revolutam. Sous tor Tillman aayt, “ We shot ’em, we ecared ’em, we cheated ’em, and we drove ’em awar from the polls.” Then the ex- soldier came into power, the “Confed erate brigadier.” Nobody could get an (ifflee or exercise any influence un less be had served in the Southern army, and if be had left a leg or an arm upon the battlefield or ca-md the marks of the conflict on hie person his influence and position was advanced. During the rule of the ‘‘Confederate bngadirr” the Fanners’ Alliance was organis'd aed senator Till man emerg ed from obscurity to become the joilU- cal dictator of the State. He has been an absolute mmatch. IDs will baa be* a lew, and the greet roues masa of the Democrats here stood by btia end obeyed his orders ia e mum re- autkable meaner. Neither Bryan In Nebraska, ear Croher ie New York, nor Gorman in Maryland, nor Hanna In Ohio bes e«»r baa so complete sod nooeestioned authority SB IMlmee. The old aristocracy, the commercial element, the manufacturers and other peopls of means have been opposed to TMlman aed bis PowelisUc tabey, bet be bee prelsrreJ their oppomttse to their sepport became It has suuagth- seed him with the M weeti| bet" *le- ti.eol in !*Sf riurstry •• ,u* I-:*. > - ten era termed. Bet this oppoetitoe bes nrrer argasianl It baa realised e boneltm mmerily and j) to Tillman wee aealeae. The Itepebticaa party la practically extinct. The negroes no longer vote end the wh I Mr Kepebltewee an so few In earn be* s that thev are only able ie fill the Federal ofilces. They have melelateed s n mlnsl organnatioo far the sake oh seeaitng recognition at PrmtdreUal eoavsaUuea and ie the d*s- trihmlen of patronage, end have net seeonreted eeyone to join their party bee aw* r of fear the new com era might seek oAue. Thm *es the sHeetimi in fionlh Car olina last Winter when Senator Me- Lanria, a joeag nmn of good family, excel leal character, unquestioned in tegrity, but limited ability, took ea independent stand in national legisla tion and gave hm hearty sepport lo the policy of the Hepabltean atimiaiei ra tion. It was not a new thing for Me. Inaria. Us was to the habu of voting with the Republican* now sad then gainst bis own party on the tan If currency .ueeiton*. both In the ““ ^ ‘ u vote could be depended upon when ever it wss needed, and as s mailer of reciprocity the Presideut and the members of the Cabinet accepted his recommendations in appointments to office and other official matters in South Carolina. Last spring Mr. McLaurin notified Senator Jones, of Arkansas, that he should not attend the Democratic cau- cas any longer, because he was not in sympathy with his party upon some of the principal issues pending, wnd to avoid embarrassment to himself as well as them preferred to remain away. When the commotion occasioned by this announcement was at its height he made a speech at Charlotte, N. C., be fore the Manufacturers’ Association, in which he defined his position. Mr. McLanrin’s announcements and the circumstances attending them cre ated a great sensation in 8outh Caro lina, although they were. not unex pected. Taken with the fact that sev eral young and active men who had formerly been Democrats were ap pointed to Federal offices upon his re commendation, it was properly assum ed that he intended to revive or at least re-esUblisb the Republican party in the State. This he denies, although many of his lieutenants have incau tiously admitted it. It would be im possible, hiwever, for Mr. McLaurin just now to barn his bridges behind him sod declare himself s Republican, because be could not then be a candi date for re-election to the United States Senate. It it the coelom here, where there is only one party, to hold Democratic primaries and vote for all the candl dates to office. This is a sort of pre- Kmioary election. Any man who wants to be Governor or Senator or Cooxraasmsn or bold any other gift of Democrat* party has bis placed apoa tha ticket, end in August 1 Democrat* are allowed to vote f-jr tbrtr cbotce. The Democratic ticket at the eaeaiag eloctioa la made op of 1 the candidates receiving the highest number of veriae at the primaries, and the Slate Legwlatare uuectmously ratifies the cbotce of the party for a failed Melee Senator so expressed. Therefore, If Mr. McLaann should formally withdraw from the Demo crats: party be coaid not be a candi dal* for re-election la the U States Seasle at the pel manes, and one woald vote far him ia the to nmaia nominally a mnahar of party •Mil the sUrtlua is over. The Til I ms n lies or regulars la lead him oat af the pai% ai Ik impiwsibls for him lo be a candtdake by advptrag a reeoleltea si tbs that ovary ea. Senator Tillman makea the charge himself. r' Mr. Cartis, after quoting from the attack made by Tillman, and McLau- rin’s reply thereto, concludes; Ik will thus be seen that the two Senators from South Carolina are still on speaking terms, and if the cam paign begins by an exchange <4 this sort of compliments, how .will it end ? OF INTBRB8TTO FARMERS by adapting oi roe rsaillea urovsling ^||0 aitanmm lumfrimm 1 Wm m Method! Used at the Experimen tal Farm at Southern Pines, N. C. Having had an occasion to make a business trip to North Carolina, I em braced the opportunity to visit South ern Fines and made a thorough exam ination of the work being done at the Experimental Fit.m of the North Caro hna State Horticultural Society. The farm ia situated near the city of South ern Pines, in Moore county, North Carolina, some sixty-six miles sonth- west from Raleigh, on the Seaboard Air Line. Tbia k>cation was selected principally on account of “the fine climate and soil, both most favorable for experiments. The soil has proved to be well adapted to the growth of grapes, peaches and other fruits, and within a few years the region around Sou to era Pine* has become quite an important fruit growing district. The land ia level sod uniform, and thus well suited for the extensive scheme of field *a pen menu conducted by the eociaty. The area of the farm Ufixty- five scree, with the addition of the vegeieble depart meut, consisting of fifteen scree. All the work from the clearing of the land, down to the pre- t time, has been ve?} exact and The principal object ie lo determine by sene* of actual expert- menu on the fares, the beak quantities and relative proportions for using lbs various fertiliiiag eubtuncee ia eider lo pr<>dm e the largest crops at the least tiprtitc. • v, commercial brand of fertiliser is fertilizing ingredient* are ia various cousbiuatiuae. that bes been done sod ie so vast, that it is said, to be the •aed, but HHMfal The work ander contemplnl loo be well anid, and before the people at the pet als faith lo the sepport of lbs pin if ora, and then make a platform donounctag eapension and advocating free Undo, flue roinago at sixteen In one sod other Fupuiletic netpiee, which Ik Ie notorious that I Mina dues nek believe In. This woald he n good thing for several nn- sot>*, although h might be father pain ful for Mclamrin. It weald bring the taane squarely before the people and I make a fight on the principles and not on the man. It ia believed, loo, ibai McLnarin would be much ekrouger if he force* this issue than if he trice to | return lo the be nets by the bach do*, lie admits tnat be favor* protection, expansion, a single gold standard, sub sidise sod other Republican doctrines, and, if be asks all the people of South Carolina -who agree with him to cast ‘ *■ LT t bad never gpne *o far be- Y* 1 ? ? fore, and had supported Biyan both in 1896 and 190U. McLaurin comae from the southeastern part of the State, where hi* family are planters, well-to- do people of Scotch.Irish ancestry. It ie said that be was originally Intended for the ministry, but ariftod into the law, was elected to the Legislature, ap pointed Attorney General of the Stale, was sent to Congress to fill an un expired tertu and formally elected at the next campaign. He pleased the moet extensive and ecteatifie expert- me Mai farm ta lb* world. Two sene* of ie vretigeHoes are aow being coo as devoted to vegetable* sod crops, and the other to fruits. The series devoted to pears (Katfsr) were set oak la UM, rnghtesa trees to the plot af < Ufcmuatkmto of the diffareat ptoka, as the results of the difereot cow Mae ti was of fertiliser Ingredieau, imegiae yea are I at the top of a flight of Idewa at lb rspraaoat* the plot fertlliaad with a complete fertiliser, allrugee ' pburu: acid aad potash, with quaatiiy, the bottom eiea da unfertilized, noth lag but ■M people so (hat ile and gaiueil Tillman’s confidence when -there was a vacancy id the United States Senate McLauriu waa appointed to fill* it and became a candidate when the election occurred. Tillman preferred John Gary Evans for his coUeague in the Senate, but as the fight was between two of his fol lowers be kept hik hands off. The more respectable element of the State, the business community, the professional men and others who were interested in the result supported McLaurin be cause they considered him the better rnen of the two, m character, ability and iu all other respects. McLaurin had been on both sides, however, more or less. He had failed to sustain Till man several times, and although no pledges were exacted from, or offered him - during the campaign of 1897 he knew, and Tillman knew, and the anti Tillman element in the State knew, that be desired or expected to lead or at least to become a figurehead for the latter faction. In other words, he was taken up by'the anti-Tillman element to break Tillman, and Tillman’s sup porters called him contemptuously, “ Curly-Headed Johnny.” When McLaurin got into the Senate he snd Tillman had very little to do with each other. They were merely friendly, and each watched the other with suspicion. McLaurin was in fre quent consultation with representative* of the Manufacturer*’ Association and other organizations that ignored Till man, and was looked upon aa their representative. Whenever legislation vital to the Republican interests or strongly daeirad by the administration waa pending McLaurin habitually voted with the Preaidani’e party, which caus ed sonee comment. It waa understood leaders that bis I<cgtslatarr who are pledged to support him fot the l’oiled States Senate, the real eenUment of South Carolina will be disclosed. rml f* rtilu j of the sod, the teurv steps, those plots that have fertilisers of various smoue e. This Ulaatratioo well aa- ewere for the appears ace of the sene* with I'eacbee, applet aad ptame The eeriea of prate devoted to grape* were set out iu 1895, ooe-lweukieth of aa acie to each plot. Here some extra fin* work baa been dope, not only showing the effect of different foime of plant food and ia different qaaatllie*, but the different ways of pruning and form of training the vine. The nuea are now cat back to the m buying fertilising materials adapted to his soil and crops, he must recollect that all crops are not alike, and that it is necessary for differont and proper combinations of fertilizing materials to produce great results. Elaborate re ports of the operations oi the farm are sent out annually and bulletins quar terly, and are free to all who may apply fer them. I found the farm well laid off with driveways and avenues, and a house iu the centre of the farm answered for a committee room for the receptipn of visitors to the farm and as a residence for the supenutendent. I had the pleasure of meeting come members of the supervising committee of the Ex perimental Farm, Col. J. Van Llnd- ley, president of the State Horticul tural society, and Major Beck, of Southern Pinos, also Captain A. D. McNair, the general superintendent of (he Experimental Farm, and his esti mable wife. While traveling from Atlanta to North Carolihe over the Seaboard Air Line, I was surprised to see nearly a dozen new cotton mills under construc tion. Some in Georgia, and all alcng the line, through South Carolina and North Carolina. Not only are cotton mills being constructed, but every sta tion along the line ia building up other manufacturing industries. The indus trial revolution that ia sweeping over the South will make these Suite* the three great manufacturing States of the South. Alabama will furnish the coal and iron. I wish to make this prediction: that in less than twenty- five years the bulk of the cotton crop grown in the South will be grown west of Alabama, and that the three South Atlantic Stoics cau and will become live cotton manufacturing centre o! the odd. What cotton m grown ia the South Atlantic Stoles trill be grown aa a sorphn crop aad an intensive e/e- i*m will be followed, each as will pro duce tu ordinary seeeooe from oee to three bales per acre. Leads that are devoted to oottoa culture will be •applies of tudae- inveatment through local brokers. All of these pools have been wiped out. A young woman in the treasury de partment, who recently inherited 15,000 through a life insurance policy, put it all into the stock market. Her profits amounted to about $14,000 up to Tuesday evening. The >irop in stocks on Wednesday and Thursday cleaned out all her profits and her original $5,000. James G. Blaine is a well-known spectator in stocks. Within the past year, it is believed, Mr. Blaine has beaten the market for something up wards of $350,000. Mr. Blaiue ia a conspicuous figure during market houis at a well-known stock-jobbing house on F Street in this city. When he is not playing the stock market business he is usually found in an automobile with Miss Hiichborn, to whom he will be married June 12tb. Mr. Blaine is referred to incidentoly for the reason that he was “caught abort” on North ern Pacific stock on Wednesday for $125,000. There were others who figured in the Northern Pacific deal in Washing ton. One of the men said to have been speculating on Northern Pacific stock was | no less a person than William McKinley, the United States, also a distinguished statesman. Marcus Cleveland, Ohio, United State* Sena tor, and the mskfcrof Pieskienls, waa the man who handled President Mc Kinley’s money in this slock deal, and not only lost it, but, it is believed, two or three hundred thousand dollars which be personalty invested. There are others. Some people who seem to know about the crash tn Wall Street think that Secretary Gage, of the Treasury Department. 1*0vested quite a Ml of money and loot. It is the 1st of next month she will ba bora again—4hat is to say, she will have another birthday—and I am rumuut- ing what little token of devotion to give her. Two weeks later will be mv seventy-fifth annivfihary and I bona she ie ruminating about a token for me. All’s well -that ends wett. mote it be. Bill Aar. President of His agent is politician and A. Hanna, of him ia Daniel now JVaMfiaat, life, we* fwniehed by Lemont, at one Ubm private to Grover CVvalaad, and after that Secretory of War, and at present the he Northern Pacsfic i nature are ol times iu devoted to growing of to feed the great trial workers. Railroad Before closing this article, I wish to menliooed to show that y a few words aboot Southern Pines 1.1 rate, Cebietl Ploehuret, two typical Yaakos fail to get the right Up aa been bath by North- market. a* Winter resorts. 1 found Ihs Not loaf ^o former Senator PetU- hotel* ware quite crowded with North- grew, of Soath who is now era via*tom who have coma down from j employed as aa aumacy by Jamas F. the cold ragtaa of the North to aajoy ||dl, the railroad of thi. region • Ws ;l * 4 >*a- af $200,000 ia twa BILL ARP’S IDEA OF ROASTS. The Ignorance of the Northern People About the Negroes. Roasts I That is a newspaper word for large headlines. It attracts atten tion like fire. Criticise wouldent do. T«r reporter must haven word that burns or scorches. Thera is a good deal of this roasting going on. The Governor roasts the Yankees who come prying around, Dr. Parkhurst and Broughton roast the . Governor, and the negro preacher, Lampkins, roasts Parkhurst. It looks like every body and everything has to prey on something. The eagle catches the hawk; the hawk catches the chicken and the chicken gobbles up the worms and the bogs. Everybody and every thing ia in constant peril and it ia well we don’t know it, for it would make us very miserable. The people of Galveston and Jacksonville escaped the worst afflictions—the dread stofm and fire—the agony of fear and appre hension. What a noble and generous deed it was for Galveston to do—to give $1,500 to Jacksonville. What a redeeming trait in our Northern cities to give help to the Southern sufferers. 1 think 1 think more of them than 1 think I do. There is still a power of good In human natuVe everywhere and I reckon that Ogden A Cv. had good intentions when they came down to in spect us. The trouble with (hose peo ple ia that they think they know more about us than we know ourselvqp snd are surprised when they flad us a* civilised aad respectable peop.a. Dr. Parkhurst admitted that he had never been South before. They know lem about as than they do about thaievideoces the' relation Debts or the Would j to a statement made by the bureau of statistics the national < of the world at the dose of the nil 000,000. At the beginnirig of the Napoleonic wan in 1793 they aDnrozi- mated $2,500,000,000. Meanwhile Uke population has increased 150 per cent, and gold and silver, which form the h** 3 money, have In- creased 300 per cent in production. In 1895 the wealth of the United Kingdom, France, Spam and tha United State* was estimated at S19£.- 759,829,000, a practically tenfold in crease over 1793. The debt* of these four nations in 1793 aggregated $1^. 630,279,000 and in 1900 were $11,764!- 000,000 or about seven times as much a* in 1893. These figures show debt and wealth increases kept fairly dose. * The enormous growth iu indebtedness » due chiefly to wars, standing armies and pubhc firet twj causes, however, 1 ing. In U ni ted Steles history the of the Interest-bearing debt from $657,000.000 m 1860 to $2,3*1,000 000 ia 1865, and from $847,000 1898 to $1,046,000,000 m towns, tbrtr new I was surprised at the of asgvoee there and a ussy had all they wanted. Than by coatee* with a few may tnag abwat botler uoderetandiag at the diepusi- and character ol (he negro rase, ta a way that finally the Rerih will flad out that the Sou there people are the only ooee who kaow h* •hie to eeitle the negro problem. C. W. Moaaitx, Jfacoa. Ou. •MwflaJ wuhlpam, a' will he ra NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCK. The Weahragtoa eorreepondeot of the Richmond Time* give* ea interest ing story aboot the lueses ceased by epeculaUoo ia the stock at the North ern Pacific railroad, which swept away million* of money ia a law hours. He writes ee follows: Wall Straet “ caught ” a few die- A aahody Tbe other candidates for the Senate will be Representative Latimer of the Seventh district, who tejiuppoeed to have TiHmau’s support, aad Daniel S. Henderson, a lawyer of Aiken, who is siso friendly with Tillman. It is uo- demootbibat Henderson and Latimer are working together with some kind of an agreement as to tbe results. Latimer has taken charge of the tide water counties and the tower part of the State, while Henderson is working in the Piedmont region among the manufacturing districts, where Mc Laurin is strongest. A third candidate is Wylie Jones, cashier of the Caro lina National Bank at Columbia. He was a colonel in the Second Carolina volunteers during the Spanish war and is chairman of the Democratic Stae executive committee. McLaurin has already begun his campaign, although the election does not take place until August, 1902. His receut speech at Charlotte may be call ed tbe keynote, but ou May 22nd he appears again at Greenville, when it is expected that he will define his atti tude and creed more iu detail. He in tends to make “a campaign of educe Uon,” speaking in every county in South Carolina on the gospel of prog ress,^ expansion, protection, sound money, subsidies^ liberal appropria tions for public improvements and otheFRepublican doctrines, but f un derstand that be does not intend to go into State issues at aC. Unfortunately his health is poor, an^ it ia doubtful if he can endure the labor that is re quired to cany out his plans. He has never been able to stand excitement. He has a nervous temperament, ia dis posed to inaomnia and has broken down in every .seveie campaign he has ever undertaken. . The Till mail people are planning to drive Mr. McLaurin trom the canvass. They know his weakness and will worry him until he quite. They are aware how sensitive he. is to criticism and have already attacked him in the rear, as it were, by accusing hjm of plagiarism in one af hie recent speech of training. Obe feature of the work done at the f*rm is that clippings of vines and other wood growth of tree* with specimens of fruit abd vegetable# are sent to the laboratory for analysis. Series of experiments have been made with strawberries and red raspberries, but the soil does not seem to be well adapted to those fruits, therefore, they have been abandoned, but will be re- sumed again with irrigation. Series of experiments are being made with Austin’s Improved and Lucre tie dew berries and full series of blackberries. THE VEGETABLE DEPART If EXT. In this department, experiments were not lully under way at the time of my visit. Senes of er leriments will be made this season with aspara gus, corn, Spanish peanuts, artichokes and sweet potatoes. Of sweet potatoes there was grown on one measured acre 630 bushels of marketable potatoes at the farm last season. The society is now contemplating putting iu an irri gallon plant and bring the water iu iron pipes from a distance of over a mile, storing it in a reservoir, holding over one hundred thousand gallons; when the plant is finished they Will experiment with different ways of irrigation. The object of these experi ment that have been made and those (hat are being made, is to show the comparative fertilizing power of dif ferent forms of plant food, also tbe comparative effect of lime and green manuring, or in other words, the plow ing under of leguminous crops to furnish nitrogen and humus to tbe soil. p Special attention ia being paid lo tbe study of different methods" of resuting and treating the attacks of fungus dis eases and of insect peata. All the fruit trees on the farm have been treated with hydrocyanic add gaa for scale insects, which method has prov ed effective, bat expensive. Tbe fruit and vegetable growers throughout the United States ought to profit largely from the results of these experiments and work at the Experimental Farm. Tha results of these scientific ex parimaate should show to the fanner proper and economical way cal fertlliaare to ba $78,000 in a day. If bw nato* W* mentioned it would create a good deal of gossip In the BouthweaL He la not man able to speculate, but has been given certain “Up*” by his fnends in be Senate, and an unexpected drop in torihein Pacific stock left him with out a cent. The fever of speculaUoo attacked all classes, from United States Senator* to messenger boy*. Thera was a good deal doing in the bucket- shops iu Washington, as well aa in Wall Street, laet week. The Weetorn Senator mentioned is considered a speculator by any eans. He is regarded in the United States Senate as a “Holman” of that body. It will be recalled that Re- ireeenlaUve Holman, of Indiana, was ooked upon as the watch-dog of the Treasury. This Western Senator is a member of the appropriation* com mittee of the upper House. He never oses sight of tbe fact that the country and the treasury should be protected either in committee or in debate It seems, therefore, rather odd that this Senator, who is so anxious to keep down government appropriations, lost $75,000 on one deal in a Washington bucket-shop. It is said that, attracted by the spectacle of rapidly increasing prices, be had gone into the market, dealing on margins in the office of Washington bucket-shop, and had made an excellent deal, as be con sidered it, of $100,000. This Senator was unwise enough to put all his profits up, principally on Western railroad Blocks (Northern Pacific). When. the crash came, an Eastern Senator endeavored to “ margin” the Southwestern Senator’s deal, but as the amount was to great ha waa un able to do so. There was something; like $200,000 involved. The persona loss to the Senator from the Southwest who, as is well known, only tlraws $5,000 a year, made for him at one time the most extravagant deal in his life. To-day he ia sorry; •• is the Eastern Senator, who endeavored to carry hia bucket-shop transaction. It ia stated in Washington, it might ba added, that in government departments many pools had formed, into which while ta the be people rohheoi Street brukers. In view at the fact that Mr. Petti grew loll the Heaote wtthoat hie owe coaeeot, he dabbled ia Blocks, suggest ed by Sir. Util, aad rood* a quarter of, ^ ^ a atiKtoa dollar* wlihla a vary brief ^ period. Mr. Hill, the men who “Upped” Mr. Pettigrew, dabbled a little bit btaieelf JaM prevmsw to ta- formtag Mr. PetUgrew that there was taoaey ia ta reeling ia the North*ra Pacific Railroad. Now, a* to Mr. HU1 today, with the exoeptioa of J. Pior- poet Movgaa, he has ma>l* ta epocolattoa than aay other me the world. It is well baown la Week, If aot ia the East, that bo •p foer mill ton* of dorian within a week in Wail Street. The Vaader- bilta, the (Amide and Dr. Depew ioat this amount. Thin in history to New York and is w*:l known among finan- gver the United Stotea. French or the Germane or the Chin***, and thev know nothing aboot negro. One of them remarked: •» Mguroa seem to bo -quit* happy. 1 hear tham laughing quite the dapo. 1 had eappoaml that they were very adaorabio, indeed.” Now, I)r. Parkhurst say* that we hate tbe negro aad eay so, bat the Northern man pretends to love him j. aad ho* aboot it. The Dr. w mistaken. W* do aot bats the negro. We hat* other* I ^ »•“> «»••. »hom Korih hoe fttjck I co ® tom looted, bat there are iota of I these to every commoaitv whom we have isepoct for sad who are good, useful, law ahwhog estisoaa. We caa peck oat ecoroo la oar Iowa who are fel aad Imlaotrioae aad pay respect to the respectable white people. F->r amay of those we bees more regard for Pat Hooka aad all he* sort. ! Pal breaks mto jaO aad breaks Pat broke lata the j weal dowa to *** tl end begged him wat fur hm wife's nod paid hie way bum*, aad ha hoe be*o ta jml or the ralahmm* or tho chatagaug ever staco, aad yet hie poor aifo sucks to him aad follows btm with her Uul« chUdreo whoa he ran* away. hid oat somewhere maw aad Oh, the buads ehaias af matnmoay that ime poor, pdlfnl, plaodlog woman lo a mao ee that. Tee, there are la this commsaity thaa some at the while folks. I hod rather depend tham ia time of trow hie. My daugh ter woald trust bar two Uula chridraa with her servant, Oartmy, as ly as with moat aay white could hire. Clariesy ia kiad, watchful aad affectionate and the children toe* her. 8h* la a good servant, aad yoa will flad each la almost every family that ie able to liiry on*. All each ne groes or* coatented and have the Forte of Uf* ia their home*. A growth of national Indabtedaesd. | Problems fob Farmers Uaud pro^jUm* confront tha farmers every reek. ThL U — >T the coo* ia the eanag af Jost now they bardly kaow what la 4a vnh the corn planted before that last cold raia la April. On day ar sandy sod* the load was eowipaelad in each a that R waa Impossible lor the com to got oat sf the griiai Thaa it sown became so hard that no sort of harrow woald break the cram. Tha corn that did make its way eat af the groaad was very email aad weak, bevtag aa vttality. Wo trite re the ihtag ta do m piaat over whra tho i da. It osay al thoroaghly the at tea eood plaaled bedura tho fM bate lost their germlaaiiag power aa away farmers are piaaUag^aia. Tt eood plaalad ataee the rain will g|ya Am old Check Recovered Senator Cockrell of Missouri has pre sented to the Treemry Department, al Washington a click given twenty ; i nars ago to the late RepreeeotoUve Hand, of Missouri, and which has just come lo light. Although the check was given as a government payment, it was drawn upon a personal account n a Philadelphia bank, and Senator Cockrell was referred to the bankers for redemption. In 1881 Me. Bland was a member of a a Congressional com mittee that inspected the Philadelphia mint. Tbe superintendent of the mint ve each of the committee a check 'or his expense sccouut, amounting to $24 a head. Mr. Blanfi pat his check n his pocketbook, bat on his way up town was robbed by a pickpocket. Afraid of being ridiculed for being robbed, he said nothing of the lots and drew for enough money to get hack to Washingtop. Not long ago a contractor, in tearing down an old bmldlng in Philadelphia, found the check, where probably it had been secrete*! by the thief. He sent it to Mrs. Bland, who recalled the story of the cbeck„to it cashed. <i will Up hia fiat to him. boclal equality to not wanted nor expected. bodal equality ia not a fixed* univer sal privilege in any rac* or people. 1 would step aside and give the sidewalk to a king or a president or any groat man. I am not envious because a rich man can travel in hie private oar. recognize the fact that 1 am in an hum bier walk of life and mast not intrude. And so 1 am one of the old-time masters who require the same respect to be shown to me by the Dearoes now that they exhibited in the olden time, f lo more, no lees. Those who do not < o it are the negroes whom we hato or those who do, we have a regard that is akin to affection, and we would defend and protect them. Here ie Sam Handerson, who gardens and chops wood for half a dozen families, and they are all hia friends and would lelp him in time of need. What a college education ia doing for this generation of negroes l am at a loss to know. If I have ever seen one of them he was hot at work. This hing of education is changing so rapid- the loss, and forwarded Senator Cockrell to have pot from $26 to $100 for 1 log oat the At the last election in Cumberland County, Maine, tbe liquor men nomi nated a preacher for sheriff, inore as a joke than anything|else. He laccepted, made the race and wae elected. Since that time the liquor men have seen do peace. The preacher-sheriff has been enforcing the law. He said a day or two ago that he had indirectly recciv ed an offer of $40,000 if he would ro- -n rteht—I hone so. sigh, or take a vacation to Europe for But we ere all g the remainder of hia term. It is wise joker who knows that hia funny business will not prove a boomerang. —Savannah News. To prevent the decay of posts, the end of the post to be put id the groun* should be charred ou a fire. A coat of ter la then applied with a brush Tbe tar soaks Into the pores of the wood end after being In the ground awhile tarns into a k*nd of reala, keep (>ri end eel too frequest to cultivate cref«, he latiaaod wot Jaas will proto quire the fieri t Alfalfa la tfi* grata* u is worth three | as •• aqeol am seat «f hoy, foer Umos m hey. It* times as I aad • half davar hey. Steer •*•»<• fete of oae aad a half ta p<iuodi a day i he ordinary f ve pomade a day whoa alfalfa la ruegnoeas fed. Alfalfa » adapted to feeding with kindred | y that we old-timers can’t keep up with it. The most important feature of it now seems to be kicking or batting a ball, and some of the colleges send I heir boys 500 miles away to play a game. I bad hoped that the Tech boys would come out good mechanics, but they don’t seem to have time to do anything bat play ball. Tbe develop ment of the muscles of the arms and the legs is very important. Such boys are needed_Jn every town and city for firemen and to inn with tbe hose reel and climb the ladders, so I reckon it is of the alfalfa ia largely paying two cento a | com than is paM ta aoigae manilies where alfalfa and make bigger profit*, tooT feeder wtthoat alfalfa cannot with Ute feeder who has it. It. ia hold that “no fanner ia pre pared to ratte hogs in any considera ble numboie onlese provided with pro- tare grass lands in which abundant water and ehade are accessible at all (imea. With these provided bog* will grow and thrive, requiring little or no grain from early spring until the new crop of corn is fit ior oae and the work of fattening has been entered apoa.” Orange* might be grown In Tennes see, but hardly at a profit. ' So can nny ■ Florida.Georgia or Alabama farmer raise ritokca, but when tbe conditkm of sod, etc., are taken Into consideration as compared with the Mississippi valley, can he compete with them at a profit t If not, then why not turn bis attention io feed crops and stock to consume them, in which there is a sore profit. Ante may be easily killed by poor- a tablespoonful of bisulphide of fire all getting along fairly well now and in the enjoyment of more blessings than curses. The delightful, tha weather is the flowers are iu bloom, garden prospering and we are luxuriating on green peas, straw berries and asparagus every day. The chrys anthemums are looming up and my wife wants ma to separate them and transplant, but I don’t feel likeit. piocked the first Marechal Kiel rose this morning and alack it in bar Po hocus hair at the breakfast table. ing a tablespoonful of bianlpl carbon into a small hole opened ia the center of the ant-hill and then quickly and tightly closing all openings into the nest. The deadly vapor of this volatile liquid will spread through all the galleries and tunnels and kill the ants by the wholesale. It is interesting to note that tha cat tle selling for the highest price on tha St. Louis market daring the week end ing April 10th ware from Texas. They wera good gradro and had beta fed on cottonseed meal and holla. There something over a million farmers fat tha southeast that might make this lam profitable. Following is a tested way venting rabbits from earing pie trace : On butchering pail and catch the blood ~ apply with a brush to as high np as the Do this twies a year will y-I’ /-