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“N "X 'Rr^- r — Tf^c Barnwell People. 4K0. V. HOLIES, EditorIPtop'r, LlRUCMT CWJJfTT ClBt€LATIO>' tiiuksday, kkbkuary n. monthly i>»iwrt of th« I)<>* ItHrtmvnt «>r Ajrrlcnltun* tlmt the »tn*H (nirtn crop In thn Knot Southern Htttes H» bv*n wrioHnIy dumiixe*! I».V the extrema and Ion/ rH.tinjf cold Ybe nar new* Irom the K**l h*« hooni* «d the price* of provUlow* and thero'. no loll In/ now how hi/h cuff and (neat may iwlnjc. * The Le/Ulatiirf la«t yeiir appointed H committee con.lat'n/ of ono lawyer from each county to dad a moody for the con scat ion of the Court* of Com mon I*loi,». The committee unanlmouafy rccom- thehdod'at the pre.cnt »e**lnn the cre- atlouof two additional circuit., bu,t the propo.itlon did not Hod tfavor and ava» rejected. Now, let tli* lawmaker, try ajtain and appoint a committee of one farmer from each county to di.- oover tlte reason for .aid con/ctioii and the hott rmhedy to remote and keep U cured. Divert Democrat* of ht/l, iiflTnenco •ay Hint the Ititmni.cly locreu.td pio- .Itiction of koI*I Im* pu*. an cml to all need for lliCfioe coinage of .i'vcr. Maybe they are riglit. All the many wlttloh* pf the yellow metal are piled and heaped up In the I oiled Stile,* Treasury, and the pocket* of the peo ple know it not. I* It not probable - that when the prpaent overflow of *prcolat»>n »ub- alde* and buaineil get* haett Tnto IoW water channels the money king* may w^alu cudUaa cLaiu the mouiilaindi gold out of the Treasury a* they did In Clevoland'a time? Maybe they are wrong. Theflu otuaf Ion * last week In the ^ price of cotton, on ope day amounting, . within an hour’* time to eight dollar* atiow* that In thi* speculative tl*y and generation tmpply add demand have preclou* little to do with the regulation of price*. A few men with plenty of money and.brain* and nerve Halted the price of cotton up hill, and m-xt year n- /nothor combination with more money, brain* and norre may till n the UMc, • put Ami keep down the price. That doe. Mot .cem prutiahlc but in' til 1 siTiitt' dC ? great and .trange bappeni':g* there 1* no a«*uranee that It will not come to pa»a. _; .7 * Uvery year n large per centage of ^ the crop has to be put on the marker to pay the co*t Of making it. That wlUi the over ro*y report* of the yield make* the price low^rTlEM* It should be, from the beginning to the end of the *ea«on. ^ 'fhero i*. aa far a* we- can ace, but. •ne early remedy lor that comlltion, and that lie* in the warehouse system. )f in OtCh county in the cotton state, there were at least one warehouse where ootton could he cheaply .stored ' and InsurMl and on It. recylpt* bank advance of aay tio per bale made very many farmer* now forced to setl Tarly “ tcgardles* of price would Ikj cnablt'd to hojd un.il later, tlie crop* would he ^gradually disposed of and go the ma.-- ’ would not be glutted. Itte cotton mills of thl« stirte, we sre . Mnl, now buy their supplies of the sta ple from brokers, so much to be de livered monthly a* needed. A warehouse In a town without such banking arrangement as stated strove ronld probably make the arrangement with sortie near cotton factory to get the money needed to make advance.) t giving the cotton mill warehouse re- sxdpt* a* security, and agreeing to dr- - liver t J the mill a* needed monthly all •olton for which the mill hold* receipts •t the market price on dale of deliv ery. The warehouse wall* would save the planter and uouaumeV from the at tacks of both bulls and bc*r*. made eats paws of them that the con spirator* back iA the dark might feast upon thw>roaaied chestnuts that their duties had pplied out of the Are* of war. They fooled the people and counted it wise null successful diplo • —i ■ maetv _ And now they arc fooling them In the second act, as mwesuftilly as in The tir«t and the simple pttbllu follows a* .heop h ap Into a new pasture after lliclr bell wether, Upon the false premise and promise that the com pletion of an i.tlimiau canal will bring a golden gge of bu-lnesa prosperity to the (Tilted Htatc« Democrat., Htpubli cans and all the smaller political or- gahlKiitlbhs and Isms are going Iielt«r .ke-ltor after the rough rldSr, without so iM|ulry a* to tire nature of the ben- eflt* to be reaped from the million* of money to be expended lu digging the across the Isthmus of I'auama. It is strange that In thi. materialis tic lime, wheuTbc test of'^^ill it pay' Is applied to every new or old business endeavor that no man lia* ever called for a bill of particulai* or asked any of ilie leaders of -thi* I'eckles* iirngrcs- .ion to specify in what way the con sfrucllon of the Isthuiian canal will ho lielpi ul to CIrarlet,ton <>r New Orleans, lo larmer dime* or nmfili-mt StniHi. AII arc contented with platitude* and like children running to get the rnythi cal bag of gold at ttiu end of the rain bow the American people follow tilind- |y the glittering promise, to full into the. ditch of disappointment and disas ter. . That iHhmlan cannl is intended to be, bv the inanipnlatot* of American policy, a quick water w ay for the arm ed navy of the United Slat,* to greater territorial cxpart.ion in the East, and it will never amount to wiore than that in general helpfulness. And tlie men wKo'aTe Ihrt plUtpiw aCi Rifceuasi fully tti'ttu the addition to the popular ld»eorv-r '' V<m-eat> fool wU lk&. peojile. .owe of the time, some of the ptopic all the tlm«, but you <an’t fool all the people all the time,” of the. further de- turmination that they can fool enongb of rheiit to suit itoir purposes wlreh- ever and in w hatever If p’e fae* them. Home time in the future, looking back over the ruins of the republic the wonder of posterity will be lltat tknir forefather* of the fwetUieUi century could have been as simple a* their lirst parents of the (lardeti of Kden. PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT. A Mouth Bend. Indian t, man ha* sent a bullet proof vest to President Koo*e volt, to be worn on dangerous Occa sions under his outer clothing. It U of *|tk. a bfff incly ihlck ag l welgliln les* thao a half jomnd to the square foot. The secret of Itji resistaium licit lu the clnsaim*. with « hlch His Woven, A similar v«*t was ofTeied to Presl dent McKItilev two weeks before he wa» shot at Bitl’Talo, hut he refused to acevpi end wear the gilt. , -> WAR IN THE K ViT. Aft.i r mud, disc i.sion dapan atul Rui»ia are at war this week, Kaye* and .Mattch'iriA in the Ks«l of Asia are tlie boncs'of Contention. The Japane-e, win. are called the Yankeesot fhe Ka»t; have tire better war florA and lire superior *ca lighter* R.i.sla has more men and the worse c Imate. The war will hurt the cotton goods trade in the East. Other nations arc hand* off. Both aides are wrong. War decide* no question of right. It is like a tight hetweeo Individual*. The stronger or the quicker on trigger is tTi6 winner. f, A RIG HEARTED MAN. W. C. Whitney’ who dli d In New York city la*t w’< ek while under the Intloencc ol ether taken preparatory p» u second ojierwfioii for ai'peudh Iti*. caught a edd .omo time ago by gettiug dieucliol .with water wide .ttperln- tciiding the Working of hi* chemical engine in exiingul-hltig the lire des troying a neighbor’* building In- Aiken wild w ldidt reauitqd In JJte illn:»a that et dc! his »t»ccea»fttl lifa. . - lie hail a blg ^lirart. Tor. Several yearsngo an Aiken County iua.ti.w»ked him for work, stating that he was wil ling to do am thing required. Mr Whitney repdcd tliat he hadHikoru esn- ployoes than work, and asked the- man why he wanted employment. ISecati.c Ivlu «V 1 (• I • • > < I ilia w I ■ The winter In the upper part of the State has been too ctdd for pi opletoat- teiij preaching and. prat or meeting, but aboht right for going to p^und parties. ■* . k. X. 1 A writer in flic New Yotk S'uT, honiT- iiftte* Tillman for i'leslflerit. He. Is coiiipliiiientnry h.io1 etitlHi.iai.tic in hi. praise* of the senior senator from Sou Hi C’AroiTna. President Rmr*evelt is said to be spending more money Iq big feeds than any of hi- piedeecsor*. A* he was worth Offly y4',0.000 w hen elected Gov ernor of New York he wid re tiro to private life a poor man tmhss like Grover Oleveiand he ha* the good luck to make fortunate Investments. Two fellows who robbed th* Natfon- nl Bank of Rocky Mount, N. (’ , of lw.700 lit sliver got off safely with the swag. Iml when exp’teineot shbsidcd took a train in Virginia with theh .pockets .o ftiil at muney bug*, ll.gou, that tbeir walk ImMrayed them an,V new they hfrigutjjp In jali. •T’t^Wfcartre of the money U - p r "bably Ttldfleu until they get out of tlte penitentiary. Senator TalTtffSr’* Good Roads Hill has been choiipti by the (Congressional (Committee a* the best of many intro-- rtneed and will be favorably reported. It appropriates front the national treasury f Jl.OOd.OtfO, to he apportioned among the several State*, each of whielr i* to give tin BTtbnnt eqtptlTo that reccivetl. Barnwell county roads will be in good shaoe by the time the bill becomes a law nnilTa put into et- fect. But backward counties will need help. FOOLING THE PEOPLE. There I* an olTaud inie saying IhaT **lllnd sight beats foresight,” And In all , history thereT* no completer illii»tra *lon of Us froth titan in recent event* A few years ago the cry of War for Hjimanlty wg# raised and church men - Add sinners, politicians and working fores, Democrats end Republicans Joined in the demand that 8 pa in be driven from the Western hemisphere, and poor, down trodden, bleeding Cuba iiberated from the galling sla very and oppression of eentnjrle*. Tlie might of the giant of the West triumphed, and not only in the West hut In.thc far East Spain was stripped of her insular possessions, and the United Htatea turning Ha back on the tradition* of the past became a world $ower, with all the easentials of old world principles, buryiug lu coostitu- tlon.p. Eight jjnililoDt of motley savage* became the subjects of a t».ew master power and the Hrst act in the drama closed. X » A magnificent navy now flies the atari and atrtpes, armored cruiser*, torpedo boata and destroyers for the protection of new possessions—and perhaps the acquisition of other far off colonies and ftrange mannered sub ject*. And to that eud the isthmian canal Is needed and must ba had, by fair memos or foul. • . The ripening of events shows so ‘Sjplpinly that he who runs may read roaster brains that la sseret -tbs situation of today and to ne more for the libera- t for the discovery of •drettiy TU E P-ITY OF IT, Rev. James Warden, a Methodist minister,licensed to prtitch in 1821, whose mind I* .till dear, was sent to the poor house in Maryland l^.t week. COMING HOME,— The Legislature will ailjnnrn the latter part of next week. The quanti ty of wotk done show* cnmmcnd:tl>!e industry, while the quality of it mains t»*bc discovered. re- AN UNGRATEFUL The last of Uncle Sam’s soldiers were withdrawn from fhiba ls*t week and straightway President Palma ot the Infant'repnblle signed a tarifT act which gives Europeans a twenty to thirty per cent advantage oyer’ Ameri cans in the Introduction of good*. Palma lived for a long time of exile In New York Htate and is acquainted with the sharpness of American traders and wains to keep them out of his country, • * . OUR MENTOR SENATOR! W, W. Price, .Greenville' New* eor- respondent. wrUfe* from Wa.lilngtou; (iienAtur Tihman I* fast getting the mastery of bfs tethpei; and <*f4*U harsh vocabulary^ Wh<*n hi was making his first keiiatojJWLoampalgn in Hoqtli Carolina be premised the people of tlie Mate tint lie would bring a jdfohfouk with him to Washington and stick R Into everything and everybody so*. pected of living «>pen to attack, lie did flourish the weapon many time*, but ho found that pitchfork method* do not accomplish as much a* -the sweet oil habit, and the llery South- (-'aroHnian Is becoming otic of the mo.t conservative amt docile men >tr the Henate. His Influence 1n that body in creases with the disappearance of bis pitchfork and he kitows U. Conse quently he leave* Ms pitchfork aP his boarding hon^rfn charge of the ehsm- bermald or some other oppressed ser vant and It is “ ‘ seldom brandished In the Hepate those days- Instead he uses other weapons. — -•••. HYhtkrious CIRCUMSTANCE, On* was pale and aallow and th« other freab and rosy. W hence the dif Terence? Site who i* blushing with health uses Dr. King’s New Life Pl||* to maintain it. By gently arousing the Isay organs they compel good digestion hod head ofl^constlpatlon. ’|try at Creeeh’s hi* only hor-o bad (lic<l initl he was nimble ro buy anotlKg,tu tiiTi.li tbc^ul tivatlou of lii»’ <-rnp, was; the answer give.,. • Mr. WUUuoy asked what tbo uiau bad paid for his - bopae and; was told *cvcnLv-tive dollars'. Unitdiug that niuoiliit t.iyhc 11ihii, ^r. VN hitoev told biui to buy iiuothcr and tlot»li In* crop, 1 DOUBLE BAKKhL FARMING. " Houtliern Cultivator. Believing that it wiM be of service to n-[K>it toy mv Icllow taiiiM-rs, I will st>fcm of ciiitivatiltg corn and cotton together on the *,iif,i- TamTli 'wbii h sy*- tetri I* now know n in- this Htate as ‘‘The Aldrich Hy-umi.” J.ay oil latul after litdtrg well liroken into rows four feet wi le. At« (iropcr lime to plant corn, di ill >eed in row* 1 ami 2 .at the rate of a* many lutovlred hllls per acre a* you expect te gather h.ijtdiels of corn, from your experience with the Lind arid tlie tertiiize.,H used on the crop. Leaye rows ”3. a ,1 1 for cotton tq. be l>lstHe.il later. Plant rows *> and o in corn, leaving 7 and 8 for cotton and *H; continue until the Held 1* ail plantetl fn coin. Then plant tire row*. rh»t were-left in CotTuu, and cultivate a* risicHl^^iJy_Jhis system you ttlid-e all of \iu,r tSind Tor corti, and yet have In if of it. in cotxott, lu othi-r.-. woids you double your corn crop without (11- mini-diing vour eoitHti crop. Where it has been (bo custom to divide the land between tlie two crops, you make more corn per ace tban you ever ntado before, and also nio*rw cotton htrd ebeap- Ir cdTlmi. hccan-e the pinwing of tie cotton i» done w hen you are cle.-ioing the corn middle*. By this'system, a horse can tend thirty-six acrejUbetier, and keep it cleaner than he can thirty hy the other wav. In Memory of JOHN TURNnULf, H.OGG, , - m ......J-.w: -*’ * ^ who was born In ISIS and, illed on thfe 27th day of f)c« pother. 19 .J, / < ,j When a good, tipiigiit citi^eh ! atul a true frHrhd rtn**, a calaodf yThm lo fsli on the country and oummiwikv do . ... .. . - . , . which hi* lot has been cast and W* life \ A SUCCEHtvFIJ L EX PERI M ENT. The Anderson Intelligencer jrays Clint Hummer*, Jr ,of Antun, formerly ot lleleita, has recently u>ad6 ait ex- j perltHent trial has proved a success and U* of great irr-erest Hi the laiiuer*. LaHfatt htr. tikn a-gputt tnany oth-r- lived. Mich a one wmt onr devoted ft lend. \ ■ N B<tro In «>M Barrtwtdl County, near, Barnwell Court llmr-p. he early e viiittctl thoAe blgb and noble trlmracter- UticJt which shmic consptcoou-IV throngbout Id* wholo. life. When a nrvrc you.h he re*|toitded to the call of hi- conIItry and enlisted lit the army of the tioufetterscy. And tc ihi* bra.ve r y and itnfaJtcrtngjdeyoiijtri to duty the AJ comrart-x wTio •ct vcd with him can tc-tlfv. ! , , *> • But it wa* *iibtej)u*nt to the terml natioU of the war tliat he In a broader setife exemplified Hie higbe*! tvpu of Moiilli^tiT manloMMl. He chose the ms mtpatloo ol planting and d>-vot<’d Ins fife to its piirsnU. Commencing after the war, when thn buMines of »nr pbo pie were dissipated and destroved, hfl courageonslv undertook to rebnild am! Tfverconrrrhn pox-extjt, and riittlcntriex which eoiVhontHd Irt* you'tig n’tanhood. And by dintjil honest in.tu-try h'- sue- ceedod in scqtiiiTug a comi»cteitey—fov- him*elf and family. r—. lie united with tho Cave’s MethorHst rhitrch *nd \ya* for years one of its dcv.>t“d auT ooysisteiit mcmJ*er*. I'a4 triotio to tlie hist degree 1initw>d ready to serve ill* cmintrv at any lime, lin'd dtirlugthe trying year* sircceodii g tins w*r, and especially in the hlsioriu pe riod of ]»7(T. bu did. all thAt a man Mould dare to tlo. . ^ luteti-eiy loval to hi* friends lie was in turn greatlv belojed ati I will tie sad* ; ly tiil^Ked hy those «TiiTXhclv him ti.- timate.lv and eojoved hi* unfaiu-riug Iriendsltip. Re w III be niissi il ropst In tbc hntll • where lie wa* at ttl,' time* flu* devoted, husband and t. hr-* cm ter, slice tionate father, unccwsfugl.y * for lhe.ivelf*re anil h.-tppinc-s of the lovd one* :it homo. He'i* d'-ad^ “Swim t are tbs blooming checks of the living, Hwect arc mo musical Vbfceae .'Otltnl- Hot swpefah *,u i.rt rru Ibe' |ly*d w lib their .*ib-nt ex „ • We are a.siuod that tRc' dead shrill Hre -rrgti ty tb at -the—gr8ee -s fin -1. ee 'Stni't. giee forth it* du-t,—tbit the »ormptittie shaft i-nt on ineorrnption, a.mTtbe tnor tut intinoifafitv. That we-li.ti! ri.-o a gitin is a blessed hope and faith trial a bide* w-Uh n* day and nlgbt Lifets a terv. ileath my&iery, uextn r- u myster anti at! bn* yuud itt* an unknown land Loving hand* gentlv folded the drapery of hi* eo,,i-h abotit bfitt mio! lav him (fowii to sleep:' where violet* Lis p w lie re yf and tinmorUdle* will bloom over grave.' •‘J.eared)its to Goa’s w .tcbTirgey 0 , 'J'rost him to the b.tiiid that tturtle him, - ■ Mortal love werp* Idly by, - God alone b.i-> pywe^ to aid him ” — iita-Frieud, _ G. R. I). Corn cease* to draw from the >*nd alter the first of AttgtiH. so thefOtmn lots fro in the fust of August till frost t«> feed on double tlie soil that it would have II all the land we re in cotton, lienee it make* a hi Uer^iate crop, that ’ more tej. crop. I’he fanner who uses thlsNtvstPm doe* hot have to plant oat». 9 lle imi t either sell com or raise more stock (o consume the surplus. I am a sms 11 farmer, nin!ii!igwS.-iine and a halt horse fartn. i iced four hnrsc*. six cows ah(|_ a few |>lg* f and froroOctober to Januaey, seven hen- dred to olTe thonsat.d head of -fowls, and it takes about a bushel orebrn per day, w ith unlimited range of rye, vetch and Bermuda-gras* auTTburr clover to do it. but yet I have five, hundred bushels of prime corn for sale, and on a part of the same land on which that corn grew, I made a thousand (uiuads i*f »ee«l cotmnqict atutt.,"* ‘ — The husnel of corn prtr day above mentioned is for the fowl*#' — Fyoni- .Tanusry to A prtl the fowls' rapntty diniinDh in nnmher hy sales, till by May there are not more than twenty five or thirty hens and two or three cock*. hHUrbe "bof-ses 'ahif co\(s are a fixed quantity^ My system shows up aplendidly In a drouth. >• La*t season we liad too in neb r-ain from Mav til! the l!th of July.-after which it ttnncd tlry and hot with plenty of wind until the nig lit «>f the 3()th of July but I made a full cr-.p of corn and ttiy cotton *lmd h ss th.in,that ♦4-woe of mV helghhoia. many w dfil not make n thousand pounds of y: -suswitied by the -pumpittg -vf sifttBd r wafer into the veins. seed cotton per acre w here all the land was in cotton. Tv ♦ ,*- By this systenrf. cotton hecomes in- tleed a surplus crop'. _^ou wT!l have corn enough to, ael! $ pay operating expenses. • ... . Alfred Aldrich. WHAT’ EVE EHG/l’ED, - We’ve no doubt that Mother Eve had plenty of troiibh.s of her own, and we suspect that Cain xvas a Invrtl case from the beginning; but Kve wks spafetlxme worry. She xva* not ulxvays listening to advlco abont how to bring up chit dren. Possibly Adam some times ven tured tt> bmt In. but xve snspeut thkTTif didn’t get tiittdt satisfaction “Eve doubtless bad a way of her own a managed the young ones In hey-^dwn war; hut when ( atn turned oot to be a hard ca*e it would luM0£Jb* en jn*t like Admit to say it was all lie'r fifnlr, TTiat’-s Umt war wjthNome oien.—Mont- gSttnery Adv^fttse The President had an Informal re ception in his ottiee recently and a number of vDitara ,were preeeiited to him. One lady Introduced herself as from Jacksonville, Fla, and. said: •‘Mr. President, I have *oma all thi* way ju*t to see yop. . I have never seen a live president before.” Mr. Sossevelt seemed, much amused. ’•Well, well,” he said, “l Mope you don’t feel disappointed now tbat,»you haye seen one. I-ota ot people in these parts go all the way to Jackson ville to see a live alligator. 1 wonder which kind of a tourist feel* the most •pld." — - _ EPISCOPAL 8ERVICKH. Hervloea at the Church of the Holy Apostles at 11.DO a. in. and 4.30 p. m. on all flrat, third and fifth Sunday a In eaoh month, and at 4.30 p. in. on all Wednesdays cordially ley Red to Letter Ta Major ( a'Uoti*. » ■ . l>4trHlr: Yon an* intcrcstetl in the pfbspurHy of xihu' t< wn. A'ott con contribute to iniTixteriHily.. ami give it a far.more iftpspcteu* iook at the-same rTtnc. i’ethaps Ifce phblic property mods a good coHt of paint. Hcvoc will •-I'lpply tit it coat with t\v<>-thtrd* of the l utnlicr of galtous required of any.other.' Devoe'wtil-last twice u* long a^ any other, Dovoe i« all paiiit and fu'j-u.easuio, L'i y< e is the.stfo!ige»t pvir;t kHsrwti. D vne will take c:tre of the property, .in tho K’l'k run, for halt the m.uiey required by any other . \ Tpc raa toil Ta s t a tml a Itove T'l-Vfybe 4* aH i.nluV anlfTtill-measure: the stroirg est paint known, c - L l>. Jew- il. t'orry, i’a. pa I n tali jHa hop-t* .*» ;j oa-s itgo wit • a mixciI j^aL*>t; took l( gallons. l a-t at-rltig^lo n- pm• fihl with l>t»voc; bongl.i 1 TguTTTnrSr a ml had 4 Ittlt. t->.ivul ♦I*) to fJ'T, for pa’rtiting cost* two or thicoi»Umes as iriuch as the p - im . ! , 'Y'-'.fr* tm^r. I'. W. Dkvok .t Go , 10 " __ New Yoik. GOOD BYE. WILLIAM. A ^>'ew A’ork di-pa'ch. states that a n,I lion dollar moytg tge h t* been ♦ xc cuti'd over'lldar-t's N«*w Ymk Journal vto to tlie K nh-kcrhia-ker T rust Com pany. D so William R. la no longer * pos- bi'ltv a* th*? Democraticcntidldate for the IVealdeiHty. / • —♦ • = ■ - UHEH OF SA!.T A gralrrrd salt seem a a (rival tiling; A'et to H hu.iu.iii being ojten owe tltcir live-, Few of tlu: uatural piudnct* of rtTc-earrh-T’L’LV' *> gunner prut Tn tin- eve r y day life than salt, and yet -ninst men and wotneti tiiink of it as'a cvxy sitrijlle thing. 1’eoptc would very sn-ui (lecotnc III if deprivad of it. It exist- iu all paytsof the .ItoTy. and the htiioau blood wiihott* it* pmticier* is lifefe*.* Many titi'e* wben diailt Ken,c(l neat the vi alit-y Las been icxiyed himI No fooil Is adeqoH’elv seasoned with out tha proveibUtl pinch of salt. A person requites form ono-fourth to one half ounce of salt ilailv. In .tlie ohlen titnc* tho Dutch used to ptiiiUb ciimi- ttal* by a ilivt of iiiiaaltcd ft-odi 'Their physical suffering* were, great and intiPtlly^erded In death. Not alone niitat salt, ho plentifitHy added tt> •ill vegetab'e. footl*. but mw> and fowl would not be p ilatabliv^x ijh out it. The st.-tff’of life x.ophT ru.t he sweet to t!je palate il (hy^kiimvy w UHe parHdeA-were hdt ysKt' of-tbh dough-,- iiutl In pa-try, r<u»^>sU t* an e-seiitraly and poor,.Indeed is the cooiy who Iih« not. the >i>1fT>-‘X iwer handy. HrmaN tm gargle^Is Itett'T salt ami wster. U tiinkes rotigli irons smooth, helps to pack ice, and. a* likccttres >ike. it sl.-o melts it xxlieii scattered noon an tin comfort a My sti|v- jj pery porch and doorstep. Mix d with “* vinegar it ja an excellent polish,''ami it I* used In tlie water with which the teclh ate cleaned. If* effect is felt In beauty and health.—Rocky Mountain New*. bolls of Cotton lii his lie'd's, and, Jh- f lead of tetting ih<“in atav there and fut, as ushhI, heidetc! mined toga'll* rthein. ILe p-iH-U the hoi *, Imrr and all, from the *(a!k*, and run. them through the gin in the sano: manlier a* the tegular -eeif cot ton, N-> damage was xioutAtiie ttln, and M.c hols ui; i.Vd our, about thi i ty pound* of lint H* one Ini tidied p »un Is of htiM*. A* tbe burrs gt» litrough with the Seeit thev are rather trashy, hut, mike* a good fertilizer. The lint, of cour-e, i* of Inferior qualify, hiit I* x aluah e for many pfir po.e*: .On a l-»4 tent* market, ilr. Jitiininera-w aa oferetl lo cents tor tiie I'ntton. If all of our fanners wifi try this plan w-tth their lufttre erops it xx III certairiiy liicreaae Muir yield anti itt- t-oine, * Aectodln/ to the Press and Banner Abbeville eegroes paid tiff a mortgage on their farm by boVlng the cracked top boil* from white neighbors, gath eiing atui hauling h<*,.,e Magi.n h>ft(l* of tbein ind opeulwg and forking out tTTe briiI* kt night,Instesd of nitcudjug hot. auppers Hud razor festivills. _ FARMS FOR SALE, JS JOW lathe time to buy improved fa mi*-cheap. Land^arc cheaper' bow llo,n they w illevt r tie ngaitt. Only a Innitcd nuinbcr for sale. It id theonSy s*f.j and* sub-tantlal Invest- nient. The clemaml is increasiog, prite-s are advancing and xxe cannot ado one acre to tlie w ot Id’s supply; It is'the prevailing oidnlou ibfit xxe w ill neycr see fnw-priced cotton ag iitt. 1 his me ins higher prit;es for tlio fauns lliat.proiluceotbe llercy staple. 1 offer thf folhiwing farms Tor «ale~qT A Bare Opportuniiy for Barn- noil ami Vicinity. 'V Having decided to.go into the Wholesale Basinets in the City of New York; I will sell out W¥ FN* tiki: stock OF , ; “T. MKKCHAN-"" - AVT _A-CTTTJVXj COSTI r—^r Store L'ixtures For Sale; House and • Lot-, with all ini- U*ry low pi ice* for :i:e next 30 da\*. ITtOvcnicntS, for t-alol t#"in* cm *li, or'■-)(>-fetit;li ea-h-. tmlanee in live c^uaT'annual instahneiits, (j‘\, infer*-*' t.u tiefrrreil pavmei.rs, T tn* IriaV Jie vbl'r h »,*. opportunity to kiry a good place cheap on easy term*. 4^1 «ei-<s <>f land in W i listen TAw-n- sitip, partly in tin* ro'-porale I'-t.ir- of Tbi 5 f-~,-WTi-T7f J ~TrtkTr;'\'T iiTcy tlwvtirii'g boti*c ami barns and -lab'e*. Kit* clay land, nestle eil In cttllivatioir. small put tint, in g.-od pfne rlm.ber, rents well Brice ft.312.-'0 Sotja Water Fountain for Sale X- i:VLKYTHlNG MUST Come early, before the -slock is picked over. NOTHING will bo charged in this Sale. • A. House Furniture For Sale. NOW GOING x D. K. Hair plvct*, i-i!> acre*, 2 htiild- luifs, Bo«mdarie<.*,\ by land-of M i s. Darling Bor, K. by Turkev i :w.k. S. hy e-tnie of Alien liair, \V. by J. O. •U»"«»od apd J. K. knislr-- !— . Pi l.-e, tfiUO E l’. M’ovlw.-vrd ' pt. '•'tiTIdlng*. RoftinJarie-; Bit) netes. 2 t<v estate d <*’. M i!Jer. K bv J< r far* Brttrteh, s. ny public r*>-o|l't" OiangctK.rg, and W. hy xslate of J. Duncan Ain* t. v- Price, .* 1.000 J. A. P.'mnrrpc plijee HP Here*. 1 bull- di.--g. BnundaruHt; N. -* . by lauds of S L_lV*c<n,-k, K. h.v Is.tol-it rmerl x owned 4tv- J. Satolct- and Mi** E. Konr.txee. s. by lands of Hander* and S. F. Darby. Price, *XS8 ’TOOfl J. U.at A. ILiekinsnn.plaee, 0!) iwres 2 buildiiig*. Boilititarics; Baft of the diVi-ion of estate of 'S. I tank In -om. Adjoining latul* of M. W.A'Sam Bailey. Joseph Ashley and MrsffE! iTd+Ttrr Price, 4t00- Floyd A If.-MtkUtaon pl ice.'wA acres, .T hnildings. Ihoin In: ie-^ N. by laud* ol J. A*hley, K. & Vt . by Hapkinson atid H by J. Ashley. Price, TThb Flarjey Place—.Vk) acres, 2! U cleared', halaticc iirivood at id tiiubv.r,. 2 tenant fthii"»S on. pia'cc. dwidlin'-g- rcV-ci‘.tix huidtcd. 7 mile* Irtnn Barnwell Conti Hun»e, on nn^fc ro.xtL Rounded by lands of Weather-bee. ' Be s. *. ■JA LL .-Piii t e CaOitksIiMWvD 'i'illv ahu K. Lj P.rrteTsoii. r t r&w.mm ~ off or for pulp v ".riio Bir-HT all jv’.npoHc Iioisps ami miles tlmt live’, imlirment can sclcctand rcadv moiicV liuv. - B'o.ggies a-xi."Wagoirs. “TIichp, Dhf, tm* Ht at Ymtr tacrvice in vaxt vnict? ru4 at Dficc* tlKlcrgrmiird all COtHpetition.' ISc.c them and you Avill'Bcek no iuithci. - - ' 4L (’. A W., Ha! ford pluco. IfiO acres, TbiuSidnirt' - I’ouinbirie-r N. by land- of J. M. A J. K. Halford. K. bv Amanda Hardin, S by Thoma* Connelly and J. E, Cade, W, by Alls* E. C.'fjM'eir, Price, jlriO ' Stnford Place—225 acres, tie.-ffrlv nit cleared, good day land, !~T"w(>—syorv residence. 1 :en>itit hull so and barns and *t tides; near Elko. Bounded bv public -mad Jeadipg mt Blaekville to Elko, and lands of Thomson, Odom, from S. B. Hair. Alig^.D N. II . StaitKclfff ” Pi ice. f3/HK».f!0 Price* r-asonalde and feint* oa>v. Apply to J. O. PAT’TEKSON. BnrnwtTL8-€. STORE FOR RENT. Best lodHlon in BarnxvrIL 4+«ud-oftport«+ttty lor a gruCjiry bua- »1U ifi |*er mentb. N.-'' - Apply at CnnKoii's Pti.xnvAt-r. » yr- MLANT L’KCAX^: 1,0c0 one year rdd Paper Shell Pecan Trees for aale at 10 cents eactc U D Still, x ‘ • *“ IHackvil-h*. 8. C. FOR sale:.. Tf^Vr ound* of pure Edep^xyatvr meb set'll fiotti large and xxefi-sbapexf melon*. » l-'ut prices, Ac , w : rlte ro • - l E’. Stm.1., Black x tlie,C. MONEY TO LEND. r 4-‘ I am prepared to negotiate loan* on iptproved farms for live partial (laymettr*; inteirtt 8 per emit on Loans (tnder |1,()00; 7 per cent, bit loan* over ,000. (bm-’i w.lte. come and see me. J. O. Pstikiison. Ba t* i \x dl.H.C. NEAjlLY FOR •’El 1'S LIFE. A runswav almost ending fatally, started a horrible ulcer on the log of J. B. Ortter, EVauklUt Grove, III. E'or four years it detied all doctors and all remedies;: But Bttcklen’s Arulxra S;*lve had no trottblq to cure him. Equally good for Burns,. Bfylftrt, Hkin Erup* tions and Pile*. 2')c. at-Creech’s l^ar uiacy, 0. N. Burckhalter’s Drug Store. Choicest Cabbage Plants. TRK8PAHS NOTICE. Any and all entries of any and all persons on my lands in Rarnweli County, called the Mcbmonil Hill Plantation, for the purpose of htfnrlng by day or nigh?, trapfittrg, Hutting, gathering and removing wood or straw, or committing any otinr tre* pass, will be positively prosecute^ to 1 deraand quote prices F. 0. B. the full extent of UrtblawT*^ - v.. ^ • ’ J. Mi 75,000 strong,-ylgosous, healthy cab bage plants of tho best estabtished va+ rHtles. safe and sure heailer*. lor sa^le and delivery as scmWi as tire Spribg _wafrant.3 garden planting. Last season fraold platil* to many of the iMM*t p<?opie-of tho county and tltoy gave universal satisfaction. Every bujerfoimd them the best ever used. Certitixiates and altidaxHa establish ing the superior I ty.of my pla-ntsarf-e in mv possession and open to. Ris|>ection. I refer, by permRislou,-to W. E. liar-' T$r, Met'chafp, Fairfax; B' K Lewis, C. M. Croft. O. D. A. Wilson, J. O, Griflln, H. W. Deecv-A; J: lluofer—Ul mer; J. W. All—Tulen; J. W. Main— Jennv; P M. Kcar*e and others. Make up your cUib now and write me ntimber wanted and I will book or- llauiiWuH- S. C- «* X.jHILL-TCP - STABLES. X'uARNWELL. - - S. C. I i j Harness. Harness*. , An immeHHP stock of nil praties from 111* ■^'XIIOICKST' TO TlTF^CHK XTKS'n ff-^'Sctumitc pieces sold. If you need ;niCttrilw from a Krow iiatid U)) or guahi you can ^et It at liiowii pm-es Fatldb s for all si/.cR and lTol^exes.! l^aj) lioben lor all puijjoses aii(l iteople. Whips for slow and swift Jruinis. here. -»rT»r lie foie buying ainllimjfTn tlie above lines^eome to IleadquartpiRluid you'll be pleased if’ good good* and treatment and below par pt ices can satisfy. OIEZ-ALEOLcIES SJElO'VyKr. 13 A HNTWKLL, S- C. Pocky ford Captaloupe Seed. Saved by C. I T. MATH IS, '"of ^ Ylathis, at Rocky Fordj :o!o., fropi standard size qetfed cantaloupes, ripened on th,e.vines. * \VA I i:i\Mi:LUN Si:i:!) J Limited sup|)ly of I'iJen and llluc Ge C m watermelon seed saved in die Carolinasrlrorn the first perfect shaped melons set on the vines. No seed taken ftwm the end of the melon*. Apply to- ,A. F. YOUNG & CO., Wasivington & Duane St . New York. Or C. H. MATHIS. IKackville, Auditor's Appointments Treasurers Notice. - The County Auditor or hi* represen- Utive will' bx* at iho fxillowfii J places si the dates opposite each name. All tax-payer* a*e earn-sfiy leqnest- ed to meet tha Auditor and make piop- er return of all |*ersQusl, property. 1 I'hl* 1* n very important matier that is irequentlv negbetexi and theieby criis- im; the taxpayer and thy .Cow51y Au- ditor no Tittle I rouble. Yonie prepared to answer all questions in /egarxl to schixd districts Bamw ell; m •• Mnudsy, ” KM.n; TTie-day. WiUlsion; VY ednesdnv, ” Kennedy's Uth, (iih- f^ih. . Uth. lOth. lure; Timrsdav, Feby. Barnwell until after Eebv. 20th; af ter xvbixTi »X) per cent, penalty wi.l be added on all piop**ity returned. W. II. DUNCAN, S County Auditor. NOTICE l Treasurer’s Office, Barnwell County, S. C., Hept. 2Sth, 11)03. The Treasurer’s offiire will be open' fur tflfc collection_j)l the taxes I«vie4 fur 1 !K)3 from the 15th day of October until the loth day of March 1004* in- elusive. . Tin* commutation fax wlfl be recviv* ed uiilll MaruL 1st. 11HH. From the l*t dnv of January 11)04 nn- ' tiJ thcTlst Barf-Of January lb04 « pen— slty of I per cent, xvill de sihh-il to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February 1004 until the 28:h day of February RM)4 n penalty of 2 p*r cx*nt- xvill be added to all unpahk-taxes. From Ike 1st day of Match 1904 until the Iftth day of March 1904. a penalty of t> per cent, will be added to paid taxes. , • LEVY. ~ Brant. As I am nnxv engaged in Tlsltlng the 'Schools of fhe County, ft* is required by law, the ottiee of ( ounty 8ii|*erin teudent of Education will be open only on Saturdays. All clniirts a*«l paper* sent by ib*U shall have prostipt aiteotb*n. W. H. Jones. - - Co. Hupt. Education. all ua- ^ For State purposea “ ..ConstimtionMl School , *‘ Orxlinary County •* Repav loan u Rehidexing Records WANTED TO SELL •* * - .. - 'fffx Hundred Buslieis of Allens New Accessible Yariety 4il«J- Cotton Heed, Heed Mmail, Very 1’roliflc, yield orhs third Dot. sold myurop, forty four bale* at sixteen cents per pound. Hacfled and delivered Free on Board at One Dollar per Bushel.- Hsud cash with order to " T“ : ffv - , - - ' Frank H. Creech, 5 Mills, 3 - » •• .. 1 aPEfclALSCHOOL LEVY. Cedar Grove. Old Coliimtda* 1 mill, AHendale, Barbery Branch, Black-' vilie. Double Ronds, Elko, Kxlisto, Fairfax, Friendship. Kline, v 4,ee*, Mon- ie, Morris, New Forest. jDak Grove, Reedy Branch, Hefgitng, Seven Fines, Tinker’s Creek; i mHU. ^ • Ulmer, Owen’s X Roads, Crane Hs- vannsh, Cave, Barton, Big^ Foak; 9 mills. WlRDtoBf if-mina. r llcrcuies; 4 millA ' :r ■ BarnwaH; 4>g inlllsT , x c '