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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
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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.
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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 '