The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 21, 1897, Image 4
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TIIE VALUE OF COTTON SEED.
DE'LORAHLE IGNORANCE AS TO TIIE"'
USES OF 1H1'LLS AND M3AL.
To the Editor of The State:
May I say a few words through your
columns to the farmers in this vicinity
on a conidition of affairs which prob
ably exists in other parts of the State ?
1 allude to the almost total neglect
of the value of cot ton seed hulls as a
feeding and feltihzing material.
I wish to preface my remarks by say
ing that I am not interested in any oil
nill, am merely doing general expert
work in the cotton oil industry and
while of nece.sity conversant with the
facts, am pl(robably as disinterested as
al person could well be in the advice I
give.
I was toll to-day by INu unusually inl
Ielligent attorney of this place, who is
also a practical farmer, that the people
hereabouts know prlcticltlly no us , for
cotton seed meal except as a fertilizer;
that neither cattle nor 'laity cows were
fed in these pars on hulls and meal
and that it woultd be very dillicult to
convince the peoltle that cattle would
not eat their he:is off if fed cotton
seed products. The fact that the oil
mill here is burning by far the grat' r
portion of its bulls conIirmlls the ratuti
tolls statemelits. 1 grieve to say this
is a lamentable shoa ing for the in
telligence of the people in tins see
tion.
Now the facts ticmon lraItei over
and over againi are these :
1st. ('otton see(d hulls and meal inl
the ratio of ti to the fnorme to 1 of
the latter make a complete feed for
cattle. In the ratio of 1 to l they muake
a quick fattening food.
2. From 80 to 1I0 per cctt. of thil
value of hulls a1i1i lnctl ;Irt ex rctcii
by the cattle and can he savedl ;111l
used as a fcrtiliz('r inl the l :llt lnre. 'Tht'
telAtimlonl' o agriculturatl chemli,ts is
uuain1lllous onl tiIs loillt. I it l,l;till
Iolds it illl l that i1 I) 10l0w ll of
Cotton steild meal ((or bhulls) he hid to
cattle .8$l or Sti cal he rt''cv rtl in
the mlatne. ('o11Sequently' the fatrmelr
who ltis S14ll) w'oit11 (tf ('ttun stild
mueal in the ,rounll wi;hllt fiIl'l fIt' -
ing it lelibt'rately tlitows awlay - i ltt
b 'l. erlla s tilt' litill- citcan -l;tlltl
tii s loss. Niil t illw ill oilllaIlt''t (i l
;t antrf lttres co (i1i. Th 'e it Itith:rl;
Mly nlo cotlll5' ill tile ("-t\ili/tlI _.ttdit
t here as va athle s t"ltiI stilllll i tlt ill
the 'rou(i 1 all s a t l ,- fer tili t eltt the
:. Thie vA llt'i t f ll it't cattl et t l I
seed itllls ald 111:1 im 111ilIh rett'r
thlan t1lat of tttlil;tny nl:uutr0. Air
litltd or inl tht' cttndit in'll 1 h ad tn
n lit"i ll fertilizt1 is olh it ik wttrthlond
the salut' asils as frtihzer- at -1 ler
toli.
Now. that th0s:r n 1i l:"d
rest o (T gn ral -It i ents. lt i ne itaddi
these fa;cs: L.ast spring I induteced three 1
large farlntgr, il Al bb a to t(1f a he'r
tion of stine !O ittols of eotton steed
meal they hadl hou,ht for fertilizer to
5i h'atdI i f t'ior hlookin cattle itll y
had. saitgil ftroill 30t) pountis year
lings to 1.1l0 pouis oxel, 1 had to
gtltr,inie persontall that they wofld
lthe nthaing i "ate ofeetd hefore Ialthet
woud d pi. .1 wa ithei them andsl had
onare of the'gl experitnenta ('0 d;is. tl
the en Wol that time fhe sold' n head11'
as1( a test . (The' ulW fe'dn perioil' Is7,4
cleal4 protit24overs ~~ and v ifed, l-i
t)elieand llv I ex esesi of. 77 head,
froundsthe 1 , he1. Ths114 m'anue. 1the444
hedn het'ing atiins,ltiw, wlasurefuiillyi
Stutat e iitof AfhIhama. Tevmuly--1
1)iiS. Ihtwed ehas t t i t'Iupait'n w'ith
fonie frl fert)ilies auolitml exac17tl
The Iiame ~vlu aI Ct)rub I- for111 (0)) an;m
tia,)potash m.ll phe osphoie acid,Ih Iitla
worth vil9 pzer ton i the ett c~'on.:i-1
tionl or lIlt whond died.i tl'gtI111t
ller it aI tiigt el le intatilon wil
the reIlative14It vais of teed -mdi manre
If'at, pit i n Alatine pemion of1)
bolievof thiet 11r14)lturali( xperiluentle
dttons eto nh'a aitist on1 tie cos(f
th cdand l Ti lows theriiatled' 75t0
aly fedo bu 0ponso al
an meluote lieha incytt the pro
poion flt Cotonisee hof hlcN thi1h
pwere fofmel, orgla'yl the if4toi.tkt
Ched upi alorstaClktisiwer. Tsed' aor
noeoddi ing t m:he frte' ilw siec
tiead foro hours)1 hved eitee.
milkund brutt-er. ul ec, ml
at covfu anlostso )thiet tomayn-o umer
th i)oreca!t:iof OXsk U illedebnit, moal
fond tton the ginn-r.ialevaSt.ofMat,
35er' oil pmil aof m:amre wit.h .ong
0yos tons of good cotton seed bulls
shoveled into the furnat o simply to
make steam to gin his owner's cot ton.
I hardly know which to fool sorry for
most-tho man or the boast.
EDwiN LEIIJIAN JfOHNSON.
St. Matthew's, S. C., Oct. 8, 1890.
WIY NOT BEET SUGAR ?
A tEAT OPl'PORTUNITY IN SOUTH
CAROLINA 1'O1I A NI-W AND PROF
ITABLE CR01'.
Columbia State.
We have re( ently asked the atten
tion of our farmers to the cultivation
of the stlgar beet. The experiments
already mnade at the instance of the
United States departlment of agricul
ture show that beets grown in tlhu
South yield a latger percentage of su
galr than those produced elsewhere
18 per eeut. against 1,2 amd 14 per
celit. iln Europe antI inl the Norit. If
l: is shall prove to be the case through
out the South, thel Sout1he1'11 ttc'tnr
should he able to get trotm ;10 to 50
per cellt. more for ties beet crop thanl
his comnpetitors in other t'llitis.
Sigar ibeets ctali e lowlil alI over
the 'i'ion. 'hcre are' as yet only
about 1.1 fatIories iti opl'ratioll ill this
couUtry. and tlhtey ritn.e ill location
f'romu 'iryini;i It 'aliftornia, ilom New
Yor-k Ito Nch'"aska. None is fart her
soloth than1 \'irginlia. Th'Iese factories
have all heetu sueccessfttil, a1(l thicir
protuit thi, y"ear is estimated at about
-I1,0(1) t lls of stigil. \ariot? new
oles aire IoV beiig ereete(I, and the
increase' fr omi this time forward will
be very' rapid. hecause of the great
Ionumptilon of s 1gar in the L'nited
tlales-.5 per celt. larger per capita
thani ill atlly otl,er colltrv of the world
-IId thite li,'th talitI placed1 on inlpor
tat ions. Ii atitli loitt 'tulr heet sugar
ptr"ttletitn- wilich as \t' i- only 2 per
cenlt. t'f the A\unerltati elaulI--and
il ctile l ' ;r ':1' 111'1' itill (11 I,(11iiSi
ilii. t' I llilei S lat's ltt1il" 11ies sug-tr
Ito the vatlte of I1mI,IItH,t11Il a year.
'le' opt rttlnity 1(1i ali txl)-tlsion of
tho liet tur:Il" lutlll-11y is therefore
va"t.
A helet ,t;.:ar faitorly will cost as
Iitih at, a ctttt'li Iliill --fron $200,)00
upward . Oine" filtt1,' will cot'sumle
lt'w b't" p lrl',i1t t f a' halt ''ozenl Coun1
tie. Tihe htt"t' are ought dleliverel
:It the faltiry :It prik- .tradled to the
1't rete!lfa;'t- t'i ,i:;II. thet' contai,n,
l'het cost -itute 111thrtfore a cash crop,
alet'It :i -tlt'on as maie.
l >'r het t a:veraginu* 1i per cent, su
zar f'tr11m I to S-4..50t :1 tonl is paid. In
N trtherln State I(),000 acres have
it'll Pinted to slpplS one factory.
he yiell b'ein.g 100(1,000 It'1nS, or tell
t nS Ilo I1he acre. At S4 a ton this
neans ?-40 pe"r acre, whiich is dleciledly
elunlaitive. To obtain the best re
,iitls ulcll c:are is taken in the cult iva
ion. The' inltensive plan is the best,
few acres well hantdlel being better
han many w 'hi' h are see(let amil then
icglected. That the cro. is a prolita
ic One is pr.vel by the fact that
arms11 netar the factory of whilt"h we
nve sptkel have iicreased in value
'roml -20 to l l an .tere. Thlat fate
ory will produce this year 10,000,1100
pounds of standard granulated sugar.
W e think (.hat there is a great op
potunity ini Southi Carolina tot beet
sugar prodtiCtion, but for tile p)resenit
we only ask our farmers to make iniex
penlsive expiitutents. Let themi tile
early ap~plienttionsi with the t initedl
~t atets tieparl mlent of agrictuitre f'or
suigari heel se'ed, so as toi be certini of
getinig them. Next spring let themi
raise a few beets after careful fer't iiiza
tioni antd c'ult ivat ion , andl send samplles
ito thlet tdeparltmeti for- analysis. WVhen
the returns comie ther will shiow the
uitatbiltitt o the soil andle climaate for
the Crop. That provietd, it will be in
order tto raise thle eapuitai for a factory,
ton te pledlge of neighboring farmers
to liltnit a ctertainI airea in beets, the
tattrly in trigaaten eti
price pert I ttn. 'lThe experitnent cantiiot
if it shll sut etd -as terte is iio
reas~lon to doblt--wc can haveadze
or two in South l:arolina the next
I tear ii inintdi th at 'PTte State tirgtes
nothlinig whtitch is itost ly in tanca te of
litlrative; 11nti 11:at it t(1ie'. lit nr't an
I he prodelion ofIii t het '-ugar beet. A
ewacries foer eat-h wIll yieldi a hautu-.
involvte no steious liss if it does' not.
Thlt m luihs passedt for thle one-c rop
sysitemii. To tdtiversify hiis pirodu lcts and11
thius inlsulrte lum iself taigainlst general
Noe e n i denyt II thait wet neetd ainothier,
andit still aniothier, money crop in this
talte. I . t us exprienlt uniitilI we
Ilied th lit' operg sulppileents to cot ton.
Pi'vc <hi-li very of' mail mi t he rural
di strict.S is ini sightI. T1hie inspector
who wecre' senit ouit to) watch the work
ings tf* thle exi eimienifal tialls mtade
Iu lei hist winltt'' a ~ppropriaition for
the' lpuripose, have maude t hiri report to
t' post -t t1it' depatm ent,. ati thIouigh
fte fu'l repor1it h as not biteen made putib
li t, if is -a itd to lie mlost, favtorable toi
thle lplhi. TPhet mot1 enlcouriaginhg fea
it' of the reporiti is thle siltisfacet ioni
niete<l amonllg tuirmiers with th le ex peri -
lil'nit and1 thiir increa''~sed use oif thle
mail sernvice. Th'le est imated cost of'
til'e' xt enisin0 ofite sen-vit' to thle cin
tire coun t ry is 800 1) ),ti0,00 abom)t
200,000) spei'cital ariers wouiiltd lie udeet
to the governimen t t ay tills, earnin
tin an averaige of 8300o per year. Si xl
nlhlons is muctih moneyii - -but It' s9er
v'iee is wVorthI it -antd wIifth jn'tutios
buisiness mn1igemeni'i1it, instea~d of so
miuch poltit's in hi ihl ptlaces, the de..
part'imeit itself olbe liae toatt itpay
it all.
Maiu'e madie in smumier waist es
nmuch faster than it 'lot's in wiutter.
Tihe WIvarml weather'l hasttens ifs decom
positioni. it is easy5 to preven('it steios
men'lt p)ihtd andt so cotvt'rtd wit h(I iathI
hat nio anilolon 'ie ieS'ic n ii'
cow~s are' allow'd to ]ie iln t he baali lItard
dlting the nlighl much of' their- liquail
excre'ment is wasted. All such wastes
(letract fiom the prl'tit of dai ry ig,
when, nat imilk ,,nid hutle ric iies i
arec, the miost mullst be madetl of evei'y
tintg to keep tht bailance on the side
nf rol.o
A PRACTICAL FARMER.
A SENATOR WHO RAISES CATTLE AND
HOGS, COHN AND COTTON, AND
OWNS FOUR THOUSAND ACRES OF
LAND.
A correspondent of The News and
Courier recently visited the plantation
of that hustling farmer and public-spir
ited citizen, Capt. James T. Douglass,
who is the Senator from Union Coun
ty. his country place is some twelve
miles west of Union court house, and
is near Tyger River. Alone the roads
the crops were in pretty bad looking
shape, the cotton was small and not so
well fruited as usual. Only now and
then could a good field of corn be seen.
Just before and after crossing Tyger
the crops began to show a more healthy
condition, and the ground seeme d to
be much ricl-er. On the road to Capt.
Douglass's place is the old Gist] home
stead, which is a fine old brick build
ing, surrounded by a beautiful grove
of oaks. In fact the trees are so thiek
that only an indistinct view of the man
sion can be had from the public road.
It. is a pity that it is so, as this is by
long o<ds the finest residence along
the road.
Senat.ar Douglass was found super
intending the gatherit'g of his fodder
crop. Ile has two mammoth barns,
and they will be packed to the rafters
with f'dder, while the lower part will
be filled with corn, and there are fat
hogs enough to fill his meal house when
killing time comes 1in his river bot
tomns is his cot in crop, where he has
ninety neres of as line corn ts can be
seen anywhere; he will make between
twelve and lifteen hundred bushels onl
these bottoms. le has the same num
bet of acres in cotton on his platatiot.
Besides his corn and cotton erop, he
rai1es plenty of peas, oats, wheat, cane
and evetythimg necessary for home use
that he can raise. Ile says he has
never in his lfe had to buy ait pound of
meat for his own use, but always raises
this at home. IIe works wage hands
et'tirely. of which he has a latge num
ber on his various plantations. Ile will
not allow any of his han(ls to give a lien
for supplies. If they are obli.ed to
have them at the beginning he ad
vances the money.
('apt. D)ouglas a says the great trouble
with the farmers of the country is tha,
they depend too much upon the cotton
er''op, and will not raise their macat and
bread at home. lie says it is easy
enough to do it. IIe has done it eve)
since he has been farming, thirty odd
years. lie has not only t aised his hog
an?d hominy, but has made tmlonley fat ni
ing, and Itas continued to buy lands
until he is now one of the largest land
owtels itt the county.
lie owns ,otmething over 4.000 acres
of land, which includes sevetial large
farms. The ninett acres on his home
place planted in cotton he expects to
yield sixty bales of cotton. lIe has
some of the linest bottom lands on the
T-yger River, reaching live miles along
the river banks.
The Senator has a beautiful home in
the town of titon, wtiere his family
lives, but ie spends most of his time
every week at his plantation; he says
ie cannot. be contented unless he is
pers'tnally superintending his farm
wotrk. IIere is an illust rationi of sue
eessful farm'1ing. Shtoul his tmetths
be adopted the fatrmers wVou'd s~oon be
ini hetter shaplle.
Cottinty's miosi sliccessful fattteris, was
itn towtt Satumslay, atid exhibhited a
cotuphe of thte largest ea-a of c'rtn ever
seet hereabout. Each oneo of the ears,
lhe says, wtill shell otte quart of' corti.
lIe says ho htas thtree actres of it, anmd
while the whtole crop wtill not. average
as latrge catrs, hie says it will make a
very large yield. IL is a new kind ol
corn hte is experimenting with. TIhe
ears will masur e twelve inchtes lontg,
'l'he grains are v'ery long, lie is well
p)leasedl witht his thtree acres, atnd will
p)lattt it next year.
SOWVING FA LL OATS.
HOw T'O Di)BLL OATS IN sTANItNO
CoTT1"ON AND ITS BIENEITs.
''The usual rotation hats been cotton.
cottn, oats or wheat, var'iedl sometimes
lby whteat or oats aifter cottont. Its cont
vetience dotubtless cauised it, to hbe
adopi1ted,~ because corn couldl be gathi
etred itt time to sow downt itt graiti antd
cotton cotuld mnot. TLhetre is otte gi ent
dleeet-it leaves thte cotton field bare
of living p)lantts from October to Mity.
Friotm the continuous cultivation of
cottotn lantd through the sumimer nittri
lientiotn is greatly developed(, atnd at
the end of the seasont the soil is sup
plie<l with soluble nitrates, readly to
be leached by thte Winter rnins. It. will
hbe seent that it is of the utmost, import
antce, Ilherefore, to cover the~ cottotn
fields ais qutickly as possible after the
cr ops whtich may take up these nitrates.
It would be well to start said crop in
adlvanice of the deatht of the cotlon,
antd oats sownt in September mueet all
the requremetnts of the case. Trho
great qtiestion to be tietermined is how
t.) s0ow the oats when the cotton is st ill
ont thme land to be sowed. We have
cotme to the cottclusiotn that sowinug oats
ini such a mannieru that they would(
c!otme up~ a little below the general stur
face of the land, in dirills, is the best
sitngle preventattive againist cold. It
sields thte lanitts from the cold winds1
aind cottntezacts the heaving -iction of
I reezes, by allowing ditrt to fall in thte
drills fmrotm their edges and re cover
the exptosedl roots. How shall oats be
drilled in, standhing cottotn ? Just after
the c'ottont is p)ickedl over runa two
shovel furrows in each middle, siditng
the cotton as closely as it, can be (lotne
withtot br'eakintg off limbs and bolls.
lI tese futrrows dtrill the seed ttrouigh
atn ordinary guano horn. TIhe endl of
11 thhorn trasiling int the futrrow ptre
vetnts the scattering of the seed by thte
laves atnd limbs whicht would occur if
50own fr'oim the hatnd. Follow with a
one-huorse harttrow antd cover theo sceed.
Itt cottotn tows fanrt feet wideo such
prtocedure wvould ni ake the oat drtills
atbot two feet apar't; less for narrower
rows. This is wider, perhtaps, thtatn
is desirable, b.ut We (10 not see how
they-can wvell be made less, and the
dtistnce is not too great to prevetnt a
good yield. As the young Oafs wtll
att fIrst be shaded andl somewhat re
tarded by tho cotton th sowig .hoau
be early. The cotton stalks should b<
let alone tntil the last of February
Standing, they will lo some good at
wind breaks. About the last of' Feb,
ruary knock down the stalks Witi
sticks, then with a long scootet plow
up the roots and run a roller over the
field to mash down everything which
stands up high enough to interfert
with the cradle.---Southern Clnir'ator.
WIIEA'1 IN PAST YEAIRS.
INTEIESTINO FACTs AND FIO'It1:S IN
ItEGAIU) TO 'I'IIE WIIEAT CROP.
The best four years of wheat values
this country ever saw were 1880, 1881,
1882 and 1883. There were single
years in the sixties better than ":ithet
of these, but not so good a range for
any four successive yeal s. If we take
the highest and lowest sales of' wheat
on tile 1st and 15th of each mont I as
recorded in the reports of the secretary
of the Chicago board of trade and av
erage them, the result for 1880 is
$1.05 3-4; for 1881, 1.13 3-4; for 1882,
$1.17 7-8; and I or 1883, $1.01 3-4.
For 1870 the aver.ige, reduced to go:d,
was only 83 3-4 (ents, aboul 12. (eits
below present v'alucs, and for 1881 the
average was 82 3-4 cents.
'T'he average value of wheat in Cli
eago tot the year 1811, based on the
(lulationls for the Iir.t and lifteenthI
days of each nituth, was 73 3 1 ctnts;
for 18(12, 81) ,-8 eents; for 18(13, 68 1-4
eents; andt for 18(15, 83 1-4 cents.
Gold values a'"e g'venl, not cutrrenlc)'
prices. It appears, therefore, that
throughout all of the period of the
wan less gold was required to buy a
bushel of wheat in Chicago than now.
'le big prices for wheat are not prices
in gol. Furthermore the best prices
for wheat, even in cturreicy, were lot
obtained until aftt-r tlt volume of the
war cut rency had been somewhat con
tracted and the pre'miumtnl go ?ld much
reduced.
By 1861, with a return of good
crops at hone ant abroad, the gold
value of wheat ini ('hica;o was down
again below its lr'seut prices. The
average for thit y"ear was 84 3-8 cents
and for 1870, itwithstaiiding a rise
in the latter part f the year, caused
by the war betweeti Germany and
France and a smaller crop in the
United States, it was only 833-4 cents.
The ieport, of the departnent of agri.
culture for 181) says:
"The wheat interest is at present
suffering froti one of the periodical
seasons of dep'essionl, which are the
inevitable result of exclusive reliance
upion a single crop."
From 1870 the price rallied. '['he
1874 repor of ite department of ag i
culture txpfains '.v as follows
"The great iocreise in the exports
of 187.1 was caused by lie failures of
European wheat cro's for two or
three prev'iots years."
The 1876 report of the depli1 mient
of igricultutre says:
"The steady growth of our export
t'adC in t'ereals tnariks' a a:11n imp)ortanit
.change in the prodnetion of the civiiiz
ed world. For several yea there has
been at growing delicienlcy in the 1brcall
stufl' crops of somne Eurol'an coun -
tries.'
Tileaverage gi value tf wheat in
Chicago fronm 18;l to 1s8t im-tluisive
was le's than I the~ presentI gold vatlu ot't
whleat theme, ansI diirjitg tlsig ime iliert
has been a eygemrdcion ii
t'e5 c tst iotprodinig wi'heat. It ma
lhe all owedu that (te priesenit price osi
wheatI is hiigheri t hani can lbe pet matn
ently maita:ineds. Wh'leat at ev'ei 5(
gobsl censts per husht.lel to the f'armet
nmvi is better thtan 8'3 veims inii;1.
At pisen t prit'es w'heat gri's i
would heC miorte prtoitale than ani
oithler bsm ineiss in thIiis 'outiry l3, an ithet
ttraitioni to it will be very great. I
we ~shoutild on lie strleing h of thiese
pris's grmeat ly incre ease oiu' ac aetge ando
ilutut aitil fort'ign pr'oduti'ion shiould
thn swing 'oack to' full ('ropjs, it is in
t'vitab)le thIat, thee wou'slad b e ani over.i
priodutctiton oft ii-at. wvith unprosstitlhh
FAl M NEW AND N(yl' .:.
Thie to,ta.l siti eti vatlie 01 lie coii
crop) is $716,572,015, andI t he est iunat el
gain over' last year is 8224,9115,048
Th'le ttal v'alun of' thle coin crop of has
year', in bushels, 2,283,875,i655, w:i
$491 ,60(1,967.
A farer of Wehls, Vt., is endecar'
oring to intduce thie State Ii easturer Is
reimburse hinm for' dam-'tges dosne to hi
crsps by (leer. A State law tirothiiu
thie killiing of tdeei' antd the far'mt'
conmplainis that, t hey roam over his
fields ini great n'uimbers. Farmers ota
certain par'ts of L ong Island in ike sim.
ilatr co.nplaints.
Kansas has b52,538 imilch cowis, at
incre during the tielve months oc
.6,903. Cattec othei' thiati mitch cowii'
have i ncased 24 lper cenit. in t
samle time, mattking the numnbei'r 103,
9:34. The nmber of swine in thli
st ate is 2 ,399,4t94 , the largest in (lit
State's hiistoiry, texctpting 1885, antI ai:
increase of 31 p)t' cent. ov'er' last year.
Sheep sho0w ain increase of 22 per' cent.
and! horses a loss of 5 1-2 per' cents
During the year, Ka'nsas has sold pli
try iiu(S t o the v-due tof $3,909),892
and butter, chitese and ,miilk to thit
value of $5 ,l09,:381.
Probably tmoi'e peCople go tto flc
Nashville Expositio n to see thie i'ouind
bale cottoti press5 than any tothei' singl
object, on the gr'ounds of' (lie T1ennies
see Centenniatl Exposition. Said r
pr'oinent hotel clt'ik ''"isitors ctomt
in Ihere every tay, and a lar'ge iiumbei
of thiem always imnir'e about thle cylI
inidica~l prtess. Its fame has spr'eatd
all over' the c, tintrmy, antI thle people are
anixiouis to see thle w~onder' iful machine
itn operation.'" Th'ose whit have v'isit.'
edi the exhibit in Machinery IIall hsave
gone awvay highly3 letasedl wi i.hi its
wor)ik and tell t heir friends abiout t he
wvonideis that it accomplishes. T1het
rountd-bale syst em is fiar ahead of thle
old way of comnp:'essing cotton. T1hec
bales are small, c'omipact, neat and( ea
sily handled. Duinig (lie priocess of
baling the fibre of (lhe cottoni remiains
in its oiriginal shape, andI when'i the
bales i'each (lie iils they arc in setn
dlid conti oll. They are not, raggetd
nor tornt ; thie cotton is not dlirty'. It
is the wonider of all cotton men, and
they saly it is the cotton pr 0ss of (lie
ftaro
BILL ARP ON GHOSTS.
The lemarkable Noises in an Old
Mansion-He Believes the Story, Rut
Don't Put Much Stress an Ghosts.
"Old Mortality" was one of Walter ;
Scott's most interesting characters.
This long bearded, venerable man spent
all the later years of his life in going
about from demetery to cemetery in
rechiseling and remarking the marble
slabs that covered the graves of the
dead. Not only that, but he cleaned
them of the mould and stain and set
them up square and level and did it
out of respect for his dead kindred and
friends. Nearly fifty years ago I visit
cd Laurel Hill, the beautiful home of
the dead of Philadelphia, and the first
thing that greeted me at the entrance
was a brownstone statue of Old Mor
tality working on a weather-beaten
marble slab. A little dried up, spec
taclod old gentleman with a pea-jacket
coat on and the big pockets filled with
chisels and mallets and brushes and
old rags. Maybe he is there yet. I
don't know, but I thought of him the
other day as I wandered through the
silent city of the dead in Myrtle Hill at
Rome, Ga. It has been about forty
years since I helped to lay off that
cemetery, and people have been mov
ing there ever since and a good motto
to place over the gate would be "For
men may como and men may go, but I
go o i forever."
An old-time friend was with me, and
I can't help but think of him as "Old
Mortality," for he has been nursing
and cherishing that graveyard for over
thirty years and has made it a place of
beauty and a joy forever. le has long
since made a reputation as an able
lawyer and a learned judge, but I know
that he never took as much interest or
real pleasure in anything as in beauti
fying and adorning that lovely and
romantic place. Ile has spent hun
dreds of dollars there out of his own
pocket. His lot, with its Italian marble
monument to the memory of his wife,
is a marvel of exquisite beauty. I saw
where he had righted up and placed a
nev foundation under the monument
of the wife of a far distant friend.
Within the last year or two he has
been to Macon and reformed and re
newed the monuments that mark his
parentb' graves. Hie has been to Eaton
ton and worked on those of his brothers
and sisters who died in the long ago,
and has placed tombstones over the
graves of his grand parents. He talk
ed to me feelingly anout some neglect
ed graves of our friends who sleep in
the old graveyard at Rme that nobody
cares for and is well nigh abandoned.
"When I got through with them," he
said, "I shall feel satisfied and take a
rest from this business and endeavor to
be ready for my own funeral." If be
is not Old Moi tality now he will be if
he lives long enough.
Well, I like that. We all like it;
that is to say, all kind-hearted, reflec
tive people. Some prople are afraid
of a graveyard, especially young peo
p1e, who have a horror of death, but it
is a foolish fear and wears off as we get
older. When I was a youth at a coun
try school there was a braggart sort of
a boy named Baldwin who said he
wasent afraid of ghosts. Jim Linton
bet him a dollar that he wouldent go
down to the rocky field that night
and cut a sassafras bush that was near
an old gravi and bring it to the house.
The money was put up, Just about
dark Jinw slipped around and hid be
hind a rockpile that was near the
bushis that had grow around the
gr-ave. When Baldwin got there and
was about to cut the sassafras Linton
said solemrnly in a deep bass voice,
"icewarr2 thaL's my grave," and Bald
win ran home wit.h Jim after him and
like to have fatnte'datthe door. When
! a teltile mili boy and had to
pass a country graveyard on the way
anti happened to be late in getting my
grist from the miller it was a strain on
miy youthful co'urage to go slow by the
sacred nmyster'ious place. But go fast
you can't on an old sway-baick mare
with a bag of meal under you. For'
three or four years I was on the lock
out for a ghost in the twilight, but
I never saw one and .I reckon it helped
me later on, for my wife lived near the
village grave-yard and when .1 was
courting her and kneeling at her shrine
I had to pass near it every night or two
andl it wats a test of my love and my de
1votion, for neither' rain nor darkness
intimidated me, which proves that love
is stronge.r than fear. Some moon
ignt, nights when I was a little pro
mat,ure5 I have walked inside of that
time-honored p)lae and sat upon the
tomb,atones and perused the epitaphs
anid the epitaffy for it is a reneeming
'rait In cur humanity to apeak weli of
Ithe dead, especially upon their tombs.
I don't believe in visible ghosrts, but
w>mefl strange things have happened
since the Witch of Mndor called up the
ghost of Samuel. One night in Florida
a number of us were gIving in our ex
perlence when my old college friend,
McKay, took his turn. He is too old
to p)revaricate or exaggerate. He
traveled in Eurtope with his wife and
THlE WEDDINO RINO.
Death lurks in every place in this "vale
of tears." There is no happiness, no joy, no
gaiety, no
success, no
-~ - sorrow and
~no failure
* that may net
secrete him.
A favorite
.1 for death,
I where we
nuen are eon
- the very
happiness
and rapture
of wifehood
and the sa
ered joy of
nuothlerhocod.
Rut too fre
quently there
is death in the embrace of love, and the
first touch of baby-fingers is sueceded by
the chilly gras p of the grimu destroyer.
If wives and mnothers would only resort
to the right reiinedy whiep thevy sufler fromu
wcakntess and disease of the delicate rind
Important femninine organs that are baby's
threshold to life, there would he fewer hius
bands bereft, and fewer homes sadden d
by an infant's loss Dr. Pierce's F'avori
Prescription nmakes the feminine orga
strong, healthy and vigorous. It fits
wifehood and nmotherhtood. It banishes
maladies of the period of sitspense5, a dt
makes baby's entry to the world easy at.d
coniparaitively painless. An hontest dirug
gist will niot try to induce a custonter to
take an inferior substitute for this great
remeldy, for the sake of extra profit.
" Mrs. Seagle was a great sufferer fronm a corn.
bination of femtale diseases, a few years ago. from,,
which she has beeni entirely eured by the uise of
D)r. P'ierce's F'avorite P'rescriptiont," writes G;eo.
A. Seagie, Itaq., of heox 130. Wytheville, Va. " She
is thoroughly convinced that there Is no tunedi.
cine on earth equal tothte ' Favorite Prescriptiont,'
and shte doesni't htesitate to say so. Site htas ree
ommnended it to hier lady frientds, and ini all cases,
where it has been given a fair trial, It has gives
entire satIsfaction."
In eases of constipation and torpid liver,
no remnedy is equal to Dr-. Pierce's P'leasant
Pellets. They regulate and invigorate the
stomach,1liver and bowels. They never fall.
One little " Pellet '" is a gentle haxative andl
two a mild cathartic. They never gripe.
An honest dealer will not urge a substitute
nnnn you.
educated his .children there, and for
eight years live in Italy or :o the cities
along the Mediterranean, staying
somethimes several months in one
place. On arriving at Dresden he
sought for a pleasant house to rent and
found one on a bill in the suburbs, a
large massive, rockbuilt mansion of
the olden time. He and his wife and
daughter were pleased with the place
and rented two rooms. The rooms
were high and large and had a heavy
cornice about four feet below the ceil
ing. .On this cornice and just over
the mantel was a portrait of a man. It
was an old oil painting and the massive
frame was fatened to a book in the
ceiling. There was a piano in the
front room and a set of fine old-fashion
ed furniture. The landlady was a sad
featured old woman. The first night
of their domicile Mr. McKay and his
wife and daughter sat up quite late
and the piano was tried and found to
be in perfect order. When they retit -
ed the lamp was shaded and left dimly
burning. About mid-night there was
a racket up about that portrait and it'
was seen to break loose from the ceil
ing and tturn over edgeways along the
cornice to the corner of the room and
then came down with a crash. Why
gravity dident make it fall down by
the mantel was the mystery. Next
morning a servant came and removed
the portrait. Next night after they
had retired a heavy screen that was
between the bed and the window gal
loped around to the foot of the bed and
fell with a crash. The landlady came
in the morning and removed it and
said but little in explanation. She
seemed troubled. Ti e next night,
Miss McKay, who was gifted in music,
played till quite late and after she had
closed the piano and joined in the con
versation with her parents there was
an awful crash in the piano behind
them. It sounded like everything bad
been violently broken by blows from
her.vy bludgeons and the blows were
several times repeated and with crush
ing force. For some minutes Mr. Mc
Kay and his wife and daughter looked
and wondered and said nothing. Then
he got up and approached the piano
and inspected it closely, Thou he
ventured to open it and found every
string and every key in order. The
next night about midnight there was a
pitiful wail of a child crying in the
room. The lamp was turned up and a
search for the child was pnade. Some
times it was in one corner, then in
another, then up on the cornice and
then out in the hall and away, but its
cry was distressing, as though in great
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule in Efrect
JUl Y 4, 1807.
STATfIONS. X a
v i eston.................. a
v~Crlumbia ........................ ~T ~ " m
Proseriiy.. ........ .......... 12 11 p i
" Newberry.................... 12 ve p ta
Ninety-Six,...................... 1 86 p a
Ar. Greenwood...................... 1 46 p mn
S H d e ...... . .2 26 p r3
r At vlile ........... ~
STATIONS' ND2
UV. rtnenvillo ....................... 10 50 a M
" Piedmont ...................... 10 b5 a n
" Wlllia ison . 11 18 a i
r. Anderegn............" 6as
SATION..,............... 12.p
Lv. AWneuile .................... ~G ~a~a
Py. mo nts.........................-0 66 nim
" N.illa:neti............11 2 a p
" Nebrr ..,................ 92
" Prsei~.y...................... 1 fri p
r oi.................... 800 m i
Ar. Charleston.............. ...... v
9_Na STATiONS. No N
907a;12154 ....Aston........".45p 86.34
0 0-a82 . .nnituo . .." 125p 740p
10 sua 2l i' ... Joniie ... 19p 688p
105a237 F .....Pelt... .12 14p 6 47p
S12m8 u:r. rta'.hurg. Lv 11 d5a 8 20p
1 46a1 33. Lv .8parr'tanbmurg.. Ar lI2 Sa 605p
"P" p. im. "A," a. in.
Trains 9 .and 10 carry eleg,ant Pulnian
pleepinmg c'ars let wean C.olt'unba and Ashoville,
enroute daily betwe.n Jaoksouvllle and Oincls
pati.
Tro u dev i: art,bu,-g. A. .O C.dvisio.t
(Vestibule Limnited); gout hbound 12:28 a.m.
U:15 p. mn., 11 :!7 a. mn., (%st ."bule Liited.)r.
Trains, leave (+reenvllla, A. andl 0. division,
nortkboiund, :45' a. mn., 2..31 p. mn. and 5:110 p. mn.,
V144il i . ? t te n [n i : . a.
Vullman atervic.
Pullman palaee ?.4Ipinlg cars on Trains 55aad
911, 87 and 88, on A. unzd U. divisionr.
W. H. GiICI~ . J. M. U :J
WV. A. Tti B. H. 11ARDWIOK
Gion. Panss. :'t. As't, en. Passg. Ag1t
SYu4igg A D Q,A Uanta. .
We
On Pianos, Organs and
drive our- business these har
Prices. We dIon't sit dIownI
of money like the old1 fossilk
on when they won't pay thei
want to purchase a Piano or
us andl we will sell you. W~
and( best selcted1 stock of P
some of4 the best makes on thi
to sell them. We guarant<
than any other reliable (dealel
blme purchasers are easy. 0
requlired and( we make t
Spot (Cash Buyers we will si
Organ cheaper from us thani
b)usines5s. Web keep conIstal
of small insitruments,. consi
Mandlins Autharps, Violi,
pa1rts, strinlgs and( sup)plies f
Seinrg Mahelin1es ait ridicul
waVgi1t one0, just intimate it, an<I
lOW you canI buy one1. Our s
ocaIJlid inst rume1ntal, is ke(1
4f the popular andl up-to-date
M.Yours tr
A LEX AN D ER
(JRREENVJ r
anguish. The landlady was rung for
abd came and when asked abdut the
child said there was -no child in. the. -
hous6, nor did her neigibor have any
children. "Madam, did you ever hear
the crying of a child in. this room be
foreF' She said she had, but it was a
long time' ago, and he learned from'
her that during the war with Napoleon
the inmates of the house were all
murdered for harboring some traitors. '
The man whose portrait fell and his
wife and son and a little child. She
thought that maybe the haunts had
left the house by this time or she
would not have rented it. -
"Now," said my friend, "this all
happened just as I tell you and my, lit.
tie wiferwi eay to you that I have not
ex;Iggerated it."a We looked ar the
little woman and she said "it was just
that way." Of course they ived the
next day.
Do I Klicve it. Yes, I believe Mr.
and Mrs. McKay; more than that my
mind is not satistled. BILL AR.n.
-The Atlant Constitution calls
attention to the largely Increased use
of fertilizers in Georgia. It shows
that there has. been a steady. increase,
from 48,000 tons in 1875 to 410'000 tons
in 1897. The Constituton quotea inter
views with a large number of farmers
in regard to this great inor.ease in the
use of fertill zers. Same see in it a sign
of extravagance, while otlhers trace
the increase to better. work and en
larged acreage, while correspopding
benefits are pointed out. -
Needs No Explanation
MADISON, N. C., Aug. 4, '97,
Goose Grease Liniment 0o., Greenh.
horo, N. C.
Dear Sirs;--Please ship us at once.
one gross Goose Grease Liniment. We
are entirely out. Don't fail to sh-ip.a4
once. PI"ase give us jobbers' prices,
It is the best thing we have ever den
Yours truly,
W. C. JONES & Cof
MUTHERN RAILWAY,.
Central Time Ietween Columbla and ,Tab
sonville. Eastern Thine fletWeen C4.
lumbla and Oher Points.
Et'criVs .JAN. 19,.1801.
Northbound. No. 86 So. 8 6
Daily. Daily. 94AU
Lv. J'ville, F.C.&P.ty.. 6 55p 8 20. a
Savannah........... 11 20p 12 20p 8
Ar. Columbia ........... 8 55 a 4 19p 44
Lv. Char*ton,SC(&It. 5 Op 7 10
Ar. Oolunbia............ 10 lop 10 65 a ... .
Lv. Augusta, So. Ry.... 9 00 2 lop '0
" Graniteville........ 10 12p 2 89p 5 5
" Trenton............. 10 50p a 08p s.p.
"Johinstons... . . 11 10Op 8 20p p O
r. ColiunbinUn. doplt. 2 17 a 4 5 p.
Lv Col'bia llland'g st... 5 10a 6.2 p .,.
" Winnsboro......... 6 13a a 1p'5
Chester ............ 7 0 a 7 Ol p
" Rock H111........... 7 4, a 7 04 0 0fl -
Ar. Charlott............ 8 b0 s 8 20 i p
" Danvillo............. 1 S0 p 12'-n 3806
Ar. Richmond .......... 6'40 p 0..
Ar. Washington .....9 40 p 6 42 a t 45's '
Baltimor '. lt. R.. 11 25p 8 00 a 1 'O8e
Philadelphia........ 0a 10 16a 1 lI p
" New York........... 6 20a 12 48p .8 o p .
Southlboun,d. No. 85 No. 57 No sie
,alily. Daily. Daety.
Lv. New York, Pa. R.R. 121lnt 4 &)p 1 t
"Philadelphia....... Sp Sp J
" Baltimoro........... 6 Sla 9 p p
Lv. Vash'ton, So. Ry.. 11 1 a 10 4p
Lv. Richmond .........2ffp20.
Lv. Danville ........... 201 6 60 a 12
SCharlotte..........1
"Rock Hill. .........it6 02.67
Chester . ..... ... ....1711 5
"Winn,qhoro.........221 1dm. ~
Ar Col'hia Hland'g st... 18 25ni87
L(.Couia UdVn.dcp't.8Oa11
";r John,stos.......... 1
" Trenton............1 a8~p1 a
" Graniteville........5 .85p10
Ar. ugusa........2 5t 4 l50 pi 8~ -1a
Ar. harI~so......11 00. 1 8 Ap......
Savnnh.......2 55p 2 00p a ....
Ar. acks~ivile . 20 9 12 50 a 1 SO
Ida37nnd1Now5Ya '. and
Nos li an li 12e Yor Florid1a ai,
ite. Trouh vstiule 0tai. 1 15eO ....*.
Augatie ad Nw Vrk 1a 2~o 58 10' a
nAlro S. August ine.... 45n aw.4o1k -l y
Lxce. Col'bla S.OGRy.()C of 00 an 00 p.... ..
hoIyClina ..&t. 12 47 PaII1 55 dawip .
Suftaanni ars... ..oe 5 ug00 a 88 1 aw
Yoradk. wYok
*Nos. 31 and 8:8-WNtork and Flortiarsr
Liited. Tholgh vestibuled -train witwhen-8l *
oAurii and slNew York, leavthgoeacharott
oe inc.AsoPullman drawingosi
Yo kt, Jlo o nig car, ogor betwen ugst n
Nos.871 and 88-Wash. tont ail:uhysr
Pullman diirint room butslepinrgbe*'
Puwomn csenvingl nd w YorkAam
gusta and Oharlot te. Pulhlman alesoa .oars
bet ween Jacksonvihlo and Cohunb,ia, -esn
dail between Jacksonville au4 Oinoippa4 -~
G.EiSt .. nshington. T iM Waahigs,.
.Q. P. A.. Waoshington. A. (.. P. A -. A tl te -
T10,,
Sew ing Machines. W e.'
d times by selling at~ Cu~
mnd croak about the scaf~city'
who let purchiasers. paiss
rn great long profits. If you -
an Organ come .and use:
e~ have on handl the largest
ianos in the State:inciU<liIg; .
e market, andl we are.going
se our prices to be h)wer
will make. Our terms'.fo)r
nily a small cash~ pay
le sailing smnooth - .
iy, you canD buy a'Piano'.or..
from any concern in- the "
itly on hand a full stoe~
sting of G uitars; "Banjos
is, &c. Also the various
or same. We are selling
ously low prices. If. you
I you will be sdrpriegd how
tock of sheet music, both z
t full, and you can get any.
songs and music at ainy-.4
BRO~S & CO::'