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The People's Journal PICKENS S.C WILIb THE FARMERS LISTENI From The Cotton Plant. There is no doubt that the farmers of the South are standing just now at the parting of the ways, and upon thei their decision will depend to a great extent the policy and plans of a genc ration. Cotton has given them more money per pound than for any year in a decade, because the crop of last yeai was raised for less cost per pound, an hence theie was more clear money real ized. Besides the average farmer was na a better financial plight than he ha been for ten years, because he has beei practicing economy and raising his owl food crops for man and beast. Th, money brought by his cotton crop hi been more nearly a surplus than an; year since the inflated prices that pre vailed just after the war, when ever: thing was booming along that line and the contagion of going into deh took hold of the farming class and helh it in a firm grip for twenty years. Conditions are changed for the bel. ter, and nearly every farmer will admit that the best plan is to raise supplies on the farm, make as few obligationE ats possilile, and cultivate only enougli cotton to call it a surplus crop. Tih large acreage in wheat would indicat' th-it the farmers are determilld to sid the poltcy which has in a large meas ure brought them out of (et, am planted their feet on solid grounl, bi there are signs that many of them arn weakening and vacillating at ti, present time, which would forebode i return to past conditions an restor the ruinous mafagemnent of affairs if the South. One of these signs is tha the fertilizer companies an( agents art generally reportmng larger sales than usual, and tihe mnmereice is that tie fertilizers will be used on tihe cotton crop. This may not be true in every instance, but, the large inajority of farmers are not yet adepts in time ise of commercial fertilizers for anly otler purpl)ose than raisini (otton. Oin the threshold "of another year the farmers ill the South should imake haste slowly about puttinig tiheir tinst too much in cotton. Wlat garantee is there that prices such as aire nlow prevailing will be rilizel mnext fall ? A Craze on1 planitimg cottoni this spiing will inevitably lower tihe price inl Sep temnber, and already tie speculators are begintiig to use the inmreasied purchase of fertilizers to depress the price of cot ton futures. Will we nev'er' learn that the won hl is co imnbined agaimist the Southern fairmer' to get his cotton for the least money, and11 that eveiry factor wich indicates au larger crop is used to 0o11 disadvantage ? The seiinhle andi pohlit ei emaks~0 f M1.. ~. Ne* bittL of Georgia, which we print in another' column, gives neced ed iinformationi and aidice, which ought to be taken byx iall the farmers of the South. His coun sel ill regard to tihe farmer putt ing himself into a p)ositionl whereby lie will nlot be forced to sell cotton early in tihe season is worthy of careful study. The bonded warehouses 1may3 not be aicoessible to every communll~ity, but there are few towns ini tine South1 wvhere .he farmers' cannot make ari r'angements with local banks and1( 11er. chants to get adlvances ulponi cottoii at tor it, has beein baled, andio thlereby pire vent the rush of the crop to tile inite r'ior maurkets ea'r lin tile fall. Thler'e is no dloubt that the advice given last fall to 11old back cotton aidled to au grecat extent ini raisinlg the prlice inl October and November, buit conicert of action among thme farmers thrmoughi banks andl amrchamnts where bondedl warehouses doi not exist will have a like effect another season. Let 1no 0one be defceived by the pres ent prices of cotton, wichl would not yieldl near the prollt this year than was realized from the crop of 189i9. Not only will tile farmer have to 1pay3 more for hmis fer'tilizer's, but ans prices have adtvanlced all aliong the lne, his labor' will cost him mor0e than last year', anid hie cannot buy a mule for' anything like thie piice paid 0one year' ago. this plows wvill Cost nlealy a hiundr1ed 1)01 Cent, more than they did last year, and all mnachmaery usett on tile farm has advanlcedl not less thaun tifty per cent. Agricultural implements and all else bought from tihe stor'es will cost more this year, and it is a matter of impossibility that cottomi can be grown as cheaply as last year, or in fact that any kund of farming can be done in 1900 t~t the same cost as in 1899. Farmers who are so unfortunate as to buy provisions this year will feel the effect keenly every time they enter a store to get their supl)ies. Will the farmers listen to tile warn. tngs of their best and most reliabli counsellors ? Or will they iiore thie facts staring thenm ini the face, an1) plunmge headlong into a course which cannot end in any other way than die Appointment and disaster ? THrE COTn TOkR ILANT to the full measure of iti infhuence wishes to avert the calamit' that Is lying just ahead, and recognizei wIth inte~se "satisfaction that some o: the fariers in Stuth Carolina are pro tg to ht thme trusts by organizing their forces in duo season. Still the 0 great masses of our Ieople are su pinely yielding to what they consider the decree of fate against them, when by intelligent and earnest effort they might teach a lesson to the fertilizer t trust that would benefit them for many years to come. r THE OUTLOOK OF TIIE FARtMER 1 ____ t AN INTERESTING REVil1w OF TilE SITUATION-000) ADVICE, FROM AN IYPERT. The following article from the penv of Mr. R. T. Nesbitt, former commiss ioner of agriculture in Georgia, is well adapted to the conditions existing inl t I South Carolina, and our readers will . 3 profit by its perusal : The farmers have been the recipients I of much gratutous advice, and I liesi tate in the face of so grave a subject, c but the cotton area juestion is loonun' t up again and possibly (here may be I those who, despite the dhisast r'ous les - son1s of the past, are contemplating the folly of again committing themselves to an overwheltuing cotton crop. Sure ly we have suffered too painfully from this mistake to again f lunge ourselves I and all connected with us into this sea of agricultural and finaniiicial troublem. Let each of us narrow this question down to his own farm and there let Iv us decide it. It is Inaterial what our neighbor does; it is, in a large measure, immaterial to us individually whether ' the cotton area be large or sinall, for so in the agricltural results of 1900 it will be fould that succes has come to the man who, regardless of outside in llueices, has planted atilple provislion 1 crops amil then as muitch cotton as hel -in affold to thoroughly prepa Te tor, highly maIuiti (e and rapidly (ilt ivate. 'Short or large crop, high or low pnie , he stands the first chianice to wiml, and if the details of preparation, fertiliza- t tionl and cultliation! be 80 inarna.ged thait if he gets tihe- largestyield froim the smallI- h est area, 1he! ha,s 1 nastered the secret. of sulCessful cottoil prodluction. Ilaving 't dioe his uttiiost, inl his individual C- fo pacity, to settle the ever-recrring cot- a I oi b)lem1, le Ituist see('k 10.mis to bn colbine with his brother farminers, with w the ieriahaits and wiith thie bankers, ri inl oier that the geneail COttoni erop al may be held against tile periicious Inl- fe tluenices of speculative combinations tl and their power to wrest from his grasp 11in his haid earnings ere he cani realize. a p fairretuirni for his intvestIletit. i T1hi botiAlu warehouse bill, now a el haw, is peihaps the 1iirst step toward hu ithe emIndipiiOtion of the Soulithern farm- sc er frot his bondage to Vall and l.om- of hard streets. Ilere we have thie In- tu ceptioi off a P11111 Whereby the farmer Li who wishes to hold his coton may, foir il a loimital sumiii, store and inisure his c< crop, the warehouse receipt, beitg a In letter of credit acceptable itn any busi- C ness transaction. ly mutual agree- o ment both farimer and merehant are C( secured. Should the plan become gen sl oral, the glutted markets, s often wit- t niessetd ini the eari'lier' fail months, will a be conisigne (d to ai dead1( past, neCver to it he resurrmectted. Th'le fartmters will 1by P this pdln he etnabiled to tmar'ket t heiir cot- t4 ton with moire judgtment and not, under p the whip and spur'of necessity. Witness t lhe powverful lever' which thie limited 0 co-operation of the pr-esent season has pr'oven in forcing up pr'ices. Right ti loyally have thie ban ker's, the met'- 01 ehants amid our1 local mianufacturer's utp- i held the fau neirs, atnd right r'oyally hais ati the price of cott on withstood the repeat- fc ed andh vicious attacks of mnaipu~lators, Pa specullatoris andl "prophets of evil.'' at It has been asked, if a man has the c3( land, with sullicientt supiplies and stock, tli is lie ntut just ified , after- setting aside wv at ~nuply snillceit area for' provision fe anid suipily crops, ini cirowdlng in every3 uli p~ossjlble acte f or cotton?~ Yes, and no. in) Yes, if lie has goodi land, or such as has m bieeni gratdually broughit up to a good tIl state of' feirtility. No, if his acres are tii like hundr'eds and(1 tousands over' the ail South, each.] yearii ce nedt( to cottonu at culture, atid which (It not pay the cost re of prod~tuctioni. In pr opoertionm as the er' hales muade oni these3 denudedl acr'es go ini to swell the Lleeal erojp and thus r'e duce the average pr'ice, they, to that, ex tn, mcreiase thle butrden which their' cult ivationi imiposes. No greater mis take was ever- made, t han to r'ush over fa the ptrepart'ion tof a)i lar ge arieia of p)oor t land, to be stimaulatedi by a little comn- wi mnerciaul fetilizer', and( Iplatnted indis- MI crim)itiat ely ini coton (11 1 At the begin niing of a new year the Lh cottoni far'meir is apt to overestuniate gr the fertility of his soil as wvell as his w ability to preQpare anti cultivate a full 11 (iulota of' bmroad acres. It is otily after' at lhe is irrievocably committed to tihe''ex of tensive"' plan1, antI 11inds himselfl''over. b< cropped,'' that lhe r'eahzcs his mistake, of andt begins to wish that a part at least . m of his landh had bieen devoted to ai rest, Ii or' to omeit r'enoating er'op. In the fl fimal settlement, however, he( tdoes not pi always r'ealize the fact that the painiful pa' diispariity between the r'eceipts antd ex- te ponditures of his ye's alcctiuts might~ n be tiacedi d1irectly to this big leak of' fr injudicious cotton cultivation. It cer'- -td< taiuny does niot pay to plant atn itndis-' ai criminate and widec arcea it cotton-- tI though a mani have supplies, stock and it surpllud of wvell- worn andh over'taxeti ii acres of hard-r-un land. e In the history and progr-ess of our agr'icultur-e that period has heen reached r4 where farmer's carinot raise and sell the ii raw prnoducts of thie ('aim at a satisfac- o 'toiy profit, if we take into confsidleration y' thie (deterioration of our landts,.t This is a startling statement, but it is th made deliberately and 'after thorough J consideration, and on investigationi it, h will be found inat such is (lie history t< of eivery agicultural countiy, where Ii crops have been grown and soid off (lie a faim for many successive years, with- o out an aidequate return being made to oi I ee soil for the elenmeints removed ft in thsetrcrOp. As an illustration c to ilan trt, we have only to p)oint ai toIeai, whose ploverty si~rickeni c )eopl, nder' the bondage to alien o lords, have seeni their crops retnovetd 0 and expended elsewhere, your after o year, and nothing oif this delatc fortllity replaced. sLpate In our own cse many causes haveb tended to bring us to a coudii where s we have hoon copnlen t sud mth >ds to restore and preserve the fertilit, )f our soils and keep up the productivi tower of our farms. At the close o ho war, much of the land at the South vas impoverished from succes8v ,ears of culture and: despite the fact hat the war left us very poor people n Georgia alone property values bcn8 educed from 6(300,000,000 to $150, 100,000, our farmers took up the strug :le bravely, hoping to retrieve th eix ),sse in the further produetion of cot. it, which ruled bewilderingly high. Tihe infatuation of high prices ill very avenue of trade and commerce revailed. Credit was easy, too easy, nd everythiny needed on the farm vas ruinously dear. Mules S50 tt 250; flour $10, $15 020 per barrel 1eal in the siimo proportion; meal 22 u 25 eents i pound; farm laborers 8150 1 $175 per ycar, and rations; besides uano $90 per ton and farm tools were agerly purchased tit prices which we roIld inow regard is. almost prohibit ry. But this high pressure policy IIld inot continue imdefititely, neith r could the methods prevailing before le war, except in rare and lavored ises, be successfully brought. over Ito the new coniditions, which follow. j that memorable and devtatating truggle. At least 90 per cent. of the men who lunge(l into this desperate and specul tive period becanie hoilpelessly invol. ed, bth farimers atnd merclants. Tihe Igh ptrice of cotton and the case with Iicl higrh priced supplies could be urchased, credit prices being pre(ie Led Oil big and remunerative cotton rops, tempted many meni to put every Vailablo acre inl co.tton ,and not one 1uao inch or else a totally inadequate rea i provision .-ir supply crops of ny kind. Wheni he price of cotton ecltned, both tile farmer, who hstd orrowell, and tle merchant, Iho had >a1ed, found theiselves s1addled With ehts which only years of earliest and 'ttient. lbor could hope to wipeC out. n nitat ilislantles after a vain strug It! to tegcaill itle lost vant-age ground, i'. ilt! litihits wenit to tie wall and it old plain tations passed into the .iids of strangers. This is a sad picture and pity 'tis, ii I rie. It was only those men who llowed more conservative nicthlods id who apprehended the new era just '0iutiiing to dawn on our agriculture, ho were able to retain their birth lt and Weather the stori of financi depression, which swept with such arful force over the entire South. liut at generation has passed-new men Lv conic upon the scene and now evail. The strong, young business eI of the South, farmers and iner ants and manufacturers and bankers Lye been trained in a very different, hool from the magnificen. golden age the old South. Agricultural !itera re has been spread broadcast over e lad, experiment stations have ultiplied, farmers' institutes. and lieges and other netlhods for dissemi iting agricultural and up-to-date priu ples are in casy reach of the army I earnest workers constituting 73 per mnt of our population wlio are reading, udying and applying these vital uths. Already diversified farming nad rotation, fruit growing, cattle rais ig anid butter miaking are taking the bace of the one-crop) system wvithi its at mdant bondage to debt and( the ind~e Lindent farmer who can mtake his cot in and lho ld it is not the rara avis lie ice wats. In technical education and manual aining, in maniufacturmng, in every her dlevelop~ment of business, the tw South is proudly taking her place uonig conmmercial nations. The era r which thirty odd years of lessons iinfuilly learned, disappoiunents, (is ters and( final successes have prepar I the way, is being ushered in, and1( 0n e banners of the twentieth century e see the glinmner of victory--vietr fairmers, merchants, ban or, ran actuo ers-all business interests fight g in one grand army to hold tihe comn crcial and( agricultural supremaiicy of e South against the worbl From is union iuist conme our strength for futut e coniflicts against the forces d combinations that wvould strive to iup thle entire profits from our groat ap--cotton-which is the gigantic Elustry of the world1. 1U. T. NEsnITT. Marietta, Ga., .January 8, 1900. It is expecctedl that unusuailly good zilities for studying phienomnena con eted wvith t.he interior of the earth 11 be afforded at the University of ichigan, at Ann Arbor, wvherc a well to be sunk to the dlepth of several ousand (eet oni the university ound(s. T1he investigations on this all wvill be carriedl on by Prof. I. C. Lisscll of the departmient of geology, d( Dr. Carl Guthe of the dlepartment physics, and the fact, of a dleep well ing located so near the laboratories the university will dloutbtless provoke uich original work on this subject. adldit ion to questionis of a geological ture, involving the various strata creed by the boring, there are many oblemns coninectedl witht the interior mpjerature of the earth wvhich are w interesting; scientists. Recsults onm a large number of wells arc now. Sired1 for purposes of comp~arison, ad while it is not to be supposed that e Michigan well will make a recordl r dleptht, yet ini the hanids of scientiflc v esti gators much should Ibo forth mml ig. [lhe efforts whlich Gov Merriam, di ctor of the census, is making to duce farmiers to prepare statements their operationis for thte calendlar ar of 1899, so that they will be ready Ireply definitely and( accuratecly to e0 enlumerators' quiestions next nilc, are bearing fruit. Some farmers we forwarded copiesof staitemtsiti the, census ofice, accomupaieid by uquiries as to their completeness id correctne. Tihe first and( one tihe best of thecse Latements mre fromi a womn who operates a 'rm in Pennsylvania on her owvii ac >unt. The paper showan iot only the areatge, quantity abd value of each rop, but contains also a good inventory live stock and a detailed .stattement, f(the quantity and value of miscellane tis articles prodniced, If every farmer ould imitate ti i4omath, the agricut iral report of this twelfth census would e a marvel of ed~ple enedsand would blow the entire productivo strength t the Uniktl 8ates in food products. A BACHELOR'S ENCUMBRANCE. I, Paul Parti ular, went West late last autumn, and wnetn I ro.turnod it was in company with my encum branus. TIprimie, my paternal patronymlo was not a misnomer. I am undeniably " partioular ;" I was particular from my childhood. I grow up particular, for these ideas "grow with my growth, and strength-ned with my strength." I would not till otl comfort.*ble tiktle country estato !ft me because a far mer must sometimcs wenm ir overal!s ; so I arranged Primrose cottage as nicely a paint and elegant furniture could render It, hired Dorcas Ti'rlim as house keepor and Job Tnrifty as gardener, and '.'Lt into tow!n, entered nto the commiesten and brkorae busiies,. and toJok roomts at E .syi not. 1. My hu ineiss was not wearlnz; I had a working partner,and my own capital procured me the greater share of the profits and an easy life. I had a sister, but she was married and had a colouy of little encumLrances giowing up around her, and filling nursory, hall and drawing room with tir->iv: hence I wont, less and less to l'bp's o the encumlbrances lnerease:d ; taud grow more demonstrativa of the canacity and strungth of juvenile lungs. Prim rose' cottage wai twenty miles frotn town ; and though pleasant teiough for a summer's vacation, Wzentl I enter taned a pary of chorice giut't- , Pet Of autumnils and winter. 1, 1mintme Io Of 010.y's ho'.el hod Lhe ;rekr.nco. But for the j mrnuy I but out upon, last autumn whereof I am about to ro late ; for the htory wil zdhow you by what unlooked-for means (took to my self an oncumbrroce for life. A long timo had my o4d fri-n-d and college chum, Dick Avery, b 1n send :ng tme lItters descriptive of hi ,s La ,py farmur lifu in montan S. " W:u&.ercC YOU got the i)lues and Iy..a, M, grow sick ef busine.s, com1ut for a moith through the glih ius, great West, aUd to my NlantLira home." This h-id been J)ck', invita t0on ever since iio r td im.,mig rat-ed to his present hom Proidence (:reted me. I hi-d then dy P itsia al Iwoudt i;,o to NI.n anA ! S., with a fall pouet, and unncun bered, save by that i.orriolo tyrant w hose throno was my gastronomic rc eion, I sat my face toward the setting Ht). How glad )!k was to s'o me ! He shook my haid -> vigorously and asked tin qutestion i' :-u - rapid succoision .hat I coud careldy draw a free breath betwte answers. Then came introductious to his wife, I rs. Nelly Avory, whom I never should have re cognizem:d as the slender wife Dick carried from the I.st with him; the four children, and a cousin of Mrs. Avery, MIss Gertrude Bird, a Wratty :0.'l of young urouture with dar k biuui e: .s and a wealth of brown hair. Mios Bird had been West four years teach. ing school, and was now getting home sick; 4o that it was only after much persuasion that she consented to stay a month or two longer with the Averys. "A bachelor still, Paul," said Dick, whilc Mrs. Avery and her pretty cous in were preparing huppor. "4 Why, man, you ought to have been settled down in life these ten years! You ad I used to be about of an age, I bblieve, Paul, and I'm getting along well to war I my forties. Thirty-eighs last spring."' It was certainly uncalled for--D~ck's mieitioning ages j 1st then tbut some how Dick Arery was always a blunt kind of a follow. "I'm happy as a king," he resumed, taking his youngest son-a fine fellow whorn he had "Henmemnbered me by," in the besmowal of his cognomen-upon his knee. " Jeily's proved a treasure ; wasn't too much of a flin lady to give up her Eastern hua and accompany me out h :ru to the byor'Jrr of thu whe dsrness, and I have mnapped out great careers for tiue young ones." Just then Gertrude B rd came into the r em and summont (d us to at4pper. Candidly, I don't remember the time thbat Host E.isy ever got up such a tempting meal. And then my appetite 5(o conthelted with thld tyrant tht had held it in abeyanec Upon ithe whole, it was decidedly pleasant. After eupper, Dick proposed having some music. "We always have a little sing of evenings," said he, "and to-night I propose 'Auld Lang Syna.' Come., Gertie." Miss Bird sat, down to the piano andl " Auid Lang Syie " was followed by a dozen other meclodies; and then Dick read a chapter in the Blible and we all retired for tbe night. And I must say that such calm sleep anid quiet dreams never visIted ma~ in my handsomely furnished bed-chamn ber as Easy's hotel as came to me there in the plain littlo bed In which I lay d. wn to ret that first night in Mon But I have not tim'3 bero to recount all tihe ovents of that month in Dick Avery's home. Btlce it that each was a type of iret. And all th's time the tyrant, dyspepsia, hadl been growing feebler in his. sway, till finally he en tirely a bdicated the the one. And thon I began to think of comin g home, and then was it that my cacum brance camne to me af ter this wise. "IPaul," said Dock, one dry. coming to me w ith a serious face from a lon.g talk witm Gertr-udo Bird, " how wouldl you like compa'iy to the East? Gur trude is thoroughly bornesick and longs to see her m->thur agaiin ; and thtoughm we shall loso half the sunshine of our home, I cano', urge her to stay an otheor monthb. Your going baek otfors sush a capjit~ai bnee for nur to travet in comtpany t.hat Gertie'r deputed tie to ask you if sh'ml be any eunt umbr ane to you. 83 what was left for mn ., Paul Pa tocular, bacheor't, who had never '' talc en chargo'' of a lanty on a j-urney in all my life, butt to protest, to Dick Avery, his wife and to Miis.. Gertarude Bird tnat It v~ould alfor'd mnu sinerest, pleasuru to act, as c.,cure fromt Moimanao to M~a-sachusmutts to te last, named young lady I And thils is how I came by my eneumbeauco' I It, is one ithing to meet a young lady -amu thtt lady as pretty and bewitch ing as Miss Bird at stated hours, day timu and cvenmingz, an-d quite anotheor to find your-ecif shut, up it the sa'me railway car with her ando soated ont ihe samo seat, with her for a journey of thmroe or fiour days and nIghts togetheru. One eithbur gets thoro.gnly wearied of or in love wita his companton dluring all t~mis ; that Is, if he Is uomarr-ied and suscso.litile. hat, I. Paul Particular, who had airrive~d at the ago of -Nell, Dick has revealed the matter of my agi for me--mig ht have neen supposed to possess5 abilities to steer cloar of both Soy lla and Chary bdis. TFho fiest day's journey was in no wise dltieront from that of any good naturedi, easy man who is encumbered witn the chargoe of a young lady, with her dainty idividual wants to attend to. tSu'e It was that Miss Gortruds Bra's first twelve hours were com p laratively easy ones to her. But when twilight had merged int< evening Gertrude Bird's brown heat began to show most unequlvooal symp tome of weariness ;, then began m3 first positive trouble. Finally the nod, ding head settled in its own way ; ovei and ovor It dropped towa u me, till at last it settled wearily on my shoulder, and Miss Gertrude Bird's thoughte were in neither State lying betweeE Montana and Massachusetts, but in the fairy realms of Dreamland. Not that the little head was a serious encum brance, because of its weight simply -o no! but, then, this was a decidediy novel position in whIoh 1, a bachelor, found myself, and it was not until every tired occupant of the oar had climbed into a sleeper that she wak ened. Then Miss Bird lifted her little head and said with a blush "Oh [ must have slept a little I Avid I fear I must have n.xe an euoumbrance toyou, Mr. Parti cular .' And again, in accordanee with the dictates of my good nature, I was forced to assure her that I had not been in the least encumbered by the weight of her head; "in fact., I thought I must have slept most of the time my silt." And so it went on all that journey, 1, Paul Particular, serving as Miss B.ru'v cavalier by day. Finally we arrived in Boston when, after seeing Miss Bird safely on the train bound for X --, I took upi my quartre at Easy's botel again. When we partod Miss Gwtrudo repeatedly tbanked me for my kindness, anqurlng mni. thaLih shou-d get on nicely the rzm i.t ::f Lhe journey, and extending me a cordial invitation to go out to X---- and visit her home and her uiotLter. I Co not know how it came to pais ; I do not think when I went out to X I had any tought beyond icquiring how Mlh-s Gertrude Bard had re-cover ed from tho ftoiguo of the joL'uny. I am very buro that I had no idica of 'taking to inysoif a lifelong ontcunm branc3, an I assuming the itsponsi - litdes of looking after not only shawis, satchels and baskets, but household fixtures and wardrobo generally dur ing all my futuro. Bu.t (1o not under tand me that I implict to Miss Bird with Glraw itg mi into zuch a toep ; for I solemnly assert here tia'. I b mte.,ve that young lady was as surprised as myself after we realized that all this ha4 itctually came about. Neither undeistandi me that I regret or would recall this event. I, alone, am to blame. I was at sister Ellen's the other day and the first, tithig she said to me was, " Why, Paul, wbat Is all this I bear about you ? You going to ba married I I am aulighted, though I always did think you were cut out for a bachelor. But your journey helped .ou in more ways than your dyspepsia.' I submitted to Ellen's congratula tions (ihe always did say malicious things) and the children's shout6 and kisses. In fact I am getting quite resigned to my prospective fate. It is only once in a.while, as in the present instance, when I am in a rave at having lost the last train out to X--, that the wan ing spirit of my bachelorhood urges me to pourout into some sympathizing ear mny complaint. But, afto r a.ll, I r'aily don't hiievo that I should con sider that man my true friend who should offer to condole with me. The die is cast, and I tako home my future with its attendant joys and sorrows, hoping that the former will be many, and the latter ie w. I invite you, one and all, readers, out to Primrose cottage next May, and I, Paul Pa'.rticular, married man, w! introduce you tu my encumbrance. - Henry M. Neill, the celebrated cotton cropi estimator, is English to the backbone, and betrays hisnation ality both In his manner and speech. a o may be seen any business day on the Il or of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange fr'om 10 in the mornin~g till 3 in the evening. Genere.lly he may be found seated by one of the big pillars reading the Manchester Guardian or some commercial paper. Where he site has come to be called " Netill's corner." In appearance Mr. Neill is mediurm-nized, blue-eyed and wears a well-trimmed beard. which is well Uinged with gray. He is a hard man to interview, .differing in that respect from the other groat statIstician of the New Orleans Exchange, Secretary Hester, who is on the best of terms with the newspaper men. "Neill," as he is called for short by the trade, Is the American correspondent of Noill Bros., of London. -Judge David Cameron, of Pennsyl. vania, recently appointed as the suec cessor of Judge John I. Mitchell on the Tioga county bench, began life as a mine boy. His family fifty years age settled at Blossburg, where, with his brothers, he was employed tn wagon lng the coal that his father duig. *WHY DR. HATHAWAY CURES. Reasons for His Marvelous Success Is New, Free Book. Dr. ilathaway's methiod of treatmentisnoexperi, mont. It is the result o1 - twenty years of oxperi ence in the most exten sive practice of an) specialist in his line ir the world. lie was grad -uatod from one of tin best medIcal colleges ir the country and perfect ed his medical and surgi cal education by oxton - sive hospital practice Early in his profossional career lhe made discov, cries which placed hmimi at the head of his profes. sioni as a specialist in trcating What are genorall) known as prlvato diseases of mnon and women, Tis system of treatment lhe has more and mot perfected each year until today his cures are Sc invariable as to be the marvel of the medical profession. Enjoying the largest practice of any specialisi in the world ho still nmalntaies a system of nomi. nal fees whieh makes it possible for all to obtais his services. Dr. Hlathatway treats and cures Less of Vitality, Varceocelo, Stricture, Blood Poisoning in Its dif. forent stages, 1theumatism, Weak Black, Nerv ousnoss, all manner of Urinary Complaints, Ulcers, Sores and Skin Diseases, Brights DIsoase and all forms of Kidlney Troubles. Ils treatment for umdertoned men restores lost vitality and makes the patient a strong, well, vigorous man. Dr. Hathaway's success in the treatment of Varicocolo and Stricture without the aId of knife or cautery is phenomenal. The patient is treated by tis method at his own homoe without pain em loss of time from business. This is posItively the only treatment whloh cures withoutan operation. Dr. Hathaway calls the particular attention 01 sufferers from Varicocele and 8tricture to pagm 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of his now book, entitled, "Manliness, Vigor, Health," a copy of which will be sent free on application.. Write today for free beok and symptom blank, mentioning your complaInt. J. NilW TON H ATIHAAWAY, M. D. Dr. Hathaway & Co., SRH South Broad Street, Atlanta, Ge. MBnNT10N 'iS1 PAPEIt WIIBN WnITIfO. AVegeab ePreparationforAs s I g tdod andRegula ing theStnmachs andBowels of Promtes tionCheerful ress nid~est Contains neither o mmNorphine nor lineaal. BOT NARLC OTIC. goi 1fA-SANZZB7W Aperfect Remedy for Constip tion, Sour Stomach,Diarr ea, Worms,ConvutsionsFeverish ness andLoss or SLEm UbSimile Signature of EXACT COPY Of WRAPPER, THE HONEST WHITE OAA HOME-MAD ton-wW A 6 MADE A' GREENVILLE C( Are the Cheap Special Prices for Call and J. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - - A N EMARASNG QUESTION --I They are teLling a story in WVashing ton about Ccngressman Clayton, of Alabamna, who used to be district at torney in his State. It became his duty at one time to prosecute an old man for making Illicit whiskey. IL was not a very serious infraction of the law ; but the old backwoodsman had bee4treckless in hie open violation and it was necessary to make an example of him. He was brought Into court, and alter the government had stated its case tbe old man, who bad no law yer, asked to be allowed to go on the stand. He was told that this would render him ilable to answer any ques tionsR; butt he insisted. " Well, uncle John," said Claytou, ~ " dId you really make any whiskey in your still ?" " Henry," repiled the old man, with i pathetic tone, " I know'd your pa ; I voted for your p't every time he ran for Jodge. And, Henry, your pa would never have axed me no question like that." The jurors laughed, the court smiled and Ctayton relented. T1he old man drove home that night. -The past year has been one of great profit in the iron mining interests of Alabama. The output of pig iron was as 'much as 1,048,794 tona and prices wore rro than doubloca. In January,i 1899, No. 1 foundry iron solrd at $8 a ton, &'ray forge at $0.50 and No,. 1 boft at $8. in the following December thes.e sorts sold, resp'-ctively, at $18 50, $16 and $18.50--a profitable advance to makers who hadl their yards full of pig accumulated during d.:l1 tlimes. Iron ore was mined to the extent of 2,'40, 73:3 tons ; the coko prod uce was~ 1,8341,50 tone, coal 7,559.381 tons. -Down at Washington the other i' day some one0 in introducin~g Surnator - Depew to Rirese-ntaitive Dolliver of i Iowa, said to the Senator :' This is tbe gentlemeran who coined the cuc h I line of the last n~tioal campaign, 'M r Kinley and Prosperity," w hesru po'n Sdiator Dupew rep)Ilied :' Naturial v the si queli will bn~ M eK-nley and BIls.1 -A specIal census in Brookly n shows that 574 459 inbittat live an 31,087 tenemnczt housese, an average of 18 to the hou'ee. WANTED A fewv tho'usud fo, -t of one inch Quarter Sawed O~sk Lumber. GATES DESK 00, Greenvilie. S. (I. HaT PRICES!1 Hate, ancytFater8 and Infai te Caps at a great reduction. L'udies' and Mlsses' Jackets at Cost. Must be sold by Xmas--seo thoem i before rot'r size is sold. IWOan give you a Jacket fro-n *2.75 a to $10.00. The Misses Rogers, 1165S. MAIN STREET. UWOpposito Stradley & Barr. Pesitively Cah. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of 'The - Kind You Have Always Bought. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORKi CITY. ON8= 'THE ACE FACTORY est and Pest "5c. Cotton." see us - -. C. MA RKLEY, Prop.' Oi' 'u ,k. { 0o all polnts North, South and South rest. in effect November 5th, 1899. *OUTHBOUN4D. N o. 403. No. 41 ,v New York, P. Rl. R. . .*11 00amn *J 00pm av Washington, P'. R .R... 5 00pm~ 4 30am' ,vlichmond, A. Ci...9 00pm 9 05am ,vPortsmouth 8. A. L. . .N 45pm*9 20amn trWeldon.-----........ 110pm.1143am. Lr H enderson...........*1256am *1 35pm tr Raleigh -.. ... .. . .....2 22ami 3 36pm tr~o Pmnes...............4 27am 6 010pm rHamlet............... 11am 7 00pm ,v Wilmington,8. A. L ... ..*305bpm .rMonroe, 8. A. L,...* 3am 9 12pm LrCharlotte 8. A. ...- 8 00am*1 25pm rtrlhester.8A L........ . 8 13am*10 55pm r Greenwood...........10 450am 1 12a . tr Athens ...............1 24pm 3 48am .r.Atlanta...............3 50pm 0 15am NO RTn BOUND. N o. 402. No. 38 av Atlanta8.A.L..* 100pm*8 50pm tr Athens............... 308pm 110O5pm kr~reenwood ...........5 40pm 1 46amn tr Chester. .. .... .......7 53pm 4 08am tr Monroe............... 30pm 5 45ami 'v Charlotte 8 A L...* 8 2pm* '. a~Iri tr Hamlet 1 A L........11 10pm 7 43am tr Wilmington, 8 A L ... .1205pm~ av 8o Pines 8 A L. . . O .I 2aam *D Ouaw tr Raleigh..............203am 111I3an. kr H enderson ...... .. 3 29am 12 43pmn tr Weldon .... ..... 45am 2 (60pm Lr Portsmouth,. ........7 2Liam 5 20pmn ir lichmofid, A. C. L. . ... nn7.0' tr WashingtonviaPenin R.it12 31pmiv 11 20pm trNew York. ........... 623pm 53am [Jolly. t l Eiy x. Bunidav. N Os.403 and 40:/.-- Te Atiania .8p sjI)9 olid Vestibuied Train of Pl'ilmn Sleepers ndt Coachecs between Washington and At' snta,also~ Pullmnist Sleepers between P'o-ts'- - iouith and Charlote, N. C. s. - NOR. 41 and 38.-"Trhe 8. A. h,. i~.*pross. olid Train, Coaches and P'ullnan 8Spe~ers et.ween Portsmouth anid A tlanta. liothi trains make hminediate c,'nmneetionl *t Atlanta for AMontgomery, Mobile, New rieans, Texas. California. Mexico, Ohi atta 'ooga. Nashville, Mlem this. Mlacon.. Flor la LVor Tickte Sleopers. etc., apply to. 23 Tryon Street, Chiarlutte, N. C. J. . JPCNNIN(JS, Agt. A bbevile. H. C. .TJOHN, Vice-President and General Mlanager. I. Wi - Ii. O [I0V Igit, Tratlic Manager. 1. .McB3CIC, lGneral Supt. . 8 Al bhEN, (Gen'i Passenger A gent. (Oeneral Offilces, Portsmouth, Virginia PIT T'S (ntiseptic Inviorator! Cures dlyspepsia, indigestion, and all omach or bowel troubles, colic or cholera morbnts, teething trouli.a with A'lldren idne~y troubles, bad blood andl all sorts o >res, rIsings or felonms, ents arid bur ns1. It as good antlieptie, when locally applied * any thing On the market. Try it, and you will praise 1it to others fyour druggist doeani't keepilt,Iwrlte to* 'itts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co. 'T'OMSON, GA.. or CARPECNTER B3ROS.,-. Uraenvm., 5. 0.