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N9 THE ]PEOPLdES*ORA VOL 12.-NO. 9. PICKENS. S. C., THURJ DAY, MARCl1 27, 02. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _O N E D O LLA R A Y E A R HOW THEY DIG PHOSPHATE. NIGi(tO LABOURIERS IN '1iII ROCK F 11lt 4 DS. A Winter's Day ait aln Old )eert.. edl Il'aintatiota llome a nll a Visit to the Ph1ostplate Rock Fields. Arthur James in Charleston Sunday News. The sunlight falls on a low cottage, whose ' tall white chimneys and ovemhanging red roof bring to mind a Dutch picture. The view from its vine-clad porch opens on one of the loveliest landscapes of the bSoutlland. There are no mountains, nor is there anly seal, only a fine sloping lawn sur rounded by avenuca of live oaks, which have numbered their centuries, and from whose widespread aris hang streaming pendants of grey moss. These trees, like sentinel , seem gulard ing the approach to a coloial mansion now ill rulis. In sunshinie and Shadow, in rain, in storm, or fair moonlight, these oaks are ever grand and beaul.iful. In the stillness of daVn they stand motiont less, but for the quivering of their bil lion leaves, which seem to nod and shako and say: " We are alive, and have been here for ages; we know sa much, oh, so very muchI We know the joys and scrrows of the mny gen orations who have passed under our arms; we know r ature's secrets that you poor morlals are yet groping blind ly to find out." " We are as God made us, while you, who are made in Iis iniage, are cer deracing His handiwork in your natures as well as your deeds. You are ever :naking crosses and burdens for your own aching backs, by striving against your Creator, oh, ye puny men, of so small wisdom.'' Beneath these oaks spreads a smooth, wide lawn, with shaggy sheep browsing on dry tufts of gass. It was here our ancesters mounted their 1 horses for the chase, here the children gambolled, welcomes extended and farewells said. Here the slaves were gathered to receive largess in the Christmas season, here burned the bon fires which celebrated the births and marriages of the chilIren of the house, and hence wended the shadowy processions when the dead were taken to their last resting place in the family vault, which stood amid the flowering shrubs otn the bank of the windin.g river. Entering a small gate one sees a garden covering acres of ground, which might aptly be termed an carth ly paradise, so bewildering is the con fusion of flowers that bloom in tho springtime beneath the oaks. They border the shadowed lakes and seem to follow the shining river be yond, they ft inge the broad paths and color every vista vilth their brillance, in each opening between the tree topI is seen the turquoise blue of a South ern sky. All sounds are distant and mellov, the rumbling of a cart, the blows of the busy hammer, the far-away whistle of a locomotive, the dull throbbing of a phosphate-washer, a sharp call of one laborer to another, tihe occasional low ing of a calfless cow, the rooster's shrill crow and tihe -ceaseless chirping of the birds while busy about their (daily portioni. One is loath to leave the languorous quiet of such a spot, bitt the tiune ap p)ointed1 for a visit to the phosphate fiehds had arrivedl, so we stepp)edi across the intecrveniing~ corn beds to the narrow track, where a small locomo tive and~ emp)ty trucks were ready for their outward trip to the rock ficlds.1 Cotmfortably seatcd in the front, part of' the engine, a shIrill whistle an nounlced tihe departure atid we rush noisily past, the quiet, forest t~rees, low batiks of greeni moss anld ferns, neoar a bubblitng sprinig wyhere the work horses are slaking their thirst; past hbare rock fields, whose yield had been exhausted, or lies too deep for profitable (digginig, thtus they aire abandon ~d, with uip hieavedh suit face, and strewn with up rootedi trees lying prone and~ (eadl. N ear the track arec numbiiers of negro cabins, the diwelbnlgs of the phlosphlate laborers. These houses have 1no claim to the rustic attractiveness of' the daiys - ~ of slavery. There is inow nto generous wood pile nior grunting sow, with squealin~g lhtter', no scratch ing, fussy lben, with broodi of chicks, nior the numb~ers of fat, greasy, happy little picaninnlies baiskinig in the sun. Thex e we see only the bare, dingy looking house, a clothes line across thte yaird, filled with ragged garments fitappinig in the windl, a few thin, half-clothed chil dbrent, whose miothters arte iiot tile erst while htealthiy, well-clothed speciments, adlorned by pleausatt mantiers; inisteadc of these, are bedraggled wotment, deckedl withI remnitanlts of tawdry finery, cunintg aind surliy in their looks anid ways. Their occuplationi is that of cooks and washlers for the rock diggers, chtargitig them exoi bitantly, you may be surie. TIhiese women at noon stanid near the t~rack to sling their b)uckets (If f(ood 011 thle traini asa it, rushes b~y to the rock licidbs, thus the tnegrocs in thte pits get their dhinner'. Futrthter in the woods, may be seen the cabins ofi the I talitan laborers, who al e broughtt fromt the iNorth everly winter to supplj~emett the uncertamn work of the ntegrtoes durlin g the busy season. These ltailians are au II 'ee, wicked lookingv set ofI men ; they hlerd together like ratls, atid live not, mutch better thanut the r'odentis thtat they) eat ; these, with snakes, buizzairds and macaroni, form the staple of their mettgre fare. The train runs down to a field of busy diggers, whlere the empty cats are left to be tilled with rock; thetn with change of switch the little I ngine puffs off alonc to another field where fifteen loaded cars are awaiting trans portation to the " washers." A short delay here, while hitching oil the cars, gives us a view of the workers in the rock field; these are negro boys and men of all ages, rag ged, insulliciently clothed and surly inl manner. They dig in pits whose di moensions are usually from six by six teen to eighteen feet, with a deplth of from four to ten feet, according to the depth the strata of rock lies. The mud and rock are dug out togrether and hard work it is, desperately so, in cold and rainy weather. The men stand in the boggy pits, often with a foot of water in the bottom. Two of them usually work a pit together with pick and shovel. This muddy rock is thrown in heaps near the mouth of the pit, afterwards it is placed in whee. barrows, rolled oni planks to the rail road track, where it is dumpel ready to be pitched into the empty cars. The negroes work only when they please, and that is not often, unless drivon to it by hunger or debt. In very cold weather they make small fires near the pits, as their scant cloth ing does not protect them from the wintry blasts. Many of these poople are coatless, hatless and shocless, but even presenuts of these articles have rioved of n1o avail to help them, as Lhey are gambled away before the next iun rises. A white man is foreman for Lnch field and "1 takes the time '' for ,ach nogro's work. These rock dig crs are even lower in the scale of liu nanity than the worst of the ex-sla-ves; Iey are nearer akin to the brutes in iabits and morals; all their idle time is ipent in gambling and thieving from ach other, ho it their fowls or their f vives. Among themselves they are F awless to a degree, not stopping short f murder, perhaps, for the possession - >A a few cents. They neglect their tick, who have neither medical atten- r< lance nor medicine, unless furnished 1 )y the whites, so they often die alone ike the animals. Their kind hearts iecn to have disappeared with savery Wd only the instincts of the savage -emalin. Tile exeeptions to the above condi- tj ions are the older people, former e ilaves, who are rather held in con- n empt by the present generation for a eiing favorable to the white race. A orry picture of things existent, but u rue nevertleless, as all know who lave any <lealings with this particular s :lass of negroes. of A certain rich Northerner, a 9( phos ihate man," thought the Southerners ai oo inert and did not make sullicient m lforts to lelp these poor, thriftless el >eople. So he showed the sincerity of it fis convictions by building comfort Lblo cottages, with glass window t ashes, besides the shutters, neat al trong doors and steps. In cach cot- tii ag. he had beds or bunks made, and ' i them lie placed good mattresses, lb >ecides other little conveniences; he 5r hen gave them permission to use as a nuch dead-wood as they pleased to v ;ather in his forests for their fuel alid Of uis only proviso was that they should (1h lot touclh the game ill hi preserves, si mid to try and keep all neat an( ill Ib rood condii on against his return from m he North in the fall. lle then left, s: ecling colitent that lie had left these fu down-trodden" people so muchi more ti oinifortable. ct Ini November lie returned from hliS 11 histant Northern home, anlticipatolg c lreat, satisfaction in beholding the im- i )roved condiltion of his lab~orers. So h 11s amazement, knew 110 hounds whenl ie founti they hlad shot, his game free- ~ yor at least wheni they got, the op n .ortunity, andl rather than go after the t lead wood and tote it, hlome they h111ad' shoppied (1oors, steps, shuttei s, and " wvin the bumiks to feed their tires, had g born up) or carriedl off' the tiukmg tI 3overs of the mattresses, and other.. b~ wivie ignloredl his genlerosity. 1 b)e tieve the philanithro~pic viewvs were shianged, at, leastfln, further efforts in Iheir behalf were manh~ifest. Query: Which is tile better amid Y ba~pp~ir for this race, the hirel ing o1 ~ Ihle slave'? Are they the pleople whlo t' enn ever stanld entirely alone? What p' Luln be (done for suchl ani imoral andl e irresponlsible people, wvho will not, help s themselves? The colored echicators rlaim they are hlelping themselves amid 0 are taking step~s to prove it right here ill South (Carohina. Bult, what ar h efforts of a fewv hundreds against the retrogressioni of the mllionms? WVmi time little leaven leaveni the wvhloe? The shiowmanl bings his trained anm I ils s 5OVidences(0 of their eucla tionl b~ut, because of those ill the whole anm imal kingdom become revoilutioniz~'ed? Exception may be takeni at t his com-1 partisoni, but 1none is intendedl; we ~ kriow the negro hats a SOal and1( the ani1-r nial has1 none; at tile same11 timei alhl 1hu- 1 man11 life 1possess5eiicaracteiistics per tilninlg to their order and unchanilIilge able as the creationi. Th~e An1glo S Ixon1 standls alonme, rely mg onlly onl I imsel50f. WVillI the Afro-AmericanJ ever he able to (do the same? PastI i story says' 110--tile future 1al0nc can d -cde. Inuidly siimmoned10 by (hle sc'ramiing wi histle of t he locomlotive, we take our sats and the hleavy trainl of li fteen loaded ears, with m1nany jerks and vio hent pufing fromu tile eng~ine, starts onl it oeardl jouirney. T1hie strain is itnmenac at, Iirst and we hardly crawl along,. then tile speed quicenis andi : without stolppages the train arrives at the great phlosphiate washers on1 the banks of the river. Ihere the ciginle is dlispensed with ando tile negro "' hands '' from the washier roll tile cars, one by one0, up a stecep imlehle and1( at, the to1) their contecnts aire' dlumpedl into the great wire cylinlders, w hose rapid revoinonn, unilm, strea-, "I did not sleep a night for seven long weeks." That prolonged period of sleepless. liess is muost expressive of tle pain aid suffering Cauised by womtaily diseases. It is pleasant to Col trast the medical in efliciency wvlich said "I Could not be cured" wvith the prompt andt perttanl- I nit cure effected by the use of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 'Ii s Ireat medicine for vom0tenl establishes -egtlarity, dries en eeblilng drains, heals niflalitnation and ul -eration and eures eiale wveakness. I trke great pleasure n rco IetItIterI iltg DIr. iIce's iticdicities tl) otlier stuitTering w4olien," et ites ars. Mtarv Adlios, f Gnissyc:cel. A s h ej / 4.. N. C. "I hall Itl titat t (roble vel va hndly i It il t t ill n talcer' >f t t it u Its. I was ro:>lel wit h It .o t hiat (11l1 il t sleet) it light or eveII 0on g weeks. 'lIe doetors sair I c oulild lot lie cured. but I cott I Ittie tiking Dr. Pirce's 1-vo ite PIIreset-iptI I o 11< ' I'letsuit Pellets.' Alter takitg (w h,) tes 00141< sleep all night, 11n)i aflr t-kin1 ,ix ottles of 'Favorite Prescripltiol' ,alo two of Goilet Alclical fDiscovery 'm4id th ee vials (of I'len-aIint l'ietits' my eCase wa s cutel. I hi 1 A iV litisd istr thait I woit4e1 have to Iit. nts it L temed I cot1ld o1) live. Ie (4(11 mle to pu4t f'aith a Dr. 'ierce's ane tlicijnes, for It hall cri-cl 4>t hcrs lilt woudl citre me. So It dtil. antd I thak (1Io< lid< your mtiedicitne for saving niy life." > Dr. Pierce's Comnon Sense Medic2 Adviser, ioo1 large pages, is sent fm-e onl erteijpt of stamps to pay expense of In.lmg only. Send .11 onle-cenlt stonlps ,)r the book ill cloth ilhlding, or only 21 l:mps for the pape covered volimte. aIress Dr. R. V. Pierce, BuiTlo, N. Y. ;wat-er, cleanuses the m(ud from tile ck before th owing it down in Lreat les tpon the wharf. Afterwards it placed under tile drying sleds and i milergoes a sort of baking pr-oec8s by ! I fires built beneath-thus is the I dlry rock "1 produced. Later, Is is i Lled, it is conveyed by lighters to ic phosphate mills, where it is crush I and1 otherwi.Ce manipulated, thus makinv the fertilizer which is shipped > a:I points of the worbd. This is only a4 superlicial view for the !iinitiated of the workings of tihe 'cat phospiate industry, Which saved )ti1h Carolina from ruin at the close the war for Soithlerll independence, I The hours have waxed and waled, ill we leave the secies of work and I >ise to enter onec more the vinle ad porch and watch the twilight as :| deepens. Far overhead a long black line ex lids, for I mile or more, it moVes O il 4( ever onwards, arrow-shaped at I -les, tIlell thilining to i mere thiradil ekein agaitil to tile size of a lare mting clold, which Streams out ill uall black llasses, and filially ends in t few black (lots. This is the liole ardl flight of hundred, nay thousands, 1 crows, who ia.ve been feeding all e ty m1i distant fields, and as the still nlks bulow the horisol'O they risc il ( icks andl SOart across the river to the 1 arshes, where they spend the Iligilt, eltered amid the reeds from the I rce of the wintry winds. At last u ey alie settled, tieir hoarse awing I ases and allid is st~ill agin save,- peCr ps) a belated bIrd, withlI12( fihtened y, dtst palst andI~ the chlorus of1 the ogs mn at distanlt pond1 is faintly I ard, Thle thudl( of thle axe in the distance atekely dtistutrbs thle Wvondelrful still-e tas, while throtugh thme trtees gleam rlights from1 tile caint dloors. O n I unlscenl road a paissin~g lab1orer' sinlgs t Icek of Ages," while fiar away 'oups (of nlegroes shouit thleir wld~( re amls, keeping time with the rythiil atling of the sticks. As the paitienlt kine paicC slowly to c le nlking their bells tinkle inI sweet 3 ikaseem.11o dreatll o 1L~f mylsterieCS heC mdi ouri iken. Ci ispi yet hlm~~y is the I rs5 inl the dark Ilute of the sky andi~ V1Ice unu1tteralble pre.vadest the little >rner1 of thle great worbil~ thalt semC~l far away. Atu 111Ihis is tile mornmgt 11 and111( evenig If onle winter C's daiy, acts11 Abloult thle lh'insit iiu llomiit Thell report,.of tile VirgLimaI~ lIoard of isitors to Mountt VernI'Ion foir 1101, as8 OmledC by3 Juditge Jame tlI.I ~Seer, at 141lICe of thle boatrd, preCsents iln com "eIll tile entire hiistory of the ,eauttifu to I N..te (4n tile l'otomailc whichI amle inlt~o .(as ru WaIshlinlgtonl's pos. tint 10:2 years at > onlI1t lieember 14,f 101. Thei~ ebinil I title 144 the. estalt ts pasin~g into thie possession of tihe Indies' Moutt VeCrnlon A seiation1, is )Iresented in' dnI e xtreect fl om t he wr'it tnis (If t.hl0. late Dr. J1. .M. Tonerl0 'f Washington, whlo at the tim e (If his teath Iwas5 onie of thle associallOll'S ad4 vIi Tbcil cfitate, un11ti takenI over biy the1 alssocia(ion, waIs alwjtys inl thld handsli o[ thie Watsinlgtonl falt'iily fli'o thle date4. oIf th 11iranlt (of Lordt Cullpeper in 1(70) 1.o ,Ilhn \ Walinigtonl, thle great-prand. fathier of Priesident, Washiington. T'he o:iginail Lrant wats of 5,000 acres to Soon1 after thereC was a dlifiisoji (of the ouui ntoit 11. two narcels of 2,400 iinS eae, ithe pail. bet weeni i)ogt IRBun anlI lAittle IIttiting Creek faltl t > Johni WIas'iinton,. 1 inluded tI site of the preent. AMounit \'ernon mat Sion aind was known a3 thei Ilutiil Creek platilationt. Upon ith (le1eath of dolii \Vashiinl'to (ie estate passed by deviso to John' $01, Lawrenet. This- was iII January 1(G77. n the . death of Lawrence th estate issell to Iawl rice's son Auge tine, tile faulitr of he great (Ieorgc Aug u)stin lft ti hei e't by will to hi, Oldest, ,441n, Major idwrence.) Wash ington, who wals hll brot l4 her to Georg atid louilteen 1ears Is se I I or. Not withstand ing the fact that the3 Were only h11lf1 IIIrothels and notwith blainding tle, (iqparity In thei age there wai betweeni I :mwrence and (ecorge tle wartnest iOtIlCy alfection Lawreice was a progreisive, far-scein, ma, acxive. inl blusis s an inl pulili life. lie was interested in the manu facture of iron, both Inl Virginial ami1 Maryladi, ani ti t li limtle of Ihis deatl was preiidieite of tie Oh io conY, I which lie was ole of the originitors lie sevrved Several t I ims in the Iitu114s if l;Iflre.ses and was Ad jutant,-G1'vi ial, with the rank of major, of thil Northern I)istrict of Virginia. It wa: e who name il the vstate Mount Ver Ion inl honlor of, ithe I411ngish admiral, I'dward Vernlion, unider whom Ie had <I'erve inl th1elwar ag'ainst Spamn. ILawrence lied inl 17512 and his re nonlls rest ill the0 Alount \'ernion vaulh war those of G4eorge Wastin:gton. lii: .vi! provided tiait inl the eveit of tie 0eat of lls chili Sa rahliIl without1 issue1 ) whoi the estate was bequested, il vas to gI his Iheil4oved brother Gcorve, '.1rah died soon after hieri father anilt lit,, it was that Alount Veinon becam< reTr ae' Ssociated with the illus 1itriou: inel of George Washingt tonl. George WiAisligton beg 4athed ihe 'stt - to his nepiew, .Judge iusliro Sashingt1,on, totake eflect on the <ieat >f lartha, Geor4ge Washintg-ton's wife, Vhio died Nhay 2 1, 1 Sf2, iii the rooi i1 d11.1i i eit'1V Ihe onU OM n in c'hell he ilushatld had lassed away less than iree yeari bfore. l iishrod Wash. ngLoti in turn h'ueathled th e estate i4 iS 11Ipihw, .JlM A. Wash migoiI, whI< lied Iin 18:',2, leaving4 Mlount \'ernonl t< is I hird child, .J1:411m1 A. Washing-ton, vho 1eenme ol age in 18:11 anil livei it Mlit. Vernon until April G, 1858 ,hien 2(Ho acres of the estme, inc-lu:dini he mansion, the tom1b ai thec wharl actssed it) tho ILdies' A - oeiation of, inyment of 8200,(0. Sdeculators had Ce atdly tr ied to get hold of' tlie stat8 prior to that, offeri ng Imuch iger suis for it. I i 1887 (lhe late .J ay ( 'ould bourh tL 3 1-2 acres that hail belonged to the ri!f inal Mount Vertion state . aying 2,51I, for ii. iiil tiaisferr-ing it fo lie sum11 of l thiat day to tile Mount ret'nHOU aIssociatiol. JtIud:ge Sener's exhamli v I e repoi-t vlielh is h igh ly c; 11111em-dc4 by (Gover or T l3r, of Virgmiai l in is lat an al iessage, gives, inl addition to the liitte history )f thle cstatec, the entire gislative history of the Iadies -Asso. iation, its constittution and by-laws lie opinion -concurred ill by Attorie) ieneral Mloniague-of .J. Randolph: 'ucker i to the iegal status of tile ssociatioll ; a skAech of the life of' the ist regent, Ann Paimela Gutniningham ld the interesti1g incidents Coil necter elitll the formation of the associatio: iid Al iss Cuniniighiam's lonely resi lence of many year~s ait Moiiot Veriioi --ini a wvord about11 everything that11 la orious reseatrch could. get togethei onlccrning the WVashington fatunily I ount Vernon'and14 the putl riotic asso int1ion that has Alount111 Vernon ii blarge, the4 whle be ing illulstrat1e( vitlh portraits and14 maps1) of' muchl is Oical value. |h?.'1 A hLt\CI!l0 00I1'8 .V I l'?W Solnotn's wives we're! contL3ete be. auslie they~3 dlidi not1 Ihave' to go ou1t ii 4md4 weath~er to gossip. Somec women4'I are'. s? ulutky a11bou1 -aisinig chiiilren that if they kept41 111en4 orked44 in a safe they wouhi he the lirs m11es in thle Ibloc4k to caltchi Ilie measles,14'. llieraulse at womani 11sile l weetl'41 when4i the4 d11iner guiest, says' lie wil herec isni't anyl~ more15, 1s no0 sign .thl wiheni site ge!5 ti m'o anoithier room1l sh1 doiesni't kick the door' in a rage. Th'e man1 i who c(mnum111!Ils the large respl4I fromi his ifle is 1th e. one4 whi enni iimake her bliev e th e ireason ii doesn1't ma~ke inure monetiy i $ becauihS at is so4 eaisy lot' hhnU it isn't wor1th hi wileI to give mneh(:1 at1telltion to it. TPalk1 is cheaip, bu it xih :neeC is a belte Ud'ssessIion of your house 4181 is nin1 p)oits oif 11 th moth-in-law.4V whtal, log carIa ar4e ini (1uadrupedsc4 Jh lmeo wals gla~ito 14) limbl up( .1 uliet balconly to see hier, but a ter thie hiote The 'Wok: i sGreatest Cure for Miaaria X ,r all forms~ of MalarIal 90I 0021. -)w. tak(o Johuison' .ct nd F ve fenite. A 4)41int ~ o ii M lariat poi'lO - '1 li a iii une.4j 11 rhetli anticloto 4r )t'is Jo HNSOf4B TONIC. osa50 Icents ~fIt Cte~e. Ic 1110011 he would have made a run g because there was no elevator. c Men imay pretend that, they lik, I- have their wives dress for scinse g comfort, but the times when thy; them an extra allowance are w ii they come hoie and Bee them inl so 8 thing, migh-ty foolish, bult, Iliihy pre There 1 no past1 perfect lenst 3 achievement for the im who lia - imike promuses. A man's thouights run furthest h I to his mother anid fuir ther forwan - himself. 3 The girl who iever hia1s beeni kis iin thle (da k is never been inl tle d Very inuich with aian There wis alwiii'ays ia time wheil gills hatir Wa1 so long tlit, she c(e sit on it, ild wheni at main's wais tlaii down to noting but, har11-d liluscle. There is a timie Im every gil's .when she lesitltes to talke aln,y m11111 .Olhe World, and there Is at time, if 1 1111s pased tle otler tim1e wit hout lie malilrriedI, whenl she wouIdi ke anlly 11 wlto asked her. The womei who denounce the I ture of hill(illg the feet. of 'hill girls halveu't a wordi to ayN abhout, ti h aimg. In iany well regiiulal t'd houiselmil chiLf persolige inl their 'otler of portallice 1re th(- c(ok, tle biahy the blaby's puppy o(14g. A girl who likes to walk live mili (lly 11y not be 1dmired for the hei of her instep, but she is likely to b straipping tiine Children. Arrange to have I womn111 catch lirillinlig her photograph 1 if You not know she wias liaroun1d and have rramged to catch her admii You. The real(valu of a family phyit is that, when a womian thinks noth is the nmitter with one of tle child he can imake her believc what, knows already. If at 1111111 is determnined to get i1 troib!e it is not ibsoluitely necess for hilm (o get mar.11ried. I'ra-tctlcinI g wlat iYou preach ho your I I icinds ahoutli 11111ch as prea ing what you don't practice. Som p eolie3's hioieis aret( so a1,1 tive that (11y) joy the as a1111 c. fort ()f sitll inl a detist's chair. The averaI e nt1limin who contei s t p. !ing" inlsuranceM pretniums is ankl 1 '1101111C investilcn(It speids 1then1 a mariw)m to piove it. When thle aiverage younglj Wo1 e( niders er Illissioni il fife she lm.; by windering how mn11y servantIls will ha.ve, atid w IIether she will c lj'I victoria or- at brougham1111 most. Wh sn all men are w111t they y lend to be the(3 millelitum prohlem I be ealsy. hidiculhe n(1 111111 for his miib no you cam .I never tell whAt ma1y turn 1l A Prelch suirgeoii has collected list ic rolaitive to deafinVIesS. 11,1111 p that mn ales are mor1e subjiiAet to ai di iseaes 1han fenmales, andil that ou1 every seveli IIdle-aiged pesoIls (h are two) Who () not here (o welI NN one car ats with the other. Ila -.v 0husn chiiren 111der 17 year-S age four show syllptolls of Some isease, 1111( six : llmarke de'tiIC ill hearing power. The hability to ca1se increases from hir-th to the u'' 40, aind thei) begins gradually Lo~ creaic is old age a1vaices. On (lie total1 11 naber oF ICaS Olubject~e suirgicail treatment it, is est imlatedl abiout, 50i per enut, are curedI and1 percet.perannty impr~loved1. I losto has11) a highly iit erestinhg St itui n caezlled thie lFive C en1ts Sauvi I ank1, withi over $%5,000t,( 00t in pit and1. 111 a1 sulrplus of ne iarly 82 ,2 000,. Most, of its savinifgs baniks fi ve -centsi in1 1stitut1.ions, and iI. ha1 penny-ban011k with deposi)bts of 82,! C'ouqhed "had a most stubborn coug) for many years. It deprived mfi of sleep and I grew very thlin. then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and was quickly cured." R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn Sixty years of cure~ Sand such testimony as th above have tatugh t us wha SAycr's Cherry Pectora will do. We know it's the great est cough remedy eve: made. And you will sa) so, too, after you try it There's cure in every drop~ Three sizes : 25c., 50c., Si. All druggists. Co~sulat your doctor. If hao s3a 1tak0 I th-on dlo as heo 1ay)5. If hoe ti-ls you in to take' 1t, theni dona't take(~ it. Rio know Leavo it wtith hin. wnt ar' 1. willin. Why Not Save The Middle-Man's Proj ITrio Me'haull lhasno or Kinderg Organ dilrect to the huycr fron iory. Write me if you wIsh to b dOrk'an or llno, for I can say' I oney. I trav.el' Sdut~h Ca3soli: a - Mould be pleased to cil and shol, 'y Pianos and Organa. A postalI will hrling m111 to you. J L. A. McCORD, pus The World's Grea1 For all forms of fever take JO1IN! I Is Il) times belter than u nii iiic t Lel lifne cantilot ( in 1(0 davs. It's ap c lie- feeldle cures made IZy qguininle. Ity. csr ~ ~ ill COSTS 50 CE to ack -- Ito Church Directory. pi4s4l s, atlit tlt- Suillad tinl whitl 1.i w% rsil i t'A fai r %%t- l' ave infot ation. 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I NI It First S1 10oi.\ .'ridet IoSi ioi ir 11 :1 ;1 t1- te-r's ': p I . i S1.4-1t1N S1li41 vy NI Ih- B il 11 a mi i; N.t Third Suii hiy l'lrter's Chi--t, 11 : m11 tI I I lbt 111 it l 1 14 illi i l-y's ( 49I h e I "': ' .1 :: .( I ll" u a it ('uv t It Iil v. . 1. 1'. Atia *V Y M, M A I. ( . Vi I s ieA t I ' ial \i-y :it I. ; (' VP--ck, I p. l. T Ho r (i. f it p Hn ill, 1 1 1. ill. 't11rt smi. ula inhi anliah1,:1 I ai:. Ifl I J b0 r y . I t. f i I I I.' I I u. IIlI ' lays r elii.11I "i C n/tn lii: from 1 1t , 5tt%1' ite pheitin (laily for bikkeeper anti Mit( Ih nograpihersi. liuokkeepliing hhorthamil Trv inegraphy taugh i f hen to Atlanllta -.rhuiness len and bankers. Write for en1 jk loguie. Address A. C. Bild6CXlK, Pro a or L. W. A IRNOLD, Viic-'r2., Atilnta, YTHE YOUNGBLOO 0II .'OtFtU fAm Wlans, Nowry AmoiTA N. Doossabins andro. oroe puylder win 8 FLOOR N B.NG C4I L&N AON INSDEnIIS UoG UMb. BE1. Lest Fever Medicine'. 1ON'S Clilil and FIVE 'TONIC. 11tI dToC im' a single (lay what slow qui irdd rinresi are in striking contrast to the NTS lF r CURES. How the Farmiers Can Save Money 3' To the Iditor of The Peou 'q Journal. - The following commuinication issued by the Assistant Agriculturist of Ulem son Agricultural college is of so much value to the farmers of this State on ao count of the present high price of all feed products for farm animals and stock, that I have determined to get you to publish this as an advertisement for which ouir coipany will boar the ox pense. As some of the products nado& up in the ration as made by Mr. Connor may not lie available to various planters, I suggest that any planter write to Mr. 1oninor and state what food products are available to him, both rough forage and concenttrated food, and Mr. Connor will take pleasuic In nakin , up a ration to suit his n1eeds as lie has Tone in this -V instance. Yours truly, 0. F IT'SImMON s, General Manager The Southern Cotton 1 i- Company i Chealp Rations for Horses and Mules i- To . I Edifor of Tihe People's Journal: Y Farmers from various aections of the State have been writing asking about the advisability of feeding horses and mules oil cotton sCed meal and hulls and also asking for a cheaper ration tha" The following prices are given In a letter from Scranton, S. U. : Corn, $40 per thn; oats, $45 per ton: wheat branI $25 per ton; cotton seed meal, $25 per toni: rice meal, *2 per ton. Of course CoI llind oats are outi of the question as i a food for hot(rses anl mules at the above pricesi Ho soietlihing cheaper must be looked for. The analysis shows that rice meal has about the sameo coinposition as corn meal and we have found that it is just ae good for feeding pigs. We have fed it to IrsIs with good results. I think we are safe inl sa) ing that it may lie us:d in place if corn poundI for 1.ound. If no hay or fodder is used In the ratioi anl hulls are resorted to as rough ness some nitrogenous food sutch as bran or cotLon teed meal must be used to supply prottin. IItills in.my be fed with oiut any fur ther fear of inj ury to the ani mia Should they refuse to eat the hulls a little corn imeal or bran sprinkled over he iri face will telipt thei. A ;- , i chic.p ration may be made up as follows: Six ponids of rico costing G.0 cents; folr' pounds of wheat bran costing 5.0 cents; two pounds of cotton seed meal, coMting 25 cents ; ten pounds of cotton Reed hulls, coRsing 3.0 cents ; total cost of ration per day 17.1. The above is fo': a horse or niule of 1,000 pounds in live weight. It is evident that a ration made up of corn and fodder and containiug the same amounit of digestible matter as the above . rat'oo would cost much more than the a above. T he North Carolina ex perimient station has fed cotton seed meal and hulls to ) horses with good results, but the experi - mnits along this line have not been ex tensive eoiugh to say that cotton seed meal can be fed inl unlimited <luantitics for any length of Lime without inijury to) the aimal. S Numbnlers of farmers, however, have repoirtedl that they have fed cotton seed ',meal to mules and horses with goodl results. C. M. CoNNERa, ) Asst. Agrist. S. C. Experimental-Sta tion H- K ENS RAILROAD .. 1. U Ibll s, l'reIsidenti. T'Ill T~ ~'A fItl'ly No. 2. 29frlYSuplersedeIIs Time Tlal No. 1.1f felivey 12:01l A. NI., I<'eb. Ish, 101. Alixi'd. ljiel. 10:Ii it im. . . .. Iv. iickenrs A r..2:55 p rm 11:45 a mi....*l''erison'......2:.15 y m y 1(0:5. a mi.........*irsori's.....2:0i p) mi - : .l. a mi...... r sse IAv....2:15 p in NTA NI)N .I. :'On p mi i...,v. Pilckens Art..54 bI ii mpii....... *ir.nso's......:30 iim 15 yI m......'Parsoni...... fi:5 p m)li E 10I y ro...r Eeoley lav...:0) p mI No. 1h Conels with Southern Itailway N. I ('onect wvithI Southern Itailway No. 1( Connec:(ts withi Southern Itailwvay r. -*" - II. N . I I ( nonnets with Southuenrn Itailway Se-Fol"r any iniformation~ apply to) Gleneral Manager. ANDERSON BABB, aontacto andt Builer - Offer s hi!s siervies.. to I hei gern ~i pubii esR e- - All wvorik guar-antee'd2. 11i5 refer~ worIIk and~ the1 worlk itself, whomIir andl t- which enan be SCeen in the towns11 of lck-. ig, ('ns, E~asle~y, undii all or r Ple'kens co~unity Pris wI'S~ll Ido well tI o see himri before )Sinig a trade' else'where1. octi .DR. J. P. CARLisLE om DK)NT1IST, nami Groenvillo, S. C. Oflco over AMd isons Druig Store. i. ap12-19t~f.