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4 ra Short and Timely Articles 1hat will Roosived, and are Solicited for On any Phase or Subje t ol THOUMTS FOR FARMERS. SoME IIEAL'n HINTS The diseaCs that threaten the Piedmont peoplo at t his seasoni f tho year nie grip and pneu mnonia Fatnmrs often live soverul mile. Iirom a dloctor. in eastof a kud den stiack of pain in the sido or Chest, preceded by a chill, a plabt er iado of mustard, vinegar and white of tin ogg a1pplied as soon as possible, may givo relief and of feet a cure. Every farmer should keep .a good liniment, a box of ground mustard and a bottloe of tUrpeitine oi hand for omrergen cies. Get the advice of your do tor tId buy such s)0cifi1s a ld would r-ecc omend. Do njot phjy Sic the Iamwily With every n1 strumli rCC imnIi'ded in Id vtrt!JemeU1. ts. Proket tho feet with t i k i<.1. When workimg in the field have your coat handy to throw onI lwn you knock off. Whn rest ing never sit on the wet ground. To provent typhoid feer look after the well or spring. See that no surface water has a chance to contaminate your wells. Around many country kitchens there ore disease-breeding 91op holes where all the refuse from the kitchen is poured out. A kitchen sink with nu undordrain 1-ading ofT one hun. dred foot from the house will make a clean, sweet kitchen yard. A garbage can or a bucket should ho kept handy for refuse matter that will not go through the strain. or of the sink. A little timely cau tion will insure health cleonlinees, two of the greatest blessings that can come to any family. k) PLANT OATs. - Everywhere in tho Cotton Statep farmers are passing resolutiol, cut ott tho cotton acr3 -j - o cent. Thos %-' 'V .ge 25 per 'ea have sown no grain have the land, the bands and the stack. What will they do with it? They must not be discouraged. Let thorm begini by selecting about four acres of good land to the horse, break well as so'on as the ground is dry and plant with an oat dill, four to five pecks of Appler or Red Rust Proof Southern oats, using as imuich guano as they would on their cotton. Follow oats wvith ai bushel oficlay or unkniowni pens to tho acre. The oats and pea-vine hav will cost no muovi to raiso an gather thani a cotton crop. Al market pricos they can get $30 tc $40 ani acre. That wvill boat cot ton. If one has a richl botbtr not art to overflow, lot himii so1 * two burhols of the llurt or thi nlinety-dlay oats-February 15 t< Mared 10th. They will comeo ol in timie to plant c'rn June 10th tc 15th. which i~a early enough. The11 farme'r who plants ten ir twelve acres of cotton to the horse, and raises all the corn, small grai, hay. soirghum audi potantoes posi ble, wvill ha surprised at resul ts. EXI[A UST1INO LJAND. Several Spartanbuorg fairmers have told the writer that they wezo afraid of exhausting their hand by sowing oats, planting sorghum or double cropping- Such cautions larmera wi always have poor land ai light crops. WVhere it is pos sible, Piedmont h>.nids should be made to yedld two crops every yar.fThis is possiblo, exce'pt in that crop, rye or crimson clover may be sownl in September and tuake fair spring pasturago; or it will improve the hand if plowed in. lDeep- ploughing and double crop ing with cowpeas plan ted or sown wiipove the land and bring ~ he ready money. A crop that wilnot exhaust land is niot worth a -<'ising. The wise farmer will supj lthe waste by judicious rotation anid Muture. Ohas. Petty. ~aftan b)urg Co., 8. C. At a con ven tion of the A morb can Society of Equity of .Johnson Money.. Arkansas, it was stated * ; that several cotton gins that had not ginned a bale of cotton in fronl four to nineteen years were udued in the ginners report to the Oiegin in the 4resfor the iers. be of 3enefit to our Beader Will be this P&g. Artioles are to be r Farmng or Farm Life. Annet the Cotton Situation. Editor Sentil-Jfainnal: A% the fernors are trying to form a union ot somo kind or get at some plan whereby we can get the worth of our cotton, I will tiy t say something on that linO. I, for one, have been looking for something of that leind a long time, and have read up on the subject a great deal atid it seone to me to be a hard pioblein to solve on ac. count of the weak kneed and jeal ous hoarted fa'rmers. Redueo (he aereage is all the Cry which i.. g ,(1 so far as it goes, but, in my (iI it'ion, it, will do good fr this crop only. If the farmerd of this country want to. do any good toward controllinvg the cotton umarket they will have to I hiorough. ly organze, aI was the All;ice, And let on.) Ialln 1.., s; ok -siiatn and let every I ody move at once for the sano thing. Now, the lext thing that Nugg-sts itself is how are we to do this? Let us organize into district or township unions, elect oflicers, holu county meetings and appoimt del egates to a state conveition and thence, to a national col)vOntion. Now, that we are organized, in order to govern the price of cotton, lot every farmer or ind owner go over his crop and inaka an approx. imato report to his union of how much cotttou he will make and let the sub-chairmati report to the county chairman and so on to the presideit of the national 1111ionl who will combine the ontire eset mates and send roport f tal ' sub-uniois, whiog rd --ack to the ie a reasona,?uin- report will give Cot tpng.11h .le idea of how miuch . a we will make. In ease wo make a twelve o, thiu teen million hale crop, lot ui report to subs once a week overQ hale we h9vo ginned and el( lct i coinissionter to sell our cottoi and if wve have a crop of over pro duiction let, him curtail overy on in proportion and only offer elev on millions bales for sale. By a doing we can rule the price of cot ton. Now, brother farmor, as th] (Sotton) crop is our money crop, le us have your views mi regard t controlling the price of cot to whien there is an over production Give us your ideas and if they at hetter that) ours we will agie with you and all p~ull together, fc "lIn union the're is str ength." hut s'.me fear that wheni we rt Iduuoe our acaicago some scound r will doublle his. WVell, supposo8( L does douible his, shouldn't we fighi thait much hiiiardi? Isn't there traitors in every arm andi~ hiasn' t thore always ieen Theno, brother, let 3 our figh t I m11 e determined. Th'le mani who expects to mail money by intcreasinig his acrong ii'e his neighbor is strugglit against great oddat is a commec enemy to his country and shoul be branded as a traitor mn the cant "Texas (Cow Boy." -W onder if ever y body believe that cotton is king in South Carc linam? and that every business c occupation im the State is affecte' either pronthably or unprofitaebly a witht profitable or unprofitfibl prices for cottonr? All the speak4 (ra at tho recent cotton) conven~ tiont, whlether they are flan)kers, o merchant, manuafacturers or otheC business men, said so at these coni v'entions, aind the iihole mas; cheered this staemnent. Now i cotton-~growing is the chief indus try or occupation of Sout~h Caro hina, and evory business interes in the State is dependent upon pro fitabls prices for this great wealth producing Cr0o), that is the basis of all our prosp~enityl Whore ii the injustice of the State protect ing its cotton growing intecrest by mianuifactuinag its owni phmosphate rocks with its own coict ]lb'it Could we not drive out obnoxione fertilizer combinations b~y State competition .In less timte and It se expense than by lawiang themi Would we not at the same time foster the cheif interest of the State while we throttle the un yighteona.cnbinaboun that art 4lif inucriasing their wealth an ~ et~ t,o eypense of the evealtl owrof the wholo~tate? pA g Ih the Sentineldoinal W fa- Wer's o that they can expre 1 heir views on diffeirent nb jebas in regird to farming. It is of inpor. tince that we make it an. edu6.a tiunal factor for the people at larg& In the first place I want it die. tinctly understood that I am nota vldticitin and as I understand the movement on foot is not political, 41n10 havii-g had a craz', of dema. gogous busiiness for Ihe last twelve or fifteii years. I aman with my friend onl th) ecoro of watohinig dhem, and as regards leaderbbhin, I have iever tried to lead iur do. I want to be led only wheo I believe to be light and just. I want the People to judge tor themselves on this subject. I would be glad for the peoplo to select the best men and . bring them out and fill Our olices with thorn, and then we would lave better times. What weJ t(r'(l dow it; mire economy in Uolicmu in genleral. It was not the custom of the an oients to opend nui.1ey until they had it. If a good dress or suit of clothes was wanted and there was no muoey onl hand -to pay with they went without. If the young men wanted to make a scholar of themselves they studied by candle light at home and then their minds wt-te not s. fNil of bug'gios and girls and foot ball as at present. If they wantod a higher e(ucation they wouaii dovise Ways and mHO1ns to get it by their own industry. To the man who is floundeming along trying to keep his family looking like his rich neighbor's there is no heaven he can imagine that would be so delightful as be ing out of d-bt. Help him good wt man, help him boys and let's stop some of our extravagant ways and all turn in and help every body to laive a good time. If it pusheB you to pay, remombpr --- will pay you to >I& it r t is the ima at the small .nid of the horn that makes thi music. Don't start in with twice as many acros as you can cultivato Any one can farm on twenty dol land but. it tirkes brains and ad vanced methods to farm on land worth one hu1ndred dollars por acro. The agricul tural schoolH and farm institutions must revist their corricuilumi, they must teach ~profitable farming rather that what they call successful farming. Prico anel marketing are of mori importane thun iiad prIoduc tion and1( tihe agricultural co'leges *t farmn i. pes and~ instituitions rnu secu re profi table farming ther will be no more abandoned farn~s No farim was over aband~oned tha e Was profitable to its owner an rnever wvill be. W Xibhing the' larmersn sluiCCess ii their undta~ilk ing, Y'ours etc. e W hat about planting that extra t cotton land in Cow paas? Thiu crop of peas will maike about a y, good returns peUr acre as any cro] ? when we consider tha~ real cost >e~ and it is the only sna umr crop we usually plant tligt actually give. :e a good ai aing~ crop, and leave eC the land imp~lroved and well ferti g lized for either c'tton or smnai nI gr'ain for .noxt year's cr .p. 1 d this ji,1an of rotating cotton witl -. cow peas and small grain is prac ticed with as miuch skill and deter miinationi as tile all cotton ma s practices in growing cotton, b will be inid'pendent of either th rtj(ilizer TIruist, or the State's For tilizer Factory. It has boot proved time anid again by numberm e f experitnonts t hat t he roots o p~eavim~ left in the soil pays Jo all cost in. growing the crop, an< r y'ou have all the cri.p of haty o grain as your profit, that you cai turn inlto cash or stock food with out colling a convention ')f farmer to halp y u got a profitr ble pri for oither hay or p~cas. . Advertise Your Stock. -Several years ago I visited a far mer friend whio had two Shiorthora bull11 calves (both eligible to re~gis try) which hie though t good enough for uso on high grade cowsV for ti prod uict ion of steeA-'. I io said h<( e.-uld got .135 for' eachi of thein from two of his neighbors. I per. suaded him not to let tt~e m go a that price and suggested that h< advertise thenm in' an agrioultura paper. Hie noted on the suggesticr and tbine announced the result "The bulls Bold for $75 each, anu the asi. cost *3.60., There ar hundreds of small breedera whi coulhd dupplicate this result by ad opting thme neesa'ry means.-Ag rioultural Advert sitn. AS Tho Kind You Have Always Il In uso for over 30 years, I sonal is 4ew"r1K~t-V-"WAllow All Counterfeits, Imitations i Experiments that trifle with Infants and ChUldren-Exper What is CA Castoria is a harmless subsi goric,'Drops and Soothing h contains neither Opium, M1lo substance. Its age Is its gua and allays Feverishness. It Colic. It relieves Teething fl and Flatuliciy. It assinilal Stomach and Bowels, giving The Children's Panacea-Th< CENUINE CAST Bears the A The Kind You Hai In Use For Ov THE NYaV.'CI., VC c i. M u BAKED BEANS. Now They Are Cooked Ior the LuVaw bermn In Maine. Didst ever hear-oh, ye epicure-of the lumIbernau's baked beans, the dell. tateosen of the backwoods, the twenty one times a week, stick to the ribs provender that [loats in amber juices and that when mined in the ?'l'. fromu ~j-i.*.. ......;.. -.tvan -Z* UaA7U hole emit Ruch si le-ous odor as to make mouths water all along the border? The cook and the cookee join drives in building up this monument to high art in culinary. The woods cook usually bakes a tin wash boiler nearly full og beans, first par boing them before -he gets thom ready for the pot. Then he peels an onion and slices it into the bottom of the pot. Then he pours in half the beans; then slices over them another onion; then puts in the chunks of salt fat pork; then douses in the rest of the beans. Over all this lie pours a pint of mo lasses and then more pork. Just enough water is added to cover tihe beans, and then a sheet of birch bark is placed over the top of the pot and 'the cover p)ounded in tight. When the water begins to steam the bark swells and seals the pot, holding in all the flavor. The cookee (there's all the dif ference In the world, between the cook and the cookee) buirds the fire in the bean hole. When the birch wood has heated the stones that line the hole Iand has itself burned to redhot coals 1nmost of the coals are taken out and the beans are put in. The beans are placed in the hole in the afternoon. They stay there all night. In the ] norning they are dug out. All other baked beans are libels on the niame, for these have the sauce of the pine and Ithe spruco.---Lew laton Journal. Notlee to D~ebtornsand ('readtitrr<. All persons lhaving claims* again:st t11 est ato of F, U. PlIraon, d. cealsedl, are Srequiredi to pre'sent the same propely attested toi the undereigued Ifor paymntm by the 1st damy of April. 1905. and li l)oifROhlS inidthbtOd to R~sid o8tote nmnst nillok pa~ymenCt IIt Olce~ : .I E. Parsionis, Adminisi-t I ator. Fe.2, 1905. 3t. H EL P! Wei must have help at on~ce to op(em up our wonderful bodies oif CJo pper (ro. SI have spent every cent of my owvn money. in organiAing this company an oscuring the 82 claims it owns. 100,000 shares of stock sold at O5c a sharo, ( mar valueo $10), will do this dlevel, Ipmnent wyork. 100 Shares wvill Cost you Only $65 You can pay for it at $5 per lfn)nth and it may be worth $6,500 in Three Years Mainy copper properties have shon~ OVenh gretert' increasg-A if you desire further and full in for malioin, it is now I: Up to You Address THE MONTE CIlSTO QON 8ERVATIVE MINING CO. 3. W. STONElH Ni, Mr . tStieJ) n tut is noct a brok~er or pio moter, just u Arizona mining mn m wvith agood proposition for -small invostors, ought, and which has been kas borne the sIgnatnre of S been made under his per6 upervision since its infancy. to one to deceive you In this. and " Just-as-good" are bub and endanger the heolth of lence against Experinent. ASTOR IA itute for Castor Oil, Pare. yrups. I' is Pleasant. Tb rphine nor other Narcotlo rantee. It destroys Worns cures Diarrhoea and Wind 'roubles, cures 'Jonstilpation 'es the Food, regulates the healthy and hatural sleep. i Mother's Friend. 'ORIA ALWAYS lignature of 0 Always Bought er 30 Years. flAt GTHIT1. 94KW YORK GITY. $100' RIVWARID $10i). The realders of this pape'r will he l)amsed to lea.rn that thelmft is at leatT one lrvilded uIwUem- tl at. cin11ce has been 1ble to eurf in all its stages and that Is cata1rr1. ialls Catarrh Cur is the on ly positive Cure now known to the mled ical fralernity. Catarrh being .., epng, tutioal disease, n I ' Itt qrion .11tr.1%,1 at Conwsiti o r- .,s al ( tarrli Cur.e is takeln internally, ating (irectly upon the loodi and mucOs surfaces of the aSst8em, thereby des.royint the fonlllda ion of tle diseast, anl giving Ihe pa lient strength hy buildingw up the con stitut on awl assisting matitr ill doing its work. 'hie propriewtos hav, V so much faith in its curative powers, that they oier Oie Hiun:rei Dolars for ii y ainy case that it fails to cnre. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toie do, 0. Sold by al Druggi its. 11-.111s Fa lily Pills are thlhest. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of Wonderful Nerve. Ts disph)tty< d by many mreni onduring pin i f accijden)tal enits, wounds, bruisa Burns, scalds, sore feet or stif jointa but ther's; e o need for it. Buck Len's A rnica Saivo witll kill I .o pain an~d cure the tro)ulie. Iti I ho e ht salve on earti for piles too. 05vo at Pickens~ Drug Co. D)o Not Suippr'ess a Cough. Wh~eU you have. a couglh do not try tc cough :s on1i a :n tptn of some dis etase, an thwIe dlisI4a4- is wvhalt you abould o :re, thI th a(e e. nga 'w ill stop3 of itself L!.e maii commm.iieti e:wtle of coughing ii a col t A n.-d:.us a will promptly sup-) press te caugh, stiul prepl)Iaatons con talimnlg ch lcworm, ''pi ima etc., are used for that pu'~rpo se, b ut they do0 not curt the cooki. ( leecb. r'i.n Cough Remedy ou the othm handiw dom~' not suppress thi ongh I, hott reli eves0 ii. lV rt-moVin g fronl thi b hi c.t uid wll g.s it jiaiCula wiull ot staletd thet breatinwg and allaying t iritawt i(on and1( lick un in t e thr..ot. It Idw e nst.l iho) 'tartiolt anlti < -ec. to d13y anli penntian ( nt'y eurios thew wold an ivdl as5 te cough . For Salo by, Pickema 1)hug Store. Ra10 ie i Dug Store. M\urray's Hlorehound, Mul. lein and Tlar will cure yout cough. Large bottle for 25C No Coupons 1except singles) acceptet unless subscription is paid in advance To the person sending Ut the -largest list of sub scribers accompanied b) the cash, before May 1st 1905, we will give a firsi class D ROP~lIBA D E W iNG MA HINB. -ch tiLY ., u. ; aft Peed yotur hair; noui gve it something to livl Then it will stop falling( umfl will grow lonig and hi divi- A ycr's 1Haie Vigor is the fir arsV erty,~ hair food you can buy. er~ost1 years it has been doin 'o. what we claim it wvill d Iwill nlot dlisappoint yot My hair twised to nto very short. T. uinaee A yer's hlir V tgoer we atort thun, - to zrw, nut ow iwt I i tetrteen~ httl u Tho ; enncu n splcwel~ vcetlt teo m a I f. t. 1 Ct 1oradoaSprh' Ad-i UhW3 '1'y. Youv'e Heard About the "Ealy Bird'' Well It's Not Too Early to Buy Your New Fall Suit. --Our line of SUITS, OVERCOATS and TROUSERS are now on display, and a handsomer lot of goods has never been shown by any body, SV -, w " ;1 th this seno, n in F.Ii I colois, or With ovor-phddt B3ro.wl iatq and Iown Tien to nin1tolh your suit. SSmith &Bristow, LADING OL,01,ri'HER Greenville, S. C. From Nov. 15, 1904, to Jan. i, 1905, 1 wisl. th( e to bear in mind that at my store is the p cg iy YOUR WINTER GOODS AND SAVE Mc NY! Bargain Prices Are What I Mean 1000 pair mens, womens, boys, girls and childrens -ioes, all kinds, to go at a barg . A big lot of nwns overcoats nt.n ii'gi A v.w gtloft, to go at a bariain. -- 1)Ig lot of mensm panilts to go at a bil in. A big h.t (f mens and )oys hal and calp at a bag . A lot of driummer's am1plo bats at less than cost. A bairgain in tuen. dres shirts and meis underwear. A bargain in ladies uniderwear, flecue hm d and balbriggan. EVERYTIIING TIIAT IS USEFUL In the house or on the farm is to go at a bargain. J. F. H ARRIS, Cash Merchant, Pickens, 5. C. oN - __ o ~ 1 ' Sen m M nd Ore f~r $25 an. ilsi o by Expess McNTYR -O PAYS TE PRSS aC. BMI NTYl 11 o by Ees .elaso ice ine of1Table pCuteyknae and U I H A. IS NROIUD EN NRT w C RIN .