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Conducted by th< Farr Short and Timely Articles that will :Received, and are Solicited for On any Phase or Subje t c THE ALDRICH SYSTEM. Originator Shows -Advantages of Corn and Cotton Planted Together. Written Fer-Elge'fie'ld I bionicle. I have rend wit inuch inher<+t the colil lmicati'n in) lihe Oh ionich, of the 9th of Feblcruary from Ehn. Wood, sigIicdl "0, and while the writer is evidently aii intellhgetst and obseivant persoin, he plainly show, that he has faijed to gnrtIsp the best features of "the Aldrich system" o planting nod cultivating corn and cotton toguther as one crop, grow) on the salm land tho same season The preat merit, of the systemt is that by it a farmer just doubles his con, yield without dimintishiing his c(t ton yield. By it ho miakos m're ' corn everv ylear than he can consuu ; henco am ust sell corn at. his ieartid imiarlket, or else produce stock to cou. sume Ib at i'urplus4. This stick Il niubt sell at his iear(.st or bst, maork et, Which would lessenii to that. i'xteit the impoi tat ion of graiin, bacon oi beef from the West. And if overy farmer in the State Would 3mplo this system, the result would be thai in l(ss than throo year's timeu not v bushel of corn nior a pound of nical would be sold in South (IoliIai ex cept of the home mado it tICes. Think what a wvve of prosperit. would sweep over the State when euci a condition obtaini! Tiho farinor who iow produ1ces ten hales of cotton ind ono hun]idr1ed bushels of coln to the plow by plant. ing corin in o1e field an I cot ton in another, would by the Aldrich sva teim produacO tOn bales of cot.ton an(i two hundred to three hundred bush cia of corn to the plow, with les labor of man and mule thant by ti system uow in vogue - what I cal the old played out plain. And h likewi*;e wou!6 I'roduco cheaper cot tonl, sinlce he Would mlaebi'ahm with thb f . "UU"O n- .. ~aa ... wing that wvould La neccessary to cultivate his Corl); ant it wol also 0)3 taklo 1ess pleihnig I ak~e the corn. Any3 pracotical farme can eo this att on1ce. 'The farmu who cani and dloes iniakoe a livinig [b the cld system, will in a few year Let rich by the no0w stystemi, if b keeps what he cleats or reinivests in farming. This is 11s demionstr'able as alr problem in maathemtatics. I wish yon correspondent ''0," cf Elmnwood, ha * carefully weighed the corn, fodde peas anid seed cot ton he made on tLI landl planted on) the Alrich systor -that wve might be able to compare i not profit with thiat umadu in ithil cotton or corn on the samie art a landle on1 either sid1 of it by3 the o plan. He soa that his land w muke thirty bushels of corn or' a ba of cotton per' acre, it' plantecd in ith< crop sepairately. I claimi that ani of tny lad which will mnako nue yiehis, will produice tiirty buisheis ( corn and1( sevenJ lhunfdred and fift pounids of seed cotton por acreo, b my 5sstm. CJonsequnaitly, I wou have that much corn and e1 eed cuttoi to show ptr acre agamnat thirty bush els of corn or one0 bale of co-tton pre~ duced by3 the ol .1 methllod I woLuh have as fodder and1( nearly as Inec pen8 (0o). Myl3 (otton wVouldl be mailh by the sam>~ p lowing thait 1u)d(e thn coir;; hence, wonid be chieaparz cat totr per pouud. Now let "0' figure oulI the net. profit on a bale of cottoni per acre, and set againist thirty bushile of corn and sevent hiundred andl fifty pounds of seed cotton, andl comnpare' balance sheels. "0" says, "I do not tinik Mr'. Aldrich claims that you canh p):Oduce ias much corn anid cot ton as if every row wiero planted in either crop." he. 'l be yield of cotton would be only one-half, but the corn would be a full yield. WVhy not? You would plant ju t the s'mo hnum ber of hills per acre by lesson ing the intervals one-half on the seed bed, consequently as rnany eal's per acr'e would be gathered as though every -row were occupied. It may be true, as "0" say3 , that my System is bette01 adaj ted to 50ome( 5o thani to ijhior's but I have seen no farming lands in Barnwell, Aiken, Orangeburg, L x ington, Saluda or Edgefield countih a whioh will not vindiento the Sound. ness of my propositioni, if given an opportunity to do so. Urge yodir people to try tis sys. tem, Mr. Editor; and any farmer whc will planst his erop two rows of corn an~d tw6 row of cotton alttornately, ndI ut. all of his cOm1post and fer ii t uu o ouigaeu Farmers for the riers. be of Benefit to our Readers Will be this Page. Artioles are to be f Farming or Farm Litfe. hination of ph *photic acid ('icid pho.'PIate), potsh (kainit) and cotton seed meatl or dried Idood, w ill got hetter retirns from his labor then he v.ir got before. Alfrod Aldrich. Barnwell, S. (3. Examples are Contagious. A banking inistitution inl a proni neit factory town of the 8outh colt eived the very comene'daie planl of iflt rjig certaili financial inducemente to jcighbori. g cotton growers to en ier a coipetilive contest in the grow illg ofl dc t i ll a single acere of grountd, It; pinig t-, ilustitrate in a vractical "t th li dvanti ago to the fi III- r inl re-st r.(. el I his nereageO an1d pruclicing in h niive w ito ds of cultli vat.ion. A11611though tlo seas-oun 1101). peniedl to Ie' hv c'lly linf Vorl-0 le, the fullritcell fairintrs, who(.1101 e I i k i best, with1 It iligle Mer1 , pnl l'A l'e.I P total of 39,042 pournill, or at litt.l. more than sevi-idy cighit. batles-oni foiu iar, s of Ian;.d. Ex Liml )1( A Il this cll'acter areIC becolfli mig exceel ingt~ly nu11lmr inl the .St b0. 81ut c(ssIful examples 1a iways c oltai gious. The Sothelrn1ii iIlantion is rapidly disaippearinig. In ten years its arell Is beenl taiiled nearly one-qartr in the States traversed by the Souith eri' I hiilway lines, and the geieral I l,)Oo farm of restrict(d area ail mulI tiplied prodadCtiVleeR is I akiig its placo. In the season (,f 1904 the Sut hiern far sirpassed the expec tatioa of eyery well informed author ity iii the siz' of its coltLon crop, Sur passiing all pwevioutl rceords and al laying the apprehension that the world'H needs iro outstripling the South's capacity to produco raw c& ton. The grouid for such appre hension will continue to lIssen to the exteit that thu Southern farm con - &4IC the correct IcI oimic Iue ni.Htotel. * * * * Speaking of the effc~~etiess of ex amphllo-- anid of course the new agi cult ural development of the South ai bers of potent exampjles -Alr. John) CJalhoiun, oif South Carolhna, in the course of a series of suggest ive and Shighly vailuable articles pint~IIs out our National shor'tcoming in this re v spe ct, in this vigoirous fashijor: r "Manyl~ at mlan roads (if the 1.at1II o ef Liao Yang, but giveB no thoughl to the people who cani prouce 10 cor 1so high and so dense Lhat the armiiu aIre hind~ered inl their anovetnenti there through. Thu farmiers halv< much to learni fronm the "'rift'raff" other countrties. If the Chinesoe hat dfarmied as wo farm t hey would hmave starved years$ aige. A C'hi Il. mant cari take un0 aerIo of land1 aned miake it i in) fiv VIy3ears that it, wilIl prodl1uimrl thlan we' cani on3 ten. Hie tatl.es nocthl ingoe from thu land1( that shuld gi "Wj e hnvtl in South Cuaroliiim. Clos< to 20 ilions~ of acres of land3( capa~ 1~l of rodcie an rp that caur be grown in the tecmper e zine. Ii ev'ery ac re was putl to its utmaos't wt could mae~ 5,000,000) bale1S of1 cott whee0nw wet do( I ot. makel~ 1,00(),000; now wve do nolt riseO 300,000; to Oee:S cow we conlid carrT two hi-gs, twi sho. ep and2( donl1CbtiC fowls inn unner able. To eveIriolhlir that we now get we shiould have twentyv. If we proiduced1 the cottoni wVO wVOll have the cotton factories: if we) hatd the cows, thle boARs and I le ihelep, we wyould sOOn) haive the abat Io01rs, the wool mills anad t he shoe falctolies4. (Get th1e( one, I ho olther witl comoi Instead of having white anud -ed fields bare to the sun, watshed au.l gullied by every rain1, wo wVould then have themn rich anid btlack, clothled with greenf and( absorben't~ <,I suni.iahmO and rain), To have these I hings wYe must chavigo our farming. Instead of lighting naturoi we must f)' low her. WVe must awake to the dignity that attachos to the stutdent of the soil." Southern Field. MURRAY'S IRON M lITURE. Now isI the tIme 15 lake a sprlng tonie. ny) farE theo best thing to tauke is Murray's Is (In Mixture. .t maukes pure blood and gets rid of that tired feeling.. At all druggists, 50c a Bottle. Or.Dlirect From* . Tn M .tRA OR.n ,. Tho Warehouse Committoo of 8. 0. Divisi 'n <f tho Soitheri Cot. t)n Asociaidon, cnisisting of the followinig gentle'miei: , F). WV. Roberts m, Columbial S.r. W. E, Buhrnett, Spat t:n burg, S. C; T. It. StaCkhouse, Dillon, 8. 0; Lroy Spring-, Iancaistor, S. 0; 11. H. Harri, Ponid oton, S. C; L. W. Youiuani, FIairrax; met in the oflico of tho A9s-ociation to dity, and a-iopted the following rosolut ios: Reolveo is": 'Ilith this coni 11it. (ee rece )mi wl to ovor'y commu nity in S..uth (caolina, Whero th iocespity fior wareihouses t xi.4s. to buill th.es6 1u11s. throngh t (heir efforts, or by outside assistaice if proferred or if possible to obtain, at a cosL of ,800 to 1200 with a storagt' capacity respectively of' from 500 to 1000 bales of cotton. Resol ve-( 2nd : That we urgo upon the am l'ims the importance of storig the r cottoni promptly upon bing ginned 11.i tie stidaird wvairehouses ulire 111thy cani get. iiegotiable wm'Ohuse rec ipts, thus saving it from . inl l i aId daminage, and )utLting it ill nego tiablo sh:0pe so that they will not be forced to mnrket it except at their own] pleasure; as it has beent dilmon1'trated by the action of the New Or!eanis coitvotion that reuis sima hl-' pui5esi call he obtainled i; r.; ( iv e the sio of th ie p by tle judi 'us marketilg and th1is can only bo accomphshe i by ao 'Alf- c.tvo wavrllollso systemlu. Resolvrl 3rnd : That any infoi. mution :na to construction or ot. side) assistanico can be obtiiie( 1)y Co01in1.uni jcatitng w ithi tho Co!l umtjia ofio' of the Southern Cotton Asso ciat ion That a copy of these re oit .lions be filed ill this oicffo, an(d that a copy be0 given to th.> preis with the request that 1ll the Coun ty p:tpCrs publish them). NON-RESIDENT SUMMONS STA'! E *- OF S-OU*.il CAROjLINAp( Coutty of Pickens. (out of (o.nm1on1 PlO .. Summoni for elief. Couip'aint served. Eh vit JanFie!d, Plaintiff, against Suisan Adalaido Farmne, Doma F. Jones, Leila Farmtor, Etrio Farmiior, llorace F armer, Nanntio Farme. r3 atal 1.. Frank 'Frmer andl Nancy C. .Browno. William Wes' Itv!ld nrown, idtli Henidlricks an.t Ada Craig an d .Jheif H). Brotwnag 11.,Wli Fran Farmer, W. T.Rowenand Damf.~c Ari.i asrxctrao the lasit 2it' wiltiand testa i it t .w F'ied Magil iti, .ii ii nl~tie Fil, iarah Fieldv (01 Rober Fihi, ;im.'tam e, b Mal'da Harl~is,~ Louithesiai Cr, i'oI D hii W .'liaing ,A H i.t''teIeve To he'I ,C IiXendats ovo named:hichNI Cod to iui r t e o phit'f~euiit in this4 upn oru1, nitl'erv a copy of our answe i'to th:e sid~ omint o three isuh. "crier autitii oiichle'it Pf Iae s d fC. , wnin'ie twe httie nt' ate te seiric 11i1 ;t an i yo hil to answer0l thio lin wip tu3'in theC iine 01.forira d,3 ti 91P(.,inlifl'. ine thi pein i ll apt plyit toi the wilii C u fo the rlief oi.IoI deanda~l i h )~e'c (eiAty . . e, h s.di Mor gain, Mi e Ildin &' Malntlin, P iti ls A thorn'ys. aTet tWillimi Weign fUrw aln toIH. 1)H.11 irntim tois fathm w'ithl~ whomil: he eides.cu t thri Fm-mi~'ge llo. am M1ic. 21a , Farm- r, et. e' Take n Notice.idrsyupou -n wjlllith wethdas frio thill vileof thei umons and compihyiit il-r sneh serv.ie te tikn tie nitorey wdl apply totelyr to( have'Suc' M Ba , a'di'. Mobln, Doar~ t~. lP KinYtis Aiorny B . g Bieldtu, Jh .Basna y .~~' H.Hi'gm a . MataArod The Kind You Have Always 3 In use for over 30 years, I .........- and ht soial s Allowi All Counterfeits, Imit-ations c Experimicits that trifle with Enfants and Childron-Exper 1W1hat is Ca Castoria is ai havimless subsi goric, Drops aInd Soothing " contains neither Opium Mo substance. Its ago is its gun 81ndf allays Feverisnmess. It Colic. It relieves Tectlihig q aid Fiatuloney. It assimila Stomaca tnd Bowels, giving The Children's Panacca-Th< CENUINE AST Bears the The Kind You Hai In Use For 0% The realers (f this paper will be pleaksed to leia n Olat, there( is at least one dreaded disca e t it. -cience has bei n able to Curo in all i s stales and that is cata IrrI. Halls C tarrh1-11 Cue is tle o - ly positive eurie 11w knowi o th Ie ImI, ical frateriity. Catarrh btnt g a consti tutioial tiscte, rte<filires a n at litultion al treatmont.. 11all1 (nta'-rh1 Cure is taken inttrnaly, acting directIy uponl 10 blood ai inc I ICs118 surfaces of tlie sistem, thereb1-hy dlestroyism the founda tion of the dise-as;e. and igiving the im tieit, streigti by Iiling up he co stitut onil a assist ingnture inl doing itsi work. 'TIe proprietors have so much fith inM its curative POwerS, that, they oier On iltund red Dollar for my any case that it fails to cure. Senri for list- of te:-tiio)ins. Address, F. J . Cheney & Co Sehl x ;~ierui~ To. - lo,-' O 0 GM b niiirudid. ialls L'anmly Pills are thlbost. Famous Fruit Lands Of the eas Texas cotutry, hiomne of the ElbrtuL tpeach. the at.auw er fruits au-l ve'glables. lig money ini grw inig ft.r the tnoth erat mar~kets. On Ftebruary 7th and 21s4 ttn Miarch 7th and( 2 1st, routndl trip home seeer icets fr mi St at. rate of oa n fir pltus ,2 nat ex. One av colo:aist. Iichels at. hmlf Ali l2 1ist a ip'ae fo' olt o n111 Teas roi tarih ( ::I n.~i. l ii imea Wtblie hri~ Cotton Sav lio ll lo uti AtintlIQ tIe tdit'yed It' y le a ye ond ering roainls to x acieaL <nts, wond b)rt i. For!lS InetidH fat oru Chidre n . 1 TheKi'd You H.ad forwiy. Ughtn' Ainatr ofwwlkl hepi iter The tbl.t' he b s saenn th tores too. 'gest lickenf DrubC sor infns andomphidn. tle Kind, befoHae ay s lgt 1T0o the wirso giendigrs class D ROP-I-IEA D E W ING MA IlNE. N OT the temporary imprToC mercury, opidates, alIcohl tary relief from sharp pair searching cleansing of the blo every vestige of the disease, Rfnc CURES RHlE We know that it should 4 the most scientific manncr, , cannot harm, but build up Ih~ it does cure because hundre~ ~ that it has CUISED AFTER A% M'ree tempe bottle from BiOBBITt~ YOUR 1iRUGGIST 8~ dVertisi f You Adfvertise In Th A ought, and which has been ias borne the signature of os been made under his per upervision since Its Infancy. io one to deceive you in this. nld " Just-as-goodIl" are but and endanger the health of lence against Experiment. ASTO IA itute for Castor Oil, Pare. lyrups. It is Pleasant. I6 rphine nor other Narcotio rantee. It destroys Worms cures Diarrheea and Wind 'roubles, cures "0onstipation tes the Food, regulates the healthy and natural sleep. Mother's Friend. ORIA ALWAYS ignature of re Always Bought er 30 Years. tnAv waI(F~.w, mIew vonK CITY. A Milder Ciinite In .Akansa, Louislia and TxtsAtock ranges ton to twtlve moiths inl tei year, two nud three crops gtow in asnn. Now is the tim o o leek up a location whil 1 t he 1111( is chea p. O) Febru1r h :1 . 21st and March ii7h aw]l 210. the Cott'in B ILt Roulh, Will ! 1! r',n111 (rip home-seekers' I i 'ck s trIfom St. Louis, Thbews-. C41iro anld 3Imphis to pointuls in ti Iabovet nwalrl StIats at a razQte of. .15 ore Ion far plus1 $2, vyhegi it mat - !-4 lisi' $15. Oil N, ay voLOim '.s t I icket S h-jlm nry 21st Mlarch 21 atL 1alf far-e plus $2. W r'ite f. r miii' , tim tu b1le sid 1( ask (X. tI on Belt 1Route, Atlata. 1) ii o suppre.ss a (ough. WX ent you han ai couc do t not try to e .e, I ia n limi t*, ugs w'ill :<op of itself. T1he ui:w -I c. inna'i iauise ot' conghuiug is a col i tnoi.n a willi priomputly sup-. prt(s~ tie- cs'i-, nod prjepairtions conl I hie cilhl. (Chiith. riius ( Iotught Remedy O o t1i~t ther h ti ' doest suppreVCss the I i th i thr d l it- I th-- mlucus. which i ,tu neled thei br. t b b.g. an.1 i llaying 1 i e ;ri i'n *:. l':ioid1)-g inLte ro O al.-: So e veryslose ciont f u:lly anipO e<n yfeltecoda Ih Su--. tff lie Dru Cl S . We' must,) hav) har of~t 1 ( ! ae v~ Copptryoru I hav upn' ey ceni. t of~w ~in ' (r":'I)1U io t )titS h~n any andit~i ticuitrater uclastit I n Oi , ( Will do I t~t~ his devel ii . pm e it o kia it EoRVATIrEs wilICos Cou i\ * .0y fo1 it- S at $5Iiom'0 pr monith and OpSit m ray beorh Bs how Aen graKrin crHae asesopJ !nftuor tin iti w Up to Yo Yj You've Heard About The. "Early Bird"?ll Well It's Not Too El3arly to Buy Your New Paml1 Suit. --Our line of S4ITS, 0 NVER COATS are now on display, and a handsomer lot of goods has lnV(r heen shown by any body. a .- -1i. a'oa r, or whh. eve.la id~ Brown i HIaits ad l ov~ TIie. to mfltehI yoi'r Snit. ith & Bristow, L4EADUING CIOTHIEl. Greenville, S. C. From Nov.. 15, 1904, to Jan. i, 1905, I wish ti .e tr..2e to bear im mind that at my store is the place o uy YOUR WINTER GOODS AND SAVE MONY! Bargain Prices Are What I Mean . 1000 pair mens, woIe1s, boym, girls and chIlhheu(s (i 51shos, al1 kinds, to go at a barg .m.l A 1-ig lot of muei L overCoaIts at a bargail. A few imets and boys suits left, to go It a bagain. A lug lot of mens pants t'o go at a baigain. A big lI1t 1f i"(43 n O'd-ho: "imIs iand (ial)s at a barg;in. X A lot of drumim r's sample bat ait le1.Ns haana cost. 'i A ba:rgaim ma aiens dre:-- a4ii sh i amd mai uiaalerwVar. A bargain in ladies uider)vta a, iicece hm d and it ba iggami. EVER YT11NG ThAT IS USEFUL In the house or on the farm is to go at a bargain. J.- F. HARRIS, Cash Merchant, Pic-ns..S. C. COTTON GROWING Is the most interesting topic these days, and to get best results all planters should use ANDERSON FERTILIZERS. ~COTTON~ Is cheap, and if any plan will adluanice the price for that now in the hands of the farmers, it wvill be to hol tenaciously, sit steady in the boat until the requirements of the consumer becomes absolutely necessary. R EDUCE ACR EAG E .--wag In order for you to miake money at praesent prViCes, it l~ is essay to produce more cotton per acre by inbcreased Luse af I'ertilizs r ncaavre.- Ijjo 500 pounds where you have used 300) befoae; wtrk and feecd Iwo mai w~9~ here you have used thlree before, andI( rednele (othaer labor*a an lprori n, t herebiy incereasin1g paroduction and dcreasing (xprnses. A Word to Fertilizer Buyers. We aeselling hlomel-manoa fertilizers aaola- lay the Ande~lrsf nl Phlosp)'t.3 &~ Oil Co.-goods that are fast b~ecomiing famouwia.. 5 Teimoialsah fromz Ha'maa >f the largest and most sI'UCessul cotton grow a iaa thi.s Stat( an "hee' zone better." FOLGER 4 THOR'NLEY, Agents, I.i our big Tunnel. Mining Experts say it will growv richer and better. Many large Gold Veins are just ahead and~ will b~e cut in rapid succession AT GOLDFIELD) The camp of u ick Fortunes. We own I oo acres, with rich Gold Strikes all airound. Goild veins Dis covered. Join now and H E L.P U S D IG! Ever y share of Golden Sun Stock Gives ownership in the Gold field 1 oo acres and Colorado 20o---total 300 acres. Dividends declared on both would be N15 Huys looo) Shares $45 b~uys 3,300 shares. $90 buys 6,6oo shares. Full paid. Non-assessable. BUY BEFORE THE PRICE ADVANCES. 3RDER AT ONCE the Cheapest and Best, with ore in the mines anid cash in the treasury. If over-subscribedl your money wvill be returned. II ighest Cornm'ercial and Bank References. MAKE ALL REMITTANCES AYABLE TO. rhe Golden Sun Mining and Milling & Co. 041 KIT T1I)QE LUIDUINQ 'DE.3 COLORADO