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'VLliZ L,I£I>OE:Ht. $1.00 per Year. ptiaUSHKI) WKDNKUDAT AND 1ATUHDAY BT Ed. II. DkCamp. The Ledgkk is not responsible for the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor ko get them to the office by Tuesday. 411 correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager, Obituaries will be published at five dents a line. Cards of thanks will bo published »t one cent a word. Heading notices will be published x\ ten cents a line each insertion. notes and comments. Gaffney has not been churned up in the mud like other towns, thunks to the sand that is mixed with our soil. We have had our share of slush, and there are a few places of limited area about town where the regular old fashioned red mud is to Be found. If these places could have & solid bottom put in them, Gaffney could get along with tolerable comfort even in the worst of weather. We shall not, however, make any promises for the country roads leading into the town. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Governor Ellerbe is still in very poor health, hardly able to attend to the duties of his office, that, too, at a time when those duties are most important. It was ru mored a fe.vdays ago that his friends would advise him to vacate the office temporarily in favor of Lieut. Gov ernor McSweeny, but he resolutely sticks to his post, has about fifteen acts of the legislature read to him daily for approval, and gets himself rolled out into his front yard occa sionally for a breath of fresh air. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The roof of Gen. Wade Hampton’s house took fire a few days ago, end the General, with the weight of eighty years resting upon him and a cork leg beneath him, gallantly mounted the roof and extinguished the flames. Then with that modesty and kind consideration for others, always characteristic of true bravery, he refrained from even speaking of the danger to any of his household until the family were alt assembled at the breakfast table. The spirit of the sixties still lives in the bosom of the old hero and we shouldn't like to get in the way of a column of cavalry led by him even in this year of grace 1899. and some of the banks are refusing to lake deposits of smaller amount*; than $:»U0, for the reason, we sup pose, that they already have more money than they can handle and don’t want to incur additional re sponsibilities. Our home banks have large amounts to lend, and building and loan useociations are everywhere seeking borrowers. Yet to the man who has no money and no basis of credit, the abundance of money in the banks is of little direct advan tage. Indeed the conditions may be to him about as tantalizing as was the abundance, of water to the sail ors in the “Ancient Mariner,” when there was “Water, water, everywhere, And not a drop to drink." Still, there are many indirect ad vantages even to the poorest of men, in an abundance of money in the *iarket. Enterprises are promoted which put large sums of money into circulation; labor is in demand, and the products of labor bring better prices, and even the professional tramp will feel the impulse of the general prosperity. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. J. M. Gaines, the leader of the party of men who rode into Green wood in search of the Tolberts has written a letter in vindication of himself and his followers. We have no doubt that Mr. Gaines is a man of integrity and of high standing in his community and that his influence over the rough crowd that he led prevented them from com mitting crimes and restrained them within reasonable bounds. But the whole expedition was lawless, prej- udical to good order, and demoraliz ing io its effects. According to Mr. Gaines’ own statements, there was no definite, tangible evidence that the Tolberts had committed any crime— only some rumors, which were de nied, to the effect that some ot them had held meetings with the negroes and had advised them to go the elec tion armed. When all the circum stances are boiled down they amount to the fact that the Tolberts were Re publicans and unpopular, and hence should be driven out of the country. In accordance with such logic, the tivne may come when men will be subject to the same treatment for being Democrats. South Carolina is tired of lawlessness and dispensary tyranny. What happened at Green wood is liable to happen to any town in the State and what happened in Stuart’s home in Columbia may hap pen any day or night to any home. Yet our Legislature meets and makes one hundred and fifty-six laws in one session all for the good of the people. Oh! temporal Oh! mores! THE "KEHNEL" AN- SWEBS QUESTIONS. He Then Propounds a Few for Pruella. Probably not before in ten years have the farmers of Cherokee county reached the first of March with so little done as now. There has hardly been a furrow run since December; hundreds of bushels of seed wheat and oats which should have now been in the ground are still in the bins, furnishing dainty meals for rats and mice; no fertilizers have been hauled out; and no land has been broken. But the March winds are ooming and the ground will soon be dry eno, to work. Then let the ipove on them got a ?9 W jthfollow up the By the first of 'April cTne will not Doable to tell from the appearance of the xiarms whether the winter has been wet or dry. In what we said in last Saturday’s issue about the Tolberts and the peo ple of Greenwood, we did not mean to endorse the action of the Phoenix men in riding in a body to Green wood on the hunt for the Tolberts. It was the astion of a lawless mob and that it committed no crime was owing altogether to the fact that the Tolberts could not be found. Every such movement of the people weakens respect for law and is I eTy demoralizing to the people. Those seventy-five * men have neither legal nor moral right to decide that the Tolberts shall not live in the county and then proceed to execute the decision.—no, not if the Tolberts had committed all the crimes enumerated in the decalogue. A FEW NUTS TO CRACK. Tli«> llojM iinil AilrtM .Miiy Now (Jvt Down Tliclr (iooruplilcN mid Hlatorlcx mid Tnkv it llmul In tin* I)lxcux»lon--N»*l|{lil)orhoo<l Notes. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, March 1.—March came in like a lamb this morning. February being the month in which women talk the least and practice less deceit than any other, the amount of human suffering Irom cold and other providences it is without a parallel for many years. Most of the fig trees in this section are either killed outright or badly worsted. Our fanners will bo running their plows and sowing oats in a few days if the weather continues dry. Wo give our dilligent young friends wiio are anxious for something to work at another problem and ask all to send their answers, whether cor rect or not:— If two be three and three be eight, and six and a-half be eleven, what will be the half of twenty-four and the third of twenty-seven? The C. E. Society met at our home last Sabbath evening. It meets at Mrs. Amanda Lee’s next Sabbath ening. Our friends who propose to bet on the solution of Pruella’s question No. 21 in last Saturday’s issue need not take such disreputable method of making or losing money. While we do not propose to go into the gamb ling business yet we did not intend to give the answer to it until wo heard from our friend Pruella again. But for fear some adventurer makes or takes the bet we will publish the an swer now and hope it will save some body the cheap joy of winning or the sad expense of losing their money. The man bought forty-five pigs at !jil per head, and sixty sheep ut per head. Will Pruella please give us the rule by which he solves this class of problems? If he doesn’t wish his name to be known we will accept it under (or over) his non-de plume and ask no questions as to his identity. Let us hear from you “Bud'' if that is your sex. Mr. John Estes has examined and he says the peach crop is killed. The wire at Howell’s ferry broke and fell last Sabbath. It will be up in a day or two. We had quite a wind and rain storm last Sabbath evening about 4 o’clock. It did no damage. How ever, it might properly be called a cyclone. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kirby gave the young people a singing last Monday night. Mrs. Ellen Osment, of Monette, Ark., speaks in highest terms of The Ledger and has become a subscriber for it. She says it beats a letter every week. Miss Bettie Blair is the first to an swer our question of last week. The field contains forty acres. Mr. Newman Smith was over to see us last Monday. He is now liv ing at Sunnyside. John F. Estes and Sam Lee have the contract for filling up the \v outs in the public _r swers to those questions not included in tho above. 1. What is the oldest poem in ex istence? Ami on what occasion was it used? 2. What was the petition of the sixteen maids? And to what Governor addressed? 3. What marks the boundary line between United States and British America? 4. Who said: “1 am for my country right or wrong?” “I am not afraid to die?” o. Who aided Napolion to escape from Elba? 6. Who was the first white child born in America? Who killed Alex ander the great? 7. Where is Mt. Golongoon? Goat foot Island? 8. What woman went to Athens disguised as a man to attend the lec- ture of Plato? What animal has no eyebrows? 9. What is (^ueen Victoria’s sur name? 10. A boatman rows down stream at the rate of twelve miles per hour, and returns at the rate of eight miles per hour. But in return ing he Keeps near the hank where the current iias only 3-5 of the speed of the main current. If it takes him fourj;hours to make the round trip (allowing him 15 minutes to load ami unload) what distance did he go, and what is the average speed of the main current? 11. A milkman has one gallon of pure milk in a pail. He sells a quart of it to cno man for 10 cents. He then pours a quart of water back into the pail and draws another quart for 10 cents. This he repeats until he has made six different sales. He then sells £ of the contents of the pail to one man at the rate of 8 cents per quart; | of the remoinder to an other at the same rate and so on until the last sale that reduces the.amount until less than half a gallon remains, when another customer agreed to give him at the rate of 50 cents per gallon of the pure milk leit in the pail. Now, suppose the milk at first cost him 25 cents per gallon, what per cent, of pure milk did each purchaser get? How much did each of the two last purchasers pay? And what was the whole amount realize by the milk man? Now Pruella let your answers be prompt and wo hope our other friends will join us in the fun. Fraternally yours, .1. L. Strain. ABOUT PEA VINE CULTURE. Fanner* Friend TeIN How The Vine* lire Cured. .Correspondence of The Ledger.) Lancaster, Feb. 28.—Allow me to congratulate you on your semi weekly. I think it is a considerable improvement on The Ledger and I venture to say there isn’t a single Ledger reader but what will join me in the assertion. Notwithstanding the fact that news has been very scarce since your semi-weekly has appeared—it has been filled up with local news instead of so much foreign mutter that does not interest us so much as your local. There is being so much said about the bad weather and bad roads, etc., until perhaps some of your readers are getting sick and tired of it anc perhaps the farmers are beginning to feel a little blue, but let me say to the farmer that two years ago I did not run a furrow until the second day of April and I made as fine crops that year as I over made. Farmers should not feel the least discouraged, for when there ]s a_ and FLAW PICKER ENUMERATED. Ill* opinion What Come* Nearer FD axlinr Everybody. There’s one thing above all the rest hut 1 do know, an’ hit uiut no hard matter for me to know that, you un derstand, ns it is one of ole Picker’s traits. Hit’s no more nor no less than this: I’ll have my own way about my own affairs or break a log chain ker-smack-dab in the effort. A Picker is a Picker an’ you can’t ex pect nothin’ more of one nohow. A man said to me t’other day, says he, “Flaw, your git-ups in a wrightin’ of pieces for the papers would be right snatchin’ good—a source of fun an’ merriment for the young an’ risin’ gineration—ef you would only stop that way you’ve got a wrightin’ about the female women sex so feloniously free an’ permiscuous. I beam,” said he, “a woman a sayin’ of them very things to me no longer ago than yis- terday mornin’. Said she would like The Ledger a whole passel better ef hit jist weren’t for that, an' Flaw, ef I was you I would let up a little bit on that cne subject.” This good ole friend of mine hadn’t more’n got the words out’n his mouth ontel a lady from the upper coalin’ ground drapped in to pay her double- breasted regards to ole Flaw. In- durin’ her fust an’ flurious conflubs an’ together with a whole passel of other things she said : “Flaw, that last piece you put in the papers about us female women folks was jist simply grand. Of course I knowd,” said she, “that you were n’t a meanin’ of me but you hit some of ’em a Jo Darter lick, an’ hit uc- tiully done me so dratted much good ontel I cabbaged onto that Ledger an’ hid it away to read it over again some time.” Now, my onliest friends and fellow citizens, that is jist about the way this ole world of mu an’ sorrow wags along. I meby mought set down an’ write somethin’ offhanded with my eyes shut an’ hit would please half the folks what reads it whilst, you understand, t’other half meby would kick like a mugwump. Then again I mought set down an’ write a piece with all the skill an’ conflab in my upper story an’, by gutlins, the other half would kick. Jist any ole way will please half of ’em an’ I aint got no pertickler choice to speak of us to which half likes Flaw’s pieces an' which half don’t, so any ole thing that comes up comes out an’ got s down on the paper, you under stand. My I my I Hit is sitch a powerful hard job fer a poor, weak mortal man to try to please everybody. The nearest, to my honest an’ candid opinion, that the good Lord come to a pleasin’ of everybody whilst He was down here in these low grounds of sin an’ sorrow was when He got to turn in’ of the water into wine an’ a hand in’ of it out permiscuously through the crowds. Royal Absolutely touRE Baking Powder Absolutely'Pure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL BAKINO POWDER CO., NEW YORK. 1'ftrls Bum Warmers. In an ordinary Parisian bns, accom modating more than 20 people inside— there is a solid thick plank, but flush with the floor running the length of the bns. This plank is about a foot wide, and in it are ent five cavities abont two feet long by six inches wide. In these the chanfferettes (or foot warmers) of about the same dimensions are placed, so that they, too, are flush with the floor and just in nice position to rest the feet. These chanfferettes are not hot water bottles, for that system required fre quent changes and did not give much warmth. They are really little stoves, in which the miniature fireplace is be neath and opening into the air below the floor of the bus. The firing is formed of a “briquette’’—literally a little brick of abont the dimensions of an ordinary sheet of note paper by an inch and a half deep—made of coal, anthracite and other combustible materials a good deal compressed A briquette costs 1 penny and lasts about half a bns day Rob Childbirth of its Terrors and Minimise the Pain Labor by unng and Dangers of Simmons Squaw Howell’s The law provides regular modes of The Spartanburg Evening Star, ed* 1 proceeding against criminals and pre- ited by Col. Larry Gantt, has been shedding its mild beams on the machinations of Mr. Hydrick, mem ber to the legislature, and making revelations of considerable pecuniary interest to the taxpayers of Spartan burg county. By star-light it looks like Mr. Hydrick, by artful manipu lations, has got the county deeply in debt and has somehow emptied the pockets of a number of poor men in order to fill the pockets of himself and Stanyarn Wilson. We remem ber that some poet has written:— "Colors seen by candlelight Do not look the same by day," and it may be that Mr. Hydrick’s conduct would wear a different hue if seen by daylight instead of star light. The agricultural department sent out hundred (letters of Jinqulry in regard to the cost of cultivating one acre in upland cotton. The answers to these letters varied a good deal in estimates, but the average was $15.42. The average proceeds were $19.03, leaving a clear profit of $3.01 to the acre, the price of cotton being put at $0.70 a hundred. We call the attention of Cherokee farmers to these figures. Remember, in the fir^ place, that we are on the extreme northern limit of the cotton belt, and oui lands will not come up to the average in production; note again that 0 7-10 cents is above the average price obtained for our last year’s crop; grasp these facts anu figures firmly and clearly, and then if you can see anything in cotton crack your whips and go ahead. ♦ There has never before been a greater amount of money in the ag gregate In the counrty than there is at present, .^ney in New York is scribes penalties for crimes when proved to exist. But so far as the public knows no crimes were charged against the Tolberts. There were many accusations of a general char acter it is true, but if any specific charges were preferred that would bear an indictment we have not heard of them. Under such circum stances,’we repeat that no set of men, outside of the regularly consti tuted authorities,'* had the right to pronounce sentence of banishment upon them and then proceed to cxe cute their own sentence. If such a principle is admitted and endorsed by public sentiment, then no man can be absolutely sure that he will not be driven from his family and prop erty whenever he mar chance to make himself unpopular with u few of his fellowmcn. The operatives of the Edna Cotton Mills. Reidsville, N. C., who were out of fuel during last week’s bliz zard, were furnished coal and wood by G. A. Howell, the agent, and were thus saved much suffering. The mill itself was without fuel the first two days of the week, and had to stand idle ’till Wednesday. It is very hard to stand idly by and see our dear ones suffer while await ing the arrival of the doctor. An Al bany (N. Y.) dairyman called at a drug store there for a doctor to come and see his child, then very sick with croup. Not finding the doctor in, he left word for him to come ut once on his return. He also bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, which he hoped would give some relief until the doctor should arrive. In a few hours he returned, saying the doctor need not come, as the child was much better. The druggist, Mr. Otto Bcholz, says the family has since recommended Chatnberlair.’s Cough Remedy to thtir neighbors and friends until he has a constant demand for it from that part of the county. For seeking investment at thiee per cent, ule by Cherokee Drug Co. The Fowler Brothers have had another well bored on their farm and they now have plenty of water. Henry Hill, a colored man in this neighborhood, is lying quite sick. Dr. Sidney Sarratt was to see him yes terday. Several gardens are being remod elled in this neighborhood and house wives are anxious for the weather and ground to get ready for planting. The North Pacolet S. S. Conven tion will meet at Abingdon creek church on the 26th inst. Wo hope our county will not fail to organize a working convention and send delegates to the International S. S. Covention at Atlanta the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th of April. I will endeavor to answer a few of “Fruella’s” questions as he is anx ious for me to be among the first and expresses his desire to aid in advancing the educational interest of The Led ger readers. As an evidence of good faith on his part I will ask Pruella to answer a few as well as correct mine when I am wrong and give authorities. Twill give the numbers and not repeat his questions. 1. Not positively known. 2. A system of laws prepared by John Locke, an English Philosopher. 4. On this there are different statements—some say I Kings 4:29, 30 verses; others the 32 Psalm. 5. Hayes,Monroe and Washington each at the beginning of his second term, as the 4th of March was on the Sabbath day each time. The same will take place in 1905. Jackson too, on account of his wife’s death. 6. Zachery Taylor—though it was really Martin Van Bure i who w'as born in 1782, unless we admit the af fair at Days’ Tavern Nov.-25. 1783, as part of the Revolution's struggle. 7. One was “give ’em plenty of grape, Captain Bragg.” 8. From a superstition that dates as fur back as the crucifixion of Christ. An unlucky day. 10. “The salary grab”—Congress voting back pay for its members. 11. Part of the State of Tennessee. 12. “What has God wrought?” 15. Antarctic ocean, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific ocean and Indian ocean. 16. British America, and empties into lake Athabasca. 18. A town in England, also town in New Zelund famous for bees. 20. Nothing—South. 22. A $10, B $8. and C $6. Now Pruella come up with your answers to the following at your ear Best convenience and also your cor rection of my guesses. As soon as I hear from you I will give my an Vine Wine or Tablets. Winter vegetables were killed by the cold as far south as Tallahassee, Fal. Constipation of the Bowels may be easily cured by a few doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medcino. Uncle Sam $36000,000 a tobacco. something over year in taxes out of gets To restore the Clear Skin.the Bright Eye, the Alert Gait and Sound Health, use Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medi cine. Lever nml the ArelibUhop* Charles Lever, the novelist, was one tho guest of Dr. Whately, the < bishop of Dublin, at his country se Among the other guests were some the expectant clergy, who paid sut missive court to their host. While th archbishop and his guests were walking through the grounds tho prelate plucke from a bush a leaf which, ho declare had a most nauseous flavor. “Taste it,” said he, handing the leal to on« of the clergy. The latter smil^ ingly obeyed, and then with a wry face subscribed to the botanical orthodoxy of the archbishop. “Taste it, you, Lever,” said the grat ified prelate, handing the leaf to the novelist. “No, thank you,” said Lever, laugh ing. “My brother is not in your gjgp’j diocese. ’ B e sure that your blood is rich and pure. The best blood purifier, enrieher and vitalize!* is Hood’s Sarsa parilla. Bo sure to GET HOOD’S. Notice ! For the next !>0 days I will soil you, for cash, dry goods, no tions, shoos, hats, groceries, tin ware, hardware, etc., at cut prices. 1 lb packages cf parch ed coffee for 10c. Good green coffee 10c per lb; medium, 11 V few made-up suits Call and see Yours respectfully. lbs for $1. at a low i my prices, igure. I. M. PEELER. The Gainey City Land and Improvement Company Offers for sale Rulldin? t»ls In this flourishing town. Gaffney Ctty: Also Farms near by and in roach of t he Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place. In lots of from :«) to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. "v r A J* l* A'r'T, A tfcnt. N. 1).—All tresspassing on lands of this company, hunting, are forbidden under penalty of law. cutting and removing Umber, fishing or 1 Advertise Facts and Facts only. There is hardly a day but some store "claims” to offer “p 1 •nomenal” bar gains, values that look (in the p:i|H*rs) beyond all reason or precedent; but go there and all you wil^cl for your trouble is disappointment. 1 don’t believe it pays to fool lAVRl*’- My business lias been built upon tin* plat- formof honest Goods, Honest Prices and Honest Advertising the weather does break up and you do go to preparing for your crop let me advise you to be sure and prepare your land well before planting, if you will do this and not over-crop your self and then work it well I assure you a good harvest. I wish to thank “Sanco” for his compliment and will say that if. If he will not mow his pea vines until the dew has dried off them every morning and will cut them at the time they are in full bloom about .the time the first peas begin to shape and will shock them on stakes as I previously instructed I will guaran tee they will not shed the leaves. For homo own use I would advise to allow the young pea to get nearly grown or as soon as you see the first pads beginning to ripen then cut tho vines, and this will answer almost the same as corn and roughness both. Though your leaves will shed at this stage you will get it back in the x*as. But when raising vines for the market cut them when they are in ull bloom, for you can’t sell them on the market any better with the peas on them than you can with the leaves and they sample so much better with the leaf than they do without them. I want every Confederate veteran to go to Charleston in May to the reunion. It is going to be a grand thing and Charleston is going to make it pleasant for us. Do do let us all go and I do sincerely hope that the editor of The Ledger will be with us. I wish tb say to Holly Grove School Boy “back at you” in regard to Mc Kinley and the Philippines. I think it an outrage. Fakmers Fkiemd. GowdoyHvUlc (ios*ip. (Corrcapondcnce of The Ledger.) Gowdeybvillb, March 1 —Tho weather keeps so bad it has thrown the farmers quite behind with their work but the weathe having faired np I guess the farmeu will soon catch up. Last Saturday evening the farmers were able to do some plowing. Mr. John H. Bently killed a hog om^cjfLy last week that weighed 250 lbs., and was only eight montfik^u Mrs. Warmoth, of Grindall, is visi ting her daughter, Mrs. John Haines. Mr. J. E. Foster has a very sick child. Mrs. Lydia Huckeby, who has been very sick, I am glad to say, is im proving. The Ledger is a welcome visitor in our community and we like the semi weekly very much. Mr. Charley Mabry, of Pacolet, died a few days ago and was hurried atGillard. He was a Christian young man of high character and good morals and will be sadly missed by his many friends. Peace to his ashes. Mr. Willie II. Brown, of Union, spent last week visiting friends in our community. Mr. Brown’s visits are highly appreciated by his many friends. Red Bikd. and IV i stick to it forever. My stock is not so large as some people's but 1 am constantly turning it over that is, selling and Inlying and as a con- scoucnco everything is new and fresh.. The best Staple and Fancy Gro ceries, Candies. Confectioncries, etc., at the lowest prict-s consistent with good business principals. Call on me when in need of anything in my line. "Walter* I lalter. We have saved many docter bills since we began using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in our home. We keep a bottle open all the time and whenever any of my family or myself begin to catch cold we begin to use tho Cough Remedy, and as a result we never have to send away for a doctor and incur a large doctor bill, for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy never fails to cure. It is certainly a medicine of great merit and worth.— 1). S. Meakkle, General Merchant and Farmer, Mattie, Bedford countj, Pa. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. A bill has been introduced In the Kansas legislature which provides that a residence of three months In the state shall giv* a person legal standing to bring suit for divorce. Dr. Hull'* Cough Syrup l* u gnuid old remedy, used for many years, and still in public favor. It is without doubt the best medicine for all pul monary affections. It always cures. All druggists sell It for 25 cts. Flushed Cheeks. Throbbing Tem ples, Nausea, Lassitude, Lost Appe tite,Sallow Complexion, Pimples, Blotches, are warnings. Take Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. A Card. I understand it is being circulated by competitors of mine, in the Guano business here, that all my different brands of Guano are manufactured and shipped from Blacksburg, S. C. Below I give each brand and where manufactured and shipped from. Navassa Guano, Navassa Guano Co.. Wilmington, N. C. Georgia State Grange, Baldwin Fertilizer Co., Port Royal, S. C. Edisto Guano, Kdisto Phosphate Co., Charleston, 8. C. Eutaw Guano, Ashepoo Phosphate Co., Charleston, S. C. Stono Guano, Berkeley Chemical Co., Charleston, S. C. Georgia Farmers Friend Guano, Baldwin Fertilizer Co., Port Royal, S. 0. Durham Guano, Durham Guano Co., Blacksburg, S. C. Royal Guano, Standard Fertilizer Co., Charleston, 8. C. Cotton Flower Guano, Read Fertili zer Co., Charleston. S. C. Nassau Guano, Bowker Co., Savan nah, Ga. Imperial Guano, Imperial Co Charleston, S. C. Columbia Guano, Columbia Guano Co., Norfork, Va. I have the Acid Phosphate of each brand and any customer has the priviligeof writing any uf * my com panics, and further, I guarantee al my brands to be ammoniated will blood itc., and will make any custo mer a present of one ton who finds any cotton seed meal In one sack I handle. I will make it.to your inter est to sec mo before buying. Respectfully, J I. Sauk a rr. PRUDENTIAL Insurance * Company * of* America. Home Office, Newark, N. J. John F. Dryden, President. James O. Wynn, Manager Southern Dep’t., Atlanta, Ga. Assets Jan. 1st, 1899 Surplus Jan 1st, 1 399 Annual Income Insurance in force Insurance written in 1898, $28,887,196.42 $5,888,894.76 $17,481,875.74 $414,547,053.00 $ 1 64,600,000.00 Paid Policy Holders to Date Over $36,450,0O0.0D THE PRUDENTIAL lias in the front rank of tin the world. ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦' forged its way ahead until it stands groat Life Insurance Companies of It offers ;dl that is good in Life Insurance and under the Lest conditions. C. T. Rawls, General Agent, Asheville, N. C. "vsrooi > it Idlewiclont Aj^ontfi. II,