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\lU\mi DEPARTMENT. I J. F. MS 11 FT IFF,tor. Now that another cotton season is upon ns I would urge that the crop he more carefully i handled than it has Keen in the past. Notwithstanding 'he ! i t that cotton is our money <-iv?i and i- therefore seemingly more' valuable than any ??!'. t cr?.} to the farmer-; ot 1 ' Soil'!; ' ,s; handled with So*-; rare and alterj it i.-? packed .f is al! 1 to he o\ ! pO-M ' to the 'V'Cli" 1 l> '! >mo damaged 11. .t i not iveei ve .hie oV ' he ouver not,. ,t <od, or ^.o moot < ; ' aken ?!! lor; had entton and tin* water that :-j in it that it i a 1<>-<s toi the tanner. N \ i-retheren. -audi . i -'a'" ot' affairs ; ould not \ist in U'itl. i ; ; I i ' ? irt lwilltrll 1 lit 1 . very little trouble and expense, this '/real los-. cull he avoided. .. . I I'lirsiiai.t to thi- rail <>l !*i<1 >i i lent .1. !v\ Kniidit the Allianee:uen met in the eourt house at' JO. a. tn. last Friday. The meetiny was culled to order by the President. After a statement hy the County Trade Ayent in re ! yard to the purehuse ot hnyyiny and lies for the coniiny season a ' resolution was passed askiny the; hretheren to send in their oi tiers: tor bayyiny and ties to the Conn ty Trade Ayent as early as pnssi hie I hen Hrother 1). 1* Dun can. State Kxehange Manager, ho-1 ing present was introduced and1 gave us a talk on the business management of the State Kx change which was very practical; and instructive. Showing among| other things wiiat our exchange is doing lor us in the way of prices and that it is our duty and to our advantage to trade as much as possible through the exchange. 1'he business o( the exchange | has in the past year amounted to more than $00,000. SOUTHERN FARMER'S NEEDS. Secretary Wilson Proposes to (Jive Them Special At (eiilion. Secretary WiDon of ihe A^ri cultural l)epartincut is directing I special efforts toward the promo t lion ot farming interests in the! ..'I t " s' 1 ......... 1111- ->ni.11 n;?- ih'Vi r )ia<l tin* proper attention paid to if 1 >y f!>o Agricultural Depart meat," said S -cretan* Wilson H'lien asked about Ids detcrminaDon <o make a Southern tour, i V; ;s ?? -part li:e;;t " ill I. of yr< :tt ^ rv.'c to ilie fanners of thej *5;..; J h.aml 1 propose to -ive theiu la uelits of uiv \ 11 mi 11I1* da! ij or y -,11c *te ! -iD(/nt heir oil ;< '! ?'o!s. ! 11 the firs' place I !o not 1 r '.v. 11.0 Is1 ml 1. a J do | 'lie West, and tew of my pr-.'dn n- -o;' f't.V trip lo 1 I'illKfs see has whetted my appetite for livis Soul heren rountre :iml n> October I expect !<> make an ox i tended tour I hromihout the Sout h vrn Slates. I am iroinji Jo rli?* \n*.hvi!U K\po>,ition a^iii i> the fall. rfM? 'in rnv way down I ?linll lojt in Kentucky, and alter visit ivii.' the Imposition I shall push on to Louisiana and Aluhaina ami , t-ei urn to Washington hy way of iGeorgia and the <'arolin as. Ij shall then ho in a position to make this department of actual use to that part of Ike country. One may know all about the North and yet be absolutely ignorant of the South. ''Southern conditions differ very much from Northern ootidi- j tions as regards the soil of the I two sections. In the South you ; ha\ e more heat and moist uie. audi heat and moisture always tend i to decomposition of organic mat j( let in cultivated soil. This | tendency can only he prevented : hv a s\stem of rotation in which * then are periods oi grazing h ; the purpose of building up the J soil with roots. It must he remembered thiol i S.?nt Item S'ii li !? hoot o : hM" : cultiv. i ?ti for a hog 'into, and 11 'ii" ore diic n i at tot 1'; i > info ly oxidized or burnt out, 1< uvim; tin? -oil without root- 'it.-., won hi . f I ' prevent it from washing i iii< ( dostriii'lion o! the or^una nnttcrj iu 1 he s( '! liberates t h" , n ami lots it return to the jroneral | storehouse in the at uiosphere.; The nitrogen can only he brought hack hv ^rowir.ii leirutninous j' plants, pod hearing plant-, -nch as clover. pens ami beans. The Southern people must! h arn that they must plant clover. 1 If the soil i- not ;;ood for clover ' then they must plant peas ami ' beans in order to put the nitrogen back into the soil. J'o buv i1 * nitrogen in the shape ot saltpetre! costs IV cents a pound, and it is 11 much cheaper and the ell'ect is more lasting to jrive over the i lield occasionally to pasture." Here the secretary brought out a lot ol tiny hottles with the roots I of a number of leguminous or pod plants preserved in alcohol, lie pointed out certain little particles looking like homoeopathic pills, j which iu> said were continually growing there and which stored tip the nitrogen. "As the plant; ripens," he said, "the nitrogen: creeps up into the stalk and is j lost in the atmosphere, so that it, is necessary that the plants >hould he cut. and upturned helore the nitrogen is dissipated. "I intend to prepare a paper.: with illustrations, showing the necessity of bringing the Southern , land hack to its former fertility. The food that a plant needs u abundant in the South with the except ion of nitrogen. 1- 1 "In lennesseo, for instance, have recently been discovered immense ?jiionitios of stone. rich in phosphates. The Sout !i is: peeuliarly rieii in plant .node ilies and they can ali lie utilized very easily and with littl" expense. Tin-re i> the cotton seed, i< r ex am pie, richer with nitrouenie by ' product tban any -cod known to( commerce." I?Ut the coltoii >eed i> 1.?r_? 1 , j .. ... ... .... I I' I.. i I .11 I > 111 I'l t > 11 . 1^ ' it not'" It 1- ju>t a- valuable alter the oil has been extracted a- before." lie replied, "and every bit of 'he ' waste should J?e returned t > the ground. And where tllO seed i- , tiot sold lor lor oil it should he, seat tered over the fields. It will! he found to he a splendid for tili/er. There are many tluiiL'sj about the Southern soil which I. have yet to lea and and which n I shall take keen interest in study j ing when I go through the South." ( After his return from the.* South Secretary Wilson will, i: through the department. promid gate ideas for the betterment of,' the agricultural interests ot the < South. KNIGHT-WATCHMAN NOTES. BY OKNKRAI. ItKMAKKKK. 4,Weylor has taken the field'' again they say. Weyler takes Ihe lield frequently, hut never appears to keep it. Some name besides uthe tariil* nf 1S'>7" is wanted for that thing, j I all it '-the protoelive-tarill'.'' Col. Fred < irant, appears to hoj the only gentleman connected I with the 1 :) i i of New Yo.a I'oli?-o Commit-loner.. I here is no use ot disputing as j to t! e l A'tei time tie- tariil law j weio into tion. It w?> when I Ihe s 11 /: r ':sis? _??t eood and lv i: Uotf.it i m* shouhl now ? iie.it I he fools of Brown i'niversity out >1 that bribe they looked tor, iidJ leceM man would <ry over 'lu* loke. It'the starved :*n< 1 harrowed [> " ale of India .-hould shoot a lew Englishmen out of t he moot lis [ >f a cannon, it would give a new urn to a hi' of hi dory. I don't know anything about the private business of Mrs. Lease >f Kansas. Hut it you see any ac oiint of her whatever in the subsidized press, you bet ten to otto it's a lie. We can now be absolutely sure that the conduct of brown I'ni versitv toward I'rot. Andrews was un-American, niercenay, and in famous; for the New York Keen iiit/ Post commends it. Japan didn't decorate tor our Kouith of July. Hut she and her pr unpter "perfidious Albion," will yet tind tin t neither the day nor the spirit of if has been abolished in this country. Lynching i- wrong, and ought to he unnecessary. Hut it is better than any system of law that does not protect women against even their selfish and insane lovers. The Ryder ease suggests this remark. When a lady suddenly jumps into a poker game, takes her lius hand hy the hair, kirks over the fable, and woops tin* cash into her apron, it is good evideneo that she is named Mas. Ilornheak to some purpose. v oi. r reu i rant can t stand t lid - decoy -duck, skunk police methods. ill" creatures like Anthony (oinstock au<l 'j>tain ('hapinan. < H' course ('ol. (irant i-riuht. Sin li methods are really much more iminora) than even obscurity" ami "disorderly houses."" Thoa members of t'ougress who understood the liiinilxitr tariil' 11. ! .just pas-ed. who know it was ahoMiinahle. yet voted tor it, are the political philosophers ol the day. .More money alone ran hrinuj prosperity ; so the wor.se the tariil' the l><-tier the object lesson. W hen policemen, all over fh > ronntry, keep so inisy with the morals ol women that murderers. Imrglers ;imi ravi-diers have easy I limes. it is mo wonder t liat ml?r?* { l.ynch" has taken up the real' voeat ion nt ?he police. My anil hy, perhaps, he will take a lew! policemen themselves in hand. Hon. Thomas Watson, who now boasts ol having defeated Mryan, thinks that the People's party is being "resolved into its nriginal elements." lint Wat. .on always considered himself the party. Into what, then, will be resolved" the greatcs, living egotist, not excepting Hon. < ieorge Krancis Train ? The Massachusetts woman whc hires a hoy to wet horses' head* on hot days is a well meaning soul, and does some good. The horses' heads are kept cool, thoug! he boy's head cometimes gets pretty hot. Hut if Massachusetts won't protect human beings Iron her gold-bog Shylock's. if i* some thing for her to consider the wel fare of other animals. I have not a word to say again-! Mr. Percy Allien, that Knglisl passenger on the steamer Mobile who refused the other day to par tieipate in singing 'Hod Save the '.^ueei:.'* Personally, it ts vol enough t<? ave that respectat>lc old lady : I?nt Mr. Allien prob&bl] knew that i:. too governtnen of Britain >1; > only t figu I oat for the Uothphihls, aii i perh ip lie 'tiiderstoo'l tlx, hi.-,,, ?. ?i,, latnine in India. The Am ui cans who tried, to on him .11 pear to have been too tresii lb I heir intelligence. TIIJK I'KNSIOSHKS. The Siisl Increased :is Well as (in Kxpenses. Tim pension department ) rapidly completing its work, am in a "lew days'* the chocks wil be forthcoming. Pensioners hav< heard of "few days" so long, tha it really seems sarcasm to repea it. but ! his time it i.s a fact. Tie number ol pensioners this yea will be o,s.| l as against 1,71 last year, an increase of 1.1 27. Class "A" pensioners will go $72; class !>" $20; class "C about $15.o0. I'mler the nev law the expenses of the depart nient will no to $1,100, instead o $800. The following gives the tot a number of pensioners by conntie for 1S00 and 1807: Abbeville, 00 and 121; Aiken ii^ ana iAmterson. am 458; Harnwell, *7 ami 12a Ileaufort, 12 ami 10; Herkeloj 5(5 and 101; Charleston, 00 an 02; Cherokee; ? ami 1 1*5; ('lies ter, 451 and 50; Chesterfield, 15 and 180; Clarendon; 01 and 1 l(i Colleton 100 and HOG; Darlingtoi 1 1.8 and 100; Kdgefield. 10^ an 111; Fairfield. M and 05>; Floi ence, s0 and 10-5; (Jeorgetowi 10 and 20; < ireenville, .*>1 1 an 5}10; (iroenvvood, ? and (52 Hampton, 151, and 17*; Horn 00 and 1 20 ; Kershaw, 051 and St Lancaster. 121 and 202; Lauren: 25M and 188 ; Lexington, 7^ an '*ii : Marion. ! "?.*? and 111': Marl horo. Si suwl : Newberry, 1 "J and 10'l ' ' oneo, 1 l'i an 1 1 (Irin^elMiry. I'd and I'M*,; I'lfkeie I'll ait! lilO. I Ji'diliiii!, ! 7.7 an j|N| ; Saluda, ? I'd; Spartan 1 hur<r, ?<?2 and Surntea, Id and 1 sJ , 1 nion, I,V,? and I'J I William-bur^. 7<> and vl \ or) 'J?7 and The >hak?T- of' Moiinr i.ehntmti, in it ii i t y of simple. honest. ( oil fearinn men women, hav prepar imI the Shaker |>ijjestive Cordial fo many year-, ami it i- always the sarin simple, holiest, rural i ve im-dieine I hfl hn- helped to make the Shakers fh healthy, lonn-l i v eil people that lieare. Tin- Shakers never ha\e tin- i digestion. This is partly owinn i their si in (ile niodi- of life, part I y to t h wonderful properties of Shaker l?i festive (hirdial. Indigestion i- runs ed by the stmiianh jrlnnds not supply inn enough digestive jlliee. .-shake Digestive Cordial siippliea what" wmiring. MmKfr iMtfesnve i-orOiJ] invijforates tli?? stomach and all it glands (?( that after awhile they don need help. As evidence of the lios khty of .shaker Digestive Cordial, th formula is prinded on every hot 11< Sold hy druggistprice 10 rents t $ I -on per hot t le. ? A protracted meeting in i progress this week :it l'leasaii rinins church, conducted by Rex J. I?. Ho/otn;m. I '! tiii: ?ki:aim:i> cd^svuptloii v ; caw in: crui:a>. ' i t. a. SIi'ciiiii, .11. c.. the limit > i <lleiiiis? mail na'icttllnt, Will si'iial. Fror, three llotlji-s ? !' i Ills ii'lj' dim'iivcri'i) ici'uiis ?llew to suffer*. j Editor Kntkki-kisk :?i have dis- i covered a reliable cure for Consutnp- L 1 I ion and all Itrnnchial, Throat and T ]??? Her!??>? , T n<s of Flesh ami all Conditions of Wasting Away. iiy its timely use thousands ot apparently hopeless eases j have been cured. So prom-posit i ve a:u ! : I of its power to cure, that to make i:s , ! merits known. I will send, tree, to any | atllieted reader of) your paper. Ithree / ' j hot? ies ot my Newly I >isrove.vd IJeme(dies upon receipt of Express and Vost, olDcd ttldftttK, T. A, SLOCUM, Al. 0.? us pine St. New York. 1 When wrPu. it.- t??.'- i i. 'i f i;? (! thi :> per f t ! ^1 ' & < -??-*, i ? i t ?> -i ? i- - . i s ? / u s..1 i , if .'.'1, i Li. t i '^sasio or Organ v. *i wiiit r r > time tout you wun: uA Instrument that has a cun rati tee for si ' - !' ' !, . w ha i 1. is 1 > ..iiiOi- .i. !i)stl'iimi'i.ls .?-o pop :.ar. Every one is carefully made, . . - a-" l?r|ui? considered first, a mvci t, -nit i>tl i.i ihpihi loin- M't'oiid ami lu.itly i 'i'ivu i:ul unit artistic fuse Xotbiug pr* titer than the >'i WESER PIANO s AND BRIDGEPORT ORGAN. j lint II.< tiest part lies in tin- mechanism of the Inside works which lire perfect. '! Remember, I enrofu -elect an t tot t ouch Piano uttd Ore.it: ;iml ttiey must lie perfect tieforo I t <t. ..?< i it..'in. N<> itiiin enn duplicate my 1 Low Prices. It? a.I ill) wecUv talks f K. J. I! EltXPON, | | Yorkville, S. ('. i / ' B-A DIES WYODKHW f OR. FELIX LE BRUM'S \ -v ^ \ ^ n/innnwam/il h 11 m i ^ t> oicci&njiiiijfiujfai riiis ; nro the original nnd only . ' 1 i FHENCH, wtiu anil reliable euro I , f *r on the market. Price. $1.(10; font \ by inail. t ienuinoaolil only by 1 JMJW.IMPUiWBJiP.il s ^rUlnoiiw for Rlok Ilomlarho. Dyipupiit*, Indlffpntlon, ? stonbirh, <oiiti|.Ati>u. 1.1v? r < ?.mplatnt, rVtnale I , Net vimih |Mn? As?>n. Ke\ ?-i>, nn-i all l>vriiii/btnfnti of fit. St dnnrh. I.|v?r ntal iViu-nnt. Mi Id, Prompt l No it nt or V'ripln^r It; fifty ilofcJ. ?%*.' Hold I bj Ail lnU?|fUU ' , I 'I 'Jit tittltU't VOTl I:lT?KK *F*l.r. jnUll O TtiiM remedy IicIiik lull 1 directly to the ( >, ?1 iCBS actit uf tliwnn dlncnMCM G 3 ? or the tiicnlto-lrinnry Tt Xt Nufj tlrjcniiK, re?i ulrcN no V| Ulid Lit! ehnnjje oT diet, t'ure vl - "*1'? cunriinlcril III 1 to 3 ) ! ilayn. ismull plain packiTfl TT O trsneo. I?y mail, Sl.OO l ( P j? If KaJviilHolil only by j) .1. r Mru-u-v .v Co. iR.i n. r. Houkii & co ;' Notice to Overseers. ' * i , 11r. -opnty HOAHD op COY. MI rims* 'I i it-, direct that ail ov<tsc? r.-> of i onda cull I mil tneir hand* an I work their reH|>octlvo : Millions Willi.) it Ui laV. Now is tin' lime to ! work the r-.rtO Do not wait until the htiay season come, lint work them now. or ilurlnit : this mouth In sor.v sections I am K'ud to say j. i they have already been worked, tun, as yet, . " the a < rl; i? very sent; emu; t h rout; liout the > I county To lh"so hroadirtiatfed. progressive hen who re .-*!tl.' tie ir r-p.niiilli'iiiii s, and i alio an ill . I'M :i< t| ; .,'lve t,. lll? people the ' he it rtviiln within their pow. r. i extend i word ii. ( ?ivi 111 *:i i . \l.tv Viiir f \ i i # ! ? l I - ' u.-i-fui t,i:i If r. : otln r_ | Tin* influence* wli.i h arc Ik-Itin brought to OI boar to cotivinoa yon of iho nocuwiity for bet* I t'-r pn'.'ic hlifhw : \ s :.n .- > many and ho wide; h;>i? .d Inal i . . . -t (ail t h h.11/.- that tin ' I puhlio demand l* for lmprovt >1 means < ( com * | iiiutnc.itlin. Tin" press, in all cllona ol the " . tioity. i?' iu '*t.y ,-itri l i.iK to convince our i p. i - |i fiat' . r inii-.i l.i .'hways. >* n whole, 1 in-.i ol-i'i.t.- to .i clvill/.' *! country, .m l that i t . i roads would reaont In untold boned la t" all our t>eoi>l' I'lihllc s|ionUrra and writers, 0 I more oi lea* eminent, reiterate moh s<*nti nt- l-'.ir;i r* ni itinfaetiir'-r-. ch ivvmon, ! ..t . . -i. itm ti.iH, ml." li . all l< . I?? th<* ' ill it: a! . * l.ii'l roa Is let us fall into tin- lino * ( prOgrOM, and It Will HOI he I long until nur road* will he on a pluno with i >>i f .. .i i , vtioriu.- States. N--a. i am t - s it.at nuler our i-1 -< t. system , "f ro.id-tiialiiii^ i. >t .i urn id oral ran bo AC <i com pita lied, but at Improvomont oati be 1 "hi i.- if inn overseers will k1v? tin- mutter tin :r > arifHt attention, and glvlm.' four days' - | moor your, u the law rutjnlroa. I do not |. ?: v *if 11." OVi'fll'lTII 111 lie l Ji tin i I .< nidi hi .Me Ail.mi. who wns |irol>:il>ly tin* ?I armrest authority on road* malt lb# tin world it tiit % -r liiiii-fii lull I w.i; ' voii to do tin* 'ry i> out yi"i i .n with your limited ni*'ii * It is tin- duly of the overseers to keep the under irrowtii on tin" ides of the brldi'e* e it do vn so H i i to ,n.tde the tirid." , and your attention ,, specially etillad to tins matter I. .1 PKKIIV, *' County Supervisor. - Tan Toeal family medicine"'"} I For Indigestion. ftlllou*ne*?, H llrHiinrhe, t mi*t1|iatlon, llml ,| i t'oKitilrilnr.tliri-iialti. Itrmlh, v . an I ail ill*, r I -r* uf Hie btoiiutrU, fl I I Liver and tin wets. \ . f | * RIPAN8 T A RULES f jarillllT I f art B*"tly yet pmtii|,?ly. i'orfrctl^^^KCt*^ ' T dufr-ili.n f llowa it,, ir nan. I I M ?y be obtained by I ' ! application to nearest druggUt. I ?See our #ewinu machine# and price# before you buy. Kntfk" , frisk ofliee >t| * ! To (turn Con*! I pal Ion Forever. i Take ('..-.eaiets (and v Cathartic. I On or "V. , ii i t C. (ail to cure, drub'k'isM refund money.