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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. I J. F. NltSBET Editor. The county Alliance will meet next Friday the 8th of Oct. at 11 o'clock a. in. Delegates will please he on hand promptly at j the hour. J. K. Kniout, i'res. | U\, i.. i ^ .... ... 1 inir such a valuable correspondent1 as our esteemed Iri??ii?I T'on. .fas. U. Mugill. \\ o hope lit will write often and give us t!ie benefit of his with- experience ami extensive knowledge on the issues ol li.ej dav. \\> would l'ke for ?..>>><? ??i" our sub-Alliance to noli. o wha* cithers are doing in 'lie way of huildin ' up the order. for ev- ; !e look) at Primus Alliance. Pro. Adams in his hist communication -ays they nail ..|>j ! > lion- lor membership at their last meeting. Now there is evidently some good work going on there The editing and printing of the Cotton Plant has been! awarded to Col. Jlovt. Editor of. the (ireenville Mountaineer. Wo;, hope he will make if what it' ought to he?a good Alliance ami agricultural paper and when it is started up again let every Alii man rally to its support and give it a wider circulation than it has ever had before. A Note of Warning. Tlie tariff question is looming up in the South. Manufacturers of cotton have increased in the South from 1SS(? to IS'.IO, 150 per cent.?and only 6 percent, during same period in the North. The value of farm products in the "cotton belt" (or > uthern States) in 1SOO, was #740,riS0,07u. The value of manufactured products in said states i in 1800 was over #700,000,000. The value of farm products is greatly reduced by falling prices. The acreage in cultivation has increased' from isso to ls'JO) 2f> per cent, and the product ? has increased mokk than 2.1 per cent, yet the market value of farm products 1 is only 11 percent, more than in 18N0. , when there was at least 2.1 per cent less products. The increase in pro- i duction is lost to the farmer hy the decrease in price. Investors in manu- 1 facturers in the South will demand a protective tariif. Politicians will straddle?and bid for votes on both sides. ' The majority of laborers engaged in farming are neurroes who are nract irally disfranchised. Hence the white ! labor employed in atrrieulttire v ill soon be in a minority. Then if farm^'r^ art' not organized the protective policy will prevail. This policy taxes the farmers * and ail otiier consumers) to enrich manufnct ores. Then organize your defunct sob-Alliances and invigorate your lan^tiishi njf >obs, otherwise you will continue to he "hewers of wood and draw ers of water" j for the favored classes. i .1 WK' II. M v tit. < atndett f'hrouicle will please copy.] .1. It. M. . . ? . . i Postal Nstvimrs Hanks Owe >?nn?. I Ionic awl Far tit u wlerstamls I Tlint a Chicago newspaper is (lis ! tnoiitin^ Iiiroti^iioul the country at every jiostoHicc petitions for | signatures urging < 'engross to pass a postal savings hanks hill. The objections t?> this measure! are so strong, espeeially from the! standpoint of the people ol the South and West, we venture to repeat the argument* that have) been advanced against it hereto fore in these columns. The value of a savings hank system depends largely upon its character. A postal or national savings hank may do well in small countries like England, for instance. Hut a national savings I hank that drains the small ?av I . . mgs oi halt a continent into one Federal reservoir will do more harm than good. < A savings bank system should be local in it's character ami be under State and not under nation al supervision. Deposits in sav ins banks should be loaned in the community from which these deposits are drained. Dank deposits constitute a most iiiTportant part of the ''lean fund" of every cur, j munity, and any law or regula-1 I inn u'liioli f il*nc < ..-w\oi c? from the section of the country j where money is scarce to another, section where money is abundant i harms both sections alike. The need ot the South and j West is for a bettor system und? r, which the small savings ot each community can he utilized in' that community. This is the best; method of rotting more money, and of making what money there is more available and more active, j The Federal laws have prncti eally jairaly/au the Stab bank , ing system ; they have centralizod j the money inlluence ; they havcj prevented the proper distribution i of the loan fund ot' the country. I Ranking reform must remedy this.! Ihit I lie postal savings hank augments the evils now existing. It takes the money from sections that need it most and invests it in tji?> InuMU'iiutil Itntxlw* ?\f* t l?i? 'r/v%? I ? r."' imminent, or else it uses the mo-i uey in building poslotlices, im ^ proving harbors,buying ships, aiul in other so-called "improvements" which had bettor be designated national extravagances. The State savings banks of the North and East have accomplished great good there. There are now deposited in these banks more money than is deposited in the entire system of national banks. All of the earnings of these banks go to the depositors ; that is the only proper system of savings banks. The government cannot loan |)u< ItKinov Tim Ko nlro /*?? ? vssavr I1IV/IIVJ A < 1 V> ?aill\n ^<111^ ?l IIU ilo loan it, on local mortgages, or other local securities that ex peri Bnce has shown to he perfectly sate. What the agricultural regions need is more money availa- j hie lor borrowers. Money is cheap in the gicat centers of the woild ; it should he cheap in the South and West, but the postal savings banks.by taking from the loan fund these savings will have the elleet of making money dearer than before. Further than this: it lias the tendency to increase the influence j of l \ deral government ; that is of ! the various department-; in Wash- i ington. It augments the number and power of ollh ehohlers. It in i iea e-. tin- tendency toward con trali/ation that we should seek to counteract. \\ hat the people ol the South need more and more is not so much savings hanks as saving. It the government will simply let j the farmers alone they will he aide little hy little to pay oil , their debts and have something beside. When that time comes' they will have no dilliculty in providing savings banks of a lo cal character, or some other form I i?i safe investment. We trust that our readers will rive this matter careful attention and see to it that next winter, when the hill is introduced by the l'ostmaster (ieneral, the rep resentatives of the farmers I hronghout the country are united in opposition to this new scheme of centralization. Beautifying the Home SurrOUIldillgS. Nothing worth having can he secured without some effort, and this is true in civilized communities even of the air, if pure air, we breathe so freely. !t is pleasant to know that more and more, in line with this thought, the effort is being put forth making for attractive grounds by the homes o four farm ers. Touches on this order show that the mind and heart are in the work an 1 that farming is no longer a calling deadening drudge and grind. : * - -t i > k MM II I III |M I ?\ rilHMI I ^ SIKIIIIII WM fall for the expenditure of more than a trilling sum ot money. The trees ar.?l dirnbs that aro to lie the main features of the pleas ing outcome ot the courses here can b<? ,o1.]">'l bit V,v l it. a few trees or shrubs each year; in this v.av the planting i-~ likely to be best done and tiie interest best kept up. The season is near when the work of giving form to this pur pose can most satisfactorily proceed. The tall is the oest season for setting out all deciduitis trees and shrubs, and so a few observations outlining the general principles that should govern in this part of farm improvement will l.e in order. I'.very fanner should know how to plant a tree or shrub, and yet in point of fact not a large percentage of farmers really know rn.? ?:i 1 i* 1 iiiu ftuu iiruuuu luruiiiouses is mostly rich enough for the trees and shrubs that should be planted there. When planting is to bo (lone, a liberal opening ought to be made to receive the roots of the tree or shrub, if tho place of setting out is the lawn or other grass-occupied ground. This opening ought always to be large enough to admit easily the roots fully spread out. Make the opening by putting to one side the grassy part on the surface. Then take out the richer surface soil immediately following, and put it by itself; and then take out whatever of the subsoil it may be necessary to take to give the proper depth for the roots and Keep this soil also as far as practihle separate. This done, stir and deepen the suhsoil as in ordinary diggings: and in doin^ so work in with it the^rass taken from the surlace at t lie outset. All i> now in readiness for planting. In d ?i11 *r this, he very varolii I not t?j m-1 out deeper than m nature or when it stood in the nursery. 'I I : l :. . 1 .: i in- f?>ii in plaining 11111 -1 r?i' ll? good \vc?rkii?tr condition?triable and not wet. It there is much root mutila lion, the top must he trimmed accordingly. The cuts made on tops and roots should be clean and not ragged. .Mix the soil well in among the roots; and when this is done and they are all just covered?they should be no more than just cov firm I )u> c/til \\\r ...... ...... ..W. ?.? .IHUIJ/IIIJI,. l)o not hesitate to tramp thoroughly. Then water; givo plenty of water. As hooii as tho water has been absorbed, till in the earth, elevating it some as a means of steadying and holding the plant in place during tho winter. The pooler earth last thrown out in making the opening should be put to this use. As soon in the spring as growth has fully set in, the earth thus raised can be leveled down, so that the soil immediately around what was planted is made even with the adjoining soil. I Evergreens are mostly sought for in members of the pine family; and we often see the p.no family business overdone beside farm ' houses. Pines make a great wind i break, and. planted on the north side ot the resilience or farm outbuildings, they do duty both a> useful and as beautiful objects. I .Judiciously sprinkled about generally among the deciduous I growth, they make pleasing conI trusts. Planting should bo doue with a view to making for the sense ol retirement in the home surroundings, and an aim should be to plant out from view that which is not wanted or is undesirable to see, leaving free and open, lor the easy and unrestrained exercise of the eye, all that is lovely, hotli l.n and near. No tree should be planted in iioul ot a window. If it is so planted tlie eyeline is broken and there is ;i jar- -sonirthing that is not as it should he. Hot ween windows, to one side, so as not to in a sense close what often has ! to he looked from, and so calling j lor a free lino of vision, is the idea, j Nor should the planting ahout : the home he such as t?? overwhelm the ..onie. Trees and shrubs are as pictures?it is not in good taste or advantageous in any respect to overload. The surroundings of the farmer's home can he made to ex press the idea of cultured freedom. Let the mind dwell upon it as an object really liked and it will he very apt to do this. THE GOLD DEMOCRAT. (l'rluctpn-b of the nation'>? "Ooly Cireat and Uooil Friend.") Albeit by public wrath conrtifc'n'd To dOMuetudo, 1 come, A shlulni? lltfht unto the blind, A language to tbe dumb: For I iwn htilt a public tru.it, Tho' ofllcc none hold I, Sace tho high oftlce to adjust The people gone awry. Who want, with minimum of crust. A maximum of pie! What tho' the husbandman hath sown Fair Freedom's broad domains, And has when harvest days are flown. His labor for his pains' The evils which lifllict tho land, 1 swear by Holy Kood, Wore w is" conceptions nobly plann'd To work innocuous good: tm this eiiiollent baso I stand, A w tilled platitude' 'Tlx tru? tlio "Crown of Thorns'* Is pressed On Labor's drooping bead, And In a land by plenty blest. His children cry for bread: Hut "vi sled rlk'hUi"?so saith the law-Ma\e prior claims than these, And 'bout these "claims" the ermln'd draw Their moral traceries. Tilt Hunger looks in abject awe On bursting granaries: Men sure are blest when tliey command A frugal bit uud sup. No tin y tint have the iron hand Of law to hnlil them u;>' If they but wttllc in ifodly way*, My uuifi-i* heralded. Thi rr icionoca will trump tholr prtln Their faith will ho their bread? Ycii, in tiio desert of their days Wiii t. their hoard and in d' oil. h-t thin solid lle*h revolt. Now that those cyi 4 holloUl My vast iom trailed leirioutt holt Tim moral law of ifold. And sot thoir liouaohold K"d* above Allegiance unto Pan*? Von, lean mo, for a dream of love, To chase il.o rlifhta of man? A phantom dream of life and lovo on the tinmoriK?K'd plan' Mlno is the noble heritage tif lirmocratlc fa'th. And Yalnst its ancient foe I wage Wind battle unto death. I'Vnm northeast Norl'.i to Mouthwost Sontl I'll dust til* tariff coat. I'll shoot him with nty fierce*', mouth, And aid him with my vote: I'll damn him w ith my loudest mouth Ami save lilni with mr vote' I stand full si|iiar? beneath the tlag, Which Jackson's hands unroll'd When he pull'd down tin- lyrnnl's rag And fought for Owl and gold' And tho' the Silver Knight hath led My countless hosts away, My lance is jousted for his head? 1 plunge Into the fray; Mugvrnmpery*~ Oh. cry of dread* And Wall street to tho fray' According to Stoddard, l'tin Is the god ol Wall street, hence pandemonium, the Stock Kxcbauge. A ? #V?m XT.a.J(mnnl?f MM* / J Prof. W. H. Peeke, who * makes a ipeciulty ot H a B 1 tt ' Epilepsy, has without , doubt treated and cur|R " ww ed morecasrs than any B IB Physician; hl'a m W k V success is astonishing:. JBL Wo have heard of case# of so years' standing I ^ cured by fiirpnSSv LUI Cup?"* lurRO bot| lie of hi# absolute cure, free to any sufTorera who may send their T\ O. and Express address. I We advise nnv one wishing a cure to nddresa Prcl.W. H. PITEEE, F. D., 4 CclfvrSt., ITevr York i = 4 MY NEW ? CATALOGUES I M REM, anil 1 have tlio prettiest and host Organs Made in America at prices within the r?*:?<*!? of :ipv man wtio takes finality into consideration. The Lest is tlie < liLAl'lv-vr,and while I have [lie ULtST 1 have put prices on :t vrv reasonable l.n.io .....1 .... ???*-?.-* rum pi? mil*-* nn vuu my organs mui liciiriny prices so -me* will you buy ono if t'onr purpose i1' to huy. i REMEMBER, everv organ is (J I'A KANTKKD for *> years. All freights paid w i t h Stool and I ns tret ion book t KI.10. R, J. HiERNOON, t Yurkvillc, S. <J. ; Here I Am At * * * MACKErY'tS CORNER, Where Are You? (Snod Hour selling at .... $2.00 (inod coffee, 10 pounds 1.00 Uranulated sugar, IS pounds, l.oo 21 pounds lightest brown sugar 1.00 GLASSWARE AT A SACRIFICE. Fine tumblers that has been selling for 10 cents a set, will sell them to Villi for ill nmita Teas, Canned Goods and Fruits at l the Very Lowest Price. K??spi?ot fully, J0ESEPI1 WALKER. P. S. Highest Price paid for Chickens and Pggs. E3|HiURRBAL8AM K^HClMUur* an.1 brautiric* lh? hair. Promote* a luiu/iaut growth. : ^Hntver rati* to Ucetore Oray ltalr to It* Youthful Color, acalp a h*ir la..iug. <fh-,and |l mat I>m-^'.iU ~ MATCHING MATERIAL J Im it tirndnm?? n.wli.rln!/tnir ti-HI..*. ..f?*.*? stil<s in failure. 1*11*1 hotnoihinif "nearly a match" is never xalhttacturv. There'n one tiling thai you cannot match: Hull's ' Electro-Silicon The Famous Silver Polish. ^ because liter** is no other like it Nearly a million hotis* scorers use it a irlal uu.mttty wlilch is sent FKKK TO ALL w ill tell you w 11 y. Then the necrei of beautiful silv* rware is yours Simply son*l your nihlress on a tohtal cat J to Silicon, 111) ( I iff Street. Aim York. Still in t ,it 11 ml r if. Wo aro now prepared to tin al kinds of I/uiinlrv work, snoli as Ladies' vi!k waists. skirls, collar ami ciilTs. Also moil's shirts, collars and culls, at vorv reasonable prices. Wo will appreciate all orders entrusted to us, and miarantoo satisfaet ion. ClIKSTKH STKAM 1,11 N IHiY. Chester. S. C. WANT II.' riilsTWoUTllY AND ACT Ivi' gentlemen <ir ladles t<> travel for r<?SpOllsllue. OS ihililied llOU.SO III lAtlt'iHtl'r t'ountv Moiitii|y fdh.uo and rxpi'nsi'h I'ohI* tion nti.nl> Ifefi ri'iio' Kndose ho If addressed stampi I invflo|H'. The Dominion Company, Di pt. \v Chicago. . WANTED AGENTS. "THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN THE CmL WAR." Just put, tWIi)' .. lonlalus <?' pages l.'xli, Inches. and over 1. It** large Hattl" Scenes, Portraits. Mapw. I'to Tho greatest ami largest War Hook over , puhliHi il, ami Hid only onu that (loos justice to a the )'utifi il'-rati- soldier anil tho cause ho fought \ for. (Complete in one vnlumo Agents wanted overrwhere to sell this hook on our now and easy plan Many of the lady and gentlemen agents who are at work are making fr.inJIOO 'o $200 |wr month. Veterans, Sont unit Daughters of Veterans, and others Interested are requested to send font heautlful Illustrated descriptive circular (free) and terms to agents Address, Col!I?l KH-JOtTHNAI. J1 'It l'HINTINO Co., I.oulsvltle, Ivy. II 17 OA.BTOIIIA. ^