Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, October 06, 1897, Page 8, Image 8
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. |
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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.]
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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