Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, November 10, 1897, Page 8, Image 8
ALLUP DEPARTMENT.
J. F. NI SB FT Fdi tor.
It seems strange that our t'arm
ers will take no better care 01
their cotton. We have already
had a lew bales of damaged cot
<<nol this season's crop. We know
it is cheap, but so much the more
need to take careot it. I >?? not
>ave it lying on the wet grouiu
alter it has been ginned lor it
will rot before you think about it
The Cotton 1'lant is Ik ing pub
iished again. It is a splendid AI
llllir;* 1 till . MTlcll 11 II l';\ I li:n.i?r !>m.
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- 'ion Itl have the support of von
farmer in South Carolina. Itaim
is to reorganize ami bnihl iij
the Alliance, and every Alliance
loan should aid in tin good .\orI;
We need the Alliance now ai
41.11011 .is over bobire, aim ou
"date organ idiould be maintained
1 he exchahge j>riee list alone i
worth more than (lie price ??i tin
paper. We will be glad to sent
subscriptions tor any one. S?//>
j'T//l(!.
Reorganize The Alliance.
It is a pity to see the apatle
manifested in maintaining tin
Alliance organization. It has ac
:omplished a great ileal for tin
farmers, if in 110 other way, lo
ihowing them what their power i
when organized. Every farniei
can readily recall how they stamn
ed the life out of the jute trust j
few year" a.10, when the insolen
Srust attempted to levy a tribut*
npon them by raising the price o
baling: and they can readily re
call how effectually the squelchec
the tie trust last 3Tear; and the:
can equally as readily understate
that they were enabled to briiij
the whole force of their power b
bear upon these trusts and assai
them with a solid front, heeausi
they had the organised machiner;
at hand to marshal their forces
And who can doubt that righ
now, if they were as thorough I;
organized and united as they wer<
six and eight years ago, that the:
could control the cotton market
and have at least some voice ii
regulating the price by regulatini
'lie amount put on the market
As it is, they are practically <11*
organized all over the South, am
the greed of trusts and corpora
ions is chuckling over the far
fiat fh??y have the cotton m ir! :
u their mercy. Kvery other f a"
.ng and nrofessic-n 'in life alio'1
1s organized for their protectioi
and mutual self-interest,and son;*
of them -ire organized to prey r?
lie farmer; and the farmer,
should organize and remain or
gauized, not to make war on ai \
r'icr calling <>r class in life, 1
'or their mutual ?elf protectioi
and to take care of their indivj'.
nnl interests and of that # ?f t'
whole. Here is now a cotton < r r
.?*-v in size than for some years
;li . i he ^peculators Mid roomy
. f >( r! - orgs ; i ' ' ;i? ! ?'on>! :
'J to "et i at praticat'e ahotit
t (* r rodijction, and 'lie t r ni'""
- -i null in; "?v UN UOIpiCSH f|-l I
-he.?p while the shearing proc?
j4 '.toinj* on.
\Vf:?l hero are syridica.es a? d
ri -> '>r>?1 monopolies and ?*?>rt? n
exchanges and hoards of trad" ex
iwting, the farmers should lovni y
I'llicrc 'ind maintain their A: innce
organization?not to go intn
ooliticp?hot as a matter of he
as a matter of self-preserva
Mnii. Who ran doubt that but for
the wide discussion of economic
juestions by the Alliance that
many of these questions would
have had the prominence in the
ouhlio eye that they have to-day,
or that they would havens many
friends and advocates nmon:; th.
mihlir. men of the ivmntrr ui.,1 it.
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ihe j>re<JH as they have to <la\ ( it
is largely owing to the fact that
*hov have directed public attention
to certain great questions
that are before the country to-day
for solution, that, they have been
heard and discussed in our legis
I lative halls. The farmer and his sel
' crops are the lever that move the m-'business
world; then, let him
I move that lever by controlling it
in an organized capacity, keeping {()
steadily in view his great motto,
"Equal rights to all; special privif
leges to none." j10
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To ltediico The Acreage.
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(h
1 The farmers of Butts Count v.
. so
lj<?a., are preparing to organize a ^
1 union or alliance, l'or the purpose ^
of reducing tin; acreage in cotton.
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It, is said to be more aggressive ^
. than the Cotton Planter's l'ro-1
[ rn
. tective Association, and it cor-1 j.
1 tainlv has v.-rv strong and bind
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i ing provisions m t lie plan of union.: ,
^ which includes lite following :
i ii c ! 'o
, !. Every land owner or farm i
| laborer a?v eligible.
No member will bo allowed j!S
' i. i .i ; In
s to plant more than one acre toj
dverv ! line : <i cull 'vat: o
The whole union will ho
s composed ol tlu? cotton growing
, States. Each State will h ivo a
I union, and each country an i each in
district a union.
I. It will he an oath bound or
i . ti I
ganization. mil not neeesruinully ^
c(.(.r(u society. The penalties
for violating any of the rules arcJ
very severe ami will cause the a\ \
. orage to he reduced in fact. Fori'"
n instance, each district will have a th
surveyor who will measure nil the Oi
. j crops alter planting is done, and ?*a
j a man who has planted more than 1 "j
allowed hv the society will for- J
feit two bah's to the cere for every I
r excessive acre he has planted, toj^
go into the treasury of the asso l
(nation. No member will employ iIK
f a laborer, except for wages, wliO| 1
p is not a member, and no member n
f will work a man's land whose He
- rwner is not a member. They ce
1 will not patronize a merchant or co
y railroad that deals with men who f0
1 are not members. They mean to f)C
g reduce the cotton crop or die in sa
r, the attempt. n(
j The president of the county union .
( will be authorized to employ the
county surveyor to investigate
every suspicious case. After lie m
' has compared the diirest stock re- so
1 turns with the average of the re- ar
P turns of the union's surveyor, m
B (lie union's surveyor, would for fr
l* feit all his compensation for any w|
mistake he had made. 1
1 The increased acreage in grain
r ^ . u r
^ crops would prevent millions of | t
dollars of dollars from leaving t he j
j I cotton States. The system would *?
. J improve the lands 100 per cent jrn
tjin ton years. The improvement j ho
j in cattle and stock would 1 e ini ui
menso. T!te increase of home j at
' made manure woul 1 save mcr<-|00
1 j ihail the tanners clear on their j.
'.crops now. There are hundreds;
ol oilier advantages too numerous |
j to mention. ; l*1'
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HI
Cotton Experts. hlJ
pn
Now the expert- are thrurine j?(
' i;p( a the cotton proMeto a: I are
' puzzling their feather brains to I elf
account for its low price. T!my 'rn.
num.! under-I.J?t\d v.av. witli ha
1 ' t I ,
( '' \' t*? ' ? 111*1S ! C *bS ! !i.; 11 t!Itft V j. u')
!?ie-upplv o: cotton in the I nite i
Sf it. s at thi- time laH year and P"
\ ith U1 >!',(? m <) !? - in I in; ano.'
. i .. Gi
line a < |e licje i v. i- compare, i won
1 1 f
the visible supply of last year of
nearly I .OuO.OOO bales, middling
cotton in New \ ork should be |
-e!itnit fori '? 1 eents less than a
! y< ar airo. ' Mtj
If the titan who manipulate.-!1"1'
I . ... J . J t or
the cotton after it is made, had|,,n
.half as much common sense as ere
i flu* men who make it, tliey
j wouldn't 1>?- lon^ in reali/iii|; 1
wh ii it i s that keeps if. down.
I lie destrootion of half thc,rea
1 money in tlie world, by the do- *'a
| monetization ol silver has made j
I the people who use the cotton j J)]fl
^oods loo poor to buy them. jn.
The consumer not being able j,^
to buy, the manufacturer cannottnu
II his fabrics when manufacted.
The manufacturer not being
le to sell his goods is coiisjlently
not able to buy the colli,
and would be a fool to work
up if he was. The manufacturer
it being able to buy, of course
e producer of cotton cannot
pect to set anything for it.
If the crop was to fall short 5,10,000
bales it would not effect
e price, only in a speculative
use. There is no market for cot-1
n goods, because there is no i
r>noy to buy them with, and
ithout a market for cotton goods
'ore cm le no market for the;
w cotton. The cotton spinners'
Lancashire, Kngland, say that
e demonetization of silver in!
dia lia.t destroyed tin' market \
; these fabrics, and they do not !
ml cotton at any price. This)
the lon^r and -liort of it.?At-I
nt:t t otninercial.
Facts About. Wheat.
i lie .Jtlii llstOii '<lliiiuOI nHj H tllllt
urging our farmers to once
nu torn their f.!t ution 1o the
ising ot tneir own "hog and |
uniny" weshou'd not omit to!
it in a word in behalf of wheat. I
vy farmer could and should
vote a few acres every year to
? cultivation of wheat. The
reenville News speaks of a
rnier who masons in this way:
!o has five acres that hH ean sow
wheat and he is not out one
nt of money for cult.".ating it.
the crop is a dead failure lie is
> poorer. If he makes forty
ishels of wheat he is opnred the
icessity of spending $40 for
car. If wheat should fall to 50
tits a bushel he would Htill be
in polled to spend perhaps $20
r wheat. Having the spare lair
and land and stock, it is a
ving to him to raise this wheat
) matter what the price may be
the West."
In conversation with l)r. Timerman
he told us that ho had
wed wheat every year since '5G
id he had made only two fail es,
and one of them resulted
dui a late frost which occurred
lien the wheat was intho hoot.
?rty years with only two failos
and 3'et many farmers say
at wheat is too uncertain a crop
bo wasting time on. Thi.- a is
istaken idea and one that wo
ipo will In* generally discarded
id every far nmr resolve to make
least one more effort to heme
ind-pen loiit ifWestern dolr
wheat.
In thifl connection wo will ro-1
to a fact which should encoure
every farmer to make a trial
'<>rt. Mr II. I.. Prater, of Rates-'
rjr, sowed last fall six acres of
ney woods land, near the old'
'!ers< n sawmill, and harvested,
r< ' >? ?! an 1 cleaueil up JO hush-J
1 of line wl: .it --sixteen bushels 1
r acre. This is a fact. Per- J
ps you can do as well. Any-,
w, fry it; 1 ut don't roh yourf
and iiseourage (he wheat by
tring it in land that yon tinnk
mid n't. make anything else.'
vi- it a fair showing and we hevt>
you will be successful.
'1 fie I irst Cotton Mill.
Several di Moron' towns in tin* I 'nil oil
itos claim t In* nnii|no disti not ion of
pint* erected fho tlrst \morioan ooti
mill,hut from tin* host information
it can ho ohtainoil, it seem- that tho
lit properly belong to ttio town of i
vorly, Mans.
i'lio circunistanoos leading tip to this
covory may ho of interest to our
iders. Some two or throe years nifo
iyor Kantoiil, of >aloin. .Mass., was
iteil to I'awtueket, K. I , to attend
centennial exercises hold at that
ico in commemorntion of the open-'
( of tlio famous Slater mill. 1 n send- >
(out the invitations to this conteu* j
il en nt ' ho owner- >f the mill i iaini-,
'IIE DREAD?D CONSirNPTIO.I 4
CAN 1IK CITKKII.
A. Nlrcnm? 91. C.. lit*'
ClK'iniNl un?l Neleuflisl, Wilt
Hciul, I'pco, Thrn?> Holt I cm ot* |
IHh Nnvly Dlhcoti-rt'O Itrniv*
?licn I o NuiTerN.
Editor Entkkimusk:?I have disivered
a reliable cure for Consump- Aj
on anil all Itrouchial, Throat and
miff Diseases^ General Decline, Loss
r Flesh and si! Conditions of uastitr
Away, lly its timely use tliouinds
ot apparent ly hopeless cases
ive been cured. So prool-positive am
of its power (o cure, that to make its
erits known, I will send, free, to any
dieted reader of your paper, three *
ittles of my Newly Discovered iieineies
upon receipt of Kxpressand I'ostlice
address. T. A.SI.OCl'M, M. C.,
> I'ine St. New York.
When writing thv Doctor, plc.isc n.> . lion
Is paper.
n.Y NEW ? '
CATALOGUES
ed it to bo the first establishment of its T
kind over erected in tbe United States.
For some reason Mayor Kantoul was T
unable to be present at the exercises,
but,being1 deeply interested in historical
researches, he decided at his leisure
to investigate the claims of the Pawtucket
mill owners. This investigation
led to the discovery that the old cotton ^
mill at Beverly, Mass.,which was bnrn- of
ed down in 1838, had been in operation ''
for several years prior to the establishment
of the mill at Pawtucket, and 1
that no less a witness than General m
Washington himself could be cited in al
confirmation of the fact. It seems that Jj'.
General Washington while on a tour o(
of the Now England .States in 17s;?
made a visit to the old Beverly cotton ,
mill, and was s<< impressed with the ^
novelty of the spectacle that he devoted
seveinl page.- of his diary to it: I
description. 'PI::. old.diary is still to *
he found among (General Washington's
papers. j Q
As the researches of Mayor Ban-J
tool seemed (u sot tie the rr.ai ter beyi nd 1
all controversy, the residents of Beverly,
Mass., have recently caused a.
handsome tablet to he erected on the!
site of the old mill commemorating
the establishment of the first enterprise
of its kind inaugurated in the
United States.
Johnny's Cheap Lemonade.
Johnny wanted to earn a little
money with which to buy fire-!
works for the Fourth of July, and '
by dint of c 'taxing, persuaded his| I
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iiiv/iiit7? ru imi'w Him 10 run n!
small 1< rr.iii?iu!;? stand on the'
street in front of tho houoe. A i
lady came along soon after he had
started in business and asked for
a class of lemonade. He told her!
i I
that the lemonade its 0:10 pail wii31 ?
live cents a glass and that in the'
other pail two cents a glass.
"Why do you only charge two j)
cents for this lemonade, while'
you charge five cents for the
other?" asked tho lady. Isn't it
just HH good ?"
"Yes; it's just as good in either st
pail," replied tho boy.
"All right," said the lady, give w
mo some of the two-cent lemon-|r?
ade, if that is tho case." ' '
After she had drank the glass j''1
and paid for it, she said:
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' Now, Johnnie, I want you to
tell me why you only charge two w
cents for this lemonade, when
it is just as good as the other ?" "
"Well, you see, it is just this ,*i
way," replied Johnnie. "Thisj I'
hero lemonade that. I chargo five!11
cents for was just as that in the Pj
other pail that only cost two cents,
hut Bobby Jones' little bull pup! h
fell in that pail, and so I am sell- J ti
ing it three cents cheaper. :i
o<
tzar's Kailroud Sentries. ki
it
Four days I eforo the Russian ^
C/.ar travels any railroad line the ,,,
latter 1 h patrolled on both pules rt
by sentinels, who are stationed at
a distance of 20<; yards from one ,
another. '1 hoy keep their eyes
open,but otherwise are allowed to
take it easy,taking what is known m
an th i 'Mlrst position," the ritle rt
being slung a;ross the shoulder. "
Six hours boforo the passage r>t
! d
ttie imp"r; ?i train they assume i(
the "secom 1 po -it ion." 'i'iiat is to j ,-i
say, they -boulder their ri:!.* ? and , '
march briskly up and down, with , M
every mental faculty on the qui
Vive.
An hour before tho imperial ^-:i
train p ?r-sei they assumo the | w
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mild (JUnlllllll, hUilnilllg Willi j
their hacKs toward the line and 'l
L ,fl
the train, and allowing no one a,
under any circumstance to ap* ti
proach within a hundred yards of
the track until 10 minutes after ^
the Emperor has pnssod. Should tl
any one attempt to approach they jl('
have orders to challenge, and if
the individual continues to up- Jf.
proach in spite of challonjro ami N
warning, they have orders to
shoot to kill.?Chicago Kecord. ui
\?w iiiiiiiv,
imi I have the prettiest ami
!)est Organs .Made in America
at prices within the reach of
any men who takes quality
into consideration. The Best
is the ( ilEAI'EST, and while
I have the. BEST I have put
prices on a very reason able
basis and so sure as you
my organs aud hear my prices
ho sure will you buy one if
your purpose is to buy.
REMEMBER,
every rgati is GUARANTEED
for e ye-vi s. All freights
paid with Stool and Instretion
hook KKKE.
R. ,1. KERRDON,
Yorkville, S. C.
TUKSDW'S ELECTION.
democrats Show Gains And Increased
.11 sijorities in Many
States.
Then1 wore elections it) many of the
atos hist Tuesday, ami although an
IT year, the Democrats nrc very much
icouraged. Several Democratic states
liich went Republican last year, have
'turned to the Democratic fold, and
eery where there is evidence of Demorat
ic gain. Following is a synopsis
f the situation as it has apperaed in
ie papers:
Interest iu the New York election
as not confined to developments in
ie city. The whole state participated
i the election for chief judge of the
nirt of appeals. There were several
mdidates, and the winner is A. 1'.
arker, Democrat. His plurality is in
ie neighborhood of 50,000 votes. The
ew Yolk legislature is still overhelm
i ugly Republican.
News from Ohio is encouraging.
milt 'it i iiumj, in vv u m ii \ i ni l 11 u uiis
located, and which gave McKinley
heavy majority last year, went Dem ratie
by about 2,000 votes. IIow the
gislature will stand is not definitely
tiown, though it is likely that the
t I'M if I II *1 II J I I > I | I 11 II J ? III Ml' I I IJ IJI/TU
i about five on joint ballot. A rumor
is boon put in circulation to tin? efcLthaL
llanna will he prevented from
eurniiiK to tbe senate. The scheme
tbi- 11.-i??n<! of puttIntf up a < an lnt?
of tbeir own, tbe Democrats
ill unite with anti-IIanna Itepubliins
nnd elect (iovernor Bushnell. It
iisiinen uremics io rim, i iiey win
uite on - oilier Republican. The
niior, i -aid, is giving tin- Hanna
i>|?! greirt uneasiness. There i
t'iij.o i'oii ?hroughoilt tin* state
i'oonin .' liii H. McLean for president
i I'.Hie. i In- people are giving hi 111
-.-*11; for tie* reduction of the Kcpuh an
plurality from 5>?,000 last year, to
line! hi i!g like linlf t hose figure^.
The Iiernocrats gained ever} where
i Kentucky and carried the -tale by
majority of tifteeo or twenty thouKill.
'I'In* legislature will he ovrhelniingly
Democratic, and there is
ilk of sending Hlarkbiirn to the Hene;
liiit this cannot he done until af
r there is another election, as Senor
Lindsay'a term doea not expire in t
me.
The Republicans carried Pennsylvaia
by l'J4,<>00 plurality, and Massu
niseii* uy annul, niu.mni. in \ irgima
it* Democrats made a clean sweep l?y
i increased majority. In Maryland,
i?> election is ho close that it can only
i? set tied by the ollicinl count; but it
inks as if a Republican will succeed ^
orinan in ttie United States sennte. J
ebraska shows a largely increased
iajorit.y f<?r free silver. Iowa goes
epublican by a majority of about 30,H).