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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. I J. F. N1 SB ET Editor. Oovernor Atkinson, of Georgia, condensed a large amount of practical and timely political counsel in his recent message to the State Legislature suggesting legislation to limit or prohibit the uso of money in an election and provide for a disclosure of campaign expenditures. "l'ooitious/' ho ta} s, ( "should not be awarded to men i on account of the wealth they popes0. The power and political' lnlluence of men shoult1 not, in the j smallest degree, be me snreil t?y money, but by ili. ir moral and in tellectual worth. The history ol this country gives ample proof; that tllu best sot vice has been ; rendered the republic b> men whose t : 1' ei" <ja ti- t.s all, et-! trig the nubile had so i'ar monnpoil/ed their lime that their own ; po.-.-e.v-ii>n3 ni*re .-ni.il.. Liv>; ot th e!i 1 r.*.'-r ?r viu. . ' m' by' (invcrnnr At kin son hr ? u<>\v in ox letenoe in :? number ot Stilton, j but they laii usualto bo timr-1 ' ly effectiv i 1 y nc t requiring campe.brn commit'ces an w '! as candidates to rondor itemized accounts. Worn campaign committees in every ease compelled to mike a public st b n eiH of the, sources of tlioir funds and of their J expenditures, one of the most common agencies of politico] corruption would be broken up.? Christain Work From a Chester Farmer. W. It. Hayes, in Cotton i'lant. Weil, -Mr. Editor, 1 have been : taking your paper ever since K ' came into exist^nv, r.nl t w:l!| take it. as long as 1 live while it i will t I k a ni i nnnuk it^ -Kill inuuiU i I always ili<i iiko everybody that . had a feeling for a poor man. I have boon sorry that The (,'otton l'lauthas been sileut ho loug. All the farmers want in counsel. .My ohl woman says that I havo lost my judgment, but if a man had the judgment of Solomon ho could not make anything those times. I wrote you a lettor I have never seer; in print that everybody said was a good one as far as it went. All of your patro?4 find fault with my letters f*r being too .-.hort. If I could wi.tn a long letter like "Ike," I would write very often, but I am liko the fol-i low that went a courting who could only talk about coon hunting. Mr. Editor, a drowning man will catch at everything that1 -? ?% m i. n M t t? I* ? <? ^ U O ? > " V? ?* I ? ?>ilir*n in inn **?<%* it, aim ao iiftv? j farmers are in u drowning condi- j tion, I know everyone of them j will catch at The Cotton Plant. A? farmer* we have lost valuable < territory while The Cotton Plant \ has been 'blent, f wi .it everv; man. woman and child that know* anything to write and give their plana to get the farmers on a sure footing one more time. If they will do this The Cotton Plant will be one of the best papers in or out of the State. 1 like to read letter^ better than any other liter <turr, whether they have much or little information. Mr. F.ditor. your old uncle will help what he i an Iti build up tin i:?oki a down wall. T! Cotton !*!;: t.and if you don't _ t voiir :n e y 'he n time then you may bet that there ha-' been e. wi?hout o:? tli railroad T'1 T'? ' on 'hi / e>rtain I never will do a lido. mean thing, and if I should not take The <'otlori Plant 1 would think the devil would ge me after al! Now farmers, there na~ been a great damage to crops this year from chinch hugs, and more than likely they will be wor e next year iinh"u their ?ggs urn destroyed. If von will examine your corn stalks yon will find thorn full of ojt^h two joint* from ! tho ground, and pm an ounce of i prevention is worth a pound of. care, these o^ps should all ho do j stroyod t>y cutting the stalks down OArly and tho vintor will j freeze these eirg? out. 801110 will , say burn your stalks, hut I say hum nothing that will make feed; for your land. All of tho old stumps should ho taken up from the mots and hurried as there may he thousands of eggs deposited in them for safe keeping. Attain, there should he a law passed by the Legislature that! tiie birds of all kinds should be protected from all harm from January to January. 1 have not killed a bird in thirty yoarR and don't allow them killed on my plantation. Brothers, the birds and The Cotton Plant are two of your bi-st friends, and 1 want you to soo tlieni protected for all timo to come. If you will take The Cotton Plant I will write you a letter every time I see you are getting behind. Harmony, Nov. 22, lSh7. Silver Coinage. While The Cotton Plant is in no! sense ol the word a partisan' paper, ytt it is perfectly lo- j gitimate to discuss in a non-par , tisan way any economic question thai, may be an issue between the, two parties that affect, the inter-, -is <>f agriculturists. Toe silver1 question is such an issue, and the' farmers all over the country believe that it is a question that vi- j tally concerns them. And itisj evident that all the political par- ! tie? so regard it, as they have1 made declarations in their plat-1 form:; concerning it. The ! lie nlatform lias commit? I the party unreservedly to secure in-! t'Tuntionnl bimetallism, or to a maintenance of the existing gold I standard. There is no hope for international bimetallism now, and then if there was ev#?r any doubt of it before, it is all dispelled by the result of the efforts of the Wolcott commission, which shows that international bimetallism is a delusion and a snare. A lurgo majority of the people,i perhaps, have always believed that the scheme of international I bimetallism was a farce and hi humbug, and doubtless they would have said so at the polls hut tor the party shackles that bound them. Hut Senator Wolcott and hi* commission have rendered a greater service to the country than they themselves may be aware of, not simply in showing up the delusive nature of the scheme, but also in showing to! the country At, lurgo that if we are ever to have bimetallism it must come to us through our own unaided efforts, and the result of this commission and the practical snubbing they received at the hands of (treat Britain will arouse the feelings of independence that all true Americans feel, making them anxietis to assert that independence and free themselves from their huropean financial shackles. Aud another beneficial result growing out of this is the proof it has furnished of the truth of the contention of himetalistu on this side the water, and that proof has been furnished by the British advocates of the gold ' standard themselves. In reply ! of the Indian government to the, tirnnnml tlinf t !i i > F nitiul Sfutu^ ? ? ; *"w " France and India should unite i:i the adoption of bimetalism, it i i? "A id : '!'he fir?t result cf the suggested measure would be an immense j di^turbance of Indian tra in and industry, by the sudden rise in the rate of exchange, which, if tiio ratio adopted were 1.? i J to 1, would be a r i - * from about 10 p i> to about lid fi.-n-'i 'he rupee. Such n rise is enough to kill o ir export trade for the time at least. That is just what hi met illi.-ts It eve claimed would happen. They Ijav ehiimod that tlie reswI? won!il be a rise in the rate of silver exchange and stimulate American exports ami make this country an j active competitor with (ireat Ilritain for trade of the world, or cert 4i111 y at least for the trade of 800,(I'M),000 people who use silver. This is the very objection that ( the Indian government raises, that it would kill their export trade, and that is iust what, hi-i metallic hero havo claimed ' would bo the result. If their ox port trade would bo killed it will be largely as u result of American competition, and the increased j demand for American products, whether we can raise enough to supply the world. India now competes with us in her trade in wheat, cotton and cotton fabrics. If their export trade is killed, or even injured, we are bound to be the gainers by the increased demand for our farm products, to ay nothing of our manufactures. A coralary from this is that the \ expr;t trade of India is injuring ue under the sold standard, anc heuce the converse of that propo sition must he true that tin double standajd would benefit us and here is the reason why the farmer is deeply in crested in the question of bimetallism. FOUR BALKS TO THE ACRE. Jlr. E. 1). Thompson Breaks flu Record of South Carolina. Kditor Yorkville Enquirer: Having liuislied the gat heriiq of the crop oil" of my pet acre o cotton, ! will now, in c unpiiunet with your request made to nu some weeks ago, endeavor to givt you :i history ot the experiment To liegin with, the plot of bun wns stopped off hv oir? ol' ni\ neighbors as follows: 1 irst lino vi> yards : second lino. '*>5 yards third line, ?>o yards; and lburtl lino, 05 yards, enclosing a tota of -1,010 square yards of dark gra\ land with yellow snl,<oil. Xow( to ir?? hack i little. Twc years ago (in 1S95) this plot w a fertilized with 500 pounds of sol uble iriiiino and planted in corn The yield was between -10 and 5( bushels. bast year(1890) it wai fertilized with 10 two-horse loadi of lot. scraping, scattered broad cast, and 1,000 pounds of solubh guano, Charlotte acid, and (lor man kainit placed in drill. Afto this, it was planted with Ivitij cotton, and the yield was Sit pounds of lint. About the middle of March, o the present year, I made n com post heap, consisting of 50 bush els of cotton seed, six two hors< loads of stable manure, 800 pound; ot Charlotte acid and 200 pound) of kainit. After a thorough mix ing, these materials were coveret with rich earth and left in a low Hat heap until the 15th of April when, after having turned out tin old stalks and smoothly harrowei IIIJ A W?ri it. tll?f tU|| tontB of the compost heap,as even ly as possible, and then turned i under to a depth of from six It eight inches, utter which I airaii used tho harrow to level and pul verixo the land. With the manure in and th< land thorougly pulverized, I nexi took a terrace level, ran a lim directly through the centre of tin plot, and lrom this line, each way laid oir the rows feet apari from centre to centre. Then, ii the furrow*. I drilled 700 pound of | ii ill parts of solu'nle guano ( harlotte acid and kainit, an< alter that, with a > inch -hovel, I ?>repared the I uel in low flat hed; lor ])lanting. Tlie need used w? re what migli very properly ' called Kurt lie luiprovt ! King. Tiny consi te. of carefully elt c'u d from tin best bolls off the best stalks tha .a w on the sun.' laud the yea before. tin the "doth ol May, I side harrowed the acre, and two day .uierwaro wciu oyer 11 again, anu l?y hand, pulled it up to oik stalk to every '? or S inches This work 1 did myself, in orde to he sure that it was done right and also that 1 might ho nssurei that there was nothing left hu healthy, vigorous stalks. On the 27th of May I sido-har rowed again, and on the first o June thinned to IS inches in tin drill. Next, on the 10th oI June 1 sided with a short, straigh shovel and 12 inch how, and oi llio 99il I ciilail tiLriiiii u.' 11 11 lnri?> shovel and 10-inch how. Then on the loth of .Inly, I hoed an< run three furrow* with shove and 18 inch heel scrape. Last on the U8th of July. I wen through the middle.? as deeply a I ; I could with a bull tongue, or ' scooter, and then, on the same * day, "laidby" by leveling olT , with shovel and heel scrape. 5 The work of picking, ginning and packing has just been completed, with a total yield of four bales, weighing respectively -130, 441, 453 and 398 pounds, in all ? 1,722 pounds o( lint on one acre. Now, Mr. Editor, I know that this is a phenomenal yield of cotI ton to be gathered from one acre, tijand many of your readers will ( doubt this report. 1 have not got I anything to say to Thomas; but ' to others who believe in the pos 'jsibility ol things they themselves . j have never s?en, 1 beg to say that I what I have done is nothing more * l than they can do if they will use . the means. Let them select flu : right kind of seed, fertilize t!i ;ir i land well,work it properiv,and my I word lor it they will be gratified ' with the result. As for myself, I have been ) using the King variety for some - time past. I am not prepared to say that the King is superior to . all other varieties for all kinds of > soils ; but in this climate, on s highly fertilized lands, I think s tho King beats any other variety. While my success this year has * been in a large measure due to - the seed?probably I one more r to the seed than anything else ; ; still I think that tho deep furrow '? at tho last working had much to do with tho yield. My opinion f hero is based on past experience. 1 have several times before gath ored t wo bales from one acre, and 9 each time there was a consider? able quantity of fruit which failed * to mature. Some of it rotted and - Home of it dried up. Anyhow, it 1 did not open. I began to think * it was impossible to cultivate or , fertilize so us to moro than 3 two bales. The trouble seemed 1 to bo that niter a certain point ' the stalks would become so largo ' and the foliage so dense as to ( neoensarialy cause the tnouldini i and rotting ot the lower bollB. Hut in the King variety this trouble is, in a large measure, 3 overcome. Owing to the natural ' i habits of tho plant, dwarf growth , j and early maturity, tho stalk J does not grow as large under t same conditions. It puts on more > truit to ilie* size than any other 4 - * variety 01 winch l nave any j' knowledge, and \v}?i 1?? flu* foliar* I i.< all sutlicicnt to give the stalk a s healthy growth, yet tlii^ foliage is not so delist*.even under tlie stitn 1 , uliis of high cultivation, and lliu 1 year I noticed but very little j , j trouble on account ot the rotting l 1 of tho early bolls, i- Tliis year the cotton on tin acre referred to above bloomer , at least two weeks earlier thai " ordidary varieties. It has boon ' earlier overy year. It has alsc matured earlier. Horotofore I ,.:have neglected the deep furrow , j already described. The elTect o 1 that furrow has been most notice * able. The cotton kept on niatur ing almost as late as other va ,|rieties, and I think tho deep fur row wns largely the cause of it i. The furrow deepens the feeding t root and gives greater vitality. ri Then another thing. Although r I have referred to this cotton as j j dwarf variety, I wish to be under ] stood only that it has dwarf ten (, dencies and characteristics undei t ordinary circumstances. During s the present fall Z have picker white cotton a foot above my ^ head, or O.J- feet from the ground. In consequence, let mo say also that I have written this account only because you asked uie for it, and that my object iH the same as yours, to disseminate information. J I have no cotton seed on hand except the King variety, and am selling them to my neighbor* at 15 cents a bushel. I do not wish to sell the seed from my pet acre at all. If, however, any individual should be especially anxious for a ^ few of these seed, and will forward the stamps to cover postage (12 cents) I will he pleased to , send him a pound hy mail ; but I | have only a limited quantity to dispose cf on this l?asis,at;d would : not care to send more than .1 sin | g!e pound to any one individual. ft. 1 >. Tiiom I'SON. i I'oint. S. ( ., November 22,1807. ?- .? Til 1: i>ic 1: % inamnsi \ in; * t 'J'. A. SIl'Mlltl, U. C,, tilt' tiPCrtl Cficiiiisl U7?<1 Scion flsl. Will 'i". ftiilllei <if lii? Xrwly IIImmh crrd Hemeto Kiit Ters. Km ieu i: . i inccKisK I have discovered a reliable cure for Cnnsumplion ami ail Ilronchial, I hroat and I.time I'i - '.ises, ffeneral I teel ilie. Loss of Flesh and all (Conditions of Wasting Away. I?y its timely use thousands ot apparently hopeless cases have been cured. So proof-positive am I of it-s power to cure, that to make its merits known, I will send, free, to any atllicted reader of your nailer, 'tliree ; hot t It's 'if my N'mvly Discovered Remedies upon receipt of Kxpressiiml l'ostoHlce address. T. A. SLOCUM, M. (!., 98 I'ine St. New York. W: writ in/ the Doohr. please mention this paper PARKER'S * IBSarijSH HAIR BALSAM iMtlllflitiQ JO??r.wi and beautifies the hair. a luxuriant gruwth. QnR' ,J|N?v' r Falls to Restore Cray , Uatr to its Youthful Color. ^^J)gjjpt^^MCur?^?^alj>djwa^??^^i^Mlallin||^ UAYIirAQT CLOTHES LINE nUJJrr liol hanger. A new and useful device which every family will tiny, Is sold only through local age Ills. Simple and strong: can ho put up anywhere: securely holds rope or wire; instant adjustment and removal of line: no props needed Sells on sight l'onular prlcrv Agent* wanted h* eyuh?r*. KzclUHtvo territory Attractive terms PmtMit'MS Aitn pHoriT shauiho Any<>ue may become uvuul. 5'ama/e pair, i t mail. 3Be. KELSO NOVELTY CO.. 628 Locott Bv, Philadelphia. SENT FREE i to housekeepers? ! Liebig COMPANY'S ; Extract of Beef COOK BOOKi telling how to prepare many dellcato and ^ > delicious dishes Address, Ltebt.* Co..P. 0. ltoi 871 ft. New Torli CEH. R P. I FF I ? ctaan - - - ? - -????- j SOLDIER, , I riti/en and Christian Patriot. p I A (JKKAT Xi:\\ l?)()K FOR TilK I'KOI'LE. J LIVE AGENTS WANTED Erorywher# to show pamylo p.ijrca nn<] get up c'.bun. lj Extraordinarily Liberal ienns. Mom., > tn it - 11, ul' 1 .i|>IUy, hi it h T;i ut,Mo imo nit of ,' < . I iiinio in . irculutinic . - of I iho noblcnt historical worKa pubiialiod l-.i UIK* llic (luurlvr ofcentury. , ACTIVE AGENTS ARE NOW REAPING A RICH HAKVKbT. .-..me ot our 1 f it wurnitrs :,ru aciilntf Oti-r One II11 mlroJ ItouRnu Wcclt. ' V r \ < '.'.ill in... Jiu'l 11 101. .ty. Mo ? rm 1 f iir 1 iiikI i, li.tlf un l hi- uruil 51 i o. i . - n >. IK . . i.iiiiit in .iliimr ; 1 . ?-r 1 nan | ho 11 < .-It. 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In the prospectus lit worth iloulile the inoiioy. We furnish It at far less than actual cost of inatiu faoture. itml wo would ndvUn you to ordur "julckly ami got exclcslve control of tho beat , territory Address ^ ROYAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1 S Mth and Main Sin. 1IICUMOND. VA. ? Money to Lend. 1 The Lancaster County Building A - I.nan Association haw money to lend on improved real estate situated in " this county, upon reasonable terms. i r Apply to WADDY C. THOMSON, , T Heo it Treat. y Hank Building. 1 Oct. 21-97-0 in.