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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. 0 J. F. NISBET Editor. Let us not :'i that :i mass in. eting of the cotton growers of I ho co . :!y is called for the lir>t Monday in Kehrtinrv ami .imlvjmr from the |>n-t a <rre:it many lanti 1 eta v.ill t.e .!i tov\n (mi that day. at; 1 let us tn :ke it o ir !ni si in a to (; * A" oruani;< 1 ami cone, titrate out I ; lorees in nruer to oiuo'et oiir-l() -o: vos a ;:t !i ' a- ; t:r or ; ' i '< . ' : ' > i y tli.n we won. <.y t i. ,-il this is ;v\ in-: ' in i! 'n it!?*r. Iet every it. i 'lei ' final!' whet in r he will a or not. ..... IJI i>.l . u Z , V- i ! k ' hoill | ' Tfcese are times when our ng-j^j xamzod condition being out it ^ * . * ' i ! ' i <! ^ ;j lions an 1 ; ofo.-.sions which ' h .V" ory.ini/.r I lor t!??* identical: o rjjnso of plundering ami 1 i' 1 lin'iiuT impoveiis.i,"n;j; the pro ? dueers of wealth. It never was more anpar>nt that the defy ol'jsl the ajii'i: nltural e'.as-es is to or s< s_r uiize, and stay organized. Tl.mv o : not 'lie in a hundred anion.' :; on who do not say amen to t his.',, and yet they say, %tWe r<n>'t or trmiizo. It we do, we can't stick tnimtltov " m l ?> > ?> !.'< > /\t lir.f /AM !;- nonsensical assertions. Do yon know, dear friend. that when you . >ay this your are virtually saying c, o yourself, UI am such an unor C{ g.iiiized idiotic slave that I can- (j not assert my manhood, that 1 hi long to some other man, set of men, clique or party, whose in ^ terest, it is to keep the farmers in ^ a disorganized confusion that they may gain thereby and I am afraid n to rlaun mv soul as my own ? You J si arc paying 'just about thnt, and you aro acting accordingly. Open . your eyes and think.?Progress- ^ ive Farmer. j( Wo have some vory tine lanU on which we wish to make two bales per .. r ttie coming year, if you can fell ]> u? how to manure to a',com|)li>ti Miis . , Ttie land is in a very flne atato of oul-l . : .i ... K>.'i ..... < ' < I i | i | , I%s(mi jimiin<i- t rntlon to t|>?> aero. J This-.oil i loamy, rat her dark,twit her u -atuly nor wavy, with a *nh*oii of r?-?! >| !a vary in:; - ihwtifiii s to yd! >u. .or.'.l!? ;.ia . pi-my o, uee<l, but (! fruit i-ii. ii'/h. Mom -butt! 1 v( \ iih .I us to o' ' tin I ".-it r"- 1 -Ultf.'??N , I.e., . olioini, S. I'. j-.i i Alifee. : NiiKi^hli tllhl potash .1 favor i!tr> product i< :i of etu.k and !;< 'i4-. ! i ii ob tho *? fore, that 'our ;':? ! t Mtv well if. ' ' i\ 1 jij..y <1 o:? v moii.T.i o pphcatioi < i II! i i ' t< f ro;.: i < '( t) '!('? ?>. < ' ot > : t ipv ' tiii -1 ii.- . ii I \ , '' 1 'tii , ) .y i "'; ii 1 i >i >1 .a r.i I !hk [Iii,., , .1 .Ax ii wiih h- tl ; ' i- ' I;. A i ; I . ' J iii?t ! * ' ' ' c?! a .; i ir.11i*i * . . vi'h f-eed to - '!|t ' Totttii: phmts .to early, " ?> i (v>;t ' . oil". iJroak your land very ?* run a cutaway harrow (if you have rmi ). ;ot to run deen.ov- r iti v >- ?l t'Mio in difTorrnt direr-1 '' li >ua. Cultivate shallow, but at J '* intervals, and ia> oy ? ni i^. j' 1'ianl. a ishort-iiuibud, proline va-j ri? !y of cotton and crowd it a (>I good deal. i>< If i? easy to catch a crdcl and just hh j} easy to tret rid of it if yon commence Ion One Minute Cou^h < ,n . <;i 'i cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and ail throat arid lung 1 ' troubles. If Is pleasant to take, -afe ]j to use arid sure to cure. Crawford Hros. sr joine from remedial legislation, Stale ami national, that shall re lieve us Irotn a virions monetary y-trm that has ruinously reduced all values, and from trust control of the government of this country that lias legalized the robbery of the people. Wherefore. we reiterate and emnhasi/o imr expression it our first meeting OTTON (J ROWERS IN LAI - ? KEN'S. ho (Jold Standard at the Roof . of ali our Financial distress?1( Ex-Congressman Shell ott the' I < Sitfialton. | < row Tht- <'niton Plant. I I The (.'otton Growers' Associa( ' ii <?{ I, inrons t 'ountv met in invention on Monday, I Oth in (., p. ' alter reading the proeeed jnirs ( !'1 ho Mlanta and Memphis con alien.-. Mr. II. Davis moved! i.it e.., ,i township .-end one dole-1 ale In a convention to lie he'd t Laur-nis ( II. on Salesdav in I ruary. The following ihdy. lt?*< WOVC* ( lltWMll t I I l??*f I i 71 1 I i< ir Townships : li'Uirons, ('")!. W. B -.ill; eulllctown, M. A. Sunn-rei; lunter, .lack l.iavis ; .Jacks, .John i*mI ; ('ross Hill. V. . B.! j'' v : V/::tfrl >o, I J. Wh "ton: 1 u'livnn. T. Sulli\ati; l)id-\! V. II. Barksdalo : ^'ounjr&. W.j !. Drutumord. Il was the request of the moot that the townships as-emhlo i; third Saturday in .January. Five delegates froni each townlap arc to ho elected to ropre nl each township in convi ntion .1 Sale, day in February. The following resolution was' I llored hv O. 11. 'I'honipson audi naniinously adopted : While- agreeing in the main itli tl o utterances of the recent leeting of cotton growers in Atmta and Memphis, as to the aubo of tho depression in this nun try, and believing that a reaction of acre age in individual ases is necebeary, wo deny that 1 lero is over-production in the ggregnte. The farmer who rows cotton to boy his feed is ulividually an over-producer,and 111st suflor tho disastrious con 1 juences of his folly ; but in tho Kgregrate output of cotton there us been no ovor-pioduction? < 10 worlds supply has at no time pen in excess of what it should avo been legitimate demand, tnler normal conditions of sup- 1 ! V and demand. The mirnln? 1 lie end of each cotton season i ^ 1 4 . . 1 ? 1 . . J' . ^ >it? HM.M:ti MtMtlll) UJl #\ fill ft, . bile we are confronted with tin1 1 ran?re and unnatural spectacle i millions of producers of this j? od-given boon to the human ,ce, that art: barely ubio to put j< scanty covering between their ji lit- and the wintrv b'ust. !t I * not over-production, but under n ainption. The -sune imivi ] - power t hat now li \c ; t he ic< - of our products below the \ ,-t i?! production long before 1 , . are har\ested. it unehoeke ! i the strong arm <?;* tho law, i f a liv million ! a!" e:*i>p tt ! * ' ! 4 I ' ( i' it- .i - easiiV a- o 11? 1 ; he j res - j : crop at - e Ai. i it is more t ban jio- t -I redactinn in t lie Sunt h. i -t iv. iiiiu.t liif K..>ifiinu can* "I j? :?t I'owers <> 1 Europe, re j ;it in iirt-iitiy siimulutini; pro-, 1 ... . . i .ini.?ii ol Egyptian, Indian and , ru/dlliuti cotton, and American , ?tton will no longer he k Kin^.'' j That while wo ur^o our farm ? A 1 1 1 "% . -s in rcinjrc roiion production, ] i>t because there i* too much >tton, but for the j?oteiit reason int under prevailing conditions ;r people cannot afford to grow i ?tton to buy their feed, wo rea- j zo that relief for evils that soj! rely press our pooplo must | j ?: 4 I I , II I'UK IIIH I r|l|\'vrm til I \ 1 ' ~ i:i Stale and national legislatures. "to uso every energy to secure f i11'!i lege . .lit.!!, providing ado i|iiale pona i I ios for inl*i*i as shall forever crush out 1: wick' 1 a jI rninou practice" o| hi tabling in I he purchase and si o of fa 'n ; i'oducts ; and further, t!i: t t! y abate *>othing in the light for bitnotalisiu and relief Iroia the biinhting effects of the single gold standard. The following preamble and resolutions otter d by (i. W. Shell was ananaiioiisiy adopted : \\ herons, unproc-edental financial end iadosi rial conditions, op pivvsive and alarming in their nature, confront the \\ age earners of our country, causing unn t. dis-at isfaet ion, and demoralize tion ; and \Vl.erea11 greatest distress oceasioned 1 hereby ?'.\ists amongst i lie tillers of the soil whose labor lias ceased I" iwilicdi a bar* substinenee, whilst taxation and a wilful expenditure of the pee pie's money continues to increase by fostering institutions inimical to a free popular government : and A?r I i i: - . l 1 - %? iiuruub, auiui;r;iuc: iuuuiuuw and virions legislation }jns produced discord, doubts, and lark of confidence in the minds of our people; and Whereas, ii is meet and proper I hat the people assemble them selves together to express their determination to resist, and denounce all excessive means of op prcssion such *? liens on crops, 1 - A. A. \ a 1*11 f 1 cnuiiei mortgages, i?i 1 is 01 sale, and 1 ast hut not least, a standing army :<t a time whop peace, proapority ami universal happiness should abound, Therefore, bo it Unsolved, 1. That wo heartily endorse tho plan of reducing the . i -.. 4 ~ i : #. . til iu IIV JiltOll Wt ill H/IIOH I ho present year, and recommend its ado]>tion by ov< ry patriotic iti/eji engaged in tanning. 'J. That tii" plan of planting uillieiont land in the cereals to ibiuidant!y supjdy the needs ot h" plantation or farm i- 1 lie only protect inn :i ?_r:* i n vt ilisap point meat anl <!i?:;>!cr. 'I'll:?t wo iUmuutuI rotrencli in public ex ]:? !( Iil u.. ?>i;>. county ni l >"tf ?, an 1 lric-iilly rcijiM-i our l??ir; -1 :il i vc i*. - - j11 nf I v to use t her iii l! nonce to have i'i'iic !< I ;i!l law ?j?j r ' iv? in their nature. ^ i -h is limi laws, chattel morltrace*. ;nil hills ol -ilo, whore ;i|>]iIi ;w !< .<? crop culture, sai<l repeal to become operative on t!i? 1-t lav i.f .1 anuarv. 1 KO'.I !. Wo demand tin* curtail in oil! of ]>iil>] i<> <?!];. -(s and T<dnc ion of salaries throughout the state to he placed on a parity with .a oont cotton, so as to ad just e(|11inirnily on the' principle <f ,'c<jual rights to all and special privileges to none." J. II. Wharton, Chairman. W. II. Hakkhhai.k, Soc'y. Mrs. Mary Bird, Ilarrisburx, uiyc, "My child is worth million* to [in*; yet I would have Inst tier by croup had I not invested twenty-live cents in a bottle of C>ne Minif Cough Cure." It cures coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. Crawford Bros. J A Country Hoy's Opportunity. The boy raised on the farm has 1 a better chance in life than the j city-bred boy. This is our pro-1 'found conviction after years of I ! experience and observation in city j I and country with young men in a| | wide range ot industries. Tne j j farm-bred ' y v.lmo * invariably i has the be; tor coll d it utiou ? t hose elements <>f good health and abil: ity to stand hard work that means !' <> much in that life, lie is usually endowed % ' b strong r mo . 1 | I character. We are shocked if a c-untry 1 >tl in our employ goes wrong ; ci tv youths at" more li kejh to bo su<p"Cted. Absolnro ir:jtegrify was never in greater de i maud in y ung men. We are toid by trie .New king- j land ilomesfend that tbe hov ? f' ten has portnoc': (,r "smart'' air ; that country youth do not pns, st-ss. . JJut the latter more In jijuently develop the manly sub. | sl.wuial carriage i it it >li nolo.- real | I character. Iliu mind is h-tier I trained than the average town hoy's. Ho may no' ho us glib in I.is hook learning. ' ut tho farm bred boy, taught in Nature's school to obsorvo and uiuiorstai.il, has a rare foundation upon which to build a knowledge ot industry, art,science or any brunch of farm |1 "g. The boy on the farm doesn't ) iipprcciut ull 1 his, 'on! In* ought j to tie thankful tor Ins country life. Aft? r !i b is hnl mine years ! of experience of other vocations, ho will realize how true these 'words are. Tho farm is the place to rear a family.?Southern Cultivator. I wanf, to ?a>- to Alliance men that it is to our interest to stick together in buying our feltilizorn. lot n? not break away and cut loose juat because it may seem that things are not moving along just as we think they should. Hut let us try to make tho order Stroncor hv hninir n nrnri/1 mnm o - - to v b?r ournelf. ?List, of letWH advertised for the weekendinpJanuary 18,1 SOS: Charlotte Stutbord, Miss L. H. I Wisk, Susie WillianiR, Ida Watts, ' A. (ilansor. (~), .1. M. Logan, Jno. 1 V. Porter, (?oo. Kedur,L.S.Shiney. J. F. (Ihkuohy. 1*. M. ' : improved farm (iigh f\Ftr> ALL1P I Rr~rr1 ! IP ^ f .1 h_ 11 . Ib! ' 2 | J \ 5l|t Te v; -= 'J V ' > ' c .= ^ o i ft 5^1 i^l' 7 ?;; r * ' f 2 & s ' ' '' I 3*33 L -v -? i-i ii X NO. -I AL (>ur l'ric >h f<>r Muchim- drlivo with a Trii-yri No. IJ-2 Drawers, <!roj' !; :?!* an No. 4?4 Drawers, ilroj> leaf an I No. 5?0 Drawers, ilrnj? leaf an 47 4S BANDS0HCL7 FINISH f D AND AS Writo tor full tlfHoription nn<l tor CATAI.tKi Bungles, Wngons. llnrncss, Plnnos, < Rollor Whent Mills, Corn Mills, ? I Subscribe for The Cotton Plant a o. p. noicA5, iuii?>. Farmers \ ) <* J /Votn C.S.Jnttmnt r/ .VeK<V? / H ^Z^S. . Prof. W. H. Peeke, who <* B *? makes a specialty oi M j 9 Ik 1 Kpilcpsy, lias without <s a' 3 M doubt treated and eurS 61 PI xlk 'JworocM'-jthanmisr 53 i/l 13 living Pliysa'an; his ? ly k | success is astonishing. '. Wo have heard of caso3 of to years' standing n < hVm?d Ho i ?-w *? ? /#^w ,'*^1 publishes n Hi irPn hmv1? ' lUlii VUpP; larjjo bottle of liis nhsoluto euro, freo to my su?Toror9 who may si : .1 their I*. O. nnd J'xur address. Wo ndvl-.o anv cue wisliin;' ncure toiiddresa Prof.W. H. -PEEK.':, r, D., < o 4ar?t, Try York f ^ )"( .'// .}ha' CI SC. i in \V " ''! ?" r i ' ' 1 i ^ some OpM ; '?t,a. ri t'. ! ?.<>, .1 nf Mr. .John A 4>: i !- ! - ijfiut a iniK- - 'iii! . < ;T tuv;! >: do :t lino iiirIi' 11*< 111 linn. Not hetii-r siii^ii- i vith this iio ;v they i ' :f?oi!i' i to ciii '*,t i liprwise (lo>t:o\ ' I! - h llll.ee I, -.oldie, r-.':.derl '" ii.n'ji ".?r tik ?. Evervhodv Sr. a ! >>. Caacarcts Candv Cathartic, the most wont derful medical dfsc.overv of tlio ii;rc, pleas* inn ami Mil :-i..i;*z to tt:? t:f*, art gently ami .i' : : ! i> -.vcls, el??ansit!ir t i i sy? . . di>|>cl colds, c::: V . . " 1 < or.siii '"ion and billon- < p. IV -;i j?* hay and try a box r.: < V. v ' ; IT. Sold and fcnar.intood to euro by all ik-n^isls. ? 1'residing Ml ler Campbell will preach in the Methodist church hen next Friday night. A ft or Iho m -?-i vice li?' will J* hold nU li i's! t^uarlerly l.'oitlerenee lor fins year. Sal unlay morning le* will preach and hold 'yuan- rly t onkrenee al Si. Luke. Ho wiil also preach at tin? latter ^ place Sunday morning. and al Lai! -aster again Sunday night. atch on Human, Mange on Horses, Dogs and all stock. cured in .10 minutes by Wordford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by J. F. Mackey cSc Co., Druggist, Lancaster. S. (). PORK, 4 Pork Sausage, BSBF. 9 You CHti now ?t*t fresh pork sausage as well as first class beef at my market daily. Prompt ifd'vcry made for all orders in any part of tft the town. W. F. YOUNG. .111 i \ os. ls-.Ct 1 y ers' SEWING * l ?\i r* c n r ri iki r vim wc-f> teg-Ill r i r~ a SL^ : !l!i . 4 l '- : I ' < - :<:^~-d f ? :T * ov NM * s | >S%J ' .:: ,gn fs-j* - -. * \ i &i s? ) " / - I.IAIMCK. h ' * :! ? red >it any Depot in th State, ir (iiinrantee: tl cover $18.i>r> ft <1 rover 919.2A ^ ff <1 eover. $2<).;V GOV) AS Ayr MIGH PRICCD *tCHINS. of HEWING MACHINES, I IJKS mid CUTS of [)rj;n?ts, Furniture, Plows, llor-ro*. ?, >nw Mills, or nnythlng you want. m! (let Our }*rire List. . i' Alliance Exchange of S. C. 4