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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. j. f\ is a ft an tor. Don't fail to read an article in 111i^ issue l?v Col. I). 1*. Duncan of tlu* State Kxchanjro. TTc show* the need of organisation, coneert of action and the need of an or $;an such a> the Cotton IMant. Let n> read it carefully and try ti jn'olit 1)> it. i here i - u niie a i< ' ol -rood ad viae a? ! i.rroat deal ol information to he lathered Iron it that every farmer and alliance man should know. My brethern it s ?en;s to me there never was i 1 1 .ed as mnch the * ' t <? Divery ettort that can 1 ? ? put fort 1 hv 111os"'* who (>*>jt<>si? us i ' to !i*'i>!'""i the ri?:? r. 1 . it'we will hot 1 >o I rue to nur.-e'\ and the alii:1 uee ! re 1" \ ictorv is ours. Wo have nil riiojlir nr^od no you the i111poll nice of <tiekiti' together in bnyin:/ <>ur l'ert: ;.ml of buying theiu through tin State Kxehaniry. Ami now wi ask you to he patient if wo !< seem a little slow. We are ?1<?ir all we nan ami what we are ov ! every true Alliance man w>ul? have us do ami that i.> to mak- tin very best arraiv/oments po<<ibh 1 lie niannfaeturers are trying t< cut the exchange oil' on ever; >idc ami let us remember that i the oxehange was t< oea*o to 1 . power that we would then l?o a the mercy of thoi who are road; to tleeee us at every turn of tin way. Let every man constituti himself one <>t a vigilanee com I i i it tec to look out fog 11ir owl iiu?rms and mat oi tin* Alliance * The Cotton Plant." The "Cotton Plant" is the ol licial organ of the farmers of th State. J)o we speak udvisedP when we say tiiis ? What i meant by it ; why should wo hav* an organ? It seems to me that we migh with as much propriety ask \vh; the tides come in and why ii J II I'll I llftl' ..> ! ' ''"I ? ...... v.. v j h\/ \J li i . i nut u ar< certain unwritten laws, rules am ii-Imiu.-, thai arise, no one seem to know* how or why. and vol tin" exist : limy confront von : in yon have lo rtmol Ihoin.to : ; . id< tor ilr.il. ill' n It >111 it to tin ill. .11 a!1" \ m i't r vhmh v y t urn. or vhal intent \uii a S. ier. . <11 .1 e il < li e met . >y 0?'?;, 1' .011, or a I ivs! I .\ en 1. n. .. 1 ,i .'o t.d peeial henelif. ill' 1 1 ' t i i leal ion pro j.10 ; v< ) ti.iii i- . it - ? .:I. _i i| s. kind mil v1 ' an - ol life an- <h n- i, 1 f I I'll . ; " ' ' -III ? ;?? 11 ol !k i .it. Vt'1 wliell Y'lll IdlH'il lh< i I" COMIIMOI intoret they combine and an ready lor you at <-v?-r\ luru. A' Wo ?ee, ail oilier liilei'i 'I ' eoni hinir:;; for I heir mat ml j>rof ? -I ion it i- not only roasonabl that th. farmer hould have some kiiul o or.iranization for hi -'penal bone lit. The* time has corn ft when \v< must reaso to simply pass re: lu lions ; thoro will havo to be mori action. To succeed in this, wc must. have some medium of com ' munication and that medium must J o be run in our special interest .first, fl last aiul all the time. Must the't; I'arnier plow and hoe, sow and n 1 j reap, with a Stoical beliel that ( w 'jsomeliow. or in some way, some t< body is fioin^ to look out for hi- l! i m l .? <?-1, and t hot Tierehanee a'a 'I kind fato will take care of hituflG lie has done this too loui; already: a ' 1 " or ! >-- a -eelud a! ' t< i! ho : ' moi't? or less felt hi- o I . II ?? i i i "so-called independence, uiullc 1 'uiei'taken to run his hu-'ue- ia d:i::. ' ha mm tl and alone. ^ e di i t ' .'\1 or ,. : i;. i \ ' . t ? ?;1 '... : \ . 11 ) t ' * peak, > ? 1 e di-ciiarj. -d and uiv our id t until ... u other e ! ? i * : ti ;; ; in :. 4 ,ilt r-.? k - t < v*1 'I . . i j i I* ' el* ^o w? ol ; ' aani/.aiion. I H N i\\. .vc -.iv to <>;;r lar: 1 to 1 h b Lt i * i-;\ : you nave your or^im/ani ;i-(' von Lave a paj . r t It..t ill In? runi'' in vif.j vour interest out in 1 v. it" J Ml*- 1 I I. < you will it. and .1 is your laud 1 ' and your* only if i. i not dune v SO. U WI.at confronts our farmers o:; : ) the threshold of 1 >'.is ' !t may v ' not ho amiss just hero to rail a! y teniiou to that hitter irony of fato ?' tiiat though the Southern planter has been blessed with an unusual- e 1 , ly bountiful cotton crop they have u L* j little or no cause for joytulness, 1 ' for though nature has showered r a wealth of cotton upon them, 1} that cotton ? !]? (or les* than the t i cost of production to the average j i farmer. The farmer fare* but i 1 1 little better on his corn crop, or (J lout (Ton. I'ricci! urn (in lnu- <.o I/. - leave him no margin of profit. 1 i The ?ame would lie true of hi* . : whent crop were it not for crop ^ ^! failures abroad. It seems that ,. L? ' . . something lias stepped in between j ! the bounty of nature and the en-!,] 1 ijovrnent of that bounty bv the'^ agriculturalist. This something is! | low prices, the work of man not s I! of Providence. j, < iovernor Junes, of Arkansas. in liis Thanksgiving proclamation s a I w iiiout lis a_'??. >anl. u ! h our ] ehiel st a pie. cot ton. -it :md a , cents n r pound, tho ne< pie ol \ ,-! ... I. ... .. - t tk rvni -.in u.i\i- iin < ;111 -f j lor observing 1 liaiik-gi\ in:: I !ii- < t ill." Wo think 'In- (iovornor i- | I! ' Providence - not to I I lain lor ! In* low |>r i of cot toll. | v ,'ioui<l ho t linn! till lor 1 lie ben fioenco of I'rovidonco; fori i I! i ! < i w jo .co of cotton w < In vi> > j \ 1111 ! ' ' M ill -r- < )!,. i !i) I : ' : t Moroicalk ore iiij/ 11 i<iii tor tin-ir ;: 111 ?i n I ii'1 and ?>rol cut ion ?||i>y * will f'OIlt 11: II* to -Ik IV II I . i , tic' con .it. o ol a!i.i.i ii a "iiill ill. I ho sort ion of coiiut ry1 . known to t ho civil'/ 1 u o i l ' - A ti.o i otton noli ot tin* South, pro i duces tho rrnv niatori il of fli?? ], f.rimci'?!? article of clothing used', by mankind, and the man who . grow- it make* less clear prolit i, Irom it than anv who tonehes |, 'lit. j? We have heen 11?1 1 that it the j () ! eomrnhsion men who handle our % ?1 rotten, the railroads and ships S! i thai transport it ; the inanulart-' 1 hirers who ^j>in and weave it ; the h ' inerrhunh who bargain and sell r< all these grades, elas ind kinds o! I ( ( cotton fabrics; if they can by loir greater intelligence,business let, ability and capital, make lo'iey out of the cotton business,) e are asked what are you going > do about it ? Well, so far as tat goes, we don't propose to do nythii-ur. other than wish them '<*! speed in all their business il'iirs. lint what we do propose I ! * attempt, is to effect a business! v ,tnizat<ot\ thai will enable the! otton | Vnfers of the South to. et with some business sagacity.] - t me state this little incident ;i \ "V p IMMI1 -ah i> t' , ;or " . 11 ?< * i "" !"-? ' We i d iumlrc :! : : . " ' *!: in i!! i'i!- i he . ! : j .* ? ? :I ..i?i.;i.x <'! :1 'vin , a iv | i: i it i'i tin.1 .>!' when ?11r : ci: i m men " 1 m't !o i at. if von cut your lair and r-M liable \ "ic t hat {rule will liink that you are demoralized, i ,i yt,IJ ; ,)vo 'to "i riuir t< - inch l??r your 111**v will-' ?1 <' |V fir you t<? make another hi ?in?., oilier h ' iors will he ! l ine panic stricki n. tlirow Iheiii onds on the niarkol at an\ price J lioy will brinp. and pvnerul ruin . ill h the n an 11 ; hold voiir oods for a fair price and don't : ell until there is a demand. Wo! rill advance von all 'b<? nionev 1 on want at a low rate of interSt." If the cotton piantern are prop rly organized, t in v can find com uission men who will k as pood '.i - ' iiruuo iu 11IV*II1 ."IS 111080 WHO eprcsent tho mills. The various organizations ol lie farmers have spent much of heir time in the past in denouneng theafonnation of combinations, r the iuo*t extreme case of an greemenb?a trust. We for one are changing our iews <?n the subject, wo are beinning to believe that organized apital and organized labor are ioth developments of the in-' ustrial system running side by' id<>, and each can and should b.?j ,, n.i! )-> tl .. 'CI... - .. ... .... tw .m W t 111 1 . 1 III? II"" I train the one ami not tin- other] -> the establish the principle of, 1.ir>s legislation, we have all ha?l 0 much criticism to make about. ! i> onr oh.-erv ation, all the H i'r ni-. no\ ; mi:i'l what i: i i hey take, ) ive a law o! in 1 iiiiip. always r: nniiiir a<:ain t h'-ni. t'??r example: The Conla^e i i ' . i -t in the nays o| it ; prosperity. 1 t l;e ' joo>!> tor a coin pet i t or. \ ' i ,o v i ir I!e(ii!ii!_r . y hi t h - <j : kit Tl .. :* i i? . i? l ob i" air : ny !i 1 [. . ;;irpi,tf. < ]; i. 'r~ l m.-t ami the < t(on l'i< .11-' . ' : *l '' i. i i > i i ,* > 1 .. to ! If .1 I?l?i??:. 1 II? J . ' ' \ ' toi l ! , '. < . Ml' -|; I ||; ... i< . i ! i \ ; .. j i ric, - i oo ; . ?|K.jr j. T|?. f \ > c p! in?, to t hi - rule t hat < are aware oi' i- tlie Stamlanl hi t'oinpany. It -ccnrity ha. . t\\o fold. ii. 1 it o\\ lie<1 Hid >nt.oiled it- source of supply; , coral. because ii- principle of l-illc-s ha> been always, as iIh ! I. ill ' i illlTO Wflt to t..lf??r. . I . . .. w irnn j f I 1\ ? S, ntil 111< v have r??< 1?n-?m 1 theprirp! foil from l-l rents per gallon to i con's per gallon, bv the whole-1 lie. Therefore. the lesson we should! am, is that wo have to meet i tinhiiialion with combination, if ihers combine then we tin.' a^ri j \ 1 cult uralists, must combine. To dc this; we must have a medium ?>1 communication, uTh? ('ottou I'lant," an organization, the Alii anco. 1). 1'. I). Organize. No farmer, whether ho cultivates one hundred acres or om u I; !. Id fail to !> > metnhi r ol omo agricultural or g inization. Is matters little, whether the organization bo : grange. Alii mco or club you car. irn in t' e"i much that will !>,< of -alii-to you m i? turn instruct otIvors. K i,v < con ; i. ' a - i | i t ; i ' ' j!' are stud- nts and al 1 t 1 ?r1 iavir -* joined allow noihii . which you can control to pri vent your a'ten i un-e upon ery < I itv. i i n h member -u' - it, to some agricultural, horii<ultu rai. stock, d(?iiy, pom oi journal and after reading it i nkc it to the A 11or :;* ti^< and I'xcliaii _?' with another pi . i?er. Iu this way a oireulal library is e?;abli-hed by means >i which et-li m mber has at a li a variety of reading matter at small cost. A farmer should no more thiuf of >< j in .so;.. 1 or^ .niza tion I'ln'"!" ! >!. promo! ion < Ins biisines ?' : 1 v a t i?>: > tlian In should neglect to join a churel for the promotion of his el na salvation. I of there be a series of experi mentf conducted by the tnemben or let there bo a premium o floret lor the best acre of several crops In this way the best way of in tensitying the effort upon toiiallei areas will be learned.?Southeri Farmer and Horticulturalist. A oueer inrhmtrv lm unrmwr ... 1 - - ' ' J" ""? > "1 in Michigan, namely, tho conver sion of pine Ktumpn into shingle-; It in stated that stumps of trees which were cut twenty or t wenty five yearn a^o. remain endurim and obdurate obstructions to tin cultivation of the soil. Thev an ?till Round, ami turn out exe? 1 lent shingles when so utilized. .' .TtpPCt/ed FART Hicth Arm all! * W I T J .. frr z I . I ij]| | ' * J 7 I r /. ~ ^ \t %tL" f jjf ? V ft F' :'5?- " u - ^ t; ^ >!#} > |; !jIO^ r- 'w" 8 ? ? |jf I -tys- \r III! . ; <- <?* y t. -??*?? Mo. 4 A Our Prices f>>r MiioM- - <1 liv with 11 Ten-y INO. Drawers, drop leaf a No. 4-?I Drawers, drop leaf a No. 5?(1 Drawers, drop leaf a IT IS HAHDSOttC LT riNlSHCD A10 A Write for full denrriptio end fur UATAI.Oi Hagglon, Wagons, Harness, Pianos Roller W heat Mills, Corn Mills, Subscribe for The Cotton Slant o. v. dtscan, suDfttftr. F armei J \\'hi?k*?y hn? a ptvuliar way of (if! t i u :i it iii'iii down after lu' f:cM i It d">\\ ii. THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE. , LUNG THOUHLMS \NO COltoSUMPTION CAN JIM CUKM1L An Mitiiiicnf New Yor!; Clti'tntsC wi<< kNCiI'll(is! .itsioi'S it rri' O.Tit m> Our Kratlrns. ;!i 11,\<" Ynr.\ I'hetn i.-i a. sSluoui.ii) doiuouAtrniin# 1 ih il isrn\ \ of a .tint aSxtluto ' I eniv for * oiisuni|it ion (I'nliiiuaary 11 "l*i *?>?? ? !11-1- mil) nil nullitil, I throat. h:' mil . lit- I ?!i ?il? I born eoiitfhfi, obtarrhal iilffotlotm, ifonj era! ill- l;it- a nit wi-akin's-*, - i f I tk'sh, a ml all ooinlir.ioim of wiMtlnif TLBS (alt different of t.:^ Now l>{fe . , ao s .. . "(I i-i .. r| . ' .V . .. I !H i i'i i'l| i ' !|,H I i ' .. I . .... i i - 1 . ' 1 . in i 'HUTS I I ?! i " - iiiii.ii iliit> h> sullVriltf ! '1 I i ! 11 l ! ' 'i: Hi ii l l II \' ! jis i;.-u won.in! 11 . i.: i lu-aiist. pa* i illy 1 ' , * i i -T lor \ Iia . |ii ',iiu?MMl r?- *iI* ! "il h liuiiiai'ity .is j i' iit ti - * I>v an;, in'.-: r:i _-hii;s. i i > - - .1 iia! lima I r ill . and | snali- is -|i( ,i\iiv "ii.-,ri t li-ltcrs (if tiled .a i.;.- liuorloan and ! laliratorii :i \ lint : :: ! ! Ir.tii tii. - fin ,| in all j i-.. ,,f j ||(. : world. Mi' '*< I ?*\ prrl s niiiri-d?- 11 in * lii-?ntjchlal. olu'Kt and Iiiiik troubles lead to ' ' -1 * 1 * I : I ! i I? . wlli.'il, II *! III* 'ITIIJili'll, in:- ins sji i.i; null i-i-riaiti d.-alli. jl pimply write to 1. A. SlORiini, M.tfJ,. I OS I'i'n- -i pi'i'i, \.. \ York, :.ri\ postotlice uii i . pr?-?s iiiiiirisfg, ami the I lr- iti.-dii'ii \. ill in' ;n nipth, s.-nf. ShIVitits should lake instant advan. In ji- : It ~ ' - iii-ri is [.riijiiisit ion. ' "I ti?ll tin- :> iidor that you hJPw I ills hi'it i ii lln- , ,s I KIll-i.lsK. I hAl'd UALSAM ftv* h**s>t'foi th* htfr. I PH?yy >*rnm.-r*a a h.ninaul gr? wth. I >.Jjh i -? 'r 5"a1U t?> U??tor* (fray 3PCT??t;. j-Huta iia.i i:.: Yo ',,,f'il .'olor. Cun ? ,? J? ?.w fa. * imm* 1 - - | | | I . iW, Q FAVORITE AND % J MOST POPULAR . fej^FLOWERS PANSIES, NASTURTIUMSj , - I SWUT PIAS, one I'LL of uch wrfety for only P i Ml k. Mlw. .1 Tm Mnli Q Ii Idl I ln-1u'llQ| r..pf i ! ISUh r.t.l j. tii.l n?r.l Cullum, *? ?. mfwhott. ill ?tn> 1*11. pia?. ! .. , SENT FREE |to housekeepers? .! liebig COMPANY'S j Dvllnnf AI* DaaP ljAlKHA Ul DCtil COOK BOOKI v |>r j-sirr !ii my ' nxl ii?- Ic "ii* ' Atltlrc Lit bit o., P < > H..\ -ris. Nt w York fl ? R S' SEWING ance % < -v r sSSs? ||-| - *V r-r> f ? * f; I > - / 1 ? - ?.< :? M,I si _ r:--' i 1 /%$ :->A,r | / 7 = ft I ' A > ' " - ?. { I I l l A INCH. =z '~ ' 3 on*1 nt nny Dcjint in tho Statf, ' Jii* (Minrnnti-t' rovi-r $18.25 ^ mi i o ? ?w ?f? 1 ml ro?? r $20.50 * S COCO JS AST MICH MRICIO XACHIHC. n ??f SEWINU MACHINES, ui [HJKS and CfTS of , Organs, furniture, Plows, Harrows, Saw .Mills, or anything you wattt. # av'I del (hir l*rirc List. j rs' Alliance Exchange of S. C. I