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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. J. F. NISli FT Editor. , For ibo Kuter;>riIncrease Our Money Circulation. In the effort to raise tho price of cotton by decreased acreage, and any other personal means,we should not neglect the more potent means of raising prices by legislation. The prices of all farm 1 products have been decreased by legislation and can be restored b.v legirdution. I'rmn 1 Si?."? to 1S73 money circulation was reduced from $ 1 ,S?iov-IDD.J 1t> i<? '2,SlMJ,T t) g. lit IS'Cl 11. ."I tit! -I fir. I dilution $.">:! 0!, in ! ^7:'. it was *15.45 and in ls^t> it \\*;is onlv $4.'57 per <tapi I a The ivorago i value of an n,r(,,< product < 1 cot - 1 Ion from 18<*>' '> to 82s.'28, . from t87i? i 18S,~> wa.> from lSSo ? > ! tt> ;t was only' >fi I ? _> ~ \ V, I. . I f . !, ? it w is worth *n !Sthr 'o 1S75. ; Tin. print oi oo!; on in l.s7'2 was; | 10 rents, li. i i :! 4.i "<v v. s ' t j tj cents. I,. - than one third ol the price twenty years iMt'vion- ' 'I'll.: of : Ids iji'idin in prices ' was a decrease ot tin* ? unify in circulation. .Money h n.i^ a uuv ; , dnini ot ox.'lian 1 'ho prions oi labor ;< <tln"ls >r eei <1 by I ho amount in ; in ? ' - mla I ti<?n. !. *v < .' ' v ' r mi' in eiivul lion t m ; com mod it,, s \\ dl ..I* an ? t'/r. ' t'C'f tr . 11 - *n< < Out iiioiii' i cirri; I hit inn must bo incroapod to in crease the prie >1' < >; , ; . 111>i e ;i |v<i . ,not ,> i it 11 distribution < I 1110:1 c;veul.iti< The i ink ;' ' .'''' southern states onlv ~ OS per " till* pit <?; 1 t'., '! 1 Loiter 11. 11<?piy ?>i i,..> <1. iioil the law of supply and <1< 1 j>jvl 'r.'11v* in<-! . -oil (! >>rii'e of \v|M>.,? 1 ?? >. ?%* - : v-. **Tlu*r?* .'ii (i!tv mm in N< \v *1 ork w ho imii 1 veii'y- iour hoar- s{< j. ; ! >11 ai 1 1 In.* < > wr < '* 1111 * r } simt down '*ry .ii and iron mine hi the I nited Mates. I hey can 1 so hccause they control t lie nini.ey v, iii. ii t Ins countrv pio i!"r " r . mtrids a < tin try'.: money controls its industries and fi>: s t! > ?-ic? . of lahor pro duets. The Babylonian govern' menl ended wIihi J per cent, ol its pwopi o\? tied it wealth. IVtsia sed to exist when 1 per cent. . her ,>niiulation owne 1 all her land. Rome ji-!11*? 1 when eighteen hundred of her citizens owned the world. Let lis take v warning in time and save our J country from their fate. .1 AMI'S Iv. M \'.I I I.. Mapill. S. C. I'i'ocfetliny# <>j' Sttl a rthi y' h Mrri-^ iti>/ f>f (fir f'ottxn firntrrrn* I'rotretire Anmiriiitioii. Pursuant to the call published, in the Connty Paper '; the Cot'on Growers' Protective Association of Lancaster ('ountv met in the Courthouse Friday, the r>?h in slant T' >e moefir)rr \v"I t cp 11 ?-<l to order by President, R. L. ili< klin.J Letters from Iho Hon. .1. ('. Wil ; horn and < 'onuressmnn Ploke! were read and received as infer rnation. < )n motion, Maj. 15. ! '. .Miller, W. li. hums and d. A. Reeves were appointed as a committee to draft a constitution and by l:m> lor the Association. The preddent of the several !o\vn-h'p < r gani/ation were, on moiion, appointed on the executive coin 1 mitt e. The committee on eon 8t.itnfion and by laws made its' report, whieli w e adopted with ] i slight amendment*-'. The fol ^ ' lowing is the constitution as amended and adopted, which, on motion, tho County papers were requested to publish: CoiiKtllution of the l.nuomitcr Cot> ton Carovers Protective AhmocIii. tlon. Artici.k l.The name of this Association shall h<> the Lancaster Cotton Growers' Protective Association. Artici.k 2. The objeot of this Association shall be to educate the cotton growers' of this county as to their rights and duties, and to devise ways and means for the improvement of ttieir condition. A unci.k 3. We adopt the principles announced by the American Cotton ( rowers Protective Association. In order to carry t hem out, we shall strive by thorough organization to unite all cotton growers in this county in an earnest effort to reduce the average of cotton each year to such ? point as will insure a lair acreage price to every grower. This Association shall ] aim above a!! to teach?tirst : To r"- ; duce i It" cost ni't li>- product ion of cotton. Second : To practice t he principles of t lie right and economy which shall enable the farmer to escape debt and make h cot ton a real money crop. Third: To make all bis own supplies at it oil i . ! in* i id t hat ' lie crop w in . ; tor.-'' may hi all bis own. !'mrth: To hold bis ,-rop each year until lie can soil ;i to the best a?!v n'. '.g'. Filth: lid in building factories, in order t hat t he liotite market may be iciilt op Icr j.i! . f 1)?-r farm products Anion t. I ois Vs-oi-iat ion shall i i ?Iii t .? j . -.(h ut. a viia'-presi.: >nl, secretary, and .executi v coin mitt se to coti-ist of i : flit n Mithcrs. being one from ".eh town-hip. whose duty shall be t i ell'eet :i I noroogh organiza-1 i ii?>u < :' all c. ;tori growers in one ei or i. tlioiis > 1 a t \ c. ?h i 11< : !? r a on mil v a' a c< ut't v meet 'in. .1 r; y or A ugn d. . -Ii wuhip 1 sh;i I . .i its tiiemi)) i . of (>>.?<( it i v i < in : t o. A I. i n t: Ti e : ar \ of : . As COM-bo: -In '! ' - re'ary . t \e utive eointiiirt. ' atnl shall work ono.or ii s ..:. < n ii. j Mi ! i . '. There shall be :*. c( nimit' r., ; ., .: , ,r of I ||rei> :!) ; from "o )| (o\vushi p \ s? ? ] >t ion ,,,i ;, re-oi'ct i \ township A s social i * ., j w ! use d . .. hall .. *ert: 11 e ' otal tiiimhi r of ; re- . ' !; *.. ! in cotton :. 11 a in on : t ol 1 ; ' ' i>!i or hoforo l! " "JOtli oi May I annually. ami i In* nioni iii v omul i I ioo-> : .. i i : . to I 'l ( vti r i.MI,' ' Oi.'lll, A llO : ?l jtor' I i t ?; ill rot ar \ < ?!>! r ho ,'i n: y in ici li t -iiail i. i on ,i!? ,'?*r ; .it* ' !. noli! of the v int3 Ve?oei?t ion. ! Artici.r 7. Till a Association ihall j iiici 1111111 I v -.r -no I; ' ii a.ol pi i :i- i; 111.-13 il /nato, o?* at a time am! pln< ' ! ^r.r i l>. ; >> exec ii ' . M?|i|< " ' t ! . ,\ t la - > ll-o ti| <.f 1110 \ ?< 1 :: . 1 .1,. 1;, 01 li.- ii.-iil i a i|jf p. ,.|s ,,1' 1 [ . ooiiiity. Too | aiiniiaii., I'iri ; i 1111 of ?>..n ? ? of liio 1 A 1 i . ; ii ' .11 I10I ! .1 0110 of 1 t ih'm't 001 To a ill in there t.; ! 1 nit;i>, tin* secretary shall invito the I professor* of agrionll ire of Ctemson j olloyo ami sin'h others a-. Itio looal ; oi '.imit to,- may r 'quest. A urn it >. i'ln* oxoiMit i vi* oommit' oe I shall at oil limes keep hi toioli Willi the American r.otlon Growers' I'roteciho .\-mii a: ! - *;r*'' require : I o secretary to keep the township Assooiattons informoil of ill not ions of tin* Ainorioan < olloii (lorwors1 l'roloot ive \-socialion thai may hoof advantage In tl A it i ni.i: AII farmers or^aniiat ion-, an* invited to co-operate with t, . \nd we trust that this A-social ion will he able tti act in concert and harmony with them, in our elForts to protect and build up the cotton growers interest, as well as that of our entire helovett s-uthland. Aaiici.i: 10, This con-t it lit ion may tie amended at any regular meeting of the Association upon a two-third vote. R. K II IRK LIN. (tko. W. Jonkh, President. Seeretnry. A thrill of terror i s experience!! when a brassy eontfh of eronp >nutids t liroiisrb the house at nitfht. ]tut the terror ?oen changes to relief after One Mint ne < hiui*h ('lire ha> tieen admin ist red. Mini ii.irinl.wj r. . - *> ..hi mi <- iinrtMi. ' rav, fun! Itro.s. How to (Irow I'orn Cheaply in the Sunny South. J'rof. Irby in I'rc.'rf-i'.M I-'arnn-r The ?lay has parsed when it i will pay to raise cotton or tohaeco i and huy corn in the South. When! cotton sold for - "? cents per j>ot!n 1 1 and corn for $1 per bushel, there was some excuse tor t In* Sout low ;i j farmer buying corn from the people ol Illinois. Then they could clear ahout l<) cents per pound on col ton. hut < m Ion at > cents is really a loss. ineenttoil farm i-1 n i-< iffii it'll mowii Hint lio i-; 1 afraid to fount Iti^ own Iim??. audi Im lias nit wairos until there i 1 mly a bare existenee for the laborer. Now if lie lias to buy feed fori renovating crops and supplement with fertilizers and we will no longer need to call on the Western farmer for corn, as wo can grow it at home cheaper than wo can buy. It costs something to haul corn out, and it gets the farmer in bad habits to go to town, with an empty wagon and return with a ii.. . ? ran by t ii\ p ^ : : t c\ -1 i pensive. I 'M' corn rr ?> "Mjiiircs a irooil; I supply of nitrogen, as this orop, ' ' !' '" t < , l ii;?- i i :it her ' ; ; i. ' v . : !!; et in:. uitroiron J l'r< 1 l! - i' !! ri r??? ii i< I ? ? .{ " 'i ; i! iii ' oaili!" oluMi' Ii r:.i, aii'l 11. to i no 1) 11< i* form .than i ti ti'ivi vi :t^ plant rieh in niliOpni. if ?11 * n rtiii/ef has lo ho !? pc?ri.!?-i 1 on entirely for all I s^ent ii! lenients. t hen it u t . i . .. ... 1... . i i ' ( * <, *> Kjy ' n l I U" Ill il I It I Willi. i, . ! -J \ to d per rent. nit rogen. ( S i<> 10 jut cent. phosphorous,and ' J to per cent. potash It pays ! to use a [rood gride of fertilizer. ' It cost- iu>t as niueh in freight to' I " till I handle a low grade as a high grade, and it costs as much toj jdistril lite a low grade as a high! ! grade. If your dealer has no high I 'grade, then get him to order it J land if lie can't get it, then do! ! your own mixing. : < >f course it goes without saving that all the manure on the (farm should he carefully saved and put on the land. Tholertili y.er is simply to he used as a supplement. It is hest to break corn land in the fall and winter. This, I , .... - ?ii course, cannot, ho <lono if the land is occupied by a clover croj>. Heavy clav soils, especially, should I?i^ broken deep and early. It is usually best to plant and cultivate on a level. Fertilizer should he drilled about one or I iv 11 1. . i. ... . .*< MM f ] Mil II I I llg. II I S ^ host to jint tho fertilizer about 1 wo ??r tliree inches from where the corn grain will he. for two reasons, namely : that the corn roots will have to march deeper, ami then the young plant is not hnrnt by the fertilizer. My the , time the roots get down to the l? rtilizer, it has become ineorpora , led in tlie soil. I I se al 1 t he manure possible, use i I 4 ' w - ] his stock to subsist on while they 1 are making this 5 cent cotton, then low indeed will he his in- i come. It is true that three bush < els of corn can be grown in the , corn belt to one hore in the ? South, as far as expense goes; but that same corn has to pass ' through the hands of three middlemen, and freighted several < hundred miles. All of this 'costs heavily and the consumer has to foot the bill. The question naturally arises how to raise the corn cheapest f Try to have a sod of some kind for the corn to grow on ; a clover sod is preferable. I'ea stubble is excellent and can be had by any i farmer. I f Hull ! ... U ^..,,-^.1 ...III. i .. ,.r.. IIIL >>1111 crimson clover in September, llu* I and wi'l 1 to ? 1 ( .! Iitrin:;- lit" winier and serve i'or t.tiiy pas tnr':?o :nvl llion can ho turned under rlv onon to make a lino "in crop the following sen-on. The clover or the pen* insure Ian a' ltidunco ??l orgunic matter! lint'n -< i ;tnd plenty ol nitro- i I cemnis i.v.tler. Thus tlie most j jcxpeuMv element of n fertilizer .hi i.eh eiieaply, and not i ?niy w 'ill iit i h> I til mad" t. I pay r its. It' in food 'it'*" ?;r own | ..... It wo wrll look on any fertilizer j s-ic.v we < idy tiir: eh moid j :ii:n. . a ;. ti.ti.ely: nit ronen, pliospj roils and j ota-di. If ti : nit re n h a in en m* pi lied in I atiund hi,"" " t'n > clover, tin* re . . load of corn. He pets so dependent that he is hardly worthy of the title of farmer. Learn to livo at home, and let your stock feed on home raised corn. Rev. K. Ivlwards, pastor of the Knplish Baptist.Church at Minersville, Bu., when sufferinp with rheumatism, was advised to try Chamberlain's I'ain Balm, lie says: "A few applications of this liniment proved of prcat service tome. It si.bdued the inilammation and relieved the pain. Sh nM ??iv oiit'prnr profit t?v vi np I '.i i T: IPilni !i trivi it will -"I ... ?. . '?!?* ??IT-f\^U II1U. For sale by J. F. Mackey A Co. nml B. <h Homrb ?V Co., I/.mentor, S. 0. Farm Topics. The corn crop is the matter t lot no; s!m"il 1 do!.: ind 1 lie :ii tout ion oi in.- f; filler. What are you going to do about il Ho i'iii'm' "I he ? t!.. r l'? ' i to r:?;st' bis ov j :ovi ioi.s .on. reduce iii cotton no retire ? l o ii;i Vi .:? J . i cc o col t o i t < go Up. ytui will ; y ! ho I >!, iII planting nil cotton "id sell it tor live rent* o; less, and buy < on: it: lSOp on titn i I'.ir al t ut ; dollar per bushel. Well, just don't do i'u.it ; let the oilier do h. ll'sc your own corn, and if you go at it in the right \V;.Y. i1 is Pnsilv dnm? hi localities whore danger of hard I'r- -/os is over, the s 'Om r i' is planted Die better. March cc rn I- 1 ! 'rn '' at : ' jost a!way ':r;: ,o 1 I i> ade before the June or July drought stiik s it. The 'f?r:i crop is made during the tirsf half of the - i"i >r. and Die cotton crop durii g the latter half. It may happen, thoivfoia , that a reason i< :u 1 ?.."i ' !y i:it< 1 tor a coin crop aud y< t <i. ,i.-tr< to a cotton crop. It does not fol low, because t ho cotton crop tails that corn would have failed also, and we must say .again and again, that two chances are hotter than one. As a rule we would say for the average upland corn, bed the land, ploughing deep and thor oughly, planl in the "\vater -furrow," covering very lightly, or if covered with two good furrows board oil' as soon as planted. This parks the soil on the coin and it will come up at once. Crows and some birds are great enemies to the early corn. .Mix a pint ol' coal tar with a bushel of corn, then roll the corn in some dry ashes to separate it, and you will be apt to get and keep a good stand. Manure for the corn crop. We are all aware that there has been a marked change in the plans and methods of wide awake farmers iii the raising of a corn crop. The manuring and cultivation has im proved very materially. Ipland corn should ho planted in rows six feet hy three. One hundred pounds of high grade aminoninted guano put in the drill, about a wooden match box full, about four inches from tliej om. At the second plowing of I ho corn put '200 lbs. of cotton iced meal around the corn. Plow every ten days until "laid by," and it will be the exception when you do not tnnko 20 to 25 bushels per acre. He sure and plant a row of peas on each side of the corn row and one in the middle. The row planted in the middle fertilize with 200 lbs. per aerc of dissolved bone and kainit mixed, / half of each. As soon as your corn is planted' prepare land as though for cotton i and plant one acre for each onehorse farm in sorghum. Plant one-half in early amber cane and the other in orange cane. II in well manured land and well cultivate*! the early amber will be ready to feed on in May. We nave neon let ?lin^ liorses, mules, cows and h< :s on sorghum from May until November for tin* last twenty years and we are fully persuaded it is one of the host forasre crops known to our climate. It vou iiave never tried it make the on; "m ." t Mr * y?*ar. Hogs * have never been known to bnvo I choh'*ra i hul were iVd liberally dill" in;*. the summer ntid 11 on sor ? 1 >. i'. I)., in .ho Cotton p,ani . .. I i G&SXORIA I Hr<:> *>.v '\4i0* ti T. ' u u ? <f' u iTor Infants and Children, j ' * f:'" /f I ?,' -vit; v ;i.ar. , S/llJ'l'. .1 u o >i e 1 t" i ear 1<> line \ .on;. ) ' -Jules and I buses i a!! m which : *w. All parties . in l olh counties wanting mules or . < ;t. . u* n-ii ' : j;o()d I pant . would do wi li to se > us j DPtoi e luiyi . Tliej nrtus '? sold* j < (illl** I n(l i;> ! 1 UMI i u to * s:i \ i' 11 . \ . i' ; . 1- I A : . > N M i.ll... V if. \M!;vv T> ."v. 'r i .t rit i-:.!!- upon * | ?!: i ' A!i\. * :ti 1 >!c ; j:..., , ua: . ting > i ! I "" Alarc 11 i Jt tO (1I8QUC8 tii?' {?00(1 .' t!: ? ! r. 'I" concliul with 1 . - j f. , t It ; an !y w r' - : -he not tie,? v-??*.?I i .i:i i advances in Mi. j, j. < ? j Sou, just at planting time. With a crop !ii;e the one just marketed, you cannot iiopc t.> i??-t more than live cents . jn un : fo i'. All Alliancemen .it iine.uly urge 1 to co-operate witli the cotton growers' or&ani/ation in tliis matter. Wo are anxious io do a Utile goo& | in : 11 i world and can think of no ph a~aiitep *>r hotter way to do it than ^ iiy recommending On?* Minute Cough i Cure an a preventive of pneumonia, consumption and other serious lung j troubles that follow neglected colds, t Crawford Jims. i itloiioy to Lend. The Lancaster County Building Loan Association has money to lend I on improved real estate situated in .this county, upon reasonable terms. 1 A pply to WA I > I?Y <'. TIIOMSt ?N, Sec & Treas. Bank Building. ! Oct. ii-517-rt in. * HjilSSfWi PARKER'S HAIR BAL8AWI J ^BflR^flClurin *J?1 Uiii'Tm Ih* hair. I 'Ml'mu in a loiuriaot growt'i. I HNR1 JBjlSov.r V?IU to Uaatora Cr*j HRCtr, rMH ll ,.ir to oa Youthful Color. Nlmltc Into Your Nliora. Alton's Fi.f.t-Ku ?., a jxiwitcr for tt:o f?*t. It j curio painful. sw.Wi n. sinitriliiv f* . t and inI -t oil., tu..' :li stliuf out ?>f i- ru.out l>unions. It's the k run test ? irofort dtsoovnry "f ihu age. , sitci. - i-K.?ue iii.it.* t iiKhl-Utliii:: or n* w ! i ,*y it !. i i- rtaln r?iro for .iwcat* uii.', oiiiiiiio mnl liol, tlnd, .n'l.liiK fci-t. Try li T< l> A Y. Si Id I V tt'l 11 PlkVlsts lllid shoe sti TPS. tlv mail f?r -jr in stamps. Trial iwcUuka l-KKI. Ail"' Allen S, (?:inifd, f." l(oy, N. V. Krtij<?alc T?'i?r TT1?V: ai. .ir? ! .. Candy curt lonmipsilon t r- t-er. . 1*? If (W. i 1, d*ncr.' ' r* i ?f u .1 <m y. Don't annoy other- liy your coughing. and risk your lift* by neglecting r oolil. * Imp Minute Cough Cure cures f coughs, cohls, croup, grippe and all ' throat niiil lung troubles. ( rawford liruh. . 1