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i 4 LANCASTER F.MKi'MnE i Published Every Wednesday and Saturday It Y The Enterpr'se Publishing - Company A. J. CLARK, K'Utor, One Year, $ 1.00 Si* Month*; 50 CtS I Three Months, 25 cts j In Advance. (Saturday, June 25? 181>8. The landing of C!en. Sh.liter's troops has brought into notice t\*^other places, both with Span names, to wit: I'lava del Kste, which is 011 the southeastern coast ot Cuba, about midway be tween Santiago and (Juantananio. and Daiquiri, which is located not lar from Santiago and west of same. The Cotton Problem. Kd tor Home utnl I '.w iii Much seasonable advice h is been given and many good sug Js v ~ I ?*?11 r? tin * IUII rn, uu i ?i' ?'j opinion no positive .-te, - have yet been taken to reduce the acreage or enhance (he price of cotton; nor do I believe either effect will ever be reached through the medium of c< Hon planters' conventions. Certain! every business man of the South by this time is convinced that inestimable financial ruin awaits the cotton planter who depends solely npen cotton to meet all the demands o! his business. Likewise, the laborer, whether he works for wages or share of the crop, must be equally convinced by this time that he cannot in many cases make enough even of the bare necessities of life rnr ar: cotton exclusively at pre- ut prices. Sn u- Ttii \j eti f.>i v* nccn tm* f 111 t all classes are convicted of iiuerror of their ways, and the great desideratum now i to savingh convert them and imii e them to turn away from their sins. Can this he done without a coin plete uprooting and reorganization of the system o'- farming *s at present in vogue in the S ruth I think it is safe to assume that 75 per cent, of the farms on which ter* bales or more ol coin o are mytle are worked with share laioof, eitiier wholly or in part. It Jik also safe to assume that from the close of the cotton harvest, say in November, until the fol lowing March these share labor I ers are non-productive, doing ab solutely nothing for themselves, nor adding nothing to the pro M ductive capacity of the farm* on | which they live. A a ?ec?ii? nre I Y? th'n they are taken up hv tin/ land owner at the beginning ot J crop tune with nothing hut n^y and hungry -t< machs. They must ealai)'i\i\ .i, i This is all tl.< work they expect t i. i <1 as cotton 's t in- ' \ of the cou .it , . . . the only class of labor they plant pi ? < n but cotton. It all tliey inal; , than they ni".t.e, till ' . ii the or..; these oi I lie inert . ie t lie i r ployer 11 cot ton wi .i t'.i Iance a. Tliiu . iin v itl) the T' ' 'lit filer i) intly diiMii. prodir n Ol the s< ti. I|tiri e;<Sc'Cj pi; and a lai ..eryk -it .if l' of each yea A. en I liny 1??r and more rotten :: :i :r ;d linisbinp pricey l or thirty have Leen a f.irly clone r of the up.* and downs of 4 agricultural life in the South,and 1 submit as my deliberate opinion that the system of contracting in- I discriminate^ with the negro la borers of the country on shares instead of wages has done more ! to hold hack the agricultural development of our country, wear ^ | Uiu i i> Uf iiiu *amr \?? j |??iir farms ami of our leading i staple (cotton) tIran all other 1 | causes c >mhim-d. It has begotten a slipshod sys.1' j t an of farming that i? a disgrace 1 to any community, is an inveter- h late foe In intensive farming; inn j t very p or. icular, and is,I believe. ! without a parallel on the globe. j( Vou cann<>( reduce the cotton L acreage to any appreciable extent j so long as the present system of share farming with the negro is Jin vogue, and by it you hand ove?, the control of your capita I (lauds. \ .implements and livestock) to a ' -I.. . I .1.1.1... 1 11 i ?i i it ?- i?v iiauiiu !? >*>; and improvident, and rendered j( j more so by tins system. By and,! i through it the bulk of the eotton : 1 crop is made on ciedit, and will j 1 i continue to be made on credit in <, increasing quantities so long as . I this system i? in vogue, Thi- will | forever prevent t lie cot ton planter | from having anv control of tlm! market, for with the bulk of it pledged tor advances the pr<?ducer ! is wholly at the merev of the ex plotti ng ?dasses. To no class of our population ; j would the proposed change lie ot greater henelit than to 'lie negroes i themselves. The monev that now goes to the fertilizer factories to I keep np our exhausted liehl%t* i\ II 111 irn t.\ t m I . k ? r in i ?? ? : * "? * ?? provements, for the accumulation of materials for * lie compost heap, i lhe care of stock and all the en!oi prises that im with an n.t l!isiontly ootid11<:11*11 farm, lie would I come in daily contact with the| white race, ins only hope of ?-s . I cape from barbarism, "i-' morals | would ho improved; lie would he trained in habits of industry and liuili; our eriiiiinal expenses won Id dlini nish ; iy in hi np;s would he less common and finally cease ; insliort.it would hrinj* about a i)at ura I condi t ion ami won Id solve this vexed cotton ..uestion. Now, I propose to our public-; spirited citiz -ns who are grappling with 11?i< question of unremunorative cotton orodnction thronoh otton planting convention?, to' ; carefully consider this phase of the matter, call a convention for considering the labor question,be igin hi time, ami, I believe, some thing can lie done that would j bear good fruit in ISO'd, Of course | niv suggestion for employing for, wages does not apply to those j who are financially able to rent | land. In ? omdtision. I would say t >1 ! everv co'ton nlant'T, provide to1 h Mi f11<. ( ?' v our npnort > nities f i orn?? oecss t <es l>> growing n abundar.ee e nd I 1 i ui I tcm; |o| ?m;.roved ??? < ! ami v d t r?- a t! nt. t It? CO i ' * i ^ Mai:VIS. ?. . *t < 'o i ? 11? 1*' H if h : I ilir sv .ii. I' ivr i 'f i? - r bollli1. So. i* \ ?I! l: - '\> \r rr | liiiU'H I'iifiillv riils sin: the best. fo ( ine < fMiHi ip.itftfui Koruvt-r# ( i is < iiuiy Cathartic. b' nrSlo* Hi' c C i.iii to cure. clrugKistn rrfunii ii:on? y ' 1 1 A SUMMER IN THE SOUTH. fts Mountain Resorts to bo in Greater l>eniau<! Than Ever. Via mi fact uror's Keeord, Baltimore Mil The coining summer is likely to h marked by a decided increase a the patronage of the mountain esorts of the South. For more ban half a century the people of he South w ho have had the nouns and the leisure have been n riislomed to divide their sum-j :iors hit ween the resorts of the Sorth and some of the older ones >1 the South. In former years here was a regular migration villi the on-coming of warm veather from the lowlands to the Mountains. The plantation famiios or the d wellers in oil ios of t he ! Mains made the pilgrimago. onivencd with t ho change to out ofloor 1 iIo nn I lie route, and spout it leaM ;t mouth in some retreat ike that of the old (ireetibrier V, hite or some of the lesser ro mils whose name is how onlv it i memory. Wealthy families from I New Orleans or .Mobile traveled by steamboat and in their private 'ijui pages overland to the heights >1 the Appalnohian range, and there rem ained until the on eoin iny o| ooolor weal her or cont inued their happy journey to Saratogo i?r nan of the seaside assorts just in their In ginnings. That was in the days la lore the railroads had ii. ale accessible and had aided in I I he development ol many resorts wliirli now rank with the best tii.it the North has or ever had. There are many distine.t advan- | ]H><Sr-.M'tl I.V I HOSe summer retimes. lhoiith many ol them! law all#l lie ciiiivchicrieps ol' 1:?!>!? , ami appoint ments. they arc slil! close 11) tin- w i I'l ness nfllio woods Within thr v.al k of a w< 11 -i ranged hotel r? in.tir11in i st (-etchers ol M'l'iu'iy, opportunities lor sports nun ami lt*in ] it at ions to the in valid to woo health in Host; com inunion with nature. The winter initiation from the North to Llor iti >. <ieortia. the ('arolinas. Ala liiinm nml Louisiana has become a peiinanenl lact in American lite: hut tlm South is not only an im inen-e sanit :i j'i 11111 lor tin' wilder, 1 >111 also lor I lie w lioic vcur. From Mason and Dixon's lino eh-arinto Alabama and lo <ieor?iia I lie A |> palachian ramie forms unending lines ol beauty. Not as bold as I lie Koekies, nor as sharply ?! * lined, perhaps, as the New Fny land .Mount Washington, the ranges ol the l?!ue liidye are y< ' most plea-im; in their el; an a n . e<?' ir under ''dln enl hie l heir sweepimr loniis, and. as Ihey ii-e to Norl h < 'arolina, t heir ruin mandin* elevations. Compara lively lew persons i .-.t: -e i n il in [ei O '.Aua h ('aloiiii I I ill-re are i i 11 11 v it ti i r 11M i ft i >? in: ? . i louMl ii>. Medicinal u i poo !.. i.. i ? Mifioi i from minor if I h mid oup.iliVt) of longstanding jA idJ.s it i I c * i" Hi I ho s 11; i ] <> ' a \ J , I beverage or as a bath, gush from among tho rocks at. many points. | The White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia, the Hot Springs, the Warm Springs, the Healing Springs in Hat h county, the (>M j Sweet Springs, lloeUbridgo Alunij in Virginia, the I!"t Springs ot 1 North Carolina and others at Lin- ' colnton and Shelby, N. C., Cross 11 ill, S. C., Sweet Water and Howden. near Atlanta, are a lew of I lie iron, chalybeate or sulphur springs belonging to t he Virginias, the t arolinas. 'rennessee ami Georgia, situated in healthy places and ?urroundod by pietures<|iie views which are attracting every year a greater number of visitors than before. To most of those springs direct railroad connection' is had wit h t he cit ios of t he Nort h.! West and fart her Soul h. and each j year finds improvements and additional at tract ions.n one of which, however, mar the beauties which have been created bv nature. * Typical ol them all. perhaps, are those in the vicinity of Ashe-j \ille, N. (J. The development of that section as a health resort fori both the summer and winter is largely due to the enterprise of the railroads and the delight of! wealthy persons who have once visited it. The rity ol Ashevilie j itself is a monument ol the ap-1 preeiation ol the Smith as a sani tarinin. Il> population eousisls j largely ol touri-is or ol those persons w ho, once seeing it, have j determined to make it tiieirhomej ! lor lite. Neui h\ I - t lie tnagliilieent Ihltimore estate, an attraction i which casual visitor^ arc pcrini; I ted to onjov. Then there* is thol Clohdland Motel, oil t lie top ot Moan mountain, at an elevation oi (?, |0<> feet, and commanding a view of Tit>,000 miles of territory I in M'Veti Stale.- the two Virginias, two Carolina*. Kentucky, Tennessee and < Ji'oruia. From | this jdace there i> an ea-v ;;erc>> t l?v an excellent mountain turn pike to other resorts, such as | Mseeola Inn, at l.innville, and ! t ne accoininodat ions at l.lowinji 1 Hock, where spring atbiosphere si ems to aoi'ie eternaliy. l?y another route one readies ! \\ ay lies v i 11e, I >! I e> t Willi t he IIi a I ili<r odors ol the til* and presentit'ii points o| advantage lor eh serving ins _rn I Ii lent Views el c ill, valiey and mount ain -I ream, and I lie whole t op 11. <1 t?y .Mount M it eh!. (I ran- ii it iter. L'oan a ml t 'linjr 1 ' s.'?. Acre- - i he i,order I !<-s ; if .M' 11:11 ,iiii, ?iv < i*! 'Ui ! t: U '"ii'M ?M I. N'u* I III* tw i- i k wlii. li .. i ! -1 , ) I c|'?.t?*< * ui ft s, ' . <1 ' I . ; :I ill. t : I: , ! J ii \ i'i v i.u l w liich ;i niuli I* i??f ;?: mil**' mI I In? It'll will tfi. i II 1 o ; 1111 i r s 11 m 11 m r <.?il . I . 1 1 ' I nils !l( ! vurls liltui',; lih* ni.i^l Will I. . ' t:, v 11 . i< 11) . l. i t';i I or ' I i i i ii c v? r t!. ? ' 1??i s i 111 - s with tin* ses.m; iit'.iI !i \ in. < <iii..?>i iable i i u i ? m| r? r' 11 < (>l I lie A i> ; al.'tohian> THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE. LFNtJ TROUBLES AND CONsmrnoN can iikcukkd. An Hmiiiriit N(MV York Cln-mist ami Scientist Makes a Free Jk OITer to Our Readers. The distinguished New York chemist T. A. Slocum, demons! rat ing liis A discovery of a reliable and absolute ^ mire for Consumption (Pulmonary Tuberculosis] ami .ill bronchial, I liroat. lung and chest diseases, stubborn roughs, catarrhal affections, general decline ami weakm , loss of ilesh, and all conditions of wasting away, will send TIIUKK l-'liKK HOT- U TLES (ull different) of Ills New I?i s- M covery to any alllicted reader ol the ' Kntkki'Ui.hk writing for them. 11 i s "New Scientific Treatment" has cured Ihousnnds permanent ly hy its timely use, and lie considers it a sirs. ? pie professional duty to sullering iiiimanity to donate atrial ofhisinlallible euro. Seien laily develops new wiiiiders, and t his great chemist, oat ient ly N experiment itig for years, has produced results as henclicial to humanity .as can he claimed hy any modern genius. IIis assertion that lung troubles and consumption are curable in any climate is proven by "heartfelt letters of trrutit title," tiled in his American and European lahratories in thousand* from those cured in all parts of the world. Medical experts concede that bronchial. chest and long troubles lead to Consumption, which, uninterrupted, means speedy and certain death. ^ Simply write to T. A.Sloeuni, M. C., "X lis |?ine street. New York, giving post ollice and express address, and the free medicine will be promptly sent. Sull'crers should take instant advan- h Inge of his generous proposition. J'lease tell the Doctor that you saw l his oiler in the Exriiui'iusK. SiX THOUSAND LANDED. Ten Thousand More Vet oil Trains. ports Heady to Land. ^ I );ti(|iiiri, Wednesday ; done l!-, 5 p. to.? At this hour six thousand train'Ml Aoierican soldiers are in <*;t rii p on Mie hills and ton thousand are rdstin-j; on arms aboard the trnnspnrts ready to land as soon as the available launches and limits fin carry 1 them ashore. w Time, sea and weather are j ro- " pitions for invasion. The navy ' and army have co operated ! splendidly. W The insurgents bore their share of the enterprise honorably and ! well, live thousand of them are. in the mountain fastnesses, a 1 thickets and ravines and lay last V night on their puns, watching every road and mountain path leading from Santiago, making | approach by the Spaniards imi possible. V ..... - \ I was seriously afllieted with a rough for several years and last j tali had a more severe cough than ever before. I have used many remedies without receiving J much relief, and being recommended to trv a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough liemedv, by a f l ... i. .. i : . niniu, ?iin, hiKiwiiifi me 10 I'O a poor widow, gave it to mo, I tried it, and with tlif* most gratifying results. The first hottlo relieved nw very much and the second _ f>"?11 o lias absolutely cured me. I have not had ?? good h? alth for twenty years. IJespecli ully, Ales. A I Jk.A II1?. < 'I I It-more. A ri Sold ^ I ! l'\ Macl i'V A <' and !?.('. j^E I i ou'.r'i ?V (' I *' ' S. (' Wintlirop C /liv; 3c ola:ohip and f' ' "|nr(> F>/pmip?tionSi rp i! \ . ' ' \ i ; i.?" i. if mi | ? ,.| Ml.-' . *r ni 1 1:1. In* 'II ' ill ! > jtiahiinr 11:? I irJi'M avcr.itfn ' m . r it i I'll.. on-1 dl ttii *. * 111 J ; hoard, furni-li' il i . . , ii?!ii m ! i4| \v II -11 i ill? i? nil'', *" 1 ; i* ! 11,1111! i. I or fiirf Iht i tifiHinal ion anil . r it Initio n?M in? T I'ri- ! i I). II. .TOWN x, *' Koi'k II ill, . C. Siii'ia tv?M orlli liiioiflnc. , 10 yoni In I'm H n, JL. I'll." .? romi'iy in 1 i in. M il.irlnl iV | Kcvor- Kottor tlinn (^iimifii i; n iranioril.irv It' At I>iowlJI t> ulos. A. 1 l-'-O. ''' t /