Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, June 25, 1898, Image 2
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LANCASTER F.MKi'MnE
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(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 '
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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 '
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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
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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*!
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The distinguished New York chemist
T. A. Slocum, demons! rat ing liis A
discovery of a reliable and absolute ^
mire for Consumption (Pulmonary
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I liroat. lung and chest diseases, stubborn
roughs, catarrhal affections, general
decline ami weakm , loss of
ilesh, and all conditions of wasting
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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.
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