Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, January 21, 1899, Image 2
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JONG
Trouble
Lung troubles, each as * pleurisy or
acuto inflammation of the lungs,
should bo carefully treated to avoid
serious consequences. These ailments
are quickly overcome by the prompt
use of Dr. Bull's Couch syrup, a wonderful
remedy, which always Rives
relief at once, ejises coughing, allays
all inflammation, and by its healing
influence soon.cfl'ecls a thqjpongh cure.
Dr.Btslr?
Cough Syrup
Cures all LuWtJ and Throat Trouble.
Doses are sinall and pleasant to take. 1 >octor?
recommend it. l'rice js cents. At all *1 ruagists.
LANCASTER ENTERPRISE
Published Every Wednesday and Saturday
HY
The - Enterprise - Publishing - Company
A. J. CUARK K<litor,
One ^eaV{ . $ 1.00
Six Months, 50 cts
Three Months 25 cts
In Advance.
(Saturday, January 21, 18JM).
TOO MUCH COTTON
IS BEING RAISED.
Commissioner of Agriculture <1.
1). Stevens Issues Circular Letter
to Farmers.
Uommisioner of Agriculture < >.
B. Stewons has sent out to the
farmers of the State a letter fni;
to the brim with advice ami suggestions
as to the conduct of their
affairs during the year 18hlh He
savs:
"The beginning of the new year
is upon us and 181)8, with all ithopes
and disappointments, is a
thing ol the past. It will be weii
for each of us at this time, befnrwo
commence our woik for tinyear,
to take a calm and thought
ful view of the situation and then
* - ^ to act as become sensible m.-n.
What, then, do we lind to tie the
i con lition of the average tieorgi i
firmer at this time? After woi i.e'State
ng twelve months' to make an i
of thexather a large cotton erop, has I:.'
1'W any money left from its sale* !
say emphatically no."
With this hrief introduction
3 the commissioner proceeds v.ith
,?aTe a rovibW ?f fhc lato year in acnssed-h
culture, and he paints a picture
ire aillithat is by no means cheerful,
'Those farmers are fortunate in!r
k'dn eed," he says, "who have been
i p rolor.
y ina\ bl? to pay the debt* incurreu by
from slehem in making ttio last cotton
Igi i, hraiiop, the vast majority having
?m and -jnpaiil accounts against them
either for guano, meat, corn m
r goods of other kinds." He aUo
saya that the average fJeorgia l.nrner
has not a proper supply ? !
is it ,
i. corn, oats, hay and Indoor to i?ed
/ his cattle during the win'.-i ; i,?t
he lacks home made meat, lloui
and syrup to feed himself, ami
that he is, generally speaking, in
a pretty* bad wa.v^ut the start ?>l
the new year.
0*
? TUE COMMISSIONER'S AliVICK.
71 fiesardini; the future, .Mr. St"
ven* takes .t more optimistic
' .view, and he writes at length hi*
(111 III<1
nderfi advice to the farmers. Moiled
*y, S down into a few words, if is to
<tre?? grow less cotton and borrow ! '!?n'
monev. IlnSaya:
?hit
'"Shall we continue to prow and
sell cottoryd>elo?v tho cost of pro
notion to the great delight of
ha', " , e of mankink, whocare
K for onr sufferings) until
uin overtakes us, or shall
e a united and determin
in abundance, and thus make our sc
I cotton crop an absolute surplus? p
I see no hope for our farmers save tl
to adopt the latter nlnn and stick hi
to it regardless of the price of u<
j cotton. Don't delude yourself tr
with the idea that you:* neighbors tc
will diminish their cotton acre- tl
age and th erefore you will in-jp
crease yours in Ihe hope of get- hi
ting a good price. There could 'at
I be no greater mistake of judg j 01
ment than this, ns the selfiish far- j rc
j mer so acting will find to his cost! n
! at the end of the season. p
"For thirty three years we have P'
relied on cotton alone with which
to purchase everything else. Dnr- 11
ing that time we have made not w
less than '20,000,000 bales, worth
j ata moderate estimate fully $800,- D
:000,000. What has become of this,
I vast amount of monev, which, if
i * i
I kept at home would have made I R(
' us one of the richest states in the i n
union I It has all gone to pay the K
farmers and manufacturers of the
north and east for supplies of
various kinds, every item of which ^
we could and should have produced
within our own borders.
g
Suppose wo had made only 10,000,000
hales in tho past thirty- '
three years, and in addition had J
j produced all the supplies that we i 7'
f '
have bought, from other states, i? ,
I c
it not self evident that we would
j bo better oil' by $400,000,000 than j
j we are at present? The entire 0
property of the state, cities in-ir
j eluded, i* nnvv hut a little iivor ,l
I $400,000,000, and flit* farmers of r
! Georgia ought to h ivo 'men richer ''
i hy thn vast amount, had they not 1
heen deluded hy the all-cotton '
I i a 1 lacy. ^
P
| VAl.t'K OK IUVKKSII1IM CHOI'S. |r
"iiMok around von in votir dif-'o
! itl
! ferent cornnmn:ti??s and note the v
j successfuI farmer-; ??f your ar- 1 n
I <|iiiunfa tiev ; invariably yon will! v
| find them to he the men who d
I have diversified their crops and a
j raised 'heir own supplies. No o
i state of section can prosper that
f relies entirely on one crop. Kan-!c
l sas tried it with wheat, until |,
most of h"r farm* were mort-1
! sr9ir<Mi, and sh?? was onlv saved ?
I
from utter ruin, it is said, hy tho ^
"hen and the cow." Now with di-!p
v< rsitied farming. she is again on ()
1 t he road to i>t?. r11y- ll
* I w t< :i? v f>? t ruer to farmers, j ^
' know it: ; and appreciating the* a
' c!ifficiilti???i in the way, hut I he- n
lieve they cur :t!! he overcome hv )i
a persistent am! dermined efl'ort t
hi the riirht direction. I hy no j
t!ie 11,advise ??*"* abandonment v
1 of notion ciilfnr , for we have no ' h
of her v. o-.ev ,,r >p ' put which we' ?
' 'a:, wit!) ?!>-(.' ,< .<>>rt:tintv de- (
' pea 1 ; !. |1 ! ! . urge nihil) and I]
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'[plead with eaen iu ! I'Vcrv tdrnnT r
! if, tj... >?.?. ,, ;,! (. nl no s,r i cot- h
: ? n 'i . ) ! 1 o'attted -neh an ?|
at. ' end) '.') ! every <?!h r ?
eron rli<* will crow on his Ian ! h
that, i ' '*!> " j tie drv or wet. e
ro> v111 I ' Mr. 1 -d* aah i:i 1 j
'sin) and * ! ;? I provision crop-. .
n addition ' > let pr .per at a
fention l?" 'j i v n ft... rai< ing of
'd all 1.1 >! ', ;>;jrtii"j!ar!v a
<M" I ! '. hog' ' <: ; ! t r v. With ^
j>r<i! i inanity 11. ?i if is *?;iir ^
:iti 1 cheap -i Jor.ti*" a pound of
pork or a ?> -ni r? f of any kind of
poultry than ir ?- r raise a pound
of cotton, an ! ya j> >nii<I of
pork i'i worth as much an I a i
pound o*' poultry from two to j
three times as much : a pound
?
of cotton. The papers stated fhat
Atlanta alone u?od |(t,ttOh turkeys
on Thankngiving Day, and ! von|
ture to nay ttiat nine-tenths of 's
them came from TenneMoe and r
Kentucky. What a commentary ?
' on jour method of farming ! p
J ''A good beginning ha? been n
AU ' ' ' motion in the p
>wing of the lament wheat crop
robably in the late history of
io State. A fair crop of fall oata
an also been planted, but the
:*reago should be doubled or
ebled without delay. Prepare
> plant a good corn crop, not lens
lan ten to twelve acres to the
low; and be sure to either|
roadcast field peas in your corn
r tbe last plowing, or drop them
a, or by Uie side of tbe corn!
nvs at the second. Then prepare
nt less than five acres to the;
low for such crops as ground
pas. potatoes, sugar cane, millet,
fc. After that, put ten acres and
o more in cotton, regardless of
ho may advise you to the con-1
ary. A crop like this will give you
venty-five acres to the plow,
nd that is enough for north
leorgia, though in middle and
mth Georgia a few more acres |
light be cultivated in corn or j
roundpeas."
KKK1* OUT OF DEBT.
After citing other instances of
he name sort or in the game line |
'ommufiioner Stevens concludes (
h follows :
"Buy as little guano as possible, j
ut use all ihe home-made fertili- '
ers that you can get together be- J
ween this and planting tirno'i
top buying hoehandles, ax helves,
ames and other things that you \
an and should make at home on ,
ainy days. Never go to town with '
n empty wagon, but always car-1
v something to sell, if only a
>ad of wood* Buy nothing on
redit if you can posi'olv avoid it. I
let tar sufF??r some privations than 1
o in debt. If we would be inde-!
endent and prosperous, we must
arm on the lines suggested. No
ther road will lead us out of the '
foods io which we are now al
^ %
aoat hopelessly lost?but if wo 1
fill follow the course I have eneavored
to bla/e out, we will in;
short time be a happy, prosper- :
us ?ud contented people.
"In the laudable effort to be-.
,.~ir ..11 '
nillir -Mil!*'<l I III ll|?, ?tl| III 11H I
end a hand. Tlit' merchants and
ho landlords can greatly aid in
ho good work by out insisting
hat their customers and tenants;
hall plant a large cotton crop in
rder to get supplies. This course,
ithorto pursued, has resulted in
reatlv increasing the cotton
' relive, to the serious injury ? 1
nav even say almost ruin?of all
lands concerned. If they would
rv the Oj-.pobite course, exten 1ng
aid and credit only to those
/ho make their food, supplies,
iow lifr??rent and how gratifying
/mild be the result. 1 appeal pariculnrl."
merchant'', who,
iy 'heir insistence on a large c.ot
n acreag ? before cr.oli? w mid
ie extended, have practic illy
killod t!i" irooso tint i a i < 1 t 'i o
?'js.r.* I.r?t tlK'tn'I'mMi ahmit'
il l ret'uso rro lit t'<th>?ii ciatoni'
ro who I'juv fontomplnte pin it' tu"
n I ir .<- rott'T, :?.Tvi*yo. If
n-'h :i < inr^f slioul>o h il op t oi 1
m 1 fsrri" I out, it :ioo?Ij mo :tift
t roptiocv to forot??I! flint >1 vn-!
oioiirit itr pi.v.-rtv mill ?11 fTorit?ir
,* :iM to* I hiii-Ii 1 from our
tato."?< 'oust Itiition.
Allowed Drunken Judge.
I J;iloi_'ii. N. <.I.umiiirv 1>.?
1 n oiiutiioi was toda> iiitro
iiii'il into tin' 111 iii *0 o! tin* <1011
r.il A~-? ; n I?!v ol Nor ill ' ;iin!ina
hiking t?? iIk* imjmmi'limcnt ot
V. .1. Norwood, .1 initio o| the
u;?orior < 'oiirl in tin* lL'tli jinli
i:iI district, on a olurire oMrunk
nnos?. A ronimiltoo will bonp
oinfed f11 jn\estisiato t lie ad vis
bilifv of impoaehrnon' md ? ?
ort back to t be I louse.
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To Disqualify Lynchers.
Mr. Dargan, of Darlington, as
reported. introduced in the House
on Tuesday, a hill aimed at the ,
lynching evil, the terms of which
are as follows : i!
That after the approval of this j v
Act, in addition to the oath re |
<|uired hy Section 2t>, Article! *
III. of the Constitution, members I'
of the General Assembly, all ofli I,
cers, whether State, county or J ,
municipal, before they enter upon J
the duties of their offices, and all ! |
members of the Bar, before they! 1
enter upon the practice of their;',
profession, shall take and sub scribe
the following: "I do fur- .
ther solemnly swear (or affirm}
that I have not. since the 1st day J
of January, in the year of our t
Lord one thousand, eight hundred f
and ninety-nine, engaged in any '
lynching of any human being (
where death ensued therefrom, i
as accessory before the fact, as '
principal, or was present aiding, '
abetting or counselling the same.1
and that 1 will not so engage in '
any such lynching during the'
term of ofliee to which I have
been elected (or appointed. 1 So i
help me God."
Mrrthiff of the fount if Alt inner.
There will he a meeting of thp i
eountv Alliance, at. the Court!
House Fridav, January, 27th.
Delegate* who were elected to a
previous meeting will serve as
delegates to this one.
K. R. LiNt;l.K,
J. M. Kmuht. Pres.
Secv.
Wastkp?Horse Hides, Cow !
Hiees. Mule 11 ides. < lout 1 lidos
and Sheep Hides. Highest market
price paid. Call at tlioj
Young market.
Capkus Cantiikn.
Jan. 11. 1SW). It.
!fo*To-ltar for Fifty frutii.
?Suar;iiitr<*?1 to*?a?vo haM? < ?mv tduUcs I
HK'U NiruUk'i blood Dure. Ail
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Smallpox in Sumter County Virtually
Coded.
Dr. Kvans savs that whole fatn- :
ilies have been sick with the
smallpox, and in one house lie j
found <ix cases. At another
house where ho wont the door ,
Was opened bv a negro WO 111 Mil .
who had the disease and inside j
was being eonducted a (jutltiug
party, mam ??:" the ailendants on ,
which had th * Siliaii|>o\ li.it did
not seem to ,?o at all alarmed
about it. The negroes, al ter their
lirst sickness, did not mind the
disease and went around with
the lumps," as they called t lie J
eruption I'liose who have re I
covered are (dainty "pitied." atel
tie l"e l- it it the !"ii| loulP f t i|e
genuineness oi the smallpox al
though its term, is mild ai d no
deitlis have lioeo reported, but
so lit e ol ! lie ca>??> have been ot a
more malignant type than the
majority. i lie people have heell
vaccinated almost entirely and
lne epidemic is under conti'd.
Hotter than we can ask or think
H what will ?>e ^lNcri to it w<?
mo love < io'l that wo trn^t Mini
wli??r?? wf cannot trace Him
Tin* man who ha* I?in 1 If our
nod t!io ln*a vio if !? ? r i n i * t he
oiio who i' rciilie*' at, 1 .1J?! -1 t
help other I:<-:?vv-1 :< ! n -oiiM.
< >ne who can :;iv?' th?> imprest*
ion of quietiiii'le lias hIwhv* m
certain power over other*. '
R?r? the yf hit Kind You Haw Always Bwgtit i
l<
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m
The New Administrator.
Governor Willi iin I J. Kllerbo _ ?
ind Lieutenant (Jnvernur .M. K. jflB
VlcSweeney were inducted into^^^
>iIico Wednesday. The ceremoues
attending the chalice of Ad- _
niuistrutinn were brief, not lastng
over twenty minutes altojetlier.
There was nothing unexpected
or remarkable about the
-xerrises. It would have been
liliicult to have made the ceremony
more formal or brief. Sev- ~
?ral hundred visitors, at most, jit
.vitnossed the swearing in of the
tovernor. The young ladies from
he colleges were present in a
>ndy, also u number of Governor
filler he's friends in the city. One
?f the interested spectators was
Mrs. KMerbe, who was accompaned
bv her children and members ^
>f the household.
The procession was not over
ive minutes behind the hour appointed
for the exercises. Serjeant-at-arms
Gaston, of the Sen?te,
with Sergeant-at arms Stansell,
headed the line of march.
Governor Kllerbe, who came in on
he arm of Senator Mower, came
next. He wore a black frock coat
a ?w4 KI u eL' <? r u t* u f u ml 1 rw?Ir
quite well. Following came Lieu- ^
tenant Governor McSweeney with
Mr. Magill, .ludce Ernest Gary
with Senator Graydon, the Ilev.
\V. R. Richardson wuli Mr. Montcomerv,
Comptroller General
Derhani witli Superintendent of
Education McMahan, former Adjt.
General Watts with Adjt. General
elect Floyd, former Attorney
General Barber with Attorney
General Hillinger and Mr. Sim- /
kins with State Treasurer Timmerman?Now?and
(Courier.
Dr. Hull'* Cough Syrup curea
coughs and colds. Don't go to
church or public meeting and disturb
the audience bv incessant
coughing; but use this wonderful
remedy at once.
The House resolution to appro- \r\
priate tor "an emergency
fund" to be u?ed by the State .
board of health in protecting the Kj
people of the State from epidemic
dead'v disease, :?? reported, "was
passed on Tuesday and ordered
Rent to the Senate without a
word." It should have been accomp
niieil at least with a word g
of for the scantiness of a
the >um proposed for the State's
consideration. It ? about enough
for one countv, when an epidemic
appear^.
r^Mothers! 1
rpnRdiscom- ,
I (orts and I
clangers of
cbild-birtbcan
be almost in-W*
tiroly avoided.
Witicof Cardui""^|LJ^^^^^^
pectant mothtoncto
tliegenitulorgans.and
puts the in in ^
condition to do their work
perfectly. That makes prepnancy
less painful, shortens .w
labor and hastens recovery after ',#lk
child-birth. It helps a woman
bear strong healthy children.
rut m$eui?c* j..;
?ne?fGtf*nI
Ins also brought happiness to
thousands of homes barren for
ycais. A few dosesoftcn brings
joy t<> loving hearts that long
for a d.u ling baby. No woman
idiould neglect to try it for this
trouble. It cures nine cases out
of ten. All druggists sell Wine ^
of Cardui. ii.oo t>er bottle.
I??
F-r advice In -uses r?<nilrlnp special
directions. address. clvinc symptom*.
?> ? ! j At/lsory Department."
Tr.e C .a: ar.jjga Medicine Co., CluatUr.jcca.
Ter.n.
Mrs. L0J1SA HALE.
v( JofTferton, Ga., sayt: When
I first took Wine of Cardul 1
we had hetiit married threo years, but ?
could not have any rhlldreo. Nine j 1
months lator I had a flne girl baby." 4
Don't Diliacro Spit and Sim.k tout I lie tna|, ^
To r, i t t I I CO i ' I . I ;|JT '
net if. lull of l f? . ii' \ t-he ,*.r>'|'o
Jljie. lliu wondci t . .1 .... s vw.tlt tutn
Strong. All <V t f u"ir?
tcpd llooliici ... A .ircfc
b'.urliuf i!t in- Jy (u . .
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