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| ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. J. F. NlSliFt Editor. * i e The county alliance met las Friday. There was a very fuli del | egation pit-seat. Very little r??u tineJuisines* was transacted .1 that was done two weeks ago f The principal interest of lie* da. was the speeches of I'roiden Wilhurn and ('ol. Dum !???t 1 these gentlemen are !> ply in terested in thfc work <>i the dli ance and done us great eood l?, ' l.i ... I. liiii'ii |>rijsi*nrc ;iini IIII 11 >|M*rrin^ Bro. Dunciiii y.a ve i> -.nine vnlua ble information about foriilizers what to !?>+v and how to I nv t get what '? ( need. Lanoaslo county alliance is -til! in a heal thy condition1 Will l?uv our lei tilizors* ((trough the State K\ change. _j___ V N Farm Topics?t'umtucrcial For t ilizers. Thi< is one oi tlie in .?t itnpni taut expenses attached to iii production of cotton in all thi cotton sect ion; we c i n't prodincotton sneeesst'ii 11 v wnieti:! >onn , thing of the kjud; and I In* poin j is to know wli tl to buy ;i:i> 1 ho. to buy? Tltjh-wriU'r is tin* man.i ger ol the only business ori:ni.;/ a tion tin' farmers ol t lie Si alt-In viand he is, so to speak, an Mima elite in the business world. IIi is thought hv many to be an ex tra or fifth wheel to business: ii other words that the farmer ought to "plow on" and leav the bdsineps department of lif to those who make a business c it and are competent to at ten to it, so that every man's hand i in one sense in a business \va against us. Nevertheless and not wit hstam: uig we have found that there ar a few who will stand by us if w are true to ourselves. The inten and purpose of the business oi ionization of tlx- \lliance ha seen to aid the uu-..liters to pur chase certain necessities of in farm as near first cost as possihh that there were certain tilings It should only pay iRotmanufuctui cr's profit/ and Acthing rnon <jommen3ial fertilizer is the mo? V*"f)ortant one of these thin^ dial farmers should purchas fiWtn first hands. In season an out of season we have ondeavoi (to impress upon our farmei 'necessity and the advantag eJch action. We have endea\ d io organize a system l> licit we could get our fertilizer t the lowest figure possibb 'hen we approach a reliabl nut'aclurer he inform* u? if w II take so many ton* he wii itric such ami such prices. W end out informalien toour men ers and sji.v what we think w in do it the}' will combine thei :ders witlu us. What is Jiie r? 11f "Many ol the lal(io-rs t <1; <* 11 i] Uot a I io it i as \v iui\ *l?e !e ,'to I'll I'll is Ii iJiffcn . a ml i.i fodi !heir io >. !e i!< ;. :n ! ;w if you don't moo' or t i tle ligiiros 1 intend to oaal' i" in nos through the State t \ ige " rfte ; - is 1-t at ill ?f reduce 1 ?i our .\i11 ' ' an r get i.. goods it . t i? ii. Well, so ? i-* so goo I j\'" been a ' :> -tit to | h ItAsees tin* > < * 11 < * I i :i d>'.*s8orgnijiautioii innjkbee, HKC yd ll M" ii 1 ; I^OHO in "T :111 I 1.1 |;iyi (ho p.is, ,1 ho would only l>uv I?t )rtgarotmli hi. hminos* or .ore i'.? he would hi\ han a li< '"ir posit ion ;iih riNers are' more materia visions id /J"i ajar depart law tjif??* vitWont is th(. 1)rj|(( ho same ones .. v> 1 fahites; ?f w i take so mauy thousand tons \vt will give you such and such tig ~'ures. but it you do not guarantee to take so many tons then \vt can only quote you at such am I prices. The prices we have are j sent to our farmers; he take! them ami says to his local 01 * traveling salesman. Now. I can 1 buy the lertilizers at such am N : such prices from the Stale Kx ' change. I low much arevougoin< '' to heat t hese ligures.'" The rc-.nl is the price is cut a small amount ' We have aided our farmer in got V ting his goods at I he lowest possi hie figure. As tar as our positiot as a hii-iness agent is concerned * you perceive whi'fc it is weaken " ed. A1 once our guano mauufuc 't'jtur-. i sa\>: Why. we gave yot prices, hut wo would have to * ! duced thorn if wo had seen yoi I ii i.ri> iii m i.ii.i'i.m tii i ii 11*. 11 :i<i jjood* in Af/v/rt ij mint it ics. lull you can only control a small amount ami we can't nuke von specially low prices." Thai i- .iusl when , wo arc to day. \\ c have don< much io t fi*i' ir our I aimers in i i reel lra?!e with I lu inainilact urei and ui\en tiieni the advantage N of winih i!e 11ri? , \ el 11; I'arui <' j or thinks he ha- done this ;<| within Inni-ell. am! ii i- uncer 1 lain whether he imed- a hn-ine-' * oryaiiizai ion or not. W e have written at length oil ^ this subject I rein the tact that At are daily in receipt ol letter: troin -oine of our tanner- wantini ' In know it we hoy tor the Alii mice organization why we can' " do hotter in the way ol' price* s Whereas, instead of haying jzood* l* we are onlv cot tiny: quotations ?iand we all know the difi'erene 'f in gutting prices and making purchase of goods. We knot is there are many difliculties in tin y i way: the kind of a note that is ti he fixed; the security given i I ! oftentimes a matter that cumin <. j he satisfactorily arranged by cor w respondence, and a farmer wil ,t arrange at home for his guano .. when Ire has to pay roundly fo ijj it. In conclusion, let us say it wel hehooves our farmers to maintui their organization. A corporatioi is to-day in control of a large ma r. joritv of the fertilizer factorius o ? tne .>outh and they are rctusiiij lt to sell direct to the farmers. I s yon allow if in a year or mor they will have absolute control o (j'the business. and then we wil r i tind out when too late just when ... we are at. \V? have some reduc tion in prices which we will sen< . ' out to our friends and will con v tinue to do all we can to servi *s j you?I). I1. I >. in Cotton Plant Making the farm pnv in thee | 1 [j'days h an art. and a ln>d art to t. great many farmers, says Far i mer?" llome. The art of j?ro!it ^ I aide I.inning i? not a dov? loon 1 scheme or wrinkle." wind enable* on. * inner "get ahead' . of anotb- r : :rmer: i' e ??i-j?.? I . -imply o! _ i i u : 11? ;!. > ; -. s. . m inulacl in > . '.'.on!'! ! 1. i jo. 1 working hi i iei.?ry in :1m- - .m< v way'and wits. tools !. , |( hi iflier . ! ?. ' . in.! lor ' lie . m. re - e. far . | .. , . .i . ,| . ; j i . '11*.* ' (in . i>i*..;i . i n i. us .1 i . . i .. i! , /ii- .m e\'? '? ! r?jf?r? |?r * - I'm' I i: i:: r ? 15ot h ' v ir i?n : i ri \ i?? '. i li . m . i /: 11 ion- ' 'ft it si'ii'ii' '' <?l ri^ri.-iili lire i mi Iv st U?1 :<* !, ; 11; 11 the !* ?-1 * I' - o| e\ ' Jierimenl , often ijfterti i He 1 III I I lie e\ pell lit I So Ol t I I'll! - | 1)11 - i doll sir-', frivesi to I'apnors tree <> Icosi. Ivieti Sj.-Ue sumisit;iiii>. in* n or less with governmentsil sup i j [)orl, ut least one airfp'lill ur.il ex ri* periment station. I'tiMie l<*etiire: 'are held tliroiitrlioiit the Ijirmint II districts, and printed l?d?J l\n art listrihutod t^^ll wlio^ a so'" "rei j | THE VALUE OF HUMUS. The mechanical constituents of j soil are stated to be clay, sand J and humus. Clay is valuable in s J soils because of its moisture roi ( taining properties and because ol i 'its absorbative power. which ' enabl<? i; to retain the elements I I | ol plant food until called for by . plants. lint a soil ol clav entire-1 j lv would I).1 ot too refractory a I nature for successful cultivation i I or the penetration ol plant roots, j ) ' t? 1-1 __ i :i ? i jrvinu T (it'll. \\ lit II im.xeu wiiii i ue *! clay servos to mellow ii. ami the ' amount of sand in wlmt is comi monly elay soil would lie a sur-1 prise t<i many who have not j 1 investigated the matter. Humus! I in the -<<iil is derived I'roni thej deeay of omnia! i?r voire Ialile mat-1 I tors. Its preseneo jrivos a darker color to the soil, renders it tar ' 1 more retentive ol moisture, amlj ' <o ehanires its tneehunical eon ! idition as to make eulttvation tar' more easy and effective. There i- no other ingredient in oil- wliieh ahsorlis and retains moisture as the humus does. Metier- a soil ahoundimr iti humus1 ^toiill'ers les^ in drotmht than a soil , j in wliieh it is delieiont. A soil1 : deficient in humus will dry out so that the fertilizers applied tail to dissolve stud are of no use to the plant which cannot take food from the soil except in perfect e solution, while at the same time I a soil in which there is a plenty V I _ c i. - 11 . i (H II11 III IIN Will JlOSSt'SS CHOIl gll moisture to dissolve and give to 0 ( plants tlio fertilizing matters ap,t plied. Therefore the man who ! proposes to give humus h rest "[will soon lind that he is giving s his crops a rest. Hut humus has a further use. By means of its ll'humic acid it aids in the solution n and decomposition of mineral 'i i matters in the soil, thus changing unavailable matters into an availt* table shape. It has a still further j- use in that it absorbs and retains tJ for the use of plants the ammonia fI that would in its absence escape I / 1 [info the atmosphere or no carried p j oil in t he rains. 1 Kvery one knows of the lasting - nature ol stable manure when e : applied to the soil. This comes | from the slow decay of the organic ! matter associated with it, making n hiiinii-. The same result comes1 a' from flie use of leguminous crops 1 plowed under for I lie henelit of J llie land. A sandy soil is i< n 1 dered moreenmpaet and retentive !i oy the addition oi iiumus, while ''heavy soils an* rendered more - mellow and I'd dde hy i'? pre. i !t j- (,f v. lit!; n-e to j j | t<it in i inI I!e m< * 11 i: i*- i! i*i i::di t loli ol w ii jcli is 'I ' li lt t: ... ! 11:' i! net I e . <il tide to i ' ml And _ yet t !i I - I T ! I ?f! v t|( I I Ml - a^ine : h it all t iial is n. ! is to a j e,t he . oin ? lit I'at ei I ri.. i/.rir. ... I .ii. * .. i v ? n 1111?11 * ; i I 1' i ; >r' ii i. 11 '?>r I h'- l;u mer' l!i :1 !i > .i^ri'*11! 11: i t! ] j .< ; ha? ' c\ r attempt* ! in advocnic mich .i i-iiiirM1. I m tact .it i - i.i i her Mmiv nil t mi lor 11) > amiculln ' r.i! paper. lor the !i;?r< 1 comin* . i?- oi iIm- tanners nil over ti. ' 1 ;i . I would reject such a >heet wiih ,-rorn They know hotter., They know that the valm* o| a piece oi new land iie> largely in * 111i- dec ivi'u vegetable mailer. t ' '\ hev know, loo, tiiat in lis decay! a i . . jy1-- re certain organisms emthat give them the nitro pen they need so much for the growth of crops. They know, too, that so long as an abundance of this humus remains there is less waste from the washing of a cia\ soil. They know, too, that when they apply fertilizers to soil abounding in vegetable decay, they get far better results than I hey can get from the same application to a sod barren in humus. They would certainly give t rest and a long vacation to the agricultural editor who would advise them to give humus a rest. Fortunately tin* man who recommends it is editing a paper no farmer reads or wants to read, ? l'ractrcal Farmer. rarsmp Uomplexion, It does not require an expel t to detect t he sufferer I rotn kidncs tlollhlc. Tile hollow cheeks, 111?* sunken eves, iIn' dark, puilv cir vies under the eves, tl.e sallow parsnip colored complexion in dieates it. A physician would ask it you had rheumatism, a dull pain or ache in tile back or over tin* tups, sioiuach trouble, desire to urinate niton, or a burning ?<i scalding in p': s ?111 e ;t; j 1' after passinj there is au litis ttistied feeling* as il it inilst be at once repeated, or ll the u: 1 l a* has a brick d 11 -1 deposit or strone oder. When t hese sy m pteuis a re pres jent. no time should lie lost in removing the cause. bed ay may lead to travel, catarrh of the bboidei. intlaniiuation. causing stoppage, and some times requiring the drawing o! the urine with instruments, or may run into liright's Disease the most dangerous stage of kid J nev trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Koo*, the :great discovery of the eminent kidney and bladder specialist, is ! a positive remedy for such diseases. Its reputation is worldwide and it is so ?-hsv to get at any | drug store that no one need suffer any length of time for want of it However, if von prefer to first i test its wonderful merits, men | tion the Lancaster Kxtkkpkisk I and write to Dr. Kilmer (Jo.. Kinvhnmtnn \ Y fur a sample hot I Id and hook telling all about it, both ?ent absolutely free 1 by mail. f W omen's Complexion depend for beauty upon Digestion. I)r. M. A. Simmon* I.iter Medicine Regulates the | Stomach, l.iver and Kidneys and secures the hle-sings of good Digestion. Salaries Versus Fees. From the number of bill- pro posed. ;is well as those adopted, the disposition throughout the Stale a p pea res to be to put county o'fieials on salaries and do away with tin* fee system or have i he |W?? <;n into tlio cruiiitv 11".. I.. 11 ? r> 'tnito :i nnmli'T ot' mnntM's now Ii;iv?* tln-ir ronntv otliri'i"*: on ? t! : i i?'?. ;iml s i \ tint t In* < 11 i niro i? - .t i-lnctory , Dr. Hull's Cough Njiup is I?1 :?s :i |?J to tali. ; i! !. i - 1; ? 1?i* !i"t?ri i*; no t phi!?!< t ml n.iiii-tor it ;in?l i! o \v i'. 'iircs. i'.uy tin- _'"-nnine. Dr. .1 olni W . i 1;i. J < ?i j 11 Sy rn j?. ST ^ HAIfcRUALSAM " ' * J t? lh? !i?:r. iri if-'iw .ini. 11\|<m 11.1vi- -iii .i I,-.. |i ? | ?.? ;i. 1.1 MI.Ovn, \. . i - ii. I' v I ho r i nn i n i < - WII kliiK I'M <iiii - - tn Milnwnal' ? > 1 >|l .1- 11 *' " S I' S inn.iii - > i-1 a i- .?i 'i'mill i- < 'l.iibloitis .in.) trust III ICS TPJI 1 lo>i 1 i liv ,i . ii: . ' ".-Is .iliil slim t , fur 'i'. t.ii pin i- t i irr.i. Adilrtui A lilri'idi A . .. - II limb ||. I.. K..1 . N V SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES A.:rn - I hi! Kii-if. i? ii.iWiIit fur tin- fi'i't. II I'uri.- 11 ,f i! swollen. snnu tlmr, nervous fuel .ml nist uiilv takes (hf stiin.' out ui cm us uml bun'.uii?. it - Mir crcuti si riunfurt iltscnvery ui Mi- i.i Aliens 1' iut llano in.ikes liitlit or nets -I.i. s feel nnsy Ii is n crrtiln euro for Chilblains. -yscutinr', i'.i! lulls, tlrmt, Hohinff fi i. Try M in hav s.ibt by all ilrunif.s s ami shoe stores. ',Ti els. Trial iiuckatfo frt> AdAllen S tliinslcad. Lo Hoy, N. Y. A , 9 0 <V I . ? l&MM * r THERE IS HO KIND OP PAIN OR # ACHE, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, r THAT PAIN-KILLER WILL NOT RE- # A # LIEVE. # V ? LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB- J J STITUTCS. THE GENUINC BOTTLE T ? BEARS THE NAME, # 5 PERRY DAVIS & SON. ? i i i AM Now Keuriy to <lo all" kinds of i BLACKSMITH ami woonwoiciv * 1 AT HIIOltT NOTICE. ' o <. I V i: M K A C.\ I.L WIIKN YOU I : . ?... : v* it III \> III K uu:u- 111 Ml\ i I III- ? ? I UIJll 11 ? *??. M V III. M'KSM ITII I -I I I' TO 11 > r i Vim will :ind in> simp opposite 1 *<j:??t .V Harper'-; < intcry. . (Mi N \. i'AI,l)Wi;i,L. ^ J >, t - \ * I - 1 \\ '."it. Chas. i). jones, ^ ATTORNEY AT LAW, liANCAKTKIt, S. O. Office over the Bank. Will practice In all the Courts. Prompt attention will l?c given all business entrusted. Collections a specialty. k i\. , I Registration Notice. fTlHK ITI51.M' will take notice that .1. the Registration Book > will he open, at I lie Courthouse, for the registration of parties entitled to register under the constitution, on the 1st Monday in each month, until 30 days preceding the next general election. W. (i. A. PORTKR, M Chairman Board Registration, I.an easier t ounry, ?. i ?e?-. ?>. 189*. : talim Notice. LANCASTKK. S. C.. Dec. ft. 1S98. N'OTICK is hereby given that this office will be open from the 1st . day of Jan. to the'JOth day of Feb. 1891). for the purpose of receiving the returns of the taxpayers of I.ancaater nun ty. All per-ons having property in their possession or control, as Managers, Holders, or as Husband, Parent,Guar- I dian. Trustee, Kxeeutor, Administrator, Keeeiver, Accounting Officer, Agent Attorney or Factor, on the 1st day of January 1899, are required to ! li-t the same for taxation within the 1 t tine required by law, or incur the pen! ally of tlfty percent which attaches in ! case of failure to do so. The Poll Tax of One Oollar is laid upon all male i er?ons, between the 1 ages of 21 and years, except persons who are maimed and are unable to earn a support. mi fedecaf e soldiers are exempt from Poll Tax at .Ml years of apfe. I ho Auditor or an assistant will attend tlie follow iny places in the county on the dajs named lielnw for I lie convenience of t he public. Osceola, Tuesday, Jan. in, Is'.c.i, at 12 i in. i'li'ii'iuit Valley, WedncsiJav, Jan' m V I'.elair. in -.lav. January i^. IV.I'd. \ an W\cU, i . da\. J .nuary Id, IMI'd. I'ixie, \. M.. I''.\i^lii, P. Moii- ^ day. Janunry Pi. I I r a iles v 11 lo. I in'sil a y , .Ian. 17. i'ttH. I a \.i 11 a ?. Mi i -d a.\. J a li. I \ I V.i;?. I'1 i; i I'l-eK * tinr h, I tiur d;i>, Jan. Mr. . IT- Friday, .lan'y -0, Iv.Ui. I'ri.i - I unlay, .Ian. ?'l. I>'.i'.i 11 i i! '.ill.I >iini', >! . -I . n. 2.'!d, I V.r.i. K 'T-li i \v. *1*in I:i V and Wednesday, .Inn. "J Itli anil -'?i I>. I*'.?!t<' Ileal li >prin>p. I'lliir^*ln>. .Jan. Jdt h ! . / I'lonsaiit Mill, ' 'riday, .Ian. 271 It, to , 12 in. * i arini'l hureh Monday, .lan'y HO li. IS'.I'.I. li will It- to the interest of every Taxpayer In make his return prnmptly itl all personal property, al-o ui all ' Transfers or improvements on Ileal Kstale ami save tin* penally of f>0 per . tut, which at laches after I lie 'JOt h ilay ^ i of Fehruary. Heaped fully, ?v It) II N A. OOK, o ii nty Auditor. V. Dec. ft, l.ltw. ^ ( Hqr overworked Kirl* AH?I Feeble women, Simmons Squaw Vine Wine ; or Tablets are nature's greatest boon. ' * /