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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. J. F. NISBET Editor. Tillage and the Implements oi Tillage. The subject, of crop tillage ha# been discussed several times lately, editorially and otherwise in this department. Jt. is now pretty generally understood by all intelligent and reading farmers that the soil for summer erops should be well pre pared before the crop if? planted. It is not often the case, if ever, that too much attention is devoted to preparing the land and planting the crop There is usually plenty of time for the preparatory work, although the past spring has been a striking exception. Most farmers in the south, with our mild open winters, can easily cultivate during the growing period, with the implements that are in almost universal use. TIME BETWEKN PLOW I NO 8. Agreeing as most of us do that the tillage of a growing crop should be shallow, not exceeding one or two inches, we are not sc fully agreed as to how often a field of corn or cotton should bf gone over with the cultivating impleiren ts ; or, it would perhapf be better to say, how long a pe riod may properly intervene be tween two consecutive workings The old rule, as many readers will remember, was to go ovei the orop, both cotton and corn, al least as often as once in three weeks, and with an implemenl in use by our lathers and grand fathers it was about as much ai the average farmer could accom plish, under favorable conditions But, in fact, a fixed time limi is not the most exoedient. Ii would be better to ? controller by general principles, or by a dm regard to the real purpose of till age. The old style farmer, of ante bellum days, plowed his cro[ mainly to kill the grass and weeds But the farmers of this day, anc even for a generation past, verj well understood that grass kill ing although important?is 6ec ondary to the main purpose o: aerating the soil and conserving the moisture. If the soil of i field of corn, cotton, or othei crop be stirred to the depth ol one or two inches as often as sue! stirring is demanded by the mair purpose the grass and weedi would be practically killed befort they become visible. DESTROY TIIE CRUST. The crust that will form on nev soil even after moderate rainfal should not be allowed to remair long enough to become dry to th< depth of a quarter of an inch. Within one to three diys (ac cording to character of soil) aftei a good season of rain the fielc should be gone over, the crus prevented, or destroyed, and lh< surface soil bo reduced to a mel low, porous condition. I believe it would pay to g( over a field of growing corn ai often as once a week, especially if rain occurs once a week. If ] could so order the clerk of th< weather. I would have it rair about one inch every Saturday night, with an occasional lighi shower, "between times," fron April 1st to August 1st. Th< cultivation should then be starlet on Monday or Tuesday, and the You cannot accomplish any work 01 business unless you feel well. If yoi felt ''Used Up?Tired Out," take Or M.Simmons Liver Medicine. entire crop gone over in the * course of four or five days. But is rather doubtful if once . a week plowing over could be [ profitably done on many fie! Is? with the prevailing cultivating implements. There was doubt, less many fields which will hardly , yield enough to pay for plowing more than once in three weeks? or perhaps not at all?or, it were better if they had not been planted. This would certainly be the . case if a scooter and sixteen inch scraper, and two furrows to the row be the "schedule.'' , IMPLEMENTS OF TILLAGE. In nothing do the farmers of the north, and especially of the ' west, more excel us of the south . than in the use of broad guaee cultivators. They use mostly _: : it.: *. i I.. IIU1IJ? Ul IWU IMMh? Clllllvators, that stir the s<>i 1 to the re quired depth on both sides of a ' row of plants extending to the central line of the middle on each side4 at one trip. With a lively team this means, in four-foot rows, going over eight to fen . Hcresinadaj. These two-horse , cultivators are becoming quite , common in some sections of the ( south, and their use is extendinp l in other sections. , But there is a large number of , farmers who are so situated thai , a two-horse cultivator would he impracticable, oftener than otherwise because they have not the two horses or miller. Any farin, er, however, can buy a one-horse r cultivator., or horse-hoe, one that t can be expanded from eighteen ; inches to three and a half ot t four feet, at a cost of $5 to $7 or no can expana nis sweep 01 , scrape so as to cut and cover eighteen or twenty-four inches. A regular cultivator, however, if much better to any sweep or scrape, and really costs no more j in the long' run. } HOW TO USE A CULTIVATOR. Now for the details of operating such a one-horse cukivator. Of course a ono--horse implement ) cannot be effectively run astride . the row of plants, and thus ac1 complish a row at a trip. But r there is a way to plow out (sub stantiaUy) a middle at a trip - without striding the row. It if f done in either of two ways. (1) ; Either "side" both sides of every i alternate row, or (2) "side1' the r same one side of every row. ()l f course it must be understood thai 1 when siding a row of plants the 1 cultivator is expanded so that the 3 other wing will extend nearly 01 3 quite to ti?e next adjoining row and of course all the surface be tween the rows will be stirred ex cepting a narrow strip next to the 7 row not specially sided. The re 1 suit will be practically the same 1 as if a striding two-horse cultiva 3 tor had been used and the ares gone over in a day just the same Next time the work will alter nate. That is, the rows nol I "sided" under the first plow, wil ^ be sided, or the side of the rowi } not before "sided" will now have attention. By this plan a quick stepping j mule or horse can easily accom s plish oight. acres in a day, of four r foot rows. I have had one horse [ (held the plow myself) go ovei twelve acres of four foot corr j rows in a dune day, once to the , row. But he was a very fast r j walker. The effect of such on* j furrow to the row plan will h( 4 almost as satisfactory as woulc j follow the plan of putting t*,r furrows to each middle with a ) A Trrpid Liver causes Depression ol Spirits, Indigestion, Constipation i Headache. I'se J?r. M. A. Siinmoni . Liver Medicine to stimulate that or< gan. sixteen or eighteen-inch sweep i or scrape. Suppose a farmer has < forty acres in plowed crops to J each horse, he could go over his j crop in four d??ys, or once a weed ( and have two days to spare for i bad weather, et?\ * 1 have followed this plan more J or less for more than thirty years, ( or since 1886. I R. J. Rkddino ] Blood Cure Sent Free. By addressing Blood Balm Co., 384 ' Michell Street, Atlanta, Ua., any of I our readers may obtain a sample but- ] tie of their famous B. B. B.? Botanic , Blood Balm, the greatest, grandest, best and strongest Blood Remedy ' made. Cures when all else fails, pirn- ! pies, ulcers, scrofula, eczema, boils, i blood poison, eating sores, distressing , skin eruptions, cancer, ca arrh, rheu- ' n.utism. Free medical advice included, when description of your trouble is given This generous otfer is worth while accepting. Sample bottle sent J all charges prepaid. Large bottles, (containing nearly a quart of medicine) for sale by all druggists at $1 per bottle. B. B. B. is away ahead of all other Blood Remedies for curing i Spring Blood Humors. Try B. B. B this spring. MONEY-MAKING CHANGES. , If You Seek Now Fields of Oppor- ( tunity Come South. 1 L.oslto'8 Weekly. More money lias been made in the southern states in the last 20 years than will be made in the next 50 years in Cuba, Puerto 1 liieo or the Philippines, and the chances tor money making in the south have only commenced. The price of iron for the world is now made in Birmingham, Ala., and ' that city will shortly make the ' world's price of steel. The eolith's industrial evolution, whicli began ' with the development of its iron , interests, rapidly spread to all of the collateral iron industries, in- , including machine shops 1 and foundries, stove factories, steel plauts and hardware factories. The tt,OUO new industries which have sprung up during the past year include fertilizer and phosphate works, wood-working factories, furniture, vehicle, agri- 1 cultural and miscellaneous works ; 1 ' textile, Hour and cotton-seed oil 1 ' mills; gas and water works, tele phone systems ; electric lignt and power, and ice and coal-storage plants; canneries and hundreds of miscellaneous plants. Nearly ' every southern state has increased 1 its railroad mileage during the i pa6t year, and every southern i harbor has largely increased its , export trade. < Alabama nas snipped ],U00 tons of iron a day, month after month, and the porta of New Orleans, Norlolk, Baltimore, Pensacola. Brunswick and Mobile are shipping American products direct by the shortest route to many foreign countries. The development of the iron industry of the south is in its infancy, and in the manufacture of textile that section of th i country has not begun to take the place it will fill, although last year over 330,000 spindles were added to the equip ment of southern mills, in which $5,000,000 sought new investment. Moo r lir 4M ftAO f \An tronf tntn xivnti i j pi.^vw^vw noiiii in wo liiu I cotton-seed millfi?for American I cotton oil findH a market in every civilized country?and $5,000,' 000 is being put in the iron and ? Hteel induRtrieR of Alabama, and millioiiH into those of Tennessee r and Virginia. Kich in natural " resources, with splendid waterpowers still undeveloped and al most unknown, welcoming capi * tal and hospitably welcoming the, ri investors from the north, the i south is having a wonderful! | (4 h (tnvinu^ nuu i C7i| in i nn nu i-uu* | * ning oyo to perceive that, it is on . ' the road to unmeafured itnmeas-1 i urahle wealth, Uen. Wilson, thej , secretary of agriculture, has just I called attention to the fact that| the agricultural wealth of the * south would be vastly increased 1 if its profits were diversified ; that , l>r. M. A. Simmons I.ivcr M edicine ? Clears tlie Complexion, (fives lluoyan cy to the Mind, cures Headache, Herniates Stomach, Bowels and Liver. I % 'avored as it is by conditions of climate and soil, it can find an enormous market in the north 'or its early vegetables, spring amb, young chickens and other commodities which, in this luxurious day, find a ready sale in avery city. The canning industry can find no better location than in many of the southern states, where fruits are raised in the greatest abundance and at the lowest coot. Fruit culture and the culture of nuts find their best opportunities in the southern states. There is everything, in fact, in tWe south to sustain a large population in comfort and with less hardship than must, be encountered in almost any other section of the world. If you seek new fields of opportunity, go south,young man ! Hearing-Down Tains indicate displacement of the Womb. Curable piickly by using Simmans .Squaw Vine Vvine or Tablets. (General Hampton's Decline. My duties during the past week at the reunion in CharlesIon left me no opportunity of? x pressing to my friends my grateful sense of the spontaneous and almost universal sympathy shown bv them for the loss I have recently sustained by lire. Let me now assure them that I am prp foundlv touched by their manifestation of kindness and by the proposal to rebuild my home. But they must pardon me for asking them to abandon this intended act of kindness, though the motives which prompt it are fully and gratefully appreciated. I cannot accept from my friends a testimonial of regard such as they propose, hut, the affection shown by them in wishing to re imhnrse me for my loss can never be forgotten,for it is prized bv me higher than any gift from them could ever be. It is the duty of everv citizen to serve his state whenever called upon to do so, and his sole reward should be the consciousness of having fulfilled that obligation. If my fellow citizens think that I have ever been able to serve my state in any manner. I only discharged my duty in doing so, and I am amplv compensated for any service rendered bv their verdict, of "Well done, good and faithful servant." I am, with heartfelt thanks for the creat kindness shown mp Your follow-rifizen, Wadf, Hampton. A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. liart, of Groton, 8. D. "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in Consumption. Four Doctors gave up, saying I could live but a short time. 1 gave myself up to my Savior, determined if could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above My husband was advised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God, I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros.' Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1. Guaranteed or nrice refunded. 1 LIGHTENS LAB( Cobwebs about a house are usually the sign that the housewife has more than she can do, the way she qoes about it; that all her time and strength are utilized in doing heavy work; that *he uses soap in her cleaning. If she would only use PlEffflUH 1 ^ vr?r^c would he so I? to read, and rime to sew. CHICAGO ST. LOt j WHO IS Women as well as men TO are made miserable bv liLAME. kid nev and bladder trouble. Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot the great kidney remedy promptly cures. At druggists in fifty cent and dollar sizes. You nri^y have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet telling all about it. Address, I)r. Kilmer & Co., 'iigbampton, N. Y. J. T. Reese, Modoc, 8. C., writes: Have used I?r M. A. Simmons Liyer Medicine 12 years. Cured me of Indigestion and my wife of Sick Ileaduche. Think it worth four times as much as either Zeilien's or Black Draught 1 used. ICareats.andTrarie-Mirksnbtained ami Ill's* | ent business conducted for Modes ate fees 4 Our Orricc is cippoaite U. S. Patent Ornct J ami we can secu.e pifenl in less time than those 1 remote from Washington. 3 J Send model, drawing or photo., with descrlp.i . tlon. We -dvise, It patentable or not, tree of J 3 charge. Oar Ice not due till patent ia secured. , J A Pamphlet, "IlowtoOb'-iin Patents." with J J cost of * mc in the U.S. anu foreign countries 5 Dent free. Address, 4 IC.A.SNOW&CO. i Opp P?tnt Orr-ce, w?(HlNGTr- ^ I Humiliating Kxainmations by physicians arc avoided by the use of simmotis Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets, which cures !>!! out of every 100 ca?es . of Female Disorders. Registration* Notice. THK PUBLIC will take notice that, the Kegistration Books will be open, at the Courthouse, for the registration of parties entitled to register under the constitution, op the 1st , Monday in each month, until HO days preceding the next general election. W O. A. PORT KK, Chairman Board Registration. Lancaster County, S. C., Dec ?>. 1808 m / cork!) ?- II. .'\Y Reiii'tle . ur-il * I mnnv > . > i .-a es ii.I . in tea hinlo i if at' ? <'ill TEN DAYS i i ??'S SOUS. It..* > . Ma Menstruation made Regular and Painless, and Pains in sides. Hips and Limbs cured by Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. BO YEARS' ^I^^^H^experience ' H V l J ?J ^ L J ^ tl fill j . H M H k 1 Trade Marks Designs " r Tjm "* Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly aarertatn our opinion free whether an Invention is probably patentable. Communication* strictly confidential. Handbook on Patent* sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn k Co. receive tpteiai notice, without charge. In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest circulation of any sclentlOc Journal. Terms, 93 a year; four months, 91. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN RCo.????? New York Branch Office. 036 V Bt- Washington. D. C. MADE ME A MAN AJAX TABLETS rOt-ITlVLl.Y CUIUS AJ "1 A /.L A'nrouf />.'senses?pulling MemWd ^ C i or>, Impotency, Sleeplessness, etc.. caused If ,C by Abuse or other Kireum end Indts\ cMV cretions. The i/ </n i<*k 11/ anrl sure tu \ "7 restore Lost V ilality in old or young, und fit ft man for Study, burin' -sor marriage. Prevent Insanity anil I'ouMimptlon it taken in time. Their ma shows imraodluto improvement aud effects a t'PHE where all oilier fail Insist upon having tho genuine Ainx Tablets. They hare cured thousands and will cure you. Wo giro a positive written guiirimteo to ellnet o cure KXIfTC in each case or refund the money. Price ww V I sfiper I package; or six | (full iruntmenti for f-.Vl. By mail, in plain wrapper, upon receipt of price. Circular **? AJAX REMEDY CO., THE BEST MEAT Jj6 TMF MARITFT AFFfinnc miitb I MB I VIIHtf Ih the kind we keep for our customers. Call, or send, for a nice no AST Oil STEAK Of either IJeef or Pork. None but stall-fed cattle used. We also handle ; country produce. Meals served any m hour in the day at our restaurant. 8. THOS. BLAGKMOX. . 'Phone No. f?N. m,/d lightened that the little things needn't be es a woman time to rest, time to visit, time It is much better and cheaper than soap for t economy buy our large package, 3AIRBANK COMPANY IS NfW YORK BOS I OR I I* 'of e * I , . *,j . , A. . {