Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, August 30, 1899, Image 4
To Alllancemen and Farmers of
Lancaster County.
We feel very grateful to you
for your liberal support in the
recent election for cotton weigher.
And now we want to state a few
facts that are not generally
lftown, and some that a great
many people seldom think of. It
is stated by some people that the
All: i l.i i
^yihuijuw nits aorveu its 11 mtr ami
that its influence is felt only in a
very limited degree. Now we
know that the paid up membership
of the Alliance is small as
compared with the membership
in 1890 to 1894 but the principles
of the Alliance, as learned by
those who have dropped out, still
live and the obligations taken
when they joined the order, are
still regarded, and ,we are glad
indeed to know that we have so
many men who tell us, that al
though they do not now belong
to the order, they are still with
us, and they have proved it, be
yond a doubt.
We rejoice in this, and we wish
every allianceman would think
almnf. thu nrinninloo nf Al
wvwvsv vaav |/ituvi|/lVO Wl HIO XXI"
liance, and the obligations he took
upon himself when he was in
itiated; one thing was that he
would support the principles of
the Alliance, not till he dropped
out of the order, but until death.
Let us cast about and see if we
are living up to our principles
and the obligations we have taken.
We believe the Alliance is in
better condition today than it was
even one year ago. Alliances
are being reorganized, new members
are coming in. Now let us
push forward the good work, have
regular meetings of your subs,
and let every member attend.
If you will attend the meetings of
your subs you will be benefitted
every time and in many ways.
At the meeting of the State Al
liance it was found that the State
Exchange was in good shape, and
the management is perfect, and I
can see no reason why we should
not become stronger, every year,
and buy more through our State
agency, next season, than ever
before and we should do it if for
nothing else than to keep up and
help our exchange and then, a
better reason is, that we are ben
elitted. We can buy our fer j
tilizers cheaper, save money in j
that way. and then it is a protec '
tion against trusts and combines.
Any roan that takes the Cotton
Plant and uses the price list pub
lished every week will have the
satisfaction of knowing the prices
of almost any article he may wish
to buy. Then why do people say !
the Alliance is dead simply be I
cause they wish it was dead and
because some people are too nog '
ligent and indolent, to assist in,
building it up.
Wo 6ee a bright future for the
Alliance if every man will do his
. .
duty, and it cannot die, for it is
founded on truth and justice, and '
equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.
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Cotton In Texas.
In Texas the drought continue!
in most sections. No rain of anj
consequence has fallen in some
portions of the State since the
early part of July and the con
tinued drought is becoming serious
in many localities. Watei
lor stock is getting scarce in sec
tions. Cotton is suffering materially
for want of rain. It is a con
sensus of opinion among corres
pendents that the -drought hat
seriously injured the crop and
many localities where excellenl
prospects were reported two 01
three weeks ago only a fair croj:
is now indicated. Many report
plant shedding leaves, squaret
and young bolls. The growth 01
cotton is checked and the plant
has stopped growing and fruiting
in some sections. It i8 reportec
from some localities that th9 plant
is dying from the effect ot root
rot, and much of the crop is dead
on some plantations in William
son and a tew other counties
Boll weevil and sharpshooters art
doing much danage to cotton in i
few places, but these pests art
not general. The dry and hoi
weather has caused cotton to opei
very rapidly and picking is beinj.
pushed. Cotton where picked ii
not turning out as well as wai
expected, and the crop is con
siderably below an average it
some sections. It is reported thai
a good rain would improve late
cotton but would be of very littli
if any good to the early crop.
In North Carolina?West of *
line drawn north and s.iutl
through Raleigh the weather ha*
been very dry during the week
and the drought prevails with
greater severity on account ot th<
high northwest winds, whict
dried out the soil and parchec
vegetation. Cotton continues tc
she 1 form and bolls. Besides the
damage by wind, rust appears t<
be increasing and spreading. Ii
the south the crop is opening rap
idly and picking has commenced
In South Carolina?The reporti
on cotton are nnt encouraging, ai
the crop over the greater portior
of the State has deteriorated frotr
rust, shedding, premature open
ing and too early maturity. Thr
lint is short, holla are small anc
no top crop making. It is openini
fast, and picking is general. Sea
island cotton is doing well ; it i?
opening and picking has begun.
In Georgia?During the pa?1
I week the weather has been ver\
warm and with but few exoep
tions verv little rain h?" fallen ir
the State, and as a repnlt trrnwin<
crops have suffered to some ex
tent. Cotton continues to she^
rapidly and open pr?mnMirt*h
and runt in damatine the crop ir
a nurnher of counties. I'ic' in^ i'
now prettv general and some cot
ton has heen chirped.
RED HOT FROM THE GEN
Was the i ii! that hit (i. I!
Stead ma n <>l Newark, \hi . r
rhe Civil War. 1< eaus-d '.?.ri?i> <
Ulcer a tout no treainn ? li? I ?*? I
K r 20 years* . .'.en Bu< A <
ft iv Sjilveou'i hirn I'or- 'hi'Bruises.
Ihi?*>c. Hoi u. K 1
Corns, Skin Kmptions. H > t I' '
I'o re OII eal'l h 'Joe M hn\ nn
guaranteed S Id hv Cr v? r
Bros. 1 )rutririnT.
BHIMilNiJ IN TilK SH V \ V KS
A C nip hie Description ot liar
YCMtiim in the Brent
Wheat Fields.
Willi the (ii-! touch <*t iffihl <'i
the boards a feverish wtnif.
begins. The farmer gels bis bin
dor and reaper ready and arr.in
pes with his neighbor to trade ?>f
work. Daily the thrasher creep:
nearer, now East, now West, bul
always farther North." write?
.John Northern Hilliard in the
September Ladies' Home Jour
nal. "At length the men of tlx
family ride away in a wagor
to help a neighbor, returning al
\
night with the news that (the
machine may be here any time
* now.' The women are thrown
r into a flutter of excitement, and
> and the next day, while the men
> are gone, the oven is filled with
loves, then with pies and cake*.
The great kettle is hung on the
: crane in the yard and hams are
boiled. All the buttermilk is
saved to he sent to Hie men in
the field, and root beer is brewed
} The chickens are dressed and veg
I etahles gathered in anticipation
of the harvest supper
"At last the thrasher, drawn by
! four hor?es, pulls to the field, and
j other wagons follow, loaded with
I singing, shouting men and boys,
I most of them neighbors, only a
' few traveling with the machine.
^ The last wagon will contain
( women and girl neighbors, who
I have come to help get. supper
and wait on the men They come
* on to the house, bringing with
* them tnanv dishes, knives and
forks and table linen to help out
l the ordinary lamilv outfit. Such
I shou'ingaiid laughing and joking
I and exchange of good news and
i Iw.l .,^.,.0 1
1 "Iii iIm? windless September
4 air the hi, niing of the separator's
I cylinder rises above the steam
? voice oi the traction engine. Six
* teams are in the field hauling the
wheat to the machine, and the
j feeder, with easy, majestic move<
ment, gathers the sheaves under
* his arm? and feeds them into the
1 insatiable maw. All the after9
) noon the golden straw ciimhs and
I tails info the smoky air; the chaff
' flies in a blinding cloud ; and the
, grain flows like a stream of sun
i flecked water into the two bushel
* measures, which are tipped into a
* wagon."
a Then the six o'clock whistle
? blows, and there is a flutier of
1 excitement. "The girls run for
, the butter and cream and milk,
I and a middle aged woman, an old
f and tried hand at making onfl'eo
, by the gallon, begins the important
concoction. It there is a
' lorg veranda to the farmhouse
the tabic is spread there At
, intervals are stacks of while and
i brown bread, rolls of butter.
pitchers ot milk, dishes of apple
, I sauce, pickle' beets Mid jam.)
, I I'lat ter< (t| chicken nil in pi? cos, i
ij sliced liaui and heel and million,
and howls ol vegetables are1
i laced con venieiil I V tor tt.enien)
I to i 1 (> t hein.s< 1?- i a- 11 ii? !%i v a, !
' pi>. >' ' > 'a fori mit'otes the t
' c. ?.t pes ar<' erupt v and are'
i
li t el again villi steaming Ins
. i.nt- < ollt eeups are lepieiil-hed. (
| 'ini i la* meal plalleir. make se\ ,
. . ) a.m> to. ki u A
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Wm < if* ' I ' '
I'll-- like -now Ir? i
'I " up' I 'of afoes are ?*;i | it nretl I
< m t ?i*' points o? forks, rut pi halt.
' t
: i 't in ?rravv. and Misnppi-ar!
i j M ii k i \ a- i coin i ? s!i j>|?o<I J
H'mii the palm <?; a wizard Then I
' hi ic i- 'i MjiM'akinir ot hoots, the;
' 'iht'ir of chairs. and tho men go i
' u k to tin* yard
"IIh* horses are led and the
11av in ilie hilt of the barn is slia
i <Mi ?1 >>v\ a and blankets thrown
- 11 i'?a rude but welcome bed
t: r the men tired out bv the day's
toil. 11 is a windless night, and
the music of the katydids and
..| rrii-MMs souii'js snarp aim ciear
I Ai. nine o'clock the men throw
' theinseive^ on the improvised
t and soon are snorimr lustily.
? On the lloor below the horses
, stamp uneasily as the mosquitoes
settle on them. The liirht in the
kitchen is put out. The tired
' women are soon asleep. Tho har'
vest moon rises like a ball of
L fire."
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