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Ijfe You will often I if /;1 ShVB thl? <508t of a 1 I jf\ wears' subacrip- i S aL.. tion to the 3 I * jf ENTERPRISE 8 IfoaatSM UH^H| by consulting its I advertisements. E Vol. X. __ So's^ofulB THE OFF&PRBNQ OF R&REDSTARY BLOOD YA/UT. Scrofula is but a modified form of Bl?od Poison and Consumption. The parent who is tainted by cither will see in th? I child tnc same disease y"*\T2i'">*v manifesting itself in tile fiirm ..( >1? rV^-Ct jK s\ glandsof the neck and llirc.it, catarrh, weak W*4 ^ eves, offensive sores Sl^ and abscesses and of- waTO. PfjjL Umitnes white swell - *a!ls'&v| , ing ? sure signs of , Scrofula. There may \//^/^ 'Ok?Lf l?e r.o external signs for X * #a long time, forthe disease develops slowly in some cases, but the poison is in the blood and will break out at the first favorable opportunity. S. S. S. cures this wastr in;, destructive disease by first purifying and building up the blood and stiinul.Tting and iuvigorating the whole system. J. M. Seal*. 11 j Public H^uar*. Nashvltle.Tenosoy-.: "Ten years ago ruy daughter fell and cut her forehead Prom this wound the elands on the r.idc of her face became swollen eud bur a ted. S 'nic of the heat doctors here and elsewhere attended her without any benefit. We decided to tty 3. 8. 8., and a lew bottles cured her entirely." r'tSjb I i^ki makes new and pnre A j kc v BL " ?L ^ blood to nourish and r -4. wBv strengthen the b dy, k. _7ij| k at ntul is a positive and w S' *ki*' safe cure tor Scrofula. I It Overcomes all forms of blood poison, I whether inherited or acquired, and no | remedy' so thorough!*- and effectively k cleanses the blood. If you have any I blood trouble, or your chila has inherited " some blood taint, take S. S. S. and get I tht blood i". good condition and prevent the disease doing further damage. Send for our tree lwok and write onr physicians about your rase. We make no charge whatever for medical advice. TK? SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. OA. For Th?> Kiu.nirli". OF INTEREST TO FARMERS. Pro!. Newmnii Tells How to Pro pare Your Fertilizer*? What \tic! How >liH'h to Use. Mr. Editor :?I have long been convinced of the fact that the farmer is paying unnecessary freight on hi*- fertilizers and fioni two to four dollars per ton for mixing or manipulating which he cun practically do n* well himself; ami he loo must find a cheaper r.itvotren to take the place of high priced col.Ion mod rrcnl. In view of those facta I wrote Col. J. S. Xtwninr, Prof, of Agri culture at Clcmmm Collog'. who h.< trave i<1 ext? *i i v 5v in this county and has a good knowledge a. /"? ! ! I v . ? j? r\ i 1 r* % . . 1 .-.i ? - , . i U ..... i . - - \/i hip r<\j i i ?11 i v.; r .Til * i 11? I lit J I ' Y JII um'.h matters It i;oon without saying that he bun scarcely a peer in the South. F- r V <"? int-rmritinn and benefit ni farmers t?ener*li kindly publish his reply, which explains itsolt\ and (1 really oblige, I<. L. Ilichi.tN', President Farmers A 'icmv ij. k) Prof. N< tvinur.'s hotter. CleriiQon College,S. (J., J..i H. 1 bol Mr. K L il.cklin. Pancas'er, S (1 Dkak Sjk: ? Von and ' your ? ffi- have, v >ry \vi oly doe: ' <1 J have riot bought a maniuo: ib i fertilizer in many years As m e' )' you" nils have ela u'iaoils 1 tuiKpn st thai you u-e ii irate of soda. The uilro/e ? in this form is immediately available U' I i ara .i ir/\tnl / ; ?!* %\ \\r. > .. ......W .. f-... . ...j ... y .. ?v ^ lj<-?3?? gro?;:i y.'ftr very little nitrogoi. ne.od be applied On llii* jjray sandy ttoiin it may lanocettssary to maice a liuhi ipp'i cation of nitrato ol soda while the crop in growing as they do in Marlboro. Nitrato of soda con r.ainf> twice ? > tiiu.-Ti riiho.c. u h cotton acrid meal, no that the freight won' ' bo reduced (me hull. Nil.ru d ; da ii contain^ four tinicft an much potash hk Kainit, P?> ti it to :? ! th* trie amount of potash you ' 'i>r * fourth* ol lli?? freight and you ^ havi- to handle only on< j'niirih ^ He much Tin toi jlcnt does n t <are rom what H.nre ' Rein ?it* potash, neither muriate n< r kainit, rhould bo u?ed tinder tobacco, htjf miIj h;-to. I'ln fir nier had no use tor * "tiller'' in \ LA] mixing his fertilizers, all ho needi ifl the proper proportions wiI lioui rognrd to tho arbitrary measure of the ton. It will be to voui interest to get high grade acid I phosphate as the freight on 14 ' lbs. per hundred will be no more ; than 1 h.?t on 10 lbs. per hundred, i All you need is to dotermino how J much of each ingredient you wish i to apply per acre and mix the | whole quantity in the same pro portion, li you not 11% acid phosphate, and apply 200 lbs. of this, you will have 28 lbs. id phosphate acid per aero. Suppose you take, for example, this formula : Y?u Vtivc tx*r aot't. C< '? 1'. :< li iir ct. A< i'l Oho- . tH Ui-.. I'h * l?1 1 <>.bw.?.p..of Smtu l pr ct. . lftll>8 NItrojscr 50 lbs. Murlat i f PoliMh M) " ..i.'f? ib's. Pot.ttih. 8M) lbs. ; ll you wish to apply this formula to ten acres you mix 3,000 lbs. 14 ;,er c-ont Aci-1 Pbo-phuo I 1,000 ibs. 15 per com NltrotPOf soJa. .V0 lbs. bt1 por cent Muriate. j ll you wish to vary this ratio for any particular crop or soil, all that is necessary is to remembei I the percentage ?>f the valuable ! ingredient in each source of supply. For instance, if you wish to I increase the application of potash, you can use 100 lbs. of muriate, making the application, per acre 100 lbs of the mixture instead (,| 1& 350, 1 have not bought my fertilizer for this season, so cannot say what the prices are. Von cari learn this by correspondence You can get all the material from Charleston. If I can serve you and youi friends further please command me and oblige, Yours trulv, .1. S. Newman, Trot ot Agriculture. RUAVE MEN FALL Victims to stomach, hw at d kidney troubles as well as women and all f ?el the results 1 n hiss ol appetite, poisons in the blood, I backache, nervousness, headache land tiied, In tie*;, run-down feetI InK. But t hate's no need to feel liko that. Linton to J. \V. Hard nor, Ida vilie, Ind. He 88vs : "Rlectrie BitterB are just the thing foi <t man when he is all run down and don't cere whether he lives 01 It did rn re to give me new strength and good appetite that i anything I could tali*. I can n.m I ^at anything have a new leaRe or life." Onlv 50c. at Crawford tiros. J >rug St' *e. Kvory bnttW 1 guaranteed. 3 MISSISSIPPI'S (iI?KAT W \I,L I Vti Interesting Prehistoric' IVorl the Origin of Which is a Wys tci y. Otie of the scientific puzzle# o |ihe State of Mississippi la the Brandy wine stone wall." It h:? long l?een n problem tlinf is yo involved Som? time ago Mr j Thomas Watson of ll.izehura 'went Governor Longino a penci [drawing of an immense pile o I stone in I he Hout bo,'t??torn portioi ! of (Maibourne I'.'.imt;, mi;^c ':n? that the ?:ciiu' nii'yhl be u?i!izo< j III building til.' capitoi. Ill a lei : or winch accompanied tho draw ing Mr. Watson stated that them i stones, piled high on each other cover an urea tour milos square Ivirh stone is ) feet long, .'J fee vile, and 2 tee! thick, and thei j are joined to-'eiher with an > x ! i client quality of rcnipnl N( man .?nowii Iio'a they came there They may have heon there fo: thousands of years The builders itlie .Jackson News thinks, wen It Nnrt'il IIIk l.ip. 1' V. Danfortti. of T.n(4rnnirt>, '4a. sotr. re.t intensely for niv month? ?vitl n frightful running sore on his le^ ' i nt wntPH tline Rucklon's Arnica Sal v? ,j wholly cured It tn fen d?y?. Kor IT! ears, otinds, tlnrnn, Bolls, I'aln o< Oil "! it's tho beat uhd in tM world Cure K'lariuitepil. Only Jlftc. Sold bj j Crawford Hro*. druggist. a 5TEK ISrCASTER, 3. C.. WED^ s- some prehistoric raco?it could ! not be otherwise. This structure is supposed to be n nomination of the great Chinese wall, which seems to begin below Raymond, t in the southern p:irf of Hinds county, and which is traceable , through Copiali. It is broad enough to accommodated two or i three wagons abreast and is one ) of I ho wonder" of the world. "Mention of this reui-uliable 11exhibit," says the Il.tzlehnrst [Courier, "has elicited jo little "'common*?in fact, has brought a '.letter to .Mr. Watson frcm tie ,1 warden of the United States pen itentiarv at Ijoavenwnrth, Kan, ! j and also a letter to l>r. T. R ijBirdsong from another distin i guished source, it being known . j t lial 1 he latter some \ ears ago in ! vostigated the matter Mr. Wat | son, however,'' says The Courier, | "lias given the subject, more pa1 tient thought and gone over the ground more thoroughly than any ''ono else, ami to him The Courier ' is indebted for t h< following facts: uile calls it the 'Brandywine ' 'tone wall' and says this wonder i !u! and massive siruct ure or parts >1 of structure of masonry done in stone, which have withstood the ravages of time for perhaps many ' j thousands of years, still stands at: enduring relic of a prehistoric'. ' civilization and a knowledge) of (the art of building not inferior in ' many respects to the present day. These stone buildings liefer the most part buried in ihe earth in ' the southeastern portion of Claiborne county and lying against jtho Copiah county lino on tinj slopes overlooking tlto valley oi tin? Brtndywine creek from the I wt'Ht side ! 'These walls run fmm northeast I to southwest. They are built of J white oj grayish white stone of I immense siz .v -jghing from two m to three top-, measuring from ti I i (o 8 loot in '? ?:. IS; ?u ; 3 ! '? ! wi :< by 2 feet thick. 'I ll- so blocks or slabs are l?id in a very fim qii .1 itv of ceimv.t ami us perfectly ! as brickwork. The joints are - peilcci and \ory close. ?J "At otic place th ? wall is o\ j v s"d bv the rfb b i: r washed I i . . " ~ I away to a width of 00 it??-f and a ? loath of 00 !a:i. This exposure I has the appearance of brio's i hearth. ' At another plane ?ne stone has been Harried for domestic use c 1 i to a depth of three layers of ; slabs, which is <5 feet, a width of J'l feet, or eight 1 locks. and a length of '2a blocks, ??r 150 feet. The length of this wall as in dieated by the eropj inirs is about 1; 1,000 feet. "At another place about oOO II i j yards away from the place just i mentioned is a wall juttiri<r trom under a slope for a distance of 1 nearly *2.000 leet This stonework exposed in a great many .dace.J ov r an a: a ol lour miles. "The Hides and angles ot the blocks of atones are so perfect that they resemble pressed brick' The tops of these walls are per* I ? ? It UW I 1 J illli lAMIIini '111 <i ^>|l lit III i I 11 trard to the uneven mob? of the earth's suriace. 1'he seams be (ween (lie tiers are perfectly straigiit, ami each block of stone is perfectly horizontal in position, >unl these blocks are smoothly ' dressed on (he edges and ends. El ? while the broad surfaces are rough, showing a broken surface brought down to a level plane, 1 hilt i.ot dressed They an* held ho firmly together by the cement that it is with great difficulty tha' that they are broken up. A personal inspection of these I ENTE rHIEKLY. [ESDAY. JANUARY 10 urcat structures as they lie partly buried in the earth would relieve the minds of the most skeptical ol nil doubt of their not being the work of Die hands of man. j "In all that is above mentioned I ' t in connection with numerous cav I iugs in of the earth's crust, which represent tho existence of underground caverns, abu inland evidence is found Jo bear out the theory < ; lite existence of a great buried < ;t.y in that locality. "The information above given i? \ouched l< r by other parties i who have visited the scene in itecent years bears out the theory advanced by Mr Watson. Truly | there is work for the scientist i hero."?Now Orleans Picayune. ' You Hnuw VYbnt You Ar? Tnklair : When yon take 3rov?*,uTavt?less Chill Tonic because t lie formula is plainly I printed on every bottle showing thai it is simply Iron and Quinine in a 1 tasteless form. No oure, no pay. OCo. ! Letter front lion. J.N. Estridge. i Columbia, S. C , Jan. 12, PJOi. Mr. Editor:?According to promi tse and my custom 1 ask lor a small space in your paper for a short letter. The liouso was called to order at 12 tn., Tuesday, I by Mr. Tom C. Hunter, clerk of the lust House, and Mr. Altemont j Moses ot Sumter was elected to 4ho chair. The now members presented their credentials and were sworn in. Mr. Stevenson was I hen elected speaker over Mr. Prince and Mr. Weston, all good men. Mr. Tom C. Humor whs re elected clerk of the House. I Mr. Withers was re elected read ing clerk and Mr. Wilson of Lancaster was elected sergeant at amis. 1 am satisfied ho will fill the position with credit to hint self. I hope we will be able to | elect Mrs Melton, who was aj Lancaster lady, State Librarian, j i We will elect two Circuit Judges | this term to succeed Messrs. Town -en l and G-?ry. Judge Townscnd (has strong opposition but Gary! i has none so far as I know. L j b arn thai Mr. 11 ay, of Camden, j has wi'i drawn from the race Mr j II iV ;i very strong man. M^v pr. -! n is thai Judges Tii*?n?eud .?iti Gary will succeed themsr-lv?-" Wo are getting along wit'. ; work as well as usual. i Thorn ie nover much dono I ho fi'Bt ! wool?, only committee work. The members are considerably scattered over the city at the dif ferent hoarding houses, caused I i hv I ho rlntdntr of the Grand Con | tral H>ifo' and the burning of the Jorome. I wi. h all my friends of the county a happy ! now \? :;r Res peel fully, J. N. EhTridgr. l)E4Pf(KIN C illOT nRCrilKD l>y local applications rh they nannof reach I ho diseased portion of th? oar i There is only one way to cure deaf ; ness, and Hint ia h.v constitutional remedies. Deafness in canned liy at inflamed condition oft be mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When j this tube is inflamed you have a rum blitnf "ouiid or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely ?* T>?nfr s i-. the result, . d , i 1. ? n..'< nation can b* on' an?. i * tube I restored \ fa nor uai ond?* ,,,, bearing wi'" ' d.atroied :?.r??.er; nine) cases ni.t i' ?. n ar ? can- d by Oafarrh. win !. * r oth'nfr but an inflamed con- j d ion of ! .? mucous s:;i-,'0ces. > ?-jn jr,\. O.n- ID : ' Dollar- j for any cuso of i'e.?fie-s (c;ii*od by catarrh) that cannot he curs t t-.y Hall's ("a'arrh (lure. Send for circulars, free. K J. CliF.NF.Y A UO f Toledo, Ohio. Sold by driiirffistK, 7*?. Ji'dl d I lODl'.y l i ls 410 ISlll Col. Hill* TeaUflul. Wot Point, .1 in. 12.? Col W. !.. Mills, superintendent of the Coiled States military acadeinj at West Point, occupied ttic* wit I ness stand during the morning land afternoon session of the con j trrcssion j! investigating commit j ten, with flu; exception of a few nonnfes during which Horaee C ' Poo/ testified that the evidence given by him hoforo the military court on Dec. 2G was correctly reported on the record. Colonel ' Mill* occupied the attention of the committee al the night, ses pi on. He made an exhaustive . 1901. I j I ' Makes the food more d I ROYAL 6AKINC PC II WHIM I If I If IBOWMWBMBMMlflMi and com[>r(dit?iifiive statement o il.fl lidmiliisl Dlf inn ia umnfinluft ileal ot the academy sine*-' 1?VJ8 ami w t'!:? into details on evcrj point upon which the committee wished to bo enlightened. Severn times during the day several con pressmen comprising the com miftee express d tliemselvi ai being pieced with the ell?<rts In was n. ?l: iog to tamp out hazing at the acaih my. Dace he showor some fooling when Dr. I.trigg' asked him if it was true that tin officers of the West Point scad emy were so much imbued witl the fighting traditions of tin academy that lltey did not cart to stop it. The t.kdwnel put him self on recotd as bring oppose' to fighting and said it was not ; traditional institution at the academy. Lie said every tdlicei at the academy was against, it ?:nr it was part of the training? of the cadet?. The committee will re sumo ts inVt . ligation on Mondn morning and will hold three sc? sions daily during; the great? part of nex' week. Pepsin preparations often fui to relieve indigestion becausi [ they can digest only albuimuou foods. There *s one prrpr.ratioi that digests mi classes of food and that is Kodol Dyspepsia Cure It cures the worst cases of indi gestion and gives instant reliel for it dige?ts whut you eat. Craw ford Pros. d-w s Tho Fate ot the Treaty. Washington, .Jan. 1 ?Offiritt information haw reached tb State department to the eflfec (that tho Hay Pauncofote k amended by tho United State [senate, is now under considers t-jon by the British cabinet offi e;<!s with a view to finalb determining v/he In r the instrn meet in its amended form shal be agreed or not. I here is no intimition at hanc ur to the probable result of tin conferences now going on. Thai it io actually taken up give promise that an answer one wa; or the other will be upeedil; forthcoming a.id that there wil be no long drawn out delay eve the negotiations. There is a prevailing feeling unofficially expressed by thos who have followed ihu jcour.-e of affairs that the iodic* I I u.nu o rn f u vji eo L !.? t a o ?? o oa.i i. t | l n i ?r r*i pj id f ui ifci/JD I VI W 4.1 nn | ance. 11 wsh pointel out in thi ..OMuictiiiii by an official that if rejection fcas cont.emp)at<d I probably it. would hava boo ! tnudo ?V once, whereas the dola | of about two weeks since th amended treaty reached th London foreign office give evi donee that there wus a desire o the pari of the cabinet official there to comider the matter wit much deliberation in the hope o bringing the two government II nto agreement. RED HOT FROM THE GUN j Was tho ball that hit (i. I I Stead rn on of Newark, Mich., i j tho Civil War. It. caused horribl j Ulcers that no treatment helpe [for 20 years* Then Bucklen's Ai I nica Salve cured him. Cures Out 1 Bruises, Burns, Boils, Feloni< ( rns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pil j cure on earth. 25c. a box. Cur | guaranteed. Sold bv Orawfor j Bors Druggist. J | I)KP.\ KTMKNT OV Kit It UN. }The Charter Mill Ituuniiig i Kxcchh ol i(h Capacity. Tlie secretary of state has re reived such * number of applies tions for c mimii&ions and chai ters since the new year that hi ' otlice finds it impossible with th t present elerical force to keep th pace, and hu is compelled to as lh? indulgence of the applicant All applications will he answerr c. the earliest possible momeii but it will doubtless be som " ! * lMT? anything advertise It is jkmwiwdf I the BuiwfaiM Kates rr m?m Ule. 'No.88 JIHj i? hiking md powder Duke elicious and wholesome anaMMHMBiaiSnvHMHEawMJMBaMMnMMi ? *" _V '" .T"?" _ ??^ ; f f days before the small clerical . force can get out all the papers ^ asked for. Thus far the lees j . iace tho opening of the in w year have amounted to about $800. Here is a list of lue papers acted upon yesterday J Tho Atlantic ('oast Lumber company filed u statement us re* quired by the law. 'Ihe piiuci ] al places of business of the com; pai.y are Norfolk, V?.. and I Georgetown, S. 0. The capital j is $1,000,000. The officers are L. , A. Hall of Hay Mills, Mich., president. and R. L. Montague of Georgetown, secretary. ' Tho Darlington Manufacturing ' (company, a cotton mill eriter'! prist-, gave notieo of an increase j <<f its capital lrom 1326,000 to I $500,000. II A commission was i6cned to > Julius A. Mood, tS. Chambers ri Baker and Van T&lbury llofaian j, of Sumter, as corporator" of the ,i Sumter Training, School for Nurses. The school proposes to pm/ido ft practical and theoretical course of nursing the hick for " I young ladies and to give tbein r diplomas of graduation. The company is to have only $50 capital stock, but the corporfttorg rot i only furnifh their own services, B but the house free. ? The Charleston Ancient Artil^ lerv applied for and obtained a I "renewal ?.f charter" in porpetui. ity. Th.e officers are J B. P?ti rick, president; and Julian Mitch\ ell. vice president. A commission was issued to A. S Muhgo of Lancaster and J. T. Bowers. 1\. T. Hilton and W. F. Cook of Kershaw as corporators j of the Farmers' Supply company , of the towns of Kershaw, Laucasj tor and Camden. The company H is to do a general merchandise k business on a capital of $17,(<00. ri.rv T? K. i iic uiiifBDui t i uuutuiuig company, which proposes to publish F a newspaper, do job printing and buy and at li stationery, wni commissioned. The capital stock j is to be $1,000, and the cor. porators are .1. Frank Kneece and ^ J. A. Whit.ten. 8 A commission was also issued r to the Cherokee Rice company of Wood burn Plantation, on Com1 bailee river Colleton county, r The corporators are F. Q. O'Neill | ami K. 11. llarleston of Charles ' | ton. Flits capital stock ia $20,000. \ Tlie company proposes to do a _ g> n-.-ral planting and farming business to raise anil ! 1 eutt.l? t, anil stock and to prepare cotton * and other products tor market. I, The Latta Supply company of n Latta also commissioned, V J with h capita', stock of if 10,000. ? The company proposes to do a w general wholesale grocery busi" i nc88. The officers are E B Berry * president; T. II. Smith, vicej( president ; and D. M. Dew ?*cref ! tarv anil treasurer. B | The McBee Mercantile compauy of McBeo and Catarrh,which proposes to do a mercantile, cotton, lumber, naval stores business, was commissioned. The ^ capital in ^ 1 f>,000. The- corporat> is are ii. W. Ileatii of Iverjjst.a v J. K.Segar& of McBee, J. A. _ McCaskill of Kershaw and W. lv. j, Williams ol Lancaster. * The most soothing healing and ' antiseptic application ever d?? vis?d is Do Witt's Witch Hszel Salve. Ft relieves at once ard cures piles, sores, eczema and skin di^etsen. Beware of imi? tations. Crawford Bros. d-v-? ALL WHO ' USE CODF. MAN'S TOBCCO OILLIN IMCNTxa; Hi tbe Rm In the world. Wl - HAVE a gunntity on hand (attraction* to ?'.*f jw oi ? Dottle to each of our subscriptions, csoapt In Town* whore tt la sold by Medicine i>eeler?. This la done to introduce It whore not alrendy O known. If not sold In your community. Mud us k 20 CENTS C??h or stampn for ONti year's s subscription and we will srrd jro*i a bettie , , PREPAID, and (rlea you the Acencr n Addrras. SOUTHERN FARMER * nTTRHAM.N. c.