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OL K FAltMBltS MU9T COMBINE* I General Butler's i'hwi Ihe Price ?>f Oottou at Fair und LegitI* maio i.". im i ?-. Mr. W. T. Bradley, of Troy, S. 0., has received the following letter from Gen. M. O.Butler, which he haa sent 1 to the Columbia State for publication, ' and wo take pleasure in transferring tho lette r to our columns : Washington, d. C, .Nov. 20. My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of tho 23rd instant. It is very much to he regretted that a larger number of men throughout the South do not pursue such a course as you uro adopting and contribute, if Id ever so small a uegree, io the emancipation of cotton raisers, from tho state of thral dom in which they voluntary place themselves. Inveijjhinj,' against "Wall street speculators" unil reviling i vory j man wiie handles cotton ufter it. passes | out of tho hands of (ho producer, will I not mend matter?. Tiio.se who are the loudest In their denunciations of speculators would speculate themselves if they had the opportunity. The only way to heat tho ep cula tors, dealers in futures is to make our selves absolutely Independent of them. This can or. y he done by ?becoming! self-sustaining on the farm. Debt is i ouo form of slavery, and no man can | control what he earns or produces so long as another has a claim on It, but let this .slave of debt once get u year s supply of food for him.-elf and family, we thereby brake the lirst link of his chains anil emancipation is iu sight. Now I know how dillieult it is to got men engaged In farming to co op irate about anything, Men accustomed to living to themselves, thinking and acu'.ng for themselves, acquire a habit of Independence and sell-reliance not found in any other calling, besides they live far apart us a rule, and it is always dillieult to get them to turn out and meet for consultation. They may for a while, but interest soon fags aud finally nothing short of a lire, famine or epidemic can get them to gether. We all admit the truth of this: we all deplore it. We all see tho * necessity for unity and concert of action, and yet is it not done. Tho original object anil purpose of tho Alliance was to bring about this very concert of action, but tho politi cians got hold of it and made it the ladder by which they could climb into cllico. Mr. John T. Roddey, formerly of Rook Hill, S. O., u'iw in the cotton ex change of New York, proposes to i Hoot un organizillion of cotton raisers, and insists lie is going to do it whether wo help him or oot. I do not know what his plan is, but 1 do know lu e. i have my assistance on whatever lino 1 o may adopt. Every trust in tin United States, tho sugar trust, tie tol icco trust, tho beet trust, each ard ov? i ? ono of them have tho best but ness I..tt i , in tho world employed in .heir .< {. ..ui/utions and mauagemect. What vc want is an or (animation, call it v but you will, "trust,1 ''Plantet a union,' or what not, of the best busi ness ta int >V( oiii yet to handle this cotton quto >u. Tney can organize Bomothlng l . t we can support and piay one c a i f business u on agatust ttie others The lh'3t step is to try aid limit l acreage and production. N xt is to ,. t control of a million und a half or tup million bales of cotton at.d corner them so tho speculator ct.n't reach them without paying for them. This would not bo a trust in tho legal acceptation of tho term, it would not be in restraint or trado or c< miuerce, and, therefore, not obnox lous to the rule which denounces what cver doos restrain t"ado or compcti i u. Suppose, for instance, every man LO makes four bales or upwards t greea to withhold from market every fourth bale, and place it in too hands of a body ul shrewd, faithful business n.en backed by sullicient capital to bo held until remunerative prices could bo reai;/. -d. This would secure two or three million bales, iiow could tho beats deliver if thoy sold shorty Tho visble supply would bo in our hands and Mr. Bear would have to pay for his cotton or go to the wall, lie would go to the wall and stop hammering down tho market. Tho bears are tho follows that depress tho market when a fu 1 crop is made. Thoy can sell short fifty or a hundred million bales and by having an understanding with the spinners, who wunt to buy spot cotten ehe/ p, keep the market down: the producer is the victim. But, if tho producer, through an or ganization of his own creation, can hold back the visible supply, the spinner and speculator must pay for lt. I believe such an organization can bo effected, and wo may as well lot tho world know we have sense enough and pluck enough to do for cotton what baa been done fur ultnoat every other commodity. I know that I have not that kind of business experience which would enable me to make such an Organization, but I hope Mr. Uoddey has, and that he will bo able to asso ciate with him other business men. Now, there is no great mystery or legerdermnin about this so-called "bubinc-s." It requires s=oino training and experience, but at last, like every other calling, it also requires as its foundation principle, good common sense, honesty and lidchly, good ex ecutive ability. To know how to manage men and take caro of money is what is wanted. The first thing wo will all have to learn is to surrender some thing of our own opinions and pro conceived judgments and extract wis dom from a multitude of counsels aud experiences. Wo will liavo to trust somebody if wo expect to win. All the best of us eiin do is to exorcise due Caution and judgment in selecting our agents and tuen give them fuithful and cordial support. Ono thing is vury certain : wo can't bo much worsted whatever may happen, and may bo Im mensely benefited. 1 bopo something pructical will bo evolved at the Atlanta convention on too second Tuesday in December, and that we may ho put in a position to bavo something to say abojt what prico our cotton shall bring. As it is, we have no more voico in that matter than an inhabitant of tho Congo Free ?t?te. I trust you will continuo to interest yourself In tbin all-important quofltlon, and let us sco by knocking our heads together If wo can't open tho door to a more, satisfactory condition (or those of us who aro engaged In tie cultiva tion of cotton. Wo certainly will not do so by sitting down swearing at Wall street speculators and gamblers in cot ton futures. Very truly yours, M. C. bUTLKIt. ? Secretary Gage rocontly had a tablo prepared, giving a classification by States of the 2,500 employees in the de partment proper, together with an ex hibit of the number to which, on tho basis of population, tho respective States and Territories would be on titled. Illinois is credited with 113 clerkships, and ontitlcd to 153. Tho District of Columbia Is ontltled to I?, and has 395; Maryland holds 150 places, and on the pro-ruta basis should have 41. Texas and Missouri oacb have a deficiency of 53, Malno an excess of 26, and Virginia of 12. ?Miss Luclnda Day died Novomber 22nd at Springfield Mass., at tho ago of 90, in a quaint llttlo brick house where she had lived all her lifo. Seventy {'ears ago Miss Day had a lovo affair, let* lover was a sailor, aud on his de |>arture for a voyage, Miss Day premi sed to place every night a lighted candle In the window to greet him If be returned in the night' Miss Day refused to believe him dead, and now J_ .L .. A I-4- - 1 ? - * COT ION ?U?WKIt'd CONVENTION. President Wilborn Tuikt* About the Atlanlti Mtutlntc President Wilborn of tho Stute Farmers'ulhunce, who recently issued tho call for tho convention of tho Cot ton Growers of tho South which is to bo holil in Atlanta on Oecoinbor 14, was In Columbia this week. During his stay ho was scon by a representa tive of The State and talked most in terestingly of tho outicok for tho con vention. Mr. Wilborn hail a big pile of lottors endorsing his action and conveying tho intelligence that delegates would bo present from ad parts of tho South Ho suid that a number of them came from southern hankers und merchants, , and he found that this class of citizens j was us outspoken in regard to tho pur ; poso of tho convention as any othor. Mr. v\ ilborn says that tho Southorn Bankers' convention has boon c tiled to meet in Atlanta on tho l?th, tho day following the gathering of the cotton growers, gathering. He will invito its members to come one day earlier and be present at the growers' convention. In regard to Mr. Hector Lane's call; Usued tho hitter part of last week, he j sai s he docs not take it that that call is Id any wise in cunllict with the con vention be has called. He under Stands that Mr. Lane is president of a permanent organization which meets once a year and that this convention is simply tho annual meeting of that organization. Ho has written Mr. Lane enclosing a copy of the report of the reoent S ato convention held here and invitii g bim and his associates to join forces with the growers who will assemble in Atlanta. Mr. W11 born states that he has bceu in correspondence with tho proper au thorities in regard to the securing of cheap railroad rates fov delegates from all points in tho southern States. Ho is BatUlied from a letter ho has recently received from Commissioner Kichardson that tho rates will be granted. Mr. Wilhorn says that early next week ho will go over to Atlanta and make all the preliminary arrange ments for the holding of tho conven tion, lie will secure a suitable hall. Ho Bays that tho advices ho has re ceived indicate that one of the largest halls that can bo obtained will be necessary for the comfort of the con ! vention. Mr. Wilboru will remain in Atlanta for several days. Mr. Wilbom has received a very strong letter from Mr. [. A. Suggs, the secretary of the Cotton Grower**' con vention held at Galvestou, Tex., In August last. Mr. Suggs is located at Greenville, N. G.; in his letter be oilers hearty co-operation and says: " If tho matter is stirred up properly in the minds of the farmers a remedy can bo found and 1 think the most t floitive plan is the one suggested by the convention of Aug. 2 " The following extraet from those resolutions, a copy of which was enclosed, will he of seme interest: Whereas, the history of cotton pro duction shows that the world's deuu.nd has increased at greater ratio than tho world's supply, and as measured by the surplus on hand at the end of each cotton season, the surplus has grown loss for more thin twenty years, proving the falsity of the cry of over production as proclaimed by specula tors and revealing 'acts that under proper conditions would have made prices steady and improved during that time : and Whereas, these other conditions make it necessary that legislation be contrived and enacted to relieve cot just and ruinous conditions; therefore ton producers from thesooppressive, un be it Itosolved, that we urge the people of j tho cotton-growing States, Inviting tho co-operation of tho citizens of all ! other Slates of tho Union, to Insist i upon and secure legislation in every j possiblo form to prevent tho oxisting j injuiy to our cotton trade produced by speculation and gambling in our I markets. j Wo commend as just and necessary the suppression of cotton " futures," and to that end wo ask tho co-opera tion of all people in securing such State snl Federal legislation as shall come witiin the legitimate domain of Federal and State legislation. We urge legislation to suppress the opera tion of any system of dealing in what is correctly known as futures : that it may ho made unlawful for any linn, corporation or the agents of any such to deal in tho sale or purchase of cot ton "futures." HAIUtlCIt FOH OONGRESS. The Brilliant Young Attorney Gen; eral Will Mnko the Race. A Washington special to tho Colum bia Register of Wednesday says that Attorney General Uarber, bef .ro he left for Columbia in answer to u cate gorical question, stated that bo would not be in the race for attorney general noxt year, saying that, in ac cordance with an unwritten South Carolina law, he will havo served two terms at tho expiration of his prosent commission, and that ho thinks some other man should have it. In responso to an Inquiry regarding the congressional bee that Madam Itumor intimates is buzzing in his bon net, ho was equally as frank and ex plicit. He said that ho cherished an ambition to go to congress, and that ho would cortalnly bo in tho race next year; that ho wanted tho oIHjo and wanted it bad ; that ho would run, not for tho purposo of being defeated, hut in order to bo olected ; and that, while ho had no feeling of hostility aj-ain-t Dr. Strait?or Stanyarno Wilson, in oaso tho stato should bo redlstricted? but, on tho contrary, ostccmed thorn highly und honco had no desire to beat thorn?only he wanted tho (fllco. With rospeot to tho redistricting question, ho said that ho had not given tho matter uny thought and cared nothing about it, being quite willing to leavo that with tho legisla ture, and would take his chances, regardless of tho other counties with which his own should ho grouped. Mr. Harbor, who is now only 28 years old, was paid a compliment from a source which ho should valuo. As sedate Justice Harlan?who is a typi cal Kontuckian, and, thoreforo, is fond of tho good things of life?beautiful women, smurt men, flno horses and good whiskey?was heard to say that Mr. Harbor was not only tho youngost attornoy general that over appeared before that bar during his twonty years of continuous service there, but that ho was ono of tho ablest. Tho venerable justice was ad monished that South Carolina was a "peculiar" stato ; that she held "pecu liar" doctrinces regarding Bute's rights, nullilicatlon, secession, otc, and that sho was "peculiar" in relation to great men. To this ho replied that thoro vjero somo of her " pecular " idoas to which ho could not subscribe, but that ho ondors( dJn toto hor "peculiarity" in respect to producing such stalwart minded men as Mr. Harbor. It is to bo supposed that tho present attornoy general of South Carolina dooms Judge Harlan a good judgo. ? Killing frost has not yet happenod in Southern Alabama. Tho Groonville Advoeato says : "If a killing frost is delayed until next month, as many predict, the top crop of cotton will mature and many farmers will yet gather almost as muuh as they have already plokod. fn some Holds thoro aro moro bolls yet to open than hevo openod heretofore''. ?Hero Is another example of tho de lay of justice : Last week nearly tho entire time of the cirouit court of De catirr, Ala., was ooouplod In trylrg two oases involvli.g a steer that was *orth about $10. The costs moro than Al.S?nO. T.' DAUGHTERS OF OONFBDRAOY'. I - The Annual Convention Held in I Abbeville a Grattfyl?fC '.i'ohh. The Abbeville Medium gives auln { tcrestiug account u( the eonvuDtiun of ! tho State Chapter of the D-iughtora of , tho Confederacy which met Wednesday j in their third annual session, in the court houso at Abbeville, and the meet I Ing was a most pleasant one, tho Abbo ! villo chapter taking pleasure in doing j everything for tho comfort of tho visit ing daughters. In tho absence of Mrs Klllton Capers, who is tho State President, Mrs. W. C. MeOowan, tho 1st vice president, presided. The moe'.iug was called to order at eleven o'clock and Hon. W. C. Mc Cowan made the speech of welcome for tho city and the chapter. Rev. Or. I CliftOD mado a short etrnest prayer anu then the meeting was ready for business. Tho report of tho last meet* ing of tho State Chapter was road by Mr6. Sallie Kimore Taylor and adopted after winch tho usual routino business of tho meeting was gone through with. Reports of the d lite rent chapters wore road and from thcso it seems that in point of membership Abbeville stands third, Charleston and Columbia Coming lirst. Mrs. McCowan rend tho report of Mrs. Capers in which sbo sent greet ings and regrets that she could not bo prosont. Tho report dealt with par tisan school books now used and con tained sonio of tho reviews of Coldwin Smith's History by an "ox-coufed orate." The history must bo a most abominable one. Mrs. Capers also had something to say about tho monument which tho veterans propose to erect to tho women of the Confederacy. At tbe end of her report Mrs. Capers re signed as Presideut of the Chapter. Mrs. A. T. Smythe as chairman of tho auditing committee reported $61 in tho treasury. Kock Hill's report was made by Mrs. Hugh B. Buist who is a woman famous for her executive ability. She re ported only a small chapter bccaiso it Is so young. Tho chapter here is offer ing three gold medals for tho best essay on tho civil war. Uno medal to Win throp, one to tho Boys High School, and one to tho Graded School. Tho Woman's Monument was brought UP by a resolution from Mrs. Smythe. I The discussion was one of some length and the question is still open as no decision was arrived at. Mrs. Stay the thinks that no stone or brass monu ment should bo erected to the memory of the Confederate women as self abne gation was more the watch-word of thosodays. Discussion was invited and Mrs. Prank B. Gary and Miss Alicia llayne. as representatives of the younger generation, wish to see some memorial or monument to their motu ors. A hospital was talked of but this was objected to as so few people would got the benefit of it. Mrs. Huist, Miss Oe Lonne, Mrs. Boluies, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Evans and Mhs Hemphill were the others who took part in tho dis mission. The consensus of opinion is against the monument. During tho discussion of school his tories, each chapter was asked to see the legislators from their counties per sonally and request them to look well after tho interest of tho South in this matter, at the next legislature. Last year the General Assembly was memo rialized by the State Chapter aud Mrs. Hugh B. Buist as chairman of that committee made an extended report. A resolutions of thanks wus tendered to Hon. Thomas W. Hicot who so kind ly introduced their hills. This with some minor business made up the program of the morning. At the close Mrs. McGowau invited the Indies to a lunch at the home of Miss Mamie Lou Smith. This was a most delightful affair and greatly enjoyed. The Smiths have a lovely home and the rooms were prettily decorated with palms and house plants and great bowls of beautiful roses. The rooms were softly lighted with many candles and the guestc were received by Mrs. W. Joel Smith and Miss Mumie Lou Smith. At tho afternoon session the election of ( Ilicers for the ensuing year was the most important feature. Mrs Capers resigned the presidency, and Mrs. W. C. McGowan was unanimously elected president. Other ollicers elected are : First vice president, Mrs. H. B. H?lst, of Rock Hill; steend vice president, Mrs. C. R. Holmi s, of Charleston: third vice president. Mrs. James Kvans, of Florence; fourth vice presi dent, Mrs. Vandiver, of Anderson : secretary, Mrs. Thomas Taylor, of Columbia; treasurer, Mrd. S. E Dur ham, of Marion, in response to an in vitation from the Greonvillo Daugh ters, made by Mrs. W, H. Williams, of that city the State Convention decided to meet in Greenville next year. The convention closed sloe die. At night a very interesting lecture was heard from Col. Leroy F, You mans, of Columbia. A (rood crowd was I present and tho singing arranged for tho evening was exceedingly line. Mrs. Kennedy, of Ureenviile, had charge of tho stage grouping. The young ladies wore sweetly dressed in white, with broad red sashes across their shoulJers, each carrying a blue (lag with a "single star." Miss Mamie Leo stood in tho center of the stage, holding a largo palmetto Hag while on each side stood Misses Florida and Willie Calhoun, holding crosswise two smaller (lags while kneeling down were tho two littlo McGowan boys, holding flags also. JR. R. Ilemphill was called on to In troduce tho .speaker and ho did so brielly. Gen. Youmans spoko for an hour and the constant applauso show ed that what ho had to ?ay was appre ciated. After tho speech there was a quartetto and Dixlo and tho meeting of eighteon and ninety seven was over. - - -_f Climbing: Stairs. -One of America's loading physicians is quote 1 an saying that few people understand tho art of climhing stairways without naa:.lng themselves tired before roachlng tho top. Uusally a person will tread on the ball ofi his foot in taking each step. This is very tiresome and woarlng on tho muscles, as it throws tho entiro weight of tho body on tho murclesof the legs and foot. You should in walking or climbing stairs, beck for the most equal distribution of tho body's woight pos sible. In walking upstairs your feet should bo placed tquarely down on tho step, heel and all, and then tho work should bo performed slowly and del iberately. In this way thoro is nostrain upon any particular musclo, but oach one Is doing its duty in a natural man nor. The man who goes upstairs with a spring you may bo sure la no philoso pher, or, at lotist, his reasoning has not been diroctcd to that subject. Tho doctor might havo gonoa little further In tho samo line and protested against tho habit which many persons have of bending over half double whenover thoy ascend a flight of stairs. In exortion of this kind, when tho heart is nuturally excited to more rapid notion, it is desirablo that tho lungr* should have full play. Hut tho crouching position interferes with tholr action, tho blood Ik imperfeotly aorated, and there is trouble right away. Give the lungs a obanco to do their work everywhere and at all tlraea. Needs No Explanation Madison, N. C. Aug. 4, '?7. Goose Greaso Liniment Co., Greens boro, N. 0. Dear Sirs;?Please shin us at once one gross Goose Groaso Liniment. We are entirely out. Don't fall to ship at once. Ple&ao give us iobbere* prices. It Is tho best thing wc havo ever teon Youra truly, W. O. jonks & Co. A great Uro in the hcurt of the ware >iiho district of London dcatiovnd ftQr... ?OYAl ^^^^^^^^ | ^?k6 I POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for Us grout leavening strength and hcnlthfulness. Assures tho food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to tho cheap brands. Royal Baiuno Powder Co., New York. ? EGGS AS A DAILY DIET. Eggs, like milk, contain in proper proportion nil the elements needed to support lite. Doing highly concentrat ed, however, they lack the bulk ne cessary to keep the excretory organs in perfect COudilU n. Serye with them, then, euch total ns bread, rice, 01 cere als, hut do not serve eggs in any way at the same meal with beef, mutto i, or fowl. Pork, such as bacon, may, in winter, he served with egg". While one pound of cigs :s equal in ? irisb mont to one pound of beef, liic latter would be borno for a longer time, and would in the end be a much better food. The mineral matter of the egg is small in quantity,but rich in quality, and die alnumen is in a form most easily digested. Wo must bear iu mind, however, that the egg albumen coagulates at a lower temperature than that in meat, which leaches us a"t once that, to he easily digested, eggs must he lightly cooked. A hard-boiled egg, ODO in which the white is rend nod haul, may he digested by a man labor ing in the open air, but it is u lAt for food for the man who works in an ollice or shop, or for the person whose di gestion is weak, or for children ol any age. To ascertain the freshness ol" an egg, without breaking, hold ii before a Strong light and look directly through the shell. If the yolk appears round and Ihc white surrounding it clear, the chances are that the egg is fresh. Or you may drop it into water ; if the egg sinks quickly and remains at the bot tom it is in all probability fresh, hut if it stands on end it is doubtful, and quite bad if it floats. The shell of a fresh egg looks dull, while that of a stale one is glossy. I . is impossible in some sections of the country to get perfectly fresh eggs during the winter season. To guard against this in summer time, when ihey arc cheap, pack them in li 10 water, and they will keep in good con dition for three months. 1'our one gal lon of boiling water over a pound of lime; when settled and cold pour it care fully over the CggS \\ Inch you have pack ed, small ends down, in a stone jar,and Bland in a cool, dark place. Kggs may also he packed in salt ; anylhiny that will close the pores of the shell and prevent evaporation will preserve eggs. Kggs should not he boiled at all. Allow tour CggS to each quart of boil ing water. Put the water in a kettle first, then carefully with a spoon drop ii the eggs, cover the saucepan and keep it whore the water will remain at 180 Fahrenheit for live minutes. The wbitct will be slightly coagulated and in ii creamy condition : the yolks cook ing at a lower temperature, will be slightly ccngealed. If the water boils the whites will lie hard ened and ronaercd inuigeslablo. if the quantity of water is lessened, or the number of eggs increased, a longer time must he allowed,or the water kept at a little higher Icmpciaturc, say 186 degrees Fahrenheit, but the former pro portions arc much hotter.?Ladies' Home Journal. Weight and Numiieu of Koos.? A Statistician has drawn up a table to show how many eggs the various kinds of domestic fowls lay per annum, and how many of the eggs go to the pound : Geese, four to the pound ; .'{() per annum. Polish, nine to the pound ; 150 per annum. H tntams, sixteen to the pound ; l?O per annum. Hamburgs, nine to the pound ; 20? per annum. Turkeys, live to the pound ; .'10 to 00 per annum. Game fowl, nine to tlie pound ; 1C>0 per annum. Leghorns, nine to the pound ; '200 per annum. Plymouth Hocks, eight to the lound ; lot) per annum. Langshans, eight to the pound ; l?O per annum. Brahmas, seven to the pound ; 180 per annum. Ducks, live to the pound ; .'10 to c>o per annum. TlIK TiniKKV.?The 1 armors of South Carolina raise some line turkeys, hut Rhode Island appears to bear off the palm in this respect. The farmers there produce birds weighing 40 to 4? pounds, and they are as succulent as gigantic. Wo are told .'hat the Rhode Island turkey is allowed free range in a good grasshopper country, and is fed not only on corn hut sweet apples. When about eight months old and fat enough for market, it is shut up in a coop without food for 24 hours. Then it is hung by a stout cord to a beam in the ham ; and while ono of the farm hands holds its wings with both hands ; another bleeds it at the throat until it is dead. It is not scalded, as is the common practice elsewhere, but is picked while warm. Then tho entrails arc carefully removed, and it is hung in a cool place until ready for ship ment. This trick the Phtlftdelphlans have learned in recent years, and they now bleed their turkeys, and diy and pick them. Lord Wolsoley, commaudor-iu?ohlof of the British army, has publicly an nounced thnt "the nietoor Hag of Bng? land" will never again he carried into battle, in land fights al least. In pre senting new colors to a regiment re cently lie, haul : "In future it would be madness and a crime to order any man to carry colors into action. You might (piite as well order him to bo ussasinated. The Germans carry the poles on which tho colors used to be, so that thoy attract no notice in action. Wo have had most reluctantly to aban don a practice to which we have at tached great importance, and which, undor past ami gone conditions of light - ing, wns.iuwiuabh. in keeping nlive iir tit Upon which our THE CYLINDRICAL BALE The cylindrical or round bale is cor lain to be a bone of contention in the near future, and for the bonctlt of many who desire to know something of j the working of this new Idea, ?vc give, the following description of the pros* us it was exhibited by a Chicago com pany at the Nashville Exposition : "The press is the outcome of an.cx tended experience and is as nearly per fect as mechanical Ingonuity and skill can make it, and "hen compared with the fust round hale cotton press, is a j marvel of compactness and simplicity. It in ikes a bide four fool loug and two I leet in diameter, weighing over IMS P' unds per cubic foot, 01' over 50 per j rent, more dense than the best com pressed hale made on (he enormously heavy and expensive compresses no.v , in use. Moreover, the icgttlarity of I the shape of the hale, being four feet ; long by two feet in dhuiieler, makes it ! pack much closer than the irregular, I turtle-back hides ;is now generally 1 made, and the saving in space is even I more than is indicated by the differ I once In actual density. In the cyliu I ilrfcal press the cotton is nrcsse?! in-ad ually and not all at once, honco iho greater tlousity ; while Ihe pressure rc quirod on the cotton in the old style compress is over two hundred times I greater than is used in making the . 'round' hale. For this reason the I staple is not in jured, and the cotton arrives at the mill With the til re in as : good condition as when it left the gins. The heavy bagging and ties are 011 ! liroly dls, onset! with, as the air is piesscd OUt of the COllCIl ami tin- cov ering needed is only sufficient to keep the cotton clean. '?The 'round' cotton hale is both lire an.l water proof. The cotton is com pressed as fast as ginned, and is ship ped direct from the giuUOUSO to ware house or mill. "In older to avoid slopping the gin for covering find discharging the bale, a double or duplex press is used, and by feeding the bat alternately first to one press, and then to the other, the gins arc run continuously, und ample lime is givoi? for covering and discharg ing the hale from one press while the hiding proceeds in the other. " The power requited to drive this press is no greater than is required to operate a gin box press, nor does it tako any more roein than one double box pi'CSS occupies. The weight of the press is about twelve tons, and it is so simple and durable in its construc tion that Us operation can bo conducted by any one intelligent enough lo run a gin."" It is claimed that the round bale sys tem overcomes many objections aside from those of the space occupied by the bales, which is in itself no small item. The American Cotton Company of New York, which has COUtrolled the system, loaded a car with one hundred and sixty round bales, weighing 08,(128 pounds, which is the heaviest ear of cotton ever loaded. Under the system of freight rales now prevailing with most of the railroads on cotton it is Said there is a distinctive gain by this compact method of biding cotton. A wicked editor down in Georgia gels off the following : "Tin; editor sat in his ollice cold, whence all but him hail (led, but he wished thai every last dead heat was in his grave stone dead. Ills mind then wanderen 'ar away lo the time when h; should die, and his loyal editorial soul go scooting to the sky ; when he should roam the fields of paradise und sail o'er jaspers seas,and all things glorious would combine, his every sense to please. lie thought how, when he'd look across the great gulf dark and drear, that jawned be tween his happy soul and those who swindled here ; and then for Wilier they should ?all and in agony they'd caper, he'd shout to them : '.Just moisten your tongue with the due that's on your paper." " -?m.mw l|l mm - - - - It is said I hat wild horses have iu icstod the northern part of Arizona lo such an extent that it has been asked of the authorities thai they may be legally slaughtered. That vicinity has been overrun by several largo hands, huudieds in number, unbrauded by anyone. They have rapidly increased in number, and have become wild and fierce. In Iowa it is said thai a number of farmers have discontinued raising llOgS on account of choloia and are engaged iu feeding sheep for tho market. ():ie llrm is said to have 10,000 sheep on hand. The story is told of a young married wo jnnu, who asked another young married Woman how she managed to get along so amicably with her husband. The answer was. " I feed the brute?his stomach with food and his mind with flattery." liven a niau will have to admit that this young wo man bad solved about two thirds of the art of making the average man happy. The other third consists of keeping bis body in Such condition that he will enjoy his food iiinl bis mllld in such condition that lie will be susceptible to flattery. It isn't much use to put tempting food before a man who hasn't an appetite. It doesn't pay to lavish Smiles on a man whose nerves are racked and overworked. The average man pays very little Attention to Iii? health, and won't take medicine of his own accord until he is flat on Ids hack. A shrewd wife will keep an eye Oll her hus band's welfare in this respect, and when ?he sees that he is bilious or suffering from Indigestion, or is generally oat of sorts, will Bee that he resorts to that most wonderful of all invigorators, I)r. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is the best of all appetite - sharpeners, blood - makers and flesh builders. It corrects all disorders of the digestion and makes the liver active and the blood pure. It tones the nerves and cures all cases of nervous exhaustion and prostration. It cures 98 per cent, of all cases of consumption, bronchial, throat ami kindred ailments. Medicine dealers sell it. Mrs. Rebecca I', Oardnrr, of Qrafton, York Co., Vft., writes: "I was so sick with dyspepsia that I Could not eat anything for over four Months. I thought I was going to die. I weighed only Ho pounds. i took two Ik>UIcs of the ' ('?olden Med ical Miscovery.' I am now ns well as ever ami Wiigli i*5 pounds." For COntUpatlOfl ? Dr. Piercc's Pellet?. W. H. MAKTIN, Attorney at Law, Lauuknh, - South Ca kolin a. Will praetieo in all Oourtnof this State Attontlon givon to colleotionn. I. T? JOHNHON. W. U. MOHKY JOHNSON & IlICIIKY, attohney8 at law, Offich?KlemitiK 'Cornor, NT ort he fit Side of Public Square. h. y. simpson. o. D. bauksdalf SIMPSON & I? V IIKSDAbi:, Attorneys at Law, LAUF.ENS, 80UTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the Invest! SOUTHERN RAILWAY. I It Oontfaiiied holiadale la r.OVe*. JULY 4. 1807. STATIONS. t.r."Cri?rlfl?ton.^ tr. Ouluinblr.... " FroAtMrity.. *" NewDGrry .. " Nlu?ty-8ix., Ar. Ureeuwood . Hods'". Abb?vUl? . ?, retort. AnJirtoo.. ?V. Or?UTll?. Ir! AtUnU.... STATIONS. " Plw<lmoiit ..., Wllllanmton I.v. Au'Icrum ... l,r. Unitoii. Ar. Donurddl..? \irl ?iATevin?. ? Lv.TilHlg??. " Or ?im? wood . ? NlnatyHis.. *? Ncwlxirry .. m prosperity.. Ar. Columbia . . Jir. Charleston...n ot | bally |T)h11 No. ?INo.I *8 30a 11 ?*>? ,rT QOiall? 15n '?.Aliion 1 -.v.l. 10 ??".? 20!f]>l '* . iowiv ss?pl -. 10 Mu| 287p " . 11 2.r*aj 8 Hin Ar 11 t > 8 Kip I.v 8 4>'p' 7 OOp A r "P Trains 9 and Bantho. .. i;nl.?n... j<nieKvlll# ... I'HIMlldt. Pparinnimrg. H|pHriHiil)urn . A.heville.... 3 &?p % 45p 1 2ftp 13 Up 11 46? 11 2Ka ?I 8 VXM ft ?7p o auf 6 08p JLi*r >. m. "A." u in. 10 curry pli^ant Pullman ?tanpltig cars belwo?u Qitluiiibia and Ashevtu*, i'ii11'vito daily l?eiwt??ii Juckaoiivilli' uuUClnoln nntt. Tialna lonve Spaitanlmrg, A. & O. division, northbound. 6:87 a. in.. 8:4? p.m., 8:jf +. m., (Vvisttbule Limited); Bouttiliound 12:24 a. m 0:15 p. m., II :87 a. in., (Vr.HibuU Limited.) Trains leave Greenville, A. ami 0. dlvlsloa, pnrtl.tuiuiiil, 6:45 a. in., 2 111 p. in. ?ml 5.WU p. in. iVustlbtilml Limited);?mtiibound, 1:98 a. m' Mit- B?.i 12:HOi>. in (VsMlbtiled Limited). Pullman Service. Pullman palnoe Slumping cari on Train?BSaad BC, 87 and ?8, on A. und C. division. yr. H.GRBR] . j m.cum.p ???n. Sni.erlnton-imt, l rafflo M g*r. Washington. D. U. VS a?hington. D. O ff i TURK 0. n.HAHDWICK. H?1)M(I1 I AIR UNt la B?Vct H?F 1??T. Allnnt*. Q. T. AtUata. *L T. Nornroaa.. . Riiford...... f}?ln??y|)!rt. Lvla. Onruell*. M%. Airy. TcWOOR. Waitmleatar Sanaa* . Central. UrMo rtlia .. Spnrtauhurg. OnfTnara. Rlaoksburg.. Klng'a Ml . (Jnvonln. Charlotta .., DanrlUa .. . Ar. Richmond ... Ar Washington. " Bttltm'ePRR " Phlladalpl.la. ?aathaamaWt IN.. 8? .l/i.ll t . <PJt .. Y .P R Tt hiladalpiila Baltltnora. . WtOUngtoa.. Vr Richmond D ... v'llo . Oharlotta . < + m ton 1 ,i . ITT? 11 16 a ia mT~^ K nr'a Mt ... Bift'dcihurg .. QafYunya . .. Spartanburg. O ? nanriUa.... Central. Sfnei.a ...... W?*tmlnatar. Toooua ?... Airy. lall*. Ml A Corn* I. i r . O i'l.OMVlUo . . " Huford., " Nornrona , Ar. Atlanta, '.-4 T. Aj^AtlanJa^O.jr. "A" a. k? "p HI'M' 11 4T 1.' W I 20 t 03 5 id tit T?a. Na. ST Oallr. TU p 6 63 pi 9 ?? p 10 4U pi B Co Na.lt! OallH i6 ?V alt 8t 13 ? 1 16 1 ?6 4 00 4 Ua ? 10 6 10 100 a) ?03 U 16 a . 1 10 P . I8? * 2 .". u 0 18 p 4 30 p Non. 37 and at? Dally. . . 7116 Ha J?08 8 81 p! 8 118 pi 007 p> .,0 48 *' I ? 4 6? p'lOSV ? >?) > a ?61 pjj IV 'St" noon. "K" aJg^tt Wily. Waihlnifton a*<t ?>? ?* waatarn VeafH-uie Llinltad. Throng* r*t:>'.'a> lUouInf onrii Iwiwnin No* York and '>? laan*. rla Wa?hlnr'on, Ailaula and Mon^fi?* ?ry, anil alto h*t\vr?ii Now fork and Mumoj-'a viaWnthlngt.ia.Ailantaand Blrmln^hairt. ?V? ?luxa thoroughfare coaohaa belwreu \.'c-'.??j ton and Atlanta. Inning aara ?arr? ail an routa. Not. 86 and 88-Unttad Btata* Faat rann aolld bo tftti Washington ?rrl V*W Q? Vaana. rla Southern Railway. A Si W, ?. it ? ?ad L. J? N R It . bolng com^oaad of bagron aa and ?oaohn?, t*r >ui}h Without ohaagt ttt paftanaara of all elaaaaa, Pullnsan brcy*-?*; room ?Inaplng aart b#l?rti?a N'evr Tar? ??? Naw Orlaana, rla Atlaara and ?r>n?^?w?i? Loarlng Washington gftoa Saturday, a <?3'4-f tlaaplng oar w.ll run through batwaaa WM? ?gt?u and Saa BVanoiaoo without ?tuu?0*> Noa. 11, 17 and 19?Pullman slaaplna aar? K* twaan Richmond and Oh.rlo ta. rl i Uanrllla tauthbound Noa II m l northbo'tnd Ka II Tha Air t.ina Btilo train. Noa 17 au.l ]4t, M twean Atlanta and Mauat Airy, da.. daUy at aant Sunday. W B ?RMlON, 1. M ?7U1.P, ?on'l Supt., Trarn? M f*? Waahlngtnn, D O. "SraaM? - " W, A. TURK, I It ft A ftOW if'V, aat7tA*tri r*-? s-?*v. W, A. TU?K ??a'l Paaa. Ag*V. Wagalngtoa, D 0 h. W. RATjL. I.. w. HIMkVnh. \v. \v. BALL ball, ;; I h k I n s & BALL, Attorneys at Law, Laukicns, South Carolina. Will practica in nil Stato and United StatOM Court. Spocial attonlion given collections Who is Will Whitener? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver -IN BENDELLA HOTEL. You Can Buy the Standard Paragon Sewing Machine FROM Alexander Bros. & Co. for $17.50. ALEXANDER BROS. & CO. W. H. G1BBES Sc CO,, ? (agents fok and dealers in) ? Machinery, Vehicles and Mill Supp Represent: A. B. Farquhar Co., Engines, Boilers, Saw-Mills, Threshing Machinns. Chandler & Taylor Co., Engines and Boilers, Lombard Iron Works& Supp' Co.?Boilers and Saw-Mills. Liddell Co.. Cotton Presses, Ei gincs and Boilers, Saw Mills. Daniel Pratt Gin Co., Cotton gins and cotton presses. Winship Machine Co., < otton gir.s and cotton presses. Brown Cotton Gin Co., Co ton gins. Lane Manufacturing Co.. Saw-Mills. Straub Machinery Co., Grist Mills. Braunau & Co., Cane Mills. Evaporator pans, etc. Henry K. Worthington, Steam rumps. Meridian Machine Shops, "Hunter Full Circle May Presses," I no. 10. Chisolm, "Chisolm's $35 hay press." Stover Manufacturing Co., Wind mills, tanks and tow ei s. Rfe IIydraulicEngine M'f'g Co., Hydraulic Rams. Henry Disslon & .Sons. Saws. Deering Harvesting Co., Harvesting Machinery. Keystone Manufacturing Co., Corn Shredders. J.A. Fay if- Kgan Co., Wood Working Machinery. Studebakcr Brothers M'f'g Co., Wagons, Buggies, etc. J. B. McFarlan Carriage Co., Vehicles. Now York Belling tf Packing Co., Rubber belting and packings. Wo are in a position to quote Factory Prices on any thing in the Machinery, Vehicle or Mill Supply linos. Wo keep in stock. Cotton gins, Threshing machines, I lav presses, Binders, Mowers, Reapers, I lay Rakes, Cane Mills, Evaporator Pans, Furnaces, Saws. Disc Harrows, Pipe and pipe fittings of all kinds, Injector :, Boiler tubes, Pumps, Drive Points, Pump Cylinders, Rubber and Leather Bolting, Wagons, Buggies, Road Calls and General Machinery Sup plies. gJtT Reliable Goods. Low Prices. %Wf~ Fair Treatment. W. IL Gl BP.KS & CO., 8o.j Gervais St. Columbia, S. C. Represented in Laurens County by ILK. Gray, Laurens, S.C. je: Prudential Insurance Co., 5 Home Office, Newark, N, J. John F. Dryden, President ?+3 ? OF AMERICA. Assets July 1, ls<);, $21,250*000. Surplus Over, $4,400,000. Now Business >V ton 1890, $129,000,000. Income 1896, $14,000,000. All Policies Contain the INCONTESTABLE nnd NON-FORPBITABLE features and Promise to Pay Claims Immediately upon Receipt of Satisfactory I roofs if Death. Also Provide for Cash Vapucs, Loans, Paid-Up and Extended Insurance. aimawAi a/art I. L? WITHERS 2? .rni.iiMiUA.s n_