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H&MIXC IX SOt CAKOUN \. H iv CAN m; MAD*; TO J'AY o.i A H bknOLK <>K A SMALL SCALE. ?He ud to The News and Courier. |Hi'()Ai:i.iM. k. i, Feb. 10. Tin i cilal H the advantages ol South < arolina Homing hinds has for some years been Hiorc than a twice told tale. No one Henk? the evident facts concerning llu Mwondorful productive capacity of llic^e ? fertile acres, and yet but few do heed I the oft repealed invitation to come and I buy wine and milk ahnod witliou. f money and without price. There art many reasons for ibis and each reason can be traced directly to one woutcc. That was a very smart little hnj who rccebtly said in reply to a qucfliou, "What is a farm?" that "A farm is a body of land surround, d by a barb wire fence." Had he been a Tilth wiser he would have added that tlioy were, frequently unrounded by inert gages also, and that innumerable crops of wasted moments and .vastc lands brought the inevitable harvest of bar ren results. And, while he was telling unpleasant truths, he might have ad Yantageously repealed the story of the Iold woman who was seen weeping l)i ? tcrly at a revival service. The evan gelist approaclied her and te Ins query concerning sins and a repentaut spirit, she c dnily slopped weeping long enough to tell the interlocutor that she "yras ctying over other people's sn.s." Fanning as a busincr-s has nci kepi tdep with ilie world's work in other livltis of labor. The lauorers truly are pleinilul, but the harvests are few, so - \d speak. What difference docs ii make that lands here, which ca i and dp produce almost any crop ill aben dajp'co, are sold at I rem S.'l to S10 pel acre? It seems to make a difference ojdy on the wrong side )l the ac :ouin oWl the responsibility for this can Oasily be located. It is no part ol the present article to g-> luto the subjee Conctrning tliis liinuless aspect of the subje a, nor Will the attempt be made tabling the same old "wonderful ad -fl^tas.cs" to the drew and even "lumbering interests of l ?so vlio ar< pimply losing opportunities. It is salt io say that our advantages are under stood now, or they never will ho. Five fcical results only will 'ic lu re referred to and these have been accurately an tcarcfulry obtained from most reliable {sources. Each one of the gentlemen interviewed farmed on sii icily business principles. Complete sets of nooks kept by expert accountants, recorded carefully ihc transactions of business : men. The figincs given are, in ea?vli 'instance, ahaolutoly trustworthy and most reliable, and they can be verilied -'---by anyone WUO cares to do so. Some general lads may here In i briefly slated for the benefit of interest' ?d ones. On the books of one of tin best bank" :n South Carolina 1 saw tin ? (uk>^ -recorded where a single check '?JMor 834,814.05 bail been pdd lo <>n< I farmer for a portion of his cott >n cro ' of 1SK7. The man who thinks this i mistake will find upon the (dosest in vesligation that this is uol the flr*i time wheie temporary absence ol mini located the error in the wrong dircc tion. A "Tar-Heel" farmer wnntei two bushels of onion buttons, and ii ordering therp he practically, but nii guidedly, ordered "Union buttons.' His dealer bought all of the brass but i tons within reach, shipped one ami i half bushels by express aud notified tin customer that tliis was all he could get V A mistake generally 'tuns out to be i nmuike, whether or not the. fact b< reihzod. One of the lair maidens ol Bujailer County?of flr.o education am ancient lineage?is a most succcssfu farmer. Slic farms, her fonuninc si 1 personally superintends all of die WOik and it would nay some lien-pay-when you-get-it farmers to borrow Bonn money and buy an excursion ticket it tliis plantation. Cheap lauds can be found in an\ county in South Carolina, and chea| farming is unfortunately located h much of the same territory. Sonic oi the ..est fanning lauds and some of tin best f.irmeis in the world nre alst found within the borders of our stale and very many examples similar t<> tie ones here recorded arc I und in every county of S ?>n111 Carolina. One of t lit largest and most forti'c counties in ^.^Jvuuh Carolina contains innumerable nneXacres, which can be purchased or the installment plan for f om to $S per acNre. These figures arc about wba is paid for rent in many of our counties and they do not even approximate the real value of the land. Producers and consumers figure with great importance en the economy ni the world, ami that this fl;tiring is sometimes automatic does not u> things. In no business do producer and consumers figure with a greato* ratio ol importance than where agricul tural interests are concerned. The South is a great place, decidedly and distinctly one of the hicsl sections ol ths world, but it lias its neglected op portunity's, winch are vciy politely termed ??disadvantage*." Tho gvoat disparity between producers and cm sumcis is the mill stone here. It is this fact that paralyzes our recuperative power,and the nocd of tliis recuperative force is a poverty which mo people can withstand beyond cor tain limits. Every farmer?every successful one?with whom I have conversed upon this sub ject urges the absolute necessity of raising all things on the farm I hat can by any possibility there be raised. And to him who properly undertake* tin task?for it is a task?there will be r.o ?. heed of theories concerning "eur great advantages." Ho will find that even as long and patient digging kills at last tho nut grass, so will patience and do terrnmaiion in tho course outlined by the practical success of others kiil - .'rbV.V- i i ?CjCOUnts*, notes and mort gages. Fine farming makes fine crops, and this makes Uno lands; then other good tilings are harvested, and even a man's character may here bo included. Mr. John U. Ncxen, of Kingslree, one of tho cleverest gentlemen and best furin ? ers of his section, made nearly a bile of cotton and twenty bushels of corn per aero last year on his land. This was done with '200 pounds of fertilizers -?per acre, and some turf added, and those lands did not cost 810 per acre. ;?. In tins same county Mr. W I). Bry ant purchased several thousand acres I of land at about twelve cent-* por ac f and now Iiis general avciagc of success ful farming ranks high. He has sold e'dl'?gh crossiies from this land to al most pay tho entire purchase money, bul i*. is best to add that his crop of cross}Jc>. did not grow ready-made. II is liest to ho accurate, though it ho known that Ibis information will stop some prospective purchaser, even at tho price named. J.a this s'anjje county, only a year or two ago. wrts the celebrated acre of tobacco grown by the lion. J. K. Hrock lngton, of Kingstree. The yield of ktobaee > nein llil? cxccp ionally line ElA/rc was 1,7?0 pounds, the whole cost Bras ?i.'> and the total prolil lit.in the ?icrt^vas 8410. And yet, these iiuo |witls, furnishing feed to Uic. sower ' I are Ihousa ids of similar acres in every 1 st-etion <?t South Carolina. Especial Care has been taken to prepare the fol lowing comparisons of actual results, and it la hoped that the Information contained therein may be ol" value to I hose \\ lio are interested III solving the problem of '"live-cent cotton." Last year Mr. John C\ Fletcher, of famous old Marlboro Comity, won The .v< ws ?/rM '""/?/'?/?'? prize for divers! lied inrinlug. Ho was requested t<>. keep account of his Work for 1807, ill | order that the results 'might'be pub-> lisbed lor the bonoilt of others. This was 0 irefully done, and below will be | found briet and accurate statements concerning the work of tins strictly "high grade" Sou l; ("aiolina farmer Before giving the figures it may be well to make a few remarks upon Mr. Fletcher's methods. He has been farming forever twenty yours and has never purchased corn but one year, the year in which he commenced business, 'since 'hen he has annually sold corn, has never "run an account," pays cash for everything, farms every day in the year, has a special talent for not attend ing to other people's riff drs, ami has iiuvor arrived at the conclusion that he is the best mau i Iiis "doestricl," for any and every cilice in the gift of the 'ear pouplo. Ho owns 170 ricrcs of land and wants no more. This was "waste land" when be bought it, and m?w be say8 that llO "Would not take V75 per acre for it." A visit here -hows a perfect oombiualln of home Iand farm. A spaciOU wcll-furnislied and most comfortable home is the feature of a plantation that looks like a well cultivated garden. And this homo tills all the wonderful meaning to be f.-und in I hose four powerful lit tle letters. All of the comforts are hero, every room is carpeted, books and picture., arc here, a line, piano ami organ, Mowers and happiness and the true hospitality of nature in man and his surrouudiugs, greet you and abide with you in this home. A telephone is bore also, connecting with Uoniieltsvillu, McColl, Tatum and Gibsdn, and this is a combination of business and p easure?two things In which Mr. Fletcher and his family excel. In addition to talking with neighbors along the lite, Mr. bleicher 1 ?unlike nur ;/ 'Uber clui) men?uses Ins 'phone as a means of staying at home. When he wants a doctor, wheu ' freight is expected at any ol the ad ' juecnt towns, when he wants cash ? prices on bagging, tics, fertilizers or 1 anything else, his teams keep on ploughing, he stops long enough to ' ialk over the 'phone, send in his orders ' and no time is lost. When a man ' loses time, he loses money, as the record showelh, A saw mill, grist mill, steam gin and other accessories of real farinig arc hec ind Mr. Fletcher has patented more ban one success'ul farming; implement. ' When I was last with him ho was finishing a large two-story "shop," right on his place, for lh( m unifaciure 1 of these and other utensils and he was his own architect, contractor and 1 builder 1 Mr. Fletcher's mclh ids are really methods. (I do nol know his ?tpcr ' suasion," but he would make n line 1 Methodist.) He farms with a skilfnll adaptation of scientific knowledge and ind practical finish. Ho buys acid. " meal and potash, and with surf and 1 cotton seed meal added, he makes a evtiii/.er that makes cotton, corn, strain and money. His favorite com 1 inereinl fertilizers seem to bo ihosc manufacture I by the Darlington Phos 1 'hate Co. and these were used in 1 St?7. His mixture of fertilizers was 10 tons 1 n" acid, 6 Ions of meal and 11-2 tons of muriate of potash. He paid sill per ton for acid, ?20 for meal and ?48 for potash. The thirteen acres of cotton were ' planted in checks of 4 by 3 feel, after i thorough preparation of the land. file ( 111 WOltUS did l">l neglect so line in opportunity as was tliis, and Mr. 1 Fletcher replanted his cotton four limes 1 before he seetirod a "stand." Th cotton was thinned by hand, hoed once ' and then last mowing did away with ? the expense of the frequent hociogS, which are a costly and recognized feature of Rtandard farming ercnendly 1'ho other crops were given F.olchei cutivation according to the regular ?lohn ('. Flctch r MylC, ami ibis means much, as results show. In reply to my quest ion Mr. Fletcher said thai he 1 had no idea thai hu pai I his bands one-lb*I'd of their wages in cash," as he supplied then) from his "barns and smoke house with nearly all that they needed." The proceeds from a line garden, orchard, dairy and potll :v yards are not included in the figures given below, though these arc items ol importance. Two hundred and thirty live dozen eggs wele sold in six lionlhs, ami I saw (50 guineas and Innumerable turkeys and chickens. Three bundled three pound cans of fruits and veget ables wore put up by Mrs. Hotelier, one of the best housekeepers to be fou .d anywhere. Mrs. Fletcher, I among other attractions, showed me a revolving "green hcu-e," whit h had been made by Mr. Flctch r. This was of brick and cement, ol octagonal shape, with a revolving stand for hold ing the plants. This stand was so ar ranged that it easily revolved at the light pull of a litile girl of i years ol age. Mr Flo'chor cultivates only sixty eight acres of his land himself ami rents forty acres to tenants The iol lowing siaiemcius rf'-ow m condensed loiinthei" -..'n .-ol liis successful 1 Itt t<>:;^ivc-extent-ive-M a r I b 0 r o-Fletchei style of business I arm i lie ? KEOEIPTS PROM SIXTY BIO I IT ACRES 13 acres ootton, 21 b^Usn 555 pounds each, equal to 13,820 pounds at 54 oonta a pound..) 732.00 35 aores corn*, 25 buste. lt |)'.'r aero, equal to 875 bushels at 50 cents. 431 60 800 bushels peaa from pom land, Mt 50 e nt-. 100 00 100 pounds fodder, from corn lauu, at 00 cents per lu iidiv ? wtdght. 05100 20 acres In oa?s, 8'X> buahclp, at ?10 cents per bushel. :>20 00 20.(008 hay, from hind plumed in oats. 200.00 1,71.0 pounds pork at Oooota per 3 pound. 222 00 Total.$2,411.10 COST OK FERTILIZING, 0UI/11VATINU ANli HARVESTING. Fertilizers used on 13 acn ? of cotton, $<> nor aero.i 78 00 . Harventlng 13 aores of cotton, $10 nfcr aore. 180 00 Fertilizing 35 acres of corn, $4.50 per aero. 157.50 Harvesting 35 acres of corn, $1 per acre. 35.00 Fertilizing 20 acres of oats. $1 50 pur aore. 00.00: Fertilizing 20 acros of oat .and i for hay crop. 26 00 Paid two hirelinks $13 per month oaoh, for six months. 150 00 | Total.W72.60 N-t profit from 08 aon s $1.738 ?o. Thoao Ihmes show an avcinge yield of $36.40 por acre and they show no avorngo not profit of 825.50 per acre. Thp difference between tho receipt* Ind expenditures is almost four to onk i enco is even greater. The proceeds from the dairy, poultry, garden, Duit r and other sources is not included, uor ia the large increase In the, amount of cotton seed and cum OU liand now and at this lime las! year. Cotton seed froni tho previous war were used lu fertilizing this crop and corn t'lom L8U0 was used :dso, hut the quantity of Both of these now on h iu?l is very much largei than for ihc corresponding period last year. A little more figuring I here may be of interest to some who like others lo Uo tliis work for them. PERCENTAGE OF PROFIT PER ACRE. 13 acres cotton, yield 13.120 pounds, at ?l cents.(732.00 Fertilizing $7s. harves mg $130 and one-third cost of labor $02 200.00 Balance on band.$17:2 00 30 a'jrcs corn yielded cum, pom and fodder.$930.60 Fertilizing $lf>7, harv gtin/$35 one-third cost of labor .t.'.2. ... 211 ">0 Balance on hand.$002 00 20 acres of oats, 800 busiicls oals ' and twenty tot s bay.$520.00 Fjrtilizng $110, and one third cos. of labor *f>2. 108 00 Balance on hand.$35200 Not prt lit per acres on cotton $30 31', u"t orotlt per aero on corn and peas $1H.77: ie>t. profit per acre on oats and nay $17 00. Tliis recapitulation shows, at the first glance that COltOU is still king, but I a careful study of iho hay ligurcs may prove instructive. Al'Ur having made sou bushels of oats from 20 acres, Mr. Fletcher put i'citili/.ors,valued at $1.30 per acre on this same land, ploughed in tins application and did no more work on it until lie harvested 20 tons of hay, which ho values at $200, and which cost him less than ?50. Before leaving Mr. Fletcher's record to tho prayerful COUsidoratioil of the many weaker brethren, one other state ment with bo made. Mr. Fletcher rented forty acres to two share Ciopnors and from these forty acres Wore hav vestod ? 5 bales of cotton, each averag ing 550 pounds. Five bundled pounds of Fletcher's compost and 20 bushels of col ton seed per aero were used. Mr. Fletcher's work was done in a broad and progressive spirit. He spends money to make money , but lie utilizes tin c aright, lie raises every thing at home, but sugar and coffee ; he is a useful and honored citizen, a high ty pe of man, and is an example of probity and u rigl lnc*s to all win know him. Tobacco culture in South Carolina is not yet understood by many, nor an its results realized. Actual losultt from tobacco CUlllirO have bei n pub lisbed from lime to lime, and hi nc instance have the results been Inaccu rad' nor carelessly gathc.cd. Practica! diflieullirs are here, but there is not one that cannot be surmountod. l'o-si hiy one excepth u to I his may be noted All soils are positively i ol adapted it the gl'QWlli of tobaCCO, ami to this ex ccptlon may be added the equally patenl fact that all fat 11101*8 are not adapted It this business feature of fanning. IV bacco is a white man's crop, and it cer tainly puls a white mar. In work. Ig iterance upon tins suhjoit IS boill ol fear and this is a most unfoi'llliin'i combination. As to the magnitude of the lobacci I interests of South Carolina words.ant! ligUlCA are now unnecessary. S mil Carolina can point to lobacco towns and counties where the tobacco inter i sts colmuaud the atlcnliou of ilit entire community atid whore the ciej: is decidedly recognized as a staple ouc, ( Some men have lost money in tobaccc culture, and others arc liable to do sc I again. So ue men have lost fortune;' in other callings, while their next dooi neighbor made money at the same bus ness. The right way ami the wrong wav stands firmly in evidence when tobacco culture is concerned. The OX' perimental stage has long since been successfully passed and again only ob ject lessons in results will be referred io hero. Capt. Paul Whipple, of Darlington, a successful fanner ami one of the bt'Sl business men of the Stale, is" a thor ough believer in lobacco culture. Prior to the introduction of tobacco culture Capt. Whipple planted, each year, not lo?-8 than ?00 acres of cot on. lie carefully tried tobacco culture ami now not one acre of cotton is planted on his farm. Capt. Whipple'* lands are very light ami s, t.dy, they arc among the poorest' in Daillngton County ami uro not at all adapted tor cotton. Tie best lobacco crop ever made by Capt. Whipple was on a field of thirty acre-*, grown ill 18??V This crop was sol I al an average of 12 1-2 cents per pound, and neatly $0,000 was-made on ih so thirty acres. Now one hundred acres of tobacco and various small grain crops aie soon It? '??. but i n o< tton is planted. Capt. Whipple says that on Iiis poor, sandy soil he can make more money on tobacco at six emits per pound than can be made on cotton al the present .piices, and he decidedly prefers lobacco, oven tit the. same price Thirty acres, of tobacco is amply sutllciuut for 0110 man, ami the finest soi t of inlensivf. fanning can licit- be done. 1'laut beds should be pic- , pared in January, but. (he nriruoip?l work .n tobaico culture is done be tween the nlli of April and the 1st of ?Inly, a very ninth shorter fixe than is given lo mos' <?;?>.pa. <;>??... Whipple planted last year one hundred acres of tobacco, divided into lour crop, of twenty-live acres nach. The various crops wcic in charge of different overseers and a strict record of receipts and expenditures wps kept. The total yield marketed from tho one hundred acres amounted to 111,012 pounds, making an avenge yield per acre of 1,140 pounds. The not -ales irom this crop aggregated $7,474.83, and, as figuring In l*0 is easy, it can be added that this siiows a net profit of something more, than $74.74 per aero. l ilt! toed actual expenses lor the culti vating, harvesting, curing and market ing tliis crop amounted to $3,058, and, deducting this amount the net total figures arc $7,474.88. And I his to bacco-?and this money?was mule on one hundred acres of the poorest, lightest, sandiest land in Dailington County. But I would not have yc think, brethren, that this money was made entirely because tin; lands were s.uidv and poor. The $8,058 for ex penses show to the contrary, and bo hind tins amount is another force to Which I shah again call your attention. The ability and energy of ('apt. Whip ple are even superior to fho sandy acres, to the large amount invested and to the care in cultivation which io ab solutely necessary, and which frig dens so many lazy men when llicy icahze the difference between making tobocco and thinking and chewing this same weed. Mr. N. S. Gibson, of Wiuona, Flor onco County, is decidedly one of tho most progre-sivo and successful farm ers in South Carolina. Business meth ods and accuracy mark every feature of his work, und dt my special request he furnished mo some very interesting figures for thr* article. Very much could be said concerning tho magnitudo l cluii'icti^x)t the work which*Mr. Gibson baa done and is iloiuir, but bo? ' cause It is bis preference i shall -ay DOlll< j hig in roforoncfl t<> tb" mans interesting i details of bis work. The li ?urcs which ho b;?s given and which were most accurately pivparcd for me by his ac complished bookkeeper, Mr. 11. L. Hart, Will certainly be instructive. Mr. Gibson's plantation contains 4,200 i aces and these uro typical South Caro lina acti s. About ?00 people live on this line reservation, and the pipe of peilCO is smoked while the crops do grow. A. s|. re, which does a sate, large business, a saw mill, large <_rri-I mill and a steam ginnery are some of the mote important i ems which Mr. Gibson considers as being necessary to the proper establishment of a well rounded business. Mr. Gibson uppi6* ciatcd the intent of Ibis article an t de sired mo lo ClUphasiZ the fact that fanners must, in ordoi lo succeed, make everything at home that it is pos sible lo make. He says the men who make pr ivistous are really the success ful farmers and that even renters who do this arc making a living and saving some money. Kot ate the crops, make everything that you can at home and on South t at olin i lands and with s..m I. I Carolina climate there will be very | littl". to buy. Mr. Gibson does not think , favorably of "llvo-conl cotton," hut says a farmer who rents, land, works with his own family and raises his own provisions can and will make money. There be many who will no; bolivo tills statement, not because they have tried it, but because they have not done so. Ol course, those who cannot comply I at once with all the provisions of the above bill will realize that II little lime will overcome all obstacles. lu older to Substantiate the above statement 1 have secured abundant I proof in the following ?ccord of last year's farming,aud ibis work was done i by a colored man. Henry Moses is a tenant on Mr. Glbsou's plantation,and he is an honest, hard-wot king colored man. Ten yours ago he began work oil fiO acres, which his predecessor had abandoned because be could not pay Iiis rent. Mr. Gibson's books show that Mom s has paid for his fertilizers, rent, store Recount, a line oak suit of furniture, a pailor hanging lamp and other borne comforts aud has $240.50 cash in his pocket. Moses has a num ber one pair of horses and a good ' buggy and wagon, has plenty of corn, , nn-ai, molasses ami rice for another ( year, and made e\crylhing on his 50 acres of rented land. No one was . hired, as Moses and his. family did all of tl e work, and this is one man who , is not Complaining about "live cent cotton." > What do? s it cost to make live cent . cotton? li seems to eo-t almost any 1 amount, five toten cents per pound. I Mr. Gibson prepared forme the lollpw . ing slatenieiil, which was carefully made from his books. The figures are , absolutely reliable and include every . Illing from lax receipts to hoeing the L crops. , Mr. Gibson has three distinct coiton . plantations, "Longslroet," "Whits . House," and "Wiggins Hill." The . accounts for each place were kept SCpa f rately ami accurately ami from ihe total . figures were obtained the following results ; ? Longstreet Farm. One hundred and 1 fourteen acres, y .eld 70 bales, or 38,430 i pounds lint cotton ; cost $l,481.60,or l .1.5!? cents for one pound. White House Farm. One bundle* : ami thirty acres, yield 88 bales, or 45. ? 012 pounds lint cotton ; cost $2,058.01, 01' 4.51 cent;, for one pound. ? Wigg ns Hill Farm. Three hundred ) acics, yield 207 bales, or 105,10? i pounds lint cotton ; cost $4,342.44, or ' 4.1.'5 cents for 0110 pound. The tot il figures from these lb reo ; farms make Ihe following averages : FlyO hundred and forty four acres, yield .'171 bales, or 180,150 pounds Hut 1 cotton ; average yield lint coiton per acre .'{'JO l-.'J pounds j, average cost of ' lint cotton per pound 4.10 cents. Farming in South Carolina is per 1 haps, its a rule, mote piolltablo than an be found in o her agricultural sec tions. This is a free country, so some people think, and the right of way from Hawaii to the seal fisheries will not materially show a liner country than is our section of tins territory. Cotton,Com, tob 1CCO, ha-v, grain, vege tables, fiutt, timber?even wild hogi ami wild oats?allflouiisb here, and no finer stock country can bo found in the world. The (inures given" in-the exam ple cued here arc not only reliable, but they arc nil safely withm the mark. J. B. NoitMKNT. Darling Ion, S. ('. 'fill: COTTON M?UKET. At last the cotton market ai home ami abroad begins to show FOine im ptovetnen . In New Volk the price 'or this month has gone over 0 cents and runs to 0 \A coats for future de liveries. 'This advance, is not so much a bene fit as it is a warning to the planters of the ."south. Tbc. sinke ui the New England mills continues, and every oni! realizes that tins strike will do 'much to dsvelop cotton manufacturing in the South. To check this it is i ro posed to ha.'o a national law establish ing uniform hours of labor. Il will not avail, but it will mark a change in a grout industry. 'This means much in a general way to the South, but the cotton planter cares little whether the law material he mnnufnc urcd in New England or in North Carolina; whb him ihe price is the thing. I ho price is in the hands ol the producers of the South, haws cannot control in this matter, a.id no tarilY '.-an protect the Sum hern fanner. Hut ho can protect himself. 'The South controls the COltori markets of the world. The South by its crop tlXCS the prlCCS. The crop this year is ovet 10,000,000 bales; eigh; millions woeld have brought more money in the South. Will each planter Sgl CO l.0 reduce Ihe cotton acreage 10 per cent.? 'To plan) 0 acres where he nl mted 10 in 1S07? Metier, will he make it night? Lei each neighborhood act and communi cate with Stall; agencies, and such a reduction loaving moiO land for corn and grass and cattle wiil give ihe planter 8 cenls, where he has been get ting bul 4 1-2, Iron and coal, lumber and cotton manufacturing in the South are all im proving. 'The out look for general pros perity in the South briglltons, South ern poits are All increasing their com merce. Now let the Linnes look to their own. Ueduce cotton acreage onc-ilfih. Cultivate it better. Have better seed and bettor implements. Try reduced acreage and then plant in food pro-' ducts the acreage faved from coiton i und the close of 1808 will (Ind the Southern farmer in a bettercondition' than he has known in a generation. Formers of tho South, will you do . ' this thing??Home und Fnrr.i. j ? * ? ? ?>i With a capital ol $000,000 tho Huf- j falo fN. Y.) Boot Sugar Company has 1 , iccjafcirlorcd. KXPORT? OP FAKM FUO?flS?. ! A bu lei in treating o? the uatibu's 1 foiei'.'. trade in agricultural productsI has in < m issued by tue Depaitinont of Agriculture. The ropcrt Bhows total exports for the ilseal year 1807 amount-1 lllg in value to $1,032,007.03. This bents all previous records. Of the ! total 00.84 per cent., or $080,706,103, had its origiu in agriculture, i gain over 1800 of $116,360.029,6r about 20 per cent. The total imports fo." tho year were in value $704,730,412, of which$400,871,408, or02.42 per cent., was represented by agrlcultuul pro ducts. This is an increase of nearly $10," 0(H?,ui)0 over the record of 1890, and is explained, the bulletin says, by extra* crdiuary impurtatious of raw sugar and of wool in anticipation of the new tariff. Wool imports showed an in crease of h 20,000,000 ovo 1890, and sugar of $10,000,000 over that year. There was a falling ? ff in ail other ag ricultural imports, ' ccauM' ol the suc cossful propngati ?u here of certain pro ; ducts we were formerly eompel'cd/to ; purchase elsewhere. Of tlu- tirliclt-8 exported which how ! the greatest increase cotton is month li ed liist. In 181)0 the total export >f cotton was 2,335,220,385 pounds. Iu ! 1807 it was 0,103,754,040 pounds, an; increase of 708,628,501 pounds. Wheat conn s next. The iccord lsN79,502,020 bushels, againai 00,050,080 for 1800. The price al^o was hetler. The aver- , age in 1805 was05.5 cents. Last yoir it was 7"?..'5 CCUtS. There was a slight fall ng off in ihc exports of wheat Hour, hut the price obtained lor it advanced I'rein JrS.60 a ban el to $3.84 a barrel, and IhO total receipts show an incteasc j of nearly $3,000,000. I Tho total exports of Indian corn amounted to 170,010,306 bushels, an increase of more than 75,000,000 ovor : 1800, and ties pile a decline in price ; from 37.S cents to 30.0 cents, the j amount roc Ivctl lor the product show ed an increase ol about $17,000,000. > At the same time the export of corn j meal was neatly doubled, the record I being 475,203 barrels in 1807, against 270,885 in 1800. Of other cereals, flic j shipment of oats shows an increase of 22,000,000 bushels, of barley, an in crease of nearly 13,000,000 bushels, and of rye an increase of nearly 8,000, 000 bushels. The total export of , broadsluffs amounted in value lo $107,* I 857,210, against, $141,350,003 in 1800, an increase id' $56,600,220. The exports < f HaXSOcd increased I from 80,453 bushels, valued al Jn.'I, '?207, to 4,713,747 bushels, \alued at $3,850,835. The bulletin shows important gains in the ex ?ort of cattle, horses, frcsll bcid, hams, butter and cheese. In ISOO the export id' cattle amounted to '572,101 head. Last year it amount0(1 to 802,100. Horses, 1800,25,1^0; 1807, 30,532. The exportation of fresh beef increased from 224,788,225 to200,305, 080. The exports of bacon increased from 425,352,187 pounds to 500,300, 448 pounds. Che increase in the ex ports of btr.li r and cheese was in about the same proportion. The record ol fruit cxporlat ions shows an increase iu values from $6, ! 685,783 to $8,013,000. The bulletin shows reduction in ox : ports of canned beef, salted and pickled 1 beef, pickled pork, hides, skins and sheep Little Farms.? Many farmers : spread iheir labors over too large an area of laud, doing nothing well and being always hurried and behind in their work, with no lime lor rest or rectipi ration, says a writer in the Epitomist. By attempting to cover too much ground, ihc work is only half accomplished, With the result ill d the yield is much lessened and the qualify ef an inferior grade, so that tho returns from the fnillt in many instances do not cover cost of production ; while if there should be a small surplus, large taxes aud cost of repairs will --wallow it up, so thai Ihc bard-Worked fanner has nothing to show at the end of tho year for his long season id' tedious labor. Of course there, ai e sonic men possessed of capital and exceptional btlsinC88 Inlcilt who are making largo farms pay ad expenses and yield a handsome profit It. sides; but the ma ' jority of fanners will secure better re sults .mil obtain more real enjoyment for themselves and family by adopting a system of intensive fanning. Washington's commission as com in inder-in-cliief of tlie United Stales army was approved by Congress June 17, 1776, and on June 21 of that year he set out on horseback to lake com mand of tho forces encamped abtut Boston. In ancient times there was a sup t sl it ion . t hat if tho Christinas decora tions in Ihc churches were not cleared away bclo;o Candlemas, February 2, I here would he a death that year >U the family occupying the pew in which ihc leal or berry remained. The halthship Kearsage and Ken lucky will be launched from Newport News (Vft.) shipyard : bom March 10. I Fight hundred shops arc affected in ' New Yoik city by the strike of about I six thousand cloak and trousers makers. 1 -^pnjjj,^ There is a win Ii ^BKL" :}a$^^. c,f romance in Iii 4fli7$f?s?*\ picture of n youii| ?/^L2'"^^x '^l\ K * r I reading he JrMCsF- -Ri^ sweetheart's love let -fyK ter?. In a multitud. * k' v'?J \ of oases, if her fulun ? :?jl COUld also be pict vvl ) '%'< ??~f UrtM, the pictur \(y _'ty^V^/TIl would contain . y 'J^^^/^Z;-A\^ world of l .it Ihm . wc?i^v wK^l* T<> ,lu" |i<all,,y WTv^ \ TlfcBf^ robust wLilian Ms^ v V^lflr happiness, tin yiS^i? si1'"' "11' j?y 01 1/*^"'^ lo,,K- Iiciltliy lift ^?^^j^^gy^Cc^^'of helpfulnesi ^^^-y^^c^p with the mail o) her choice. T< the woman who suffers from disease a weakness of the delicate and Important or ffans concerned in wifehood and ?.other mod, wedlock means suffering and mater nilv death. Dr. R. V. I'icree is an cniinetv und skillful Specialist, for thirty years cliici COtlSuHinff physician to the Invalids' Hot6 j and Surgical Institute, of ItnfTalo, N. Y During that time, with the assistance of 1 ataff of able physicians, he has prescribed for thousands of women. The institute ol which lie is the head is one of the (greatest vn the World. He ia a regularly graduated physician and has practiced right in out place for thirty years. The esteem in whict lie is held by his neighbors is shown by tin fact that they chose nni for their represent ative in the National "V tigress. The regard Ir which he is held by those whom he leu treated is shown by the thousands of letten printed in Dr. Plerce's Common Sense Med ic.d Adviser, telling of the benefits derived from his treatment. Dr. Pierce is the discoverer of a wonder ful medicine for women, known as Doctoj Plerce's Favorite Prescription. It cures all weakness and disease of the feminine or gans. It allays inflammation, heals ulcera (Ion and soothes pain. It tones the nerves. Taken during the interesting period, it banishes the usual discomforts and makei baby's advent easy and almost painless Thousands of women have testified to iti marvelous merits. An honest druggist won't advise a substitute. The profit side of life is health. The bn) ince is written In the rich, red, pure blood 0? health. Df. Plerce's Pleasant Pellets cur? eonstlpatlrtt *na make the blood rieh and puw^^My^^^^^c^^B^&^ggUts. .?'"M MIS V3 U I0VO.J ONIXVH 1VAOU UlQMOd ?Snopipp pun 3lU083|OI|M M I'TUAL ACl.l.KMi:.,'!'. Thoic is no universal law thai could bo passed in tliis laud of liberty In stop the over production of any commodity. That can only bo accomplished by tho mutual agtceraont of the produce! s to curtail Iho production of the article over produced. It is noil known thai on account of tho high prices glvon For cotton in tlio liist part of tho year of ls'.iT. the farmers planted in Iho South ern Stales every patch of land that they wore heir tOO with COttOH seed, and the result of that uncalled lor action landed into the markets of the world 1,000,000 bales of cotton more than the people of the world had any use for, thereby five cont cotton. Nor I was Iba' all, through McKinley having I been elected President confidence was I restored among business men. Thus the vaults of tie- bankers were unlock ed and money that had been kept idle tor yearn was freely loaned. The col ton manufacturers among the rest look ' advantage of the changed conditions J and started up their nulls all over the iiountry, and that too, in tho lace of a Hooded market, and at the same time the pi ckets the great consumers, the working people, entirely empty. With I all of that some of the nulls kept run I ning night and day until (he money that was borrowed was uced up. Then the time had come, when they were ' compelled lO sell their goods at figures lower than Iho curie..t market prices, which it seems produced a balance sheet that put the mauufacturcrs on the wrong side of the feilCO, which brought about ii CUt ill their operatives' wages. That as a CO118eqU0llce, tend 1 cd to make mat let s worse through cur tailing the purchasing powei of the consumers. Therefore, wo Hud that the consumption of clothing and the commodities that sustain lifo is 2? per cent, less to-day than they were 5 years ago. Naturally enough the poorer the laboring clas-cs are the less is con sumed, and no one. we Hunk, can dis pute the tact that the laboring classes have had a continuous spell of h.lcncss and poverty for the last lour years I Tin; hue and cry that one sees in the papers abotlt lllOCUtdowil of tile wages of the operatives in the North i^ not recorded because the writers have any desire to ameliorate tho working man's condition, for If their feelings llowcd in thai din ctioil one would think that tin y would have discovered before now that they had an ample Held to exer cise their benevolence among the Stales in (he South. Yes, tin wages of IhccoKoil mill op ir lives have been cut down, and we arc told the cottou operatives iu (he South are the sole cause of it. Wo notice however, that ii the work ing classes in tin* coil in mills in the North wages are cut (lovvi. thai the wages of iho woollen shoddy and car pel operatives have been advanced to the scale thai they Weie paid ill ISO.'I, the year that the tariff for rcxeliue, gentlemen, demoralized 11.u business of the country and landed 'he labeling classes into universal ruin. We n nice also thai iho wages of the coal miners, foundry men and others geiicially throughout the Nol<h have been ad vanced, but of course, lo lake an,, no tice of such small matters as that would tend to lake the glai'O "If the impres sions thai the political writers task their hiains to create. Some men are knowingly living to ruin their country lo obtain their Selfish ends, and tin se ends are place, power and self. ? Tex tile Exa Isior. INDUSTRIAL AND GENERAL. The city of (Jofoil, Honduras, is tin oldest. American city. Tin- estimated population >>t Greater New York is il,1100,000 An electric llame ha- been ere led of SUtlicicnIly ihleilSO heat lo melt a dia mond. In Oiina horses are mounted on the right side and ships are launched side ways. Cook County, Illinois,, which includes Chicago, has an area of about 000 square miles. The spoken language rtf^fJuinTi' is" not written and (lie written language i.-> net spoken. Tho new ocean record-breaker, Kaiser Wilhelm der GlOSsO, is Ihc largest steamship afloat. Cyphering matches have lakcn the place ol spelling bees in Mi8Souii conn try school districts. In England, gas, water and olectric plants arc obliged to make financial reports to the government. The. temperature for December, tak ing the average, for ten years, in the. Klondike is 10 degrees below zero. There arc 11,000,000 .lews in the world to-day, of whom nearly one-half are in ltussia. The steam power of thcwoild may I be reconded as equivalent to the strength of 1,000,000.000 men, which is more than twice the number of workmen existing. Of the 51,000 browciics estimated to bo in the world, '20,000 are in Got main. Georgia negroes are petitioning Con gress to srant pensions to former slaves. A shipyard at Ominnto, Japan, siiii in operation, wad OStablishcd ovoi 1000 years ago. Individual drinking cups forchildrm are to be provided for use in all public schools at Columbus, Indiana. It is stated on German authority thai the astounding number of 2,000,000 gla.-.s eyes ate made every year in Ger many and Switzerland, while one Fronch house manufactures :ioo,ooo of them annually. For a short distance a lion or a tiger can outrun a man and can equal the speed of a fast horse ; but the animals lose their wind at the end of about half a mile. They have little ondu rance and arc remarkably weak in lung power. The peculiarity ol a cotk leg is that apart from the name there isn't a ves tigo of cork pbout it.. TI10 origin of the term comes, it is said, from the fact that ncarl.N all great manufaolurors of' such articles used live on Cork Street, Piccadilly. THE COTTON SEED INDUSTRY. The extraordinary growth of. the Cotton seed Industry lu tl?i' South dur ing the past decade constitutes one of the most striking features of our Indus? trial prngrciS sluco the war. Tou years ago the cotton seed was looked upon with contempt as soine thlng which could not bo utilized cx cepl for planting or fertilizing pur p. ses; ami on account of the vast quan tity of cotton seed produced, most of the crop found its way ack into the soil. To-day Iho cotton seed is looked upon with admiring homage. On ac count of it> Increased value iho farmer cannot atlord to fertilize his soil with it as in times putt, I ul prefers 10 haul it into market, where it becomes tribu tary to toe cotton seed industry. Since the birth ol the cotton seed in dustry in this s etiou each year lias en larged its growing area and increased 11ho scope of its possibilities. At the 1 present time the llnest nunli'v of salad oiis, compound lard, butlcnno and oilier products are made from ("lion seed; while the waste material result ing is used to fatten cows ami hogs for i market. If such results have been ac complished during the brief period of only ten yea's, can auvone limit the possibilities which the future Imhls 111 store for the cotton seed ? As to the present size and import ance of I he industry, it is estimated that the total welgl t of cotton m i <1 products manufactured in the South ;s fully equal to halt' the weight of the cotton crop. Tbl? is SOtUOtTling enor mous, (13 Hie Weight of this year's cot ton crop, on the basis of 10,000,000 bales, can hnrdlv rail short ol ?,000, 000,000,000 p und -, making the total weight of cotton seed products manu factured not less than 2,5<J0,000,0?.0 pounds. Hut there is Mill room lor much greater expansion. <>n I he au thority of agricultural expeils, it is staled that the total amount ol cotton seed produced yearly is double the amount of cotton baled-, ami applying thi> ratio to t' e present crop, it makes the amount of cotton seed aggregate at least 10,000,000,000 pounds. As the products mnnufneiured from cotton seed ilggiegllto in Weight only one fourth of this amount, h is evident that ihc industry as yet consumes only a small percentage of the cotton seed available. Although restricted exclusively to (his section, the cotton seed industry has made itself felt in Northern and I Ka-iern markets, and is destined in time le stamp its impress upon inter national commerce.?AtlunUi Consti tution. Ilcrgeil, Norway, noasls a paper chinch large enough to seat l,ou(i 1 persons. The hu Idi ig is rendered waierprool by a solution ol quicklii io, curdled milk and white of eggs. W. II. MARTIN. Attorney ut Law, Laukkns, - South Carolina. Will practice In all Courts ol' this Sim Attention rIvaii to collections. Ii. Y. SIMPSON. 0. t). IIARKSDALF SIMPSON ?V BAIlKSDALi:, Attorneys at Law, LAURKNS, SOUTH CAROLINA S pecial attention glvi n to the investi gation of titles und collection of clainu? r. w. h.m.i.. i. w. sim kins. w. w. iia i.i BALL, SIM KINS CV HALL, At torncy? nt Law, Laukkns, South Carolina. Will prHI'tie? in all Stale Hiul l!nite Six ICS Cmt. S| e. in: Hlt'ntloil lilVei rol lection h DRINKING POISON. Many a man who would be startled al the bare thought of sitting down and de liberately drinking a dose of poison, al lows himself to be regularly and system atically poisoned day after day by accum ulations of bile in the blood. Wher. the liver fails to do its regular ^*T\ work ot nil i^r^Q,^_ e.r}?? thi.9 Ron out of JV^i^jh?I ?I B tlu> circula ^bBM 9 Hon, it goes ^^^^Biy ' ? Km 011 poison |9k ^ / ing tue en lU BMBMMEJ^ JL tion just as fftmW p h^d limn was wB?W_- - _*?* d rinlclnr ' 1 ? 1 .ic acid. ^msBm*r J&^ the body tZT^^Sb is polluted. The diges ^^^BW 'l?iti\e jun < s .or suppressed ' Q^n. *w aIlt' weak* ned The kid y^PJR neys and skin are clogged /*el*/? with impurities and the lungs and bronchial tubes over loaded with morbid secretions which eat away the delieate tissues, and bring about bronchitis and consumption. All the diseases caused by this subtle process of bilious poisoning are cured by the marvelous alterative action of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It directly increases the liver's natural ex cretive ami purifying powers; gives the digestive ami blood-making organs power to manufacture an abundance of red, rich, healthy blood. It drives out all impurities, and vital izes the circulation with the life-giving elements which restore perfect nutrition and solid muscular power. It makes fresh, pure, 11 di blood. It 1 ?rings back ap petite and nerve force and good healthy flesh. No matter how far gone people seem to tie, if there is anything left to build on, the "Golden Medical Discov ery " will build you up again. In August 1*U5, was taken down in b* 1 with a burning and severe nains in my stomach and under my shoulders, and dix tiness in my head," writes Ira 1). Herring-, ICsq., of Needmore, Levy Co., iMa. "My home physician wa* called and he said my symptoms were more like consumption than anything else. I lingered in this way seven months trying different kinds of medicine. Nothing that I ale would digest, tnd I had gieat distress in my stomach. I was persuaded to try some of Dr. Pierce's remedies or to see what he thought of my case. I wrote hiru and received an answer stating that my suffering was from indiges tion and torpid liver, and advising me to take Dr. Pierce's ('.olden Medical Discov ery. The first bottle gave pleasing results. I have taken four bottles of Die '('.olden Medical Discovei v ' and three small vials of the ' Pleasant Pellets.' I am able to do my work and eat what I could not before I look these medicines." " I was tired all (lie time," writes J. Rdw.ird Davis. Rsq. (Care Ceo. V. l.aslier), 147 North loth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. " In the morning felt as if 1 had never slept, was too languid to eat; was troubled with pimples, boils, dizzy head, back ache and hollow cheeks. At one time" I had twenty eight boils on my back. I became ?ery despondent and said to myself there is no use taking medicine, nothing can cure me. One day a friend of mine told me what a cure he had performed on a child who had a bad disorder of the blood or something to that effect. I was skeptical at first and said il would not do me any good. At last one morning l woke up and found a beating pulsation in my neck, front and back. In three days I had four boils, so situated on mr neck that I could not turn either way. Then 1 commenced to take Dr. Pierce'* Golden Medical Discovery. This medicine together with Dr. Pierce's Pellets, did wonders for me. ? After the first three bottles it was no new thing for folks to say: 'Hei'? Kd., I didn't know you;' or, 'Say, Davi hat's become of those pimples you v ? have?' I took about ten bottles ot Golden Med ical Discovery.' " It would save doctor bills for any fam ily to have a copy of Dr. Pierce's splen did thousand-page free book, "The Peo ple's Common Sjiisc Medical Adviser," explaining the laws of life and health in clear and interesting language, with many valuable suggestions and receipts for curing common ailments by simple home treatment. It has over three hun ! dred illustrations and colored plates. A I Strong paper-bound copy will be sent alv Sol Ittel y free on receipt of 21 cents ill one ' cent stamps to pay the cost of mailing only. Address, World's Dispensary Med ic il Association, Buffalo, X. Y. 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