The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 22, 1898, Image 4
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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I the oft repealed invitation to come and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Yantageously repealed the story of the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. A hand
j some cloth-bound, beautifully stamped
I copy will be bent for 31 cents.
MALSBY & COMPANY,
57 S. F?RSYTH ST". ATLANTA, GA.
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