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Will Ii TilE FARMEliS LISTEN ? From Tho Cotton Plant. There is no doubt that the farmers of the South are Btandlng just now at the parting of tho ways, and upon their their decision will depend u> a great extent the policy and plans of a gene ration. Cotton has given them mo/e money per pound than for any year in a decade, because the crop of last year was raised for less cost per pound, and hence theic was more clear money real ized, besides the average tanner was in a better financial plight than he has been for ten years, because he has been practicing economy and raising his own food crops for man and beast. The money brought by his cotton crop has been moro nearly i surplus than any year since the inflated prices that pic vailed just alter the war, when every thing was booming along that line, and the contagion of going into debt took hold of the farming class and held it in a Arm grip for twenty years. Conditions are changed for the bet ter, and nearly every fanner will admit that tho best plan is to raise supplies on the farm, make as few obligations as possible, and cultivate only enough cotton to call it n surplus crop. The large acreage ill wheat would indicate that the fanners ate delein.injd to slick the policy which has in a largo meas ure brought I hem out of debt and planted their feet on solid ground, but there arc signs that many of them arc weakening and vacillating at the present time, which would forobodo a return to past conditions and restore the ruinous management of affairs in the South. One of these signs is that the fertilizer companies and agents arc generally reporting lnrgor sales than usual, and the inference is that the fertilizers will be used on the coltou crop. This may not be true in every instance, but the large majority of farmers me not yet adopts in the use of commercial fertilizers for any other purpose than raising cotton. On the threshold 'of another year the fanners in the South should make haste slowly about putting thoir ttust too much in cotton. What guarantee is there that prices such as are now prevailing will be realized next fall ? A craze on planting cotton ibis spring will inevitably lower the price in Sep tember, aud already tho speculators are beginning to USC the increased purchase of fertilizers to depress Iho price of cot ton futures. Will WO never learn that the wot Id is combined ngaiust the Southern fanner to yet his cotton tor the least money, and that every factor which indicates .1 larger crop is used to our disadvantage ? The SCUSlblo aud pointed remarks ot Mr. lt. T. Nesbilf, of Georgia, which we print in another column, gives needed information aud advice, which ought to bo taken by all the fanners of the South His coun sel in regard to the farmer putting himself into a position whereby he will not be forced to sell cotton early in the season is worthy of careful study. The bonded watchouses may not he accessible to every community, hut there are few towns in the South where the fanners cannot make ar rangements with local banks and mer chants to get advances upon cotton af ter it has been baled, and thereby pre vent the rush of the crop to the inte rior markets early In the fall. There is no doubt that the advice given last fall to bold back cotton aided to a great extent in raising the price in October and November, but conceit of action among the fanners through banks and merchants where bonded warehouses do not exist will have a like effect another season. Let no one be deceived by the pres ent prices of cotton, which would not yield near the profit this year than was realized from the crop of 1899. Not only will the farmer have to pay more for his fertilizers, but as prices have advanced all along che lino, his labor will cost hi no more than last year, and he cannot buy a mule for anything like tho price paid one year ago. Ifis plows will cost nearly a hundred per cent, more than they did last year, and all machinery used on the farm has advanced not less than fifty per cent. Agricultural implements and all else bought from the stores will cost more this year, ami it is a matter of impossibility that cotton can be grown as cheaply as last year, or in fact that any kind of fanning can be done in 1900 at the same cost as in 18!)',). Farmers who are so unfortunate as to buy provisions this year will feel the ellcct keenly every time they enter a ?slorc to get their supplies. Will the farmeis listen to the warn <^^j^jA their best and most reliable Counsellors ? Or will they ignore the facts staring them in the face, and plunge he tdlong into a course which ?annot end In any other way than dis appointment and disaster ? Tin: Cot ton Plant to the full measure of Its influence wishes to avert the calamity that is lying jnst. ahead,and recognizes with intense satisfaction lhat some of the fanners in South Carolina are pre paring to fight the trusts by organizing their forces in due season. Still the great masses of our people aro su pinely yielding to what they consider the decree of fate agai.ist them, when by intelligent and earnest effort they might teach a losson to the fertilizer trust that would benefit them for many years to conic. i ? Do Yon Noedl An BlCOtrlO Boll ? For the past ten years, Dr. .1. Nowton Hathaway who in recognized as the groat oat of all our specialists, 1 as been perfect ing an electric belt, sulta do to use in hin practice, one which be could furnish as a part of his system of treatment and which no could conscientiously ;tiarantco. fl<> now announces that ho has porfected such a belt, which ho believes 10 be tho only perfect belt made. It >s li^u. handsome, of great powor, and with now attachments, which makes it suitable fcr every case, ?lie Is prepared to furnish tnis boft to all patients who need it and who apply to lum lor treatment, ata merely non inalcharge. Write to Dr. Hathaway to-da;*, telling all about your caso and be will writ ? you about the bolt, and if you desire the >olt will bo sent 0. ?>. 1). for inspection. Address Dr. Hathaway & Co., 22) i Month Dread street, Atlanta, Ga. To All Sufferers From DROPSY VAUGHN'S LITHONTRIPTIC has cured thousands of desperate cases of this dreadful disease and it will positively cure you. Read the following letter from R. J. Betsill, Maj. 18th Reg. S.C. Vols., i860. 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Was unablo to'got any roal or alpoiioxcopt wlillo under tho Inlliionro ot an ojdato. i havo uhihI <-iutit Im.iiIos* <>( VAirollN'H I.I'l'lh) ITKIll'IU and ni:i now citinfortablo and able to attend to my business. I <-hii now rldo my horao, n tiling l iui<i boon unuuiu ty do tut nearly two yearn. * ou may imbllHli snob of my ututeuieut >>)u muy dealro. l urn gliul to give It, ?a soino j?.>ur aiviluriT muy l>o benoflttud UlOroby.] For sale by the Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C, and the Palmetto Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. THE OUTLOOK Ol? THE FA UM EU AN INTERESTING REVIEW OF THE SITUATION?GOOD ADVICE KHOM AN toCPERT. The following article from the pen of Mr. H. T. Nesbilt, former commiss ioner of agriculture in Georgia, is well adapted to the conditions existing in South Carolina, and our readers will profit by its perusal : The fanners have been the recipients of much gratuitous advice, and I hesi tate in the face of so grave a subject, hut the cotton an a question is looming up again ami possibly thero may be those who, despite the disastrous les sons of the past, are contemplating the fully of again committing themselves to an overwhelming cotton crop. Sure ly we have suffered loo painfully from this mistake to again \ lunge ourselves and all connected with us into Ibis sea of agricultural and financial troubles. Let each of us narrow this question down to his own farm and there let us decide it. It is immaterial what our neighbor does; it is, in a large measure, immaterial to us individually whether the cotton area be large or small, for iu the agricultural results of 1000 it will he found that succoss has come to the man who, regardless of outside In fluences, has planted ample provision crops and then as much cotton as he can afford to thoroughly prepare for, highly manute and rapidly cultivate. Short or largo crop, high or low price, he stands the first chance to win, and if the details of preparation, fertiliza tion and cultivation be so managed that he gets tlie largest yield from the small est area, he has mastered the secret of successful cotton production. Having done his utmost, in his individual ca ! pacity, to settle the ever-recuniug cot ton problem, he must seek means to combine with his brother farmers, with the merchants and with the bankers, in order that the general cotton crop may be held against the pernicious in fluences of speculative combinations and their power to wrest from his grasp his hard earnings ere he can realize a fair return for his investment. The bonded warehouse bill, now a law, is pel haps the first step toward the cniandipation of the Southern farm er from bis bondage to Wall and Lom bard streets. Here we have the in ception of a plan wheroby tho farmer who wishes to hold his cotton may, for a nominal sum, store and insure his crop, tho warehouse receipt being a letter of credit acceptable in any busi ness transaction. By mutual agree ment both fanner and merchant arc ! secured. Should the plau become gen eral, the glutted markets, so often wit nessed in the earlier fall months, will be consigued to a dead past, never to be resurrected. The farmers will by this plan he enabled to market their cot ton with moro judgment and not under the whip and spur of necessity. Witness the powerful lever which the limited co-operation of the present season has proven in forcing up prices. Right loyally havo the bankers, tho mer chants and our local manufacturers up held the fanners, and right royally has the price of cotton withstood the repeat ed and vicious attacks of manipulators, ! speculators and "prophets of evil." I It lias been asked, if a man has the land, with sufficient supplies and stock, is he not justified, after setting aside an amply sufficient area for provision and supply crops, in crowding in every possible acre for cotton? Yes, and no. Yes, if he has good land, or such as has been giadually brought up to a good state of fertility. No, if Iiis acres are like hundreds aud thousands over the South? each year condemned to cotton culture, and which do not pay tho cost of production. In proportion as the bales made on these denuded acres go to swell the general crop and thus re duce the average price, they, to that extent, increase the burden which their cultivation imposes. No greater mis take was ever made, than to rush over tho preparation of a largo area of poor land, to bo stimulated by a little com mercial fertilizer, and planted indis criminately in cotton. At tho beginning of a new year the cotton farmer is apt to overestimate the fertility of his soil a* well as his ability to prepare aud cultivate a full quota of broad acres. It is only aftor ho is irrevocably committed to thc"cx tonsivo" plau, and finds himsolf|"ovor cropped," that he realizes bis mistake, and begins to wish that a part at least of his land had been devoted to a rest, or to somo ronovnting crop. In the final settlement, however, he does not always realize, tho fact that tho painful disparity between the receipts and ex pondituios ot his year's accounts might bo traced directly to this big Jleak^of Injudicious cotton cultivation. It cer tainly does not pay to i lant an indis criminate and wide area m cotton? though a man have supplies, Stock and surplus of well-worn and overtaxed acres of hard-ruu land. In the history and progress of our agriculture that period has been reached where farmers cannot raise and sell the raw products of the farm at a Balisfac toiy profit, if we take into consideration the deterioration of our lands. This is a startling statement, hut it is made deliberately and after thorough consideration, and on investigation it will he found that such is the history of every agricultural country, where crops have been grown and soul oil' the farm for many successive years, with out an adequate return being made to tee soil for the elements removed in those crops. As an illustration of this truth, we have only to point to Ireland, whose poverty stricken people, under the bondage lo alien lords, have seen their crops removed and expended elsewhere, year after year, and uotbing of this departed fertility replaced. In our own case many causes have tended to bring us to a condition where we have beeu compelled to study meth ods to restore and preserve the fertility of our soils and keep up the productive power of our farms. At the close of the war, much of the land at the South was impoverished from successive years of culture and despite the fact that the war left us very poor people, in Georgia alone property values being reduced from 8000,000,000 lo Sl??y 000,000, our farmers took up the strug gle bravely, hoping to retrieve th en losses in the further production of cot ton, Which ruled bewildcringly high. The infatuation of high prices in every avenue of trade and commerce prevailed. Credit was easy, too easy, and cverythiny needed on the farm was ruinously dear. Mules ?150 to $250?, flour $10, ?15 $20 per barrel; meal in the same proportion; meal 22 to 25 cents a pound; farm laborers ?150 to ?175 per year, aud rations; besides guano ?00 per ton and farm tools were eagerly purchasod at prices which we would now regard as almost prohibit ory. But this high pressure policy could not continue indefinitely, neith er could the methods prevailing before the war, except in rare and favored cases, be successfully brought over into the new conditions, which follow ed that memorable and devastating struggle. At least 90 per cent, of the men who plunged into this desperate aud specul ative period became hopelessly invol ved, both fanners and merchants. Tho high price of cotton and tho case with which high priced supplies could be purchased, credit prices being predic ated on big and remunerative cotton crops, tempted many men to put every available aero in cotton and not one square inch or else a totally inadequate area m provision or supply crops of any kind. When the price of cotton declined, both tho farmer, who bad borrowed, and the merchant, who had loaned, found themselves saddled with debts which only years of earnest and patient labor could hopo to wipe out. In many instances after a vain strug gle to regain the lost vantage ground, the merchants went to the wall and the old plantations passed into the hands of strangers. This is a sad picturo and pity 'tis, 'tis true. It was only thoso men who followed more conservativo methods and who apprehended tho now era just beginning to dawn on our agriculture, who were able to lotain thoir birth right and weather tho storm of financi al depression, which swept with such fearful force over tho entire South. Hut that generation has passed?new men havo como upon the scene and now prevail. The strong, young business men of the South, farmers and mer chants and manufacturers and hankers have been trained in a very difTorent school from the magnificent, golden ago r?f the old South. Agricultural litera ture has been spread broadcast ovor tho land, cxporimont stations havo multiplied, farmers' institutes and colleges and ot her methods for dissemi nating agricultural and up-to-dato prin ciples are m easy roach of tho army of earnest workers constituting 7!1 por cent of our population who arc reading, studying and applying these vital truths. Already diversified fnrming and rotation, fruit growing, caltlo rais ing and butter making are taking tho placo of tho one-crop system with its at tendant bondage lo debt and tho inde pendent farmer who can make his cot ton and hold it is not the rara nvis ho onco was. In technical education and manual training, in manufacturing, in every other development of business, the new South is proudly taking ber place among commercial nations. Tho era for which thirty odd years of lessons painfully learned, disappointments, dis OStors and final eucCCSSCS have prepar ed the way, is being ushered in, and on the banners of tho twentieth century we sec the glimmer of victorv?victory for fanners, merchants, bankers, man ufacliners?all business interests light ing in one grand army to hold the coin mercial and agricultural supremacy of the South against the world 1 From this union must come our strength for all fulute conllicts against the forces and combinations that would strive to reap the entire profits from our groat crop?cotton?which is tho gigantic industry of the World. K. T. Nk>iutt. Marietta, (Ja., January S, 1900. It is expected that unusually good facilities for studying phenomena con nected with the interior of the earth will be afforded at the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where a well is to bo sunk to the depth of several thousand leet on the university grounds. The investigations on this well will he carried on by Prof. I. C. Russell of the department of 'eology, and Dr. Carl Gutho of the department of physics, and the fact of a deep well being located so nea>' the laboratories of the university will doubtless provoke much original work on this subject. In addition to questions of a geological nature, involving the various strata pierced by the boring, there are many problems connected with the interior temperature of the earth which are now interesting scientists. Results from a large number of wells are now desired for purposes of comparison, and while it is not to be supposed that the Michigan well will make a record for depth, yet in the hands of scientific investigators much should he forth coming. The efforts which Gov Merriam, di rector of tho ceusus, is making to induce farmers to prepare statements of their operations for the calendar year of 1899, so that they will be ready to reply definitely and accurately to tho enumerators' questions next June, are bearing fruit. Some fanners have forwarded copiesof statements to the census otlice, accompanied by inquiries as to their completeness and correctness. The first and one of the best of these tatements came from a woman who operates a farm in Pennsylvania on her own ac count. The paper shows not only the acreage, qunntity and valuo of each crop, but contains also a good inventory of live stock and a detailed statement of the quantity and value of miscellane ous articles produced. If every fanner would imitate this woman, the agricul tural report of this twelfth census would be a marvel of completeness and would show tho entire productive strength of tho United States in food products. The following remedy for smallpox was published several years ago in a California paper and tho writer said that it conquers this dreadful disease in every instance, no matter how violent the case. Here, is the receipt. Sulph ato of /inc one grain, digitalis one grain, half a teaspoonful of water mix ed. Whon mixed add four ounces of water. Dose one tablespoonful every hour for adults; children Hiiml.t r doses according to ago Tue paper fuither states that this remedy will also cure scarlet fever, and that cither disease will disppear in twelve hours. Thore is a complete failure of the olive crop in southorn Italy ami in Sicily this season, owing to the ravages of the oil lly, which nppenred in un usual numbers on accouni of the pro longed drought of last summer and fill. The loss to the provinces of Barl and Lecco alono is estimated at 00,000,000 lire, or 812,000,000. There will be a corresponding scarcity of oil, of course. OA.OTOItIii.. Boara the TM Kind You Have Always Bought PITT'S Curen dyspepsia, indigestion, and all ?tomach or bowel troubles, colic or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney troubles, bad blood and all aorts o ?ores, risings or felons, cuts and hums. It ia as good antiieptio, when locally applied as any thing on tue market. Try tt and you will praise "it to others If your druggist doesn't keepflt, write to Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, OA., or OARPENTKR BROS., UireenvlUe, H. 0. , THF, FERTILISER TAG TAX. A It INDUCTION BY THK HOUSE Tho l?rivileu?j Tax Cut Down to Fif teen Centn a Ton?CurtalliiiK the Income of Cleiusun College. Mr. Aahloy'a bill to reduce tho tax ou fertilizers has paused the House, by which the privilege tax on fort!liz.;rs will be reduced from to 15 cents a ton, if the SoDato ooooura. In apoaking on the bill, Mr. Ashley contended tbat tho farmora are the only clasa of people in the Slate whicii la taxed ou a apecial commodity. It was not right and not juat. Too time will come wtieu the people will rise up und cut off thiat'X. lie denied that the tax fell upon tho producer, and said that the consumer paid thia tax He had been walling to get ligurea to show that thia tax had btun cut to 10 eontB in Georgia. He did uot oppose (Jlomaon or any other State institu tion. But he was opposed to extrava ganoe. Ttie Ooys who went thort were not educated to be farmers, they wuru taught extravagance. Tue, peo plo who paid the tux on ferti'izert woro too poor to bend their buys to Cleiusun, and received DO benefit from that college which received the ifcGO.OUe or $05,000 from the tax on fertilizers. U:\ wanted just i?x enough to provide lor tho inspection and protection of fertilizers. Mr. Blythe referred to the onuses n cesiituting the fertilizer or tag tax. Years a^o there wure autls tu the courts on account of fraudulent ferti lizers. Tins called for a tux to provide tor the Inspection of fertilizers to pre vent fraud. Tnis was long before Clemson collego was founded. There waa a good deal of opposition lo the foundation of the college, his colic gue Lieut- Gov. Mauldln, casting the decid ing vote. One of the argumouts used in tho campaigns was lliat this ferti lizer tax should bo used for tho support of the agricultural college. It was on thii? compact mado on the stump and in the general assembly that the col lego was founded. Tho law requires the dealer to pay this tax aud Una tar is not added into tho price to con sumers. Clomeon was established In 188?. lu 1S90 tho law was passed giv ing Glcmson the proceeds to conduct tho experiment atatlon and the re mainder was to go to operating the college. Glemson is run without one dollar of appropriation from tho Slate treasury.. If thia tag tax Is reducr.d, ?lemsoii will bo ruined or tho State must mako a direct appropriatioo to keep up the Institution. Let Glemson atom . If this institution goes down, tho assault will Do made on other insti tutions. Lot South Carolina's educa tional system alouo. Mr. McGullough btated that ho had horetoforo opposed the reduction of tho tax, aa a matter of expediency. Glemson lias been established and hits been equipped at great expenditure, its doors aro open toad, irrespective of class or profession, and lta support should como in the aame way aa othor institutions. Ho assorted the nocossity of a privilege tax to have fertilizers examined, but ho thought it wrong to wring Iromsomebody, whether farmer or manufacturer, the tax to run a Slate institution. It la wrong undsr tho guiao of obtaining money for an In spection to got funds for other pur DOSes. Tne supreme court of the Unitod States has decreed that it la a violation of tho United States constitu tion to divert those funds to purposes other than to pay for tho analyald. Tne Legislature would be playing tho p*rt of hypocrites to longer conliauo this way of raising funds in tho face of the constitution. Lot every State inatitu tlon stand on ita merits and receive a direct appropriation?or fall. Mr. i'rlnco agreed with Mr. McGul lough. As to Mr. Ulytho's argument that thoro had b'jon a tacit compact, ho recited tho fact that whilo n "great loador of one of tho faction*" was mak ing too tight on tho stump for this lag tax, thoro wero somo who wero afraid to contend that It was class legislation. Beyond tho amount nocessary for In spection, there should not bo a cent of tag tax. Ho would voto as much direct appropriation ad any olhor man. Tnat la a Statu institution and should tie run juBt as any other Stale Institution: Mr. Stcvonaon had been tho author of the bill which was designed last yoar to seltlo the mailer, but that bill was killed In the Senate Ho bad not changei his views and.had no apology to mako for them, bat aa It was Impos clblo to pas* tno measure through the Senate, he would favor tho reduction. He road a showing of the finances of Clemson College. Tho income last year wus $12,000 from the Merrill fund, $15,000 from tho Hatch fund and from other sources $75,01:108 A total of $102,013.08. A reduction of 10 cents a ton on fertilizers would give Clemson $78.053.08 for 1000-1. This in addition to $10,000 not used last yoar. Mr. Stevenson then claimed that roduclng the tax would not aorlously cripple Ciomson a9 Its iucomoaftor tho reduction would then bo $78,000 and tho expendi tures accounted for last year were something over $00,000. To lot the tax stand as It id will put more money in the Institution than it needs and will breed extravagance. Extrava gance will work the ruin of the Institu tion. Mr. J. W. llagsdala claimed that the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company had bought all tho fertilizer factories and tho taxes foil on tho farmers since competition had boen done away with. Mr. E. D. Smith said that ?!,.? manu* facturers did not pay this $110,000 tax. Tho last man who uees an article in tho one who pays the tax on it. The dealer ohargeB the tax in tho prlco at which tbe article is sold. Ho coutond- j ed that the prlco per ton ought 10 bo merely ooough to pay for tho analysis, lie svanted all State institutions to stand on their merits and got that sup port of which they aro worthy. Mr. C. B. Kobinsou contended that the farmer feels that hois being legi.< tated against. As analagous he bhow< d that tho consumer paid, tho revenue being collected to pay tho expenses of tho Spanish war, ami deduced that tho farmer pays tho tag tax. Let Clemson go it she is to bo supported by taxation on a clafd. Mr. Wlnero said he had heard more against Uiuu-on College on the ll ?or ol the House tban he had froia the I?rm ere. It makes no difference to tho farmer who paye this tax. This is a farmers' college and tho tax is upon a farm commodity. Tho farmers aro j satisfied or there would bo complaint from them. Ho clnioie? there was no extravagance at Clemson. Ho oould not toll the per oti'.tof farmers' sons at Clemson. Mr. N. ti. Evans had heretofore voted for this reduction on the ground that Clemson was handling too much money and handling it too reoklossly. Clemson last year received $102,000, and reports a balance of $10,Out). If tho tax were reduced to 10 conts, pro viding an much fertilizers are sold next year us last, there will be fclli.OOU over and above expenses next year. He did not boliovo m making a bloated coupon cltppor out of one institution and reducing another to penury. Ho wanted to maintain all institutions in a manner boliltlug and at the saiuo timo devoid of a wasto of money. Dr. Wyohe bad heard of no com plaint in his section. He loslste I that tho House ought to go slow. Ho didn't believe In throwing away money, and j if 10 cents a ton would not cripple the institution he would voto for it. But ho feared that this was a movement which would cripple tho college. He attacked tho Virginia-Carolina Chemi cal company um? insisted that this mouopoly was keepin," tho prlco of fertilizers up, and if th ^ tag tax were reduced tho prico of fertilizers would not bo changed. Tho farmer would got no benefit. Clomsoo should bo properly developed an l maintained. Mr. Crum Bpoko from the furuiorb' standpoint. Ho had heard no com plaint from his neighbors. They were wiling to pay the tax to keep up (Jlem son. Tho funds of Clemson havo been expended in part in perfecting tho equipment. Some of i' had gone into tho textile school. This is a farmers'* school. A school which is designed to give an education such as no other in stitution in tho South cun. Tho in BtltUtton needs liberal support. A. year ago there was competition in tho fertilizer trade. Today the farmers are at tho mercy ol the great fertilizer trust, and tbo reduction of the tax would not benefit thoin. Mr. Gadsden, of Charleston, Baid that year after year this bill had come up, and the farmers had opposed it. Ho was able to judge what the farmers want only upon the votos of their rep resentatives on tho lloor. Charleston had opposed tho proposition to estab lish Clemfon, but bad since it was es tablished supporten it to a man. Ho contended that the bulk of ihis tax was paid by other States.. Suppose tho farmer does pay tho tax, It i3 the farmer of Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee, because South Carolina is the producing anil manufacturing cen tre. It is not well toobtuia this $f>0,Out) from tho people of other Stut's. It is an ingenious scheme to levy tax upon the people of other Slates aud to keep tho money in thic State. Mr. Gantt replied that the tax ir each Scale was kept in tnc treasury <,f that State. Mr. Jeremiah Smith commended the work, and in his 10 years in the Gen eral Assembly ho had never laid a rutblbSB hand Oil any State institution, but he had it 1 ways fought to maintain those Institutions by fostering t- e com mon schools. Clemson is not a class institution, but a State institution, and snouid not be supported by a cluss tr.x. Why not tax the women of tnc State to keep up Winthrop? Why not put a privilege or protective tax on shoes, Hour and other manufactured article?, and raise an immense fund, without levying a cent of direct tax V Mr. Gadsden road tho statute, show ing that the tax was to be paid before tho fertilizer was put on tbe train for shipment. Mr. Stevenson replied that tho bill provided for tax on fertilizers sold in the State. In reply to the Insinuation that the lawyers were making tiuo spun arguments on tbo constitutionali ty of the law, hesald that he had based ii Is argument solely on the ground that extravagance would be encouraged by too largo an Income. He tuen read tho list of expenditures as laid down in tho annuul report and contended that thoro was evidence, of extravagance in tho use of tho Merrill, the Hatch and other funds. Mr. Blytho sustained Mr. Gadsden's exposition of tbo statutes that other States wore paying tribute to this State. Mr. Estrldgo said that the maitcr came directly homo to him. He is u farmer and lives among farmers, lift his county?Lancaster?the farmers aro complaining and they want the tax cut down. Tiny want bareiy enough to pay for the cost of analysis. In mer chandise freight and clerk biie are added into tho soiling price, and it is FEH ALE MAIL. That sounds more contradictory than it in, when attention is culled to its being a description of the largest mail received by any man in the United States exclu sively from women. Thia "famnle mail" is received by Dr. R. V. Pierce, tbe cele brated specialist in woman's diseases, chief consulting physician to the Inva lids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buf falo, N. Y. It is only fair to say that it is not the man tl.at women write to, but the doctor. One of the remarkable features of this correspondence it that years after a cure has been effected, grateful women con tinue to write to Dr. Pierce, being thank ful for health and for the kind and fatherly advice, which was blended with the physician's counsel, and which was so helpful iu preserving the health when regained. The offer of a fr?e consultation by let ter is extended by Dr. Pierce to every sick and ailing woman. Kvery letter received is read in private, answered in private and its contents treated as a sa cred confidence. To exclude any third party from the correspondence, all answers are mailed in a plain envelope, bearing Upon it no printing or advertising whatever. Address Dr. R. V. Tierce, Invalids' Hotel aud Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce'i Pavorite Prescription, tbe f'jeat remedy for female troubles, irregu aritics, debilitating drains, inflammation aud ulceration, is tor sale by all dealers iu medicine. Accept no subaUtute which may be recommended as "just as good " 'hat the dealer may make a little extra profit. Dr. Pierce's Favor ite Prescription makes Weak Women Strong and Sick Women Well. OTTON ^Culture" is the name of a ' v al li able illustrat ed pamphlet which should be in the hands of every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent Free. Send uamc au? lulilrcss to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Hi., New York. the same way with the fertilizer tax Mr. Cosgrovo na'd that a \<.ry great deal of fertilizer being shipped out of South Carolina, and Charleston \? endeavoring to extend her trade to fertilizers In tho far Went. Ho agreed with Mr. Gadsden that South Carolina was levying a tributo oq other states. Mr. Qantt claimed that not uo< dollar of tax oame Into South Carolina from the people of other States. Mr. W. El. Thomas repeated hit warning of u previous BCBSlon that if Clemson's Income was Interfored with that Institution would come to the State treasury for money aud every educational institution in the Statt would aulTer. The textile school at , Cleiusun needs all the funds it can get. \ An attack on Clemsoo would mean au ! attack on the entire system of higher ; education. Tho House refused to strike out the ' enacting words of tho bill. Mr. Stevenson then introduced an j ameudment providing that the tax be \ reduced to lo cents a ton instead of to ! 10 cents. The ameudment was quite a ; .'oag one, changing the purnseology of j tho act now iu force, and Mr. FJiythi j thought it ought to be carried over for I another dav. Mr. It. H. Henderson moved to re i storo the proposed reduction to 10 I cents. This was voted down. i Mr. Laban Mauldln fuvoic'. tho 10 ! con I s tax. M ?. rJtird thought the change wen d i be loo radical. There has been an average of 240 uoo inns of fertilizers sold in the St tie annually. A reduc I lion of 5 'jeutd on the ton mount! a tir Of $12,000 in the income, or $24,000 for a reduction of 10 cents. He thought ? reduction of 5 cents enough for one t!me, as an experiment. Be proposed o-n amendment making the tax ~o cent-;. Mr. Ashley taxed Mr. Etlrd with having wnnted to take half of ti e fand from Clemson and to give it to Win throp. Mr Efird's amendment was voted down by a vote of 38 to 57. Mr. Stevenson's amendment was then adopted by a considerable ma jority, and the bill subsequently passeii a second r? a ling. iZJ ^.11. f?6 'K* <C3> 5?. H . Bears th6 1 to Kind You Have Always Bought Easily,Quickly, Permanently Restored MAGNETIC NERVINE antce to cure Insommn, run, Dizziness, Hysteria, Nervous Debility, l.<M Vitality. Seminal Losses, i Failing Memory -the result of Over-work, Worrv, i Sickness, Errors ol Youth or Over-indulgence. ! Pries 60c. and $1 : G boxes 46. Kor quick, positive and lasting results In Scxnal ? Weakness, Impoteucy, Nervous Debility and Lost i Vitalitv, use Blue Label Speoial?donhie strength?will Rive Strength an? tone lo -very part and effect n permanent cure. Cheapest and neat. ioo Pills $2; by mail. .ti*--". ?HEE?A bottle of the famous Japanese Ll?ri lets will he Riven with a f i box or more of Ma ic Nervine, iree. Sold only by . Sold by Dr. B. F. I'oscy, Lau.rens V-* . I iI , {, V.:) y?emtAutySmfict To all points North, South and South west. In i fleet November 5th, lH'JO. bouti1 bound. No. 403. No. 41 bv Now York, P. K. R. ..?11 (mam *9 00pm Lv Washington, P.R.R... 500pm 4 30am LvRUdimond, A. (-.1. 9 00pm 0 Oftarr. LvPortsmoutb a? A". L. .. *S 4.r>pmv:? 2<>air Ar Wehlen . 11 10pm 11 43am Ar Henderson.*1266am *1 3">ptr Ar Raleigh. 2 32am SSOpn Ar^o J'ines. 4 27am 6 00pm Arllamlet..... ft Ham 7 00pm Lv Wilmington's. A. I. ...._. .. .*306pm ArMonroe, H. A. L.*<> '>.'<am *l7 12pm ArCharlottc 8Ta. L.?? 8~oTiam*hi 2?pm Ar0hester.8A L. ?8 13am*10 63pm Ar Greenwood.1046am l I2ati Ar Athens. 1 24pm 3 4?atn Ar Atlanta. 3 60pm 6 loam no rtuboun n. No. 402. No. 38 Lv Atlanta S.A. 1,.? 1 00pm*8 60pm Ar Athens. 3 08pm 1105pm ArGreenwood . 640pm Milan, Ar Chester. 7,83pm 4 l).Sfti>i ArMonroe. 030pm 5 4fta>> LvT:"iTa"ri?Tte"?"?~lTT'.T.8 20pm *6 ttoam Arllamlet S A L..'...11 10pm 7 43 ail Ar Wilmington, 8 A I..... * 12 i >5pm bv So I'mes 8 A L.*V2 02am ?? OOan; Ar Raleigh. 203am IllSan Ar Henderson .3 2<>a.n 1243pm Ar Weldon. 4 'uam 2 60pm Ar Portsmouth.... _ . 7 'Jftarn_ 6 20pp ArRTchm?nd, A. C. \V.'..'i'.*k l'.am *7 Lv A r Washington via I'enn UK 12 31pm 11 2" ArNew York. 0 23pm (i ft:. ?Dally._t Daily JCx. BundayT_ Nos.403 and 402.?"The Atlanta :8|)ee'"ai Holid Vestibuled Train of Pullman Sleepers and Conches between Washington and Al lama,also Pullman sleepers between Porta mouth and Charlote, N. C. NOB. 41 and 88,?"The 6. A. L Express.' Solid Train,Coaches and Pullman sieepcrr between Portsmouth and Atlanta. lioth trains mnke immedinle connection at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans. Texas. California. Mexico, t'lintta nooga, Nashville. Memphis. Macon, Klor ida Kor Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to G. McP. BATTK, T. P. A , Tryon Htreet, Charlotte, N. ? J. 1). J KNN I NUB, Agt Abbeville. S. C. k. St. JOHN, VlCO-Prosiuent and (JenerKl Manager. II. W. B. GLOVER,Traflic Manager. V. K. McHicio,General hupt L. h ALLEN.Gen'l 1'assenger Aorenl General Ollices, Portsmouth, Virginia HINDIPO restores VITALITY urn uREAT Made a Well Man of Me. FRENCH RBMEDV produces the above r In 30 (I.us. Cut es Ifen? *l In 30 days, Cutes Nervous I 'rbiltty. Imf>oten, \ VariCOCtU, Failing Memory. Stops all drains ami losses caused by errcrsof youth. It wards off In n.mity and Consumption. S'oung Men regain Mail ?ood and Oil Men recover '.ll ?? 1 Vigor. Ii Hives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fie a ma lor business or marriage. I ??. . carried In the vtst pocket. Price by moll, In plain pack- _ written guaiantee. or. j 6 Koxes f 2.s< Sold by Dr. B. F. Posey, Laurons. outranks] 11^; CURB ?.'.'''! ??'nPtete I'reaUuent, lunalatta* <. m PHOSITORIKS, Capsules ol Oln{mtau3f? lioxcsol Ointment. a never.fallliig curelorllJ?. ?! i vory nature ami degree. It m.-UccaaaoaaratV?' with the knife, which .s i.alniul, a?d ofteaniSu hi .loath iiniK-vcss.iiy. Why endure t*te fifSl, disease t We pack a Written Guarantee laZL BOX. N.> fim-, No Pay. ?nc. am| tiTW. IW Sent by mail. Sample? ft** ^* OINTMENT, ?Bo- and ftfe* CONSTIPATION ?Ve'K'?? i ?peclallyadapted lot chltdrm'aa?av m i 31 * \ \ i 'l "f tlicsi? famous little Mfe? ?B u w it'i v <i box ?r nioruol 1'lle Cum. ???">??' m m'inh eyiwH 'apamm fflBj< J by ~ "?* Sold by Dr. ii. f. L>osey, Laurens. Oharlostou and Western (Jarollui K. R Auuista and Asukvii.lk SUORT LINK. In etT.M t July Lv Jouusou.... .ti 0t) a" ' Augusta.y .,? ? Ar Ureeuwood.u 1,,., " Anderson. . .... _ '' Luureus . I 26'n ' Ureouville. 3 00 p Ule-un Springs ,.4 30 i> ?s8att!!^.r?v.v.v:-.v S?t- !'a'* i.v ffcudorsouviile. .!_!', 03 !! AahevUlo. 7 00 {> Asheville. jfju" " i';?K,",,lt:- ? ;? :: SKSr--" ::: ? 5?* Bpartauburg ...... M 45 Sl Uloun Spriugs.... ,iu nn a Greenville,...p.- ?1 ? ? J'i4",^"s. I 37 p AlHk'ISOtl .... ;* c;i enwood.??y;-,7 ? Augusta.5 ' L\ ( ;ill|()!wi Kall? ... I'll. ., R0/rolH . 7 iK) a Ar ui??.??g. ? 20 u .... Ar 1.1 ? Ii 11:0ml . 7 JO a Lv Augusta....7! Ar Alh-ndalo. '? Fairfax..' !! ????'??<??;?.10 05 a ,. m i Vrt--,.II Ifi a I ort Koyai. 1 . 0 .. ' Savaunul) . " Uharlostou ... Lv CikurlMtoQ. I ort Royal . i iln'A ? 77 * Yoninssee ..... 3 30 p " Fairfax. " Allcudale. Ar Augusta. . IAO P M triim UiaKtfM ? .ow?< conucotlOII atCalh'un Falls for all points on 8. A. I.. Ulose connection at tjreenwood for all points on s. A. l. anil 0. & (;. Railway, ami at spartauburg witb Southern Kail way. For any information relative [to tickets rates, schedules, etc., address VV. J. Oraio. 'Jen Peas. Ag"nt K M. Nohtii Sol. AitV ^>n*i n-{i* I'M Kmuihkv T'~?tn ? > .... r K 20 a ?I 10 a !i 35 a 11 in a -3k SOUTHERN RAILWAY. r 10th, 1H09 Train*. Oondrnni'il Schedule <?l In Effect Deceml GreeuTllI?*, \Vu?liln?toii nutl the Hhiat. .No.ia Nu. 38 |N?. ae Northbound. Daily Mally.l | Daily. Ly. Atlantn, t'.T. Atlanta. K T. Uaiimavillu.. . Athens. Lula. Corn?Ha. Toocoa . SellHCB. Oreonvilla Spartanburg. Oillff ll.'V .... BlucU.simrg - GiiHtonia. Charlotte .... Greensboro Lr.Washingtou " Baltra'oPRR " Philadelphia " Now York . 7 60 S 50 io;t5 026 id 68 11 86 li 5a a !>4 a Bi a 12 00 m nl 1 00 p| a 2 25 pi i'. H is 1? lu 47 45 pi. 'V 8 aa 4 16 h 22 p ?i la p li 40 p| 7 u2 p o a H O i lo 16 l'J 43 in 2 38 a h roiu lilt' l^itKi lu <? ri>' n v 111> ; Also to Atlantn. Ifite. |No. aa N<>. 37; Dallyl Routlihnund. |l>allv. |Hally. [No.It ,v. S*. V..P. U.U.;T Philadelphia Baltimore. Nv aahipgtoa. L~<7. Richmond .. Lv. Danville ... 'Lv. Norfolk Ar Greensboro. Lv. Greensboro tr. Charlotte .. v. Gastoiiia... . ) "li : 0.1 i ,; On fluey . ?|>artiinburg. GfreenvlUe.... tiOllOO?. Toocoa. OvrneAa. Lula. Ar. ?thans. Gainesville Atlanta, K. T. AtlautA, O. T ii 4 liu p U 60 a I 0 65 p rt 22 n| '.i dU p 11 15 al 10 45 p E2 OlunliT oo p _6 ?>m ?'? 00 _ft !^ 00 a S?3T p o & pj r> 15 7 Hi 0 4/. ,10 43 111 26 '11 li u an 1 so s 82 8 26 4 no o it) 6 10 At. Homo.I r 40 Chattanooga I 0 45 P ." 0.) p 0 25 p;io 07 plu 40 p Hi 68 a,11 34 n|l2 30 1 36 i 15 iToTp oio a . 7 37 a a 12 05tU 1 1 12 p "I 'i M Pi iJ 3 24 a 8 16 p1 8 14 |v .') 38 h' 4 65 a 3 55 Ar. Oiuclnnnrt.. " LouisvLDe. Birtntnghum. Ar. Now Urlrwi? 7 30 v 7 ifo ? a 25 p 8 46 p 15 n ill r,t> a;io oo p T 45 pj H 3d a 4 80 l t> UH p 7 to p i trt 8 00 ^ P8I) p 5 2U p 10 i0 p 000 230 a 6 45 a 5 50 p 7 50 id 7 30 p Ax. Ooluuibua.tio] S 50 n J \l> " Mncuu. 8 i*.) a' 7 10 p IS 6S a " Brunswick... ti 00 aj. T 80 B Ar. Juck.vnivllle.,10 00 p1 ' 8 30 a e.\ sou Wo-11. jNo.17. tT??a1. STATIONS. .??X sud INo.13. I.v. 7 40 a ROD a TTuJi t< 55 itlf.y "i 85 v>! s 2o a J.v 5 fej bay an nab ..Ar Lv . lflaelcrille. Ar' Lv CTharlutfUm Ar " . Braticbvllle . " " .. ColumUa .. " " . Newburry.. " *' . .UrceuwwKl.. " "... Hods-os._. ^ o ?,T7i ai Imvifla At _ HftlU<ii Ar A ndorw in H 00 t>| 7 86 p 8 it p 12 26J 0 46 p ii 15 e Oreunville. .I.vl 6?n>-10l6 a TD* ninrsp 12 20 aJll 3? a 7 18 a 1 & a TW? f45 a Ar. rv^.tYreeii villi.. Arl 0 l? p|Ar Spar(anburg Lv| " ....A.sbuvillo.... " " ... Knoxvlllo.,. A r.. ?incinna?.. 1 Ar.. LouT?vill(B...ljV|i "A" a. m. "P" p. m. "M" noon. "N" night. Trains leave Klngville, daily ?zoept Sumlay, for Cniuilen 10:16 a. m. ami 4:46 p. m. Katurn* litk-* U-jivo Camden for Khig\ill?, dally except Sunday, 8:s.> a. m. and 2:.vi i>. m. Also for Sum* ter (taUr except Sunday 10:26 a. in .md 4:46 p. lu. Kptiii iiini/ l*a\ (i Slimier at 8:!i0 a. ru. and 8:00 p. in.i iiiaRiiiKc<>mio>'Uon at Ktn^vill* witb train* Ix-twwoii Oolumbia and ("liarloston. Trains icnv* Spartai 1 .?rg da b. U. A 0. diet ?ion dally for Olondnle. Jonnsvill?, Unlot? and Ooluinltia and int?rmt.>di:ito (Klints at 11:4a a. ni. ami 0 :1ft p. in. Trains loav*Toeooa, (9a., for Blborton, Oa., dall. p. m. exnepl Sundav, 7:00 a> in. tiett. < i' .; Uave ElherUm daiiy 0:00 a. a*> except Sunday, 1:00 p. m,, ma'king oounoO' jiou at Toocoa with (rains l>?twoou Atlanta Qreeuvtlls ami the Ewst. i i.f. ij.calw LIllS Hteamort In dally eorvtee bet woes Norfolk ami itaitimnr*. Niir. :f7 and :iA--lJftily. Waablngton and Sonlh western N'ratibnie Lfmltod. Through Pullman nleepliiK cara batwean Naw Tork and New Or lean*, via Waahtuglon, Atlanta and Moutgon cry. and al?o Lutwixm New York and Memphta, viaWauhhiRtoii.Atlaiitaand Mirmtugbam, ??M eicuaiit Pullman library observa tion oars between Aiiantaaud New York. First clna* it.url.fi'i <? coacbea hwtwveii Waan hiKt?u ?ixl Atlanta. Leaving Wasbiu^toa eaok Monday, Wednesday and Friday a tourist !<;<?< p.ok' oar will run throiiKb betweoa Wann ugion and Prancisoo wiihout caaiir*. lilning cars mtvc all meals en route. Pollmnn drawing-room alcouing oar* be> tween ClrtMnsboro and Norfolk. Clooe oon neution atNorfolk forOLI) POINT COM PORT. Also at Atlanta with Pullman D. R. sleeper for Obattanoogn mid Cinolnnatl. Noh. 85 and 80? United Ktat?a Fast Mall rn&a ?out boiweou Waaliiiiglou and NewOrloana. being oompoeed of coaches, through without change for lernen guru of all olnseea. Pullmaa drawing-room sleeping cars batwven New York ami Nvw Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery an i between Charlotte and Atlanta. Uln?ag oarl aerve all meats euroute. Nos. 11,83. 34 ami I2--Pullman sleeping eara betwoeu Hlchiirmdaud Oliarlotte, via Danville, eoutbboumt Noe. II and 33, northbound No* 84 and IX Connection at Atlanta with throuoh Pullman Drawing-room alaoptng car for Jaok> a .ii vi i In; also PnlTman aleeplng car for Brun? wloic Conneotfon ma<le at Bpartanburg witb UirouKh Pullman aleeper for Asbevilla, Kn?x vtllo and Oinclnnntl; also at Columbia far Ba vamiab and Jacksotivllle. FRANK H. OANNON. J. M. GULP. Third V-P. A Oen. Mgr., JfrMoiPf* Waablngtuu, D. a wa?htuuioJ, ?? a