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The Laurens Advertiser $1.50 Per Year in Advance. I The Secret 5? Of the Well How m Boer itoy Proved to tils Grandfather That Ue Wm No Coward. A STORY OF T1IK THANSVAAL, By P. Y. Black. ?? ITTIiB PAUL REUTER was busy wltli Iiis herd of wide horned oxi n far tnoro busy limn usu ni. Tho entile wondered why on earth he did not let thorn wander afar, as usual, ninong the richer, juicier grasses, l'aul could not. Ho was doing double duty. The cattle had to food or lose value but also the housu had to bo watched closely lest he were needed Hum .-, so tho perplexed oxen were remorselessly kept to the shorter grass near the farm buildings. As l'aul now caiiod to im obstreper ous cow and again looked buck at the quiet, deserted farm there suddenly came to his startled ears an alarmed, excited cry from Inside tho fariuhouso: "Kunje ? vordamterl Come back! Thief! Robber! l'aul'." Paul left tho oxen to their own slow devices and dashed to the house, whence came the angry yells, his bare, freckled legs leaping across thorns and pebbles and rocks with a recklessness born of a lifelong disregard for shoe wear. He sprang Into the main room, and there In a greut, old fashioned chair sat a tall, white bearded old man. whose pale face was distorted now with rage and dismay. It was evident he was very 111, and It was noticeable that he moved his head very stitlly and Iiis hands still more stitlly, while his legs, which rested on another chair, beseem ed quite unable to move at all. "What is It?" cried Paul, running to him. "What Is it, grandfather?" "Tho ungrateful dog! The Jackal! Kunje?robber!" the old Oom Qendrlck spluttered, quite unable to explain by reason of his huge Indignation. "What Is it? What has Kunje done? Where is he?" "Shoot hlml He enmo In just now aud grinned and said he was going back to his kraal?did not want to light tho English! Shoot him quick! I taught you to shoot!" "Shoot Kunje?the last servant to stay with us!" "He has taken my watch?It belong ed to my grandfather?and your un cle's rifle and yonr father's best coat! Quick! Ho went out through the yard a minute ago. There Is no place for bim to hide?It Is open veldt. Quick! Shoot!" Young Paul grabbed a rltle from the wall and ran out. Certainly. 400 yards away, there was the recreant Kalllr servant, a big black Swazl man, walk ing off with his master's cburcbgolug coat on ids back and his master's rltle over his shoulder?walking off very serenely, because he knew that behind him were only an old paralyzed Moor fanner and a young Boer boy. So In dignant was l'aul at the sight that he rested his rifle?already loaded ?on the stone wall of the yard and took aim and (for, young though he was, he was still, like all Boers, a marksman and able to shoot straight) would next In stant have dropped the Kalllr when his heart failed him. lie had shot at beasts, but a man, even a thieving Kalllr man. was something very dif ferent, Paul raised his voice and shouted: "Kunje! Wacht ein beetje! Come back, or my father will lay his sjam bok on your back! Come, and I'll speak for you!" Kunje looked back, saw the rifle and, like a springbok, took to his heels and in a moment was beyond Paul's shoot ing skill. "Did you shoot?" cried the old man. "Did you kill?" "No, grandfather," said Paul, putting away the rille. "I was afraid to kill a man." At that the old Boer, who in battle had killed many men, black nnd white, nearly choked with wrath and so rail ed at Paul that the boy was dazed and frightened. "Coward!" cried Oom Ilendricl: "Afraid! You are a pretty boy to call yourself a Poor! Yoh to defend your country, you to be a soldier, of which you have blustered so much! When I was your age, already I had fought tho Zulus and shot them down! Walt till your father gets back from Pretoria, and he will tl rash you?yes, with his sjambok he v.11 thrash you?when I tell him you are no Boer, but n coward who lets bis house ho robbed!" Paul went back then to his stolid oxen without (for ho had been brought up to reverence age) a word of reply Hut he was heartbroken. In his ears the Insects buzzed the word "Coward!' and the lowing kino booed "Coward:" und the birds Hying above him sang "Coward!" so that by the banks of the stream he lay down and wept, for now he, who had wished to be strong and big and a good marksman, like his grandfather and father, able to tight back the warlike Kalllr tribes and the Invading English, was a "coward, cow ard, coward," who had let his own home be robbed. Now. at that time all South Africa was In a burly burly. The Zulu war with the Engllsh'was over, but English soldiers wore everywhere, especially on ttie Natal frontier, where bands of Ir regular volunHor cavalry were con stantly patrolling The Renter farm lay In the Transvaal close to Natal, and. as already more war was talked of between the Boers and the English, Reuter. Paul's father, was in an awk ward posltiou between two fires, as it might prove. His Kalllr servants, last of all Kunje, had loft him from sheer fear of being drawn Into the tight, am Reuter bad gone to Pretoria, tho oapl tal, to get the real facts and be advised what to do. Ills wife was deud. am! Oom Ilendrlei. nnd Pnnl were ltd*! atone. anVTHH, once grimly light In,, Boer was now helpless, soon little Paul devolved great responsibility, which his father, aiways proud of him, had yielded him with a smile. "You are head of the family now. Paul," said he, riding away, "and, re member, yon are In charge- even of the well." And his father wjotild come back from Pretoria to find his son was not fit to trust. For a long time Paul wept by the stream. He was roused from his misery by a great trampling of feet of horses In tho distance nnd hoarse, loud voices and that peculiar jlnglo jaugle of steel c ^^^^J^t^^wld^^lkei^^j^j^o^ tu it.. drive ms cattle as rar away as j he colli? 1 or run to the house to warn j Iiis grandfather -tho troop cnino In Bight in tho trot from round a corner of the wood. The captain, riding ahead, saw l?nul with n quick, nil scan dug eye. With 11 wave backward of his gauntlet) d hand he fell to a walk, and at once the nu n behind hlui did tho Bttine, und then at tho word "Halt!" the company remained still and unite and the ottlcer beckoned Paul to bis horse's aide, raid went with great a wo and trepidation, for ti,, i?? is something ter rorising to even n Brown peasant at the unfamiliar Blghl ?'f many sabered sol diers of Btrangc dress and manner and speech. "Whoso cattle are these, my boyV" said the ollleer. "I must have some." Paul's fnco lengthened so that tho soi dl.T laughed aud reached down and patted bis head. "Don't be frightened, laddie," said he. "M.V nu n ni'0 short of fresh meat, and I willll two fat steers, hnt yon will got a fair price for them und cash down at that. Arc they your father's?" "Y< s, sir." Paul answered, Bomewuat reassured, "but he Is not at home. My grnndfathcr is. but he's sick. That's our house " "Take me to see your grandfather then." lie told a Borgennt to have the men dismount, and he himself dismounted to follow I 'a nl. The hoy watched the agile men obey the order a.s If touched by one sprint;, and then suddenly I'mii) saw something which made him cry oul shrilly. "It's Kunjel" he shouted, for. now the men were off their horses, ho could see at the back of the Column the big black Swa/.l hound with a rope In Charge of a soldier. "Hello, my hoy! Do you know that Kaffir?" the otllcer asked in surprise. "It is Kunje, our servant, who ran olT this morning and stole a rifle and watch and other things!" "Oh. was that It?" the soldier laugh ed. "It was the gun that got him Into trouble. We don't approve of armed natives in these times who can't give an account of themselves. So he's a thief, Is he? I don't know but that Shooting would he the best thing for him. Bring that fellow here, corporal." The corporal moved forward to obey, when with such sudden quickness that the soldiers had no time to see what was Intended Kunje gave a jugulerliko twist of his iilmost naked body, tho rope fell from him, and he dashed away among the trees and the cattle and Into the brush by the stream. "Shoot!" yelled the ollleer. "Mount and after hi in!" One or two men Ured wildly nt the fleetly flying form, and two men fol lowed at a gallop, but soon came back. It was Impossible, even on horseback, to catch that agile, low running sav age, soon lost in the bush. "A poor piece of work, whoever tied blm," the odicer growled. "Let the rascal go. Hoy. there's your rifle and watch, just as you said. We took them from him. Now, let's see your grandfather about the cattle." Oom Ilendrick was sternly polite to the English soldiers, whom thirty odd years :igo he had fought and for whom Tttcnexl instant he would have ?ropjml the Kaffir when hi* heart failed him be bad bis racial antipathy, but the English officer was young ami Jovial, and not yet had the ItoeiS and Ijllgllsh come to actual warfare, so a lair price was paid down, aud the soldiers rode off, driving their cattle, to the rnmp where their regiment lay, not many mills off. Then Oom lleudrlck took the few goldpleces left with him und laid his recovered helrl >om. an euor moils heavy silver watch, which one would have to carry, on ? would think, in an overcoat side pocket, carefully beside them. "No thanks to you," said he to poor Paul, "I have my grandfather's gift again. Some day I will give It to yon. If you grow Up n true I'.oer and not a coward. Your father told von. as von knew, where to place these Illings that neither Kaffir nor Engl?nder can lind them." Paul's head bung low ; hin face was Shamed. He did not answer at all, but the bitter words of the old warrior most heroic to the boy among men? cut sorely to his soul. He went out and look('(| carefully around. Every thing was silent. The heat of noon bad drive bird and beast to shelter. Even the bum of the insect world was stilled. The clatter of the cavalry was far agone, and not a soul, not a servant, was In sight. At the back of the farmhouse, among an or chard of orange tiees, tlicro rose, peep ing up from the grasses, moss grown, a circle of stones. Paul walked to them and stood over them a minute, looking down into a deep old well, unused now, but whose bottom was hidden by black water. Once more the boy looked all ro'tnd, but there wa,s no one to see. He disappeared and reappeared again quickly and went back to his neglected cattle. Twilight In tho Transvaal is brief. The sun touches the peaks of the pur pie mountains, and yet It day; the Bun Is lost behind them, and In a few minutes It Is night. Paul had his oxen drlvon home nud stalled and the cows milked, and he wan very weary, for the hay had been most exciting. He got a simple supper for Oom Hondrlclc and himself and ate, In spite of Ids bard day, poorly, for Iii? boyish heart was still soro nud still. When the ducks by tho pond waddled to their nests, their mocking quacks said, "Coward, cow ard, coward I" Ho was still eating when the door opening straight from the yard to the living room was flung Inward without any previous knock or sound of volco and two big men strode in and closed It behind them. The old Boer, with a great angrj roar, like nn insulted bull, almost rose to his feet In his wrath and astonishment, but sank back, shaking and spluttering. Paul did Jump to his feet and with one leap was at the wall whore bis father's rlflo hung, but nt once, quick as he, one of tho men was upon him and swung blm far Into a threateningly. "Mind you, my nioom-' ing little nipper, that's the way ii? get Into trouble, s?> don't you ^" for lo try It on. Mate, hurry up and see to the ancient one In his chair." Taid could not move, for tbo man's foot was at Ills neck, bid be could look, and his quick eye at once noticed that the boots of the men and their trousers were the same as those of the soldiers who . ..d bought t'ie cattle, but ihcir faces were blacl d! Paul was aston ished more than tit first frightened, because the kindliness of the olllcer and some others of the soldiers who had spoken to him had made him feel almost grateful to them. Q rand father Reuter sat In his chair glurlng, and the other man stepped up to him. drew a pistol, presented It full at the old Hocr's face and said harshly: "If you want to see tomorrow morn ing, old cock, tell me and my ma to where that wealth of yours is stowed and tell It quickl" Oom Hendrlck gasped and choked, and his eyes burned, but he said noth ing. "Bring the Hipper lu re, .lack," said the man, and Ids "mato" pulled Paid to his feet, placed him in side ins grand' father and pointed another pistol at the boy's head. Now Indeed tho old Boer shook, aud bo turned a sorrowful look on Paul, for, If he were sometimes harsh, still Paul was the hope of bis old age. "What wealth?" he forced himself to ask. "No gammon, now, 'cause wo'I'd presse.1, for time!" said one of the Eng? lt8h soldiers. "We know all about it. How do you suppose that Kallir es caped today? 'Cause me and my male had him between us, and he promised if we gave him a chanco to run he'd put us In tho way of a good thing. Ho told us that you stow your gold 'cause you're afraid of hanks these rough times. We're men of honor and let him run for It. Now, d'you see, tho nigger couldn't tell us Just w here, but It's here. Spit It out, hand over or go to glory, you and the hoy! That's the long of it and the short of it. What d'you say?" The old man looked defiantly at them. "The money Is here, If you can find It," he said. "It Is not mine; It Is not the boy's. If Its owner, my son. were here, he'd dash your brains out against the wall, as I would do or this boy would If he were older or 1 younger! Verdamter Engl?nder! i>o you think a Boer can be afraid of threats'.'" "Crimes!" said the soldier coolly. "You're a bully old swaggerer, ain't you? But we've no time to waste. Come, I'll give you a one, two, three and fire. Will you tell?" "No!" cried the old man. "Paul, If you are not a coward, say no!" And Pau' said, "No!" "One, two"? cried the soldier, now growing angry, "No!" said the old man grimly. "God will deal with you for this murder!" "No!" said Paul, white, but with a sudden brightness In his eyes. "Last chance, old plghead! Th"? "Yes. I'll teil!" cried poor Paul, un able to stand the strain. Oom Ilen drick turned on him a reproachful eye, and with pale face and trembling legs the Boer boy was led out and took his guards straight to the old well. "It 1b bidden In the stonework down the side. Two men can reach It?one standing in the water and the other on the first's shoulders. The water Is only a foot deep." "Chaw!" cried the soldier. "This Is a deuce of a place. How much Is there?" "About ?500," said Paul, shaking. And a late duck on the pond suddenly cackled, "Coward, coward, coward!" "Get a lantern," said one of the men, and Paul got a lantern, and then at their command he showed them bow to go down, by niches cud cracks In the old stone walls. He showed them a stone which could swing in its place, leaving a ere ice big enough for :i big bag u? in^noy. He went down himself and explained thai he was llol tall enough to reach tho ston \ lie behav ed like an arrant sneak and coward In deed, but what could be expected from U little boy of 13 With a pistol at his bend? Then the men whispered lo gother, apparently satisfied with Paul's story, and one of them bald: "Yon are a rank, blooming sneak to give uwny your own father, but I believe you're telling -the truth, you're so scared. Anyhow, as we've both ^ot to go down. I'll have to bind you. There's loo many guns about the house." So (hey bound him, arms and legs, with a belt, and then Paul shed tears ami Im plored Hem to let him run hack to the house t ? his grandfather, but they bound him with (heir belts and laid him down by the well, which they tit once began to descend, All alone In the dark, never did a Im y wriggle so fiercely to get free, never sweat more with terror lest he should no unable to. for he had not thought after telling them the secret that tic soldiers would he mean enough to hind him. At last, at last, be got f?ne hand looso and then another, and he did not Wind his lej S, Ho crawled to the edge and by the faint light could lust make out one soldier standing In the water and the other on Ids shoulders, strug gling with the stone. Paul gasped and struggled and pushed and heaved at tho coping of tho well until be had a great loose rock poised over tho rob bers' heads, and then he cheered and laughed and yelled until Oom Ilendrick wondered what on earth had happened at the well, and the ducks woke up and quacked, "Bravo, bravo, bravo!" "Wow!" cried Paul. "You fools, the real stone Is still far above your heads, and If you try to climb up I'll drop this stuoe, heavy enough to crush you both to death!" And the soldiers cuised all night, and little Paul laughed all night, until his father rode home in the morning and made both of the robbers prisoners. Old Oom Ilendrick took a long time to understand that his grandson had actually had the cleverness and cour age to entrap two of his country's ene mies, English soldiers, but when lie did ho called the household together and with great gravity aud a long speech solemnly presented Paul with an an cient silver watch which weighs about two pounds troy. A binder in the Kansas whoat fields will cut flftcon acres a day, and tin-, cost of i uniting it is forty cents an acre. Therefore, a .nan who is run ning fifteen biudcrs Is at a considera ble expense?about $100 every day. Tho costof harvesting a crop of wheat, from the sowing to thrashing, is llg ured as foMows : Ploughing and har rowing, SI ; seeding and drilling, $1.50 ; cutting, SI.25 ; thrashing, $1.75; hauling, $1.50 ; total, $7. Tho farm holp is paid $2 a day and is ex pected to work from sun up to dusk, with doublo pay for nights or Sundays. It is said that Mrs. Vina Winklcr, of Kokomo, lud., has tho greatest num ber of living descendants on record. At a family reunion on hor 91st birth day last woek, 211 of her flock wero prcaent, they bolng 0 children, 86 jrwidcUUdron^O^irc^ FAKMl> G NOKTII AND solTM. \\ i- left Atlanta with I?? members, including wivca nn<l daugbu rs, of the Ucorglu Press Association and the Georgia Weekly Press Association, on the evuuing ul July 10th, for u tour days' slay at ihe Km-American lOxpo. sit ion at Buffalo, goiug via G'hatta? uoogo, Ciueiuuati and CU .eland. It is not my purpose to u write up" tho exposition, preferriug lo leave that joh to more accustomed pens, nor to give a detailed account of our jouruoyiugs lo o'hor points of interest. My individ ual party oi seven look in Niagara Falls, Albany and Hudson :lvor, New Voik and Washington, roturning bv tho South? in railway through Virginia and the Carolinas to Atlanta on the 20th instant, having boon absent just olov< Ii d.i\ ?. We travch d the ?'realer part of tho distance during daylight, l was par ticularly desirous to see Ohio and Now I Vork. As might have been expected. [endeavored lo observe us close!) a possible from a car window llio agricul tural eoinlltious of those States and compare the same with the appearance of the farms south of the Ohio and the I'otomnc. Uf course it was uoi possi ble, under such circumstances to take in the details, but only to catch a gen eral view ami reach some general con clusions. To judge from the heavy wheat crops still in the shocks all aloii/ lly way 11oin llighbridgc, Ky.. through .rvmall pari of the Miami valley ami ihe higher rollingpraric soils on the route ilnough Dayton, SprlnglhId and Cleveland, llieic must be cither heiler sods or belter lilt MM is than we had Ii It hi hind in Georgia. Doubtless llio difference in the appearance Ol' Illings was due partly to both. But wo traveled through the liest portions of Kentucky and Ohio?-the '?blue grass regioi." of each, based on "blue luui stone" foundation. Tho wheat crops, asalieady intimated, I seemed to actually burden the soil upon which they had grown. The corn, ? also, was particularly line in both tbeso States. We saw but little tobacco, not much clover, a go* d deal ol rather in forior timothy and lot^ of very ordi nary oats. Along the tonic from lluf. falo by way of the New York Central lo Albany, touching Itoohcstcr, S31M CU8C, Uticil and other points, I \\;(s im pressed with the backwardness of the corn (as 11 appeared to US, who had left it in " roasting onr" in Georgia, being but little more than knee-high 111 New York.) The. wheat was good "about in spots'* and oats very infe rior. The surface of the com.try in this part of New York is peculiarly broken. Many hills were as sleep oil the sides ami sharp at the top- und as round as a potato hill. Hut every nook and corner, oVOiy sleep hillsid \ eve 1 where it seemed almost impossible for a horse or a vehicle to pass, was oc cupied in tome paying cop. On many 1 ill lops that were shaped much like an inverted boy's spinning top, there seemed to be a bunch of wheat stand ing, or but recently cut away, whore it was so sharp that there was hardly room for a wagon lo slam! still. 1 looked closely evorywheru for n gully or a washed away " galled " spot. They wen- not to 1)0 st en. If any, they ni ii' hidden from the rail roan view. The soils in Now t ork anil northern Ohio were not originally ? qual to l hose of middle Georgia and corrcspon linu regions of adjacent Stales, Um as a general il not almost universal rule, they are now in a far mere productive condition. What lias been the cause of this dif fercuco between the conditions of Iho soils and farms of Kentucky nud Ohio ami those id the Carolinas and Geor gia? It cannot ho due to natural causes except so far ns such causes tended to exaggerate certain lines of farming. It is not em in ly due to bu rner dilferenccs in the t > stems of labor. Tho conclusion reached i-. that Ihc cause is to be sought lor in the char acter and kinds of crops glow 11 and tho particular lines of husbandry thai have been the leading fen tut es of the two scctionr. In the South we can grow cotton, in the North thoy cannot. In tho South wc can produce milk and bulter and beef cattle, hogs ami sheep ; but WO do not to any great extent. In Iho North they ?an produce small grain, hay, cat tle and sheep, hogS and horses and they do it on a largo scale. " More stock, more manure ; more manure, more grass ; more grass, in re slock " has been the goneral practico in Kentucky and Ohio, while in Georgia aud South Carolina it has been and is still loa con siderable oxloul tho rule to " plant more land, to make more cotton, to buy more mules, to buy more land, to make more cotton." The results arc evident. All hun dred years and more of such divergent lines of farm policy and practice has had a wonderful effect tu changing and differentiating the agricultural conditions. In Ohio and Jsicw York the soils are much belter than they used to be a hundred years ago ; in Georgia, as a pile, they arc much worse than Ihej ever were. Of course there are Bom ? honorable and noteworthy exceptions, Thorn are some as well managed ami us prodi <?? live farms in Georgia and oilier adja cent States as any in Ohio. I did rot sec a Held of oats in the latter M ile that would yield as much as wo make every year at the experiment station I did not sec a when! Held in it her New York or Ohio thai ivou'd yield as much as .loins Ih'idgca ami W. 1'. Walker and Mrs. M. B, Wilson made this year, and last year, aud the year before last. We arc cerlninh improv ing "about in spots/1 i- .11 I'cicr Cartwrigbt replied when lb ln>p Sonic reproved him for hi- levity and a |<( r| him: " Brother t !.n t wiigbi. do cnu think you are growin ? III grace V "Yes, wc are imp'nvi ig, 1 iiboul in spots,'" and I am h pclul Ihn! Ins. spots will become mure i um loin an I grow hugei' and ill I u>| ln> . me c< u fluent, and so cover the uho'c fne?! ol Iho country, hiding the v, . ?. augges uon of iho pnviom n kt diets ami sterility of mi a le ti ?.. imII uj coi n and meal policy |Imi sill pr valla in nun v plac s. i; ,1. ItKbiMS'o The old* si known V nut in in i rc ported dying I i n N< vv I \?v.\ ii'm - house, win ro Ii? I as h tu I i :;i jcai . Hin name Iii Noah Baby, half Indian and half North Carolinian. For some years he has boon blind, but all othor faculties have boon preserved. He is a bachelor, and for 120 years has been a smoker of tobacco and consumer of flrc-water, when he could get it. do is a .lacksonian Democrat and never bolted the party ticket under any cir cumstances. Whon it is considered that 2,1,000 patents are issued annually by Ihfl United States?nearly four times as many as all the balance of tho world? it is not surprising that she should lead all other uatlons in labor-saving and ex? TALL CORN doesn't come by accident. A fertile soil and careful cultiva tion arc necessary to produce tbe towering stems ana heavy ears. Yet tin- farmer who under. stands that he can't have a healthy com crop without feeding: and Weeding, scents to think that he can have a healthy body without either cure or culture. Hut the body la built up just as the corn in, by the asidniiUtioii of the ?cvtrnl chemical elements on which vitality depend*. And what weedst are to the corn, diseases of the etoinach and nutritive systems arc to the body ; they divert the neces sary food supply from the proper channels, and the no Oy becomes lean, sickly and ill-nourished The proper digestion ami assimilation of food la a pri m.try essential of health. By healing disease* of the BtOUt acb and organ* of digestion and nutrition, Dr. fierce * Golden Medical Discovery increases the digestive and assimilative powers, stimulates the action of the blood making glands, and scuds to every organ of the body the rich red cot pnselcd blood oil which physical vigor und vitality depend. " I took two bottles of Doctor l'lcrce's Golden Medical Discov ery, for ttotuncll trouble," writes Clarence Carats, K*i . of Taylors town, l.oiilouu CO., V.l. "ft (till me so min li good that 1 didn't take any more. I can eat most anything now. I am xo woll pleased with it i hardly know how to thank you for your kind infor mation. ] tried a whole lot of things l>eforc I wrote to you. There was a gentleman told me about your lucdlciue, how it had cured Iii* wife. I thought l would try a bottle of it. Am now glad that I did, for I don't know what I would have done If it had not been for Dr. Mercc'S Golden Med ical Discovery." Dr. Pierce*! Pleasant Pellets regulate the bowels and cur* constipation. TIIIv COTTON SF,F,D PROBLEM. Farmers Advised to Demand a Fair Exchange for Their Cotton Seed. 2'o tin Editor oj '/<< News and Com / /. c .- The farmers of this state are morn interested in the cotton seed question than the) arc in tho Tillmnn and McLaurin wrangle as to tin purity of their Democracy aud the dcg< neraey of then manhood. These two men, important as they seem to he, will soon pass and DC rorgOttOU, l>al cotlotj socd is hero lo stay and play an important pail in the business problems of the fanners. The purchase of most of the largo oil mills in this and adjoining States by lllO V irginia-Cai olina (heinica1 Company may not tend to i monopoly of tho the business, hut it lias a sort of lonniug in that direction, liven before (his corporation came into existence tin ro were c< riain combinations amongst mill men Hint eudeavorcd to fix the price of seed. It stands to rca 1 son that the Virginia-Carolina Chemi cal Company will keep up the same i plan. That leaves the I.inner in the Condition that be has to sell al tin fixed price or bold Ins seed, j Seed is worth as much for manure 1 when not crushed . s when crushed. ' At tho Mississippi experiment sta ion actual experience and chemical analy sis demonstrate that the raw >cid ltd 1 properly is worth equally as much as the men I and hulls. The farmers by ? keeping and properly using their see.I get full value. Mills generally charge toil for grind ing products <d tho farm. They charge one-tenth or one-1well th for gl hiding wheat and corn. Kveil the roller Hour mills, that exchange Hour and bran lor I wheat, place the exchange on tho basis j ol one tenth for loll. In grinding ser : ghum and making syrup the toll is oue i fourth or perhaps one-third in some cases. I How is it with crushing cotton seed? i Let us lake| reo nt quotations of the I products : A toil of sound cotton seed will make about 7?0 pounds of meal, 1)50 pounds of hulls, pounds oi dirt and Unters, and 27? pounds of oil. Al present prices the product of one ton Of seed will be as folloW8 : 750 pounds of meal .... .$11 .'57 i?.r)0 pounds of hulls.2 ;<8 2f) pounds of Hilters. '.'? 275 pounds of oil (:I7 gallons).M 80 Total.*2<i 60 Now, one-third of that amount, or Ss.'.'?'!, would be largo compensation for the oil mill, which would leave $17.87 for the farmer's ton of seed. That is equal to about 27 cents a bushel. The mill men will say that is too much to pay for seed. Hut consider how il works : When tho farmer buys in the shape of fertilizer he will pay tho manufacturer sl?.b.'l for the ammo nia in one ton of seed. Besides this he will pay about S I to si; for Iho pot ash and phosphoric acid in a ton. Whin the farmer sells bis seed to the mill at $10 to SM a ton and buys from iho fertilizer manufacturer the plant food in a ton be will pay at least $20 for it. No farmer can afford to Hade that way. What can he do about il ? In the I lirsi place, ho Is not obliged to sell bis seed. The oil in il docs not injure il as a fertilize) or feed. I'roporly and carefully applied, nine bushels of seed is worth more to the farmer than 1(10 pounds of meal. It requires that amount to make 100 pounds of meal. The ri incdy is to demand a fair ex chang ? t<t hulls aud meal. Lot the mill inon understand tu met that "v uro to receive full value ror tin ir seed | or thoy will |uol seil? At the , ?. < til prices of ammonia, pt.ia-di und | . ? pborlc acid quoti <l at < !h msoii t i lle> one ion of seed is worili all > i ..-j" ;>. fertihzer. That is, the farmer ?il have to pay that much foi the same ' plant-food in any fertilizer he muy pui? chase, no odds what Is Ihe source ol these elements. Lot ihe farmers of the Stale o? usidor. this question from a rational stand-1 point. Let thorn demand lull valuoi lor their seed or keep them nl home, i Tlie only loos will ho in lIn oil, but the S tanner will not sulTet in that respect, for he gets no bendi! Irom the oil. The llgures given above art onl) np proximal? ly correct, bu they 1110 near enough to exactness l<? form a binds for llgllliUg a little on tin- problem. 1/ l\d ing formers could evi n call a meeting and ask representative mill men to b present and in a business way talk tho problem over, ii would do no harm. The mill men have their meetings ami never invite, farmer - to alt- ml ami ? 11 cuss the prices of seed, (J. 1*. Spuvtunhury) Jut*/ 2'J. "Now, my heurors," asked tho lady orator, who had ju-t linished cnutn crating the qualities which should he possessed by man, "what should he done with thi* ideal husbuud?" "Have him slulTed " suggested a coat sc, frivolous (icrson in 1 side seat. Ilultimoro American. '?How much are you getting for that?" lie asked of the man who was mowing the lawn. ".Nothing," re plied the man. "Tin 11 you're a In.,',." ("1 know it ; hut as I own th s place land c.1.11*1 gel away from it, I've been I a fool a louu while." Mrs. UoU8Cki ep Th it will a very small quart of peaches you Beul inc. ami besides tlit-\ w . re very ?recii. Dealer Ves'm, 1 noticed they Were green, bo 1 iboughl I'd better not -end you enough to do you any htir.11. Philadelphia t'ress. c ou " 1 was given up to die with quick consumption. I then began to use Aycr's Cherry Pectoral. I improved at once, and am now in perfect health." Chas. E. Hart man, Gibbstown, N. Y. It's too risky, playing with your cough. The first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs and the play will be over. Be gin early with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the cough. Thrte s'/ts : Z.ic. 50c, SI. AI! dm Con*..It your iloelor. n he \U< thru to as lie My*. II In lOl ? you ""i to tr.lce it. then iluuM i?H< Ii. II? kiio Lr*vc It With him. We are* liitf. J. C. AVK? CO., howoll, Muss. ????iHMiin urn ihi nr ii in v in ! Oharleston ami Western Uarollna R 1 1 AUOCHIA A NO AsilKVIM.K SlIOHl I.IM. in effect Mnj 20, urn. r.v Augusta.|u 05 ,i :; -jo ( A r (I rue a wood.r. !?*> p . " Anderson. . 7 A') | " Lauren* .. . i .'hi p " Oreonvillo. . ;t 2> p " Qlenn Springs . I l"> p " Kpartauburfi . II SM p ? Saludii. . f< p " lien i' rsotivllle. H 11 p " Ashevlllc . . l? p Lv AslinVllle. 7 CT? ? " Henderson \ i i le. .... s U"? a b'lat Kock. - l.. a Halnda. H ?n h " Tryon. ..... u i;t a " Bnartanburg, . . p.! io , " Olenu Springs. no a " Groeuviilt .... IV 13 p 11 Lumens. . 2 CO n '? Anuurson . 7 25 a " (it en wood. 2 50 p Ar Augimta. _ .... ??) ( Lv A ikUni,i. ... jj JJJ] j Ar Allelidale. l (?_? i. " Fairfax . 4 62 i " Yeniassoo. .. . .'. < j " Beaufort. ... 6 CO i *? Port Itoyal. 7 in p " Savannah . .... " UliarleHtoii ... . Lv UliarleHtoii. Port Koyal . ; in h B< auforl.... . & (in (, Yemassoe ..... (i 4(i h Fairfax.... . 7 41 i Alleudale. : 5s ? A r AugUSta. In en I Clo.se connection at (ireenwnod mr t I points on 8. A. I?. and ('.. \ II Itailw<t.i I him! at Spartnnburg with Southern !:. I ? way ror any inforniatl >i 'elativo to ticken rates, schedules, etc . ttddi.isrt \n . j . Obaio. (ieu. (>??<? A#e?il K M North, Sol. Aat i-.. 'I'M 1--:\vfv,s T? ?'C . . . , BlISI N B S^rri i f SSSLfiSit SCHOO! 'SKORTIiANO jtciual Businessj \?rAuGt/xrACo. , flChc .-.p bo.ird j'/* SITUATIONS H.u.<ll>. 1 POSITIONS I POSITIONS! 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Conservatory of Music headed by an experienced and distinguished dircotor educated in America and Uermany. IMWUMW^Pl.?I.i.H -> i XInvo Always Bought, ami \vl Uh 1 ? foot u over '10 .'.(-iii-s, lias borno tlio signature o$* _mm*****> tttld bttS bCCll JUUdO U I 1 tils |lOL* / ' ? y/y.:--*'^- t suiial supervision since w? Infancy* *? " ?'' ?'' '?''????&'* Allow no ono to deceive yon in (Iiis? '.'< 1 ? Un'leltS, > nil t it k toil s ailtl " ?I uvl -:: - good' 'are 'lufj ? ?: . if*j that ti'lilo with antl ondniiHer (ho health of . ?' ? ' ...iUlron? lixjici leneo against Hxpcrimcutt Wh&l Is CASTOR !A I?? l?i ?? harmless substitul ? f.or Castor oil, Parc . Hi'f?|'is antl Sootliln*V s- .' i. is Pleasant. 1x, . ? ? iieUhii!!1 Opium, tlorpliine ? .<??- other Narcotics r.ls ago is ifuarantee. Jt destroys Wornifj .-. L' ivrlshnoss, K etires !>iurrhu?a and Wind . "i :. :lel|tj;i.'fj Teetliliijj 'IV sfol ?-, eures Constipation ? It nssiiiiilal - ;.'<- rood, regulates th;> aid I Jewels, giving; liohll by t ltd tut Iura I sleep. . hitdrcii's l'anaeca? -'.'ho rUolltor's ITi'lond. - ? CASTOR IA -ways j Boars u12 Siguatuvo of The Kind You Have Always Bought hi Uss For Over 30 Years. 1851 I'UKAIW UN1VKUSITY 11M>i OREIvNVIlylyU, vS C. .:- A. 1' >IONT vtiV'T, I'h.l'., .1.." Pi-.nldoiil ?: Two courses are offered leidhi'! to iho d?! ttnohnlw ?il Irin R.A.) and stNHier of Ar'H(>1 \.) Linn und Head n,: ttoom. Physical and (.'liomieal l.abora lories. >'? w i-'ni-iy Uonin i >.. mil ? ?. ?.< ?:-'?-? ??: . ? I io a ii n i in by t ho mess system (5alah>tni? stul cheulars of inmrtnattou du rcpi ?t. \ddrcss, l?'or room* amdv to 1'itor Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Next Session opeiis Sejd ii I'Kii. Si-iihlal raic-5 to hoard in^idudeub Limited num' l>er can be ac.conmdatod in l> ? t ry H.'Kiu) will pay for Imird riom-miit, mvri l Ulattoii, and tuition, for Colicnaie year. Kivo prof ?wir* md mn i.? hi tor in facti I iv. M oral I ii It n nees uoed. i uiir cs-'f studj leado I ? la r H, \ find M. A. Fiti.? Commercial Course Wi o for >? daioguo or Information oi n ij i to A E SPENCER Ulinton, s. t . Trains Double Daily 5ER'yicz CA IM l'A I. Cl'h Itoii i'!'?? Shortest line bol ween all prim ipal < itice North. Kfi?t, South ihkI Wosl. Cucquallcd HehcdulOfl '*' I'au-American Kxposition at HulTalo. Sem ID i i.its In Kii i i r May 20, HK)I. no in hbounii. N ? ii ? LySnvannah, Central 1...11 rpm ' pni Fairfax .I Main ? Spin Denmark. 2 Iftam 1 !l!l m Columbia Kastern r... 4 luain ." 12pm Caintlon. ? ? m uh v ?" 1 11 Chcraw.... . . V 12arri " 1 ipni Ar Hamlet .7 io?m lo 1 ?.. Lv Cailionn Tall-.? 1 Oppin I'ai A bbevillc. 1 "> 1 ?in i ?? --1111 Greenwood . 201 pin 1 'lam ('Union .... - 6! pin ?'? l.ain tCarlisle.'? ?'. ipm ?? Uain Chester . I tOpin 7 !tain ( ntawba Junction. 1 > ipm v :! am Ar Hamlet.'. 10pm 10 : 'ail Lv II am lei . - ' "am '." ?pu Ar 1 alei -li.!" -. .m 1 i\nn j'otcrshuri!.2 |.?pin ."> 1 an. Richmond. ?> 2sj?m 0 luain Washington. 7 05pni 1" n am Halt:>iKire.II 2?j in II 2">ani Philadelphia. 2 ft' ?in ; :n;pn New York.lOani i pm Portsirioulln-Norfolk.. Sftfipni Te am a i. a i i.a.-. 1 \ XO < i.i nt N.i. .v < alhoun v alls.?. 17am Abbeville. . ? .1 - !pn < irconvi uod... . 1,2 Ibpni ( Itiiton. 1 .J.?piii booth bound i riiryi I idly'. s . Lv i horaw, Kastorn r... 7 1 am ii i*pm < Innidoii. fj ? 'am lam Columbia. Central 1.. i) U'tun lu'mn I'ciimark .II ol'am .' '. ?nm Fairfax .II ;?lam ; ??'am Ar Savannah. 1 I7piu I 62am Jacksonville..Ii 10pm ;' Dam I'ninpii. jl ' am ? lOpin I a ('alawlia. Kaslorn I '.< 'im 1 i.'ftinn Chester .,Pi 20ani I r'.\m I'tirli le_ .I'1 Haiti - U rtiu 1 I III toll .? I am :' .'1 am U renn wood ..122Jpln ?': i'iam Abbeville .l- IH|im i 15ain 1 'alhoun Kalle. 1 16pm i I8nu A r Athens. 2 Iflplil ? 2 am Atlanta. 1 .v>pm ?> .> nin l.ix \l. CLINTON TO All VNTA. No .... Lv Clinton. - npiu 0 roe 11 wood. . .'i 05pm A bhovillo . . it !i .pin Unllmiin Fsllfl. ... 1 11 pm A r Athens. .. . ' Il'.pni Atlanta . s (iuj>m No. Ml ciMiiifc'is :ii Washington vvlili tlio Pennsylvania llailwaj ItiilTnlo K.\i>reM . nrrh ine ItnlTalu . I ? a m. i oluroliin, Nowbcrry A I.awn :.- I'ail way f? nln No f>2, leaving Columbia, I niun Maiion. .11 ll.'2.'l a m dally, connects at ( i;i ton with H a i Ky No Mi alTordliiK uliort est and tpiickcsl rnitlu i>* several hours lo Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville,?t? hi Is, Chicago and all |>oinlfl a osl. clone connoction ni PolorMmrg, lllcli mond, Washington^ I'urlKmotiih Norfolk, Columbia, Savannah, Jackaoi vlllo ami A t laa ft witli illv< igillH 11 ne-. Magniticoiil vosiihnlo trains carrying through indium sleeping oars hoiween all principal pomls I'or red ii "i MIO*, Pullman reservations, ete, upply lo W'm. licTi.Bii, Jh.,I) I'i a. 5 availn ill tin, <;. Sir P. Hattk, I'. P. A . Columhia, H < .1. M 11 a it it Isi V. P. isn ?i ,M? l( K i, i>i s. ii,(I PA, Portsmouth) \'a. THE YOtJNGBLQQD LUMBEH_ .OOMP^ NY AUo use \. <?.v. OfPIOI AND WORKHi N "Ki n A mi STA S. (' Doorp, HkhIi, iiiiiuiH hikI MuiUlor'0 Hardware. FLOORING, si 1)1 NO, CEILING AND INSIDE FINISHING LUM BER IN GEORGIA PINE, All Correspondence given prompt at ten (ion. MON?Y TO LOAN On (arminglands. Raty payments, No commissions charged, iiorrow^r pnys ac tual oost of perfecting lose., in?ercit 7 pot ^^t^^p^a^^rd^ytoje^ritjft SOU'I HKRN ) RAILWAY. Contt?itKo<l Noliortntfl ?>? I'lmmiifor TratiUb In KlTool Juno IK), lOOt l QrconvlUu, Wnsli IN Not l lil'oiiiiil. .12 i>uii\ Lv. Atlnittft,'!. T.j 5 ?' ? " AM:,, til, |C, T.l fl lV? 'I (i:, ? . UlO. . AtiiuiM. L?h?. T. conn . SiHiiM'it. ii ivenvlIlA ... KlMirtutthui'R. GiilYliov. hin -' iitrg ? Un.n -.in. OliurMlio .. . Ii pi on Iii .ro Ar Ar Ay. Ar 1 >ni!i:nii , ;t Oi .i il Kl :> I i 4S I ? n iuu! Iho ICust. Si'ii ? N?.34 W?. bI Imlly. Dully i??Oy. i? ! ."?Ti>'ll 60 y p j -ST) l>, 9 29 ? s is p .) eo p ! t.l p J uS l' 41' 0 il ?:, i .; 56 p II 40 a . t ft 40 pi 4 85 ? 6 6o V. 5iJi |i| i; ia pj 7 07 f>| 5 r> 4 ^ p. IU? P l> r.4n p i) lo p 8 18 p 7 48 PI b 02 S pj 0 00 16 p 10 oj ' ,V, . 17 p 11 4? p|l2 43 p a in ? 2."i 6 :i a .1 B9 a ,Vi n a it p 0 44 V I inuviUo_ Norfolk, i ~ Ui.Oiiii ,v.ii .. |ll JJSjMll liYi? II il lv n Ar.\Yn hinulon " kill iiVl'Hll i l' 18 a 1 62 b il 42 tx 7 U7i ;\| 0 00 p a .? 15 ui a H5 p : i. ..... ' 16 ft II ?'?> u i ,* a , S'i-.v Yorli . M VI 0 8? ? , !..?,,,: . . . ... itO *llftUI?. ii? ?>... n... 11 N?TSl! i, , i . I in II y. I>i>ll> i i lajli I d ai 1 i!!!!!! 6 08 p' I I . 827?' |H l.i Kl i ....... 066 p . I ! ?liiii II W i 11 Jo pill ?0 p 1 2 8 to a 4 yjj? p; i ihi ii joo'TiTtoi p ; :W ii .> go ii! 3 00 a ? 66 a 12 sitml 8 lo a l .?o p ?' I a r. p i? a a I a 24 pi 0 40 a n H 06 p 10 uo a p i ;w p 11 uo ft . :...?) |? 12 48 P ? ,n p l 1)8 p ? )9 pi 2 20 p ? 6 M p 4 46 P ? .. p M >? p ? 45 l> HI :6 PI * j: 4-, p '.? JO 'S 331 .' ? "jJlSTp 5T5" Bli. |? O 12 7 I6p. 4 06n . T. Hv ft lA "i Ar P i.v p Ar 7 :? p TO . Snviiiiimh .Ar \ . ? Ar * 'Iuu Ii utoti Ari i Suuiiiii rvlllo." I 6 . Columbia .. ?' 111 . Now berry., " ho ,C4 root i wood,, " Modgon. ,." Al.l ?-\nin" Ar ? '__it?Toiii_Ar 7 _ A iiilerHon Ar> ? . .i i roonvlllo! ,Lv i! ..(IriM.nvlilo.. Ar T Spnrtiiiibnrg Lv 12 ...A-li. villo.... " ... Kn ixville... " .. Oliiciunnti.. fi\- . ?T.L"onlBvnio...nv ~ .i:.'v) iijirt Wp fT ii 8 jo" a ITaTTp 20 a II 40 a 70? ft 1 5l? Tuoa i in i "a" a. ni. "P" p. ra. "M" noon. "N" night. I Tra?isloavo Siiarlnnunr? via 8. U. A ?. dl ?islon daily for c-i midalo, JonosYUIs, Union und Oolumidnnml liilorinedlnto i?>int;i at 10:08?. to. und '< '??? 0. in OhBHAptrnko l-iut) Stonmors In dally nor vloe between Norfolk und Baltimore. M..n. :.. i nd Rfc?"Washington and Mouth wnstern Llmlti I." solid Pullman train. Thro-.\uh sieenttiK ??nvt l.mveen New Vorfc and Now Orleans, via WaaliltiRton. Atlanta and ? i und ul<u tiuiwuoii New York Bad via a .i i.i.w Atlanta and Blr* ,. mil. ai?;-- k'Miil 1'iti.l.MA.n Ll Bit art Oiin n\ 11 It) I:\iimIhM ivsen Atlanta an<l New \ , |< tlr.su >? . ? Cl.i ? Cahi tu rWKii* An inta and N'i h york. 1'tiling oar* serve oil ini-iili <?.. ? te. Pullman aieaidnx aar* f, ?iioronndQoldsboro. Uuxeooa* noi;tIon ni Norfolk foi Ow> l'oint Comport. AIkoiiI a' inn ? vvt i> Pullman D. R. i-lei?i>er for Clint l:iti.. .. i. :in<l ClimilinnH. I i.iled HtnteaFeet Mall" run* nollil lietwien Washington ninl New Orloftn?. i ? ? , ? ????Im h, through without chaugi j. i .?? i of nil classes. Pullman drnwliiM in '.-iir < hei wvon Now Vor? ftlld Ni tt ? ?i . v ui Al):inli! :iud Montgomery mi. i Imtwcnn Hi luiiiKhiun nnd Hloinnona. Dining ?? rs < >r\ i* nil meals on routej .v, ... nnd ? I ?? Atlanta and New York BsnroHM." Local Irntn lxitwu>n AtlAnt* and i luirlotte, eonnoellng at Oharlotto with (In .i, h trains of ..mo numbers carry ing I'" I ' l l *1 ?oping ? ???' ? bvtwoon ChariotU ftii.l Uti liiiioiul, Norfolk, Washington aud Now Jork. N' Pullman ears on thorn traimbe tw i. 11 Atlanta and Charlotte. Lotivtog wash* It igt on oi.il in lay, Wednesday and Friday a [ourNl - I i i. ' ? ur will tun through be Iwooti Washington and Han Krnncisoo without ?) r ... Connection at Atlanta with through Pullman drawing room sleeping oar for JacV ?onvillo; also Pullman ?leapingT>ar for Bruns wi. U. Connect tun uia<,lo at through I'liiinrin Rtoener vlllo and < Stnelnnatl; a No i vannali and Jacksonville, Fl; AN Ks GANNON, B. H. UARDWIOK, TMrd V*?P. .v- Uen. Mgr., Snnrtenburg with lor A ?hnvtile, Knox i at Columbia for fta WunhtnKton, I). U. W. H\ I'AYI.OB,