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?im im mm HKDl'CED ACREAGE A_X1> SHORT CHOP KX)*KCTKD. Oasamrnptkm, u ts Claimed, will be ? ?Record- Breaker. New Tora, April 10.?Price* of cot ion, after tom? Irregularity, have late? ly advanced under th* stimulus of re aawed activity on the part of bull epeculators In Chicago and the West generally. In Wall etreet and at the South Liverpool also has bought Xhm outside public seema to be at? tracted to cotton. People believe cot? ton le a purchase because they think that the season la one to three weeks late, and that the chances are agalnxt a big yield this year unices condltlor ? from now one are exceptionally fa? vorable. General trade la gradually Improv? ing, md bulls think cotton Is bound t> share In ths Improvement Th-y think the chances point to a moderate or snail crop, while there Is a reason? able certainty of a big consumption. In the last four years crops of 13. 100.ono bales and above have been succeeded by crops of 1.000.000 to I, 100.ooo bales smal er. Why not this year? reason ths bulls. Now and then It Is true two big crops come to? gether. That was tht ease In the sen sons of 1117-19, when what were th? n the high record yleide of 11.100.000 balee or over were raised. But the crop of 1104-01 Of 11.115.000 bales was followed the next year of one of only 11.141.000 bales. Similarly the crop of 1101-07 of 11,111.000 was suc? ceeded by one of oidy 11.171,000 bales This, In turn was succeeded ordinarily calcuisted to be 13.(00.000 bales or the ecperlence of 1907-01 and that if thereabout*. The question arises: Is 1101-0? with thslr crops of 11.84b, 000 to 11.171.000 following yields of 11.100.000 and above to be repeatod thla treason? The answsr to that question may men hundreds of mil? lions to the South. Meantime, although the receipts arv large. It Is assumed that this mere? ly Indicates t cent large buying at the South. An estimate on the acreage puta It at 1 per cent, less than that of last year. At this time the consensus of opinion la that whether on account of a bad start or of expected ravages by be II wtevll or from cutting down of the area on account of the tempting price? for grain the present acreage will be eomewhat curtailed. One ro? se rt puta the reduction at 10 per oout. In Louisiana, 10 per cent. In Oklahoma. 1 in Arkansas, S, in Missis? sippi and 1 In South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama There la no little alarm la Louisiana over the boll weevil question. On ths other hand, mill stocks In Europe are reported to be liberal, and Burc pe'a trade la not all that could be desired. For thst matter, slthough the ram buelnees In this country haa somewhat Improved. The rsvlval of trade In most cotton fabrics, though It haa made some progress. Is rather slower thsn had been expected. Tex? as haa yet time to retrieve the lateness of the aeason. The Eastern Gulf States, which st one time had rather too much rain, have lately been fa? vored by fair weather. The big move? ment Into eight has also surprised a good many. Spot trads at the South at ttmts hss shown a lull, and the same may be said of Liverpool. But taken nil and all the statistical situa? tion Is considered by many to be of the kind to favor transactions for a rise, and apeculatlon haa within a few days broadened preceptlbly. The Na? tional Glnnere' Association estlmatee a reduction In the acreage of 6 per cent. State of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucae County. Frank J. Cheney makea oath that he le aenlor partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney A Co., doing business In ths City of Toledo, County and State Caald. and that aald Arm will pay mm of ONE HUNDRED DOL J for sach and svsry case of Ca thst csnnot bs cured by the 4 Hall's Cataarh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and aubscr bed In my presence, this Ith day of De? cember. A. D., 1111. >. W. OLEASON. (Seal.) Notary Public. Hell's Catarrh Curs Is tea en Intsr Inally. and acta directly on the blood and mucoue surfacea of the system Send for teetlmonlala free. F. J. CHENEY * CO.. Tolsdo. O. Sold by sll Druggtets. 7 Sc. Tsks Hall s Family Pills for con I? atlpatlon. 4-4-lm. Where Ignorance la bliss tie folly to be one of those fellows who know It all. Won't Hllghr. a Good Friend. *"If ever 1 need a cough medicine agnin I know what to get," declares Mrs A. L Alley of Heals, Me., "for. after ualng ten bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, and seeing Ita excel? lent reeulta In my own family and oth? ers. I am convinced It la the best med? icine made for coughs, colds and lung tn hie Every one who tries It feels JgjSj that way. Relief la felt at once and Its quick curs surprlaea you. For bronchltla asthma, hemorrhage, croup laiirlppe. eora throat, pain In chsst or lunge Its supreme. 10c and 11. Trial bottle free. Oua.antoed by Slbert's Drug Store. SUM Baak**, fvrmer. Silas Bunker woe at home again. Three of his neighbors had come over to chat with him. It was a warm spring-like day. Th ? rublns were hop? ping about In the yard and the blue? birds were hunting for a cosy place In the cherry tree to build their nests. The men were sitting on the front porch talking of Bunker's speeches at Concord and Rockport. One of them. John Masten, had heard his Rockport speech. He had been deeply Impressed with It. He was one of the many Southern farmers whose main dependence was In cot? ton. The other two, Joe Cooper and i Dave Barton, were almost exclusively cotton farmers. Those three men were there to talk tue matter over with Silas. "It's hard to learn an old dog new tricks, but I'll be skinned for a pole? cat If there ain't something the mat- I ter," said Dave Barton. > "It's easy enough to see what It Is if you'll take off your blind bridles." replied Silas. "The Southern farmer f has got Into a rut and It's hard to get him out of lt. I don't undertake to say that we are raising too much cotton?that is more than the market demands, but the majority of South? ern farmers are raising more than they can properly handle. Cotton ls not a perishable crop, yet most cot? ton farmers are forced to sell it as though It Is. This marketing the crop In a few months overstocks the market. As the spinners cannot take It all as fast as it is placed on the market, the speculator comes In and hammers down the price. If every I farmer had a year's living ahead he could afford to hold his cotton until the price was sufficient to make it a profitable crop. But If a farmer diversifies his crops, raises his own pork, corn and hay he is not spend- I ing the income before it comes in. This may not be accomplished in one j year, or two, but the beginning can be made at once." "It looks easy enough," said Coop er. "but a fellow who has always de? pended on raising cotton is a little afraid to risk it." "I know It replied Silas, "I've been all over the trail. I knew all ? about how It could be done two years be? fore I tried It I'll tell you, fellows when cold moasbacks like us get Into the rut of farming like our fathers I did. It takes dynamite to git us out. Yet we all know the world ls progress-1 lng and that the present methods of farming are much better than the old ones. When I did maks up my mind to out loose end try the way of I diversifying my crops I was scared half to death. Of course. I had no money; nobody has that who depends entirely on cotton. The first thing I did was to trade a cow for a couple I of sows and pigs. Then I cut my cotton land half In two. That was before I cleared up the West field. 11 lowed a little patch of oats for early I fsed. I planted six acres of corn and fifteen of cotton. You see I was let? ting loose easy. Well that oat crop came In good time. When it was gone the corn was ready to feed. I saved all the fodder. It lasted till the oat crop came the next year. The next spring I put four acres down In meadow. That year I commenced raising plenty of vegetables. I found that was about half our living. Then I I put out some fruit apples, peaches, pears and smaller fruit. That helped a whole lot more." I . "And you think it pays better than] raising cotton exclusively?" asked John Maston. "Why. John." exclaimed Silas as he relighted his pipe which had gone out while he was talking, "there ain't any comparison. I'd rather be a poor man's dog than to raise cotton at 8 cents a pound. Do you see that corn crib out there? There's three hundred bushels of corn in it now. I've been feeding on It ever since It was ripe enough, and have sold one hundred bushels at 90 cents a bushel. Under the shed at the side of it ls six bales of cotton. I had In twelve acres of corn and twelve acres of cotton. I suppose I raised six hundred bushels of corn which would be worth $360. The cotton at present prices, Is worth about $350. It required nearly as much again work to raise the cotton is It did to raise the com. So you see you take no chance In reducing your cotton acre? age and Increasing that of your corn. This year I shall cat out four acres more of my cotton If I can sell that cotton there in the shed at 12 1-2 cents per pound. If I enn't get that for it by planting time I shall not plant a hill Of cotton thi* year, nor until I can sell what I have for 12 1-2 cents. If every cotton farmer In the South would do the same, we would all get our prices before the moon had time to get full again. "Hut this is only a part of what diversified crops have done for me. Walt a moment." Bunker went through the house, down into tho cellar, and returned with a bucket of apples, to which he Invited his friends to help themselves. "You were all here at the apple peeling last fall," said Silas resuming the conversation. "Do you remember how much cider we made that day?" "We must have made seven or eight barrels," answered Barton. "We made ten barrels," said Bun? ker, "and out of apples that were not salable on account of specks and slight defects. A few days ago Jack Farley offered me $10 a barrel for the vinegar which that cider made. I have sold $115 worth of apples, and have twenty-five bushels In the cellar. I have sold $65 worth of hogs, and have enough to do me until killing time again. Our butter and eggs have paid our grocery bills. We have fruit enough* to last until summer, and a barrel and a half of good sor? ghum molasses made at home. This is what diversified farming has done for me. If the price of cotton does not go up so as to make It a profitable crop to grow, here Is one farmer who will quit growing it." "Yes " replied Cooper, "you are in a position to do it, but the most of us are not." "That Is Just why I said thia thing can't all be done In one year, nor in two. But everything must have a be? ginning. My beginning was in trad? ing a cow that I did not particularly need for hogs that I did need. They supplied me with meat for the next year. This was a start The plant? ing of corn was another step. The oat crop helped out. Any of you can do these things this spring. That will be a start, and will help you to go farther next year. You can't possibly lose out. You are compelled to have feed. You must have meat It Is cheaper to raise it than it is to buy it. It is very expensive for us to ship our hogs from 500 to 1,000 miles to have them butchered, pay the freight both ways and two or three profits besides." "I was talking about this matter the other day with Joke Brlstow," said Maston, "and he says that Ket chem & Robem told him they would not furnish supplies to men who cut down their cotton crop. You know Joke never has anything ahead. How will' such men aa that manage to make a crop?" "That la one of the knotty places in the problem," replied Silas, "and I am glad you spoke of It The best solution that I have for it Is that auch men must be helped by their neigh bora Of course, they always have to givo a mortgage. They would better give it to their neighbors who can go on their note, get the money from the bank, or elsewhere, and spend it where they can buy the goods the cheapest Of course, If a man is not worthy of the confidence of his neighbors, he had better be let go his own way even If he does fall into the hands of thieves. But such men are exceptions. If a man is honest he can secure the proper assistance. That is what the Farmers' Union is for, and I am sure It will be able to meet the situation." Mrs. Bunker announced that din? ner was ready, and invited her neighbors to share It with them. At the table the conservation was resumed In the way of discussing the merits of different varieties of foods and vegetables, many of which were before them prepared In differ ent styles. Bunker told his friends how he had avoided making many serious mistakes in his experiments with new methods of farming. "When I wanted advice along a certain line," he said, "I have always sought it from a man who la success ful In that line. For Illustration. When I began to plant and grow corn I knew nothing about It, not even enough to pick out good aeed, which Is one of the most lmporant things to know. Well, everybody knows that ITncle Jake Thompson Is the best corn raiser In this section. So I said to myself, I'll go over and talk to Uncle Joke about lt. I did, and the old man was mu^h pleased at my coming. He explained to me the difference be? tween good seed and bad. He told me to pick a grain with the longest and broadest germ or kernel and I would have a aeed corn not only pos? sessing the greatest vitality, but the most abundant fattening constituents. I secured my seed corn from him and, under his Instructions, have Improved It every year. Before I planted my orchard I talked with Capt. Stuart, the most successful orchardlst I think, in the county. There's always plenty of fellows who are ready and willing to give you advice even when they have failed themselves. It Is well enough to let them alone. Seek advice from those whom you know have succeeded In their certain line. When dinner was over, the men re? turned to the porch, where they con? tinued their conversation until mid afternoon. When Bunker's friends departed they expressed their appre? ciation of his advice and assured him that they would at once begin to carry out his suggestions.?Home and Farm Industry is the watchdog that keeps the wolf from the door. UFA'. I. W. WILLIAMSON'S LFTTEH ?Hev. I. W. Williamson. Hunting ton, W. Va., writes: This Is to certl'y that i used Foiey's Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kldrcy trouble and am free to say that It w^ll do all that you claim for It." Foh y's Kidney Remedy has restored health and strength to thousands of weak, run down people. Contains no harm? ful drugs and Is pleasant to take. W. W. Slbert DEATH BODE THE GALE. SOUTHERN STATES SWEPT BY DE? STRUCTIVE CYCLONES AND TORNADOES. Tennessee is Heaviest Sufferer-? Houses Blown Down and Wire Com? munication Interrupted?Storm Now In Alabama. Louisville. Ky., April 30.?Dis? patches gathered throughout the South by the Associated Press tonight Indicate that at least 114 persons met sudden death in the great wind that spread havoc throughout the region south of the Ohio. The number of injured is probably three fold that of the killed. It Is substantiated that 60 persons were killed, distributed among the following towns: Tennessee?Youngs Crossing five, Payetteville 15, Noblesville one, Hardeman county one, Medina four, Clarksville one, Centreville one, Franklin one, Hlllsboro four, Somer vllle three, Laconia two, Bells two, Quito eight, Giles county 12. Mississippi?Most disastrous point was Horn Lake, where 18 met death. Arkansas reports a total of 12 dead and 90 injured. Alabama has four dead near Hart sell. Missouri has seven killed at Som ervllle and 11 at Golden. A CARD. This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your cough or cold. It stops the cough, heals the lungs and prevents pneu? monia and consumption. Contains no opiates. The genuine Is in a yellow package. W. W. Sibert. He who waits to do good in some notable way will never have any good to note. Hoarseness, bronchitis and other throat troubles are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar as it soothes and heals the inflamed throat and bronchial tubes and the most obsti? nate cough disappears. Insist upon having the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar. W. W. Sibert. The lofty soul is often best mani? fested in the lofty service. Smashes AU Records. ?As an all-round laxative tonic and health-builder no other pills can com? pare with Dr. King s New Life Pills. They tone and regulate stomach, liver and kidneys, purify the blood, streng? then the nerves; cure Constipation, Dyspepsia, biliousness, jaundice, head? ache, chills and malaria. Try them. 26c at Siberfs Drug Store. To follow only the light of your own desire is to find yourself in the darkness of self-disgust. Lived 152 Years. ?Wm. Parr?England's oldest man ?married the third time at 120, work? ed in the fields till 132 and lived 20 years longer. People should be youth? ful at 80. James Wright, of Spur lock, Ky., shows how to remain young. "I feel just like a 16-year-old boy," he writes, "after taking six bottles of Electric Bitters. For thirty years kid? ney trouble made life a burden, but the first bottle of this wonderful med? icine convinced me I had found the greatest cure on earth." They're a godsend to weak, sickly run-down or old people. Try them. 50c at Siberfs Drug Store. Capt. Capers Suffers Relapse. Washington, April 30.?Commis? sioner of International Revenue John G. Capers, who recently underwent an operation, has suffered a relapse and little hope is entertained for his re? covery. Kill* to Stop the Fiend. * *The worst foe for 12 years of John TJeye, of Gladwln, Mich., was a run? ning ulcer. He paid doctors over $400 without benefit. Then Bucklen's Ar? nica Salve killed the ulcer and cuied him. Cures fever-sores, boils, felons, eczema, salt rheum. Infallible for piles, Burns, scalds, cuts, corns. 25c at Sibert'a Drug Store. BURDENS LIFTED. From Sumter Backs?Relief Proved By Lapse of Time. Backache is a heavy burden; Nervousness wears one out; Rheumatic pain; urinary ills; All are kidney burdens? Daily effects of kidney weakness. No use to cure the symptoms, Relief Is but temporary if the cause remains. Cure the kidneys and you cure the cause. Relief comes quickly?comes to stay. Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney ills.; Prove it by your neighbor's case. Here's Sumter testimony. The story of a permanent cure. J. A. Burgess, 317 W. Liberty St., Sumter, S. C . ways: "About live years ago 1 suffered severely from back? aches and my kidneys were much dis? ordered. I used Doan'S Kidney Pills, procured at China's drug store and they cured me. I gave a statement for publication recommending them in 1903 and at the present time, after five years have elapsed, I can say that 1 have not had a return of my old trouble. Doan's Kidney Pills are the best remedy 1 ever used for my back and kidneys and I am glad to confirm all I previously said about them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 r.onts. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?-Doan's?-and take no other. No. 8. THE FEDERATION ADJOURNS.! OrFHJERS ELiECTED AT THE AF? TERNOON SESSION. I All Unfinished Bu?inct?; Disposed of And Report on Revision of Consti? tution Subm'tted?Customary Reso? lutions Adopted?Reception Last Night. The final session of the Convention of the Federation was held Thursday afternoon. It was the most protract? ed and business session of the con? vention and the business before the meeting was not disposed of until C o'clock at which hour the meeting was declared adjourned. When the convention re-assembled after attending the Civic League luncheon unfinished business was tak? en up and disposed of as rapidly as possible. The report of the Committee of Res? olution, which embodied the custom? ary resolutions of thanks to the host? esses of the occasion, the citizens and the newspapers for entertainment and courtesies extended were adopted. There was considerable new busi? ness brought up and after general dis? cussion all matters were disposed of. After the roll call the report of the Committee on Revision of the Consti? tution was made by the Chairman, Mrs. L. D. Childs. This report pro? voked an animated discussion. Then came the election of officers which resulted as follows: President?Mrs. W. B. Bumey, of | Columbia. First Vice President?Miss Jean Waterhouse, of Beaufort. Second Vice President?Mrs. J. S. Booth, of Chester. Recoi. .ig Secretary?Mrs Hattle Lynch, of Cheraw. Corresponding Secretary?Mrs. E. F. Bell, of Blacksburg. ^ Treasurer?Mrs. Mitchell Levl, of Sumter. Auditor?Miss Georgia Dargan, of Stateburg. Thursday from 9 to 11 p. m. the re? ception, given by the Civic League in honor of the visiting Club Women, w as held at the residence of Mr. S. H. Edmunds. The spacious old ante-bel? lum house was beautifully and elab? orately decorated, and throughout the evening It was filled with the visiting Club Women and their hosts and host? esses. The reception was enjoyed by all and was the crowning social event ot the week. Friday morning at 10 o'clock the Board of Directors and the Executive Eoaid of the Federation met at the Court House for the transaction of business and were in session for two houis. ?Many weak, nervous women have beer restored to health by Foley's Kidney Remedy as it stimulate* the kidneys so they will eliminate the waste matter from the blood. Impur? ities depress the nerves, causing ner? vous exhaustion and other ailments. Commence todsgy and you will soon be well Pleasant to take. W. W. Slbert. Do You Want to Make $100.00? i Write Chas. M. 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This is a refreshing, antiscep tic Powder for the nursery and toilet, and where you use quantities of powder for the children, you will find this as good as any. It is put up in 1 lb cans with sprinkle top. We are selling it now at 9 15c a lb. or 2 lbs. for 25c. We Have Gorylopsis of Japan Williams'Carnation and Vio? let, Tetlows in 1 lb tins Men nier's, Sqtltbb't and HudQUt'l Violet Sec 2;c. Hudnut's Extreme Violet 50c, and many others to select from. It will pay you to buy your summer supply now. Call For Samples. UK STORE. W. W. SIBERT. 8 S. Main St. Phone 283