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^ . s-m ' ' Wf ?\ ^ , f ^ _ . f i jf.^^ir rii 11171 TT'\Tia\1 Till" inn rr~*,--",af| [A lar*a*l in ili? ftouth. Four Fur- /// 9 9 9 B J 9 lk 9 9 9 1* 1 M 9 9 / fl g J bv .'! 1 Me largest Knitting Mill and u5 )J u.Lai'o J..,a v\ood Alanuiactur B) 9 9 9 91 9 9 9 9 B 1 I 9 9/ fl |l l(( ,)yi' 1'la"t in 1,u> State. An Oil [? rjj Ing Concerns. One Female l - 9 9 9 9 I J I I I 9 9 9 9 1 9| 9 9 9' 9 9 1 j i ^ [(( an<l Manufacturing Co. that )} /yrl omiiii ary. Water Works and \U JL JL?-9 9 J 1 9 _9_ 9 J 1 9 9 9 W 9 R J L L )ij makes an unezceiled Guano. X F..oniric Lights. (/I * - - V">r ^ 1 *" -9--^W_9- M-i f^S % Throe Graded Schools. Arte- f o ((/ slan Water. Population fi.fHNt. m TDL. LI. NO. 41. ^ ?&???*?"' :: "WoN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCT 'BKIt 11, 1901. ~ #1 00 A YFAR f F. M. FARK President. ? QEO. MUNR?\ Cashier, ? J, 0 | ftsrshanis' and Fla I OF fTlNI ' $ ' . J A Capital Stock Surplus * Stockholders' Liabilities | Total i D1UEOTOU8?J. A. Fant, \ X ,T. C. Duncan, J. T. Douglass, T Wm. Coleman. I We Solicit ^ ' lit ? * 1901 OCTOBER 1901 Su.lWn. Til. Wp | Th. i Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 _6._7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21_22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 [ RHiNSSSEN^BS OF THE WAR. Interesting Incidents Connected With the T,ate War, Bringing Out a Great Deal of Unwritten History, in Which the Private and 1 Jl 4.. ' * .T cHfyi?uiii'*n: wi/irtT* iirc i/iiciJ ^Credit Justly Due Vltcm. Some of the Truest, Noblest mid llrav. est Men Thut Hver Faced an Enemy Were to be FOUND AMONG THE PRIVATES, ..V.:*.-.. ?? =4* ' " ' HY .1. L. STRAIN. Tin? <jha?ge was kept. up. On the men and h"rse8 8*ept like an uvalanoh* into the Federal camp, knocking over men, camp k? ttles, ients, etc., while many of the mjiprised Fed' rals clambered into the str"Cfs a d sur rendered,,;. They were cooking their breakfast ami to our hungry and tiled troo,jeiB it was a delimits me -Miteasantry to inhale the fumes of the s.jbctUala being prepared for their uu ^ Xpected'and I might say unwelcome .-jtors.^ l)ijc vye were not in :> po.sil??n.p> rpake e$ei|8C8 or "baeryr the Jftles Mif strict decorum or refined Hiuu^tte. <&[ T&'e commai d was, "forward ijien, Jurward.'1 For f-ur miics wo drove ? 'fSo Federals pell mcll through mud ^kiA'ter, over hill and dale till our |jqe began t<> get so weak that furthct advance, was not advisable and the bttzle called off the charec. lie* urn. ijpfg we helped ihe Wounded Federal a hi of the road apd mado them ua i iay. and comfortable a* we could, -.nothing with whioh to ] kjpfcle the wounded but water from 1 rota our canteen*. This the men j live tree'y to the thirsty wounded 1 iht> lay in the path way of tbat charge. ? uat before we got back to the camp Jiat,ttfe Fe derals occupied that mornig we caine across a deserted wagon a. Hi' which was all kind of medicine ^ aipt surgical instruments. Having no'Wey-to move the wagon wc loaded ourselves wi'h such things as we thought"might be of use to our hos'pitals. and in this way we made a considerable addition to our surgical lioflk.' Tbat not taken was broken - Of tlirown awsjy. \ybpu we reached the camp tbo Vdfiqus coigmaipU were getting fpudy move off. The captqrod men and so forth wore as follows; 110 pwwonera, 72 bo, sea, ?H2 wagons nnd aoiibuluuera with soap commissary, atoidb and clothing of almost eve'r^ kiii'd and in abundance. Neui ly . everjl^yfan provided hiimu.f with a d# S.nvewoat' and pants, cap*, ^yAething that |ic? woulq i?.#?nj im wiut(tr ruuio an. . A* soon a? ' ; iWIKV^'.a Were loaded and Abe men / '#'*rTv"J<7 wanted ft;9 wt?-> get to ** Satire amounts ?.f huttt&M-d .w<td destroyed-'with the Jaitiep, undo ?f v?uiiui*<Mtry siorea. (Wb ghi^liat we wauied.to flat #f the Vi <-aU#4&fe# JlVd- raU wer^prepaiktg .' -thrtt morning vshen our men entered ; jibeir camp. ' y , 4 ^ome of the m?n wto afraid to feuA th"Ught it w?a "pisened," ?i?y'hing was wrong with it w^'-never heard t- U of it after that. e -lii -* / ' ~fr-r ' ' ' * " u . ms m m mmmmmmmmm-mA. M. FOSTER, Vice President, f . D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier, f inters' National Bank* t ON, C. I $co,ono I 60,000 f CO,090 f $170,000 1 iV. H. Wallace, Wm. Jeffries, B E. P. McKissick, A. H. Foster, X 'our Business. J f mmm m m m The line wag formed and as we marched buck thiough town the women rudicd out into the streets and begged us to stay and protect tiiem. They thought that the raid would make tho Federals treat them w?.rac than ever. But we had orders to do what we had done ami so on we went, not however, until the women brought plates of cake.ai d pies and almost every kind of palatable edibles that the Virginia wouim understood so well how to fix up. But we had here all the loaf bread, beef, pork, pickles and C"fi< e we could eu at the Federal camp before we left it tbat morning. We moved opt of town and halted a abort while thinking we might be st acked by reinfbrceqients which had been sent up i'r> in Vorktown. But they didn't couie after us. Our hor?cB now began to show signs of being completely broken down and many of the tpen ? ^chnngt d the ones they had been riding f->r over 24 hours continu usly for cap tpred opes. The ambulances, wagons, prisoners and led horses, were sent forward under a guard while various cum pauies were in.tuiu detailed tq bring up the rear and gather up the struct glmg and broken down men and horses. To Cnpr. MeK ssick's coin pany was assigned the first 'urn <>f L _ * -1 ? ni? <iu>y ntjd we marched at the rem of the column till we not to Chicks hominy creek where Cnpt. William's company relieved us. The ra.ti began to fail before we were relieved siud the roads being muddy the wagons began to stall anil we h vd to dismount and push them up the hills and out of the mud holes. Near Hushes' mill we uplqaded onp wagon and left a large bo* of soap which 'he citizens, (mostly negroes) got and used. ft seemed that the U? S. ?rmv regulation placed almost as mu' h confidence in soap as they did powder and lead. Wherever you found any commissary store I'll assure you that bar soap was part of the outfitIt was dark when we got to "Burnt Ordinary," 12 miles from Williamsburg and our men and horses were all broken down, The rain began falling in toi rents, it was one of those cold Sipteraber north casters that threw an-o -e into a shiver. The men who were on duty since leaving Williamsburg were dismissed I :>nd allowed to return to camp as ! In-y clinue Tired and worn out s "ur correspondent with Jaines A. j rimiih thought we would stop and rist by the road side till morning, I )liri!l if t.llA fllilf* U/A Kath Ml oaUnn - n ami Uy there during a drenching rain of which we knew nothing, and whpp we awoke after ^aylight wp found thp colupp and prisoner?- had all pa?spd ua and the rain had obliterated the tracks. We went on to pniup and found everything *4all right.' The prisoners were in the "bull pon" with J guards around them getting their i breakfast. For several days some of the mep ! and horses ip the company wefe un! fit for dpty. bfot more than two men in the company h?d been hit with bullets aim three horses wopnd? d slightly. 8ome of the horses and up n of the companies of the Legion were wounded Several of the Virginians were killed in the charge but it w<*s thought that most of them were killed by their own men wh<? fired from the rear during the charge that morning on the enemy's encampment. AH the dead were brought off sr-d buned on the Bide of the ielegrnpb road near ltadcliflF's tavern one mile from l? atom's Bridge on the >ie? Kent fide of the river. Before we left Williamsburg wo told 8'un ? of the ci' Zens that. we would con..* to m-* th?*ni again and sure enough we made our words good. We went in as scouting parties and would of.en visit these good pcpln at the dead hours of night whi'e the Federal picket guard* were pacing their beats in front of the housta and picket guards surround* d the t*>wn and at every cross street, of some of these I will toll you in my future reminiscences. Dr. Fant has already told you of how one lady managed to run the blockade ami bring hoots aud o'her articles out of die Federal lines to our needy sol - j do rs. I propose to tell something | more of those good Virginia ladies b. f'?r? I got through that, will show how it is. and Why it is. that the Confederate soldiers arc so fond of trie Virginia ladies. I wish to go back an<l correct one mistake I made three or four weeks ago. I -a-d it was D. A. Thomas 1 -tw ?t Greensboro sick instead of his brother Newton H. Thomas. Mr 1). A. Thomas wa? a member of the sharpshooters and was on his way to Maryland at the time his brother as ooridn?'d ar Groen-boro sick. Newton llob*oit Thomas was a member of liovce's Artillery and got well if-er that, hut died afterwards in Charleston during this war. Of him I will say something later qn perhaps (To he continued ^ *4^-* A Feasible Farmer's Trust. Hy Geo H. Phillips, of the Chicago Hoard of Trade. Reprinted ffom 'he Saturday Evening Host, of Philadelphia. Conyright ivm by the Curtis Publishing Company. (Continued front last week) SMAM. KAUMKHS AT THK >11L)J>L.fC ?|ICN.S arpitvY ju a t?ui>>' pig (.o lot inulat" a suggestion tor a Uas.b.e a tietne ol combination and c -operation among farmers one fact is o; vital and p?iaU)- .ili-'oriHiiC'tJ. Tlliu it thai the price ot corn, as ot eveiy Olilel crop WlllCtl collies into lite geneial iua> kef, la low-. St W- clt Vft- littlk ot Hie ctop is moving out ol the nauda of the lai uier. That is lite key to tin* whole sit nation The crop statistics h 1 \.e lasl ten y*ats?thai is >?i sayj fi'u'u IMtil to link) tncittSiVe?show that there his ixjnu a dilte ence of from ten per cent, to twenty per cut. in thecash price ot corn i?etween the ti.st lew m *nths following the harvest and the mouths; ending the ciq,? year. {u oih-r woiijo, when ilie renter and the poor lattqtr, whu must (jiipoae of 11\< 11 corn i.s snip after hai veal as It ;a ready U. pulp, lla\'e cqru tq sell, lie prices ;pe (rt) a t?|| par cent, to twenty pet cent, lower lit mat the period when tills class of tanners have nothing to sell because inert holdings have passed nil* the hands of the middlemen (aut\ here 1 do not mejyn the pqipitry grain buyers) who, W'Mi little til- no' risk or labqi uu their part, secure as iajicIi profit forjmuishiiig buildings in whicti the crop may be stored until wanted for consumption as Ilie (aimer g? la tor iiin yeai'# U>|1 on that crop with the risk ot its failure. ( ? view of tins (apr., there is no escape from tin- coucln-ion ihattlie natral object to be aitu-d at iu foriuuiating a piaotMMul plan for a fanners' tiust, so far ascrop-raisers are concerned. must be the disposition of the first. and heaviest movement of the corn crop at as lngii a price as possible. Tuc onl> jh i boij to tie unfavorably affected l?y Mich a result would be the middleman, who pioducen notning, but who uianos a s(ieculative piotlD upju the necessity of' the farmer who palnuit afford to hold his crop in the crib against the period of higher prices. Oi course it must be recognized tH *t there is a clase of well-to-do and forehanded lai Ultra ho are not cr,impelled to realise upqn their orop ><s soon as it has I "yen liar vested, but are in }K>3itioii to bide their tune until the middleman \\ is put uy the prices, pt the fiipe when lie has the main pnrt of (lie crop under his control. The class dors not include the tenant farmer or the agiiculturist ol I small holdings. It lias long been recognize! that certain financial con lit ions governing the handing aid nupiteting of crops arc intolerable to tin fanner. Asa f lief, it i?&> in queutiy l-ecii suggest-d that the (?ov? rinent build warehouses and advance money on the crop prod net* dtpoeiuii therp. This plan has been the cenliul idea of several fanncis' organic it ions. It was tlealy set forlh, for example, in the propaganda ot the Pannes' Alliance. ,l'n this schenr there ha-4 Ijeei) one fatal objection. It presets a sp^ies of paternalism in which th?w hole, people is taxed for the benefit of h stiugta class. Natural!) and inevitably thla becomes a political issue, ()ity?r pr? >du<-l>g elates will not approve of extending Governmental help to tbe corn or wheat mower. They oon'end that there would be as much justice and reaso.i in having tho Govern; ment buy up or "carry" any tnauufact u-ed product of geunral as in t aving tt>e main agricultural product made the trusts of Federal aabsudv or h-s.-uhmv. Under our form or rov? rumen'- an> paternalism of this sort must In* regard d as prac.lically in-iH>s?-iltle. WllV GOVKKNMi N'T All) IS IM I'k ACT- I IC'AIILP. The question reco it.ly cvne In fore a iine ing of farmers which I attended at Mmn ajK)lis. At, an informal talk 011 that occasion I :n ulc a tet dative su* ges iou that this (raternal feature might Ih? avoided if III- (Joveinin"iit were to tax c >ru gioweis one cent a bu>h I on tlieir crop and use the fund thus accruing foi the building 01 grain warehouses and for making limited advances, at a low lale of inters at, on the crop This, I must c iiifcss, was an offhand opinion which attracted much none widespread at enlion than I desired and to winch an undue weight, of importance was attached Without careful u ll ctiou and analysis | n seemed to me, at llio moment, ilr.it | this plan would do away with any real ground for the charge thai, under the Govermnct warehouse schenv proposed, "all classes should be taxed for the benefit of llpj few." Mature consideration, however, l?as convinced me that this p!a:i would not be entiiely feasible for the reason that if would imply a 'ax upon souie fat triers, no ipa'.t ev how small the nurnter, who wmfid not subscribe tq the. wjsdotXl of nuch taxaiion, or wh on account of their own prosjier- < ous financial c-mditi in, would not need 1 assistance. This would l>e in violation ot the Mini' of iiio American people ' and of the fundamental prmc pies of ' our Government. In these davs the i men who get ahead are those who do ] things for themselves Therofore I am compelled to twlinve that, as a sub- 1 dilute tor all p.ternal propositions by 1 winch the Government or a large part < ot the people wopld be made to oe.qlri- , bote to tb<; hefH fit of r, tingle class. l|ic only wire and feasible plan is to induce that class to woik out us own 1 *\tv,.tion through couib.nation and j c -operation. I PLANS Poll A ((l(;ANT((- ( OKN TitUST \ The eeutial thiead about which such ; combination roust crystal.fie is, in in) , opinion, a fanners1 hanking instil u ion, . n 1th vM.fii ient oapital to finance ttiat (sirtion of 'h" corn crop which, under 1 piesent conditions, is marketed as snou < af er harvest as i.- is i i con litem to he i niov.d. My olThnnd sn.'yes'.i'iii to the faipii is of Ktii.npAiinbrt was that- Mrs institution n|v?ild lr capita'd f-u 1 f Vj.tMi,' uO. More careful invcstiga- t lion, however, convinces me that less. ? tti.ni half this capital would l)o required ( to accomplish tliy purpose with ease and safety. The mis.mis which inve led to ' (his conclusion aie brP llv th.jse: As only I ; Aeoty-five per cent, ot any corn crop I pUSStS Olll-Slllc tin- litUilH Of the C'lUlltO j ^ in whcli it is grown, it follows that this- ' batik Would hp CHilf-(l unmt tp t\:iHi*ct* 4 only H'tuit hin>h ds a yeai, s qft?-r making prope. allowatic- n fur tint a class of producers not needing to avail j themselves of loan faculties The stock of this bank should lie (listribibed to tli* pr ?d"t(> ps of corn only 3 and on the fias-a of one cent a bushel of t the crop of that year?no sock to be e ulaccd in a less ami.nut Lit in 'en dollars liecaua" of the oo-t "f ifie oleiioal labor involved. This plan would pr.sludn a b capitati'iui1 ion, in round number.-, of $20.- n UOtMKX), wliicb, as 1 have already null- c cated, wou'd appear sutli 'ient to take care of 400,000,000 tiusle ls of cp u a t1 year, or all that would need to be financed. v Uefofe distni^strij* this feature of c the plan It should be said that no- a where, save in America, is theft*, a ? line of industrial or ftgrioulfcural pro- t dijction aggregating a totnl of #li00,- c 000,000 to #800,000,000 a year, b with so small a propoition of the whole p requiring to ho financed in the process of marketing, llenco, I repeat o that, on this account a capital of p #20.000.000 seems amply sufficient u to provide for the equitable distribu- b tion, during the whole year, o? ifio 1 v *urnlus corn that leay^st^e ptrm. ii The fap.raer wfio feeds his corn to h Ca^tfe and hogs, and thus markets it o on the hoof, always receives for it a 1 return well above the current market c prices. He is not, therefore, in- c terested in gearing au advance on * l,i? crop, except for the reason that t it would materially tend to keep the c price of hogs and cat'le high. Well- \ to do farmer", already independent of i tho capitalists, would not have re- f courso to sueh a bank, although they t would benefit by it in advanced prices. \ The number of these \s much larger I ban np^ht be * opposed. This leaves < only the renters and the tenants, and the farmers who have not yetuocumu lated capital enough to make them Independent of market conditions, would have to be taken care of. It is this class, comparatively stoall in k number aud in neroontaL?e of nro- . I - o ~ ' Z i I ?tucti ?q, who, thiough no fault of iheir own, perpetually disarrange the market for the whole ciop. because their fiuaiic'A- necessities require ihenft to sell their corn as soon as it is in condition to move after tho harvest, In other words, the surplus of produc ion comes from a comparatively small class, and is forced on the | market early, to tho financial loss not Wm. A. NICHI BANt Transact a Regular Bai Branches and Insure . Boiler, Liability and Ae< of Indemnity for Officii Individuals as Administ YOUR BUSINESS IS RE oilly of this class alone but oi every producer of corn, no umiter iiow fo>e intuded and prosperous. The fanm rs who are already comparatively independent suffer O'pully with the tenant farmer and the man of small holding-* on account of 'he luttf-r's notion, and it is therefore reasonable to suppose ihat they would be able and willing to assist in remedying this undesirable condition in the business like munner suggested. I have been asked, "I low do you propose to keep secure control of the porn upon which loms are made?" i his question, of c u'-se. implies flint the capitaliz tti?>ti I have named would be insufficient for the building ami *n?l n\iiintcniine of local ^levators and large warehouses at central distributing points. My answer is tiiis: If the city merchants can iff>rd t> pur :>Ut millions of dollars wovh of goods in the installment plan, trusiiug iliem in the hands of the po ?rer class whi- h make up the shifting population "fa great oily, the farmers of this count,i y may safely be tru-tcd to keep in their temporary possession 'he cri'-s of jr;nu which jhev ^tave givm a - se I uritv for a loan obtained from an in- j ititu'ion in which their neighh >vs arc! lerson illy interested. The farmers >f the U'dtod States are worthy of a dgh degree of tiust and confidence.1 rtio very nature of 'heir occupation, heir close ass-'civion with nature. hesti\rdv independence of 'heir lives imt cvefy element of duor envir ?n n-nt make for honesty ami uprigh'* > less. This is not sentiment; it, i* a < irondly r- cogniz-d principle of luman nature, ev. r . where ;aken into ionsidera'i -n in business all ii's. The ;|ry merchant who sells on the inral!ment plan charges a 1 u^den^ome < iid generally a i extortionate rate "f nteiest, huf the Shnuers' bank would i Uike its loans at the lowest rate pos $ ible to provide for the expenses of lie insti'U'ion, administered in an t C'Uioin'oil ami c uiservative mi-.ner, | As 10 the amount which may safely c advanced on corn I still adhere to j ny original sugge.-tion that thirty t e-i^s a bushel vou'd he a >aft- ri^k, t specialiy when 'lie surplus eror>! ] rould h;' placed in the control of t? j \ entral distributing agency. that geucy boil-rf very one making I ; he loans. This figure is named on' ] he basis thai corn i? woi th forty j j ents a hu-hel today and will never t ie worth 'ess during tlie life of any ' erson who reads this article. We are frequently told 'hat coipcrurion among firmcrs has been rex icate-lly attempted, hut alwnyn with insuccessful results. JJevcr has thero eon complete effort at national co pevatiou among fanners. The , learest approach to such an attempt s found in til*- history of the Grange: 5 irganization, which has been vho [4 ongest lived and th? taosi successful : if a'l or^n ^i t-'iis of farmers of mislellancotia interests. In thi? there J. vaa no attempt at national Co-opera-j ion, hut there was a provbion for |' tvery effective local co-operation J vhich has been eminently succssfnl ti thousands of granges. This or ' ganization was founded in 18(17, in he cuv of Washington, I). (J.. hy fhs>. late Wiiliatn Sanders, the veteran andscape gardener and horticulturist. >f the Department of Agriculture. inrifHAST TAPnwirQ luuminii LnuvilllV|U? '' Ciiry-tfnrt in Wvilriiiig." 4*The home of Mrs. J. W. Living-1 )?on was the scene of a quiet but most beautiful afternoon wed ling, Wednesday, October 2nd, when Mrs, Ulla Livingston Caiy was married to Mr. Frank l<\ Martin, of Lookhart, S, (j. Only a few intimato friends wcie; invited to witness the Ceremony, which was most impressively performed by Itev. W. 8. Ilatni'er The bride was artistically gowned in a modish traveling costume of gray cloth iU combination with panne vol OLSON & SON, CERS, " king Business in all its Against Fire, Tornado, 3idents, and Issue Bonds lis of Corporations, and rators, Etc., Etc. SPECTFULLY SOLICITED. ! vet nnil jewel apulioue. ? 1 1 llos-s, terns niul palm* in profusion added to tho beauty of the attractive home. Dainty refreshments were served after wiiieli the bridal party took the North bound vestibule for Lockhart where a reception was tendered thein hy Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis Cary. The uviny and costly presen's of Cnina. silver and cut ghiss testified as to 'ho popularity of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mrs. Martin aside from her attractive personality possesses a certain magnetism that always wins for her a host of friends and there are m my in Seaeea whose best wishes will attend her wherever she goes. Mr. Martin is a man of sterling worth who by bis genial manner of business qualifications me its a place no ii in the ousiness and social world. Among the guests from a distanca were itie Mis&e.a Martin, Atlanta; Ui-ss 1 ):i'.t7.:,-r. Hodges; Mr. W. K. Livingston a*.d Mr. Garner, Locklinrt, S. C ; Dr. D. Parks Thomson jiid Mr Wdl Thomson, GiflFnev, S. ); Dr. I. M. 1 Lair, Uuiuu, 8. C.; Mr. C. 0. Daigau, Lockhart, S. C. itid Mr. Arnold, Greenville, i>. C." ?' >ooiioo Mows. Mr. and Mrs. Martin arriveil at Lock hart <>n the Thursday evening >r:iin and received many warm congratulations from their many friends it Ijoekh??rf. Mr. M T?. Smith, Miss Lena Header at.d Miss (Jorrie Puoro made i Hying trip to Union yesterday, /isiting at the hospitable home of Mr, and Mrs. John II Wilburn. L'uov repor. a ploisnnt time. Died at Lockhart. on the 4th inst., i. Monroe Love, in the 81st year ?f his age He has been quite feeble nid nearly b ind for a number of rears. lie was an ox con federate ioldier. Mrs Dr J. C. Brawley has reamed from a protracted visit, to the ionic of tier parents in Alabama. Iiumo lias been somewhat indisposed for ;he week past; he did not eul'zc until then how many sympathizing friends he had in Loekhart. Many thanks dear frionds for your tindness and sympathy. Brotraoted preaching is now in progress at tho Baptist, Church, dev. J. It. Funderburk is doing the preaching wi'h much earnestness VH(1 IWIWOP J - - ,. v.. 41 a ft 11 v gO(l(\ WI-llOS IO I nli ri.MKs and corrospondont*. Homo. Notes Fro.n the Junction.. Mn. Editok:?\v ?b beautiful weather, sue); ?s tht farm era need vnd ove* v one is using it. It ia very sool this morning, winter clothing ind fires fr?el comfortable. Mr. Dan (iailiuati has been in this?eci >11 tin* past week wirh his mower rutling p''?i vines and hay. Cotton is opening very fast and the people are gathe ing and selling it aa fast as they get. it out. The crop is not much better than last year in this section. A mad 'log came through thia neighhoiho >d last week fighting and biting as he went. 11 < b t two or three verv fine <1?for Mr. .1. T. F and 11. M. 1 ><*ult. Tb?e w< re sh. pnerd dogs. Mr. Gnuh had tin in kil'ed. Mr VV. A. Vinson i?* bui'ding soine more to bis dwelling house which puts another look on it. Mr. Darby Horn has been running a saw null in tins neighborhood. M? >srs. IS. G. and 11. M Guult have moved flu ir saw mill to Jones? vtiie vvh'-re they have u c ?ntraoi for saw trig Mr. J. G. Gault is on the sick list. Moxy. Subecribe for The Times.