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The Very Latest.

Hcre it is, bright and fresh as penny
Just from the mint: "Pay the Congress.
men in the principle products of the
district from which he is elected"
Put his salary at 1000 bushels of
wheat, 1000 bushels Of corn and G5 bales
of cotton. This would be far more than
the average member is worth, but the ef.
feet, it would be marvellous.
If this plan vas adopted it would not
be six months before every Congressman
would have a speech prepared on the
hardships the farmer has to undergo.
Mr.. Dodge would have report showing
that pripes were lower here than in pau
per labor Europe, and wheat would sell
for Sc per bushel, corn for $1.50, and cot.
top for 90 cents per pound and if a
Representative from the city should have
the ehrontery to suggest that produce WAS
too high be would be called an ignora.
mus.
The government would own the rail-
roads in three weeks after Congress met,
freights would be sent like mail matter
at FIVE cents per bushel from California to
New York, trusts would be legislated out
of existence, constitution or no conatitu
tioa. and old man Hutch, of Chicago,
would be in charge as Secretary of Agri:
culture, and agricultural products would
be Oh 2 boom. Bellamy's paradise would
soon be discounted.
Rah for the new acknowledgements
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AzLZAN6Ei COLUMN.
EG- All communications intended for
this Column should be addressed to j. w.
BowDEN, Denver, s. G.

Having been elected by the County
Alliance to take charge Of the "Alliance
Column" l have only few words 10 say
in undertaking it. Being absolutely
without experience in this kind Of work,
l ssk the indulgence of the reader in
judging the crudcness of my attempts to
set forth ideas and opinions in writing,
and l shall pledge myself to work, to the
best of my ability, for The interest of the
Farmer, in political, commercial or other
questions, as they shall come up, from
time to time, in kind spirit and fair
manner, presenting views as seen from n
Farmers standpoint.
,t1 po,rD,>-
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AMEN.
Judge Wallace is receiving the hearty
amen tn hin 1ecision in. tho casa auainst

s Judge Wallace is receiving the hearty
amen to his decision in, the case against
Turner, charged with murder in Spartan.
$ burg County, in refusing bail. He is one
Judge who is not afraid to speak his con.
victions and to enforce the law, even if it
docs keep a white man in Jail: Now,
since Judge Wallace has set such an ex.
8 ample, ne hope Turner will be given a
fiji: trial, and that by jury composed of
jnstsuch men as Judge Wallace, who will
ssay guilty, if the evidence warrants it.
The way to put down. crime is to enforce
] the Law against crime. Let the man who
lis 8 murderer pay the penalty for murder
by hanging. Let US Lave no more YER
sdicts Of not guilty through sympathy or
&chic ken. .heartedness. People must be
taught to respect the rights Of their fel.
slowmen, and then ne will have better
stimes. Let every violator Of the Law
known must suffer for it. and then we
will have lesD violation.
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= The Atlanta Journal advises gen.
eral boycott of Western hog's lard by the
people of the Southern States if the
compound lard bill becomes law. This
is practical and good advice. The bill is
intended solely to restrict the sale of the
Southern product, in order to increase the
sale of its rival product, and the Southern
people shonla not lend their aid to such
partisan Discrimination against an i'm.
portant Southern industry. Cotton seed
oil is cleaner aud cheaper and more
wholesome than hogs lard and can be
used for every purpose in the kitchen for
which the latter is used, besides being
fully equal to olive oil for table purposes.
When the tax is imposed Oh the oil to
make q large market for lard, every
Southern hapsekeeper, and, especially
every Southern fariaef, chonld refuse to
buy lard at any price, and II soald oe
good policy for them to use the oil only,
whether It shall be taxed or not.
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A Democratic Victory.

Providence, r. l., April 13.-The
city election yesterday resulted IN
a Democratic victory, giving that party
a Senator and eight Representatives,.
The complexion of the incoming Legis,
lature shows fifty-soven Democrats aud
fifty Republicans, which gives tbs Dem.
ccrats a working majority, With two to
spare, and insures the election OF a Dem
ocratic State ticket. The Australian
ballot system worked like clocEwork
yesterday, very few voters requiring
instruction iu preparing ballots, while
everybody had time enough to vote.
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Hell 2 TH[E POOR!
AND BY so DOING HELP YOURSELF.

w havnt the Stock Goods in the City mge cash as
eandss consisting Ga Musn White Ghec and GoGTd Iawns
all Staple Goods line E Stray Eats @ Shoes of every de
BIG CUT IN PRlCEsWe have 500 Barrels good sound Flour loe
barrel $3.50 Flour Sc s 100 for S375
Sugar Rio Coffee co. Rice p lbs to s. Gs
gaon Tobacco 2 0c Try jane
onu IL a. world
grateful
that
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= A we'll. known dentist tried hard to

A we'll known dentist tried hard to
collect bill, but, after many Intellectual
efforts, said to inc debtor 81 do not
intend to send you any more bills, and I
don't intend to sue you: but there is one
thing want to tell you. Every time
you cllt off riece Of beeisteak aud pass
it to your wife ! want you to remember
that she is not chewing that beef with
her teeth, nor with your teeth, but my
teeth" In two Or three days he recei7.
cd check. The notion ofthese doubly-
false teeth in his wife's mouth, was too
much for him.
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A Counter Conference.

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 14.-The fol-
lowing communication has been address
ed to one representative farmer in each
County ofSouth Carolina and copy fur.
nished the press for publication:
COLUMBIA, S. G., April 13, 1890.
"Dear Sir-The action Of the recent
Shell Convention in attempting to fore
stall the regular Democratic Convention
by placing before the people candidates
alleged to represent the farmers of South
Carolina, and platform purporting to
express the wishes and sentiment of the
farmers on certain public questions, in
our opinion forces upon the farmers who
do not endorse either candidate or plat
form some action that will show to all
other classes in the State that the Shell
Convention did not represent the views
of the large body of farmers. With this
object in view conference, to be compos.
ed of one representative farmer from each
County, will be held at Columbia at the
Agricultural hall Wednesday, April 23rd,
at tWcISc CloCh3 W uiaCuoo tuO oiLuoGion
and take such further action as may then
be determined upon.
"The undersigned respectfully and
honestly request you to represent your
County at the conference, and in matter
appealing so strongly to your patriotism
feel that further solicitation is unnecessa-
ry. Ifitis impossible for you to be present,
please see that some other good farmer
represents your county who is in sy mpa-
thy with this movement.
'Please let us know promptly if you
will meet the conference at the time
named. Yours truly,
TREDELL JONES,
Rock Hill, York County.
T. w. WOODWARD,
Rockton, Fairfield County.
j. @. f. SINS,
Columbia, Richland County,"
The meeting will not Suggest" or
nominate" ticket Its principal object
is to request several gentlemen, anti
Tillmanites, to meet him on the stump
and reply to his charges.
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The coston-picker recently tried near
Rolling Fork, says a Mississippi paper,
not only captured the cotton, but gather.
ed in limbs, stalks, real estate and all,
and then scattered the mass all over the
field. IT took ten darkies to pick up af-
ter it, and the machine was declared a
failure. A good, spry descendant of
Ham is the best cotton picking machine
yet introduced in this country by our en-
terprising Yankee friends. If they sue
ceed in making better one we will buy
that as we Gid the ones introduced here
prior to 1861.
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We see from the reports in the daily
papers that the Alliances all over the
State are endorsing tie sub treasury bill
ard st. Louis platform. 1t looks like the
Farmers are going into politics in spite
of all that can be said or done.
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a correspondent of The Charleston
World, writing from Sumter County,
says: "After the Alliance adjourned !
heard one gentleman ask how many Til.
man men in this crowd and it would
have done 'Ben's'' heart good to have
heard the replies" That from Sumter
County. mind vou.
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Andrew Smith, of Salt Lake City,
is.a Mormon elder who has had eight
wives and still believed in Mormonism.
He says that be is an expert in choosing
wife. His idea is that wife should DO
and think as her husband wants her to,
and under this arrangement marriage is
nota q failure.
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Money is the instrument of commerc
and can rightfuly and conslitutionally
be issued only by the National Govern.
ment. Bankers, as other citizens, should
only be allowed the use of money where
they pay for it full equivalent.-Pre-
onnopi,e Rf.,nar.
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Thoroughbred Poultry.

E0R SALE, Eggs from choice White
n Wyandottes, White Leghorns, Silver
Laced Wyandottes and Pit Games.
My fowls have been selected and bred
with great care, are from the best breeders
North and South, and are warranted pure.
Won FIVE first premiums on six entries Of
fowls at the last State Fair. Get setting
of eggs and improve the laying and market
qualities OF your fowls fifty per cent. Eggs
$500 per 1880 per 2G. ! extend cor
dial invitation to all to visit my yards and
inspect my stock.
THOS. B. LEE, Jr., Anderson, S G.
April II, 1890 II II
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We boast of our Republic being q
Government "of the people, for the peo.
pie, by the people" and being taught all
our lives to receive it az gospel truth, it
astounds us 10 learn that in the last
twenty five years it has allowed thirty.
one thousand of its sixty million inhabi-
tants To absorb three fifths Of it's entire
wealth of sixty billion dollars. In 1860
there were two millionaires and no
trampsj now, there are over 81 thousand
of the former and millions of the latter.
The National Banking system is largely
responsible for this state of affairs, a few
men having it in their power to control
the volume of money in circulation.
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South Carolina's Crops.

From the reports of the correspondents
of the Department of Agriculture in all
parts of the State the following facts have
been learned aud the estimates as to the
condition of the crops given Herewith
heen enabled
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9 m THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY.

Section 219 CT the General Statutes of
this State prcyides that call property
shall be valued for taxation at its true
value in money" &C., and the person
making the return is required to swear
that the. value at which his property is
returned is its true market value Sin
money We are not going to say any
thing hard against anybody, bu. we shall
sendeaYor 10 show the folly of the present
mode Of returning property in this State.
For. instance, the property in Anderson
County, both real and personal, is really
worth, and would bring at public sale for
cash, more than double the amount for
which it is returned. Thatis, its actual
value is more than twice as great as the
value fixed on it by our people on their
sSosths. We do not, by this assertion,
mean to charge ourpeople with anything
wrong; but they have gradually fallen
sinto this mode, aided by our County
Auditors, who usually are willing to take
sit3just as low as the people will allow.
This way of returning property for less
sthan; half its real value saves nothing to
the taxpayers, for SO much money is to
sbe raised on the property owned in the
State, and to return all property at its
true: value would have only one pecunia.
sry effect, and that would be to lower the
number of mills to be levied. If the
property was returned at twice it's pres.
4 5entS assessed value, the levy would be
about ST to 81 mills, instead of 101 to IL
mills. It would also set forth to the
world the true value of our property, and
thus make us to appear not to be SO
poor.
This method of making false returns is
relic; dark days of ofRepublicanism
in South Carolina, and should be wiped
It win not cost our people q asingle
cent, and will give US financial showing
B thatsw be of benefit to us as State.
ssOf course, it would not be just for one
County to make returns at true value
while the other Coun ties in the State
continue the present system of returning
the property at less than half its real
value. There should be an understand
ing among. our Auditors all over the
State, and all property should be return
Sed at its true value. Some men dislike
to swear their property is worth a certain
amount when they know it is actually
worth more than double that sum. We
desire to see such steps taken as will put
) us all rigat on this subject.
There is a certain tract of land not far
+ from this city that appears on the tax
books TO be worth $500, that was sold
8 only q few days since for $4,000. This is
!, an illustration that illustrates the necessi-
s:tE Of. getting right. South Carolina is
not 50 poor, if.her citizens would return
their property as they should.
1ss Let the Law be enforced and all proper
.ty be valued for taxation at its true value
lin money.
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Oeen enaOleu
The acreage In wheat has been decreas:
ed abont7 per cent. below last year, and
the condition is 80 per cent. less than at
the same last year, and has been mate.
rally injured By the Hessian fly. The
damage by winter freezes was nominal;
About 9 per cent. of the crop was drilled
against 81 per cent. broadcasted. The
drilled wheat ia generally reported in the
better condition. The crop was, as q
rule, sown later than in 1889, the average
date OF seeding being December lst. AS
usual, the early sowing. is reported in
better condition than the late.
The acreage in oats is reported at about
the same as last year and the condition is
16 per cent. below that of last year. The
falling off is attributed largely to the
ravages of the Hessian fly, and small
percentage mas been injured by the late
freezes.
The acreage in both rye and barley has
been slightly reduced and the condition is
not 80 good as at the same time in 1889.
LIVE STOCK.
The remarkably open winter has been
very favorable to live stock of all kinds
and they are reported as in generally fine
condition. The dea tbs from winter ex.
posure have been nominal and confined to
but few localities. The percentage OF
loss from disease is exceptionally small.
About 5 per cent. of the hogs in the State
have died from cholera.
COTTON ON HAND.
It is estimated that about q per cent,
or $4,000 bales, of last years cotton crop
is still in the hands of the growers.
DECREASE IN FARM SUPPLIES.
judging from the reports of the
departments correspondents, the farmers
of the State are in better condition than
ever before. Notwithstanding the enor.
nous increase in the quantity of com.
mercial fertilizers purchased, the decrease
in farm supplies purchased is less by 80
per cent. than last year.
LABOR.
There is scarcity of labor reported
from some sections, on account of the
emigration of the negro farm hands to the
turpentine farms of Georgia and Florida.
One hundred and fifty. five correspondents
report labor ss "good," seven as "bad"
and sixty.f five as indifferent"
COMMERCIAL. FERTILIZERS.
From November 1st, 1889, to April lst,
1890, about 10000 tons of commercial
fertilizers were sold in the State, against
126,56S tons for the same period in 1885,
'S9-an increase of about 80 per cent.
over last year, which would Indicate a
large increase in the cotton acreage for
1890.
Corn planting hss been finished in
many sections and cotton planting is
progressing rapidly.
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Mr.. J, P. Sullivan, living not far
from Trenton, gives us the following
snake story: He says that On the day
preceding the first snow Of the winter
he was out hauling wood and found in q
woodpile q living chicken snake. Hav-
ing bis axe with him be dispatched his
snakeship by cutting his head of. The
next II morning he returned for more wood
and to his great as.onishment and wonder
he found the snake crawling all about.
He put him on stump and he crawled
of, and continued crawling, manifesting
every symptom of long life; but be
died at last-not because he was minus o
head, but because he was frozen to death
in the snow which had fallen during the
night. No one who knows Mr.. Sullivan
will doubt this story besides, there are
several witnesses to its verity.-Edgefeld
Adverfiser.
"A Colored Industrial League was
recently formed in New York. At q
meeting of the League on Wednesday
night the principal address was delivered
by T. McCauts Stewart, formerly of
South Carolina, who spoke at length
upon the apathy shown by negroes in
their failure to enter more extensively
into the work Of raising the standing Of
the race in the world of commerce. He
suggested thatit would be good plan
tor the organization, by way of beginning,
TO secure guarantees from fifty colored
families and then to go to some firm and
promise that these fifty families would
deal exclusively there, provided colored
man was given employment rs salesman
in the store.
= Chauncy Depew estimates the TAX
ings Of the South from the invalid travel
from the North every year at about eight
and one-half millions of dollars, and
thinks at least six millions of this is
profit. The business will, he believes,
reach as high as twelve millions. He
finds it odd that people insist on spend
ing summers in the Engadine and win
ters on the Riviera, when they have North
Carolina and Florida.
= Near Selma, about two weeks ago,
old man Mundy Bell died suddenly. while
at work ia the field, and on last Friday
his wife died. On either Saturday or
Sunday, four of their children we're dosed
with morphine, which their young son
thought was quinine. Two of them died
Sunday, and the others we're not expects
ed to recover at that time.
-Plougbing by steam has been in
troduced in Walla Walla Valley, WASH,
and is pronounced success. Heretofore
it has cost two dollars per acre to plough,
while Under the new system it can be
done for forty cents.
The largest sheep ranch in the
world is in the counties of Webb and
Dinnet in Texas. It contains upward of
100000 acres and yearly pastures 100000
sheep.
- George ". Childs has raised $50 900
for the family of Samuel ]. Randall, who
are poor because he was honest. George
W. Childs is the best man in the United
States.
"A young man at Brunswick, Ga, on
Saturday, became angry because be was
fined two dollars, insulted the Judge
and shot several Court officers, one
fatally.
The returns Of the pensioned veter.
ans who fought under the great Napo-
leon, who now receive $50 year, put
their number at liz instead of $50 as in
1883.
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NoTLOB TO CREDITORS.
~ All persons having demands against
the Estate of Anra Maria Watson, decd,
are hereby notified to present them,
properly proven, to the undersigned within
the time prescribed by law, and all per-
sons indebted to said Estate must make
payment.
MRS. N. M. ERsKINE, Ex'x.
April II, 1850 81 81
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The press Of the State, with few excep.
tions, united in denouneing the action Of
the March Convention, in nominating
Tillman as the Farmers candidate for
Governor, and claiming that there was q
split among the farmers, Oh account Of
the close vote on nominations, and
prophesying complete failure of the
movement. The farmers are wondering
why the newspapers are so bitterly oppo.
sing their Convention, which was COM
posed of delegates elected by mass
meetings, held with open doors, with
ample notice beforehand, to 30 to Colum.
bia and nominate Slate ticket, if they
thought it necessary for the success of the
reform movement, they putting forward
the man who has been leading the Gght
for reform for several years, and the idea
is gaining ground that the press opposed
it, although many ofthem we're our pro.
fessed friends, because they did not want
US to succeed. The Convention was
composed of 234 representative men,
from every County in the State except
four; equal in intelligence aud loyalty to
any ever convened in the State capital.
Thoroughly convinced of the necessity Of
reform in the State government, the far
mers, so far as we have been able to hear,
are going to stand by their action, as it is
measures and not men that we are fight.
ing for. The farmers have been too we'll
trained in the Democratic party to split.
We see that Oconee County Alliance has
endorsed the action of the Convention.
The Oconee delegates voted against Hom.
inations. The Pic1ens delegates voted
for nominations, contrary to instructions,
and their action was endorsed by mass.
meeting composed of the members of the
County Alliance. It was claimed that
Fairfield would not support the Conven.
ton. They have invited Capt. Tillman
to speak on the lst Saturday in May. We
hope the Issues involved will be thor
oughly discussed. What the farmer
wants is light-more light.
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NOTICE.
ll5 TEST OIL,
15c. per Gallon.

FATnER-"dcrc, son, come here to me.
Take this 15c and go down to the 10c.
Store and fetch home one gallon of that
Kerosene OIL Your old father wants to
read Minors advcrtis. tonight"
soS-"Waal, Gunner, I'll halter go, but
you can't git no MORN threo quarts Nv lie
fer no 15c.
OLD MAN-(givcs boy blow with cane
"Go to the 10c. Store, as I told you, and
bring me one gallon of 115 Test Oil. That
fellow knows what he's doing, and he'll do
what he says.'
Johnny goes for Oil, and returns with
full gallon n.)-"Think I'll keep one eye on
the feller, as Par said. Guess the gilt.edged
thing for him to do next is 10 furnish us
bacco free"
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
IN All persons having demands against
the Estate Of William P. Norris, deceased,
are hereby notified to present them, prop
erly proven, to the undersigned within the
time prescribed by law, and those indebted
to make payment.
April 3, 1890 80 3
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LABOR.

There is scarcity Of labor reported
from some sections, on account of the
emigration of the negro farm hands to the
turpentine farms of Georgia and Florida
One hundred and fifty. five correspondents
report labor ss "good," seven as "bad'
and sixty. five as indifferent"
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- George ". Childs has raised $4,000
for the family ofSamuel ]. Randall, who
are poor because he was honest. George
W. Childs is the best man in the United
States.