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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28
GOOD ADVICE FROM AN EDGE,
FIELD FARMER.

The following letter from Mr.. James
w. DE Norc to the Edgeficld Adrcit,S.
cr is pointed and sensible, and if the
farmers of the South would act upon
this line in the year 1900 they would
never regret it,
Mr.. EditOr: The wheel of fate has
been turning adversely to the produc-
ing people, and especially the cotton
producing People of this county, for
fifteen or twenty years and until The
year 1899, when by act of Providence,
the wheel of fate is made to 90 very
slowly, that the farmers, The cotton
raiscrs, can, if they will, catch hold and
force it to rcvovc the other way, in
favor Of the cotton raiser.
1t has been demonstrated by facts,
circumstances and figures, that the
cotton crop for 1899 was and is a short
crop. lt is also certain that bv reason
of this short crop the price of cotton
has ADVANCED over 2 cents pcr pound,
which shows the effect OF supply and
demand.
Now will, this light, and the above
undisputed facts before them, is it not
possible to have concerted action
among the farmers, by pcrsuading them
OF the advantages that would rebound
TO them, and cause them with one ac-
cord to reach out and catch this wheel
while it is turning slowly, SO to speak,
by duplicating the crop of 1899 for the
year 1900, or if possible, make 1t still
shorter? Two short cotton crops in
succession would certainly advance the
price still higher, and at the same tlmo
leave the cotton raiser with an abun-
dant supply of foodstuffs, which would
be raised instead of cotton.
Why produce ten bales of cotton if
the producers have it in their power to
realize the same amount of money, or
perhaps more, for five bales9
1t seems TO me that tho situation is
simply this, brought about by the short
crop of 1899. II puts the long end of
The rope in the cotton producers hands,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

~ :" III p III M noon, IN night
Trains leave Kingvlle, daily except Sunday.
for Camden l0:l5 a m and AS D. m, Reinr1n..
ing leave Camdon for Kingvillo, daily except
hmhiny tnr In;y $50 a. M mnd 250 m Also for Sum.
m IN. Returning leave sumter at s 30 a. M and
go; p. m, making connection at Kingvilie with
trnliS between Columbia and Charleston
Trains leave Spartanburg via S. U. o divi.
sion d4ily for Glendale Joncsviilo, Union and
S"'li'inih i,nnd ana intermediate points at II rs q
Trains leave Toccoa, Ga for Elberton Ga,
RetHrS,np tV + eaY, M; eXxGGept XGp, sunday. 100 m.
exc spt sunday, 80 p. m. making oonnao.
ton tion Mt Toccoa with trains between Atlanta,
,hesareakc Line Steamers In daily seYyios
between Norfolk and Baltimore
.S MoS. % nnu DAILY. Washington and South.
western Nestibule Limited Through Pullmnn
sleeping caars between New York and New or,
Leans, .ru w via W. Washington, Atlanta and Montgom
s;E@ sIngSpt IGLLMAN iIBKAKY s1sa ossERHI. Z 4
~, IEg,oN oAhS between Atlanta and New York.
Eirst cIass thoroughfnre coaches bstween lash.
mRtGh and Atlanta. Leaving " ushington each
Monday, Wednesday and Friday a tourist
mgion and San Francisco without ohnn9a
DlnlnR cars serve all meals en- roufa
r"G twesm s%d sssspng be
neotion a. Norfolk torOLD POINT COMFORT.
Also AS az Atlanta with Pullman D. r. sieeper for
Chattanooga and Cincinnati "
N9S; 30 and W-Unitod States Fast Mail runa
soiid between Washington and New Orleana'
iHh NoAhHpboi VI COhCDeS. through without
chahRe Tor passengers of all classes Pullman
orawing'ro )m sleeping cars between New YorL
and New Orleans. via Atlanta and Mont teomery
ana hetween Charlotte and Atlanta Dinfng oar,
serve all meals enroute '"''
, Nos. IL, IS, - and l2--Pullmnn sleeptnn oar.
between kichmond and Charlotte, via DAnyIile'
sohthbound Nos. II and 3j northbound Nos'
"a and 2 Connection at Atlanta with throu9h
Pnilman Drawng.room sleepng car for Jaaf.
wick. -"i "i i"h5
!, Connection made at Spartanburs with
through Pullman sleeper for AshevilIe. Hnoa.
vannah and Jacksonville
FRANK s. CANNON. J.M.Cuup
Third V.P. 81 Gen. MIR Trnfdc NJ,
Washing gton. d. O. washina atoH y n
W. A. TURK, g,M HARDwioW
Ws.AhssR Ra XlEsaRRA
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

lAQuIp ATE. The New York Com
mercial says; "Iipuid arS, the cost of
which the Tripler Liquid Air Company
has now reduced TO five ccuts gallon,
is gong to rcvOlutionlzc the conditions
OF modern life aud industry. partcu-
larry III refrigeration is liquid air goiug
To change present archaic and costly
methods into the perfect and economic
al production Of low temperatures in
household rctrigcrators, as well as in
the huge packing and cold-storage ware
houses of the world. In APPLYING
liquid ar TO refrigeration largely the
same machinery is used as in the pre-
sent expensive and inpericct ammonia
process. The conversion of an ann
monla plan! INTO liquid air plant viii
entail few changes, chiefly the sub
sUtItion of Il new air compressor and
llQucticr Tor the old ammonia COM
prcSSor. The cost of this conversion
Will be small, as the pipes now used
for ;ac circulation of ammonia will
radiatcIdry liquid air equally well. The
liquid air Is not allowed 10 pass into
the pipes direct, hu, is Expanded into
cold air before entering the pipes Ii
! is the rold air that enters the pipes
not The liquid.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28
w HAT THE MONR DOCTRINE Is
The Declaration Opposing Foreign
Interference With Cisatlantic Af-
Inica

The Declaration Opposing Foreign
Interference With Cisatlantic az
fairs.
Briefly and broadly stated, the Mon
roe doctrine is our national policy Of
opposing the Interference OF European
powers with the political aifsirs OF
established popular governments in the
American hemisphere. It's origin was
as follows: In 1929, at congress- of
European powers at Verona, Italy,
there was discussed plan to aid Spain
to recover her revolted American
colonies. This aroused strong indigna-
tlon in the u nited States and the senti-
ment " America for Americans" be-
came the popular cry. In the follow
ing year, 1873, President Monroe, after
careful consultation with his secretary
OF State, John Quincy Adams, and
with Thomas Jefferson, Incorporated
In his annual message the following
declarations That we should con-
slider any attempt on their part to ex-
tend their system to any portion of
This hemisphere as dangerous to our
peace and safety -; and that we could
not vie" any interpOsition for the pur-
pose OF expressing independent Am
erlcan governments) or controlling in
any manner their destiny by any Eu-
ropean power liz any other light than
as manifestation of an unfriendly
disposition towards the United States"
These declarations at once became
known as the Monroe doctrine They
received popular approval at the time
and have always been advocated since
then. During the late civil war Louis
Napoleon, in contempt OF the doctrine
sought to establish the Arch duke
Maxlmilian as the titular emperor of
Mexico. Owing to the occupation of
the national forces at home the effort
then met with only diplomatic pro.
test, but in ordinary times such a
measure would rouse the country to
active opposition. In international
affairs OF to-day the doctrine has it's |
application in the way of deterring |
European intrigues or armed inter |
terence with independent American
governments
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

We see from time TO time wagons
and carts coming in from the country
londcd with household and kitchen
furniture and destined for some cotton
mil. Some of these people We know
personally and others we can iuduc ul
very well, as rule, ly the gcnrlal ap
pcaranCC of their effects. Most of Them
are People VIII" were in comfortable
circumstances in the country and al
tracted by the alluung stories Of biz
pay and easy time in the mills. have
given up the old home, disposed of
most "i thClr property, often The home.
stead that has been in the family for
generations, and moved TO town.
We count the movement from The
farms To the factories us detrimental
to the strength and independence Of
the STATE. or course there are builtup
great mill centres with hummln1
SpndlcS and rattling looms, with
houses dOtupg mllsidcs once bare. and
money turned loose regularly among
hundl eds of operatives, 'ut there is an
other side 10 this movement. On the
farm ihcrc was independence, there
was health and always plenty, there
was home for which no rent was paid
and forest from which wood was had
Tree. The labor was at times very
hard, while at other times, there was
rest and rccrcation, there was time for
educational and religious advantages
other than Sunday. There we've neigh
borS and relatives, known for wears,
who would stand by in sickness or
death. They had time at their com
mand to think and 10 do. Among the
factory people, however great The de-
sire TO assist, their Tin nc belongs TO an
other and usually their limited means
do not permit Of very extended help.
On the farm they have growing crope
or clops laid by IN store. With iii,
operative paid of weekly or bi.wccklN
,hcrc Is usually little laid by. w,
nav" found the factory people clever
courteous and willing, but they hay,
| niue or no time except III the mills.
Anything that prospcrs at the cX
| pcnsc OF the farm and the good coun
! Try HE Is menace to the purmanenCN
and strength of our institutions. IF th,
idctoucs of North Carolina must h,
| DullL d. the expense OF the farms o
the state we feel that the State lose.
thereby. We would advise the Countr,
! people rot to give up the farm for tn,
/ cotton mill. Your income may not b,
so great on the farm. vet Your ncGcs
sary outgo is not so great. In the mil
1t means six days early and late th
year through. The mill owners an,
supcrlntcndcnts of North Carolina d
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

The immigration authorities state
that good results have already been
obtained from having physicians at
tachod to the cOnsulatcs of the United
States in different ports to cEam.ro
those who are about to mmigrate ~ This
country. Several intending clni.'ants
detected by the phasicians as being un-
desirable on account of disease, have
been turned hack before purchasing
their tickets and thus saved all The
trouble and morulication of making
life.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

All organs of sense are stimulated
by electricity. DR. j. Mount Bleyrr
points out. In the rctina il cXcitrs
sensations of ~lalc and dazzling, in
the ear it produces Il prcuIa. buzHiug
NOISE, IN the tonguc it gives II very
characteristic metallic sensation. and
III the nose j, creates snceHing irta-
ton and n. odOr of ammonia
The effects Of huugcr when pro-
longcG are found by Prof. i.assignar.
die to be much like those of drunken
ness. vt first the intellectual powers
become unusually active and the lmagi-
nation runs wild. then there is Il
change TO cNcilability, cruelty and
weakened faculties.
The magnitude OF the implement and
vehicle interests Of the United States
may be partially realized when il is
known jhat these interests, together
with the accessory trades, are sccoL d
in Importance TO only one other busi-
ness interest in the country, viz, the
railways.
Germany, now beginning rapid cx-
tension of its use of electric power and
| light, is said to use as vet not more
than 800 600 horsepower of electric
energy in all, while one Of its steam
ship fleets IS alone equipped with 80,
OUOholSc'powcr in steam.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

u SiiS II WOTn out.
And as she lies
weak and suffer-
ing, she reinenl-
bers the days,
only such a little
w h ii c behind,
when she tiptoed
along the top
rail of the worm
fence, as active
and blitlie as a
squirrel.
But [ here 9
something wrong
about this condi-
ton. One word
expresses it
.''unnatural."
It's against ma
ture to be in
SlIc1, a conditions
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

Carriage painters charge So to SIS for
repain ting buggy. That's a pretty
st:lf price, and most people continue to
use a buggy long after ii needs paint
ing rather than pay that amount.
About II Year AGO bought quart of
carriage paint for - cents and applied
il myself. | was surprised to find that
The vehicle looked almost. rs well as
though II had come from pl rfcssicnal
painter, though it was minus "A few
stripes Cor. Woiiacc'S EuiD,6r.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

1t Is said that the profits of the
Carnegie Steel works last wear were
vi ,OOO, 600 and Andrew Carnegie owns
53 per cent. OF the stock. He ought to
be able to give away a few hundred
thousand every year to public Libraries
with an income OF o million dollars a
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

The institute is a fine thing, the bull
lctins OF the stations, the agricultural
colleges are splendid aids to practical.
scientific agriculture; but there is
nothing else 50 helpful to the man upon
the farm as his farm paper, coming TO
him weekly, hdpng TO meet the prob
lens which come to him daily, brmg
ing him counsel, comfort and cheer,
AMI sincerely devoted to his highest
interests, ma crlal and moral.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

-Rev. Henry Thompson, rector OF
81. Matthew's Episcopal Church at
kenoshua, VIE, has just sued couple
OF well known young mon OF the town
for 81 each-the fees due him for hav-
Ing performed the double ceremony OF
marriage when the two young men
welded sisters.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

40 IN train makes c,oss conncctlon
AT Gam nn Falls for all points on 5. a. L.
Close connection at Greenwood for all
points on - a. l.. and G.. < G.. Railway,
ana at >partanbnrg with Southern Rail
way
Ior any information relative to ticko.s
rates, schedules. etc, address
a. CRAIG. Gen. Pass. Ag"ut
Nj North. Sol. Agt AugU ta,Ga
NJ EMKRSON. Traifir urp.,r
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

a large company has been organized
for the manufacture of tar, turpcntlnc
and kindred products of the small but
rcslnous fur timber of the Pacific coast
IN Washington. The prospects for sue
cessful work in that region are said to
be so good as to give Southern enter
prises of like kind some hot COMPETE
tion.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

Somebody asked William Jennings
Bryan the other day what was the Sc
cret OF his health and endurance. "Ac-
tivity," he replied it's Ia the best
known preventive OF physical and
mental Ills"
"A camel will work seven or eight
days without drinking. In this he
differs from some men who drink
seven or eight days without working.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28
This is truth the poet sings
That a sorrows crown of sorrow
Is remembering happier things"

ISM that what woman thinks WHO
hnds herself practically laid aside i'm the
heyday OF life? few years of marriage,
couple Of children aud Size is uorn 90.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28
: THE FLANDERS or THE WAR"
An Appalling Loss OF Iiic in the Strug
2le of tho Sixties.

The Fredericksburg We Free Lance
gives most interesting summary OF
the losses In battle during the war bs.
tween the Federal and Confederate
armies and especially in the Iour
great battles which occurred In the
county OF Spottsylvania, OF which Fred
ericksburg is the county seat. The ar.
ticle Is ~ follows
The Washington, ID. G., Post AL
manac gives the entire losses OF the
war 1861 90 as over S0O, 900. II also
says that there were three million and
twelve thousand men enlisted in the
tuion armies, and six hundred and
ninety thousand in the Confederate
armies. 1t further gives the losses
on the Spottsyivania battlenelds as TO-
lows
AT Fredericksburg
Confederate loss ss.......... 1900
Total, .....;. ;............ ... .... $50
AT tthanCellorsyllle--
Confederate loss. .. 10 3OO
In Wilderness tights
Union loss ....... n IT
Confederate loss. oss..................ll, 400
lotal ............. ....... ~, ,l3I
At Spousylvania Court House
comTedcpSlc 1,Gm tT9s ,os.''' ..'....''.2@d$l @d5
| io'a ...''''..... &C.. ........ ... 35I3l
b, In Spottsylvania the total loss % in
these lights were l25, ,66S.
Inc Post reckops that there were
over one hundred great battles in that
! wal And yet the losses in this county
In these four great battles were nearly
one'sixth OF the entire losses The
losses in the Wilderness fights were
greater than in any other battle Of the
war. Ii the student in military o II airs
wishes to learn the lesson of war where
else can 1T be SO faithfully taught? For
according to the Post, the losses OF tn
Wilderness were greater even than the
losses at Gettys sburg in that great three
days fight. Virginia has been calleC
The Flanders OF the War" and wei
the old State may be so designated, fol
OF The SUI, 600 or more losses during the
war, over 29p, 600 occurred in Virginia
'Ihe losses Ia Spottsy were ovel
10, ,OOO or more than the combine loss
es at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chat
tanooga and Shiloh, each OF which, b,
act of Congress, has been erected int
national park. OF the eighty two ma
tional cemeteries Of the United State
the one here at Fredericksburg is tht
fourth in size, being smaller only thar
those at Nashville. Tenn Nicksburg
and Arlington. The dead buried in th,
Fredericksburg cemeteries are from
the Spottsylvania fields alone. Thos,
in the other cemeteries are from man,
and far-Oif fields
The cemetery at Gettysburg contain
only $3.50 graves. The one here a
Fredericksburg contains 10 ,273.
} The battles Of the Wilderness an,
| Spottsylvana Court House were prac
. tically one: they began May 5, 1861
and ended May IS, 1861 and the losse
IN those fourteen days Zig hting to tn
, two armies, Union and Confederate
are supposed TO have been ~ ,5GS, o.
: one-eleventh Of all the losses OF tn
whole four years Of the war, and i
these great fights the great commau
ders, Grant and Lee, were, pitte
against each other and these were tn
greatest battles in which they we're s,
) pitted.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

Driving cows in hurry is a money
losing operation.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

q n 81 w q R IA.
Bears tho ~ The Kind You Have Always Bought
''''a'''' q &rMAgSs1m
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-02-28

Charleston and Western Carolina r. K
AUGUSTA AND ASnEvILLH SHoRr LINZ
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22

A horse rattle attracted consider
able attention last night in oui
city. There were three bloodec
animals up and the highest throw
was to take the mare and colt and
the low throw was to take the stud.
Mr. B. Sterling who runs the Globe
Store threw 43 and sold his chance
to Will Huddleston for $500. Mr..
Huddleston was soon afterwards,
before the rattle was over, offered
$4,000 and sold to Mr.. Culley, the
owner of the horses and sthe AZ
threw proved to be the highest and
won out. Mr.. Andy Sweeny threw
Ia the lowest and got the stud.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22

A great many of our city people
have asked us if we did not make a
mistake in giving the name of j. w.
Allison as one of the stockholders
and officers in the Texarkana Oil
and Fertilizer Company, they be
lieving that Mr. George Aston, of
the National Oh Company, the gen
tleman. We wish to say that Mr..
Allison is the right party, and that
he is well known all over the South
being the man who first started the
oil industry in the South. It was
his brain and work that perfected
the organization of most Of the
mills in the South and he is now
owner of several mills in Texas and
will make this one here the largest
and best equipped OF any now under
his management. Mr.. Aston will
remain with the National OIL Com
pany and manage It's affairs In the
same admirable way he has always
done, and will be In the market at
seed time to measure lances with
all purchasers Of the oil producing
seed.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22
Clerks Union Meeting.

At meeting of the Retail Clerks
Union No. 1872, Monday night,
called to take action in regard to
early closing. Some few of the
stores still remaining open.
A committee of tour was ap-
pointed by the chair to take vigor-
ous steps to see that the uniform
hour Z p. m. for closing be observed
by all.
This committee was empowered to
act as it may deem best in the mat
ter and report at the next regular
meeting Monday night, May %, at
8 p. m.
Nineteen Qy) new members having
applied for membership in the lodge
was quite satisfied with this COM
mittee work.
Mr.. Bowers of the Trainmen was
with us and helped with his advice
and council.
The report of the Treasurer
showed the lodge financially in a
satisfactory condition.
Nothing further being before the
house, the meeting adjourned to
meet Monday, May 28, 1900, at 8 p.
m.
A. D. BoYLsToN, A. W. ScRUaGs,
Secretary, President.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22

A. D. BoYLsToN, A. w. ScRUaGs,
Secretary. President.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22
TEXAS aUARANTINEs.
Bars Put Up Against the Bubonic
Plague in Frisco,

Houston, Tex, May 20. "A special
from Austin, Tex, says a telegram
was received here tonight confirm
ing the reports of the existence of
the bubonic plague at San Fran
cisco. Immediately upon receipt of
the above DR.. Blunt declared abb
solute quarantine against San
Francisco and stationed inspectors
at El Paso and Texarkana. No pas
sengers or goods of any kind will be
admitted into the state from San
Francisco.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22
SHARP ENGAGEMENT.
Americans Under Captain Elliott De-
feat 500 FilipinOs.

Washington, May 2l.-The war
department received a cablegram
this morning from General McAr-
thur at Manila telling of a sharp
engagement on the 14th inst. at
Agusan, in Caganian province. The
enemy's loss in killed was fifty-two.
The American loss was two killed
and three wounded.
This dispatch is as follows:
Manila, May 21.-Col. Edward
A. Goodwin, Fortieth United States
volunteer infantry, reports au en-
gagement on May IA, eighty men
Fortieth regiment United States
volunteer infantry, under Capt. Ell
lott, at Agusan, near Caganian
province (Mindanao). Enemy 500
strong and in good position; routed;
fifty-two killed; thirty-one Reming-
tons and quantity of ammunition
captured; our loss in killed, com.
pany l, Fortieth regiment, United
States volunteer infantry, Corporal
Jas. O'Neill, John.W. Shaw. Our
loss in wounded, company I, For
tieth regiment, United States vol
unteer infantry, Corporal Jack
Cook, wounded in thigh; moderate;
Artifcer Edwin E. Dodds, wounded
in thigh; slight; company K, For
tieth regiment. United States vol
unteer infantry, Mack D. Smith,
wounded in thigh; moderate"
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22
FEDERAL COURT.

Since deciding the Morgan bank.
rupt case yesterday morning, Fed
eral Court has not passed on much
other business.
In the case of Fahrney VS.. Coul.
ter, Court sustained attachment
proceedings and set aside sale.
This morning case of U. S. VS.
James West, of Howard county
charged with illicit distilling, ETC.,
came up, and will go to jury trial
Next will follow the White Cliff
case, one of the most important t,
be disposed of at the term.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22

The r. Q. 5. makes the Cosmopol,
itan Hotel It's eating stand for two
OF its trains daily. The morning
train which arrives here at $40 a.,
IN. takes breakfast, and the evening
train arriving at 800 suppers here
This means a stop over here of 80
minutes for each train ana the pas-
sengers who come a ornass throneh
speud quite 4 sum dufInp me iay-
vyef each day.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22
Office Rooms to Rent.

| have two splendid Office rooms.
suitable for lawyers or doctors, or
any other professional men, in the
Bryne building, on State Line Ave
nue.. Apply to Carter Il Kirby or to
6 20 If JAMES DILLARD.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22

For stiff neck there is nothing
better than a free application Of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t quick
ly relieves the stiffness and soreness
effecting a complete cure. For sale
by Smith Drug Co.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-05-22

Fortune Favors the Brave" 1t
is also favorable to those who purify
their blood in the spring by taking
Americas greatest spring medicine,
Hoods Sarsaparilla. A clear head
and healthy body are given by its
use.
Constipation is curtd by Hoods
Pills. 26c. 3