North Carolina Newspapers

( 7 7 7 ' d''T'''',l---'l'i' TH E FRANKLIN TIMES, f THE FRANKLIN TIMES. J A. Thomas Editor and Proprietor " I BATES: OneYeab, - - - - $1.50 SixMontbs, - - - -. 1.00 To clubs of five Te Times will be fur nished at $1.50 per annum, : - - ' - TmmTiues is the Co- cei;;i putll lla Frazil ct-u.tv, ar.l iu urculatioa exrxii all iter cvrry u ton of this ami a.!jUr.Lr. g count-, Sf vcrtirs iliouU cmls a Ut w He IHu. wil not to rtr;o "Ua Ijc the views cX ctarrpajda::3k ESTABLISHED 1 870. J.-;XIIoaXAS Eklltot nnti Proprietor WITU MALICE TOWABPS NOXE; WITn CHARITY FOR ALL. llrVf corijaaik ttircs fhxu all is -Ikfjt meat eacicrUj soudtcil. Nr lUrua of aay tuBacrewill be thsrl,ul!jr TRICE I"50 lEIl ANNUMXn Adrna Z?CL?C. LOUISBURG, N. C , FEBRUARY 1. mnn rtlvt4 o)0j y M 1- I to H0B.T01T HENDRICKS; A Story.for..Boyj.- BY J. E. M ALONE. t CHAPTER'!. ' V U a- LUUU on Absol utely P u re. Thii pftwderever varies. . A marvel of Surity, . strength and wholesomeiress, (re economical than the er binary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. So LB- ONLY tir cans. " Ho yal BAxihg Powder Co; I .606 "Wall St. N. Y TO si The Superintendent "of Public richools of prankliu county will be in Iiouisbunr on the second Thurs day of February, April . July, Sept, October and December, and .remain for three days, if necessary,. for the purpose of:exauiining applicants tiv teach in the PublicSchools of this 0unty.- i $ "iCtzis: I will also . be vln IiOuisborg on f5aurday of each week, and all pub- lie daysv to attend to any business conuocted with my office. - i J. N. tlAP ms, Supt. - TROEEBS1UXAL CABDS : Attorney-At-Law, " AH Ki fuankxixton, ; a 'business promptly at- ' ATTOES EY AT LAW - - - L.0U1SBUIU1, jr c. U".- Office on Main St., one dor " - low the Easde Hotel.' 6. S3PUUILL. AtWruey At Law, LOUISBURG, C ; Will attend the courts of Franklin. Vance', tirauville; Warren, Nash; and Federal ,-iud Supreme OoorU Prompt : lttention oriven t cotiectinn &r.. . TD AUL J ON ES : ,) - r- - - - Aturiwaai Counsellor alLaw - . LOUIS BUIiOX.O Will nractice In the courts Franklin. Warren, ; Wake,- Vance and laaii, jand iu the Supreme court of the State. - . . . . f COCKE & lDAIJIELS, GoldaborojN.C. CC.BNIELS M ilsoN. U AYC0CK& DAHIELS & LAHIELS Atorneys At Law, 1 WlLSON, 3T. C. . . .-3 jr' -A.ny business entrusted to us will ,be promptly attended to. 3yi LSSlJN B UEG 4 .A. ATTQRNEr AT LAW LbTJISBURG, H. C. ' Offiee iu tbe Court House. SaU basineavputia iny handi wiu ticeire prompt attention. L' P r and COUNSELLOR at LAW. LO UISB UEG , J"B ANKLIN CO.,N0. vr 11 attend the Courts of Kash, FrankUn, G.nvllle, Waorren, and Wake G smn ..ies also the bupieme itart ! Hor tk Garollnaahd theU -j Circuit amd district oounv; D ft. J. E II ALONE, One beantifulSabliatJxi eyening, in the spring ; of 187L in a small town in . North Carolina, there could have been seen a handsome, stately old gentleman sitting on the front porch' of a: fine residence, i readlug a" religious newspaper. He was soon Joined by a lad of sixteen: summers who, drawing a' chair close to his father (for such was the relation this gentleman bore : to the boy.) sa!d: ' 1 - ' :' Father, I want you to give me fifty Idollars.? ' : u What do you want with that amount of money, my boy V- at once - inqaired his fathtr. : . . ' ; -' i Morton Hendricks, (for this was the name of our. young -, hero) replied that he wanted to go to some of the Jarge Northern cities aiid get into some, busi ness by which he would be enabled i . to help his father support and provide for his large family, ftor you know father,' continued the boy times are . not like they used to be with you, we arenot richOW. Hrr:fV:";- 'r t: i J)r. Hendricks' family' consisted"f four daughters, Morton and the six or phan children of.hisr' eldest ; son Who was killed m the late civil war. ;. The Docl6rV,before the war, liad becri a' wealthy, intelligent southern' planter,; owning a . good many . slave and two: large plantation3-j-one in North Caro lina and the . other in the Mississippi river bottoms. ' ; JCha , slaves were" : set free as a result of the war and the two planfcvlabus were sold .lo pay security debts. .Thus this ouce wealthy and happy family, living in affluence and contentment, were now dependent up on their father and " the too , uncertain earnings of his practice for foooVrkai- ment and their further education. ' Like t! e rahd old oak of the forest, the old Doctor had weathered the blasts; of many a storm, but bending his great energies of mind and body to jLhe every occasion, he had, up ; to the ' spring: of 'Go come out rect and unpcalhed. Like the oak he had showered his blest ana bis . charities upon alL wh came within the shaclewioT his healthfil influ ence " like il, he was Large in ev ery respect for auy insidious and insin uating vines of a poisonous nature ; to entwine his actions in. a .-.byrinth ' of oouuuuix mouves : or any. ' nu-asiies. 01 selfishness to deposit their odious larva within the recesses of his noble 'old heart. . Dr. Hendricks was an honest nobleinan in the truest raccptatioa of that term 'But the storm that raged in the sixties brought with it, the light ning's withering blast, and the grand, old lree.rtaiiding head and shoulders ; in wealth, influence and interests : above trees of lesser growth, received the pow erful stroke, and then began a slow but certain decay of vital forces. t .Many " as grand," but -younger trees received a part of the stroke, but being younger and possessing as a consequence '; mpre vital and recuperative powers, closed up tne gaping, wounuaaa grew up . 10 wealth and prosperity again. But alas 1 many, who might have held their; place in. the ranks of struggling humanity j! to a ripe old age, fouud in the end that the long strain upon their anxious hear: and minds had been too strong and pro longed, and realized the truth that soon they were to fill honored, but premature graves;:: Morton Hendricks ; recognized his fa ther's failing health, and thus iiis de termination ahd; decision to give him his young and - willing - help. - ; After much persuading and begging , on the part of Morton to get the consent of his parents to let him go ani try "his for tune, they,at last, hut with' mucjil re luctance, told him he might go if he still insisted upon it. Our Uttle hero -had received the benefits of education, from all the scnoois and academies ol his na tive county as far as they afforded, and beiiig naturally of a bright and ,; enquir ' -inginind he was not wholly unprepared to look out for himself in a business way, so his parents congratulated them- nr.a:2 doors helow , Furman & uoice s urug atore, aaioimns.ur.u. L. Ellia. do! one W TIMBERLAKE, ATTORNEY AT LAWJ LOUiSBTJRa, x; c. " Office' i the Court House selves upon this fact, and the fifty lars asked for was raised. About week from the fclabbath evening . men tioned, Morton Tound. himself i "en ro ite" to Baltimore City. .: Although the boy was comparatively well educa ted for one of his ag , yet he had never traveled any, or been away from home. lie was miuaiui 01 tms iact ana was therefore a little apprehensire that be would net know ' how and when ' to change ears and steamboats, and at the same time he felt ashamed to be contin ually asking questions of the conduct ors and his fellow-passengers : -about these things. While ho was thinking over this matter and'how he should manage it, an elderly ' gentleman who was sitting just one seat .behind . Mor ton, 'addressed the boy. in a kind and patronizing tone of vbice, and enquired: ; My young frieud, how far down,, the road are you going to-day f" Morton replied promptly and polite ly, "to Baltimore City, sir.T f'vx by,'? said the old gentleman, am going to Baltimore, myselC"J Xv- v m While they - both seemed to take a fancy to each other'; and joined ( in ; a pleasant and general conversation on passing events and objects, Morton liad made up his mind that he would ; ask do more questions v about his journey, but would keep an eye upon th's gen tleman and in .a quiet and knewing way go as he weut and he would arrive safely at Baltimore without auy trouble or confusifn., Morton was a proud yy in one sense of the word, and he knew" if he asked loo many questions about his travels; it would not only' show' his ignorance of the same but he - would bring himself Into disrespect and; wuld b laughed at by those with whom he was surrounded.-"V: 1 .n .-:;. - ' I -V-iNvthin- unnsnal nrnirrwl jrinr the trip, and the next morning he found , himself on the wharf at Bal timore, (he having taken Uia Bay line.) - Here be gave a hackman , the chock (or his trunk and told him to deliver it ;at the 'Mansion House", (a cheap hotel on Fayette street.) Morton did not -take a room at the Hotel, but registered and waited in the '' office until : the gong sounded for breakfasL v After breakfast he went out and walked - up Fayette , street until he came to a sign ever a door wliich read: "Boarders Wanted." As this was tlie kind of place' he was looking for he rang the bell and imme diately the door was opened by a neatly attired lady.' He asked if he' could ,ob- taiit board,, the lady replied that if he would tike' a scat in the parlor, she would go up and send the mistress down to see him, remarking at the same time that she was the servant girl. "Well," thought Morton, that is the first white sen-ant that I ever saw.'' He had a'ready , felt astonishment at seeing so many white gentlemen driving carriages and wagons on the streets. The lady of the house soon made her appearance, and our young friend en gaged board at five dollars a week. He then went back: to' the hotel, paid his bill, and had his trunk sent up to No. iZ-Z Fayette street; r :-.::zf When he got into his own room 'and shut the door a Uttle feeling of home sickness came over him. - Drawing good long breath of partial relief from the exciting strain which he had ; lately passed through In getting thus, far, he sat down to quietly investigate the con tents of his pocket book, when he found that he had spent sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents.; r ne congratulated himself that he still .had , thirty-three dollars and twenty-five cents left. " Morton's plans were, that after he had been In the city about " a week, which time he would spend in sight-see ing and familiarizing himself with the streets and localities, he would then- ap ply to some of the ; large wholesale houses for a position as salesman,' and go to work to carry out his purpose in leaving home. Every day ; for a week he would take different parts of the city through which to stroll. a Tie was high-v, ly pleased with what he saw including many of the sights and wonders of , a large city. . At the end of the first week he found himself very pleasantfy sur rounded, as he became better acquiint- ed with his lanaiad y and his fbllow- boariers. By his pol te and kind man ners to alL he had become quite notxi- 1 1 . -' .. ... .. . tar w:m nis associates m ine bouse. The following Monday morn in z was the time upon which Merlon had deci ded to make his debut into the business world. - Though he felt a little excited and somewhat , humiliated at the thought of asking seme one to hire him or presenting himself for hire, vet he had no doubt in his own mind about getting employment. He knew he was an honest boy and capable of learning any business, and that he would faith fiillv attend to anv business firm him to do. "Poor boy, if he had known what was in store for him, he would have wished himselt back sgain. under the rxote :tmg roof and care of his kind , and lo vn g parents. -. Mortou never for once entertained the taought 01 doing manual labor. .He. uidu'c think it was necestarv though, he 01a not ieei aDov e it, due tne necesi of it had never suggested itself to hi" a most too confident mind. ': A clerislap In a store -$r a position as traveling salesman was what he desired ami what he was trying to get. Monday ' morn ing, after brearf 1st, he walked dowa" the street as usual, but Instead of going off in a listless kind of way, he walked, with a firm and business like step down Fayette street t Liberty, and from there to West Biltimore street, until he came to the wholesale clothing liouse of Stokes, Barnes &- Co. Morton opened the door and walking up to a man whu was busily engaged" packings jo ls, asked him if the proprietor ."waif in, Yes," was the man's quick, business' like reply Mown m the offlce there," pointing at the same time to the roar of the buikling. Mor on went down to the office feeling that all eves la the store were rivced upon kim and tltat all I ps were commenting upon the fact that he had. come to oner himseX for hire; he would have felt better if he had only kuown - that not a 'man in that house had any time to spend in that way - Once In the little; private cut off otlke Morton taw a gentleman earnest ly pouring over a large ledger, and po litely asked if he wished to employ a clerk or salesman. "No," said the uin who, without raising even his eyes ad ded in. a very gruff voice shut .the door." Our young - hero turned and walked out feeling hurt, insulted and stung to the very quick for he hid never been spoken to in that way lefore. Nothing daunted, (though feeling like he haJ just emerged fiom a den of ferocious bears) be went down the street and ap plied to several other houses where be" met witn more civu ireauneni, doc wttn no better success. ' After trying several weeks in this way to grt into the bu-i-neea.he. s.,much preferred he . thso tried to get a position by answering ad vertisements in the newspapers, but Morton always fouud a man or toy ap plying for the same pUce who had : had some experience In that special line of busiuess, and who. ne doabt, was aided by influential friends and relatives, so he bezau to icel a iittie discouraged and home 'sick, but he nad his heart set as it were on being a salesman and deter mined totoutinue to make efforts to secure a plce of that kiud. ' He soon discovered the fact that the Northern' cities were overrun just about this time. (after the civil war) with men and boys seeking the same kind of a position that he was and this fact adJod somewhat to his discouragemeut. lis also . found in the examiantion that applicants had to stand for these posit w that mo3t all f them had had some experience ha such business before and had (traveled; while ho imd neveroeen m a store- ex cept to purchase something, and didn't Know one (Mece oi goois irom anomer, so he thought the chaices were asiust him, and decidedly in favor of those who were better fitted . for tho business. About this time Morton made another discovery that puzzled him for a while. it was (:is he imagined) the fact that he was not so popular with his landlady as he used to be, Utal her morning saluta lions were not so cordial as they had been. -This state of things troubled him very much, but he was not long in ignorance (as be thought) of the cause for when he went to examine his pocket book that night, he. made the very startling discovery that it 'was about empty, and the thought. hashed over his mind that he owed for two weeks board. Humiliated and mortified at this stato of things, he threw himself on his bed. and most any other boy would have wept bitterly, but Morton Hendricks, youn as he was.' never Indulged much in the weakness of crvinrr. He was oo rtroud to cry over his own troubles and diss p. pointments. lie could sympathize. and and even weep with others in iheir for row and distress, if It was . sufficiently grave, but Morton ws a little philoso- pbcr. lie did his best and then bravely took the consequences. . . xmty to him was an inexorable law. lse 44 rust vos too vouogt to drumpt," replied tl e maa eyelu Alortou tuare closely than ev r. ... "Oi you eb-r bab auy oxperieoee in arumpmg r continued the Dutch man. , "Nrt," said Morten, truthfully, "but I think I cau loarn la a very short tl ue." ' . After asking oar ysong frleu l- a good many q iestioa, enough to au hiiiisiir ih it Morton had never had auy experience n the ; bunesa, a.t'1 ' was, tlierr.forer not the rona" uiaa to suit him, ha looked atralat at I V'j the demands of an abuodant annual iii.n, at u.e snie timo Duintio? h i hirfnt t t hmv-... MANURES AI10 .UlflliCI Dixie Farm 3-. Read agsia wlat was wriUen la last nxmth's -Thoah!," uixWr the Levi of The Manure Heap." We will 3J poly a few remarks: Every Inch f a moderately prod uc live soil cooudus s lir-s ttors or tbe clcmetiU U plant food -eooasbof some of; them te sup- te fuaX la (Mr school districts sxd make the schla eiTectiTe. Ttlskdoce b ilackis&Waad otLac coca Ilea, si wsexjwclL. MORAL. Let tie Ncrth CarnHna ALjir.ce low tjt exampls of neor;! a&d U-c rdaM3Tknc Cape AlcxxudV: cotad vecsAe tKe aboIjLiag the acLnol tut tgxt Kit aad soaks Uxra tSV . cLau. . - - . C aee r ful ncasv. short, tit forefinger in the trectioii of iloTtou an i saM: -Mine yount frient, ven you leds ms delle you van diug dot vos bc:hcr nor drmuping for you. bltoeit yea go rack horns vonce more anud elps yer mama Leel be. dadoes some more vet von leatle vUes." . J In a dignified but polit manner fMor- too never treated ny one impolitely) Mort n said "good morning air," and lrft the house a wiser if not a happisr boy. Morton Hendricks was full of fun and could appreciate and eujoy - a joke as much as any one. - so as he went back to his boarding bouse, al though ... disappoiuled, he ceuld not keep from laughing to himself at the Duuhnanji advice. But this funny sounding advice cental ned and conveyed a lesson to Morton which be never for got, ai:d U was beoefic'ial te him,' for afUr getting into his room and locking the door he sat down U thiuk over the Dutchman's advice a id soon came to the kilo win j couelualoo : - - ! am tryiog to begin too high; there are yo tng men and old men thoroughly fitted for these positions that I am try- tug 10 get, anu or course such are pre ferred by the merchant. - I hare ne ex H r ence ami a very limited . acqudnt ai c so I must begin ou the . lower . rouixl of the ladder and work up by de- trees, at leusi uy laiuiiumess anu en ergy, 1- am out of money I . can't write to my father for more it might embarrass lnra I owe my board but it must be paid, and I ' wiU pay it what must! d j r ! The thorg'it Cashed throuih the boys mind "there is no disgrace in honest labor of auy kind," and he - said to himsell: I will go and find Some honest employment It matters not how menial and o akc a start at work and by ataithfuld ec'iATgeof my duties in the work, I will fOAu get pleasanter work and hettes pay.- - . Afer riobinr these coocluiions. Morton p'ikxl up a daily Sun (newspa per) lying on the table and reading it over just vo relieve bis ratud or Its great tension of thought, bis eyes fell upon a noli of this kind: BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT. Thot-e who wish to employ servants or be employed as such, tan, by paying tnli urm one dollar, secure tne Kind of servants or position they wan . We guarantee to comply with your wish within twenty-four houis slier the money is paid. ' ' "J. W.Mullixs & Ox, No- Franklin St-, Baltimore, Md. : With throbbing pulse Morton re membered thai he had only one silver dollar in his truuk, but he at once de cided to take that and go to this place, where be found business pretty . brisk, with a rusldng crowd of all sorts and Tbartare already onwards of two tons of phos phoric acid and six . tons potash and much more Ume, Id an acre of average soil taken to the depth of one foot from the surface, anj yet we get good raalU In the crop from addltlsa of tweaty-five Pounds of phosphoric ' acid . and five pounds of potash to an acre ofsoch land. Why is this t It is because the Urger-partof lbs plant food la the soil Is losolable and almost utterly unavail able to the crop, while the small amount we add Is la a very soluble and Immedl ataly available form. The art of im proving land conslsti essentially la such treatment of the soil as will cause It to yield a larger percentage of iu locked-op plant-food to our crops, and, if neecsaa ry, add an additional amount in the form of purchased fertilizers,. We have said that'a larger part of the pianwooa m tne sou Is unavailable to plants. . It is true however, that some plants have the power cf appropriatinj much more of this pUrUbod than o iheri. The cow pea, clover, Lesped s 1 and other leguminous plants are of this clas. A crop of peas or clover will et more phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen from a Riven soil than w'Jl wheat, corn or cotton. When the roots and stems of the peas decay 00 or in the soil, the pUnt-feod these crops have ex traded from It wCl be left In an availa ble form, and just where It is wanted, for the use of a sncceedlag crop sf corn, cotton or wheat. This is th theorr of green manuring la a few words. Noth ing is added to the soil exes pt prtbakly nitrogs Ttvx& air, by the decajtej crop of pea or clover; but a lar?e per centage of the txhn insoluble and inert elements is dkaolred and made fit for food for the crops we wish to grow. & there are three ways in which the farmer may con rlencntly mala Uia and la crease the fertility of his sod, not to speak of under raiuing and sabaoiUng, which are healthful to the operaUoo of all these . They are, first to return to the sod, as nearly as possible, all that has been removed from It by previous Be cberr&f T Dcf we are fiiT tJjrt cheerfu!ra U dVpeodeat spso rir cnnssUnccs over which wt Lare co corw trel,asd,saybzlBs te etertal,'U mech lie sajirg to the Issrry ar.l naked b ye clotbed apd H wkaeot furnlahicg the whero-w Uh-ai U ta dooe, ... Cherfu!nets Is a qotHty tiat ta l Improved, goes 00 to say tie Ncwbenr Joornal, aod la as moch the subject ef growth as art trees aod cowers. Tbs grrm may be very dcscaia, but wiU proper rulers it wUl soon bloom la Immortal beauty. . . liars a child under pleataat ' clrcsza staoces, with objscts all around him premeatsd with the spirit of cheerfsl. cess, ani there Is 11UU danger of his becomicg morose, tloomy axd coos- plaining. Light Is a great Hrpecsr "of cheer fulness. Rise with the first dawn of meraifig, throw open the shatters and let la the light robed la beauty and the soft south wind frrxhted with mcCc andfrsgrance. Go out la the glad sun--shine and look opoo the riprUsg wa ters, the greea landscape 1 littering with uyrUds of dew drops, au the meadows gay 'with .fiewtrs aad-csnsleal with birds. , ' ' . If it pleases you better, go to tie field and see the sm .of God resting in the fruit of yoor labor, or to the doJt aod find ike breeze nrurUng the sails of your crs.1 to the winds cf prosperous commerce,' . How many parents think ef the erf. of darkness on their chilrea? No child can cuiUTaU.a cherfal spirit la the midst of darkness and gloom. If chU. dren are to be chBdrea of L'jbt,' they must walk la the light, and thsy wi 1 reSeot la their fd tces and come leaving op as Evior Ca,is:iVn la their hearts. No man or woman has a rirht to br growler. A chronic growler la wors than a contagion, more intolerable than a night mare. Many a heart has lu secret-TrWa, and la the presence cf hJ- I conditions of people passing la and out I crops, such as pi as, clover, buckwheat. wii w i 1 japan clover eU or r?Aw il.rul crops. This is accompUshed by making I lewed sorrow wt bow la profound rer- anu composting all the stable fnaaure possible, returning the coUou seed or ccttoo seed meal, either as such or In the form of, from the animals f.d upon them. The 'second la. i lant renoraiIn . s clerk's desk, gave him ' his dollar and tojd him ho wanted employment. ; Tlie clerk asked him what kind be wanted. "Any tiling that is honest and pays a reasonable reman eratien for services rendered," answered our young friend. Morton gave the clerk his address and weut back to his room wondering at the went what new field was about to open role he would was an mexcraoie law. -ue irue to j up t0 or what new r Uiyself, and It follows as night the day bIed o pk fa li-kie Mnnt I hart bWa fo Tsi a I an mn I m J UIVU VCaUUWw tv KSiOU sv ssma ssmuv was a motto otx Morton's that covered f almost the entire field of life? duties, for (TO BE COXTIIcrjEDw . be true to his God; if true to his God he roust be true te his fellow-man In all the relations of life. Be truthful, hoo est and brave had been instilled' into his youug nature by thai noble old father of his many years ago, and ' it was thete yet and shone out in his every day Ufe and character. Morten bad almost a contempt tor a crying, blubber ing man or boy. Do the best you can Jace difficulties and daugers like a brave boy and not bejprever hacKed by and dodg ing from them. Work or tight to ever, come them, push forward and upward waj his idea of the necessary qualifica tions to success- and progress in hie's journey. Our young friend possessed the happy iacuity 01 snaaing ou trouble for awhile, at least when it was necessa ry or rather when he felt it his duty to do so, and not let the attendant harassing feelings rob him of sleep and that strength which comes of sleep. So throwing off hi- bad reelings be lay down and slept soundly uqtil morning, when' he aroe refreshed and feady to make another effort to obtain some, employment. Morton enjyrd a good breakfast and then went hurriedly down to the business part of the city dvt -rained to try one more time fir the .favorite position he was longiog to obtain. Arriving at the large piste glasv wiu- ilows and doors of a German clothing house ha walked in,' and tho first maa he saw, Morton a-ked if the propri tor was !nJ?'Dis vos mine dnes" an swered the c mbby little Dutchmav as he looked iuquisitavelj ever Ids poli spectacle at the boy. . "Do you wish to employ a clerk or drummer V asked Mortou. . THE Pai'-EDF COflOH FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. Wadesboro Messenger. We hare been handed by Dr. A. B. Huntley a bill far five bales ef cotton sold by his Cither, Mr. IL W. Huntley, to Augustus P. LaCoast, m 1 U4. The bill shows that Mr., Huntley received for two bales 3.65 cents, for one S cents and for the remaining two bales he got 4 cents. It also appears from the state ment that he paid two dollars for 18 pounds of sugar, sod three . dollars for 27 pounds of coffee. Bagging at that lime st kl for twenty-three cents per pound. - -! . . From the above it will be seen that cotton sells now far over double what it sold for -45 yea 1 s ago. - while groceries and other tnerchandire,' except coffee, are cheaper now than they were then. Taking these facts into consideration, the question tery nalura'ly arises, why is it our people do not . get rich with cotton at 10 cents and all kinds of mer chandise so low, when our fathers man aged to make a living, and money, too. with 'cotton from 4 to 5 cents, and nearly .everything higher than now 7 We think the secret lies in the fact that before the war every farmer's first thought was to make his Cum self- up porting snj then raise what cotton he could as a money crop and when he sold it he did not have to turn the pro ceed! over to some one ele for supplies iiruifcnoj bc:ore nu crop was made. ' 'Li our opinion Southern agricultur ists will not prosper, as a clas, until Ihy have their corn cribs and meat houses it houic, and cot la the West. bring spontaneous crop of weeds. The third is to buy plant food la ths form of commercial fertilizers. We hare mentioned thtse in order of their general importance and economy. ' The first, the saving of manure. Is aa aJi th -year-round operation. The second commences at planting time of the'ren- orating crop adopted. The third, the selection purchase ami proper mixing of the chemical fertCizers. erence. It ts not of tne we ipovk but wt refer to those la ft Kalelloscope sees only the dark spots, la a paooriLrLa ly the weeds that flack the broader ex panse of golden grxla and ripened fruit. We tboaU cultivate the hahit cf see ing the best and taUdng trUht-'y and cheerily. Those who do thus are tovd and seoghL There Is co more earthly blessing to be compared to a sunny -position, rtjoklrg to tbe present ad looAlng boperully to tbe future, lo lso a Oalc TUrco Cited Cases. Raleigh Cht onicVe. FirstA Sub-Farmer's AIHaocs la Pitt county has passed a resolutioa la favor of abolishing the. public schools unices they art made more eScient. Secoxd. lAst year the Georgia SUU Farmeri' Apiance demanded bet ter pubic schools, and Las ecored a double tax in Georgia to make them ef fkleuL. This is the wiset thing the Alliance has yet accomplished. Thied. Capt. 8. B. Alexander Chairmaa of the Executive Committee of the BUli Alliance made a strong speech at Monroe last week. In the course ef kis speech be said: The great object of ths - Alliance is U get the farmeri together, and devise somt means for relief. The social V. - as icnuircs oi uie Auance are wortn a great deal to any section. The meet ings are generally held at a school house, and it is the duty of fe Alli ance to take charge of that school. Get interested fn schools, build good school houses. , He went on to say that under present conditions people ned not expect to bare good public schools by Uxatka alone. Neighbors . cjutt t upj'eracct The Mowing ext-act taken from a letter wriuea by Mr. E A. B-ell, ful ly explains itself. WU Je surreyicg land la 19SJ I denily handled potsoa oak viae and In three hocrs (tbe ernpdoa csuslty rven!tmgfroraach contact begias la ten days) my face ias swollen and dlvfigurtd, aod my rands and Jane s sejioosly affected. I irameilaUly l gaa uUog 8wiTa Speclla (s. ti, L) aod after taklag three largs bottles I found all s'gns of tbe treakicg out en tirely removed, I wasted to iQjpeot Its retcm at tl asms time next year, bat it did net, nor !es t'rt teen Aa a av a. a . a a inairai.ons ci us rvium suce. My ll.lle boy, e'g!it years old was effected with t'e same polsoa ha IFi. AfWr taking several bvUles of gwi.V Specific (5. 8. S.) the eruptions en tirely d'-app'Artd. A very sllit . form of ths same ervp'Ja rt Lcrae-I daring the next spring, bet we then resumed the S. S. S. and havbg Uk n tooogh that seasoa to mskt the ra pennsnent, te Las cotslcra Lid any return fthsdUease. 8ein't t'pecifi.-, (S.S.8.) certain! .effrctd thorouH caea la bth thate casts, and I re gsrd It ss a ruot effective remedy la all such darascs- E A. BxxL, Andronf 8. C. Trt'st'ae sn liooil and skla dUeairs mailed free. SWIrTcl'IX'IFTCCO AlUnla. .