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- - - -- :- - - :- - g-e-aa r | '|" 1 1 ' - ' -i - aaagjag The Abbeville Press and Banner! ^?i???^?????? ?? * *. '?* ,1sr BY w. W. & W. R BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1906. ESTABLISHED !84? ^ n ^ -1 n * " - iv.-'.;,.- VT^^'y Hundred Bushels of ( Can Be Made by Si And Fertil The following highly valuable paper, prepared by Mr. E. Mclver VVil liamson of Darlington county, has just been published in the Hartsviile i county Messenger; # For a number of years after I began I to farm, I followed the old-time me- I thod ol putting tbe fertilizer all under i the corn, planting on a level or high- I er, six by tnree feet, pushing the plant i from the start and making a big stalk, 1 but the ears were few and frequently I small. 1 planted much corn in the i spring and bought much more corn < tbe next spring, until finally I wa* driven to the conclut-iou that corn < could not be made on upland* in this ; section, certainly not by the old me- t thod, except at a loss. I I did not give up however, for I I knew that the farmer who did not make his own corn never had sue- I ceeded,and never would, sol began f to experiment. First, I planted lower. < and tbe yeild was better, but the stalk ( was still too large, so I discontinued , altogether the application of fertilizer i before planting, and knowing that all < crops should be fertilized at some i time, I used mixed fertilizer as a side e application and appleid the more | soluble nitrate of soda later, being i guided in this by the excellent results | obtained from its use as a top dies- I sing for oats. Stiil the yield, though I la on/1 thA u m Q I i - * JCgUlBl, VT ao uv/?. im6Q, UUU * . ness of tbe stalk itself now suggested that they should be planted thicker iu i > the drill. This was dooe the next < " year with results so satisfactory that I ] continued from year to year to iucrease tbe number of stalks and the fertilizer j with which to sustain them, also to ap- j ply nitrate of soda at tbe last plowing t and to lay by early, sowing peas i broadcast. This method steadily in- ] creased tbe yield, until year before lant [1904] with corn 11 inches apart in six I loot rows and $11 worth of fertilizer i to the acre, I made 84 bushels average 1 ; to the acre, several of my best acres i making as much as 125 bushels. < Last vear [1905] I followed tbe same i method, planting the first week iu April, 70 acres which had produced the year before 1,000 pounds of seed i ' cotton per acre. This land is sandy ] upland, somewhat rolling. Seasons I were very unfavorable, owing to the i tremendous rains in May, and the dry I and extremely hot weather later, i From June 12th to July 12th, the i time when it most needed moisture, i there was only 5-8 of an inch of rain- < 1 > ntitl, IE7 A1 nnflt nf tar J Oil Licic, jov miu v?.vi vvov u* *W4- j tilizer, my yield was 52 bushels per ] ^ , acre. Rows were six feet and corn 16 inches in drill. i With this method on land that will ordinarily produce 1,000 pounds of seed cotton with 800 pounds of fer- t tilizer, 50 bushels of corn per acre < should be made by using 200 pounds of cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of 1 acid phosphate and 400 pounds of I . bain it mixed, or their equivalent iu 1 other fertilizer, and 125 pounds of \ nitrate of soda, all to be used as a side < i application as directed below. . 1 On land that will make a bale and one-half of cotton per acre when well 1 fertilized, 100 bushels of corn should i . be produced by doubling the amount i i of ferilizer above, except that 300 t pounds of nitrate of soda t-hould be I used. > ^.In each case thtre should be Mt i on the land in cornstalks, pea?, vines i . and roots, from $12 to $16 worth of I . fertilizing material per acre, besides the great benefit to the laud fiom so large an amount of vegetable matter. I The place of this in the permanent improvement of land can never be i taken by commercial fertitizer, for it is absolutely Impossible to make lands i rich as long as they are lacking in vegetable matter. i Land should be thoroughly auds deeply broken for corn, aud this Is ' the time in a eysten of rotati n to deepen the soil. Cotton requires a more compact sou mail corn, auu while a deep soil is essential to us bent i . developement, it will oot produce as well on loose open Jaud, while coru does best on land thoroughly broken. A deep soil will not ooly produce wore heavily than shallow soil with < good seasons but will stand more wet as well as more dry weather. I In preparing for the corn crop,'land should be broken broadcast during < the winter one-fourth deeper than it < has been plowed before, or if much vegetable matter is being turned under, it may be brokeu one-third deeper. This is as much deepeniug as land will usually stand in one year and produce well, though it may be contiuued each year, so long as much dead vegetable matter is being turned under. It may however be subsoiltd to any depth by following in bottom of turn plow furrow, provided no more of the subsoil than has been directed is turned up. Break with two horse plow, if possible, or better with a disc plow. With the latter cottou stalks or corn stalks as large as we ever make can be turned under without having been chopped, and iu peavines, it will not choke or drag. Never plow land when it is wet, if you expect ever to have any use for it again. Bed with turn plow in six foot rows, leaving five inch balk. When ready to plant, break this out with scooter, following in bottom of this furrow deep with Dixie plow, wing taken off. Ridge then on this furrow with same plov/ still goitg deep. Run corn planter on this ridge dropping one graiu every five or six inches. Plant early, as soou as frost danger is past, eay first seasonable spell after March 15th, in this section. Especially is early planting necessajy on very rich lands where the stalks cannot otber wise be prevented from growing toolarge. Give first working with harrow or any plow that will not cover the plant. For second working, use 10 . or 12 inch sweep on both sides of corn, which should now be about eight inches hierb. Thin after this working. It is not necessary that the plants should be left all the same distance apart, if the right aumber remain to each yard of row. Corn should not be worked again until the growth has been so retarded and the stalk so hardened that it will never grow too large. This is the 2orn Per Acre tunting the Stalks iz:ng After Planting. MOST DIFFICULT POINT in th< whole process. Experience and judg ment are required to know just how much the stock should be stunted, anc PLENTY OF NERVE is required. t< hold back your corn when your neigh bors, who fertilized at planting lime and cultivated rapidly, have corc twice the size of yours. (They are having their fun now. Yours will come harvest time.) The richer the land the more necessary it is that the Jtuntng process should be thoroughly H nr A av/uct When you are convinced that youi jorn has beeu sufficiently humiliated, you may begin to make the ear. I jbould nowbe from 12 to 18 inches tiigb, and look worse than- you evei had any corn to look before. Put half your mixed fertilizer (this Deing tbe first used at all) in the old iweep furrow on both sides of every Mher middle, and cover by breaknig >ut this middle with turn plow. <\bout one week later treat the other niddle the same way. Within a few lays side corn in first middle with 16nch sweep. Put all your nitrate oi soda in this furrow, if less than 150 pounds. If more, use one-half of it liow. Cover with one furrow of turn slow, then sow peas* in this middle irnmir>Aof nf, thfi rut** nf at leant one jushel to the acre, and finish breaking 3U t. . . In a few days side corn in other Diddle with same sweep, put balaiiQe )f nitrate of soda in this furrow If It bas been divided,' cover with turn plow, sow peas and break out. This lays by our crop with a good bed and plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should be from June6th to 26th unless season is very late and corn should be bardly bunching for tassel. Lay by early. More corn is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plowing. This is when the ear is hurt. Two good rains after laying by should make you a good crop of corn, ahd it svlll certainly make with much less rain if pushed and fertilized in the old way. The stalks thu9 raised are very small, and do not require anything like the moisture, even in proportion to size, that is necessary for large, f-appv ttalks. They may, therefore, [>e left much thicker in the row. This is no new process. It has long been i custom to cut back vines and trees in order to increase the yield and quality of fruit, and so long as you do not HOLD back your corn, It will go like mine so long went, to all stalk. Bo not be discouraged by the looks or your com uuriug iue process 01 cultivation. It will yield out'of all proportion to its appearance. Large italks cannot (make, large "yields, except with extremly favorable seasons, for they cannot stand a lack of moisture. Early applications of manurego .0 make large staiks which you do no* want, and the plant food is thus all iiBed up before the ear which you do want, is made. Tall stalks not only will not produce well themselves, but will not allow you to make tfce pea vines, so Decestary to the improvement of land. Corn raised by this method should never grow over seven ind half feet high and the ear should be near to the ground. I consider the final application ofl until you are familiar with its application. Especially is it hard, at first, to Fully carry out the slutting process, where a whole crop Is involved, and ibis is the absolutely essential part of the process. . This method I have applied or seen applied successfully to all kinds of land in this section except river lands uud moist lotioms, and 1 am confident it can be made of great benefit khrnilorhnnt fKa antiw onnfK t)4i?\/uguvul> VUO guiuo OVUbUj Juthe middle West, where com ie so prolific and profitable, aud where uufortunately for us, so much of ours has been produced, the stalk does not naturally grow large. As we come south its size increases, at the expense of the ear, until in Cuba and Mexico it is nearly all stalk [witness Mexican varieties.] The purpose of the method is to eliminate this tendency of corn to overgrowth at the expense of yield in this southern climate: By this method I have made my coru crop more profitable tbau my cotton crop, and my neighbors and friends who have adopted it have without exception, derived great benefit therefrom. Plant your own seed. I would not advise a change of geed and method the same year, ap you will not then know from which you have derived the benefit, I have used threo varie ties and all have done well. 1 have ever used this method for late planting. Id fact I do not advise the late planting of corn, unless it be necessary for cold lowlands. The increased cost of labor and the high price of all material and land are rapidly making farming unprofitable, except to those who are getting trom one acre what they formerly got from two. We must make our lauds rich by plowing deep, sowing peas and other legumes, manuring with acid phospnateand potash whi?b are relatively cheap, aud returning to the soil the resultant vegetable matter rich in humus aud expensive nitrogen. The needs of our soil are such that the south cau never reap the full measure of prosperity that should be hers, until this is done. I give this method as afarmer to the iarjurse ui lue bouui, irusLinft mat thereby they may be benefited as J have been. A. 91. Smlta'N Lorain. Christmas 1b most here. Don't forget lhat wo are headquarters for holiday goods of all klDtlB. Cholee llDe of Drummer's samples Just received and opened up. Call and Have money. Nothing better for Christmas than our line of after-dinner coffee cups. Get our prices on hour, meal, corn and hay be lore you buy. Shoes, shoes to wear. See our line of Dress sboeu before you buy. See our line of China for Wedding and Christmas presents. North Carolina Blankets all prloes. A splendid line of Jewelry at Dargans 5 and 10 cents Store. " ROADS OP KENTUCKY OLD TURNPIKES TO BE SUPERSEDED BY MODEL HIGHWAYS. \ Method of Reconstruction of the Limestone Pikes?Points to Considi er In the Maintenance of Stone Roadways. J The limestone turnpikes of central > Kentucky have been famous for more . than half a century, and now Fayette ) county Is the first of localities in the i great west to take up the moiel roads system on anything more than an ex> perimental basis, says the Louisville 1 Courier-Journal. Thirteen great turn; pikes radiate from Lexington like the spokes from a wheel, and for two . miles on each one of them, commencing at the city limits, the fiscal court has ordered to be constructed a turni pike on the model road system. This ' means twenty-six miles of roadway, and it is more than probable that ' before the contract for this length of road Is completed other contracts for . additional road construction -on this principle will be let. As there are 400 miles of turnpike in Fayette county the complete reconstruction would ; mean the Investment of $500,000 In new pikes for the county. ' 1 V.? ?Va V%# 1QrtO ii 10 iuui uy iuc inn ui the twenty-six miles of model road , contracted for -will be completed. The | fiscal court Is then expected to issue an order for an additional two miles on each of the pikes until all nre reconstructed throughout the entire length. The model road when completed Is as smooth as a billiard table, sheds water like a duck's back and, it is asserted, Is more durable than the regulation macadamized pik6, where .the cracked rock Is simply thrown upon the roadbed and allowed to adjust Itself to condition. As a preparation to reconstructing an old turnpike a fifteen ton spiked roller is run over the old road to tear up the metal, as the rock is called, of which the pike is constructed. This Is followed* by a half ton harrow, which completes the work. A modern grader then shapes the metal so that the road will have the proper "crown" for shed ding water. New cracked rock 1b added and the entire mass rolled until It Is apparently solid. Then It is watered, ind screenings or the small cracked . ? . . . I MODEL HIGHWAY, rock dust is spread over the road and a second roiling given until the bib machine makes no Impression on the roadbed. In this way the soft limestone rock Is welded or cemented Into a solid mass and a road equal to a dark driveway created. Of course there are a number of details connected with road construction which add difficulties to what appears to be a very simple mode of building,, and to avoid these various artifices are resorted to. In discussing the question Professor M. A. Scovell, director of the Kentucky agricultural experimental station, said: "A number of things affect the durability of a road. First, if water stands on it; second, if the road is not so constructed as to prevent water from permeating it; third, if the roadbed on which the metal *?sts becomes soaked with water; fourth, If the metal is not firmly bound together by first compacting and then cementing; fifth, if Iia mfifol la tftrt oAff in of an/1 tron r Uiy U1CIU4 10 VW uv*. V VV OkMUU 11 VMkl To prevent standing water the road should be well crowned. If water can permeate the metal of a road, especially In freezing weather, It soon disintegrates It and causes ruts. The metal should be compacted and cemented by having heavy rollers run over It, wetting thoroughly and rolling and then wetting again and rolling with fine 1 rock scattered over the roadbed. This cements the entire mass. If the dirt foundation on which the metal rests becomes filled with water, It soon settles, and this causes the metal to break. When It freezes enough to freeze through the metal, the soil underneath expands, and this expansion soon breaks the metal and destroys the road. It Is necessary, therefore, to well drain any places In the road which are liable to be wet For this tile drains are put down at the side of the road three feet deep. Proper crown, i thorough cementing and compacting and drainage of the foundation roadbed are the essentials of model roadbulldlng, and these are essentials In the constructing of the Fayette county roads. Special Agent Joseph A. Holmes of the national denartment of acrricnltnre visited Lexington for the sole purpose of Inspecting these roads and declared that the material and construction ; were equal to any In the world. State Tax For Road*. The best method yet devised for levy' log taxes upon city property for the purpose of building country roads Is by the medium of a state tax. This Is b levied upon city and country property alike, upon all classes of people, so that 1 every locality, every taxpayer, contributes proportionately according to the amount of property owned, the wealthy property owners contributing the largest amounts.?Otto Doraer. PECULIAR ENGLISH SPELLING. Host Dlfllcnlt of All Systems t* A*> quire Except the Chinese. English spelling is the most unBy?t matic and therefore the most difficult of all systems to acquire, except the Chinese, The French has not a complete alphabet to represent all its sounds in a simple and systematic manner, but the French on the incomplete and defective Roman alphabet much more consistently than we. The object of Writing is to convey thought. An ideal svatem would allow of the con* veyanoe of thought with the least expenditure of energy on the part of both writer and reader. The sounds of the spoken language should be represented by the simplest, most complete and most logical system. There are in English 40 distinct sounds; 40 distinct letters are needed to represent them. With such a system the interminable difficulty of learning to spell would disappear, the time spent in printing and writing unnecessary letters would be saved and the learning of the language by children and foreigners would be greatly facilitated. There is no valid objection to phonetio spelling exccpt the difficulty of Introducing it. The etymological objection is unworthy of serious consideration. The etymology, for example, of "sophIsm" (which, by the way, does not import a wise saying) resides in the real word, not in its spelling. Any one who knows the hlstoty of the word would associate that history with it, however it might be spelled. The Philological association favors phonetio spelling. It is, of course, impossible to make so radical a change at once, bnt it does not follow that the ben* fits of phonetio spelling, the metric system or any other great improvement will come to us in the surest and best way bj simply leaving the matter to chance. There U a tendency to shorten spelling, but the bene* fits to be derived from improvement an so great that definite action should be taken to secure them early and to make the changes in the way that will be most beneficial. Changes for better and far worse Will continue w oumu uy uuouuw mm they have oome In the past, bat ohanoe change in so Important a matter as the language of the most enlightened and most progressive people of the world should not be satisfactory.?Self Culture. MAN A NONCLIMBER. He Shows a Slngnlu RepngBUM to Becoming "Arboreal." Climbing runs in families, for steeplejacks are often the sons of fathers who were in the business, but It is somewhat odd. that man, though he learns to swim so well that armed only with a knife he can encounter a shark in its native element, and Judged by the extent of his mining operations in comparison with the size of his body surpasses by a thousand times all animals that work underground, has never become a good climber or shown the slightest tendency to beoame "arboreal," as he has become aquatio and subterranean. South sea babies that cannot walk will roll into the sea and swim, ooUlsr boys at 14 will take pick and lamp and daBoend into the mine almost as naturally as young moles, but we believe that In spite of the danger from wild beasts in forest regions and the fact that in such plaees there is ten times more life on the level at the tree tops than on the ground there la no single instance of a tribe which, properly speaking, has become "arboreal" and learned to climb like monkeys. Though not a few make huts in trees they approaoh these by ladders, and exoept in the huts which they use as a refuge and sleeping place they spend their time on the ground. Even in forests where the upper levels of the trees are so closely laced together that a eomn&rativelv slight adaptation I would enable the Indiana to pro grata from tree to tree, and where nearly the whole of the fruit and the greater part of the birds and animals used for food are found only In this "upper story," man la not and always refuses to beoome, a' 'ollmblnf animal." Natural repugnance to this form of enterprise seems oharacterlatlo of savage men, and even of animals which run no risks whatever. African natives who have only lived In one storied huts show the greatest dislike to going up stairs and have been known to creep up on hands and knees, while large dogs whan required to ascend stairs for the first time often refuse to do so ezoept under strong persuasion and with evident reluctance*? London Spectator. Duma*' Adaptations. Alexandre Dumas, who hated the Eng l?v? watiM Viotro nnnuwl In Mfl tlilWlliat style had he known of the number of unauthorized adaptations and annexations of his''Three Musketeers" whioh bristle on unr boards. Beerbohm Tree put on the historic conglomeration In gorgeously panoramic style at Her Majesty's. Sidney Grundy, play adapt9r In ordinary, prepared that version for the stage, and his name appeared In bigger type on the posters (ban that of Dumas. Dumas was lucky to be mentioned at all. Most of the plaf tinkers here erase the name of the original author altogether and insert their own. il I walk along the Strand I sometimes think I hear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Ham* 11 ton and Rose, all the modish native adapters of the day, sing in ohoroc th* good old oouplete: Bring me the works of V. Bardoo, firing me the works of E. Angler, Bring me the pest* and elisors, toe I em th* man to writs a play. ?London Letter. Th* Wife Knew Better. "Charlotte, my dear, how is it X find you weeping? Have you had bad news from your husbandP" "Oh, worse than that I My Arthur writes me from Carlsbad that he would die with ardent longings for me were it not that he could gaze affectionately at my picture and cover it with a thousand kisses every day." "That is really very nice of him. And, pray, Is it that you are crying for? I would give anything to have such a poetic and tenderly loving husband as you have I" "Ah, yes, my Arthur Is very poetical I But let me tell you that, just to try him, I slipped my mother's photo into his traveling bag instead of my own before he Another Ancient Myatery. Johnny?Pa, 1b there anything man valuable than diamonds? His Father?No, Bon. Why? Johnny?Oh, I was Just wondering what they gave Methusaleh on his five hundredth wedding anniversary.?Jewelers' Weekly. An Old Palace. Lambeth palace, London, has been the home of the primates of Canterbury fox over seven centuries. This place can shew specimens of almost every stvle of arohitorture which has prevailed since 21 Mi v J - - ? i FROM THE RUBBISH HEAP. What BeMHH of Old Rip, Cinders, Bon* and Tina. Wo all know the rubbish heap, says a writer In the London MalL Old tins, oM shoes, dirty paper, bottles, bones?everything, in fact, that has served a better purpose, and is now deemed done with, U thrown there. When we see all .this refuse oar ted away, the most of us have an idea It will b? pitched into some ditch or some place rarely visited. But for that to be done is the exception and not the rule. The old rubbish heap?so great an eyesore in our garden?performs some very important functions. The clearing away of this rubbish ii generally done by contract, but those who undertake the work often make a good profit out of it Every heap undergoes a thorough sifting, and all the various thlngi which compose it are put by themselves. The cinders are carted off to brickyards, where they are ground up, and in a few days are converted into good, substantia] bricks. Then all the bones, after they have left our tables, are taken to a boiling house, where the fat and gelatin they possess are extracted, the fat being nsed in the manufacture of soap and the gelatin being pet to a number of purposes, chiefly, however, being made into those brilliantly colored wrappings which enfold Christmas crackers. The bones themselves are out up into all sorts of cheap ornaments, or are often gXUlLUU UiW UliU uiwt vuviuivm treatment make a very good tooth cleaning preparation. Torn and soiled paper retarns to the mills, and, as a rule, becomes papier mache. Every piece of old rag is eagerly pounoea upon. Although much of it ultimately becomes paper, by far the larger proportion goes to the shoddy mills: Here the filthy, objectionable garments are reduced to a pulp by a mechanical process and in the future will again do service as clothes. There are, indeed, very few artlolea of apparel worn which have not some of thle shoddy in their composition. It is said that by its introduction the price of clothing has been reduced 85 per oent Then what becomes of all our old saucepans, salmon tins and the like? first, the lead by which they are soldered is taken from them, and after this they are remolded. All pieces of glass find a destination in the melting pot, whereas bottles, if they are not damaged, are cleaned and so put into active use again. Gutta percha articles, which obtain a good price, are remelled. Cabbage leaves and the like find their way to the pigs. So you see that there Is very little of the rubbish heap that is not put to some purpose. On Bnfllih Canal*. The navigation of the canals, as most of us are aware, is almost entirely dependent upon horse power, and many are the wonderful stories told of the sagacity of these tow horses, who very soon learn their work as well as do their drivers, and are frequently left for long distances oonrpletely to themselves. In some districts the canal paths run on one side for a time and then stop, being continued opposite. Where this is the case the horses, if no bridge exists, must cross over in the boat itself, and on one river where this changing of sides is very frequent the writer has repeatedly seen a horse without rider or driver near him, and with only one man in the boat, Increase his speed as he approaches the termination of the path, so as to give the baz^e sufficient velocity to curry him across, await its arrival at the bonk, and as it comes up and goes about take a leap I ft board over a space of from five to six feet. Htare ha waits patiently until ha reaches the other side, when as coolly and deliberately he leaps ashore, feels his towllns ?nd lays himself quietly to his work again. But there is live stock more directly associated with the boat than even the horse, which, after all. Is but hired for a time. A cat and a dog are nearly always to be seen aboard, and sometimes there are rabbits and a little poultry, though whence that comes it may not always do to inquire . too curiously. A monkey, too, is an 6c. casional addition to the household, while even a goat has been seen running backward and forward on the deck as much at home as though on his native heath.? Good Words. Women In Men'i Parti. On June 25,1706, Congreve's "Love For Love" was represented at the Haymarket entirely by women. Prominent among a motley troop of players aotlng at Windsor in the following year was one Susanna Carroll, who tore a passion to tatters as Alexander the Great. By a marriage with the queen's head cook this lady subsequently became Mrs. Cantllvre, under which name, as authoress of several lively comedies, she is best identified now. It was written of her, on her death in 1723, Qiat, "having a greater Inclination to wear the breeches than the petticoat, she struck into the men's parts," one of her qualifications for which was that she "had a small wen on her left eyelid, which gave her a masculine air." Possibly the adaptability to male roles shown by the women at the Haymarket in 1705 suggested to Vanbrugh the ingenioul plot of his comedy, "The Mistake," Drought out at the same house a year later. 'In this Mrs. Baraourt appeared as Camil lo, "suppos'd son or Alvarez," a gixi wnu, from lack of a male heir, had been reared from her cradle as one of the opposite sex to preserve an estate. Naturally there Is much playing at cross purposes, with adroit love complications, and the whole, not to come tardy off, must have needed deft handling on the part of the actress.? Gentleman's Magazine. Tba Lady's Name. A New Orleans man who was a fond papa was telling his friends yesterday of the hard time he had trying to teach his youngster to say "Mississippi." The word seemed more than the little one could master. Finally the father hit on the plan of teaching the child the word by syllables. "Now, say after me," said he to the boy, "Missis." "Missis," said the Infant phenomenon. "Sippl." "Sippi," echoed the boy. "Now say the whole thing," commanded the father. "Missis," began t?e child, and then hi ithoufrht awhile. "Papa," said he, "what did you say the lady's name was?"?New Orleans Times-Democrat. Gen* roua Cardinal. The late Cardinal Bonaparte was a grandson at Luclen Bonaparte. He was a very charitable man During one of his illnesoes a servant came to him and said that a poor person at the door begged for alms. "Qive him what money you wil) find In my purse," said the cardinal. "There is no money, eminence." "Th# Silver spoons are all given away. We hav# nothing left hu? pewter spoons." "WeH j.hrtng him la and give him a good sma^w rtM?'i' < Ferti i ? i I am now in ] i i yon all grades of! I | lots or by the car. i and get my prices t i Calvert & ITickles i . i . ? Headquarters for ? White Hickory Wagons Owensboro Wagons, Bock Hill Buggies, Summer Buggies, Cheap Buggies, Harness. Lanrnhes. etc. Calvert & Nickles. Feb. 24, 1904. tf it Rykard's. A NEW AND COMPLETE LINE OF .... , WATCHES JUST ARRIVED AT RYKARD'S JEWELRY STORE. THE VERY THING FOR A CHRI8TM \8 PRESENT. ALL 8IZES AND STYLES AT PRICES THAT CAN'T BE BEAT THE WORLD OVER. ,, SEEING IS BELIEVING. J. W. RYKAED. Nov. 29,1903. tf Increase ^oarl?^ j^J Values It is 8 well known fact tfaat cotton, or any other crop, produced with VirSnla-Carolina Fertilizers will bring: e highest possible price on the market. Make healthy, strong, well-developed, early cotton, with full grows bolls on tbe fruit limbs at tbe base as well as all the way up to the very top and tip ends of tne branches of the cotton plants, by liberally using Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers. They contain all tbe materials necessary to supply to your land the elements which nave been taken from it hv rAnoatAH nnlHrntfnn vpnrflff^r VAftr. Tiese fertilizers will greatly "increase I your yields per acre." Accept no sub tltute from your dealer. H Vlrglila-Cerollni Cheihlcal Co. 9 Richmond'. Vs. Atlanta, Ga. g Norfolk. Va, Savannah, Ga. | Durham. N. C. Montgomery, Ala. I Charleston, 8. 0. Memphis, Term. I Baltimore, Md. Shreveport, La. J. M. N1CKLES, .Attorney at Law Abbeville, S. C. Office with W, N. Graydon. Tbe bed SpriDg Tonic for yonr Horse, Cow or Hogs is Milford.s Horse and cattle Powder at Milford's Drug Store. , The Best Blood Remedy on the market is Milford's Sasaparilla. Ask anybody who has taken it. You can get at Milfird's Drug Store. Paints, Varnishes and Stains of every kind can be found at Milford's Drug Store. Don't mistake that pain In your lungs and bad taste la your mouth (or pneumonia, lis only the mean cigars you are smoking. You can avoid this and be bappy by smokln Speed's Clnco Clgars/'the general favorites. My eoods are uo better or nicer than others, but the plfasure and beauty of it Is that you can always find what you want and And It right at Speed's Drug Store. Why all ot this fuss about Speed's Clnco ptcror? hnmiue when we have a eood thine we believe in letting you know about It. The ?aie of these cigars In 1905 far surpassed all other years. Speed's Drug Store. Dont smoke mean cigars when you can get Speeds CIdcos for the same price, they are more popular than ever it will take ten thousand to supply our demand this month December and this demand la steady increasing. Speeeds Drug Store. Milford's Sa8aparilla for the Blood. Every bottle guararteed to give satisfaction or your money refunded aa freely as we took it, Milford's Drug Store. t lizersfl position to furnish * Fertilizers in smalls Be sure to see me ] , before you buy. j| r.W. McKEE, Jr. 1 Master's Sale. fl STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINES County of Abbeville. X^jjaHj Court of Common Pleas. V. D. Lee, et al, againet Fannie Mdh^w Bride?Foreclosure. By authority of a Decree of Saleb^f^B the Court of Common JPleaa for AjOHl beville County, in said State, made in-'aj the above stated case, I will offer .faNs sale,,at Public Outcry, at Abbeville/'IB C. H., S. C., on Salesday in 5th), A. D. 1906, within the legw^jH hours of sale the following describedTi^B land, to wit: All that tract or paxpesiflH of land situate, lying and benur^iffl fl Abbeville Couuty, in the State"afor^- fgfl said, containing TWO RUNDBElHfHi AND THTRTY-FTVE A ore*. nxitiv'SM or less, and bounded by lands of Calaham, C. A. White, R. M. Boydv;|B and Vienna Boad, known as the Fort; Jfl Hannah Tract. V'*.-* Terms of Sale?One-half ea?h.tfa6-?M balance in twelve months. The H it portion to bear interest from day-^* of sale, secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the ptemfaejk VjsB Purchaser to pay for. papers and rep^gfl cording. L.W. Perrin, . 'M Master A. C., S. C.; Feb. 13, 1906. . I BUILDING MATERIAL I I am now receiving a 8tock 'of';^B DOORS, i SASHES, ' I BLINDS,J TO'? 1 ^FLOORING, -rM CEILING, I SIDING I and FINISHING LUMBER, ala^j 1 SHINGLES, LATHS, LIME, .'J DEMENT and HAIR. I Come in and let me give you prices. ' A. G. FAULKNER,;|i TRINITY 8T; Opposite A. B. MORSE. ' Charleston and Western Carolina R. R Augusta and Asherille Short Line, Schedule In effect December 10,1906k No. 4 dally. No. 2dally.. '-SaB Lv Greenwood 6 80am 2 40pm Ar McCormick 7 liam 8 40pm v : Anemia 8 56am 6 20pm / : '^S| No. 42 daily, ~ " '-4fa Lv Angnsta 2 85pm I Ar Alienadle 4 22pm Fairfax 4 84pm Charleston 7 40pm Beaufort 6 30pm Port Koyal 6 40fiua ,'V?3 NoTi'daJly. No." 18 Ex. Ban. 3 Lv Greenwood 12 40pm 4 10am Ar Laurent* 1 86pm 5 40am Greenville 4 25pm 8partanbnrg 3 80pm 9 00am ArTryon 5 23pm " .vja Hendereonvllle 6 35 pm Ashevllle 7 80pm ' -i.-g NO. 11 dally. Lv Greenwood 13 40pm Ar Lauren* 1 45pm Clinton 2 22pm Newberry 3 lwpui ' . Columbia 4 45pm .s Sumpter 6 20pm, Cbarleatou 9 4Upm ' Arrivals at Greenwood : Train No. 1, dally J from AugUMta and Intermediate stations, 1 22 p. m; train No. 3, from Charleston, Beaufort, Port Royal, Savanab, Augusta and lntermedl- - ate stations. 7 45; train No. 2, dtlly, from > Ashevllie.Spartanburg, Greenville, Cnarlea* ' '-.j ton, Columbia, Laurens and In termed late at*- i 't tlons, 2 46 p. m; train No. 14 Except Sunday, Irom Spartanburg and Intermediate stations 12 40 p. m. J. E. Crimes, T. A. Geo. T. Bryan, Gen'l AgU Greenwood, S. C. Greenville. S. C. \*\ Ernest Wlllloms, H. M. Emerson, Traf. Mgr ,;'jt Gen. Pas. Agt.. Augusta. Ga . talkie Plants 1 O VJ I am again ready to fill your orders for early and late varieties of Cabbage Plants. Tbey are grown in open air, ear salt water, aud will stand bard cold without iujury. Prices $1.50 per 1,000 ; larger the lota smaller the price per 1,000. SpeciaHn ducements to dealers W. B. Carr. !;| Meggetts, S. C. _ ; Darean has just received a splendid Hue of beautiful American Semi-Porcelain, nothing like it for every day use, aud we sell 9 iu. plates for 36 cents per set, yet from Feb. 10th to 24th they are to go at 33 cts, per set. . * Ewers and Basins, Chambers, Toiret Sets with and without the slop Jar at Dargaus at 10 per cent oS the regular price. i : " ^ J