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r THEY WILL HANR Two Brutal Murderers Promptly ConVicted Over In Lexington. TELL OF THEIR ICRME Whice Was Brutal in the Extreme? The Slayers of Aged Mrs. Ellisor Given Quick Trial and Will Bo Speedily Executed?A Very Large Crown Witnessed the Trial, but Everything Passed Off Quietly. Ned and Brack Toland, the two negro boys who killed Mrs. Frances Ellisor at Cayce, across the river from Columbia, on Wednesday, February 26, were convicted at Lexington, on Tuesday of murder in tbe first degree and Judge James W. DeVore sentenced them to hand on Friday, May 1. The trial consumed only about eight hours.. Capt. Jos. R. Allen and the Richland Volunteers escorted the prisoners to Lexington Tuesday morning from the South Carolina penitentiary andthroughout the trial remained on duty, with fixed bayonets, around the prison dock. The court room was crowded to its capacity and there were not less than 800 people in town to witness the trial. There was not the slightest sign of drunkenness and perfect order prevailed throughout the day. Judge DeVore of Edgefield, the newly elected judge of the Eleventh circuit was commissioned uy governor Ansel to hold the special term of court ordered to try the Toland brothers. He proved an excellent presiding judge, and there was not a hitch in the proceedings of the court from the opening to the hour when the crier announced it adjourned sine die. The trip was made to Lexington without mishap. A crowd of perhaps 100 men were at the station at Lexington when the train arrived, but the engineer, exercising due caution, ran past the staton about 300 yards, where the soldiers detrained and, with the prisoners in the centre of company platoons, tlie march to Lexington court house, one mile and a half distant, was begun. The pris oners were extremely nervous arrl seemed to be momentarily in fear of receiving bodily harm and three times between the station and the court house it was necessary for the militia to halt for five minute periods tc allow the negroes to rest, Ned Toland giving out completely. As they neared the court building several men on the corner of the street opposite the entrance of the court housa yelled three or foui times, and some person loudly called "Where are you niggers?"?but nothing was started. The crowd in front of the bulding cleared the way foi the miliatU and prisoners and soor they were safely in the court roon: and the negfoes seated in the doch Here a line of militia was placed or each side of the aisle, on the outei side of the bar railing, a line ov each side cf the aisle inside the rail ing and four at either corner of th< prison dock. Two yound lawyers were appointee by the Judge to defend the murderers and the defendants were then formal ly placed on trial and a plea of noi guilty was entered as to each. Undei the law a defendant can not pleat guilty in a case the possible outconn of which is capital punishment. Found the Body. Mr. Paul Ellisor, husband of th< deceased, was the first witness. H< testified that when he left his hom< at Cayce on the morning of Feb. 26 to go to New Brookland, he left hii wife there, in good health. He lef h1a homo about 7 o'clock and re turned about 11. The house wa: \ locked. When he entered he foun< his wife's dead obdy in a clothes bas ket in the rear room, with clothe: and quilts thrown over her. He: clothes were bloody and there wen wounds on her head and face. H? stated that he missed a gun, loadet shells, a razor, a coat, his wife'! cloak and other articles from th< room. He identified the coat, whicl at that very moment Brack Tolanc was wearing, as the coat that was taken from hs house the moruir.g o the murder. His gun had been returned to bin by Mr. M. P. Fox. The gun wa: identified by witness and placed iv evdence. It is -a single barrelec breech loader. The axe with which the crime was committed was identified aDd put i?: evidence. He said that the axe was standing at the foot of the bed and there was blood on the table It had been used to break open the trnnlr Hp identified the razor, three hankerchiefs and three watch chains which were found on Brack Toland by Sheriff Buford. Two chains, hankerchiefs, ate., found on Ned Toland by Sheriff Buford were identified by Mr Kllifor Witness testified that he was the first to reach his wife and when he discovered her body in the basl:et life was extinct. There was a bad gash In the top of the head and another ugly wouna on the side of her face. There was blood on her dress, especially around the throat. There was no sign of a struggle. As soon as he could recover from the shock he Informed his neighbors of the crime. Sheriff Buford Made Arrest. M. M. Buford, sheriff of Newberry county, testified that he made the arrest of Ned and Brack Toland on the night of Feb. 26 between Hilton and Little Mountain, on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad. The arrest was made on the train. He was in Columbia on the day hat Mrs. Ellisor was murdered." Intended taking 7.25 train for Newberry, but was called off by Mr. L. B. Abernathy, who told him that Mr Adam D. Shull wanted to talk with him about this murder. There were a series of objections to this line of testimony as being here say and witness was instructed tha he couldn't tell what others had sai< to him. He told of receiving informatioi from Conductor John C. McCain o the presence in the forward part o the train that two negroes whom th< conductor had suspected as havin; been connected with the murder. H< arrested them and took them to tli< Newberry jail. They denied an; knowledge of the crime. Later h< telephoned for Mr. M. F. Fox to com< to Newberry and identify the prison ers. Mr. Fox and Mr. Abernatb; came up early Thursday morning an< after the former identified them the; were taken to Columbia and placed ii the penitentiary for safe keeping. Sheriff Buford started to tell of j statement made by Brack Tolanc while in the Newberry jail, but thi: was objected to by counsel for th( defendants on the gruond that prope grounds for introducing a confessioi bad not been laid and on furthe; ground that the statement was mad< after the negroes had been told tha they were in danger. The solicito; did not insist on the statement an( this feature was dropped. Sheriff Buford identified the arti cles found on the defendants. Confessed to Capt. Griffith. Capt. D. J. Griffith, superintenden of the State penitentiary, testified tha the defendants were placed in th< penitentiary on February 27. He hat a conversation with both of them ii his office a few days later. They mad< voluntary statements about the Ellis or murder. Brack was the first t< make a statement about the affair He said he had never been away iron home before; was induced by hi brother to accompany him on thi; trip, telling him that he (Ned) knev where they could get some money. H< said they staid around Cayce's depo for a day or two and the morning o the date on which they were arrestei he and Ned went to the house wher Mrs. Ellisor lived. They went inti the house and asked for some bread She gave them some biscuits and the; offered to pay for it but she refuse* to take any pay. They then starte< into the house to warm. Mrs. Ellisoi he said, at first made no objection t< their warming, but that she told then that she believed they were "up t some meanness." Brack said that they grabbed he and while his brother got the axe h , held her tight. Ned hit her in th head two or three times and the put her body in a basket, got som things out of the house and they rar going through the woods a piece. They sold the gun to a man a I New Brookland and then went t Columbia, taking the train from ther and going to Irino; that they walke up the railroad from Irmo to Hiltoi boarding the C., fa. and L. train ther and being arrested a few minutes lal er by Sheriff Buford. [ Capt. Griffith said he warned Brae | before he made any statement that i ; would be used against him. After Brack was sent back to hi ' cell, Ned was brought to the offlc " and made substantially the sam , statement as that made by Brack, b too, being warned that he could nc | be made to make any confession an ' that whatever ne saia wouia ue uoc against him. Capt. C. C. Roberts of the penitei tiary guard corrobated Capt. Griffith 1 testimony. The statements made b ~ Ned and Brack Toland were made i ' his hearing as well as in the hearin j of Corporal J. P. Harling. Ned Toland on Stand. Ned Toland was sworn for the d< ~ fense. He said he was from Pro: perity. Left home on Monday (Fe j 24); told his brother that he was g< a ing to Columbia. His brother and t "beat" the local freight to Columbii When they reached Columbia the a went to a restaurant. He bougl I some cocaine from a negro name I Luther. After, getting dinner he an his brother went to Cayce. He carric j coal for the operator at Cayce and tt t latter allowed the two to sleep i the waiting room. They swept 01 the waiting room the next mornin j and then they left and went up tt dirt road and stopped at a lady house and got something to eat; sa r Mr. Ellisor working in the field net ? his home. After getting somethin 1 to eat at the lady's house they wei j into the woods and built up a fir stayiug there until late in the afte; ? noon, when they returned to Cape j and again used the waiting room t j sleep in. Leaving the station Wednesda ^ morning, he took some more cocain< He had but one nickel left. He an j his brother started out, his brothe . saying that he was hungry. The j went up to Mrs. Ellisor's and she gav j them some bread. They then aske to be allowed to warm but she tol . them not to come in. Inev went o ' in awyway and he grabbed her an , told her he would kill her. Hi , brother grabbed him and told hii not to kill her. He pushed her tc , ward the back room and picked u , the axe and struck her in the heac Brack turned her loose just befor j he struck her and walked out of th house. Ned said he put Mrs. Ellisor's bod ' in the basket and covered it up an , then took a gun, a lot of shells, coal , etc., and locked the door of the hous , ana leu. He toia eracK to get ne hind him and step in his (Ned's tracks, which Brack did. They cross ed the road and went through th woods toward Brookland, passim three men who were hunting. The; got something to eat in Brooklan* after he had sold the gun to Mr. Pox Brack was worried about killing th< "old woman" and told told him li< "oughtn't to have done it." They crossed the bridge into Co lumbia and stopped at the C. N. & L depot. They caught the midday trail out but got off up the road, a fev miles. They walked from Irmo t( Hilton, where they caught train No 21 for Newberry. He told of theii arrest on the train and said that h< lied to sheriff Buford about 'iheii names and where they were from etc. Cocaine Fiend. With tears in his eyes Ned said "I'm de one dat's guilty of killing dat 'owman. Mr .brother is innocent ; BOOZE WINS FIGHT. i ] DISPENSARY HAS CLOSE GALL I] f AIKEN COUNTY. B y g 2 With Three Small Boxes Yet lo to f a Heard Froiu the Vote Stands 87 2 to 822. f A dispatch from Aiken to Th 1 State says the election there Wednes ir j day as to dispensary or prohibitio resulted in a victory for the count i dspensary by a very small majorit] j With all but three small boxe s heard from the dispensairy has a lead of 55, and it is probable th r other three boxes will run the ms i jority up to 100 or more. r Great interest was taken in th ? election all over the county. Ai t though the weather was threatenin r a large crowd was around the poll 1 in Aiken all day, among whom wer many ladies. About the time th . returns beean to come in it began t rain but notwithstanding this larg crowds assembled around the bull* tin boards ana waited for the return ^ which came in rapidly. It was close election. The following is th j total vote: For dispensary, 877 | agfcinst dispensary, 822 ? and I did it because I'd been takin - cocaine. I done it all and I just as > for mercy and dat you don't han . me." i He said Brack begged him not t s kill the woman, and if he had lister e ed to him he would not be where h v is now. 9 Solicitor Timmerman asked Ned t t explain the effects of cocaine and thl f is what he gave: 3 "When you snufT cocaine and pi e it on your tongue it deadens the toi o gue?gives you more nerve than yo ;. want?looks like it make you do an: y thing. Its a king of good feeling bi 3 you'll do anything. 3 He said he had been "snuffing *, cocaine for three or four years, o Ned declared that the story told t a Brack at Newberry was "made up. o He said he told Brack to tell what I did, "so's to keep the blame off'e r me." He said his brother had alwa3 e been a good boy, whereas he (Ned e had been in trouble often. He sai y he told Brack that he would shiel e him (Ned) on account of his ba i, "recommendation." This makes tl fourth time he has been in jail; ser + - J ?? iU _ K^nlrlnfr i -w tru uu iuy taaiiigaug lkji uicanmg . o a store; he and "Young Bridges" ro e bed the Sligh postofflce and were sei d to Atlanta, and he was sent to tl i, chain gang once on account of son e trouble he had with his wife, t- He said Mrs. Ellisor begged the not to kill her, but he was scared ai k did it anyhow. it Brack Toland's Story. Brack Toland testified that he hi is been away from home but one tin ie before the day when Mrs. Ellisor w ? killed. He deniel having anything ? do with the killing of Mrs. Ellisc ?t GKofifP tin for/4 f1 ' lie oaiu uc IUIU uiivi iu x/utwiu vi d story at Newberry in the hope <1 helping to shield his brother, that ] told what he did because his broth 1_ told him to tell it. 's He- admitted telling Capt. -Griffi that he held Mrs. Ellisor while t n rbother hit her in the head with t! g axe. He said this was not the trut that he was not holding her whi Ned struck her. He begged Ned n s- to kill her?told him that if he war 8* ed anything in the house to get it. I t>. was holding her with one hand ai 5" pushing his brother away with t ie other. Ned had hold of her with t a- left hand and the axe was in t y right hand. He turned her and 1 brother loose and ran out of the do when the first blow was struck. I d went outside the house and was coi ing back up the steps when his brot ie er came out. Ned locked the do n and threw the key in the yard. Th then left the house and went towa ig New Brookland. Subsequent even ie were detailed and his story as to the 's was the same as told byNed. w He didn't seem to realize the grai ir tv of his situation and evidently w ig laboring under the impression th it the jury .would be more lenient 0. dealing with him than it would r- dealing with Ned. it appeared th he was after clearing himself regar o less of what the consequences we as to Ned. There was nothing y his manner to give the impressh e. that the story told on the witne d stand was more truthful than th >r which he had told Capt. Griflth ai y Capt. Roberts, and few of the spect e tosr believed tha t it was anoth d "hatched up" story, concocked for tl d sole purpose of clearing his ow n skirts of the dastardly crime, d Pleaded for Mercy. 1S After the jury brought in the ve n diet of guilty the prisoners were to: to stand and receive the sentence < p the Court. Almost every man in tl " building rose to get a look at the n e groes, but at the request of Sheri e Corley they quickly resumed the seats. * Asked if they had anything to ss [ why sentence of death should not 1 " pronounced, Ned said: "I ask tl e court to have mercy upon me an l~ please don't hang me. I am guilt; but. my brother is innocent." When the question was put i e Brack he said: "I ask for the mere ? of the court, but I am innocent; m ^ brother done it." Judge DeVore then read the ser ' tence of the court: "That the defent B ants, Ned and Brack Toland, be tap 5 en from whence they last came (pen tentiarv) and there be kept in saf confinement until Friday May ] ' 1908, when they are to be taken t ] the regular place of execution fo Lexington county, there to be hang } ed by their necks until they are deac ' between the hours of 10 a. m. and 1 p. m." a * The "good old summer time" i ' about here, as witness the shir sleeve brigade. , The time you can depend on a wo : man is when you can't on anybod, ; else. - niBii), i tim i .juii .^n m _ - FARMER'S FRIENDS. K wh to V SOME BIRDS THEY SHOULD PRO- ret * the TECT atii the ????? too for* As They Destroy Insects, Weed Seed ie and Numerous Other Enemies of wh 7 sec the Farm. eit] The substance of this article is but ac^ e a summary of an account of the work s- of the Biological Survey of the Den partment of Agriculture, prepared for the National Geographic Magazine 7 by H. W. Henshaw. , T nln The Biological Survey was er.tab- ^ T tished in 1885, with Dr. Cj 11. Merriam as director. The relations of 0 WO the bird to the crops were not then 1 well understood. It is not enough, a e says Mr. Henshaw, to be told that ^ei birds feed on insects; we must know "i?1 " the particular kinds they eat. The 0 g fact that the crow sometimes eats ^a corn is not sufficient evidence on which to condemn the bird. We must learn the nature of its food at ' all times; hence the necessity for m 5_ the examination of the birds stom- pec achs to learn not only the kinds of 8 food eaten, but their relative quan- fu[ I ""? f It fs not enough to know that . ? oot Inoootd rip that thfiV riflst.rnv LTI1U0 COt lujuv/bu) v? vUMv ? ? crops. Birds are injurious at one an( g time and not at another; in one re- an( k gion a pest; in another a blessing, g The Tree Sparrow Beneficial. We may roughly group our small ?* o birds into two classes?the seed eati ers and the insect eaters. ^ui e The seed eaters, mostly of the ?* Sparrow family, have stout bodies the o and strong conical bills, especially or Is designed for crushing seeds. Their pr* name is legion and the family conit tains more species than any other ^ir i- group of birds. It is well that this cor u is so, for the destruction of weed Coi 7- seed is of tremendous importance to tj1 it the farmer, whose trouble to keep lar ahead of the weeds, great as it is now, would be vastly increased were to it not for the soberly-clad and unob- so" iy trusive little sparrows. We may get an idea of the value of the service ar( le these birds render by noting what is ? in done for the farmer by the tree-spar- T fs row, one of the most confirmed seed- ^ I) eaters of the group. A quarter of ? id an ounce of seed for a day is a safe ^ Id estimate of the food of an adult i y id treesparrow. on tnis recKonmg, m le a Slate like Iowa, where agriculture v- is relatively very important, treeIn sparrows eat about 875 tons of weed ? b- seed annually. at The total value of the principal ie field crops of the United States for le the year 1906 was about $3,500,000,000. If we estimate that the comm bined consumption of weed seed by ? id the sparrow family results In an an- v? nual saving of only 1 per cent, of Te the value of the crops the total sum id total saved to thefarmer in 1906 was ae $35.-000,000. as Though seeds form the chief part to of the subsistence of sparrows, the >r. destruction of seeds is by no means tie all we have to thank these birds for. of They eat many insects also, and ? lie seems to know instinctively that ^ er while seeds are excellent for adult f< birds, they are necessarily good for tb nestlings, and hence feed the latter lis almost exclusively on insects, he Sparrows, however, are not the onh, ly birds that consume the seeds of en weeds. The Eastern quail or bobot white is a confirmed eater of weed it- seed. Highly esteemed as bobwhite le Is by the epicure for food and by ad the sportsman as an object of purhe suit, he Is probably worth so much ^ lis more as a weed-destroyer that the lis farmer can ill afTord to have him lis shot, even though the privilege is or roundly "p^ld for. A bevy or two of le quail on a farm is an asset the value n- of which no thrifty farmer should h- overlook. Doves also are seed eat- ~ or ers, especially the turtle-dove, whose '--J ? ey crop ortn is so pacKeu wnu mo accua rd of weeds that it can hold no more, its The farmer has no quarrel with se birds that confine their attention to __ grass and weed seed, and welcomes SI ri- theif presence always and everyas where. There are birds, however, at which eat such seeds as corn, wheat in and barley, and whose place in the in farmer's esteem is by no means so " at well assured?the crow and the d- blackbirds for instance. There are re several kinds of blackbirds which at in times attack crops as also does the jn crow. The destruction by the crow ss of meadow mice, and of cutworms at and other insect pests and the de- Fc id struction of many kinds of insects by a- the blackbirds, however, are consider ered in most localities to offset the ie damage done in other ways and even 10 leave a oaiance in iavor 01 tiie birds. Birds That Eat Insects. Many flrds, as flycatchers, warbr" lers, swallows and chimney-swifts. 1(3 live exclusively, or almost so, on insects, and very many more, as black- m ie birds, orioles, and some hawks, de p e" pend on them for a considerable pari ? of their livelihood. The little spar'r row-hawk lives very largely upon grasshoppers, crickets and beetle!. W and even one of the larger hawks? )e the Swainson hawk of the Western ' ie plains?at certain seasons destroy? l(i enough of these injurious insects, to- Fo V> gether with small rodents, to save | the Western farmer upwards of ?'i ? hundred thousand dollars a yea.r y If all insects preyed upon vegeta- | y tion, our inquiry into the value of ?insect-eating birds need go no further, since all of them might be *et j down as beneficial; but by no means J l~ all insects are destructive of vege- | tation, and their relations to each ?_ e other and to birds are very complex and puzzling. The insects that feec' 0 on vegetation at some stage or other r of their existence probably encounter > all others, both in number of species c< '? and of individuals; but there are t^o 2 other classes of insects which desorvo HI attention here, the predaceous and the parasitic. The predaceous ins sects, either in the adult or larval t state, feed upon other insects and hence in the main are beneficial. It would seem, therefore, that in so far - as birds destroy predaceous insects y do them harm. That birds do deBtroy a greater or leBs number caa-' be denied, but as many species < s group secrete nauseous fluid ich serve, in a measure at leas protect them, and as many are i iring habits and not readily foun i number destroyed by birds is r< rely not large. Moreover, some i predaceous insects, when inse d is not available, become veg ians, and hence assume the ro enemies of the farmer; so th en birds destroy predac?ous I ts they may be doing the farm tier a good turn or an ill tur ording to circumstances. The relation of birds to the s led parasitic insects is still mo ricate and puzzling. ParaBitic 1 ts fill a very important place ! economy of nature; it is evi imed by entomologists that th more effective service in aiding >p true the balance in the inse rid than any other agency.' Th ack insects in every stage of e nee and insure their destruction I lositing eggs, on, or in, the bodi adults, their larvae (the worm erpillar stage), their pupae, ir eggs. Now, birds recognize i 3 distinctions in the insect worl is grist that comes to the avii II, and parasitic insects are sna I up by birds without the slighte ;ard to the fact that they are us to man. Hence we have a comp ed problem to unravel in resp< the inerrelation of insect pests, ect parasites that destroy thei 1 of birds that destroy both pe 1 their parasites. Hawks and Owls Beneficial. The hawks and red owls spend mc their lives in killing small roden eir work is complementary. Haw at their prey between the hou daylight and dark; owls hunt ! early evening and morning houi by moonlight; sometimes wh issed by hunger by day. 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The good these 1 d, two big hawks do in the long run by ] >1- destroying rats and mice far more 1 of than compensates the farmer for the I ct insignificant damage he suffers at 1 e- their talons. i le Both hawks and owls often swal- < at low their prey entire or in large fragn and often some of the feathers. Avian ( er and ven some of the feathers. Avian i n. digestion is both good and rapid, but i is is unequal to the task of assimila- < o- ting such substanceg, and accordingly ] re both hawks and owls throw up these n_ rejecta in the form of neatly rolled lo pellets. In studying the food habits ] sn of birds of prey much use is made i ey of these pellets, and the vicinity of ] to a nest of a pair of horned owls, for 1 ct instance often contains an unmistak- : ey able record of the birds' food, and x~ perhaps that of the young, for by eg. ? 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From the foregoing It will at once appear that the practice of offering bounties indiscriminately for the heads of hawks and owls, as has been done by some states, is a mistake, and results not only in the * wasting of public funds, but in the iestruction of valuable lives, which can be replaced, if at all, only with ?reat dhhculty and after the lapse Df a term of years. In no one particular does the public, especially the 3port8man and farmer, need to be educated more than in the value of bawks. The temptation to shoot a hawk or owl, perching or flying, is well nigh irrestetable, and the bad habit is having the natural result of so reducing the numbers of these birds as to make it impossible for \ the survivors to do the work nature X| Intended them to do. The 'notable increase of noxious rodents in the last decade in certain parts of the United States and the resulting damage to crops without doubt are due ia no smaii pari, iu tue uesuuvuvu ui their natural enemies, chief of which > ar^h(Bj)ird^of^prey^^^^^^* Why buy an Organ from the Peddler? When you can bny a superior organ from your factory representative for less money, and on easier terms, and have absolute protection in the guarantee given by the makers. We make low prices and grant from one to two years, without interest, for settlement and only bind the organ as security. We save you money and supply Organs that will prove a life long pleasure. Write at once for catalog and special prices and terms to the old established MAL'JNE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Pianos and Organs. Columbia, S. C.v Thirty-Two Cent Cotton. FOR a?L??'WhiMO*! u?l?n?tog tapro7?4 "Hammer tetw* ?pl*a4 iMf rtaato ottaa Mf Make* bala uJ Kon Mr aer? ?t olivary land under uJr oendtoocj; wtt for 17* to U oests m* e&rsssajr ^s&sa PEOoNfffilA^TEElT . | 1 After Completing BOOKKEEPING AXD SHORTHAND. , ' nM A $70 Scholarship for $35 or A $40 Scholarship for $20 i if you enter within the next 30 days. < / ! inninrr PMllinHnir full In. formation. / , ge, ? Orangeborg, S C. ^ r a-Shingle Mill 1 priced power feed shingle mill on the m*?>] a j 8,800 to WjOOO shingles per day, i to 10 H. P.) ids. Cw?i?ge has antomatle return motion, * 3ESTGOODS-BEST PRICKS" trite qs for close price quotations. 8UPPLY CO. - - COLUMBIA, 8. Q. ? -1 M3*3#=#=s?=s* dB JESS*! . : very best! # Why? i >y our own exclusive w tsuring the whole- B #with the purity of :tory combination of B mfacture. No other S t tiere near so good, S :an contain the best m I the Wesson process. ? .1 5 must be inferior? 5[ I m I COTTON OU CO. 1! f I nAmroBiEANsqncAGo. f ^ I I 17 11M rlii ilfiJiiB i iWmB experience In wowing Cabbage plsnts and aQ. ints for the trade, viz: Beet plant*. Onion plants, plants. * pment Beet plants and Cabbage plants as follows: Jeston Large Type Wakefields, and Henderson Sucst known reliable varieties to ill experienced truck Town out in the open sir oear salt water and ut injury. is. In lots of 1,004 to 5.000 st $1.50 per thou;r thousand, 10,000 and over at $1.00 per thousand. ? rates on vegetable plants from this point. All 0. unless you nrefer sending money with orders. ley with orders. You will save the charges for in February. Your orders will have my prompt n in need of Veg etable plants give me s trial order; ress all orders to III! Mill I Hill H? nteecl MaJhiP.y. 1 I BNGINFS, PORT- 9 IIS, S.\ .VMILLS, 8 RESSK.S, BKICK 8 leiiig our spcciuN I ft I Bos 89, Oolwiblm B. Q$ i