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For any further information call on or add??88. G. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. Wednesday, April 15,1903. Prof. W. J. Spi lmaD, agrostalogisi of tbe department of agriculture at 'Washington, and Prof J. S. Newman, of Ciem8on College, made capital addresses to about 100 representative farmers in tbe court bouse last Monday. Tbe day was very uufavorable, coupled with tbe fact that the farmers are very busy at this season of tbe year, made the meeting much smaller in point cf numbers than it would have been had it been held later in the season and under more favorable conditions- As it was, however, they had a good and attentive audience. Prof. SpilJman's remarks can properly be termed a plain practical talk to farmers with all technical scientific terms omitted. The morning hours he spent in examining our native grasses, ncticeing particularly their growth, their development end the nature of the sod in which they are growing. His talk was illustrated by maps, showing the different regions in which the different grasses would thrive and produce a paying crop. He was of the opinion that more attention should be given to poultry raising and recommended that the farmers devote more time to this industry. It would be a paying investment. He b.lso recommended that more attention should be given to the cultivation Vf garden truck, such as lettuce, parsnips and like vegetables, all of which were healthy food for the body and very remunerative as money crops. His theme, however, wae grasses and beef cattle. He recommended three grades of cattle for btef, but his choice was "the short born and butt-beaded. These be said, were the be*t beef cattle known They distributed tbeir fat at the places where most needed?among the lean ?thus making the choicest and mo6t desirable beef. He then touched upon the grass and recommended the Burmoda as the one best adapted to our climatic and soil conditions. He then give an interesting and instructive lesson on its growth and culture. The seed, he said did not give satisfaction, as no stand from some cause unknown to him, could be obtained from them. He recommened that in order to secure satisfactory results to plant pieces of sod in rows like corn and cover with a very ttin coating or earth. "The Burmuda being a child of the South," loved sunshine and when it was desired to get rid of it to use the pasture for other purposes, all that is necessary was to sow the laud to some plant that would shut out the sunshine and completely shade it, such as grain; etc. The Kentucky blue grass would not thrive in this section as it was out cf its region. He had no use for the Means or Johnstone grass on account of the inability to get rid of it when once it secured a growth upon the land, but admitted that it made a number one hay. He extolled the virtues of the ; cow pea, and advised their culture on I ? ? i TT _ i.13 ! a more extensive system, ne torn ui i the soils more adapted to their ! growth, the best modes of cultiva- ; tioo, their harvesting and caring, ail of which was very instructive to many of his hearers while there were others who seemed to know more about tbe cultivation of fcae cow pea tbftu did Prof. SpilSman himself. Prof. Spillman assured bis hearers that tbe department of agriculture would be glad to give the farmers any information desired upon any subject with in its work, and even in? vited the co-operation of the farmers in carrying on the great work which it has undertaken in improving the mode of cultivation of plant life indigenous to the different sections of this government. We would that more of our people A Vinrro Vioon nrofionf r>n f.his OC V/UUIU UaiD k/&VU |/tvwvu> v? casion as much information was given but as it was seed were sown which will spring up and bear important fruit that will be of most advantage to future generations. The promoters of the electric railway project left for Columbia yesterday morning with a S10,000 bond duly executed by a Northern security company, but we letrn that on arriving there and consulting with the city friends of the project it was concluded to be to the best interest of the road to withhold the filing of the bond with the city clerk for the present. It is thought that the requirement forcing the company to build a free bridge to be onerous and unfair to the company. in that such a bridge would come in direct competition with the traffic interest of the line and would materially affect its revenues. Again the condition of the franchise in this respect was vague and indefinite, because the city had given no cleae idea as to the kind of structure that would be acceptable to it, therefore the company has heretofore been unable to make an estimate of the cost of the bridge. The failure to file the bond within the allowed time does not mean the death of the project and we feel confident that when council fully comprehenda the vast benefits accruing to the business u interest of the city, it will recede from its burdensome requirements and remove the obstacle which is now hampering the construction of tl e road. For Over Sixty Tears. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been in use for over sixty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by Druggist in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs. "Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind, tf Unclaimed Mail. The following is a list of unclaim* ' ? .t < i # * /r i ea letters tor tne montn 01 Marco: males: H. J. Grant, (package.) Simon P. Corley. Wm. Gotham, (poBtal.) M. C. Long. J. Edward Arbuckie, (package.) Henry McGrifoth. Dave Red Leroy Spyers. Izens Bulls, (care J. S. Huffman.) females. Miss Lelar Clark. Miss Sarah Fouse. Mrs. Dellia Lowman. (care Rubin Barr.) Mrs. Emma Sanders. S. J. Leaphart, Post Master, Lexington, S. C. Fine Watermelon Seed. We 8re now offering Jones, Triumph, Br. Joe Herman's Mammoth, Eclipse, Dr. Blue Mountain Joe's Choice watermelon seed, as well as a full line of Cauntelope seed for sale. These seed have been acclimated and improved upon and selected with great care by Mr. Joe Qarman and has for the first time been placed upon the market. They are recom mended for tneir duiciouB flavor, red I meat, size and shipping qualities. ! Give them a trial and you will be | pleased with the results. For sale only at Harman;s Bazaar. ? Hon. H. Chas. Bailey, the popular i editor of the Carolina News, web ! over from Chapin Monday taking j lessons in the science of nising j grasses. Charley wears his newly acquired aldermatic honors with becoming dignity. Elcndiko's Notes. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Its with a heart fu'l of gratitude and eggs that we ask space ia your paper to express our thanks to the many little folks who so kindly remembered us on Monday after Easter. The rabbitc made their nest in the Uoited States boxes and our hearts run over with joy just like they did when we made the famous rabbit nests with our own little hand9. There were eggs here and eggs there and eggs everywhere, in fact there were more eggs than there tL. tiTX7u:<.? ? I are coons ili tut? *?uho uuuoc. The Hon. B. R. Tillman and Hon. John Bell Toweil passed through our town one day last week. Miss Mattie Suits is spending awhile with friends and relatives here. We are glad to welcome home again Miss Ellen Hall after a long stay with brothers in Columbia. It was our good pleasure last Sunday evening to meet Rev. A. R. Taylor, one of God's sweetest servants. There is at least one statement in the Bible that is not hard to believe these days: ''He 89ndeth his rain on the just and UDjust." Honesty is the best policy and we think its up to the weather man to open up his heart and confess that he don't know. We adviBe all preachers Dot to drive Texas ponies in wet weather. Most of our little folks are haviDg a time with whooping cough. Oar town is now supplied on Saturdays with nice fresh beef by Messrs Koon & Smith. . None of our dogs that were recently bitten have gone mad and the poor man still owns his dog. Now comes along a man and invents a stove to burn water. You put on your beans and bacon?its a pity he didn't invent some bacon? pour up a bucket of water push a button and begin to cook. Pour up another bucket of water, push another button and you have ice for your tea. We advise some men not to put their heads too close to the stove. Well I guess there's where the inventor got the idea: "Water on the brain and and the brain on fire. | I predict, the next thing we will hear of, will be an invention to keep the stopper from flying out of a molasses barrel. Klondike. Ton Know What You Ara Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form, No Cure, No Pay. 50c. L?LiA^I WSi ! DeWitt's ? Salve For Piles, Bums, Sores. .1. H. FRICK, ATTORNEY AX LAW, Will practice in all the Courts. Office: Hotel Marion, 4th room, second floor. CHAPIN, - - - - - - S. C, A?uusx 6. ly. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys overcomes constipation. 0R- U,J' ULIVtRUS, 8peciali8t on EAR, XOSE Tliroat and Lungs GUARANTEE Office and Residence, J FIT OF GLASSES 1424 and 142G Marion. St, I March 15?ly. COLOMBIA, S. C. Money to Loan. WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTIate loans promptly in sums of $300 and upward j on improved iarming lands in Lexington county. Long time and easy terms. No commissions. Borrower pays actual expenses of preparation ot papers. THOMAS & GIBBES. Columbia, S. C, | Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys aids digestion. THE FIRST TAILOR. HE MONOPOLIZED THE SARTORIAL TRADE OF THE WORLD. His Method* Were Crude, and Ills Materials Were Rather Grotesque, but He Turned Out Good, Honest Work, Hand Stitched Throughout. The first industry of the \yorld was tailoring. The first maker of clothes and the first wearer was Adam. Of this strange character who appears on the pages of history in the dual role of the first tailor and the first customer we have but a brief biography. The I meager details require sympathetic in! terpretation to make up a complete story. Of his father and mother 110 [ mention is made, but the record shows he was destined to be a clothier of some sort, for he was put into Eden to "dress" the garden. We do not know if he obeyed this command, as his I biographers do not so state, for, it I seems, instead of "dressing" the garj den he "dressed" himself. His early marriage and the trouble relating to the theft of some fruit with I sundry other unpleasant details preceded his work as a tailor. He began in a humble way; just himself and j one assistant. He was one of the early I settlers in a newly opened country, a | land of natural advantages which must | soon attract other inhabitants. With j a large and increasing population he I foresaw that there must come a grow I ing demand for clothing if he could in| troduee them and make popular his I new invention. He was a pioneer. He J had no competition. He controlled the j tailoring trade of the world. Thus j with the first industry came the first trust As he busily plied his needle we know not what visions of future business and wealth filled his ambitious mind. But never in his wildest dreams did he conceive that his little tailoring establishment, employing only four hands, doing only a local trade and turning out the first custom made garment, would be the beginning of a ready made clothing business that in the United States alone gives labor to hundreds of thousands of hands and covers an investment of a great many million dollars. But of the great wealth that has come from his invention Adam, like most pioneers, made no money whatever and died leaving his family with out a penny. Even his name is not associated with his wonderful discovery, but?such is the sarcasm of time?it appears only in the word Adam's apple, in memory not of his virtues, but of an j escapade of his wife. Though even Carlyle has not recognized Adam's sartorial genius, there are some capital points in the work of this first tailor. He originated the style himself. He was not a petty trader on the reputation of others and imitating their fashions. Even in the names for the garments he was original. The first suit of clothes, in reality only a girdle or belt, he humorously termed an "apron." It is difficult to determine the season of the year. Judging from the coolness of the suit, it might have been a sumV\n 4- of if TI'OC ilicf fl littlp LliCl OIJ 1C, kllll CIO i K iitta j?kiw n ..vv.? after the fall it was probably early in the winter. They were hand stitched throughout. They contained no machine work or cheap labor. The workshop was in the open air. and, although tailored in the sweat of his brow, no sweatshop work was possible. The material was not of the best but Adam found no better at hand. Some of the modern tailors, making shoddy garments at shoddy prices, imitate Adam, who used "leavings." As to Adam, the first customer, when he was alone in the world he never thought of dress, but when he came to the realization of himself as an indi[ vidunl and in relation to others he be| gan to spruce up. Courtship led him to beautify himself, to appear well in the eyeb of "the only woman lie ever | loved." Human nature has not changed I much. With the entry of society dress began. Perhaps this is why dress forms so prominent a feature in society today. After eating the apple of knowledge the mind of Adam was suddenly illuminated as if by a thousand electric lights. A great thought of large, practical, worldly wisdom flashed before him. He realized that to amount to anything in the world he must make a good appearance. In this he struck a keynote of business success. Surely he needed to keep up appearances. He reflected over his actions for the two weeks prior and then looked at his future. He had been in bad society and had been seen with a disreputable serpent, he had been led into temptation, he had broken the law, he was implicated in an apple theft as i accessory after the fact, he had some of the stolen goods in ms possession and he was a fugitive from justice, for he was then in "hiding." Discovery was certain. He was to be evicted from his home and in disgrace had to face the awfulness of actually earning his own living by work. Then, after a mild attack of remorse, he was equal to the situation and in a manly way accepted it. made himself a suit of clothes in which he could make a decent appearance and began life anew with the courage, hope, pride and confidence that ! comes from the consciousness of being | well dressed.?William George Jordan j in Fashioner. i TliOfte Troublesome Question*. Little Willie?I say. pa? Fa?What is it. mv son? Little Willie?What did moths live on before Adam and Eve wore clothes?? Stray Stories. The more truth you bring into an argument with a fool the harder he will cotabat it.?Atcbison Globe. CONGRESSMAN [To The Pe-ru-aa Medici " Pe=ru=na^ is AIM Congressman D. F. Wilber, of Oneoi The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, ( Gentlemen?" Persuaded by a trie almost fully recovered after the use oi that Peruna is all you claim for it, and to all who are afflicted with catarrhal 1 Peruna a Preventive and Cure for Colds. Mr. C. F. Given, Sussex, N. B., Vice President of "The Past-time Boating Club, " writes: " Whenever the cold weather sets in 1 have for years past been very sure to catch a severe cold which was hard to throw off, and which would leave aftereffects on my constitution the most of the winter. " Last winter I was advised to try Peruna, and within five days the cold was broken up and in five days more I was a well man. I recommended it to several of my friends and all speak the highest praise for it. There is nothing like Peruna for catarrhal afflictions. It is well nigh infallible as a cure, and I gladly endorse it."?C. F. Given, Prominent Singer Saved From Loss of C T oice. Mr. Julian Weisslitz, 175 Seneca street, Buffalo, N. Y., is corresponding secretary of The Sangerlust, of New York; Is the leading second bass of the Sangerlust, the largest German singing society of New York and also the oldest. _ -A., Special Factor* 1235 MAIN, ST., - Ma,y 1*1-1}. I Have a V* and Full | MEN f clot: SHOES GENT'S Oive Me a Lower 1 C. E. C I_i? zsing'ton Feb)nary 25, 1903?3m. Have Your Jul) at DISPATCH : WILBER SAYS ne Co., of Columbus, 0.] For It.w ita, N. Y., writes: Ohio,: nd I have tried your remedy and I have r a few bottles. 1 am fully convinced 1 cheerfully recommend your medicine ti ouble.''?Da vid F. Wilber. In 1899 The Sangerlust celebrated ita fiftieth anniversary with a large celebration in New York City. The following is his testimony: "Abont two years ago I canght a severe cold while traveling and which settled into catarrh of the bronchial tubes, and so affected my voice that I was obliged to cancel my engagements. In distress I was advised to try Peruna, ( and althongh I had never used a patent medicine before, I sent for a bottle. " Words but illy describe my surprise to find that within a few days I was greatly relieved, and within three weeks I was entirely recovered. I am never without it now, and take an occasional dose when I feel run down."?Julian Weisslitz. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, * write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case' and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advi^r> gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,0 BARGAINS! BARGAINS! ORGANS, from $35 up. NEW BEAUTIFUL UPRIGHT PIANOS, from $200 up. THE MOST RELIABLE HOUSE IN THE SOUTH TO DEAL WITH. ALL INSTUMENTS FULLY WARRANTED. For catalogues, address ALC1TE, ? Representative, COLUMBIA, S. C. ? inIIIIIImi iii /el! Selected Stock of ID BOYsillik airra, frM/ , HATS Jj ^ FURNISHINGS. Call, Prices Guaranteed 'han Columbia Market, ORLET, ZDetcot, S. C. i Printing Done the FOI5 OFFICE.