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| - ?* THE GOLDEN CORN. Magnificent Display and Big Prices at , Corn Exposition. r Two hundred and fifty dollars for hp Mir of corn Ib oue of the luterefcun# .vauiio vi me turn improvement ran. , palgn whieli lius been in progress fov the past fifteen years In this couutij That amount wns pawl at auction for an Iudinua ear of white corn sold at the recent National Corn exposition in Chicago. This grnud champion whit* ear contained 1,1100 ' crnels, with nu na Igned value of "JO cents er.ch. Sixty ears of its kind represent a bushel. Such fabulous prices for corn are not Ian ' .?\?>rk which corn ami are doing uragir.g incident* es ltiley, ridiculed iseil to "monkey , gsa?' ? I CHAMl'lON EAli, WHITE < OKN. around" in his coin holds selecting seed ears and in thu wiuter nut and study tlieui by tlio hour, he had no thought of what has occurred in corn breeding as a direct result of his Lobby. That good old Iloosler farmer did not know > that he was doing more for the future than for his own time. Boone t'onnty White and Riley's Favorite, two of our standard varieties, owe their origin and improvement to Ills faithful work. Moreover, his results were the source of no small part of the Interest In corn improvement which has been multiplying throughout the country for two decades. What Mr. Riley accomplished iu Indiana was quite paralleled lu Ohio by the Learnings and in Illinois by James L. Reid. As a result we have the popuar standard variety known as Leantf lug and the more cosmopolitan Reid's Tellow Dent, each of which is extensively grown in the Mississippi valley. For exhibition purposes the latter is without a peer In the races or varieties of corn. And still only a beginning has been made. Ears that are practically perfect, according to present standards, are being produced, but perfection has not been attained. The most imporI taut work remains to lie done. It does not consist lu producing $2o0 ears nor 1 In emphasizing the so called artistic values of perfect scoring typos. Its I prime object Is to secure a maximum yield of merchantable corn from every ) acre planted. Never was such keen interest shown I in any crop as is exhibited today Id corn. It was rellected in magnificent ) fashion at the corn show in Chicago a short time ago. Fourteen states eon> tributed exhibits. Aceordiug to tln-ir representation, their rank was as fob | lows: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wiscon sin, Ohio, Nebraska, Sou 111 Dakota, k Mlnhlo-,11. \l laan.li-l TV........... Ml ta, Oklahoma Texas and Kentucky. | Reld's Yellow Dent was represented by 100 ten-ear entries, Learning l?y 40, | Boone County White by 40 and Silvermine by 52. In the boys* class 200 ) entries were exhibited, in the ladies' class 250, in the girls' 150. in the freak ) class 150. Altogether $10,000 in cash prizes was awarded. } It is highly profitable to show corn for prize- One man from Indiana CHAMilO.N IKS KA11S, V.'HlTK < OUN. won more than $7,0W) in prizes on a single ten ear exhibit. Including the prizes won by his family, lie left the show about $0,000 to tlie good. Aud all the corn he showed was grown on a little thirteen acre pa ti ll. An Iowa exhibitor won prizes of a total value of about A South Dakota corn grower received nearly S>7,(NX> worth of prizes. Hundreds of others gained voidable prizes in great variety, according to the Breeder's Gazette, Chicago, from whose extensive illustrated report of the great corn show the foregoing Items are gleaned. A Cover Crop. A cover crop will catch In the fall !the nitrates and ntiw t, f V i. iii'.. ti i --.l Uivivti) j.uis mo ground in con #/?r Allltlirafidll ?UIIIVU DW/IJUI 1VI VUIIM?IIV?. ^ Carrots For Horses. w Carrots are considered of high value ?for all classes of stock, but especially of great value for feeding horses. The ? leaves of carrots appear to l>e of high er feeding value than the leaves o? mangels or rutabaga? W Sabbath School Teacher What d-x^s ?the parable of the prodigal sou tench j OS? Bobby Thick neck- Not to be fut^ ted calves, lun'am Puck ^ " Point of Restmblanca^ Stella Poo* her auto inatru ber ?g\>xrn? TWIr. Y?-s. they are neither of them * p?M for '. v York Sun. POPULAR PEARS. Two Varieties That Are Much Valued by Orchardists. flu- Hurtlctt pear, nil old time furorlie. is of Fuglisb origin. It is one of the few really good pears that grow everywhere When fully ripe It Is do lielotis. The tlesh is white, buttery. Juicy and of a musky |?erfutne. For running purposes it is prime, aud In commercial use It is said tliut the Kelffer is largely substituted and sold ns Bart lett. The KeilTer is deserllied ns I tolug raised from the seed of the Vbiiii'Sv saii'l |it>nr accidentally crossed w ilii Hart let t or sonic other kind. The flesh of the Kelffer Is slightly coarse. IIAUTI.EIT PEAKS. Juicy, with a pronounced quince tiavor. ii ripens in October and will keep Tor Koine time. Some tine specimens of Burtlett pears are liere shown lu the rut troiu American Agriculturist. Brussels Sprouts. This curious vegetable rosebush Is of very great value to the farmer and market gardener. Primarily, of course, Its strongest hold is as a money uinker. It yields well, averaging one quart per pp^|jk iSatJ a areciMicN eitATS. plant. It is a hardy, vigorous spedmen of the plant world and has few enemies. These little cabbages are generally (tucked iu the strawberry box of commerce, alleged to hold In the neighbor hood of a quart, which sell at wholesale from 8 to 30 cents n quart. The Ix>ng Islander, because favored by nature with a longer season than our In land neighbors, as a rule (not the ex caption), wins the top notch figures, according to a writer in Americau Cultivator. . An acre of "sprouts" on the Island carries over 7,000 plants. As the seeds are planted like iate cabbage, in the open air. there is no expense iu raising beyond seed lied preparation and cost of seed. The young plants are us easily transplanted as cabbage, and the cultivation is identical In every way. The seuson opens in October and frequently runs through December and many times (on Long Island) into February for sprouts cure but little tot frost, while freezing makes ttoea* sweeter und more dainty. jrs. us la usual in ice honsen. ? !s made of con I ashes one font nr lean tintko ns to afford complete drainage No roof whatever is provided. Indeed, most of those who keep Ice lu this manner say that roofs are entirely unnecessary and that the lee keeps even hotter without a roof over It than with one. The ice is eut and packed in the usual manner and then Is covered with sawdust one foot deep. I do not know of any one covering It with straw, but should think If that were used It should be cut first. Our dealers here pack the Ice with a f>paco of six Inches left next the walls and afterward filled with sawdust, and this space is kept filled as the ice melts. The floor Is made of anthracite coal six inches to one foot deep. The posts forming the house are tied with telegraph wire or with braces placed on the outside. All other plans of keeping Ice are here abandoned. Farm Brevities. The early lambs command the top notch in the market. omes on look after the . ur milk cows. The best ahead of time, shine into the stable* deodorizer and purifier foe of tuberculosis, jay to compel stock to stand in drafts. Lumber is high, but not bo expensive as ailing horses and cows. The dairyman who carries a herd of dry cows or strippers through the winter is not likely to find his occupation remunerative. If there are any low places about the barn and yards where puddles col* lect and freeze, flli them up at once and thereby iK>sstbly avoid a broken leg and the loss of a favorite animal. If your hogs have not done bo well as you expected, find out the cause. It may have been In the breeding, but more likely it was because of early mistakes In feeding. A Judiciously ae iecled pig given the proper treatment seldom disappoints his owner.--Far? Journal. ?-> i FARM HINTS. : I i Getting Ready For Winter Is a I of Good Management. So far as possible everything sh< ir, be put In good condition for the 1 I, ter. The cows should he put in stable nights, where they euu lie !? to fed and cared for. The stable sin 'fc be put in the best condition for u< l?oth for the cotufort of the eow> other animals and convenience in er ing for them. Have good floors stalls and plenty of light. Put In u windows when needed and then ?-' .. ... j the top round j ef the ladder. lOrigntal ] Camilla Demlug was n country g who went to the city to Join in the I erury scramble. Auihitloua ami p< sessing some means, she iiuentleil esc hew the drudgery of editoriul wo and strike at once Into authorship. 11 one man in her native village was si flcieutly Intellectual to secure h friendship, Curtis h'orsler. a youi ph yslclau who had studied his profi bIoii in towu and returned to practi It In the country. lie was ploddli and practical, lie slrougly udvised li to choose u role offering greater chane of success, that of wife and uiothi with himself for the husband, ai when she refused begged iter If si were unsuccessful to consider the off still open. She had met with some success I writing stories for the country pape mud begun iu her new field with othe more finished, it Is true, but the sat simple woik that had so pleased h neighbors. Occasionally she would d pose of oue of them to u niagazli but at the eud of a year after tigurii up bet* uet proceeds she bad gain< but a twentieth of her expenditures. She had brought with ber from tJ country a bit of editorial work, whl bad remained lu the bottom of U trunk. Feeling that she should ma an effort to add something to her 1 come for the next year even If it we not by her choseu creative work, si took out this nsjuuscrlpt, smoothed tl rumpled pages and looked it over, consisted of n series of selections fro the most affecting scenes in the wor of Washington Irving, to each of will she had written a brief lntroductlo admirably imitating the author's sty It was accepted, and the book ma a hit. The author's Income for tl year from this source was equal to b expenditures. Her publisher suggei ed the writing of another similar tax made up of extracts from the hum of a noted author. The publisher's suggestion was ? companled by so handsome au off that she accepted. The second bo< was more popular than the first ai the proceeds derived many times In per. Then commenced a scram I among publishers for the works Camillu Denning. Success Is gratlf lug In any form, and the young auth was very much delighted with hei She did not now consider her wo sillinlv editorial. At nnv rata clio sn lu It an opening for her own creation She bud long had on band a nov which from time to time she had su inltted to publishers, then revised ai submitted again, always with thesan result?"Unavailable." Selecting ? of a dozeu publishers who were no hounding her for her work, she plao It lu his bunds, and It was publish Immediately. H artless. "So you wouldn't take me to be tw? ty-slx?" giggled the fair widow. "No, indeed," rejoined the luconsl erute old bachelor. "But if you had daughter I might take her to be th old." Why They Left. "Hello, George! What's everyboi crowding out of the drawing room to Have refreshments.Jjeen unnouneed George?No. Bat Aunt Matilda Is g< ting ready to sing. Envy is an awkward homage tb inferiority pays to merit?La Motte. Only Changing the Tuns. "The man esonrwil na " s tective. "He had invented a new dodji That, you Kec, is the trouble ubout tl science of detection. The minute v detectives muster all the old tricl something new springs up. "It is rather like the story of 11 thirsty butler. When you keep a cai of beer under lock and key in the c< lar, only giving the butler the k< when you want lilin to draw you pitcher, then, if you make him whist all the time he is out of sight on tL errand, you are bound not to be J frauded, eh? Or so at '.east it w in the paat. "Well, there wait u uiun who eugug* a new butler, and, as of yore, the tir day he wanted beer he said: " 'James, here are the keys to tl beer closet Take this pitcher dov and fill it. And mind you whistle t the while you do it.' " 'Yes, air,' said James, and he <1 parted whistling. "The clear, sweet notes of 'Horn Sweet Home,' floated upstairs for minute or so, then they ceased. Tl master rushed to the cellar door. " 'James,' he shouted angrily, 'wb are you doing?' " 'Nothln', sir; only chauglu' t tune.' "?Washington Star. Letter Writing In Anoient Babylon. It pan Aflfliiv tut nitHapafivA/l #1 reading and writing of cuneiform w not an accomplishment in the i>os? slon of every one. Nevertheless the were plenty of scribes everywhere, ? peclally In the cities, where they s at the temple gates to be at the servl of the public. The frequent represe tat tons of scribes are hence Interest!! and show that in addition to clay ts lets the Babylonians used some st ef flexible material to write upon. T large number of letters which ha beat excavated, many of them frc the ninth century before Christ, 1m cate that a very active corresponden was carried on In Babylonia by mea of messengers, but even more actl was the use of writing in com mere dealings, whieb was strictly enforc by law. Nothing was legally blndl unless it wai done into writing the presence of witnesses.?Prof cm fried rich DeMtasch fas Harper's klaj ? win. .hum' iue siumc coiuiori; warm, l>tit have suftlcicut means es ventilation, so (hut the air shall no >r close or had suicllin^. j The health of the animals should ways be carefully looked after er yearly application of whitewash add to the good looks of the stable Is considered a sanitary measure. There 6hould always be au eiuh-u rg to have everything as convenient possible for those having the car* the stock, us that means uiindi dui Bl . the long months of winter lu time lubor. le, _ Care of Cow*. Prices for milk, cream und hu re high, very high for the time the year, aud may go higher and < ,h tinue high through the winter I er prospect should encourage farmer: lte do the best possible for tlieir eow: keep up a good tlow of milk. Keei ? the cows in the stable ou cool nif. Iie and feeding to the most profit! po.iit or limit should be practiced ]t Do not undertake to wtutei :i ni stock tban can be well kept, as tl Is no profit in this. Use pleut.v of I ding, so that the cows tuuy he I* IB clean. Feed the best combination le grains, market cost considered, for production of milk along with tin- i ^ cured corn fodder, sllnge and y er hay, advises American Cultivutur 1 lt, ularity in all of the work is als tiecessarv condition for the best i i < *?. Implements and Machines. IC. With the great scarcity of help #r farmer finds It necessary to supply ^ deficiency so far as possible by aj use of the best Implements and ir. chines. It costs a good deal on average sized farm to get siipp of with these, and they should lie in i the l>est use of und thou well cU-a o and housed. ALFALFA" SEED. rk w Great Care Should Be Taken In M 18. ing Proper Tests. el In un mid less before a Kansas a I b- fa club F. I). C'oburu said: 1 can s id ly render the members of your ( ue and alfalfa growers in general no tie tor service iu one brief coiiiiuuniea >w than to urge upou them with eutph d the utmost caution and paiiistukiuj ad securing and sewing none out tin- b ! est quality of seed. This quality uic not only seed demonstrated as '.Ml tuore per cent germinable. but I ?n- from the adulterations and impuri likely to be found present, most Id* quently from carelessness or shift! ness, but ofteu from design Mild so at times from both. Alfalfa seed is I pensive at best, and doubly or trt I so If it will not grow or carries v It trash and quantities of other se 'J which stock u field, a farm or a nel r' fcorhood with weed pests that interl " with or crowd out the alfalfa, displ ?t' expected profit with positive loss i provoke bitterness of thought i speech. Not Germinable. Among samples of alfalfa seed of 4 for sale Professor Itoiicrta of lf Kansas experiment station found >c with moru than 8S per cent of imp l>e ties and thirty-four different kinds foreign seeds, and these constitu 148 81.5 per cent of the whole. In this mere also 3.8 per cent of trash and t lie and 53 per cent of the seeds true name were Incapable of germinal 8'* Another sample was 70.3 per cent l?y purities and 53.3 of the remainder a ueless. Twenty-six lots tested by I '|? feasor Roberts contained an aver ll* of 44.1 per cent of Impurities, Includ le' eight different kinds of foreign se aB amounting to 4.5 per cent, trash i dirt 4 per cent, and 35.8 per cent L'J wliat'was really alfalfa seed was gtrmlnable. tie Wily He Didn't Smile >n A certain well known humorist til easily attended a banquet at wti he wta seated beside a man who so le- ed to have almost a mania for st telling. He began with the oyst ie, aad had at least one story for e a course clear down to the Roquef tie The humorist listened In patience, did not amlle or make any commi at Finally the story teller noticed tact that he was not eliciting any ti? preealons of mirth. And, being ope l was not at all afflicted with diffldei be asked: "Bay, old man, what's the ma Im with my stories, anyhow? You ban ua cracked a smile over any of them." m. "If I haven't seemed to appree: r# your stories, you will have to bli >8. my modesty." "Your modesty? There's noth ^ about any of the stories I've told 1 lU. eught to Interfere with anybody's n tig At leaat I supposed they a t> clean. If there's a double meanlnj )rt any of them, please tell me." be "There's nothing at all the ma v# with them. They're good, clean llD ties. Nevertheless my modesty fori me to laugh at tbem. I wrote the ce - Chicago Record-Herald u8 The greatest poet of Fersla was ve <*on*^ who composed an epic ca l4l "The Shah Nameh" nt>out the ink of the tenth centurv A. D ug And Charged For Accordingly, in The steeplejack was climbing tor flagstaff surmounting the olock towi [? ' "This Is what I call working i time." bo chuckled.?Chicago Trlbu MASTER'S SALE. Hv viii?' I'xi. |Hi i mailt hi ihi- niM ol .1. W. I') it x Son Plaintitr-. Vi iMif All? 11 I itlii.i ami AliUitlii Patina, 1 )i-ti :nl.i:ilm i .!:nl^ Milfl ' , uii-iit in ruiii'lcsuri' I>y ti.f iioiiiiiaul.Inn. > Wilson, Pn siilnix ,|uil^i ot tit*1 Canitl of Cdiniiioii Pli'iis tni M;>rinii Mot ,, i omit v. ; t i.1 iinc r. i III i i-i i' r.Mi'i, mill till II lllll I sic in ! will -ill l.i Id I. till llSf t unit IIhum' Ili.ur .it Marimi. S. C , In i m tlx* In^l i st i.i<I<I -1' at pnl-lir :uii*tion, , on sali silax in Au;:u-l. A. I\ !W.t. a:i?l lure i WHITESULPf MOUNT, I Hi ^ Opens hint 5th. mulct i1111 \\ HI Va I'll. ?t ll? I ' !? I U/ .4 .. i iic ut*^i ?Ydin i vol FOR STOr "liiK KIDNFY T uu'l Running Water in Kutmis, Rooms with I'rivutc Maths. tt,?i No Mos?|tntocs "f Excellent Table. Hills Xo , to Ut:>ll)liNI ?'H^ >1 1 t0 For information ami rales, atldivs? ;lu- ROERT I title >V< )FF( >1*1: .Opt i "f Sl'AWTAM I HENRY NELSON SNYI .vol I <Mtil I'RKS; Ten Departments?(ivinnasiti ? a I Athletic (iroun<L. Library am sl"'" I fourth year begins Septcniin/r 7-_'J-4t J. A. < tlit* I t?u? WoKKORD C< >LLE< ^ I SJ'AR'I'AN t u, Time New J trick Rnildings. li..,l Individual attention to eaeli -it ,a?le leather 15. loo'i. For catalogi lied i lak- ?????????????? z,j Wanted hot j ti?.. i *Y ou !!SlH | BAB a as ! ' or ! / free I t~~- ^ ties I L t [,v mmj-'- "CoiTH of pe i Tfi Thel e.ls /-J? IRIi- B*f"' P, it cost xZ yov proiitf ferIlia one 318 AUG lot "> Atlantic ( Ion. . 't Annual i age NORFNLK, WILMINC h TAINIand SEASHORE uo< and Virginia. Ie "Exceedingly low rates are ofTei itoh lx- first class, good on all trains, em September i, 1909. Fo. rates, sc tions see your Ticket Agent, or cr ?ih W. J. _______ Passenger Traflic Manage ?n,% ' WILM1NG the Tvhe ~ IJACKSON SP! tter After having undergone late Springs Hotel now under new mai ime of the traveling public and all thus rest and amusement. This all-tl ilng everr barticular. Electric light, s :li?t Tjle table is su|)plied with the best ,od" vice, and tor amusement has on th bathing and swimming with excel 1 tennis court, croquet, ltowling alio tter games besides a large and well a a to* gage for the season for parlor, din t>uu Italian String Orchestra in the o< m." nat lire's stieeifir for all the variolic er, kidney and bladder trouble. F,r" uterine tonic. It quiets and tones idu at once I*16 appetite and digestion Vou will find a* Jackson Spring tli amusement. For the benefit of tb t|j# Springs th's water is being shipoc Br boys and crates all over the count! ot?t d?. | within the usual hours of sales, all that i rtatn tract of laud 111 the county of Marion in the State of South Carolina, .11 Bothen Township, containing forty ' .a res, tin ire or less, hounded on the Nortii hv lands o! Sallit' M, Noitou. on South and Kast by lands of Mrs. James t'ousai, and-on the West by'tbe Casbua Kerry I'ublte Road. lei m.- ?i sale rash. Purchaser to pay t.a paper.-. J. L). .McLucaf. lulv l-'th. '.KJli. Master for Marion :{ t County. HURSPRINGS AIRY N. C i!i-\v ni.iii.i^t mcnt. thoroinrhlv rrnn .it! v itii|n < iv* fi. inNorthCarolina ^/iACH AND ROUBLES. I.oni' Distance Telephone, Fine Orchestra, M<xlern Amusements, Huss Meets Ali Trains. Finest Climate in the South. <.IAN IN UHAFGIi. - -V ' ^ ^ i?' = "" = ' ' ' =J? ) (oijjx;k mk<;, s*. )L1\. M. A.. I. ITT. !>.. 1.1.. I). 1111: N T . mi under conipet" nt director. I il Librarian. Science Hall. Fifty- I 15, lVitv. l-<iv catalogue address I I'.AMICW KLL. Secretary. ;k i tit inc. school HI Ki., S. C. Steam Heat ar.d LU ctric Lights. |j i?i> at. X< ,\i Scv on Ix-gins Sep.lc iit*l inf* rmat ion address L M. Dul'KL, Headmaster. i C to know the merits of COCK AN D MOYER BUGGIES i; and look. The acme rfection. At Holliday Co.? dillon, s. c. s you nothing to see and lay find the inspection tble. f T? 1 1 1 ?J1 ? U3 I I o. Zoast Line Excursion !TON and to the MOUNResorts of the Carolinas *ctl with liberal limit. Tickets will limited to return to and including hcdulcs and sleeping car reserva?mmunicate with. T. C. White rr (lereral Passenger Agent iTON, X. C. KINGS HOTEL. numerous improvements, Jackson r.agement is ana in ready to take care *e seeking for the summer, health, ic-year resort hotel is up t< date in team heat with hot and cold baths, the market a fiords with pood sere nroiinds a large lake for boating, ent fishing, lias fine golf grounds, v. pool, billiatds and many other ....... a ,1 :i;? T*-_ ii kiiikv-m iicinv-rj i>iiviiu)ii. nas ening room and the dance the best >untr>\ Jackson Springs water is ? forms of indigestion and for livThis water is unsurpassed as a up the nervous system, it restores and brings refreshing sleep to all. irec resorts in one, rest, health, and iosc who connot come to Jackson d?with satisfactory results?in carry. For further particulars address Walter L. Currie, Mgr., ? /B Jackson Springs, N. C. M i