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'V'HW'JT1"1* 'JWPPIM'IBfl F rifip Oiffcn jierctld. I" ESTABLISHED IN 189S. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1909. VOL 15. NO. 38 RECORD YIELD OF CORN. Aiken Fanner Um New Method* And C Gets Great Results. v lSfews & Cornier. This week Mr. J. T. Shuler, one of Aiken County's foremost farmers, harvested three acres cf the finest corn ever grown hereabouts, and perhaps the equal of any grown in the State. The three acres netted 348 1-2 bushels an average of 116 1-8 bushels to the acre. In addition to the corn harvested, 1,800 bundles of fodder was stripped from the field, averaging 2 1-2 pounds each. The land upon which this remarkable yield was gathered is not extraordinary land, but average rich upland, and Mr. Shuler ascribes the magnificent yield entirely to the mode of cultivation and fertilization. Similiar land last year made a yield of about 25 bushels per acre. Mr. Shuler is so enthusiastic over the yield this year that he intends to carry out the principle on a wider scale next year, and perhaps plant the entire crop, using the same methods and fertilizer.. The land is now planted in peas and a yield of about 20 bushels is expected. The pea crop was considerably cut off by dry weather. Considering the fine yield of corn per acre on this land, it beats cotton to death, even at the present good prices, the clear profits going well above the best that could be expected from an average yield of the fleecy staple. The followiug is a detailed ' statement ot the mode of cultivation and fertilization employed in working the field this year: The land was broken during the 1 tter part of December with a two-horse turn-plough, broadcast. The first part of Februarv the land was again broken, crossing the previous furrows with the same heavy plough, following with a deep two-horse subsoil plough. During the first week in March the land was laid off in rows, five feet wide, and the middles were broken out with a large one-horse plough, and the snbsoiler was again run behind this plough. The ridge in the middle of the rows was broken I ? 1? A ; - - n>ui a. acavy iwo-wingta tUITlplough, the subsoil plough again being run in this furrow. The corn was planted in this furrow, twelve inches apart, two grains to the hill to insure a good stand, | and it was covered with a Gantt | guano distributer. The corn was 1 dropped by hand. Two hundred I * pounds per acre of 8:2 1-2:1 amII moniated fertilizer was put down \ at the planting through the dis[ tributer. When the corn came up and was ten days old it was thinned to one stalk in the hill. For the first cultivation and ordinary cultivator was used to pulverize the soil, running around the cornThe middles were now broken out very lightly. In ten days' time ?j\ the corn was run around with a disc cultivator; in ten days from | this 300 pounds of the same ferM tiliiser as previously used was put down on one side of the row. This was followed in ten days with another application, 300 pounds being: put to the acre, on the side left unfertilized at the previous cultivation. Two weeks after this the corn was laid by and 200 pounds of Peruvian guano and nitrate of soda was put on one aide. After two weeks the same application was put down on ^ the other side, laying that side by at the same time. The corn's first two ploughings wees deep, using straight shovels E sweeps and small culrere used. riety of corn used on this ^ Mason's Prolific. The value of tbe fertilizer used is $22 a ton for the 8 :2 1-2:3, and $36 a w ton for the top dressing, a total valuation of fertilizer used per le acre of $16. ai Eighty 'pounds of the corn in the shuck, by actual measure- ti< ment and weight, shelled out 68 I* pounds of corn, and after remov- fr ing the shucks there remained 76 pounds on the cob, from 8 i>ounds le in the shuck. The total acreage ki averaged about three good ears to th the stalk. The corn was put into a crib, in yt which last year the yield o f til twelve acres of what was considered good corn, was piled. The vc pile from three acres makes as good a showing as the yield from twelve did last year. A statement gJ of the cost follows: th Breaking of land for prepa- ai ration $6 00 Corn dropping 1 00 Putting down fertilizer and cultivation 5 00 ^ Value of fertilizer used 16 00 . si Total cost of production $28 00 all6 1-8 bushels corn at 90^ 104 51 T Value of 600 bundles of fod- ader 13 33 st w Total value products $117 84 th Net profits over cost of pro- a duction $39 94 t This land is estimated to make m an average of one bale to the acre. If it had yielded one bale per acre n the profit would have been $32 per acre, while on this three acres me pront per acre was 589 84. sa Advice to Hunters. Already the hunters are looking ^ around for dogs and rubbing up their guns. According to the law, the person hunting, fishing or roaming over the lands of another without permission is a trespasser. Ignorance is no excuse. The plea io only aggravates the offense. If c* farmers want birds killed, they ^ will no doubt invite some of their gunning friends to do it when the u season opens. Do not hunt on lands of others without permission. Never carry 11 a loaded gun while riding in a buggy or vehicle. When the day' s l ] hunting is over take out the cartridges. If birds are abundant do not kill them all at once. * OM i iucic was a gcoa citizen ot an- j. ether county that was fond ot hunting. He estimated the number of birds actually needed by the ^ family for their dinner. When he bagged that number not another one would he shoot, even if one attempted to bite him. If a farmer notifies you that he wishes no shooting on his premises do not sass him, but ask his pardon, act the gentleman and get off in such a good humor that you 11 will have his respect. Killed the Leeches. "You smoke thirty cigarettes a day?" "Yes, on the average." H "You don't blame them for your 01 run-down condition?" "Not in the least. I blame my jJ hard work." ci The physician shook his head, cf He smiled in a vexed way. Then he took a. leech ont of a glass jar. "Let me show you something," h< he said. "Bare your arm." ai The cigarette fiend bared his pale arm, and the other laid the I \~VJ lean, black leech upon it. The j leech fell to work busily. Its body i began to swell. Then all of a ] jr sudden a kind of shudder con- tt vulsed it, and it fell to the floor w dead. tr "That is what your blood did to that leech," said the physician. b< He took up the little corpse be- ^ tween his finger and thumb. "Look at it," he said. "Quite dead, you see. You poisoned it.'' M "I guess it wasn't a healthy M leech in the first place," said the ' cigarette smoker, sullenly. I "Wasn't healthy, eh? Well, e'll try again." ] And the physician clapped two eches on the young man's thin < -m. , "If they both die," said the pa- ] ent, "I'll swear off?or, at least, j 11 cut down my daily allowance ] om thirty cigarettes to ten." , "Even as he spoke the smaller ] ech shivered and dropped on his , lee, dead, and a moment later ( le larger one fell beside it. I "This is ghastly," said the } ning man. "1 am worse than ic pestilence to the leeches." i "It is the einpyreumatic oil in ] )ur blcod," said the medical man. ] All cigarette fiends have it." ; "Doc," said the young man, re- . irding the three dead leeches ] loughtfully, "I half believe vou . e right."?School Journal. I Difficult Situation. I About a year ago a cook in- ^ rmed her Boston mistress that ! le was apt to leave at any time, 1 ; she was engrged to be married. ! he mistress was genuinely sorry, = the woman is a good cook and eady. Time passed, however, ithout further word of leaving, lough the happy man-to-be was 1 frequent caller in the kitchenhe other day the mistress was 1 oved by curiosity to ask : "When are you to be married, nra>' * ' Tndadc, an' it's niver at all, ( 11 be tbinkin', mum," was the id reply. ''Really? What is the trouble?" 'Tis this, mum. I won't marry ^ ike when he's drunk, an' when 2's sober he won't marry me."? idge. UNION MEETING. 1 Programme of the upper Mar- i n Union to be held with Pyerian : lurch, Oct. 29-30, 1909. r Saturday Forming. ) a. m-?Introductory seimon by A. E. C. Pittman. J ):45 Enrollment of Delegates and 1 report from churches. s Questions. [ a. m.?Financing a Baptist church C. C. Bridges, W. a C. Allen. I L:45 The business and occupa- J tion of the preacher, by A. ^ C. Gentry, H. A. Willis. ^ 1:30 Dinner. Saturday Evening Session. v 30 What the Seminary has done V for our denomination and what we owe to it. J. L. uew, Joei i. iviien. 15 The conditions under which a mission point is aided c by State Board. B. K I Mason. I Sunday Morning. ) a. m. Devbtional. ): 15. S. S. Class organization. ^ What ages; name; ollicers; c value, W. C. Allen, J. A. s Hursey. v . a. m.?Sermon. H. A. Willis W. C. Wallace, for Com- r mittee. a c RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Whereas it has pleased our eavenly Father to remove from lr midst to her eternal home, rs Sallie J, wife of Mr John R ickson, a loved member of the adies Aid and Missionary Sosty of the Hamer Presbyterian f lurch; therefore be it resolv- t I That we cherish the memory of ;r pure life and faithful service, id that we emulate her example Invaltu tr? Vipr May kw ?*wi .VUU1V11 CtUU OU" ety. "She hath done what she mid" That we extend to her family lr heartfelt sympathy in their L reparable loss, and commend v lem to "the God of all comfort", ho is "a very present help in owble" That a copy of these resolutions i ordered published i n The ( illon Herald, and a page in the tcords of our Society be dedicaa to her memory rs J B McEachern, ) rsM A Campbell, f Committee rs R P Hjamer, Jr, * , The Dillon Herald tl 50 a year, i I v I in fgBf Just a Little Unpleasant, tfollins Enterprise. We have often heard of people seeing "snakes," but we never .hough t that Oscar Dixon, of the i Farmers' Warehouse, would be < ifllieted with such hallucinations. ! But Mr. Dixon's vision of snakes i was different from the ordinary I and in that it was real. Last : ?veek, during the tobacco sales < jn his big warehouse lloor, he ap- i proached a pilo ot the beautiful < jolden weed. "Here's a beautv. boys! How 1 much am 1 offeredand as he 1 reached down and pulled out a I landfill of leaves, a sensation close i tkin to terrifying, crept down his I; spinal column. A large snake' had crawled into the pile of tobae:o, evidently seeking shelter from :he cold October night, and did lot awake in time to get out be- 1 tore tne sale started. However, ' both Mr. Dixon and the crowd standing around did not loose any :ime in partng company with Irs , inakeship. - - m Marion Star. On last Thursday an old veterin v *s tried and convicted of agjravated assault and battery in ^ he Court of General Sessions ^resided over by J udj*e Watts, it was a hyht between him and mother old man. The old soldier iad no lawyer, but defended his | :ase himself. Hy this testimony I ind ?iirrm1o o? ?li.. i... I r? "I'VW.. I" UH. Jilt y lie ^ :ouchcd the sympathies of all who leard him. The jury did their luty and convicted him. Judge iVatts imposed a very light sencnee S25 fine or forty days on the rhain gang. The old man said le was unable to pay the fine. VIr- Covington the court stenogra)her then went among the crowd ( n the Court House and without iny trouble and as fast as the noney could be dropped into his land raised the amount of the fir.e. ] udge Watts, the jury convicting lim, the court constables, the ittorncys and officers of the Court ind audience indiscriminately 1 issistcd in raising the line. 4 liven before it was raised Dr. ' diles, the clerk, told the old man * le could go as he knew the money * vould be raised, and it it had not ' ye all know Dr. Miles would have s >aid any balance himself. c t A Marriage Ceremony. In the northwestern part of our ^ :ountry there lives a well known rish magistrate, a man with a ^ iberal education and a full quota >f genuine wit, says an exchange. \ short time ago Jim and 1 let. a olored pair, called upon the . . * - ? 1 quire 10 ne unucci tor oetter or vorse. The squire having been *' totificd of their coming, prepared N md actually used the following eremony: I "Jim, will you take Bet, Without any regret, To love and cherish, 'Til one of you perish ^ And is laid under the sod, ^ So help you God?" v After being answered in the at*- V irmative by Jim the squire turned v o Bet and said: 11 "Bet, will you take Jim And cling to him ^ Both out and in, ^ Through stick and thin, Holdin' him to you heart, a 'Till death do you part?" Bet acquiesced by a modest bow ' >f the head and now the happy pair 1 vas dismissed as follows: c 'Through life's alternate joy and 1 strife, c i nuw piuuuuiiLx you man anti * wife, ^ io up life's hill 'till you ^ettothe s level, 1 And salute your bride, you 1 black, rusty devil." The Arkansas justice of the i>eace * toes it this way: "Stand up; jine A hands; bitched.?Five dollars, jlease." '' wt ? A' . 1 ? ' ... : " "iHlfrtfi Woman Commits Suicide at Ball. St. Petersburg, Oct. 17.? voung Englishwoman, whose nan is stated to be Miss Slett, con mitted suicide under tragic ci L-umstances at a ball given by Gei Schlopoleff in this city. She dance frequent'v and appeared to be i the best of spirits. After a dam die w:ilk??d ?>!?mu ? '1"""-*' .... Itiviiv I' / it VtV-OC 1 LV. corner of the ballroom, and a mi inetit later a shot rang out. Tl: >thcr guests rushed to the spo mil were shocked to find that si liad shot herself through the hea ivith a small revolver- The weanc Inul been concealed all the c\ .1 tig iti a silken bag which dangle it the ladv?s wrist ? A Quick Settlement. The South Atlantic Life Insu nice Company makes a record i lIic settlement of death claims. Mr. Max Fass, General Agent South Atlantic Life Insurance G Dillon, S. C. 1 )ear Sir:?I beg to acknowled} receipt of yours of the 14th ins containing check for $1,000 tocov the pcflicv held by my late hu band, Mr. S. L, Page, in the Sou Atlantic Life Insurance Compan In this connection I wish to e press my appreciation of tl promptness with which the rlai was settled. The proofs of dea were completed and forwarded Lhe home otlice on the 13th ins ind the check was received on tl 14th. I consider this a remar ih'.y quick settlement, inasmut is there is always more or lessrc :apc and unnecessary delay in tl settlement of death claims by ii surance companies. Respectfully, [Copy) Mrs. S. L- Page. 10-21-14 m m Vegroes "Regulate" Members of Race Lancaster, Oct. 16.?White rappers, or presumably blac mes, were active in the easter lortion of the county this week \n unmarried negro man fror 'lat Creek township was caugh iunday night in the Antioc ection in company with anothe olored man's wife and whipped he woman making her escape donday however, she got a hors aid buggy and drove down int 'lat Creek to see how he wa letting along, when she was alsi aken in hand and chastised, b; inknown cappers. It is evident that some of th olored people are determined t mprove the morals of their race nd if it can not be done in on* /ay it will be in another. >icks Bale in Sixty Minutes Bennettsville, Oct. 16.?Th lemonstration of the Price-Camp >ell cotton picker near here toda1 /as pronounced a success. Th arty of Northern men intereste< /as increased in number thi norning and the machine wai petated in their presence and i icked a bale of cotton in abou o minutes. The cotton was ginned at onc< nd showed up about as well a hat ordinarily picked by hand The exhibition was not strictly i ublic one as the purpose was t< lemonstrate to those who woulc ikely become interested finan ;?I1? T' ' r*-: ic?n_>. i?n . i.iciAiuic rrice an< Jr. Angus Campbell have beet tere several days, and it is under tood that the other members o he party of 30 are here upon th< he invitation of Pr^ce. Mr. Price and a' > t 15 of hi riends are at Hote McCall an< vill remain here until monday. The Dillon Herald $1.50 a yarn I H .. ? .-I'-- . Our Public Schools. A The annual report of scholastic ic conditions in Marion county shows it- a creditable advancement along r- manv lines. While in some ways there is still room for improvement id at the same time, we are reassurin ed as to the welfare of the public -e schools, when we know there is a :d steady movement upward from > year to year. le For instance the most marked t. improvement is shown in the inie crease of one week in the average rt length of the school term. The ?n report for 1907-os puts the i- average school session at 23 weeks id while it has gone vp to 24 weeks this year. The number of teachers has increased from 104 to 119. This increase in teachers of course decreases the avetage number of r pupils to each teacher. Teachers' in salaries have also increased. These tacts arc very encouraging, for if we can increase the number of teachers bv 15 and the number 0< of weeks of school session by one week for a few years, no child in rC the county will lack the opportune nity of an education, er However, the increase in the ens' rollmcnt and the average attenth dance is not encouraging. For y. instance in 1907-08 the enrollment x- was 8826 and this year 9044, tie making an increase of only 218 m pupils. This is no better than it th should be. In fact this is of less to credit t<> the county than any it. other item of the report, for it is ie very probable that this increase k- docs not make up for the number :h of children that reach the proper ?d school age between the school ie terms. There i s also another ti- item not very creditable to the county and this is that the aver Itll 'IIMIIV.C I S Ulliy Ot8V. This mt. .s that out of a possible 12,000 children of school age only 5489 are in school every day for three months during the year. Now do not think that the negro !. is to blame for this condition, for there are more white children of k school age than negro childienout n of school and the attendance of the negro children is just as regn ular if not more regular than the t white. h Three schools, Mt. Calvary, r Midway and Kemper have taken |f advantage of the state Aid Fund. This fund is exhausted at present e but is to be hoped that it will be o increased at the next session of s the legislature as there are a good 0 many schools in the county that y would like to take advantage of it. Any school, which is not able e with its own funds to have a 0 session of one hundred days is entitled to this provided it can come ply with conditions. Through the efforts of Mr. J. F. Watson a high school has been established at Pages Mills. This is the fifth high school in the county and puts the upper part of e the county in shape, ho that with very little inconvenience every ^ child tnay have the privilege of a e high school in his own county. ? ^ We need now another high school in the lower part of the county and I am very sure this can be t done sometime in the near fut ture. Sellers, Temperance and Wahee , districts have levied an extra tax g for school purposes. This will increase the funds of these districts considerably. Taking the county ^ as a whole the schools are in good j condition for beginning a new year, and with just a little interest ^ and enthusiasm on the part ot the 'i trustees and patrons, a marked I improvement may be made for the jlncxt annual report. e! County Supervisor Martin have s the chain gang working on Harlee's j Bridge near Little Rock. The bridge is being put in good repair. Mr. Martin has been doing some good road work in the upper sec:. tion of the county lately.