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■ ■ . ' - t Hitir > Pm •i f>*l(l for ■ttcndanee or wr^WM ttR^tl “*'• : '‘ •I . v A — . . w ' . • .• » ' ftl no Honitor. po aWH tM MM HAY. f.iNVARY, 14, IW9, '• .'" V. ii,riTrt.i..ii.i -i «■■ ■.! .'.i . i.. ■■■-.— ,, t, ««. i .js r'i •?S—moMi th« voice of the tU « t h ? . heen v^X mud ‘ our nteal h*j been rontpllnieniej bjf i , ltr»*<tt-iirv»iv 0**pl« who have cnien •r' ; oiir ftbto.- f dtf *»ot think thik U th« nlr COCNTT ^|j{tui.4Ti05 P^hloy^lTor » hjwrtlmH ^ on INUtttAfl'r*. ' ' ", » i : ■: WfijiimgNi . ^ f iK»t »nre of It ** m 'nrt wo have belief that lh-re are ubmaJ mort eorotnerolal troeeltera, -Urom- jneea^Vtirnn u,'iti4. at i h U jta*on. rAmi there an* mo iri»*on* why ro .. 4WMM «r« on the go. Ktrar, tho "otrth • ifTpred le»* v yr. lg lha Koo*eVeH uanio Ilian other AI UKKCH lal.AMJ. Major IJiirry 4IamTno«<l on behalf of otiTv wir.bmIM* aurely a food way »ml I will ghe It to yon fof ahavlfel*' worth m ine | eoole prefrf dry eiut the hteWilaJami Akro^lturai fioHeirT 1 "*- 1,01 1 the hr.he method, am] on JtlauinJaF wel.a.ttieU I‘rt4 l» iit etc, t i ‘t keepa tb* meat cleam r and 1 tWnk aafer In.a rery aarbi apell of weather. * lt U eactlooa, dentate the ;>twiwe«lltate.l nmr- ■ of the paring prfoe for cwttitn. manofacHirerH and wholeaalcr* are over •tnekot] wit It Honda and Utuh'r s.uMI.mI w ith ca«h . Aa foreahadowed by Tint 1‘koci.k fHireral week* ago Jtolge Taft on hit- nnd broke l>re»i| and fruatml oh coed mean witn the Beech faUnd Agricul- thtal Club, th# oldclt farntcia orgaui tatl«n In »he nontli^ ) A» the rdkd to a mail’* heart la (ihrough hla month It l* acre that for the tetnalnaer of hla daya Jmlge Ta<t will hare a kindly feeling for all Sooth trarctlna. while our people will, while refuaing to a wallow hU politic*, re- Tall to their meetirg nltn ihtie grace ful ami appiop»1ate worda: Mr. Tali, w* hid you. widcome to our Fanuerr’rtob In the pahtOof the fHim- l.;g JinpUlatlOn of ih.vlcli Inland. lu me tar e\*t a great 4>o ten late ha» bcea-lirarriing toi W .-ara Iroru |m»ioI to point, and Ida vitlta Iwve every where heeu eonaldcred a great honor, aa wo here todi.y cnnaliler-Lhht- VTalt u| youra, for von alone, Mr Tatt have htmn (raveling for more than four rear a moat Uutiiit region* of tluf world, and It ht nportod Hut evarv- wliere you have carried cticniragomeot hrpFmTfrr.rTp'tr. ffTc podoTe. *'fhe Italai f.antR Of I’ibct—the po tentate rcfoi red to—Is conaklyred bv j“nUtUlt»a. vv e cttcrian me hope iiiav conaidcr von lb-* rili'Carnation of the Immortal *»eorge Waahlngtnn. The govemment of tfio l.ania haa conlerred on film the title of .Nljiforo ami Loyal Stnvnd«r of 4 livilixatl >n, ami we deairu to have conferred upon you a aimllar tine on the realifat'on, <.f your exprea- seil dealic lor pciVce among all naiToha and the rertoi atiou of hnruiony. equal ity und I raternlty in ivvceu llic voiid noutli and •olid north.” •^nct and admire hliy pcr>oUalky. iCTery farmer ihould write «t 1eH»t one la.ok a year. The merchant, bank er and average httalnea* man due* ao and can tell any time of the year when he mutt 116*4* coonomUe or may apread o'iit with infety. But, with too miny farmers. It W a gue«#lng hUHlneaa except at settling Vime. By keeping nn nrenunt with every crop planted, cultivated, gather ed, need or wold the farmer could tell Which paid, which wa* not profitable, and could tin.I out where the leak* are and stop them before two great harm U done. The cheapness alnrgoodnen In qual ity of thi* year’s cotton are causing the fit Ills of the world to load tip. They and their fellow con«plrators succeed ♦d In their wmkmt pwro**** of getting the price down below the cost of pro •lection by th* claim and plea that there were small demands for their goodf. Now, it appears that all the world needs and want* cotton goods. Tnes* cotton ilonrr* are fursightcd fWOftlb. Buying cheat) co’ton now iiVefrmbeTti Tpioatmir Rt fhe price of this year's nn plan led crop slid cbewper, provided they can onco more fool the tanner* of the '..nilt into be lieving that they can by a big coming enp make guod the losses on the last FOR FA KM KK FOLKS. Be commence this w.rk the rnbii- Option of a series of article*, eighteen In number, by. O . V. (tregnry of the Agricultural Division of the Iowa HUte College, on •Home Course In Modern. Imre. ’ _ = —_ _ Tltev may tint as an entlret- fit our anil, season* »m1 products, hut there is ntm lr good wheat In them »hat our farmer ft lends can sujraratc from tne chaff—If there be chuff. We bnno»tly think that every iirtel- llgent farm jr and gardener can gather front these a.ih es facts, idea* and suggestion* that w ill be of Urge jtml lasting value Id the heUcrment of far ming methods. A» all real prorpeikv, all plenty in living, aad sHfeguunling against pov- »rty and bun get are hased ll'st on tin* pM^dnytsof the ff)'ld and Hie garden ’ffano^e that this school of 'I'.iik l*ro- »L* Will have many careful, constant pupilrand that all will be helped to better times through tltese teaching*. Wa shall not follow the anthoi'* ar- rangefiieot bot sh tU give the article* In the order that vein* best suited tn bring good re«ul.-i. S>. open an agrlcitltur.il coilege t<> old and young, at your own homes and the only ex p -nse is the price of sub*c; Ipilon. hv Ihi CIIARLK1TO.V LKADIXG. In many tiling* the dear old city the sea is said in have l.mg lieen behind the procession of | tog t css rs inarched by the smaller cine* ot the Interior, but site ita* turn d a new ycai leaf that puts her far ahead of Comm bla, Rock HIM, Limestone. Spartan burg, Oreenville and Greenwood. This 1* the Charleston Innovslirtn: Tlie girl pupils ol tlie Meinnilnger School are requjrcd to take iluee liutti fc»#on* weekly in cooking! The eom*c of Instruction commen ces with the uiaKing of rites and goes on until tlie pupil* have a "knowledge of foods, their composition, pioducinui. preparation, cooking and ser\dng and their value to the body.” By way of rew rad for good work, or pnniafMneRt for bungling the fair, flushed faced experimenters arc re qulred to cat»the viands they have completed, and as a conscqueueo tltev bav«.already learned that too niocli •alt and pepper do not make sea'loped •y.ttprt the more jtppelizing. If the management of Hie Memmtn- Iter Bchool will have these cook lug fuoc tons open to iko.lnspecth>t> of the sotUrlmorktl epidemic will soon sweep * aer.Ui* cltv'from the Xetk to South Jtalttrir For wliat could be ‘noire at* glH. WeaTtng'A! ity-gap.'snowy cuff*, an apron wRbout embroidery or trimming pnd SRlIiottf bretelloa. wTth a tTiwcl on her or 'shoulder preparing *14’ I If In addition she may learn to of loot on the Up tor by the dimple would ba irrcsl*-' Mr. Taft, responding, raid ; •' M r I’rci-idcnt and Genticmen of the ILecb l-Und Fhrmers' Club: 1 aui very grairduf tbyoil lor your cm dial wWrcme ami liie graceful word* in wli cb tt has bevy presented. 1 don’t JerTexartly like tlm Lama of Titx t. win* livts In u higher altitude than the one I pi j iv. and who i* considerably further remnvtd from tbu-e in whom he I- lute;eatod Ilian 1 expect to be dn- tit g four vyitrs wtien lli« cliief magi*- trarv will tie my tespoosihllUy. 1 um i-spe< L«liy iutviesred In your society. 1 onder-taiid lliat v on I n k back to a life of seventy veai-a iliac tins covered a great, deal of the most inti re-ting his corvid this cmrntrv, and that you still tlie a vnung. vigorous and pro gressive organisation. The truth is, .that we are coining again to the im- portance of file farinei as the bsckbone of the country. Movement* are now ou foot, Instituted by Mr Roo«evelt and those who Have given attention to the matter to seek to unke ! itr,il life more attractive and ti (iro c it Hie de- sto lion of the country for the eft.y, Kv- ery one tecogni/es that it, is heller for the people to Im distributed m >re equally tinongb the coaititry and not. to he conc'cnti aled in the cite, and that those things that make for the comfort slid prosperity of t oral life make for the benefit of the entire country--city and rui'Ml disti lets alike "l Itad the p easiir* of a cilh since l have been In Augusta, from Mr Horace IMmtketr, x gwuftebiun who has heen en - gsged for years a< toe head of tire bn reatt of agr.culture in Ireland, and who came tu-la!mr w i h-mc to carry on as far as in me He- the movement initia ted hv Mr. Roosevelt, I’inchof, S cte- tarv Wj.son and others with reference to tlie investigation into Inimlng ]f|e in this country, and the ptissiole means of improving it and ol making it a* at tractive as pns*|))>, making it so that our young men shad not feel it nece*/ sarv to move Into tlie citv, making ft so that, tlie halanco between tire eyty and bonntry shall be mai:,tallied in a bealtlifiil raiio. ‘ IV hat can he done you gerulcm* u -dot+bGm heWc than I do I ,im hi suburban produef^ M\ i the fatm liar been imre ! s little liav for in gr inui the summer vacarions m what aeemcj to m- tlie to were ever prepared. I j those impie) shuts ucr. ,■/ so absolute at.tndpoiny; * relative sratnlptdnt the one’s graudfiitIn r'* h^Use m n;-oo.r * the swee'est. Htat a i.i.iii ever s U down to. I hayenVlaekcd -nv Rpp«-‘ the at any time dir/log tnv HO. hut hi that period in yoiytli there i* no fear ol Indigestion, and /to fear of eating top much Th > •■v/)ih nces here of rhe wealth of yotir/shll and rite poadbih ties of devetopfng h, ev^rt to an eve not, used to judging of farm land, pre clear. - / The que*tlon of labor whit you, | presume i/i a proldein, and all those lisfoveriy'* with refe.-euce o the bet tentieiityd the soil. 1 suppose you vr.l up, a* other (armer* dn, and look to w *rd ynur *tata instil iitlims and to ward/lhe agr|.-iihnr»l dtpsrtment in .'bS.liliILgiiin .fur.ju4*i4r{,+4e as- i-tain i hut n g.ird, anxious as other people are In, make t w o nlades of gra** grow where one giew In fine ‘‘St'iuftnrv Wilson who is an linn- orary member ot your club, I It.ve had il e p!ea»tne of sc,-ring with In ti.e cahlnet, and know how mu'ch.lie lit* dme to develop the imjiurtance of •cieliMlic I n vest 1 g.i t i fts lor purpose of farming Thetruih is. a fanner iia« so tniien to know nuwailHV.* in order to develop raet-ytiihig tuat he ought to. that he t- hegiinil eg to lo .k like'a col lege prof, asm ; hut ho'.veve.r lie mtv look, It i* certain tint til l linpe irf tii).. country rests Urg'dv with tits farming class* *; that tltev are tno eouvert ative element., they ate the burs to whom we mn t long lor the pre-, rvatinn of out institutions; they arc the ones, who H the fre,- air that they , njoy, trod- the delitteiatjoiith.it. they itivc, auf tie op|M»rtunitie* for tp.lni considera(iu:i and leading wideh is given tliem in tlie eour-v of th&ir tarot tile, are able tn rye en p, rhaps jiisft r and more pnilos nttltic ,...uclii»imis than Htose ot u* w b i aie in the huiry'of th. city li.'e anil haa n't time t(> Hcijnst on r mind- to tiie judicial Httitude, I In relore, without Having been a fanner, without know ing anything about a farmer’s life, i w ish to testify to the pride I have in a reception fro id gentlemen who have nad that experurbee and who havi made so successTu] till* club and who, I doubt not, are the bone and aim-w of thia C'ttumnr.itv n#ce»**t y to have gond healrn.y c.orl well fatter.ed bog* to spirt orfth, ami to know Tifiw to properly divide tind trim tlin c arca**-n«t that jtha»e of tljttHjuestion ,1 will not take tip 1 would prefer to butcher wheint. the weaiher I* only tnoderaUdv cold, and when If l* ju-t a tittle below frrrx- " f the meat l* ailowed ro Iwcome frer.en hard Irefore it Is put Into the brine, tt will not take salt readily, Iter the carcasses ate eiu up, spread tlie hums, shouldera and sides upon a table vr hoarilg in tha smoke Iruiijttu. hiit 'WTicre tliey wTil not fret y.e—do not pile them up. Rub a little salt on each piece, particular If the ham* •anti M* people tne reinedfhatloir of the' stu.fllder-, anrljct Iheutfai cool out for TTuUdRi; We'cherlsh the bope tbal we twf.nt.y-four to Uiirtvslx du)iu» ( __Xlien pack closely In acieuti barrel and cover w ith a brine made as fidlows: Poft n u f 1 /til - ,, n 1; 1 , c ,wyof ■' «•;*: : ;’.f it ' ji 4 : • ft :: u ; ! . -i' J L-r -'•an:.- | / / . id/ t-i c < i:. ; • t-:,; /: bji Ttt* 1 ~ ^ ! tt 11 ! r t'c, J*' / • " . 1 ■ »• r i ♦ . 7 i . v. , ■ f Pm, J. t\ 1 !?• * (i .1 j A i!L | (.s ■ r • * . 'a j Go* ji Till! SECOND STORY. The Hist report of a tnv*t«;iou* church murder in kJIchlgau is puhli-h Ail I t ** r .. ..) .. —.. t . .. _ s* . water, three galfonb; gotd salt, two pounds; brow n *ugt.r or n good quality of sorghum, one pound. Make this proportion a Mifthdent amount to cover the tneat well. '1 be brine should be boiled and skimmed and put on the meat after it is thoroughly cooleiD It will require from four to six weeks, ov* ing to the size of the hams, for the meal to tie salted ptoperly. '1 he side* req' .TWh as time - usually four week* ■ Is suflic|e1.1 for them, but tl)e proper time t<i lake the meat out of brine car. be determined bv *.»mplltig lr . ‘For curing I use clean corncob,* nr hlcknrv arid maple wood. I|.h«tig tl.e ineat in a d u k. tiglit dnsettnade in the coolest corner of the smoke-hotise. 1 I |inr the lire for the smoke in a stove autj tomiuct the smoke into the closet through a pipe, thus avoiding too tnueh li»*at under the meat. It is best to take p'enty of time to mIIow the inea/ to cure and I would like to liave/a smoke untler ihe meat about half Hie time each day, and it will niybire about three week*—then', the U:e»r slum! t have a nice straw color and be stilHcienil v cured that it may/lie Itu- n.ediatciy sacked and hung back in the same place. “The butchering sliou!i/ he done early so that the meat may be sailed and cured before tlie warip weather in March sets in 1 iiieler/ueat cu ied in thi* in tntcr Ho any , qf tl.e packing house produel* on the market.”—Col- man* Rural World, •V* HIDING THK I'RKACHKK. There is no yprctiier sight in the worjil t iaii tliin/n.ikiug'women beauti kullv gowned tyiid I might h,v hatted anil thi* giMjd/V sight c*u lx 1 seen a* o' ten in as anywhere die n the world. Hut wlteA thi-u beaulifu'dy dres-*ct1 vvonien lylne to chnreti on .Sun.lavs and tskeTiieir sears high up in the svuago/na aini t mi liapfx.i to get b* hind tnoin then ill* taiher a propo siliot/ to see tdie |>r*‘Hclier. Ones at tent/On i* peiba|>* aiready dlstracteti to some extent by so much loveliness but h.* braecs up against this feeling and make* up his mlmj to pay strict at- /tention to the sernitin and after ret,eat ed ed'ort, manuges to see the mini-n-i tbroiigb an opening in ihe idume lu th hats, he feels, that nd wli he v>:.. when the three font hat vvith Hie nvr foot plumr* enmmeiice.* to revolve oi swing nii and (low n fiist one side thei ftr-JWiio. i:l com. ook* hhouc th' oi a three year owl m (qiibo, q,i in the low country ;i “GhIIi . t”) disappear* irom view eni'ireh Vo i iii-r in spice of your good in- f ,i,-■ to the coutrarv, the ihread o , : r • ;t. hut this is.not all lor vqttr failure to follow the preach cu make up your m'ind ’hat you pi*» the time away bv looking a ■ r-tiy women *11 ..sound von, hIh- tlud that there ar.* so many of them that tiv tiie time church is out you arc hopcies-ly ci’o-s eyed . Now all of um know how lovely tin- dark blown soft giay and violet bCrc eyes with pouch bloom cheeks and lose hud mouth* look tinder the lingo lint,- that a.e dreams ihemsclve*, asul when they sit In Iront of ns in church and shut out all view of the' pr< a her, i* iln ro any wonder that the uios. devout worshipers arc among the. women A Ghureli Goer. iINfTK the condltloa of the •pH bad £0 mjjr u to do with the readlacM with which the pbwrt* c.-tu get food from It one of the moat Important,problems (hut confront the farmer Is the proper preptimxlon ef tbo ground. The first work of preiiy/r.i- -U«»H~m<unll:e fotmials ofTlli,tvlbgr tln/es will pulverize the gi tBau hours of wqiit after so dry. anti Tutted. The fall plowing will usu; tie gone over tf lth the disk fj) |get It in slfuite L r flaming. The stipe it'r cenv til: it) u obtitdiukl by _ tkinMii_? btkli Unit la, lct/l;igJfiic dLak ‘Tup jgi f nixtre l!u<n pnty for the r There /j mu iddniooiH tut (hut The enrfmle Is left sum lag Spring pltjwing Is sg! sat^. /tn cases where improper p left tt llcvkl chddy-thc roller 0)0 used to cdviintage. A corrugated roller It belter for this purpose than a smeoth one. m» It tends to crush the child ratltsr than to simply puGi tbem dewn into the liner dirt. A home- made ‘'planUcr” tr-clcd crusher will often nnsw'T the i urposo as well as a roller. Tb“ i dler rack* the ground confid ing hn* y often Irtg the ground pttlverL-.es it t extent and huriet the weeds agd traelt tft.it may tw» (Va lTi? r-tiffAcc. riowlirg ahouM not be donb when the soil I* too wet, or the first of these objects will not lie accomplished. In stead of being pnlvcrbted, the slice turned up by the plow will be packed together more firmly than ever and will bake Iti'A ft h/ird clod. The fur row isll-c Will nlyb turn up eleddy If the fo-il la too dt^*. •/ A good way to tell when a Held is in proper eondlvlc.il to be plowed Is' to aaiueeste a bail of the dirt In ygur hand, if it stick/ tugetber ! > a pAsiy niusi- >■'. *1 had He c ter .et it dry yi few d i '‘ 1 '■* '.mcaens I'w .'-pillar/ L.ttgtv. If’it iiuug'i looEt^y u^etUfer In | '*'r' '>a.er, u the nurfmv lu Icit a mealy ball the plow can Lc set to tvorkynt once. SucMi soli will fail over the ,<Hlge cf the mo Id boar J iu loose, crumbly musses. Tj/e fleid will not Ivy t/dged like a w.isliooard, as too many peids are, but r.Ul aptly (]eii)''nFirate Ihe truth cf thA eld faying that “a Ho! I well plowed Is half iiarrowcd." In order to do a neat Jo!) of plowing n colter ar.d/a wi weed book are uecessa- *w ng np an a now n ni>.c • n Ih T ta/ft T, ; l c ctbt rjfnd'the pXiMtcljt t-s* T. nr)W / /T;i i :, t; j j,-,t i-on wIth life hat lot MEN AM HUSBANDS. In Ihe Ghri*tma« number of Harper’* ib.zar, O.-tavc I’b*net, in _*yveaki •’Men «* Hum band *7 r ’ mui *. it; part : About seven lime* out ol ieo f vv(h-o a man Iturts hi’* wile’* feeiing he won dec? why »iie 1* hurt Many lime* h. dues not know mIx- ha* be.-n hurl unn (bo lalliiyg temper ttir e g;\e* Id 1, pause." Mcuiivv idle, Mhe i* Imitiing w ith a brui*iug *. 11-0 of wrong anil goa .v lug liitle (joubt* of hi* 11 if,-i 1 ion, *f»4 a (Ireayiful MTtspicitTn th.it she i- not , he woman lli tt lie ouvht to iiavi- mart to I. Sue lot.g* to clai tty tier p-r- to 1 l,c,J M»yd vvith Mpeecb. hbe icchIU the r(ti*nnder*:.tinling in tlieirilay* (,' c >tiri*bip whit h ended in ,i*uch a ru«i, of light and happineMS. Let us snp- po*c that sue yltM-s speak. Ilappl ar- they boil) if she shall discover lu time that men do not et,joy dealing up- showeis *0 miicli as yvometr^ He.'eel.* himself an twin! brute to h ue him her, and he u gintefid to be Jorgiviu; lint be would be more grateful If sin could forgive hint without a rccoocllia- li,«n. ' -‘•And h,e lias some reason . A quar rel I* an tu-eidciit that might happen to am married pah ; tint h ivnoncdi i- ficii is ttie |i.emeiinaied uarn wbitli/ confesses the povertv of their hdeciiotV But .vomeii do e (,n explaua inns and recomidatious and the pro-tra'imi ol ft mot *e, such darkling pleasures Die nut fur men Tin y would a* lief/try ..... ed inM»e "th ni'iujBLn ol_iuiit flr*t paae, Uxeliglor* oof-tt»* eUv dlwovorv of two fMi, e teeth in th ■ dtoye shovy Gideon Browning, a car- Ter. wa* the victim, and nad prnt> ly b**ii killed Ity preacher Cirntl- *?L heoausc Brown knew thing* maging to Carmichael’* 'character, A reward of »'00 in'offered for Car- michaeis capture ■ —‘ THE Tj>IKD BTORY Freaeher Uarmiohael killed and cro mat^d Gideon Brown. From Uarthage IHhiola, he wrote to the Michigan ■l»*r'ff COD fetal eg that be killed Brown- inf wLtkji hatchet, and then burned hi* body. Oarnilchael theit committed fujcldf hr cutting hia throat with a p.x-kft kniff, bleeding and frecxlng to -V. getting intoxicated on ipVn'e.cT “lybme! uincs I think titvtr Instinct in the matter is truer and nure dcllcatb thm ours ’ j ' I’iicre are women who hafe/acenen” shyly an 1 Mtteily, like a man. And there ai e man y woiueo who/recogni zing thrir bti'iiandV feelings, give np their own secret desire to nave ir all maiiti cicar, ansi respond-Tfr-h-jr -dTxr la, tic advance lu (he -skine temper., When tlie hiGbund (,f such a wife, who has said trulv cruel tilings ahmit the cooking at breakfast, (idea to clean off the slate anrreplHttrnHy by fervid praise of the tlln’.ei , she doe*n't feed that site mu«t need* put him where h< helonga by.resiKAidLUg aadiy that—sbe is glad that they have anything which suit* him. Not ihe; she *ays cheer fully that ahe (nought'he would like it; she ia glad be does; and turns the subject. Then shey look at each other auroaa thi table, and they both laugu/ The ohtncei are that th« next day Ire ••nda her a present, for it ia in the na rureotihe Auwrrhxin to work off his a* well fsa hU remorse In no. V—A GAXO TLOW AJ V*>ltK. ry attnohments. By using them nil the trash can be turned under completely. Thi 1 Dot only hnatens tne decay of SMeh, matter, but also adds greatly to the looks of the field. Too pinny farm era do not pay enough attention to leokv A ragged looking field may ratie Just fta large a crop as a smooth one. It ia true, hut the farmer who li carelcsn In fcl* plowing la likely to bt enrol can In evTrytTdng else. If the plowing D dene In the fall U does not mdftcr so much whether It turn a up cloddy or not. Tbo hard freezes cf winter nre the best pulver izer* that ever t«re n clod t) pie-ea. Thi* I* cue of the advantages of fall plowing. One c-f the disadvantage ia that In nn epon-winter the cell la l!a- bie to wnsb badly. This can be pre vented to Fon.c cxlent, however, by planting a cat'll (Ftp. nub an oats or miKr t,_r n Tkcjjf'.d after plow lug. T he dcpthVf plowing will vary with the eordlticiis. A light, sandy soil dee* not reed to be plowed ak deeply' as a heavier one. If the ground i.i' plowed the Fanse depth every year the iHvttom of the furrow will become hard and the root.* will have difficulty In getting through It readily. A good plan Is to begin at, bay four Itmbc-.i. nm! plow one-half-Inch deeper each year until a depth cf Fevea or eight Inches/ D reached. Then go bach to f, Inches urd begin over again. In this way a little new gel! Is turnoff up every season and the layer of surface •oil prnchnlty deepened. Fprtng plowing Hh, riM be shallower than that dene fn the fall. The noil i* fall of tfry pores, its atruchi/o botng much the nome as that of light broad. If yen will put one corner irf a sll^e of hreaff In a dlsh^or wat/r yon will notice that It'becomes w/t for n con siderable distance nhoTO t’.ie surface of the water. ThT.a Is rnu'.eff by the moisture fimwing upward tiirmgh the little holes in the bread. The fern: that onuses wnfrr to rise In a small tube v(a- om!!:<1 oapdlarlty. It ia this cnpllinrlty that mpkes the water rbc from tlie suhsoJI up to the surface where the roots can use It. The smaller the rap/!!ary tubes the faster and higher the wafer will rise. When the ground is plmvcJ these capillary tubes are broken up, and the rise of wnfcp- is checked. To start lr again tlie ceil must be fi,T>wo$l to settle for a long time or else he worked down with the dink, barrow or roller. In the fall the depth of plow ir,g does not mat ter. since the futrow slice will have nil vbffer/ln which to setde. lint In tlie fprlntf this capillarity must be restored nhnosd at cuec ogd/te, Ktirfnce layer wllk he, (ime so dry that gerndnation nn/I Inter growth will be checked. I^bnce the Imix-rtance c,f slmllow plow- Ing, so na to reduce the loiter of disk- ,1ng and harrowing. If the* surface of the ground Is crusted er if there l.t much trash to 1)e turned under the field should l>o disked before It Is plowed. This will .provide for a layer of line dir{ in the Lot loin of the fur row. which will pack down closely ~4c4~bt4)>- b»-pc;;hye capillarity. If the furrow turns up “rhlTty” or Fhews any tendency to bake Into clods It should Ite harrowed every half day. or every day at least. This seems like a grent deal of extra work, but If a harrow is kept lu the field It docs not take long to hltcjj on to It and go over tho.-.iliHrlj—PIoxeoB atrip Just before quitting for nffen or night. A few mluutes spent In harrowing at such smooth much of the moisture that conies up will tie lost by evaporation, and later hi the season the crop will lie likely to suffer from drought. To avoid thi.*' the roller should bo follow ed Immediately by the barrow. T his loosens a th’n layer ( f surface soil. When the capillary water reach es this loose layer its rise is checked, and comparatively little Is lost by evap oration. For this same reason tt is ofien v.e!l to harrow fall plowing as soon r.s it tc dry enough In the spring, espevially if disking is put to be dene until late. After the ground U plows! and disk ed the harrow must be used to com plete tho preparation for planting. There are many kinds of harrows, but none that are better than the ordinary spike tooth. These tiro made ia all styles aud sizes. Tho harrow, is eco-/ nnmieal to use, since It geta ever ground so rapidly. The boat time to harrow in ordef to pulverize tho cofl I* immediately after a light Fbower. The little clods will then Ik* softeu/d and will Ik* easily knocked to pieebs. To kill weeds, however, It Is better to wait nntil the soil Is a little drtef. as b*tr- rowlng a wet fio^d will fraBspIant the weeds ratlter tlian deetroy them. Do net be afraid to harrow too nmeb. No work that you can put 0:1 a fl-'ff pay* tetter. No other impkrnw.t vlil kill ns many weeds la so plv*rt a thne. and ffT* other machine will tear deals to yleoes so rapidly. A field well plowed tend disked and hairowc-J nnlll It i: in ns fine tilth ns it Is I'oesible to make It !? an ideal sec<1 bed. Heed planted In such a s,,11 u 1/i start under the m'isf favorable* conditions. If the 8ec(] irsclf ia strong and' l’ 10 after treatment what b should 1)/, a maximum crop nay be egpeeffPtk , . .... . . . - - Nob all fields need to bo plowed he- L re the/crop Is p.nt in. It Is a geucrgl practice in the core !>e!t to sow email grain/on atalk fields wlthcut any pre vious preimratlcB. Experiments hare shown that small grain doea n«t yl«kl bn plowed corn stark y the eoet of plewfng. equently they do not rfel/T as mu.-h. MTiero small grain follows • K!£ 11 grain, however, plowing Is gef- i csrary to ki!l werds and iocswu the \ surface poll. It does not need t* he loosened r.n deeply on for com, how- ov-r, since the munlt grain plants are hardier than corn and the roots are >mom aggressive in pushing through a hard soil. WMle plowing stalk ground Is mt- tiecessnry, ft will urualty be found profitable to disk tho land tKjfnrtTsiMHt- lag.’ This chops up the cornstalks and provides n mellow layer of soil for the seed to germinate In. TTIirre the oats nre to be put In with a drill the ground Phcnld be double disked previously. If sown broadcast vuurt (i wia( Fm: g ugh more or.d to p:ty T frequent It rtn/ai year ronmiencing .lanuary rtfftH from tl e I5th d«y of Oviober to'the'Tath of March 1909 In- t*|ve. rom ,Hia ~l«t to th* vll«t day o nary buoitlne'nvlve a penaly of out tuent will.he added. nn thv Ist'TO The 23th daT’rt^ FeBel ru »'V Ipoluolve a penalty of two per cent p ill be added to all Mu^e* paid llj Fafcruary. - • ! F rom Hre totheTAth rlxy of At* rrh" liDO^ ineluMive a penalty of »«*ven per c^iU K ill be added to all unpaid uxe*. ff . LEVY. For ftrate-iHivp«>>e* f>J mills. For Ordinary County purposea SJ^/ mills. / For Keindexing It cords n, '’J • / For « omuittitional .School 3 milt*/ Totvl levy 12 mills. TTieie a ill be an extra levy of two mills in Blackviile township for road tax. ,/ Commutation tax will $2 00 and will Im received ftom October 15 ll'OS to March l<t 11)0!) inclusive. Special Local School Levy. Cedar Grove (1) mill, Allendale. Raihary Branch. Calvary, Double Pond, Elko, Ed Urn. Friendship, George* Fu-ek, Rcaling Soring* Kline. Mnnl*. New Forest, Oak Grove, Old Columbia. Keeffy Branch, Seig'ing viile, Se\ex Pines and Tinker's Creek .'2) mills. Pa'toi, Big Fork, Black vibe, Ca\ c, Hlckoi v Mil', Owens Cross Roads, Sv cai/irne, No 51, Ulmers and Upper Rich Land G!) mill*. Fairfax (T! 8 ) mills, Heicule* and l.ee* (4) nil Ha, yarn well (-JJ*) mills, \\ lilUtQn Fi'i; mills. United State* curiercv. Gold and Sliver coin. ( mint v and Scimol claim* properly approved, w ill be rcc< ived f(.' it-Xes Uliecks and draft* w ill not be received for taxes except at the risk <>1 tax p»J VMS. .1 B Armstrong, ( nuntv Treasurer, Barnwell, 8. C. September liti^ibUc, Now U the time to bu]/. Land* will - «V never be cheaper, and ttire to Tnereate In value.' &AS Aerea, Barnwell (.j Q wroodland Atlantlr 0oa*t fitne Railroad. L Imnrnvakn^ttta A bargain in thia place. Term* eaay. // ' ' fii'O Acres. Bulldlaga and Imprrre* menu. 300 acni* in cultivation, KOO psrea in wnodtainT. . . .i T ...... 7 ' Tbrea mile* from Spelling Stktb>n, A.C. L. R Four milea from Duo« barton A.C. L. Term* easy. 2C0 Acre*. HlO In cnltlvation, forty acres in Wood and Timber. Barnwell Township, five milee from Barnwell Cmirt House. New Realdenee and otb«r building* in good conditions. Term* easy. 400 Acre* in Rarnwelf Township, Houses and improvement*, Four mile* trom Barnwell Court House. 200 acre* in cultivation balance in wood and limiter. Terms easv. 160 Acres Three mile* from Barnwell Court House. Kdaurcsin cultivation balance in Timber and Wood. Terms easy. 50 Acre* thiee mile* from Barnwell Court llmtstv Houses and improve* ments. acre* in miltivatloii balance in Wood and Timber. Terms easy. 5 (<00 Acre* also in one tract of Pine, Cypres*.-Poplar, Ash and other hard woods. Goo' l*a nd convenient Railroad facili tie*. Come and see fhes* properties. I. O. Patteraon A don. ir [iti 9 fmr CAR LOAD OF at f HILL TOP STABLES, BARNWELL, S/ C. READY FOR SALE, AND GIVING SATISFACTION. AT TtlS * Very lowest possiLle prices. They were bought Right ami will be sold. Well Worth the. Money. A Nice lot of Buggies, Surries, Wagons, Lap Robes, Harness and all parts of Harness to be sold CHEAP. CHARLIE BROW THE than £facv». Exchange. 1,170,743. TOO MUCH COTTON. Tlie ccrisiss report issued on Satur dav showed that «t» Hr-Hrt Jxmi»rT t?,- 470,2l!fi ba e.s of (otb'n had been ginned, a* compared with 0.051,506 last year: 11,751,039 for 1007 and 0 725 420 for lOWI. The proportion of the three last crops ginned to January 1st w.vs a lit tle oyer 00 per cent. Texas leads with 3.486,510 halea, Georgtg next wi'.h 1032,556, Missis slppl third with I 57(*707, Alabama fourth with I,bOf,321; South Carolina na. vi—pkepadixo inn r;i;ocxD wmt a DISK I'UOW. o:ie disking before sowing end one afterward will covjer them better than two after sowing. The drill is l(econp lug more impular for sowing oats, and ' Justly so. it places the seed nt an even depth and covers tbem nil. saves seed because it places all of it where it has ho opjiortunity to grow. After the outs nre drilled or'disked lu nt least two harrowlugs should be given. Even throe cr four would not l*e too many, .since this is the last chance to cultivate the crop. In some parts of the corn belt the practice of listing corn Is followed. This consists lu throwing up a large furrow and planting the corn in the bottom of it, in this oase there can l e little previous preparation of the ground unless It is to go over it once with the disk. Corn Is listed only bn very light sells, which do not peddle 0£ become cloddy «««4iy.—Eueb «oftt reed less preparation than the heavier' clays and loams. The Oldest and Strongest Bank in Barnwell County Depositorr of The State of South Carolina, The County of Barnwell, ^ and The Town of Barnwell Capital, - $60,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, - - . $45,000-00 To save money It not hard when once u bank account l« itxrted fer money in a bank cannot burn a hole the pocket. A bank account mean* paying bill* by cheek—the only abnoluteljr safe wav. Check* ieaw no room for argument ns to when or how a bill wa* na id Etch check is recorded in the hank’* hooka. These togeher w ith vour money ami the cancelled checks are kept for yon in burglar and fire pfoO^VanlU- Yotx ha\e acces-. 10 them nt any time. , " Let us talk ibis over, w Uh .you the next time yon are in town If ln.- P'6«inle to call, write us. 1 . . X STEPHEN 8. FI'R^E, JR., EDMUND M. LAWTON. PURSE AND LAWTON, Cotton Factors. Bagging and Ties, Fertilizers, Handlers of Upland, Sen Island and Florodora Cotton. —----- " ' Liberal advances made on coneignments of cotton,- Col. James U. Tillman i* in ,•» san atorium in California fer treatment of lu " K ^i| Pcpsoiwrlfpiompt arird cmefiil attonTioivto uTTbubin •the annual meeting of the Stat* Bar Association will bf held »n < olmnbla ClltrUStcd to US. today and tomorrow, I,cslie M. Shaw, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, will deliver the annual address. ; There !• a ease cf leprosy at or near Aiken A northern wbman, Mr* Kltk, who has been livhtg almost a hermit llf«* lor fourteen yeara. is .the ntfferer.i 8he t« apparently well supplied .with money. 212 East Bay St., FURSE & LAWTON, Savannah, Gt.