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17, WO. i- ir ' ■•'■ Aid »k«w A «»**«'*r«> iittlxj T*n»««*Kt tie«tn f<* th»! front pro cUtiOlnr ihit in q*nlU? of f)<Uir dM> fee oiftOe from cotu>H tonl "S tK KperuuViYg, how t>resf<fiHK in ihle circuit, glvos tho lifer ilftoorred pnnlithmeut, At Aiken court In^t h«rV tho flr«t c»*e tried tea* that of Anhtft Houm for vlo- OtotMainrY |«w. He waa found fniltj'. with recoaimendolion to IMitj, but dudfo Heaae wntonced him to par a dirt of fltoo, or ha* to do with the public ha 1 oeae with hU time the food will and perhep* the future patronefo of people. HI* lou 1 o<tnnut> tharalore. be eeelly ••Mutated, if ba be rtMinlnf the totulneee for an> other tba amount of ble waft la the fu to re will depend on hU ability to bold and increaet patronafe. Any* thlnf that work* to the detriment of the employer will larer affect the ployee. If a man’a buainea* he that one of the one-horae farmer, the mom Independent map In the world, he loaca fayor with creoltora' and often credit by thro-vtnf away time. Without actually loalnf day*> a man may waete hla time by fritterliif It a way. He ha« to II* a plow He could do t» in five minute* but It take* ten. He throw* away five minute*. Throw* away five minute* a «iay> and a half htittr ha* been warned each week. A man who throws awav five imnutce ftxtnf a plow will apeo'd another rive minute* at the end of an hour looking at hi* plow He will atop to pa*« a few word* with a paaser-by and by tbe end of tho day with a little waste here, there he ha* lost a full hour from work A waote of an hour a day mean* more tban IfvSHoimr a week end more than two day* a month. If Mm man who eo month! on the chain gang. Prophet* of evil arc growing thick-. 9* in number and more derpmntent 4n Ibelr picturing* of ibe future. Railroad Jim Hill predict* that a crop failure will eau*e the licit panic. Another student of economic* figure* tl that stock tpeoulation* will make great trouble in HM2. But* gite*»lng astronomer think*, tbattbe world may miss there future unpleaMntneMes. as the tall of Halley's comet, when it touchaa the earth oo the mornioft of May 10th may end all animal life, (f it Cuntaina u* much t'Jfeuogen as aotno aky gazers believe. steal* from that other Just a* aiirely a* if he ran his hand Into the other's pock et and drew out money. It he Is work ing for himself he hie only himself to blame if at the end of the year hi* profit la smalt. Hut there Is another and a more seriou* side atiil to the habit of daw dling. It doe* become a habit. The more time one wn*t***, the more in clined ho grow* to wa*te time. Tne habit grow* upon him. It takes tlrm hold of him. It undermind* hi* character He hecouica a dawdler. He wonders why he cannot get an in crease in hi* wage, wiiy hi* business doe* not prosper. He think* himself underestimated He wonders why he is unfortunate. He can never under stand that tire trouble Is of his own milking, and lies within himself. -X Six hundred hale* of Kgyptian cot ton were brought into Charleston last week and railroaded to mill* in the up per part of tbe State. Tbia cotton 1* grown in a rainless land, where all the weeded moisture ia supplied by Irriga tion from the riyer Nile. (Jonsenuer.t ly there are no disastrous droughts or grasa-msklng rainy spell*. The laborers who nuku that cotton wear summer clothing all the year •iwHittle of that; they live on cheap foods and are poorly paid. Sj the Egyptian staple can be made, shipped P* Kngtand, re*hlppe<! to Ilnlttmore. again rothipped to Cltarlaalnn and then sent by railroad to the cotton mill* In tha Ulterior two cent* a pound cheaper than South Carolina grown cotton. Another shipment of this foreign cotton Is coming this way CONTRIBUTED EDITORIALS. BOOSBVEI.T COMING HOME. Plan* are being perfected to make a Rational (leurouatratlon over the home- eumtng of Ex-President Roosevelt Ma expects to reach New York about tbe middle of dune. LOWER EXPRESS RATES. All South Carolina asparagus grow • era will be Interested In knowing that Aeuaror Tdlaran with the aid of tha In ler-btate Commerce Commission, ha* succeeded ia getting thv uxpress rate* on aeparagu*. which were exorbitantly Mgh, lowered to the following «dtie*; Jfow York, Philadelphia. PHUbnrg, Boston. Baltimore and Washington. The reduction on a twenty-four bunch vrato varic* from ten to hity cent*. rt£> THE SOUTH POLE. Now, that CTommander Robert E Poary ha* been presented with a medal by the National G-eographlu Society for hla work In finding the Norm Pole, he i« Intent upon going to the other end of the earth and finding the Snith Pole }Je Iwa offered hla service* and urge* Hie expedition be ready to eiart next September. All that is lacking i* the necoiMry funds and they will llke'y be furthcoming fn tbne. rffetn. reason t e before ^ ^iooklnj: * WORK FOR RAINN* #wrf and DAYl*.. een thrifty man is the dtffer- n their manner of spending the [ay d»y. * The more rain the more rest.” say* tbe one. ‘-The more rain the more gra**.” say* the other. Howe men are delighted wiih any pretext for Hopping work. If it rain* so that the plow cannot run they have notbinj to do. It may not be too ba i *o go to town, but it is entirety too bad to do auy kind of work, It they do wot go so town or over to ,*ee some neighbor they enooze by the llre-ide. Kaing day* may be maJo valuable days by a little forethought. Harm)** may he mended, machinery put in re pair, tbe barn swept, seed corn selected if H naa not been done before. Crate* tuaje.|»e made if aeimrago* or ctnts* loupe* t»re gio^vn. ^ uano* may be mixed and resacked ready for use, Kinder* mav be shelled, AM of these thing* may be done andcr »belter. If there ie tmthing to be done the titoe could be profitably spent in read ing. Tbe op-to-date farmer welcome* a time when he can more lelsnacly peruse the farm joitrnal* and govern ment bulletin* ou agricultural matter*. A rainy day spent In reading may re- t>WY him ten-fold In tho gain of new idea*. When the mn hae ceased ami it I* still too wet to pkrw there i* manure to haul out, straw to haul In, ditches to tm cleaned off »od out, briar* and hu*k •a to be cut, terraces to be repaired, gates tod fence* to bo inenHcd and many otherthing* to do. The doing -of the neglect of tbso-e thing* make* the difference between the Well Wept •down farm. NEWS NOTES. The heckbeny tree*, Immigrant*,are showing tints of green, hue the notive sure prephet, the dogwood, show* kl*s of Spring ** yet. Edgefield lead* ofF In the political race* ibi* year. K. J Moultrie, Super- vigor, I* the first candidate in the State to publish hi* card announcing that lie wants re-election. Shad are late and scarce this season owing to low water In tho river*, fnr when the finny travellers find salt water in Hie mouth* of the stream* they quit their migration. New*boy Ktucald, convicted of reii- ing Augusta whiskey ou the C A IV. C Railway about Laurens, was ren- teneed !a»t week to pay a tine of fiftv dollar* or work 'M days ou tbe chain fipg. He paid. It ha* been send-officially announced that .Mr Robert Latham succeed* Major J. C. Hemphill a* Editor of the Ne** and Courier. Mr. Latham i quite a young man but lias had good training urder those two pen master*, J. 0. Hemphill and N . <». Gonzales The Charleston friend* of Editor J. C. Hemphill gave him a noblo farewell feast last week. Many fine speeche* [ were made and a splendid silver service presented to him. The Richmond Tinica-IHspatoh I* fortunate in secur ing so brainy and brilliant au editorial chief. William Stone, claiming to be a lieu tenant of the United State* armv. was arrested in Aiken l**t week on the charge of being an escaped lunatic from a Maryland insane hospital. Hi admitted that ho v». a*. I’lnkerlon de tfcUve* *ay that Stone i* the man who killed and robbed Hr. C. W. Hickman in Augusta on February 2nd. The candidate* for Governor of South Carolina so far announced aie Cole L Klea«e of Newberry, C. C. Feather- stone of Laurens, T. C. McLeod ol L«e and John G. Richard* of Kershaw, it i* pretiy sure that K 1 Manning will run again, and there h«* been talk of F. 11. Hvatt of Columbia making the race. Tire more the merrier. Washington. February 0 —Cotton growing in Africa U becoming mi im portant pursuit, and one which, in time, will affect the marketing ol American cotton In Great Britain, a» that countty, which use* *o much cot- *on from the Unite ’ State*, is encour aging the development of the growing of that staple in her colonies. Tbi* *ea«nn’s cotton crop In We«t Africa is estimated at 5 200,0110 pound*, or over vb 1 w*«cha»l4a*vaa was grown there last ^•tvTTT as inyj jn year. The KMuo i.Aii he extended into the cotton growing country of Northern Niger* and then large developments will take place. FOR FOOD. Enough retiduni book. In ibl* hook be nOgtit Ycbtfptctrf-hepvlti|fa_wilh b'>Hed pota- . 7 » • . 1 « l . .. . 1. . it _ I A. . N a, »• .1 «, 1 n .V *1 U N 1 t W* I T T tv t •* Tl* to jol/dowc from thne to time the tblugfi needed to be done on his farm, erufftoff out each item when the work Me» been done. 'P'.iern ought to be a ■Mff>‘al I lit tr* thing* tlmt inav l>c don*) ..n rainy dev*. vahwbte time oould be **vod by turniog in emergen- uiee to thla-boob. WASfA’f^GtlSfR. •»I b«ve more time than iiioney ,v !s a rromwon adage but it ie nor a true one. Time I* o> >nuy It » men i* working for • wage end he loaoe time M* wagw I* reduceti. If he U working at hir brpdneaa. hi* loo* of rfme bring* I*»m m aurelv as if be were : for • wage; fn tbe one case reckon hla own lo»a. In the reckoning It made by bis fr'eowtMUMl bo 20 CENTS A DAY Harvard I’rofessor S i.V* it is for Workingman. Arguing Hist a workingman can ea*ily live on vtt cent* u d*y and avoid meat. Dr f ranklin White, Harvard's expert on diet*, today said : ■ It is not only pos.-ible to live on 20 cent* a d*y, hut to do It would result tn better health. 1'eople are complain ing of the high cost of food, but it seem* a* if most of u* lorget Hie really cheat! food. Take corn meal, for ex ample. which cost* tluee cents n pound. A third of a pound, or a cent* worth of corn meal will make n largo quantity of mush, probably more than the average appetite demand*. With oleumargnrino ami some cheap syrup It make* a satisfying, iiowtlshing meal. Two cents’ worth of syrup would give the sugar clement. A man cowld do hard labor on auch a meal, the entire cost of whim would bo about four eeftt*. ••Another cheap ba*la for a full meal i* the potato To he sure, the potato by itself is not appetizing enongli. but a man can use boiled potatoes and get his ifavor from a smoked herring It i* not generally appreciated, 1 fear, that a herring D a better value for one’s money in 1'» vor * n, l f 001 * value thatn is a more gxpensive fish, such i»** a cdd. A herring can b* purchased fur a cent avid in aufiie piattf* herring* are sold at twd for a cent. As for the flavor. -A. ittOTMMW Has Mothiqg to do With the Case flew Goods, Low Prices 5c Calicocsl $c GirtghamsI 5c Homespuns! ■»»>*•* ■*ei i i Dress Goods, Notions, Cloth ing, Hats, Gents’ Furnishings Hardware, and Groceries!!! New Shoes! New Shoes! COTTON & FERTILIZERS ^ --- - - —— We want t’our Cotton! We want your Business! home DO Y0WR BANKIN0 WITM op rn r AT THE BURDICK STAND—- Barnwell, . - - S. C. THE BANK OF WESTERN CAROLINA ...GUARANThES ALL ITS DEPOSITS .. H 0 W- By its Capital of By its Surplus of By its Stockholders Liability Total Guaranty £240,003.00 £240,000 00 £240,000,00 ^720(000.00 Total Resources Local GLO. H. BATES, BUTLER HAG00D, £1,400,000.00 Directors: J. M. EASTERLING, P. M. BUCKINGHAM. Barnwell, S C We will do everything that We cart tot yoti in a legitL mate business way. We will take pleasure in explaining to you any of the questions that might come up about banking with which you are not how familiar. We take a deep per ; sonal interest in every customer we have, whether a large or small depositor, and our list of depositors is growing fast. Come in and be one yourself. Your account will be handled to the best advantage to yoii as well as Lo ourselves. And don't forget our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, the first in Barnwell. We pay four per cent, per annum, compounded quarterly, on all deposits remaining three months or longer. J ♦ ♦ T l » ♦ ♦ • 4 t • ♦ ♦ ♦ I I ______________ | Safety Service 4 per cent Interest. ♦ • e-j-e^-e+e^.•-.•—•—•—•a Harry D. Calhoun J. J. Cochran T. S. Cave Harry D. Calhoun, President W. L. Cave, Vice President DIRECTORS W. L. Cave T. J. Grubbs , Dr. T. F. Hogg OFFICERS: G. M. Greene, Attorney H. P. Dew, W. T. Walker G. M. Greene H. P. Dew, Cashier N. G W. Walker. Asst. Cashier THE TEXAS MONSTEIf: i®" ANOTHER ARRIVAL AT ^LLIinSTDACLE A Our of Fine Young, Blue Grass Fed, well broken, Money Making Mules at the Allendale Live Stock Company’s Sams WcTnive ten Extra Good Kentucky Raised and Kentucky Broken Driving Jfornex. They will be sold at prices in conformity to the drop in cotton piices. :: :: :: :: :: Knowing the wants and wishes satisfied customers we count no please and profit our patrons. of our always care too great to For THOV>^PtoL\ r SOUND, KEUTABLE and DEPKNDA- HI f/S- - - AUEKDALE LIVE STOCK tO. - - D. SAMS, Pres. J. L. ELLIS, Sec. & Treas. X.ZRZELI'XED top*, oleomargarine ami aiilf wliTnYStf*' ■ the meal realty Tel) gram appetizing '’—Boston SAVED FROM AWFUL PERIL. “f never fetF ivn near my grevoX write* Lewis Chambltn, of Manchester, t^iio. R. F. D. No. 3, “aa wlien ir frightful cough and lung trouble pull ed me down to 11.Vpound* in spite of mam' remediee a*.4 tile best dnotnr* Ami that I am alive today D due solely tn Dr. King’s New Discovery, which dowpletely cured me Now * weigh UiO-ponnd* and can work hard. It ai*o cored my four ekRdren of croup.” Hn- fai|ible for Conghx end Colds, Its the most certain remedy for LaGrlppe Asthma, desperate lung trouble *nd all bntncbiai affectious 60s ; and |l OU: A trial botHofree. Guaranteed bv U. N. J*ii«bbaUer ami K A, Dtaeon, & Co. The Crowning Car OF A Long and Unerring Business Career that has given complete satisfaction to ever? buyer frofrr their life long friend and every day and night well wisher. From Kansas, A ear load of 22 Mules ami G Horses, the' c Barnett’s Home Made 4-Wheeled OTTON CHOPPE R Works Across the Rows the Right Way. Pat ented April 21, 1908. I desire to call your attention to this Great Labor Favor. The Chopper that dor Execution to Grass and Weeds, in fact, it does the work of eight men. After lookin around for a time, I have decided to go direct to the cotton planter and sell him th right to make this chopper for his own us<* for One Dollar This right is good for 1 yea in from the 21st day of April, 100S. I will nay here that I have complied with a the laws of the patent office and I further say that this chopper does all I claim for or your money hack. A SHORT DESCRIPTION. The Chopper work* ncro«« the row*, th* chopping an<l plowing I* don* « Ith a Svatem of (weep*. ■dju«t*l connected to * (took beam, in aetting up the** twoepa I will »»y yon can elo»e them eltogetbcr—that, of coiir»e. woi cut It all out; but till* connection being »n adju*iabl* one you then move out on :h* hcum. a* d**lr*ii. ao a* to leav# SPACE between the aweep* that will allow 1 or 2 *talk« to pa*# through. The beam and *tock» are connected with Front with rod* they are al»o connected beneath the frame with a cro** rod; the beam and alock* are moveable in frame; If tbe handle* are elevated and let go, tho be»m drop* back on the frame, *o in c**e of *kip* or bad (land, elevating th* handle* you mi** that part altogether and *trik* the next ridge at any depth de»ired. The cbepper can adjiuted to leave 1 or 2 (talk*; and to run deep or »hallow. The cbepper cut* uni'orm any di«tance, by u#lng larg* ■ mall *w cep* Say you want 8-in«he*, u»e 6 inch awrept. If wanted extra wide, take out one or more aiock* and extra wide *weep«. Thl* patent call* for any number. I think £. or 0 about right. Th* rear wheel* tun In the w of the outeide aweeps The front wheel* cut under, turning i* e**y. The chopper work* In any ordinary land, v one or two bor»e*. 1.10 old w»y of btring off c >Ctou i* a waar* of time and nu»oey. Thi* chopper doe* all th* ph»w a* it goea aero*#, leave* dirt to ti e cotton and give* the land thorough cultivation. Bv taking out the mUdl* *t and *t radd ling you can give your cotton a nocond plowing, two row* , t a roun J. Thi* do no- ■’ “-u r cot ton I* u ndc r/ frol. Thi* rapid cultivation in the early *priug |« a goo,I remedy for the hod ;*■■■■ T7u N *•* l let m* -'knrb In £lajuln|fJEJ' ou wi,, but plenty *«e<l In to injure a atard it wig**^ fltf T«»i t«* follow thi* t ho,.,,. r with the ho* ~ amount biTtlif w‘.th U>f.ve prepared a book of tnitrUctlbn* for nuking the chopper that tell* everv thing the firat to tire l*«t lick. The co*t I* comparatively nothing you aimply take any light cant off wheel* and eut t il»)wu and u*> the *ame axle*. The farmer with the *id of thl* chopper ia independent aa far a* labor I* concerned, get* In tbe cotto* at the right time, both chopping and plowing a* he goes at th* rat* of 10 acre* a day No hlng a* being In tbe gras*. It* what you aave that count* Read what the farmer# auy, and #end $i.00 today foi right and book of in*truclioni for making and be ready. Addrea* J. Se BARNETT 131 EAST CANTON ST. DALLAS, TEX7 CERTIFIED COPIES OF TF.STIMONIA1.*. rHKTAIMXO TO HARNXTT'S CHO**-Wlsa cottow cuorraa. Patented April 21. 1908. Orphan* Home Road. Dalle* Co., Texas June 3rd 1908, To Whom it May Concern: Through the kindness of Mr. J. 8. Barnett uscu his Cotton chopper in cutting my cot ton, and I consider thi* machine tho best of its kind that 1 have ever seen, as it plows as Well as chop*. It can easily do the work of eight men, which to the farmer la a p-eat thing, not only as far as money is concerned, but as it is very hard at times to get labor and the cotton *tands until it is chocked by weed*. Yours very truly, C. Beeman; Farmer. learns the cotton in growing condition, will aave seventy five per cent hee work. endor»e thi* chopper. Yours truly, Torn Motley, Fanner. R. F. D. No. .'t, Dallas Ch., Texes. June 16th 1908. Te Whom it May Concern: As for Mr. Barnett's *'ross wise Cotton Chopper I can say that they tested it here and said it was just the tfiiri|,-w great labor saver and weed killer. ^ Tours truly, W R. HERNDON, Blacksmith; Della*, Tcxa«, Jul) 9th, 19 I have been personally and intimate quainted with Mr. J. 8. Barnett tke ir of theCrhes-w^*e Cotton Chopper, for t i 1 ) years and know him to tw an hou upright, and truthful man. .1.8. DUNLAP. 39$ Cominerc* 8t. B*st I iatYe eve* ~~ V , ————.... They arrived afe IliU T^) Stable*, BarftweH, day, February 1st. As always my pH ctt* tv ill be fiarr u nd cr valfrc. Wait until they eomc and you’ll surely be delighted 1 / All the time my Stocks of Wagons, Buggies, Siirrey&< HarncsR affd General Horse k FFrniohings ttre choice, couk plete and clum^. Come and trade where the (foliar does it duty. CHAKLIE BROWN. Barnwell, S, C ¥ Oi phans Home Road, Dalla* Co. June 18th, 1 To whom it may concern: I will say rtiat while 1 never aaw I' Cotton Chopper I did ace where it In in Mr. Barnett's field, atuV I w»» surf its work. Tour* tru'y. C. F ARNETT, Fi Otyhans Horn- Road. Dalla* Co , Texas June 4th 1'908. To Whom » May Concern: Thifl i* to certify that f gave J. S Barnett’s CtrttWcbwppef a ftcRI trial on my farm and say thaf It 16 all right and tha hart cHopj>erT have ever seen. R plows the ground and- Denton P.oa<], Dallas Co., Texas. June 8th. 1908. To whom It may concern: This 1% f6 certify that 1 have tins day giv#n <F 8. Bhrnett’s Cotton Chopper a field trial on my farm nine mile* North of Dull** It wiff lake the place of the Brsf plowing fml leaves the cotton <r> If can be put to a perfect stand with tSe hoe with work. It is a great labor Am. -Yonaiitulj-. C. R. 'WELCH, Parm8f, I hereby eefrilV that the above test ftVe trnc find correct copies; and that acquainted wi h either the above ge tx fore personally aske»l‘ fbehi to gin dhine a field trial. J. 6. BARN! Subset I bed'and sWOra to before ni 9th day Of J^uly. 1908. ,1.8. DUN - NQlarjcfublic, Dalla* CO., Texas, ■8—- fiKM LOAJHto.' v Loan* negoti»t?ff upon liWpT'bfafl farms payable iff annual inarallaieut*. No commlKviwn. Borrower* pay actual co*f of perfecting loan, for further Information apply to John B. Palmer «% Son, 1*. O’. Box 282, Olfice Sylvan Bidjj, Uolotubia, IffC. Phona No. 1085 Or R. A. Klli*. aw#11,S’, f ^OA^SNEGOTlAfElV. Loan* on towA arltl farm property negotiated In amount* of not fff** Ulan »1,OOO.OQ' Long or *bort tii»£. South Caroliffa fffndi. J. A. Wnii*. Attr, BXrffwrelt, 8. C. MORB7 TO LI Mortgages of on First Estate. A^ply to G. M. Grtecnc., BarnweH i