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WEEKLY WINNSBORO, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,[19O6. ESTABLISHED 1844. EST. Commission, South Caro h Prizes for t Car-olina: of cgrn ever e of land was T. Drake of S. C. In this *hich was con American Agricul years ago, Capt. ed on a single acre s of shelled corn. elous yield surprised the great corn belt and years they have been break this record. It tful if the world record of Drake will ever be broken. ingle event in the bistory of culture has called forth more orable comment to the agricul ral possibilities of the South han the crop of corn sgrown by Capt. Drake. He not only won the grand prize offered by, The American Agriculturalist, but he also won the $500 given by the State of South Caroliua, as well as many minor prize. Another cereal contest of much wider range is now being con ducted by the Orange-Judd com pany, publishers of The Ameri can Agriculturaiist, in which they 'offer $5.000 to be distributed in prizes. This contest is national in scope 'and thousands of farm ers from all parts of the country have already made application for entry. Hundreds of prizes from various individuals have been offered and farmers have an opportunity of winning one or more prizes in this contest. OBJECTS OF CONTEST. 1. To encourage proper selec tion of seed and better grade of soils. 2. To centre attention upon varieties that are superior for each section and to introduce seed of sueh varieties that a're pure and true to name and to prove that when such varieties are grown under normal con ditions it is not necessary to so change seed. 3. To encourag.e better methods -o euliure and harvesting so as to largely increase average yields per aere and improve quality. - 4. To show that such results can be had at less expense of time, money and iabor when in crease in yield is consider.ed. .5. To improve methods of marketing and conversion of crop into largest possible cash returns. 6. To increase grain growers profits on each acre each year. 7. To promote the keeping of intelligent records and the use of business principles in farming, ibesides fostering the farmers' prosperity and the welfare of the wvhole people. NATURE OF THEL CoNTEsTr. There will be three general classes, including corn, wheat and .oats. For this year South Caro lina farmers atre requested to 'enter the corn contest and lay their plans to ente-r both wheat and corn in 1907. The Asotest will cover a period of five y~as beginning this season. Each year's work wvill be complete in .tself. The contestant must be gl this season, but is not re quirzed to compete at each year aanless he so desires. The awards oriil be made final each season. The firsf'year each grower will be required to grow at least on" acre of the crop of weAtever kind he selects. For this season torn is the one selected for South Carolina. The same individual may compete for each class of grain grown, but for only one variety in each class. For South Carolira, Marlboro Prolic, Coke's Prolifie and Mosby's Prolific corn seem to be wel1 ~adapted for this contest. Any other variety can be selected for the contest. ThLe f armer mayv select any one acre from th~e crop hie has planted and enter it in this contest. Each contestant can follow his own juduzment in the selection of soil, mode of cuil ture, harvesting and marketing. All particulars relative to growth. tillage, etc, will be recorded in the "Contestant' Manual" which also coutains invaluable data atbout cereals as well as recorde for reports, etc. This manual is eGId to contestants at actual cost of printing, binding and mailing. for 50 cents. or is given free to subscribers of The American Agriculturalist, who r-eiit $1 for a years's subscription. Anyone may compete in this contest, whether they are sub scribers to The Amne-ian Agricul turalist 01r not, but the manual l> ;eally a neccessity for keeping eheir records of the acre entered Salem Items. Well, Mr. Editor, to begin with, I'll endeavor t6 describe a nice little impromptu affair given at the school house Fiday night, 2.3rd inst., by Miss Anna Lou Martin and her pupils. We were certainly agreeably surprised to seesuchra hastily arranged pro gram so accurately rendered. Yet how could we expect otherwise, when Miss Martin is known throughout this section for her ability and tact in training chil dren. The program consisted of pantemimes, a geographical con test, tea contest, shadows and anagrams, appropriate prizes be ing awarded. ,Music on the piano was interspersed between the different numbers by the pupils with Mrs. Will Jenkins assisti- .- Misses Daysie grow der, r.aie'^.odder, Alma Mil ling, Corine Aiken and Belle Crawford of the higher grades -deserve much credit, while too much cannot be said ih praise of the primary classes. And we believe every one whq attended felt amply repaid for going out such a cblid night. Well, I will fall back on the wornout topic of "too much wet weather." The rain is falling in torrents to-day, and what a hard time the farmers are having try ing to get some work done. I siuccrely hope they will all try to raise more and better home sup plies this year than ever befora. The fruit in this section, if not killed, is badly damaged by the cold. Small vegetables can make no hea4wpy such cold nights as we are having aow. Dr. 0. Y. Owings of Columbia spent a few days last week with his sister, Miss Susan Owings. Mrs. Milo B. Martin, who has been spending several weeks in Spartanburg, has returned home much improved in health. W. S. J. Strother, S. C., R. F. D. No. 1, Mar.ch 27,1906. DevR'* ioQ(I Torture is no worse than the teyrible case of Piles that afflicted me 10 years. Then I was- advised to appiy Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and less than a box permanently cured me, writes L. S. Napier, of Rugles, Ky. Heals all wounds, Burns and Sores like magic. 25c at McMaster Co.'s and Jno. H MeMaster & Co., druggists. lyptMinded. A minister's wife, & doctor's{ wife, and a traveling man* wife et one day recently and were aling about the forgetfulness f their' husbands. The minis er's wife t~ght her husband was the most forgetiM man liv ng, because he would go to hurch without his notes and no ne could make out what he was trying to preach about. The octor's wife thought her hus band was the more forgetful stil, for he would start out to see a patient, and wouU forget his medicine case and trave] ia2 .miles for nothing. "Well," said 4Aie /raveling man's wife. "y hiusbandc kaaty that, He came home the .oier 4y and patte1I mo on tb;e cheek and said: [ elieve I have seen you before -what is your 'name?"-Press nd Banner. What good does it do you to eat if your stomach fais to digest the food? None. It does you harm-causes I eLing, sour stomrach, flatulence, etc. WVhe; tge stomach fails a little Kodol Dyspe a -up Af~ter each mieal will &igs ht ya je g.ngl make the A Card frorm Mis Sallie flgCants. I Walterbjoro Press and standard.) To whom it may Concern: The engagement which existed beteen Miss Sallie McCants and R N. Jordan of Cottageville has been mutually dissolved, it being Lir aim to disappo'nt those who repond~z the news of their mnarriage. This will glow anxious nothers with marriageable 441gh ers the chance of opening their lors again to this esteemed young man. Respectfully, S. McCants. You feel the life giving current the :unte you take it. A gentle soothing warth, tills the nerves and blood wit life. It's a re'al pleasure to take Hollister's Rocky MIountain Tea. 3.5 -nts Tea~ or Tablets. Jno. H. M~c Mfaster & Co. Much is being written about the ieasons for Marshall Field's success. Tha'ts easy. He had something to sell and advertised No More Free Seed Graft. Eight members of the House Committee on Agriculture struck from the' Agricultural appropri ation bill an item of $242,000 de signed to continue f r another year the "free seed graft" which has grown to such enormosus pro portions during the adminis tration of Secaetary Wilson Seven members voted against ihis reform. It is expected that the Agricultural Department's influence will be exerted to get this item back into the bill when it reaches the floor. Appropriation carried by the bill aggregate between $6 000 000 and $7,00000. The estimates of tne department would have been ctt more if it had been possible to get satisfactory information as to expenditures fiom the de partment' officals. When the paragraph proving $243,000 for the free distribution of seeds was reached Representa tive Cocks of New York, moved that it be stricken out. He was supported by Messrs. Wads worth, of New York; Henry, of Conneticut; Haugen, of Iowa; Brooks, of Colarado; Adams, of Wisconsin; Lorimer, of Illinois, and Haskin, of Vermont. Against the reform were Messrs. Davis, Minnesota; Bowin, of Alabama; Lamb, of Virginia; Lever, of South Carolina; Trimble, of Ken tucky; Field, of Texas, and Can dler, of Mississippi.-Carolina Spartan. Is the Moon Inhabited. Science has proven that the moon has an atmosphere, which makes life in some form possible on that satellite; but not for human beings, who have a hard enough time on this earth of ours; especialy those who don't know that Electric Bitters cure Head ache, Biliousness, Malaria, Chills and Fever, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Torpid Liver, Ki4ney complaints, General Debility and Female weaknesses. Unequalled as a general Tonic and Appetizer for weak persons and especially for the aged. It induces sound sleep. Fully guaranteed by Mc Master 0o. and Jno. H. McMas ter & 0.; ruggists. Price only 50 . My Symphony. To live content with small mean-; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rath er than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; anid wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think uietip, talk gently, act frankly; o listen to stars and birds, babes ad' saggs, igh pgen heart, to bear all cheertully, 0go at'brafely, wait occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, nbidden and unconscious grow up through the commonplace. -Win. Henry Channing. owes~ueGb ggig [essrs. Hirshberg, Hollander 4 Co.: Dear Sirs-=I have just finished the best season I have ever had, as every job I did with Stag Paint, got me two more. A. F. Olinger, Q uicksburg, Va. Nothing spreads as eay or loois as well on a house as Stag Sei-Paste Paint. "One gallo'n indes twni' For sale by J. II. McMaster~ 4 Co., Winnsboro, S. C. Certainly an Anomaly. One of the anomalies of the law was illustrated at the present term of court. An old man was ~enteced to pay a flne of$500. for s~lling liquor and a young man fined M2$. for a1hooting ap other. Is the inference to be rawn that in the eyes of the law it is greater offense to tank up a fellow on illicit liquor than it is to pump lead into him? Living indoors so much during the winter months creates a sort of a stuff'y, wan t-of-ozone condition in the blood and system generally. Clean up and get ready for spring. Take a few Ear ly Risers. These famous little pills cleanse the liver, stomacn and bowels and ggg tie l.good a chance to purify coplpion, eCp. S.4 by all drug gists. Courtesy, Some are born courteous, some acquire courtesy, but no body has courtesy thrust upon him. Courtesy is to common conduct what equity is to coin nion law; the former impels to kindness, the latter to justice. The proper obrervance of con ventional rights is quite essential i the peace and progress of te com uunity and in matter of this kind courtesy is always on the side 'of good form and good taste --Presbterian Standard. Resting a Model. .Many artists have the reputation of being inexorable in their demands up on tlb model's strength. A character istic example appears in an anecdote of the late Adolphe Manzel, the Ger man painter, who at one time was en gaged on a work of mural decoration and kept a man posed In an exceeding ly fatiguing position on a scaffold for C two hours. The great painter worked 1 away, heedless of his model's discom fort. Finally the victim called down. "Herr Professor, how about the re- 1 cess?" "Certainly, my dear sir. Come down right away, and you shall have your recess." As the model was descending from the scaffolding his limbs assumed a position which was one for which the artist had long been looking. "Stop!" Menzel thundered. "Hold! Ah, fine! Keep that while I make a little sketch of it!" t The artist drew vigorously for half an hour, at the end of which he called out imperatively: "There, that will do for now. Get up on the scaffold again. b We have had our recess." b The Town's Crooked Dividing Line. "There is a reason for most every- h thing," said a Cumberland county man a when he was asked how in the world they came to ha ;e such a crooked line between two towns in his eounty. "There's a reason for this crooked line. You see, some c-f our towns establish ed in pioneer times, when land was abundant and people were few, had a - big territory, which was afterward sliced off to make new towns. It was so In the case you mention, and when the cut off was made people along the line of division were of different minds as to which town they wanted to be in. So the legislature drew a straight line between the twu parts and then pro- S vided that persons dwelling on lands g adjoining either side of this line might si be in one town or the other, as they j should decide within ninety days after passing the act. Some went one way fi and some the other, and the line was all skewed up to accommodate them." -Lewiston Journal. . la Boarding Houses, Take Note. gl In view of the part that electricity t plays in our modern life it is amusing to recall at when Benjamin Franklin evolved* te lightiling conductor he was ~ed9' e~qut bfgerfign Idiua4 on"AP as ' ayigNg t el Restaurant proprietors and boarding lo house keepers have apparently over looked a valuable hint which Dr. Frank lin afforded them' as follows: He took an ancient rooster and killed it by a " dowerful shock f4om one of his Leyden jars. When subpequently the bird was tefiedK fhis1e tt fledh was found the disooveries which I$ul4 'make the name of Franklin forever honored. Success Magazine. The Sultan's ioska, In every city of the Ottoman empire there is a kiosk set apart for the sultan, who never even sees it. These palatial abodes are built of rare marbles and finished in fine woods, enameled in silver and gold. with mirrors and lusters fromn Venna who live there in royal ease and luz. ury unparalleled. Hundreds of mil lions of francs are thus squandered. while not a sou Is spent in making roads, fertilizing valleys or construct ing ports._ _ _ _ _ mathematician, W4s 1angwn aslj tii "Wizard of the Golden Nose," While at the university he lost his nose in a (duel and replaced it with a nasal or gan of gold, held in place by cement se and a pair of spectacles. This addi tion to his countenance gave him a - very peculiar appearance and caused him to be much feared by the common people, who attributed to him many supernatural powers, largely on ac TasmIBaia Girls, 1or many years Tasmania has been known as the "Circassia of the colo nis," a tribute to the exceptional love liness of its young women. There have GI been Tasmanian peeresses, but the a pretty Tasmanian girls are mostly In demand as barmaids for Sydney and Melbourne. Some years ago it was t4 elicited in evidence at an officia In armgs gmmnd4euhie the (ord* gn Wgges for this 1ind of work., Two Goat Island. Here is an extraordinary coincidence: The island lying between the Americanf fall and the Canadian fall at Niagara is called Goat land. What is now called Livingstone island at the Vic toria falls in Africa is called Kempon go by the natives, and this signifies "goat island." contraditgm~ {ppo s'sbli tq hve too mucla R$ in hinker. 1 ~Oh, t don't know," rejoined the con-* trary person. "Matrimony is a good o thig, but what the law does to ati bigamist is.plenty."-Chicago News. t in This Li. Says Charles Baudelailre: "This life is a hospital where every' patient is possessed with a desire td change his - bed. This one would prefer to suffer by the stove, and the other thinks he would recover by the window." Visitor-.Tohnny, give me the name of S the largest diamond, J~ohn.--The aced i s -Boston Gilha-~ - - The Eetter The tissues of the throat are nflanted and i r ri ta ted; you ough, and there is more irrita ion-more coughing. You take cough mixture and it eases the rritation-for a while. You take SCOTT'S EMULSION nd it cures the cold. That's rhat is necessary. It soothes the hroat because it reduces the rritation; cures the cold because drives out the inflammation; uilds up the weakened tissues ecause it nourishes them back > their natural strength. That's ow Scott's Emulsion deals with sore throat, a cough, a cold, r bronchitis. WE'LL SEND YOU A SAMPLE FREE. COTT ~ 409 Pearl Xtreet COTTFBOWNE New York CABBAGE PLANTS From the Best Tested Seeds. Now ready for shipment, large, ;rong, healthy, the.se plants are cown in the open air and wil] ;and severe freeze without in try. Early Jersey Wakefield, arge Type or Charleston Wake ald, which are the best known irieties of early cabbages, also :enderson's Succession, the best ,rge, late and sure header, Au ista Early Trucker, also a fine pe of late variety. Neatly icked in light baskets. $1.5% %r thousand; for fve tho-sand over,$1. 4pe thosand, f. o. b. ;press office. Special prices made on large ts. , CHAS. M. GIBSON, 2-6 Youngs Island, S. C. Read This, f you want to In= sure Your Cotton, our Dweliing ang Furnj Your Barn and Stock. our Store Building, Your Merchandise, CALL QN Prompt attention as well as prompt ttlemenit. Monu ments fromn LIONGRANITE. We have opened up ranite Works at Rion nd can fill all orders for ionumental ancd geme iry workj Sest material, high grade rork, prices reasonable. our orders solicited. Works at Rion, S. C, 'owell Bros. & Co. Rion, S. C. 2-28-3m Municipal Notice, liotice is hereby given that a meet g of' the Town Council will be held SMonday, the 23rd day of April, 06, at 5 o'clock, P. M. Applications in writing for the offiee Clerk of Council and also for posi ms on the police force will be re ived up) to]32 o'clock M of that day, e election to take nlace at said meet. h3y order of the Mayor: JNO. J. NEIL, 3-28 Clerk of Council. Notice to Creddters, All perso~ns havinga claims~ 'gainst c estate of Gorge Mtohley, deceased'e, ill present the same' to Nahe under ;ned, and oIl persons indebted to id estate will make paymenit to him. JORDAN McCULLOUGH, Qualified Executor. 3-28.4t Woo& ward, S. C. GARDENER! TRUCKERS, FARMERS, PLANTERS, WE ARE HEADQUARTERS GARDEN SEEDS,: Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Col Plant, Kale, Lettuce, Mustard, 0 Peas, Pepper, Radish, Salsify, Spii Turnips, Watermelo), Cantaloupe, &c. We select our stock with the liberal prices for selected stock. XX ing that there are no better seeds t we cffte r. We supply Gardeners, Truckers ers in any quantity wantetd, both wh Lorick & Lowr Wholesale and Retail COLUMBIA, - Acute Indigestion--4 Almost daily our newspapers repo: carried off by ACUTE INDIGESTION sons, prior to the sudden attack, w( health. There is a cause, and there i first symptoms of Acute Indigestion di SPRING MINERAL WATER and r4 diately. Prudent ones keep a bottle of this veniently at hand for instant use. Yoi example. GLENN SPRINGS GLENN SPRINGS DO YOU K What a Bar( Then come this way and y once some real bargains, s be sure to catch your eye. All Lounges, a nice I at greatly reduced prices. Some tempting offeri of all grades. Cots at prices that r gag haye one of these luxL Baby Carsages andc attractive prices. Iron Beds, a big lot gheap too. Sideboards, Bedroon Racks. All in great qu prides that are right. For Furniiture Bargains R..W. PHI Beans! I Fourteen of the most ap Bunch and Pole Beans.j Fres] stock. Plant our Beans and h dance throughout the year. We have handled Landreth' last 15 years and have a fully~sui locality. Landreth's Onion Sets. Seed Irish Potatoes from a r Golden Dent Corn. Amber and Orange Sorghumr Lucerne Seed. Lawn'Grass Seed. Now is the time to plant Toi Try Landreth's Earliest. McMASTER C( Phone No. 9. Under Never Pt Our stock of Hardware, Ul6 eryware was never fuller arnd we to supply all your wants in thes: Speeial attention called to ment==Onion Hoes, Potato Di Rakes, etc, Splendid lot of Agate and higher, but the cheapest after al See our linie of Electric Las pretty onzs. Another big shipmenit of Flo Some beautif~ui Jardiniers now i FOR FIELD AND SUCH AS lard, Cucumber, Egg kra, Parsnip, Parsley, tach, Squash, Tomato, Corn, Clover, Grasses, ,reatest care, and pay e feel justified-in say > be found than those Farmers and Plant Aesale and retail. ance, Inc., Seedmen, S. C. ( Preventive. ct a number of persons and many of these per :re apparently in good s a remedy. With the ink heartily of GLENN iief will follow imme wonderful water con might profit by their COMPANY, i0w join IS? ou will see at Dme that will ot of them tooq ngs in Rockers riake it so you tries. I Go-Carts at of them, and iSuites, ifall antity and at come to LL IPS. leans! provedg, varieties of 2 and well selected ave beans In abun ;IGarden[~Seed for the ,ply suitable for this eliable seed house. Seed. natoes in hot beds. )MPANY. Winnsboro Hote!. ilier. issware and Crock Sare fully prepared various lines. our Garden Imple rags, Garden Hoes, Deiftware, A ittle I. nips=-some specially wecr Pots on the way,, ~. SEIGLER.