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*) T 1 I V ' A Farmer To Farmers. Counsel Well Worth Heeding?When to Sow Small Grain and How to Improve Land?Advantage of Raising Less Cot ion and More Supplies. Mr. Editor* I >'! ... ? MV? ? tUV MI* I O I " mers to how more small grain ol all kinds this tall titan they have been doing in the past, and sow as early as possible, so that the grain may have a chance to get a good start before the weather gets so cold and rough. In order to make this a success, it would be wise to fertilize the land well and till it well; and when the grain is harvested fertilize the land again and sow it in peas. In this way you can enrich the land and enable it to produce a better crop the next year. All tanners should make preparation to plant more corn and peas, and other articles ot that kind, and raise your meat, bread and other lood supplies at homo, and don't plant and try to raise so much cotton, and what you do raise you will# gel more % lor it. My advice to all farmers is to plant less cotton and lerlilize it better and work it better and you will make more on an acre than you woul l make on three \ uot manured and worked. When this plan of farming is adopted and put in practice the farmers will get along better, times, will be better and wealth will increase more rapidly ; and not till this is done will limes be better, in my humble ]udgment. Some tarmers say that they \ have such large families and big debts that they can't afford to plant less cotton than they do now; but it the people would raise ihhm ?' - ^ w. men iHIIlliy supplies hi home, and mtiKe more i corn and roughness to teed their i slock and cattle on, they would i not have to make such big debts, < 110 matter how large their fami- I lies are. Make your tertilizers < at home and it will not cost you I near as much as that you buy, < and it will last longer and do the i land more good. I advise land * owners to lence their land that is < not in cultivation and keep some i cattle, just what they can man- f age, take care of well, and what I their pasture can afford grass for I through tlie summer months, and I pen them at night. And also t keep your cotton seed to put on ] Vjf the land with the stable manure. I Respectfully, 4 W. D. Rodqkrs. ( I An Editor's Troubles. I Many persons seem to think, that editing a publication makes life one glad sweet song. Ring ' off! If we publish jdkes people ' say we are rattle brained. If we 1 don't we are fossils. If we pub- ' lish c iginal matters, thev sav we dont give them enough selections, If we give them selections, ' . they say we are too lazy to write. * If we don't goto church, we are 1 leathens. If we do. we are hypocrites. If we rem tin in the office, we ought to be out looking for news items. Ii we go out, then we are not attending to business. If we wear old clothes, they laugh j x. * # ? v at us. If we wear pood clothes, they say we have a pull. Now, what are we to do? Just as likely as not, someone will say that we % stole this from an exchange. So we did. Its from the Wyoming Derrick.?Georgetown Outlook. The Gillis Case. (Continued irom 1st Page.) coats for a list tight. Just as Whitaker started to Ihe shooting commenced by Gillis, two shots were tired and Whitaker tell. As he did .1. A. Oil lis made a step lorward, puiled ins pistol and ( levelled .it on Whitaker. lie, the witness, grabbed his pistol And wrenched it out of his hand. When J. E. (Jillis shot Whitaker ' his son grabbed Gillis and said to him for God sake don't shoot him any tt ore: he is dead now. Whit- 1 aker was then lying on the 1 ground. ' Witness wont into details as to the position in which Whitaker ; held his pistol, lie said that, he | very deliberately pulled it out , with the muzzle pointed to the ground and gave it. to Ancrum, who hesitated to taae it, saying it. would not tie fair unless the Gillises gave up theirs, and then il was that Gillis said, "No. damn it, we will battle it out," 1 and fired. Whitakerdid not fire, 1 1 as witness saw. 1 MR ANCRUM HOYKIN S TESTIMONY corroborated his father's in all essential details. He was in his 1 store when Whitaker drove up in trout of the store and called for ' him. lie went to his buggy and 1 then walked to where the Gilli ses wore. The Gillises came toward each other with their hands in their pockets, as it in attitude to fuss with him* < He said to them that he was not. armed. lie oame ?!.*, ? I' t,,vy { luss. . It must be settled peacefully. They did not speak to him , at ail, but looked toward Whit? aker. They said, The damn luss j is settled so far as we are con serned. We have had our satisfaction. It you want satisfaction jome and get it." At this juuc 1 ur3 he sa w Whit aker getting out ' >f his buggy and lie stopped him ; j tnd said this must be settled I without any shooting. Whitaker lf walked up cool and calm. Wit less insisted thut, the trouble be ' settled without any shooting and ' hat the pistols should be given s r\ liim Thttlt onwl t bmr ?tT/???l/l 1 w ....... A I.VJ "MMI IIIVJ) n W lll'l tight. any way. lie went in be- J ween them and asked tor their i pistols. J. E. Cxi I lis drew his oot across the ground and said, 'Damn it, if you want to fight jrosa that liue." VVhitaker looked as if he did not want to j light. Witness was still calling 'or the pistols. Cxi)lis said he would give up his pistol and so lid Whitaker. Whitaker came )y him and took his pistol out of ' lis pocket and handed it to wit- 1 less. Ed. Gillis pulled out his 3 pistol, and J. A. Gillis said : 1 'Don't give up your pistol," and 1 I. E. Gillis said, 4,No, damn it, ' aattie it out," and then fired two diotSj and as Whitaker hit the ^ ground his pistol dropped out ot lis hand. Gillis ran around to ihoot again and he scuffled with tim to keep him from shooting i train. , . ? . ] The Lancaster News eight f :>ages, twice a week, $1.50 i '/ THE NEWS IN BRIEF I > i Dr A. 8. Lynn, a prominent j ^oung yhysician of Rock Hill, lied Sunday morning. ,J. B. Wolls, a young man of j LJheraw, committed suicide in Dalifornia a few days ago. ^ York's complote vote shows that the dispensary was voted s :>ut of that county by 725 to 131. ( Wadesboro, N. (J., which two . c year* ago voted out saloons and i stills, at a recent election decid- t ad to open them again. \ Gen. Levy F. You mans lias > been appointed assistant attor- : uoy general, to succeed W. II. 1 Townsend, who resignsd. Mr. John M. McDongal, a t prominent farmer in the vicinity < jf Suninierville, lost his left I arm in his cotton gin Friday. * Millions of dollars worth ol . mny stores were destroyed by a . fire supposed to be incendiary in Japan Sunday morning. A number of cotton warehous j ^ is in tno state nave been inerg-: 3<l into one company, of which i .lie capital stock is $f>0(J,000. j TheDarlington grand jury has presented Pegram Dargan for tiding and abetting his brother, Robert Keith Dargan, to take nis own life. The Pickens grand jury has recommended that the supervisor's ollice and tlie financial affairs of that county bo investigated. .John P. South and L. I). Walker, two young farmers of Laurens county, had a diilieulty Thursday which resulted in the | ieatli of South. i A verdict for $40,000 damages igainst the Southern was rendjred Saturday at St. George's, .his state, in favor of the estate jf Engineer Reel, who was iilled in a collision last April. I David II. Murray, a well ciown citizen of Ware Co., Ga, ,vas assassinated Thursday evering. lie was eating his sup per when lie was shot in the nick of the head with a shot 1 ;un. Five children were burned o death Thursday at Fort! Dodge, Iowa, during the ab-j jence from home of their pa* ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward ! Idamson. A gasoline explos011 caused the lire. The grand jury of Horry has jharged the supervisor and the derk of the court with fraudulently obtaining ?1,4:30.82 beonging to the county. The governor has suspended the mpervisor, John L. Boyd. Raleigh, N. O., which is said o he receiving a net profit of boween $75,000 and $100,000 a i-ear Irom its one dispensary, is lot. satisfied, and there is a move* nent on toot to substitute saoons tor the dispensary. Bennettsville had a seventyive thousand dollar tiro Friday light. The heaviest losers wore Weatherly's Dry Goods store tnd Capt. P. M. Breedon. The ^ostofhce was among the buildings burned. The tire started rom the explosion of gasoline n a bicycle shop. .m Perry Martin, a farmer in the I ricinity of Hock Hill, was badly liurt a few days ago by an unuly cow, the animal throwing lim against a tre-* and dislocat ng his shoulder. < For results, advertise in the i Lancaster News. Sutler ti? iill I'ernotis I inlcbteti to 1 the Ijiiucuster Mercantile Co. As you well know, we made some business changes the first >f last year, and it is absolutely lecessarv that we must enll?r>t %/ - - - ^w.x/vv ill past due notes and accounts n order to settle with the late ne{libers of our concern ; thereore, we now ask our friends, vhom we have been so liberal villi, to now make arrangements it once to pay us. All past due lotes and accounts not settled iromptly will be placed in the lands of our lawyer for collec ion. Yours truly, J ' It Lancaster Mercantile Co. f NOW FOI 5 FANCY GI ? Nuts, Cheese, M Crnrlfprc Pro* s r And Fruits of Every Kirn t ^ (iivo mo your business, ; and Quality. a Don't forgot 1 keep a fu ? China, Crockerj ? Yours to serve. J J. I I - WAN The Trading P We have the ISi< Cheapest Stock of ever had. We hoi cotton was cima higher prices, a such being the ci more goods than t Our stock of DRESS /S NEW AND We pride ourseh medium priced li ING in tlie towi well assorted and GENTS' FUF And at prices the tion?quality com When you think of SHC Think of us. We tarry thei styles and quality. We lui Shoe for men, and Kippendo pair guaranteed. Give us a call ; we wolc or not. Yours, with Ilonest Goo Funde y * Notice to All Persons Indebted to Heath Banking & Mercantile Company and Clyburn-Heath Mule Company. All persona indebted to the underpinned by notes or accounts are respectfully and earnestly requested to. come jrward and settle same at once. These" tlrms are now in liquidation, and it is absolutely necessary that all parties indebted to them should setlie before November loth, otherwise we will be compelled to place the accounts in the hands of our Attorney I III UtJI ICI UIIIJ . Heath Banking & Mercantile Co. < My bur n-Heat h Mule Com pany. STYLISH FALL FOOTWEAR This Kail linds us with the strongest line of S11 < > K s we have ever carried. Our increasing business has caused us to carry a larger and better stock: so we have a larger variety than ever before. We rail attention to the extra values which we are offering, and in each Shoe you will tind the quality higher than the price. Con.e judge for yourself. CHERRY & CO. V. YOUR $ IOCE3UES t AV 1 5 acaroni, rentes, > >erves, Pickle, J i. Celery Every Week. & md 1 will give you Prices ^ 11 line of ? t & Glassware. J * 1. Mackerel, t TEDj ublic to Know j I<*est, Host, and Goods wo have ij^ht {roods wlion p, anticipaiin^ ml, of course, iso, we bought isual. GOODS | C 0 M P L E T E. ,*es 011 the host ne of CLOTH 1. We carry a up to date line {NISHIN6S. it defy competiddered. >ES I in in an endless variety of I uullo tlie Forbush Cushion rf Shoe for women. Every ome you whether you buy ds at Fair Prices. Tburk Co. |