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The Rev. A. L. Stougli, Formerly Pastor of the Baptist Church of Lancaster, ' Celebrates his Eighty-first Birthday. I From the Baptist Press. L ?.st Wednesday was the eigh ' ty-nrst. birihday of Uev. A. L Stough, of I'iueville, N. C. On 1 this day his brethren and sisters whom lie had seiyed during his ' twenty years ol pastoral labors ' at Flint Ilill came, thirty-five 1 strong, with baskets filled with good tilings, took eharge of his 1 home, served a most excellent birtnday dinner and left many 1 good things behind them when 1 they went away. It was a most happy occasion in every way and will live in the memory of all those present. It was my pleasure to be tnere and to conduct religious services, which were tender and sweet. Bro. Stougli was born in Germany but has resided in this country since young manhood. For tif'y years lie has been a preacher and during all that time has been active ly engaged in work. Lie is still strong and active for one of his age and is engaged in serving the Baptist chruch at 1'ineville, which lie planted with his own hands. He had long desired to see a church at this place and when he retired serving the large church at Flint Hill he took up the task of building this church. He has succeeded so well that there is now a neat church house, painted, finished and furnished and lurnished with a church of sixty members worshiping therein. His heart was never more in any work than it is now in watching over this child of his old age. The birthday dinner was but one ot many kindly deeds by which 5 Hr/i fltAimli 'o Krotl, ?/,?, ' ^*vy, O iil tJ brightening life's evening for 1 him. They hold hivn affectionate ly in their love and esteem. It * was a source of unalloyed pleas- * ure to me to join with my breth- 1 ren in tiiis act and I rejoice to serve Christian brethren who are 1 capable ot such generous deeds. ( Edw. S. Reaves. Fort Mill, S. C. ] Making Cotton Without Hand Chopping. From the Progressive Farmer. , The reduction of acreage and the holding of cotton for better prices, important as they are, ( are not the only questions that are now being agitated by the! cotton farmers of the South. The third question, closely allied to the lirst two, and ol equal jt i iyv rvAff a it? I I? not aT I I lJIlj?'/l I | in I lie |M utl 111 I 1UII U] ; I cotton at tin* least possible cost. I Wi'h the hope th,*it may he of! value as well as interest to some one, The Progressive Farmer gives below tlie experience of one of the most successful cot ! ton raisers ot Wake County, Mr. H. B Bagwell, manager on Mrs. | F. P. Tucker's farm, near Raleigh. Every farmer realizes what an important item in the expense account the chopping of oAfInn in and Imu hIwdus tipmi ! A fair proportion of what might' otherwise have gone on the credit side of the ledger has gone < to the "hoe hands." And now, with the present scarcity of labor, the item of chopping is a bigger one than ever, because it is in many cases almost impns sible to pet the crop chopped at any price. Many devices for do ing the work have been hied, but as yet no machine has ever been found that could he operat ed successfully. Yet Mr. Bagwell, on his own (arm at least, has solved the problem. Last year he cultivat ad ninety acres in cotton and the antire cost of hoeing did not ex ceed $25. And?think of it? twenty acres did not have a hoe put iu it at all! Perhaps the skeptical, and those who are wedded to the old 1 -f 4I-.*- ill *1 jruer 01 tnings win say ma< tliere is not much cotton produced on this farm. Listen, then : flie ninety acres produced 172 bales. The method followed is simple snough. The first point is in the bed of rows. They are made as high as possible. Then the seed are put in the ground three and half inches deep and hree bushels are put to the icre. The deep planting will nsure a stand it the weather is iry and will also allow the culivation which follows. Just belore the cotton comes ip an ordinary two horse, spikeooth harrow is run over the ?/\ma AVAflnnfiflA A Li * " " J ? ? v/WOj V/IWOOWIOCJ UJL" U'ill) unci ill! uch of the (op of the row comes )fF, together with the quickly Terminating grass seeds. Then just as it comes up the iperation is repeated, a?ul anHher coat of graes is killed and ;he cotton is partly thinned. After the cotton all gets up he harrow is run over it, with he rows, and the third crop of ;rass is killed and the cotton is Drought, to about the desired hand, some of it, as we have jaid, not having a hoe put into t at all. Of course close cultivation :ollows the use ot the harrow and he grass is never allowed to got i start. If Mr. Bag well can save money 11 this way, it must be that jthers can. Kor twenty-nine fears his cotton has taken first ? . i i jiiav hi mo ouue rair, aim ins experience is worth something. He believes in deep plowing md thorough preparation of the and, a liberal use of fertilizers jroperly applied, and close culti/ation. .lesse E. Clark. I^ongressUndertakesto Guard Crop Report. Washington, March 14.? before aking up the railroad question oday the senate passed a num >er of bills, some of which were )f considerable importance. One it them provides tor the punishment. ol government, officials lor trie premature divnlgence of secret information of government bureaus in such matters as the 3rop reports; anot her Krauts ex BCtitive authority in the matter Bf construction of bridges over navigable streams, and still another gives congressional sanction to the effort on the part of Delaware and Now Jersey to ad just their long pending boundary dispute. Cats and Chickens. At this season of the year til family eat, which hour after hoi: sits sunning herself) on the wil (low sill apparently oblivious < aU her surroundings, is not infn quenhlv resting Ironi her depn <lalions in the poultry yard, whei sh* devoured a fow young chick Irom the newly hatched brood. So stealthily does she go abot her work that she is not eve missed Irom her accustome haunts, and it anyone suggeste that she was in any way respoi sible for the disappearance of th chicks, her owner would reseu (he imputation and declare then ly rats, weasels or hawks coul so quietly make way with then Cats seem to understand tin that kind ot vandalism is tic permitted, and they go abot their work so quietly that it i only by chance that we finail catch them as they seize a chic and disappear to some seclude spot to either devour it alone o share it with her family of ki tens. Ii is not only our owu famil cat which so quietly steals ou chicks, but those of our neighboi will often come a mile or mor< and between them our flock ( young ones disappears as if b magic. The time they usuall select is about, daybreak, whe I he chicks first come from th coops to search for the earl worm. Watch for them and brin your gun into play. There is n way to stop them except by tilt method. Cats which kill chick are like dogs that, kill sheepdeath alone will stop them. Neighbors will not believ their cats guilty and will refus to try in any way to keep ther at home, so there is nothing le for us but to exterminate the ei tire breed as fast as we ca catch them. Cats form the habit from catcl ing birds as food for their younj and though it seems, in a mea ure, cruel to resort to sue methods, there is no other wa to protect our chickens. It either no cats or no chicken and since one is for pleasure an the other for profit, we must < necessity protect the latter; an the sooner we begin the work ( killing the better it will he. Persuasion will not answer. It requires drastic measure to ii sure safety lor the flock.?llotn and Farm. Enough. The late Governor Hope's fran nessin naming his children quiet equalled by a Washingtoi I lan whose wife presented hi] ( with twin daughters. At the chri teeing the minister was started I learn that the f ather had decide I to name them Kate and I)upl ! cate. j Several years after twins wei again born into the family?th time boyn, who were duly name ; Peter and Repeater. | A third time this ntrenuou 'opponent, of race nuicide w? blenned with children twain, an thin time he firmly named th wee ladn Max and Climax.?Kai Von Kraft, in March Lippincott1 TWO good Hooond-haiid Moves for sal Apply at The News Office. \ ^?5tfJOSSSaSSMBSS /g "The 01( J < THE BANK OF LAN( 51 & CAPITAL B- !# SURPLUS < 8 e tfd Loans made on Real Est 1 I W Collections given promp 81 ^ Interest allowed on linn SYour business solicited, the strongest Bank in Lan ,d I- -? I Southern d *HE SOXJ'TH,jS G Unexcelled dii |t Through Pullri 8 on all through v ient schedules < k Winter tourist d effeet to all Fl< r full informati t- routes, etc., co ern Railway y ?.?-??mm. r BROOKS MORGAN, A.G. Atlanta, Ga. )1 ' y ? A PIANO OR ORGAN e FOR YOU. y To the head of every family who is an hitious tor the future aud education of hi children, we have a Special Proposition t ? make. ? No Article in tlio home shows the ev 0 deuce of culture that does a Piano or Oi gun No accomplishment gives as muc 't pleasure or is of as great value in after lil as the knowledge of music and the abilit to play well. ? Our Small Payment Plan makes the owi nershipofa high gra.le Piano or Orga easy. , Just a few dollars down and a small pa; e ment each month or quarterly or sem [e annually aud the instrument is yours. Write us today for Catalogues and or 11 Special Proposition ol Easy Payments, j j Address, MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE. 1 Columbia, S. C. n Bridges to Let 1 will let the contract to build new bridge over Hear Creek on th Kioh Hill road, near Wm. Hinson' |l to the lowest responsible bidder, o Thursday, March 22nd, at 10 o'cloc y a. m. Also one over Gills Creek, o the Potter road, on the same day 1 2 o'clock p. 111. Specifications to t s, made known at the time and place < . letting, reserving the right to reje< d any or all bids. )f M.C.GARDNER, County Supervisor. (1 March 8, 1906. For Sale le I will sell to the high est cash bidder my Blacksmith Shop including all my tooh forges, etc. Don't all speak at onc< F. R. HASSEY. to Lexington Rollei Mill Co. re LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. in (j Highest grade Flour. Wo are offering to our trade this next year the highest grade Hour ever is sold in Lancaster ? "HENRY CLAY. n Every sack guaranteed to please or money refunded. For sale by "I BENNETT GROCERY CO. J Reliable." -j? : G J ASTER, Lancaster, S. C. V $50,000.00. M $50,000.00. ;ate. at reasonable rates. Kfl ?t and careful attention. ^ i deposits.. ^ The oldest, the largest and mm icaster county. Jg S^!8g^Cy?Pig REATES* jSYjSMSM ning car service, nan sleeping cars trains. Conven:>n all local trains, rates are now in orida points. For on as to rates, nsult any SouthTicket Agent, or P.A., R. W. HUNT,G.P.A., Charleston, S. C. Summons for Relief i in o STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j. County of Lancaster. h IN THE COMMON PLEAS. [y J. M. Harry, J. O. Walker and J. W. Wadsworth's Sons Co., conducting j. a business as funeral directors and D embalmers, under the firm name of J. M. Harry & Co.?Plaintiffs, ?* against Jennie Mcllwain, Julia A. Taylor, ir Walter S.Taylor, Burroughs Taylor, R. E. Wylie, Eliza J. Wylie and R E. Wylie, executors, J. G. Haird, Charlotte Drug Co., Heath Supply Co., Bank of Lancaster, and J. W. Wadsworth's Sons Co.? _ Defendants. To the Defendants Above Named : You and each of you are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in thiH action, which is tiled in the office of the (.Berk of Common Pleas, for the said County, and . to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at . lllt-ir Ullioe Bl I.BIICBSltT Vy. II., F>. V/. , within twenty days alter the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such * service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. K. E. A R. B. ALLISON, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Dated February 28th, A l). 15)0(5. To the Absent Defendants, Julia A. I- Taylor, Walter S. Taylor, Burroughs Taylor, J. O. Baird, Charlotte Drug Co. and J. W. Wadsworth'n Sona Co. and others : Take notice (hat the complaint and summons in this action was tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Lancaster county on the 28th day of February, 15)00. >, U.K. AII. II. ALLISON, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Feb. 28th, 1000 ?(iw. a I REPRESENT THE ' COLUMBIA LIQUOR CO. < Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic iinurc a kin nniinno nmu nnu uguunj. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. All orders left with me will ? receive prompt and careful attention. No charge for forwarding orders. John W. Elliott, \ At Crescent Restaurant.