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Agricultural ' "There's Millions in It." Possibilities of the Hen Fruit Industry. J The New? and Courier. Mr. C. H. Stror.g, of Dublin. Krath County, Texan, has shipped since February 1, thirteen solid care of eggs, for which he has i received $1,200 a car, $16,000 for the thirteen cars. Additionally he has shipped from 10 to 50 cm863 "every day or two." This information comes to us from our esteemed contemporary, the Dallas News. There is no reason to suspect that Mr. Strong is the only mau iu Erath County who buys eggs from the farmers and ships them to the city markets. According to the New York I Herald of Saturday, real good ; and unsuspected eggs were scarce in New York. "Nearby eggs," shipped from the neighborhood that is, eggs shipped from the neighborhood of New York, were hard to get at any price and average eggs ("average" is not the market term) were retailing at, ay, 30 cents. Southwestern eggs in which we fancy the eggs of Krath County may be included, were not of the Caesar's wife variety, and were being sold to the retail dealers at 15 cents the dozen and by them to the customer as 22 cents. The Dallas News says that a ereat many Erath farmers are earning about $5 the week the year round through the diligence of their hens?and with little or o trouble to themselves. Some earn more, having a larger num her of hens which are perhaps more enthusiastic laborers in the vineyards?or barnyard?which is the same thing. Erath County, Texas, is not of itself a favorite resort of hens. We doubt if it is as good a hen oonnty as is Darlington, or Un ion, or Fairfield, or Williamsburg, or Barnwell. We know that each and every county in .South Carolina is a hen county and an egg county and the absence of the bens is not their fault. What is more to the point, all the counties in South Carolina are close to New York. They are two hours . nearer to Philadelphia, and | nearer still to Baltimore, Wash ington. Richmond. I.niiiovillt. Cincinnati and a thousand other! egg-eating cities and towns. Thus the eggs that arrive in New York , from Texas are three or four days ?.lder than the eggs that the hens of Soutn Carolina kindly lay this j morning for the Waldorf-Asto rian breakfasts of to morrow. The Southern or the Atlantic Coast Line will not send a train to Mr. Doe's station for the out put of his barnyard unless it produces a carload or so each week. Nothing hinders Mr. Doe and his neighbors from following tbe example of Mr. Strong's neighbors at Dublin, in Erath Oounty. A few dozen of them can agree to maintain each 50 hens on their farms and bring their eggs to the station .Mondays and Wednesdays, or other con venienf flays of the week, and thus may he insured a car load each week for the Northern mar kete. In thai case, the railroad v 1) do its part. South Carolina should he dot ted over with hen clubs. Every group of farms should have its club of farmers pledged to raise eggs for the market. Department ?? rhe Eh~?ct of the Sulphuric Acid Upon the Commercial Acid Phosphate. Southern Cultivator. ^ There are some differences in a t apimons among toe farmers of no this section as to which part of a acid phosphate contains plant cai food. Some contend that the sul Wfl phuric acid of acid phosphate i? ut, the only part that does any good ] as a plant-food?that the only way it does good is where there pe is plenty of humus in the soil for Qr it "to eat up," and that the phos as| phate is of no good only "to hold yh the acid." There are others among whom g() if i i i: .1 i .i are uiyhcii, vruw uisncve mitii nit* (q phosphate is the important part; th? we admit that phosphate alone ir W8 not a complete fertilizer, but fl|,( that it must be mixed with other on chemical elements to formulate h jie complete fertilizer; we believe ou the phosphate rock or ground aj< bone must be treated with acid 8jf to render it in an available form ee, so as to get the most good from wj it, but we think there is a fertili- jn zing value in phosphate rock or ground bone, even if it has not been treated with sulphuric acid, ha but we do not think there is anv at< fertilizing value in sulphuric acid alone. As to the humus in the c0 Roil which the acid is supposed to 8C "eat up,''of course the more hu- 0f mus in the soil the more good any ^ fertilizer will do. jf( Now, Mr. Editor, please explain this in the columns of your most excellent paper, the Southern ra Cultivator, as 1 think there may <jc be farmers in other parts of the country would like to understand th this question better. "R Jas. H. A. North Augusta P. O., S. C. r, tii Comment by the Editor: ar You are correct in stating that rh the fertilizing value in "acid phos fo phate" is in the "phosphate rock' and not in the sulphuric acid p< The sole virtue in the sulphuric th acid lies in its power to dissolve i?< the phosphate and render it solu- vc ble. There are many who contend that our "acid phosphate"' con |>l tains enough free sulphuric acid |0( in it to be partially injurious to yn the land and to the crop. We d<> not think this is true, or we jjr would not receive such uniformly j.j( pood result* from it* use. Sul cu phuric acid far from being a fer ^ tilizer is such a powerful acid Cj1 that it w ill eat up almost everv- V(] thing it touches and would kill c0 every seed or plant with which p( they come in contact. It is this Hp remnant of acid left that causes "acid phosphate" and our guanos to kill the seeds, if put 111 actual contact, and hence we want our fertilizers well mixed with the pa soil before putting in our seed. j , Marked Difference. an th In sowing ueas on stubble land an last season we tried to plow a on piece of land with a two-horse wi plow, but after plowing a strip across the field, concluded to thi wait until it rained. When the yo rain did come we got into a bur- an ry and plowed in n 11 the field he with one-horse plows, and the no result was the deep plowed strip he had a richer color all the season sci and the pea grew about one foot at taller than the one-horse plow- sh< ing?J. C. Scrihiing. coi A $300 Appendix. j i ie Story of a Stolen Dia- ^ j mond. 11 ' i ? !l lanta Journal. fhe appendix ha? been con- ; j mned by the learned doctors as ] hing of no use. But they will . v have to revise their opinion. ! vermiform appendix that ] tches and holds a diamond 1 irtb $300 is not without its , ill ty. But to begin the story at, its ginning: A young shoplifter rson entered the store of an naha jeweler the other day and ked to look at some diamonds. _ i _i ?. I ?r t? uure nuiiui ucr nn an in Imp nee and manv good clothes ; that the clerk did not scruple set forth a whole tray lull of e sparklers, and lorebore to itch her too narrowly. The oplifter young person slipped e of the precious stones into r mouth, and made her way t of the shop. Almost immedi sly after her departure the >ne was missed, a detective was i nt after her, and caught up th her. She still had the stone her mouth. The rude detec re addressed her so harshly that e 8 wallowed the diamond. After ving done so she became panic ricken?and confessed. She was haled to the police urts, and there her inner con iousnes8 was searched by means an X-ray machine. The $300 amond wan located in the ver>rm appendix. And it was then at the police judge delivered mself with the wisdom of Solo on. Or, rather, with the wis>m of Portia. "That diamond is yours," said e police judge to the jeweler, ,nd you have a right to dig for It is your diamond?take it. at? "But if you resort to an opera )u against the prisoner's will, id she dies from the effects of at operation, you can be held r murder." Exactly the same dilemma that >r*ia presented to Shy lock. "By e terms of your bond," said >rtia, "the pound of tlesh ir ?urs. But? "Be careful and don't shed an\ ood while you're cutting i' ose, or it's twenty three foi >u, by the laws of Venice," The young woman Rallies a' at protested against an opera >n. "I'll die before I'll let them t into me in that manner," sair e. A few days passed, and she anged her mind. A still, small ire within, that was not exaeth nscience, and yet which had a twerful effect upon conscience, oke unto hei. "I have not done right," said e. "I feel it now. Something the very center of my being lis me that 1 have erred. The tin which I am in is more than 3an stand." Thus does human 7 aspire to make itself a safetyposit vault ; but there is always i inscrutable power mightier an it-elf that curbs its vaulting ibition-a 'destiny that shapes r ends, rough-hew them how > will." 80 the mere act of swallowing is diamond has decided this unit woman with the morals of ostrich to repent Hnd live a tter life in the future. She can . longer hear to carry about her art, or nearby, the a wful con 1 ousneaa of tier crime. The oper , ion will cost $150, and the { oplifter individual, soon to heme an unappendixed but right ft ===== "The Old Reliable." - H * THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, s.c. S CAPITAL $50,000.00. A ^ SURPLUS $50,000.00. g S Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonaDie rates. n Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^ Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ ^ Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and ft ft the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. ij First National Bank [ In these days of keen c >nipetitioD, tlie success of a bank may he said to < 't t depend primarily upon the liberality of treatment accorded its depositors. ' I Recognizing this fact, THK FIRST NATIONAL 15VNK, of Lancaster, ; > grants as generous terms as are consistent with modern conservative bank- , ing, and the result has been a continuous and ra| id growth in business < , and resources , We want and invite an account from every individual, tirm and corpo- , ' ration in Iaincaster County. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent, paid on r time deposits. i : CHAS. D. JONES, Pres 't. E. M. CROXTON, Cashier. Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company AND Caldwell <35, Northern Railroad Co. TIME. TABLE. SOUTHBOUND. NORTHBOUND. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 01 68 ? 7 Kdgemont 8 10 62 60 60 12 (hi Jiornmer n uo 1 IX) Collettsville 11 05 6 00 2 40 3 05 5 15 Lenoir 9 05 2 12 9 00 2 30 6 20 3 45 3 33 5 29 Hudson- 8 4 9 1 54 7 45 1 45 7 10 4 05 8 33 5 23 Granite Kails 8 39 1 32 7 00 1 00 8 30 5 40 .... 3 57 0 00 Hickory 7 53 12 57 0 00 3 00 11 50 5 40 3 23 0 25 Newton 7 28 12 28 1 00 .... 9 00 4 58 0 58 Lincolnton 0 55 11 40 10 46 .... 1 30 0 00 8 30 Gastonia 5 50 10 38 7 50 d 3 05 .... 0 50 9 10 Yorkville 5 10 9 48 5 57 r 5 10 7 40 9 50 Chester 3 30 8 50 4 30 CONNECTIONS Chester?Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, and L. A C. Yorkville?Southern Railway. Gastonia?Southern Railway Lincolnton?Seaboard Air Line. S Newton?Southern Railway. f' ^ Hickory?Southern Railway. \ E. F REIO, Gen. Rasa Ajfent. Chester, S.C. DRINK I Fk Hire's Root Beer | | Jj for your health. At all r grocery stores ; 5c bottle. wionrtTtK?* (p* I Lancaster Bottling Wks . ? 8 Yorkville ?? Monument Works CXeCUtOr S sate. j Equipped with nuxlern maFor oaie, at public auction, on Mon- chinery and electric power. In position to furnish anything in lanti in Lancaster county containing pure Vermont Marble or (?ranite about tJ58 acres. known a? tract 4 of Monuments from the cheapest the estate lands of JiiIiuh M ilia, hound- _i_u f,. fL? ed north and west on Catawba and ' it? . el( gant design, wateree rivers, as per piat of \v k Write lor catalogue and inforI>uren I) S; being-tract conveyed by mation. Williams, Clerk of Court, to Annie R. Robinson by deed dated the 2nd day \^rAfk'A7111 f* ^ of December, 188b, and recorded in A U1KV111C) O. V-/? Deed Rook ( , pages 8 and 4 - ? ? Terms cash; or one-third cash and _ # # y, ?the balance payable in two equai I dwr/\#s*r I r A#st r " successive annual instalments from I 1 V| 1* I 1 l/a I */ date of sale, secured by bond of the 1 T VI lv 1 T VI purchaser and mortage of the prem v ' ' ises. 1'urchaser to pay for deed $10.00, ? g and also f??r taxes payable after date I |lf A|*17 f of sale, including those payable in I I Vfl V IbfMJ. A. M.Lee, U* VI Kxecutor. , * Kst. Annie R. Robinson, I llOUgh doing a rattling good 5-28-1W. deceased i 1 i- 1 : 1 uvcry uusiness, we are deterK . | mined to do even better. Our ) INOtiCe. jpresent stocks of Vehicles and , Tn Administrators, Kx*outor<?, Horses are being supplemented ( diann and committee*: handsome new carriages and , u?;r,jr:,?r7r,\::vMou.TrVo7S; buggies and styiiSh d" and Sad<Ue Horses. 4t. '' nVobate .TudKe. Our livery establishment is ? going to be second to none in eoua member of society, has been the State, and don't you forget promised immunity from the law. it! Come or send to us when There are several morals to the you want the best, up-to-date story, fully half a dozen of them ; livery service, figure out the one that suits you r. . b.?t. I HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO. T v