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Agricultural The Proper Cultivation of Corn. I Through the courtesy of the ' Michigan Farmer" we are enabled to give our readers a couple of cute, showing the root formation of corn. The South has failed . to raise her quota of corn on ac cou.it of two things? first, we do not give corn the same atteution in preparation and manure as we give to our cotton, and secondly, we injure it seriously by plowing too deep "laying by time". We should plow our corn at least four times, and the last three times should be with cultivators and sweeps or very broad scrapes bd uu the heel of the plow to run very shallow. You injure the corn every time you break ? root. You had as well argue that! cutting the small veins in a man's limbs does not injure him, since he does uot bleed to death, as to contend that you can break these small rootlets of the corn stalk without impairing its vitality and iuflicting serious injury. We can never agree with any stunting or set-back theories in the cultivation of corn. We want the most perfect stalk growth we can secure, and this alone can be obtained by a full root development. Many of us farmers who have tilled the soil all our lives have very little idea of the wonderful, rapid and extensive root -? * f in i development or our pianis. vv e haven't been to technical and close observation. We never care to run thiugs into extremes. W? have a most wholesome reverence for practical common sense that goes to work and secures visible, tangible results, while many are drawing out or unraveling tinespun theories. But there is such a thing which we have often seen, where a man trains this common sense until he knows the "ho* and whys" of a thine, so that his work is done both at the time and in the manner that will give the best results. Such men we most honor, and would encourage | others to attain their high estate Coming back to corn root forma tion, you can readily see from the pictures that it will requ>r' very shallow cultivation not i< disturb or destroy many of then Instead of breaking a single c. we want so to cultivate that w will encourage the putting forti of every rootlet possible and sr cure its full growth, then the cornstalk ami the ears will receive the maximum quantity el moisture and fond. Every good farmer will see that his plows are , set to run right or use anv piect of machiney to t)<>Ht advantage until trained to it. Wo are often surprised to see how different | the work of the same tool in dif j ferent hands. One man will takej a planter ami declare it no good ; another will take it and gut the very best results. We should study to do shallow but effective cultivation. A 26 or 2S inch scrape, or a Planet, Jr., with ful' set of 8- and 12-inch "crapes c ut bo use 1 to plow your corn shallow and clean. Many people "lay bv" their corn too early. They argno that it injures it to plow any tater. The reason it does ??t i? n Injure it very materially to j>h?w later Is the fact, so many break j the roots every time they plow their corn. When ? rain comes immediately this damage is rap idlv repaired and hence m <n> ! will tell you if certain times when large yields were made bv "laying j Department. by" with deep plowing. Bat if it remaius dry the corn yield will often be reduced half and all the cause attributed to the drouth instead of the plowing.?Southern Cultivator. Don't Lay by Too Soon. We hear of a few farmers who have already laid by their corn. We think they have made a mistake. The tendency these years is to work corn later than formerly. All writers on corn culture advise this. The idea now prevailing seems to be to work it until about the time the tirst silks appear. The last two plowiugs should be shallow so as not to disturb the roots. Late plowing helps to keep the moisture in reach of the corn root, and for this reason is more important for a dry season than a wet one.? Smithfield Herald. Dairy Notes, By Shepherd. Weeds, especially rag weeds, make bitter milk. Nothing will atone for poor processes and lack of care in buttermaking. When butter is gathered in the churn in granular form it is uever over-churned. In seasoning with brine, butter is never over worked, as it is not worked at, all. Working out buttermilk and working in salt is where the over work comes in. If you w;int the milk flow to keep up always milk clean. The quality of the food has [much to do with the quality of the milk. Know by test and not by guess which are the most profitable cows in the herd. The quality of the salt has much to do with the finish of prime butter. Well managed winter dairying is unqualifiedly the most satis factory dairying to the shrewd producer. As to feeding a poor cow with good feed g.ve better result1- than i good one with poor feed. If the cream is made t o warm the globules will be busted and the nil mingle with the water in the cream* such cream will come to butter slowly. Every time you abuse the frightened cow, you throw her mill; ami butter machinery out I of gear. | Knur times an much nutriment jean b? secured by converting 111< i ,,roducts of the farm into milk an can he gained bv putting them into beef, mutton or pork. First produce a good at tide and then devote an equal amount i' i \kiii and thought to establishing th?? best possible *ale for it. Milking is a very important matter where profit is ti e object A nlow milker is a nuisance in toe dairy ; a dirty one is worse.? Live Stock Journal. H<> ^Hlt/ Cdrno r% t Rlt.." WMMI J .^V I'OIJl iit* h- ( iiiiiioQ in India us Tt- m>?< !) mill liver dis.nder- wi'li i;h. Fo tli Jul' however'lu re is a sure rem- lv; . ri 1 Hitter-; flu- grunt restorative moiti-me. <>i j which S A. Kruwn, ftf Ih-Direttavllt 8. t' j * 113- : " I hey rehired my wil- I<? p-rtuct ! lie 11 ) 1 after years of stiff'-iing with dyspeji-ii iitnl a 0 -11 >ii itMil I v torpid 1 vi-r " Fleefric I(11>em ??ure ills act fever, miliaria hilliousneia, lame hack, Mine;, i roub'os ami bladder disorders Sol I on guir-ntee by FmiderhurU Fha.iuioy, Cri.wlord Pros, iitnl J V. M? ;lw;y Co, drngK'S's. Piice M. Quad's Kicklets. The Arizona Kicker. This paper is open to ?ome xmart young man who is aching to make a hit in journa'ism.? The salary will be $9 per week to start on, and when he gets alone far enough to tell the dif ference bet ween bullalo grass and a steer's tail he will be advanced He must have two guns and b? lightning on the draw. It slioi while defending t he reputation o the Kicker lie will be buried a' our expense. "llazle Dell" was the title ot f play given at the Uellso Operr House last Tuesday and VVednes .1 ?: ?i A _ ?j.i . uit.v uiguis, ana tne re*un wajust what we warned I he piu headed manager would be tlu ca^e. There were notnurdetsoi abductions in it, and no dancing or throwing the la&t.o, and thi company had to be financially assisted to leave town. They \ver? lucky to have escaped all tin bullet9 fired on the last night. The latest quack doctor to at rive in Giveadam Gulch is nantet Harvey, and front the looks o him we don't believe he kuows a case of broken leg from an en largcd liver. Our observation may seem rather candid to him but. it's a way we have got in to. In makintr a land deal the oth er day we became possessed o three more mountains and fou more precipices, aud we can nov fill all orders without delay.? L'lease mention what height o mountain you would like am wVlftt.flfll* WAI1 wont a Jranflfn .. J "U HUUV w U> ? U precipice or only an ordinary.? No extra charge for a mountai which gives off avalanches occn sionally. Mr. William Fry, living on on the Dog Creek road, had th misfortune to We his wife on day last week. lie boxed her oar soon after breakfast, ai d whe he came home last night it w? to find that she had taken th $200 in the house and fle'*. A soon as Mr. Fry's grief subside a bit he will eo to St. Louis ani select another companion Th one who skipped was a variel ac'ress and never did take kirdl. to Arizona. There w re no brc Iters at hand to pay for h< r din lie |*8 | Shocking Death of a Child it Marshville. i Last Thin si.1 ay wi,l? the chil <) re m < i f M r S \l It it- 1 i I playing in a room, a hot mi I Ih it was remiiifi on iiie lloor am asiains' i ho ?a-l, i?*ll a*d in son; manner was din-harked Mi i IJ . rrel l's iiitle ;.'-ye*r < l.t ilnngli 'tor, I )<?1! i .*, was il?\ing on ih i bed nearby and fho I ;.( 1 enter**' i her body m ar :h?* hips, ousm I her death in " boil I an hour.? Mr. U arret i, who ?a out wit | the mail oil l?>lite 1. was son lor as soon a. ' Ih* aecn. e?'t < ccur: ie-i iuiil arrived in the yard jus as the 111 1 le mrl Was il. my ? M atshvilJe llonn*. An Alarming Situation f? ?-?|*? ??11 y re-ai'ls Ir an t?- nf rlogg i h ?\vHs an 1 torpid livr. nnol const iput > I b> cmiics clii'iaio litis condition is n?, known tn IIhisii who us? Dr Kind's N? \ Life rills; the I csl and gentlest n-g lnloi of Stonnvli and I'owi-ls (jiiHrnOtccd l? Fnri'lcrliiirk t'hiirmucy, Crawford IIkik mid 1. F .' lackey C?o. drnggiBt Price 25c. ? w w ^ ===== "The Old Reliable." === ^ . < THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster. S. C. : X CAPITAL $50,000.00. A y SURPLUS $50,000.00. ? ! Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. A ' U Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^ I % Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ ^ Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and |1 | |j the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. jg Carolina & North=Western Railway Company 1 AND t Caldwell CEt> Northern Railroad Co. TIME. TABLKL. , SOUTHBOUND. NORTHBOUND. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 1 57 01 00 9 7 Edjjemont 8 10 02 00 50 t 12 00 Mortimer 11 0B 1 00 Collettsville 11 05 ' 6 00 2 40 3 05 5 15 Lenoir 9 05 2 12 9 00 2 30 r 0 20 3 45 3 33 5 29 Hudson 8 4 9 1 54 7 4 5 .. M 'V* 7 10 4 05 3 33 5 23 Granite Kails 8 39 1 32 7 IK) . .M 8 30 5 40 3 57 0 00 Hickory 7 53 12 57 0 00 AM 5 40 3 23 0 25 Newton 7 28 12 28 W .... 9 00 .... 4 58 6 58 Lincolnton G 55 11 40 ..? f 1 30 G 00 8 30 Gaatonia 5 50 10 38 MRk 3 05 G 50 9 10 Yorkville 5 10 9 414.00. ^ . 5 10 7 40 9 50 Cheater 3 3iy " 00. 1 CONNECTIONS. C. 10.00. Rp e Cheater?Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, O 39. i 1 Yorkville?Southern Railway. s Gaatonia?Southern Railway * ^ ^ aB Lincolnton?Seaboard Air Line. % B Newton?Southern Railway. B Hickory?Southern Railway. ^Lt- V E. P. REID. Gen. Rasa. Affent. Cheater, S.C. ? Cfynrry anb Company We are now closiner out our Low Cut Shoes for Men. Women and Children at actual cost. Nothing but new and up-to-date M v styles. EVERYBODY should get their choice of the Neigler " or La France lines before they are all gone. f Umbrellas going at and below cost. Cherry & Company - K Livery, Livery, p* Livery! 1 Though doing a rattling good I |0L s livery business, we are deter-' If r:r~TjMj 1 mined to do even better. Our (L 1HL present stocks of Vehicles and | i 0 Horses are being supplemented ffij s by handsome new carriages and ' ILIi %> S buggies and stylish Yorkvillp 1 Driving and Saddle Horses.' Our livery establishment is M-OnillllCnt Works \ going to be second to none in Equipped with modern ma, the State, and don't you forget chinery and electric power. In , it! Come or send to us when position to furnish anything in ! you want, me best, up-to-date nure Vermont Marble or Granite livery service. Monuments from the cheapest slab to the most elegant design. HEATH-ELLIOT T LoLL GO. Write for catalogue and infornwuKBii.i.niii Yorkville, S. C. I DRINK Lxecutor's Sale. (1 I For sale, at public miction, on Mon| , < ik j Ck I (,ni Hi" '-n<l '"ny of J\iy at Lhii" I HtfP ? WflflT Kppr I 03ls,Hr? -s ' 12 nVln k III Tract of . I llll V ^ l\Uvfl JLFvvl H land in I.Hiiranifr County containing 1 I H about acre*. known an irnnt i of I tiie estate land* of .luliu^ Mill*, houudI for- your health. At all Bled n?rth and west oil Patnwha ami ' I grocery stores; 5c bottle. ( wateree river*. a* per ,,i,?t ,,r w k 1 ? J |)iir?-n l> S; heiuw trad convey .1 bv I n j Willinms, Clerk of nourf, to Aiwiie K. I r* i lt'i H Rohinson by deed dated tti?* 2ru| day ,i I Lancaster Boitlm? Us itljISttEkKL'i I] Terms cash; or one-third cn-h f~ rk, yawntw^t'. | 1he balance payable in two equal ??.. . . . 11 siirCfusive aiiiiual instalments from ? ' <lii!i' of sale, aeciKfil by bond of tho \ University of booth Carolina. > Scholarship Examination. "'"1 :i,N" r r ' l,a>;,l? * *f'"r ? of -ale. including those piyahleiu Tim University of South Carolina llKlti. \ M. I.?e, ' o^ers Scholarships in the Normal : Fxeciitor. . _l part meiit to two young men from i Kst Annie K. Robinson. ' each count). Rartb Scholarship is 5-23-tw. deceased, i worlli #4n iri money and $18 iniitricu-' _ tsti -n t.r "term" fee. | , Examination will he held t county ' lNftllCS I s-at KHI DAY. .1 bl.Y tilli. Kxamina- | . 'tion for ailtni-sioii to the University 1 To Ad ninl-t atnrs, Kx> enters, Oo?rn will he held ai l lie same 11ii e. dians and 1 o niiii' te**s : W rili* fur informat ion to The I .\v requires i lint you inn e an,v j ItK N.I A M I N SI.DAN, "res'l , ! mini return to the Probate *odrt oil or s I Colinnb-a, S. ! before the 1st., day of July in eocli .! vt ! K- Sfewiian. . , Rea !?l he News j4(> Probate Judge. 1