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4 The Lancasi Semi-Wi Publish Wednesdays ar At Lancastc By Tl Lancaster Publish Charles T. Com SUBSCIUPTIO One Year Six Months Three Months Payable In a ADVERTISING One Inch, flrst insertion quent insertion SO cents, longer, reduced rates. Professional cards, nor Business notices, Trans Lost and Kound, and oil tleemenis not exceeding <B each Insertion: 1 cent a v tlonal word over 2."' words. Obituaries, Tributes o thanks and all matter of a nature to be charged for. Advertising rates by the on application. Brief correspondence on interest Invited. Not res] correspondents. It E. W YI JSO A. COOK, Sku't a J M. RIDDLE, Jr.. BU Entered as second-class at the postoMce at Lancn: of Congress of March 3. I: Saturday, Janua Barring the inai monies, the proc< legislature this we of special inttrei bills were introdu red to the various South Carolina chief executive i mentofGov Heyv nately for ilie com successor, Gov. An ure up to every 1 the position. THE IHON Ci Since the great pea crop has been ly demonstrated d few years, the pec ishing food for I: bea^t and the vim stock feed as well tent factor in the of the soil, farmer taking more inter* tivation ot peas at] more of them eacl There are, as ii numerous varielie better adapted te 1 i sow ano some to every farmer ha kind. A new varic troduced in this s try which, from w it, promises to hi sally popular. We is known as the So far as we have learn, Mr. James one of Lancaster's i ve and successful the only farmer i who tried the new year; but it plant c \s, we should lik them. We had a Mothershed a da about the iron pea suit of his experi may be of interes our readers. Having heard a deal about the sup the iron cow pea? ly productive cap; immunity of the pi and wilt diseases, shed ordered a pec last spring from the well known s Richmond, Va. Ah THE rER News Hme he wrote to Olemson Col- Co lege tor information a^out the ov? eekly. pea auci ag t}ie cause of rust, shi ed ' etc. A reply was received from nei id Saturdays Harper, in which he said : lor ;r. S. C.. "The ru9t of cowpeas is caused pl( le by little microscopic plants living 'ai ling Company. ou ^|ie tissues of our cultivated nors, Editor. >)llu"9 Some Tarielies ot cow" Br peas are subject to wilt and rust ot n RATES, cmob diseases. But it is claimed for we i-w the Iron cowpea that it resists by 40 almost all of these diseases. This U vance. variety of cowpea has been known m' o rates. to grow on land where other a 1 . f 1.00. Each subso- ... . i . ,> TV For three months or varieties would not grow at all 11 year. ?i2. *** on account of the wilt diseases." Mr- Mothershed plauted the vv "> words, 2ft cents for L ., . , a.: rorti for each addi- peck of iron cow peas received ** f respect, cards of from Richmond the first week Wi peraontvi ?r pouiica1 jJutiey tlie soil selected being re! column made known an 4?0ld field u0w ground." He '"i poMibieHfo?rfv!ewe8rof planted iu 3-foot rows. Owing to ,h the pressure of other work, he ^ nd"ritKAs!1 nKWT" was unable to give the plants ro 8inms manaoih. proper cultivation, only running 8S1 oue furrow through them at da matter. Oci. 7. l?.\ ... . ,, ?. ?* . . , ?tor, s c.. under Act "laying-by' time. Notwithstand ing however, the yield was 15 v ry 19 1907 bushels, besides more vines than Mr. Mothershed -had ever seen produced by anv other kind of wl iguration cere- T1 . ' , i ari . . pea. Ihe vines were singularly sedings of the f . .. , jn . , free from wilt, rust or disease of ek were devoid ,. ... . , in ? any kind. Mr. Mothershed says j 1 umerous ja fujjy 8atisfied that he would ced and refer- ^ ^ at ^ 25 je) committees. from the one peck of seed had \n the plants been properly worked loses an ideal an(j }ia?j not their growth and (^e Q l*ie retire- yiei(i been impaired by the rard, but,fortu- green stump roots in the land. m monwealth,liis So well pleased, however, is Mr. isel, will meas. \i0thershed with the result of te equirement of j,jg experiment that he has dedined to sell any of his fifteen bushels of peas, though offered DW PEA. a3 much as $3 per bushel for A value of the 'hem, and expects to plant Ihe so successful, entire yield himself this year. I* ???\ n/\AMO I tlin f 'ln??\CA?> ell linn J? t 1)0 pjist 11 "IJJ'COI 3 Him HID V1C1IIOUU t itself as nour- College authorities also experi- "i >oth man and niented with the iron cow pea ha ?s as excellent la*f y^ar> with most gratifying 8,1 as a most po- HI1(1 highly satisfactory results ^)r improvement Bulletin No. 123 says : he s generally are "The following experiments l> -8t in the cul- were conducted at this station mi id are planting with cow Peas- Special attention wi i year. 's called to the results obtained en 9 well known by the 'r?" COW pea' Th? most s of peas, some important experiment was that M ' one kind of ot ",e "on uow pea' Pla?led another, and April 21sl' a"J re,ai"eil '? io s hia favorite 1<?avea Uclol,er- otl ty is Heine in. Tl,? iron cow pea, because of its !> ection of coui.- resistance of "Root Knot," and * hat wehearoljhardneM ?"'er respects, is ou ecome univer "-ertainly one of the most valua ..pfp. , l)le varieties of cow peas known." ?c iron cow pea "le Clem9"'i iron pea crop }?l been able to Wa? CUt for hay? and t,,e bu,,etin 10 R.MotherahedJr flerred ,0 8urns up Results" Tl most progress- a8 <ollows: Da,e oi Panting, ^ farmers? was April 21 ; dH,e ot harvesting, W! in the county July 18 ' plan,ed ?n rows,3 feet; re viftld nor tioro eraon 1Q SOfi 8e ' pea the past J , , . QOo ,. in . . .. pounds ; dry, 4,882 lbs. ed by anv otli- ,, , . , , . How many farmers in Lancase to near from ... , H ter county will trv the iron cow talk with Mr. , . J , * pea this vear? We hope that aa y or two ago * 1 , ... , , many as can secure the seed will i, and the re- , . , . do so. ment with it t to many of . News in Brief. ^ nd read a good Ci erior merits of The war department at Wash tli -its wonderful- ington is preparing to rush food Tl: icity and the supplies to the earthquake suffer- inl lant from rust ers of the island of Jamaica tei Mr. Mother- The Statesville, N. C., flour mills As k of the peas were destroyed by fire Wednes- foi Wood A' Sons, day morning.... Capt. Charles du eed dealers of B. Wooten, formerly a conductor out the same on the Southern road between LANCASTER NEW8, JANUARY 19, 1907. ? lumbia and Charlotte, was run A fib o?m Br and instantly killed by a ifting engine in Columbia Wed- flFy sday afternoon.... A. R. Mai- llpy Most pi y, inventor of the Mallory JlfjCV been tick )w, committed suicide in At- %siof\ to bl ita Wrdnesday... .Five train- T )u were killed Thursday at jT But the si idKeport, Pa., by the explosion Jt EdfntltsioTl a boiler.. .One hundred lives JL #ick to get r< >re lost day before yesterday 2 a typhoon in the Philippines X * eeP# U1 .. Morris Wingo, a young white a on thin peopl in, was run over and killed by O brings color t< ;rain at bpartanburg Junction V vent* coughs, lesday night... .As a result of y t* j i * n u ( 6 Food in c< (hooting in Orangeburg county .. eduesday three men are dowu ' y?un8 ai tli broken legs. The trouble JL And it con is caused by an attempt to ar- JL it a man named William Flem jfC ALL DR Z. . . Four men escaped from e chain gong in Fairfield counTuesday.... Dr. James Woodw, the eminent educator and entist of Columbia, died Thurs?? FOF re, Nancy H. Stewart Die* Sutl- H| B tlenly. Mro Von/iair U n/\.. CUitMi.t A>A? a. A^uuwj X1UCJT Oicwaiu idow of the late John M. Stewt, died suddenly at her home Monroe last Thursday morng. She was a sister of Mr. i seph Huey, of this place, and m Eives a large circle of friends both North and South Caro 1a to lameut her untimely ath. She was a lady of many ristian virtues and a devout ember of the A. R. P. church. The burial was yesterday af rnoon at 3:30 o'clock, the Rev. Meek White, of Unity, con icting the funeral services. Young I Airly 'n Trying Experience. Miss Marion Johnson, the arming young lady of Rock n? ill who is teaching music in mcaster, received quite a severe ock here Wednesday night.? i retiring to her room, at the me of her relative, Mrs. M. J. ;rry, she discovered a white in peering at her through the JL JL ndow shutters. Greatly frighted she instantly gave an alarm. ?r cries were heard by Mr. and rs. L. C. Harrison, who at the the <i ne occupied an adjoining room < 1. ~ u..;i .i: ?? iiic; uuiuuiig, as well HS DV hers in (he house. Finding out e trouble Mr. Harrison at once cured his revolver and went it into the yard in search ol the truder, but the scoundrel could >t tie found, having n? uoubt ft the premises in haste on hearg M iss Johnson's cries for help. tough terribly frightened Miss * 1 dinson is satisfied that the party xxloU . is white, but she was unable to cognize his face. He shor'.d be verely dealt with it his identity ever revealed. 1 a -?- ,h. Blankets, andsome Contribution to * Confederate Monument Fund by Mt. Carmel Alliance. The Lancaster Chapter of U. , C. has received from the Mt, A| irmel Alliance tund $66.00 for I e benefit of the Monument.? I le monument fund, which is on j teres! at The Hank of Lanoasr, is between $1400 and $1500. i a body we tender our thanks * this material aid which is fa a | ily appreciated. VgnJ TTi| Mrs L. B. Foster, IpVllU U V Corresponding Sec'y. sople know that if they have J they need Scott's Em til- . J ing back health and strength. 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