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R*:' \v'v'.: 2 Agricultural p?' A 1 A Lesson in Selecting and Improving One's Cottonseed and the Law Governing Seed Selection. On July 19th we spent the nUht with A. H. Rooks, one ol Richmond County's most pro(rrocwurn fnrninr y Mr UnrtLu ik-.c fiivoojiu li?i mv-i u, ifi i , A?vvrnu *???< a thousand acres, but he ha learned the value of rich lane and intensive methods, lie ha one hundred acres worked bj wage hands, which is rapidly improving. lie lms thfr'y-tw< acres ol this in cotton tha' wil make a bale per acre this year that five years ago only producer three bales of cotton. While Mr Hook believes in improving hii land, ho also believes in improv. ing his seed. He has been improving his cot ion by going ovei his pr< raium pat<'h and picking the boils from only perfectly shaped and fruited stalks, lit has teen practicing this systen for ten years or more. We walk ed through the terrace containing tho:e select seed and could read ilv see that the otton was su perior to the rest of the field but in this spot, many stalk showed marked .superiority as compared to other--, tor instance we counted two stalks near together of equal height, but one far more perfec'l.v shaped anc fruited?the one had 35 bolls the other only 20 bolls, or a dif fereneo of 15 bolls?on an acrt this would make a difference o yield of more than half a bale ol cotton. This lias cau-ed us to reflect upon the law Lioverning 'lie selection ol see ls, or more prop, erly, the law of selection. TIIK LAW OF SELECTION, (iod has made ttie two main forees of this world, d am! ?vil, to be at perpetual war will . zone another. Under favorable .conditions, evil wins, temporarily at least. The fundamental la" underlying the improvement o seed is, that like produces like so we would soon have a pertec l f \Af o ' n I L? u 1 x ?1 variety iroui o t?,.r,o ?/h for another contrary force a work, and it is the original sir or tendency to revert to tli primitive type or original forn or, as we say, a tendency t "run out." Hence there muat 1: a ceaseless struggle. No ma] can say, k 1 have Uevelope a perfoct tyje and wi 'rest upon my oat 9." Tit price ot any excelled variety cotton ij a continual selection the best boils from the bes' stall given tlie very best conditioi lor growth a uevelopment. you are not willing, or M'u'ti so you can, do this work for you self; you must pay some one do it for you; by buying ne seed every few years from son one who has taken pains to ir prove them. l his somelhn holds good with all our plantii seed*. There are farmers ai farmer.'?they are to us all good and better?we feel such ; interest in our calling. <1 bless them, we love them all, a would help them all if we coul hut the farmers who most a peal to us, are the farmers wi a purpo'e ? 1 ke Mr. Rooks V want a man who is struggling improve his land, his teed at his home. And we are than ful that the South has alrea many of this kind and their no b?r is increasing dav by day. Southern Cultivator. hiiM .'kt&tdi, r u Departmer Farm Notes. Shakespeare Kays: "All's Mint ends well," and the prospect is certainly imprc , as tke end of the season il nearer. Especially does it do our ( good to see the fine corn c ; on both upland and bottom. [ Southern farmers will , something to put in their , this fall. We also rejoice 1 o 'ee so i j peas planted. We see the i almost every farm and the premising a good harvest. I This is the month for cu your corn and shocking it; s< . cat) shr >d it in tlie fall. L , have more teed and mor tie. The strenuous worktime: r over, but plan and work so i I have something growing ! i - .. . v i <1U nun fii nnfOO their place tipon every wol ulated Lrm. Sixty per cent. oi tlie v.i 1 your corn is in the tar; torh . cent of it is in the stalk. 1 . are you doing with this fort; cent (?Southern Cultivator, Conductor Fatally Stat Asheville, N. C , Aug. ! I Capt J. W Brunson,a Sout railway conductor, was s n ) . uid probably latally inj , here early tonight by Ed M a well known character a town. The cutting took plac< , crowded street and caused in excitement. Miller was arrt and heid without bond trouble arose over a debt >v Rrunaon attempting t< lect. The injured man ha tensive business interest and is one of tue most po , 111 xu in the city. Excite runs high and further trou J r feared should his injuries ] i tatal. t Arbitration for Labor D | : toe Q our V i.v^> o yau? t Indianapolis, Aug. 22.? pusory arbitration ofl?U '4|putes is ?dv< ctted by Willi ? ! Bryan in September instal of hi} joint debate with Se 1 i Vil ert J Beyeri'lge of It in The JT.uter Magazine. I I 1 ! ing while the public atlenl e j itrongly bent up n telegra . '.strike it shows that the N Dl ls!kin will nnke ill s one is issues of tlie next campuig II is given the Democratic n: 'll hoo for the presidency an* !" work b r it individually it to . , main in tlie party ranks. IP Senator Beveridge fin< n- condition of labor ahead) 'f1 factory and ;<rj-s both t ar.d labor not fn k'kill Ilif that lays the golden ej, in bf>th. 1(11 The l imit of Life <1, The most eminent medical sciei ., unanimous in the conclusion thnt . crully accepted limitation of bun a f ' ninny jenrs below the Attainment V f> witli the advanced knowledge of w . race is now | ost. s ( 1. I he critiea ^ that determine* it* duration, seem id between and (lu; the proper cai I, body durinu this decade cannot strongly nrged; carulessneRH thei i.V f >tal to longevity. Nature's lies [?. alter 5C is Electric Hitters, the i tonic medicine that revitalizes eve ? of the body. Guaranteed by / F and Funderbnrk Pharmacy Drii| K i/AV. I>Ii NEWAUGU It. The Corn Crop. The Finest in Lane? County in Years-weli Causes. crop >vitig Lancaster cor. the News Iraws Courier: According to Government report issued heart first of fhe month, hs publ rops. in The News and Courier a Our limp nn ili? iroi.onnl merit systematic cultivation durir ble is work sea- n. The very mi prove improvement in the mam of planting and making c ? due t<) t he campaign o* edut ispu- along th ?t line started snni or three years ago, origin perhaps, with the publicity the famous Williamson Com The exploitation of the Wi >r 'lis son method has nndoubtedi iam .1. ,nuc}| jo do wi h the suecc 1,110,11 this yea "a crop While it ma'or iv hero and there th at a I I'liaua j1;)8 followed strictly Mr ^,)m" i liam'Oa's pi in, the wideLion 13 discussion of its m rits has pliers ! ed general attention to tl ebras- t|,aj order to secure o' the yields deep ploughing in tii n it be par'tion ot the soil, a liber unina- pheaiion or applications ? * i tilizer and rapid, shallow he re- 1 vation must be resorted to I sequently the farmers this ils the: w|10 have not paid more ' s:l,ls" tion than ever btfore to ;ipital corn crops, and have not f i goose e(j the leading features jg ' for Williamson nlan. are the < tions and not J he i ule. itistH arc ' Endorsed By The Counl the Ken- "The most popular reniely in n life is ? ounty. and the best friend of my possih'e writis Win. M Di?tz editor and p Inch the of ,1,n OtwagO Foimiiii. Gilberts* ill, I period, ',r King's New Discovery It is to he v,,f' to ',f> an inlallinlile cure for e of the ftn(l c?lde, making short work of t , he too ol them. We always keep a bottl n I eing house. I believe it to he the most t helper I rescription known for '.ung and leientific diseases.' Guaranteed to never di ry organ the faker hy J. F. Mackey and Fun ' Mackey Pharmacy. Drug store. Price igist 6Uc. BOO. Trial bottle free. ? ?. * V....V, 1 ilV ??U 11U1 (H v V'Ult" have the grain crop, corn deprec: cribs several points during July has certainly lost nothing in many part, of the country. The m on seusus of opinion among far y are is that thev are m iking tin est corn crop within their i tting lection. All flUl corn?md ) you J bulk ot the crop is planted iH u- ly ? is now p a tically jna 1 e, ? cat-1 it is onlv the late planting is dependent on the seasons s are now on. is to Several causes are conb this itg to a big corn crop this ; have In the first place, as an e: 1 reg-j ienced farmer remarked * or two ago, "uoro Ins natu ue of! grown thi.-* year without an: ' per pir-tit effort." Jle sail What the present crop reminded y per f.f the year 1SC>5, when a crop ol corn whs made wit much preparation and cul )bed. iionf IV,r being the first year the ar, 'he people had hu 21 ? tie or no ftoc< with win lietn work their lands. Neveriln ,bbed a fine crop of corn was n ured even poor lands producing iller, ?lands on which the t orn bout planted and worked altog i on a with the hoe and without lense manure. )stod Unu-uailv favorable s? a i ji1".1,1 course, have had muck hicli ""ith the success of this- y > col crop, hu' a most potent t s ex- also is the thoroughness heie which lands were prepared pillar spring, followed by intelli ST 24. IVH>7 I ister The r i i?sr the ished t the on of iaied All Summei . u i this ^ i i eon- 5c Colored mers \QC Colore W- 15c Color. tho 25c Color ear- ^ AH white ,"0,n cut Shoes ihut- they Cost i "?"r saved for "! sper | Willlar tna' him I large! liout livaalter J l lit-! C ? io. .___ 'less. i d?, fe ^ well fl ===== J2 THE BANK t any X CAPITi X SURPL sons. I ? Loans mado. i ' O vie ' r'.vllcnfmnc ?r i ? ear's if ? r?? I, j. ^ T VI 'S>VI WV MM a?'tor; A pounded every w i i h ! jS Your busi nes last II the strongest I ig ibe I j irked aer ot Tea "Cure" for orn is nation Trenton, N. J., Dss., e two Times, ating, Peter Pulir, ot 1 given avenue New York, plan, letter to Mayor Gn\< lli un in*r euld Uaas acu > had fever that is raging ms ol i Hospital tor the i* on? I gay s this cure has armer known to f >il: Tii . \V ii- c'pe: preul One 'ab'esnornl illrop. . i .1 j i ...w.- ie:i, d -lieu in iour r le tact 'i hia mns: be alto; larjre until oi J. and thei 0 I)re out cr^ani <>r gutftir 'al ap- a day should bo jtiv >f ler- patients and to the, culti 0f the disease, aC'Oj U<?n The la:tor empba* year |e}i mu?t be cold, 1 at ten- even warm. Ibeir jje the may ollow- tjie ministers ol the of tli" jounce the "cure i,xceP pulpits next Sunda Mayor Gnich'el 1 letter < V*ir to the he Y' who ar sitoptieal ;i i Otsego family," i f (lie proscription, nbliaher has prorouubs TEN YEARS In worst "Por ten years I whs c ' '? i !? with disease of my kiiim Gray. -J i'. of Oakvilh-. I ,r?n, severe that I coithl not sappoin jjn,0 j consulted the \ iderhnrk , ;. .i v...- . - I >KIH IIV ft 1 I it III , UUl ruiim Lor and |U F(lley., Kidney <',ire i I to me. It has been u Go \ . S * % "The Old Reliable." - ^ OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, 5. C. is VL $50,000.00. jJ 1JS $50,000.00. g on Real Estate ? at reasonable rates. W iven prompt and careful attention. 5C uteres* allowed o?\ time d^ncaits. ccrsv- w f three months. " O >s solicited. The oldest, the largest and pi lank, in Lancaster county. ^ Typhoid. A Sand-Bag for a Sick Room Jo Now \'.rk Many persons are acquainted with lite virtue* ot the hot-wa10S6 Second ter-hag, but a sanlbacis still has written a | bet'er. Get sotno. clean, fine lit *1 suggest vand, dry it thoroughly in a ketrf\ lr\f I r hit <\5d .1. . . ii . ~ j i'" iif oiiiue stove, tnaKe a haic a! tha Stale abou' eijih' inches square oi fl uv* Insane, lie nel,fill it with dry sand, few the never l-een opening carefully, and cover the i< i- his io- 1) tjr with cott in or linen c-loih. I his will prevent the sun 1 lro:u *n 1 of mixed "if'ing out, and als) enable you nips o| water, to heat tJre ha^ <jtiiekly by placve i '.<> stand inj; it in the oven or on top of ? taken wi'li- tbe stove. Af er once using >t A cupful von will never again attempt to en to typhoid warm the feet or hands ol a sick > e in danger person wi h a bottle or brick, rdiugti Buhr. The sand holds the he it for a izo.l that the long tim and the hag can he iot hot, nor tucked up to the l)*ck without hurting the in va'id. ? Health or to request Culture. > city to an-1 from their Death of Mrs. A.F.Young. y. lias turned 'he Kershaw Km: Mrs. Sallie >spi:al (loc<or?S Young, wifool Mr. A. F. Young, is to 'he value jG| t|,e Abnev section of Ker-thaw, 'die t Mon lay ot la;t week ol' con_ sumption, after a protracted ill IN BE_^ nes9. She was ?'?out 61 years of ontino i to n.y ix .i ng" and left lier husband a ad cv?." writes It. \ iii.i". -it wa-. ko "fverai children surviving. move port o! the ery beet medical '/ K?"t no relief tineas recommended Do Vou take The Newa? daend to mo. * * V lift on SALE ' |p * < % * ' fl -Ui * Goods at and b?!ow Cost. \" . I Lawn 3H \ :d Lawn 7-2 v / ;d Lawn 10 ed Lawn 17 ^2 } hosiery and white low going at exactly what is. This means Money. iTou. * ? ns-Hughes Co. Cnsh Store.