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2 Agricultural ^ Department ? y Hay Crops in the South? . Success of a Lancaster C Farmer. a a Mr. J. II. r* :* 11 hi i Y\r". . Fifteeu years a<:o i ;ar:n ing in he -aane od way that j nr .'r.i.f " i 1 m 111 n (f 5. ? n * ?ft - ^ and cott n crop w.th a iiU.e ; (mail gram, an i f we mi-sei a : crcp or toe prieither *.ve * ul 1 : money. i deci.ei to change my w.4V o' larmioK and 'a^e on 1 to ;orne other cops, or io ;ac to diver-ify cr .p- -o ha' if I ! fa; ed on .ne, ei'.-er r cr' p or pr;ce. I *ou.d he en?b> ^ 'o *ud 'he price. I Jec de to ^o ' nto * he ha*? bti-inet-. Wu --y at na- time . th^re wa-n air." conntrv hav offered or -a e in our t' "vn a' all. 'I he f r-' crop o: hay "h-.' I be nan with -a a- common r- . c:ov'r. 1 be nan - o w; n n it on no >in and m -' )*. In O t - ber. af'er preparing the -and web with fitteen ponndi r-ei < per acre. I wa- .n ce-- u? *.n it an i go' many -i- tpree c>ttin:1? a J gf>t ready -de for all that I coo rna-:e. wh en ' made me m re money ?ban corn, and led the -and wonderfully ( improved. 1 cin make nearly I double the corn on this land by rotating with c over. , One of our greatest enemies ( to red clover here in .South Car- | olina is crab frra -i. I * will choke it i out if ltgets a >-tart the hr-t year. 1 went to Bowine timothy, herd lira^s and sapling clover inJOctober. I have made some iroo 1 crop s of this. It commands a better price, but will only make on'crop. It js, a -urer stand than the clover. I decided to try crimson clover and follow it with corn. I find it fairlv tood hay and a wonderful noil improver. 1 he best time to how is September. I have sowed nearly all 'lie trashes, more or le-s. One of our best hay crops in the South i* the cow pea hown on stubble after train. I sometimes sow cane with it. Jt will ma?e more hay, hut Home object to it when they to to buy. 1 decided to raise as near everythint at home as we would consume on the farm and a little more, and by bo doing I find that I can nearly run my farm without my cotton, which is nearly cle*r | rofit. I ' make a lot more wheat than rnv i lamuy ol nine will consume. 1 ti.ink 1 sell enough of extra' crops besides cotton any mouth in the year to run me. liy this means a panic don't hurl iru* much. I have brought up rny , larin iri this way to a high state! ol cultivation. About heeding Horses. The following iw clipped froinj| 1 ho State, heinu a piri of the i sp' eeh recently made by Judge 1 Henry II immon'l of Au/ns-i and J I leach Iilan'l. Judge Hammond ii ii recogn / | as an xp?-rt on ' hfj -uhject of Icfviinsr stock. 'i "Win n tlio farmers of the t -ou'h le-trn lo u e nioro ol ifiejrj' it t n or< (11;< . barn to fo< d . their horsm aid -lock with cotton sfM cl products. it will moan niilli< n <if ir- !o tIk* south j part of w Ijich every tanner will avo for liim -'If. N . report looeyer shown ihat in.jmy lo . horse | ha > l.e ii <? re. 1111 ol 1' e i ny eolt >ii seed ine;i , I' lv ! it ey ry day. That ' what I do. hi not a hot or a cold < limulo fei d. i. , i . .1..... ... . . i i I' I I 1*1/1 !< 1 I. I I < 1 I I I/U-- ji MJI'J nor li; til in t.lir o, th?i > i, mut in I) 4 t rit iii?-?1 t>y I he a. < , si'/'i' and work o! tho animal. Not only i-; i' 'lio most nutritious! ^ I' .o(l l)iit it m t! y a wis tln> (li i (i?ni ion 'toil ^i-iioral iioulih mil good appearance oi llio animal i,, K(5?'d collon Hin-rl inoal with t anything yon ? v* r heard ol ?i 'j horse or mule outing?corn,jn THE LA rhole: corn, cracked: ensiiace; /fan, etc Don't s'jck to any ne food Give a variety. Change s the price chanee?. It i? aliiT? beat to feed bard working 'ock sirouai * not too fine f^ed. "otton teed rneai is fed to best dvantage when thoroughly njx-ri with tne other por ion of tie fc-raiii par: of the ra:ioo. If you Ki-ow what number of >f,uni= o" gr*m *:il ma atain ; ur animal. reiuce :' ? :wo ,'juni-s or every pound of meal -j :eed him. f j illus ra e this. * o .iive b-ea riving him 14 .e of corn, g.ve him now niy 10 pouoj? of corn and "2 ou* of cotton - e~. meal. lie v... ? a irr.jr ve aad belter * ' than ev-r before." . ' ' * \ - > y .r * ? : -*r fjh? and wi I a;uo*t ,n< v rclitrc you f all tbt ijrmpj - ', j<"' I' * do thi> - \ l- rn*<i~ u; of the natura of the -tornaeb t>c r It* * completely c.gtT't' he food .th?* -totrjach will d' - , }-i . .? ? Kodo irj'' fa.. to hei i . t he ; von ; r .in; tly I* i< 1 t>\ J. Y Markej <4: Starvation Faces Hundreds of Negroes in Richland. Columbia S?a*e of Wednesday The extent ol tue distress in th< iower part of Rich and count) on account of toe fl >o\ can noi b* estimated, according to the planters who have been in thf city during the past two or three days. Nearly 100 negro families are homeless, and this winter starva'ion faces many unless something is done for th^m. x'robably the Frgest area af fected in this section of the Stat* i- what is known as 4,th'? cor n?*r.'' a rich -'rip of land neai McCJord's ferry. On this lane the planters have raided foi years 'he finest cotton and corn and it is considered the beci farming area in the State anc Ies-> than a hale of cotton to the a'-re is considered poor farming Down in this section then are hundreds of negroes employ ed, many of them renters o small tracts of land, depending upon their yearly crop- for a 1 ivmir. The crops this year arc absolutely ruined. Condition! are tar worse than in thfc flooc of 1003, because the crops arc further advanced and the llooc is higher, there being no chance of a second crop. Sotne of the principal losers in th it section are the K a miners, who have an 18-horse larm ; the )/._ ...I..-- IUH l' Tj ? ?tij llri>T7 Il'*ni]> 'iW, acres under wa'er; about Kjf acres of 'he plantation ot F H Weston and about ->*>0 acres o lie place ot II. (I Bat en. AI ot tin-, section was completeh (i'oded and the cotton and cori Mine d. When you have a eold you may to -ore itiat it ha- 1 .?* *ri eaiised indirect Ij t?y consti|>st ion ami ?onserjn?*nt ly .> o' [iiu-t tir-t of ail take something ti move the howels. This is wfiat hamade Kennedy'- Laxative < onirh Syrup ho h11c:eehhfijI nod so generally d<-. nuiided Jt doe- not const ipat? lik? Host of t tie old fashioned cough cureiiit on t tie other hand it gently move! tie ho we | s Hllll H' I tie SHIlie time healrri tat em and alia - infl mui it ion ol he throat, "-old hy .J. I'. Maekey a 'o vv-i ^rogram B. Y. P. U. Sunday Sept. Oth. I >| i< \ 1.11< Ii v< <! vv jl It i <>?!.. I's. !?1, I . nl?-i .I.I \ I .1 I | <-11t<-i. I'ruv i. I" I\ r. Smitf. I:< inline i'l >< ii|>1111 I ay, I * 111111 s ?>| .loy' . I > I /1 : I loyi < i l:irk. I!- .i<I iii". \ Mali M oilier --.limit illy. Soii|(t I'iiiii i < tine i iii pri -1111m. IP |?iii 'ruin i-i?111hii!111 Vhen t rifles Kecome Troubles II any | 't-dii snapeils that their iki i's ii' ileran cil I In s hlinnlil ake I i I > K jitney Kemetly at unci' ml lint ri k hiving llrijfhl's iIhphih r itialieii h I ii-lay uive-i tIi? di-ieaee ilri?ri).'irli)(liol(l anilynii hIioii :<l i >>( lay iHAinif ! .ley -i Is ill in v Ki metis. 'untleriiiirk I'hnrniiiny, K. W. Ilamuond, Heftth r^pririXH, H. (J. a lNCASTER news, septe Indigestion PS'rsecfc trmV"? is % i? a ;vna a? t?oi t. ? c-o# t,*-.*-> of Ee*ru?rc? xz.* Iii_ye?C3e ft* re*: its'****. f-S tier ft-"? mts*o=a otly of ft cerift-r. >??-? cct-ew?r ~t v'- f I". *v? tt~i ift? ust Crr. Vof T> >-? to til ermtiacs of t^u sc* Ttry pc?c*r fe.^-wfr?It Sboor t Ewvtin. itroe* t: ti? c*-r<*. ftioc.? rrrcrfit tit?? r. *-"-.i tft*.-* v. It -i.000 *? ". Lis Bje*c.z.r\z: ? * * Lj. c=s t:-?: ortrt=*: s^-f hlcM* -rr*. pr.reft ro S.j- ..'i " * t>-:- " ; si.-.-- -*?-? ?T?- . :< s . Ftsftoatch . r.t*. t ^.zi-g t>'_Jc?asae?* '+S bn*V. ftof *lc* eoa:iezMC. try It Ji.rot i t--sti-fttfr*?Tfti 't? or i-filJ?soJ k* for -W-?A ifc~ kc.- t?=** hu7 rKrr i Dr. SHoop's Restorative FUNDERBURK PHARMACY. , Supreme Court's Construction of Sunday Law?Illegal to Sell Meat or Ice on the Sabbath. Columbia in the >' and Courier: l_*n ier the eci ;oq of the Sta'e > .preme Court renJerei t-cLv in 'he <-a=e ' toe Srairai' -t William Jnme; > toe -ei.in_- cf rne-.t an i ice. <"> m^-at or ice, on Sunday in thiState is a violation of the law, unless perhaps in a "Kreat city*', The Supreme Court upholds 'he decision of Circuit Judge Prince and Us term? are qui'e strong itj enunciating the Sunday law The decision i- writt-n by As'Ocia'e Justice C. A. Wools, who is a Methodist, and is concurrei in by the other members of the Court, Chief Justice Pope bting a Baptist. Justice (iarv an Kp -copalian and Justice Jones a Sece. ? dar. If the law as sta'ed by the Court is enforced it may cause senous lncoovience in many 1 towns where 'he delivery of ice r on Sunday is the common thing, ? In Columbia and other towns t the delivery of not only ice. but 1 ice cream, is common, thoutrh in - other respects m Columbia the law is strictly enforced by the 1 municipal authorities, ami it is impossible to buy a ci^ar or a ' drink of soda water on Sunday ' in this city. In fact, it is easiei to buy a drink of whiskey in J Columbia on Sunday than h >/drink ot lemonade. The Court 1 in'ima'es, however, that in the i matter of what i* a necessity 1 there may be a difference between a town and a city. M Millions of bottle* of Folej'.? llonej ami lar have been -old without arij ' |>?r-on ever having experience! ,?nj other than beneficial re?n11? from if> > use for couglih, colds and liinfr troii > I tile This is because the genuiiif r oioy * notify and l ar in tbc yellow package contain- no opiate- or othei harmful tiroes. (Joan) your healtl : by refusing any but the genuine. Kuinleri.urk Pharmacy, K. W. lta.i.. inoinl, ileatii Springs, S. (' i North Carolina Leper to Gel Good Pension. Washington special in Tht ' .State: John It. Kirly. thu leper, will receive a petiHion of +72 * month lor total disability in" cm red while a soldier in the army, according t" the stale < merit today of t ?i?; Cnmniissionei |1 ol Pensions. The pension will begin as -non as the local dilli ciiliv which -urrounds the payrri'-nt of 'he money can he solved These difiicuiues are due to the f ?ct that Hie man cannot, because < f his segregation, spend the money himself, and the judue advocate general of the annv lias heoii asked to solve the problem. ' Iho CH-0 is 11 r i i < | lie ill the ail i als ol the annv. II Kirly were a diunlrard or insane or a minor, we could have a guardian for Iuh c tat appointed, bu he ;s none ol these.'' It has been nonnested that he b" pbuvd in a hou-e in the vi(unity of a .soldiers' home so lhal lie mi;:ht lechnicallv he conoid mod tin inmate ol thai institution. The officials ot the home could then sum and execute the vouchers and the money he paid over to his wife. EMBER 5. I9Q8 ff illiaiis- Hi ^ * F <v3rrv a full stock \ \ - of trunks and suit cases. Lei ; :e some prices to y u. rr --V ' * - a! I x i y v? ?. if : jM Williams-1 11 ? y]s i j _ j GOOD ===== n*r EVER' TEH THOPSA Worth of Morel Cost. W c ment } JUDGE FOR 15.00, 18.00 and 20.00 M? j 10.00, and 12.50 Suits a r.Hi LIM-, 10 10 dozen Men's 2.00 Pan shoes, Button and Small Pat Leather Oxfords 75 10 dozen Ladies' Linen ? 5000 yards Embroidery 10, 12 1-2 and 15c. You Wear Guaranteed Silk, y Androscoggin Pleach, 12 Nice line Sample Shirts, 1 at less than Manufacture 3000 yards good Sea Islai And a 11undred otL save money by buyi It ours i Fimderb I \\f \(/l to of U V . . tlf \ i r> I/ ? ?* i 1 TTIIW ?/! ?? *^*7" '?! rv I || I I lionaite recently ensragod an orj chest ra at the o<?sf of $1,500 in addition to other oxpensos to ^ni tertain her nine months old inI fant at a lawn party. lie lies Co. v J >sM I' 1 QP I ? Indies Co. ????m! NEWS" fBODY M DOLLARS ============= landise at Actual ! ion a few Items . YOURSELF jn's Suits 10.00 and 12.50. t 7.50. 7.50 Suits at 4.98. SELECT FROM ts only 1.48. Ladies'fine sizes 75 cents or men's cents. Good Ilrogan OSc. Skirts worth 1.25, at S8c. and Inserting, sold at r pick at 8 1-8 cents yard, ard wide at 82 1-2 cents. yards for 1 00. Suspenders, Hosiery, Etc., r's cost. .' .' .' .* .* .* .* .' nd at 5 cents yd. lt things. You can n<? from us. .* .* .* . . r) o serve, >urk Co. Hide Buyers t'\l Till N it M ACKKY, meat market, r>sinniant, cold drinks. ales of all llavors, warm lunches; also buy cow hides, paving top of the market, ('all on us on the ('lark corner, below Heath- T" Kllioll stables. I'hono No. III. 95-8