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2 Agricultural ^ Department How Farmers Jould Save $28,000,000 A Year. I have gone to some trouble to figure ? ut the saving which the lartners could make in the band ling ol the ihree great staples, com, wheat and cotton, over hard roads. 1 wish every farmer in the United States could have the resultant figures dinned iu hts ears every morning of his life. It he once gave them consideration the county Supervisor who dared, by his ballot, record himself as mimical to good road extension, wouldn't dare go abroad without a body-guard. The figures 1 used were for the harvest of 1005-190(5 The corn marketed that year weighed 11),083,000 tons. The average weight of the wagon loads haul ed was 2,090 pounds and the total number ot load-1 was 14,156,528. The average length ol lire haul ?va^ 7 4 miles; the total mileage hauled over 104,758.307. Every ton hauled per miio cost 19 cenls, and the total cost ot marketing ibe crop b.v wagons was $26,830,698. The average c>st of hauling over hard roads per ton per mile would be not more than $0.10, a saving of $0. 9 a tou, due to hard roads would there make the marketing of such a crop $12,709,278 less thau the actual cost. The saving on the wheat crop figured $10,256,058 and on the cotton crop $5,076,183. The aggregated saving to the farmers who marketed tho&e three staples would have been $28,041,519. If the farmer wauls a stronger reaeon than that for championing the building of good roads in his county, I'll have to refer him elsewhere. I know no stronger one ?Logan Waller Page. Director U. S. Office of Public Roads. Sowing Fall Grain. We are very much gratified, with the numerous reports we are receiving in regard to the sowing of wheat, oats and grasses, this fall. It is indeed a hopeful sign. While we Southern farmers have ^been endeavoring fo push up the price of cotton to a profitable figure to the grower, the wheat, corn and bay people have been engaged along the same une ami wun a mucn greater degree of success. Our larmers have been taught ''that this in a cotton country and not a grain country." We don't advocate growing grain to eudeavor to compete in the open market?, with our Western and Northern brethren ; but as far as I our own consumption is concerned and a? tar as our local m >rkels, we can and should grow ample to supply them. It is I t rue that "we can not grow wheat in the cotton belt"?until we sow it and learn how to grow it. I We certainly can not by our past lolly and absolute neglect. Mr. W. 1'. Walker, of Spalding | Counly, Georgia, has been growing 20, 30 and 40 bushels per acre for the last ten .vears. We have a neighbor, A. Kazmier, of Clayton County, who is doing equally as well. Wheat grows a-> a resuli of good seed, put into carefully-prepared land, when sown at right time and manured II mi . i lie re9Uic in suen cases is never a failure. Some years it is more, seme less, but always a paying harvest- li 19 up 10 ti9, fellow farmers. The Bible says : "Let orery one worn out his own salvation Willi fear and trembling'' And we coi j ton-growers must work out ours1 along lines ol diversification and raising of home supplies. What profits is it, lor 119 to grow a1 crop of cotton and have to pay if, all out for high-priced foodstuffs and provisions? We do THE LANCAS not advocate going to any extreme, or to sowing grain on a large area, but sow one or two acres and go in tor twenty or forty bushels per acre, and if you tail to harvest this yiMd. do not let it be chargeable to your lack ot thorough preparation. We can not Compete With the Mnrlli and West in fcV>? murlrnt.R of the world, but we can and must compete with them as far as our own barns and smoke-houses are concerned. We note that all large record yields have been made by those who were competing for a prize Put in some prize acres. Let each Union local, or community of farmers, offer a prize for the best acre of wheat, oats, and hay. We want an account of rnanv large yields n.ono I 'PI. ? wi uica^J i u I l 11U V/ u i i i V cv " ' in 1909. See our condition : In all Eastern States, a poor cotton crop and the staple quoted below ten cents. If this does not drive us to grain growing, we can not tell what will. Let us inRist upon all who read this article sowing your,grain in October. Stop and doit?this is the way, and not put it (IT until you get ?hrough picking cotton.? Southern Cultivator Kodol will, without doubt, make your stomach strong and will almost instantly relieve you of all the symptoms of indigestion. It will do this because it is made up of the natural digestive juices of the stomach so combined that it completely digests the food just as the stomach will do it, eo you see Kodol can't fail to help >ou and help you promptly. It is sold here by J. F. Mackey A Co. w s Big Profit in Sheep Speaking o' the efforts ol the Department of Agriculture to stimulate interest in live slock raisine in South Carolina, Lion. E W Dabbs, of Goodwill, Sum. ter County, said ye-terday that eight years ago his little boy had been made a present of a pair of sheep. Since that time the increase from those two sheep had been ove~ 25 head and they had eo'd $200 worth of wool and six had been killed for mutton. In addition to this many woe) blankets had been made The value of cattle raisine upon t.llO farm urac t rinntiorl 1.11/-... I by Mr. Dabbs, too. In addition to the receiptp for beef and hide, : Mr Dabbs asserts t hat from every $25 worth ol cotton seed meal or hulls fed the cows, $20 is re. turned in manures for the farm. Then again there is the good value of butter, cheese, and milk. ?'I he Sta'e When Trifles Become Troubles. If any person suspects that their kikneys are deranged they should take Foley's Kidney Kemedy at once and not risk having Bright'* disease or diabetes. Delay gives the disease a stronger foothold and you should not delay taking Foley's Kidney Kemedy. Funderhurk 1'harmncy. K. W. Itarninond, Heath fsprings, S. s Mad Dog in Spartanburg? Two Persons Bitten Spartanburg special in Char lotte Observer: A mad dog ran amuck in ihe streets here this afternoon, doing consider ible damage befoie it was killed. The animal attacked J. P. IJertznsr, a well-known contractor, and inlli' ted a slight wound on hi9 leg. The dot: also bit a c< 1ored nurse and then attacked a nair of mulea hitched to the street sprinkler, biting one of the rnu'es on the lip The an imills ran awav, upsetting th* water w nroti an 1 throwing oft' the driver. who sustained pain ful injuries. After a long chase I he dog wa> killed Many people suffer a great deal from Kidney and Madder troubles. During the pa.?t few years much of this complaint has been made iinn* censary by the one of DeVVitt's Kidney and hladd< r Pills. They are antiseptic and arehighly recommended for weak back backactie, rheumatic pains, inflammation of the bladder and all other annoyances due to weak kidneys They are sold by J. F Mackej & Co. W-H \ >TER NEWS. SEPTEMBE The National CampaignBryan Continues to Pour Broadsides into Taft. Philadolnhio Pa VJo nf 1 JL ll?l?uv;i piUd) A. d,) ?jcpv? XVt "Mr. Taft is dodging. He can not escape trom the issues. He has accepted the nomination ot his party. Now let hfm take the people into bis confidence and interpret his platform so that the public will know where he stands and what he intends to do " In these words William J. Bryan, in an interview today, is sues another challenge to Mr. Taft, in replying to Mr. Taft's utterances printed this mo.niug. Continuing he said : "Instead of defining his positiou on public questions, Mr.* Taft is inquiring about my re cord and in his inquiry he shows that he knows as little about my record as he does about the public questions which he has attempted to discuss, tie accuses me of being changeable and of abandoning issues." Mr. Bryan said he has been a tariff reformer for 28 years, has advocated the election of senators by the people for 12 years and has been favoring an income tax lor 15 years and Mr. Taft is ouiy now coming around to his position on these questions. ,kI said in 1898 that the Filipinos ought to have their inde pendence. Mr. Taft has this year admitted that the people must ultimately have independ T h n tfn *vn>in^rt?nn/l ?n?_o. x iicito iiimiiiiaiucu position. I have also discussed Ihe Philippine question in this campaign and called attention to the fact that Mr. Taft made a mistake of $114,000,000 in his estimate of the cost of imperialism. "On the railroad question he has expressed himself as strongly as I have, lie has said, and the president also has said, that government ownership will follow if the railroads prevent regulation. T have said the same thing. I do not desire govern, ment ownership. I hope thai the railroads will permit retrula Hon. Our position only differs in that he ha? more faith than 1 have in the willingness of the railioads to be regulated. " He f-pends some time on ihe money question. The money question has been taken out of politics because the unexpected discoveries of gold have given the increase which was demand td by the Republican party as well as by the Democratic party. "Will Mr. Taft define his position on the tariff question, on the labor question, or the trust question and on other issues that are presented in this campaign ? "It he prelers to delve into the past, rather than meet the issues ot the present, will he explain the Henguet railroad in the Philippines and the perpetual IroncHjoo * - ..... ..uwvuiavn Iirr IU fasten upon the Filipinos with a perpetual guarantee of income to the corporations securing the franchises? Will he explain his record on the labor question ami his silence on the tariff question and the trust question dnrim: his official service ai Washington ?" Keware of Olnmetnts for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will nirply destroy the sense of smell and completely dprange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Huch articles should never he used ejcept on prescriptions froui reputable phy^ sioians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from tlieni Hall's Catarrh (hire, manufactured by F. J Cheney Co., Toledo. O.. contains no mepcurv an:l is taken internally, acting directly upon the blond and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you get j the genuine. It is taken internally | and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists Price, 75c, per i bottle. , Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. 1 R 19, I9Q8 Weak Kidneys Weak Kidney*. vurely point to wmJi kldnej tteirre*. Tha Kidney*. Ilka the :Heart, and thi Stomach, flna their weakneaa. not In the orjrar Itself. but lb the nerve# that oontrol and ruid< -?-< .V,_ n> Oltnu'i RMt/tr.lT? 1, ft m.xllctna tpeclflcftily prepftreS to rench the* control Hoc nerm To doctor the Kidneys ft lone U futile. It Is ft vut* o1 time, end of money * If your beck ftebes or It week. If the orlui Mftld*. or 1? dftrk end strong. if you here symptom! of Brlghtt or other distressing or dsngeroua kid key dtseftae, try Dr. Bhoop'e Restorative monthTftbleu or Liquid?end see whftt It cftn *nd wtl 4* lor yeu. Drun 1st recommend end sell Dr. Shoop's Restorative FUNDERBURK PHARMACY. 1 JUST I (i ' 200 or ni( and child All made Styles an We still have a left in Dress tr< which we are less than cost t a Williams Com ? "m^ ? / 'I 4 A J A / J Kpttvt? ffr // a// m.'///1 I /COUNTERFEIT money ^ for counterfieit roofir spend real money, g ING! Our VULCANITE resisting, (taking the san metal or slate) water-pro< outlast the building, and tion to contents. For GC proven its superiority ov< Investigate it. Before y< our fron Vvwlrlof* "The Right Roofing < II YV. M. MOOR I Negro Conspiracy Fake ? Greenwood special in the News Mid Courier: There have been no further developmental" the matter ol the negro conspiracy so called, at Ninetv-8ix. The prevailing opinion here and alsc at Ninety-Six this afternoon, af A Valuable Place 1 FOR SALE 1 177 Acres of Fine Timbered ; Land J Suitable for sawing lumber; in one and one-half milea of the ooart house; 35 or 10 acres of this is open and in cultivation. t Apt ly to T. 8. CaUTER, or to ? J. P. A E. ?1. ALLISON. tir irwiu ryry &r a 43 n * JUDU &Ot 11TVO?# f-ti unutttnior, o. u. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. t All persons indobted to the estate of ' H. S. SIMS, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all porsons having claims I against said estate are directed to preII sent same duly attested. 1 ALMKTTA SIMS. Administratrix. Sept. 12, IP08?95-103-w. WED r a r = >re youths' > 9 J. 1*011 c Qiiirc t 1 Cll O ^Ulto in newest d Colors... l few good things oods and notions closing out at ;o us. . .* .* . .* . i Hughes I pany I J* et' REAL ROOF ROOFING is firele insurance rate as :>f and rot-proof. It will assures absolute protec> years it has constantly ?r everything of its kind. BR du buy or repair, write for jjS! mid the Reason Whu!" Hi I, Lancaster, S. C. SI Eh u? i ziZTtTT: naivrimneu ov m'eviews. 19 mat . ; the thinit is a "fake," a scheme { hatched up hv one negro to fret 'revenge oil other negroes for wrongs ol his own > ( I><sWltt'a Little Karly Kieerg are email pill*. easy to take, gentl^lHnd Hiire. Sold by J. F. Maokej A Oo. w-? ^ VH I