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2 Agricultural ^ Department Are Your Fields Washing Away? "8. M." in Progressive Farmer. One of tlio sins of the fathers of future generations, as bpoken of iu the "Holy Writ," is an in horilance of a non-productive Boii. As a lac', 'he results of this sin ard now being reaped in many instances by the propelra tors of the crime. lour sou is either being built up, or it, is getting poorer. This faci you cannot deny. You will also agree with me, when 1 make the statement, that it is next to impossible to build up a soil that is allowed to wash. It may also be said, a mm is foolish to build up a soil and at the same fime to allow it to wash. Then, al lowing our soil to wash is a crime against the laws of Nature; and whosoever violates this law shall pay tho penalty of cultivating poor soil. HOW WILL YOU ANSWER FOR YOUK SIN? To a casual observer, tbis looks glike punishment enough, but 1 verily believe we shall also have to givo an account iur this sin at the "final settlement," as to how we used our talent. We are now clamoring for fifteen cent cotton. If the onecrop system is continued, in many parts 01 the cvnmi il will not be long before we shall have to have twenty t> iweuty.five cents pei p ?und ii we make any sort of decent living. 1 will venture ilie assertion, that there is not a man who reads 'his paper who could not terrace or prevent bis soil from washing in '.he near future, with the means he now ha15 at hand. Vol CAN I.KAKX TK l: II AC I NO Write your Experiment tSU tion lor a bulletin on torracing, il you do not know how to m?ko terraces. If you live in a section where terraces are hard to cultiva'e, god such places in Bermuda ^rass; and if necessary to cultivate your crop ( in a field of Bermuda grass, ullow me to say that it would be far more profitable titan to culli- i vate poor laud. 1 cannot conceive oi a greater punishment on i this earth than to have to culti- ' vate poor soil. What can such i a man promise his family? How ] can he make up his mind 'o t 1 n i? I enoh I i?id it* /* ^ ! iuii i ouvii i 111 vi ii< u 'Hun U^i II. 11 is no wonder (li ?t such a man is down on the merchants and 1 tlie banks and, we might say, i on the world. ' l OROW LEGLM Es; FKKt) STOCK, A NO MANl'RK VOfH I.ANI> To say that a man who culti yates poor soil is lazy is perfe< t- ; ly fo> li-ti. 1 can see hut one ( solution?net Onto your ,job. rirst, stop your soil from washing. Then, plant cowpoai and j other leguminous crops and feed them to better stock ; save the manure and return it to your land. Grow everything you use on your farm, and then grow cotton. Those suggestions have ] been in this paper hundreds of > times. Farmers' Instil me con \ (iuctors have preached this doc- ? trine in almost every county in J Missns-'ippi; and still the one i crop system is being practiced ; and 1 am alraid that if the price j ol cotton keeps high enough, ii j wdl finally bi ng destruction t ?j tliia auction. II you are cultivating a riuh soil, I 9ay to you, that y mi aie the man, by all means, who) should 9tay soil washing. I havo seen more dam igo done | from one heavy rain than it. is : p ;s?ible to do by continued cu!- j iiyation of the same soil live year9 in the i-ame cop, if the boil did nol wash. If your corn aud col ton fields have gobies THE LANC/ Timely Advice to Farmers It is poor policy to force vour crop on an uuappreciative mar- ents ei tho bot If you don't hold your colton and cor for bettor prices the middle-man paying that buys it will. That is what Jelocto! ho buys it for. ? modicii Feed unappreciative market? *"ier^ on short rations uutil they get del lean hungry enough to offer better oL-tku prices. fT" Extoud your selling period tbrougli the year; your ware- liftrffis! house will help you. formon If you k;owe bills" that must bo cent, paid, sell just as little colton Dr." iv as you can. Possibly you will uoi .V"1 . .. a?I* , VI C?&H S have to bell any at all, it you will henrt-b see your local banker. {J| Borrow on your crttou just montsi as little raouey a? you can go- allmeni along with. Leave this money is a spe i t i ii i membr; oil deposit with vour local banker nasal p and use a check book. staJroV Economize in every way pos- edyifit sible until you get out ot deb wiii!o i and then stay out. It farmers are cowry J , treatuu ever to attain their commercial two or independence ihev must raise of*L'trila home supplies and quit buying cases. l*i '1*1 l> p III COll on credit?the Progressive rar- chiai.iii Buaiptio mer. M.oicai cdv. est ('OUK)is C Taft May Speak in Southern corory" c,. . Ill* froi otateS. peotod I Washington special in Coluin the oi>st bia State: The story corner here tk uitli today from the Ta't band-wagon in Missouri that the liepuplicau ning ii candidate is planning to make a 0u a tour into the South but that his {j)e 8t( itinerary is being kopt secret for jjr0 ( foar Mr. Bryan will follow him. fi1(> m, The story is tint Mr. Taft him- \y c sell in trying to persuade his ,J0hns< managors that he should mike a a. II trip through the Souih, making vveie c a fight for tlie electoral votes o' |j)e ja, Kentucky, Teuncs ee, North Car- (j p()| olii.u and Ueorgia; but hi-in ma p pr; gers are not inclined that way. Were W hpl hnr \lr rPu 11 i j firail a< 1 l??i ^ .. ^ ? V 1 I V. \ 1 \J I III V7 1 He IJ tight and wants to got into a weie i pleasant country where Mr. destro Bryan will no trouble him; tjle ip \vh ther lie feels that ho mu t denial have several SotiLbcrn States to were i get elected, or whether his con- ip,?r an li ience ol the North impels him fieM 1 to seek voters in the South for w?s c? the mere priory of i', is not tigur- ,.0]h.c? ed out h'jre ; but all agree that teis. if th3 last is his viow, he is the va'utt the only Republican leader who ar(j j is so deceived. In spite ol the rooms apparent authenticity of the ticallv dory, it is not believe 1 here that paved, rait will gc to Georgia. lie may be ailowed to go once to Foley' North Carolina. quickly, pots cold " ' package, Are You Only Half Alive? l'eople \vi(h kidney trouble fire so weak Wliei ind exhausted that they are only half Kl?,(i dive. Foley's Kidney Remedy makes icaltliy ki Ineys, restores lost vitality, and veak. delicate people are restored to lealtli UefiiKC any hut Foley's. s i)l|Y|I Chairman Mack Sick. C'hicag >, 0-t. 7.?Norman E. ()ui. ' Vlacn, chairman of ihe Democra- and uptic national committee, collaps3d tonight as a rcfult of fatigue in.nin'i and a severe cold. lie is under {^'n<^K1 he case of a physician and train- ftinl,liu. d nurse. The i Iro s of Mr. pnimn !\lack came sud lenly and alarm- Mal( ,i rnm... . i - i\ ~ - -- - u loimw nii'iuw J s ui tut? jvenrt- ( (?i,i vi srntic committee. ! ??? Kodol is a combination < I the natural di- j festive juices and it digests all classes ot j 1 ant i lood and every kind of food, so you see it ' Irom >1 a-iil do the work that the stomach itself cotton ft lo.:s. 'l ite only difference between it und liietits, :ue stomach is the stomach can net out of mission; trder and Kodol cannot, but Kodol can for absti l>nt the stomach into good or>ler. Buy Kodol today. It is guaiuntecd. Sold by . J. F. Muckoy * t'o. ws __ ^ To I I Big Fire in Bamberg. jam's11 Bamberg special in Il?e News | "^ViVmT1. and Courier: Beginning at 5.30 (i?g ctai o'clock this morning and con- j e(l u> " tinuing for two and a halt hour* ' tli1 wois' lire, front a monetary j f-tandpoini, vthicli lay over tis i'this town octurr d. Begin 'pg, acres< them make up your mind tion' wii now iha' you will s op them tie i Mouse, fo e ui other j ear pastes. I Friday Neglec1 h the p udonablo sin. j io:u?-s kSTER NEWS. OCTOBER IP, I3Q8 A Square Deal rod you when you buy Dr. Pierce's I medicines?for all tho Ingrodi- I itcring Into them are printed on I w ale-wrappers and their formulas I I _ _ JL nsted under oath as being complete I I I 1 rect. You know Just what you are 4., J9 <Tl B j for and that tho Ingredients are ^ xl from Nature's laboratory, being 1 from tho most valuablo native ??????????? ml roots found growing in our :an forestSTmd^jvhlie potent to cure ferti* harmlesa^yen to the most J^"CSb) e woin>ica1 laTPtr^ Not a drou !>k' ji L" '"-ymntf (lie In^jTrTiial CS tl.UHl in tlmm. viz.?mire trlpTo: . glycerine. This agent possesses f\ W /\ ic menu-lnai properties of its own. /. \ y ^ / most valuable antiseptic and ant i- /' \/ >Oi / t, nutritive and soothing demul- I , //j 6 / riho plays an important part In / 4, ? 7'j rue's (ioliien Medical Discovery in I i ll ro of indigestion, dyspepsia and I >*1/ I Ifll tomach, attended by sour risings, ? fI lv__ urn. foul breath, coated tongue, I i* [>petite. gnawing feeling In stom- I -1 I liotisucss and kindred derungo- jf*>| >1 lUU SWUMVUi IIVI'I UIIU UOWOI'Ja J f cs curing all the abov? distressing / I T ys :s. the "Golden Medical Piscovery" f J I L tcilic for all diseases of tho raucous / 1 Ir iip'3, as catarrh, whether of the I jJ | assages or of the stomach, bowels It wy iLs ic organs. Even in its ulcerative ? il jJjKrl it will yield to this sovereign rem- I Ik I / Wf\i s use be norsevercd in. In Chronic II ?11 M t\Jt i of the Nasal passages, it is well, 1 vffl ,? lip ,al<ing the "Golden Medical l)is- I L J " for the nece ssary constitutional Vi'/;! 1 W >nt. to cleanse the passages freelv VV'CiV uliM three times a day with l)r. Sage's l ' ljjf n.'.m i Remedy. This thorough course li: :ilf W'jW tiueut generally cures the worst U||| jfff tghs and hoarseness caused by bronion i and lung nfleet Ions, except con- fell u In its advanced stages, lite "Golden RH Discovery" is a most efiiclont rem- rSvyTj sBH icclally In those obstinate. Iiang-on nn AKtn^ ausod by Irritation and congestion ot UlvuND chlal mucous membrane*. The "Ids" i is not sogtsxl for acute coughs arisn sudden colds, nor must It t>e oxo cure consumi>tlon In Its advanced , no medicine will do that?but for all _ in ate. chronic coughs, which. If ncg- yva? m/ >r badly treated, lead up to consunip- Z1 li I St j IIM stlie best medicine that can bo taken. children's ii the t-tore of J. A. Mitch. , grocer occupying one of 111 llGW CSt S >re-* ot Mr. J. F. Folk, (he ;ontiuued unabated until w tiU haye , Drcanttlo eslabli liment* ol , i. Uoffman, Armstrong- Dress goods and m-Hrabham Company, .1. closing out at lc un'er and II. Dickinson loin pi etely destroyed, nod , *ye es ablisliments of II. YJkJ Z H IZ rt *?< ^ k on the one hau l find 0. ?y llllulllw"! tbham's Sons on the other I damaged considerably. . era House and Oity Ilall I mmbeh n i iii.- block and wore a'so yed. The law olliei s o' oi S. G. Ma\fi Id and the p-<p-? ? office- of l)r O. 1). Faust ; r ikewise in the Folk build d wire burned. Mr. May>st his entire library, which I , / nihidered a very complete X^fCSCC/?L ?. ion of books on Ie>?al mat He also lost ?l number of (I'pstairs in Monro Hulldi >le papers. The Masonic vnights of Fythias lodge were destroyed, but prac- vy . ^ all ot their properly was CClIS kJC/*U ? . , (I'ri ? miui'v anu i nr euros cougns strengthens the lungs and ox- . Is. (let tlio genuine in a yellow 8 ("Hi A Us , Oyster fttul l'uiih) season is i von want any printing none, to Tlio News. ' <>vor I,ro?>ared to "orvothe Heading room altaehed. ig a Piano or an On gan is not Hard. (7 w ion you coiuo or write to us M V W f ianos an?l Organs are guaranteed - f to-date, and at a reasonable priee ascs are beautiful, tlio inside is the best and mote ^xpcrirnced i heir lin<\ so it is no wonder our * 1 i ? and organs HOLDS their sweet felitne Writo us .it once for cat- ' teres at (ting ce piano or orgon, )ne's Music House, 0 lAf 111 A S. C. Pianos and Organs Vk I I 1 Money to Loan. i row prepared to negotiate loans ut v ('.DO and upwards on improved MA Hi v v irins, repayable in annual install- m M at S per cent iotciest. No com- M ^ ? i charged : only a reasonable foe B 0WK WV m \ I I ill K I. WYLIK, Altorney-at-Law. A H wH JL Debtors and Creditors. 1 II caw and arsons indchlod to tho estate ol B * r. unties, neeeaseu, are lieroby to make payment l?? tin* under- V I'TllltS cinCl VCgCt?i nxoentors, and all parties hold- ft . /v- ?? - ? ins against said estate are direct- a pOStOtllCC iil^ilC resent sr.mo, duly attostod. M nrnHnre Yoiiwi Mary meeker Bailos, M piOUULC. X UU Wl s r Hai'ies 1 get our prices bef< ICx oc n tors. ft achers' Examination. M text regular teacheri KSxamlna* ft m (?_?] II he held at I.aneaator Court [J w ?r ?jl| s beginning at ft o'eloek a. m. Oet-ltitb, 1A08. ^ \V. M. MOOHK, J ^ sn?T. KJ>. i .J * f , ' ?*- ?< Arrived J " >re youths' and suits. All made tyles and colors few good things left in | . notions which we are ^ ;ss than cost to us. .* . . | Hughes Co.'py S ^ B == 1?IB ^Restaurant. . iik?:?Corner Main and Cay Streets) A , //a ~V/ *ed at ^Sl/f ^Slours pes Reasonable) St)FT I>ItINKS about to open and we aire better than public. Pleasant, Airy (Quarters with Call to see us. s//iott, ^/.Jrop. -=& llivan ad Col HEW I ? WGOODS! Fancy Groceries m bles. Four doors south of a st prices paid for country m 11 find it to your interest to M ) Uivan ?> Co. ( r'