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THEY WILL HANR
Two Brutal Murderers Promptly
ConVicted Over In Lexington.
TELL OF THEIR ICRME
Whice Was Brutal in the Extreme?
The Slayers of Aged Mrs. Ellisor
Given Quick Trial and Will Bo
Speedily Executed?A Very Large
Crown Witnessed the Trial, but
Everything Passed Off Quietly.
Ned and Brack Toland, the two
negro boys who killed Mrs. Frances
Ellisor at Cayce, across the river
from Columbia, on Wednesday, February
26, were convicted at Lexington,
on Tuesday of murder in tbe
first degree and Judge James W. DeVore
sentenced them to hand on Friday,
May 1. The trial consumed only
about eight hours..
Capt. Jos. R. Allen and the Richland
Volunteers escorted the prisoners
to Lexington Tuesday morning
from the South Carolina penitentiary
andthroughout the trial remained on
duty, with fixed bayonets, around the
prison dock. The court room was
crowded to its capacity and there were
not less than 800 people in town to
witness the trial. There was not the
slightest sign of drunkenness and
perfect order prevailed throughout the
day.
Judge DeVore of Edgefield, the
newly elected judge of the Eleventh
circuit was commissioned uy governor
Ansel to hold the special term of
court ordered to try the Toland brothers.
He proved an excellent presiding
judge, and there was not a hitch
in the proceedings of the court from
the opening to the hour when the crier
announced it adjourned sine die.
The trip was made to Lexington
without mishap. A crowd of perhaps
100 men were at the station at Lexington
when the train arrived, but the
engineer, exercising due caution, ran
past the staton about 300 yards,
where the soldiers detrained and,
with the prisoners in the centre of
company platoons, tlie march to Lexington
court house, one mile and a
half distant, was begun. The pris
oners were extremely nervous arrl
seemed to be momentarily in fear of
receiving bodily harm and three times
between the station and the court
house it was necessary for the militia
to halt for five minute periods tc
allow the negroes to rest, Ned Toland
giving out completely.
As they neared the court building
several men on the corner of the
street opposite the entrance of the
court housa yelled three or foui
times, and some person loudly called
"Where are you niggers?"?but nothing
was started. The crowd in front
of the bulding cleared the way foi
the miliatU and prisoners and soor
they were safely in the court roon:
and the negfoes seated in the doch
Here a line of militia was placed or
each side of the aisle, on the outei
side of the bar railing, a line ov
each side cf the aisle inside the rail
ing and four at either corner of th<
prison dock.
Two yound lawyers were appointee
by the Judge to defend the murderers
and the defendants were then formal
ly placed on trial and a plea of noi
guilty was entered as to each. Undei
the law a defendant can not pleat
guilty in a case the possible outconn
of which is capital punishment.
Found the Body.
Mr. Paul Ellisor, husband of th<
deceased, was the first witness. H<
testified that when he left his hom<
at Cayce on the morning of Feb. 26
to go to New Brookland, he left hii
wife there, in good health. He lef
h1a homo about 7 o'clock and re
turned about 11. The house wa:
\ locked. When he entered he foun<
his wife's dead obdy in a clothes bas
ket in the rear room, with clothe:
and quilts thrown over her. He:
clothes were bloody and there wen
wounds on her head and face. H?
stated that he missed a gun, loadet
shells, a razor, a coat, his wife'!
cloak and other articles from th<
room. He identified the coat, whicl
at that very moment Brack Tolanc
was wearing, as the coat that was
taken from hs house the moruir.g o
the murder.
His gun had been returned to bin
by Mr. M. P. Fox. The gun wa:
identified by witness and placed iv
evdence. It is -a single barrelec
breech loader.
The axe with which the crime was
committed was identified aDd put i?:
evidence. He said that the axe was
standing at the foot of the
bed and there was blood on the table
It had been used to break open the
trnnlr Hp identified the razor, three
hankerchiefs and three watch chains
which were found on Brack Toland
by Sheriff Buford.
Two chains, hankerchiefs, ate.,
found on Ned Toland by Sheriff Buford
were identified by Mr Kllifor
Witness testified that he was the
first to reach his wife and when he
discovered her body in the basl:et life
was extinct. There was a bad gash
In the top of the head and another
ugly wouna on the side of her face.
There was blood on her dress, especially
around the throat. There was
no sign of a struggle. As soon as
he could recover from the shock he
Informed his neighbors of the crime.
Sheriff Buford Made Arrest.
M. M. Buford, sheriff of Newberry
county, testified that he made the arrest
of Ned and Brack Toland on the
night of Feb. 26 between Hilton and
Little Mountain, on the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens railroad. The
arrest was made on the train. He
was in Columbia on the day hat
Mrs. Ellisor was murdered." Intended
taking 7.25 train for Newberry, but
was called off by Mr. L. B. Abernathy,
who told him that Mr Adam
D. Shull wanted to talk with him
about this murder.
There were a series of objections
to this line of testimony as being here
say and witness was instructed tha
he couldn't tell what others had sai<
to him.
He told of receiving informatioi
from Conductor John C. McCain o
the presence in the forward part o
the train that two negroes whom th<
conductor had suspected as havin;
been connected with the murder. H<
arrested them and took them to tli<
Newberry jail. They denied an;
knowledge of the crime. Later h<
telephoned for Mr. M. F. Fox to com<
to Newberry and identify the prison
ers. Mr. Fox and Mr. Abernatb;
came up early Thursday morning an<
after the former identified them the;
were taken to Columbia and placed ii
the penitentiary for safe keeping.
Sheriff Buford started to tell of j
statement made by Brack Tolanc
while in the Newberry jail, but thi:
was objected to by counsel for th(
defendants on the gruond that prope
grounds for introducing a confessioi
bad not been laid and on furthe;
ground that the statement was mad<
after the negroes had been told tha
they were in danger. The solicito;
did not insist on the statement an(
this feature was dropped.
Sheriff Buford identified the arti
cles found on the defendants.
Confessed to Capt. Griffith.
Capt. D. J. Griffith, superintenden
of the State penitentiary, testified tha
the defendants were placed in th<
penitentiary on February 27. He hat
a conversation with both of them ii
his office a few days later. They mad<
voluntary statements about the Ellis
or murder. Brack was the first t<
make a statement about the affair
He said he had never been away iron
home before; was induced by hi
brother to accompany him on thi;
trip, telling him that he (Ned) knev
where they could get some money. H<
said they staid around Cayce's depo
for a day or two and the morning o
the date on which they were arrestei
he and Ned went to the house wher
Mrs. Ellisor lived. They went inti
the house and asked for some bread
She gave them some biscuits and the;
offered to pay for it but she refuse*
to take any pay. They then starte<
into the house to warm. Mrs. Ellisoi
he said, at first made no objection t<
their warming, but that she told then
that she believed they were "up t
some meanness."
Brack said that they grabbed he
and while his brother got the axe h
, held her tight. Ned hit her in th
head two or three times and the
put her body in a basket, got som
things out of the house and they rar
going through the woods a piece.
They sold the gun to a man a
I New Brookland and then went t
Columbia, taking the train from ther
and going to Irino; that they walke
up the railroad from Irmo to Hiltoi
boarding the C., fa. and L. train ther
and being arrested a few minutes lal
er by Sheriff Buford.
[ Capt. Griffith said he warned Brae
| before he made any statement that i
; would be used against him.
After Brack was sent back to hi
' cell, Ned was brought to the offlc
" and made substantially the sam
, statement as that made by Brack, b
too, being warned that he could nc
| be made to make any confession an
' that whatever ne saia wouia ue uoc
against him.
Capt. C. C. Roberts of the penitei
tiary guard corrobated Capt. Griffith
1 testimony. The statements made b
~ Ned and Brack Toland were made i
' his hearing as well as in the hearin
j of Corporal J. P. Harling.
Ned Toland on Stand.
Ned Toland was sworn for the d<
~ fense. He said he was from Pro:
perity. Left home on Monday (Fe
j 24); told his brother that he was g<
a ing to Columbia. His brother and t
"beat" the local freight to Columbii
When they reached Columbia the
a went to a restaurant. He bougl
I some cocaine from a negro name
I Luther. After, getting dinner he an
his brother went to Cayce. He carric
j coal for the operator at Cayce and tt
t latter allowed the two to sleep i
the waiting room. They swept 01
the waiting room the next mornin
j and then they left and went up tt
dirt road and stopped at a lady
house and got something to eat; sa
r Mr. Ellisor working in the field net
? his home. After getting somethin
1 to eat at the lady's house they wei
j into the woods and built up a fir
stayiug there until late in the afte;
? noon, when they returned to Cape
j and again used the waiting room t
j sleep in.
Leaving the station Wednesda
^ morning, he took some more cocain<
He had but one nickel left. He an
j his brother started out, his brothe
. saying that he was hungry. The
j went up to Mrs. Ellisor's and she gav
j them some bread. They then aske
to be allowed to warm but she tol
. them not to come in. Inev went o
' in awyway and he grabbed her an
, told her he would kill her. Hi
, brother grabbed him and told hii
not to kill her. He pushed her tc
, ward the back room and picked u
, the axe and struck her in the heac
Brack turned her loose just befor
j he struck her and walked out of th
house.
Ned said he put Mrs. Ellisor's bod
' in the basket and covered it up an
, then took a gun, a lot of shells, coal
, etc., and locked the door of the hous
, ana leu. He toia eracK to get ne
hind him and step in his (Ned's
tracks, which Brack did. They cross
ed the road and went through th
woods toward Brookland, passim
three men who were hunting. The;
got something to eat in Brooklan*
after he had sold the gun to Mr. Pox
Brack was worried about killing th<
"old woman" and told told him li<
"oughtn't to have done it."
They crossed the bridge into Co
lumbia and stopped at the C. N. & L
depot. They caught the midday trail
out but got off up the road, a fev
miles. They walked from Irmo t(
Hilton, where they caught train No
21 for Newberry. He told of theii
arrest on the train and said that h<
lied to sheriff Buford about 'iheii
names and where they were from
etc.
Cocaine Fiend.
With tears in his eyes Ned said
"I'm de one dat's guilty of killing
dat 'owman. Mr .brother is innocent
; BOOZE WINS FIGHT.
i
] DISPENSARY HAS CLOSE GALL I]
f AIKEN COUNTY.
B
y
g
2 With Three Small Boxes Yet lo to
f
a Heard Froiu the Vote Stands 87
2 to 822.
f A dispatch from Aiken to Th
1 State says the election there Wednes
ir
j day as to dispensary or prohibitio
resulted in a victory for the count
i dspensary by a very small majorit]
j With all but three small boxe
s heard from the dispensairy has
a lead of 55, and it is probable th
r other three boxes will run the ms
i jority up to 100 or more.
r Great interest was taken in th
? election all over the county. Ai
t though the weather was threatenin
r a large crowd was around the poll
1 in Aiken all day, among whom wer
many ladies. About the time th
. returns beean to come in it began t
rain but notwithstanding this larg
crowds assembled around the bull*
tin boards ana waited for the return
^ which came in rapidly. It was
close election. The following is th
j total vote: For dispensary, 877
| agfcinst dispensary, 822
? and I did it because I'd been takin
- cocaine. I done it all and I just as
> for mercy and dat you don't han
. me."
i He said Brack begged him not t
s kill the woman, and if he had lister
e ed to him he would not be where h
v is now.
9 Solicitor Timmerman asked Ned t
t explain the effects of cocaine and thl
f is what he gave:
3 "When you snufT cocaine and pi
e it on your tongue it deadens the toi
o gue?gives you more nerve than yo
;. want?looks like it make you do an:
y thing. Its a king of good feeling bi
3 you'll do anything.
3 He said he had been "snuffing
*, cocaine for three or four years,
o Ned declared that the story told t
a Brack at Newberry was "made up.
o He said he told Brack to tell what I
did, "so's to keep the blame off'e
r me." He said his brother had alwa3
e been a good boy, whereas he (Ned
e had been in trouble often. He sai
y he told Brack that he would shiel
e him (Ned) on account of his ba
i, "recommendation." This makes tl
fourth time he has been in jail; ser
+ - J ?? iU _ K^nlrlnfr i
-w tru uu iuy taaiiigaug lkji uicanmg .
o a store; he and "Young Bridges" ro
e bed the Sligh postofflce and were sei
d to Atlanta, and he was sent to tl
i, chain gang once on account of son
e trouble he had with his wife,
t- He said Mrs. Ellisor begged the
not to kill her, but he was scared ai
k did it anyhow.
it Brack Toland's Story.
Brack Toland testified that he hi
is been away from home but one tin
ie before the day when Mrs. Ellisor w
? killed. He deniel having anything
? do with the killing of Mrs. Ellisc
?t GKofifP tin for/4 f1
' lie oaiu uc IUIU uiivi iu x/utwiu vi
d story at Newberry in the hope
<1 helping to shield his brother, that ]
told what he did because his broth
1_ told him to tell it.
's He- admitted telling Capt. -Griffi
that he held Mrs. Ellisor while t
n rbother hit her in the head with t!
g axe. He said this was not the trut
that he was not holding her whi
Ned struck her. He begged Ned n
s- to kill her?told him that if he war
8* ed anything in the house to get it. I
t>. was holding her with one hand ai
5" pushing his brother away with t
ie other. Ned had hold of her with t
a- left hand and the axe was in t
y right hand. He turned her and 1
brother loose and ran out of the do
when the first blow was struck. I
d went outside the house and was coi
ing back up the steps when his brot
ie er came out. Ned locked the do
n and threw the key in the yard. Th
then left the house and went towa
ig New Brookland. Subsequent even
ie were detailed and his story as to the
's was the same as told byNed.
w He didn't seem to realize the grai
ir tv of his situation and evidently w
ig laboring under the impression th
it the jury .would be more lenient
0. dealing with him than it would
r- dealing with Ned. it appeared th
he was after clearing himself regar
o less of what the consequences we
as to Ned. There was nothing
y his manner to give the impressh
e. that the story told on the witne
d stand was more truthful than th
>r which he had told Capt. Griflth ai
y Capt. Roberts, and few of the spect
e tosr believed tha t it was anoth
d "hatched up" story, concocked for tl
d sole purpose of clearing his ow
n skirts of the dastardly crime,
d Pleaded for Mercy.
1S After the jury brought in the ve
n diet of guilty the prisoners were to:
to stand and receive the sentence <
p the Court. Almost every man in tl
" building rose to get a look at the n
e groes, but at the request of Sheri
e Corley they quickly resumed the
seats.
* Asked if they had anything to ss
[ why sentence of death should not 1
" pronounced, Ned said: "I ask tl
e court to have mercy upon me an
l~ please don't hang me. I am guilt;
but. my brother is innocent."
When the question was put i
e Brack he said: "I ask for the mere
? of the court, but I am innocent; m
^ brother done it."
Judge DeVore then read the ser
' tence of the court: "That the defent
B ants, Ned and Brack Toland, be tap
5 en from whence they last came (pen
tentiarv) and there be kept in saf
confinement until Friday May ]
' 1908, when they are to be taken t
] the regular place of execution fo
Lexington county, there to be hang
} ed by their necks until they are deac
' between the hours of 10 a. m. and
1 p. m."
a *
The "good old summer time" i
' about here, as witness the shir
sleeve brigade.
, The time you can depend on a wo
: man is when you can't on anybod,
; else.
- niBii), i tim i .juii .^n m _
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FARMER'S FRIENDS. K
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to
V SOME BIRDS THEY SHOULD PRO- ret
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for*
As They Destroy Insects, Weed Seed
ie
and Numerous Other Enemies of wh
7 sec
the Farm. eit]
The substance of this article is but ac^
e a summary of an account of the work
s- of the Biological Survey of the Den
partment of Agriculture, prepared
for the National Geographic Magazine
7 by H. W. Henshaw. ,
T nln
The Biological Survey was er.tab- ^
T tished in 1885, with Dr. Cj 11. Merriam
as director. The relations of
0 WO
the bird to the crops were not then
1 well understood. It is not enough, a
e says Mr. Henshaw, to be told that ^ei
birds feed on insects; we must know "i?1
" the particular kinds they eat. The 0
g fact that the crow sometimes eats ^a
corn is not sufficient evidence on
which to condemn the bird. We
must learn the nature of its food at '
all times; hence the necessity for m
5_ the examination of the birds stom- pec
achs to learn not only the kinds of
8 food eaten, but their relative quan- fu[
I ""? f
It fs not enough to know that .
? oot Inoootd rip that thfiV riflst.rnv
LTI1U0 COt lujuv/bu) v? vUMv ?
? crops. Birds are injurious at one an(
g time and not at another; in one re- an(
k gion a pest; in another a blessing,
g The Tree Sparrow Beneficial.
We may roughly group our small ?*
o birds into two classes?the seed eati
ers and the insect eaters. ^ui
e The seed eaters, mostly of the ?*
Sparrow family, have stout bodies the
o and strong conical bills, especially or
Is designed for crushing seeds. Their pr*
name is legion and the family conit
tains more species than any other ^ir
i- group of birds. It is well that this cor
u is so, for the destruction of weed Coi
7- seed is of tremendous importance to tj1
it the farmer, whose trouble to keep lar
ahead of the weeds, great as it is
now, would be vastly increased were to
it not for the soberly-clad and unob- so"
iy trusive little sparrows. We may get
an idea of the value of the service ar(
le these birds render by noting what is ?
in done for the farmer by the tree-spar- T
fs row, one of the most confirmed seed- ^
I) eaters of the group. A quarter of ?
id an ounce of seed for a day is a safe ^
Id estimate of the food of an adult i y
id treesparrow. on tnis recKonmg, m
le a Slate like Iowa, where agriculture
v- is relatively very important, treeIn
sparrows eat about 875 tons of weed ?
b- seed annually.
at The total value of the principal
ie field crops of the United States for
le the year 1906 was about $3,500,000,000.
If we estimate that the comm
bined consumption of weed seed by ?
id the sparrow family results In an an- v?
nual saving of only 1 per cent, of Te
the value of the crops the total sum
id total saved to thefarmer in 1906 was
ae $35.-000,000.
as Though seeds form the chief part
to of the subsistence of sparrows, the
>r. destruction of seeds is by no means
tie all we have to thank these birds for.
of They eat many insects also, and ?
lie seems to know instinctively that ^
er while seeds are excellent for adult f<
birds, they are necessarily good for
tb nestlings, and hence feed the latter
lis almost exclusively on insects,
he Sparrows, however, are not the onh,
ly birds that consume the seeds of
en weeds. The Eastern quail or bobot
white is a confirmed eater of weed
it- seed. Highly esteemed as bobwhite
le Is by the epicure for food and by
ad the sportsman as an object of purhe
suit, he Is probably worth so much ^
lis more as a weed-destroyer that the
lis farmer can ill afTord to have him
lis shot, even though the privilege is
or roundly "p^ld for. A bevy or two of
le quail on a farm is an asset the value
n- of which no thrifty farmer should
h- overlook. Doves also are seed eat- ~
or ers, especially the turtle-dove, whose
'--J ?
ey crop ortn is so pacKeu wnu mo accua
rd of weeds that it can hold no more,
its The farmer has no quarrel with
se birds that confine their attention to __
grass and weed seed, and welcomes SI
ri- theif presence always and everyas
where. There are birds, however,
at which eat such seeds as corn, wheat
in and barley, and whose place in the
in farmer's esteem is by no means so "
at well assured?the crow and the
d- blackbirds for instance. There are
re several kinds of blackbirds which at
in times attack crops as also does the
jn crow. The destruction by the crow
ss of meadow mice, and of cutworms
at and other insect pests and the de- Fc
id struction of many kinds of insects by
a- the blackbirds, however, are consider
ered in most localities to offset the
ie damage done in other ways and even
10 leave a oaiance in iavor 01 tiie
birds.
Birds That Eat Insects.
Many flrds, as flycatchers, warbr"
lers, swallows and chimney-swifts.
1(3 live exclusively, or almost so, on insects,
and very many more, as black- m
ie birds, orioles, and some hawks, de p
e" pend on them for a considerable pari
? of their livelihood. The little spar'r
row-hawk lives very largely upon
grasshoppers, crickets and beetle!.
W and even one of the larger hawks?
)e the Swainson hawk of the Western '
ie plains?at certain seasons destroy?
l(i enough of these injurious insects, to- Fo
V> gether with small rodents, to save |
the Western farmer upwards of ?'i
? hundred thousand dollars a yea.r
y If all insects preyed upon vegeta- |
y tion, our inquiry into the value of ?insect-eating
birds need go no further,
since all of them might be *et j
down as beneficial; but by no means J
l~ all insects are destructive of vege- |
tation, and their relations to each ?_
e other and to birds are very complex
and puzzling. The insects that feec'
0 on vegetation at some stage or other
r of their existence probably encounter
> all others, both in number of species c<
'? and of individuals; but there are t^o
2 other classes of insects which desorvo HI
attention here, the predaceous and
the parasitic. The predaceous ins
sects, either in the adult or larval
t state, feed upon other insects and
hence in the main are beneficial. It
would seem, therefore, that in so far
- as birds destroy predaceous insects
y do them harm. That birds do deBtroy
a greater or leBs number caa-'
be denied, but as many species <
s group secrete nauseous fluid
ich serve, in a measure at leas
protect them, and as many are i
iring habits and not readily foun
i number destroyed by birds is r<
rely not large. Moreover, some i
predaceous insects, when inse
d is not available, become veg
ians, and hence assume the ro
enemies of the farmer; so th
en birds destroy predac?ous I
ts they may be doing the farm
tier a good turn or an ill tur
ording to circumstances.
The relation of birds to the s
led parasitic insects is still mo
ricate and puzzling. ParaBitic 1
ts fill a very important place
! economy of nature; it is evi
imed by entomologists that th
more effective service in aiding
>p true the balance in the inse
rid than any other agency.' Th
ack insects in every stage of e
nee and insure their destruction I
lositing eggs, on, or in, the bodi
adults, their larvae (the worm
erpillar stage), their pupae,
ir eggs. Now, birds recognize i
3 distinctions in the insect worl
is grist that comes to the avii
II, and parasitic insects are sna
I up by birds without the slighte
;ard to the fact that they are us
to man. Hence we have a comp
ed problem to unravel in resp<
the inerrelation of insect pests,
ect parasites that destroy thei
1 of birds that destroy both pe
1 their parasites.
Hawks and Owls Beneficial.
The hawks and red owls spend mc
their lives in killing small roden
eir work is complementary. Haw
at their prey between the hou
daylight and dark; owls hunt
! early evening and morning houi
by moonlight; sometimes wh
issed by hunger by day.
The bulk of the depredations <
ds and chickens due to hawks
nmitted by - three species?t
Dper and sharp-shinned hawks a;
! goshawk; and the sportsman a:
mer's boy should learn to km
j daring robbers by sight, so
kill them whenever possible. T
called "hen-hawkB," usually eitb
> red-shouldered or redtail haw
? too often made victims of a b
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Leghorn Eggs, 50 cents per do?
Cabbages, $1.50 per crate. T.
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Hamim, james isiana, o. ^.
tingles! Shingles! Shingles?We
wholesale dealers; car lot ord
solicited; we are in position to
all orders promptly. Stevens
Cato, Monetta, S. C.
iproved Essex boars, sows, p
with short heads, deep bodies, 1
backs and hams; prize winne
guaranteed pig $6, Pointer pupp
$6; fine hunters and retrievers.
C. Shannon, Blackstock, S. C.
ir Sale?One twelve horse po?
Blakesley Gasolene Engine, che
Also lot of shafting, pulleys, e
Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangebu
S. C.
?r Sale?Thoroughbred, long ty
Essex swine, from prize winni
stock. Three gilts, three you
boars and also lot of fine pigs I
April delivery. Prices right. A,
Macdonald, Blackstock, S. C.
OR SALE?EGGS AXD POULTRY
;gs from our Celebrated Thoroug
bred Prize Winner. Black Menorc
and White Plymouth Rocks. $1.
per 15. We guarantee seven cnif
Dr replace the order. Frank E. Ha
Bartow, Ga.
r Sale?Buff Rock chickens, prl
Stock, also prize winning Wh;
Wyondottes. Write for prices.
M. Oliver & Co., The Terraces, I
berton, Ga.
igle Comb Rhode Island Reds on
Langford and Abberneathy Strai
Vone better at my price. Eggs, :
or $1.50. Satisfaction guarantee
SV. D. Colclough, Dalzell, S. C.
Highest wages
mr,r , shortest hours
JTTON MILL
Stop daily at
ELP
p. m. Saturday
ANTED' at noon.
Apply
Fulton Bag and
Cotton
j | , Atlanta, Ga.
of name; for while both species occa- i
s, sionally snatch a'chicken, the habit
it, is far too uncommon to justify the i
of nam? "hen-hawk." The good these 1
d, two big hawks do in the long run by ]
>1- destroying rats and mice far more 1
of than compensates the farmer for the I
ct insignificant damage he suffers at 1
e- their talons. i
le Both hawks and owls often swal- <
at low their prey entire or in large fragn
and often some of the feathers. Avian (
er and ven some of the feathers. Avian i
n. digestion is both good and rapid, but i
is is unequal to the task of assimila- <
o- ting such substanceg, and accordingly ]
re both hawks and owls throw up these
n_ rejecta in the form of neatly rolled lo
pellets. In studying the food habits ]
sn of birds of prey much use is made i
ey of these pellets, and the vicinity of ]
to a nest of a pair of horned owls, for 1
ct instance often contains an unmistak- :
ey able record of the birds' food, and
x~ perhaps that of the young, for
by
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^ You buy a Piano from pracan
tical, musical people who
p. have had the direct experience
from a musical, ?cienJe_
tiflc and point of construcjl_
tioB basis you rua no risk
jCt whatever.
?' We handle one of the
finest lines in the world.
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THE SMITHDEAL MUSIC COMP'Y,
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Is 1347 Main St.,
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as EVERYTHING IN MUSIC,
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Early Jersey VVakefieldSjChar
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jkMCT returning the C. O. D'a.
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includes gasoline and steam
9 able and stationary boile
i edgers, planers, shingle, la
corn mills, cotton gins. p]
making outfits and kindred
^ Our stink is the most varied ant
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months or even years.
From the foregoing It will at once
appear that the practice of offering
bounties indiscriminately for the
heads of hawks and owls, as has
been done by some states, is a mistake,
and results not only in the *
wasting of public funds, but in the
iestruction of valuable lives, which
can be replaced, if at all, only with
?reat dhhculty and after the lapse
Df a term of years. In no one particular
does the public, especially the
3port8man and farmer, need to be
educated more than in the value of
bawks. The temptation to shoot a
hawk or owl, perching or flying, is
well nigh irrestetable, and the bad
habit is having the natural result of
so reducing the numbers of these
birds as to make it impossible for \
the survivors to do the work nature X|
Intended them to do. The 'notable
increase of noxious rodents in the
last decade in certain parts of the
United States and the resulting damage
to crops without doubt are due
ia no smaii pari, iu tue uesuuvuvu ui
their natural enemies, chief of which >
ar^h(Bj)ird^of^prey^^^^^^*
Why buy an Organ from the Peddler?
When you can bny a superior organ
from your factory representative for
less money, and on easier terms, and
have absolute protection in the guarantee
given by the makers. We make
low prices and grant from one to two
years, without interest, for settlement
and only bind the organ as security.
We save you money and supply Organs
that will prove a life long pleasure.
Write at once for catalog and special
prices and terms to the old established
MAL'JNE'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Pianos and Organs. Columbia, S. C.v
Thirty-Two Cent Cotton.
FOR a?L??'WhiMO*! u?l?n?tog
tapro7?4 "Hammer tetw* ?pl*a4 iMf
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BOOKKEEPING AXD SHORTHAND.
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A $70 Scholarship for $35
or
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if you enter within the next 30 days.
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formation.
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ge, ? Orangeborg, S C. ^
r a-Shingle Mill 1
priced power feed shingle mill on the m*?>] a
j 8,800 to WjOOO shingles per day, i to 10 H. P.)
ids. Cw?i?ge has antomatle return motion, *
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experience In wowing Cabbage plsnts and aQ.
ints for the trade, viz: Beet plant*. Onion plants,
plants. *
pment Beet plants and Cabbage plants as follows:
Jeston Large Type Wakefields, and Henderson Sucst
known reliable varieties to ill experienced truck
Town out in the open sir oear salt water and
ut injury.
is. In lots of 1,004 to 5.000 st $1.50 per thou;r
thousand, 10,000 and over at $1.00 per thousand.
? rates on vegetable plants from this point. All
0. unless you nrefer sending money with orders.
ley with orders. You will save the charges for
in February. Your orders will have my prompt
n in need of Veg etable plants give me s trial order;
ress all orders to
III! Mill I Hill H?
nteecl MaJhiP.y. 1 I
BNGINFS, PORT- 9
IIS, S.\ .VMILLS, 8
RESSK.S, BKICK 8
leiiig our spcciuN I
ft I Bos 89, Oolwiblm B. Q$ i