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SELECTING SEED COHN. Important Subject Discussed by One ol Ihc Foremost Authorities in the Corn Belt. Don't wait till you husk your pom before selecting your seed, l?ut take time to do it soon. If yon don't have timi', take H. We don't know ftr liin.Li Voil QllU 'l<> on tin' tarin that will pay you bettor in tho IOHO run than Beleeli Hg lise or ton bushels of seed porn. Kirst make up your mind tiiat you will not select any oars except the very In st and tllOSO that mature earliest. Wo will not ask you tu take timo to o.> thrungli the field winn your corn is glazing to determino Which aro tho earliest earn. You oau tell that when it euiiu's to selecting ..tor by their soundness ami dryness. Il is i m | .< ??. tant that we select tin- earliest ma tu rino oars, because there is constant dangorfrom tho South ern line of Iowa north, and oven father South than tliat, of COrD bein:,' nipped by frost. We cannot afford to confino our selves to I ho very party varieties that will mature without any doubt. Wo must growsoincthing largor than that lo got tho lu st yield, and there fore tho l>OSl way is t<> select tho earliest mal tiring oars of varieties that occupy tho tull season. There is always a tendency in com lo varia tion, some ears maturing early and others late, and what we need is tho earliest maturing ours of tho big kind. Don't select an oar from a stalk that is too tall. Wo d' t't need any thirteen or fourtOCU foot stalks with an oar so high up that a tall man bas to jump to got it. No matter how good an ear of that kind is, lid it alone. Why? !f you >..: Icot from those high oars you will bo in tho position that a good many farmers in R?me paris of Illinois aro to-day. Tho season bas promoted a very rank growth of stalk and the ears aro very high Up, mid tho high winds that they bad llo re dunno tho 1 bird week in Allgi d bas laid their corn Hat, from which it will never recover. Many farmers in Iowa aro in tho same position. Tho higher the ear tho more susceptible it is to botllg blown down Ky wind. Thcroforo re ject all those oars that aro high up. liojoot all tin oars that arc too low down, and for obvious reasons. Yon don't want an ear that you have lo stoop to busk. Von don't want an ?.ar which will rest on tho ground by tho time it is ready to husk. Got an oar that is just high enough for an average Bized man to grasp with his hand w ithout bending bis back. I loh'l select tho ear t hal when matured stands m arly Straight up, or at an angle "t forty-live t?egreos; Wh\ ? That eat will hot dry out readily ; and it il 18 open at tho point, as it Sometimes isi that ii tho i .ir protrudes from the husk, tis it someti?o s d. i-, it will lake water ami be 'liable to ne.ld. There .'ore voil don t wtitit thai oar. |)on'l (to by tin- lime the emu is even partially matured, The ear that bends down ward has a chance lo dry oilt, ind the reason it bends dow ? is because tho corn than the shank, lt is likely to haye sinai,! or medium sized cob, to bo well developed, fully mal tired, . .. as (o ii Whi Oil 1 lt fash ii ? What tv, leat:- over when lhere has not hoi any severe storm. A vori seve storm will swirl and twist . von tl strongest kind ol' corn-stalk ; lu when a Stalk leans over, the ore hulk of the stalks rcmaininii ero< there is Something wrong with th: stalk, some woakiiesH which y< don't wani to perpetuate. Kur r meiiiber t hat coi iv, a* in tuen ai animais, like prod m . - like, an.I yi don't want to perpetuate any rle fee or weaknesses it' you possibly d holp it. Don't Boicot an ear of corn, n<> matter how good, that is at tin- end ot a long shank. Why .' You will ho harvesting your corn sot ne ti ino for fodder or for silage ??mi those long shanked ears will break off and you may have none c(oii broken off than you eau make uso of for hog food al tho time, Besides, it is worth all you ?..in got (oil of them to nick t hem up. Thoroton- reject those long shank? d oars. Von can wail, il' you will take time tv. do it, until husking time to soled this corn , >ml tin- probability is thal you won'; take thc time theil. Your hoys want to make a record as huskers. They won't stop to | lek out the seed e.Ts and throw thom into a l?ox behind tho wagon. So you and they had hotter look after this matter beforehand. A basho) of this well selected seed corn "ill plant oigllt aerea, and ii you are growing eighty adrea of corn next year, you will only want about eight hundred good ears, .nul you can certainly af ford the time to pick thom out, OVOII If il takes you a week. Tho host way, therefore, is to BO through with a sack Oil your shoulder, o.\ nm ?HO ouch stalk, pick out caro fully tile .cry choicest cars, strip bnok lin- husks, tic them together, and throw thom over a clothesline or pole, or any other place that will give them freo access to tho sun and air. Dry as your corn may seem, there is still too much water in it. Tho thing to do now is to got tho water evaporated from thc cuni and cob just :?.; quickly as possible It will hot do to put corn, no matter how apparently well matured at this stage of tho growth, into a closed room. Corn requires heat, moisture, and oxygon 01 air in order to grow. If you put corn, oven well matured corn, in a pilo in a closed room or a room without free ventilation, you fiirninh all the requirements for growth. Tho lirst thing you know your seed corn will bo utterly ruined. Some seedsmen lost quite a lot of corn last year hy not understanding this simple proposition : That seed corn will grow whenever tho condi tions of growth arc furnished, In i-aso cold weather threatens be fore tho coro has thoroughly dried out, wo would raovo it into a building at least over night, so ns to protect it from sudden freezing. Take caro to see that at every opportunity it has freo ac ess to sun and air, without having so much of it together as to start sprouting. How IllUCh i--this corn worth when We have it selected oil these princi ple^ ? lt is worth more than you would dare ask anybody for it ? lt is worth fivo dollars a bushel to you, , ami you could Well afford to pay five dollars a biihhol for seed corn gath ered by tl j esc methods. It means ten or fifteen bushels nu acre ox tm V ..--M for next year, thetiniontit hoing determined largely by your skill and judgment in making tho proper se lection. Farmers have grown corn during tIn-ir entire lifetime, as did their fathers iinji 'rrniidftiUiors before them, bul so far as selection Cf seed ! i- eoneoruod, most of ns aro simply I learning tin- \ ll ("sol' the business. Dr. Henry Wallace, in Wallace's Fanner, Running Short on Water. C?liifnbin: Tin- drying Up of st teams in this sect ion Ol tho COUIl try has cniisod many cotton gins lo shut down for Wrtnt of water power.; The water supply of tim, city, which i- taken iront tin- ('(ingaree, is made I ? . Tlieso mills wait for the reservoirs I ? count of low waxer. Columbus, lia.: This section ':* 1 han f ni lon since mis and wells are ! \ chun a thousand years ago, was ns HOW, and a thousand years hence will ho t.h'c same. koop up In tho race. I'se modern paints, as they ?re sure to wear. While lead made inti . amt by hand labor bn fl to tho past, lt's a clam, lt chalks. I I leis t he Wood rot. w e will give a liberal quantity of I. ov M. I'aini flee, 'o three property owners who paint their houses with \" A M. w?thin next thirty days. M i> a?l and /inc. lt's non-chalkahle. lt's tl,,- cheapest. Takes the leant. I viv "dhm must be mixed Will) nearly a gallon of od, making paint COSf less t han $ I 'J't a gallon. rio i., A M. will bc sold by a Ibbai dealer or direct, address Longman A .Martin, /. New Voik. paint liitlkors for C. W. I'it, Ilford < IO., Walhalla. Biggest Line of Hardware and the Lowest Prices now on these Goods that have ever been offered to the People of Oconee County. BUILDING MATERIAL. .hist think' -<>nr solid car load of Building Material, such as Doors, (plain and [glass), Window Sash. Mouldings, I'.liiuls, Mantels, etc. Over '{(H.) Hours, any size: 500 p?lirs Sash. Wo oller you 8x10 12d (ghi Sash at s7c. per Window; always sold hciotofoic al Si per Sash. Other sizes as cheap in proportion. STOVES-HEATING ?ND COOKING. One solid car Cooking StOVOS, llaugOS and Heating Stoves. Cooking StOVOS $7.50 and upward?, With full line of nice Vessels. We - have tho kind that makes cooking a pleasure. They are guaranteed, and pl this ns harked up hy us. Heating Stoves for chinches, school Louses am',, roBidouoos, $1.25 to. $10. Some ran- bargains In the line. oi I? BAKU WIRE AND NAILS? OM! SOLID UAH LO\D OK WIRE AND NAILS. BARR WIRE 2 :M CENTS l?ER POUND. WIRE NAILS AT *._'.."io PER Kid HASH. GUNS, LOADED SHELLS. ETC. (ians, lluuttng ( oats. I.eggins, Reloading Sets, ote. Hopkin A Allen simile Darrel (inns, s3.50 This Gun has always Leen sold for S > Double I'.arrel (tuns $8.50 lo $2.">. Loaded Shells OUiy :!< cents per box. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Try an Avery Stool Plow if you r uuol gel anytbiuj else thal v>\\\ turn your laud. We have tho Syracuse Plows. Mallory's Combination Plows etc. If we haven't ".ot in stock what you want, we can order it. Shingle and Saw Mill Supplies, Belting, Rubber Ho:e. Piping. Injectors. Valve?. Etc. All our Customers are our Friends. MATHESON HARDWARE CO,. WESTMINSTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. Union Meeting First Division. Thc union mooting of tho first Division of tho Beavordam Associa tion will convene with Toxaway church on Saturday before tin- fifth Sunday in thc present month-Octo ber. Following is the program : Saturday, 1" o'clock -Devotional exercises, conducted hy Hov. -M. c. Holland or Kev. J. II. Clark. Query 1. What cutt the church do to create more spirituality in her midst? Discussed by Kev. .1. K. .M..ore, T. -M. Klrod and C. li. 1 ?. I >urns. Query 2. The relation of faith and work. Discussed by Kev. ,1. .M. Sanders, K M. Cary and Kev. \V. T. .McMister. I Query 8. Wherein is it more; blessed lo give than lo receive? i Discussed by Kev. c. VVnrdlaw,S.C. Smith and Kev. .1. M. McGuire. Song service Sunday morning al l<? o'clock, conducted by Prof. Compton, of Georgia, J. V. Morton j and others. Missionary sermon Sunday morn-1 mg at 11.80 o'clock by Kev. C. Wardlaw. The afternoon will he devoted io song sorvicc. .1. II. Stone, A. 1 '. Marett, Wot ( lo m tn i nco. Bronchitis lor Twenty Years. Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, III., wi iles: 'M liai! hron?lutis for twenty years alni never got ru)iel until I uscil I'olev's Honey and Tai- which is a sine cure.-- M.ld'liv .1. W. bell. Walhalla: \V. J; Lunney, Seneca. Our Colored Methodists. Walhalla, < Ictobor 13. . I Mitors ('mirier; I'lease grant nie spiro \\\ your valuable paper to speak tu your col.?red n ailers. We are still alive. VVe close one of tho must successful revival mei tings that was i ver held in Trinity recently. Sixteen joined the church and 1 I was baptized with clear wafer sprinkled mi their Ili ads. Twelve conversions and thc church revived throughout, froth th . pulpit Lo flu rear. ( mr church hus been whitewashed witH the skillful management ul" Mrs. I.ur Williams, Sue Webb, Martha ?wrns and Wi M. l?ob?risoti, and now it Minks real white. Wc thank mr good people for their kindness, ind also ihr faithful trustees. Our ?is? (pt a rte H y conf?rence was held i trw weeks ago. Wc paid I.'rv. M M. Monz?n, our beloved presiding alder, Ins claims-?00-for the first time in live years. Thc pastor is paid up to date . Plier claims air to lu- raised. We lt av o planned to go lo mir Annual Conference this year with a round report on all lines and thus far we are up t<> dale A trw Jays ago we weir surprised by a wagon stopping a! our dour and tak ing out many packages of good things Many, many thanks, ('mm? figain- > un are welcome. Our camp meeting was a success. Thc Kev. II. Cason prcaohed two ?ne Bernions and held Ins congrega tion spell bound from start to finish. 1 '. C. .1 arks.m. 1 'aslur. Pl SO'S CUR IURIS WHtHI All HSt IAHS. Hoste uKh Syrup, Toutes (If KU!, tts CONSUMPTION Y> Negro Convicl Beaten to Death on Chain Gang. ? ridgefield, October 17.- Some two weeks ago Wade Hartley, a negro, was convicted before Magistrate Waters at Johnston for violation of the dispensary law and sontenoed to the county chain nani' for 80 days. Me was delivered to the proper au thorities and placed oil the gang, where he died soon after hoing re ceived, and hts body was sent to the county .alms house for burial ; no notice of his death heine/ given to his relatives or any one else. Tho negro was complaining of l?o ino unwell, and it is said that he was given a severe lashing and required i to do duty. Mis hasty buri?.;! aroused thc suspicion of some of the citizens of Johnston, who had the body ox? humed, and upon examination, it is reported, it was found that there was a hole in the hack ol* his head, his hack terribly lacerated and one eye gono. i Tho matter was reported to Solici tor Thurmond, who interviewed I County Supervisor Self, .Mr. Self investigated tho matter and says that no violence was done thc negro, but that ho died from natura! causes. A thoia uo|i investigation will he had. Tiie matter seems to have aroused much indignation at Johnston and there are those who believe that the ogro carno t<> n violent death. W hen exhumed tho shackles were still ? n the body. CASTOIIIA. Boar? tim Ne Kind You ll ive Mways Bought Will .Bennie'' Go to Cherokee ? A petition i- being circulated in tho county asking Senator Tillman to eoine t? (Jail hey and make an ad dress i.o the dispensary some time during this month. The dispensary advocates ate hard pul to ? when they must Invite an outsider to come in and stem the tide of morality (ind good citizenship that is swooping (uer tho county. Wo have to?, tiiuch respect for Senator '1 ?liman to believe that le' will bc so undemo cratic as to Stoop to interference with local si lt' government under tho laws bf South Carolina. Wc dort'! be lieve the Senator would come. Mo could have nothing to glim by inter fering. Those who Would bC ?Ililli .need by his views would do his bid ding and lie would lose tho support ot a great many who are now his staunch friends. Besides, wo don't belie ve t he Senator wants tb l'osier the dispensary <>n Cherokee ii lier people don't want it. li Is nothing to him. The movement iii this county is in compliance with the Ibice law, which the Senator advo cates and opposes amending. We'll BOC what we'll see, but we'll venture that Senator Tillman will not med dle in the local affairs of Cherokee county.-Cherokee News. ??? . .?? Twenty thousand dollars to estab lish a home for drunkards1 wives in Iowa is one of the bequests of the late dames Callahan, the ec centric philanthropist millionaire of I )os Moines. A Negro ol thc Righi Stripe. A Memphis, Tenn., dispatch Bays : lt. C. HUI) Itt) insurance agent, waa shot dead one day last week hy lien Gillam, a negro. Gillam immedi ately surrendered tn the police. Hill, it is alleged, had pc TS! ttently forced his attentions upon Mrs. Kinma Leo nard, who keeps a grocery store. Tlie woman, iii order to avoid Hill, left the sion- and BO light refuge in Guiana's yard. Hill entered the yard, it is said, with the avowed in tention ol* taking Mrs. Leonard hack! to her store and thc negro then got' a shotgun and killed Hill. Negro Killed in Darlington. Darlington, Ootobor 12.- Mary Brown, colored, was shot and mor tally wounded last night by Walter Kati i ff, also colored. An operation was performed this morning,but tins proved .d' un avail in saving thc woman's life and she died about pl o'clock tins morning. Ratliff was disputing with his wife and Marv, her sister, seeing trouble ahead, Stepped betWCOII the antagonists just in lime to catch tho Lullet intended for her sister. Ratliff was arrested and oom ni i tied to jail. fOLEYSKlDNEYCURE Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right Hooker Washington was enter-' tai ned at a banquet by tho Pened Congress in Huston last week, and the distinguished company nrone ami greeted him ns no other guest ?d' |ha evening. I!> sm at tin< he ad of tin table with Miss Lund, daughter <>i thu representative From Norway to tho congress Tins constant lioniz ing ot Washington ls ? matter of taste oii ilii- pan of those who par ticipate in it, hut il will be surprising if his head is not swelled, and what ever good he may have been in a posit],ni to do his lace is made pf no account.-Columbia Recori]. I KIDMEY DISEASES arc thc most fatal of all dis eases. Eft! EVO K1CNEY CURE it I 11*LL fe ? Guaranteed Remedy or money refunded. Contains remedies recognised by emi nent physicians as the best for Kidney and Bladder troubles, PRICK 50c. aad $?.00. "".r,"" J.W.Bell,WalhaalL CLOSING OUT aalllWMIII ftlllWBW-dMIKHIIIIBII !?? 'B'IH' t^oHowiiifJf I >iwcovxn1 : AU Tobaccos, ? Soda, ?hoe Poli? other things in t Barga i os io the M. S. ST Westminst J. H. MOORE, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. ( ?ills lett at residence or J, II. Darby's Drug Stol?- will receive prompt attention, DAV OR NIGHT. Phones : Residence 9U, Drug store 18? li?-:? ol Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. O?ce <><.<?../. Il', liyrd .1- Co. I . IM voit IX MY OFFlCJi EVERY DA V. PHONE NO. 51. Dr. G. 0. Probst, i> i<: NTIS rr , Walhalla, S. C. Olllce Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ; : : Store, : : : EJouns : .*.;><> A. M. TO l l\ M. AND 2 TO fl I'. M. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, S KN KC A, S. C. Ol KU I OVKK NIMMON'S STOHK, DOYI.K Uri I.KIN?.. O Hi CO Honrs: 0 A. M. to 1 e. M. " " 2 l\ M. to li l\ M. April 20, KWH. lt'.-tf The New TIN SHOP. WhOU you wanta Metal I Joni. Tin, hon ot <.alvani/ed Iron, Kavo Troughs, or anything made of Tin, lialvam/cd Iron, Sheol lion or I '<ippcr, I." ?i >K in at LOOK. Typewriters, Sewing Mnehinos, Guns. Revolv?is ami IMoyolos deaned and rep: ed. \11 work done on short notice ami guaranteed. Agent for the Vale and Snell iUcyclosand Kicyolo supplies, LOOK OUT KOR li < > <> Iv . ' 11 i : A i FOR IIIIHEBS YXTV, HAY I A K A RGK K< ?'l < >K \V Second band Kag?ing and T?OS, Tim Ragging IS nicely .ndod and put up iu rolls to cover five bales. Ties aro tull length, with hucklos attached, and put. up thirty to thc bundle, Wo guar antee to make good any defects and sell at prices that aie bound to attract oloSO buyers. Tllf. COURTENAY NIKO, co., ll N ii WRY, S. C. ii t > I ?ol' < '?'?it Starch, Matches, ?h, ,S\ilphvir and his line. .m. RI BLI NG, er, So. 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