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THE FEED THAT SENDS ANIMALS INTO WILD ECSTACIES. Il TEXAS MAN TELLS ABOUT IT. Comino Animal Food-A Witty Address. Urges li as a Means of Diversification Tho [From tho Now York Packer.] Chicago, February 26.-Tho follow ing paper, tolling of the advantages and profits of growing alfalfa, is in teresting reading for thc grower who is interested in diversification. Tho eubjeot, "What Shall Wc Plant In stead of Cotton ?" is oleverly handled by K. E. Smith, of Sherman, Texas, at tho Cotton Convention in New Or leans, and his paper should make many converts among hay growers to thc cause of alfalfa. "Any farmer or community of farmers that should try year after yesr to grow cotton ouly wouid roap disflster only. Wc oannot live on oottou alono; wc must diversify. Any farmer or community of farmors who, however, extensive they might diversify, should attompt to grow tho samo crop upon the same tract of land, year after year, would, if not so speedily, as certainly, come to grief. Different plants require dif ferent plant ?ood, and the farmer must rest and protect his soil by ro tation. Therefore, when thc cotton growers consider thc necessity of diversification und rotation they readily perceive, oven in a oottou growers' convention, tho appropriate ness of thc subject assigned rae, 'What to Plant Instead of Cotton? "Diversification is a good thing primer, tho first step in thc agricul tural academy ; rotation is better-it is an advancement to tho agricultural college and indioatcs diplomacy. It embraces diversification. It mat ters not thc shape of the inquiry what to plant instead o? cotton, or what to diversify .with cottou, or what to rotate before or after cotton, thc successful grower must plant other crops than cotton alone. The tiat has gone forth that, thc willing subjects of the one-crop king are sure in thc end to have their neck under the wheel of tyranny. "Some of the most pathetic stories that ever trembled upon tho lips of suffering man or woman can be told of the sufferings that King Corn en tailed upon thc people of Kansas. "Tho Dallas Nows was first to hoist the standard of rebellion. Thc other metropolitan newspapers, and all thc agricultural papers through out the South, caught up tho hue and cry of diversification. Or charding and gardening and truck ing; the production of grasses and the rearing of live stock was begun. Thc people of East Texas gavo special attention to the growing of potatoes, tomatoes and peaches, and soon their lands advanced from #2 and *:i per acre to $200 and $800 per acre. They carried their peaches to Chioago and sold them in boxes labelled 'Peaches from California,' but soon thu California shippers were keen to sell their insipid, wilted ami irrigated poaches in boxes labelled ' 1 'cachos from Texas.' "Wc must grow all the fruits, muskmelons, onions, tomatoes, and I Wish to emphasize thc importance to our Southern people, especially of growing the Irish potato; they may be planted now ?md marketed before the tirst of .lune with neat profit, fre quently exceeding thc valuo of tho land producing them. Lot us plant live stock. Let me dwell for a mo ment upon tho live stock question ; for the successful fanner has already learned that thc measure of his suc cess is the live stock industry. With him it is no longer debated that he must consume at homo the raw pro duots of his farm and convert thom into a finished manufactured article, mich as fine stock, beef ami mutton, for in this wisc not only does he re ceive a greatly enhanced market value for his products, but thc fer tilizers left aro worth nearly as mach as the original products, and in this wise does he weave for himself an nndlefifl chair, cf wealth; moro fer tilisers more grass, more grass moro live stock, more live stock more jjTafifc. And as tho mainstay of the fanner is tho production of live stock, m is thc very acme of his success reached in tho production of full bVoodfl or puro broods. It costs not moro to raise a Hereford worth $500 to #5,000 than to raise a ncr uh worth $26. "Man has captured the traditional wild boar, long-headed, razor-backed, his tail banging between bis legs like a coyote's, and by graduation and the slow process of development con verted him into the sleek Berkshire or well-rounded Poland-China. Man j has taken the wild ox, lank and lean sided and long-horned, and by the sam" processes converted him into tho bountiful, milk-giviDg Holstein breed, or tho beautiful, symmetrical, fawn like, butter-making Jersey, or the hugo Durham, with his mountains of ilesh. Mau has lassoed the wild horse upon tho plains, coarse, shaggy 'aid small-boned, and by the magic j touch of his band, under the guidance of a God-given intellect metamor phosed him into the pouderous Nor man draft horse or the fleet Arabian courser. He has taken tho heavy orimsou apple and given it in matri mony to the little, white, marble faced, dimplc-oheekod apple until the offspriug we bave seen the Maiden's Blush. "If these are gems in the diadem of man's inventive powers, may I now introduce to you a plant *. uat is the crowning glory of man's d cov ery while making triumphant strides up tho highway of agriculture. Al falfa is a calamity killer, a mortgage lifter, a drouth iwaister, an inuomo producer and a redeemor of the arid lands of tb,o West, lavish in benefi cence, iu that it draws support main ly from the atmosphere and tho corner-stone upon which is being laid the unfailing prosperity of tho West, luxuriant, abundant, unfailing, fulfilling every desire as well as every promise. No sooner had man begun to deplore tho fact that the continued cultivation of his soil was depleting, exhausting' and rendering it worthless than he became acquainted with a further fact that the legumes, of which alfalfa is chief, not only draws the main supply of plant food from the atmos phere for its own Bupport, but stores 1 it in the soil, enriching and restoring it rather than exhausting it as do other plants. "This plant takes the nitrogen ? from the atmosphere and it is con verted into line beef for the use of man. Not only is this plant a legume, restoring and building up im ' povorished soils, but it is a perennial, j When the seed are once sown they I possess the ground ; when once es tablished they grow practically for I ever, like the trees of the forest, and j will be left a rich heritage to tho 1 children of those who planted. Not 1 only a legume and a perennial, but its roots are great and 'silent subsoii ; ers. I have seen a single root nearly las large as your body, with thirty two stems from its single crown. I They go down to five, ten, fifty and i over 100 feet into tho bowels of the j earth, it is equal to an Artesian well. It loves water and bores to reach it. "Not only does it gather its food from the atmosphere, but it gathers ! the rich mineral elements from tho subterranean strata below, bringing them up, not only for its own supply, but depositing it into tho soil, for its greater fertility. "When we consider the wonderful root system of this plant, and when we consider its nature, are wo sur , prised lo hear of its wonders? Can I it bc a matter of surprise, after know : ing these things, that it is cut three, , four, five and sometimes seven times i per annum, yielding upon an average j four tons at the cutting? "There is nothing more interesting i than tho converting of this sappy i plant into the dry, palatable, sweet-soented, new-mown hay, over : which all animals go into ecstacies. ! It retains its succulent effect tho j same as green grass, and for tilling a I milk pail an alfalfa fed cow is equal j to a handy pump. It is peculiarly I suited for the nourishment of young stock, promoting muscle, strength, bone, sinew and growth, rather than fat. It is a great calf weaner, they preferring it to their mother's milk. "My friends, my faith in alfalfa is as unalterable aH the laws of the Modus and Persians. "The farmers have been struggling beneath ft cloud of adversity, and I behove the clouds aro hoing lifted-I thank God forever, and if you cannot indulge with me the boliof, may you indulge with mo the hopo, that alfalfa, if not the bow, is one of tho bows, of promiso." Vor Coughs - Murray's Horehouud, Mullein am. Tar. '?bc. for large bottle? I I 1 THE NEW SCHOOL LAW. To Encourage Building Schools Now Act Bott Asido a Fund of Nearly $200,000. Hon. O. B. Martin, State Superin tendent of Eduoation, ha* prepared a resume <n the acts of the Legisla ture relating \o school matters. His statement is as follows : "Tr* library law was amended so that the school raising $10 by pri vate subscription shall uot only re ceive $10 from the district and $10 from the State, but it shall also re ceive a $10 bookcase to be paid for out of the connty funds. The county boards are to approve these oases. Just as soon as possible I shall get competitive designs from furniture factories for supplying suoh oases and will submit them to thu county boards. The State Board of Edu cation at its last meeting adopted more than a hundred additional books for the libraries. Many of j these are especially suited for these libraries. About 25 aro devoted to agriculture, horticulture and oattle raising. I think these will benefit not only the children, but the parents. I shall issue a list of these just aa soon as they eau be printed. The now library la\v provides also that the libraries established last year may bo enlarged ; if the sohools will raise ; $5 tho district v?;Il give $0 j and the tate $5. The number of libraries to a county was ohanged j from 12 to 25, but the appropriation remains the same, so that the county which pushes this work most rapidly will secure the greatost number of libraries. "One of the most important acts, i as I soe it, is tho law Ho encourage tho erection of adequate public. sohool buildings.' This act provides 'that the county boards of educa- ! lion of tho carious counties of this State be, and the sanio aro hereby, authorized to annually sot aside from the surplus remain ing from the net income de rivod by tho State from the dis pensary profits, an amount equal to 5 per cent of t?e entire publie school j funds of their respective counties, i which said amounts shall be used by the said county boards of education for the purpose of encouraging and ; aiding in the construction of adequate school buildings in their respective j counties. Section 2 : That when : the friends, patrons or trustees of any school district in any county in this State shall raise by private sub soription, special tax, regular tax, sale of old buildings, issuing of bonds, or < otherwise, funds for building a school house in such district, the county board of such county may turu over to the trustees of such school, from funds sot aside for such purpose un der this act, $50 for each $100 so i raised by such friends, patrons or I trustees for such school building. Provided, no ono school shall receive more than ?300 under the provisions of this act ; provided further, that no more than one school in any one ! district in any one year shall receive such aid. Section 8 : That the county board of education shall give I pr?f?rence to school districts which have combined and consolidated two or more school buildings. Section 4 : That any school availing itself of the provisions of this act shall comply with the plans and specifications ap proved by the State Board of Edu cation. Section 5 : That no school shall receive aid under the provisions of this act without tin; approval of the county board of education. Section 6 : That thc funds provided for be paid by the county treasurer only on thc warrant of the county board of education, countersigned by thc county superintendent of educa tion, and any funds not used by tho end of tho year shall revert back to tho general school funds of the re spective counties. This] act to go into effect immediately on its ap proval.' "As nearly as I can estimate itthis act makes about $75,000 available each year for thu purpose of encour aging and aiding the building of school houses. Inasmuch as $100 must bo raised for each $60 donated, there will be $225,000 available each year for building school houses, so you seo the Legislature did a great thing for tho schools in passing this act. They put a premium, too, on the consolidation of schools and I believe the act will result in abolish ing many small one-room, ill-fur nished sohools and in establishing centralized, well equipped ones. This act encourages districts to levy spe i lu1 Sene Satisfc Drug: ' Our entire effoi satisfying our custom to give thom better ( drug store service i anywhere else. Our regular oustomers is we are sucoeeding in Th Seneca Pl Phone No. ia. oial taxes and to float bonds and to raise money by private subscription. Section 4 provides that the plans and specifications approved by the State Board of Education shall be oom plied with. I have reoently rcoeived ! an appropriation of #1,000 from the I Peabody board to help rural sohool J work. I am using part of this ap proprieties to pay an architect to de-1 sign some plans for sohool houses ranging in cost from $150 to $10,000 j and as soon as ?hey are completed I shall issue them in pamphlet forra. 1 hope this action of the Legislature' will result in great good to our schools. Coming as it does I think it will not shorten the term either. I notice that the auditor of Bickens county has discovered that there are 8,000 dogs in that county. Other counties will also show a large num ber. This year for the first time a tax of 50 cents is to be collected on every dog, so the capitation tax on canines will moro than replace every dollar used in aiding the building of better school houses. I hope you will give this matter your immediate attention, as all local tax elections roust be held prior to June 1. "An act was passed providing that whore pupils do not attend day schools, but attend sohools for twenty nights under qualified teachers, using tho adopted books, that they shall be entitled to enrollment just as other pupils. "1 wish also to call your attention to the provjsions of an act to provide ? convenient depositories for school ! hooks. It says : 'The county super intendents are hereby authorized and required to select and secure a re liable merchant, postmaster or other reliable person in each township in each county with whom there shall be deposited a sufficient number of , school books for sale for that town ship at not'exceeding 10 per cent abovo first cost ; and that accurate accounts thereof shall be kept by the county superintendents with each de pository. [ "More than 20 special acts were I passed authorizing districts to issue bonds to build school bouses. There wore other acts of local interest, among them a well deserved increase ; of salary for several county superin tendents. May their tribe increase. Altogether the Legislature did good 1 work for the schools." FOLEY'S H0NEY?<">TAB Prevents Serious Results From a Cold. Remember the name Foley's Honey and Tar. Insist upon having the genuine. Three slzea 2So, 60c, si.ou Prepared only by Foley At Company, Chioago. For Hnlv hr J.W.Bell.Walhalla. Recently J. C. Hundley, who has sev . eral saw mills in Durham county, N C., j cut four trees that were giants. They were poplar troos. Ono made 7.500 feet of lumber, another K.otX), a third In.500. and tho fourth 18,600 foot, an averag of 12,000 feet to tho tree. The largest was ton foot across tho stump and 140 foot high. There were OUt from this tree nine 12-foot logs and ono 10 foot log. making a total of I IS foot of logs from tho bndv of tho trees. Lumber mon bnv that oOO foot is a fairly good averaeo for a tree and this can ?ive a hotter idoa as to tho size of this giant old poplar when it made as much lum. r?r ?a thirty-seven ordinary troos. On ono aore of laud from ? which thoso trees wore cut, Mr. Hundley says ho will get all of 100,000 foot of lum hor. To Cu Toke Laxative Bro? Seven Million boxes sold lu post 12 n ;ca's iction Store. to are devoted to m H. We work hard goods and a better ;han they can got evor growing Hst of the best proof that our efforts. ie larmacy, Hotel Block. Probably the banner ohnroh in the State from a missionary stand point is the Methodist ohuroh of An derson, wbioh has furnished four missionaries for the foreign field. Those four missionaries are sup ported by the Anderson ohurohes. ridgefield Advertiser. Low Rates to Presidential Inauguration. Oo acoountof the Presidential inaugu ration ceremonies, at Washington, D. C., Maroh 4, 1005, tho Southern Railway an nounces the very low rato of one fare (plus 2? cents) for tho round trip. St!!! lcwoi tates to . iiitary companies and brass bauds in uniform, twonty or moro oo ono party t. .jcet. Tickets will be sold on Maroh 2 aud .3, final limit Maroh 8, 1900. However an extension of final limit to leave Wash ington not lator thau midnight of Maroh 18, 1006, may be had by depositing tioket with special agent at Washington on or beforo Maroh 8, and payment of fee of $1 at the time of deposit. For further information as to rates, schedules, sleeping car reservations, etc., apply to any agent of the Southern Rail way or address Brooks Morgan, A. G. P. A. Southern Railway, Atlauta, Ga. Low Rates to New Orleans and Mobile. The Southern Railway gi vos the special low excursion rate to New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., of one first-class fare, plus twenty-five cents, for tho round trip from all ooupon sta tions, on account of Mardi Gras. Tickets on sale Maroh 1-0, limited to Maroh ll, 1005, but may be extended to roturn March 25, 1005. Yory low rates to other points now in effect. Tho Southern Rail way is the best route to the above points, operating through Pullman and dining cars on all through trains. For full in formation apply to any agent of the Southern Railway or R. W. Hunt, I). P. A., Charleston, S. C. THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR $1.50. Ry a clubbing arrangement with the Charleston Somi-Wookly Nows and Cou ner wo are ottering that papor and Tho Keowoo Courier for $1.50 per year. The Kebwet Courier is recognized not only as tho best papor in Oconeo county, but it is rated among tho best county papers in South Carolina. The Semi-weekly News and Courier is an excellent jour nal, published on Wednesdays and Satur days, gives tho detailed nows of South Carolina as a special foaturu, and carries the full Associated Press dispatches from all over the world. Tho combina tion of tho two papers at $1.50 gives our present readers, as woll as now sub scribers, an opportunity to secure two of tho host papers in tho State (throo papers a week) for 50 couts moro than tho rogu ! lar prico of either. Let us sond you two of tho very host papers in South Carolina for almost tho prico of ono. WK WANT ALL INTERESTED IN MACHINERY TO M AV EC OUR N AM K BCFORS THRU DURING 1905 Write us stating what kind of MACHINERY you use or will Install, and we will mall you FREE OF ALL COST A HANDSOME ANO USEFUL POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS OR A LASOS COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Gibbes Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, S. C. A 8TOOK OP HOUSE POW KR HAY PRISSES TO BB OLOSCO OUT AT SPECIAL PRICES FOR CHEAP RATES TO TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Points West, Northwest and Southwest, Writs or Call on J. G. HOLLENBBCK, . District Passenger Art. LOUISVILLE A NASHVILLE H. R. No. 1 North Pryor St., Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Ga. re a Cold in On HO Quillfaie Tablets. louth*. This signature, J. H. MOORE, Me D., * Physician and Surgeon. Calls loft at residence or J. H. Darby's Drug Stoiti will receive prompt attention, DAY OR NIGHT, ninnes : Resldenoe 98, Drag Store IS. 18-8-04_ WM. J. STBIBLINO. r i E. L. H BRM DON. & Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. O. PROMPT ATTKNTIOK GIVEN TO ALL BUSI NESS ENTRUSTED TO THEM. January 6, 1898. J. P. Carey, Piokens, S. C. J. W. Shelor, Walhalla, B.C. CAREY & SHEL01# Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will practice in the State and united States Courts. Business entrusted to our care will re oeive prompt and careful attention. ~R7 T. JA YNES, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bell Phone No. 20. Practice io State and Federal Courts. Business entrusted to my oare receive? prompt attention. l-0o If. J. CARTE M. B. -Dentist Office two doors above the Bank, in Carter's Pharmacy. Westminster, S. C. Dr. G. G. ProbsV DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ; : : Store, : : : HOURS : 8.80 A. M. TO 1 p. M. AND 2 TO 6 p. M. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, SENECA, S. C. OFFICE OVKR NIM MONS' STORE, DOYLE BUILDINO. Office Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 P. M. 4I ** 2 p. M. to 0 P. M. April 20, 1004._ 10-tf Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Office Over J. W. Byrd A Co. I AM NOW IN MY OFFICE EVE lt Y* DA Y. PHONE NO. 51. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY CO. HETWEEN HELTON AND WALHALLA. Time Table No. 8.-In Effect Jan. 9, 100?. * I 12 KA- I m MM. Lv Walhalla. Lv West Union. Ar Seneca. Lv Soneca. Lv 'Jordania Junetlou Lv * A il.im-. Lv ?Cherry. Lv Pendleton. Lv .Antun. Lv ?Denver. Lv . West Andurson.... Ar Anderson-PassDop Lv Anderson--PassDop Lv 'Anderson-FrtDop Ar Holton. A M 8 35 8 40 8 68 9 00 9 14 9 17 9 25 9 32 9 39 a ra 10 00 10 03 10 25 10 P.M. 2 00 2 03 2 1? 2 19 2 26 2 33 2 40 2 ?S3 3 00 3 10 3 12 3 3S 6 8 P.M.IPM 5 00 3 00 3 30 4 12 4 16 4 31 4 sa 4 64 6 03 5 12 6 27 6 33 6 43 ? 46 6 10 3 10 3 12 3 36 AM WESTBOUND EA Kv Ar Kv Kv Kv Kv Kv Kv Kv Kv Ar ? Lv I Lv Ar Helton. .Anderson-Kr't De Anderson-Pass De Anderson-Pass Do .West Anderson_ .Denver. .Ailinn. Pendleton. .Chorry. .Adams. .Jordania Junction. Seneca. Seneca. Wost Union. Walhalla. I'M a M 1 '.'O .i '?J i 87 I tn I 17 4 52 4 69 5 03 5 18 6 21 6 39 6 44 S 18 8 20 li? 3 A M. 10 45 11 05 ll 07 8 11 111 P ll 211 8 11 2ftl 0 ll 32, ll 39 ll 42 11 64 67?11 67 .. 1 06 .. 1 20 .. 1 26 M I'M ... 6 30 ..6(5 ... 0 67 . Flag stations. Will also stop at the following stations to take on and let off passenger-Mr Phinncy's, James's and Bandy springs and Toxaway. Nos. ll and 12, first class passenger, daily; Nos. 9 and 10, dallv except Sunday; Nos. 5 and 6, Sunday only; Nos. 4 and 7, second class, mixed, daily except Sunday; No-. 3 and 8, second class, mixed, daily. H. C. HKATTIK, President. J. lt. ANDERSON. Superintendent. THF i i iL y. THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. Unexcolled Dining Car Sorvioe. Through Pullman Sicoping Cars on all Through Trains. Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. Wintor Tourist Ratos are now in offoct to all Florida points. For full Information as to ratos, routes, oto., consult noarest Southern Railway Tickot Agont, or ll. W. nUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. ie Day Cares Grip In Two Days, on every box. 25c.