Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOLD ON TO YOUR COTTON YET. President Harris Issues Another Call to tlie Farmers of State. President B. Harris, of the State Farmers' Union, has issued another call to thc farmers to hold cotton.and in this address he makes some very interesting statements regarding the action of the cotton mills in shutting down at this period, and also in re gard to the cotton crop throughout the cotton belt. Mr. Harris's appeal ls as follows: T< Cotton Producers. "Wry lf> it that cotton has not yet reached the minimum price set-15 cents? Is lt too late? I answer no. What, then, ls the cause of Its being down? The producer alone Is to blame. He is ready at all times to listen to all he hears about the bear ?Ide of cotton, but falls to look Into the true situation and the condition of the crop. Does he not realize that cotton ls now scarcer than lt has been in twenty-five years, while the demand is Just as great, when wo consider the supply of raw material? lt must be remembered that last year's crop was short more than four million bales. In veiw of this we can reach no other conclusion but that the producer himself ls to blame for not reaching the minimum before this. He has become fright ened at the bluffs of the bear element and the spinner and speculator, and has taken their assertions as true. "Their first bluff was the mills running on short time. Il was nec essary for them to do this, as it was Impossible for them to secure suffi cient raw material to run on. Last year's short crop forced them to cur tail, not their production, but their consumption. Cotton was not to be had. They next bluffed you in mak ing yon believe that they could not soil their goods, and frightened you again. While they have goods that are stored In their warehouses the commission houses In New York and other centres have less goods than they have had In years. Not until the entire surplus ls consumed In these centres will the goods be taken from the local warehouses. "On August 1 the Hillls fi?; .id lt necessary to close down for ten days, but this was not from choice. It was for the want of cotton. I know lt to be a fact that most of the mills which have closed down were out of cotton to spin. They knew that there was not enough cotton to run them until the new crop comes In. They must have old cotton to work with the new when It comes lu. It ls the old cotton that they want to get hold of now. "I want to Impress upon the far mers that now ls the time to hold your old cotton, as well a- your new. If cotton ls held off the market throughout the South for the next sixty days the brokers and specu lators will be compelled to give the price In order to fill contracts sold to the spinners ahead. You can do this by putting your cotton In bond ed warehouses and borrowing money on it. Money ls now plentiful for legitimate purposes. "The continental mills nie short of cotton and there is a demand for actual cotton from this source, while the offerings are small. It ta get ting harder every day to buy cotton for prompt shipment. Tho supply In the American mills is not suf fichnt for twenty ?lays, if that long. The New England mills will soon have to buy cotton or close down. They have been buying from hand to mouth for the last three months. I know of one hundred bales of cot ton sold last week by one nilli. Fifty bales of this went to a mill that was closed down, while the other fifty went to another mill. These two mills lind to have this cotton to be gin work with on the 17th instant. All the mills which have been closed down resumed operations last Mon day. From this we assume that trade conditions must be getting better. I hear from good authority that all the mills in this section will soon begin operating on full time, lt ls under stood that a number of mills have sold their output ahead for several months. All together the situation in milling circles ls not so bad as it is reported to be. Generally through out the country the mills would be running on full time If they could get cotton to spin. "Now, as to the condition of the growing crop. We hear it stated from the bear side that we will make fourteen million bales this year, and that cotton will decline to eight cents. This is another great bluff, and it will frighten some producers. It is my honest belief, based upon the information at my hand, that the crop of last year will not more than be duplicated. Another short age like last year will produce one of the biggest cotton panics that the world has ever known, and the tails of our shirts will have to be made shorter to give every man a shirt. "Crop conditions in South Carolina are not what they were two weeks ago. The crop ls fully 25 per cent off. This is due to too much rain in lune and early in July, followed by excessive beat. lt is impossible now for the plant ever to recuperate and make a top crop. "In Texas reports say that the crop has been damaged in sections by too much rain, while in other sec tions the crop mis been cut off con siderably by drought and the devas tation of the boll weevil. Texas can not produce anything approaching what ls considered a full crop. "Alabama and Mississippi both re port too much rain, followed by ex cessively hot weather, producing rust, black rot and shedding. "Georgia reports thirty counties affected with black rot, which ls damaging the crop no little. Other sections report caterpillars, too much rain, followed by excessive heat. Cot ton has deteriorated wonderfully in the last ten days. "Then other cotton belt. States re port conditions Just about as bad. In view of this Information lt ls the height of folly for the producer and holder of spots to become frighten ed and sell. The Farmers' Union is in a position to get a correct esti mate of the crop, and lt is wisdom in the farmer listening to the Union, whose Interest ls identical with his rather than to listen to the specu lator, whose intorest lt ls to get your cotton just as cheap as possible. "The National Convention of the DEATH FOR BIGAMISTS. Man to be Tried for Bigamy May Have to Pay Death Penalty. Baltimore, Aug. 20.-Under a very hoary old low, dating back to 1604, In the days of the first King James of England, William M. Adams, who ls In jail with a bigamy charge dock eted against him. may be convicted and possibly sentenced to death If all this happens to him he will fiave to blame Deputy State's Attorney Raymond Williams, because lt was Mr. Williams who dug out this hoary old law and fixed th.rgs so unhap pily for Adams. Incidentally the discovery wade by Mr, Williams may prove of value In the prosecution of crime in Baltimore because if the old law ls sustained lt upsets the clause In the State con stitution, which provides that bigamy carr's must be tried within the juris diction in which the second marriage occurred. The indictment in the Adams case, which was returned by the grand jury yesterday morning, tells that on November 4, i90 4, he married Jennie 1. McNasby, and that on August 28, 1907. he ran off to Hillcott City, in Howard county, and married Annie C. Horan. With her, it Is charged, he returned to Baltimore city, and lived with her until he was found out. Under ordinary circumstances, Ad .ims would be taken to Howard county, where the alleged second marriage was solemnized, and tried in the Howard county court, but Mr. Williams, in digging In some old legal tomes, found that Judge Alvey, of the Maryland Court of Appeals, in the case of Barber against the State, reported in 50th Maryland Reports, bad given an opinion holding that the old law of King James, which was ordinarily passed with reference to English counties, and which was adopted along with many others as the law of Maryland, ls still of force In the otate. This old law provides that If a fol low who has one wife runs off to an other jurisdiction and marries ano ther woman, and then comes back again, lie can be tried in the jurisdic tion to which he has returned, and If convicted, shall suffer the death penalty by hanging. It is possible, however, thai this extreme i>onalty is not in force, al though the law ls. because away back In 1800 the Maryland General Assem bly passed an act changing the pen alties of many of Hie old English laws, while reaffirming their othc provisions, and Judge Alvey seems to hold In his decision In the Barber case that the old penalties are void Still, this is a debatable point that will require a court decision, and lt makes lt very uncomfortable for Mr. Adams. August time tells on the nerves. But that spiritless, no ambition feel ing can be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known by' drug gists everywhere ns Dr. Snoop's Re storative. Within 48 hours after be ginning to use the Restorative, Im provement will be noticed. Of course full health will not Immediately re turn. The gain, however, will surely follow. And best of all, you will re alize and feel your strength and am bition as lt ls returning. Outside in ti nonces depress first the "Inside nerves" then the stomach, heart and i kidneys will usually fall. Strengthei these failing nerves with Dr. Shoop's Restorative and see how quickly health will be yous again. Sold by .1. W. Bell. Lusitania Smashes Records. New York. Aug. 20.-With the best previous record for a trans-At lantic voyage lowered by more than three hours, the Cunard turbine steamer Lusitania arrived off Sandy Hook lightship at 10 o'clock to-night, hnvlng made the run across the At lantic over the short course In four days, 15 hours and 25 minnies. The Lusitania's former record, which was also the ocean record, was four day-;, 18 hours and 40 minutes, the steam er by her new performance lowering her former mark and the record mark by three hours and 15 minutes. Baby Born in Runaway. A Washington, Pa., dispatch says: "When da buggay loop da loop we wus four of us riding. As we land on da ground dare vas five." This was Pietro Camino's terse account of a runaway Sunday u.'ternoon that re sulted In an unexpected addition to his family. Camino engaged a horse and buggy to take a drive. Going down a steep hill, the horse stum bled, fell and broke Its neck. The buggy described a semicircle In the air, while the occupants made a fly ing leal? through space. When mon who witnessed the accident hurried to tho spot they found Mrs. Camino had given birth to a son. One Taken; Other lieft. Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 22.- Joe Turner, a young man residing two and one-hall' miles from Lula, was killed by lightning Tuesday night at bis home. Ile and his brother were lying across a bed when the lightning struck the house. He was killed in stantly. Ills brother, who wns lying by him, was unhurt. "I suffered habitually from consti pation. Donn's Kegulots relieved and strengthened tho bowels, so that they have been regular ever since." A. E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Farmers' Union will convene Septem ber 1st for the purpose of Axing the price of cotton. At that time the Union will know the exact condition of the crop, and will fix a price In keeping with those conditions. "In view of these facts I urge every man owning a bale or cotton to store lt lu a bonded warehouse, borrow money to meet your obliga tions and hold on till the price set Is reached. It ls suicidal in us to work hard and make a crop and then let the gambler and speculator have lt at less than K cost us to make it. Stand hy you guns nod mnke a good fight and victory ls our. H. Harris, President S. C. Farmers' Union. ANNIS INQUEST AT FLUSHING. Thc Coroner's Jury Holds Hains Bro thers Responsible. New York, Aug. 19.-After being out twenty-two minutes the coroner's jury to-night brought in a verdict that Wm. E. Annis, who was killed last Saturday at Bayside, Long Is land, came to his death as the result of pistol shot wounds Inflicted by Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., U. S. A., aided and abetted by Thornton Jenk ins Hains, his literary brother. There was a greater crowd than the little court room In the Town Hall at Flushing could hold when the inquest began, and hundreds of men and women awaited the verdict out side, although the defense and pro secution did not consider the inquest of much importance, since Capt. Hains admits the shooting, and as there were many witnesses to it. When the jurymen filed Into the room and the foreman announced the verdict there was a demonstra tion. Major John Powell Hains, "/ho came here from Chicago to stand by his brothers, and who was sitting beside Capt. Hains, gripped his bro ther by the arm and whispered words of encouragement, assuring him thai the inquest would have but little bearing on the case. In the excitement A crowd gath ered around Capt. Thornton Jenkins Hains and began to question him as to the tragedy in which he played such an Important part. He was asked lr he felt justified in holding a crowd at bay with a revolver while his brother shot down Annis. Be fore Hains could reply John F. Mc Intyre, chief counsel for the broth ers, rushed to his side and shouted: "No. no, don't answer tlrat question." In his effort to prevent Hains from answering the lawyer clapped his hand", over his client's mouth and was probably just in time to prevent the prisoner from committing him self. Nine Shots were Fired. Only two witnesses were called. They were Charles H. Robert, of Flushing, who testified that he was standing on the club house float when he heard the report of a pis tol shot and saw Capt. Hains In a kneeling position, clinging to the drooping body of Annis as he emp tied the contents of his revolver Into lt, and Physician Walter G. Frayer, who testified that Annis came to his death from the bullet wounds. Dr. Frayer said that there were nine In itial wounds, which would Indicate that the Captain fired nine shots. in cross-examining Mr. Robert, Lawyer McIntyre asked him If Capt. Hains had finished shooting when he tried to go to his aid and was stop ped by Thornton Hains, who held a revolver in his face. The witness said that the shooting had not then ceased, and that he would have had time to interfere had no* Thornton Hains prevented him. Prior to giving his testimony Mr. Robert was asked to identify the prisoners. When he pointed to Capt. Hains as the slayer, the Captain put his hands over his face and seemed to be greatly excited. Mr. McIntyre's Statement. Before the Inquest John F. McIn tyre, chiuf counsel for the Hains brothers, made the following state ment to the Associated Press repre sentative: "In answer to the statement made by Mrs. Hains that she was made to sign a confession while under the in fluence of drugs, I wish to say that my clients and their distinguished father have told me that there were four witnesses present when the con fession was made, one of them beleg a prominent New York lawyer. These witnesses will testify at the trial. ! am also told that Mrs. Hains talked to several persons regarding the In cidents .elated in the confession some t!iiie before she made it, and these persons will also be witnesses. "When Capt. Hains was called back from the Philippines he ques tioned his wife regarding rumors he had heard about her, and he became convinced that his suspicions about her were wrong. Later, he said, facts developed which made him de mand the confession from his wife, and she made it. "Capt. Hains denies that he sent letters to Annis challenging him to a duel. Stories to this effect are ab surd. "What unbalanced Capt. Mains's mind were the counter-charges made by Mrs. Hains in a suit she filed in answer to his suit for divorce. Capt. Hains believed the statements made by Mrs. Hains in the counter suit were dictated by Annis. Statement by Major Hains. Major John Powell Hains also made a statement to the Associated Press before the Inquest. He was asked if lie thought his brother was justified In shooting Annis without giving him a chance to protect him self. " I can liest answer that question by recalling au incident that happen ed to nie at Fort Riley," he said. "I was about ro put on my boot one morning when I found a snake in it. I quickly drew my revolver and shot the snake. It is the same with my brother, I don't believe he should have given Annis a chance." "Knowing what you do of the oise, would you do the same thing?" he was asked. "1 most certainly would." he an swered emphatically. "Is lt true, as the district attorney says. that, your brother, Thornton Jenkins Hains, Instigated thc shoot ing?" he was asked. "Not at all," he replied. "For a long tliuf. Thornton and myself have tried to dissuade our brother from killing Annis for thc sake of our gray-haired father and mother. Out of consideration for them our brother restrained himself, but finally thr^ strain became too great and he acted. He would have killed Annis sooner had it not been for this." What a New Jersey Editor Says. M. T. Lynch, editor of the Philllps burg (N. J.) Dally Post, writes: "I have used many kinds of medicines for coughs and colds In my family, but never anything so good as Foley's Honey and Tar. I cannot say too much In praise of lt. Sold by all druggists. A HARD STRUGGLE. Many a Walhalla Citizen Finds the Struggle Hard. With a back constantly aching, With distressing urinary disorders, Daily existence is but a struggle. No need to keep lt up. Doan':i Kidney Pills will cure you. Walhalla people endorse this claim: J. It. Cobb, living on Faculty Hill, Walhalla, S. C., say?? During the past year I used Doun's Kidney Pills and found them to be a very reliable remedy. They quickly disposed of the excess of uric acid In my system and regulated the disordered condi tion of my kidneys. At times I felt languid and dull and the pains across the small of niy back caused me a great deal of suffering. Doan's Kid ney Pills were procured at Dr. J. W. Bell's drug store, and lt required but n few doses to give me relief. I have kept them constantly at hand, and when feeling a little out of sorts I appeal to their use and they have never failed to bring me relief." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. Tobacco Causes Insanity. New York, Aug. 22.-A piece of chewing tobacco Inserted In the hol low of a tooth helped to send Mary Lewis to the Psycopatnlc ward at Bellvue last week, and to bring her before a city magistrate yesterday on the technical charge of Insanity. There her mental condition was pass ed upon and her release ordered. The patient had never been addict ed to the use of tobacco until two weeks a5,0, when one of the teeth In iier lower left jaw began to ache, and she was advised to buy a plU'J of to bacco, bite off a generous portion o nd hold lt In her mouth. She did so, and within three days she had ac quired the babit. The ache disappeared, but as lt yent away Mary heard strange voices. A grnphophone with a stri dent voice called upon her to be good, and a troup of children, all in white and numbering millions, sang songs and recited verses until she became unable to sleep. She kept on chew ing tobacco, and the more she chewed the louder became the tones of the graphophone. ? " Into such a condition did she drift that it was deemed advisable to have her undergo an examination in the Psychopathic ward of Bellvue Hos pital, where here case was diagnosed ns one of acute mania, with the use of tobacco as the exciting and the principal contributing ca.ise. The gradual deprivation of the tobacco resulted lu restoring her to a nearly normal mental condition. OA?TOniA. Bear* th? _s) J he Kind You Have Always BoojJI Blfn&tu* ft The Backbiter Is Ix>ser. Ile who tries, directly or Indirectly, to injure another In business or rep utation, is always eventually the loser. The Injured one, U he main tains his integrity, will come out of the furnace without the smell of fire upon bis garments, while the other will bear the taint of the traducer. Some men are morally coarse-grained and have a conscience seared with selfishness. They lack that nice sense of moral propriety which leads to a practical recognition of the golden rule. They will perpetrate a petty, mean act without a qualm of con science or a solitary disturbing emo tion. Having done an injury, and being aware of it, they never betray the possession of? the spirit of true manhood by a frank acknowledg ment of the same. (Read In the hook: To the law and to the testimony: Leviticus 20-16; Proverbs 18-8; I Timothy 5-13.) A person who will sneak around and slander his neigh bor not only Hes, but will steal and murder. That Is putting lt pretty strong, but we will prove lt: First, he lies; second, he is doing his best to steal that person's good name, and murder both his good character and reputation. Character ls not Inherit ed altogether; lt has to be made, and when lt has been made that man will He, steal and murder who tries to kill that character by slandering or back biting. Shakespeare says, "You steal my pocket-book you get trash, but steal my good name I am poor In deed." Sometimes a cloud of unjust cal umny gathers over a good man's name, Iles darken the air, and lt pours falsehoods forty days and forty nights. But when the shower of slan der has spent itself the truth creeps out slowly but surely from behind the clouds of defamation and slander. Character shines with more luster than ever. The same storm that wrecks a rotten tree only roots the more firmly the sound tree whose leaves glisten In the subsequent sun shine. The life that has no clouds has no showers. Clouds and showers go together. The Lord permits the storm to test you, and then sends the smile of his sunshine to reward you. Another thought ls that the skies aro never so blue as when washed by a storm. So lt ls better, far better, to hope on though the clouds run low. J. Russell Wright. Walhalla, S. C. Warn lng ! If you have kidney and bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kid ney Cure, you will have only yourself to blame for results, as lt positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. Sold by all druggists. A Family Destroyed. A special from Marshall, N. C., says: "Last night the home of Wof ford Tweed, on Laurel Mountain, was destroyed by fire and his wife, Mrs. Tweed, their three children, and Mrs. Murry Tweed, burned to death and theil bodies cremated in tte flames. Mr. Tweed was at Marshall attending court when he heard of the tragic event, and left at once for his farm, which ls located 15 miles from here. FAILED TO SOLVE PROBLEM. Commissioner Watson Discouraged Over Results of His Work. A dispatch from Columbia, dated August 14, says: Commissioner Watson says he has waked up from his dream of solving tile domestic servant problem in this section, which is steadily growing more acute, by substituting foreign white servants for the negroes. "I'm done with the Job," said Mr. \Vat8>n with a sigh. "There's no use. I will make no more attempts, at least fer the present, to bring white servants to any part of the State. Conditions will not warrant further attempts along this Une. There are some instances in which the experi ments have proved successful, in which both sides continuo satisfied, but these are few and far between. The chief trouble is the matter of pay. People In this State are un willing to pay the increased price for white help. They'll start out with a thorough understanding of what they are to pay, and begin right away bragging on the relief they are get ting and everything will work lovely till pay day, when there ls a grand split up and the jig is all up." It ls not merely an idle dream that Mr. Watson has been having, for he has been working with the energy M aracteristic of him for se\eral > ars, trying to bring relief to the long suffering? public, but every ex periment he has made has been a disappointment so far as the general plan he Inaugurated was concerned, and he has become a. quitter only after the most determined efforts In different directions and after the most exhaustive study of the situa tion. His first attempts failed because of social conditions, the help he located leaving after a time for the North and the West, even where lt was well treated and amply paid. These were Intelligent people of some education, whose lives were made miserable by the nagging of negro servants in the same household, and who found no body outside to associate with. And the commissioner also soon saw that lt would not do to have young girls working as servants far away from their friends and re.^Mves. The commissioner nexi. devised a plan of bringing the foreigners In groups of families, and be secured some high class people i'l this way. He found places for the parents on tarins near cities, the sons a.ul daugh ters working in the cities. Mr. Wat son thought he had gotten cn the right track at last of the solution of the vexatious problem, not only local ly, but throughout the South. Peo ple who got this help told mm and told their friends how satisfactorily lt was working, and the domestics wrote home to friends and relatives to follow their lead. Mr. Watson went to work with that boundless en. thusinsm and buoyant optimism that has always marked his endeavors. The situation really warranted him in entertaining confident hope of having found the key to the situation. But he has been having some rude awakenings lately. So steadily have these jars been coming in that even the commissioner with all his good fighting qualities acknowledged de feat for the time being. The coming of the Witteklnd peo ple had a most salutary effect on the negroes, not only In Charleston and Columbia, where the quaint visit ors were seen the most, but in nearly every town in the State. The negro women servants and negro men thought they had genuine competi tion that would drive them out of their jobs. Lazy, ailing, shiftless and impertinent cooks, washerwomen, nurses and waiters took new leases on life, and became competent, will ing, obliging, respectful helpers with sr.ch a suddenness as to startle even themselves. But this beautiful situ ation is a thing of the past now. At present when a housewife or her daughter goes out to hunt up a ser vant she is met with the reply on all sides: "You know, I doesn't hire out no more," with an air that indicates amazement that "that white woman ' has not learned before this that "this colored lady" has reached that stage in social life. When the stomach, heart or kidney nerves get weak, then these organs always fall. Don't drug the stomach nor stimulate the heart or kidneys. That is simply a make-shift. Get a prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Snoop's Restora tive. The Restorative is prepared ex pressly for these weak inside nerves. Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr. Snoop's Restorative tablets or liquid-and see how quick ly help will como. Sold by J. W. Bell. Potatoes Above (?round. Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 2i>.-Sam uel Wilson, of Wollcott, is raising po tatoes both above and below ground on the same vine ns a result of two years' of experimenting. A few weeks ago, on looking over his new potato plants, he saw little bud-like proturbances growing out from the bases of the leaves. These buds developed into well-formed and good-sized potatoes of the same kind as those growing at the roots of the plants. The bush potato ls a cross betweon the Beauty of Hebron potato and the Delaware. Those above ground grow from four to eight on a plant, one at the base of each leaf. Food experts report the hybrid to be far more nu trition? than the Irish or sweet po tato and much more easily grown. Th? effect of Seo if pale children is magical. It makes them plump, It contains Cod Liver < and Glycerine, to make fi and so put together that by little folk. ALL DRUGGISTS: BC ? LABOR BAY PROCLAMATION. - , *. The First Monday in September Hi Been Set Apart. of vf*?. Columbia, Aug. 19.-Goven or An sel to-day issued his Labor Day pro clamation, as follows: Whereas, the Legislature of South Carolina baa set apart the first Mon-, day in September of each year as a legal holiday, and conforming with the legislative action, and in cheerful compliance, I, M. F. Ansel, Governor of the State of South Carolina, do hereby recommend ?hat tho day above mentioned, being the seventh day of September, 1908, and Labor Day, be set apart to be'observed In such manner and by such ceremohi*?" as may be appropriate. J^V I recommend that, in so far awJ is practicable, factories, stores, offices and other places wherein labor is employed, be closed, so that every working man and woman may be given an opportunity to enjoy the day and to participate in the exer cises that may be held, and that the day be observed and celebrated by employees and employers and all who feel cn Interest in their country's welfare. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed hereto, on the 13th day of August, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, and in the one hundred and thirty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America. M. F. Ansel, Governor. By the Governor: R. M. McCown. (Seal.) Secretary of State. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing busines the city of Toledo, county and Sta1 aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this Gth day of De cember, A. D. 188G. (L.S.) A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. How to Halse Oats Profitably. (Carolina Spartan.) Twenty years ago farmers made fine oats by sowing the red rust proof In the cotton rows in August or Sep tember. Then came a few cold win ters and they were killed and the far mers quit that plan because they had no luck. Then they tried the turf and grazing oats, which were frost proof. They were nearly grain proof, too. for the yield was light, although the straw was good. Then nbout ten or twelve years ago the open furrow system of planting was tried with BUCCCSS in Georgia, lt ls said that there has been no winter severe enough to kill oats In Georgia or this State since that plan" was ad opted. Some farmers have raised fine crops of oats by running the oat drill two or three limes between the cot ton rows just after the first or second picking of cotton. In 36-inch rows only two rows of oats can be put In. If the rows are 4 0 to 4 4 inches three rows may be run in. Of course that plan does not admit of any prepara tion of soil. If the oats are put In very early and are quite forward tho first of December they should be pas tured down. That plan is better than sowing no oats. The best plan, of course, ls to select such land as may be well broken and harrowed and the oats planted from October 20th to December 10th. Plant the Appier or Southern red to insure a fine yield ol grain. According to the land, plant 5 to 8 pecks to the acre. An excellent fertilizer for oats can be mixed thus: 600 pounds'14 per cent phosphate. 100 pounds muriate of potash. 300 pounds cotton seed meal. Apply 200 pounds with the oats and then 100 pounds nitrate of soda about the time the oats begin to boot or when they are 6 to 10 inches high, and cultivate with a smoothing har row. The cost of the above fertili zer will be about $5.50 an acre and the yield ought to be 4 0 to 60 bushels to the acre. lt" Feel languid, weak, run-dow Headache? Stomach "off?"-Just' plain case of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bitters tones liver and sto mach, promotes digestion, purifies tho blood. Items from Red Hill. Red Hill, Aug 8.-Special: Mrs. George Kelley vis.ted friends and rel atives In Anderson last week. She was accompanied home by her cou sin, Miss Addle Belle Rogers, who will return to her home In Anderson this week, nfter a pleasant stay with relatives and friends at Walhalla. Richard Holland and slBter, Miss Callie, visited friends at Richland last week. Arthur Kelley and family visited at Salem recently. Miss Maggie Holland visited nt Westminster last week. Mrs. WhUe ls visiting her daugh ter at Anderson. Rev. M. G. and Airs. Holland aro entertaining a little daughter at their home. She arrived August 13. B. ir .f Emulsion on thin, rosy, active, happy. Oil, Hypophosphites &t, blood and hone, it is easily digested >0. AND $l.OO