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Annual State Co ANNOUNCEMENT HY COMMI8 SIONK ? WATSON IN WHICH PRIZES AHE STATED-FIVE ACRE AS WELD AS ONE-ACRE CONTESTS, AND A PRIZE FOR ROYS. " (Farmer?' Union Sun.) The announcement that there would be another corn contest this year has been received with much Interest by the farmers of the State. The previous records made by South Carolina along this line attracted much attention throughout tho coun try, and therefore some of the points Involved will be of value to those who contemplate entering tho contest. They are given below: This competition has beeu Inaugu rated with a view to Increase grali grower8* profits by Increasing the yield per acre, rtnd also the quantity of corn and oatB through the simple methods of seed selection and pro . per culture. lt _ls so nan ed from the fact that lt cannot but result lu adding thousands In the aggregate to tho profits ot' those oijgaged In ag riculture- In this State. Tho contest will be conducted by the State De ' partmont of Agriculture of South Carolina. ^ Objects of the .Contest. 1. To encourage proper selection of seed and better care of soils. 2. To center attention upon varie ties that aro superior for each sec tion, to introduce seed of such varie ties that are pure and true to name, and to prove that when such varie ties are grown under normal condi tions, lt ls not necessary to so fre quently change seed. 3. To encourage better methods of culture and harvesting, so as largely to Increase aVcrage yields per acre and improve quality. 4. To show that such results can be had at less expense of time, money and labor than poorer crops when increase in yield Is considered. 5. To Improve methods of mar keting, and conversion of crop Into largest possible cash return. 6. To l?crense grain .?rowers' profits on each acre and each bushel every year. 7. To promote the keeping of ln telltngent records and the use of business principles in farming, to foster the farmer's prosperity and the welfare of the whole people. Nature, of the Contest. 1, Bach grower will be required to grow one acre of crop. 2. Each contestant CSU follow bis own best judgment as to tho selec tion of seed and soil and mode of culturo, harvesting and marketing. * 3. Each contestant must report all particulars relating to growth, till age, etc., on forms In contestants' manual. Rules of the Contest. 1. Any person may compete. There are no fees or dues. 2. Each contestant is to furnish one sample bushel of corn In the ear from each acre grown (except in cases of five-acre contests, for which one bushel ls sufficient), to be Judg ed and then sold for benefit of ex penses of conducting contest. 3. Each contestant will mall a pint of sample seed from his crop to chemist designated for analysis. 4. Each competitor must secure the contestants' manual. 5. To enter contest, simply notify the- Commissioner of Agriculture and order contestants' manual as per pre ceding paragraph. G. Reports must be made on forms prescribed in contestants' manual. 7. This contest to Improve grain growers' profits is to cover the crops planted In 1909 of corn. Scale of Point?. Each contestant's work, including sample ?of crop, record and report, will be judged according to the fol lowing scale of points: 1. Purity and selection of taed. . 10 2. Methods of culture. 25 3. Record or report-its clear ness, completeness, accuracy, .care bestowed upon it, etc. . . 15 4. Yield of contest acre. 25 5. Quality of crop, market grade, sa lability, feeding, value, etc.. 10 6. Profits resulting from tho en tire operation. 15 Total points.100 The scale of points offers every In ducement to truthfulness, and by means both apparent and secret, tho judges will be enabled to exercise righteous judgment. There ls no need or inducement for misrepre sentation, and anything of the sort will be detrimental to tho contestant. The Prizes Offered. Tile prizes offered are ns follows: Prize on seale of points for one acre .$125 Prize on scale ol' points for five acres 1. 12 5 I Prize on yield per nero for one acre . 50 Prize on yield per acre for five acres . 75 Second prize on scale of point? for one acre. 50 Second prize on yield per nero op five acres. 50 Roys' prize for yield per aero on .one acre. 50 Mr. Wntson's Statement. Regarding the contest Commis sioner of Agriculture Watson says: j The contests that we have already held under legislative appropriations have proved of such Immense valuo to tho State In dollars and cents, ns has been demonstrated by their In? Influence upon tho remarkable ad vance m.ide In tho value of the corn crop In South Carolina In tho last two years" that I am exceedingly hopeful of far hotter results from this year's contest than we have yet obtained from any of them. The chango in the form of tho appropria tion bill adopted by tho General As sembly this year leaves tho matter of the conduct of this contest en tirely In the hands of the State De partment Instead of In the commis sion of which I was a member In the past two contests. This I regret, but rn Contest Rules. I wish to say that the gentlemen who have acted heretofore on the com mission will he requested by myself to act with me as heretofore. An active interest is bel?g mani fested by the farmers in all parts of i the State in this year's contest, and , a considerable number of entries j have already reached this de I partment. I sincerely trust that am bitious farmers and farm boys of every township in South Carolina i will enter the contest this year, lt costs them nothing to enter. I want to see as large a number as possible , partir {pating in this work, for even if there were no other consideration the lessons they will learn In the keeping of dally records, as required by the manual, will be of immense value to them and their neighbors as well In the general announcement that I have i ss H ni lt will be seen that Instead of confining this year's con test to mendy one ncre provision is also made for competition on five acres as well. Further provision ls made for prizes for fanners' boys who bend their energies to the grow, iny of corn on one acre. I trust that the arrangement of prizes will stimulate not only the farmers of Ibo State, but their ?sons to enter this year's contest freely, and stimulate them to enter with a determination to win or be well up lu the Hst of those who obtain the maximum yield. Foley's Honey mid Tar ls a safe guard against serious results from spring colds, which Inflame the lunga and develop Into pneumonia. Avoid counterfeits by insisting upon hav ing the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar, which contains no harmful drugs. J. W. Hell, Walhalla; Stone cypher Pharmacy, Westminster. Heports of Storm Damage. Toronto, Ont., April 8.-Reports of the damage done by yesterday's wind storm continue to come in from city and country. In Western On tario the reports show a loss of $500,000 or over. The damage in tho St. Catherine's district alone ls estimated at over $100,000. The children Injured when the Aberdeen School In London was blown down yesterday are still In a critical con dition. Miss McCauley, a stenographer in the Norwich Flour Mills, was killed by the walls falling on her, and a farmer named Tunks, living near London, was struck by a falling tree and died of lils Injuries. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County. . Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the Arm of F. J. Cheney & Co.f doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State 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 subscrlb. ed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. ? (Seal.) A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls 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 druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Queer English LAWS. (London Graphic.) "No statute law of England ever cart bo obsolete," a legal journal says. "Once enacted, lt continues In binding force until repealed." If such be really the case, there ought to be some lively times ahead for several classes of the community. For Instance, what will builders have to say to the act. which penalizes any person who erects a house with out attaching to lt at least four acres of land? This wns one of "good Queen Hess' " laws, and lt has most certainly never been repealed. By another un repealed statute, which dates back to the first year of King James I, It is enacted that not more than a penny may be charged for a quart of the best old ale nor more than a half-penny for a like quantity of small beer. The penalty for each Infraction of the act ls 20 shillings, so that If it were rigidly enforced it would not need, appar ently, a-licensing bill to ruin the brewers. Then again, a Catholic owning a horse ls still legally ob liged to sell lt for ?5 to anybody who chooses to offer that sum for it. To Unveil Statue to Stephen 1). Lee. Vew Orleans, April ??.-At a meet ing at the headqua "ers of the United iConfederate Veterans here to-day, lt was decided that Hie statue of Gen. Stephen D. Lee. bate commander-in chief, at Vlcksbu) '?, Miss., should be unveiled Friday, J une ll, nt 2 o'clock In Hie afternoon. This dato was se lected on account of Its being near the time of holding the annual re union at Memphis, permitting the veternns to attend the reunion and the unveiling of the monument on the same trip. Representatives of the railroads entering Vicksburg attended to-day's meeting and agreed to give a reduced rate to Vicksburg at that time. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Coldt, Croup and Whooping Cough. DO IT NOW. Walhalla People Should Not Walt ' Until lt ls Too Lato. The appalling death rate from kid ney disease is due in most cases to the fact thct the little kidney trou bles are usually neglected Until they become serious. The slight symp toms givo place to chronic disorders and the sufferer goes gradually into the grasp of diabetes, dropsy, Bright's disease, gravel or some other serious form of kidney complaint. If you suffer from backache, head ache, dlzz> spells;- if the kidney so collons are irregular of passage and unnatural In appearance, do not de lay. Help the kidneys at orce. Doan's Kidney Pills aro especially for kidney disorders-they cure where others fall. Over one hun dred thousand people have recom mended them. Here ls one of many cases In this vicinity: Mrs. E. J. Wallace, 303 Johnson street, Anderson, S. C., says: "I suffered a'great, deal from backache and also from pains in my kidneys. When I, heard of Loan's Kidney Pills I was so Impressed with the reports abuot thom that 1 procured a bo\. They relieved me at once and I ail) going to continue their uso, feeling sure that they will soon cure me." Fbr sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Fostcr-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, New Yotk, sole*agents for the Uni ted States. Remember the name-Donn's and take no other. Claims Brother kidnapped Sister. Rome, Ga., April J).-A rather pe culiar case of kidnapping bas devel open In this county. It seems that Leona Rock, a young girl 14 years of. age, dla not get along with her mo ther, who lived l?i Cednrtown. and had been living with her brothers In Chullo district, this county. A ha beas corpus proceeding was recently taken out by the mother oi the girl, and she was awarded to tue mother. The girl did not return with her mo ther, but went back home with her brothers, with whom, she had been living. A few days ago S. M. Beck, an uncle of the girl, procured an order of court and had the girl returned to the mother. Shortly after that Marshall Beck, ono of the brothers w.'Mi whom che had been residing, went to Cedartown, got possession of the girl and took her back to lils home In Chullo district. It was at this point that the uncle got out. a warrant against Marshall Beck for kidnapping, and one'against the girl for misdemeanor, supposed to be on account of a difficulty With her mo ther. The girl has been returned to the mother. Heavy, impure blood makes a muddy, pimply complexion, head aches, nausea, indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood Bitters makes the blood rich, red, pure-restores per fect health. Shoota Wlferand self. Qlencove, N. Y., April 0.-Desper ate, lt ls believed, over lils Inability to establish a home for her, Charles J. Dayton, a chauffeur, 28 years of age, to-day shot and probably fatally wounded his wife and then shot and killed himself. The wounded woman had been employed at one of the fashionable residences here. In an ante-niorteni statement, she said she and her husband ha'd Intended to set up housekeeping together on May 1, but that her husband had feared they would not be able to carry out their I plan, and of late had been suggest I lng they die together. ?The Blood t? The Ufo*99 Science has never gono beyond tim abovo simple statement of scripture. But lt has illuminate,! that statement and given it a moaning ever broadening with tho increasing breadth of knowledge. When tho blood is "bad" or impuro it is not alono tho iKxly which sutters through disenso. Tho brain is also clouded, Him mind and Judgement aro tnlcctcd, and^lnajvy an ovil deed or impure tlio\gln\Yc#r?b^S^ traced te the ImpiVmy of tho iT?bod^ Foul, impure blood can be made nure by M)o uae_of Drt Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, ? Ifr curiches and 55535 tho Hw(Lthereby curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and other cutaneous affections, as eczema, tetter, or salt-rheum, hives and other manifestations of impuro blood. ? ? ? ? ? ? In tho cure of scrofulous swellings, en larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old sores, th?"Golden Medical Discovery "has performed tho most marvelous cures. In cases of old sores, or open eating ulcer? lt is well to apply to tho open sores Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos sesses wonderful healing potency when used as an application to tho sores In con Junction with tho uso of "(?olden Medical Discovery " as a blood cleansing consti tutional treatment. If your druggist don't happen to have tho "All-Healing Salvo" In stock;you can easily procure it by inclosing Ilfty-fonr cents in postage stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, 003? Main St., Buffalo, N. Y., and lt will como to you by return post. Most druggists keep lt as well as the "Golden Medical Discovery." ? ? ? (*) ? ? x^iu can't afford to accept any medicine of unknown, composition as a substitute for "Golden Medical Discovery," which is a medicine op KNOWN COMPOSITION, having a completo list of ingredients In plain English on Its bottlo-wrapper, tho Hame being attested ns correct under oath. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and Invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. MR. EDMONDS AT COLOMBIA. C. C. ami O. Project One of Greatest Undertaking* tn Country. Columbia, Aprii is.-K. H. Ed monds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimore, and possibly the best posted mail on the Carolina and Clluchfleld Railroad project, ex pressed tho opiMlon to-day that the C. C. and O. Is sure to conie to Co lumbia, and he regards the Clinch field road as one of tho three great est undertakings of the day In the way of railroad construction, the other two be'ng Mr. Flagler's de velopment of the Florida east coast, and ll. II. Rogers' Virginian rail road. Ile thinks the coming of tho Cllnchlleld to Columbia will be of untold benefit to this community as well as to tho State Generally, par ticularly ?o to Charleston. For a mild, easy action of the bowels, a single dose of Donn's Reg ulots ls enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your druggist for them, Items from Pleasant Grove. Pleasant Grovp, April 4.-Special: Fruit is plentiful yet in this part, but it ls not too late evon now for lt to be killed. The closing exercises of the school at this placo last Friday night wero a success and well attended. Miss Hertha Schumacher, of Wal halla, taught tho winter school. She returned to her home last Sunday, after a pleasant stay of four mouths In our midst. She made a success of her school, and we suppose she will return lu tho summer and resume her duties ns teacher. Mrs. Judie Knox and little daugh ter. .Helen, visited relatives at Par kertown, Ca., last week. .1. A. Perkins, of near Westmin ster, and 'daughter. Miss Sue, visited friends here last week and attended the closing exercises of the Block school. Several of the young people .went to the Cliff, on Tugaloo river, last Saturday evening and report a good time. Mrs. M. T. Lewis ls quite sick nt this writing. We hope for her a speedy recovery. IL M. ELECTRIC BiTL?otSsFsOR WITTERS AND KIDNKY& Thirteen School Boys Drowned. Kamenetez, Russia, April 8. Thirteen school boys were drowned near here as a result of the doods. They were on a bridge over the Mor ritch river at the village of Orinina, when the structure collapsed, and they were precipitated into the water. Foley's Homey and Tar* Will cure a cough or cold no matter how severe and prevent pneumonia and consumption. A Guarantee. This is to certify that all druggists are authorized to re fund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your cough or cold. Contains no opiates. The genuine is in a yellow package. REFUSE suesmuiES. J. W. BELL, Walhalla. Stonecypher Drug Co., Westminster. CITATION NOTICE.-The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. in Court of Probate.-By D.A.Smith, .ludge of Probate.-Wherean, EVA CROM FR has made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and Effects of M. S. Cromer/deceased Those aro, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said M. S. CROMER, deceased, that they be and appear before me, In the Court of Probate, to be held at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, on Saturday, the 17th day of APRIL, 190<\ af ter publication hereof, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why the said administra tion should not be granted. Given under my band and seal this 3d day rf April, A. D. 1909. (Seal.) D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, South Carolina. Published on the 7th and 14th days of April, 1909, in Tho Keo wee Courier and on the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. April 7, 1909. 1 4-15 CITATION NOTICE.-The State cf South Carolina, County of Ocon.-e, in Court, of Probate.-By D.A.Smith, Esq., Probate Judge. -- Whereas, Dempie Anderson Adams Iths made suit to ine to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and Effects of Jas. H. Adams, deceased These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said JAMES H. ADAMS, Deceased, that they bo and appear before me In the Court of Probate, to be held at Walhalla Court House, South Ca rolina, on Thursday, the 15th day of APRIL, 1909, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, If any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given un er my hard and soal this 2d day of April, A. D. 1909. (Seal.) D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, South Carolina. Published on tho 7th and 14th days of APRIL, 1909, in The Keo woe Courier and on the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. April 7th, 1909. 14-15 S Suffern^ are urged to follow the their sisters and take Ot mineral, non-intoxicating is for sick, weak ladies, T it wm i It is a genuine, eura up the female system and Mrs. M. A. St. Clair, c ?"Before taking Cardui, I getting well. I had suf? lieft side and was confined t and now Cardui has about AT ALL DR MASTER'S SAliE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. In Court ot Common Pleas. Pursuant to a decree of the afore said Court, in the case named below, I v Ul offer for sale, to the highest bidder, In front of the Court tlouso do Jr, at Walhalla, S. C., on Monday, tho 3d day of MAY, 1901), between the legal hours of sale, tho tract of land below described: Georgia R; VnnDIvlore, Administra trix of the Personal Estate of M. R. VanDlviore, docoased, Plaintiff, against Samuel M. Chambers, Defendant. One tract of land containing ono hundred acres, more or less, situate, lying and being In tho County of Oco nee, State of South Carolina, on east side of Toxaway Creek, waters of Changa Creek, waters of Tugaloo river, on the west side of the public road leading from the mountains to W?lhalla and Westminster, and ad joining the Daniel tract of hind and others, being part of a large tract of land formerly belonging to Spencer Chambers, deceased. Terms ?of Sale: Cash. That In the event of fall? rjft, of the purchaser to comply with thc terms of sale within five days from day of salo tho Master do re-advertlso and re-sell said prem_ Ises on the terms as heretofore set out, at the risk of the former pur chaser. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. W. O. WHITE, Master .for Oconee County, S. C. April 7, 1909. 14-17 STOCK OF GOODS FOR SALE. I am now ready to receive bids for the stock of goods formerly own ed by the Cralg-Verner Mercantile Company. lt is desired to dispose of this stock ns quickly as possible. W. L. VERNER, Assignee and Agent of Creditors. April 7, 1909. 14 NOTICE OF SALE. I will sell, to the highest bidder, nt the residence of Rev. J. B. Colley, deceased, near Salem, on APRIL 14, 1909, nt 10 o'clock a. m., all of the household and kitchen furniture, farming Implements, one cow, one yearling, fodder, cotton seed nnd a lot ot other things too numerous to mention, same being the property of Rev. J. B. Colley, deceased. W. H. TALLEY, Trustee. April 7, 1909. 14 NOTICE TO DEBTORS and CRED ITORS.-All persons Indebted to the of WARREN DEAN, de are hereby not! fled to payment to the under nnd all persons having against said estate will present the same, duly attested, with in tho time prescribed by law, or be' barred. W. S. DEAN, Administrator. Walhalla, S. C., R. F. D. No. 1. April 7, 1909. 14-17 Estate ceased, make signed, chi i ms TO INSURE 11? OM B FERTIl FI STROTHER & PHINNEY, HUFF & KNOX, J. D. McMAf IN, W. C. PEDEN & COMPANY, P. P. SULLIVAN, Ladies example of thousands of irdui. Cardui is a non meaicine for women. It nth sick female organs. lelp You J 27 tive medicine, that builds relieves female pain, rf Eskdale, W. Va., writes: had given up all hope of ered for 3 years with my o my bed, so I took Cardui, cured my female trouble." UG STORES SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. coi)y < put Int Till-] STATIS OK SOUTH CAROLINA, / COUNTY OF OCONEE, * Court of Common Pleas. .lohn D. Vernor, Wm. .1. Strlbllng, Mrs. M. A. Watkins. Katharine B. A da ms, Anni'? ll. Blemann and Gertrudo J, Blemann nnd Diet-' rich H. Blemai.i' Henry 1). Ble mann and Ida D. W. Blemann, hy R. T. Jnynes, Guardian Ad Lltom, Plaintiffs, against Nancy Watkins, Jane Dorsey and Cely Mason, Defendants. Summons for Rollof-(Complaint Servod.) To the Defendants Above Named: You aro hereby summoned and re quired to answer tho complaint in this action, of which a copy ls hore wlth servo- upon you, and to serve a >y of your answer to tho said coin t on the subscriber, nt his oflloo, on the Public Squaro, at Wal halla C. H., South Carolina, within twenty days after tho service hereof, exclusive of tho day of such service; and it you fail to answer the com plaint within tho time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action w ll apply to tho Court for tho reliof derc vnded in the complaint. Dated this 6th day of April, 1909. (Seal) .lOHN F. CRAIG, C. C. P. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiffs' Attorney. To the Absent Defendant?, Jane Dor sey and Cely Mason: Please take notice that the Sum mons nnd Complaint in the above en titled action were filed'in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oconee County, South Caro lina, on the Cth day of April,. 1909; that the purpose of this action ls the partition and division of the tract of land described in the Complaint be tween the parties to this action ac cording to their respective legal rights. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiffs' Attorney. April 7, 1909. 14-19 "CITATION NOTICE.- The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. - (In Court of Probate.)-By D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate.-Whereas, Thomas J. Thrift has made suit to me to grnnt him Letters of Admin. ?si mt inn of tho Estate of and Effects of L. D. Thrift, deceased Theso aro, therefore, td cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said L. Di THRIFT, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Wal halla. Court House. South Carolina, on Saturday, tho 17th day of April, 1909, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in tho forenoon to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under ny hand and seal this 1st day of April, A. i ?. 1909. (Seal.) D. A. SMITH, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, South Carolina. Publlshod on tho Ttlrand 14th days of APRIL, 1909, in The Keowee Courier and on tho Court House door for the time required by law. 14-15 BIG CROPS ! RAND LIZERS. tOM WEST UNION, 8. O. SENECA, S. O. RICHLAND, S. C. W ESTMINSTER, S. O MADISON*, S. C.