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Corn yielding seventy bushels to GC-OPERATION OF PEOPLE D??EDjy 80??HERN Will Freely Give Assistance In Work for Advancement of Its Terri tory-Information Gladly Received. The Southern Railway System in vites tho co-operation of all tho peo ple along ita lino In work for tho advancement of its territory, lt will j freely give every assistance possible, and will bo glad to have individuals j and business organizations call upon lt for aid In solving tho dovolopmont problems which como up, and contrib ute information which will help build j up tho communities of tho Southeast. Communications relating lo loca tions or development work along tho Southern Railway, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Georgia, Southern and Flor ida Railway and Virginia and South western Railway should bo addressed I to M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial j Agent, Washington, D. C. For locations or for Information on ' matters rogardlng tho country along tho Quoon and Crescent Route, ad dress T. O. Plunkett. Agricultural and Industrial Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST GIVEN WIDE PUBLICITY Exhibits at Fairs, Advertisements lr Newspapers, and Circulation of Attractive Literature All Boost the Southern Territory. The Southern Railway has long do voted much attontion to fair and ex position exhibits, showing tho re sources and products of tho South eastern States. Th 1B year's oxhtblt work ls almost entirely within its own territory. At atnto and other largo fairs and exposition Its ls making comprehensivo exhibits, largely agri cultural, which aro mostly of an edu cational character, and willoh show what tho people of tho Southeast and jt special communities may do. A argo exhibit will bo made In Novem ber at New York City. In tho lino of publicity for calling attention to tho opportunities of tho Southeast, liberal amounts aro appro priated. Tile Southern Field, giving Information about all tho System's territory, is widely and regularly cir culated. Booklets descriptive of tho different states, publications relating to tho various lines of fanning, pam phlets giving general or special in formation or lists of lands or business opportunities aro published for tho boneilt of homosoekers and manufac turers. In advertising opportunities In tho Southeast agricultural, trado and gen eral publications In tho North aro used nnd spoclal advertising ls dono In Europe. SOUTHERN RY.'S EXHIBITS Interesting Display of Southern Farm Products at Land and Irrigation Congress. Now York.-At tho American Land and Irrigation oxposltlon, whlcb re cently opened at Madison Squaro Gar don, thero aro displays of farm and orohard products from ovary portion of tho United States and from Can ada, but nono oxe?la tho exhibit from tho Southern statos mado by tho Southern Railway systom, which baa expended sovoral thousand dollars In collecting material for oxhlblt purpos es from all parts of tho territory sorv ed by Its linea. Tho Southern railway's booth 1H six ty feot long and tho arrangements of tho exhibit ls moat tasteful and at tract leo. Thero aro oxhlbits of cot ton, tobacco, tho grains, grnssoH and forego, crops, sugar cano, and all kinds of gardon truck and nu unusual ly fino fruit display. Tho walla aro covered by a largo map of tho South, Bheaves of grain and grasses, a acoro of largo colorod photographs of typi cal Southern farm, Hold and orchard vlowa. Thoro aro a half dozon ta bles of tho Southern applos, which will convlnco aJl who soo thom that tho Southorn apple-growing districts aro surpassed by ''uno. Spoclal lltor aturo has boon preparod for circula tion at tho exposition tolling of tho Southeastern states and ospootally of their farmlands and products. Each day an illustrated lecturo on tho Southeast ls delivered by M. A. Hays of tho Land and Industrial De partment of tho Southern Railway. For this lecture lr>0 now colored slides have boon made. The lecture covers tho industries, thc agricultural re sources and developments, the scenic attractions, tho resort centers of tho Southeastern states, gives character istics of Southern life and tells about thc wide variety of opportunities fo.ind in this section. the acre, Richland county, South Caro SOUTHERN RY. ACTIVE IN AGRICULTURAL WORK Cooperates With State and Federal Authorities and Has Its Own Hor ticultural, Live Stock and Dalry Agents. Today tho groatOBt attention ls paid to tho development of the agricultu ral resources. This development must bo largely through tho efforts of tho people already on tho farms and real I dont in the states of this section. The homeseokers from tho North and from Europe will aid by their work and tlielr practical oxperlcnco, but lt ls through better farm education and better farming and tho Improvement of farm conditions chat tho best and widest development will result. To tho efforts of tho United States ami Stato epartment of Agriculture, tho collogo of agriculture and tho ex periment stations, the Southorn Rail ) way ?B giving tho best co-operation lt can. Through President Finley and through tho Laud and Industrial De partment it is helping to circulate tho bulletins and o thor publications of tho Agricultural Dopartmouts which aro of special valuo to tho Southorn farmer. A fow years ago when lt was decldod by tho United States De partment of Agrlculturo to oporato model farms in dlfforont parts of tho country tho Southorn socurod tho lo cation of many of these farms in Its territory and tho farms so located havo boan of groat Yaluo.in improved farra methods in many communities. To tho United Statos farm demonstra tion work in tho South tho samo co operation has boon given, and today Oio Southern's own agricultural agonts aro working In co-operation I with tho agonts of tho farm demon stration bureau. A few months be fore bis death tho Land aud Indus trial Dopartmont arranged with tho i lato Dr. S. A. Knapp for a sortes of a : dozen addrossos In tho South in which ho discussed, In tho most comprehen sive manner over undertaken, tho apo dal noods and opportunities of tho Southeastern farmer. These addrossos brought about greatly increased inter est In farm improvements and moro profitable farming throughout the territory. The company ls in constant co-op eration with tho various stato depart ments of agriculture, enlisting their help for tho farmers of particular dis tricts, making uso of tholr Investiga tions and securing tholr suggestions in tho Introduction of new crops or tho development of special lines of agriculture In various communities ; and, whorovor possible, aiding thoso departments to make tholr work moro efficient. Special agricultural and horticultu ral agents aro maintained by the Southorn Railway to study tho agri cultural possibilities, to do dlroct work with farmers in giving instructions, whore doslrod, regarding improved methods of farming and crop diversifi cation and working for new linos of farm dovolopmont. Co-oporatlon ls given fruit growors In tho packing of fruit for shipment am. in marketing it. Tho dovolopmont of tho live stock industry is glvon spoclal attontlon. President Finley has porsonally glvon much timo to the circulation of liter ature calling attention to tho loss to tho Southeast from tho cattle tick in tho lnfoctod districts and to tho prac tical work of eliminating tho tick. A dalry agent, under tho Land and In dustrial Dopartmont, ls at work to develop tho dalry intorests, and his work ls doing much for this Industry. A llvo stock agent, under tho Frolght Trafilo Department, assists tho farm er In his shlpmonts, In developing markots for his stock and in other ways of ad"anclng this Industry. The Southorn Railway Systom is co-operating w.th the stato agricultu ral authorities In running instituto and other special trains. A dozen trains havo been run In a singlo year. The work of theso jtrnins ls carofully followed np. From timo to time pamphlets, loaf lets and circular lottors aro printed for the benefit of tho Southoastorn fanner. aournern Hallway cottoi lina, on the Southern Railway. EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR DEVELOPMENT WORK How tho Land and Industrial Depart ment of tho Southern Railway is Conducted. As an agency for tho sollcitatloi of men and capital for factories aud for other' industrlos and for immigra tion Into the Southoast and for gen eral promotion and development work, agricultural and Industrial, within tho territory of tho various linos of tho Southern Railway Systom tho Indus trial department ls organized. Tho Land and Industrial Depart ment, with jurisdiction oxtondlug over tho lines of the Southern Railway, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, tho Georgia, Southern and Florida Rail way, and the Virginia and b^dthwost ern Railway, has direct chargo of mat tors pertaining to general dovolop ment. At tho hoad of lt ls tho Land and Industrial Agent, with headquar ters at Washington and with a sub stantial corps of assistants and large offices located thoro. Along tho Unos of the roads aro district offlcos at St. Louis, Mobllo, Macon, Bristol, Co lumbus, Miss.; A ah ovillo and Colum bia. The asenta in chargo of those offices give tholr aasistauco to all of forts to promote, In any direction, the growth of the torrltory adjacent to the railroad linos, bud looaUous for Industries or holy In their organi zation, aid bomoseokors or ooloabioxs in securing the lauds they wish, work With tho farmers and others in solv ing the problems of markets or crops which come up, gather information about th? opportunities or facts whian will advertise tholr distriots and la every possible way or tond tholr co operation and that of tho railroad to the peopla of tholr torrltory in devel opment efforts. Tho work of those agents, as that of tho Washington of fice, has to do with both tho educa tional and other offorts with tho peo ple of the territory and In tho bring ing in of new people and now cap ital. From the Washington and St. Louis offices industrial and 1 migration agents travel Jtirqugliput tho North Bringing watermelons to Southern In advertising th? Southern's territory and in sollctling farm sottlors and manufacturers to locato along Its Unes. An office is also maintained for this work at Harrisburg, Pa,., and for sovoral yoars a Europoan agency has boon established with headquar ters in London. Tho agonts of tho company include specialists in tlmbor. minerals and clays, In industrial lo cations and in othor Unes. For the Queen and Croscont Route a similar Uno of work ls carried on hy tho Agricultural and Industrial Agent, locatod at Chattanooga, Tona In the early days of tho Southern Railway Systom lt was boliovod prop er that, while tho needs of tho tor rltory In tho way of immigration and of the development of tho farm ro Bourcos wen not to bo nogloctod, spe cial effort should bo mado to oall at? tention to tho immonso natural re sources and advantagos for industries of various kinds. The reports from the communities along tho Unos rep resented lu tho I^and and Industrial Department show that In tho docado from 1000 to 1910, $100,000,000 woro Invostcd in Industries. A good pro portion of this sum roprosents tho work of the Industrial Dopartmont. At Dro?den thore ls in tho courso of construction what ls said to bo the largest radiator In tho world. This radiator IB Intoudod for tho mo tor of au airship of 300 horso-powor, and is made ontirely of aluminum. i Culture Department. STUTTS USKI) IN HOI? FIELDS. Mounted rpon These, ft Maa dui Do Largo Amount of Work. In tho English hop holds thousands of laborers aro employed in making tho crop. Stringing tho hop polos for tho vinos to climb upon is ono of the most interesting features of the work, and makes*the fields look Uko giant spider's webs. Tho strings aro at the top of tho poles some IB feet from tho ground, and In tho past havo gonerally boon put on by men stand ing on the top of large steps and con siderable time was used up In moving tho platform from placo to place. To avoid this trouble and to savo time tho English farmers In Kent put their men on stilts, which have resta and ovorsh?es, Into which tho feet can bo securoly strapped 12 feet from tho ground. Mounted upon theso stilts a man can do six times tho work done by tho ordinary method. The principal use of hops is in making beer. For a thousand years or moro hops havo been added to beor, in former times to prevent Its spoiling and to ??lve lt Its character istic flavor. Germany and England had hop gardens tn tho eighth cen tury and tho growing jf hops has In creased with tho growth of tho brew ing industry. In tho United States thc culturo of hops was Introduced In 162 5 In New Netherlands and was some years later begun In Virginia. At first Massa chusetts, Vermont and Malno were tho chief hop States, but the Indus try has been slowly moving westward I although New York bas for many years maintained Its load In produc tion. Son Forsakes Faith of Father. Gladstone Dowie has forsaken the faith of his father, founder of Zion City, and is now a student In West ern Theological Seminary, preparing to tako orders In tho Episcopal church, and to enter the orthodox ministry, says a dispatch from Chi cago. Dowlo has boon enrolled as a stu dent In the seminary for threo weeks and efforts were made to keep the fact secret. Tho young man is a graduate from ?be University of Chi cago, and for two years was a stu dent in Harvard University. For the last two or threo years he has been practicing law in Michigan. During the life of John Alexander Dowlo the son, with his father, was a great traveler. It was during his Journeying in different parts of tho world that he gained experience as a speaker, as he was frequently called on to preach to his father's follow ers In the foreign lands he visited. A specific for pain-Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil, strongest, cheapest lini ? mont ovor devised. A household i remedy in America for 25 years. Railway Depot, Clayton, N. C. A TERRIBLE CHIME RECORD. Have Dcen 80,084 Murders in the I ?nut Ten Years, (New York World.) "It 1B not too much to say that tho administration o; criminal law In this country ls a disgrace to our civilization."-President Taft. Murders in tho United States in the last ten years, 86,'J34, or a number | equivalent to tho total population of Springfield, Mass.; executions, 1,149 -about 1 in 75 murders suffering the death penalty, divided thus: Murders. Executions. 1901- 7,852 . 118 1902- 8,83-1 . 144 1903- 8,976 . 123 1904- 8,482.116 1905- 8,698 . . ...118 1906- 9,350 . 1 23 1907- 8,712 .104 1908- 8,952 . 92 1909- 8,103 . 107 1910- 8,975 . 104 Murders lu Now York last year, 185; convictions, 45; in the last ten years, 1,161; convictions. 382. Murders in Chicago last year, 202; convictions, 16; 1 execution. In Alabama in two years, 630 mur der cases tried; 2 7 executions. The Set of tho Soul. Ono Kl)Ip drives oust, another drives west, With the self-same winds that blow; 'Tis tho set of the sails And not the gales Which tell us tho way they go. Like tho winds of tho sea aro tho waves of fa to As we voyage along through life; 'Tis the set of the soul That decides its goal And not tho calm or the strife. -Ella Wheler Wilcox. Any skin Itching is a temper-tester. Tho moro you scratch tho worse lt Itches. Doan's Ointment cures piles, eczema-any skin Itching. At all tiru g stores. Do you feel weak, tired, despondent, hi oohes, coated tongue, bitter or bad "heart-burn," belohing ot gas, acid ris: eating, stomaoh guaw or burn, foul br poor or variable appetite, nausea at t symptoms P If you have ?ny considerable n obove symptoms you are sufforini 1IOS9, torpid livor with indigestion, Dr? Pieroo'a Golden Medical Disc up of the most valuable medici known to medical acionee for I cure of such abnormal conditions efficient liver invigorator, stomach regulator and nerve strengthener. The "Golden Medical Discovery" I", rv a full list of its ingredients being pi In under oath. A glance at these will si o ful habit-forming drugs. It is a fluid glycerine, of proper strength, from th forest plants. World's Dispensary Mei Dlessing in Disguise. (Philadelphia Record.) Perhaps tho boll weevil ls a bless ing in disguise. Tho South has been too prone to put all Its eggs in the ono basket of cotton. Tho boll wee vil has led to a diversification of in dustry and to the raising of more profitable crops. At tho Chicago Land Show Louisiana will present ev idence that cotton growers who have gone Into other crops aro making $2 where they made only $1 from cot ton. They are raising big crops of corn, potatoes and onions, and they aro going In for stock raising and dairying. Tho boll weevil has done terrible destruction in Louisiana. It has roda d tho cotton crop from 1, 100,000 tales in Ave years to 200,000 hales last year, nut the farmers aro making moro money than ever. Itch relieved in 30 minutes hy W'oolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never falls. Sold by J. W. Bell, druggist. Wanted Some One With Experience. (Montreal Star.) A. little boy had swallowed a half penny. His mother was greatly dis tressed. He was precious to hor be fore, but at least a half-penny more valuable now-a sort of Incipient cop per mine. "Some one run for the doctor," cried tho distressed mother. 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REID, docoasod, aro hereby notified to make pay ment to the undersigned, and all per sons having claims against said es tate will present tho same, duly at tested, within tho timo prescribed bx law or bo barred. CLAUDE W. REID, Administrator. Walhalla, S. C. December 13, 1911. 50-1 NOTICE OE ANNUAL MEETING OE I M .?A RD OE COUWTY COM MISSIONERS. Tho annual meeting of the Board of County Commissioners will 1?; held in olllco on Friday, January 6, 1912. All persons holding claims against the county must present same on or before Thursday, January 4, 1912, or they will bo held over for one month. This ls tho Annual Meeting and all demands not presented will bo barred. N. RI ULLI RS. County Supervisor. James Seaborn, Clerk of Board. December 13, 19 11. 50-1 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to tho Estate of Robert Pettigrew, deeonscd, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all person hav ing claims against Bald estate will present the same duly attested within the time prescribed by law or be barred. AARON PETTK?REW, Administrator. Seneca, S. C. December 13, 1911._5 0-1 NOTICE TO DEBTORS"ANI) CREDITORS. All persons Indebted to the Es tate of I. C. VonLehe, deceased, aro hereby notified to make pay-? mont to tho undersigned, and all per sons having claims agu inst said Es tate will present tho samo duly at tested within the timo prescribed bjr, law or be barred. WILHELMINA VonLEHE I VEST ER, Executrix. _December 1, 1911. ",1)"^2" NOTICE OE FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. rsotlco ls hereby given that tho un dersigned will make application to I). A. 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