The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, March 20, 1890, Image 4
SOME FACTS ABOUT CAPTAIN
DRAKE'S TRIUMPH.
UeWTwo Hundred and Fifty-three nshbb
elm of oern were Grewu en One Acre
The Larsent Crep Ever Known.
Amerloan Agrlculturist..
The acre entered by Z. J. Drake
was a sandy soil in Marlborough
County,Soutk Carolina. The original
growth was oak, hickory, and long
leaf pine. Three years ago, before
the land was improved, eight dollars
per acre was a fair valuation, while
thirty years ago, the plantation of
which this acre is an average speci
men was called by its owner "Starva
tion's Empire." it had a gentle slope,
with northern exposure, and was
naturally well drained. The acre was
a fair specimen of much of the poor
land in the South, and its improve
inent and productiveness affords an
instructive lessen. As late as 1885,
when it was in corn, it made a poor
erop-practically nothing. In 1880,
the acre yielded about 300 pounds of
seed cotton, two dollars' worth of
ammoniated fertilizer being used in
the way commen to ordinary cotton
culture. The fertility was so reduced
that, in 1887, the yield of corn was
not over five bushels per acre. But
now Mr. Drake undertook to improve
It. To provide the vegetable matter
or humus so much needed, the land
was literfly covered with rakings of
leaves, straw, etc., from the neighbor
ing woods. On top of this, 27) horse
loads of stable manure were evenly
spread broadcast; also, 75 bushels of
cotton seed, 500 pounds of Wilcox,
Gibbes & Co's manioulated guano.
250 pounds of cotton seed meal, and
250 pounds of kainit. This heavy
dressing was all plowed under with
Starko's Dixie turning.plow. It was
laid off'in rows with the sasue plow,
two furrows to the row,four feet apart;
100 pounds of guano were applied in
the furrows, aid then each pair of fur
rows werpthrow into a ridge witi the
same plow. The Peterkin c )tton was
tlAnted with a Leytch cotton-plantor,
and made the great crop ot 917 pfunds
of lint cotton on the acro, Allowing
conclus-vely the result of the improve
ment.
Mr. Drake decided that this acre
t the one for him to enter in ILhe
'n contept, and hie determined to
ke the biggest crop on record, sea
i permitting. The last of February,
erefore, he hauled upon the contest
.e fifty one-horse wagon-loads of'
le manure,averaging twent.y bush
to the load, or 1,000 bushels of ma
o in all,worth $60, to which should
added four dollars for hauling arid
reading. This was the droppings
orses and mules, led on corn and
ler, and was not moved until haul
*h tile acre. At the same time 600
ds of mani ulated guano, cotton
meal, and ainit were also broad.
ted, and the whole was then plow
under. Following the plow, whole
ton-seed were liLerally strown in
h furrow,600 bushels being applied
the aci e. A subsoil )lov came af
r, breaking the soil to a total dep th
12 inches, and also burying the
hole cotton-seed deeper than the
her manure. Thus, the dlecaying
ed should back up thne crop later in
e.season when its roots had penletra
td below' the first layer of manure.
)ne horse and a man did the plowing,
.lso the subsoiliag; both jobs being
ompleted in one day (March 1), at a
tal expense of two dollars. TIhe acre
abarrowed on tile same day, with
,assmoothinig harrow, one man
ud two horses doing the work in
'out one hoar. The next (lay,
arch 2, the acre was laid oft, with
e Starke plow, in each row. The
vs were alternately three and six
apartr-that is, there were aix feet
reen twe rows, thlen three feet,
six feet, and so on.
ne seed planted was one bushel of'
common GJourd variety of the
hern white dent corn, but it , was
hi'thatkhad been improveil by
y years of careful selection from
at of the corn grown on this
.tion. T1he planting was done
r hands in half a day, on March
weather being warm and the
noist. Five or six kernels were
01ed to each foot of the row. The
were five inches deep, but the
'vas only covered lightly an inch
tvby raking in the sides of the fur
erain the next day washed in
oril, and covered the seed rather
trd. There were good raino March
15, the plants began to show on
.L4,and by the 25th there was a
teleray goed stand. On April 8 the
erp s heed for the first time, thin
ned to "one stalk every five or six
inches Aand the few missing places re
plante4 . On tne 20th, thel2wide spa
ees (si feet) between the"alternate
rows w re plowed out with the sub
soil plo*. Then a mixture, compos
ed of p~ lounds each of manipulated
guano, anit, cotton-seed meal, acid
phosph te, and animal hone, wasn
evenly'applied by sowing in each fur
row (thus confining this application of
plant food to the wide spaces), after
whiek the whole acre was gone ever
with a Thomas harrow. There was
a rain on the 24th, and two days later
the crop was again harrowed with the
Thornm harrow. Now, on May 15,
the aar w or three- foot rows were
plowed but with the sub-soiler, and
800 pouznds of nitrate of soda was sow
,pd in tse rows, and worked in with
g arrow er cultivator. On the
8e Thomas harrow was run
o gh the wide rows, to break the
'cr It will he seen that by this
be soil was not only well filled
*%Isuh-food, but had been thor
leiy cultivated on the surface, and
atvell worked underneath by the
oil plow, so that the whole soil
etiot only full of fertility but was
ust light and open oondltion ihat
,facilitates root growth. To
rate further root development,
irdally in the wide spaces between
0 pternate rows, where there was
'room for this purpose, three fur
WK were run, side by sid1e,. in the
idle of the wide rows, with the
isell plow, and 200 pounds of ma
lIted guano was applied in these
w,the rows, then en wre
~a&Thomas harrow. The next day
**1.was about an Inch of rain, about
S?ches of rain fell four days later,
on JTune 2 *. land was slightly
tedwth ah~ A little earth was
4 Into the V~ zaking the land
t level. T %~was .more rain
j 4 and 6 14kthe 8th three
we w Apne in the mid
, time with a
-sp. 10-, 40
equal, pArts of mai4ipulated guano,
cotton-seed meal and kaialt was
strewn Im the wide spaces, and the j
corn on the entire feld was hoed.
Rain came the next day, but., on June
11th, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda
was sowed in the narrow rows and
hoed in.
The crop was now a wonderful sight. t
It soon became necessary to put up v
posts and nail slats to them, on each c
side of the row to prevent the corn F
falling. -o hilling was done but the o
whole acre was kept perfectly level. 0
Arrangements for irrigating had bben c
made,but the season was early and ti
wet, as compared with other years; t
rains followed frequently, and no irri- e
gation was necessary. In fact, as Mr. e
Drake says, " he season was the most b
favorable for corn I ever saw." The A
fame of the contest acre spread far fl
and wide, and farmers and planters a
came from all parts of Marlboro and a
and adjoining counties to behold it. c
Our engraving, from a dim photograph, a
gives but an incomplete idea of this u
tremendous crop. P. L. Breeden, a
great cotton-planter, and one of the 1
mo it progressive farmers in the State,
says it was "a wonder to behold." t
S. A. Brown, editor of the Marlboro t
Democrat, writes: "The harvest was
indeed a curiosity. One laborer told I
us that the crop, when pulled, was
knee deep on the ground. The yield
was not much of a sui prise to those
who visited the crop while growing.
Some Marion county farmers put, the
estimate at about three hundred
bushels.
[Copyright 1890.1
General Southern News.
The Chattanooga marble and stone
quarries did an exceptionally large
trade last, month. They shipped seven
ty-nine carloads of stone during the
month, each car coutaining 200 cubic
feet of stone. The ramifications of
this firm are between the lakes and
the gulf, and the Atlantic and Pat
cific.
-4aui Jones has been waking ip) the
sinners of Tyler, Texas. where he lia
comparedI d'ncing girls to -adlpoles,
and halls greatly offimdod the faslionl
able girls by saying tbat they "look
no more like God Almighty's woman
then a Chiiatuan looks like a salt
mine."
-At Arkanisa iegro plowed lip aI
Jug contaiirig $16,00, and inl hi4joy -
ous deliruin rain off to town to tell of
his find. leavilng the j1g il Ihe fHil
after lotdinx hiinvell with '4&lo of t,he
treasutre. Whou he ret.urned to the
fieid the jig hadi been stolen.
-Thez Tlenii ne-e iiegis.a ui o is get..
tiig dowl to busines-s in good earnest,
ani witi lprobably get through with
tihe b1usiness bfoire them in fifteen
days.
-Ail the towns which have been
estabilied 1n111d boomed in Jelferson
county have added to the growth and
developmewnt of Birmitnihai. The
saime thing will be true of Ainisten.
The larger Oxford, Jacksonville ando
Piedmont hoon iie better it will be
for Anniston.
--Ms Johu Out laud, who lives near
Jackoon, Teni., is a very old lady, and
camne to that ciuintry lifty eight years
ago, settling three miles north of town,
where she has lived ever since. 41he
says tkiat whea she passed t,rough
Jackson the cotirt house was a little
log hut sitting in one corner of the
pr1sentL coutrt square, and that tough
she has lived within three miles of
Jackson all these years shte has never
seen the town since She knows it
nauist, be a great deal larger from the
numiber of' whistles she can hear b,low
ing the din ner hour. She is the mother
of a large family ofechildi en, who, w,th
their children, are among Madison's
active, progressive farmers.
A Louisiana P'latation.
In 1871 and '72, on the Grevenmberg
p)lanitation, bayou TVeche, parish of St.
Mary, t here was a cok ny ot Creeles
working 01n the share systemr-twelve
fimilies, 100 persons, about twenty
five workiug hands, not a negro work
ing in the colony, in house or field.
They cultivated about 500 acres of
land, twenty acres to the hand, andl
sent to market in two seasons $410,000
worth of sugar and molasses.
It would be a large estimate to cal
cutlate the field hands on the planta
tions and farmsa in Louisiana in 1860
at 175,000. T1he Grevember'g colony
made $800 to the hand for two years,
besides making corn and feed for their
teams and pouiltry and hogs, and most
of the food for their fanmilies. rTheir
women paid their grocery accounts in
chickens and eggs and vegetables. If
all the field hands of' the State had
done as well, they wvouldl have sent
to the market g140,000,000 worth of
stap)le produc's beesides wraking rice,
tobacco, hay, corn, p)ota toes, polas,
beans, vegetables, fruits, etc., for home
consumpnltion. T1he duoctor's bills,
their p)hysician stated, did niot exceed
$100 a year for the colony.
A Traitor to HIs St ate.
Ex.-Gevernor William Hlolden, of
North Carolisa, was stricken wvith par
alycis at a late hour saturday night,
and his condition is extremely critical.
His health has for several years been
very feeble, and he has been usable to
walk much this winter. Four years
ago he had a stroke of paralysis. His
death Is nowv expected at any hour.
He. was for a quarter of a cestury one
of the leading public men In thle State.
He was editor of the Standard and
afterward was ap)pointed provisional
governor by President Johnson, and
in 1868 was elected governor. In 1870
he was impeached for high crimes and
was convicted and lost his citizenship.
He was postmaster here several years.
His age is about seventy-five.
An Adieu After thme Blanqumet.
A good story was told at the exlpense
of Congressman Ashbel P. Fitch, of
New York.
Not long ago he received an invita
tion to dine with the Hon. Herman
Stump, of Maryland, at his residence
in Baltimore. The table was y pread
with all tile delicacies of the a - son.
Rare wines were served an'h th ere wVas
a plentifal supply of champagne. Many
of the guests dined not wisely, but
too well. As Fitch stood upon the
stoop, bidding h's host good night, Mr.
Stump said:
"Go down carefully, Mr. Fitch.
When you get to the foot of the steps
you..wlll see two cabs. Take the first
one. The other Isn't there."
Encounter With Brigaida.
00NsTANITIxoPLE, March 18.-A ter
rific encouster between Tusrki.h troops
attd a band of Brigands bas takes place
g liasomiat. TPh. Turkish troops spc
- ded lb dispersing the Brigandes, but
69itWbaty, killed in the fight, while
tb3iganrehat nly si.
CORN AND WHEAT.
nprecedented Quantitles lternaata' Sn
the Hands of Grewnrs.
WA911INGTON, 1). C., March 13.-Tb*
tatistical report of the Department of
Lgriculture for March relates to the dis
ribution and consumption of corn and
rheat. It makes the proportion of the
orn crop in the hands of growers 45.9
er cent. or 970,000,000 bnshels, and of
f the wheat erop 31.9 per cent.,
r 150,000,000 bushels. The stock of
orn on hand is the largest ever report
d in March, of the largest crop after
he mildest winter. rhe average of
ight annual returns is 077,000.000 bush.
lp. That of last year was 787,000 000
ushels. Tho estimated consumption to
larch 1st is 1,143,000,000 bushels. The
gures are exreded only by last yeat'
nd 1880. The proportion of luerchant
ble corn of the crop of 1889 is 85.7 per
ent., exceeded only uy those of 1884
od 1876. The average value of all corn
a the first of December was 28.3 cents
ier bushel. The average on the first of
larch was 27.8 cents for merchantable
ad 19.2 for unmerchantable, making
he aggreg-ate of value $35,000,000 less
han the December estimate,
The wheat crop of 1889 was exceeded
)y the crops of 1880 and 1882 anid 1684,
L'he average remaining in the hands of
he growers on the first of March for can
fears past has been 130,000,000 bushels;
;he average yiel<.i during this period be
ng 450,000,000 bushels.
A MAID IN MASCULINE ATTIRE.
ror Sex Revealed by the Way Ifhe
Wruna Out a DU,okeloth,
Annie Fisher,.a handsome young girl,
apparently about 16 years of age, was
found in a hallway of a Butler street
house, Pittsburg, in a comatose condition
at an early hour Manday morning by the
people of the house. 8ha was taken to
the hospital, where she is in a critical
condition. She was evidently drugged,
and it is thougbt she tried to com
mit suicide. A romantic story has been
developed in her case. Some time last
week she made her appearance in Pitts
burg dressed in boy's clothing and appli
od at various places for work. As she
looked the simple country boy to per
rection, a lady living (in Stanton avenue
took pity upon the friendless boy and
gave him a temporary home at her house.
The girl could not have Lad her dis
guise pbnetrated had it not been for a
nere accident. Having had occasion to
wash a cup while sitting at the table she
went and got a dishcloth for the purpose.
'he larly who had befriended her bap
pened to notice the matner in which she
twisted tha disiclth as slae was
wringing it out after washing t.he cup,
tad at once became convinced that the
supposed boy was a girl and taxed her
with being in a disguise. The girl
thereuipon broke down and made a com
plete confession. She claimed that she
had run away from er father's farm near
Franklin, Pa. Her mother had died
some years ago. She claimed her father
bad not treated her right, iud she donned
boy's clothing and ran away.
Col. ), K. Norris Soriously Ill.
It. has been learned here that Col. D.
K. Norris, of Pendleton, has been the
victim of a partial stroke of paralysis,
depriving him of the use of the right
side of his face. Few particulars have
been received of the unfortunate sillic
tion. Colonel Norris, who was one of
the three Clemson College Trustees who
went to Starkville, Mississippi, to ex
amine into the State Agricultural College
there, was stricken while at |Starkville.
He was brous;ht home by his colleague,
Col. R. W. Simpson, and reached Pen
diteton last Trhursday. It is stated that
his playsicians, while not being appre
hensive of immediate serious results
from the stroke, proscribe for the
patient absolute rest and q1uiet and free
dom from excitement.
It is supposed that this unlooked for
and sudden illness will result necessarily
in the withdrawal of Colonel Norris
from the race for Judge Cothran's seat
in Congress from the Third District, in
which he was fairly entered. Colonel
Norris being a prominent Fairmers'
Movement man and an active Alliance
leader, was regarded as a strong candi
date, and his enforced withdrawal, so
much to be regretted, would probably
make a decided change in the outlook.
Ureenville News.
Cotton Seed Iulite and Meal.
Bulletin No. 3 of the Tennessee Ex
periment station, c3ntains the investi
gations of Professor Stone, upon the
subject of cotton seed as food for cat
tie. The following are the condensed
conclusions:
1. The practice of feeding cotten
seed hulls and meal as an exciusive diet
is well established, and increasing in
the vicinity of the cotton seed oil in
dustry. All the information available
indicates that the p)ractice is economi
cal and proftable.
2. Ii seems in no way harm ful to the
health of the animal nor to the health
fulness of the products (beef and milk)
resulting.
8. The diet seems adapted both to
the production of beef and mutton as
well as milk.
4. The average ration should con
siut of 25.85 pounds of hulls, and five
eighths pound of meal daily.
5. The hulls are a cheap and effect..
ive substitute for bay.
8. The manure produced by this
system of feeding is an important fac
tor in considering its profitableness.
That Remairkable Jur-y.
D)espito the denials of Mr. Chandler
and other Republican Senators, the
Jacksonville Times-Union reiterates its
charge that the recont grand jury drawn
in the United States Court for the North
ern District of Florida, Judge Swain
presiding, was packed with Republican
grand jury men. It shows that of the
twenty- three jurors selected, twenty-two
wore Republicans and eniy one a Demo
crat. A prominent Jacksonville mathe
matican figured upon it, under the rules
of combinations and chances, demon
strating that, if the names in the jury
box represented an equal number of
Democrats and Republicans, and the
drawing was fairly done, such' a restult
could happen but once in 823,537 times.
The News and. Courier, having dia.
tributed its hundred premiums for sub
scriptions, has now instituted a main
moth guessing match as to the cotton
crop of 1889-90. Thbe cotton year closes
the last day of September. The esti
mate of the Financial Chronicle will be
taken as authority as to the number of
bales. One "guess ballot" may be found
i. each copy of the Weekly News and
Courier. On this your guess must be
entered and forwarded to the office in
Charleston. Nineteen tons of guano
are amongst the premiums. Yetn may
see particulars in the Weekly News and
ARP 3M"wfRIVOMY.
t
I E T I INKS TIlE PEOPLE MUST 1
BE PIROSPERINO. h
t
ThO Founduation otihiasm elieiin tho Nask.
bar o" 3larringes Among &hie Young
Folki--Monso Recollections. d
Atlanta CoutitIuttou, . C
Our people must be prospering, for i
the young folks are mating and marry
ing all around us. t seems to an '
epidemic or a contagion or something, u
and'the town talk is, "who next."- t
Some of the poets sing sadly about mar.
riage, but most everybody takes a
lively interest in. the performance,
and it looks lets like a funeral than
anything I know of. Only afew days
ago one of the churches was dressed in
bridal robes, and half the town gath
ered there to see and to hear and give
good wishes, and everybody felt so
good, that they kissed all-round, and
they have been talking about the
handsome couple and their bright
prospects ever tince. And there was
another one yesterday at another
church, and the young people put in
again to lend a helping hand. My
young folks stayed at the churck All
(lay, with a whole flock of chattering
birds, and they said they wanted a
frame for a wedding bell %o hang In
the centre of the arch, and so 1 had to
hunt qy an ld bird cage and take out
the boutoin and equash in the top and
make it bell shape, and then I got an
old wash pan and cut ouo the bottom
an4 II'tuned it upside down and fasten
ed it -ecurely and made a first class
bell frame. The girls covered it with
ever.reen and roses and used a large
calla lily for a clapper, and so it was a
success al1 I contributed wy mite to
the elysian show. There was nobody
crying that I observed, and all wont
merry as a marriage bell.
I like the Episcopal marriage cere
meuy boLter than any, execept for ona
thnig that sometimes don't fit the poor
fellow when he has to say "Witk all
my worldly goud< i thee endow," and
perhaps he han't, got anything but a
dog and a pock. t knile. It reminds
mnki of the fellow who w-nted to quit
his wife and consulted a lawyer a% to
the division of the asets. "Squire
aid lie, "spost' a. feller what, had
notlin' utarried a gal what, had nothin'
anl I hey agree to quit one another, is
his thing- hisen and hern hern-or
how?"
I marrii a coup's ane. It was
thlirl-y-liv,e ye-ari ago, Wn1-. I lva at
judge of the inferior court and lired
out in the*flat woods among the poor
folks. They sent for me one night,
*1d I walked about a mile to a little
log shantiy that had but one room avd
two beds and a mud and stick chimney
and a gieat, broad fire place. The
old woman wan baking biscuit, and
gingerbread on the hearlh, and frying
chicken and roasting 'taters and mak
ing coll'ee. She hi a pipe in her
n,outh awdi her daughter hiad a auff
stick in hers. There were about a
dozen of the neighbors standing a ound
the door, anti when I said howdy, I
asked if tie parties wereready. They
pointed to the girl and said she was,
but. iii haiu't come. In a fNA minutots
Jin: put in his appearance. He was a
rough country boy and chewed his
tobacco hard and fast. He was "skeer
ed," th boy said, and so was I. The
ouitside-rs cause in and I soon hati Jim
and Sally before mae. I had got, my
lesson pretty well and was proceeding
along to t h. close, when suddenly I
remenhbered that the lani requhied me
to see the license before performing
the ceremony. I paused and said:
"Jim, I forgot. I must we the license
befo,re I proceed." Jiml looked bewvil
(ared an<t alarmed. Sally put the
stick in her mouth After a few mo
men' s of silent embarrassment one of
the boys came forward andl haudod
the document alnd said: "I reckon
that's hit. I forgot to give it to Jim "
So I had to begin at the beginning and
do it all over again. Whe,. I pro
nounced them man andl wife the old1
a oman smiled and said: "Jim, salute
the bride-that's the way I was mar
ried." Jim gave her a smack that
sounded like pulling a stopper out, of
a jug andI the boys all followed suit,
and they looked at mel In such a way
that I took a delicate taste of what
they had left on her juicy lips. I think
she enjo, ed1 it, for I was p)retty good
looking then.
The old woman invited me to stay
to supp)er, but I excused myself and de
part.ed those coasts repeating those
beautiful linos of Tom Moore about
marriage:
- And oh, there i.e an olyslum on earth
It Ia thIs-it Ia tie!
A poet cannot disguise his heart, and
it is a comfort for woman to know that
the greatest and purest and best of
them have plaid homage and tribute to
the marriage relation. But the man
andl the women must, lbe mated as well
as marr:ed. It is the mismating that
bri n a so munch dliscredlit upon the is -
stitut ion andI keeps the young men
from prospering. They are afraid to
ven ture -more afraid than the women.
I have known many a girl to keep her
lover in tow, but ait a respectful dis
tance, hoping fora better catch. After
awhile she accepts him as a last resort.
Colonel Stansell told me to-day of a
young married woman who some years
ago who camo to h'm to procure a
divorce. As she was very reticent
aboutsatating her grounds for asking
to be separated, he encouraged her by
readling over the various things that
the law expressedi, but she'said no to
all of tlema. When lie pressed her
for a reason, she blushed and dld she
bad married him for fifty, ..ut had
found out he was seventy-four. The
poor thing had been tempted by his
prop)erty to throw herself away, but
he tightened his grip, and she was
neither an old man's darling nor a
young man's slave. How sadly roman
tic was Sam Houston'. marriage. H e
was a great man, a grand man; the
gever:nor of Tennessee, the friend of
Andrew Jackson. He married a beau
tiful and lovely woman, and they had
a 3parently -every reason in the world
to be happy, but shortly after their
union *he observed that she was not
happy, and on pressing her gently for
the cause, she told him frankly that
she had married him through pique
that she had another lover whom abe
had diseerded without just cause, and
her heart was break'ng. Houston
never upbraided her, but in a few days
kissed her an affectionate farewell,
and left her forever. He wrote her
from the Cherokee nation to sue for a
divorce, as he had abandoned her. She
did so, and was married to her lover
the day the divorce w as granted. Hous
ton married Miss Lee, of Alabama. af
terwards, with whom he lived most
happily, and they were blessed with a
flock of good children.
But tieing and unleng ar. ver -.
ilerent hingd. Te 0 la lad an
he other is sad.-very sad. Therk is
io gloom upop earth as dark s that
rhinh hangs over broken vows. It
rings a cankering, corroding sorrow
hat, ,reys upon the heart and ends
uly with death. Our. people have
Dug been blest with comparative free.
lom from the good of divol ces that
verrun the North. Illinois has only
wioe our population. but tw'elve times
ur number of divorces, and it is near
as bad in all the Northern States.
hey tie and they untie at their pleas
re, but still they are unhappy because
he negro :an't vote. May the good
ord deliver us from ktheir miserable
ondition. BILL ARP.
A BOLD GRAB FOR DIAMONDS.
rive Thoutaud Dollars' Worth stolen at
One Time.
One of the boldest robberies that ever
ccurred in Texas took place Mon
lay night, at 9:30 o'clock, at 008 Main
trect, in the very heart of the city of
)Allan.
Domnar & Samuels are jewelers, and
ieep a magnificent display of costly goods
)ehind the plate glass of their large
ihow window. Within and without are
-lectric lights, and the neighborhood is
cept almost as light as day.
While Mr. Domnar was waiting on a
::ustomer, he heard a terrific crash of the
window, and turning his eyes barely in
time to see a tray of valuable diamond
rings disappear, he ran out in an Instant,
but the thief had disappeared up the
stairway at the side of his store. The
break was made with a rock weighing
tweety pounds, wrapped is paper. The
tray contained foriy-two fine diamond
rings, valued at about $5,000.
The man who was a slender white
man, abent 5 feet 8 inches high, with
out whiskers, and wore a black suit and
light colored hat.
After he ran up the stairs in front he
was seen to descend to the street in the
rear and go out through the alley. The
sheriff and other officers followed with
trained blood hounds and are now on
his trail.
How are the Folks?
"Oh, they're all well except Mot her,
she's about the same. Poor Mother,
worn out by household cares, exposure
and overwork. No wonder she gives
up at last and takes to her bed. But
oh! how much brighter the family gre
side would be if mother's chair wai
not vacant. The doctors don't seers
to be deing her any goed. She saye
their medicines don't seem to go to
the spot. She feels so weak and longs
for strength. "Ohl give me strength,'
she murmurs. Why not give her the
remedy her system craves? Her im
poverished blood and shattered nerveE
are starving for just such ingredientA
as are contained in B. B. B. (Botani
Blood BAin). Then try a bottle ol
this excelleat re-nedy. It is truly
woman's beat friend. It quickly re
lieres pain and restores health and
strength and functional regularity.
James W. Lancaster, Hawkinsville,
Ga. writes: "My wife was in bad
health f3r eight years. Five doctor
and as many more patent medi
cines had done ne good. Six bottlet
of B. B. B. have cured her."
Expelled From the Southern Society
NEW YORK, March 13.-Major Ian.
cock Ciark, the man who shes Miltot
Randolph as a result of a quarrel at thc
Southern Society, a short time ago, wai
cxpelled last night from the society,
after en investigation of the chargei
against him. Randolph, on the othei
hand, was acquitted and exonerated.
The Mother's Friend, used a few~
weeks bofore confinement, lessens the
pain and makes labor quick and com
paratively easy. Sold by all drug
gists.
Not the Same Party.
Paster to hired boy-So I have caught
you stealing apples out of the barrels.
Hired Boy-Yes, parson, I own up.
Don't you know, Tho~mas, that when
you steal you commit a heinons sini
Moreover, there is a being who sees all
we do, before whom even I bow my~
head with fear and trembling. Do you
know who I mean?
Your wife, I suppcae.-Texas Sifting.
Pianos Organg.
.W. TaRur, 134 Mala Street, Ce
ambia, sells Pianos and Organs, direct
froms factory. N. agents' commi,slons.
The celebrated Chickering Piano.
Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its
clearness of tone, lightness of touch ane
lasting qualities.
Mason & H1am lin Upright Piano.
Stcrling Upright Pianos, frons $2%f
up.
Arion Pianos, from $200 up.
Mason & Hamlin Organs, snrpasseei
by none.
Sterling Organs, $50 up.
Every Instrument guaranteed f, r sis
years. Fift.een daya' trial, expenset
both ways, if not satiefactory,
Meld cs irstalments.
W~here He Struck Himt.
"Did the prisoner at the bar strike
you in the altercatlont" asked the
lawyer.
"No, sar, boss," replied the dusky
prosecutor.'"he bified me rite behind
the lef' yer. Ef yo'il .j >a' lean ober a
ittle ways, I kin sho' yo' do zict spo t.'
r'he lawyer didn't lean.
DestructIve Fire in CincInnati.
CINcINNATr, March 13.-The five story
Wnilding on the southeast corner of
l'hird and Vine streets, owned and oc
upled by Stern, Mayer & Co., one of
~he largest and 'wealthleat clothing
nanufacturing firms in this city, was
~ompletely destroyed by fire early this
norning. The loss is estimated at $450
)00; insurance $250,000.
An Agc4 Negro.
J. H. Hunter of Blackst.ck, S. C.,
was In Charlotte a day or 'so ago, hay
ng with him an old colored man nam
ad Billie Alken, who Is 120 years old.
He remembers having seen George
Washington and LaFayette. He came
to Charlotte on horseback, and is
very hale and hearty for so advancedd
an age.-Chronicle.
Ho Heard It.
"You should vIsit the seaside, Mr,
Blank," said a gushing young maiden t(
a crusty old lawyer, "and listen to the
murmuring of the tide."
"I hear enough of that every day,'
grunted the lawyer.
"Where at!", Inquired the girl.
"In the divorce court," replIed the
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The impoitcd Percheron Stidio
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FOeitery, ha aid 9hora 1,
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be merit in the home cbrele for ehlt
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the mudous dwharge from heed, sou.
and bowels. The nucovs dieharg fr
thehead and lungs are an promptly
lieved by it as the mucous discbare f
the bowels. It is made so =eve
'mucous system and vore names, an. *
does i. It makes the critical perim
testideg children sfe and asy h
vtgosAies and builds, up she sy0ter.
It li aAleving and turing tIe wastei #
X tscomsiendeld and used larg,4.
0 alides. For sale iv Wannawki,
ituspy Co., Cedunioa, S. C., ad wia..
'e by 1oward & Willett, Agusta. .
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Agen:ts vanted to it Is a perleot
sell Piulesn Clothes winter line. Sam
Li1ns; o 110ore pie line sent by
clothes pins neeued. --iiil tor 5oo., also
Ithold" the ieavest soft. line by
and 1lue-, fabi us INS mall $1.25 pre
w I I hn o t piul. paid. For circu
Clothes do i.,st freeze lo lar,price ht, terms
It and cannot blow off. addresi the
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Avoid unskillful p:etenders. Pot. - thie great
work. Iteontains 560 pgs, royal e -. Beautifut
biuding, embossed, fullgl Prico *y $1.64 by
mal, postpaid, conceaied in plaia 1. p ier. Jilla
distinguts ed ator ,m. I ro5 r 4B so
eelved the 6 OL D Ai DI JEWBDLLb ZUA L
frea she Naional Medical Anselio fba.
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dentialliby mail or in person at the afe
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directed as above.
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M anuf a ot ure r s.
WVill furnish lowest estimante(',o an'll
kindsa of MACHINERY.
ENGINE~S AND) BOIL,ER3,
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COTTON GINS, PR-ESSE4t AND EL~E
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BRICK AND TILING MAeiIINERY,
PLANERS AND WOOD)- WORKING
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W~rite' to me for i < e 1,.I..
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ior Com panies, remember that
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W O Z. 3,L
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)ompany In this Country.
mny in the World.
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nsure.
o Insure, its large dividend retur
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has the Combined Returni attaine
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GUNZAAL AOUNT, Columbia, 8,
T-he Toe EDgin
:uoato 1011i ArnA&M Wor
JOHN A. WILLIS PROPR
117 WanT GzVAie St
NEAR.
-MAKFACTURER8 OF 'I
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For Esttalates en
STEAM SAW X
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%ill guarantee the goods
offr-in- all vewpeet, and w
intereetng both t* consn
W0 wull also furalsh
needed in tho lne o supp
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gfek Readche and Coa3191
tine. Preveats al Malamial'...
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