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POINTS A BOU! ^Pedigree ^Vlone DOGS ! of th.e Ste To the JOditor of the News and Cou- f ncr: AH waa pointed out in a previous | artiole, we have io South Carolina all j tho natural conditions Decenary for the development of a succcbhful live stock industry. What wc need above every thing else to plsoe thio industry upon a good paying basis is an im provement in the quality of our live stock. Wo submit herewith a few pointers as to how improvements may be most readily effected'. Hero, as elsewhere, tho safest and most economical means of bettoring the quality of live stock is to grade up ?our common stook by the use of care fully selected, puro bred eirnn. By this method we do not get stock that can be registered, but wo do get stook which, iu-practical utility, very dose ur approaches our registered stook. Too many of our farmers aro labor ing under the delusion that good re sults can be scoured from registered or pedigreed live stock only. The prevailing bolief seems to be that all registered stook possesses somo de gree of excellence over common nni mals, and that ouch a thing as a "sorub" has no existence outside of the common or graded olaBses. Far mers should not forget the faot, how ever, that while the'irght kind of pedigreed stock ?B of first importance, there is plenty of this olasB of stook that is not worth the purchasing. This emphasises the ?need of using the utmost caution in tho selection of pure bred sires to head our herds and flocks? We should not allow oursolves to be deceived by long pedigrees. A pedi gree is simply a recorded statement of the ancestry of an animal, and its value depends primarily upon the merit of thelanimals represented in it. ID selecting a pure bred dairy bull, for example, our first and most im portant duty is to inqiure rigidly into the milking capacity of his dam, his eire's dam and so on dowa the line. Unfortunately most of us are content ed to find ia his pedigree simply a long list of "high sounding" names of animals, and there are those who Mtnally go so far SB to vsloe sn uni asl solely on the length of his pedi gr?? As already atatt*?, many worthless animals sra continually being regis1 tared because their eligibility to regis trallon ?B solely .determined by their purity of brooding. Suoh animals w's are wont to designate aa pnrs brod sorobB and such in reality thoy ara. Knowing, th oe, that there are plenty of pure bred Boraba in existence, it behooves na to be especially careful not only to iee that the animal we are after ia deaconded from atook of great excellence, but that the indi vidual itself possesses that quality ead perfection so essential in all ani m?la. * --??-? . ?j For Thin Fat is of great account to a baby; tbat is why babies are fat. If your baby is scrawny, Scott's Emulsion is what he wants* The healthy baby stores as fat what it does not ne?d immediately for hone and muscle. Fat babies are happy; they do not cry; they are rich; their fat is laid up for time of need. They are Jfctappy because t bi?y are comfortable. The fat $uK zounds their little nerves and cushions them. When they are scrawny those nerves are hurt, at every ungentle touch. They d!eli^;in Scott's Emul ; ?flnK i 'It' ' is : TBS ?. sweet as ? ?pltesome to them. 'ySond. for from sample. . / ! ?. Bu ra that tMs Pie*"* la tho form of a labal ts oaths wrapper of a vc ry boula of sTmaUloo yea buje Ckomfa/X' ?09*4rs P*ari Jtoswi ? //?afe*>ITer?: .'"./ 6*09. sa? ai.oo \ ' LIVE STOCK. IST ot .Assure the Alaine )ck .A-nirnal. One great mistake ot" purchasers o j>urc bred Block is that they expect too much for too little money. In stead of trying to purchase a bull and a few heifers of connnou turrit for a small sum of money, it is int better policy to out out the hoifera aud in vest the cutir? sum in a bull of out standing merit. It is thc evident wisdom of this policy that leads us to odvogate the grading up of rclati^?ly obcap, unregistered females with registered males of a high degree of excellence. The male is by far tho most impor tant animal in the herd, Hook or stud. The familiar expression. "The bull is half the herd," dooB not do justice to the part which the bull plays in the ranking cr unmaking of a herd. It ia a matter of common knowledge that pore bred animals will transmit their characteristics with muoh greater certainty than do common or grade animals. . It ia evi dent, therefore, that the offspring from common or grade females and pare bred malos will possoss more of the characteristics of tho malo than of the female. From this it will bo seen that if the puro bred male is an exooptional merit, ho will bo able to bring the herd or flock of common animals to a state of perfection ap proaching his own in a vory few gen erations. If the pure bred malo bo one of tho scrub or inferior kind he is juBt OJ certain to drag tue herd or flock dowu in a similarly short period of time. John Michels, Associate Professor Animal Hus bandry and Dairying. Clemson College, January 21). Nancy Hart of Edgefield. In the News-Leader of Jan. 18 last, a contributor writes, of Nancy Hart, the famous Georgia character of Revo lutionary days. Nancy Hart ij by no means mythi cal but was a very real personsge. Notwithstanding her gigantic frame, red hair, freckles and crossed eyes, her memory is kept greener among the people of her native State than that of many a more prepossessing heroine. She ?as what is familiarly known aa a Georgia "cranker," a poor thungo, intelligent white, who lived among the sand hills or in the isolated die triots of the State. Shat Nancy was possessed of more than ordinary intelligence is conced ed!. Her eccentricities and homelineis made her a conspicuous and familiar figure for miles sround, and her ac quaintance was not confined to those in ber own sphere in life. Her osptnre of the ten Tories while they were devouring the tempting viands she had been, compelled to prepare for them is recognized as an historical faot. Boring Andrew Jackson's presi dency representatives from Georgia, desiring to bring that State to the no tice of the president, decided to pre sent a painting for one of tho niches in the rotunda of the United States sspitol building. At length it was eompleted-a portrait of Nancy Hart? bare-headedi! bare-footed, her skirts to her kiees, crossing a shallow stream driving ?ten ? Tories before ber at point of one of their own guns. The president,.who was redheaded and oame of a hardy pioneer stock himself, is said to have been very much pleased with the piotnre, and it is to be hoped that Georgia profited by the diplomscy of her representa* tivee. The idea that Naney Hart followed her husband to Florida and died there is erroneous. After the fierce dis turbances of the Revolution had gone down as history, she buckled np her yoke of oxen, and with her children and grandchildren emigrated to South Carolina. ' At one of the stops on the route her son-in-law became engaged in a drunken brawl '?and was tsken in ess tody by an officer. Ever quick to meet an emergency, Nanoy went to the reson?. Bestowing a few pugil istic hamps on the detainer of her son-in-law, she seised the latter and lifted him bodily into the bed of the wagon ana UIOTO UU? ?.? wnut ?Nancy Bart located near Edge field, a smalt town not far from the Georgia lino. . Her fsme preceded her there, and sha was welcomed and re* ipeeted by her neighbors. My grand rather'e grandfather ?.lived in Edge leld and was one of the early Baptist preachers. D Stye ^tfe^-|risV. were almost universally Presbyterian, bot ?nee ?ghated, there was soon a large sprinkling of Baptiste and M?thodiste throughout the South. The ministers sjere for the most part itinerant, and Jones in enthusiasm were bold under huge open tabernacles and men rode on horseback a hundred miles to bc in attendance.' Tradition savs that Nancy Hart was converted at ono of these meeting?. It would be reasonable to suppose that time and hardships would have touched the red hair with grey and curbed the old dauntless spirit, but she was as strcnuou? In religion as in politic*. There are mystical Btorics in my mind of a ?aunt old woman embracing my dignified ancestor and disarranging his stock and dragging sluggard sinners by their queues and coattails to the penance sest, but these are traditions repeated from generation to generation, and I would not vouch for their authenticity. However, I have always understood that Nancy Hort lived to a good old ago, died sod wai) buried in the old Edgcfield district-?OW Edge?eld Couoty, S. C. . A sketch of Nancy Uart can be found in Joel Chandler Harris* "Stories of Georgia."-Louis Rey nolds in Richmond News-Loader. A Hew Yorker's Adventure In Southern Waters; A Now Yorker who bas just return ed from a visit to the South tells of a thrilling adventure he had in Louisi ana with tro black desperadoes. While exploring the oonntry along the Mississippi river oouth of Now OrloanB, be heard many weird tales of flying devilfish, and, although he felt eure they were chiefly due to negro superstition, he thought it possible they might havo some slight basis in fact, and he determined to investigate. As it turned out the "flying devil fish" proved to be a peouliar kind of skate that leaps out of thc water-but that is aside from the story. Tho point is that when tu. New Yorker expressed o wish one day io a little general atoro to see the devil fish, two stalwart negroes at once volunteered to guide him to the spot whero they could be found. The New Yorker oepted their offer and they proenred a small sailboat, in whieh the party set ont on a bayon one morning when a heavy fog hong over the water. The Now Yorker wished to wait for a clearer day, bot the negroes asonred him that the fog was just what they wanted, as it would enable them to creep up elose to the 4'devilfish." The New Yorker was also inclined to demur at the apperance of the boat, which was nothing more than an old rowboat, with a pole set into tba front seat for a mast. The shell looked as if it were rapidly disinteg rating, but tba New Yorker, knowing tbat they wera not likely to encounter, any norms, decided io kssp bis fears to himself, . As tba boat sailed out into tba thiok of tba fog, the New Yorker ob served that tba negroes were eyeing bim in a way tbat seemed snsnioious. One, especially, appeared to be fasci nated by theggold watch ohain that dangled in the New Yorker's waist coat. The New Yorker began to get uneasy and bis fears oausing bim to examine bis companions mora olosely he saw that he bad to deal witb men not likely to hesitate at murder if it were necessary to aooomplisb their purpose. A little later his worst fears were confirmed. Letting down the sail, one of the negroes seised a olub that had been concealed undera seat, and iud: "Say, boss, we shore don't want no trouble, but we'se gwine to. ask you to let us have your money and Watch." The New Yorker, who sat in tba stern, was ready for them. Witb a rapid movement his band sough? bis bip pocket, and tba next second tba thuga wera confronted by a highly polished revolver. They did not stop to admir? tba weapon. Instantly tba negro that ?was at tba bow arose,, seized a huge stone ?hat evidently bad been used as an anchor, burled it at tba New Ycrker and plunged over board. Ea was immediately followed by his companion. { " Now,: so quick was tho negro*? movement with tba stone that the New-Yorker bad nob time to fire before it came "flying in bis direction. In stinctively ha dodged, but thc negro in hie excitement had forgotten tbat tba rook waa attached to tba bow with a rope, and when tba length of tba rope bad been played out the progress of tba reek ebrspity wa* choked ?nd lt fell to the bottom, ornsbiog through the frail shell. ? Immediately tho boat began to sink. Tbefnegroes by ibis time bad baan swallowed up ia Jibe f og. The predic ament of tho New Yorker w*ex now' gtttvcrVvbin vT?r. Ha could satiftt a stroke. \ / Aa tba water poured over tba sides of the boat and it disappeared from View tho New Yorker in his despera tion ol ung to the aasi i?d p??^ himself up to the tcp. Tobie joy iba top remained above ike water, but ha f caa began to feet tbat he had gained only a ?hort respite from doath. mast with ever-inoreaBing despeir. He thought of hie friends ia New York, and in bia delirium piotaros on the gay scenes on upper broadway at night passed through his brain like a panorama. It was horrible to die thus-to Wait for death *.0 creep upon him as if be were a rat ia a trap. At last his streugth beeara utterly ex hausted. Ho wis forced to release his grip on tho rna6t, and with a last cry of denpair dropped into tho wa ter. His feet struck something soft. It '.vas mud! Ho had touched bottom! Ile stood up straight. The water came up to his waist linc! Ho started to walk and two minutes later gained tho shoro. - UM m-avmt - Borges Not Abolished by Steam. The following from Rural New Yorker tells accurately the resulta cf the chang?e thai wore prophesied to be the ruin of thc horse-raising busi ness! "Some of those men who told us a dozen years ago that horses were dead property, and that 'horse-breeding was doomed, ahould go oat and try to buy a good horse today. Such animals never were higher or harder to find. Just why this io so is a great mys tery. The theory of a dosen years ago wsB perfect. Automobiles, trol ley oars, eleotrio trucks and bicycles, have all taken up work that was for merly dono by the horse. "Yet in spite of the vast inorease of those things, good horses and good hay are higher than over. Hero is a case where faot has destroyed theory and who will say today that horse or mule-breeding is not one of the most promising branohes of farming? "That thc opinion expressed is cor rect will be doubted by no one who has found it necoBsary to go into the market to buy horaeo during the past year. Tho installation of eleotricity on the street and urban railways, the coming of the bicycle and later of the automobile, has only had the effect of taking some of the drudgery from the horse. As a companion, as a source of pleasure sud as s faithful servant, he seems to have as large, if aa easier field of ase, BB formerly." . mum u u\ ? i A Cautious Depositor. An old negro went to the bank ie which ho kept his hard earned savings, says Harper's Weekly, snd ssked thc paying teller to give him all the mon ey he had deposited. He offered nc explanation of his sudden desire tc withdraw hil' funds, and after voit argument with him the teller course out the bills sod delivered them to thc old man. He eyed the paper mons] 0 moment, sud said: , /-Kin ! git dst ic silver, boss?" The teller assured him he eould, sac forthwith mad? the exchange Thc old negro retired to a neighboring desk remained oTOUohed over it a loag time and then, to the teller's great surprise returned to the window and gleeful)] thrust his money back through thi pigeonhole. Before he could speak the old man said, grinning widely "Thanks, boss, you kin take it back 1 jes wanted t* see cfit was all there.' The Key To The Situation.. Mark Twain has told many goo? stories of himself, and the ciro um stances make it likely that he was th original teller of the following. Hi panse of humor would ?give the inci dent its full value. While st his summer residence L prepared one evening to take ? drive and expecting to remain ont until late told his hostler that he need not wei for him. He instructed the msc however, wn?? . li? had finished th work to lock the stable and p?acc th key under a stone, the location o which Mr. C?emeos described wit! muoh. exactness. ,f; v When the humorist reached hom after MB drive, ho was surprised t find that the key was not1 in the pl ac selected. Ho was obliged to arouse th hostler, who explained, ss he atarte for the missing key, "Mr. Clemons, found a batter plaoe to hide iii'' Washed Ker Feat. A young andi accomplished Ohles go lady recently eloped, and a you na er sister wasquestioned by her ?ngr, ? a th e whom he suspected cf k no win, more About the matter tuan she wa willing to admit. ^ Were you awsir that your sisier was going to elope?' inquired tho o?? man. t^o1[ father she never told mo any 'thing about it.5 "Did you suspect anything?" "Noth ing y whsJks?r," ; ? VepUea ike 'i' girl "Did she make any piaparadan for thi fehiag about." "Did you not seo ne flasks; ?ny arraogements for goio? away?" "None, : except to wash hr, ''-^V n-^', ^?'-;- ^ V' V ' ;'?~Fura??UTO dealers aro advocate orbrlof^urubip?. ' ' ^ i;: s?? and' not seguir? ita craft, ; ^||?| --A bachelor'hardly etei has at bad s temper as he would hare if hi . !Tm 'M??i ;t*l6? : ia' th?. %?rt? is to find an es?y wa/ cf making i The Fick le Fair. "My heart's broken." "What's the matter?" "I was making luve to my sweet heart last night, and her father came suddenly into the room." "Well, that was awkward, but hard ly heartbreaking." "Wasn't it? The old man merely roinarkcd tbat it waa a pity she couldn't stick to the samo follow two eveuing? in succession" Dried Milk. Australia has adopted the system of drying milk wbioh is Haid to have been very successful in London, England. The milk in dried between steam rollers and sold as a powder, from which noth ing tut water has been extracted and to w'aioh nothing but water requires to he added to make wholesome, clean and H tonie milk. A leading medical oinoer is reported to have said that the asylums for consumptive patients and general hospitals has proved the suc cess. m * ?*?? Born That Way. A member of the House from New England tells of an occasion whoo he overheard an amusing colloquy be? tween the lato Thomas B. Beed and a darky barber. "The "tonsorial artist" was in olined to be talkative, but to all his efforts at conversation the big man from Maine returned only a monosyl lable or a grunt. Finally the barber patted the cran ium of the Speaker, whereon reposed one or two stray looks, saying*. "De hair's gittin' pretty thin, sah. Been that way long?' "I was born that way," dryly re turned Reed. Could Not Trust Him. After a wordy argument in which neither scored, two meu decided to fight it out. It was agreed that when either said, "I've enough" the fight should cooBo. After they had been at it about ten minutes one of them fell, and immediately yelled, "Enough! I've enough!" But his opponent kept on pounding him until a man who was watching them Baid: "Why don't you let him up? Ho says he's got enough," "I know he says sp," cajd tho vic tor, between ponche?, "but he's o ooh a liar you oan't believe a4 word ?a ? cayo I"-Washington Post. .. ' Household Hints. To make bisoaits light-drench with gasoline and ?gnita before serving, How to keep servants--chloroform theta arsd iooktbemiotho ?d???, .[ j Quickest way to ?et rid of paddlers -buy ail thoy have. ,; .?..;.; To keep rata out " of the pantry pitee ail food. in the cellar. < To entertain women visitors-lei them inspect your private letters. | . To entertain nun visitors-feed tho brutes. . To keep children at home-look np all their clothes, v Tb keep hubby at home-hide bis toupee. To test the freshness of eggs-drop them on some herd substance. ? --; ?? ./--. ? .? Why He Stayed Home. . He was one of the happiest "kids", in town. Ko stood in front o? hk home and grinned enthusiastically os he saw the others unwillingly wena iagtheir way toward school. ''pome on, Harold," shouted sov eral bf the boys. . V l\ . 'Not on your I life.". ? answered '' ibo rcjoioing Harold. "No school for me today. Tm going to stay home.*' ?What'aab*matter? eiekte "No."; -r" '; "Xonr nta siok?"; ' MmMm :';"No.W;.-v : "Well, why?" '-.-J ? Qb, f ? 'cause. ';: ..You ^see;' 'my^vgraa'? inVe opine to -spend the da>*Witli I m amma and ; grah'm? ? eh o' s 'awful b ax d ' o' neerin*. MammaVgbt a. cold oh her ohoat, and in ber neck, and Bbs can't talk loud enough for gran'ma to home to tell gren*ra* what mamma says* ?/' Sesr^adiena^ !' ' '"v? ?? ' ^?O/.^Ho*^ . . Kaa*fr the1 ?nw. V ' * j ^iA'?iyty?war^ Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought? and which baa been, in use for over 30 years? lias borne the signature cf . and lias been made under his per sonal supervision since Its Infancy* Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and ?? Just-as-good" are but? Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment What is CASTO RIA Caatoria ls st- harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Patf-B* Serie. Drops und Soothing Syrups? It is Pleasant* It? contabas neither Opium* Morphine nor other Narcotic? substance? Its age ls its guarantee? It destroys "Warana and allays Feverishness* It cures Diarrhoea and Windi Colic? It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation* and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the* Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears tho Signatare of The Kind You Have Always Fougbt In Use For Over 30 Years. TH* CKHTAUR OOM FAN Vi *J ?USUUV OTRSCT. KCW TOUR OTTV. How is Your Liver, IF NOT RIGHT TAKE EVANS' " LIVER AND KIDNEY They right the wrong caused by overheating. Evans' Pllarmaoy. To afford yon tm opportunity to have- : ? ' i DEM6HTrlJL''0HBIS!L^s^;'MtlS?G. And pleasure for Ute ?atof the yeer tr? nave made- . SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRICER Good until flew Year's Bayvsn new . $125, $160, $176, $200. i ? j Handsome cases, best quality tone and material, fully war? ranted. , ;.fp . |\ . ^-(fr^'w-w' * 1 V : Two Car la??^^LM m*y btv yours on terms j*t lowest possible pri?es. ^ \ Oraphaphones,6,Violins, Guitars, Banjos, Bte. Come to sse ?r?write us fdr these sp?cial prices. ? TEE C. ? ?EEE?) ? HOUSE. \ AHDEBSON, H. C. LOOKOVERTHIS LIST, HOME,: CITY 0? AN DERSON, f < ? BROAUWAT. !TOWW8HIP. ".. 8 vacant I/Ota on Greenville street :: : : ?? acres, in cultivation, l Houca ana Lot on North Fant ?t. S^sereei^g^ 1 House and Lot on Franklin et. improved, In Ano stole ofonltivstion-& ? ^1 veepmjlioj^ .ipoabsTgeln^ ? ; HOC?: MTI^TOW?SHIP. :*^??M^?^^? ?&>?' ? . ? :'-ilo^:?ere*,rbnproyed; ?? 'V^-: ? . I :, 250e^ improved. A ' ?AJ&VIN TOWNSHIP. . . ;; PK.HDLr?OK^QWNBmKV-: l6d<wre*,laprov?at \V&?'-; . ? 88 aerea, with 5-room dwelSing end ont? A:-^7#s^r^,.l?pio^^ y-'". .. .. ? ?S<a^,P^4tor^d1i?]U&, barns v 22? wros, 5^K?m dweilii^," 5 tenu* ? ?? serse, Improved, '"? : * ; : , ; ... >" ABBETO#B?OOOTtlJ*?^' k lo? toreen Improved; ; a? sere?, in cultivation. IM acres, Improved. : ? % , . 400 aerea, in good state ?oltivation. ^^?ttes, Improved, good atete of onM- ^ Cto|er!52-^*~ :&?B?^.]2^^ . . - 17tf e>r*iV g tenant dwelllog*; V 174 acree, improved._ 1 100 sereu, two3roonu dwellings. **-'7*- / 1 'J ' ; ; "". .. ? ,'i.'-t- )f, --I'I \ ; "' ' r '' ?' ' ''" ''r'i'j '" Vii iliVn'i' F(W >W;?I?*M^ new settler, esd io fa?lp ??OS? tfW *&ofc to sV ctsre homes in the beet cooniry oa earth.