Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FARMERS'BONE Proved the Best Fertilizer By a Record of Twenty Years' Success You are banking on experience when you fertilize with Farmers' Bone. No other fertilizer is so well balanced in the plant food supplied from sowing time to harvest. Don't take a.substitute. Farmers' Bone has no equal for any kind of crop. It is the leading fertilizervof the South. Works Freely In Any Drill It hasten proven by over twenty-one years of successive use that Fish and Animal matter is superior to any other known ammoniate for growing cotton. Farmers' Bone is the fertilizer MADE WITH FISH A 1885-250 TONS 1890-1,500 TONS 1895-12,000 TONS 1900-58,455 TONS 1905-130,091 TONS F. S. ROYSTEfc CUANO CO. BECAUSE IT GROWS CROPS Norfolk, Va.. Columbia, S. C. Tarboro, N. C. Macon, Ca. t M. 0. Dantzler, Furniture and Hardware. Shall the Harvest Be? _l ^ vesting the small grain and hay crops. ?8? It'depends a great deal on the MANNER OF HARVESTING; the MACHINERY used and the disposition of the crop after it is harvested. To harvest the crop with the least possible waste must be the object. * ? The Farmers generally have not given as much thought as they should to the matter B A-LING THE HAY after it is cut. You can greatly facilitate the handling of your hay crops by investing in a HAY PRESS. The RED RIPPER HAY PRESS is the very acme of practical usefulness. It was in vented, improved and perfected by PRACTICAL .FARMERS and meets every demand which can possibly be put upon it. \ DO NOT BUY any other until you get our booklet explaining its superior points; among others, how the Plunger never jams, the Box never bursts, and how pressure is re gulated by Automatic Tension. It is a Wonderful Improvement over all others. Car Load of "Red Rippers" just arrived. Agency'for Red Ripper Hay Press for Orangeburg County. M. 0. DANTZLE eg ?3 eg: The new Laxative that does not gripe PJsrr!eaKe. Laxative Fruit Syrup cJSSX? For Sae by Dr. A. C. DUKES. Cures Stomach and Liver trouble and on. JAPS IN SAN FRANCISCO. Have Entered into Lively Competition with Americans. Satisties gathered in San Francisco in regard to the Japanese engaged in business show that they have entered lively competition with Americans In a large number of occupations which the Chinese do not invade. There are 85 Japanese hotels in San Francisco, 60 restaurants, 1G Intelligence offices, 9 shooting galleries, 11 billiard rooms and 75 housecleaning offices. These are all licensed; and there is a large num ber of unlicensed cobblers, butchers, janitors, porters and domestic servants. ?Exchange. How Meerachaum Is Mined. "Meerschaum Is mined like coal," said a pipe dealer. "It is a soft, soap like stone, and in Asia Minor its min ing is an important industry. "The crude meerschaum is called hamtash. It is yellowish white in color and a red ciay coat or skin envelops It. The blocas cost from $25 to $200 a cartload. They are soft enough to cut with a knife. "These blocks In summer are dried by exposure to the sun. In winter a heated room is necessary. "finally, the meerschaum blocks arj sorted into twelve grades, wrapped In cotton and packed in cases with the greatest care. "The bulk of all this meerschaum goes to Vienna, tfhere the best pipe makers In the world live."?Philadel phia Bulletin. Cheap Cottage Exhibition. A "cheap cottage" exhibition was re cently held at Letchworth, In England. A number of comfortable cottages were shown, which, Including tho builders' profits, coot lean than $750. They were intended to make a wholesome, com fortable home for the workingman and his family, and not to be "glorified pill boxes," to quote the Duke of Devon shire, who is one of the foremost ad vocates of the "cottage city" idea. Beauty was sacrificed for ultility and ,;]iealthfulness. "The laborer's wife cares a great deal more, or should, for sixpence a week less rent than for all the art in all Ruskin's. Vigoi ite Is New Explosive. A new explosive is exploding in Bavaria about ten times as explosively as the most powerful of any would-be rival concoctions, and has been chris tened vigorlte. Prof. Schultz and Mr. Gehre are responsible for its existence and use a new type of nitrous com pound in its manufacture. When combined with saltpeter It is particularly sensational; It is not af fected by friction or impact, by damp or by frost. When Ignited in the open air vlgonte does not explode, but burns slowly. Works will be constructed be fore long at Lohr-on-the-Main for its manufacture.?Exchange. The Smallest Coins. The natives of the Malay Peninsula have In use the very smallest current coin In the world. It Is a sort of waf er, made from the resinous juice of a tree, and Is worth about one-ten-thou sandth of a penny. The smallest metal coin in circulation at the present day Is the Portuguese three-reis piece, worth twelve-one-hundredths of a pen ny. The smallest coin circulating offi cially in any part of the British empire is the five-millosima piece of Gibraltar, about half a farthing.?Lahore Trib une. Great Depths of Ocean. A French w/rlter in a scientific mag azine tells of the great ocean depths of 28,0uO to 30,000 feet, the tempera ture tending toward zero, the perpetual darkness ranging below depths of about 1,280 feet. At that level plants, deprived of light, cannot exist. The organs of sight, not being used, have become atrophied and disappeared. Yet there is light even in that sightless world. A German exploring ship found a fish with enormous eyes at a depth o;! 6,400 feet.?Exchange. Eccentricities of the Shah. Recently he came upon a kitten that immediately charmed him. For a while the shah played with the kitten, and at last he picked it up and present ed it to the grand vizier with the in structions to take good care of it. Its owner, the wife of a gardener, ven tured to protest. She loved the kitten, she could not part with it; but the grand vizier threw her a piece of gold, silenod her with an awful look, and walked off with the kitten under his arm. India's Mounted Nurse Corps. India has a staff of mounted army nurses. The Indian government allows these ladies of the Indian nursing serv ice 30 rupees a month for the upkeep of their horses, and free conveyance ol their animals to and from active serv ice. This corps of nurses are all ladies of gr,od social position, and have to un dergo three years' training in a general hospital before qualifying. A Valuable Crown. The Pope has ordered a firm of Flor ence jowelers to manufacture a crown set with imitation stones for l ie image at tho Virgin in the basilica of the Vatican, in place of a crown containing j-'ms valued at $7,r>00,00u, which is to be deposited in the vaults oijhe Vati can. Hindu children are remarkable for their precocity. Many of them are skill ful vorkmen at an age w hen European children are learning the alphabet. A hoy of 7 may he a skillful wood carver, while some of the handsomest rugs are woven by children not yet In their teens. Fortunate is the man who Is a hero to his wife. No Secret About It. It is no secret, that for Cuts, Burns, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore Eyes, Boils, etc., nothing is so effective as Buck len'e Arnica Salve. "It didn't take lone to cure a bad sore I had, and It is all O. K. for sore eyes, "writes D. L. Gregory, of Hope, Tex. 25c at any drugstore. For Sale, 000 SOFT SHELL PECAN trees. Prices from 10c to 25c according to age and size. Jt'DK Robiksox, Rowesville. S. C,, DRAINIMG THE EVERGLADES. Vast Areas in Florida Becoming Available as Garden Land. The department of agriculture is spe cially interested in the project now on foot of draining the Everglades. These half-flooded swamps to the south of the huge pond known as Lake Okee chobee are to be converted into dry and productive land'vby constructing dikes and pumping out the water?an achievement which, when carried into effect, will bring about the shipment, a dozen years from now, of immense aup plies of tomatoes, new potatoes, cab bages, string beans and other fresh garden produce to northern markets all through the winter. It has even been suggested that Lake Okeeochobee might be drained by con necting it with the Atlantic ocean by a canal 50 miles long, thus redeeming 600,000 additional acres of first class farming territory.?Outing Magazine. Men Are in Majority in the U. S. Taking it "by and large," the male sex is in the majority In our country by some 1,638,321, according to a recent census bulletin. In some of the states, however, the women exceed the men In number, notably in the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Ehode Island. Usually men are in excess in sparsely settled communities and wom an in thickly populated regions; cities, for example, as a rule have more fe males tnan males. In the later years of life the women exceed the men, which seems to indicate that they are longer lived. In the period from 16 to 26 years of age, also, the reports show* them to be in ezcess.?Success Maga zine. . King Alfonso's Bsdy Guard. King Alfonso is perhaps more secure ly and carefully guarded during the hours of darknacs than is any other European monarch, except, perhaps, the sultan of Turkey, fror four cen turies the slumbers of successive sover eigns of Spain have been watched all night by the "Monteras de Espinosa"? a body of/men to whom is relegated the exclusive privilege of guarding their monarch from sunset to sunrise. They must have an honorable military career, aad be natives of the town of Espinosa. Ceremoniously, they lock the palace gates at midnight, opening them at 7 the next morning.?London Tatler. Hospital Cars In Prussia. The Prussian ministry for railways has placed at every important railway center throughout the kingdom a mag nificently built and appointed car for the transport of sick persons. These cars have been specially fitted up from plans supplied by sanitary authorities. Spring beds and every medical device for the alleviation of sufferings during transit hate been utilised. There are ice safes, gas stoves for cooking, rooms for attendants and ingenious devices for muffling the sound caused by the motion of the train. It is not intended to make these carriages pay; taey have been instituted chiefly on the ground of humanity. England's Best Known 6hurch. The name of St George's, Hanover BQuare, seeens to be well known to every American who comes to England, says the London Chronicle, not so much because it is the fashionable "marriage church" in this country, as because Presides* Roosevelt was mar ried In it A few years back an Amer ican dropped Into the vestry and looked up the marriage register, hi which, un der the date of Dec. 2, 1886, he found the signature of "Theodore Roosevelt 28, widower, ranchman," and that of "Edith Kermit Carow." Till then even the clerk, J. Moicey, did not know that the American President's signature was in the book. Japs the Yankees of the East The Japanese traders, officials, sol diers and workers are pushing irresisti bly into Manchuria, and now that the war is ended the Yankees of the east will guide and instruct the Chinese and dominate them and their markets. It seems likely that, wiuiout any Chinese boycott whatever, American industry will be put to the test to compete on fair terms with the Japanese before many years have elapsed.?Philadel phia Ledger. Number of Feet a Second. Few men could tell if they were asked how many feet per second they walk. A press photographer, whose work requires him to know all manner of speeds, said the other day: "The average man walks four feet per second. A dog on Its ordinary jog goes eight feet a second. A horse trots 12 feet a second. A reindeer over the ice makes 26 feet. A racehorse makes 43 feet. A sailing ship makes 14 feet" I ?Chicago Chronicle. Large English Families. A report of the awards made by the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society to farm laborers who bring up the largest families without having received paro chial relief shows that eight men are fathers of 124 children. One of tho men had 20 children born, brought up 17, and placed 12 out in the world.? London Tit-Bits. London's Consumption of Ice. London uses in one way or another quite 200,000 tons of ice a year. Al j though a great deal of Ice is made arti ficially, most of that consumed here la natural and Norwegian. The Norwe gian ice crop in an average winter varies from 500,000 to 600,000 tons. At least half of this comes to the United Kingdom, the rest going to the conti nent?Tit-Bits. If you tell a woman that a 60-cent article Is worth $1.50 she will cheer fully give up 98 cents for it SOUTH OAKOLINA VIAVA Okticks, 8, 9, 10 Scoville Building. Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Consultation Free. Ladies in attendance. Jail for "Health Book': Women love a clear, healthy com plexion. Pure blood makes it. Bur dock's . Blood Bitters makes pure blood._ in In the Name of Sense* that good common sense of which all of us have a share, how can you continue to buy ordinary soda crackers, stale and dusty as they must ! be, when for 5j? you can get Uneeda Biscuit fresh from the oven, protected from d?rt by a package the very beauty of which make: you hungry* NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ocx>ooc#cooaocK>coo<>c^ SOUTHERN RAILWAY T he South's Greatest System. ??i Unexcelled Dining' Car Service. ? Convenient Scheao ni) Local Trains. Through. Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains. "Winter Tourist Rates are now in effect to all Florida Points. For full information as to rates* routes, etc., consult near est Southern Railway Ticket agent, or BROOKS MORGAN, R. W, HUNT, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Division Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, 8. C 2 NEW FURNITURE. We are ready to sell you now the best furniture ever brought to Orangeburg. We have been in business herejlong enough to understand the wants of the peo ple hereabouts and to know the kind of furniture that lasts longest and looks best. . Among the new arrivals we offer a three piece suite that is the peer of any on the market and the best ever offered for $30.00. Other good bed room suites at $7.75, and up to $100. Splendid Rockers, solid oak, for $1 and up to $15. Brass beds and Iron beds in creat variety. Best made for the prices $2.50 and up to $40. HARDWARE AND TOOLS. f Wo have a nery complete stock of all needed hardware and building tools and farm utensils. If you buy it from us you know you get the best to be had. We handle only the best in every line. -?THE BEST GUNS MADE.?- " Orangeb?rg Hardware Furniture Co. COURTHOUSE SQUARE. Searing: JVd^chlne?. NEW DROP-HEAD MACHINES sold on easy payments. Good prices allowed for old Machines in exchange. Second-hand Machines from $5.00 to $15.00. Also parts and attachments furnished for all standard makes. Prompt attention to mail orders. New Bicycles Sold on Easy Payments. Also Bicycle parts and sundries furnished for all standard makes. General Repair Shop for Sewing .Machines, Bicycles, Guns, Clocks and Watches. Give me your work. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. H. SMITH. Market Street - - Opposite New Postoffice. $ Now is the Time to ?et Your Seees. I $P We handle nothing but pure seeds. Improved Appllrr Seed ^ Oats raised in our county by reliable farmers, h ive thousand <? bushels Red Rust Proof Seed Oats now in store for your in- f> spection. County Raised Rye Seed, Red May and Purple Straw Wheat Seeds. Let ns estimate on your bill for Doors, Sash and Blinds, Onk ami Mabogony Mantels. Will sell cheap er than factories and give you nrst-class material. We are leaders in Hay and Grain, Rice, Flour and Bran. A large stock of lime, cement and plaster always In stock. Write or telephone us. Orders shipped same day recei 'cd. AYERS & WILLIAMS, ORANGEBUEG, S. C.