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CATTLE RANCHES FREE. Large Tracts of Land in Nebraska For Homesteaders. "A Nebraska cattle ranch one milc square ab.solutely free" is the offer which the government is preparing to make to.every man or head of a fam ily in the United States. says a special dispatch from Omaha. Neb., to the New York Herald. As there are S. 884,757 of these acres from which a selection may be made any one desir ing to become the possessor of 64o acres of fine grazing land will have no trouble finding a tract which is suited to his taste. This land has recently been opened in these large tracts by the Kincaid bill, which passed congress and was signed by the president on the last day of the recent session, and the law becomes operative on June 26. 1004. On and after that date these 8.84. 757 acres. most of vhich comprise as fine grazing land as there is in the world, will be open to the public as homesteads. As an example of the quality of some of this land there are in Rock couiity 220.302 acres of pub lic lands, and yet at one railroad sta tion in that county there is more hay shipped to market than at any other railroad point in the whole world. The lands affected by the Kincaid bill have been open for homesteading in lots of i6o acres for many years. but not being suitable for agricultural purposes and i6o acres not being large enough on-which to raise cattle the lands have never been taken up by hoinestea,ler.. However, a square mile of this land will furnish pastur age and feed for too head of cattle throughout the entire year. Great tracts of this land have been fenced by the cattle barons of Nebras ka and it was to have these illegally constructed fences removed that the government last year sent Colonel Mosby. the former Confederate caval rv learer in the state to enforce the law regarding these fences. It is said that one ranch. with headquarters at Ellsworth. 'eb.. had under such fenc ing nearly 2.000.000 acres of gorvern ment land. There were dozens of other great ranches which also includ -ed hundreds of thousands of acres of government land within their fences. But the Kincaid bill sounds the -deathknell of the cattle barons, whose lierds of thousands roamed over the ranges, more effectually than any fence removal order which the presi ,dent might promoulgate. With settlers from all parts of the United States flocking in and taking homesteads of 640 acres each the public domain in Nebraska is a thing of only a few months more. and then, without the :ecessarv lands upon which to graze their herds. the cattle barons must go out of business. Thi' is the last large distribution of good land which. the United States will ever make. It baslong been rec-. ognized thiat the great plains of Ne braska cons~titutedi the best body of public'lands exant. and with the trans fer -into private hnads passes the last chance of the poor to get free homes in anything like large numbers. It is only the poor. man who can bomnestead this !and-that is, any man owning more than 16o acres of any kind of land anyihre is barred from participating in the Nebraska land dis tribution. According to the provisionU of the la's any person who is the head ci- a family and who is a citizen of the United States may take up a home stead, provi<ied lhe is not already the ,ow-ner of more, than i6o acres of land. Single womens. who wvish to take a 1,omestead must be of age. Any young man more than twenty-one years old may be a "hormesteader." The la": re quires each person to make oath that he has personally examined the land for' which he applies. The government makes no charge whatever for the land provided .the homesteader lives upon it for five vears. . THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. TIhe Words of a Former President Of The. Association. Laurensville Herald. The thirtieth annual meeting of the South 'Carolina Press association will be held at White Stone Lithia Springs July 12th to 14th. A good business programme has been arranged. Hon. John Temple Graves. editor of the At lanta News, will deliver the annual address. Under the administration .o Presiden A.,n for the past ten vears. with the proficient aid of Sec retary Langston. the association is in a prosperous condition, with a larger membership than ever before. Presi dent Aull is a tireless and very effi cient worker in the interest of jour nalism. And little as may be thought of it. the position of President of the State Press association of South Car olina is not the sinecure some may suppose. to which we can testify, hav ing been honored in that capacity for a period of seven years. Judge Walter H. Hunt. Laurensville Herald. The appointment of Col. Walter H. Hunt as special. judge of the Spartanburg court for June 20-26 is gratifying to his many friends in this community, where he is so well and favorably known. Chief Justice Pope has never made a more acceptable ap pointemnt and he may rest assured it will give general satisiaction. Gov- i ernor Heyward was wise in recoi mending Col. Hunt for this exalted position. as a former appointment of thi. able and upright Newberry law yer to a special judgeship met with universal approval. Judge'Hunt ac quitting himself as his friend. and admirers predicted with high honor. dignity and modesty. In thus hon oring Col. Hunt, the chief justice and the governor honor Newberry county. Laurens would join New berry in hoping that it will one day be Judge Hunt for life. for which he is qualified by ability. character and disposition. THE LADIES favor painting their churches, and therefore we urge every 'Minister to remember we give a liberal quantity of the Longman & Martinez Paint toward the painting. Wears and covers like gold. Don't pay S.5o a gallon for Lin seed Oil (worth 6o cents) which you Ido wheil you buy other paints in a can with a paint label on it. 8 and 6 make 14. therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint. buy only eight of L. & M.. and mix six gallons pure Linseed Oil with it. and thus get paint at less than $1.20 per gallon. Many houses are painted with four gallons of L. & M.. and three gallons of Linseed Oil mixed there with. These celebrated paints are sold by the Newberry Hdwe. Company. NOTICE. Whereas, at a meeting of the stock holders of the Prosperity Cotton Oil Mill company. held in the town of Prosperity. S. C.. on Friday, the 3rd day of June 1904. the directors were instructed to take the necessary steps to increase the capital stock of the company to Thiry Thousand ($3.ooo) dollars. Now. therefore, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stock holders of the Prosperity Cotton Oil \Mill company, is to be held in theI town of Prosperity on Thursday, the 14th day of July. 1904, for the purpose of considering a resohution for pro viding for an amendment to the char ter increasing the capital stock of said company from Twenty Thousand ($2.ooo) dollars to Thirty Thousandj ($3.ooo) dollars. L. A. Sease, President. ,R. T. Pugh. Secret ary. Red Heads and History. York Daily. Judge Alton Brooks Parker has a red head. Thomas Jefferson had. a red head. so had William H. Seward. hen there is the addi'tional fact that Van Dine, the leader. of the Chicago car barn bandits, had a head of laming scarlet. To be sure he didn't get into the penitentiary. They only anged him out of hand. Gen Win field Scoot had a red head. and in con. equence Gen. Logan.' on the con trary, had hair as black as night and a complexion that was only fain tlyj escribed when it was called swarthy."~ Logan's father in the early. days married for his first wife squaw. She dlied, and he married Logan's mother. Logan was the first hild horn of this union but by that, ysterious law of atavism Logan eix hibited the complexion and many of the characteristics of this Indian wvo man, showing them in his hair, eyes and the contour of his face, his phy-: sical make-up and many of his mental! : haracteristics. These are question to dee fo soion at present. Some day we may understand them. In the meantime let people who are possess ed of red heads cherish them as a distirguished mark. IT'S A STAYER. Comes Quickly, But It Comes to Say How a Newberry Citizen Got Rid of It. Comes early, stays late. No sctranger can be more unwel come. Makes life a misery all day long. Keeps you awake nights. Irritates you: spoils your temper. Do you know this unwelcome guest? Ever have it come and- stay with you? Know what it is? Eczema. If you ever had any itchness of the skin. You know how hard it is to shake off. You would like to know how to do it? Let a Newberry man tell you. Read this statement that follows: J. M. Ward, salesman with S. J. Wooten. Gentle~man's furnishing goods, etc., says: "I have usedo-Doan's Ointment for eczema or a breaking out I had on my body and for which I had tried a number of remedies but was unable to get anything to have any effect upon it, and the affect ed part was steadily growing larger and bothering me more and more every day. I procured a box of Doan's Ointment at W. E. Pelham & Son's drug store and the first few applica tions gave me*immediate relief. The us of one box completely cured the affliction and there is not a trace of it left. After this satisfactory re sult I am glad to reconimend such a reliable preparation." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster- Milburn go.. Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name 'Doan's and take no other. R. 18. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, - County of Newberry. By John C. Wilson. Esquire. Probate Judge. WHEREAS. John T. Norris hath made suit to me. to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of John E. Buzhardt. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of' the said John E. Buzhardt, deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry on Saturday June 25. next, after publi cation thereof, at ii o'clock in the forenoon. to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should no be granted. GIVEEN under my hand and seal GIVEN Tinder my hand, this Toth day of June Anno Domini, 1904. John C. Wilson. J. P. N. C. TIIEDFORDS THE GREAT FAMILY MEDICIE Thedford's Black-Draught has saved doctors' bills for more than sixtyyears. For the common fam ily ailments, such as constipation, indigestion, hard colds, bowel com plaints, chills and fever, bilious ness, headaches and other like complaints no other medicine is necessary. It invigorates and reg ulates the liver, assists digestion, stimulates action of the kidneys, purifies the blood, and purges the bowels-of foul accumulations. It cures liver complaint, indigestion, sour stomach, dizziness, chills, rheumatic pains, sideache, back ache, kidney troubles, constipation, diarrhcea,biliousniess, piles, hard colds arnd headache. . Every drug gist has Thedford's Black-Draughit in 25 cent packaires and in mam moth size for 81.O0.* Never accept a substitute. Insist on having the original made by the Chattanooga Medicine Company. I believe Thedford's Black.Draug~ht is the best medicir.e on earth. It is good for any and everything. I have a family of twelve child.ren, and for four years I have- kept them orrfoot and a.m. no doAne+r but Rlack Ra IMillinew! We have Spring season nearing to a you Hats at e offer. Remen expect to car over. If you come and see A new lot white and 0 Collar Foundations, White Duck Hats w HAIR& The Right RUBBER STAMPS Are my long suil 0 except bad one stamp and an in( ing linen for 40 other good thing Typewriters', 01 1334 Main Street, HUDGENS BROS., Foundry and MANUFAC Anvils, Ardirons, Sas Ventilator.s, Wa Special Casting Cotton Mill Cas We repair Engir Theshers, anc AIL OBDERS RECEIVE Hudger .K . MILL We beg to call y fact that we have j. line of Millinery. DR ESS Our line of Dres in every respect. We are "Up-t Novelties, Etc. We invite the p' spectiour line of g< MRS. S. %~ PROSPEE MheilleyI lecided as the+ for millinery is close, to sell, ny reasonableg iber, we don't. ry a single Hat$ expect to buy, for yourself. black Kid Belts 24c. + the best lOc. orth $1.00, 74c. HAVIRDI Price Store. I make any kind+ ;. I furnish a new+ lellible pad for mark cents. I have some s. J. WILON GIBBES, * fice Supplies, etc. Columbia, S. C. LAURENS, S,C. Machine Shops, TURERS OF h Weights, Cane Mills, hers, Grate Bars. s Made to Order. ings A Specialty. es, Boilers, Gins, all Machinery. UR PROMPT ATTENTION. s Bros.. NERYNW. .: ur attention to the $ ist opened up a new* GOODS. Goods is complete* -date" on Notions,* iblic to call and in-+ 0d before buying. * CALMES,