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Farmers' Union Bureau of Information. -Conducted by the South Carolina Farmers' Eduea tional and Co-Operation Union. lirCommunications intended for this department should be addressed to J. C Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. Farmers, Come Let's Get Together And Help Each Other. If farmers do not take care of themselves by sticking to their organ izations, the other crowd will continue to do this thing for them at the other fellow's own price. Farmers can, and must, come to gether and save this price for them selves. How is that warehouse business getting along? You may not recollect just now how much loud talking you did about this warehouse matter back yonder, but some others do. Boys, you must pile up the stuff or your fortifications will not protect you in times of need. A Good Move. Clemson college, through the aid of the government, will at once proceed to establish at Clemson Experiment station a department of animal indus try for the purpose of improving and disseminating the best types of stock in the State suited for the general use of our farmers. This is a very impor tant step in the right direction, and, if carried out to completion in a practi eal way, will do an immense work to ward encouraging stock raising and consequent diversification of our farm crops. This idea of sending out knowledge of improved ideas of breeding im proved stock over the State will en ,courage farmers' sons to remain upon the farm. Clemson now has two hun dred and fifteen students in the agri cultural class. When these boys have finished their training for agricultural . pursuits, the national government is . ready to furnish these progressive young men with further aid in the way of literature and seeds of the new plant breeding work. Then why not the State complete this work by plant ing the golden hoofs of the best breeds of stock over the State! Under this new impetus along the line of progressive farming at Clem son we have a bright prospect ahead for our farmers' sons. These golden hoofs, improved seeds and implements in the hands of well-trained minds of South Carolina's own sons we hope will write out upon the State's own soil a creditable reputation that all may be proud of. Cow Peas-Inoculating With Nitro gen Fixing Bacteria. -There is no more interesting ques tion before the progressive Southern farmers today than the enriching of their lands by growing cow peas for grain and hay, and, at the same time, storing an immense amount of nitro gen in the soil for future crops, es pecially those crops that require large amounts of nitrogen. One farmer in Alabama last year, it is stated, clear ed $6,000 on a 400 acre farm of poor land by growing cow peas for hay, while the land will produce fully dou ble the crop this year that the land produced before cow peas were grown on it. Last season, at considerable ex pense and labor, we inoculated about eight acres of cow peas with Dr. Moore's nitrogen fixing bacteria, al ternating with uninoculated plats, but found absolutely no improvement in the amount of nodules on the inocu lated plats, excepting.the earlier stage of cow peas on new lands. We also had several comparative tests with alfalfa, but could see no difference be tween the inoculated and the uninoe ulated, excepting the first month, at which period the difference in favor of the inoculated was very percept ible, in favor of inoculation on cer tain characters of soil. Our conclu sions are that about all our Southern soil is already thoroughly inoculated with the cow pea bacteria, but the minds of Southern farmers need in oculating with the importance of the cow pea. NOTICE To the Farmers of South Carolina. You are hereby called to meet in delegated power at Anderson, S. C., May 31, 1906, for the purpose of or ganizing a preliminary State Union. Basis of representation in organiz ed counties will be one delegate for every one hundred members, or ma jority fraction thereof. In counties where there is no County union, one delegate from each local union. All farmers who are members are invited to attend. All counties that have no Farmers' union organization are invited to send farmer delegates. Please send names of delegates to B. F. Earle, Anderson, S. C., ten days before. The purpose for which the State Union is called.is to adopt a constitu tion and by-laws to govern the Far mers' Union in South Carolina, and to bring the farmers in/a close and se cet o'rgaAizatioh for the purpose of holding and controlling the price of cotton. Also to encourage the build ing of a Farmers' Union warehouse in every county in South Carolina to be owned and controlled by farmers. B. F. Earle, State Organizer. The work of improving the cow pea by breeding new varieties for special hay or grain crops along the line as suggested by Hon. A. H. Brabham and Dr. Mason in our Farmers' Union column last week, should be taken up by our farmers and pushed ahead. If we can breed a variety of peas that will retain its leaves in their green state on the older parts of the stalks until the grain is about growi, we will have a bonaza in the South that will give us more food for all kinds. of stock than we will, at the present day, know what to do with. Give the up to-date Southern farmer all the cow pea- hay to go with it that he may need, and there is no end to the fine horses, mules, cows, sheep and hogs we can raise. If the Southern farmer has plenty of cow peas and oats he need not worry about any more crop liens for corn, meat or milk. In the cow pea and-oats we have a mortgage lifter; soil improver and a fertilizer bill reducer that would revolutionize the whole Southern farming system if the farmers would take hold of this system with half the energy they dis play in growing cotton. Professor C. L. Newman, of the Agrilcultural de partment at Clemson, is the recog nized best authority on the cow pea in this country. He grew at Clemson last season over eighty different varieties and has at other times grown over twenty varieties of the soga bean, and we trust that the board of trus tes of Clemson will continue to en courage Professor Newman in this very important work of improving the cow pea. A good two-horse disc harrow will throw up about as good cotton bed at one time going as we want. This is good work where land has been broken, and saves a big eight of labor and time. We are not after high cotton beds like we used to be, we must come down about on a level. 1 This plan gives better protection to the moisture in dry times.t The character of the farmer is writ-C ten or painted all over his farm about this time of the year. If there is not at large amount of green fields of small I grain on your farm there is some kind ~ of a green farmer around there. r Scarcity of labor calls for more stock and more machinery and farm I implements and richer land. You E must go fewer times up and down the a rows and prepare one acre to make as t much as two did before. b t It Was Recorded. During a certain sea voyage the p mate of the brig Y., who usually o 'kept the log,'' was found one day t to be unable to attend to the duty be- I cause of inebriatiQn, and the work b was done by the captain, whose last r entry was ''The mate was drunk all day." On the following day, the C mate having recovered from the ef- ., fets of his indulgence, resumed his s former attention to the ''log's entries, i, when he discovered his siiperior 's rec- d ord, and immediately remonstrated with that offi'cer, asking ''What the i need, sir, of tnaking that entry?''" y 'Wasn't it true?'' demanded the y ommander. ''Yes,'' replied the de- t inquent, ''but I don't see any neces- a sity of making any record of it here.'' t 'Well,'' replied the captain, ''as it , was true, it had better stand; it had better stand." At the close of the following day, when the captain examined the log- i book he was astonished and provoked, t1 n finding therein, ''The captain warss sober all day.'' Summoning his sub >rdiate officer, he fiercely demanded; j 'Why did you make that entry?'' n 'Why,'' said the mate, ''it was true, e was it not?'' ''Of course it was true; s but am I not sober every day?'' ask- 3 ad the now enraged captain. ''Well,'' i eplied the mate, ''but as it is true, t1 it had better stand; it had better n, stand;'' whereupon he turned on his t< dieel and left the captain's presence, n but had not taken many steps when be felt a current of air caused by a apidly moving marline-spike passing in dangerous proximity to one of his acoustic organs, having been hurleda by the angry captain.u The less good they do her the more kinds of faith a woman always has t n tap. WHY LINCOLN WAS POPULAR. Qualities Which Made Him Beloved All His Life Appeared in His Youth. From Frederick Hill's "Lincoln the Lawyer" in the Century. Perhaps his most winning quality with young and old alike was his sin cere belief in his fellow townsmen and their community. Local pride never had a more buoyant champion than he. For him Sangamon county in general, and New Salem in particu lar, was the promised land, and he was confident that the people were equal to the task of developing it ac cording to its needs. Thus when it was first suggested that the shallow, snag-bound Sangamon river was nav igable and might be made a great highway of commerce, he eagerly championed the theory and worked with voice, pen and hand to realize a practical result. The Sangamon is still unnavigable and New Salem has disappeared, but Lincoln's plea for improving the waterway remains as evidence of his sincere belief in the future of the community and to show us what he could do with a weak cause at the age of twenty-one. The argument is not remarkable, but it is exceedingly interesting and suggestive. Although he was young and boyishly enthusiastic, Lincoln did not overstate the possibilities nor un derestimate the difficulties of his ase;.and despite the really laughable attempt which was afterward made to Force the passage of the Sangamon, there was nothing ludicrous in his plea. What he claimed sounds rea onable, and what he hoped for pos ible, even in the face of failure. This early effort plainly indicates Lincoln's natural aptitude for logical statement. But it does more than that. It displays a trait which few lawyers possess; for the ability to present facts closely, concisely and ,ffectively without taking undue ad antage of them is a rare legal qual ty. It requires not only ability, but sourage; not only tact, but charcter. [t is one of the infallible tests which istinguish the legal brave from the lurist, and it will be demonstrated in i future chapter that Lincoln fulfill A it in masterful fashion. Celebrating Patriots' Day.2 Boston, Mass., April 19.-The n iiversary of the Battle of Lexington, )eing a legal holiday in the state of ~fassachusetts under the name of Pa riots' Day, was duly observed here nd in other cities and towns through ut the state in the usual manner. fany patriotic and social organiza ions will hold meetings this after ion and evening when prominent peakers will deliver addresses on the neaning and importance of tlie day. In the town of LexingLon the day was ushered in, as customary, by the ~exington Drum Corps and the ;chool Color Guards. There was also .band concert on the battle green in he forenoon. There will be another and concert in the afternoon and Ia er in the .afternoon there will be a >opular entertainment for young peo le. The Old Belfry Club will keep pen house all day and will conduct he usual ball in the evening. The rish-American historical society will old its annual meeting in the after oon and a banquet in the evening. At Arlington the 'Fife and Drum orps started early this morning and ent over the Paul Revere Route, tarting at five o 'clock in the morn 2g from the old Mystic Bridge that ivides the town from Medford and iarching up the Paul Revere road to ,exington line. The corps visited the bevolutionary monument and the tevolutionary burying ground in the >wn and decorated them with flowers. nd flags. The tablets about the own and the Soldiers' Monument rere also decorated. Anniversary of Baltimore Incident. Baltimore, Md., April 19.-Today ;a memorable day in the history of dis country. Just 131 years ago the hot was fired at Lexington, which was heard around the world,'' and ast forty-five years ago today Balti iore was the scene of an important vent in the history of the United tates, the attack upon the Sixth fassachusetts regimaent as it was on s way to Washington in defence of ec Union. There are still quite a umber of persons living in this city day who remember that April 19, early half a century ago. The country was in a turmoil then. 'ort Sumter had been fired upon, the deral government had called for olunteers to put down the rebellion nd the stars and bars had been run p to replace the stars and stripes in iany of the Southern states. Balti tore was a hotbed of Secessionists 1en and, when the Washington au iorities attempted to passed armed men through the city there was trou ble. On the morning of April 19, the 6th Massachusetts Regiment and portions of the First and Second regiments of Pennsylvania troops started across the city. They were greeted with hoots and jeers and showers of mis siles were hurled at them by the im mense throng of southern sympathiz ers. A soldier's gun was accidentally discharged, the mob made an assault and the soldiers fired a volley. Four soldiers and twelve citizens were killed and thirty-six soldiers and a great many citizens wounded. For Little Cripples' Home. New York, April 19.-A grand charity performance for the benefit of the New York Home for Destitute Crippled children will be given at the Broadway theatre this evening. Practically all the theatrical stars now playing in this city have consen ted to contribute to the program and nearly every seat in the house is sold out. The Home, which is at 141 West Sixty First. street, was estab lished in November, 1904, chiefly through the efforts of Mrs. A. L. Erlanger, wife of the theatrical man ager, who in the work among the poor in the west side tenaments which she had carried on for several years, became particularly impressed with the pitiful lot of the crippled children of the very poor. She succeeded in interesting a few well-to-do and gen erous women friends who succeeded in getting together funds with which the house, where the home now is, was purchased. No woman ever really respects her husband unless he shocks her once in a while by using cuss words. You would invite some girls to mar ry you over the telephone, and they would accept you without asking who you were. When a girl is pretty you don't tell her so that she will know it, but so that she will know you are the kind of man she likes. NEW STORE. I am now opening up a nice stock ot gocds in the store room formerly occupied by E. M. Evans & Co.. on Main St., opposite the court house. Am asking now the pub ic general ly come in and inspect my stock before making their pur-( chases. My stock consists of Dry Goods, Groceries, etc. Call I I in to see. Will be delighted to make you close prices on every- ' thing-and satisfaction guaran-, teed. -Yours for business, W. R. REID. Prepared to furnish every thingi n the way of supplies. Real Estate and Instirance. Do you have Real Estate to sell or rent which you do not care ,to have advertised to the general public? If so, place it in our hands and we will give .it:ou personal ~study and atten tion.~ We have standing buyers for cer tan kinds of land. Do you want to buy Real Estate?! If you mean business come to see us for we have some property for saleI that might greatly surprise you as well as interest you. If you don't mean business come! to see us anyway and we will tell you all we know about the-weather. We undertake to sell no property before we have inspected it and ap proved the price. Loans negotiated on approved' security. Rents and accounts collected. We are agents for the Aetna Life nsurance Company. It will pay you to see what this old reliable and con servative company has to offer before placing your Insurance. More and more men are beginning to understand what this statementA means. Office over the Commercial Bank. WK LIII & COMPANY 18th Making Eighteen Ht CHOICE TENNESSEE and While it Lasts to Best Patent $5.C Best half Pat. $4 Best Meal 75c. b Best Grits $1L75 Don't pay any more, don't be sm long, save money and buy from us. Our immense stock of spring gooi ties and fancy goods and staples, ot [ng novelties in millinery. Come ar right thing in prices, style, quality, ply cannot beat us, we don't mak< you up on balance, people gettin ind looking out more for No. i. C Forty years experience counts sor lon't you forget it, PROSPER STATl )f the condition of the Exchan :he close of business March 31 nity with an act of the General Resources. .oans and Discounts .. $137022 71 urniture and Fixtures .. 3324 15 )ue from Banks .. .. .. 6223 17 )ver drafts ........ 111 65 ash and Cash Items .. .. 15501 19 $162182 87 Personaly appeared before me M. L. vho swears that the above statement is >elief. Sworn to before me this the 2nd day o: Attest. Edw. R. Hipp, C. J. Porcell, Geo. B. Cromer. ST A Tl )f the condition of The Comme t the Close of business, March Resources. otes Discounted .. ....$377487 64 'urniture & Fixtures.. ..3051 93 )ue from Banks .. ......51531 70 )verdrafts .... .... ....2807 42 ~ash and Cash Items .. .. 13934 12 $448812 Si tate of South Carolina, 1~ County of Newberry f I, J. Y. McFall, Cashier of the above atement is true to the best of my know Sworn to bef Attest. Z F. Wright, Jno. M. Kinard, W. H. Hur.t. Spe( For the liex WEQ0I ::OI Straigh AT S4.OC0 Pi S. S. Bit Proanner.1 CAR, mdred Barrels of that FLOUR Just Received Go at 0 ) Every bbl. .40 fguaranteed. ushel. Sack. ritched off by argument, come right is arriving embracing all the novel tr Mrs. Moseley in the North select id see us, we are prepared to do the &c., for an all round bill you sim e a cut price on one thing and burn g educated and opening their eyes ome and fee uz and be convitced. ethilg, we wi:i treat yuu right and ITY, S. C. dENT. le Bank of Newberry, S. C., at st, 1906. Published in comfor Assembly. Liabilities. Capital Stock ....... $50000 00 Profits less expense .. 4713 14 Deposits viz. Banks $1142.56 Individuals 80550.83 81693 39 Bills payable....... 10000 00 Re Discounts ......... 15776 34 $162182 87 Spearman Cashier of the above Bank, correct to the best of his knowledge and M. L. Spearman, Cashier. f April, 1906. J. C. Wilson, J P. N. C. /IENT. arcial Bank of Newberry, S. C. 31st, 1906. Liabilities. Capital Stock .... ....$50000 00 Profits- less all exp. paid .. 42645 72 Due Banks .. .... ......4339 89 Dividends Unpaid .. .......707 00 Re Discounts .. .... ...70000 00 Individual Deposits .. .. 281120 20 448812 81 named Bank, swear that the above ledge and belief. J. Y. McFall, Cashier. ore me this 2nd day of April, 1906. H. T. Renwick, N. P. of S. C. I Ten Dags FER trrels t Flour .R BARREL. -ge 003