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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New 'erry. S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesoay, February 12, 1907. COLUMBIA LETTER. Columbia, Feby. 11.-This week will wind up the present legislative session. There has been a great deal of work done and some of it of far reaching importance. * 4 * There has been a tendency to legis late in regard to corporatiois anld es pecially as to the railroads. The dispeiisitry, hiowever, has been the albsorbiiv (piestionl and has over sItladowed everythin ISg e. The state dispesa1r-y vill he abolished and lo e.Il option ...ivenl14 lo hevcouniies as hv hveel the onity disil"eisarY and pro lhibitioll. The 'i-ht wiis (oluiide,l inl the house Some lie el days ag1o and tli) 'l-ig was waged1 all last week inl thel seiiate and oln Sa.'ir-daY Ihe loal op tion bill was passel to a third read4igI. Senator Blease gave notiee (i amnliid mnts onl the thir-d re:ading.- which is niotice of a nrtlther hat tle Ior the lstate dispielsa ry. Ie ha Ied the fiht the state tdispeinsarv and has made a frood ti'hlt hut has been uni,able t, save it. The l Ial "ptilon hi!l will Pass the seate i'lav ndbe -1 rurned it, the hotuse withI :innendmiie'ts. .\ niumiber of :]wdn -tsh ve b"I'n limill Its thet hill inl the s m e. 1u1i it i, prlbable th.1t therv w%ill be no dillt'ivity inl thet airenIi t ' . * . ia .'it Y in Ilit' the - T . 1W. -u t b bru . h an ,I Crease'd appe- pri6on to iihe South Cari:.a eet witbol a protest. Thie "Irea -fi ih, in-fitution this ea r i- on~:m of W.0.(. Mast of ILb'-2 i. ut: ceeed yetVC the inst i 11.!.. 111 i- an a ld and estalblishied in st1tut er d h.as n mre mo.ney thban it *.zh tI have. Tie comititee v It- . A umamuh'n- !. . ineei bh;:1 it w - *2'-ied t 1 tand h111v the .alib-: a :he -enatie. The- appruo prai.'t the imi.:ra2Ftil.n dleparlt mienft w a- cut If rnom~ 10.10( to $3.000i. It is under-tred the -(nate will tunder take t' restoreC the 51'l.(iII. On the voate 1' rednee th1is itemi frtom $10.000( to $3.000i(, Mes.-rs Aull and Wycehe voted to redinee and Mr*. Johunstoine to leave it at 410.000(. Mr. Auhl oif the Ways and Means committee was ap point ed a i peia commit tee toa put lhe appjroperiatioan and supply bills in p.roper shape and for his work receiv edu a unaniimUoui v'-te of thanks from The *uup!y ,ili carrie- a levy oif 4 3-2 iml ~fr a pairyvs atrainst 5 muills lt y'ar. FJr Ni1b rry .tr th le h-vv was made thi'eie im Ptead oif 3 1-2 mills last yea. lIn respbont's ta iwllinijry ais to the amunit chiargedl aga.Iinst Newb)erry on lawv in Newherry c'ounlty ftor 1906 unlde'r the Brice Act Mr. Autll received lie following letter: Columbia, Feby. 6, 1907. Mr. E. HI. Aull, IIouse of Rlepresen.. tatives, City. Dear Sir: Confirming thle con versat(ion between yourself and Mr. Culley this morning over the telephone, I beg to say the dlispen saries in Newberry county were closed on the 9th of September, 1905, but the aid of the coiistabulary in enfore ing the law was not invoked by the afleal of' the county unitil April, 19O06. Since the county has received redit .for the value of all liquors ~4*~Y q~~ec iit it and1 Ill excs of sahtle it i J o rged vith $718.79. ~4I1 ~~Qrod hat the special tax provided by tie Brice bill has not been levied, and certainly no part of it has been paid into the state treas ury. Yours truly, John 11. Latimer, - Chief Constable. Mr. Latimer is mistaken as to the tax not being levied. It was levied and has been collected and in due course will be sent to the state treasurer. The amount charged against the county being only $718.79 will leave the county from that. source about $2500 for current expenses for this year and thus the delegation could reduce the levy a half mill without crippling the finances. Mr. Johnstone's road tax bill has passed both houses and his been en rolled for rat i t'iel ion. Ilis hill pro riding for (ti owrking of te roits has not pased tlt' seiite. It provides t welve days as a maximum and allows oveIseCIS ole dolliarl a day whier woUld make it possible for. every over seer to receive twelve dollars a year. Supervisor Wickelr says thelre are more thaii 500 overzees in the coui ly. That would make it possible for tle road overseers to draw oin tie county lund for upwards of $6,000. Mr. Blease hias-held thte bill up in the seilte 'or aInenIldiimenit and it may not ,et (I-to.Oh this Wession. We Ia(I ilo idea t hat ithere we're so' many over 'eers l inlte counlty'. The hill to provide 'or an addition :l sum If <1.0.n for the court holuse will pass. Mr. .1,0l11mistonie intended to pit in the jitirnal his reaSo's for not tayv'trin! the Ileasure Init it had pass Ld hefIore he zot them in a1nd they are ven here at hi reInest '-I vote .1ainst a hill it. amlenid an II cll it led on act to provile for thei rev Ii,o t New\ hev tv yt '1urt.1 l1uIt 'I , Bec-au1 e 1 think the fortI 1 u and ( I.1ly providcl f)r shouild I iu i ict. 'u t lu.t tj I 1 I li i t I lhe the l.1e., 40 be1ide othe e. ixpnse To de.!v to ;nbmit it .t a iKh hv c IImore tinl thle endi. The i40. o0 has already been secured and is hearing interest and the tax is be ing levied and the mapority thouifh it would be economy to go ahead and ar rainge for the additional $5,00. It will not inereae the tax. The only ef feet will be to extend the time it will take to pay the debt. The bill to provide for devolving the duties of the commissioners of ptblie works upon the city council has pa.aed both houses just as it was printed ini [he Herald and Newvs. It will be remnemubered that it provides for submit tin'g the quest ion to a vote of the people. The elect ion is to be held not less than forty days nor mlore than sixty days from the (late of the applroival of the Act by the governor. It is now upl to the people. If they want a eluinge they can say so. If they want it to remain as it is they can' say so. This should end the talk about making a change. This week will be one of hard work. Bioth houses have big calenidars, and it will probably -be late Saturday nighit before adjournment can be had. * * * On t he teii hour law for cot ton mills which passed on Saturday, the Newberry delegation voted solidly for the pias-aue of the bill. It provides for a reduict ion to 62 hours (in the first tday of Jurmy, 1907, and( to 60 hours on the first of Jalnary, 1908. 14. II. A. CLUB ICATES. We make you the following club of fers: The Semi-Weekly State, The Southern Agricuilturist, Th e Southbern Poultry Journal, The Southern Ruralist, The Southern Fruit Grower, The Herald and News. The regular price for the six being $6.00, we make you them for $3.75. The Sunday State, The Southern Poultry Journal, The Southern Agriculturist, The Southern Ruralist, The Routheorn Frnit Grower, The Heon andl News. - .' ,,'.errwment one f - i n '-er timust he subscrih. tnd pnid for. TEN-HOUR BILL IS'1MOD.j' Bill Limiting the Hours 6f lAbor in Ootton Mills to Sixty-twQ ours After July 1, and to.'ii;y Hours After Janoay 1, 1908. News and Courier. Columbia, Feb. 8.--Th house to day passed the ten-hour bill as it came from the senate withont making any changes, although 'there were numerous amendnents offered by various members. Mills Would be Willing. The mills were willing for this bill to pass if the measure provided for it to go into effect for sixty-two hours on January 1, 1908, and sixty hiours oil ,anuary 1, 1909, and would not reduce wages if this is done. If the timtie is now reduced at once from sixty-tour hoirs t) sixty hours the operatives will surely stiffer. The prev iSois question was called on the motion to kill the bill. 'rthe ives anid nays were called'and there were only 11 votes against the bill. Amendment Tabled. M.1r. Frost moved t) aiend the bill b. making the 62 hours provision go into effect .January 1, 1908, and the ito-hour provision go into effect. on Janary 1, 1908. The yeas and nayes uore c:Illed on the motion to table Ilis amendient and the amendment ivas t(ablod by the vote of 69 to 28. Mr. lliniton mnovel to amend the hill Iy aling a proviso that ntothing, hereini should preventi any mill front ma.kip lost tine ito tile extent of 60 ollurs per year, ani4d this being agree able to the f'riends of the bill, was wI red to by the Hlouse and inserted in the bill. 'lhere were variotus other ametl mlentiis proposinl- to make tle measure less drastic whichN were voted down. and the hill in its final shtape was 1:ssed to third reading. It has al reIdy passed tile senate practically n tllis frnin. The hill., follows: The Bill as Passed. .\ hill t limit the hors of labt inl pm aml woolen mills. 1[e it enacted hv the Gleneral .\s emIv o the State of South Iar Stevi4'1 1. That ten ihours a day. ,r .- ir, a week. shall const itut he hur,w vrorkin' for all opera .ives anl tmployees in eottltt .1n1d wen m:nti faet u rinu- i,tablishes enm.gaed in tie mtanut'acturing of' varn-. eloth. hosiery and othe r pro ducts for merchandise. except meehaniies, en pincers, firemen. watch mlen. teamsters. yard temployces and elerical force. All contract- for long er hours of work other than herein provided in said manufactuiring est ablishment.-. shall be, and the same are hereby, declared null and void, and any person entering into 0 en WHEN FERTILIZERS SHOULD BE * APPLIED. As a general rule, which has but few exceptions, thte greater part of the fer tilizer shou'd be appied to the soti be fc.re plantin~g the crop it is intended to I "nefit. Trh> rule is not only in accord with theore-ileat considerations, tl is also abundanttly asitained it actuoat practtice, .s shVwnl .b) carefuilly conductr.d neld ex l*erimuents Iit ituted for' the extr pur icse of asc.nittinl eg the Itruth. .my:4 I.a moent Staticn, I)epartmnent of Agica:tncr, in Virginia-Carolina Fe'rtilizer Almra,nac. The t heom y uznde'rlyin,g thie rut!. is It' fact that ti a;t of the lnt;redienu.;c eru. lng a comn .:-:tat fcti izsr : a tnt lim mediattety sotuble and availible, but most utrgo certain chemical chtanges in the soil becforc the plant food will bje in tho propler condition to be taken ttp by thte roots of the plants. This is particularly trtue in regard to salta of potash, and in less 'legree to acid phosphate. It is at faclt b Ilso, that some forms of potash, ntotably kalnit. causo chemical changes in the condition of the plant food already present in a soil, wher'eby the before in soluble and non-available p)lant food at Ieadiy in the soil, becomes available. The organic substances whipth are large ly tused in the make up of commercial fertilizers for thte purpose of supplying nitrogen to the p lants-sucht as cotton .seed meat, dried blood, fish scrap, tank age, etc., also require time it which to undergo chemical decomposition anid such change Of form as will enable thte roots 'o appropriate the nitrogen. 1-ven sul abazte of ammonia, a highly solubile chemni teni salt. which somctimtes enters into the composition of a fertlilizer in a very imrited amounit, must undergo a complete ''hemrical detomhposition in thte soil beforo hto tlants can make any tise of the niltro whIch it contalnsin the form of oanonmila sulphtate. ThIs must be con .: to-l into nitrate, or nitrate of lime. Nitrate of soda is the one chtemical -':tilizer salt that is immedIately avail sh!e, producing a ver'y proimpt effect when 'pplied to a growing crop (and It should 'C a ppliedl to none other). Acid phtosphate and potash nmay be ap 'lvid to the soil anmd beddted onl from twvo to six weeks beforo planting time. It Is claimed by some experts that potash 'aIrs may bo applied with better resultU von several months before planting. A m:ore practical and convenient rule, how ever', is to apply a complete fertilizer from ono to three weeks before planting the crop, when the latter is a corn, cot ton, tobacco, or other summer-growing crop, always takingt care to mix the fer tilize, thoroughly with the soil of the open bedding furrow in which it shall be aipplied and then -"listing," or throwing two furrows on it. Experiments on the farm of the Georgia 3xperiment Station, projected for the onrposo of comparing on the one hand he effectiveness of a complete fertilizer .jpplied two weeks before planting, and in the other hand, the effetiveness of he name qutantity of the same fertilIzer milled In the furrows with the seed, :ero followed by an unexpected and sur cIsinig result-v z., the cotton seeds plant 1 ('It the piats in which the fertilizer - l)been apiplie'd and bedded o'n ,tWo 'ohs before, came up quicker antd gave - more ulnifor'm stafd of more vigorous uiants than resulted on the plate in whioh forcing such contracts, shall be.deem. ed guilty of a misdemeanor in each, and every instance, and, on convic tion in a court of compentent jurisdie6 tion, shall be fined a sum of mnoney not less than $25, or more than $100, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days: Provided, nothing herein shall prevent any mill from making up not more than sixty hours lost time per year by reason of accident or broken machinery. Section 2. That the hours of labor shall remain as they now are until July 1, 1907, when they shall be re duced to sixty-two hours. On the first day of Jhnuary, 1908, and from and jifter that date the ho'irs of labor sliall' not exceed sixty hours per week. She Kept One Secret. Kansas City Journal. Miss Mary S. Anthony, the sister of' the famous Susan B. Anthony, was talking- about the old, old accusation against woman that she (nnot keep a sec-ret. -4A wollial,'' said Miss Aitholny, 'ann keep an important secret as Well as a man. The secrets she reveals are slight and harmless ones, sueh as auf man would reveal. Where is the wo ninl who evertells a secret tl. re fleets on her husband or her own Children ? " I know a man who one day refus ed to tell his wife the outcome of a husitless transaction in which, natur ally, site tool a deep ilnterest. 'No.,' Ie sneered, 'I won'I fell you. It' I did, -yol'd repeat it. Y'o WiMelt ncll ]lever' Iweop a screi. "''ohn,' said thle woman qutielly, 'have I ever told the secret about the solitnile engagement rin you gave me eighteen years ago being paste?' Prey of the Sparrow Hawk. Londen News. The I'acts in that the sparrow hawk almost invariablv calcles a fl in hira for its meal, even sriking down hinds as larg-e as the wood pi-eol, th11I usually g-oin- no hi-hl.er than a blachh)ird. JIf it does not vXa0tly w like the lar1ger hawks. Yet it mu11st have voll(litionls of ('ha.se (I' its ow hlooing. That is why11' the small hird- usually nh it with impunity when they are numeirous eiou-h to bewilder it. Once. however, I saw a sparrow lawk that luau heenl molested for soie Illilutes by a perfect clouti of green fiieles <lart among them aild secure a vietill. The other day I had one of these birds pointed out as the one which a few days earlier had come close to the house toward dusk and caught a hat on the win. That, however, is a very unusual meal. One way to acquire popularity is by keeping your troubles to yourself. A girl's ideal is seldom shatter ed; usually he is merely broke. thc fert?iu-e v:s applied ini the furrows with tic .weds. White this~ res?L~t was not contemplahtedi, it wais quoickly explained by the fact that the fertliizer tilat had been in tile irrouni d two weeks had under roneC the chr-miBett! ehan:ges already allud ed to, mind i.s r:mnt food~i was ready for the immn.-llato w.ints of thet yo:.tug plants. Thik re.mh. mig;Mie that. it miay be ex pedienut. !'. iiny i?ase, toI appiy a small onuanitiiy--say L.o pouiniis-of nitrate (.f soda in the~ rim: fu: u'w with the cot ton or :I'" earn.5ds, i Wa liZ mV he dlOne ih .vract snit:ty wi:hi e. ton soeds, I * w.i lt(ni dagr to ei a it not placed lI immetcti te icet v;.. h th,: seed. Al xYlNG FNRTILIrim,:.::i AT TllIE T IMN O1. PLANI' . Tis~ may be understood to i ean either ap'i\ in the f'rtittzer, be.a'.l:. -i on 1t and ia:i'y planiilag the' .*d; or' it may (-s t t '. at ti C,f Mt *g th ' fer tilizer in the turrowv with tne seed. In thle latter case, there is always a manl f"t danger that the coming growinig sea sea may be unusually dry, in wivlch event thie fertilizer, being so lightly, covered, may not be dissolved and properly dis seminated thrtugh thle soil. It may also follow thait. thei fertilizer being so concenu trate'd-en mairie, as it were-aroundi the tender rootiets of the young plants that the latter may be injured, or "burned"+~ a not incconsldrble d:1nger. .The plain is not adv'isabie except wheni a very light appliention is to be made per acre. Thlis caution is espieciaLl:ly aplplica ble- to seeds that are pin tedt in ver-y shallowv furrows and bnt lightiy covered, such as cotton, andI it in renerally safer to inter pose some soil, or. better. dlelosit the fer tilizer ini one furrow and plant the seeds ini a furrow immedIately beside; or. vice versa. planit the seedis fIrst in tile furrow, andi then the fertilizer in a furrow cliose beside it. B3ut the preferred plan is ti bed on the fertilizer, aityl theni plant the seeds, aifter harrowing down the be(s. I have oftenu applied 50 to 1.00 pounuls of a "complete'' fy'tIliter per aLCIre i th furrow with the cotton r"ed-4;.but It was "away b)ack" i lhe late sties and r'arly sev'en ties when firi Illzern sold at $40i io $0 a ton, antd very l.ght applications wr supposiuedti hle in tho interest of a wis' eciony. We did net kno.w muth i.h'oe fertilizers Iin those (lays, andi were ai(rtid to "liut too much guainoi on the cot ton.' That time h:is passed and gone, and! thi up-to-date farmer has fotund that fiC.: and (Z00 pounds of fertilizer for cot toni.a properly balanced high-grade fertiliser. t. each acre of cotton is not dangerous ni excessive, but simply liberal and judi clous. Indeed, it is a question of simple arithmetic, if 100 pounds per acre h profitable, and it costs no more labor te cultivate an acre with 500 pounds of ap pthedughtilr - then 'ivhy not Incr-enst theamountinvested in fertilizers, and. if togtadvisable, reduce the area anid the labor acCount? Nowt the well-informed farmer only wants to know if the fertilizer be proper ly balanced for the erop he wishes t< grew, and Is sold at a fair prie, and h< Invests liberally,,,Just ast he would do ii buying anything att such a price that-he may sell at a profit of from 50 to 100 po0 centumn and upward. A high-grade. hon. est fertilizer will 'meet this requirement There is ami.theor justification for th< practhi.o of applying fertilizers tm' thb time of nitinting---viz., when the farmel has failed to put in his order at the prop er time. HeT may theni, according. to th< proverb--sbetter late than not at all" pult in the fertilizer )vith.the seed, or a the time of Dlanting. White Goods, Lawns, Damask, Doilies, * * mbn Rea Ur Creatlu Redu Come Now! THE.DAISY S E ED CO Columbian Beauty Seed Corn, tI tool tbe'remium at the VWorld's Fai grain and small Cob, weighs 6o Po the Stalk ; grows from 150 to 200 Bt weight in gold. The Seed from brought here from Genoa, Italy, in The price of this valuable Corn Is, L 30c. One Pound 50c. Three Poun Bushel $3 50, Une Bushel $5-00, $2 oo. Every packago guaranteed cheerfully refutnided at once, A pi W.iterme!oi, Tomato und Pumpkii Corti order- I refer you to lon. J WAinston-Salem, N. C., or to any reli: today and be ready to plant when the ways the cheapest. For a success, THE DAISY SEE R. F. D. No. 3, Win THE "PIONEER" CALENDAR. A Souveiri -of tlie Jamestovn Expo. 8stion. We have received a copy of a beautiful calendar, reproduced by lithography in ten different colors, from an oil painting by Chas. A. Winter, a New York artist. The foreground illustrates a young man, In the costume worn by the new-comers in colonial Virginia. In the Immediate background there are about fifteen men building a fort or stockade. Further in the background is a very wide river, and .n the bosom of its blue water are three sailing vessels, proudly riding at anchor, and from which the pioneers have just landed. There are many timely suggestions to farmers on the monthly calendar leaves. Any of our readecrs can obtain a copy of this pretty calendar by sending ten cents in stamps (ox' money) to Virginia-Carolina. Chemical Co., manufacturers of fertil isers, Advertising Department, Richmond, Va., to pay cost of packing and postage. A Chester Collector. Chester Lantern. Each collector has is own way of preseniting himself, some being more direct .,than others ini annpuneing the object of their visit. But we rather admire John McGinty's style. H6 senffles iln without ceremony, and he moment lie enters the door lie says, ''I come at' de money." DON'T FORGET THE WAY That's the place to get good fresh things * ~ to eat. We keep new goods coming all the time. Full line of staple and fancy groceries always on hand. Fresh bread from Co lumbea every day. Yours to please, FA NTS GROCERY. iT~ >deries', dy-made iderwear, Etc., Etc. ced Prices. Come Often! O.WER CO1 MPANY, c premium corn of the world. It The Corn is snow white, large unds to the Bushel, 3 to 5 Ears to hels to the Acre. It is worth its vhich this Corn was grown was [890, by Col. Geo. Siewers. The y mail, postage paid, Half Pound is $i.oo, One Peck $2.00, Half V'wo Bushels $9.oo, Threc Bushels to give satisfaction or.- money ickage of the World's Premium i Seeds go FREE with every . P.- Stanton, ex-register of deeds, ible merchant in the city. Order season comes. The best is al D COMPANY, ton-Salem, N. C. IPPORTUNITI LOST! was an xious for some worthy man or firm to uy my stock of clothing, Shoes,. Hats, and Men's Furnishing Goods, ' and to continue the ausiness. It was the oest. opportunity that will be offered in New-( berry for a long time to come, but that oppor tunity is now gone and lost to all. I have au thorized Messrs. Frank R. Hunter & Co. to ar range and contract for4 a sale that will be con tinued until the last item is disposed of. The first sale will beS for fifteen days, and / should anything be left after that time another sale will be put on, and another and another until every article has gone into the hands of the retail trade. Then the fixtures and furni- ' ture will be for sale and ~ the store for rent. I you want real genuin bargains for yourse' and family go early this sale. A. C. JONEi Lynchburg. Va., Feb. 9..