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ON YOUNG'S ISLAND. < Mrs. Evans Writes Interestingly of the Vast Truck Fanning Industry There. Young's Isilaind, S. C. Kdikir Herald mnd 'News: Ear ftixxm the "maddiiing crowd," on an island surrounded by water mind green nimrsh on every side, wo ?uvkc on the whit/3crested wia.ves, on it lie ma ny steamers, launch bomits aiiid swift-sailing fishing craf t fclwut come so near the bluff, t limit wo hear theftr laugh of enjoyment at -a we.ll-lillcd boat of oysters nulling far it.lse cannery just above us t limit is giving employment to many poor people on the inland. 'The point of view is lovely ait all hours on ttfliis 'isle, ibut especially in live morning at sun rise, when the great round orb of day seailis to rise , < from the wtaUxr, mud its rofllectdon, seen so bright mud glorious like a stiwaan of molted gold, nuvke one loriig foil- the soul of an am fist to depict its glory on' emiuvas. A surprising fact is 'that mill vegetation here is frostproof?great mares of white cabbage, on ions, beets, amd a si range looking vegetable, limlf cabbage mmd half .turnip. Caibbage plmwts by millions aire seen alll oven' the island. And as owe sits shivaiiimg from bltdak winds, the plantation is green as in mid-summer with us 'in upper Carolina, and violets, narcissus a?ntd spring flowers are in bloom. I man told the heavy fogs prevent injury from frost. The islanders nadse hundreds of . * hogs, corn, potatoes, perns, ground Quits, fruits mud henries, while oysters aa-e plenteous and1 cheap, and (bo-aits are constantly on the river to supply flanviJi'es with fish and oysters. A spur track from Ravened to Young's Island trims to the dock or landing place, with cars in which are loaded hundreds of cabbage crates, and millions of plants muv sent each day of the week during the busy season all over South Caircvlinia maid all over the United Stales. At the present time the office forces aire working until inidnvigiht .to fill orders from distmiiit points. The life is an ideal one for those who desire to avoid politics amd all its ways thait are dark mud tricks thai mre mean. Wig get the News md iCourler, of course, but mio one seems to know that the Columbia iStm.te sdi'll lives. We semt to Charleston for it, but failed to get. a copy; so we wrote to a young friend mt Columbia to supply us. The "Old Lady on Broad Street" has the love and eoovfidemce of her island subjects, and they own no other sovereign. Announcement is made that Ihe world-famous and most beautiful gmrdems at MtvynrolUv-nn-lhe-Ashley, wiil be opened inext Mowdmy, and a visit to these gardens is one of the features of m tourist itjrip mnd! m yiUop-over in the City by the Sea. For information lo many who have never visited this grand old place, we will monition thai the. fare, f/ixxm it lie Tslc of Pallms, including mdmtiissaon lo the grounds is $1.50. W'3 will take .a trip over soon, and may scnid you a description of 'this old-world dream of beauty. M. A. E. APPEAL TO FARMERS. Prest. E. D. Smith Ui*gcs Production of More Hog and Hominy This Year. President E. I), 'Smith of the South Carolina Cotton association bias issued an ad dire ss to Ihe pe >ple of the State, urging (he farmers to provide for mm abnndianit graiin mifd forage crop and Ons secure further independence in the cotton world. Mr. Smith believes the high prices of cotton for two years have enabled Ihe farmers to be in position to provide these supplies and tlius be practicality independent of the lien. The statement is ms follows: "After cmroful investigation as to conditions in this Slale, 1 deem it to /lie my duty lo ask every farmer in the. 'Sta.le. now that Ihe time has come I" prepare for another crop, lo take no chances but to lay his plans so as to provide for*a'ir abundant grain and forage o-op. By a'nuidance T moan not m!y anough to n.r'o.l '!>e necessary >'* iiiiivmcnfs if his laborers and family, but a surplus of ii sufficient to provide f'.r the conversion <>f a part of it into p'ork amd beef and for the purpose of using (his live slock ns a means of permanently improving the plantation, reducing (lie fertilizer bill and (lie supply bill. The three lmst years of coii'linued high pri ce collon hms put us into a position where we can make Hie experiment of an abundance of food and supply crops. T mm particularly anxious for the Slate to try one time (lie experiment of producing m surplus of these food supply crops. "In iluokiiKv over (ho onuses that bring about the terrible fight for higher price cotton, 1 'have found that (ho main muse, ami perhaps the I only eau:e, when reduced to its bust analysis, has been indebtedness of the producer to the hawker and merchant; and in investigating i find J that this indebtevdnress is practically all for those very -things which -a surplus of food crops on the farm would eliminate. I once thought that having1 control of the price of cotite.n we ] could 'afford to purchase these tilings. T sitill think so; but I am convinced that wo will never bo able to control the price of cotton until we- ] iceaao to purchase these thing's. "As I have called attention incidentally in another amlicJe, the appalling number of liens recorded in ' this (States gives the aoswer'to why so much cot,torn is put upon the market at?a price which the seller knows is not what ho is entitled to, but ' wlvich necessity drives him to Lake. "We htave made -a wonderful fight and have accomplished a wonderful victory and with practically the lien debt el i minted and the fertilizer bill kvrgelv deoroasekl means the oomparativo emancipation ami absolute control of (he cotton erop ..by (he cotton grower. 1 "The present outlook is for much higher prices during the spring and summer, and for that reason I foar there will bo a tendency on the pa/rt J of the cotton grower to load himself up again- with debt for fertilizer and supplies; and thou, in order to make provision to meet with this J debt, to load himself up with a big cotton crop, which -meatus -a burden too groat far him to bear and a con- * sequent sacrifice of what otherwise would be his. "1S0 without attempting: to begin on on-gami/ed effort, T appeal to the (common sense, experience and wisdom of I lie. farmers -and beg each -and every one to ilnt's start this year with the determination to provide for the liquidation -at home for our hoy, girain, meat land fertilizer bill, so that we will bo in debit to nobody for those things but ourselves, then next fall let all those who have tried it meet at (lie fa.ir grounds in Columbia and have -am experience mooting <as to what our prospects are for next year, based upon the consciousness of having -an abundance <a( home and no pressing obligations to force our cotton on 'Ilie -market at a. pricc less than that indicated. "I have no .doubt, of our wiifning it he price for which we stand this year. In no iStato do T hear of any incliin.atfion to weaken, but having- so much debt upon us and being put to so many expedients to (borrow money on our cotton in order to moot, our obligations, when without this indebtedness and obligations we could meet (ho issue, settle it at our own good pleasure and be thoroughly independent. of .all parties, let's try the experiment in; .(lie yvwr 1008 in the Slate of (South Carolina. Tn my visits and 'commuuicnf ons to the other iS'tatcs I shiall insist u|>on the saino I hing. "E. D. Smith." Was no Raven?A Parodyf. Our facetious friend and neighbor. "'W. Jay D.," of the Clinton Gazette, drops into verse, and writes the, best of all the parodies we have read on Poo's immortal "Haven," as found annexed.?Ed. Laurens Herald. Once upon a midnight, dreary, when my eyes grew rather bleary, [Prom my nearly empty bottle I , another drink did pour; While the solace T was drawing;, and again my heart was thawing, l ^Suddenly there came a gnawing just, outside my chamber door. < " *Tis a cursed mouse," I muttered, 1 "gnawing at my chamber door. Only (his and nothing more." i I Presently the gnaws grew stronger; 1 hesitating then no longer, i "Mouse." said T, "believe me, < your cessation \ implore; i For the fact is T was drinking to suspend this awTul thinking, 1 And in slumber fast was sinking when j you roused me at the door; > Oct you gone and let me snore." , Deep into the bottle peering, long I ] sat there wondering, fearing ( That if T refilled the bottle T would j gel (he snakes once more. t Hut the silence was unbroken, and T needed but one token, And the only words there spoken , were the whispered words "Some | more." I These 1 whispered, and an echo mur- r mured back1?"Hebind the door, | Fill the bottle there once more." < c Toward the jug then turning, all the ], man within me burning, ( Was T when T heard a rack-el, some- j || thing louder than before. is "Maybe," said .T, "there a rat is; It womlor where nn earth the cat is, I iLet me tiron see what thereat is, then mo&Uenrnestly 1 swore; i'Vr my heanwas cold within me and ii I deeply, deeply swore is At tliat mouse, and nothing more. Hero 1 opened wide the easement when, to my profound amaze- 1; m en t, 2. In there came a sealy serpent, sueh t! as IM ne'er seen before; e. S"ot an instairt stopped or stayed he; s< nor to me attention paid he; But with wondrous instinct made u he for the jug behind the door, n For the demijolui of "Fuss X," just p 'behind my chamber door, S( And 1 sat down on the floor. cj ' u Then the cussed snake beguiling my f, sad visage iivto smiling, (| By the quite unusual number of p the goldarn tails ho wore; (| "Though my troubles thou dost thicken, thou," said T, "art no . spring chicken, U And my pulses yit do quicken, as . you roost behind my door: For from out that jug of liquor 1 would like a few drinks more." Quoth the serpent. "Forty more." c Much I marveled this ungainly snake to hear speak so plainly, For its countenance a look of deep and wondrous wisdom bore; For we cannot help agreeing we were never blessed with seeing Any living human being who had P room for forty more. n And mortal man who'd taken all the h drinks I had before b And had room for forty more. a e "Prophet!" said T, "thing of evil! h prophet still, if snake or devil! t Whether real or whether like the li snakes I've had before, Ii Desolate, yet undaunted, on my jug of r booze implanted, I In this room Peruna-hauntcd?tell 1' jno truly, I implore, 1; Ts there balm in the Keelv cure? Teli t me, toll me, I implore!" I Quotii the serpent. " Xovermore." I Ii "Be iliat. word our sign of parting, t snake or fiend," I shrieked, up- i starting, c "Get thee back to outer darkness? t quit tiro jug behind -my door!" Then a missile sent T. dashing where f the serpent's eyes were flashing, 1 When T heard an awful crashing, T and a chill my heart ran o'er; r For the demijohn was broken, and s upon my chamber floor f Flows the liquor evermore! <> And the serpent in it floating, still is i gloating, still is gloating r On the busted jug of liquor just n behind my chamber door; 1 And "nis eyes have all the seeming of a a demon's that Is dreaming, c And the whiskey o'er him stream- <1 ing, floats forever on the floor; j I But my soul from out I ha; liquor ; thai is floating on the floor c Shall bo lifted?forevermore. I W. Jay D. i Origin of "Buckboard." J Tliv-r? are few persor.s who know . h -w (iif: name <' ' bi<v kl :i\.' came to ,u ;;iuilied t?? "hieic It was back in the '20's when the transport alio.i or goods w:i1-. s, and ucichandisc was almost entirely by wagon. A Dr. Buck, wlio, for many years afterward J. was the mMiliary storekeeper at Washington, was then in charge of military v ' iftjo^e onl'outo to army posts in the Southwest. I In East Tennessee much difficulty f was experienced by reason of the | rought mads, and there were frequent \ mishaps, mostly from tfic wagon over- ( turning. Dr. Buck overhauled tiro j outfit, and, abandoned the wagon bodies, long board's were set directly | on 'the axles, or hung below, and the ( stores were loaded in such a manner j that there were no further delay from ] breakdowns and, the stores safely f reached their destinations. In special s emergency, too, the load could be ], diiftc.1, or taken off in a hurry. j The Idea was probably not new, but a Dr. Back's example was followed. \>s- I socially when roads were rough, and a soon much hauling was done by the 'I ise of wheels, axles and board only, i; STow ",v have the h'.ickboard, both in arriage and automobile forms, con- a 'orming closely to the original idea, 1< hough few suspect the source of it. li "If you don't go out of here in a ir ninute I'll scald you!" exclaimed e: he wrathful woman of I lie house to u he pci'sistont peddler. "That water w in the stove won't scald for half an ll our yet." answered the merchant, tl 'So you had better let me sell you o me of these patent automatic tea II :o!tles that Iraat water in loss than o wo minutes over a slow fire. If you d; lad one of them I should have been m cabled and on my way to sell some- s< liing to her rod-haiired woman who sc ; trying t;> keep house next door.'' J>f happiness,is tlio rarest of blossigs, it is because the reception of ii the rarest of virtues.??Sil vest re. Crosses of Honor. The Drayton Rutherford Chapter, 32, U. D. C., Newberry, S. C., this, 3th day of February, 1908, begins le -three months advertising requir- *! to precede the bestowal of eros?s upon the dependants of veterans. Rule 1. See. 2. The oldest living* neal dependant of veterans who have L ot received a cross may secure it, ? rovided that notices for three conjcutive months be published in the ^ ity and county newspapers calling C pon veterans to send in certificates' /-< or crosses. If, at the expiration of iree months no veterans have ap- C lied, the bestowal of crosses upon S ecendants and widows may begin. ^ The chapter urges the veterans to c prompt in sending in their cortientes for two reasons. First of all, ecause it is the on pose of the hapter to honor every veteran with cross and. second, to give to such Q ecendants as described in the rule r hove, the opportunity to sccurc their roses. L Mrs. ?T. A. Burton, ? President. jThe Agitation Grows. T would like to know who "Bill impson" is. but. it probably does not lake any' difference, for whoever , 0 is he has hi! the catalogue house usiness just ahout right. T am furinst these large cities controlling voryit liiing. T .bo)ieve wo ough.l to usiness ourselves. The harvester rust went to work to drive the sinalpr fellows out of the business and lave succeeded so well 'they have eally cornered the entire harvester rade. Then we have our nail trusts, ( ardware trusts and trusts of all inds. 1 am not exactly satisfied with liis idea of shipping our cream to the arge cenltral creameries where it nnks to me like an effort to drive our lonie creameries out of business and hen they will pay n* whatever they C dee.se for our cream and they will 1' ontrol the price of butter as well as C lie price of cream. There is danger in such things and 01 one T do not propose to harbor he mail order catalogue house trusts. t seems to me our home merchants C ccupy the same relation to us as the X mall manufacturer does to the dif-. j erent trusts. If the big fellows once j ;et a hold of us, we are their meat. The things "Bill 'Simpson" says ^ n his letter to you are just a'bout iglit. This nonsense about our home nerchants making too big a profit (_ believe is all wrong. Tt seems to me > ny man capable of reading and of ^ omprehending the way business is lone nowadays, knows that eompeliion in all lines is so strong that it is welly near i'npos:-ibIy ('< r a man to K barge more than lie ought to for any ength of time. Suppose one of the J nerchants of our town should ask a lollar profit on an article he ought o sell at twenty-five cents profit, iow long would it be before the otht fellow, selling the same thing, vould see his chance of cutting* unler the man who wants such a largo )rofit and get the business? I remember once only a few months i*j'o, of reading a lecture given by one >f our professors of economics in one >f our large eastern colleges, in vhicli he warned the people to look ut for this mail order and catalogue nisiness, for it was only another 'orm of the trust idea. lie went on o say that these concerns bought . vhat is called seconds or slightly ^ lo <a liiittlo of >t his con! rolling ( n .Hunt. way got. a hold of stuff t hey 'ould handle, lie said the most of I lreir goods which were only slightly lamaged could not he detected by he average, person. Tie drew the illustration of a customer buying dried : rnits, or groceries of any kind, an 1 ' aid that if it. was only a quarter or a 1 f a pound short, the person buy- n ng thought it was so small an item 0 s not to be worthy of notice, but to ' he catalogue house, handling tlions- 11 mis of" pounds it made a nice profit. 'his he called robbery and guess he < about right. 1 one? had the pleasure of visiting large factory where they made nives, forks and other things in that ne. The foreman of one of tire > ooms showed me a pile of these d? nods and said they were damaged. 1 I'1 vamined some of them, but 1 declare, ntil lie showed me where the flaw h< as, it was pretty hard to detect it. f< t seemed to me a big waste to throw m icse damaged pieces away, and T e <ked him what they did with th in, in e said thai they had a contract with large eatalo'/ne house to lake all In imaged goods tlrey had and showed wl e how they wrapped and packed so ? as to keep the. Claws from being icn unless the examination was pret- vc STATEMENT OF The Commercial Bank OF NEWBERRY, S. C., Inder call of State Bank Examiner at the close of business March 9th, 1908. RESOURCFS oans and discounts $335,541 29 >verdrafts 9,713 06 umlture and Fixtures 3,116 93 )ue from Banks $ 41,615 91 lurrency 8,280 00 iold 370 00 .liver ' 1,152 42 Jash Items 1,289 86-$ 52,708 19 401,079 47 LIABILITIES. 'apital Stock $ 50,000 00 Jndivided profits (less expenses paid) 48,958 32 >ividends (unpaid) 1,24 7 00 Jashler's Checks 1,236 24 )eposits, Banks $ 1,202 7 1 )eposits, Individual 298,435 20?299,637 91 $401,079 47 [NO. M. KINARD, Pres. O. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. J. Y. McFALL, Cashier. 4 per cent. Interest Paid in Our Savings Department. STATEMENT >f condition of THE EXCHANGE BANK OF NEWBERRY, S. C., at the close of business March 9th, 1908. K HSOlJRCliS. ,oans and discounts $>79.95iS 19 )vcrdrafts 7><l l<> 5^ furniture and fixtures 3/^7 (>2 lash on hand and in Banks 10,1X7 41 $201,279 78 1,1 A HI LIT I ICS. !apital Stock $50,000 00 Tndivided profits S,if?4 56 Jnpaid dividends .... 12 50 ndividual deposits $109 361 32 tanks " 2,5.15 74 * 1 1 1,907 06 iashier's Checks 1,195 66 Totes rediscounteci 10/03 00 Jills Payable $20,000 00 $201,279 78 mmmiilimi iiooffm*'-tuk raro'znp/vn2rxn^\i^ij\-rrKr\:\xiri&vat~xss.v.'i.r.w.-r.r*.-*r voaqivsvtu?rjq Cures headache and indigestion. Refreshing and nvigorating. At fountains and in bottles, five cents Irink. Guaranteed to cure and helpful. Made of >epsin, acid phosphate and juices of fresh fiuits, Send to your grocery man for dozen bottles and try it. V thorough. This was about the first ami n??thi 1114- ;il ail to do wilh their inro I ha'd had my eyes op,-wed on oni.irin. There arc many hearty outiis kind of .business. Pint, varnish, door laborers, such as ear men, li i?ico boxes, ote., can hide a wlnde lot nll(| members of the building f devilnient. Two or three years a.150 era.'is n ii.? are never alT-elcd, while rcrybody was .iroinjr crazy over buy- sonm of lli - vsi sufferer^ mav be ); from catalogue, but I notice of found anions ])eo|,|,. wli-.se business li.' a p.o.l many people are i?etli:i?- does ? >! expose th.-m to the weather. ,'"'1 t I' has hinir been conee.led that The Home Man. rheumatism is strictly a blood disease arising I roin excessive uric ac.i.1. and The Weather and Rheumatism. ean *?: 11v lie cured by puriI'icaiion. Did von ever tall; with a rheumatic What seems lo be the most salisfaciend about his aches ami pains'/ 11's t' ry ajjent for this purpose, that of dlars lo doiiv'hnuts rie. would blame I horonirhl v clean>in<_" and puiifviiur ie weather according to the de.jrrce the blood, is one known as Andes' his sitffei'in^. And at lirst ula.ice f treat. Prescript ion. Hundreds of > would seem to have jrood grounds rather remarkable cure*, have been >r his opinion, as during the bad reported lo its credit, and W. E. onlhs, when clammy damp days al- Pelham and S..,i. who handle it. say male, with cold snaps and every it is 1 h. larvest and mod sa Ms factory lauinable kind of weather may be seller for rheumatic affections in perienced within twenty-four their -dorc. The price of I lie medicine uirs, rheumatic pains oficn run riot, is one dollar per bottle, three for two !iile in fair weather the aches are dollars and a half, and six bottles nietimes forjyoMen. for five dollars. We would advise a Weather conditions, however, have trial all who -a.ro alVli'ded wilh rlieury little to do with such troubles, jiitisiri.