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ENDORSES TILLMAN'S SPEECI Pertinent Comments of the Leadin Newspaper of Kentuckoy. Louisvilie-Courier Journal. 'Senator Tillman sometimes cor eea s some sound ideas in ? tempo, of bilhn^atte. The result is tha ms audiences do not ahvavs take hir sewmisly. Ifi? speech in the senat Monday was vigorous, but it was no billingsgate, and it contained soun ideas wnidh were not concealed. It i a speech whidl. even persons leas inendly toward the South Carolinia may take seriously. From the report s**ene ? senate during it delivery the senate itself took" Mi drubbing very seriouslv. That, is as i should" be. The wordt of Mr. Till f1"" s1|ould bo marked, learned an ? vv;a,'c!Iy <li"'oste<1 bv liho nrembens o I ! most august (deliberative bod i" the world." That is. Che greate part of them should be, since once o twice tiro speaker lapsed into preju ?d ullerancc. The advice give; was whole-some; the political ideal 'expressed were for the most par worth while: the stirring he y-ave 111 ^.senate for its servility and its cow .fjpnrdiee was timely. The substance of the Tillmai speech was a protest against exccu ?'ve usurpation and congrcssiona submission. From a strong arm o the national system the congress"ha been reduced by Theodore Roosevel to a simple machine for recording hi own will. Senators and represents tives are too deficient in courage t resist his encroachments whie amount to the conversion of a grea republic into an autocracy. Incidon tally, it was a. protest against a spiri in the legislators and in the peoph t_oo. to yield weakly to Theordor Kooscfveli's lust for power and I be taken in by his professions of iln rivalled purity, incomparable hones 1,v and inspired infallibility. If the I?(?oseveil regime has show one Ming it 'has discfosed oire weak ness of (.in- system of government "When our constitutional polity wa adopted some of (be Kuropeans sa\ at once an experiment that woul fail. Nearly all the sceptics base their doubts of our government, how ever, upon the chances of the caplur of the sovereignty by a hysterica mob. outvoting the conservatives. T ni'ist of ih,.m nothing seome.l furl he from possible than the (riuislonnn t-iop i'f a system of so many check and balances into a one-man svsten Thomas Ihibington Macaulay," wb saw visions of mob rule, would ru his 'eyes to see the autocratic tendone of the Roosevelt method. Tie mi?h I inure it out that Roosevelt derive <iis strength to accomplish what li does simply hy a pealing to the mo and that Ire is hut an autocratic pei Bonification of the rabble. His anterat'ic tendency, as distinct from iv publicanism submerged by the mol is plain, nevertheless. It is a remark able, but not pleasing, perversion o the American ideal. T'lie situation demands just such treatment as Mr. Tillman gave it. Th members of both houses need jus such a reprimand as he gave then . The cowardice of the representative and senators of the .majority is .j .public scandal. MAKE CORN RAISING PAY. Here Aro Some Rules That are Intel csting and Valuable. As grain crops go, corn is a com para lively new one; and tthenee of fers correspondingly greater oppoi tiinity for improvement under earc ful methods as well as for rapid dc tenorotion under careless methods. The befct and most practical meblio of breeding it up is systematically I plant seed from a stnglo ear in single row, to plant other rows th same way, and I hen weigh the yiel from e%'h row separately; then keo a record of each row, select the hep for next year and so on from year t year, to the end that the seed cor may have a pedigree that is definit and a true guide. From the few row planted, seed will be selected for th increased plat that is fo supply seo for I lie larger fields. Those who wan to pursue this kind of breeding wil be able to get from their state experi merit stations or the department, o agriculture at. Washington bulletin that explain the plan in detail. Th next best, plan is to select the see ears in the field, and to observe whctli or the stalks that bore extra fine ear had choice locations, rich spots, mue room, etc., which might, make a larg yield was not really in the seed 111 ears came from. Tf we wait till th corn is in the crib, we cannot do mor than select irood car*, j."respective o whether they grew on specially favoi t ed stalks. Bui even such selection a lliis will be belter than none. Tf one does nol have corn fror which really good seed can be select [. j I'd, a strain liluiil is a good yielder, lie in, . ought to buy good seed. lie ought a I- ra g so to tost his seed before planting, to ro loam whether it is going' to sprout to well and grow with vigor. Much will tli sprout well and not have vigor to pi i- grow well. Skips in the row cost just till it as much to cultivate us a like space in en t which corn is growing, and produce th n nothing. The unshaded soil may 'even sti c be injured by being exposed unueecs- en >t sarily to the sun. ac d 'Much is said and written about ^r s deep 'breaking for corn. It is one of t those questions that will never be setn tied, for (die reason that 'some types s of land need one treatment and some s need another. It is rare that deeper Vi> o than six-inch ^plowing .will pay: and t sometimes iit will be detrimental. If <lc I- land is plowed much deeper than foril morly, plow in the Tall. Loose soils P? f and bottom land's can be plowed deep- h V or than black prairie soils. Never go lM) i' oil' to dinner or to the house for the w? r night before all the land that has i- been plowed that hair day is harrow11 j ed. I fitter, the use of the disc will '^l' s put the seed bed in better condition, ,VI> 't J but do no) abuse the land by turning 0 | it up to the air and sun t ? dry out <wl '- before it is harrowed. The seed bed an is more important than usually sup- ill ii posed. Make it fine and mellow. It ni; .. does not take much work, as harrows lie 1 and disc cover much ground at a ca f time. o-(, s Planting should not be too (Teeply I in spring, when the soil is cold and na s munch moisture is in the ground. At <"h i- that time the warm soil is the layer *>() 0 next to the surface. Deep planting is h also bad \\1lren the seed bed has not *ti 1 been well prepared. Rome sort of lai - drill or mechanical planter should be s,,( t used, since all seed, will l>e put in the no ground approximately the same ,lis- in: o tanee. Then there is eflt'her a stand or ba 0 not a stand. The grower will not be nw - in doubt as to whether he should re- |d; - plant : but he may be in doubt if tire '* seed is dropped by hand and some are I'll n deep and some are shallow, so that a j th - I pari meet favorable weather condi- I'11. :. lions and eo.uie up. wliile t'he rest do [ s not come up. Watch the d-ill careful-j so v Iv lor some lime, aim dig out enough i,,:l iT hills to know how deep the .planting is | <*<' il beiiiK done. It will be a costly corn j ' h - crop if labor saving Implements are wl e not used for eultivation; and they 'in 1 can b(> used with greater success when 'by o Hie rows are straight, so that the culr tivators can run so close to the young - stalks (hat very little uncultivated'])); s earth will remain in the drill. I ilti I* Many neglect corn for two or by ? three weeks after tilie seed is planted, go b Meanwhile grass and weeds got well >?u > started. 11 arrows or weedors, or both cu t should, in mosit' cases, be run over no s the corn before the young plants get f" 0 out of the ground, and even later? va b just as long as the corn is not injur- fo ed too much by such working. The | w< young grass and weeds will be* easily j "t - killed and a crust is not allowed to so ^ I form over the young corn plants to! It ~ make it hard for them lo get out of! tit f I he ground. PurUieranoro, this stirring fo of the soil prevents evaporation of in a anoisture from the land. In the t!i e hands of a careless workman a team ex ,t of mat Iks and a harrow can do much wl i. damage to corn after il is out of the si1 s ground. Suppose a though I less work- or a man permits cornstalks to catch in ca the harrow and drag out lire'young in corn row after row. Such a thing has mi been doire more than once but such a I'll laborer is not fit for the work. The fii - writer knows of one good farmer who tr thinks it pays liLm to plant corn con- tit side*.<?bly thicker than he wantts it to en i- grow, so that lie can harrow it over ly ?- and over as often as Ire likes, uproot- gr - ing part of the young crop, hut lcavi ing enough for a good sta.nd. While ,-j, ?- his .plan has its drawbacks, it also {}, has 'Is good points. fr (1 Corn is a very shallow rooted plant, pr o Most of its feeding roots are near wl a the surface of the soil. Hoots also v;i e feed only at their ends, and when eo d tlu\v are cut off they cannot nourish th p the plant much till new feeding hair- or ;t like rooits put out to gulher the food, inj o These fads show that deep cultiva- dr u lion during the early life of Iho crop is e iniay not be injurious; while deep cul- w< s tivation later, when the roots have be e spread across from row fo row near <w< d the surface of the soil, cut off the wi |. roots just at the time the crop needs pill to be fed well. Do not make the vii i_ work stock do unnecessary hard work wl f by running the cultivating implement od s deeper than is necessary to keep the no e ground clean. Some growers ad as d though I hey thought they would lay pa i- by the corn well if they run the cultis vating implements deep; and this y,(| h means that they are laying by the roj e crop by cutting its roots off. Vol, cul- m. e tivation must be deep enough,to kill p,, y? grass and weeds, even if Hie corn e roots are pruned off. on f Corn should not be raised on lire jn< - same land year a01 or year, for sev- it, 5 oral reasons. Tl is a rank feeder, fjr and I lie land should have raised ] n some grass crop, or a crop of clover Va - or peas, to j>ut it in the condition for tiki tig ;i huge yield of coin. ii is ix', indeed, Ilial those who do not tate 1 heir crops think it pays them raise corn. The question goes fursr than (o supply (lit* corn with ant food. When corn is raised on e same land year after year, insect einies get to -making their homes in e bind; and they arc here to dei'oy the next crop ;:s far as they n. Depredations from insects are ce.pted by the average farmer and oufns are, on the supposition that ose things are sent by nature and at man can do nothing about them, it the farmer can rest assured thai, he raises corn on tflic same land ar after year he is turning his Held to a hatchery of enemies that will vour his crop, ami this injury is r more serious than generally supsed. If the crop does not do well, <? matter is dismissed with the supsilion thal the weather or Hie soil is unfavorable. The c<?r:i grower ould certainly he :i grower of clov". peas, and one or these crops "Slid be ii rown on I lie land the first ar preceding (he corn. I'1' lime will ???r,ic? j:: the south icn corn will be planled in checks >1 cultivated both ways. as it is in ft'real cm states. Ma iv i hin:;s I.v coul rilnitc t< ??ake this imprac"<iw. but some of ihc-e lhin-;s n l>c done away with by a man who t>s ][ I'ijrhl. Very shallow pb.w 's broadcasr or plowing i? ' row beds make ii impracticable to cck corn and cultivate il both ways; may sleep hillsides or .lit!cites, a Iirregular outlines of the Held, or imps or trees on flio land, and the ml may be so poor that thicker ' ling will he preferable. It will be led. however, that really ::oo,| farmcann.it be done wiijh such drawcks; and ||,{..v oll?|l( j,, |l(1 (,UM(I ay with even if the corn is not limed in checks. S,;?ne of these a whacks seem more -."ions than e,\ are. because chec!:in^. js r;)r(> ' south an.I 'I h os i * wlio have not :ii i! is impossible. II. r,. md theiv ru is checked with >in-c >ss in the and under condiliosis which 1' '"armors say make chc. kini n iinprad icable. Corn is grown eaply when checked; asid a sosn* ml smaller crop would snake as ic'u money as a larger crop grown a more expensive method. I he Will'ia.nwon tm/lmd of i-orn i?wi"y has it,s advocates; bnl it relius to be learned whether the satire ,n,ml plant food and labor used more common methods will not. i as large a yield, if not a larger c. Food (he crop must have; and l.tivalion makes plant food that is I vet available turn inio availaldo ' in-. In other words, a good oitlli'"s somel liing of a substitute I ertliz.'i*; and workiniy Ihe .-oil ' 1 ''clore the crop comes up is auf'cr subsfl it ill e. Thai is one rea" ihat Irarrowiii"; corn is so helpful, makes grass and weeds sproul and > .I kills iheiu; but j| also prepares od lor lire crop, and ihal is the iportan! thing. The cry will go Mp al so much workino- of the soil is pensive; bul that will depend on icther the working is of" an expenan inexpensive kind?by men by mules. "Working with mules a be made expensive, too, if the iplemenls are of a kind that one list keep going around and around o row, instead of a kind that will itisih one row or one itnildle al each i'P across the field. Much eultivam at so small an expense that (he Hi vat ion can be repealed frequentshould be the aim of the corn oAver. Wlhen the corn is cultivated in Iges more surface Is exposed for e sun and air to dra?w .moisture om; and the rulo will be that if tha evious working of soil has been ml. il should have T?een. flat cultiition will lve better. Still, |!,is js nditional, it should be noted. For e same reason Ihaf. cultivating a <>p in ridges is (lertimental, plantn in narrow lveds in detrimental in v weather?if drier, nut more than good for the crop. Deep plowing mid be worth more than narrow ds. provided Hie field is otherwise 11 drained, in the opinion of (he iler; bul there are many trood, aclical men who hold the opposite i'w. and only (he future will show re!her .-ill cannot succeed by meths b\ which a few arc succeedintr w There are many years when col ton rmers make no money: but who ii poinl lo a year when corn raisby rational methods did not pay a vsoliable profit? There is always a irket for il. and bears do not nlanilale the market to the loss of the mver. The market is found riirht on e's own farm and on Ihe surround' Sarins. Rears cannot mix up wifh "When the si over is sayed b\* rami methods?not 7iv pulling' the ives-r the. stover ha* as much feed lue as the grain; and the sou lb is >w to realize this. If that idea is made one of the working rules of the farm management, it will nut be dil'fieult tu see how a corn crop will yield more net profit. Mian a cotton crop. More net profit, mind you; we do not can' for the gross proifit. It is the money that a fanner ean lay away that he should be interested in. A cotton crop makes a uig income, but t'he big outgo is right there beside the big income. With corn under good management, there is relatively more profit left behind; so much profit that, while corn will not replace cottun as the great southern crop, it ought to -be a close second and 'help to make col ton raising more gainful. At least, there will be none to dispute that the raising of more cotton bodes ill for the south, while the raising1 of more corn gives bright promise of a more prosperous south and more t'hriftv farmers. Home raised corn will keep money at home, that now goes to 'enrich other sections; it will keep moticy right on the farm where (lie corn is raised in t'be south.?-Prov ivsm ve Warmer. THE FOIJTE DOG. ! , What the Animal Has Now Been Taught to Accomplish in Paris. Quite a:i unusual sight was witnessed today on the race course at Yineennes. Instead of steeplechasers or trolling horses, with their multicolored jockeys, the pesage, or inelosure. was taken up by the curious collection of police dogs and their masters or trainers. The "Club Krancaise du f'liien de Defence, de (Jarde, el de I'(dice.' an entirely private association of amateurs, had obtained permission to use the race course fur ;i series of experiments to | which the police authorities were inI vited. The ground was frozen, and j the immense plan of the largest race | course near Paris looked like a piece ! of some remote desert. About fifty (persons in all, including three fashionable ladies, had come to witness I the trials, which were to consist, first, in a test, of the dog's obedience and intelligence. lie was to walk omesly Ix'side his mas-rer held in a leash, and then loose, to explore the I ground, sit guard, crouch down to concealment. or bark at the word of command. Kolf was told to bark, and a deep rythmical sound came out of his j throat three times, as if lie understood exactly how many times were sufficient for the occasion. All the dogs went through the first part of the programme with success. The most interesting trials were the man-hunt and arrest oif supposed burglars. Two men were dressed up as Apaches. They were thoroughly padded from head to foot with niattressj like coverings, and well did they need j them, for the dogs took their business in earnest. Each man also wore an iron mask and a steel helmet, as well as iron gloves. A dog was first (old to escort one of his prisoners to a I-jive11 place. He inarched close at Ibis side, and woe to the man if lie >ruad.' the slihgtest attempt to escape. The dog would make fierce bound at him and throw him down in an instant. catching, as a rule, the mattress padding where it was thickest, and burying 'his teeth viciously in the man's supposed fles.b. An armed attack was then represented. A man representing a burglar, crouched witi his back against a wall, stood concealed. armed with a club and a revolver The trainer came along with his dog and was not supposed to see the man in concealment. The imaginary burglar suddenly pounces out at him fires a shot, and catches the man by the throat. The police-dog, however, hardly gives him time. Tn an instant he seizes the man and bowls him over, belaboring him at the same turn1 with his teeth. The man is allowed tn use his club as best. lie. can on the dog's back, but the animal easily has the better of him, and (.lie blows only stimulate liis vigor. Only one animal out of nineteen, a (rcrman sheep-dog, refused battle, and acted the coward. All the rest performed their part with powerful conviction. and it may we'll he surmise.{ that a real burglar, (hough armed with club and revolver, would have lared very badly under such an attack. Seven dogs especially distinguished themselves by their clever and almost scientific, behavior. The best of all scorned to b<> a f>iir mastiff called flarcon, who has been for some time already in the police service of Uoitbaix, Prizes have been offered by M. Clemencean, the premier, who takes great interest in these experiments, and by M. Tropin. prefect of police, who -was represented at Vincennes by I he police commissary of' foinville. The prizes vary from L'Oft I race to 7.> francs. M. Ileniuon, chief ol ihe detective huivu.it will he prese.it at the next trials. Pur! her experiments will also he made with ambulance dogs, in which the war ollice i takes great interest.-?London Tidegraph. l" " THREE ~~ Excellent Reasons why YOU Should ^pen an account with a Bank. | First: Because y >m money is safer in a Bank than anywhere else. Second: Because pa., uig bills by check is the i simplest, most convenient and best method. lYour check is always the best recent in the world, i! J 1 S ;j Third: Because it gives you better standing 5 ! in the community, especially among business I * men, to pay by check rather than cash. Think I .it over. Wo will appreciate your opening a I] savings account. fi | | We pay 4 pr. ct. on Savings Deposits. | The Bank of Prosperity, I 1 Pi osperity, S. C. ? iyj DR. GKO. V. HUNTKR, 1)R. J. 8. \V1IKKI,KR, 3 !' : President. Y. President. [] | J. 1?. BROW NIC, J. A. COUNTS, | ] |:j Cashier. Assistant Cashier. [) I .:v.A.^;T5?D. !?S3SBBGBXi.s&mSf&AM NATIONAL MIK OF NEWBERRY S. C -iiii'i 10 irs raitciiit pboof." A repository in which you have your money deposited, and maybe your valuables stored, should be strong enough to resist the attacks of the burglar. 1 Entrust them to us. They will be absolutely safe. With an account opened with us you can pay by check, thereby insuring accuracy and system in your methods of keeping accounts. There is no greater convenience and safeguard for handling money than ^ ^ccouitt. DIRECTORS: M. A. Carlisle. H. C. Moseley. iT. B. Carlisle. ; J. A. Blackwelder. Robt. Norris. [Geo. Johnstone. |B. C. Matthews. S. B. Aull. Jos. H. Hunter. | YOUR BANKING! '! the mmm mm bank. Capital $50,000 - Surplus $30,000 No Matter How Small, Matter How Large, I The Newberry Savings Bank , 1 A/ill give it careful attention. This message / ipplies to the men and the women alike. IAS. McINTOSH. J. E, NORWOOD, ; President, Caller. ?gi hiiiihiib?i ii mimnii i ii iiiim !! ?octeb??ni?wmn??waun???awuataa?mu? 1 3STo. 6994 The People's National Bank Prosperity, S. C. Paid Up Capital - $25,000 00 Surplus and Individual P/ofits $6,000 00 ! Stockholders' Liabilities . ? $25,000 CX) ! For protection of depositors. | H. C. Moseley President. M. A. Carlisle, Vice-President | W. W. Wheiiler, Cashier. G'?.o. Johhstone, Attorney. Better a conservative Interest on your deposit with its sale I return when wanted, than a high rate and a ieellng of doubt j about the principal. A National Bank Is a safe Deposit. Government supervision | makes it so Likewise our Board of Directors is a guarantee i of prudent conservative management. DIRECTORS: G. W. Bowers. W. P. Pugh. J. A. G. Kibler. Jno. B. f ellers. R. L. Luther. W. A. Moseley. M. A. Carlisle. Geo. Johnstone. vJ. H. Hunter. H. C. Moseley. J. P. Bowers. i We allow 4 per cent, per annum in our Savings j Department, interest payable semi-annually"