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INDIANA FARMHAND WRITES ABOUT COUNTRY LIFE Washington. October 21.-An In diana farmlhand has written a lette: to President Roosevelt about th work which the Country Life Com mission is carrying on. The presiden has turned the lettel over to thi Country Life Commission and thi commission has asked the farmhan' to write some more. I have been a farmhand just lon! enough.'' says the president's cor respondent. "to learn the cause o: so many sons and daughters and well meanlig, reliable farmhands leavin! the beautiful farm and country ain( going to the city. A lack of orde: and system on the farm and too lon! .t.urs for a day is what is driving th< best minds froni the farm to the cit2 and shop. What can we expect of 4 hand, or thc farmer's wife and he: posterity, in the way of intellectua development when they get out o: their beds at 3.30 in the morning an< work from that time until 8 or 9 p m.? And no attention paid to thi sanitary conditions of the home, an necessary conveniences on the farn for doing the farm work with thi least labor and time." This mai has given the Countr: Life Commission some very interest ing first-hand information about rur al conditions and recommendati.1, based on a long experience in fari work and farm life. He has worke< for all kinds of farme.rs, good an< bad; he says, and he has always ha< his eyes open to detect the causes o their success or failure. He ha drawn his own conclusions and se them forth in down-right, straight forward fashion. Education pays i; farming, he says. The farmer wh plans out his work and carries i through in a systemaL>, business like manner, just as the city ma: does, will be able to shorten th hours of labor.' "So many farmer measure everything on the farm froi the standpoint of muscle," he cor ti-ues, "and are extreme in soM things and slack in others. I decid ed several years ago that life is to short to work for' Peter Tumbledowi farmers.' 'Now, Mr. President." he writes "you can take this for what iti worth. I have not given you half o - mny experience.'" The Country Lif Commission has written him that hi 'suggestions are so useful that the' ]ope he will send more. "Compel the farmer to be a busi ness man,'' he says-'"Go into tb homes of some of the farmers an: the so-called farmers and ascertai: how they live, and learn' of thei methods of doing the business i: which they are engaged. 'And yo K will be surprised what a variety yo' will find. Ascertain what they read -and what stress..they put on the lit erature that comes into their home (if any conies) bearing on the busi ness they are engaged in. $ee wha .per cent study their business. " Give me the educated farmer a . 'boss and the educated farmhan< as a hand. When I come in eoditae with a hand or farmer that studie hiis business I find him advancing and it is a pleasure to 'work for sue: men. " The .majority of the farmers ar eight-hour men, that is, eight hour .&i the forenoon and ,eight in the af -ternoon. Eight or t'en hours on th 'farm cannot well be adapted in a] -cases, but it need not be from fo;ux -teen to sixteen hours. * If the famil: arise every morning at 5 o'clock an< ~the wife and daughters attend to th household duties, and the farmhand and sons .attend to the chores and g to the field at 7 o'clock and work un til 11 or 11.30 and go to the fiel< 'again at 1 and keep at it until 'o'clock, and go to the house and ea ihe supper and then do the evenin 'shores, they have done a' farm day' work. Regular hours for work, an regular hours for meals, and regula hours for sleep, and regular hor for rest and recreation with plenty o . standard papers and books, includ ing the best agricultural papers an< books, and a full faith in God, ans ;good grub is wanted. -The family should rise at o''elock on Sunday morning as we] as on week days, and do the neces sary Sunday morning chores, an then go to church and show the busi ness man in the city that Sunday o: the farm does not consist in changin, the stoek from one field to anothei or salting it, or unloading a load o hay that wf brought in on Sakurda evening. "Coming to the meals at the met hbour makes it easy on the wife s -she can arrange her household dutie in order. as can also the husband hi farm work. The Country Life Commission we comes letters like this. because e Professor L. H. Bailey, chairman c the commission, recently pointed on one of the objects of the investiga tions of the commission will be to oibain. as fully as poSible, the opin - ions of both farmers aad of their h hands concerning the question of a farm labor and the condition of hir - ed help. It is likely that when the t Country Life Commission reaches In 3 diana in the tour of the country a which it will make early next month I it will endeavor to get into personal touch with this letter writer. How Do Forest Fires Start? What starts these forest fires? This question has been asked over and over again this summer by read er- of the aecounts of the de-tructive fires which have been ragin", i all parts of the eountrx. Camper, and locomotives, is the usual answer. Many of the otheo things which start blazes in the for est are forgotten. It is true that per I haps one-half to three-1oart;hs of th13 f-:irest fires do begin a. a result CAf tl(- -caTelessness of some cainper, or from sparks flying from locomo t;7V, but there are a number of thing which set the woods afire. A complete report of forest fires on the private forests of the country and their causes is not kept by any one. Uncle Sam, however, is most careful to account for the damage done by the blazes on his timberland under forest administration, aggre gating about 168,000,000 acres, and each year the total area burned over, the timberland burned over, the amount of timber destroyed and its g value, the cost of fighting fires, and L the causes of fires are carefully checked up. These reports are made at the end of the calendar year, and the announcement of this year's losses will therefore not be known for more than two months. Last year's figures, however, give - a good idea of the things which cause fires in forests. Of the 1,355 fires discovered on the National For a ests last year, all of which were checked by the rangers before they had burned over fourteen hundreths e of one per cent (14-100 of 1 per cent) of the National Forest area, campers caused 346, while railroads followed with 273: lightning came next. with 173; donkey engines used in lumber ing operations, fourth, with 65; care s less brush burning by homesteaders 'clearing land, 34: fires eaused by in e cendiaries and those set by herders Sand hunters, 30. For more than 400 Sof the fires the cause is not known. IThis is not strange when it is remem - bered that a fire may smolder for e days, if the air is too thick to permit I the smoke to be seen at a distance a before it breaks out when fanned by r a wind so as to reveal its presence a to the watchful forest officer. 2 While camipers caused more fires Stha.n locomotive's last year, there are 'many seasons when the railroads hold -undisputed claim to first place. For E est fires started by both are mostly ~unnecessary. If campers would ex Sercise care in starting camp fires and be sure that they are extinguish s ed before -they are left, and if the I railroad. companies would use .' the t most modern and efficient spark ar s resters, it is reasonable to think that , the .annual forest fire loss could be 1 reduced more than one-half. Light ning ranks third among the causes a of fires, and of course, man has no a greater rgsponsibility in this case - than to put the fire out as soon as 3 possible 'after discovery. Careless I brush burning by homesteaders and - persons clearing land is said to' be , the. cause of inany of' the fires which I have started this year, particularly Sthose wvhich have swept over the , Lake States. -The ranger force on many of the - National Forests has been kept busy i fighting fires which, if left to run 3 unhecked, would have done incalcul t able damage. By quickening corn e munication between important points through the construction of telephone lines, and building roads and trials, r the National Forests have been made s more accessible during the past two f years and fire fighting has been - greatly facilitated. 1 EXCURSION BATES TO COLUM BIA, S. C., AND RETURN VIA SSOUTHERN RAILWAY. .Account South Carolina Colored j State Fair the Southern railway an - nounces very low round trip rates a from all points in South Carolina to :Columbia. S. C.. -tickets to be sold . November 7th to 13th inclusive, and f for trains seheduled 'to arrive Colum y bia before noon of November 14th, 1908. inted for return until Novem 1ber 16th, 1908. o For rates, detailed information, s etc., apply to Southern railway tick s et agents or address. J. C. Lusk, t-Division Passenger Ag'ent. s J. L. Meek. Charleston. S. C. f Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, Ga. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the District Court of the Unit< .States. For the Western District of Son Carolina. In the matter of Elebtr L. Baile Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy. To the creditors of t,he above nam ed Bankrupt: Take notiee that nn the 21st day October, 1908. Elbert L. Bailos. Newberry. Newberry County. Sm Carolina. heretof6ore adjuidged Bankrupt in said court, filed his p tition in said Court. praying for discharge. as stch Bankrupt :1 a th a lhearing was thereupon orlere(I. m will be had uon ai peilin, hfo said court. at Cha:leston. in said Ti triet, on the 4th day of N'oveinb 1908, at 11 o'clock a. m., at whi( time and place. all known creditol and other persons in interest, in ,appear and show cause, if any th ihave, why the prayer of the sa petition should not be granted. Witness the Hon. William : Brawley, judge of said court, and t seal thereof, at Charleston, S. C.. th I21st day of October, A. D., 1908. (Seal) Richard W. Hutson, Clerl STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. British and American Mortga Company, Limited, Plaintiffs, against Jno. W. Ropp et al., Defendan By order of the court herein I w sell to the highest bidder at pub auction before the court hotise Newberry, S. C.. dqring the leg hours of sale on saleday in Novei ber, 1908, same being the 2nd day said month, the undivided interest John W. Ropp in all that tract land situate in No. 7 Township, Ne berry County, State of South Car lina, of ihich the late Caroline I Ropp died seized and possessed, co thining one hundred and thirty a: two-thirds (130 2-3) acres, inore less. and bonuded by Saluda riv< lands of R. G. Williams, F. A. Lin say and others, the interest of t said John W. Ropp being one-four of said tract of land. Also, at the same time and pla< all that tract of land lying and bei: situate in the county of Newberi State of South Carolina, Townsh No. .Seven, containing six hundr and eight (608) acres, more or. le~ bounded on north by lands of D. Spearman, east by lands of Alice Hipp and Sophia Deloach, south 1 Saluda river and west by lands of 1 J. Holloway. Terms of Sale: One-third of t: purchase money to be paid in cas the balance, in one and two years equal annual instalments, the crei portion to be secured by bond of tI purchaser and a mortgage of t premises sold and to bear inter< from the date of sale at the rate eight per cent per annum, interest be paid annually, with leave to tI purchaser to anticipate the crec portion in whole or in part. Pr chaser to pay for papers and 'recor ing same. H. H. Rikard, Master. Master's Office, Oct. 8, 1908. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Couirt of Common Pleas. Bedell B. Boland, in his own rig and as administrator of the person estate of Carrie E. Boland, decease Plaintiff, versus R. Todd Boland, in his own rig and as administrator of the person estate of Carrie E. Boland, decease and Josephine Taylor, Defendants. By virtue of an order of the cou herein, I will sell to the highest bi der at public auction, before t court house at Newberry, S. C., dv ing the legal hours of sale, on sal day in November, 1908, the same I ing the 2nd day of said month, thu lot of land lying and being s uate in'the Town of Prosperil South Carolina, bounded by a pub: street of the said Town, by lots Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, Elvira Kibl William and Irving Long and p haps others. Terms of sal.s: One half of the pt chase money to be paid in cash, t balance in one year from day of sa the credit portion to be secured bond of the purchaser and a mo gage of the premises sold, and bear interest from the day of sale the rate of eight per cent per amiu with leave to the purchaser to an eipite payment in whole or in pa: Purchaser to pay for papers ad f recording same. H. H. Rikard, Master. Master's Office. Oct. 8, 1908. Newberry SHardware id h -ud ..r a . itl LTL ofn 11 C(0 I - 7, IE WOERRY HA RD WARE You Malr When You Purc GOODS F We bought when got and we sell at much the everlasting Bargai The nimble nickel is than the slow dollar. Compare quality anc that the greatest GEr always to be found at O. KL.E The Fair and First shipment of fal Never no better, nor : The First Coug I vev f1lugh not sere, has tive membranes of the thr Coughs. then come easy all v id sightest cold. Cure the firs 4f set upan inflanmftlonin the i Ig lungs. The 'best' remedy SYRUP. It at once gets -i ' moves the cause. It is freeor an adult. 25 0 MAYES' DI *THE THUI will be Augusta, 6 November 2nd Come a *GREAT 4 $4,200 givel Trotting, Pacing. Great Agricultu and Live St Champion F 'On Thursd Between University of G4 More Free Attre Given by a! Something doing all A Great Midway wi SCheap Railroad Ra For further informat FRA No Mistak :hase your FAL IROM US. )ds were at the LOWEST LOWER PRICES than n Day Sellers. more appreciated by us i you will invariably fin ' 4UINE BARGAINS ar( TTNER Square Dealer. L goods arrived. cheaper. COME. h of the Season, a tendency to irritate the sensi at and -delicate bronchial tubes. vinter, every time you lake tie t cough before it has a chance to lelicate capillary air tubes of the is QUICK RELIEF. COUGH *ht at the seat of trouble and -re from Morpbine &nd is as sae for0 ents at RUG STORE. ID ANNUAL held at' u., Six Dabs, to 7th Inclusive nd see the AIR SHIP.' n in purses for and Running Rac ral, Horticultur ock Exhibits. at Ball 6ame ay, Nov. 5th, ~orgia and Clemson Colle ictions than Ev Southern Fair. the time. th Best of Shows. tes on All Railroads. :ion address NK E. BEANE, Seretaryv