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ARDED IN FARM BOYS' CONTEST. ued fiom ,Page One.) for the prize for the yield of corn. The Exhibits. ibits were displayed in the ouse, and there were inspected udges and the awards made. -ition to the exhibits by the re were some exhibits by the monstrators under County nean, in response to his re published in the Newberry Tb -Addrs receding the award oif prizes, gressman Lever and Messrs. 'Williams and Smith were introduced, and they made excellent addresses, dealing with timely topics of intet t to the planters. They were in roduced by .County Superintendent f.Education Wheeler, who in call the meeting to order made a few propriate remarks eongratulating ys upon their efforts. first speaker was Congressman Lever, oke of the conditions confront e Southern farmer and suggest e remedies which he said he ed would bring about good re The Southern farmers, he , did not .ontrol their cotton and fix the price ,because they not own it completely when they d made it. The remedy for that, said, was for them to own their cotton crop by a system of di ification. Even if they did own eir own cotton crop, however, they uld not fix the price upon it unless! ey worked in harmony with each er, and that meant that, in order get the best out of diversification as necessary to organize vigorous d effeetively. And the next thing . that they could not and would| ever organize and they would not diversify most effectively until were educated-not necessarily school education-but by ed tion he meant the opening of their. to the facts around them. \Di ify, organize and educate-those the remedies, 'and for each he a strong and eloquent plea. In etion with the latter phase of subject he said that South Car a and the South needed a system; education that not only trained emxental capacity of the .boy and - , but at the .same time the manual udphysical capacities, to fit the outh Carolina farm boy and farm: 1 for farm life-that educatio2 which combined in perfect balance the training of mind and hand. In this connection he< referred to! Clemson College, saying that while he had made some suggestions recent-: lv as to Clemson, which some people had termed criticisms, they were friendly criticisms, and he said that. he was a staunch friend of Clemson. The only criticism he had made of Clemson was that it had not been in the best and closest kind of sympa thy with the agriculture of South Carolin;a. It had been suggested that Clemson should set aside some of its' funds and establish a fitting school, or Clemson. A fitting school may~ o good, he said, but he was in fa-: or of the establishment each year f an agricultural high school in the! Congressional districts of the State, until we had one in each district, lookng ultimately towards the estab lishment of an agricultural high school in every county in the State. He believed that we could take from the funds going to Clemson $50,000 each year and devote this to the es tablishment each year of one such! Cogressioinal agricultural high~ shool. He gave figures showing the ~amount received by Clemson from the* fertilizer tax, which he said was in addition to the amount receved from the Federal government. The ferti lizer tax this year amounted to $190, 000. Five years ago it amounted to ,$109,000-inl five years an increase of $81,000. He could not believe that the expenses of Clemson in five years had increased $81,000 per year. He would not injure Clemson, but he be Slieved that $50,000 could be taken from the funds received by it each year without in the least hurting it, and with this money establish these agricultural high schools, to prepare not only for entrance to Clemson, but for the duties of life. Mr. Lever's address was clear and strong, and he 'held the close atten tion of his hearers. F Mr. A. G. Smith. of the farm management department Sof the State, with headquarters in Columbia, agreed with Mr. Lever that diversification was needed, and said one of the ways to dversify was for the farmers of this State to grow more corn and better corn. South 'olina now held the world's record v iel'd on a single acre, zhis year. It took three things, lie said, to make good corn and a large yield, ani they were - good seed, good soil, and good cultivation. He said that he desired to devote his re marks to gooid seed. A man in selecting seed to plant, ,be said, should go into the field where the corn was grown, and where he could see it. He should look for a good stalk--not a great, tall stalk, Ibut one that was short, low and lof good circumference-stocky, and in a place in the field where the stand was normal. Then the stalk should be chosen which, under these conditions has produced the highest yield. Then after the best producing stalk was secured, one should not go too high to get the ear. An ear too high on the stalk was liable to pro duce a weak stalk and intensify the tendency to high stalks. He advised -not to select the ear above a man's head. There were certain characteristics in the ear that should be noticed, he said. First, the shape should be cy lindrical as possible-bhe same eir cumference at the top as at the bot tom. The relation of the length to circumference should be as 10 to 7 as near that as possible. Then the -depth of the kernel-the 'deeper the kernel the more corn on the cob. Then the rows should be as close to gether as -possible. Then the butt should be noticed-how it was filled out, and the tip should be filled out as well over the end as possible. But, he said, that should not be a prime consideration. Then see that the color was.-not mixed. As to the color of the cob, white corn, as a rule, ought to have a white cob, and yel low corn ought always to have a red cob.' That, perhaps, might be a fancy consideration, but it was al ways taken int6 consideration.. At any rate, he said, avoid a variety of both colors. Then the size of the cob should be noticed. Don't get too large a cob. The cob should be as small as possible in order to grow nothing surplus. The corn in South Carolina, he said, reminded him of the corn of fifteen years ago in the corn-growing States. Mr. Smith then gave some sugges tions .as to selecting and preparing corn for exhibition purposes, saying it should be of uniform size, with the grains all the same color, 'and :the cobs all the same color, and it should be brushed up, and there should be no missing grains. Mr. Smith 's talk as to seed selec tion for planting corn was both val uable and interesting. The last speaker was Mr. Ira W. Williams, who also spoke of corn growing in* South Carolina, saying that we must~ realize that we must breed up and develop corn in South Carolina fitted for South Carolina soil. The way was 'to begin with the corn we had aad to select the best. South Carolina' had already produced the worl-d's largest yield for one acre. Now, what was needed was to get to work to; produce the largest average yiel'd. Mr. Williams took up the question of education, and strongly and for-. eibly stressed the need for educationI and education of the right kind. He regretted that so few teachers were among those present on this occasion. Teachers were needed in the rural districts, he said, who could teach t'he children of the rural districts, some thing about agriculture. The trouble was that we had too many teachers who smply taught Latin for the sake of Latin, and other branches for the sake of these other branches, forget ting that they were only valuable in so far as the training they gave 'and the studies themselves could be ap plied to and be used to help in meet ing the problems of life. He wanted an education that should train 'heart and hand, and he said it was a de plorable fact that we were neglect ing in our educational system those things that pertained to one's life. 'Mr. Williams spoke of the history of the boys' demonstration work, and the good which it was doing. He con gratulated the boys of New*berry county upon the showing which they had made. Many of the older farmers, he said, were set in their ways, and much greater good could be accom plished if the training along right lines started with the boys. The prizes were awarded by Mr. Williams and iCol. Holloway, both of whom spoke encouraging wo'rds to the boys, saying that they hope-d their interest would continue and increase. The Thanks of thie Boys. After the .awards had been made, the ,boys by a rising vote expressed their thanks to .the friends who had offered the prizes, and all those who had assisted them in the work, and promised to show their appreciation by their work next season. But Seldom. Washington Star. Mtthews, the bril of changes in the meaning of words: "'At the height of our mayoralty campaign a little boy, looking up from his adventure book, said to his father: 'Father, what is a cormorant' " 'A cormorant,' the father an swered, as he turned the huge pages of his newspaper, 'is a corrupt and hoggish politician.' " 'But,' the lad objected, 'I thought it was a bird.' " 'Oh, yes, to be sure!' the other agreed. 'The word is used in that sense now and th;n.' '' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. Court of Commen Pleas. J. H. Wicker, L. D. Wicker, W. J. Wieker, T. B. Wicker, R. D. Wicker, Mamie Swygert, Lula Wicker, Julia Wicker, George Wicker, Randolph Norris and Louise Norris, Plaintiffs, Against Robert Norris and Robert Wicker, Defendants. In compliance with an order of the Court herein, I will sell to the highest bidder before the Court House at Newberry, S. C., Monday, Salesday, December 6, 1909, during the legal hours of sale all that piece, parcel or tract of land lying and be ing situate in No. 5 Township, Coun ty of Newherry, State of South Car olina, known as the "Kinard Place", containing two hundred and sixty two (262) acres, more or less, boaa4 ed on the north by land of Singleton Jeter, east by land of Sam Derrick and H. H. Folk, south by land of T. B. Wicker and west by the publie road from Newberry to Whitmire. Also all tha.t piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being situate in No. 11 Tewnship, known as' the "Or landa Wicker" place, containing Three !hundred and fifty (350) acres, more or less, and bounded on the north by land of John 0. Koon, east by land of Junius Long, south by land of estate of David Suber, deceased, and west by land of Rich ard H. Hipp and David Ruff. This tract of 330 acres will be sold in two tracts; tract No. 1 containing one hundred and ninety-eight *and forty two ofie huindredths (i98 42-100) acres, more or less, and Tract No. 2, containing one hundred and fity-two 1WE HAVYEJ Currants, R.aisins, Lemon Peel, and e fo your Christmas ( FRESH A *Bananas, Apples, Oranges, S Cranberrie * Peanut Butter,\ French Peas, Shrimp, * and table c * Our stock of Coffe * to none. * Remember, we ar *all kinds of Fancy a * Our Christmas sto and we solicit your * thing "GOOd TO E *want. IJONES' I *Opposite Nex and twenty-six hundredths, (152 21 100) acres, more or less; plats < these two tracts are now on file in tI Master's office and will be exhibit( on day of sale. Also all that piece, parcel or trai of land lying and being situate i the Town of Newberry, County Newberry, State of South Carolin containing two (2) acres, more c less, bounded on the north by Evaz street, east by Lindsay street, soul by lot of Mrs. Sarah E. Evans an west by College street. Terms of sale: Al of the aboi described property will'be sold fc one-third cash and the balance on credit of one and two years in eq annual installments, the eredit poi tion to bear interest from day of sal at the rate of eight per cent. per ai num and to be secured by a bond c the purchaser and a mortgage of th premises sold, with leave to the pi chaser to anticipate payment eithe in part or in whole. Purchaser to pa for papers and recording of same. H. H. Rikard, Master November 11, 1909. OHARLESTON & WESTEEN CAR OLINA RY. Sched6le in effect May 31, 1908. Lv. Newherry(C N & L) 12:56 p.m Ar. Laurens 2:02 p.j Fv. Iaurens (C & W C) 2:35 p.r Ar. Graenville 4:00 p.z Lv.j'Laurens 2:32 pa Ar. Spa'tanburg 4:05 p.a Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 5:90 p.a Ar. Hendersor.vi'le 7:45 p.m Ar. Asheville 8:50 p.m Lv. Laurens (C & W C-) 2:32 p.m Ar. Greenwood 3:32 p.m Ar. McCormick 4:33 p.m Ar. Augusta 6:15 p.M Tri-Weekly Parlar Car line be tween Augusth and Asheville. Train Nos. 1 and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays Thursdays ' and Saturdays, 1eav Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays ant Fridays. Note: The above arrivals and de partures. as well as eonnections wit other companies, are given as infor mation, and are not znaranteed. E'rnest Wiliars, Gen. Pass. Agt., Augasta, Ga Gleo. T. Bryan, rMenvine. R C... 4 ST RECEIVED ~ IIMENT OFP Citror, Orange ar!d ~ I verything necessary 4 RRIVAL S. Grape Fruit, 4 Tangerines, Celery, ~ s, &c.,, &c. Mince Meat, 4 Mushrooms, I Lobsters 4 ondiments. e and Tea is second * e headquarters for nd Staple Groceries. 4 ---4 ck is now arriving, * patronage for any- 4 AT" that you may 4 IROCERY, I vberry Hotel. d d K HE Sc man w correct styles in Dress Foot Our display r ishows Shoes in exclusive rr It will be such a disphg Foo wear as We spare no perfectly. F Felers.&P SpeciaJ ; IIMillinery and A T Ws. hairs' WVe have had a very larg season in Millinery, an< is short for fall goods n itively that you can bul a saving of 35 to 50 per -any store in the city. Come, give our stock a I prices will make you bi LADIES' TOILE Rememember we sell Goods of the very best can Beauty Corset, the 79c each, the 50c kind 34 Run is mi out. I lumb Give we'll just e requi will sell y ~~WqIOHN WHITE cial Season is with us and every Society Wo ill be interesled in the" ,and the smart Models wear. of the new :reations :f qua ity and character odels. difficult to find another Ly cf Wcmen's Dress we are now showing. pains to fit every Shoe Sale Notions s StoreI e business this I as the season >w we say pos-] r goods,hei-e at cent less than look and the T GOODS Ladies' Toilet miake. Ameri-E $1.25 kind now )c each. ning Up A Big Lumber Bill. ghty easy if you don't watch You can easily buy the wrong. er, easily buy too mit ch of it. tis your lumber order and give you our advice. W xactly the kind of !amib re and exactl-, how take to do the job. ou 1mber on'that EWDERRY LUM IA &ent