University of South Carolina Libraries
^\ * <?> ' < > Tin; (TIKIS TRIF0L1 ATA. <; <i Kv Senator B. H. Tillman, <$> <3> <$ <?> One familiar with the topography of the State and charact-rof the soil in upper South Carolina understands why the soil washes away so badly. It embraces fully one-third of the State. * Portions of this are much more hilly than the rest. On certain soils of a r d kind, owing to the freezing and thawing in winter, the'washing and denudation is much more marked. Any land t in this region grows Bermuda grass arimirnhlv anrl pvpn wh-erp th-^ snil i<? gone, if the land is broken deeply and a little stable manure used, Bermuda scon sods it over. On land entirely devoid of soil, or extremely poor the best way to secure a Bermuda iod is to sow rye and fertilize with commercial fertilizers. That plain grows with less humus than any of the grains s:id the roots will serve to give tin) Bermuda a foothold if the rye is grown and allowed to rot 011 the land. Once sodded and put in pasture it recuperates and its fertility is r stoied very rapidly. The trouble with growing cotton 011 such land, as has been too long the custom, is that having lost its humus, it washes very badly and scon becomes sterilized or so- povertystricken that it will not grow anything profitably. ^ When land has been pastured several years and the Bermuda sod becomes set and grows all over it, an ad. mirable crop of oats can be grown on it if commercial fertilizers are used in the drill when the oats are sown and no injury will result to the grass at all. Oats should De sown every third or fourth year in such soils. In fact it makes better pasture for plowing it up deep and turning the Bermuda roots under the land. Such farms can be made profitable by stockraising without the necessity of growing cotton. Cotton as everyone knows requires hoeing, and hoeing Bermuda sod is costly and laborious. There are thousands and tens of thousands of acres of land in the Piedmont or regions north of Columbia that are very badlv sullied or washed. These soils have all the mineral elements in ample quantity to grow fine Bermuda grass. All they need ii to get this grass on them and use them as pastures alternating with oa:s as I have already indicated. There are many thousands of acres of land originally very fertile and densely wooded which are now given over to poverty-strick* en old field pine thickets, full of gulJ lies, where the pines are puny and show none of the vigor usual with the type of trees. How to restore these now barren and useless acres to productive agriculture is one of the problems which Clems cm college seeks to solve. On its own farm at the college it is showing the possibilities of recuperation coming from Bermuda sod on lands once gullied and washed away. What can be done at the college, and has been done, can be done j throughout the Piedmont region in i the State. The only drawback to making land profitable for stock-raising is the lack of fences. Anyone familiar with the expense and trouble of keeping up wire, fencing must welcome the hedge plant that will grow under favorable conditions and produce a fence in from j six to ten years according to the way it is treated. Such a plant is the Citrus trifoliata or hardy lemon. I have t known the value of this plant for 20 * years or more. Dr. C. U. Sheppard, at Summerville, and Mr. P. J. Berckmans, of Augusta, Ga., have grown the hedge successfully fcr thirty years or more. 1 have on my plantation at Trenton more than half a mile of such a hedge; a photograph of wnicn is sent with this article, and it makes a fence entirely impervious to stock of all < kinds. To use the old Saxon adage, it is "pig tight, horse high and bull strong." I doubt very much whether even an elephant would like to tackle it for the millions of thorns are very J strong and sharp, and the bush, which becomes a small tree when neglected, has a very stiff stem and is not easily bent. 'TVna nnlv onPmv I know ;ind the i UV/ \J * ++ J a ?w worst one to the citrus hedge is fire. Jf crab grass is allowed to grow and leaves to accumulate under and around the hedge and then fire gets in it. the plants will soon die for they i are very sensitive to fire. My experience with this hedge has b^en so satisfactory that 1 feel warranted in urging the farmers everywhere in the State and especially in the Piedmont Section, to try it without hesitation if they want a living fence that will not rot down and needs very little pruning to keep in order. The plants should be pruned any time between the 1st of November and the 1st of March. One pruning a year is all that is necessary. A pair of lopping shears with handles three feet :l' > too] i'or this purpose. 11 ti:v ht-cge is allowed to grow mor than fi\e i>t tall, then Waters' tre primer with handie six feet Ions is the co::veni at tool to use. Hither on*- of tii* tools will cut a stem one inch in diameter. The parts removed by trimiing should be raked up and burned. If an ornamental fudge is desired, then it is desirable to prune three or four times during the growing season, using the ordinary hedge shcars. In England where they have the hawthorne hedges there is a mowi:.'g machine which runs by horse power and both cuts off the top of tne hedges and trims the sides. The machine is arranged so that the cutting ! knife can be elevated to cut the top of the hedge and then it cm be run perpendicularly to cut the 4s. There | may be two machines required to do thi-. wo:k, but I have seen the machines at work cutting off the tops and trimming the sides. Whether it was the same machine or two different machines, I do not know. The main thing is 10 cut when the giowtii is young and succulent before it hardens. In planting this heug on poor laad, ;u mudi 01 it whi be plumed o.i that . caaiacter of laijd, the larmers ought to : ;<ig'vV out a strip four or live feet wide with a two-horse plcw and as uecp as > they can make it. i ae ,ast five fur? :oV\s ought to be subsoiied and tile ! water furrow raked out with a iioe j j down to tile clay and a ditch made, j If tnis is filled with stable manure, ^o j ! much the bett.-r. If tnis can not be j | haci rich earth raked up from the ; woods orv low places where it has been i washed should be placed in. the bot- . ! torn of this ditch and thoroughly mixed with a liberal quantity 01 equal parts j of cotton ~-eed meal, and kainit. This | I j ought 10 insure a rapid growtn. ine ! plant lives very easily as it has a I i i large number of roots. It is import- j ant that it should be cultivated aftei j ! it begins to grow so as to keep down j the weeds and grass. This can be : done easily by plowing and working j the same as a row of corn. I After the hedge is started and be-' : gins to grow, if there are any missing | places, they ought to be replanted the j I next winter and extra care taken to ! get large strong plants to replant | with. - j The h-e-dge should be cut down to ! the ground the first winter after it is l < aJ OA ; planted and becomes esiauuDucu | as to make it bunch out low and make 1 ! a close fence. The proper distance foi j I the plants to be placed is from IS to ; ! 24 inches, not wider. ; j I | NEGRO KILLING IN LEXINGTON i ! Folks Heard Shots, But Such Was i Common Occurrence. I i Lexington, Dec. 16.?William John-! j son, a negro cook for the Southern j Railway's special work train located j at Peak, in the Dutch Fork, was shot > -n-j iinVnnWn ana khicu r riu;^ ms"1 " "* j parties. Col. J. H. Frick, magistrate ! at Chapin, conducted an L'^uest yesj terday, but nothing wast brought out j by the number of witnesses wlio were I sworn that would throw any light 011: | the perpetrators of the crime. Johr j | son's dead body was found lying be-I ; sid? the railroad track at an early! j hour yesterday morning, two bullet j j wounds having been made in the head, j I end death, to all appearances, had l . j oeen instantaneous. { At the inquest several witnesses tes-' 1 ?* 1 -J ! j tilie-o as to navir.g u u. uioiui unuw , I about 1 o'clock yesterday morning and ! the firing of pistols, but this being a common occurrence &ince the large forc?i has been working at Parr Shoals no special attention was paid to it. It i was only a few weeks ago that one negro was killed at Peak and two white men were shot, and the trouble j : Friday night has caused the people of! that good town coiisiderable alarm, j ! , ! The verdict of the jury of inquest: was to the effect that the negro came j ! to his death by gunshot wounds in the; I hands of parries unknown. A further | investigation of the killing will be made by the officers. How to Cse Ked Tress Seals. j The postoffice department has ap-j proved of the Red Cross Christmas ; seal design being used this year, and ! the seals may, therefore, in accordance with order No. 5020 of the postoffice department "be affixed to the i oi/io nf mail mat j lC?Cl ;c oiuv u. ~~ ; ter." Red Cross seals must be placed ! | only on the- back of letters and notj j on the address side cf any packages! | that are going through .the mails. j ' They may be placed anywhere on mat-! tor going by express. As many seals may be used on th(- back of a letter or j package as may be desired. Care should be exercised i nsending mer- i ! chandise through the mails not to ' place sfals over the string with which ! the package is tied, since this seals I the package against inspection and j subjects it to first class postage rates, i Red Cross seals may be used on the i uwuw it j? a ???wmmiom imimmhuiiui I ^ if Qn account of $10,000.00 stock Notions, etc., at 3 111 *.?r t* and beiov/ Manuta \ ' | DliESS GOODS $1.00 yard kind 7-"c. yard kind :,0c yard kind 40c yard kind 30c yard kind 20c yard kind 15c yard kind 10c Dress Gingham 6c Dress Gingham 10c Outing LADIES' BLACK SI $1.00 value 75c value 50c value 25c value LADIES' HANDB 50c values..., 25c values PTTITDREVS CLC $5.00 kind $4.00 kind $3.50 kind $3.00 kind $2.50 kind $2.00 kind BLANKETS. $3.50 values $3.00 values $2.50 values $2.00 values $1.50 values $1.00 values Sheets aud Pillow Cas< UMBRELLAS $1.00 Umbrellas 75c Umbrellas tArt TTro Vvr?^l 1 n c JVV; uiui^i . ? ? * Work Shirts. $1.00 value 50c value in gold, on Deceir give a ticket with Ne Ij reverse side of mail matter sent to Austria, Germany, Great Britain and most of the British colonies except rnrlio unrl AnQfmlip film tf illlfl la . I * Til ? guay and Portugal refuse to admit mail bearing non-postage stamps. Red Cross seals* may be used on the face of checks, on bills, on legal documents, and cn any commercial paper. These* Christmas' seals are not good for postage. They will not carry any mail matter, but any kind of mail matter wili carry them. ALLEGED ASSAIL AST CAPTURED. Gresrsie Move, Accu^ir; of Attempted Criminal Assault Upon White Woman in Barnwell County. Barnwell, Dec. 17.?Gregsie Moye, a negro, was lodged in Barnwell jail this morning charged with attempting to. criminally assault a white woman near Kline, in this county, yesterday afternoon. After an all night hunt, Moye "was caught at Cave's station this morning by a Mr. Walker, who turned him over to the authorities. There was no attempt at lynching, as was at first feared. The alleged attempt occurred about ?A J / a change in the ksine ; of Men's and Boys' Ck nd below cost We wi Ciurer's cost, ft will >. | HOYS' ci Knickerbockers 1 ... .4sc. S"?.00 values '*',c $4.00 values $3.50 values -0c $3.00 values 14c sfspe: 10c ~ 50c kind Sc 4C 25c kind ^ 15c kind 10c kind [AWLS. MEN'S 7'>c $3.50 Hats 48c $3.00 Hats 390 $2.50 Hats 19c $2.00 Hats AGS. $1 .50 Hats / . .85c SOYS' 19c $1.00 Hats k4irC! 50c Hats 'AKS. , 9r>n TTat.c $3.48 - . $2,98 MEVS ( $2 75 values $2 2.5 values $1.98 values $1.50 25c values 15c values $2.48 M1PS $2 00 va*ues .... ..$1.75 25c values $1.50 SHOES! $1.10 Our stock of St f?*' Vparlv nil hmnd ?s at COST. Men's $6.50 Shoes. Men's $5.00 Shoes. Men's $4.00 Shoes, ^ Men's $3.00 Shoes., Men's $2.50 Shoes., Ladies' $3.00 Shoe: Ladies' $2.50 Shoe 79c Ladies' $2.25 Shoes 39c White Canvass $2.0 iber 24, at 4 o'clock, I every 5oc purchase ei R R, xt Door to Exchange j 3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the I victim being a white woman about 55 ' years old. According to the best in. formation that can be gotten here toi rlav chci woo Ai'a.llrinf through some j UU.J, U"V "?u .. a? ! bushes near the edge of a road, when | the negro, who was armed with a ! shotgun, accosted her,, telling her to i come to him or he would kill her. The [ woman, replying that she knew what I he wanted, refused to carry out his I purpose. | The telegram that was received here j last night merely stated that a negro j had assaulted a white woman near j Kline, and asked that bloodhounds be ! sent at once. It was addressed to Capt. J. B. Morris, former supervisor, rrnnr chpriff of this P.OUntV. CaDt. MOT , ,4V,.. I ris was in "VVilliston when the message i was received, but he was telegraphed to and rushed the dogs to the scene oi" the alleged attempted assault*- in j.his automobile. The chase resulted ! in the capture cf the alleged assailant. ! WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS | Have you overworked your nervous sys] tem and caused trouble with 'your kid! neys and bladder? Have you pains in j i'oins, side, back and bladder? Have you ! a flabby appearance of the face, and un? i dor the eyes? A frequent desire to pass i urine? If so, TVilliams' Kidney Pills will I cure you?Drug-gist, Price 50c. ^ ' ~m Ll ss on January 1st, we (thing, Overcoat v, Shoes, il positively sell everyth pay >011 to see our sto vankxaokannniiih h iiihii .a n luraoktmii, uummi .((Til! Mi. L.I jrand new. $;_00 value 4'i AS ... $4.00 values $3.24 $3.00 values $2.9S $2.25 ME> N'DERS. $1.50 kind. 35c $1.00 kind. 19c 50c kind... 11c 8c MISSES' J HATS. $20.0? kind 40 7r. $18.00 kind, t?2J2o $16.00 kind, gg $14.00 kind ?ta $12.00 kind, <Jgc $10.00 kind. HATS. $8'?? kind' 75c 9Qi> _ $5.00 kind. lU/> JLOYES. H?? kind' ?0 A A 69c I *?-vv *""* 4?c J $2.50 kind.. 39c $2.00 kind. 19c $1.50 kind. 10c CLOl TIES. 33c We have 19c S 16 CIoth man who i SHOES! holidays wi loes is complete. he buys, a bw. ,out of the C $3.98 sell you a: $3.48 -,uonev thai $2.98 goods. Coi $1.98 $20.00 Suits $1.75 $18.00 Suits s ' $1.98 $16.00 Suit is $1.79 $14.00 Suits i $1.50 $12.00 Suit 0 Shoes $1.50 $10.00 Suits > > a*.L l>a aI> VTi UlUlUXHlClll IU gCl jr I j we will give away absi o person holding lucky liiiling holder to chance \TTI e Bank, Newberry, S | - V The Best foi WE ALL MEN DEL1GT IN A ( Jf Get Him a Wiss 1 (rakl A most appropriate and sharp edge leaves the wyB and soft. Try one at o r. JO * 4 will sell cur entire Hats, Dress Gocds, iing in our store at w J ck before you buy. iDIES' SKIRTS. s $3.50 $2.98 $1.98 'S DRESS SHIRTS. ?Sc . 0 0 0 0 ? 3oC. L>D BOYS' OYERCOATS. $9.9S $&98 $7.9$ $6.9$ $5.98 $4.98 --- . $3.98 IJf'S ODD PASTS. I $3.48 $2.98 $US $1.75 ....$148 9Sc HIXG! CLOTHING! 11 about 200 Suits of high ing left, and will say to the vants a nice Suit for the 11 do well to see us before s we are positively going Nothing business. We will [j all-wool Suit for less i you pay others for rag npare prices: $9.9$ $8.9$ s $7.98 i $6.98 s $5.98 5 $4.9S )u to trade at The elutely tree $10.00 number. We will at $10.00. 7 1? V I -i JLlL A 1 p 3 t I \ ft r"YouM3est'vBi JUICK, PLEASING SHAVE Ra?nr PRICE WK 113*91, $1.50 to $3.50 dKfr I li<sPfll1 orift TV.a -firiA face perfectly smooth ur risk. JL IK HNSON. A J