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$> <$> <$> <?> > -, / <S> TERRY DILL AM) ills PIUS. < > < > ?* Sianle.v Joinis<?ii in American *' I Wairaziiie. . [ f ' * L <Now <o:ncs ;>not.ier South Car li u boy. T rry Dill of Ci . villc county, to teach a profitable lesson to his elder agrieulnirsts. bv raisinu a pig weighing 308 p. unds at ;in expense oi" .'5.S cents a pound. Terry Dill and his pig have wen honors equal t > hose . attained by .Jerry .Mo re a few years b * ago. by /.is record of :;i bush Is of f < orn from one acre of land, winning, t di.-.tim-tioiis. a niche Wf The A::.- a MaHazia.-*?- Hall Fame?"Interesting People.". Indeed. ^ so far as regards Terry's achievement, 'the Soutii Ca'olina commissioner of Agriculture tells me: "This boy, o my miad, has done even more in the j way of building for the future than uid Jerry Moore, for he has demonstrated to the grown farmer that heg; meat can be raised a* nom: ior less; than f;ur cents per pound; something I have been trynig to drill into their, brains for the last six or seven years.*' | Terry is 16 years old; when we con- ! template the daily quo.ations for pork ' chops, ham, bacon, lard and sausage, we may acclaim him' as a bucolic; David slaying our fearsome national; Goliath?The High Price of Living, j Terry Dill's achievement was pos-; sible because -of the splendid commun- j ity spirit abounding in Greenville county, where everybody became in? terested in the idea of a Boys' pig club.': k The leading daily paper in .he county ^ Pp" offered a prize of $50 .'o the winner,' , and a leading mercantile house paid $50 for the winning pig. The Greenville Board of Trade was the umpire in the proceeding, printing the rules and list of prizes for distribution throughout t'be county. 1. became a popular method of advertising for merchants to join in offering sptcial prizes?tcl cxthing, shoes, pocket knives. safety razors, corn pian ers, auu many o,:her commodities?for par icuI lar excellences in pig-raising, so that " nearly every bjy c-f the 20 contestants f with Terry had something to hope for, if failing ;he capital prize. The percentages for determining the winner embraced four points; gain in weight, 50; cost of feeding, 30; general condition of the pig, 10; and neatness and completenes of the rec:rd, 10. Any tinH r>f r?i<r mi?ir he entered, not over uiuvt vi Jf-o - o?' ? ? 60 days eld, a:d .'h? contest extended from April until October. Every fc > month a report was tiled with the secj retary of ,he Board of Trade, stating grain in weight, anionn and kind kind koJ: food given and its cost. Grass pasturage was standardized at 25c a month, cultivated pasturage a: 75c a month, c3r:i a" $1.00 a bushel, buttermilk.at 5c a gallon, and ne values of > % wheat, meal, rye, e c., were differ ^ en iated at a rate uniform for all contest ants. An agent of the Uni ed B vrotoo farm dpmo stration service, and r% a professor of the S:ai? agricul ural colP ge acted as judges and advisers. Finally the pig was weighed by three disi \ ertested people, and under affidavits the figur s for \:e 21 pigs were filed with he Greenville boa*"d of trade. The contest was very close. Terry's was n:t the heaviest pig, and his 4' average gain in weigh, was 14..jo ^ pounds a week, for lie full term, k against 17.85 p<unds for the boy raisW ing the heaviest. On this point Terry J scored 44 points. Bu: the heaviest pig cost 5.5 cents a pound, wmie lerrys with a cos cf 3.8 won the perfec: score of 30 points. Another boy was too kind altogether and spent 9.2 cents {a pound. Terry scored the perfect 10 points lor the '"general condition'' of his pig, so i; would be unfair to omi: the fact that, so far as he was concerned, the pig was perfect in , everything. The neatness and com-: pleteness of Terry's report were only! | one point short of the perfect ten.: He won 'with score of 93 points. The papers throughout ,the South pro-; claimed the thought of the Greenville pig club as an inspiration and Terry Dill's victory as the solution of the ' i ^ "problem of home-grown hog and j hominy:* .j Terry Dill's persional relations with | his pig should not pass unrecorded. | Recently a Harvard proressor has de-; g clared that every pig would be a gentleman if he had a chance; but bc- j fore this erudite oradi.e oracle had proclaimed this truth, Terry had prov-; ed it. He gave his pig the chance, and he proved a marvel ol personal cleanliness. Terry built the pen himself, " * sou/, h west o: a la^ge barn, sheltered from the north winds and in a posi'.ion ,,."u /~\ sknulsl oil tVi.o <nnlipr}iT \\ lid C It, tuiuu VClLV.il Hii vuv 1 Evtery day Terry carefully "manicured" i \ him with a currycomb and a horse brush, until, as Terry expressed i", "he was as fat and slick as a butterball." j He als") made him a now bed each day. A few days before the period of the ; contest was to ^nd, Terry s pig caught j ccld and became hearse. In coaster-j nation Terry devised a remedy of kerosene and grease, and swabbed out his threat, forcibly holding liim meantime. During the hisr month h pig registered a gain of fO pounds! He was s fat, Terry records, that his eyes were closed, and he ha'' :o be pushed in t.ie direction it was desi: d he should l:o. Terry Dill is a favo' ite corr<\-i>onu lit <>;' mine. He is v: ally interested in the career of a farmer, and lie writes so alluringly of it that his example ri>< s to the dignity of a temptation. It seems as if his achievement s ould i.>e emula <'<1 in vicinities where the abandoned f irm cr.p is most abundant, and where there are . o county Lea'ds o' trade t > conc-ive he idea of pi:?ling a li'tlc "pep" into the li-'e of h^ farmer hoy. In certain Eastern districts, for, example, a county pig club, wi h these variegated stimuli, might nee more make "hog-killin* time" the joy;ns precursor to Thanksgiving that it used 'o be a generati m ago. CONFEDERATE liEl MON Anderson >VlIi Welcome Heroes (,i I onieuerac) i?us The Slate. /Anderson, May 2.",.?Practically arrangements nave b en comple ed for the State reunion oi Confedera e veterans, which will be held in this city on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Homes have been secured for the veterans, theii sponsors, maids, and for :he Sons of Veterans, who will in eocci'n hpfp The business sessions of tae reunion will be held in an immense tent which was erected today on the Ledbetter lot on north main street. Three brass bands have been secured jd furnish music throughout the two An emergency hospital has been established, and the management of the Anderson county hospital nas announced that that institution will care for all indisposed veterans iree oi charge. Bandstands, grandstands and all sorts of stands have been erected on the public square. The city and the business houses, and many of the residences, have been decorated, all ihe decorations used in Jacksonville during the grand reunion having been brought here by a decorating company. j First One Arrives. The first delegate to the State re-: union, J. A. Doolittle of Aiken, arrived this morning, and the committed in r-harere declares that more than 1,200 veterans will be here by Wednesday morning. The chief orator of the reunion is Gen. A. J. West of Atlanta. His address will be made Wednsday mo'-'ning. 31K. BYSU3I KESHiNS Has Been Connected With the Cleorgretown School tor Thirieen Years. Georgetown Times. " Alter a connection ui ujiuccu ^ caia with the public schools of this city? fi?e years as principal and eight years as superintendent?Pr-:f. W. C. Bynum '.has tendered his resigna.ion to the board of trustees, to take effect at the end of the curren. school term, on June 9. .\o steps have yet been taken to fill the vacancy that is to occur at the head of the city's school system arid rw '.ling will be done until the trustees have gone ever the situation thoroughly. It is realized by the board that it will be no easy task to fill Mr. By 11 urn's place wita a man so capable and laiihful as lie; and since Mr. Bynum as set so high a mark in local educa ional administration, Georgetown will be satisfied with nothing less. Mr. Bynum has not yet determined 11 nnn his future connection, but it is cer.ain that he will remain in educa tional "work. He 'has received several flattering proposals each of which is in j the line of advancement. With one of these he will close, :his new duties to i s.art after he has had a res: in the summer. Mr. Bynurn has had "he satisfaction j ot seeing the Georgetown city schools greatly enlarged and developed since: ho became connected with them. Thir-, teen years age the enrollment of the J higu school was 280 and the staff consisted the superintendent and seven teachers. The enrollment is now 460 and the staff numbers superintendent and eleven teachers. The new school building one of the handsomest and best equipped in the State, was built during Mr. Bynum's administration; and Jie did yeoman work in behalf of fhe building and equipment. The class> 01 work has been brought up 10 such a "high standard that the school is now cn the accredited list wi.h thr colleges of the State. That means that any college in the State will admit a graduate from the Georgetown high school on the school's certificate and without examination. One REMARKABLE | CASE of Mrs. HAM Declares Lydia E. Pinkhair/s | V e get abl a Core pound Saved Her Life $ and Sanity. |j rharr-'ock, Ivio.? "I feci it my duty j| t", :. ;!! the public the condition of my g - ??ihealth before usir.g 1 ' . 4?% Vk >ourmeilieine. 1 ) | ! ; l'aJJing, miiamro;i? j|?:: tion ar.d congestion, | :ji-M^ V. ! female weakness, U . v? 1 tTi * 1 i .T i 8F| ;:: I ( pams in both sides, a mm ^ f? ' backaches and bear- |] [ \ y%. , ing down pains, was jfi short of memory, |jj l||l .^rCL i nervous, impatient, M xTPfl fl passed sleepless |j /f rmI nights, and had & < neither strength nor U energy. There was always a fear and g dread in my mind, I had cold, nervous, S weak spells, hot flashes over my body. M I had a place in my right side that was g so sore that I could hardly bear the || weight of my clothes. I tried medicines gjj and doctors, but they did me little good, 9 and I never expected to get cut again, gj I got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable |j v. ompouna ana ? Jooa runner, and 1 cer- M tainly would have been in grave or in an h asvium if your medicines had not saved me. But now 1 can work all day, sleep well at night, eat anything: I want, have no hot flashes cr weak, nervous spells. G All pains, aches, lears and dreads are gone, my house, children and husband fl are no longer neglected, as I am almost entirely free of the bad symptoms I had 1I before taking your remedies, and all is E pleasure and happiness in my home.S Mrs. Josie Ham, R. F. D. 1, Box 22, ; fl Shamrock, Missouri. If you want special advice write i 1 t t? at?.i: 1 U1<* JL llliVIIitlU iUCUlflUC VU., | (confidential) Lynp, Mass. result of this is that the number of Georgetown pupils entering college has been very considerably increased during the past few years. Mr. Bvnum succeeded in having ;he school eurered on the accredited list during the first year ot his incumbency of the office of superintendent; and -he has always advised his graduates to go to college Georgetown's high scftftol is I now marked with those of Columbia, I Greenville, Sumter, Greenwood and I other cities. I NAVY'S I)1>I>G CARS. J Department Finds it Cheaper to Pro- I Tide Own Service. The navy department lias been experimenting with the pla.i of operating ^ i s own dining-car service when rans- j /n ^ >>"* A'rt Ktr roll 'JTiH I pjrilUg UXclllS Ui 111C11 UJ ia.n, unu with such satisfactory results that j s this plan will be followed nereat'ter: lor la:ge bodies of men and over con-j siderable distances, says P^ular Me-' chanics. I: has been found fhat the ^ department can feed its own better j than was the case under the old ar- I rangement with the railroads, and a. j considerably less cos . Tiie food is; r;renared in a tourist kitchen car, I t which is simply a regular tourist j n sleeper witii two sections removed and a la:ge coal range ins ailed in their place. The remainder of the kitchen car is used as a sleeper. A :able is provided for each sleeping section on the train and the bluejackets are fed in their own sections. Between meals the tables are removed or may be used by the men in reading, writing or card playi.ig. Wi:h t.;is arrangement the regular seagoing routine can be followed. When a meal is to be served, the mess call Js j sounded by the bugler. A: 6:30 in! the morning the reveille is sounded, L, while taps is sounded ar 8 o'clock at night. * * g The Blarney. ^ 0, did you ne'er h^ar of the Blarney j p That's found near the banks of Kil-!^ larney? I o Believe it from me, j Xo girl's 'heart is free. j Once she hears the swee* sound of the ^ Blarney. The Blarney's so great a deceiver j That a girl thinks you're there though you leave her; And she nevr finds out All the tricks you're about ^ Till she's quite gone herself with your ^ blarney. " i , ^ I .-I' 0, say, would you find vis same I Blarney? There's a castle not far from Killar- ,] ney; ! On Top of the wall ; (But take caro you no* (Rut take care you don't fall? t Thore's a stone that contains all this blarney. 6 T.ike a magnet, its infiu-.- :( ? sue!? is |C That attraction it gives all it :o K-hes; | c I j * If you kiss it. they say if . That from that bl'-s-ed day j You may kiss whom you pleas*., with i 2 your blarney. ?Samuel Lover. | UHBHEBrannnBi ! ! i r. I I v' I "K7 /T* vv nei: and bir come to large va to seleci Books, Pi Fountain P< Pins, Bar P Pi'iS. Watcl cure Sets, I tary Brush( Buy a your sc As this will giv< purchas Make quarter; BETT1 Mai The J HBHBaBMi Escaped From Irish Pastures. ^ondJn Evening Standard. Gentlemen, riding on jaunting car which is just passing a large mansion), to driver: "Who lives there 'at "Och! sure, it's Mr. O'Flaherty?but le's dade." "And what did he die of, Pat?" "Faith, thin, he died of a Tuesday." 'And how long has he been dead?" "Shure, yer honor, if he'd lived till omorrotw he'd have been dade a fort ?U x ?? lgiu. For SORE HEAD 1 (Chicken Pox) fT"} This dread disease will ^ i practically ruin the flock unless quickly checked. prgi& y\ Sore Head (Chicken Pox) Remedy I an<^ /'At \ is a sure cure. tf/j Fight lice, mites, etc., vuf with a sure weapon. prsttS. Powdered Lice Killer 25c and 50c. Is easily applied and never fails. Refuse substitutes; insist on Pratts. so Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back 55 Get Pratts 160 page Poultry Book For sale by rilder & Weeks, Newberry, S. C. ohnson & McCrackin, Xewberry, S. C. ,T. G. Mayes, dewberry, S. C. ummer Bros, Xewberry, S. C. 'ewberrv Drug Co.; Xewberry, S. C. E. Way, Xewberry, S. C. trown, Hipp <fc awiuenberg, Newberry, . C. . T. Mayes & Co., Newberry, S. C. . D. Quattlebaum, Prosperity,' S. C. 305. .OTICE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN. A meeting of the County Democratic executive Committee is called for \ Monday, June 1st, 1914, to be held in he court house at 10:30 o'clock a. m. ill members are urged io be present. "VV. A. McSwain, Secretary. os. Jj. Keitt, Chairman. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un[ersigned will apply to the probate :ourt for Xewberry county for final lischarge as administratrices of the jprsonal estate of E. P. Whitman, deleted. on the 29th day of May, 1914, it 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Jane C. Whiteman, Sallie Eargle. PrpQpnfv i in need of ccmmer thday presents don'i The Book Store, I riety of the followin ; from: Dems, School Record Books, ens, Kodaks, Jewelry, Cuff L ins, Brooches, Laverliers, Hat ti Fobs, Sterling Handle Umbr Brush and Comb Sets, Writing ac cinrl manv nthpr nsefnl art -/kJj UiAVi AXUAAAJ V WAAW*. W ? w. v it The Book Store a hool win the free is the last week of s 3100 votes with ev< a nf erknnl ^linnlips. V VI WVA1WA The Book Store yoi 3 at all times. SR GOODS FOR SAME M J Book and Qj K "o Variety U House of a Thousand 1 hhkt : MAYES'! I FOR SPRINC Mayes' D I TO DRAiW JUKI. Notice is hereby given that we, the undersigned Jury Commissioners for - Xewberry county, S. C., will at the office of the clerk of court for said county, at 9 o'clock a. m., May 22nd, 1914, openely and publicly draw the names of 36 men, who shall serve as petit jurors at the court of general " - -L \Ty, sessions, which shall convene at dewberry court house, S. CM June 8th, 1914. j Jno. 7j. Epps, Eug. S. Werts, Jno. C. Goggans, | Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C. May 11th, 1914. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN FAIRVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18. Whereas, one-:hird of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of 21 years, of Fairview school district No. 18, of the county of Newberry, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the county board of education of Newberry county, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election j be held in said school district on the question of levying a special annual tax of two mills to be collected on the property located in the said school district. Now. Therefore, the undersigned composing the County Board of Newberry County. South Carolina, do ! hereby order Che Board of Trus*ees of I the Fairview School District No. 18 ! to hold an election on the ques'.ion of ; levying a two mill tax o be collect; -d on the property located in the said | school district, which said election i shaJ be held at Fairview school nouse, in the said school district No. 18, on ] it B ? Kement | L fail to I have a ig goods 1 Stationery, inks, Waist i Pins, Stick ellas, Manij Srts, Miliicles. nd help library. school I M?tT K /*f ?ijr %j vu ir headi ONEY tore | ''kings I , f i 3UGICIDE I CLEANING rug Store Saturday, June 6, 1914, at which said i eiec.ion me pons snail De opened at i 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The ( members of the Board of Trustees of i said school district shall act 'as managers of said election. Only such i electors as reside in said school district and re.urn real and personal property for taxation, and who exhibit heir tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections shall be allowed to vore. Elec- i tors favoring the levy of such tax r.U ^ 1 1 rs 11 11. - * sncui Ldsi a uanui uuuuuuiiig uie wuru "yes" written or printed thereon, and each elector opposed to suefa levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "so" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal on May 20, 1914. / G. D. Brown, Jr., S. J. Derrick,, J. S. Derrick, County Board Education. 5-22-3:. ?TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. BY C. C. Schumpert, Esquire, Probate Judge. "Whereas, Mrs. Beta L. Wright hath made suit to me, to gran: her letters of administration of the estate of and effects of George A. Wright These are the? efore to cite and' ad I monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of :he said George A. Wright, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on Ju_? 1st, next after publication thereof, a: 11 o'cloek in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should no: he granted. Given under my hand, this l*th day ol May. Annon Domini, 1914. C. C. Schumpert, " " J. P. N. C.