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LAURENS MAKES BIG EXPERIMENT Two Hundred Farmers to Try Crimson (lover as (over Crops. Twelve Tons of Seed Ordered From France. Laurens, Sept. 17.?Laurens county farmers are preparing to plant twelve hundred acres in crimson clover this fall. This important announcement was made Saturday night by Percy W. Moore, farm demonstrator for Laurens. The enterprise is not only tbebiggest thing on foot in Laurens, but it surpasses anything of the kind in the state, according to authoritative information. Twenty four % thousand pounds, or twelve tons of seed have been ordered through the county agricultural department und the shipment was made yesterday from a large wholesale seed house, Mr. Moore being so advised 'Saturday. The house from which the seed w?.s purchased says that the Laurens order was the largest ever filled by the firm. These seed will be received by 200 Laurens county farmers, the sliipments being made individually, and as stated, 1,200 acres of Laurens county farm land will be sown to this important cover crop, for that is the purpose of the whole scheme. The seed cost 12 1-2 cents per pound and they come from France. The "Co-operative Clover Crop Campaign," as it has been rightly termed, has been in progress for several weeks under the direction of Mr. uMoore, and the success of it has been a great satisfaction to the faithful and enthusiastic farm demonstrator as well as those who have co-operated with him in the enterprise. Having assurances that the scheme was, going to be a su-ccess, Mr. Moore bas already been distributing information, obtained through the national department of agriculture, on the proper method of preparing the soil and planting the seed, and each subscriber will be provided with full directions on this imi A to intimated, this first pUi lain jjviub, crop on such a large scale, will be devoted practically altogether las a cover crop, the main idea being to bring about an improvement! in the prochictivenes of Laurens county farm lands. Of course^ as Mr. Moore has explained, each farmer c:.n first save the seed crop from the crop before turning it under next spring. Certainly it will 'be optional with him as * - 1?iV? iJ/ii-i'iiop +1-1 coro o nart TO wueuuer iic ucmcc w *->1* ~ u *? or all of it as a forage crop. But it is the understanding that the first proposition is the aim and import of the plan. Free of cost, the government is going to furnish every clover farmer with "pure culture" with w<hich the seed will be inoculated before being sown. | me smpmeui 01 iub.sccu x? ed by Wednesday of this week and the sowing will begin at once, for the recent rains came at a propitious time. j FLORIDA EXCURSION 1 . I OnntViavn ' Poiliroir U'l 11 cvnpr. A lie auuuiuj U xvaunorj yr ? ete their annual Florida excursion j this year on September 19111^ and tickets "will be sold to Savannah, j Jacksonvll^, St. Augustine and Tampa from practically all agency stations in South Carolina. Tickets will be on sale fo? all re-1 gular trains frjm 5:00 a. m., Sep- j tnmihf>r iQth. tr? 2:00 a m.. Septem-! ber 20th, and limited for return to reach original starting points as follows: From Savannah September 24; j Jackson vile and St. Augustine September 26th; Tampa Septmber 29th. j The excursion fare from Newberry to Savannah will be $3.50; Jackson-j ville, $5.75; St. Augustine $6.75; 1 Tampa $9.25; tares in proportion irom other points. : Special Train. In order to afford a comfortable trip for the large number who will take advantage of these greatly re duced fares, a special train will be operated oil September 19th, leaving Columba 2:40 p. m., Blackville 4:40' p. m., arriving Savannah 6:40 p. j m., and Jacksonville 10:30 p. m. ! These tickets will be good in Pull- 1 man and parlor cars as well las in day coaches; those desiring to make tlie trip on train leaving Columbia midnight Soptmber 19th, should make | Pullman reservations in advance in: I order that sufficient accomodations i ' may be provided. For further infor-j mation apply to local agents or com- j municate with S. H. McLean, Dis-! trict Passnger Agent, Columbia, S. C. Id Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Tate the Old Standard GROVE'3 TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know What you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it Quinine and Iron in a tasteless fortr The Quinine drives out malaiia, thW? builds up the system. 50 cei:i> \ HE WHO WROTE IT i t rL _ r.* i*/1. _ n i I rie ivian vvr-o renneu inc ucularation of Independence. ? ; WORK OF TIMOTHY MATLACK. He Was a Clerk In the Continental ! Congress When That Immortal Document Was Adopted and Was Also the Finest Writer In the Country. I I Who wrote the Declaration of Inde* pendente V Thomas Jo.riVrso:i, o.~ course; | every one knows that. But who held i the pen and formed the letters on the j great piece of parchment that the i members of the Continental congress j signed? It is one of the largest official ! papers in existence?one skin of parchment nearly three feet long and more than two feet wide. The writing is nearly twice the normal size and is unusually handsome and clear. The secretary who was ordered to promulgate the work was' Charles Thomson, a man of high character, ! who bad been tbe principal of a school i at New Castle, Del., and an active patriot. Tbe first congress cbose bim as secretary in 1774, and be beld tbe office until the Continental congress passed out of existence on March 2, 1789. During all those fifteen years it was only on rare occasions that any other hand than his wrot? in the jour- I nal. One of tbe clerks in Thomson's office In 1775 and 1776 was Timothy Matlack, ! who died at Holrnesburg, Pa., in 1S29. when he was ninety-nine years of age. ! JL'U carry uut iuc u* uci vi iuc wu, gress that the Declaration be pro' claimed, Thomson needed more than a | score of copies, for he had to send it j to every one of the states and to the j army. So, to save time, he did not | attempt to have any copies written off j with the pen. but sent the original draft, which the congress had passed, I ; to the official printer, John Dunlap. | ' - /J - T 1 " ? ? A/1 i liie luumvuig mytiiiiiij iuc ! copies were in Thomson's hands. They j j were printed on one side of the paper j on large sheets eighteen inches long | and fourteeD and a half inches wide In i the form known as broadsides. j It was from one of those copies that I Philadelphia first heard the Declaration read, and it was one of them that I became the official copy, for Thomson had not copied the Declaration even into the journal of the congress before i 1 ha o-ovo ft tn tho nrinf-or* hnt when hft i ; -wrote the journal for July 4 he left 1 j a blank space for the Declaration, and j j the next day, with two wafers of red j wax, he fastened in the printed broadside. I have said that sometimes an entry was made in the journal of the congress bv another hand than Thomson's. The first of those occasions was on j j June 12, 1775, when Timothy Matlack j recorded a resolution to set aside a day for fasting and prayer to avert the desolating calamities that seemed to be impending. Matlack had been appointed a clerk in Thomson's office on May 15. and five days later, on May 20. he wrote out the most important document that the congress had issued up to that time?the commission to George "Washington to be commander in chief of the American army. The Identification of the penmanship of the commission with that of the entry in the journal and of both with an autograph letter of Matlack's that is among the papers of the Continental congress Is certain. Probably there was not at that time a man in the country who was Matlack's equal as a penman. Fortunately. Matlack was still a clerk in Thomson's office when the Deolnra tion of Independence w.-s ordered to be engrossed for final signature, and the task of copying it was assigned to him. He copied from the printed: broadside. That is clearly shown by the heading of the broadside, "In Congress. July 4. 177G." which is reproduced in the written Declaration in the same form of lettering. A few years ago some of the officials In the library of congress, who knew that Matlack was the best penman employed by Thomson, made a comparison of General Washington's commission, which was known to hare been written by him. with the Declaration. The first peculiar letter in the commission is the capital "N" in New Hampshire, and we find its counterpart in "Nature's" in the second line of the body of the Declaration. The graceful flourish at the top of the "T" in the word "To" in the commission is - - i repeated in the second of the sentences J beginning "That" in the Declaration. In the word "offer" in the commission there is a marked peculiarity in the \ double "f." The first "f' is made like the old fashioned long "s." It appears in the word "effect" in the Declaration, then in "suffer" and "sufferabie." That is the most noteworthy peculiarity in Matlack's writing. The capital "D" in the commission and in the last line of the Declaration, the capital "B" in the commission and in the word "Jiritisn" I in the Declaration, the whole word j "Congress" in both documents?those and other details established beyond a [ doubt that the writer of the great Declaration was Timothy Matlack. In 1824, when John Quincy Adams was secretary of state, a skilled enI graver, William J. Stone, made a cop. | perplate facsimile of the Declaration. That is the only one that has ever been i made. It was distributed by order of j concress and is familiar to us all. It is a perfect reproduction In every partic- J ular of the original document and is a ! ! fine specimen of the engraver's art.? 1 Gaillard Hunt in Youth's Companion. f State of South Carolina, County of Newberry, Court of Common Pleas. Security Loan and investment Co , Ploirif iff Vs. Fred K. Jackson, S. S. Birge, The Prosperity Stock Co., and Mary E. Hipp and John C. Hipp, as Executrix j and Executor oi the last will and testament of Edward R. Hipp, deceased Defendants, J By virtue of an order of Court herewith. I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, before the court house at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on Sales day of October, 1916. The same being the 2nd day of said month ? the following des j cribed lands, to-wit: All that piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situated in the towu i of Newberry county and state aforej said, fronting on Coates street, conj taining one eighth of an acre more or less, bounded by lands of James Mcintosh. on the east, by lot of Fannie Dawkins on the south and lot of Minerva Jones, on the west; bein-? the identical lot of land conveyed to me by Minerva Jones on tne tmra aa/ of April, 1909; which sukl deed is now of record in the Registry for Newberry county, in Deed Book No. 17 at page 367. Also all that othei piece, parcel or lot of land, situated in the county of Newberry, state of South Carolina, fronting for fifty feet on a road connecting the continuation ofl Johnstone street with the continuation of Pratt street. This lot is situated about one land one fourth miles east of'Xewberny County Court House, and is designated as lot Xo. 1 on pla'? made by W. K. Sligh, surveyor, dated Dec. 22nd. 1908? and now of | record in the office of the Clerk of LOUrt lor tvewDerry counxy, m jdook j IS, at page 18. This lot is rectangular ir shape and is one hundred feet deep with a width of fifty feet; it is bound| e<? by lot of Anne Jones, lots of <Xos. 2 and 3. This being th# same lot conveyed' to me by Wilbur K. Sligh jand Frunk R. Hunter on April 21st, 1909, which said deed is now of record ir Deed Book iXo. 16; at page 281. a . hnl^ on nh o r>/l ltJ' xLlS U1 oaie. Ciic nail vaou, auu the balance in twelve months from daj of sale. The credit portion to 'be secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises; which bond and mortgage shall provide for interest from day of sale, and until paid in full, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, interest paid j rnually and shall provide for ten; per cent attorneys fees in case of collection or suit bv an attorney. Th"> said mortgage shkll provide for insurance of the buildings on said premises for their insurable value, I and the assignment of the policy of ir. surance made to the Master, as co'. j It teral with leave to the purchaser to Q-ntiVinfltp navmPTit nf credit rtortion ill ! M*. ~ ? Mr | 'whole or in part. The successful bidder on said lands will be required to deposit with said Master $50.00 it once upon the acceptance of his bi?J,| as evidence of good faith, and in cas I l?e fails to deposit same at once, tho i >-aster will resell the said premises cn same saleday, at former bidder risk; land that tha successful bidcer will be required to comply witj the terms of sale within ten days a* ter said sale, and in the case he fail? to do so the Master will resell said property on some convenient saleday j -- _ a _ jf I tr.ereaiter, at tne nsx 01 tne ioruier j bidder. Purchaser to pay for papers, j revenue stamps iana reuoruijig same. H. H. Rikard, Master. Sept. 7th, 1916. j Good Looks are Easy j Magnolia i^r Balm. | Look as good as your city cousins. No i matter if you do Tan or Freckle Magnolia Balm will surely clear your skin instantly. Heals Sunburn, too. Just put a little on your face and rub it off again before dry. and sure to olease. Try a bottle to-day and begin the improvement at once. White, Pink and Rose-Red Colors. 75 cents at Druggists or by mail direct. SAMPLE FREE. LYON MFG. CO.. 40 So. 5th St., Brooklyn. N.Y. immusmmnBmnHBBBmauBar \ Bites as Required. He was trying to sell a dog, a bandy ! 1 ' J ^AofnrtAfi ^nlnnlo f AH Zeg?t!U. Ul Uie, ?iiu icaiuica uxaLuu , to stop a motorcar, and the old lady, did not seem averse to buying one. Their ideas as to the brute's value scarcely corresponded, however, and there was little prospect of agreement. when suddenly the ludy demanded: "Will he bite?" < "Only his meat, mum." responded the fancier. "Oh. but I wanted one for tramps." "Tramps is bis meat, mum." was the artful reply. ar<> flipre was a deal, after all.?Esc? | AGED VtTERAN GAINS 11 nATlRTAv All Tlkll IT 11 ruuiwa Ufl 1A1UAI MR. DIXON SAYS HE WAS SO WEAK AND NERVOUS HE COULD'NT WRITE. SUFFERED FOR YEARS. i Sajs Thinks Taniac is ^Finest Remedy in World"' to Purify and Strengthen Anyone. Because of the "hardship he was forced to endure during the four years he was a soldier for the United States army during the Civil War, Mr. B. F. Dixon, of Converse, S. C., R. I F. D Xo 1. a suburb of Spartanburg:. says, in j statement given August 7, that his health was undermined and that he never really enjoyed good healili after the war was ended. Mr. Dixon was wounded six times by his then Southern enemies, several times seriously. But his health is better than it lias been in a long time, he says, and he gives Tanlac 'the master medicine' credit fr?r hririfHncr ahrmt thp 2"r#vat r.hanSTf* in his condition. Mr. Dixon took just two bottles, he says, and he gained eleven pounds. His statement follows: "I suffered particularly from stom ach trouble. I had almost completely lost my (appetite and I was just worn down. I am 80 years of age, and I had lost so much strength thati I staggered when I walked. Also I had lost considerable weight and I was *?- c?r,n.. va very nervous, wiy ccmuiuv/ii uuan) uccame so bad and my nerves were so disturbed that I -could not sleep well! and I would lie for hours in bed be- j fore I could get to sleep. "Rheumatism also caused me con- j i siderable pain, and, 'besides these pains, I suffered considerably with framnv nains. ,Mv nerves were so bad and my strength so little that I could hardly write my name. "I -had suffered with these troubles for years?I don't know just how long. Finally, I heard about 'l^aniac and began to read the advertisements,j and later I decided to take it. "I bought the first "bottle and it did not seem to help me much. The reason of that. I know, was because \ | was in such bad shape. But I had failh in it and bought the second bottle. and that was the bottle which | /rave me wonderful results. "The relief the two bottles of ; Tanlac gave me was as follows: 1 gained 11 pounds in weight, and that | certainly is a lot for a man of 80 I years to gain. Teniae relieved my i sleeplessness and I got to where I | could sleep almost like a dead person. ; It gave me a great appetite and I ; was soon eating three square meals a day. It broke up my stomaoh trouble rind I gained a great deal of strength. That shortness of breath I left me and my nerves were quieted i i ' and strengthened. I do not suffer i with rheumatism now either. "I think Tanlac is the finest remedy in the world to renovate anyone's system and to build it up. Tanlac is good?there can't be any better, I uniiiK. i am /cerumuy gi<tu iu i cwm- i mend TanLac, for it is an extraordi-j narily good medicine, and I know from my experience that It is good for all it is claimed to be. I have tried it and I know what it will do. If I ever need medicine again, I certainly will take more Tanlac." Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold exclusively by Gilder & "Weeks, Newberry; Prosperity Drug Co., * ProsT.4t+1ft TMnnnflin "nm** f!rt.. Lit UC/i X i*J | XJi MkUVOAMV -*** ?- V.Q f tie Mountain; Dr. W. 0. Holloway, Chappells; Whitmire Pharmacy, Whitmire; D. J. Livingston, Silverstreet. r'rice $1 per'bottle straight.?Adv. I -$> >?> $> WHIT'S TUT) FOR T0UB..<5> I <s> SKIN IS BAD FOli $> YOUR CLOTHES 3> | > S> | (Many laundry soaps and soap powI ders roughen the skin of the hands. The same chemical that does this is | injurious to fabrics. Borax is beneficial to the skin. It calnmot possibly hurt your clothes. But j !it cleans them to perfection. ! "20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips''' j are pure soap and pure borax com- j bined in the right proportions for | laundry work. A 25c package will do more clean- j ing than 50c worm or Dar soap uri washing powders. Whenever You Need a General Tool; Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because i contains the well known tonic propert:. * o+ OUINTNr. ar,J IRON. It acts on tb t, Drivej out Malaria, Enriches . o uz?, '^ ulds up the V -> " - / / [ Avoiding Discussion. "You must '.rive your wife credit for knowing as much about the political situation as you do " "That's what I want to do." replied j Mr. Ci rowdier "i want to give hei* j c?vd:r for about everything without | [iUii'h.A Iier to tbe trouble of explaining I a single word."-Washington Star. Girls and Giggles. "Beware of the girl who giggles." says a social settlement worker. Social settlement workers, who have exceptional opportunities for meeting many kinds of people, may actually know of girls who don't giggle.?New York Sun. Probably. "My barber told me a wonderful sta ry this morning." "Illustrated with cuts, 1 presume?"? St. Louis Post-Dispatcii. 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Does! j tnat mean tliar you haven't really quite j made up your mind to rake him?"Xew York Post Against Additional Expense. "V Young Mrs. Green (to neighbor)?I'm having such trouble keeping our food. I bought a real nice looking refrigeraj tor, but ir doesn't seem to work well I at all. Neighbor ? Do you keep ice j enough in it? Mrs. Green?Ice! I I hrvna flon't- t-HinL* oftor cnAllHIn? , uwFt wv. w ... . , U:i,rw. ? W all that money on a refrigerator, we'd go to the additional expense of buying ice.?Boston Transcript J icial 1 ling Fountain ] th solid 14 K. j irst quality.. I rcissus I and 1 ilbs. v 1 ldVarietyStore I Thousand Things. 1 V J 9 f uSifiT I i the Big Ben of Business. : dull times 'till you Iom fl 't help matters, save your 1 ell Telephone. s. then start on a fresh list I iniirlrAf wav ? nnnA that I UUAVUVA ? J ? w - ? * se. , Telephone, get one now. r rates. J TELEPHONE (fS\ GOMPANY \^gi/ >UJWUIA. ?. U mm I ; j ling! 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