\
THEY WILL HAN&
Two Brutal Murdorars Promptly
Convletod Ovor In loxlngton.
TELL OF THEIR ICRME
Whlce Wm Brutal In the Extreme?
The Slayers of Aged Mm. Klllsor
# Given Quick Trial and Will Be
8]>cedlly Executed?A Very Barge
Crown Witnessed the Trial, but
Everything Passed Off Quietly.
Ned and Brack Toland. the two
negro boya who killed Mrs. Frances
Hllisor at Cayce, across the river
from Columbia, on Wednesday, February
26, were convicted at Lexington,
on Tuesday of murder in the
first degree and Judge James W. DeVpre
sentenced them to hand on Friday,
May 1. The trial consumed only
about eight l\purs..
Capt. Jos. R. Allen and the Richland
Volunteers escorted the prisoners
to Lexington Tuesday morning
from the Sodth Carolina penitentiary
andthroughout the trial remained on
duty, with fixed bayonets, around the
prison dock. The court room was
crowded to its capacity and there were
not less than 800 people in town to
witness the trial. There was not the
slightest sign of drunkenness and
perfect order prevailed throughout the
day.
Judge DeVore of Edgefield, the
newly elected Judge of the Eleventh
circuit was commissioned by Governor
Ansel to hold the special term of
court ordered to try the Toland brothers.
He proved an excellent presiding
judge, nnd there was not a hitch
in the proceedings of the court from
the o)>ening to the hour when the crier
announced it adjourned sine die.
The trip was made to Lexington
without mishap. A crowd of perhaps
100 men were at tho station at Lexington
when the train arrived, but the
engineer, exercising due caution, ran
past the staton al>out 300 yards. |
wnere tne soldiers detrained and,
with the prisoners In the centre of
company platoons, the march to Lexington
court house, one mile and a
half distant, was begun. The prisoners
were extremely nervous ar.d
Beemod to be momentarily in fear of
receiving l>odlly harm and three times
between the station and the court
house it was necessary for the militia
to halt for five minute periods to
allow the negroes to rest, Ned Toland
giving out completely.
As they neared the court building
several men on the corner of the
street opposite the entrance of the
court house yelled three or four
times, and some person loudly called,
"Where are you niggers?"?but nothing
was started. The crowd in front
of the bulditig cleared the way for
the miliatla and prisoners and soon
they were safely in the court room
and the negroes seated in the dock
Here n line of militia was placed on
each side of tba aisle, on the outer
side of the bar railing, a line on
each side cf the aisle inside the railing
and four at either corner of the
prison dock.
Two yound lawyers were appointed
by the Judge to defend the murderers
and the defendants were then formally
placed on trial and a plea of not
guilty wo6 entered as to each. Under
the law a defendant can not plead
gnllty in a case the possible outcome
of which is capital punishment.
Found the Body.
Mr. Paul Ellisor, husband of the
deceased, was the first witness. He
testified that when he left his home
at Cayce on the morning of Feb. 26,
to go to New- Rrookland, he left his
wife there, in good henlth. He left
his home about 7 o'clock and returned
about 11. The house was
locked. When he entered he found
his wife's dead obdy in a clothes bas
ket In the renr room, with clothes
and quilts thrown over her. Her
clothes were bloody and there wore
wounds on her hoad and face. He
stated that he missed a eon, loaded
shells, a razor, a coat, his wife's
cloak and other articles from the
ix>om. He Identified the coat, which
at that very moment Ilraek Toland
was wearing, as the coat that was
taken from hs house the morning of
the murder.
IHb gun had been returned to him
by Mr. M. P. Fox. The gun was
Identified by witness and placed in
evdence. It is a single barreled
breech loader.
The axe with which the crimo was
committed was identified and put in
evidence. He said that the axe was
standing at the foot of the
bed and there was blood on the table.
It had been used to break open the
trunk. He identified the razor, three
hankerchiefs and three watch chains
which were found on Brack Toland
by Sheriff Buford.
Two chains, hankerchiefs. stc...
found on Ned Toland by Sheriff Buford
were Identified by Mr Kllir-or
Witness testified that he was the
first to reach his wife und when ho
discovered her body In the basket life
was extinct. There was a bad gash
in the lop of the head and another
ugly wouna on the side of her face.
There was blood on her dress, e?peclally
around the throat. There was
no sign of a struggle. As soon as
he could recover from the shock ho
Informed his neighbors of the crime.
Sheriff lluford Made Arrest.
M. M. Buford, sheriff of Newberry
county, testified that he made the arrest
of Ned and Brack Toland on the 1
night of Feb. 26 between Hilton and '
Little Mountain, on the Columbia.
Newberry and Laurens railroad. The
arrest was made on the train. He
was in Columbia on the day hat 1
Mrs. Elllsor was murdered." Intended '
taking 7.25 train for Newberry, but 1
was called off by Mr. L. B. Aber- '
nathy. who told him that Mr Adam
D. Shull wanted to talk with him
about this murder. '
There were a series of objections {
to this 11ns of testimony as being hereBay
and witness was Instructed that
he couldn't tell what others had said
to him.
He told of receiving Information
from Conductor John C. McCain of
the presence In the forward part of
the train that two negroes whom the
conductor had suspected as having
been connected with the murder. He
arrested them and took them to the
Newberry Jail. They denied any
knowledge of the crime. Later he
telephoned for Mr. M. F. Fox to come
to Newberry and identify the prisoners.
Mr. Fox and Mr. Abernathy
came up early Tbursday morning and
after the former identified tnem they
were taken to Columbia and Disced In
the penitentiary for safe keeping.
Sheriff Buford started to tell of a
statement made by Brack Toland
while in the Newberry jail, but this
was objected to by counsel for the
defendants on the gruond that proper
grounds for introducing a confession
had not been laid and on further
grQund that the statement was made
after the negroes had been told that
they were in danger. The solicitor
did not insist on the statement and
thiB feature was dropped.
Sheriff Buford identified the articles
found on the defendants.
Confessed to Capt. Griffith.
Capt. D. J. Griffith, superintendent
of the State peniten'iary, testified that
the defendants were placed in the
penitentiary on February 27. He hud
a conversation with both of them in
his office a few days later. They made
voluntary statements about the Ellisor
murder. Brack was the first to
make a statement about the affair.
He said he had never been away from
home before; was induced by his
brother to accompany him on this
trip, telling him that he (Ned) knew
where they could get some money. He
6aid they staid around Cayce's depot
for a day or two and the morning of
the date on which they were arrested
he and Ned went to the house where
Mrs. Ellisor lived. They went into
the house and asked for some bread.
She gave them some biscuits and they
offered to pay for it but she refused
to take any pay. They then started
into the house to warm. Mrs. Ellisor,
he said, at first made no objection to
their warming, but that she told them
that she believed they were "up to
some meanness."
Brack said that they grabbed her
and while his brother got the axe he
held her tight. Ned hit her in the
head two or three times and they
put her body in a basket, got some
things out of the house and they ran,
going through the woods a piece.
They sold the cun to a man at I
New Brook land and then went to
Columbia, taking the train from there
and going to lrmo; that they walked
np the railroad from lrmo to Hilton,
boarding the C., N. and L. train there
and being arrested a few minutes later
by Sheriff Buford.
Capt. Griffith said ha warned Brack
before he made any statement that it
would be used against him.
After Brack was sent back to his
cell, Ned was brought to the office
aud mude substantially the same
statement as that made by Brack, he
too. being warned that he could not
be made to make any confession and
that whatever he said would be used
against him.
Capt. C. C. Roberts of the penitentiary
guard corrobated Capt. Griffith's
testimony. The statements made by
Ned and Brack Toland were made in
his hearing us well us in the hearing
of Cori>oral J. P. Hurling.
Ned Toland on Stand.
Ned Toland was sworn for the defense.
lie said he was from Prosperity.
Left home on Monday (Feb.
24); told his brother that he was going
to Columbia. His brother and he
"beat" the local freight to Columbia.
When they reached Columbia they
went to a restaurant. He bought
some cocaine from a negro named
Luther. After getting dinner he and
his brother went to Cayce. He carried
coal for the operator at Cayce and the
latter nllnwprf th? two ti> clnon In
the waiting room. They swept out
the waiting room the next morning
and then they left and went up the
dirt road and stopped at a lady's
house and got something to eat; saw
Mr. Elllsor working in the field near
his home. After getting something
to eat at the lady's house they went
into the woods and built up a fire,
staying there until late in the afternoon,
when they returned to Oapce
and aguln used the waiting room to
sleep in.
Leaving the station Wednesday
morning, he took some more cocaine.
He had but one nickel left. He and
his brother stnrted out, his brother
jsaying that he was hungry. They
went up to Mrs. Ellisor's and she gave
them some bread. They then asked
to be allowed to warm but she told
them not to come in. 1 ney went on
in awyway and he grabbed her and
told her he would kill her. His
brother grabbed him and told him
not to kill her. He pushed her toward
the back room and picked up
the axe and struck her In the head.
Brack turned her loose just before
he struck her and walked out of the
house.
Ned said he put Mrs. Klllsor's body
in the basket and covered it up and
then took a gun, a lot of shells, coat,
etc., and locked the door of the house
miu imi. ne coia HracK to get liehind
him and step in his (Ned'Rl
tracks, which Brack did. They crossed
the road and went through the
woods toward Brookland. passing
three men who were hunting. They
got something to eat in Rrookland
after he had sold the gun to Mr. Fox.
Brack was worried about killing the
"old woman" and told told him he
"oughtn't to have done it."
They crossed the bridge into Columbia
and stopped at the C. N. & L.
depot. They caught the midday train
out hut got off up the road, a few
miles. They walked from Irmo to
Hilton, where they caught train No.
21 for Newberry. He told of their
nrrest on the train and said that he
lied to sheriff Buford about iheir
aames and where they were from,
rtc.
Cocaine Fiend.
With tears in his eyes Ned said,
'I'm de one dat's guilty of killing r
lat 'owman. Mr brother is innocent c
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BOOZE WINS FIGHT.
DISPENSARY HAS CLOSE GALL IN
AIKEN COUNTY.
With Thiw Small Boxes Yet to be
Heard From the Vote Stands 877
to 822.
A dispatch from Aiken to The
State says the election there Wednesday
as to dispensary or prohibition
resulted In a victory for the county
dspensary by a very small majority.
With all but three small boxes
heard from the Hlmi?n?a,p? hao o
lead of 55, and it is probable the
other three boxes will run the majority
up to 100 or more.
Great luterest was taken in the
election all over the county. Although
the weather was threatening
a large crowd was around the polls
in Aikeu nil day. among whom were
many ladies. About the time the
returns began to come in it began to
rain but notwithstanding this large
crowds assembled around the bulletin
boards ana waited for the returns
which came in rapidly. It was a
close election. The following is the
total vote: For dispensary, 877;
against dispensary, 822
and I did it because I'd been taking
cocaine. I done it all and I just ask
for mercy and dat you don't hang
me."
He said Brack begged him not to
kill the woman, and if he had listened
to him he would not be where he
is now.
Solicitor Timmerman asked Ned to
explain the effects of cocaine and this
is what he gave:
"When you snuff cocaine and put
it on your tongue it deadens the tongue?gives
you more nerve than you
want?looks like it make you do anything.
Its a king of good feeling but
you'll do anything.
He said he had been "snuffing"
cocaine for three or four years.
Ned declared that the story told by
Brack at Newberry was "made up."
He said he told Brack to tell what he
did, "so'b to keep the blame off'en
me." He said his brother had always
been n good boy. whereas he (Ned)
had been in trouble often. H? said
I he told Brack that he would shield
him (Ned) on account of his bad
"recommendation." This makes the
fourth time he has been in jail; served
on the chaingang for breaking in
a store; he and "Young Bridges" robbed
the Sligh postofhce and were sent
to Atlanta, and he was sent to the
chain gang once on account of some
trouble he had with his wife.
He said Mrs. Ellisor begged them
not to kill her. but lie was scared and
did it anyhow.
Brack Tolnud'n Story.
Brack Toland testified that he had
been away from home but one time
before the day when Mrs. Ellisor wat
killed. He deniel having anything to
do v/ith the killing of Mrs. Ellisor
He said he told Sheriff Buford the
story at Newberry in the hope of
helping to shield his brother, that he
told what he did because his brothei
told him to tell it.
He admitted telling Capt. Griffith
that he held Mrs. Ellisor while hit
rbother hit her in the head with the
axe. He said this was not the truth
that he was not holding her when
Ned struck her. He begged Ned nol
to kill her?told him that if he wanted
anything in the house to get It. Fie
was holding her with one hand and
pushing his brother away with the
other. Ned had hold of her with hie
left hand and the axe was in his
right hand. Ho turned her and his
brother loose and ran out of the dooi
when the first blow was struck. He
went outside the house and was com
Ing back up the steps when his brother
came out. Ned locked the dooi
and threw the key in the yard. The\
then left the house and went toward
New Hrookland. Subsequent events
were detailed and his story as to these
was the same as told byNed.
He didn't seem to realize the gravity
of his situation and evidently was
1:1 hnrlnor ?? n /!/? * * ? ? * * **
.....u.n.h uiiuci intf impression mai
the Jury would lie more lenient in
dealing with him than it would in
dealing with Ned. It appeared that
he was after clearing himself regardless
of what the consequences were
as to Nod. There was nothing in
his mauner to give the impression
that the story told on the witness
stapd was more truthful than that
which he had told Capt. Grifith and
Capt. Roberts, and few of the spectatosr
believed tha t it was another
"hatched up" story, concocked for the
sole purpose of clearing hi? own
skirts of the dastnrdly crime.
Pleaded for Merry.
After the jury brought in the verdict
of guilty the prisoners were told
to stand and receive the sentence of
the Court Almost every man in the
building rose to get a look at the negroes,
but at the request of Sheriff
Corley they quickly resumed their
seats.
Asked if they had anything to say
why sentence of death should not be
pronounced, Ned said: "1 ask the
court to have mercy upon me and
please don't hang me. 1 am guilty,
but my brother is innocent."
When the question was put to
i>rm-K n?* snin: i asK lor tno merov
of the court, hut I am innocent; my
brother done It."
Judge DeVora then read the sentence
of the court: "That the defendants.
Ned and Brack Toland, be taken
from whence they last came (penitentiary)
and there b? kept in safe
confinement until Friday May 1.
lfirtS. when they are to ho taken to
the regular plnce of execution for
Lexington county, there to be hanged
by their necks until they are dead,
between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2
). m."
The "good old summer time" is
ibout here, as witness the shirt
ileeve brigade.
The time you can depend on a wonan
is when you can't on anybody
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FARMER'S FRIENDS.
SOME BIRDS THEY SHOULD PROTECT
As Tfrey Destroy Inserts, Wood Seed
end Numerous Other Enemies of
the Farm.
The substance of this article is but
a summary of an account of the work
of the Biological Survey of the Department
of Agriculture, prepared
for the National Olographic Magazine
by H W. Henshaw.
The Biological Survey was er.tablished
in 1885. with Dr. C| II. Merriara
as director. The relations of
the bird to the crops were not then
well understood. It is not enough,
says Mr. Henshaw. to be told that
birds feed on insects; we must know
the particular kindB they eat. The
fact that the crow sometimes eats
corn is not sufficient evidence on
which to condemn the bird. We
must learn the nature of its food at
all times; hence the necessity for
the examination of the birds stomachs
to learn not only the kinds of
food eaten, but their relative quantities.
It Is not enough to know that
birds eat insects, or that they destroy
crops. Birds are injurious at one
time and not at another; in one region
a pest; in another a blessing.
The Tree Sparrow ltonefloinl.
We may roughly group our small
birds into two classes?the seed eaters
and the insect eaters.
The seed eaters, mostly of the
Sparrow family, have stout bodies
and strong conical bills, especially
designed for crushing seeds. Their
name is legion and the family contains
more species than any other
group of birds. It is well that this
is bu, for the destruction of weed
seed Is of tremendous importance to
the farmer, whose trouble to keep
ahead of the weeds, great as it is
now, would be vastly increased were
it not for the soberly-clad and unobtrusive
little sparrows. We may got
I an idea of the value of the service
these birds render by noting what is
done for the farmer by the tree-sparrow,
one of the most confirmed seedeaters
of the group. A quartet of
an ounce of seed for a day is a safe
1 .. 1 *
raiiuiniti ui mc iuuu ui Mil mumii
treesparrow. On this reckoning. In
a Slate like Iowa, where agriculture
Is relatively very important, treesparrowe
eat about 875 tons of weed
seed annually.
The total value of the principal
field crops of the United States for
i the year 1906 was about $3,500,000,000.
If we estimate that the combined
consumption of weed seed by
! the sparrow family results in an an|
nual saving of only 1 per cent, of
the value of the crops the total sum
total saved to thefarmer in 1906 was
> $35,000,000.
i Though seeds form the chief part
> of the subsistence of Bparrows, the
. destruction of seeds is by no means
> all we have to thank these birds for.
f They eat many Insects also, and
5 seems to know instinctively that
while seeds are excellent for adult
birds, they are necessarily good for
i nestlings, and hence feed the latter
5 almost exclusively on Insects.
; Sparrows, however, are not the on,
ly birds that consume the seeds of
i weeds. The Eastern quail or l>obt
white is a confirmed eater of weed
seed. Highly esteemed as bobwhlte
? Is by the epicure for food and by
1 j the sportsman as an object of pur?,
suit, he is probably worth so much
i i ninrn a a n U'nnrl .Hnot rnvnr tbot t
farmer can ill afford to have hint
shot, even though the privilege is
roundly paid for. A bevy or two of
quail on a farm is an asset the value
of which no thrifty farmer should
overlook. Doves also are seed eaters.
especially the turtle-dove, whose
crop oftn 1b so packed with the seeds
of weeds that. it. can hold no more.
The farmer has no quarrel with
birds that confine their attention to
i grass and weed seed, and welcomes;
their presence always and everywhere.
There are birds, however, I
which eat such seeds as corn, wheal
and barley, and whose place in the
farmer's esteem is by no means s"
well assured?the crow and th<
blackbirds for instance. There are
several kinds of blackbirds which at
limes attack crops as also does the
crow. The destruction by the crow
of meadow mice, and of cutworms
and other insect pests and the destruction
of many kinds of insects by
the blackbirds, however, are considered
in most localities to ofTset the
I damage done in other ways and even
; to leave a balance in favor of the
J birds.
Birds That Eat Insects.
Many flrds, as flycatchers, warblers,
swaMows and chimney-swifts,
live exclusively, or almost so, on insects,
and very many more, as black!
birds, orioles, and some hawks, de
pend on them for a considerable pari
of their livelihood. The little sparrow-hawk
lives very Inrgely upon
grasshoppers, crickets and beetles,
and even one of the larger hawks?
the Swainsou hawk of the Western
plains?at certain seasons destroys
] enough of these injurious insects, toi
gether with small ~
the VVeBtern farmer upwards of a
hundred thousand dollars a yea r
If all Insects preyed upon vegetation,
our inquiry into the value of
insect-eating birds need go uo fur- 1
ther, since all of them might be *et
down as beneficial; but by no means
all insects are destructive of vegetation,
and their relations to each
other and to birds are very complex
and puzzling. The insects that feet!
on vegetation at some stage or other
of their existence probably encounter
all others, both in number of species
and of individuals; but there are H\o
other classes of insects which deserve
attention here, the predaceous and
the parasitic. The predaceous insects.
either in the adult or larval
state, feed upon other insects and
hence in the main are beneficial. It
would seem, therefore, that in so far
as birds destroy predaceous insects
do them harm. That birds do destroy
a greater or ^as number can,1
I ?
not be denied, but as many species of
this group secrete nauseous fluids,
which serve, in a measure at least,
to protect them, and as many are of
retiring habits and not readily found,
the number destroyed by birds is relatively
not large. Moreover, some of
the predaceous insects, when insect
food is not available, become vegetarians.
and hence assume the role
of enemies of the farmer; so that
when birds destroy predaceous insects
they may be doing the farmer
either a good turn or an ill turn,
according to circumstances.
The relation of birds to the socalled
parasitic insects is still more
Intricate and puzzling. Parasitic insects
fill a very important place in
iue economy 01 nature; n is even
claimed by entomologists that they
do more effective service in aiding to
keep true the balance in the insect
world than any other agency. They
attack insects in every stage of exisence
and insure their destruction by
depositing eggs, on, or in, the bodies
of adults, their larvae (the worm or
caterpillar stage), their pupae, or
their eggs. Now, birds recognize uo
tine distinctions in the insect world.
All is grist that comes to the avian
mill, and parasitic Insects are snapped
up by birds without the slightest
regard to the fact that they are useful
to man. Hence we have a complicated
problem to unravel in respect
to the inerrelation of insect pests, of
insect parasites that destroy them,
and of birds that destroy both pest
and their parasites.
Hawks and Owls Beneficial.
The hawks and red owls spend most
of their lives in killing small rodents.
Their work is complementary. Hftwks
hunt their prey between the hours
of daylight and dark; owls hunt in
the early evening and morning hours,
or by moonlight; sometimes when
pressed by hunger by day.
The bulk of the depredations on
birds and chickeus due to hawks is
committed by three species?the
Cooper aud sharp-shinned hawks and
the goshawk; and the sportsman and
farmer's boy should learn to know
the daring robbers by sight, so as I
to kill them whenever possible. The |
so-called "hen-hawks," usually either
the red-shouldered or redtail hawk,
are too often made victims of a bad
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name: for while both species occasionally
snarch a chicken, the habit
la far too uuconunon to justify the
name "hen-hawk." The good these
two big hawks do in the long run by
destroying rats and mice far more
than compensates the farmer for the
insignificant damage he suiters at
their talons.
Both hawks and owls often swallow
their prey entire or in large fragand
often some of the feathers. Avian
and ven some of the feathers. Avian
digestion is both good and rapid, but
is is unequal to the task of assimilating
such substances, and accordingly
both hawks and owls throw up these
rejecta in the form of neatly rolled
pallets. In studying the food habits
of birds of prey much use is made
of these pellets, and the vicinity of
a nest of a pair of horned owls, for
instance often contains an unmistakable
record of the birds' food, and
perhaps that of the young, for j
WHEN
You buy a Piano from practical,
musical people w ho
hart had the direct experience
from a musical scientific
and point of * obstruction
basis you run no risk
whatever.
We handle one of the
finest lines in the world.
STKIX WAY,
HAZE l/TON,
RAYMOND,
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CUT Main St.,
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t'OLVMBIA, S. C.
EVERYTHING IN Ml Sir.
A SALARY OF $40 TO $50
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Nature and art in mai
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f ff THE SOUTHERN;
jjNEW YDBK-SAVANNAHATLA1
M. B ' h*ve '11<? **vcr*' year*
B other kind* of vegetable pi
ColUrd plant*, and Tomato
n*w h?v?
F-*rly Wakcfielda, Chai
ctMinnL i hciw being the bt>
ViAnPH^la fanner*. Theac plant* air t
I w'11 *t?nd revere cold witho
B Wf have iprcial low Expre
M^?^?XTc"iiwr..^^y orders will be shipped C. O.
I would advise sending mvl
reruining the C. O !>'*.
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and personal attention. Whe
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months or even years.
From the foregoing It will at once
appear that the practice of offering
bounties indiscriminately for the
heads of hawks and owls, as has
been done by some states, is a mistake.
and results not only in the
wasting of public funds, hut in the
destruction of valuable lives, which
can be replaced, if at all, only with
great diit culty and after the lapsa
of a term of years. In no one particular
does tho public, especially tha
sportsman and farmer, need to ba
educated more than in the value of
hawks. The temptation to shoot a
hawk or owl, perching or flying, is
well nigh Irresistahle. and the bad
habit is having the naturnl result of
so reducing the numbers of these
birds as to make it impossible for
the survivors to do the work nature
hit ended ilieni to do. The notable
increase of noxious rodents in the
last decade In certain parts of the
Cnited States and the resulting damage
to crops without doubt are due
in no small part to the destruction of
their natural enemies, chief of which
are the birds of prey.
Why buy an Organ from the Peddler?
When you can buy a superior organ
from your factory representative for
less money, and on easier terms, ar.u -?
have absolute protection in the guarantee
given by the makers. We mnko
low prices and grant from one to two
years, without interest, for settlement
and only bind the organ as security.
We save you money aud supply Organs
that will prove a life long pleasure.
Write at once for catalog and special
prices and terms to theoldestablished
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r a Shingle Mill. I
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tv 8,000 to 16,000 shingles per day, 4 to 10 H. 1
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experience In growing Cabbage plants and all
ant* for tha trade, viz: Beet plant*, Onion plants,
plants.
pment Beet planta and Cabbage plants aa follow*:
'leston Large Type Wakefield*, and Henderson Suc*t
known reliable varieties to all experienced truck
t'own out in the open air near aalt water and
ut injury.
t*. In lota of I.OOO to 5.000 at $1.50 per thouer
thousand, 10,000 and over at 11.00 per thousand.
?? ratea on vegetable plants from this point. All
I) linlft? Vrtia nrofar ?? "': ?
r...n nuwmi uiunrjr wiin nroer*.
ley with oiiicr*. You will *ave the charge* (or
f in February. Your order* will b*ve my prompt
n in need of Veg. tabic plaota give me a trial order;
lre?s *11 orders to
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