Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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RSfcis**? '■•Mifcti k., y,\^- ~ r-^.*;. v^Bajrfrsa#*** >e Bamweil P’eople* .... Jill V. HOLMES, Editor 1 Prop'r . ^ l»\iBBST COUNTY CIRCULATION TtfUHSOAY. FEMRUARY, IS, IWJ. h?: j&' TtCO MIl.T-lOK TR.\ MfA. L __ .. _ Wn^hlntr^n. F<^ 1ft ^Mhot promi- Pont l:»bor IfH lo*'-* f.niilc'linfp-1 In tli*' • turn nett o' Ul>or" n‘ th' i!<*vtirtriipni t\f owmmffrn** «n t UMo- n l »v sn 1 'll*- qn^ntlon* <vf vital iutHr»‘«f t'» t!i» wagn earner* of rhe eiKiiiti v. InclnrlinK the nrot>lejn of Uie itneinplnye'l The nieetlnvr wa* at, tbo ln- ertneo of Secretary of <'t>tn nn-rie n nd r. l.ah-»r Stralia*. •| He ftpeakera Inetintoft f’rr'iilent Onhjper* nf tho Fefteratiniv nt l.nl>or, Unit f”bn \Hi«J>etl former fir“«Uli*ut of the Vlpe Worker* Mr. (j\mi>er* poln'e-l nut. tlixf nonrlv two million Ulmrer*. who. prrvi >u* to Oetoher. i'ift?. hud been eivolnve,! * T0 now wilkb’tf the «treet«. he eoid, provided relief f >r the Italian (ntfferer* hv the earthquake, but w h»n fe irf i* a*ked fob Americim nhorer^, tl |« *trlmi p«term»H*m and I* Rlvon no eon«ider*tloo, John Mitrhjell di*en**ed the problem #>f Itnmljtratlon, polntliW out that ton wtfen » men who lia* arrived In thl* Country but vexcerdav. (C 't J >t> while the tn*n who ha* apent hi* !i(* here i* W»lkln* the meet*. The foregoing dUpateh wa* ptit»'i»h- ed in that ro<»d Spartan burg dtllv, The Herald, on Thursday of la»t. week. It wa* *ent to The Herald br the A«- soelated Pre»«. wh|-h rank* a* the lafjrext anti most reUstt'e new* gather- tfenc? In the United State*. Therr fore there osn tie no doubt hut that the aatd roumdl of labor was held and that the speeches of Me«xr* Uom- |*er« and Mitchell were to the rffe*'t above stated , ft is hard to believe that the labor alluation In the Vorth and West U eor t^otlv stated by Mr (Jompert. Yet hi* • ffciai position show* hl« good stand- lac with the latmr element, and the fact of hi* Invitation to the council bv Reefetary Straus* is a strong argument In faCor of bis knowledge of condl Ion* afld of hi* ahltitv and courage'to de acrlhe thing* ]u*t a* titev are. f f he i* right in “*ying that netrlv two n Ullon iahorers who lost ejnplovment at the heginrlng of the panic In Octot.pr 1007 •re *1111 aralklpg the mtid* (out of work) Ite put* before the country a « terrible state of aft air.*, rot only of present want and “iifTerlng hut of a more dangerop* and ( desperate future fftCft even tire m. sr (!e«nondent pe**i- ni!«f 0a« e'er drearm-d of. For if nearif two mlillon laborers haye been walkfrvg th« I'-i.cl* for a rear u'' | a third, aw 'kinjr > rr.fil- v lomt and tind- lug n me, how mnnv women and children dependent o r > the hfle hand* • re In need of food, colli ng and all the bureat ne<5«**ar|ea of life? And how long before they will again he able to secure employment and rea|> fhe reward* of toil ? That Mr Oom per- i* correct tn JiTs •tatemetit that the g.irernmrnt lias given to the earthnuake Mifferera of It a ooasiderntdon that tlie itile of United State* have not received i* truo,- but the government cannot in law wr mo^ai* he blameil for that <IUTer- ence ity^ trea'tnent I’crhaps John Mitohen\ do laration that too often fhe man wVn ha* arrired in the «mumry hut yesterday got tic j b while the man who ha\ spent lii* life here I* walking the stVet exuiain* why sc, many American* are without employ •tent. The ImmlgYant comes to this country hopclea* of iloproving uis con dition in the land V hi* tiinh and Teadytogive hia he*t service to his American employer. The native who Ihaa lived here and dared well all lil* day* ur.tll the panic turned him out way have been so spoiled bv better treatment than he deserved, so pulled «p by the courting of the rote hunting fifflee aeeker and the sickening *iih.«cr vlencc of Iho national and t*Uie legi*. Igtures, that the emplot lug clas* pre fer* tlie le«a trained but more controll- ahle immigrant to the native who ha* ntore of the American spirit of self as sertion and a long antagonism to the arrogance of emplhying caplin). From tne i’acitij coast come* ihe like •ry and complaint that ‘ nln rcvcr the Chinese or J ipanese settle tiie " hlto man ha* to go,” and the prediction is made that if the immigration of the Oriental* into the Pacific Htates is not checked and it* tide turned hack the white man will have to march luck to thU aide of the Rocky Alnuntain* or may be to the Mississippi Valley. Fortunately the South is free from thl* army of the unemployed, but il ^secretary H'.rausa, the Southern (lom- mercial Congress and their cats paw- In tlie South can divert inr nigrmioif from the North to Dixie near genera tion* will have to quit singing “To live and die in Dixie If the farmers of the South hare halt M much sense as tlie farmers of lower , Mouth Carolina and govern themselves J gocordiiigly there w ill be a reduction fa cotton production this year that w ill make the miils, at homr and abroad, •orry that they did not pay 12^ cents a pound for tho I Dos crop. ' -r" i •• .> . vw rK. . ■■ ' The loftc? deadlodl Th the T.eglslatiire ~ that was ended by the election of .(Mr. cult Judge If. E. iiydrlck to u placo In the Mupreme Court waa a real com- plImoDt to the defeated camlhlates w ho ran •• kmg etid so well. It was dlffl- Htf!t to'npake a choice out of so much excellent mMerial. IB leklBg «p time that might have •pent In making and mending deadlock may have prerented •dieting of measure* that are ntf erdciirabie. TUKttK WOMAN KIld.JtKH. Three white-men were tried in till* Slate tart wens for kilting whiia wo- uven, found guHt/ of naorsier with rocvuiuienftaUoM to^j*»»rcy, autl-*«*«* untta d to Me lm|»ri«<imumtt 11\^ the 4>eiiltenliary'at |i* j^ahof. Thwy wer*i i«t. 1V-. T. Joliv-, toe 0»!li UnliMi CiMtnty imiiicr, "liosi- "j»e died ot wuyctiiuue jt.nsoiiiiig. Jiine* liu* nnuiei and will cany his case to the tupreme t.ourt I n arguiiuuil supporting id* UV'tioif for a new irtai Cwt. fieorge Johnstone of vwhei iv, l ailing ationu y lor •tones, lead ntti.lriv its non) live person* to tn>'effect tliat II ve HieinOer* of tlie jufi lli»l li i< d Jones iiatl aoon aflvr ihe •tjratli 01 Mis. J plies cx|iiesaeti theui- sei'c* m* in lav .m ot liauging Jones. jdiige .Vlcinminger In iciu*lng to grant m new in,si snid iliat J >nes Imd uad 11 la<r ;nal Mod in yassiog -cutence -aid t" Jnneo : "We e 1 m \ our pi ice 1 uiiU'd not rt'gnt iltia ca-e liirtliei' pot i«ko what the law has given with out any further ettoTC. Uo to ttic penliLMi Jary s* you will liave to do on iter the law. Kvenluallv there you uiuy, hoforc your lime eafiires, obtain mercy »ifid ImglV'*n«»», ii \oii get * now trial joit would prohahly he hung.” 2nd , 8 iveregn I< >wo, a poor Aiken county man, w lio.»e wife's neck wa- hrokeu though Uow’o chiimed that lr Inie v nolliii g nl her death. Fee Hoy<l. vvliitn, jointly Inflicted with I,owe. wa- acquiued by order of th” court. did. Frank Driggers, iv Idarcndon jounty uiau. who last ileceinber slod oif hi* M*ier'* head. Driggers had t*»'en on a *|irec an 1 ids sister wa* also intoxicated when in a quarrel ah Mil a mol tgaged liorso tier hrottier sliot her. - - «»■» SI.O '.V FUOTKD J li8 ITCK. Out in Tsniic»*ee’s catiital city il look Judge Hart, ml the olli ets of h - court ahd a lot of lawyers 2n data to g< t ) jurv lor til.' trial of Ool. I)mean d.;,>ofiei'. his *on Kohin and exshorill -ifisrpc for the min de: of K iitor K. IV. Dai mack. All sold J I Itt men w ere siiiuhiopcd bcfoic the Id jurors were seen red, Up it tne ap|ilieatIon of the defen dant* lor hsii some wc-k* ago the pa per* puhiiaiicd sorhailm reports of the evidence pie*< tiled. Under the Icu- ues-ee law every man who read thsi neeount wa* disqualified and could not serve on the petit J"ry t«> trv the oa«e K/erv man of the twelve accepted juror* c\< - ept one swore that he had not read a paper sii.ee helore. tlie kill tug t he one except ion had bren out ol the State Hum a vv a ek he,'ore the kill- log umil the dav he was summoned. Four of the juror* ha I never leai nod to read. One o! tho panel i* neai penter, toe other-all farmer*, d he taking id evidence was to comnicnce on lues day. TOWNSim’ HOARDS OF A -SKSSfiU-s. Appointed by Governor Ansel, Feb ruary Dili HKD. Allendale Township. • O.'ll. Harden, Allendale, S. < MeKoy tt(>\ les, ‘ J. \V. GoogC, Allendale '!'(<*in. J. |[ AM. Allmola’e, S. C. J. I,. Ovvald, K. L.Z igler, Fairfax Town. Q. W Itirh-r _F. M. Young, W. E. Harter, Fairfax, 8.- O. Raldork Township. F,' 8 Owens, Ba IV 11 Warren W. 1. John-, Barnwell Town-hip Barnwell, 8 * D. J. Zorn, W. Hlume. *' M . B. Hagood, “ Barnwe'l Town. A F. Manvillo, Bat ti well, 8. C. I J W. I’rico. Wiiliun \1 ’Nab. Benmtt Springs Township. J. J. Cochran, Mi'vei'* Mill, 8 Cl. J A. Mever. , R, Owen*, Dunbaitnit, Blai kville I'ownsliip. I,. I*. Hlume. Biackvllle, 8. r, 8 F, Hav, II J, Hair, (new) “ ” Bint kville Tow n. Biackvllle, 8. (1 .1. K Hair, 11 l>. .Ntill, Sr , IT. A Gyic*. Bull Fond Township. IT. C. tdrav, (tiew ) Allendale, 8. C. M I,. Middleton, ” '• J. I,. Box, ( new ) " ” Fcur Mile. M. T„ MrFMhimv. F.ircntmt, 8. 4'-_ A . It. Dun hat, ( new ) Oscar Forem in, (new ) *' ” George* ( reek Town-bio. J. I.. B:tx>v. BsniwMI. S (I. J. () Sander*, •' J Itotu Kiv, " Great ('vpress Township. K. B Sander*. Kune, S. (' K.. H. Jenkins, (new) '* “ W. K. Hogg, He.l O.ik Townshlp. O C Bav lev. Sm l"mg. 8. t'. Jerry 8n»“IHng, (new) •* J. M. (iantt. (new ) Batliwell, S. ( . IDeh I.and T ow u-hip, F. H fiiegs, I>ui barton, 8. F,. it. iturekhalter, •' •• t. W . Rountr<“e, ” •* Ro*emary Township. J. M Weathersbee, M iiiistot,, SO. T . Grnhhv, ’• *• W. [). Bell, * Sycamore Toyy u-h.ip, m M. f'ron. Sycamore 8. (I J )V. Jenny, Jenny*, 8 vJ. J, A. Go'ulson, (new) <* “ ^— VVulllstnn Town-hip; R ,R, Johnston, K ko. s V. N. 11 sir. M. C. K+nihing*, , Williston, S. C. . Willhtton Town, R. J. Rountree, M. «f. Mathewsy (J. A. Bennett, ( new ) Home Course In !»- f \V Itiiston, S. C The Amei loan battle f)*et is due to reach Hampton Roan*, Va., on neit Tuoadav. ccfnpletlng its world roaml IDp of 45.000mile* |,es* than fio of tha 15 000 men in the fleet have died since it steamed awny in December TlM)7, ■ On Itis recent trip to Kentucky President Roosevelt received the pres ent of a 4em)j"hti of 30 year old wblskej. V.—Leguminous Crops and Rotations Ity C. V. GREGORY. Agricultural "DlOi-tioti. lotua Statt College Copyright. IOC9t. by Ameriesn I'reM Association HELP US TAKE STOCK. ALSO HELP YOURSELVES INiSU R fliNeE FIRE ASD LIFE. MONO tho Upportant tlasso* of (reps prow,i <u the farm nrii the Icgnmeu. The *< il is t.v the farmer what « stock of gm'da la to n merchant, ilo <aunot keep drawing on if forever without |)ltt(iug aotncthing back. Ordinary tr<n>* lake plant food frutu the store in tho aofl, Till* must b* replaced in erajr Legutni'a, on fhe mtier bond, lenrft the aoll richer rnthcr thari imot'cr. If ydu avtlt examine the rooHt of a Claaer plant enrefully you will notice numerous llttlo swelling* about thp, alzo of plu heads or A little larger. These nro called nodnlea aud tiro the home of rcrtcbi bacICria. These bn(;- leria are niinnte cue eeliod plants, bo BmnJt that thousands of them can hang ou Hie |>cint cf a pi.i. Wo shill study some of the diffc;T>it < I ts«ca of bac teria in dot:;!! I iter. Ti.c one?t that LU'tt ea the Loots of kgumos ha' e the power of ( hnirglnq the ni r igcu ( f the sir Into a for,.i in whi-di 1c c.iu bo used b/^it e [danls. VVIum clover stubble in plowed under the nitrogen v. hi: h In contained In the sterna tit'tl roots 1; tuldcd to the soli and < ait be used by the following crop. Where the soil it badly lacking In nitrogen and humus It sonietiinen pays to pio'r under the entire crop of clover. Tho nitrogen whl h b-gundnous plnnta ndd to the roll is by no in -ans tho only l.enclit whidi comes from their ttae. Nearly all of them hare a long taproot, which forces its way •town into tlie noil far beb-'r the dap'h reached by tin* r(«ds of ordinary erops Alfaffti root a .sometimes go down as deep aa thirty feet <r tuore. Much of tke iiiaut food ufM*d by the < r<q> I. kcajlgttt up from tl.ls lewis- layer of soli, and sonio of It is left in the upper soil when the roots and rlnbhlc deeay. Tito pnssBge of the tong root-, through (ho aoB also loosena It. and when they 4oe*y add to Foo hit urns wipnly. Thus tho physslcal coridltinn of the noil la so Isvprovod that tho tnorj tender rtnits •f such rnqw aa corn can penetrate it reartHr. Rernnso cf theVe facta e«rj», potatoes and «I most any other crop will grow faster and give « coa- aideraWy largov yield on a Held wbich has srowH a legume the year ]irevious. The principal legumes are alfalfa, clever, eon peas and say beans. Al falfa Iv grown moot tmceesafuliy neat ef the Mlaeourl river, although by no nyeani rwkflpml entirely lo that local- it*r. It re<piirer, some care to get a gead ‘rtand of alfalfa. It doe-i la'st oa ^ seil that ia somewhat Handy and akau’d never be rown on a ret! whore I he water table ia liable to stand fur any length of time within three feet from the rtrrface. “"Wet feet" wfjl 1:111 alfalfa quicker Hmn anything else. A.a a general rule the best time to 4*aw alfalfa lx early in t be fall, Tire greutwl alteuid he put In the h-3t pc-s- cib.’c tilth, and if manured before mw- tng the ffed the chnn-'ca of ruccess ere romriderably incrcaaed. The need K’jould be rown :it the rate of about dft v >n pounds per acre. A light har rowing will cover It auIBciently. If the yonng iilnnta weadter the firtt winter Rueceasfnlly, the critic;!! time I? past. The advantages of alfalfa over clover .are Its higher feeding value and greater yields. It can often he cut three or four time* In a sense*, with a vic’d of from one to twr, tuna per rutting. Alfalfa must always i>e out aa soon ns about one-tenth of the plants are In bloom: otherwise the vitality is weakened and the yield of the sn^ri'edlng crops reduced. There are serernl varieties of ( lover, of which medium red ia the mot widc- a warn place for a few days. Tho number that germinate can la* used as A guide ns to the amount of Heed to tivo per acre. jLHie reason why clover and alfalfa are hot more popular with farmers Is tlie difficulty of curing the hay. If il Is left injlio swath until dry enough to put tn thc\rnow, tho len'ves, which arc the most valuable part, a HI liecoire bo brittle that many of them will he lost. A better way in to go over the tb-kl with a ride Hell very rake ns soon as the leaves* hnve wiited a little ami throw the hay together in loose wind rows. Handled in this way, it dries evenly, and the leaves will not fall off so enrily. liny cured iu this way D also less liable to be dusty than when cured by direct exposure to tho son. Once In awhile, oven with tlie paat a* cure, some < f the bay will bo caught h a rain. A hnid rain on clover ei\r.l fnlfn hay washes out much of the uq trlmont which it contain'. Such hay Is hardly wart It putiing ia the barn, but may lie made good use of frr bed ding. In till* way It is mixed whh the t'.innure, and tlie plant food which it contains is n'turned to t'ne noil. Gov.*pins and soy beans are to live wnilhorn [virt of th« IT.kcd Btates what clork-r and alfalfa are to the norlheru ho tic ns. Tliey are grown tn -re as liny .and forage than for the j;ratn. The e legumes are also irsod tn some section** i f tU© curu belt aa catch crops. If smwn on early fall plowing, they prevent the soil from washing ami this3 much cf.lfa r j^ra.ilnl>ic p.lant fend. They may bo pasturt-d b:7 . I^djiistm'nts and Settlements promptlu mads. % Buying Goodsk t-r., t„ 0 ,p^,,M Qr ,E;ci Fire Insurance in . \. , —• —f— _ , s Strongest Companies in America. J*.- no sBS*. no. X liltiH r-MOXTUs-OLD ALT'LFA I’l.AXTS. tNote ti-e long layroots ai’-l ti e nodules.j j iy km.wn. Ckivcr r(>ed r,re usually ^ son it with small grain in the spring. ! A Burer way of ohialnhig a stand D to Bow nfter t!:e onis have lieon disked In and cover with a harrow; otherwise the seed are put in so deeply that many of the little plants never reach tlie sur face. One of the prlncipffl reasons for fail- ore with clover is poor seed. -A-'rrrm- pTo should always Te Tested before sowing. This enn be easily bme by putting. a hundred eeeds bctv.axm a couple of moist blotters and keeping In Saturday morning « Httie after 3 o' clock three robber* held tip a mail train eight miles from Den' er, Colorado, and took shoot f;F» 000 worth of registered paokagea from the riaN car. Friday was the one hundredth anni versary of the birth of Abraham Lin coln. ~TTc*idriit Roosevelt bud on that dav at the blrtii place of the rail split ter in Lame county, Ky. the corner stoife ot a granite monument to Lin coln'* memory. The nexFJitatf Fair will be held a week later than herctefo e. -OtrrtMJ A ITKATT GROWTH Or Ai,rAr,y.v. Inter nr dInked tip in the spring. They ara often sown iu cornfields during the Inst cultivation to keep the weed* down and to add nitrogen to the sell. F,(.msuse of tho fact that other crops rvike so mu-h i>o;ter growth after the Held has grown a legume for a year or *>< ii i* important that a crop of clover er some other legutre be grown occa- >Kons!!s. If a plan <*t rotation ia ar ranged so (hat the fields.are regularly changed from ore crop to another, so -HHedv ah* KoGer. It has been found that-when nr crop I* grown year nft- erymr rn the same land theyieldn will gr :w (A--.it. The parflenlar kinds of f«»ed I has a cectais crop repwlre'i grows Bearcer, and weeds and inserts become (“sro awaa*T»as. If ms^fher kind of pbinl is rnhstituled, oHier elemeuta of plain food wi’l Ite drawn upo». the in- K-H-ta wi 1 he starved out and the chang is! inclhrds of soil treatiUPHt will dis- cotuagc the v.eofls. Fl-ints vary great IJ* in their ahllftf to grt ford frnra the sol!. Sneh erops a* rye ard buckwheat are Btroag feeders and are able to obtain food from a soil eu which more lender plauta weald s'arye. 8onm plants uee tnnrh .•n' , re h'inm* than olhrn. Crops like corn that nro itiltlrafed frequently depleto the humus supply rapidly, r.inee the cerslant sUrring of the soil hastens de cry. G.VT on tho other hand, take cor.qviratircly little hu'nus from the SO;!. Theso dUTerenees stay Ue largely oquallrod by a eonelstert system of ro tation. In planning rotnilons the aim sh ,r.M be to a© (Mstrlhnfe tho crops (hat they will be best adapted to Hie eordilten in which the soil was left by the prerodlrg crop. The Hrortlng point ef every rotation nhonld be clover or seme other legume. The length of U-pe that a field nhcold he left fit t9 such a cr'p (’fper.dt largely ofTTecaFcond!- tic,is. In tho east, where alfalfa seed ia high and the difilcnltics of obtaining n stand groat. It is uaunlly " Ise not to plow up the crop for three or four years. Red clover live.* only two years; hence 1* rot plowed up the srednd year the land must he reseeded. In most on-oa two years la as long ns the land should left (o any one crop. Since clover is grown with .small grain the first year, this means only hie year in which it will be the nolo crop. If the second crop of clover Is (o be plowed um’.hr, ne in the oa*o when tin' Boil Is considerably lacking ft humus, this work had better be (lone L : > the fall, so that the mass of green clover may have time to decay befniv the following crop Is planted. If tim sid! has born pn porly cared for, however, this green manuring wl'.l be unnecessary. As a general rule It is more profitable to feed the liny or grass to stock and return the mat hi re to the land. In this way from SO to Oo per cent ns much plant food is added as would have iteen if tlie crop had been plowed under, and at tho fijme time'-the stock has had the bene fit of the extra feed. When only the clu hi de Is To bo turned under, tho plowing may be done either In late fa!! cr csrly apfing. tine tbomind men paid twenty five doljtars each for a ticket to eat with Judge Taft in New Orleans Friday night. Half of the buyers did not go to the feast Col, Goethals. chief engineer of the Panama Canal, says that ship* will go through the big ditch by the first of January 1015. The UUh annual reunion of tlie United Confederate Veteran* will he held in Memphis Term., June 8, !>. 10. So has (if n. Clement A. Ev ans of Geor gia, commanding,ordered. Cheaper than you have ever done or may ever do. Prcpnrntory to our Spring Stock Taking on March 1st wc will commence on Mon thly, February loth a con tinuing Clearance Sale of every article in onr Im mense, Overcrowded Stocks of dcneral Merchandise at undreamed LOW PRICES. The Winter is passing and the (ioods Must Ob. The prices we will ask will be close to giving them away. We mean business from the front door to the hack win dow. and will ptove it by (inures that tell the absolute eternal truth. The Lon# Procession of Mntchli Vs lkir#ains otlered includes Clot bin#. Shoes, Hats Caps, Cmlerwear, 'Fop Shirts »fcc. &c. for Men and Boys. For Women—C 1 o a k s. Skills, Press (roods of every description. Cotton (roods A:e. A:e. For every body everythin# in our lines needful for com fort in door and out, every thin# necessary for #ood looks from the plow furrow to the wedding feast. Thi s is a true story. We want room for our Spring Mocks. We would rather count money than take stock and our #oods must and shall go. From February loth to March 1st. the Crandest Prizes of at 1 your years are waiting: for vour gathering C *1 O O at /VtftZURSKY’S see Hiife. Barnwell, S. C. NOnOK. I have justtakyn charge of the office of Superintendent of EducHtion anil in-HS mm It a* the Law require* me to visit the school* of the County, I " isli to «nn> tinee to the ptiblic the follow ing a* my olfice day* at the Court II i is": Sali-day', and Fr’dav aud Saturday of each week. Horace J. Crouch. January 21, 11>(«>. ( . S. E. tr. Life Insurance in the Prudential Insurance Company of America. STRONG AST1IE ttOCK OP UHtHAI/l'AR, More and better insurance to the dollar invested than any other Company in the United States. WRITE ©R SALL ON R. M. MIXSONi Williston, S. C. TRKASl KEK’8 NOTICE. Tito Tteasurer* olliee v.ill be open for tFie eottr-etton of taxes levteit Joy the ti - cal year con tnciieing January 1-t liflis, Iroui the 15th day of October I'.KJM to the, 15th ot Mitich I!K)1) in- elusive? From the I-t to tlie Jl*t day o Janut.r) IfKD iue U'ive a p« Italy of out per ct-nt will be added. From the 1-t to the 23th day of Feb ruary inclusive a penalty of two per cent will be added to all taxes paid in February. From tlie I*t to the 1-"lit day of March IPOH inclusive a penalty of seven per- ( cnt w ill be added to ail unpaid taxes. ^ IKVY. For Sfate purposes 51 mil’s. For Onrtuary County p.iirpose* ,1 1 4 mills. hor Reindexing Ufcotds mill. For < oust it u t iona I Ychooi .1 mill*. Ti tel lew 12 iiiill*. 1 here " ill l»e an extra levy of two mil!* in Biackvllle township for road tax Commutation tax will f2 00 and will he received from October 15 1!)08 to March l*t 11)01) inclusive. Special Local School Levy. Cedar Grove (1) mill, Allendale, Bat bary Branch, Cal vary. Double I’nrul, Elko, Edisto. Friendship, George* CTueV, Healing springs, Kline, Mon is, New Forest, Oak Grove, Old ColumbVR. Reedy Branch, Seigiing ville, Seven Fine* and linker’s greek (2) nulls. Barton, Big Fork, Biaek- viile. Cave* jyUdfcftEI HliyO"ens Cross Road*. 8 \can.ore, No 51, Ulmers and Upper Rich Laud (li) mills. Fairfax (3! s ) mill*, Hetoules and J.ees (4) mills, Warnwell (4^) mills, Williston (2, l 8 ) mills. United State* curreiicv. Gold and Silver coin, eountv and Scltool claim* t>riq>erly approved, will be received for taxes. Checks and draft* will not be received for taxes except at the ri»k of tax payets. „ B. Afmstrong, <Mintv Ttea*nr<*c Barnwell, 8. 0. St pumber i'Jth IIHIa. FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS GUARANTEED TO SATISFY .PURCHASERS WAXIWIBU) CUiSlIHTU* LA tli K SCCCBWIOK ACUC.'ITA TSCIAKa BMorr»m»KD ' rw. PW* TTPK VI AKErikLD Tk. tAi-ta,* A LIU. U»» IfLAT OCTI II -|. ‘ f al UvUaL rwi Uo“ V>n“;. Uaa I'—A. L«r*> »* (—1--* ro,“^C HdtE la Ms W1 Is < ■. at $ t» I r. H tlJS y*r ou H n. mi sver. • tt.M ftr u. 7. C- B. YOlfftfC’S BLfitrn, S C Onr Lxpj-ros iictps on Ptacfc. is Very Low. Wc grew the first Frost Proof Phcts in It)68, Now have over twenty thousand shed customers; and wc have growo and soM raore cabbage plants than tfl other sati customers; and wc have growc and sold more cabbage plants in the Soothers etxtw combhied. WHY? because our plants must please or we send your money back. Order now; it is time to set these plants in your sec tion to get extra early cabbage, and they arc the cncsMtat sell for the most money, te* - Writ* In* sIKssfrafrci catetogu*. " W«. C. GerMy Co. Pox 7* Yocag’s blaai. S. C EE FIRST CARLOAD OF HIUL UI hun at HILL TOP STAPLES, BARNWELL, 6. C. READY FOR"SALE, AND GIVING SATISFACTION. AT TUP Very lowest possible prices. They were bought Ui#ht and will he sold. Well Worth the Money. A Niee lot of I»u##ies, Surries, Wa#ons, Lap Rohes, Harness and all paits of Harness to be sold epEAp. C H A K L I E B li 0 W N.; O THE Bank of Barnwell 'Fhe Oldest and Strongest Bank in Barnwell County Depository of The State of South Carolina, The County of Barnwell, arul ITie Town <>f Barnwell Capital, ....... Surplus and Undivided Profits, - $60,000.00 SJa.OCHMM# Tn save money i* not, hard when onei* u bank necount I* started fer rtH.iH-v iu h bank cantiot hum a hole the pocket. A bank Hceniint menh» pat ing hills by clieck—the only absolutely enfe way. Check* Ichvt no room for argument ns to when or how a bil) wa* paid. Each check is recorded in the hank's hooks. These togeher with vour money and the cancelled cheeks are kept for you in burglar and fire proof vaults. You have acte*; to them at any time. Let us talk this over w ith you tho next time yon are in town If im- po>ritile to cad, " rite us. STEPHEN 8. FTRSE, JR., **'' -** A ’ '*-• '.J EDMUND M. LAWTON. . FURSF AND LAWTON, Cotton Factors, Bagging and TiescFertilizers, Handlers of Upland, Sea Jfdand and Fiorodora Cotton. Liberal advances made oh consignments of cotton. Personal, prompt and careful attention to nil business entrusted to us. 212 Fast Bay St., FUKSE & LAWTON,. ' * ■/' Savannah, Ga.