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NO REST FOR THE FARMER. A Characteristic and Interesting Let ter from "Old Timer." Wanderer's Rest, August 10.? No rest for the old farmer this year for as soon as the ploughs could b< spared from the cotton here is fodde to save and the red hulled. speckle< pea is ripe and ready to be picket and the scattering weeds in the cori along the roads, fences and ditche need cutting, for they will scatte millions of seed to trouble next year then they look bad and show ; slovenly if not a lazy farmer; thei litter should be placed in the stall: and lot to make manure for nex year's crop, fences to look after ant as the poor old fellow thinks and see: with his own two eyes, how thes< details will pay, he squints his eye mops the sweat from his brow ant looks out on the sunbeams he almos . moans, then brings a deep sigh ant exclaims: "Ain't it hot?" and h< sits in his easy chair or hunts a coo spot and finds it not, his arder cool: and the weeds are left to grow, ant as his conscience graws away at hi: indolence, he hums, "There is res for the weary," and the green field: of Eden, come to his vision in thest long dog-days of earth. They bring on physical inertia otiH ho lnnfR fr?r rnnl weather, anc when it comes how he longs for it t( be hot, never satisfied, and before h( is half prepared here king or rathei tyrant cotton is open, and so it goos from year to year, and the man whc works and keeps at it will never lack anything that is good for him. Crops have improved and fail yields will be made where propei cultivation was used, but many fields were too wet to cultivate and th?s crops will be poor on them. Wher will we learn to drain the low lands? Then crops will be a certainty, no1 before. Many fields of good corn ar? in the land and the farmer who does not intensify on corn is not in it, sc also with cotton. High farming alone will pay?fewer acres, more manure, fast cultivation but shallow will succeed any year. To trj it is to be convinced, for crops or low broad flat beds will do much better dry years, also wet ones. A gentleman from near Augusta Ga., made inquires a few days ago as *v v / to the mode of applying fire to fruit am J +A Trill Con T AC C II CC5 dUU uuncio iv nui vuu v vuv scale. Perhaps there are others who have it in their orchards and for their benefit will give it: Get some rich pitch pine splinters 3 or 4 feet long, split them so as to make a bundle easy to handle, tie them so as to keep them from falling apart; when well lighted begin at the ground and go upward until the limbs are reached, then on the other side until the flames reach every particle of the surface. Then the limbs, begin next to trunk and go to end or as far or a little beyond where the scale extends, then the next one, until the whole tree is singed or brought in contact with the flames. Care suould be used not to let flame rest too long but keep torch going at a steady but moderate gait and the tree nor foilage will be injured in the Jeast save a few tenaer leaves be crispled at the ends. All tender house plants and roses can be treated, only have a small smudge or torch to treat them and no harm will result unless flame is kept still too long, but it is death to scale and all insects. This is not a pretended process, as the writer discovered it by accident and found it effective on all trees and plants atter loosing nearlv all his orchard treated with lime sulphur wash. Trees treated in spring, summer and fall with the fire or torch treatment will be entireV ly free from scale and other pests as well. Trees treated near here in the St* v.>. orchard of Mr. R. C. Johns last spring bore a fine crop of fruit this year and trees are in healthy condition. These trees were badly infected and would have died last spring had they not been treated. Save the orchards and plant out more trees and use two or three pounds of kainit scattered around them each spring with good care of trees will give plenty of nice fruit and the good old days will return when every home nearly had a jug of fine cool sweet cider suspended in the well by a rope. How refreshing in a hot summer day! Only last week neighbor J. passed by with a large demijohn in the foot of his bugrev. Cherrily he called out: "Come, Old Timer, and take a drink. ; It will do you good." With thanks it was declined, the old man explain* ing that he drank nothing stronger than coffee or iced tea. Then was stated it was cider?nice fresh apple cider. How the old man's face lighted up, a broad smile lighted his face, and that demijohn raised to his lips and as he gazed at the sky that delicious draught brought back the happy days of long ago. OLD TIMER. Now is the time to buy real estate. It is going at a price that will not grow less. We have some attractive bargains. C. H. MILHOUS, Manager Denmark Realty Co. Watch the date on label of your paper and renew promptly. # FISH COME ASHORE. - Strange Occurrence Puzzles Myrtle Beach Residents. Conway, August 13.?One morning this week the residents of Myrtle a Beach, Horry's summer resort, were r very much upset by an incident eni tirely unheard of by even the veteran 1 fishermen of the point. Some of the 2 more superstitious persons were wont s to see an unlucky sign in the fact that ; r all day fish were constantly coming ; ashore, some stunned to such an exi tent that they died, and others al i ready dead. i ? About three of four hundred floun- i t ders were picked up on the shore. 1 Several specimens of fish never be- , 3 fore seen at Myrtle Beach were wash- 3 ? ed ashore?several coa nsn uaviug , been found in the collection. What i caused this remarkable occurrence is . t the question now in the minds of the < i Mrvtle Beach folks. . ? Some of the Myrtle Beach resi1 dents were wont to attribute the con- ( 5 duct of the fish to lightning, but Mr. ] 1 S. T. Leonard, a veteran fisherman j s of that point, breaks down this theo- ] t ry in that he states he was fishing \ 1 ?Hnrintr tVld timP a several nines uui vm i vuv , ? that the fish were coming in, and that he had splendid luck, catching , something over 200 pounds of fish 1 the same day the above occurrence ) was noted. : Cowpea Hay. 5 ) The general opinion seems to be : that the cowpeas are especially hard to cure into hay. All around me I see farmers mowing peas and letting them lie in the sun till dry and then > raking up a pile of naked stems, the ? leaves being all lost, though they are t the best part of the hay. Treated in ' this way, the peas make a rough hay : far inferior to what they would make > if properly cured. Instead of-being J difficult to cure, I have always found > cowpeas as easy to cure as any other ; forage plant. I have cured the hay > in fine shape for many years, and never used a stake, a bush, or a scaf' fold, but have simply made the hay i just as I would make clover hay by keeping it from the sun as much as possible while curing. Curing part. ly in the cock and windrow, and let> ting it finish in the barn, I have al' ways had clean, sweet hay with the 3 leaves on and green in color. 1 Cowpeas will cure if you will sim ' ply let them cure and do not monkey ' with all sorts of contrivances to spoil the hay. My plan has been to start ^ - the mowers in the morning and cut > till noon. Start a tedder right after . G the mowers and keep it going to toss ! the hay up loosely to facilitate the ^ ! wilting. Rake in to windrows that afternon. . Next morning turn the windrows and f ' that afternoon cock the hay into as L 1 tall and narrow cocks as will stand well. As soon as you can take a bunch in both hands and give it a . twist and can see to sap run to the ^ twist, haul it into the barn while the leaves are still limp, and when in the g barn let it strictly alone, and it will cure bright and sweet. How long it should stay in the cocks will depend on the condition of the crop and the weather. I have stored it the third day after cutting when the crop and the weather were both favorable, and I have had to let a ranker growth stay out a week. Caps of cotton cloth are useful for n protecting the cocks, but rain does P not do the damage that it does with n red clover hay. t Some cure by setting stakes over the field and shocking the green pea- v vines vines as fast as cut around the t stakes, after the manner of curing o peanuts. It will cure in this way, o hut there will be a great loss of the ^ leaves after they get crisp, and as I b have always made the best of hay r in my method, I cannot see the ad- 0 vantage of the labor and expense of e setting stakes. e The first point to observe it to let s the peas mature to the yellowing of r the pods, but not to let them get so mature that they will begin to cast their leaves, which they do very soon g after the ripening of the pods. I have seen this summmer a numof fields of peas with corn sown among the peas. There will be a smaller growth of the peas by rea- v son of the presence of the corn, and b the hay will be harder to cure, and 1 worth less, than without the corn, h for the great value of peavine hay a lies in its high protein character, and o half corn will diminish this. s If anything is mixed with the peas, S I would prefer the all-yellow soy h bean, for this by its upright growth will help to hold up the peas and t make the mowing easier, and the P soys will increase instead of dimin- P ish the protein content of the hay? u Progressive Farmer. P The final time for the payment of a business licenses expired last Wed- t nesday, but as the clerk and treasurer v was unavoidably out of the city on c that date, the time will be extended d 1 without penalty until the 19th, which t is Friday of this week. After this date no license will be issued with- t . out the penalty of $2 per day at- v tached. FOR MALTREATING WHITE GIRL. Reward for Arrest of Sprunt Ellis. May Recall Reward. Columbia. August 13.?There may be sensational developments following the offering of a reward of $75 by Governor Ansel this morning for the arrest of Sprunt Ellis, a young white man from Mullins. section of Marion county, who is charged with maltreating a young white girl, rhere is the possibility that Governor Ansel may recall the offer of reward, although nothing was done this evening until the matter can be placed before the Governor in toto. The matter came up when a petition signed by a number of promi aent citizens and forwarded here with a letter from E. D. Smith, of Mullins, explaining the circumstances is alleged in the petition that the Governor offer a reward to have Ellis ipprehended. Late this afternoon the Govenor's Dffice received a letter from B. S. Ellis, who is presumably related to the young man charged with the alleged crime. This letter says that the charges against young Ellis are untrue, that the girl was not under fourteen, but is sixteen according to tier own statement, that the young man offered to marry the girl, but that tier folks asked for $2,000, leaving iff the marriage contract. Believing :hat there may be something behind :he whole matter, the Governor's of5 ??i11 ww/vkrtklv rvt o It a fnrfViAi* i?troo_ iUC Will yi KJ uauiv uia<\^ muu^i iut^oligation. Secretary Bethea reported ;he facts with regard to the letter eceived this afternoon to Governor ^.nsel, at Greenville. The governor las the authority to hold up the revard, although the proclamation was 'ordwarded this morning to the sheriff of Marion. This matter is ?iven to the public as it was received lere officially at the governor's ofice. There is the strong intimation, f the letter received here this afterloon be correct, that there may be i "hold up" proposition involved. If t is found that there is foundation 'or the charge against young Ellis, he reward will stand. If not it may )e recalled. Ellis is said in the last etter to be very young. It is stated lere that the family involved is srominent in Marion county. i It was stated in the first letter that 'oung Ellis had left the community. Takes Bullet from Pistol of Sou. Hampton, August 12.?W. H. Jooding and John Altman were seiously shot by Jake Gooding yesterlay afternoon at the Crocketville >icnic as the result of a quarrel beween Jake Gooding and his brothern-law, John Altman. W. H. Goodng, the father of Jake Gooding, ushed in between his son and Altuan to prevent trouble and received he discharge from Jake Gooding's ?istol just below the left nipple and n the right side, the other two loads litting Altman in the abdomen and ;roin. Both men are probably fatally rounded. RELIGION AND PANDEMONIUM. oloded Converts Break Up Recorder's Court in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., August 13.?Seventy tegroes broke up recorder's court iroceedings late to-day by giving a oanifestation of their "religion" in he court room. The leaders of the colored sect fere on trial charged with disturbing he peace, when it occurred to some f the laity to give a demonstration f their "shouting." Instantly there fas a roar which could be heard a lock, and dozens of negroes began oiling on the floor, while a squad f police rushed into the room. Sevral patrolmen were painfully bruis d by flying legs and arms of the houters, and it took ten minutes to e-establish peace. KILLED BY A SPLINTER. plint Jabbed Into Sawyer's Eye Goes Through His Head. A negro sawyer, Joe Singleton, ,-as killed in an unusual and horrile manner at the plant of the Penn .umber Company on Monday mornag. He was running what is known s a "rip saw" and while in the act f sawing off the edge of a board, the trip was thrown back, striking lingleton in the eye, penetrating into is head and coming out on the side. Singleton was hurried to the Sumer hospital where an operation was performed in the hopes of saving his ife, but he died within a few minites after the operation was completed. No inquest was held over the body s relatives of the dead negro stated hat they were satisfied that his death as caused purely by accident. Ac ording to the doctor's statement, I ieath was caused by the wound in I he head. I Singleton was known as an indus- I rious and hard-working negro and I ras well thought of by his employers. I ?Sumter Herald. I - i' .. . .. ' . i . " " ~ MM1MI?????? ? P?| It1! n 71 71 . ii i hp i iirrairpsr n Is what everybody says who has HN looked at that fine pound paper which we are offering at 15c the ? j pound and envelopes to match at qq 1 5c the package. We sold the first oj shipment at once and have just re- gg ceired a new lot. This paper is E3 . easily worth 25c the pound but . Ill we are making a special of it as Q I ? long as it lasts at 15c the pound, | Lenox ? I VJ: " vW is the brand of this paper, ask to .if look at it when you come in, it is a li pleasure to show it to you. T | Hand Painted China 3 fen We received last week some I | of the handsomest Hand Painted . 1 If had I China ever shown in this city. 9 J I ?| We now have this China on dis- nJ i I play in our large show window. NJ Remember when you have to S # -11 give a present you can find just ^ what you are looking for here. ^ ?M oil lrm/le A!" ^ | 1 TV C aidU liavc lit oivtii an niiiviv vr* f Ml Office Supplies $ 1 CO f'^&j ; Mi your office come to see us and 2 I if r we will treat vou right. ^3 | fi fd ., -\M ......THE...... ? HanU Rnnlr ^nira I1U UIU 1/wvn uw 1V II BAMBERG. SOUTH CAROLINA ? " ' 'I - M