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(HAS A BUG PROOF COTTON. Will Drive Away Pests by Offensive Smell, Says An Alabama Planter. Something like thirty or thirty-five years ago there was a man named Joe Mulhatton, -said to have been a "drummer," who was a speciansi in fabricating news stories which had all the essential details necessary to make them credible except that their only foundation was in the imaginings of his fertile brain. The following Washington news dispatch published in an Atlanta paper is about equal to anything the redoubtable Joe ever sent out: Washington, Jan. 15.?"People in Washington regard W. P. G. Hard - - \ ing, of the reserve board, as a financier," said an Alabama cotton planter here tonight, "but down around Birmingham we think he is a k second Luther Burbank. He has propagated a cotton plant which JF;, 'smells so strong of asafoetida that all insects avoid it as though it were a plague, and yet the cotton is apparently not changed otherwise in the slightest degree." About four years ago, according to this planter, Mr. Harding conceived the idea of making the cotton bolls unpalatable to the weevil. In a small section of his back yard in Birmingham he set out a few cotton ^ plants. From the earliest stages he constantly anointed them with nux vomica. When the buds appeared he sprinkled them with the drug, so ^.'with the blossom, and finally the bolls of cotton. At the end of the season he carefully preserved the seed from these plants and planted them, the next spring. That seaf son he repeated the work of the summer before. When the seed of fthe second crop sprouted, the tiny plants had a decided odor of asafoetida, without any sprinkling whatever, though apparently this smell was the only change which had been produced. Then, said the planter, came the J T>ig disappointment. While it was \ noticed that all other insects avoided the plants, there were no boll, weevils that far north that season, so no test could be made. ? ? x \rr TTarrtinsr was iiUUUl luai niuc <u>. ? ?? r7" appointed to the rgserve' board and gave up his experiments. But be? fore leayfng he turned over his work and the precious seed which produced the smelly plants to the Alabama department of agriculture, which is now working on the idea. ^ "For Subscribers." L The question of the object of a country paper is one that is answered in the' minds of various people acB cording to their respective views, and the views of many of them are necessarily influenced by their respective interests or environments. v - . Some people think that the country newspaper is printed for the benefit , of advertisers. Some think that the promotion of the private po% litical interests of individuals or a particular collection of individuals > is .the reason. Some think that the country newspaper* should have no $ other end than the promotion of/Business interests, and others think it f should devote itself to booming the town in which it is printed. There are so many different ideas on the subject that it is impossible to mention them all. These remarks are suggested by an incident that occurred in the busi: ; ness office of this paper a few days ago. The story is suggestive of "shop," and really is somewhat along that line; but it will bear telling , anyway, oven without names. A traveling man, representative of , j \ a well known advertising concern, f ' , came in to talk about making a con tract. He had about him a self-suffccient air that seemed to give out the impression that he felt that the editor should take off his hat and look humble. Indeed, his attitude seemed to suggest the simile of a ffillowT holding up a piece of beef for a dog to jump at, the editor being the dog. If he had the faintest realization that he was on a business ; mission, it seemed to be his special effort to keep the fact concealed. I "What do you get for advertising | space by the inch?" he asked. ^ _ "Depends upon how much you want, how frequently you want it, and how many times you want it in serted." "Oh, I just want this little ad, that takes up about 3 inches. It is all electrotyped, and you won't have any type to set. How much for a [ month?" "One dollar an inch for the first insertion, and 50 cents an inch for each subsequent insertion." | "Whoopee! I do not want to buy your paper. I will pay no sucn price \ as that." "The paper is not for sale. You * were not asked to pay the price. You asked what the price was and you were told; that's all." I "Why, I got that ad in the paper L over at . for $2.40, and the B paper at did not charge me U hut $1.25." r "We are not running those papers." "But the editor of the said he had 3,400 circulation. What is yours?" "Something over 2,000." "And you want to charge me five times as much as he does when lie has so much more circulation?" "I have already told you that I am not running the , and as for circulation, I would not give you the space you ask for at any less rate if my circulation was only 1,000." "And you mean to tell me that you charge all your other advertisers like that?" "For the same service i do; out most of them make their contracts by the year, and get the lowest rate we have to offer." "How much for this by the year?" "Three inches twice a week, one year, $45. If you find anybody who has gotten it for less we will give it to you for nothing." "But I do not want mine for more than a month." "Well, if you take it you will have -to pay the rate for a month." "Suppose I would take it for a year, would you give n\e top of column, next to reading matter?" "No, run of advertising columns, with no special position guaranteed." "Say, brother, you do not print your paper for advertisers, do you?" This, with an implied taunt that seemed to say, "You've got to come down out of that perch, or you don't get any business out of me." "Yes, and no," was the reply of the editor. "Yes, in the sense that you would nave me Deueve mai Vvuu want to pay for this advertisement purely to swell my personal bank account and without regard to the business you hope to get. No, in the sense that I realize that unless I make my paper worth w^hile to my readers, you would not regard my advertising space as worth the price you are willing to pay for it, much less the price I have quoted you." "And you say you do not count circulation?" "On the contrary, I count it very mudh. I count it everything, both to you and me; but when I say circulation, I mean circulation. I mean the people who think enough of the Enquirer to want to read it. Most of them show their appreciation by their willingness to pay for it. Others put themselves to considerable trouble to borrow it. Both classes are of the kind that you want to reach, particularly those who subscribe and pay, and you cannot reach these people to as good advantage in any other way, no matter how you go at f them. Those who really appreciate the Enquirer, who regard it as their paper, and who think more of it than they do of any other paper, and there are lots and lots of them, are more easily approachable through this paper than any other, and that is all there is to it. Experience has taught us that our prices are as low as is consistent with sound business principles, keeping in mind the best service to our subscribers, and that is why I expressed indifference to the manner in which other people run their business. That is all." , < Our visitor appeared to be very much impressed as the result of the conversation. He was kind enough to say that he had gotten some new ideas, and after gathering certain additional facts, the detailed enumera\ tion of which is not necessary, he said that he would certainly recommend to his house that it make a contract with the Yorkville Enquirer. ?Yorkville Enquirer. : The Editor's Job. Once in a while somebody gets the that tho rMsnn tliA local naDer AUV>U< tllV A vwk/VAA v.. v f A does not report every scandal that ? comes to public knowledge is because the publisher is afraid. That's not the reason. The reputable newspaper, especially in a small town, where everyone is a neighbor to everyone else, takes no delight in giv* ' Tng publicity to those things that have brought disgrace to some family or a heartache to some wife or < mother. It is much more pleasant to record the good things that happen, to tell about the incidents that tend to make life more endurable and that uplift rather than tear down, that bring joy instead of sorrow, ' pride instead of heartache. So if you don't always find in the Advertiser the delectable bit of gossip that would doubtless make ''good reading," and if you are in, clined to blame the editor because he doesn't print all the news, consider that some home has had enough work over unfortunate happenings and that the gossip and scandal mongers of the community will ! gladly and ghoulishly give sufficient publicity to the details to satisfy the i lowest tastes. " - * i. _ ? ~ 1 incidentally it migm ue reuiamcu 1 here that the most complaint of censored news comes from people who have had in their lives some things j they are glad were not given news? paper publicity.?Sharpsville (Pa.) Advertiser. "I'LL COMK WHISTLIXV ! Strange Epitaph oil Slab at (have of Ex-Slave Near Lancaster. ' "When# come I'll come whistlin'!" Those are strange words for an epitaph; to some they sound light, even irreverent, but that is the sentence that is carved on a marble slab at the head of a grave that holds the body of an old colored man in a j burial ground near Lancaster. During the time of Sherman's raid this old colored man was a servant in a white family of that vicinity. He was the driver of the family carriage. When the raid was made some of the federal soldiers told this old darkey that he must go to Lancaster. He went and told his mistress, who reminded him that he was the only man on the place; that she was sick, and needed him to look after the household. "If I don't go they will kill me," said the servant, "but I'll be back dis night. I'll git away from em dis night an' you will know when I git here, for when I come I'll come . whistlin." And come he did, for at three o'clock in the morning his mistress heard him coming through the yard whistling as loud and cheerfully as if trips ordered by federal troops were no more than a command to work given by his mistress. In telling the story time after time in the following years,-the lady mentioned said the whistle of the old man was the sweetest music she ever heard, and as might be expected the old fellow was buried with honors when his time came, while at the suggestion of a member of the fami- . ly the above sentence was carved on thp hpad stnne of his last, resting place. Not a bad epitaph after all was it3 We could almost wish such a one for ourselves, for it. means much more than a lot of the pious prevarications we have sometimes seen on tombs. And why should not this- be a fit epitaph for any of us? Simply be- I cause we prefer to be gloomy and morose, some of us even like to do that little stunt that "Hop" calls turning on the sob water, even when * little good is accomplished thereby. It is an actual fact that some people enjoy being unhappy, going over \ their imagined ills and rejoicing un- s der their loads of self pity. Such ^ folks love, to feed their mentalities on gloom and though the figure may } be unkind their mental appetites are 3 depraved as that of the raven that feeds on refuse, and they continual- ? ly come tapping on the chamber door t of people of more cheerful mood, < trying to obscure their sunlight. Your sorrow may be real, if so you t really need cheering; it is just as apt to be imagination, if so you 1 ought to be taken three miles from a . human residence and chased in with a pack of blood hounds, to get your alimentary organs to working right. After the soreness was off, and your , blood was bounding along your ar- ] teries you would be cheerful again. ( It is not too late to take that for J o now vonr'ts resolution. "When I t w. "V" J ~ ' j come I'll come whistlinV' Stick to ] it and you will have more friends ( and in the meantime get more out of j your life and when it is over and you j too have gone the way of all yours ] very memory will be a pleasure to 1 the ones you leave behind.?Green- ] ville Piedmont." j One Splendid Rule. ! ?? ( h A man passed along the street the ' other morning. He had a bright smile and a pleasant word for every- j body that he met, and everybody had ( a smile for him. All seemed to feel ; better for his having passed along. ( After he had gone a bystander remarked: "That man makes it a rule . to do at least one kind act every day. ] He does not confine it to one, but he ( makes it a rule to do at least one 1 person a kindness each day." We fell to thinking. We know the man well, although we had not before 1 heard of this rule of his life. He is j ^ not rich, but he gets along well. He is always in a good humor, and we have never heard anybody say an unkind word of him. He has friends, his credit is good, he stands well among his neighbors. He gets along easily, he has no trouble or friction with anybody. No wonder people treat him well, when he makes it a rule to treat people well. His simple little rule insures his own success and happiness. By making other people happy he in- . sures himself against unhappiness. What a wonderful world this , would be if all of us would adopt this rule.?Anderson Daily Mail. Fourteen Persons Dead. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 28.?Four teen persons were killed and a wide stretch of country was devastated { late today when a dam of the San Diego water system broke in the Otay Valley, south of the city, under the strain of flood waters caused by ' the storm which has been raging here , for several days. Another dam was under a severe strain and its collapse was regarded tonight as a possibility. Cut Your Store Bill Down One Half Tens of thousands of farmers as well as . town and city folks cut down their store i bills one-half last year and saved money in spite of generally short crops and reduced wages. Absolutely millions of dollars were saved and countless families lived better than ever before in the face of the cotton crisis and general business depression. How were these burdensome store bills cut down? By the real money-saving power of good home gardens, rightly planted and kept planted and tended through the season. Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells bow to cut store bills down; tells about garden and farm seeds of kinds and a quality that cannot be bought from your merchant or druggist. It's full of garden and farm information. It's free if you ask for it. Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga.?(Advt.) GO NO FARTHER The Evidence Is at Your Door. Bamberg proof is what, you want and the statement of tins highly respected resident wili banish all doubt. E. Dickinson, jailer, Rice St., Bamberg,. says: "1 was subject to severe . backaches and my Kidneys did not act regularly. The kidney secretions were unnatural and irregular in passage. 1 used Doan s Kidney Rills, procured at the People's Drug Store, and they benefited me greatly. They regulated the action of my kidneys and re-v moved the lameness and soreness in mv " NO TROUBLE SINCE. 6n May 29, 1914, Mr. Dickinson said: "The cure Doan's Kidney Pills made for me some years ago is still lasting. My back is now strong and my kidneys act regularly. You can keep on using my recommendation." Price 50c, at ail dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Dickinson had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. \ m TAX NOTICE. ?* The treasurer's office will be open !or the collection of State, county, = school and all other taxes from the Loth day of October, 1915 until the L5th day of March, 1916 inclusive. From the' first day of January^ L916, until the 31st day of January, L916, a penalty of one per cent, will )e added to an unpaid taxes. rrom ;he 1st day of February, 1916, a Penalty of 2 per cent, will be added :o all unpaid taxes. From the 1st lay of March, 1916, until the 15th lay of March, 1916, a penalty of 7 Der cent, will be added to all unpaid ;axes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 7 mills For county purposes 4 1-2 mills Constitutional school tax 3 mills Total 14 1-2 mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg,-No. 14 9 mills Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Colston, No. 18 4 mills Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills Fishpond, No. 5 2 mills Bovan, No. 11 4 mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills ? Hey ward, No. 24 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mills - Lees, No. 23 4 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills Dak Grove, No. 20 2 mills " Dlar, No. 8 9 mills St. John's, No. 10 2 mills Salem, No. 9 4 mills Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills All persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age, sxcept Confederate soldiers and sailers, who are exempt at 50 years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one lollar. Capitation dog tax 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of January, 1915, are liable to a poll tax Df one dollar, and all who have not made returns to the Auditor, are requested to do so on or before the 1st of January, 1916. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from rlie 15th day of October, 1915, until the 1st dav of March, 1916. G. A. JENNINGS, Troacnror Rnnihpr? County. JL X V/UtJ UA V4 ^ . RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. LIFE, FIRE, LIVESTOCK HEALTH and ACCIDENT INSURANCE Agent for Superior Monument Co Can Sare you Money on Tombstones. W. MAX WALKER EHRHARDT, S. C. Cures Old Sores. Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. ? Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves " o-sin and Heals Pt the same time. 25c, 50c. $1.0"' J Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. 2 j \ mwesanmummmmmmmmmtmmmmmm | Chickering ] I Boardman & Gi i Stultz & Baue | THE BEST IN TH] Over twenty years experien ness has taught me how to sell GOOD PEOPLE, giving ther AND PROPER TREATMEN I have the best line of pianos you are thinking about one I t ure with you. I also have a nice line of Sheet Music and Musical Mer I sincerely appreciate the given me by the good people o rounding country in the past, a to merit the same. Your inquiries will receive n G. A. 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