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. ■ y 'T r - *• THE PRESS AND STANDARD, WALTERpOBO, 8. a ^ 1 EAU 30VJ Npjfcibei, New Things The old fertiliser formolo^nre giving w»7 to tM new. At every fanners' meeting tone subject should be the fertiliser fe»miaU that will furnish a balanced ration to the crop and keep up the fertility of the soil. To do this the fertiliser should contain at least as much TRIP TO WASHINGTON | FOR MRMBRR OF CORN CLUB Qirrawflld CkNn% Bojr Will ihao OK u> go u> Cnpitnl. as Phosphoric Acid. Our note book has condensed facts essential in farmers’ meetings and plenty of space to record the new things that you hear. Let us send one to you before your Institute meets. A (apply of thew is furnished by request to every institute held in severs! Wales. We will be glad to send a supply delivered free«il charge to every Institute, Grange or Fanners’ Club Officer on request It contains ik» advertising matter. GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc. U. Manaitwoeli Block. Chicago, III 93 Nassau Street, Now York IMPORTANT ADMfONAL TRAINS New York, Oct. 14.—Convinced | ' that the pendulum of buaineoa is PnrtbU iMsagwrotio. of Winter Set- ready to swing back good tiine* vice. By the Atlantic Oonai "Thero are over 2,000 boys en rolled in the boy’s corn club worfc In South Carolina,*' a&id C B Had- don, who is In* charge of the boy’s work of the. United States fsrm demonstration work. Mr. Hnddon Is | ilar Wilmlngtfo, N. C. Oct. 14. Special* FOUND MURDFRKD. IN LONELY HOME Mutilate*) Hody of \Vw !**iry Man KesVala Hoirible (Vime. Newberr)>- Nov. 5.—Will Ruff, a white man, about f>5 years of age. Was found dead In his home «t ti* - i room c*3ttfte, just outside ih • city ■ limits, on the Ashford ferry road, 1 this morning betwenn *> anl 7 o'clock, having been murdered some time during the night, presumobly 1 about midnight. The body was cold and was lying stretched out on th • the florr us it fell, with an old ' rustj gxe with which the deed was i dorfe. lying n‘arbjv He hr-1 Lien itrmk on tl.a bai k of the head with the butt of'tlie axe. The ?-kul! was etched j n> exposing th * brains, so that death was It•Tiantc-.t'ous. Lying on Ihe floor was a small bag partly filled with cadny. and other pieces of candy, and oth er plec:*s of candy wera scattered i about the floor, which Is believed, shows that he was ii> tl^ act of sell- lr> candy to th« murderer when the blow was sfrrok. T .h«* itifcrenc* is i that the purchase of the candy was only a prdetse <n the part <* 1 * murdderer, who thus'engaged Mr. 'Ruff's attention to give ^tmsetf • opportunity to strike the fatal I blow. In the bedroom were two trunks. I in on 1 .? of whlt'h, it is said. ’ Mr Ruff was accustomed to k<« p liis money, usugll^ frotn $.'»n to $1un at a time. That trunk hhd been thorouj-ghly rifietl. Tlie ottlv mon ey found ii\_the hous* this morn ing aft r the murder was disco ver t'd was a 10-cmt piece In the corner of a drawer. ) Th * d«ed L'«ly was discovered by p n> gro woman, who had come to the hou* > to dt:*w a 1 tick t of wa- t* r. 'i h» hack door w:m standing o| n, with the body in plain view from the well. , Mr. Ruff was unmarried. He was a uumt and ineffensive nu n and not rddicted to getting into diffi- cuiths, so there can. be no doubt that the murder was commit! >d ! with* in any provocation or his part, and f< r the sole purpose nf robbery. He has lieen merchandising on a sms !l s^ale for several years, form erly in this city but ter some ymrs past at his hon’<*. whej »**» was touud this morHng - a small suburb known a** Mel. j r lt Heights. Ilis stcck in trade consisted of only a few articles a small qu> ntitv of groceries canned goods, candies, etc. There is no clue to the murderer so far us can b*learned. Coro:-?r (Imppell erganiz*'! a jury < f in- iiust this monnng. with j. H. Sum- t»*cr as foremi :i. The jury view. d tlie body and surroundinggs and a<ljourned until tomorrow afternoon, at which time it is hoped there nia> K* some addhio: il fails to pul be fore tiietn. In the meritime th*- officers, ^l-.criff Itufcrd and his <!<-ptiiies atid Constaliies H! ase and Adams. :*re tusy tryingg to get som trace of the guilty party. Mr. Ruff w;*s buried this after- m on at t ::«t o clo* k at St. I’hilips , church, near his fonmr hon. \ and in a c*>111 *(iutiit\ whi'rc he ims a Ir-rge at»l influential family oonnee- tion. representatives of the great manu facturing enterprisee of the coun- w . ,, try with headquarters In this, city, ..Commencing Monday, October 14,, have ordered the wheels of Industry the Palmetto Limited,” which has ailei.t now for many months, to be* n operated by the Atlantic Coast , again hum with the song of work, j Line, during the Summer Months. ! A canvas of the situation at horn between New York and Charleston and abroad, they sty shows that w in be extended to Jacksonville, located at Clemson college and was i conditions ure steadily improving, and will undergo a number of chan among the visitors here yesterday, i‘hat all business, both big and lit- Rea j n schedules North of Charles- “Some fiae’results are being secur- ***• has reached the end of the pe- ton. It will continue to leave New ed in the work,’ said Mr. Hadron. | rlod of depression, which made nee- York .1:30 p. m. and Washington* »: It was announced that a trip to «««: ry the heavy retrenchments In 40 p. nt. but will arrive Charleston \\iashlngton will be given to the expenses and curtailment of pro- 12:55 p. m Savannah 3:17 p. m boy in the State making the best dUction that marked the spring and a i„i Jacksonville 7:45 p. m Rctfurn- average. Tlie fund for this trip has iumraer months. | i-> n 11,| p aditiona-l train will lsav« been contributed by the chambers ( Failures qre stetHlily declining In Jacksonville 7:30 a. m. Savannah of commerce, Columbia, Charleston, nun-ber and aggregate losses in all 12:05 Noon and Charleston 4:35 Camden and Spa-rtanbutg. A trip sections of the country and a fair- P- m. and arrive Washington 8:00 to Washington is also offered to er tone is noticeabid everywhere. «• m. (instead of 8:40» and New the boy making the best showing lr. New England, sixty mills giv- Yoik 2:31 p. m. Connection will in Greenville county. jpg employment to more than 100, be made at Jacksonville to and “I have received reports from 00<i men and women, which hwve from South Florida points, several pig clubs,'’ said Mr. Haddon, been shut down from two to ten By'the extension of the ''Palmetto "and some excellent results are be— weeks, resumed operation on full -Limited” to Jacksonville, tlie ing secured.”. The first pig club time on Monday at>d the balance of Atlantic Cqast Line will have three i*i the State was organized in Green those that have been idle, have ar- high class trains a day each way ville county. Several handsome, ranged to start the first of the New York r«d the South and this prizes have been offered in that coining week. In the former twen- number will be increased to Tour coui.ty to the members of the club, ty mills have taken hold again and whet.* the famous “New York and Mr. Haddon said that several him in lhe latter 35 large manufactur- Florida Special” is put on early dred boys will send exhildts to ing plants which have been closed in Jgjiuary, for the twenty-fifth the South Atlantic States Corn ex- or bperating or* a minimum ba ds, consecutive season, position to be held here during the encouraged by the signal improve- Additional service will be inan- week of December ll.—The State. ment in new orders, are on%e more gurated, on (a toiler 16, between ! j n f u || swing. Fayettcv.ilie ai-J Charleston by the IRtMik's <Yniat Visible. j President William M. Wood of re-csablishment of Number 79. whlc The comet of which Mr. Mrooks, the American Wooler* Co., which ]?*** leave Fa-jottevHie 6.30 a m. of Mass., pi edicttd to appear An- controls thirty mills in New En*lan Diiliy. and arrive ( harleston 1: 40 p gust 18, has just become in sis-ht. »ud New York, having 30,000 em— J 0 - an ’* of , • Nunib ^ r which will However, it is now ?. question Payees, who are now working on teaveJ harleston 3:40 p. m. and ar- whether this is the comet Mr. time, says that the outlook is rtv* Fayetteville 10:05 p. m. ! Brooks claimed as his comet, as for a. permanent and long continued Time of trams at \\ alterboro w ill his vias'to have traveled Northward ' change for the better. "o* tie changed for the present, ex T:,i-nn». ^ 1... ...a..., uj. m 1 ii cept No. 10 which will leave at; w ‘ r . ^ K ‘ ln ^'ijiport of this convlcctlor*, in 1:25 p ni i„tead of 3:57 p. m this Mv lire • L <>r . 1 «..„■ <1?,* which al1 manufacturers here now chai.ge is made to afford a con nee-I My brc.her . id I saw this co net generally share, the Greenwood-Cot- t i on for the South with the Pal-: h,".; 1 ’." l'nl/ o ' L°" , l" 1 ' 11 NVw I tobir ..util. It is just a lntl, ‘o Barkliampstead and Canton. Conn., the lift of the morning star, facing whicJi liava been rlos^.1 for i,.n the East This comet is not quite , r 1 \ , ^ 'Notice to Trustees, Teacliers and ... i", , .. .. ‘ I; >• ars have leer, re-opened and giv- .. . as iiriglii as th;-* of Mr Halley. No. j n g work to 2000 operatives, with doubt this one will brighten up. in a few days. It's tail 1 extei t'.s up ward. J. II. Ramsey. Patrons: . . .k ,,, w Thursday, Nov. »th, being Educa- , , ,n ^ t ,b< * r< J rr . e W|M tiottal Da>. at the County Fair, it is substantially increased in a few , ,... jL., j _ .11 weeks. the proniRie that the force will he hereby declared a holiday for all *' ,e schools In the county. Teachers an At Nroth- Brookfield. Mass., the trustee* ao’e urged to see that their Oxford Linen Mills which liao:e or- schools are represented in the pa- Habit is ha-rd to overcome, bunders in hand to keep them going rade and at the exercises of the It can be done with practice and ® f iheir maximum efficiency until day, In case a school lias not yet persistence. Instead of telling a well into the winter intend to opened, the trustin'* and ps-trons stranger what a poor town and double their force, with the in- are urged to bring the pupils down onery neighbors you have, try di- otalh'ioi* on January 1st of new anyway and let them all take part lating for a time on the mV-tiy fine maihii.-ry ordered recently to en- in the* exercises. points of both and ther notice how ab,( ' Hicm to supply the demand Two sliver cups, suitably engrav- soon this will lie a swell old world f° r American made linen goods. ed are offered as prizes to the to live in. Begin today. 1 With the general revival id trade schools, (he following points being which these signs augur, business those to be judged: (1) apponr- 1s looking forward to a. year of in- anee and ordyr lr- parade; (2) pi*r- Sick headache is caused by a creased activity and will get its centuge of iiipils present. The pa- disordered stomach. Take. Cham- proportionate share. Co-incident rade will form at the Wu-lterlioro her Iain’s Tablets and correct that with this, a marked lowering of the High school at It* o'clock, am) the headaches will, disappear, cost of living, especially in the 11. \V. Black, Sr., For sale by all dealers. *' everyday staples, is predicted. 1 County Supt of Education. Are Yam A noted profeasor in n Chicago university recently told hie elw* that If they coaid answer certain questions with “yes” that they ward educated men, says Exchange. Ha suggested at least, that thej) ward not educated in the broadest eensa c( the word If they could'not aHO- wer them In the affirmative. Hero are the questions, read them and V If you are an educated man fa the professor's view: Has education given you aympae thy with all good causes and madw you espouse them? Has it made you public spirit ed? Has it made you a brother to the wea-k ? ■* Hav jeou learned how. to make friends and how to keep them? Do you know what it is to be a friend yourself? Can you look an tioi>>st man or a pure woman straight in the eye? Do you soe c-nvthing to love ia a* little child? Will a lonely dog follow you la the street? Can you be high-minded in the nveaneiit drudgeries of life? Do jou think washing dishes and bribing con* just as compatible with high thinking as piano playing or golf? Are you good for anything to youncif? Can >ou be happy alone? Can j*ou look out on the world and see anything except . dollars and cents? Can you look into a?mud puddle by the rbad side ^ud see the cleatf sky*? . ('an you see anything in the pud dle but mud? Can you look into the sky at night and see beyond the skies? WI1.1t Al< ut YMur Scho.d T« .m.Im r? What have you done and what are you goii g to do for the com fori, and happiness of the "new teacher” who has come or is to come to make her home in your neighbor hood during the coming months? These teach*rs have under their immediate care and directimf tlie chlldrei- from jaur home for si large part of every day, for several months in the year. If they sire in «•! -neiji about Un it; work their lives go out to these children with si forceful Impression rid influence. The children in turn r*«*ive these impr.-sions and tb's imMuncf! iml reflect thiin back into ihe home Isn't it clear then that the school ; id the home inu-t o • c work lo git her for ihe be*i gecd of tlie children? Yaiu can't alfor.l not 10 be on the lust of terms with your children's teacher liu can't af ford not lo *\i*iii! a hand of wel come n*id cordial support in every si ti-iols undertaking The I’ro- grvssive- Farmer. Don’t Forget That The Ends A Saving oi 25 to 50 Per Cent. GUARANTEED Beware EVERY PURCHASE! Imitators of Oar Sale!