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WHAT HE KNOWS i About Vi and in the management of the Dispensary. SENATOR TIliLM *N Qivos Testimony Before the Investigat log Committee io Columbia. He Says That Circumstantial EvN deuce Pointa to Much Thieving Tho Columbia correspondent of tho Augusta Onroniolo says thoro waa no standing room on Tuesday night of last week in ' tho alfdo or galleries ( f tho hall of tho housa of representa tives when Senator Tillman took the stand to testify before the dispensary Investigating committee. Senator Tillman was ou tho aland over two hours, ana though he la not a man to waite worra it.? o >ming to tho poi ni bia cvidei.oi dholhsed nothing nev/ Still wbat ha l)ad to say waa r< coivod with muon Interest aud fr< qucntly rv was applauded generally. Ile often turned the tables on the alto?u">8 questioning him, these incidents causing laughter to bia f*vor. A* times t:ie hearing r aembled a typical Tillman campaign meeting. The aer ator arranged ?i>>a:< for himself on top thex speaker's desk to tnab he could sen and lie Been by the cut in bc u.c. When lo mounted the des': abd sal tovrnho was vigorously ap plaud d. "Have you any information lu i . gard to an" graft, rebate or Impropei dealing on tbo c^ri, (;f any dispensary c ill j;al or any r< c >rd ab iut Tho di - penaary, S nitor Tillman? ' wts Mr. Lyoiid' iirtiL quotion. "lu oroer co bo &blo i'O have myro! so aright and h.wo tho committee understand just what I kuo^ af ? what 1 kon't .'?now and what I believe upon very strong evidence, I will havt to auawor that quotion in my owi way. "As to knowing sp'cilleaily of am instance of m? knowledge that ai y such tiling baa ( ocurred I ans ter no. And as fo; the lea on whieh n&vo li - llusnoed mi in saying what 1 hav< said lu Interviews and in speeches 1 will give the foundation for r?;y opin ion" Here Secatcr Tillman - mr f ' rf-' d a recent advertisement of tho board for bids. "I have ono other question," inter rupted Mr Lr.on, "while you wore hi Charge cf the dispensary, did yen re ceive any UK ney In rebates, graft or in any Improper way fre.m tho Mill Creek Distillery Co.?" 'T tiid not." L "Did you receive it from am KROurceV" "No." Se alor Tillman wont on to explain that bc hid twloo volu i teer ed vo'oorm before the oommltteo, and though ho waa exceedingly busy in Washington aud as a United Stat< a s?nat >r waa not wltain the jurisdiction of thc com mittee, he came b cause tho commi. teo NV a H ready foi 1.1m. After reading the ad vor biscuit ut, Senator Tillman said: I?VIDK;;CICS OF GU AFT. "l h vu lal no I line to v et up an; papera to produce the ueceasaiy b a .?> for a \C&AI ar? u nenf.. 1 ; m not s l.v - yer a>ryou all know, bul 1 will cal attiiav.lon to tills ol icu lar, and ::n . mah here who dos. ? to ex III'.LO thc facts under Hie (iisprn&ury law will seo taat it r<quired th.-.b pu robase for the s tato i ispi u : ry shall be madi by 3ompotlti e bids, ana' 1 say ino emphatically that this mothod ol purchasing has nob one element o' oomputitio i in li, and the la v there fore as 1 m m rsiaud li J aa boen vi - lated absu u < ly > . i without n ra < to the oath e f < nico or other c nse quenoea, by ihcso responsible servant or tho pei pie or if the l?gislature, 1 - 'Should say, and not. the people wi? have b.Oij placed in chwge ?.f thlt business Invo v.. g a milhoo atula bail or i wo million I oil J is. "W?o do i say I tat there is tte 00 cup? tltlou th U i b ddii Lat. m< say to Vi u that O i -X' rye ls n t ti be bid en fui lest, tb&u $?.60. Wi a is X-y.V Tnere is no de.flniMoi wlu,uvo? undi r mis ?pt et Rca lon ti al vw UKI eatfcbllsh lb? i at t f what one X-iye is. No n an living oau tel) by -fcrrhra?yerM? ? ment ?hat. kind < f liq uer ta ib bid li g in, ?>e: pl the puce and the pj.ee ii Hieci with tire ki; do) brana in t n. bi nu v, hid) he ml I che tv o lo si .1 iel se;.d lure e>;. -X twc-X or lou -X ?ina to man livic^. Chemist Of he.u cy e's?, can Oct Oe 1 the c iib ii i co K*..e? i c able tu pr?vaut fi aud on ihe c. aie llOAltO VIOLATBD T1IK LAW. Accusing li.; Leitidef also violot ing ile law in allowina di;-continu ance of x qui st i h ii li r. ami critlolsli g it for tie revelations about bottles and labels and whiskey, Senator Tillman shouted : '"This m kia b en i citing von big, und ii sci ms to m stealing : u been go.ng en 1 oie. 1 had ihe cour age to i ay it a.. 1 be?i< ve lt, sud thai is all theie bi tu lt, that ls the base of lt. .Now, wbo han (?ol it 1 don't know. 1 will say iii ibis connection, 1 v/a t to see thin committee t/robo this thing to the Vi ry root, (?ol auk to tho beginning and come on down, or begin here aud go back, whiohovoi you oht.se, Just so you travel In tho road irom omi to end, invest?gate Govornora Tillman, Evans, 10.)oib.\ ami MoSwceny. I demand it HO far an I am concernid, 1 have nothing to oonooal or to bo afr..id of fro n au 1;, Vi?stigiitlou by any mortal, olthei allvo ordeal, which could bc brought out against me, (Aplauso.) ACOUSHD HIM OF 8TKAMNU. "Ten or twelve ye ai? ago there were accusation!', charges, Insinua tions, sin er? appearing in oe r Ul ti newspapers, and uttered hy certain people, that 1 had Unod my pocieola with rebates and had gotten ric'). Wi en 1 left, thc governor's offloo in 1894, I re urn il to ruy Lomo In R'Jgc lloid. 1 ns occasion to bi.y som land for t? o i tn, st; of gel ting a home o the railroad. I was boru r.nd roared ten miies from ?. depot or a telegraph ollie;.. XIaving bo i i b . .? io tho son aie of the Pelted Slates lt was me s sary that I should got In >uou \.i;b tho wor:d moro intimately, s:? i bongin a plantation at Tren tori) for which 1 paid ci di. Tuis htm ng In ti.e air, these i laudors .k'iel t. s; Hes, I will say, g lng about the country, notwilbstaodliig the \copie liud Kfttss ad on thom by oleotlng ma-these 1 things caused gomo pooplo to go to 1 Elge field and Beeron the records to i soo what I ha'd. Tho probe of tho \ enemies of lion Tillman wont Into my ! Individual business. My friend. W. A i Ola?k, prosidontr Cf she Caroline, Ha . < tlonal bank cami out and stated that ] he had loaned nib /tum ins bank the i full amount of the (urobase money, 4 10,000, because I had entered public Ute poor, and if there ls any orodlt to i claim it, I am poor yet. (Applause. I "I want to say without presuming to criticise you gentlemen of the oom i mitto, you know your business and i you ought to bo able to discharge lt intelligently without suggestions from mo-when I saw from the newspapers that, your members had gone about trying to find out something about the present flnanolal status of the preBont mombers of the board, lt was understood that you could not go into snob things as that. Why make these discriminations? I had to endure lt. Aro these men any bettor th n I am? If publie money has found Its way into otlloial's prlvato pookots, it is yourdu'y to inventlgate lt and not houey?fugglo, but go to thc bottom in any way ^ossiblo." (\pplauBc)". MUST ;iAVi? HBI?N SOMETHING IN IT. Chairman Hay: ''Whore is your au thority for that?'? Senat or Tillman: 'I am giving cir cumstantial evldenoe oouplod with various statement? that have b*?n brought out lu evidence and lt ls in evitably my conclusion that no mau would pros ihr o his oflloe and dfroboy -,ho law so brazenly and openly In making purchasas for tho state, ai ? ?esc exorbitant ratos ovor aud abovo p Ices pooplo in othor states are pay ing, if theto was not something In it for idm. That ia thc logie of tho stt uition. Circumstantial evidence is tire strongest evld >uoe when it will bold, and lt ia vory week wbon lt will not hold. Why would any man objcot 0 hi? private affaira belrg Investiga ted if his oh ar ac tor is involved? 1 3 innot ano how any man can refuse to have tho fullest investigation made in a iinauolal way or in auy other way tf his name is Involved. If ho owns any poperty ho ought to bo able to xplaiu whero ho got ib and whore tho menoy carno from." Sonatoi Tillman then went Into a minuto description of tho brands of whiskey that had boon bought undo' ula administration, bia trip to d.ffer ent parts of the whlakoy seotlone of tile c untry, tho mannor of manufac turing tho different brands, tho prides piid for ?ame and tho mannor in whloh purchased. ?PF08JBD HAD WUI8KBT. Mr Lyon: "Did you over rcq lev t G )v. McS weoney to make any pur chase from the Mill Orook Distillery Co., at. a higher price than the lires Co., ( ITarad, and If so what waa paid cn ii?? Senator Tillman: "I do not rsool Icct that 1 over did, probably 1 did. 1 thought the man who atood by the dispensary in its infancy ought not be bo thrown overboard, because BOHO rectifier from Baltimore or olsowoere would como down here and offer rot gut to us at lower prloes." Mr. Lyon: "So fa?1 as I amimforrc ?d the committee has no other queo . tun to ask, unless some individual member has or tho board of dlrcokors vho stand under acouaablon a? 1 un derstand lt. Thay may possibly de itre to bo heard through their repre sentatixes." QUBSTI?NBO HY DBFDNSH. Goneral Bellinger, who representa thodiicotors Beyklo and Towlll, pro ceeded to question Senator Till nan, "Your intention in offering yom bo thc o i;;ratbt03 waa to testify ns a WltOCB ? ' "1 did not ciTor myself to the com mittee except und..r th's comTfctoc: L'ne newspapers woro meering and using every lmaginablo argument gamut the dispensary and suggested ; hat Senator Tillman ought to eomo i' for(! the committee and tell what ho knows. I had been making mccchcs and feeling then as now. 1 ?.as willing io nive any lighb I could. 1 <i:d not have UH muon information neu as now but I *?.s ready to ap* ?ear t cf ore the oommlttee whenever they wanted me. " C? "Your idea In oomtng before ' o ci mmitt< e was to rrako a specoh bef ?ru tile committee was it not, or to .es ii"y to facia whio'i you yoursell vero acquainted v/ltl* ?" A. "1 did not fool like makin? a upoeoh. 1 have plenty of opporuunl > to make apeaclus. c? "Ye?u will pkaie answer my q itablou Senator. Your intention In .j ?ming before tho oommlbtee was for what purpose?" A "To mako a suggestion, that ihi v nalgi t get a troth." Q. "D.dyuunoton several oeoa sinus at various placet In tula Rt ito, ind p J ri laps in Washington onoo or twice, state tlutt thoro was oollusion i?,cl fraud and you could provolt?" A. What I stated waa in tho papers. (?. That you oould provo lb? A, That I oould provo lt from cir cumstantial evidence, whloh I have adduced, Q. You wanted to oorae hero to /indicate youraeli? A. I have nothing te vindicate. N,?lindy lias oharged mo wilta any old ;g. What do you mean by vindi ca ing my position? Q. W ieu you charged the dlspen ary board, tho present managers of bhat board, with fraud, and steted that the dispensary sjaiism was good, md tho only thing to do was to turu mb tho present thioves, ia thab the position you daslrod to oomo down icro and sn (tain yoursolf on? A. 1 did n >t d>s!rj bo oona tasrs it all, If somebody had nob otk cd thc* t nome und you are the vory min, I jcllevo who did. Hub for that i would JO tn Wanning ton now. STANDS ON HIS HBCORD. Q. Don't you think representing s 1 dbl some ot the members et tho board whon 1 asked this ooumlttee to bring you here, that TOU should try fco j-roTo what you said you oould pro*o? A. So far a<j I am conoornad, 1 did not think anything ab -ut lt. I stand in my record, r.bind oi my oharactor, hand on what I a:o and what I havo ?ono. g You have a i id that you were phargOd by many peopla In fchla nhifca with lining ycur pockets with rebatos md cominls<ilOu'i wlion you were man aging this dispensary. A, Yes sir. Q. And a great many people in Dbe state believed that A. Ves I hellevo they did. Do you vant to know my rcaaoL? Q, No uv? to givo tba ti tu . A. Ah, you dd not want my opin en ivi ? (tho orowd laughed ) Q. You can g.vo, said Mr. Hel inK'er. A. I look afc Ifc from this stand out. Thor? 1H no doubt if I had loon corrupt, and wanted fco make nonoy out of my poaitton aa govornor n buying whiskey, I could have done 1 t. There ls no use to dispute tbat proposition. It ls too solf-ovldeut. tnose mon who were my enemies ?sw I could do lt if I so willed ?nd they , reasoned If ho could ho hud, an? than ?he euvieabie oonolusion followed that L bad stolen; because If they had boon In my placo ?hoy would have stolen. [Applause.) Q. Senator will you please give us now, tho evldenoo upon whloh you eased your coaoluslon, that ohos* whom yt u ohargod with stoallng and stolon? I want to toot your circum stantial OTldenoe. Haro you given us the faoto upon, whloh you baaed your conclusion that this management lo dishonest, the present management wMoh you nave placed bsforo this oom mitte?. You say this is not a re quest for competitive bids. (Mr. Bob linger exhibits tho o.roular whloh tho senator had previously road ) A. I do. I would go to tho ROT ornmont bonded warehouses and I would buy lt out of thu warehouse. D1DNT UAVS TUB HONKY, Q It you aid not flo ?uae when you had charge of the dispensary, why do you say those men should do so now? A. Basiuss they have had the op portunity with cash to do lt and I did not. I had to buy oa oreti lt. Q When you managed the dispen sary, tho law did not require any com petitivo bid? A. No lt did not require any bid ding at all. Q You had th? entire manage meut of if? A. Yes sir, wita the evMjrteroller general ?nd tho attorney general. The examination eenttneted ale?g this lino for some tl??. Finally Stn ator T.'llman told tho committee, wt choy could not interfere with lils re turning he would not ooma back unies bis pit. i MIG.i was particularly dttslred. Ho was oxoused and the meeting ad journed. . A WO&O TO MOTH??1. They Bhonlrt bm Oarefal Who the Children Aaooelat? With. It ls an ?notant Creek proverb wbiah says, "?Ive your evil? to be rdue?ted by a ?lavo ?od lutea* of ono slav? yeo will ?nv? two." Tho significance of these words will bo carefully eontidotred by motaora who have their .hilo* real's highest wei faro at heart. Mothers who allow their ohlldren to spend hours ooeh day with ooanoe employees upon tko farm, are often horrified to find a precious little one using vulgar language or relating a ?bray blt of gossip quita beyond his youthful yeare; influentes o* early lifo upon oharacter are strong, and brue lb is thab even a mature person of a refined nabure, oom i rig in contact with lmmoralii"y will imbibe some thing of the grossness. Strangers frequently aro placed upon tho farm io work, and tve chili dren allowed to go with them whore inclination may leid; often this provo, highly Injurious to tho child; the mother ls, indeed, worth little it she has nob sufficient wisdom to advlseo ojntrol, to enoourago and to point ou. bho dangars and di Men Kl c.. that b.e.H the paths and to gain a strong hold upon tho ohlldren by daily compan ionship; lb ls not* nooes'ary to bulong to a d .zon olubs to impress us wlbh tho importauce of lnblmate oompan iensbip thab should exlsb between mothor and ohlldren. Wo do not need more olub work bub more well directed individual offorb. Durit g a child's very early years, ho ls constantly in need of assistance from the mother, hone** is closely as s lolated with her. Noone can give tho little attentions qui io so ?ati f io torily as the mother. It is tho moth er who oan soothe tho grief and ro move the difficulties in Huon a pleas ing manner. lb ht duriug bheso early years, when tho mother ls a constant ueoesslty to tho child, tnat she mus; lay tho foundation for tho oom pan (unship for future years. The right of mothorhood only, does nob confer confidence and respeot of children, but to prop rly govern the children a mother must be all she wishes her ohlldren to become. If she allow.? herself to display fKs of temper oan .ibo puninli tho childron when they do the same thing? Ohlldren gain falso Ideas by being allowed to so clo ely as*..elate with tho transient holp on tho farm M ithars suould nob allow vulgar tories repoatoi In their ohlldron's pr?senos. lb was a wlsa mothor tha?, aid to a wemje whoso wit oonsis'x'i in telling titmice: "Mrs. M. I stun ?sk you nob bo repeat such stories in the pre&onoo of tho children, their lib tie minds ar? ooau?l?i wlbh their les sons, their games and music and I usa trying to keep them unsullied." This mobber was bending all her en . rgle-s toward making Hie livos of her children pura and beautiful within and without. When a woman be elines a mother ?ho beoimos a modol whether she wills lb or not. It ls oally a noble mother who o*n by ex ample teach her ohildron pabl?nos cheerfulness, hopefulness and sbudi, otis habits. lltihl aa Hoatngu. Mr. and Mrs. Mlohaol Etaeksbok, of Cincinnati; 1, Ohio, have asked Oou grossman G?vebel bo make an * ff >rb bo tiaro bhe go>ornmenb do s..mobuing boward tho recovery of the womau's sister, Catherine Bcehon, fifteen yoars dd, who, thoy doeleare, ls being held by A. Lled>l iii Whelmouth' Winni peg, Oannada, as a hosbaga in lieu of 1100 willoh ho claims as cxpotises ln ourred in bringing bhe girl to Amor ioa. The Haeksioks oamo to Amori o% from Gyorkoeny, Hungary, two years ago. Subsequently, they say, they sont ?loo to LiKdel, who doolcars ho did nob rooMvn th? money. Wrcokod ann Unrned. The St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train, norbhbound, was wreoked Wednesday ab Columbus, Kan. Tho ox press messenger, one avenger and th? news boy were urned tr? death. The engineer was adly hurt and the fireman susbalued broken leg. Tho train ran into a ring of b< x CUB that bad broken oe> from a freight brain. Tho sn? re pn/ssrgor train, sxoopb the slcop r, was bur nod. Fatally lr J m ?il. MI?B Mary Lee, riaughtor of t^e late uoionel U:ohard Leo, and a na>r relalivs ot General Robert 13. L*o, was probahly fatally injured in a nm iway e-joldent near Wmehesbor, Va., Wednesday. She was timing a thor nigh rod horso, whloh tonk fright ind ran away and she wa? thrown out if tho buggy, landing en her brad ind shoulders. Reporta from ?mr ionio near noyce Clark county say ibero la llhtlo ciano^ of lier reoovary. lilli h Killi rt. Simeon Wild ir and John Hatohett, l'irmets inti e sawmill luminous, were ( lied by tho exphslon of a steam ?Oller in Crawford ouunty, Goorgia on Yodnesday. HOW TO GROW COBN. \H EXEMPLIFIED B* MU. Wlli ?A5ISON. ?. Obtained a Ph?nom?nal Yioid by Proper Cultivation and Uso of For til i a or?. In tbe Hartsvllle Count? Messen ger recently Mr. E. Mciver Will am non of Dar'lagton County, gives to ttio publlo a moat valuable papar on corn oui tu re. In view of tho faet that tho Southern Cotton Associa tion rat the last meeting held In Now Orleans adopted resolutions of vital importante to the Southern farmers among th? aaost Important of whloh was that urging the farmers to diver sif f their eres? and to thant som and other grain oreps sursoient rat least for home consumption. This artiola on the subj sot of som culture by Mr Williamson ls all the more Important and interesting. Mr. Williamson says: For ra ru?bar sf roars rafter I bo gan to farm I follswsd tbs old time method of putting tbs fortllisar all under th? oona, planting on a lsvel or higher, six by thros fest, pushing the plant from oho start an* making a big Btolk, but tho oars were few and frequently small. I plantod much oom in tho tho spring and bought muon more oom the next spring, UV til finally I was driven to the oonolu alon that oom oould not be made on uplands in this ssetlon oortahily not by tho old method exoDpt at a lois. I did not glvs np howsvir, for I knew that tho farmer who did not make his own oom never had snooaded and never would, so I began to expai lmsnt. F.rtt, I plantar] lower, and and the yield was bettor, but' thc ?talk wi' s lil too largo, so I dlsoon biaued altogether tho application ot fertiliser before planting, and kbovt ing that all orops should be fertilized at some time uaod mixed forblllzer as aside application and applied tire moro soluble nitrate of soda later, being guided in this by the oxoallant resulta obtained from Its uso as a bop dressing for oats. Still the yield though regular, waa not large, and bb* smallness of tho stalk lfcsolf now suggested that thsy should be planted fctuoker in tbs drill. This was done tho next year with results so satisfac tory that I ooublnued from year to year to inoroaae the number of stalk? and the ferbillzer, with which to HUfibain them, also to apply nitrato of soda at last plowing, and to lay bj? earl* sowing peas broadcast. Thfe mothod steadily increased the yield until year before last, (1004) with corn eloven inches apart in six ??kri rows and 111 worth of fertilizer to tho acre, I made 83 bushels avorage 0 tho acre, several of my bast aores making aa muoh as 125 bush els. Last year, (1905) I followod the ?arno method, planning the first wed in April, 70 aorss whloh had produc ed the yoar before 1000 pounds so^o cotton per ?ore. Thc land gandy up land, somewhat rolling. Seasonc very unfavorable, owing to the tr? moridoua raina in May and the ; fy '?nd extremely hot weather later ch. ( From Jone 12th to July 12t)h, me i time when it most needed moisture,' there was was 5 8 of an inoh of. r-,. J fall her*; yet wish $7.01, cost of i bllizor, my yield waa 62 bushels ot ..oro. Rows wore six foot and cot aixt?en inches In drill. With thia method, on land that wi ll ordinarily produce 1000 lbs of seed ootton wi;-h 800 pounds of fort llz>r, 60 bushels of coin por aore should be mido by tiring 200 pounds of ootton ^eed moal, 200 pounds of acid phoaph ate, and 400 pound? of Kalnlt mixid or thflr equivalent in oohor fertilizer, and 125 pounds of nitrato of soda, all to bo used aa aldo application as aT rro^ed bolow. Ou laud that will make a bale and ono ??alf of oobton por acre when fer tilized, a hundred baahols of oom should bo produoad by doubling tho amount of fertilizer above, exaopl. 1 hat 800 pounds of nitrate of soda should be u .(Ki. lu each case there should be left on the land in corn s kal ki, peas, vine . and roots, from $12 to $16 worth of fjrtillz'ng material par acre, beside tie i: i at benefit to tho land from so lvga an amount of vegetable matter. Tire plaoe of thia in bhe permanent improvement of land o&n ne vor bo taken for oommoroial fertilizer, for it ls abiolutoly Impossible bo make land? rieh as long as thev aro lacking In vegetable matter. Land should bs throughly and deep ly broken for oom, and this ls tho time in a system of reatlon to d??pan tho soil. Oobton requires a mora oom pset soil than ?oro, and whtlo a doop soil ls essential to lbs boat develop ment, lt will not produoe as well on loose opon land, whtlo corn does bssj on land thoroughly broken. A doop soil will nob only produoe more heavi ly than a shallow soil with good soa s?os, bub lb will stand moro wot as woll as moro dry woabher. jj In preparing for bhe oem crop, land should bo broken broadcast dur ing tho winter one fourth doeper than lb ha? boon plowed before, or if muoh vocable matter is being turned under, lt may bo brokon ono third deeper. This is as much deoponlng tts land will usually stand in one year and produos woll, though it may bo o mbinuod oaoh year, so long an muoh dead vogatablo matter is hoing turn od under. It may, howevor, be sub soiled to any dopth br following in bottom oi turn plow furrow, provided no mo'o of tho sub soil oban has beon directed, is turned up. Break with two horse plow if poanlbls, or bather with diso plow. With the latter, cot boa ?talks or eora stalks as large a? we ever make, can ba turned undor without having baan ohoppod, and in pia-vinos lt will nob choke or drag. Mover plow land when lt is wot, If you expoob aver to have any uso for it again. lied with tarn plow in six foot rows, leaving ilve Inoh balk. Wnen ready YO plant, break this out with sooober, following In bottom of this furrow with Dixio plow, wing batan off. Ridge then on this furrow with sam? plow going deep Run oom planter on bhis ridge, dropping ono grain ovory Ave or six inohes. Plant early, aa soon as frost da ger is past say first soasonabl* spoil af tor Maroh 15 ?di, In hills waldon. fiUpaoially is early plant ing nocosvrary on very rich landa where ?fcalks oansot othorwiso bo provonted from growing too large. Gi ti first working with harrow or any plow that, will nob oovor tho plant. For second working, uti ton or twelve inoh swoop both ?ido? eornt whloh should now"bo about eight Inehoa high. Thin ifter tilla working. It ia not neces sary that tho plants should bc loft all tho same dlatanoa apvrt, if tho right number remain to caoh yard of row. Oom should nob be worked again until the growth has been ito retarded sud the stalk so hardened that lt will ?ever grow too large. This ls the most ? i moult folnt lu the whole process. Experience and ludgrsent ?.re required to know Just how much the stalle should be Btunied, and plenty of nervo ls required lo hold back your corn whoa your r.elghb xs who fertilised at planting time a id cultivated rapidly, have our* twloe tho slue of yours. (They aro having their fun now. Yt un will como at harvest limo ) The rloher tho land tho more neoeeeary li lt that stunting proo'.as should bo throughly done. Wu?m your are oonvi need mat your corn bas be?n sufficiently humllattd. you may bogia to Bioko tho oar. It should bo from twelve to eighteen in ohes high, and look woree thou you uavo ever had any oom look before. Put half your mixed fertilisers, (thia being tho first ustd at all) ht tho 1 old sweep furrow on both aides of avery other middle and ??ovar by, breaking out this Middle with bum plow. About ono week later tr?at ike other middle the same way. Wllhla a few days Bid? oom in first middle with sixteen inoh .?.weep. Pub all your nitrate of soda lo nh furrow, If les? fchau 160 pounds. If more, use one-half of it now. G ivor >ribh c aa furrow of tum plow, thou sow r .?as in tb1* middle broadcast at tho r ite of at least one bushel to the aero and finish breaking out. In a few days side oom In othoi middle with BOARS sweep, pu! balscoo if nitrate of soda In &t* furrow If lt has boen divided, cover with turn plow, sow peas, ani break out. This lays by your erop irlth a good bed and rd ?ney of dirt around your stalk. This should bo from Juna 10th to 20bb, un less season is very lato, and oom should ie hardly bundling for fosael. Lay by early. More oom is ruined hy late plowing than by lack of plow lng. This ls when tho i ar in hurt. Tue good rains after laying by should maklBg you a good oro? of oom, and it will certainly inn ko with much loss rain than If pushed and fertilisers In tho old way. Tho stalks *thus raised aro very small, and do not require any thing ilke1 the moisture even In proportion bo size, that ls neseesarj for largo sap py stalks. Tbls rna*, tnerefore, bo left much thicker ini.bho row. This is no new proeoco. It has long boon a custom to out beek vines and brees In order to lnoroase the yelld and quality to fruit, and io long as you do not hold baok your oom, lt will go, Uko mino so long went, all bo stalk. Do net bo discouraged by the look1 of your oom during the proco s o> cultivation. It will yield out rf all proportion to lt? appearance. Large abalks oannot make large yields, ox cop? with extremely favorable sea auna, for they oannob stand a lack of moisture. Early applications of ma nure go bo make largs stalks, which you do not want, and tbo plant food ls all thus used up before the rar, whloh you do want, is mado. Tali italks, not only will not produce well bhemsolves, but will nob allow you to >nake tho poa vines, so necessary to bha Improvement of land. OortJ raised by this mebhud should never grow ovar 7J fcob high, and tho oar should ba near bo bho grouud. I consider bho final application o! nitrate of ooda an essonbial polub In bhis car making prooess. It should always bs applied ab last plowing and unmixod with other fertilizers. I am satisfied with one ear to tho stalk, unless a proMfio variety ls planted, and leave a hundred stalks t*or every bushel that I oxpeot to make I find tho six foot row the oaal v>b to cultivate wlbhoub Injuring bbc corn. For il tty bushels to tho acre, I .save lb sixteou indies apart; for scv o ibj-flve bushsla to tho acre, 12 inches ,<parb, and fur ono hundred bushels a'ghb inches apa?b. Corn bhould b : }l+nbed from f air to .?.ix 1 nobes bolow ano lovel, and laid by fruin four to six Inches above. N J hoeing should bu nooehsa1 y, and middles may ba kept Clean uotl) timo bo break out, by using narrow or by running ono shovel fur row In center of middle and bedding oo that, wlbh one or moro rounds of tu ri pl. w. 1 would advine only a few aorcs cried by this method the first yoar, or until you aro familiar with ita applloa Mon. EspeolalJy is lt hard, ab first, to fully oarry ouo ibo stunting process where a whole crop is Involved, and bills la tho abuoluboly essential parb of bho prooesi. This method I have applied or teen ?',pplled. successfully, te all kinds of laud in . his section exsopt wet laud* and moist bottoms, and I am conti dont lb oan be made of great benefit, throughout tho entire South. In the middle Weit, where oom ls ?o prohtlo and profitable, and whore, unforbuaately for us, so muoh of ours uss boan prodtiesd, the stalk does not naturally grow large. As we como South Its size Increases, at tho ex penso of the ear, until In Ouba and Mcxloo lt ls nearly till stalk (witness Mexican varieties.) The purpose of this method ls to eliminate thia tendoney of oom to overgrowth at tho expense of yield, in this Sonbhern ollmate. Hy this method I have made my oom orop moro profitable than any cotton orup, and my neighbors and friends who havo, without exception, dori ved groat benefit therefrom. Plant your own seed. I would not advise a obango of iwid and method tho same year, as you will not know from whtoh you havo derived tho bonefib. 1 have used three varilles, all have dono well. I have never used this in- ti iori for late planting. In faot, I do not advise tho Ube planting of oom, uuloss it bs ueoessary for cold lowlands. Til? increased cost of labor and tho high pries of all malarial and land, are rapidly making farming un profitable, except te those who aro getting from one aero, what they formerly got from two. We must make out lands rloher kv plowing doep, planting peas an?ic*ber legumes, manuring them wltk aeld phosheto and potash, whleh are relatively cheap, and returning to tho toll the r?sult ant vegotablo mabter rieh In humus and expansive nltOTgen. Tho neods of our solis are such that the South oan never roap the full measure of proper iby that should be hors, until this is dono, I give this methods as a farmer to bho ?armcra of tho South, trusting that thoreby they may be boneilttoa as I have been. IC. M civ nu WILLIAMSON. /IL lita* DlMAetor. At least twenty-eight men are sup posed to have met death In a terrible mine explodion In the Parallel Kine, of the Stewart Guillen company near (Hk fllU, W. Va. Thirty nine men were employed In the mino and oiovon nave cscapnd alive Ab mid night Thursday six bonus had boen reoovered near tho mou?h ot the rfilUO and lb ls oortain th.tb all tho oth ers in tho min?' aro dead. STOCK FOODS AND OONDItlON l'<> . JU,HS ANO WHAT Tl IM v COST. B'undred? of Dollar? Aro Paid Per Ton for Home That J).?cn Not Colt Twenty. The large amount of hard cash paid out by the farmers and other stock owners of this State for patent stock foods and oondltion powders renders the fullest information concerning their composition and merles deslra ble. If those compounds possess any yalua it must be as either food or modlelne. At one time the manufao turar? of many of thom made strong elaina as to their food value, aa indi .atad by tho names they bear, but tho work of tho chemist easily show ed (their rathtrlow food values, and it accordingly bcoime necessary for tho maoufAC.ureis to modify theil original cairns. At present most of tho stcok food raanufjeturen, base their el tu ma for patronage on tho alleged value of th? compounds ac condiments and medi dnos. It was too easy for tho chea. 1st and feeders to determine bm ir true food value. Apparently b c. mo ne I o(-s;-5>,ry, In order to maintain their sale, to transfor them bo the unoor tain and intangible fl .ld of medtolno The mystery and popular ignorance concerning medioal praotloo make it a much more seoure field lu which to exploit Uotitlous elaims. As medloi nal or condlmcntal agents, lt is olairx; od that these patout oompounds pre vent certain diseases, curt? a large variety of othors, and enable tho ant mais to digest moro food and m ak* bettor uso of it. Lat us briefly consider these cUtms, Tue first sta,, ia this will bs to sacor tain just what these powdar? contain. Fortunately, the Experiment Station* have furnlsnod thia infoimation lu ruoh a way as to preclude any proba bility of error. M&ssacnuactts, Con neetloutand North Carolina published bulletins on this subj ot so nearly al the same timo as to make it certain that the work was dono independent ly and without any knowledgo of one ' another's resulto, and thc c.ose agree* mont of their Undluga givd8 additional a**uranoe of their aoouraoy. During the past y ear or two, Inter national Stook Food has been exten sively advertised and considerable ot it sold In thia State. For this reason, let us select this compound aa an ex ample and give its composition as published in tho bulletins Just referr od to. Aocordlng to the Connecticut Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 132. International Stock Food contains wtieat feed, cayenne, salt, oharooal and sjme bitter drug; Massachusetts, Bulletin, No. 71, says it contains wheat offal, pepper, salt, charcoal aud s:me material rioli in protein, aud the December B.iiletln of the North Carotina D: partaient of Agriculture says lt consists of wheat bran, red peppor, onarooal and linseed meal. It will bo noticed that all agree that a wheat pioduot of some sort is the principal Ingredient. Pepp;r and charcoal aro also found by all thrc ; whllo salt aud a material rloh in pro tein-linseed meal by North Carolina -aro found by two, and a bitter drug by one. This ls, in ?eon, a remarkablo unanimity of results. We aro now lu a position to judge of the acouraoy of the claims made for tnoso compounds. There are two ways of doiug that. First, aft>r thc oiiemifit and tho microscopist have told us tho inpredieuts they contain, tho medioal man may j i''go of their valuo or kit et, wi.eu used ut modlet practic: ; trom hi& knowledge of mud i o.il soieuo?, Ju'Jgod on this baals, wo glvo it as our provisional opiuio. that wheat bran, Hilt, pepper, char coal, etc, punaisa no marked medioi nal vlituo fer either prevention or euro of di?oasc5; but if any one dow? not care to accept our opinion, wo aak him to go to ula family physician, in whom ho has coiitidenoo, and ask him if these bdbstanecs are of muoli valuo as medidnos, and we aro willing to abide by his reply. Tua SJ ond method of Judging of the value of iheso eondimoutal stook foods or condition powders la by ao tual trials or (deding teats, but lt may bo stated that no trial ia oilher prac tical or wormy t^e name of a test unless tho food and tho animals aro both weighed, aud unless aoother lot of animais of the same Quality, age, size and condition, and kept and other wise fed in tho samo manner, arc oom pared with those received tue oon dlimntal foods. Fortunately, sevaral tests of thia sort have been made, and while made by those whom the man ufacturers sneeringly torm thooret CA) feeders, aro thc only real practical tests made of tho feeding value of tneae patent foods. Two tests have been made at the Kansas Experiment Station with dairy OJWS with the fol lowing resulta: For tho ilr8b test, thirteen cowa wore divided Into two lota as nearly equal as pos&iole, based on the yield or milk and butter fat for the preced ing month. The two lots received exactly the same kind and amount ot feed, exoepfo that one lot was glvsn "Aome Stock Food" according to th? manufacturer'* dircotions. The re suit of a one month tost was that tho butter fat produced by tho lok receiv ing the "Stook Food" cost 14.6a, poi pound; WP tho butter fat produced ey tho lot .jcelving no oondimontal food ooat 12.3o, per pound. Tho second tost was with twenty cows divided into two lots, as in the the first test, und tho result of a twe month's test was that the lot Molt ing "Gi bo Stock Food" produosd butter fat at a cost of Vc. por pound moro than tho lot which received no uuoh food. Ths Iowa Hrperiment Station also mada a teat ot tba value of those oon dimontal foods and savoial well known eonoanfcrated feeding ntuffa whsn add ed to a oom ration for the fattening of atssrs. There wers ten lots of twenty-two steers eaoh, seleoted ao ss to make them all as near equal as possible. Of tho ton lots, three were fed patent ?took foods. The lot showing the lowest net profits as tho result of nlnetv-fcur Jan' feeding had received "Standard Stook Food." Tho lot showing the second lowest not profit had received "International Stock F.*xl." In other words, of tho seven lot? rfoe! vlng no oondi mental food, all of thom gavo a greater not profit than tho one receiving International ??ook Food. Now, no one will deny that wheat bran, popper, salt and charcoal may be *ood for Ute stook; hut tho Ques tion is, oan vre afford to buy these materials under a patent namo and pay from IVJOO to SoOO por ton for thom, whon they may bo bought un der tholr good, old-fashioned names at from 420 to *?5 per toa? 4 m 1 * C<gC??<???????????l???lg BU ThlS G01.DEN ZAGLZ TCP BUGGY # FOR $43.00 AND SAVE $16.00 T DEALER'S IMOFIT, A\ Wo bund tho Golden Kw?e ?\ uiiy IniHgy Bold by dealer* tor l?T< 8t>o. Kvoiy idoco of wood, stool ?k\ rou und loather that goo? Into ^j/ lt IB examined and teated, ?on f|> ?oqiioiltly wo guarantee in ovcry il particular. ?R4.Q P?y? Butfgy complete, Hriw ibero aro no ''extras" to buy. EvjBry B'iPKy is built lu our 'notor^ftt AMnutu and ship ped completo. With ovory Goldon I'la gio Hiiguy wo soil ft not of $ 12.50 Nick lb Mounted Collar, and llamo liamena /of $4,90 Stud jour nan? and adj ree? on thia coupon and we will mail post-paid our handsome l..um'ra'?d catalogua. 1 ?and my nama end addr??? for catalogue and ai? lal harneas. Dept. 10. s* s? i ^ X THE BAALE BUOOY CO., Allanto; Qa. I Early Cabbage Plants Guaranteed to Satisfy Purchaser | Name. KARLY JSR?EY CHARLBOTON O?CCK08ION AUQU8TA SHORT STEMMED WAKXriBLO LAROB TYPO TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH TlVa BarlIaa? WAKBPIBL? The Barltaat Fist A little later Larpent aud Latest Cabbage ?rewa ??aaa? Barlleat Bea? Variety than Succession OabbaKo PRICE: Inlet? cf 1 to 4 m. M 11.19 aar m., ? to ??. at 11.26 par m., 10 m. and over, at SI.00 per m. F. O. ?. YOUNG'S MLANB, a?, c. Maj ?pedal liares* Rate on Plants lo Very Low. r> I Marni** Pleat* %* otra aarahaiar ?atl?f?etloB, pr will refund the purchase Litioranteo ?fl.? a? aay eeeaaaaer wa? la ?lasct?tsSe? at aa? of season. Thone plants aro Brown la ?lie ?pea tal?, aa IMMMI af ?..ak Oarallaa, la a cl I na at o that In just Milted to trowing; Vke har?t.?a pleate ah ?a aaa ba arawa la tho Cattail malen. These /planta omi bo roHot lit aha lat.rlar af ?lia B.aWi.ra a tafe s ?arlar aha months of January, February, ami Marni?. Thay will aaa?? ??yara aal? wiakeia balar lajured, and will maturo a bead Ot Onb bai;o Twa ta Taree weeka aaaaer ?aaa lt yea rrew yaar own plants in bot boda and cold My'ljeraraat Oaafrajaers ara the Market Oardanarn naur tho Interior towns and ott los of tho Benth. Th.lr aral? ?epea?a **? th.rn kartar Harly Uahbajro ? for that roamin they pur? nhnno ray plasta fdr thalr ara??. I alaajrvaw a fall Ita. af alharlPlaata aa? Yrat? Traoc, auch an Strawberry, Hwect Potato, T?aaa*a, HM Plaaa AB? Pappar Plaa?a; Ayala, Paaoh, Paar, Plum, Oherry and Apricot Tra??, Fir Ba.a.a, aa? Brapa Yin.?. IpacUt tara, ta ,.rt???wha Btak. ?p club VT/ TV/I f CaFRATY ??X ara?*. Will? tor UluJtraied catalogue, . w ***. ^? VJl_il\i"k Xl, YOUNG'S ISLAND, S. C. COTTON QINNERS AND MACHINERY OWNERS. Write for Prices on (he Following Coupling? Guage? Lubricators Holt. Cindy Ouago Gook? Oil Cups Holt, Rubber I hi ll; H ross Oil 0?n? Holt, leather Ejectors ll.inmrs Injectors Pipe Files Pulleys Lace Loather, Packing all kind?, 8hafttng, Collars for S!nftin? au 1 auythiuf else tn maohlnory supplies. Columbia Supply Co.. .... Coiumb'a, S. C. Babbit Drills Hack Saws Fitting? 5 THE GUINARD BRICK WORKS, I CO?vUMUlA, ss?, o. Manufacturers Brick. Fire Proof Torra' )itta s Ul ll if .JIUVi or Flue linings and Drain Tile. Preparod to lill ordors for thou ands ? or millions. ? ? < . ll Tho quostlon often arisen; however, Why 1B lt, If these ''foods" are all frauds, that so many houeat and in telligent men think they have obtain ed profitable results from their une? Tho answer is not difficult. Sick animals get well without treatmont in many oases in spite of wrong treat ment. Q:od food and oare are th? beat tonlos, and lt should ba remem bered that when a man gets to the point of buying condition powders for an animal; that is, b omea willing to pay from 8200 to 6600 a ton for wheat bran to feed thom, he is ready to give him tho better care and food which ilone wou'd and doeB bring about the desired improvement in oordltion. Killed by ? ?Irl, Nora Taylor, 12 years old, confessed to shooting "Winfield Compton, thc Norfolk and Wostorn railroad brake man, who wis shot from his train We " rcs lay at .Nemoura, Va The child says that she was shooting a* the train for fun, not roalV.ng wh?t t ie result of auch pastime would be. Rho will be wnt to tho reform school. Do You Need a Doctor? If You Are Sick You Should Con sult Only an Expert. Do Not Allow Yourself to Be Treated by Juet any Doctor. You can Consult the South's Most Export Spec ialist About Your Disease Free. iltur* you a di twa ? about willoh you would Uko to consult a dootor--?doctor lu WIIOM you ?LU pla?? th? ?tmost eonftaence to giro you not only expert, but honeat adrice and treat ment? If you liare, sit down and writ? to Dr. J. Newton Ila'lia ?ray, of Atlanta, Cia., explain juat how you suffer and ho will ?ITO you Mi expart opinion of your oas?, oounnal and adtiae you-bftiad on an experience of iii yearn and will not charge iou oat cant for the sertice nnd you da not obligat? youraalf to Uk? treat ment. Ur. Hathaway ii without doubt the mott ex pert, reliable and auooeaaful specialist ia the South to-day ll? bag besa established Iv?igp? than any other epecialiat and hs? built up a practioe larger than that of any apoeia:int la tba United ?States in his line of treatment. Not only ia ka an expert, but an honest con rcient iou? phyaician. He bsa alwaya core".ct ed bia practice ir. en honest, upright manner and you oan commit bim with perfeot confidence. DISEASES HU CUKES. Dr. 1 lat kajar's specialty include? all the i chromic and priTate dl?e?aea of men and wo men, auch aa Kidney and ltladder Uieeanea, Nerroua Debility Moat vitality, nerf ona pros tration, ato.,] Stricture, Varieooale, ?Specif)? Mood Poison (ayphilia) hjdrooele, Gloat, < a tarrh of the different organs, Skin DI sea?ea. Rheumatism, Diaeaaea of Uia heart, I.rer and Stomach, hung Trouble, diseases paonillar to womeai, ?to. Hi? m?thode of treatrnantare wllhon? .?ev.bi the moat expert modem aciano? afford? and ha will treat you with just aa much .are and at tention aa yon weald recelr? In th? highest prio*d sanitarium in tb? country, and too, yui ; are acsared of a cora without great oosU His j charata ar? vary reasonable; no more then you would ba willing to pay for anoceeaful treat- : mant of your caae, ISvory nenien writing him will recel re a valuable book on their dieoasa, fr?e. Have no hoaitanoy in writing, Every thing Btriotly confidential. Addrcaa Dr. Unth avray * Co., SS Inr?Aa Bldg., Atlanta, Ga, .MAKfiS YOU Wl?Lli ALL OVER " New Holentf flo li mcdy That "Ut ts f?? tim Joh? ts? From tho I'ishlo." When you get up in tlie morninr with a headache, pains in the joint.1 and mug?los, and a darli brown taste in thc mouth, il is ample proof thai your blood is in bad condition. Pills and stimulants may give you tempor ary relief, but they will not cure. RIIKUMACIDIC goes ri gb ti to the seal of the trouble, sweeps all tho germs and poisons out of thc blood, cleans up every "pl ?ne spot" in the body and "make? you well all over" RHKUMA cms; tones up the stomach, relieves indigestion arid constipation, rcgu a tcs the liver and kidneys and rest es each organ to Us nat ural function li/ building up tho entire systm, UiiKUMAt uuc fortilles YOU against La Grippe Pneumonia and winter t.ohls. Through Its thorough cleaning of tho blood it wards oil' Malar! and prevents Spring Fever. No other medicine has yet been found that cures Rheumatism to stay cured. A remedy that ls powerful enough to cure Rheumatism also re moves thc germs ot all other biooddls easea8. Powerful as it ls, RHICUMACIDK ls a purely vegetable remedy that docs not even harm thc stomach of a baby a..d acts entirely .t hrough nature's chan nels. Your druggist sells and recommends RlIBUMAOIOH'. Overworked Kidneys. Pain In the bade, headaches, dark colored urine, di/./.isness, bloating, burning, painful urination, are some of thc symptoms ol* Kidney Trouble, more or less sci ions. They are danger signals that ask for prompt relief to this most imp, riant organ. MURRAYS nUOIIU, GIN AND J UNI PKR, is aconbinat ion of drugs, endorsed and prescribed by eminent physicians. It basa prompt and sped flo action on the Kidneys, Increasing titter activity and Hushing and cleaning t hem f all disease-producing impurities. It makes the m ino bland, soothing and antiseptic, relieving at once all blad ber and urinary dimcultlos and by Its solvent action removes all disposition to Gravel. Murray's Buohti, Gin and Juniper is the ''Ounce of Prevention" that when taken in t i me prevents ser ious K tiney Dlsea e, Dropsy, Rright's Disease and Diabetes. Prlo1 $1 Oi). Guaranteed satisfactory to every pur chaser. AT DRUG STORKS. Prepared by Ibo Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C. A. Hau? or Organ Wot? Yon. Te tke head of erery family w!io is ambi tious for the futur.) nuil education Of Iii? chit. ?hen, wa Kura a Special Proposition, lo naiko. Na artiola in tho homo shows tho evidence of eulture that doce .-. Piano or Organ, K<>nc coinpluhnietx, gifesaa much pleosuro or ii if aa great raino in nftor Ufena tho knowle dgo .f mimic nnct the ability to piny well. Our Small Pnymont l'lni K ninkos owner ship of a high griv'e Plano ot Organ cosy. Just a faw dollars down mid A Hindi payment each monta or ?jtiarlorly or eoiul .annually and the instrument in VOIIM, Write us today fort'ahdngues and our Spoc lal Proposition ot Baay Payments. Ardroy Bf alone s Mus'o Go., Oo'urol la. S. C. ?\?\?\ BANK DEPOSIT u)3evFv/vF U.R. Faro Paid. NotoiTukee y SOO lMtr.lt COUKSRS W??KB?S??EESBmQk Board nt Cost. Write Cvilc* BEORtiA.AUBAMA BUSINESS COLLEGE.Mdwrt {ta, A l|ad W ll'u: Advices from Woodville Mm., sUtti that tho Wilkinson on ? grand Jury has returned an ind ol mont against Mrs. W. G. Stowart ow the charge of poisoning hor husband the alleged nwjvc of the crlnse, she held aiio.ooo life Insurance policy on tho Ufo of ber husba id. Tho indiot mont allcgos that Mrs Stewart ad ministered morpht?e t:> hei u?abaud In quantities, With tho folonious in tent of killing him, and lt vms only throngh tho prompt action of mern brrs of tho Stewart family In sending for physloians that the Ufo was sav ed,