The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 11, 1900, Image 1
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VOL 1o.---No. 37. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBBER ', 1900. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
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G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. -
SYSTIEMATIC INDUSTRY.
''Well, it's no use of working ones
self to denth to get a little money,'' was
a remark heard a fev weeks ago from
a strong, muscular young num who for
several years had been piretending to
farm, but who spent a greater portion
of his time with his hounds and was
the leader ill setting up all tle barni
dances in the neighborhood. Such a
young man vill never make a farmer.
His stock will go unfed; his liehls will
be broken ill upon by roving stock; his
hurelings will ipend two-thirds of their
time in talking, and the little work they
pretenid to accomlish15 will only he halfI
done. Tihe farm of this young man
was a true inidex to his ebaracter. It
was slovenly, ill-kept,, and1 had an
aspect, of ruin. Sheep, cows, hogs and
horses were all runnmng together in the
same lot. Tihe gates were druagging,
and required tihe exertionl 0f a stout
man to open theml. The fcence corners
were fIlled with bulshles and briers;
gullies were washling On every hIsalide;
hlia outb~uildlings were rickety andi
ulncomfortab~le; no clover was seen
about tile premises. lHesides all this,
large piles of barnyard mlanulre-were
lying in front, of hlis stales, trampijled
b~y stock and loading the atmlosphlere
withI an inltolerable stenlCh. Ju ist out
side his stock lot was an enelosure, in
wiiCh stoodl his wagon exposed to theo
weather. Nearby were several old
plows boughlt "cheap'' at a sale, withl
which the best plowmaIOI n mthle worl
could not do good work. There weire also
brokenl-handlle shovels, wooden hlay
foi ks, patched hoes and toothless h~ar
rows. There was nothing pleasmng
about tile fairmi. IEverythinig was left
to take care of itself, and (lie owner
seemed0( perlfectly' contenit to "let things
go,'' providled he coul indulge in his
favorite amusemleilts.
Let our yoiung men (10 with all their
might what thley pretend to do, and
form while young systematic habits of
inidustry that will support themi in
mnidd~le alge and1( secure a competence
for declining years. Tile pleasures
derived from idIlnss and dlissipation
are shlort,-lived and temporary. Unless
correct habits are formed in youth a
miserable old age is likely to result.
-There is no0 more valuable advice
that can be given to tile young man
just starting in life, upon the farm 01
elsewhere, than that he should, above
all things, avoid taking thmngs easy.
Start out in life withl the fixed purpos~e
of moving things round1(. Pu~t mn your
(lays at work, your eveninugs to mental
improvemients, and your nmghts to rest.
If tile foxes dlisturb your poultry-yardl
or the wolves your sheep fold, donl't
waste time ill trying to exteriminate
themn by hlunting thlem with dlogs two
* or three nights in tile week. Make
your poultry-house fox-proof and pro.
vle a tight fol for tile shieep, itt
which drive them every nlighit, Neithm
the fox nor tile wolf will scale a ver)
h~Iigh fence, and~ un less yell expect t(
look after the shee01 daily, better not
to keep them.
) come to see us for any thing that met
Ir.
a's Suits run from $4.00 to $25.00
Pant Suits $1.00 to $6.00.
>m $1.00 to $7.50.
of Men's and Boys' Hats in botl
aw goods.
Shoe made for men.
Underwear, among which is the. bes
untdered white shirts and colored shirti
[ie trade for 60 cents.
leasure in showing you through th4
>f goods in our line in the Piedmow
the prices are all right.
3RISTOW,
SNVILLE, S. C.
OES.
3HORT NOTICE.
xaminie our Summer Stock of
, Buggies,
3 and Harness.
Our Goods Are Guaranteed.
Coach Factory.
- -..4. C. MARKLEY, Prop
Rise early. See that your stock is
well provided for. Take the papers,
that you m ay know what other f armers
are doing. Waste no time at the
village store. Start a farimers' club
in your neighborhood. Improve your
stock as fast as you cail. Save and use
all the manure possible. Cultivate
every crop thoroughly, and ere many
years are pasied you will be in a con
dition to take ti ings easy with an ap
provinig Conlsci ence.-Noutherni Farm
Autaziie.
Williams, one of the literary edit ors
of the Globe-lDemocrat and editor oi
that model county weekly newspaper,
the Columbia (Mo.) Herald, conmments
as follows upon the above subject:
"One of our exchynges rightly urges
the naming of farm homes. It adds to
the standling of the farm, makes pleople
better acquainted with it, and increases
the owner's prlide in keepmng it up. A
name chosen because of location, en
vironmeint or for other reason may bet
selected. There's something in the
specitul name, but any name is better
thaD .1n1ne at all.
".Wo should like to print the name
of all the .far~ms in Boone County. It
would be an interesting and suggestive
list. Walnut, 11ll, Th'le Elns, Em-r
inence, Sunny Crest, Clovor Leaf, Gray
Gables, T1he Whiute House-how muel
more appropriate these namies soundl
than simply the farm of John Jones oi
Trom Thonmas. If then the farmeo
placed over his front gate or in othi
conspicuous laice the name of his farir
so that pasers-by might read there
would be added attractions to the coun.
try roadl and higher opinion of thu
land.'"
It is probable that in the future mnore
root crops, such as beets, turnips anid
carrots, will be grown for stock. T1he
difficulty has been in the labor of slic
ing the roots, which is necessary whet
feeding them toi cattle, but withini th<
past few years root cutters have beetl
introduced, which cut, all kinds or rota
inito thin slices, bran and coriimeal be
ing sprinkled oni the food so prepariet
which makes a meal -that is not oii I
highly relished, but, one thaL is cheaw
andI promnotive of the thrift of thi
aiimals.
T1here is unusual activity among i:1
ventors at present in the effort, to prc
duce imachinesi for mathiemat ical pui
poes amud perhaps thre hrgest niuimbe
of ap~plications received at the paten
ollice for any one line of inventio:
these days are for patenits for improvc
iments on addinlg machines.
It is saidl that., owing to the intrc
duction of machinery in the manufar
taure of eigar8, cigarettes and1( tobaccc
several thousand hands will soon1 b
throwni out of work. One imacinei
said to prIoduce 180,000 cigarettes an
.,0 1; oun n s of cat. tobacco. a iniiti.
nUYINo SAlP AND WATE':Rt IN nAo1
tilNo- -'Ill TRICK' ( As imi' N PAl'T
INTiE ).
Augusta U(Ihronicle.
Mr. 11. P1. Loveland, it lawyer of
Peru, Indiania, was in Augusta a few
days and has been traveling all over
the South getting up evidence in a suit
brought in the United States circuit
court of Indiana, in which the Amer
ican Manufacturing company, which
is the jute baggiig trust, is the pltii
tiff'.
Mrl. LOvelaul is ole of the attorneys
for the defense and has LUaveled all
over the South getting up evidence by
which he .expects to prove that, the
Americau ,M anufactu ring company is
perpetrating a fraud by which the
Southern cotton planter is defrauded
of thouisands of dollars each year. iln
speaking about the matter to a Chron
icle reporter, Air. ILoveland said
"I can't give our defense for publi
cation at this time," lie said, "but
there is a matter merely incidental to
the case that I am free to give to the
press, and that is the imposition that
is being practiced upon the South in
weights in jute bagging. For uaniy
years the nianufacturers of jute cotton
bagging have claimed to employ i pat,
ented process in its manufacture where!
by the fabric is rendered fire-proof,
and a suit has been brought by .1l1n
1). Doiiphanx against the Pern Hiagging
company, of Peru, Indiana, for alleged
infringement of that patent. It seems
that in 1 890 Benjamin and Andrew
Gratz, of St. Louis, both of whom are
now directors and executive ollicers in
the American Manufacturing company,
which controls 70 per cent. of' the out
put of the bagging mills of America,
took out the letters patent, claiming
that by a treatment of cotton bagging
with a 'compiouind ,' as they say, but
wiehih iu fact is nothing but salt and
water, the jut-e was bleached and ren
dered fire-proof.
"In1 Auigast, 189,1) after several inl-I
effctual attemipto had been mnade to
absorb the Peru plant by the trust, this
patent of the G1ratz Brothers was as
signed by them with the right to re
cover for all damages resulting from
past infringements, to John 1.). Doni
phami, a business associate at this time
of theirs, who brings this action.''
MIr. Loveland admitted to the re
porter that the l'eru company did cim
ploy a process for the treatment of' the
product not altogether unlke that
above outlined, and that the l'eru coin
pany had never operated with tho con
sent of the patentees.
"llow thein do your clients expect
to escape the penalties for an infringue
iment?" he was asked.
"In the first place,'" said Ie, "they
do not adliit that their process was
an infringement, al in the next there
is nothiimg either 'Inew,' 'original ,' or
'useful' in the plocess patented -Aihat
of applying salt water to jute. I'le
primary, and I may say with perfect
safety, the only practical valuno of this
treatment, as practiced, and the only
object of the patent, is to enable lie
manufacturers to substitute a <uiatity
of salt and water for its equivalent in
weight of jute, and sell tile whole as
So maniy pounds of jute. or exam
ple, a stanlardl weight of baging iuns
10 o limds to the roll of fifty yards.
The ti ade buys this w ith the' iimde r
staiidig that each r'oll ouf fiftyy~ardls
contiams i00 full pounds of' jute, and
buys it. of that weight., two pounds to
the yardl for the tex tile st reugthI and
bo-ly imparted to it by that.<quantity of
jute fibrie. Now, as a matter of fct,
as the cloth comes froii the ioomc lie
fifty yards weigh no more than 80 to
87 pounds, but to mec'et this shortage
of I1: to 20 pounids thle goods are treat
edl while being wouiid in the r'oll with
a entuiratedl solution of' salt, anid water
which being woiinrd into a tight, hard
roil, the salt and tight. r'ollinig retaiins
the moisture iil gives thec' roll full
weight of' 100l pouinds. In this way
say eighty-five houndcs of jute and t
teen p)ounds1 of' salt andut water ar'e
passed to the purlicha~ser as I100 polund~s
of jute, and ii, as at piresemit, time fabric
sells at S eints Per' pound, the coni
sumer' loses $1 .20 on every li fty yards.
What is true of the two-pound bag..
ging is tirue of all. Why, at \'icks
-iburig, as a imatter' of expeimenlt, a
dlealer' the other dlay ini muy presence
dried a 100) yard roll of 2 I --I bagging
for' thr iee hours, iandc it, lost forty-one
p~ouinds. It imfhad een overweighted to
250 pounids, and dropped in dlryinig to
209 poiindcs. At Shreveport a lilty.
yard 2 I '4 pouind r'oll, after stand
ing ini the warehouse f'oi' eighiteein
mionthis lost, seven ini that time, and
thiirteeni pounds more in twIo hioiurs'
ho~uuis the other' (liy two seveinty-yardl
two-poun~d i'olls were weighed and t hemi
Sdried, amid shiowe-l a respective loss of
- 23 1-2 pounds ini five hours and twenty
Iminutes.
"'I tol Mir. 0. Illmer the other' clay,.
)the i'epi'esenitative of the Aimericani
IManiufactui'ing coimpaiiy at, Newi Or'
leans, thiat I woul forfeit, to him a
hundired cdcllaris if ho could findic any
r ioll of their bagging that would noct
lose in di'ying f romn eight, to 1thiirty
.poundics ; that it. would iways be that
r much short of what. it was sol foi',
i, and I say to aniy dlealer' mi Augusta
ithat if lie will dry in the sun f'romn
three to live hours aniy of' the make of'
the America, M Tanufneactuin g cumpaniy
bagging he wvill dii soverm tihe shirin ikage
as I say."
"'Why dlo you say3 the dlealer's will
discover this shuo'rage' ' Arie the nc iot
aware of it ?"
N'oi'. Whlen flhe facts I ami
givimg you aire imade' kn'owni to themt
tiiey are indcignaiit beyond expreiCion,
I tell you, the stuff passes through
their hands to the consumer, rolled
and damp, and as it goes directly oil
the cotton there is no meatis alforde(I
for detecting this imposition except
their attention is called directly to it.",
"To what extent does the treatment
render the establishment less combuis
tible ?" Mir. Loveland was asked.
"l'resumably so long as the bitggilg
is in the roll and retains both salt and
water the liability of combustion is
small. But no sooner is it unrolled,
exposed to the air and sin, and sib
jeeted to tension in the comlress, than
both salt and water escape anld the 85)
per cent. of jute becomes the lot per
cent. of the Iagginig inl actual use,
ThMle mnomneit it is put in use it loses
the fire-proof feature where such a
feature would be of valuo.
"I was tald b)y one of the leadinig
dealers in St. Louis that he had lost
over :3,0UO,bales of cotton at Newport,
Ark., last April, that had Caught fire
from a spark lighting inl the so-called
lire-proof bagging. I have not a shadow
of doubt that all the cotton consumed
in the recent 11obvIkein fire was bound
in this kind of bagging."'
"'How long has this method of trent
ing bagging obtained among imanufac
turers ?" was the next question.
The patent wias obtained about ten
years ago, and from that time to the
present the trust has employed the
iethod to such an extent that the
smaller concerns were confronted with
resorting to the same or similar pane
Lice or being driven out of business
and leaving the trust to the emujploy
ment of its monopoly.'
''Is not the patent of some value to
the owners in enabling them to secure
lower storage ai( insurance rates ?''
"No, not at all. I have inquired
into this question and find that I have
[to special rating. Inl fact I was shown
anc policy where this so-called fire
proof bagging was carried as extra
hazardous. Such is the estimate of,
the insuranco companies."
"Have you niade any estimate of
Ate aiolunt lost to the South through
LIds method of weighting bagging ?''
"No, sit' ; but it is a matter of' easy
caleulationi. Mr. A. V. Watson, of
firenliam, Texas, secretary of' the
(luare Balers' association, told ime
ast Saturdlay that the State of Texas
bad been pa3ing .200,000 annually for
Een years for salt water that went lip
in vapor."'
A IllSSIN(i IN lDlS(UISE.
Tle Atistin (Texas) corresponletif
>f the New York Siun writes as fol
lows:
The valleys of the Brazos and (.ol
)rado rivers which were inundated by
werflows of those streais in .July,
89, hive been reclaimed and wiil
his year yield it immense crop of
:otton. It is coiiservatively estimated
liat the floods of last year destroyed
rowintg cotton in the valley of the
tirazos river that woulI have yielled
illy 5'i0o,0t bales, while the loss in
Ie valley of tite Colorado antounted to
miotltr 100,000 biales. Not only was
hiis growing crop swept to destruction,
nit the plantations alontg the rivers
vere detiuded of all their buildings,
'ices and other itiprovetnents. The
mmintble homes of thousands of negro
amilies who were employed ont the
laintat ions wore washed away and the
~errilled inihabitants hiad to seek i'efuge
in higher grotund along the surging
lyverms.
WI' nm the wvatems subsided thle futll
effect of the destructive inunidat ioit
was to be seen. The overflow extend
cid along thie Brazos river fronm its
mouth at Velasco, oni thle Gumif of
Mexico, to the nor'thern part of the
state, a distance of pi'obably :100 miles.
W~hen the news of the ahisaster' reached
the people of T1exats and the outside
world cottribut ioiis began to pour in
front all over lie coutrty in aid of the
wiflering colored peole~. Sevei'al
hunidr'ed thousand (dollar's were ex
p~endeld thlrough r'elief cotimmittees for
supliejs. It. wats probblly six weeks
fr'om the tune thle overflows were at,
their' height befor'e thte waters had suib
sided aind thte ground was again mn con
ditiotn to be worked.
The task before thle plantter's was a
stupentdous one, bitt they mtet the dlif
liculties withl an intdomitable will and
couirage that soon accompdlihed won
der's. The ntegi'oes wet'e at. Ii r.t loath to
r'tu'n to the bottoms. They had been
'ar'iing so well through the genecrous
charity of a sympathetic people that.
they had no dlesir'e to miake a chiange.
Whlen the plaintei's could not induce
themt to returni to thteir labors the free
food suppllies were cut off bly the re
lief comituittees of the several comi
munities and the refugees were infortm
ed that, they would either have to wvork
ot' starve. They preferred to woik,
Upo t)111heir i'eturn't to thme planitationis
t.he work of rehiabdhitationi was car'ried
on with vigor. A rich silt, covered the
valleys of the two rivers to a great,
dlept~h. Owing to the lateness of' the
seaisoin ino gener'al effort was made to
raise aniot her crop, except t~hat, of for
age for planttation live stock. The
next, several months were (Ievoted to
rbilding fences, biiings, and get
timig the plantiationis ini for this season 's
eropis.
WVheni the cottoni-platin~ mg seasim ar
ived thiis yearm the inundi. ated disttrict
lad been irelaiimd atnd( a full aereagec
was putt ini alonig both rivers. The
soil had becomie so greaitly enriched by
thie overflows that, thle cotton lanit hias
grow n like muagic, It is the opfinioni of
many lanitersK that, the i tnundation was
r'eal ly a blessing inr disguise ; t~hat, the
silt wIc h was deposited thiroughout
the valleys of' thte two rivers hias added
mior'e to the value of thle soil tiani the
amtount oif loss suistained by the de.
struetion wrrourht hu ihn floods.
lOW SH1A1, WI (U) ABlOUT IT
I'rof. Andrew If. Wood says: "1 Witil
out controversy the saving, preparii
aild application of iimatires is one u
the most important, subjects that th
farmer can coisider." Agaiii Ie ver
truthfully says: "The prolits of hi
farming operatiols of teL turn uponi tii
0Wn C uiestioni. Whether he has ae
cumliulated all the ianiure possible
preserved aill the elementsl: of* feritilitI
a1nd applied it wheii and where it woul
do the most good."
We fully agree with the professor ii
thLse remnarks. If our fat iers hu
farmed upon this program and we hat
followed them in Ile same method, w4
Shouhl not now be the poor people wo
are. Nor would we be farming upot
the poor and4 washed soils that we nov1
plaint. Our heritage would have heel
a rich and lovely home, and we Voluk1
have been makimg thei richer at
lovelier.
But grieving over wasted opportu
nities will not help, unloss in iuf,- grie
ve leari lessons of wisdom and praie
tice methods of economy.
The duty is plain and the methor
entirely practical. We neei depth o
soil for root beds and water beds ail
food beds. All these are essintial
We must control the rainfall and W1
mutist increase the supply of availabb
plant-food. To this latter point. w
wish to cill partiCtilar attention. Tha,
ve muist have the plant,-food before vt
can grow better crolps ill will admit
But hiov are IWe to get it ? 'l'his is tii
iiportant utestioni. Some say buy it
Indeed, nearly everybody is alreal
buying it. We pmichase gunlos at
chemical prepiarations l enormom
quant ities, because we wish to increast
the available plant-food in our soils.
Inl some11 respects this is Wise, it
others it i-, foolhsh. tir past. follie
have made it necessary. liit is thw
the only or the wisest wIay to correel
our follies, past and preselit ? Wi
think not..
We do not purchase wisely. We dh
not study the case so as to uniderstait
the symptoms amti the real remedies.
First, we buy muirch that wo do no
iteed. Seconl, we huy inuch that it
iiot prolitable. Rock pho1sphates aiul(
their coilIpounils do not. pay in pro,
portioni to their cost. Alinionia costt
too much inl these coiinhiniations. Theii
is too iuch dead weight- too muel
that is not plaint-fool at alI, anii4
inuch that is not inl soluble condition
Guanos made from hones and animi
refuse contain much mi-ore that is o
will become available in the sotil
Hlence fert.ilzers of this class vill hell
to make the soil permanently bet er
This point is not. suhlieently 1 under
stood by ourt farmers. D3o not he gov
erined by the cost per tonl of fertilizers
but. by the available plant f'ood the)
vive for a certain cost.
Again, we vishi to call attention U
the fact that inl orer to get, the best
resilts from the use of any fertilizei
we must have depth of soil and plet.)
ofi water. Fertilizers ein do no goo'
in a dry soil and but little good in a
shallow, clOddy soil.
We should save all the maiuire w
possibly canl of our own raisimg. L.e
nothing he burned upon the farni
Make the coipost. heatp a storehious,
for all refuse, both ainial and vegi
table.
Make your soil deeper by constat
deep plowing. Make it linter b y hai
rowing and biy wvork ing into it eveci
availale formt of veget able matter.
lIn this way we encouriage auratiol
This will rendei soluble much of th~
potash atul phiosphioric acid andh Stl
and l ime al ready in the soilI. .lfenec
we ill need~ less foreign plat Coot
We wvill niot needi to) buy so much fe.
tilizer and we ill get much betti
prllft for what we do buy. Encourag
home factories aiid buy those brand
which will furnish you the hiighei
pos~sible pier cent. tif soluble lant~
food. Hones are more soluble tha
roeks. Hone phoi~sphautes are nmor
proiltitbe thian rock phosphiates.
Ghin'r ANmi T'uniir..-he~ large
the nuimber of fowls, the gieater in
portance it is to providle them iti
grit. 1L can hue easily ascertaine
whether theoy have a suilliciency b:
Open11)ing thel gizzardls of thiose t hat di
or are killed and examnni ng the iqualhit
oif the contents. If thle edg'es of Lh
stonies are sharp it is a sign that, they at
well suppl)1iedl. If, howvever, thio edige
are hhm tit and round it is a sign tha
the poultury requtires siharp grit. CJhiel
eiis are often put on a grass field wheri
the re is nio sharp grit, arnd the owvne
cainnoit conjectuire why they do roc
thrive better. Sharp grit is toi thi
pioulhtry wht, teeth arelL to the humai0
family. 'owvls that are niot Inurinishe
with it soimietimies hav'e d1iarrhioea , ete
lhint grit, is the best oft any that cain hb
used,1, as it is hiarde: thlan aniy kind.
is iiot obtdaiable ini eveiy <h strict, hi:
the biest suibstit uut inust be obitain et
Aniytiing. really hard and sharp wi
answei, stich as old1 clin a or eartlhei
waire if not broken in too large piecei
aiiii old( mnortiar broiken up is very gootl
)yster shells help1 the digestion, alsi
andI are uisefuli. \Vhmen fowvls hav
plenty ot grit they are kept, ini got
conit tion, because thieiri foo. Ius lietta
dtigested. -'r I" und 01( l" ''irside.
Th'le repiorts (of huind reds oft growe
in thle Vi rgia peanut heil t shorw him
the acreage has bieeni decreated Lth
year by 2t to :i5 1p01 cent.., owirigi
the low price which hast prevai led f<
the Old IDominianr stalhe. Thhe eri(
up1 to thisf timiie, oinug to flue protraie
, td drought and long coniLit~iue atl
' lt~r'ehetis iin ia very crit ical 1c1nd
lion. Indienitions point to a sheo
yil anrd higher lari,.no
'The Charlotto oiil and l'ertili
ComIpatny and the presiilent of ithe e<.
f pany, Ai. Fred ( iver, of ('harlot
N. C., have agam demonstrteid
their farnis what can be done tow
4 piofitable wheat raising. 'The
4 actes which they had Iin wheat this y
gave ati average yield of 30 bushels
ater; tne field of 30 acres gave ai a
age yield of 3- buslihels, another fich
t90ares gave an average yield of'
bhiiixlelspi'aere. A 1l01d of 60 acres t
N was in wheat, a year ago, sown by
formeri owner of thit linil, and which I
year yielded only tight blusel per ae
this year gave ati average yield of
bilulels to tihe acte. With such
illlstration of, What enli be lonie
progresstre! fanmngll, whly %i%
majority of farmers continuev to
satisfied, or, if unot satistiled, coLtil
to eurse their Iluck whil theire ciop
wheat (ienrs outt on ly five or teln bush
per acre ?,
There i4 n1o reason, anti il fact it i
Scrime forl ally farimer to tlrov i
hiS ti Itie and laI by growm tig Snel
poor crop, as the m4ost of4 theil M
raise when they cou 11 trehle Ia
quaolui'jple the yiehl by inttelligent i
progressive farlinig. They ititt I
hette mliunles nit plows to plopare I
soil, using the best diisc graiil Ii
hvnfertilizer. distributor Iaached
platil an fertilize tlie wheat, usin to
best xeel whleat t'veIn'i if' it <loes C04
few cents per bushel more mon
iIg not le.s than -IO0 lbs. ()f i
graie fertilizer per acre insteal of I
lbs. of low grade neil anl potash goo,
Seed wheat that is free from brol
and defective wheat, andl above all
most absolutely free cockle seed
worth twice as mn ucli for seeIii ng ax I
xeed wheat u1su1lly usmed. Still t
iliportant is the tfact that seed whi
from a Criolp tllat gave a yiel of 30
35 bhliels per acre is superiol to M(
wheat fr'omt a crop that gave oily f
to ten bushels l'r aee. No fart
will attempt to raise iorsile id mu
to weigh l,-0Io to 1,0i0 1lb. each a
exPeict to surece'( if lie ti1e tlS for blea
ing, stock that weighIts formi 5.00 to
Ilbs.: i breeder if high glade mil
cows will expect to slceted except
uisinlg high gnutle stock.
I.ast, but, not. least., they 1utix4.
higI grade fertilizer it' the farimratlI
pects to rertive prpiler returns 1r<
land and labor. Why be Satisfiel
usinag 100 bI . per acre of cheap, I
grade fertilizer wheni 4008 pountils
high gt'ale fertilizer will gtve nt
creame of 15 to 27 hushels per act
It costi no nir, 'or Very little more.
plrepare lte huit for a good crop (I
for i p 'oor tle; it cotis nIio imore to (I
inl good meel wheat, and -100 lbs.
ligh graile fertihizir', pelr aere, that
Ih-ill inl poor setd whei;t, aid 1041 I
of pool', Cheap fertilizer per acre
costs no iore to Cut Jinl acro of g<
whetat ith I a reapintg tmachlinle that
does to runil the( mnchinle over. anl it
of poor. wheal, and ie reaping mach
leavesi less wheatt inl the fiel un1a
1red if the crop is I good one thit
doe." if the vrop is poor on.
'lhe fatr'mers' (It tle South have
beit. iarket. fit' their wiheat., COr'l
hay of any tetitil ill the 1iiteiid Sta
ats they canl (biain ie t(,siamv. pices 1as
. Western farimers pllsm the 'freight. I
i. charged from t.he vest. to the Sol
tWhy iot. th1et Ifarm. oin a pitaile A
Y gd 101tot'k and1( tols, goil se11xct I
t'fertilizei', golod judginentt iiti ski
a~bove' all wvoik you rself' ats ani e xar
tici3oti't you hired help aI 114 yon w~ill
G (ooi U lIA 1). W* flni a talki
at genitlettnanT ntilI lng sincte who I
ten ii les t'rotni Charlotte oni tite ofi
ningttiliceni it lad head Ing cut fr'otz
est~ty, fr'oum flvo to twelvie iinilesI like
sploke oif' a gt'eat wh'4eel. lie tok
that before the n'aut l a comlelte
the fall iuliing to towni mord~e timan
(lither 1411rt otf thle year's work. 'I'
tuhe gr'eatc questti wvas tci intd teamti
h~ fit wa1gons sti'oing entoutgh to hll
1 ast much1 a1s ia 1pair of ''rabbit'' ml]
y iax hte called thlemt, can huhl. 'i'c:
e. Sle these i'oadl wvere biltit. at]
til mion expein se to the couty ', eve i'11
1.to hav~e lbutill. the riad for x1(1 thi' beni
-4 to lie trade oif thle town~t; a1114 the fai
Ciera after' all are4 thle ones4 mtixI gret
r b lessed, b y thett. 'I'hiey are we
t mior'e to at townV tha1n1 the greatest tn
e hne ra( ilroas51t ini the wVorIt woul
Iltati they make life ini thic cuttry
.with the otlih'r lessxxings that wilt cc
e tc N'or'thi Caroina wiiiithitn the
it, ly hope the impritov'emtent ini coun11
i.toads wvill bel aong the most81 e
IIl icuious. IItxi the biest sign of cio
- . zat~ion ami( prtogresto biIle ale~t to I
, thr'oiugh a nieig.lhborhocod ill a tr'ot wV
>, town in thle State (oughtI to taike et
e cial pride ini Ihc roatlx leadinig itt
41 froini every' <bEliiettti. - hry
'l'his year's aplle cop Iini Northi
'entn is e'xptetedto bei I thle ilargest
rs knowni. ThIe htortie'nltnul explerts
it iit froi St0,000Ii,000 tol 100,O0
is barrics, whichl wd il bie a xiupplly (If n
t I tha i one 01( barriel ftori tovery inhulabitat
>ri thle lI nited State's,
t- N evert wasth tn egg if' it. can be I
dt edi. Ga~ltheri them ofteni fi'om t
i- while they are ye6 clean, uad (1(
it especiatlly often dhu ing wet weii
antd mmbtce xpi'ing annanoll.
0er
in
a To All Our
car
Pickens Friends.
:13
lat
hIe
list
re,
till
an
)y
lit- We want to say that we intend this
li tall to have the best line of Shoes and
4)f Dry Gioods ever shown in Easley, and
els at prices the same as you pay in Green.
vilie. Our 1usley store will have
a everything our Greenville store has.
a You know our stock is the largest in
w (rcenville, therefore you know what
id you can ind in our Easley store.
uId We are agents for some of the best
ishoe factorieis in the United States,
I and we will sell (Item at the lowest
N, () 1(ssible price.
he Mr. .1. Melton King. our manager,
asliks all hiIs friends to give him a call
that Ie may let thema see what he can
0( (o fori thiemn sIII 4upplying their wants in
Ia. Dry Goods, %hoes, etc. It will save
en you a long ride to Greenville. He has
al
I nmany thinigs that he0 is selling at
Ie bargain prices, and invites inspection.
we Keep your eye on this space and it
'it will save you many a dollAr.
to Yours truly,
Ve
Wil
SR. L. R. Bentz,
113'
Cash Dry Goods and Shoes.
J. MiCLTO'IoN KING,
l Manager Easley- Branch.
,)w Greenville Store,
of .-. Corner entranceo, 201 Main St.
in.- WAgiit for liutterick Patterns. I
to
oil
it -_
th- - ~ 'j~
lit
tle
lhat We have our store filled with the best
ith. aelected stock of
aFall and Winter
dill!Foot Wear
over showna in GIreenville.
tth You ctanniot fail to see the ou porior stock
es~ and workmanship in our Men's, Women's
the Iand Chil dreni's Shoes.
ihe No shoddy stock . Otte Price.
the Ihyorythting warranted.
I us
the
led PRIDh & PATroN,
miy
ito j6 9irst, dloor above
iip [ipscomnb & Russell's
'The burdock i's a weed that is ex
termtttinatedl with iliculty, as the lant
pitJrodnuees a great manty seeds and thtey
remiain ini the soil for years, ready to
ligrow as soon as condtitionsa are favor
talie. If thte plantt is cut off below the
round andl a handful of salt thrown
onI thIe root the pliant will soen die, as
rty the toot is soft anid the salt rots it.
imk A~r. C. S. Lind~ermtan of Alvin Texas,
b.planted two acres or land in figs, and
so this year hte gathtered Is fourth crop,
)tt aitontinig to 14,000 quarts. Hie works
me antd fertilizes htis fg trees, and is well
irst rewardled. Besides figs, hte raises sue
st cessfully strawberies andl dewberries,
ttry andu grows some vegetables.
on- The price of cottoit will take care of
iih- ttself; let, the farmer see to the wheat
ide acreage, says thec Aiken~ Journal and
th- lieview.
ery -----
lpe- OUIL GILIEATEST SPECIALIST.
0 it icer 20 years Dr. J1. Newton Hathaway
'ad has so successfully treated chronic diseas
es that lie is ackntowiedged today to stand
at the head of his profession in this line,
Ii is exclusive method0( of treatment Ifor
Varicocele anid Stricture, without the aid
ve of knife 01r canutery cures in 90 per cent, of
pre- all cases. itn the treatment of the lois of
00Vital Forces. Nervous D~isorders, Kidney
,amnd 1Urinary (Complainte, Paralysis, Blood
toel'oisoitntg icain uatism, (Catarrh, anid din
t of eases peculiar to women, hae is equally
successful. Dr. Hathaway's praet ee fe
more thtan double that of anl otner spec
lalist. Casns prontountced helpless by other
P' pysicansreadily yield to hi treatment,
cats ritehim today f'ully abou t your cane.
this He makes ito charge for conasultation or
ther advice, either at, hiis otflce or by mall.
J. Newton Hathaway. M. D, 2%Bt
Broad straet, A tlanta. da-~22~Sot