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SILK SALE BARGAINS One Day Only, Sept. 200 yards Silk, worth up to 50 cents, fancies, plaids, etc., for 19 cents. 300 yards Fancy Silk, sold every where for 50 cents and up for 29 cents. 500 yards Silk in plaids, stripes, checks and plain, in all the new colors worth up to $1.00, for one day only, 39 cents. This lot is a genuine bargain and will not be duplicated by any one this season. Our $1.00 yard wide “guaranteed to wear” black Taffeta for the one day only, 69 cents. The best black Taffejta you ever saw for 98 cents, this is sold at retail as high as $1.50. $1.50 plaid Fancy Silk for $1.24. $1.35 plaid and Fancy Silks for $1.19. $1.00 Fancy and Plaid Silks for 69 cents. Silks are always good and especially so this season, as the “old favorite” Silk Shirt Waiste is the correct thing for dress and street wear. You are Cordially Invited to Attend this Sale It is For One Day Only, Tuesday, Sept. 25 CARROLL 804-806 Limestone Street. BYERS OalTney, South Carolina. 804-806 Limestone Street. ! PERSONAL PARAGRA°H8. Miss Van Vliet Higely, instructor in voice culture at Limestone Col lege, has arrived in Galtuey to as sume her duties. Miss An'-,e!le Andrews, of Saluda, N. C.. arrived in the city Thursday to enter Limestone College Prof. W. Ij. Johnson was in Spar tanburg Friday. J. B. Bell spent Saturday iu Spar tanburg. Miss Tilmont Ceicil. of Salisbury, N. C., is in the cby the guest of the famil - of Mr. J. H. Curry, on Buford street. Rev. B. W. N. Simms and wife, of Wayuesvilie, N. C., are visiting Dr. Simms and family. Capt. Charles Petty, of Spartan- burg, was in the city Friday on busi ness. Ed. H. Gaines, the man who is mak ing Schnapps ginger ale famous, and iucidently advertising Gaffney, was in Spartanburg Friday. Misses Juanita Pinson and Ola Byars spent Sunday in Blacksburg. Mrs. A. S. Wood has returned to the city after spending some time at Glenn Springs. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Austell and Master Clarence Turner, spent Sun day at Hendersonville, N. C. G. S. Black, of R. F. D. No. G. was in the city on business yesterday. Significant. (Abbeville Medium.) The result of the last primary is ac counted a victory by some of the ad vocates of the dispensary system. When Pyrrhus, the warrior, met the Romans at the River Siris, in Lucania, he gained the victory after a terrific struggle. When the battle waa over he looked over the field covered with his dead and exclaimed: "Another such victory and I must return to Enirus alone.” “History repeats itself.” MISS MAUDE WILSON Columbia College, Brenan Conservatory, Mus. B. TEACHER OF PIANO. DR. W. K. GUNTER, IJ E I* * T 1 « T Office in Star Theatre Building Phonk No. 20. Crow*- and bridge work a specialty. WILLIAM S. HALL, JR., Attorney at Law, * Office over The Battery. ¥ Gaffney, S. C. Prompt attention given to all btulneaa a* Dr. G. W. B. SMITH, Dentiet, National Bank Building. Porcelain Inlays and Crown Bridge Work. DR. J. P. GARRETT, DENTIST. Moved to new offloe over Frederic * eat Front, of the Battery. ’Phene In Office and R sol donee. HINTS FOR THE GARDENER. How to Utilize Gardens During the Winter Months. (E. R. Bennett in Poultry Husbandry.) At this time of the year the garden is upt to be negh cted. The love of gardening comes to us in the spring as naturally as the birds return from the South, but now when many of the plants have reached their maturity and the fruits have been gathered we are apt to feel that the planning and the work in the garden may be laid aside until another spring and all we need to do is to gather in the winter vegetables. Much work remains to done, however, if we are to keep the Land free from weeds, disease and insect pests. Each month brings with it certain duties, little odd jobs that are necessary or tricks that are ad visable to get the most satisfaction out of the work. Just now the peas and early beaus have been picked and the old vines are still standing in the garden. The early beets, cabbage and cauliflower are past their prime and have no fur ther value for the table. These things are unsightly, and more than that, if we apply a hand lensc to them we will find they are well stocked with tho winter or resting sta re of the various moulds, rusts, mildews, insects, etc., that have been living on the plants during the early part ol the season. The remedy is simple. Pull up the old beets, turnips and cabbage and feed to the stock or poultry. Rake the old pea ami be n vines .into heaps and haul to the compost pile, or burn where they are. The latter method ia often better, as by so doing all the fungus diseases are destroyed. Af ter all these things have been remov ed, plow the ground and re sow. Early turnips are one of the best vegeta bles for his re-seeding, as they grow quickly and make a good crop even if planted too late to mature the roots. To secure the best results the ground should be prepared by plowing, roll ing and harrowing the same as for the spring planting. Sow the seed broadcast at the rate of three or four pounds per acre and cover with the garden rake or light harrow. It will be found advisable to mix the seed with coarse sand as it makes them more easily handled in sowing. When ■"^eetables are removed too late for turnips to get a start some other crop should be sown, as oats or rye. The importance of a cover crop can hardly be overestimated, as It keeps the soil from baking, takes un the plant food which would otherwise be washed away and prevents the wash- in" of the soil by fall and winter rains. If we study the nature and habits of different plants we will And that many of them have been greatly changed In their life history through domestica tion, so that we would hardlv recog nize them if we were to see the orig inal wild plant. For instance, the tomato only a few years ago was a wild biennia' plant of the semi-tropic countries, producing fruits not much larger than cherries. Now we have nearly one hundred distinc* varieties that mature fruits during our short summer seasons. Their tendency with that of melons and cucumbers Is to continue stem growth and set more fruits than can mature before frost. In this way plant food is used on blos soms and undeveloped fruit that can never reach maturity. The simple trick of cutting back the new growth wui send more plant food in the partly grown fruits and hasten their matur itv so that they will ripen where other' wise they would not. The cool days of September and October are the time when the late cabbages and cauliflower are making their best growth, consequently the cultivator should not be put aside unless the plants have become too large to work between them. If fo’ any reason they are not making sau isfactory growth two or three hun dred pounds of nitrate of soda to the acre scattered between the rows and cultivated in will help them along. Care must be taken not to get the salt on the ofliage, as it will burn them. If the cabbage become too large and are ant to crack open they should be part ly pulled from the ground so as to break part of the roots and prevent further growth. There are always many heads of cabbage in a field that practically mature but do not become hard before time for harvesting the crop. These ma'- be made to harden in the follow ing manner: Take part of the soil from the hot bed that has been lying idle all summer and reset the cabbage in the bed as closely together as pos sible with the roots pressed firmly in the soil. They should be set'in at a depth that will bring the head a little below the top of the frame of the bed. Have the soil thoroughly wet. protect the tops from frost by covering with boards and as cold weather comes on cover all with straw to keep from freezing. In the winter when the covering is removed the heads should be hard and crisp. Care must he taken not to cover too deeply w’ith straw or too early or the cabbages will heat and decay. Celery that is not properly bleached in the field naav he treated in the same way and be kept more fresh and crisp than if put in the cellar. Beets, turnips, onions and carrots are often times kept in a similar manner. First remove all the old soil from the bed then put the beets, turnips, etc., after the/ have been topped and the loose soil removed, into the beds, filling them to within a foot of the top: next fill the bed with dry leaves and cover with boards to keep out the rain. The beds, or pits as they are called, should be examined occasion ally during the winter to make sure that the vegetables are not heating or freeding. Parsnips and salsify may be treated in toe same wav where the ground is ant to remain frozen during the winter, or a few may be packed in damp soil in the cellar for winter use. In either case tieezing will not hurt them if they a.e packed in soil. It will soon be time to repair Lie arparagus and strawberry beds and the raspberries for the winter. As soon as the asparagus tops ripen, or if rust is prevalent, a few weeks earl ier the tops should be cut loose to the ground and burned as soon as dry. This will destroy many of the resting s^-res as well as the asparagus seeds that are produced. After burning cover the ground with a thick coat of good stable manure and the bed will be In condition to go into winter quar ters. The treatment of the strawberry lied is very simple. If the bed has been kept free from weeds and the plants have made good growth all that will need be done will be to cover the bed with a layer of coarse manure, straw or even corn stalks. This layer need not be very thick, as it is apt to attract mice w-hich will eat the plants. The bean poles may be used for keep- In" the mulch from being blown and to help hold the snow. The raspberry canes need only be over and have a shovel full of soil thrown into their tops to hold them down so as to prevent them from winter killing. About the last, and we think the most Important job to be done In the garden for the season Is the general cleaning up. As winter approaches thp Insects that have been Infesting the garden during the summer seek their winter quarters. These may be found if you will examine any of the old vines and rubbish about the gar den in the form of eggs, half grown larva, or pupa, and many adult In sects as the squash bugs live over winter among the old vines. Rake a'l the old tomato, potato, squash and all other vines and stems into heaps and burn them. Next plow or harow tne ground to expose those Insects that hibernate there to the freezing and thawing of winter. The later this Is done the more insects will be de stroyed. A thick seeding of rye will be bene ficial even If it does not come up until next spring. Tillman Against Bryan. ' (Sioux City Special, to Washington Post.) That the South would never agree to the nomination of William Jen nings Bryan on a platform containing government ownership of railroads was the declaration here toda” in un interview of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina. "In the South are to be found the only trite Americans,” he said. and. “and wo are Democrts down there, too. We believe in a government by individuals and not in paternolism. We are not ready to admit the rail roads cannot be regulated, and we are not ready to see appraisers trans form them into a huge political ma chine. In the hands of the govern ment. the railroads would be used for punishment of hostile territory. You Northerners must send down to South Carolina for some true seed of Ameri canism. In Illinois all I found w r as Peterovskys, Brodskys and whiskies.” Of the railroad rate law. Senator Tillman said it was never the inten tion of Congress to prohibit exchange of transportation for advertising. However, he was glad this had been done, as he said it would free the press all over the country from sub serviency to the railroads. Abbeville and Fraaer Lyon. (Abbeville Medium.) The people who don’t like Fraser Lyon are fond of saying he did not carry his own county. There Is nothing to his discret in that. When one reflects how very devoted Abbe ville is to the dispensary, Lyon’s vote there Is really remarkable. The above is from the Newberry Observer. There was no personal feeling against Mr. Lyon that prompt ed the vote of Abbeville against him. He made no concealment of the fact that he is opposed to the State dispen sary and will do what he can to de stroy It. The majority of the people of Abbeville are in favor of the State dispensary and voted to sustain it. The vote was on a measure and not for a man. Letter to J. T. Roger*. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir: You know, diamonds don’t go by size. So with paint. We make paint, one gallon of which goes as far as two of another and lasts twice as long: that’s four to one. You know it is true in diamonds; they don’t go bv the gallon, do they? if you’re going to paint your house, you go first to your painter and say: “I’m going to paint; do you want the Job? and what’ll It cost?” If he happens to know, he’ll say: “Depends on the paint. I can do it for somewhere about $100 or $200, whichever you like; $100 will make a good job; $200 a poor one.” And you, if you happen to have your wits. ‘11 say: “I’ll take the good one, when’ll you do It?" Painters ought, all, to know about paint; and jewelers ought to be able ♦o get a good Job. We do what we can to help both. One gallon Devoe Is better than two of average paint, goes as far—that Is, vour house will take about 20 gallons Devoe and 40 of average paint—and Devoe will wear a long time; the life of average paint Is very uncertain. It nav be a year, it may be five. Why is it that painters don’t know about paint? Do Jewelers know atfout diamonds? They know more than hey tell sometimes. There are paint ers and painters: so there are Jewel ers' so there is paint, and the least- gallons paint is Devoe. Yours truly F W Devoe ft Co P. S—R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. *eU our paint POULTRY ON THE FARM A Money Bringer. With Cheap Feed and Little Labor. IN. A. King in Poultry Advc :ate.) Why is it that the farmers o’ today, with their cheap feed and la tor. do not spend more time and ' ’tience with their poultry? I wonde” if it is because he thinks the little ien be neath his notice. If that is so. let me dispel that notion with a quotation from ihe June Feather. Under the heading. “The Value of the Hen.” It says: “A list of benefits to mankind, the result of the prolific production of the American hen. was published some time ago. This list of benefits began with the statement that more mortg ages had been removed from lands throughout the country as the result of the careful management of poultry than had ever been lifted by hogs or corn. Whether this be entirely true or not, it is at present an undisputed fact that the American hen produces over 250 million dollars worth of eggs per year, and more than this in mar ket poultry. When the term hen is used in this connection it means the egg-producing power of all kinds of domestic fowls, including ducks, geese and turkeys and their product sold for food in the market. The dairy products of the country is cred ited with G50 millions of dollars per annum. If there might be added to the previous figures about the Amerl can hen all the poultry of all kinds and their eggs that are produced upon small town and village lots, the actual production would come very close to the dairy branch of our live stock.” The government tells us the poultry business of the United States pays 400 per cent, profit per year, and In spite of all this a farmer will work from morning until night in the fields to gain a livelihood where If he would spend one-half the time with his chick ens that he does with his cattle, he would be far better off at the end of the year. He will spend half a night fussing over a sick calf or pie that if when sold he would raise the same amount of fowls his profits would be double. It seems the cold storage people are going to form a trust with the Ameri can hen, even If they did lose some several millions of dollars last win ter. One newspaper, th P Cleveland Lead' er I believe, discredits It. Among other things this paper says. “Hen the Foe of Trust Methods.” “No fear of corner of produce mar ket, say commission merchants here. Supply too great and too general to permit merger. “Clevelanders need never fear that the egg and butter market will be cornered. There Isn’t money enough in the banks and financial Institutions of America to back a trust which would corner the produce market.” “There will never be a trust In eggs because in Iowa alone $12,000,000 worth of eggs are sold annually. In Ohio the record is almost as great, while five or six other States come close after.” Brother Wallace I* Delighted. (Newberry Observer.) After seeing and hearing the “Great Commoner,” we feel like saying: “Mr. Bryan, it doesn’t make a bit of difference about your ‘views’ on government ownership of railroads, or anything else. We are willing to trust you with the whole business. Just taii'e the government and run it any way you please, and we will be perfectly satisfied.” But W e did Attend. (Anderson Dally Mall.) If we had known that Editor Wilson, of Abbeville, and Editor DeCamp. of Gaffney, were not to attend the Bryan meeting we would have invited them to meet us off somewhere In the woods and had one of our own—with Lamlet left out of course. For Speaker of the House. (The Evening Post. Sept. 10.) The Charleston delegation In the next House of Representatives will present to that '-odv the nomination of their dean, the Hon. Richard S. \\ haley. for speaker, in full confidence and wide assurance that it will appeal to their colleagues from all parts of South Carolina, as eminently fitting and that Mr. Whaley will be elected to the high office for which he Is so well qualified. Mr. Whaley has been a member of the House for six years and in that time he has had a prominent part in important legislation and has taken rank as one of the leaders of the House. For the past two sessions he has been chairman of the committee on the judiciary, the largest, and by many considered the most Important, committee of the House. Over this committee, which sifts all the legisla tion proposed to the lower house of the General Assembly, he has presid ed with rare ability, tact and dignity and has given full evidence of his fit ness to direct the course of legislative affairs with fair consideration to all interests involved, but with the gen eral concern of the State above ev erything else in view. Though he has guarded carefully and effectively the interests of his particular constituents Mr. Whaley has been a representative of South Carolina in the largest sense. He has taken an active part i" the leading legislation before the House, concern' ing himself with the general Interest of the State, and having a large part in the shaping of broad policies of government for all the people. It is not surprising, therefore, that the first suggestion that he be a candi date for speaker of the House should come to Mr .Whaley immediately after his renomination in the recent pri mary from one of his colleagues in the upper part of the State, and that ho should have received assurances of support from members scattered all over South Carolina. If. as now seems practically certain, Mr. Ansel, of Greenville, is elected governor, the chief executive of the State will be a representative of the Piedmont section: the presiding offi cer of the Senate, Mr. McLeod, of Lee, Is from the Peedee; It would be peculiarly appropriate and would ef fectively Illustrate the spirit of State unity and the equal distribution of leadership throughout South Carolina if the speaker of the House should be called from the coast county of Char leston. To the people of Charleston the election of Mr. Whaley as speaker would give the keenest satisfaction and their representatives in the Gen eral Assembly, In presenting his name, will speak for the whole community which has four times elected him one of Its representatives in the General Assembly. Luke Gray, colored, was hanged In Aiken on Friday for the murder of Clifford Woodward, white, six months ago. Beauiiiy the Complexion IN TEN DAYS. Nadinola CREAM, the un- c qua led beautifier is _ endorsed by tbou- sands, and guaran- Iced to remove freckles, phnplcs, liver-spots, tan, sal- wwntm, etc., the worst case tc 20 days, and restore the beauty of youth. P-*-- S®c. and $1.00 by leading druggots or i NATIONAL TUIUrr CO.. PMs. TtM. For Mle onlv b- THE QAFFN3Y DRUG CO.