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'111 *tradd gid fkws SIGNS POINT TO AN OPEN WINTER. Corn Husks Thin, Moss Is Even on the Trees and Quail Shy of Feattiers. [Indianapolis News ] Marion, Ind. November 15.-The corn husks are thin, the moss is aboat even on all sides of the trees, many quail are partially feathered out and the late summer has been unusually; wet. This is a sure sign, according to the belief of the farmer, who does : not depend upon the - weather bureau, that the coming winter will be an open one. Among those who have studied the signs of coming winter is Nich olas D. Holman, of this city. Mr. Holman has lived in Indiana for sixty-three years. He located in Grant County when most of the in. habitants were Indians. There was no weather bureau in those days and the settlers were forced to watch the signs. He is a close observer and he is satisfied there will be but little ex. treme cold weather this winter. "I have never known a wet sum mer to be followed by a cold winter,' said he. "Last summer and fall were unusually wet and I look for nice weather the greater part of the winter. They are always thick the fall before severe weather. I cannot explain why this is the case, but it is true, as any man who takes the trou blo to make an investigation will discover. "A few days ago I ran across a covey of quail on may farm. They were only partially featbored out. Nature looks after her own. Had reveroi winter weather been near at l,and these young quail would not have been here. They would have I)e,n hatched out in time to have boee. coveretl with feat hers to pro. tect them from the Cold. "Go with mne into the woods any day antd I will show you that the moss is about evoti on all tides of the t rers. J nat, before a severe winter it is heaviest. on the north side. I am also unable to explain this, but, this sign has never failed. 'Another reason I have for be lioving this winter will be an open one is the last two winters have been severe. Usually the third is a mild one. The fall of 1815 was the damp" est I have ever known. In Noven her there, was a little freeze. In Feb rmttry the weather was as warm as it is in M[ay. Vegetation began to sprout anid the snakes and ground hogs came from their holes. That winter we had thle greatest epidlemic of typhoid fever in the history of Grant County. I wos attacked by3 the d1is1eas onl miy way to school. It wvas so warm I threw myself on the groundi(. This was in February. MIany people in Grant County have the typhoid fever now andl I believe many more will have it before the wvint"r is 'over. '"The ground 5(qui1rrel is aniot her goodl weather prophet. Let himn lay in a large suplyl~ of nuta a,Jd you tuny rest a.ssured thie winter will be a hard one. Years ago, when ths little animals were plentiful, they wvonhll comie in droves to our eorn~ crnibs. NIlany ti nes, when gettiung up woodl, I have choijpped into hollow logs anid founid half a bushel of corn, toget biei with beech and other nuts. Wei manke buit few ids of that kind now. The ground squirrels are: fev aund far between, and a gray or fox 5qn1i rrel is a novelty in many piarts of the State. -rm: ('005 As A IT og,, euiridicule the ground nog' theory of cold weather, but I havd a great deal of faith in the lit tIe anuiual. The 'coon is also a good prophet. Let either animal go into his hole early in the winter and stay thlere, then look out for cold weather. The 'coon is a ltvely animal, and if the wveather is mild ho is likely to be up and doing. '"When I first caime to Grant County the most successful 'coon hunter. was a man named Overholtz. Ho never went out that he did not return with game, while many of his neighbors would be unsuccessful af ter spending nights in the woods. He finally' told me the secret of lisa success. He had two or three pet 'coonis. WVhen they were lively he kgwthe wild.- ones were also nmov Ing around and he went after them. W~,hoo his 'coons went into their holes, he ..did not venture out, know ing that he wonild bo upsucessful' in the buot.$ "The . - farmer who watches the report, to ,tell hims when to look for of t st ', te?hetrtog of the air s.and e4e. bakiug pf the squirrels give warning of an. ap prog at tri. ;The horses, oattle ap a: dIsq l$addle together just before a storm. ' "In the old days, when the cattle would fail to come up in the evening, I would usually find them in a bunch, sometimes two or three miles from the house. The intelligence displayed by these animals is re markable. They will invariably seek an open place during a storm, fight ing shy of trees, no doubt realizing that danger is there. ANIMALS IN A STORM. "Many people remember the Fourth of July storm which destroyed life and property about twenty five years ago. I had nearly one hundred head of horses and cattle, and as they were in a woods when the storm came up, 1 expected all would be killed. When the rain had stopped falling I started out to search for them. Trees were uprooted in every direction, and I had difficulty in getting. through the woods. I called at intervals. "Finally my voice was heard by the animals, which had gathered in a corner of the pasture away from the trees, and such a noise I have never hearl since. The cows bawled, the horses neighed and fell over one another in their joy at seeing me. I did not have to drive them home. They followed me in a bunch. On the way we passed through a field of green corn. They were so badly frightened and so anxious to get to the barn that they did not stop to eat. "Had these animals not realized their danger they would have heen killed. As it was, only one steer was injured. The animal was caught. under a tree and had a leg broken." GET NEW WATCHES. New and Strict Requirements of Time Pieces on Southern-Most Conductors, Trainmen, Dispatchers. Etc., Will Have to Buy New Watches. [Spartanburg Journal.J 'Tho Jersey City barber who shaved eighteen men in eight min - utes and seven seconds has temion strated that he knows little of the qualifications requisite for the con ducting of a first clasa tonsorial par lor. His ability to shave two menl and a fraction every minute shows remarkable technigne and skill of a certain kind. So far as the dis patches state, the eighteen hmben may have been abaved as well as though this lightning artist had taken fif teen mintes to scrape~ t.he~ face of each customer. But this is unim po rtan t. Aside from gr'tting shaved, which is purely incidental, m-nr g,' to har h)er shops for two essenmtial -purposes. One of these is to re-ad throngh and commuit to memory the jokes in the copy of the last yearn's comic paper which is inivarialy fonnd -ini "very well regulated barber shop. That the customer may have plenty of time for this deloctable occupation the barber should move with the, uitmost dleliberation. The other anid by far the moist importanrt object he has ini view in visiting a barber shop~ is to sequire iniformnation up[on such varions and varied suibjects as the ernit savant oif the razorr may9 h tKa time have on tap W,hat would bec',mie Athese two r#.(iniiites4 in ji..sbands of a barber w h aaved eighteen men in eight minut es and seven secon ds? The customer would hardly have time to reach for the tattered copy of the prized periodical before he would be "next" and the, barber would be hustling him into the chair. Then there would come a few swishing sounds, and in an instant more .he would find himself paying the charges and tipping the boy with 9ts whisk broom without having re ceived a scintilla of enlightenment on the great questions which agitate the country. From the supposedly unfailing reservoir of knowledge he has received no words of wisdom. The main purpose of his visit has been frustrated. Mow can the cus. tomner feel other -than that he has boon cheated-that he has not, got. the worth of his money 1' Clearly the Jersey City shaver is not "wise to his job." Hie might do well In vaudeville, but he does not possess thi-eesential qualities of a barber. MUONEY TO LOAN-We negotiate I..loans on improved farm landa at seven per cent. interest on amoutst 6ver 'one thousand dollars, and eight et cent. interest on amounts lesta 1 000 .ong tie and easy symnt hut un & uner jAttorney By3 et Jttary iave (Special to News and Cnrer.) Columbia, Nov. 17.-Ooaptroller General Derham, in speaking about the state's finances today, salid that he did not know that he would have any recommendations to make in his report as to taxation, but the fact is that the state will be behind in her revenue, as-has been asserted before. Mr. Derham knows one way by which the state can catch up, but there is little hope, that the legisla ture will grasp the opportunity of doing it, and that is to assess all property at 100 per cent-its real value. It is too much to expect that, however, in view of the fact that the legislature almost, annually extends the time for paying taxes, even at the reduced assessment. As has been stated, the state will have to borrow about $800,000 this year, and this has been accumulating yearly until it had reached that fig ure by reason of the large and extra appropriations made. Had it not been for these appropriations and had about the usual appropriations been made the past two years, in stead of borrowing money, by 1904 the state would start out with enough to pay all expenses and would have to borrow none. $ut as the appro priations have been made the state is behind and there is no way out of it yet suggested that is practicable except to raise the assessment. At 100 per cent assessment Mr. Derham says the levy could be reduced to three mills and then there would be plenty of money to pay all ex penses. Master's SaGes. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBELIRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. David Hipp, Plaintiff, vs. Benjamin L. Hiardy, Defendant. BY ORDER OF THE COURT HERE in, I will sell to the highest bidder before the Court House, at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale on salesday, the first Monday in Decem ber, 1902, all that tractor plantation of land known as the.. "Reuben Chick place', containing Eight Hundred and Six (806) Acres, more or less, and hounded by Enoree river, lands of Thomas Bynum's estate and lands be longing to the State of South Carolina. Terms of Sale:-One-third cash, the balance in one year at 8 per cent. in terest, or all cash, at option of pur Chaser. H. H. RIKARD, Master Newberry County, S. C. Master's Office, Nov. 5, 1902. -Get the Best! 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