The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 07, 1905, Image 3
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Assurances of English Exhibits
at Jamestown
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TWO CHURCHES MAY ALSO MEET
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President Tucker Obtains Assurance
on London Visit That British Got rnment
Will Be Reprinted by
ImpressiTe Military and Naval Contingent^
London, By Cable.?"We are now
fully assured that Great Britain will
have representative military and
naval <?oi)tingents at Jamestown in
1907," said Harry St. George Tucker,
president of the Jamestown (Ya) Exposition
Company, to the Associated
^ Press. "The British government,
through Foreign Secretary Lansdowne*
the Admiralty and th^' War
office, has given me a most cordial
Iveleome and has promised to assist
in everj- way towards the success of
f the exposition.
, "The day had been already prepared
for me by onr ambassador. Mr.
Keid. and Sir Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador at Washington,
who has been urging the claims of the
exposition and as a result Lord LansdowTie
sent the following telegram to
I'Uiauu vain iuio ni"4,u,
*' 'His majesty's government desires
to co-operate in every way that
f?Try conduce to the success of the exposition
at Jamestown, which cannot
fail to exeite much interest in this
country. Mr. Tucker will be received
? ?witii pleasure and his majesty's gov^
eruraent will be glad to learn from
him the precise nature of the co-operation
whieh the United States government
desires.'
"Lortl Lansdowne showed tl at he
was^ia earnest by receiving nte in a
i^^jjiOst cordial manner and sending a
representative with rac to the Admire
; alty and the War Office where in <?utline
of the proposed displays were
discussed the heads of those departments
taking keenest interest in the
\ matter. The details have not yet been
w worked out, bat it is generally nudere
stood that Great Britain will be rep
fesented by a battleship squadron
and a military contingent, the latter
including every arm of the service.
Special attention will be paid to the
recent improvements in the instrum
> of militarv and naval warfJ
V fa-v.M
Mr. Tucker will spend a day with
^^-TlT? aiebtisbop of Canterbury, who
has invited him to discuss the proposal
for a joint meeting of the EpisK
copal churches of England and the
Tnited States at Jamestown during
^ tho exposition. On Wednesday he
*will meet heads of the Admiralty and
-J-^the "War Office to further discuss the
<3etails of the displays.
Armed with Great Britain's acceptance,
Mf. Tucker expects that his
visits to other foreign capitals will be
equally successful.
Mother and 5 Children Slain.
Independence, Iowa, Special.?Mrs.
% William McWilliams aud her live children,
ranging from 3 to IB years in
age, were slain at their farm home
and the husband and father was arrested
in Independence charged with
* killing the members of his family. He
declared himself to be innocent. Each
person had been killed with a hammer
blow on the head. Mrs. McWillams
was atrociously beaten, and a
few knife thrusts had been inflicted
on tbe crushed body.
Big Timber Deal.
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Nashville, Tenn.. Special.1?A Bris?$
*" tol, Tenn., dispatch says: J. W. Wilkinson,
of Bristol, has closed a deal
for seventeen million feet of lumber
and timber in North Carolina. The
land lies along tbe Southern Railroad
near Asheville'. The amount reported
to be involved in the deal is half a
million dolUrs.
Arrested for Burglary.
' Auderson, Special.?Herman Parr,
a negro boy about 14 years old, has
been arrested by the-police and is now
being held in confinement pending an
investigation ou the charge of burV
^lu7- During the past month about
:-a~dozen stores have been entered at
. night and small sums of money and
merchandise stolen. The boy is a
confirmed criminal, having been convieted
of stealing frequently. He
seems to have been the chief of a
gang of small boys who have been
v systematically engaged in the bnrglarJy
business.
Gov. Bell Won't Interfere.
Walden Vermont, Special.?Governor
Charles J. Bell, when informed
of the decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States in tiie ease or
Mary Rogers, stated that he
stood on the same Ground that he lias
maintained heretofore in this case.
I "I shall not interfere in any way,"
\ he said* "with the regular arrange^
meat^or the execution of Mrs. Mary
J Rogers on the date set, December S."
New York Teamsters Strike.
New York, Special.?A general
strike of truck drivers was begun in
New York city Monday, .120 union
^4 an?nters quitting work. The strike
is against the Teem Owner's Association,
which employs several tlious*And
drivers and does most of the
'heavy trucking in wholesale districts
*?d about the steamship piers. It
jAalted from a resolution of the
%Rislers' Union calling a general
strike unless the owners immediately
%ced their non-union employes to
'in the unioa.
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MINOR ITEMS^ OF NEWS
Items of Foreign and Domestic News
Gathered For Busy Readers.
In the South.
Prof. H. S. Alexander, of ('uljtcper
was killed by a train near that town.
William Habor. a brakeman. was
killed by a train in sight of his mother,
in ^arkevsburg.
Richmond contemplates extensive
improvements along the James river
to facilitate the docking of ships.
After being arrested in Roanoke.
Frank Smith, once a Socialist candidate
for congress, out the main artery
in his leir.
H. 0. Flick, the Pittsburg millionaire.
lias bought $.>00,000 worth of
coal lands in Taylor and Barbour
counties. West Virginia.
William S. Holland, of Windsor, a
well-known Virginia Republican, was
paralyzed while sitting in a dentist's
chair.
Nine of the "oath-bound thirteen"
were dismissed from tiie Virginia
Military Institute as a result of insubordination
committed with the intention
of forcing dismissal.
R. K. Dickerson was shot and killed
by Dr. O. T. Kcnyou at Dawson. Ha.,
after the former had returned from
the theatre with a young lady. Dr.
Kenyon being wounded.
Hon. M. B. XorHeeot. in a card announces
his withdrawal from tiie race*
for Governor of Tennessee. Mr. Xorfleet
says he will support djidge Bond,
who announced his candidacy for the
office a few days ago.
A special from Greensboro, X. C.,
says that the celebrated Niek Williams
trial closed there on Tuesday
Williams being lined $.">,000. It is
estimated that the costs will amount
to between $10,000 and $12,000.
which added to the $.">,000 tine, will
aggregate in the neighborhood of $17,000.
National Affairs.
A ?A,*AntrtA i a l\n tlin
A nmijiii?uii>c i? trjji'iicu iv ?/v IUV
most likely solution of the railroad
rate controversy.
Secretary Wilson reports that the
value of farm products in the United
States this vear will reach $6,415.*
000,000.
Special Agent Pepper reports that
the United States sold Canada Inst
year $100,000,000 of products ami
gave her 25,000 settlers.
Commander Young, who had command
of the ill-fated gunboat Bennington
when she blew up, will probably
be let ?1T with'a reprimand.
Assistant Treasurer of the United
States Leib, of Philadelphia, was dismissed
by the President for alleged
failure to comply with the Civil Service
law.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
lias practically completed its
bill, which is sup]K?scd to represent
the President's views on railway rale
legislation.
At the North.
Another large section of Barren
Island near New York, was carried
away by the tide.
Marshall Field, Jr., died in Chicago
from a pistol shot wound accidentally
inflicted.
Nine men were killed by an explosion
that destroyed the Keystone
Powder Works at Emporium, Pa.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick wants to
testify, if a new trial be granted when
she says she will tell nlf she knows.
Sixteen persons are known to have
been killed in the Boston and Maine
railroad wreck and some 20 more or
less seriously injured.
President John A. McCall, VicePresident
George W. Perkins and
Cashier Banta, of the New York Life
Insurance Company, testified before
the Legislative investigating committee.
Foreign Affairs.
King Haakon took the oath as King
of Norway.
Prisoners at Vladivostok revolted
and killed three Russian officers.
About 4.000 sailors and the Brest
Regiment mutined at Sevastopol, Russia.
St. Petersburg rowdies beat Robert
Woods Bliss, second secretary of the
American Embassy.
A number of lives were lost and
ranch property was damaged by the
English Channel storm.
Americans on the Isle of Pine ratified
the election of a Delegate to Congress
and Territorial oflioers.
A dispatch to a Vienna paper from
Constantinople states that Turkey has
yielded to the demands of the powers.
Agitation has been renewed for the
appointment of Grand Duke Nickolas
Nicholalevitch as dictator of Russia.
PnKlioitv cyivon flio f rial nf nll^trpd
x uwn.1,1 &"VH ...V ...... ...
conspirators against the Turkish Saltan's
life leails to tbe belief that Turkey
is trying to arouse public opiniou
against foreigners.
Miscellaneous.
Fifteen persons were killed and
about 3d were injured in a rear-end
collision on the Fitehburg division of
the Boston and Maine railroad, near
Lincoln, Mass.. about 17 miles from
Boston.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with
Secretary and Mrs. Root. Captain and
Mrs. Cowles, will attend the Army and
Navy football game at Princeton Saturday.
Tt is stated that in the event of an
anthracite miners' strike the bituminous
operators may be drawn into a
plan for a general shutdown.
Turkey seems more inclined to modify
her attitude toward the power's
demand for tinaneial refoim in Macedonia.
Persons in the confidence of Augusl
Belmont and Thomas F. Ryan say that
the sentiment in favor of municipal
ownership is likely to cause capital-^
ists to hesitate about investing in
New Yc.k rapid transit improvements.
CONGRESSMpRS
Republican Caucus Makes Its
Nominations
WILLIAMS DEMOCRATIC LEADER
Speaker and All Other Officer* of the
House are Re-Nominated by the Republican
Caucus and Mr. Cannon
Surprises Associates by Pulling Out
and Reading a Typewritten Speech
Difference between Carrier Corpor
ations and the People to be Adjusted
in Justice to All?Rules of Last
Congress Re-Adopted.
Washington. Special.?"The American
jieople have selected the Speaker
ot' the House t'f>r the fifty-ninth Congress;
it only remains for us to ratify
their choice. I will not call for a formal
nomination, hut simply name
Joseph (i. Cannon, of Illinois.*'
The statement made by Chairman
Hepburn Salirday to the Republican
members of the House of Representatives
was received by hearty cheers,
and Mr. Cannon was immediately declared
tlie nominee for Speaker. William
l\ Hepburn, of Iowa, was reelected
chairman of the caucus for
the session and Henry ('. I/utdenslager.
of New Jersey, secretary. Mr.
Cannon sprang a surprise on his associates
by pulling out of his pocket
a typewritten speech, which he road
from beginning to end.
Mr. Cannon said he would stand
with his associates in upholding the
policies of the Republican party, under
which all the people have prospered.
Referring to lailway legislation,
he said that "by the operation
of competitive forces, that matters of
difference between the corporations,
the carrier, and the )?e?.ple they serve,
wotdd be adjusted to all.
"The concensus of opinion of the
people, however, is that Congress has
the powerr, by amendment to the law.
to provide better remedies for real
abuses existing, so that the producer
and consumer can find a more speedy
and less expensive remedy than we
now have. In this opinion, T. for one.
concur. The burden is upon Congress,
and our party, having power, is primarily
responsible.
Mr. Cannon urged that justice be
done both to corporation 'and people,
and in conclusion referred to the <lcsirabilitv
of a short session.
The officers of the House were renominated
as follows:
Clerk?Alexander McDowell, Pennsylvania.
Sergeant-at-Arms?Henry Cassoin.
Wisconsin.
Doorkeeper?F. B. Lyon, New York.
Postmaster?Joseph C. MeElroy,
Ohio.
Chaplain-?Rev. Henry X. Cottdcn.
Michigan.
The rules of the Fifty-eighth Congress,
including the standing orders
relating to tlie consideration of pension
and claim hills on Fridays, on
motion of Mr. Dal/ell, of Pennsylvania,
were ordered continued during
the Fifty-ninth Congress. This resolution
will be offered by Mr. Dalzell,
when the House is organized next
Monday.
Very little besides the organization
'of the House will be accomplished the
first week of the session, although it is
possible that an emergency appropria-,
tion for the Panama Canal may be
passed the last of this week. Until
the committees are npointed, such a
bill would have to be considered by
unanimous consent, or under a special
order. It will depend upon the needs
of the canal finances whether the emergency
appropriation will be rushed
through this week or go over until the
week following.
The Senate being a continuous body
organization was not necessary but
little work wil be begun before next
week.
Williams Minority Leader.
Washington, Special.?For two
Ca4h%?/1ai> ll?/\ tvi rt m _
IHHIIS* OiUlUlta^ 1IIC 1/ luuvium jumu
bers of the House of Representatives
discussed party policies and procedure
with a view to solidifying tlie minority
and acting harmoniously upon all
matters of a partisan character that
may come before the House. John
Sharpe Williams was unanimously
chosen as the nominee for Speaker
and this action of the caucus makes
him the minority leader for the ensuing
Congress to succeed himself.
Fearful Conditions Prevail.
St. Ptersburg, Special.?Intense
alarm prevails here. Communications
with the outer world by telegraph
ceased when the Finnish operators
joined their Russian comrades. The
embassies, legations and banks are
ha>tily organizing courier services to
both Finnish and (iermau frontiers.
The population is almost in a state of
panic, fearing that the railroads will
stop running and that the inhabitants
*1 ? MI i ? ?
mereiore win nave nu mom- m m^iu
in the event of the cataclysm, which
thev seem to fear is imminent.
Rumored Depew Has Resigned.
New York. Special.?A rumor has
trained circulation that Ciiauncey M.
Dejtew had resigned from the United
States Senate. When questioned concerning:
the rumor, the Senator said.
441 ain tired of making* denials of unpleasant
questions, and am resolved
not to talk further *to newspapers. I
will deny nothing: nor will I aflirm
anything:. I have learned a lesson
from the past."
Sultan's Proposals Not Accepted.
London, Hv Cable.?A dispatch
from Paris states that it is reported
in French government circles that the
powers, after examining the latest
Turkish proposals, decided thaf they
are unsatisfactory and therefore the
international fleet will not be ordered
home It is stated that unless the
Sultan completely backs down before
Monday the Islands of Lenptos and
Imbros will be seiezed.
ME HMF IIS!
Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing EnterprisesNew
Orleans, La. The Lane Cotton
Mills and the McGinnis Cotton Mills
have been taken over and consolidated
by the Lane McGinnis Cotton Corporation.
which represents a capital
stock of $1,600,000. S. Odenlieimer.
president of the Lane Milis, was made
president of the new corporation, and
the following are the other officials of
the concern: W. T. Maginnis, first
vice-president; Maurace Stern, second
vice-president; Harry T. Howard,
treasurer; and George Hero secretary.
In addition to the above the
following were chosen directors:
Sarah Grayhan and Peter F. Pescud.
The deal which joins these two
lame concerns under one head is one
of the largest commercial transactI
ions in the history of the State. The
consolidation brings together two of
the most famous cotton mills in the
South and creates one of the largest
cotton mills ii the country and probably
one of the best equipped mills in
the United States. The comhin^ 4
capacity of the' two mills' is S3,0o?
spindles and 2.400 looms.
Bemis, Tenn. Dispatches state that
construction work lies been completed
rfti the Jackson Fiber ( o/s addition.
The improvements include the erection
of another building four stories
high, 12").x2S0 feet; also a 40x.">0 foot
engine house and 7o ojieratives' houses.
The equipment of machinery for
these new structures will include 22,000
spindles and S00 looms, which are
now arriving and being put in position
as rapidly as possible. These
betterments will represent an expenditure
of approximately $400,000, and
will about dotble the plant the com
pany has been operating1 J ins enterprise
was established several years
ago by the members of the Bemis
Bros. Bag. Co. of St. Louis and Boston
which disposes of the product to the
trade. A. F. Bemis is president of
the Jackson Fibre Co.
Columbus. Ga. Construction work
has begun on the addition which the
Swift Manufacturing Co. recently decided
to build to its plant. The contract
was awarded to the J .F. Gallivan
Building Co., of Green villc. S. 0.,
and calls for a four-story annex
7Sx98 feet to the present mill building.
This new structure will be equipped
with 5.000 spindies and completement.
both electricity and steam power
will be used to operate the new machinery.
About $100,000 is the
amount to be expended on this enlargement.
There are 13,075 spindles
and 423 looms in the present mill.
n i-i e a ,.f ti,0
rftcuictt v# ii ?utv,uii0 vi. m?v
directors of the Pacolct Manufacturing
Co. was held iu Spartanburg, S.
several days ago to consider the
business of the year. After a consideration
of the statement presented
bv the management it was unanimously
decided to resume paying
semi-annual dividends of 5 per cent.
It will be recalled that this company's
mills were entirely destroyed by flood
early in 190*2, and have since been rebuilt,
the construction work on the
largest being ndw in progress.
Charlotte, N. C. The Excelsior Cotton
Mills of Charlotte. X. have
been qj-ganized and will install aquipmcnt
for cardi ig cotton. John Van
Landingham is president; Geo. A.
Howell, secretary-treasurer, and Jno.
Gilligan, manager and superintendent.
Contract for the machinery
has been awarded. This enterprise is
formed by Messrs. Van Landingham
& Howell, cotton dealers well known
to the trade; olicos at Xo. 10 Xorth
College street.
Randleman, N. C. The Randleman
Manufacturing Company, of Randleman,
N. C. will rebuild its picker
house recently destroyed by fire. Its
new structure will be 50x80 feet in
size of mill construction, with steamheating
and electric lighting fixtures,
and will be equipped with five pickers
and one waste picker. All contracts
have been awarded About
$6,000 will be expended.
Textile Notes.
ThcSpartan Mills of Spartanburg,,
S. C.. has declared its usual semiannual
dividend of 5 per cent.
J. M. Rhodes of Kings Mountain,
X. O.. is reported as contemplating
the erection of a 10,000-spindle totton
mill.
The Sclma Cotton Mills and the
Estelle Cotton Mills, both of Selma,
Ala., have each declared a dividend
of t^per cent.
The Whitney (S. C.) Manufacturing
Company has declared its usual
semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent,
and an extra dividend of 2 per cent.
TToT+ewillo S C. The Hartsville
lldivmtMv, ?
Cotton Mill is running full time with
plenty of help, and cottages are being
built for the new comers. The machinery
is all in operation and the
affairs of the mill are in a prosperous
condition. It is one of the new mills
in the State and one of the most successful
ones?having been organized,
built and managed by Mr. Twitty
(president).
Huntsville, Ala. The Dallis Manufacturing
Company held its annual
meeting last week and declared the
usual semi-annual dividend of 3 per
cent, on the capital stock of $1,300,000,
payable January 1. Setli M.
Muilliken of New York was re-elected
president; A. L. Rison, treasurer and
general manager, and Oscar Gold
smith, assistant to the latter.
The people who are too lazy to premie
always have a lot to say about
die wajr the prizes arc distributed.
TTHE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 10.
Saliject: Ke?fllnr ?nd Obeylni the Lfw,
Neb. . Till., 8-If?Golden Text. Lake
xl.i 28? Memory Tenet, 17, 18?Commentary
on the Dif'i I.euon.
I. Studying God's word (vs. 1-8).
The people were gathered in this great
meeting from the surrounding country
from 20,000 to 50,000 in number. It
was the time of the feast of Trumpets.
Trumpets were blown everywhere.
They proclaimed a day of rejoicing.
The people called for Ezra, the scribe,
to bring out the book of the law and
read to them. Here is the first men*
tion of Ezra's name in the book of Xehemiah.
It is thought that he had
hwn ahunf dnrincr tha naif thirtoan
years. "perhaps working as a scribe in
copying and studying, and perhaps putting
In shape the book of the law. He
seems to have returned at the opportune
moment. This great company
had gathered on purpose to hear the
words of the book he had copied and
probably edited."
8. "So they read." Ezra and thirteen
representative men from Jerusalem,
standing upon an elevated platform.
read the Scriptures, in turn, for
six hours or more. "In the book."
Books in those days were wide strips
of parchment rolled upon sticks, one at
either end, so that one side was rolled
up as the other was unrolled to read.
The writing was in parallel columns
across the strip and read from right to
left. "Distinctly." So that every word
could be distinctly heard. This was
the first way in which they caused the
people to understand. "Gave the
sense." The Israelites having been
lately brought out of Babylonish captivity,
in which they had continued
seventy years, were not only corrupt,
but they had in general lost the knowledge
of the ancieut Hebrew to such a
degree that when the book of the law
was read they did not understand It.
Therefore the Levites translated it into
the Chaldean dialect. "Caused them
to understand." They gave both a
translation of the Hebrew words into
the Chaldee and an exposition of the
things contained in them, and of the
duty incumbent upon them.
II. A day of rejoicing proclaimed
(vs. 9-12).
9. "Nebemiah ? the Tirshatha."
Hitherto Nebemiah has called himself
pechah?the ordinary word for "governor."
Now he is called Tirshatha. a
more honorable and reverential title
for governor. The new title is
among the indications that this por
tlon of the Dook is written uy auother.
"This day is holy." Mourning
was unsuitable for a day of high festivity.
the opening day of the civil
year and of thr^sabbatical month, itself
a sabbath or day of rest, and one '
to be kept by blowiug of trumpets
(Lev. 23:24. 25; Num. 29:l-6>. It appears
that the people were not ouiy ignorant
of their ancient language, but
^?o of the rites aud ceremonies of their
religion, not being permitted to observe
them in Babylon. "All the people
wept." They realized how different
their lives had been from the lives commanded
by God. They had failed in
personal duty. They had failed iu the
public worship of God. * They had
failed as a nation.
10. "Eat and drink." Observe God's
appointment. They should testify the
genuineness of their repentance by the
faithfulness with which they kept the
feast. "Send portions." It was an ordinance
of God that in these feasts the
poor should be specially and liberaily
provided for (Deut. 15:7-11; 10:11-15?.
"Neither be ye sorry." We must not
be merry when God calls us to mourning.
We must not afflict ourselves
wiien God has given us occasion to rejoice.
Even our sorrow for sinners
must not hinder our joy in God's service.
"Joy of the Lord." A consciousness
of God's favor, mercy and long
suffering. 11. "Levites stilled all the
people." Hushed their loud lamentation.
Emotion needs control when it
is in danger of running into more phy
S1CUI (.'icuaiicm.
12. "Because they ? understood."
They now knew Cod's will and their
own duty, 'which they resolved to practice.
This gave them ground of hope
and trust in God's mercy, and therefore
gave them great joy.
III. Directions concerning the feast
of the tabernacles (vs. 13-1S). During
the reading of the law the people saw
how they bad neglected to keep the
feasts as they ought and they immediately
proceeded to observe the feast of I
the tabernacles.
14. "Found written." See Lev. 23:
33-44. "Booths." The people were
commanded to leave their houses and
dwell in tents or booths made of the
branehes of "thick trees." "Seventh
month." The mon'ii Tishri or Ethanim.
This was tn? i*venth month in
the 6acred or ecclesiastical year and
the first month In the civil year.
15. "Should publish." The meaning
here is that they found it written that
they should do the things mentioned
in this verse. "The mount." The
mount of Olives which was near by
where were many olive trees and probably
the other trees here mentioned.
16. "The roof. The roofs of tfce
| houses were fir. -nd easy of access.
"In their court; etc. There were
booths everywhere; the city was filled
with them. 17. "Sat under the
booths." They were to dwell in booths
seven days, from the 15th to the 22d
of the month. Their dwelling in booths
commemorated their forty years' sojourn
in the wilderness when they had
no fixed habitations. "Since the days."
etc. The meaning cannot be that this
feast had not been observed since the
time of Joshua, for It was kept at their
return from Babylon (Ezra 3:4). but
since josnua s ram; me ju? u?u u?:t?
been so great as now. 18. "Solemn
assjnbly." The first and last days of
thd"feast were kept as sabbaths.
That Spooky Feelln'.
When ye're goin' home at dead o' night
an' ever'thing is still.
An' sorter lushed an' solemn an' ye feel
a kinder chill
A-creepin' up ye'r back-bone an' a-fillin'
ye with fear.
Say. don't ye step right lively when th'
graveyard's near?
Th' trees, they look so ghost-like as the'r
branches 'round they fling.
An' th' monyments seem waltin' fer
somebody or something.
An" th' air is damp an' cold-like an' ye
hear a mournful cry.
I'll bet ye hustle lively when th' ^|raveyard%
pigh.
Ye kinder look across to see if < \'er'"
thing's all tight.
An' over there, beyond th' fence, gk^ma
somepin' ghostly white;
Ye swaller hard?a awful lump?an' ^asp
fcr breath an' sigh.
I A ? * T "A oAPtor Knctla #111 th1 OT3VP -
/\|| x fiuca.i ?TV kvi tiuoisw w.? o
yard's by.
Ye take a back'ard look, right quick, to
see what's comin' there.
Yc thought ye heard th' rustle of a step
behin' somewhere.
An' when ye see it's nothln' an' ye're
well beyont at last,
Yc sigh with g!ad relief bccuz th' grave*
yard's passed. /
?Grace S. Bostwlck.
Princess Fosters Swimming.
One or the fads of the Princess of
Wales Is to impress on every one In
Ireat Britain the importance of learn
ins to swim. > : .
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTE
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Will It P?.T?
W. H. R. Jackson. Tenn.. writes: 1
have some slioats that would weigh
about 100 pounds pro.ss that F enu set
four and a quarter cents for and have
corn ttyat I can pet sixty cents for. I
have a Japnnee clover pasture. Which j
would pay best: To sell now or feed
n< v />., a'./vbt ?i>aaL>4] wlinn T non nvnh. I
1UI 151 A. U1 n;;ui nrrn.i nucu x van j/iuw
ably get six cents or more net. Would
it be best to grind the corn? What is
the best ration for brood sows with
pigs one month old?
Answer: If yon have good growing
sboats and are quite sure of getting
six cents a pound for them in the
course of six or eight weeks, there is
no reason why you should not fowl
corn at sixty cents a bushel to them
at a small profit. If the price of pork
drop and you could not got more than
five cents a pound. It would pay yon
best to sell the corn and the hogs. Of
course by selling the hogs now you take
nc^-isk from the feediug. but four and
a'quartcr cents is a low price for pork,
and as you say you have good pasture
there is no reason why the hogs should
not make a gain of a pound to a pound
and a half per day on clover and a
ration of corn or corn and bran,
though it is not so essentoal to feed
bran when they are on a green crop.
As a rule, with a fair price for pork,
which six cents would certainly he,
it is best to finish the animals on the
farm and get the top market price
rather than to go to the expense of
selling the hogs and corn separately.
Then, If you feed the corn at home,
you keep the chief part of the fertilizing
elements contained therein on
your land aud that is a considerable
advantage, more sometimes than we
credit it with.
It would not he necessary to grind
the corn for the hogs unless it Is particularly
old and hard. They will shell
It for themselves, and If It is this year's
crop digest it quite thoroughly because
it is comparatively soft.
ftrood sows with piss on? montn out
can be fed to advantase on a mixture
of one-third corn, one-third oats, barley
and bran, and one-third middlings.
A combination of corn and bran, or
bran and middlings, or corn and middlings
will prove satisfactory, provided
the sows have 4he'run o'" a good
pasture, and you can be guided in the
purchase of the foodstuffs largely by
the market price. If you ln ve any
skim milk available let the sew have
what she will consume, but do not allow
her to gorge herself, and feed her
several pounds of meal per dsy. ac- '
cording to her condition and tl t draft
which the pigs make 011 her.?Knoxville
Journal and Tribune.
Cotton Seed and Meal.
The cotton seed problem Is cow before
the cotton growers. Shall they
=nii to tho nil mills for cast, or cx
change for meal, or keep on the farm?
They will do one or the other. What
is best? Consider some of 'he facts
connected with seed and their products.
The following figures are approximately
correct: "
A ton of seed, 60 2-3 bushels, will
yield
740 pounds of meal.
300 pounds of oil. .
900 pounds of hulls. /
40 pounds of linters.
,20 pounds of waste.
'The cash value of these products at
I the mill, where the meal ghows seven
per cent, nitrogen, is about $22.00.
When the mill pays seventy-five cents
a hundred pounds for seed It has a
$12.00 margin to work on.
Suppose the farmer should exchange
his ton of seed for meal. How much
should he receive? The usual price
of meal at this season is about $22.00
I a ton cash?jqual to the value c.f the
I products of one ton of seed. A1. that
rate he would receive 1360 pounds
I of meal for Ill's ton of seed. Is that a
profitable trade, or not? The hauling j
both ways Is worth 52.00.
A ton of cotton seed contains
70 pounds of ammonia.
2.1.4 pounds of phosphoric acid.
23.4 poufids of potash.
The commercial value of that at a (
port is $lu.2o.
The experience of many good farmers
is that seed used as a fertilizer are
more satisfactory than the meal, or ,
commercial fertilizer. The commercial ,
value of the plar^ food In one bushel <
of cotton seed is twenty-one cents. ,
Should the farmer sell at that price
he will lose his hauling and trouble.
He will lose if he sells his seed for
less than twenty-five cents a bushel.
In exchanging for meal he should get
at least 1500 pounds for one ton of
seed. No farmer can nfford to sell his
seed for cash with the expectation of
buying commercial fertilizer on time in (
the spring.
Chemists will tell you that the seed
are worth as much as food for cattle .
as the meal. The mistake that most
farmers make is that they give too
much seed. By feeding the seed to
cattle and saving all the manure the
greatest benefit is derived. Let farm?
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romiea raragrapus.
A girl*s skirts will always stay I
much hrdli-Pdssi?rohrultrdlhrdludlu
down much more easily if she is awful
thin.
There would'be a lot of money for
everybody if it was like colds or typhoid
fever.
A man can have friends almost a?
long as his money lasts unless he
lends it to them.
You may have observed that an
easy-going man soldom gets very far.
A lookingglass seldom shows a woman
as she would like to see herself.
It's not so terribly funny to get in
the habit of being a father.
"It is a fact, my frined, said the
man who was fond of moralizing,
"that we can really accomplish nothing
until the crooked has been made
straight?" "Of course, when yon
make that statement," interrupted
the bibulous person,, "vrt except
corkscrews " -Hhiladelph^ r$s. -
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ARM * ItOTES. I
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R, STOCKMAN AW TRUCK OKWSR. |
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ers test the value of seed and meal for
wheat. Use thirty bushels of seed oa ''MSi
one acre, a:td the same value iu raeai
or commercial fertilizer on another *
acre, and see which is better.?Chafies .
Petty, Spartanburg Co., S. C. ' \* >> r;:jH
rooil Vain* of Alton*.
Alfalfa wilh enable a farmer to cot
down his feed bills. It is a great sub- , t
stitute for bran, offal and other mill
feeds. It is the best feed for the dairy, i
for all kinds of young stock. Hogs' *
wit ter well on it. with but little grain.
The following is a summary of a moat
interesting test by the 8tate Experi- m ^
meut Station in feeding. alfnlfp to'
cows; ' ?
1?The cost of producing milk and J
butter can be greatly reduced by re- .fl
placing part of the concentrates in the /
daily ration of the cow with some
roughness rich in protein, such as alf- ; v
alfa or eowpea hay.
2?A ton of alfalfa or nea liav can be -jgi
produced at a cost of $3 to $o per ton,
whereas wheat bran costs $20 to $25. * /. J
As a yield of from two to three tons of .
pea hay and from three to five tons of
alfalfa can be obtained fronran acre
of land, it is to see the great advantage' ',^1
the utilisation of such roughness, ih
the place of wheat bran, gives tine ,
dairyman.
3 ? In substituting alfalfa hay for
wheat bran it will be best in practice
to allow one and one-half of alfalfa to , -Jf
each pound of wheat bran, and if tbealfalfa
is fed in a finely chopped condition
the results will prove moraftaatis- y. Ji
factory. ''' * I
4?When alfalfa was fed under the
most favorable bonditions a gallon of
milk was obtained for 5.7 cents and a
pound of butter for 10.4 cents. Wbea jm
pea hay was fed the lowest cost of a
gallon of milk was 5.2 cents, and a
pound of butter was 9.4 cents. In l<v f 'V
calities where pea hay grows well tf\
can be utilized to replace wheat bran. \
and in sections where alfalfa can ba N^VJI
grown it can be substituted for pea bajr \
with satisfaction.
5?These results, covering two years?
tests with different sets of cows,fur- 1
nish proof that certain forms of rough- 1 >
ness rich Jn digestible protein can be 59
substituted with satisfaction for the
more expensive - concentrates, and >3
should lend encouragement to dairy
farms.?G. W. Koiner, Commissioner
of Agriculture, Richmond, Va.
Pertinent Question For Fanners.
How much do you suppose it costa
you a year to repair your wagons and
your harness on account of bad roads?
How much does it cost you a year for > 5
shoes and clothing that are ruined by
your children wading through the mud : ^
to school? How much does it cost yon
a year for medicine to cure your chll*
dren's colds contracted in wadinjg J
through the mull to school and church?
How much of a damage a year to yow
is the mud. that prevents your children
from attending school, or damage to
...?k |n *1,- l^c nf or. oHiiM.
lltCIIJ, KllliCl, 1U IUC JUOO Ui nu vuuvwtion?
How much damage to you is our
bad roads iu preventing your reacWng
market with your produce? You are
perfectly willing to spend plenty o?
money in the buying ?f reapers and
mowers and other farm machinery.
You are willing to purchase fine car*L
liages and harness. At the price pots- v ^
toes are to-day one load would be the
nverage farmer's tax for ten years for I
good roads: at the end of that time the ?. * j
roads would be good and you could
vote to rescind the law if you wanted
to. and yoa would have good roads and
ao tax for thirty or forty years, the balance
of your life.?H. A., in Southern
Cultivator. " ,
Clover With Too Hnch Top.
J. A L., Tazewell, Va., writes; "I
have a fine clover lot and the roots are
full of nodules. The second growth is
heavy, and iny purpose is to let It full '
on the ground. Will this smother out . *
and kill the clover for next crop? Is
the fact that this land is well suited to .*
? 41..4 (O aloA In.
ciover any assurance mux n is aisu m- ,
oeulated for the successful growth of
alfalfa?"
It is not advisable to let second crop
clover remain on the land during the '
fall and winter, as it is almost certaia '
to smother out the crop. It would be
better for you to cut it for seed and
thresh aud fee'd the straw and ehaff to
sheep and lambs duriog the winter.
They will do well on it, and there will
then be little danger of smothering out
the\tand. The fad that the roots of
your red clover plants show a large
number of nodules is not an insurance
that the soil is inoculated for alfalfa.
It seems that there is^ome specific difference
between the bacteria which inoculate
red clover and alfalfa, and *8*
far as we know at the present time the
one will not act favorably on tbe root*
of another plant.- It would therefore
be wise and expedient for you to provide
special inoculation if you intend
to sow this land to alfalfa.?Answer bj
Professor Soule.
Only 1400 Russian pilgrims went to
Jerusalem this year.
Sparklers. .
"Of course. Tommy," sakl the Sunday
school teacher, "you'd like to be
an ar.gel, wouldn't you?" "Well-er
yes'm," replied iomrnayy "*dui ju
like to wait till I can be a full grown
angel with pay whiskers."?Philadelphia
Press.
When you ask a girl for her photograph
it is a sign she is going y'hav*
a new one taken that will iw*k I;
like her if she is'proud of it.
"I'm so thirsty," said the ol'Mady.
"Can you direct me to a soda fountain
in this neighborhood, sir." "Sojla
water," ?.\claimed Weary Willie, in
disguest. "Say lady, you don't deserve
to luve a-thirst. "?Philadelphia
Press.
"What did the whale do after he
let Jonali got" asked the youngster.
"I don't know," answered his father,
"Judging from the epstom in such A
Tr.a::e!s I tbould say he went around
telling o )r whales enonpons yams , fl
about tb j-r vwn be>aij|frv*nd whn ' pH