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THE WILLIAMSON PLAN
IN A NUTSHELL.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORN BY
THIS FORMULA REDUCED TO A
FEW WORDS.
The State has published fre- j
quently the formula for the
"Williamson plan," or the way
devised by Mr hi Mclver Wii-j
liamson of Darlington to make
five ears of corn grow where but
one grew before. The formula
as given heretofore has been a
little long. The following has
been prepared by Mr James
Henrj Rice, Jr., as the most
concise form in which it can be
given:
Break land in winter onefourth
deeper than common; lay
off in six-foot rows, leaving five
inch balk. When time to plant
break out balk with scooter,
following in same furrow on this
ridge. Ridge then with same
plow, going deeper; rum corn
Tkla*if<?r with Dirip nlow. with
wing taken of. Plant as early
as possible, usually about the
middle of March. Drop corn
grains every five or six inches.
Use no fertilizer. Give first
working with harrow or any
plow that will not cover plant.
Second working with 10 or 12inch
sweep on both sides of
plant. Thin after this working.
Corn should not be worked
^<rain until sufficient!v stunted.
so that it will never grow large.
When it is about 10 to 12 inches
high put on fertilizer. Mix 200
pounds cotton seed meal, 200
pounds acid phosphate, 400
pounds kainit. Put half in old
sweep furrow, on both sides of
every other middle. Cover by
breaking out middle with turn
plow. One?week later treat the
other middle in the same way,
fertilizer and all. In a few days
side corn in first middle with 16inch
sweep. Put all your nitrate
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than 150 pounds is used; if more,
put half. Cover with one furrow
or turn plow, then sow peas
in middle broadcast, at rate of
a bushel to the acre, and finish
breaking out. Lay by early.
More corn is ruined by late
plowing than by lack of plowing.
No hoeing is necessary
and middle may be kept clean
Uutil time to break out by harrowing.
g-r For 50 bushels to the acre
leave stalks 16 inches apart;
for 75 bushels, 12 inches; for 100
bushels, 8 inches apart.
Do not pull fodder: do not
cut tops; let peas and pea vines
die on land. Value in fertilizer
to land is worth more than for/
age.
FIRE AT HARPFRS.
Two Mercantile Establishments Destroyed
Last Week.
A destructive fire occurred at
Harpers one night this week,
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tbe stores of A E Bruorton
& Co and J W Poston, with
all their stocks of goods,
each of them having a small
amount of insurance. No one can
account for the orgin of the fire,
which broke out in the old Har
per store, wnicn was occupied
by Mr Poston, and the flames
quickly communicated themselves
to the Bruorton store,
and made short work of it. We
guess the latter place, with the
merchandise in it, was worth
about ?7,000 or $8,000; Mr Postpn's
about $4,000 or $5,000.
This is a great loss totbistbrhing
little village, situated about
eighteen miles from Georgetown,
on the G & W It R., and is
especially heavy on the individual
losers.
The postoffice was at the
Bruortion store, and was about
ready to be removed to Mr Pos-i
on's, where the express office
was run.?Georgetown Tunes, January
5.
! THE FIRST MESSAGE. I
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How a Woman Came to Send It Ove*
the Morse Telegraph Line.
Tn 1S44, toward the close of the
session of congress, Professor Samuel
Morse returned from Europe
and found that though his bill for
the installation of the telegraph had
passed the house it still had to ap
pear in the senate.
He had reached the bottom of his
purse. There were only two days
of the session left, and the inventor
found that there were over 140 bills
that had precedence over his.
The last night of the session
Morse remained until 9 o'clock, and
then, thoroughly disheartened, he
I left without the slightest hope that
the bill would be passed. That
night he counted his money at the
hotel and found that after he had
paid his lodging and secured his
ticket to New York he would have
just 75 cents left. As he was leav
ing the hotel in the morning he
was told that a woman was waiting
in the parlor to see him. She was
Miss Annie Ellsworth, daughter of
the commissioner of patents. She
had been one of his warmest friends
in Washington, and when he entered
the room she rose, extended her
hand and said, "I come to congratulate
you."
'Tor what ?" asked Morse.
"On the passage of your bill,"
she replied.
"Surely you must be mistaken,"
M il _ A__ UT .'1.3 i.1
saia me mvenior. i wauea in ine
genate until 9 o'clock last night,
and there was no prospect of its
being reached/'
"Then I am the first one to tell
you!" she cried.
"Yes, if it is so."
"Father waited until the adjournment,"
she continued, "and heard
it passed."
Professor Morse was almost overcome.
"Annie," he said, his voice
choking with emotion, "the first
message that is sent from Washington
to Baltimore shall be sent from
you.
And it was. When the line was
completed Miss Ellsworth sent the
first message. It read, "What hath
God wrought!"
8cored Against O'Connell.
An amusing incident is told of a
victory- over Daniel O'Connell by a
witness whom he was cross examining.
The witness was for the crown,
and the case was a riot committed
hv a ernwd of hecerars. O'Connell
was at that time well known, and it
was after he had received his sobriquet
of "the big beggar man."
The witness finished, and O'C'onnell
began the cross examination.
"Xow tell the court just how many
beggars there were," he said.
"Indeed, I did not stop to count
them, but there was a great tribe of
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mem, your nonor.
"A whole tribe of them, eh ? Will
!'ou tell us to what tribe they beonged
?"
"Indeed, your honor, that is more
than I can do, for I never heard,
but I think it must have been to
the tribe of Dan."
"You may go down, sir!" said
O'Connell in a rage, amid the laughter
of the court.
A Singular Mollusk.
A singular light giving creature
peculiar to the waters of southern
California is the phyllirhoe, a sluggish
mollusk. So plentiful are
these light giving denizens of the
deep along the Californian coast
that those who have undergone the
experience say a night on these waters
is awe inspiring. As the boat
passes along one can see in the waters
under it countless forms, passing
and repassing, each giving forth
its strange, weird light. But beautiful
and impressive as this strange
sight is to the beholder, the light
giving powers of these animals are
disastrous to themselves, since the
light emanating from them attracts
the attention of marauding fishes,
which seem to relish a light meal
at any time.
Too Many 8l??per?.
The old colored parson arose in
his pulpit and addressed his flock.
"Bruddahs en sistahs, come on
en git on de train foh Paradise. It
lehes right away."
TKon ko rrlnn^orl r?vor kic ennriner
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congregation and shook his head
sorrowfully.
"I reckon we betteh sidetrack dat
train, deacon," he sighed.
"Why 60, parson?" asked the deacon
in surprise.
"Kase deh's altogeddeh too
many sleepehs foh one trpin heah."
?Chicago News.
Love Is Blind.
Mrs. Xewed?And do you really
a;jd truly love me, George?
Xewed?Of course I do, ray dear.
Mrs. Xewed ? But some people
are saying that you married me just
because mv uncle left me a fortune.
Xewed?Xow don't let that worry
you, dear, for there isn't a word of
truth in it. I'd have married you
just the same, even if some other
relative had left you the money.?
Chicago News.
Real Estate for Sale1428?acres
Florence Countv, 350
j cleared, balance splendidly timbered,
plenty of buildings, Church & P. 0.
convenient, good neighborhood.
<V)2?acres Williamsburg County, 200
I acres cleared, balance in tine black and
yellow pine timber; in good state of \
cultivation, clear of stumps, nine miles
from Cades Depot. Convenient to
Church & P. 0.
150 ? m-i-M Williamshnror / nnrit'v fiH
acrec cleared, 2miles from <,ades Depot,
timber sold, plantation rights reserved,
this is good land and can be be bought
right.
?.0o?acre* Williamsburg county, 55
cleared, balance fine pine timber, 2 four
room houses, 7 miles from Kingstree.
200?acres Williamsburg, sixty acres
cleared, one 8 room house, some buildings,
this is a fine place, 7 miles from
Kmgstree.
125-acres, Williamsburg county, 40
acres cleared, balance woodland, fairly
good buildings, 3 miles from Lake City.
This is good land, especially adapted to
trucking, and can be bought?worth the
money.
60?acre8 ( larendon county, 20 acaes
cleared, timber sold 10 acres excepted,
near Alderman's R. R. has R F D Mailroute,
can be bought right.
1 5-4 acres, in Lake City, with one 5 j
room house, barn, stables, poultry yard,
artesian well.
1?one acre lot in Residential part of
Lake City.
All of the above property will be sold
at bargain prices, write me for prices
and all particulars.
C. F. Flowers,
Lake City, S. C. Real Estate,
10?18-tr.
A Vuln*rabl* Point
Mr. Lapham knew that his wife
was a treasure. He heard it on j
every hand, and he appreciated his !
possession. But he sometimes made
a mild protest when the summer I
boarders grew too fulsome in their j
praise.
"I never saw such a beautiful dis- j
position in my life," said one tear- ;
ful enthusiast, whose baby had '
played with Mrs. Lapham's Sunday
bonnet with disastrous results.
"She always makes you feel as if
nothing mattered, no matter how
bad it is. I don't suppose she's
ever lost her temper in all her life,
has she, Mr. Lapham?"
The husband of the peerless one :
surveyed the landscape with his lips (
drawn up and out in a complicated
puoker.
"Well, now, I don't know as she
ever has to the extent you mean,"
he said slowly, "but I recollect one
hot day, when she had turned and
darned the foreroom carpet for
company coming and found our boy
Sam had throwed the paper of tacki ,
down the well, that I stood from under
for an hour or so. now I tell
yel"?Youth's Companion.
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THE COUNTY RECORD,
Kingstree, S. C.
CROWN OF THE HOOPOE.
Ltgend of tho Origin of tho Bird's
Golden Croat.
The hoopoe is found in Europe,
Asia and Africa. It continually utters
in soft, rapid tones a peculiar
note resembling ''hoop, hoop, hoop,"
whence its name hoopoe.
It is really a harmless, useful bird,
but it is the subject of many superstitions,
being regarded as ominous
of evil. It is about the size of a
thrush, is very elegant in appear
aiii'U ciiiu 19 git'atijf auiiiii^u utv^auov
of its handsome crown or crest
This crown is composed of gold colored
feathers of unequal lengths,
having a white bar and black tips,
which it can expand and depress at
pleasure.
According to a pretty legend, the
hoopoe received its crown as a reward
for a kindly service. One very
hot day, the story runs, King Solomon
was journeying from one part
of his vast domain to another. He
had no covering over his head, and
the sun's scorching rays became unbearable.
At length he came up
with a flock of vultures and said to
them:
"Vultures, do me a kindness. Fly
very close together above my head
and shield me from the sun for
time as I journey."
The vultures refused outright to
thus favor the king, and he then
said to them:
"Vultures, because of your selfishness
your heads and necks and the
heads and necks of all your descendants
shall from this time to the end
of time be bare of feathers, and
thus you will be exposed to both
heat and cold."
Solomon went a little farther and
overtook a flock of hoopoes, and
thus addressed them:
"Little hoopoes, my head aches
from having been exposed to the
sun's fierce ravs for several hours.
Won't you hover above my head in
a body to shield me from the sun
and fly along with me to the end of
my journey?"
The hoopoes readily consented,
and so they hovered above the king's
head, dovetailed themselves together
and made an admirable sun
shield. Thus they flew along until
the end of the journey was reached,
i m it. . i ? : j x _ xi
ana men me King saiu 10 mew.
"Little hoopoes, what favor may
I confer upon you for your great
kindness to me?"
One hoopoe, acting as a spokesman
for the others, answered:
"If you wish to favor us, 0 King
Solomon, ornament our necks with
a circlet of beautiful golden feathers."
"Would you not rather have your
heads ornamented with a beautiful
golden crown ?" the king asked.
"Much rather, much rather!" exclaimed
the hoopoes in chorus.
"Then," said King Solomon,
"your heads and the heads of all
your descendants shall to the end of
time be ornamented with a crown of
golden feathers that shall ever be
remarkable for its beauty."
Why H? Haaitatad.
Why does this man stand upon
the pavement trembling with terror,
afraid to enter his own home ?
Listen and I will tell you:
This afternoon at 3 o'clock he
received a letter from his bank asking
him to step around and pay a
note that was due. He scribbled
the following :nswer upon a slip of
paper:
"Can't possibly do it. Got to
meet another little thing this afternoon
that won't be put off."
About the same time a messenger
boy brought him a note from nis
wife ask ng him to meet her at his
office at 4 to go with her to the
dentist's.
Of course he got the answers
mixed, and he is wondering whether
he had better attempt an explanation
or set out for Australia.?
Strand Magazine.
Helping Out Mamma.
About a dozen people dropped in
unexpectedly at a country house in
the evening, and the fluttered hostess
did her best in the limited time
at her disposal to make a good show
at the supper table.
But she had only just begun to
flatter herself that things were
passing off swimmingly wnen her
youngest daughter, aged six, remarked
to the gentleman next to
her:
"Aren't these nice tumblers
we've got, Mr. Brown? They all
came from the grocer's full of marmalade.
Didn't they, ma?"?London
Express.
A.
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A gentleman talking to a friend
about the antiquity of his family,
which he carried up to Noah, was
told that he was a mere mushroom.
"Ah!" said he. "How so, pray ?"
"Why," replied the other, "when
I was in Wales a pedigree of a particular
family was shown to me.
It filled about five large skins of
parchment, and near to the middle
of it was a note in the margin,
'About this time the world was created.''
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