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SOME FINE CORN. !l ver Eighty two Bushels Produced on One Acre Near Lambert. < 'Editor Couuly Record:? J would like to tell the readers of 0 The Record about a field of corn ^ grown by one <>f our progressive farmers, Mr D F Baxley, who lives two miles from Lambert postoftice and three miles on the ^ eastern banks of Indiantown swauip. If Messrs M W Rogers, \\ J Cox and <j P myself were chosen to measure the land and the corn on the 1st day1"] of October. When we went to the held we found a piece of land in the shape u of a half diamond, the soil being of a r * light color with clay subsoil and w of a thirsty nature, bounded on t the south by a ditch four feet t I * feet deep; on the west t ;'rS t*woods and on the east vi d woods, and claimed a 'ilr Baxley to be the poorest ( acre of laud on his place. IIow he * came to plant this land after he had . f got through planting Jais other { crop was that he found he had f about 35 bushels of cotton seed t left, and decided to see what he e could make this piece of land pro-1E duce. So, with that aim he went to j work on it. He had cleaned out his I stables, but found that he could j Bcrape up a little more -manure E from them. He got what he could E and carried it out 011 his stioulder to help the poor spot; so we might ^ appose it was very little. t Now, if this won't be too long for ? you, will give the preparation and t manures and the manner of apply- I ^ g?nd working. First, he bedded v in six feet rows, deep with single j $ plow; then in the water furrows he j? ran a shovel plow with one horse <j as deep at he could go; then as far g as the scrapings from stable went p he sprinkled it in the shovel furrow, ^ then 200 lbs of Wilcox 8-21 1 r guano, and covered that with a 3 f small shovel plow. The next thing u he got a 14-foot slat and tacked 5 some 4-inch pegs twelve inches ], apart to make the holes for the v ;orn. He would lay the slat on this a ittle bed and move it along to t nake the holes, continuing the pro- e jess to get the grains 12 inches a apart, and would drop and cover j - % * - V _ L , witn ills loot two grams iu eauu place. When it got up he thinned ! a it to one stalk, having the corn six t feet by 12 inches. As soon as he1 f could plow it, he U9ed a small ; sweep to cover 400 pounds of Etiwaa 8-4-4 guano he scattered j on one side of the corn; next plow" ing he used a little larger sweep to j cover 300 pounds Etiwati 8-4-4, t which put the guano on both sides 1 of the corn. The third plowing he o ran two furrows with a turn plow i * ibout two feet from the corn,1 ^ v hrowing one towards the corn and ^ >ne from it, on one side ot the corn, ii nd covered the cotton seed with a sweep, plowing every row. The ^ ast plowing, when the corn was v ,bout 4 feet high, he swept the i 5 litrate of soda, 180 pounds, in. The, ( and was then about level. This ds the method used 011 one ^ and one-seventh acres, which Mr II 1 E Eaddy claims to be contained i n the piece of land. One acre was ^ensured by Messrs M W Rogers, j J Cox and P D Snowden. Now,! Editor, some one will doubt j en I tell you what was measured i t, so I will give the way it was ^ aone anil they can say if it was made on one acre of land. \Ve! tried to have the corn slip-shucked. ' We nsed flour barrels and tried to till them about the same way each time, putting in the corn^byj handfuls, little and big, at times, as the corn was being put into the house, the hands not knowing what barrels we would call for. We hud three barrels emptied, one to each place we would sliuck ana sneii. " One held 99 ears, one held 102, and one held 89 ears, the size of the ears j making the difference, to a great ex/t tent, in number. The three barrels shelled out three bushels aud fif- i teen quarts, an average of one bushel aud live quarts to the barrel^ and there were seventy-two barrels and a half, making 821 bushels produced on the acre. We shelled' and measured some grains that were a little over three-fourths of an * nch long. And sixteen big ears | shelled 8 quarts and two gills. I would like to hear of some I t ithers in old Williamsburg who an be sure they have beat that, md would like it better, if an j [ndiantown man. Yours, respectfully, Percy D Snowdkx. Vox. liKD No i\, Jctober '2, 1(.?09 Presentment of (irand Jury. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j COUNTY OF WH.LIAMSBl'KO. i To His Honor, T S Sease, Presiding J udge. We, the grand jury of the county j md State aforesui^, beg leave to uake this, our tlnal presentment. We have examined all bills handed is and have returned the same to his court together with our findings hereon. The county offices have been eximined by us and" found in excellent :ondition. The committee of the grand jury appointed to examine into the condition of the county ohaingang reports o this body that they have made a borough investigation of the prisoners, stock, cab and everything in contection with the chaingang, and find t all to be in good condition. Pursuant to a request of the grand ury at the last sitting of this court, he superintendent of education aakes the following report as to the tublic schools of the county: "The otal receipts for all the schools for he year ending July 30, 1909, were >46,918.45,including a balance from he previous year of $8,154.18. The otal receipts for that year for the whites were $37,950.29, of which 30,666.43 was paid to teachers and >7,283.86 was paid for buildings,etc. ?he total expenditures for the neroes for the same year were $7,143.30 aid to teachers and ?218.52 paid for tuildiugs, etc. The total wh?te enollment last year was 3,636 against ,367 the previous year. The total egro enrollment was 5,834 against ,032 the previous year. The average ength of the school term for whites ?as six months; tor negroes, three nd one-half months. Ten years ago he total value of all the school proprtv was very little over $20,000 and t present 1 estimate the value at 85,000." We thank your honor for your ble charge of the law anil instrucion as to our duties and the Solicitor or his liberal aid. Respectfully submitted, J W Register, Foreman. Its A Top Xotch Doer. Great deeds compel regard. The ,-orld crowns its doers. That's why lie American people have crowned )r King's New Discovery the King t Throat and Lung remedies. Every atom is a health force. It ;ills germs, and colds and la grippe anish. It heals cough-racked membranes and coughing stops. Sore, nliamed bronchial tubes and luugs re cured and hemorrhages cease, j )r Geo More, Black Jack, N C., j writes tlit cured me of lung trouble, j ronounced hopeless by all doctors." 0c, $1.00. 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The best blood purifier in the world. F. V. LIPFMAN, Savannah. . Georgia. MUST HAVE A TROUSSEAU. An English Maiden Who Lost Her Be* trothed by Waiting. A feu* years ago in England I had I a little maid, aged twenty-nine j year?, who had been encaged to he married many year?. "Are you en- 1 paged?'' I a-ked her when she came 1 to seek the situation I had advertised. for if was sdiortly t-. leave ' ..... ... 1... ...i ti.it I would prefer an uueiiswged maid. "Yes. madam." "lie atmwmvd re-1^ t-pectfuilv. "I l:;ive been engaged [ eight veer-." Somehow I never feel j1 afraid of any outcome but a woari- j ncss to iioth parties when 1 hear of j< an eight year engagement. so I took the little maid on. One day I found her crying over the blacking of my walking hoots. Inquiring the cause ' of her distress, she sobbed: ' "Oh. madam. I never can save tlie < $350. no matter 'o\v 'ard I try!" "What $350?" 1 asked. ? "The $350 to get married with! ], I've tried eight years to be eeonom- I ical. I "ave to "elp my mother, and M I've only $05 in the postoflfice sav- ' ings v^iK!" "And why must you have $350?" j I asked kindly. i "For clothes and liucn. madam." ?he said. ' "It is not necessary," I said. "I can tell you how to buy all von i need for $50. and that will leave you $45 to lay aside for u=e after marriage or on a rainv daw" "V* mo/tom T 'nno ?T L'nnw ! ' what is proper and becoming in a ; bride!" she said, almost freezinglv. A few months later I found her , weeping again. * 'E's broke it hoff!" she said. "'E wouldn't wait. ' 'E's going to marry another girl, and I 'ad five tablecloths ready 'emmed and six pillowcases, all 'emstitched." | It was pathetic, but who could blame the man, now thirty-five ' years old, who had by that time 1 waited nearly ten years for her to ' save enough money for her trous- 1 seau? He could well have provided ! all that was needed for their station I in life, and lie wanted a home?and, 1 besides, the little maid at thirty was looking old and worn with 1 much self denial and trouble over ' the saving of the coveted $350.? ( Rehoboth Sunday Herald. ! Monster Nests. I In Australia are to be found the largest, heaviest and most peculiar nests in the world. These are the \ nests of the jungle fowl, so called, < and are built in the form of great mounds, the average measurement in height being fifteen feet and the circumference 150 feet. The nests are erected in seel wled, sheltered spots, and, as in tl y case of the ] small nests of birds, t. ey arc skillfully interwoven with leaves, grass > A J V - J.1 ana iwigs anu sue a uuil-i sanuuii; material as the fowl may be able to procure. A similar system in the ' construction of nests is followed by the bush turkey, whose home is, * however, more comprehensive in (le- t sign. Its shape is pyramidal. It ] has been asserted by Australian nat- ( uralists that the nests of the bush j turkeys, which live in colonies, are , so large that to move them requires ; the services of six or seven men.? 1 Chicago Record-Herald. . i The City of Ispahan. ] Xo city has a happier name than Ispahan?the "rendezvous." When visited by the traveler Chardin in the early part of the eighteenth century it contained 173 mosques, 48 colleges, 1,800 caravansaries and i'?3 public baths. But the Afghans, the local vandals, who did not care j for bathing, destroyed the aqueducts and slaughtered the bathers. In the matter of great public squares Ispahan can easily outrival J any European city. The Meydan, or great square, is a third of a mile ; in length and about half that in breadth. It was once encircled by a canal, bordered by fine plane trees, but these have long since vanished along with the canal. How Long a Tree Lives. Inquiry as to the general age of trees being put to an authority of cnri'inft of WoC1T1 IT+nTl die iuicotx y cv. i i iw it was said that the pine tree attain- ! ed TOO years as a maximum length of life. Four hundred and twenty- ; five years was the allotted span of 1 the silver fir. The larch lived 275 ( years, the red beech 245, the aspen ' 210, the birch 200, the ash 170, the i elder 145 and the elm 130. The j heart of the oak begins to rot at ' about the age of 300 years. Of the holly it is said that there is a specimen 410 years old near Aschaffenburg, Germany. ? Chicago RecordHerald. Her Compliments. Dean Ramsay tells of an old ladv of Edinburgh who ordered her maid to call upon the doctor every morning and report the latest particulars as to her mistress' health, always i carefully adding her compliments. At last one day the girl arrived with "Mis8 S/b compliments, and the deed last night at aicht o'clock/' ; : HINGSTREE GRADED AND : DIGH SCHOOL NOTES, j ? The pupils of the high school ?ave a box party on last Fri- j [lay ni?,rht for the benefit of the library, ljuite a number of the ' school children were there, but we were disappointed in the lady teachers and the town folks not coming. Under the manage-1 ment of Miss Erckmann,the only | lady teacher present, we made j .juite a neat little sum. It was through the efforts of j Mr Spiegner that the members 1 jf the high school organized i tennis club. The following; jfticers were elected, Mr Frank Kodgers, president, and Mr} Tommie Gilland, secretary and ! treasurer. A committee was appointed to see that two courts were made and fenced properly. We sincerely hope that much benefit will be derived from this game during this term of school. Misses Mai Stoll and Roberta Coker spent awhile with us Friday morning. Misses Leola and Juanita Coward, alumnae of this school, also visited us last week. Prof Raymond N dpeigner visited in Lake City Friday evening". M?iey Comes Id Boaches to A A Cbisholin, of Treadwell, N Y,, now. His reason is well worth reading: "For a long time I suffered From indigestion, torpid liver, con- j 3tipation, nervousness, and general j debility,*' he writes. "I conldn't deep, had no appetite, nor ambition, grew weak every day in spite of all medical treatment. Then nsed Klectric Bitters. Twelve bottles restored all my old-time health and tigor. Now I can attend to business ?very day. It's a wonderful medicine." Infallible for Stomach, Liver, Kidney, Blood and Nerves. 50c. at D C Scott's. , There are lots of people hunting trouble out of season. Summons for Belief. STATE OFSOl'TH CAROLINA. COUNTY OK WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common Pleas, u \r Pnnnor T M Coomt and J F Cooper, co-partners trading and doing business under the firm name and style o: Cooper Brothers, Plaintiffs, against L A Gibbs, Defendaut. Co the Defendant, L A <-iibbs:? Von are hereby summoned anti reluired to answer the complaint in this icti-m which was file<l in -the office of lie Clerk of the Court of f'ommon Pleas for said county on the second day )f September, A 1) 1909, and to serve a :op> of your answer to tlie said coqqjlaint on the subscribers at their office n Kinsstrce, S C, within twenty days ifter the service hereof, exclusive <>f .lie day of >ucli service, and if you fail i :o answer the said compluint within the | dine aforesaid the plaintiffs in this action w?ll apply to the court for the re- ief demanded in the said complaint. Gilland it GlI.I.ANI). Plaintiff-' Attorneys. J , Kingstree, S C, ; j September 9. 1909. 9-9-fit j j Summons for belief- |1 (complaint served.) j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG. Court of Common Pleas. | Belle G Blakeley as Administratrix of the Estate of T A IJlakeley, Plaintiff, against, , | Martin Boyd. .1 D Boyd, Emma Mar- ( shall, Elizabeth Cooper, VV T Evans, Lorena McElveen, Charley Bryan, Minnie Bryan, Bloomer Loryei, Hasel Loryea" Sidney Loryea and Horace Loryea, Defendant-. To the Defendants, Martin Boyd, J D Boyd, Emma Marshall, Elizabeth Cooper. W T Evans, Loiena McEl- j veen. Charley Bryan, Minnie Bryan, j Bloomer Loryea,Hasel Loryea, Sidney Loryea and Horace Loryea, j You are herebv summoned and re- j quired to answer the complaint in this j iction, of which a ccpy is herewith j served upon you, 'and to serye a copy of j your answer to the said complaint on | the subscribers attheir ollice, Kings-j tree, S C. within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of : such service; and if you fail to answer i the complaint within the time afore-! said, the plaintiff in thi3 action will |itpply to the court for the relief de- 1 manded in the complaint. Keli-ey & Hinds, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Take Notice?That the complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Williamsburg county the 14th day ol Sep-, temlier, 1900. Kklleic & Hinds, < 9-lC-6t Plaintiff's Attorneys. FOB SALE. i Briek in any quantity to suit purchas) er. The Best Dry Press Machine-made j A: BIESICH. X Special shapes made to order. Correpondence solicited before placing your orders. W. R. FUNIC. 1 ? To nic or St mulant ?| There is an immense difference between a tonic and a stimulant. Up one day, way back the next; that's a ctimnhnt Qfaorlu mrnttftfcc rtav hv A;?v fnu'ar^ nprfpri OlIlIIUlUUll VtJlWWVtJ pivgivoo AJ J V?%*J ?v J' ? -ww? health; that's a tonic. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a tonic, a strong tonic. The only Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol. Do not stimulate unless your doctor says so. He knows. Ask him. Do as he says. r. C. Ayer Co., Lowell,Mass. \ Constipation is the one great cause of sick-headache, biliousness, indigestion, bad breath, debility, nervousness. Has your doctor ever recommended Ayer's Pills to you? j HINGSTREE GRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL, j f Kingstree, S. C. i | High School Department j > Boys and Girls prepared for College or for Business Life. ? ( PUREWATEFC EIGHT INSTRUCTORS, i < HEALTHFUL LOCATION, FINE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. J ? HIGH^SCHOOL ANNEX recently completed with beautiful J { and spacious Auditorium. \ } AMPLE ROOM FOR BOARDING PUPILS. i j, TERMS KEASU.N AEIxU. j ( ^ C Fall Term Begins ;! | Monday, September 13. j \ For information apply to ? [ J. 0. COLBERT, E. C. EPPS, j C Superintendent. Clerk Board Trustees, i | Kingstree* S. C. j STOLL BROTHERS WE ! STOCKS WEi BUY BONDS BUY AND AND AND1 SELL | LANDS 1 SELL jj I It will pay you to always see us when you have any business of this kind. OFFICE OVER BANK OF WILLIAMSBURG "?? X FREE! FREE! FREE! 8 [0 For the next few days we are going to give away a nice large 16x20 Picture? OIL PAINTING mounted in frame? w) 7a FREE to every purchaser of a (A 8-^?COOK stove**^ fl FOR CASH. ? Syv Come and get a picture bofore they all go. Only a few j) When we say free we mean free. 7A 8 AMERICAN FENCES [M We have a large stock of this fence on hand in all heights, (m W\ American fence is built on the elastic, hinged joint principle, the ff) J A most scientific, practical and perfect fence principle known. It TA Jr yields to great and sudden pressure but returns again to the * w) original shape. Thoroughly galvanized and protected against W) [0 weather. There is practically no limit to the strength of Amer- (6 ^1 icau fence. The American farmer has declared American fence m) to be the best and is backing up his judgment by buying it more 7A S? largely every year, until fully eighty per cent of the fence bought and built at the preseut time is American fence. jl 0 Ring 35 for What You Want $ A full line of Wi ft COFFINS AND CASKETS ft alwavs on hand. Services rendered gft T JD^TZ- OE 1TIGHT. ^ Im Kemember the place. Yours for "biz," \w j|j Kingstree Hardware Co. $ 2S9S96969S9S969S9SSS96SS9^