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BT 8. 6. S. TALK NO. 3. Nr Editor: We farmers are now on the eve of a new crop. This month is the pivotal month. The fermer decides now how much corn land and cotton land he intends to cultivate. He beds oat bis sweet potato seed and designates aod pre? pares bis sweet potato patch. ' His rice patch and garden have also had some attention. Bot it is needless for these talks to extend into these minor crops farther than to say that as for the potato patch the only re? mark that would be calculated to ar? rest attention is that I avoid the same oM. old spot. After the second crop on the same spot the soil become* "potato sick.1' and no amount of cul? ture or fertilization can give satis? factory results. In order to reclaim worn, thin lands, toe best method is to make ose of the common cow pea as tire basis of redemption. Of the legu mi nous crops the peavine and root . possess the, greatest abundance of nitrogen, furnish the greatest amount of* mould, and being mainly an air plant the pea Is thc best laud feeder and the ieast exhaustive of any crop the fanner has. Take an sere of very thin land, for example, mix 200 pounds acid phosphate and 100 pounds kainit thoroughly, broadcast tim over this acre, plow in with a IHxie cr other turning plow, sow one bushel and a half of peas upon it, harrow or brush them io. After sev? eral-frosts io the fall (I prefer to let pPfegm remain until the latter part of Sfovecttber), turn this growth entire? ly under, then run over fit with a cutaway harrow aud sow ?eed oats Cot your oats and follow in like man . ner %kL the cow pea In the fal torn these under as before. Have a compost composed of manure, green cotton "seed and litter from the wooded Occasionally apply a few ? pounds of kainit to this com post prie until December, then brofcd cast this acre with 800 . pounds of this compost lu this con? dition let it rest until Spring ; and follow with the formula in ialk ; No 2 either for cotton or corn and you will put the result down as one qi the modern wonders in soil culture. : Avoid plowing the pea vine under .'V while green Our climate is too hot ; Fermentation will set in which sours ; the soil and vitiates all nourishment yea may add to the crop The green pea vine as a fertilizer does well in J a co?d climate but never here. Re member. I do not advocate an ia * orease in cotton acreage but in the quantity of cotton per acre. If I pat hr ten acres in cotton and get one Bgbale per acre worth $20 per bale or I 4 cen ts'per poond at a cost of $15 per bale will my profit not be far , inore satisfactory than, to require 20 acres to make these 10 bales at a cost of $T 50 per bale. I not only im? prove the land bat I have doable the quantity of land to appropriate to potatoes, oats, peas, alfalfa, pindera,; rice and all the orber food producing crops that gives us local and social independence. The reason why there is uot a diversity of crops here is it takes ali the farmers' time to ' spread over his many thin worn acres raising cotton from Christmas to Christmas . He bas neither time nor land tb spare to anything bat cotton Hence be Hens from year to year - until he is an absolute victim to agri cult nra! ignorance Neglected bottom lands should ?r*t bave a thorough system of drain r age Next all rubbish and other ob atractivo should be moved Then in the fall a subsoil plo*' should follow a turn jug plow, goiug from 6 to 9 inches deep without turning the sob soil up to the surface, then carefully pulverize the ground with a cn ta way harrow Let this rest alt winter Next spring treat as prescribed in previous talks on feitilizing aod planting and ' your long neglected waterlogged bottom lauds will rival the best acres on the plantation. TALK NO 4 %fr Editor: The following topics or themes will be discussed in this and subsequent talks : 1 Th* beat system of cultivation of the soil 2 The character of our labor \ and how the greatest a ino not of good may be bad from a given amount of land. 3 Thc merchant as a prime factor agricoltural as well as municipal maners, and how his interests and the interests of the farmer are mutual and commingle inseparably The best system of cultivation of the soil, especially worn, thin soil, is that by which the lost constituents are most easily and abundantly re? stored This point was somewhat discussed in Talk No 3, DOW elabo? rated upon here. The old southern cow pea should be made the basis for this work, as it is not only the most luxuriant of all the legumes, bat retaros more nitrogen and leaf mould to the soil than any other veg* etable product. Sow broadcast and plow under, bat let the entire crop remain apon the ground until fate ia the fall, then tarn ander and rake carefully with a cutaway harrow Follow this with a liberal supply of oat seed for the following sommer crop with 200 poonda of acid and 100 poands of kaicit. Repeat this process s second time on the same land, and the third and all sub? sequent years to be treated as in Talk No 2, and you will see your old thrown out ?and that would not sprout peas two years before now completely restored to its former vigor and freshness, and will give satisfactory results in corn, and cot* ton, if cultivated on the plan sug gested in Talks Nos 2 and 3 A mistaken practice by some farm era who plant the pea for fertilization is prevalent here of mowing the pea vine and removiug it entirely from the soil, leaving only the root to form the foundation for the restora tion of the worn land. I say mis? taken practice because it is not wise to give your cattle the feed so essen tial for land food, which not only de? fers the redemption of the land, but gives ouly a meagre basis for the staple crops you aro planning to es? tablish. Better far to sow peas in the corn field where they cati be readily spared for forage without deteriora? tion from the soil. The root, of course, is a fine fertilizer, but the root and vine together accomplish the purpose more abundantly and at a great saving of time. If with the root and vine you reclaim your land, making 1,000 to 1,200 pounds seed cotton io three years, while with the root only it will require five years, which every practical farmer will confess, is it any wonder that I should condemn such a system as an unwise practice ? In the western states I have seen the best results grow from a free use of the crimson clover sown in the cotton, between the rows jost after the pickers in September. This is one of the best fertilizers and makes the best winter grazing the farmers can have, bot the price is $2 50 to $3 per bushel, hence it is needless that I should talk of its many good properties here. But I cannot too strongly empha size the importance of making a com? post pile on every farm. Pile op your s table manure and green cotton seed together in equal proportions of 650 poonda each per ton in the month of December. After a thorough wet? ting and mixing and an elapse of six weeks apply acid phosphate 600 pounds aod 100 pounds of kainit per ?on This heap may contain from one to 150 tons with equal efficacy From this compost pile you may fer tilize your corn and cotton lands at will. See formulas in talk No. 2. Just here please allow ; me to cor? rect the commercial fertilizer formula for corn and cotton io talk No 2 of your former issue. For Cotton Acid Phosphate, 1.200 lbs Cotton Seed Mea!, 600 lbs Kainit, 200 lbs 2,000 lbs drill 1,000 lbs 800 lbs 200 lbs One ton, 2,000 tbs Apply 400 lbs as directed, in talk No. 2. TALK NO 5 7 1 Mr. Editor : The theme' of this talk ie as previously announced, to wit : "The character of our labor and ! bow the greatest amount of good : may be had from a given amount of i land" It is well that I should define : specifically this term labor, so that all may get a proper conception of what < 1 mean in this talk by character of ; our "labor.f I do not intend this word labor as < I use it to be confounded with labor i as contrasted from capital, nor with j professional labor, but exclusively i farm labor, which is both mental and ? physical labor combined, for it would i be impossible for a tenant or farm laborer to produce good results on j his farm without mental MS well as ? physical labor Physical labor bas marked the i course of man's career on earth from the existence of the first pair when < the edict went forth that man should i earn bis bread by the sweat of bis i face. In accord with this edict Paul declared "that if any would not work, neither should he eat1 We must ? therefore agree that labor is a fixed ? requirement with mau. Besides man's ? physical anatomy verifies the fact ? that he is a natural laborer Bul ? tbere are grades in man to day as < from the beginning. One of the evils we have to contend against here is that the average farm laborer is a physical machine, lt is this fact that gives southern farms the low grade standing they now and have occupi ed ever since the war ; for physical labor apart from mental energy and , mental action is absolutely guess , work-mere haphazzard. Every old South Carolinian remem- * hers the luxuries of country homes, ; surrounded by the broad, luxuriant seres of diversified crops, worked and sustained by the cultured brain of landlords through the hand labor of sheer automatons. Why this change ? Has the labor become scarcer, the mind of the landlord weaker, or have the lands refused to respond to cul? tivation ? No, none of these are true. The fault exists solely in the functional disorder in our social and One ton, Apyly 400 lbs in the For Corn Acid Phosphate, Cotton Seed Meai, Kainit, industria! compact. The man of braiD has come to the city, and the man of brawn is masquerading: around ? on stilts, making big pretensions as the farmer of the couutry Far great? er now than ever before is the ne? cessity for the rule of mind over matter. In times of the past who ever heard of commercial fertilizers ? Who ever beard of cotton and corn planters, fertilizer distributors, mow? ers, binders, ten to fifteen plow cul? tivators and the many steam running agricultural and farm implements, all celling for high mental training for successful work It is needless to elaborate on this point except to say that Sumter calls loudly for more and higher mind ccltgre as a starter on th ? high road to farming and finan? cial happiness But as it is with untrained labor that we are dealing with now, 1 will suggest that the greatest amount of good may be had from a given aamount of land by utilizing intelligently the fertilizers best adapted to the soil in qoesiion. In November and December make pre? parations for compost heaps with litter from the woods all the stable manure you can accumulate, and all the green cotton seed on hand, ex cept of course the planting seed. These should be accumulated in a heap, as remarked in talk No 4. This in fall and winter work. For further on this point see talk Nos. S aud 4 But all this is in vain if only talk is to be indulged in. How shall we change the present system which seems so foreign to my practice ? First, the landlord and merchant must get closer together To accom? plish i.his there should be but one agricultural lien law, of mutual force and protection for them The land lord's land is useless it the laborer is not fed and clothed The merchant, therefore, comes to the rescue and acts the part of the good Samaritan. Just lhere a serious defect exists The merchant, knowing his disadvan? tage under the law and that on an average of two in every five tenants whom he liens there is a loes, he is forced by business equity to place a 1 high per cent, on all his goods, known as "lien prices," because his 1 mortgage and recorded liens come in on what the landlord leaves in the hands of his tenant after he is | through with him As the law now Stands, yon can readily imagine the financial condition of the average tenant aliter he bas paid up or at J tempted to pay up both rent and lien. The physician, therefor*', refuses to . respond to the sick calls, as the law ? keeps the cold shoulder to him But . place the landlord and merchant on [ equal footing, requiring all farm agreements to be of equal protection j before the law, then require by law ( that the merchant's lieu prices should not vary from time prices to good, solvent customers, and all these bank? rupt dealings between merchant and laborer will cease TO BE CONTINUED. A Boom in Corn. The corn convention held in Chi? cago last week brought to light sev- 1 eral interesting facts More corn is i being consumed in this country, it was declared, than ever before, and a 1 large percentage of the flour sold is t made principally of corn This flour. I it was asserted, is fully as nutritious as t wheat fluor, and very much cheaper. 1 Il was also stated that our corn is t becoming more popular abroad, and < the masses in Europe are learning < that this cereal has not only excellent i qualities as a food product, but can ] be prepared in many palatable ways. < This is the chief reason for the mark? ed increase of late in our corn ex i ports ( The contention resolved to make t elaborate exhibito of corn-and the many form? in which it can be pre- i pared for the table-at the approach- ? ing expositions at Omaha, Buffalo t arid Paris, the general opinion being that the prevailing high price of t wheat ha* brought corn into unex- i pected and flattering prominence as a food product, and that the time (as , well as the com) ia ripe to push it energetically into lasting favor. The fact is, corn is our greatest <j crop in size and value, and all sec? tions of tbe country will benefit from the effort to increase its popularity. As regards the south, especially, ft will be well if our farmers would adopt as ahnir watchword "M ore corn c and less cotton " This wonld bring t about a new and better condition of I affairs in our agricultural iudustry, ? and would prove the forerunner of an era of prosperity already too long delayed.-Rpgieter Contraption Positive'y Cured. Mr R. B. Grieve, merchant, of Chilbowie, Va., certifias that he had consumption, was [riven up to die. sought all medic*! trnitment that money could procure, tried ali cough rem jies could hear of. but got co relief ; spent many nights ?itfing up in nchair , was in? duced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and WAf cured V?y u;e of two bottle*. For past threo years has been attending to business, and enys Dr King's New Discovery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it bas done so much for bim and also for Dtbers in his community Dr. King's New Discovery is guaranteed ftr Coughs, Colds end Consumption. It don't fail. Trial bottles free at J. P. TV. DeLorme's Drug Store. 5 Rumors That Negroes Would Burn the Town." Government Has Abolished the Lake City Postoffice. Large Beward Offared for Per? petrators of the Act. [Special to Tb- Register ] K?ngstree S C , Feb 23 -There are no new developments in the Lake City postoffice tragedy Coroner Barrows yesterday adjourned the in quest over the bodies of Baker and his little infant until Saturday, when the investigation will be resumed In the meantime the coroner, will do his utmost to find ont something that will place the horrible crime upon some one. If there is any/information that can be obtained Mr Burrows is the man to get it aod he will do so A special from Lake City to the County Record sent to night says : "The negroes are very quiet to day There was at first some talk of the negroes burning the town, but all fears have now been allayed The members of the late postroas ter's family who were wounded last Monday night are all doiner very well. It is now thought that all of them will survive their wounds We still haye no mail facilities and it is thought that the authorities will close up the office here entirely The citizens have for some time been getting their mail at Scranton a station three miles distant, and it is thought that this will be kept up indefinitely " The sheriff will keep a sharp look out and will arrest any one upon snffi cient suspicion Expressions of regret could be beard on every band to day, bot every one blame the administration for ap? pointing Baker who was not even a resident of this county as postmaster at Lake City * While our citizens all agree that the people of Lake City were being imposed upon still Ji?ne of ibera con done the outrageous deed TOSTOFFICE ABOLISHED Washington, Feb 23 -Informa? tion of the murder of the negro post? master, Baker, at L*ke City, S 0 , and the barning of bis office, came lo the postoffice department to day in a dispatch from Inspector Williams, in charge of the district, who. has headquarters at Chattanooga The latest telegram was very brief and merely told of the killing of the man and burning of the office. He will 3end an inspector to the scene of the tragedy at once to investigate and make a foll report of the case to the department When this is obtained the department of justice will be asked to prosecute the persons en gaged in the crime Baker, who i* said to have been a respectable colored man, and who bad previously tauebt school, was appointed to the office in July last It is said at the department that he was a man of quiet, uuobstrusive. babita and had filled the position a short while only before threats of personal danger were made against bim There was no place in [he city to be had for keeping the postoffice and it was removed to the school house in the suburbs. The citizens boycotted the office with ?ome degree of success. No serious complaints had been received con? cerning the condition of affairs very recently, and ii was hoped that the prejudice against the postmaster had died down The postmaster general has offered i reward of $300 for the arrest and conviction of the persons who burned he poetoffice at Lake City, S. C , on Monday night, and a reward of $500 'or the arrest and conviction of the persons who murdered the postmaster it the same time. General Gary has issued an order o discontinue the office at Like City rom this time. Governor Offers Seward. 5500 for Conviction of the Murderers and Prosecu? tion Instituted. Io i finial ar>d political oirclf"* yestfr lay great condemnation ot the act of be Williamsburg county OJ cb was leord upon all side? it wcemed hard o believe that people living io Soutb Daroiita oould be guilty of eucb ao ict. Some vigorous expressions were jeard aod the opinion is ucaoimou-j bat the deed wilt do more to injare this State than all the other iyncb?ogs of he last decade put together. Governor Ellerbe, when a?eu, ex? pressed himself very vigorously about bc affair, but declined to say anything or publication. He simply made tbe inoouncement that be had promptly )ffcred a reward of $500 for the appre tension and conviction of the parlies mkoown who had committed tbe deed. Lo addition to this the announcement is made that througa the attorney gene* ?als office Solicitor Wilson bas been in? jtruoted to proceed to Lake City aod lake obarge of thc case in behalf of the State. This case differs from the usual run jf lynchings io that the victim was holding a Federal office and United States was destroyed by the fire.-The State. Mrs. Amarintha Snowden. ? Death of a Lady Who has Long Been a Moving Spirit in Charleston. Charleston, Feb. 28 -Mrs Amario tb? Scowdco died at b*r residence OD Cnuroh street at 2 o'clock tbii afeer uoon. Mrs Snowden was. io the 79'h year of ber ?ge. She ieaves two cb il dreo, Mr Yates Snowden of Tho News and Courier, and M i NS Saowdeo, who bas boeo associated with ber mother in 'ha in*oagemeoi of the Coofederato Home Mrs Soowdeo baa been io feeble health for some time. About a week ago she was forced to ber bed Mrs Soowdeo bas been a hard work? er in all mattera conn-e'ed with the Confederacy She organized the Con? federare Home several years after the w?r and has been continoutly at ita bead. Mrs. Soowdeo was the treasurer o' the Calhoun Monument association whiob erected the monument on Marion fqaare. Poor and Weak Catarrh and Bronchial Trouble - Had no Appetite-Now Better in Every Way-A Delicate Child. "Some time since I took a sudden cold and could not get rid of it. Being subject to catarrh, and bronchial trou ble I coughed terribly. I lost ray appetite and grew poor and weah and I did not feel like work. I began taking Hood's Sarsapa? rilla. In a short time the cough disap? peared, I slept well, had a good appetite and I was better in every way. Last spring I was not feeling well, I had no ap? petite and no strength. I resorted to Hood's Sarsaparilla and soon felt more like work. * My little nephew was a deli? cate child and had a humor which trou? bled him so he could not rest at night. He has taken a few bottles of Hood's Sar? saparilla and now he has a good appetite and is able to sleep.'! Miss ABBIE J. FBEKS?AN, South Dnsbury, Mass. Hood's paril.a Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1. HSMV4'C Dille are the best after-diuner 11UUU & fills? pius, aid digestion. 25c. Tiie Largest ai Most Complete t Geo. S. flacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office aod Warerooms, King, opposite Gan? non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. Parchase our make, which we goaratttc superior to any sold South, aod thereby ja ve money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specially October 16-o TO SUFFERING HUMANITY. THE MEDLIN CHALYBEATE SPRING, located at Danbar, S. C., is DOW tbe auraction of safferers from Iodigestion, Dys? pepsia, Rheumatic affections,. Kidney Trou ?le?, Bright's Disen?e, Dropsy, Catarrh aod al! skin diseases, from tbe fac% wherever the water h ?ss 'reen asea for tbeee diseases, it baa relieved, aod wheo usad sufficiently, it bas cured K It ts being need for all the diseases meo tinned above, all over the country. Tb<s water has been analyzed by Prof M. B. Hardin, South Caroiio* State Chemist, and found to contain tbe following Medicinal properties : >odiumc Carbonate 893 Potassium Carbonate 274 Calcium Carbonate 571 Magnesium Carbonate 344 fro*. Carbonate (Ferrous) 1 411 M??ntf*cese Carbcr-aie Trace Copper Camooate Trace PnUesinm Sulpha's 041 So ii un, Cnlonde 1 347 A: amma Trace athen 2 391 7 277{ Ammonia .02 parra rer million. Alnuineooid Aamooia 08 " We bn7e glowing testimonials from people a'! over th- country. ?r?d fr?.?? people in yoor own 'own Amont: ibem ?be Rev {J. C" Brown, A. W Cross wei I, F. B Grier, et al., If jou are suffering, ?nd wael relief, aod cure, come and eee ?re. I an: here to supply you this water, and take your orders, or ?o ranke arrangea enta with you for visiting the Spring, where ample accommodations are to be bad, at low prices. J. E WILSON, Dec 15-3m Sumter. S C The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. Y. Walsh, Esq, F ro?ate Judge. TX T'HERSAS, SARAH ANN TUCKER, Vf (widow) ronde suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of RtcL'd Tucker, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the 6*id Ricb'd Tucker, late of eaid County and State, deceased, that they be and appear be? fo re me, in the Court of Probate, to beheld at Sumter C H., oo March 9, 1898, nest, after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 23d day of February, A. D., 1898. THOS. V. WALSH, Feb. 23-2t. Judge of Probate. ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN? ERAL AGENT fur ihe Alpine Pira and BIJr?I*r Proof Safe Company, i am prepared to offer liberal terms to those who are ia rie?d of a good s?fe For prices ?nd terms address J. A. BENNO, M'h 24 Sumter, S. C. BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the Boose on Main Street second door ?onb of tbe Nixon House, I am prepared to iccorxmodate a few iegular boarders, and also lodging and maals to transient customers. Terms reasonable. Mas. W. B. 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