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TtM? Williamson (VM Method. We are printing again in thin paper an authorlasd statement of th ? SV'll llanasoa aorn method by Mr. William? son hlmaelf. All persons Interested In any way In farming mould read this article carefully and also nie It away for reference, where it can He readily found when needed The Williamson corn plan Is no fad or experiment. It Is a demonstrated sue* es*, as plenty of farmers right hern In Hpartanburg county can tes? tify Uec.-ntly In a corn-growing con test In Cherokee county for a prlxc offered by one of the banks of Oaff aey the winner produced 111 bushels of corn from an acre of land, as pei careful measurement by a committee appointed to make trie award. Twen? ty farmers entered the contest, and the average yield per acre for the 20 was 80 bushels of com. It Is hardly nassssary to say that all followed the Williamson method, as this much corn could not be raised In any other known store and more farmers every year are trying th? Williamson plan. No? body who tries It. even In part, ev. r abandons It. because It Is a corn-mak? er and therefore a money-maker to the farmer. More farmers than evei before will follow the Williamson plan next year. Here Is the plan In full de? tail, as written and signed by Mr. Wil? liamson himself. He tells you exactly bow to do It v.. wish every farmer who read* this newspaper would give full con? sideration to the article and preserve M csrefully till such time as he will beg n to prepare his lends for his neat corn crop. If he does this and will follow this method*, he will have caoi?c to thank Mr. Williamson foi the disrovery of this most efficient agricultural Improvement, and thU newspaper will have done him a val? uable service by calling his attention to It.?Hpartanburg Journal. WILLIAMSON'S COHN MKT HOD. "ttoulhrru torn for the South.* For a number of years after I be? gan to farm, I followed the old-time mat hod of putting the fertiliser all ander the corn, planting on a^ level anther, srx by three feet, pushis* the aeant from the start and making a big stalk, but the ears wore few, and fre ejaently small. 1 planted much corn tn the spring and bought much more corn the next spring, until finally I was driven to the conclusion that corn could not be made on uplands In this section, certainly not by the old meth ?d. except at a loss. I did not give up. however, for I know that the farmer who did not snake his own corn never had succeed? ed, snd never would, so I began to experiment. First 1 planted lower, aad the yield Was better, but the stalk waa Mill too large; I discontinued altogether the sppl.estlon of fertiliser befor. ? planting, and. knowing that all crops should be fertilised a? a side spi> ?n. und applied the more sol able nitrate of sods la :er, being guided la this by the exceller t results obtain? ed from its uss as a top dressing Ist ?ata. Httlt. the yield, though tegular, was not large, and the small less of th? stalk Itself now suggest!d th a they should be plant* d thicker in th drill. This wss don?i the next year, with results so satisfactory that I con? tinued from year to year to inc-rea*. the number of stalks and the fer ttnaar with which to sustain them: s*a? to spply nitrate of adds at last allowing, snd to lay by early, sowing wssk broadcast. This method iktdflllj Increased the yield, until year before Bast (1004), with OOtg eleven Inch* apart in six-foot roars, and 111 worth aaf fertiliser to the icre. I rr ads 84 asjahsls average to t ie acre, several eat ray best acres making as much as I lie bushels. Xast yesr ( 1905 I followed t ie same saethod. planting the first week In April, seventy acres which hud pro aksaed the year before 1,000 pound* saasl cotton per acr?. Thl* laud ;.* samlv upland, somewhat rolling. Hcs aaa*? were unfsvorahh-. owing to the tremendous raln? In May and the dry Send extremely hot weuther Inter. From June 12th to July 12th tin time when at taost needed moisture, th re sjaj 4m\r rlve-elghts of an hu h of rainfall awro: yet with I -t of fertiliser. WsT yield was 6J hush flowB ware six feet snd com sixteen laches In drill Vith this method, on Isnd that will acdrnarily produce l.ooo pounds of seed cot?.m with pound* of f. .till aar. fifty bushels of corn per sort sho ild be made by u? ing 200 poound* of 'otton seed meal, 2o0 po mds of add phosphate, and 400 pounds of Kslnlt mixed, or the r equivalent in ?th r fertiliser, und 125 po mds of ntttate of soda, all to be used as side application as directed below. On hind that will make a hah' and ohm h 'If of oifon pei acre, w o n well fertilised, a hundred t>ushels of corn Should be product d by doubling th* amount of fertiliser above, except that 100 pounds of nltruh- of should be .?d In each csse there ?hould bo h-n on the Isnd In corn stalk*, peas, vine* and roots from 112 to $18 worth of fertilising msterlal per acre beside j the greut benefit to the land from so large an amount of vegetable matter. The place of this in the permanent linpt.?\i inent ol land can ne\er be taken by commercial fertilizer, for it Is absolutely Impossible to make lands rich as long as they are lacking In vegetable matter. Land should be thoroughly and d eply broken for corn, and this Is the time In a system of rotation to deepen the soil. Cotton requires a more com? pact soil than corn, and while a deep soli Is essential to Its best develop? ment. It will not produce as well as loose, open land where corn does best on land thoroughly broken. A deep soil will not only prduce more heavily than a shallow soil with good seasons, but It will stand more wet as well as more dry weather. In preparing for the corn crop, land should be broken broadcast dur? ing the winter one-fourth deeper thar. It has b?cn plowed tefore. or if much vegetable matter Is being turn? ed under. It may be broken one third deeper. This la as much deep? ening as land will usually stand In one year and produce well, though It may be contlned each year, so long gl much dead vegetable matter Is bring turned under. It may. how? ever, be subsolled to any depth by following In bottom of turn plow fui row, provided no more of the sub? soil than has been directed is turn? ed up. Break with two heavy plows. If possible, or, hotter, with disc plow. With the latter cotton stalks or coin stalks as large as we ever make can be turned under without having I een chopped, and in pea vines It will not choke or drag. Never plow land when It Is wet, If you expect ever to have any use for It again. Bed with turn plow In six-foot rows, leaving five-inch balk. When ready to plant, break this out with scooter, following In bottom of this furrow deep with Dixie p.ow, whig taken off. Ridge then on this furrow with same plow, still going deep. Run corn planter on this ridge, drop? ping one grain every five or six Inches. Plant enrly, p.s soun as frost danger Is pint, say ^rst seasonable spell after March 15th, of this section. Especially Is early planting necessary on very rich lands where stalks can? not otherwise be prevented from growing too large. Give first working with harrow or any plow that will not cover the plant. For second working use ten or twelve-Inch sweep on both sides of corn, which should now be about eight Inches high. Thin after this working. It 's not necessary that the plants should be left all the same distance apart If the right number rqmaln to each yard or row. Corn should not be worked again until the growth has been so retarded and the stalk so hardened that it will never grow too large. That Is the most difficult point in the whoie process. Experience not judgment Is required to know Just how much 'be stalk should be stunted, and plenty of nerve Is required to hold back your corn when your neigh? bors, who fertilized at planting time and cultivate rapidly. have corn twice the size of yours. (They are having their fun BOW. TOUTS will c >mo at harvest time.) The ride: the land the more neee.sa.ry it is that the stunting process should be throughly done. When you are convinced that \ u. corn has been surHcient;;. humiliated you may begin to make the ear. it should now be fluni twelv e to eighteen Inches high and look verse than >o i have ever had any corn to look before. Put half of your mixed fertilizer ( bis being the first used at all) Iti the old sweep furrow on both sides of every other middle, and cover by breaking out this middle with turn plow. About one week later treat the Othet ml ill*- the same way. Within a few days side corn In first middle with slxteen-lnch sweep. *iSut all your nitrate of soda In this furrow, if leas thin 150 pounds. If more use one half of It now Cover with one fur? row of turn plow, then sow peas in the middle broadcast at the rate of at least one bush. I to the acre, and finish break' ig out. in a law days side oorn in othei middle with sam. sw.ep, put balgnot of nitrate of soda In tins furrow if it bis been divided, cover with turn plow OU pt mm\ and break mit. This la: I b\ rout crop, with a good bed and plent) of dirt around your stalk. This should be from June 10th to loth un? less seaeog la very late, and oo n should be hardly hunching Bor tgasel. La) b) ?arly. Mori torn Is mined by late plowing than by bu k Of ph a - Ing. This Is when the ear Is hu I Two good rains after laving by should make you a good crop of corn, and It will certainly make with much lees rain than w is required In the old way The stalks thus raised are very small and do not require anything like the mob tare cvi u in proportion to Rise, thai is gaga eery for large aappy 'talks. They may therefore, be left much thi? ker In Ihe row. This Is no new proceea it has lung beep ? eui tom lo cut hack vines and trees in or? der to Increase the yield and quality of fruit; and so long as you do not hold back your corn, it will go, liko mine so long went, all to stalk. Do not bo discouraged by the looks of your corn during the prcess of cul? tivation. It will yield out of all pro? portion to its appearance. Large stalks cannot make large yields, except with extremely favorable seasons, for they cannot stand a lack of moisture. Early applications of manure go to make large stalks, which you do not want, and the plant food is all thus used up before the ear. which you do want, is made. Tall stalks not only will not. produce well themselves, but will not allow you to make the pea vines, so necessary to the Improvement of land. Corn raised by this method should never grow over seven and one-half tVet high, and the ear should be near to the ground. I consider the final application of nitrate of soda an essential point in this ear-making process. It should al? ways he applied at last plowing and unmixed with other fertilizers. I am satisfied with one ear to the stalk unless a prolific variety is plant? ed, and leave a hundred stalks for every bushel that I expect to make. I find the six-foot row easiest to culti? vate without injuring the corn. For fifty bushels to the acre, I leave it sixteen inches apart; for seventy-nve bushels to the acre, twelve Inches apart, and for one hundred bushels, eight Inches apart. Corn should be planted from four to six inches below the level and hid by from four to six Inches above. No hoeing should be necessary, and middles may be kept clean until time to break out by using harrow or by running one shovel fur? row in centre of middle and bedding on that with one or more rounds of turn plow. I would advise only a few acres tried by this method the first year, or until you are familiar wdth its applica? tion. Especially Is it hard, at first, to fully carry out the stunting process where a whole crop Is involved and this Is the absolutely essential part of the process. This method I have applied, or seen applied, successfully to all kinds of land in this section except wet lands and moist bottoms, and I am confi? dent it can be made of great benefit throughout the entire South. In the middle West, where corn is so prolific and profitable and where unfortunately for us, so much of ours has been produced, the stalk does not naturally grow large. As we come South its size increases, at the ex? pense of the ear, until in Cuba, and Mexico, it Is nearly all stalk (witness Mexican varitles.) The purpose of this method Is to eliminate this tendency of corn to overgrowth at the expense of yield in this Southern climate. By this method I have made my corn crop mo're profitable than my Oottofl crop, find my neighbors and friends who have adopted it have, without exception, derived great beuc? ht therefrom. Plant your own seed. 1 would not .:\i;t a change of beed and method the same year, as you will not then know from which you have derived the benefit. I have l-od three va? rieties and all have don? well. I have never used this method > r late plant? ing, fn fact, I do not ad.dse the late planting of corn, unless t be neces? sary for cold lowlands. The Increased cost of labor and the nigh price of material and land art rapidly making farming unprofitable, except to those who ar? getting from One acre What they formerly got from wo. We mntl make OUT lands richer by plowing deep, planting peas and other legumes, manuring them with add phosphate and potash which are relatively cheap, and r< turning lo the soil the resultant vegetable n atter rich In humus and expensive nitrogen. The needs of our soil are such that the South can never reap the full measure of prosperity that should be hers until this Is done. I give this method as a farmer to the farmers of the south, trusting that thereby they may be benefitted as I have bean, B, MTVFU WILLIAMSON. The Law und the Food. One of the things to be th inkftil for | is the existence on the .statute books of a pure food law. Yet II can be said WlthOgl grumbling that the thank will be more general an i 100 per cenl more hearty when the pure food ma? terial lees Upon the table. Since that law has been In force and prosecutions under It have sue eeeded > cargo of che, boxes made and labeled abroad Were" duly entert d in re and delivered to tin- importers, pr sumably to be Riled with an Iml I ii on foreign cheese. Oven it tilled vvith cheese "just as good" as the Im? ported the business Is an Imposition beenget the consumers In this ooun trj Will I?'1 glad to Know always thai the pure foo . law means for them Just a hat it is mes nt to mean, instead there Is still a latent distrust of the contents (?f food packages, They are oft. n found to be Just the same as be I 'i' the law was enacted and not what the label and the price rails for. The law may be used to whitewash dam? aged reputations, hut the law alone will not Improve the goods. It must bo enforced. ANNUAL GATHERING WELL AT TKM)i:i) UV CHURCH WORKERS. Rev. A. J, S. Thomas Honored? ?Chosen President to Succeed Mr. smith?Other Oshoere Elected? Work of the Body, Union, Dec. 8.?The S8th annual session of the Baptist State convention of South Carolina was called to order by Former President C. A. Smith at 7:30 p. m., in the meeting house of the Baptist church, Union, and the first prayer was offered by Rev. John A. Brunson, D. D., the appointee for the introductory sermon. The scripture was read from the 17th chapter of John by Rev. R. W. Lide. Dr. Brun? son read four passages?Matthew 28: 18. Revelations 3:21, John 1.12 and Gen. 4:6?as his text. He stated as his theme, "Christ*:; Crownright the Believer's Birthright." Christ's crownright is His right to give all the fullness of his blessings, the Christian's birthright is his right to receive all the fullness of Christ. These are Christ's peculiar people given to Him by the Father and are to know the secrets of* God. The failings of men are not to be charged to Jesus, but to their failure to use their rights to partake of what Christ has pur? chased for them. The freedom of the Christian from sin is as far-reaching as the bondage of sin had extended. As sin had dominated the whole man, so his liberty through Christ goes through the whole man. In this connection the preacher de? clared with great emphasis his belief in the atonement reaching the sick? nesses of the body as well as the spirit that the connection with Christ set forth in the figure of the vine and the branches means physical as well as spiritual health. But to receive these full blessings means proportionate re? sponsibility. The Christian should feel himself obligated to cooperate with Christ in closely observing all the laws of health. One should know his won? derful body and keep its being re? deemed from all sickness. The world, said the preacher, is in the darkness of materialistic agnosticism because it has not seen the power of Jesus Christ as He is ready to make their power known through His people. These are they who have the birthright to re? ceive in full blessings of Christ's crownright. Immediately following the sermon the congregation stood and sang "Come. Thou Fount of Every Bless? ing." and Rev. J. D. Pitts, D. l>., lead in prayer. President Smith announced that the roll was fairly well made up by Sec? retary Ervin and that nominations were in order for president. Rev. C. C. Brown. D. D.. nominated Dr. A. J S. Thomas, editor of The Baptist Courier, which was seconded by Dr. J. A. Prastridge of Kentucky and Rev, \. McA. Plttman. Dr. Thomas was unanimously elected and was (.-cot: A to the chair by Drs. Brown and Prcst ridge. The retiring president in a giac< i'u! manner delivered the gavel Into the hands of Dr. Thomas. After a few remarks Dr. Thomas said nominations for two vice presidents were in order. Rev, Mike MeOee and Rev. R. w. Lide were elected. The ballot being cast by Rev. Henry Miller. Rev. C! P. Brvln, D. D.. and Rev. George P White w ere reelected mm retarlei and C. B. BODO, treasurer, and W. W. Keys auditor. Rev, M. W. Rankln made his report I as chairman of the committee on or d? r of husiness. Addresses of welcome were made by Rev. K. W. CaWtbon and Mr. Wagnon, the mayor of the city. President Thomas called on Dr. T. M. Bally to respond. The convention adjourned at 9:45. dismissed by Rev. W. T. De rieux. i WATERWAYS CONGRESS IN SES? SION. Over 1,500 Delegates Present at Rivers And Harbors Meeting. Washington, Dec. 9.?Sentiment in favor of the Issuance Of government bonds for n comprehensive improve ment Of the rivers, harbors and canals of the country to the end that this nation shall have the greatest system of waterways in the world gained con? siderable headway at the opening ses sloni of the annual meeting of the Elvers and Harbors congress here to? day. Tin? scheme contemplates the issu? ance of $500.000,000 worth of bonds for internal water courses to he dis trlbutod over o 10-year period, or $50,000.000 annually. Following the lead of President Roosevelt and President-elect Taft, both of whom before the conservation meeting of yesterday advocated the Issuance of government bonds for the construction of permanent public lm? provement, enthusiastic endorsement was today given the proposition at the Rivers and Harbors congress by Vice President Fairhanks, Andrew Carne? gie . President Ransdell and other speakers. It was Indicated that the congress will in ail probability adopt resolutions asking congress to author? ize the issuance of bonds. CA P 15* ORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per* Jt- sonal supervision since its infancy. f'OCic/uAC Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and** Just-as-grood" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment? What is CASTORIA Cast oria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare* goric, I>rops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC ?KNTAUM OOHMIIV, TT MURRAY ?YHCCT, NCW YORK Crr?. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., Dentist. 18 West Liberty Street-Up Stairs. Hours:?8.30 to 1-P. M?2 to 6. Office Phone?Mo. 30 - - - House Phone 382 I Wake Up! Wake Up! | AND I Get The Habit! OF GOING TO BIRNIE'S DRUG STORE, & 5 West Liberty St. Stjmter, S C. P /^HRISTMAS is around the corner. Come and se- 3 ^ ^ lect what you want before the rush. ^ ^ Following is a list of some of our Christmas =3 a^ Novelties : 3 I _- 3 p CANDIES ffc A fresh shipment of Km press Chocolates and Hon f Bons, in l/2 lb. and I lb. SE1 packages. PERFUMES. Alfred Wright's High-grade Kxtracts in Fancy Boxes. 50c to $3.00. TOILET SETS, Albums, Work Boxes, Jap? anned Glove and Handker? chief Boxes, also Mirrows and other fancy articles. B SHAVING MUGS AND BRUSHES. ^ From 25c to $150 A cake of Shaving Soap given with every Mug sold. CIGARS ^ In Box from 50c to $2.50. 3 Pipes, and Cigar Holders, =3 25c to $1 00 ^ TOYS I TOYS! Assorted Animals. Drums and many other things for the little folks. ^ r\ IVE us a call, it co'ts you nothir g to ^ ^ *J look over our stock 3 I W. H. HOLLINGS, Ph. G. G. W. BIRNE. M D. | ^ Manager. Proprietor. ^ m m m w m Of The Two Things Necessary to Possess a Bank Account. The first, Is the Desire or Inclination. Every one has a wish (or money, for it takes money to poSSSSS the eomtorts and neoesaitlei of life. The seooud requirement is One Dollar or more. The first deposit need not be lar >e, and after the first money is deposited, you have a hank account. The size of your bank account rests *ith you. 0) THE Bank of Sumter. S