The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 24, 1910, Image 6
A CITADEL CADETS MEMORIES
OF THE WAR.
gfenrman'a Army at Camden?A Brush
miitk Kilpatrkk's Cstvalry and an
Maii?tig <1uwh?. Fugitive*' Adven
Hiu Crossing a River in Freeh
Hev John Kershaw In Sunday News.
Sherman at Camden.
VI.
It was now drawing; on towards the
oleee of January. 1864. Father had
written requesting my discharge from
ths cadets on the ground that If I
was to he In actual service anyway
he preferred me to bo with or near
him in Virginia. I got my discharge
and went h?>me. where I was to re?
main until the expected spring cam?
paign should open in Virginia. Sher?
man, meantime, had begun his cele?
brated march from Savannah, and
about the middle of February Char?
leston was evacuated and the troops
from all along the South Carolina
coaat took up their march to Che
raw. Sherman reached the vicinity
of Columbia about the same time.
The enrollment officer at Camden or?
ganised a scouting party, consisting
ef men at home on furlough, with the
object In view of notifying the people
of Camden of the approach of Sher?
man. I .Joined this little party, hav?
ing secured a horse, and for several
days we scouted between Columbia
and Camden, until Columbia was
barned and Sherman's army made a
detour northward, crossing the Water
ee River near Liberty Hill and com?
ing southeasterly from that point to
Camden. On the day he entered
Camden two of us had been sent
across the river to scout there, while
the others proceeded northward. My
friend and I went to his plantation,
ate a good dinner, and about three
o'clock set out for Camden, having
seen no signs of an enemy. On a
hill near the river bridge, when a
?picket had been stationed as we passed
that morning, we noticed a canteen
huag on a fence post, and supposing
It had been accidently left, we took It
In charge, intending to restore it to
the owner. When we got to the
bridgekeeper's house It was empty.
The Home Ouards had left.
We thought this was suspicious, but
pressed on across the long bridge un?
til we were on the side nearest the
town. Here we mot a caravan of
wagons and bugries f.oing post-haste
toward? Columbia, and as they passed
man sang out: "Y^u had better
hurrv up: Camden is full of Ktl
patrick's cavalry." We put spurs to
our horses and galloped Into town,
passing we drew rein, having noticed
a big blue column of cavalry coming
down over the hill rear the "Lafay?
ette Hall. (so called because th*?
Marquis de Lafayette h el been en?
tertained there when he came to
Camden in 1324 to lay the corner?
stone of the monument gSSjStsd to
HHaxon De Kalb, who was killed at the
battle of Mobktrk Hill during the
Revolution ) IJ< them and us
ws eaw two men dash hurriedly out
of sn allway and ri !e rapidly down
the street. At tlrst we did got rsnpsj
?fee them, but drew nearer
ws saw that tfeof belonged to the
party of scouts that had ridden north?
ward that morning to spy out the
land, it seems that after going some
?Melanee they had run Into a crowd
est the "bummers" that preceded and
followed Sherman's army, and had
Septured several of them. These two
men of whom I am speaking were de?
tail tgJM the-.< prl-.ri. rs to town
aad put them in .1 plaes of safe keep
lag. This MSS] had done and Wt
riding back ?<- rejoin their party.
When one proposed to the other that
they mould -top at a certain saloon
end fSt something to drink. Thev
rode |S the *lde door?the front being
Cloned?dismounted, entered, ordered
drinks. SjSjd were In the act of
"smiling" at one SJSOthOI w hen a col?
ored man. whose trad.- was that of
tailor and who afterwards became a
Htnte legislator, dashed In. shouting:
"Run. Marse Tom' :tun. Marse Wil?
liam' The Yankees Is comln. !" Thev
emptied their glasses and. vaulting
Into their saddles, rode from the alley
Into ?he street, saw the boys In blue
com! 1 k over the hill gl WS had. and
tame thing down the street in our di?
rection.
Home of the cavalry nnslung their
carbines and opened fire, the bullets
whirling round our heads ami cut?
ting up the dust In the street. Ogg ??f
4*nr frbmds wan riding an Immense
dark hav horse that was very fast,
while the other rode a clny-'olored
mare that was broken-winded. lie
was noon distanced, but we could hear
him saving In beseeching tones: "Tom
don't leave rie." and the response of
the other. Peking SSfSg his shoulder:
"Com? on. William, no time to swap
horftefl now " We wheeled as they
came up ami rode A >wn the street
With them, getting faster and faster
as we went. On reaching the pjSgfl
corner we were much surprised to
e^e a squadron of cavalrv coming to?
wards gg from both din?< tb?ns. while
the fsHorSJI from up th? street WSTS
behind us. An may be supposed, this
hJwUere I our movements, and soon
with a whoop and a yell the blue
coats dashed around the corner and
then began as pretty a race as anv
one would care to see. Being light of
weight and my mare a fine one, I
was soon very near leading the re?
treat, which continued unabated un?
til we had crossed a bridge over a
large and deep stream and reached
a causeway with swamp on either
side, when our pursuers left us.
As we thus left the town I noticed
two incidents?one, the capture of
one of our friends from the post at
the river bridge, who, pursued by a
cavalryman, made Ineffectual effort
to get away. It did not sem to occur
to him to use the gun he carried on
his shoulder, but he ran in a sort of
aimless way until the cavalryman hit
him with the fiat of his sabre and
rolled him over. This was the last I
saw at that time of Bill Price. The
other incident was the burning of the
"Cornwallis House," formerly the resi?
dence of my great-grandfather. Col.
Joseph K^rshaw, of the Revolution,
who had built it about the year 1760.
It was a great pity that the old house
waa burnt, but it was set fire to by
a Confederate officer because there
were stored In it several hundred
hogsheads of sugar belonging to the
Confederate Government, and he had
orders not to permit it to fall into
the enemy's hands. During the Revo?
lution the family were turned out by
Lord Cornwallts and he occupied it as
his headquarters while he remained
there in comamnd of the British.
This was the last sight I had of
Camden on that eveni.ful evening. We
rode on down to my uncle's planta?
tion, eight miles below Camden,
where we spent the night, while the
glare In the sky Camdenward told of
devastation and terror there. Mv
uncle and I were naturally anxious to
know how our respective families
were faring. He hud a faithful slave
named Abram, whom he sent for and
charged, to go to Camden and find
out the facts. Old Abram walked
the slxten miles to and from Camden
before daylight, went to both houses,
reported our safety and ascertained
theirs. A very considerable part of
the town was burned before the flames
were extinguished, but there was little
or no looting of private houses. Many
amusing Incidents occurred during
the raid. A regiment of Home Guards
had been mobollzed for duty In and
around Camden, composed of boys
between 16 and 18, and old men be?
tween 55 and 60. Their colonel had
them encamped about a mile above
the town. There was no discipline t"
speak of, but a show of doing picket
duty was maintained that was rather
farcical, for when Kilpatrick's cavalry
arrived and charged the camp with a
"hurrah" the Home Guards stood
not on the order of their going, but
went at once. The colonel was pur?
sued by the troopers, and he finally
took refuge In a large garden full of
squares and diamonds and serpen?
tine walks, hedged with boxwood and
privet, and covering several acre*.
The chase was very exciting. They
did not wish to kill the colonel, and
so they ran him down, heading him
off this way, very like boys chasing
a rabbit. Of course, they caught him
at last and took away his In use, while
they led him away captive. 1 saw
him in June of that year, after h?
had been losod from prison. One of
the old men in his regiment, havin
been in cimp less than a week. d<
dares' en returning home that he coui i
not sleep in the house?the olosenoi
stlffied him?he was so used to sleep
Ing in the open air.
Four old soldiers whose fumlie
lived between Camden and Cheraw
stole off from Columbia to visit then
intending to join their command at
Cheraw. When they reached a cei
tain bridge over a stream on their
rollte they found it guarded by four
b..\s of about 16 to 17. These boys
halt d the veterani and refused to
let them pass. The sergeant in
charge said "Boys, we don't Want
to hurt you but we are going across
this bridge. You'd better stand aside
and let us pass.'
The boys st.1 their ground.
The sergeant said to his men:
"Load:" They loaded. "Fix bay?
onets!*1 was the next command. They
were fixed. '?Charge'" said the ser?
geant, and tin y charged. The boys
got out of the way and the grim
veterans went on to their homes.
vii.
Adventure of Refugees.
A party of gentlemen, bank officers
and war tax COlleetor, went off to?
wards Cheraw a dav or so before the
raiders enterd the town of Cnmden,
ami . re amped in a part of the coun?
try known as "The Wilderness,"
some distance fron? the road. A
man living near undertook to keep
them advised as to tin- enemy's i
movemnts, for which they wer 1
much obliged, One old soldier a
along with the party his fhfhtlng
days over owing to the loss of a leg
at Gettysburg. The othen were all
civilians. During the first two or
three days of their sojourn in the
Wilderness their friend visited them
regularlv. bringing what Information
be could gather. whhb was very
meagre. AhOUf tie- fourth days to
reported that the enemy's scouts
were ail over the neghborhood, und
that they must keep very (lose un?
til he should see them again, a day
or two of suspense followed, but on
Sunday morning the friend came up
to report that the roast was clear,
the enemy having gone on and he
added that as It was Sunday his wife
had prepared some fowls and other
delicacies for their dinner, if they
would send for them. A darkey was
mounted on a mule and dispatched
accordingly. It wAs a beautiful, mild
and sunshiny day, after almost a
week of rain. One of the eldest of
the party, an "elder" in the church,
thought that they should observe the
holy day properly, and therefore ad?
dressed his friends somewhat as fol?
lows: "Gentlemen, on this bright Sab?
bath morning I think we owe it to
Him who has delivered us out of the
hands of our enemies to return
thanks for His mercies. Do you agree
with me?"
One answered "Yes," another was
about to propose the same thing, so
he said, and another assented indif?
ferently. The old soldier, when ap
pealed to, said he was not at all sure
that the danger was really over; that
unless the main body of the army
had taken another road, he believed
thfy were yet to pass that point, but
thi. t he had no sort of objection to a
religious service in any event. The
elder glared and shook his finger at
him, to which he only replied: "Well,
I'm afraid you are a little too pre?
vious that's all."
The elder got out his Bible and
hymn book and proceeded to find ap
porprlate selections from each for
the occasion. Tie had Just done this
to his satisfaction and was about to
line out the hymn when they heard
the thud of roofs coming rapidly In
their direction. In a minute or so the
darkey who had been sent for the
food appeared, coming as fast as his
mule could go, his eyes bursting out
of their sockets, the mule in a lath?
er. As he came within earshot he
shouted to them to run, that the
whole Yankee army was behind him!
Down went the Bible and hymn book,
and the late religious assembly speed?
ily dissolved Itself In ev^ry direction
?the sole survivor being the old
soldier, whose sinister remarks had
been so sever'y rebuked. He laid down
upon the frightened negro, rapped
him over the head with his crutch
and ordered him to hitch his horse
to the buggy and help him into it.
This done, the negro also took to
the adjacent swamp, while the vet?
eran drove himself up to the friend's
house who had been keeping them
'posted." The yard was full of Sher?
man's soldiers, who helped him out of
the, buggy and into the house, but
took bis horse. Here he remained
for several days, during which the
mighty host marched by, leaving a
rear guard to bring up stragglers.
These were still at the house when,
looking down the road, they espied a
soldier in blue coming along with
another man in tow, evidently a pris?
oner. Tie had on his head an ancient
beaver with the crown smashed in,
on his body an army overcoat with
half of one of the tails burned off.
and his trousers stuffed in high boots
about four sizes too large for him. A
?tubby beard Of a Week's growth ad?
orned his face, and altogether be
was one of the most vlllanous look?
ing creatures imaginable. Our old
soldier had great difficulty in recog?
nizing in this object the respected
elder who proposed a prayer meeting
on that bright Sabbath morning, but
he finally made him out. The extra?
ordinary costume and the terribly de
Jected expression of his face were too
much for the veteran's rislbles. The
old gentleman was finally released
<n?1 allowed to return home.
The Camden people sent many of
their belongings away when the raid
as were coming, but unfortunately
they were carried In the same direct?
ion that the army took, and hence
many valuables wa re lost. My very
slender wardrobe shared the general
fate, and when I got back after the
raid 1 was compelled to go to bed
and stay there while my clothing went
to be washed. T recall the fact that
from and after that date until the
sitring vegetables began to come in
our principal means of subsistence
were pumpkins, cooked without salt.
? r bacon, varied by sweet potatoes
and corn bread, also saltless. Thus
the weeks wore on until near the end
of March, when I received a letter
from father telling me to come to
him at Richmond.
A day or two after Sherman had
evacuated the town my friend who
was with with me the day bis army
entered it found it necessary to visit
his plantation, and asked me to go
with him. We went to a ferry about
seven miles from the town, but found
ths the ferry boat had disappeared.
We whooped until a negro appeared
on the side and informed us that he
bad a very leaky bateau, in which
ive might get across If we kept bailing
out while he paddled. We offered
him five dollars In Confederate
money to bring the craft over, to
which he consented, By the time he
had crossed the boat was half full
v Ith water that bad b aked In, and
we found on examination thai it was
constructed of green planks, with v is?
ible cracks between, through which
the water poured. As 1 could swim
and my friend could not, it was
agreed that l should go tirst. 1 un
saddled my mare and led her Into
the water, taking a seat neai the bow
and holding the reins (dose to the bit
so as to let lo r swim alongside. The
river was in flood and the current
very swift, but we pushed off, the
negro paddling and my friend watch?
ing the rather risky voyage. We got
along very well, except that we drift?
ed down stream considerably, until
we reached a point within forty yards
of the farther shore. I noticed that
my end of the boat was getting too
high out of the water, but all my at?
tention was centered on the swim?
ming mare and the effort to keep her
away from the boat. As we swept
into an eddy I heard an exclamation
from the negro, and, looking round,
saw his end of the boat slowly sink?
ing, while my end stuck up more un?
pleasantly than ever. I saw that the
boat was preparing to slide out from
under us, and I turned the mare loose
with her head towards the shore. I
said: "Old man, can you swim?"
He said: "No, massa, I can't swim
a lick."
I said: "Look out for yourself.
Catch hold of the boat as I get out
and don't let go. You can't drown
as long as you hold to the boat, and
the current will sweep you ashore
further down."
There was no time for more. I
leaped into the water with all my
clothing on, my pistol and my boots,
and struck out for the nearest tree.
When I got there I looked to see
what had become of the negro. Th-.
boat had turned completely over and
he was clinging to the bottom. The
current swept him against a willow
that grew out horizontially from the
bank and overhung the water, and
he contrived to work himself and the
boat to the shore by slow degrees. I
then turned my attention to getting
out of the bitterly cold water. I saw
the mare just ahead of me. She had
swum between two trees, or two
trunks of one tree, V-shaped, and
there she stuck. I worked my way
from tree to tree until I got to her,
caught the reins and jerked her until
she backed out, and then putting
her head to the shore, caught hold
of her tail and let her tow me out,
which she did without difficulty. The
negro, having got ashore, was per?
suaded by another five-dollar bill to
return for my friend, but he stipu?
lated that the friend's horse should
not be brought over. He came across
safely with my saddle, leaving his
own horse on the town side, and we
rode double the rest of the way.
When we were returning we went to
another ferry lower down, and 1
rode on to the flat near its front.
There twelve or fourteen mules on
board also. When we shoved off
fr.?m the shore and got well into the
stream some of the mules began to
back, and soon there was an epidemic
of backing, with the result that every
single mule backed overboard. If I
had not been mounted and well to
the front of the flat I would surely
have been trodden down or else have
gone again Into the river. Men on
the shore whistled for the mules and
they all swam out without injury.
This flood, or freshet, as it is called
in that section, was a noted one, or,
as we would say now, a record break?
er. But one freshet since that time
has been known to equal it, and a
Sherman freshet is the synonym for
the highest sort of a river. The one
most noted before it went by the
name of "the Hocott fresh," from the
circumstance that a man of that
name, essaying to cross the river
during very high water, had his boat
turned over and found himself com?
pelled to take to a tree for a day
and a night before he was rescued.
(To be continued.)
FARMER KILLS HIMSELF.
,T. C. SeriflS Takes Poison Because
Spouse Kef uses to Let Him Attend
Reunion*
Spartanburg, Aug. 18.?Because his
wife would not let him attend the re?
union exercises in Spartanburg, J. C.
Renns, a farmer living near Trinity
church, Cross Anchor, took laudan?
um late last night and died. Seens
was a man of about 70 years of age.
REO BREAKS RECORD.
Crosses Continent From New York to
San Francisco in Ten Days.
From The Daily Item, August 19.
Mr. T. B. Jenkins, the local repre?
sentative of the Reo car received the
following telegram this morning:
New York, Aug. 19, 1910.
Mr T. B. Jenkins,
Bumter, S. C.
Reo finished transcontinental run
New York to San Fransieco today;
time ten days, fifteen hours and
thirteen minutes, lowering the world's
record for transcontinental runs.
R. M. Owen & Co
This run was made in a regular
stock 1911 four cylinder :*0-h. p
??New Reo."
There Is no car of this type In
Sumter today, as Mr. Jenkins has
been able to obtain only four for th'*
territory up to the present time; but
he now has a car load Of duplicate:
of this record breaker en route, one
..f whb h is already sold to Mr. J.
W. Jackson.
The other fortunate owners of the
"New Ib-o" fours In this territory arc
\. ll. BlltOti of Charleston, J N.
Robertson, of Charleston, and Mr,
i>. v. Richardson, of Bucksport,
1 bury county.
JOHN DOE'S BUSY DAY.
Catche? Negro Man and Woman
Transporting Booze ? Bond for
Each Fixed at $200?The Man
Fined $50 For "Toating" Pistol.
From The Daily Item, August 19.
John Doe, that alert sleuth who is
ever hunting for the blind tigers,
went to Timmonsville this morning,
and while there saw Wesley Jenkins
and Prescilla Bennett, both colored,
buy five gallons of booze at the Tim?
monsville dispensary, placing part of
it in a suit case and tying the remaind?
er up in an old oil cloth.
The officer kept them in sight, and
when they boarded the train com?
ing towards this city, he did likewise.
When the train had passed Mayes
ville, John Doe seized the booze, and
while he was doing this a pistol in
some way fell out of Jenkins* pocket,
the officer Seizing this also.
When the tr?in arrived at this city,
the prisoners were brought before
Magistrate Harby, who fixed the bond
of the man and woman each at
$200. Jenkins was indicted also for
carrying a concealed weapon, and for
this was given a fine of $50.00, which
he paid; he also put up the $200
bond, but the woman has not put up
her bond as yet.
MR. ELLIOTT LECTURES.
G?ve Interesting Talk on Cover Crops
To Farmers at The Court Honse
Tliis Morning.
From The Daily Item, August 19.
Mr. W. R. Elliott, of Winnsboro,
farm demonstrator for Falrfield coun?
ty, gave an interesting talk to the
farmers at the Court House this
morning which, while not largely at?
tended owing to a mistaken impres?
sion as to the time at which Mr.
Elliott would be here was greatly
enjoyed by the few present; so much
so, in fact that they have induced
him to remain in the city and de?
liver another similar lecture, which
will take piece promptly at ten
o'clock tomorrow, Mr. Eliott being
compelled to leave on the 11:20 train
tomorrow morning.
In his lecture this morning Mr.
Elliott explained how to plant and
cultivate cover crops for grazing pur?
poses, advising the farmers to plant
barley, crimson clover, rye, and al?
falfa for this purpose.
He stated that these winter crops
improve the soil, and add fertility to
the land.
Mr. Elliott will be driven out into
the country this afternoon to see
several farms, and advise about the
planting of winter crops on them.
WOMAN MUST HAVE HER WAY.
Mrs. W. H. Fdton Wins Her Side
Track Fight Against Louisville ?
Nashvillc Railroad.
Atlanta, Aug. 18.?Mrs. W. H. Fel
ton, the aged widow of a once dis?
tinguished Georgia congressman, won
her fight against the Louisville &
Nashville railroad to compel the re?
building of a side track at Feltonia,
a small station on her plantation,
near Cartersville. Yesterday, Mrs.
Felton, opposed by 15 railroad attor?
neys, argued her complaint before
the Georgia railroad commission and
today the commission made its decis?
ion, odering that the side track on
her property be immediately restored.
THEY WANT MONEY ONLY.
Wife's Diary Tells Why Women
Start Affairs With Married Men.
Chicago, Aug. 17.?Why women
attempt to steal husbands of other
women is discussed in a naive man?
ner in a diary which Mrs. Alice E.
Lawrence says she kept. It is to be
part of the evidence in the suit she
has filed for separate maintenance
against George R. Lawrence.
She wrote in the diary on March 8,
1910, about her husband's alleged in?
fatuation for Louise Huber:
"No woman should ever accept at?
tentions from a married man. She
has allowed her love of conquest to
'?ontrol her actions instead of her
knowledge of right and wrong.
"She may think he is rich, for he
has told her so. No woman would
take him from his wife and children
for other than mercenary reasons."
Under the same date Mrs. Law?
rence put it that her husband is due
for an awakening as to the wiles of
woman. "When be learns his 'af?
finity' gushes ever others he will
realize what a donkey he has been."
she wrote.
?Be sure and take a bottle of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Dlhrrhoea Bemedy with you when
stai ting on your trip this summer. It
cannot be obtained on board the
trains or steamers. Changes of water
and climate often cause sudden at?
tacks of diarrhoea, and it is best to
be prepared. Sold by W. W. Sibert.
Struck n Rich Mine.
*S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala.,
says he struck a perfect mine of
health In Dr. King's New Life Pills
for they cured him of Liver and Kid?
ney Trouble after 12 years of suffer?
ing. They are the best pills on earth
for constipation, malaria, headache,
dyspepsia, debility. 25c at Sibert's
Drug Store.
SEAT SAXE AT SIBERTS.
Buring This Year Reserved Seats for
Attractions at the Academy of
Music Can Be Had at Si beet's Drug
Store.
Manager Hyttenberg of the Aca?
demy of Music wishes to announce to
the public that until further notice
all reserved seats for attractions at
the Academy of Music will be on sale
at Sibert's Drug Store. A suitable
place for the handling of the tickets
will be arranged in the front part of
the store, and Miss Hinda Manheim,
who has been in charge of the seat
sale for the past several years will
be at the new sale office.
Manager Ryttenberg has succeed?
ed in obtaining this year a very fine
Una of attractions, a larger number
and better grade of shows, as a whole,
than have ever been booked for the
local house. Just as soon as his book?
ings are a little more complete, he
will announce the names and dates of
the attractions that he has obtained
for the Academy of Music.
( OST MORE THAN EXPECTED.
Expense of Recent Census Will
Amount to About $11,000,000?Will
Exceed Appropriation.
Washington, Aug. 19.?The census
of 1910 is going to cost about 15
cents per capita?that is, the total
expense of the 13th census will cost
between $14,000,000 and $15,000,000.
As there are about 90,000,000 people
in the country, this will mean about
15 cents per head.
This is about $3,000,000 more than
congress has appropriated for the
service?$12,000,000. Trie remainder
of the cost of taking the census will
be paid for by a '"deficiency" appro?
priation. On July 1 the balance of
the appropriation on hand was $5,
111,617.18. There is considerable less
now. All but about 5,000 enumerators
have been paid off, and most of this
has been done since July 1. They are
being paid as fast as the vouchers
can be put through. Nearly $4,000.
000 has been paid out to enumerators.
The pay roll at the census office in
Washington is nearly $200,000 a
month, or pretty close of $2,500,000
per year. Some time ago there was
considerable dissatisfaction among
some of the clerks because Director
Durand placed them on a "piece
work" basis with some new machines.
The machine is a very complicated
one in its workings, though it is easy
to manipulate. The clerks complained
that their urifamiliarity with it made
it impossible for them to make a liv?
ing wage. Now, however, since they
have become accustomed to the ma?
chines, and are better able to operate
them .they make in some instances
alomst twice as much as they would
be making at this time had they con?
tinued on the flat salary basis. Some
of the women who work the machines
earn as high as $6 a day.
GIVES SECOND LECTURE.
Mr. Elliott fiavc Another Interesting:
Talk To The Farmers This Morn?
ing.
Mr. W. R. Elliott, farm demonstra?
tor for Fairfield county, who' lectured
at the court house Friday morning,
gave a second interesting talk to the
farmers Saturday, having been in?
duced to remain for this purpose
on account of the small crowd in at?
tendance Friday.
There was far from being a large
crowd present again this morning,
but what few were there listened to
what Mr. Elliott had to say with at?
tention, and they interspersed his re?
marks with many questions, which
showed their interest in his lecture.
As on yesterday, he talked for the
benefits to the land, and the adavnta
ges derived from planting cover crops
for winter grazing purposes, and
strongly advised the farmers to cul?
tivate these crops.
In reply to a question as to whether
Alfalfa could be successfully culti?
vated in this country, Mr. Elliott
said that he saw no reason why suc?
cessful crops should not be made
here, as in Fairfield county, the far?
mers were cultivating it successfully,
and that he is informed that in this
county (Fairfield), there is one al?
falfa field 62 years old, which only
requires a little extra seeding every
once in a while.
Mr. Elliott, also, strongly advised
inoculating with nitrogen, and it Is
reported that in this county experi?
ments with it have been made, and
that they show that inoculating with
this nitrogen, which can be got from
the government or purchased from
manufacturers, greatly aids the crops
as well as enriches the land.
For Quick Relief From Hay Fever.
?Asthma and summer bronchitis,
take Foley's Honey and Tar. It
quickly relieves the discomfort and
suffering and the annoying symptoms
disappear. It soothes and heals the
Inflamed air passages of the head,
throat and bronchial tubes. It con?
tains no opiates and no harmful
drugs. Refuse substitutes. Sibert's
Drug Store.
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Philosophy is nothing but dlsers*
J Hon.?John Seiden.