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I SOITIII.HX Tiu sn i: piioui n ?Ha lU mh< m Wttvh A \uny From Of tnwhil Hrver stm mro ?rar I?ii cestcr. Lsucastc March S.-"'* t>cnt ot the Southern railway turtle \v? iu 4own early thla morning before f'ou waters of the Catawbu river, seven giilea north of Lunvr.iter. W. II. Cn I then. Southern), agent. w.va *nul t,! ' Uam.iKo v. ill apodity i?o repaired :u : that by Thursday ull trains will ho, 4ble to cross aas* the regular schedule i be resumi d. In the meantime ur-j rangciuent* will be made. If posslhl , to transfer mull art! pa aongers ?U! the river. The iAncuatcr ft Chester! < road, which has been using thfSouth em track for several months since Its' own big ratawba bridge wua carried aWay by the Hood of last summer, alll be unable to make it accustomed runs to Chester until the Southern trew'lc is repa,r?? l | llFSKCltATLW l-X>RllllinE\. Kot F.ven Pos| Card Hearing the Fla ; Can be Sold or tilven Away Now. I Tbnt the congress of the I'nlted States on Felruu?y ? imrsed u drai tic art forbidding desecration of th*J American flag is a fact that has es? caped the attention of u lurfce num? ber of people apparently, and has re? ceived very llttlo comment In the pre**. The ivew law and some of th", enVet* it will have arc thus set forth by United States Attorney loiskey of AVuah.nsten, according to The Wash? ington Star. "Morchiints of the national capital arv warned agulmt expodng for sale or ??.?en giving away nay article or merchandise to which is attached an American f!ug rfr n which appear any represents tiro of Old ''dory. A: set of congress, approved February s. declares su. h use of a fli\g a b se< a tl n and Imposes a ponalty of a fln< not to exceed tioo or Imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both each violation. "United Kh?es Attorney Leakey am;, gested that the attention of merchant* should be called to the drastic provis? ions of the net. H's suggest.on follow? ed-a visit to him by Mrs. Fred L Vollem), chairman of a committee toe pre* ont dtssdiatlon of the flag. If such violations are culled to his atten? tion, Mr. La sky sa.cn, he will can m warrants to be Issued for tho offend ?"Hereafter no canned goods bear- j Ing the representtalon of a flag may bo need to beauufuy a show w4edoa or aid in the emhetlshmrnt of ?fori? shelves. No port cards on which n fing is printed or painted may be of f red for rule. >Ir. Lnttkey pointer ?est, nor even given away. Sheet mu even or patriotic aong.s may no lo i er display ihs Si.u s. ngled Panner and be sold or p'.a < c. on display. Mr, iA?;key has already been pre? sented with several im id< uts of vio? lations of the act, in \ ho has In hi; possession a small cnl-'e surmounted by a flag, a candy box > imped l|ke shield' and Veal ing on it ihs start banner and a number of banquet a;: party favors to which a flag had been sttuclv d or on which It is represent ed. -Nfr. Leakey declined lo be qouted on what he s >uld b Id to be n r'ola tion or the law and would n^>t risk as opinion on whether Iho woman su* frogirts could uso h flag on whl< was printed 'voxca fpr women/ ot some otb r I k ??).! u Ui S.M with nn: C H'NTV A (.KM Sofli* Good Work Th -\ arc ltr?p!n Along. /Clemeon Col!cg\ '? ?! lington county carl .a b; o? shopped ons of Iiis rounty dnrl .^th< full man* He. Hlchlnnd romly S I I mlltl 01 hog font Ing ordere 1 <o->perntiv ly by several farmers at n consider., M' aaving. Most of thli e Will used for fencing demn Ing plot>? f<?r hogs. Marlon County i?ne demonf^r tor to plant "??? acres to pi an manure spreaders have boon pil ? chased. Alken f'ounty?III b of ' rattle sold. Prices fro to I 3-4 cents gOf pi an 1 Tin cattle bringing S 3-1 tents SrOf very good condition, and overage In weight about I Ml [>oi.n<!.~. Pointer Connty ? ime farim i bfl I or^hanefl le grade Aberdeen An ;u heifers. He is going to bfOOd IhOl to a pure bred bull. f^aurena County?A 4-block .lev aey P.ull Ai?sociation organised w.th '2% sharen of $.*> ??;?< b t-. th- ? !<- ' or a total of $*.?<>, wdb vvha h ' bulls have been purehanrd Orrenvllle foantv 1 '? - bUSlul velvet beans shipped dire-1 i<> ? farmers, and this with IM htl he bought for distribution ? y i lOf chants will plant :i,aao , n t county Keep your lota and livestock stall we|| littered wl?h atrnw. ISOVSa; Oi for you win nee<i laroje onantu of manure thla year. This i a < way to reduce your ferllllasff bill, HATCH CHU KKXS KAHI.V. Fresh Fggw Will Im? Scarce Xcxl Hill and Winter?llcuicdy M In Hand-* of tlK? Poultry Man. Did it over occur In jrnu ihnl nature n> mires her shlldrofl to lake an all nual vacation She docs, nnd r I where do human being* pUMle llirlr brains o\ or this fuet more than n'lieil the hens begin' their yearly holiday. This vucntion ;s teehr.ienlly OAllOd the "molting elnMOn *' It begins dir. iri. the late summer. The htnS stop lay* Ina:, und ciinnife Ihelr unite of fcnth eis lor new ones. Usually tiny con Stinte three Dt four months In t/: process. Most of us know this per fectly well, hut are apt to overlook the fact that a very important feature o.' the molting periods Is that eg:; lay Ing stop.;. We are unreasonable vra expect the hens to lay all the llttK When the hens take this vacatloi new-laid freua tggs are scarce and re? main scarce until the pullets' halche. during the preceding spring begin to lay. The Remedy. 'the r? mody Is very simple, and ll under the control of the poultry mail The flrr.t step Is to have chi ROH hatched early, e/o that the pullet* be gin to lay when the hens begin ft mo'.t. This is not disncult. lNtllov of the Amertcan breeds begin lay 111 f at about 7 months of age. Leghov. pullets hegin vmon about I months old. North of the ofio river th '?? means that all hatching must ho ovo* l>y V.ny 1 at the latest. The best plat; 1m to uavc the chickens coming at in? tervals during March and April. Th .? earliest hatched pullets will. c* course, begin to lay first, If ar.y o.r them bogftg to molt, their places w\\ be taken by the later an OS an 1 steady supply of eggs, will be more certain. T.ie Diiliculty. The oifllcuity In the way of l!u Practical application of this matter ?? that r.o many poultry keepers ate d pendent on hens for hatching. A - long as we have late hatched chick i n we will have late sitters. The poub try keeper who wa^ts to change Cro*^ lato hatching to early hatching tn >. therefore eltlur gat broody httlf fit some one elsp or use an InOUbatOi* After lie has "changed the dates" on ' Is dock he a HI have no trouble, 01 pecially with the American breed.:. j Can It V*J Hone? Every prog: osslve p"ultry ralsoi who bus tried it, every agriculture' 'o liege and the government, havt data showing that early hatching wili produce fail ttnrt "Winter layorsr * Ike kov? mm? itt nook during th past arbiter the pullets oi the cntiit i i It a' sragod over 14 per cent, h ? egg production, and some pens >n ?' || per tent That means. In p! language, that UlC < gg productlo tor all the pallets was oni egg d 11: for every Bve iu*ns, and for some ,u otto egg daily for every Hires In n This, too, wken fresh sggs sold u; to cents per doaen In Waslilngtot This could not have been done e\. ly early hatching V, H, l>Opnrl ; taent Wcekl> News Letter. I The Old QUufd at Nome?.". Veteran' MuxJasjn, l. With the sJrghtpg a-llyln nroonti j An* the submarines under the s< \n* tho wir;de s ways Of tllOfle nc * fa ngled days , It sure is a new time to' iu< ! This BtrnngC style o" RghlUT Oil i e i i on shore? it ain't ?feilte it was sthcii i come c?u tho war! IT. ffhasj I charged In the old ranks o Jackson An' Joined in tite ehcenn' for Lee, Twas with flags flyin' bright, an1 th? foe was In sight, An' the band, it played "Dixie" for me! Ihtt there's no satisfaction in flghtlti' the Dark. An' never In knowin' yon'n hlttlrt' the mark! lit Von gg| to the place O' the light In', There's BjaVOf a Hag you can sof?; An' never n note from a war bugle*) throat - And still as g dead tuan could bt ! Then Ike gas gens throw biases over the Night? I'd never o,ot used to the UCW w.?.. they fight! | IV, I'ut I'm Slghls to think: If nurcoun' Shouhl hear Iho old war tael I , scream, I'd have to Stay still for I'm gortvi down iho hill, To s't in the gjiadows und dream! f couldn't be th- re. Where tlu ? . ; thunders roam? I'm only the ghost of the Old Oit.'iH at Homo! -Frank L Stanton. in the .\t! ? ? ? Constitution. Medical authorities state thai '????< gfteen dayi fnr iha r.vrr>tn> If baity t'i ? r <o ? ?? f'dty ffti* ! ... of iv. o auaoecntive alght'e 1 .huh?S DONT GO TO II XI.UWA. Tills Im Statement Made by the Se? nior Senator of South Carolina, lion Tillman. Tlie following .correspondence, throws a strong light on the tendency of Senator Tillman to stivnip as "tral tors'" all whose sympathies are not with America's stihmission to Bngllstl rules and laws. He stoutly denlo that our ships liave to go to Hall fax, before they are permitted U cross the ocean, and all such reports Are According to his version, lies o t rultoro, Am 'i'lean IndciH,iuh*nce. liishopvUIe, Feh. 2?;. 1017. Senator it. u. Till man, Washington n. c. Dear Sir: The following remark ir Attrlbated to you: "Our ships shall Sgl] the seas wherever they damn please." This is a brave sayings worthy of South Carolina's hest tradition and In keeping with the character of the orl , ginal Ten Tillman, whose sentiments Were so heartily responded to by the wool hat citlsens of South Carolin*a during the stirring times of the '00s. ; And we congratulate yoju in the ut? terance, of this staunchly Americau sentiment, which ?u easily on a pur with that held by one Of our foremost J statesmen of the long o.ge when ho exclaimed, ''Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." I My object in burdening you wiCa this letter (a first to congratulate you sincerely oir your strong stand for ottr nation, ar.d to ar.k you If it ir. a fact as rumored down here that our ocean going ships sail first to Halifax, a British port'strid after being examined papers and cargo, and if found All cor? rect With PritjSh sea rules they are permitted to depart to unai destina? tion by the British Authorities? Thanking you in advance for the courtesy 1 know you will extend to this humble Inquiry, i remain, Yours very truly, W. A. James. Odd Save the King. February 27, itl7, Mr. W, A, .len.es. Blshopvllle, S. C. Dear Pin I l??\vo and thank you for, your Icttef of February the Bfth. !fty remarks fcyout our "ships sailing ?he neas whore they damned please vlth'uit hidden':; a pass," excited con? siderable, cetmroiit one newspaper in re suracstlM that it be adopted us '.h?' national slogan. I am glad you approve of the sentiment. It came from my heart, and if imperial Ger? many is so blockheaded as to continue io trample under her ruthless foot nil the rights de^ to liberty-loving poo pie we say Fight! Fight! Fight!?and then tight some neue: it is not true, of course that ou* hips put In Halifax or atl.v other for? eign port for orders, That Is sim? ply a Qermun lies manufactured b> '1.0 copporhoActa in America who pread their venon under the llnj lhey OUght tO fight for. It an Ugly truth?but a truth nevertheless?tha* there are man:.- thousands of en-call in] American citlsens whose nation tl nthem is "The Wotch on the Rhine" instead of "The Star Bpangled Ban ner." America will know how t< deal with the traitors at home when the breaking of heads commences h deadly earnest. Yours very sincerely, B. n. Tillman. Fl? lies dorn tlie Dark Comer. Dark Corner. March ?News Is not so plentiful. Things are moving along- about as uaual. The measles -eem to have run their course In tUi corner. Mr. T. ft Osteom Mr. B, F. Kol'-, ?md Miss Mary Thompson have an been suffering with grip or some kind of severe cold. Mrs. o. h. Johnson has boon suf faring for several days with weak? ness at her heart. Mr, Haley Thompson of the BtAl of Washington arrived hero at his father's (Mr. F. P. Thompsonl Ihm Monday evening, He states It tool' him seven days to make the trii and that he lofl tha snow ten inche? deep, Mr. Joe Johnston and family vis'.! A Mr. H. C. Bcofc?s faulty r *l I l\ ville last Saturday. Mr. J. R, Burk and i on T*i \&) ? f Privateer, visited at Pdm 11 II ' Runds y. Farmers have made good use <n" th lime while the weather was good lost week, We had a heavy rain and hnll here yesterday evening. it was my plcasura and privllcg in hear the speeches of Dr, BteArn> of New York and ESx-Gov. Patte, . <? of Tennessee on national prohibition it Pine wood Inst Kunday morning. I shall have more t?> say about those speeches, I hope, some day In the mar future, but 1 will ring off hor< now, "Hard Tunes." Alligators' eggs are eaten in the West IndiO Islands and on the west < ?>ast of Afric a. Tin y resemble i*' thApe a hen's egg, nnd have much ?he same tnste, but are larger, Mor< than n bundled ( ?r- s hav e been found in one alligator. lauge liner SI Mi. Hoya] Mali f?teeiu Puckel Uli mi Re? ported Destroyed?Passengers nre Sa re, New York, March 5.?-Advices rO relved here from Rio de Janeiro and London indicate that tlie Royal Mail Steam Packet llncr Drlno of 11,433 tons with passengers and cargo from luio do Janeiro has been Sunk be twen- Lisbon and Liverpool and the passenge: s rescued and landed. No details are available The South ; dbierlcan advices reported that tho los of the Drina after leaving Llsbo i i bud been announced by agents of the i U'oyal Mail Steam Packet companv I in Rio de Janeiro." Agents of the ! company here admitted today tho re I ceipt of a messngo from London, itgne dby the captain, as follows: "Drina passengers landed safely." ! CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. i Hindoo and German Arreste I on Charge of Plotting Invasion of In? ! din. j New York, March 6.?Dr. C. Hana { dor Chakiberty, s Hindoo physician, j end Dn. Ernest Bchunner, described a so German, have been arrested on I the charge of conspiracy to form Q j military expedition agoinst a coun j try friendly with the United States, j The police Day the men have con j feesed they* plotted under the direc i t!on of \Yolf von lgel to invade India ? through China. jVARDAMAN AND KEN YON EX? PLAIN. j Washington, March 6.?Senators i Vardaman, of Mississippi, and Kcnvon ! of Iowa, two of the twelve senators ? who did not sign the manifesto fa? voring armed neutrality and Who wero included in the president's "lit? tle group of Wilful men" who render? ed the country "helpless and contem ! ptlble," explained in the senate that j they were not In a conspiracy to pro ! vept a vote on the measure. SWEDES GIVE I P OFFICE. > London, March 5.?The SwellIsh ! ministry resigned today, according to Reuters. At the request of K:n>; Gustav, however, the ministers pon Dented to remain in otllce in the lu. pe of oomposrhg the ciisis. \' Was Pint President. L ' Lisbon, (via Paris,) March Sr-pHic I death is announced of lfanuefj do AytissasV expresident of Portugal MjEhucJ de Arraign, in 1911. iv v elected the first constitutional tmvm ; lent of the republic of Portgual. I "" 1017 Pork Production to Be Huh. Clemson Coliejro, s. c, March f?.? The had seasons last summer ran.e.1. a serious shortage In tho corn crop in this State, .\s this cr< p is U?< < hief one ?>a which our farmers ; usually produce their pork, it will cost them twice as much to mojki . pork this year as it did last yeui , unless a change is made in methods. '< Already the price of torn lias > .above $1.30 per bushel. Tho e who have corn to sell have no trouble j to get $1.23 per bushel In the car for it. The average coat of pro j duclng a pound of pork with corn I alone is 7.-5 cents., or $7.23 per hundred pounds, when corn co fa j seventy cents a bushel. To f- o orn alone now will mean that It i v.iii cost about twice ns much pet , pound. To reduce the cost, it wl!l I he necessary to plant grazing crops for the hogs, and so save feeding .ill corn. Rape, soybeans, cowpens, peantits, and Chilian are excellent j crops for this purpose, and every! tanner Should have sufficient acre \ 'ge planted to help make the corn last longer and go further. I Many farmers are planning to 1 plant the oat land in cotton. Tlih j J will ]>e a serious mistake. The land should by all means be used for the production of feed stuffs, such a corn, hay and g;n'4'n?? crops for the stock, especially for ] n ??. Unions grazing crops are planted for the hogs the cost of pork production Is bound to be very high. There Is no telling what the cotton market will j do this fall, and by growing plenty I of feed stuffs, one will be in much j better condition, than If he plants a large acreage Of cotton with tho market so uncertain. The most suc ee8sfui farmer this year, will be )se who produce plenty of food, UOth for themselves, and the stock, at home. The coast of the British isles Is so well protected with lighthouses that if a ship sailed right around England, Scotland and Ireland by night onl> on six occasions would it he where it could not see the light of a light? house lantern. The proverb says marry In haste and repent at ymir leisure, hut a mar lied man has no Icli ore. The trouble with many marrlo ?>ople is that they are trying to g<?1 ?iiro vvnt of mnrriage than thera i ?U it.'1 UOETffALS MAY MJCCKET) BA KBit 'Tuofliclnl Report" or Cabinet Change Heard at Greenville. Greenville, March 5.?Jh* OaAXy Piedmont announces that Major Gen. George W. Goethals, former govern? or of the Panama canal, is to suc? ceed Newton D. linker as Secretary of War in President Wilson's cabinet, according to an unofficial report that has reached Greenville through per? sons intimately in touch with the mil? itary organisations: of t he country. No official announcements of the reported change in the c abinet as yet have been received over the wires. It is believed ..here that the information comes from a thoroughly reliable > source and that it will be officially j confirmed In the next few days. Although confirmation of the re ! port was lacking in Washington to 1 night, it was learned here upon good I authority from a person who was j closely associated with President Wilson during the campaign that Secretary Baker is to retire from the i cabinet and that Ma.ior Gen. Goethels, in all probability, will bo his success? or. Healing Wounds by Washing;* I Undoubtedly the most important I j medical discovery made during the : war is that of Dr. Carrel, of the I Rockefeller Institute, who. working at a hospital maintained by the in? stitute at Compiegnc?just behind the ; battle line in northern Prance?has perfected a method of sterilizing I wounds, so efficacious that, of the i hundreds of patients that have so far ! been treated by it, only one has died, j And this one, it is interesting to know. ; did not succumb to the original Bhell wound in the back for which he was I brought to the hospital, but to n vio? lent attack of pneumonia induced by his exposing himself at an open win? dow in the absence of ids attendant. To effect the complete storlllsaUon of a wound Dr. Carrel came to the conclusion that it would bo necessary j to carry the antiseptic to all parts, rather than only to the surface, as has been the case with the practices hith? erto followed. For this purpose an 'apparatus was perfected, coasisting 01 ! a glass receptacle, oi' about 2 quart capacity, to be suspended several foet above the bed on which the patient under treatment Is lying, and a rub i her tube to carry the solution to the wound. (Jn reaching the wound tili: tube divides and s.i idlvldos?OJ means of glass joints and elbows? into mailer tubes, which arc buried ii the torn and lacerated ?ach undei treatment. The small tubes are elos j ed at the ends and perforated at in tcrvala of every half inch or so will small round holes, so that whenevei the solution Is allowed to enter them the slight pressure which it is Undci from the elevation of the receptach >above the bed lorcts ;; out iuLo and through all parts of Hi.' wound. Any c.:ce.-:s of the solution drains off?car tying with it the germs 01 Infection, jand is absorbed by bandages, which are changed every time the wound Is [ lluuhed?usually about every two j hours. The decease of the bacteria of la , lection in the most terrible wounds - under treatment, by this "hushing" ; method astonished even Dr. Carrel (and his assistants until they came tr ! take its continued success as a nv I tor of course. The bacte: ia are simp? ly killed and washed away, where, ! under other treatments, they were left to be taken up by the already I vitiated blood. The new way reduces j the infection and, of course, hasten: ! healing. Legs and arms that no stir 1 gson would ever have dreamed of j lrenting by anything but amputation in the past, are not only healed in from one to three weeks, but healed so thoroughly as to retain all their former usefulness. Men that would have been cripples for life?if they had been saved at nil?under the u: u al treatments have gone Crom tic Compiegne hospital direct to their regiments, appearing shortly after on the tiring line. Perhaps in no military hospital In Europe is the cooperation betwecr clinic and laboratory so complete as In the "Ambulance Carrel." A 'smear' for microscopic examination is taken once a day from every wound Under treatment, and a careful record kept of the decrease in the bacteria of infection. Should these fall to decrease, the microscope reveals th fact even before it would have been noticeable through a retardation in the rate of healing, and means an at once taken to Und what is wrong and apply the remedy. The very day Ilia, tbo laboratory reports that a wound is free of infection, a longer and completer "Mush" Is given it with the solution, and it i.s <. lo ed for goo i No provision for "draining" is nec? essary, as supperation is at an end. it is even practicable?and appar? ently desirable- to close a bacteria free wound over a knitting bone. Once the infection is gone, the bone ap? pears tO knit all the faster for having the llesh closed over it.?It. J. i'jur Btcdt, In the March Popular Merhana* Magazine. Heart Disease Almost Fatal to Young Girl "y./ daughter, when th'.rtees ye o'd. was stricken ?Ith heart trouble. rt:c v'?i so bad wa had to place her bed IMar a window ao lbs could get her breath. Ona doctor SsM, llsof chi'd. she la likely to fall dead any time.' A friend tc'.d Bat I>r. sfUes* Heart Bemady lud cured her fatiu-r, so I trie-A it, and she bejan to im? prove. She took ? great nany bot? tles, but ahe Is spared to mc to Cay. a fat. rosy cl eeked girl. No one can imagine the conSdencs 1 have In Dr. Miles He*rt Remedy/' A. R. CANON, Worth, Xo. The unbounded confidence Mt. Canon has in Dr. Mile*' Heart R*t?? cdy is shared by thousands of others who know its value from j experience. Many heart disorders I yield to treatment, if the treatment I is right H you arc bothered with ' short breath, fainting spells, swell? ing of feet or ankles, pains about the heart and shoulder blades, pal? pitation, weak and hungry spells, ! you should begin using Dr. Miles' . Heart Remedy at once. Profit by. the experience of others while yog may. 4 Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy Is add tnJ Ouaranteed by all druggists. ? MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ini. I GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. - ' Heavy Fighting Continues on Verdun and Sommc Fronts. New York, March 6.?Heavy fight? ing on both the Verdun and Sonimc fronts continues. Parts reports Ger I man attacks at Caurieres Woods and ; Douaumont, northeast of Verdun in | an attempt to drive the French from k trenches recaptured by the latter yes i terday were repulsed. ! British assaults east of Bouchaveus, I r-.orth of Peronne, on the Somme j front were frustrated by German fire, 1 according to Berlin. On the Russian front Berlin an? nounces the repulse of Russian night attacks near Brzezany, Galicia, and the failure of Russian assaults In ! the Kelemen mountains on tho ? northern Roumanian front. The Senatorial Race. ' j The statement from Congressman ? j Ragsdale, carried in the last issue oW i The Advertiser, in which he declare J * I his allegiance to Senutor Tillman In ? i case the latter becomes a candidate i for re-election, has aroused mu.h i ( speculation a3 to probable candidates < in tho race. Congressman A. F, Lev ? er, who is often spoken of in connec? tion with the sanatorlal toga, may not (run in case the senior senator Is in the race. W. P. Pollock, of Che raw, who with "Lang" Jennings made things rather warm during the sena? torial campaign of 1914, is priming bis feathers for another race and is expected to be in the race next year , regardless of who enters. Close friends of Jennings say that he will not be In the race. Col. W. Jasper Tolbert of Parksville, has said that he will enter the race if Tillman does and promises to make it an interest? ing affair. Mr. N. D. Dial, of this < :y, announced some time ago ihat he intends to be in the race and \ it is a well known fact that Mr. Dial doesn't change his mind often. There are other aspiring patriots who would doubtless throw their hats in the ring were it certain that they would not have Tillman to contend with, but so far they are keeping quiet. The state? ment of Mr. Ragsdale in many quar? ters Is taken as a "feeler" thrown out in the interest of the senior senator and if the senator allows his name to be placed in the hat it appears that he will be opposed then by Dial. Pol? lock and Tolbert, if not others. With them in the race the senator will not have an easy thing of it by any means. All of these men already have strong followings and are able campaigners. Mr. Dial has had less political experience probably than any of them but in his last race he made a strong impression with his business platform and he will doubtless in? crease his vote materially this year. A* Pvt't, he i. the only man so far announced who is from the real Pied? mont section ami that is a strong fa lor in nil oT our races. It Is some .mic yet before the campaign open** and much may happen in that time, but it may very certainly be said that the r;?ce will not be won by default. ?LaurensAdvertlser. There is still time to spray your trees to get rid of San Jose Scale. I'se commercial Bime Sulphur (t? gallons of water to 1 gallon of com? mercial lame Sulphur solution), and spray after pruning the trees. There is a considerable loss by Spraying before pruning as there is so much more space to cover. During the cold rainy days nM harness on the farm should be worked over, and oiled.