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I One Lace j I Union Cc m i *? I Satur I Biggest I 1| You Can' GRASSES FOR THE SOUTH. The Cultivation of Bermuda an Johnson Their Respective Geo Qualities Extracts from Bulieti of Prof. Benton. ( 1- iii-t.ii ('.>11, jr. , Feltruary Tin- followini; intriv.-tiiitf facts mil cfruiiifx I ii'i'tniula :> n? 1 .lolmso KHiss ;iiv roiuKnsril from I'ro] li. nton - I iillctiii on "( raises an Im ii1 ( l*i t ? - "O ? ' I ' Itermuda grass (c;i(>ri?*l:i ?\ I<>i Kuntze,) i~ a ejveping siirfac gras?. jointing at tin- roots, and used ehielly lor pa-tures and lawnthough on ri?-li snil-> it makes a goo yield of superior hay. Like Join son grass, it is to*> often lygarde as a j>i st l?y too many of our Soutl i-rn planters. True, it is ditlicu to eradicate, and it is expensive \ grow cotton on infested fields, y< both grasses liave been blessings i disguise, compelling many farme to diversify, and hundred-* of aer? are now yielding more prolitab returns from them than was yield* in cotton. Hcrmuda yields * fairly good land one to two 1<>i per acre; 011 rich as mueli as >i tons. Jhil its chief use is ft?r lawns ai pa-tures. Nothing makes a si?m???t 1 el* or softer lawn, and it is by f; tin best pasture grass for the SolitI It- i- generally propagated by plan ing small pieces of sod 1"? to 1 undies apart on well prepared soi 11 _,fooii spreads. Seed, stalks an Howeis art; nrodiie.cd. but no si-i-i iii tin; South. Sod may he starte in -the spring or fall. If in the fal rye or' wheat should l>e plant** when the sod is planted and graze id!' in the spring hy rattle, as hog.* sheep ??r horses would injure tli Bermuda hy too elose grazing 1'rOpngation l?y seed i- unreliahlt from nine planting- 1 obtained on -tand. Kut it' this is desirable, >o live pound- per acre, and have tli ground partly shaded to protect tli young grass when cattle do n* keep the weeds down; mow tli weeds. < Mice the sod is well esta' lished, it will atYord pastnrage ii I*'finitely, hut it is well to plotig up the sod and harrow* well ever t* 11 <?r fifteen years. If done in tli spring or early fall few roots will 1 killed, and the growth for the lies few years will he greatly increased It is often well to sow rye or when on the >od while breaking it. Hair vetch, white clover, or burr clovi all grow well on Bermuda sod, sown in the fall and well harrowed thus giving good winter pasture, i Day's and Emb ..AT THE.. tton Mills D< pens at 9 0'cl< dav. Mar yr / Bargains-Be t Afford to Miss 'will as improving tin- soil. When it is dc-ircd to di-stro, ? IJormuda, fallow the land and liar row often I'roin September to Mareli and sow a crop of spring oats. Fo| low the ??al< with posis, (two hush I - _ \ i.? m i.- per acre. / aim tne next yea plant in some clean-cultivated crop ami ? \t? r111i11;111- sueli individua ^ hunches of tin- Jlcrmuda as may li left. Itcrmudu is adapted to all soils ii Alabama, (ieorgia and South Cam '' lina, ami will furnish more animal r |?a>turngc from May to Novontbc lf" than any other plant wo have. J .IOIINSON OtlASS. I !_ Johnson grass, (sorghum IlaK (| pvudc) is also known locally a Means grass, Cuha grass, (Jrcc ]t Valley grass, Arahian millet, fiuine u grass, etc. Governor Means, < .j South Carolina, obtained the see n of Johnson grass from Turkey ahoi rs is:;."). A few years later Williai .s Johnson, of Alnhnma, obtain* I,, seed from Governor Means an .,) actively advertised its good qual ties. It will thrive on any wel drained, fairly fertile soil, but it x practically useless to plant it i I tool* land, as weeds will crowd ,,| out. It is not satisfactory as pasture grass for more than or year at a time. Indeed pasturin , is olio of the surest, means of e> j. terminating it, if pastured closely >> year or so, then summer fallows ) and harrowed several times, tliei fj winter fallowed and harrowed, aiv l^j then planted in some clean-culti (] vated crop. I Planted on good land, it wil ,j yield two to live cuttings froi .1 snrim/ to fall <lon<>rwlinir <>n i I i n """ ? '" I'"* % ? seasons. It should be mowed jus1(. as the. heads begin to appear, fo , (1,) it mak? s better hay; (2,) ther . is little or no danger of spread in 1(. the seed to other fields, this l?ein w one of it-1 chief objections. Man, fields have been infested by allowin |r seed to form before mowing. 1 ,t1 spreads slowly by the root stoek* but too slowly to do nnuh harm. Contrary to many writers, th rcK?t stocks will stand considerabl }, water. As fine hay as I ever sa( v was on lands that had l?een over 1(. I lowed (hiring half of the preeedin ,c winter. Meadows should he fal t lowed every two years for the hes |, results. I Johnson grass i- propagated b; y'secd. band >hould be well pre "r pared, and as soon as danger ti if frost is passed sow one. bushel pe |t acre and harrow in. if favorabl lf J season, the grass may Ik- mowc< A GREAT AND GROWING ORGANIZATION. the Second Annual Inter-State Convention of Young: Hen's Christian Associations.. The city of Aalicvillc will entertain the second annual Inter-State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North and South Carolina. The convention will begin on Saturday, March 11, and close the following Tuesday night. "Advance Steps will be the central theme of this most interesting meeting. The Association movement at large is making great strides in the present nay. The progress during the past live years, not only in membership and material development, but also in religious and educational lines, equals that of the forty-seven years of previous history. While the movement is conservative there are new and more cflicicnt methods being introduced constantly, and "Advance Steps" are necessary to keep up with them, thus securing the best results. One of tin* most valuable features of the convention will be the "Quiet Talks" of*Mr. S. 1). Cordon, of Cleveland. Ohio, lie is one of the powerful speakers in this country today on subjects relating to the Christian life, lie was at the Conference of Associate Reformed Presbyterian Ministers held at All Healing Springs last summer. Dr. J. Knox Montgomery says of him : "Many of our ministers had been at Nortbfield, but they said they had not had such a blessing from anywhere as they got in sitting at Mr. Cordon's 8 Sale 1 roidery 1 ept. Store I ock.. 1 ch 4th I :st Values 1 This Sale. | < twice the first season. The yield o y hay from Johnson grass varies t'ron - one to four tons, depending upoi . tin-, season:- and the soil. It is casil; - cured and handled. In the vieinit; i- of bridges Ala., (the home n r William Johnson,) the produ< tioi ?, | of Johnson grass hay has largel; 1 i su)>]>lanted the growth of cotton. A Tragic Death. I- #til s i t he sad news readied the cit; j. i Thursday evening, too late for ou last issue, of the tragic death o Mr. Marion Amos in Jonesvillc Mr. Amos was a son of Mr. Mat ' the.w Amos, who lives a mile o |S two above the eily, and was over n seer of the dyeing department o 51 the Joncsville Knitting Mills. Oi Thursday, at the time he met hi '' death, he was in the boiler roon d helping to make some repairs whci 11 a plug blew out of the boiler ant he was scalded to death, some o d tie? hoiling water going down hi throat. Another man who was cn J" gaged with young Amos in makinj ,s the repairs, was also badly scalded J1 The body of the unfortunati d young man was brought to th< :I home of hist parents near (Jaffne; late Tlmrsday afternoon, and huriet K Friday in Oakland cemetery. 11 < was about twenty-eight years o !l age, and is survived by a wife ant , two children.?Oaffney L<;<lger. Southern Educational Review. i" II The Southern Educational Heviev n is now being published at Chatta e nooga, Tenn. This journal is edit it ed and puhlishcd l?y Prof. II. El r mer liicrly, prtifessor t>f philosophy e and etlucatitin, (irant I niversity, o g that city. It is a journal devotet g to the discussions of Southern proh v lems. roiiditinnw un/1 * v j - , ??a v? I I li g! most ably edited and its contribu t tors are scholars of wide reputation ifi The February number contains sev | cral able addresses, among which ii o one delivered by Dr. George II c; Denny, President of Washingtoi ,viand Lee University, at New Orlcani . j last November before the Souther) g! Association of Colleges and prepnra [. tory schools, 011 the subject of Aca t demic Commercialism. The othei addresses published in this munbci v are of similar interest and impor > | tance and should be read by al ,f j lovers and promoters of educationa r' development. The price of tla e Southern Educational Review is 81 3 j per year. / fCCt." Rev. J. A. H. Sclicrer, Ph. D., president of Newberry College, will be present and delivci;.^.number c?f addresses. ilis ability*oft the platform, and line Christian spirit, are well known in the Carol inns and elsewhere. Mr. A. G. Knebcl, former Interstate Secretary, will be present throughout the convention and till a prominent place in the program. Mr. Knebcl has been very successful in his new tield among the railroad men of the United States during the past year. 31 r. C. Ij. dates, field secretary of the International Committee, a man of splendid ability, has consented to speak about "Advance Steps in Rc1 igious Work." Mr. W. I). Weatherford, student secretary of the International Committee, and well known in the colleges of the South, will have special charge 'of the student conferences held in connection with the convention. I>r. Geo. .1. Fisher, secretary of the physical department of the International Committee, will make a thorough presentation of the athletic and gymnastic work under his supervision. In addition to this brilliant list of speakers, other topios will be handled by men of experience connected with the Carolina Associations. The results of the first year's experience in work among the young men at Monaghan Mills, South Carolina, will be of especial interast as given by Mr. I. E. Monger, the general secretary of the Association. There arc forty-six Associations in the Carolina*, city, student, railroad, mill, army and county, entitled to j representation, and among their dele! gates will be found some of the proini 1 e...i i . ?><i>.iiv.a^ nun |iriMt'?MUllill llU'll Ol the State. f Pastors and young men connected willi evangelical churches at unorganized points are cordially invited to 1 . attend the convention. V j Entertainment will he provided for all delegates, and reduced rates will , he given hy the railroads. i Further particulars may be obtained 1 of (}. (\ Huntington. Tiller-State Secrotary. Young Men's Christian Association Building, Charlotte, N. C. Original Packages. Is tin; <row or the car the original package in which hecf is shipped V from one State to another? This is > f not a frivolous question, hut one ' f which the Supreme Court of the I'nited States must take into scr ious consideration in deciding the i* case in which the government is at tempting to prove that certain ltcef packers have made a combination . > in restraint of trade. a By the decisions of the court, as 1 cited in the Attorney-General's re1 cent argument, the man who ships 1 a commodity from one State to an- ' f other, where it is sold in the "orig3 inal package," is engaged in inter state commerce, and his transacts tions are subject to the control of 11 ic* federal laws. The beef-packers i' maintain that the freight-car in which the beef cattle are shipped is >' the original package, and that, as 1 the cattle are taken from the cars - before they are sold, the transaction 1 docs not come within the court's 1 definition of interstate coinmerco. \ When a Boston layman was asked what he thought of the matter, he replied, "The hide of the beef animal is the original package, of course, just the same as the ease in which beer is shipped into the prohibition States is the original package." But a Pennsylvania woman, the daughter of a lawyer, said it j was the freight-car, because that I was what the cattle was packed in. | And a New England woman insist" cd that it could not be the hide, for * that was part of the beef, and not a package at all. But what would these people say ~ al>out apples, for instance? Is the ' original package the Ikjx or barrel in which they are sent to market, ^ or is it the skin in which nature has ! packed the meat of the fruit! Or is it the freight-car in which the Ih>xos or barrels arc shipped? The Companion will not attempt to answer these questions any more than 1 it will try to anticipate the decision | j of the Supreme Court on the rela- i I tive priority of the hide of the steer or the walls of a car as the contain, "r of the beef. It is such disngrce' ments that mako business for the courts.?Youth's Companion. OVER - E We bought too last Fall and the that we have a I of 8c and 10c q going to sacrifi rather than carr next season. 1 FOR ONLY 6 McLure Mei The Undi Big Fire at Hot Springs, Arkahsas, and New Orleans. A lire broke out in ll*>t Springs, Ark. last Saturday morning alxmt 2:30 o'clock ami burned 40 blocks of the city. Most of the houses burned were residences, hotels, court house, jail and churches. The loss is estimated at one and a half mil" lion dollars. This is the largest) Fire and heaviest loss in the history , t il ! ~ 1 oi hub uiy. Last Sunday night lire broke out in the wharves on tlie river in the city of New Orleans, which destroyed many wharves, warehouses and grain elevators, nud twenty thousand hales of cotton. The loss is os'tiniated at five million dollars: The freight terminals of tin/ Illinois Central railroad was completely destroyed and the shipping wharves and docks also burned so that it will for a time he impossible to ship any kind of freight by vessels or cars from this point. It sounds strange that a fire so near such a river as the Mississippi, could burn so much property liefore it could be extinguished, not so with Hot Springs, in this city the water supply is not so good, and at the fire above mentioned on account of the pumps refusing to work or were broken, bucket squads had to be organized and the water to put out the fire had to be carried in buckets. Advertised Letters Remaining in the Post Office at TTnion, S. fi., for the week ending March 3, 1905. B?Jennie Bailor. .Top Beasley, David Bovd. t'harlie Boyd, Mary Bntfpr F?Tom Poller. Mrs l.eitie Fowler G?Ora Caiman. P. N. Gossett, Robert Gossett. H?R. B. Hancock. Mrs. A. R. Harvey, Vista Heart, Pullar Hendrick. j?Jas. F. Jackson, Ed Jeter. Mary Jeter. J. O. Jeter, Henrv Johnson. K ? Rich Kelley, Fannie Kennedy. I,?Helina L-e. Henry Loftus, Vick Loftns. Janie Law. M?Fiank McCrackin, Eunice Miller. N?Mrs. J. M. Norman. O?Newton O'Shields. P?J E Patton. Sarah Place. R?Hattie Rice, Marion Rcige, K. S. Reid (2) S? Eita Sartor, C. C. Smith, (2) Fannie Sarat. V?J. T.em Vaughn. W?Mrs Bessie West, Martha Wilkerson, MeMna Wibon, Robt. Woodson Y?Mav Drncilla Young. Persons railing for the above letters will please say if advertised,and will he required to pay ono cent for their delivery. .T O ii.tvt^u p m Letter to J. E. Fowler, Union, S. C. Dear Bir: Let's have a little private talk by ourselves on business; no1>o<ly else, please, read. You want to know how to do a cheap job of painting, and have it look good. Here it is: The cheapest thing there is in the way of a good-looking job?say nothing about its being good?is Devoo: the regular thing in Devoc. The reason is: Devoc goes further than anything else. Lead-and-oil is good-looking; don't go so far and costs more. The other paints are more or less short in one way or another; don't go so far and costs more than Dcvoe. Devoc costs least of all; you don't mind its lasting longer, do you? We can't help it; a paint that goes further lasts longer; we can't help It. Yourfl truly, F. W. Dkyok & Co. Final D scharge. Notice is hereby given that S. Means Featv, Administrator of the Estate of Hubert B. Beaty, deceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Prohate, in and for the County of Union, for a Pinal discharge as such Admin is* trator. It is Ordered, That the 4th d?y of April . A. I)., 1005, be tixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said Estate. Jason M. Grker, Prohate Judge, Union County, H. 0. Published in Ins Union Times March 8rd, 1905. IMt. Sought f - . j many Outings i consequence is trig lot on hand uality. We are ice these goods y them over till rhey are yours c PER YARD. rcantileCo., ersellers. Special Advertisements Notices will be Inserted in this column at the rate of 35 words or less for 35c one Issue, four issues for 75c. Additional linos over twenty tlve words 5c a line. FRESH garden seed in one cent papers. Onion sets, peas and beans at Scaife's. > WE liavo a treat for our customers tiling" week In tlio ahuna f\t n rt^n,,!?in jt.1 '? ? fashioned country Tiara: just received a hig shipment. Get ij>'$*our orders early, as they are .going: out very rap-^* I idly. The Union Grocery Cornpany.^^ MULES FOR SALE?Two oxtra fine large mulct for sale. Guaranteed to be without fault, Haw or blemish. J. Clough Wallace. 8-3t ' LOOKOU r for our Lenten Special j next week. We have ordered and j will receive this week the largest and i completest line of seasonable delicaI cics for the Lenten Season ever brought to Union Codfish in all styles, Sardines, Hallihut, Herring, Mackeral, Finnan Iladdi, and other j essentials Trust your orders to us and we will give you our best treatment. The Union Grocery Company. FLOUR?Good half patent Hour put up in wood barrels. Price $5.80. People's Supply Co. YOU will find at the brick stable a car of fresh mules. Peoples Supply Co. IF IT is anything in the Spice or Extract line you could not do bettor than place your order with us. We are special Agents for the famous Dwinnell-Wriuht Spices, and have recently received a complete line. In bulk and in bo*es of all shapes and size*, Pepper, Cloves, Mace. Nutmegs, Ginger, Mustard, Cayenne Pepper, Cinnamon, etc., etc. The Union Grocery Company. IF you want mules at the right price, see us at the biick stable. Peoples Supply Co. 9 It FHESII Florida Vegetables by Express, Cabbage. Onions with green tops, Carrots, Lettuce. Beets; sis 'delicious Florida Ora> ges. Send us your orders. The Uni n Grocery Company. PURE White Leghorn Eggs for Hatching or putting out 011 shares. Now is the time to set. S. M. Rice, Jr., E U. FRESH arrivals this week; Domestic and imported Macaroni, Boneless French Sardines. French Olive OP Fresh Lunch Tongue. Fiesh Muckerel, Fresh Grits and Hnminr. Whatever your needs are in the eating line wo can supply them. Your orders are appreciated. The Union Grocery ( ompany. CLOSED?I will be absent from tho city until March 20th, consequently my office will be closed until that date. Dr. McCrcery Glymph, Ej*o Specialist. 9-2t DID you know that we keep an unsurjfassed line of California Fruits, put up in Genuine Sugar Syrup? Delicious White Heath, Yellow Crawford and Lemon (Ming Peaches, e tra heavy cans and quality as good as in the world; aisot alif<.rnia Egg Plums, Green Gage Plums, Hartlett Pears, U hite Cherries, Grated, Sliced ana Chunk I'ine-upp'e. Prices are right, and your orders will he appreciated. The Uni n Grocery Company I LKNTY of nice Vineless Yams, Geotgia Buck and other Fane* Varietie8 of Round Sweet Potatoes, Fresh I Kggs and Fresh Butter. We get them everyday. If you pla e your orders with us, you will be pretty apt to >ret what y<>u want. Mso Northern Cab* baste. Northern Kutabaima, Northern OnioiiH and other satisfactory table necessities. The Union Grocery Co. Citation to Kindred and Creditors. State of Sonth Carolina, 3 County of Union. ( 11 y Jason M. Greer, Esq., Probate Judpe. WhereflH, Jane Meador Fant has made suit to me to arrant her Leitern of Adminiatration on the Effects of and ef* fecta of A. E Kant, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said a. e. Fant. oereaseo, mat they ho ami appear, be- * foro me, in thei ourt of Proltate, to be ; held at Union. 0. II, South Carolina, on the 16th ?lay of March, next, afte?* | publication here-f, at 11 o'clock in the f renoon. to show cause, if any they have, why the aaid A-1 mini titration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 28 h day of February. Anno Domini, 1U05- Jason M. Gkkkr, l'rohate Judge. Published on the 3rd day of March, 1906, in the Union limes,