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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
STOP PAYING SUCH TAXES.

When we see Il farmer struggling
through the mud with a half of a loaC
TO the market, when if the roads were
good, ne could haul a good load, We
know that he is paying Il heavy road
tax, far heavier than he WOULD be
satisfied to pay If II was levied on him
by the tax collector to make the road
good. When we see a man plowinn
an old field with a slngtc mule and a
toothpick pillow we knowth that he is pay
ing n heavy tax for lack of the know
how, and that the tax he is paving in
poor crops would supply him with all
the farm papers published in the
United States and would help him to
do better and TO get more out of his
oil. When we see another man irving
year after year to raise q crop on wet
land, We know that he, too, is paying
a tax far heavier than the drainage
would cost him. When we see a man
buying commercial fertilizers every
year to put on his land to grow the
same crop annually on the same land
we know that he, too, is paying a heavy
tax and making his land poorer at The
same Time. Wncn VIC sec q farmer
ESQ callcd) throwing his manur out of
stable window in piles under the caves
to rot the barn and wostc in the rain,
we know that he, too, is a heavily
taxed man.
And yet there are all over the land
farmers who are paying all these heavy
to which the real taxes they are
required to pay are but a 1.-THE, and
they are complaining that farming does
not pay. There is no business ON
earth that could stand the leaks that
many farmers have and still pay a pro-
it. IT you want to make farming pay,
stop the taxes that your own careless
less and Ignorance are levying on you.
pay twice the county tax you
low pay and get good roads to haul
over. Better read and study how to
better crops better look at the
oaks from your barnyard. Better raise
more forage and feed more cattle and
make a profit in doing 1t and then
a good rotation of crops and
ave the fertilizer bills. in short,
'ettcr be a real farmer and make
money instead of being a slipshod
roper and see yourself and land grow
'oorcr.-Prdctical Farmer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
WHITEWASH FOR FARM BUILD
lNGS.

Nothing adds so much to the an
pcarancc OF farm buildings as bright
and ~unchanging colors. 1t costs a
great deal to keep houses and barns
painted, but it is well worth the
money, not merely because of the in
creased durability, but because of The
improved appearance. Nothing spells
prosperity IN such fair letters. written
large, as well painted farm buildings.
FAINT, however, is dear, and for a
long time farmers who desire 10 keen
things IN iirst-class shape have been
looking for a cheap paint or a white
wash that will stand the weather and
not become instead of a clear white
a dirty drab in a few weeks or months.
The United States government has
been looking after this, as it does
alter almost everything touching farm
life, and has hit upon a whitewash for its
lighthouses which should stand rough
conditions. we give the receipt as fol-
lows:
"Takc a half bushel Of unslackcd
l!mc, slack 1t with boiling water, cover
during the process TO keep in steam,
strain the liquid through a fine sieve or
straincr, n add to il a peck Of salt
previously dissolved in warm water:
three pounds of ground rice boiled to
a thin paste and stirred in while hot
half a pound Spanish whiting and one
pound OF glue, previously dissolved by
soaking IN cold water, aud then hang.
ing over the lire in a small pot hang in
a larger one filled with water, add five
gallons OF hot water to the mixture.
STIR well and let it stand Il few days
covered from dirt. 1t should be an,
plled hot, Tor which purpose ii can be
kept IN Il portable furnace"
There is nothing in the above that is
not within the reach Of every reader
lie can buy the mater al, except posSib.
~ The ground rice, and he can buy thai
ana nave 1t ground in the coffee mill ~
with his W farm mill, can do all the
mixing, and apply it, and having ap.
pllcd 1t TO one building he can soor
determine whether he wants TO u,
around the farm and make his farm
the envy OF all observers.
The east end of the Presidents
nous in Washington is cml,cllishcc
with this whltewash, and if it is gooC
enough for the White House it is 600
enough for anybody clse's house o,
barn. A pint of this mixture will
cover a square yard and is said to be
almost as scrviccable as paint for wood
Dick or stone, and there is no pain,
known that will equal it in c~heapness
why not try it, WuAucc'% FlrmD-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

"Ihcrc are very few Southern farm.
crs who know how their lands should
be treated says the Savannah NcmS.
The trouble with them is that they
are ";ery year so anxious to r;nsc a
By crop of cotton that they give all
their time and devote all of the land to
cotton. They work hard c%ultivaliny a
or more acres under unsatis-
factory conditions, and do not get as
much in rcturn rs they would from
onc-llith the number of propcrly-culu.
waited acres. in time they will come
TO the conclusion probably that it is
better to treat their land so that IT will
yield from one to two bales of cotton
to the acre instead of II bale to three
acres
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
SAVE YOUR OWN SEED.


Very lew farmers appreciate the inn
port9ncc of selecting and saving their
own seed for next years planting.
They do not realize how much depends
upon this. Often two men OH udioin-
ing farms do about the same amount
of work and plant about the same mum.
Der OF acres and one will gather very
much larger crops than the other,
simply because he used better seed.
We have i'll mind Il farmer who Sowed
largely OF wheat one year ago. His
land was much the same quality. He
prepared ii all alike. He spent as much
upon one acre as another. But he
sowcd about onc-third in one variety
OF wheat and the two.thirds in another.
The seed upon the smaller acreage
were better. The result was that he
made as much upon the 0ne.lhird as Up
on The two-thirds. But the cost was only
one-half as much. SO that the profits
were mole than double.
If he had used the best seed upon
all his crop he would now be about
five hundrcd dollars better off. That
means hat he had lost five hundred
dollars by using an inferior seed. But
J even his inferior seed had been saved
with care and well sowcd and that part
OF his crop was much better than
many of hus ncIghbors. If all the
community had sowcd the better
variety Of seed the resulting crop
would have brought many thousands
of dollars into that community for this
single crop. This is only one instance
There are thousands more like it al
over the country.
The same truth applies to every
crop we try to grow. The best scct
are the cheapest seed aud the hes
farming can never be done with sorr,
seed. Get the very best, and the,
a V your W seed with the very bes
care you a give them. You Cal
make no worse mistake than plantln.
inferior seed because they are cheaper
Again we have wondered why on
farmers are 50 careless about takin.
care of their seed. Why they continu
!, from year TO year to buy seed. Ever
farmer could and should save his ow
| oat seed. But we see millions q
bushels of oat seed bought by farmer
every year. We can all save our Iris
potato seed. But this is Il large an
increasing trade throughout the Soutl
Many actually believe that lr:sh pot;
I toes grown North will make bette
crops than those we grow here. Tn
is u great mistake Try it and 70
S will soo be convinced. They reall
become aCclimated and make large
and better crops than shipped seed.
S OF course it is some trouble to saw
C good seed and protect them from RAJ
S and weevll and damp, but we can lcar
to do these things and we will q,
large pay for doing so, 1t Is not nci
L so much trouble as working hard a
d the year and making a short crop al
8 borrowing money TO buy more see
with, or mortgaging the crop or far
V or both TO grow anothc" crop OF
Your success or failure as a farmer ma
depend upon the seed you plant. Thir
Of this and begin to act upon it,.
n SOUtherH CultjrutOr.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
The care of thousands of dollar

The care Of thousands of dollars
worth of railroad property dcvolvcs
upon Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rcickc, of
California. They are in charge of a
signal station on the brow GA lofty
peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
where they keep a sharp lookout, field
glass in hand, for fires which might
break out in the snow sheds that skirt
the railroad through the Rocky wilds.
If a small flame should pass unnoticed
for an hour the whole chain of sheds
might be consumed and the tracks en-
The woman watches by
day and her husband by night.
Meat has been preserved in a frozen
state for 80 years, and found perfectly
at the end of that time.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

The expedition sent to Cuba by
the Smithsonian Institute to collect
animals and plants has returned
loaded down with specimens and with
tales OF adventure more strange than
the curiositics they brought with them.
Among other strange animal species
they claim to have captured rats three
feet long %(lncluding the taiD and
weighing eighteen pounds. The hun.
cry adventures ate these animals and
found them to be a delicious dish.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

There alc in operation in Mexico
ia cotton mills.
The prairie chicken, it IS pl cdicted.
VIII soon become extinct in Kansas.
President Mckinley has appointed
Thursday, 18th inst, Thanksgiving
Day. :
The highest price paid in green.
backs for gold during the civil war was
$50, the quotation for July lG, 1861.
The report comes from Germany
that many Confederate $40 bills have
been passed there recently as Uncle
Sans p omiscs to pay.
Germany leads all other countries on
the continent III cotton consumption
with ST 400 900, France and Russia
together equalling 800 100000.
The cotton industry of the South has
now ,SOl ,320 splndles in active opera
uon, and during The present year
l,4lS,I91 more will be added.
Mr.. Herbert Putnam, librarian of
Congress, who has returned from his
visit to Europe in search of books.
spent 81 600 for volumes needed by
the institution OF which he is a. the
head. lie visited all the principal
cities of England and the continent
and rummaged through dark, dusty
secondhand stores, besides examining
the stocks of the iirst-class book dealers.
There is IA county in Kansas where
there are no physicians, and druggists
do not make n iyinO. For mora tbop
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

tNet VI
Purifies tho trouble, purilcs tho blood
Tho aIooa tones mp the whole system and
,ro,,--n neutralizes tho poisons which
'no diseased conditions. @
Ali Djseaaee Yearly he restores TO perfect
r., 80 health thousands of suGerers
,n,a 800 from Catarrh. Bronchitis. AS
Liver and Kidney Diseases piios o.o'hach'
'o''' HcHema ana all manner of skin affections
D~Iseaseso NJ Dr. Hathaway also treats with
Wouen VIC greatest success all those
die,,eon - many distressing weaknesses and
"iion 50 many women are afnicted.
Electrical ~. nathaway's Offices are fitted
A%ppIiancea. WIN all the latest electrical and
y,hho,, nao other appliances. in the use of
,rido q wen as the microscope. no has world.
miue iame as an expert. All OF the mcdicInes
uscu by Dr. Hathaway are compoundad In biS
omn laboratories. under his personal direction
special remedies are prepared for each in'
'''iuuai case according to its requirements
II. hathaway has prepared n
Blanks. serieSof sell. determination blanks
-, applyingto the different diseases
WHICH, no SENDS free on application: No. l., for
Nich; NO. =, ior Women; No. 8, for Skin Diseases.
No.a' for Catarrhal Diseases; No. D, for KIdnevs
O~onsu,tat,on Dr.Hathaway makes no charge
".'o" for consultation at either bs
Free. Office or by mail.
y. NEWTON HATItA WAY. Al. n.
DIR. Hathaway 81 Co,
s@h South Broad Street, Atlaut. n.
MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WRITISo.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

In the early years of the political
history of this country it was customary
to choose as the president the candidate
getting the highest number of electoral
votes and to make the candidate
Casually of the opposite party) who got
the second largest number of votes
vice president. This plan was adhered
to until 1924, when the present system
OF popular votes for presidential
electors vas inaugurated.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14
DIR. Hathaway
sTreats All Diseases,
Ills Method Invariably Cures All
Catarrhal, Bronchial, Lung, Stom-
ach, Liver, Kidney and Other Com.
plants, as Well as All Diseases
n Weaknesses of Women.

In DR.. Hathaway's :rc E
extensive practice, 4,
erlng a period of moro
than20 years. Inc has been
called upon to treat all
manner of diseases OF
men and women and
along tho whole limo of
human ailments no has
Dccn uniformly sue
ccSSful.
Dr. Hathaway's me.
thod of treatment gets
Il -AI. -
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

i.iu y III tram makes Close connection
it Eaih[nn Falls for all points on s. a.. l..
CLOSE connection at Greenwood for ali
points on 5. "A. l.. and G.. & G. Railway,
way
For any information relative tot t;cke,a
rates, schedules, etc, address
w y. CRAIG. Gen. Pass. Agent.
N. NJ: NORTH, Sol. Agt. AngU tn, Ga.
I'm EMKasoN. Traffic ' prppar:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

Rub lamp chimneys with newspapers
on which has been poured q little kero-
sene. This will make them much
clearer than If soap is used; they will
also be less liable to c4ack.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-14

Ordinary sticking plaster makes a
good remedy for corns. 1t keeps them
soft and prevents rubbing.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
Ii is In FAVOR OF REFORM
A Remarkable Letter Received
by Leung Chi Tso.
DICTATED BY GRAND OLD man"
Reformers Advised to Continue
Their Work. I'M ..t


Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
Chicago, ILL.,. Juno 13.--A special
dispatch from Honolulu, June 9th, via
San Francisco. to the Record, says;
''Leung Chi 1'so, the Chirese re-
former, has received most remarkable
letter. purIorting to have been dictated
by Ii Hung Chang, the Grand Old
Man of China in which the objects
sought by the refoimers are com
mended, and the reforiners are advised
TO continue their efforts with patience,
but with carefulness. The letter is
signed by grandson of Ii Hung
Chang, and bears the grandson s. pri-
vate seal. Some of the most important
portions OF the letter are as follows:
For over 30 years, Ii Hung Chang
has been u believer in opening China
to foreign, influences, but he has stood
all alone. In the days of the Ping re-
helliop, which Ii Hung Chang helped
to suppress, he learned that the for
eigners were more sliilful than his
countrymen, and he came to the CON
clusion that China should learn from
the outside world: but no one else held
those views, and one man could dc
nothing. Then. is years ago. came the
Hung Chang spoke for peace. He told
his oountrymen that France was too
powerful for them, and tried to point
out that her soldiers were more skilful,
but the mandarins wanted war, and the
result was lot of territory and lot
OF gunboats were taken The same
thing happened before the war with
Japan, which Ii Hung Chang tried to
prevent. Ii Hung Chang is still alone
among the mandarins in believing in
foreign education, and what can ono
old man do? He wants the young re-
formers to keep on with the work, and
hopes they will succeed In the end. LII
China is ever to have good government,
it must come through such efforts Us
the young men who are working now in
the outside world for the cause of re-
form are making. Let the work con
tinue. The reformers must not be 10 Il
hurry to do everything at once. Lot
them. work with patience. aud perhaps
there will come q day when they can
work more freely
when the letter was first received,
opinion among the reform element of
the Chinese hers was divided as to
whether the letter was what it pur-
ported to be, or a fraud perpetrated by
some one who sought either to iniure
Ii Hung Chang or to mislead the ro-
formers. However, lit is now accepted
among those who are in a position to
judge that it is genuine, and that it
was dictated by Ii Hung Chang, but
written by his grandson, SO that, In the
event of 1t ever coming TO the knowl-
edge of the Empire, Ii Hung Chang
could deny the authorship. "5aE q ssAI.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
PENINSULA PARAGRAPHS. =.

W. Washington Waller has been ap-
pointed Justice of the peace at, Princess
Anne. - go .-f,s. IN. w.
A. r. Crockett. Il. Benson Dennis and
l. Henry Coulbourn are Crisfeld's new
town commissioners.
Cassius NJ. Dashiell, L. James Will
son apd Charles W. Hayman have been
elected town commissioners at Princess
Anne. - G- N}l4 80 tli $50
The wedding of Silverins O. Hall of
Accomac county and Miss Bernice Fon-
tame of Paramount will take place next
Wednesday.
The Princess Anne Methodists will
soon have a new parsonage. Theold
building has been sold to Thomas
Dixon for $1,200. e4t
Martin M. Paynter of Lewes has been
awarded the contract to erect buildings
and make repairs and extensions at the
Lewes, Rehoboth and Cape Henlopen
lifesaving stations. Il.
The heirs Of Gen. McKenney have
agreed that the home estate, the resi-
donce of Gen. McKenney, in Centre
vile, shall he appraised Mt Sl2, 600, and
be allotted to William McRenney, only
son of Gen. McKenney, and will ask
the court to transfer the property 70
him. w
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
Charged with KidnaprIne.

Elkton, Nd, June II -Four war
rants charging Harry B. Boulder of the
Fifth district with kidnapping his
four daughters were sworn out this
afternoon by States Attorney William
s. Evans, and Deputy Sheriff Nc
Allister left to arr eat Boulden tonight.
The four daughters Of Boulder were
last week committed by Magistrate P.
M. Groves to. the Henry Watson Home
for Children in baltimore city, com.
plaint being mado- by relatives Of
Boulder thar he was not the proper
person to look after them, their mother
having died recently. After the chill,
dren were committed. Boulden plead
with Shelf Price to allow him to take
the Children home to get clothing,
promising to return them. The sheriff
consented, but on Sunday Boulder took
his children into Delaware. .f
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
MANIAC TRIES TO MURDER.

indianapolis, Ind, June 12. = An
escaped murderer and lunatic, today,
attempted to take the lives of Fremont
Afford, criminal judge Of this county,
md Prosecutor Edwin B. Pugh. The
would be assassin wns George w. Ben
nett, who had escaped from the Hospital
for the Insane Bennett stole up be-
bind Judge Afford shortly after court
convened, and was about 10 fire re-
volver at the judges head, when Prose-
cutor Pugh appeared, and Bennett
turned on him. A policeman caught
the fall of the revolver's hammer, and
overpowered the maniac.
Bennett killed two men at Lafayette
in 1889, was sent to, prison, and after.
wards was transferred to the insane
asylum. ..5.. III Nj,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
leaths.

ApNsTPnNc Nm J,yna 1otb 1a00 LAWS r, isf,, Z
ri inbn and Haunah Armstronei " ~ r Z 81
Rointivas and friends are invit,d m atte,,d tho
f,ne,ai ,yithout irther notire ri, Eridav isrh
nut AZ n cinct fr,n, His Iate resid,.,,..c mo
Wsst Sinoteentb street n r-A4s'- 81" 1880 r
p nSss rn,,p ~ 1ns a,, ,oco ,,,r.rn, ,,,s.,,,
g,. - 4s sus 9.n' n p,, '" .ad
N na,ths "a A''-' @'.'~ - ,o''S'' NeSe
pnonI,s 'e,,ssu,,s.., 49,. al, ,ooo =. O..
Pam neiaWare Cart Edward <, Brooks.
n,n.-,m,, - - In T,nno 80, N p,....
saad Il yeers T' 1850 t'oo' 'e'' -, -. $3.50 -
80, 80 - s ~ - ,on. (
BSsh-onn I p Hiotn s,g a,,ne ilml SvV'
Seor8e W. bssn. III me .otn YEN. YIN 81 niS ngS
h. NJ M asa ycsiden N M IN wns
Iunefal seaxces nlis ,tte ,cs l w ~ west
street on Thnrsdas, June 'ath, ~ eoeioek, p N,
lhterlent lii'ate. ~
uEsSIoN-At St. Louis, Mo-, June 9th, Sister
Mary Albert formerly Miss Lizzie Bession OF
this city i. -
I,ppErI NJ, t,,o sti, ,ono Iar, N ,y;fa ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14

Philadelphia, June Receipts Beeyes zoos;
sheep. S,6la hogs, 4277. Beef cattle Extra, 5laa
55334c;;. good, 5l4aa,Fe.; medium 5a5lsc; common
5a6%c.; spring arnhs6 lS,sllc, Hogs I5aa7s4c. for
best Mesterll,and 5y$a7 for others Fat COWS, 80
cows s50ai5
East buffalo, N. Y, June 11.--Cattle--Good to
bust smooth fat exports s365a5 good e ee 81
good to choice steers. sa.lOao.25; good 70 best
butchers steers 81 good to best TAT bulls
I ar ieeasr 9g gS o geq " e az a
cows, good TO hest st.5nai75; fat cows, common
to fair, Sl.25al: feeding steers, choice to extra
sL25ai.5O; stock bulls, s3.25a4 calves. good color
stock. rs; do. good to choice, Sl.25n4 5O
Jersey stockerss SOFAS stock heifers good to best
s:i.50si. IS: common to good. SSa35O: stable-fed
COWS, choice 10 extra, ss75a4,25; fresh cows
choice to extra, good bags. SiOhfs good to choice
Sj7a42: sprlngers, choice to extra Sl2ath; common
mon TO to good, s25aS2; calves. choice 10 extra
s6S0aB.T5. good to choice, s6.2ln6.5o; heavy fed
calves, St.25ai.75. sheep and Lambs eerling
S6n6.25; spring lambs, s65oaT; sheep, mixed,
Si60ai.S 81; wethers, choice To extra. S5n525; ex-
port wether ssSap ewes 2o a. H9gs
s58aa5s7 pigs, S5.35; roughs, sidoai,75; stays,
Chicago, III, June li.r-cattle;;-tiood to prime
steers, S525a5.g0; poor to medium Si,GOa515
selected feeders, si4Oa5.10: mixed stockers.
$37ml.25; cows, So lOa475; heifers $500; can
ners s. 40aS bulls, saai so. CALVES, sba7. Texans
Texas fed steers, Si.S0a5t0: Texas grass steers,
siai.50; Texas bulls, u. 25tl.75. Hogs-Iop, 1925;
mixed and butchers, s.. O5a525 good to choice
heavy siSa s rough EN- heavy e ssaso Light
Good to choice wethers, sL75a5.lS; iair TO choice
mixed. SLAB; Western sheep, si,t0hE3b iyeariIgs,
Sia66i Colorado lambs $5.75a7.io; spring lambs,
S5a75O.
East Liberty Pa. June li-eatte = GOA
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
ORPHANS COURT.
Guardians Appointed and Other Business
Transacted by Judge spruance.

Guardians Appointed and Other Business
Transacted by Judge spruance.
In Orphans Court yesterday, Judge
Spruance appointed Mrs. Margaretta b.
Dubell guardian OF her son Willard e.
Dubell. William Nicholas, administra-
tor C. t. a. of Annie Nicholas, made re-
turn of sale which was confir med. The
Security Trust and Safe Deposit 90.
was authorized to expend principal for
minors. John W. Money, executor of
Jonathan MONEY!, WAS granted an order
to sell real estate to pay debts.
The Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Co., as guardian of Charles Il. Handy,
ct al, minor children of John Wesley
Handy, was authorized to sell their
shares in Cherry Island Marsh prop
erty. Similar authority was given Idn
L. Handy. as. guardian of Joseph L.
Megginson. The guardians were repre-
scented by Nielda, Brown and Nields.
Argument was heard on the exceptions
to the account of John W. Simms, adj
ministrator of Joshua Simms.