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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
SOUTHERN : FARM : FOTES,
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TRUCK GROWER

to Florida. hut is seur:;l!;y less val
liable III the Mississippi Valley where
The hairy WEIGH seems better. The
great value Of the crop has become
generally known. and bright crimson
blossoms, when in season. are quite
common throughout tie Atlantic
coast section. extending inward for
some hundreds of miles.
The chief value Of crimson clover.
beyond the fact that Il is 4 l2gume.
lies in its use as Il cover crop--that IS.
crop that is designed to protect the
bare soils from the teaching rains OF
fal! and spring. Crimson cover IS
moi only Il cover crop. but is also
gathere. Of fer:ili=c: nitrogen from
the e:haustlesS supplies in the air.
We all know that plant food con-
sists of three elements - nitrogen, poI-
ash and pboSphoric acid. We also
know that plants must have AL three
of said e,ements-not any o2e, nor any
two alone. but I'LL three. Crimson
Glove: cnrichcs the soil in nitrogen by
means Of nitrogen previously drawn
from lie air. After crop has been
tr-ncd down it soon dcconpoSeS. dur
in" which time the nitrogen. gathered
as aforesaid, is returned 10 the soli
FOR the benefit of the next crop.
The two remaiulag elements of ier-
tj,ity. potash and phosDhoric acld,
trcwn as the mineral elements OF fer
tility. must be properly applied; they
cannot be drawn from the air Tor the
reason that they are rot there. Hence
the more literally these elements are
applied TO the soil. the ranker VIII Dc
III. crov,h OF clover. and consequent
" tne grea;er will be the quantity
of nitrogen drawn from the air.
One OF tLe most effective uses OF
crimson clover is in the orchard. III
eariy spring the orchard should De
thoroughly broken up and kept TILED
so rs to secure three-;nch mulch uh-
II, August. when the soil should De
fert;lized as above. and Tie crimson
clover sOWn.
Al maturity the eatire crop OF Glow
or If intended for Improvement par
nosos should he turned 1own.-Byroh
tyson. In the Florida Agr!cI!tur.st.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
Odds and Ends.

The Canadian plan of preferential
tariffs in favor of Great Britain and the
British colonies, which remit one-third
is now being adopttd in the British
colonies OF South Africa.
A. Bernese has had an unpleasant ex-
rerience. While returning horn, lat"
in the night the worse for drink ne
fell into the bears pit at Berne. Fer
tunately he was in the pat r':s"rved
for young bears and he went 10 sleep
surrounded by the animals. y" 'llsttv-
eirng his plight next morning nc
shouted for help, and With tha aid OF
ropes and a ladder he was drawn Up
into the street apparently none the
worse for the adventure.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
An Old Political Issue Revived.

In the early days Of our national MS
tory whether the General Gofernmeh.
should take a hand in making internal
improvements became one OF the great
political issues. The matter was fouSnt
out in Congress and in political cam
paicns, and finally settled in the afflr-
native. Among the improvements dls-
cussed the building Of roads was PROB
ably the most important. Plans were
made for connecting the different parts
OF the country by national highways.
The National Pike WAS built from
Cumberland. Md. to the Ohio Iiiver'
and then on westward. The plan was
70 build to st. Louis. but before that
noint was reached the building OIL
steam railroads had begun. ana the
people lost interest i'll the road ques-
ton.
In these days when river and harpof
bills are looked upon as Il matter o'
course. and national aid to road I'M
proyemcnt is considered a novel propo-
sition. it is interesting 10 recall that
the question of road building ID! the
nation was Il great and burnin" issue
lonS before river and hnrbor bills were
ever heard Of. 1t is also worth Eotih%
,hat Presidents We're vetoing river anu
harhor bills rs unconstitutional long
after national aid to road Improvement
had become settled policy.
1t does moi seem probable that the
question of conStitutionality will ever
he seriously raised against such legis-
.ation rs that proposed in the Brown
low hill for national aid in the building
of roads. 1t can b. defended as strong
" as river and harbor legislation under
those clauses of the Constitution which
authorize the Federal Government TO
promote the general welfare and to
regulate commerce between tiie
States But in addition to these II
finds its strongest warrant in the au-
thority conferred upon Congress 10
establish post roads" Il provision that
Is growing in practical Importance
every year with the extension OF the
rural free delivery system.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
Road Isepniring.

The work of repairing the roads is
IN order. All culvertS and cutters
should be cleaned out, ana all shoal-
,lers OIL the roads should be pafed
down so that they shall be below the
travelled portion Of the highway. Ihis
will permit of the water running OH
:rto the gutter Gravel roads should
have a little gravel placed on the TOE
marks in the centre Of the road ana
IN the ruts. If this is not done at this
season no good will result. All loose
stones should be removed from ma
cadam roads with back OF rake, not
the teeth. Loose stones inJure the ROAD
rs much as any one thing, because they
orc driven into the surface and break
tho bond. Where the stone is DeSin-
ming to show through. little splinters o.
cbips of stone should be applied to
form n cushion. This cushion should
not be more than three-fourths OF an
inch thick. No sprinklinS or rolling IS
necessary. A ton Of splinters will sur
fec for from $50 to 300 square feet.
An ordinary farm roller weighted
down and run over the road after loose
stones are removed will improve 1t. 1t
is not necessary to use screenings on
a stone road, as they only furnish dust
in dry weather. If the road is watched
q new surface will not be necessary. as
il will not have the chance to get in
bad condition. He conSratulatcS the
selectmen on the fact that the roads
have been so we'll looked after by them
in accordance with the means at their
disposal, and this fact will greatly aid
in securing to the towns the State aid
they at present enjoy.
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ninor Mention.

The interior Of st. Peters. at
Rome, has been invaded by electric
lights. Six hundred and twenty-eight
incandescent lamps, generally OF 20
candle power each, are employed Tor
the purpose. The total lighting rep
resents 14,000-candle power. The
lighting circuits have been laid out
so as to provide for an increase to
s0,0000-candle power. The main cir.
cults are nearly two miles long, and
fifteen miles of copper wire or cables
are used In the lamp circuits.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
News In Notes.

Within the past ten years Mr.. and
Mrs. Chares Pitrowsky, of Cleveland,
have tried six times to be divorced.
Only once did they succeed in free
ing themselves from the hymeneal
bond. Six months later they were re-
married, but were trying for di-
vorce again inside Of two months.
Their latest attempt Is now being
made, papers having been filed In the
Common Pleas Court. In all but one
case Mrs. Pitrowsky was complain
ant
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
Crosses For Overlooked Land.

II. J. ". writes: | have twenty
acres OF creek bottom land that over
flows every winter and spring and
sometimes in SUMMER | now have il
planted in corn and want TO get II
in grass for grazing cattle. | tried
Randals or English blue grass once III
the spring. but failed to get good
stand. The land is drained Very we'll
with surface drains. but is always
wet until April or May before it can
be plowcd. Do you think can get a
good stand of red top and timothy by
sowing in the corn when / plow the
last time? I am 10 plow late. if the
corn docs not blow down, or would
YOU suggest some other grasses Or
some othe: pan 20 secure good sod?
Answer.-Red top, timothy and a.
sike clover will be more likely to sue
ceed on your wet land than any other
grasses you could use. as they take
kindly to moist situations. Red ton
and alsike clover will do better on wet
lands than timothy. Do not attempt
to seed the grass at the last planting
of the corn. You are not likely to So
cure n stand then owing to the dense
shade produced by the corn and the
driving out of the soil as the crop ma
lures. An average crop OF corn pumps
about 1000 tons OF water from each
acre Of land and unlesS the season
should he very wet it leSTeS the land
so dry that grass seed will not germ
mate well. or if it does it will not
find sufficient moisture 70 produce &
vigorous growth. 1t would be much
better to cut the corn and remove 1t
from the fed. plow the Land and work
I'D a good seed bed before sowing the
grass. 1t will take more labor ana
time, but you are so much more likely
to succeed that It will pay you well 10
do this.-ArSwer by Professor y. NJ.
Soule. in the Knoxville Journal ard
Tribune.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12

salary. .''---JVHN L. SHEfHdN.
Y Mr.. Jacob Fleig writes from A Sumner
avenue, Brooklyn, n. y:
81 AM nop neW man at the o0e
of seventy-fre years, thanks to your
aconderJmL remedy Perund." 80
JACOB Ftef0.
= Catarrhal inflammation of the mucous
Inning OF the kidneys, also called '1Srlghts
disease" may be either acute or chronic;
The acute form produces symptoms oi
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
Takino Out the Romance.

That back East poet who wishes he
were the belt that clasps my ladye's
waist" might feel somewhat embar-
rassed to learn that she got it at
bargain sale for - ceats.--Denver
Post
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
c,+erni,Iar Causes Blindness.

F. A. Wood of Bristol, VT, crushed
a caterpillar on his arm about a year
ago, causing a sore that has affected
his eyes and it is now feared that he
will lose his sight.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
Crimson Clover.

!. OF all The types o. clover plants
crimson Clover IS ore Of TIC most use
full to agriculture. It is well adapted
to sandy soils and flou.ishcs along
the Atlantic ccnS+ FROM NN'v I""'"T
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12

Sir Arthur Fairburn, deaf mute,
Is the only holder of an hereditary title
IL England SO afflicted. .........-.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12
wv, l.. DOUGLAS
81 90 & 8 SHOES sans aaSe.
You caa save from S3 70 % yesriy " !,
uear;ny W. L. Douglas $3.50 or S3 sacsi-

'hay equal those
that have been cost
ins you from N, 500
to 500. The nn-
menss sale of w. il.
Douglas SHOES proves
their superiority over
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uSes Cor
ona Colt proyrs there IN
value In Dousias shoes.
corona T.: the hfshsst
grade Px..Ls::.hcr male
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12

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I'd Regiment "'
Indiana Fat S Che
Peruna Med Columbus, Ohio.
cold iotich see meo 20
ktdneus affected tried couple OF Edneg
one =" wy
dmeo great had recetUeA In ""g fsr"no :"
case, nd a onc procured a..
feet largo
dav and but four oes
hont three nso~s
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12

such prominence that the serious Ratcse
of the disease is at once suspected, bus tbe
chronic variety may come oneso radasHy
and insidiously that its presence Is not sos. ?.
pected until after it has fastened 'tseif
4 ,roughly upon its victims.
At the appearance Of the first sympeom
Peruna should be taken. This remedy
strikes at once at the very root OF the dfs-
a book on catarrh sent free by The Pc
runa Medicine Co., ColLmbus. y.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-12

On, 81 at Edy lins cnnrot bs er aa1sd a. arg cee
Sboes by mail, 20 rents rytra- IiiHfrsteT
C.taIog free. VI, l.. DnrGLAs. Brorktoi. 1An
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12

There Is talk in Wall street that Colo ado Fuel Iron will be lifted out of the market as speculative proposition. The great bulk of the floating supply of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12
IN MODERN BARBIzoN,
A Steam Thresher Now Desecrates the
 Spot lmmortaIized by Millet.

From Black and White, London.
 Just a little way down the street in Barbizon we came upon another hostel, A lAngelus, which proved to be so clean that all our past experiences were for gotten, an1 we felt We had come OF clover. A stroll further down the street into the older part of the village rrov d still more refreshing Here we saw the old peasant faces and figures that Millet used to draw. Here were farms, clean and tidy and secluded, with roomy court yards and poultry in fat content To one of these in particular memory turns with peculiar satisfaction. There we had many a glass of delicious blue milk, ire sh from native udder. There we saw the spider webs a foot thick ever tne warm and happy cows. There we me. and talked with those who had talked with the painters of older days, who ah- horred the rush of modern traffic and modern artists who paint les cou,eurs, monsieur qui n'exlstent pas" And thcr @ we changed bright new soup Gish .or battered old pot of priceless beauty a pot of sweetest recollection.
 A little further and we came upon the fields strangely quiet after :he hurly- burly of the main street. One of these was Milet's famous field. with the long low line of Chaili In the distance, brok- en only by the spire of the church whence came the deep note of the Angelus This was what might have been a haunt of an- cient peace: but here too. the modern note encroached. A motor car would lift a cloud of dust between us and the horizon and there, therel on the worlds most fla nous landscape. steam thresher was at its infamous work. Barbizon up to date with a vengeance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12

The dull and lifeless stock market that has prevailed for some time past may suit perfectly what are called "conserva- tive interests" but those who depend upon their own method or other peoples trading for a livelihood, the present con- dition of things Is far from being satis- factory. On the surface the Wall street community Is disposed to lay the blame for existing conditions on the Fourth of July describing it as pre-holiday dull ness and past holiday dullness respec- lively. There may be some foundation for this theory, but critical observers de- tected beneath the surface a strong un- dercurrent of anxiety on account of the governments monthly crop report which came out on Friday of this week. There is no gainsaying the fact that the condi- tion of the corn crop Is a source of much uneasiness in the financial community. The fact begins to be realized with all its force that June one of the best grow ing months for this cereal, passed into history with the corn crop today only where 1t should have been a month or five weeks earlier. Corn from the view point of railroad tonnage is the most im- portant crop of all, far surpassing both winter and spring wheat. and a heavy decrease in the yield of the coarse cereal will be reflected in the earnings of the granger railroads. The western contin- gent is still very bullish on corn, and as a natural sequence bearish on stocks. Their leaders argue that corn is a ninety day crop, and as 1t is now from four to six weeks late the early frosts will be sure to overtake it while it is yet in an immature state, and it will therefore be almost a miracle if the crop is harvest ed next September without serious dam age by frost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12

Once more the hint Is around the fi- nancial district that Norfolk & Western Is about to increase its rate of dividend. Strong attempts were made to bull the stock this week on the very favorable showing of gross earnings by that com pany. Conservative estimates are that the earnings of Norfolk & Western for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903 are 1A per cent net after changing off an extra 1 per cent for betterments. Stories of an increase in Norfolk & Western dividend have previously fooled Wall street several times and the financial community is therefore disposed to re- gard the present gossip with great deal of skeptcsm
 In connection with the activity of Amalgamated Copper this week renewed stories have been ahoat as to the rupture in the Standard Oil party. It is rumored that John D. Rockefeller, Sr., depores the methods and tactics employed by John Archbold, William Rockefeller and II. H. Rogers in the stock market. Pere Rockefeller maintains that the manipu- lative practices employed, especially in relation to Amalgamated Copper, have enveloped him In his old age with much useless opprobrium and there are a great many people, no doubt, who would agree with him. However, there are two things which to the Wall street mind are impossibilities. One is an actual rupture in the Standard Oil party and the other a bearish MT. Morgan There is no doubt that John D. Rockefeller Sr., and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., do not give their appreciation to the manipula- tive practices employed by William Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers and their as- soeiates in the stock market, but they are doubtless reconciled to the work of their wicked partners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12

stock of the corporation has passed into the hands of John D. Rockefeller and his son, John D., Jr. There is a pool in the shares composed of the younger mem- bers of the Gould family and the junior Standard oil crowd. but this is not im- portant J. c. Osgood, founder of the company and until lately it's controlling figure, still holds a large interest in the property. but he will hereafter only be a subordinate factor in the management. The extensions already made and those which are still necessary will leave the company with a tremendous bonded in- debtedness. It may work out from under 1t eventually, but whether it does or not the ownership will not be changed, as the Standard Oil money will dominate in either event
 Curiosity is felt as to how elated the Gates crowd feels over the retirement of MT. Osgood who succeeded in preventing the Gates contingent from getting con- trol at a time when such a possibility seemed hopeless. The Gates interest in the property Is so very slight at this time, however that 1t makes little differ enee as to how 1t feels. The Gates fail- ure to win out in that celebrated fight with MT. Osgood inflicted a loss in pres tige upon the Steel & Wire crowd and it's dashing leader, Col. Gates, from which 1t has never recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12

It is the hope of the stock market com munity that at last turn has come in cotton as 1t is generally conceded that decrease in speculative interest in cotton will result in an increased interest in the stock market. But this Is thing which has been said so often that 1t is regarded as an axiom and mo- body has ever taken the trouble to ex- plain why. However 1t Is a question whether decreasing interest in cotton will result in an increasing interest in stocks, but the one sure thing is that decline in the price of cotton will accelerate exports of that commodity. and inasmuch as our imports are gain ing on our exports, this Is a result much to be hoped for. The stock market con tingent in cotton has held a relentless position on the short side of that staple and those who were not strong enough to hold on have taken some severe losses. Roughly speaking, it may be said that Wall street has been short of cotton ever since Theodore Price ended his cam paign between and 10 cents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12
ROCKEFELLER THE DOMINANT POWER His Crowd Seems to Control
 Trunk Line Situation GOSSIP OF WALL STREET It Is Evidently the Purpose of the Standard Oil MilIlonaires By Rea-
 son of Their Holdings to
 Establish Harmony.
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET
BY W. G. NICHOLAS.

New York, July 1.-The development in the stock market and transportation field affords convincing proof that John D. Rockefeller and his immediate follow ing have become the dominant power in the eastern trunk line situation. The belief now amounts to a conviction in Wall street that on the late slump, Standard oil money wrested Baltimore X Ohio from Pennsylvania control, a turn which carried with it Reading and the key to the anthracite coal problem. Pre- vious to this coup, Standard oil pur- chases in the New York Central have been on a scale so extensive as to give rise to we'll authenticated reports that control of that property had passed from the Vanderbits. This version was indig- nantly denied at the time, and in order to show to the world that he could not be unhorsed, w. K. Vanderbilt returned hastily from Europe It is evidently not the purpose of the Standard oil multi milionaires to disturb the eastern situ- alton, but rather. by reason of their hold ings, to stop factional quarreling and to enforce harmony where Nrife was threatening stability in values. It is now assumed in Wall street that there will be no further warfare between the Pennsyl- vana and the Gould interests. and that George Gould will be permitted to reach the seaboard without further waste of treasure or unnecessary loss of time. There may be a pretense of disturbance between the two elements, but the sur mise is that 1t will only be skin deep
 Only a day or two ago casual an- nouncement was made that the Western Maryland had secured a right of way which 1t had been striving for year or more without success owing to the oppo- sition of the Pennsylvania interests. This announcement only occupied a few lines of newspaper space, yet 1t is one of the most significant pieces of railroad news appearing in print for many months. IA tells of Standard Oil supremacy In quarter where heretofore it has never openly attempted to make it's influence felt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12

Arrangements of western railroads are reluctant to admit the magnitude of the damage inflicted upon their properties by the floods which recently swept over Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri Illi- nois and many other western and south western states. The figures they have given out as representing the money loss are ridiculously inadequate. It is esti- mated by competent authorities that not less than $20 GOO will be required to make good the actual injuries inflicted on railroads by these fioods-that in addi- tion to the usual appropriation allowed for the maintenance of track, etc It will take more than year to restore the properties to the condition they were be- fore the deluge. What effect this may have on the dividends for the junior se- curties for some of these lines is pro- blematical.
 The southwestern and western country is filling up very fast by immigration, which will, In measure, offset the damage, but this latter element is likely to be stronger as a factor in the gradual up-building of the properties than in the Immediate revenue results. Railroads in the southwest are devoting themselves as never before toward attracting popu lation, and estimates are heard that with in the next ten years that territory will be able to show an increase of 10000 GOO souls or more This estimate refers to the areas west of the Mississippi river and south of the Omaha parallel, a coun try to which St. Louis and Kansas City will be the chief gateways. Such growth would more than double the value of railroad properties in that section This prospective enhancement in railroad val ues may not. however, afford the relief required to pay the cost of the floods. That outlay is for the immediate future and must be provided for If the railroads expect to handle the business offered them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12

We have the largest stock of electrical supplies in the state. United Electric Go.