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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
Too Well.

Uncle Absalom AIillsap went to the
Office of the village newspaper with a
grievance. Il want to tell you," he
said, that there's a good deal of hum
bug in advertising"
II am sorry to hear that" respond
ed the editor. I'm what way?"
do you remember that you had
three advertisements Of fine mich
cow for sale last week, in three difer-
ent parts of the country"
"Yes, and I've heard from all three
OF those ads, too. They resulted in
selling the COWS. 1 tell you, it pays to
advertise in the Banner"
1T didn't pay me-! snapped Uncle
Absalom. 81 wanted fine milch COW,
and went to all three Of those places,
one after another, but somebody had
got there aheadlof me every tlma!"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
LAWYER PAYS for Bad Advice.

Consul-General Gueunther says in a
report that German lawyers are liable
in damages to their clients for evil
results consequent upon misleading
advice. The Supreme Court or Ger.
many has recently rendered a decis-
ion that an attorney is liable to his
client to the full extent for carelessly
giving incorrect advice.
The court held that the attorney
who for pay gives his client in legal
matters advice as to certain conduct
and procedure Is liable for the legal
consequences suffered by the client In
acting thereon, provided that such ad-
vice Is not only faulty, but has been
proved to have been given carelessly.
An attorney tacitly assumes the po-
sition of debtor OF the client, which
obllzes him to be careful In giShg
advice and he Is therefore liable for
IT'S consequences II he has failed
through carelessness.-New York
World.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
Csc Potash and Lime.

Nearly all of the soils Of the South
will be benefited by the use of lime,
and especially those on which potash
is literally used. as it seems evident
from the analysis Of many Southern
soils that there is not enough Of that
element present to enable potash to
give its most satisfactory results. The
principal crops grown in the South
and the kind and amount of fertil-
izer best adapted to their use follows:
Corn sorghum and the coarse fodder
and grain growing cereals: Cotton
seed meal 800 pounds, nitrate Of soda
$50 pounds, acid phosphate $50 pounds
and muriate of potash ten pounds. Use
at the rate of 800 to 500 pounds to
the acre.
For wheat and other small grain
bearing cereals use the same mixture
hut at the rnte Of $50 to $50 pounds.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
A wooden Wedding.

SeyEal friends called on New York
cler, yman one evening, says the New
YorASun, and were kept waiting for
him for some time.
I'm sorry to have kept you wait
ing" the minister remarked, as he en-
tered his library. but I have just had
to perform a wooden wedding in the
church.
"Whatw said one Of the visitors. u
never heard of such q thing. What
kind of ceremony was it,?
"Oh." answered the clergyman. with
a twinkle in his eye, lit was the mar
riagc of couple Of Poles"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
naE LAND or RecREri

There is a city whose gates are wide,
It's pavements pure and clean,
Where shadow forms fit side by side
On.the road called Might Have Been"
But folks walk there with their heads
bowed low,
And heavy eyelids wet,
For ev'ry corner is haunted so
In this, THE Land of Regret"
They meet the ghosts of those other years
In dreams of memory sweet,
And wet with passionate, frenzied tears
The graves which lie at their feet;
But never, long as their lives shall last,
Can they again forget
Who once have walked with ghosts of the
past
In this, "The Land of Regret"
They feel the touch of hand grown still,
Its fingers softly press.
The tender passion of kisses thrill
Their own in fond caress
An. me-but pity the folks who stray
Where long the sun hath set.
And walk with the ghosts who're laid away
II this, The Land of Regret
Pail Ma, Gazette.
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SOUTHERN : FARM : NOTES.
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INTEREST PLANTER s7ocxxSAxo TRUCK GROWER

Cotton: Cotton seed meal 250
pounds. high grade acid phosphate
400 pounds and murlate of potash $50
pounds. Use at the rate of 800 to 500
pounds per acre.
Potatoes: High grade acid phosphate
$50 pounds, muriate Of potash 15O
pounds. Use at the rate Of 400 to 600
pounds per acre.
Liberal applications of complete
fertilizer should be made on all gar
den and truck crops and on orchards.
Use fertilizer At the rate Of 400 to
600 pounds composed Of mixture Of
800 pounds of cotton seed meal, 300
pounds of acid phosphate and 400
pounds Of muriate Of potash.-Profes-
sor Soule.
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Feeding 1,o.stinr Ear Corn.

Corn is often fed to cattle when 60
Ing out of the roasting ear stage with
fairly good results. In investigations
made several years ago when compar-
ing corn on water free basis, that
which was not we'll matured gave
about as good results per pound of dry
matter as that fully matured. In some
sections Of the South it is not an un-
common practice to feed corn when
passing out Of the roasting ear stage
to cattle and other classes of stock with
results that are in some instances quite
surprising. Where grass is abundant
it is not necessary that grass be fed in
any considerable quantities until later.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16

it is instantly answered by asking.
Why should the country districts coE-
tribute to the payment Of the cost OF
the canal system, when it only benefits
cities? In neither case has the person
asking the question comprehended the
fact that the development of the ca
mails and the development Of roads are
both questions Of developing transpor-
tation. and that the State that is able
to have the cheapest transportation is
the State that controls the commercial
supremacy Of the Union. and that both
canal and road development go hand
in hand in enabling New York State
to maintain its commercial supremacy.
Roughly speaking, of the S1CO,OOO,-
600 to be expended upon the Erie Ca
nal, SS5,0OO,O0O is paid by the cities
and S15,O00,OOO by the rural districts.
Roughly speaking, Of the $5O,OOO,OOO
to be expended for the development Of
the highways. fifty per cent. or S2o,-
OQ,O0O, is to be paid by the State at
large S17,500.0OO is to be paid by the
counties according to the mileage i'm
proved in each county, and $7,5OO,0OO
is to be paid by the towns according
to the mileage improved in each town.
Now, of the S25,OOO,OO0 to be paid by
the State at large, eighty-ive per cent,
or $22, 2,25OOOO, will be paid by the
cities and the remainder vii! be paid
by the rural districts, so that one sees
readily that the rural districts contrib
ute S15,OOO,OOO for the canals for the
cities, while the cities contribute So
100000 for the roads for the country:
that is. the cities are contributing
$7,2JO,OO0 mere for the roads than the
country districts are contributing to
the cities for the canals. This is not
an unfair proportion, considering the
greatness Of the tWo propositions.
There has never been any intention OIL
the part of the highway conventions,
composed of the Supervisors and the
Highway Commissioners Of the State.
to formulate plan for road develop
ment which would be in any way bur-
densome to the cities by increasing
their taxation. The cities inadvert-
emily will benefit largely from road
improvement. because the price OF
farm produce will be reduced to the
consumer. because the farmer can
bring double the load in half the time
to the present shipping centres on i'm
proved roads over what he can at the
present time. The indirect benefits to
the cities in the purchase Of cheaper
farm produce are fully equal to the
indirect benefits to the farm by having
cheap transportation on the waterways
of the State for the benefit Of Cities
Tribune Farmer.
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TO REMOVE PUTTY.

To remove old putty and paint. make
paste with soft soap and a solution
Of caustic soda. or with slaked lime
and pearlash. Lay it on with a piece
Of rag or brush, and leave it for
several hours. when it will DE found
that the paint or putty may be easily
removed.
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CLEANING THE CARPETS.

To remove oil spots from carpets
first wash out the dust from the grease
SPOT with warm water. mixed with
household ammonia. Next cover the
spot with a paste of ful,er's earth and
water-Quite stiff. Cover with paper
and leave thus for two days. Then
lay blotting paper over all and set a
warm iron upon the dry paste. Final
". brush out the earth and sponge
with clean water.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
DO NOT SHAKE A RUG.

Never shake a rug to get out the
dust, for it ruins the binding and
fringe, and after few shakings the
edges tear from the warp at the cor
ners and not only spoils the appear
qnce of the rug. but shortens the
period Of its usefulness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
A Clever Shoplifter.

The Philadelphia police say that tney
have discovered shoplifter, wo-
man, who brushes the valuable ar
ticles, such as silk waists, off counters
in stores, and then picks them up with
her foot and tucks them safely under
he, dress. They claim to have caught
the culprlt and proved her guilt.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
MENDING KNIFE HANDLES

When the handles Of steel knives and
forks come off they can be easily
mended with resin. Ponr little pow
dered resin into the cavity in the han
die. Heat the part Of the knife that
dts into the handle until it is red hot.
and thrust into the handle. 1. will
become firmly fixed by the resin when
it becomes cool. Irotect the blade
from the heat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
Black Rust of Cotton.

The North Carolina Department Of
Agriculture has since September l
received numerous samples Of diseased
cotton bolls, showing blackened sur
face and in many cases having the i'm
mature lint exposed and rotten.
These diseased bolls show the pres
ence Of the spores or reproductive
parts Of parasitic fungus-COlleto-
trichium- gossipyium. The fungus
seems to be spreading in North Caro-
lima and already does very serious
damage. The estimated damage now
caused Is about one-half the normal
yield on the infected areas.
The spores or so-called seeds of the
fungus live over winter in the dis.
eased bolls and stalks of the proceed.
ing crop usually left in the field. The
spores undoubtedly live upon the seed
stored in barns and cotton gins. When
this seed Is planted or when infected
seed Is planted upon infected soil the
fungus starts growth along with the
seed and grows up through the young
plants, eventually coming to the sur
face Of the stalks and forming black
patches ON stalk and boil. Great dam.
age is done to the growing crop by
the threads Of this fungus choking
tine sap vessels of the leaf-stalks,
thereby causing the leaves to fall on.
When young bolls are seriously infect
ed they stop growth. open and expose
the immature lint which soon rots.
The only practical remedy for this
disease is to rotate crops so that cot
ton will not come upon the same land
oftener than once in three years.
Seed cotton should never be taken
from the piles at gin houses. The seed
should always be carefully selected
from healthy and prolific plants in tho
field. Such selection, together with a
proper rotation, will prevent the loss
now caused by the disease and will at
the same time improve the strain and
increase the yield Of the crop.
The use Of fungicidal sprays upon
cotton is not recommended.-Gerald
Mccarthy, Biologist n. c. Dept. Agri.
culture.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
Sowing Rye.

Rye Is a crop that grows on poor
land and it does good work in the way
Of holding plant food that might leach
away during the winter months, and
1t is also effective in keeping the soil
from washing away when the heavy
winter rains come on. Rye Is not
only good crop in the way of looking
after the physical condition Of the
soil, but it is one of the best grazing
crops that We have for winter and
spring months. We are putting our
rye in as convenient at this season OF
the year. Our practice is to use the
disk harrow so as TO break up the top
of the soil, thereby making a good
seed bed, and then seed this land to
rye about the rate of one bushel per
acre. AS a rule We have the rye to
follow corn. After the corn Is either
shocked or put into the silo. we ger
the land in condition and seed the rye.
We have few lots. however, that
go to rye for the grazing Of our. hogs
in winter. About an acre lot was
seeded the first of August, and then
three or four lots will follow so as
to have an abundance OF green grazing
for the large and small pigs. Rye
can be pastured, or it can be left
standing until it gets to be foot, or
even two feet, abote the ground.
when it can be moved and every day
4 small quantity given to the work
stock or cattle or hogs. This method OF
handling rye crops is known as soil'
ing. and it has many friends who pre-
fer to cut the rye and haul it to the
barn. where it is fed rather than have
It grazed from the field. Still it makes
no difference as to the method OF using
the crop. Every farmer should have
his. rye field for furnishing green food
during the winter months and spring.
when no other kind is available. /
find for our work rye an invaluable
aid, and we could not think Of farming
without having fifteen or twenty acres
each year for this purpose. Whoever
tries this system becomes a friend to
it, and finds it helpful and a good
means of carrying on the work and
providing an abundance Of food for
all classes Of farm animals, and We
should also bear in mind that live
stock farming is profitable only with
An abundance of good food.-C. W.
Burkett, in the Progressive Farmer.
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aheusEasIR sEss'Ie
IS3zzE1
SATIN FINISHED MAHOGANY.

Many people prefer sattn-fnished ma
hogany furniture to the dull style, but
It only looks better while it is new.
Every finger mark and scratch shows.
To keep it in the right condition.. it
should be rubbed every day.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16

Publicist holds that the human race
is enfeebled by success. That's ban.
Personally, though, we are robust en-
ough to take chance on a little sue.
cess. " s. -.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16

The Boer colony established in the
State Of chihuahua, Mexico, two years
age, is doing well.
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Canals and Roads,

and there one hears
@. @ the question asked. Why
& ~ x should the cities contribute
&x xx to the building Of roads for
&YSakxx2 the country diStric s? and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-11-16
TIE CREW THAT
SUFFERED FROM THIRST

I is sixty years since | was
serving as 4 midshipman
on board H. NJ. s. Memo
phon in the South Seas.
She was one of the finest
f,;rxokoc XI,on aoa,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-12
LATTER WOULD BE A MONARCH
Charged That Leader Speculated with Church
Funds to His Personal Benefit-Accus-
Are Excommunicated.
Two Prominent Men Leading Fight to Dethrone AL
legged Autocratc Ruer-His Crimes Against the
Church. His Followers and the Nation.

who, while in congress, had more than
once strenuously opposed the seating of
Mormons in congress. He has since been
appointed to the federal bench. At this
time the Mormon church was practically
united. And although, as has been stat
ed, there had been some opposition man
ifested to the mixing of church and poll
tics, there had been no dissensions Of
which the public were aware.
1t was not until recently that the trou-
BILE which had been brewing for some
time became public property, and that
the issue between the two factions in the
church were squarely defined.
Serious Accusations.
AS the case now stands, two men pre-
viously in good standing in the church
have made serious accusations against
Mr.. Smith.
He has been charged with taking the
money paid as an Offering to the Lord
and using it for sbeculations to build up
his own private wealth.
He has been charged with taking the
bodies of the daughters of his subjects
and bestowing them upon his favor
ites;" of taking property which be-
longed to the widow and orphan and
having absorbed it into the possessions
of the CROWN" with depressing the poor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-12

the church felt constrained, on March
10 last, to explain to the members of
his flock that he had testified to an un-
truth in Washington, the reason for it
being that the senators, whom he desig-
mated as his "inquisitors," were trying
to lead him into trap" Instead of
quieting the incipient rebellion against
him, this admitted untruth has only in
creased the dissatisfaction.
On top of his aunission his chief
mouthpiece, Apostle c. w. Penrose, has
been shown by parallel statements made
under oath also to have been guilty of
telling an Wntruth. Penrose, who is
polygamist, has made various conflict
ing statements under oath as to his
marital relations.
All these things are going on within
the church, while from without come
other attacks which are worrying the
leaders. The war is going on in politics
and finance, and in these fields of prac-
tical effort on the part of the Mormon
hierarchy lie their most vulnerable
points.
In the field of finance, it is alleged, an
effort was made to execute grab" Of
franchise for nearly a century for light
and street railway privileges in Salt Lake
City. The action aroused such opposi-
ton that the prime movers did not dare
to carry out their original intentions.
At the same time, although no election
is imminent at present, the growth of
feeling among both Mormons and Gen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-12

Mormon church to take his seat among
the country's lawmakers, popular
wall arose throughout the country that
he should be barred from that body.
There were those of the apostles that OPP
posed the mixing of church with politics
and forecasted the opposition that would
arise from his election, but Smith was
favorable to Shoots candidacy and, as
is we'll known, he was easily elected.
When the committee was appointed by
the senate to investigate the charges of
Mormonism preferred against the new
Neglected senator, many churchmen
in high standing were called to Wash
ington to testify, and among others was
President Smith. The general trend of
the testimony presented showed that al
though polygamous cohabitation had
been abolished as rule, those of the
mormon faith were still ruled by the law
of the church, rather than by the law
of the land, or in other words, that the
law of the church is supreme.
Smith Confessed Perjurer.
1t was only after the passage OF the
Edmund's law that Utah was admitted
into the union as state. Under this law,
which was subscribed to by President
Smiht and the apostles of the Mormon
church, plural marriages and polyga-
nous cohbaitation were forbidden. But
on the stand before the senate commit
tee on privileges and elections in the
Smoot investigation, President Smith
frankly confessed that the pact with the
nation had been broken; that his oath
was travesty; that his obligation as
an apostle and as hierarch of the church
was subterfuge.
The opposition to the seating of Smoot
was ably conducted by Robert w. Tay-
Ter, former representative from Ohio,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-12

Salt Lake City.-A monarchy within
a republic with Joseph F. Smith, presi-
dent of the Mormon church, as the arch
ruler. Such is the condition at present
in Utah, according to those who are
waging war on the Mormon leader and
who are attempting to displace him
from his high seat.
Charges have been made that Smith
has diverted the flow of tithes from the
Golfers of the church to his own pock-
cts; that he has commanded his follow
ers to invest their money in enterprises
under his control so that he may enrich
his private purse, and that he has COM
mitted other transgressions too numer-
Gus to mention.
And the authors of these accusations
are from within the sacred councils of
the temple, and until their eXcommuni-
cation for their disloyalty to their lead
er, ranked high in church affairs.
But firmly entrenched behind the walls
of the tabernacle the alleged king is bid
ding defiance to his enemies both with
in and without the state.
Origin of the Trouble.
The election of Reed Smoot to the
United States senate may be said to be
the beginning of the trouble. Before
the time arrived for the apostle of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-12

that Joseph F. Smith, as the alleged rep
resentative of the Lord, is using funds
to speculate in sugar stocks, for exam
pie; to build up electric lighting, power
and street railway mOnopolies; to force
the faithful to take out life insurance in
his personally Endorsed company and to
insure their homes in his company; to
buy their salt from him; to patroniZe his
railroad, to deposit their money in the
banks which he backs with the "offer-
ings to the Lord" to buy their clothing,
groceries, hardware, furniture, shoes,
headwear, and, in fact, everything else
which they may desire, from institu-
lions in which are invested, in his name,
these Offerings to the Lord"
Rumors of fortunes made in stock
speculations and in other ways by Presi-
dent Smith and others ION the inside"
have made large numbers of the faith
full more DESTROYS than ever for an ac-
counting of the moneys they have
turned over in all confidence to the self
designated servants of the Almighty.
Having made sacrifices in the divine
interest, they are inclined to insist on
figures which will show whether the
dividends from these various enter
prises are being used in the interest of
the Lord.
Another Phase Discussed.
Another phase is being widely dis
cussed, so much so that for the first time
in the history of the church the presi-
dent of that organization has felt con-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-05-12

members of the church for his own en-
richment; of violating the laws of the
church; of committing crimes against
the government; of reasonable teach
ing, and of forsaking true spiritual life
for the worship of mammon.'
Accusers accommodated.
Goaded into anger by these attacks,
President Smith has sought to retaliate
by communicating persons who might
question his acts.
Already former Senator Frank J. Can
non, son of President George @. Can
non, one of the most celebrated leaders
of the Mormon church, has been cut off
for daring to express opinions in criti-
cism of the Mormon head.
Charles A. Smurthwaite, one of the
leading business men of Utah, high
priest in the church and man whose
character has been above reproach, has
been disfellowshipped for charging
President Smith with bad faith and de-
manding an accounting of the church
funds.
He is fighting the proceedings against
him, maintaining that, if given an op-
portunity, he will prove every statement
he has made against the president of the
church.
Furthermore, he has put to test the
various reservations of the church to
the effect that polygamy and polyga-
nous cohabitation are no longer counte-
nanced by filing charges against one of
the elders of the church. Hyrum H. God
dard, on the ground that this elder is
violating the revelation against polyg-
amy by living with two wives.
The hierarchy is seeking to evade the
issue by raising technical points, but it
is being continually put into the position
of showing bad faith all around. and is