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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Miss Susie Harvey, after visit OF seven
weeks at the farmhouse Of her cousin. Col
Truman Cross. in Prince George county,
Md, has returned to the suburban home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton Har-
vey, on Langdon Heights, preparing for the
school term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Maj. E. X. and Mrs. Webster and their
daughter. Miss Frances, are again located
at the Westmoreland having spent the
summer at West Point and resorts on the
coast of Maine. Miss Frances will again
attend the National Cathedral School,
where she viii graduate in June next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Misses Elizabeth and Helen Langdale
have returned from q visit to Bolivia where
they were the guests of Capt. and Mrs.
Postlewaithe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

J. WILLIAM LEE, Funeral director
and EmbalneF. Livery in connection. Commodiosl
chapel and modern crematorium. Modest prissas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Representative and MIS-. George w.
Smith have returned to their home in I'LL
nois after a visit Of several weeks at Hot
Springs, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will
Join the presidential party at Cairo and
go to Memphis to attend the deep water
ways convention. They will also visit in
st. Louis and Chicago before returning in
November,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

BAECoCK. Suddenly. on Friday September 20
1907 at 80 am. LOUISE, believe wife of
Joseph II. Babcock
Funeral from her late residence. G43 9Th street
northeast, Monday. September %. . pm.
Relatives and friends invited attend In
terment at Glenwood. (New York papers please
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
No Corn Bears Ever Come South.

Produce as much corn as you may
IN the South and one is never un-
easy Or need lose any sleep over fears
about corn bears running your pros
pect. You cannot eat, feed or wear
cotton, but corn in the South is al
ways legal tender, and can be utili-
zed on the farm in many ways Or
sold to your neighbors.
We made an average of seventy
bushels and nearly one-haif corn per
acre last year without using the hand
hoe at any time, neither did We thin
the corn. It was left in the row
just as the planter dropped it. Our
plans for this years corn crop on
upland is rows six feet, hills two
feet, and land bedded out in the
Fall and January.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
Color Of the Brides Gown

It is interesting to note that the
choice of white for wedding dresses
is comparatively a modern fashion.
The Roman brides wore yellow, and
in the most eastern countries pink
is the bridal color. During the mid
die ages the renaissance brides wore
crimson, and most of our Plantage-
net and Tudor queens were married
in this vivid hue, which is still pop
ular in parts of Brittany, where the
bride is usually dressed in crimson
brocade. 1t was Mary Stuart who
first changed the color of bridal gar
ments. At her marriage with Fran
els II. of France in 1553-which
took place not before the altar, but
before the great doors of Notre
Dame-she was gowned in white
brocade, with train of pale blue
Persian velvet six yards in length.
This innovation caused quite stir
in the fashionable world at that
time. 1t was not, however, till quite
the end of the seventeenth century
that pure white, the color hitherto
worn by royal French widows, be-
came popular for bridal garments
in England.-Church Eclectic.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
We Grow Food Crops to Eat and Feed
10 Stock.

We grow cotton not for the fun
of it, but for the profits in it for us.
New, we have over one million
farmers in our farmers organization
and we have come together for the
express purpose of saving this profit
in cotton growing for the grower.
How are you going to do it? There
is but one way and that is to stick
to YOUR selling agents, "rhe Farm
ers' Cotton Union" You can never
save your profits by calling a million
farmers together to do nothing but
howl the calamity howl.
You now have fine start in the
way of linking the States together
for selling your cotton, and We are
feeling good over the fact that we
have some of the pluckiest men you
ever saw in the Farmers Union.
They are fighting the thing out to
the finish, and are saving money for
the growers right along. We have
the positive evidence in our posses.
sion to prove the facts that some
farmers have saved by this move
from So per bale up to S. in short
cotton and as much as $26 per bale
on long cotton.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
Royal Builders.

Both Ludwig II. of Bavaria and
Stanislaus, the Polish king, father
in-law of Louis XIV, were most in
veterate builders. In the course Of
a few years the former built the
castle of Neuschwanstein and the
palace of Luiderhof and Herren-
chiemsee, the last intended by him
to be a monument to Louis Qua
torze, while the latter, to crafty
his hobby, demolished churches,
chapels, ducal palaces, castle towers
and town homes. His greatest glo-
ry, according to some, is the church
of Notre Dame de Bon Secours. But
antiquarians see in this church the
kings greatest crime, for to con-
struct it he demolished the famous
old church Of the same name erect
ed by the Duke of Lorraine in graf
itude for MS victory over Charles,
duke of Burgundy, in 1477.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
II PAYS to Stick to Your Own Men.

The Farmers Union can't make
a smart man out of natural born
fool. But they can come as near
doing it as any other organization,
if they will only round him up
among the crowd, corral him in,
and move him along he will count
one of his size.
Every farmer makes his own rat
ing. The adult farmer is rated not
by what he says he is going to do,
but by that which he has already
done. The young farmer and the
novice in farming may receive res,
pectful hearing as to what ne IN
tends to do without criticism.
But, young men, remember this:
Don't be nervous about people know
ing who is doing we'll and who is
not. Every mothers son of you
farmers are at it every day writing
out upon the ground your own rep
utdtion and character, and if you
srs doing creditable work others
will see it and do your blowing for
you without your help.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28

Some boys, and men, too, make a
sig mistake in the difference between
smart tricks and mean tricks. Ali
such efforts are abortive as to the
original intentions, this kind of
cheap stuff fools no one more than
the one who starts out to fool others.
In other words, he that gets up
these mean tricks to fool others
with in these days generally fools
himself.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
A WATER WITCHER.
The Way an Expert With Witch
Hazel Boush Worked.

1t may be that his errand was in
the nature of cheerful gamble aft
er other resources failed, but the
fact remains that Mr.. Eastman was
ON the ground equipped for busi-
ness and that the train waited upon
his Investigations.
His outfit was simple. A friend,
acting as assistant "witcher," car
ried a bundle of freshly cut witch
hazel boughs, trimmed in V shaped
branches, the leaves and buds still
on them. The two men disem-
batked.
Mr.. Eastman, stout, conventional
as to dress and looking as essential
ly practical as veteran railroad
man ought to appear, took one OF
the V shaped witch hazel bo1ghs
and tightly grasped the plant ends
in his two fists, holding the point or
crotch upright. Thus equipped he
moved sedately across the prairie.
The witch hazel remained upright
for perhaps fifty feet. The crowd
trailed in, behind, vastly curious.
Presently the bough began. to turn
or waver. The inverted Y twisted
slowly until it was parall@ with the
earth or pointing straight out from
the bearer.
He slackened his gait and moved
ahead, while the telltale bough
moved slowly down until it was
pointing toward the soil. Now the
"water witcher" had it so grasped
that it was twisting in his fists, and
the tender bark along the plant
ends was beginning to break, show
ing that some force other than mus
cular effort was pulling the bough
toward the earth. When it pointed
straight down, he stopped and heel
ed mark in the grass.
Then he moved on, and very SLOW
ly the branch began to rise until at
length it had returned to the per-
pendicular in its original Position.
The vein of water had been passed,
and the witch hazel was no longer
attracted.-From "a Water Witch
er of Prairies," in Outing Maya
zine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28

Will plant in water furrow from
middle to last of March, if weather
permits. Our low bottom lands
were be.ided out with two-horse
plows IN January and February in
beds ten feet wide, narrowing top of
bed as fast as plowlng goes Gu.
Two rows will be planted on top of
this bed IT, March four feet apart,
hill two feet. This will leave six
feet between water furrow side and
four feet apart on top of bed.
Cultivation will be aS near this
plan as weather will admit. About
the time corn begins to peep ont of
the ground the weeder will be run
over lengthwise and in from five to
seven days ran crossways on bottom
lands, but nay have to run over
twice on upland with the rows be-
fore crossing on account of covering
corn down in the furrow. If the
weeder pulls down too much dirt in
water furrow in the bottom lancs
we will run ont water furrows with
large middle buster or double jack
to keep drains open.
About time crops are half done
cultivating then apply standard com.
plete fertilizers in every other mid
die on upland and nitrate of soda at
last cultivation in the other middles,
and either SOW or drill COW peas or
soga beans in all middles at last
ploughing. For fear OF missing our
seed peas and beans We will drill
one row of these between the six
foot corn rows about the time We are
half through with the cultivating.
We never 60 more than twice in a
row and smooth lands but once.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
STUART, THE PAINTER.
Curious Hits Born of His Faculty For
Reading Faces.

'1 don't want people to Nook at
my pictures and say how beautiful
the drapery is. The face is what l
care about" said Stuart, the great
American painter, He was once
asked what he considered the most
characteristic feature Of the face.
He replied by pressing the end Of
his pencil against the tip Of his nose,
distorting it oddly.
His faculty at reading physiogno-
my sometimes made curious hits.
There was person in Newport cele-
brated for his powers of calculation.
but in other respects almost an
idiot. One day Stuart, being in the
British museum, came upon a bust
whose likeness was apparently un-
mistakable. Calling the curator, he
said, 81 see you have head of Cal
culating Jenny"
calculating JENNY" repeat
ed the curator in amazement. "That
is the head of Sir Isaac Newton"
On another occasion, while din
ing with the Duke of Northumber-
land, his host privily called his atten-
ton to gentleman and asked the
painter if he knew him. Stuart had
never seen him before.
"Tell me what sort of man he
is"
'G may speak frankly?"
'By all means" e..
"Wen, if the Almighty ever wrote
legible hand he is the greatest
rascal that ever disgraced society"
1t appeared that the man was an
attorney who had been detected in
sundry dishonorable acts.
Stuarts daughter tells pretty
story of her fathers garret, where
many of his unfinished pictures were
stored:
"The garret was my playground,
and a beautiful sketch of Nine.
Bonaparte was the idol that ]
worshiped. At last | got possession
of colors and an old panel and fell
to work copying the picture. Sud
denly l heard a frightful roaring
sound. The kitchen chimney was
On fire. Presently my father ap-
peared, to see if the fire was likely
to do any damage. He saw that |
looked very foolish at being caught
at such presumptuous employment
and pretended not to see me. But
presently he could not resist look
ing over my shoulder.
"Why, boy said he-so he used
to address me-'you must not mix
your colors with turpentine. You
must have some OIL
1t is pleasant to add that the lit
tie girl who thus found her inspira-
ton eventually became a portrait
painter of merit.
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The new YORK WORLD
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION.
Read Wherever the English
Language il Spoken

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The regular subscription price of
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Fertilizers For Corn.

We have referred to fertilizers as
though We could not grow corn
without it. but this is not the case,
as many have good lands that grow
paying crops without the use of any
fertilizer. If We had to confine our
choice to only one side application
We would apply nitrate of soda at
last cultivation.
Our observation and experience
with the Williamson method is that
planting the crop early and down in
the water furrow and the late side
application of soluble fertilizers con-
tributes more TO the success of the
Williamson method than the
stunning" Of the plants.
SELECTING THE SEED.
We prefer a hard white grain and
not less than two ears to the stalk.
We used to want one big ear on ac-
count of hand-shucking and gather
ing, but Low we do all the stunt of
harvesting, shucking, fodder-pull-
ing and shredding BY machinery,
and the number of ears to the stalk
has no consideraaon in the matter.
In about 100 tssts of seed corn
taken from planting machines in
Iowa the Ames, Experiment Station
test showed diKefenee of 20 bush
els to nearly 100 bushels in the seed
to the acre. That is a good seed,
gave sometimes so bushels increase
10 the acre.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28

Good farming tools and imple-
nents are comparatively very cheap
and will be ready and on hand for
work at any hour, while labor is
very high and unavailable. You
may have Is hands today but you
cannot connt on 5 of them for to-
morrow's work until they fall in
line at work time. Then don't
make mistake by trying to save on
the tools side and paying big wages
for very worthless labor. Pay bet.
Ter wages for better men and never
pay the best price for poor laborers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
No Reward Offered.

"Have you lost anything, mad
am" asked the polite foorwalker
of the square jawed, austere looking
shopper who stood before the "Lost
and Found" window of the large de-
partment store.
eyes, sir" she replied; "I've lost
ia pounds of husband in a light
brown suit, with black derby hat,
small tuft of hair on its chin and a
frightened look. I lost it in crush
at the fancy goods counter. It's
probably wandering through the
building in search of me, and 1
thought perhaps you could find it
easier than l can. / want it on ac-
count of bundle it is carrying un-
der its arm" - Woman's Home
Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-28
Honor Satisfied.

II heard of man the other day."
said member of the New York
bar, "who carried his ideas of hon
or to an extreme limit. He failed
for an immense sum and settled
with his creditors for 20 cents on
the dollar. But he hunted up one
of them and paid him in full; said
he could not sleep we'll if he did
not do So"
"Why this one especially%
'1t was poker debt"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03

10 keep iron and steel goods from
rust, states the Mechanical World, dis
solve hall an ounce OF camphor in one
pound OF hogs lard: take off the
scum, mix as much black lead as will
give the mixture an iron color. Iron
an steel goods rubbed over with this
mixture and lett with it on "a hours,
and then dried with a linen cloth vii
keep clean for months.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03
Political Decline
Of Daniel Webster
BY REUBAN HAiNES

On the 9Th day ui .Iarch. 1880. the
political lie oi Daniel Webster be
came darkcncd. On that day he made
a speech in the United States Senate
on what was termed The Omnibus
Bill in which by his concessions to
the demands oi the shareholders great
" weakened his influence i'll the Free
Labor States He. who was the pride
and champion oi the whole Northern
and Eastern States, their leader, their
guide. suddenly Veered and favored
the slaveholding South. His friends
and constituents were amazed and
dumbiounded They could not under
stand why Webster had deserted them
and had gone over to the camp OF the
enemy. From that day his political
career was darkcned: yet he was loved
They could not forget that he gained
a glorious victory in the debate with
Robert G. Hayne in 1892. and how he
had saved the Union. In one day the
blight came. The people could not
understand. They were bcwildercd.
Their idol was shattered. He was
Secretary OF State under President
Fillmore, from July 10th. 1880, until
the day OF his death. October 24th
1892. over two years in active service
but in i'll health and his mind filed
with remorse
In 1850. John Grccn1caf Whittier. a
member OF the Society of Friends.
wrote "Ichahod" and had the poem
published "Ichabod" is Hebrew
word. and means "InplOrious" or "The
glory has dcparted'' Webster. no
doubt read the poem. and it must have
brought rcmorSc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03

day that have had brain so vast.
Since Charlcmagne think there has
not been such grand figure in all
Christiandom \ large man, decorous
in dress. dignihcd in department, he
walked as it he iclt himself a king.
Men from the country. who knew him
not. stared at him as he passed through
our streets The coal-heavers and
purterS al London looked on him as
one oi the great forces oi the globe;
they recognized native king In the
Senate al the United States he looked
an emperor in that council. Even the
majestic Calhoun seemed common
compared with him Clay looked vul-
gar. and NanBuurcn but fox. What
a mouth he had. 1t was lions mouth.
Yet there was sweet grandeur in his
smile. and wOmanS sweetness when
he would What a brow it was! What
eyes! Like charcoal in the bottom Of
deep. dark we'll His face was rugged
with a volcanic fire. great passions.
and great thoughts
The front al Jovc himself:
And eyes like Mars, to threaten and
command"
The last time he was in l'ancuil Hall
it was last Junc-thc sick old man
il was Fancuil Hall open; once it had
been shut-you remember the feeble
look and the sad lace ielt then
that it was his last time. and iorcborc
to look upon that >addcncd counter
aOcc The last time he. was in thr
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03
Difficult
Breathing

Short breath. iuttcrinC,
palpitation, sinking spells
are symptoms of a weak
heart, struggling to do its
work. 1t must keep the
blood in circulation to
carry nourishment to
make flesh, bone and mus
Gle, and remove the Worm
out particles. When it
cannot do this, it must
have help. DR.. Miles
Heart Cure gives strength
to the heart nerves and
muscles, and increases the
heart action.
81 am glad to say that am so much
Cure cured me when several doctors
failed. think no other medicine
could do Tor me what Heart Cure has
getting my breath, my heart beat SO
fast at times that | thought it i'm
possible to live without relief: the
pain was very severe in my left side.
had almost given up all hope of being
cured, and l am sure ] would not, il
! had not taken the Heart Cure. l
1ake great pleasure in recommending
tN oil Ytrl- ,f
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SSH VI.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03

DIR. {. H. W. Davidson. native ui
Maryland, was murdered on the 10th
inst, in Hancock county. Mississippi,
Ivy man named llcndon. Mr.. David
son was from this county: he was a
son Of the late George Davidson oi
Mt Ararat. near Port Deposit, and
his reputation was that ri quiet,
peaCcable man
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03
DIED.

At the residence OF his uncle. Israel
Reynolds, Esq, near the Blue Ball, on
the 23rd inst, Thomas Reynolds, in
the Goth year OF his age.
On Wednesday morning, the goth
inst, at his residence in the Ninth dis
trict, Rev. Thomas Warburton, in the
eighty-second year OF his age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03
LAND SALE

We understand that Mr.. James H.
Ray, land agent Newark, Del. has
sold the farm OF Mr. James f. Lewis,
on Bohemia Manor. to Mr.. William
Griffith. ii Delaware, for SIz.5oo
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03
MAR RED.

By the Rev. r. Lloyd Goldsbor-
ough, in Trinity Church. on the 18th
ult., Mr.. John Dinsmore, and Anna,
daughter OF Mr. William Kelly, OF
Cecil county
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03

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Which once he wore,
The glory from his gray hairs gone
Forever more,
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Fjeud-pnadcd down the endless dark
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1t not the land once proud ri HIM
Insult him now.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03
THE CECIL WHO
Fifty Years Ago
AUGUST l. 1857.
THE ELKTON ACADEMY

The great crowd who attended the
public examination OF the pupils OF
this institution, on last Wednesday
night, were highly gratihed by the ex-
erciscs, all OF which were especially
crcditable to those OF the scholars who
took part in them. and spoke well for
the faithiuncss and ability OF Mr.. and
Mrs Jones, and their assistant Miss
Glenn. as teachers
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-08-03

The rains OF Wednesday night and
Thursday have been very injurious to
the oat cr"l in this county. Nearly all
that had not been cut was beaten fiat
to the earth and will be very hard to
gather.