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The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04
INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Any Child Can Do 1.-THE Result 10
Almost Like Magic-UsefuI, Too.

Anything in the nature of a chem
and usually educative. Here is a SIM
pie experiment which any child can
perform and which is instructive in
very practical way: Get bit of White
Lead about the size of pea, piece
of charcoal, common candle in
candlestick, and blow-pipe. Scoop
out little hollow in the charcoal to
hold the White Lead, then light the
candle, take the charcoal and lead in
one hand and the blow-pipe in the
other, with the large end of the blow
pipe between the lips; blow the fame
of the candle steadily against the bit
of White Lead on the charcoal and If
the White Lead is pure it will pres
emily resolve itself into little shining
globules Of metallic lead under the
intense heat of the blow-pipe, leaving
no residue.
If, however, the White Lead is adul-
terated in the slightest degree, it will
not wholly change into lead. So, it
will be seen, that this experiment is
not only an entertaining chemical
demonstration, but also of practical
use in the home White Lead is the
most important ingredient of paint
1t should be bought pure and unadul-
terated and mixed with pure linseed
oil. That is the best paint. The
above easy experiment enables any,
one to know whether the paint is the
kind which will wear or not.
The National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their Dutch Boy
Painter" trademark will prove abso.
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test;
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity of paint be-
fore using it, they will send free a
blow-pipe and valuable booklet on
paint to anyone writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address Ma
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building New York City.
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CORN A MONEY CROP.
Cereals Have Always Been the Main
stay of Prosperity.

Cereals Have Always Been the Main
stay of Prosperity.
1t is only a few years since to have
talked of corn as a staple or money
crop in Mississippi would have been
to court ridicule. Time and opportu-
nifty have taught well the lesson that
it is better to have the smoke house
and corn and wheat bin at home. Re-
Gently the Southern Farm Gazette,
(Starksville, Miss.) has taken up the
campaign for corn. Before this
reaches the majority of it's readers
corn will have been planted, but it is
not too late for the following sugges-
tions taken from a recent issue of
tht excellent journal, says to be of
value:
Learn a proper rotation.-Corn
should not be raised on the same land
year after year, for several reasons.
1t is a rank feeder, and the land should
have raised some grass crop, or a
crop of clover or peas, to put it in
the condition for making large yield
of corn. 1t is rare, indeed, that those
who do not rotate their crops think
it pays them to raise corn. The ques-
ton goes further than to supply the
corn with plant food. When corn is
raised on the same land year after
year, insect enemies get to making
their homes in the land; and they are
there TO destroy the next crop as far
as they can Depredations from IN
sects are accepted by the average
farmer in much the same way that
rains and drouths are on the suppose
ton that these things are sent by ma
ture and that man can do nothing
about them. But the farmer can rest
same land year after year he is turn
ing his field into hatchery of enemies
that will devour his crop; and this
injury is far more serious than gener
ally supposed. If the crop does not
do well, the matter is dismissed with
the supposition that the weather or
the soil was unfavorable. The corn
grower should certainly be a grower
of clover and peas, and one of these
crops should be grown on the land
the first year preceding the corn.
Is cotton a good money crop?-
There are many years when cotton
farmers make no money; but who can
point to a year when corn raised by
rational methods did not pay a reas-
enable profit? There is always a mar
ket for it, and bears do not manipu-
late the market to the loss of the
grower. The market is found right
on ones own farm and on the sur
rounding farms. Bears cannot mix
up with it. When the stover is saved
by rational methods-not by pulling
the leaves-the slower has as much
feed value as the grain; and the South
is slow to realize this. If that idea is
made one of the working rules of the
farm management, it will not be diff
cult to see how corn crop will yield
more net profit than cotton crop.
More net profit, mind you; we do not
care for the gross profit. 1t is the
money that a farmer can lay away
that he should be interested in. A
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Shallow Cultivation for Corn.

Corn is a very shallow rooted plant.
Most of it's feeding roots are near the
surface of the soil. Roots also feed
only at their ends; and when they are
cut off they cannot noufish the plant
much till new feeding bair-like roots
put out to gather the food These
facts show that deep cultivation dur
ing the early life of the crop may
not be injurious; while deep cultiva-
ton later, when the roots have spread
across from row to row near the sur
face of the soil, cut Off the roots just
the time the crop needs to be fed
well. Do not make the work stock do
Unnecessary hard work by running
the cultivating implement deeper than
is necessary to keep the ground clean.
Some growers act as though they
thought they would lay by the corn
we'll if they run the cultivating i'm
plements deep; and this means that
they are laying by the crop by cut
ting its roots off. Yet, cultivation
must be deep enough to kill grass and
weeds, even if the corn roots are
pruned off.-Southern Farm Gazette.
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Ordinarily these potato roots are
thus kept covered, and so they are
free from any green, but if a portion
becomes exposed to the light, and
especially to the direct rays of the
sun, a change is wrought to a green.
ish shade at the exposed part, ana
even the flesh, for some distance un-
der the skin, is also discolored.
The tuber of the Irish potato has
an underground stem-a stem with
buds regularly placed upon it and not
root without any such buds. as Is
the way among all true roots.
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Green Irish Potato Tubers.

To the human being the Irish potato
tuber when green is poison. We
have seen it stated that farm live
stock can be fed this without harm.
1t is not yet clear to us that such
is the fact
Quite a number of plants are made
into good foood from bad by cultiya-
ton. Thus we have the carrot and
celery. The Irish potato belongs to
a family of plants with poisonous
characteristics. Among its members
is tobacco.
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Has TO Be Cited.

Possibly there is something on
Earth that is surer and quicker cure
for cuts, burns, aches, pains and
bruises than Hunts Lightning Oil. If
SO, would like to be cited. For twenty
years I have been unable to find any
thing better myself" H. H. Ward,
Rayville, La.
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WELL.
How Her Life Was Saved When Bit.
ten BY Large Snake.

I1OW .JG[s Lie w do 0dNSO 0ik.
ten BY Large Snake.
How few people there are who are
not afraid of snakes. Not long ago a
harmless little garter snake fell on
the wheel of an automobile which was
being driven by woman. The woman
promptly tainted and the car, left to
its own resources, ran into stone
wall and caused serious accident.
The bite of poisonous snake needs
prompt attention. Mrs. K. M. Fishel,
Route No. l, Box 40, Dillsburg, Pa,
tells how she saved her life when bit
ten by a large snake.
"On August 20, 1906, was bitten
on the hand twice by large copper
head snake. Being distance from
any medical aid, as last resort
used Sloan's Liniment, and to my as
constituent found it killed all pain and
was the means of saving my life.
am the mother of four children and
am never without your Liniment."
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Class Eavoritism.

1.-THE Indian appropriation bill puts
an end to the relations of the five
tribes, I notice" remarked Reeder,
looking up from his paper.
"Humph!" growled Grump, whose
wife's cousin is making protraet-
ed visit at his home Il wish we
were Indians. kansas City Times.
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We Relterate,

That for more than fifteen years
Hunts Cure has been working on the
afflicted Its mission is to cure skin
troubles, particularly those of an Itch
ing character. Its success is not on
account of advertising, but because it
surely does the work One box is
guaranteed to cure any case.
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Too Risky.

Where is old Postmaster Daniel?"
asked the drummer.
Resigned last week." drawled the
loafer in the Beacon Ridge post Office.
What caused the old man to re-
sign?"
why, he read in the paper that the
Florida people were shipping live alli-
gators through the mail. Said he
could stand queen bees, but when 1t
came to live alligators he drew the
line, because he had never learned to
be a circus trainer, be gosh"
ss easy-going man is apt to mako
eing for his wife,
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Classification.

THAT man is a great friend of
yours" said the campaign assistant
(Which kind of a friend?" queried
Senator Sorghum, lone who wants to
do something for me or one who wants
me to do something for hin? "-Wash-
ington Star.
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Seek the Brioht Thinos in Life.

Look out for the bright, for the
brightest side of things, and keep the
face constantly turned toward it; you
will then shed happiness along your
way like the summer sun.-Julius
Bentham
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04

and trouble with the kidney secretions.
This was my state when I began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me
from the first and four boxes made q
complete, lasting cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents q
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04
Wavside Chat.

ever thrown out of a saloon?'
idly inquired Tired Tiffin.
Yep answered Weary Wigs. 'I've
been thrown out of most everything
'ceptin' work"
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04

Two Million Dollars Every Day.
The exports of manufactures of the
United States averaged more than
100000 a day during the entire
year. including every day In the cal
endar year.
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04

my back grew weak
and lame and I
could not S t op
without a S h arp
pain. 1t was just
as bad when I tried
to get up from a
chair. I was Ian
guild and listless
and had pauah min
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04
LANGuID AND WEAK.

A Condition Common with Kidney
Trouble and Backache.
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04
Actual Facts,

For upwards of fifteen years Hunts
Cure has been sold under strict guar
antee to cure any form of itching skin
less than one per cent. of the pur-
chasers have requested their money
back. Why? 1t simply does the work.
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04

Let everyone be his best to those
with whom he comes in contact.
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04
CLASSIFIED.

Printer-Where shall I put the an
nouncement of Alderman Dodgers re-
tirement?
Editor - Under Public Improve
ments."
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lronor+an+ IN Mo+her.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04

Mrs. Marie sipfe, 41e Miller St.,
Helena, Mont, says: "Three years ago
The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-04-04

sasy-going man is apt to MAKE
ping for his wife.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-02-20

The ladies of the Benson com.
munity will serve refreshments
at the home of Mr. 7 } Phillips
on Friday night, 81 inst, for the
purpose of raising funds to-
wards the Confederate veterans
monument to be erected at
Kinestree. The public is COR
daily invited.
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NO. 7

turn ear over and repeat in like
manner, thus picking elk kernels
from each ear. Thus place the
six kernels from ear No. 1 in
in check No. /. from ear No. 2
in check No. 3 and so on until
checks are occupied. Next
place another piece of thin cloth
over the corn allowing the cloth
to be sufficiently large to let the
edges spread out over the edg.
es of the seed box. Now put
on top of this second cloth about
two inches of moist earth. Set
the box in some warm room and
allow about 9 or 10 days for
germitation, or until the corn
stems shall have become about
two inches long. At. this point
remove the earth carefully down
to the top cloth where. you can
examine the germiuation. All
kernels whiciffail to germinate
or which fail to show strongr
healthy roots should be discard
ed as unfit and Improbable to
plant (of course We mean that
the ears from which the kernels
were extracted are to be dis.
carded or used as the samples
show they should be.) Especial :
care must be given to prevent
the kernels or ears from getting
mixed with others. AS I am
much interested my full inten'
tions are to test all of the seed
plant this year, and l hope 9TH
ers will do the same and let US
report the result next fall.
Mr. Editor, I do not wish to use
your paper to advertise for 9th.
er people, but if you think prop.
er I'll endeavor to write again
along this line and give the
price and address of book men.
toned, for 1 wish it could be
placed in the hands of every
corn.grower.
We believe that about one
fourth or probably q greater
per cent of the land planted in
corn produces nothing and this
largely on account of inferior
seed being used. It takes the
same land and the same amount
of work for a missing hill or for
a hill containing a barren stalk
as it takes for one containing a
fruitful stalk. Last year I mo-
ted the number of missing hills
and of barren stalks contained
in my corn field and was much
surprised at the proportion.
We further believe that an in
crease of from FIVE to ten bush
els per acre on an ordinary lands
can be effected by the proper
selection and testing of seed
corn. Of course it will take
more than one year to grow our
corn to the standard which it
should be, but persistent effort
should accomplish more than
the casual observer may expect.
If you are interested, brother
farmer, speak out.
Yours for more corn and better
corn, for more home-raised meat
and better home.raised meat
(for more hog and hominy.)
s. O. EADDY,
Johnsonville, s. G., February
10. 1908.
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New Advertisements.

Kingstree Dry Goods compa.
ny-Spring Goods Arriving Dai-
ly.
Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Lake City-Four Per Cent Com.
pound Interest on Deposits.
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In thi S secession land.
Respectfully,
PHILIP STOLL.
Kingstree, s c.,
February II, 1908.

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is best for cuts, burns, boils,
bruises and scratches. 1t is especi'
ally good for piles. Sold BY W. l.
Wallace, NJ. D. =
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him a preeminent right to ad-
wise the people to the exclusion
of all others: If he sees a
chance to make some money
out of this agitation that is leg,
itimate business, provid ed only
facts are given, and / condemn
him not for it, but why ask,
must every body else keep
silent and let him spiel to the
people uninterrupted on his
gold brick proposition:
He says that own no proper
ty in the pl opposed new county.
That is true. Does Mr. Starr
own any in Williamsburg coun.
ty? If property qualification
is to be the test will he not him
self be barred from the discus
sion: In fact,we can relevant
ly ask by what divine call has
he gone to Lake City, assumed
the title of commander-in.chief
of the Rutledge county forces
and issued general order mum.
Der one that Philip Stoll is not
entitled to an opinion in the
matter of the division of the
county in which he is a citizen
and tax payer?
But make a comparison of my
rights and privileges in this
matter with Mr. Stars. l am a
citizen of Williamsburg county
and he is not. lam a taxpayer
in Williamsburg county and he
is not. My family has for over
a hundred years been identified
with the interest of old Will
liamsburg and Mr. Starr is a new
conner and comes from-where?
And last, but not least, l have
friends in the proposed new
county of Rutledge who are tax
PAYERS and who requested me
to give the public the benefit of
any information that | possess
ed and any observation that l
may have made relative to the
proposed new county. This ]
did in an open letter to the peo-
pie of Johnsonville.
And what was 1t in that let
ler that so astounded the advo.
Gates of Rutledge county? Why
was a committee of eight in a
mass meeting of over one hun.
dred appointed to ANSWER said
letter? Why is it that it has
not been ans wered? In that let.
ter there Was nothing startling,
vet it caused confusion in the
camp of General Starr. Why?
Because it gave plain facts and
logical deductions that proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that
Mr. Starr was ignorant on the
subject on which he was trying
to advise the people, or that
he was trying to deceive them.
My only object was, and still
is, the enlightenment of the peo-
pie. With the full and unpaid
ded facts before them the ques-
ton of the new county can easi.
| ly be settled by their ballot.
There are usually two sides to
a question, and on this issue
there is undeniably another side
that is entirely different from
the positions and propositions
as laid down by Mr. Starr. The
statements l have made l defy
Mr. Starr or anyone else to dis.
prove. 1 am prepared to meet
him or any one else on the
stump or in print to discuss
this new county issue to an un-
biased people.
And now, Mr. Editor, perad.
venture the new county should
fail, I wonder how long Citizen
Starr would continue to be a
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IMPROVED seed corn
WA Dsable the Yield Per Acre Of
YeGf Cfob.

Editor COUNTY REcoRD:-It is
true that We are now confronted
with an important proposition,
which is the formation of a new
county, and our people seem to
be alive to their several inter.
ests in the premises; yet there
are other propositions which
are of equal or more Importance
possibly, then the one above
mentioned.
One of these is, "To double
the yield of corn per acre"
Now this may not have the ring
of newness to it, yet its impor-
tance demands-indeed it should
command-our more careful
consideration. During 1905 the
failure Ot the corn crop wrought
a blow which few, it any, far
mers failed to feel and hard
were our experiences during the
spring and summer: months of
1901 am speaking of this and
other affected counties and
States and not of the "main corn
regions. But Providence in
1907 gave to us a bountiful
yield of corn, so that we begin
this years work with renewed
spirits. Now, while much care
I and effort were exercised by
many in the growing of last
years corn crop, let US not for
get that the seasons" were
markedly favorable to such
growth and that We cannot even
hope, much less expect, a con-
stancy of such conditions.
We, as farmers of the South,
are too careless and Indifferent
to the prerequisites of success,
and one of these prerequisites is
to plant only such seeds VIII ich
we know to bestrongia vitality
Considerable interest has beer
manifested during the past few
years in the selection of better
cotton seed, but, to my mind, the
subject of improved seed corn
has not received anything like
the attention it should have re.
ceived; therefore the writer is
prompted to offer these lines.
Having read several articles
contributed by Prof P G holden,
of the Iowa State College, on
corn culture I became interested
in it so much that / sent tor q
copy of his GA B G of Corn Cul-
ture." This book l have care
fully perused and in it find ma
ny ideas and principles which
are very suggestive. After read
ing the same I repaired to my
barn and began to select seed
corn such as could be classed as
worthy to plant. Now let me
"drive peg" right here, as l ex'
claim that never before have
been brought to so forcibly real
ize how negligent Tve Hereto
fore been in selecting seed corn.
Prof Holden says: "lf the
corn fields of the United States
were mine and l could give but
one order. that order would be,
to test six kernels of corn from
every ear of seed intended for
planting!"
His method of testing is brief
fly given, about thus: For test
ing, select, say, 200 ears of the
best corn which are we'll devel.
oped. also, at both ends OF
theears, number and lay the
ears in a row. Have prepared
a box, say, about five inches
deep and measuring about 2 it
by3tt. Take a piece of thin
cloth the size of inside of box,
mark cloth off in checks which
will be sufficient for about 200
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oMR. STOLL MAKES
REPLY TO Mr.. STARR.
HAVING BEEN REFUSED ADMISSION TO
the COLUMNS OF TIE "RUT.
LEDGE" COUNTY NEWS.

1t is not my desire to monop-
olize your valuable columns,
but under the circumstances I
believe that you will be willing
to give me a little space in
your paper, Ar Stewart Starr.
editor of the Rutledge County
News, ignored my request to
publish in his last weeks issue
an article written by me in re-
ply to certain statements from
him in his issue of February Z,
and in his last issue he says
that my views on the new coun-
ty scheme are not wanted. In
this predicament, being the tar
get of the News editor and de-
MED the privilege of reply in
its columns, I have only one
! recourse. and that is to talk to
the people through your col
umns.
Mr. Starr in his last issue
says: Eve. again reiterate that
no one living outside of the area
of Rutledge has any moral right
to enter into this discussion of
this issue unless they have prop.
erty interests in the proposed
new county"
Who is this Mr. Starr that he
places the ban on the privilege
of free speech? BY whose au-
thority does he speak and by
what right does he assume the
role of adviser to the people to
the exclusion of all others?
Who is he,anyway? Where did
he come from and what is he
doing in Lake City? Let US
look into this matter and see
who has the best right to an
opinion on the new county
scheme, this Mr. Buttinsky or
your humble scribe.
The editor of the News is not
even a citizen of Williamsburg
county, he pays no taxes and
has never been identified with
the interest of the county, yet
he pops up at Lake City, under
takes to advise the people,
gathers a mass of figures that
are entirely unwarranted with
which to pad the scheme, writes
for the press scurrilous articles
concerning Kingstree and the
lower section of the county, and
then when he is called to ac-
count for his wild and incon-
aruous statements, he replies
by saying that we are meddling
where we have no business.
His assurance is certainly not
the least of his many conceits
and has about degenerated into
impudence.
He says that he is a citizen
of Lake City and I assert that
he is not. He may in due time
become one, but at present he is
merely a resident of that town.
He is now making Lake City his
headquarters, but why? He is
boosting the new county with
Lake City as the county seat for
a purpose-and that purpose is
TO establish a newspaper with
himself as editor. If the new
county is formed what will it
cost him? How much cash has
he put up towards building the
i, courthouse and Jail? How much
%ST will he pay in the new coun-
tv? In other words, what will
he gain or lose in case the new
county is formed: 1t appears
ON reflection that his agitation
is for the purpose of feathering
a nest, or in plain words, to get
a permanent job for himself.
Now on his part that is good
business-let the people pay
L. 1,~l IN