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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-03-12
LAKE CITY NEWS In BRIEF.
Something About Fertilizers Person,
al and Local Notes.

LAKE CITY, March 19:-Mr P
A Hodges of Bennettsville spent
several days here recently in the
interest of the endowment of
the Columbia Female College.
Mr. Lewis E Wood, stenogra-
pher of the third cir:u whose
home is in Sumter, was here
one day last week.
DR. A H Williams has gone to
Florida on a little trip of about
two weeks.
Mrs George Atkinson, of Tim
monsville is visiting her son,
Mr. L G Atkinson.
DR. H l. Baker will take Mrs
Baker to Charleston within a
days few for the purpose OF hav-
ing an operation performed on
her, the surgeons having decided
that this is necessary.
The town council has purchas.
ed another pair of fine mules
and a street building machine.
Lots OF work has been done on
our streets and sidewalks since
Intendant Blackwell went into
office and he intends to continue
these improvements right along.
Dir S 1 Harvin came over
from Manning Sunday and
spent the day in town,
Miss Bessie Snow of Rome is
visiting at Mr. E " Yates.
Mr. L II Jennings of Bishop
Vile is at her parents home, Mr.
and Mrs ] NJ Sturgeon.
Lettuce is now going North
to please the palates of such as
can afford the delightful vege-
table at $3.50 the barrel.
The way fertilizers are being
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Chat From CadeS.

CADEs, Match 1O:-Mr ] l.
Gowdy of Hebron was IN town
Monday on business.
MIR r A Cottingham of Salem
was noted in town Monday.
Mr. B W McElveen went to
Kingstree Thursday on busi-
ness.
Messrs l R Aycock and W +
Heron, representatives Of the
Southwestern Publishing Go OF
Nashville, Tenn, spent Sunday
with friends IN Scranton.
There is quit te a difference in
the weather today and the past
several days.
The "Rutledge" County News
does not fancy personals, but is
fond of news.
Mr. Burt Evans gave the town
a visit Monday. He will go to
Kentucky in a few days, he
says. 3 " M.
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change and the hot water pro-
cess may really be of great as
sistance. The hot water has
nothing to do with the insect
pest, see, a succeeding paper.
Now is the time for the Viii,
liamsburg farmer who is to cap
ture the State prize for the best
acre of corn in 1909 to begin.
The land has to be worked into
shape and the seed has to be
bred and selected. Very little
can be accomplished in breeding
in so short time, nevertheless,
buying corn seed is so uncertain
that it is perhaps best to stick
to what you have and do what
you can with that.
More can be done with the
soil and no time should be lost.
The very frst consideration is
drainage. This applies to new
or old land alike and must not
be neglected. This means, of
course, under drainage, by cap
ilarity down to open water
courses at suitable intervals
about two to three feet beneath
the surface. This complete
throughly disk the the soil with
disc.plow, roll, and harrow with
disc or cutaway-harrow, at the
same time Incorporating all of
the humus, (stable-manure,
trash, or cotton seed) available.
Lay out and plant in cotton this
year.
I Keep soil throughly loose dur
ing entire summer by frequent
shallow civilizations and in the
early fall at last sweeping SOW
crimson clover at rate of 25 or
80 pounds. This clover should
make good stand and growth.
If so, allow to grow and about
two weeks before planting the
prize crop l hope to tell you
what else to do.
Hoping you success in your
efforts,
LAURENCE H MCCULLOUGH.
March s, 1908.
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More About Corn Culture.

EDITOR COUNTY REcORD:-lt
was my intention to have offer.
ed some criticisms and COM
ments in your last issue annent
the suggestion by Mr. James of
applying boiling water to seed
corn, but pressure of other 'dut-
les would not permit.
The practise of testing seed
of various kinds with boiling
water has been resorteu to for
various purposes; in the case of
oat seed, for the prevention of
rust, smuts, etc, in the case OF
poiseley and other hard coated
seeds, for fastening termination
etc. do not know that stdtis-
ties are available from any spe-
Si6c tests of this procedure, but
it is safe to assume that germi-
nation in the case of corn would
he fastened as with other hard
seeds, partly from softening the
hard parts and partly from the
partial conversion of the starch
into sugar which is in a form for
Amediate use by the. baby
nlant. A vast amount of mela-
halle or intra- chemical energy
is needed to bring abyut this
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carried off would startle our
graadfathers, could they see
the procession which moves
continuousl day after day from
the farms to the cars and back
again.
Up to a few years ago COM
mercial fertilizers were bought
without any regard to the par
ticular crop or crops they were
intended for and were put out
by the teaspoonful, as it were.
1t made no difference whether it
was corn or cotton or rice or
potatoes, all got about the same
kind of manure and in about the
same quantity. All this, happily.
is fast changing now. Farmers
are now taking good agricul-
tural papers and reading them,
too. The Clemson car and lee
lures are eagerly welcomed and
every experiment or demon
stration is closely studied and
the words of those who have
delved deeply into the mysteries
of plant life and growth are no
longer sneered at as "theory"
and "rot," but receive intelli-
gent attention. They who live
by the plow are beginning to
learn that chance has no place in
all the universe and that all
things are governed by infexi-
BILE laws; that nitrogen is good
for one crop but bad for anoth.
er; that potash gives color and
stamina where that is wanted
that the acids are to be used
with certain things and alkali
with others. The veil is lifting
that divides the dull animal in
stinct from the quick intelli-
gence. Farming is no longer
the hazardous vocation that it
has been considered for six
thousand years, but is rapidly
coming forward as the grandest
and noblest of all the vocatlons
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FRANK B. GARY
!. ELECTED SENATOR
AFTER SEVENTEEN BALLOTS The ABBE.
VILE CANDIDATE W0N-C0NTEST
Was SPIRITED.

At 2:15 p. m Friday, March
6, the legislative deadlock was
broken and Frank B Gary was
elected United States senator to
succeed the late Asbury c Lati-
mer. Four ballots were taken
in Joint assembly on Friday,
making a total of seventeen in
all. On the last ballot Mr.
Gary received 70 votes, two
more than the requisite number.
The most formidable oppo-
nent of Mr. Gary vas Hon. L 6
Walker of Georgetown, who on
one ballot received as many as
"a votes. For Mr. Walker the
Williamsburg delegation voted
solidly, first, last and all the
time.
Mr. Gary is a member OF the
bar of Abbeville and is consid-
cred a very able lawyer. He is
a brother Of Judge Eugene Gary,
Justice of the supreme court,
and the popular and genial
Judge Ernest Gary, of the 9TH
judicial circuit.
Senator Gary served two years
as speaker of the house of rep
resentatives and was universal
ly admired on account of his
impartial rulings and fine abil-
ity as a presiding officer. Per-
sonaily he was also generally
popular.
At the time of his election to
the United States senate Mr.
Gary was a member of the leg
islature.
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OPENING OF THOMAS OPERA HOUSE.


Mr. P II Stoll takes extreme
pleasure in announcing to the
amusement seeking public that
on Thursday evening, March 10.
the doors of the new opera
house will be thrown open to
the public.
1t is but natural on an occa-
sion of this kind, that of the OPP
ening of a new and dainty thea.
tire, it was desired to secure the
very highest class attraction
that was procurable. Mr. Stoll
had his pick of countless attrac.
ton, some of them of a higher
standard of excellence than is
usually to be found in this sec.
ton, but when he found that it
would be possible TO secure the
widely known Beggar Prince
Opera Company he at once clos.
ed a contract with this compa-
ny, and feels gratified to think
he can afford an attraction that
stands without an equal in the
light opera world. This compa'
ny has appeared in nearly every
city of any importance in the
United States and has been on
the road for ten seasons so that
a delightful and charming even.
ing is assured, and it could not
be otherwise with this excellent
company of noted singers, COM
edians, dancers and the chorus
OF pretty girls who are attract
ing considerable attention in
nearby cities.
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Death 0i Mrs, St0Il.

Mrs Mary L Stoll, widow of
the late Rev J e Stoll, in his
day one of the foremost Method
ist 6ivines in the State, died very
suddenly Friday morning at her
home on Pinckney street. Mrs
Stoll was seated by the fire
talking to. a daughter-in.law,
Mrs W M Stoll, of Great Falls,
who had just arrived on a visit,
when the fatal summons came,
and without a word she sank to
sleep. The funeral services
were held at the Methodist
church yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock, the pastor, the Rev D
M Mcleod, conducting the ser.
vices.
Mrs Stoll was a Mccullough.
She was about 68 years of age
and was native of Williams
county. She leaves the follow
ing sons and daughters: S n
Stoll, of Savannah, Ga; P H and
C W Stoll, of Kingstree, w M
and ] G Stoll, of Great Falls, and
Misses Sue and Mai Stoll, OF
Chester.-Chester Correspond
ence News and Courier.
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of mankind. All others have had
their day. Now, after centuries
of burdens, the tillers of the soil
are becoming the princes of the
earth.
Mr. F. H Hyatt of Columbia
was here today prospecting for
real estate in which to invest.
He delivered quite an interest
ing speech to the mass meeting
Monday night. Mr. Mason also
of Columbia, was with him.
WI B.
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CHARGED WITH DASTARDLY crime.
George Tllten Awaits Tfial-AcCused
of Assault on Twelve Year Old Girl.

A gentleman from Lake City
this morning gave the Times the
following information regarding
the threatened trouble there Sat.
urday night.
He says that George Tilton, a
white man was arrested on a
warrant charging him with an
attempted criminal assault upon
a little white girl by the name
of Miles about four miles from
Lake City. The attempt is al
legged to have taken place about
three weeks ago. but had been
kept quiet until this man was
arrested Saturday afternoon. 1t
is said that a gentleman passing
along the road heard cries in
the Miles house and upon in
vestigation found that a man
was therein attempting to as
sault the little girl, only about
II years old. AS soon as this
gentleman appeared the man
who is said to have been Tilton,
escaped and had not been seen
until Saturday when he went to
Lake City on business. He was
arrested on a warrant sworn
out before Magistrate j H V
Gaskins. There was some talk
of lynching and Tilton was hur-
riedly sent to the Jail in Kings
tree on train No SO, which pass.
ed there shortly after the ar
rest.
The affair is quite a serious
one and will likely go hard with
Tilton should the allegations
prove trae. Tilton is about 81
wears old and married. The lit.
tie girl in her effort to free her
self was badly scratched and
when rescued was in an almost
hysterical condition. 1t is un'
derstood that her condition is
improved though now bad.
The foregoing account OF a
very sensational affair is clipp'
ed from the Florence Times.
What reliable information we
have been able to gather about
the matter is very meager, 1t is
a fact, however, that George Til
ton is in jail here charged with
a crime so horrible that one car
scarcely believe such things
could occur in a civilized coun
try.
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Notice to Creditors.

All persons having claims against
the estate of Chas M Mouzon, deceas.
ed, will present the same duly attested
to the undersigned and all persons
owing said estate will make pay ment
to Lee & Askins for.
NJ. N. MoUZoN.
9-12.4t Administrator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
BOARD OF HEALTH
 ISSUES STATEMENT
COMMENTS ON IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING HARMONIOUS RE- LATIoNs AMONG ALL BRANCHES OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

The Board of Health has issued the following statement relative to the health department of the city of Birmingham:
 The organized medical profession of Alabama has long been granted, by the state legislature, control and supervision of the health and sanitary interests of the whole state proper, through the state medical association, of the counties and municipalities, through the county medical associations. These state and county medical associations are inter-related and constitute a complete health system These constitute the advisory and super visory health boards of state, counties. and municipalities, and none other is provided for.
 In the discharge of these legal duties and responsibilities, the Jefferson county medical society, through it's official rep resentatives-the committee of health-has supervised, for many years, the sanitary and health interests of Birmingham At the suggestion and with the aid of this committee of health, the city of Birming- ham, nearly four years ago, adopted a system of health laws and created a city health department.
 Two years later, the City Council was induced by the health committee to in- stall bacterioIogical laboratory in order to make more efficient the work of the city health department. In the progress of public health affairs bacteriological laboratory has come to be essential in the determination, not alone of number of disease conditions threatening to public health, but in the determination of harm ful contradictions of the public food and water supplies. Wherever such a laboratory has been installed, be it by city or state, it has been made a part and parcel of the public health system for the plain reason that logic and ex- perience demonstrates 1t to have no other place. It can have no other place, if efficiency of the health department is to be expected.
 Whom the city authorities constented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
RECEPTION FOR
 SIGNOR STANCATI
NEW ITALIAN CONSULAR AGENT IS ENTERTAINED AT HOME OF p. GIAcoPAZZl-FlFTY PRESENT AT BANQUET.

A reception was rendered last night at the residence of P. Giacopazzi on Foun- tain Heights in honor of Signor M. Stan cati, the newly appointed consular agent of Italy in the Birmingham district. There were about 50 guests present The house was beautifully decorated and the tables were profusely adorned with cut flowers. Nappi's orchestra discoursed fine music during the evening The menu was elab- crate and was composed of distinctive Italian dishes, a special cook being em- ployed for the occasion. The courses were served in the inimitable Italian style. Mrs Mallory rendered several musical selections, which were enthusi- astically received. After the dinner Capt. N. Catazanco, who was toastmaster, called upon A. E. Cotti, editor of the Vanguard, who responded with a toast to the honored guest. MT. Cotti spoke of the eminent need of consular agent in Bir- mingham, as there are so many of his countrymen here, and emphasized the fact that an agent of the Italian government would give protection to the Italians in Birmingham, who are virtually at the mercy of individuals who are not re- sponsible.
 Dr. l.. Cocciola, signor D. Gasparime, P. Giacopazzi, S. Cattolbi, Charles Rouss and others spoke of the necessity of the es-. tablishment of consular agency of the government Victor Torino made speech in English and emphasized the necessity of an Italian consulate in Birmingham Mr. Torino spoke eloquently along this line and advised the Italians to adapt themselves to American conditions and identify themselves with the institutions of the country of their adoption.
 signor Michele Stancati, the guest of the evening, was called upon. He made the point especially that he was here to look after the interests of the Italians of the district, but at the same time he expected them to do their part In all mat ters, and that any differences that arose between them and their conditions he would be willing to take up; but never theless his time was too valuable to be burdened with frivolous matters Mir stancati spoke in Italian and was given marked attention, his speech being interrupted with frequent and loud ap- plause.
 Credit is due the committee which got up the entertainment and Mrs. Giacopazzl and Mrs, Mallory rendered valuable aid In arranging the programme. The occa- sion was one to be pleasantly remembered and was fitting one for3 the reception of 80 distinguished a guest, whose pres- ence among the Italians of the district means much to their advantage and future prospects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
LAST TOUCHES ON
 BRYAN RECEPTION
ESCORT COMMITTEE FOR DiSTiN- GUlSHED GUEST WILL BE DE- cIDED UPON THIS AFTERNOON. PLANS ABOUT COMPLETED.

At o'clock this afternoon the Bryan reception committee will hold a meeting in rooms 43S-4 First National bank build ing. Any matters that may not have been completed will be taken up and the final touches put on the arrangements for the reception of the great democratic chieftain Thursday.
 Among the matters to be settled this afternoon will be the naming of the es- cort committee. The positions on this committee are the real plums of the oc- cast in this direction. To be a member of the escort committee of a man whom experts are declaring will be the nation s next chief executive, will be quite an honor indeed.
 Everything has been put in readiness for the reception at the New Morris ho- tel in the morning, the speaking at the Bijou afterward, luncheon at the Cover nor's residence, the receptions at the Country club and theNHotel Hillman, and the wind-up with the Board of Trade banquet at the Hilman Thursday night.
 The street railway company will afford ample accommodations to handle the crowds and cars will be in waiting at the hotel until o'clock Thursday night. There will be a car for every line. su- burban( and city. The banquet will be- gin promptly at 8 o'clock and the huge banquet hall will be filled with just as many diners as can possibly be seated.
 This banquet will be the means of bringing together the most formidable array of prominent men that Birmingham has had within its confines in many a day. Men of national prominence and men well known throughout Alabama will address the banqueters, and the speaking will easily last until 1 o'clock.
 In speaking of the sentiment toward Bryan in Alabama, Col. John w. Tomlin- son said yesterday afternoon that there was nothing but Bryan, that every state official had unequivocally declared for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
ROBBED BY NEGROES.
Immigrants Present Case To State
 Office In New Orleans.

New Orelans, January 20.-State immi- grafton officials had their attention called today to another case in which Austrian immigrants are alleged to have been made subjects of cruel treatment
 Last Sunday morning the secretary of the state immigration office here sent out from this city five Austrian immigrants to a planter in East Felicians parish. Today the immigrants returned to this city without baggage or money. They say that negro met them at the rail- road station and represented himself as an employe of the planter by whom they had been engaged. He drove them in wagon out into the canebrakes, where several negroes were waiting. The ne- groes then robbed them of all their funds and baggage and deserted them. They finally made their way back to the rail- road and reached New Orleans today in a destitute condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-21
DOCTOR" GAINES
 KILLS SOME TIME The Tennessee Congressman Creates Great Amusement DEBATE ON THE CURRENCY After Talking on Panic for Time Colleague Calls Him Down, But
 Tennessean Gets the
 Final Laugh.
DEBATE ON THE CURRENCY

Washington. January 20.-While the House was engaged today in the dis cussion of the bill providing for an im- migration building at Philadelphia, Rep resentative Gaines of Tennessee, secured recognition and engaged Mir Prince of Illinois, member of the committee on banking and currency in a rapid cross fire skirmish, calling on him to explain categorically why that committee had not yet reported to the House a currency bill.
 Mir. Prince answering a question by Mir Gaines said he believed there was at the present time and had been, plenty of money in the country, the banking and currency committee was engaged in framing of a bill to anticipate and pre- vent panics Hong before they struck the country" and that such a bill would be reported after the public hearings which are scheduled to begin next Wednesday.
 Mir Gaines took Secretary Cortelyou severely to task for the issue of Panama bonds authorized by him, when there was in the United States treasury more than $240,O0O,OOO available.
 MT. Kusterman of Wisconsin, who had been busily figuring on piece of pa- per for some minutes, interrupted. He said that by mathematical process he had arrived at the information that the time being consumed by the gentlemen from Tennessee was costing the United States exactly $50 minute and that al- ready MT. Gaines had caused an ex- penditure of more than $500 This was followed by the suggestion that as an avowed foundation of the amendment the gentleman from Tennessee might curtail the public expense by bringing his re- marks to a close. This threw the House into a convulsion of laughter
 MT. Gaines here referred to himself as Doctor Gaines and said to the repub- licans If they would let Doctor Gaines run the Congress he would not run 1t at the dictation of people who had run it into wreck and panic"
 When his one hour of time expired, he was allowed to continue indefinitely on motion of MT Mann of Illinois. Oh said MT. Gaines, 'I am doing just what you republicans want to do-kll time" at which there was general laughter.