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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-23
A Cheap Corn Crop.

| ohO O'S ylolon per dCrS. L COu-
slider corn the most important
crop raised in this country
Plenty of corn means plenty of
feed, good stock, plenty of meat
and prosperity for the farmer.
Big yields per acre are fine to
talk and write about, but | don't
think they always mean cheap
corn since it often takes a large
per cent OF the corn to pay for
the extra manure and fertilizer
to produce such yields. What
the average farmer is most inter
ested in is how to make cheap
corn.
l live in the old tobacco belt !;
our land is light, sandy soil with
yellow clay subsoil. 1t is not
an unusual thing for farmers
in this section to be corn buyers
and that means hay and meat
buyers also.
made some cheap corn on a
six acre lot that was cultivated
in tobacco in 1907. The tobacco
had light sprinkling of stable
manure and $50 pounds of fer.
tilizer per acre in the drill. The
first of September the lot was
seeded to crimson clover at the
rate OF 25 pounds per acre with
out any manure or fertilizer.
This spring, about May 10, /
harvested a fine crop of clover
hay on it that paid good profit
on the cost Of seed and labor.
AS soon as the clover could be
cured and removed from the
land began to prepare it for
corn by breaking with one-horse
Dixie pillow. AS soon as the
breaking was done 1T was har-
rowed with two-horse Acme har-
row. In about one week was
harr owed again; was then ready
for the seed.
About June 1st, corn of a vel
low variety was planted 3 feet
apart in rows 4 feet wide. Corn
was planted with planter. When
corn was about hand high and
the grass began to show, the
middle was wrapped up running
a Dixie plow twice in a row,
the bare side to the corn, and
then three.toOth Iron Age har-
row was run around the corn
That left il all clean with a big
bed OF loose dirt in the middle
to be worked back to the corn
as it is needed. Before next
plowing corn was thinneG to one
stalk in hill. The next cultiva-
tion was with a Climax plow
with small fixtures, one furrow
around the corn. About one
week after that two very shallow
furrows were run in the middle
with Dixie plow. BY the mid.
die of July the cultivation was
all done and the corn was laid
by by running three times in a
row with Il Climax plow with Is
Inca sweeps Oh
COST OF CUITINATION.
IL days plowing, $l.25 per day s2l.
2 days narrowing 81. 30 per day 300
days thinning, 75 cents per day 80
= ing fodder 900
& altering and shucking corn 1000
Total cost s1775
CORN MADE on SIX ACRES.
45 barrels at $3.50 per barrel S2O2.
$500 pounds fodder at Sl.25 per
hundred 3I.25
Shucks on ~ barrels corn at 25c.
per barrel n25
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-23
Agricultural ~
j Department
Raise Your Own Meat.

was LII Cotton r1ShC up to the
house standing unpainted in a
bare field. A hopeless looking
woman was trying some Western
bacon for the dinner, while the
man toiled in the cotton. And
l got to thinking over the mat.
ter. There was no stock on the
place but the mules that worked
the cotton. And as | saw that
bacon, thought that some far
mer out West raised that hog,
and proba ely made something
out of it. Some railroad carried
it to Chicago, and certainly made
money. Some packer bought
and cured the meat, and grew to
be millionaire. Another rail-
road brought it South and paid
dividends by doing it. Some
merchant bought it, and sold it
to that man out there in the cot.
ton field at big profit-and he
works all summer in the cotton
making all these people prosper
Gus out of his one crop. while at
the end OF the year he is as poor
as ever, and his land grows less
and less productive, while he
might have made all those pro.
fits himself in raising the bacon
at home.
The Western farmer makes
corn the railroads haul it, the
merchant buys it and sells it to
the man who could raise the
corn at more prefit than the
Western farmer If he improved
his land. Yet, he goes on in the
old hopeless way imagining that
cotton is the only thing to get
money out of, and that corn, oats,
and wheat are only "supplies,"
and the Western farmer gets rich
supplying him.
When will the cotton farmer
get out of this slavery to every
body else? Not till he goes to
farming just as the Northern and
Western farmers do. He has
crop that is far superior as a
money crop to any they have,
and crop that fits into an inn
proving rotation of crops fully as
we'll as any they have North or
West, and while they get rich in
sending him supplies" he gets
poor furnishing the crop that
maintains the trade balance be-
tween this country and Europe,
and selling the cottonseed that
tatten the cattle that make the
meat he buys in various forms.
Now, then, is the time to ra-
solve to change all this Plan
rotation for your farm and stick
to it, grow plenty of forage and
make manure, and when you
once have manure enough to
cover a corn-field, you will be on
the road out of this slavery to
the North and West.
Nine tenths Of the letters / get
from farmers ask what fertilizer
[ shall use for this, that or the
other crop, when the man who
farms right will need to buy
little, and that only of the mineral
forms of acid phosphate and
potash, or but one of these, per-
haps.
l have been hammering away
at this for many years, and yet
no W few have taken the idea. But
| do hear now and then from far
mers who have broken loose
from the old ruts, and are sue
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-23

Preventics. the new Candy Cold Cure
Tablets, are said by druggists 10 have four
special specific advantages over all other
remedies for n cold. First-They contain
no Quinine, nothing harsh or sickeniug.
Second-They give almost instant relief
Third-pleasant to the taste, like candy.
Fourth-A large box AZ Preventics at
% cents. Also fine for feverish children
Sold by Fnnderburk Pharmacy. w
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-12-23

Nothing else can do this. When
the stomach is weak it needs help;
you must help it by giving it rest,
and Kodol will do that.
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Many avaing themselves of the extremely low rates
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Eat What
You want of the food you need
Kodol will digest it.

You need sufficient amount of
good wholesome food and more than
this you need to fully digest it.
Else you can't gain strength, nor
can you strengthen your stomach if
1t is weak.
You must eat in order to live and
maintain strength.
You must not diet, because the
body requires that you eat suffic-
lent amount of food regularly.
But this food must be digested,
and it must be digested thoroughly.
When the stomach can't do 1T,
you must take something that will
help the stomach.
The proper way to do is to eat
what you want, and let Kodol di-
gest the food.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
TOURIST SEASON OPENS EARLIER.
Many Who own Winter Residences
Are Returning.

Jacksonville, Fla.-The tourist sea-
son in Florida is dawning. There is
no better evidence of the fact than
the presence of numbers of familiar
faces of regular winter visitors in no.
tel corridors daily, and the reports
from transportation officials. While
most of the tourists who are return
ing now are those who own winter
homes in the state, yet many are COM
ing to the state for the first time and
their arrival Is taken TO mean that
the season will open earlier this year
and by the first of January there will
be more tourists in the state than st
a corresponding date in any past win
ter.
The advantages of Florida as a
place in which TO spend the winter
are being more effectively advertised
than ever before, and as cosne.
quence record-breaking tourist sea-
son is being anticipated. Quite no.
ticeable was the great number of wes-
tern people spending last season in
the state. The people in that section
of the country are now enjoying an
unprecedented era of prosperity and
an increased representation is ex-
pected.
AS soon as the general election is
held on November 3, the regular win
ter visitors will doubtless flock TO the
sunny southland. The outcome of the
election will have very little, If any,
effect upon the tourist travel.
The resorts along the East Coast
are already beginning to enliven, and
within and about the handsome win.
ter residences which have remained
with closed doors throughout the sum.
mer months are now scenes of life
and enjoyment.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
oEMocRATIc STATE AND
COUNTY TICKET.

For United States senator-Duneau
u. Fletcher.
For Member OF Congress - Frank
Clark.
For Governor-Albert w. Gilchrist.
For Comptroller-A. c. Groom,
For Treasurer-W. V. Knott.
For Secretary of state-H. Clay
Crawford.
For Attorney General-Park n.
Trammell.
For State Superintendent of Public
Instruction-Wm. NJ. Holloway.
For Commissioner of Agriculture
3. e, McLin.
For State Chemist--R. f. Rose.
For Adjutant General. G. r. Eos.
ter.
For Justices of the Supreme Court
William A. Hooker; Thomas n.
shackleford.
For Members of the Legislaturs-M.
A. B. Mckenzie; s. ]. Hilburn.
For County Judge-M. l. Cox.
For Clerk Of the Circuit Court--Hon.
~ Hutchinson.
For Sheriff-R. L. Kennerly.
For Tax Assessor-G. f. Billiard.
For Tax Collector-A. s. Willard.
For County Treasurer. e. Ed.
monson.
FOR Supervisor OF Registrations.
+. Kellum.
For Superintendent OF Public In
struction-L. X. Tucker.
For County Commissioner District
No. Nv. G. Alvers.
For County Commissioner District
No. al G. Stevens.
For County Commissioner District
No. s.--B. T. Solana.
For County Commissioner District
No. An. Bohannon.
For County Commissioner District
No. ST. J.sRogers.
For Member County School Board
District No. 1-=John II. Green.
= For Member County School Board
Dlatrict NO. AL. n. Blackwell.
For Member County School Board
District NO. 3--Laban Price. u
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
NO WATER UNDER STATE
State CeOlogist Says "BoiIs" Are
Caused By Local RainfaIls.
The SURFACE OF FLORIDA
Will Settle Down IN the Course Of Few
Thousand Years is Belief Of Pro-
fessor E. n. Sellards.

Tallahassee, Fla.-That vast
streams OF water are rushing under
the surface OF Florida at a depth
reached only by it's flowing wells is
the Arm belief of many FloridIans.
But the conclusions of Professor Il.
II. Sellards, state geologist from his
surveys In Central Florida, as describ-
ed In Bulletin No. /, indicates that
| this belief is erroneous. The aver
age rainfall of about fifty-three inch
es and the pressure caused by imper.
meable beds under which may collect
the waters which have sunk to con
siderable depths through the sands
accounts, for the flowing wells and
"bOils." Observations on Silver
Springs, In Marion county, when
flows 36S,913 gallons OF water per
minute, show that this spring rises
after heavy rains-not Immediately
but few days afterward. This shows
that II is an outlet for the local un.
foreground water supply and is not
fed by any stream unaffected by tho
local rainfall.
Another fact brought out by this
bulletin is the amount of erosion OF
the soft Vicksburg limestone beneath
the surface of Florida that is con-
going on. Professor Sellards |
estimates that the mineral solids re.
moved by the springs of Florida TAX. |
EN- altogether amount annually to |
more than four hundred tons per
square mile. II is evident that in the
course Of few thousand years Flor
da will be quite hollow and the sur.
ace may settle down considerably.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
AM IMPORTANT DAY.
November First viii BE Notable In
Commercial History Of Jacksonville.

November First Will BE Notable IN
Commercial History Of Jacksonville.
jacksonville, Fla.-Noyember
WIFI be an important day In the com
mercial history OF Jacksonville. On
that day the Naval Stores Marketing
company. which Is being so enthusiasts
ideally supported by the naval stores
producers OF not only Florida but the
adjacent states, viii enter the market
A regular steamship service be-
tween Jacksonville and Hamburg and
other European ports will be inaug-
urated that day by the Cans steam
shin line OF Savannah. Either event
would move Jacksonville prosperity
up several pegs.
Just two months later the headquar-
ters OF the American Naval Stores
company will be formally removed
from Savannah to Jacksonville and
then that city's growth will proceed
at an accelerated pace. while all the
state looks on with satisfaction
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
Where Bullets Flew.

David Parker of Fayette, y. Y, a
veteran OF the civil war, who lost a
foot at Gettysburg, says: THE good
Electric Bitters have done is worth
more than five hundred dollars TO me.
spent much money doctoring for a
bad case of stomach trouble, to little
purpose. / then tried Electric Bitters,
and they cured me. | now take them
as a tonic, and they keep me strong
and we'll" soc at S. w. Rowley's drug
store. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
Had a Close Call.

Mrs. Ada l.. Groom. the widely
known proprietor of the Groom hotel,
Vaughn. Miss, says For several
months | suffered with a severe cough,
and consumption seemed TO have it's
grip on me, when friend recommend
ed Or. Kings New Discovery. be-
gan taking IL, and three bottles at
fected complete cure The fame
OF this life saving cough and cold rem
edy and lung and throat healer 10
world wide. Sold at s. W. Rowley's
drug store. soc and 500 Trial bot
tie fise. u
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
STATE GLEANINGS.

The enrolment of four hundred pu-
pills i'm the schools of Sanford this
year, against two hundred and sixty
! five last year, is an indication of the
rapid growth OF that city.
Live Oak is to have a gala week.
There will be parades, farmers day,
military day, one devoted to trades
display and other attractions.
Miami's carnival promises to be a
great success. The Miami Merchants
association has appointed a committee
to cooperate with the board of trade
and the Dade County Fair associa-
ton has already approved of it. The
carnival will be held on the same day
as the fair, next March.
A recent accident in Miami demon
strates that it is not altogether safe
to attach a clothes line to an electric
light pole without insulating it. The
result may be shocking some rainy
day.
The taxable values of Starke for
1908 show an increase over those Of
1907 of $37,44S. The total assessment
twenty years ago was only $4,000,
which is almost equalled by the in
crease over last years.
The annual Gulf fair, to be held at
DeFuniak the last four days Of this
month, is a great influence in the ad-
vancement Of agriculture in Florida.
Pensacola courts deal out SEN
fences on the bargain counter plan.
A man was recently fined 80 cents
there for hugging a girl. Knocked
down from 81, Ell?
When the sun set on October 10
there was not a single prisoner in
the Jacksonville jail 1t was a Satur-
day evening, too. Much would be
made OF this fact in a dry" city,
therefore the Times-Union draws at
tention to il.
Now that a line Of telegraph has
been run TO Panama City, the United
States weather bureau will put up q
storm warning tower, or mast at the
growing port on st. Andrews bay.
This ia in recognition of the import
ance OF the traffic between Mobile,
Pensacola and st. Andrews bay.
Escambia county will probably wit
ness a political contest Of the old fash
Toned kind between the democrats
and the republicans. The registration
OF negroes this fall has been so heavy
that II all pay their poll tax the blacks
will almost equal the whites In num-
Der OF votes. Add TO this the white
republicans and take into account the
number OF democrats that have been
drawn of into other patries and the
prospect that the democrats of that
county will have a fight on their
hands becomes apparent.
The hut which protected the shore
ends Of the Nassau cable at Jupiter
has been washed away by the high
tides which have recently sent the
ocean waves tumbling In further than
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
PUTNAM COUNTY GOING AHEAD.

This section of Putnam county is
pushing ahead. For instance, at our
county seat, Palatka, there have been
more public improvements made in
the past two years than in twenty
years previous all put together.
A movement is now on foot to bond
the county for good roads, bridge
across the st. Johns river and new
court house. The push and go-ahead
fever has struck. Now is the time
TO invest in this section. Prices
Of real estate will advance lively in
the next two years. Come to San
Mateo or write
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
San Mateo, Fla.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24


has been known before for many
wears along the Atlantic coast Man
ager w. II. Mcdonald Of the Miami
Western Union ONCE went 70 Jupiter
the other day to investigate an inter.
runtion in the service of that cable
and found that the hut had been car.
ried out TO sea. A new hut is being
built
The orange growers Of Florida are
being urged TO give a full and fair
trial TO the association which pro.
noses to consolidate and handle the
cron 10 the best advantage. II IL does
not fully effect its purpose the first
wear. which is possible, 1t will point
the way to complete system OF or
ganization and arrangements. II 1t
utterly fails, things will be no worse
than heretofore.
One of the good results of the CO
NOUS rains is that the fungiv with
which so many of the orange trees
have been treated have spread rapid.
ly and are exterminating the white
ny.
Alleged men who mistreat aged
mothers get the limit of the law from
Judge PEBBLES at Tampa. Any mas
culine creature who would treat with
other than gentle consideration the
parent who bore him and nursed him
through his helpless infancy deserves
punishment more severe than the law
provides.
The capital invested in the phos-
nhate plants in southwestern Florida
runs up far into the millions, and the
mines south of Lakeland alone en-
ploy about FIVE thousand men. Few
persons are aware of the great value
of that industry to Florida.
One effect of the abundant rains is
to drive the rabbits from the low
places in some parts of Florida. They
seek the higher ground and fall upon
the farmers vegetable crops, which
rapidly disappear. Thus even the
trucker who plants above the reach
of the foods suffers from the too gen.
erous supply Of moisture.
The season thus far has been ex-
cellent at Lakeland for strawberries,
an unusually large acreage of which
is now under cultivation. This has
been the rainiest season Polk county
has experienced in some years, which
has been very beneficial both for the
growers and the health of the commu-
nifty. The many lakes, which sur
round Lakeland are higher now than
they have been in some years. Vege-
tables of all kinds are growing nicely,
and the farmers and truck growers
are anticipating a good year. The
crop is maturing and 1t prem
Ises to be as large as heretofore.
Some state editors assume that the
mullet is the only fish that has a giz-
gard. Reference to the Standard Die
tionary shows that there is "gizzard-
shad" and a "glzzard-trout." The
same authority says that the croc-
odiles and the great ant-eater have
gizzards. That the mullet has a giz-
gard is no new fact TO the older set
tiers Of Florida.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
A Healthy Family.

Our whole family has enjoyea
good health since we began using DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, three years
ago" says l.. A. Bartlett, of Rural
Route i, Guilford. Maine. They cleanse
and tone the system in a gentle way
that does you good, CSC at 8. w. Row
ley's drug store. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24

A farmer on Rural Route 2, Empire
CA. w A, Floyd by name. says
bucklen's Arnica salve cured the two
uotst sores ever saw: one on my
hand and one on my leg. Il is worth
more han rs weight IN gold. would
not be without Il II had to mortgage
the farm 70 set Il" only zoe AZ ,.
~. Rowlexs drug store. u
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24
Experienced.

Never mind, dear" he said. reas-
suringly, as she raised her sweet face
from his shoulder, and they both saw
the white blur on his coat; 1T will
all bursh on"
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24

Entered Al the postofhce ~ san Ma
teo, Fla, as seoond-ciass mail mat
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1908-10-24

Our readers will oblige us when
writing to parties advertising in this
paper II they will state that they saw
the advertisement in The San Mateo
Item. This is little trouble and costs
nothing, but It helps US, and 10 In
formation wanted by the advertiser.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-11-19

Ambitious young men and ladies
should learn telegraphy; for, since
the new S-hour law became effec.
tive theirs is shortage of many
thousand telegraphers. Positions
pay from SEQ to SO month to be-
ginners. The National Telegraph
Institute of Davenport, La. and
five other cities is operated uuder
supervision of r. r. Officials and
all students are placed when quail
fed. Write them for particulars.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-11-19
A Beautiful Silk Flag

Do you wanta Beautiful Silk Flag
2x3 feet7 Up-to-date; As stars; made
of inc twilled silk, beautiful colors.
A nice Christmas present or souvenir
fer the home.
Send SLIGO and you will receive the
Daily and Sunday Journal three
months and one of these flags. Ad.
dress, The Kansas City Journal, Kan
sas CITY, Mo,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-11-19
Entertainment Course

Second number will be given
Tuesday evening Nov. "a, 1908. Take
your tickets to p. NJ. Christensen's
Jewelry store aud have your seats
reserved free, beginning Saturday
morning, Nov. 81, 1908. Male Quar-
tet and Concert Co.
Say, do net miss this numbe r.
Admission 80 at the door or you
can buy season ticket for the three
remaining numbers for 75c. The
first number was fine, this will be
better. Concert will begin at eight
O'Clock. COME.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-11-19
MRS. WIN. HOEFER
Again Are We Reminded of The At
f1icted. Like Fleeing Moments
We are Gradually Passing away

Our esteemed fellow townsman
Mr.. VIM. Hoeffer reports his wife
gradually passing like an e1hala.
ton from the earth. The why and
the wherefore, we of limited vision
cannot satisfactorily explain. Bat
there is an end TO every shadowy
vale, sunshine succeeding every
cloud and q golden MORROW fol-
lowing every night of affiiction
Hope soaring ever upward on sill
vered pinions will reach it's full re.
alizati,n and the tree of life will
blossom again in the paradise re.
stored and in the home reunited.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-11-19

If Taft is elected 1 will sell the
best 200 acre farm near Extra at $75
per acre, on easy terms. Good
buildings and all good farm land,
or will exchange it for smaller
farm. This is the best offer in Au-
dubon county. Can rent the farm
for 400 pei acre.
JOHN 81. RENDLEMAN.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-11-19
If you are looking for bargains in
fancy china, see Doffing's line. tt
For Sale
Stove wood and Heater Chunks.
If E. ID. POWELL
Small Farms for Sale

A ten, twenty and forty acre
farm for sale, all within one mile of
Extra, and each has good buildings
and the best land to be found,
JOHN 81. RENDLEMAN.