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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
LAcoHIcs FROM TROY.
interesting Items from a Wide Awake
CORRESPONDENT.

Mrs J. C. Kennedy, and son Master ".
p. have returned from several days visit
with relatives, in and around Abbeville.
Miss Sue McCaSlan had as her company
Mr. r. +. Morris and daughter Miss Robita
also Mrs JENNIE Cowan Tarrant, of willing
ton one day recently.
Miss Nellie Pressly Of Cedar Springs
left Saturday to take charge of the Smith
vile School neal Abbevillc.
Miss Mary Kennedy will teach in Claren-
don County the coming term.
Miss Sue McCaSlin, whom everyone adj
mircs and loves is with her sister Mrs
Mary Barnwell at Abbcrille for several
days.
An acquisition in the parsonage OF a
bouncing baby boy, is added to the pleas
ant family of Mr.. and Mas w. w. Ward
law.
Mr.. and Mrs J, j. Dorm, with dear little
Mabel, also Mr.. and Mrs J. NJ. Cuddy, de-
lighted their parents, Mr., NJ, W. Cuddy
and family with a spend the day, yesterday
ut Bellevue.
Miss Jenna McCaslan is enjoying a few
days with her Aunt Mrs Mary Barnwcll at
Adbcyillc.
Misses Annie and Mamie Cresweu ccle-
Irating the first names, and their fathers
birthday anniversary. entertained most
delightfully."- . couples last Monday avcn-
ing. .,
Mrs J. 5. Burnett, is in Adbeville on a
pleasant visit with her SiSter-in-law Mrs
Mrs S. r. Eakin and family.
Messrs w. H. Robinson and W.. w.
Wardlaw nave IL large and c~Ommodions
black smith shop under erection, it is near
the depot and they will have every thing
i'm readiness for work
Never before have the farmers saved so
many pea vines. While the cotton crop is
short Il balance of shortage,
Hon. w. =, Wideman made one OF his
famous lectures at Clio last Tuesday even
ing. His subject Life as we See IT. was
delivered in his usual humorous and happy
style.
From the number of persons in Green
wood jail, awaiting trial it will take more
than two weeks to finish. Court opens
there this morning.
Invitations have been received here
announcing the marriage OF Miss Alma
Kennedy, of Due West, to rev. Rem OF Ten
nessee, which happy event takes place at
her home on the IA tn Of this month.
Mrs AZ j, Davis and little daughter Mae
] are back from a visit To their uncle DR.. W.
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so BUSHELS TO The ACRE
Not On The Williamson Plan Either!

Scientific and learned farmers may
boast of their discoveries and their sue
csses in raising crops, but Mr.. VIM. H.
Pennell of Bellevue leads them all. He re-
ports to us that he made fifty bushels to
the acre of the finest corn this year.
This crop without plow or hoe, except to
open the fnrrow for the seed grain and
afterward to break the middles. He was
enthusiastic in describing the size of the
scale and the length Of the ear, and in our
minds eye we saw visions of great cribs
bursting with the staff of life.
He expressed great regret at not having
brought a complete ear to show us, and we
would have been glad to see it, as he
seemed to have worked a miracle or to
have made an important discovery in pro-
ducing the healthy home sowed grain,
which is free from the danger that turks
in the meal that ii made from Western
corn. We all know thst.the native grown
corn v kills US with Pallrgra. Mr.. Pen
nelIs success made US feel that Abbeville
county at least was safe from the fatal
malady that afflicts so many eaters of
meal that is ground from musty Western
corn. II was after We began to eat the
musty meal or after we began to feed our
chickens on chopped feed" and then be-
gan to eat the chickens, which fowls are
said to be after eating musty chopped food
excellent and sure purveyors to the hum
an fnmily of the dreaded Pellagra.
Mr.. Pencil was SO enthusiastic on the
saving fifty bushels of corn on the "Pen-
| uell plan that we thought we We're safe
from Pellagra.
He could, we thought, furnish the town
with wholesome meal, from which board
ing houses could make the necessary corn
bread and "dress the chickens" in the
latest and best style which we
might, in enjoyment Of the appetite and in
safety to the health, fill Jul bread basket
to satisfaction.
When we asked how many acres OF corr
he planted in this way, he said he lac not
a large field and when pushed as to the
acres he finally knocked all our hopes into
a cooked hat" by saying that he thought
he had the twentieth part Of n acre,
The only trouble with MIR. Pencils plan
is, that it was not conducted on a larger
| scale.
Next year we hope that he may plant 8
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The Circus.

John RobinSOn's circus which showed
here last week was we'll attended. BY
sunrise Friday morning vehicles OF all
kinds were arriving in town, and by 10, o.
lock the square was full of people princl-
pally colored people. The parade was the
same, no novelties. no departures from the
old order.
The show openep at 2 CLOCK and when
the show opened the large tent was full
of people. There was one innovation
which the show,brought and that was Scots
reserved seats in. addition to the % cts
reserved seats. The reserved seats
cost as much as the entrance ticket.
There was little sensational or new about
the show. Three trained Sea Lions which
could ride horseback and balance balls on
the tips of their noses, while the horses
were going in a trot. was something new.
A number OF wild west men gave an
imitation of a lynching bee. The lar1at
throwers were interesting.
The animal show was good. Several
animals were in the collection that we're
never here before in any circus. Among
these were the African Water Buck, the
wild hog of Germany, the Philippine Caro-
bou, and the Emu.
On the outside were the usual attendants
on circuse and such things, namely pick
pockets. Several men lost their purses in
the crush around the ticket wagon and be-
fore the large tent, one man lost 5000 in
money and several very important papers,
The license charged the circus, was 500
The manager was much pleased with their
success in Abbeville.
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The Hunting Season.

The time for shooting birds will soon be
here again. Almost every year there are
a few persons who have no regard for the
laws of the land so long as such laws stand
between them and their W pleasure who
90 out ahead OF the season and kill young
birds, sometimes before they are quite
grown.
This Is openly unfair to the hunter who
has respect for the law and refuses TO go
out until the season opens. There are
very few, II any, in Abbeville who break
this law. In fact it is not safe for them to
do 30. There are hunters who watch
~iealousiy and they are going to see to it
that no one gets the start of them If they
can help it. Again there are the members
of the Audubon Society who will report
n infraction Of the bird, fish, or game
laws. And, too, there Is the County game
warden who will prosecute any one who
dares break these laws.
It Is q pleasure for the citizens Of the
County to know that the fish laws for
Abbeville were strictly obeyed during last
Summer. The law now requires a closed
season from Thursday to Sunday inclusive
on which no seins are allowed in the
streams. So far as we know there were
no infractions OF this law last summer.
We have not heard Of any N ahead OF
the shooting season this year. Last year
there were a few. No man has the right
or privilege to breakfthis law any more
than he has to break any other law, and
any one who breaks it should be punished,
and he will be punished if reported.
It is such a temptation to slip out ahead
of every one else and Kill the birds before
they have ever heard the report OF a gun
but It is unlawful and wrong. There will
be less Of it this year than there was last
year.
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After the heavy teaching rains we
have had this spring and early sum-
mer a strong potash fertilizer is needed
for grain. We are making our old
lO-4 goods ; that is 4 per cent. potash
with acid, which has proven so salts
factory heretofore and we are making
a 1916 goods; that is 6 per cent. pot
ash with acid. You will find this a
wonderfully fine fertilizer. Ten-four
is as high grade potash acid as has
ever been used in this country and it
has proven very profitable. Ten-six
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B. Millwee in Greenwood.
Mr. J. P. Crawford with his daugoter Mrs
Rosa johnson and son Mr. John Crawford
from Amity Ga. are here enjoying a stay
among many relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs Moffat brennan came down
from Verdery Sabbath, and were with
their uucle Mr., j. H. brennan at "Bache-
lors retreat.
Mr.. Willie Lyon took in the circus at
Abbeville, and visited his parents also.
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BEST DoMEsTIct LINIMENT.

The Press and Banner, on it's own res,
possibility and free Of cost offers this tc
the public as the best liniment that can DC
COMPOUNDED for sprains, bruises, gals
etc:
/ quart %turpentine.
/ quart apple vinegar.
2 ounces arnica.
- ounces sweet oil 4 eggs.
Shake well.
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greater area.
His plan being so simple and so mex
pensive il occurs to us that he might
plant many broad acres from which the
waving stalks might raise ten thousond
sabres in the sun. when we would work on
in the certainly that the golden grain
would be in sufficient quantity to feed us
all.
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KIND WORDS FROM PIcKEHS EDITOR.

Among the many prominent visitors to
the Fair was Congressman Wyatt Aiken,
He is looking fine and was gladly greeted
by hundreds of his constituents. He has
a remarkable faculty for remembering
names and faces, and always has a pleas
ant word for every body.
Easley, Oct. l, 1909.
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Frank Oinkscales, Esq, was in Eberton
on Wednesday and in Greenwood on
Thursday, on professional business. Mr..
Clinkscales has put in a phone, clients
and friends may now find him by calling
Abbevile 10S.
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Phosphate { Oil Co

is stronger and better and will prove
more profitable After these heavy
teaching rains you will find it particu-
larly advantageous to use our potash
goods for fertilizing your grain. You
will probably get your cotton gathered
earlier this year than usual as the crop
is short and this will give you a better
chance to SOW grain. The better you
fertilize it the more it will pay you.
Grain properly fertilized will come in
early next spring and will splice out a
short corn crop.
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Daughters Of Confederacy to meet.

Daughters of the Confederacy will meet
Tuesday afternoon at i 80 o'clock, at the
residence of Mrs j. c. Klugh. The meet
ing is very important, and everybody
should attend. Dues should be paid at this
meeting.
Mrs L. T. Miller, Secretary.
Mrs Lucy Thompson, Pres.
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Mrs. Henry Gillian has returned from
Monroe, N. c., after spending a week very
pleasantly, with her friend Mrs. Guest.
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Hon. Melvin Ashley Of Honeapath was &
visitor to the city on Monday last.
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Mr., Brice Clinkscales Of Due West, was
in the city on Monday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06

MIR. Walter Clamp spent last Monday
In Abbeville.
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Mr.. Ralph Sprousc Of Dyson, spent
Sunday in the city.
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You get your moneys worth or our mon
ey back al the Rosenberg Mercantile Co.
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The A. R. P. LADIES TO SERVE DINNER.

The ladies Of the A. r. P. Church
will serve dinner and opsters Sale day
in November.
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Good Oil Cloth I5c yard.
Swifts Pride Soap s for CSC.
Galvenized Pals s at. I5c.
- 10 at. Ioc.
II at. zoe.
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For trunks. suit cases and hand bags see
the Rosenberg Mercantile Co.
II you want q John b. Stetson hat see the
Rosenberg Mercantile Co.
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Buy your baggipg and ties from the Rosen-
berg Mercantile Co. and save money.
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Goods

Splendid Hosiery Ioc pair.
Red Cross Talcum IOc box.
Good Towels IOc.
Good line Belts LOG.
IS Gold looking Pins for loc.
Pocket Book, with chain, Ioc.
boxes Cat and Mouse Matches
best made, IOc.
Big Tin Pan Ioc.
Big Wash Basin 1oc.
And lots and lots Of other good
merchandise.
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is the leading Dinner Ware China
House in America. We car
ry in open stock three deco
rated patterns, one gold band
and two plain white. We
have new arrivals in each
pattern.
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Statuary

In one of our windows we are
showing a lovely lot of Ital-
ian Statuary. The prices
are most reasonable, begin
ming at 81. rs and rising slow
ly to $500.
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Stoves and
Ranges

WIFI COttOn SOdlIHS
IS cents pound, why not
surprise that good wife at
home with one of our splen-
did Stoves or Ranges? 1t
would positively be economy
for you to use the Enterprise
Stove, or Regal or National
Range. All made by one
factory and guaranteed by
them.
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road, still more force will be neces-
sary, and the amount will depend on
the load and it's position with respect
to the wheel and on the nature of the
road.
The barrow belongs to levers of the
second class and this class of lever is
identified by the fact that the weight
always comes between the force and
the fulcrum. Other examples of this
class of levers are the gate, the door,
and nut-crackers.
Long handles on a wheelbarrow are
a decided advantage.
In the ordinary garden wheelbarrow
the handles are about four feet long
This is the distance from the aXl9 to
the center of the hand grip. If a
weight of 100 pounds is PLACID on the
barrow in such position that the cen
ter of it is 2 feet from the axle the
leverage is 1 to 2, or 2 to 1. The
hands lift one-half of 100 pounds, or
so pounds, that is, % pounds each.
If the handles were made feet
long with the weight in the same po-
sition, the leverage would be to 2.
The hands would lift rs of 100 pounds,
40 pounds, or 20 pounds each.
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SORE SHOULDERS
ON THE HORSES
By g. H. Glover, D. ". s., Colorado
Agricultural College.

With the beginning of spring the
horses are put into collars for hard
work. The shoulders and the neck
will be tender and, as usual, the horse
in every respect will be in poor con-
dition to go into the hard work of the
soft fields so suddenly. He has prob
ably not been grained much in prep
aration for his task of putting in the
spring crop. His body is covered with
a heavy winter coat, which causes him
TO perspire easily. The first farm work
in the spring is the hardest of the
year, and at this time horse is. in the
poorest condition to do the work with
out injury to himself. The shoulders
the neck, and the back, become bruised
and sore.
Too much care cannot be exercised
in seeing that the collar is a perfect
fit. A collar which is too large is more
likely to injure the horse than one
that is too small. The collar should
be scraped each morning and carefully
cleaned before it is again put on the
horse. Before the spring work begins.
it is well to oil the harness and have
it soft and pliable. For the first few
days of hard work on soft ground.
the shoulders of the horse should be
bathed in cold water every night after
the harness is removed. The horse
will be very sore and tired for a few
days and should be given every kind
attention. Watch the harness to see
that the draft is at right angles
with the shoulders. If it is too low,
the collar will be constantly kicking
up" at the top and the horse will soon
have a sore neck. If the draft is too
high, the collar will not rest securely
on the lower part of the shoulder,
where the horse is best prepared to
throw his weight. If there are any
calloused Jumps on the horses shout
ders or back, they should be carefully
removed during the winter when his
services are not much needed. If the
collar is put on over one of those
''sit fasts," it will have the same re-
suit as q man trying to walk with a
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Vitality of PIants.-The vitality Of
many plants seems largely matter of
moisture. A plant that cannot endure
frost, and which, of course, would be
killed by heat many degrees below the
boiling point of water, can cut of its
seeds. each of which contains a plant
like its parent, and after these are
thoroughly dried they can be subjected
to heat above the boiling point or ex-
posed to the greatest degree of cold
that can be produced, and escape I'M
harmed. Give these seeds water, how
ever, and they act exactly like the
parent plant in their relations to heat
and cold. The change in the seed,
which enables it TO endure extremes of
heat and cold. while due largely to
lack of water, is also due to other
causes. for the protoplasm becomes
harder, more granulose and denser,
and changes somewhat in chemical
Observation-Disclosures Botanist.
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THE MECHANICS OF
THE WHEELBARROW
Longer Handles Increase Leverage Tighten
Load-By c. j.. Lynde Macdonald College.

The principle of the wheelbarrow is
the same as that of the crowbar For
example, if a man is standing still and
Is simply lifting a weight on a wheel
barrow, then the axle of the wheel is
the turning point or fulcrum. If the
distance from the axle to the hands is
feet and from the axle to a line
drawn vertically downwards from the
center of the weight is 2 feet, then
the leverage is to or 2k to 1, and
100 pounds of force exerted upwards
by the hands will lift $50 pounds of
weight on the barrow If the load is
piled up over the wheel so that a line
drawn vertically downwards from the
center passes one foot from the axle,
then the leverage is 5 to 1, and 100
pounds of force will lift 500 pounds of
weight on the barrow. This explains
why the small boy, and the big boy,
too, always loads this way.
In these calculations we have left
out of account the force necessary to
lift the handles when the barrow is
empty; from 10 to Is pounds is neces-
sary for this in the ordinary barrow. If
the wheelbarrOw is moved along the
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The fat red-and-white man kept
walking up and down the aisle show
ing people where to sit, and finally he
sat down in the pew directly in front
of Helen. Il thought he used to be a
rusher, but l wasn't quite sure"
Helen told the egg.
The long prayers did not seem half
as long as usual, for it wasn't hard to
kneel when you could put the egg
down in a dark corner and see it gilt
ter as you turned it around The or
gan pipes lost their old time fascina-
ton, and Helen hardly realized that
the rector had begun to talk before
she heard him say: Now to the
King they all jumped up.
And the egg! However in the world
could it have jumped right out of her
hand and into the fat mans pew? But
it had, and there it shone IS brightly
as ever. If she could only snatch it
up quickly! She leaned way over to
make the attempt, but every one else
was sitting down. sit down, Helen -
whispered grandma, sharply, and in
the blindness of humiliating tears
Helen sat. Visions of disgrace rose
To have one of the "rushers" come ND
after church and say: Madame, is this
your egg?" and grandma would say:
why, no." and then she would have
to say: Please, it's mine," and every
body would know that Helen Gardiner
had brought an egg to church.. Oh,
why hadn't she been born heather,
so she wouldn'. have to go to church
on Easter, but could stay at home and
roll eggs without waiting until next
day! But, most bitter thought of all
maybe grandma would not let her
have the egg again after the rusher
man gave it back. and she couldn't
roll it even next day.
Freely We have received, freely
give, the rector was saying. Give
what wouldn't she give just to get
the egg back without grandma's knowl-
edge? Perhaps when the man got
up He was getting up, OF course;
ne always passed the shiny gold plate
and it was time to get her money out
of her handkerchief. But why did
grandma's figure stiffen in a sudden
dazed comprehension as she gasped
In dismay, and why did people litter
IN that disconcerting way? They must
surely have seen the egg in the fat
man S pew. Helen dashed the tears out
OF her big eyes and looked at him as
he marched in blissful ignorance up
the aisles with the other. ushers. What
was that awful glittering mass of
ruin on his broad black back? oh, it
was, it was
sit down." commanded grandma.
fiercely, but the tragedy was too great.
My egg! my lovely egg" screamed
Helen. He sat on it. Hes-hes
spoiled it,
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If the handles were made feet
long the leverage would be 6 to 2
or 3 to 1. The hands would lift 1-3
of 100 pounds, SO 1-3 or 16 2-3 pounds
each.
Long handles then are an advantage,
as far as the lifting force is concerned.
They have still another advantage.
With the short handles, the slant from
the hands to the axles is sharp. The
force used in moving the barrow is
exerted along this slant and about
one-fourth of it is wasted in showing
about the wheel into the ground. The
other three-fourths is what moves the
barrow ahead. With the long handles
the slant is less sharp; therefore more
of the moving force is used to move
the barrow and less is wasted in SHOW
ing the wheel deeper into the ground.
Long handles then are an advantage,
as to lifting force and also as to NOV
ing force.
In using pitchfork one hand works
twice as hard as the other.
To prove this, consider that one Is
using fork left-handed. The left
hand grasps the center of the handle
and the right the end. In carrying
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hay with the fork in a horizontal po-
sition the left hand lifts up and the
right hand shoves down.
How much force does each hand ex-
ert? A forkful of hay weighs about
Is pounds. The left hand being in the
middle, the right hand must push
down with force of Is pounds to bal
ance the weight of the hay. The left
hand lifts against the weight of the
hay Is pounds, and against the down
ward push of the right hand Is pounds
more, or 80 pounds altogether. The
right hand shoves downward Is
pounds and the left hand lifts 80
pounds, and therefore the left hand ex-
erts twice the force that the right
hand does. AS a matter of fact the
left hand does a little more than this,
because it lifts the weight of the fork,
which amounts to about three pounds
more.
When the hay is lifted up and car
ried with the fork in vertical posi-
ton each hand will carry half the
weight, or the left hand will be used
just to steady the fork and the right
hand to carry it all, Is pounds of hay
and three pounds of fork.