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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
The Cultivation of Corn

From my observations l am con-
vinced that this latter-day machinery
for shallow cultivation" is not. in
the majority of instances, on the cor
rect principle; at any rate in this lat
itude. With the present improved
soil conditions we have, by under
draining, clover. ETC., the low average
of twenty-five bushels per acre-as
reported for all the States-is most
deplornble. Even the forty bushels
credited to Indiana this year, which
Is above the actual facts. is not more
than half what it should be.
We should plant deeper, and after
the first and second plowing, with
small shoveis. so straight down along
side the plants. After this the object
should be to keep out, leaving the
roots undisturbed. There are only
two methods by which this can be
done properly. One is by the use of
larger shovels in order to throw the
dirt over to the corn; the other ex-
treme shallow cultivation, with drag
or harrow, circumstances to govern
the matter according to conditions of
soil, season and time of doing it.
However. under most conditions I
find the larger shovel the better. as Ii
throws the soil up over the roots to
nourish and fully mature a crop of
ears. In I'VE olden time" the corn
ground was furrowed out with large
shovel plow, or maybe a little mold
BOARD. corn dropped down in the bot
tom of the furrow. covered with the
hoe, drag or 'straddle bug" and cul-
tiyated with larger shovels on the
plow or cultivator. And it took a
hard wind to throw down the corn in
those days, and needless to say ears
hung over the rows, long and hard
as stove wood. The writer can re.
call as boy, taking one year as an
instance, in 5000 bushels he raised
there wasn't bushel basketful OF
nubbins to feed cow. Indeed I had
to break the ears over the doorsilI OF
the old log crib to get It small enough
to feed.
Let us get down to common sense
In the matter by procuring a planter
} (or adjusting the latter devices for
attaching to the ordinary ones in
use) that has the tenders. or pairs O,
discs set before the runners of the
; planter, making furrow of sufficien,
depth for the seed, but not necessa.
rily covering deeper than 1t should
be, or would be without them. There
Is reason, yes. true science In the at.
tachments where such planters are
to be used. as the discs cut looser and
} throw up and out the soil in the diff.
ferent grades. mingling together as Il
J falls over the corn as the runner.
pass through. This method, properl,
applied, would work. a. >re,roin Jon In
corn growing. M. Miller. In the
Indiana Farmer.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
How Peanuts Grow.

do you know how peanuts grow p"
asked Mr.. Joseph D. Warren. OF Rich
mord, Va. in recent interview. IT
have found few persons 8f the North
and West who can answer that aues-
tion. Some say on Vine, some on a
bush, some on tree, and some in
the ground. like potatoes.
THE peculiar thj ing about a peanut
is that it grows IN two ways-on a
bush and. like potato. The first
stIT5 in the PROCESS is the planting of
IA single peanut. From that a bush
| grows. lying close to the ground. A
branch stretches out close to the
earth, and sends up into the air
shoots on which are little yellow
flowers, like buttercups Directly
beneath these flowers. growing
straight downward small, sharp
pointed shoots appear. like thorns
They are called pegs" and grow
back into the ground. 1t is at the
end of these pegs that the peanuts
are found
Forest reports declare that wilnin
a few years there will not be single
chestnut tree within twenty miles OF
New York City. A fungous disease
Is killing them, and is reported as
spreading in all directions. The
elimination of the chestnut would be
a serious loss to timber resources,
for chestnut wood is valuable The
esthetic loss Of this noble tree would
also be lamentable. With it would
go the joys of chestnutting. one of
the most delightful pursuits asso-
ciated with the first frosts of au-
tumn. These excursions of old will
always hold delightful place in all
"reminiscences of youth. - Indiana
| Farmer
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
DR.. HYDE isdndicted

Kansas City, M, Specialize. B.
Clarke HYDE, husband of niece Of
the late Thomas III. Swope, has been
indicted on 13 counts in IL indict-
ments returned by the grand jury
that has been investigating the
Swope mystery for the last three
weeks. Two indictments charge first
degree murder in connection with the
desshs Of Gel. Swops and Carisman
Swope. DIR. Hyde is alleged % have
given them strychnine tablets.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
PtAALTY TOR RUINED H0M[
MILLIONAIRE CARyES ANOTHER.

Kansas City, No., Special-John
p. Cudahy, the millionaire society
leader and elubman, early Sunday
morning assaulted Jere S. Lillis,
bank presideet and former intimate
friend of Cudahy. He will be arr
raigned in police court in one week.
At the Coates Hotel, where Mr.. Cud-
ahy spent the greater part Of Sunday
no information as to his whereabouts
could be had. Accurate information
was, therefore, hard to get. The doc
tor said: 81 do not believe Mr..
Lillis would care to make a state
ment, at least not now. In fact, 1 do
not believe he is in shape to talk
much. He has a severe cut or bruise
across his lips that makes it difficult
for him to speak"
1t was rumored that Mr.. Lillis had
died of his injuries, but this proved
untrue. Sftn
Before cutting Lillis, Cudahy Aaid
to have bound him with a strong rope.
The police were called and a patrol
man hurride to the Cudahy home,
which is in a fashionable residence
section. The front door was open,
so he did not ring the bell Screams
came from a parlor and then groans
and cries for mercy. He rushed to
the parlor, where Cudahy and his
Chauffeur had Lillis bound with n rope,
and asked Cudahy, What does all
this meant
He's ruined my home.' he re-
piled, making no resistance to arrest.
This is all the information thus far
gained and seems TO be the entire
cause of the assault.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
The Turkey Industry.

Blacknead among turkeys has
me so near to working extinction
the national bird in New Eng
tk,r I'd and elsewhere that an extended
SS~ w. cation of the cause of the dis
being made by such scientists
q f,th n"as S.eesS ! Theobald Smith and DR.. e. E.
oyes- use i, OF the Harvard Medical
----ol. and DR.. Philip Hadley. of the
EzzsA Experimental Station. of Rhode
# nd. similar disease has of late
Eead to game birds, such as par
Hdses and quail. and the Massachu-
WITS fish and game commission is
prosecuting an Investigation in this
.pecial line.
When the disease attacks a turkey
or game bird, there is no hope. say
the scientists. The cause has broug,,.
forth variety of opinion, ts;s. ,ost
forcible being that the -c1mmon Ems.
liyh snarroyf TN>J>< 49, oihhoi ishS
.,,' Sp& carries the organism
Affects the larger birds.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Double Tragedy in Kentucky

Berea, Ky,- Special.-Samuel Ba
ker was shot and killed and Marcus
b. Bowlin, proprietor of the Com
mercial Hotel hore. was fatally in
Jured in three-comered aifray in
the hotel Monday. Baker and a
brother. Burnam Baker. raised a dis
turbance and when Bowlin tried to
quiet them. the latter. it is alleged.
shot the hotel keeper. Bowlin in turn
shot Baker dead.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Bank Cashier Pardoned.

Washington, Special. = President
Taft has granted pardon to Arthur
B. Spears, former cashier of the Obsr-
Ian National Bank, who is serving q
term OF seven years in the Ohio peni-
tentiary for wreckihg that institu-
tson. Spears was convicted in con-
nection with the operations Of the
late Cassie Chadwick.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Trains Arrive Waek I.ate

Omaha, Speeial.-The first train
from the Pacific Coast t. reach Om-
aha since Feb. 2Sth, arrived in this
city late Saturday, the 5th, and was
Followed by long procession Of pas
senger, mail and express trains.
These trains were delayed by the
Hoods OF Nevada and the West, and
many of them had travelled 1000
miles more than their schedule.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Doctors Deny Report.

Greatly exaggerated and unjust TO
the University of South Carolina is
the story that has been sent out
from Columbia that 60 per cent. of
the 6tudents at the university are
suf ering from hookworm. The ply
81 ians to the university are Drs. J.
:. Watson and William Weston. who
alternate BY months in their service.
"Out of 90 suspects examined" said
DR.. Weston, 'f found only half q
dozen mild cases, which are being
treated with fine results.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Statue to- Calhoun.

In the two houses of Congress.
South Carolina and Massachusett. I.
joined hands over the grave of John
c. Calhoun. The occasion was the
unveiling of the statue of the great
South Carolinian which sixty years
after his long continued struggle for
state rights has been set i'm statuary
hall. The handsome statue was the
gift of the State of South Carolina.
to the National government.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Aiken to Get Free Delivery.

Free delivery of mail in the city
OF Aiken is now assured. The postal
receipts are now far in excess of
what is required by the postoffice
department, and city council has de-
cided to have the necessary improve
ments made in order to secure the
service at very early date. Aiken 3
postal receipts are in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 in excess this year
over last. The receipts are far in
excess o. the required $4,000.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Fatally Burned.

Miss Angeline Duffie, who was liv-
ing near Saluda with her brother on
f. A. Perry's place, was burned to
death. She was burning some trash
about the yard when her clothing
caught on fire and despite her own
frantic efforts and the assistance of
her brother and his wife who were
near, the flames could not be ex-
tinguished.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
New Railway Company.

The secretary of state chartered the
Greenville, Spartanburg and Ander-
son Railway company with capital
stock of 100000. The company is
given the right to increase the capital
to $2,000,000. The line will be
operated by electricity and will ex-
tend from the city of Anderson to
Spartanburs, distance Of about 60
miles.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Often Marrisd.

George Mosely, young white man.
Of Greenville, whose achievements in
the marriage line have already been
reported. pleaded guilty to the in
dictment of bigamy and was SEN
fenced to one year in the penitenti-
ary. Mosely is lust about 81 years
of age. and has been married three
times. the last marriage causing his
arrest.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
T. 9. Platt is Dead

New York. Special.-Senator Thos.
c. Platt died here Sunday. The
body was taken Tuesday to Oswego,
N. y. where the funeral services
were held Wednesday morning in the
Presbvterian church. Hn was buried
in the churehyard beside the first
Mrs. Platt.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Orangeburg to Keep Cool.

The ice factory plant of the
Crystal Ice Company was sold at
public auction in Orangeburg by
the trustee in bankruptcy. Joseph
A. Berry Of the Crystal Ice company,
by order Of the United States court.
and was bid in for $1,000. Already
new company has been organized
to take over the plant and to engage
in the manufacture Of ice.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Is in Spartanburg.

Mrs. Geo. o. Tenny, of Richmond,
Va, who is suing her husband for
elimony and legal separation, which
suit has resulted in Mr.. Tenny bring
ing serious charges against his Wife
in a counter suit for divorce, is in
Spartanburg for severn. days, q
guest of Mrs. G.. A. Buncn.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Required to Apply Same Rates.

The Southern Express company is
required to apply the same rates or
charges fos transportation over the
Charleston & Western Carolina rail-
way as are now applied to the Allan
tic Coast Line road by an order of
the railroad commission. IT is re-
quired that these rates he made on
continuous mileage basis.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Found Dead in Bed.

{ Paul L. Aver. thrice a candidate
for mayor OF Anderson, and we'll
known in South Carolina. was found
in his room at boarding house there.
He went to his room OH Monday and
when he failed to report at his work
someone was sent to his room TO
ascertain if he was i'll. He probably
died Monday night.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Cheek Bone Broken.

s. r. Suber, in Gaffney, while
starting from in front of his store
on Frederick street, was thrown from
wagon and sustained severe in
juries and bruises. Mr.. SuJ,er's
cheek bone was broken
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Killed by Trolley Car.

An inquest was held over the re-
mains of Irving McGhee, we'll known
white man of Aiken, who was run
over by an Augusta-Aiken trolley
ear, some distance from the city.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
To Abolish Once.

The Southern Express company
hes applied to the railroad commits
sion for permission to abolish its
agency at CASTOR. The company says
that an agent cannot be secured for
that place.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Senate Passes Bill.

Washington, Special.-The postal
savings bank bill was passed by ne
Senate Saturday afternoon by 40
Of SO to %.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Firpt Governors Certificate Received

The certificate of the Governor Of
South Carolina certifying to the ac-
tion Of that State in accepting the
income tax amendment to the Con-
stitution has been presented in WASH
inston TO the Senate. The document
is the first of the kind to be receiv-
ed by the Senate in compliance with
the tariff law of the last session.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
To Manufacture Automobiles.

John q. Anderson, president of
the Rock Hill Buggy Co is about
to embark in the wholess'e manufac-
tare of a high elass auto mobile.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Bail is Granted.

Bail has been granted to W. r.
Vance who killed Horace Hammond
on the public square in Edge6eld.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Pertinent Pointers.

III your flock Of poultry shows per-
L -iatent lack of thrift and robust
nealth. the best thing to do is to
change stock YoN will not accom-
plish much otherwise When fell
D. low gets on the wrong track. the best
thing is usually 10 back out and start
entirely new
No wonder the poultry business is
growing eGch year. There are more
than 5000 poultry shows being held
annually in the United States and
anada, each one Of which is val
'h'r bureau for the dissemination OF
OF ry lore and the chicken fever
Ibage is one OF the most popular
tWinter green foods for fowls. 1t is
easily grown. easily kept, and easily
ed, and the fowls seem never to tire
Pf 1t. A good way to feed it is to sus-
pend head in the air by sticking it
ON nail in the wall, making the
fowls jump few inches in order to
A. starSit.
II Fumigate the hen house often
re enough to destroy all germs and ver-
min. 1t also pays to use good dis
infectant frequently and freely
IS around the houses and yards. Disin-
O. fecting anu fumiGation are two i'm
portaht matters and should receive
more attention than they do.
; l. The importance Of exercise for poul-
$40, ry might well be placed subordinate
only to good housing and feeding.
lu' But writer i'll an agricultural month
VI ly pertinently remarks that Scratch
ing to get q minutes peace from
nit nd ~ tI,nr u. -
1u ind OF exercise" The truth Is OBJ
q lous.
III Give the fowls plenty Of encour-
ement to scratch for their grain
."0 d by keeping a portion of each
.rs G. deeply bedded with leaves or
.a +nrw. There IL nothing like it for
,oting thrift and contentment
"O"'u s flock OF fowls in the winter
ave CheCt is also great aid toward:
,t;re bus; fertile, hatchable eggs.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
COL. w. w. LUMPKIN DEAD.
One Of South Carolina's Best Known
Public Men Dies at Asheville.

Col. w. W. Lumpkin of Columbia,
S. C.. who has been ill in Asheville
for more than ten days. died Sunday
morning at 7:45 o'clock. His death
was expected: in fact his remark
able vitality kept him alive for two
or three days. Colonel Lumpkin vas
an old-time Southern gentleman. and
was born in Oglethorpe county. Ga,
sixty-one years ago. He was Con
federate veteran. leaving the cause
OF the Confederacy with the surrend-
er of Lee as a lieutenant colonel on
the staff of General Ward. Colonel
Lumpkin was lawyer by profession
and was Of counsel for the Georgia
Central Railway of Georgia. Colonel
l.umpkin was a candidate in South
Carolina for United States Senator
last year being defeated by Senator
Smith. He was Mason of high
standing and was here attending the
reunion of the Oasis and Omar
Temples of the Shrine.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Cows and what They Earn.

The returns from cows, when ex-
4 uressed In dollars and cents, stand
! put much more viyidly than they do
when expressed in pounds of milk
and butter fat. Therefore. IL every
sdairyman would keep a yearly record
or the amount Of milk and butter fat
produced by his individual cows. and
= from this calculate, according to this
able, the profit or loss on the indi-
tduals. he would be astonished at
We wide variation in earning capacity
= f the different cows in his own herd
a nd the results would be of untold
clue to him.-Illinois> Farmers In
ttute.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Keep Better Cows.


A"I ties increase in population
be replacis an annual expansion in the
buiIdincInd for dairy products The mere
that in 1908 there was an in
INC Ease of $4,000 milch cows report
as 500 in the United States indicates q
With theerful broadening of the dairy
r,: ;-t:. Railway transportation ia
Ssare improved. traffic rates are
has Ire reasonable and the city supply
! her, milk and dairy products is ex-
-. nding farther into the country,
coih US Drovers' Journal.
occu Where help can be obtained to op-
on whi the dairy milk production is
-. of the best paying branches of
NAL husbandry. The farmers op-
luckittns their holdings with milch
are enabled to market all the
,age and grain produced on the
n milk, butter. cream or cheese.
Thai dairy industry is especially
- ed to build up and increase the
ty OF the farm. 1t is popular
George farmers. because the farmer
Y the Obsed a monthly income on his in
.,,d tefost As rule dairymen are
nd prosperous agriculturists
the Peop5rohts Of dairy husbandry all
he readit on the productive ability of
\ - Uhquestionably many
rAps ,tE5 dairy hords that do not
arg pay the expense of keep
4 notproft to the dairyman II
Haro NOR had $4,000 to loan he
3 to Colu prefer TO invest 1t in six per
u ed in ge money without | inteses, 'orn. Ths
GorernIsells his hay, grain and rough
,rork rough the products o. his
"A II the revenue only equals
\ poinscu OF production there is no
viii sccurthe Industry. He is losing
will Be 60 I on his investment and re-
3 plant and
acres undo
Govsrnlpen, o.
Y farn,s 30 culerssee s~-4 niake'
n notts e the Gcvernment, and
shuuIa te snc~asxsra sAd sssfS
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Rev. R. w. Patton Ends Campaign.


Rev. r. W. Patton, of Atlanta. see
retary of the fourth department of
missions of the Episcopal church.
closed his campaign in Charleston on
Sunday, after conducting many meet
ings and delivering addresses which
have stirred much enthusiasm and
done the cause much good. AS a
result of the address which he made
before the Churchman s club OH the
resolution of Rt. Rev. Bishop w. A..
Guerry. it has been decided that the
FIVE Charleston churches will double
their contributions to the mission
fund. making the annual sum this
year $1,000.
Tillman to 60 Home.
Although the improvement in the
condition of Senator Tillman who
was stricken with paralysis a y few
weeks ago. has been very satisfac-
tory to his family. the Senator is not
strong enough to travel but if his
present rate of convalencence con-
tinues it is expected he will be able
to go to his home at Trenton. S. c..
this week. He is still under the con-
stant attention of his physician. The
Senator is able to sit up in a chair
every day. but he cannot walk and.
while he is able TO talk. does not in
drlSe much IL conversation. His
friends hope that after Il years rest
he will be able to return to the Sen
ate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
SEVERAL KINDS OF ACCENTS.
Observant New Yorker Noted the Dit
ferent Pronunciations of Singers
in the Choir.

''In so cosmopolitan city as this,
began a man who was on his way
from a choral service at one OF the
New York churches, II fancy choir
masters duties are doubly hard
GLOW so?" asked his companion,
who, though less observing, had sat
through the same service.
Because of the various pronunc1a-
lions of the members of the choir. To-
day 1 heard distinctly four different
methods of pronouncing the word
mercy. 1t took me some time to fig
ure them all out, but l happened to
know the line Lord, have mercy upon
US. etc. There were some who said
'moicy,' and they seemed to be in the
majority; others sang 'murcy' with all
the b-rr to the that they could get
in; still there was some one, So
prano who pronounced it as if it were
spelled with a double e, mercy, and
some one gave it French finish and
said 'mercay' Now l don't doubt that
choir master has worked over those
people in his effort to get uniform
pronunciation, but so far, at least to
my perhaps too critical ear, he has
failed to do So"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
REFUSED TO NEGLECT BABY.
Little Girl, Caring for Small Sister,
Wouldn't Let Curiosity Get
Better of Her.

She was a tiny little girl, with sun
tanned hair, a blue calico dress and
bare feet. She carried in her arms
a baby half as large as herself, and
the baby was so heavy that it sagged
down in the middle, giving the infant
the appearance of being held by the
feet and the nape of the neck.
There was some excitement around
the corner Of the next block, and the
children were hurrying forward like
mad from all directions. The little
girl tried to run, but the baby was
too heavy, and her breath gave out.
Said l, in a spirit of badinage:
Drop the baby, sis, and go see what
the trouble is"
She stopped and stared at me.
Il say, put the baby down on the
sidewalk and run"
Yer must take me for a fool, mis-
ter"
"Why?"
Zoos this is our baby"
well, suppose it is? I'll stay here
and watch it for you"
mo, yer won't mister. Yer might
carry it off"
What if l did? Aren't you tired of
carrying it around and making your
back ache"
Nav, 1 amt Say, mister, this is
the only baby we've got, and If yer
only knowed how she can crow and
laugh, yer wouldn't want me to do no
such thing. This baby hain't got no
ma, 'cept me, and pa and me couldn't
do thout her. She sets up in high
chair at the table and crows and kicks
while me and pa eats, and at night I
rock her to sleep like ma used to do
When ma died the baby didn't know
no better, but just laughed and hol-
Tered, and I cried so / couldn't keep
her still. Put her down on the side
walk! Fool-killer'll get you, mister,
eft yer stand around here long"