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A-?ZModel iPlantatit
t .New- ?UK
Kilgr.iieljd, January H.- Kvcu ante
dating tho day that K?jah. at thc
fojimand of tho L??rd, sought Kli*ha
to annoint him to be a prophet m Ins
place, and, finding Klisha ploughing
with his oxon in lin.1 field, threw his
mantle over hin., funning has been
tho natural calling nf tuen and a most
honorable om.'. Hut ;.ts progress io
civilization lias not been what it
should have bi-tn.
A short review o; the agricultural
history of the vorld would testify to
tho soundness of this p'.oposition. In
savage life little- or nothing oould bo
expected and the inhabitants of thc
dark countriet contented themselves
with subsisting on the food that na
ture gave.
During the time when Homo was
mistress of the world agrieuHure was
followed with little skill or profit. At
the fall of Homo the institution of
Feudalism had a most disastrous ef
fect; indeed ohecked thc advance io
this now recognized scientific busi
ness. Follow it on through the ages
aud it is a talo of slow progress, until
today tho planters, and eBpcoially of
the South, are just beginning to real
ize tho capabilities of an nore of land
and to make it yield an abundant har
vest.
A model farra, one scientifically and
advantageously managed and farmed!
How many are thcro ir South1 Caro
lina? Well, I visited uje yesterday
and although almost at my very door
it was to me a revelation. Mr. James
H. Cantelou is its happy and fortu
nate possessor, and it lies within two
miles of this historio o?d town and
stands as an earnest of his skill as a
planter.
Behind a blooded maro wc went
out. The day WBB bright and delic
iously crisp for this, season. My
friend was no less KO, and under the
inspiration of tho morning's freshness
and his genial companionship tho
trip was quickly and happily made.
The first thing that caught my
sight was what I conceived to be a
ohuroh. spiro, and although I knew
my friend to be zealous of good works
and philanthropy, I hadn't thought
that these commendable qualities had
led him to buil l and dedicate a ohuroh
to 'the living God. Upon inquiry I
was informed that it was the eupola
to his barn.
BROAD ACRES.
Proceeding further there lay before
me in broad expanse fire hundred
acres of as good land as ever germina
ted seed. Here there was thirty
acres of beautifully growiog grain,
there an nore of alfalfa, upon whioh
some 22 months-old Berkshire pigs
fed. Yonder is a well fenced pasture
ihfrty head of blooded cattle grazed.
Beyond was a 50-acre field already
bedded as if to re?oive the cotton
seed. The middles are to be subsoil
HE above ??ct?r? Ol the
man and fish is the trade
mark of Scott's Emulsion,
?^and is the synonym for
strength and purity, it is sold
in almost all 'the civilized ??^ii
tries of tue globe.
If the cod fish became extinct
ifrwo^ld be a {world-wide colan?*
ifeyr because the oil that comes
from its liver surpasses all ithet*
fats in nourishing and life-giving
properties. Thirty years ago
the proprietors of Scott's Emul
sion found a Vfay of preparing
the oil without th? objectionable
taste, , i Scott's "tinulsion is the
best ihing in the world for weak,.
backward children, thin, delicate
people, and all conditions of
wasting and lost strength.
SCOTT ? Bpw^rts, c??k&nsTs
;,'???*i* PEiao srsjanf, srsvr Tota:
I?MJV'IIII V y ' ' ? ?i?n IIIIH.NI |,| I
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)RK ON FARM.
m Nonr J-Ccigreiicld.
cd, thc manure j'Ut in and t li f ri t li ero
will be a rewedding, followed by plant
ing.
"This," .?aid .Mr. Cautelou, "will
be all the cotton I will plant. All
cotton is a ruinous system. The rest
of my arable land must be given to
ralrtiriK other crops: liny, peas, ^rairi,
potatoes and such other food stuff as
is marketable and will go to feed my
j Btock."
Mr. Cantelou is for luis country an
extensive raiser of slock. Ho deals
\ in nothing but the best blood and he
' raises from nothing but registered an
imals. His boar and br;et. "ows came
. from the blue grast? count.v of Ken
tucky, the former at il m' r .ha n\d
I costing fifty dollars, tho s as in pro
portion. From these he has already
; sold this season twenty-five pigs at
I five dollars per head, a prioo which,
he remarked, was too small, but ow
ing to tho fact that the people are un
educated oloog this line is oonsidered
a little steep. He has several litters
coming on that can bo easily disposed
of, and as many more as ho can raise.
Besides this ho "grows" all tho moat
consumed on the place. His expe
rience is that there is.good money in
bogu, and even if there wasn't he is
helping to Hood this country with
good stock.
JERSEYS AND DURHAMS.
Besides hogs Mr". Cantelou pays
special attention to cattle, raising also
hay. Ho has the Jorsey and the
Short Horn Durham breed, the ono a
milk and butter cow, the other for
beef. His ll rut object in raising cat
tlo is for tho manuro. Last year he
made 250 tons of this charaoter of
manure, known in these parts as
"oattlo guano." Thia ycar.bo expeots
to inoiease tho quantity by 400 tons,
and it is this stuff that ha? raised
lands to their present high grade
and that makes tho crops grown there
on blossom like tho rose.' Tho cattle,
when well fattened and sold for beef,
poy by one-third mure tuan their cost '
oi feeding. He expects to increase
bia herd, sod it was in view of extend
ing operations in this line that he
built the mammoth barn, a building
that an intelligent horseman of Ken
I tucky says will comparo favorably
with any barn in his oountry. It is 40
by 90 feet, two stories, with sn arched
roof, .no distance between the second
floor snd ceiling being 30 feet. The
lower floor is partitioned into 36
stalls, 18 on each side, with a room
io the middle to store food. The
floor, of esoh stall is well filled with
pino Etrav?. Esoh cow. knows its
stall? an$ when driven up voluntarily
and gladly enters, for there ia com
fort, an? warmth there. There are
two dormer'' windows on esoh side for
ventilation and ornement, and it is
ofpjjpedi by e, handsome oupola.
OBJECT LESSON.
ve thought the ereotion of
Int and artistic building an
ance on its owner's part, but
its Building baa a history, and carries
with it an object leeson. Mr. Cante
lou, who is a man of praotioal as well
as .scientific education, with the as
3?stanoe of bia wages hands, (buiU it
himself. Every-piece ot' timber was
gotten from his place and sawed there
with his own mill. Nothing w??
bought but the zinc covering and
nails. Had ho oontraoted to have it
built it would have easily east $3,000.
As it was, the money outlay was
trifling. But even at $3,000 ooat he
says it would be a good investment,
lb the upper story were 600 baleB of
hay for market and'abont that number
has been sold.
"There is more money in hay than
anything I can grow," is what ?Mr.
Cantelou told me.
Thcro is another practioo which he
follows. He Shreds all his oom. By
thia operation the corn is stripped
flem tho Btalk ind the fodder and the
stalk cut up together. It makes an,
excellent stock feed and the farmer
saves fodder pulling,
'BELIEVES* IN "BOOK rARMING."
Mr. Cantelou believes in ^'book
farming'1 and in tho intensive system,
f?e ? told me ho netted $55 por acre
this year.on thirteen acres. "That
land is worth to mc $500 per Sere;
Indeed it's not for salo," was hisUan
gucgo. Ho comes of a family whees
chosen occupation for years bas been
farming. His lamented ?nd honored
father wes always in advance of the
ssrieuUsTttl^ihoUght of the time*.
He> was a ?old ? ejod s^
menter and was rewarded whh remark?
able sucoess. As with the father, io
.with the ..^??..'v?^T
f This little- rupnio? secou?t -of ra*
friehd sod tte*Una is given in t>s
hope '/nat is may? aiimulftie others tc
like sotion. CL_ C.
Mr. Cantelou is a great admirer of
the News and Courier sad commands
tt fortis effort s In tryiug lo brinf**
pl^Htcra te ft more * thoughtful aa
bent ficial mod'/.O? fanning.
L'ltUEH CATTLE RAISING.
Prof'. Michels to tlfe Farmers of South
Carolina.
The following letter of profound in
terest tu South Carolina farmers
Inn been received hy the Newa and
Courier:
Clemson College, Jan. 1">, MOO.
To thc Editor of the Now? and
Courier: Thanks to the high price of
cotton which ha? made the past year
one of general prosperity for the farm
ers of South Carolina, most of our
farmers are contented and have little
concerti for the future. There arc
those, however, who are less indiffer
ent and who are already speculating
with more or less cooccrn as to what
the coming year may bring forth in
the-way of cotton and cotton prices,
lt is feared with good reason that tho
present high prices will rcHult in
increased production and conse
rjuont depression in prices the com
ing year.
With the South aa the source of
nearly the entire world's supply of
cotton, it seems logical that a reason
able restriction in its culture would
give us almost positive assurance of a
continuance of high pri?es for this
Biaplo product. A reduction in the
acreage of cotton would necessarily
call for tho growing of other crops in
oonjunetion with cotton, and thus
bring us to our inevitable goal, name
ly, diversified farming, without which
the full agricultural possibilities of
South Carolina and the South can
never bo realized.
IDEAL WITH COTTON.
Tho kind of farming which fits in
most ideally with the growing of cot
ton, nay, whioh is absolutely neces
sary for best results, is the growing
of live stock. That live stock is our
greatest land improver is universally
oonceded, and so long as our farmers
are obliged to pay $5,000,000 annually
for commercial fertilizer it must also
bc conceded that something is needed
to improve the productiveness cf
our lands.
In conjunction with thc growing o
ootton live stock is of tho highest
valuo if for no other reason than the
consumption of tho by-products of
this vast industry.. Our farmers are
wasting millions of dollars annually
by applying their cotton and ootton
seed meal direotly to tho land instead
of feeding it to iive stock and apply
ing.tho manure to the laud. A ton
of ootton ?oed meal has a fertilising
value of $28.50 per ton. When fed to
live stock from SO to 90 per cent, of
its fertilising value is recovered in the
manure. When fed to a dairy oow
and only butter is sold, all the fertil
izing valuo of the cotton seed meal ia
vc covered, beoause butter con tai nc no
fertilising ingredients.
COTTON SEED MEAL.
It is evident that the valne of cot
ton i *v*l meal as a food for milk pro
duction is far better understood out
side of the ootton belt than within it.
For years Denmark and Germany have
imported large quantities of our cotton
seed meal for milk,production, Hun
j dreds of tons are annually shipped to
various parts of the United. State?
outside of the ootton producing region,,
where this feed is regarded as one of
the most economical for milk pro
duction.
? . What does this vast shipment of
cotton 6oed meal to different parts of
the.world mean to our farmers? It
means a shifting of land values.
.Every time tho German, or Danish
farmer feeds a ton of ootton seed
meal he adds practically $28 50 to the
value of hie Und, and just so often
tho Southern' farmer loses ai equiva
lent amount io lund value- '
Hundreds ul' carloads of cotton seed
meal are fed to dairy cattle io places
where it cannot bo purchased for less
than $30 to $35 per ton. And yet in
moot of these very places thc meal is'
purchased solely for the purpose of
milk pro do "?ion, and that, too, with
tho intension of making money.
When fed to the right class of cattle
.cotton seed meal is worth at least $35
per ton ' as a milk producer.. When
ever, therefore, a ton of meal i* thrown
upon the land, We add to it $2850
worth of fertility, but throw away Its
most valuable part, * its feeding value,
whioh we have vp! ac od. at $35 per ton.
; The great agricultural possibilities
of South Carolina will oW be realized
until tur farmers will return- to the
land the cotton by-produotB, and not
until then wii 1 . th cy ko ow th at cotton*
can ho produced without an expen
diture of millions of dollars for com
mercial, fertilizer, which, under tho
preach', eastern of farming, ss a neces
sity. And ; when our farmers,
raiee enough l?vo stock to consume
tha oatton ^?ed and cotton seed meal
produced upoiV tho .forma, ; they;;$?B ;
.tnt!? produces ?the butter and ehc?ic?
stock productsi / now-? so j UrgelyVim-'
ported from ^(side-of>^ State. y.j
?ROTf?KO OBASSES.
p$*he raiainj:^!^
s?toW the growing grasses'v?^d?
forage ?vops, whioh are boond,|jj|c
improve tba quality pf our Un???
Many of our (soils are ??fichht tn
humus or : vegetable matt?* and need
to be .pl?fri? d ;.V*0':? ?td cloveta*
Hitherto thc amount of live ?toe!: bas
been too limited to warrant anything
like an extensive culture of tho le
guminous crops, such aa cowpeas,
clovcrp, and alfalfa. Yet no oue
questions their soi! renovating in
fluence.
With our grasses and clovers for
pastures, with cowpe, hay, corn,
and sorghum for roughage and cot
ton seed, cotton seed meal, rice
meal, corn and other feeds for con
centrates, we confidently believe
' that live stock can be grown as
successfully in South Carolina as in
any part of this country or any other
country.
Let us feed our cotton aced and
cotton seed meal at home; produce
! our own live stock products, raise our
own horses and mules, manufacture
our own fertilizers, and some day
South Carolina will bc pointed out j
as tho richest agiicu'tural State in
tho Union. John Michels,
Associate Prof. Animal Husbandry
and Dairying.
Which Type of Man Roes Woman
Like Soot.
Woman ie not the beauty worship*
per that man is. She docs not plaoe
nearly'as high a value on good looks.
If a man looks manly and well
groomed she docs not care how plain
his%aoo is. i
The very handsome man is apt to
be selfish and conceited.
He considers himself irresistible.
He takes no trouble to please a wo
man, but seems to think that his good
looks may oover a multitude of difi
oionoies of manner.
Of course there are hundreds of
charming men who are also very good
looking, but I am speaking of the man
who has good looks and nothing else
to recommend him.
Ileus not, as a rule, a favorite with
women.
No matter hov/ uninteresting a
woman may be she will have dozens
of men after her if she ?B good look
ing. '
They oan't help it, they are abso
lutely carried away by a protty faoe.
A woman may walk the length of
Broadway and never notice whether
or not she has passed a handsome
! man<
But do you think a man misses any
of tho pretty faces he passes?
I fanoy not.
There sro dozens of qualities that
a woman places far abovo personal
beauly. .
A man will tell you that he places
s m a?i value on beauty, but he does
not practico as he preaches.
The handsome man is not by any
means tho most popular type of men
with women.
There are many other types that she
infinitely prefers.
For example, take the kindly man,
the m as tar ?ui man, the strong man?
they ill appeal to her more than the
merely handsome man.
I know one woman who married a
man absolutely for bis good looks. \
He waa vain, shallow, selfish, hut a
young-god as far as personal appear
onoo^ent. \% '
. Her love for bim barely outlasted
the honeymoon?
There was nothing lovable I about
bim. She could not depend on him
nor look up to him in any way; she
could not oven respect bim.
?f she bad married a plain, honesty
ev ery day ; man she would i a all. proba
bility bo a happier wife today.
: As it is, she ?B a miserably unhappy
'woman, with every illusion shattered,
and I am quite sure she has no very
exalted opinion of gopd looks. V !
Fortunately the women who fail in
love with a handsome face aro few
and far between.
Wo he?r of hundreds of girls who
fall in love with handsome stago he
roes, but- the heroea are always per
forming deed? of valor or enacting
some part that shows them to be
very brave and wonderful, as well as
handsome.
It is the character as much ss the
face that the girls admire.
When a woman says a man is "nice
lookiDg" she meaos that be has an
honest, kindly face, a face she can
trust.
She is quite satisfied with that sort
of face and never envies ibo sister who
may have married un Adonis.
lt has been pretty well proven that
the handsome men do not make the
best husbauds.
They are usually too vain to be
satisfied with tho admiration aad adu
lation of one wotnau.
The sensible woman is quito cos
tent to marry a plain good man and
leave the beauty where he belongs
in tho ranks of the bachelors.-Bea
trice Fairfux, in Atlanta Journal.
Committed Suicide.
Swansea, January 17.-Mrs. Noel
Sharpe, who lived Dear Gaston, com
mitted suicide about 12 o'olook last
night by jumping into a well, whioh is
about 100 feet deep.
She left tho house and as she did
not return in a reasonable time, the
family began a search for her and
found that the well fixtures had been
moved.
The body was takon from the well
about 12 o'olook today. The right
side of her faoe was considerably
bruised.
She leaves a husband and several
children.
Mrs. Sharps was at Lexington Court
House yesterday ou a law suit of some
kind.
The inquest will be held tonight
or tomorrow.-The Staio.
- The Supremo (rourt of Georgia
has decided in the case of the South
ern Express Company against a promi
nent wholesale liquor concern of At
lanta, holding that the latter may
compel, the express company to carry
liquor to Lawrenceville, Ga., despite
the town's ordinanoe prohibiting it
and imposing a licease of $1,000 on
auoh carrier.
- Our, worst enemies are the
friends, who have failed to find " us
profitable.
5 Wo h ovo ?any actual \
? Scldo^m^hlob no fortlJizc?re vrcro ^
B ou?es ma??e3" os rortuicera wer? ^
ff need.< Besuita of these cropa were ?
ff diemal failures. "There are much $
\ "brighter protests" chcad for tho &
g nrogvessive f annora of tho South,, a
ff Two and three bales to the aero are ff
V Pal* ordinary yields where, : ,/* ?
f. ore used with proper cu?tivatior- &
X Mttko your cottoa mature carly, and fi
? thoa csoapo tho boll wcovilaandothor ^
I - damaging ineeots. You can easily do 1
I this, aa well as incrouso tho number 5
I of boll?Handthcire?te)on your plants j
j? tremendously "iuorea?o your yields 1
ff V per ttoro.' * iion't be tooled Into buy- J
I tot a substitute. -, . :
1 ; : Virgin? u-Ca?oH na ChtarfftafCQ. 1
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.'\\ igtham; IM* ff
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itir*}*?'- -: ?' . * Baltimore,; Md. -:. 'j. i ^ I
Bk '?'** havannah, Qa, h
,?A;.^;^i^;;/.VMonttfom^Ala. )\?Sc'itM
ISL , : . Memphis. Tenn. -oj-?m
?fe??c 8hwveport,.?*i' 'vt?h,$mW>
PT TIF ii Allll
j Al JU. i i mu nil un ? :
j ' : THU- '-^T^T'r'W?????l^? $ %; m
poston Shoe Store;!
?:H Bo not buy ah^
;H K^w, ?re?h att?;TJp-t?-Dat? SHoea at tho yory l?aet .mosey?boe? ?
can hi, ?old, v?/g MU *SsU^
4 little tho price. . ''-?^iiif?^^H^H^^HHHK^ L
Wo havo a vor? atroog line of BOY? arjd CHILDREN'S f
. * raOES, anclare ?ra proud to state that wo hold aa^r^i*^'^.^^
? 4 largest Shcte. Tr?ada inutile <%tiand CouotV of^ Att^reh^ r ^
;..< not only eel! baildon h?^ tofilth* meei *e^ls> ;fi^^
:r?^^>pr^to:.ycrd ^H&:??^lM?jl'ni^?o^jand^t^ Q>?.as :? . ".
v4:^?i:?:,ti^^a.'[,^ Well,- 'ttev
?j p!?h?,? Majfca tjjJt your m?i?? ^Bttjft?*i;i&?,&v^be;:; HUxkea. E
, ; ...V : Agente for
-< Reed ft Co., Haorrkbor^St?atfefr vrf/:j|
i THE BQSTMSHOE STORE
Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought, mid which bas been,
in uso ibr over 30 years, lias borne tho signature ot*
and luis been made under bis per?
^i*/; sonni supervision since ita infancy?
Allow no ono to deceive yon in tills?
All Counterfeits. Imitations and ?'Just-as-good'* are but;
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the beal th of*
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment?
What is CASTOR SA
Costoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare*
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. Its.
??outaius neither Opium, Sfc-rphino nor other Narc?tico
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It. destroy? Worroo
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
. and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels? giving healthy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend*
GENUINE CASTO RIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature pf
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 80 Years*
THC OCMT*V!N COBHNY, TY MUKNAY ?TRXST, ItrCf VORK O.TV. .
Mow is Your Liver.
* IF-H?r maur TAKE
EVANS' I LIVER AND KIDNEY PILLI '
They right the wrong caused by over-eating.
Emails' Pliarmaoy.
To afford you an opportunity to have
DELMHTFUL OHE?STM?S: MUSIO
And pleasure for the rest of the year we have made- ?
'.' SPECIAL HOLIDAY FRIGES,
Good until New Year's Bay, on new- ? '-y^^f^^//^
$1?A 5160, $175, $200
Handsome cases, best quality tono and materia!, folly wh?*
ranted.
Two Car Loads ORGANS of oar standard lines, may be
yonreon.easy:te^
0rap5isphones,4,Yiolin?, Guitar, Banjos, Etc. .
Come to seo orjwrite us for'these special prices.
]3 vacant LotB on Greenville Rtreot.
1 House and Lot ou North Faut st.
1 Ho?a? Sad Lot ott FrankHu t>t. :
^ I vsoant LotMala st.
C^hcr Leis i? -vasiouB loo?llttes,
; BOORj-MILLS -'':' '
.; ' 106 hores, uo^rovedi :^; ' J\ . ^ "
150 acres, improved.,, ' f^r^H^
. PENDLETON TOWNSHIP:
89 aoroa, with 5 roora dwelling and cut
^?&i&vj^;piu?|jy la'oalUvet?t?V^:^';^^;;.
12a{'acres, two-Btory dwelling, .barns
; ?ad rieceesary oatfeoudings.
CENTREVILLE TOWNSHIP. ,
m acree,i ^proved.
104 Bores.improv?d.
. 15?*o?w, improved.
800 Sorw{ floe ;Uto?iv ww;itnjpr?vsa~
. -WU} bo cold to suit por??????ra.
/Wacjf^i, iniprovso,;go^^te of ou? ti
V S?8aoreff, well i sri proved, good Water,
good dwdllinga and tenant houses,
'.y---.-; cQitNia^ v?&?pi&$;
5 M; HOPE^WJBLp ?T?'^ifgiHXP, .
; ^?TOa?t?H, improved.
. , 5KO.?or(w, ImproC^d. . ' W?ZMM
174 sorfiSj improved.: : -^n^'^p^
. 61 '?creejin^calt?vation^-'iV^^w?^,....
v ?Or?e. f;oo<{, dwellings,' barn, ww) j
improved, lu tine stato of cultivation-* ,
go<#:b*r#d^::.:'?:^ *
iso aoreci la; oolHv|^n^^^^;>;
. : .108 s?rev/improved; L' ':. '..
174 aerea, impioved.
.> ?223 'Scree, 5-rootn dwelling, 5 tenus)
housse, barn?, &o.-^well improved, fi
-srater, good lspds-??b?g bargain.
ABBK^r.tfTLB OOTJ???Y, *
?;V:160 Stare?, ?? co?u^iiorl.
.?'400 acres, |n good tttat? cu Itlvatlcn.
v';.'80i 'ac'wtji weil^ii?^i^??".:
.f 100, S%S9?*Wsl^ppipifO;vf0;
<. ??O.e^r?a, 4 tea?ut 4?elli?g8,
- . 138 ftores^ . 'Zffrg
. ? 104 Scr?^-4-r^^^1W?llt??f? :
V'to ?ores.. :
V.178B?r^.T-rObm-SriS o?e 3-r'<>?m dwa
Infi. ^M??'W-^W?"'
I7? ?oie?; ^ torj?i?ldwellh-.a;a.
M69*0r*?.? . two ? ir?otn d:*eJ?jfei??
1
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..w.
If yon want t? .
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