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List of those Who Have Been Drawn for
Jury Duty for the March Terms.
Grand and Traverse Jurors
Grand Jurors for the March
tprm of the superior court for
Newton county are as follows:
Evans Luusford, C H White,
Tom C Cowan, A H Smith,
Leonidas Loyd, H A DeLoach,
J W Stephenson, L D Adams.
J L Skinner, Fielder Ozburn,
0 E Cook, M G Turner,
A C Belcher, E HJordan,
C I Cash, W H Boggus,
T G Berry, FE Heard,
E C Hull, A C Ellington,
J H Willingham, L W Jarman,
T D Speer, J W Anderson,
W T Corley, R E Lee,
C L Ogletree, F M Hays,
G*o T Smith, J H Wood.
Traverse Jurors
J N Epps S R Campbell,
E T Hull, C D Ramsey,
R D DiaI A S Fowler,
YV T Smith, C A Camion,
0 l Biggers, J K Guffin,
S H Avery, J C Harwell,
J E Dobbs, 0 O Kimball,
E E Lunsford, C E Hardeman
S S Starr, Newt Stedbam,
L S Wright, L A Patrick,
YV E Lunsford J W King,
A ,T Wingate W E Harwell,
R E Everitt, P H Henderson,
A J Parker, RH Christian,
J W Pope, ] J Owens,
W P H mper, T W Heard,
P W Turner, YV P Odum,
C M Griffin, Chas G Smith.
City Court Jurors.
Jurors for the March term of the
ritv court have been drawn and
»r-* as follows:
S R Thompson, E W Adams,
C D Terrell, R F Jackson,
W N Blake, W J Cook,
R I Mask, L A Patrick,
E R Carr, C A Sockwell,
D J Thompson, jr J D Boyd,
Evans Lunsford, E D Biggers,
YV C Bently, Woodie Piper,
E L King, J W Robinson.
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Reflections of a Bachelor
It’s awtnl risky for a girl to go
into a dark room with a man, and
that’s why she does it.
Maybe the man who boilds the
furnace in this world will have to
do the staking in the next. •
YVbat puzzles married men Is
how those who aren,t don.t appre¬
ciate what a good time they can
have.
What makes a man maddest a
bout being fooled by a girl is he
thought he was doing it to her.
There* more power m a pound of
chocolates to convince your wife
voir are a good husband than in giv¬
ing her a comfortable home.
Don’t Get A Divorce
A Western judge grauted a di¬
voree on account of ill-temper and
bad breath. Dr King’s New Life
Pills would have prevented it.
Tbev care Constipation, causing
bud breath and Liter Trouble the
ill temper, dispel colds, banish
headaches, conquer chilis. 9&o at
('. C Brooks and Geo. T. Smith
Augusta has led Taft on Geor
gia barbecu* Atlauta will feed him
today on ’possum and ’taters Now
M him come to Lexington and eat
i. chitterling dinner, and there need
l - no fears for the South while h°
• ccupies the Wuite House.—Ogle¬
thorpe Echo.
See ns for JobPrioting.
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THE PLOWING SEASON
Ancient Superstitions of the Till¬
ers of the Soil.
SACRIFICES TO THE GODS.
Custom* That Wars In Voguo Among
tho Wom a ns of Old — Coromon U s
That Aro Ohoorvod In India and
China—-Witoo of tho Slamooo Farmora.
The formal Inauguration of tba plow¬
ing season Is very ancient and still Is
observed In some parts of the world.
Among the Romans by the institution
of various religious festivals connect¬
ed with agriculture the seasons came
to be regarded with a sort of sacred
reverence. Before the old Roman put
the plow into the ground he went to
the temple of the goddess of earth,
Tellus, one of whose priests performed
certain propitiatory rites. Virgil in his
“Georgies” advises the Roman hus¬
bandman to observe the signs on heav¬
en according to the crop he desires to
produce. The time to plow for flax,
barley aud the sacred poppy was when
“balance has equalized the hours of
day and sleep and halves the world
exactly between light and shade. When
Taurus ushers in the year with his
glided horns and Sirius sits facing the
threatening bull is time for beans. For
wheat and spelt the Pleiades should
hide themselves from your eyes with
the dawn. Many have begun before
Marla sets, but the desired crop has
baffled them with empty ears.” But
first of all the poet admonishes the
farmer to “honor the gods and offer
sacrifices to Ceres.”
In India there are certain days when
It is unlawful to plow. Mother Earth
is supposed to sleep six days in every
month, and on such days she refuses
to be disturbed in her slumber.
In northwest India the cultivator
employs a pundit to select an auspi¬
cious time for the commencement of
plowing. Great secrecy is observed. In
some places the time selected is in the
night; in others daybreak is the cus¬
tomary time.
The pundit goes to a field, taking a
brass drinking vessel and n branch of
the sacred mango tree, which is effica¬
cious in frightening away evil spirits
that may haunt the field. Prithivi, the
broad world, and Sesha Naga. the
great snakes which support the world,
are supposed to be propitiated and
reconciled by this ceremony. The pun¬
dit satisfies himself as to the direction
In which the great snake Is lying, for
It occasionally moves about a little to
ease itself of the great burden of the
broad world which It carries. The
pundit then marks off an imaginary
line. Five (a lucky number) clods of
earth are thrown up, and water Is
sprinkled in the trench five times with
the sacred mango bush to insure pro¬
ductiveness. Caution must be exercised
lest the charm be broken aud prospec¬
tive fortune imperiled. The farmer
most remain secluded during the fol¬
lowing day; no salt must be eaten, no
money, grain or fire given away.
Among the Karnas before plowing
the farmer makes a burnt offering of
batter and molasses In his own field
and again at the village shrine.
The Chinese begin plowing on the
first day of their solar year. Anciently
the rites which were celebrated by the
Chinese at plowing time were elabo¬
rate, but rationalistic sovereigns elim¬
inated one expensive religions rite aft¬
er another until nothing was left ex¬
cept the Imperial act of homage to
heaven ark! earth and agriculture In
the ceremonial plowing.
The Siamese observe a rite called
Raakoa about the middle of May,
which Is preliminary to the plowing
season, and it is not proper for any
one to plow until the ceremony is
court determine
the time for it On the day fixed by
them tbe minister of agriculture, who
is always a prince or nobleman of
high rank, goes with a procession to a
piece «f ground some distance from
the capital. Where the festivities are
to take place a new plow, to which a
pair of buffaloes are yoked. Is in readi¬
ness, decorated with flowers and leaves.
The minister guides the plow over
tbe field, closely watched by the spec¬
tators. who are especially interested
in the length and folds of the silk of
his lower garments, because the pros¬
perity of the season and Its character¬
istics, wet or dry, are to be predicted
from these as he follows the plov. If
tbe robe rises from his knee there will
be disastrous rains. If It falls below
his ankles there will be a drought If
the folds reach midway between knee
and ankle the season will be prosper
oos.
After a proper number of furrows
have been turned old women strew
grain of different kinds In them and
bulls are released from the yoke and
allowed to feast upon the seeds. Tbe
grain which the animals ext most free¬
ly wHl be scarce next harvest and that
which they refuse to take will be abun¬
dant
In Yorkshire it was considered un¬
wise to disturb the earth with plow or
spade on Good Friday.—Exchange.
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or the means of disposing of almost anything you have. There
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Increased fruit crops are more often the result of good manage¬
ment than of good luck. Fruit trees and fruit plants need a liberal
supply of
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The trees absorb plant foods—that is, nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash—from the soil just the same as any other crop. Experi¬
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well recognized the that best “ return to the land what the tree removes if you
would expect results ” has become an axiom with the best
growers.
Apple, pear, peach, orange and other fruit trees soon respond to
careful fertilization. But be sure to use the best fertilizers.
“ I made a test with other companies’ fertilizers,” says Mr. H. O.
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The yield where I used Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer, was just twice as
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Hundreds of users say Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers are cheapest
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Many facts of great interest and value to fruit growers are pub¬
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HIS CORRECTION.
The American Knew a Little About
Shakespeare and English.
An English literary man who visited
this country some years ago to lecture
frankly declared that he came not ex¬
pecting to find accurate scholarship
among Americans, especially oil pure¬
ly literary subjects, adding affably:
"You have been too busy and useful
a nation In practical matters to give
much time to tbe arts and graces of
learning.”
During the diuner at which he made
this remark he criticised Shakespeare,
sharply declaring that his metaphors
often were absurd, "as, for example,”
he said, “ 'Sleep that knits up the rav¬
eled sleave of care.’ How ridiculous to
to figure sleep as knitting up a torn
sleeve of a coat!”
A young American sitting near him
said modestly; “I think tbe word Is
not sleeve, but sleave, tbe thin fluff of
a damaged web. It' Is a technical ex¬
pression among weavers.”
“In the United States probably!” re¬
torted tbe critic irritably. “Shakespeare
never could have heard It He meant
sleeve.”
“I believe,” persisted tbe American
gently, “the word is printed sleave in
all tbe old editions. It is not an Ameri¬
can word* but has been used for cen¬
turies by weavers in Scotland and the
north of England.”
Tbe visitor frowned and then with
English frankness said, laughing:
"Thank you. I was mistaken. Per¬
haps I am mistaken about other
things and will be corrected before 1
leave your shores.”
Lofty Tibet.
Although the mystery concerning
Tibet has been mostly dissipated as a
result of tbe English Invasion, the cu¬
rious nature of that country continues
to excite great interest. Think of an
inhabited land covering between 700,
000 and 800,000 square miles and hav¬
ing a mean elevation exceeding 16,400
feet, which is considerably higher
than Mont Blanc! The loftiest peaks
reach an altitude of about 29,000 feet,
while tbe deepest valleys, in the high¬
er parts of the plateau, do not descend
below 14,400 feet, which is higher
than Pike’s peak. Toward the south
the valleys sink lower, and rice and
fruit are cultivated up to 11,500 feet.
Here the most important centers of
population are found—Lassa. Shigatse
and Gyangtxe.—Youth’s Companion.
The Value of Money.
"Oh, yes,” replied tbe millioned ma¬
tron, “we make a point of allowing our
boy pocket money regularly. Every
week his papa hands Bobby $1,000 in
small change—fifties and twenties. It’s
only a trifle; but, do you know, It
teaches him the value of money? He
Isn’t quite ten years old, yet he man¬
ages his little revenue with a great
deal of foresight. It would amuse you
to bear him try to beat down a justice
of the peace who Is fining him for hav¬
ing killed somebody with bis auto¬
mobile. Yes, we insist on bis paying
for luxuries out of his allowance. We
buy bis automobiles, but tbe fines be
has to take core of himself.”— Fuck.
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