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TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1915.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednes
day with probably scattered showers.
Cheer up, Just suppose lt was twice
as hot.
Someone evidently has forgotten to
start the ice famine cry.
o
Speaking of yarn mills, what's tho
matter wltli thu war correspondents?
' o
We imagine old Huerta finds little
bliss' in being imprisoned in Fort
Bliss.
The more it begins to look Uko war
the fainter grows tho howl of tho
jingo.
-o
Como to think of it. Germany ls
really nicu to. allow us to uso the
Panama Canal. *
War aeroplanes arc being called
sky llectB. Wonder If their drivers
aro called sky pilots?
Fear of being held up hy those ban
dits operating in thc west will ^atiBo
many a new.- paper man to call off lita
trip to Frisco.
Yeggmen Crack Standard Oil Safo.
-Headline. Somehow wo can't stir
UP ab y vast amount of sorrow over
that incident.
Interest Drops With Wife Out of
Thaw case.-Headline. Elim?nate- Ute
*woroan in thc caso" frrm any case
and the same will be true.
? ... o
Believing that President Wilson is
eui.rely competent to handle thc situa
tion growing out ot tho Gcrmun note,
we shall refrain from offering sug
g?rions.
? o
lt may bc truo that all things come
to him who waits, but considering tho
number of things not worth walting
for, you can't blame a follow for go
ing out after what he wants.
The hint that Thaw will sue for
divorce if ho wins but in his sauity
test caso almost makes us> wish ho
wiR bo placed back In Mattewan. Who
wants to see the Thaw family linen
cashed again in the courts?
Stranger Ulinga havo happen od
than that in a couple of weeba W. J.
Bryan will bo addressing monster re
cruiting ma? meetings.-The 'State.
And then the redoubtable Col. After
math' casting aside the typewriter,
paetcpot and scissors for a rifle, a
pair of running shoes and a canteen.
THF PLFTIIOHIC FA lt M hit.
Tlio American farmer has no causo
for complaint, evi n if Mic grain pricu
level ls a small fraction of a per ?eut
below thc seven-year avorage for this
lime of year. As matters stand, it
is about enc per ci nt higher than u j
year ago. ami in any event the cnor- i
mons volume of all the principal crops
will more than counteract any pos- .
slble lowering of prices.
Hie government's crop report for i
July l Indicated Hie greatest agricuL 1
taral output in our history, or in tho '
hUtory of any country. Wheat is ex .
peeled to total 063,000,000 bushels, i
which is about 70,000,000 bushels more
than last year, and more than one
third of thc world's 1914 production
Corn is expected to reach thc 2,814.
000 mark, which has been surpassed
three times in our own history, bul
which Is more corn than tile entire
world produced last year. Oats, If it
reaches 1,390,000,000 bushels, will be
( los.- to our highest murk, made in
1912, and will be 44 per cent of the
world s output a year ago.
Therd are no crop failures what
ever. The condition of nil crops to
gether, ou July I, was 2.3 per cent
ubov the average for ten years.
It's great for the farmer, great for
the merchant, great for the railroads
und great for thc general public. Re
inforced by the growing boom in tho
iron and steel industries, and bul
warked by the general shortage of
Brain In Europe, lt insures nt least
mic lat year after the lean ones.
THE ?ELI OF OF LAWS.
".I had a count made not long ago in
tho Library of Congres?" says Elihu
Hoot, "of the number of lawB that
had been passed in five years ending
December 1, 1913. I found that more
than 62.000 laws bad been passed by
congress and the State legislatures in
this country in tliut live years, nod I
found that there lind been reported
during Hint five years and published
In 630 volumes of reports of thc courts
more than 65,000 decisions of courts
of last resort In this country. Now,
not even Mr. Clioate knows them all
by heart. How can you conduct your
business and keep out of Jail?"
How can any man, whether In busi
ness or not. keep out of jail, with'
those 112,000 laws. and 05,000 court
decisions on his trail, reinforced by
the hundreds of thousands of laws
und decisions of-other years? Per
haps the reason is the very fact hinted
at by Mr. Hoot-that no human being
eau possibly keep track bf them.
Anybody would think that the legal
profession, in sheer despair at trying
to keep up with*legislation and court
decisions, would try to curb tho out
put, limiting tho scope of legislation
to essential thing:?, and reforming out
semi-legiBlatlvu judicial system.
AMERICA* TEA.
The recent death of Dr. Charles ?.
Shepard has? attracted attention to bis
unique agricultural achievement. Ho
had succeeded in doing something that
tho experts of the government had
long attempted without BUCCCBS-the
domestication of the tea plant. On
his South Carolina plantation ho not
only made tho exotic herb live and
?jifow, hut made lt commercially prof
itaiile. lils yearly production was
about 15,000 pounds. That isn't much
compared to tho 91,000,0*0 pounds we
import from <ASla every year, but
nevertheless it's as creditable a feat
ns many of tho celebrated ?iicccsses
of Luther Burbank who creates new
species of fruits, vegetables and grain.
lb doesn't seem likely that toa will
over be so thoroughly' domesticated In
America ns to bo raised easily and
profitably by thc overago farmer. Na
tu? o seems to hove marked out cer
tain sections of China, Assam, Japan,
India und Java for this plant just an
definitely as she has made Kansas
thc great corn State, and adapted
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Texas particularly to
to thc raising of cotton.
THE RETORT ALCOHOLIC
In reply to the question asked by
Leslie's Weekly, "Who drank all the
B8.000.000 gallons of whUkey made in
the United Staten last year?" the
Madison ville (Ky.) Hustler says:
"We sincerely hope lt hasn't been
drunk. If tho American nation has
degenerated to the extent of drinking
whiskey less than a year old, ?ien all
tho mean things thc Germans have
said about us must be true."
Large Tomatoes.
Tho Enterprise has received a num
ber of fine tomatoes this season, but
tho largest we have yet received was
grown by Rev. Edw. S. Jones at the
Methodist parsonage. Mr. Jones
brought up two yesterday, one of the
"Crimson Cushion" variety, was un
doubtedly the most perfect tomato
that we have ever seen. It weighed
more than a pound (the parson's word
for the weight) and was smooth and
beautiful. The other, of the "Ponde
rosa" type weighed three-quarters cf
a pound, carson Jones Is not only a
good preacher, bot a fine gardner,
and a good, all round fellow In gen
eral.-Mullins Enterprise.
American Press 0
Ho People Like Hi
Itoston Evening Kecord.
Uuriuany'H lat.-st word is ridiculous
and wc do not believe tile American
people relish being ridiculed in this
mumer.
"Victory by iNfuult."
Kansas City (Mo.) Journal.
The press version of the answer
from Herlin seems scarcely to be
dewed as a defiance. The only other
maning to be raid into it is that (Jer
nany ls unwilling to make formal
tciiulescenco to our demands, but will
?How us a victory by default.
Modus Yhcndi.
Ihlcago Tribu?a-.
The Gurman reply ?fters a modus
rlvendl by which safe passage or
Americans in tho war zone can bi'
tssured. There ls. wc are confident,
io disposition to undertake a war
'or the sake of enforcing a right
vhose exercise wo can substantially
.njoy by any reasonable concession.
Would Extend Wrongs.
'??bago Herald.
The German government practical!
tfTirins that because of its wrong at
he hands of the Ilritlsb government.
lie rights or Americans ami other
leutrals have ceased to exist. For
be abandonment of these rights lt
>rrcrs certain privileges. Tho Ameri
tan people are not asking favors or
?privileges" from the German or oth
ir governments.
Ignore* Principle.
3t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Thc German nott. evades responsi
bility for the Lusitania, or rather,
hifts it and ignores the principle In
volved In its destruction upon which
be American note laid stress.
The measures of regulation proposed
>y Germany are irrelevant. To con
ant to such regulations without a
lefinlte understanding as to the prin
ilplos would make associates in thc
iolation of international law.
A Convenient shift.
Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer.
Thc Knited States makes a demand
md Germany discusses in reply the
Wickedness of here enemies. . .The
nost pleasing feature of thc note ls
lie apparently sincere expression of
Headship Tor the United States.
Not Conclusive.
'oin;;.bus Ohio Stntc Journal.
Germany's answer to President
iVIlson's second note ls not conclusive
ind satisfactory.We hope
'resident Wilson will not see enough
n Germany's rcplly to draw us into
he conflict owr so little, but if ho
loes we feel sur0 that he secs the
?ight of it.
Angry With Url tain.
Milwaukee Sentinel,
As a specific reply to specific re
luests, it is more open and satisfac
ory than the evasive anil cavaller
ike ilritlsb memorandum in reply
lo American protests against what is
virtually an cmbnrgo on American
somme ree.
Evades Kcal Issue.
3eattle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer.
Von Jagow politely evading C e
-cal issue, presents Germany's case
strongly. Gcrmnny craves thia sa
lon's friendship and respects thu
\morlcau flag. This is manifest,
lenee an uiulerstandin:; should bu
.cached without diplomatic breach.
Shocking to Just.
Denver (Col.) i'ost.
Germany's reply to America's dc
mind in reference to submarine wa -
'are will be shocking to all who love
peace and right and Justice. lier
lemands aro that Germany must BUr
iMvc, though it be necessary to de
?troy the entire world.
Amusing and Disappointing,
Charleston New? and Courier.
Tho German governments' reply
[j.orokes utter amazement, keen dis
appointment and grave anxiety, lt
s probably well within tho limits of
Tilth to say that the crisis with
which this country ls face to face ls
tow even more acuto than it was Im
mediately after tho sinking of tho
Lusitania. The country has com
pleto confidence ia the president. I jet
j3 leave it to him to point the way
insuring him that if peace with honor
s impossible. America is with bira,
Mimo what may.
Two Courses Open.
Pittsburgh Gazctto-Ttmes.
Cnder the circumstances it les dlf
Icult to see how President Wilson
:an refrain from doing one or two
binga: Either communicate. In posl
lvo terms, a final request that Ger
nany comply with tho repr?senta'*
lons maile in the noto of May 13,
md await violation of these, If any
here be. to determine his next step
>r elim discontinue diplomatic rela
lonB with Germa.iy until euch timo
is its attitude is adjusted in liar
?or, y with American rights.
Does the Country Accept This I
Ula ii ta (Ga.) Constitution.
While. tho Gorman problem ls
caching a stage wherein it ? now
teems Its solution will readily be
ound, a far moro serious situation
onfronta us in the attitude of Lug
an d toward neutral commerce. . ..
. . As Between the German and Eng?
Ish situations, the latter is now evi
dently the moro serious and the more
iel i ca te of the tWO.
Mildest of Words.
Heany (N. Y.) Evening Journal.
"Unsatisfactory" ls the mildest
vord that can be used, to characterise
he German government's reply.
A Flat Denial.
Vnsblngton Star.
It may as well bc recognized that
ho German answers to these Ameri
can notes constitute a flat denial of
ho American demands. Tho German
ftvernineai has been asked whether
n German Answer
In Its relation with thia government
and ita citizens, it proposes to con
duct itself in a manner befitting a
civilized nation, subjec t to ami re
gardful of internat ional law. To
this plain question a negativ?' an
swer nan been received.
Insolent Hud Evasive.
Chicago Journal.
The dorman note is one or the most
insolent and evusive ever addressed
by the government of on? groat na
tion to that of another, lt falls to
offer any reparation or apology for
tile killing of Americans on the Lusi
tania and other vessels. Clearly
"tile jingo. Hevenlfow brand of states
manship." ls in control. It remains
lo be seen whether'President Wilson
can discover any peaceful method of
making such Jingoes respect Ameri
can rights.
Offensively Insinuating.
I tost?n Transcript.
Without equivocation and with a
politeness offensively insinuating,
lieriuany rejects each and all of our
demands and attempts to bargain
w ith respect to the future. . .. . What
right have we to retain a seat among
the self-respecting nations of the
world if we abandon our dead to their
fate and bargain with the murderers
for the safety of our living?
Holies For Peace.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Not by any stretch of the imagina
tion can the latest German note be
described as meeting thu chief de
mands made by thc American gov
ernment.However, as long as
Germany does not actually persist in
the course it was following nt tho
time of Hie sinking of thc Falaba,
the Gulf light and the Lusitania there
remains hope that any dispute will
bo kept within the bounds of diplo
matic negotiations.
Ignores Demands.
Augusta (Ga.) Herald.
Tile Gorman note is deceitful, eva
sive and unsatisfactory. It ignores
every essential, demand of America.
It is an insult to Intelligence, human
ity and civilization.
A Selfish Chante.
i'ol ma hu.s (Oil ?o) Dispatch.
To tho American appeal in the in
terest of a wide humanity tho note
offers some concessions that impute
to us mero solfishuess. Ways are
offered, by adopting which Ameri
cans can bc safe at sea. willie thc
slaughter of other noncombatants
goesc on. . . . . Germany tells the
Cnlted States how it cnn escape. But
it is sometimes worse to escape than
to suffer. ,
The Total Foult.
Philadelphia K Wiling UuHctin.
The fatal faull in Germany's reply
to the American neto ls that this Is
no disavowal of tho assault ou tito.
Lusitania. . . . '.There can be no
satisfactory seulement of the issue
and friendly relations can not perma
nently continue unless there shall be
expatiation lu sumo form.
Can't be Accepted.
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Tlio reply can not but be regarded
as unsatisfactory and Its pro
posals will be regarded as impossible
of acceptance.
Plain In Spirit.
Chicago Abenpost.
Tho Gorman unswer to the Amer
ican note of June 10 is friendly anti
firm. As an answer to tho demands
made by our administration the Jtpto
is what was expected-unsatisfactory.
In form lt is more of a justification
of the German standpoint and an ap
peal to the American lovo of Justlco
than an answer to the American note.
In spirit, however, lt is an answer,
and u plain one at that.
Must Maintain Stund.
Seaatlo (Wash.) Times.
America's stand is clearly defined.
The country must maintain lt. We
have no fear that the president will
ylold.
Calls For Action.
Now York Evening Post
The German reply will require ac
tion by our government. This need
not be hasty, but It should he defi
nite. That tho president can retreat
from his position, that certain acts of
kin Gorman government arc the acts
of an International outlaw, ls incon
ceivable. How best to maintain that
position is now the grave duty laid
upon him.
Astounding Proposals.
Worcester (Mass.) Gazette.
The noto bristles With an ego that
Is suprome-lt is staggering. . . .It
ts not a reply to the American note.
It is an astounding4 array ot un
heard of proposals which the United
States must and will reject In their
entirety.
.?Germany Meets Us More Than Half
Way.?
St. Poul Volks Zeitung.
The new German'note 1? a gov.
emmental guarantee of safety to all
Americans who croea the Atlantic in
vessels properly flying the American
flag. However, if American cltlxens
prefer to enter the dangerous war
sone in a belligerent vessel carrying
a cargo of arms and ammunition to
tho allies, Hie German government
declines to protect such foolhardi
ness.
Goon Things In Laurens.
There la one thing certain, and that ;
is: Laurens County has? something to i
eat. Never have wa seen before so ;
?nany farmers bringing In chickens,
canteloupcs, watermelons, fruits and i
vegetables of all kinds ss now.
Though the bottom should fall out i
of the cotton market the people of j
Laurens are not geing to starve. |
There ls quite a contrast In this conn- i
ty tn Ulla respect now and a year ago: j
-Dublltt Courier.
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* ODDS AND ENDS. ?
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A Critique.
Col. Georgo Harvey said at a ban
que;. In his honor In New York:
"We editor^ Uko criticism, especial
ly when it is of the very favorable
kbid that T'vc received this evening.
"But not all criticism is favorable,
even for the most successful editors.
A good many editors, in fact, often And
themselves in tho position of the rich
old broker whose little grand-niece
said:
"'Uncle, how. long do people live?"
" 'The natural span of man's life,'
thc un ule answered, "ls, as the Good
Book tells up, three score years and
ten.
"Oh, then, you'll live to be 140,
won't you, uncle?
"Tho old man looked around the
room crowded with relatives and
laughed heartily.
"Why, no," ho said. 'Why no. How
you make that out?"
"Isn't lt t-ue, then,' said the little
girl, isn't it true what mamma says
about you living a double ife.'"
Washington Star.
, Contributory Negligence.
Aunt llosa, who bad presided in the
kitchen for many years and was a
person of high privilege in the family,
came into the library in a highly flus
trated state, wiping her fat hands
upon her apron, says the Literary Di
gest, she was painly both distressed
and indignant. She addressed herself
without proamblo to the master ot the
llOUHC. ?
"Mister Willie," she said,. "please,
sub,Men' me $15, suh. Dey done 'rest
my boy 'Rastus ag'ln. Doy got him
shel up in ho jail, an' dey 'fuse to let
him out 'lessen I paya bali."
"What has thc lazy rascal been do
ing, Aunt Rosa?"
"He ain't done nothln' 'tall, Mister
Wilo-nothln' 'tal, sub. De boy was
Jest a settln' on do do' step wiv a knife
in bis ban,' an* a onory nigger come
by, and fell on lt, and rip hioself opon
-dat's all, sub."
-Bible Names for Warships.
The custom of giving Bible names
to men-of-war at one time p.availed
extensively in tue British nary. Tho
Goliath, however, which was sunk iri
tho Dardanelles recently, waa the only
battleship which had a Blblcal appel
lation. Tb* names are chiefly pagan,
like Hercu.c, or adjectival, Uko Au
dacious.
In the seventeenth century, how
ever, the British naval fleet Included
vessels named Abraham, Benjamin,
Ephriam, John the Baptist, Jonathan,
King David, Ruth and Solomon. In
Nelson's time there was both an Adam
and Ere and an Eden, but by then the
use of Qiblcal names for engines of
destruction began to be out ot favor.
At a still earlier date the practice waa
very much moro common. One war
ship, commissioned in the time of
Henry VIII, bore the name of Christ,
and among the flinting fleet of Henry
V's time were shlpa named Jesus. Holy
Ghost, Peter, Paul and Paternoster. ?
,"I tell you." said Pat, "tho old
friends are the best, after all, and,
what's more, I can prove lt."
"How aro you going to prove lt?"
"Whore will you find a new friend
that bas shtud by ye aa long aa tho
ould ones have?"-Chicago ?tetad.
It Wan His Chelea,
Bobble and Elsie were told that
there' were two apples on the tables
for them. Belag taught to consider
Bach other Brat, Bobble said: "Take
roar choice, Elate."
"No," said Elsie, "you take your
choice."
Bach kept insisting that the other
lake first choice, but finally Elsie
broke the deadlock by taking thc big
test apple. Instantly Bobble's eyes
lashed and ho exclaimed wrathfully,
Pat thaw back and uke your obeloe."
-Boston Transcript.
Special O
iYes, we've split the p
Straws," Sennits, Mac
Panamas.
Head this way for he;
field.
$2.30 and $2. Straw I
$3.00 Straw Hats now
$4.00 Straw Hats now
$5.00 Panama Hats n(
All the talk and argun
not make an ill fitting
"Comfort first" is thc
man. Here's a lot of
which we've cut the pi
but includes tans, gun
but not all sizes of ead
in any leather it's a mc
tionfor you. All takei
Hanan stock, now. . ..
(Array and Navy Journal.)
The arrest of Huerta and thc threat
to prosecute his alleged financial
backers is another Indication of thc
present atUt;:de of the administration
toward the former president of Mex
ico. On the assumption that Huerta
was a disturbing element in Mexico
he waa forced out of the coutry, and
it was given out at the.state depart
ment that the Carranza-Vllla faction
would Bhortly reBtore peace. Later
when there was a break between Car
ranza anl Villa tho latter received
thc support of thc administration and
was heralded as a second Washing,
ton. When Carranza appeared to
have tho upper hand a statement
came from the president which was
construed In some quarters as a
threat of .intervention. More recent
ly Villa seems to be becoming strong
er and nothing 4s being heard of thc
purpose of the administration to as
sume a more aggressive attitude In
dealing with tho Mexican troubled.
Its entire attitude seems to amount
to a declaration that nono of the
leaders of the Mexican factions will
be tolerated with thc exception of Vil
la.
If this government intends io pros
ecute the financial backers of Huerta,
fairness and neutrality in dealing
with thc different factions would ap
pear to call for similar treatment of
the Villa and Carranza Juntas. No
one will seriously contend that Villa
and Carranza are without financial
support from this country. If the
secret service of th government will
take the trouble r watch the Villa
and Carranza agents ss closely ss
they have Huerta and his friends
they will discover that both factions
have financial backers hero. Both
factions maintain headquarters in
Washington and New York, and their
ABOUT Tl
Wheat Does Well. ,
H. R. Merritt, of Yor's, Route 3, has
just finished threshing his wheat crop
for tills season and 4B tmmenselly
pleased over the result. Mr. Merritt
had sown only four bushels of whest
and from this planting ho made a to
tal of 103 bushels. There are a num
ber ot splendid wheat crops in the
Philadelphia section whero Mr. Mer
ritt Uvea.-York News.
Receipts Increased.
It ls a matter for congratulation
and of special -pride o ntho part bf
Postmaster George D. HaHev and his
assistants that the Greenwood oflice
is ono of the VJ ry few In the state
that did not show a decrease in re
ceipts at the end of the last fiscal
year as compared with the year be
fore on account of the European wat.
Instead of showing a decrease ' the
postoffico here made an Increase of
over tl.000 while lu a number of
eitles of equal size the decrease was
as much as $5,000.-G reen wood Jour
nal.
Pumpkins sad ('aeambers.
Dr. R G. Sloan, ot Little River, ts
somewhat of a wonder when it comes
to farming. A couple of years ago he
raised a pumpkin vine, that bore
something like'one hundred of the de
licious fruit, sud covered about one
eighth of an acre. Last week, he
i sent Uv the county fane demonstra
tion ofnbe two mammoth cucumbers?
one weighing -Ave pounds and Ava
i ounces, and the other four pounds and
ten ounces. These .?cukes" were per
fect in every Way and were without
doubt the oO"*l If not tho superior of
any In tbe ??tate.--Conway Field. -
Fire Equipment.
Last week the ?mall fire proof
building In rear of the town hall was
altered and enlarged, In order to
.TU Sim
HUERTA
offerings
rice on all our "Split
kinaws, Bankoks and
idquarters in the hat
nats now . . . .$1.50
.$2.00
. .$2.50
Dw.$3.75
lent in the world will
shoe comfortable,
motto of our shoe
Hanan oxfords on
ice. The lot is small
metals and patents,
i. If your size is here
)ney saving proposi
n from our regular $6
..$3.95
SfD MEXICO
agents talk wUb. authority on events
that are transpiring in Mexico. If it
ls a crime for Huerta to start another
revolution in the United States, why,
it is asked, should Carranza and Vil
la forces be allowed to conduct their
propaganda from this country?
Many Americans acquainted with
conditions in Mexico have more faith
in the ability of Huerta to establish
a stable govcrnmont than any of the
other leaders. At least he could do
as well as Villa if he bad the moral
support of the administration. Every
one acknowledges that what ls needed
in Mexico ls a strong dictator, and
Huerta sizes up to these specifica
tions better than any of the other
loaders. Of course, no one who has
any knowledge of Mexican afTairs
considers seriously any probability of
establishing a real republic in Mexi
co. Not over 15 or <?,0 per cent of
tho voting population of the country
over exercised the right of suffrage,
laud the majority of the people do not
expect it. What the great mass of
Mexicans want ls an honest govern
ment which would give them an op
portunity to make a living without
interference of bands of robbers who
aro ravishing the country under the
guise of fighting for a principle.
Whatever should be based upon the
recognition of facts, and not upon
beautiful theories. The facts were
well understood at tho beginning by
a large class of our citizens who bad
learned, by close observation and ex
perience, the actual conditions in
Mexico. It would have been wise if
official action could bave been deter
mined by tho advice of such men, but
according to the information we re
ceived, they were not even accorded
a courteous 'hearing at thc atate de
partment under Mr. Bryah.
make room for the ladders and wa
gon that were recently ordered and
which arrived about the middle or
first ot last week. The building was
only large enough to tike care of the
fire engine. It ls now of sufficient
proportions to take the new wagon
with the ladders alongside. The hew
equipment waa good looking and no
o-io took "greater interest in lt than
thc new fire chief. Mr. J. W. Little.
Mr. Little stated that he should apara
no effort to make 'his department aa
efficient aa .possible with the equip
ment -at hand.-Horry Herald.
Fruit ?foes '-Sorta,
fruit traie? are passing Seneca
now on fast schedule to tho northern
markets. Reports from South Georgia
are that tho growth was greatly re
duced by late cold periods, but there
ls -aid to bo a bounteous supply left
and the Southern has made extensive
arrangements for tho prompt handl
ing of these trains.-Seneca Farm
and Factory.
Jane Apples.
R. L. Rogers, of the New Hope sec
Urn, has the sincere thanks of The
Courer force for some of the finest
apples t/hat we have seen this year.
Mr. Saggs ?tates that his crop thia
year is perfect th every respect, and
he attributes the excellence of the
fruit entirely to the fact that he baa
been persistently spraying his tresa.
He ia a great believer ia ?praylog and
tinda that lt ls a splendid paylhg tn
vestment to put a little cash into
spraying materials and spray pump.
The apples with which he f?vol ed
Tlie Courier are of the Carolina June
and the old variety of June, with
which he has been experimenting for
some time with good rosolis.-Wal
halla Keowee Courier.