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IJABLR TO <JKT fciliOT ^ ffoil Ah Huii Over lly Tr^p^ln* M Ou lUilwn/ TmckH. API'rtl It*.- "Tr*% J,jug ?n railway property at all tlm<* rnerll?rti? prac'lk*. lim>lvt?s an even ?n*t,*r ftHzart* 'or ^(' trw?pn??er mm JJjt |( tins t?o<vtuM neoewsary to plao?> ,ruu?? Kuanla at .stncvtlc point* to pir *nt pi?*H>U? lnU>rf?reticH) wlh tin* iBW,Kr> h transportation fHcthtWw tl??r iU*pnxiatloim of <.n?ray ! anut^" ^a1'* i^lrfa* HarrbKiu, vrrrt 4?mt Hallway Assoria flour. SptvUl <Committee on Nation ,1 ?-allli)K attention to the Important <?f all loyal cltlxttna k<>ep ,?x (>ll railway premise* uutoa tbry | Wvo t>u*?ln<v*? thereou. I "hi addition to the pv?t duu g??r of t*?lug killod hy a train," Mr Harrison ooutinuod, "tho uian who now trexpaKsen on railway proj>erty M?h Jtw*t* hlmrndf to iho peril of hoinn *U*4, should ho fall to IuhmI tlu* ohallonge of tin- military guard. lMiarj;?*d with the duty ?>f prot^-tlng railway Htrueturv* Wh<?M' (fctitruetlou would interfere riously with ra importation, tlu< guards rannoi afford to take auj ohane<\s. I'n fortunate oceurrvnres oan ho avoided If citizen* who haw no bu-'dneK* on railway j>rojHTl\ will k?vp olT. It i? enpeeially important thai |?odt\st rians who have Ix^mi acvustoiuod to walklnK tracks, rather than the public high wayN, should understand the* added danger nud rect<iie that the) oan in form a patriotic scr> ice hy avoiding IK*' Better Farming in the South WILLIAMSON PLAN OF CORN CULTURE H*> Proven Sucoessfut in Coastal Plains And Sandy Loam Soils E. Melver Wil liamson, of Dar lington, 8. C., Jian originated a plan of corn culture* which has b?e* adopted by a great number ef farmers residing in the Coastal Plains of South Carolina and Georgia with ex cellent rcevriU*. Slnco a number of Inquiries have J. N. HARPER, Agronomiat yoroe Ktonn Service Bureau about methods of corn culture it is considered advisable to recommend the Williamson method to farmers in tho coastal region or those who have sandy toeni soils. The following i? an out rtne of tho method in Mr. Williamson's wn words: "Ilroak the land broadcast during tho wiuUir, using a two horse plow of, better, a disc plow. Bed with turn plow six-foot rows, leaving a ftve-lneh balk. When ready to plant, break this out with a scooter. Plow deeply in tho bottom of this furrow, using a Dixie with wing taken off. Hidge then ?n this furrow with same plow skill going deep. Run the corn planter on this ridge, dropping one grain every five or six inches. "Plant early, as soon as frost dan ger is past. Early planting is espe cially needful on very rich lajuls where stalks can not otherwise be kept from growing too large. "Give the first working with a har row or any plow that will not coiner ?he plant. For second working use ten or twelve inch sweep. Corn should not fie worked again until the growth has been so retarded, and the sttrfh so hardened that it will never grow too largo. This is the most difficult point in the whole process. Experi ence judgment are required to know just how much the stalk should he stunted, and plenty of nerve Is *e <iui?wil to hold back your corn when your neighbors, who fertilized at plant ing time and cultivated rapidly, have corn twice the size of yours. "When yon are convinced that your corn has been sufficiently humiliated, you mar begin to make tho ear. The plants should now be from twelve to j eighteen incbes high. I "Put half your fertilizer (this being (,he (first used at all) in ths old sweep . furrow on both side* of every other middle and coyer by breaking out this middle with turn plow. About on? week later Meat the other middle the halike way. Within a few duya aide corn in first middle with sixteenth-inch sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda la this furrow, if less than 160 pouude. If mote, use one-half of it. Oover with ont> furrow of burn plow, then sow pea* in tills middle broad cast at the rate of at least one bushel ;lo acre, and finish breaking out. "In a few days side corn in other middle with same sweep, put balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow, if it haa been divided, cover with turn plow, sow peas, and break out. This lays by your crop with a good bed and plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should be from June 10th to 20th, un less the season is very late, and corn should be hardly hunching for tassel. "I^ay bv early More com is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plow ing. This is when the ear is hurt. "The stalks thus raised are very small, and do uot require anything like the moisture even in proportion to size than is necessary for large, sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be left thicker in the row. Largo stalks can not make large yields except with extremely favorable seasons, for they cannot stand a lack of moisture. Corn raised by this met hod should uot be over seven feet high, and the ear should be near thr* ground." For Piedmont Section. For the Piedmont section the Wil liamson Plan can not be closely fol- I lowed but. must be modified. Half of I the fertilizer should be applied before , planting. The other half should be j applied not later than when corn is j "knee high. Th*? nitrate of soda should j then be applied when '.he corn is w aist | high. Raise Corn As War Measure In response to the call for food sup- I plies in view of war conditions, the i Southern farmer should plant as large a crop of corn as possible. He should, k fertilize liberally and cultivate thor onghly so that maximum crops may bo produced. It is recommended that from r.00 to f?no pounds of fertilizer be applied on Piedmont soils and from 800 to 1.000 to coastal plain soilb. 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C. it FAREWELL TO TUT By EARL REED SILVBRS "I don't think I hat I can ??vui curt* for you In Juat that way, DUfe 'Khe girl spoke softly, and there wu* ? m lulu wilfulness In her eyva. "Tfc?a see, I'm different from moat Klr,M* hiuI 1 liu\> lived together for mo long that 1 should't know what to do If 1 didn't have hiiu to look out for." "Hut you can mill Iiave htm," Dick Uarrett persisted. "lie can live with us ami you can look out for hlw all you want to." "No, Dick !" Dorothy liayden ahook her head. "1 think that I've given hliu so much love and care that I haven't any left lor other people/' MuhIc sounded from the ballroom of i he Country club. The man roue. "Tin- orchestra is playing 'Aloha Oc,' " he said. "l)o you mind dum-iug 11 II IUV I "I should love to." Together they made their way tutu (he big ballroom. Dreamlike, the :??u sic Honied across the floor. J)lck ami Dorothy danced ulleuily, the glrl'i|t\\es half closed, her left huud resting, with ? hint of u caress, on her partner's arm. The weirdly sad music seemed like a 11 vlay thing, ho subtly did it lit in with the mood of the two dancers. But finally the struloa died away, and Pick, stepping buck, looked search ing! y Into the girl's eyes. In their depths lie discovered a light wiikli set him heart to beating wildly^ Without a word, he led her to the shadowed ter race. "Are you still sure'/" he asked aoftly. For a moment Dorothy hesUuted. The charm of the music had not jet been lost, the swaying rhythm of the dance luJf intuxlcuted her. JLlor glume wandered to ihe clubhouse porch, light ed by the mellow glow of iuuny lan terns. As she looked, a gray-huired rtfon framed himself iu the dOt#way, his thin face silhouetted against the brilliant background. The light died from her eyes. "I'm sure, Diek," she unsweNMl. "As long as he lives, my father will always be first." "I'm not going to ask you again," he said slowly, "because 1 bellevo tluit you know your own mind. Bat 1 love you. have loved you ever since i met you live years ago. I had hoped?" ills voice broke, and he shook Ma head half angrily at the display of emotiou. ? But I'm not going lo say anything about that. Tomorrow I'm going to ac cept that position in I'umimu. A boat sails iu ilu* afternoon, and I'll be en it." Ib< paused, and the girl cau&lU her breath sharply. "'Aloha Do' means 'farewell to thee,' In English," Ik? con tinued. "That dance was probably the hist one we'll ever have together.- llut I'll always remember it, and whenever 1 hear the music again I'll think of this ? ?n?? hi^ht with you." He held out his baud. "So 1 guess it's good-by." For a long time after he had gone, Dorothy star??d with unseeing eyes in to the darkness surrounding the fctoun try club. ?She reviewed her frlemlsliip with Diek Garrett. It seemed only yester day that he had moved to Westwood, a blond-haired, blue-eyed college boy. She remembered his little acts ef kind ness to her father, his consideration, his unfailing loyalty. Suddenly she realized that he meant more K> her than anyone else in the world. A shadow fell across the por?h mid a figure stood before her. She looked up half hopefully. It was her father. "Where's Dick?" he asked. "He's gone." Her voice was duM. "lie?he leaves for Panama tomw row!" For a long two minutes the old man was silent. "Why?" he questioned finally. "Because I wouldn't marry him." She tried to spcuk bravely, but a sob caught in her throat. "Don't you love him?" "I thought I didn't, but I do. Oh, daddy, daddy!" Suddenly she burled her face on his shoulder and Bokbed quietly. He waited until the sobbing had spent itself, and then he sppke softly: "Would you like to go homey "Yes, any place where I oan be by myself." Her father smiled, a light of reminis cence in his eyes. "You'll have to wait for ten minutes, or so," he said. "I must see n jnun on business. But I'll be back Just as soon as possible." "I'll wait here for you." The music began again. But Dorothy did not hear ; she was thinking of other things. She realized vaguely tha* an automobile had drawn up belore tlie club entrance. A man loomed out of the darkness and stood before her. "I>orothy!" he said. Her heart leaped wildly. She sprang to her feet. "Dick !" A strange mixture of wonder, imbe* lief and happiness was In her voice. The man smiled into her eyes. "Your father phoned to me," he ex plained. "He said that you wanted me." "Oh 1" She seemed unubb' to find voice for the varied emotions which surged within her. "Do you?" he persisted gently. She placed one hand on his arm, timidly. "Yea," she answered softly. "More than all the world." (Copyright. 1918, by the McCIuro Nrw*par D?r Byndlcato.) Boot will disappear from steel ll mmked In aweet oil for a day, tallowed with a rubbing with fresh lime. MYNTKKY OF IIIItKKNATION How Nome Creatures S'rrp through Uh? Winl er. If you wviv to (Hk <?ut ?>r their borrows any of tin- millions of hed^e hogs, dormice, marmots or wood chucks, or take out from the tmul at th ebottom of ponds any oI" 111*. zards, turtles or frogs; or lake from the civvhvs of i\*'ks any of I ho toad* or snake*; or pick from the roots of caves h l>nt or two of all those ellug iiiK there. you would tlnd eaeh ouo sound asleep. and no ordinary thlnn you could do would awaken It. for this is Its long winter sleep. This sleep is one of the greatest mys terle.s of nature. None of tin* solen tlsts can explain It They have Ihmmi studying It lately, In different jmrt.s of the world, with umk thi.u usual attention, and they hare dlseoverisi some new things about It. It has ul ways been known that In the few weeks before the hiheruatIn# iktKkI Is t?? U^jfin those animals which are to sh?ep through the winter begin to put on fat. Why Is that you may ask. No one ran answer why. My spring fat Is cone and the aniiual is lean and scrawny, so it Is sup|x?.ist the fat --applies energy to keep the heart heating. although the priKX's.s of ft^sllnj; and exertion are siispetid ed throughout the' long sleep. In the Ozark hills of Missouri Is a huge eave wherein million of bats hibernate each winter. In the fall they i-tune flying in clouds from all <1 iivctions and they attaeh th?'msi?lv??s to the rock n>of and hang in great clusters until spring, when they go forth again to their rummer haunts to tVed and nest ant! multiply. When the woodehuck cruwls into his hole for Ills winter's sleep he stops breathing, but his heart beats on, tVsd>lv, and his blood circulates slowly. Vou may pull him out when he is thus hil>ernating und hold him under water for a long time and he will not drown, beeause lie Is not breathing and his lungs will not till w ith water. Vou may remove his brain and his entire spinal cord, and his heart will beat for 1'J hours. Vou may eut oft' his head and hi>* hoart will beat three hours. Unt it is i^ossiblo t<> frei*ze the warm-blooded, hibernating animal to death. If it gets too cold the animal will Ih'uIii to stir, and if it stays ti>o cold for a long time he will die: but frogs have been known to have their blood frozen to ioe and yet Uiey liv ed. Mosipdtoes and spiders may be frozen so they are as brittle as k)iow Telephone Troubles BELL Telephone employees are con* stantly trying to prevent trouble of any kind in the workings of the equip ment, and to repair such troubles as soon as possible after they occur. Subscribers are asked to report trouble immediately, and to exercise a reasonable patience while it is being cleared. If you do not see a man actually working on your telephone, it does not mean that you are not receiving proper attention. The difficulty may be at the switch board, in the cable or at any one of sev eral other places. Two or three men may be at work hunting it down. It is always our first consideration to clear troubles promptly. When yon Telephone Smite SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY J. A. HOUGH , MANAGER. !l:ikfs and luvak t<? plci't's vvIhmi touched. ami yet 111? ?% revive with win in w ea 111? ? i". Hut each fi>Hw/.iiij: and thawing their vitality lessens, ami after a certain number rf theiu th??y fail t?? revive. When warm weather ruintN t!>?? hi iH-rnatiiiL; animal** hetfln to stir and snoii some out. What stranue Instincts or impulse it is that ur^'cs tin* hll??r natiiiK animal to put on t'at for his Ion;: sleep; that susj?end.s breathing hut k<*eps tin* Inurt pulsating that wakes liiin Winn the weather <lri>i>? to the dii 11lti*r point or \\ lieu it is wnrni enough to i'oiu?> in the xprlimV That, is one of the rnvnterles ('.ill Kar*?t. a rial nra lifted A luerieait citizen, tins heen |*Iji<*<mI under a #10, <hmi luiil Ik?mI t>,v tlit* United States coin mi >slonor at ('harhwtou, on a ehanc'" of threatening fhlift- of the presi dent . Three ('liarlentonulis signed tile bond. Fair List Prices Pair Treatment* The 1917 Message to Ford Car Owners GOODRICH SIZElZI X 3 */.< INCHES) ^f~J^ BLACK SAFETY TREAD TIRES i ERE is the Bio News of the Year for the owners of Ford Auto mobiles. Cost Little More These handsome, bosky tires st little more mooey make a DK LUXE FORD CAR. PtW# Karh 375 (31 x 3??) 118.95 30 x 3% (Remoter size) ? 16*60 The B. F. 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