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^ THIS STATE CAN GROW MORE G IF FARMERS WILL SELF I : . ? Proper Selection of Seed One of Most Effective M creaaing Average Yield?Some Points Look For in Corn. , 1* m? South Carolina planted 1.-1 should be just Ion* . .925.000 acres in corn, producing 3G.- the ear to turn dowr 638.000 bushels. or 18.2 bushels par earliness is desired, acre. Wisconsin, in the samp year, be kept separate. C .planted 1.725.000 acres, producing 89,- corn until it is well oaa.uuu Dusneis, or IS.2 bushels per \ each desirable stalk acre. Although South Carolina plant- *onie other method a ed 250,000 acres more than did Wis- i lnK 'n 'I1* Held. If cousin, the latter state made 33.1524.000 rut- an(' shocked, the bushels more corn?almost twice as He left and shocked j much as this state. After the Fieh This is not as it should be. We selection is hould be able to make as much corn ance. but there is wo per acre as any state. The question after the corn has t Is, how are we to go about it? There taken to the barn. 1 are two principal ways to increase "nown that an ear 1 our average and under our conditioua CH- Kently tapering, both are necessary. The flrst step rows ?' Heep. plump lies in improving our laud by means Huee the highest pet of thorough preparation. Increasing ' lu' accompanying i the supply of humus, and using com- au eHI nt L^u' desire mercial fertilizers intelligently. The should be medium econd step Is the Improvement of l',an large. Large r< eecd by careful Held selection. It has er Percentage of gri already been demonstrated that our I ^possibility ot causiu improved lands are capable of mak- I Ino'H on account of log from 40 to more than 100 bushels out 1 sraln per acre. Juet how much more can flJ"- A gently be grown on one acre with properly r ? elected seed Is yet to bo ae?n. but we &jsi& should certainly by all means give 'lb* seed question more serious The livestock breeder is far more particular in selecting breeding stock 1 than is the average corn grower in electing seed corn. Yet the laws governing livestock Improvement are the tame as tliose govHrnlng corn improvement. The man who raises hogs keeps only the best sows, which give sjijiMSiS the largest and most vigorous litters ~ ef pig-. 4s sows .'\ \ f better - - BbmB ~?SBpahg litters than others, so some ears of r" jPijj*" ~ SffmStaS corn will produce more corn than ; other ears. Therefore, make an effort to select the best ears for seed. After selecting them, test them to see ^ g which yield best. Seed selection must k. .. begin in the Held, in order to know wuai mnns ot stalks the ears collie A tiOOD AND t from and what kind of chance they A Shows poor eai space hetween ker Making Field Selection.. P?,nled kerne,s of Before making selections, tlx on the B how* flood ea type of stalk and ear desired and stick betwe?n kernels. I to this type. Keep It always In mind kerne,# of "me o that the selection will be alike. j,iump kernel will Selections should always he made un- i Space between the der uniform and normal cinditions. pointed grains are Do not select from the best land. tbe rob Always take an average spot In the -j<be 8pac|llR ami f nels will vary with The stalk must be the first consid- care should always li ration. A lurge ear taken from a only those ears tha pile of corn will not necessarily be a veloped kernels that producer of large ears, since it might the cob. The careful have had a bettor chance than some tlon of the individu others in the field, the stalk might done after the corn have been too tall and slender, and to the barn and the the ear might have been too high on in his spare time, the stalk. It is. therefore, necessary corn bus been carc to know the stalk from which an ear should be stored in conies. room out of reach c Select from stalks which are strong It should be inspect ud stocky, and gently tapering front throughout winter to , the ground up. The ear should not good condition. be growing higher than ones shoulder, F. O. T as this has an important beating on Extension Corn IJ the labor of gathering. The shank Clem-ton Agt ( coi-gin's Action is Timely. Character F We believe that tne general assent- "A mans charactt bly of the state of Georgia must this 111 a marked way in t , , R. W. Kanffman ih? vonr hovn Ot !"?*? """ ....... ... ..noi mil' IM.IIIM lllilll 111 I , . .re. .1 .1. I ent, in ilia New York its ranks. \Ve refer to the author j . , , , , , , _ I "'Every bone in r of the bill which created the office of j nelglan 8oJd|er said public defender for the state of j jje waa rackPd w|th Georgia. Such a bill lias just i?een j a week up to his wa enacted into law in the Cracker State I every bone achea.' and from now on the larger cities of " 'Be glad you're nr thai statu will have an official whose said a Belgian, on m duty It shall be to .? ( to it that all It was easy to see tl people charged with crime are giver, an optimist. a fair bearing, provided the public ' 'Vandervendter I defender is not alr?>?icry convinced of head blown off by a "1?'r ?U"!" , , ... ' the sad newa passed Such a law as this would be a great ,rpnrh f cannm thing for South Carolina and w? ?, . . . hope that this state may soon follow here s his hea the lead set by Georgia and provide 'n* 8n'd. ir for the election of such hn official, soldier who in real II It has been the custom of the state a trust magnate, or to supply a public prosecutor and If try." ao we see no injustice in supplying at . public defender. We have a1w?v? ? believed that many of the public' Two octonarian prosecutors take occasion at times to a ? octogenarian twist their duties so that they really Sulphur Springs, n become public persecuters and the ployed by one hotel r new office, to a large extent, will do Civil war, are away with this. j pensioners, though Houth Carolina really ii.mios a do light and potterii public defender.?York News: place. One da> ric " ~ ! were languidly rakii Romance to Reality. lawn As a lady j (llrls are such sentimental creatures them guarrellng and that It gives romance a rude jolt when "NlKK??r." stated the the honeymoon is over and they see "does you know w Algernon in hi* *hiri sleeves, chop-| *"ishT dul liotel yond ping up kindling wood out In the hack rooms in it and you yard.? "r^orida Times Union j in ev'rv room!" Nc 'ndication. Because a man makes n profession | Dally Thi of religion Is 110 sign thai hv Is way A nobie mun cnnn< up In Ids prof< -sioii Blill.i'ieIphla 1, j hlM culture t?. a n?i guir^r : world and lii3 native him.?tjoithc. Great Truths. To live in the piotcuce of great j orf. truths aud eternal la.vs?that is what ,? . keeps a man paMent when the world ..,,1 /'! \ , Ignores him, and calm and unspoiled ; *,,ho11 when the world prafee* hlm.? Balsae. 1 T^-!_v w THE LANCASTER nn|| ?" j NOTICE OF ELEC \\\M ' STATK OF SOUTH CAHOI " 111 County of Lancaster. , A ?rn ! Notice is hereby given th III Prril tlon will be held 011 the III til I II : of September. A. n. i ?" I ULLU iug precincts llxcd oy la , county, upon the quest! whether the manufacture I a nt In of alcoholic liquors and iBtnOQS OT 111- 8i;a|i |)tJ prohibited or coi , a this State, as provided by / * "? to submit to the qualifle | the question of the proli I the manufacture and sale o j liquors and beverages in j and to provide for the c cruvu*n 10 poriim j TUPSB provisions into effect i at maturity, li j the t*>tli day of Februi Buoh stalks can 1915. >o not gather thej The qualifications Tor si matured. Mark i aK follows: with a tag or by . Residence in State for . , ... ,in the County one vear. in nd leave it stand ,)rocinct whirh (he ele the corn is to be |0 vo^ef four months, anc marked corn can ment six months before at separately. of any poll tax then due an i Selection. Provided. That ministers of large import- of an organized church an rk still to be done of public schools shall be teen shocked and v.n,fl months* re EXPT,h?v, s,"", r;^;;VsTUA^ols .vhich is cylindri- ,, ..... e . . , . , Payment of all Taxes, and it as straight p0ji tax, assessed and kernels will prro- during the previous year, centago of grain, duction of a certificate or thotograph shows of the officer authorized d type. The coh Slteh taxes shall be concli to small, rather of the payment thereof. ibs mean a small- Hefore the hour fixed fi tin, as well as a the polls Managers and C g the grain to take and subscribe to the the cob's not dry tional oath. The Cliairn s should be long Hoard of Managers can vedge-shaped and t'1.e "at'' ?he Managers Clerk: a Notary Public m 1 ister the oath to Chain * /. Managers elect their Cha Polls at each votlne pla i opened at 7 o'clock : in.. 4S ;M at 4 o'clock p. m.. except ^ ?' Charleston, where tin Mi m opened at 7 a. in. and c The Managers have the jp* ' fill a vacancy; and if nc Managers attend tin. ? !?! ?< Point, front antonc tho >|it ^BW| <>rs" ",0 ^'anaKprs- vvho. $?: wSi W&ZP sworn, ran eonduet tho e t~ \' the close of the el tHr jSra anri Mnnaeers and Clerk ntus P'Wjffl w> publiely to open the ballot ..Hwyn rnunt the ballots therein ^BB tinne without adlournnten b same is completed, and nut ntent of the result, and sijii ? Within three davs ther Chairman of the Hoard, o \ bad ear designated by the Board, r with too much liver to the Commissionei nets. a?shows tion the poll list, the box imc. | ine the ballots and wrl r with no apace i ments of tho result of tli >?shows plump' MANAORRS OF ELEt t The following Manager tion have been appointed I leave very little! election at the various p rows. Sharply n"> pai'1 "ounty: usually loose on Antioch?Oeoree rtaner Heeler and (Jeorire \V. 15; . . , Belair?T. K. Howie. W ihape of the ker- an(j naniel S. Wilson, the variety, but Carmol- J. A. Cautlu te taken to select Mathis and W. J. Culp. it have well de- Crenshaw -A. W. Pea are not loose on Croxton and T. S. Hendrix I study and selee- Cotton AT ill John TI. 1 al eariT must b . barton and J. Roy Cunni has been brouRhtl D;V,*ht , " U S\vhv r ?. rortor and .Tamos C lifton f:i rti:**t' eon " K)gin 14. \V. Bailey. A As soon as the antj .p R Duren. fully selected It Flat creek ?Ira B. (inri a well ventilated Hilton and A. J. Morgan >T tats and mice Heath Springs -TV W. I ed at intervals 11. Rollings and .1 T. I. see that it is in Haile Mine B IT. Clvb ; Blnckmon and R. F !Iilt( aurox tR Kershaw- w. !.. Black: . ? 1 la met and \V. C. McDow reeding hxpert. T ancaster I.. P rivh icultural t ollege piarkmon and \V. O. f'asl - IJndsav If. ('. Crockc HrnfTin and II \V S'-dare leadings. \p\V Bethel F. A. Plv eristics come out st:mios an<i n s. Hays, he trenches," said Primus TV F. Adams. I! i war correspond- mon and R. S. Kirk. i skyscraper flat. Pine drove B. ('. Ad< ay body aches.' a snn M. Pell and H. J Peeto me. one day Pleasant Valley Osmo rheumatism, after na,i an,'! ? . ... Tnxahaw S. IV Pell 1st In mud. Yes. , owry ,, R Massov Tradesville -Jack Hoi ?t a herring, then. Funderburk and J. W. F y other side?and Unity?J. A. McCain, lat this chap was Steele and N*. H. Hallman Union J D. Halle. J. ? ins just had his rnd S. K. Hinson. shell.' This was s- ' A Hinson. I down a Belgian M Joder and J ? Bistar . VVelshs Jamea \V. \lo , l.onr and T P. Ilorton. d? He was smok- oi..? ,, iiih- man -r.rnesi hp i anxious tones, a nilton and Janes T. Ttoi fe was, of course.; Zlon?T. W Steele, J. captain of indua and (J. W. Williams. ! The Managers at each 'named above are request* | pale one of their number . wiitta ^ the boxes and blanks for t darkle9 at \ hlte 3atl,rdav. September lltli avtiig been em" I the Lancaster court boust nanagement since I p. F SAPT now retained as JOHN If. SI they occasionally , 11 It PLAH in jobs about the Commissioners of State a 1 long ago t-hey for Lancaster County. : an leaves on the j ? >assed she heard; F(our to Ext|nBU|gh stopped to listen. ^ should be a matter < older of the ^a*r? i knowledK". nine? flour Is al hut I wlf.h t? I jn conven|ent reach, that \ er had a luousan ( lg tjlw ^egt extinguisher to wux laid out da d caused by the spilling Ing of kerosene. That Would Be Soiretn ought. "The secretary of agrlc yt be Indebted for , that th<. ^m)|, ,M... row circle The friends' ' We ?"i ?iu i land must act on as tju, ^ir r. : ;>ii one of pnr j'lo-"1' y __ Wo'ie Than Wor L . "After a man has loal'< man who speaks BH (1 i;nci,. Kben, "he gc the one most npt jride- dat he'd rather go ti Ita. be so lonesome.'^ I ENEWS, AUGUST 31, 1915. TION. Swat the Fence*. Columbia Record. IjINA 1ou? Look at those fences. the at an elec- There is little to be done to make | of t 1 nay ('0(U|nj,ia the most beautiful South- that at the votw in said ern city. And civic beauty is an .~,M on as to| aS:jel. "J? and sale i aI,(l beverages' The trees are line, the streets are <*out tit in ued in broad and attractive, tlie houses are vear cP electors very Prett-V> some unusually hand- was lililtion of SOI,,e for a city of this size. Tle? di?I> f alcoholit?" eapitol square is a remarkably beauthe State tiful park and the parks in the mid- (J'ou, arrying of j (lje ot- 8ir,.ets are striking where prol arv \ T) I tl,ey receivo any attention. But and Look at those fences. So many ^'jjj iffrage arej lovely houses with their gardens and H11|j | yards tilled with choice flowers are Una !.vv ? ' made less beautiful because of thf' get I the polling, ctor offers I unsightly old picket fences. 1 the pay- To remove these palings and put ^ iv election low coping around the yards would id pa>able. to give the capital city a much in charge', _ , d tetrchers Iter appearance. Some ten years alon entitled to! ago nearly every yard in the city was sidone in surrounded with paling fences, but ,ri'- e Civic League got busy, cows were ^ including st?PPe(' from grazing in our main collectible thoroughfares and the slow. pok> *4? The pro old town became a sprightly young the receipt eity. *? to collect I5UI vln*r?. is work vet to be done. isive proof V or onening . lerks must Bohemias Lace Industry. > Const it u- Bohemia's great industry, that of ?*i lan of th^ lace-making by hand, is not shown by ^ administer the returns of declared exports to J aim to 1110 tnis country for two reasons. In the ust admin- first place the bulk of the laces Is j *? nan. The bought by the visitors at the various ^ irman and Cures and personally carried home, J and. secondly, those obtained by the r e must he representatives nf the few large Ameri.an'. ' ran firms that annually send buyers X 'J1 || there are for the most part shipped ioscil at 6 ^rst Ixindou. then from I-ondon to the I'nited States, presumably that all ++< power to possible secrecy may be thrown around $ >ne of 'he fho fact that supposedly real Ktelgian. ! V mis can ap- French and Italian laces are. in truth, ^ alitled vot- Bohemian, for. in arhlitlon to the typt- A ifter being cal Bohemian laces, fine Valenciennes, X lection. nialines. cluny, etc.. are produced, as 1 ectlon, the nro also fine Italian laces" which are ^ ' , IT. s'llPPed ,n lartte quantities to Italy for in'l (-'in tourist trade. Some of the finer t until the Bohemian laces bring as high as $200, ^ ke a state R >'ard- There are some 30.000 per- V i the same, sons employed in this work, which is ??< eafter, the entirely a home industry* a"d confined r some one exclusively to the mountain districts. J mns- il?- Men, women and children all make rs of Elec- laces; often children as young as A es contain- Bix years are skilled workers, tten >tafe-i _ ie election. * PTlON. ' of Elee. ??????????m.m lo hold 1 in- ===== " == recinets 222ji!2ISjiIS23i!? ' W P III <V. alter. , it '/ <\ lVtt us ! J 4 ' * * 4 4 " 'y 4 4 IMIIXTIXGgg V,M - A ? , IMtlXTlXG ? C BHk. n' r,i,XTIX<i! n?rhani. IMtlXTlXG rn. O s. IMtlXTlXG? IMtlXTlXG H 11 v. t'askoy. IMGXTIXgB 9 j Im-r, M wlv IMtlXTlXG | 9 I i'KIXTIXdH | S9 j l-?tvlrix, R. IMtlXTlXG g| JSU* ^tovor. I'lWXTIXdK 'n. \\\ T IMtlXTlXG fl mon I H IMtlXTlXG nj | oil. IMtlXTlXG I 'if.). It. I. 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' ' ' ' I , ?."* H H H o H H "" i"" H i || ;-s /;/'/./ / 'y y y /. ^ >. ; iiian -i licit ! 'v^\_ Z ? Z HI Z ^ ~ Z ~~ h..? I n s ~Z"',' " r?> to licniu | 11 "m s-sh;. The News W o work dan Hie Fruit#* of Prohibit ion. Prohibition does not prohibit" no j ;er seems to be the battle-cry >t" ma anti-prohibition forces, as it is nut clear and evident to the minds its he great masses of the people , pul prohibition does prohibit. Just; am rast the conditions that exist on | for streets of Chester 011 Saturdays I tlui holidays, or the roads of the'liig ity when crowdr are leaving the lev* in the evening. v.itli conditions J mil 's ago while the bar room system | pla ... ui iuiit wnen the hai ensary was the purveyor of in- ale cants to the masses, ami it will me ;een that there has been tremen- plu s improvement. The fruits of ha' libition are peace and prosperity. ov< as this idea spreads, which it Is j am ik every day. the li?|uor business am lii <1 its territory becontitiK more tin more contracted until it will rec ll.v be put out of operation alto- thi ter. -Chester Reporter. Tit Carrying It Too Far. 11 aKrceable disposition is a nice k, but some people are so easy to along with that it's no fun to get <vr g with them. How to COOL c Take a few minutes off and ec CREAM PARLOR. Look plea TTake a seat at any table and > . waiter. He'll be right with yoi Tell him to bring you a dish of f on earth?any flavor you wan Eat the cream leisurely, enjoy ritfht on smiling. And before cool and fresh as the (lowers t J. F. MAC - 7: x ~ 7) x s * ~s y. v "Z>. s.~s. s.'s/Z'. j ^ ^ j /: / / / / / (f / / 10 YOU 1^1 I /aHm i foolish question, doesn't it? \Y you ever get letters written act your attention from the lirs that you read clear through b< ly ? )0R PIECE OF PRINTING Is Worse Than None at All. ACTIVE PIECE OF PRIN >rth of the written matter you )THER MAN'S ATTENTIC e after. DOES YOUR PRiNTI ion? If not, come to us and let your business that will make UP AND TAKE NOTICE. correct printing at absolutely ?d with absolute satisfaction is STER NEWS OF Orders (liven ("arefill Attention, i i u t" : ? - ? - ^ - - 'i - u S 5 ~ ~ 55 ' C il i i ij iC ? - - - u - /. i >.//,/ " V T? *. ?? A. * ^ !ant Ads " S \ Town Builders. V town is just what its citizen* ke it. The town may have all the Ural advantages possible, but it people have 110 civle pride and iiv> Jllc spirt the town will never ount to much. This country af<!s many instances of places of u character tha? have been left. ;h and dry in *lie progress of nts because their inhabitants did L care a red cent whether tlio ,ce lived or died. Oil the other lid. if a town is happily peopled by irt and progressive men and won, intent upon its prosperity, that ice is bound to grow, even if it ve but few natural advantages. All *r this land towns have sprung up il become the centers of activity il success, for the simple reason it wide-awake people with good 1 blood ill their veins pushed tigs and won out. -Fort Mill nes. es Old Seres, Other Romeues Won t tui?, worst c:>v . ih? mutter of Imw lontr standing, cureil by tli-.- wonderful, old reliable Dr. 'er'< Ami'.-; . Kr.'.i'itr Oil. It relieve* antic' PCI-'tiv 2rc. 50c. 5J .#? Keep I )N A HOT? DAY I i me right over to our ICE X sunt?try to smile. crook your finger at the * *t* - v' the best frozen Ice Cream * *. t. ? I every mouthful, and keep you know it you will be as hat bloom in May. KEY CO. | '??rp0CCC i 2 ? ? ? 2 2 2 ? o i ? 2 2 ? ? 2 ? ? HPBIIIB IIIBiiltwiiBMWi ^ " PRINTING j immmmv PKIXTIXO I PRINTING "" K PRINTING ? PRINTING ?2 PRINTING g| PRINTING (PRINTING PRINTING PRINTING PRINTING PRINTING PRINTING PRINTING ,XT,W L O I 1 Kg ' N'l'ixo : I Sy ?Mti\Ti\C! I H I'Kivrivo I " l?l?|XTI\0 ell. put it I M i?i:i\Ti\r; on letter &'"sixtixg ;t ? 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