Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V t s t t t 01 Dr oui ha^ LONG STAPLE ( FARM Is Columbia Record. For the past 11 years long staple cotton has been grown on the farm of Mr. R. C. Keenan, north of the city, for seed supply for government distribution. Each year government experts inspect the crop and make reports as to the condition. Four ex perts from the agricultural depart ment were here Tuesday and visited the Keenan farm. They were Messrs. Cook, Kinsler, Andrews and Darby. The first crop was planted under the direction of Dr. H. J. Webber, connected with the department at the iime, but now a member of the Cor nell university. Each year the seed lias been sent to Washington to meet the rfjuests for long staple growers. Mr. Keenan said he received from 14 to 22 cents a pound for the cotton, the price varying with the market quo tations. lie said he was able to grow a bale to an acre and the seed amounted to about 35 bushels to the bale. The cotton has bee? shipped to Boston and Providence. THBEE HUNDRED BUSHELS OF OMONS 03f AS AC BE. Southern Ruralisi. Mr. P. Bronston, oT Marietta, Ga., was in our office on August 20th, and brought with him a splendid sample of the Yellow Danvers onion. It was /fully four inches in diameter and globular in shape. The round shape and firm texture of the yellow make it an excellent keeper, and he has lost very few from rotting. We were, indeed, interested when Mr. Bronston told us that he had sold over 300 bushels of dry onions this year, which he grew from sets planted last March, and we wanted to know how he did it. It seems that he plant ed two and a quarter acres altogeth er, fertilizing them heavily in the drill with commercial fertilizer analyzing 8 per cent, phosphoric acid, 7 per cent, nitrogen and 6 per cent, potash. He also top-dressed with nitrate of soda. His main crop was planted in rows 30 inches apart with the sets six inches apart in the row. The ferti lizer was applied in the drill at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre, well stirred into the soil and bedded on as for cotton. The bed was then opened with small scooter and the sets placed by hand. Now, you are wondering how this figures out 300 bushels per acre? Well, it was this way: He made 75 bushels on one-fourth of an acre of his best land, and you see this is the Bame as 300 bushels per acre. This partic ular quarter of an acre he fertilized very heavily and worked up into bt-ds three feet wide with a path or walk way between. Then he put out his sets in rows 12 inches apart, running across these beds with the sets six inr.hes anart. He had lO work this patch with a hoe entirely, and he says it was certainly a job. He, therefore, recommends that the rows be wide enough apart to work with a horse and cultivator or scrape, even though the yield is not quite so large. The majority of his onions have been grown from sets, although he has raised some excellent Prize-Taker onions from seed. < Air. Bron*t?n is a New Yorker who TT""7 you wj | style tl it righl render servi< :_ mure iti ixicr La V and you wil you want to Fall Models Vnnr 1 JL V/ ULX .4 In addition to our compl nt you will find a line of Dress every description. If yoi y Goods or Notion line y( r stock betore buying. E /e our best attention. The ;OTTON ON 4EAR COLUMBIA ! Two varieties are grown on the ! Keeuan farm, the "Columbia" aud the I "Keenan." Au agricultural expert from India visited the cotton belt or the south in 1911 and in a lti-page report makes notes and comments on the Southern fields. A part of the report covcrs a visit to the Keenan farm. It Bays: "Columbia was next visited. This is the capital of South Carolina. Mr. Lawton, in charge of cotton investi gation of the United States agricul tural department, was here met. The farm of Mr. Keenan was inspected. Here cotton selection has been carried on for 10 years. Seed from selected plants has been Bown in separate rows and a plant is agaiu selected from u rA\f t\riA tVw* uooH onu'n In n con. arate row and so on year by year. The object of the selection was to pro duce a long staple large branched and well boiled cotton plant. His two va rieties, "Columbia and "Keenan," look excellent material and are all bought up at a high price and dis tributed in suitable localities by the agricultural department." came to Georgia two years ago and purchased a little 10-acre farm near Marietta. He is making a good liv ing on this 10 acres with one horse, growing onions and sweet potatoes. He has eight of bis 10 acrwj in sweet potatoes now. He sold his onions, wholesale, in At lanta at $110 per bushel this year. Last year he got $1.60 per bushel. He says he considers 10 acres enough near a large market like Atlanta. SAM MCHOLLS GETS JOB. Appoiuted by Governor as Kegeut of Hositital for Insane. Columbia, Sept. 13.?Governor i Blease has appointed Sam J. Nicholls | of Spartanburg to the board of re gents of the State Hospital for the I Insane, vice J. W. Nash, resigned. IV. M. Hamer was appointed to j the board of trustees of the Univor I elty of South Carolina, in place of i R. P. Hamer, deceased. ________ I Egyptian Control of Cotton Selling. Alexandra Cor. of "The Near East." On the initiative of Lord Kitchener, the Egyptian government has decided on the establishment of mark?> - in the Provinces, of which the ?3llaa may sell his cotton. The official prices of cotton will be posted daily in they * markets, and the weighing of the cct ton will be controlled by the State. This is an excellent measure, ind the fellah will escape fraud by the puWic weighers, who formerly were often accomplices of the smaller cotton merchants. It remains to be seen whether the fellah will know how to profit by the facilities and guarantees afforded by the "hallakas," or wheth er he will prefer to continue to bt cheated. Uncle Ezra Says "It don't take more'n a gill uv effort to git folks into a peck of trouble" and a little neglect of constipation, bil- | iousness, indigestion or other liver derangement will do the same. If ailing, take Dr. King's New Life Pills for quick results. Easy, safe, sure, and only 26 cents at P. B. Speed's and lfclfuray Drug Co'a. ^. mVT'i int a garment of character?a bat is exclusive?a garment that tly tailored and one that will ce, you will find all this and rogue Models 1 find a garment at the price pay. i of the La ^ inspection. ete Ready-to-Wear Depa Goods x have anything to buy )u will do well to look ov ven the smallest order w ! L. EDUCATIOX .NOTES. Exchange. Better decoration of schoolrooms is j one of the aims of an association for | national culture recently formed in i Italy. In European countries children at tending private schools or bein<* edu / utrwl of Imma n ro o)il i t r\ rt'ica u . state examination Identical with that j prescribed for children in the public j school's at the end of the course. Nearly one-fourth of the boys and | girls who enter the American public I schools reach the high school. This, too, when the work of the high school of today is almost as advanced as that of the college of a few years ago. Holland, like most European coun tries, insists upon religious training in the public schools, but her system is described as "omnidenominational." Definite religious instruction is giv en, but the children are not allowed to be separated according to "Confes sions." Sectarian schools exist, but they are essentially private institu tions and make no claim on the state for support. The international exchange of chil dren for short periods between France and neighboring countries steadily in creases. During the current year there were 184 such exchanges be tween France and England, and 4 be tween France and Spain. The total number of children represented by the exchanges was 554, of whom 430 were boya and 124 girls. By this system the children of one country are placed in families of the other for the pur pose of acquiring practical use of the lnMM,.AMA rpUsv AV/>1iivtrvst {a luieigii mug uage. 1 nc CAuiiaii^c 10 carefully supervised and a strict re port kept for each case. "Promptness" is our watch word. Let us have your business and we will do the rest to your satisfaction. C. A. Mil ford & Co. They Remained Enemies. Popular Mechanics. They were enemies, and each had said that the other wns a crook and a villain of the deepest dye. They met one afternoon on a muddy country road, and if either stepped aside for the other he would be ob liged to walk in mud up to his shoe tops. One of them stood 6tock still and said, sternly: "I never stood aside for a pusilani mous crook." Said the other, walking into the mud: "I always do." Have you seen the latest Fountain syringe and Hot Water Bottle at Mil ford's? Buy one and you will never have to buy another. John W. Rankin, business manager for Baker & Castle'9 delightful ro mance, "The Goose Girl," was in the city yesterday, completing arrange ments for the appearance of this sat isfying drama at the Grand Opera House on Friday, September 20th. "The Goose Girl" was written for pub lication by Harold MacGrath and dramatized for stage, purposes by George D. Baker. Most disease comes from germs. Kill the germs and you kill disease. Con key's Nox-i-cide mixes with water and kills tlie germs. For Pouitryiium, Stockmen and Housekeepers. Guaranteed by McMurrn.v Drug Company. Buy your Tablets, Pencils, Ink and , Pens at Milford's. 7ogue Coats Come anc rt < . w MISS ADELINE OT ON.NO It, AS THE ( FRIDAY NIGH PROPER SHAPE FOR LAYING HEN. Progressive Farmer: The hen is a machine, so to speak, and there are two products to which it is adapted, .eggs and meat. The first is of prime importance, since the egg must be produced before the product, meat can evolve from it. The farmer is interested in the hen, therefore, as a business proposition and one of the first questions to decide is, which hen lays the most eggs?how many does she lay? Naturally, on the average farm, it . is not always easy to have and to watch the trapnest, altho if practi cally done the system would rapidly - 1 A ^ - I ...wl Vw? eiimiuuiu uie uuaiuvi uuu mvj paying hen. The next method at command of | the farmer is?shape. 1 won't use j conformation, for it does not tell the ! story right. What is the proper j shape for a heavy laying hen. Some writers say "a long body;" some say ' "a wedge-shape, deepest behind;' j some want a long, some a short neck; > and other fanciful ideas obtain as to which is the best shape. Vow, as I said, the hen is a machine ; and must be supplied with motive power as well as with raw materials, [ both of which, in the hen's case, are i nearly the same. The hen must be. fed. first, such food, and in auch quantities as will offset ilie material tear and wear?the waste of a vig orous, active fowl. Then, there must be an additional nmount .siiich is transformed inio the ej;g. If the body of a hen is thoroughly studied, it will be found that the) frame (which decides the shape) | must provide ample space for, first, j the crop and gizzard?and then for ! the ovaries, the egg machine. Now ! ample room for the alimentary or- i pns means both breadth and depth j in front. Equally good provision t'orj mrr irfi n ???m< i R IGHT from the hands come these pretty new which are clever repr< Latest Fashk Every garment represents ment of which we are jm wnicn win seem quite ic yoi are three representative si you come in and try on a f Coats and Suits. We will ! you. and Suits ; I Look The] Wp are featuring the ? Our Sh for Ladies and Childrer .hat you try one pair of c :ustomer in the future, satisfactory or your mone iOOSE (ilKL, APPEARING HERE T, SEPT. 20. the egg factory calls for a broad back, one fairly long, and good depth in rear. It requires little study to show that this calls for neither a round, a SE Yon Want Hit We Yi Sign the blank, and send it mediately. On April 1st, 3 you, you may have choice ei ID t SOUTHERN RURALI! You are authorized to 1ST for 3 years. You are $1.00 for the three-year pe at liberty to stop the RUR Name ? Date il?M ??. ? I aaggs^a WHUH %A Fall Garments, eductions of the m Ideas an accomplish itly proud, and ur liking Here tyles. Suppose ew of the new be glad to show _ are now ope m Over. iELBY SHOES for Lad ioe Stock l is complete. All we a mr Shoes and we are sur< We make all of our shoe ! Co. wedge-shupe nor a U-shaped fowl. A direct application of this rule to the various prominent breeds will prove that just in proportion to the j near approach to, or the divergence | from this type, is the record of the ! breeds as high or low egg producers, i and in each breed, the strains that j nearest approximate this shape are j those most prominent .is heavy and persistent layers. Some other salient points are worth no'.in;?. Whether the neck is long or siioit, it should be well carried, with quick alert eyes and red comb. The legs must be set well apart to correspond to the broad back, and the tail?invariably a more or less high angle or erect tail, well spread, is the accompaniment that completes the shane of the business hen. Following these suggestions, I the everyday farmer can easily, by discarding shallow-breasted, narrow, short-backed, sloping or flat tailed, and dull heavy headed fowls, get rid of the "star boarders" and build up the egg record. While doing this it is not necessary to ignore the finer points that tell in the show-room, but mark this, the | day is close at hand when the poultry fanciers will be compelled to make utility a leading characteristic in de fining the standard, as has already been the case among beef and dairy i 1i i- r? t n cfiiu-e ana oiner wvesLuca. r. j. x\. Antoine Doloria, postmaster at Gar den, Mich., knows the exact facts when he speaks of the curative value of Foley Kidney Pills, lie says: "From my own experience I recom mend Foley Kidney Pills as a great remedy for kidney trouble. My father was cured of kidney disease and a good many of my neighbors were cured by Foley Kidney Pills. Mc Murray Drug Company. ND NO MONI : South's Greater Make II Easy For Yoo, And Thl rv i n jr* a. L/ui\ vn/^i^v in today. You get the RUR.A [913, you pay us $1.00 for the tl of a splendid array of premiuir 5CRIPTION BL Send It Now, Lest Yoa Forget 5T, 20 S. Forsyth St., Atlanta, ( enter my subscription to the I to start my paper at once. On riod. This order is given with tl ALIST at any time by paying tt St. or R. F. .Post Office ies. tsk is e of a sales The Appropriate Dinner Coat Kxfthancp The groom, Daniel Henry Neumai er, dressed in conventional black, looked ready for the altar, and the responsibilities of the husband. At torney Daniel R. Foley, a brother of the bride, acted as best man. The second groomsman was Mr. Walter G. Nufer, of Adrian, and both wore ap propriate tuxedos. You don't have to wait when you Phone Milford's for anything in their line. Now don't you think they are en titled to your business under such cir cumstances. Phone 107. MONEY BACK i CATARRH REMEDY Dosing the stomach won't bill C? tarrh terms. Neither will sprays douches, snuffs or ointments The quickest way to kill germs is t^ breathe deep into the lunes the vapor ized air of Booth's HYOMET. As this antiseptic air passes over th| sore spots infested with Catarrh germ it not only destroys them, but heall I lie inflamed membrane and stops thf discharge of mucus. Then hawking, spitting, snulh ti> crusts in the nose and foul breath will disappear, and vile, disgusting Catarrl will be couquered. A complete HYOMEI outfit, whicl include" a hard rubber inhaler, onlj costs $1.00. Extra bottles, if after wards needed, 50c.; and C. A. Milforj & Co. are authorized to refund voul I rnouey if dissatisfied. EY it Farm Paper S Is E .LIST 3 years, started im iree years. When we bill is just like you paid cash. ANK jZ. SOUTHERN RURAL t April 1st, 1913,1 will pay le understanding that I am le subscription to that date. D State.