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?INNING ABOVE FORMER YEARS. 12,814,832 Bul cw HATO Boen Ginned in tiio United States. Washington, Dec. 8.-North Caro lina, South Carolina and Georgia have ginuod thus far this year moro cot ton than ever boforo was grown with in their borders. Every cotton growing State, ex cept Arkansas, Mississippi, Okla homa and Tennessee already have ginned moro cotton than was grown in tho States last year or tho year be fore, according to tho cousus bu reau'e cotton report, showing tho gin ning prior to Docombor 1st. To that dato tboro bad boon gin ned in tho United States 12,814,832 bales, excoodlng tho total season's ginning of ovory year oxcopt in 1904, 1906 and 1908, and coming within 637,000 bales of tho total ginned In 1904, tho record your. Detween Novombor 14 and Decem ber 1, an average of 107,256 bales was ginned. By States. Ginning by Statos, with comparison of total crop ginned prior to Decem ber 1, 1910, follows: Bales Glunod. 1911. 1910. Alabama... 1,436,155 1,063,498 Arkansas ... 682.049 625,226 Florida_ 74,018 54,39 6 Georgia_ 2,337,770 1,025,573 Louisiana .. 313,614 217,956 Mississippi .. S93.28S 970,G2G N. Carolina.. 829,150 015,637 Oklahoma .. 783,7 1 1 829,3S7 S. Carolina... 1,310,013 1,036,889 Tennessee.. 319,763 249.927 Texas. 3,745,930 2,794,12! Other States. 88,7 11 56,472 Total. .12,814,832 10,139,712 Sen Island Cotton. The distribution of sea Island cot ton by States was as follows: 1911. 1910. Florida. 32,359 23,663 Georgia. 51,288 35,405 South Carolin a . . . . 3,810 7,028 OUR LETTER FROM WINTHROP. Some Interesting Facts Concerning Workings of "Practico Home." Winthrop Collego, Doc. 8.-Editor Keoweo Courier: Tho recital given recently by A. O. Baur, tho director of music, was greatly enjoyed. Dr. G. A. Burris, of tho Virginia State Normal, was here recently In specting and looking over thc de partments and buildings. Dr. D. B. .Johnson attended the Southern Educational Association in Houston, Texas. Ho addressed the association on tho subject, "The Ed ucation of the Southern (liri." Tho Thanksgiving holiday was much enjoyed. In addition to tho splendid dinner served, many girls received boxes from homo. Quite a numbor of old Winthrop girls spent the week-end at Winthrop. Tho Practice Home at Winthrop College, opened in tho fall of 1909, stands for better homos, more at tractive homo Ufo, and intelligent home-making, and is a joy of Win throp. It. ts designed primarily to help girls to overcome the difficul ties of house-keeping, and Indirectly to aid In lessening tho difficulties in all homes of our State, especially country homes, no device being used that is not available in tho country home. Only tho Seniors have work in tho home. They organize their own little "house parties," and so, in groups of eight, they live in tho home for eight days. By a system of rotation each girl has an oppor tunity to do with instruction and supervision of all work of an ordi nary home. It is so systematized and ordered that no ono finds lt a hard ship to carry on tho usual school duties. The Practice Homo well Il lustrates what may he accomplished by reducing the work of the home to system and order. In addition to In door work there is opportunity for work in tho vegetahlo garden, in the poultry yard, with flowers and with beos. But ll recently tho only lights used were kerosene lamps. Since this is the method of lighting used in the country home it is essential that every girl know how to caro for lamps and got tho !><-st results. rho Practico Home, however, should bo in n vaneo of the average country home, showing what is host. and holding out something to work to ward. Consequently tho hollow wire system of lighting with gas has been introduced--a system available in any country home. Learning to do t'. i.gs well, reduc ing the work of the nome to system and order, and making proper use of valuable time hy labor-saving de vices, will do much io revolutionize the conn I ry home. Dyspepsia is our national ailment. Burdock Blood Bitters Is the national cure for it. It strengthens the sto mach membranes, promotes How of digestive juices, purifies tho blood, builds you ni?. New York's moving picture thea ters have a combined seating capac ity of 150.000. COMMKRCIAIJ FERTILIZERS. Kogunlin g Mixing, MiUeiials ami Cal- ! cuLations-Place for Mixing. The time 1B almost at hand for tho farmer to procure his fertilizers for the next crop. Tho question now confronting him ts, how can ho go', tho maximum amount of most avail atole plant food at tho minimum price-whether lt ls most profitable to buy his fertilizers already mixed or to buy his raw materials and mix them on the farm? Tho necessary qualifications for mixing aro, (1) the selection of tho materials to bo mixed; (2) a knowl edge of tho calculations involvsd, and (3) a suitablo place to do the mix ing. 1. Tho materials to bo used de pond in a measure upon tho charac ter of tho soil, tho kind of cropa grown, and tho current prices of the different fertilizing matorlals. Whllo nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash all go to make up tho plant, yet there ls a tondency for largo applications of phosphoric acid to hasten the ma turity of tho crop and to aid in de veloping tho seed. Potash length ens tho growing season and sllffers the stalk, whllo nitrogenous fertiliz ers glvo nfpld and luxuriant growth. Nitrogen, tho most expensive ele ment, when bought, can be supplied to a great extent hy means of such leguminous crops as the cow pea, soy hean, peanuts, velvet beans, etc., and a good system of rotation would save much of tho expense of buying this high priced element. In buying ni trogen, wo would advise tho use of materials of known worth, among which may ho named nitrato of soda, sulphate of ammonia, dried blood, fish, high grade tankage and coltan seed meal. Tho main commercial sources of potash are kainlt, muriate and sulphate of potash. For cotton and corn wo would advise the use of muriate or kainlt because the sul phate is a little higher In price, but it is necessary to use sulphate of pot ash on tobacco, and preferable to uso sulphate of potach or kahlil on sweet potatoes. Phosp .oric acid Is usually obtained from 14 or 16 per cent "super phosphate." It ls always preferable when the price per pound of plant food is tho same, to buy tho higher grade because it is in more concentrated form and tho hauling is less. 2. Wo now come to the subject of calculations. A unit is 1 per cent of a ton or 20 pounds. If we wish an S-3-;i gunno, we must have In a ton 8 units of phosphoric acid, 3 units of ammonia or it? equivalent in nitro gen, and 3 units of potash. Convert ed to pounds wo have 100 pounds of phosphoric acid, GO pounds of ammo nia, and GO pounds of potash. Sup pose, In mixing our fertilizer, wo wish one-half of our ammonia de rived from nitrogen of cotton seed meal guaranteed l'/j-T-l and (he other half from nitrogen of nitrate of soda equivalent to IS per cent ammonia, tho potash (K20) from muriato ;">() per cent K20, and tho phosphoric acid from 16 per cent acid phosphate. 'A O 'M O ci o > o .1 % H fr, V. W M i2 3 3 4? <D r-l SO O VP 0> o <1> rO n \t TO 2 S r -o ? o ?5 ?Ja o y, r-, ?J? u, Wo get the number of hundred pounds of material to supply a given amount of plant food hy dividing the amount of plant food desired by the per cent contained in tho male rlal, Four hundred and twenty-nine pounds of cotton seed meal furnishes LAHOR WASHES ITS HANDS. Federation of I?ubor Will Weloonic Rigid Investigation. Washington, Dec. 7.-Drandlng James B. and John J. McNamara as "recreant to tho good name and high Ideals of labor," and expressing tho satisfaction of organized labor that tho culprits havo been commensu rately punished for their crime, tho McNamara ways and means commit tee of tho American Federation of Labor, after a two days' conferenco boro, lato to-day issued a. statement vigorously condemning the McNa maraa for their "inhumanity" and doclarlng that organized labor should not bo hold "either legally or morally responsible for tho crimes of an indi vidual member." Tho labor leaders assert that they "will wolcomo any investigation which either Federal or State Courts may undertake." Tho statement ia signed by every member of tho McNamara committee except P. M. Ryan, president of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Union, with which John J. McNamara, ono of the con victed men, was prominently connect ed officially. Mr. Ryan was present yesterday, but returned to Indianapolis early to day. "Had ho remained, however," said President Gompers positively, "I am sure that Mr. Ryan would have added his name." A? to their knowledge of tho crime to which the McNamaras confessed, the committee, in their statement, assert: "We here and now, Individually and collectively, declare that the llrst knowledge or intimation of their guilt was conveyed by the press In their confessions of guilt. Belton Farmers Worried. Bolton, Dec. 9.-The complaint over the prevalence of some disease among the bogs Is becoming alarm ingly general throughout this com munity. A few fino porkers have died and numbers of people report sickness In their pens. Very little if any symptoms of cholera appear. The hog becomes indolent and re fuses to eat for several days before dying, whereas with cholera the dis ease usually proves fatal within twelve to twenty-four hours. The suggestion has been made that the authorities at Clemson be asked to come down and look into the situa tion with the hopo that they may be able to offer ellef. nitrogen equivalent to 30 pounds of ammonia, but lt furnishes in addi tion G. t l pounds of phosphoric acid and 4.29 pounds of potash. One bun t dred and sixty-seven pounds of ni trate of soda furnishes nitrogen equivalent to 30 pounds of ammo nia, but no potash or phosphoric acid is produced. Nine hundred and sixty i pounds of acid phosphate furnishes i 153.56 pounds of phosphoric, acid, ! and tho cotton seed meal furnished 6.44 pounds, so we have the 160 pounds required. Similarly lil pounds of muriate of potash fur nishes 55.71 pounds (K20) potash. Wo now have the necessary plant food for an 8-3-3 guano in 1,667 pounds of material. .hist add 333 pounds of dirt and mix thoroughly and we have a ton by weight con taining 160 pounds of phosphoric acid, 30 pounds of ammonia, and 60 pounds of potash, which, if properly mixed should analyze 8-3-3. Suppose that we used 100 pounds of cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of nitrato of soda, 100 pounds of mu riato of potash, and 1,000 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate, it being more convenient to use full sacks and avoid a lot of weighing, leave out filler and apply sr enteen-twen tieths of the number ol' pounds of mixture that wo intended using of tho 8-3-3. Very likely tho above mentioned mixture would run slightly over guarantee, because tho seller would have to allow, or should allow, a mar gin on each of his raw materials, whereas, In a mixed fertilizer one, or even two of tho clements, may be be low guarantee and tho other might pull lt over in relative commercial value. 3. Any tight floor will do to do the mixing on, but lt. Is preferable to havo a house or shed, for lt will then be possible to do the mixing on rainy days, when very little else could be done. To briefly sum up, the advant ages of home mixing are: Tho far mer knows just what, aro the sources of Hie elements in bis fertilizers and thus avoids undesirable sources. Ile may study his soils, crops and con ditions and supply in any proportion thoso Ingredients which aro most needed. He saves tho transportation and hauling homo of the filler, the middle man's profit, and two or three or moro dollars per ton on the actual mixing. For further information read Bulletin 161, S. C. Experiment Station. T. E. Keltt, Chemist s. c. Experiment station. SENATOR ?EN CAULS ON TAFT. Socks Aid in tho Search for I vic ut. Gibbes Dykes. (Cor. News and Courier.) Washington, Dec. 6.-Senator B. R. Tillman to-day called on President Taft to ask aid of tho government in searching for Second Lieutenant Gibbes Lykes, of the Ninth Cavalry, U. S. A. Lieut. Lykes, who is from Richland county, South Carolina, has been missing since the last week in August, when he obtained leave of absence from Fort S. D. A. Russell, in Kansas. He was last heard from in St. Paul, Minn., although ho told the army authorities that ho waa going to see his parents in South Carolina. Lieut. Lykes was appointed to West Point by Sonntor Tillman and had an excellent record during his four years of service in tho army up to tho time of his disappearance. The President dictated a lotter to tho Secretary of War In regard to the effort to aid in tho search. Be cause of restrictions placed by Con gress on the use of tho secret service in Mr. Roosevelt's day, this arm can not be employod in looking for Lieut. Lykes. Senator Tillman is specially concerned on account of the grief of the missing officer's parents, who fear that their son has commit ted suicide. Surgeon Rupert Blue. Tho South Carolina Senator also spoke to the President in support of the suggestion that Surgeon Rupert Blue be appointed the successor of the late Surgeon General Wyman as the head of public health and marino hospital service. Mr. Taft asked if Dr. Blue was a South Carolinian, and when answered in the affirmative, jocularly remarked that this fact would not be held against tho doctor. Turns Joke on Tuft. Mr. Taft greeted Senator Tillman affectionately and undertook to twit him upon the alleged differences in the Democratic party, hut tho Sena tor turned the joke very readily hy referring to tho demoralized condi tion of Mr. Taft's own organization. Hack Furo Too High. An incident of the Senator's visit to the White House was his refusal to pay what ho considered exorbi tant hack fare. As he got out of his cab ho handed tho driver a quarter. "Fifty cents, slr," said the man. "Not a bit of it," replied the Sena tor, "take this quarter. It's enough and too much." "But the rates have gone up," per sisted the cabby. "Won't pay It," declared Senator Tillman, and walked Into the Execu tive ollices. PINE SHOWING FOR MISSIONS. State Baptist Convention Votes to Move Board to <'olumhhi. Greenwood, Dec. 7.-Tho features of yesterday's sessions of the State! Baptist Convention were tho fine showing of the State mission board, and the great rally meeting in the Interest of foreign missions last night, at which Dr. R. J, Willingham spoke with great feeling and effect. Half a dozen young men and women signified, by rising, their willingness to go to tho foreign fields. Three young students of Furman, Messrs. Watson, Moore and Green, who are to go out as missionaries, wero In troduced to the convention. Three returned missionaries, Messrs. Mor gan, Dan Ford and Snuggs, spoke with great fooling. Three children of Mr. Snuggs sang Chinese songs and recited. Dr. Willingham then closed with a powerful appeal for aid and workers. In tho morning the State Board re ported that it was out of debt, for tho first time In ten years. Forty thousand dollars had been raised, leaving a surplus of $1,200. A resolution looking to tho mov ing of the headquarters of tho State hoard from Greenville to Columbia, was adopted, and Dr. H. L. Jones, of Charleston, was appointed chairman of a committee to report on this in 1912. Furman University, Anderson Fe male College and Greenville Femalo College made fine reports also. Tho educational commission mado its report last night. It was adopted, and tho commission continued. Democrats Binn legislation. Washington. Dec. fl. Tho first meei lng of tho Democratic, members of tho House committee on ways and means since adjournment of Congress lust August was held to-day. Chairman Underwood and his col leagues discussed the general tariff situation and considered the plan of action for tho session. The committee will begin at one> the preliminary work of revising schedules. Included In tho program for tariff revision will he wool, cot Ion, Iron and steel, sugar, agricultu ral implements and food stuffs. FOLEY^HO?HTAR Curo? Qoldsi Provan tn Pneumonia ore ii TO CONSULT THIS BANK O? INVESTMENTS, THE PUHCH OTHER FINANCIAL. MATTKR! A HANKER TO KNOW ABOUT OUR SERVICES ARIO RH IHXSAIJ. NOTHING IS ATTENTION. YOU : IJOSS. COME IN TO-i: IT OVER. : The Bank c Capital, $50,000.00. Deposits, $ Officers anc J. 1>. VERNER, President* 8. JJ. VERNEI J. D. VERNER, W. JJ. VERNER, J. G. Ii AW, J. W. SH: TENNESSEE MOB BURNS TH KKK. Blacks Bound Ut Wagon, Which Was Thou Set On Pire. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. G.-Two ne groes and one young negress were burned to deatli hy a mob of while land louants, who object to tho occu pancy of land by colored people, near Savannah, Tenn., yesterday, accord ing to meager reports received here to-day. The lynching ls said to have occurred ten miles from Clifton, In tho vicinity of Bob's Landing. The three negroes were traveling to a gin with a load of seed cotton. They wero waylaid, held up and tied to the wagon load of cotton, lt ls said, and the mob, after building a Uro beneath the wagon stood guard until the wagon was consumed. The negroes' team consisted of two mules. One animal was permitted to burn to death, according to tho re ports received at Savannah, while thc other was shot to end Its misery. Grew Out of Murder. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 6.--A tele phono message to Clifton, Tenn., con firms the i loa that tho rumors of a lynching near there sprang from tho killing, In Decatur county, of Bou Pettigrew, colored, and his two chil dren last Friday. 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Uro wu was chosen Gov ernor of Georgia by a sweeping ma jority in Thursday's primary. Ile carried more counties than both his opponents combined, and will get. more county unit votes than both combined. Out of 14C counties in Georgia, Joe Drown carried 84, Pope Brown 40 and Russell 20. Macon and Charl ton counties are still in dobut. Out of :5(!S county unit votes. Joe Brown gets 200, Pope Brown 1 10 and Russell 54. Tho result was received quietly in Atlanta By 8 o'clock, when tho re sult became apparent, tho crowds be gan to fado off the streets, and to disperse from tho vicinity of tho stercopticon bulletin screens. Tho election passed practically without demonstration of any kind In Atlanta. Thcro wero no brass bands, no shouting crowds parading tho streets, Indeed few single celebra tors In evidence. By 10 o'clock, or very soon thereafter, most Atlantans were homo In bed, or pursuing tho usual tenor of their ways without paying the slightest further attention to the election news. 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