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KEOWEE COURIER (ESTABLISH BD 1S4P.) Fablished Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Bate? Reasonable. -Hy ?TECK, 8HELOR & SC H BO DEB. Communications of a personal char acter charged for aa advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over ono hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of ono cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, H. C.: WEDNESDAY, JAM ADV 22, IPR*. INVESTIGATING "ARSON TRUST." Remarkable Story o? ('undiHons lu ( h i cago-Ono Indictment. Chicago. Jan. IT?.- With the in dictment to-day of Joseph Clarke, for an alleged attempt to bribe an as sistant State's attorney not to prose cute an arson casi' as a text, A. A. Bach, chief deputy State Ure mar shal, told a reina-.table story of or ganized IncendKrism. Ten per cent of Chicano's nies are incendiary. Un oh "There are three men In Chicago, known as insurance ad justers, who often got to fires before Bremen. They Bleep with their clothes on, have automobiles in read iness and receiving tips that a lire is about to be started are on their way almost before an alarm comes In. "The adjusters do not actually Btart Ure. themselves; 'they employ men to do that - men who actually solicit the business. The adjusters make their money by adjusting the losses. They offer bribes to detec tives frequently, but never when there ls a witness present, thus leav ing it one man's word against ano ther. "Often we are Informed days in advance of when fires are to bo start ed. In that way we are able to pre vent many blazes. In many Instances wo have bad detectives watching buildings that have been marked for the torch. Wo have had tips that have led us to buildings with the basements Ulled with excelsior, the floor saturated with oil -and the stock packed in combustible material. All that we could do was to notify the Insurance company and 'have the in surance cancelled. In such eases the fires were not started. "It is possible for 'any one to get a building ll red in Chicago. Charges vary according to the magnitude of the lire. For large fires the charge Is 1 nor cont ;>!><.! eve:: at that pri?e the fire bug makes money. I don't know of a single conviction for arson in Chicago in the last eighteen months." Clarke was released .to-night on a ? lu.non bond signed by his wife. States Attorney Hoyne to-night said the inquiry gradually is widening and now involves officiais of insurance companies, independent fire adjust ers and adjusters employed by insur ance companies. Ho refused to make public any names of those said to be in tho "ring." Head N, V. "Arson Trust" Confesses. New York, Jan. IC?. "Izzy," the [minter, head of Lhe New York under world's "arson trust." came from :hng Sing prison to-day to confess to putting the torch to 200 houses within the past few months, lb' un bosomed himself to District Attorney Whitman and two stenographers. The confession is said to bristle with the names ol' "Izzy's" lieuten ants. Some are said to be notorious characters of the tenderloin and the East Side, some insurance agents who worked with the "trust" and divided the spoils, others adjusters of the big fire insurance companies. "Issy, thc painter," was convicted of arson recently under the name of Isadore Stein and sentenced to serve ?ot lesa than twelve years in prison. S nc? then he has boen indicted ntf'ain for arson. While on his way to plead to the l;,s( indictment he ( otu hided to turn State's witness and throw himself on the district attor ney's mercy, Mr. Whitman was amazed at the enormous exton I of tho trust's opera tions. He now believes that more than 1,000 lires kindled in New York within tho past few year.; can he I rn oed to tho gang. Brants Respite to Albus. Richmond. Va., Jan. Iii. After a brief conference with counsel for Floyd Allen and Claude Swanson Al len, condemned to die to-morrow for the.r part In tho Hlllsvllle court house murder on March 14, Governor Mann to-day granted tho prisoners a respite until March 7. Tho Gover nor announced that February 1 he would give tho Allon attorneys one hour in which to present arguments for a commulotlon of sentence. INSECTS INJUlUOUS TO COHN. Clemson suit ion ?ive? Methods of i?? sti <?> MIC; Them. Tho insects found in stored corn are numerous, but among them are only two great destroyers which re fluir? serious attention. These de stroyers aro the notorious black rice weevil and the ^raiu moth, commonly known as grain fly. The life history and habits of these two champion corn pests are very similar and the treatment effective against one is also effective against the other, as well as rats, mice and other insects present. The tull grown females lay eggs which hatch into grubs. When the grubs become full grown they harden the body skin, turn brown or black and become practically motionless. This is called the pupa stage. From this pupa stage tile full grown males and females emerge. The tillie ordi narily required to pass from egg to full grown insects is about six weeks. Let Us Destroy Them. First. Clean the corn crib before putting the new crop into lt. After cleaning, provided the crib is sepa rate from other buildings, fumigate with sulphur at the rate of 2 pounds to 1,000 cubic feet of space. 1'se an old iron kettle and the sul phur can be fired by pouring a little alcohol on it before lighting it. In stead of alcohol you can use hot em bers, but remember that you do not have your head above the kettle when you put the embers in. The writer 'has had experience and urges that this precaution be observed. You probably doubt the effectiveness of this fumigation because your crib is an open one. Tighten the crib; tho corn is worth preserving. Do not expect that you can control the weevil successfully in an open crib. Second. After your crib ls clean and tight, put in your new crop, and when lt is all stored fumigate twice ten to 12 days apart, as follows: Beginning at the back of tho crib, pour carbon bisulphide as uniformly as possible over the surface of the corn, at the rate of 6 or 7 pounds per 1,000 cubic feet of space. The gas given off being heavier than air, sinks down through the corn and penetrates to the weevils. Carbon bisulphide is not dangerous to apply when care Is taken to breathe as lit tle of it as possible and to apply it as quickly as practicable. In the av erage crib con.'no the gas as long as possible. In practically every case it will have entirely escaped within .18 hours. Fumigation with this strength of tho liquid in no way in jures tho germination of the corn or the feeding qualities of the corn so treated. The fumigation does not kill eggs or pupae; it kills only the larvae and the full grown weevils or flies and should therefore be repeated in ten or twelve days. A brand commonly used and known as "Fnma" is manufactured and sold by tho Taylor Chemical Co., Penn Yan, X. Y. The price is 10 cents per pound f. o. b. original shipping point. The freight on one 50-pound drum from New York to (Tenison College is $1.28, which would make 50 pounds of carbon bisulphide, illus freight, cost 12% cents per pound. The drum costs $1.50, and can be re turned. Carbon bisulphide can be shipped by freight only. The tank should be kept in a cool place and the plug kept screwed tight when not In use. Carbon bisulphide is very volatile; that is, it converts to gas rapidly when exposed to air at moderate temperature. The liquid and gas is highly inflammable and when set on tire ls explosive. This, however, should not frighten any one intend ing to use it because it is morely nec essary to keep away fire of any kind when using it, just as you would when handling gasoline or gunpow der. Its presence is easily detected by its characteristic rotten-egg odor. If a 50-pound drum is too much for you, then maybe you can form a club and your neighbors will use part of it. lt" possible put a sheet of tin around each foundation pin of the crib, to prevent rats and mice from getting Into the corn. Send for Bulletin 170 of the South Carolina Experiment Station. A. P, Conrad!, Entomologist, S. C. Experiment Station. Clemson College. Fire Visits Due West. Due West, Jan. ir?.-A fire alarm was sounded about 5 o'clock th'^ morning when it was found that tho Due West Oil Mill was ablaze. Fire made good headway In tho machin ery room and it was practically im possible to extinguish it when dis covered. It was, however, kept from reaching tho seed and hull house* No damage of any consequence was done to tho stock of meal on hand. Tho loss was confined largely to tho machinery of the oil mill and is esti mated at $7,000 to $10,000. This ls covered by Insurance and it is not yet known just what the loss to the mill will be. ? OF EXPERIMENT STATION * , 4. BULLE1INS. J. y Prepared Weekly for . . T THE KEOWEE COURIER V IjJ By J. Linn Ladd. ? !? North Carolina Agriculture. Bulletin No. 173 of tho North ar ollna station is in the nature o." a general review of tho agriculture of the "Old North Stato" as compared with other States. The bulletin stales that for many years the agriculture of tho State lan guished; but during tho last two or three decades there has been marvel ous development of tho countless water-powers and their utilization in manifold manufactories, particularly of cotton, so that there has been a rapidly growing li o in o demand for the products of the farm, orchard and garden at. remunerative prices. These conditions have had such a stimulat ing effect upo,, the agriculture of the Stato that in many crops N'orth Caro lina now leads many of her sister States. The first table of comparison shows that in population North Carolina leads 32 other States, including Ala bama, .Mississippi, Louisiana, Vir ginia. Tennessee, Arkansas, Nebras a, Kansas, and so on. North Carolina produced more corn last year than either Virginia, Oklahoma, Louisiana, South Caro lina, Maryland, West Virginia, Flor ida, New Mexico or Arizona. She produced more cotton, on the average acre, than any other cotton State. She produced a little more wheat than Texas, and as much as West Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina put together. From 1900 to 1910 her percentage of increase of live stock was greater than tfhat of any other Stiite, being 108, Arkansas standing second with 97 and South Dakota third with 95, and New Hampshire last with 13 per cent. Yet facts gathered from the rail roads of the Stato show that during 1911 forty million dollars worth of agricultural products were shipped Into North Carolina to help feed her people. The chief items of this total were fifteen millions worth of hay, four and a third millions of corn, five millions of flour, over eight millions of meat, three and a half millions of vegetables and nearly half a million worth of apples and dried fruits, though North Carolina has a large fruit-growing area, especially adapt ed to the production of apples. She exported heavily of tobacco, cotton and peanr.cs. The next bulletin, No. 174, issued by this station, is devoted to truck growing in North Carolina. In the directions given for the cultivation of the various truck crops a formula is always given for a fertilizer suited to that particular crop. The bulletin advises that For asparagus 800 to 1,200 pounds per acre of a 7-5-9 fertilizer be ap plied; that is 7 per cent nitrogen, 5 j>er cent phosphoric acid and 9 pei cent potash, the first number given in each case indicating the percentage of nitrogen, the second phosphoric acid and the third potash. For beans, 500 to 800 pounds pei acre of an 8-2-8 fertilizer. For beets, 1,000 to 2,000 pounds per acre of a 7-5-8 fertilizer. For cabbage and cauliflower us< heavy quantities of compost or cov peas turned under while still greei and supplement with an 8-1-8 ferti lizer at the rate of 1,000 to 1,50* pounds per acre. For celery apply 1,000 to 2.0OI pounds per acre of a 7-5-8 fertilizer first plowing in all tho manure avail able, or a heavy crop of cow peas. Give cucumbers a liberal applica tion of a 7-5-7 fertilizer, using n< coarso manure. Egg plant should have very rici hind, heavily manured for two o three years previously, and then ap ply 1,500 pounds i>er acre of a 4-6-! fertilizer. Give horse radish a deep, cool moist and rich soil and use 800 ti 1,000 pounds per acre of a 7-4-9 fer tillzer. Plant Irish potatoes on land wirer a crop of cow peas has been plowo under long enough to rot and the apply 500 to 1,000 pounds per ncr of a mixture of 900 pounds aci phosphate, finn pounds cotton meal, 100 pounds nitrate of soda an 400 pounds sulphate of potash, Stn ble manure tends to produce scab!) potatoes and is to bo avoided. Lettuce requires a soil rich in hi mus, acquired by an abundance c stable manure or green manure, an then apply two tons per acre of 9-5-7 fertilizer. Okra is akin to the cotton piar and should have a good cotton sol to which apply 1,000 pounds rx acre of an 8-4-4 fertilizer. Plant onions on land prevlousl well manured and then apply 1,00 to 1,500 pounds per acre of a 6-5 fertlllzer. Give peas a rich soil and apply 600 to 900 pounds per acre of' ? 9-2-8 fertilizer. For peppers use rich land and ap ply 600 to 1,200 pounds per acre of a G- 5-9 fertilizer. For radishes apply 1,000 pounds per acre of a 7-5-8 fertilizer. For salsify, 1,000 pounds per acre of a 5-6-9 fertilizer. For spinach, 1,000 j>ounds of 8-1-8 fertilizer. For equavh an 8-5-8 fertilizer, 1,200 pounds i>er acre. For sweet corn, 1,000 pounds per acre of 8-3-8 fertilizer and all the stable manure available. For sweet potatoes, give a warm, looso soil and apply 600 to 800 pounds per acre of a 6-2-7 fertilizer. (Jive tomatoes a medium quantity of a 7-4-8 fertilizer. Turnips require richer land and heavier application of the same fert' lizer as tomatoes. Watermelons require a rich, loo warm soil and 1,000 pounds per a of an 8-4-8 fertilizer. North Dakota Miscellany. Bulletins !)8, 99, loo and 101 of the N'orth Dakota station came in one package. They respectively treat of 1 The Silo and Its Construction, The ; Adjustment and Repair of Self Bind ers; A Cropping System for Wheat Production, and Potato Warehouse Plans. All are nicely illustrated by cuts which make their teaching plain. The bulletin on silo construction gives a brief general treatise on si lage crops, 'harvesting machinery and methods, etc. lt states that North Da kota farmers have found that in the long run the reinforced concreto silo ' is more economical than the wooden ?silo. it Isn't warped by sun nor 1 racked by wind, and it is Arc-proof and everlasting. Besides, In a cold climate like that of Dakota the 1 wooden silo gives much trouble by 1 reason of the frequent freezing of the silage stored in them. This does not injure tho silage, but it renders ! it difficult to get out and injurious 1 to the animals that eat it. The bulletin on the adjustment and repair of binders states that North Dakota uses 80,000 binders a year, worth, when new, a round mil lion dollars, and tho average life of a binder as now used ls six years; hence $166,000 worth of them must be replaced every year. It is be lie" d that if the directions laid ? down in this bulletin bo generally followed, the average life of the ' North Dakota binder will be extend- I ed to ten years, requiring a renewal of only $100,000 a year, thus saving 1 $6?,000 a year or $?60,000 in ten years to the farmers of the State. In the rotation experiment for Wheat production it was found that the rotation plats yielded an average of six bushels more per acre per year than the plats on which wheat was grown continuously. It was also found that when manure was applied to a crop of corn or millet and wheat was sown on the same land next year, the effect of the manure was mani fest In the heavy straw rather than in any material increase of grain for the first year; but the second, third and fourth years showed substantial increase of grain yield. In like man ner the turning under of a clover sod made Its best showing in the wheat yield the second and third years thereafter. Therefore, whe ther wheat followed manured corn or manured millet or a clover crop, it was found best to grow wheat three successi' ? years before changing to The Internal Pains of Women Women who are weak, nervous and discouraged brought on by the painful ailments peculiar to their sex, should use DR. SIMMONS Squaw Vine Wine A Woman's Remedy It possesses the power to act directly on the weakened parts, conveyingrenewed strength, func tional activity and regularity. A Voman Who ls struggling along under a burden of pain, weakness* and distress soon feels its bene ficial effect in a revival of inter est in her household duties and the strength and energy to per form them without exhaustion. It puts the system In perfect order, , tho result of which Is a strong, 1 healthy body, a cheerful mind and a clear, rosy complexion. Sold by Drag ghi? and Dialer* /Vice $1 Per Bottle C.f .SIMMONS MEDICINE CO. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI H-- I Sold at Bell's Drug Store, Walhalla, N KG KO LANDI/ORD KEPT KKY8. Rented Ills Stores, Then Supplied Himself Witii Groceries. Rock Hill, Jan. 16.-John W. Smith, a well known negro contrac tor of this city, was brought before Magistrate Wingate Monday morning to answer to the charge of house breaking with Intent to commit lar ceny. Through his counsel Smith waived a preliminary hearing and was held for court In the bond of $500. It ls stated that for some time sev eral negro merchants havo been miss ing articles from their respective stores, but could lind no clue as to where they had gone. J. H. Ram s^ur, a negro who conducts a store In the southern section of the city, was one of the merchants whose goods had been "mysteriously" disappear ing, and on Saturday night ho de cided to "sit up" and wait for the thief. Late In the night he heard Ihe front door open and some one enter. Cautiously he crept down the stairs and saw Smith helping him self, placing tho articles in a sack he had brought along. Ile then accosted the burglar and held him in the store until Sunday morning, when he marched him out just as the negroes of the city were congregating In the church just across the street for tho Sunday services. Monday morning a warrant was sworn out before Magistrate Win gate, charging burglary. It is understood that Smith, who ? a well-to-do contractor, erected a i.umber of stores for the negro mer ci..'nts. In the case above cited he kopc possession of one of tho front door keys when he fitted the lock*; on the doois and by this method had free access to the store. Tho other merchants are now thinking of changing their locks, as they suspect, or some of them do, that Smith is the person who has been Instrumei tal In the disappearance of their goods. The trial drew a large crowd, more than half a hundred negroes being on hand to testify or to witness the proceedings. Dispensary Sales in State. The dispensaries in seven counties in this State sold $2,662,000 worth of whiskey during 1912, according to a statement by Dispensary Auditor Mobley. Tho disi>ensaries during 1911 sold $2,474,000 worth of whis key. This is an Increase of over $200,000. There is a great decrease In the sales for Charleston and Beau fort counties. another crop. This was on a rich black clay soil. Tho bulletin on potato warehouse plans was issued in response to many inquiries coming to the station for advice on the matter. The Ideal warehouse, in addition to driveways and carrying machinery for conven ient handling, also provides for heat ing in severe weather and ventilation In mild weather, so as to keep the temperature as"near S5 degrees as possible. Pennsylvania Briefs. Bulletin 113 issued by the Penn sylvania station condenses into 2 2 pages the most striking portions of the annual report, a volume of more than 500 pages. The investigations in apple grow ing revealed the fact that each vari ety bas its peculiar adaptability to soil, the Northern Spy being partial to a light, dry soil, while the Rhode Island Greening thirves best on a moist, heavy soil, and so on. It was also found that in humid climates most applo trees spread their roots near the surface; while in a dry cli mate the ?ame varieties will send their roots deeper in search of mois ture. Therefore, the tillage should bo deep or shallow, just as may be necessary to avoid mutilation of roots. It was also found that ma ture apple trees, 4 0 feet apart, make as heavy an annual draft on the fer tility of the soil as on annual crop of wheat running 25 bushels per acre. Chemical analyses of many sam ples showed that the moro nitrogen applied to the soil, the more nitrogen was found in the crop grown on the soil. That is, wheat grown upon a soil rich in nitrogen contained more nitrogen than wheat grown upon a soil poor in nitrogen. The same law held good as to phosphorous, potash and lime. Another striking fact brought out is that the treatment of soil by ether, chloroform:, carbon bisulphide and other antiseptics destroys the bacte ria in the soil that, resist nitrification, and thur, equal a. ii'oerai application of nitrado of soda. A test showed that heating the soil to 254 degrees also destroyed these hostile bactorla, so that such soil treated with nitro gen cultures was found to contain more than twice as much nitrogen as the same soil "treated wlth^the same Cultures, but without having been heated. This in an Invaluable hint. Lo hot-house gardeners and others. FARMER'S WIFE ALMOST A WRECK Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound - Her Own Story. Westwood, Md.-"I am a farmer's wife and do most of my own work when I am able. I had nervous spells, fe male weakness and terrible bearing down pains every month. I also suf fered much with my right side. The pain started in my back and extended cround .my right side, and the doctor told me it was organic inflam mation. 1 was sick every three weeks and had to stay in bed from two to four^ days. "It is with great pleasure I tell you what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound lias done for me. I have fol lowed your directions us near as possi ble, and feel much better than I havo felt for years. When I wrote you be fore I was almost a wreck. You can publish this letter if you like. It may help to strengthen the faith of some poor suffering woman. "-Mrs. JOHN F. RICHARDS, Westwood, Maryland. Women who suffer from those dis tressing ills peculiar to their sex Should not doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound to restore their health. If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia IO. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound will help you.write to Lydia E.PInkhamMediclneCo. (confidential) Lynn, Mass., for ad vice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, and bold in strict confidence* DEATH TO COLLEGE HAZERS. North Carolina Legislature is Asked bo Justify Killing Them. Raleigh. N. C., Jan. 16.-The anti hazing sentiment growing out of the death of William Rand In September and tho serious injury to Frank Pow ers, in hazing episodes, to-day ex pressed itself in a proposed statute making it a felony for any student to aid or abet hazing and granting pardon to students who shoot their assailants. Rand was killed in Sep tember while dancing on a barrel, his throat being cut as he fell. Pow ers was shot by freshmen. Representative Plummer Stewart, of Charlotte, introduced the bill. It fixes a penalty of one year upon every hazer; makes it a misdemeanor for any college president to fail to sun press hazing, and provides for the pardon by the Governor of every stu dent who may injure or kill hazers. Sixteen Perish at Sea. Vigo, Spain, Jan. 16.-The British steamer Veronese, with 139 passen gers on board, was wrecked at an early hour this morning off I.-eixoes, the outport of Oporto. 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