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TESTING CORN BRINGS YIELDS. Any Farmer Can Make Own Germi nation Teeta-''"ll Explanation. Clemson College, March 23.-Spe cial: Every fanner in South Caro lina who plants corn should begin se lecting his seed for planting at once, is the advice of Prof. W. L. Hutchin son, of Clemson College. Prof. Hutchinson urges every fanner to make a germination test Of his seed, which numerous experiments have prosed beyond a doubt will result in a large increase in yield. An en Mo ro w test with seed that has been tested for germinating power: \sill be -me to pay a farmer handsome i> in future crops, but even If he makes only the germ i na I ion test this year lu is likely to have his yield increas ed from live io (oil bushels an acre at least. The test lr MO simple and requires so little time in proportion to results that there is no fanner in the State who cannot make' it T1M> average- larmer in Ibis beale selects bis planting ears by sight alone. picking out tim ears which ap pear sound. ITnless ho is an ex en and has had training in corn judg ing, this method is not of great value to him. What he should do is lo select his best looking ears and then pul these- through a germination tesl. He>\\ Test is Made. After selecting the' be>st looking ears, arrange them side.' by side on planks, driving a ten-penny nail af ter every tenth ear. The ears should then be numbered consecutively, which can be done by marking the number of each ear on the' plank with lead pencil. They should then be left until after tim germination te-st is completed, except when they are- taken ont one' by one for the purpose of getting kernels from t he-ill. One of the simplest and best met heals of testing is the usc of a sawdust box. Cse a box about two feet situare and four inches deep. Fill the box te> within an Inch and a half of the top with sawdust, we'll packed. Sede'e-t a piee-e of white cloth a little larger than the box and mark this off in two-inch squares with a iMMicll. numbering enough of the? situares to tell the number of any of them without trouble. Hy leaving outside rows vacant all around the box, there will be about one hundred situares. Tack the cloth inside the1 box so that lt rests firmly and smoothly over the saw-, dust. With the box near at hand, take the ears from the plank Ohe by one. Select from each ear six kernels, tak- | lng them from different parts of the j ear and no two from the same row. Place the six kernels from ear No. | 1 In square No. 1 on the cloth, and so on with all the ears. Kernels j should be lnld with thc germ side up. Put each ear back in its place on the ? plank. When each square in the box, ex cept those In the outside rows, con tains six kernels, sprinkle water into . level rull. Keep the box in a fairly warm room, raving it undisturbed for se'ven days. Then catch tho ends of the top ? loth and raise the? cloth care fully freon the box. This will take off Hm top layer of sawdust withoul disturbing the corn. Raise the sec ond cloth, still using great care', and ii is then possible to read the tests. See which kernels have germinated well and which have germinated poorly, if square No. 1 ti shows poor germination, go to your plank and take out ear No. IC, throwing it into the' feed pile. Do this with each ear whose kernels show poor germinat ing powers. Tho ears left on your plank will (hen he good ones and vim are- ready for your plaining, li you do not secure' a good crop you can feel certain that it was not the faull eil the- se -d. Cse one- oox for every inn ears. If desired, however, a larger box may he used. Hut that described above- is the most convenient size- to handle and should satisfy the needs of i lie? average farmer. The- Hine to make' this test is really in winter, when the ears which turn emt well are- stored for planting in spring. However, if it was not done in winter, there is still ample time to make ihe- test now, and the- far mer who makes it has the unanimous opinion of all the' experts that it will bring him rich profits. FIVE MINUTE Cl RE IF STOMACH IS HAD. When "l*apo*s Diitpepain" Reaches Stomach All Indigestion, Cn? ami Sourness Disappears. You don't want a slow remedy when your stomach is bad or au un certain one- or a harmful one -your I stomach is too valuable; you mustn't [ injure; it with drastic drugs. Pepe's Diape-psin is noted for ils '1 Bpeed In giving relief; its harmless- : ne-ss; its certain, unfailing action lu ' 1 regulating sick. sour, gassy stomachs. ! ! lt.- millions of cures In indigestion,:' dyspepsia, gastritis and other sto-| 1 mach trouble has made- it famous tho ' world over. j( Keep this perfect stomach doctor j In your home ke-e-p it handy g<-t a I large fifty-cent case from any drug I : Store and Iben if any one- should eat something which doesn't agree with ? them; If what they eal la.?.> ?ike lead, ferments and sours and forms gas; causes headache, dizziness and nan- ' sea. eructations of acid and undigest- ' ed food -remember as soon ns Pape's Diapepsln comes in contact with the stomach all such distress vanishes. | 1 Its promptness, certainty and e-ase- in overcoming the worst stomach disor ders is a revelation to those who try lt. adv. ' , -- j Humed Walls l ull. Killing Five. h St. Louis, March ix. Five men ase dead, several labore rs are- miss ing and fifteen Injured persons are beinT cared for in hospitals to-day, as the result of the falling of the wost wal! of the Missouri Athletic Club building, which was destroyed by fire a short while back, What a One-Horse Farmer Did ; The Story of Duckworth and His Mule, y v you want a little example of what a one-horse Farmer . a ??. do. men and women of our Progressive Farmer Family |qj take a look at the home of .1. I-. Duckworth, of Walhalla, y herewith, and at Mr. Duckworth himself and his 800-pound And then hear the story ot what Duckworth and his mule did lat year, as told hy his neighbor, Capt. S. K. Dendy: "Mr. Duckworth made wi. h one small mule: in hales of cotton averaging lt'? pounds; '_' li ."> bushels ot* corn ; 1 00 bushels of oats ; 100 bushels of sweet potatoes; L'M bushels oi* peas; 2,000 bundles Of fodder; a id "on pounds of pork for family use. "Mr. Duckworth will *.-oil 'his year (1911) more than 100 bush els of corn, and ho and his family sell butter, eggs and chlck< the year round. He informs ne he will not use any of his money to meet family expenses tor this year, and that he did no out any moues last year for hired help, fie did all the work his two children and wife?. He does not buy anythinr on .. t meeting all family expenses with cash." This information was tirst given by Capt. Dendy in an in his local paper. The Keowee Courier. Then we wrote h Mr. Duckworth's photograph for use In The Progressive F and we are glad to get it-mule and all. In his last note to tV Progressive Partner, Capt. Dendy says further concerning Mr. Qui ? worth : "The land he now owns this writer cnn well and truly reinem ber when it could not be sold for more than $1 to $1..">; per That was (50 years ago. He paid .>2.*> an acre for it and is now lng $00 an acre for his fifty acres, and does not care to sell. I all his crop of cotton and write nothing but the truth as to hit bi tire crop. He sold his cotton for 13% cents a pound ($60.60 bale). The small mule that made all this fine crop weigh (From the Progressive Farmer.) -... A !.. oil <rr*r\ i\ " i?.> i '..iv >. i i i 11 . i '? s s Viii : Wonderful ttecurti ?I M t>?n..,..ui Institution-Now 300 Pupils. This institution, located in Clin ton, S. C., is for tho education of de serving orphan children and for nono ' her, and only for those who are unable to pay their own expenses, lt .osts the institut.on $100 a year to meet the expenses of ;i child. which um is provided bj the generous Christian public. The young people nc not legally bound to the institu tion and are received as Into any ?thor school, the orphanage not hav IIu any right to distribute (beni to 'a ni 11 les. They lue In cottages of ihont 20 to the cottage liiere '..-'ng it present 111"teen s- . n cottages. The : raining is litera*.y, technical, domes- 1 ic and moral No child is received inder six years of age, and as soon is received is ?il nine entered into ichool, In w deli they continue for M irados, gradi ating at about 20 years I if ago. The course is a thorough >ne. in tho mei-!'a nica I departments he training includi ? printing, car lentcring, farming, i.achino work, (team laundry work and all the do- i nestle arts. There a.e now i'.OO ! lupils. requiring ^ :_,<H??I a year to j neel expenses lt ls wonderful how. i iv the goodness of (?od and good men ind women, all this is provided, iver a thousand young people have been educated in this school and a red for in "very particular. Rev. Dr. Wm. I'. Jacobs is the president, md has been for 40 years. The rais ng of funds for the support of the ionic is in his hands. The school s always crowded, and vacancies oc .II i ring are quickly tilled. Only de lerving applicants are received. Geese With Age to Them. Reading. Pa.. March IS. -Petty, he oldest goose in Herks county, and ?robably In tho (Jnited States, be onglng to Miss Catharine Trait, of lear Hartz Store, this county, died teveral days ago. lt was 36 years dd. Miss Tait says the goose laid m til four years ago. About the same time i 35-year )ld goose owned by Peter McCaffrey, if Cressona, died, it is not known fiore that goose ever reached such iges as these. Petty nearly always kept close to the house. In front of the Trait home ls a stone wall, and it was while walking along this wall that t Bl I p]>ed and fell over the three-foot embankment. The goose died a few hours later. Tho Cressone goose died after be ing ill loss than 24 hours. The Portty-Year Test. An artillo must have exceptional merit to SU "vive a period of forty years, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ?vas first offered to the public, in 1872. Prom a small beginning it has grown ;n favor and popularity until it has Attained a world-wide reputation. Von will find nothing bettor for a cough or cold. Try it and you will understand why it is a favorite after i period of more than forty years. lt not only gives relief -it cures. For sale by all dealers. adv. ?,< ' ' I. V. i ?Kl . < : ils SJ \..u,<). i . ...V. Kt IM^I^t' V III- .1 11 l-l' M I U|l Kx press MCSM'II'MM. Hean mont. Texas, March lS.-r-A lone robber held up the express mes senger on a Santa Ke railroad train near here to-day and is reported to have secured $1 4.000. The robbery occurred on northbound train No. 202 al Holing, l l miles north of this place. Deputy sheriffs and policemen from Beaumont Marted in pursuit of the robber, who is said to have leaped from the car and disappeared in a thickly wooded country. The train loll here at 1 2.1 f? p. m. The $14, 000 v as being sent by a local com pany io lirowndell, Texas, for pay roll use. Bob Martin, the express messen ger, reported the rohberv was com 1 lifted by a middle-aged white man, who bad bidden himself In tho bag g ige car behind some boxes and ti unks. When the train was going tl rough a streich of timber country i irth of Helblg, he sprang from his biding iilaee, and, covering .Martin with a revolver, relieved him of the money. Railroad, officials said Hie robber apparently had been hidden In the car some time, and he may have boarded the train at Houston. The Mothers' Favorite. A cough medicine for children should be harmless. It should ho pleasant to take. It should be effect ual. Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy ls all of this and is the mothers' fav orite everywhere. For sale by all dealers. adv. Hpartanburg Gets Pellagra. Hospital. Washington, March 18.-The ur gent deficiency bill which passed the Senate to-day carries .in appropria tion of $47,000 for the establish ment of a pellagra field hospital at Spartanburg. The bill has already passed the House and will become effective when the President signs the measure. According to Senator Smith, the hospital is to he supported entirely by the Peder?! government and is to be under the direct supervision of the United States public health ser \ice. The institution is Intended to accommodate pellagra patients not only in South " rolina, but other nearby States. 1 Is proposed, also, thal physicians -ll he kept ;tt the hospital to study j disease through out the South, and. If possible, de termine Just what causes the malady. Foley Cathartic Tablets are entire ly effective, thoroughly idealising and always pleasant In action. They con tain no blue Hag, are a remedy for constipation and sluggish liver, and a tonic to the bowels, which are Im proved hy their use. Try them. They do not fall to give relief and satisfac tion. Bell's drug store. adv. "McAtloo Wave," New Walt/.. Washington, March Iii. Society here has introduced a new waltz In honor of Miss Kleanor Wilson and her llance. Secretary McAdoo. Thc dance was caljod the "McA??O Was e." JIM'S IKKiS ST M/li RUNNING. Vny Down in Mississippi. Oconeo Dogs Lead tlie Bunch. The following letter from Strebor, flss., was recently received by Jim ones, of Madison, fox bunter by ila ire, railroad man from necessity: Dear Jim: Your letter of several ays ago received. Would have writ en sooner, but bave been very busy ox hunting, Phe weather has been u little against me In ibis line of >U8ineS8, bul I have been driving hem just the same. A fox can't utrun nor out-flgure these dogs. ?lng drives a fox more and more to ny notion every race I have. 1 left my place a few mornings ago ? bout o'clock, went about two j liles, and beard King strike a fairly old track. I.owd was next lo join lin. and all the other dogs began to drop in. I was "l)y myself and "foot ack." They all got busy, and soon [lng and Nell wont off trailing in one ', Irectlon; Dowd, Kachel and Jessie j .eut the other way. That did not , ound so good, but presently I heard' 'lng and Nell coming dght back to ie. wide open, running just like they /ere looking at it. My old hat was I ay up on my bead bj this time, and I ' was stepping around on tip-tees, ity this time the other dogs heard ? hem and fell in ranks, and I said 0 myself, the big thing ts going to J onie off here in these woods. Thev ? arrled him several rounds. right ver and around me. It was mighty | ard, hut I stood it as best 1 could. Everything was laying right up in | be collar King just a little In .rout, and they held him i:i close natters. Into one little bay, out 1 ito another, he would go. and in a ' trw minutes here he would come ack right by me. About 7 a. m. hey picked him up-a large old fel low. I rested a while, live or six miles rom home, dreading to start home; I ut I decided I would pull them in. went about a mlle, and old I.owd lade a strike pretty cold; King fell i at once, and soon all of them \ -ere trailing, and they trailed off Ight away from home, getting way .head of me, and when I did get In ..earing of them again, they had him p on his feet right, but kept going .rom me all the time. I had some j ??ad branches to cross, and it took ? ne a long time to get up with them, ? >ut I did at last, and right there I i tad the finest race yet. They had lim on a good-sized creek, first on \ >ne side then on the other. He had a big pine log that he crossed the :reek on. so I went up and took a eat on the log. I don't know how nany times I saw him cross this log, but several. I had my pup with me inder a chain. I thought of vou a hundred times in this race. 1 never leard such close packing In my life -the music never hushed from start 'o finish. As soon as I thought they liad him pretty well broken down, I urned my pup loose right in behind ilm. How he did squall when he lt " -oon Hie, putted oui 'rom iii th?i . .id went over a little ridge . t. :,ht after them into a ?ipi' pwamp. i could &ee the fo\ nome'to . Ulli. L< 1 ll ct I I .> HU . . nu I^KIIl !),? Illti, and I saw him go into a little gall berry thicket. Out came the dogs, \ going a little by the thicket. I did not think he had gone out, and scon ! they began to (lank. Rachel came 1 back and went into the thicket, and out the fox came. Ile got only a lit tle piece when she picked him up. I believe this was tile best race I lia ve ever had, and 1 have liad a thou sand. I was inst nine miles from . linnie when this race ended, tired and hungry, lt reminded me ot' the last morning we were out, when you were down here last fall. There are some hunters about 1 .> miles north ol' me who have been after me to go up there fox hunting a long time -claimed they had a fox up there that could not he caught. They have been sending me word to come, make myself at home and stay as long as I pleased. They told me of their troubles" said they had an old, trained fox that they could not handle. Every time they went out they would bit bini, and could not catch a fox for bim. I to/d them I would he ii]? right soon if tl ey would let me have the race vit h my dogs only, and would show them how they would put the fixings to him. I left pi y place for the Crooked Creek settlement. getting there about sundown. The folks seemed glad to see me. and asked If live dogs was all I had. I told them , yes; I thought that was enough,! j and if they failed to catch the fox i i I would chew the ears off of all five of them before I returned home. 1 put up, went in and had a good, hot ? supper, and it was not long till ibo news was around that 1 was there! to catch "the hard fox." and soon men began to come in. hut no dogs. That suited me. We sat around and talked fox hunting until late. They told me that they could carry me where I would be sure to strike the old fox. I told ?hem I wanted to hit him the first one. ns I did not have lon", to stay, and that I had put up wi.'h them till thev were satisped that the old, hard fox was caught. We retired about 11 o'clock, got up about "?, got a little hot coffee and I started out for the race. The dogs ? were all in good trim, and seemed i to realize what was In store. We ! went about two miles, and one of the men told me that we would be sure to strike him in half a mlle He had no more than got the word out of his mouth when I heard old Lowd blow his horn, and he only blew it oivo before King had his company. Xi.i( had gone in another direction, and as soon as she heard the otn^r dogs she came by us like she was shot out of a gun. Rachel and Jess were with Lowd and King, and tiley hil a good track and were more than do ing some trailing. As Nell went to the pack she struck ahead of them, and everything fell to her, thus valu ing some ground on the fox. I isl ed some of those fellows If thal was thc "hard hitter." and they said they believed lt was: that they could tell for sure as soon as thev put bim to running. Those natives would gol off In bunches, and I could he ir tlx ns doing some whispering, and I could tell from the conversation that it was tho "old, hard fox." in about O. N. t;i(?MIXIAT, Superintendent? J. W. BYRD, Set!, nial Tr???. Seneca Fertilizer Company, SENECA, - SOUTH CAROLINA. Wc want your 1914 Fertilizer Business and will do all we can to get it. We expect to keep the grade of our goods at their usual High Standards, both in quality and mechanical coiiwtlr*^ it'-- not the letters on thc bag that count ; the Material in the bag makes Cotton and Corn grow. Buy "G. W. G." or any of our several well known brands and watch your crops grow. A saving of 50c. to $1 per ton at buying time may mean a much larger loss at harvest time. We want your business-we appreciate your business -and try to prove both by giviiig you Reliable Goods and Liberal Treatment. THE SENECA FERTILIZER GO., SENECA, S. C. -Delivery Points From Warehouse at Seneca, Cross Roads, W. W. Beardcn's and T. M. Elrod's, in Oconee County ; Central, in pf?fccns County and any ? Ire ? S??Ti Side-Ti Car Lois, or to your own ba n by special agreement. C P. Miiis Sells Oui Goodar N?V cbiu?Tib'ii?i:* I/. A. EDWARDS, President. i. W. GIGNILLIAT, General Manager. ti Stock Raisers of Oconee ! EVA OF ENGLESIDE, 215398, Champion Milk and Butter Cow of Pennsylvania Over All Breeds. Eva of Englcsidc is a full sister of my Jersey Bull, Prin cess' Butter Boy. Would be glad for all stock owners and breeders to see him. Fee for service, $3. mJ . IT - 13 ?V I* rV IC T TP " WESTMINSTER, S. C. RURAL ROUTE NO, 4. (Will pay extra price for heifer calves sired by Princess' Putter Hoy.) 20 minutes they had him up on his feet, and driving him just t > my no tion-everything righi in a hunch. It was not long till thev ran righi by us; King seemed like he was off the ground-I never saw such running as he was doing--and the others were right nt him. Old Lowd did the best running he ever did- In fi<d. it seemed to me thal all of them un derstood the situation and just tried their level best. They had boen run ning about 20 minutes not making a bobble, and I asked one of the nu n if that was the old. hard hitter. They all said that was him. and that he would throw the dogs off In len thall 10 minutes. The dogs poured it to him about another 20 min,iles, never making a hush. I would nave bet anything thal they would chew him In less than two hours. Ile died all his tricks on tjiem. and lec'dlll : this would not do, got down to flat footed running. He would go bff foi nearly a mlle, then righi bael he would come, inst t -ai ing Hie cai Di open, and !he doirM righi In behind him. me with my hat in my hand it would not stay on my head. I could tell tho fox was' getting weak and the dogs seemed to he just getting down to good business. About s O'clock he started across some eloar ridges and they picked mi up, mak ing the race about two hours. When we got to the dogs they had the. fox toni into string!--, with old Lowd and King trying to light over the pieces. This ended tho race, and n good one it was, too. Those fellows tried to trade me out of some of the dogs, but I told them that none of them was for salo, and that they were all South Caro lina dogs. I knew you would not pan with them; if you should want to I would not lei you. I know you have never heard King run as good as I have. The fox did not run as good races last Tali ns they do at ?his season of the year. If you could come down now you could hear some good, stout races. You had bettor decide to let rue keep all the dogs down here through the summer, i Maybe I can keep any of them from i dying, though it's tough on dogs I flown here through the summer ; nu.nt hs. R. w. FOlEYSK?DNEYCURE Make? Kidney* and Bhaddor Right