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HOW TO SUCCEED WITH WHEAT. Suggestions About Varieties, Soils, Fertilizers and Seeding. (C. B. Williams, In Progressive Farmer. ) There ls every indication to lead oue to believe that the price of wheat ls to be high during the next year. As a matter of fact a joint commit tee from the United States Senate and House has agreed to tlx the minimum price in the Food Bill at $2 per bushel. It ls ot the highest Importance, therefore, that Southern farmers, where they have land suitable for tho growing of this crop, should in most cases put in at least a small acreage, even though they have not grown tho crop before. Those who have been growing the crop should plan, in most cases, to increase their acreage. The average production of wheat in the thirteen Southern States ls only about three bushels per person, which ls barely sufficient to supply one-half of the normal amount of flour consumed by the South?rn people. Of course people of the South may substitute in part bread made from corn for that made from flour. As a matter of fact such substitution has been mnde during the past fow months to a much lar ger extent than has ever before been done in tho history of this part of the country. This substitution might be still further made, and in all probability with the present dif ferences in prices between corn meal and flour the substitution will bo greater. lt is not probnble that with normal production of wheat our people will' substituto corn meal for flour, even under present conditions, in sufficient quantities to not require flour from other sections unless the acreage de voted to wheat ls Increased. It would seem to us that certainly a moderate increase In the acreage devoted to this crop should be made. Even lu some portions of the Coastal Plain section of the upper South, where the soils are of a compact nature, wheat may be grown fairly satisfactorily in many cases. Best Varieties to Use. In order that growers of wheat may get the most out of the efforts which they put Into this crop, lt will be necessary, among other things, that they use seed of the best varieties. It ls highly essential that varieties suited to the conditions be used. In our study of varieties of wheat In North Carolina for many years wo have had marked differences In. the yields of standard varetles grown under the same conditions. These differences have shown up consist ently, and beyond any question of doubt the differences were due to the qualities possessed by the different varieties. Generally speaking, one would rec ommend for the Piedmont section of , the South Purple Straw, Leap's Pro lific and Fultz. of the smooth-headed wheats, and Fulcaster of the bearded type as varieties that can be depend ed upon to give good yields, provid ed care ls exercised In putting In the seed properly. For the more eleva ted portions of the mountains to the foothills, Leap's Prolific, Dietz Medi terranean and Fultz can be recom mended. It should not be Inferred, nowever, that where one has a good yielding strain of wheat he should change and obtain any of these varie ties of wheats, for such would be un wise in many cnses. As a matter of fact, if a grower has in that local community a good yielding strain of wheat the seed of which have been properly selected and cared for, lt would bo far safer to secure seed of this wheat rather than send off to a distant locality and secure wheat of the varieties mentioned at greater cost per bushel. Soils Suited to Wheat. Wheat makes its best growth, other things being equal, on soils that are fairly compact In their nature. For this reason tho clay and loam solis, generally, are the ones that aro most commonly used for growing this crop. As indicated above, In tho upper Coastal Plain section of tho South on Ibo fine sandy loam and clay loam soils wheat may bo grown to some extent, especially as long as the price is ns high as lt Is at pres The Beauty Secret. Ladies desire that irre sistible charm-a good complexion. Of course they do not wish others to know a beautifier has been used so they buy a bottle of Magnolia Balm LIQUID FACE POWDER .ndut? according to simple direction*. Improve, ment !. noticed st once. Soothing, cooling ?nd refrothing. Heal* Sunburn, atop? Un. Pink, Whit?, Rott-R*J. 75c al <Dnt$$Ult or hi? mall dine*. Sampln (either color) for 2c Stamp, lyon Mfg. Co., 40 South Fifth St., Brooklyn. N.Y. ont. Even with high price? it will not generally be advisable in this sec tion of the South to put in large acreages..' Tho safe thing will be to grow enough to provide generously for the home needs and for sufficient seed for planting the following year. It is highly Important that in all the soils used for the putting in of this crop that the organic matter in them be well rotted and distributed In the soil before tho wheat ls sowed. It ls well known that wheat in order to do its best not only must have a fair ly compact soil, but it is the cooler portions of the South that will gene rally be found to grow the best grade of wheat. That grown in the lower and warmer sections of the South will be much more subject to rust at tack and injury than will that grown In the more elevated aud cooler sec tions. Time and Method of Seeding. Generally speaking, the best time to seed will be after a froBt has occur red, and particularly is thia so In sec tions where exp?rience has taught that early planted wheat is subject to Hessian fly attacks. When sowed after a good frost the fly will be able to do but very little if any injury. lt ls necessary that the land be broken six to eight Inches deep, In most cases, and allowed to settle be fore putting In the crop In order that best returns may be secured. Whore a heavy growth of crop or weeds are being turned Into the soil on a piece of land that ls to go In wheat, lt will In most cases be advisable to cut the weeds and allow them to dry out be fore turning them Into tho soil. If ?he growth Is heavy a disking of the weeds or crop before breaking the land will cut them up and put them in better shape to be turned into the soil. Where tho land ls not too compact beneath, in many cases, if a sufficient amount of moisture ls in the soil, it may be put in proper condition for tho wheat by double disking and har rowing, and particularly ls this so with land after a crop of cowpeas or soy beans has been removed. In many cases where corn was on tho land and has been cut off, the soil may be put In good condition by disking and harrowing. The upper two or three inches of soil should be In a fine mel low condition before attempting to sow tho wheat. Ordinarily four to six peeks of seed per acre are put in to make a good seeding. It ls advis able to use a drill, where one is avail able, because the seed are put in much more uniformly and the stand, therefore, will generally be some what better. . . .... Fertilizing Wheat. On average lands In the Piedmont and mountain sections of the South that are low in organic matter the use of the following mixture per acre will give good returns: Acid phosphate, 16%.150 lbs. Cotton seed meal .100 lbs. Total.250 lbs. Where the land contains consider able organic matter the amount of cotton seed meal may be materially reduced, or even entirely left out where experience has taught one that the growth of the wheat ls usually sufficiently large. As long as wheat stays as high as lt ls now, if the growth of the wheat during the fol lowing spring, after the addition of the above mixture of fertilizers, ls not as vigorous as might he desired, lt will in many cases be advisable to make a broadcast application of ni trate of soda at the rato of 75 to 150 pounds per acre just about the time the plants are beginning to send up shoots for the formation of seed heads. Whore wheat is grown In the upper Coastal 'Plain section of the South, we would on average soils uso 200 to 400 pounds per acre of a mixture of two to three parts by weight of cot ton seed meal and one part by weight of 1 6 per cent acid phosphate. Here, as with clay and clay loam solis of the mountain section of tho South east, it ls advisable to uso nitrate of soda when thc growth ls not as vig orous as desired. Of course it is as sumed in making the above recom mendations that, the lack of vigor on the part of the wheat is caused by a lack of a sufficient supply of availa ble nitrogen. There might be other factors that aro operating, such as poor drainage or Insect nttacks that would make the wheat look unthrifty. Ono must be sure that neither' of these factors is in operation to make tho wheat grow unsatisfactor ily. In applying the fertilizer, If possi ble, lt had host bo mixed with tho soil before tho seed are sowed. How 3ver, whore a drill is used the fertili ser may be put In at the same time the seed aro planted. Brazil Will Not. Send Soldiers. Rio Jnnolro, Sept. 6,-In a denial )f nowapaper reports, the minister of var has announced that Brazil will lot send troops to Europe. Tho an louncement also states that tho min ster of the navy will not lease roqul itioned German ships to the entente lilies. IMPORTANT POINT RAISER. Car? should bo Taken to Have War rants ProiM?rly Issue?!. (Greenville Piedmont, 5th. An oflicer of the law has no legal right to make an arrest under a war rant that has not boen sworn to by the person furnishing tho informa tion upon which the charges contain ed in the warrant are based, accord- i lng to a C uling by Judge 'Mendel L. Smith this morning in passing ou a motion for a directed verdict in the case of the State against Ellis, Wade and Hamp Turaer, charged with as sault and interference with an officer In the discharge of his duties. The Turners had been bound over on these charges as the result of a visit of Officers Plumloy and Crane to the Turner home\several months ago to arrest Walter Turner on a charge of drunkenness and disorder ly conduct. Two of young Turner's brothers and his father, according to the testimony, attempted to prevont the officers ,from entering the Turner home, and one of them was alleged to have brought a gun into play dur ing the ensuing confusion. No shots were fired, Officer Crane gaining pos session of the weapon, but one of the defendants ls said to have struck the rural policeman. It developed in the course of tho testimony during the trial yesterday afternoon that the warrant under which the officers claimed the right to arrest young Turner on tho charge of drunkenness and disorderly con duct had not been issued under oath. After the State had rested Its case, Attorney Price, for tho defense, rais ed the point that the defendants had a perfect right to take the course they followed in attempting to pre vent the execution of an Illegal and void warrant, "even to the point of taking human life if necessary." The court sustained 'Mr. Price's position on this question and merely submit ted the question of whether or not the defenadnts used more force and violence than was necessary. The jury, after 15 minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict acquitting the de fendants. LEMONS MAKE SKIN WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR Make this Reality Lotion for a Few Cents and Seo for Yourself. What girl or woman hasn't heard of lemon juice to remove complex ion blemishes; to whiten the skin and to bring out the roses, the fresh ness and the hidden beauty? But lemon juice alone ls acid, therefore irritating, and should be mixed with, orchard white this way: Strain through a fine cloth the juice of two fresh lemons Into a bottle contain ing about three ounces of orchard white, then shake well and you have a whole quarter pint of skin and complexion lotion at about the cost one usually pays for a small Jar of ordinary cold cream. Be sure to strain the lemon juice so no pulp gets into the bottle, then this lotion will remain pure and fresh for months. When applied dally to the face, neck, arms and hands it should help to bleach, clear, smoothen and beautify the skin. Auy druggist will supply three ounces of orchard white at very lit tle cost and the grocer has the lem ons.-Adv. Ends Card Game, Kills Child. Perry, Ga., Sept. 5.-On the J. E. Haslam plantation in the western portion of the county, lightning struck a barbed wire fastened to a negro cabin. The bolt tore through the weather-boarding, and several feet {arther*, at right angles, burst through the celing Into the bed room where several negro men were play ing cards, gambling. The game was broken up and the players hastily went elsewhere. The lightning then skipped diago nally across the room, demolished tho chimney, tore down half of that end of the rbom, and, 15 feet from the chimney, struck a fence post, en tering the ground. Five or six feet from tho demolished chimney in the room, three nogr? children were sleeping. One of them was klllod in stantly, and the other two were knocked unconscious, ono hoing bad ly burned. In an adjoining room was an aged negro woman, who was not even Btunned. Not All Blame for Russians. Minneapolis, Sept. 6.-Charles E. Russell, member of tho American mission to Russia and a delegate to the loyalty conference of the Ameri can Allianco for Labor and Democ racy, in a formal statement to the convention declared tho Interest of the Russian people In tho war had been undermined by'the activities of certain members of Congress and pro-German and pacifist organiza tions. "Riga was captured by United Statos Senators La Follette, Gronna and Stone," Mr. Russell asserted. "Whea tho Kaiser gives out the dec laration of victory he should give full credit to these three men. They and the people's council and men like the mayor of Chicago are doing more to prolong the war and to slaughter American soldiers than all the sold iers of tho Kaiser." ?S**t**$?*l**S**$**$**$**f**2**t**I**l**f* 4- THE YUM Y OF TO-DAY J <fr .?. .J. .J? ?J. .J. .J. .J. ?J. .J, .j. .J. .J. (Agnes-Neville Davis, la Atlanta Constitution, Sept. 6.) I. There ls a voice that sounds to-day With clear and clarion call; In every corner of the land It strikes tho, hearts of all. It reached to th? humblest cot 'Neath bluest skies or gray; The voice that risoth from the ranks The Army of To-day! II. And every Man of them hath heard, And, answering to the call, Is rallying 'round the Flag to-day; God bloss them one and all! A Nation's heart shall swell with pride And thrill where Love hath sway, The dearest boys-the bravest men The Army of To-day! III. All fired with blood of ancestors Who came from o'er the sea And made America a place Where every man ls Free; They go to fight like those of old Who shrank not from tho fray The boys who bear the hearts of gold The Army of To-day! IV. They're gath'ring now from every where . With manly might and power, And every one who's marching there, Is Hero of tho flour, Our Flag will never look so grand Nor will it wave so gay As when lt floats in glory o'er The Army of To-day! V. There's martial music everywhere Columbia's voice set free: A stirring song that fills the air "S-weet Land of Liberty!" And soaring high o'er Freedom's height And all along the way, The Voice of '76 shall lead The Army of To-day! VI. 0 noble son! thy courage proves Thee worthy of thy sire Who won the Freedom of our land Through fields of flaming fire; ?And every woman, man and child Is cheering on they way: The nation's Heart is following The Army of To-day! 1 BOSCH EE'S GERMAN SYRUP. Sft Why use ordinary cough remedies, W.h#n ?Boachee's German Syrup ...bas 'noon used so successfully for fifty-one ?ears in all parts of the United States for coughs, bronchitis, colds settled In the throat, especially lung trou bles. It gives the patient a good night's rest, free from coughing, with easy expectoration in the morning, gives nature a chance to soothe the inflamed parts, throw off the disease, helping the patient to regain his health. 25 and 75-cent bottles. Sold by Bell's drug store.-Adv.l. And Rock Raby, Too. (Camden Chronicle.) It la said that a man cannot do two things at a time. But with a wongan It ls different. She will broil a steak and see that the coffee does not boil over, and watch the cat to see that she does not steal the remnant of meat on the kitchen table, and dress three children at one time, and set the table and see to the tonst, and stir the oatmeal and glvo orders to the butcher, and she can do it all at once and not half try. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable ss a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents. LIVER DIDN'T fl DIGES1 Says 65 year Old Kentucky Lady, V After a Few Doses < Meadorsvllle, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia Higginbotham, of this town, says: "At my age, which ls 65, the liver does not act so well as when young. A few years ago, my stomach was all out ot fix. I was constipated, my liver didn't act. My digestion was bad, and lt took BO little to upset me. My ap petite was gone. I was very weak... I deeldod I would give Black Draught a thorough trial as I knew lt waa highly recommended for this trouble. I began taking lt I felt better after a few uoses. My appetlto Improved and I became stronger. My bowels acted naturally and the least trouble waa soon righted with a few IKct Contents 15 Fluid DraoluJ ALCOHOL-atRBOBNT. AVc^GtabteftcpawtipnSfAs similatlmiuicreod by Rc^uUv tin?U\cStonv^andBowlg? Thereby Promotin4D?????( aicerfiilncss and RestCoafcttJ neither Oplttm.Mcnitttn^? Mlnera^NoT&^opTic JUE? AhelpfulRcrocdyfcf and Fcverishncss^and rcsultoi th^r?a^nMancY. *nc$lm?eS?4nj??*ot XjOthnnwHGoMP?? NEW VQR?? Exact Copy of Wrapper. Thc Spanish flags of to-day were ? adopted May 28, 1785. Advice to housekeepers to ocono- i mise ls no longer necessary. They I just have to. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY. Bet ween Belton and Walhalla. Thuo Tallin No. 20-Effective Aug. f,, 1!U7. ?TAT10N8 Kast-Bound. Lv. Walhalla . WeBt Union .... Seneca. Jordania . Adams Crossing. Cherry's Cross'g. Pendleton. Au tun. Sandy Springs . Denver . Wst. Anderso.i*". JV.Anderson, Pas Dp j\. Anderson, Frt Dp JV. Erskine's S'dlng. S.v. Belton . train Nos. . Lv. Lv. Lv. L.v. Lv. L.V. Liv. JV, JV. JV. 3 AML 7.20 7.25 7.45 7.48 8.05 8.08 8.20 8.28 8.31 8.36 8.51 9.00 9.01 9.18 9.30 12 fi >. ?a So P.M. 3.05 3.10 3.30 3.33 3.50 3.63 4.05 4.13 4.16 4.21 4.36 4.45 4.46 5.03 5.15 IO I A. M. 14.00 11.08 12.05 12.09 12.45 12.50 1.06 1.18 1.22 1.30 1.50 2.20 2.21 2.40 2.55 8 ITATION8 i ?ira rYest-Bouml. JV. Belton JV. Erskine's S'dlng .iv And'son, Ft Dep JV Anderson, P. Dp. ?Vi Y?, Anderson . . J\. Denver. .rv. Sdy. Springs . . JV. Au tun. J\. Pendleton . . . . ..v. Cherry's Cross. JV. Adams Cross . . JV. Jordania . . . . JV. Seneca. JV. West Union . . . lr. Walhalla . . frein Nos. P.M. 5.25 5.37 5.5 4 5.55 6.04 6.18 6.23 6.26 6.34 0.45 6.48 7.05 7.08 7.28 7.40 ll A. M. 11.22 11.34 11.51 11.52 12.01 12.15 12.20 12.23 12.31 12.42 12.45 1.02 1.15 1.35 1.45 ? 7.20 7.30 7.50 7.58 8.02 8.20 8.46 8.50 9.15 9.50 10.18 10.30 7 Flan Station?: Anderson Freight Depot, West .nderaoti, Donvor, Sandy Springs, A ut un. Cher yl Crossing, AdainH' Crossing, .lordania. Steam trains will stop on ting at Welch, Tox way, Phlnney's, Janies. J. K. ANDERSON, Supt. ION WAS BAD /ho Tells How She Wai Relieved of Black-Draught. oses of Black-Draught" Seventy years of successful use has lade Thedford's Black-Draught a tandard, household remedy. Every tember, of every family, at times, eed tho help that Black-Draught can [ve In cleansing the system and re eving the troubles that come from anstipatlon, indigestion, lazy liver, c. You cannot keep well unless your omach, liver and bowels are in good orking order. Keep thew, that way. ry Black-Draught. It acts promptly, mtly and in a natural way. If you el sluggish, take a dose tonight, au will feel fresh tomorrow. Price c. a package-One cent a dose ll druggists. J. 6? For Infants anv! Ohildron. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THC OCNTAUN OOMPANV. NIM VORN O ITV Building to Heat U-Boats. London, Sept. 6.-Commenting on tho parid Increase lu shipbuilding to offset losses from tho submarine campaign, the Cardiff correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company Bays that two supplements published by Lloyd's Shipping Register show that between Juno 8 and July 17 moro than 100 steamers, of which Oil are British, were added to the reg ister. ?Most of these vessels aro of largo tonnago. Tho rate of construe* tion ls understood to bo increasing rapidly. Thi Quinine That Dost Not ?fftet tnt Httd Because of ita tonic aud laxative effect, LAXA TIVH BROMO QUININE ia better than ordinary Quinine and doea not cause nervousness nor rWlriz in head. Remember th? full Barn? and look tor tb? alsnature of ?. w. QRQVB. 30c. Three Killed by Lightning. Greenville, Sept. 5-Throe negroes were Instantly killed by lightning at Greer last night when a bolt domol ishod tho house In which they wore living. The victims were John Qood lett, his wife and daughter. 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