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tumorous Jfpartmcnt Reversed the Verdict.?A prominent citizen of a large town went raging into the electric light company's office and declared that one of their wires had killed a pet tree on his premises. "That tree." said he, "has been standing there for twenty years, and we regarded it as one of the family. My children played under it when they were babies, and it is associated with some of the pleasantest memories of my life, wnen 11 ueKan to die we all mourned, and we could not imagine what ailed it until yesterday, when I noticed that a wire was lying right across a branch. My poor tree has been electrocuted, and I feel as if murder had been done in my house." Considerably moved, the agent of the company went to view the scene of the tragedy and found the tree still alive, but feeble. When he came to trace the wire he discovered one end nailed to the roof of an old barn and the other twisted around a discarded pole. It had been cut off for at least two years and forgotten. But the occasion demanded something, so he made.the following report: "Tree alive; wire dead. Wire evidently killed by tree. Bill inclosed." In Hot Water,?"Typographical errors," said a writer, "are continually cropping up. I called for a magazine editor the other day to take him out to luncheon. As he was getting gratefully into his coat, a man entered. "'Do you read your magazine?' the man asked. " 'I do,' the editor replied. " 'Have you read the new number, the one that came out yesterday?' " 'I have.' " 'Have you read my poem, 'To Gabrielle,' on page 117?' " *N-no.' " 'No! Well, in that poem I wrote the line, 'I love you better than I love my life.'' " 'A neat line?neat and well turned,' said the editor, soomthingly " 'And one of the pro/essional hu morists or your composing room ?ei It up to read, 'I love you better than I love my wife.' ' " 'How?er'? " Than my wife?precisely that. And my wife knows nothing of composing room comedy, and she thinks the line was printed exactly like I wrote it.' " Resourceful.-?There is a certain young woman of Brooklyn who possesses a hat of which she is inordinately proud. It was a small hat originally but the owner had increased its proportions materially by the addition of willow plumes attached to wire backbones. Now, she wore this hat to a music festival not long ago, and she felt very much dressed up. As she leaned back gracefully and complacently in her chair, she felt a gentle tugging at the aforesaid hat from behind. So she turned and said to a selfpossessed young man Just in her rear: "Does my hat annoy you?" "Not at all," said the young man. She of the hat thought it over for a while. It occurred to her that perhaps she had been ungracious. Accordingly she turned again, this time with this query: "Perhaps the plumes Interfere with your view of the stage?" "At first they did," confessed the self-possesserd young person, "but I bent 'em down." The Ruling Passion.?George Bernard Shaw, the author and playwright, tells this story of a cricket match which took place in his native town long ago: "The match, married men versus single men, was in progress. "The 'married' innings had closed with a total of 37, toward which Jones, the local grocer, had contributed a lucky 20. Scarcely had the 'singles' commenced to bat when the startling news of a local train disaster reached the ground, whereupon Jones evidenced a worried look. " 'What's the matter, Jones?" asked the captain. " 'Well.' Jones replied, reflectively, 'my wife was on that train.' " "Too bad. old man. I'm sorry,' murmured the captain, greatly touched. 'In that case, of course, you want to get away at once?' " 'Oh, no, it isn't that,' explained Jones. 'But, you see, if anything has happened to Annie I ought to be playing for the single chaps.'" Witty Foreman.?The foreman of a jury which sat in a New England courtroom possessed a ready wit that served him well in an encounter with a judge or oruuani uiuumiit-iiis. The judge, although a man of abrupt speech and manner, possessed a quick sense of humor. The foreman was late one day, only a few minutes late, but even that was sufficient to irritate his honor, as he afterward owned. "I overslept, your honor," said the foreman, with due meekness, as he took his seat. "Fine him," said the judge testily. "May it please your honor," said the foreman quickly, "I did not dream of that" "Remit the fine," said the judge, hiding his mouth with his hand for a moment, but his eyes betrayed him for all that.?Case and Comment. Pat Won.?An Irishman and Englishman and a Scotchman were out of work. They traveled together in search of employment and applied for the work of plowman. The farmer said whoever told the biggest lie could have the job. The Englishman said he went to the North pole in a tub. The Scotchman said he swam to the South pole. The farmer then asked Pat. "Degorra, sir." said Pat, "I believe these lads." Pat got the job.? Chicago Ledger. Polite Convict.?"The convict who escapee' was one of the most polite men in the prison." "Yes; even when he knocked the guard down he said. 'Excuse the liberty I'm taking.'"?Baltimore American. Name Appropriate.?"I don't see why you call your place a bungalow," said Smith to his neighbor. "Well, if it isn't a bungalow, what Is it?" said the neighbor. "The job was a bungle and I still owe for it." An Old Tale Retold.?"Did you ever play cards for money?" "Yes but I never got it."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. VALUE OF THE PINDER Cotton Belt Farmers Should Give it More Attention. EXPERT INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT Special Agent for the Agricultural Department Tolls All About Soil. Climate. Fertilization and Cultivation. [By H. C. Thompson, horticulturist, office of horticultural and pomological investigations, bureau of plant industry.] The value of the peanut, both as a money crop and for feeding on the farm, makes it especially desirable in the cropping system in some parts of the cotton belt. The commercial value of the crop increased from $7,270,515 in 1899, to $18,271,929 in 1909, and the increase since 1909 has been even greater than before that year. These figures do not represent the full value of the crop, for they do not take into account thousands of acres of peanuts grown for hog-feeding purposes. The production of peanuts for stock food offers at the present time the greatest opportunity for increasing the acreage, as a few acres could be grown profitably for feed on nearly every farm in the cotton belt. The peanut is one of the best hog foods that can be produced, and it is also valuable for cattle, horses, and mules. Poor soil can be Improved very rapidly by growing peanuts for hog-feeding purposes, especially if the hogs are turned into the field and allowed to gather the nuts for themselves. Even if the nuts are harvested and fed to live stock, the soil will be improved if all the manure is returned to the land. The market demand for peanuts is growing rapidly, and this alone will take care of a considerable increase in acreage. In growing peanuts for market, however, the beginner should bear in mind that it is necessary to have certain machinery that is not ordinarily found in communities where peanuts are not commercially grown. It also should be borne in mind that there are no well established markets for peanuts in most sections of the cotton belt and that the price in this territory is governed by that paid in Virginia and North Carolina. No farmer should go into the production of peanuts for market without first knowing whether the quantity grown in his community will be sufficient to justify buying the necessary machinery and to enable the growers to ship the product in carload lots. Soils For Peanuts. While peanuts will grow on nearly any type of soil, a sandy or sandyloam soil, preferably light in color, gives the best results. Dark soils or those containing a considerable per to be planted, because of the large number of weed seeds contained in the manure. Fresh manure has a tendency to cause the plants to produce a heavy growth of foliage with a large percentage of poorly filled pods. The manure, therefore, should be applied to the crop grown the previous season. The peanut as a market crop, if properly handled, is not exhaustive of plant food. In fact, the plant is a great nitrogen gatherer, but if the entire plant, including the root, is removed and no part returned to the soil the peanut is almost as exhaustive of fertility as corn. By feeding the straw 1 other refuse to farm animals applying the manure to the land, i fertility may be retained or even increased. When grown exclusively for feeding purposes and hogs are turned into the field to root out the nuts, there is no better soil-improving crop than the peanut. Importance of Lime in the Soil. Peanuts require an abundance of lime to insure proper ripening and filling of the pods. Where the soil contains limestone or shells it may not be necessary to apply lime, but on soils that are inclined to be in the least sour, lime should be used, 1.000 pounds of fresh burned lime or 2.000 tuktnwlu flno frrmiiul 1 irnt??! imo tioivii* I ? " applied every four or five years to each acre. The lime should not be applied at the same time as the commercial fertilizer, but when plowing the land. The lime should be applied broadcast after the land is plowed and thoroughly mixed with the nod by harrowing. Where marl deposits are found the marl may be used as a substitute for lime. It is usually hauled and scattered broadcast upon the land during the winter. The F'eanut as a Nitrogen Gatherer. The peanut plant, in common with other legumes, has the power of collecting nitrogen from the air and stor- i ing it in nodules on its roots. For this reason the peanut is a very desirable soil-improving plant. It should be borne in mind, however, that in order to benefit the soil the main portion of the roots should be left in the ground. The nitrogen I centage of iron are likely to stain the I shells, rendering them less desirable for market. For stock feeding, however, the staining of the shells is of little consequence. Soils that become hard or compact are not adapted to peanut growing, owing to the inability of pod stems, or "pegs," to penetrate the surface. Poorly drained or sour soils are not suited to the peanut. The Ideal soil is a sandy loam containing a considerable amount of humus or vegetable matter, together with an abundance of lime. Preparation of the Soil. The soil for the peanut should be thoroughly prepared by plowing, harrowing and dragging or rolling. The time to plow depends upon the character of the soil and its previous treatment. Where there is no danger of the soil washing, fall plowing is advisable, especially if any coarse material is to be turned under. Sod land should also be broken during the fall or winter. On land where there is no crop the plowing need only be done in time to allow the soil to settle before planting. Land plowed in the spring should be harrowed a short time after plowing in order to prevent the loss of moisture. Fall-plowed land should be harrowed early in the spring and at intervals of a week or ten days until the peanuts are planted. On soils fairly well drained, level culture should be practiced, but where the drainage is poor it is advisable to throw up slight ridges ui>on which to plant the peanuts. Where water stands upon the land for any considerable length of time i>eanuts should be planted on ridges, which should be as low and Hat as the conditions will allow. Fertilizers and Manures. The peanut responds to the use of commercial fertilizers when the soil contains a reasonable amount of hu, mus, but on soils that are adapted to peanuts large quantities of fertilizers are not necessary. A mixture containing 2 per cent nitrogen, 6 to 8 per cent of phosphoric acid, and 6 to 8 per cent of potash is recommended for sandy or sandy-loam soils. This should be applied at the rate of 200 to 800 pounds to the acre, depending upon the character of the soil. This year it will be difficult to get a fertilizer as high in potash as the one mentioned, but soils that have been well fertilized in the past should produce a good yield of ]>eanuts with 3 or 4 per cent of potash in the mixture. The fertilizer is usually applied in a nar1 row strip along the row, a one-horse fertilizer distributor being often used for the purpose. The fertilizer should be thoroughly mixed with the soil. Barnyard or stable manure should not be used the same year the peanuts are gathering bacteria are usually present in abur dance, even where the crop is planted for the first: time. This is especially true where the unshelled nuts are planted. If the nodules are not abundant on the roots, artificial inoculation will probably prove an advantage. Planting Peanuta. The large-podded peanuts, such as the Virjrinia Bunch and Virginia Runner, should be shelled for planting, while the small-podded Spanish peanut is usually planted in the shell. The large-podded varieties have thick shells and the peas do not fill the pods, so that germination is retarded. The Spanish peanut has thin shells and the pods are usually well filled. When planting in the pods it is a good plan to soak the peanuts for a few hours to hasten germination. After soaking, the seed should not be allowed to become dry, as the vitality is seriously injured by drying. Shelled seed should never be soaked. The peanut should not be planted until the soil has become quite warm, and, as a rule, a little later than corn. The Spanish variety may be planted later than the Virginia type, as it requires less time to complete its growth. In most sections of the cotton belt the Spanish and similar varieties of peanuts may be pianted after oe.ts or other crops which come oft early in the summer; that is. from the middle of June to the last of July. When growing the Spanish variety for hogfeeding purposes it is a good plan to make thiee or four plantings, so a3 to have the plants come to maturity at different times. The first planting should be made as early as possible and other plantings at intervals of three or four weeks until the first of July in the upper south and up to the last of July in the lower south. The best distance to plant peanuts varies according to the soil and variety. The Virginia Runner variety on good soil should be planted 12 to 15 inches apart in rows at least 36 inches apart. Virginia Bunch peanuts are planted in rows 30 to 36 inches apart and 9 to 12 inches apart in the row. The Spanish and Valencia varieties are planted in rows 28 to 36 inches apart and 6 to 9 inches in the row. When growing the Spanish variety for feeding purposes it is advisable to plant the seed 6 Inches apart in rows 30 inches apart. The quantity of seed required to plant an acre depends upon the closeness of the planting. As a rule it requires 11-2 to 2 pecks of shelled Virginia and 11-2 pecks of shelled Spanish. or 5 to 7 pecks in the pods, to plant an acre. On light, sandy soils, the seed should be covered 11-2 to 2 inches and 1 inch to 11-4 inches on heavy soils. A large part of the crop is planted with 1-horse planters. Some of these machines are designed for planting the Spanish and similar varieties in the shell. Some peanut growers still plant by hand, opening the row with a single-shovel plow and dropping the nuts at the desired distance. The row is then covered by means of a small cultivator with a notched board fastened across the back of the implement. The Cultivation of Peanuts The cultivation of the peanut should begin soor after planting and continue until the vines occupy the ground, ir the surface of the soil gets hard before the plants break through, it is a good plan to run a weeder over the Held to break the crust. As soor as the rows can be followed regular cultivation should begin. A 2-horse riding cultivator is employed to a large extent in the old peanut growing regions, although 1-horse cultivators are used by many farmers. A cultivator will give better results than a sweep or plow. The surface should be stirred as soon as possible after a rain in order to prevent the baking of the soil. After the peanuts begin to "peg," or form pods, they should not be disturbed or given further cultivation. For the last cultivation it is a common practice to employ a cultivator that will roll the soil up under the branches, to provide loose soil for the "pegs'" to penetrate. Rotation. Peanuts should be grown in rotation with other crops rather than as a specialty. For the best results the land should not be planted to peanuts oftener than once in three or four years. A good rotation is corn with cowpeas between the rows, followed by winter oats. After the oats are harvested the land should be prepar ed and Spanish peanuts planted. The next year cotton should be planted and bur or crimson clover sown between the rows of cotton at the last cultivation. The clover is turned under the following: spring and the land planted to corn. Harvesting. As no definite rule can be given by which to determine when peanuts are ready to dig. each grower must depend largely upon his own judgment. In the lower south, where frosts do not occur until quite late, the vines assume a yellowish appearance when the peanuts are mature. Peanuts should be dug when the vines have the greatest; number of mature pods. Beginners in peanut growing should be careful riot to dig too soon, as immature nuts shrivel and are light in weight when cured. A few early-formed peas are likely to sprout before digging time, especially if there is a period of rainy weather about the time the peanuts are maturing, but usually the loss by sprouting is not great. Peanuts are ordinarily plowed from the ground with a 1-horse turnplow which has the moldboard removed to prevent throwing dirt over the vines. The plow should be so regulated that the peanut root can be cut off at any desired dep h. The machine potato digger does very satisfactory work and will dig eight to ten acres a day. This machine removes the peanuts from the ground and also shakes off the soil, leaving the vines lying on the surface. The machine digger costs about $75, so its use is only practicable where a considerable acreage of peanuts is to be dug. The digging point of the machine digger can be set to cut off the root at any depth desired. After the peanuts are dug, a gang of workmen shake the vines free from the soil and throw them in small bunches. Where the machine digger is used this shaking is unnecessary, as the machine frees the peanuts from the soil. The vines are left spread on the ground or In small bunches for three or four hours and are then placed in small stacks around a pole to cure. If peanuts are allowed to lie exposed for a considerable time after digging, the pods become discolored and lose In weight and the leaves drop off in handling. The poles for the peanut stacks should be three or four inches in diameter and seven to eight feet long. These poles or stakes are set into the ground twelve to eighteen inches and are well tamped to make them firm. In setting the poles a crowbar or a pointed bar of iron is necessary to make the hole. Before starting the stack one or two pieces of lath, scrap lumber or sapling cut from the woods, about eighteen inches in length, are nailed at right angles to the stake eight inches from the ground in order to prevent the peanuts coming in direct contact wiih the soil. In starting to build a stack a few vines are laid across these pieces, and the stack is then built up by successive layers of vines, the pods being kept well to the center against the stake and the tops to the outside. The stems should have sufficient outward slope to shed water. Occasionally a few vines should be hung around the stake in order to tie the stack together. By this method the pods will be near the center and around the stake, where there is an upward circulation of air and general protection. When the t stack has reached the desired height, ( a bunch of vines is rolled together y and pressed down over the point of t the stake to form a top, or a little dry < grass or a few weeds may be used for 1 this purpose. t It is not advisable to use anything t for topping out the small stacks that ( will prevent the circulation of air. < A heavy cover or a covering of green 1 or wet hay will Invariably cause the < peanuts to spoil. I Curing in barns Is not advisable either when curing peanuts for market 1 or where the entire plant is fed to < stock, as the crop will cure better in < small stacKs tnan wnen siorea in ; bulk. After the nuts have been cured < in the stack from four to six weeks those intended for feeding purposes j may be stored in barns or sheds. < Picking and Thrashing Peanuts. ] Peanuts should cure in the stack at ] least three or four weeks before pick- i ing or thrashing in order to allow the < pods to become dry and the peas firm, i Peanuts are still picked by hand In < some sections, especially when the I grower has only a few acres. Hand ( picking is a very laborious and dusty task, but hand-picked nuts are the i standard of excellence on the market, i The expense of picking by hand is greater than by machinery, and as it is i difficult to get enough labor for hand- I work machines are used by practi- i cally all large growers. 1 Two types of maclnes are used for picking peanuts from the vines. The I common grain thrasher with a special i cylinder for peanuts gives quite sat- ' isfactory results in removing Span- i ish peanuts from the vine. The prin- < cipal objection to cylinder machines < is the tendency to break the pods, but by running the cylinder about 400 revolutions per minute and by feed- I ing properly, the breakage can be ] reduced to a very small percentage, i If the peanuts are to be shelled soon < after they go on the market, the breaking of pods is not very objectionable. When oats or wheat are < grown in localities where peanuts are < raised, the cylinder machine can be used for all of the crops by having two cylinders, one for grain and one for peanuts. The peanut picker works upon an entirely different principle from the cylinder machines. The picking is done by dragging the vines over a horizontal frame covered with wire mesh. The nuts drop through the wire and at the same time rubber brushes attached to an endless chain act on the lower side of the screen to remove the nuts. In addition to removing the pods from the vines, these machines have cleaning and stemming devices which remove the dirt and the small stems from the pods. The picker type of machine does not break or injure the pods, and for this reason it is especially desirable for picking peanuts that are to be sold in the pod or stored through the summer months. After the peanuts are picked they should be stored in a dry place, preferably in a mouse-proof building. If the peanuts are damp after their removal from the vines they should be spread on a floor or stored in a well ventilated building. When the pods nre dry they may be put into bags as they come from the machine. Varieties of Peanuts The principal varieties of peanuts grown for market are the Virginia Hunch, Virginia Runner and Spanish. Hor roasted peanuts sold in the pod the Virginia type is mainly grown. For shelled nuts, used in making salted peanuts, |>eunut candy, peanut uuiiri, rit., nit- aiuciuci pr<w ui iwr large podded varieties are used; also a large part of the Spanish, North Carolina and Valencia varieties. The Spanish variety furnishes a considerable proportion of the shelled nuts, and for stock-feeding purposes it is to he preferred, as it can be grown under a wider range of conditions and has a higher food value than any other variety. The Valencia and North Carolina varieties are also grown to some extent for feeding purposes. Peanuts for Live Stock. As already mentioned, the peanut is a valuable crop for various types of live stock, especially hogs. Few, if any, crops will produce more pounds of pork on an acre of land or produce it at a lower cost per pound than peanuts. A 10-bushel crop of Spanish peanuts will produce 400 to r>00 pounds of pork to the acre, and if the hay is harvested before the hogs are turned in it will nearly pay for the cost of growing the crop. In addition to the profit on the pork, the crop-producing capacity of the soil will be materially increased. Fly making successive plantings, as previously suggested, the earliest crop should be ' ready for the hogs by the first of August, and the last crop should he available until the ground freezes. In pasturing hogs on peanuts it is best to confine them to small areas by using portable fences rather than to let them have the run of the whole field. In some of the southern states the peanut is extensively used for planting between rows of corn, the peanuts usually being planted at the last cultivation of the corn. After the corn is harvested, cattle are turned in to eat the fodder and peanut topa Following the cattle, the land is pastured by hogs in order to clean up the peanuts, in this way the stubble and roots of the peanuts supply humus and most of the nitrogen stored in the nodules on the roots is left In the soil. In addition to growing peanuts to he fed in the field, the crop can be cured as described for a market crop ind stored in sheds or barns for winter feeding. The entire plant is a very valuable feed for nearly all class ?s of live stock and can be fed economically. For dairy cows the whole peanut plant makes almost a balanced ration. Peanut hay, consisting of the entire plant after the nuts are removed, has a much higher feeding value :han any of the grass hays and about the same value as clover hay. A food crop of peanuts grown for market should yield a ton or more of hay :o the acre. When peanuts are harvested for naxket, hogs are usually turned Into he field to glean whatever is left after figging. Many growers fatten two togs on each acre of peanuts so larvested. Hogs fattened exclusively on pealuts will not yield a desirable grade >f meat or lard, as the meat will be joft and the lard oily. By feeding Umost exclusively on corn for the last wo or three weeks of the fattening period this difficulty will be overtome. Sweet potatoes and peanuts :ogether make a good ration for hogs, he sweet potato furnishing the carjohydrate and the peanut the protein tnd fat. Peanut Oil. With a coming shortage of cotton leed from which to make oil and with :he great Increase in the demand for vegetable oils in this country there is l possibility of building up a peanut >11 industry in the south. By making >oth cottonseed oil and peanut oil in he same factories it would be possible .0 keep the mills In operation through>ut the year. With the addition of leaning and shelling machinery the nills now making cottonseed oil lould be used for the manufacture of >eanut oil. Shelled Spanish peanuts contain 50 to 52 per cent of oil, and with up-toJate presses 42 to 44 per cent can be extracted. Good Spanish nuts will pield one gallon of oil to one bushel >f nuts weighing thirty pounds. One ton of farmers' stock Spanish peanuts, after they have been cleaned and shelled, will yield 350 to 400 pounds of first-grade or edible oil, 175 to 200 pounds of second-grade oil, ind 800 pounds of peanut cake. The pake has about the same food value is cottonseed meaL The present indications are that a considerable quantity of first-grade peanut oil could be disposed of at 75 cents a gallon, wholesale, and large quantities of second-grade oil at 35 to 40 cents a gallon for soap making. It will be impossible, however, to establish the peanut oil industry in the United States until there is a much larger production of peanuts. At present the farmers are finding the production of peanuts profitable for the regular channels of trade and for stock feeding purposes. A little encouragement on the part of the managers of oil mills is necessary in order to secure a supply of peanuts for oil supplies. Yields, Cost and Returns. While the average yield of peanuts Is only about 34 bushels an acre, with proper methods of culture a yield of 60 bushels of nuts and one ton to one and one-half tons of forage may be expected. A yield of 75 to 100 bushels an acre is not uncommon, and even higher yields have been obtained. The cost of growing 40 bushels of peanuts for market should not be more than $20 or $25 an acre, including $5 for the rent of the land. A yield of 60 bushels or more per acre would cost no more than 40 bushels except for thrashing and marketing. During the past five years the price received by the farmer for Spanish peanuts has ranged between 60 cents and $1.25 per bushel, depending upon the time they were sold. A yield of 40 bushels at 60 cents would give a return of $24 for the nuts and a ton of hay worth at least $10. Even at this low price a fair profit would be made after deducting the cost of growing. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of Interest Gathered From All Around the World. A national subscription for an aerial fleet for Italy is reported to have reached a total of $740,000. The lower house of the Pennsylvania legislature has passed a bill, 135 to 68, to repeal the full crew act in that state. Three cases of bubonic plague have been discovered in Vedado, the most fashionable suburb of Havana, t'ubu. At auction sales of rugs in New York during Monday, 135,000 bales of rugs, valued at $4,500,000, were disposed of. The Pennsylvania senate has passed u bill, carrying an appropriation of $8,500,000, for the maintenance of state highways. Major Luther S. Bent, supervising engineer in the building of the Union Pacific railway, died at Overbrook, Pa., Monday, aged 86 years. The death of Pield Marshal Oskar von Lindequist, aged 77 years, is announced from Berlin. He was commissioned as lieutenant at the ago of 19 years. Philadelphia police arrested a would-he safe cracker Sunday afternoon as he was ready to begin work on the safe of a wholesale millinery establishment. Panama's finances have reached a critical state, owing to a treasury detleit of approximately $2,000,into, resulting from decreasing revenues and increasing expenditures. Baron Herbert deReuter, head of Hie Reuters Telegram company, the ICnglish news gathering association, committed suicide at Reigate, England. Monday, following the death of his wife on Thurspday previous. Prank Abarno and Carmine Arbone anarchists, convicted last week of attempting to set bombs in St. Patrick's cathedral on March 2, have been sentenced to serve sentences of not less than six years each in Sing Sing. A dispatch from Bucharest is to the effect that 514,000,000 have been spent in strengthening fortifications. trenche?, erecting barbed wire entanglements, etc., around Vienna, Austria. A Rome dispatch says that it is learned from authoritative sources that notwithstanding strong efforts by Germany, Austria and Italy have failed to reach an agreement on territorial concessions. The Jeffrey Manufacturing company of Columbus, O.. a few days ago turned down a $4,000,000 contract for shrapnel shells because it dill not care to participate in the manufacture of death-dealing implements. The Japanese government has ordered the return to home waters of all war vessels of Japan that have been in Pacific waters near the American coast, except the vessels engaged in salvaging the cruiser Asama in Turtle bay, Lower California. The queen of Italy is suffering from a malignant growth on one of her arms, due to an injury sustained while doing relief work following the Messina earthquake, and it is possible that the arm may have to be amputated. As the result of an accident, Swiss customs officials a few days ago, found that Italian railway cars bound for Germany, labeled "vegetables," were loaded with machine guns, ammunition, army supplies, copper, etc. The contents of the cars wer confiscated. The Cologne correspondent of the Amsterdam Tijd, discussing peace conditicns, says: "There is no serious thought in competent circles In Germany of retaining Belgium. Within a few weeks some surprising statements on this matter may be expected. The leaders of German opinion are agreed that the aim of the war will have been reached as soon as Germany's national existence is guaranteed and her colonies secured." HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE Items of Interest From All Sections of South Carolina. J. M. King was on Monday, elected mayor of the town of Easley. W. H. Lewis was on Tuesday, reelected mayor of Tlmmonsville. Twelve tenant houses and a small store on the outskirts of Columbia, were destroyed by fire Monday. William Simpson, a negro, was shot and killed at McCormick, Sunday afternoon, by Lena Martin, a colored woman. The secretary of the navy proposes to establish a marine corps post at Port Royal. The post will consist of 500 officers and men. Dr. C. Fred Williams of Columbia, recently appointed superintendent of the state hospital for the insane, will take charge of the Institution May 1. Governor Manning and thirty other South Carolinians, will attend the Southern conference for Education and Industry to be held In Chattanooga, Tenn., next week. Rev. F. M. Hauser, former editor of the Batesburg Advocate, and well known as an authority on poultry raising, died at his home in Leesville, Monday, aged 60 years. Governor Manning has designated June 28, as "South Carolina Day" at the Panama-Pacific exposition. This state has no building at the exposition. The citizens of Greenville on Tuesday, voted to issue $170,000 bonds? $100,000 for street improvements; $25,000 for sewer extension, and $45,000 to purchase and enlarge the present city hospital. S. J. Derrick has declined appointment as superintendent of education for Newberry county to succeed G. D. Brown, who resigned the superintendency to take the position as state supervisor of mill schools. The body of a man, later identified us Jesse T. Mason of Wilmington, X. C., was found in the Pee Dee river near Florence, last wek. He is supposed to have fallen into the river while drunk. Governor Manning on Tuesday afternoon. signed an order suspending W. W. Huckabee as sheriff of Kershaw county, following hearings on the general charge of non-enforcement of the liquor laws. Robert Swain committed suicide at Spartanburg Junction Tuesday afternoon, by shooting himself in the head with a Winchester rifle. Ill health is said to have been the cause of the act Carl Ramseur of Fayetteville, X. C., died in a Spartanburg hospital Tuesday night of injuries received when he slipped and fell under the car wheels while attempting to board a passenger train at the Spartanburg passenger station, Tuesday. Newberry Observer: One day last week, a mule belonging to Mack Hawkins, colored, was drowned in the Saluda river in a peculiar way. A boat was lying tied at the bank, and it is said the mule got into the boat and upset it and /'ell into the stream and was drowned. It had no doubt gone into the boat in an attempt to drink. The sales of fertilizer companies in South Carolina up to April 20, were 54 per cent of the sales up to the same date last year. The receipts up to date this year are S132,706, as compared with $244,039 last year. There is a tag tax of 25 cents for each ton of fertilizer and the receipts go to the support of Clemson college. Dr. S. L. Swygert of Greenwood, died suddenly of apoplexy at Greenwood, Tuesday. He had just concluded a short talk on apoplexy before the State Medical association, which was in session at Greenwood this week, and had just taken his seat when he was stricken. The deceased was a native of i^xington county, but had lived in Greenwood for the past twenty years. it. A. Howard of Fort Huacuca, Arizona, retired quartermaster sergeant, l\ S. A., has been appointed property officer for the South Carolina National Guard by Adjutant (Jen. \V. \\\ Moore. The last legislature appropriated $1,500 for the salary .tin! expenses of u property officer, who will tsike complete charge of all property records and will make settlement every six months with the company commanders. Fifty guests who attended the wedding of Miss Farle Hrunson and Jno. H. Hydriek near < trangeburg, Tuesday night, nsirrowly escaped serious injury, when the floor of the reception hall in the bride's home, fell through. The dress of one of the 1 guests was set on fire by an overturned lamp and the lady was badly burned. The wedding ceremony was later performed on the front porch of the house. Maj. Gen. W. W. Moore returned to Columbia Tuesday morning from Washington, where he went for a conference with the war department regarding the militia matters and reported a very successful trip. "We ^ got practically everything we asked | for." said the adjutant general. He was much pleased with the result of his mission. General Moore said he i succeeded in getting this state cred ited with their property allowance for 1913, amounting to 312,667.67, und this went toward reducing the property shortage. This shortage has been brought down from about $80,000 to about $37,000, and the adjutant general is now working to get the surveys of the property in the hands of the companies and hopes to have the whole matter settled at an early date. The following were voted for in the election held Saturday for officers of the re-organized militia of South Carolina: Colonel 1st Infantry, W. W. Lewis 3. E. M. Blythe, 32. Lieutenant colonel 1st infantry, J. R. Lindsay 9, P. K. McCully 26. Major 1st battalion, 1st infantry, R. F. Watson, Greenville, 11. Major 2nd battalion, 1st infantry, W. B. Moore, Yorkvllle, 11. Major 3rd battalion. 1st Infantry. W. J. Tiller, Chesterfield, 4. Robert McKorrell, Hartsville, 5: J. B. Doty, Winnsboro, 3. Second election necessary for thisbattalion. Colonel 2nd infantry, Ht, B. Springs, Georgetown, 34. Lieutenant colonel 2nd infantry, Chas. Early, 1, J. H. Claffy, Orangeburg, 33. Major 1st battalion, 2nd infantry, A. H. Silcox, Charleston, 11. Major 2nd battalion, 2nd infantry, Dibert Jackson, Columbia, 11. Major 3rd battalion, 2nd infantry, J. W. Bradford. Sumter, 11. tii"Queen Alexandra receives an annuity of $260,000. . Spend ^ YOUR OWN BROTHER WOt CHANGING TO A .. TRAVEL SUP THESE MERCHANTS GIVE PLUS A MILE IN TRAVEL THE THOMSON CO.? DRY GOODS, MILLINfeRY, SHIEDER DRUG STORE? DRUGS, MEDICINES, CANDI1 S. L. STEELE? GROCERIES, FRUITS, WHIT YORKVILLE HARDWARE SHELF AND HEAVY HARD! T.VPTr THF.ATFF MOVING PICTURES?AS GO TRAVEL SLIPS ] FIRST NATIONAL ! Rebuilt Tyi STANDARD TYPEWR] the uniform price of $100.00 E; sometimes they can be bought had it a week it is "second har price you paid if you wanted enced Typewriter salesman ca about the little devices that h machine has?point out its coi bon, back spacer, tabulating de that his machine is the only on ?that is exactly what he is ] reasons why you pay $100 for asked to pay this price in orde keting the machine?and of co imate and part of the business. Aside from the pride you ma model" typewriter with all the any more REAL TYPEWRI have had you bought a REBU Machine will not write any h any easier or anv plainer than to doughnuts that it won't 1( This being TRUE do you thi New machine at $100.00, whei built Typewriter of exactly th saving of from $35.00 to $50.01 are Hush with the coin of the generous to the Typewriter S Builders and pay them the $icx is perfectly all right and furthi ness. But if you are buying a let us urge you to investigate before you buy. Tell us wlu<t to make you a price and then Look these prices over?They saving you will make in buyin PRICES ARE VERY LOWRemington No. 6, Blind Wr Remington No. 10, Visible V Smith Premier No. 2, Blind 1 Smith Premier No. 10, Visib Oliver No. 2, Visible Writer Oliver No. 5. Visible Writer Royal Standards No. 5, Visil Monarch No. 2, Visible Wrii Underwood No. 4, Visible V Underwood No. 5, Visible V L. C. Smith No. 2, Visible V L. C. Smith No. 5, Visible V A TYFUiWKl 1 H>K 11N YUUt Will prove its value in r learn to use it and the knowlet years?your wife can use it fr< age?A Smith Premier No. 2,1 advantages to the beginner, b use of a "shift key" for Capital is a single keyboard, blind wri visible writer?all of these ma reach (see prices above) and The price of Rebuilt Machines Builders' Number?the higher the price?Express Charges, us THINK THE MATTER OV See if you do not think a Ty worth the price?and then see 1 L. M. GRIST'S S Yorkvilh tV Shrapnel is really a flying <annon, which shoots Its chance whilo In flight or explodes on contact. Its speed of five thousand feet per second Is produced by a pressure of from tlilr- ^ ty to thirty-five thousand pounds per square Inch from the powder that oxpels It from the Run. Bluejackets in the United States % navy ?et eggs and bacon for their breakfast and are allowed as many helpings as they like. "GETS-IT" a SureShot for All Corns Uuse Two Drops?and Thoy Vanish. When corns make you almost die with your boots on, when you try to walk on the edge of your shoes to try to get away from your corns, you're way behind time if you have not used "Murder! ETorrbodr Trie* to Step on My Corn!" U.e "GETS-IT" ud You'll Have No Corns to Be Stepped On. "GETS-IT." It's the corn cure of the century, the new way, the sure, painless, simple way. It makee a fellow really feel foolish after he's used toe- k eating salves, corn-biting ointments. " toe-bundling bandages, blood-bringing razors, knives, flies, scissors, Jabbers and what-nots, when he uses 'Just 2 drops of "GETS-IT" and sees his corn vanish. The difference is divine. Just try it. You won't wince when you m put on your shoes in the morning. M "GETS-IT" is sure, "gets" any corn, -Y callus, wart or bunion. "GETS-IT" is sold by druggists everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. 5S55S5 our Money At Home. ( CAROLINA CUSTOM-MADE HAR >LES, Etc., at FACTORY PRICES. A rder Will Prove Our Assertion. 5 Ildeo and Tallow at Highest Prices. V ur Wants and Your Offerings. * ,SE W. MARTIN I COLUMBIA - - 8. C. 2 rLDNT BLAME YOU FOR MERCHANT.. ' YOU THE BEST % NOTIONS, CLOTHING, SHOES. ES, MAGAZINES, PAINTS, OILS, E HOUSE COFFEE, TEAS, ETC. ! CO.? WARE, KITCHEN WARE, ETC. OD AS CAN BE SEEN?COME. REDEEMED AT BANK 01 Yorkville lewritersITERS practically all sell at ach?That's the "list price"? 4 for less?and when you have & id" and you could not get the Jk to sell. Of course the experi- V n come along and tell you all is machine has that no other lveniences?its two color ribvice, etc., and make you think e to buy. That's his business paid to do?that's one of the a new Typewriter?You are r to help pay the cost of marurse that is all perfectly legitBut where do you come in? ,y have in the "very newest : "newest kinks," you haven't TER value than you would 'ILT MACHINE. The New arder, any faster, any better, a REBUILT, and it's dollars )ok any better to your eye. ^ nk it good business to buy a i you can buy a Factory Ree same make and model at a d or more? Of course, if you realm, and want to be real * alesman and the Typewriter 0 anyway, why of course that . rmore it is none of our busiTypewriter for business use, the FACTORY REBUILT : you want?We will be glad you can decide for yourself, will give you an idea of the g a REBUILT MACHINE: iter $19 to $21 Writer $42 to $55 Writer $18 to $20 le Writer $27 to $42 % $22 to $25 $27 to $38 )le Writer $42 to $45 ter $32 to $46 Writer $38 to $57.50 Writer $41 to $05 /riter $32 to $45 /riter $48 to $55 I HOME? nany ways?the children can ige will be of value in later :quently and to good advantwith double keyboard, has its ecause it doesn't require the letters?the Remington No. 6 ter and the Oliver No. 2, is a chines are easily within your will give entire satisfaction, is governed by the Serial or the Serial Number the higher rnally about $1.50?are extra. ER | ?*> Ar> OAlir VIM 11 Ka ptWllLCI 111 yUUl IIW1IIV Will UC JS. ONS, Printers, S. C. *