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rV* COTTON GRADES TESTED. Bill Passed by Congress to Standardize Cotton Grade?Will be Beneficial to Farmers. Of more than passing interest to j ~ Crtn+Vi Parnlinn and ! tUC idl iilCl O ui tjvuiu VV%. particularly the cotton growers, is the 1 Treasure introduced and passed through the efforts of Senator E. D Smith requiring the department of 'agriculture to test the tensile strength, .J that is, the yarn-making quality of each and every grade of cotton; to bleach every grade whether in the b form of yarn or cloth., in order to de- j ?|ermine the cost and the result of the J bleaching; to estimate carefully thel amount of waste in each grade incident to vonverting it into yarn and -cloch; -to estimate carefully the value *>f this waste. From this it will readily be seen that the result of these experiments will be of incalculable benefit to the t grower. This measure became a law at the last session of congress and! the department of agriculture is nowj * engaged in the wofk oi mvwu5 auvu. i I It will give the producer the requi-J I site knowledge from an impartial offcficial source of the real commercial WL value of every grade of cotton. as is well known, both the expert and domestic buyers make a difference between middling and the lower { grades or any where from $1.25 to $15.- J 00 Der bale. The producer had no j I "way of knowing whether this was right, just or not. No had to take the word of the trade. By vurtue of this law, he will be furnished a bulletin giving him full knowledge of all these facts, so that when he comes to mar-! I * ket he will be thoroughly informed as the value of every grade in referee to its manufacturing value, andj [1 not have to take the word of an I I erested party. n conjunction with the above law, j ' VlT7 I ipbe grades nave ueeu sumucu. UJIAVU VJ I Ihe government. Senator Smith has begun a campaign to have every shipping point in the cotton-growing states furnished with a set of these \ (Standardized samples, that is, every shipping point where there is a sworn ^-eigher or other competent official to take charge of them. It can readily he seen that, with the knowledge the farmer who comes to market to sell is thoroughly equipped to protect himself against beiDs buncoed or de ceived as to what grade his cotton is and the value of that *ITnefra+o whpn a. v gracttf. iu iiiuBMuwt ..?.? n a farmer comes to market where . there is a set of standard samples he can determine himself what his k ' grade is and not be dependent upon I the buyer to say what the gr^de is. j l Ttaien the grade has been determined j & by comparison with the government j standard, the farmer then can determine the value of the grade by reference to the government tests furnished him. For instance, 6uppose the buyer offers the producer a half cent ,or three-quarters of a cent l-ess for; his low middling than for middling.; | ^ Suppose the farmer, by reference to L his bulletin, finds that, according 'to j ^Dvernment tests, low middling for I manufacturing purposes is as valuable as middling. With this know-j , ledge, he can demand the same price j for his low middling as he does for I middling and it would be up to him whether he takes less or demand the same. In a word, he will be in posi session of all the knowledge avail[ able in reference to the value and the | J grade of his cotton that the mill man I and buyer nas, ana can guv^m mmI self accordingly. | In Senator's opinion, this is the most I important legislation ever enacted in ! behalf of the cotton grower. Senator Smith has reintroduced and tis pushing his bill locking to the regulation of cotton exchanges. This is the same measure that came near passing at the last session of con"'wts "Rrieflv stated, this bill pro- J f vides that in each and every contract for the future delivery of cotton the grade or grades contracted for shall be specifically named in the contract, and such grade or grades as are nam-! ed shall be according to government j standardization. This will legalize the standardized grades in interstate commerce and give the sanction of law to the use of the standard grades l ^n every State. ?* ^ ~ ?nnn Sonntrtr (in cuiuincjLu.1115 ^??? Smith's measure providing for .cotton tests Dr. E. A. Cobb, chief technolofist of the department of agriculture, j ays: "Preliminary negotiations have been I practically completed with one of the! "best equiped textile schools and also one of the leading cotton mills of the South for making the waste tensile strength and bleaching tests of the different grades of cotton as etnnrtardized bv the government. "About ten bales of each of the full grades "will be used from 1-inch upland and 1-inch gulf cotton respectively, an aggregate of about 100 bales (or as much thereof as the present appropriation will provide.) A jjortion of each bale is to be sent to the tex tile school and the remainder to the mill, thus giving identical cotton for the two runs. The same speeds, or- ; ganization and conditions will be uti- j lized in the two runs as far as possi- J ble. Part of the raw stock from each j ^ <"> vnivinff will ho hlParllPfl 311(1 I S-l auc 11 i i ill niii uv J yarn made from each mixing to as- j certain if there is any difference in the cost of bleaching or in the way the resultant stock behaves in the manufacturing processes. Bleaching tests will also be made in the laboratory on the finished yarns. "In addition to the various number or yarns cjrdinarily made by the trade from the respective grades, the same number of yarn will be made from each grade. Tensils strength tests of all yarns will be made in a variety of ways, and by a variety of agencies. "Samples of the yarn and other products manufactured will be submitted to commission merchants, buyers and sellers of yarn to ascertain the true commercial value of all samples. "Quotations will also be obtained from waste dealers and mills that manufacture waste to determine thej relative commercial value of the | various types of waste maae irom me respective grades. "The relative cost of manufacture will be. taken carefully into consideration. Data secured in this way should aid in determining the intriusic value, of the various official grades of cotton and should assist in adjusting the premiums and penalties on and off the basis grade, middling." The Summer School of the South. J "il- ~~~iflio cummer i Tne iweum scsisiuu ui ( school of the South, the attendance at which this year is expected to number about three'thousand, begins on Juhej 24 and continues through six weeks I to August 1, 1913. This famous sum-1 mer school is held on the campus of the University or Tennessee at Knoxville. Special rates are obtainable on , all railroads. The summer school of the South is organized in such a way as to offer courses of study covering every possi* *- *- -? irin^apirQrtnprs ! Die suDjecr m wuivu iv 1XJLUV/1 . primary or secondary school teachers can be interested. It also offers academic courses for which college entrance credit is given; and, lastly, distinctly collegiate courses for which credit is allowed toward a universi- . ty degree. 1 In addition to all these regular! courses, w;hich are offered by expert j. instructors from all parts of the counts nnmhArintr ? faculty of about one H.T, UUXUVw. Q _ hundred, there are also special opportunities for music (both in formal courses and popular concerts), art, round table conferences of teachers and superintendents, open-air plays, recreations and outings, such as swim- j ming and tennis, and personally conducted excursions to Asheville, N. C., Chattaooga, Tenn., Mammoth Cave, Niagara Falls, and other points. A ^ i V? AT*A Besides all tnese auracuuus, lucici is given each morning and evening, in the large open air auditorium, a popular lecture by such men as Albert E. Winship, Edward Hazard Griggs, Jay William Hudson, Charles W. Kent, Edwin D. Starbuck, Henry Lawrence Southwick, and many others who have achieved enduring success upon the public platform. A new feature this year, of special interest and value is the offering of Th&re courses ixi ncanu uuuvU..>? , will be five courses in this field, two | of which will be conducted by Surgeon J. W. Schereschewsky, a specialist from the hygienic laboratory of the bureau of public health in Washington detailed for this purpose by the United States government. The catalogue of this school are now available. We feel that we are conferring a benefit upon our community and performing a distinct public service in presenting the foregoing facts and suggesting that all those interested should communicate with the summer school authorities at an early date. ?~ 1 C<mr l>t! j EXAMINATION FUK ru?r.uAi5ix.i^t About 50,000 Incumbents Will Have ^ To \ 11 Conie/s in roripiti- I tive Examination. "Washington, May 7.?All fourrh class postmasterships, except these paying less than $180 a year, were; thrown open to competitive examina- i tions by an order issued today by President Wilson. These positions ire retained in the classified service, but about 50,000 incumbents who were ! "covered" in the classified service by executive orders of previous adminis| trations, will have to meet all comers i j in competitive examination to hold their positions with civil service protection. T- - "totomont making this order IU ct v 0 j public, Postmaster General Burleson announced that it was the purpose of President Wilson and himself to exI j tend the classified service to include I presidential postmasters of the second and third class, probably within a year. This may require legislation by congress, lie said. His plan, which will be laid before the president, will provide for a qualification test for incumbents and applicants "in keeping with the importance of the offices." j Taft's Division of Classes. Under President Taft's order of October 15, 1912, fourth class postmasters were divided into two classes, class "A," those drawing more than $500 ,and class "B," those drawing less than $500. Competitive examina- j tions were prescribed for future applicants for class "A" appointments, while the class "B" positions were to be filled upon recommendations of postoffice inspectors. Today's order leaves only the office paying $180 or less to be filled upon inspectors' recommendations. Rules and regulations to govern the - * * -a ?.ill administration or tne new oruer win be worked out ad announced by the civil service commission as soon as possible. HAD >EYER SEEN A HORSE. Consternation Caused by Animal in T'nnan VTHfifrU't. I Jfj'VJ. jl unvii A horse is such a commonplace object to most of us that it brings somewhat of a shock of surprise to read of the astonishment and fear caused among Indians far north in the upper | Yukon district. The horse belonged 1 to Charles Sheldon, naturalist and j hunter, who describes his explorations in the wilderness of the Upper Yukon: "In the afternoon, shortly after seeing an old Indian and two boys on the left bank, we came to their camp, where lour familTes were occupying tents. Never had I seen Indians in the north of such healthy and vigorous appearance. As I took the horse off the boat, all started to run, and their dogs which were tied near the tents became greatly excited, and struggled against their chains to attack him. None of the Indians of the Upper Felly river ever before had seen a horse." On the next day the experience was repeated at.a second camp: , "As fhe Vidette rounded the curve into Ross river and made fast, I gazed j from the deck at the multitude of In- j dians?men, women and children?all assembled on the bank and nervously rushing about. When the gangplank was put out I suddenly rode Danger, the horse, to the shore and approached the Indians on a trot, while men, women and children were fleeing in all directions and shouting in fright. My j was suddenlv checked, how- j Klw?J^wv ? ev<er, for at once a dozen or more dogs rushed at the horse, howling and snapping. If the trappers had not quickly beaten them off, the horse surely j would have been disabled." News of the wonderful animal was immediately carried ahead. "Many Indians had come to our camp for the purpose of seeing the ^ horse, which aroused their interest among them. One morning three ap peared very early, and watched us j, throw the pack on Danger. So great j was their astonishment to see him j' walk off with a pack of 20 pounds that j they followed us for three miles.'' . A ' Moral Sheep." Frank A. Daniels' the youngest son of secretary of the navy, is a great friend of -Mrs. Lindley M. Garrison and her "good clothes" are matters of mueh interest to him, says a Washington dispatch to the New York Herald. IMrs. Garrison has a new evening M wrap trimmed with a large collar of j a white "wooly" sort of fur. "Mrs. Garrison," queried Master Frank after an approving survey, "w^hat kind of fur in this in your collar'/" |j "I don't know what it is," replied ] Mrs. Garrison. "but I suppose you might call it a sort of refined sheep ? ?if you kow what I mean by that." ? "Oh, yes, I know exactly what you mean. You mean the sort of sheep that come in early at night?a per- i fectly moral sheep," replied Master Frank, with a conviction not shaken , by the shouts of laughter which greeted his conception of a "white sheep." Wasn't Out Anything Except Window. Exchange. As an express train was going through a station one of the passengers leaned too far out of the window, overbalanced and fell out. He fortunately landed on a sand heap, so that he did himself no great injury, but, with torn clothes and not a few bruises, said to a porter who was standing by: "What snail i ao r "You're all right, mister," said the ? porter. "Your ticket allows you to step off." I Barbecue Notice. We will give a first class barbecue j at Keitts Grove on July 24. A good dinner is guaranteed. B. M. Suber, J 0. A. Felker. ^ - ?? ?i I We, the unaersignea, win give a uw- ( becue in front of J. P. Wiicker's, N$. 2 J township, on the second Saturday in July. H. M. Wicker. J. P. Wicker. As! It tells you ho phone line wit same high-class now enjoyed b 1 If you hav tell you how t< You do not ob Address nea Fai SOUTHERN AND TELE< I 1 fi^TSn.il II *'?* Jf^Wph gee! I !| ifgood MDC WOHTHS/ tgjc don't eat yoa to & * take our word for die V Work this truly vksoj J^jeffal feed will do jroutf try it ?* V}?=--^rnf your own didi* I 141 ??r of>#aK ^ ^ ^^ reus Ij R. D. Smith & Son, Newberry, S. C. Constipation Cured. Dr. King's New Life Pills wilL relieve constipation promptly and get F"oui bowels in healthy condition again. John Supsic, of Sanbury, Pa., says: * - ? - j They are the best pins 1 ever u?eu, ind I advise everyone to use them for constipation, indigestion and liver complaint." Will help you. Price 25c. Recommended by all druggists. SEABOARD AIR LISE. Schedules. Effective April 27,1913. (Subject to Change without Notice.) Xot Guaranteed. No. 4 Lv. Columbia 5.50 a. m. \To. 18 Lv. Columbia 4.00 p. m. No. 2 Lv. Columbia 6.35 p. m. \"o. 36 Lv. Columbia 7.45 p. m. Southbound. No. 19 Lv. Columbia 7.00 a. m. No. 1 Lv. Columbia 12.10 p. m. No. 21 Lv. Columbia 5.00 p. m.' No. 3 Lv. Columbia 12.20 a. m. Trains 1 and 2, Florida-Cuba Special, rrains 3 and 4. Seaboard Fast Mail, rrains 18 and 36, Hamlet local. Trains A J 01 0?<TnnnnIt liJ ctiiu 6? oav aii 11 ai_i iuvai. Ticket Office 1225 Main St. Phone' 574. C. E. Boisseau, Jr., City Ticket Agts., Columbia S. C. J. S. Etchberger, Trav. Pass. Agent. C. W. Small, Div. Pass. Agt. Savannah, Ga.?Adr. >Vonderfnl Skin Sal?e. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is known everywhere as the best remedy made for all diseases of the skin, and also for burns, bruises and boils. Reduces j inflammation and is soothing and j healing. J. T. Sossaman, publisher of I X' r* XT r -a-ritpc; that I 1>CW5, VL V/UlilCllUO v j t. A one box helped his serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. Only 25c. Recommended by all druggists. I Pay Cash For Hens 11c lb -? 7^ lk I\OOSiei5 ?V W Broilers, 1 J and less 18c lb Eggs 1 Sc doz Jas. D. Qnattlebaom, Prosperity, S. C. Farmer ] WTMs_ E itis i k for It Today-A Po w you may connect :h the Bell system, > local and long disl y more than 5,000,( en't a Telephone t\ o get service at ven ligate yourself by se trest Bell Telephone Man rmers' Line Department RELL TELEPHO 5RAPH COMPA th PryorSt, Atlanta, Ga. i I A Long Poll and a Strong In anything. Now, I have been tr RUMELY PROI B Which I consider the best in the \ ceeded in obtaining the agency fo if you are in the market for kny ii Ibe to your interest to let me see y< Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Fa Pea Threshers or Sepai Feed Cutters, Wood Sawi arators, Silos, Gasoline ar from 1 1-2 to 100 horsepc We handle only the best, so if y< write me. If you are not interest interested. Y^urs res J. M. Swindler, 910! D. C. V. F CHATTANOOGA, TE | Very Low Excurs I Southern Premier Carrier < Tickets on sale May 24, 25, June 5. Tickets can be extendec with Special Agent and paying U Following excursion rates twill Columbia Rnrlr TTi11 . Chester Newberry Greenwood Abbeville .... Union Winnsboro Proportionately low rates from Through Pullman cars and coa No. 15, 7:20 a m., May 26 via N son, Atlanta, arriving Chattanooj Carolina Special leaves Columb p. m., Spartanburg 4:15 p. m., c train No. 35, carrying Pullman Chattanooga 6:00 a. m. Ample coach accommodation 01 For lurtner lntormauon ana r any ticket agent Southern Railwa L. D. ROBINSON, c. p. & t. a.s Columbia, S. C., W. H. McGEE, Columbia, Meeds > /%/M7 fi* f ' ^1~ ** i ) Free ' stal Will Do : your Teleand get the . :ance service >00 people. MO KAAIT f*7l1 llO uwuiv yt lix / small cost nding for it. ager, or NE |j\ J m mm| PdU Brings Snccess! I ying for 4 months to get the >UCTS LINE vorld, and I have about sue- B r this line of machinery. So nproved machinery it will ' ou before you buy. We have J ed Mills, Grain and rators, Ensilage and t, Pumps, Cream Sepid Kerosene Engines, >wer. ou are interested, see or ed, see me anyway and get pectfully, ! H ttain St., Newberry, S. C g ? ?HI ' I tEUNION UN. MAY 27-29 ion Rates via Railway of the South. 26 27, 28, with final limit \ 1 until June 25 by depositing ie of 50 cents. apply from points namedr $7-70 7-55 7-55. 6.85 ! 6.20 6.20 7-?? " S.io all other points. . ches leaving Columbia, Train ewberry, Greenwood, Anderja 9:35 p. m. | ia 1:00 p. m., Union 3:13 onnecting at Asheville with cars and coaches, arriving 01 all trains. ullman car reservation apply ' 1 .v or address S. H. McLEAN, d. p. a., Columbia, S. C. a. g. p. a., i i; S. C. ' I