The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 13, 1913, Page SEVEN, Image 7
rV* COTTON GRADES TESTED.
Bill Passed by Congress to Standardize
Cotton Grade?Will be Beneficial
to Farmers.
Of more than passing interest to j
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ^
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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!
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John Supsic, of Sanbury, Pa., says:
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They are the best pins 1 ever u?eu,
ind I advise everyone to use them for
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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
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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
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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
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Prosperity, S. C.
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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
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| 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
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:ance service
>00 people.
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ying for 4 months to get the
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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
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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;
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