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Bl > <?><%* < ?<f><$><5><^<S><$><S>^> Cl.msou ColicoO Extension Work <& ^pouth Carolina Experiment Sta- V K' Press Bulletin No. 127. F. J. Criaer, --i.ssocia.,e Piofessor. HP ^ i tWt'iij -A'u. <$><?> ^ <$/ ? v v*> <$ <?> <$> Ri A portion or every nome 0u.a Msfcould be devoid to t..e giow.Xig strawberri s. . plai^m? ti'C: pro ' varieties and renewing tiie oid beu, I continuous suppiy of iresli iru.t be Iliad irom ea^y in cue spring til late into summer, a hey are veo easy to grow and do well on pracu cally ev^ry kind of soil and in all climates. From now until the last of October is the best time for planting. The strawberry plant delights in a cool season and if set during the fall will J become well established by spring and be able- to resist the crought which occurs more or less every summer. W Many failures in planting are due to m the fact that the plants are put out too late in the season. In selecting plants for the new bed, only the strongest and best of the present year's runners siould be used. To HiRtin^nish new nlants from the old, L the roots are always white in color ^L^while those of old plants are always fclack, It is desirable, previous to y planting, to remove all the younger W leaves, allowing only a few of the oldf er ones to remain, which will greatly k lessen evaporation. Also the ends of the roots should be sheared in to about one-third to one-half if they are very long. Wihile planting, carry tie plants in a pail of water. w. There are many methods of plantL. ing. A common mistake of amateurs B?is to scoop out a shallow hole and L; thrust the plant in it, leaving the roots W a crumpled moss with their tips near the surface where they quickly dry y out. To avoid this, make a deep hole B until a spade or long-poiniea-trowei, W insert the roots and spread them out W fan shape, allowing them to hang, down r full length. In this way, every part of the root system will be in contact with the soil and kept constantly moist. Bo careful not to set the plants * too high or too low. If the crown or ^ heart is below the surface, after the ;Soil settles it is smothered; if mucn W w above, the roots are dried out. The aim should be to put the crown just at the surface. In the sprirg, runners will begin to form. There are various methods of training thesa runners all of which have strenuous advocates. However, for the home grower, the? hill system is undoubtedly the most satisfactory. ^'^.The pjaiits *are placed fourteen to ^ eighteen inches apart in the row a^u all runners kept removed except a few, trained with the row to produce new plants. Tnere will not be quite so much fruit produced as with some of the matted row systems, but it will be much larger and of superior quality. The first season all the fruiting stems are pinched off as they appear bo that the entire strength of the plant f will be directed to the development of the .crown and foliage parts. By the end of the season, the plants should havo thir?k hroad crowns, each hold ing tile rudiments of several stalks of berries and containing plant food to aid in the production of a miximum crop the second season from planting. A strawberry bed may bear from three to five crops if given extra good care, but it is better to allow the plants to fruit only twice. As the- bed gets older, the plants become weakened and often diseased. For the highest grade berries, the plants should be allowed to fruit only once and a new bed set annually. 1X1 piautiiig siianucinco, wtic a.a, large number of varieties from which we may choose, yet only a conparative few are especially adapted to Southern conditions. The Excelsior as an early berry; the Lady Thompson and Klondyke as medium berries, and the Grandy and Aroma as late varieties are among the best for the Southern home grower. These will give a succession of. choice fruit LEO FRA>K DENIED 5EW TRIAL. Appeal Will be Taken to the Supreme Court of Georgia. / ' Atlanta, Ga., .October 31.?Leo. M. yrank, whpse motion for a new trial for the murder of Mary Phagan, today was denied by Judge L. S. Roan, of the Fulton County court, this after noon prepared to taKe nis case to lae supreme court of Georgia. Tonight it was said that attorneys for the convicted man practically had completed drafting a bill of exceptions, on the strength of which they will continue their fight before the highest tribunal 4-kf thp State. The bill of exceptions, it was said, will embody practically the same allegations of error contained in the motion for a new trial. These charges, among numerous other counts, prejudice on the part of two jurors and that several popular demonstrations in and near the court room had influenced the verdict. Counsel for Frank also contended tjiat race prejudge against - ! APRESFNTF Oh Dec will give receiving gest nun votes a B Drum wo and a C< Suit wort] . No votes counted I solicited of my st your fri< ask them votes for ery time a tablet 5 votes. I I "Better Cood3 a Tk It AYES' iVJL Book & The HOUSE C their client, who is a Jew, vitiated the trial. It was said by Frank's attorneys that the words of Judge Roan in announcing his ruling today would b= incorporated in the bill of exceptions. Judge Roan, before whom the case was tried, 6aid: "I have heard all the evidence in nnoA ovtr? falrinc it n1tf?3rP>t'h 2T I uxio tao^/ auu AV W- vw0 V.. am not thoroughly convinced either as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant." Frank, whose sentence to death was indefinitely suspended pending a final ruling upon the validity of his conviction, tonight maintained his hopeful attitude. He would add nothing to his statement earlier in the day, in which he expressed his disappointment at Judge Roan's decision, but said he was not discouraged over the outlook. EOADS WIN MILEAGE FIGHT. Ticket Exchange, Says I. C. C., No Discrimination. "Washington, October 31.?The sale of intrcbangeable mileage books with 1 the requirement that the coupons be excnangea ior uuA.ci,a uciui c & ju m ney is begun was Iheld by the interstate commerce commission today to be neither discriminatory nor in violation of law. The deci^on was reached in a proceeding prompted by a complaint of the railroad commission of South Carolina directed against the practice of the Southern Railway and other roads operating in the South, which require that mileage shall be exchanged for inotodfi nf hpina- used directly v* 0 ? w for the checking of baggage or for transportation upon trains. The legislature of South Carolina passed an Act requiring railroad com panies operating in that State to recedye coupons from ail-eage fcoGfc* m OR THE BOYS i i I ' 1st I the hnv the Iarnber of oy Scout rth $3, n )w boy h $3.50.. : will be that are in front ore. oee >nds and fn cavp &V VM ? V you. Evyou buy you get * * - / t Same Money." S Variety tore. .(1,000 things trains for transportation and lor the checking of baggage. A similar act passed by the Georgia legislature "was vetoed by the governor. The railroads thereupon adopted a regulation that coupons from mileage books would not be accepted in exI change for a ticket for a journey whol ly within the State of South Carolina. A new form of mileage book was issued for interstate travel in that State. The State authorities complained to the commission that South Carolina was being discriminated against. In its decision, however, the commission I holds hat the complaint "was based upon a desire to secure discriminatory advantages." In the belief of the commission and of Commissioner Marble, who prepared the opinion, such inconveniences as are caused to travelers by the use of the exchange mileage books can be removed easily by increased efficiency in station operation. ' T- ? Mexico for th'3 Ynltures. Columbia Record. 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