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<$> j;< COOPERATIVE EXTENSION* 1 <s> AGRICU <$> ? < > FARMERS' EXCHA < > , condi' ^ T. M. Mills, County Dcmonstratio <S> Miss Willie Mae Wise, Home Ec <$> Only a few more days in which to spray for San Jose scale. Afier the bloom begins to open the lime suiphur will damage the fruit and foliage. If not already planted, as soon as the ground is dry enough, plant English pecs, onions, radish, spinach, transplant cabbage plants, and work out those set last fall and put on top dressing of nitrate of soda or cotton seed meal to hasten growth. Use the stalk cutter to crush cotton and corn stalks. Do uot burn them, for by so doing you will be burning up and wasting valuable fertilizer and humus which the crop needs so badly. Do not burn anything that can be turned under to rot on the land. Beware of the agent who offers you something for nothing. I understand there are agents in certain parts of the State selling a recipe for making two pounds of butter from one pound of butler and one pound of milk. It is a fake. Let it alone. Beware of the socalled hog cholera cures. They are fakes. If your hogs have cholera, call the demonstration agent at once. He will instruct you what to do. The Commercial bank of Newberry, S. C., has placed an order with the division of animal husbandry of Clemson college for elecen registered, uuroc sows. The sows will be let out, one to a boy in each township, on very liberal terms, the boys to be selected by a committee appointed for that purpose. The eleven boys will be members of the Pig club of Newberry county. They will be instructed how to care for their pigs, I how to raise hogs economically and other points of the work by the county demonstration agent and the special agents in animal husbandry. This is a very worthy enterprise and will mean more hogs and better hogs for Newberry county. To encourage the boys further, the Commercial Bank will give prizes to the boys who make the best showing with their pigs (according to rules of club). This is a fine opportunity, boys, and the bank is to be highly commended for its liberality in this direction. The meeting of the farmers' night school at Jolly Street last Friday night was very well attended and the discussions on home conveniences were very intersting indeed. They will meet again Friday night, March 3 at 7:30. The program for that meeting will be home conveniences and s^ed selection. FOR SALE. Five tons oat stray, $10 per ton. One young cow, fresh in milk, $35. JLW^liLN SllWcllS, ctl / 1 ~ LLlUo pWUUU. One- Kentncky jack, $250. Twenty-five dozen cans tomatoes. Ten dozen cans beans. iSix pigs. v (WANTED. The farmers to buy their fertilizer cooperatively in car lots and save money. Call up your demonstration agent and he will put you on track of some close prices. The farmers to use this nacre freelv. Give me your wants and offerings. I have calls for some good seed corn. Who li as any to offer? You to call on your demonstration agent ivr any information you desire concerning your farm. If he cannot give it'he will get it for you if it can be had. The Home Demonstration club of O'Xeall met at the school house Friday. February 25. The course of study for that afternoon was the serving of meals. The attendance was very good and much interst shown in the wnrl- \Ticc Willie Mae AVise. county agent, served fruit salad which was greatly enjoyed by all who wer present. Ti; next meeting is t<> be ori Friday. March -4. The course of study for that time i> vegetabVs and fruits and also the demonstration of the iceless refrigerator. All the ladies of the community are requested to be present at this mectin.tr. During the past week the girls at St. Lukes school have put in a three burner oil stove and necessary equipment for domestic science classes, taught as a part of my work one day out of every % *i YORK I>' <s> LTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS <8>j <$>1 >GE DEPARTMENT CTED BY ^ n Agent Prosperity, S. C. ^ n /' " yCv I onomics Prosperity, u. v i <$>' week. The girls raised the money themselves, and the course promises to be very helpful and intersting. Similar classes are held every week at Hunter-DeWalt and O'Xeall, but as yet equipments have not been placed. However, plans are about completed for the equipment at Hunter-DeWalt. 1 still have time to give similar courses in tv:j other school- lr the county. 11 :Kcre are any i.Ui n stec: pupils, teachers or patrons. I fi'all be glad to talk the matter over with them. County Agent. ' i STARTING 10X A TO PDA,NTS. | To get an early ciop it is necessary to ! stprt thv? plains t'uring the winter. The [ 1 est method !> to j-cw the seed in a hot be'' i:i p'W> 'wo tr three inches apart. When tne plant? i\\o developed their first true leaves transplant them to stand about two inches apart each way. This transplanting should be done in shallow boxes filled with good rich soil, i or direct to another part of the bed. ; For the general crop, grown for can | ning purposes, this transplanting is all that is necessary until ready to plant to the field. For extra early tomatoes it is advisable to again transplant the 1 plants when they reach a height of four | or five inches. This time plant in three j or four inch flower pots, or tin cans j which have had botton and top melted MAKING A HOT BED. Select a well drained location, where ! the bed will be sheltered, preferably on the south side of a building. Make an excavation 18 inches deep the size your bed is to be. Throw in fresh horse manure and pack by tramping. The manure heap should be about evn with the surface of the ground or 18 inches deep. The manure furnishes the heat to start j the plants. Put on top of the manure four or five inches of a good garden loam, and cover the bed with glass hot bed sash. If sash cannot be secured, canvas may be substituted. The temperature will run high for a few days, but no seeds should be planted until the temperature falls, which will require three or four days. The frame to support the sash should be 18 inches high at the back and six inches lower in r x. ^ _ J * _ _ ml t iroru 10 uram on me water, ine Slope should be toward the south. WTSSTON-SALEM XAJS SATE? FROM DEATH J. E. Erwin Says Wonderful Eeraedy Brought Him Astonishing Relief. J. E. Erwin, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was for a long time the victim of serious disorders of the stomach. He tried all kinds of treatment and nad many doctors. One day he took a aose of Mayrs Wonderful Remedy and was astonished at the results. 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It acts on the Liver, Drives >ut Malaria, Enriches the Blood ano Guilds up the Whole Svstfnn. 50 cent* GERMANY EXPLAINS FORMER ASSURANCES PLEDGES GIVEN IN ARABIC AND LUSITANIA CASES ARE STILL BINDING Washington. Feb. 27.?Germany has instructed Count von Bernstorff to inform the United States government that j the assurances regarding the future con- | duct of submarine warfare, given in the j Lusitania and Arabic cases, till are J { binding, but that they apply only to j I The German government is understood ;.rhe German government is understood I ! to contend that armed merchantmen j ; have, without regard to the nature of ' their armament, shown themselves not to be peaceful, and therefore are sub- j ject to destruction without warning. The instructions direct the German' ambassador particularly to tell Secre- ' tary Lansing that British merchantmen i armed ostensibly only for defense carry j ^ ^ /M. (Mi +" ! <U1I3 IU1 IUVJ UU1 UU3C Ui | I . . I ing German submarines. 1T0 support tins i claim the Berlin foreign office lias sent' the ambassador for presentation to the state department a list of at least 20, instances where it is claimed British ' merchant ships have attacked subma! rines. Confidential advices from Berlin state ! that German and Austrian submarine ! i commanders have received their new orders and that from midnight Tuesday they are authorized to sink without warning all armed merchant ships of Germany s enemies. It was said also that many of the submarines probably j had left their bases on cruises, and that even should the United States request the postponing of the opening of the campaign it would be impossible to get j word to many of the submersibles.' While Count von Bernstorff declined to | discuss the instructions from Berlin, it is believed the ambassodor will present them orally to Secretary Lansing tomorrow. Ahey will not, it was said, ! take the form of a note unless Secretary Lansing desires it. The German ambas- | sador will lay much stress upon assurances regarding the arming of merchant ships which were given to the United State by Great Britain a memoran\ dum signed by Sir Cecil tSpnng-Rice, the British ambassodor on August 25, 1915- In this the British ambassador wrote the following: "I habe been instructed ?t the sme time by his majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs to give the United .States goverment the fullest assurances that British merchantmen will never be used for purposes of attack that they are merely peaceful traders armed only for defense, and that they will never fire unless first, fired upon and that they will never under any circumstances attack any ves-. sel." Germany claims that Great Britain has deliberately violated these assur.CorrAfifm\r T.oncinnr \irl 11 ha c r\ ik/v.v,iv.iai j uaujui^ nm ov/ informed. Ambassador von Bernstorff's action also has been directed to the American the authorities which define for their j the authorities which define for the; benefit defensive armament. In this doc- j ument it was stated that "the presence j of armament and ammunition on mer- j chant vessel creates the presumption that' the armament is for offensive purposes, j but the owners or agents may overcome j this presumption bp evidence showing that the vessel carries armament solely for defensive purposes." MI ST FURNISH PROOF. The Berlin government is sid to rea- j lize that should it sink an armed ship, upon it will rest the burden of proof j j regarding guns, but to contend that upon the government owning the ship would ; fall the burden of proof regarding the ' i non-offensive character of the arma- 1 i l j ment. I Ambassador Eernstorff is under-j j stod to have been given no instructions j 'to renuest from the United States a: : definition of what it considered defen-j ; sive armament. He is understood howevJ er to have prepared to discuss question j with Secretary Lansing should it be Virrmcrlit iir> S*tJ. In this conncction confidential arbices from Berlin indicate that the German government might be willing to treat as peaceful merchantmen ships with paramment so light and so placed' that it could not. possibly be used offensively. For instance, it was intimated that Germany might, should the United States insist upon it. agree to grant im! munity to vessels armed with a single iI pounder, placed on the stern, and so' arr?nged that it could swing not more j than 35 to 40 degrees. The ambassador is also understood to j have been instructed to call to Secre-! I tnry Lansing's attention the fact that j i^rcneh ships are not armed and tliaf conse nently li e Berlin g >\ ernment con i >i<'t-Ti ii e chances ol difficulties with | the United States as a result of the new! policy art- remote. Tile rittifmb' nt ibc TTtiiI probably will not be made known at ! once. Much depends upon the contents of the appendices to the German memo. randum which are claimed to contain copies of alleged confidential instruc tions to masters of British merchantmen. THE LU SI TAXI A CASE. TlH- principal assurance given in the Lusitania case read as follows: "Liners will not be sunk without warning by our submarines and without safety of the lives of non-combatants, provided that the liners do not try to escape or offer resistance." The contention of the Berlin govern- | ment is represented as being that all de- j fensively armed British merchantmen ' are prepared and instructed not only to j resist, but to attack. Consequently, it | is argued the new policy toward armed j ships squares with international law the I German view being that if the British j merchant ships have been instructed to j violate and do violate the law as in- I terpreted by the United 'States, Ger- j many is justified in taking measures in j retaliation. It is understood that the Austro AAuiiwunuii iiL'ic JUl^ 1 L\X'1VC11 I ? " < advices somewhat similar to those sent, to Count von Bcrnstoff. It could not be learned tonight whether Baron Erich , Zwiedinek. charge of the embassy, would j call upon Secretary Lansing and inform j him of the position of his government, : which differs slightly from that of Ger- | many, because of the fact that virtually ! all Italian ships are armed, although i i o , those leaving American ports do so un- j der pledge that they will not use their . guns when warned by a submarine, i Germany, not being at war with Italy, j has no particular interest in Italian ships. :The state department holds that an | unarmed ship and a ship armed for de- j tensive purposes are in identically the same c-.-iss and must be treated accordingly. Officials of the department have indicated a willingness to discuss with v\.i<Li <11 iyiiujicdii powers ine question of what may properly be considered deefnsive armament, and there have been intimations that the government i was considering revising its instructions' to port authorities in this regard. | Mrs. Jay McGee, o! Steph- gj " enville, Texas, writes: ' For W 9 nine (9) years, I suffered with womanly trouble. 1 had ter- ?p ritple headaches, and pains in K] my back, etc. It seemed as if KJ j I would die, I suffered so. At Na If last, 1 decided to try Cardui, B] jy the woman's tonic, and it 9 ? ? - J ? -Li Tt<? wl IBM neipea rnc rigui awnj. mc ; Hi full treatment not only helped mA ! M me, but it cured me." TM Ij TAKE Li i Cardui n The Woman's Tonic p Ski Cardui helps women in time j 3 i X of greatest need, because it 9 flj contains ingredients which act 10, soecifically. yet gently, on the rdH JfS weakened womanly organs. PI !| So, if you feel discouraged, K Ipl blue, out-of-sorts. unable to Kj ^5 do your household work, on L A account of ycur condition, stop fgi I worrying ana give Cardui a H : trial. It has helped thousands SI of women,?why not you ? jiJ i Try Cardui. E-71 Kj ' EARNINGS SOUTHERN RAILWAY FOR JANUARY THIS YEAR Washington. March i.?;The results of operation of Southern Railway anmpany for the month of January. ioi6.*and for, the period of seven months ended Jan-! u.i v 21. compared with t'/ -sme monthand period in 1015 and 1914. exclusive f interest, rentals and other income ? 1 ^ _ t? 1.,. charges, were announceu iuua_> u> , . omptroller A. H. Plant as follows, the j comparison with 1914 being made for the reason that in 1915 the effect of the li'isi.ic.5 -lipressicn vas reflected | through liic rcvnucs oi" the company, j Gross revenue, January. 1016, $5,588,-1 02i, an increase as compared wHi 1915 : of $035,01^ or 2c. 10 ;.cr Cent, and a de- j crease as compared with 1914 of $150,-! 1 9-1$. <">r 2.63 pc r cent. Op<v mrti expenses, l.'-xes and uncol1rr?if-'e railway revenues. January. 1916. * --) >. " i if>'Tcnse ns compared with . 1015 of $131,025 or 3.32 per cent, and a decrease as compared with 1914 of >'.01.887 or 12.86 per cent. ConvFpjiulinir results for the seven' in 'jitl'i's period are as follows: Or.-.ix revenue this year $39,064,815. i ;n-re:ise as c unpared with 1915 of j 7 v, 1)r '(.85 per cent and a decrease j ,!?; compared with 1014 of $2,756,193 or ('.45 per cent. Operating expenses, taxes and uncollectible railway revenues tiiis year $28,104.706, a decrease as compared with 1015 of $1,573,368 or 5,29 per cent, and as compared with 1914 of $3,357,517 or ' 10.64 per cent. 1 UM*HM*KKMXKHHKXXHK*KHHHMB 5 '$** I WyeD Does Pain Interfere? * wwy'I There.is a remedv M * Sloan's S > 5f^ Liniment >! j w s Read this unsolicited grateful jl| testimony? <g^gpjjj|^?| // Not long ago my left knee be. r ^ cc:ne lame and sore. It pained |fllI]tlSIl3S^| JiB ine many resaess ni^nis. oo se- jg r~~~^ 13 W rious did it become that I was j \\ ^ forced to consider giving up my j| jJC n X work when I chanced to think of Jj? jjt'| M Cioan's Liniment. Let me say? q fjj . less than one bottle fixed me up. 8 PAIIf I jB. Chas. C. Campbell, Florence, Tex. tej ?. p EXCURSION FARES VIA , Southern Raflway Account South Carolina Teachers' Association MARCH 16-18,1916 The Southern Railway will sell very low fare round trip tickets to Columbia, S. C., account of the above meeting-. rickets will be on sale Marcn 10 ana it>, witft flnal limit returning March 20th. Following fares will apply: Newberry $155 Greenwood _$2.75 ' Union 2.25 Abbeville 3.20 Anderson 3.90 GreenviUe 3>60 Spartanburg 3.05 R , Chester 2.15 ^ , 2,75 York 3.00 Wmnsboro 1.40 i on Oranp,ehur0, 1.75 Datesuurg o o Proportionately reduced fares from other points. Foi; detailed information apply to any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or communicate with S. H. McLEAN, D. P. A., Columbia, S. C. t "TIJIE PRICES" COST AYERAGE nothing left when his crop has been SMALL FABLER DEARLY marketed. If this farmer could have borrowed the $400 at 6 per cent inProgressive Farmer terest for eight months, he would have j 0 . . been out only $16 and would have had From one end of the South to the j ^ r J. mu ,i rr,! TJ i7i ? . $?4 icit iruni IUS ciuy. mcic mu o?other The Progressive Farmer s recent . * r r ,.* ? ? ways be time merchants and time buyexposure of the iniquity of time prices , . , ers, and the time merchant is no doubt : has aroused discussion and approval. i _ ' , , , , entitled to an extra charge for the use Everywhere the people are beginning 0 . w to ask, "Why should each Southern of h,s mone* but 5? Per cent for four I State declare it usury to charge more "ths-equ.valent to .150 per I . s o _ , ? . i ne vear?is unreasonable and unjust than 0 or 8 per cent on a loan, and yet - J Y , , A ? and should be illegal." permit supply men to charge oo and oo _ per cent interest undr the name of r?on ilTr\r?r? "time prices?" Among the letters we ^ MfiRCILEuS JUDGE have received is the following from 3Tr. t "-? r U t XT O rwiintt j. jf. ueatu, xjimeivjiiy i\. ? .,.,,, ,. ( One Who Shows >"o FaTor. out t-nat the average small farmer or renter is earning $400 a year and pay- merciless judge is Father 'Time, ing out $100 in interst. a proceeding ^ct'ore him the weak and the wanting which I'-eeps him a perpetual debt-slave, 8? t0 lhe wal1- 0nl* the trutl1 caa 4 whereas with 6 per cent monev his i stand- For -vears :he following state"credit" would cost him onlv- $16. leav-1 ment from a dewberry resident has ing him S?4 profit on each crop-and > *M?too4 tkis sternest o? aI1 tests' . $84 a vear saved would soon enable him 1 Uavid A' Rivers' ice deaIer' Route . No. o, 44 Mill House, Newberry, says: to make a start toward getting equip- , . 0 . My kidneys were out or order and the 1 -?? x npr I inent ana a uoiuc. ui m mv. ^ rw ^? , . . . ; kidnev secretions were unnatural ana interest rate 111 some otncr States, nis j , . .. , . . . . . contained sediment. My back ached 1 credit would cost him S2..33, leaving ^ j ^ seyefe pains acr0S8 my him ?;8.6G prolit, instead ot nothing j sideg , final)y ^gan Doan.s 4 under the present system. Mr. Leach's ! Kidney Pms and they made me feel I letter follows and deserves a careful I ch better iQ eTery way., (state. ? reading: . ment given March 21, 1911.) A "I read with interst your recent article \ Lasting Core. 011 'time prices' and Heartily endorse n ,, 1 - On Nov. 20th, 1914, Mr. Rivers saia: what you had to say in regard to the -The cure Doan's Kidney Pills brought 1 subject. The hgures you gave on m- 6 has been pefmanent j am now I terest are no doubt correct, and I know we? and strong and feei tewnty year8 ] farmers around here who have paid 50 troun^er" ] per cent on rations and paid for the ' ' 5flC( at ^ dea,tre Don,t J goods in less than four months. I have simp]y ask fQr & M(Jlwy remedy_get ? renters who have had tins to do, so Doan-s Kjdney pills_the same that JD this is no hearsay with me. . -yjr Rivers has twice publicly recom- |H il'nlhnm Pn Prons.. 'VThe time merchant no cloudi nas ms raenaeu. x-voiti~ ^ ups and downs and loses some accounts, Br.ffa'o, X. Y. but it is iv?t just to make the honest and ? hard-working farmer pay 50 per cent ____________________ the merchant against K$ r_ ^ __ & || the deadheai. As a matter of fact, the I merchant nearly always knows his man ! yy p,, ,-m^ w J w **** is <*. 1. or has him tied up by n >tes and j '& ^w*- ? 1 r. fljj r'ortcraiie- sufficient to cover his sup-; , ^^ : ,n., v..? ran bet .1* merchant will i^a.Uul eccnoaical.nours^- ]jfl tin- -tvinc-up- before the good, so ** C ?,l,(n(fc ft?!*"* jfl 1 I many others of cur 122 kinds. i? out. if his man is not worth anything. | l> l r j i l ~ < vtie | Uf high food value, belter for The average cotton farmer in this young folks than confections. section makes about a $400 crop with a ft /XI 4f? ^I mule or horse, and pays the time mer- ( [ \?f7 r fcV API| [|/|B chant $100 or one-fourth of liis entire nf WVWfVP . , .. , , Made by WW Jacksonville Crecke' Works- J 9 +r?r cnnniip*; nnd has j crop clb - m 1 i J