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Ab FORECAST SHOWS L.ARGE CORN CROP Estimvate of Thre Bllion B3ushiels Is 31ad e. TOBACCO A67S(TPROMISING -Spring Wheat Outu Smaller Than at First Expected. Potatoes Im prove. Washington, Augs 9.-A three-bil lion bushel corn crop for the thlirdI time in the history of the country was forecast today by the Department of Agriculture onl the basis of condi tions existing August 1. Inasmiuch a~st August is thle critical m1onith for the crop mn thle great Corn, belt of tilt Middle West, it is uncertain whethec tle- promise of a crop almost equal to o UI .e enormous ones of 10,12 and 1917 b will be ufuliled. Improvement was b reported during July in the importantb corn States, with the exception of Illi nois, and as a result a crop forecast11 of 224,000,000 bushels larger thtan that 1 predicted July I1a sud Spring wheat was ad(versjely affected to durmng July, principally by rust andl tIo production forecast of the crop was fo reduced 29,000,000 bushels from a ha bush ago or to a total] of 262,000 .000h The preliminary estimate of winterla wheat production was 15,000,000 bush- t eIS larger than forecast in July, mak- ot mng thle combined crop of winter aind )t sprmg, wheat only 14,000,000 bushels fl smaller than estimated a1 monthao.l ,Flt toDtal of 795,000,000 bushels vassp predicted in today's report, o There was improvement in) the pa-,'PRI tato crop and indicaiions are that the crop will exceed 4100,000,000 bushels for the fourth time in) the country's, -N history. The tobacco crop which hs cnoa prmii ( s en f ma woiig from thle sztar)t, has shown Nav On!improve~menit anld prob-' urnit aiiies are. that it will e.xceed the &-]. reor cro >touc pr 91 y u I ad forecast0 at 1,544.000,000 pouin V th.ese saemnw o p Uso uh CYRS No ,wUllk o antigta okUi thtiUste mal thtette h lsi au nt. O ore Us ta e dd ' e .CPES "h o Ud Un tm . B t w A netAesbhig1n SouthrnCy ress CORNufCO Est 7a 7 ofTed ili. JachelsI Opin 1 eT utp S ,^le LUana YPRsSjgt A ugusITIO' RECA thre-5i lionbh F co N oUBT, RTh E thir 3ommMM 3-Ply 'ams operlatcly this fall. A .1. Carwile, Edgefield, Farmers of Harmony comn ifl tiity arranged meeting and asked me to discuss fighting boll weevil with them. All the white farmers and many negroes were present and] Pledged to pick up squares once a week and burn them. W. A. Rowell, Abbeville. The question of securing an official cotton grader has been settled, for I have about 100 names on a joint note to guarantee the salary, and I have lot had to ask the business men, for ia'mers are backing the grader prop ISi Lion. M. G. Smith, Oralgeburg. Far ners seem anxious to have their cat le tuberculin tested, and I am start ga campaign to test all cattle in he county. Farmers in a certain mmunity have their cattle ready n a certaim (lay, and it sem fea le to entirely eradicate bovine tu .rculosis in a reasonable time. W. D. Wood, Union. That it is >ssible to produce fine hay in Union is been demonstrated by C. K. ughes of the Santuc section. Last a' the agent persuaded Mr. Hughes plant one and one-half acres to ts and vetch and the result was jr and one-half tons of excellent Y. T. W. Sanders, Kershaw. The etings at Bethune and Lugoff were gely attended by farmers and ers interested in better market Much intcrest is shown particu y in obtaining a cotton grader the county. It is also quite like that considerable warehousing ce will be built at needed points. )TEST FROM SENATOR CALDER ew York, Aug. 8.-A protest nst going ahead with constructioj new dry dock at the Charleston V Yard is voiced in a letter from ed State Senator William M. Cal to Secretary of the Navy Daniels, public here to(1y, Pr'oceedl with the wyork, which riuthorizedl by Congr'ess as a wanr ur'e, "'would be simply a wilful of public funds," Senator Cal calle'd attention to the fact that e bills pending on the calendar' .being favorably repor'tedI by the attee on naval affairs, repeal the rizations for' building the dry "The~ Wood Et ernal" we OWn a house) epair bills our bank he reason .rn about Eternal," iJ do the:, make all (PR ESS comfort. nIt. Irers' Ass'a TRADE. MARK. on Sal Depa (OCk, as well as dredging a channel !' the Charleston harbor, estimates for the cost of which total $20,000,000 ,In part, Senator Caler Wrote: "I am sure that you will not coun te-nance the expenditure o: money in a manner that will be tantamount to Whai anqf the rr 'Select fou fires ac-. cordinA to the roads they have to travel: In sandy or hilly coun try, wherever the going is apt to be heavy-The U1. S. Nobby. F'or ordinary Country roadls-The U. S. Chain or Usco. F~or front wheels T.'he U. S. Plain. For best results-. everywhee-tyS Royal Cords, RM.IOmNOBBYOfAIN-UScO-PUN D. & G. MOTOR Co. sa.aumaassammasi. e, 5g tok; Lrtnhl C %iolation of the lawI "During the session recently ende extraor(linllay efforts wereC nlad, Iedt11 decrease the cost of governerd to b therb gverment and 11 thereby decrease the burden of taxa- I do proceed with this work now ti be a waste o fthe public's 0 1920 S done af iin$ else lovie hou4 L OK at the ciowc step out of their c front of the movies summer evening. The movie mans would be renting half oj theatres for store spac< weren't for the automnc II' .It is typical of Amer that they took to the mobile as a matter of ci '-just as they have tc movies and to every great invention of the half century. And the samnc thine happened.every tim. ' things &z~ thcy corne i s a back i:; als'out due, PC; are pretty rncar through p )R CO., Manning, S. C. W. C Summerton, S. C. D. L. /s c. Lb. rS noney on an'improvement that I un erstand, has never been recommended y any naval board, and in the judg ient of every naval officer with whom have conferred regarding it, is en rely unnecessary." Senator Calder declared it was in I IA much a. to fill up Oes Is that ing for someth ,ars in ther v.4hen fh every1. What a rmaax Sg er s tire is quality thef- number of mile i t lege of gettir. y ibi- case the r-: - up to the 1I> 1s U. S. Tirez vy, autc-. s to quality ursc taio ofmi-~a the r And that V cAid, h fbr the smallp ce *-e !:ifgges'j L . c.'here's on)i f. LWEN e i, Y. GRE~EN, Turbeville . C. NEI U tore. dicated that the dock couldI bGiltfor '$4,000,000 th am o t abe i i ttCongress for. the wvork, andaddd tatie was informed it was contem"plated getting around the limtbf cost by buildng the dock by ing that isn't ey look for it. pays fr In Untaliie s orthe rivi tor. bs~~,000 thest asngood :r ad that was forredi .a Toirempwedvetigronth ay loestnd hi U.S--u idg th ist. :>u'lok fid it. payk o s bea snorte is, C.