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f What baa More Ear of Cora Would
f Do.
? Profesaor P. Q. Holden. of Iowa.
3'? allows what benefit to his State Just
v- one more ear of corn to each hill on
every corn field would do. He says:
*If one more little ear of corn to
each hill,were added it would mean a
K half million dollars nicrre for every
3jPk!> one of the ninety-nine counties of the
State. Ten bushels more of corn to
each acre planted would make $50,000,000
more to be added to the
total of Iowa's wealth each year. Our
present average yield for Iowa is
only thirty-five bushelB to the acre.
iuv wuDq iui iina jiuur jifiu is oarren
seed corn, and the remedy Is the testing
of every ear to be planted and the
selection of the best seed corn for
planting."
j,. Alfalfa and Weeds.
Ordinarily, if a farmer sows alfalfa
In the spring, he has his old enemy,
Ithe weeds, to contend with. If the
J' season be damp and cloudly, the alfalfa
may not grow fast, but weeds
will. Therefore June may see him
mowing to retard a rampant growth
of weeds instead of gathering a profitable
cutting of prime hay. It is not
i' , Improbable that he may be doing the
same in July or in September, thus
losing a whole season. Again, the
spring preparation comes when the
farmer needs to be working his corn
and potato land, hence he is likely
|i to slight or neglect the careful preparation
of the alfalfa ground and so
do a poor job with. In such cases, the
usual result of a "poor stand." Then,
too, the frequent rains interfere with
regular disking and harrowing and
the weeds may obtain a start the
(farmer cannot check.?From Coburn's
'iffigb "The Book of Alfalfa."
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r crxiuzers.
In experiments made at the agricultural
station of Lausanne, Switzerland,
for the purpose of determining
the effect of potash fertilizers upon
natural meadows, two neighboring
i fields, having almost identical soils
of glacial marl, showed a marked difference
in effect and, very curiously,
the soil of the field that had yielded
the larger crop was found, after hart
Test, to contain more potash than that
of the other field. This remarkable
result has been traced to the Influence
b.' of drainage. ' The better drainage of
.v the field which yielded the larger
K crop promoted the circulation of air
| > and water in the soil, favored the assimilation
of soluble nutriment, and
caused the roots to extend to a greatK.f(
er depth and utilize a large volume of
earth. This example shows that the
rJfr fertility of a soil cannot always be
determined by chemical analysis
alone.
The Abnormal Appetite of Cattle.
^ Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin State
Veterinarian, says many cattle with
? an abnormal appetite have a strong
Yi- desire to lick the walls, dirt and filth
that a healthy animal would have no
E desire for. This would indicate a derangement
of the digestive organs.
If animals thus afflicted are neg
riected they will soon run down in
llesh, drop off in their milk and become
a bill of expense rather than a
profitable animal.
To overcome this trouble the animal
should be given good, clean, nutritious,
digestible feed and with
same a tonic to regulate the digestive
organs.
Oftentimes an animal thus afflicted
Is disposed of at an unreasonably
small amount, and if by chance this
^animal is purchased by one well!
versed in the care and treatment of
such animals, is converted into a
-profitable animal at a very little ex",enae
;C aution About Corn.
^^Several Ohio correspondents report
that the corn which they expected to
sell for seed has shown such low percentages
of germination that they
aot offer tt for that purpose. It
ks all right, but It does not grow,
stern exchanges report that gerlation
tests made thus far indicate
a very large proportion of the
saved for seed will not gerte,
though it is apparently very
ami 111 flno r>r\r\A I f Inn A ?
. ago much of the corn didn't
as if it would germinate and
eoplo became very careful about
heir seed corn. This year's condition
? more dangerous, because the corn
i apparently sound, and farmers will
lereforo believe it to be all right
itLout testing it. Testing seed corn
so easily done, and its importance
great that it should become unijrsal
practice, especially when there
is so much doubt about vitality as
there is this year.?National Stockman
and Farmer
Getting tlic Garden Ready.
Vhen one wishes to start a garden
spring it is nearly always worth
e to begin operations the prejs
autumn. Very often the ground
be used is covered with sod, in
~h ease it Is always necessary to
or spade It the fall before in
JM' er that the" froat ma} act upon it
able the gardener to get the
f. I ;lBto ?ood workable condition
? *x he wisbee to plant the spring
a. The ground very often is full
^ ' of witeh-graaa or quack-gran
la very neeesaary that these
Mid be eradicated before the
gloated. The best time to
Is la the autnaan, when the
r has comparative leisure.
And the best way to do It Is to dig
out the root stocks with s fork, which
will not break them off as does a
hoe or spade. The ground also is
likely to be more or less filled with
stones and rocks, and it is very desirable
that these should be removed
before the crops are planted.
Consequently, If you desire to have
a successful garden next season, decide
on its location this fall, get the
ground as well prepared as possible,
and leave it in such condition that
the freezing and thawing in the winter
will help in Klvina the soil a flnelv
pulverized condition, in which the I
roots of plants can grow to much bet- | 1
ter advantage than In soli where the 1
particles are coarse. You will also
thus be able to draw plans for your {
garden during the winter months
with more assurance of success than
if you leave all the preparations to the '
few weeks of spring, wheu there are
so many things to take up the time
and attention of the gardener.?The
llousc Beautiful.
The Jersey Cow.
A correspondent asks us how It is
that Jersey cattle are so preserved In
uniform appearance and conformation.
If our correspondent will consider
and reflect a little upon the lew
of the Jersey Island, that for a great
number of years back in the centuries,
no other cattle could bo
brought there. Under this law the
I purity as well as uniformity of the
| breed has been preserved down to the
present, and this has made the Jersey
cow so generally regarded as the dominant
butter breed of the world. In
his reference to some of the early importations
to this country, the well
known writer on Jersey cattle, Valancey
E. Fuller, says:
Like every breed, the Jersey breed
has strains or families that stand out
prominently. One of the first to attain
any considerable notoriety in
the olden days was that of Albert 4 4,
who was the sire of six daughters in
the fourteen-nound list the mocf
famous of whom was Couch's Lily,
who made sixteen pounds five and
one-half ounces in seven days, and
seventy-one pounds in thirty days. I
knew Couch's Lily, and while she was
considered a great cow and a great
breeder in those days, she was not
noted for beauty. Lady Mel 2d was
another daughter of Albert 44, who
Reservedly had a national reputation,
as she had a record of 183 pounds
in sixty-one days. I question if she
was as well known "as Couch's Lily,
and yet she should have enjoyed even
a better reputation.
And so in preserving this great
dairy breed constant importations are
being made from the Jersey Island,
and fresh blood infused in the breed*
ing of Jerseys.
Minister and Farmer.
From an interesting address before
the Twentieth Century Club, Boston.
by Wm. H. Bowker, on the
"Farmer Minister Needed," we clip
the following:
"In my judgment, the country
minister has not lost his hold; he
has simply lost his bearings. When
the sky clears and he can take observations
on the sun and stars, he will
steer himself and his craft, of which
he is captain, into the new channels
of industrial as well as spiritual
progress; only we must give him the
opportunity, the helping hand, the
encouraging word. And why should
he not be a leader in this old, but to
hltv.
mui, ucw iimus tn mo nrs. place, he
is generally a student, trained to investigate,
to use books, to think on
his feet, to express himself, and usually
he doeB it remarkably well.
With his training and alert mind he
can become of great assistance In promulgating
the new agriculture; he
can help to popularize the sciences
which underlie it, chemistry, botany,
entomology and especially bacteriology,
which deals with the hidden,
forceful life in the soi'
"For example: If 'ie hr.c only a
garden, why should he not experiment
with garden crops, and if he
loves flowers, with the growing oM
sweet peas?- He can show how the
inoculation of the sweet per. seed with
bacteria cultures will increase the
nodules on the roots ' f the plant,
thus enabling it to gather nitrogen
and produce abundant flowers. On
Sunday he can take a vase of these
flowers to his pulpit and in a prelude,
if you please, or after the service, he
can explain how he succeeded in
growing such beautiful blossoms.
He might display some of the roots
of the plant with the nodules on
them, and show how infinite and wonderful
are God's ways.
"As the sweet pea belorgs to the
great leguminous family, which embraces
peas, beans and clover, he run
show the farmers of hi.i parish who
happen to be present (and they would
be present if they knew he had a
message of this sort to deliver), how
the inoculation of the clover seed
would Insure Its growth and thereby
Increase the fertility of the farm by
drawing from the great reservoir of
the air stores of nitrogen which are
needed for the upbuilding of crop
life. Here, is one^ of a hundred messages
or little preludes or sermons,
which the rural minister may carry
to his farmer neighbors and parish*
loners."
Fresh Air.
Health hint: Get all doctors' prescriptions
filled at the ticket office at
the base ball park from May to Sep-1
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CAPITAL TACTS.
Snterestinf News Gathered ia
the District of Cofcafribia.
THE AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Personal Incidents and Important
Happenings of National Import
Published for the Pleasure and In*
formation of Newspaper Readers.
Committees Work This Summer.
During the Congress recess legislators
will be busy 'making inquiries
that were ordered before adjournment.
There is a suggestion of scandal in
some of these investigations and reports
may be made at the December
session calculated to stir up more or
less excitement.
Foreshadowing all other investigations
ordered by Congress is that to
be made into Indian affairs in Oklahoma.
This particular inquiry was provoked
by the sensational charge of
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, that he
had been offered a bribe of $50,000 to
withdraw his opposition tov a provision
in the deficiency bill, directing
the President to approve a contract
made with the Indians by a firm of
lawyers, that has been active around
the halls of Congress for many
years.
Much to ttje surprise of a great
many people, the House ordered an
inquiry into charges of impropriety
in the disposition of Friar lands in
the Philippines. This investigation
was forced by Representative Martin,
of Colorado, a Democrat, who
has undying hatred of the sugar tAst.
The seat of a member of the United
States Senate is involved in ona
of the inquiries to be made this
summer and fall. Senator Lorimer is
the man under fire. It is charged
that he got his election to the United
States Senate by means of bribery.
The affair will be inquired into by
a committee of Mr. Lorimer's colleagues.
The investigation will be begun
in the fall.
The inquiry in the ship subsidy
scandal, which will be resumed in
the fall, has been in progress several
'weeks. Up to date the scandal has
not developed.
There will be a good deal going on
in the Ballinger-Pinchot affair in the
fall. The committee that is throwing
the light on this affair was busy
the better part of the late session,
but it did not complete its labors.
During the summer the committeemen
will go over the evidence and
the briefs, and meet at Minneapolis
to make up the report.
It is known in Washington that the
majority report of the committee will
throw down the charges against Secretary
Ballingier by Mr. Pinchot and
the others associated with him in the
"prosecution?." The Ballinger-Pinchot
report is likely to be given >-to
the public in advance of the election.
An inquiry ordered at the instance
of President Taft is likely to result
in important enactments further regulative
of the business of the railroads
of the country. The railroad
bill authorizes the President to appoint
a commission to make inquiries
into alleged watering of railroad securities.
This inquiry grew out of the
Coil.,-.. 41 4,-1- ? J L ,
i itnui d vi tue biuck ana nonas provisions
of the railroad bill.
There is a strong likelihood that
this committee will finish its labor*
in the fall.
Patent Inventions Barred.
The government will no longer be
permitted tp use, without authority
or compensation, patented inventions
'that are passed upon by the United
States Patent Office. For .years complaint
has been made that Uncle Sam
has had a habit of using without
awarding compensation various patented
devices. Inventors made complaint.
Population of Washington.
The population of the District of
Columbia is 331,060. In the last decade,
according to the returns of the
thirteenth census, made public, btis
is an increase of 52,351 over the population
of the District in 1900, which
was then 278,718. The population in
1800 was 230,392. The increase from
1900 to 1910, therefore, was 18.8 per
cent, as compared with the increase
of 48,326, or 21- per cent, for the
preceding decade. *
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me c?y 01 Washington is considered
for census purposes to be coextensive
with the Lttstriet of Columbia.
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Corporation Division treated.
Beginning July 1 therto will be orpranixed
* Division of Coi\porations in
the office of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. It will consist of a
chief, a dosen clerks and ? messenger.
Their work will bd* that of
classifying, indexing, exhitpbing and
earing for the returns of c?i rporations
which are liable to a taJi of 1 per*
east oa their Ml ineomtja.
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larirtan Bkov Sept. 19-Oet. 18.
Knoxrille, Tenn., Special,?For the
Appalachian Exposition, to bo held in
Knoxville, September 12 to October
12, the railroads of the southeastern
territory hare granted extremely low
rates which insure the success of the
enterprise, making possible the attendence
of thousands. The exposition
being especially designed for the
states of the Appalachian region,
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Kentucky, there is
sure to be a large patronage of the ,
coach excursions to be run on Tuesdays
and Thursdays during the exposition
period, for which the rate '
will be approximately one - cenf per
mile traveled. Tickets sold for these '
excursions will be good only in '
coaches.
Tickets at approximately one and 1
one-half cents per mile traveled will
be on sale during the exposition. J
These will be good in Pullman sleep- '
ers and will allow a ten days' stay
in Knoxville. f
It is expected that at least 350,000 "
persons will visit the exposition. One
of its most enthusiastic boomers is "
Passenger Traffic Manager S. -H. ?
Hardwick, of the Southern Railway '
Company which has several Lines converging
at Knoxville. The Southern 1
is very much interested in the success
of the exposition, as has been
its uniform policy with such enterprises
in the South, and is co-operat- 1
ing with its management to the fullest t
extent. *
Carolinians Graduate at Harvard. 1
Cambridge. Mass., Special.?Nearly j*
a thousand degrees were conferred u
upon graduating students and dis- k
tinguished citizens Wednesday in the Q
most enthusiastic and best attended 3
commencement Harvard University
has ever held. Col. Theodore Roosevelt
was present and received an
ovation which continued throughout
the day and well into the evening. w
J. Pierpont Morgan and Governor .
Hughes of New York, were the principal
recipients of honor degrees. j
The Carolina degree winners were:
Master of Arts Daniel Huger Bacot, s
Jr., Charleston, S. C.; Charles A ^
Cornelson, Orangeburg, S. C.; Bothwell
Graham, Jr., Clinton, S. C.;
Walter B. Moore, Yorkville, S. C.;
Augustine T. Smythe, Jr., Charleston, ?
S. C. \
Doctor of Philosophy, Sidney Swain (
Robins, Asheboro, N. C.; (A. B. Uni- {
versity of North Carolina, A. M. and .
St. B. Harvard.) '
Doctor of Medicine. Yates W Vni.
son, Charlotte, N. C. ,
Doctor of Laws, John Wadswortb
Hutchison, Charlotte, (Graduate \
Trinity College, A. B.)
Gilbert Thomas Stephenson, Pendleton,
N. C., (Graduate Wake Forest
College and Harvard.)
Mr. Robins, who received tin
philosophy degree, has taken a spec- J
ial course in the history of philosophy j
in the Harvard graduate school of
arts and scenes. The thesis which
won for him the philosophy degree is
entitled "Iloceli Pragmatism."
Osier on Christian Science.
London, By Cable.?The first days (
of this week will be marked by the ^
announcement of the publication of a
volume embracing the results of two
years' inquiry by prominent church
men, physicians and scientists into (
"Christian Science and other formsJ j
of faith healing."
The former cult is emphatically rejected
as false and dangerous. It is ,
held that "Christian Science" may \
quiet sufferers from nervousness, but f
that it has killed far more than it has j
cured. It is asserted that its a;" is ,
profit for the promoters and the li-uer i
few. <
Dr. William Osier is among the con- j
tributors to the volume.
General Average for Cotton 82.3.
Memphis, Tenn., Special.?The report
of the National Ginnerv' associa- ]
tion issued Wednesday gives the con- |
ditkrn of cotton up to June 25 .at 4
82.3 per cent. The report by States j
follows: Alabama 81; Arkansas, 77; ,
Florida, 80; Georgia 80; Louisiana, ,
80; Mississippi, 84; Missouri, 83; j
North Carolina, 77; Oklahoma, 90; (
South Carolina, 77; Tennessee, 80; ,
Texas, 85; general average 82.3. (
Roosevelt and Abernethy Boys.
New York Special.?The Abernethy
boys, aged 9 andO years old, respectively,
who rode horseback alone <
across the continent to welcome Ool. 1
Roosevelt, talked with Roosevelt an
hour in The Outlook office in New <
York. Taking the youngest boy on ]
his knee, he said:
"Did anybody refuse you a stopping
placet" asked the eminent editor.
"Only twice."
"Where was thatf"
"In Missouri."
Col. Roosevelt drew his lips tensely
over his teoth and exclaimed. "I'd
like to know who they were."
Thirty-Third Degree Mason Dead
8avannah, Ga., Special.?Dr. Richard
Joseph Nunn, an eminent physician
and one of the beat known
Masons in the world, died here Wednesday
at the age of 79. ^Je returned
from Europe in 1876 to fight yellow
fever at Savannah. He was a
captain in the Confederate tray,
commanding a Georgia battery, lie
was a thrity-third degree Mason and
had a wide reputation in teveral
I branches of that order.
WTUUVmC STATE VCWS |
(IiIbm ?f Oamt fill Oa^M (
in Bhii Oontf Fna Const to
Mountain Gap.
Eagles and Elks Clubs Indicted.
The Eagles and the Elks, of Sumter,
are having their troubles. On r
the request of three members of the 1
grand jury. Magistrate Harby issued c
search warrants for the two club
rooms and gav* them to Chief of I ^
Police Bradford as special constable C
to serve. The chief was shown (
through the rooms of both clubs and ^
everything there fully explained; how ^
the locker system and individual o
ownership prevailed. After he made o
bis report the grand jury handed in C
a special presentment against J. y
''red Wise and James Calk for reeiving
and storing alcoholic liquors a
n or about June 25, 191,0. n
The first paragraph of the pre- v
entimcnt pertains to the Eagles and t
he second to the Elks. Messrs. *
Vise and Calk typify the two clubs,
espectively, and the witnesses sum- a
loned are members, employes and d
he chief of police. The bills were Q
rawn as requested and many wit- ?
esses were examined by the grand
ury. True bills were returned.
Messrs. Wise and Calk gave bond s
i the sum of $300 each. p
Many Big Mills Shut Down.
The great curtailment movement j
mong the mills of the Piedmont bean
Friday. Mills in North Carolina a
nd Georgia will close down until jj
he morning of the 12tli. Out of S(
liree million spindles two and three ^
uarter millions have signified that f
hey would join in the curtailment w
rhich will include at least a month in 0
11 during the summer. The move- ^
lent will mean a cutting off of from &
ne million to two million pieces of
loth or one-twelfth of the output. a
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First Load New Tobacco..
The Kingstree farmers' tobacco j]
. archor.se has the distinction of sell- g
ng the first load of the new crop of w
obaeco on the floor so far reported. A
'lie load weighed four hundred and j
ixty pounds, and sold for five cents c,
>er pound.
Corn Exposition Bare. Sl
The sum of $500 has been receiv- c
d from Columbia merchants and a
msincss men. This assures the sue- tl
ess of the South Atlantic States Ex- i|
Kisition which is to be held in Colmn- t.
lia from December 5 to 8. A public- a
ty campaign will now be inaugurated n
hrough the South. The sum of $5,- f
100 will be offered in prizes. The b
jegislatnre gave $1,000 contingent
ipon the raising of $4,000 by those t
n charge of the appropriation of h
he Legislature thus made available, n
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Fire Insurance Co.'s Lost Money. t
In the opinion of Insurance Com- ii
nissioner McMaster a majority of
he fire insurance companies doing
msiness in the State have lost money
luring the past year. t_
Meeting Cotton Manufacturers.
'President E. A. Smyth, of Green- ^
;ille, has called a special meeting of ^
he Cotton Manufacturers' Associa- 0
ion of South Carolina to be held in 8
spartanburg July 12.
Tri-County Summer School. t "
The teachers attending the in ounty
summer school at Aiken are ?
>eing treated to some very fine leeures.
A new feature for summer schools
ire the health lecture sthat have n
jeen given here.- Dr. Ward, representing
the Rockefeller million for 8
he eradication of the bookworm di- e
iease, was one of the lecturers. Hsi t
ecture was illustrated with stare- v
>ptiean slides. Other speakers were *
[ra \V. Williams, O. B. Martin, and ?
S. J. Watson. e
Glass Blowers vs. Glass Go. ^
July 20 is the date set for the
searing of the civil action instituted t
?y the glass blowers against the Car- 1
>lina Glass Company, of Columbia, i
for amounts which the plaintiffs claim t
we due them by the compmhy. There !
?re five claimants and the amount i
involved is less than $100 in each I
case. Interest in the case centers i
in the recent strike of the glass blowers.
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Will Rush Postoftce Buildings. ]
Advertisements have been sent out
calling for bids for sites at Camden,
Bennettsville, Marion and Columbia.
As soon as the bids have been received
and properly considered, tbe
purchase will be made. They will
be opened July 28.
Ool. 0. T. Lipscomb.
C. T. Lipscomb, of Columbia, has
been elected colonel of the 2d regi
ment, to succeed Col. E. R. Cox, re- ^
cently resigned. Col. Lipscomb has \
been prominently identified with the 1
militia. j
Will Build Town. ]
Sumter capitalists have invested
in a tract of land on the plantation i
of H. H. Ham, at the terminus of <
the Alcolu railroad, and will build t
a town there. This point is abont 1
nine miles from Florence and equal i
distance from Timmonsville and i
Effingham, on the two lines of road <
going out from Florence to the west i
and south. Stores will be built and i
other enterprises set on foot. I
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For Our Many Readers.
Do Indians Need More Land? j v '<
As provided for by a concurrent
esolntion of the ^ast general assem- I <
>ly, Gov. Ansel has appointed a comaission
to examine into the request \
?f the Catawba Indians and make
eport relative to lands for the tribe.
The members of the commission are: IVL
y. W. F. Spencer, Bock Hill; Frank fSH
Wbitner, Rock Hill, and W. W. I^Hj
^ewis, Yorkvilie. VBty
It is required by the resolution
bat this commission make a thor- v H|
n?h inVAdfitrttinn nf -
? WJ. HIC CVIlUllVUIll
f the Catawba Indians and report to
lov. Ansel by January 1 of nest
The Catawba Indians now occupyij^^^flj
bout 600 acres of land. The cony-Vy
lission will investigate and decide v VK
rbother more land should be alloted
o them and take options on lands
rithout cost to the State. ' H
The members of the commission
re to receive $5 per day for every T?
ay actually engaged in the work as A cfl
utlined in the resolution of the gen- f *^
ral assembly. 7 ^
Complaint About Inspection Grain.
There has been some raisunder- f - t
tanding and some complaint on the (
art of merchants of this State in
onncction with the enforcement of j
he food inspection net passed at the
910 session of the general assembly. V*.
One of the main questions that has wfl
risen is in regard to stock of food
able to tax on hand. Mr. Watson
ays if stock on hand was recived
efore May 1 and he receives satis- s|
actory statement to this effect, ha
rill issue orders relieving this stock
f the tags. But stock received since
lay 1 must carry stamps as it is
old to the consumer. x
The principle cause of complaint,
mong merchants is that they are
equireu to watch out for damaged
oods. They are told by inspectors
hat if bad meal, grits or other id
rain come into the store, such stuff
ill be confiscated. The merchants
rgue that they will be unable to
eteet any slight damage iu a sack of
orn or meal.
The dealers say that it would manTestlv
be imjSossible for them in busy
eason to examine all the grain that ^
ouic into their stores and see that
11 of it is absolutely pure. Even if af
hey could examine it, they say that
t would also be impossible for them
o tell what the standard is, as they
re not experts. It is argued that the ^
lerchants deal in other goods, thera- ^
ore, are not specializes enough to d
e experts in the matter of grain.
mi *
i ne rules and radiations explain
he foodstuffs act and copies of this
aw have been sent out to jobbers and
winufaeturers. It will take some
ime for the law to run smoothly. In 41
he meantime there is some trouble j
11 its enforcement.
Only 2,029 Automobiles Registered. *C~ 8
According to reports received by .J**!
Commissioner Watson from the C|
lerks of court of 29 counties, there J|
re 2,029 registered machines. The <s
ircular calling for information as to
he number of motor vehicles was sent v'
lit on June lfi. Several of the clerks
f court have failed to give the do- *
ired information and another cirular
will shortly be sent out. An
ct of the legislature gives the comnissioner
of agriculture power to call
ipon vaHous county officials for inormation.
Jones Lost Again.
W. T. Jones has been refused a
tew trial.
Special Judge W. B. Gruber, preiding
in the circuit court for Union ;
ounty, handed down his decision in
he case, wherein the defendant, conicted
of the murder of his wife,
Jarion Jones, is denied the right to / .gain
present his defense to a jury ^
if his twiora
Vinnsboro Mill Make Improvements. "*
By a resolution recently passed by v A
he board of directors, the stock- , 3
lolders of the Fairfield cotton mills ' A
rill meet in the directors' room at
he Winnsboro bank on Thursday,
Inly 28, to consider n resolution to ^
ncrease the capital stock of the mills 40
5100,000 to be divided into 1,000
ihares of the par value of $100 each. ?
The capital will be expended ia ^3
naking needed additions ?
firemen Present Oane to Mr. Garris.
Chief Ixmis Behrens, president of 4S
the State Firemen's Association has ?
lispatched to the Hon. C. W. Garris, a
member of the House of Represents- *
lives from Denmark, a beaut'ful
}bony cane, the gift of the firemen ^
ibis State, as a token of apprecivec
lion for his valuable assistance jet ' ?
;onnection with the so-called f
nen 's bill during the last session _ f. v
Ihe Legislature. The head of the
sane is of solid gold and bears the ? JUgj^r
following inscription: "VresentetiBj M
the Hon. C. W. Garris by the Ml
men of South Carolina as a token of
innr??;.tinn f<-- = : 1"1A II '
?rr.vv.?viwn &vi U10 OCI VICU ill 191V.
law Classification Rates August 1. ^
The railroad commission an- I
lounces that it haa adopted classiflsation
No. lid, in effect August 1, of
:hft^ Southern classification bureau. '
Die rates are applicable to intra- u*
Jtate busiro?: subject to the rules
and classification in the commisaioo'a j
exception sheet. No. ,5, which is .Note $w
rj3 in the Syuth^fu'classification. The
new classification does not ehange ifljjl
tho old rates materially. BK