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I1ENEW PACE RIOTS IS EAST ST. LOUIS MOB FIRES HOMES OF NEGROES AND SHOOT OCCUPANTS AS THEY FLEE. H \M IS DECL? Twelve Companies of National Guard en Duty.?Estimates on Number Killed During Day of Rioting Run as High as 250. East St. Louis, 111.?An estimate of the dead in the race riot and fire ranged from fifteen to seventy-five, of whom two were white men. Buildings were still burning at four different points in the city. The property loss was estimated by City Attorney Fekete at $3,000,000. Forty injured negroes and six injurwhite men in one hospital and almost a equal number in another. Oolonel Tripp, assistant adjutant eeneral. stated shortly before mid igbt that the rioting crowds had for the most part dispersed. At least fifteen negroes were shot xnd killed by mobs here as they fled from their burning homes which had een set on fire by white mobs. The exact number who perished in the harning houses, if any, is unknown, and will not be ascertained until the rains are searched. Military rule was proclamed and at Ike same time 300 white men were ar rested and locked up at police headfuarters. Negro quarters in various parts of the city are on fire and the dames recah the very edge of the kusiness district. Estimates of the number of negroes who perished in the fire ran as high as 100, but there was nothing authentic on which to base these estimates escept that hundreds of whites stood around the edges of the burning districts and fired at the negroes as they fled from their homes. State's Attorney Schaumloeffel, of St. Clair county, drove through the riot-swept district with Police Inspector Walsh, of St. Louis, Mo. The state's attorney estimated that the dead negroes would number 250. All estimates, however, are conjectural. The mayor of East St. Louis sent for Fire Chief Swingley of St. Louis, Mo., to assist in fighting the flames, which threatened to destroy a large part of the city. A company of the St. Louis fire department started to East St. Louis but was ordered back by Chief Swingley. KERENSKY LEADS RUSSIAN I TROOPS IN BRILLIANT VICTORY. Thousands of Prisoners Taken and Many Guns. ' Petrograd.?Thp brilliant Russian "$ luivaftce, the news of which has wmva nt relrdefne Throneh the en tire country, was led by War Minister Kerensky in person. Ftor the last four days the war minister has been continuously at the front, spending every effort to urge the troops to advance. He finally rode to the front line trenches and placing himself at the head of the troops gave the order to advance. The spectacle of the popular war minister on the firing line accomplished what oratory had failed to do and the Russian line swept forward Into the German trenches. The Russians have captured Konhichy. on the Galician front, together with 164 officers and 8.400 men. the war office announced. DISCLOSE CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY LAKE SHIPPING. Washington.?Secret investigation hy government agents has disclosed the existence of a conspiracy to destroy or hinder shipping on the Great Lakes and thereby delay the organiation of American war armies and check the flow of food and munitions material from the west to the east. No conspirators have been captured and the identity of none has been made public, but state, navy and justice departments are co-operating to the offenders to nunishment. YOUNG EMPEROR IN PALACE OF PRESIDENT. Tien Tsin.?Hsuan Tung, the young emperor, acording to reports from Peking, has taken possesion of the palace occupied by President Li Yuan Hang and is surrounded by prominent military leaders. A demand was.made opon President Li that he resign in favor of Hsun Tung. The president replied that he would resign in favor of the vice president, as he was unable to resign in favor of the emperor. GREEK DESTROYER LOST IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Paris.?The Greek destroyer Doxa, manned by French officers and crew has been blown up in the Mediterranean sea. Twenty-nine men including all the officers, were lost. The official announcement of the Doxa says that the destroyer sang as the result of a double explosion on June 28. The Dora was then within one hundred yards of a merchant vesel which she was convoying. EXPLOITATION OF WAR CONDITIONS INVESTIGATED. Chicago.?Exploitation of war conditions to raise fcod prices to consumers for the benefit of the few who are handling food products was reported by the federal grand jury after an investigation of several weeks. The Elgin board of trade where are fixed butter prices taken as standard throughout the country, received spe ctal attention from the grand jury which pointed out tha? the board holds anly a 15 minute session each week. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ASSUME OFFENSIVE TROOPS OF NEW RUSSIA LAUNCH ATTACK ON EXTENSIVE SCALE. ! STORM GERMAN POSITIONS _______ Berlin Admits That Attacks Were Powerful Along Whole EighteenMile Front?British Are Meeting With Successes in West. The soldiers of new Russia have assumed the aggressive. For the first time since the revolution last March | Russian troops have begun an attack on an extensive scale. Along a region of eigheen and onehalf miles in the region of Brzezany, Galicia, Russian troops have stormed the German positions. Berlin says the Russians suffered heavy losses and were compelled to retire before the German fire. The attack was made between the upper Stripa and the Narayuvka river, a tributary of the Gnila Lipa, in the section southeast of Lemberg, the Gallician capital, where the artillery firing has been heavy recently. The Russians also made night attacks on both sides of Brzezany and near Zwyzyn, and Berlin reports that assaults between the Zlota Lipa and the Narayuvka have brought on new *k A AnnAO In fT O Q , uaiuca uccr*ecu iuc vj/^uoutt} The artillery arm of the Russian forces has again been active, and from the Berlin report it is learned that an intensive duel has been in progress in the region of Brzezany to as far northward as the Middle Stokhod in Volhynia, distance of about 175 miles. Berlin declares that the Russian attacks, which it says were powerful, were brought about through the pressure of the leading entente powers, the text of the official statement saying: j "The Russian government having been constrained to yield to the presI sure of the leading entente powers, part of the army has been introduced to attack." J The region of the Narayuvka and Upper Stripa rivers has been the scene of much bitter fighting since j General Brussiloff ended his victorious campaign last year, and Brzezany Is one of the keys of Lemburg. Field Marshall Haig continues to tighten his grip on Lens. On the north bank of the River Souche2, British troops have captured German positions on a front of about half a mile southwest and west of Lens. The British -army during June captured 8,686 German prisoners, including 175 : officers and sixty-seven men, including two heavy guns, as well as much j other war material. i FobMBKrAALS may*BE SUPPLY GERMANY FOOD. Which is Replaced With Imports Brought From America. Washington.?Evidence that Germany is obtaining vast quantities of food from the European neutral countries has been presented to the United States by Great Britain for the American government's guidance in determing an export policy. Much of this, the British statistics purport to show, is replaced by the neutrals with imports from America. From Scandinavia and Holland, the information sets forth, enough fat is going into Germany to supply 7,700,000 soldiers, virtually the entire army of effectives in the i mpire. German imports from these countries, it is declared, ..reduced to calories will equal the total ration of 2,500,000 troops, the size of the German army in the west. German purchases of foodstuffs abroad are made through the government department of the interior, which has organized a special division to buy from the neutrals. In the early days of the war, the German government stimulated importation of food by excluding imports from operation of maximum price laws. 1 this drew such a vigorous protest from German producers the practice was stopped. AMERICAN HELP IS REALLY VERY GREAT. Zurich, Switzerland.?Referring to th? arrival of American troops on French soil, the military critic of The Frankfurter Zeitung says Germany must not overlook the fact that American help is really very great, though it will come only by degrees. Under these conditions, he says, if France is obliged to restrict her military activities; it will signify no strengthening of the German situation. MANY ARE KILLED WHEN CAR PLUNGES INTO RIVER. Niagara Falls. N. Y.?A belt line car on the great Gorge route left the | raljs,. plunged down a twentytfoot embankment and turned over in ten ; feet of water on the edge of the Whirlpool rapids. Nine persons are known to be dead, two persons known to have been on the car have not been seen since the accident and probably are dead, an indefinite nura; ber, estimated at from two to ten, are reported missing. To Cleanse Bottles. To cleanse bottles that have held oil place ashes in each bottle, cover with Cold water and heat gradually. Let the water hoi! for about one hour, then allow it to stand until cold. Wash the bottles In soapy water, then rinse. One Horse Power. One horse power is not what a horse can pull. It Is u mechanical unit of power that can raise 33,000 pounds i one foot nigh per minute, or one pound I 33,000 feet high per minute. DENY ANY INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES APPLICATION OF RAILROADS FOR FREIGHT RATE INCREASE DENIED. SUSPENDED UNTIL OCT. 28 Order Says No Conditions of Emer? gency Exist as to Western * and Southern Roads to Justify Upward Revision of Rates. Washington.?The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended until October 28, ,1917, the proposed fifteen per cent increase in freight rates. The commission, in announcing the decision said: "We are led to the conclusion that no condition of emergency exists as to the western and southern carriers, which would justify permitting a general increase in their rates to become effective. "In. the eastern districts, increased rates have recently been permitted to become effective, generally on bituminous coal, coke and iron ore. We think that similar increases may be jiermitted in the southern district on ! coal, coke ana iron ore. "In the southern district, the pfo| posed increased rates on coal are on ; the basis of fifteen per cent, with a maximum of fifteen cents a ton. These tariffs we shall permit to become effective. "In the western district, the in1 creases are based upon fifteen per cent with a minimum of fifteen cents , per ton. These tariffs will be suspended, but the western carriers may, | if they so elect, file new tariffs carryI ing increases in rates on coal and ' coke not exceeding in any case fifteen cents per ton. "All of the tariffs included in this percentage of the western lines will be suspended. All of the tariffs included in this percentage of the southern carriers will be suspended excepting those applying on coal, coke and iron ore." The commission, in its decision, declared its willingness to meet any situation which may arise in case the fear of the railroads of heavily decreased incomes are realized. GREECE BREAKS OFF RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. State of War N Considered to Exist. Athens.?The Greek ^government ha3 broken diplomatic relations with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey. Though war has not yet been declared. the Greek government considers' tha^ estate ofpvar exists its advent to power.' The recaii^)^ the Greek diplomatic representatives accredited to the central powers and their allies is imminent. Greece's new course with regard to the war began to be shaped on June 12 with the abdication of King Constantine and the accession of Alexander, his second son, as king. The abdication was in effect a dethronement of Constantine, whose pro-German attitude had given the entente endless trouble and threatened not only the success of the Saloniki expedition, but its safety through danger of backfire from a hostile Greek military force. Eliptherios Venizelos, Greece's leading statesman and fast friend of the entente, soon appeared as the man to take the leadership in guiding Greece j to her traditional place by the side of England, France and Serbia, the last her close ally whom she had abandoned under Constantine's coerion in Serbia's hour of greatest need. Summoned back to the premiership by King Alexander, Venizelos quickly 1 formed a cabinet. The reactionary ! elements have been ousted or quieted, and the re-establishment of Greek constituoinal government, virtually abolished by Constantine, began. That the parliaent of May, 1915, which had been dissolved by Constantine, would again be sumoned to meet was j later indicated, giving a legislative 1 ~ now OYPfMltive DOWer. | DtlCKIIIg IU UiC I1VTT vnvv... . . FOUR BRITISH VESSELS SUNK BY SUBMARINES i Boston.?The torpedoing and sinki log of four large British cargo-carrying , steamers was announced in advices to I insurance offices. The steamers were i the Ultonia, of the Cunard line, 6,593 J tons: Haverford. of the American line, , 7.493 tons; Buffalo. Wilson liner, 2.5S3 tons, and the Manistee, another Cun, ard vessel. No details of the losses were given and no mention was made ) of the fate of the crews. | MONEY NEEDED FOR EMERGENCY HOSPITALS Washington.?President Wilson has lent to Congress a recommendation by Secretary Daniels for appropriation,of 52.200.000 for additonal emergency : hospitals. Temporary hospitals are nearnig completion at Portsmouth, N. H.; Philadelphia. Newport, Norfolk, Charleston. S. C., Pensacola and New Orleans, and plans are nearly ready for similar establishments at New York, Annapolis, Jamestown, Quantico, Ya., Key West and Great Lakes. ?? INTERVENTION OF WILSON STOPS "BONE DRY" BILL I I Washington.?Intervention of President Wilson checked the "bone dry" national prohibition movement in Congress. Confinement of prohibition leg' islation to distilled beverages without j interference with manufacture of beer I and wines, it is generally agred, will result. Prohibition leaders were asked bv the president, in order to prevent delay in passing the food control bill, to drop their fight against the manu> far-lure of beer and wines. BpEWIONS ~ f III com PRICES ? BIT L MINOUS PRODUCT MINED E ^ST OF MISSISSIPPI EFFECT ED BY AGREEMENT. GOES INTO EFFEOW ONCE I Dee eases Ranging From One to Five D rtlars Per Ton to the Public.? S lestion of Prices on ' Anthracite I C >me8 Up Later. Washington.?Sweeping reductions ! in I je price of bituminous coal at all ' min 5s east of Mississippi river, ranging from one to Ave dollars a ton to the* public, with an additional cut of flft; cents for the government, were agr ted upon at conferences between : the operators and government offl- | cia?. The new prices become effec- ' tivdkjuly 1. II >ur hundred operators who gather- ' ed I ere at a call from Secretary Lane, ! pledged themselves to furnish their i product by committees from each field. E&pier in the day, they had agreed to ! place the price-fixing in the hands of ' the/ government, through the defense 1 council's coal production committee, j Secretary. Lane and Commissioner j For^, of the federal trade commission, ! thui avoiding the possibility of violat- , inglthe anti-trust laws. Director Smith of the geological surrey, estimated that the reduced prices would mean that the operators would get $180,000,000 less annually for .'their output. In addition to placing prices upon*' coal at the mines it was announced i that jobbers, brokers, retailers and ! commission men would be permitted to charge commissions of not more I than twenty-five cents a ton and that ' no more than one commission should be charged. In other words, the consumer will get his coal at the mine plus transportation charges and twenty-five cents per ton. The agreement does not affect anthracite, and the coal production com- ; mittee announced that action on that problem had been postponed until : after July 1 by apreement with the 1 operators. The anthracite producers have indicated willingness to meet the government in the same spirit manifested by the bituminous men. CANADIANS CONTINUE DRIVE AGAINST LINE AT LENS | frazil is no longer a neutral in the world-war and the German empire has ancther enemy arrayed against it. * Having previously revoked its policy'of aloofness so far as it affected i I tiAntiiiiHoo hofwppn the United i KlUQi uvoviuu?g mw? .. w. j and Germany, Brazil now has Into flip open and an^ HHKwjutbat it can no longer be con* sidfered neutral in the war between the entente and Germany. Although no announcement has be^n made as to whether the South American republic will actualy enter lntb hositilities by its revocation of neutrality, it definitely aligns itself i morally on the side of the United States and the entente. The Canadians, men from all parts j cf the dominion, have taken another hack at the German lines protecting LePB, the coal center in the Department of Pas de Calais and have been i rewarded with another encroachment upon their objective. Striking on a two-mile front south of tens, the Canadians, protected by effective curtain fires, stormed and captured German first line positions before Avion and also the village of Leauvette. They defeated in their onslaughts men of the crack Prussian gua^d and the fifth grenadier guards, 1 whijse machine gun and rifle fire and the'fact that the attacking force had J to cut through wire entanglements could not stay them. When the battle ended and the Canadians began their work of consoli dating newly-won positions their line I had been extended to within one mile 1 of tie center of Lens, the fall of which 1 under such tenacious assaults as have been made recently seemingly cannot be long delayed. regiments will be given numbers, only. Washington. ? Designation of all army regiments hereafter by number and ?ervice branch only, without distinction between units of the regulars, national guard and national army, has been decided on by the war department^ simplify official records of the great war forces now being developed. Under the system, the regular regiments will retain their present names fromfthe '"first infantry," "first cavalry," etc., upward. authorization of more bonds under consideration. Washington.?With revision of the war tax virtually completed and now totalling $1,449,000,000, against the $l,800i,000.000 levy of increased taxes adopted by the House, the Senate finance committee considered authorization of additional bonds. Senator Stonet formally proposed a bond issue of 50^,000,000. The committee plans to reach a decision soon, and to fix me race CO oe Jinposeu on war e*ceoa profits probably sixteen per cent. ADVANCE OF FIVE PER CENT ON FOOD. Washington.?Retail food prices In the United States advanced on an average of five per cent from April 16 to May 15 as shown In figures compiled by the bureau of labor statistics. During the year ending with May 15 they increased thirty-nine per cent. The irtcrease in corn meal was fifteen per c4nt; beans fourteen per cent; bread thirteen per cent and rice eleven per ccpt I AMERICAN TROOPS LANDED IN FRANCE ADVANCE GUARDS READY TO TAKE STAND ALONGSIDE ARMIES OF ALLIES. DEFY 6EBMAN SUBMARINES Thousands of Regulars and Marines Have Crossed the Atlantic and Take Places in Trenches After Short Pediod of Training. Washington.?The advance guard of the mighty army the United States is preparing to send against Germany is on French soil. In defiance of the German submarines, thousands of seasoned regulars and marines, trained fighting men, with the tan of long service on the Mexican border, or Haiti or Santo Domingo still on their faces, have been hastened over -seas to fight beside the French, the British, the Belgian, the Russian, the Portuguese and the Italian troops on the western front. News of the safe arrival of the troops sent a new thrill through Washington. No formal announcement came from the war department. None will come, probably, until Major General Pershing's official report has been received. Then there may- be a statement as to the numbers and composition of the advance guard. Press dispatches from France, pre sumably sent forward with the approval of General Pershing's staff, show that Major General Sibert, one of the new major generals of the army, has been given command of the first force sent abroad, under General Pershing as commander-in-chief of the expedition. EXEMPTIONS TO BE LEFT WITH LOCAL BOARDS. Government Will Rigidly Adhere to That Policy. Washington.?Rigid adherence to the policy laid down in the national army selective draft law, of placing the question of exemptions in the hands of local boards, is expected to characterize the exemption regulations to be made public by the war department in a few days. It is understood that the regulations will map out only the general procedure of the boards, the personnel of which already has been announced. It is regarded as certain that no specific class exemptions will be provided for, and that each man will be appraised on his individual occupation and physical capacity when his name is called and he is summoned before the local boards. Crippled or defective persons among those who were registered were notat the>time, and it kia possible they already have been dropped from the rolls. The judgment of the civilian doctors who are attached to local exemption boards as to the ability of any individual to bear the hardships of a soldier's life will be a determin Ing factor. Married men will not be exempted as a class. In each case the object of the board will be whether dependency of wife, children or other relatives upon any man is so complete as to warrant his rejection as a soldier. SENATORS WRITE DRASTIC POWERS INTO FOOD BILL Washington.?Food control legislation assumed new and more drastic form when the Senate agriculture committee virtually re-drafted many of the principal features of the House measure and reported it with material extensions of government power and a new "bone dry" prohibition provision to stop manufacture of intoxicating beverages during the war. The president would be authorized to permit wine making and to commander existing distilled spirits. The amended bill was presented to the Senate by Senator Chamberlain. He moved to have it substituted for the draft the Senate has been debating and proceed with all expedition to ward fln$l action. The new prohibition plan, all leaders admitted, greatly complicates the situation and precludes enactment of the legislation by July 1. In extending the scope of the legislation, and the President's powers, the committee adopted amendments which would provide for government control, in addition to food, feeds and fuel, of iron, steel, copper, lead and their products, lumber and timber, petroleum and its products, farm implements and machinery, fertilizers and binding twine materials. Other important amendments approved would authorize the government to take over and operate factories, packing houses, oil wells and mines, regulating wages of their employes and to commandeer supplies of any and every kind when needed for the army and navy "or a-?y other public use connected with the public denfense." Another would empower government to buy and sell, for general civilian purposes, food, feeds and fuel, with limitations upon the general legislation making it apply to agencies and products ony in interstate or foreign commerce. Fayettevlle Gets Cantonment. Washington, D. C.?Fayetteville is awarded the training camp allotted to North Carolina after an examination by representatives ot ttie war department into various places proposed in the state. Charlotte is understood to have been second choice. Representative Godwin said he expected over 20,000 troops from North Carolina and parts of South Carolina to be sent to Fayetteville for training when the selective draft is made. The government will spend at least $50,000 a day in the upkeep. ! ["state of sou' Department of Agrici Industries. Buret E. J. WATSON, A Weekly Bullet; In the years that the South Care-1 Una Bureau of Marketing has been I operated there have only been five com- i pliants as to the quality of products ' and as to misrepresentations by sellers, which is a remarkable record. The Bureau at the outset and continually since has warned all that any transaction not clean and honest meant the closing of the Bureau to the parties so abusing the privilege, and warning has also been repeatedly given that the Bureau could not assume responsibility for any transaction. i These warnings are again sounded. This week 9 sixth complaint came In the following form, it is needless to say that the names of the parties conj cerned have been dropped from the Bureau's lists, and that such other action as is possible will be taken: the letter is printed in full for this is a clafts of seed dealing that is exempt from the operation of the State Seed Inspection law: "I am one among the many South Carolinians who highly endorse the good work you are carryirg on through your weekly market bulletin, and wish you the greatest success. "Tn Ann rnannnf T thlnlr enmo Mm. I JU V/liC I b A luiun oxsauu? provement might be made, namely irresponsible parties offering questionable seed for planting seed, should be gradually eliminated from the advantages the market bulletin affords. "As to ho* this can be done, I can offer no suggestions. "My loss from this source has been considerable this season, also a neighbor met with great disappointment, both of us buying through the Weekly Bulletin from the same party. "But on the whole the 'Market' is such a.grand thing that it seems a plfy to find a fly in the ointment." Another farmer writes, by way of contrast, as follows: I am sending my bull to Mayesville today to load for Chesterfield. Have bought a ram and Collie pup, and sold several lambs through your Bureau, and all the peas I had to offer. One shipment of peas went to Elkton, Fla,, and a shipment of shoulders to Goldsboro, N. C. This is the best test of the widespread influence of your work. The Goldsbort) customer said he is a ! regular patron of your Bureau." The following is the weekly summary of Wants and Offers: WANTS. Large quantity of Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes seed for fall planting. Thre bushels Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes. Young mules and mares. Wildmill, ,fan, tower, pump and tank. Man's saddle. Galvanized iron pipe, farm carts, wafeons. ' f 5 bushels Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes, for fall planting. Some pigs or shoats suitable for pork this fall. About 5,000 Nancy Hall sweet potato sprouts. A registered Southdown ram and 6 ewes, registered preferred. Prices on new two or three pound Jute and suerar cloth bagging and on 45 pound new ties. j . A small saw mill outfit, engine, boiler | and saw mill, portable preferred. One. shingle mill. Some Porto Rico potato plants. 4 bushels Lookout Mountain ftish po- j I tatoes at once. Want best price. Enough Lookout Mountain Irish pota- | toes to plant five acres. About 150 bushels Fulghum oats. Cantalop?s. watermelons, etc. State quantity and lowest cash price. I Chickens and eggs. Rye. Rur clover. Crimson Clover. * > ' ; . Edison phonograph records. Some Chufa seed. Some Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes. White and Brown Leghorns, i 2.000 cedar posts. A medium size water tank. Must be In good condition but cheap. One bushel Lookout Mountain Irish potatoes for seed. About 150 bushels Leap's Prolific seed 1 wheat. Some home cured salt meat, ,any kind i cheap. To communicate with parties who can furnish whole wheat. Wooven wire hog fencing. Barb wire hog fencing. One ram 8 or 18 months old. Southdown. Merino or Shropshire, but headed, of but head breed. Offers. About 20,000 No. 3 Solder Rimmed Top. , I Special Home Canner cans at cost to ' farmers' wives and homekeepers who can i j use them, which is at the rate of $47.50 , per 1.000 loose at our warehouse. If parties want cans crated for shipping there will be an extra cost. Cans will I be sold in lots of ten and more. As the j lost of crating is much less per can in 1 large numbers it would be well to consol- | idate orders when poslble into 500 or 1,000 j lots. 25 bushels Whippoorwill peas. Mixed peas at J3 per bushel. 10 bushels speckled peas, $2.f>o per Dusn , el. I 10 bushels mixed cow peas at $2.76 per . bushel f. o. b. 3 bushels pure sound Braoham peas for $10. 15 bushels iron i*eas, $3 per bushel. 2 bushels pure Iron peas for seed. $3 per bushel. 25 bushels cowpeas, $2.75 per bushel. i 70 bushels sound Whippoorwlll peas, j $2.85 per bushel f. o. b. 5 bushels pure Brabham peas. $3 per bushel. 0 bushels mixed cowpeas, $2.50 per bushel. 25 bushels nice cowpeas. $2.75 per j bushel. One Hobart motor with coffee and j sausage mill atached. One marble slab and counter. Trombone slide, nickel plated, excellent condition, used but short time. $5.' Kdlson phonograph and records. $13. 12 double disc Victor records. $5.50. Two large size gearing wheels, two 1 small size gearing wheel and shaft. Two pure Belgian does. $1 each. One second hand boy's bycycle, 16 Inch frame, good condition except tire, $5 j f. o. h. Daffodllls, white jonquils, mixed $20c per dozen. 35 left. $1 for the lot. 30 bushels sound mixed peas, $3.15 per bushel. 200 bushels select seed 00 Day Velvet beans. $1.75 per bushel in four bushel ...i Six bushels Mexican June corn, $5.101 ' per bushel. HUMUS OF MUCH IMPORTANCE; Increases Water-Holding Capacity of Soil and Improves Texture?Not Inclined to Bake. One of the soil oon.stltuenta which are well known to decrease under usual cultivation Is humus, ns the darkcolored organic substances which result from the decay of vegetable matter, etc.. ure called. The value of vegetable matter In the soU is not apt to be overestimated, for the humus produced I11 TH CAROLINA ilture, Commerce and iu of Marketing , Commissioner. in of Information. 10 bushels mixed cowpeas, good and ^ sound, )2.50 per busnel. Will exchange for any rust proof variety of or.ts, or registered I Duroc-Jersey pigs. 20 bushels sound mixed peas mostly Iron, $3 per busel. 10 bushels Coker's Prolific New Era Whippoorwill cross. |3.25 per bushel. J 200 bushels Fulghum oats. * t Bearded wheat seed at market pr!"e. 15 bushels Abruzzi rye seed, $2.50 per bushel. z50 bushels shelled corn sacked, f. o. 0. $2 par bushel. A 150 bushels of bur clover seed. ^ 30 bushels of bur clover seed cleaned, . $1 pwr bushel. 1 10 bushels Burr clover seed, $1.25 per bushel. 5 bushels 90 Day Velvet beans. $2.50 per bushel. Baled oat straw, 5 cars for June delivery. 40 to 50 barrels early Rose seed potatoes thoroughly matlre, $925 per barrel f. o. b. cars. Irish Cobbler Irish potatoes, Make offer. Bliss Irish potatoes, make offer. Foot longfl Porto Rico sweet potato cuttlnes. $2 per 1.000. Winter heading collard plants 25c per 100. $1.25 per 1.000 f. o. b. Multiplier onions, $4 per bushel. Kleckley and Bradford and Favorite watermelon seeds, 60c per pound dellv- -i ered. I Winter heading collard plants, 25c per 100. Rooted scuppernong grape vines, 25o V each. ^ Tomatoes, cucumbers, cantelopes and squash. Crates of peaches at $250 each. Fresh eggs, 15 dozen a week, 35c a dozen. ^ One Red Poll male calf, week oud, $12. One Jersey with second calf, 1 pound of butter, 3 gallons of milk, $80. One Jersey without the calf, 3 gallons of milk, one pound of butter, $70. Two grade Holstein cows, young cglves, $65 each. Milch cows from $30 to $80 each. Jersey bull calf entitled to registration, 4 weeks old, $15. 4 goats. Four 3-4 Southdown ewes, $5 each; one 1-2 Shropshire ewe $5. Two pure bred Duroc Jersey boars one year old. 'ig One Hereford bull 1500 pounds, four years old, $173. One Jersey cow 2 years old with calf one month old, 2 gallon, gentle, broke to line. $53.00. One fine milch cow fresh, bull calf part Jersey, $55, f. o. b. A well marked Guernsey bull, registered, a month old June 20th, $50. Mashers [ Sequel and May Rose breeding. Three fresh Jersey cows, calves reserv- J ed. One $50; one $75 and one $90. One full Jersey bull can be registered, $100., / 3 years old. One registered Guernsey heifer, 3 years old. 1st calf, bull, $125.00. One registered Jersey cow and calf a three months old, $100. . 8 Duroc pigs $5 each; $1 extra for J, n papers. One Berkshire sow entitled to regis- -.J tration, bred to P. C. boar, $25. Five or six.grade Angus heifers, spring- -4 ers and young heifers in exchange for Tj same of Guernseys. A colt mare about 3 years old, well broke, not afraid of autos, $200. A Two Shetland ponies. $50 and $75. each. M One cockerel and four pullets. Whits Leghorns in exchange for trio of Blaclt'^H Minorcas, Brabham, Wyandote or any^^f of the large breeds. 10 full grown hens. White African guinea eggs, $1.25 One seven times winner "Irish game cock, $5. 12 pure bred Hopkins :War ho? chickens, 2 to 4 months, Three large Mammoth hens: one 40 pound torn/ three months old turkey#/" Will eTclH for heifer calves or pigs. 25 yearlln Plymouth $ock hens, each, or will exchange -for White Le^^H| horn pullets, March and April hatch. War horse Pit game eggs, 30 for Six Black Minorca cockerels 2-3 grown,^^! each 21.00. 10 frying size chickens, 50c each. Peafowls eggs, each 21; peafowls, S ^ days old 22,50 each, peacocks. 210. 1 Turkeys fl've days old, 50c each. White Leghorn hens 1 year old, 21.50; White Leghorn cocks, 22.50 each. Three common hens and a rooster, 23.75. Three White Leghorn hens and one _ rooster, 25. ^ Two male fox terriers 4 months old, 25 each. Fine pure bred Scotch collie pups both sexes, white. Fox terriers, setters, hounds, poodles. One Pointer dog. Will exchange for White leghorn or White Wyandotte chickens. One Collie dog. female, 59. Kxtra fine Pointer puppies 6 weeks old, make offer. Will exchange for pure R. I. It. or Barred Rock cockerels and pullets^ February or March hatch. One Bull dog. $10. Black and tan hound pup from best fox and coon stock, $7.50 or will exchange for Berkshire sow pig. Milk separator in exchange for White Leghorn hens. One four horse I. H. C. gasoline engine, good edhdltion cheap, or will exchange for a 6 horse power keroslne engine In good condition and will pay the differ ence. Farm canner. $15 f. o. b. One grist mill, sheller and crusher, 275. One tubular boiler, 40 h. p. one engine 15 h. p. One 60 saw gin feeder and condenser. Will echange for Ford car or other property of equal value. One Incubator, 100 egg capacity, 28. Will exchange for Partridge Wyandotte chickens, or Irish potatoes for planting nnt lntor than .Tulv 1st. An International Tractor Titan D typo. Will exchange for automobile. Hereford, Angus or Holstein cattle. Ginnery outfit complete, Munger system; two 60 saw Pratt gins revolving box press good $500; one lathe mill, bolter and trimmer $50. One 25 h. p. steam engine and boiler. $50. / " One two syllnder 25 h. p. International Harvester gasoline engine, good. $400. Bermuda grass roots. $1 per bag. Amoor River Privet plants, 59 cents per 100. $5 per 1,000. All sorts of pet rabb'ds, Belgian and white, young ones. $75c per pair. Fine old violin $25; one set of side curtains for Overland car "Light Four,*' cheap. One dynamo, 16 light generator, cheap or will exchange for any thing of equal value to me. One Amerioan slicing maohiue; one pair of computing scales. ? Nice Elberta peaches for canning, for July delivery $2 per bushel. Two DurocJersey sow pigs registered, $10 each ,f. o. b. One registered Berkshire boar, 2 years old. $35. One Chestnut sorrel horse colt, 11 months old. Will exchange for Jersey or Holstein milch eo% Three s. c. Brown Leghorn cockerels, 12 weeks old, 50c each. Four s. c. White Leghorn cockerels, 50c each. Trio of geese, $3. White African guinea eggs. 15 for $1. Several high bred female Scotch collie puppies, each $5. One male full blood English poodle dog. $25.00. Shepherd pups, females. $2.00. males $4.00. Old fashioned high black walnat sideboard, $10.00. Peacock tails, $2.60. ' " ' tho ivnfer-hnldlnir i ruin 11 iiiv.* cu )vo tuv 0 capacity of the sol! and Improves the texture, so that the soil Is less Inclined to bake and be cloddy. Also Its Importance In connection with different kinds of necessary bacteria Is very great. Temperature of Roosting Place. A roosting place warm enough to prevent freezing the combs Is comfortable for the fowls, provided It Is dry and has plenty of fresh air without draughts.