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?*?- Stor^f r>iscawri , SSSMSS3SWS5S tmi y< can ; 'v -? I:'. ' "* 'V . *" ?. "Juat a countryman1*- f,hat'?i all," In the way the grower of thlu re markable <?<,? i- of corn, Mr. Fred C. I'ailn, Htyha himaelf. Though * ha It* admitted to b<> Oil" of' t implead lJiK < <>ru expert* in tin- country one wbono yorvlceiB are .greatly lit demand an a Judge of corn exhib it**. Mr. i'aliit a?ka for no grroater honor or distinction than to he known an a plain Hoowlor farmer, and white lie openly profession a roaaouablo pride In the achievement ' of growing the fiamoua ear of corn which Wa? adjudged the moat per fect ever grown. It in without,- a abadow of ostentation. phy (hit* year at Omaha.' "And i whb confident the wo inent 1 muw it, and lookod It over, that 1 beld the trophy winner in my hand. Ho much ho thai when 1 left for Omaha to exhibit the ear I took it out of ray grip and show ed it K> the Htation agent with the wordw, "That'a the ear I' nV going to win the $1,000 trophy with.' " Ho there'b the Htory of the cham pion oar an Falln told it hiniHelf. Ami on th? Htrongth of It who will Hay that Fred C. I'alln doenn't Just ly merit the title, "The Man Who Kiiowh Corn?" Hut that'w not all of Palin'B sto . j The World's Greatest Ear of Corn. VAK1KTY ruling Corn Fluke Yellow. ( Named after winning till) VV. K.. Kellog's $1,000 Trophy.) A iJYBKID The seventh year production. PAIIMNT PLANTS - Male: Hold's Yellow Dent. Female: Alex ander's <3old Standard. I > I M KNSIONS- Length, 10 1-8 inches. , Circumference, 7 3-4 in h"8. Number of rows, 20. Length of kernels, 3-4 of an inch. Wi Ith of kernels, about :*-8 of an inch. Thickness of kernels, 1-6 of an inch.. Arrangement, very uniform, kernels running in very Hliaight town the entire length of the ear without a?miBplaced grain, holding tholr length well to the ends' of the ear, tip being well covered with dented grains. Weight, 20 ounces. Estimated proportions corn, 02 per cent; cob, 8 per cent. TheWorld Champlorl Ear The champion car of corn was not un accident. There can bo no greater lesson in tho value of care ful study and painstaking Beleotion of seed and breeding than tho ex perience of thla same Palin. The farmer who thinks he stands a chance to go Into hlB corn field and by a piece of luck pick out an ear which Nature has faBhloned even more perfectly and with It wrOHt the? houorn from this Indiana man. cannot do better to disabuse IiIk mind of this fallacious notion titan to read the story of Palln and IiIh champion eftr. Fred C. INilin. In the first place, Palin knows corn. If there were no more proof of thin fact than the hare story of f- the. . development and discovery of ehumpion ear, It would be en ougli. And in proof of this fact,! lien* is the story as he told it him self : "I? was in November, 1010, and Ave were just harvesting our crop.. The- wont her IkhI been good, but we were a little late with the harvest. The. men were going thru the fields with tiie wagon in the usual way gathering the corn, and the harvest was a promising one. "We tin ve a sort of corn show at my farm all# ihe time, and there is always an award fo^r exceptional ly goo I ears k)f corn ? ears sufficien iy true to typo to permit of their, being exhibked. There is a small box on every corn wagon in which the most perfect ears are thrown. These, when properly s< let ted. eon-. HtiLuic live seed corn, and among these more perfect ears we occas ionally find an ear iha-t. we are willing to exhibit in a"contest. "On the day the champion ear was found, I was at the house and at dinner -time one of the ? men brought It In and lnid it, with a number of other ears, upon the w Wi dow sill In the well room for me to take and put tfway In the seed ! house. , ? 41 'Well/ 1 said, 'do you think ( you've got a good ear there?' " 'It looks to me like a good ear/ he said. ' What do you think of. ltr "I picked It up and looked it ov-, er. 'Well/ I said finally, 'I think" ? It4s the most perfect ear ot jeorn 1 I ever saw. It's good enough to4 Witt the W. K. Kellogg fl.OGO tro v - *>. v ry. He tells It willingly, though modestly, for he knows that hie story whenever told Is a source of great encouragement of the thous ands of farmers who never had a better chance than he had himself. Pattn was born and brought up on a farm near Newton, Ind. He has never owned a foat of farm land in his life, and the 360 acre farm on which the champion ear of corn which won the Kellogg Trophy was grown is a rented farm. Mr. Palin's real experience as a farmer began about sixteen years ago. Ho had been on the road as a grocery specialty salesman, when be took a notion that he would ra ther bo an agriculturist, so ho took a short course at Purdue Universi ty and rented a portion of the farm he now occupies. Nine years ago, he began carefully breeding this new variety of corn.* For two years ho planted two rows of Reid's Yellow Dent, then two of Alexan der's Cold Standard, detassellng the Gold Standard. From tho detassel ed rows he picked for seed only A I ' ~ the ears carrying the characteristics ho wanted to reproduce, planting those in brooding plots and main taining careful selection, so that in nine years' time ho had devoloped a well-settled type. The Palin champion ear wus the first winner of tho W. K. Kellogg National Corn Trophy, a handsome WKKELLOGG &1000.00 HATIONALCORN TROPHY ? .MADE BY TIFKA.NV"' ? TWlce Awarded . To be Com peted for again at the next Porn Show atCOLUMBlA.S.C, sliver and enamel oup made by Tif fany of New York at a cost of $1, 000. Mr. Kellogg as the originator and manufacturer of Toasted Corn Flakes naturally has a deep Inter est In the development of the high er grades of corn, for the company of which he 1b president,* the Jtel logg Toasted Corn Plake Co., r*r| "MACON NKKVB," Buttling (iw>rj{itt Oi iy l'ri-|Miriiig for ' Grand Ittt-L'ulou. Macon, Georgia, the city selected as the place for holding the next Confederate He-union, May 7, 8, 9, 1912, Is already beginning an exten sive campaign of advertising. The business men of the 'eity realise that what help* the city help* them ulno and have recently raised the! following aipounts in lee* than 8 months: Wesleyan Female College, $40, 000; Y. M. C. A. New Building $75. 000; Bessie Tift College, $30,000; Mercer University, $40,000; Now Dempsey Hotel, $360,000, And wow comes the task of raisin $70,000 for the re-uulon and curing for the old soldiers who will he within her gates,, It goes without saying the money will be readily raised. This is the kind of "Macon nerve" that builds cities anta is a great feat for a city of only 41,000 people. The enterprising city is preparing for the re-union on a lavish scale and it Is safe to say that tho veteran or whoever it may be attending the re- union', wi.'l have the time of their lives and fall' In lovo with Macon. ? ? \ /jlmvt Corn Farm, Think of it! Six thousand bush els of corn gathered and three thou sand bushels more to gather is the r<jcord of a Georgia farmer, not a man in Kansas or Illinois. We know many of our all-cotpn farm ers will not believe this, because ?they did not see It, and many of them never saw this much ear-corn in all their lives. Still, Mr. Sidney Phelan, of Crawford couhty, Georgia made this enviable reoord for 1911. One day about tho middle of De cember we met Mr. Phelan and, on asking him how he was getting a long, be replied: "Very well, but It looks like I can not get through gathering my corn. I have gather ed 6,000 bushels and hXve 3,000 bushels more to gather. How did Mr. Phelan grow this enormous crop of corn? By simply developing the natural resources of the magnificent plantation that he bought a few years ago f<jr less than $5 per acre, because the own er had allowed the place to run down until it was almost worthless. Mr. Phelan built a dyke 18 feet high and three miles long to cut off the back water from the Flint ri ver. -He built a tile factory and turned out 30,000 feet of tile and drained 500 acres of bottom land, so that now It produces 75 bushels of corn per acre instead of grow ing carte and bullrushes as before. We have thousands of acres in ev ery Southern State that only needs just such a master spirit to re claim them and make them produce like those of Mr. Phelan. We have thousands of farmers that do not know what to do with their cotton, but Phelan will have no trouble in selling his corn for a good price. We ? trust that in proportion to their area In cultivation, others will follow Mr. Phelan's example for 1912 and for all future years. ? Southern Cultivator. "You must take exercise," said a physician to a patient. "The motor car in a case like yours gives the best exercise that "But, doctor, I can't afford to keep a motor car," the patient salld. "Don't buy; just dodge," said the doctor. ? Christian Life. Give us your next order for |ob printing. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ~ quires ton thousand bushels of corn a clay for the making of its product. The Kellogg trophy, was offered to bo awarded in annual competition for the best single ear of corn un til won twice by the same producer. The faot that tho Kollogg product ib mwie only from selected white corn while the winning ear was of a pronounced yellow type, was a peculiar feature. Tho Kellogg trophy was won in 1910 at Columbus, Ohio, by R. A. James, of Charleston, 111., with a magnificent ear of Reid's Yellow Dent, but not so perfect an ear as that which originally won the tro phy and which has become known as "the best ear of corn ever ^rown." o $ . The next award of this trophy will be made at the next National Corn Exposition, -which will be beld in February, 19 la, at Columbia, S. C., It is planned to make thiB exposition much broader In sqope than any held in the past, and con sequently a longer time will be re quired for preparation. Special buildings are being erected for the exposition, the main bulldiag to be 400x167 feet, ground measurement. The show will last ten days. The state of South Carolina has appro priated $40,000 for the expenseg of the exposition and the prospect' Is that Dixie will "do herself proud'* ip an effort to make this exposition the greatest of its fcind ?feT h?t4~ THE CIVIC LEAGUE AND - " "THE CITY BEAUTIFUL" HIIKL'llliKliV AMI) PbANTtt WIW* hKND AN ADDITIONAL LVKK * TO < IIAIIMIJUJ CAMDJBll, The month of January has. so fur, I been typical of all that we most dread during the reign of winter, und our joyous greeting of ' the "glad new year," wan quickly forgo> ten in the discomfort of such cold a h we bayn't felt In Boutb Carolina In a dozen years. The weather baa run the' gamut of lowering skleB, floods of cold rain, snow storms and white frosts, with the accompanying discomfort of icy winds and rivers of mud in our streets, and there have been but few days when there was enough blue sky to be seen, to "patch a Dutchman's breeches." Wood piles have been sadly deplet ed, yet It seemed that even "roar ing fires" failed to give out their wonted heat, and we shivered while huddled closely around them. It would seem that "the flowers <hat bloom in the Spring, tra la, have nothing to do with -the case," yet one suggests the other, by contrast an<j it was while shivering over the fire listenlug to the howling of the icy blasts, that It brought comfort ?to our souls to think that in a few weeks, our eyes would be gladdened by the sight of violets, jonquils, hy acinths and snowdrops and the earth would be once more warmed by Spring sunshine. And that suggests that the sea son for planting is alinbst upon us, once more, and sets us thinking what we can add to our store of fragrance and beauty. All of which is approbos, not only of the weather and the beautification of our own premises and flower yards, but of what can be done to make our city Parks more ornamental, and our town come nearer our ideal of a "City BeauUf#l." So much has hlrfeady been done by the efficient -members of the Civic League, that It seems almost officious to make suggestions, but. with all due deference and apology, we would like to "say our cay" on the subject. A few yeai'3 ago. t?n old gentleman from the North, who was visiting in Camden, before tho Civic League was formed, noted the great advantage we had in our nu merous Parks, also tnoir neglected condition, and urged that we should form a league and begin to beauti fy them. He said! very truly, that It could be done without any great, expense by just planting trees and flowers from our own woods, and waxed enthusiastic over the picture he drew of their beauty, thus adorn ed. We muBt heartily endorse /his suggestion and llope we'll see it Carried out before long. It is the flowers of Spring that we s?Jnjoy ? I'm. .I i i ii "? the >nost, and they com* at a time w)H?B our town lb filled with stran gers, and will serve as an addklon al lure to this charming old Camden So let us hasten to n woodland beauties to our I'arks aud fill In the waste places with bowers of yellow Jasmine aud gor geous red woodbine, trail purple aud white wiuterlu to the topn of the tallest trees. Have walk# over shadowed with exquisite pluk crab apple blossoms and suowy potalled dogwood blooms; have shady nooks where the Indlau pink and \ rosy Kalmla may shed their bloom and beauty and stauding all alone, here and yon, let there be a Milken plum ed "Graudaddy Greybeard," one mass of soft white lovelinoss. The humble haw a njl plums ire at -this BeaHon "things of beauty" and would add their quota to the beauty of th* general whple, a* would cherry blossoms and 'single aud double peach blooms. Bo much for the things that can be seen a far, and for -those that grow nearer the earth, lets ttyere be borders of "rock roses," "crowfoot" violets "pansy" violets, and clumps of pure fragrant . Easter Miles. I'laco* might be found, too where the beau tiful Cherokee roes could trail their lovely length along aud glorify ev erything they touch and the honey suckle that la found everywhere, could make fragrant some neglected spot, and bloom in spite of puro soil and want of care as would some of the common, tho beautiful woodland ferns. The graceful ev ergreen smilax would flourish if planted where there is a little m?i8" ture and it be given a start with the woodland soil it best loves and what could be more ornament al than this vine, whose beauties are not half appreciated by us? "Let us then be up and doing" atttt let us not wait for "a more convenient season" to Join the Civic League, but put our shoulders to the wheel now. There is no time like February for planting Sweet Spring flowers! IMspennary Probers Named. Following the passage over the veto of .the governor of the dispen sary investigation act, Speaker Men del L. Smith has named the, mem bers of the joint investigating com mittee, as provided for in the act. The House tnembers of the commit tee are F. M. Gary, Oconee; W. L. Daniel, of Saluda and J. J. Evans, of Marlboro. , The Senators who are to serve on the committee w'ere named last year by Chas. A. Smith, lieutenant governor. They are ? G. W. Sullivan, of Anderson; H. B. Carlisle, of Sp&rtanburg and John H. Clifton, of t> Sumter. , Moving bought out tl stock of the Kirk wood Grc eery we beg to advise th< public that we will be \ pared at all timet to supj them with the choicest li of Groceries, ? Fruits Country Produce that tl market affords, and assuft you of the most court* and prompt attention to orders Your patronage will appreciated. Respectfully, KlRKWOto) Grocery] COMPANY, Phone 37 I I J. T. Burdell Surveyor and Engineer Camden, S. C. NOTICE." * We beg to inform the public we are now bettor prepared thjfl ever to do any lcind Of reoairj on short notice. We overhaul and repair GasgH engines, steam engines, boilers, at_ mill and lumber plants, cotton gjj| dynamos, motors, automobiles, i and bicycles,, steam and water ing, plumbing and house wiring. We are agents for Automobl Gasoline Engines, Dynamos and I tors. Electric supplies and ace sories. Call at ouj* shop and see smallest Electric lighting plant < built. Built by us. We give out of town work pro^ attention and make no charge less the job is satisfactory. DeLOACHE Sk SCCYIJSR* at . " Camden Motor Co. 'Phone 100. 1 Let Zemp's Drays <1<? your 1 Ing when you move. 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