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FA KM KltN AKK ADVISKO HOW TO HANOI, K THK COTTON Gov. MtnnliiK Believe* Administration at Washington In Hacking I'p Stai* and 1/xal Warehouses Will Provide Solution of Marketing Question. Columbia Uncord. The stuMonent from Washington that th?? foderul reserve hoard would aid in financing tli?* cotton crop, furnishes additional evidence of the slucerlty of purposo a i m I determination on the part of the aduiliilHl ration t<j> carefully coo sldcr the Interests of the South as well iih other sections of the country, said (inventor Manning Wednesday. "Cot* ton being the leading staple of the South, the progress and pros|s>rlty of thin section 1h directly dependent ii|x>ii It, and the possibility of link of ex port demand for the staple would of course bring aland ii condition that would work groat Injury to the Mouth," he continued. "The. action of the administration la not a surprise to me, and is only what I oxjMH'ted, it put a It up to us of the South, hOWever, to help our selves, and I am sure that we of the South will hot fall In this emergency, "The advhe given by the federal reserve hoard In sound ; we should have a system of warehousing Col ton that would enable the producers of cotton, the fanners, to hold It. In warehouses whenever there ,1s depression In the price and lack of demand. "I want to point out to our farmers now the necessity for perfecting our warehouse system and of adding to our warehouse capacity. Now is the time to profane to take care of the growing crop, "III the absence of legislation pro viding for olllclal graders of cotton, our different communities should get together and arrange to have a cap able, disinterested and reliable man to grade cotton as well as to weigh it, so that, grades and weights will be ac curately shown on the warehouse re ceipts. I feel that If cotton is well protected from weather, well covered by Insurance, and with the grading and weighing accurate, that we Can rely on being able to use these ware house certificates through local banks and the federal reserve bank and that with these conditions compiled with that we ought to he able to get mon ey at a reasonable rate of Interest. "As time goes 011 the warehouse re ceipts, if properly safeguarded, will be come more and more desirable as a collateral on loans, and with this sys tem worked out I believe that the prob lem of marketing our cotton will he solved. If we do our part I believe that. President Wilson and the Demo cratic administration at Washington will do theirs, and that we can look with courage to the future." THE COW AND HER PRODUCT. deration College Weekly Notes For Farmer and Dairyman. (These notes uro prepared weekly by the Dairy DlvLsiou of Clemson Col lego which will be glad to answer any questions pertaining to dairying.) The silo ownpr does no.t tremble when pastures begin to dry up. Are you selling any of your cream to the soda -water fountains In town? "Ilest" and "best looking" do not mean the same thing when applied to dairy cows. In order to be a good producer, a eow must have a big feeding capacity. Feeding Is as Important as brooding in dairying. A well-bred cow poorly fed will give little better results, than a scrub. You don't know much about your cows until you weigh their milk and test It with a liabcock tester. Keep records. What is more profitless than a "boarder" eow that consumes more money in feed than she produces in milk and calves? The best way to make additions to the dairy herd is to raise those heifer calves which show the points of good milkers. Yes. indeed, dairying Is quite a ??om pllcated business and U takes a man who can and will think to Ih* h suc cessful dairyman. Do not change milkers frequently. When a cow becomes used to a milker, a change will reduce her milk produc tion until she l>ecomes used to the new milker. Be good to your cows during this hot weather. If pastures go dry. pro vide them with extra feed. Protect them from tiles by the use ??f some good spray. This is the time of year when so cial care must l>e taken in the dairy to produce clean milk. Disease germs are abundant now ami they will be in the milk unless precautions are taken. Chicago. III.? If "hubby" Is Irritable, distant, addicted to staying out nights or talkln about the war. feed him pickles. I?onard N. Hathaway, one of America's pickle princes, declared at the Pickle Packers convention that pickle eaters are invariably the sweet est tempered and most affectionate men and pickles sustain the home." TIMELY POINTERS FOR ORCHARD AND GARDEN (Oleumoo Qo liege liullctlu.) Ila\e jfOQ a WirplDl ??f |h'M<)ics, |p pics, ami Ojtbif fruUftl If *<?. why not cat) them fur in1 dui'jng the winter? VhiM Is the time for transplanting cah|>age, < aulllhm t i ami Hru spriiui 'IV wren to ltd set to fruit tre?*w this fa If should tie how it now to cowjieas If m> < - 1 1 1 1 Ivated rrop Ih ?iii I ho Jaml. Tim ornamental grounds or ttoWOT garden In ih?t complete without a *e I.-. Hum of bulbous plant*. Onlri stork of bulbs now for fall planting. Keep the newly pla u ted privet hedge j Wi',11 cultivated. This should ho kept up for ut least two yearn after plant ing, when the hedge will have become well established m To eradicate erah grass nml other annual weeds from the hiwn, keep llii-ni eut hack constantly and* prevent therti from maturing need. Ht inly and note the best varieties of cjf own and your neighbors' vege ta llies thin .Veur and you will lie lietter able to make a good selection of varie ties for your next order of hiuhI. Do not delay gathering loaches for market until they are woft. Pick them while they are yet llrin or they will he In poor condition hy the time they reach the market. v> Do not he misled hy the tree agent who sayH his trees are superior he cause of their high price. If you want fruit trees, buy them through your county demonstration agent, who will gel good trees for you at a reasonable price. Many varieties of the hunch grape are now ready for market. See that they are graded properly and placed on thu market In attractive packages. The "('Umax" basket In the /standard package for use In marketing bunch graiies. Are you making preparations for your fall and winter garden? It Is now the time for planting rutabagas, purple top turnips, beets, fall beans, fall cabbage and other hardy , vegeta bles. 4 Old SawH Autoized. The auto's the thing. A tire saved Is a tire bought. < iasoMnc makes the car go. OU In time keeps the engine line. While there's gasoline there's hope. He careful and you'll never be pinched. It's a long stretch .of sand that has no end. An autolst Is Judged by the com pany he rides. Unto each machine some accidents must befall. All the world loves the owner of a new model. ' A four-cylinder car may look at a twelve. * 'Tls a wise autolst thut knows his own machine. A reckless driver and his machine are often parted. Trust In the Lood, but keep your tall lltfht burning. A car in 'the garage Is worth two on the sales floor. You never miss the gasoline till the tank runs dry* ? ? ? ? He who rides In the rear seat can not choose the way. Out of the fullness of his gasoline tank the good tourist lendeth. In the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of a new model. Let thy muffler remain closed, for the muffler oft proclaims the man. Speed and the world si>eeds with you, slow down and you slow down alone. All the machines that glisten are not gold, but If they glisten you may be sure they do not need painting. Seest thou a man diligent in his driving, he shall get to the next town, be shall not tarry long on the road. ? lmliano|X)lls News. Trull Given Respite, A Kalelgh, N. C., special to the Char lotte Observer of Aug. 2. says: "An additional ,'?0 days commutation in or dered by (Governor Craig in the ?*ase of Charles Trull, young white man, under sentence in Charlotte for the murder and robbery of an aged merchant nam ed Sidney Swain. The commutation is from August 0 to September 3 and Is for the special purpose of having a special commission pass on the sanity of Trull. Ills attorneys are contend ing that In addition to their insistence that, their client Is not guilty, lie is insane and in no condition for electro rut Ion if he were guilty. There is a line of newly discovered evidence point ing to the guilt of a pal of Trull's and the whole matter will be Investi gated before the Governor takes ac tion." Charles Trull was formerly of Co lumbia. S. C.. and married a Kershaw county woman and there are many in this county who have watched this rase with Interest. Mrs. Kobert T. Brown left Monday morning for Camden, where she will spend some time with her utetcr, Mrs. CJeo. Rhftme. ? Sumter Herald. THIS GROUND MOLK. - . . ' -7^ . 7. , ^ lntercHtiiiK l)fhrrl|Hlwi of Little Ani mal Living I'lMkrigrouiMl. Our next dour.' neighbors mid the |H>ople who 1 1 v?> acroMx the tdreel seem almost |tui't of ill*' family. Tin* thing* that affect them uffect ua ah*o, ami our Kroatuxt pleasure Ih to cultivate their friendship, and, by thoughtful amen He*, lii win l heir ? uiilidcm e and ? n t in And thin 1m exactly as It should ho. Hut many of our small neighbors, who make their homos in our K? ai?l yards, are as utter strangers to us iih If they lived on the other side of the globe. We actually know piottt of the home lift* and customs of the Zu i n in Africa than W0 Uo pt the Hi 1 ? 1 n t little mole' who works Hummer ami win ter, ridding our gardens of cut worms and Injurious grubs. Some very knowing j>eoplo, who real ly know very little, have charged him with eating the roots of plants. This Is all a mistake, as he is a vegetar'an in no sense of the word, his food <on sistliiK entirely of crickets, grubs an I every species of inserts that 11 v?* and hurrow In the ground. From morning until night his entire time Is taken up devouring the enemies of roots, ' til never onee attacking a root Itself. lib regular diet consists of earthworms. They are to Idin what beef Is to an Englishman or macaroni to a child .f sunny Italy. Ills capacity for food Is simply marvelous; a regular eating 1nai chine warranted to never get out of tlx. Ills working hours are spent in gulping down food rt n a valii attempt to satisfy an appetite that ever calls for more. He requires nourishment to such an extent that to deprive him of food for a single day is to sign his death warrant. Statistics are not much to our liking, hut to give an Idea of the quantity of food they consume the following is quoted : "A Swiss naturalist* experimenting with two moles, found that in nine days they ate ,'141 grubs, 103 earth worms, 25 caterpillars and u mouse, both the bones ami skin of which they swallowed. -When restricted to a veg etable diet they died of hunger." A healthy mole would not be consid ered a success as a table boarder ; not If the landlady had to hustle around and find the grubs and worms that lie must have or die. Just Imagine a boarder who never I left the table, but who had to eat straight along from daylight until dark- Eating is the mole's sole ob ject In life, bis special forte; as It were. All social pleasures are either forgone or made subsequent to this one absorb ing calling. He not only eats to live, but he lives to eat. Though the mole Is distinctly an un derground Homebody, yet at times be ' conies a hunter or trapper of small birds. This crafty miner pushes his long flexible nose through the loose earth of a mole-hill ami wiggles It in a most seductive worm-like way. The tlrst bird that sees it thinks of course it's a worm, and swoops down to seize It, only to be drawn underground by the powerful claws of the hungry mole. The mole is nature's auger ; an ani mated gimlet, boring its way through the earth with Wonderful velocity and strength. The structure of the mole is most ingeniously adapted to the life he leads. . Its front feet are nothing less than two broad cutting shovels, moved by a muscular apparatus so powerful that it alone weighs almost as much as the rest of the body. Its movable snout bores into and loosens the soil, and its paws, turning outward and backward, (dear this away with the regular motion of a machine. The mole is a strange paradox in many ways. Though spending his en tire existence buried in dirt, he is the most cleanly animal of our acquain tance. Lift him, kicking and scratch ing, from his fresh cut tunnel, and we find his fur coat simply immaculate ? unsoiled by* spot or dust. He has the appearance of having just stepi>ed out of that traditional band box. Ills pink ish white feet look as if just mani cured and bathed, and his silky robe Is Innocent of the, least small s|>eck of dirt. He emerges from his day's work of tunnelling as spotless as the beach loafer in white duck canvas shoes and Panama hat Place a mole on top of the ground, and it is positively uncanny how h*? Instantly fades away into his natural element ? the earth. Once under the earth he Is safe from any enemy; even a husky ditch-dlg^er armed with a spade cannot hope to capture him Now that you have been introduced to a very near neighbor, though a sadly neglected one, we hope you will have a more kindly feeling for the little ^fel low next time you see a mole hill run ning among your flowers or across a bed in the vegetable garden. ? O. A. IV, In (Jreenville News. Altoona, Pa. ? Rocco Masta, 7 years, playing hide-and-seek, crawled into a big ice cream freezer in front of a store. Hocco was wedged in so tight ly he could not escape, and when rea rmed was almost fro*en as the free*^ *waa surrounded with ice and brine. r" *'?" r 1 + " ? A TEXAS BRONCHO How a Preacher Bought Him and Then Broke Him. A STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY. Th? Ugly Llttis BruU Was Tricky ?nd For Awhii* It ?? Though Hs Would Win the BattU With tho Cir cuit Rider, but H# Didn't/ My first appointment writes Kev. Henry IC. Wing, was to h big circuit In southeastern Iowa. with beadquar* ten* In u small hamlet. As I liad left my family temporarily In the east 1 took a room in the village tavern. An Immediate practical need was a home to "ride the circuit" Learning that a 51 r. Williams had brought in a string of homes from the southwest. I strolled out to bis ranch to take a lool??t them. One of tbeui was, to me, an entirely new specimen ?a Texas broncho. He was certainly not at all like the "mount" of the typi cal pioneer Methodist preacher and was like homeliest creature on four legs that 1 ever saw, with no "form" to speak of and of a color that the cleaner he was the dirtier ho looked. But he was "all horse," aud 1 took quite a fancy for him. * As soon as his owner saw that I was lnterosted In him he was discovered to be a very choice animal that Mr. Williams had purchased as a gift for his little (laughter. But I persuaded him to put a price on the colt, and he named $76. T met this with an offer of 75 cents. With this a "dicker" be gan, participated In by about a hun dred Interested spectators and ending about dusk with a deal at $10.50. So I made a partial payment to bind the bargain and sent for my old army out fit About a fortnight afterward, early In the morning, before many were like ly to be about with j my good bridle on my arm and my trusty saddle on my shoulder. I slipped quietly out to the Williams ranch. He backed my broncho Into the border of a grove of young maples. He- then strapped his (the broncho's) hind fetlocks to two sap lings about sixteen Inches upart and tied his head with a short halter to a tree in front Thus secrured the fran tic creature could neither rear nor lie down, and without much difficulty I got the bridle and saddle on. My attention had been so engrossed In these preparations that I had not noticed the crowd that had gathered to see the "Yankee preacher" give ? or, rather, make? an exhibition at "bron cho busting." This was what I had tried to avoid, for, while I had perfect confidence In my ability to mount and ride the animal, I did not care to make a "swagger" of my horsemanship. But their presence now stirred my ambi tion to make something of a show of my proficiency. Mr. Williams suggested that I mount and get a Arm seat before he released the colt, but I declined, and as the freed horse sprang forward I leaped to his back and found the stirrups. The crowd gave a little exclamation of surprise, and then rewarded the feat with a rousing cheer. I was elated now and full of confidence. I had had all sorts of performances under me in that same paddle and knew all the tricks and capers of the specleflL All? All but one. Leaping out from among the trees, he lit with his four feet close together and his back in a hump, wltb me perched on the pinna* clo. Tnen with a series of marvelous contortions be kept me bumping, every blow producing a concussion at the barfo of the brain. I kept my balance with my feet firm in the straight stir rups and my knees pressed tight against his sides. But that repeated pounding stunned me. My head began to swim, and 1 realized that a few more such Jolts would unhorse mew . And then 1 prayed? Just a gasp. With the breath in which that prayer was uttered the colt took a notion to run away. Apparently seised with a sudden fit of homesickness, he started for Texas, 1,000 miles away. Through the open gate and down the sonth road he (lew, while I leaned forward on hts neck and relaxed my strained muscles and regained my wind and nerve. At last We descended, over the rim of the prairie, to a stream- bordered with trees, and I turned him out into a thick clump of bushes. Than I prac ticed a method suggested to me years before, the same rule as for handling a boy ? "first teach him that yoa are his master, and then show him that you are his best friend, but do not let him ever forget for a single minute that I you aro his master." I dismounted and spent an hour pet ting and caring for the hot and discour aged creature. lie was too used up at first to resent my advances had he been Inclined to, and he soon seemed to realize that my intentions were friendly. I patted him and talked to him in kindly tone* and led him about to browse. Finally I watered him, m mm tod him and rode back home. And I have always accounted this aa my real debut into the "traveling con nection."? -New York Mall. QIH of th? P?Hod. "Well, Is your brido a good house keeper?" "She hasn't had much experience along those lines, 1 must admit She thinks anybody ought to be satisfied with an Ice cream soda for breakfast," ? Kansas City Journal. Slight not what's near through dm* kng at what's far.? Kurlplde*. IMatUhurgh, N,' Y,? .Student* atudy tug the effect of alcohol on longevity, have brought to light the ^se of ThomuM Whlttingtoii, who died at 1111 Huston, Middle#?*,. In 1804, aged J.04, who for year* drank a pint and u jhxlf of ?ln aH hln mlnliuuin dully ah hlowtnuf I !*? retttluwi bU I the Uiit and walked Uirt* ibiw, o*( IfctflpVe M? KirUio. of 0*croi? mil, drunk abnormally nit hi* ^ hunt t'd in HI* ytar ?ikJ ^ n?2, ms?*i 125 yeiiltjg The Chewiest Chewing Gum ewer Chewed 5<p .Jt Chew "Bobs" 5c. the packet or two "Bobs" for a . cent at all the better stands and stores. SOME pep to ?I "Bobs," the newpeppermint flavored, candy-coated hearts of real chewing gum. Say!? one or two at a time? they give you a new taste and flavor, a new class to chewing gum. Get the "Bobs" Today BUILD YOUR FENCE The need of the farmers in this and other countie of South Carolina it raising cattle and hogs. We In* been looking forward to this change and have just w ceived another car of Southern Field Fence. Gst^i prices and when the boll weevil strikes old South Caj olina w all will be prepared to fight the pert will Hog and Hominy. Laying by time is near at ha? and there wiU<be no better time to build your fencs ... ?/ % . % . -V * WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR FARMERS SUPPLIES AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT * -- ?? ? ? . r" See the greatest Mower on the market 'The Emerto Standard." Agents for Lai^ro Cow Feed ami * / Arab Horse Feed. SPRINGS & SHANNON _ IKE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK F () R ? A L E ilZh% t?AM PLANTATION In "West Wateree, seven miles fr*c Tllj 'Si mll?? fr?m Logoff, 8. O. o Vh?^ f011^8 1'878 acres; 800 acres open land, a good port* under cultivation and producing well; some good tidy hnmu/ ?n^K? room dwelling, 26 tenant houses, several barna ^ Hf te Property is situated in one of the best *2 or Kershaw county; good neighborhood and healthy KK*Wv" nLn on placei ab??t 800 bales of cotton produced on P*<* *?m? good Pasturing land for stock raising. We *<Te . pmce for sale at a bargain and the terms are very easy. .. *V10 }h* following : 75 . acres 8 miles^utfi?ret of t! Boyk,n? Weat and Burrows. About baltnce in wood and timber. Two room dweBi* on premises. Price $1,680., cash or terms. Iwj <^MbelonS?g to T- I>unlap, 8 miles from w ^ ThUl ta a Kood tract of land with ,***?2. - bMn 10 DuBose & Boykin _ , , E?t?t? and Fir? Inwaranc* Telephone No. 43