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Fall Potatoes Require ('are clem-on College, July lf>. --An important factor in the live-at-home activities of many gardeners is the growing of u fall crop of Irish potatoes, says A. K. -Schjlletter, extension horticulturist, whose suggestions for success may be briefly stated as follows: . Select as moist, well drained and fertile piece of soil as jwssible. A branch bottom clay loam apll is probably the best. Break the ground ? thoroughly several weeks before l>lunting - time, and harrow every week or ten day?. I^ay off deep rows three to three and one-hulf feet ajmrt, using a turning plow or a shovel. Put 800 to 1,200 pounds of a high grade fertilizer in the drill, and with a bull tongue mix thoroughly with the soil. Plant July 10 to 30 in upper .South Carolina, July 20 to August 10 in middle South Carolina, August 1 to 20 in lower South Carolina. It may be necessary to vary these dates some; depending on weather conditions. The Lookout Mountain variety is the (best to plant except in those sec-1 tions where other varieties have proven better for the full crop. If possible, plant seed that has been carried over winter in cellars or cold storage, but spring grown potatoes may b% used when the other kind are too high priced or unavailable. When small potatoes of the spring grown crop are used, plant whole potatoes, but sprout them beforehand. To do this, dry tohem in thin piles on ground under a tree and cover with three to five inches deep with straw mulch, and water often enough' 'to keep wet but not drenched. 'Still another plan is to spread the potatoes out thinly and cover with an i_* * ? ? - . inch or two of sand and keep this moist. When handled properly, sprouts will usually start in two weeks. Plant as soon as the sprouts are an eig-hth to a fourth inch in length. Treating with ethylene chtyrhydrin will also cause new crop potatoes to sprout rather early. Plant big piece* (about twice as hi# as is ordinarily used for sprint? planting,' 12 to 15 inche* apart in drill. Plant on a cloudy day if possible in a deep, freshly opened furrow so that the potatoes may be put in moist soil, and covered at once four to.iix inches deep. Cultivate across rows with harrow before seed come up if a crust forms or weeds, and grass commence to grow. This is important, because a good stand cannot be secured if the potatoes must tight their way through a hard crust to have to scrap with weeds as soon as they show their heads above the ground. Cultivate immediately after plants are up and often enough thereafter to keep down I weeds und grass and to prevent a I crust forming.,' j Woman Comes of Killing Stock Beatrice Ferguson alias Snipes, , slayer of Klliott Harris, comes from fighting and killing stock, according to folks in Fort Mill who know^tbe family. According to one informant her father's name was Kd Hilton. A ( number of years ago ho killed a ne- j gro in Rock Hill and was tried at the April term of the court, lBpl, the jury returning a verdict of not guilty. , A brother of the Snipes woman, Otis Hilton, killed a negro in Ches- ' ter county a numiber of years ago and was sentenced to serve two years in < prison. He was later pardoned or pa- i roled and moved to North Caolina, , and there he killed a white man, and shortly afterwards died by his own ! hand. Spencer Morton, Rock Hill man, who was with Snipes and thu Fergu | son or Snipes woman when Klliott Harris was killed Sunday afternoon,1 had been in trouble on numerous oc- f ionand has more than onee faced ' the court for various offenses. Only a few years ago he was tried in connection with the killing of " Hock Hill nogro, John Bull, at a tilling station operated by Sid Parrish on the Hock Hill-Fort Mill road. He was freed by the court, the defense being selfsdefense. He is the son of the well known and highly respected Southern railway engineer, who had stood by his boy in all his escapades. ?Yorkvill^ Inquirer, July 19. Seven men were injured, three of them seriously, in an unexplained outbreak in a restaurant at Evarts, Ky., Saturday night. There were IB persons in the restaurant operated by Asa Cusick, former police chief, under indictment in connection with a labor fight in which four men were slain a year ago, when the fight started Saturday night. The drivers of a truck from 'Burlington, N. C., loaded with/ artificial silk, valued at $40,000 were kidnaped ami the silk taken away in the city of New York at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, whi^p the drivers awaited the opening of the .plant where they were to deliver it. The drivers were carried into a remote part of the city and released, while other members of the gang made way with the truck load of rayon. The kidnapers spoke a Southern accent and are belierved to have followed the truck (from North Carolina. John Hughes Curtis, recently convicted in New Jersey for obstructing the hunt for the kidnaped Lindbergh child, and now out on $10,000 baiJ bond pending an appeal, declares that he wants to continue hi? search for the kidnapers, buf, is 'handicapped for lack of funds. Essex Terraplane Sedan Detroit, Mich., July 27.?The Hudson Motor Car Company, one of the pioneer motor car manufacturers of the country, today stimulated automobile activities by . announcing the ' ' introduction of a new tyj^o and kind of automobile having, r engineering characteristics of the tfirplane, and named the Terraplane because of that fact. The Terraplane is a six-cylinder J Essex which will sell in the lowest price class. Quantity production of: the Essex Terraplane has begun, according to the announcement, and already an additional 10,000 Hudson j employes have returned to work, thereby greatly relieving the Detroitunemployment situation. Representing an entirely n e w thought in automotive engineering the new Essex Terraplane has attracted the interest and attention of such famous engineers as Orville j Wright, inventor of the airplane; Paul W. Litchfield, of Akron, builder of Zeppelin airships for the United States Navy . deans of engineering colleges and other technological experts. I The new cat is the achievement of a goal long sought by automobile engineers in the power to weight ratio. In addition to unusually rapid aoceleiunuti, uic new car aneau\ nas oeeit given 200,000 mile road test, and has rect ived the acclaim of the engineering world for its rema-kable hit! . limbing ah.!.ty. >;:-tamed running. '...Ml gtt - * *: H ' < . 111 ! ; M-n. ea-e of ra*"<t!'r.g a*' t it- gen cm; marinh:!:! v. '. V.. ,i.: i : '.< ft?... ; "a .h. .;y til1 * i -.1. i-' a ' ' t, r. ?-?- < >i" nea ? \ a i) t < l?>??i ' ' ; ; ' t e ! t . 'lie- aHlUch. Th a n ; : - 1 ' :.! ag\ the ' ' V ' - '' miir rg t he ..:y ?i'. t t * ? i * .' . i. y . n * t*v>' . i ". v* 1 ? ,i '.'..UiP, t h. me: g." :* - i;. av i ?ha--.- ha- h-en ae?a>n?.. - >:. ; f. t!.-- tit -' t m?^< n a product '? ar ?! >:,.:e. the a nr. .nr. < ment -ta'ei. Fh. -ante e--.r,g which forms 'mr wch if the frame.' giving it a ng.d.'y rrvrr before accomplished. is a:-1.' the bo*' in i o-ajre of the body, making the car an actual single unit structure. j "The Essex Terraplane," said W. J. ' McAneeny, president of the Hudson! Motor Car Company, "represents a | step in engineering achievement which answers the wish of every automobile driver for a high-powered, compact, efficient, steady and enduring low-priced car." The Terraplane has a higher propulsive effort per pound of car weight than any production car now on the market in this country or abroad and because of its smooth operation is said to give the driver sensations heretofore felt only in high class aircraft. Low and trim the Terraplane has deep, comfortable upholstery, luxurious fittings, a natural-grip steering wheel, substantial control levers* and a beautiful modern instrument board with airplane-type instruments. There are eleven body types, consisting of a standard sedan, coach, J-passenger coupe, 2-passengcr coupe, roadster, special coach, special sedan, "-passenger special coupe, 4-passenger special coupe, special roadster and special 1-passenger convertible coupe. , A six-cylinder motor has been selected for the new ear because of the fact that this engine is in absolute mathematical balance. The actual developed horsepower is 70 with a compression ratio of 5.5 to 1. The combustion chamber is scientifically designed so that it is not necessary to use a premium fuel in spite of the high compression. Rubber mounting is- used throughout the car, particularly in the susjK'nsion of the engine and other important units and the carrying of such accessories as the j-xhaust pipe line. The engine is rubber-mounted with the pneumatic rubber mountings of the vortical type at the front of the engine and with ;he )? *! .if ana engine putted it. i ibber just forward of the trav-mi-housing. Ic.or. a*.on - by the du"!h> n stoma* : -y-Vm which ha- been ;>. .. llw.l-.-n .... i a he c. i umbo \car- and \\\a*. ha- to .< : ;t - ? !:* tony and agar, :r. act tin! <>wn.r - ei vice. Another rllyr-::: fa " - r. the perform.'!':. ? of the mg r>- .- t he ,. m piete sy-'.em i.f d-.wr. draft .arbureoon. Fu.l air...ma* < gnttton iu-eti. The :!;-1 r:but. .- mounted at the rear of the eng.m where :t :fully protected from moi.-ture ar..i a.ivantageously positioned for reduction of electrical losses, thereby contributing to the spark efficiency. The clutch is of the cork disc-in-oil type, having an oil-cushioned single plate with modulator hub. The synchro-speed transmission is a rapid, internal gearshift design, particularly developed for this model. The width of the gears is as great as on cars equipped with engines developing more than 100 H. P. The brakes are four-wheel units with cable control. A new feature on these bra'kes is the weather-sealed construction which keeps moisture from the brake lining by centrifugal force. This contributes materially to the braking ease of the car in damp weather and is a safety factor as well as influential in increasing the life of the lining. The Terraplane brakes have the same braking power per pound of weight as provided in higher priced cars. The instrument panel is straight in front of the driver and risible through the steering wheel. On the right of the instrument panel is a capacious glove and package panel. In place of the often disregarded oil pressure gauge is a red jewel telltale light and the ammeter also is replaced by a similar tell-tale which indicates when the charging rate is not ^sufficient. A gasoline gauge is provided as well as an engine temperature indicator. The car is equipped with a windshield wiper. The all-steel body construction employed in this car ties in with a remarkably rigid steel frame to f< rm r.v.'.Ksh!v the mrs-:? ur.iflnd eha-is:-? r.r i body construction ever produced. Practically every part of the car or chassis acts as part of the structure. Kverything contributes to {? . .-tiuctural .-strength of the cot. II..:. toe da>h panel ts a rigid cross member. W 1 has been avoided turally throughout the entire The aii-staei l?ody i* buii' j :? b'-x type frame i.f skysc: a;.i : . - 'iter.. I: . - this type - ( uh.ii h sui?nor'< --ic - ::r.gs - the Km;. New York, t r** tallest :r. -? ..... ,, t t r.e tleorge Uas.mngt r. L;? 'her masterpieces r.f the -* r? I ' The s i eel sheat iiir.g ;t : h s bc.x f arr.e e:.< pants of the ear :r. A b u ptacticallv .s armored again.-' ' -} feits of collision. At the -am. -v., because of the insulating ma'. used in the bottom pan, a- u. aon the door flashing, and m the doo-<. the body is noise and fume-pr ?<>f. Today's announcement climaxed months of engineering activity and gave to tbe country one of the most talked-about automobiles ever pro- " duced. a' ' "' 1 --MERCURY DEPOSITS FOUND IN ARKANSAS Metal 1# Now Employed in a Thousand Ways. Washington.?Discovery of deposits of mercury In Arkansas adds another Important metal to that state's list of mineral resources. "New domestic mercury deposits are Important because more mercury Is used In the United States than In any other country, and njore than onethird of the domestic consumption now must he Imported from Kurope," says a bulletin from the Nutlonal Geographic society} "Mercury has been known for at least 2.A00 years, but Its wide use Is a development of recent centuries. Today It Is employed In about a thousand ways. "A thin stream of the silvery liquid metal sealed In a glass thermometer tube has long been man's aid In determining temperatures; In barometers, weather forecasters depend upon It to foretell changes In weather; In altimeters, it aids aviators to determine how high they are flying; and marine engineers use It In meters to estimate the flow of water "Mercury often does Its best work where man least expects It. The life of many a sleeping voyager is guarded t>y huge lighthouse beacons that revolve on floating mercury beurlngs, and many toothaches hnve bqen avoided by gold or sliver amalgam teeth fillings made possible by mercury. The life of dry batteries Is prolonged b# cause mercury protects their zinc plates. Aids Beauty, Cleans Boilers. The golfer plays on velvety greens and the farmer harvests healthy crops because a smnll qunntlty of mercury, mixed with fertilizers, kills Insects that attack plant roots. The ship owner cleans the scale from the boilers of his ships with mercury and covers the hulls with paint containing mercury because it thwarts the rapid growth of barnacles. When fashion decrees that felt hats should be 'nappy.' the bat manufacturer produces the desired effect with mercury. "In many ways the metal loses Its Identity In various kinds of mixtures. It Is In milady's rouge box nnd lipstick case, where It" Is available to produce synthetic pink cheeks and red lips. The 'silvered' mirror Into which she peers to apply her cpsmetlcs Is In reality, a 'mercurled' mirror. "About one-third of the world's supply of mercury Is used in the drug and chemical Industries. It helps to produce soda used In the manufacture of artificial silk and is nn ingredient of some dyes. "It is mercury that produces the green lights and helps to produce the blue lights in colored light advertising signs. Because It Is dependable In maintaining even temperature during oil distilling operations. It Is nn Important 'tool' of the oil Industry. "As n safe, dependable detonator for explosives. It was one of the so-called war minerals during the World war. In peace times Its detonating uses are legion. It helps to blast tunnels through mountains nnd gouge cuts for rnllronds nnd highways, razes tree stumps and stones to clear land for many purposes, loosens limestone, granite nnd barbie from quarries for new buildings, and dislodges minerals from mines. Spain Chief Source. "Radio programs nre amplified In American living rooms by radio tubes In the manufacture of which mercury had a part, nnd many electrical devices used In modern buildings were produced with the aid of mercury. One of the most outstanding recently developed uses of mercury Is In power plants. The new plant uses mercury vapor Instead of steam. "Now nnd then mercury Is found In Its liquid metal state but more often It nppenrs In a red mercury-sulphur ore called cinnabar, from which the metal is extracted hv a roasting process. "Mercury Is known to exist on every continent but most of the world's supply comes from Spain and Italy, with Spain lending In production. The mines which give Italy second rank among mercury-producing countries are situated near Trieste and In Tuscany. The United States Is third on the mercury production list, with Unitrornia leading the 'mercury states' which include Oregon, Nevada, Washington. Texas, and Arizona. The metal also Is mined in Alaska, Mexico, Canada. China. Russia, Czechoslovakia, Austria. Algeria. Japan, Rumania. New Zealand and Australia. Peru once was nn important South American source of n.woucv hot production oeascd several \eurs ;igo." 107,744 Italians Go Back to Old Country Ron.o A total or 1<>7(7 I 1 Italian la Itot t : v returned *o |tal\ from abroad in 1; 1. (>f tin' number, 22.Mfc't re iirneil from ; h Untied Slates; P. t'.l from 1-'ranee; 17 .4 Jo from Switzerland; 11 " v i f in \ rg"t!t itie am! the balance 'ran other South \nieriean and Kurope.'iti rountrie*. Italian census figures, re\ is?-ii from \pril. 1P21, give the populaiioi^.i* .tk',7 as of January 31, 1032. Bell Ring* 147 Ye?ri Lossiemouth, Scotland.?"Lady Gordon." a hell weighing over a quarter of a hundredweight, first started ringing In lTSA and can still be heard nt Ramsay MacDonald's Scottish boisa, the Hillocks, as It rings In its turret st Lossiemouth railroad station. * Ancients Named r.okes Well I'nown to Anglers Few llshei'.ueit have ever given thought t?> the derivation t?f the names of ihe.itshea wiilcji Ltiey \y\m *?> w4'11There ar? a l?*?^t of fishes named uI or the animal* they resemble, such ?*?, the dogfish anil outrtsth. The derlva-* tlou of the names suntlsh ami blueglll i* obvious, but where did the word trout come front? , . . Trout was originally tructa, which In turn Is lost In a very olil Greek word, meaning eat or gnaw, says William Heebe In bis book "The Log of the Sun," Torch harks back to the Latin perca, and the Hoiuuns had It from the Greeks, among whom It meant spotted, The Hoinans said mlnutus when they meant small. ?n<l nowadays when we speak of any very small fish, we say minnows. The pike Is so named from the sharp-pointed snqut and long slim body, bringing to ntlnd the old-time weapon of that uarae, while pickerel meuns doubly a little pike, the "er and "el" being diminutives. Smelt was formerly applied to any small fish and comes perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon- smeolt, which meant smooth. Salmon comes directly from the I^itln kJtlmo, which meuns to leap. Sturgeon comes from the Saxon stliIga, literally, a stirrer, from the habit of the fish to stir up the niud at the bottom of the water. Intricate Problem. Is j History of Mankind Five hundred years may not seem to 'be many If put against the years of which man h&s left written or pictured record of himself. The first we know of him In that way Is of a certain King Menes of Kgypt and of the first dynasty,, who met an unfortunate death In an encounter with a hippopotamus. The date of this tragic accident, singular as the first record In man's history, was no further back than 4,400 years before the Christian era?say, 6,000 years ago. But what Is that In comparison with all the years that man has been a reasoning, problem-solving creature on the earth? Worked flints have been found In strata of the end of the Pliocene period, at a date reckoned by geologists to be about 000,000 ,B. C. A creature that could shape " those flints, adapting them, as we have to suppose, to a preconceived end, Is surely to be complimented with the name of "man." The few years for which man has left us any records other than his handiworks, the tools nnd artistic things that,tie has wrought, and, especially, those great edifices and tombs made ,for bis dead, are, therefore, almost as nothing in the entire story's length.?Horace G. Hutchinson in London Qunrterly Review. End of "Charter Oak" The Charter Oak in Hartford, Conn., was blown down In a heavy windstorm at a quarter to one on the morning of August 21, 1856. A rough shell of stump was left standing about 10 feet from the ground. On the following day people crowded to see it and a guard was placed to preserve It from "relic hunters." Colt's Armory band played dirges and patriotic music over the fallen monarch for two hours at noontime. At sundown all the bells in the city were tolled. A few years later Charter Oak avenue was laid over the site. The remaining roots were dug up and a simple slab was placed In the retaining wall by the avenue. "Missouri Compromise" It is quite true that Henry Clay was not the. author of a first Missouri compromise, passed In 1820, although he is given credit for a suggestion which was. utilised by the senate In a bill to admit Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. A a a result of this controversy a Joint j committee was appointed which agreed to admit Maine and Missouri separately, leaving tthe Thomas amendment to the Missouri bill, which prohibited slavery In all the remainder j of the Louisiana territory north of 38 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude (the southern boundary of Missouri).?Washington Star. The Devil's Marks In many parts of the Emerald isle there are to be found traces of the devil. In beautiful Wicklow is the | IngR of Old Nick's tall when he failed to lure a fair maiden from her convent. In Tlpperary Is the Devil's bite ?a huge bite taken out of the mountain range and spat down to the plain below. where it still stands as the Rock | uf tJaKbel. Then, of onur?e, tn Ktilar- 1 ney is the Devil's punch howl?but all j it contains~in these days is pure water. 1 Joy in Work Is there not rot her a li-rah-nri as we grow older to lose our enthusiasm, to get a little dull, a little blunted, j. and to sny thai we have sobered ! down? Vet how a Joy in work carries a man on! It drives him forward in i the nloorhing pursuit of an ideal, j through the rough and smooth places j of the world, forgetting all else tint ! the object of his search, in invention, j In labor, in art. nnd?yes?in holi ness?Canon Now bolt. Pure Oxygen Pure oxygen, except under pressure. Is not harmful t?? the human ! ?!>. Those experimenters who aire eugugeO In energy metabolism studies, tn which oxygen wlrti little air Is consumed for A period of frots- It) to 15 inliurn. will welcome this opinion of a doctor writlag for Hygela Magazine. Pickens Bank ^ I Robbed By Bandits I Pickens, duty 21, Four meft 8 afternoon robbed the South Ceroid I State bank here of $26,000 HtMj * caped in a large automobile tow.^ 8 Punkintown and Caesar's Head ^ j The four men drove up to the bank in a big automobile. While two Z matted in the machine and kept th 8 engine running, the others ent?rsd the bank, deserted except for tht2 I employes, j One of the men coveml the man- 8 ager, assistant manager and book, keeper with two revolvers while the .other scooped up the available money. Then, with leveled revolvers, they I backed out of the door, sprang into I the automobile and roared away. Bank officials had not completed a chpck and could not aay definitely 8 just how much money was obtained. I The robbers fled down the main highway, and are believed to have t gone either in the direction of Lib- I erty or Easley. Armed officers are in pursuit. Prank McPall, manager; James Hoggs, assistant manager and Mb* I Bettie Npwton, bookkeeper, were the I only persons in the bank during the i noon hour when the robbery occurred. W. E. Findley, ex-senator from Pickens county, walked into the bank 8 just as the robbery was staged. The I bandits promptly took charge of him and relieved him of $50 in his pock* A check this afternoon placed the I amount stolen at $26,000. The rob- i hers overlooked about $9,000 hidden f in the vault. (Sheriff John D. Craig, of Piokens I county, together with police from! I Easley, Pickens and Greenville, are in I pursuit of the robbers who are be- j! lieved to have taken a side road and I gone toward Punkintown and Caes ax's Head. j Four senate investigating commit- I tees will do much work during the j time from now until congress con- { venes in December (for the short ses- I sion. One committee will investigate I the treaty signed this week by Can ada and the United (States regarding I : the proposed St. Lawrence waterway; j the New York stock exchange com- 'I I mittee will continue its work, while I the other two committees will inves- I tigate the affairs of the Reconstruc- rm tion Finance corporation and the I farm board. - > =9 (alotaLs I For lazy liver, stomach and ! kidneys, biliousness, indi- ' I gestion, constipation, head* ache, colds and fever* . I 10/ and 35l at dealers* . I #' 1 1 " '! " 11 . Mljl NO-MO-KORN I FOB CORNS AND CALLOUSW I Made in Camden And For Sals If I DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 91 I i ROBT. W. MITCH AM I Architect 1 Crocker Building, I Camden, S. C. * KERSHAW LODUB No. Jt . ff\ A. P. M. = n Regular communication of this lodge is held on tso first Tuesday in each monta at 8 p.m. Viaiting Brethren are ww* / corned. W. R. CLYBURN, /J J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Mart u... Secretary l-14rFfrft.. Jt DeKALB COUNCIL No ^ j Junior Order U. A. M. j Regular council second ana ' ^ ^ fourth Mondays of ea^ month at 8 p.m. Visiting Breth,T!!? J are welcomed. J. W. THOMPSON, L. H. JONES, Councillor. . Recording Secty. > EYES EXAMINED ! and Glasses Fitted I THE HOTFER MMMJIV I