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~ s m TESTING SEED CORN. Any Farmer Can Make His Owi Germination Tests. S Clemson College. March 16.? Every farmer in South Carolina wh plants corn should begin selectin his seed for planting at once, is th advice of Prof. W. L. Hutchinson of Clemson College. Prof. Hutchin 9on urges every farmer to make ; germination test of his seed, whicl ? numerous experiments have provei beyond a doubt will result in a Iarg ? ? ? >"? . ^ 1 ^ An oor.tn.rAi juvi ?as>t: in ?iciu kv .v. test with seed that has been testei for germinating powers will be sur v to pay a farmer handsomely in fu ^ ture crops, but even if he make only the germination test this yeai lie is likely to have his yield in creased from five to ten bushels ai acre, at least. The test is so sim pie and requires so little time in pro portion to results that there is n farmer in the State who cannot mak it. The average farmer in this Stat selects his planting ears by sigh alone, picking out the ears which ap pear sound. Unless he is an exper and has had training in corn judg ing this method is not of great valu to him. What he should do is to se lect his best looking ears and thei put these through a germination test After selecting the best lookinj > ears arrange them side by side oi planks, driving a tenpenny nail afte j. ? x-u l ?very lemn ear. 1 ue eaxj> .auuun then be numbered consecutively which can be done by marking th number of each ear on the plank wit] lead pencil. They should then be lef ? * until after the germination test i ^ completed, except when they ar taken out one by one for the purpos of getting kernels from them. One of the simplest and bes methods of testing is the use of ; sawdust box. Use a box about twi feet square and four inches deep. Fil the box within an inch and a half o the top with sawdust, well packed Select a piece of white cloth a littl larger than the box and mark this oi in two inch squares with a pencil numbering enough of the squares t< v tell the number of any of them with out trouble. By leaving outside row vacant all around the box, there wil be about one hundred squares. Tacl the cloth inside the box so that i rests firmly and smoothly over th sawdust. With the box near at hand, tak' the ears from the plank one by one Select from each ear six kernels, tak v ing them from different parts of thi ear and no two from the same row V- Place the six kernels from ear "No..! in square No 1 on trie ciotn, ana si on with all the ears. Kernels shoul< be laid with the germ side up. Pu each ear back in its place on tb plank. When each square in the box, ex cept those 5n the outside rows, con tains its six kernels, sprinkle wate into the box until the corn and saw dust are thoroughly moistened, tak iiig care not to disturb the kernels Then place a dry white cloth careful ly over the kernels and another clotl J on top of this one. Finally, cover th top cloth with sawdust until the bo: is level full. > Keep the box in a fairly warn room, leaving it undisturbed fo seven days. Then catch the ends o the top cloth and raise the cloth care fully from the box. This will tak off the top layer of sawdust withou disturbing the corn. Raise the sec ond cloth, still using great care, am it is then Dossible to read the tests See which kernels have germinate^ well and which have germinatei poorly. If square Xo. 16 shows poo germination, go to your plank an< take out ear Xo. 16, throwing it int the feed pile. Do this with each ea whose kernels show poor germinat ing powers. The ears left on you plank will then be good ones am you are ready for your planting. I you do not secure a good crop yoi can feel certain that it was not th fault of the seed. Use one box for every one hun dred ears. If desired, however, j larger box may be used. But tha described above is the most conven ient size to handle and should satisf the needs of the average farmer. The time to make this test is real ly in winter, when the ears whic' torn out well are stored for plantin in spring. However, if it was nc done in winter, there is still ampl 1-- il- - A * ? ~ ? A 4-V. Time 10 mase tut; tesu uuw emu m farmer who makes it has the un animous opinion of all the expert that it will bring him rich profits. Anderson Garage Burns. Anderson, March 18.?Fire, whic originated in the garage of M. Hoi land & Co.. at 5 o'clock this aftei noon, completely destroyed the dot] ble store room building of J. L. Mc Gee, entailing a loss of eight thous and dollars, with insurance of fiv thousand. The origin of the fire i unknown, but it is supposed that i came from an explosion of gasoline i the garage. WHAT XOIJODY KNOWS. ri A Few of Many Mysteries of Nature Still Unsolved. The most striking thing about a o really learned man is not the extent g of his knowledge, but the extent of e his admitted ignorance. The wiser l, a person is the greater the number - of things he doesn't know, a The more universally cocksure and h well informed one seems the more d likely it is that he is a humbug. ~ 1 i + +1 Uqp cnionna m oHo in C liun ii itic iiuo *" v road upon that stupendous and limitd less nescience that surrounds it, as e the stellar universe enfolds the tiny - earth! s Sir Oliver Lodge the other day, at , the meeting of the British Associa tion, spoke of the mystery of sex den termination. Spite of all claims, we - know little more to-day than did the i- cave men why one child is born a 0 boy and another a girl, and why the e world ratio keeps about the same. Sir Oliver expressed his wonder e that some plants bore both male and t female flowers. He said the same i- sap comes into the stem, but just at t that junction where differently sexed flowers branched away from each e other there must be some profound change in the sap. a "I don't know what it is, and microscopes tell me nothing about g it," he continued. "Perhaps if phya siologists could find out just what r happens in that little plant joint they 1 would get some clew to the reason *, why some human beings are born e boys and others girls." ti He might have pushed further his t point of wonder. How comes it that s the earth juices here a white flower e and there a red? How a huge oak o lie all fnldpd in n little acorn? How can nature make the peach, t j full of juice and rased so closely in a j the thinnest of fuzzy skin that never o leaks? 11 How does blood food create here a f hard finger nail, there a hair and 1. there a stony tooth? e What is electricity? We know ? somewhat of how it acts. But what 1, is it? We know little more of i?\ 0 than a savage. What is life? What is the secret s force that transforms in a trice a 1 living dog that eats his environment lc into a dead dog whose environment t eats him? e What is love? Why does this woman thrill you and that one leave e you cold or repel you? f. What is conscience, that world's - policeman that urges us on to what e we think right and affrights us at I . what we think wrong? I What is truth? What is personali0 ty? What is being? , 1 And these questions are not ret mote, academic questions not such e things as Huxley called "lunar poli-! tics," but they touch the very nearest - and dearest regions of every man's - life. r We are but dust motes in the sun beam of the infinite. We cling like - oysters to our little point in the bed I of the vast ocean of mystery. All about us is nature, her mind a 11 galaxy of secrets, her thoughts far e j and strange as the procession of the x suns. Nothing befits us, her children, so a much as reverence for her purposes. r humility before her great brain, trust f and love in her vast heart. No one is so consummate an ass e as the one who thinks he knows it t all.?Chicago News. 3 The Thorn well Orphanage. This institution located in Clinch ton, S. C., is for the education of de3 serving orphan children and for r none other, and only for those who d are unable to pay their own exo penses. It costs the institution $100 r i a year, to meet the expenses of a -jchild, which sum is provided by the r generous Christian public. The d young people are not legally bound f to the institution and are received u as into any other school, the Ore phanage not having any right to distribute them to families. They live i- in cottages of about 20 to the *cota tage, there being at present fifteen ,t such cottages. The training is liti erary, technical, domestic and moral, y No child is received under six years of age and as soon as received is at i- once entered into school, in which h they continue for 14 grades, graduatg ing at about 20 years of age. The >t course is a thorough one. In the e mechanical departments, the traine ing includes printing, carpentering, l- farming, machine work, steam launs dry work and all the domestic arts. There are now 300 pupils, requiring $32,000 a year to meet expenses. It is wonderful How, by tbe goodness >f God and good men and women, h all this is provided. Over a thous1 and young people have been educat - ed in this school and cared for in [- every particular. Rev. Dr. Win. P. Jacobs is the president, and has been for 40 years. The raising of funds e for the support of the home is in s his hands. The school is always it crowded, and vacancies occurring are n quickly filled. Only deserving applicants are received. ALABAMA NEGRO LYNCHED. Was Accused of Attacking Aged White Woman. Clanton. Ala., March 21.?Charles Young, a negro, was lynched tonight two miles from here by a mob of enraged citizens. Several bullets were fired into the swinging body as the crowd dispersed. Young was accused of attacking Mrs. Anderson Wilson, a 60-year-old white woman, this morning. The negro escaped. The bloodhounds failed to follow his t fQ C QC V? Ck 11 furnnnti'nft lrill biuvnu, MO UW UO^U IU1 pxillllic tu rv.ii* the scent. The negro was captured this afternoon near Maplesville, Ala., by a posse of officers. The community was immediately aroused and threats of lynching were openly made. A call was sent to Governor O'Neal for troops and a company was hurried from Montgomery by a special train. Before the posse of officers with the negro could reach Clanton. and before troops arrived, the mob took possession of the negro and lynched him. Mrs. Wilson is in a critical condition MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg. Frank P. Henderson, in behalf of himself, and all other creditors who may choose to come into this action and contribute to the expense thereof, plaintiff, against Denmark Machine Works Company, a corporation, and Lewis Blount, Sr., R. H. Blount, Archie L. Blount, Lewis, Blount, Jr., T. B. Wilkinson, C. K. Henderson. W. J. Piatt, Howard E. Vincent, Henry Busch. as stockholders in the Denmark Machine Works, Bank of Denmark, mortgage creditor, defendants. Pursuant to a decree directed to me out of the court of common pleas in the above entitled case, I, H. C. Folk, Master for Bamberg county, will, on Monday, April bth, 1914, the J same being legal salesday in saidj month, between the legal hours of| sale, in the town of Lenmark. at the plant of the Denmark Machine Works, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, all of the property of what-j soever nature and kind, belonging to I the said Denmark Machine Works Company and partially described as follows: "All and singular those certain lots or parcels of real estate, situate, lying and being in the Town of Denmark', county and State aforesaid, kn,own and designated on the map or plat of the said {own as lots numbers five, six and seven in block 41, subject however, to the right of way of the railroad track across the Northeast corner of the lot number five; the said track connecting the main line of the Southern with the main line of the Seaboard Air Line. All buildings on the above lots with the contents including foundry, three iron lathes, one wood lathe, one band saw, one 12 H, P. gasoline engine, one pipe and belt threading machine and etc." The successful bidder will be called upon and required to deposit with the undersigned two hundred ($200.00) dollars, in cash or certified check for said amount as earnest money, and failing to comply with said bid, the said property will be resold on the same or some subsequent salesday at the risk of the former purchaser. H. C. FOLK, Master for Bamberg County. .Marcn luin, isi?. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. On Saturday, April 4, 1914, I will sell at my place the following property: Part of my household goods, 2 shaft wagons, 1 two-horse steel point plow, cuts 10^2 inches, best made plow gears, harness, etc., one buggy good as new, 8 rolls panel hog wire in different heights up to 5 feet, 1 large farm bell, 1 fine young sow and six shoats, all manner of tools for carpenter or blacksmith work, 1 new oat cradle, 1 horse clipping macliine, cost $12.50. Of my household goods, I will sell -some bedsteads, cooking stoves (1 wood stove and 1 oil stove,) chairs, tables, clocks, etc. I will sell everything cheap, as I want to move. C. B. BISHOP, Ehrliardt, S. C. CHICHESTER S PILLS Wfsg^ TIIE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladle?J A?k joar Ornfrist for A\ ,i\ laNu ChUchee*ter sDiamond Brand/W\ Pills la Red and Gold metallicV^T/ boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \/ W Take no other. Bur of toot * I / ~ Of DranlU. Ask forCIII-ClfES-TER 8 I W Jt DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 85 VV? M years known as Best. Safest, Always Reliable A?r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE PRUDENCE says buy a bottle of Gowan's Preparation and be prepared tor croup, colds, pneumonia, coughs and sore throat. Gowan's prevents and cures by destroying inflammation and congestion. External and penetrating. $1.00, 50c, 25c. Air druggists. LIFE,FIRE, LIVESTOCK; HEALTH and ACCIDENT INSURANCE Agent for Superior Monument Co. \ Can Save you Money on Tombstones, j W. MAX WALKER EHRHAKDT, S. C. Free Flower Seed Hastings' Catalogue Tells You About It If you are engaged in farming, or If you plant only vegetables or flowers, you cannot afford to be without the big catalogue published fresh and new every year by the great South era seed house, H. G. Hastings & company of Atlanta, Ga., and sent at>solutely free, postage paid, to all who write for it, mentioning the name of this newspaper. In this catalogue we tell you of a splendid offer of free flower seed to all our customers, five magnificent varieties that mean beauty about your home and a pleasure to wives and daughters that nothing else can give. This catalogue tells you, too, about our big cash prize offer to the Corn Club boys of your state. It tells all about our fine yielding varieties of corn and cotton?the hind we grow on our own 3,200 acre farm. It tells about the best seeds of all kinds for planting in the South. It should be in every Southern heme. Write today and let us send it to you. I H. G. HASTINGS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.?Adv*. LODGE MEETING. Bamberg, Lodge, No. 38, Knights of Pythias meets first and fourth Monday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visiting brethren cordially invited. A. M. DENBOW, Chancellor Commander, C. R. GILLIAM, Keeper of Records and Seal. DOING THEIR DUTY Scores of Bamberg Readers are Learning the Duty of the Kidneys. To filter the blood is the kidneys' duty. whan thpv fail to do this the kid neys are weak. | Backache and other kidney ills may H follow; i Help the kidneys do their work. \ Use Doan's Kidney Pills?the tested kidney remedy. Bamberg people endorse their worth Mrs. Julia B. Sandifer, Bamberg, S. C., says: "I feel justified in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills and I am pleased to do so. I got them from the People's Drug Co. for dull, nagging backaches and other symptoms of kidney complaint and they gave me fine reiief, also removing other troubles with my kidneys. You may use my endorsement of this remedy for thei benefit of other kidney sufferers." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 eents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Kew York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. hI Backache ijll= I III Mies Mvrtie Co thrum. Illfl ill of RussellviJle, Ala., says: IIJI U "For nearly a year, I suf- MM I fered with terrible back- J X 4 ache, pains in my limbs, II y( and my head ached nearly I I . all the time. Qur family I I doctor treated me, but II only gave me temporary I I w relief. I was certainly in | | pi bad health. My school III teacher advised me to 111 TAKE III n( Cardui The Woman's Tonic HI = I took two bottles, in all, III and was cured. 1 shall 1111 always praike Cardui to 111 j sick and suffering wo- IIII men." If you suffer from 1111 pains peculiar to weak 11 j I r women, such as head- WW I ache, backache, or other |\/| I symptoms of womanly |||| E. H. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG. S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated. S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE. MAYFIELD & FREE : Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG. S. C. Practice in all the Courts, both State and Federal. Corporation practice and the winding up of estates a specialty. Business entrustted to us will be promptly attended gL ! RILEY & COPELAND % Successors to W. P. Riley. 4 | E | Fire, Life j I t Accident t INSURANCE 1 i Office in J. D. Copeland's Store I | BAMBERG, S. C. | _ J|3f| CONSTANT EXERCISE WILL MAKE YOU Jy STRONG M CONSTANT f DEPOSITS IN 0UR Bank MAKE ^ GROW OLD . I AND FEEBLE , if AND BE WITHOUT fl | MONEY IN THE \ Bank ? x . . ?aB Tk a Vk/Mr nrKr> Knil/3o o "fine nViwcinno in hie vnilt.n B i 11& uyjy YYiiv uunuo a iuiv yuj ui^uv ui mv j ><? will have a strong constitution to fall back on in his OLD AGE. He won't be so liable to contract disease; Sj he will have the STRENGTH to fight it off. The same with BANKING YOUR MONEY. Build a FINANGIAL CONSTITUTION for years to come. Make OUR bank YOUR bank ' We pay 4 per cent, interest, compounded quarterly on savings deposits Farmers & Merchants Bank I IS ENRHARDT, S. C. J | fj? I l/UU'dC lb M. Ml (/(CO B I ^ |^1 " L the Blood I ;.|| READ WHAT NOTED PEOPLE SAT OF jS LIPPMAN'S GREAT REMEDY?P. P. P. g Dr. Alldredge, Recency, Texas, writes: Rabbi Solomon, of the Savannah Con- M " It is the leading1 blood purifier." gregation, writes : " Had seven attacks of H Dr. Whitehead, Metcalfe, Ga., prescribes Malarial fever lasting from a week to ten 3??j It, and with P. P. P. completely cured J. days. I took your medicine as a forlorn M PL Davidson, who had suffered fifteen hope, but now confess that P. P. P. was H years with blood poison and sores. a real benefit." - v ^ IT WILL HELP YOU, TOO-AT ALL DRUCCI8T8-$I,00 B Four Per Cent, and Safety 1 This bank gives you protection for your savings and pays you per cent, compounded quarterly, for the privilege of serving >u. When you hoard your money it earns you nothing and you ;sume all risk of loss from carelessness, thieves, fire and poor injstments. Which is the better way, to bring your savings here here they will be absolutely safe and earn you an income, or ^ owov in cnmp nlarp r>f fancied security where they will X1/ kllClli 111 uvinw I- ? ? *ing you nothing but worry? Our officers are men of long experience in the banking busies, and this insures you every protection for your savings, for bank is no Stronger than it's MANAGEMENT. Ehrhardt Banking Company fl Capital Stock and Surplus $27,500,00. Yon innst use Smooth ' \ Too much ammonia in sweet potato fertil\ izer prevents early maturity. \ Barnyard manure makes the potatoes rough. The Potatoes \ proper fertilizer is a chemical mixture containing . - \ 'POT ASH \ applied at the rate of one-half ton per acre. This kind of fertilizer has given a 325-bushel Wjmy?e^ Pcr acrc- For *rec b??k on Fertilizer . ; v; Formulas and directions, and for prices on Potash Salts, write to us. We will sell any WMffl U i GERMAN KALI WORKS. lac. I ||??| Chicago, XcCormick Block Atlanta, Empire Bide. fl New Orleans, Whitaty Central Bank Bldg. Li 3 ? Equals ? 25 f|| A startling statement bilt a true one in this case. One teaspoonful of medicine and two pounds of write for atrial package your own ground feed (cost about 3 cents' equal, of Bee Dee stock & ?in what tney do for your animals and fowls,?two fol^try medicine, pounds of any ready-made stock or poultry tonic ted book, fuii^expSS . (price 25 cents). There you are I If you don't its uses.'Address: Kal'a"? Jt trv ;toutt Rnv tnriav a ran of Bee Dee Stock Medicine WWiiC ? V li) H J ib VM? 7 | ?. ?? w. ?^ Company. 8 Dap Dap STOCK & POULTRY Chattanooga. Tenn. j I MEDICINE 25c, 50c and $1. par can. I Changes feed into tonic?Makes it result-producing. At your dealer's. P. B.3l < and Bad Colds are caused by germs. For VjTlDDC relief take The Giant Grip Germ Killer Johnson's Tonic V-: l / " ' ' . M?|?g f- -TV J -vr.' t' .. " .