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% IAddrrM ,n AMONG [ inquiries t< h. w. wall, Articles in this Conway, S. C. ?Hld D CLEAN isOO? SHOI>S |J Cleanliness suttf sanitation in Grocery ' j Stores E.<au*. vial to Wholesome j a FvhkI Supply. 11 The fond clhcials of many Stato i j ar^ giviiig ;,ttent on to the sanitar> i -condition cw! ?cotmti.y ami city grocers e etores, according to the officials on- I gaged ia the enforcement of the Fed- 1 era) Kood ami Drugs Act who recent- i ly have investigated the matter. Th < country store is both a collecting ami 1 distributing .agency of. foods. It < sells foods of many kinds to the 1 farmers and at the same time buys from thorn for shipment to the city j butter, eggs, fruits, vegetables, poul- I try, and other products of the farm. If the shelves and counters are laden | with dust, if cobwebs hang in /:very nook and corner, if flies, bugs, :m< . vermin inhabit the place, the food; products are certain to be more 01, ' less contaminated and likely to be ( com/i dangerous to health The re- 1 ports from various State officials in- 1 dicate that many stores have been ' found in the past to be in such a eon- ' dition. A clean, light, w.^ll-vontliated store ' attracts customers, and the progrcs-. ; srve merchant needs n<? other incen- j tive to keep his floor,' shelves, audi' counters spotlessly cican, which in- ! eludes serening from flies ar.;l the ' elimination of all other in .sects. S<* e ! storckci poi s, however, seem to re-!' o' ire prodding from fool-ai<d-h'."\Uh j' officials to induce livm to mai t;ii i that dep-jv <; of elc ;<:ui:."ss which wi"'! ' insure il.at t'.c food tin y hr.i die wii' j l.'C fi'.7e from cor-tar.lie.ation, Scnv of the States l.a/e very offer, ive 11i\ i Ll \\ .-j, . : K* .1 :'Of}Vtiv 1 O'ji'.MU inajiect ion of : . a'. ubliskmenls v ho v foods:tufJ's are put up, manufactured, or kept i-?i* sab. Other Stat w depend upon lh jvncral provisions of pure-food laws vImcIi jcqui'O 1 !*?s:<: i r<ska!! bo i'rr-o from eortamlnali< 11. A i( ,v c1 the .Stairs like oitl*.- ! or a law that v. ill r. aeh ti e uik'ojvirU re nui sauce or moans for enforcing llio 1- w. Cooperate for Cleanliness. , I j State iood and health ofiicia's have j used various m.^ans to control cffoc-1 lively the sanitary condition of , ' places where foodstuffs ai o sole!.:! One of the most effective means that j has boon employed is that of securing t \ t!io coopcraiton of women's clubs and \ civic 'organizations. When a dele-1 nation of women customers calls upon! a merchant and suggests that h<% j' cVsan up, he is compelled to put hisV store Jn good condition and to keep it so. When the grocerymen in a town ' find that a large portion of the house ^ keepers arc buying only from the cleanest ^stores, there arises a wliole. i some form ol competition. A loot! inspector can, under ?ven the best 1 condiitons, inspect a store but a few times during the voar, because of the ( . i number he has to visit The custo-1 i I iruers come every day, however, and j when they act as unofficial sanitary inspectors the merchant with the un- ( clean store can not escape detection ' and punishment in loss of trade. ( Competition in cleanliness has been secured in one State by means of colorecl placards which the inspector gives the merchants who keep their stores iit a sanitary condition. A store ^ in excellent condition gets a largo , white placard, one in firm condition gets a blue placard, and one in good condition gets a rod card; the stor.e that falls below the latter grading j gets no card. The proprietors are ^ permitted to keep the placards posted j, in a conspicuous place as long as the ^ store is kept in the condition reprervu, i ii: ' .-in i>cu i nci/r ii/KijUUlLiuii i among the merchants to get and keep the best placards. The buying public knows what the different colored placards signify an<l are particularly * 4 r partial to the white placard stores, y Other States have adopted a score- ^ card system similar to that used in grading dairies. The inspector scores ' each store where foodstuffs are sold according to certain points indicated ; on an inspection card. The scores ^ are made public through the local press or by means of bulletins or circvdars. State Laws Control Store Sanitation . The sanitary condition of stores is subject to State or local control. The , RUB-MY-TISM I Will cure your Rhenmati^m 1 Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, T Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and I Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects > Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in- 1 ternally and externally. Price 25c. -n? "Til in ' iir-Ttfgag lORRY'S PROGRESSIVE F, ; Department a-e Prepared by leal With the Problems of the H County Farmer. Federal Food ?nd Drugs Act has no jurisdiction over such matters, except as to foods ttnd drugs sold in the District of Gohimbia, the Territories, and insular possessions, which arc cruder the direct control of the Federal Government. However, if food Decoinc s contaminated in an insar.i:ary store or in any other manner unci is afterwards shipped into interstate cmmerco, the party responsible for the shipment may be prosecurtted un:1c r t?ne Federal law, and the conI . . ? , . ./ 1/ '? /< I 1J iumfnated food may be seizc?d. DS 6TGRAZING ON THE W90DL0T Farming, .grazing and forestry are the 4,hree principal use* of land for vop production. Farming is the merit intensive, and forestry is tin bast, with grazing midway between, in most systems of diversified farm tug they are mixed, particularly eulti /ation and grazing. Where it b possible, grazing and timber growing irt restricted to the parts of the farm not suitable for cultivation; but grazing in most farming systems is permitted on cultivated land to improve ifs fertility, and bo:h grazing ul ti.nl'. r growing arc practiced en r.>ablo land wlu re no rough land oc t:rs on the farm or bi the community. hi a cattle ra'-iirrg district and j wiu't'e dairying i practiced, pa.wui? i iv in I ckiier lor home u >?, o. | i > rent. If tT.i woodlo. has grn. s, <? \p be made to prodnce grass and i . .. i forage, {'"'jizivg v.'iil geJif"s!ly l>" ' !" \ lot! into it. TJi" quest"'.n is-' vvl)ether grazing da nages the wood! )f and vhcthrr. if it does. t..rv; t.?p\ not I " certain a ft vantage a w tdeh out 'veigli the damage done. Two advantages are claimed to r. suit from grazmg in forest areas? i favorable germinating conditions in j he soil cover and protection from i iirt. Where there are extensive V.rests with heavy gra~s and weeds. jv the timber tracts are interspersed vitli range areas, there is a possibility of sonv; fire protection from grazrp thiough tht reduction of the crop if inflammable forage. In small related wood/lots surrounded by cultivated fields, this does not apply. A'he re woodlots form continuous -trips along ridges, grazing might ecasionally afford some fire protection, but practically its value is nagigiblc. As to the beneficial effect on seed)Od eondi'ions, there is a wide differnice of opinion. Where there is a icavy leaf litter or grass sod, inter niltent grazing may serve to breai. lie cover and let the seed reach mi'.'' ?rai soil. In some cases there is th? 'urther advantage that young scediiigs are benefitted by having the made of a heavy forage cover roduo id. Under favorable natural condiions, good may result from adjusting the grazing to the requirements >f tlte trees for vigorous growth. The Ufl'ieulty lies in the practical application of interrupted grazing. Th.i nse of the woodlot for grazing purposes is apt to be continuous when nice begun, particularly if it is found .) be profitable; and all the gooc lone at first is offset by later danv igo. The damage done by grazing fall r.to two main classes, browsing an< trampling, In browsing, the foliage tark, and stems are damaged .ate! dojtroyed, many of the young s/rMtliegf ire uprooted and killed outright, aw >thei*s are so damaged that thty die ; >r make defective trees. Trampling i ?acks th? izround so that reorodt/etior itarts with difficulty, and it kills ocdlkigs, and damages mature teees >v laying bare the roots and packiny he ground aromid them. The imount of damage, of course, depends n the intensity of the grazing. Light grazing will not do great damage excpt under very unfavorable condiions or when the trees are young. Whether it is profitaWe to put took into the woodlot depends upon ther considerations besides the proluction of timber. The woodlot always affords some feed and room for he stock to range around, protection rom the storms of winter, ami shade hrough he summer heat. The value >f the feed is appreciable; in parts of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Vernont, it ranges from 10 to 25 cents >er acre through a five months grazng period, and in the central part of Indiana reaches over $1.00 per acre. This is due to the fact that in the nrc rrom? ke^a it -irrrrr - 7- 1 i. ? ; yCMNMMf URMERS ("^SoU^luildint I ^ ?and I Able Writers Econ<>r.*R i OWy Production. I MHHMMMKMiiaMMBMi ( latter local'ty the wocdlot :s usually I open and haruil/Kl to promote the growth of fore go, ir.nry of the woodlots being really shade pastures a d | Federa Railr Faced by demands fi that would impose on the < $100,000,000 a year, the rs reference to an impartial Ft With these employe have no differences that cot a public body. Railroads Urg The formal proposai thocontroversy is as follow* "'Out conferences have demonstrat nutters in controversy must be pars) proposals and the proposition of th 1. Preferably by submission to tin accumulated information bearing o tion to consider and protect the rij necessary to meet the added cost ol reasonable; or. in the event the Ini that we jointly request Congress to ^ promptly dispose of the -questions 2. By arbitration in accordance w 1 Leaders Ref T ra #1 /1 ? / \ I I ijtiujti a vi it ; Tor'k, junc 1-15, refused tl or Federal review, and th authority shall be given the The Interstate Com public body to which this i No other body with such an ; of railroad conditions has such a<i tion in the public confidence. The rates the railroads may cl transportation are now largely fix ment board. Out of every dollar received by the public nearly one-half is paid A Qu The railroads feel 1 $100,000,000 a year to tl one-fifth of all the employ shall determine the merits The single issue be fori impartial Government inquir' National ELISHA LEE, > Chairman ,D i D Al UUIO UT #1 m t /%LiU i\l VJ 1'4 , IfPPI M Atlantic Coaat' Line Railroad. L/W. BALDWIN. Gen'l Manager. Central of Georgia Railway. C. L. BARDO. Gen'l Manager, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroa B. H. COAPMAN. Vice President. Southern Railway. 8. F-. COTTBR. Gen'l Manager. Wabaah Railway. ?r.tB. CROWLBY, Asst. Vice-President. New York Central Railway. ' H . f 1 WHEN YOU YKINK OP S i| | \ GOOD J L j Hi I 5w WHISKEY THINK OP JL ffl, 8 on?F y-Sr II Cream Mathewson Standai Bottled in Bond 1 Fall Qt. 2 Full Qte, 4 Full Qta | 75c $1.40 $2.6S I OLD WOODRUFF Better ' 1 Fall Quart 2 fall Qua 65c $1.25 All the Above Prices 1 I Always Do What I Say , RANDOLPH ROSE, Prt R. M. ROSE CON DISTILLERS JACKSONVILLE, I Useful and Beautiful Premiun ROSE Goods. Write foi II' ) COrWAY, s. o. net timber producing wooulots. Timber returns from the woodlot. hrange from 50 cents to $1.50 ] per acre, and v. her* there is a steady market for the surplus above th~ farm needs the returns from timber production in the woodlot should exceed those yielded by grazing. With a fully stocked stand of timber there is little forage of value produced. It is only uncter favorable conditions of; location or stocking of the woodlot j that good forage is yielded and grazing becomes cf value. xl Inqu oad Sti rom the conductors, engineer :ountry an additional burden .: i i- - -? mroaas propose mat mis waj rdcral tribunal. s, whose efficient service is ac lid not be considered fairly ai fe Public Inquiry anc I of the railroads to the empl rd that we cannot harmonise ovir difference* led upon by other *nd disinterested agencies e railways be disposed of b\ one or the other r Interstate Commerce Commission, the onh n rrilway conditions and its control of the ret jlits and equities of all the inteiests affected, I operation in case your proposals are found I terstate Commerce Commission cannot, under take such action as may be necessary to enab involved; or itii the provisions of the Federal law" (The t use Offer and Take service brotherhoods, at the jo le offer of the railroads to sub c employes are now voting se leaders to declare a nationimerce Commission is propos ssue ought to he referred for Intimate know'.-d P1 oyes as wages; an i unquestioned posi- can come iroin no by the public. large the public for yilf Interstate Cc ed by this Govern- tro| ovcr ratest is i investigation and r ' the railroads from tect the interests of directly to the em- of the railroads, an estion For the Public to I :hat they have no right to gi lese employes, now highly p es, without a clear mandate f of the case after a review of a r the country is whether this con y or by industrial warfare. Conference Committee of the G. H. EMERSON, Gm'l Manm?r. Great Northern Railway. C. H. EWING. Gm'l Manafir, Philadelphia & Reading Railway. B. W.GRICE, Gin'ISupt. Tramp.. d. Cheaapeake A Ohio Railway. A. S. GRlilG, Am. f Ricrivirt, St. I.ouis A San Franciaco Railroad. C. W. KOUNS, Gin'I Mann fir. Atchiion, Topeka A Santa Fe Railway. H. W. McM ASTF.R, Gm'l Managir. Wheeliu* A Lake Erie Railroad. H SELLS IT FOR LES ay Hill Club <Juart Quart* Qi Good Whiskey" _ $ 1.00 $1.95 r Rye 1.00 1.95 i "66" 1.00 1.95 3 i of Kentucky 80c 1.50 2 nd Duffy's Malt Put up in Fives 1 Bottle 1 Bottle* 4 Bottle 90c $1.75 $3.4< KENTUCKY WHISKEY Than the Best rta 4 Fall Quart# .fninm ; $2.50 a/ Thi. AT thone n mm ^ *" upreM collect i wm Do / vklch ?dc1<m?h1 | tsident J? IP ANY /K | ^ Ntwi# < FLA. I BiprMi Office. ? i? lUT*Teu Witk ! offlca r Book. | | R F. D. or Stroot In conclusion, it may be laid down I that if the welfare of the woodlot | alone is desire<!, grazing has no place in it. Light grazing may be permitted if other considerations make it necessary, but it is better to keep stock out if possible or practical. From the standpoint of stock raising or dairying it may become desirable I to do some grazing in the timber areas on the farm or to use their protection. If protection only is wanted, a small part of the woodlot (Continued on page 7.) ( iry or ike? \ * x * 8, firerren and brakemen in transportation costs of jc problem be settled by knowlcdgcd, the railroads id decided justly by such i Arbitration loyes for the settlement of ot opinion and that eventually the riierefnte we nnuwtae that vnnf y i 1 ' of the following methods: tribvinal which, by reason of its remif of the railways, is in a posrand to provide additional revenue >) the Commission to be iwst and existing law*, act in the premises, le the Commirsion to consider and Slew lands Act). Strike Vote int conference held in New r 11 it the issue to arbitration on the question whether wide strike. ed by the railroads as the these reasons: d the money to pay increased wages other source than the rates paid mimrrce Commission, with its con11) a position to make a complete ruder such decision as would prothe railroad employes, the owners d the public. decide ant a wage preferment of >aid and constituting only rom a public tribunal that 11 the facts. troversy is to be settled by an Railways N. D. MAHRR, F/ra-PrrtMrnr. Norfolk & Western Railway JAMRS RUSSE LL, Gtn 'I Manat? Denver & Kin Grande Kailrnud A. M. SGHOYHR, Restdtnt Vict-Prt%., Pennsylvania Lines West. W. I SKDDON, Yicf-Prts., Seaboard Air l.ine Railway. A.J. STONB, VifPmidtnt. Erie Kuilrnad G. S. WAID. Vict-Pre* 3 Gtm'l Mgr. Sauact Central Linca. / && / ?!ii illi! III! iisSik , fi- mniiii1 t? if: ;! a ifhi ffl >6S ! I I: > ! j !! t >-65 iii!i1|Iiii I|:i;!| : j j |i m ii | iiii i i J! .65 ' ' 'iiii llu'Jillilliliiii i! nil 'I ; o|l^ WOODfiUFf ' t > > !i ??>mri > ww ?! nwwr?7Mfl'ip offer expires .Tub In .< prices cither nil wit coupon, or pin It te fl ' K-115 < 1 nville: Pleescehlp xne the following, lee I please find money order foe 9 I \ ,* I ' It But* .MIS I J _ ___ mn DEWBERRY FARMS OVER WIDE AREA Hints on the Methods of Cultivation and Other Related Facts 3LD PLANTATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA Dewberries Ripen Somewhat Earlier in the Season Than Regular Blackberry ...i . M-napui} The dewberry has proved profitable' hi iuar.y sections because it ripens somewhat earlier than the tiue blackferry, which it resembles greatly in -ome respects. Sometimes the dewberry is called the trailing blackber ry, because its canes trail on the ground while those of the blackberry rc upright. The clustcis of the dew herry alsc are small and open in com? parison wi,h these of the blackixnry.At the present time the dewberry is rows most extensively in North tar' olina abd New Jersey, but there arealso plantations in Maiylar.d, Texas, Missouri, Mich bean, Colorado* and 1 her States, The Lticrevfa, t-irv ''.out popular variety, is not very .ai\iy, an J, hit:..""to its iirturo has j > oon ceniV.u d to .nhsr r-i-vt c imatc* \r.y {' ; r' i!e s.": jv\ vtthd with goo I irriioge aval wii'a a /rod supply of I ; ; 'retain ioi ...re i'l suitable i for g'vo ring clGwb rrics, Many cC the la a \ fa 1 s of No Ah Carol!a;"o> n coa vsc sand, and ?n other sect'lona. ?'ay '.earns are ma i Cot I'd? purpose, ' 1 ? fruit, lio\v< vcr, should not be sot . wet soil. ftidci' . * h conditions root rot has been found to kill *.K<> pV.rvr. On t!\e otihci hand* a- sufii* chat rn.iruro is essential for the dcv.'loprnu t and ripening of the btr\ ries tfewbov-vy p?art.5 are Usually sot during the winter and early spring >.n j the South and in early spring < the North. As i hoy occupy tan ><\i ^ov: ral years the land should be wedl i nrennrr iw>t -.n t me use of j cover crops 19 atki humus to the soil | ia frequently a desi'arle preliminary ! and mud', better results arc usually sccur.od : 1 the lard is planted to cultivated crops for two j. cars l- fore si tting- out the piur.tai ion. This will result in a better growth of the piants tiie first year, ami the pJar tation will yield a 1 p much sooner tlian if no such jv-.y aralion is made. Two systems of planting are followed?the hill system and the soli?' row system. With, the former vitc plai ts arc set ."> foot distant each way; with the latter, o-f.eet apart in rows which a e -1 to <i feet apart. Cub tivation is begun as soon as the plants are in the ground and couth.uj ed until the growth of the canes trail j ing along the ground interferes w th if. work. The following spring, just hetore the buds start, the canes hould be trained. Tlicro are a num| her of different ways of doing this, do ( tails of which are discussved in Farmers' Bulletin 728, a new publication of the department on this subject. Lit some cases, where the hill system is used, stakes are <-.?t by each plant and the canes wound in a spiial around them . With the so!id-row system of culture, posts are sometimes set between every two plants ami in other places a wire trellis is used. In tiie South, where the growing season is long, all the canes, both old and new, are usually cut off after the lVuit has been picked. Tn regions the season is too short to secure a large amount of new growth, and in consequence the old canes only are removed. The former method has the advantage ot' minimizing from the disease which affect the dewberry. Of these the twomost serious are anthracnose and double blossom. In States where it is not possible to remove the canes after harvesting the crop, the disease is controlled by removing in the spring all buds and canes which show infection. Prospective dewberry raisers usual y obtain their plants from nurseries. Those, however, who already have ? llantntiAn ? ? v?n raise ineir own plants >y covering the tips of the young anes with a few inches of soil late in He summer or early in the autumn. These tips will root freely and the lew plants will be ready to dig late hat fall or early the next spring. *h* duration of a plantation will de>ond largely upon the attention it reeives and the system of pruning dopted.