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LANDENRIHING MUSTNOT CEASE GOVERNOR WARNS FARMERS AGAINST LOOTING SOIL. FAVORS COVER CROP. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Poo. pie, Gathered Around the Stat. Capitol. Columbia. "During 1915 our farmers in South Carolina," said Gov. Minning,, "man aged to make a fairly good crop, with the use of a limited amount of arti ficial fertilizer. We can not hope to continue this system year after year, unless we arrange some way to build up our soil with those crops which in themselves produce fertilizing ma terial. "I noted in a recent newspaper ar ticle a very strong letter from D. R. Coker of Hartsville, in which he calls attention to the lack of supply of potash and the enormous price now charged for it. I agree with Mr. Coker that the best solution of our present difficulty, due to the lack of artificial fertilizing material, is crop rotation, winter cover crops, ground limestone, ground phosphate rock, and more live stock. Efforts are now being made to secure cheap freight rates on ground rock and limestone. These materials will, to a large extent, take the place of the higher priced acid phosphate we have been using. "I wish to call particular attention to the necessity for cover crops-oats and other grains. I feel that the ad vice of Mr. Coker that 'the man who employs his head, his muscles, his la borers and his teams in getting dur ing the winter an abundant supply of humus (in cover crops, leaves and serf) upon his land, will be in posi tion to solve the fertilizer problem by using the cheapest of raw materials (phosphate rock and ground lime stone) with only a small amount of the expensive ammoniates and avail able phosphates' is most timely and if heeded will surely prove of Vreat 4 alue to the farmers of our stat. I ['not too strongly urge thp neces rompt action aloihnP'jiis line. It' . late in thg _ dauon and if any . W be -, we much act at one. Broom Factory for State Hospital. Several patients at the state hos pital will be put to work making brooms before the end of the present month. C. Fred Williams, M. D., su perintendent of the institution, has purchased machinery and the minia ture factory will begin operation as soon as it is installed. The machin ery cost about $30. The factory wvill snake all of the brooms used by the asylum and no attempt will be made to enter the open market. The new mill will be a part of the occupational treatment system, which lhas worked with mark ed success. "We believe that the operation of a broom factory will effect a groat sav ing to the institution," saidl Dr. Wil liamis. Recently a small printing plant was installed at the asylum. Dr. Wiliams is trying to find light work for as many patients as 1pos sible. Bird Society Secretary Busy. 9 Miss Belle Williams, state secre tary of the Audubon Society, has r-c turned from Rock Ili1i, where on Sat ur-day morning, in the auditorium of F the Central school building, she ad dressedl the county teachers' associa i ion; on Monday morning teachers and studen01ts of Winthrop; at niooni, - the primary schools, and in the evening the classes in biology and agriculture, the twvo latter talks being illustrated. On Tuesday, Miss WVil 11ams gave talks before the children of the public schools. In all she ad * dressed, during the three days 2,500 pupils and teachers. While at Win throp Miss Williams was the guest of Mrs. D). B. Johnson. Manning Appoints Game Wardens. 0ov. Manning appointedI the follow ing game wardens: Henry Kelley, C. C. Bolin, John * Eastorlin, W. C. Johnson, all of Harts ville; P. W. Coggeshall, Darlington; Rt. E. Citrrigan and Will Kirkpatrick of Society Hill; 0. C. Biryant, Doves Ville; 3. FI. Blaskwell, McBee; Rt. J. Scarborough, Lamar; C. F. Howle, Darlington; J. A. Galloway, Harteville; 2t Raleigh Davis and 3. M. Edwards of Darlington; W. B. James and Robert Winters of Hartsville. Wholesalers May Receive Alcohol. "All things considered, the conclu ? -sion is irresistible that the legislature did not intend, by the act of 1915, to interfere with the right of wholesa'fo druggists to handle alcohol under and * ~ in, accordance wvith the then existing law," says the sup~remne court, in a decision by Associate Justice Hydrick in the cade of E. M. Matthewvs against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Comn many. The whole question in the case was whether the act of 1915 prohlbits Scornir~n carrier from delivering a hidpment to ,p w'holesae druggist." Taxable Property. Shows inrease. Carlton W. Sawyer, hoeiptro f9r general, received the abstracts of the duplicates from' all the county audit ors. The total increase in te taxable value of property, for the Whole state amounts to $8,728,219. In ? numiber of counties it will be, noted that the total taxable property Is slightly less than last year; the comptroller gen eral said that this is due to the fact that for a number of years there have been tax executions for which no settlement was made by the county officers. The executions have been cleared up this year and most of the property which heretofore has been carried on the auditor's and treasur er's duplicate as double entries and errors has been eliminated. The fig ures show more accurately the actual values for taxation. The following statement gives the values by counties for 1914 and 1915: Counties 1914. 1915. abbeville. . .$ 6,067,491 $ 5,997,432 Aiken. . . 11,475,220 11,460,252 Anderson. . 13,506,705 13,881,335 Bamberg. . . 3,239,810 3,207,470 Barnwell. . . . 6,373,990 6,204,450 Beaufort. . . . 3,491,550 3,508,296 Berkeley. . . . 4,145,735 4,310,634 Calhound. . 2,527,570 2,535,780 Charleston. . 27,293,952 28,277,597 Cherokee. . . 5,652,421 5,878,722 Chester. . . 6,813,983 7,055,322 Chesterfield. . 4,533,590 4,388,510 Clarendon. . . 4,235,990 4,045,515 Colleton. . . 4,254,160 4,167,730 Darlington. . . 6,599,440 6,593,560 Dillon. . . . . 4,041,500 3,959,943 Dorchester. ., . 3,243,664 3,235,764 Edgefield. . . 4,675,685 4,538,255 Fairfield. . . 5,402,779 5,422,709 Florence. . . 8,509,482 8,603,315 Georgetown. . 4,160,009 4,130,576 Greenville . . 16,515,505 17,316,290 Greenwood .'. 7,339,066 7,584,483 Hampton. . 3,299,151 3,278,744 I-lorry. . . . 3,291,243 3,288,072 Jasper. . . . 2,637,614 2,595,370 Kershaw. . . 5,240,208 5,223,379 Lancaster. . 3,544,580 3,777,215 Laurens. . . 7,325,906 7,342,169 Lee. . . . . . 3,507,865 3,509,285 Lexington. . . 5,570,470 '5,793,771 Marion. . . . 3,794.452 3,829,469 Marlboro. . . . 5,044,037 5,007,519 Newberry. . . 7,316,785 7,175,786 Oconee. . . . 4.903,130 4,887,660 Orangeburg. . 9,104,400 9,025,510 Pickens. . . 4,310,487 4,334,570 Richland. . . 22,731,712 23,203,670 Saluda. . . . 2,54T,367 2,548,405 Spartanburg. . 20,116,082 20,275,443 Sumter. . . 7,738,225 8.015.825 Union. . . . . 6,857,710 6,841,610 Williamsburg . 5,061,423 4,962,420 York. . . . . 9,136,738 9,242,249 Totals. . . .307,178,882 310,907,101 Fight Ililiterancy by Night Schools. Miss Elizabeth Dickson, acting pres ident of the South Carolina School Improvement association, has just re turned to the city after visiting the schools of Cherokee and Spartanburg counties. In Cherokee county, Limestone col lege, in cooperation with the county department of education, is giving special attention to the problem of illiteracy. Night schools have been established both in rural and mill ceinmunities. In Spartanburg county night schools are on a firm base, by reason of a legislative ap~propriation. This line of work is followved with keen interest over the state. On this tr-ip Miss Dickson organized many local school impr-ovement as sociations. The members of these associations discussed possible con solidations, compulsor-y education, and other for-ms of school betterment. Grunts Clemency In Three Cases. Acting upon the recommendation of the state board of par-dons Gov. Mani ning granted two paroles and one commutation. A par-ole was grantedl to Ernest Humphtries, convicted in Cherokee county in March, 1915, of larceny of a bicycle and sentenced to twvo years. A par-ole was granted to V. A. Ross, convicted in Laur-ens in Mat-el, 1915, of no"--support of his wvife and childr-en and sentenced to one year. The sentence of one year given J. P. McCarthy by a Saluda county Jury for' housebr-eaking was r-educedl to nine months and five days. Arrange For Meeting of Governors." 0. K. Laflouque, private secr-etary to Goy, Manning, was in Char-lesion this week making arrangements for the annual meting of the "H-ouse otf Governors," to be held at the same time as the Southern Commercial Congress. Not Boll Weevli at Chester. Mr. Berley of the ontomological di vision at Clemson College wast sent to Chester by State Entomologist A. F. Coniadi to visit J. W. Wilson's farm in the Poden's Bridge neighborhood and ascertain whether the weevils r ported by Mir. Wilson are really boll wedevils, but J. A. Riley, county farm agent, had visited Mr-. Wilson's pin tation, and his visit had shown that while the weevil beat-s a marked re semblance to the boll weevil, the clam ago done his cotton was from cotton anthracnose, a fungus disease. Attended Teacher TrainIng Conference John E. Swear-ingeni, state suiporin tendent of education, and Lucco Gun ter, state supervisor of rur-al schools, have returned from Nashville, where they had been attending foir thrtee dlays the conference on the training of teachers for rural schools. TIs was the second national conference for' this purpose that had been called by the United States c-ommissioner of education. Thir-ty of the states were represented. The sessions were p)re. sided over' by Mr. McBrient, specialist in rural nelunation. PEACE FOLLOWS STRIKE AT MILL STRIKE OF 675 OPERATIVES AT BROGON MILL IS AMICABLY SETTLED. -RESUME WORK MONDAY NOON Federal Agents and E. H. Thompson, Representing Governor Manning, Arrange Agreement. Anderson.-John B. Colpoys and Charles Benheim, agents of the Uni ted States board of mediation and conciliation of the department of la bor and H. D. Thompson, personal rep resentative of Gov. Manning, announc ed that a satisfactory and amicable settlement has been reached between the help and the management of Bro gon mill in the strike which has been in existence 10 weeks. According to the agreement the Brogon mills resume operation Mon day, November 29, at 1 o'clock. It is understood unofficially that the management offered to resume oper ation provided that all pickets and menaces around the mill are removed and provided further, that 10 men employed formerly in the mill leave the mill village. It is further agreed that inasmuch as sickness prevails in two of the ten families that these two families be allowed to remain on the mill prop erty until the sickness is ended. President Gossett says that the ad justment of the differences between the hell) and the management was brought about solely by the agent of the board of mediation and concilia tion and by the personal representa tives of Gov. Manning. Shorthand Writers' in Session. Columbia. - The South Carolina Shorthand Writers! Association, which was organized last summer, held its first regular meeting in Columbia Thanksgiving. There were present many out-o-town members as well as local members, and also many who have not yet become members. The program as previously arranged was carried out with only slight changes, and a cordial spirit of geniality and good fellowship prevailed. The mem bers of the association were guests of the chamber of commerce at a lunch eon at 1 o'clock. The next meeting of the association will be held at Chick Springs July 3 and 4. The interestijlg feature of the meeting was the information that the association intends to try to get a bill through the South Carolina legisla ture, at the next. meeting of the gen eral assembly, licensing shorthand writers. The purpose of the organiza tion is to create a high standard of efficiency in this branch of the world's work; only thlose wvho are found hlighlly suitable willl be admitted into menmbershilp. Sumter Has Big Fire. Sumter.-Flre totally dlestroyed O'D~onnell & Co.'s store, causing a loss estinmated at around $75,000. with inl surance of $42,000 on stock of goods and~ building. The fire started in tihe rear- of tile store near whiere tile stove was placed and hlad madie muchl headwvay wvhen discover-ed by a policemnl in making ils round~s at 4 :30 o'clock inl tile mlornf ing. When the front door was broken 0o)en by tile firemen a fewv minutes la ter' the draughlt sent tile fIre up to tile roof withl such fierceness thlat the firemenl were' forced out of tile build ing. Nothing was saved from tihe building excep~t one bicycle out of a stock of goodls valued at approximate ly $60,000. The store hlad twvo en trances on Main street, one sidle for (by goodls anideloing and tile other for groceries and1( crockeryware. Double Tragedy at WIlliston. WViliston.-HIinton Purvis, who shot, and killed JTohn Bolen, is father-in law, died( on0 (lay later fro mal gunlshot woundl~ in~ the chest. Rolen was struck several Itines with huliets' from a pistol, while Pur-vls received tihe full charge from a shotgun in tile 1)1east. Methodists to BuIild at Greensboro. Glreenwood.-Main Street Methodist church hire will In the near future hlave 0110 of tihe largest and hland somest 1h0uses of worship in tis part of tile state. The matter- of a ne0w chulrchl buildling has been unlder dis cussion for some time, but, owing to conditions, tile project wvas postponed but last Sundlay tile congregation votedi to unlder-take tile building at an early date. The ne0w structure will cost aplroximlately $50O,000. Tile build ing will b~e erected on thle lot now owvned by tile chlurchl. Negro Kills Two WhIte Men. flennettsville.-West Coon, a negro, shot anld killed twvo whlite muen, Ben Parker anld,en Joh~nson. Thle double homicide was at McLeod's mill, in the uppler~ part of Marlboro county, near Kollock. The shooting occurred about 7 o'clock in the morning and Coon was capturledh 12 hours later. He is now ini jail at JHennelttsville. Johnlson was nhlout 35 years of age. Hie is survived bly his wife and four cildren. Par!ker was about 32 year-s ai!l age and is survived hby hlis wife and onle chlild, BOOSTNG EXTENIBION WORK Series of Meetings to Show People of South Carolina tho Efforts Put Forth by State Colleges. Sumter.--The inauguration of the campaign to let the people of the state know of the work of the extension department of Clemson college, the University of South Carolina and of Winthrop college began most auspic iously here when the representatives of the three institutions mentioned made instructive addresses to a large and attentive audience. The varsity quartette was sent with the university representative and made a hit with its excellent songs, which came in be tween the addresses as a very pleasing part of the program. Supt. S. H. Ed munds of the city schools, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce educa tional committee, presided and intro duced the speakers. He spoke of the importance of the work which the three chief educational insti!Jations of the state were doing and this new department which they had inaugurat ed and of the benefits which could be derived from it by the people all over the state. Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson col loge was the first speaker. He put his audience in fine humor by relat ing a number of his inimitable jokes and then went on to tell of the value of co-operation between city and country and college and citizens of the state, the aim of the extension department, he stated, being to estab lish a closer relationship betwen the two. He deplored the fact that in the past politicians had been largely instrumental in bringing about a false relationship between town and coun try, when the two should be in the closest of relationships because tot their mutual dependence. In closing he pointed out that ideals must be high, if high achievements were to be consummated. Dr. W. E. Walmster of Winthrop college spoke of the difference in past times of the college and the non-col lege man, saying that there was an air of artificiality about the college moan who was hnot trained to work. Now the college aim is different. The college teaches a man how to do things, to take care of himself in the world, to amass sufficient for his own needs and to aid his follows. The extension department went. even fur ther. It sought to aid those who could not attend college by carrying the college ideas and teaching to him at his home. This was the work tof the college of the future, a work which was being inagurated with the exten siton departments of the colleges. Dr. Joshiah Morse, University of South Carolina representative, spoke of ,the necessity of service, the key note of his address being conveyed in his closing sentence, the motto of his university: "We live to serve." This serving of the people of the state who made the college or university .possi ble was the chief aim of the college and he told of what the university sought to do in this line of teaching and offered assistance to any !who de sired it brought to them. The meeting is the first of three to 1)e held inl the camp~aign, tile othlers being schledu~led at Rock Hill jcand An dlerson later on. The work is exp~ect ed to prove of great value throughlout tile state, as tile cour-sen ar-e free to all whlo dlesire to take thlem. Girls' Clubs at Florence Fair. Florence.--Among tile attr-active exhlibits of tile Pee Dee fair- were thlose from thle gils of tile county wVho have been w~or' thlroughl tile canl ing andi cooking (1h1b). The winner of tile first prize in this exibit. was little Miss May Alice Reeves of Ebenezer. She hlad a very attr'act ively arrangedI booth ill tile cenltre of tile nmain build ing on whlichI were somleinlg like 200 jars and canis of prleser-vedl fruits and vegetables of over 50 varieties. Ther-e were tomatoes, lpimentos, relishles andi catsup, frulit preserves, pilckles andi canned thlings. Little Miss lleeves is only 12 years of age., Horry County Farmers Organize. Conway.--At a meetin lg held at the courit house5 of represenltative farmers tile H-orry Liva Stock Impro)vemednt Association was formed. iF. 0. 1 l0lli dlay wvas elected pr-eside~nt; D). V. Rlichl ardisonl. vice plresident; Rl. 0. 1 lanson, secretar-y; M\. WV. Wall, trealsurler. Ar rangements were made for inlstlling a numb~er of dipping vats about. the county and tile wvork of eradlicating tile cattle tick wvill begin at once. Killed by Concerte Bucket. Chester.-Calvinl L. King. of Green ville, aged 45 year's, was fatally injur ed while In tile dlischarge of hlis diu ties as foreman of constr-uctoin for the Hardaway Construction Company onl the Fishling Creek dam construction work in Chlester county. Hie was struck by a concrete bucket being swung by a derrick lie died the next day, Hie is survived1 by hlis wife and three children. He hlad been connect ed with the constructionl work at Nitrolee for some time and was re garded as a capable wvorkmlan. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. The -handsome residence of A. I. Smith, nlear Clio, was destroyed b~y lire recently. Clarendon county has prepared for' a great fair to be held at Manning December 2-3. The Lacaster nlight school whichl 1has b~een ill successful operat ion inl the large audiltor-ium of tile miill schoiol buIildinlg during two night o outI of Oec week for- the past three monlths; was closed this week for the winter and will 1be reoplened next spring. ACCEPTABLE HOM MAS GIFTS . i Wall Pockets for the Closet A convenient gift which will be wel comed by either men or women is a group of wall pockets for the closet. A strip of denim or cretonne is cut as long as the maker may choose and bound with tape. Strips of the material, ranging in width and length are bound with the tape and a deep box plait is laid in each one. These pieces are stitched along three sides to the plain strip to form pockets, as shown in the picture above. The pockets hold slippers, shoes, rubbers, hosiery, corsets or small articles for the laundry. Pock ets made to extend the length of the closet door will hold everything which usually finds a place on the floor. Darning Bag of Silkalene Two squaros of figured silkalene are placed face to face and machine stitched together in a ielled seam. One corner is then cut off and the bag and corner piece turnedl right s1ide out. The edlges, mnade by cutting off the corner, are folded over a small em broidery hoop and sewed dowvn. The bag is suspended by means of a fold of the silkalene, with edges machine stitched together and ends sowved to each sideO of the opening. TJhe corner that wvas cut away is :stuffed wvith cotton or sawvdust and bound wvith tape, making a cushion for dlarning needles. A little piceO Of' tap~e is sewedQ~ to one edge of it andl to the bag, attachiing it. to tho opening. This provides a re-eptacle for hosiery that needis darning. Bubble Pipes That All Enjoy A smaill wooden rack, or one of eel luloid, such as aro sold for holding tooth brushes, a few clay l)ipes and four yards of bright red baby rib~on, serve to ilx up a gay little gift holding promise of fun for tho young people. And bubb110le lowing is not benreath the dignity of their elders; everyono indlulg( s in this pastime. TIwo other ipes rnay be suspendied from) this rack by shorter lengt hs of ribbon and the man. wvho prefers to blo0w smoke to bubbles wvill like a rack whicht holds a fresh iiPO or one he rnny offer bis friend. EMADE CHRIST 1Y JULIA BOTTOMLE DresserSet of Embroidered LiUeb Heavy white linen (or cotton in cer tain weaves) embroidered with light colored floss, make simple and elegant' dresser sets that will delight the heart of the neat housewife. These sets' consist of dresser scarf and pincueh ion cover usually, but glove and hand kerchief cases may be made to match and added to them. The scarf is a length of the linen having scalloped edges buttonhole stitched with. light colored floss. A scroll and 51ower pattern is embroid ered at each end and at the center of the scarf, on one side. A small oblong pincushion is cov ered with two Pieces of linen, one smaller than' the other, as shown in the picture. These are buttonhole stitched in scallops about the edges and eyelets are worked in them. A scroll and flow er pattern Is embroidered in the small. er piece. They are joined by narrow satin ribbon threaded through the eye lets and tied in little bows, Luncheon Set of Silk Muslin Soiething new in luncheon sets is made of stiff white silk muslin, very small gilt cord and white and green water color paints. It consists of a centerpiece and twelve doilies to match and is made in a conventional ized chrysanthemum design. The doillie aro small replicas of the con terpec.5 A largeb ircle is cut from the mus lin for the centerpiece and a few French knots, of (lark yellow embroId ery silk, are vYorked in tha center to represent the Ga'mens. Three rows of lpetals are outlined- on the centerpiece with white Paint andl the tiny gilt cord Is sewved with yellow silk thread aslong the Outline or each petal. The petals are crowded a little at one side to allow three light green leaves to 1be palinted in. A little white lpaint is brushed in at the point of each petal and the muslin about the edge trimmed away from them. The (doilies are made In the same way but on a smaller scale. Roll for Doilies of Cretonine for the housevwife and is useful to her in more ways tihan one. it keeps her doilies fresh and easy to get at. Noth-' ing is easier to make, and very few. equally pretty gifts cost so little. The roella are usually made in two lengths, one for centerpieces and one for (1011108. To make one a strong pasteboard tube, such as used for mailing' is procured. Circular pieces of cretonne are stretched over the ends and pasted doewn on the roll. A strip) of the cretonne as wide as the tube is long is then cut off of any length desired. One end of this strip is trimmredl in a curve and the other left straight. The curved end andh sides of the strip are bound wit). tap~e. The straight end is pasted to thle roll, the cretonno wound once about it and sewed down to form a casing for it. liibbon ends are sewed to the curvedh end of eretonne to form ties for fastening it when -the doilies have been rolled. The ceretonne used to make the roll shown in the picture is a striped pat trn with small flowers scattered over lihe surface. D~ark backgrounds wvith gay flowers make rolls that do not soil easily. The ribbon used should match the flowers or foliage in the pattern,