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HOW TO MIX FK. UTILIZE US. QMion Kxpert TeU? Farnior How to lh> Ills Own Mixing. Cleaseea Col lego, Doc. t.?Mr. T. E. Kofet. chemist of the South Carolina Experiment Station, has prepared an article on "Home Mixing of Commer? cial Fertilisers." a summary of which le given herewith. As the time approaches for the farmer ti> procure hi* fertilisers for tha nest crop, the question confronts htsa: He w can I ge/ the maximum of tha most available plant food at tha minimum prloa? Although growing plants derive their food from sol), watrr ani air. It Is the fertility of the noil that concerns us In the applica? tion of commercial fertilisers. The chief elements which plants derive from ?he soil are r ??ssslum. phospho? rus, nitrogen, calcium and sulphur. The eomtant natural activities going on In the soil furnish generally enough of ft* except nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, which, therefore, the farmer must buy%n the form of com roerclal fertiliser* In what form shall these be bought T As-unmixed materials or as mixed fertiliser** The manufacture of available phosphoric acid from raw rock er bone- requires skill and ex? perience, and to the novice Is some? what owsgerojus; therefore. It is not general)I desirable for the farmer to attempt to make "superphosphates." But raising the- mauufactured goods Is rether simple, requiring (1) Judg? ment la selecting material. (2) knowl edge of the calculations Involved, (3) s tight floor to mix on, and (4) a plenty of energy. 1. Tha material will? depend on the character of- the soli, the crop to he grown snd the price of material. Phoephoric acid hastens maturity and aids la developing ?h? seed; potash lengthens the growing season end stif? fens thv? stalk; nitrogen gives rapid and luxuriant growth. Nitrogen, the most expensive, csn be supplied by le? gumes?peas. etc.. but the one-cr>p system now followed necessitates the having bC aitrogen. In the form of ni? trate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, dried stood snd cotton seed meal. The present prohibitive price of dried blood leaves us the other three forms la which to obtain nitrogen, until we adopt Systeme of rotation to supply It The commercial sources of potash are I alnt. muriate and sulphate of potash, containing 12.40 and 48 per c of potash, respectively. For cot ?? corn, muriate or kainlt Is better s*? oheaper; but muriate cannot sed for tobacco, as It injuries the dsg qsslltles of the leaf. For po? tatoes, tsrnlps snd ether root crops somo claim than the sulphate Is bet? ter Phosphoric acid can be obtained trow* the 14 per cent or the 111 per sent xrtlhle When prices are propor ttonste, the higher grade bought saves In the hauling. Do not be afraid to use a few postage stamps writing to a number of firms for prices,tend. If pos? sible, or ler In csrload lots, alone or j by dubbin* with neighbors. I. As to calculations, a unit Is I per cent of a ton. or 20 pounds. If we desire an 8-3-3 guano, we must haw- In a ton 8 unit* of phosphoric acid. 3 of ammonia or Its equivalent, an*t 1 of potash, or I?0 pounds of the first. 10 of the second and 80 of the third, "hippos* w* desire to get the srr*?onla half from meal snd half from nitrate Of ?oda. the potash from mur'tte and the acid from 18 per cent >hoephate, the following amounts would give the 8-3-3 ratio; 429 pound- meal. 187 pounds nitrate. Ill neemds muriate, ttO pounds seid. 333 pounds filler The number of hun? dred pounds of material In gotten by dividing the smount of plant food de? sired by the per cent contained In ths saniertet, Using full saks for greater conven? ience, toe pounds meal. 300 of nitrate i soda. 100 or muriate of potash. 1. ?00 of 18 per cent. acid, and 300 of filler would give a mixture grading S S-S 1-17 tastend of 8-3-3. which Is lleser than many futory-mixed fer llhters cjme to the guarantee. To <-t htgh-gradi mixed fertilisers We mail. <?f course, use high-grade ??Isis. In the above mixture. If no filler Is used, we would have 1.700 pounds grsdlng about !>.*-3.7-3.2. It Is ..' vi mis that we cannot get an H-4-4 goods by getting at of the ammonia fr ? o.? tl und all ef the potash from kslnit. Very likely the above mixture Wi a! 1 run slightly ever guarantee. 1m iuss the seller sh oil 1 allow a ma: gin 1 ? ach of hi* r ? a n. tt-m iK whereas. In a mixed fertiliser, one, or even two, Of the ?dement* mav fall below guar? antiee, aad the- other element might pull It over In relative commercial value. 8. Any tight Moor may he used for mixing, but better under a shed, so that rtlny d.iv* nuv ??.? used f..r mix? ing. A practical fa no-r tells me that thr.<- bunds with ho? s and *h"V? I e in go the mixing si about one dollar per ton. It is convenl?nt to mix about Minds it ;i MrffM putting the mlx vd fertiliser back Ir to the sacks from which the raw material esme. In this wsy a saving of 13 80 8 4 per ton can be made over the prices of fuetory mlxed goods. Summing up. by mixing his own fertilise rs the farmer knows Just what are the sources of the elements of hia fertiliser; he avoids undersirable sources and materials; he may study his soil, crops and conditions and sup? ply in any proportions those Ingre? dients most needed; he may save transportation of the filler; he may save the middleman's profit, and sev? eral dollars per ton on the actual mix? ing. Tlio Agreement With Jupan. Southern cotton manufacturers, es? pecially those who make white goods, will rejoice over the news of the Japanese-American agreement, which has been brought about by Ambassa? dor Takahlra and Secretary Root, The two nations formally re? affirm their intentions to preserve peace and harmony upon five specific policies, the fourth of which most in? terests the South, for it declares: "Mutual determination in the com? mon Interest of all the powers In China, support by ail peaceful means at their disposal the inde? pendence and the integrity of China and the permanence of the open door." China Is one of the greatest nat? ural markets of the Unltnd States and for a decade or more the cotton mills of the Southern States have been driving a fine trade there but recently, since the beginning of the troubles In Man:hurla, the exports to the Orient have fallen off and all efforts to revive the business hav\? failed. The outlook has been very gloomy and Southern manufacturers have almost ceased to hope. But, now, that the governments of Japan and the United States have agreed to guard the open door and encourage trainee on the Pacific the South will rejoice. Mlllons of dollars' worth of coarse goods were shipped to chin x ten and twelve years ago.?Anderson Mall. The New Agreement With Japan and the Japauesc Invasion. America- and Japan have passed notes agreeing to let each other alone In the Pacific. That is. they are not to trench upon one another's preserves and both are to guarantee the open door In China, Under the circumstances this Is a reapprochement and In a way circum? vents the suggestions of a treaty be* tween China and America. This American-Japanese understanding creates an entente and ranks almost In dignity with the Anglo-Japanese al? liance of some yeayrs ago. The notes came very near guaranteeing an of? fensive and defensive alliance. In the case of trouble each nation Is to go to the relief of the other, when the facts of the situation are to be considered and the policy to be dtermined. This, of course, does not go quite ?s far as Japan's treaty with England, but is distinctly a step In that direction. Un? der the "understanding" the Philip? pines are distinctly protected and the assurance is Implied that no secret agreement be made with China. This last diplomatic conference would make unnecessary and Impossible an Amerlcan-Chkaese agreement. Meanwhile the persistency of Japan In sending over coolies to America Is remarkable. In three states of the freat northwest It Is estimated that 150.000 Japanese, are quartered and at .vork. They come in under the gufse *t Japanese students. Thev take the moit menial work. They run as ele? vator boys and as hotel waiters, as bartenders, and do anything that they .'an get their nands upon. They do it well and acct pt meagre wages. They are apt. Imitative and Industrious. They always manage to g.-t a little Ighooling and are ambitious to marr\ whit*' girls. They spend their mom > well; as a rule do not hoard it like the hinese, or send It back to their homes. They hav. | passion for get? ting acquainted with the people and ?I netting ah. ad in their work. When (he northwest was short on the suh ?t of labor. thCtr coming was welcome, but the people say now that we are getting too many of them; that th< . \ -idiint tlic 1 i .va and ate coming down through Canada to America; end that although tiny may go to school for a short while each day. they are not In the real sense Japanese students, a prominent Jap? anese announced at a banquet the other da) In Tokio, that his country wa> going to send 10.annum) p.ople over to Amerltn. They were to pur? sue a peaceable mission. of course the number Is exaggerated, but their presence might be dangerous in eise of trouble in Japan. So. while the staf?- department Is ex? changing notes with the Japanese am basvadm, the Japanese OOOJIt | are rap Idly nil i.it up the I'acllic slope.?Sav? annah Pr< i or thai DaO Feeling After Eating. ?I havi used Chamberlaln'i stom? ach and Liver Tablet for some Ihne, and can testify that they haVS don mo more good thai) any tablet! I have ever used. My trouble was i heavy dull fe?di ig aft? ? ? '-in ,'. i u\ hi Fi se? nses), Kempt, Not ? Beetla, These tab Iiis strengthen the stomach m,l im prove <he digestion. They aUo regu? late the liver und how. K They STS far superior to pills but cost no more, Oet a free sample at all l>rugglsts and sco whut a splendid medlclno It Is. Charleston and (ho LAW. I Th? law and the will of the people may ho depended upon to seek and find their level. it is the belief in this adjustment between Pttblle sentiment and the law that Inspires the doctrine of local op? tion In the sale of intoxicating liquors. The local optionist believes that if a community, as a whole and generally, believes In the sale Of whiskey, then It is t|seiest by statute to attempt to shut OUt Whiskey from such a territory. The prohibitionist believes, on the Other hand, that the law can keep a people from drinking even If they wish to. The general experience, we feel safe in suying, Is that prohibition laws are enforced satisfactorily where the preponderance of public senti? ment is in favor of prohibition; and that prohibition fails more or less la? mentably, generally more, where the sentiment of the community Is in op? position to the principle and practice of prohibition. In short the enforce? ment of a prohibition or other law de? pends upon the support given the law by the moral sentiment of the com? munity that lives under the law. Visslonaries who believe that law may be thrust upon a community and enforced against the community's will ought to try a trip to Charleston, walk around the city a bit and see for themselves how the liquor laws of the State of South Carolina are being ob? served there. As a somewhat cynical gentleman remarked, "the only dif? ference between things now and in the old bar-room days is that now the restaurant is in the front of the build? ing and the bar behind, while former? ly the bar was In front and the res? taurant behind." And that is the simple truth of it. There is in Char? leston, so far as an Innocent onlookei may perceive, no effort nor appear? ance at an effort to enforce the dis? pensary law. There are dispensailes In Charleston, but they are there prin? cipally for the convenience of those that prefer k.o buy bottled liquor rath? er than liquor by the drink. For those that vflsh a bottle ot liquor, there are the dispensaries; for those that pre? fer It by the drink, there are the bars. Charleston is not enforcing the dis? pensary law; it has not'enforced it in the past and it does'.not intend to en? force it in the future. Charleston does not approve of the dispensary law; does not wish the dispensary law, and If the State of South Carolina sees fit to thrust such a law upon that city it will refuse to observe It? that is the attlude of the people of Charleston. They believe they are right; they believe that they have the right to diclde for themselves whether or not liquor shall be sold In that city, and how it shall be sold. It is little use to argue; It Is practically useless to tell them that the law Is the law and should be obeyed so long a8 It Is the law. They will admit all that, but they will, however, conclude as usual with the statement that the law In this case does not "suit" Char? leston. And the law does not suit Charles? ton, and will not suit her until the character of her people Is changed. We people from the middle country and the up-country are accustomed 10 say that Charleston Is "peculiar." and It Is true In the respect at least that Charleston Is more strongly under the influence of foreign sentiment than is any other city or section of the State. It Is a port and so comes In contact with all the various tribes t>| men that go down to the sea and over the sea in ships; It is the home of a numerous Herman population, with their old world Ideas of the uses of drink; It is the home of an even more numerous population that traces its descent back to the SUnny fields of France where the grape ripens only that It may he the happy victim of the wine-press. All theae people, and all the people that are under their Influence, believe In moderate drinking, and with rare ex oeptloni praotloe moderated drinking. It is hard l0 convince them that it ll wrong, ev?u when the law says so, to take a drink. In so far it may be ad? mitted that Charleston is "pepullar." Koiitfhly the difference was. huvnor OUBly, Stated by B wag who remark' 1 thai in Charleston drinking is "the accomplishment of :i gentleman, esle wherc it is the vice or reprobates,1 There is indeed much In th. point of view. The Purltana, be It recalled, deemed it a vice to fetal one's wife on n Sunday and many the reprobate who took more delight In kissing ids spouse on that day than any other?because it was forbidden and frowned upon. The farce Of the dispensary law in Charleston ought to be ended, it is having a had effect upon the senti- j ment for law as a winde in that city. I it Is breeding Ragranl violation of the law against gambling, it Is, perhaps, responsible for the fact that olgar slot machines, which have been outlawed by the state legislature, run openly i-i Charleton In olgar stores as well as In other resorts whet,, men congregate, it It no doubl responsible for the lax regard of the Ian of the state which prompts one of the hading hotels of the city openly and unblushlngly to place upon its menu, "broiled quail, sO cents," although it is against the law | to sell quail In this State. Yet there h tt ? - ? r.oiHt f who makes his living by selling quail III Charleston?maybe it is to this ver\ same hotel. The legislature Will meet soon. It ought to investigate tne situation in Charleston. What remedy it can de? vise for the abu^e and contempt of the law of the State that now prevails in Charleston, is for the wisdom of that body to decide. Shall the constitutor, be amended for the sake of Charles? ton? Shall Charleston be given th< license system that it wishes? ?ha;l the legislature deal intelligently with Charleston, with due regard for the "peculiar"' conditions that prevail there? Will the legislature keep its head in the consideration of the mat? ter? The law of South Carolina is not the law in Charleston, has not been, and will not be. What are we going to do about it? There is a condition in Charleston that demands serious, honest, dispassionate, and common sense consideration. It is not well that any community in the State of South Carolina be done an injustice by the State; it is not well that any communi ! ty in the State be allowed to disregard I the laws of he State. So there you are, Mr. Legislator.?The State. COTTON GIXXERS' REPORTS. Washington. Dec. 8.?A total of 11, 010,864 bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to December 1 and ^26,922 active ginner'.cs against 8,343, 396 bales ginned to December 14 last year and 26,854 ginneries a year ago were announced in the census bureau report on cotton ginned today. The 1907 crop was 11,057,822, of which 75.5 was ginned to December 1, the 1906 crop 12,983,201, with 77.2 to December 1, and 1905 crop 10,495,105, with 82.8 to December 1. In 1906 there were 10,107.868 bales and In 1905 there were 8,689,663 bales ginned to December 1. The report counts round as half bales and excludes linters. It includes 200,818 round bales for 1908, 154, 636 for 1907 and 227,145 for 1906. Sea island bales included 68,497 for 1908: 55.299 for 1907; and 41,250 for 1906. Today's report gives running bales ginned to December 1 and active gin? neries, respectively, by States, as fol? lows: Alabama 1,171,404 bales and 3,429* ginneries; Arkansas 776,153 bales and 2,073 ginneries; Florida 58, 677 bales and 251 ginneries; Georgia 1,736,737 bales and 4,481 ginneries; Kansas and Kentucky and New Mexi? co 1,374 bales and 5 ginneries; Louis? iana 397.179 bales and 1.645 ginneries; Mississippi 1,297,291 bales and 3,422 ginneries; Missouri 45.750 bales and 70 ginneries; North Carolina 554,002 bales and 2,681 ginneries: Oklahoma 432,077 bales and 973 ginneries; South Carolina 1,052,547 bales and 3,184 gin? neries; Tennessee 278,679 bales and 625 ginneries Texas 3,200.221 bales and 4,091 ginneries; Virginia 8,773 bales and 92 ginneries. About Divorces. A report of the Census Bureau cov? ering twenty years from 1887 to 1906, shows that there is one divorce to ev? ery twelve marriages in the United States. During that period there were 12,832,044 marriages and 328.716 di? vorces. Divorces are increasing. Utah and Connecticut are tbe only States showing a decrease. This report should bring Rome degree of self-com? placent congratulation to people of South Carlina. There are cases now and then where married people can? not or will not live together. Now and then there is a complete separa? tion apparently by mutual agreement and the woman does not lose oasti when she is not to blame. 'Occasional? ly the court Is called on to annul a marriage made by minors, the insane Or fo.ds. Put that Is all better than a wide open divorce court In which any one with money enough to pay the ex pen-" can get a divorc e. L< t South Carollnlani stick to the no-dlvoroe system. It suits us and harmonizes with the highest order of home-life Carolina Spartan. It Wat ah [foreseen. The Qatun dam Is settling pretty badly, according to reports from the Panama canal sone, and there is much disturbance ;>t the possibility that the whole project may he serlousl> affected by the difficulty that has de? veloped. Bui the engineers in charge of tim work say all that has happened was anticipated, ami that It really amounts to nothing at all. it seemi su if every difficulty th >t has arlst n In the building of the canal was an? ticipated; indeed. it begins to ! <ok as if the construction was undertal < n [or the mere '>n ? nse o;* proving how wonderfully foresight) d the projectors of the enterprise were, it Is going t? ?ost about (hi -" or four time? as much to o< mpleic j*s was origin J'y e ('mated. h it tVCR that. WO h.'. > no dOUbt, was foreseen by those who worked out the scheme for building the canal through the Isthmus. Prob? ably that was the main reason for p. < .noting it, ( Mi., i lest m Cost. ?Most people pas! middle age suf? fer from kidney and bladder disorders which Coiey's Kidney Remedy would cure. Stop the drain on the vltalltS and restore needed strength and Vigor, Commence taking Foley's Kidney t. PARENTS AT WAR OVER C1IIL- j DREN. Pitiful Story Unfolded Before the Su Prom The News anil Courier. Columbia, Dec. S.?A pitiful and tragic story was unfolded before the supreme court today in the application of E. B. Rembert, of .Sumter county, for a writ of habeas corpus for the possession of his children, now in the custody of their mother, Mis. Chris? tine Sanders Rembert. Mrs. Rembert, B Strikingly handsome woman, with her four boys, was In court this morn? ing, an interested auditor of the case, which was not concluded until late this afternoon. Mr. Rembert, who is a wealthy planter at Rembert'i, between sumter and Camden, came before the su? preme court on a petition for the cus? tody of the three children under four I teen years of age, all boys. There is an older boy, a student at the Virginia Military Academy, and a girl, the sec? ond child, at St. Maiy's, in Raleigh, at which school Mrs. Rembert herself was before her marriage educated by Mr. Rembert. Their marriage took' place nineteen years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Rembert have been separated for nearly two years, with an occasional reunion, and during that time, aa brought out tdday, Mrs. Rem? bert has spent most 01 her time in Atlanta and in Charleston, the latter city being the home of her parents. Mr. Rembert has remained on hi? plantation, and for a time the younger children were with him, but in May, 1907, he is alleged to have sent them to the mother in Charleston, writing her that he desired her to henceforth regard him as dead to her and the children, but agreeing to send her ?$100 per month for their support. This agreement was subsequently enforced I by a decree from Judge Watts. The I petitioner, Mr. Rembert, relied on the law and the decisions of the courts of this State, which give the father the I legal custody of the infant children I unless it Is shown that he is financia'ly I and#morally unable to properly care 1 for them. The respondent, Mrs. Rembert, on I the other hand, set forth that she had I been compelled to leave her husband I by reason of his cruelty and his dis I sipation, it being alleged that Rembert drinks to excess. In reply the pe? titioner presented a long string of af? fidavits from the most nrominent clti I zens, ministers, planters, bankers, leg I islators and others of Sumter County I testifying to his good character, so? briety and worth. i In addition two affidavits were pre? sented from neighbors reflecting on Mrs Remberfa chastity in addition to the allegation that she was addicted to the use of narcotics. Representing the re? spondent, Mr. W. A. Holman, of Char? leston, objected to the two affidavit? referred to unless he was given time to reply to the m\\ matter thus intro? duced, and this question was before the court when the court took a recess for dinner. Thi? afternoon the coun? sel for the petitioner announced, that they would Withdraw the two affida? vits if the case were on that condition allowed to proceed, and this course I was taken. Mr. B. A. Hagood, of Charleston, opened the argument for the petition? er, Rembert. He read the record in the Probate Court of Charleston, in which it, was attempted to have Mrs. Rembert appointed the guardian of the person! as well as the SStl te of the I infant children, and then made a le? gal argument SI to the right of tip father to the children. ! Mr. Holman made the argument for the respondent, contending that legal? ly as well as naturally the mother is the proper custodial of the int'ani children. He also intimated that the motive back of this suit was to regain possession Of certain land, 240 acres which Rembert had lirst given his wife and then had caused to be deed? ed in trust to the children, the trustee being his brother, Prof. A. Rem? bert. cf Wofford College. A suit for th!| land was Instituted only a few days ago. Mr. Holman also contended that the father, by sending the chil? dren to the mother, with ? letter tell? ing her he was thereafter dead to her and to them, had relinquished Iiis right tO their possession. Col. R. J). Lee, of Sumter. closed the argument In an eloquent address for the petitioner, reviewing the decision sustaining the tight of the father to the infant children, as In the cases of Reynolds, from Barnwell, and Dsaddge from dreenvlllo, and reviewing the facts as set forth In the affidavits, as selling that Rembert Is a worthy scion of a distinguished Sumter family and highly respected by all who know him eminently fitted to care for his chil? dren. He declared thai Rembert had taken the whole blame for all domes? tic troublei In a chtvalrlc endeavor to reunite his family. , There are lew cases, not mors th in four or live, of this sort on record In the court of South Carolina since rne establishment of the commonwealth, and this one porsessss elements of pa? thos, ami tragedy beyond the usual. The court, Of OOUrse, has not yet an? nounced its decision. preiue Court. Resigns \? Correspondent for Tiio Columbia scale in Ord V to Remain in Rnoa for Automobile. 1 The following letter and explana? tory remarki thereon are published at 1 the request of Mr. E. I. R<?ardon, who 1 w.mts his friends in Sunter to bear in m'.nd that he h still In the contest for the automol !!e offered by The Colum? bia State. Columbia. S. C, Dec. 8, 1808. Mr. B. 1. ileardon, J Sumter, S. C. Dear Mr. Reardon: I regret very much lhat I have to wiite you that we will have to with? draw your name from the list of can? didates in our subscription contest. When Mr. Page called me on the 1 phone and asked if you might enter 1 ? told him yes, thinking that as you were not an office employee, that that would not bar you under our rule that no employee of the paper could enter the contest. I did not have time then to think the matter over carefully ani? answered Mr. Page without consultiu^P with Mr. Gonzales. When Mr. Gon? zales noticed today that you were a candidate he told me that no paid cor? respondent of The State could enter th" race, for the reason that the pub? lic would consider that he would have undue advantage, and that if you should win (which I should like very much to see you do) It might be charged that you were given unfair advantage over the other candidates. I regret very much that I had not talked this matter over with Mr. Gon? zales before the question was rtvteee\ so that both you and we wouM be saved this embarrassment. I know, however, that you appreciate our posi? tion. It is simply that we wlah to avoid even the appearance of ul fair? ness. ] We do not allow the transfer of I votes from one candidate to ancther, e but under these unusual circum? stances we will allow the votes that have been sent In for you to be cart for any other Sumter candidate If the subscribers*so write us. -? Regretting very much that we find } it necessary to drop your name, I urn Very truly yours, THE STATE COMPANY, F. C. Wither*. It is good bye "E. L R " No longer will these familiar initials appear be? neath "Gamecock City News Notes" ? In The State, of Columbia. S. C. W This, however, is lice as Mr. E. I. Reardon, Is not dead by any means. He hai simply resum? ed as Sumter cor - spondent of The State In order that n< h pel The State notit morning that his drawn from the rules no employe enter the contest.^ ... ^ time of the day for The Statt to wake up to the fact that their Sumter cor? respondent was in the race, neverthe? less it was due to a misunderstanding of the rules by an official of The State, who permitted Mr. Reardon to be nominated by his friends, thinking as that newspaper official did, that only office employees and not corres? pondents were barred from the con? test. Mr. Reardon's many friends, how? ever, In Sumter urged him to stay in the race and this morning he tendered his resignation as Sumter correspond? ent to The State. Mr. Reardon wishes it distinctly un d< retood that he has nothing but kind feelings for The State and that he ? lees not wish to embarrass that paper by continuing as its ccrrcspondent and insisting upon being allowed to Si.ty In the contest too. Tht State has been actui by. motives of strict busin In withdrawing Mr. Bent as that paper naturally w the right thing and adhere while in the meantime that paper has only the friend lest feeling for Mr. Reardon as shown to him repeatedly by that paper. Mr. Reardon on the other hand while reginMlllg to sever his connec? tion with The State, which has al? ways treated him and Sumter very nicely la its columns, felt that he could not go back on hie friends who have supported him so handsomely in the contest In which he is a leader so far over the other contestants, or was up to the time he was debarred, so that it is up to Sumter to stand by old "B, I. K." until he land that $1850 automobile. ltut Rmmett won't d wn ae uewnd \ a per man boosting Sumter unt 1 his last newspaper boost and the article Which appeared i" today*! State boost? ing the Sumter merchants, appear as his valedictory to the render of The State who will miss the vsrsntfle writ? ing of i. u." 3tate in order that he might co ? in the subscription contest of that pa- { per for that $1.6 Hesnntethj lewetetiwnetoe. ?The above is the name of a Ger? man Chemical, which is one of the many valuable ingredients of Foley's Kidney Remedy. Hsaamethylenetetra* mine is recognised by medical text books and authorities as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for the urine. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy as soon as you notice any irregularities, and avoid a serious malady. W. W st bert.