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ri>ri\<. si id cons. Mr s ?? K??lil> Tells How It Can lie Done Cheaply. I thank The Tims and Democrat fOf giving space to my article some time ago. nnd, as I have been requested by a number <>f farmers to state my method of testing seed corn, I again beg some space. Make a box three feet by four feet with a depth of six Inches. Take a piece of thin yard wide yellow home? spun four feet ionic and prepare same by marking, with Ink, Into checks three Inches square and then number? ing each check. This will give 192 checks, which will be sufficient for ItS ears. Cut 192 small pieces of pa? per with which to label the ears, and number same to corerspond with the numbers of the checks. Now carefully select your seed earr, but let me stop the proceeding long enough to make some suggestions: Do not accept any ears which are not well rounded at both butt and Up. Use no ears which will show wide spaces between the rows of kernels Kernels with small hearts are gen? erally of weak vitality; therefore, dis? card such. Kernels which are loose on cob or which are very wedge shap? ed Indicate Inferiority. So, with box, cloth, labels, and ears you are ready to proceed as follows: Fill the box to a depth of three Inches with reasonably damp soli. Spread cloth over soil Inside of box and tack edges to box to hold cloth steady, (place checked side up). I forgot to say that the ears should be "nubb-off" at both ends, as Is ordinarily done be? fore shelling, so as to remove imma? ture and affected kernels. Now, from one side of the ear ex? tract one kernel, from each end and ene from the middle, then turn ear ever and repat operation, which will give six kernels. Place these In Check No. 1. Then label the ear with La? bel No. l by fastening with a pin to end of ear. Perform the operation w.th each ear, labeling each to corresponding check, then place the ears where no rats can reach. In placing the ker? nels either turn all hearts down or turn all up. Next spread a piece of cheese cloth or something very thin like mosquito netting, on the kernels, then put soil on top of this cloth to a depth of two Inches: and the test box is ready to be placed In some warm spot, where the sunshine has free access to It. Bet? ter protect the box from northwlnds so as to hasten germination. In about two weeks the stems will be two or three Inches high. Place boa on Incline and gently wash soil from cloth by pouring water. Now rrlth knife or scissors, cut the cloths so as to separate each check from the others?better sparate one of the checks at a time as you proceed to ex? amine them. Some Judgment must be used in examining the checks which will be something like the fol? lowing: If a che?k shows all six healthy st^ms and roots score the check ISO per ce t. on the card which you are to use to keep score. A sheet of p.iprr Is all that Is needed for a s? ore card. If a cluck shows three hea'*hy stem.' score that ene fifty per c .nt. If a check shows tour healthy StOflbl an i two 'nferlor Stenn then It fit Hit d h? scored. abon* f| .er COO' A (jfttf practice will soon enable you 10 ? *ore each check Jn V.Sously. K >? ') lie., thy stem will represent near'*' IT per cent (accurate 10 ?-3 per 2e a. ? count'eg 100 as the best When this work Is completed, sep? arate your ear* by the corresponding lumbers and place ill ears wh'.. b pm\r 90 to 100 per c-o\ togettoi*' as ?ee/ No, 1 Use ears showing Tr^in 7G to v? per cent, as -red No. 2. All ears showing less than 75 per cent should be discarded as unfit to plant. In fact No. 2 seed should not be plant? ed unless It becomes necessary sft^r No. 1 gftd becomes exhausted. i have thus tested my seed for the past two years und h ave made several ggf* riments which, in part, gave these results: t'otn planted from 100 per cent seed produced s'x bushels more than . dbl |hut planted from 75 per cent j gg4jS\ per ucre. One half of the ker- j nets front a to pet tent SSM fulled to fcermlonte when planted in the field; j nue tenth of th? kernels from a ffgl peg out. car fulled; when only one j f.-t .tii >r the kernels from a 100 per cent, ear faded to germinate. Strong gtjad naturally produce larger ears and Ik n\'> r e-on. The ?litT. ien. . in pro ductbei <>i\ one a. re was suMlcb nt to gsjttjg list i ost of leal lag goad Jot ficy nct*? N'.u brother farmers^ the trouble t> ti st si not so great as you might ?uprose, i y ail means, i beg you, try It SSM season. H s necessary to plant your te t boa two or threo weeks before you K^t r .fly t ? plant your com cr ?;?. K i ana furtnei aastet, write me, s. <?. BADDY. ? t>i lageburg Ttateg and Detnoerat. A man brag* about j,ow fa.-d be ran sba\ e w ben ),o ha * to catch I ti ain, but forgets to tell how he cuts him? self and MaSBCi his wlfo for It. COLDER WEATHER PREDICTED. Bureau's Forecast for This Week Culls For lower Tcm|>crature?Stonn To. wards EMd <?f Week. Washington, March 6.?Colder ithcr this week Is the forecast made by the weather bureau tonight. This colder Weather has appeared in the Northwest today. it will over? spread the central valleys and lake re? gion tomorrow and reach the Atlantic seaboard tomorrow night and Tues? day. During the later half of the u-.k a disturbance from the Pacific will cross the country. 2000 PERSONS SEE NEGRO HANG? ED. Had to be Lifted to His Feet SO be Tampa, March 4.?Unable to stand as a result of wounds received when he was captured, Roland Flowers made a full confession from the gal? lows today Just before the trap was sprung and he was sent into eternity. Flowers advised several hundred ne? groes who heard him to remember that there is but one result of the crime he committed. When he had finished his statement he was lifted to his feet, the noose adjusted and tT"?e trap sprung. Flowers escaped from a convict camp near here on February 10, went to the home of a white woman and assaulted her. He was chased with bloodhounds and, when discovered by officers, attempted to use a gun. He was shot through the thigh and side. The execution was perfectly orderly and was witnessed by 2000 people. NUMBER OF SALOONS DECREAS? ING. Complete Liquor License Statistics in Census Bureau's Report. Washington, March 7.?There was In 1907 a decrease of 6 per cent, in the number of saloons throughout the country, according to the U. S. Census Bureau's forthcoming report on the statistics of the 158 largest cities which had a population of over 30, 000 each that year. The report, prepared by chief of division E. H Mallng, contains com? plete statistics of the number of liquor licenses In force at the close of the license year in each of the cities and the number of Inhabitants to each dealer selling liquor by the drink. More than one-fourth of such deal? ers in the 158 largest cities were re? ported from New York and Chicago; the cities of over 300,000 population with the smallest number of saloori9 were Washington (521) and Pittsburg (818), In cities of this class, the larg? est number of saloons in proportion to the population were in Milwaukee and New Orleans where, In the former, there was one dealer selling liquor by the drink to every 242 Inhabitants and. in the latter, to every 200 Inhabi? tants. The number of inhabintants to every dealer in Philadelphia was 761. and in Boston 738. The other cities having bss thnn 200 Inhabitants to each dealer were Galveston (134); Bant Bt boull (143). Mobile (153, Houston (156). Hoboken (168), Sac rementOi CaJlli (iss), San Antonio M79, La Crosse, Wisconsin (183). Springfield, III., (188.) and West Ho boken (i9i). The smallest number of saloons in proportion to population is shown for the cities of Pennsylvania and Mass? achusetts,' and the largest for those of Tanas, OhlO, and Wisconsin. In comparing the number of retail liquor dealers in 141 Cities reporting for both 1907 and lt05, it is shown that there was :i decrease of 6 per <?? nt. In the number of saloons In 1S07, The decrease was general In nearly . very part of the country, ex? cept the Rocky Mountain and south? western states Ia-o Miller's CaSC Continued. The case against Leo Miller f<?r sell? ing whiskey has been continued till the detectives can be brought back here to t.stify against him. He refus? es to ; dmlt the stateim nt made by the detectives, and this necessitate*, their appearing nnd testifying. Leo \v;is call.-,! to Charleston hy the Seri? ous llln< <-s of Iiis niotlicr. JIo retnrn e.i to sumti r ! onday. The date for his trial has not yet been fixed, but Will be fixed at ?s early a date as possible. It. W. Jones, Sr., has returned t ? the city. Mis esse will be called at the s:i rue time as Miller's. James Chandler will be used as a witness in another case, and the SU*S ilnsl bun discontinued. Hunting h>r Miscreant. Rda field, March 7, Postofflce In? spector Connoly has been In Bdgefleld cooperating with United States Com. loner w. i>. Ramcy In bis efforts to apprehend the person or persons who have been wantonly destroying lh< rural mail boxes, level ii miles west of the town. Thus r.ir their ef I'oriv ha\?? been unsuce? ssful. Blther you aren't able to own th ? I roof over your head or it leaks. Placed on the Trap. SPLIT OVER PEARY PROOFS. House Committee Considers Rewards for Explorer. Washington, March 6.?Proof of Commander Peary's discovery of the North Pole caused a row In the Substi? tute committee of the House com? mittee on naval affairs Friday. Two members of the National Geographic Society appeared before the com? mittee with copies of Mr. Peary's proofs to urge the granting of a suit? able reward by Congress to the noted explorer, but the committee declined to receive them in confidence with the ultimate result that the committee had made It known that unless the Peary proofs are forthcoming to the full satisfaction of the committee, every bill introduced for the purpose of rewarding the North Pole discover? er will be pigeon-holed. Three mem? bers of the committee were in favor of receiving the Peary proofs without making them public. Representative Macon hotly objected and after declar? ing his position, stalked angrily from the room "I am against any legislation in the dark," Mr. Macon sharply told the committee. "Furthermore, if this committee de? cides in favor of Peary without in? specting the full records and making them public, I will expose the whole business on the floor of the House or In a statement to the press . If we re? ward Mr. Peary the American people have a right to know what we are re? warding him for." Prof. Gannett, of the coast and geodetic servey. and one of the mem? bers of the National Geographic So? ciety which accepted Peary's proofs, told the committee that Mr. Peary would not let the committee have the proofs for public purposes, because he wanted them for use in newspaper and magazine articles. Representative Alexander, of New York, was present as the personal rep. re3entatlve of Mr. Peary and told the committee that the latter would be gald to have the commitee examine the records, but he would have to see Mr. Peary again and learn whether he would consent to have them pub? lished. The committee will take up the sub? ject again next Tuesday and if Mr. Peary's proofs are submitted, it is in? tended to have the scientists there ex? amine them on behalf of the com? mittee. America: The Paradise of Criminals. Since Dr. Andrew D. White, the not? ed diplomat and educator, several days ago called public attention to Ameri? ca's leadership in crime, the subject has been receiving much thoughtful attention at the hands of students. Mr. Hugh C. Weir, in The World Today, contributes some very disquiet? ing figures to the discussion. For ex? ample, he estimates that crime taxes the United States not less than $1, 378.000.000 per annum, Including, of course, what it costs to maintain courts and jails. He also calls atten? tion to the fact that crime is the fos? ter-mother of poverty, and that asy? lums for the insane are indirectly if not directly peopled by evil deeds which in turn have produced mental aberrations. Assuming Mr. Weir's figures to be correct, the cost of crime in this coun? try is $'.?64.000.000 In excess of the national debt. It equals the nation's entire wheat and coal production, with wool added. Mr. Weir estimates the total num? ber of arrests per annum at 786,000, of which 250,000 are for drunkenness. On an average 10.000 murders are committed every twelve months. And Georgia alone?whether cor? rectly- or falsely?is charged with more murders than the whole British em? pire. One reason for the saturnalia ofj crime which exists in the United States is t<> be found In the fact that the courts of justice are not strictly en? forcing the pi nalltles of notated law. Less than two per cent of the mur? derers are punished. And when men art permitted with Impunity to take human life there h little cause for wonder that In this lax condition of affairs they should And warrant for other misdeeds. England punishes r>o out of every 100 man slay- rs. Even Spain and Italy ihame oh when it comes to the vigorous manner in Which they administer penalties. Whiskey has been at the bottom of most nf the criminal lawlessness for which this country stands Indicted be? t?r,, the bar of the world, and State? wide prohibition has come none too soon. It now remains for the wet to follow the example of the dry States in outlawing liquor, and tor the courts of justice rigidly ami fearlessly to en? force the sovereign law of the land. - Atlanta Georgian \ woman Is proud of her wedding ring even i1 her marriage Is a failure \ woman who was Injured In a bar? gnln "rush" asks damages. No one Imagined they were ever Injured thus, or If they wer,, thai they would ex. l.t anything else of the game. The Inspiration of personal reform is a large pain. SEWERAGE CONTRACT LET. Florence to Expend $69,000 on Cii| System. - ! Florence, March 7.?Tie contract for the construction of Florence's sewerage system was let to the John- | son-Matthews Construction Company of this city, their bid being approxi? mately $69,000. When the board of sewerage com? missioners were called to order last night there were eleven bids present? ed to them by the secretary to be opened and acted upon, and there w as a like number of gentlemen present representing various bidders to see who would get the job. To their ut? ter surprise It was handed down to a local company, and their bid being thi lowest of the bunch, hence Florence will get the full benefit of the $69, 000 to be expended on Its new sewer? age plant, as all of that money will be spent right here excepting that which will have to go elsewhere to pay for material. The new plant Is to have nineteen miles of sewer pipes of size from 8 to 18 inches and a diposal plant to be located on the north side of Jeffreys Creek, about two miles southeast of the city on what is known as the old j stockade back of the State Industrial School, but of sufficient distance from that property to never cause any trouble whatever. Mr. J. C. Judon, of Savannah, the superintending engineer, will look af? ter the city's interest in establishing the plant, but Johnson & Matthews have won for themselves such an ex? cellent reputation for doing the best of work, that Mr. Judon will possibly have little to do other than to visit Florence once each week BUYS ICE PLANT IN ORANGE BURG. Mr. Eugene II. Moses Controls Crystal Ice Plant. The following Item clipped from the Orangeburg Evening News will be read with interest here: "The regular First Monday sales were held this morning by the Mas? ter, and the sale of most Interest was that of the Crystal Ice Plant of this city, which was sold by Mr. J. A. Ber ? ry. trustee. The plant was sold for $17,000. A number of bidders made offerings on this property, but it was bid in by Messrs. Glaze & Herbert, at? torneys. A check of $1,000 was re? quired to retain the bid. It is understood that the property was bought for Mr. Eugen i H. Moses, of Sumter, who will operate it. In the purchase of the plant, Mr Moses has associated with him several gen? tlemen of this city, which means that local capital will be represented in the concern. Press Comment. The Sumter authorities are at last responding to public clamor and are making an earnest effort to rid the city of blind tigers, they show their earnestness by jerking up the white tigers as well as the black ones, Would that other towns do a little work among the whites in towns not as large as Sumter. As we have fre? quently observed, unless the law is en? forced better than it has been in the past, prohibition will even disgust a Prohibitionist. These spasmodic ar? rests do not amount to much more than putting money in the treasuries, but if the vigilance is kept up as it should be, then, even those who are not Prohibitionists will have more faith in the professions of the prohibi? tion advocates, so far as stopping the unlawful sale is concerned. The Pro? hibitionists cannot be held responsible for not b< Ing abb' to reduce the con? sumption of liquor, because the fed? eral laws embarasi their efforts, they Cannot help the stuff being shipped into dry territory, the only thing they can do is to stop the stuff being sold after it does get there, and this all good citizens should aid them in doing* whether they favor prohibition or not. It just will not do to let a law? less i lenient defy the laws of the State Manning Times. <Iood for Sumter. The people of that, honest ami progressive town, are determined that tin prohibition laws ?hall be enforced ;|S other law* are be? ing enforced. They will not stand tor near-beer or other silly notions or the kind. -Yorkvllle Enquirer. Sumter is doing the right tiling in enforcing the law against blind tigers. I torches! er Eagle. Miss Pearl A. Bellings is said to be the youngest hotel woman in Chicago, perhaps in this country. Several years ego she Inherltd from a cousin the lease, furnishings and good will of the Newberry Hotel. By good manage? ment Miss Billings has made it a suc? cess without a bar, a thing which the hotel men of Cheago told her would be Impossible. The trouble with the average man is thai Id- ideals are higher than Iiis salary. You cannot put the same shoo .<n every foot.- Publlus Syrus. ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVcgctablcrVerwrttftonforAs S?TiilaiinJtheFoodandl^ula ting ?u? Stomachs and?oweis of Infants/Children Promotes Digeshonfl?enU? ness and Rest .Con tains neither Opiimi.Morphme nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Bsapkin Sued" JlxJenaa + AcktteSdts AaiseSttd* BiCarknatMi* mm Seed - 'Sugar. -iFkmr. Aperfect Remedy for Constipa? tion , Sour Storaach.Dlarriwa Worms ,Coiwulsioiis.FcvErish ness and Lo ss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. For Infants and Children, The Kind Ygu Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Atb months old J5 Doses-35CENTS Guaranteed unoWtheFbodj Exact Copy of Wrapper. For Over Thirty Years CASTQRIA TMS OCNTAUB IOHHNT, MCW YORK CITY. YOU REACH THE RIGHT SPOT for superior building materials, when you call at McKiever's. We can fill the bill every time. Whether It be sash, doors, blinds, rough or dressed lumber, we can give you estimates that for quality and prices can't be beaten by anyone. The Sumter Door, Sash & Blind Factor), J. W. McKeiver, Proprietor Birnie's Drug Store, 5 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. 0. -Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES fAND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A FULL LINE OF CIGAR2 AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: OUR MOTTO: PURE AND RELIABLE GOOOS. 11 Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: :: Banking. Large, strong, sate and progressive. We offer unex? celled banking facilities and want your business. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Sumter. South Carolina. Don't Forget That One Dollar in the Bank does more work than five in your pocket. It is our aim to see that money deposited with us keeps working. 15he = Bank of Sumter.