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FRAN BftlCKENlUDCE ELLIS Illustrations by O. Irwin Myert Grace repeated with delicate re proof?-' Your intimate friend!" "1 know it waa wrong for him to de eert hit wife." "Wrong!" How Inadequate seemed that word from her pure Hps! i "But." he faltered, "we must make allowances. My friend married Fran's mother in secret because she was ut? terly worldly?frivolous?a butterfly. Her own uncle was unable to control her?to make her go to church. Soon after the marriage he found out his mistake?it broke his heart, the trag? edy of It. I don't excuse him for go? ing away to Europe?" ; "I am glad you don't. He was no true man, but a weakling. I am glad I have never been thrown with such a?a degenerate." "But, Miss Grace," be urgod plead? ingly, "do you tblnk my friend, when he went bark to find her and she was gone?do you tllnk he should have kept on bunting? Do you think, Grace, tbst he should have remained yoked to an unbeliever, after he realised his foily?" There waa heavenly compassion In ber eyes, for suddenly she had di? vined bis purpose in defending Fran's father. He was thinking of hie own wife, and of his wife's mother and brother?bow they had ceased to show sympathy in what be regarded as the essentials of life. Her silence suggest* ed that aa she could not epeak without rusting reflection upon Mrs. Oregory, she would say nothing, snd this tact was grateful to his grieved heart "I ha"e been thinking of something vsry strange," Grace said, with a marked effort to avoid the Issue lest she commit the Indiscretion of blam Ing ber employer's wife. "I remem? ber having heard you say that when yon were a young man, you left your father'* home to live with a cousin In a distant town who happened to be a teacher In a college, and r'tr.t you were graduated from his college. Don't you think It marvelous, thle claim or Fran, who says ist her father, when a young man, went to live with a cousin | who was a college professor, and that he waa graduated from that college? *nd the sa/e that her father's father 1 a niu man?just as yours was? that the cousin Is dead?Just as yours is." At these piercing words, Gregory bowed hie head to conceal bis agita? tion. Could It bo possible that she bad guessed all and yet. In spite of all, could uee that tono of kindness? It burst upon him that If he aud she could hold this fatal secret tn common, they might. In aweetest comradeship. 1 form an alliance against fate itself. She persisted: "The account that Fran gives of her father le really your own history. What does that show?" He spoke almost In a whisper. "My friend and I were much alike." Then be looked up swiftly to catch a look of comprehension by surprise, if such a look were there. Grace smiled coolly. "But hardly Identical, I presume. Don't you seo that Fran ha Invented her whole story, snd that sb' dldn't'have enough imagination to keep from copylug after your biographical eketch in the newspaper? I don't believe she is your friend's daughter. I don't be? lieve you could ex er have liked the father of a girl llko Fran?that ho could have been your Intimate friend." Well?" faltered Gregory. But why should ho defend Fran? "Mr. Gregory." sho asked, as If what she wus about to say belongod to what had gone before, "world It greatly ln? convenience you for cie to leave your employment ?" He was electrified. "Grace! Incon? venience me!?would you?could . . ." *1 have ..ot decided?not yet. 8peaklng of being yoked with unbe? lievers?I have never told you that Mr. Robert Clinton bae wanted me to mar? ry bim. As long as he wus outside of ihe church, of course it was impos? sible. But now that he Is convened?" "Grace!" groaned the pallid II?teuer. "Ho would llko me to go with him to Chicago." "Hut vou couldn't love Bob Clinton ?bo Isn't worthy of you, Grace. It's Impossible Heaven knows I've had disappointments enough?" He start? ed up snd came toward her. his eyes glowing "Will you make my life a complete failure, after all?" "Lovj hlrn?" Grace |<gpasj|sjd calmly. "This is merely a question of doing the most good. I know nothing about love." "Then let me teach you, Grace, let?? ? Shall we not discuss It?" she said gently. "That Is best, 1 tblnk. It I de? cide to marry Mr Clinton, I will tell 7 >u even before I tell him. I don't k-o* uhit I shall choose as my beat course Hut, Oraco! What could I do? Without ' sh ill we Just a*reo to say no more about HfN HoMy Interposed. "That Is wisest until my decision Is made. We were talking alsmt Fran?do you think this a good opportunity for Mrs. Oregory to attend mf legal Fran can etny with Mrs. Jefferson " "lliavy d >uU," ho said, still agt tat od, "that my *lfe would llnd It easy enough to go to church, If she really wanted to go." ' '.tr Gregory!" she reproved him. "Well." he cried, somewhat defiant? ly, "don't you think she could go, If she wanted to?" "Well," Grace answered slowly, "this girl will lea\e her without aay ?any excuse." "Oh, Miss Grace, if my wife were only?like you?I mean, about going to church!" "I conelder It," she responded, "the most important thing in the world." Her emphatic tone proved her sin? cerity. The church on Walnut street stood, for her, as the ark; those who remained outside, at the call of the bell, were in danger of engulfment After a long silence, Grace looked up from her typewriter. "Mr. Greg ory." she said pauslngly, "you are uu happy." Nothing could have been aweeter to him than her sympathy, except happi? ness Itself. "Yes," he admitted, with a great sigh, "I am very unhappy, but you understand me, and that Is a little comfort If you should marry Bob Clinton?Grace, tell me you'll not think of It again." "And you are unhappy," ssld Grace, steadfastly ruling Bob Clinton out of | the discussion, "on account of Fran." He burst forth impulsively?"Ever since she came to town!" He checked himself. "But I owe it to my friend! to shelter her. She wants to stay and ?and she'll-have to, it she demands it" "Do yon owe more to your dead friend," Grace asked, with passionate solemnity, "than to the living God?" Ho shrank back. "But I can't send her away," be persisted in nervous ; haste. "1 can't. But heaven bless you, Grace, for your dear thought of me." "You will bless me with more rea? son," aaid Grace softly, "when Fran decides to go away. Shell tire of this ! house?I promise It. She'll go?Just' waitl?she'll go, as unceremoniously as she came. Leave it to me, Mr. Greg? ory." In her earnestness she started up, and then, as If to conceal her growing resolution, she walked swiftly, to vhe window as If to hold her manu? script to the light Gregory followed her. "If she would only go!" he groaned. "Grace! Do you think you could?? Yes, I will leave everything to you." "She'll go," Grace repeated fixedly. The window at which they stood overlooked the garden Into which Fran had wheeled old Mrs. Jefferson. Fran, speaking through the ear trumpet with as much caution as deaf* ness would tolerate, said, "Dear old lady, look up at the library window, I If you please, for the muessln has] climbed his minaret to call to prayers." 1 Very lit Mo of this reached its desti? nation?muezzin was in great dangei of complicating matters, but the old lady caught "library window," and held It securely. She looked up. Ham? ilton Gregory and Grace Noir were standing* at the tower window, to catch the last rays of the sun. The flag of truce between them was only a typewritten sheet of manuscript. Grace held the paper obliquely toward the west; Hamilton leaned nearer and, i with his delicate white finger, pointed out a word. Grace nodded her head In gentle acquiescence. "Amon," muttered Fran. "Now let everybody sing!" The choir leader and his secretary vanished from sight "Just like the play in Hamlet," Fran said half-aloud. "And now that the inside play is over, I guess it's time for old Ham to be doing something." | Mrs. Jefferson gripped the arms of her wheel-chair and resumed her tale, as if Bhe had not been Interrupted. It was of no interest as a story, >ot pos? sessed a sentimental value from the fact that all the characters save the raconteur were dead, and possibly all but her forgotten. Fran loved to hear the old lady evoke the shades of long ago, shades who would never again assume even the palest manifestation to mortals, when this old lady had gone to join them. (TO BE CONTINUED.) DOTATION OF CHOI'S IN BOUT1I CAROLINA. .1. Crank Williams, Demonstration Agjggg for Sumter County, points Out Way of Sneers* to Tanners ol Mal??Instrtiethe Address Dell\ rred at Clcm>ou College, At I recent meeting of the United States farm demonstration agents at Winthrop college, J. Frank Willlama agenl for sumter county, delivered Iht following Instructive address: The rotation ol crops < Including ? o\ > i i i opt? is the most important subject with which we farm demon stration agents have t?, deaL Moll fertility, control of Insect pests ?oil moisture; control uf soil warmth; distribution ol labor throughout list year; the money returns from tht sale of our crops ami the keeping up of the latin animals is all none 01 less dependent Upon the crops w? gma in a rotation. If hu no other reason than tot keeping up of Increasing Ihs fertlllt) ..f the soil, it wouhi be necessary to groU ClOps In g rotation. So many things happen to the tanner w In? |* rropplng on unfertile sod. atonal crop. in planning ? farm Ihs Brat Ihlng to decide is what mone) crop or crops ran be Ihs most sueoassfully grown h Ii generali) conceded that notion if and nil! be our greatest money i i op, nl least nnl d art are n "i. i i.\ ihe boll weevil, t'often i loom* up large In the eyes of every fanner. We have had abundant example* of its having been grown on the same Boll for 20 years in succession, with Varying yields and profits. This was done with the use of commercial fer?j t ilizers, and as the land naturally yielded less, an increase application of fertilizers was made. It is very unfortunate for the farmers of South Carolina that they ever learned, that by increasing the amount of fertiliz? er from year to year^ that they could keep up the yield of cotton in season? able years. For the increase in fer? tilizer does not increase the moisture \ holding capacity of the soil; and in seasons of excessive drought or rain- \ fall, the crop is a failure. As W. H. Bafton puts it, a man who uses a thousand pounds of fertilizer to the I acre on a soil barren of humus prays for a good shower of rain every week, when he should be praying for knowl? edge to till his soil with humus in order that he might stand a month's 1 dry weather, without Injury to his crops. Decrease In West. When the rich prairies of the Mid? dle West were first brought into cul- I tivation, it was thought that their fertility was inexhaustible. After 10 to 20 years of cropping them in corn and burning the stalks, the yield was' brought down from an average of 60 bushels to a little more than 30 bushell per acre. By a system of rotations and the use of manure, these lands are gradually climbing back toward the 60-bushel mark. No two plants take exactly the same proportion of the elements of plant food from the soil, so without a rotation there results an unbal? anced supply of elements, wh'ch re? sults in a reduction of production. It is a well known fact that plants will not thrive unless the necessary pro? portions of soluble plant foods are | present in abundance. A soil may have ever so much potash and nitro? gen and be deficient in phosphoric acid, and it will not produce good i results. Then taking cotton for our money crop and corn, oats and wheat for our grain crops with which prln-j cipally to feed the farm animals, the' other crops to grow in a rotation^ are those that will restore to the soil the elements removed by the cot? ton, and to give a variety of foods for the farm stock. Three-Year Rotation. The rotation generally accepted in I.' *olina is u three-year rota ttoni corn and small grain; I not suggest a better one.1 .? a great stride from nearly all cotton to planting only one-third of the farm in cotton. As a stepping stone from the one crop system, to the three-year rotation, I suggest a two year rotation, in which half of the I farm is planted in cotton and the other half in corn and oats?cow peas to be broadcasted in the corn and on j the oat land after the oats are har? vested. By planting cover crops of winter legumes after the pea vines are matured, and in the cotton not plant? ed to oats, the fertility of the soil ?an be kept up. This is only a sub? stitute for the three-year rotation. Roof lice attack the cotton when it is planted alter corn, and there is trou? ble in getting oats planted in time j alter a crop of cotton, so I shall only discuss in detail the three-year rota? tion. In the three-year rotation of cotton com and oats or wheat, peas are, sowed in the corn middles at the lust Working and broadcasted after oats. To sow oats and vetch or clover In the cotton middles and turn the pea stubble and plant the same cover crops makes a rotation and system of! cropping almost complete. This sys? tem will return plenty of humus to the soil, and with an occasional liming' and the addition of potash and ground phosphate and small amounts of ni trogeu, nearly any soil in the State would grow larger crops from year to year. In this system of farming where cotton is subject to wilt or blight, only Iron or Hrahham peas should !>o planted in the rotation to keep down the mematodes or root knot. The Iron pea, being as gooil or better than any other variety of peas, should be planted by ull farmers in sections where cotton wilt is preva? lent. The above system is an ideal I plan for farming) but i? not practical, inasmuch us two-thirds of the farm would be planted to cover crops. This would congest the labor on the farm during the months of March and April. i Conserve Moisture. I WOUld advise planting only about half Of the land to bs planted in corn and cotton to cover crops. Then one half of the land to lie planted in the cultivated crop should be plowed and harrowed In Ihe winter in ?oder to conserve the moisture and make sure ..I ;i stand on at bast hall* of the crop in case of a dry Spell. This hall being prepared can be planted and gotten oiu of the Way, and ample tine bo given t<> harrowing ami plowing the lands under cover orops, s?i as to ? i up good stands on this halt. Half of the land sown In peas nftei , ?nts should noi he mowed for hay, out turned in ihe winter; while th^n half mowed for hay should he sown to cover crop in the fall of the year. If nothing is taken off the land ex? cept the cotton lint and one-half of the corn, all the rest either being turned into the soil, including the cot? ton seed, or fed to animals and the manure taken care of and returned to 1 the soil,.Prof. Goodrich figures at the' end of the three years, that there would be a gain of two pounds of; nitrogen a loss of 10 pounds of phos? phoric acid and 2 2 pounds of potash. This does not account for any leaching j or dcnitritieation or the converting of potash or phosphoric acid into un available forms. Neither did he take into consideration the peas in the corn nor the cover crops. Subjugatte Insects. This three-year rotation would keep in subjugation the root louse, bill bug bud worm, and other injurious in-j sects. A good crop of wilt resistant cotton could be grown every third year on badly infested wilt lands. The | clean cultivated crops of corn and! cotton with peo.vines following oats, ? would keep down the obnoxious weeds and grasses. The two crops of peas and other legumes in three years would bring up through their deep root systems plant food and through their decay leave it in the surface soil for the cotton and corn. Cotton being a weak feeder on phosphoric acid it U: necessary to sunly an abundance In available form for its use. The corn being a stronger feeder than the'eot ton would need very little applied and the oats would get a very good g? .w.th from what was left by the corn. The peas will take care of themselves in almost any kind of sweetened soil. The turning under of the corn stalks, peavines, the oat stubble, the peas and the cotton stalks and the cover crops would so change the color of the soil that it would be much warmer. The darker the color the more sun light will be absorbed, and this will aid the growing plants in early spring. Under this system the farm animals would be supplied with corn and oats for grain and with oat and peavine hay for forage. Labor. An abundance of labor would be scattered very nearly over the whole year, except the month of August. There would be three seasons during the year when the labor would likely become congested. During Septem? ber, October and November the cot? ton Is to be gathered, the peas picked, the hay mowed, the corn broken in, the oats or wheat sowed and the cover crops to be planted and the fall plow? ing to be done. During February, March and April, the cover crops are to be disced and broken, the fertilizer to he put in and the crops of corn and cotton to be planted. During the months of ?June and July the crops of corn and cotton are to be cultivated, the grain to be gathered, the peas to be sowed and the top dressing with fertilizers to be made. This leaves the months of August, December, January and May in which a farmer has time to <et a long breath. May is not a leis? ure month by any means. August can be devoted to building and repair? ing farm buildings and fences; De? cember and January to breaking the pea stubble and cotton land, not sown to cover crops, hauling and mixing fertilisers, the killing of hogs, feed? ing cattle, haul* j litter, spreading manure and cleaning up ditch banks and hedge rows. I lind plenty of labor on my farm the year round for all of the hands that it takes to produce and gather the cotton crop. The happiest people are the busiest people. Concerning the desirability of Continuous employment for farm labor, Roberts speaks as follows, when writing of rotations: "The bale? ful results of raising a single or few products in extended districts may be seen in California and the great wheat districts of the Northwest. In such localities there is little or no true home life with its duties and re? straints, men and boys are herded to? gether with cattle, sheep where they may and subsist as best they can. The work is hard and from sttn to sun for two or three months. When it abruptly ceases the workmen are left to t nd employment as best they may or adopt the life and habits of the professional tramp, it is dlffl* cult to name anything more dcmoral-i izing to men, and especially boys, than te BUSINESS SCHOOL Individual Training tor Boys and Girls. Til F. < our ?e of all English branches, short hand. typwrltltiK and book? keeping otters Unsurpassed opportu? nities to the youths of your county at * very reasonable pries. Nivard can ne ot'tallied In town, for psrtfc CUlSrfl address, J. M. JERVEY, CREELY VILLE, - S. C. this Intermittent, labor,,and the hierher the wages paid ami the shorter the period of service, the more demoraliz? ing the effeet. II there were no other reason for practicing a rotation with n variety of plants, the welfare of the workman and his family should form n sufficient one. Efficient Work. t When the nearly all cotton districts of our State put on the proper rota? tion of crops in a few years, all of thi ? hue and cry about sorry labor will gradually disappear. This system of farming would ad? mit of the gradual marketing of crops. The cotton seed, hogs and cattle, sold in the winter and spring, should pay the fertilizer bill and for the greater portion of the farm ex? penses, allowing the cotton to be raised practically free from debt. The practice of some of the farmers of the Middle West should be adopted? that is, that nothing could be car? ried to market except what could walk. This of course with us would except the cotton lint. Most of the prolits from such a system should be invested on the farm in better buildings and equip? ment. I say profits, because there would be a profit without fail. The law? of the vegetable kingdom are definite and can be depended upon. Each seed that a farmer plants in? creases a hundredfold and more. What more can a man do for his pos? terity and his country than to leave to it a farm and a system of farming from which a bountiful increase is sure? NATIOX-WIDE STRIKE THREAT? ENED. Railway Men Meet at London Today to Discuss Advisability or Strike. London, Sept. 17.?Great Britain will know tomorrow whether she will have to endure another national transport strike. Acting on a demand from Birmingham, where the strike situation is serious, the executive board of the National Union of Rail? way Men will meet at the London headquarters in the morning to dis? cuss the advisability of calling a na? tional strike. Birmingham has Ulken Liverpool's place as the strike centre. Seven thousand men are now out there. The stoppage of freight ship? ments is complete; even local deliv? eries are impossible. The only favorable indications are to be found In the return to. work ?4 ?? of A riumber of Liverpool , freight, handler* and agreement!* by the offi? cials of the various railway compa? nies involved to receive delegations of strikers. A prominent labor leader of Bir? mingham said tonight that no matter what action the executive board took the pass-enger train employes would join the freight workers tomorrow. Already several hundred engir.eers and firemen have struck, and freight is piling up. The various trades are beginning to suffer losses as a result of the disorganization of traffic. The directors of the Manchester ship ca? nal have declined the offer of media? tion made by the mayor of Selford, declaring that they can not grant any advances at the present time. The railways at Birmingham are refusing to receive any more consignments. Hearses are being utilized to carry meat from the depots to the butch? ers, as not a single railway dray la working. At Dublin the unrest is increasing. James Larkin, the labor leader, in a speech tonight declared that they would soon have all the workers with them. A procession numbering f?,000 marched through the streets and stoned a car when the motormftn re? fused to quit. Trade in Dublin la almost com? pletely paralyzed. It is feared that as soon as the slender strike fund of the Irish union workmen is exhaust? ed dangerous outbreaks will occur. The strike fever is spreading to Wales and Ulster. One thousand col? liers are out at Pontypridd. They refuse to work until the sole non? union man there joins the union. Unless the employers give in, all those who ride in bussed in London will go afoot by Saturday. Arrange? ments have been made to give the signal for the bus men to desert their vehicles at midnight Friday unless the directors of the small bus com? panies which refuse to allow their men to wear union buttons rescind the order. Such a strike would involve 10, 000 men and withdraw 500 motor busses from the street?. The strike might eventually Include the employes of the railways and the outlying street car system, which belong to the traction combine which owns the motor busses. liibsrty Street Is an object lesson of the unsuitableness of macadam for ? city stxeet. ... %^ ^jggU Excursioii t? DHE ill UPI. It1 -VIA The Atlantic Coatft Line Oil Tuesday, September 2,1 r 1, the Atlantic Coast Line edit sell round, trip tickets from Sum tor to Jacksonville, 11a., at $6.50 and to Tampa at $8.50, limited returning to reach original starting point not later than midnight of Tuesday, -September :J0th, J?13. Proportionate rates will bo made from other points In Virginia, North and South Carolina. Ample Pullman und coach atx'omniodations will be provided for all passengers, and everything will bo done by the manage? ment of the Atlantic Coast line to make tills a first class ex? cursion. For tickets, 1'uilman accommodations and schedules see the nearest agents, or address, W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITB^ .., Pass. Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agent. Wilmington, N. C. Sumter Railway & Mill S&pply Co., SUMTER, S. C. The season is here when you are obliged to have repairs, generally, as quickly as they can be gotten. We are in your midst, can give you quicker service than our competitors, and W8 bespeak a part of your business, guaranteeing satisfaction. Our Stock is Complete in the Following Lines: m Qalvahlitedi Obe? li rupated and V. Crimped: Electrold rubber rootling. 1.1 and ply. Boitin&' Rubber. (iandy DCllllig. all(i Leather. Injectors:AU k,n,,s Packing: KStolshoet As" HOS6* s,, am il,M' feter. Alts* '^'""^ N perfect. Blocks: ,;""e Phils* Steel loading uiiaui. pro0f treated. and and PullCYC Bteel. In?n and ruiieja. wood split will tit sny iise shaft. Lace Leather: SSt" "'" Babbitt Metal: X;:V"e Shafting: A,|M"< Haagers: ""?"??""?" Sbatt Couplings. ?"rtSf: plate and ribbed. Velwac 'enhlns and sf.if1 VIlTOdi a,d i-41n. e iu. n ?toclc. Irea Pipe flttlap. alt styles. Bar Iroi.Koun* ?ndn?t Pint Cut %n* Threaded 1 'F*' from l-Rlh. to rtln. In elaslrej, to sketch. Wire Repe. Saws, fi/*0"4 an<1 lMrru* C?l Koofcs. rumps. Blacksmith Toels. In fact everything carried in ?tl up-to-date supply house. When needing anything write, phone, wire, or call. Your wants will have immediate attention. Respectfully, Sumter Railway S Mill Supply Co.