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GREATEST 1913 CORK YIELD. ?.FOIK.IV BOY MAD! 181.72 HI Silt!LS <>E CORN ON A m \n i uke. Authentic mod Figure* Cert tiled und Aceeptcd by l.o?al. stale mid Eed enil Authorities. Augusta. Ga.. Chronicle, Nov. 13. The world's greatest yield of corn fer 1913 has been made by Edward Jackson Welborn. a boy under IT years of age, of Morgan t'oiinty, in the Augusta district. Authenticated figures, t? 111tied to and accepted l>\ 1... .il, state and fed? eral authorities yesterday, definitely placed him at the bead of the corn growers of the nation. He made 1SL72 bushels of corn on a scant scrs of land, exceeding his yield of laut year by approximately twenty bushels. The corn was grown on upland, on a lot used for dairying about ten years, and was planted in rows three feet, four Inches apart, and an average of ilv* Inches in the drill. The acre con? tained about 2ft,hmo stalks of corn and, according to the authorities, it aver? aged one and one-half ears of corn per stulk. Prof. J. K. Giles, as assistant State agent in charge of the field work for the State and federal departments of agriculture, states that gS is of the opinion that, with one more rain, the yield would have gone to 250 bushels per acre. Professor Giles, who is head of the \s..rk under Prof. J. Phil Camp? bell, acting under instructions receiv? ed Tuesday, went into the report with the most minute detail and last night authorized the statement that the yield would sand a.? official with his department. Corroborating the report Prof. W. O. Acree, principal of the Kighth Dis? trict Agricultural College; Prof. E, S. Illrd, superintendent of schools in Morgan coun*y; L. S. Bradley, sec? retary of the Chamber of Commerce at Midison; F. P. Almand and J. A. Rogers, formet 1/ of the bureau of surveys, have attested the figures and certify that they are correct. Prof. J. Walter Hen J -i' ks, district demonstra? tion agent, and Prof. J. K. Giles both declared they were personally satis? fied with the figures, and Professor Hendricks stated he was officially sure, but Profesor Giles withheld his of? ficial confirmation until he carried out specific instructions from Mr. Campbell, who Is In Washington, and on the figures by a messugo trans? mitted through Professor Acree to Mr. McAuliffe, manager of The Chronicle's Corn Show. Highest MM Yield In the World. This establishes the highest yield scored up to date In the world for ISIS and there is no doubt in the minds of officials hut that this will atand against all other figures for this year. Three other hoys, all in Pi? U ena county, Georgia, scored above the 150-hushel mark for the year, their yields being 161 bushel-.. |f| Irish* Is and 165 bushels respectively. Edward J. Welborn. winner of the first prue in The Chronicle's Corn Show?Mlaa Georgia" and Mi s Car? olina." the handsome pair of $600 mules, tl.rough E. J. Lyon & Co., ami the 1100 Chatt. . o ?...i wa^on and se? of harries*. through l.\<?n \- K' liy wlll also undoubtedly hi aw aided the fine Pcrcheron mare, offered b> the Central of Georgia to the corn club boy making the laig?-si yield of corn In Georgia. However, ihls will not be awurd.Ml until the last corn show Is held in I'o-orgi i. The winner Is rod unite 17 years of ?ge. Is a student in the Eighth Mt> trat Agricultural College. ami has b*?n studying the most a p p ro\cd methods in corn-growing fsjff the past three y-ars. I.ast winter t? attended the gessri ? sssrssj at the Mitfi College of Agrn ultre. and duritu tin- Na? tional Corn Show he attended the corn school lectures there. This year lu worked under direct supervision of the bent authorities and ruptured the world s record for 1UIJ. Todaj he will be at the Chronicle * ?'??m Show from 10 sAt lot k until late In the afternwort and will be glad t<? talk with any one int? rested In the work. He in u bright young man. and he will I... ih*> eynosure of all eyes at the corn show toduy. His iSSjfeSJ show that It cost him 2%.0? cents per l ush. I to grow the corn, h.ising hn flgurea on the gov ernment s ratio ||.,d hi b?g cog? nisant of h|..< lal pn/.. | ggTsfgd for upland yields and complied with con dlttons he would hav.- w.oi $;:. more on his ncre of land. Ilow lie i.r w the < urn. His story of the torn. t.d,| \u hll own words, is as follows; "The at re I had In c-un Is up! m! and ta an old igll I lot. whit h has ???en umler ? ultivution for four ysnrs, ami th?? same at re I planted last . ? ,i The sod Is MW k clay loam, with dark led clav BS)SSje4l an.l rl> h in humu>. "In the spring the stalks were eut. i nil the land turned with a two b..i I b.w. twlve inches ?I* . p. Ab??ut ten Says beft.re planting i brunuensted he put official upproval BRAU RBFU8ES TO WORK AND AVIATOR LOSEN CONTROL OF MACHINE. WImm Ohm Don not eaten la Hum (?round. Aeroplane Dashes into l'rowd ut t'amdcn. Injuring Five? AvtntQf Breaks Down. Oamden, N ?v. IL?Several people v.ui' injured when the aeroplane of Frank Terrell crashed into the orowd that was witnessing his flight this af? ternoon. Mr. Terrell attempted to l.iml, hut When the claw Which is used us a brake on his trailer refused to penetrate the hard ground he lost con? trol of his machine with the above re? sults. Mrs. King, mother of Walter King, of this city, received the full force of the machine and was se verely bruised. It is feared that she received a broken bOM in the shoulder. Wilmer King of Hethune also received the full im? pact of the machine and was knocked unconscious for a few moments. His little daughter was also slightly bruised. Janus Sheorn was bruised and his clothes badly torn. McDowell Lewis received a cut on the temple. A negro nurse was knocked down and little Jack Nettles, who was with the nurse, was thrown on one of the planes of the machine, but was ua^n jured. Mr. Terrell received a bruised ?irnt, when thrown from his seat. The accident happened so quickly that people were dumlounded. Wo? men and children became hysterical and rushed toward the injured 10 search of friends or relatives. For liberal minutes a small panic reigned, but the crowd was soon calmed by the assurances of a number oj men that the injuries were n> serious. Mr. Terrell broke down and wept, and It was some time before he could be induced to leave the grounds and return to the hotel, where lie is stop? ping. The accident upparenlly was unavoidable. The crowd had been warned not to go on the ground where the accident took place, but in its anxiety to get a good view did not In ed the warn? ings. , Another large crowd attended to? day, especially school children, It be? ing "school day." Had Taken Ills Weight In Medicine. M. D. Faucett, of Gainesville, Ga., says he had taken his weight in medi? cine for headache and constipation, hut never used anything that did him so much good as Chamberlain's Tab? lets. For sale by all dealers.?Advt. eight sacks of equal parts of kainP and high-grade acid, this was again turned under and the lard harrowed. "April 2Sth 1 laid off rows with a Mallory plow three feet, four inches apart. In these furrows I drilled five sarkv of fertilizer analyzing 8 1-2, 1-2, ."? 1-2, going twice to the row, making a small list. This was opened With * ?mall plow and the corn drop? ped four to six inches apart ami cov? ered with a spring tooth harrow, leav? ing it nearly level. In ten days it was up to a good stand, with no thinning given. ?May 11th I gave It the first culti? vation, going once to the row with a spring tOOth cultivator. May 21st 1 Cultivated again with the same imple? ment. May 2Sth 1 drilled three bucks of guano, s 1-2. 1-2. I 1-2, in the middles, following with a cultivator. I gave it three other similar shallow Cultivation! June 7th, lHth and lid. About ten days before the corn be? gan to laaeel l used eighty pounds oi nitrate of soda. ' Thi 1 Oat oi production was $11,01, mahtai th* co. n cost 2X.0'J cents per bushel exclusive of the stover sav? ed, which amounted lo $10,10 net." ?very feature of tho yield, the oul? tlYaUon, preparation and gathering has been Under constant supervision of authorities, and tho ofllcials have been most thorough in their exam? ination, oauaed by the fact that the yield overtops anything reported in the United states for till. Here M what ihe boy, Bdward J Welborn Kcts: One pair of mules, $?????1. wagon end harness, $100; Per? ? heron mare, $400; toholarahlp In ool? lego, $2.*>0; local and National corn ihow and other pri/.es, $150. Total $1.500. Tbcse prizes are given young Wel? born In Connection With the Augusta Chronicle'! Corn show, held In con* ncctlon with the Georgia-Carolina : nr. In addition, the young man still has his corn?111.71 bushels of it, all grown on one ju re, it eoet him 2s cents a bushel to make it, or just 111.01, 'rite neareel approach to youni Welborn*! values w is made in 1119, when Capt. /. M. I rake of Marlboro county, n, C, who hold! the world's championship in < ot n growing, grew III buehele and n?>t $1,000 in pri/.es List yenr, young Welborn stood thud in Georgia, making 101 bushels on his one aei . Last year'! record In Cleor* ill urai 177 i?ushei<. Jerry Moore, Ihe south Caroline boy, grow Ml buehel! i year or Iwu ngo, on one DANGER OF BUYING SAM) IN CHICKENS POINTED OCT. Government Inspector! on Trail of Those Who Adulterate Chickens by Filling Them with Gravel?At Twenty Cents a Pound Comes High. Washington, Nov. 14.?' Look out Cor sand In the chickens,' is the latest slogan of the department of agricul? ture and its sleuths who are on the trail for violation of the pure food law and the sale of Impure and del? eterious food products. The government inspectors have for some time been investigating the prac? tices of certain poultry shippers who collect. Chickens from farms and kill! and ship them in large quantities. In some of these places the inspectors : found that the practice was to take the t hickens as they came from the I farm, nearly always below weight or out of condition because ol their be? ing ill-fed on the farms and handled: roughly on the cars and keep them In fattening pens for from three days to two weeks. The chickens are fed corn meal and water or finely ground \ mixed grains and buttermilk. This practice is becoming more and more general and is highly desirable because both quality and quantity of edible tiesh is Increased, it is also profitable, ns the cost of care, feed and interest on the investment necessary to add a pound in weight still leaves a good margin of profit provided the fat? tening is rightly done. Not content, however, With adding legitimately to the weight of the chickens, some of these p ultry ship? pers, a day or two before the chick? en is killed, feed red pepp?r, which makes the chicken have an abnormal appetite, then they feed a mixture of line sand and a little corn meal. The chicken eats this mixture raven? ously and as a result large juantities of sand are introduced into the craw and the intestines as well. This may amount, in the case of a single chick? en, to only an ounce or two, but where thousands of chickens are sold the aggregate charge for sand becomes Important. It simply means that the poultry dealer is selling sand to the customers at the rate of 20 cents or more per pound. The housewife should scrutinize the crops of poultry before buying and make it very plain to her poultry dealer or butcher that she will not pay at the rate of 20 to 30 cents per pound for an ounce ->r moro of sand introduced into the body of a chicken with the view of defrauding the pur? chaser. In fact, .she could rebel against food in the crop, because quite aside from fraud, the presence of food means that the chicken has not kept as well as it would have kept j had it been starved for 24 hours be ! fore killing. All reputable poultry packers starve the birds before slaughter( which results in empty in? testines as well as empty crops. The makeshift of cutting a slit in the crop and squeezing out that food is not satisfactory, because that does not empty the Intestines. If the house? wife Would have the poultry drawn in her own kitchen she could catch fraud! of this character and take means to prevent them. LEVER ON COTTON HI I,L. Says Objections- of Mr. NevUle Could Easily He Met. The state. Congressman A. F. Lever was asked While In the city yesterday on his way to Chester, where he will speak today, it he would say anything about the objections raised by Get rge w. Neville, ex-president t.f the New York Cotton exchange and now an active and prominent member of it, in his Interview In The state yesterday morning to the suggestion about de? livery Of OOtton at Southern point!,! including Columbia, of cotton under New York exchange contracts. "Mr. Neville is mistaken," said Mr.' Lever, "in his Opinion that the 'Smith-' Lever bill1 WOUld prevent the making. of Columbia a delivery point for cot? ton under the exchange contract. His objection that the government standards include 'nine White grades' is not tenable under the present clr oumstancea The defeat t.f the Clarke Amendment to the tariff bill disposes til that td proposition. "No bill is now pending in congress, as I recollect, that Include! the prln-j clple involved in the 'Hmtth-Lever'J pr..pi.siti..n. While it is likely that bills will be Introduced containing the thought running through that propo? sition, it is also likely thai in naming such measure! eerlous consideration Would be given to the inclusion of provisions for the standardising by the government of 'uplands, 'tinges' und 'stains.' It' that assumption be correct, it seems thai Mr. Neville's objection as to the government stand? .11 ds WOUld be no t." Mi. Lever did not care to expresgj any opinion as to other question! dl!-j cussed by Mr. Neville in his inter-; view, involving point! of law. ' Tin not a lawyer/' Mr, Lever said. i CITY COUNCIL GRANTS RIGHT OF WAY TO Ni:\V LINK. Charleston Northern Hallway Ii Name! of Now Branch Line of s. A. L., Which Beeks Charleston as outlet ?Bonsai Asks Franchise. Charleston, Nov. 14.?The entrance of the* Seaboard Air Line into Char? leston was assured tonight when city council granted to the Charleston Northern railway a franchise for the use of certain streets which leads to the Seaboard Air Line terminal prop? erty along the eastern waterfront, and also rights of way through streets at the northern end of the city that give a course to the Ashley river for the purpose of trackage to a contem- | plated tteel bridge that will connect j Charleeton with Savannah along the! new lines planned. Tho Charleston Northern railway,; tacitly admitted to he a branch of the Seaboard Air- Line, must furnish bond of $150,000 to the city by December, 1 to guarantee beginning of construc? tion of its trackage in the city by January 1, to he completed within 18 months. The franchise granted also j provides for a right of way along the east waterfront for Carolina, Clinch-1 field & Ohio tracks, provided the | Carolina, Clinehfleld & Ohio shall start building operations within three years. I Charleston assumes a cost of possibly $75,0<M? by action of city council to j night. This is to pay for the con? demnation of property necessary to give the Charleston Northern railway the right of way petitioned for in con? junction with the Carolina, Clinehfleld & Ohio, it being estimated that pos? sibly $50,000 will cover the cost of securing the Charleston Northern rail? way right of way through certain streets along the east frontage and to Ashley river. For several days the Charleston I j Northern railway proposition has been under consideration of a special committee of city council, and plans had been perfected for action at the meeting of city council tonight. The Seaboard Air Line has long desired to enter Charleston and owns valuable property on the waterfront. ! Recent report has said that local bus? iness men have disposed of an addi? tional track bordering on the Bea j board Air Line property for a magnlfi i cent sum. Mayor Grace declared to? night's action of city council is history ! making for this city, for the granting ! of the Charleston Northern railway rights of way in Charleston means the entrance of the Seaboard Air Line. It is understood that the Seaboard Air Line and the Clinehfleld are work? ing hand in hand on the Charleston \ terminus plan and that the two lines j will connect and divert to this port a tremendous volume of freight. The ?rant made tonight includes both the Seaboard and the Clinehfleld Under certain conditions, making the J way easy for these two lines to enter ' Charleston. Right of way from An? drews to Charleston, it is understood, have been generally secured. Tho Charleston Northern railway! was recently commissioned and now awaits the grant of its charter by the State. It is the last link between Char? leston and connecting Seaboard Air Line, although they may be called by other names. The franchise granted tonight by council will coincide with the length I of the State charter secured. Messrs. I Bonsai and Duist represented the pe i titloners. DR. C\ A. BARBOVR'S LECTURE. The lecture delivered by Dr. C. A. Harbour at the First Baptist Church Friday night was in the nature of a treat to the audience whicn gathered to hear him. an audience which com? fortably filled the church, but which should have been very much larger than it was, considering the force fulness of the talk which was made. Dr. Harbour spoke for nearly an hour and in that time held the un? divided attention of his audience. His address was in the nature of a sermon, which ended too soon for many of his hearers. He spoke on the Needs and Opportunity Offered Christians. The three great needs he pointed out were Power. Faith and Love, with Which nil thing! wi re possible. In a j closely connected and Interesting style he followed out his theme, show? ing how they might be obtained and bow the were nec -ssary in the Christian life. lie strayed off only once from a direct line of thought when he referred to the great victory which had been won over Tammany recently in New York, a victory for the good of the country he pointed out. Dr. Rarbour made a tine impression on his audience and many expressions of delight at his lecture Were heat'1 ufter the meeting. Hunger the Best Sauce. Sauce is used to create an appe? tite. The right way is to look to the digestion. When that is good you are pertain to relish your food. Cham? berlain's Tablets Improve the diges? tion and create a healthy appetite. I'ot sale |?y all dealers, Advt. CONTRACTORS BEGIN WORK ON NEW BANK BUILDING ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. Now Bank to Cost $10,1)00 and to Be Erected by Hoggson Brom, of New York. Front Will Be Of Granite! and Wire (ilass?II. A. Sibiey In Charge of Work. The new home for the First Nation? al Bank was commenced Thursday, when Mr. H. A. Sibiey, superintend? ent of construction for the contrac? tors, Hoggson Bros, of New York, ar? rived and had the requisite measure? ments made and the ground broken for the handsome $40,000 structure which will be built on South Main Street on the lot where Mrs. Atkinson's Millinery store was formerly situated and next to the Western Union Tele? graph Company office. The necessary measurements were taken and the excavations on the lot were commenced Thursday and were m progress all of Friday. The work will be pushed steadily ahead towards completion, which the contract calls for by the first of June, ?.914. The building in its completed state is ex? pected to cost in the neighborhood of $4 0,000 and will be one of the hand? somest on that portion of Main Street and will be complete in every way for! banking purposes, provision being es? pecially made for convenience to pa? trons and employees. The building is a unit banking building with a twenty-nine foot front and a length of ninety-one feet. The front will be of handsome granite and copper with large wire plate glass windows, allowing provision for plenty of light and ventilation. It will hnve a stool roof framing with a Vitrified tile roof surface. The bank will be completely tire proof and handsomely finished off. The inside will be tin ished off with marble and mahog? any. The flooring will be of terrazo j and oak. The bank will be equipped with all the requisites necessary for modern banking purposes. The present secur? ity vault of the bank will be used and a new storage vault will be provided. A mezzanine story will be constructed over the vaults. The bank will be provided with a hot water system of I heating and adequate electric lighting 1 and sanitary plumbing facilities. I This lot on which the bank is to be j built was bought by the bank some j months ago for their new home and the bank will be ready to move into its new quarters as soon as they are completed. Mr. Blbley stated Friday morning that as far as possible his company would employ local workmen and use local product in the building of the bank, getting foreign material, when the same could not be secured hers NEED <)F MORE RADIUM. Scarcity of Metal Prevents Thorough Trial as Cure for Cancer. Chicago, Nov. 14.?Scarcity of ra? dium has prevented a thorough test Of what its curative properties may be In cancer, according to the report made to the clinical congress of sur? geons in session here by the cancer committee. "Only time will tell what percen? tage of cases can be cured with ra? dium," the report states. "In the meantime the public should be in? formed through every possible source that early surgical treatment offers the best chance for cure. The surgeons who have reported the best results from radium still urge early open ' ju when possible. "Few surgeons In this country have enough radium to give a thorough trial. It has appeared that extensive tloses sometimes have cured when small amounts have had little effect It is suggested that radium should be standardized to eliminate variations i? Its strength*" Present death Statistics on the ?courage are of questionable value, it was said. Frederick Hoffman ol Newark, N. j.. declared that discus? sion Of whether cancer is on the in? crease at present was merely guess work. "Seventy-Ave thousand persons in the United States will die in ltlS," ?aid Mr. Hoffman. "The death rate is 8.6 per cent of the total mortality of persons over 46. statistics, however, may reflect merely better diagnosis and death registration." Importance of early diagnosis and surgical treatment was unanimously urged by the delegates in resolutions adopting the report. No other pro? cedure offers hope at present, it was declared. A Hint to Young Mothers. "When my children enow the slightest symptoms of being cronpy 1 give them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and when l have a cough or cold on the lungs I take it for S few days and am soon rid of the cold," writes Mis. Clay Fry, Ferguson St.V, Mo. The lirst symptom of croup is hoarseness, gi\o chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child become.-, hoarse ami it will prevent the at tn< k. This remedy contain! no nar? cotic. For Sale by all dealers. Ad\t WEED WE FOOD LAWS. PRESENT STATUT ;s ARK IX ADKQFATK SAY EXPERTS. Declare Guarantee Lal>ol Station Per? mits Misleading of Public. Com? mittee to Urge Action. Washington, Xov. 15.?A confer? ence between State pure food com? missioners and officials of the depart? ment of agriculture here today de? cided that the federal pure food law was inadequate; that it should be re? pealed and another statute substitut? ed 5 m mediately. The chief point of attack was the section which permits the use of a guarantee label by manu? facturers. This was declared misleading to the public as making it appear that the products were guaranteed by the gov? ernment. A committee of five, including Dr. Geo. B. Taylor of Louisiana, was ap? pointed to urge congress to pass a new measure and also to provide a law to fix standards for all foods and drugs. That section of the federal pure food law regarding the use of coloring matter and harmless extracts also was condemned. It was decided to urge a new section which would closely define what compounds may be used. A clearing house in the department of agriculture for information regard? ing the enforcement of pure food and drug acts was decided upon. The conference started a movement leading towards greater cooperation between the State pure food depart? ments and also with the federal au? thorities. The enactment of a strin? gent law to trace the sale of poisons was urged. ELECTION CONTEST ARGUED. Lexington Attorney Goes to Sum*er to Appear in Hearing on Prol?bt?oii Question. Lexington, Xov. 14.?George Bell Timmerman, solicitor of this circuit, will go to Sumter tomorrow, where he will appear before Associate Jus? tice T. B. Fraser in the matter of the contest filed by the prohibitionists in the election held on the dispensary or I no dispensary in this county on Au ' gust 19. The case is known as D. B. Rawl, G. A. Guignard, M. D. Harman, P. J. Wesinger and others vs State hoard of canvassers, consisting of R. M. McCown, secretary of state; A. W. Jones, comptroller general; Thomas H. Peeples, attorney general; S. T. barter, State treasurer; and W. W. ; Moore, adjutant general; M. M. Stan [ ley, chairman house committee on ! privileges and elections, defendants. The defendants will answer to the rule to show cause signed by Judge Fraser on September 11, and an ef? fort will be made to have Justice Fraser rescind the former order. The defendants will ask that the order be rescinded upon the grounds that the petition and complaint of tho plaintiffs, together with such other papers and records as are now or have been before the court, show that the question raised in said petition and complaint are entirely of a public and political nature; that the State of South Carolina is a necessary party to the proceedings herein; that permis? sion to use the name of the State of South Carolina has nr>t been secured; that the plaintiffs have not alleged any private right oi tterest that they are seeking to enforce in said proceed? ings, and the plain*iffs have no private right or interest In the subject matter of the suit. The plaintiffs will he represented by D. W. Robinson of Columbia, ?Birmingham. Ala.?F. L. Willis, suffered greatly fro?n asthma and bronchitis. He writes: T got no re? lief until 1 took Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It entirely removed those choking sensations, and never failed to produce an easy anc com? fortable condition of the throat and lungs." Sibert's Drug Store.?Advt. Dead Man Was Prank Burgess. The negro found dead alongside the railroad track Friday mo?ning near Privateer was ascertained Saturday to be Frank Burgess, Jr. a son of a negro of this city. The inquest wus held Saturday at Mr. Hurst s under? taking establishment,the jury return? ing a verdict that the man came to his death irom unknown causes. The baggage master stated that ? man riding on tho blind baggage of the train, beating a ride, jumped or fell from the train somewhere near this point Thursday night when he opened the door on him. The ne? gro's skull was crushed in on one side Where he had probably struck the ground when he jumped or fell from the train. For Children there is Nothing Bettor. *A cough medicine for children must help their coughs and colds Without bad effects on their little stomachs and bowels. Foley's Honey and Tar ex? actly mis this need. No opiates, no sour stomach, no constipation follows its use. Stuffy colde. wheezy breath? ing. COUffhl and croup are all quick? ly helped. Sibert's Drug Store. - Advt