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I'ROjsl s I M \M Kl. KAHM. ft. II. llwr\ln Sn>s Thai ( nips Arc H<*( ||? I1m> Seen Anywhere This New son. Harvtn. July 27.?Through th.? courtesy of Mr. C. M Kmanuel, man? ager of Kmanuel A <'o.. of Borden (jt C, this correaponileot In company with Capt. P. B. Kmanuel. Mr. R A. aWgeaa aalea agent of the Georgia tjhemlcal Works, of Augusta. Ga.. ami Mr. Charles M. Kmanuel. the pro tlator and manager of the law rmlng Interests or Kmanuel A Co.. Were shown over the large farms of this progressive concern yesterday ?f? fe r noon nt Borden. S. i" \ portion of f/he distance waa covered by automo? bile and the remainder waa by foot, Where he sew cotton corn, pen vine bay and side crops, the finest for the Is aeons and the time of the year this party ever witnessed. Mr Kmanuel Aas practically 40t acres to cotton; Iff acres to corn; 125 acres to pea tine hay aad German Millett. which le and others say makes tha finest bay thla country can produce, plant? ing one bushel of peus and a half bushel of German millett seed the Acre, after oats. This correspondent fan attest from experience that mules and horses in work seanon will eat fjhls hay in preference, to the best timothy hay and thrive better. In ad? aption \o the above enumeration Mr. ?manual has about 60 head of fine ftpga that will be prepared for mar Set thia fall, lie hue already har? vested about 1,200 bushels of oats dnd he had 20 acres of wheat which faa been threshed and netted him a dale over 10 bushels to the acre, this Is ready for marketing or milling, le says moat probably the latter, when It will be sold to his trade from bis commodious store at Borden. Cotton. This correspondent saw Seres after acres that will, if seasons Ore favorable from now until frost. tUld not leaa than a balei of cotton to the acre and a number of Mr. Kman tel's colored croppers have cotton Snd corn equally as good as his in? dividual crops. One of his colored Croppers. Rees Allaton, has forty acres of cotton that will yield no less than 50 boles on the forty acres. R Is the finest cotton this correspondent has ever seen this far north at this season of tha year and is equal at the time to any cotton that can be pro? duced In the Black BeM of Alabama. ? >r the Mississippi River bottoms. Com. I went through sixty acres of this J00 acres and I actually aaw some stalks with eight ears thereon. Of course, owing to the drought, from S/hlch all crops In the entire south Save suffered und are now suffering, for the precipitation has been next to ni thing since July 4th, some of these eara were not perfectly develop? ed, but a Urge majority of this corn nod two and more ears to the stalk. Peas are planted in all this corn. Which In these favorable lands moat always produce from four to five bushels of grain to the acre, mini? mum # Mr. Kmanuel in ulao raising some stock and haa a miscellaneous fea? ture to his farm, which supplies bundantty In the way of truck, etc., for the household, with the surplus gain* to the hogs and cattle. The outlook is not mo sloomy at Borden, and If any one anywhere ever had doubt* as to the efficacy and efficiency of the mls eertsn* ? i icth?n of the soil And climate of South Carolina they eught to Journey to the farms of the Kmanuel* at Borden and there aee for themselvee the actual productivi? ty of this favored section. lAke most Sil sections, with few exceptions, the best crops are not to In.n on the public highways and railroads. We ba I to go to the Interior to see the magnificence of this great agricultu? ral endeavor which promises ho much for Its owners. Mr. Kmanuel has a large lot of land at Borden and his policy Is to Improve It. by putting It free of stumps*, fetching up its effi? ciency, and then, ho auya, he has no trouble In securing the best and most efficient ehnra-crop|?ers for the por? tion thst he operate* in this way. It is a perfect sight to behold und Is an Inspiration to any one who is interested In agrlcultuie and kindred pursuit* If the owners of the spindles of thla and the old world could see these lands yielding . ib ? l * ?. I have no doubt hut that they would soon be convinced that it is a pity to rtJln by unethical procedure on tb high aeaa and h> ord< n in OOUncfl such an regrlcult nr U tndaVOf as v\e. the people ?>f the S.loin states. Have In the happv pursuit of growing i bjMjgg This frlp carried us OVff ?larcndon act Humter counties und the crops In general arc clean of gfSSMj but md at all up to the usual standard, due entirely b) QM great reduction In the ?in.intMf ">d quality el fortlltsai Snd the very info \ oi;i bp. MSMSMM 'hat have prevailed In this section since April 12th. excessive rums to Jul\ Oh. and a dr.mgbt .. n. | Mo n. Mr. James R. Ambus. M u Rich moo.i Vre , who. by the wuv. Is >? copartnership ?Ith his brother, a Com end ?In at f?HJ#ff M ' u .ing county, Virginia, says that the OrofM on the I'lniiiimi] larms are the hnest he has ever seen at the season anil he has been traveling North Carolina. BOUtil Carolina and (leorgla for the past 14 years. We are all very grateful for Die Keninl. generous hospitality accordvd tin by this young, progressive and suc? cessful planter, and it is to be hoped that others will emulate his example. B. H. H. rfplaxxixu a farm. Some I in port a nt point- to Be Kept ill Mind When Making ( bange , in Farming Method*. Clemson College, July 27.?At this time when so many South Carolina farmers are gradually working their way out from under the domination of cotton, there is much of Interest in a summary found in Farmers' Bul? letin 370 of the United States Depart? ment of agriculture. This bulletin is entitled "Rcplannlng a Farm for Pro? fit" and Is really Intended for the man who Is making sweeping changes in his farming methods, but the state? ments In the summary will apply equally as well to the farmer who is irrudually diversifying ami getting away from the one-crop system. The summary follows: < 1 * Habit frequently continues a type of farming in a community long after that type has become unprofit? able. (2) Changes in the farm system are often deferred, i 1) because of lack of knowledge of how to replan the farm, (2) because of lack of funds In carrying out new plans, (3) be? cause new fenoes, buildings or equip? ment are called for in the new plan, and (4) because a change frequently requires a readjustment of many of the usual ways of thinking and do? ing. (3) In replanning the farm, help may be obtained from visits to suc? cessful farms, from farm literature, agricultural papers, the state experi? ment stations, the agricultural col? leges, the United States department of agriculture and from agricultural experts. (4) The farm can be as successful? ly planned as other businesses are, provided the plans are made to cover average conditions over a period of years. (3) Profitable farming results from farm plans comprehending every feature of the. farm carefully coordi? nated and eftectually carried out. (6) A good farm plan provides for (1) a reasonable reward for the capital and labor Invested and (2) the maintainance or Increase of soil fertility, and it must be within the comprehension and ability of the owner to carry out. (7) The Income from the samo irm can often be doubled or trebled without Increased expense by adopt? ing a system of farming suited to the land, the locality, and the owner. (8) The successful replanning of a farm rests on a comprehensive knowl? edge of agriculture gained by experi? ence and by familiarity with what is being accomplished by others along agricultural lines, either as observed by personal visits or as recorded In the literature of agriculture. NF.W IXTF.HIiOCKIXta SWITCH. southern Railway Company Takes Precautionary Advice at B ranch vllle. Charleston. July 27.?A mechanical interlocking plant is being Installed by Southern Kailwav where the Edi sto River Lumber Company's railway crosses the line of the Charleston div? ision at Embree near Branchville. This plant win be so arranKed that the signals will stand normally in the proSS>d position for trains of South? ern Railway and with the derails and the signals set against the trains of the lumber road. By installing this plant Southern Railway will eliminate the necessity for stopping its trains at llmbree and will also provide ad? ditional safety. j $ 1 | DECISION FAVORS BANKS. dodge Watts Rules 111 at Tax Com? mission Is Without Authority. Columbia. July 27.?"I therefore conclude that the tax commission is without authority under the act to assess the property of shareholders In i 1 an*. State or national." says as? sociate Justice Watts of the supreme court today in a decision in the case of the banks of the State against the South Carolina Tax commission. A writ of mandamus will be issued taking the matter of assessment out of the hands o| the commission and placing it with the counties. This Is ? VlelOfl foff Ihe banks on the first ? round. The hearlni In the matter was held several days sgc at Laurena The ease will very probably be appealed to the supreme court. TIN I.duration boards of the two South Carolina Methodlat Conferences met im I tolumbta this afternoon t<? dis cush a plan for raising $3?s\teg for as endownmenl fund of the Metho? dist I "lb ... m the Slate. bfckfr graxtfd RESPITE. MotlOffl lor New Trial Taken Under Advisement by Judge Who Asks 1 iiiit- for Consideration. New York, July 26:?On Supreme Court Justice Ford's request for more Ilm? to consider the application tor a new trial made by Charles Becker, under death sentence for instigating the murder of Herman Uosenthal, ex? ecution of the former police lieuten? ant was postponed tonight from Wednesday until Friday. Justice Ford heard arguments on the Application and reserved decision, giving counsel until noon tomorrow to Hie briefs. Tonight the justice re? quested Warren Osborne of Sing Sing prison to postpone the execution. As the electrocution can take place legal? ly any day this week at the warden's discretion, the request was granted. Justice Ford announced today that he would decide the case as quickly as possible. Tonight it was said he might not finish his deliberation be? fore Tuesday night or Wednesday. An attempt by Becker's attorneys to have the condeinned man, as well as the authors of several affidavits, alleged to contain new evidence, and the persons nlentined in them, called to the witness stand In the proceed? ings, failed for the time being at least. Justice Ford stated that he saw no necessity for calling witnesses. "In view of the fact that the State has contended these atlldavits are not new evidence 1 propose to accept them on their face value," he said. Justice Ford then llxed tomorrow noon as the expiration of time for filing briefs, if any are to be llled. % Assistant District Attorney Taylor, who opposed Becker's appeal, de? clared the court only could grant Becker a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence and de? clared that none of the affidavits con? tained new evidence. It KG AR DS NOTE AS ULTIMATUM. Rritish Press Praises Wilson's Note to Germany. London, July 26.?There is only one opinion expressed by the British press on the American note to Germany? that, in polite language, It is tanta? mount to an ultimatum, and "the dig nlfled manner in which President Wil? son has stood from the beginning of the negotiations for the principles of International law and humanity" is remarked with satisfaction. '"The issue between the two gov? ernments is thus stated in its sternest and most unequivocal terms," says The Dally Mail, and adds: "Whatever happens nothing can I detract from the dignity, high mlnd I ednees and patient skill with which President Wilson, acting In the name of humanity and from no merely sa tional motive, has thus far conducted these difficult negotiations." The Dally News says: "German-American papers which suggest that America. is forcing a quarrel upon Germany are guilty of a gross travesty of the facts. No gov? ernment could possibly have given more convincing evidence of its pa oiflc intentions than Washington has done under quite unheard of provo? cation. ... A single Intractable sub? marine commander may destroy In a few seconds the flimsy fabric, which is all that remains of official German American friendship." The DaUly Graphic thinks It un? likely that the American note will re? sult in war because of the cosmopoli? tan population of the country. "It is needless to say," the news? paper adds, "that we In no wise are anxious that America should be dragged Into the war, but only that as the most powerful neutral nation she should undertake the defense of the principles of international law." The Dally Telegraph says: "Those who had expected any lack of firmness in the note will perceive that Secretary of State Bryan in re? signing correctly foresaw the develop? ment of this momentous corre? spondence between Washington and Berlin. While scrupulously courteous the note is in substance an ultimatum and nothing else." BAY ON NE BTltlKE ENDED. Promise or Higher Wages Induce Men to Resume Work. Hayonne, July 27.?The Standard oil strike was broken today when eighteen hundred men returned to iwork. The other twenty-four hun? dred win possibly return to work to? morrow. Sheriff Kinkead's promise that the company will increase wages led the men to return. RECEIVED for NAMUVILLE. Mayor and C ommissioners Suspended by Judge. Nashville .Inly 27.?Circuit Judge Matthews suspended Mayor HoWCS, Commissioners Antlri as ami Elliott ami Treasurer Meyers, following Which Chancellor Allison was ap? pointed receiver for the city. This action WUS taken under the ouster bill , llled ?uiiiu time ago. eight cfl?flr cotton enough. Cooper says Crop at That Price Will Bring Itemi us suilicient to Prevent Panle. Washington, July 26.?--"If the cot? ton people of the South get 8 cents a pound for this year's cotton crop the tinancial condition of the South' will be well taken care of," said W. 11. Cooper, president of the Union Savings and United States Savings banks at Washington. one of the string of Cooper banks In the South. Mr. Cooper has just returned from North and South Carolina and after a thorough canvass of the situation he is convinced that the cotton crop will not bring more than 8 cents a pound, and If it is sold for that amount there will be no tinancial sit? uation such as was caused last year as a result of the European war. Mr. Cooper is considered one of the best and most conservative bankers in the national capital and hence a great deal of importance is attached to his statement that the cotton crop will not bring over 8 cents a pound. FARMERS CONSIDER ROAD SYS? TEM. Rcid Wliltford to Address State Union Manning and M< 'Laurin to Speak. Columbia, July 28.?The annual meeting of the South Carolina State Farmers' "union was opened last night with a meeting of the executive com? mittee, which was held in room No. 110, Union National bank building. E. W. Dabbs, president, of Mayesville, is here for the meeting. The first business session will be held this afternoon at 8.80 o'clock, in the Union National bank building. Reid Whitford, engineer of the sani? tary and drainage commission, will discuss a Statewide highway system for this St ice. Others on the pro? gramme for addresses are: Gov. Man? ning, John U McLaurin, J. B. Whet sell and F. Iff. Dwight, M. D. The ses? sions will continue through tomorrow, when the officers will be elected and the next meeting place selected. An invitation has been received from Charleston. MUCH LONG STAPLE COTTON. Ninety Per Cent of Crop in Darlington County. Darlington, July 27.?Information gathered from reliable sources would indicate that at least 90 per cent of the cotton planted in this county this year is long staple, and when the fact is taken into consideration that Scarcely any of this cotton Is export? ed, but is used by American manu? facturers, and the further fact that surrounding counties have to a large extent abandoned the planting of long staple this year, it seems now that the farmers of Darlington county have a very auspicious fall ahead. The county has a very large tobacco crop, and one of the finest corn crops that it has had In years, which, though not yet made, is very prom? ising. All of these crops have been made at a saving of at least 60 per cent over the cost of production last year and the years immediately pre? ceding. ITALYV ATTITUDE THAT OF AL? LY'S. Position on Contraband Neutral Trade Like That of Great Britain. Washington, July 27.?The Italian contraband list and royal decree gov? erning Italy's attitude towards neu? tral shipping reached the state de? partment today. The list shows close conformity to that of the British gov? ernment. Modifications of the rules outlined In the Declaration of London also fol? low those made by Great Britain and include the provision that goods shipped to neutral countries must be consigned to an individual and not merely "to order." The decree authorizes a blockade of neutral coasts if it is established that the enemy is supplying its armed forces from stich territory. CHASED FOR AN HOUR. British Ship Saved by Patrol Boats. Savannah, Ca.. July 27?Disregard? ing a signal to stop the British steam? er Mavisbrook was chased for more than an hour In the lower part of the Bay of Biscay by a German sub? marine on July 2, according to a story told today by Capt. Brown when he brought the ship Into port from New? port. Two British torpedo boats finally appeared, and the submarine dove from sight. An hour previous. Capt. Brown said he saw the submarine sink a sailing vessel Hying the French Hag. He was unable to make out her name, hut believes th.it l.rr crew drowned. Becker Decision Today. New York, July 28, Justice Ford will announce the Becker decision this afternoon. Lawyers believe it will i*u favorable to Becker. THE PRICK <)P POTATOES. Eastern shore Producers Wonder Who Hots the HI? Profits Out of Potatoes. Haiti more Sun. To the Editor of The Sun: I no? ticed In your paper of Wednesday. July 21, on Page S, under wholesale quotation!, that Eastern Shore white potatoes are quoted at from 75 cents j to 80 cents per barrel. In the same) paper on Page 7, under retail or mar-1 ket quotations, new white potatoes, are quoted at s cents per fourth of a peck. Allowing 11 pecks to the barrel, this makes said retail or mar? ket price $3.52 per barrel. In other words, between the commission mer? chant, who sells at wholesale, and the consumer there is a profit at the above figures of over 400 per cent. As a resident of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, a sefction which produces probably more white potatoe per acre than any part of the United States, I am writing to ask the num? ber of middlemen between the whole? sale commission merchant and the consumer through whom our potatoes pass and how this profit of over 406 per cent, is divided and between w horn ? It costs us to deliver a barrel of white potatoes in Baltimore city abou* $1.42, same not including the farmer's labor, use of land nor cost of seed potatoes. Said total cost of $1.42 is composed of the following items: ? Fertilizer.75 Picking up.10 Freight.25 Barrel and cover.26 Commissions.06 Total.$1.42 The above estimate as to fertilizer is based upon a yield of 50 barrels to each ton of fertilizer used and the commission is calculated upon the quoted price of 80 cents per barrel, j In other words, the farmers of the j Eastern Shore of Virginia lost on I every barrel they delivered to your ! commission men on Wednesday of this week at the highest pri^e you quoted, 62 cents per barrel in actual cash, and in addition to this, the cost of their seed potatoes and the labor of from three to four months neces? sary and incident to the planting, growing and delivering of said, pota? toes, with the use of their land for six months of the year thrown in. While the farmers are losing this your wholesale commission merchants are getting their usual 8 per cent, and somebody a neat little profit of over 4 00 per cent. Market price is supposed to be de? termined by the balancing of supply and demand. An examination of the figures, however, can but convince the reader that supply and demand have very little to do with the present starvation prices being received by the farmers of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and other sections and the hicrh prices being paid by the con? sumers of Baltimore and other cities. The commission merchants of your city and of other cities tell the farm? ers of the tremendous yield through? out the country and the consequent low price of potatoes, and yet in the very cities with these commission merchants the consumers are paying over $3.50 per barrel for every barrel of potatoes they get. On the Eastern Shore of Virginia alone there are now over 80,000 peo? ple who are feeling keenly the low prices which they have received throughout the present year for all of their produce, many of whom, after seven months of hard work, are won? dering how they are going to live through the coming winter. In the cities there are countless thousands who are scarcely earning enough to pay the the tremendous prices charg? ed for the necessities of life. In the same cities there are a limited few so-called "middlemen" who tell the farmers about low prices, charge the Consumers high prices, extend sym? pathy to both, and at the same time increase their bank accounts at the expense of both. Where does the fault lie? The peo? ple of the Eastern Shore of Virginia would thank you or the commission men of your city, to whom they en? trust their products, if you or they would tell us where the tremendous profit goes, and we would indeed be grateful if you or they would suggest a remedy. J. Brooks Mapp. Keller. Va., July 2.. LOSS OF LIFE HEAVY. Many Thousands Perish in Canton, China. Washington, July 26.?The loss of life in Canton, China, due t? tire and tlood, is estimated in tens Ol thou? sands, nccordlng to a report today from Admiral Winterhalter, com? manding the Asiatic Meet. The gun? boat Cailao took 100 hags of rice to Shuyhing July 16 and rescued mis? sionaries and 50 blind kuIs from the dikes of Iii?* town. BOMB TIIBOWl KS HANGED. Three I ringleaders in Soli? C onspir? acy Publicly Executed. Sofia, Bulgaria, July 25.?The three ringleaders in the bomb outrage con? spiracy at the Casino here February 14 last were publicily hanged yes? terday. A bomb was thrown into the Casino at 1 o'clock in the morning of Feb? ruary 14 during a gala performance. Ten persons were wounded, including a daughter of the minister of war. A son of Gen. Voyjieff was killed and another died later. Doing; as United States Did. When the United States became more or less exercised because a I British captain had seen fit to fly Uie I American Hag over his merchant ship, and when there was talk of vigorous protest, there rose up before j us an embarrasing fact. The United (States had done the same thing. Dur J ing some of our w ars Sfl Hew foreign j Hags. So the contemplated strenuous I protest lost some of its apparent ! force. J Now, when the United States, or ! the Southern section of the United ' States, is getting mad ?t Great I Britain because of her seizures on the high seas. We are again confronted by some more or less en.barrasing facts. Great Britain is stopping ship? ments destined for neutral ports, al? leging that these shipments were in? tended ultimately for German use. Many people in the South want to do something, but don't know exactly what to do. There is talk of an em? bargo, but this talk is scarcely the product of sober thought. There Is talk of defying Great Britain, but this is only talk. Even the men who indulged in pepperish statements will admit that it would be folly to throw friendly diplomacy to the winds, and plunge in with gloves off. What is the sense in making unfortunate mat? ters worse? There is no question of national honor, or national safety, involved. There is a question of na? tional interest. But our interests will be served much better by friend? ly discussion and settlement, than by a mailed fist. But coming back to an embarrass? ing phase of the muddled question: It was during oyir war between the States, that our courts "condemned cargoes consigned to Nassau and other West Indian ports or to Mata moras, Mexico, on the ground that they were to be transhipped to blockade runners or sent overland for the use of the Confederacy." This doctrine of continuous voyage wat first applied on a vastly extended scale by the United States. The Unit? ed States applied it to BLOCKADE as well as to contraband. Decisions of the American courts on cases such as these caused much unofficial pro? test in Europe, but no official protest was entered by the British govern? ment. Isn't Great Britain today doing very much the same as the United States did in the 60's? It is a moot? ed question as to the applicability of this principle to noncontraband, and cotton is not yet contraband. The applicability of the principle to block? ade may also be a question for argu? ment. But at worst, it is a question for argument, and not for fight, cer? tainly for the time being. "But," you say, "the Declaration of London says that taw cotton is not to be considered contraband, and what of that? Quite so, but has the Declaration of Ixmdon been sanction? ed ? Furthermore, preceding the "free list" is this statement: "Arti? cles and materials not suy~ tiOte of use in war are not to be declared contraband of war." Then comes the naming of raw cotton, wool and many other articles. But we know very well that cotton is "susceptible of use for war." It is necessary for the making of explosives, and on this grourd Great Britain could very prob; bly declare it contraband, and be sustained by any fair court in the declaration. That would narrow the continuous voyage issue to contra? band, and would make it necessary only for Great Britain to show that i the ultimate destination of the cargo I was Germany or one of Germany's allies. . Great Britain has sought in the in Itcrest of the United States to keep cotton off the contraband list. Great Britain is doing what the United States has done and would do again ?taking every possible legal advan? tage of an enemy. As individuals we may kick. Some men of the South may wish to see an embargo, in order, we presume, that the entire nation might be made to suffer, be? cause we are suffering. The situation is unfortunate?very unfortunate? but how can it be bettered.?Green? ville News. Some Egg, Tills. A Leghorn lam belonging to C. A. Calhoutl recently laid an egg weigh? ing six ounces and measuring seven and one-half Inches one way and nine and one-hall inches the other. 1?Darlington News and Press.