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TOS STATE GAN GROW MORE CORN IF FARMERS WILL SELECT SEED 6. ?Proper Selection of Seed One of Most Effective Methods of In? creasing Average Yield Some Points to Look For in Corn. tu MU South Carolina planted 1. tStXooo aerca tn com, producing 3t, U?i0OO buehels. or 18.2 bushels per a< re Wlaconaln, In the tame year, planted 1.711.000 acme, producing es.? o3$.000 buthelt, or 18 2 buabels por acre Although South Carolina plant? ed 250.000 acret more than did Wis rogtln. the latter ttate made 33,224.000 bushels more corn?aim oat twice ae much at tbft ttate tbtt It not aa it thould be. Wo ?hould be able to make ae much corn per acre ae any ttate The quectlon la, how are we to go about It? There are two principal waya to increase* our average and under our conditions both are gereatary. The trat step lief tn improving our land by means of thorough preparation. Increasing the tupply of bumus, snd using com msrcisl fertilisers intelligently. The second step is the Improvement of teed by careful field telectlon. It baa already been demonstrated that ? our Improved leads are capable of mak? ing from 40 to more than 100 boahela peg sere. Jost how much more can he grows on oas aero with properly selected seed is yet to be teen, but we should certainly by all meant give the seed question mors serious thought The livestock breeder is far mn-e particular tn selecting breeding stock than ts the average corn grower in seJecttcg seed corn Yet the laws STovernlng I) vet took improvement are the same as t ^ose governlug corn Im s>re/vsment The man who raises hogs keeps outy the best sows, which give thf largest snd most vigorous litters of pigs. Aa tome aowt give better litters thsn others, so some esrs of com will produes mors corn than otber eara. Therefore, make an ef? fort to aelect the best eara for seed After aelecting them, teat them to tee wbteh yield best. 8eed telectlon must begin In the field. In order to know what klndt of stalk* the ears coma from sad what kind of chance they sM Making Field Selectiene. Before making telectlon?. fls on the type of stalk and ear desired and tttek 4o this type. Keep It always In mind so thst the selection will be alike. Selections should always be mads un? der uniform and normal clndltlons. De) not select from the host land. Always take an average spot In the Held The atalk must be the first consid? eration A largo ear takon from a pile of corn will not neceasarlly be a producer of Isrge esrs. since it might have bed s better chance than tome others in the field, the stalk might have been too tall and slender, snd the ear mWht bsvs been too high on Ithe stalk. It Is. therefore, necesssry to know the stalk from which sn ear cornea Select from stalks which are strong sod stocky, and gently tapering from the ground up. The ear thould not be growing higher than ones shoulder, as thlt has ah Important bearing on the labor of gathering. The shank should be Just long enough to permit the ear to turn down at maturity. II earllness la desired, auch stalks cun be kept separate. Do not gather tht corn until It 1? wall matured. Mark each desirable stalk with a tag or b> some other'method and leave it stand ins In'the field. If "tbe eorn is to be cut and shocked, the marked corn can ba left and shocked separately. After the Field Selection. Field selection Is of large import? ance, but there is work still to be done sftsr the corn has been shockod and taken to the barn. Experiments have snown that an ear which Is cylindri? cal, gently tapering, and has straight rows of deep, plump kernels will prro duce the klghest percentage of grain. The accompanying photograph shows an ear of the desired type. The cob should be medium to small, rather than large. Large cobs mean a small? er percentage of grain, as well as a possibility of causing the grain to mold on account of ihe cob's not dry log out. The grains should be long and full. A gently wedge-shaped and A GOOD AND A BAD EAR A?Show? poor esr with too much space between kernels. a?shews pointed kernels of same. P sfrsws good ssr with no spsce between kernels, b?shows plump kernel! of same. plump kernel will leave very little space between the rows. Sharply pointed grains are usually loose on tbe cob. The spacing and shape of tbe ker nels will vary with the variety, but care should always be taken to select only those ears that hate well de veloped kernels that are not loose on the cob. The careful study and selee tion of the individual ears must bs done after the corn has been brought to the barn and the farmer can do it in his sparo time. As soon as the corn has been carefully selected It should be stored In a well ventilated room out of reach of rats and mice It should be Inspected at Interval? throughout winter to see that It la lr good condition. F. O. TAR BOX, JR.. Extension Corn Breeding Expert, Clemson Agricultural College CtvNKltAj, hHllY IMMANt.ll? Itrltl.Hli Modlth uthnis Not Very lixton eive. Washington. Aus ;i ?State de? partment offtclalM disclosed to.lay that they do not 8JBJI ft modified practices under the British ordern In council, announced yesterday by the British embassy, will cover the general Hrit bth policy toward neutral shtgfdag against which the I'ntted States now Is preparing Its new protest. e i" tiois for relaxa tlon of Interference with shipping have been reeclved at the state de? partment, it was* Mated, ami stub gen? eral discussion as has taken place will not affect this government h note to Oreat Britain Arrangement* fOff aaSJlathlg in the. Identification of goods bought in Oermany gal not paid for before March 1. which are designed to re? lease <iuuntttle* of American cargoes held up in neutral port**, are going carrb l i. e\t i i-gov , i nm? utally l?e tween the British ssnbessy und the foreign trade advisers of the state de pgdjtnteiit. Thos,. -?t.>th? >wovor?esTsct special cases and ire not c?>nsbb t ed by American official* us a change in the attitude of the r.rln-h govern? ment In regard to the representation by the l'nlted Stues res|iecting neu? tral shipping TIIIIII? i.l KM \\ U \lt LOAN. Ilofiln Ncmspapor Makes \p|nnls for gggssr^fssjanesi llerlin. Aug II (Via 1 ?ondon. S< p tember 1.)?Th* N'ord>Wuiudio AB? gemeine Zeitung today prints an ap? peal for subscriptions to the Mum Herman war loan. It la understood that aob*rr1pt|on* will bo at If, ug.iliiSl .he March loun of 1/1 I-.'. RANGE FOR YOUNG CHICK 8, l*rob|cm l>csor\es More Attention ? i.>111 larmiers Than it (?cts. Clemflon College. Sept 1.?The problem of supplying a range or gffSjSjsj iced for chicks does not re? ceive sufficient attention, according to F. C. Hare, poultry husbandryman of Clemson College, This is an im? portant nid?; of the proper rearing of poultry and the farmer who has sour skim milk off buttermilk to spare and ?i good green rnnne has more than half his chick problem solved. I' >r temporary feeding, one can soak oats overnight in water, wash them thoroiiKhly next morning and SprsSld them in hall'-inch layers in boxes <>r i ra > s. Hace these trays in the shade outdoors anil sprinkle with water twice daily In from three to >i\ dsyi the oats will be ready for f ? ? ding. ?',,,? buoy chicks feed when the sproufs are one-half inch long, I giving OTKM daily what the chicks will ? it in about ten minutes. RopS may bi lOWn and. when : i"wn. out up and fed to chicks. Cabbage lettuce, mangels, beets and ? Ifffilps < mi also be used for green feed. The only really satisfactory way, however, lo supply green feed nr\d a good range, says Prof. Mar?', is to of land to Bermuda grass by plowing the ?round und dropplni I piece of I'.ermuda soil every IV Inches, and lo put some burr elover into th? B er mods grass in fail. I'lit>-three llc<>Mcrcd. Only ItftyMhroe persons registered while the olt) registration boo III were open, The books closed Batui ii.?v night aii rlty registration eer tinea tea Issued In Ittt are good foi ?h?? bond Issue rleetlen lu be hwi? next liiohtl?. CATTLFs KALFs IN SOUTH. Coo|M?rntive Feeding and Sellin? in No Hi Carolina?Fed in Winter In? stead of Selling 'Off Crass" in Fall. The South has long been seriously handicapped in an agricultural way through lack of suitable markets for her products. This lack of adequate markets particularly has kept back the development of the southern cat? tle growing and feeding industry. The South has long since proved that she can produce beef at a cheaper cost pei pound than can almost any other section of the country. The South Carolina extension de apartment In OOOperatlon with the De? partment of Agriculture in Washing? ton? i?t several recent cooperative cat? tle sales in South Carolina apparent? ly has devised a practical method of getting buyer and seller together. The practice in that State as well as in many other Southern States has heretofore been to market cattle off grass in the fall. Daring the past year a good many small farmers in South Carolina were induced to feed their cattle through the winter i 1 stead of handling them according to their previous practice. These small I farmers, owning from one to live head of cuttle, were given expert su? pervision and advice concerning the feeding of their stock, and they fol? lowed the instructions of the experts who had supervision Of the work. The cattle were fed around three lo? cal points with the view of finishing them at the same time so as to facili? tate the matter of concentrating the cattle on sale day. Cooperative sales were held from April 14 to 16, at Rock Hill, Greenwood, and Winns boro. S. C. Buyers were in attend? ance from New York City, Baltimore and Washington as well as from lo? cal points. These men seemed to be well satisfied with their purchases and promised their hearty cooperation In the futsre. While the sales were very satisfac? tory to both the catdemen and the buyers, plans are already on foot for further improving the general plan of operation. The plan for next year Js to feed the cattle around four eentral points. At each of these points an ef? fort is to be made to build yards with enough pens of sufficient size to ac? commodate all cattle intended for aale in that community. Upon arrival at these pens under supervision of a competent salesman snd assistants, the cattle will be marked and care? fully graded. Upon the sale of each lot the animals therein will be weigh? ed separately so that credit may be given to the owner of these particular animals. At the present time products of the South are used in finishing not only some of her own cattle but the cattle of all other parts of the United States as well. In addition there Is shipped annually from the South to European countries more than :i0O,000 tons of cottonseed meal and cake. This ma? terial is shipped from this country be? cause there is insufficient market for it at home. One rountry in Europe feeds annually an t rage of over 500 pounds of oil cake, chiefly cottonseed cake, to each of the mature cattle within that country. The people of this country know less of its feeding value than these European farmers do. A very large per cent of this ma? terial could be used In the South for cattle-feeding purposes, If some suc? cessful method of marketing the cat? tle of the small farmers could be found. It is hoped that these sales will re? sult in a general stimulus to the cat? tle industry of that section, since a rrreat amny farmers were in attend? ance and all were' very enthusiastic over the outcome of the sale. Such meetings and the kind Of enthusiasm that was here evinced are sure to re? sult In general improvement in the quality and methods employed in the feeding of the cattle, as well as in .better systems of marketing.?Weekly INSWI Letter. COIN RUNNING SHOUT. Petrograd People Demand Copper ami Silver. IN trogmd, Aug. :i<? (via London).? Silver -'?nd copper coin supplies of Petrograd shopmen and tram con? ductors were drained speedily toda> ?y the general presentation of paper 'money of large denominations. Nat irally when the public began accu? mulating ( hange.. h usiness was etn ? ?arrassed. I State and private banks are said to be well stocked with coin and are paying it out In unlimited amounts. HAelals express the belief that the Igtlon of the public was due to dis wmlnatlon Of false reports, possibly >y agents of one of the countries ai 1 var \\ i' h Russia. Military Training for Railroaders. Philadelphia, Auu. 81. The Penn? sylvania railroad has worked out a dan to give one hundred thousand u* its employees a months vacation ? ? permit them to visit military train in; camps. Other great Corporation) at expected to follow suit. MOMFU.S RUSSIAN EMBARGO. - retrograd Government Accepts Agree? ment lo Permit Exporte to the Unit? ed States. Washington, Aug. 3a.?Russia's! final acceptance of an ngreetm nt for modifying the Russian embargo against exports to the United States was communicated to the state depart? ment today. Under the agreement all goods com? ing to the United States from Russia will he consigned to the secretary of commerce and will he distributed to the exporters only when the secretary and the Russian ambassador have finally been satisfied that the goods will be not. reexported to enemies of Russia. Bonds to guarantee against reexportation will be required. The agreement is expected to re? lease millions of dollars worth of merchandise, including hides and skins, furs, vetch seed and mineral oil. COOKED FOR UARS ROBERT. Venerable Colored Man Who Was General Lee's Cook Visits Florence*. Florence Times. Rev. William McLee, who first saw the light of day on the banks of the Potomac, in old Westmoreland coun? ty, Virginia, and who has the distinc? tion of cooking "evy bite Mars Rob? ert eat endurin' o* do wholo course o' de war" as he expresses it, and who In fact, was the cook of (Jen. Robert E. I*ee thros^hout the four years of the strife between the States, is in Florence. He prefixes to his name the title of Reverend and he is to conduct several religious services in this city. Reverend McLee is a democrat and says that he "jist natchully ain't got no nuBo far a Publican." He is the pastor of two thriving churches in Sumler county, having emigrated from Virginia to God's own country "atter de war"?one of these charges is still In embraonic stage and the Rev. McLec is here soliciting alms in aid of his work. The old man is venerable in ap? pearance, says he is over eighty years of age, knows the names of every general in the Confederate army and every county in Virginia, and if you give him half a chance ho can tell you the whole history of the war. KFKHMAW COUNTY URAGKDY. Rain Prevents Dogs From Taking the Trail. Columbia, Aug. 30.?The Cough man brothers were called to Blaney, in Kershaw county, last night with their bloodhounds to try and run down the party or parties who early m the night assassinated HsttiS Smith a negro woman, while she was sitting at the window of a house with several other worsen, who were singing. The guilty party emptied a load of ;;hot into the woman's head, blowing oft the top of her head and causing in? stant death. On account of the sud? den downpour of rain the blood? hounds were unable to strike a trail and they were brought back to Co? lumbia early this morning. JIattie Smith was the wife of Jule Smith, of Palrfleld county, who was sSiot to death in the Winnshoro trag? edy in June, which resulted In the death of Sheriff Hood. Deputy Sheriff Boulware and Clyde Isenhower. First reports of the trouble were exaggerated, and it appears from all information that the shooting was the result of a quarrel among ne? groes. The stepfather of the dead woman is said to have been angered because she had left home. It is claimed he was seen near the scene of the tragedy shortly before the shooting. GOVERNOR'S SECRETARY. RE? SIGNS. Private Secretary Herbert A. Hoses Relinquishes Position With Gov. Manning. Columbia, Aug. 81.?Herbert A. Moses, of Bumter, announced today that he had resigned as private sec? retary to Gov. Manning. O. K. La roque, of Marion, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Moses. The transfei will take place about the end of the week. Mr. Moses resigned because he fotrnd it necessary to return to ids home m Bumter. Women Soldiers Next. ' Washington. Aug. ?! 1 ??Women are now demanding military training. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, a daughter of General John A, Logan, began cir? culating a petition asking the War Departement to authorise a camp of women Bllfllllar to that at Plaltsburg. Phe women want to be taught first aid. signalling and the us.' of small arms. The automoblllsts are helping pay tor the Galveston storm, the destruc? tion of storage tanks and shipping plant at Texas City having caused an .advance in pries of crude eil and all petroleum products. Including gaso I .inc. LILIIT <>\ COTTON FINDS. Federal Reserve Hoard Ansivera In? quiries by Senator fcmi h on Capital and Kate of Discount. Columbia, Aug. "0.? In reply to a letter asking the Federal reserveI board for Information \<< reference to the amounl of capital available for financing the cotton, and the rate of discount ;it which thia capital is to be loaned. Senator E. D, Smith has receive 1 the following: The following letter Is the reply of] Mr. Hamlin, the governor of the Fed? eral reserve board: "I beg to acknoweldge your lettei ?if August *-". in which you ask wheth? er h member bank is restricted in re discounting with ? Federal reserve! banH to the amount of its capital and surplus. You further ask whether | the condition of the Federal reserve? banks is such that the present cotton crop can be properly financed by this system, and what is to be the rate of rediscount of the Southern regional banks. I "Replying to your latter question lirst. I would say that the board has now before it for consideration the subject of a sp< cial commodity rate which would be applicable to cotton and other non-perishable crops. 1 will see that you arc advised of ar.> regu? lation we may issue with regard to I this. "Answering your first question, 1 w'ould say that a member bank, in ob? taining rediscounts of its commercial paper, is not restricted to the amount of its capital and surplus. The limita? tion which you may have in mind is that imposed by Section 5,202 of the Revised Statutes, of which J encloses copy, which, as amended by Section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act. ex? pressly exempts liabilities incurred under the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act. and a rediscount by a national bank would be a liability in? curred under said Act. So, also, no limit is imposed as to the amount of commercial paper which a Federal reserve bank may discount for a member bank, with the exception of the limitation similar to the 10 per cent limitation imposed on national banks by Section 5.JO0. I en? close herewith a copy of this limita? tion. THie amonnt of rediscount would necessarily depend upon the condition of the Federal reserve bank, and the proper discretion o\' the di? rectors, hut the action of the directors must be governed by the provision* of Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, prescribing that the directors of each Federal reserve bank shall, sub jest to the provisions of law and or? ders of the Federal reserve bo;trd, ex? tend to each member bank such dis? counts, advancements and accommo? dations as may be safely and reason? ably made, With due regard for the claims and demands of other mem? ber banks." I also quote the following from a letter handed to me by Mr. Wil? liams, comptsoller of the currency, which was given to the press: "The actual figure* show that the present condition of the national banks of (his country and their abil? ity to meet any legitimate demands which may be made upon them is un? surpassed. They have never before been so strong and so thoroughly pre? pared to grapple With and handle successfully any problem, however large, which may be presented to them, as they are today. These figures show that the national banks of this country and the twel\e Federal re? serve banks, exclusive of the State banks and trust companies, hive at this time an unemployed loaning ca? pacity sufficient to enable them. if need be, to carry for our own people at market value the entire cotton crop, and half K not the whole of the wheat crop and tobacco Of op, which it is not, of course, conceivable that they will be asked to do, and also finance, until the purchasers can pay ?us in gold, or Its equivalent, a thou? sand million dollars or so of exports of foodstuffs or manufactured pro? ducts to be shipped to the res! of the world." Til 14 COTTON FUTURES LAW. .Thirteen Cities Designated as Bonn l Fide ICxcJmiiae Points for Hnoi Cot ' ton. Washington, Auu. 30.?What has been done In enforcement of the new cotton futures law is synopsixed In the "programme of work" of the de partme*.. of agriculture, issued to? day. A total of 418 disputes as to grade, quality of staple, length of cotton, Involving 39,053 bales, wore referred to the department and de? cided up So June. Disputes pending total 105. The department has sent 354 sets of official cotton standards to cotton exchanges und dealers In the United states and H sets to China, Japan, ?ngland, France, Clermany, Holland, Canada and India, lions Ilde spot markets designate* Up to Jul) 1 were Augusta, Savan nah, Dallas. Houston, Galveston, Lit tie Rock, MemphlM, &for' omery, Ho Hi*, Norfolk, Charleston New Oi leans and Uoeton. Leave lor College. Prom The Daily lu m, Aug. 11. Messrs. Qeo. N. Rowland, W. r. Shaw, Jr., Alva B. Solomons and Charles Wilson left this morning for Davidson College, which they will at Lend during the fall and winter. Mr. J. i\ Booth, Jr., will leave in a few days to return to Davidson, which in* attended last year. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been issued to Paul Mikell and Bizzic Furman. .sumter. Notice of Election. STATE Or SOUTH CARODIXA. County of Sumter. Notice is hereby given that an elec? tion will be held on the 14th day of September, A. D., 1 Ii 15, at the voting precincts Sxed by law in said county, upon the question as to whether the manufacture and sale of alcoholic li? quors and beverages shall be prohi? bited or continued in this State, as provided by Act No. 70. ts submit' to the qualified electors the question of the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors and bev? erages in the State, and to provide for the carrying of these provisions into i effect, approve d the 16th day of Feb? ruary, A. L>., iyi5. Tie? qualifications for suffrage are Bs follows: Residence In State for two years, in I the county one year, in the polling precinct in which the olector offers to vote, four months, and the payment 8lZ months before any election of any j poll tax then due and payable. Pro j vided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of J public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Registration.?Payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and col? lectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the re? ceipt of the officer authorized to col? lect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fised for opening !the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitu? tional oath. The chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must ad? minister the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. BL, and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the city Of Charleston, where they shall be j opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 6 p. I BL j The Managers have the power to" j fill a vacancy; and if none of the ; Managers attend, the citizens can ap? point, from among the qualified voters, Ithe Managers, who, after being sworn, jean conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Manager*; and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and J count the ballots therein, and con jtinue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a state Iment of the result, and sign the same. Within three days thereafter*, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the I Jo .rd must deliv? er to the Commissioner:; of Election 'the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the j result of the election. Managers of Election.?The follow? ing Managers of Flection have been I appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Ward 1?W. A. Weathers, TV. M. Butler, Ben. Mitchell. Ward 2?E. L. Ducumb, J. A. Mid dleton, Sr., C. W. Smith. Ward 3?J. W. GrMhn, J. B. Rich? ardson, T. A. Nettles. Ward 4?w. Percy Smith, H. J. Lawrence, W. O. Trice. Bloom Hill?W. J. Ardis, S. M. Coulter, Qeo. T. Geddings. Shiloh?J. H. Truluck, J. K. McEl veen, s. B. McElveen. Wedgefield?J. B. Crouch, J. J. Geddings, B. E. Aycock. Providence?J. C. Dunbar, J. H. Jones, TV. S. Boykin. Privateer?Marion Rivers, E. t. Seymour, Allen Cubbage. Oswego - Marion Dorn, T. C. Caiith? en, W. i). McLeod. Stateburg?T. s. Stuckey, W. M. Sanders, Boon Stuckey. Mayesvllle?W. 8. Chandler, W. B. Cooper, C. Taylor. Rembert?C. W. Chandler, S. U Young, James Beames. Concord ?Vf. s. White. B. J. Sey? mour, L. i>. Smith. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to dele? gate one of their number to secure tin- boxes and blanks for the election "u Friday, Septembei 10th, or Satur? day, the Uth, from R. r. Miller. Clerk, at Item Office. .1. F. DUPRK, \\ W. ORRBIf, M. 11. WHITE, Commissioners of State and County for Sumter County, 8. c. ! B. F. MILLER, Clerk,