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Ute Battte-Cry _ By CHARLES NEVILLE BUCK Aothor of The Call 01 the Cumberland*" ttuttrmtior* by C D. Rhm*** 5-JJ "Copyright by Charles NsrUle Buck.) "Never mind who told me. 1 MTIlt come here to answer your questions. 1 came too these feud-cursed hills to fight conditions for which you stand aa sponsor and patron saint. I came here to try to give the children re? lease from ignorance?because ig? norance makes them easy tools and dupes for murder lord3?like you." Again her tumult of spirit halted her and she heard Dawn sobbing with grief and fright on the bed. "Are ye through?" inquired A Havey. Ilia voice had tho flinty QUl of cruelly repressed passion, and nil face had whitened, but he had not moved. ? No. I'm not through." she went on with rl3ing vehemence. "I came here seeking to Interfere with no man's af? fairs?wishing only to give your peo? ple, without price, what they are on titled to?the light that all the rant of tho world enjoys. I found the com mun!*y bound hand and foot iu ilavery to two men of a like stripe 1 found their hirelings murdering nneh other from ambush. I'm onl -rn an, but I carry the credentials ot de? cency and civilization. You two men have everything else?oeefything a eept decency and civilization. You and Milt McBriar!" He had listened while the muscles of his Jaws stood out In cramped ten? sity and the veins began to cord them? selves on his temples. Now he sa1 d in a low voice, between'(is teeth: 'f'y heaven, don't liken me to Milt Mi Briar!" The girl laughed a little hysterically and wildly, then swept on: "I do liken you to Milt McBriar. What in heaven's name is the differ* ence between you? He klfls your vas sale and you kill his. Poth of you do it by the proxy of hirelings and from ambuscade In this house a man lieu dead?dead for no quarrel of his own. but because of your quarrel with Milt McBriar. But It seems that's net enourh. You must enlist the son of the dead man into a life that will have "Fletch McNath Hes Done c3een KIM." the name end for him. You Mad hin apprentice to your merciless code, of murder." Her hands were clrncbrd and hot eyes burning with her tempest of ra^e. When she stopped Ifsjfjhhlg the in.-.r. Inquired once again "Are >c through uow?" But Juanlta threw both her hands out and continued: "You have taken the boy -very veil. I mean to take the girl. I ?hall try to undo in her and In her children the evil you will do h< r brother 1 shall try to gi\e the fam? ily one tnhllfhted branch. Vmh M you kill me. I shall Hay here and li*;lit. I'll fight you and your enemy Mc Briar alike, because you are only two sides of the fiine coin. I'll try to take the ground out froe under your f'ct and leave you no standing r outalde a state's prison. Dawn shall learn the things that will, some day, act this coutr.ry free.1 Mrs. McN'ash was looking up ?ggn ly. but her thoughts were still iar away, and this outpouring of speech near at hand meant little to her. Juanlta. aa she finished bnr wild peroration, 'ell audder.ly to treinblnu: Her strong h seemed to have gone out of her words Her knees g?med too weak to support her. und for the first time In her life, as she looked Into the face of Arise Havey, ominous? ly blanched with rigo, sho was physi? cally afraid of a man. His eyes seemed to pierce her with thi ! tut>s of rapu-rs, and In his quiet aelf-rt prcpslon waa something omi? nous. Kor u moment he did not permit Mm 'If to speak, then ho thrust a rhalr forward and said In a level, IssjSjsfjSja sort of voice "If ye're all through now. lutbby ye'd bwUsr git down, Such eloquence'as that 8 liable ter tire ye out right smartly." The girl mado no move to take the chair, and Aii3e Havey took one step forward and pointed to it. This time his TOiOi came quick and sharp, like the crack of a mule-whip. "Sit down, I tell ye! I've got just a few words ter say my ov. n self." CHAPTER X. For a few moments Bad Anse Havey did not apeak, and Juanita dropped al? most limply into the chair he had pushed torward. Havey paced the nar? row length of the rcom, pausing once to guza down at the rigid body ot the! <i< ud man. At last he came and took nil place squarely before her by the hearth. Doth hands thrust deep into his coat-pockets. A long black lock) tell over his forehead and he impa? tiently shook it back. I "In tue first place," he began in hi? dciibciato voice "ye've said some thin gl thct I doubt not ye believe to be true, but they're most all of 'ein lies." I He flung back his head and looked squarely down at her, bis eyes nar? row and snapping, but with his voice pitched to a low cadence. "Ye've said thingl that, since ye're a woman, 1 ain't got any way of answerin'. Tho only thing 1 asks is thet yg barken te what I want to say." j 'Go on; I'm listening with humble attention." "Ye've called me a murderer an' a hirer of murderers. Tint's a lie. I've never killed no man that didn't have his face fords me, nor one that wasn't, armed. I've never hired any man k' .ed. "Ye've likened me to Milt McBriar. Thet was a lie. too. Ye've said some right bitter things, an' I can't answer ye. If ye was a man I could." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tli.i.ViAN OPPO&E8 TAXIN?. < lil t KS. Washington? Deo. IS.?"Every time n man wrote n bank check he would bavi to Heb a Stamp and curse the !? ?:: ' i - party." declared Senator tillman today, announcing he pro? posed te tight President Wilson's sug? gestion tuat a stamp on bank cheeks j be Included In the war revenue law. ? "i prefer an Increased graduated in COtno tax, and whenever a man has an in tnc of tl.toe.eeo, I would take all In eSeSSi Of that," Senator Till i n edded. "A million a year is enoilgb for any man, and the govern m< nt needs the money. Heal Fstatc Transfer?. _ Augusta Pelle Carrlgan to j. W. idWay, 4 10 acres on River road, IttO. Busan J. Watt to J. W, Broadway, trad of 44S acres partly in Claren? don county <m River road, $100? Adelaide James t<> O'Donnell A Co., her right to lot of 15 acres in Providence township, *?o. a. C, reliant to j, j. Whllden, 10 . Tee on public road t<? Loring's Mill. I ..n acres tin public road past resi? dence of Urs. .J. M. Pitta, acres on public road, II acres In Bumtor township, his Interest of four*flftha t.? tract of II acres <>n public road by j. l>. Blandlng'S mill; also appurtenances to farm, $ilm>u<>. B. j. Blngleton to j. J. Britton, 23 acres with buildings1 $1 and other eonalderatlonSi w Inthrop-Clenaaon University. The third and lust of three joint meetings between three of South Car? olina's higher Institution! of learning was held In Rock 11111, Thursday. Dc v mber Ind, under the auspices ol Winthrop college. It will be recalled that the first me tin:; was at Ander? son and i be second at Bumter. N? inia meeting, us Winthrop wo* the heal *>\ ihc occasion, there was no speaker fro in Wlnthn p, Prof. Morri? son of tin* History Department ol Clemson, apoke for his Institution, and Dean L, t. Paker represented tu>> Fnivendty, President D? B. Johnson. . ?' Winthrop, presided and Introduced the speaker* A mnst pleasing par( of the evening's program was the ;,i sit- furnished by the Olee and Man ? ? kn Clubs of Winthrop. The three meetings already held hi \ >? ! ??? ught out the fact that the ... m ? the I'nlveraitv, Winthrop and Clcmaon uro not only willing but ?l.i.i i . nlt< In uttempt to cooper? ate ai ?i 1 i aerve the Btoti as fully an ?Ilde, As P.as already been an nouiK d, all Ihr > Instltutlona are ?in t?J ??\IdO tho Slate between I he in in an effort t<? form n vigorous High School I leimt I dm l?eague, As ii?n" ,., there will be foundothor und ? ?n more u. ieful ways of bringing together tie- extension ftirces ol these t '; * , . i indueiiees for tho fommnr ? . ith Carolina.-?University ? r. ntt< burg, I n ?. IC, T. M. Hall. |i ;.. imi i.. brought I ?? her thl im ruinM ?? negiboy, named ..? ? -p.. m Muck, who Is charged with ii nttei ,?;> l um..?.lt upon a whlti ?ii of the Fork section i?f Orange i r rount Ma< N \* ill i enuiIn in ,. i, until nuar . v. hi n he will be Irl .| r the criminal eouii that con* venes In iirangohurg county at thai time. CAN GET TOGETHER IN BUYING FEEDS Farmers Can Reduce Freight as Well as First Cost of Feed if They Cooperate. HOMEGROWN PRODUCTS Wherever Possible, Farmer Should! Use Grains and Forage Produced at Home?When Necessary to Pur? chase, Co-operate With Neighbors? Some Suggestions on Feeding Un-; der Present Conditions of Feed stuffs Market. The prevailing prices of some feeds, ?specially cotton seed meal and hulls, are just cause for considerable in-, qulry as to what are the most econom? ical feeds available for our livestock. Many of our farmers have profited by advice urged upon them last year to grow more grain, produce moro forage in the form of cover crops, etc.,' and build silos where their conditions justify. Wherever possible, a farmer should make use of all home-grown grains and forage, thereby reducing his feed bill to a minimum. Oats, corn, ri<*o meal, wheat bran, etc., In addition to cottonseed meal, are all good feeds to consider in making up the rations for livestock. However, the economy of feeding naturally depends on the cost of the production and market cor.dl Hone. In many instances farmers1 have some grain or roughage that has been slightly damaged by rain or oth? er causes. To market such products would be to sell at a low price and often at a loss. Much of this feed can be used profitably by the producer who' raises livestock provided it is not damaged by mold or rot. In fact, some of these feeds are practically a3 good for feeding as the brighter anf. higher priced feeds. Where it Is necessary to purchase feedstuffs, a considerable saving can be realized if neighbors will co-oper? ate In buyiug large quantities. Ten tons of feedstuffs constitute the mini? mum carload in this state and buying In carload lots will reduce the freight rate as w^U as the first cost of the feed. If bought in such quantities, wheat brap% and rice meal can be pur? chased for around $30 per ton, or even considerably less, it which prices theso feeds can be used as a part of the ration with some profit. Cottonseed meal Is very high in price at present, but wo must not lose sight of the fact that It has a very high feed value, especially for beef and dairy cattle and juorses and mules. Unless this feed runs considerably over $35 per ton, It will still prove economical tc use cottonseed meal as a part of the ration. The ration may be Improved by the ' use of corn-and-cob meal, ground oats or wheat bran, as such feeds lighten a ration and also add variety, which tends to keep up anpetlte, an essential to successful feeding. R. L. SHIELDS, Professor of Animal Husbandry, Clemson Agricultural College. The profit in fruit trees is in the pruning-shears and the spray nozzle. Don't try to get something for ncth lug from your orchard. ! Dread Disease Almost Eradi? cated from this State, Where It Once Prevailed. LAW STRICTLY ENFOREED Control and Eradication of Disease Made Possible by Statute Protect? ing State Against importations of Uninspected Animals ? Only One Case of Glanders in South Carolina iri Eighteen Months. Glanders, one of the most destruct? ive diseases of horses and mules and one that may be contracted by man, has been almost eradicated from South Carolina. Dr. Robert O. Feeley, State Veterinarian at Clemson College, has announced that in the last eigh? teen months only one case of glanders has been found in the state. For three years, in fact, cases of glanders have been scarce and it is believed that with a continuation of precau? tionary methods this stale need not fear outbreaks of this malevolent dis-! sease. Dr. Feeley attributes the con? trol of glanders in South Carolina to the enforcement of the law prohibiting the importation of animals without certain certificates. Several years ago. when the law that is now Section 522 of the Crimi? nal Code was passed, glanders was quite prevalent in certain sections of the state. Section 522 made it unlaw? ful "to bring into the state any horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep or swine for work, feeding, breeding or dairy purposes, unless sucn animals have been examined and found free from" glanders, tuberculosis, scabies, and a number of other diseases. This free? dom from disease must be established by a certificate of health from an offi? cial veterinarian in the place of ship? ment There are other provisions in the law, all of them making it possi? ble for the veterinary division of Clemson College to control outbreaks of contagious diseases in this state. This law was put into force by the veterinarians of the college as soon as it was passed and it was especially effective in checking glanders. Where ever a case of this disease was found the' animal was destroyed and the premises disinfected carefully. Little by tittle the disease has retreated be? fore the vigilant fight that has been made. The law has, of course, meant much in the control of other con? tagious diseases also, but it is In glan? ders that the effects have been most noticeable. "Practically all states now have such a law about importing animals," said the State Veterinarian. "If thero were no such law in South Carolina, our state would be a dumping ground for diseased stock from all parts of the country. This law is a great pro? tection to our farnesrs." When there Is hog cholera in your nerd or in the herd on the next farm, do not wait. Order serum for the well hogs from the Veterinary Division of Clemson College and get In touch with the county agent. A NEW THREE-YEAR OLD CROP ROTATION A good wmter task for farmers is the planning of a crop rotation. Be? low is a new three-year rotation that is recommended to South Carolina farmers by Clomson College. The old three-year rotation is simpler and has proved satisfactory, but the new one given here is better in certain re? spects and there Is a reason why farmers of this state should adopt it at once- This reason is that it will adapt itself to boll weevil conditions and farmer! should become used to it before the boll weevil arrives in South Carolina at a date thai cannot now be very distant. ft. o cc ? ? < hi > h cr a. o oc o <p a. < tu > n Z o o Li ft. O cc o co cc <f LI > D COTTON In Sept. or Oct. sow oats and vetch in middles and cut for hay or harvest for seed the following Bprlng. If wheat is preferred to oats and vetch, land may he turned after harvest* Ing cotton, and wheat sown after first frost. GRAIN When grain is har r es ted, sow !?> peas for hay (or for" turn? ing if preferred). Pol? low peas in Septem? ber by crimson clover or vetch. If sown to clover, strip need be? fore planting to corn the following spring. CORN Plant velvet beans in ?orn or sow cowpeas ia middles. Turn in fall or winter and plant to cotton after thorough spring disc? ing. (Abruzzt rye may be sown as cover crop after fall break? ing. Rye should he disced before tut ning i ? ea ply iprltlg.) GRAIN When grain is har- J vested, sow to peas { for hay or for turn- | ing if pr ferred). Fol low peas in Septem- I ber by crimson clover or vetch. If sown to clover, strip seed be? fore planting to corn the following spring. CORN Plant velvet bean? In corn or sow c wpeas in middles. Turn in fall or winter and plant to cotton after thorough spring disc? ing. (Aoruzal rye may be sown as cover crop al'er fall break? ing. Rye should be disced before turning in early spring.) CORN PlAnt velvet beans in coin or sow cowpeaa in middles. Turn in fall or winter and plant to cotton after thoryugh spring disc? ing. (Abruzil rye nay be sown as cover crop after fall break? ing. Rye should be disced before turning in early spring.) COTTON In Sept. or Oct. sow oats and vetch in middles and cut for hay or harvest for seed the following spring. If wheat is preferred to oats and vetCu, land may be turned after harvest? ing cotton, and wheat sown after lirst frost. COTTON In Sept. or Oct. sow oats and vetch in middles and cut for hay or harvest for | seed the following spring. If wheat is preferred to oats and I vetdh, land ma . he j tin ned after In., vest? ing < ot 1 <-7i. and wheat sown after lirst frost. GRAIN When grain Is har? vested, sow to peas for hay (or for turn? ing if preferred). Pol? low peaa In Septem? ber by crimson clover or vetch. If sown to clover, stfeip seed be? fore planting to corn the following spring. THE EXTENSION DHCtilON. Clemson Agricultui Be College. \ TUBERCULOSIS DAY SERMOX. Your Responsibility in The Anti-Tu? berculosis Campaign. Many people have a notion, because Lhey are not themselves alllicted with tuberculosis and have no one in their family who is suffering from this dis? ease, that therefore they have no re? sponsibility in the anti-tuberculosi3 campaign. Aside from the purely altruistic and humanitarian motives which should stir any strong man to help those who are weak and suffer? ing, 1 propose to show that every man and woman in this community has an additional triple responsibility in the world-wide fight that is being carried on against this terrible disease, tuber? culosis. Scientists have informed us that tuberculosis is a communicable, in? fectious disease, and that it may be cured if it is taken in the early stages, and prevented from spreading to those who are well if proper precautions are taken in time. Starting on these scientific foundations, I maintain that every man and woman in this com? munity has a responsibilty for the stamping out of tuberculosis from our j midst. First of all, you have a responsibil? ity as an individual residing in this community, living under an organized society. Your responsibility in this capacity is purely a selfish one. It is for example, toward the protection of your own health. If I could show you iu some dramatic way how the subtle menace of unprotected con? sumptives in our midst threatens to un? dermine your health or that of your family, it would not take long for you to realize your responsibility in the control of this disease. While I can rot demonstrate this condition in such a way that you would be shocked at once into action, I can appeal to your reason. The consumptives who walk the streets of this town, spreading through careless expectoration or through contact more or less close with other individuals in the com? munity, the germs of their disease, will sooner or later come in contact with you, your wife, or your chil? dren. Your responsibility as an indi? vidual is to protect yourself and your family. Your second responsibility is as a citizen of this community. The mere fact that you have agreed to live here and have tacitly or otherwise made yourself a part of the civic corpora? tion which we call our city or town, gives to you a responsibility for every other man in this community who calls himself your fellow citizen. Any ca-'l tastrophe or disease which impairs 1 the efficiency of one or more members of the community, weakens by just so much the efficiency of the entire citi? zenship and impairs usefulness of the civic body to its individual members. The menace of hundreds of consump? tives inadequately cared for places up? on you as a citizen a responsibility which you cannot evade even if you wished to. If you are true to trust of your citizenship, it is your duty *.o see that every consumptive in this com? munity has adequate hospital, nursing or other provisions that will tend to promote ihe cure of his disease and to check its spread to others. As citizens we hear a great deal of talk iabout the question of taxes and every time there is an attempt to levy an additon mill or a fraction of a mill for disease prevention, some misguid? ed citizen who values property more than he does health makes a demon? stration. That man is not a fit citi? zen of any commuinty. If the things that you wear and the house that you live In are worth more to you than the Clod-Riven body and the mind which energizes it. the sooner you re? move yourself from organized so? ciety, the better for you and society. There is no issue, strictly speaking, be? tween taxes and health. When health is at stake, your citizenship demands health whatever the expense. Finally you have a responsibility as a church member. We talk very glibly In these days of brotherhood and hint at all kinds of universal brother h >ods, national brotherhoods and lo? cal brotherhoods, to say nothing of religious brother hoods by the score. Brotherhood is the very eaaence of re? ligion, it roots back to the earliest times, and, with the development of cltlvllsation, has been attaining a higher and higher realization of its ideal. But brotherhood is more than a mere silent assent to a prin? ciple. It is a dynamic that demands service1 for those whom we call broth os. If brotherhood means anything to the man who goes to church, it must ' e that he has a responsibility for those who are sick and suffering 111 this Community. It must mean, furthermore, that he has an added re? sponsibility for those who are In dan? ger of sickness. It is not enough to apply the principle of brotherhood to the alleviation of suffering, noble and praisworthy as thai may be. Far more Utting is the application of the prin? ciple of brotherhood to safeguarding those who will become sick unless you and 1 realize our true religious re? sponsibility to them. If when your days work is done, even "one of these least my breth -en'* may say, "I was sick and ye min? stored unto me," may that not be sufficient reward for any hardship :hat you may have endured in the do ng of your duty and the measuring ip to your full responsibility. riELMAX proposes armor plant. South Carolina Senator Will Present Rill for Establishment of Federal Factory. Washington, Dec. 9.?Senator Till man, chairman of the committee on naval affairs of the senate, will in? troduce a bill tomorrow for the es? tablishment of a government armor plate factory. Senator Tillman said today that he considered it of vital importance if the United States is to continue to build battleships and to need armor plate that it should have its own fac? tory. He said that in past years the gov? ernment had been at the mercy of the private armor plate manufacturers, that it would continue to be at their mercy unless steps were taken which in a measure would make the govern? ment Independent of the private con? cerns. "Roosevelt, when he was president, took action which did away with com? petition among armor plate makers who submitted bids to the govern? ment," said Senator Tillman, "and forced combination as to prices upon them. This was brought out clearly at the time of investigation in the last session of congress by a special committee created to investigate and report to congress upon the cost of erection of an armor plate factory for the government. "The testimony of William P. Bar ba, manager of the Midvale Steel company, was to the effect that while it had underbid its two competitors for armor plate, Roosevelt had said: 'Here, you can't make all this armor plate. Divide It among the three.' * Senator Tillman said that he believ? ed the naval appropriation bill would be late coming to the serfate for coo* sideration, that it might not reach the senate until June, and for that reason he desired to offer a separate measure for an armor plate factory and get it considered as soon as possible. THE NEWS of WISACKY. Mr. H. W. Scott Pays Tribute to Mem* ory of X. A. McEeod, Who Wae Buried at Rcmbert Church. Wlsacky, Dec. 01.?On Monday of, last week we laid to rest In old Rein? sert church cemetery the remains of our beloved friend and brother com? rade, N. S. McLeod. The funeral ser? vices were conducted by his beloved pastor. Rev. A. T. Attaway, assisted by Rev. Morrison of the Presbyterian church. His pastor delivered a most touching; and generous tribute to his sacred memory. All of which was well merited, and met the hearty ap? proval of all who heard him. He was a gentleman of the old school. We loved him because he was lovable. We trusted him because he was worthy of our confidence. The few old veterans that acted as his honorary pallbearers, testify to the fact that we have all about passed away. May he rest in peace. The farmers will have a longer sea? son of rest than we have enjoyed in years, as all of our crops'are har? vested, small grain sown, and little else to do, but enjoy the good things God has given us so abundantly, if we could only be grateful, and contented. One of our farmers has baled be? tween 12 and 15 hundred bales of beautiful hay. Another told me he had housed 500 bushels of sweet po? tatoes and has one hundred hogs to butcher or sell. I have visited three old Confeder? ate Veterans in the last week between 75 and 80 years of age, who havo about run their race. I met another In Bishopville 84 years of age who i* still very active for one of his age. There are many changes being made. Many have moved already. Mostly among the tenants. It seems that most of our farms will be culti? vated under this system before many years, and the landlords move to town or ride around in automobiles. Hut I don't blame them, I would do likewise if I could afford It. Though I admire the spirP of Mr. Ford and sincerely hope his efforts will help to stop this cruel, uncalled for war. yet I think he could have ac? complished much more good if his immense fortune had been used to help educate our poor white children and relieve the needs of the needy. A forest fire destroyed a tenant house on the farm of the late W. A. Green. It was not occupied. Everything is moving on very smoothly in this section. Halifax. N. S., Dec. 11.?The steam? ship Hockings, which was seized by a ' British cruiser several weeks ago, is I to be released from custody here to? day in compliance with the Admiralty Court order and will be turned over to G. W. Hensley, of the steamship firm of Pickford & Black, who has been appointed agent for the Crown.