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PtihU?*HMf Wednesday end tteiuronv. ?BY? OerTKKN PlIlJLlsHl >i? COMPANY ?umtkr, a a 11 M e?s em. j --to %<1v*o? ? im? Ogv?r* nr?i loMi-tlun. . ....li.i". ?.??r? ?u'>?*')ti?nt insertion.M' i'oatrmeu for thrt<? loobthi . i ?"i|?r wti1 h? ?i.h'H at redu? ??.1 rsos?. a? vmroni u i'lnni OfJveh sub? let ?0 ertv%|. !r>"*r^tt? wtll Charged '??' ?<1 vrr f I**?r>er i* ? 0?? r*od irlhutrM of r-?i ?'U . h^r-j.-o for. r_? sumttu ?'ii'htn?? w?* fnu:i<i it. ao. tb* Tru? Southron Is ? v** rn# vvurhuuk'. and Southr> ? ? *>m* ih? ?<orr.Mne?i circulation and ? ? 4jsi?j*? ?f ?'?rih if the p?P"i" . ?o u?t?*'(-^*il? rr?- !.???! irti wrbtlil - ""'um ? *<iitat?i Library for Darlington. Darlington. Feb. *.?The early ? tabllnhment of a Carnegie library in Darlington la assured. A very fdrable lot on Main street, betwcon " square and St. John's High school, has been secured for the buil III Half of tbe lot was given to the li? brary association by Mr. Bright Wil? liamson and Mr. D. T. McKeithar. and the other half was given by the town. Andrew Carnegie has agre d i > donate $10,000 for the building, pro? vided the association will furnish the lot and maintain the library* Dar- j ll'igton has had for a ndmber of years a library that has been Kept up by 11? Civic I<eague and this collection books will now bo donated to the iv ? library. Work will start on the new building as soon as suitable plans can be drawn and the contract given out. Bedding Sweet Potatoes. Clemson College, Fcb 9.?The sweet potato blooms under fa vorn' Ii conditions, but produces no seed. It is propagated from the tuberous root! and vine cuttings. Sweet potato ? may be bedded the lattor part 61 March or early April, according to the advancement of the season or t' latitude. The roots are bodded on I warm exposure, as follows: The soil should be excavated four feet wide by four inches deep and of sufficient length to receive the quantity to be beddod. This excavation should be filled with unfermentod stable ma- j nure, over which soil to bo spread vo depth of two Inches. Place the tu f m Mfpaiafgrji uJ.i sound tuber?. Into the porous soft. Du not allow them to touch ea^h other, covering evenly, to a depth of four Inches, with porous soil. Mulch the bed P/Ith clean straw to prevent washing or I IB baking when watered. When the first plants begin to ePPOatf reJttdvi the straw and stir the soil ligh>; sufficient to destroy the gras? and weeds. The bed should be w; i late In the afternoon, and if noct eery, -sprinkle with a watering pot. Kolng over twice; In order to gfi I time for the first sprinkling to ? 1 sorb. For furthor Information wir* the i Extension Division, Clcins<*n <*<dlegs\ 9. C. FORD PEACE Bl'BEAt' ENDS W*11 go Out of ExUtcrM-e Murcli 1 SV i-um? of (iennau- \merican Urea? J. of Relation?. London, Feb. 10. A Iteutcr's patch from The Halite say? that tlu ' I o*al peace burenu. established Mensy Ford, the American manufs - ' irer, sill be closed March 1 on | count of the breach of diplomatie latlons between the United State. Oermany. To Clone Mnrch 1. Detro?? Mieh . F< I? 10.?II Ford's private seeretary today ???? firmed tho l*ondon dkBpatdll thai Ford peace bureau at The 11.a would be closed March 1. THREE SHIPS SI BMAP.IM.D. One f?arge and Two Small Mlip* ?Xqwi From Western I Vom. New York, Pol || ?Daring th only three ships have !>?? n r? :> . submarined. Tbe British stem Netherlee. of more Ihf U">i torn, u the small British steamers Voltfl i and Olivia have ????. n t??r| i doed. The British advanced at the fi more than three-c|uartora of a n north of Beaumont - Hm no I. in Omn region on Um Bommt front ei.rdlng to a London i -port. I ? reports British <>tta< ; <?>< fr..n'. ? I Herre to Anere repulsed. Washington. Pah II.?1 i Wilson will Ix I to ;i pi !??>' appropriation of f 'JOw.ooo for th? | ?? rd federal trade rommiss <? ? agricultural department investli il of tho high cost of foodstuffs. Washington. FeY The pre le i i acuminated t ii Pope of * if 'e to he post ma st r at thai " vfee D. B. Traxler, resigned. TO INPUT PAPER MAKERS, Federal Investigation Reveals Buffi elcnt Evidence lor Action. Washington, Fob. 10.?Federal in vcstigation of the news print papor situation has uncovered enough evi? dence, it was made known today. \ arrant the Department of Justlc? asking indictments of paper manufn< I i rs for alleged anti-trust law Vlo? lations. Already, it was learned, a tederal grand jury in Now York i taking testimony to determine if t! ? has been a criminal conspiracy in re ? straint of trade. Rainbridge Colby i and Mark Hyman have been retained i is special assistants to the attorney ' general to aid in the inquiry. The Federal Trade Commission, Ahich has furnished much inform tion on which the depurtment of iu I tire is acting, announced today tha Francis J. Heney, of California, hi 1 been engaged as a special attorney in the commission's inquiry into high news print pru es, and that Under Ills recommendation the OOmmlSSlon would continue its investigation after a preliminary report is made to ("it gress early next week. Additional da? ta will be supplied to the department of justice as fast as it is obtained. The report to congress, which to have been made Monday, probably will bo delayed for some days on ac? count of the illness of one of the pom missioners. It will be in the nature of an interim report and will cover (hi comm ssion's efforts to find a solution for an apparent n? ws print short.i and rellof for publishers from almost prohibitive prices Which have obtains I for about a year. The trade commission, it is um' n ? stood, will report that it has found that Increases In nu?vs print pr within the year are from four to twen? ty times thai advance in production costs. It will say there never has be m ansactual news print shortage and thai manufacturers have helped create panic among publishers by Intimating there was one. MR. RICHARDSON'S FUNERAL. The Funerul of the Principal oi" The Calhoun School at Durham, N. C Mr. E. D. Whisonant of the be high school returned from Durh an yesterday morning, where he bad gone ns the official representative oJ the schools to attend tho funeral oi the principal of this school, Mr. J. '' Richardson. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon and was at? tended by a large number of friend.-. TTfr aodmilU uf tte WtTlttT^TreY^^ the illness of one of the other sons, tho funeral was held nt tho\ hom^. A < though threo of the rooms wer?? Open ed for the friends, there were so many present that there was a gres number on the outside than could accommodated within. Tho flora' - fertngs were many and beautiful tenting the esteem in which the COnsral was held in his home town. Telegrams were sent to Mr. Wh onant from Sumter to purchase lb. - Sri for friends here and these w. > U'-eially beautiful. There were tl i tributes from the City Board of Kdttcatlon, from the touchers of the SChOOl, fmm the gentlemen Wl 0 ha- ? rooms in the building of the Toun | Men*! Christian Association. fi five of tho classes of the Calhe m school building, and from individual - Mr. Whisonant says that he w as a hi to Ret beautiful flowers in Durham and he reports that all of the m? i i btigf of the family were very da y touched and moved by this manit* si I tion of esteem and sympathy. The mother has sent a personal re quest that her sincere thanks be royal to the people of Sumter. v h were so khld to her son, sick and a\. from his home and loved ones, wishes all of them to know how hl, : ly she printf the kindness shown ? her pon and bow greatly she vulu? tiie indication of esteem. In Which I s 11 hold by those who bau learned I know and to appreciate him. DROWN DOWN FARMER REG \ Ills STRENGTH. ??? Writes of Almovt Incredulous l\vv* cry of Health. "From four yean of nervo and weakness coupled with pclla and total inability to work, to heal and strength which enables. IIP chop all day, is an almost unbeli able step writes Mr. u. B, Lathen prosperous farmer of TownvlUc, S. "I ut i am here lo ''ear witness to marvelous eurative power of Hulf< sol. NFor four Vi an i have sc u Known what it was to be uble t" any work, but now thanks lo Bulft . Sol, of w hb h l have taken lhr< o ties. I am able to do a bar-; tl 1 work every day. Until Juni re< m waa hardly able to even write ferro-Hol has done for me ahut other remedies, seemed able to do, i consider this Wonderful r-i< ? blessing to mankind." Bulferro*8o1 's s,,bt and recomuv ??d by every Druggist i?? Bumicr ? < , ty Murray Drug Co , Mate I ? nlmton HOW TO FIG1IT THE HOLL WE VI L. To the Editor of The News and Cou ! tier: Numbers Of the bankers, mer? chants and farmers of the State are aroused to the danger of the advanc? ing boll weevil, but many of tin m have no definite and easily followed program, which will prove effective In making the situation livable when the weevil arrives, Any crop rotation proposed must take into account rent ers and share croppers, who are a ma? jority of our farmers, and it must al the same time appeal to the lav; .;| landholder whose active cooperating" Will be absolutely necessary. Every authority on the subject agrees, first, that the cotton crop should be. re? duced; second, that food crops should bo increased; third, that the Soil should I 3 enriched, before the \\e< - VU arrives. The increased food cropi should, of course, be readily marl.tt ablOi and should afford the maximum ( j Improvement to the coil. I believe we have one crop?the DO or 100-day Vel? vet bean which is admirably suited , J to this purpose, and 1 propose the fol-1 lowing recipe for the one-horse ten? ant farmer, which may be read b y adapted to use by farmers of any size.} The average onc-horp? farmer now plants say twenty acres of cotton end four acres of grain (corn and oats.) brfit his merchant and landlord in:il \\ OQ his planting this year six acred or more of corn and eighteen acres o. less of cotton. In the six acres ?< corn insist that he plant early velvet beans. Next year (191S) have him ptan nine acres of corn With velvet beans and llfteen acres of cotton. Six acres of these fifteen Will be behind the pr< Vlouf year's volvet bran ferop anil will require no fertilizer, except acid phos? phate or ground phosphate rock, co.st- 1 ing $2 to $3 per acre. In 11)19 the corn and velvet bean crop should bo Increased to twelve acres and the cotton reduced to twelv j acres, nine of which will be beh iu! ' i he previous year's velvet beans and ? require but a small outlay for fer Milser, In 1920 t .o cotton acreage may ? main at twelve acres and the ofcljc twelve should again be put into c?e and beans and each year thereafter* the cotton will follow the bran ero-v and the beans follow the cotton cron. A cover crop of Abrussi rye, or 111 vorne cases crimson clover ahfnl? ; ench year be put in the cotton. While the boll weevil may hojtPt- 1 peieted to arrive here within twoyci|rs. it is probable that his maximum are will not come beforo tttsT#Tnmnr~ir follower- , , acreage will by'then all be upovvl?ri.' which hd?i the previous year pro(fu*od UTS finest of humus and nltrofVov Crops?velvet beans -the fertil er re? quirement being less than 50 per cent of that now considered necessary LTnon such 'a ad and with such fer Mlizing we may. by following the ty^v - emment recipe for the production 0! cf?fton under boll weevil condition: I expect to make at least as mueii^, ton per acre as Is now being "male With moderate fertilising the ?ftre - may be expected to make not less than ton bushels per Sere and the be: not less than llfteen bushels. Thre< hundred bushels of grain is now im?r? than half the value of the prod.' < I of the average twentv-four acres rcn1 - cd or share cropped, and is quite SuPa In value to the average cotton Cioj upon the same acreage/ It will in most cases be nscessar; to plant for horse feed about two acr< - in oats followed by peas or beans t. each twenty-four-acro crop. This fc come out of the corn and velvet, benn acreage and will not interfere with the etlieiency of the scheme. lf*<' , baCCC is planted It should come oUl 0< I the cotton acreage. The worst infested boll We< ' I areas in South Qeorglu, Alabama ; ? Mississippi are now using this velve'. ' bean profitably. The farmers cjalu that they can raise from twenty h i , thirty bushels per acre of beans l?' si ; an average com crop. Wherevi v tl ? ! I are being raised in any quantity ui j mills and merchants have prepare* I themselves to grind them for feed an the farmers, I understand, are rec? ? i Ing about $20 per Ion for them In tl ' hull. We ourselves, this year plant? : fifty-nine acvf?s of these beans In ? >?i poor, Sand) FOll. We m.-irle fjn , t?*n to si.cteen bushels of corn I from fifteen to twenty-seven I u; of beans per acre, ti e average yhil , beans being twenty and onc-b bushels per acre (figuring nli pounds per bushel.) We had fie acres of these beans on better i which produced thirty-three and oi third bushels per acre, They an magnificent food, suitable for f< ??'? *'? mules and cattle without grind I logs w ill also do well on 1 ? though 't Is better to feed tl ? ground, j In order to grow velvol beut- i ? ressfully it is necessary to get I In early. We recommend 1h<> phi Ing of corn In seven foot rows the planting of velv? t beans In an o ? hovel furrow in the middles fi April L'<> to May 1. <>n poor land \>' one bean every eighteen to twei tour Inches, on rich land one of ' b U ns e\ cry three or four f*. iM preferred the beans may be planti between the hills of corn. It is a solutely necessary, howe ver, to ' g< i them in very early if a full crop is to be made. It Will he impossible to ret the operation of the tenant class in carrj - Ins out this program unless they assured a reasolnable tenure o 1 land. The land owner should ns> his tenant that he will not he rcqui | to move as long as he carries out this rotation and properly cultivates his ; crop. j One of the most attractive featui of the program outlined above is thai it is safe and practicable even if th< boll weevil should delay or entir 1> cease his progress, a theory for Which there is no warrant. If adopted 1, will result in the enrichment of 1 soils, the increase of livestock, a hi reduction in farm expense, and an all round sane farming system. Another most compelling reason for greatly Increasing the production of j grains and live stock is the world w 1 ! in which it seems this nation will l>< forced to become a participant. A food famine threatens half tho world an even this great food producing nan ? has no adequate surplus with Which to relieve the necessity of other 1? pies, and is itself feeling most acut ly the high cost of the necessar ? of life. Both self-interest and patriot- | ism should at this juncture induce cv ery farmer in this country to produce all the food stuff possible. I hope very much that every Im I owner, banker and merchant in the State will realize tho absolute ne- < sily of using his most earnest effort to secure the adoption of this or some closely similar program thlt very year by all our farmers, both large and small, white am! black. It is nor I mainly a Question of phlanthropy; it is ono of actual bread and butter, in 1 which the banker, merchant and pi fessional man is just as much interest? ed as is the farmer. Let us then . wake up before it is too late and the obviously necessary thing for our: own and the State's safety and pro.f perity. David R. Coker, Hartsville, S. C, Feb. G, 1917. Cottonseed Meal for Mules. A North Carolina rentier ask "What kind of cottonseed meal used for feeding mules, the kind rm 1 - chants ca.ll cow meal or fertilize " meal? Which is cheaper, cotton^e 1 meal at $2 a hundred or Wheat bran at $1.80 per hundred?" There is a low grade of cottonseed meal, which is made by grinding large quantities of hulls with the meal, that 1 is called "cottonseed feed meal," and | this may be what our reactor says"tnH ; merchants call 'cow meal." But this' only Illustrates how important it is that the man who buv3 meal should buy it on its analysis and not by name or by the merchant's statements about | it. The analysis is on a card or tag 1 n each sack, and the best meal to buy, f r any purpose, is the one which con? tains tho most protein, nitrogen or ammonia. That la the only safe rule in buying cottonseed meal. If on One sack it is given as ammonia or nitro? gen and on another as protein, it ? still easy to tell which is cheaper. . f only the nitrogen or ammonia Is gi en, and not tho protein, which will s the case if the meal 1ms been put on the market for fertilizer use, multiply the per cent of nitroeren by 6 1-4 and that wiP give you the per cent. of protein, then the comparison is easy. Buy the grade of cottonseed no i which furnishes a pound of protein ->ri nitrogen cheap- -;t. Cottonseed meal at $2 a hundr pound! is a cheaper source of prop in than wheat h at. at $1.80 a hundred pounds. For feeding mules, to bal? ance a corn ration, the cottons* d meal is cheaper and better. For feed? ing horses and mules, when the bill i of the grain ration is corn, two poun - of cotton see.i meal are probnl y worth four pounds of wheat bran. Two pounds of cottonseed no '. about tile tight amount, to feed a 000 pound mule daily. Will cost t < ( 1 y while I pounds of wheat bran \ '! cost 7.1 cents. ? Progressive Farm '. Owing to the partial destruction of tin* corn crop in this county by ll v .July storm there is already, or will l . before this year's crop is harvested a great shortage of corn; and the prob? lem of feeding lair S and male keeping them in proper condition or work, will be one that will give < ir farmers much thought and worrj tt may be that 'he use of cotton seed, meal to supp!< mem the corn rat a. fed to wolle Stock will help t.) sol Ihe problem ami also materially 1 ?? duco the expense of feeding tjicxn. Cotton seed meal is cheaper and n ? > easiy obtained In this section . corn, and if it can be used as a subs tuto for a part of the ration that ?\ ? I 1 Ftock need, it woud ho well for t! who are slmit of corn lo look into lie s matter and givo cotton seed inea u trial. WE HAVE?\ limited quantity > Carolina Golden seed rice at ! per buslud. Those who conl plate planting rice better set e their seed immediately Sun Uollor Mills. MAIL ORDER GOODS Spread Contagious Diseases Attention is being called by many trade papers to th$ idea that Mail order goods have considerable to do with the Spread of In?ec*icus Diseases and there is undoubtedly some grounds for this assertion* Mail order goods are? sold rverywhsr^. They go into the filthy huts of the Mexiran alor:^ th<; Rio Gr n l< and into the disease in? fected rooms of the sweat shop workt rs in the cities. Many of them are returned under the exchange, money back and freight paid bcth ways guarantee of the catalogue houses, only to be rushed out again to other buyers. Beyond question disease is carried in this way per? haps more than we have any idea of. It is hard to see just hew this can be controlled, but certainly if it cannot be handled by stale and national health officers, then laws should be passed regulating thic matter; as mail order houses should not be allowed to jeopardize the hea-th of the rising ?t*-eratioD in their ruthless grab for dollars. When mothers don mail order garments and view themselves reflected from the mirror; what would their pleasure be if they could see the many ghastly, grinning skeletons that may lurk beneath every fold of the chiffon, voile and lace, and to know that when they hold their babe or a neighbor's tot in their arms, they may be breathing into their little lungs germs of Infantile Paralysis, tuberculosis, ty? phoid or some loathesome disease? Mail order trading is your privilege, Dear Mother, but in the purchase of shirt waists, cloaks and suits, as a matter of precaution request the mail order concerns to fumigate the articles before shipping to you. ' With best wishes, _M. O'RiLEY, North, S. C To The Planters of Sumier County We want you to call upon us before you buy your Fertilizers this season. We can and wall save you money. Fertilizer materials are higher propor? tionately than mixed goods. It will pay you to talk it over with us be? fore you buy. Respecr:ful'y, HARBY & CO., Inc., SUMTER, S. C. Lumber, Lime, Cement BUILDING MATES l/VL GENERALIS* \ MO FRED Ol MX KIND* BOOTH & McLEOD. --M??? . ? . \ in JU.oitt 5tnd*f T.?TnU?r & Su^p'y Co. ti* ?. Apportion*? l>|?| N?*n.d Opi?? Court Houi Et E2OTHING AT ONE PLACE. ur National Strength The Nation's might is influenced by its every citizen. Patriotism is for all. And one of its practical forms is intel? ligent, individual effort that develops collective financial Strength?SO im? portant a factor in national surpre macy. Conservation upon the part of the indi? vidual-?the building of a surplus?is essential to both nit tonal and personal protection? The Officers of this Institution stand for America fir* t---and all the time. The National Bank of Sumter. (?\ SUM 1 KR'S IU SIEST CORNKR?