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EXHIBITS TO SHOW HIGH-POWERED SOILS Government Displays Include Samples of Earth Valuable in Producing Crops; Some of Local Interest - Columbia. Sept. 2.?Nearly every body knows that some soils will pro duce more and better crops than ethers, but can you pick up a hand ful of mother earth and judge its ap proximate worth? The Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture is ? sending with the combined govern ment exhibits, to be at the State Fair from October 27 to 31, twenty or more samples of soils important :*n crop production. Two or three types o'f local inter est will be shown, and if practicable a soil type common in the vicinity of the fair grounds will be exhibited. Soil maps on the scale of an inch to the mile, lithographed in colors, showing the relation and distribution of soils, and especially how one belt of rock or geological horizon pro duces one soil, and" another condition gives rise to another soil, wili be dis played. Other exhibits will include photo graphs illustrating the mechanical analysis of soil, and samples of soil particles after analysis; photographs showing the construction of a soil map, and a selected number of com pleted soil survey reports and maps of local interest. Not the least important will be exhibits illustrating the bureau's work in fertilizers, showing samples of ground kelp., fish scrap, garbage, tankage and such products as nitrate of soda, acid phosphate and potash. Photographs will illustrate the Du : reau's fertilizer laboratories at the Arlington Farm in Washington. ; It is said that Germany-counted upon controlling the fertilizer indus try as one way of starving the rest of the world into submission. But Germany, in this, also, failed. MARCH OP THE BOLL WEEVIL Clemson ? College, Sept. 2.?Mr. J. A. Berly, of the Division of Ento mology, has returned from a scout ing trip along the boll weevil line in. this State, and finds that the weevil has advanced into new territory all "along the front. Greatest advances, , have been made along the lower half cf the line with rather rapid move- j ment thrc.gh Berkeley, Bamberg,: and Orangeburg counties.? The weevil j has not so far been found in Berke-j ley county, nor in Orangeburg county 1 except in the lower edge around Branchville. The new boll weevil line made, necessary by these advances starts in : at the lower corner of Edgefiled J county where Edgefield and Aiken! touch the Savannah River, and runs j through Aiken, Norway^and Holly j Hill in Orangeburg county, thence j through Berkeley county between; Oakley and Monck's Corner, and touches the coast at Bulls Bay. The safety line is correspondingly j advanced to run through .the counties cf Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington, Cal- j houn, Clarendon, Williamsburg and | Georgetown, passing through Plum Branch, Ridge Springs, Leesville, j .Summerton, Lanes and Georgetown I entrance. In, Lexington county the j line passes just 10 miles south of\Co lumbia. Between the boll weevil line: and the safety line lies the safety zone, which is closed territory. Mr. Berly states that he finds the weevil advancing at about the ex pected rate, and tnat considerable progress in weevil movement is to be expected between now and frost. ASSOCIATION GAINS MANY MEMBERS Spartanburg, Sept. 2.^?The Spar tanburg Cotton Association, according , to reports compiled here this after noon by John B. Cannon, county chairman, has 1,750 members. The county furnishes 1,554 /of these and has paid in dues to the association *2,426.75. The canvass of the city today brought 196 members, with fees paid totaling 12,009.75. In addition to these the twenty-seven cotton mills of the county will become members of the association, paying $100 each. It was stated that the banks of the county have not reported and that the canvass in the city has not been concluded. Mr. Cannon said this evening that the membership in this county would reach 2,200 and that the fees would amount to $10,000. The campaign of the Spartanburg Cotton Association has been waged for ten days, with the immediate pur pose of building of a system of ware houses in the county, owned and con trolled by the growers of cotton. The stock subscription to the ware house company amounts to $150,000 and members of the association have guaranteed $300,000 for this purpose. It is proposed to build in Spartan burg county seven cotton warehouses, cne in the city and six in the county, toj serve important sections. The warehom ^ organization is to be per fected within the week, under the direction of federal agencies. _ q ' -!-L RAT-SNAP KILLS BATS Also mice. Absolutely prevents odors from carcass. One package proves this. RAT-SNAP comes in cakes?no mixing with other food. Guaranteed. 2oc size (1 cake) enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. 50c size (2 cakes) for Chickon House, coops, or small buildings. $1.00 size (5 cakes) enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage build ings, or factory buildings. Sold and guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. O'Dcnne-1 & Co. and Du ?nt Hardware Co, Sumter, S. C i EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA ? ? .- ? ? ? - ? Rockefeller Board Extends Field ! Cooperative Work to Include Palmetto State j " _ . > I New York.-vSept. j.?Extension ot* I its held of .cooperative work in sec , onditry anil rural education in the South to include Texas and South ; Carolina was announced tonight by the General Education Board. , founded by John D. Rockefeller. A ! held agent will be appointed for the j negro rural schools of Texas and a j rural school inspector for South Car i olina. ^ COLUMBIA AUTO RACES ! _ Bethea Shows Class in Holiday Speed Tests I Columbia, Sept .2.?J. D. Bethea i of Barnwell. driving a Chalmers la beled "Victory Special." won first i place in all events of the Labon Day >iauto races at the State fair grounds ' yesterday afternoon and thereby car I ried $700 of good Columbia money j to his home town. Mr. Bethea made j the best time seen here in amateur : races in several years and won hands j down above all competitors. In the I 15 and 30 mile tests he lapped all j contestants one or more times and j several so many times that it was ! hard to tell whether they were com bing in on the same race or winning j in the next start. ; The one mile run was won by Mr. j Bethea in 59 seconds, which is fast , time considering the bad track. R. J. j Burkett came second in one minute i flat in his National. Burkett would i have given the winner trouble in suc j ceeding races had he not been forced } out when M. M. Brice, driving a I Ch?lmers. ran into the National. Bethea won the five mile race in 5 I minutes and 27 seconds. During the Ispeeed contest Burkett's National and ; j Briee's' Chalmers crashed into each I other sidewise and both were forced I j to quit. Drivers of the machines were } only slightly injured, but the cars ? j were damaged considerably. Prize j j $75- ; In the 15 mile get-away Bethea was; I easy winner! in 1G minutes 4 2-5 sec-j [onds. Robert Norton won second! ; money in his. Studebaker. Willie! \ Wiles came third in a Studebaker. j First place winner received $200; sec- j ond, $75; and third, $25. The last event, 30 mile endurance \ run, was copped by Bethea with time j to spare. He made the 30 miles in 32 minutes and 27 seconds. Norton \ came second with a Studebaker and Turner with a Ford third. Prizes,! first $400; second, $150; third, $50. \ A large holiday crowd saw the j events and left well pleased with the! afternoon's' pastime. NEGROES KILL EACH OTHER; Anderson, Sept 2.?A case like the \ Kilkenny cats happened near Starr j Monday afternoon when Charles Rice j and Moot Sanders, two negroes, Killed j each other. There were no witnesses, ! I but the weapons were found, a I pistol and a shotgun. Both negroes j i were in buggies when they met, I and whether they fired at the J j same time or whether one was not i seriously hurt at first will never be j known. A singular coincidence was j that both men stayed in their bug- j ' gies after toeing shot to death, one | I being carried to a neighbor's house j j Ly his mule and the other getting' j very n<s?r his own home, when he fell j j from the buggy. Sanders had t vo' j wounds from a .3S calibre revolver,' ' one in the leg and one in the breast, i j and Rice was shot in the legs by j ' thugs and shot. It is supposed that I he bled to death. j Expert Cotton Grading. I Clemson College. Au?. 29.?To j helpv reduce the difference between \ the prices paid for cotton by the mills I and the prices received by the farm- ; i ers, expert co.ttcn graders will be { employed during the coming season | in 7 counties in the State. Last year j ! graders were employed in Orange-| ; burg, Sumter, and Darlington couii i ties. Graders are still "to be kept in ] ! these counties, and arrangements are j j being made for graders in Laurens, j ! Clarendon. Greenwood, and Ander- \ I son counties at the county seat of; I each county, says D. W. Watkins, Act- ! j ing Director of Extension, j This cotton grading work is financ- j I ed by the Extension Service of Clem- j '?? son College, the United States De-! ; partnient of Agriculture, and the j j counties in which it is carried on, and j j is under the administrative direction J Uof Clemson College. Graders are se- I lected by the Bureau of Markets,' United States- Department of Agricul i ture, from experienced commercial I I cotton men and after examination are I : given technical instruction by the ' i Bureau. Being a disinterested classing ser-i j vice, it serves the interest of both j [ producer and consumer. It enables i the farmer to know the value of his I product, and to realize that value more tully, especially when he sells j cooperatively and as directly to the I ; mills as possible. ? I i In this connection it is interesting! to note that studies made in North [Carolina have shown that the aver age cotton mill paid about $11.50 per bah- more than the farmer received for the same class of cotton. It was estimated that 50 points, or $2.50 per bale, would amply meet the cost of i freight and other legitimate charges : in sending the cotton to the mills. I The employment of expert cotton ! graders should help to save for th?' ; farmers at least a considerable part of the remaining $9 per bale. Department circular 5C. of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, entitled ?'Suggested Improvements in Methods of Selling Cotton by Farmers," con tains some interesting facts and fig ures on this subject. It may be had fron? the U. S. Department cf Agri culture, Washington, D. C ? LABOR COMMITTEE CALLS FOR TRUCE New York State Federation Would End Disputes to As sist. President l ?_ j Xew York. Sept. 1.-?Suspension of! 1 all strikes throughout the United > States and the declaration* of a labor! t trace on the basis of the status quo: for six months or more to enable1 President Wilson to bring about a re | duction in the cost of living is rec- ! ! ommended in a report of a commit-i ' tee of the New York State Federation j of T^ibor made public here today. The recommendations urged Amer ! iean organized labor to cease wage j and hour controversies in order to in : crease production and restore normal : conditions. They express the hope j that no new strikes will be ordered . except to reheve workers from ' in j tolerable oppression." ? The committee was appointed by James P. Holland, president of the ! federation, on July 2ft and made its report after ocnferring with represen ; tatives of industrial, commercial man ufacturers, financial, transportation and other int-erests with a view to de i vising plans to lower the cost of liv ing. Business men, it explained, were i in a state cf apprehension due to rap j idly changing conditions since the signing of the armistice and industry : bad been disturbed and dislocated to i a degree never before experienced." "Your committee is convinced," ! says the report, "that this condition I is wrong and can not be permitted to ^continue unless we?and by 'we' your ! committee means not labor alone bat j the people of the whole United States ' ?wish to invite a disaster unparaliel 'ed in history. The people must be ; given a breathing spell. There must ! be a suspension of struggling for I class and party advantage. All Amer ! icans must bend their backs to the j oars and pull steadily against the j storm-tossed waters until our boat j again rides safely on the placid sea ]. of prosperity." j Continuing, the report says: As a result of President Wilson's ap peal, backed by the attitude of Sam uel Gompers. president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, and leaders of the railway brothers, the threat ened railroad strike was averted and the country spared a terrible tragedy. "On every hand there are strikes and threats of strikes. Most of these disturbances have been provoked .by radical agitators who have not the interests, of the toilers at heart, but who seek to promote industrial war fare for the purpose of destroying our present :economic system and substi tuting 'industrial ownership by the! proletariat.' Fortunately the sane i leaders of organized labor have, after j a short period, succeeded in regaining! control of their temporarily rebellious j unions and restoring orderly proce- j dure under the laws and rules of the 1 American Federation of Labor. "The eonduct of men who call i themselves loyal supporters of trade i unionism in breaking away from the ? authority of their duly elected offi-! cials and inaugurating uncalled for' unnecessary and unauthorized strikes, should at all times be severely con- i demned and the agitators who fo-j ment such? outbreaks should be visit- j ed with the severest penalties pos-; sible under trade union rules: For; trade unions to permit themselves to be bvri' _,at under the influence of lawless agitators at this time of -na-! tional stress is treason not only to the principles of trade unionism ^Jftit the United States of America, ?r'lt j wkould not be too severe punish-1 ment to revoke the American Fed-1 eration of Labor's charters of. such unions and oust them outside the pale ; of decent organized labor. "Your committee is of the opinion j that President Wilson's reasoning is ? based on sound economic principles, and that organized labor 'Owes a duty ? to the president to give him whole-; hearted assistance in his efforts to re- j duce the cost of living and place the | nation on a strong business basis. We owe the president of the United States the safe loyal support that we gave him; during the war, even though we' may suffer from a temporary disad-1 vantage which after all may be more1 apparent than real." Dance Sumter was the gathering place j for dancers from all over South Caro- | lina Monday evening. The dance was i the most enjoyable one of the sea- j *?n as well as the largest. Visitors i were present fromyall the neighbor- j ing towns as well as from the Pied- i mont section of the State. The excellent music ifas furnished i by Profesor Girard's Orchestra of this ; city. The dance began at ten o'clock j and lasted until three. The feature i was the large number of visitors pres- j ent. Amongst the out-of-town guests were: Misses Gibbs of Columbia, j Heath of Camden. DuBose of Summer-! ton. Green , of Bishopville, Hough of i Columbia. Seigler of Winns.b? ro. | Gresham of Bamberg. Wilson of Lan- j caster and Messrs. Allen of Allentlale. I Brown and Langstop of Darlington, Lake of Laurens, Kelly and James of j Summerton. McFall and Hannaill of Hartsville, Nelson of Florence, Heath and Lindsay of Camden and Barnes of Columbia. The usual intermission was held from twelve' till twelve-thiry, during which time the young people rode around the city. The "non-break" dances were again used and proven to be successful. Belgrade, Sept. 2.? Numbers of Italian soliders have been massacred by, Albanian clansmen, it is reported. Paris. Sept. 2.?An American bri gade for service in the Lithuanian army has been formed from demob ilized American officers and men of the Red C'rosi ui^ planning to cooper ate. Washington, Sept. 2.?Senator Rob inson in a senate address, advocated a law to prevent strikes and lockout* as a means of protecting the public against loss of life and property,, and needless suffering. Em (in IM II i!i? fem NU ?1) uiilj iili'iiuiri, mm m im" niiiiiiiiiuuiitm I??:! ?jj i - 'tt? Ii? Cc55Ti?wiaa by R- J. Reynold* Tobacco Co. PLAY the smokegame with a jimmy pipe if you're hankering for a hand out for what ails your smokeappetiteJ' For, with Prince Albert, you've got a new listen on the pipe question that cuts you loose from old stung tongue and dry throat worries 1 Made by our exclusive patented process, Prince Albert is scotfree N from bite and parch and hands you about the biggest lot of smokefun ' that ever was scheduled in your direction! Prince Albert is a pippin of a pipe-pal; rolled into a cigarette it beats the band! Get the slant that P. A. is simply everything .any man ever longed for in tobacco! 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It is a task that .will i-e<juire much labor and time, and the officials are not contemplat ing it with anv degree of pleasure. The lire started at the coai chute on Sunday morning, v.hen the alarm was] first rung in. Spontaneous combus tion is thought to bepthe cause. The; gases formed ^gn'ted and started the j mass of coal to burning. Yesterday' morning another alarm was sent in i i but the fire department was. power-* less to reach the seat of the trouble. ' IN DEFENSE OF ATTY. GEN. PALMER Washington, Sept. 2.?Sharp criti cism in the senate today by Senator Fre?nghuysen, Republican, of New! Jersey, of Attorney General Palmer | drew a vigorous defense of Mr. Palm- j er from Senators I'nderwood of Ala- j bama and Williams of Mississippi, j Democrats. The New Jersey senator, replying to ? accusations made against hin: by Mr. Palmer on a recent statement, as-! sailed Mr. Palmer's; administration of i the alien property custodian's office | and flatly charging him with having j pro-German sympathies before the en- j trance of this country, into" the war. j declared he had "received German j agents in his own house." Mr. Frelinghu} sen also asserted ? that Mr. Palmer was the "interme-, diary" with President Wiison for Ger- j man interests seeking to condone the . Lusitania incident. In defense of ??Ir. Palmer. Senator | Underwood declared Senator Freiing- ; huysen had "assaulted and misrepre-1 rented" the attorney general and had ; deceived the senate and the public, j There is no question of Mr. Palmer's: loyalty. Senator Urderwood declared,1 adding that charges against him had emanated from German interests op posing disposition of German prop- j erty seized. Senator Williams asserted charges; against Mr. Palmer were "outrageous" and "ridiculous." He also asserted the < charges originated with German in- t terests seeking to discredit him. Senator Williams' retorts were so j caustic that Senator Fre?nghuysen j interrupted to invoke the senate rules against the sentaor impunging anoth- : er's motives, but Senator Williams re-j plied thai he thought the Mew Jvr j sev senator had been involved in the! attack upon Mr Palmer "ciuite un wittingly," alter l< had been begun 1>3 German interests. Copenhagen. Sept. 2.-?The United; States has granted a loan of fifty j million i?> Esthonia \to pay for: American good.4:, according to an an nouncement of the Esthonian press bureau. The city council held a meeting on Monday evening for the purpose of settling some differences in the price of apparatus between the city's rep resentatives and those of to.- lighting plant. The city is taking over the plant just as fast as they possibly can do so. SECTY. LANE OF- I SPECIAL WITNESS FERS SUGGESTIONS! ES FOR PACKERS Lake Geneva, Wis., Sept. 3.?Secre tary of the Interior Lane suggested greater interest by the church in so cial and economic questions in a mes sage to the Presbyterian New Era Conference. said: "The world wants pro gress toward the golden rule ideal, and advocated the appointment of a church committee to investigate the present- social and working condi tions. Washington, Sept. 2.?Members of "the senate agriculture committee that is investigating the packing industry brought out testimony today showing that the packers had paid traveling expenses for several witnesses. Washington,' Sept. 3.?Premier Venizelos of Greece, In a letter'to the American ambassador. at Paris, de nied the statement that he lacked confidence in the league of nations. Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. 3. ?The peace treaty with Germany was unanimously ratified by parlia ment after members of the labos party criticized the pact. Paris. Sept. 2.?Arrangements have been made for Alsace-Lorraine to participate in the next French elec tions for president, members of the senate and chamber of deputies. ? London. Sept. 3.?Anti-Boisheviki j The public cotton weigher an fdrces have occupied the outskirts of ; nounces that 102 bales were weighed Kiev and fighting is in progress, ac-! on Monday. This is a decrease of cording to soviet headcuarters at j about 50 bales from Saturday's Moscow. t ' l weighing. - ? r Hie Li?ii MBB?BBi ?hS?**m??? SaSSS overnor 'of North Carolina USES AND ENDORSES Our Service READ his letter reproduced below: S. S- Cojrs.er. Tieo-rreiiileat 0*oiCO d'.\c:cc . Treasurer i. C. OtiffiB, Soemuj THE BOARD OF TRADE SBSLBY. N*. C October 16ih, 1918 1 V Atlantic Coast Realty Co. Petersburg, Va. ~" Slrs: Cn yesterday your agents, under the direction cT Mr. J. T, Ferreil, sold my farm near Shelby, ana in this connection I aa pie?-f<3 tc state that the sals cas entirely satisfactory and core than equaled ruy expectations I was particularly impressed wita your bus mess-ii?.e metnoas a:ii preliminary advertising campaign previous to the sale. There was nothing sensational or exciting about your methocs and the public pas pleasaa with the manner in which the sale was handled, i unhesitatingly recoaaead your cca pany as being absolutely reliable aha thoroughly efficient iu tfia line of wort is which it is engaged. Respectfully submitted, LET US SELL YOUR FARM AT AUCTION Properly subdivided, it can be sold quickly and profitably. Ninety-Seven Thou-' sand Six Hundred and Eiglity-EigHt Acres of Farm Land sold by us during lSriS amounted to -.?vcr Five Million Dollars. Farm Lands Oiir Specially! Territory Unlimited! Wrltetoday for booklet oi endor emcntsend Information about our auction method:; Atlantic Coast Realty Company tiTha Nctnc That Justifies Your Confidence*' OFFICES: PETERSBURG, VA. and GREENVILLE, N. C. References:?Any Bank in Petersbunr; Vi:p uu cr Greenville, North GtrsTnk