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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-09-09
BETTER MARKETS FOR ASPARAGUS
Association Formed By Growers of Five Towns Will Handle
Sections Output.

Cooperating with the Office Of Mar
kets at Washington Clemson College
Is working out some practical and ef-
ficient marketing schemes. Some OF
the farming enterprises of South Car
olina have been operating at loss and
1t is up to all concerned to consider
and determine upon some plan of ac-
ton that will solve the problems OF
marketing the states products. AL
though the masketing situation has
not, by any means, been definitely
worked out, some very significant
work has nevertheless been decided
upon and begun. One of the market
ing schemes now under way is that
adopted recently by the asparagus
growers in the vicinity Of Ridge
Spring, Trenton, Williston, Elko and
Blackville.
On July 10 about twenty of the as
paragus growers met in an informal
way at Columbia with w. w. Long,
director Of extension at Clemson. The
meeting was in the nature of a round
table discussion, and the growers took
1t as an opportunity to exchange their
ideas and experiences. 1t developed
that, with very few exceptions, the
growers were operating at loss. The
consensus was that the growers sys-
tom of marketing was wrong. They
were unanimous in the belief that they
ought to get together upon some united
and concerted scheme Of sorting, grad
ing, packing and selling their product
The growers next invited the mar
ket agent at Clemson College and {,
E. Basset Of the Office Of Markets aro
Rural Organization, U. s. department
of agriculture, to attend an informai
meeting Of asparagus men at f!dge
Spring and another at Trenton. Al
the Ridge Spring meeting 1t soon de-
y.nppd that the growers had noi soft
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-09-09

ed, graded and packed uniformly.
Much emphasis was laid on the neces-
sity of adopting standard grades and a
standard pack and upon rigid sorting,
grading, packing and inspection.
Mr.. Basset pointed out the value Of
forming an asparagus Growers Asso-
citation, adopting rules and methods
satisfactory to all concerned, and put
ting the management Of the associa-
tion in the hands of the best avail
able manager This manager was to
have competent inspectors to see that
all asparagus coming into and going
out of the association quarters was up
TO the standard. The inspectors were
to see that all cars were carefully load
ed and routed in accordance with the
managers Instructions The manager
was to keep in touch with all markets
and prices, and to sell to the best mar
kets.
With these suggestions in mind, the
growers formed temp porary organiza-
tion. A meeting for further organiza-
tion was then held at Trenton and rep
resentatives from Ridge Spring,
Trenton. Williston, Elko and Black
Vile were present. J. n. Knight was
chosen as chairman and B. R. Tillman,
Jr., as secretary and bylaws were
adopted. Eight representative direc-
tors were selected who will meet in
January to perfect the organization,
draft articles Of Incorporation and
definitely decide upon manager, In
spectors and officers for the associ-
alton.
The success of this associ, ticn viii
depend not only on procurin. capa
ble manager but also upon he con-
certed support Of every men ber.
FRED w. HOFMA IN,
Market ( gent,
Clemson Agricultural co ,egs.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-09-09
A GOOD AND A BAD EAR

A GOOD AND A BAD EAR
A-Shows poor ear with too much
space between kernels. a-shows
poinred kernels of same.
B-shows good ear with no space
between kernels. b-shows plump
kernels Of same.
plump kernel will leave very little
space between the rows. Sharply
pointed grains are usually loose on
the cob.
The spacing and shape Of the ker-
nels will vary with the variety, but
care should always be taken to select
only those ears that have well de-
veloped kernels that are not loose on
the cob. The careful study and selec-
ton Of the individual ears must ba
done after the corn has been brought
to the barn and the farmer can do 1t
in his spare time. AS soon as the
corn has been carefully selected it
should be stored in well ventilated
room out of reach OF rats and mice.
1t should be inspected at intervals
throughout winter to see that it is in
good condition.
F. G. TARBOX, JR.,
Extension Corn Breeding Expert,
Clemson Agricultural College.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-09-09

In 1914 South Carolina planted L.
925,000 acres in corn, producing &c.
53S,000 bushels, or 1872 bushels per
acre. Wisconsin, in the same year,
planted 1,725,O00 acres, producing 69,-
$4,000 bushels, or 1872 bushels per
acre. Although South Carolina plant
ed 250O00 acres more than did Wis
consin, the latter state made 33,324, 600
bushels more corn-almost twice as
much as this state.
This is not as it should be. We
should be able to make as much corn
per acre as any state. The question
is, how are we to go about It? There
are two principal ways to increase
our average and under our conditions
both are necessary. The first step
lies in improving our land by means
of thorough preparation, increasing
the supply of humus, and using COM
mercial fertilizers intelligently. The
second step Is the Improvement OF
seed by careful field selection. 1t has
already besn demonstrated that our
improved lands are capable Of max
ing from 40 to more than 100 bushels
per acre. Just how much more can
be grown on one acre with properly
selected seed is yet to be seen, but we
should certainly by all means give
the seed question more serious
thought.
The livestock breeder is far more
particular in selecting breeding stocs;
than Is the average corn grower in
selecting seed corn. Yet the laws
governing livestock improvement are
the same as those governing corn i'm
provement. The man who raises hogs
keeps only the best sows, which give
the largest and most vigorous litters
of pigs. AS some sows give better
ltters than others, so some ears of
corn will produce more corn than
other ears Therefore, make an ef-
fort TO select the best ears for seed.
After selecting them, test them to see
which yield best. Seed selection must
begin in the field, in order to know
what kinds Of stalks the ears come
from and what kind of chance they
had.
Making Field Selections.
Before making selections fix on the
type of stalk and ear desired and stick
10 this tyDe. Keep T. always in mind
so that the selection will be alike
Selections should always be made un-
der uniform and normal cinditions.
Do not select from the best land.
Always take an average spot in the
field
The stalk must be the first consid-
Grafton. A large ear taken from a
pile of corn will not necessarily be
producer of large ears, since it might
have had a better chance than some
others in the field, the stalk might
have been too tall and slender, and
the ear might have been too high on
the stalk. 1t is, therefore, necessary
to know the stalk from which an ear
comes.
Select from stalks which are strong
and stocky, and gently tapering from
the ground up. The ear should not
be growing higher than ones shoulder,
as this has an important bearing on
the labor Of gathering. The shank
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
Reotor KlIIs Mar In STUDY

Rev. Byron Holley, rector of St
Georges Episcopal church, one Of
the most fashionable congregations
in New Orleans, shot and killed
Lansing Pearsall, son of a prominent
railroad man.
Rev. Mr.. Holley told the police that
he shot Pearsall thinking he was a
burglar.
About six o'clock in the morning DR..
Holley telephoned police headquar.
ters that he had shot a man in the
rectory study. The minister told the
police that while in his office he heard
some one in his study adjoining. TAX.
ing a pistol he stepped into the study
and saw a man near the door.
1.-THE intruder did not answer my
questions as to who he was and what
he wanted DR.. Holley said, "and
when l ordered him out he made a
motion as if to draw a weapon.
fred and the man fell"
Police found a window in the rec
tory parlor had been opened. Young
Pearsall lived several blocks from the
Holley home on the next street.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
Wheat at Billion Mark

The 1915 American wheat crop
will total 1,OO2,O29,0OO, according
to October crop estimates of the de-
partment of agriculture. This esti-
mate is an increase of 22,7OOOOO bush.
els over the September estimates.
Details of the report were as fol-
lows:
Corn condition on October 1 was
1917; month ago, 7S.S; year ago, 72.9;
ten year average, 7S.
Indicated corn crop, S,O26,159,OO
bushels; month ago, 1886, 100000;
year ago, 2,676,0OO,OOO; 1914 final,
2,67S, 100000.
Spring wheat crop preliminary es-
innate, 945, 10000 bushels; month
ago, 322,OOO,OOO; year ago, 217,OOO,-
900; 1914, final, 206,OO0,0OO.
Preliminary estimate all wheat
crop, 1,OO2,O29,OOO bushels; month
ago, 9S1, 100000; year ago, $4,000.
900; 1914, final, S91 100000.
Preliminary estimate of oats crop,
1,517,47S,OOO bushels; month ago, l.
4OS, 100000; year ago, 1,137,O0O,O00;
1914, final, LA, 100000.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
Wipes out Entlre Family

A whole family was wiped out
when Frank Grimes, aged forty-two
years, of Highlandtown, near Balti'
MORE shot and instantly killed his
wife and ten-year-old daughter, Ger
trude, and then committed suicide.
Sudden insanity is the only known
reason for the tragedy. Grimes had
been under a doctors care for nerV'
BUSINESS for some time.
He was visited by Rev. Frank NJ.
Methodist church, who probably was
the last person to see the family alive
AS the clergyman was about to leave
the house Grimes said to him: "Pas
tor, l feel as though I wanted to kill
some one, and I am afraid of myself
don't know what l am to do"
The clergyman looked upon this
statement as a grim joke, but took
Grimes back into the house and talk
ed to him for some time, with a view
of quieting his nerves and turning his
thoughts into normal channels. The
man seemed a little better and more
composed when he left.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
WEARY MOTHER
STAYS FAMILY
Kills Herself and Three Chill.
dren With Gas.
ARE FOUND DEAD IN BEDS
Mourning Death of Husband, PhiIa.
delPhia Woman Seals Room and
Turns On the Gar.

Mrs. Rosa Hagar, killed herself anC
her three little children at theil
home, 2O26 South Cleveland avenue
Philadelphia, by virtually sealing the
two upstairs rooms and turning Oh
the gas.
When found the children lay as
they had slept in their night clothes
like waXen dolls, their faces innocent
of trouble, while the mother wore a
tense look, as one who had fought.
Tiny jewelry bedecked the arms
and necks Of the tots, who were
Catherine, five years old; Arthur,
four, and Harvey, Jr, seven months,
and named after his father, who died
last Thanksgiving of appendicitis.
Two other children, wards of chari.
table societies, who boarded with
Mrs. Hagar, played in the parlor,
while the deadly gas seeped in upon
them. But they were not overcome.
Mrs. Anna Craig, a neighbor, who
discovered the tragedy, rescued the
little boarders, one of whom is Benny
Coleman, of Allentown, a cripple of
two years, and the other, Anna Stone,
eight months old.
Mrs. Craig says Mrs. Hagar, who
was about thirty years old, had talked
often of death these last few months,
naming it as the only surcease for her
troubles. She had grieved over her
husbands death and her consequent
financial straits, which were compH.
Gated when a woman boarder gave up
her room Saturday
Mrs. Craig, who lives at POPS South
Cleveland avenue, thought she smell
ed gas. Tracing its odor she came to
the Hagar home. which she found
locked and silent. She broke the
front parlor window and came upon
Benny Coleman, who held out his
arms to her. The other little one
crawled slowly about the floor. Mrs. |
Craig found the door locked and
burst it open, only to be thrown back |
by the rush of gas, which filed the
house, though the supply from the
quarter had long since given out. She
threw open the windows, climbed the |
stairs and, breaking another door in
The second story middle room, saw
what had happened.
In the centre of the bed lay the
mother, by her side Arthur and Har
7ey. On a bureau propped up so as
@ be seen at all angles, was a picture
If the family, before Harvey, Jr, was
,orn. Mrs. Craig threw open the win
low and gained the front room, where
ay Catherine, on a couch, her arms
md hair tossed in the position of ma
ural sleep. The woman tried in vain
O awaken Catherine and ask what
lad happened.
Then reaction gripped Mrs. Craig
nd she screamed again and again
Iefore she reached the street. Mrs.
larry Walters, another neighbor,
aught her as she collapsed and some
ne telephoned Dr. A. P. Charlton,
Tho came and pronounced the mother
nd children dead. They must have
cen that way for three or four hours.
he police said.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
S. j. Wilson g. Son.
FUNERAL Directors and Embalmers,

"S nave the best equipment and carry
Nie largest stock Of funeral goods
south Of Wilmington. Cal phone
ro, Y Office; 29 Residence.
cainitSa.ephone service night and day. In
Caumlng US after 10 pm, call No. 20, home.
Nsus promptly answered.
large and Complete Assortment Of
furniture. Durable and Lasting.
We nave nice line Of Carriages, Runa-
bouts and Farm Wagons.
~, MILTON, DELAWARE.
w enarge for distance or wife's services.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
Gas Fumes Kill -Four

Otto Hardekopf, proprietor Of a
small meat market in Chicago,
his wife and two daughters met death
from suffocation. The family lived in
apartments over the shop. According
to a physician who examined the
bodies, the oxygen in the apartment,
doors and windows of which were
closed was entirely consumed by gas
lets burning under wash boiler in
the kitchen. The absence Of this ele-
ment from the air which the victims
breathed caused death, he said.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
KILLS TWO SONS
and HIMSELF
Scranton Man First Beat Father
in-LaW Unconscious.
Wife FOUND The BODIES
She Heard Reports of Shots Upstairs
and Burst Open the Door of Death
Room.

Room.
Leading his two children, Robert,
three years old, and Rawson, four
years old, into bedroom at his home,
SO3 Raine street, Scranton, Pa.
Robert Orr, thirty-seven years old,
shot and killed both and then
killed himself While he was firing
the fourth shot his wife sought to
break into the room.
Keep out shouted the husband
and he fired twice more. When the
woman entered the room the three
bodies were lying in heap on the
floor. Each had been shot twice, in
each case, one bullet entered the
head just over the left eye and an
other pierced the heart.
Orr came home and quarreled with
his father-in-law. Henry Rawson. He
grabbed a convenient club and struck
Rawson over the head, beating him
to unconsciousness. Then he threw
him out into the yard. Next, the man
took his two children to the room on
the second floor, explaining to them
that he had something for them. A
couple of minutes later his wife heard
the reports of pistol shots, and rush.
ed to the room, which was locked. III
wasn't until after the triple tragedy
had been enacted that she was able
to batter her way into the room OF
death.
The belief is that Orr had worked
himself into a frenzy of rage during
the quarrel with his father-in-law and
became crazed.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
ASKS MAYOR FOR HUSBAND
Girl Without a Home Wants to Set.
tile Down.

TIC GOWHs
Florence Evans, aged twenty-five,
of Oaklond, Allegheny City, has writ
ten Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong, of
Pittsburgh, to find her husband.
The letter follows:
"I have been without a home since
I was eighteen years old. Now am
twenty-five, and sick of the life. l
want to settle down. l want to know
il you would mind finding me good,
reputable man, who is willing to be
good to a good girl and treat her as
a husband would treat a good wife,
not one who is married on Sunday
and divorced on Monday.
81 am willing to make a comfort
able home for any man willing to
work and help make home comfort
able. Please answer soon, as I am
anxious"
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
FRUIT GROWERS-NOTICE
For this fall or next Spring planting,
we Offer fine lot Of peach and
Apple Trees.

PEAC S:-Connett, Champion,
TTarman, Belle, Ray, Elberta, Nixon,
frances, Hiley, Crawford, Fox, Walk
ers Variegated, Thurber and many
p nAPPLES:-Transparent, Williams
Red, Early Ripe, Fourth July, Craven
stem Grimes, Jonathan, Rome Beauty
Upalescent, Nero, Mammoth Black
swig' King David, Delicious, Stayman
ana number of other sorts.
we have plum, pear and cherry
trees. English walnut, black walnut,
Japan walnut, Japan chestnut, Ameri-
oa1 and Hopkins Chestnut, Norway
ana Sugar Maple Shade trees, Cali
Iornia T,ia Privet Hedge plants and Grape
This stock is true to name, clean
and healthy. Catalogue Free.
THE DELAWARE NURSERIES
.'llhord' Delaware. D. S. COLLINS, Mgr.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
WIIson for Votes for Women

President Wilson will vote for the
woman suffrage state constitutional
amendment in New Jersey, his home
state, at the special election, October
10.
He said he would vote, not as the
leader of the Democratic party, but
as a private citizen.
Mr.. Wilson said he believed the
question should not be made party
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
Chinese Voter a Democrat

Reading, Pa, has a Chinese voter.
He is Wah Guey, born in SanFran-
cisco in 1886, and naturalized in that
city. He registered in the sixth ward
Is a Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
Prince to Join Russian Embassy

Prince 70 join nussIdW EHDasaJ
Prince Peter Lieven, son Of one
of Russia's great land owners,
arrived here on the Italian steam
shin Ancona on his way to Washing
ton, where he is to become an attache
of the Russian embassy.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
RETURNING
Steamer will leave Philadelphia, Pier
3, South Wharves, as follows:
Leaves PHILADELPHIA,

,-t tIeleephone, No; Bell Lombard 24O6 on
wharf in Philadelphia.
GEO. F. PIERCE, Manager,
MILFORD, DEL.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
Leaves Milford, Delaware.

Stopping at way landings enroute down
river
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
OCTOBER

Ihuf. 80 " ~
Returning steamer will leave Philadel-
mia. from Pier 3, South Wharves CFirst
Pier above Chestnut street, as follows:-
Tines. oct 9p.m Tues. Oct 10 9p.m.
III Oct. S II pm Fri. Oct. % II pm.
TT1es oct. u Al pm Tues. Oct. 26 pm.
Fri oct. Is 6 pm Fri. Oct 20 5 pm.
Boat stops at the Consumers Ice Co.'S
wharf Chester going and coming, arriv-
ing at Chester IL hours after leaving
Philadelphia
Telephone No. Keystone Main 1927 on
Wharf in Philadelphia.
FARE TO PHlLADELPHlA........s1.oo
ROUND TRlP.......'''.'' 'Sl'oU
Frederick & Phila. Nav. Co.
Omce-FREDERICA. DEL.
Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
NiIfOrd.& PhiIa. Freight Line Co.
DOES NOT CARRY PASSENGERS
Str, George F. Pierce
WILLIAM P. WALLS. Captain.
OCTOBER

Weather permitting Steamer George F.
Pierce will make trips as follows for the
month of
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-08-26
WASHINGTON,

Inc Carranza agency in Washington
received the following message dated
Thursday from Gen. Carranza at Vera
Cruz: Il have just received word from
Gen. Obregon that Gen. Arrieta has
captured the city of Durango"
White Star line officials report that
five of the passengers of the liner
Arabic. two of them Americans, are
dead, nine others missing, and be.
lleEed to have perished and forty
members OF the crew dead
Announcement that cotton had been
declared absolute contraband of war
by Great Britain came as no surprise
to officials in Washington Secretary
Lansing was informally advised by
the British embassy some time ago
that this action had been decided
upon and that formal announcement
was delayed only pending the ar.
rangement of details
According to reports received at
Washington. Gen. Carran2a Will reject
peace conference proposals and ask
recognition of his government
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-08-26
WESTERN.

Twenty-four are reported dead and
10000 homeless as a result of the
heavy rain and flood at ST. Louis
Mr.. J. c. Letton, formerly of Gal
weston, Tex, while in Denver. gave
the credit Of the saving of lives in
the recent storm at Galveston to the
great sea wall constructed following
the great storm of 1900 at a cost of
$1,000, ,O0O
Claiming that she is penniless in
Denver, but that her husband is worth
s"n,ooO in property in Wyoming and
Utah, Mrs. Lena Talent filed suit in
the District Court in Denver against
II, f. Talent, asking for divorce and
$4,000 alimony.
\ total of 256 known dead resi-
dents OF southeast Texas coast points
and crews of wrecked craft of all
wrecked craft of all kinds; sixty-five
persons missing. many of whom ar,
believed to have persisted, and prop
erty damage close to $5U 900 nOo wa,
the toll taken by the hurricane which
swept Galveston, Tex, and the Gul
coast section
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-08-26
GEN e RAJ.

y million dollars in gold reached
New York on the steamer Phila.
delphia.
1t is stated at Atlanta, Ga, that a
member of the mob who hanged Leo
NJ. Frank is known. and the arrests
are likely to be made.
Three persons were injured and
two score We're bruised and scratched
in wreck of westbound Western Pa.
ciflc train No. | near Halleck. New.
The body of Leo NJ Frank, who was
lynched at Marietta, Ga, for the mur-
der OF Mary Phagan. was buried in
Mount Carmel cemetery, Brooklyn,
n. Y.
a report reaching El Paso, Tex,
from Chihuahua City stated that TWEEN
ty-three executions took place there
Sunday. Among those before the fir.
ing squad was Aurellano Gonzales
brother of Gen. Pablo Gonzales q,
'arranza's staff, according to Mrs
Gonzales.
Abraham Ruef, once a power in
San Francisco politics. serving a four
teen-year sentence for offering a bribe
to San Francisco supervisor, was
paroled from San Quentin peniten
tiary by the State Board of Prison Di
rectors. Ruef's parole provides that
he shall so to Mendocino county
where he has ranch, and remajr
there ninety days.
The will of Ferdinand Sulzberger
president of the Sulzberger & Sons
Company OF America, which was filed
in New York, disposed of an estate of
more than 81 100000
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-08-26
SPORT.

The Grand American trap shooting
handicap was won at Chicago by Louis
B. Clark.
M. A. Mclaughlin is the new Colo
rado golf champion. He won the IT,
tie at the Lakewood Country Club in
Denver from Lawrence Bromfield,
twice champion, on the last put of a.
spectacular thirty-six hole match
as was ever played west of the Mis-
sissippi river by amateurs
Gilbert Anderson won the sixth an
nual 3O1-mile road race for the Elgin
national trophy. His time was 3:52:25,
an average of 1925 miles per hour or
nearly three miles faster than the
record, established by Ralph De Pal.
ma, who won last year when Ander-
son was second, and two miles faster
than Cooper's record.
At the preliminary hearing of
frankie Harris and Abe Attell, Jr.,
charged with being principals in a
prizefight at Milliken, Colo, on Aug.
4, and Ralph Brogan and J. W. Rob.
erts, charged with promoting a fight
on July and Aug. at the same
place. all four defendants were bound
over to the November term of the Dis.
trict Court.
Earl Cooper. driving an American.
made car at the rate of 7497 miles
per hour, won the Chicago Automobile
Club trophy road race at Elgin, Ill
His time for the sc laps of 3O1 miles
was 4:0l:%2. His team-mate, Gill An
derson, was second, in 4: 06:04. Barney
Oldfield, who drove one of the pretti
est road races of his career, was third
time 4:09:55.