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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-06-07
Bailey Military Institute Closes
Twenty-third Year.

lWenty-thlrd Year.
| The exercises at Bailey Military
Institute commencement began with
the competitive drill for the E. J
Smith medal. This drill was helo
at the fair grounds.
The final exercises were held ir
the chapel last night. The senior
oratorical contest followed. The
speakers were: Cadet r. E. Snuggs,
The Star That Never Sets;" Cadet
H. H. Spuegs, "Excelsior;;" Cadet
M. A. Bateman, rs Life Worth the
Living?"
After music by the orchestra, un.
der the direction of Capt. J. F.
Entzminger, the commencement ad-
dress was delivered by DR.. A. P
Montague of Florida. DR.. Monta,
que is we'll known in this State as a
former president of Furman Univer.
sity.
The judges in the senior contest
were G. G. Featherstone, DR.. S. O.
Hodges and the Rev. J. D. Kinard.
Mr.. Featherstone delivered the
medals, which were awarded as fol
lows: First honor and gold medal
to Cadet M. A. Bateman of Will
liamston; second honor and the w.
]. Snead medal to Cadet II. H.
Snuggs of China.
DR.. E. J. Smith, pastor of South
Main street Baptist church, then de-
livered the following medals and
honors:
Faculty medals for the best gen.
eral average in scholarship, first to
Cadet Guyton of WILLIAMSON, aver
age 95 3-5; second to Cadet Seymour
of Green wood, average "a 3-5.
The E. J. Smith medals for the
best drilled company, a gold medal
to the captain and a silver medal to
each member of the winning COM
pany, went to Company Az Capt.
Williams.
Next, the sabre offered by Maj.
George C. Bowen, U. S. A., of the
faculty, for the best general athletic
record Of member of the senior
class, the West Point custom, was
awarded to Cadet Fl. G. Peoples of
Estill.
A gold medal to the best drilled
cadet, who has been in the institu-
tion more than one year, went to
Cadet Burgess.
The D. A. G. Outz medal for the
best drilled cadet, and the <. Q.
Connor medal for the best recruit
went to Cadet Guyton, a first year
man, who broke the record for the
institute, no other cadet ever having
won both medals for the best drilled
cadet and best drilled recruit or first
year man. Of the twelve cadets Sc
lected from the four companies
Cadet Guytop won out of this. drill.
Col. F. N. X. Bailey then deliv-
cred the diplomas. There were
twenty-three members of the senior
class, as follows: Malcomn Albertus
Bateman, Samuel Pearce Brunson,
George Hayward Brunson, James
Rainsford Cantelou, Jr., Frank
Wright Griffin, Reuben Vance Ian.
ford, Lawrence Edwin Lenhardt,
Dempson Egbert Morgan, Herbert
Cobb Peoples, Laurie Wilson Rut-
land, Hollie Etherege Rutland, Har,
old Rerbinger Snuggs, Roland Ed
ward Snuggs, Norris Kennerly
Walker, Julian Williams, Frank
Wise, James Benjamine Bozeman,
Jr., Vance Calhoun Cottinghsm.
Charles Goldsmith King, Harris
Preston Pearson, William Bailey
Smith, and CYRIL Albert Watson
| Col. Bailey stated that the yeal
had been most satisfactory one II
every way, successful from every
standpoint.
Announcements for the coming
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-06-07
Notice of Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Edgefeld Building
and Loan association will be held in
it's office at the Bank of Edgefeld
Friday, June l6, at 5 O'Clock p. m:
Each stockholder is requested to be
represented either in person OF by
proxy.
8. E. Nicholson, o.r2s.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
SOMETHING ABOUT DALLAS
BY G. 7. GEOEERY.

If you want dahIiu roots for next
year plant them In small pots and let
them remain all summer Keep them
over winter like old roots and start
them again in the spring. | do not say
this IS absolute, but it Is one of the
best ways | know to raise dahllas sue.
cessfuliy.
1t is the claim of dahia growers
that In dividing the roots almost all
the varieties will degenerate. This is
the reason We have so few good flow
ers.
A good dahlia should bloom from
July until frost; ana If II does not 1t
Is not worth keeping. There are
dahlias that Will.
Dnhllus can be grown from seeds.
They grow stronger than from cut
tings and roots, but II Is difficult to
find good seeds.
Many believe that cutting will not
flower and make roots and keep over
winter, but that Is not true That Is
the way they are raised all over the
continent.
The mode of planting has much TO
do with the final results Of the beauty
of dahlias.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
SOHE GARDEN HINTS

IIus your greenhouse been repaired
ana Clennedt
Sow seeds for basket plants and win
dow garden now.
r. ii has not there isn't much time
left for attending to this very essen
lial task. Look over the heater and
see that any bars which were burned
out have been replaced. Watch the
pipe connections carefully.
The use of electric lights will hasten
the blooming of plants, but It Is n cost
ly scheme that does not promise any
commercial profit.
Madison, n. j., florists use five ll5-
volt mnl lamps strung Oh n board, II
inches apart. Suspended directly over
the chrysantheinums for flower eX-
hIblt, the lights We're kept going II
week. The plants finished week
ahead Of their neighbOrs and took n
prize ut the show.
Leave as many native trees and as
much shruhbery ms possible standing.
The best gardener cannot improve on
the work Of the Master Gardener.
Grape protecting bags, made to
clasp about the fruit, are being offered
by deulerS They protect from in
gpcig
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21

Barnyard manure, when rotted,
should be spread on top of the plowed
ground and well worked into the soil
with the harrow. Harrow both way
of the field If there are fifty wagon
loads of manure to load, haul and
spread spring and fall; "A two-horse
spreader should be used. The manure
can be spread thick or thin. The
Jumps are broken up fine and spread
evenly over the ground. Fresh horse
manure, containing much straw,
should be piled between layers of cat
tie and hog-pen manure. Each foot-lay-
or Of manure. as it is piled, should be
given Il thick coat of land-plaster. The
plaster holds the ammonia and helps
to rot up the manure.
Heavy soils will be greatly improved
and capable of holding the rainfall
by spreading, say II To Is two-horse
loads of long straw stalk manure
to the acre on top of the ground and
blowing under as fast as it Is spread.
For top dressing late seeded grain
and grass, fresh horse manure should
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
NATIONS MERCHANT MARINE
SHOWS THE GREATEST GAIN
Increase in Tonnage in Two Years
Nearly as Large as That Of All
Other Nations Combined.

The American merchant marine
| made a larger gain than that of any
other country In the world during the
two years following the outbreak of
| the European war. In fact, the gain
of American ships is nearly as great
as that of all other nations combined,
These figures, contained in the annual
ping for the year ending June 80, 1916,
are accepted by Uncle Sam as au-
thoritatiye.
The American merchant marine has
increased from 3,174 ships with a
gross tonnage of 5,36S, 1914 in 1914 to
3,24J ships with II gross tonnage of
G,14S,SGl in 1916.
Results of the changes wrought by
two years of world warfare are per-
haps less marked than has been gen
orally supposed. The worlds mer-
chant shipping is less by 406,416 gross
tons than mt the outbreak of the war,
while during the two years just before
the war merchant shipping increased
from 4460O,677 tons in 1912 to 49,
oS9,552 tons in 1914.
Since the outbreak of the war the
shipping of neutral nations has gained
S27 019 tons; and the shipping of the
allies has gained 269,740 tons, while
shipping under German. Austro-Hun-
garinn and Turkish flags Is 1903. 215
tons less.
The increase in American tonnage is
mainly due TO the ship-registry act Of
August, 1914. which permitted Amer
lean owners of ships under foreign
flags to obtain the American flag and
register. TO this act is also attribut-
able part of the losses of British, Ger
man, and all other foreign shipping, as
by that act 100000 tons of shipping
under the British flag, 100000 tons I'M
der the German flag, and 10000 tons
under other foreign flags, owned by
Americans, secured American registry.
British tonnage thus transferred is
greater than the net British loss dur
ing the war. The German merchant
marine is the heaviest loser, 1907, IA
tons, almost wholly through the trans
fer to other flags, either under our
registry law or through capture by the
allied powers. Very few German mer-
chant vessels, except auxiliary cruis-
ers sunk by guntlre in battle, have
been destroyed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
OUTPUT WORTH OVER BILLION
Uncle Sans Census Figures Show
Iron and Steel Business of Country
Has Reached Great Proportions.

The United States produces normal
ly more than n billion dollars WORTH
of steel and iron annually. These fig
ures are shown by Uncle Sam as a
result of the census of 1914, in which
year the value OF the products amount
ed to S9l9,527,244. The statistics for
1914 covered period of marked de-
ression, unofficial figures estimating
the output in 1914 to have been % per
cent less than in 1913. The output in
1909. the last previous year covered
by the census reports was valued at
1892 ,34e. 573. These figures are taken
to indicate that the normal output
now is well above the bl1ion-doiiar
mark
The reductions in the output from
1909 to 1914 were greater in railway
steel, because of the absence of eX-
tensi>e railroad building or rebuilding
IN 1914. The output of rails in 1914,
not including reroled or renewed rails,
WAS only 1872, 01l tons, valued ut
$54 ,OO4,9lS, as compared with 2,S5S,-
so tons, valued at SS1, l2S,295 in 1909,
Il decrease of 1856 per cent in tonnage
AMI 1914 per cent in value.
The production of armor plate, gun
for.it p and ordnance showed big in
crease In 1914 the value Of the output
increasing S7.3 per cent, as compared
with the output of 1909.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
NITRATE OF SODA AS
POTASH SUBSTITUTE
Continuous Growing of Same Crop
on Piece of Land Draws Heav-
lily on Plant Food.

Rotation of crops Is the best plan
to follow because the continuous
growing of the same crop on piece
Of land draws heavily upon certain
kinds of plant food. Or William +,
Brooks, director of the Massachusetts
station. says that nothing will wholly
take the place of potash for crops,
but next To that would be nitrate of
soda, for the chemical action of soda
tends to u osc potash in the soil.
Acid phuSphatcs should also be
used, At the pr, 'cnt price of pot,
ash corn stalks are worth SO per
ton for the potash in them. The eff
feet of lime on crops has been exag-
gerated. 1t is injurious rather than
beneficial In growing tobacco, but is
better for onions, ard he recommends
II for this purpose. Land plaster Is
better than lime for tobacco.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
UNCLE SAM, LAND
AGENT, BUSY MAN
Rea! Estate Business of Govern
ment Has Increased in
Recent Years.
WESTEUNER DIRECTS AFFAIRS
Clay TalIman, Chief OF Federal Gen.
eral Land Office, Believes Great
est Achievement Has Been
in Lessenng Delays.

In spite of the fact that millions
upor millions of acres of the public
,.omain have beef settled by home
seekers under the federal homestead
act and it has been generally supposed
that the greater part of the public
lands have beea occupied, Uncle
Sans real estate business continues
TO be quite active. In fact, it has
grown steadily during the past few
years, according 70 reports which re-
Gently have been made public. AS
there is still left more than II quarter
of billion acres in The public do
main, 1t is not expected that the gov
eminent will 90 out of the real estate
business for some time to come.
The manager of Uncle Sans real
estate business is Clay Tallman of
Nevada, who was made chief of the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
SKINNERS
THE HIGHEST QUALITY
MACARONI
IS AS- Reope Book free
SKINNER MFG. Co, OMAHA. U.SA
LARGEST nAcAAoA FACTORY IN AMERICA
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP
The Greatest Trapshooting Event Of
the Year, Won with Winchester
repeater" Shells.
LARGEST rAciRoM FACTORY IN AMERICA

The Grand American Handicap, the
trapshooting classic, equivalent to the
Worlds Series in Baseball the highest
honor the world has TO bestow in trap
shooting. the event that marks the eli
max in the trapshooter's career, was
won by Capt. j. F. Wulf, of Milwau.
kee, with the wonderful score of 99x1R
from the 19-yard mark. In making this
great win he shot Winchester "Re-
peater" loaded shells.
The National Amateur Champion
ship was won by f. NJ. Troeh, of the
State of Washington Mr.. Troeh also
took second place for National Anna
teur Championship at Doubles. He al
so won the Mound City Overture, and
the General Average on all targets, and
General Average on l6-yard targets.
In winning all these events. Mr.. Troeh
used Winchester repeating shotgun.
The Women'S National Champion
ship, the first event of the kind ever
staged at a Grand American Handicap,
was won by Mrs. j. d. Dalton, of War
saw, Indiana, with n Winchester re-
peating shotgun.
The Dunspaugh Trophy, emblematic
of the Professional Championship, was
won by Phil r. Miller with Winches-
ter repeating shotgun.
The Hercules All-round Amateur
Championship was won by Edw. L..
Bartlett. of Baltimore, with Winches-
ter loaded shells. This was hard
match to win. as it called for so singles
at 1S. 20, % yards, respectively, and %
doubles at Is yards.
This was Il great cleanup for Win
chester guns and shells and demon
stration of their wonderful shooting
qualities.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
ARRANGE BUILDINGS
MORE CONVENIENTLY
Location Has Much to Do With
Time Required to Perform Ger
tain Work Around the Farm.

(By W. c. PALMER. Agricultural Editor
North Dakota Agricultural College,
The location of the buildings on q
farm has great deal to do with the
time required to do the work. 1t will
often pay To move some of the build
ingS in order to secure more con
venicnt arrangement. This was done
suits. Under the old plan, it required
walking % miles a year just carry
ing in water. Under the new plan,
the water was ppcd into the house
no walking required Bringing in the
wood under the old plan required
walking - miles. Under the new ar
rangement this was reduced to eight
and three-fourths miles. The trips
made to the machine shed during the
year amounted to firty-seven and one
third miles by the new arrangement,
it was reduced to eleven and three
fourth miles. BY the new arrange
ment the years trips in feeding the
hogs was reduced 1929 miles. and in
caring for the chickens, three miles
were saved The total saving for the
year thrOu rcarranging the farm
stend WIS NIB miles.
1t was also figured up and found
that at living wages, that the time
used up in walking these 2l7.3 miles
was worth S36.T4 It must be remem-
bered that it was not only case of
walking these miles, but it was usually
with something to carry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
HULlESS OATS GIVE
ONLY SMALL YIELD
Until Further Improved They
Hardly Seem Worthy Of Atten-
ton From Grower.

The Washington experiment station
obtained a small quantity of hullesS
oats from the United States depart
ment of agriculture in 1904. These and
other huleSs Varieties have been
tested with the ordinary ones, which
have hullS ON, for the past several
years. The average yield for Il two
years test in the grain nursery shows
that Chinese hulleSS oats. one of the
most common varieties, produced l3
per cent Of the yield of Swedish Select
oats. An improved hulleSS oat which
was produced at the Washington ex-
pertinent station by crossing The Chi
nese hulless on the Palouse Wonder
oat, produced II per cent of the yield
produced by Swedish Select during the
same two years.
The best hulless oats under field con-
ditions produced only % per cent of
the yield of Swedish Select. Besides
producing low level, most of the
hulless varieties have tendency to
shatter badly and are often susceptible
to nut thus further reducing the
yield of the harvested crop. Attempts
are being made to improve these
hulless varieties by crossing them on
some of the better yielding varieties.
Until hulless oats are further improved
they would hardly seem to be worthy
of attention from the grower, except
whore they ire to be used for special
purpose.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21

little gnomes of trees, made to dwell
all their lives in the prison of bowl.
where water is placed to give Il tiny
landscape effect and miniature houses
are built under the shade of the
stunted, miserable little sembance of
"A forest giant.
In the picture one sees how the Jap
anese use the dwarfed trees for home
decorative effect AS all things are
really relative. the tree preserves its
dignity by being Hs much larger than
the miniature house than real tree
would loom above a sure-enOugh dwell
ing.
But ii Is n dwarf, nevertheless, and
the idea can be used for home or gar
den decoration when one finds q
stuntcd tree that, like Peter Pan,
never will grow up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
NEW FOOTWEAR FOR ARMY
Improved Shoe Model Will Be Hob
nailed for Service in
Mexico.

The war department appointed a
shoe commission in 1912 to design a
model embodying the best points Of
al the army shoes, surprising them,
if possible The shoe which was
adopted was of good materials, well
made on Il rational last designed by
the department. The interior is per-
fectly smooth with heel broad and low
and sole moderately thick. The arch
is flexible and without metal shank or
other stifening. Eyelets are used
rather than hooks. The shoe reaches
but little above the ankle; it Is wide
across the ball of the boot and has Il
high toe cap. II is comfortable. neat
looking, light In weight and easily re-
moved or put on.
AS soon as the soldiers wear out the
shoes of the type which they are now
using on the border they will be retit-
ted with the new type which the gov
eminent has ordered, says writer In
the Outlook The newest shoe is hob
nailed and weighs three pounds seven
ounces. 1t has been adopted for Mexi-
can service because the present type
has not worn well in mountain climb
ing and has been readily cut up by the
malpais rock in Mexico. The shoe Is
similar to that in use in the Italian
army.
Whether this model will be perma-
nently adopted is open to considerable
doubt. The weight of the shoes and
the stiffness of the leather used de-
tract from the comfort of 1t. 1t has
some disadvantages, therefore, but the
severe usage in Mexico made it desir-
able to give this type a thorough try
out in regular service.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21

be used. 1t should be spread early in
October, and quite thin-about six two
horse loads TO the acre.
There is great difference in land
and the same treatment will not do
for all. The small grains and grasses
require manure near the surface.
1t is good plan TO use both animal
manure aud fertilizers for wheat, say
six two-horse loads of rotted manure
and four hundred pounds of high-grade
bone fertilizer, drilled in with the
grain, to the acre. This method will
give larger yield of grain and thick
set of timothy and clover. This prac-
tice is coming into favor with prac-
teal grain growers. 1t is the usual
practice among our successful truck
ers and market gardeners, and it is
good one.
The old method Of dropping ma
nure in small piles over the plowed
field to be spread by hand and har-
rowed in is a slow and laboriOus prac-
tice. The manure is not properly spread
and It costs too much to spread 1t.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
EAST TO HAVE BIG FOREST
Uncle Sam Already Has Purchased L.
396,367 Acres in White Mountains
and Appalachian Regions.

Uncle Sam already has purchased or
approved for purchase 1,306,367 acres
of land on the headwaters of navigable
streams in the White Mountains and
Appalachian regions to be included in
the great national forest which is be-
ing created in the East under the pro-
visions of what is known as the Weeks
law, which was passed by congress In
1911.
The government has practically com.
pleted it's purchase in the northern
portion of the White Mountains. With
the land recently purchased, total OF
Cos. OS6 acres In the White Mountains
has been acquired.
Congress recently reappropriated the
$4,000 600 OF the original fund which
was not spent in the beginning Of the
work and which consequently reverted
to the treasury. This money, accord.
ing to the officials in charge will be
used mostly to round out the lands al
ready acquired, SO that they may be
easily and economically administered
In making future purchases 1t Is stated
that the policy will be TO select those
tracts which block in with lands nj
ready purchased and which are Of
fered 1T the most reasonable prices.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-21
TEN GOOD REASONS
FOR BUILDING SIL0
Professor Skinner Of Purdue Tells
Why Every Farmer Should
Have Huge Receptacle.

Ten reasons why every farmer who
keeps live stock should have silo,
written by Prof. ]. II. Skinner of Pur-
due university, should afford some sell
ing argument for dealers. They are
as follows
|. The Slo preserves the paIatabil-
ity and SuCculence of the green corn
plant for winter feeding.
=. 1t helps TO make use of the en-
tire corn plant.
3. The Silo increases the live stock
capacity of the farm.
!. Silage is "A good summer feed
when pastures nre short.
.. Because of the small amount Of
ground space required by the sIlo 1t
Is mn economical means of storing for
ngc.
4. The Silo prevents waste of corn
stalks, leaves and husks. which con-
tain about two-fifths of the feeding
value of the corn plant.
Z. The sto located near the feed
mangcr is an assurance Of having feed
near ut h0nd In stormy as well as fair
weather
8. The Silo assists In reducing the
cost of grains in fattening cattle and
sheep.
- Silage greatly Increases the milk
low during the winter season and de-
creases the cost Of production.
10. There are no stalks to bother
IN the manure when corn IS put into
the Silo.