The intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1915-1917, December 12, 1915, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5
INAN?ERS
GOVERNMENT RECORD !
BLANKS HAVE KEPT SUC
CESSFULLY
REALIZED $808
FROM TEN ACRES!
One Man Made 13 Bales on IO]
Acres-Another 21 Bales on
18 Acres. :''
Exceptionally good yields of cotton
have been inado In Anderson this
year as are shown by some reports
now In the hands of Mr. S. M. Pyara, |
farm d?monstration agent of Ander
son county. .Mr. ByaTs furnished a
number of farmers in,?Jip county with.'
tho government's cost crop records,
which enables them to es'lmats oxacL
ly what a crop costs them, and ?onie o!
these have boon successfully used.
These binnies have spaces fer caca
day's IP uar, co^t cf hand, mules, fer
tilleer, harvesting, tte.
IS Huies Cotton Ten AcreN. -J
One of tho best-yields of cotton yet
known In the county is that mado
thia year hy Mr, T. C. Poore gf near j
Belton, lie having maie 6,818 pound3
Of lint, nearly 13 1-2 bale3, on a field
containing 10 icres. At the price of
12 cents per pound-ho received ap
proximately ISIS for this crop, not
counting ll i? seed.
Tho recevd as'kept hy Mr. Poore
shows that the costJof titivation and
gathering amounted to $181.50, and
tho fertilizer $92.75, a total cost of
production amounting/to $254 ,25.
JYom the 10 bales he realised 40S
bushels of seed which at GO cent-j
per bushel amounted $244.80. Sub
tracting the amount realized on t ie
seed from the cost of production a de
ficit of $9.45 is found.
Subtract inp, this amount from '.hoi
money realized! from the lint, '.Jhoro
remains a net profit of approximately
$808 from ttie crop of cotton on tho]
10 acres, or about $80 per acre.
A very unusual thing about t?blsj
crop of cotton is the fact that tho on
ly commercial fertilizer used was one
sack of nitrate, of soda, w&lch was
morely used for experiment. Howover, j
Mr. -Pearce did use 40 tons of bara-:;
yard manure which was thrown broad
cast over the land.
In figuring .nae cost of this crop-Mr.
Poore started at the very beginning i
when ne began to break the land, end
ing upi with' the ?. of ginning. He!
put -down each: du> a: work, including j
plowing, ei?pptagr picking, etc. ;
Cost ?Ul:25{ Realized $560.
Another man who kopt a record o! j
cost of production on . nine acres ls
Mr.. C. H .- Qass?way of Anderson F.?.
P. D.j No. 8. On tliesa nine acr-*t
MTy Ga?saway. .realized 4,500 -pounds j
of lint cotton, or at 12 cents, per.;
pound $540. The ?eed amounted. to j
270 bushels OF at 60 cents .per bushel,
$162. .
With-these, figures the total income
from the nine acres amounted to $702. J
^'tiess the cost of pareduciilon, $141.25,
this leaves a net profit of $62.30 per j
aer?.
Mr. Ctassaway made tiri* yield,With
the Culpepper variety of ' cotton and
had to -plant the second time because j
of the damage, doao by cut worms.
As fertilizer he used 15 tons pf. stable
manure dud 809 pounds 9"3-3 com
mercial fertilizer.
21 i?Mcs on 18 Acres.
Still, another, good record is shown
by records of tho production of cot-.j
to? by -Jfr.; D. A. Geer,.which shows
that ?l bales vvero made on lfe
acres. ; .
Approximately 10,500 noundB of lint j
cotton wore: grown on'.these 18 aerea,
will'* a cost of procVaction amounting'
to $516 .95, and the> tptai amount real
Ized from tho lint' hoing $1,260. Plus
. the amount realized; from tlie seed, !
' $315, ', thia makes a total of $1,575.
Lesa expenses this leaves a pro?J? of
$1,058,05 <? an average per acre of
m.78. - ,
Tho fertilizer used on these 18 acres
'waa 5,600 pounds of acid phosphate
and 60 tona,of stable manure.
Cost Per Pouud.
In looking dyer tbese.recp-ds or re
ports it is found that tho average, cost
per pound of production amounted to
around i f :?ree; c?nte, which left a clear !
profit bf about nine cents per pound.
Owes Her Oiood Health te Chamber.
' .' -Jain's ;?ablets?
-; --_.'i .i.*?uti .^. ? l?i.omhn._
Iain's Tablets," writca Mrs, R. G
NotY, Ciookston. Ohio. "Two; years
ago I was-8>^ invalid.due .to stomach
. trouble; ~ .t took thrco bottles et these
Tableta and have' .since ,.be?A in tho
best bf -heatUi'^v^.v'aale;-.^ all deal
. ors. <.'? ?'?
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- CREAM FOR CWAJHH .it ?
OPENS UB^QSTRILS
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from |fe^^^ Wo 3jp?leadld?
Ia one m?ont?^ y^,if ctbfe^od^ n&irVn
will opcri; tho alr: passage ' *M your
head wiilielear and you can breathe
freely, ?oro hawking, anaffing,
, '^:':.bl?wln^y:Sj%aflaelIa .'dryness; . No
atrUKlmif ?n? breath at; night;, your
cold or dttorirnwjU Jbe '?one, .
? a small bottle ot Wa Cream
Raun- f^oni: yo0i'> drngaiftt nt>w.< Ap
ply ? ttttia of thies fragranU an
: t?s^U?r\ne^mgvcre^ noa*
^$rfci^
air patfaage ot-ihe head arotfcea; *ua
Iftflwaed or Bwolten mueaaa ntrmbriana
.sn4^ .
It's jn>t: i?ne,Don't atay stetted up
. with' ft, cold or hasty catarrh-relict
.. v.-;pom^.;'^-:-?aaUi?c.Vr,' . . -? v'r
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?N COUNTY
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? HEWS NOTES ?
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Great Interest is being taken this
year by thc graded school hero in
basket ball. And Seneca boasts a
winning team among the boys . and
girls.
Oa Friday afternoon tv.o local
team from the high school defeated
snappy aggregation from the Lebanon
high school -In Anderson county, by a
.score of 23 to 20. This game was tho
fastest and cleanest that lias been
played hero in several year3. TCie
features or tho game wero tho goal
throwing of Meare and tho guarding
of Powel for Seneca, and the* goal
throwing of Robins for :tihe visitors.
This was tho sixth samo far the
Seneca bigfii school this year -without
a defeat. They defeated this same
teim the day before Thanksgiving on
their homo ground. Th Seneca girls
team won a fast game from tho Wal
halla team, also 'jhis week.
Xl?. -N. O. Co\vard, who came- to
Seneca last year from Greenville and
opened up a ice and coal business In
the Livingston old stand v.as fold out
his lushness to T. B. Moore and re
turned to Greenvilla.
Mr. Parrett, who opened up tho Sen
eca Bargain House the first of the
fall has transfered i? to Mr. .1. E.
? Harper, proprietor of tho "Bee Hive
and has returned to the government
service in Washington.
The bankrupt stock of goods of I
Ruskin Anderson whici.i was sold by j
tho referee In the United States'Ola
.trict coui'", here oh last Thursday, to
tho highest bidder, was bought in
bv Messr.3. John. W. Barron and C.
L. Ellison.
Miss Norma Gignilllat wf-o has been
visiting friends in the lower portion
of li.:e state for several weeks has
returned heme. -
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Nell have re
turned from a trip to Mr. Neill's old
heme, at Bervard, N. C.
I Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Doy lo Wci?1; to
.Baltimore this week, where Mrs.
! Doyle will remain for a while for med
ical treatment.
j The preaching misi?n whleh is be
ing conducted In the Episcopal church
here this week, by the Rev. Mr, Guig
naru of Laurens, is being iweli attend
ed by the people of the town In gon
eral.
iMxs. G. W. and Miss Sue Gignil
llat and Mr. and Mrs. C N- Gignii
lia'<fc went to Greenville Wednesoay o?
thia week, making the ibrip in their,
handsome now six cylinder Buick.
|- i .Miss Mary .Jenkins,,of, Pendleton: is
spending some time with her friends,
Bira. J. W, Stribling.
Mrs. Jano Robinson of Anderson, i
visited her sister, Mrs. J; W. 'Strib
ling one day this week. .
Mrs. Dr. Lewis Gray and Master
Marshal Sherard visited at ti'AO homo of
Mr. W. K. LIvlngton ono day thia
week.
Mra. .C. S. Lowry, of Adams Cross
ing waa in town one day this week,
ch opr. in s and visiting relatives.
Irish Out for a Job.
. Philadelphia, Dec. ll.-When ls an
I ri Kunian not an Irishmanr ? and does,
ho ever become thoroughly American
ized?
That ls what . First Sergeant John
Fox, United States Marino corps, re
tired after thirty, ycara bon?cab?o ser
vjlce with , the cblpro, would like to
know.
Applying, recently for apposition as
watchman at ono of tba largo''..fac
tories'supplying ammunition'lo the al
lies. Fox waa told that tho fact of'his
having been born iii 'tho lEroci.*ald lelo -
oy?r half a ccAtury ego.' barred bim
absolutely from such employment.
Fox's discharges ti':ow thcri he
fought bravely: at: Guantanamo, Cuba,
in 189$, when a himd'iul oV United,
States. marines hold In check thous
ands of Spaniards there, and estab
lichcd a naval ba-;a at tliat point,
.taitCds thirty years of excel len V ser
vico with. Uncle. Sam's sea-soldiers
counted- for naught with the" munition
makers.
"Once an Irishman always an Irish
man'' and wo can't be tco. careful .Ul
the selection "of our guards," Fox ' wa3
told. . . ,
The Cotton
Is Quiet I
Frankfort, Germany, Dec ll.-Th? l
Frankfort Zeltunz publishes the fol- ?
I lowing report of conditions in the j
German cotton industry, dated from'
j M?nchen-Gladbach, Nov. ll:
"During the past three montbs hus- j
inees in the German cotton industry j
has been extremely sulet. Meanwhile
the use of cotton und cotton waste
hus been regulated in such a way that
these raw materials can hardly he
used a: all except for army purposes.
Consequently, tp<? existing stocks of
yarn having been used up, and tao
transition period having expired, tho
free cctivlty of most of tho mills is
i chocked; und thc closing of a num
ber ol spinning and weaviug mills is
to ?JO exported; in some case, indeed,
it has already taken place. During
the pas*, three, months cotton has
been uncommonly dear in Germany.
The 'price o? middling in the open
market nt Bremen was about double
elie price which prevailed before tho
intervention of Italy, and about treble
the price at Uie beginning of August,
mi.
"The situation as regards cotton
waste is similar to thc situation as
regards cotton. Germany and Austria
were always important buyers ol'
English. American and Indlau waste.
3inco the disappearance of these two
buyers it I? enid that enormous stocks
of tototn waste have accumulated in
Lancashire nul also in Bombay.
"Employment in the German cot
toni'spinning mills has f?llen off very
much in - consequence of the official
regulations. Yarns are no longer de- .
. ONCERNING a specific Instance.
m _ of the continuous decrease of;
tja surface water from tho earth,*
qL-gjg especially In Asia and Africa,'
the "dry continents," Advocate;
Eugene N> Murals, H. J. P., writes'
from Riotfomein, Waterberg, South.
Africa, an astonishing article recently
published in a report of the Smithson-;
lan institution.
After, mentioning some of ..the gnni',
eral fact? relative to the drying up of.
the whole earth, which, according to .
the French astronomer Flammarion, '
will ultimately cause the end ot the
world, the author cites a number of
appalling- Instances of the increasing
dryness of Africa. N'gami, a real lake
less than flfcy; years ago, ls now no
more than a marsh threatened with,
speedy extinction, and Lake Rudolph
ls rapidly shrinking, which fact is ?
alarming when it is realized that this j
body, of water feeds the Nile and wa
ters Egypt Mr. Marais believes false
the old doctrino regarding the perfect
cycle, of - moisture-evaporation and
precipitation being equal-and tLinke
that the earth la ducking up moisture '
like a gigantic sponge- ' . . .
The name Waterberg was given origi ;
inally when this country was ver/
fertile, watered ' by lakes,, streams,
springo and dotted with marshes. Ac
cording to the writer, . Its namo was
'synonymous with a sort of lotus land*
of fertility; lt literally overflowed
with milk, honey and fruits. It was
also tho last stronghold of the big
game of the northern Transvaal. To
day, after tho culminating drought of
1013, it is practically a desert, with
'dried up water conreos and. epringB,
dead orange groves, some of them over
.fifty yeara old, trees three "centuries
;old now Jlfeless, desolate pastur? landa
devoid of cattle and other life. There
ia no game, either' birds or animals,
and the Holds where fine crops once
(grew? aro now parched and dead.
. No Running Water There. -
It ia hard' to- believe,-'but true, that ;
In the. entire district ot Watorborg,
which ls larger than the Free State,
there waa last year no runring water;
end in the north of tte-district there
is a tract over 4,000. square .nilen in
extent where th oro is no single drop |
of water, running or stagnant, above
the surface cf the ground- The srept
I^lmpopri itself ls dry for all tho dis
tance that its coarse covers ia this dla- :
trict and only by digging deep m ita
aahdy b??rcan drinking water' .be
found. >Even after a very heavy rain'
in . the neighborhood of ita, sou'rba,
which . flooded itis tributaries at the
?6??, ih?-atioatn little
S^^?^^t^-i?^b^Jf?i1 and : not ?nev
ifropp'f th? water irhlcii fell in.tk? upVv
pei* region? reached the sea; all lost
in tho burning santfs of the rivera
,bed. Only tba fairly, nfcmerpu? thermal
springs of sh??dlatri?t- remain unaf
fected by, <^ arid eh them
the d wallera dopend - fdr drinking and
irrigation. " Tho fn?nou? sweet grasa
Of thia region ls nearly, gone, though
In ita place baa como a coarser,
"sour" gr??s with peculiar drought-"
resisting qualities. ,
-Tba life history of th?8.'"ao.ar^ graaa;
ts truly ; a fairy tate , ot botany. . Its
seeds aro highly special iced,; having a [
i?fer shaped like a torpedo with a long,;
tapering, tall.
Ari opportunity of seeing a stArtllng
wofiuor, of plant lit? is peered ^rh?n
&a?' cont?e across a mass?** tfc?ce, ?eeda ;
drifted to?flth?r by tl? ?wlnd.:; lt j?'tit-t
i??:ip?t?T : i*.itfilnkle? en^ta?m?aN%e*
w?r cS ?w?lV?nlac life is coen
Business
n Germany
livered except to, purchasers who can
prov?! that they will be used for the
currying put of..anny contracts, and
as Hu?fiL%Wlcrs ire not on a very great
seule luisjn?ss ls stagnant. Deliveries
aro kept within the nurrowest limit'-,
and t?tere have ' been very few new
bnrgaitui during the laut few mouths.
Business in imitation and fancy yarns
Is rather more ncllvo, us it is also
th the mills which produce two
cylinder yarn, because these busi
nesses cnn uso the various kinds of
cotton waste the' employment of
which ls permitted by the regulations.
A large number, however, of cotton,
cotton waste, and uiso 'imitation'
mills have preferred to stop work.
'.The position lu the German cot- j
ton-weaving industry hu? been un-?
favorably during the past three ?
months. Production for non-military j
reii?lrcmch?H ls, with comparatively
few exceptions, forbidden. Orders for
the military authorities were only of
moderate extent In Auvust and Sep
tember, it was only during October
that blanket business became moro
activej , Almost, the whole existing
stocks of cotton blankets were taken
up by tho military authorities, and
nsw crd'.rs were Riven. There is also
a struug d.otnund ut present for sand
bag .materials,. Many concerns have
devoted themselves to this business,
and are employing in it most of their
spindles. The busiest concerns are
those which produce bandages and
hospital .requisites, many of them be
ing supplied willi orders until next
spring."
them; movements lit all directions fol
low, GO anima Mike as to leave one in
doubt 'whether -'they 'aro really seeds
or insects. ' Pirat ?ach seed discutan?
g?c-s itself, then the eeedhcad is littet'
eleni1 of the ground, following which
a. bond of the supporting tall turn's the
torpedo head earthward, and the nee
dle point with its bristles ls thrust
Into the damp; soil by a continuous
pressure ot the'.taU.-:,-Thls<latter move
ment io cont imic il Mindil tho Seed ls
embedded in the fiSH, the whole opsrfr
lion occupying lu minutes. It the soil
la only slightly damp, the seed pene
trates just bcyond the Uno of mois
ture and remains without germinating
utitil ' enough rain'''insures tho safe
sprouting of the future seedling. Thus
equipped, the sour grass exists despite
Ute severe drought against which the
sweet gross is helpless.
; - All AnlmalHrifS Fled.
?The effects of tho drought were so
f.'.r-reaching on tho animal world that
.mose'animals capable of, escapo fled
early from the stricken area-man
with his live stock, among the first
and now the entire, middle veld is
without human inhabitant, and tb o
ii or i ii practically a desert. Over 'every
. thing lies the silence of absolute life*
lessness. It seems as if the desert had
roached out au arm and taken unto it
self - for all time this great extent 'ot
once fertile country, where for four
and a half hours daily in no spot is
tho temperature less than 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. '
The terrible heat and tho absence
ot all moisture cause singular effects;
. Ute hair is so electrified Unit when
stroked; lightly a crackling shower o?
sparks ls evoked, and the flinger nails
become so brittle they break constant
ly; both hair end nails seem to have
lost, all'p?^rer of growth. AU cellu
loid Substances break , up, and rubber
"becomes a useless spongy mass. The
horses' swishing .tails crackle inces
santly and stand .out?in disheveled
buches, each, individual hair os .'if
wired, and in the night their flanks
seem lo bo surrounded by. miniature
auroras ' of electric discharges. ,
[S^^he big gamo have nearly all disap
peared, most of them having trekkad
. to more fertile country. Some of tho
remaining animals have had i?'changb
j. ihcir' natural habits;- ihe nocturnal
ftnt-ho'ar la forced to search its food in
broad daylight on account' of the: fnct
that, the ants in tbp.hard ground equi
ne; bo dug out during a night. Mont
ii octurnaV beasts of. prey , also . hunt
during the. day as . well a's by . night ;
soino leopards raided a nearby camp in
tho early afiernoon, ?and tho baboons, ;
?Usually .sc.' afraid bf the dark, seem
never' io sleep, but. vrailc/ ?bout both;
day. and night in rear ch pf food in. ah?
form A1 ttocoC?? was tmearti??d by
the author's party when digging tor
water io tho bed of a stream, four and
a half feet beneath jtta?, surface. This
specimen was limp and 'St esk, although
^J^r?ntly lifeless, and, 'together with
coma fi3??:whi?h wefo found bear by.
Was rortved in a short time, by the op*
plication of? .water, /Animals not wen
equipped .to dig to, tho water follow
these moro fortunato 'and ..use their
'.rater holes; some, of the warthogs
tiro followed all day long by a retinue
ci other animals awaiting an oppor
tunity tOalake their thirsts;: The wild
Tho
raneo -?inl'fl
BUILT OM HONOR
cf tho beat niatoriuls
?lallcablo and Charron!
Iron-(ho MPKO timi's
known tlio world over aa n
Pi.-urccr BAKER-always uni
fonn- ab>Ugbt oven--LINEO ,
I tb ru tiebout with Punn A??E9TOS
-eaves hali 5-0ur fuel biu.
The Great and Graud
Malleable ?nd Ch?fcoa! Itwi
::??>. ::.\/ m
basa numberof C3tc!u?;!.v^ffiftir.r?s,rarb
ono adding to ita durability and practi
cid service1, making Uio WAJESTIO tho
bvst ranuo yuu can buy rcunrulwa o(
iirii-e. Thai's why fifteen other maru
foe turc ty try to imitate it.
roa SAIJ3 nr
Hadn't Changed Much.
A young fellow, anxious to enlist,
had Just ?K>en examined by the doc-|
tor.
"I am sorry," said tho doctor, '.'but 1
your teeth aro not good onough." \
"What!" exclaimed the Indignant I
recruit; my teoth ain't good enough,
ain't they? Well, they'ro. the same
teeth what you passed my brother
with yesterday.-Chicago Ledger.
Bear This in Mind.
"I consider Chamberlain's Cough j
Remedy by far the hest medicine in
tito market for colds, and croups,"
says Mrs. Albert Blosser, Lima, Ohio. '
Many others aro of the same opinion.
For sale by all dealers. (
Phone A. Geisberg No. 733 for |
Holly Wreathes.
! To cook with is the most
convenient fuel t o b e
had.
And it is the cheaper,
too when the least bit of thought
and attention is given, a.
Try it for awhUe, ^d
yon will like it. There' ero' many
i itikt) ?
satisfied, users cf gas in
son.
: . IVs;; |?st;;- the \ijOkkg. Wi
heal the bath room with. . '
??derso? Gas Co,
??A^FS??
V CLEANED
l^S|ifWPS--yatthavih dresser 'tailor
made suit that could be worn;thlS sea
non it sent <o us and given a thorough
cleaning and a skillful pressing.,
Your : garment, ho .matted tf scHlcd
or mussed; ia freshened and brighten
ed up wonderfully. We really, make
them took like how.
i Men and women take advantage of
our porvloe-:-and appl"*ciat? botn iee
economy lt makes possible and thu
opportunity for bettor dressing;that
It aQords. ,
Thone fer our wagon. :
ANDERSON
iSTEA^l^W
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For Wife and Mother
Have your food prepared on a Majestic
Range. It tastes better.
What could you give the good wife, that
would be more appreciated than a Majestic
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money can buy, but you have something
that is an ornament to the kitchen; and will
last for years to come. They make cooking
a pleasure instead of a drudgery. The Ma
jestic is a great fuel saver. The construc
tion is such that you can keep your kitchen
warm in winter and cool in summer.
Come in and let us show you some of the
numerous good points of the "GREAT MA
JESTIC."
Sullivan Hardware
Company
Andersen and Spartanbtarg
101G term begins January 3rd. Penmanship, Bookkeeping, . Short
hand ,oud Typewriting nro the leading branches taught. ; Come and lot
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Buggyv Harness,
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Whip
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Rubber Tire buggy with best grade
Goodrich rubber, set of Home-Made
Harness-made in our house, Lap
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How is this for a real bargain?
Don't forget this buggy is guaranteed
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looking tor quality and price see us*?
are striving to do a fair and. legit
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Lots of good Mules and Horses on,,
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Bring that old buggy around and
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Anderson, S. C,