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OLA ^ v I vvant _ I [money TO &ROW? I * S /sK SUTHERLttND ' v. \ i t'. f r?n I Put youi money in the ground and watch it grow. That's where every valuable L thing comes from?out of the ' ground. Want to buy a building lot on easy terms? Call and r> see us. Want a hoc^e of your own?. We will show you how to acquire it. Farm property? Talk it over with us. 100 ACRE TRACT?Six and one-half miles from Abbe- ville in Sharon neighborhood; close to school and church. Three-room house and barn. ^ Price per acre ' $32.50. 82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND? i 4 miles south of Abbeville. Tenant house, barn, 8 or 10 1 acres of fine jsranch bottoms, 35 acres in cultivation, balance in woods both pine and ash. Rented for this year. Near school house. , Price per acre ' $20.00 LOT?on South side ol' town, 150x150 feet. Price,.$150.00 156 ACRE TRACT?Located 4 miles Southeast of Abbeville S. C. Six room dwelling, 3room tenant house, barn. About 2-horse farm rented , for this year. Good bottom , land, plenty ashe wood and timber. Price $4,400. TWO GOOD RESIDENCES? on North Main Street, for sale. Ask for prices. ?? # ><-v -.1-, -j TWO STORY DWELLING?6room, hall, electrie lights and* v i__ r . l. 11. sewerage, u mrnutes waiK from square. Bargain at - -$1,250.00 \ 120 ACRES?Four mites South East of Abbeville, dwelling, tenant house, well, 500 cords wood, some saw timber." Cheap at ...$17.50 per acre. , r it i ' v* ' ..t 166 ACRES?6 miles from Ah* beville. Good dwelling, barn tenant house, located in Lebanon section, close to school .? T' . and church. m Price per acre $30.00 FOR QUICK SALE?^20 Acre Tract of Land 2 miles from buwn, witii a six ruurn v | dwelling, barn, good pasture, enough to pastur^O head of .cattle. Rents forvbales^cot* ton. Price $60.00 Per Acre % , 5-ROOM DWELLING? On South Main Street, at Cotton Mill. Price, $1,100.00 5-ROOM COTTAGE? Right at i High School, on Parker St. T.nf ?f?v19? Price, $1,600.00. 36 ACRE?Tract of land, 3 1-2 'miles from Hodges, 8 miles from Abbeville, good dwelling, barn and outhouses. Price, $1,650.00 43 ACRE TRACT?2 1-2 miles from town, 1-horse farm open, dwelling, barn, good well, good bottom and pasture lands. Party that buys gets 2 bales cotton rent. '* . Priee, per acre, $35.00 GOOD RESIDENCE?Close in, A Inrtro rnnrtu Tinll nnH lcifc. chen. Worth $2,00(^00, will . - sell for . * $1,650.00. h,)'. . - irhinih'u-iiriii1 * , * , Si t GROWING SWEET POTATOES. An Easily Grown. Profitable Crop For South Carolina. Clemson College.?There are few crops so well adapted to South Carolina conditions that can be grown with equal success and profit as can the sweet potato. This crop offers to the grower every advantage that is offered by other fields or truck crops, says Geo. P. Hoffman, Extension Service horticulturist Soil selection, preparation, fertilizing, careful fitting and planting, and cultivating are the essentials of success in the growing of a crop of i sweet potatoes. Soil: The sweet potnto adapts Iti self to a great diversity of soils, but j it delights in and thrives best on a I woll drained c.flndv or ClftV loam UH ! derlaid with a clay subsoil. But rej gardless of the apparent ideal physi: cal condition of the soil, this crop I must be rotated each year. Sweet I potatoes may follow corn, cotton, | small grain, and leguminous cover | crops, and may be easily and effect! ively worked into any well balanced | three-year rotation system. 1 Preparation of Soil: The soil may be thoroughly and deeply prepared by | turning twice to a depth of 6 to 8 ; inches, followed by cross discing. ! Crooked and irregularly formed roots result from shallow preparation of the soil. Therefore, deep and thorough preparation is very essential in the growing of marketable potatoes. Fertilizers: Both barnyard manure and commercial fertilizers are recomI mended, but the former must be judiciously used. Because of present I shortage of potash the element of plant J food most needed in excess in potato nw\Hnptlnn HhorflT annlications of barnyard manure will be found to be very effective in helping to reduce this shortage and to correct the physical condition of the soil. The fertility and physical condition of the soil should determine the amount of the applications. Ordinarily, both commercial fertilizers and barnyard manureg are applied in the drill, when the soil is being fitted for setting the plants, andr later, as a side dresser. Fitting the Soil and Setting the Plants: Preparatory to setting the plants.lay off rows 3% to 4 feet apart and apply the barnyard manure (8 to 10 tons per acre) or commercial fertilizer made of two-thirds 16% acid phosphate apd one-third cotton-seed meal applied in . the drttl at the rate of 400 to 600 pounds per acre, and thoroughly mix with the soiL The planting beds of medium height, depending upon frainage, should be thrown up and Mragged down. The plants or vine-cifttingB should be set 114 to 18 inches apart The period for I setting the plants is from May 1 to July 15th. To correct the packed condition of the soil brought aboat through the transplanting process, the water furrows should be harrowed or otherwise shallow, cultivated immediately following the setting of the plants. For late plantings, the one-leaf vine cuttings 8 to 18 Inches long are more des'irablt than are .the slips or "draws," this being especially true In the growing of seed stock. . Varieties: Nancey Hal], Porto Rico, and Triumph ^are the leading and most popular varieties grown in this State. Triumph is one of the earlielt varieties, and >hguld be planted when potatoes are grown for early market. Cultivation: Frequent shallow cultivation should be practiced until the vines, have covered the ground, during which period the greatest of qire must be exercised in the turning tbe vines. At the first cultivation, which consists of a careful hoeing and siding with a broad furrow, a side dressing of a mixture of one-third cottonseed meal and twothirds 16 per cent add phosphate should be applied at the rate of 400 to 00 pounds per acre, and thoroughly mixed with the soil. The Orangeburg sweep or heel bow and shovel will be found to be very effective in cultlvatr ing this crop. A Record of Profits: The following record of expenditures and returns on an acre of sweet potatoes in 1917-18 was furnished us by a grower in Richland County, South Carolina, the crop having been produced in 1917 and marketed during the late winter and early spring. Expenditures. Rental value of land..f $ 8.00 Turning and harrowing twice . 4.00 Bedding ground 1.50 Compost?10 loads at $1.00.. 10.00 Spreading compost 1.60 Plants?10,000 at $2.50 25.00 j Setting plants 2.25 Hoeing three times 3.00 Plowing and turning Tines.. 4.25 | Cottonseed meal, % ton at $48 c4.00| | Applying cottonseed meal.... 1.50 j Harvesting and storing 12.00 Total expenditures I 97.00 Returns. 270 bushels No. 1 potatoes at $1.60 f 412.00 30 bushels culls at $0.50.... 15.00 Total '.$ 427.00 Profit :.v $ 330.00 I All deep cultivation should be dona j before the seed are put in. The foen^ j fits of shallow cultivation are: 1. It prevents formation of shallow I crust on the surface. 2. It forms a dust rauVch. which ' prevents loss of soil moisture. 3. It lets air into the soil. 4. It makes plant food available. 5. It destroys weeds and grass before they get a firm hold in the soil. ? JUST WHAT BOY . ] SCOUT WEEK JS j , i The Boy Scout Movement has giv- < en organized boyhood a place alongside of the Red Cross and other great 1 organizations as a National institu- i tion. In order to extend its benefits 1 more rapidly to the millions of Am- < erican boys who, because of lack of 1 ?ta1iim4-aaw or?n of ill nnfVi- i | WlullbCvi wi v siviit rr*wuw I out the training of the Boy Scout program, Hon. W. G. McAdoo and eminent gentlemen he has associated with himself as member of the Citizens' National Committee, working in cooperation with the National ] Council of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-, ! ca, pursuant to a proclamation by | the President of the United States, have formulated a program for a ! nation-wide Boy Scout Week begin-' j ning Sunday, June 8th, and continu-! J ing through to Flag Day, June 14th. j j This will be the first nation-wide > ! appeal on a comprehensive plan forj the support of the Boy Scout movement. Scouting has been developed and operated for,the last nine years practically on a selfsupporting basis. ] Income from registrations, supplies, ' and so (forth, have about covered i running expenses- Field and exten- < sion work alone have been depend- f ent upon volunteer contributions. Become a Member Yourself The first objective of this cam- ' paign is to secure 1,000,000 . Associ- 1 ate Members of the National Coun- 1 cil, Boy Scouts of America as an as- ' surance of enlarged usefulness. This Associate Membership is offered to mother and fathers of American boys and other adult American citizens upon payment of $1.00 ; or more as membership dues; in effect and in spirit a contribution to 1 the Movement, the amount to be de- 1 termined by each individual. The Associate Membership, however, is an actual legal laentincation witn tner National body, without voting privil-' eges which, by the constitution and 1 by-laws of the Boy Scouts of America, belong only to regularly elected ' members of the National Council. ( It is expected that besides the fi- 1 nancial support which this new mem- " bership will give the organization ] many associate members will volun- ' teer as scoutmasters, assistant &out .masters, members of troop committees and member of local councils; ( and th& many othfers will be active 1 in organizing new troops of Scbuts ' in connection with their churches, schools and other institutions and, where necessary, independently of institutions. 1 NOT WORTH THE DIFFERENCE The story is told of a negro who( wished yto get married, asking his employer to secure the necessary marriage license. By sojne misunderstanding. the employer . secured the license for the marriage to the wrong woman. When the papers were delivered and read to the delighted groom-to-be, a puzzled and astonished expression crept over his countenance: "Cap. what wuz dat in dar 'bout Euphemine Wilson?" "It says John Wilson and Euphemie Wilson are to be married," his employer explained.. "But, Cap, Euphemie ain't de, 'oman I wanted to marry. Me an' her wuz jes' er carryin' on 'mongst ourselves. It wuz me and Georgiana Thompson, yo' wash 'oman, dat wuz goin' to get. married." I liCih rpnlipH nmnaaA employer, "this license cost $2. Vou can get another to marry Georgians, but it will cost you another $2, and IT1 get it for you when I go to town tomorrow." . The next morning oJhn j stood at the front gate as his employer was about to start to town. "Cap," said,he in a confidential tone, "You neen' to min' 'bout gettin' dem yuther licenses. I'll jes' . use de ones I got, 'cause dey ain't no $2 diffe'nce in dem two niggers, nohow."?Chicago Tribune. BEEKEEPING NOTES. Clemson College, May 28.?The principal complaint reaching the bee keeping specialist at this time is in reference to the excessive swarming. Swarming is mainly due to a crowded conditon of the hive, and when the bees are in box gums there is nothing one can do except to let i them swarm and hive them accord-' ing to any one of the old and an-! tiquated methods. The chief work of the beekeeping specialist during j| the entire spring has consisted in | lelpnig people to transfer from box surp juma to frame hives. One of the italn igents wrote, "Great has been the then iestruction of box gums last week." that When they are in box hives the hogs beqs cannot be examined,1'space can- This lot be increased, foundation cannot nura De given, comb cannot be straight- Unit Hied, they cannot be. requeened, and Srhey cannot be ventilated, and honey time :annot be taken in any profitable How tray. Beekeepers are therefore urg- retu Bd to continue as rapidly as possible carl* the transferring from the box gums this to the ten-frame hives. The ten(x > frame hives may be purchased while 3ome prefer to make them out of well seasoned lumber. When these iives are made it must not be forgot- 0f t ten that they shobld be the standard sc^0 ten-frame dimensions both in the brood chamber and in the super, so whj? that in the future any hive body and wjj0 any frame may be interchanged with1 wor] every other hive body or by measur-j <j?he ing a standard ten-frame hive in your. ? ( neighboriwou or by writing to the' e(jU( Extensibn Service for dimensions, j 0f ( Get ready for1, the requeening camTsent paign in July. We are going to con-j gi(je vert our black; or Italian half breeds ^oa] !?4-A a Tfolian aaIamw +a nrft-i * . Llltu a guuu Jibaiicia vvivuj vv I QOpi duce a strong colony for wintering! an^ and at the same time furnish a young man breed virile for the spring drive. Remember it takes population in the colonies to gather the honey and GEI this is what is lacking in most cases , because of the poor hive conditions and insufficient queen power. Ber] j??? r er G COOPERATIVE SELLING HOGS or r ? dep< Clemson College, May 28.?The Animal Husbandry Division of the to a lExtensiojr Service is giving out a let- ;es j fcer to farmers in the interest of co- to t operative hog marketing. The let- ber Let, given in substance below, urges, b that farmers aid in this good work by card notifying the agents as to the num- ply ber of hogs they expect to have for cabi 3ale next fall. . ' Ran, The campaign carried on by the is b Extension Forces of the Department tati< of Agriculture for an increase in the horu amount of food produced on the T American frarm, togehtre with the peat necessity inevitable arrival of the man Boll Weevil, the increased cost of pea< production and unsatisfactory price ljmi of cotton, have created a marked in- tion crease, in the number and quality of swine over the State of South Carolina. ' To One of the greatest drawbacks to B the swine industry in South Carolina cell* [n the past has been the problem of Ger marketing. Many farmers with a peai uiLvxriwii s, ? > The "Simple Li Cook this summer on a New F Cookstove. It will save you care of many needless housebo With this stove you can keep low kitchen-and-dining room c ?no bother with coal or ashi smok'e or soot. The^ong blue wres the intense white' flame STAND .? Washington, D. Norfolk, Va. * Richmond, Va, NEW J , OIL t lus animals for sale have found acta lost impossible to dispose of of 1 1 and are discouraged and feel 1 there is no market for their lor ; and no future for the business, for is a mistake, fo rthere are a des her of the hftst markets in the eDa ;ed States to which we. can ship, ( prices are as high at any Bel in the history of the country, claj rever, to realize the greatest net IOC rns it is necessary to ship in anc sad lots, which few farmers in ami section are prepared to do. nat ' 4 ro TEACH AGRICULTURE. sai< ort Mill, May 23.?At.A meeting . he board of trustees of Fort Mill ol district last hight, it was de- ^ d to add an agricultural course :h will be in charge of an expert . will give his entire time to the Wftl k at a salary of $1,500 per year. , ' i i - . _ ? Dai meeting was, attended by John Carroll, county'superintendent of ^ :ation, and Prof. J. R. Peterson ^ 31emsoii College, the latter pre- cqq ing the proposition for hte conration of the board. The school we :d is considering also the a;ion of a domestic science course ,, tha has already the begining of a ual training school. so IMANY WANTS VOTE IN DISPUTED TERRITORY " ? ( [in,May 26.?the question whoth- bui ^prmanv will sicm the nenrff treatv in lot, it was believed here tonight, jnds altogether -whether the al- P1^ and associated powers will agree ^g plebiscite in all disputed.tlrtftor- ^oi md the reception of Germany in- the he League of Nations as a mem' reP with an equal vote. oth these issues ara made the *en linal features of the German re- t*111 which has been^approved by th$ me: net and Count von Brockdorff- ton tzau and his. associates and which 'or eing put into shape for presen- thii >n within the . next thirty-six ^ acr ra. IS he German reply to the allied Ph< :e terms will agree that the Ger- we i army shall he 100,000 nien on a son :e footing, but will urge that this t be not enforced until condi ^e s are thoroughly stabilized. " i" wo; ten Demand Place in Put* League. ^a| erlin, May 25, (Delayed}?Chun- am >r Scheidemann said today that goi many's counter proposals to the wo :e terms, will demand immediate grc , . j ; , 'erfection Oil fically correct?that a the time and or low at will. The I ild tasks. efficiently, dependablj vour bun?- time and stove con lean and cool DonH let this summer ? 2s?no odor, fashioned coal range. S t chimney in- Aladdin Security Oi -one scienti- for all purposes?obtai ARD OIL COMPArs (New Jeraey) , C. Baltimore, Md. Charlotte, N. Charleston, W Charleitoo, S. : aission of Germany to the Leafae Jations. ["he. counter proposal, the' chancel* said, places the needs of France ' emost, agrees to restoration of , troyed French territory and full Y ration for ruined coal mines. Jermany also agrees to inspect ' gium's claims, Scheidetnann dered. It accepts'the limitation of >,000 for its army in the futore v I is ready to complete disarment on land and sea provided other irons will agree to dd> likewise. - r. 'We designate the allies' terms, are icceptable in their present form," i Scheidemann. "N6w we must out onfiro ifmno4.1i #i?H tliiHtir * behalf of our counter proposal*. ij do not seek to remove our hftrd igations. They place foremost needs of France which requires v uilding , and alleviations of , its r burdens if it is not to become ,/ ..... _ ikrupt. Therefore, we offer;unre- . .> vedly to^rebuild the destroyed ter- f rry of northern France aridto give. .'</ I reparation for the output of the ' I min.'s which were destroyed. We even farther than it was ashamed would go. The financial experts the world will be astounded /by t." ' .. ( .?? IL BUILDING AND > ? ;' / 5 | CLUB WOftK "... ' . Jlemson College, May 27.-^8011 Iding is one of the fuhdartentajs' successful agriculture, and the ication of boy8 in agricultural nciples Is another. That County ent J. W. Shealy, of Lexington ' anty recognizes this is shown by sei passages^ from a recent wedcly ort - ' 'I visited the farms of J. J. Bal tine, J. H. Hiller, Hugh Ballene and S. P. Wood, ^he fttst two ntioned have been growing coti i i 'mi naa oar ciover on tne same ian<\ five years, and hav^ brought s land up from a Httlo"" better n a half bale to two bales peer * e, with the use 4>t lime and raw I . >sphate rock. The two latter re turning vetch, rye, and Crimi clover to follow with corn; 1 can notice aTgreat change in boys' farming, - especially - those them who have'been in the club rk for sevetal years. I have ofi said thjit^ club work is the foandon stone, to demonstration work, 1 for this reason J am spending a >d Dortion of fflr time, in clnb rk. As you bend a twig, so It will _ ' c ?w.. i ; i i i ,'" ' 1 " . "! i . ci " in **?. kxrn f.'oor . BH imi^?Jr tiifffiiiiiii"' l w \ I in be regulated high Jew Perfection cooks Rj r?means meals on Iflj afort. All siies. |B ind you using the old- ' OH lee your dealer today. i!. a. u t. m I 15 liiC ^?ivavuv nablc everywhere. |^H C H v?. Hf H n jdui| I