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Addison Mill Observed An tice Day. , Mr. T. A. Hightower, the pop superintendent of the Addison I arranged for a, suitable observanc Armistice Day. He invited Mr. J Cantelou to speak, tc those who employed, in the mill. Mr. Cant spoke in part, as follows: Friends, I am glad that'I kno\ many of you and I wish that I k every one of you and wish to as? you that it gives me great pleas to stand before you and tall speak a few words tin behalf of vember 11th. I have been very husy, though, the past few days and, when Hightower asked me a few mim ago if I would make a talk, I felt j , as the little verse of'poetry goes: ""I wish I were a little rock, A'sitting on a hill, A'doing nothing all day long But just asitting still.' That is ab>>ut the way I feel. ' It is not a speech that I am go to make, but in my honest opin the 11th day of November, 1918, the greates day without excepti f-,a,asiptT__oiuc'ctT othtiw ffl: that the history of the world has e' known since the Star of Bethleh guided and directed the Wise men Eygt to the Christ. True the cru fixion is a day of no mean imp tance. Again there are other gri days; the day of our own indspi dence, July 4th, 1776, when founded and established our gove] ment. All these are great. It was great day with France and Germa and England and with Italy a Spain and with all of the countries the east when they fought and w their famous battles. But there h never been in the history of the whc world since the birth of Christ ? d i that has meant so much like the d; ? of November ll, 1918. * Now, that is a rather broad stat ment to make but I think everyo: of you will agree with me that it true. I believe that it is true, not on in America but with France, En land, Spain and Belgium as well, think it very important that we s apart these brief minutes to reve ence, honor and bow in the mo reverend thanks to God because < the glorious victory with which 1 has so greatly blessed us. , We have now a past, present ar future. Let us bear that in mini This country is not going to .piece Our government shall never be bu: ied so long as this world stands. Th: is the greatest and richest goverr ment that stands upon the earth. D you realize that the American natio is the greatest nation, then if we sin if our government sinks, what, ask in the name of God, in all reve. *ence, will become of the nations ot! er than America? The soldier boys haye taken car of the past, the heroes, our own boy who went to France across the Deat Sea-yes, I say Death Sea, as th German submarines were lurkin? .there to send a cargo of men-Amer ican boys-?ovffi without one mo ment's notice. Now these boys hav gone. There are many of them, I re gret to say that have died, have beei killed and destroyed, and yet shouh I say I regret? We have won thi? great world war and are proud o: the fact. No, we should feel lik< President Roosevelt, that they wer< martyrs for a great cause. Now we have the present. Thf present is the time that we are ti take care of. Let's don't talk aboul the past, but let's don't bury it bul experience by the past for there are no teachers equal to experience, Lei us profit by the past and then we will have a better and brighter present. Don't think that we ar,e going tc pieces.'God still.reigns and it gives me great pleasure to say that he is ever willing 'and ready to help us. We not only have a great Christ but a great God, and why should we feel that we are going to pieces? Now the future is before us. That is the principle issue which we are to look forward to. The present is with us' only a few minutes then fu ture is the time that is before us. Let us give much thought to the educa tion of our children. Germany's great strength lay largely in the fact that her men were educate^.: You edu cate a mari and yau make him more able, to think. While there are plenty of splendid men without an educa tion, lots of them have never been educated until they were grown. Abraham Lincoln for instance, was not educated in his youth. When we look upon this bunch of school chil dren we know that they will soon he the leaders in this country. If you are the father or mother of any of these don't spare a single effort, dollar, nor any possible exertion that you might , give them an education and keep them in the schools as long as you possibly can. Give them a better op portunity than he had. Our future is f going to depend largely upon our r children, while we are living and tak ing care of the present Educate your child so that when you pass out o? this world you can say "Take the bur den on thy shoulders." Don't let your child grow up in ignorance. Now, there is one other thought you have heard of the great old ex pression "In union there is strength." We want to say there must be union in two ways.. There must be a union in labor and a union in spirit. Rob either of the other and you have no union. Now, you have got two things, you have labor on one hand and cap ital'on the other. What is a man's capital without labor and what is la bor without capital? They are both equally important as much as and as dependent upon "one another as the lungs in our body, even more so for it is said that man can live a while with only one lung. That is the way the whole matter stands. Let us have harmony always, live in harmony with^ the people you work for and with, and if you do that we will all be a better people and a much better country. * It May Be a Blessing. Senator Smith's pi'ediction that the world will fac? a cotton shortage next summer fits deduction logic from every standpoint. With an average crop of little more than one-third of the bumper crops of some years past it would seem plausible that the tex tile industry alone will consume all the supply that is now in sight, if it keeps the spindles and the looms go ing at a nurmal ratio from June to June. On top , of this there are. indica tions that normal or near normal ex port trade will be resumed by that period, and if this is correct, the sup ply will have dwindled tb zero, prob ably before the sun stands in midsky in 1922. The small crop of this year, added to the surplus which has accu mulated, gives the world a limited supply with which to meet its needs during the next twelve months. The one moat in the ointment at this time, is that in the face of this low supply, prices of the product still flare around the prices of fat cotton years. The South too often, particularly ? the cotton grower has been forced to sacrifice cotton by the acceptance of impoverishing prices. This to a large extent was caused by the farmer, dumping his crop on the market, as soon as it was gathered. Those able to hold the staple which they had bought at a low price, generally wax ed rich by selling it when the in-t? sight supply was low, or limited, at a big profit. If anything were needed to prove to the farmer of the South the value of holding associations,vper fected by the farmers themselves, surely it would be this history. It may be pointed out that the same condition as . prevails in the South's cotton belt today prevails in the Kentucky burley tobacco heit. But the tobacco growers have grown tired of playing the goat forever and they have been organized into a holding marketing association almost to a man. The campaign is just about fin ished there. Hereaft?r, it is the inten tion to set a reasonable and always equitable and profitable price on the tobacco, and then the farmers' own association will finance all the mem bers who need ready cash from their receipts. We have not been able to see why such a thing could not be done with cotton. It is so with Florida and Cal ifornia fruit, it will soon be so with -tobacco. Is the cotton grower going on forever, on a basis of going in debt for supplies to make a crop and then selling it at a losing figure in or der to pay his creditors? The people of the South, particularly, deserve better treatment. But they will not get it until they act themselves. Re member, that the mother partridge made light of the loud talk of the wheat' grower, who was going to in vite, or hire his neighbors to cut his wheat. She told her brood to make them selvesiat home as these reports were made to her. \ Finally, when the young partrides returned and told her that the farmer told his sons: "Get up by daylight. Come here ready with me, to cut and bind this wheat. When everybody fails us, we must act our selves or starve." Then the mother partridge said: "Children we shall leave this field before sunrise tomor rwo." The mora lis plain.-Columbia Record. Eyes scientifically examined and glasses properly fitted. / GEO. F. MIMS, , Optometrist-Optician, Eigefield. S. C. "T-H-E-R-E" By REV. H. OSTROM, D. D. Extension Department, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. ===== :C TEXT.-And Bluing down they watched him there.-Matt. 27:36. Upon that word hinges a considera tion outranking any other possible to. man. The place is outside the temple-gate; lt is Calvary: There, on a cross is fas tened the Son of God. The record states that "sit ting down, the people watched him T-H-E-R-E." The suggestion is .of composure, if not, also, indif ference; at least, It does not rise above crude amaze ment. Man, sin-blinded and finite, sits and stares. It is of him who dies there that Micah's prophecy, when referring to the place of his lowly birth says. "Whose goings forth are from eter nity." The limitless past speeds its tribute to that Cross, and the unmeas-i ured future can have no glory without it. Surely It claims of man something more than sitting down and watching. . For Jesus on that Cross Is between eartli and heaven. As If earth had passed him up and heaven could not *et receive him. or cs if some mys terious reason.had caused him to be adjudged unfitted for either, there he is suspended on the Cross. "He was made sin for us who knew no sin. that we might be made the righteausness of God in Him"; "He was made a curse for us"; "He died the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God." There is the place of Love's wonder work. There is the public explanation of God's estimate of your sins and mine. There is the counting out of the price of liberty from the bond slavery of sin. There is He who came down to earth and was "lifted up" ; hence, look ing there, you see the ladder that con nects earth with heaven How long, how tiresomely long have people sought that connecting ladder. Like the telephone operator at the( central office seeking to establish com munication for us with our distant friends, so has been the waiting and trying of the millions seeking that connecting ladder with heaven. Struggling through the deeds, of the law, or listening for the voices of the dead, or torturing themselves with physical suffering, they have sought the way up In the dark. But there it ls. His death on the Cross provides the way, the sure way, up to where He iovltes poor; !ost sin ners, saying, "Come." Could we but see in one short space of time all that centers there, then the soul accorded such a gaze-full' would see wealth uncounted, wealth indestructible, wealth eternal. Looking there one would see the mothless, rustless "riches of grace." That gaze would result better than the most promising markets of worldly fortunes inherited, earned, possessed and defended. They may fail. *But what that gaze could claim would be secure forever. It Is all. there. And for you!' There we see ns if In letters of fire the final word of Infinite wisdom on how to rescue our souls. Th er j could not be discovered or presented any other way by which to save us. Reverently, let us say it, God can find no other way. His angels or arch angels working and investing through countless ages could not rescue so much as One lost soul. And the project of Calvary will not submit to explanation on the ground of anything that human invention or human effort could add to its value. No. It's God's best. "There Is none other name"; "In the fulness of time God sent forth lils Son"; "how shall vne*escape If we neglect so great salva tion?" ' The statement, "That whosoever be lieveth in him might not perish" places the "believing In" so over against the "perislnng" that If words are of any value to express truth, lt is evident this Is the final word of how God can save our souls. Come then, come with me. Let us center our attention there. AS?, soul I rivers, are nol deep enough, or gar dens beautiful enough, or mountains high enough, or buildings costly enough to classify as sacred there. It Is He; It is He! And there, and there alone do you* find that the worth of your soul ls so great that through his blood It ls ac counted holy, and lt becomes the tem ple, the shrine of the Holy Spirit. O. find what ls your worth there. Cleansed from sin by his most pre cious blood, you become the shrine. .Calvary never cheapens us. It con demns us only to Justify us. The In vestment made In us Is there. Yes, we are there, And, there to be glori fied! Or.? Body, One Spirit There ls one body*, and one Spirit, even as ye are called In one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. who te abovi? nil. and through nil. and In you R'V lint unte every one of na lu gi *. gnre according ro the meas ure of the gift of Christ-Ephesian): 4: 4-7. ' - Others Named in Governor's Race. The office of governor seems to be the focusing point for the vision o? all political eyes in the state, all am bitions seeming to be aimed at pres ent at that office. Today new names are mentioned in connection with next year's race for the governor's mansion, and already the list of pos sible condidates is long. / There is a persistent report in Co lumbia to the effect that a movement is oh foot in Greenville to put B. E. Geer, former professor at Furman and now a banker and cotton mill ex ecutive, in the race for governor. Mr. Geer's name is possibly the last to be mentioned in "this connection. It is stated that Greenville men are . en thusiastic in their endorsement of Mr. Geer as a possible candidate. The name of United States Dis trict Attorney Francis H. Weston, of Columbia, has also been considered in connection with the race, and it is understood his friends have suggest ed that he run. State Senator George Washington \yjghtman of Saluda, known as "?Jattle Axe," because of his ruthless attacks upon the governmental expenditures, has definitely announc ed that if he enters the arena he will run for governor and he has indicat ed that he intends to be in the race. He stated in* Columbia recently, in answer to the direct question ? as to his candidacy, that he would run for governor, unless some other strong man entered the race on the same platform as his. Former Congressman Lever will also' likely be a candidate, a? will al so former Governor Blease, former Lieut. Governor Bethea, former At torney General Thos. H. Peeples, and probably others. Among those who are mentioned as possible candi dates are Lieut... Governor Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston; State Senator J. H. Marion of Chester; Col. Holmes B Springs, of Greenville; Henry C. Tillman, of Greenwood; Senator George L. Laney, of Chesterfield; Mendel L. Smith of Camden; and W. G. Querry, of the State tax commis sion. Lieut. Governor Harvey wants to be governor, but if Gov. Cooper is elected to the supreme court in Jan uary, leaving the governorship for a year to Mr. Harvey, then the present lieutenant governor will not be in the race next year, it is understood. Mr. Qu?Vry states that he has not reached any decision as to the race, though he ir- being urged to run. Mr. Quer?a is one of the best men of the state and an authority on tax mat ters. His platform would likely ,be tax reform, an unpopular subject.' His race would prove a great service to the state, even though it meant the sacrifice of the candidate.-Columbia Record. ' Mews Letter From Kirksey. . There isn't very much improve ment in the weather for November. Miss Grave Verner was a visitor Friday and Saturday with her pa rents in Richland, S. C. Mrs. W. S. McDowell of Kirksey is spending a few weeks with her son, Mr. J. S. McDowell of Greenwood. Btr. J. D. Ouzts of Ninety Six was a visitor of Mr. Serenus McDowell of Meeting Street last week-end. Miss Grace Ouzts of Pleasant Lane visited her sister, Mrs. T. L. Pardue of Kii-ksey last week. Miss, Viola Robertson entertained a number of her friends with a de lightful birthday party Saturday night. We gladly welcome Mr. Earl Ouzts and' family back to Kirksey again. Mrs. C. B. Ouzts was shopping in Greenwood Tuesday. Misses Gell Wood, Ethel and Alma Long of Ninety Six visited Miss Viola Robertson last week-end. Mr. Ben Dorn is a business fellow in Kirksey section. He makes his rounds every Saturday and Sunday. Mr. E. T. Chappell of Kirksey was a visitor in Johnston Monday. Miss Annie Timmerman of Pleas ant Lane visited Miss Gladys Rob ertson of Kirksey section last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Ouzts were visitors in Greenwood last week. Mr. Bruce Cheatham of Epworth was in kirksey section Saturday. Mr. C. W. Ouzts of Columbia vis ited Kirksey last Sunday. Mr. Serenus McDowell of Meeting Street is spending a few days in Ninety Six. . Mr. Will Burnett is a visitor here for a few days. Miss Emma McClure is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. D. Timmerman of Wig gins, for a while. STRAYED: A fine young Jersey heifer, butt-headed, strayed from my premises about the first of No vember. Any information will be appreciated. I have for sale a steer four years old. 11-9 M. C. PARKER. j! IMPROVED j ROADS ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN 1920 Cost Was About Twice as Much as in 1917 on Account of Distinct Shortage of Lahor. . (Prepared by the 'u. S. Department of Agriculture.) Every kind of road -cost about twice as much to build in 1020 as it did in 1917, according to the chief of the bureau of public roads, United States Department of Agriculture, and high way construction suffered more than any other class of work through rail road congestion, strikes, labor troubles and material shortages. 1 After the war there was a great public demand for Improved roads. Many roads had been seriously dam aged by war traffic, and it appeared that tile return of men from military service would provide an abundance of labor. The army of laborers which was expected to apply for the work did not, however, materialize. On the contrary, there was i' distinct shortage Well Kept Roadside Where Weeds Are Controlled by Frequent Mowing. of labor, and wages reached the high est levels attained in the history of the country. In 1917, competent labor could be secured for from $1.50 to $3 per day, but the corresponding wages In 1920 were from $3 to $5 for a short er day's work. In proportion to this demand there was also a pronounced scarcity of con struction materials. Sand, gravel, stone, and cement, and materials com monly used in road work Increased in price between. 1917 and 1920 from ??O to 100 per cent. Naturally, these in creases in cost were reflected in the prices paid to contractors for road work. Gravel ^roads Increased from $4,535 to $7,250 per mile; concrete from $21,165 to upward of $40,000 per mile, and brick roads from $33,000 to $55,000 per mile. As funds available for road con-. struction are largely limited by stat ute, or by the returns from taxation, a majority of the states this year have deliberately withheld work, the plans for which hail been completed, until they could obtain a greater return for their expenditure. SCOTS USED FIRST MACADAM Resident of Ayrshire Made His First Experiments About 1814 Roads Now Common. Macadam* roads are so common In America that national pride may well lead us to look upon them as a do mestic product. But John MacAdam was a Scot, resi dent in Ayrshire, where he made his first experiments 'about 1814. accord ing to the New York Sun. Five years later'the first public roads were laid with the pavement and a grateful par liament awarded the inventor a grant of $50.000. In 1827, after the new pavement had been thoroughly tested, MacAdam was made surveyor general of all metropolitan roads in and about Lon don and the use of his method became general throughout ,the United King dom. HARDING LAUDS GOOD ROADS President In First Message to Con gre&8 Deplores. Money Wasted in Improved Highways. In no uncertain terms, President Harding expressed his opinion of the automobile, motor transport and good roads In his tirst message to congress. He said: "The motorcar has beccme an Indispensable Instrument In our po litical, social and Industrial life. ^. . . 1 know of nothing more shocking than the millions of public funds wasted In Improved highways-wasted because there ls no policy of ^maintenance. Highways must be patrolled and con stantly repaired." Hens Vary In Weight. Kgg-produciog hens vary in weight, the average being about four pounds. The principal breeds of egg producers are the Leghorns, the Wyandottes. the i'lymouth Bocks, the Rhode Island Reds and thti ?Vtinorcas. Work ls World Wide. Road construction and maintenance have bccone world wide as well as prov!?icprcblems and foreign gov ernments are doing much woik to ward highway development. TEMPORARY PASTURES ARE BEST FOR SHEEP From IO to 14- Days ls Lonf Enough on Same Ground. Basis of 1 Acre to 25 Animals Is Moro Satisfactory Than Seeding Larger, Areas-Smaller Lots Ars Convenient (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) For health and for economical ose of the pasturage it is undesirable to keep sheep on the same ground more than from ten to fourteen days, say specialists of the United States De partment of Agriculture, in discussing the question of raising sheep on tem porary pastures. The most generally Sheep Are Valuable Weed Destroyers and Will Keep Fence Rows, Road ways and Waste Places Clean. useful size of lot ls one acre to 25 sheep. This area, on an average, fur nished In experiments 14 days* feed. Arranging the size of lots on the basis of one acre to 25 sheep is more satisfactory than seeding larger areas and using hurdles to permit advance to fresh feed each day. Less labor is necessary, and by going to entirely new ground after ten or twelve days the danger of picking up parasite laFvae on ground grazed over earlier is prevented. With a one-acre lot for 25 ewes, or correspondingly larger ones >or larger flocks, it ls an added advantage if their length ls two or three times the breadth. With a heavy crop of forage that would last longer than was considered safe to hold the flock on the same ground, a short piece of cross fence can readily be put down to divide the pasture into two parts. The smaller lots are also 'convenient with purebred flocks to provide for the separate pas turing of smaller lots of ram and ewe lambs. Movable fencing is not likely to be satisfactory for the outside-lqt fences unless the whole area to be used lies In a long strip with side fences, when only two end pieces need to be In place at one time for the ground being grazed. STANDARDS FOR CONTAINERS Hamper, Round-Stave Basket and Market or Splint Basket Lack , In Uniformity. Three important shipping containers In need of standardization at the pres ent time are the hamper, the round stave basket, and the market or splint basket, say specialists of the bureau of markets,- United States Department of Agriculture. Investigations In all parts of the United Sl?ates where these packages are used have shown a seri ons lack of uniformity in capacity, shape and strength which could be cor rected hy the adoption of standards which have been prepared by the bu reau of markets. These standards have been written Into a bill, H. R. 4900 now before con gress. Its adoption should go a long way toward eliminating the 15 styles and sizes of round-stave baskets, 25 styles and sizes of splint baskets as well as the 50 styles and sizes of hampers. The bill provides for five sizes of splint baskets, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 24 quarts; five sizes of round-stave bas kets %-bushel, %-bushel, 1-bushel, 1% bushel and 2-bushel, and six sizes of hampers, 8, 16, 20, 32 and two styles for 48 quarts. KILL GREEN CABBAGE WORMS Arsenate of Lead Spray Will Prove Satisfactory to Destroy , Various Insects. The green cabbage worm can be killed with an arsenate of lead spray tn which laundry soap has been mixed to make lt adhere to the leaves. This treatment will also kill the cabbage , looper and other cabbage worms. Nicotine sulphate or kerosene emulsion and soap should be used against the harlequin cabbage bug and plant lice or "aphis." MANURE,PRODUCED ON FARM Dairy Cows Lead All Other Animals Yielding 8.5 Tons Yearly Goats Give Least Under farm conditions it ls esti mated that the following amounts of manure may be saved each year from mature animals: Horse, five tons; dalry cows, 8.5 tons; other cattle, four tons; sheep and goats, 0.4 txk% and hogs, 0.6 ton.