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W\)t Cfjerato Cfjrontrlt " , I "Tls Not in Mortals to Command Success, but We'll do More, Sempronious, Well Deserve It" ? ' ? Volume 16 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., DECEMBER 14, 1911 Number 7 ... ?? ? - - ? Deposit y< : ?t The Bank CKer&\ \h 1 /. STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER B ' 's \ 40 compoi 0 in savii WIAWTO HAVE NEW ENTERPRISE A REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY AVill Do a General Real Estate and Investment Business?Offices in Ranard Hotel Bnilding* tSHr '/ . i Is printed elsewhere in to 01 vne ?peuins ^ & Trust Co. The corporators are Messrs. J. W. Maynard, J. 0. Raley, R. T. Castpn and S. G. Godfrey. TI w an i Ntyvs cont L / Next1 our money N of Cheraw v. S. C. ANKS IN THE COUNTY COMBINED . . i unded quarterly ngs aepanmem _ The company proposes to. do a general real estate and investment business and will be commisioned with authority to write insurance if they so desire. Their office will be in the Ranard Hotel building. These gentlemen are well known business men of Cheraw and success is sure to follow their efforts. To Protect Missionaries. Hankow, Dec. 13.?A landing party of blue-jackets and marines from the Unit ;d States gunboat Vlllalobos, which was sent up the river to Tung Cnn Thirty Ball ^nan Candles, I Twenty-five Balls. 2 for 25c at Bull's! LL CH << e will give wi 25c Chrif 50c 75c $1.00 id in same proport: Rexall Cherry B Rexall Cold Tab Rexall Liver Sal Rexall Liver Sal t is the time to est ^ V D DS i to Post Office THE GREATEST COTTON CROP """""" ESTIMATER AT 1^885,006 BAL9S This State's Yield Is Given as 1,480,000?Acreage Is Larger Than In Former Years. Washington', Dec.. 11.?The flotal production of cotton in the United States for the season of 1911-12 will amount to 7,121,713,000 pounds (not including linters) of 14,885,000 bales of 500 pounds, gross weight, according to the first official estimate of the size cf the crop issued at 2 p. m. today by the crop reporting board of rhe United Stains department of agri-^ culture and made up from reports of " th c< respondents cud agents of tnc t bureau of statistics throughout toe c cotton belt. t Heretofore the iccorrt cotton crop was that of the yoor 1904, when i 3,-1 438,012 bales, exclusive of linters a were grown. Other large crops were t those of 1906, which was 13,273,809 e bales, and 1908, "when 13,241,799 bales a were grown. In point-of value, how- t ever the crop of 1910, which was 11,- a 608,616 bales, exclusive of linters, was I; the record one, the fine being valued v at $820,320;000 and?tflh. cotton seed at $142,860,000, a tptaV^f $963,180,- v 000 as the aggregate vajU|e of the cot- s ton crop of that yearjr t tne probable produJ^ra l^ell toward if the figure of the bjggest 'crop here-11 iRISTM th every Xmaf stmas Gift 5,0 10,0 15,0 20,0' ion for purchases a lark Cough Syrup lets ts?25c size ts?50c size > help your fav DRUG rhe Rex&ll Store ofore grown. The acreage on which otton was planted this season was esimated by the department of agriculure to be 35,004,000 acres, a greater .rea than ever before planted to cot-i on in this country. This vast area' I xceeded the previous record of acrege by more than 2,500,000 acres, here having been planted 32,444,000 icres in 1908 and 32,40^,000 jadres ast year. In the record production ^ere planted. Scorching hot and excessive dry leather during the middle of tbet umraer caused considerable dunfijrt iMught, however, were respdTTsible or a smaller yield this year than ex>ert8 early in the season predicted as \ AS D> i Gift purchas 00 Votes 00 " 00 " AA U tbove this amount 5,000 Votes 5,000 " 5,000 " 10,000 " nritp in thp r VAXtv iAA Jt STO I fc f Cheraw,! a result of the record acreage and splendid growing conditions then prevailing. One result of the hot weather was that the crop matured about two weeks earlier than usual. Dont Forget to Begisfor* Next Monday the County Board of ? Registration will be in Cheraw for Ih? ' * purpose of registering all those who are qualified under the law, ' ;v' '' i.A ed \ / riano ^ ! I E 5. C. * I i4