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FARMING always. i . hllHp,, Officer* (*ood Advice W^^eru and Hunlne** Men. |tii?liicss Mrn Hlfd cmmI remit* obtained in ?? V(t rut ^' 'i r ??' iftfftN' to Mtiai tt# lipon thB ma I* h*' <ill tt^oiinl ??f 'hang, vuou>fc condition* The united * of ?" "H> ^'rl"'ulhu'al :,im1 ,>gsl f of the W*r Vt (|le fjoutii nearer to "Haft* JjJL" and a "Self Sustaining Agrl IJJJ. than 0Vl?r hcfore In the history Hi Hit forty ,v??W< Mb the |>rict? of cotton going up. you, M?- Mr, liuHlucss [ too Mr. Farmer, going back to the i(rly! The history of tl>e agrlcul <uf tin' South has Ihhh) a lilwtory L, yt'U is 0)1(1 fat years. The %vr Iihk llvtsl In distress because ^ md high prices are alnost irtably followed by I?1k -ropa and prlrex. If v,e could produce our |u living It Would steady the whole rteni ami keep the boat from rock The entire agriculture of the cot ,belt has been a gamble. There has m no safety In it. It has not pro ^ a rich and prosperous farming jple because of the uncertainty, al cotton Ik olio <>f the greatest of A crops. U'lth the rise in the price of cotton t tvou going to play safe or are you tog to take a chance? Now 1h the $ to decide. If you' gamble on the ^ of cotton you take a chance; If l follow the program outlined by all the agricultural forces last fall, you lUke M chancc. Here is the pro ud in a nutahell, the title of which -Hafe Farming" ; firxt, Produce a home garden for family on the farm, the year rod. paying social attention to a I of Irish or sweet potatoes suttl Dt to supply the family with food this character. Nyhere feasible, re a iifttch of Sorghum or other cane produce syrup for the family. ?eeoiid, Produce the corn necessary ?u|?|K?rt all of the i>eople on the m and the livestock, with absolute 'ety. Riird. Produce the necessary oats j other small ?rain to supplement i corn as food. Pay attention to oter grazing. Fourth. Produce hay and forage mi some forage, crop, sufficient to f>ply all of the livestock on the farm, p Unimex such as clover, cowpeas, (vet beans. ko.v beans and alfalfa for the 'production of hay and to on rich tin- soil wlili tiltjTQgtiU ami It it 1 1 1 < > 1 II III. 1 * t"4M t 1 14 I hi' mmt V to supply Mic jk'ojiIi*, through iucrcas cd tit tent ion to imultry ami low*, e* jm'cIm ll.v. Plan to gradually Increase I he nnmbcr of ?attle ii i it I o||ii>r live Stock HO US tO iittV*' II KUtHcicIlt IHI in ? l>er to cojtKiiine tin* waste prod m l m of the fit rin hiiiI make the waste lands productive. Stxth, After ail of these things |yivi? been amply provided for, prodinc cot ton for the market. If this course Ih pursued the funnel will pr(MjH*r whether cot toil lie lAc.or tk'. If cotton Ik tie the farmer will l?c Able to live; If it Ik 1ft cents there will he nmre proflt In IiIk cotton crop, in the long rmi, than there would lie If he neglected the living. Mr. Huslness Man and Mr. Tanner, do yon want the South to pri>?i>or |K*r manently? If ho, lend your iutiuence to thin great problem of "Safe. Farm lug." A campaign will be 'carrlcd on 111 the various slates during the Winter and spring center inn around the va rious lines of this progr'um. I>nd your aid and assistance to us In this campaign as you did last year. Mr. Hanker and Mr. HuhIuchs Man, you want to pursue wife buslncHN meth ods! Won't you lend your influence to making the farming method of the Houth a safe business proj>osltlon7 The Extension forcea in every state, conducted by co-oi>eratlon between your State College of Agriculture and the United States Department of Ag riculture, and with County Agents in most countleH, are working on thin great problem all of the time. Can't we have your help? Write the Exten sion Division of your Agricultural (Al lege, or tills I)ei>artmont, and bulletins will, be sent you covering all the sub ject# mentioned in this letter, and. the plan of work will lie explained. Not "Safety First," birt* "Safe Fann ing Always." Yours very truly, , Bradford Knapp, Chief, Otllce of Extension Work In the South. Atlanta, Gn. h- When William II. Harden, 7(1 years old, advertised for a bride, the ad was answered by Miss Lula Douglas Thomson, 20 years old. It is reiKirted the groom settled $30(), - 000 on "the bride before the' wedding ceremony. Burden has adult grand children. To a man marriage may mean the surrender of his rights to the whims of his wife's relations. JONK8 FOUND NOT UllLTY. AiuU?immi Mho (Hmrnl of CharKr of Murder of I Mil. Anders* n. s t\. Nov. (?. - A f (???' ?!<? liberating iihuiii ope hour tin* Jury hearing ||?? FfOMlct' I. Joium murder tune returned ii wfilict of not guilty at 3 :!M) o'clock this afternoon. Judge Moore warned I he audience lit itdvn.ll^1 against'' any demount ration and the verldei wan rw?tjv?) silently by a pack ed court room. Counsel utld friends ?>f .1 olitVi seated near by extended congratulation* and lw< then hurried to un Anderson hank when* hfs aunt, the widow of Dr. \,. <>. Mci'alla. for wliOHO murder Jones wmk tried, wan awaiting him. He and his aunt left the city In Mix. McCal-' la's ttutinuplilie for the Mci'ulia home at Starr. The unwritten law wiik the plea, Jones declaring that he killed Dr. Mct'aila l?ecause the latter Invad* e<l the Hanettty of his home. Jones Is a nephew of Mrs, Met 'alia and is her foster son. The case was attended with a great deal of Interest throughout the coun ty beeause of the prominence and wealth of Jones and Mct'alla. Jones said that hid wife confessed her relations with Dr. Met 'alia to him about IP or 11 o'clock on the night before the Shooting ; thttt lie s|>ent a sleepless night; that he got up early, did not eat any breakfast and went over to Dr. McCallp'H house, when l?e saw the doctor come out of his yard. "I meant, to kill him when I left home," declared the defendant. "I did not think of or consider anything else. I did not consider the consequences, nor did I care what they might be/' West Coon, a negero, at Bennetts vllle Saturday shot and killed two white men, Hon Parker and Ben John son. The double homicide whh at Me T*odrs mill, in tin* upper part of Marl boro county, near Kollock. Tlie plioot ing occurred about. 7 o'clock and Coon was captured 12 hours later. He is now in jail at BennettavUle. Johnson was about 85 years of age. He is survived by his wife and four chil dren! Parker was about 32 years of age and Is survived by his wife and one child. Johii'W. Cox, of Charleston, was shot and fatally wounded by Charles O. "Moree in that city Sunday afternoon. ' One of the largest mortgages ever re corded in Charleston was tiled there last week, that of the Seaboard Air Line Co., to the Guarantee Trust Co., of New York, trustee, for $300, 000, (MX). HKHB1A A HK II lj\Ni> ttrsourres of ll?e Country Have <Jre*t Wealth Producing Possibilities. Serbia wi)*1 just , winning recpgiiltlou hh mi undeveloped aurh-ultniMl homuiKa at tht* nullm^k of ilu* wur; and the propaganda which the Serbians had pushed for years, to attract French and ItrltMi capital to their country wan on til** |K)lnt of lay) rill# fruit, says a bullet I n Just I km tied liy the National < a?H?K(ra |i)iif Society, til wilted the wn lloinle coiidit ion of the Herliltt of pre war Is revived. Serbia, has been Just I \ k n? ?\\ 11 as "the garden of the Balkans." offd In its vallc/s are found some of the richest soils of Euro|>e, not except Inu t ???? "black earth" l>elt of Russia and the verdant Krlult Unlike Kuaslu's black earth helt, which has been losing Its fertility, so that some of tta> noil hern provinces are outbreak ing those of the favored south, the Ser bian lands have barely Ixtgun to give of their wealth to the farmer. The stnrd.\ middle kingdom of the ltalkaiis I s coin posed of a nut Ion of farmers soldier-farmers. for every Serbian i- a soldier and manufactur ing Industry has hardly ap|>eared among t lieni. The fabricated products used in Serbia ; and those were only of the simplest ami most necessary kinds everywhere In Hie land outside of tiie capital city; were almost wholly made up of Imisirts by way of the "Hungarian frontier ami hy way of the (Jreek |M>rt, Salonlkl. The wealth of the laud came from Its farms and its grazing fields, and from these sources but a tithe was taken of that which might have produced with In vestment of the needed capital. Among other characterizations of this much-nicknamed country, that of "the poor man's paradise" tells a fuller story than any other, Before the out break of the war. which by now has swept away crops, live stwk and till ers of the soil, Serbia, throughout Its length jind breadth, was more truly a land of .sufficiency than any other land In Europe. There was 110 problem of an urben or Industrial proletariat. Beggars were scarce and helpless jk>v erVy all but unknown. Even the Ser bian agricultural laborer has been said to be as well off as the small farmer in England. More fertility of soil, and more picturesque beauty of landscape is found in the middle kingdom than In any other Balkan State. Pigs formed, the chief element of Serbian wealth. They were corn-fed pigs, like those of our western plains, and were fattened tn autumn and sum lUt'l' (ill the 11 1 It I mollis of the extensive St rblaii t"if i ? prsphe ktvu American competition and the uii favorable tariffs ?if neighbors, Serbian |M>rk products found mi ever Increas ing exiiort, The pigs are mostly ??f a native breed. (Hiiv wit It*- or black. tho' some foreign breeds huvo been Intro dmvd during recent years. In relation In lis imputation. Serbia poKsessiMl utoiv l?l?s and mIuh'P al tlu1 lime of the wiir'n outbreak than any other country In l-uro|H>, having more than I.imhunhi pigs ami about Ji.WMMKMl sheep. Gout*, also, iiiv raised la great numbers, anil thee favored Serbian cheeses ^ire made rtf t ho njilk of goats and cww, Methods of fanning ami st?s-k-rals tug have never risen above tin* primi tive In thin la ii< I of plenty, which "tick led" with the iveasant's hoe always "laughs hack with a hmvest." lmllan corn, the basis of the ?llet of the Ser bian fanner ami of the Serbian live HttM'k. Ih the prlnclnttl crop of the land. The normal annual yield exceeds more than fi.000,000 bushel*. Imisirtant <pian- 1 tatles of wheat, lliix, hemp and tobacco | have been regularly ki'owii. In 11MU. I the sugarlieet was Introduced Into the crops of Serbia, and this new Industry | grew with astonishing rapidity, until | It threatened a future serious eom|s>- , tlthui for the lieet-wugar Industry of Austria. All the fruits of central Fni rope thrive In the middle lbilkan king I dom. and from one of them, the plum, 1 is producod a national drink, called shllvovltsa. Sericulture and lieejieek * lug were encouraged by the State, and added materially to the people's wel fare. Lark of capital has kept the little kingdom from taking a prominent part In the world of commerce; and, until recent years, this lack of capital was due to the facts that the outside world knew little of Serbia, and that little bed been placed before It In a way un I favorable ti) this people's Interests. Tlu* riches >>f Serbia were unguessed, and grave rumors concerning the security of life and property In the state were widely printed In the world's press. Austrian* were among the tirst to take advantage of the country's richness, ami Germans, Bulgarians, and English men followed them. 101 I!aso, Tex.? When Stanley Cobb applied for a license to marry Mar garet Corn, the marriage license clerk refused to issue the license thinking It was a Joke. When convinced, how ever, he shelled out/ Pop Com was said to have opposed the marriage, but when appealed to said, "Shucks!" and headed the list for the husking. FATAL KAUj WKM If Sevoral Members of Show Train Killed on <?cor|(i? Kailroari. Macon, tin., Nov. 'Jl!. The IhhIIom of six ihtxomk hiive boon rwvvt'rwl, twelve (?Huts are said to have been cremated and nearly forty other jhu'souh are ilk tllO ColUIUhllH Hospital IIS II IIHOlll ?>f a head-on collision liotwodti a passea ger t ra 1 1 1 ou tin* Central of OiHtrgia Itiiilroad iiikI a n|ieclal train carrying i l*?* roll T. Kennedy Carnival allow#, ninety nine and a half milt* went of here tilth afternoon. .Frod s. Kempf and IiIh wife were burned to dentil, while hIiow jieople looked helplessly On. Their four-year* old child was Hit vim I through the he rolHin of her mother alone. Klames were licking at one of the palatini anto trucks nf the Kempf*, which wiin on a tint ear, and In which the Kempf s were Imprisoned, Mtn. Kempf, seeing that there was no chance to cHca|M?, hurled hef child through a window clear of the train. Then the mother fell hack ami was huriicd alive a minute later. The child wan hadly bruised, hut Co lilinbus (H'ople, who picked lip the little girl and rushed her to a hospital, say that the llttlel r i ? ' will live. There has Immmi much confuslou at the acieiie of the wm'k, which in six ami a half mile* cant of Ooluinbun, and It will he morning before the car nival comimny can complete it* check up to uacertain the number of inlawing, i ? ? ? I Though Blind, lie Won a Trip. Friend* of Mr. Paul (), MeCorkle who are a<Hpialnted with IiIh energy and htlalnewa ability will not be sur prised to learn that In a content ex tending from May 1st to July Hist, file result of which, wan recently an Ufrtinced, Mr. McOork!<j way one of the two wlnnerf'K of a trip to New York. Mr. MeCorkle repfenents the (leneral Accident Arthur a nee CoriKiratlon- of Philadelphia, and the contest wa? o[>en to all of the agents in North and South Carolina, of whom there are quite a number. Mr. 'MeCorkle, when congrat ulated upon bis success, wan inclined to be very modest about the affair. ? Cheater Reporter. Minneapolis, Minn. ? White ICarth, near here, claims the champion mother of this state and perhaps of the en tire country. Although Mrs. Myrtle La Chappelle Is only 11) years old, She has been the mother of nine children. Her husband Is 22 years old. ESS DOLLAR SAVIN' S NOW ON IN FULL BLAST ... . ... PULLED OFF IN CAMDEN If you have any feeling for that old pocket book of yours, just cram it down in your pocket and hurry to this sale, we'll let it down easy. And the time to do it is right now. We are offering bargains that have never been duplicated in Camden. We care not what others are doing ?Our Great Avalanche of Bargains is Sweeping Every thing Before it. ""Tremendous Business is Coming - Our Way and No Wonder 1 lot Boys' Blue and Fancy Serge knee pants, guar anteed all wool. Sizes up to 20, Worth up to $2.50, at $1.48 t lot Men's $18.00 Serge Suits at $10.98 50 children's $3.00 Cloalcs, sizes 8 to 14, at .$1.24 20 children's $1.00 mixed wool Sweat ers at ,.5Sc 1 case extra large Towels, worth 15c, at 9c New and up to date Boys Suits in Norfolk style, all sizes. Regular $6. values at ...?.$3.24 Misses Box Calf Shoes, sizes 21/2 to 4, worth $1.75 at ... ....$1.19 Children's Mutt & Jeff Scuff er Shoes, in tan and black all sizes, worth $2.00 at J.. ...... $1.48 Ladies' Tan Buttons Shoes, sizes 3 to 4, worth $3.50 atfT. A new line of la dies' Felt and Vel vet hats, the very latest styles, worth $3.50 at $1.98 1 lot Men's Grey Wool Work Shirts, regular $1.50 grade at 71.... - 98c 100 dozen Men's Work Shirts at 39c 1 lot Ladies' $8.00 Teddy Bear Coats, at ....$3.48 1 lot Men's $12.50 Black Serge Suits, at ...-.........$7.24 Just Arrived ? Full line Serge Dress i Goods, worth $1.00 per yard, all colors at 49c 1 lot Men's $15.00 Fancy Suits at ...$9.98 \ s, . 1 lot Baby Shoes, lace and button, sizes 2 to 5, worth $1.00 at 48c 1 lot Men's $10.00 Kersey Suite . -j at ,.,,. $4.98 H. L. Schlosbufg DON'T BE FOOLED. make a bee line to SCHLOSBURG'S. It ?ftykNS MONEY SAVED TO YOU. -t ?'? 'M ? *! * ' ' ? ? . ? .* * <? .. v'. H. L Schlosburg, . $50,000.00 STOCK THROWN OUT TO THE PEOPLE. CAN YOU AFFORD TO PASS IT UP? -t- -i