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Weekly Feature for the Farmers of Anderson and Counties. Contributions for this page gladly received. '?t-i 41 Sol?th Gar?lma, The Hoine^Seekei's Paradise Has a Climate Unsurpassed itt the United States. State Has Mountains ?nd Plains the Soil bf Wliich is tJn^ bilities- Land Cheap and Old and Antiquated Methods Are teven Away to a New Era in Farming- State Ranks High in the Val?ife of Agricultural Produclss^More Attention Being Paid tb ttie Raising of Food St?ftirr 1 !? ?? t~ ... .; gS---v (By COL. E. j. WATSON, Stile Comsnitswner off Agir?cii!??re.) \.? ? .#l.ii1SiJt? i il?-.?!:, ^ '-.H.?Hir>'..'?feS - :'<--..-^T'r*,-i*?- * .' that they must farm the a:r with ni trogenous plants, make barn-yard ruauuro, with livestock and ceace tho great wasteful expenditure. made an nually tor commercial fertilizers. They went ahead, however, despite the warning, and bought the usual amount of . food stuffs, away from home, abd more than the usuat amount of, commercial fertilizers. Kow the European war bas come, and the soundness of the doctrine that has been preached to the people has been driven nome with sledge-hammer directness. On the" whole,- however, the year bas been a good one. Com Crop bf 1911. The 1914 corn crop will run ap I proximately 36,260,000 bushels. and tho average price of corn la this Btato on September. 1 at tho farm was $1.04 per bushel, two cents higher than at the same date last year. The actual value of the corn crop ls only a few thousands of dollars less than that ot last. year. Tho oat crop this year has run 7,347,000 bushels,' against a five-year average Of 7,053,000 bushels; and tho farm price'on.September 1 was higher than any State in tho Union except Arizona. The ? people have raised this year also; 4,339,000 bushels of sweet po tatoes, which ought to help to feed both'man and toast during the pres ent trying time. Our hay crop this year, was 242,000 toas, against a five year average cit 219,000 tons. We have raised this year also.a 700,000 buBhel apple crop, which can also be eaten, against a five-year average of 800,000 bushels, ana the average./price tor apples now is 92 cents per bushel. ; The most. noteworthy, achievement of the year perhaps has'been, tho driving of the average yield of corn per acre up to 22 bushels. Perhaps the less said about the cot ton cr Ci; the bottier. ' Agriculturally, however,'the crop has been one of the best we have.had. The yield 'per acre has been higher than all the pre ceding years, dad higher than in any cotton producing State in the Union except North Carolina, .and North Carolina does not raise near as much cotton aa South Carolina. r.The pro duction of cotton has.been heavy. ' A Silver lining. . I hove said above that there ls al sliver lining to the pr?sent clouds that I (engulf us; perhaps X should have said ! that lt ls a golden - lining? ' The im mediate future must be devoted with out delay to the planting of a largo grain crop; wheat, oats and rye must be put In, and they must be put in quickly. Tho demand of the world tor grain ia going to. be the greatest'<in the world's ; history.. The South, by reason bf Its climatic location;, ls the only section, of th? nation where we can got a crop planted and harvested,! some - months . earlier than any -other section, and the farmers are going to be ?ble tb^ see tor themselves that gvaid la tus Bouu a rooney crop ns cot ton. This crop can be harvest ed by ?une. and having on?? seen that grain rip gs money. the farmer will realise that corn and cow-peas can \. bring money, and if. he aies sound judgment it.will be a war, > of time to plant one stalk of cottc^, for every pound . bf cotton that, t*-raised will simply : serve to drive the already low price lower until. thelman who- raised it, without rogurd to < economic conditions . w.i!| find himaolf paying .dearly for Ui? privilege of having dpue sb. : If the ' crona are handled in thin wnw the loss, they haye airead?; sustained this year, aadr then be in a position .?YfO f?rwa^ow?rdi a pew, wen\bahi4cpe UBTicutlure-in whioh HvAetti^V. irmfnL tchance 6|;soil t?rtiity.'a?dJfto' rai?r1 lng of home supplies will ng%e ob?? spicuouS?y,, tho -, ..eottirm. beings >*e? h>fr?y] aV * ^?iT to*be n%?} kete^ gradually ?^'at?ety^'ai'i^ ; world's marketa demand lt, and ihere by bring about a more stable av erage price for cotton than aaa ever been known. , A Caira View. | Viewing tho situation calmly ami i without excitement, I believe that there sro' rare possibilities -for ma- j terial advance abd development ahead or us, and that in the end this disas ter that has betallen us, though lt brings severe suffering for a year, will prove a blessing In disguise. For t?nate ly our people, because of the rapid adv mces.^bsA have been mad o in ag rici tu ral ebden vor in the past decade, ? ire in a better position thl3 year to )tand such a disaster that they have encountered than they have ever been Since-the civil war. To my ?.mind, South Carolina today ls more the real land o? opportunity for tho intelligent tiller 'of the soil than any other section of .the knited States, and the man who stick.; to the soil now .and handles both himself and tho soil intelligently, ls going to resp a 1 permanent harvest, that will bring toi him and bis family, both prosperity j and.- happiness, . I Simple Simonette*. Tho fare sex-street car conductor*. | If money were."contagious, vulgarity1 would become epidemic. Is lt as easy for a woman tb bo a lady -as it for a lady to be a woman?" Have you ever observed that per feet strangers sometimes become very imperfect acquaintances? If a woman had ri vote and a last year's hat, would she wyear a now hat to the polis on election dya, or would n't she? Y . - ?-., y, SANITARY HOMES FOI'. * FOWLS 18 NECESSITY Providing Hens With Proper Quar ters First Step in Profitable Egg ' Production* s CLEMSON COLLEGE, Nov. 5.-Tho first step to be taken in the direction of profitable ogg. production In South Carolina; according:, to R C, Hare, poultry husbandman of Clemson CoI-;i lege, 1B to pr?vido a sanitary poultry I house ? for fowlo. - Up-to-dato hens, with modern efficiency methoda of manufacturing eggs, rotjulro "mod ern conveniences" in their homes just as much ns do up-to-date people and they, will not : do good wor-k if made to live in what might he called. "Chicken slumB." ? Mr. Hare has out lined |n simple foynaa what ia "just tho thing's in poultry house construction for SouU: Carolina and some of thesb directions .follow.'.,'.' -?fi First, aays ?Mr, Hare, who ima tho roputation. ot knowing what to say when tho subject o? i conversation is poultry' houses,-remodel your poul^ try housec If necessary, and make- it t^tom,ofe,8bm^ ti ons;~r??wrvl^b"^;*^)*?'^^^.-^ cyvS-f."vt;*,. ?ra??, ??U?? ? ^ulSrifi? ter andras: cool b bpuse as' possible In J pottinger. . ?t you,, wan^;to build, eject an , inexpensive house . closed tight -'. !bb tbe east/ and weBt. Sides (also on* the ' northt side ht wmfof)' and open 'on .tbb^^oQth bf front. A good size to acconiodato .fortyV fowU: is 10 feet lbng?by ' if ? fiset wWf, >ith .tb*? srads^feet h?sb in front abd 4 feet high in tbe^jc?|>, : Tho 10-foot side 6 feet;blab fat??|,?Jouth.. v.?? . ?OV>It^V-1fottit|^^isi;:w1th:. . v8r4 Inch Juesb >,wirt netting, ?"ltb the ,ax cepi?bn. bf S' feet at t*f* bottom, which board up' td ! prevent winds from blowing In oh the fowls. If you do not need to keep out rata br spafr. rows you I. con ? uso 2 inch mesh wire betting,'.which is, cbejtpef than" ;.tbo ?oim^^.jat?S^^ 'A IM 2LV2 ?Jas Wido .io ?i??Cu? iii w?????jr ou? u? ib-O front andrcoverod; With wiro netting ana boar^. jn'JBefora-?ebmBletIng tho faa r. (north? ? side, biaJtoilhfpb wood feet long for tb? upper half the enV doom ? feet wide and about. 3 wkU. Hinge them 'outside to drop down afi? eov?r tho. ope3tags with wire netting. .'.;. These back doora must be-closed tight In cold weather,, but by opening the? >Ia\s?mmer tho hot sir. inaldo tho house ls. removed by the draft created and tho house 4* '-?miic1ii^ooW:..thBJ?>'^op?rWitb-:.;y nb ^wa?Sati^^?;P-':; . . -Slave .the focets and nests .remov? able. Small packing boxea from the grocery Store > with dean straw and a. cpupleL of neat eggs In them rife .fcar&a&iBto bfw? bulk ;]tm^ef;. ibo dropb?ard or nailed "to the bouso where they cannot be readily cleaned. ?!?''?obPitohjC-tii; ?febb^^P?W them One foot from the ground and roos -W ;in^^6fr^^dD0^6^^ IS^?-S^b^g? ilaced ^ittcbw below th? bottom ot the b >ttom ?td. ?bbi^e. aean <slt'/>tbe-\A^y^'?g: ?*3?? hifcj^i^^ grond? then cover. lt with 0 Inches of straw, '$bia3 straw, leaves, Utter of any kind or <ha>b?g*. .. Place the^-water djah on ? box ok shelf of sufficient size for. tihb?kens to stand on It, in order tb?&o water cVean bf Utter and o ^iiaV?Opsej Is now completed > abd ??ady Cormibo fow't^h?t In reifljP' Iptfttroglji^^ ?h#v finished, Umewash the- walla ij^tWfooW wtt- be. both. mib>. The Two Farmers (By Walt Mason.) Tho slipshod farmer goes by guess, and has all kinds of black distress. Ho { doesn't keep his head ou straight, but sticks to methods out of date. You ! say, ''Why dont you take a brace, and .cultivate your . blamed old place, in modern style, with modern tools, ac coVuing to the latest rules. Then you'd have coin to pelt the birds." j He answers, through his old. straw lid, "I do. the way my fathers did. I have no use for modern rules, for j agriculture learned In schools. No far mers' journals do I iiecd ; I heve r.o i stiruo to sit and read. I've too much' trouble op my mind, tc stand and ti Ik here till I'm blind; my cows are t il producing whey, my bens have never 1 i learned to lay, my hogs ?aro troubled with tho thump?, my horses have tho j jumping mumps, our old stone churn j is out of plumb, and BO the butter wilt not come, the welt 1B dry, the chim ney smokes, my hired nvn are lazy bloke?, and I must kick around and rn?r, just as my fathers, did of yore." | Tho modern farmer, up to date, has ! all things running smooth and straight. Ho knows the'farmer must j advance, and knowledge gain, at every chance. For farming is no blind-man's j game; the winner must have a lotty aim, must have a comprehensive view, and -know What other farmers do. Ho ought to know, what: hind ot stock, will bring hint troubles by the .crock, know how. to combat bugs and worms,- and put a crimp in. .deadly germs; he ought to -know what kind of grain will flourish b?at on hill or plain; he ought, to know what kind of pills hhs horses for their .??B, a thousand things he has to know. If he would sidestep grief, and so he reads farm papers o very day; and knows the good one makes it pay; lt pays a hundred times its cost-the ! timo spent reading ain't lost. WARNED AGAINST PROMOTERS Farmers Are Cautioned Against Unsound Creamery Schemes. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Nov. The airy Division of Clemson Col-, lego iRBues tho following1 warning to farmers and business men in rural districts: . ?i "The . people ot the State are j warned: to be on the lookout for men j who wish to ', promote new schemes j in their sections. Last week ' thu Dalry Division of Clemson College' learned .that a creamery was being promoted on tho South Carol Inn North Carolina border. Hep were at once Sent to tho territory to look into the situation and found that .tst^ro Vf G re not osoug? CDVT? . ?ri. the section lo support a creamery since, not 'fewer than, 40? cows are needed.; After ts Iking over the. plan tho peo ple ^consented to appoint a com-;j mutee to .consider tho matter and it is., the hope that when <thOy lopV into the. matter they will decide not tb build. A : creamery. that is not .a success- does great damage to' any Beetloo. Never begin ..a creamery unless there aro at least 100 cowa to supply cream." GROWING WINTER, OATS I*, TH* SOUTH. 'Special t?'Th? InUil?gericcr. WASHINGTON? ?. C.; Nov. 6.-*^ ery Southern farmer ohwjld grow enough oats' to teed his. work stock' during at least a portion of.the year.1 In addition to furnishing feed grain at less cost than it can be purchased, faU-sotm bats Prevent thS weShifcg:?f the soil ty which much fertility ls fre Quentiy lost There is sUlL time, to sow winter oat? in the Oulf States, though this work should be donarat once if good r?sulte are tc pe obtain* edf\According to specialists' of > the United Statoa Department of Agricul ture,, oats sown in the Southern Stat es during October or the first half of November ma7 be expected to pro due e at le?ist^Wlco; the yisldiof grain Obtained from eprmg soedlng. L?;>?'; ? Winter grain may be EowhiOn land broadcast seeding, though If. a drill is ?:^w>ii-pr|pW ingFerop was welt * fer?b^^?? 'to SOO pounds ot acid phosphate - wm be? all that the oats require tWe fall. islMSe^^ rp?cn ?from tbe grpwlng of cowpeas pr som^ Other legume, A iop dressing ot KO to: 100 pounds of nitrate of soda apr plied when tba growth starts in the .pring im: weatfc: tho yield.. coSont??f?wn in^e^utt^IkllS? Ruatpr^ Appier,, Lawson, Hundred: Bushfi, Bancroft and Cook are selec u^ble lp somejocationa, The^Fulghum is?:p^oiniBiDg new Tsrieiy wbiobgd|g **^^?^wWF'?M5M?f than ; the. Rod Rustproof, and'uually pro duces as much or moro fr?in. Aa the koroe?s of ?ll ther? Varieties are tirga from ,2 1-2 to 3 1-2 bushels should b3 sown lo tho;acre. Tho;. smaller Quantity is sufficient if. tho Beed is drilled on. woll-propared land, white tho Seodie town broadcast lato lo tho t?-'iValuable for pastare oF hay prod teotlOh. but, watch does not yield aa much grain in tIia.^t^^^tatjNi'; Cotton Excl Beginning Today The Li Opened D?ring Usua Rapid Progress Is R?* opening the New Vor . -- (By Associated Pre*.) i LIVEIttFpOL, Noy. C.-pp and after tomorrow and until further notice the cotton market .bore will bo, open during tho usual business hours for restricted trading (n futures for May June American and January Egyptian] deliveries. Trading will bot be per mitted below minimum price to be j fixed .from time to time by tho direc tors of tho exchange and all trans actions must ho reported at once and I officially quoted on ?he quotation) board. All buying orders for. May-June| American and January Egyptian may] be executed. : but only sales in liqui dation ot old business are permis sible. AU contracts mu?t be submit ted: .for classification to the associa tion. Contracts will be subject to tho samo regulations regarding settle* monts as' contracts "hitherto arrang ed tbrdugh' tim ballot. Tho spot su pervision committee ls dissolved and the obligation to cover futures a ainet opot sales is no longer in force , AU regulations previously 'in 'forcr . with' regard, to tho sale of new cotton are now withdrawn. Until further notice the minimum ! trading price will be 4.26d. for Amer-| lean cotton and >0.95tt for; Egyptian. New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5-?january contracts traded around . 7.50 and middling, stood unchanged at 7 3-10 Id tbo local market Tor cotton today. Brokers were much surprised at the sudden announcement, from Liverpool ?that tho market there would bo open ed ; tomorrow for. restricted . trading and" it was goner?lly regarded "that this notion would huston the resump tion of business hore, although ; no no tion toward this, end was .taken by tho j exchange officiais. Total .experts .fori the day worn 25, 012 bales, and were/considered . en couraging. Spot people said that bf ; ferinKs from the interior woro none too free and -that little - distressed cotton was "coming'to light j. u'-Si^-?ii^tfib'^?ieL '.' ''ffe??5:"DS' iuS j ?pQt'?lo;rto arrive i;i3p7; ' ;?;., i ' New York Cotton NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-A cable re ?HMved here t?fy&y announced that the Liverpool cotton mnrket would bn ro r.pened for restricted .business\In May June contracts tomorrow. Tho infers est concentrated in January-February in Liverpool -an transferred to. May Juno today ?nd the decision'to reopen, for llnuldiitlon pf .oTW .b^a^me^.^-^d r.cT* buy'5g orders; VT?S, coii?i?^rv? another step toward A resumption bf general business., )t? ; ;... . ??) The confcre??o committed "c* ?ho New York cbmmlttoa ot thb.N?w York r.exchange bogan a op-.y.--.-, bt^.ba:)ra?l; j hore for Blgdatbrcs to tho ?greem?htfl necessary , to > the opbratlhbl Ot ?Ith? corroratlonrsyndlcato slap, for^tnUJng over old contracts ob the basis bf'9' cents for Docemb.or, and it, ls expect ed that. ai date,, for the... reopening, pf the local market will be Atedias sW?h as - a cobKvorder Ja; ^curpdvp^rmStri ting the sale ?t that, price, pf cpu$rocta owned by a large firm which fallen last July. This order, is expected to morrow:.' ' ? . ?V'.'X y Liverpool cables adso reported' the liquidation of 100,000 hales nt. Janu ary-February Contracts there > On Tuesday at 4.25d and offered 50,000 bales' for ballot here \ in liquidation of straddle, but local traders have de cided not te'ballet below f.Bl.fpt Der: ?ben and ere Walting to * erpool on that proposition ftafcml?g int?rb?jthraal^U^idaU }rt\- was teared that advancing freight and war risks.-woulJl.. export business, bat. local spot erB reported no increase io offerings of snots from the South abd generally Steady prices. December contracts wert quoted et 7.55 to 7.58 oh tho, lo- j cal, curb. liotton Seed'Oil ,r.'. .'.>-."- y . NHV? YORJv, Nov. 5?-Cdtton good ald is to BO ponte higher e*rly on > ?h?rt ; ebvef lng Sbd hii?lbg"on m strength., hatirbrtcted : Uudqr I, Staking sales and lack of bull supporfc eloaing 8 tb , ?7 points not Higher, v* ' Tho market closed firm. Soot 15.20 @5.3S; November C.30; camber $5.82?5.34: January $5:48? ?.45? .. Febroary ?, )$$*i&&stx? $5.6B?p.C8{ April JWmjB; May ?6.W>#5,vl; June. $.5.9fi?P?00. Total sales .18,000 ba.rrols. . IBrylioTdl NSW. YORK* Nov;' 6*~Ct>iion good were steady today. Yfrns were firm cr. Carnet ,-\wool .?.?irfcets atrongerV ?Jfi?nnej?i .lb*, export; . Liverpool Cotton , iiTVBRPdOL. Nov. 5.?4Cotlon; spot fair business dobe. ?rl?e* ?ncb?b SW?* *2.1^ b^ 0, \ American on the ; basis pt Dd. fe; idling, '-to?t?ftgv..^^.--. ; I langes Be iverpool Mark?t Will 3e 1 BuaineW Hours and ?orted in tlie Plan for R?- ii-.-A, k Exchange. NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-Tho Liverpool cotton exchange will onen tomorrow for restricted. ; trailing, lt was an- .ilV/B noueeed inj an pftlcfal telegram rc- '4* ' colvod today by tho New York cot- '^/fH ton exchange.. Tradlns will he itt '.'-.''.'.' May-June deliveries. Operations will 'fl be confned to liquidation r.f old con tracts and new buying. Now .Bulling : Will not bo permitted. Rapid progress was reported-today \u;'' in the plan for ?reopening the Now York cotton exchange. .It-ls expected o'fllcero of tho exchange will nnnouncy ''?'?>,.SB tho dato of reopening immediately af; '"l tor roc?iviug a court Vorder" permit-1, ' '.' ' ting sale to tho proposed corporation * -.y- : of bankers at 9 cents a pound of cotV - l'.'/'"'][ ton*owned by tho suspended flrni ot ''" S. H. P. Fell and Co. This order, ff is belloved, will bo secured tomorrow; i4 Tho decision to reonen tho Liver)- "l^/l pool exchango was regarded ' In tredb '. j circles hero os a step toward >.ro sumption of general bUBinesB in the' futuros market, closed since the end of July./ It is anticipated hero that .'. , acceptance of new buying orders will greatly exhillrate liquidation, partie- j,"', ularly as the minimum price flxod fdr .-"? American cotton Ia considered far ' Vj under parity with prevailing values "*' in the South and should consequently . r,?' provo attractive to buyoro. , Chicago Grain ' i m. CHICAGO, Nov. 5-lively profit '??ul. taking, due to the fact th it prices had '? risen to a hi?ho riovol than-nt poy ^*?m? tlriw since early ^n'-':September, .?.;;,. brought) about a> decided downward i>/ : swing today ?? wheat Tho market . closed heavy, 7-8 to 7-8 all'Ubdor last night Corn suffered a -net loss of ..????>?>? \t- to8 3-4-and oats of 8-8torS-8gp ??' \ 1-2. Provisions wound up unchanged n> .i? ?to 20c higher. Groin and provisions closed: . v u; ' Wheat, Decomber 81,188-4;; ; Mar- ,; $1.82 7^8. Coriv December 69 6^8; May 72 3-8. Voo'V Oat's. Dbcomber 49.1-2; May 53 3-8.; ?<-.., Oats, bbcamber 491-2j May; 03 8-oV . 'y Cash graln;V; Wheat; NO, 2 .red. .. ?Li* 5MwbiS8.8;: , no. a hard> $1.14 : -?<: 3-4 ?J40.1-4.;. ? y .-? Corn, NO. 2 yellow ,701-2; No. 3- . > yellow; now, J7S,- A:p?p V Q&ts, standard* 49@l-2. V. Mercantile Paper . NSW'v Yx>I?fk, Nov. 5.-Ci??iias; Mercantile paper Gi?? ?-2, V.,!.-'. ?;. Btorftug exchange steady ; sixty? day bills 4.8?15; for cables4.9065?, 4,9086; for, demand 4.OO04.9O2?. * Sa*, silver- 49 7-8. Financial v I NftW YOPtf.taov. r..-The rbsult of . ;tio clscilori v/'an reflected today iii . ? i broader ^inquiry for- Investment ia* ~ '>.-. .Q?W;?nd'.g?neral-)ulv??c^-;itt the prid- ?iii jas. ..oL.lIstpd, BochrlUps^ being tr?^ed m^Wt^?^hb pt?ck e^ahjrb. : f ; Anothpr helpful, factor was tho alt- ? ' aot^toroent th?t the Liverpool cot- ' ton bxbhhnge'to reopen, on a re filleted*baals of operations tomorrow. Im . proyemont in :;.. sentiment wa/ '* " ' meal pronounced in the steel trade, despite, fho belief that the October ? ' et?temfent bf tho United Steel corpor t?p'n; to 'Be isst??^ likely to show another largo docreftttlj^H in unfilled ordore. Manufacturers in ;. , other Unes, inclddln? > tOxUles, Vex-? ?wM pressed a more honeful view .'of tho1 immediate f^tttro.^ V \ Another advanbo in rate? in 'JP**** was;the feature of the foreign ox- , chango market.;; The landon marketa was a shade easter;with' additional ? offerings of commercial bills, beeauso ( ' of tho termination of the moratorium. Exchange on Montreal rose aguin. V Au >. An Increase bf over '188,000,000 in 'tho gold holdings of the Bank ot Eng* ;7,<:rn,y iBud wab tho outstanding feature of - . that Institution's statement for tho bast week.VvSubstanU?l vgains in to-; jm ^bany. added ; about *7,50b,pOO to its ?jrmro- oit gold and locresaed. its hold- ,; 1 inls-of enro?^.-ilna^otber bank .^^?/:;-4^^A'^; . ' ;:-?";? v-v-'r^i^e.-^tock , - CHICAGO. N?v^B.#Hog8 nn??tlo?v advance "mO|tly"loEt: Belle >$7.50(ffi ?^vtight?l^^ ?W; i heavy :^^7;80^; ?oukb; ^.20#^ , ttfai; Plgai, 60?to .W. cents higher at ,( 4.50@7;. e^iy^i^r,.hogs 8.25. , ..- ;:. bem^g^^.^^^ " ' }? j . .' . vi?? ;.. -i ... tr "rr" You have at?ted mo to summarize what in my opinion, aro the chief ad vantages offered the homeseeker . by tito State ot South Carolina. The ad vantages arc BQ'.numercuB that I find it difficult *?n fehamerat?ng-them -. First and foremost; dreottre?, <ibmee Ute climate. Tho mean annual -tem pi rut ure of "tba- whole, ?tate being 63 degrees with' the lowest of 69 dogrees nt Greenville and ..highest, 6 degrees, at Beaufort; thc- seringJme?in ?? de grceo, the summer 79 degrees, the au tumn mean C5 degrees and the winter ipea'n AB degrees. ; Gouple, this! ineg n ? fl cen t climate' with n Seasonable pr e '.tativjn showing, a. spring average ui ,.0.86 inches, a summer average Of 9.89 inches and ? Winter .average, of ll.01 inches,, making an annual aver age of 48.70 inches and you can easily spe wby .it?M that the. state ofc ?outh Carolina- bas an all- the year round advantage; for. agricultural endeavor that is .possessed by few Sections in the entire world. Again wo havo, tho mountains and high rolling hills-bf the Piedmont, the. beautiful pine re gion,'the- healthy sandhill regl?n-and tho,coastal plain, each possessing its particular advantage' f ?r certain for ms of ajH^itbral^opwtlo^,^,^ ; - Poa Bested of Many Advantage?. ' With soil and.climato and a co inttry intered as well and thoroughly- as any te the United States by rivers and Streams, this State poSsca?os ad vantages for the homeseeker that are rare anywhere. Fhrtbermbre ottf own people in tho last 10 years have not beeb slow" to realize these advantages and tfcay have been making the .moet ?. tb?to; Kttowledg? - bf scl?btlflc Inning .'lb. carried direct to th? for mer, by trained'men it !a. quickly available to any man no matter;, how ? yimt? tn^iui^-^ct^i1 the'-world' i& s?ek a nevf'hpmp nfctn rally ^vlsftee'to gb : where tho f ?ndnfh entai". cbfiitions are >Jood abd euro and where-.people are', doing things themselves. I would Hay: therefore to tte^bbmeseett?ir, to culturar endeavor In South Carolina, When, theso figur?s are stud fed - the mah*trehing ? heme will find that th* average^vaiue^ner^acro^of alt crops whilq the average for , tue United State.; :waavonllF|?B.80, TOlf? was a ?rger^r-bgufe tuan shown in ;jiny oi ti^ vst?l?^.'with.. the exception ol Mass^bueeUs, Rhode island, C?hnec tlrutviKt Tv?At?.- t?^-L, ? c* -'which - can prbuor?y be called largo produc ing agrt ulfur?l States. In 1913 the W?T^?i^:??rt&:i5 issdisg^?rop" - in Sr?te ' Carolina: wfes $25.18, while thatfftlr!j he, United States aa a iwholc vado.' Both in 1909. aad 1918 South Carolina easily led all of the. Southern States. Io : the y e?r 1910 an Increase of 28.4 per cent in value of crops took place, that being the largest In crease shown in. any ono year- by any State in. the Union. In- that 'eba. year Souffl Carolina' jumped from 21 st in rank, to 13th among tho States of the Union in value of agricultural prod 8' eta. Ten- years - ago : in i atrricul turo lis State presented a . pitiable pic ture. . It .was late in .1904 bef\)ro tho work of rousing the dormant Average man to a sense of his own potentiali ties- was gotten ' under way. In the decade ending lDiO the value of agri cultural producta had Jumped from $61,324,000 to $141,983,000 in value. Last year* ? tho' seven leading crops alone aggregated $163)557,119 as against $123,219.043 for the sante crops In 1912 and $111,137,889 In tho census year ot 19?0;> . I would -not, however, devote more space to our agricultural achieve ments. They are now too > widely ? known. . In this State at'this time thoughts bf all men are turning ta tt?e;v?luable abd practical dlverniflcatiod of crops and f-fuily expect th?Vimmediat?! /fV ture to bring a new agriculture, one more virile and more productive . ot substantial financial resulta. .T.-ayjy Are Reasonable. I 'Irtne' labdH "can still be had at rea sonable figures In South Carolina and the State -itself'gives the .man. who undertakesi to farm it expert;advice free ?f charge. Without preludies to any .other-flection bf the United States -?or''I love and believe In tbs whole country-I do not hesitate to.say that wero I seeking a location In which, I ?bu?d be growing something worth ?iW^d?^^P?^t?ke? an?^gOtiuto :.-Th? year 1914 has, been * ri?inr? at?i,?' Sear m/?grtcttit???e ?ad lt shows iho^jfendejrfnl effer.t of the, intelligent work that has bea i dode by tho farm demonstration fon os and , all , other forces labor!bg .|b the causo ; bf agri cultural Development ,^i8iwyrlt has bsen prosecuted vigorously, abd been ei?^rs? ?rem. timo to. tima/ and- it has ; been received by tho moses ot tho people w^th avidity The fleasons dui' lng the ya^wwinoi osm^? per haps as, in Borne preceding years, abd it was Vbxpectbd that tte . tere gr?jin cr'op: would saif??i " All during the/yearv da in past recent ears, day after day, tho ptopje have bsd pound ed thorne to them the doctrine that thoy wera playing with fire in relying solely,?bon. isntionj and * that, in order tb^a?j?.the^oighbsttorrnvkfrtimii ns tar as possible their immense ?x pjndit?rjss food prt?u?t* ot alt Wr^^IteTetofore, made ?? ibo West. ^ma?ii ffibae . supplies ; at .ltomo; and TUESDAY A^D FRIDAY ?5 1111 1 1J 1 " 1 - - ! r i II^ mm i ? i _ i ! i ? in,!.M ' _ Wce??i, Hsi?DUshed ?scoj Daily, Jcn.18, 191*. ANDERSON, S. C.,TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1914. PRICE fl.50 THE YEAR. WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA