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TOIN IN TRIBUTE TO AGED CANNON Party Lines Forgotten in the House. Praise Former Czar. Washington, May 6.-Party lines disappeared and old scores were for gotten by the house today when, dur Ing the first hour of its regular ses sion, it joined 1n paying tribute to "Uncle Joe" Cannon of Illinois, the former speaker, who will be 80 years old tomorrow. Never before in the history of the house had an hour of the working session been set aside to honor a living member. One of the original Progressives, Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, presided during the greater part of the ceremonies. One of the original revolters against the socalled "Can non rule," for years he fought the then speaker; but today he presided as a friend. Their old wounds long since have healed and it no longer is an unusual sight to see them sitting together in the Republican cloak room engaged in a friendly chat. Speaker Clark, in a humorous and friendly speech, termed Mr. Cannon one of the "top notcher class of men tal pugilists." Hle also wrote into the record for posterity the statement that once during debate with his own eyes he saw Mr. Cannon perform the unusual feat of describing a complete circle on one heel. "Mr. Speaker Cannon owes it to himself and to his countrymen to w'rite a book of reminiscences," Speakdr Clark said. "Job's vengeful declaration, 'Oh, that mine adversary had written a book!' to the contrary notwithstanding. Evidently the man of Uz did not have in his mind's eye Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson when lie gave voice to that far resounding and malicious desire." Still carrying himself as straight as an Indian and as ruddy-checked as a school girl, Mr. Cannon marched down the centre aisle of the house and delivered an address of appreciation filled with reminiscences of other days. It brought back the shadows of Blaine, Rtandall, len Butler, George F. Hoar, "Sunset" Cox, "Pig Iron" Kelly and a score of other contempo raries of Mr. ('an'non to the halls where once they served. Mi. Cannon was quick to observe the non-partisan character of the occasion and his opening words were in appreciation of it. This is a sample of the partisanship of the house," he said. "I can say with the Psalmist, 'The lites have fallen unto Inc in pleasant places,' and as I look into the - faces .of friends of both sides of the house, I am more inclined to accept the plain evidence of fact than the popular and picturesque fiction which divides this body into partisan groups on all questions, shuts out personal relations and the cooperation of representa tives, regardless of party, to work out. in legislation the greatest good to the greatest number." sIlepresentative Rodenberg of lli niois referred to the courage of Mr. C .on in the stormy' days when he wa.. speaker. '"it is but human to err,'' lie said(, "and 'Ic Joe has at all tiems been intensely hunman; but no man, living 01' dead, ever saw himi lower his col 01rs oi' hoist the white fing of sur' r'iende." IBr. Cannon now is closing his 20t h Serm in congi'ess. lHe came here dluring the Forty third congiress and sinice that time has beeni defeatedl twice-once in 1899 and again In 1912. Only one othi er nman who served in the For'ty-thmird congress, (Gen. Asaac Sherw~ood of Ohio, Is in the present congr'ess. is teirm of service has been much sh'or't er' than that of Mr. Cannion, however. D~espite huis years, Mr. Cannon still takes an active par't in debate and smokes as many cigars as ever'. CONDENSED PASSENGER SCHKEDULE o WO% P~iednmont & Northern IRalway Co. Arrivals from Departures to Spartanburg Spartanburg No. Time No. Time 3 7:55 AM 2 7:00A M 6 10.00 AM 4 8:10A M 7 11:35 A M 6 10:20 A M 9 1:55 PM 8 12:10P M 11 3:0OP M 10 1:45P M 15 5:15 PM 12 4:15P M 17 6:4 PM 14 6:30P M 19 9:15 PM 16010:50P M Arrivals from Departures to 'Green wood and Greenwood and Anderson Anderson 4 8:05 AM 1 600A M 6130:10 AM 3 7:55A M 8 12:10P M 5 10:00A M 10 1:46 PM .1711:35A M , 12 4:10 PM 9 2:00P M 14 6:30P M 15 4:20P M 16 10:50 PM 17 6:5P M C. S. ALLEN. MANY LAURtENS FARMElIS ATTEND CLOVER MEEFING Interesting Day Spent at hedges Studying Clover as a Land Buitder. Through the efforts of County Dem onstrator Moore several farmers of this county attended a clover meeting and field demonstration' at Hodges on the 4th inst. The demonstration and speaking took place on the farm of Mr. Bob' oHdges who has been very successful for the past few years in improving worn out soil and making good crops with a very limited amount of commercial fertilizer. Mr. Moore is very much pleased with what he saw and heard and has hand ed the Advertiser a letter on it as fol lows: "Perhaps no farmers' meeting held in this country in recent years means more for the farmers attending than the meeting held at Hodges last Thurs day, the 27th, on the farm of Mr. Bob Hodges. Mr. Long's office at Clemson had written all demonstration agents of the nearby counties urging them to be present with as many farmers from their respective counties as they could get to cone. The presence of some thing over five hundred farmers there was splendid evidence of the standing Mr. Long and his lieutenants have with the farmers. One was pro foundly impressed in talking to these men that they were all there to learn, and to learn in such a way that each could go back home and do the thing. "We first went out into the fields where we were much impressed with the bigness of Mr. Hodges' effort to build up his land by the use of crim son clover. Field after field was visit ed with their beautiful crimson *iar pets stretching out until one wonders how it was possible to seed so much land. ".lr. Hodges can rightly be called ti 'Crimson Clover King' of the Pieumont belt. After finding dinner at the hotel we went out into the grove near the depot to the clover covered land where, after a good talk by Mlr. W. W. Long, which was unhappily in terrupted by the arrival of his train, Mr. Hodges took the stand to tell tis how lie did it. Air. Ilodges is a "doer" more than a "talker", but by the help of eager <tuentions from eager listen ers the interesting story was unfold ed somewhat as follows: "'Gentlemen, I had to. I had the poorest land in this country to work' fle third year 1 owned it I made thir ty bales of colton and my fertillizer ac count was $800.00. Last year oi the satie land, about eighty-five acres, I made $7,700.00 worth of stuff (includ ing 75 bales of cotton) and my ferti lizer bill was $110.00, all for 16 per cent acid, "'I started growing Crimson Clover nine years ago with $1.00 w'orth of seed and haven't bought any seed since. I try to sow over all mlly land about the 15th of September. Later sowing doesn't give the clover a chance to get well rooted before win ter fr'eezes. l~arl ier sowings are apt to be sun killed. I r~ow the seed all over' thle farm in the chatff just like they are ga teed. I tiInk tIls is bet ltr thtan the clecaned seed. I havme n1ev er' boon 1bo!theredt wIth inocculati on. I do0 not 'over' seoed at all thbough I thinik li ght coverinig wouild give yout hb et' staind. if I want hay 3' b egini to ('ut ias it begins1 to bloom11. it's thet finest hnay ini the world. I have qiIt tising it for hay13, however', as I can get on withIout tIt and I l)refer' to teed all of it to the land. "'I begin to tur'n the mlost for'ward lpatcheis as they got in full bloomt, but don't forget to dotuble disk both ways with hiarrow before turning. I tutrn plrobably half the farm, when the tinme conmes to get my cotton into the grond. Plenty of clover nmst be kept to mlature for' seed; so I lay off In the clover, fiye foot rows for cotton, pre pare possibly a 25 to 30 inch bed and ptlant cotton. This leave a 30 inch path of crimson blooms, "'When seeds turn brown and will str'ip off of the head I have them pick ed or stripped by hand, paying 2 cents per\ und. I have a homemade str'ip iper a torthe Clemson plan that works well whiv all clover' has been left to seed. "'I do not like leaving Ipaths but am forced to do so in order to save seed. After seed have boon gathered then I am ready to wor'k up) the path. Do not run a middle furrow and throw this trash out into the cotton. I run a lpiece of railroad rail attached to the plow foot over the clover, prefer'ably wheon it is damp which lays it all down flat, then comes a one-horse turn plow throwing dirt to middle and covering clover uip snug, This keeps thme mid dle soft and soon rots the clover. Glo on workIng cotton with larger and larger scrapes and when middle ia reached the clover is rotten and ready to be mixed with soil, "'Do not try to r'aiso too mutch clover at first, start with three to five acres at a time and thus learn how to handle It? "After Mr. Hodges, Mr. W. H. Bar ton was called to the stand nnd snnoke _____ _____ _____ ___ PAGE THR~EW $5.00 $5.00 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.50 7.00 7.50 s 7.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 10.00 1 'U KEEP KOOL!" That's the whole secret of Summer Satisfaction In the pocket of each coat there is a K. K. Guarantee that backs up our own promise. $5.00 $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.50 $10.00 ICLARDY & WILSON KEEP KOOL KUTTERS ClothQs $5.00 _$5.00 6.50 ~6.50 7.00.. l__ I7.00 7.50 For the Hot Days 7.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 10.00 terestlngly on so1 l.li b ilng. . . } J o " . _ "1t was5 truly ai great (lay for thiose' present; we all felt like takinug our ~61 0 i (ir~~J ' hats off to MrI. I lodges, recognizinlg in ****** ***** ,**4 himii a pIoneer. W'e grant to him n lhe ra {onRot TlreMy1 long since could be (lone and shouild he (lone, bu11t-well, we just simIply S haven't t hat's all. J3e tiII~ney "P. Wi. Moore, tne h itdy(ile fAn "County Agent, Stsjai opiat anodSur aLuesCu t iy."eetadlt f odtig * * .0 . . . . J.1.Roeaopnidb * LONG VIEW NEWS. * hsduheMs na n oMr . o . o e e o es 4 . . . .. * vii eaiertunn oeStr Long View, May 1.-'We are needingda. - some rain on the crops which are look- M.~a and fMcn ai ing very sick,.iiighrPrnsti ek Long VIew school closed Friday, MI.UisIbonadclreo , April 28th, with a picnIc and barbecue TclaWIeVstigrltvsIi~ &e\vr~e'~~CO~.&1. which was enjoyed by all. We were orcmu~yls ek -~ also glad to have Mr. B. A. Wharton Ms etaCoe fhnod ~ to make a talk which was a very good s~n.te~ekodwt e osn one; and also an ice cream supper at Ms lr ilas Mr. L. W. Reeder's that night whIch Mi. ..M. idl InlMssA a was enjoyedl by all. hdswr niliesMna hp Mr. Edgar Todd and family and also ig. Mr. Joe Chancy and family attended M'. dd hcctvsie inU - the picnic. rn hrdy ~eii~.'~ Miss W'ynona Chancy from Laur'ens Ms alaitl fOig a h vlsitedl Long Viewv sectIon Friday. Af-.geto ~sMtteCnayStr ter the dinner Mr. Lonnie Wells and dyngt '' ARN OACL MIsses Wynona Chan~ey and Dollie Mlae M'.).CRhdsoGrrsIvsi-OTLN C. Cole took a trip to Riosemont. lgIlscunM.1.i. hoe./, Mr'. Lonnie Wells wvent to Laurens M.Gn dmo onanin S'nturday and was glad to have the vsie In01'om utyS da a-g company of Miss Winona Chany. tenon/11/ Mr. Mason Cole and Mr. Arthur Ms iinCeko ryCuti TR eeder w ent to a picnic at Pine G rove th g es of M s An a h d s t is' Saturday.wek KOl Mrs. RI. L~. Cole is .on the sick list Ms ineCoe fhnodi onanInsopn rdy laick rr this week, but we are glad to knowvvstn issSli n lc ri r rhCnayadEel n t~ she is better. ti ek ensGretadPle ilas, ., Mrs. W. A. Austin has been quite iMs ateDno ssedn hsmtrdu oGenil audy sick but we are glad to knew she is]wewihM. .I-.GretThrwaasign atteom of 1 cl ,4 ~ pasrdt Mr. and Mrs. Sunc E. iddle eetin-M.N .GretSudyngt sm en Mr.tt.r. Williamrand chWdrenoat