The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 13, 1914, Page 7, Image 7
LETTER FROM lmv
BRADFORD KNAPP p
I COtl
To the Farmers and Business ;
Men in the Cotton Ter- I*1"*'
ritory. j
In every emergency a plan of ac- to 1
tlon 1b a great help. The prices of of 1
food products are high and there is
every indication that they will re- Jli*'
main so during the next year. The pre
war in Europe has disturbed pro- oniduction
abroad and has Interfered at '
with consumption and with markets ^
and financial conditions in this wo'
country. This state of affairs, fa- t'?I
miliar to every one, makes It impf-r- ?W1
?nvo mm every larmer ana every 1 '" l
community should plan for noxt(tor:
year's work accordingly. mel
The department suggests to the *n
cotton farmers the following important
things to consider for the next KOC
year. clla
1. A Home Cni'dcn for Every 8'st
Family. Tlie home garden is one of
the most important means of cutting ,or
down expenses and producing the iof
living of the family on the farm.
Set aside a good rich piece of land yea
near the house for this purpose. c^a
Prepare it with extra care and apply
manuo libernlly. Secure from to
your county agent, your agricultural ,),a
college or the United States depart- vor
rnent of agriculture, directions for 'lo'
the making of a garden, not only in
the summer but early and late in the to
A * c
year. Proper attention to the garden
will give the farmer whole- a"
some food during a large portion of ,otl
the year. C.et in touch with the -vov
Girls' Canning Club work and ar- tur
range to can the vegetables and
fruits for winter use. r'
2. Produce all the Corn for Vonr
Own I so. Get good seed corn and
follow the instructions of your county
agent In raising a good crop next
year. Figure how many bushels'*"you
will need for your own use and Rj
some to sell and put your acreage
in accordingly. You will need corn **<>?
for the feeding of your live stock *
and your family, and a reasonable ;
surplus. I
3. Produce Your Own Hay and f
Forage Crops. If you can obtain 1
seed at a reasonable price sow crim- tioi
son or burr clover, vetch, or some gir
other winter legume. If unable to tha
do this put in oats or rye this fall, the
peas or beans In the spring, or use out
sorgum, kafir corn, milo maize or wa;
some other crop adapted to your ell- 1
mate and soil. Consult your county i ma
agent, your agricultural college or hoc
the United States department of ag- the
riculture. hat
4. Produce Enough Chickens nnd is
Hogs to Make Your Own Meat. As wit
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a rule our Southern farmers hayc we
too few chickens. Pay some atten? afci
tion to them. With a little work v'i
they can be produced cheaply, and of
enough of them will save the ne^es- $5
* sity for purchasing meat. Every she
family should plan to raise a few cori
head of hogs and the crops neces- in
sary to feed them. The county cop
agent will help you with plants in ant
this direction. Save your brood a g
sows and hens and pullets. You (
cannot afford to sell any breeding por
stock. Market a part of your corn 1 cav
crop and your peas and peanuts 1 ant
through hogs and chickens. Do not Tet
be tempted to sell heifers or cows; hoc
breed them to good beef type bulls go
and grow your own meat. tioi
R. Cut Down Your Fertilizer ej
\p Hills by Saving All Manure and by ja<
Planting Cover Croos. Ksmvi?n?
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Winter T/egumes, if the S?'(l Can Ih? "Si
Obtained. Buy fertilizers for next to
year carefully. Purchase only high ant
grade materials of the kind you wa
need. Some kinds of fertilizing ma- \ju
terials mny be high priced. Do not the
use that kind unless you know ror
your land requires it. Crops turned vjs|
under add fertility to the soil and 0i(j
save fertilizer bills. l,tlI
Landlords should see that their tha
tenants follow instructions and
grow as much as possible of their the
supplies, as suggested above. Next vva,
year is the important year for all j?
farmers in the cotton territory to he
make up their minds to "live at kin
Home" as nearly as possible. Every hoc
dollar saved on advances will be so i ."pj
much gained at the end of the year; the
^ every dollar borrowed on advances eve
has to be paid back out of tbe cot- for
ton crop. An,
6. Plant liens Acreage in Cotton. the
I, Wh?' Ro/>an?a " * "
w . avuu pi miUl'18 Will ^
remain high and cotton will prol>> Hpe
ably remain low If the war lasts. t^e
Do not run any chances. Follow a nlfi
safe plan. Tou will need the extra the
acres to produce the food crops. It rea
1r pal I m a foil ih?? "
? .u? uoinoon inree j
and four million bales of cotton will
Hopeless Lung Trouble Cured. ,OIJ
Many recoveries from Lung Troubles
are due to Dr. Dell's Pine-Tar- a 1
Honey. It strengthens the Lungs, and
cheeks the Cough and gives relief
at once.-?Mr. W. S. Wllkins, Gates, |
N. C., writes: "I used Dr. Dell's | "M
I'lne-Tar-Honey In a ease given up
as hopeless and it effected a complete
cure." Get a bottle of I)r. Tk
Dell's Pine-Tar-Honey. If your
cough Is dry and hacking let it Flv<
tickle down the throat, you will " ?
surely get relief. Only 25c at your wtu
druggist.
e to be carried over out of the
sent crop. A normal acreage in
tou next year, and no increase in
'1 crops, will certainly mean high-;
^ed food and low priced cotton. ;
l cannot afford to be compelled
purchase high priced products out
i very narrow margin of profit on
cotton crop. Economy in raiswhat
cott n is planted is of sume
importance. The best econ-|
v is In good farming and livlnR
home.
To bankers and merchants we I
lid say that with th?fr
) much can be done to make our
i supplies for next year. In
uy counties in boll weevil terrly
bankers, merchants and farrs
have united to sustain credit,
such cases farmers have agreed
produce home supplies and do:
id farming and bankers and iuernts
have limited advances by ining
that the farmers must rbduce
acreage in cottou to make way
the necessary food crops. A little
that same co-operation will help
whole cotton territory next,
r. Will our bankers and mernts
be co-operators?
The safe general principles apply
the tobacco crop. Make your
ns now to meet the situation. Dislocation
and the production of
no supplies is the only safe plan
TTEIt FROM MR. KNAPP
follow.
suggestions and instructions on
of the subjects mentioned in this
:er may be had on application to
ir county agent, your aertcul
al college, or the United States |
?artment of agriculture,
riils letter will be followed by
er suggestions from time to time.
Very truly yours,
BRADFORD KNAPP.
>P THAT COMES FROM
SADING GOOD BOOKS
ne Ciood Suggestions For the
'Older Boys and <?irls" Whoso
Schooldays Are Over.
drs. J. 1). Templeton, in The Progressive
Farmer.
While we are discussing educanal
betterment we older boys and
is need to do something atony*1
t line for ourselves. Our days" In
schoolroom may be over, but
school days are notjf'there is aiys
much to learn.**
The long winU**?evenlngs ar*> not
ny months away, when good
>ks make our fireside cheery; an.l
re are so many good booltr, ?o no
1 at a reasonable price that there
absolutely no excuse fuj a home
hout books, ancl for the igwiam-e
sometimes 11 nd in homes that are
e to do better . ??
There isv a home reading courW
four boKtes ami a mugizlne *'orf
that is well worth the money and
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iuld be in every farm home. One
npany furnishes staiftlard books
uniform binding at 35 a
iy. Any of us can spend i^Vyints
i read one book each month with
reat amount of good to ourselves*.
)ne month spent with Davhl Copfield
and the inmitable Mr. Mlirber
will loosen our heart strings;
)ther with "Great Books as Life
ichers" will help us to make our
iks real men and women. We can
with Tolstoi and study the condi-,
us of the Russian peasantry; travthe
Yukon trail with Ruck and
k London, or sail the frozen seas
h Wolf Larsen; go out into the
lent Places" with Stewart White
learn of the determination of man
I the wonderful love of woman
tch with "Uncle Terry" and C. C.
nn the tide come in and listen to
beating of the waves against the
k bound coast of Maine. We can
it the Ozark Mountains with HarRell
Wright; follow with Sammy
le and oung Matt "the trail
t is, nobody knows, how old" und
3 Sammy be "led into a new world
real world, the world that has alps
been and must always be, and
that world man is king because
is a man; and the treasure of his
gdom Is the wealth of his manid."
Like Young Matt, we realize,
le backwoods need men same as;
cities. I don't see how there
r could be a city eyen if it wasnt'
the man that cleared the brush"
1 we need to know more than Just
clearing of the brush.
Ve need the beauties of Shake
are, the tender pathos of Dickens, i
philosophy of Kmerson, the n?j-i
cence of Job, and tho music of
Psalms. They are all within our
ch, and if we don't get them, the
It and the loss will be ours. When
h man and woman begin educaal
betterment for themselves we
I have reading neighborhoods and !
ivonderwul educational uplift?
I we need them
o. Six-Sixty-Six
iia U prescription prepared especially
MALARIA or CHILLS A FCVCR.
e or six dosee will break any cnse, and
ken then as tonic the Fever will not
rn. It acts on the liver better than
?mel and does not gripe or sicken. 25e
MUM .1., "TT?
THE LAXrASTKK NKWS (
DAD WRITES TO SON ^
WHO IS ON THE ROAD *
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Wherein the Elder Discusses Wt?- J
nun mid <iive>s Some llncy
Ailviee. V
Charlotte Observer.
My Dear Son:?A frier<1 of mine ?,%
?and also of yours?remarked the
other day la the course of a general ^
conversation, "Tout boy of your?
r? ruuniy geii?ag to bo a hoar Ibicaker.''
Thea ne went on to r.ay, *?
In answer to ra natural ?. : ;.s
?o what he a? :!ii h- a i\\ >< u JL
sh-. 'ng in *.o a little blonde-?a X
member of a tar'} i | ? tr ; wh.
v o little < -'r.- 11.af h? Keonu d
to be.
Now, Hob, this letter Is just between
you and uie. There Is no par- Jk
tlcular call for it, because I believe X
you are true enough to yourself and ' X
to your mother to keep out of any
annoying entanglements; but take
this tip from father. A traveling
man has no bus'ness making eyes at
any woman but his wife, if he is X
lucky enough to have one. J
Woman?God bless her?has been %
blamed, justly and unjustly, for V
creating more trouble than n?v
other being, human or otherwise. ^
Helen of Troy, Cleopatra and a
hunch of other unmoral but imnior- J
tal women have furnished work for
historians, and their modern sisters %>
have taken up the work and made
divorce lawyers suffer from enlarge- %
ineut of the pocketbook and court
room clerks from overwork. 1
A
Woman, my boy, is a frail vessel; J
but ifian is weaker. She is beset on
all sides by temptations and an Inability
to cast her vote, while sunbaked
hoboes and pickled drunks JlL'
who haven't her ability swing na- X
tional elections. / ^
Now, remember, I am not^aying
anything against any partlpdlar actress,
waitress or any other tress you ?*
are likely to run into while on the 4^
road. They may^have noble work
to do?the firsy two have?in en- X
tertalning aiuj^eeding us lords of
creation. The trouble is that many
of them are sly wenches who delight ??
in conquests of hearts. ; 4T4
/in your work as perambulating1
mispenser of your house's products, 1 Jj^
<*i? uuuuu 10 come in contact
with all classes, and when a man has
been out on the road for several
months and Is tired and cross the ^
sight of a woman's face is art to
make him do things he would other- ?*
wise think of twice?and then pass &
up. A
THK LIGHT THAT LIES IN WO- X
MAN S EYES.
lie sees the liglit which lies in *<?
the eyes of a pretty waitress and
straightway lie begins to wonder
wfyii that light means, not knowing.
of course, that it merely lies. He X
figures on taking a stroll with her
after supper and makes a date. The V
outcome is usually trouble spelled
large.
The soubrette or the ingenue or
the plain "chorus girl." traveling <
from town to town on the tank eir- X
cults, is just as anxious to amuse
herself, and if you fall for it the re- ^
suit is sometimes a breach of promise
suit or something else which ^
means advertising for the lady and
notoriety for the man. X
The thing for you to do is to fix
things right with that little Jane
iiammett you are keeping company ??
with. I know her people, and it &
will be all right with me. If you ^
need anyone to keep you straight. X
she will. ^
Don't get touchy about this letter. V
You don't have to read it all the M
way through. And, by the way, you %
need not forward it to mother, as
you are in the habit of doing with X.
my letters. She might wonder, ho ^
ing a woman, where I got my knowl- V
edge of her sex. ^
Write me in care of the house next
time. ^
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF X
-|j<hk;4 iiu h| i|.>fi| A\ X
ment or Profit by a I .auras tor V
Citizen's Experience. A
Something new is an experiment. .
Must be proved to be as repre- y
sented.
The statement of a manufacturer j J
is not convincing proof of merit. Y
Put the endorsement of friends is. ^
Now supposing you had a bad 1 Y
back, \W
A lame, weak, or aching one, A
Would you experiment on it? 1 X
you will read of many so-called ^
cures.
Endorsed by strangers from faraway
places. *r
It's different when the endorse- j
ment comes from home.
Easy to prove local testimony.
Head this Lancaster case:
Mrs. H. Y. Hathcock, S. Main St..
Lancaster, says: "I suffered severe- ^
ly at times from backache and I t
couldn't do my housework with any ^
peace. If I stooped my back gave ^
way and It made me weak. About
six WMkl ago I used a box of ^
Loan's Kidney Pills, which I got at
the Standard Drug Company, and
they relieved me. I give great ^
credit to this remedy." ^
Price SOo at all dealers. Don't ^
simply ask for a kidney remedy?
get Loan's Kidney Pills?the same ^
that Mr Hathcock had. Foster- 1 ?
Mllburn Co., Props., Huffalo, N. Y.
HTOKKR r.S, 1<M4.
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A higli^rr>ri<
would be migj
?but next best-to this
where you can bu>
goods you are obliged
amount of money.
?this store, we asserl
addition to having a
all we can in this wai
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goods to back up the
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we can "and have" p
chandise DOWN and
SHOES
The line of Shoes stocked on our
shelves were made by reputable and absolutely
reliable manufacturers and are
the best values that money can buy. We
have lots of them in suitable styles for
all ageo and are selling them at a very
close margin of profit.
LADIES' SHOES
Famous "Queen Quality" Shoes, noted for
style and comfort, in gun metal, patent
looi Vinr ?m/l hid - -1 l -i 1 1
u1iu imu, mill njjjr-i illlU i'll >1 II l()|)S,
plain toes and cap toes $2.50 and $1.00
"Sherwood" Ladies Shoes, best all round
Shoes for the money known, in all
leathers and desired styles, at
$2.00, $2.50 and $2.00 pair
"Hope Montgomery" guaranteed solid
leather Women's Shoes, in line and
coarse leathers, at only $1.50 and $1.75
MEN'S SHOES
"Bostonian" is a brand tnat suggests to
men Economy, Style and Comfort. Your
size, "Bostonian" is here in one ol those
excellent fitting shapes in tan, gun
metal and vici kid, at only
JM.uu, M.oU and $5.00 pair
"Stronger than the Law" Shoes for Men
are what you need. For rough wear, if
you have never worn a pair of these,
you should by all means try a pair your
next purchase, only S.i.50
CHILDREN'S SHOES
Pretty Babies' Soft Sole Button Shoes jn
white, black, tan, blue and pink, only
25c pair
Nice little Baby Shoes in a variety of
styles at only, ,50c, 75c, and $1.00 pair
Yours f
Lancaster
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MEN'S WORK SHOES i
Strong line Men's Work Shoes, all sizes X
and excellent values, at only ^
$1.48 and $1.98 pair X
JACK AND JILL SHOES FOR CHIL
DREN Jk
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Are made on wide, comfortable fitting: V
lasts, they are stylishly made and are %
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made to wear, tan, gun metal and patent
leather, in all sizes. X
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COAT SI ITS >
'I'llis is a season of freedom to the de- X
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signer and many strickinglv beautiful
garments have been developed along X
different lines, giving more varietv *<?
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than is usual. Our stock of Suits this
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time is large and our prices very low,
ranging from $5.00, $10.00 up to $25.00 &
COATS ^
We have never befoic offered such bar- &
gains in Coats at the beginning of a Y
season as at this time. Let us show &
you some of these surprising values. x
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Ladies Coats at $5.00, $10.00 and up
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Children's Coats at. .$1.39, $175 and up t
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MEN S AM) BOYS* CLOTHING
Hats, Caps and Underwear, new goods t
correct styles, and Jtt hnrvnin r?v>i/?oo
DRESS GOODS Y
Cotton a?d Woolen Dress Goods of all >
kinds with trimmings to match. Also ^
Outing, Domestic and Flannels at Y
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lowest possible prices.
MILLINERY
Don't forget our Millinery Department, Y
for here it is that you can get the most
stylish and the most becoming Hat for
the least amount of money. Y
or trade |
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'willing spirit" to help ?
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