Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ I T T ? ? 4% a | The Manage ISTANI | DRUG C I Extends 1 % 4 | cordial invite | their store fifuciriei s wii | Merchants 1 | Thursday, Fi I urday Apr. 1 i <|> Rexall Remedies COLD Sergeant's Dog % Remedies ||0#|f?Q Y Heath & Milligan's " V r Paints i i1 1? | PRESCRIPTION! | Telephone No. 4 1 Standard I THE REXj ?a? V tite t.akqaster new; X 7 X X i | ment Of The f *! t DARD :ompany| f Y you a most I ition to make I qB ?n -4. your head-1 ile attending f Frade Week! riday and Sat-1 6,17 and 18.1 f | drinksi nun::if,ne i And Syms"wv Lm || Stationery ]f W% 1 lobaccosi Dahl's Cut Flowers | j* 5 A SPECIALTY f Prompt Service. | I Dma f n ! vu?* U&sfttRE I 4 % 3. APRIL 13. 1915 1 ^ '* -N in' ? < * :'j . ' ? ? -'Xv : * ii i'v- * - ' > /;* * ; . ^ : t* *' ' : ' ^ r #* ' '''' ' ' ' SKCTI DKMONSTltATION WOHK. ?? Farms Supervised by I.. >1 Mhiius. Demonstration work in Dancast county is progressing well under tl leadership of Mr. C. L. McMaiu | demonstration agent, who has he I in the field four years. traveli from farm to farm advising and i ' strutting the tanners on prcparutl of the soil, judicious fertilizati* selection of seed in the field, the u of improved farm machinery e J The agent has under his supervisi 100 farmers known as demonstr tors who follow his instructions fine or more acres and report resul n t Iim rvncl ii\ .??r? >?.?i 1 ???? ? l i lent, at Washington. Four yea ago all demonstrations were in eo and cotton, these being the staj 1 crops most generally grown, and | that time jingle acres were work to prove to the farmer that thoroui preparation, tlie best seed, and i tensive cultivation would increa j his yields. The work has grown c tensively from year to year, enti I farms now coming under superv ion of the agent, who induces t farmer to prepare and cultivate ; lands thoroughly instead of a f? acres. Locating a single acre acres- is usually done along the ro; side that other farmers in passli may by observation and inquiry ta up the work also. Thorough pre aration and cultivation without sc building would lead to improveris ed farms; therefore, the agent i structs the farmers in crop rotatlo the growing of legumes, and li stock. The purpose of the agent to make every farm self-sustainin I by producing all food needed for tl i home, and the animals on the farn and thus by the extensile use of 1 games, grow nitrogen from the ai I instead of purchasing it; get pho phorus from phosphate rock, I Mfcddlng each year more organic ma iter to the soil, and liberating or se ting free an abundance of potash all clay soils, by the addition ( ground limestone in connection wil stable manure and the turning i vegetable matter into the soil. Farmers are induced to have goc gardens the year round, an orchai on every farm, thoroughbred stoc and standard bred poultry. Mar pure bred sires have been purchase and several hundred fruit trees ha^ been Bet out by the agent. Perm nent pastures are being stresset in the past twelve months, go< gardens are 'n evidence on every sid and Bermuda grass is being plants for summer, seeded to bur clover ft i winter use; thus furnishing pastui practically nine months of the yea Cream routes will soon be establis] Jed; leading from Lancaster to dlffe i ent sections of the county, thus ei aiding the farmers to easily dispoi of all dairy products; and this I turn will enable every farmer to fee by-products skim milk and butte milk to his* hogs. Pork can easll be produced at three cents p< pound by grazing crops the feedin %f peanuts, and other foods that cot lain a large content of proteii L^ncaiivr county loin #r? w ? Adapted to clovers and vetches, an In a few more years thousands t ^eres of bur clover, red clover, vetc and alfalfa will be seen flouiisbU on every farm. Bloodsd cattl horses, sheep and hose will tb? roam the hills of Lancaster count and prosperity shall then he ours. When everything goes wrong, ar you are down In the mouth, Ju think of Jonah?he came out s right. If you can't win, make the 01 ahpAfl hroalr tho ropnrH \ 1 I fi| 1 ?| mmmm feU :* J V- :5|? i y - HMHSr?-? % ?' -' " 'V s rn^U. -*-> 1 ifcn? OJS or MAIN STUKKT ON KIKLO i I1KATH SPUING. I | If. 'o The N't us. Heath Spring, April 12.?Mr. and .?ns. u. Lsaiuwin and daughters, or Misses Rachel and Ruth of Brook'ie lyn, N. Y., after spending the winter ,s* in Florida, are stopping a week in ' " the homo of Mr. Simon Bennett, on m; vh? ir homeward journey. Rev. and Mrs. T. W. DeVane of' ,>n Liberty Hill v ere liere Monday. M^ DeVane conducted a meeting it j s'- Longtown. F; irlleld county last e? i< lie will attend the I'resb.1 ":l wry at Yorkville this week. Mr. II. A. Aldrich after spending ral weeks at work in Da.rlington and llartsville, is with liis family again. 1 * Mr. and Mrs. 1\ T. Twitty spent ' 111 Saturday and Sunday with relatives' i t Stoneboro and Liberty llill. ; Mrs. F. B. Mobley and Taylor were ''' i guests of Mr. S. 1). Taylor at Lan- j [rj] ; I caster Saturday and Sunday. Mr. W. J. llendrix of Lancaster spent Sunday with his parents here. X Mr. J. C. Williams went to Beaver ro Creek Sunday to see his brother. js Mr. Frank Williams. ^ ! Dr. Walter ('. Twitty of Kershaw , came up by automobile to visit hit* >w brother, Mr. W. B Twitty. Sunday. Miss Louise Bell stopped over ' ; several davs with her parents. Mr. ag } ko:" lie . / 1. e- gjt. ?- i jy 0 ' jM r- ?^Kct/ i- 'tj^^rfr, A-a - mnAir^By^^m in id 'immmgi >r K ~~ CHARLES 1 lOne of Lancaster's most wide-a- 1 H wake, progressive business men is l(j Charles De Pass Jones. He has been a leader In town and county develop h ment, his successful business exper- I m ience serving him in good stead as a 9( town and county builder. Mr. Jones j m is president of the following business | ? enterprises, via: The First National i Bank the Jones Mercantile Com-? pany,* the Jones-Elliott Mule Com- I id pany and the Lancaster Ice ft Fuel | at Company. His management of all | of these flourishing concerns has shown him to be the possessor of marked business sagacity. Charles' ne D. Jones is a son and law partner \ of Judge Ira B. Jones, ex-chief Jus - cMj land Mrs. J. L. Bell, <>?: her r. ;uni I rom Kershaw, whore she has been 1 nursing a patient, to the Rock mil I llnfirmary. I I Mr. Oscar Hammond end familv lame by motor car to sec Mr. and I.Mrs. E. F. Hammond Sunday afterftioon. 1 Messrs. S. C. ("rain and \\\ loll \ jlson came down from I.ar :< r in spend Sunday . i: t 11 >r. it i 'ionils. Ivor i rowr, : a .-'at l . snd Sunday with 1 ri its : ! . aw .Irs. L. M. Bell went to K< . . \ 'r.diiv afternoon. Miss Maggie Vaughn spent the oek-rnd wph the Ml-se* i authon, t Pleasant Hill. Miss Cladys and Master i'loyd Watson visited relatives at Kiel? Hill 'he last of the week. Drones vs. Men of Kneigy. No drone ever advanced the interests of his town: that is done by men of energy?men who let themselves vo, sparing neither time nor money io make the place flourish and a better town in which to live.Orangeburg Times Democrat. Wage your publicity campaign along lines based upon facts. The truth in city building is stronger than ctton. I I ^>2 nfe.' I 4SP K " ' * ^jjjjl ; V nKuHEl jwomyHMHp f^^a|SB^h [>. JONES* ? ?/% iioe of the Btate. Though young, if age is counted by years, Mr. Jones i3 old in experience in the business world. He enjoys the confidence of knen of large affairs, by whom he is regarded as a man of fine sense and judgment. As chairman of the waterworks commission and as an advocate of other permanent improvements which have helped to develop Lancaster, Mr. Jones merits the lasting gratitude of our people. During the year that has passed since the APQroniflrol iAn K A f 1. ?? v> pumuBviuiI VI HIT; uailtMVOI V'iiaui" ber of Commerce, Mr. Jones has been its efficient vice president and chairman of its committee on good roads. 1 - . f tJM