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"OVER THE TOP" WITH EMPEY IS "A VOICE FROM THE TRENCHES" "A voice from the trenches" is the way Sergeant Empey's great story, "Over the Top", has been described by critics. As a drama with the fighting sergeant in the very role he enacted in the trenches it will be shown Friday, the 9th of August, at the Opera House. The soldier-author with this play holds the mirror up to human nature as he found it in the English private soldier. His story will appeal to young and old alike, to all who love pathos and humor, great deeds and manly men. The New York Times in commenting on the story, "Over the Top," said: "Prospective soldiers can learn here pretty nearly just what is awaiting them, in both incident and sensation, while their folks at home will be heartened." Like the book, this Vitagraph drama is filled with anecdotes that will bring the smile and laughter. ; Empey proves that life in the trench- 1 *" ??< oil olnnm hv nr>v means. ca AO UVW U44 ^WVM WJ ? He says: "War is not a pink tea, but in a worth while cause like ours, mud rats, cooties .shells, wounds or death itself are far outweighed by the deep sense of satisfaction felt by the man who does his bit. There is one thing my experience taught me that might help the boys who may have to go. It is this?anticipation is far worse than realization. In , civil life a man stands in awe of the , man above him, wonders how he could ever fill his job. When the time comes he rises to the occasion, is up and at it, and is surprised to 1 find how much more easily than he 1 anticipated he fills his responsibili- , tie*. " ^ 1 RED CROSS ALLOTMENT '1 FOR JULY ARRIVES The allotment in surgical dressings for the month of July has been received. We have 0,7&O dfMsings to make for July, Thir^., Jd great need for workers . Lc^Tus'.''fill "the room each morning with workers. The Red Cross room will^be open every morning at 10 o'clock except Monday. Mrs. T. G. White. | WANTS | / WANTED.?To rent 4 or 5 room cottage. Address C. W. H., care this office. FOR SALE:?Now is a good time to plant your fall garden. I have nice strong Georgia Cabbage Col lard plants. They grow loose white heads like cabbage. Will grow on any good land. Price per 100, 35 cts up to 1,000, by parcel post or express, $2.25 per 1,000. R. P. ; VERMILLION, Hodges, S. C. 8-2-2t. FOR SALE:?Home ground velvet beans, finest growing food for pigs and cattle. Also a good stock seed peas at lowest market price in South Carolina. 7-9-tf. P. ROSENBERG. L. NELSON, Abbeville, S. C. . Wanted Wanted Junk of all kind Ragr, Rubber, Bags and Iron. 6-7-tf. v NOTICE TO DEBTORS. Having been called into the ser vfce, and expecting to leave home shortly, it is necessary for me to close all my business affairs. Those persons who are indebted to me are therefore earnestly requested to i make settlement with me for all amounts owing at once, as otherwise my business affairs will be left with no one to look after the same. 8-6-3t. J. C HILL, M. D. | CANDIDATES FOR SENATE. We are authorized to anounce J. HOWARD MOORE, Esq., as a candidate for the State Senate from Abbeville County, subject to the rales of the Democratic primary. ft \ %$.. ' . . . . '*#&? I HEAVY INCREASE IN TOBACCO TAX Existing Rate Trebled in Some Caiei ?Meant More Money. Washington, Aug. 2.?Heavy increases in the present war tax on tobacco and cigarettes were agreed to today by the house ways and means committee as part of the new $8,000,000,000 revenue bill. The tax imposes three times the existing rates on some items of the schedule and is expected to raise approximately $340,000,000 in comparison 1 with the present $168,000,000 reve- 1 nue from tobacco. < The committee has made substan- ^ tial headway in its work and some of its members predicted today that ( all danger of delay in reporting the ^ bill is over and that the total of ( $8,000,000,000 the greatest volume j of revenue frqjn taxation ever con- j fcemnlated in the nation's history will , ^ V be provided for and the bill in form ^ to report when the house reassembles j August 19. So far, however, there is a large gap between the total es- { timated from the excess profits and ^ income tax sections and the $6,000,000,000 alloted to those sections in the original plan. The committee f accordingly went back today to the income surtax paragraphs, and while there was no definite action it was 1 evident there will be heavy increass as in surtax rates. After War Profits. ( There was also some discussion of two plans to superimpose a strictly arar profits tax on the excess profits ( tax, one of the plans being for a 1 :omplete supplemental tax, every * dollar of which would be additional ? to the excess profits revenue, and * the other an alternative proposition ? under which the treasury would im- 1 +Vio nvflnoa nmfito +nv ftr ( puoc ClbUVI U1V bAVUDU ?#*. VA1VU VMA ? the war profits tax, but not both of J them, the tax to be imposed being that which would bring iJie larger i revenue in each individual case. 1 Today's action as to war taxes on 1 tobacco was independent of the spe- < cial license tax on manufactures of i tobacco in which double the present 1 tax was imposed on the basis of the i annual sales. 1 Chairman Kitchin made this state- 1 ment tonight: "The committee reached the fol ' J AnvMiAnn Afl 4"S\ fltA ! towing ItllU&UVC UCLIOIVUD oo w vuv tobacco schedule: On cigars weighing not more than three pounds per thousand, tax increased from the present $1 per thousand to $2 per thousand ;cigars weighing more than three pounds per thousand and retailing at not more than four cents each, increased from $3 to $5 per thousand; cigars retailing at more than four cents and not more than seven cents each, increased from $4 to $10 per thousand; cigars retailing at more than seven cents each and less than 15 cents each, increased from $6 to $15 per thou- s sand; between 15 and 20 cents each, 1 increased from $8 to $20 per thou- 1 sand, and those retailing at 20 1 Cents or more each increased from < $10 to $30 per thousand. t 1 Cigarettes to Rescue. ^ ! "Cigarettes weighing not more i than 3 pounds per thousand and retailing at less than two cents each, ] increased from $2.05 to $5 per thou-i sand, those of same weight retailing I at 2 cents or more increased from $2.05 to $8 per thousand; those weighing more than $3 pounds per thousand, increased from $8.00 toj $10 per thousand. "Tobacco tax increased from $13 to 30 cents per pound. "Cigarette papers and tubes, tax doubled. "Exports estimate that the revenue for the 12 months period from these tobacco taxes will total $340,000,000 against a present revenue of $168,000,000 from the samel sources. The cammittee adjourned until Monday, when the luxury taxes will be considered. The jewelers' committee contended that bv collecting: the tax on the basis of sales to the consumer $150,000,000 more might be raised than if imposed on the lesser wholesale prices. It was said that by an ultimate consumer tax on jewelry there would be no indefiniteness as to what the "cost plus the tax" might be in the popular mind and that more people would buy jewelry The luxury subcommittee will meet tohorrow with a view to framing recommendations to lay before the full committee Monday. CRIMSON AND BURR CLOVERS, WINTER VETCH Farming in the South will never become profitable until our lands are made rich. Soil building should be the aid of every farmer. Soil building is no easy job, neither can it be done in a year or two. It takes time | to build up land, but it is possible | to do it. With the boll weevil threat ? ening us and the shortage of la?>or 1 now facing us, we will be forced g to change our present method of 1 farming. There is but one solution | to the problem?that of diversifica- ? tion and the use of improved farm g machinery and the building up of | )ur lands so that we can double our i present yields. Yields of 15 bushels g jf corn and one third of a bale of | :otton to the acre does not pay, yet I ;hese are the average yields for the 1 Cotton Belt. By following\a syste- 1 natic rotation of crops, so that a | egume, (cow peas, velvet bean or j :lover) can be turned under every i rwo or three years, our lands would 1 a >e making 30 or 40 bushels of corn jg ind nearly a bale or cotton to tne g icre. A good growth of clover | ;urned under would add $25.00 s vorth of plant food to the soil in | iddition to the amount of humus 1 idded, thereby making the land hold | nore water and more responsive to :ommercial fertilizers. Yet the farner would have to invest $5.00 in teed and a little extra labor for the sowing of the seed and turning the :loVer under for each acre planted. Soils suited to Clover and Vetch. ?Practically all well drained soils )f the Cotton Belt will grow clover 1 ind vetch sucessfully. Of course, Jie best suited soil is a light soil, tuch as a sandy or loam soil, but ;hey will do well on other types of loil as well. Of the three legumes, fetch is, perhaps, best suited to the iifferent soil types and more easily rrown. Time to Plant?Generally speaking, these legumes should be sown from the middle of September to the middle of October. Burr Clover :an be sown as early as July. Vetch is more hardy and can be sown later than October 15th, but they all should not be sown later than October 15th if you expect them to do well and not get winter killed. Amount of Seed to Sow per Acre. ?, ?Sow 25 lbs. of Crimson Clover, = 25 to 30 lbs of Vetch, and from j 3ix to eight bushels of burr clover {] to the acre. It is better to sow too a ? -? ..~u much seea uiaa nuu euuugu, omw o it is usually hard to get a good stand j Dwing to 4he size of the seed and y the depth they are covered. p Preparation of the Land.?Clover a and vetch should not be sown on a loose or a very hard seed bed. ( The seed bed should be firm and P :ompact. If these legumes follow f :orn and pea stubble, a light disk- b ing is all that is necessary; in cot- a ion middles no preparation is neces- o jary. Some do not even disk corn 1< land, but it is better to disk it after laving cut, shocked and removed _ ;he corn. A light disking where it tl :an be given, and allowing the soil g :o become firm and compact before a seeding is better than no prepara- si iion. *< ?i ? < - i T- ii Inoculation of Seed.?All winter P egumes should be inoculated as ^uc:ess or failure depends very largely y jn whether or not the soil is inocu- p lated. Wet seeds in a mixture of v squal parts of molasses and water si md adding all the inoculated soil y the seed will hold, or haul out and e spread of the field about 1,000 lbs. ft inoculated soil from either vetch, s< jr burr and crimson clover fields, si [noculation can also be obtained n from the U. S. Department of Agri- y culture free of charge. By inocu- p lation we mean putting the right y tind of bacteria in the soil to gather c nitrogen from the air and storing p if ir? +V><? nnil for flip lisp nf the h plant. c To Save Seed.?Burr clover re- I: seeds itself and all that is necessary a is to allow seed to mature before C plowing under, and if not plowed under too deeply, will reseed itself a the following fall. If it is desired v to save seed allow the clover to die, c hV?on rnrwrtr ond -ralro fho ct.oms from f? tvhich the seed can be frailed. Many ieed will remain on the ground and E these can be swept up and saved a where the acreage is not too large. Vetch will also reseed if it is not T :ut until the majority of the pods t< turn yellow, enough seed will shat- b ter on the ground to reseed itself the c following fall. Cut when the ma'+*: . ' i (Las WHI' i m g | We are of I in staple ? B I less than wholesale. ?? > ? If you need any NOW ority of the pods are yellow, rak< nto windrows and allow to cure ;nd thresh out with grain threshei ir shredder. Crimson clower doei tot reseed itself but seed are har ested with hand stripper or strip ter .made by the government plar ,nd drawn by a horse. Uses of the Winter Legumes.? 'rimson Clover is best for the im rovement of the soil; vetch is besl or hay; and burr clover is best foi remuda sod. Crimson clover is nol s good for hay as vetch; a mixture f oats and vetch makes an excelin t hay. How to Grow the Winter Lecrumes -First, go slow. Do not plant more han one acre of each of the leumes to start with. Seed are higli nd it is always best to grow s mall patch from which seed and loculated soil can be obtained to lant several acres. Second, Don't get discouraged if ou fail the first ' year, but keep lanting until you do succeed. II rill take a year .or two to get the oil thoroughly inoculated before ou can do very much growing clovr and vetch. Mr. W. J. Franklin oi IcCormick County is growing crimon clover successfully on ordinary andy soil. He will tell you that he lade a flat failure the first two ears he planted, but the third he lanted, success was the result. This ear Mr. Franklin will make more orn without fertilizer, save a little hosphate, planted June first, than is neighbors will with fertilizer and orn planted in March and April, f you do not believe this statement, 11 you have to do is to go to Mciormick and see for yourself. Third, Sow plenty of seed to the ere. From 25 to 30 pounds of 0(\ 4 /> OnAiin/lo nf /^rimann Cl/Wly f V l/V UV U**UU VA V & ?U<UVil lover, and from six to eight bushIs of burr clover is none too much. Fourth. Plant on a firm seed bed. lo not sow seed on a very loose or very hard seed bed. Fifth. Plant at the right time, 'his is between the middle of Sepsmber and the middle of October; ut remember, you can sow burr lover as early as July. Sixth. Inoculate your seed thor t Che ?r Bargains rE ci :fering today m ind fancy Whit we can buy 1 thing for late sumn IS YOUR Ch i IMMMMIIWM?? / . , ; oughly. , Seventh, oil burr clover seed fo r one minute to hasten germinatlox 3 Place seed in a sack, put in cold wa - ter until wet good, plunge in boil - ing water for one minute only, the: i back into cold water to be reinocu lated. W. A. Rowell, County Agent. t LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. t The school builidngs of Abbevill are being plastered and renovate* in general. oi jl PI*J - vjieeuvuie oireet oiaewaiK is nov ' in process of construction. Work ! men are now cutting trees and level " ing off a walk on the Stark place 1 This will greatly improve the look 1 and utility of the thoroughfare. I vvuvvvvvvv vvvv> V DUE WEST. S V 1 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvy Due West, August 1.?Mrs. ^Lili Agnew is visiting friends in Ajider son. Mrs. Pearl Pressly and childrei returned from North Carolina or Thursday. Dr. Galloway of Gastonia, L spending the week with friends ii i Due West. s Prof. P. L. Grier returned fron s Chicago last Friday. He is improv i ed by the trip. I Mr. and Mrs. Staley left a fev , days ago for a visit of some week: , to Virginia. Mr. Young Todcj is in Due Wes1 in the interest of getting recruiti i for the army Y. M. C. A. ' Mr. Olin Brownlee and family ex pect to spend the month of Augusl in the mountains. Miss Jean Kennedy came dowr from Anderson Saturday and spenl it r? i i _ XV r\ xne aaDDatn in uue weau Miss Mary Stevenson left on Tuej day to visit friends at Camden anc Tyinnsboro. Mr. 0. Y. Brownlee returned or Thursday from Charlotte, where h? had been on business for some days Dr. and Mrs. S A Wideman and tncel : in 1 )ODS any articles fl :e Goods at 9 them tor at. ner or earlyfall iANCE onto. children have been the guests jgfi r Mrs. J. W. Wideman for a few dafl i. Rev. and Mrs. Paul Presaly, afl L- o U.n H7 A _J? T ?** ??U iuio rv xx? v/otco Ui UU(H I- ville, passed through Due West ffl n day. H -j Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McDill A visiting friends at Donalds. ZiH McDil lis taking a few days off frfl his duties in the bank. 9 Miss Bertha Pressly is visitfl friends in Clover, S. C. She will H turn with her mother who has bd[ 9 Em , at the summer school at Rock Ifl Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Williford B Greenwood, and Mrs. A. L. CooJB of Union, S C, came up Monday see Mr. Willis Gerk, who is , s^c^* 9 ^ Dr. F. Y.'Pressly left last W^| nesday for Elsberry and Mt. ZiHH Mo., to preach, and Rev. W. H StaH enson for Louisville, Ky., for sa^H k purpose. These brethren went Gil > together. jBE ^ The Presbyterian earnestly ho^R k that no auto will be driven in I^H West for a pleasure ride on the SH| x bath. Dr. Phillips' remarks on "S^H bath keeping" were timely. i ORR'S REUNION. 9 The annual reunion of Orr's R^H ment of Rifles will be Jield at Ho|B 1 Path, August 14th-15th. A g^H program is being arranged and IE enjoyable time js promised the erans. Abbeville people are e^H cially interested in the Regiiz^H and it is hoped the attendance HS be good. HBB 3 GobD CITIZENS. 9 Hon. M. J. Ashley, of Honea P^H f. S. S. Boles, of Lowndesville, P.HX Carwile of (Jold Springs, A. r. hh t wile of Level Land, J. S. Gfbert^Hj [. Lebanon, and B. F. Price of M^H Chapel, were visitors to Abbe^H 5 Monday. aWi 1 58 PSALM SINGING. H 'Dr. C. B. Cowan and CoL A^H , Kennedy, prominent psalm-sinMH [ lrom Due West, were here Mon^H