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ruuit ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Banne.* ABBEVILLE, S. C. H. G.' CLARK, Editor. j? ? ^ - ?j TJtie -tTGSS ctliL^ JJiuiiici vw. Published Every Tuesday and Friday Telephone No. 10. *~"T " m l Entered as second-class mail matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Term* of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months .50 Payable invariably in advance. TUESDAY', MAY 27, 1919. GERMANY WILL SIGN. HamiaTIV will Sltm. .. .? C ' Eb'ert and Von Brockdorff-Rantzau are indulging in a lot of bluff and bluster at present, but when the final moment comes the Hun J , delegates will affix their signatures " to the Peace Treaty and the Gertoah ' nation will-begin to adjust herself . ,to, the conditions imposed upon, her. The German delegates have said that the terms were "unacceptable" and "decline to sign" the treaty and have otherwise shown a defiant attitude, which might indicate that there was in contemplation a rejection of the treaty. But there are other actions on the part of the delegates that give the lie to their loud talk. There is still the interchange of nofps and we are told that the Ger man people demand that the treaty be signed. The German delegates are attempting to mak^ an impasse of the word "indemnity." They do not object to the word "reparation." They say that the acceptance of the former wojd would be equivalent to acknowledging responsibility for the war, which they still assert they will not do. As far as we can see it is a case of splitting hairs. The , two words as used in the treaty are almost synonymous. In fact we \qpuld say that "reparation" is the: more .damning word as it implies wrongdoing for which a fine has been im. posed, while "indemnity" is a word that could be used for a kind of insurance levied for damage sustained by the AUies. ... Germany knows she war in the wrong, that she was liqjced, but like the poor sport that she showed herself duripg the war she is unwilling to admit any of these things, uermany is strong for prideful honor . and Weak on honesty. government trucks. ? I The news that the United States government is distributing $45,000,* 00Q. worth of motor trucks in the various states for road work is a matter of general interest. The fact , that some South Carolina counties have ,already repiye^ .npt^e j ?he 1 ahipment of trucks to them ancf' the $ fort^efv A#! tfc%t Ahbc^illd I ?0unty tF* waa one ^of the counties that did not receive'd 'trttek? Bttngs' > tft?' i Mttuer >. home to as. V/T. - It it unfortunate that this county did not make p^) vision for meeting government aid .and receive a truck. Just getting a truck is a matter of ' no great consequence, but if we had gotten the truck it would have meant that we would also get the good roads. % .... And there is no question but that this county is in dire need: of better roads. jSven in good weather there are stretches of roads in . the county that are almost impassable and the loss of time and the wear and tear on vehicles in a year's time would not only pay the . interest on the money invested but would go a long wmy toward providing a sinking fund fo liquidate the bond issue necessary for good roads. \ We are not familiar with the situation in this county and there may be good reasons why a bond issue v election for roads has not been held, hnt we do know that the need for , better roads i% j?fttentandwe believe yyj that the sooner they are obtained the h I ' mere prosperous the county will be? i cease. Then will come the day when j; J fan* land values will double. 3? The Manufacturers Record has the I f government trucks for State road ei work: p1 Announcement of the intention of n the Government to distribute $45,-j f< 000,000 worth of motor trucks to the1 various States for good-roads work' will doubtless be received by the dif-1 q ferent State highway departments t< with the enthusiasm which the importance of the offer deserves. If the States had been asked to C purchase these trucks it is reason- [ ably certain that difficulties would' have arisen, and in many cases!0 | op, they would not have been secured at ^ all. That they can be employed with; ^ the utmost advantage to road and (ti street improvement is entirely obvi-|P ous. Some of them have been used, * but more than half of the 20,000 e, available are ne^. - They are from p two-ton to five-ton capacity, and all J of the trucks are considered to be! ^ in serviceable condition. j g None can be distributed to indi-j * viduals nor to counties, although it is assumed that each separate State Highway Department will make an u arrangement whereby every county d in its State will have available one or p more of these Government trucks for, p some form of Federal good-roads j a construction ,to which work they will be^imited. d The only expense to which the a States are put in -securing the trucks tl is the payment .of loading oharges' and the cost of transportation. T ?? 55 8! FRUITS OF SET-BACK. 1 p 8] It is reported by the Abbeville ?A tVof ?T j. MnMfl. p r I C53 auu vwuv w Mt Ian is making some improvements ]( on his house on Magazine street, o He is putting a commodious porch in front and to the side of the house ? 0 .and will paint up when the building ]( is finished." Nothing is said ' about p where he got the money to pay for n all this, but it is easy tc imagine1 that [ he made it, or a part of it at least, j playing setback with the Hon. Pat- d I rick Roche, who is the softest thing 15 j with the pasteboards to be found in j the Western Hemisphere.?Spartan> burg Journal. * 1 ' \ , ci | . BEEKEEPING. " J Timely Suggestions About This Grow- . | ing Industry. I i ? * Clemson College.?The spring honey flow has started over the entire state, i The bees in the southern part of the 1 state are about three weeks ahead of I those in the Piedmont section. In the I upper i>art of -the state the flow te good loom tulip, poplar, holly, honey locust, blackberry, raspberry, plan- J tain, mustard. In the southern part * of the state the flow is fine in poplar, holly, gums, tupelo, white clover, gallberry, etc. The bees must be closely watched. Supers are filled rapidly in strong colonies and ample room t] | should be provided by adding supers c | before the hives become congested, b Siinflra ah nil M ho oramlnorl at ithla f, time twice a week, for a strong colony f will often fill rf" super In one wefek. a Requeening of strong and healthy o colonies is not recommended at this t) time. The beekeepers should look t forward with a yiew to doing this, g "where necessary, in July. A good 8 queen introduced at that time will a build a strong colony for wintering g and the hive will start work next $ j spring with a strong and active d I queen. ' c5 - ? 0 j . * Txanaferring frotp' $$4fgtuj K} JBts&d-1 ; j ard 10-freme hives' should be con tin- g j. ned. intoeut^eyo rpfartUfds y j honey How, because the bee-yard is. j h?2 w a So many of our citizens a^e. asking 0 {how Rnd where to get bees. Bees f I may be obtained In one or more of the p | following ways: j, ! ' 1st: Transfer from the old. beetMA 4m fKa wAA/la mxxra mn fn o mA^. _ 1 ern 10-framehire. ^ I 2nd: Purchase a swarm in a box D . gum at ,a reasonable price and trans- 0 fer it to a standard 10-frame hive. p 3rd: Purchase one or more nuclei froiA reputable beekeepers' supply i houses. i . .. | In transferring from a tree or bo*:" ! it is quite immaterial if the bees are . black. .After they hare settled in the ! new hive they are then requeened i with a good Italian queen, which will ! convert the, colony from black to Italian in a short time. Th?ro l? a ahnrtftn nf rnmh and _ . - -- ? T J the rendering of extracted honey is Q | urged. It requires time and work for B j bees to build comb and it is unfortu- z aate when this work is necessary t when a heavy honey flow is on. j In taking off honey, nothing should f be allowed to go. to waste. Small t pieces of comb honey may be put in ^ the sun or solar extracted. Cappings p honey are treated in the same manner. Pieces of comb or comb contain- f ing honey should not be left in the v bee yard or at any place near where ( the bees can get to it. This diaorgan- f iMB the worfcera and eauses robbing. ? Be clean and exacting when taking off } the honey. Eren washings after clt*"- 1 ing np the utensils may be saved (or f iSSaBBFBBS!^ESy8fi$9fc 5 ases in this state and this should _ ncourage every beekeeper to use any recaution in ordering queens and I uclei from reputable sources. It is IB )r this reason that the purchasing of >cal bees is encouraged. I mu~ P^/Hioi'nn flonrioo maintains E A HC JJAlViUJIWU Wv. , .vw | pecialists on beekeeping and any in- | uiries will always receive careful at- j ;ntion. :he cotton red spider.! i. lose Observation and Quick Action Will Control. Clemson College.?The cotton plants f the 1918 crop were perhaps more enerally infestea with red spider ian ever before. Almost every m*i rho planted cotton last year had some ouble with the red spider. It is a. est that every cotton farmer shquld now at this time. Shall the 1919 cotton crop be infestd with this pest? This depends rincipally on the individual farmer, he fields should be closely watched. *om the time the cotton is thinned nlolrlnff ViocHno "With the rst appearance of the red spider, 'ork should begin and be done thorughly?-as long as is necessary to get le r6d spider under control. The following are some of the measres to adopt In controlling red spier:? lst:y Keep the poke weed down. If osslble dig or grub up and burn. All oke weed along terraces, ditches, round stumps or on the border of elds should be cut down and kept own all summer. 2nd: Cut down blackberry vines ud keep them cut at the same time le poke weed is cut. 3rd: Carefully watch the cotton, he red spider usually starts in a orner or spots. Do not allow these pots to enlarge. Pull up all infested lants that are noticeably infested pots?pile and burn these stalks on le ground from which they have been nlled. 4th: Should these "spits" be too irge to pull up and burn, ipray thorughly when first noticed with limeulfur wash (use the concentrated soition) one gallon'of the wash to 100 f water. The untffer side of the I saves is the principal p&rt of the n lant to spray. Use a pump that will H take a fine spray and will give 100 to I M> pounds pressure, SQCb as a oairei pray pump. 5th: The control of the red spider epends on this factor: That it mast e stopped as soon as it begins if postble. This requires close observation Qd quick acting. We need to think more about hireastar food and feed crbps and then a won't need to talk so much about educing the crAXm crop. / IAVE YOU PLANTED SOY BEANS WITH JfOURCORN? f Not. Be Sure to Plant a Crop of Them1 Before Mid- | Summer. . . Clemson College?The farmers of tie southeastern states have not yet ome to appreciate the value of soy- 0 eans, as a soil improver, as a food 6 or man, or as a feed for animals, says ? >rol. Gilbeart H. Coll trigs, of the a igronomy Division. The soybean is ? ne of the most promising legumes of he South, and surely the South needs r o grow legumes more than any other j* roup of plants. Iu order that the outhern farmer may secure larger a nd more profitable yields, the nitro- * en and the organic matter of thg * oil must be built up. This can be one profitably only through the use f legumes in our rotational ' The' &4ybean, sometimes galled the * loja bean, soya bean, or. ftock pea, * ^(MtWdtoced into this country from * apan enuring the latter part of the " p6#Bej0 {century. Attko It U not a -p atire, the soil and climatic .Conditions 0 f the southeastern states are Ideal v or its development. It is an annual ^ lant of upright growth, producing 8 irge yields of both hay and grain. P At the present time soybeans are aore profitable to the average farmer u ban peanuts, and when used to turn ^ mder are equal pound per pound of rganic matter and nitrogen to cow- ? *as, vetch, and other legumes. They .re better yieldera than cowpeas p rhen planted in rows and cultivated. 5 They grow earlier in the spring and n (iter in the fall and are more resiatnt to dronght, heat, and frost than ? owpeaa. . / As a gracing crop foe hogs soybeans 9 re among the best As a hay crop, ? .ltho somewhat coarse, they are mucn u eUohed by .livestock. The feeding g ajue of the hay compares very farirably with alfalfa hay. Afc a green 1 semiring crop they add both organic P natter and nitrogen to the soil. A 0 est conducted by the % Connecticut * Agricultural Experiment Station * ound that from 100 to 135 pounds of titrogen was returned to the soil each ear when the crop was used for this * turpoqp.: n There is an erer increasing demand 8 or the seed, which arc now being b ised for a large variety of purposes. *3 )ne of the principal demigdp csmes rom thdfVltMbllls. The sigEe^a seed' ,re very rich In oil, one bfjfcjsf yieldag on an average one gjhvot oil g rhen pressed. For these the xreage planted to *ca R inM? tiqift ta coma. [ ? - x t ' H8SEE?aH| TH JHAHHASBK-1 BtTHOIT Call and see our display of Detroit I ' We wil! Jbe glad to demonstrate tl v? * . time. J. '? ^ J STOVES *">RAN( 20-22-24 N Mai > r ' v The preparation of the seed bed dai i the same as the preparation g]a f the seed bed for cotton. How er, a thorough preparation must be mphasised, for by giving the plants good start a long step has . been l lade toward the successful produc- wol Ion of tte crop. The plant reacts , 1 eadily to fertilisers, especially to the P?8 pplication of phosphatic fertilisers. - 2 ' me potassium can be applied profit- gad bly in the Coastal Plain, but nitroen need not be applied fither in the ,. 'iedmont Plateau or the Coastal f } lain. ' in . Soybeans should always be planted a v i rows, whether they are grown far ywl eed or for fcay^TJiejipjrf should be Lj^ 0 to 50 inches apart, dependingupon he fertility of the land and j the var^ sty grown; The ' heed should v J>? .:-jL lanted Just m WttaRf or corji, v^> a rdinary corn ple^tei^qw, t>*. use? ery successfully for . this" purpose. .bout 26 to 36 pound! of medium size j eed should he planted per ace. In . lanting, however, the seed should not ma< e-tyanted deeper than two Inches and mai nder normal conditions not deeper Ha: ban one and one-half Inches. 0f Soybeans may he planted any time . rom early spring until mid-summer. tor a grain crop they should be por lanted early, hut for a hay, pasture, giv yeen-manure, or 'soiling crop they lay be planted (as late as August 1st Cultivation should begin as soon as he young seed are above the ground, foe deep cultivation is advised, but 1 fter that the cultivations should be I ]er k",l~ * -?m?i onltlvaMna la reeom-1 uouun. uofv* VM>?. ?, ? tended, because harrestlng Is thus ' ready aided. Sh About 10 to 30 bushels of grain and Ott to 6 tons of hay will be produced ton er acre, depending upon the variety at j f bean, the climatic conditions, the Brtility pf the soil, and the cultira- TH (on received. The rines are cut with , mower or reaper, and shocked in the eld to dry. The curing is similar to . be curing 61 cowpea hay. The btans ( lay be thrashed out with an ordin- ^ ry thrashing machine, or they may the e thrashed from the stalk by spfeeial- ma] r prepared harvesters. ^ KHXO W JOY YU8 > dyiji *?* ? i?n V. I v..a ,-ti> *U ( J0/|lfllOa0LAIkEib |yl r?*i' ^ uv nzoon a ,h.tn? j'w** ** Mi obert Foster Morrt#.#fj '-'I iMofio? Xb* .*xi&gmsx& #f their Gei i ' ' ' V . ' Ik? DE1 Epy No Wic IjB her nev^ jfl sures tl B necessa " / for the * t ' oumxiit: \f stove w service Vapor Oil Stoves modern any kin bem for you any and im] - - , . tensely kettle. J gas* . .. iES *r' HOME C in St. ; ighter, Mary/ to Hunter Bryso kely, Jr. No date for the weddin yet been setv?but it will tak ce in July. ifiss Morris is an attractive youn nan whose charming personalit won for her a host of friends. At. Blakely, who was recentl luated from Princeton Theolog Seminary, was awarded a felloe d entitling him to a year's stud Europe. It will be of interest t ride-circle of friends that after spent4n the University of Edit gfe, Scotland, Hhe yxitmg coupl l > mato their home in Iridial -.p-?rj. " ' ' MAIMBqJUDGE ADVOCATE.7" a -.'ii vj. Jjj-r. 5 jieut. William W. Harris has bee ie judge advocate of special corn rtial at Ciiunp Gordon. Lien4 rris is the son of Mrs. J. A. Harri Abbeville", and his friends her 1 be interested to learn of the in tant assignment which has bee en him. >n" FULLEK-HOGAN. ifcCorarick, Vay 25.?C. C. Fu of McCormick, announces th ragement of his daughter, Lil sppard,,to Luther S. Hogan, o awa, Kans.,'formerly of Lincoln , Ga., the marriage to take plac liome, June 25. URSDAY MARKS TIME LIMIT FOR GERMAN DELEGATE: 'hurday of the present week i time limit set for the Genranu t ce known to: the representative Ae allied and associated poyexs.a fciuHt* ^hat^efanray^ropoiea t "With1 *le<Wrd)'18)P%d^e^f?iJf! or re $0% tiw*e#*fl ^rlift^oA? tbtf d man cabini'tTtffd i UMr 5.x |' ^ / ^HHmI ?1 gteTjL ROIT VAPOR STOVES... ;; k??Light Instantly?Work Gas. day isn't complete without e and Mother knows thAt , 7 Detroit Vapor Oil Stove inhe rapid, thorough baking, ^ ry for a perfect result ?hole family appreciates the ful cooking and baking s of thfs oil stove without a It's just the stove you want whole year round. Winter, r, Spring and Fall thjs oil ithoit a wfck gives, the-same and convenience* as the city gas rartge. No wicks of H?simnlv licht ihe burner mediately you have an inhot blue flame .under ,the Bakes and cooks as fast as Ce OUTFITTERS Abbeville, S?C. V " : ' ' \ * v n gates at Versailles are one in the g intention to request modifications j e various clauses of the fcrapty,xthe pr visions of which it is declared Ge g many will be unable to meet witho y enslaving herself fof"a life time. v Tuesday is spoken of in a Berl y dispatch as the day on which Ge ?- many's answer will be ready. T1 r- latest note of the Germans?thi y 13th?digs up again the question . ? responsibilities. uermany assei * that the only, thing for which the l" responsible i? 'the violation of lit ? gian neutrality^^or this phe is rMu to make reparation . 11 to assert ... / . ? xMFVino"ar b ?irtoiW that all the jpowers wfre ^apoimb for"the wMcan^J|iSt * the, mtteri " damage was done r by fche*allied , a Q mies m well as the Germans. ^ The concession with Regard te t 1 Saare Valley agreed to \by the alii ^ provides that Germany may create ^ prior cuarge on ner ^bbcuj ut cvvbu t_ for the payment of the mines int Q Saare region of the plebiscite to , held in the region 15 years ben should be against the Geraanc. T allies refused to discuss this oval with tflie Germans. ' f [. A new commercial treaty" wi e Switzerland under whick Genrtai a will give Switzerland coal in refu f for cattle and produce is being s [. ranged. e BIG TOTAL REPORTED. 1 ' * Nashville, May 26.?With no i formation as to the resofo of tS 3 day's drive for the centenary caiH paign of the Southern Method* s Church, approximately f31,000,0fl o was reported by campaign heaH . 1. J w 9 quarters at noon toaay. am a . SEXAS ELECTION^ DOUBT. I Dallas, Tex., May 25.?Returflj p tftkm4l83 towni in TM& tonight ifl ki|ieatt4that prohibiting wffrafl I pbr^Wnen had eartitfFIIPHhe gel P flfcrtf^ltetion yeitard^r.*'" n