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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
H. G.' CLARK, Editor.
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TUESDAY', MAY 27, 1919.
GERMANY WILL SIGN.
HamiaTIV will Sltm.
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' 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.
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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
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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
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FRUITS OF SET-BACK. 1 p
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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 ?
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.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. *
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| . BEEKEEPING. "
J Timely Suggestions About This Grow- .
| ing Industry. I
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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 _
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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.!
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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.
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Call and see our display of Detroit
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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. ^
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Vapor Oil Stoves modern
any kin
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kettle.
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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
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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
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OUTFITTERS
Abbeville, S?C.
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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.
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BIG TOTAL REPORTED.
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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