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RAISING CROPS IS k BUT HALF OUR JOB b , i laOne looking over a file of almost g any farm paper of ten or even five It years ago cannot but be impressed tl by the improvement in the quality ja of farm papers generally in the Inst *1 few years. Farm papers are better a edited, better ilustrated and, we believe, more practical and helpful u right now than at any time in the ^ past. !sl Another thing which no observant ^ reader can miss is the increased attention that is being given to the j ' - business side of farming?to the | ^ marketing of the things raised asl , Ol well as to how to raise things, to the i j planning of the farm as well as to j ^ the methods of performing farm work, to the management of the farm labor as well as to the ways of i ^ doing farm jobs. This change, in part through about! ci by the efforts of the more progres-1 ^ sive farm papers and in part brought cl about by the changing attitude of the farmers themselves, in plain evidence of a wholesome change in the farm viewpoint. Every thinking farmer knows today that production is only half his job, that the mar- j to WHY WORRY / Call Bar ( where you will find things to eat?Cabt Green Peas, Irish an and Celery. Fu and Macaroni have We have two 'pro 77?call either and prompt attention. k- i 1 A shipment of si usth.it will relieve t] ?" ' ' . . 1 ' W. D. B AR . . ? lcherD ?I I* THE UNIVEF % There's the same ( the one-ton Ford rtu using the Ford carcarrying power of . . mei the truck iy i that Thi trucks lots of it; the ma worm drive makes c all that nowpr: the v"v*" X 7 pension gives flexibi um steel strength, body, $550 f. o. b. E E F. AR rt. eting of what he produces and the a uying of what he needs to the best h dvantage is the other half. The fa reat reason farmers have been so 1 >ng coming into their own is that fc ley have, as a class, been working g t only half their job. They have y lemselves attended to production h nd have let someone else attend to p leir marketing. It was inevitable nder such a system that their work f id not bring them the returns it louid. wmie is still true, ana win o ;main true, that a man must proLice something to sell before any t< pstem of marketing can do him any ood, it is also true, and will re- c lain true, that the man who devotes 11 his energies to production and ti aves the marketing of his products v > be determined by chances or the itivities of the people to whom he p ills will never get fair pay for what ?d oes e: Good farming is a matter of judious marketing as well as abun a int production.?Southern Agriilturist. ' t< U Why Grow Alfalfa? IT To the farmer who has not come j i appreciate what it means to have - - ? ti cl Pi ksdale's I i tl t a supply of fresh a >age, Corn, Fresh ? id Sweet Potatoes ! 11 Cream Cheese just arrived. ,c If. nes?Nos. 76 and 'si -p 'h we assure you of i t ! e !w i< igar has reashed i, he scarcity. s V :ksdale i ? a c , t ESSBSjEg^BSf^ e a ESBSESf^^fl " "" e I I c c 1 M rHfy \ (SAL CAR ! 8 !l .v V t] economy in using I ck that there is in ? -only the larger n the truck com- J? nds it particular- . I ;o farmers, and p er business men. |t] 3 famous Model g notor assures re- c )le power, and * c nganese bronze ? jertain the use of - u three-point sus- a ility, and vanadi- e Price, without ? Detroit. ti NOLD !? e ii i! a I m field or so of alfalfa growing on{ ias farm here are some points for im to consider and seriously at that, 'hink these suggestions over and alk alfalfa with the farmer who is Towing it and see what he says, and 'ou will not be satisfied until you ave a fine field growing on your ilace. 1. Alfalfa is the greatest legume orage plant. 2. Alfalfa yields more hay than ther crops of a similar nature.' 3. Alfalfa means more profits o the farmer. 4. Alfalfa grows best on soil ontaining plenty of lime.. 5. Alfalfa requires a deep, ferile, thoroughly compacted, well pulerized and drained seed bed. 6. Alfalfa is probably the most alatable of all rough feeds. 7. Alfalfa keeps livestock in an xcellent physical condition. 8. All kinds of livestock relish lfalfa. 9. Hens lay eggs during the winjr when they can pick up alfalfa saves. 10. When fed with corn, alfalfa takes a balanced ration. 11. Steers gain weight faster hen alfalfa is in the ration. 12. Cows produce more milk hen alfalfa forms part of the raon. 13. Hogs do their best on alfalfa. 14. Alfalfa can be produced much leaper than the same quantity of rotein can be bought in cotton seed eal or bran. , 15. Alfalfa stimulates the crops hich follow it. ' 16. Alfalfa increases the value of ie farm. 17. Alfalfa attarcts buyers and dicates a fertile sweet soil in good 1th for it cannot grow on infertile, >ur, poorly drained soil. HE SOUTH AND THE NEGRO PRIOR TO 1860 Manufacturers Record, Baltimore.) Many phases of Southern life bejre the war are "wholly misunder:ood, are unknown by vast major;y of Northern and Western people, his is pre-eminently true as to slavry and the relation between the hites and blacks before 1860. In a " :tter to the Baltimore Sun, Elizabeth >avisson of Washington gives some iteresting facts as;follows: - ' v< "The protestant churches in the louth before the war were doing a wonderful work for the industrial nd" spiritual development of the olored race; $4,000,000 had already ?een spent by them for churches ilone and 1,000,000 of the race were ommunicants of the different , Pro esiant denominations ai tnai nine, ily father was one of the clergymen :n gaged in this work, and he left me k beautifully erigraved silver goblet, lated 1854, given to him by the .colored people whom he was instructing n spiritual things. "The people in the South who wee ngaged at that time in giving the iegro industrial and religious training believed that they were preparing urn later to go back to Africa and :ivilize and Christianize his own ontinent. "From the beginning of the repubic there was a feeling throughout the iouth favorable to emancipation as oon as it could be done without dan er to ail concernea. mere were si ne time over 100 abolition societies i the South; one State alone, Virinia, had 22 laws on her statute ooks bearing on the subject, and here were 100,000 emancipated laves in the South before the war etween the States. And if the abotion propaganda in the North had] ot aroused opposition by its unjust! ^representations and denunciations' f slaveholders, the border States' rould have brought complete emanci-j ation' about several years before i le war commenced. "As it is, the freeing of the ne-ij ro, 'as a war measure,' by Mr. Lin-;B oln, with the expressed purpose of I reating a servile insurrection be- I ind the Confederate '.ines, though it|H ailed of its immediate purpose?that creating a servile insurrection on| ccount of the friendly relations that J xisted at that time between the two, aces?has estranged the negro fromi is best friends and resulted disas- j rously for both races. One way to make country life lore attractive is to beautify the' arm both indoors and out. Flowrs and shrubs, pictures, books, magzines and musical instruments all elp. i J. M. Ar In a WayJThj TUl Poll 1 11^ JL (411 are telling all the secrets approval in autumn's silh the colors now brightening opening. Tailor? so indispensible and so s< good looking) are telling; Twill and of Serge what t' will wear to business, to c ?The prices are $20.00 t< will investigate we are qu: a little bit less" for dr6sse: i i i I I FO TDK J iiu ar 1 ssmszsas We are pleas* secured the a TRACTOR ii II Call and let u I of a Tractor a SADLEF D On The f I / / lderson Corrt] it is New arid - l ime ri of fashions now dawnin Louette; the fabrics of su r the horizon of the new Silk Dr< in unusually varied se and weaves answer L "What will be worn f< for the informal afte and what for the iir engagements?'' Tr Paulettes are shown ii il _ n i _i i l.I emoeinsnea wun arxi i from simplicity of de i elaboration. ?Kitten's Ear Satin, .Georgette are develo drapes and flowing li and basque effects ar rich laces and fring spangles?Our price; $95.00 for these dress / d Cloth Dressy ;/ M* .? erviceable (besides beinj in the language of Tric< he Tail ored Miss of the hurch and to club. o $85.00 for these dresse ite sure you will find th< s of their merit.' . i * BM?M?a? 9 I ' ' < '. . - , j V .< '. ; i->-'-'\(iffi: ; '?V */TO RDSON > ;; -. " ? . *: ' ' ICTOR: ; ' . v id PLOWS i . ; ed to announce that we h igency for the FORDS n Abbeville County. s demonstrate the econo md its many uses. [ TRACTOR CO. K ?. SADLER, Manager Square Next to Hotel. ~II r>a*?v ij? i> Htful V ':V'SI ?X . w Ml . rocks I n g?the lines of H rest favor; and ' season that is m .9BB &CCAC I ^oovo w lection of styles , H the queries? S or street?what H 4'' rnoon affairs? iportant dinner ; fl icolettes and u 11 simple outline > S stic embroidery > , J- K isign to marked % r ' ,X>?\ .jj Charmeuse and i ped in graceful nes, with tunics Ld trimmings of es and beaded , V1 s are $22.50 to , ' sea ' \i ft * , : v'-... L-: ikpiriT.' % so thoroughly ^ )tine,of Poiret - - coming season , . ; ' . & And if you v 5se prices "just ' - r't h ^ 1. m ; Iff' ' ' 1 '^0, C ! ' I I ave ON my ? r .