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OLD ABBEVILLE. ? ! (Col. E. K. Aull in Newberry Hen-Id1 1 XT \ I ana 4\ews,; H Old AbbeTille is one of the finest s and raost delightful counties in ihe i state, the mother of them all in thi : ( district, aad the home of lawyers nn.l j jurists aid statesmen. The old town i is puttiac down miles of paved. 1 streets and will ere long: build some f roads. The roads now are very gooii'i in dry weather and when there is not smuch rain. I have about reached the t conclostMi that the only way we can t have auy roads in this country worth s while aad that will last any length t of ti*e aad will stand the wear of c the big car* and trucks is\to limit the s speed of the cars and the trucks to i 2? reasoaable mileage per hour foi",r JUSt as 9?re as lilt? cuts anu uuv.u.j are driven as some people drive now v we wil n?t be able to have .any roads r worth while that will last for any j time it matters little of what mater-, r ial we build. Newberry' needs to t wake up ia the matter of rpad buil.l-,t P*:'- ing aad there is no better time to, 1 start than right now. There is noj^ better couaty in which to live than t this good ?ld county. I was born on o her soil and when the final sleep, t comes I desire to rest in the same b soil, but there are some things we (I need to do and the great one just s now in a material way is to build.*1 ? roads and streets. And if this legis-.o lature does not give the people am" oportunity to do something then this!* coming year we will see if we can h . not find a delegation that will be,e willing to d* something and at least N" let the people say what they want j * to do and not undertake so much weti* nursint for as. i* POLITICS IN THIRD. j1 The following was written by Co!. I E. H. Aull of the Newberry Herald | and News and will be of interest to i many of our readers: K;',' ' In al). these trips through the coun-; ties of tJus district I rarely heard the J question *f politics and candidates 1 mentioned. Of course it was not my j j business to talk politics or to start' , m: S > || I "Unusual Vc m ' Pian I have just received j: which I offer at four hu !j lars each. > Many other pianos * Carlisle are now sellii ;|: dollars or more than \s : the Carlisle. I have h '} over eight months for ( | I have received only o | two. Pianos are very and the prices have ad I ing the past year and | that prices will go mu & 'i are at Dresent. m i|i | Someone will get e j; in these two pianos. | The Carlisle Piano strument and is fully 1 particular. It is the p ' if Hackley Piano Co. Call and see these p $ are at all interested i it ' ? I piano. ! 4 ^ ' z | Soliciting your pati i I '.'i , Z ft I 1 John A. & f ^ K The Greenwoo< ! Ref.?The Bank of Gi |j: and strongest bank in jiv i| t, . : t \ k;**, T*,'. IMMMan inching along that line and I did ( ' - T ' T ?r,Hvolir! IOC ao SO. 1 IS.I1UVY I am t.v/k .J , )lind and not entirely deaf and car.' ;ee and hear just a little bit. After eading that article in the News and Courier the other day reviewing the jolitical situation as seen at the legslature, I did recall that I heard one j nan sav something about the con- ? * 11 sessional race in the third district,'. md evidently he had been a warm c upporter of Mr. Aiken in the days hat are gone mainly on account of . he personal relations and friend- ^ hips existing between his family and he Aiken family. I notice this arti- . le of Cormack's says that there will t urely be opposition to Mr. Dominick t n the third district, that it was al-, a nost certain that Captain Henry Pilman would make the race. From rhat I could hear with no talking on *" Tillwio*! ic C f\ KltCV liy Weil i Ksauva.in x uiiiiau to ov vuuj "* U ust now practicing law and making g noney at it that he is not even hinking about fooling with politics, hough I have not seen Captain t oilman himself in several months. v Vnd this article is the only sugges-1ion that I have seen or heard of any no opposing Mr. Dominick. It will' ie a pretty big job for any one to ^ eat Dominick the coming summer. Ie has always been strong in Ander-! op and this time he will get sunncrt : ie never had beforo and there is no :' ne who can take it away and he will j? lot lose any support he has hereto-' ore had. And in the other counties | ie is just as strong and even strong-, J r than he has ever been. It will be ' i great big man's job to do any-! j hing toward his defeat this summer.' j Jut as I say it was not my business i o talk politics and I never did, but| leing able to see and hear slightlycould not help it. * I "DIAMOND DYE" OLD j . GARMENTS LIKE NEW' Any woman 'can dyo faded, shabby j wearing apparel, whether wool, silk, cot- j ton. linen or mixed goods to any color, j just ]ik6 new, bv following simplt1 <1:.motion in cadi packaea of PV.ror.-; j :(!j ] i!;|! due in Two os" I; ft 1 two Carlisle Pianos, ij; ;ndred and fifty dol- if i > |i i : |j < Df the quality of the j| j lcr for nnp hunrlr^d ? ? ?, t rhat I am asking for | 5 ad the order in for 1 Carlisle Pianos, and | ne previous to these | difficult to obtain $ vanced greatly dur- | I the indications are |,; ch higher than they li JI xtraordinary value |j' is a high grade inwarranted in every p j roduct of the Chase < ?c '1' i ' tianos at once if you i in the purchase of a ijj i! i! j);! onage I remain, it1 Holland ill ' *\'\ 1 : t d Piano Man. : ! 1 i'li eenwood, the oldest Greenwood County. ij; , ili:i . ill! :|; 1 'i' 1 :OTTON PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION SEASON OF 1918-19 Washington, D. C., Feb. 2.?Direc-j or Sam L. Rogers has issued the ;nnual report on Cotton Production! .nd Distribution for the Season cf 918-19. (Census bulletin No. 140.) ?he bulletin contains data concern-' ng the acreage in and production of otton in the United States; the' [uantities ginned to specified dates* ts import, export, and consumption;! he .stocks held in mills, at com resses, and in public storage; the I I inports and exports of cotton goods :i he world's production and consumpion of cotton; the production rrush nd stocks of cotton seed: and the iroduction shipment, export, and tocks of cottonseed products. The unusual conditions of the time re reflected rather pointedly by the tatistics shown in the report. The rop of 1918 was the fourth successive "small" crop produced both in his country and throughout the,! m*ld. The world's total for these our crops, not including linters in! he United States, was 70,883,000 J quivalent 500-pound net weight iales, which compares with 87,355,'00 bales for the preceding four KT-J i I* AT VOUB GROCERS S ^WELL HOUSE ! COFFEE < I EmBvaawBrnHMnnJ^i i iHEliioi I. May Be Occupied For a Ti Peanut Growing Pro (By W. M. Goodman.) Better farming in the South may fol-1 low in the wake of the boll-weevil. Adoption of long-talked-of systems of iiversified farming, stock-raising and loll-bullding may be- forced upon the farmers of the cotton belt as a result of the incursion of this voracious'and Implacable enemy of King Cotton. And with these changes and improvements, and the consequent eradication Df this destructive pest, cotton may igain be enthroned under conditions irhlch will Insure a more prosperous reign. The Value of Peanuts. The boll-weevil Is expected to be In full force next year ;n the best cotton growing sections of Georgia and the Oarolinas, and the forehanded farmer nay profit by engaging In peanut cul:ure on an extensive scale. Dr. W. W. Lone. Director of Exten lion, Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, says: "The value of :he peanut, both as a money crop and 'or feeding on the farm, renders it especially desirable as a part of the ro:ation wherever conditions suitable to ts development exist." And such conditions are found in nany sections of the southeast, and ire especially favorable in the coastal Mains regions of North and touth Carolina. In pome parts of the South peanuts tiave already supplanted cotton on nany farms heretofore devoted almost exclusively to the growing of that stable. It is shown by recent reports from lie boll-weevil territory of Georgia hat the peanut is one of the most profitable crops that can be grown iu :he place of cotton. Prof. H. C. Thompson, U. S. Bureau >f Plant Industry, says: "Peanut growng is desirable in the cropping sys:em in some parts of the cotton belt, rhe commercial value of the crop increased from $7,270,515, in. 1899 to >18,271,929 in 1909, and the increase lince 1909 has been even greater than )efore that year. These facts do not epresent the full value of the crop, !or they do not take into account thousands of acres of peanifts grown for log feeding purposes." rhe Peanut as a Nitrogen Gatherer. "The peanut plant, in common with 1 ?\/?n AO Hop tSfl r\AtVOI* A# A IaI _ I ;uici ic^uiuco, uao mc puuci ui \ui" ecting nitrogen from the air and storng it in nodules on its roots," says Prof. Thompson. "For this reason the jeanut is a very desirable soil iniprovng plant. It should be borne in mind, lowever, that in order to benefit the soil the main portion of the roots {hould be left In the ground. The lltrogen gathering bacteria are usualy present In abundance even where Jie soil is planted for the first time." Importance of Lime in the Soil. Authorities agree that peanuts repiire an abundance of lime to Insure proper ripening and the filling of pods ind the testimony of practical peanut frowers bear them out in this statement Where the soil contains limestone or uieus it may not dp necessnry 10 appiy Lime, but on most sandy soils, and on J ?' - v.1 , years. Notwithstanding this reduced J production the "carry-over" at the I end of the season in this country ( was the largest ever recorded. Two s factors were mainly responsible for 11 this condition,? (1) the actual quan-js tity consumed in Europe was very(t much below normal,' although there c had never been such a scarcity of J cotton goods since the period imme- t diately folowing the Civil War, and 5 (2) the transportation facilities for(4 exporting cotton had not yet become n normal. Another factor entering in- 1 to the situation was the inability on d the part of Europe to purchase cot- 1 ton freely because of unstable con- " ditions in some of the countries and because of the extraordinarily high rates of exchange. During the twelve-month period1 ending. July, 1919, 5,765,936 bales of cotton and 457,901 bales of linters, a total of 6.223,837 bales, were consumed. This was the smallest amount reported for any year since j? 1915, and compared with the total! of 7,685,329 bales in 1918, a re- jf duction of nearly a million and a | half bales, about 700,000 of which | are accounted for by the reduced f consumption' of linters, due to the 1 cessation of hostilities in Europe. | Of the cotton consumed during the | year, 51,183 bales were Sea-Island, I 126,087 Egyptian , 33,803 Chinese, | 9,128 Peruvian, and 7,098 other 1 foreign. In the quantity of cotton consum- | /-?/ ! T\Tnf>POrtV\iit?nff c 1 r. A oil nflinr ??f n+rtP ? cu, ;uas.Tatiiuo(,i/(<o ;cvi an I/LIIVI oiauvro with 1,324,815 bales, North Carolina f with 1,0:15,717 bales being second, ] South Carolina with 764,7?4 bales. \ third, and Georgia with 702,670 J bales, fourth. Massachusetts with I 11,630,397 was first in the number j of cotton spindles, being followed \ by South Carolina with 4,955.705, ! F KING COTTON ! ( ij ime By a Worthy Consort? j} fitable In Cotton Belt \ land that is In the least sour, from one \ to two tons of pulverized limestone per acre should be applied broadcast after the land is plowed and thoroughly mixed with the soil by harrow. Dr. Long says: "It Is necessary to lime the soil for neanuts. unless It is definitely known that there is an l abundance in the soil. In tills state I at least 1,000 pounds of burnt lime or 2,000 pounds of ground limestone should be used per acre." Balanced Rations. Peanuts require phosphate as weil us lime, but it should be borne in mind that neither of these elements can be omitted under average conditions, ami in the coastal plains regions potasii should be included. One element may help, but it's the combination that | brings big results. A "balanced ra- | lion" is as necessary for plants as fo? ] animals. Market For Peanuts. Most farmers have a fair idea of \ the market for peanuts for roastinp j and for the manufacture of various f products, such as salted peanuts, pea- I nut candy, peanut butter, etc., but les? | is known concerning the Importance ol j this product in the manufacture oi j vegetable oils. With the coming short- f age of cotton seed from which to male*:' j oil, and with an increase in demand. | there seems to be a great field for tin j peanut oil industry in the South. In addition, the peanut yields a 'alu ! able hay crop, and when peanuts ari',j harvested for market hogs may be f f turned into the field to glean whatever |j Is left after digging. It Is said that many growers fatten j two hogs on each acre of peanuts so j harvested. "Few if any crops wili j produce more pounds of pork on an j acre of land or produce it at a lower [ cost per acre than peanuts," says a l writer on this subject, "and in addl- | tlon to the profit on pork, the crop I producing capacity of the soil will be [ materially increased." The Outlook. The farmer who knows how to ralst I peanuts will make money, but thf j haphazard farmer can never realize | much profit on any crop. There is f much to be learned as to preparation f of soils, planting, cultivating and har- { vesting, but our state experiment sta- ! tlons will furnish the necessary in- j 1 formation. ..The peanut crop in some of the j states is short this year and growers \ are expecting higher prices. The crop j is above the average in quality and it | is thought that the higher grades will j reach 12% cents to 14 cents a pound ] by Christmas, and peanut oil has ad- ) vanced 3 cents a pound. This meani j a good profit for the farmer, and aa j there is no danger of flooding the mar- f ket, growers may look for large n- \ Minis next vpar. The oil mills of the South now provide a market for hundreds of thousands tons of peanuts and the average price during the past three years for the srnzTi white Spanish variety hat been $100 per ton; the present #!*< beln^ about S2GC per too.. ?. : ; Jorth Carolina with 4,789,322, thode Island with 2,678,180, and Jeorgia with 2,518,059. The intallation of new spindles in the coton-growing states continues to i now increase, tne total spmaies ior| his section in 1919 being 14,986.311 ompared with 13,000,444 for 1914The estimated production of coton seed from the crop of 1918 was 1,360,000 tons. Of this quantity, .,478,508 tons were used in the nanufacture of cottonseed products. ?he production of crude products luring the season was as follows: oil, 76,711,000 gallons, valued at $227,-! I Farm Surveys WILLIAM L. civil Er Member of the American A Farmers and Merchants GREENWOOD, SOUT1 Landscape Surveys WhnnmiMiiijiiriinimiiiiitiiiiiiiitftiiiitiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimnniiMiiinimMiiiiiiuMMiiiiiiiMmitip giiMiitiiiimiiimitiiiiiiiiiiniiiiMiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiitutiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitii Legal | FOR : " 1 V We now have a larj Real Estate on ham out for some time anc ply all demands for I [j well as Mortgage of F i! other legal forms. i | Ihe Press PRINTERS \ = / i ' j if t 11 i * The cotton The farmer who grows s< room for a cow is neglectinj money. If he would follow the a< Association, if he would pla carefully selected seed and : He would increase his pi j! acre, tnereoy maintaining i reducing the net cost per p >! He would have have left || cows, to raise hogs, to gro1 grains. These would feed his fan || tra cash so that he could sto warehouses advocated by ti tion and get for it a fair a Many sections of the Soi the all-cotton system, with j i| keeping cows whose milk i farmers bank their cotton r This bank, first, last and i if can Cotton Association's pre if prices, diversified crops?an | j PI ANTFJ ? The Progrt Abberil [i ? . - ?. ... .. 316,000; cake and meal, 2,170,000 tons, valued at $116,119,000; hulls, 1,137,000 tons, valued at $17,917,000; and linters valued at $22,228,000: a total value of $383,580,000. This is a remarkable illustration of the utilization of what was formerly considered a waste and in many instances a nuisance. During the twelve-month period there were 23,827,978 gallons of cottonseed oil and 155,813 tons of cake and meal exported. These quantities compare with exports of 42,448,870 gallons, of oil and 739,533 tons of cake and meal for the season of 1914-15. 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These noney as pure velvet. ill the time, is for the Ameriigram of better cotton, higher d more money for all. II II i I "? i RS BANK ;ssive Bank. I le, S. C. | |i 12 II ||