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Established 1835. -L. MU?S,.-._Editor j Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in aflvance. Entered as second class matter at J the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. The Largest Circulation in Edgefield County. WEDNESEAY, J APT 24, 1912 He who bas no opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.-EXAPSTOCK. Committee Takes Up Work. To the larmers of Edgefield county: The undersigned having been appointed a committee for this county to promote and encourage ' what is familiarly known to every , farmer in the state as the Rock Hill Plan, have studied the same very carefully and recommends its adoption to every farmer in the county, large or small, white and colored, as the most practical means cf reducing the cottou acreage and thereby obtaining a living profit as s result of their labor. The crop of 1910 in round num bers was 12,000,000 bales, which was sold for a billion dollars. The crop of 1911, conceded now to be at least 15,000,0.00 bales, will not yield more than $650,000,000 to $700,000,000. We are producing 3V000,000 more bales of cotton \ and selling it for $300.000,000" less. Statistics show that the smallest crops of cotton bring the most mon ey. Another big crop and il means in our opinion, 5 cent cotton. Not only do we recommends re duction in acreage, as provided for und^r the Rock Hill plan, bu a corresponding reduction in fertili zers. It is useless for a farmer to . reduce his acreage, if he is going to increase his fertilizer and thereiy produce the same amount of cotton What is needed is a reduction ir t?,r> Tr >hc matter of fertilizer we would recommend to ?very farmer to use his seed, as they are worth mor^ to fi i m.. *^ fertiger than he can obtain for them on the market From what we can learn m.9joofflcturcrs are quoting ammon iated fertilizers at about last year's prices and by mixing kainit and acid with your cotton seed you can get a good fertilizer for much less than you can buy the manufactured goods. A cheap crop must be made if satisfactory results are to be expected. Ctnvassers will call on you a lit tle later with pledges for your sig nature, and when they do, meet them cheerfully, and du not de tain them. Sign the pledge cheer fully, and let them go on their way rejoicing, as the time is short a?d there is not a moment to spare. A list of those signing the pledges will be published from time to time ia the county papers as they are reported. *The same acreage as >911 means five cent cotton! A 25 per cent reduction for 1912 means lilting prices. (Signed) P. N. Lott, B. R. Smith, L. R. Brunson. Instruction to Canvassers For Rock Hill Plan. 1. Cover the territory allowed to you quickly as possible, but cover it thoroughly. Every farm er should be seen for his pledge, if possible... 2. Report daily to the County Chairman, giving names of those B?gning, with number of acres eacb will reduce from last year. These names will then be published in the county papers, and this will help yon to secure other pledges. 3. Catch all the farmers you can around stores, but go after those you can't find this way. 4. Get all the big farmers yon can and get them to sign up for as much reduction as possible. If a 100-acre farmer will agree to plant 50 acres less this year than last, so much the better'for the causr. Re member that the pledge is for re duction of not lets than 25 per cent. So all who will reduce more than this will do the cause that much more service. 5. In the case ,*of those who won't sign, ask their neighbors to tklabor with" them. The list will be published, but can be added to from time to time. 6. Don't stop to argue with peo ple about other plans and schemes. It's our business to put this work through. Get signatures- as many as you can, as fast as you can and for as much reduction as possible. 7. Where the question is brought up, explain that it is claimed for the "'Rock Hill Plan" that it only pro vides a temporary means of better I ing conditions. Suggest to farmers tbat they join the Farmers' Union and use their influence to make that body strong and effective. But don't argue with anybody about anything. Get pledges and let everybody keep his own notion about everything else. 8. Tell the cottou growers not to let the bears fool them with re cent advances in cotton prices. Cot ton has gone $4 a bale since the "Rock Hill Plan" was started, but the bears will have the joke on us with low prices for the remainder of 1911 as well as 1912 cotton if acreage is not cut, and cut deep. DEER HUNT IN TEXAS. (Continued from last week.) Wednesday morning all left camp going in different directions. I went back to near the point of my past good luck and on a divide about 200 yards, I saw the head of a large buck and again Castleberry sang out and another buck hit the ground but rose and went from me passing in about 400 yards of Gil bert. He shot wild and found blood where he first fell, so, Ranger was put on his track and oveitook him in about 700 yards. He had lain down but was able to get up, so Ranger had him bayed. When we came np Gilbert shot him down. I got Johnnie and carried in my sec ond buck. Thursday nothing do ing-Friday we moved camp about 6 miles and before night Gilbert found 5 deer in a deep canyon and killed one. Shot out of cartridges and the three came up under a bluff in 30 steps of him, then he threw rocks at them. I came in sight and a buck started off. I got a standing about 225 yards, but shot wild again. Elmore went east and says he had more fun than any of us. Said ? an old buck looked him square in ; the eyes at 40 paces. His gun was i hard on trigger and the buck is still i alive. Near sundown he had target practice at another buck 225 yards rounding a canyon. He rang 6 shots on the clear winter air, but again i fate was in favor of the buck. As 'twas then twilight, the account is all we haye to remember of the i event. Saturday morning we went oat ; bat returned at noon with reports ? of djer -atilLin the range, but no came in hand. Afternoon told a ? different story. The veteran hunter < of our party who np to this time i had been out of luck came in with ] honors. As he crept stealthily i through the soto and cedar, he spied < a buck about 50 yards go behind a t clump of brush so he could partial- j ly see him, but experience told him t where the body was, so his trusty t rille gave good account and a 3 t point buck fell to run |no more. < Near sunset Elmore began anoth- } er performance, which he accounts < to us as very interesting. On a dis- ' tant side of a canyon a large buck ( leisurely trotted along at a range of t 400 yards. So, he began the bom- ? bardment. After 7 shots the deer < made a forward movement. Elmore < changed position and again came I near meeting his foe face to face, so near that he saw the buck wink f bis eye. Forest instinct came to the i aid of the buck and in some mysteri- < ou.s way he passed from view to be ? seen no more. With ear strained for sounds of game, a noise of more ] than usual notice came near where he stood. With nerves at high ten- \ sion, he waits, when all at once at a ? short distance he beheld a sight ? not of.ten witnessed, two foxes were having a battle royal. So intent were they that they were only a short distance from him, they i clashed, one being in the lead in re treat. Elmore not wishing to be ?< thus passed unnoticed belched forth his 25, 35 as a parting salute, came to camp and reported. Sunday found our camp in a so ber mood. The day passed slowly away until nearly sundown. Water for camp purposes had run low, Murray and I went off 200 yards in a canyon to see about some water and being near camp no guns were necessary. Mr. Loftin and Elmore remembered having seen water in a canyon about i mile from camp, so, the distance and danger from panthers and other foes impelled them to take some means of defense. At | about sun down danger seemed lurking near and Elmore was in greatest danger of attack. His 25 35 sang 3 clear notes on the evening breeze. On in* spection it was found tint he need not have been alarmed; for it was only three deer he had killed. Mr. Loftin being near and seeing his son's narrow escape m ust have had visions; fdr in a few moments a much larger form showed up, so he pulled old trusty to his shoulder, and his deadly foe met his Water loo. We were in camp and ha( heard the shooting, sowhen the: came in and told of their narrov escapes we could but sympathizt with them. Night spread her peace ful blanket over our camp' and w< were soon in the arms of Mor pheus. Monday found us all able to ea and to take our different routes Mr. Loftin and Elmore scoutet around the dangerous grounds o the day previous while Murra] and I went west,Gllbert going east As the sun began to send her ray into the heart of the canyon '. heard a noise that wes familiar. I was Murray's $0 belching its regu lar note. I ' thought he was at i greater distance than was actual!j true.As the sound of his rifle hushec I 'saw at a distance of seven hun dred yards a very large buck sneak ing up the canyon in ray direction He came on until within six hun dred yards when he changed hil course, I immediately put Sherif] Castleberry into operation. Th< echoes played on its thousand hills but the lead, oh, where was it! Se renely the big denison of the fores! took shelter in a clump of under brush. My heart was lonely, mj hopes were fast failing when a loq whistling sound reached my earsj Again I heard the sound. It wal Murray, we had been shooting al the same deer. Gilbert finding m game east now came on the scenj and a plot was formed against OH wily buck. We placed a man $0 three different points, Gilbert reach ing his last I saw the buck leave his hiding place and start directly around the point under where Gil bert was. By a loud signal call he knew the buck was on his beat and soon the notes played from his 303. Here he did his best shooting, land ing twice when he claimed his buck, a fine fellow with four points to each horn. Murray felt inclined homeward, so, he hit the pike for Ozona 35 miles distance, covering the distance from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. That left only four to finish the hunt. We spent the remainder of the day dressing the five. Tuesday morning found us on our beats, but ?ll things change with time, so we found, that'abont 2,000 sheep were now herded on our hunting ground, so, we met at lu a. m. and pulled ap camp and drove to twin wells for dinner. We held a council as to whether to remain longer. The con census of opinion was to go home ward. Gilbert was out of tobacco.. While he said ta was not absolute y dangerous when in that state, still be wasn't at himself. He was f_aj> tod said he did not want us to rhove, on his account as tobacco walking was O. K. for him. We spent the night 12 miles southwest :>f Ozona. Wednesday we looked with longings towards home sweet lome. At ll a. m. we stopped at brocket's capital to see if we could Iraw Murray's bounty on the pan der but found there was so much wearing in it we decided to bring ihe scalp to Murray and let him do ;he necessary thing. As we bade ;he picturesque little city of pure Dzone farewell we were leisurely wending our way when a noise as >f rushing wind came upon us. Turning we beheld a sight that is ?omraon in this section from No vember 1st to January 1st. 'Twas in auto with two occupants, their Mice beaming countenances now overgrown with a grizzly growth of beard. Their habitat is in offices. We know them well. Their hand make is cordial, but a movement of :heir index finger to the rear seat if the auto where a slicker lay crumpled meant much to them. ''Missourians want to see." No boms to testify, no hide to speak a word of favor. The machine sped first in intermediate then to high. So, passed our most worthy friends md neighbors, D. E. Huges, and W. W. Carson. You know them well. We drove late night as our veteran bunter stated that Mertzon must be reached on Thursday iii;ar Highlonesome at the O. 9. we struck camp. As the night advanced the north pole seemed to get nearer un til at dawn we decided that both Peary and Cooke were mistaken as to the discovery of the north pole; for it must be near Highlonesome. The wind blew, but "Old Noah" covered the 30 miles by 11:15 and we drove up to the ' city of de light," a home for the homeless. I wish the story might end here but Fate has ever had her innings. I mounted the doorsteps with heart light and steps bounding to find what? a home without its queen. No welcome, no cares, no one to listen to the thrilling account of a hunt where I killed my first deer. Kind friends consoled me and to them the exploits of the chase were told. The companion of my life had found that the days passed slowly after the hunting party had gone, so she had gone to spend the re maining time with her sisters and friends in the central part of Texas in Limestone county. We are now at home together feasting on veni son. My story she listens to with ? >. ?... .. ' .'?i. pat?eww^orarades of the hunt, we m?|f??| alt; be at another chase together t may good wishes go jt||r. To Mr. Loftin I iiaPfc His generosity, THE. W explanation ? fest of oar om tfcr&snoliitarL Brtilizers. So?d3yRe]iabl( .S.ROYSTE Galets G NcfolkVa. Tarbo BatimareMd. Montgoi Macon Ga. j hay, 1,000 bundles fodd els good seed oats, 3 fin< Berkshire pigs and hogs sene tank as good as ne I scales and general mere all my personal belongil Remembe Full of available 1 Lots of Org?i They sm Posit r Combahee I NORMAN H." BUTCH, Pr?sident; thoughtfillness and planning made the hunt an oasis in the lives of five at least D. J. Morgan. ?RFER1 mm is simple; they a "eatesi cure un it Ms io pass thi u laboratories i mss?hout?qysti 2 Dealers Everywhere m GUANO co, Offices roWG. Columbia S C. neryAla. 5parfanbur?5C. Columbus 6a. S. Cheatham's ?tion S )th Day of Jan lutcry all my household and kit way harrows, mower, corn an< 5 and farm toojs, 300 bushels er,'300 bushels cotton seed, 25 ; oxen, 3 fine milk cows, 1 D< i, some fine brood sows, shop t w; a fine pair computing scalei handise. In fact I will sell Ou igs, except my horses and mul r the Date Jan Mant Food lie Matter to form Hui tell bad, but they're ively no filler used Fish and Blood used li :erfilizer Comp; R. For Sale: One car of fresh Cot ton Seed Meal arrived. Will sell for cash or make attractive exchange price for seed. C. E. Qoarles. UBER ?ale uary 1912 :chen furniture, also my i cotton planters horse coin in shuck, 200 bales ; bushels peas, 50 bush ?von bull, 20 head fine ools; a 70-dollar kero i, wagon scales, platform t to the highest bidder les. _ ?ary 30th lombahee are Real nus Good argely in our goods CHARLESTON 3 li y SOUTH CAROLINA WILLIAM MOLLOY, General Manager