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I PAYING MC E ATTO A Southern Fie (By C. S. MILLER. > The southeastern states are at last -?coming to their own, particularly In the matter of livestock. They have to ?offer, in competition with the most fa '?orable sections of the United StateB, ?a abundance of the richest stock feed -at very low cost, green pastures near fly all the year round, pure water and a. most favorable climate. The corn-belt is moving southward, ?nd the alfalfa-belt, which not many years ago was thought to be,impos sible below northern Kentucky, has now Blipped down to the Gulf of mexico. The south has a tremendous meat ?market within its own borders. Bir mingham, Ala., alone imports over $1. 400,000 worth of meat every year, and at is a fact not generally known that, in spite of its long, hot summers, and mild winters consumes more meat per capita, than any other section of the country. tt has taken the south a long time to wake up to the importance of feed ing her own mouths from her own Acres, but now that the vast common sense of the thing is glimmering through the minds of the intelligent progressive people of that section, Abey are rising to the occasion in a (way that challenges the admiration of _JJ?-?Ltire country. ' It requires over $20,000,000 to sup ply only 50 southern cities with dairy .products every year. Heretofore much mt this wealth has come from other jstates, but now southern farmers are reaping tho profits from their own acres. Some enthusiastic southerners de ?elare that they can prove by the de partment o? agriculture that beef can 'be produced in the south at a cost of three cents per pound-a rate so low that other sections find it difficult to jeompete with it. It is a fact, within personal knowl edge of the writer, that in some sec tions of the south, particularly Vir ginia, the finest beef in this country is ?PRQPlr^^ - i ?uite Valuable Crop If Best Varieties . j Are Planted-Worked With Hand Weeder and Cultivator. ?The onion crop is a very valuable \ ne, as there is a good market for all jjrown and at remunerative ^ prices. ^Gardeners grow two crops off the jsame land each year. To do this re quires deep, finely pulverized and very rich soil. The first crop is raised from &ets planted early, just as soon as the ? i P<eep the Cultivator Going During the Hot Spell. frost is out of the ground. The sec ond crop is grown from northern grown seed sown between the rows of sets. Both crops are worked with the hand cultivator and harrow. The seed Is sown in 15-inch rows. For the fall and winter markets the Yellow Dan vers and Southport White Globe are , the two standard varieties. Potato onion sets are mostly grown for the ' ?elect retail trade and for family use. This variety matures early and ia ; HUON TO LIVE STOCK ld of Cowpeas. produced on forage alone, every pound of which is shipped to England at high prices. * It is apparent to ever ui who has made a study of the question that there is a wide difference in the feed ing and care of stock in the south, as compared with that of the north and the west j In many sections of the south cattle are fattened for market without shel ter during any period of the year, and in some favored spots they are fed no grain whatever. The raising of blood ed stock is also becoming one of the chief industries of the south. The south is now taking more lively interest In the production of alfalfa than any other single section of the country. Alabama has an alfalfa club, an association of high-class farmers, who several years ago began the study of the value of this plant to the south, and whose efforts to develop it have resulted in widespread benefit to that section. This club grows alfalfa for profit as well as education, and has declared dividends of from 60 to 105 per cent Alfalfa in Mississippi yields as higv as four tons per acre the season, and there are probably 25,000 acres of al falfa in the black-belt of Mississippi and Alabama aJone.. Farmers of the south are learning how to fatten hogs on alfalfa and cow peas, making pork as fine as is ever seen in our northern markets and at less cost than it can be produced in many of the northern and western sec tions. Alfalfa takes kindly to the lime lands of Virginia and the farmers of that state are going into it extensive ly. J. F. Jack, a progressive Virginia planter, began improving his rather poor soil several years ago with crim son clover and cowpeas, later planting it to al'alfa. He now has 400 acres of alfalfa, which average six tons per acre; and much of it furnishes good pasture during the winter months. mostly used in the green stage, says a writer in the Baltimore American. It is a good variety for family use. Adri atic Barleta is an Italian variety of mild flavor; small, pure white' with silver skin, flesh mild, but firm; bes*, variety for pickling. Bermuda White ls a large flat onion, matures early and is of a mild flavor. The growers of onions for tbe wholesale markets, prefer well-drained muck land. The Southport Yellow Globe and the Round Red are the two leading varieties. The onion ground is always plowed in the fall. In the spring eight large two-horse loads of rotted manure from grain-fed cattle is spread to the acre; 600 to 800 pounds of Peruvian guano Sub stitute is sown to the acre and well harrowed in before drilling the seed. About five pounds of new-crop north ern-grown onion seed is sown to tho acre. The seed is drilled in with hand drill In 14-inch rows. The Italian growers make the rows only 12 inches apart The crop is worked with the hand weeder and cultivator. ? Spotted Calla. Spotted calla is a summer-blooming plant, and should be reset lu winter. In the fall set the pot in frost-proof cellar or room, and withhold water from it until spring. Then, when danger of frost ls passed, bed it out in a rather sunny place, and mulch the Boil about it on the approach of hot weather with stable litter. Or, if preferred, repot it, giving it a larger pot, and rich porous soil. In either case the plant will bloom during th? summer.-E. V. B. Fowls for the Fair. Don't wait until near fair time and expect by fattening to make weight take the place of size; the growing bird must be given food to furnish a good frame work; he must have good bone and muscle as well as fat, and the fat must not be the result of forced feeding if the bird is to be used as a breeder. Feed oats and other nitrogen ous foods, and make the birds exer cise to get it. Ground bone once or twice a week, about an ounce to each bird, is a partial preventive of leg weakness. PROPED SIONAL. J. H. Cantelou, Attorney-at-Law EDGEEIELD, S. C. Next door to Catholic church. DR. J. S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE. Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. James A. Dobey, Dental Surgeon Johnston, S. C. OFFICE OVER JOHNSTON DRUG CO. A. H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. [GOWANS] I King of Externals I Is the Original in the field of external rem edies for all forms of inflammation snch as pneumonia, croup and colds. Nothing can approach Gowans. It stands supreme, We have been Belling Gowans Preparation for Pneumonia and Colds ever since it w/is put on tba market, and have fonnd it one of our most satisfactory sellers. CARPENTER BROS., Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Greenville, & C., July y, 1910. BUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IN THE HOME All Dratttate. SI. 50c. 25e. GOWAN MEDICAL CO.. ... , Guaranteed, ind money refunded BJ yow Dr?selst Now Well "Thedford's Black-Draught is the best all-round medicine lever used," writes j.A. Steelman, of Pattonville, Texas. "I suffered terribly with liver troubles, and could get no relief. The doctors said 1 had con sumption. 1 could not work at all. Finally i tried THEDFORD'S and to my surprise, I got better, and am to-day as well as any man." Thedford's Black - Draught is a general, cathartic, vegetable liver medicine, that has been regulating irregulari ties of the liver, stomach and bowels, for over 70 years. Get a package today. Insist on the genuine-Thedford's. E-70 V. A. Hemstreet & Bro. Gun , Cit 11 i i i-_i >. otc. lust below Ga. R. R. Bank 655 Broad St., Augusta, Georgia. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. il MOHEY FORJTHE CHURCH g By J. W. JACKSON. "Fair coming on, or a hospital don tkra wanted?" The rich man stood in the midd of his study, one hand holding h eyeglasses, in an attitude of ezpec ancy, and the other waving the your clergyman to a seat "Nothing of the kind today, M Claupel," the minister said. "I can to aBk you for a new church." The rich man dropped into his r volving chair with the suddenness i & discovery in gravitation. "You did, did you? Well, I doc know about that," he said, qnizzicall "We need a church and a rectory the minister continued, without vi ible disconfiture. "There will be i trouble about getting a rectory if can manage to secure the church bull ing." "Yes, yes; I understand," Mr. Cia: pel broke in, "but I'm afraid I can afford you a church. Yet-hold on minute," he added, as he took up letter which he had apparently wri ten that morning. "See here," h continued, as he glanced over ll read this. Here ls a way in whic you might get what you want" Graham looked over the sheet an read it the second time. Then h sat for a little while in a train c thought which brought a frown to hi forehead. "Mr. Clanpel. do you remembe Elizabeth Travers?" the clergy ma asked, suddenly. The chair came around with a quid jerk. "In Heaven's name, man. Ho^ glibly you use a name. What do yoi know about her?" , "I know all about h?r" Graham d? dared, as he rose from the chair am laid the letter on the desk. "Sit down, man; sit down, and tel me," Clanpel begged- "There's n hurry about your going, is there?" "I should make a call," Grahau said, consulting his watch. "If could write a note and send by mes senger-?" "Oh, surely, yes. Sit down herc I will have a man drive over with it.' Mr. Clanpel indicated paper and en velopes. Then he touched a buttoi and gave orders for the carriage. The minister wrote a few lines rap idly on a plain sheet of paper. The sealed letter bore no addres: and Graham handed it to the servan with directions for delivery and a re quest to wait for an answer. "How came you to know Mrs.-Misi i^Jfcavers ?" Clanpel asked. W^I am engaged to marry her niece,' Graham explained. ."Is-is she well?" Clanpel asked struggling to open the conversation. "Quite well." "Tier marriage-was it accounted ? success?" "Hardly," Graham answered, with ? flavor of irony, "inasmuch as sh? never married." "Do you mean to tell me," he asked in a slow voice, "that I have deccivec myself all this time?" Graham nodded affirmatively. "Man alive," Clanpel continued with a high note in his voice; "I've had murder in my heart for years And now you tell me that I havt harbored this hate without reason Tell me more." "There iBn't much to telL Ter years ago you thought-only thought -Captain Thomas had won out-" "Yes-the furies take him!" ejacu lated the older man. "He is dead," Graham said, witt something of solemnity. "He died s week after his arrival in London, where he had hoped to marry her She came back here in the course ol time. Five years later she lost her father and almost all means of sup port Since then she has been strug gling against adverse circumstances." ."And I with more than I can use," Clanpel murmured. Clanpel hardly gave a glance in the direction of the door when the servant came in with the answer to Grahams note. "Mr. Clanpel," Graham asked, after reading the answer, "do you still hold to your agreement in regard to the letter you showed me?" "Yes," was the absent reply. "The letter instructs your agent," Graham continued, "to secure the Mercer farm at the lowest possible figure, with thirty thousand dollars as the limit" "That is the idea. Whatever he saves out of the thirty thousand you ohali have for the church," Mr. Clan pel assured him. "Very well," Graham replied. "I have written to the owner and this reply gives me authority to fix the price. There is a mortgage on the place; the owner must have as much as possible. I ask thirty thousand dollars. Read the letter." Mr. Clanpel glanced at the written page. "Signed lizabeth Travers*!" he said, in amazement "I'll go and buy the farm in per ! son," Clanpel said, impetuously. Turning to Graham, he added: "My loy, I hardly knew how to-yes, I do!" He put on his hat, took up a pen and rapidly wrote his signature. Then .lotting it nervously he thrust it in < pocket "Sh mil fill it out," he said softly. "Ten per cent, is your fee." Graham deposited the next day, in the name of the church, a check for ten thousand dollars. (Copyright, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) More of Them. "Do ycu know anything as bad as a 8i?k family?" "Hardly, unless it ls a fae simile." ! CopjKclit l'flV, by C. E. Zimmerman C0.--N0.10 No matter what your walk in life, or what your station may be, you have an opportu nity to be the possessor of a bank account, and it only re mains for you to realize the importance of this one thing, to render you independent. OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, Pren.; B. E. Nicholson? Vice pres.; E. J. Miras, Cashier; J. H. Allerg assistant Cashier DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, J. Wm. Thurmond, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller, J. H. Allen Monuments and Tombstones. I represent the Spartanburg Marble and Granite works in this section and shall be pleased to show you designs and quote pricer on all kinds of work. Write me a card if you are interested and I will call to see you. John R. Tompkins, Edgefield, S. Carolina Ready for Fall Shoppers We desire to announce to our Edgerield friends that we are ready for them to call and inspect our fall stock. AV hile in the Northern markets during the summer our buyers bought very largely for every de I partment. Our Try goods department is filled with all of the new fabrics and weaves. All of the popular shades in dress goods of all kinds now on display. We are also headquarters for staple merchandise. Our shoe department is brim full of the best that the leading manufacturers make. All of the popular leathers in the new shapes. We can shoe the whole family for a reasonable sum. See our clothing before you buy. We can fit any size boy or man in the most stylish garments that are made. Our prices are very low too. Miliinery department:- This has always been one the leading ieatures of our store. Nothing in Augus ta can surpass us. We have the nobby ready-to-wear hats and snapes that can be trimmed, Augusta Bee Hive 916 and 918 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Abe Cohen, Proprietor. J. C. LEE, President F. E. Gibson, Sec. and_Treas. 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