Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?BEST SOIL FOR GRAPEVINES jfiround Should Ba Strong Enough . to Produce Without UM of For J tlllier- Pruning Systems. ! "While grapes Trill grow satlsfacto jrfly in almost any type of soil, If given proper management, the type best Buitv j |#d for grape culture is one permitting /deep penetration and an unrestricted {?Bread of the rootlets. The ground jfbonld be strong enough to produce Without the addition of a fertiliser. Vine, Showing Cross-Wire Sys tem of Training. Soluble salts should not occur ia ex* ?ess. although the Tine will endure torge proportions of alkali. The deep rooting of grapevines is Absolutely essential to long-lived p?aata and the production of large yields of excellent fruit. In irrigated .rations, where rainfall does not oe ?ur during the growing season, the ?epth of root penetration is deter saiaed by the abundance and location Af the moisture. Loose, open soils, fretting easily to a good depth, per tnit deep penetration of the soil-mass -erith feeding roots. Vines in such foils make vigorous top growth, with -^corresponding well developed stems ?od spurs, and are capable, if prop erly pruned, of bearing enormous crops ?? well developed fruit of desirble ?juality. Compact soils, carrying large percentages of moisture near the sur face and none below, cause the plants <? become shallow rooted. The min ?ral food supply is consequently lim rited and the roots are subjected to 4Mstreme and rapid changes of temper -s&nre and moisture. Such plants pro duce inferior fruit, the yielding dur ing season varies greatly, the produc ing! lifetime of the plant is short, and ?he vineyard is likely to result in SJaancial loss. The selection of the ?lgbt type of soil ls therefore very -Essential to success. Aiming and training are also Impor tgut factors to consider in the culture mt grapes. In the overhead system the vines ?re carried upon a canopy of over head arbor six feet above the ground, insisting of three horizontal wires ?stretched at the same height. The 'A Pruned Vine (A) and an Unpruned Vine (B) Showing Method of Training by the Overhead Caywood 1 System. center wire is fastened to posts which ,?re placed at regular intervals, and the side wires are attached to three foot cross arms of wood fastened to the posts. The head of the vine is annually cut back to five canes and five spurs. The canes are fastened on Nthe wires, two in one direction and flhree in the other, this division being 'alternated each year. A and B shows ?ines pruned and unpruned, trained according to this system. In the single cross-wire system posts .are set eight feet apart each way and made to project six and one-half 4eet above the ground, a singie wire running on top from post to post in .'.both directions. A single trunk vine .is trained up each post, four canes (being run from it at the top of the poet and one cane is fastened to each Of the radiating wires. These canes ?re renewed each year. Pruning Blackberries. It is best to prune blackberries in rthe fall. Usually only five or six canes from each root should be allowed to .grow, the others being pulled out while .they are still small. When the canes ?ere two and one-half to three feet ?high the tips should be cut or pinched .back two or three inches. This checks upward growth and many laterals gmsh out These laterals bear the fruit -the following season. Controlling Borers. To control borers in peach, plum .?nd cherry trees, build around the bases of the trunks now mounds of .earth ? to 12 inches high. The mound .ls left throughout the summer and un -fll Ootobdr 15, when it is pulled down and the small borers destroyed before ?Jbey have entered the tree. Only One "BROMO QUININE" Wc ?et the genuine, call for full name, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of 35. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in Oae Day. Stops (Ccagh and headache, and works off cold. 25c. ii?g's Mew Sisewery JtiLLS THE CO'JGH. CUf?Z? THE LUNGS. ESTIMATING COST OF ROADS Much Depend? on Type of Construc tion and Amount of Grading to fte Done-Some Figures. Th? cost of a road ?B dependent upon not only the type of construction but the amount and character of grading to be done, the cost of labor and materials, tbs width and thick ness of surfacing, the character and amount of drainage required, and other factors of equal variability. Based upon general averages, it bas been ascertained by highway special ists of the department that under average conditions macadam roads can be built in southern states at from $4,000 to $5,000 per mile, gravel roads at from $1,600 to $2,500 per mlle, and sand-clay and topsoil roads at from $800 to $1,600 per mlle. In New England and the other east ern states macadam roads are report ed at from $6,000 to $9,000 per mlle, gravel roads at from $3,200 to $6,000, and bituminous macadam from $8,000 Good Road Along Pacific Coast. to $13,000, according to the character of construction, whether surface treat ed, penetration or mixing method. The bituminous type ls quite general in the eastern states. AB indicating costs in other sections of country, the state highway commis sioner of Michigan reported that in 1913 the average cost for macadam roads was $4,300 per mile, clay-gravel roads $1,500 per mile, and concrete roads about $10,000 per mile. ' The average cost of state highways con structed in Ohio two years ago was $8,383. According to types, in 1912 the brick-paved highways averaged $14,650 per mile and the macadam highways $5,950. In California the first 356 miles of the state system of highways cost an average of $8,143 per mile and con sisted principally of thin concrete with a thin coat of bitumen. The maximum and minimum figures given are not ab solute, but are intended to present the usual range of costs. The rates given include grading, drainage, surfacing and engineering costs. "DIRT ROADS" AND RAINFALL Easy to Be Seen That Good Roads Proposition Gets Down to Ques tion of Dollars and Cents. Back in the boom days of railroad building many a couity in full many a middle West and western state voted hundreds of thousands of dol lars' worth of bonds to get a railroad to cross its boundaries. This was in the old days of pioneer poverty when lands were selling anywhere from $1.25 to $15 an acre. Some counties are still paying off railroad bonds, some repudiated the debt and others have had half a century of litigation over th*em. However, for the most part the roads were built and agricul tural development followed their com ing. , Something like three-fourths of all the freight hauled by railway 'Jives must, first or last, pass over public highways. It has been shown over and over again that every ton so moved costs 23 cents a mile. It is easy to see that the good roads prop osition gets down to a matter of dol lars and cents. Next March, or maybe April, when we have to walk to town across the Gelds; when it takes a six-horse team to move a load of hay a mile; when the mail carrier cannot get around for a week and the children miss school on account of the mud-then we are all for good roads. AB the mud dries and the chuck-holes fill, we get lukewarm. When the road-bond prop osition comes up we begin to talk high taxes and either stay awav from the polls or vote against it. Good roads will never come till we change our views and keep them changed. Left to themselves a dirt road and a rain will always mean mud. -Farm Progress. Economic Maintenance. The split-log drag has contributed to a large extent toward the economic maintenance of public highways. It. is an improvement which can be b;;ilt or purchased at a low price and if easily operated by anyone who car drive a team. Good Roads Would Help. It costs $2 to haul a ton of ireigh*. a hundred miies by rail. It costs $/' to haul a. ton ten miles on the ord* nzry country road. Would good road* help? Candidates' Column FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election 89 Representative in Con Sress from the Second District of South aro! i na, pl. jgmg myself to abide by the rules of the primary and to sup port the nominees thereof. JAMES F. BYRNES. I desire to announce to the people of the Second Congressional District that I am a candidate for the national House of Representatives. I will give my best services if elected and will at all times be faithful to the interests of my people. I respectfully ask your support ALVIN ETHEREDGE. FOR SOLICITOR. I am a candidate for the nomination for Solicitor of the eleventh Judicial Circuit in the approaching Democratic firimary, I pledge myself to obey the aw governing primary elections and to observe the rules of the party and to abide the result of this election. E. L. ASBILL. FOR STATE SENATOR. I announce myself a candidate for re-election to the State Senate, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. B. E. NICHOLSON. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. I respectfully announce that I am a condidate for re-election to the house of representatives and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic party. J. L. WALKER. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re election to the House of Representatives from Edgefield county, subject to the rules and regu lations of the Democratic party. S. T. WILLIAMS. FOR CLERK OF COURT. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of clerk of court of Edgefield county and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the primary election. W. B. COGBURN. To^the Citizens of Edgefield County: I announce myself as a candidate for Clerk of Court of Edgefield County, pledging myself to support the nomi nees of the Democratic Primary. W. M. WRIGHT. FOR SUPT. OF EDUCATION. I announce that I am a candidate for County Superintendent of Education subject to the rules of the democratic primary, and, if elected, pledge my efforts to the educational interests of our County. W. W. FULLER. FOR SHERIFF. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of sheriff of Edgefield county and so licit the support of the people, pledjr ing myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. R. SWEARINGEN. I very respectfully announce my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Edgefield county and will abide by the result of the primary election and sup port all the nominees of the Democratic party. W. G. OUZTS. FOR SOPERVISOR. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of supervisor, and pledge myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary, and support the nominees thereof. A. A. EDMUNDS. To the Citizens of Edgefield County: I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Supervisor of your coun ty, and if elected will try to serve the people as near right as I conceive, pledging myself to abide by the results of the election, and support the nominees of the democratic party. W. G. WELLS. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of supervisor of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people, pledging myself,to abide the result of the Democratic pri mary election. J. M. BELL. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the office of Supervisor of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people., pledging myself, if elected, to serve the people to the best of my ability and to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. J. W. HUDSON. Morgana, S. C. I respectfully announce to the voters of Edgefield county that I am a candi date for the office of supervisor and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. JR. J. MOULTRIE. I I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the supervisor of Edgefield county and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide by the result of the primary election. J. 0. SCOTT. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of supervisor of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. R. N. BROADWATER. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I take this means of announcing that I am a candidate for the office of county commissioner and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. W. CHEATHAM. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of county com missioner of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. 0. HERIN. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of county commissioner, and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. JAMES DEVORE. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of county com missioner and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. GEORGE B. TIMMERMAN. Pleasant Lane, S. C. FOR MAGISTRATE. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magistrate of the 8th magisterial district ofjjEdge field county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. E. TURNER. I hereby a nnounce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of magistrate of the 1st magisterial dis trict of Edgefield county and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. N. L. BRUNSON. I hereby announce that I am a candi date for the office of magistrate of the second magisterial district of Edge field county, pledging myself to abide the result of the primary election. WALLACE W. WISE. Ford Automobiles We have the agency for Ford auto mobiles for the western part of Edge field county. There is no better car on the market for the money. The Ford owners who have thoroughly tested these cars will tell you that. If you want a car, drop us a card and we will call on you and demonstrate the Ford advantages. W. F. RUSH & CO. PLUM BRANCH. S. C. Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South Passenger train schedules, effec tive October 24, 1915. Trains arrive from No. Time 108 Augusta, Trenton 8:20 am 130 Columbia, Trenton 9:40 a m 110 Aiken, Augusta 3:09 pm 106 Columbia, Augusta 8:30 pm Trains depart for I No. Time 109 Trenton, Columbia 7:20 am 129 Trenton, Augusta 8:45 a m 131 Aug-Columbia-Aiken 11:45 a m 107 Augusta, Columbia 7:30 pm Schedules published only as in formation and are not guaranteed. For further information apply to J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent. Edcefield S. C. *w arv s<> LADIES J Auk your Druggiiit for CHI-CHES-TER'S DIAMOND BRAND PILLS ii GOLD metallic boxes, sealed Ribbon. TAEB NO OTDEP.. Druggist and ank for OH DIAMOND RUA Ni; PILLS, for twenty-five years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. SOLE) BY ALL DRUGGISTS TRIED EVERYWHERE TESTED GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST! Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of ali kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. Notice to Stock Kaisers My stallion, "Denmark." and also two of the best bred Jacks, will stand at my farm for short season. Best possible care taken of mares, but not responsible for accidents should any occur. J. H. GARRETT, Clark's Mill, S. C. March 1?, 1916. How To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name Riven to an improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The teme FEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cents. How To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRILINE is the trade-mark name given to an improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot lake ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate not cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try ;t the next time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-oiiuce original package. The name FEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cents. Prescriptions. Compounded WITH THE UTMOST CARE Any Hour of the Day or Night Only the Purest Drugs are Used Your Patronage Solicited Complete Stock of Fancy Groceries COLLETT & MITCHELL Ml >:<.: r< Z al M : tc* t:< Z VA Z t:< z>;< ZK*Z w l u : M E3B?! y 4* /? ? ? W ? L ** We have the largest assortment of pres ents in every department that we have ever shown. We have ordered largely of Clocks. Watches, Gold and Silver Jewelry, Sterling Silverware, Cut Glass and China. Every de partment is filled. It matters not what you want we have it or will order it out at once. Come in to see us. We have our entire stock marked very low, much lower than you find the same class of goods elsewhere. 706 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia J. C. LEE, President F. E. Gibson, Sec. and Treas. FARMERS, MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, If you are going to build, remodel or repair, we invite your inquiries. COMPLETE HOUSE BILLS A SPECIALTY. ' We manufacture and deal in doors, sash, blinds stairs, interior trim, store fronts and fixtures, pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dressed lumber, lath, pine and cypress shingles, flooring, ceiling and siding. " Distributing agents for Flintkote roofing Estimates cheerfully and carefully mane. Woodard Lumber Co. i AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Corner Roberts and Dugas Streets. Our Motto: SSS ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta,Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May.