Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AUCTION Sale of Horse ul Monday, February 5th, 1917 I will offer for sale a car load of horses, mules and brood mares in the town of EDGEFIELD, S. C. This stock will be on exhibition at Jones Stable, Edgefield, S. C., Saturday, February 3 Every animal will be, sold with an absolute guarantee to be as represented when sold. Horses and mules are going to do this spring what cotton did last-fall. Get what you SK want now anji save money. Jn account of the great number ? handle I can afford to sell cheaper than a small dealer. It will be a treat for you to hear Tennessee's famous silver-tongued auctioneer, Vic McLean. This sale will begin at 10:30 A. M. FARM WORK AND MAChiiMtKT Eloquent Salesmen Often Fall Into Ex aggerations and Make Farm ing Appear as Joke. Much mischief h** resulted to farm ing: as an occupation from the exploita tion of the idea that machinery will do the whole job and that future agricul ture will be a matter of pressing but tons and setting wheels in motion. The eloquent men who make and sell ma chines often fall into exaggerations that are hurtful and that finally get in to cartoons which depict farming as a mere joy ride. It is silly and futile, of course, and lt should mislead no one. The trouble is that too much of it is believed and the thing soaks into the general consciousness. Good farming is work, hard work. It is not going to be anything else. Hu man genius will continue to help in minor improvements, but the big, eternal plan goes on. The soil is full of miracles, but there is no miracle that will enable man to use the soil profitably without labor. ' When the ablest scholars of the world set about to revise "the Bible they reverently left untouched and un changed the nineteenth verse of the third chapter of Genesis: "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread." -Country Gentleman. YIELDS OF SWEET POTATOES Loss of About Eleven Bushels 'Per Acre in 1916 on Considerably Increased Acreage. Sweet potatoes, on a considerably Increased acreage this year, show a yield of 91.9 bushels, which is about ll bushels ?below last year and about one bushel below the average. How ever, because of increased acreage, the total production of 67,603,000 bushels Is, with the exception of last year's crop of 74,295,000 bushels, the largest ever produced in this country, and much above the average of 51,117,000 bushels. The crop In New Jersey is 2,300,000 bushels, compared with 3,505,000 bush els produced in 1915. In Virginia the outturn is 5,070,000 bushels compared with 3,740,000 last year. The crop is strikingly better also In North Carolina, and does not vary greatly from last year in the remain ing states. In quality, sweet potatoes are reported at 87.7, much below the fine quality of 92.2 reported last year and slightly below the average of 88.5. -United States Department of Agri culture. PR.KgNG'S NEWVISC?VEBinf Will Surely Sioo That Couah. CHURN WORKED WITH HAIMU^U Device Invented by Canadian Is Great i Improvement Over Old-Fash ioned Contraptions. It used to be, and not so lon,?; ago, that If the farmer's wife wanted to make butter or churn anything she j put the stuff in a bucket-shaped vo3-. sel and stirred it rapidly with a pad- j die. Among the newer kinds of I churns one of the best is that designed by a Canadian. First there is a light but strong framework mounted on ? New Churn. rollers. Midway up this frame a bar rel is swung on a shaft which Is operated hy a driving gear. The driv ing gear is worked by turning a han dle. A hook at the bottom of the bar rel holds it stationary while the top is being opened and it is being filled. Then the top is fastened on tight, the hook released, and the handle turned. By means of the gearing the barrel is spun around rapidly, and in a few min utes the churning is done better than it could have been done in the old days after long and weary work. MUTTON AND WOOL ANIMALS Good Sheep Require Good Pastures and Pay Well-Waste Land and Hillsides Unprofitable. Mutton breeds of sheep do not de pend on waste lands and hillsides to become profitable. Good .sheep require good pastures, and pay well. Wool is .simply a prod uct of the sheep, and no farmer cnn make sheep pay who depends on wool only for his profit. Eil' Fan.. n?cme - , --- --iu uvifi/O rCCLL lil \ ILD . Cramped muscles or soreness fol io \v ? D fr a cold or case of grippe are eased and relieved by an application of Sloan's Liniment. Do?s not stain the skin or clog the pores like mus sy ointments or plasters and pene trates quickly without rubbing. Limber up your muscles after exer cise, drive out the pains and aches of rhnmatism, neuralgia, lumbago, .drains, sprains and bruises with Sloan's Liniment, (?et a bottle to day. At all Druggists, 25c. 3 Notice. During the session of the Legis lature rav clients may see me at my otlice on Monday and Saturday of each week. In the meantime they can either write me at Edgefield or Columbia, and all matters will have prompt attention. B. E. NICHOLSON. Feb. 9, 1917. SUCKLEN'S 83 TS-! Ss ONLY Turn OH the Lights! Tlie Invincible Dayton Electric Liiilitinz System will Rive you Better Service1-Lust Longer Cos! Less Tlinn liny ol her Kind of lighting plant on tilt- nut:-' 1. lt in cheaper than neely Imo- -c li ?mer, su fer, less expen sive tu 01 >rute, und will last a life time. WE HAVK A VALUABLE BOOK thiit tells you all. about Electric I.i-lits for tile rnrm. Write for n copy or call and nee us. R. H. Middleton Ulark's Hill, S. C., Dealer in Light ing Fiants and Water Works. Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tuai Insurance Associ ation. Organized 1892. Property Insured $2,500,000. WRITE OR CALL on the un designed for any information you may desire about our plan of insur ance. We insure your property against destruction bj1 FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING, and do BO cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Laurens and Edgefield. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C. J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. & Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. Jno. H. Cl??lds, Bradley, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. S. P. Morrah, Willington, S. C. L.N. Chamberlain,McCormick, S.C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. F.L.Timmerman, Pln't. Lane, S. C. J. C. Martin, Princeton, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, Gen. Agt. Greenwood, S. C. Jan. 1st, 1917. FIRE INSURANCE Licensed Agent for Four Fire Companies. Can Insure Anything Insnrable Town or Country. J. T. Harling At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield Auditor's Kotice. All persons owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in any ca pacity, as husband, guardian, exe cutor, administrator or trustees are required to make returns of the same to the Auditor under oath within the time mentioned below and the Auditor is required by law to add a penalty of 5U per cent to all property that is not returned on or before the 20th day of February in any year. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 00 years except those exempt by law are deemed taxable polls. The 50 per cent penalty will he added for failure to make re turns. For the convenience of tax pay ers, I or my representative will be at the following appointed places on thc dates mentioned to receive tax returns: Pleasant Lane, Wednesday, Jan. 24. Meeting Street, Thursday, Jan 25. Johnston, Friday, Jan. 2G. Herring's Store, Saturday, ean 27. Trenton, Monday, Jan. 29. This office will be open to receive returns from the first day of Janu ary till the 26th day of February 1917 as prescribed by law. J. R. TIM M ERM AN, Auditor E. C. S, C. Dec. 18-1916. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and g.asses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. A. H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. rho Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because o? its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA riVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor rinsing in head. Remember the full name and look for the sicnature o? E. W. GROVE. 25c. Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1916, to the 15 th day of March, 1917. All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th dav of October, 1916, and December 31st, 1916. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December31st, 1916, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before Feb ruary 1st, 1917, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid tAxes will be Collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for'the year 1916 are as follows: Mills For State purposes 6J " Ordinary County 6fc " Constitutional School Tax 3 " Antioch 4 " Bacon School District 7J " Blocker 2 " Blocker-Limestone 4 " Collier's ' 4 " Flat Rock 4 " Oak Grove 3 " Red Hill 4 " Edgefield 5 " School Building 2 " Elmwood No. 8 2 " Elmwood No. 9 2 " Elmwood No. 30 2 Elmwood L. C. 3 " Hibler 3. " Johnston ? 8 " Meriwether (Gregg) 2 " Moss 3 " Shaw 4 " Talbert 2 " Trenton . 5 '* Wards 2 " Blocker R. R. (portion) 15 " Elmwood R. R. (portion) 15 " Johnston R. R. 3 " Pickens R. R. 3 " Wise R. R. li " Corporatons and R. R. llj All the male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years, except those exempt by law, are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A capita tion tax of 5n cents each is to be pa?d on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of IS and 55 years must pay $2.00 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, no commutation tax is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt when you desire to?pay road tax. JAMES T. MIMS, Co Treas. E. C. FOR SALE: I have for sale fifty ?5?) bushels of pure, sound Brab ham Peas at $2.50 per bushel. Ap ply to H. W. McKie, Colliers, S. C., R. F. I)., l. Jan. 9, 1917.