Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mmmmm?. Tuesday, EDGEFIELD LAND The Old "Dozier Homestead" is sub-divided into four farms, ranging from 62 to 105 acres. These farms are on the Dixie Highway two miles from Edgefield and four miles from Trenton. Each farm has a good road frontage and running water. We are going to offer these to the highest bidder on June 15th at 10:30 A. M. You can't afford to miss the sale, so come! THE COBB LAND just beyond the trestle, one mile from courthouse on Dixie Highway,-has been cut into 13 lots, from 2 to 15 acres in each. This is a beautiful place to build a suburban home. We want to show it to you before the sale. Friends, we will always have the boll weevil and the bale weevil, but we will never have any more cheap land. Feed the boll weevil, kill the bale weevil WE WILL GIVE A PRIZE OF $10.00 to any one who suggests the most appropriate name for the Cobb land. Have your name ready to hand in J on day of sale. A committee of live old maids will decide who the winner is. ALL COME ! Don't Forget the Date, Tuesday, June 15, 10:30 A. M. Edgefield Realty and Auction Company m P. S.-Bring the Babies Edgefield, South Carolina mm -: MI Cotton Outlook Not Promising * McSw?in Tells of Visit Through Southern States The finest cotton seen on a trii through parts of Texas, Georgia Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana anc Couth Carolina was growing betweer Columbia and Augusta according tc W. A. McSwain, state insurance com. missioner, who recently returned tc Columbia after having been in Texas several days investigating certain oil properties. "In Louisiana" said Mr. McSwain yesterday, "the corn, sugar cane and rice were in fine condition and weie growing luxuriantly. The rice was especially fine, and was being flooded when we passed through. The water used in irrigating the rice fields comes from deep wells. I did not pass through the cotton growing section of Louisiana. "In Mississippi, the cotton crop, as I saw it, was as poor as it well could be. It was not only late, but was grassy, frequent rains having inter fered with the working of the crop. Farmers I talked with said the cotton was bad in their communities. The corn crop in this state was fair so far .as I could judge from the car win dow. Finds Crops Grassy. "Conditions in Alabama were sim ilar to those in Mississippi. We pass ed through the boll weevil section. The wet weather which has been prev aient in that section is said to be con ducive to the growth of the pest. "In Texas we passed through the cotton belt between Dallas and Tex arkana. The plant was small in this section and the fields were grassy. In Arkansas the cotton crop was bet ter as we approached Memphis." "About the finest cotton I saw on the whole trip was that between Co lumbia and Augusta, and the corn crop in that section was as good as any I saw except in Louisiana where the corn was further advanced than .. ' in this state." Talks of Oil Wells. Mr. McSwain's primary purpose in visiting Texas was to investigate per sonally some of the oil wells and oil properties. Numerous companies in Texas have applied to him for per mits to sell stock in these concerns to South Carolinians, and before granting the permits Mr. McSwain wanted some first hand information. The permit is provided for by the laws of the'state in order to protect South Carolina citizens who might be induced or cajoled into investing good money in bad securities. "The wildcat oil business" said Mr. McSwain, "is the extreme of haz ardous speculation. "Established companies engaged in handling crude oil have a stable and prosperous business. "The public should know that oil wells usually start at their maximum production, and I was informed that production now is small in the Beau mont section of Texas where the oil business first reached large propor tions. "A gentleman who had been suc cessful in the oil business said that unless a company had a large amount of resources there was but little pros pect of success in the oil business. He i said he was boring at the present .time wells that were costing $1,000 I daily and that under best conditions lit would cost from $50,000 to $60 000 to bore one well. If accidents of any sort hindered or delayed the work, the cost would be around $100 000 he said. He gave me these figures to show the necessity for abundant resources on the part of the company operating. "People thinking of investing in oil stocks should remember that Tex as is a large state, and the fact that oil is discovered in one section is not to be taken as conclusive evidence that it will be found in a section hun dreds of miles distant from the first. "My opinion of the oil business1 was not improved by first hand ob servation and as a result of the visit to Texas I will investigate more close ly than ever before the prospectus of every concern applying for permits : to sell stock in South Carolina." The State. WANTED: Men, or women to take ; orders among friends and neighbors 1 for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, ? full lines for men, women and chil- | dren. Eliminate darning. We pay 50c ] an hour for spare time or $24 for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write -International Stocking Mil!, Norristown. Pa. ELECTRICT8 STSitiT? I BITTEST Family Medicina ! Hundreds Honor Confederate Dead. Washington, Jun 6.-Hundreds joined with Confederate veterans to day in the annual memorial exercises in honor of the heroes of the Confed eracy who are buried in Arlington national cemetery. The exercises which were under the auspices ol Camp No. 171, United Confederate Veterans, centered about the Con federate monument, a majestic shaft reared by the Daughters of the Con federacy and marking that section of Arlington cemetery set aside for the burial of the Confederate dead. At the base of the monument was the "Southern Cross," a reproduction of the stars and bars done in flowers. This floral, tribute presented by Camp No. 305, Sons of Confederate Veterans, was unveiled by Miss Grace Roper assisted by Miss Marian ?pshur. Flowers were strewn on each grave, which were m?rked- by tiny American flags. "We Southerners," said Represen tative R. Walton Moore of Virginia, who made the principal address of the day, "yield to no one in our loy alty to the flag and our solicitude for the integrity and welfare of the Republic. We offer no apology for the men and women who were iden tified with the Confederate cause, and we shall never forget the remark able courage and the fortitude, the unflinching resolution and self sacri fice that distinguished the civil and military operations of the Confeder acy and marked the conduct of the people who followed the leadership of Davis and Lee." Mr. Moore referred to the birth day of Jefferson Davis, which wan celebrated a few days ago, and re viewed the career of Mr. Davis as a soldier, a cabinet officer, representa tive and senator. He declared that Mr. Davis was devoted to the Union, while his father, a soldier of the Revolution had helped to establish, but that he always held to the con viction that the states had the right to withdraw from the union without being coerced to remain. "While we all now adhere to the constitution and government as mod Red by the Confederate war," de clared the speaker, "no intelligent md truthful man could think or speak of Jefferson Davis and his fol awers as traitors." Dealer Wanted in Edgefield County Sherard Brothers Motor Company was organized on January 17, 1920, to sel! Davis Cars in Abbeville county. These two brothers had never been en gaged in the automobile business before. The Davis Six had never been represented in Abbeville before. Sherard Brothers have a record of Fifteen Davis Cars handled since that date, and have established a highly respected and prosperous business. What these two aggressive young business men have done in Abbeville, you can do in your county. It proves that experience and large capital is not necessary for Dealer success with the Davis Six. Get ,in touch with us at once. Secure the Davis agency, and have a prosperous business of your own. DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY, Inc 1903 Main Street Phor.e 1226 COLUMBIA, S. C. WANTED: Man with team or auto who can give bond to sell 137 Wat kins home and farm products. Big jest concern of kind in world. $15.00 to $5000 yearly income. Teritory in this county open. Wirte today. J. R. WATKINS CO., Dept. 112, Winona, Minn. Electric light globes, 35c for 40 vatt, 40c. for 60 watt. QU?RLES & TIMMERMAN, VARD3TY STORE. Galvanized Pipe We are just in receipt of car of pipe containing 15,000 feet of two-inch Galvanized Pipe, and an assortment of other sizes. Car of Galvanized Roofing en route. Some in stock. WE ARE AGENTS FOR SOUTH BEND LATHES Columbia Supply Company 823 West Gervais St., Columbia, S. C.