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Wilson Will Return to Pra of Law. Washington, March 3.-W: brief announcement that he "w sume the practice of law" Pre; Wilson today'gave today the fit dication of whac he intends to ( ter leaving the White House. "V\ unexpected and quite unknown 1 president's closest friends it wa cially announced at the White I offices that Mr. Wilson would partnership with Bainbridge C the retiring secretary of stai New York and Washington. N formation of the character of tice Wilson and Colby will und< was available and all questions met with the reply that the officis nouncement contained all there to discuss the subject at all. The general assumption in ^ ington is that Mr. Wilson and Colby will engage largely in the ] tice of international law, a fiel which the world war and its a / math promises to contribute lai during the next year. Some of president's friends think in his ac tice of international law, a fieli way to continue his work for w peace but they do not know just he would do so. Started as a Lawyer. Mr. Wilson's start in life, long fore he thought of college profes ships or politics was in the ] Graduated from the University Virginia in his native state' in li he opened a small office and practi in Atlanta for two years and thei 1883 practiced in Baltimore w doing post graduate work at Jo Hopkins university. It was dui that year his writings first attrac attention and that he wrote his i ume on constitutional governmt He abandoned the law office soon ter, however, and began the co giate work in which he continued i til he became governor of New J sey. With the announcement that 1 retiring president would take up 1 and apply to the supreme court the United States for admission practice, all official Washington ai ed: "Is he physically able to do it Rear Admiral Grayson, Mr. W son's personal physician, said, his i tient could, and that he would be al to appear in the supreme court occ sionally. In the absence of any de nite announcement of how active M Wilson proposes to be, those wi know his condition think his princip activities will.be as a counsellor. The announcement was made White House in the following stat ment: President Wilson made the a -nouncement today that at the concl sion of his term of office, he wou resume the practice of law, forming partnership with the secretary < state, Bainbridge Colby. "The firm will have' offices in Ne York and Washington." Surprise in Washington. Probably no announcement of an nature has surprised Washingto more during recent months. Mr. Wi son kept his own counsel concernin his plans up to the last moment, an the men who have beon most closel associated with him personally an . privately during the last eight year said they knew nothing of the presi dent's plan until this morning. Much business for internationa law firms during the next 50 year undoubtedly will arise out of tb world war and it? aftermath. Rober Lansing, former secretary of state, i at present practicing in the field witl one of his former subordinates Frank L. Polk, former under secre tary of state, also is at practice, anc former Secretary McAdoo also ii practicing law, although not whollj in the international field. The wide extent of Mr. Wilson's knowledge of inside international af fairs during the last eight years can only be left to the imagination. He has a personal store of data on the peace conference and its proceedings which is possessed by certainly no one else in the United States, and it I probably is not exceeded in volume and importance by any European public man. Mr. Colby has never engaged in any other profession than that of the law. He began practice in New York in 1892 and represented many impor tant clients. His first appearance in national politics was in 1912, when he was identified with the movement to nominate Colonel Roosevelt for the presidency in the celebrated con test with President Taft. Mr. Colby later became identified with the Pro gressive party, but in 1916 he cam paigned for President Wilson's re election and later was appointed to the shipping board. He became secre tary of state when Mr. Wilson dis missed Secretary Lansing last year. Cures Old Sores, Other Rame?los Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how longr standing are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr' Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves ?ain and Heals at the same time. 25-?, 50c, JU* We Must Cut Cotton Acreage. Whatever the exact figures may be, there is undoubtedly an enormous carry-over of cotton. Whatever the exact percentage of acreage reduc tion ought to be, it is undoubtedly going to be more than we are going to get. The Progressive Farmer has not enthused over talk of 50 per cent cut in acreage for very simple reasons. In the first place, we are not going to get a 50 per cent cut. No cut in cotton acreage "greater than 16 per cent has ever been achieved in the past." While we should exceed that figure now, we cant expect 50 per cent. Consequently, talking of 50 per cent is likely to have two bad results. In the first place, many farmers will not sign up for a 50 per cent reduc tion program who would sign up for a more moderate reduction program. Second, the farmer who doesn't sign, since he hears of a 50 per cent cut, is likely to look for a big reduction, and therefore will increase (or fail to reduce) his own acreage, whereas talk of a smaller cut would not so much encourage him in this folly. These are the reasons why The Progressive Farmer has opposed talk of 50 per cent reduction. We believe talk of a 25 per cent cut would ac complish, more real reduction. If everybody followed the Memphis Tennessee, acreage reduction pledge, j the cut in cotton would be 50 per. cent. But only a fraction will sign, i Anyhow, we issue a warning to the ! selfish farmer who is counting on | other farmers reducing 40 to 50 per! cent and assuming therefore that he ' will increase- his own acreage, or at: least will not reduce. With the pres ent carry-over of cotton, no acreage reduction now in prospect is going to be enough to insure fancy prices next ' fall. Consequently, there is, a very : rude awakening ahead, for any traitor j who tries to take advantage of what ' he imagines his brother farmer is go- j ing to do.-Progressive Farmer. Trade Demands Many Vessels. Washington, March 3.-Extension ! of the work of shipping board ves- ' sels was urged in a platform adopted today by the Southern Commercial congress at the closing session of its J three days' conference here. New trade routes should be opened, it said, consuls trained to obtain busi ness for American vessels and gov ernment owned boats allocated to every port in the country. The platform also placed the dele gates on record as favoripg equalized railroad rates between inland points and South Atlantic ports as well as to North Atlantic ports. Other points outlined in the plat form declared that: Steps should be made among pro ducers to secure the best cooperation in marketing their supplies. Direct dealing between farmers and consumers should be encouraged as much as possible. Railroad rates should be investi gated and effort to so fix charges that they will be a detriment to the far mer. An effort should be made to estab lish a national chamber of agricul ture with a view (to aiding farmers find markets and furthering other causes of the farm produce. The convention also went on rec ord as favoring the establishment of auxiliary congresses in the 16 South ern States. Resolutions favoring the improve ment of state highways and the cre ation of national system of highways also were adopted. The delegates today attended the presentation to the war department by the Southern Society of a portrait of the late Surgeon General Gorgas, U. S. A. The presentation was made by Past President C. J. Owens. Its concluding session tonight the con gress reelected Thomas R. Preston of Chattanooga as president. Other officers elected were: Albert E. Tate, High Point, N. C., first vice-presi dent; J. C. McKinley, Wheeling, W. Va., second vice-president; Clarence J. Owens, Washington, director gen eral, and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, Wash ington, president of the woman's aux iliary. Falmafssta Palmetto State Festival COLUMBIA, March 28 to April 2 WANTED: Men or women to take orders among friends and neigh bors for the genuine guaranteed ho siery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75 cents an hour spare time or $36.00 a week for full time. Expe rience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, How Will You Handle Your Idle Lands? There are many unproductive acres in the South, which will not be cul tivated this year if present indica tions mean anything. Lands of low fertility, wet lands, or those unpro ductive for any reason are likely to be left idle, or fenced and used for grazing purposes. These changes may be regarded as of little importance, but in reality if any considerable acreage is put out of cultivation, or J if many of the old fields are to be fenced and grazed by livestock the matter is of tremendous importance. The effects may be far reaching, re sulting in better farming and increas ed profits, or they may bring losses and disappointment. If these lands are fenced and any. attempt made to make pastures on them and livestock purchased to graze them the expense will be con siderable the first year. .'Probably more than the profits and more than would be required to keep them in cultivation. On the other hand, if they are simply turned out to grow up in brush, to wash away, or to becoine a liability instead of an asset, the loss may be greater than would result from their cultivation. Te determine which course shill be followed may not be an easy task. If, as soon as cot ton goes up again to average cost of production, these lands are to be put back into cultivation, it may not pay to fence them, make pastures, and stock, them; but if the change is to be a permanent one then fencing and grazing is likely to be most eco nomical. But the making of pastures involves more than fencing and the stocking of them with cattle or other livestock. It involves the growing of feed for more livestock when grazing is not available and this means the taking of still more acres from cot ton production and devoting them to livestock production. It is therefore probable that it will be more econom ical to allow these unproductive acres to lie idle one or two years than to fence them, and buy livestock to graze them, if the increase in live stock production is to be merely a temporary expedient to reduce the cotton acreage while the price of cotton is low.-Progressive Farmer. It Pays to Market a Clean Grade. We were the first to grow peanuts in this section of the country which was some 40-odd years ago, there fore, have had considerable expert ence in marketing the crop. . We find that it pays handsomely to first clean them thoroughly by run ning them through a homemade roll er easily made for the purpose. This takes out all dirt, trash, leaves and stems, gives a clean, bright polish to the outer hull which is so important for the Virginia or running variety, as this variety is sold principally by the appearance of the hull. Albright white hull, is always preferred to a dark or speckled hull and brings sev eral cents more in the pound. It doesn't make much difference with the Spanish variety whether the hull is dark or bright; yet, it is best to run this variety through the roller too, as? to get out all dirt, trash, etc. We then bag in four bushel sacks, packing closely and sewing up tight ready for the market. It always pays to market a clean grade rather than a dirty, trashy grade, as the merchant will surely knock off far more for dirt than is really in the bags. If one is going to hold his peanuts, it's best not to bag them until ready to sell, as the rats and mice cut the bags. W. H. H., in The Progressive Far mer. Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge. Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of March, A. D., 1921, at 10 o'clock a. m., I will make a final accounting and settlement on the es tate of the late Mrs. Amina F. Ouzts, deceased and at the same time will apply to the Judge of Probate for Edgefield county, South Carolina, for a final discharge as Executor of said estate. All persons having claims against said estate will present the same to the undersigned on or before said date or be barred, and all persons in debted to said estate will make pay ment to me. A. G. OUZTS. Executor of the last will of Mrs. ' Amina F. Ouzts, deceased. Edgefield, S. C., February 16th, 1921. 2-23-5t EGGS FOR HATCHING: Silver laced Wyandotte Eggs absolutely pure breed, one dollar and fifty cents for fifteen. , i Mrs. J. T>. QUARLES, vodoc, S. C. 3-2-4tpd. . t MARVEL DAY By MYRTA A. LITTLE. (?. 1920, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Boy Dan was lonesome, so lonesome there were tears in his blue eyes and a choke in his throat. But he clutch ed his fists manfully in his patched pockets and he tried to get up a real stride for the ruts of the frozen road. There wns a heap o' courage tucked a-?i*y in Boy Dan's heart, and a heap o' faith. Besides, Boy Dan was running away from the home with no mother in it, running away from the loneliness, to find a real mother and a real dad and a house with a fireplace and a kitten and a fishing rod and a baseball, all today, and a dog named Jip. There was reason enough to stride ahead, indeed. Once Boy Dan had had a father with sandy hair and eyes like his, and tanned face and nice kind hands and a smile. And once Boy Dan had had a little dark-skinned mother who loved him to pieces one minute and threw saucepans at hun the next Once she had hit Boy Dan so bard that the scar stayed on his wrist. She hadn't lived very long, and all the. women Boy Dan's father had had to cook for him hadn't been nice or patient or neat So, after a while, one day, Boy Dan's father had taken him to the home, and he hadn't smiled when he left tilm. Boy Dan knew he was very sorry. That was years ago. All that time, Boy Dan had been planning to run away. Now he was doing it. The day was lonesome-Just gray clouds and a brown earth, and hud dled pil*s of leaves. Only the little cedar lane looked cheerful. And right In the same town, a little woman was lonesome, too; Miss Sarah Graham, who lived at the Cross Roads In the brown cottage with the woodbine over it Ten years before Sarah had lost a dear friend. They were to have been married. But one evening the man had been late in coming to take her for their walk through Cedar Lane, and when he had come Miss Sarah had sent him away without meaning it at all, just for the sake of hearing him refuse to go Then the marvel happened, as mar vels will come to pass. B5y Dan and Miss Sarah met right in front of the little town square, where the rows of cedars began to form Cedar Lane. Miss Sarah stopped and put her hand on the boy's shoulder. "Son," said Miss Sarah. Then she flushed and wondered why she had said lt. "Where are you going?" she asked. . "Nowhere," said Boy Dan, "Except to find a mother and-" "Where do you liv??" asked Miss Sarah. Boy Dan told her. and he told her he couldn't stand lt any longer with out mother. Suddenly Miss Sarah spoke. "Ul take you to my liouse, boy. I'll let the home know. We'll have our dinner to gether today." ~The boy chuckled. "Might 's well tell the home folks Tve found a moth er, I guess, for keeps*," he said. "I like you. Guess I'll stay at your house all the time." He hesitated. "Have you got a daddy?" "I live all alone," said Miss Sarah. "Would you be lonesome?" , "Without a dad I would," Boy Dan told her. "Come on**' "Now we'll go find our daddy," said Boy Daa with a sturdy purpose, drag ging his new-found mother toward the path of cedars and the little town square. Chill though it was, there were-men lounging in the square, tanned men and untanned men, dark men and sandy men. And there was one man who began to look hard at the trudg ing boy. All at once he hurried over from the bench and clutched Boy Dan's hand and looked quickly at the little scarred wrist. Then he knelt right down and hugged Boy Dan close and whispered jerky things. "M' boy, Dan. I couldn't git the courage ter go ter the home and not take yer along back with me. The man looked at Miss Sarah, start ed to speak, leaned closer, thrust out a trembling hand. "This Is my new mother, dad," said Boy Dan firmly. "She's awful nice. Guess she'si cold. She's shakin.' Glad yer come 'long. We'll be startin' home all of us, now we've got together." He stopped. "Is there a fireplace and a kitten?" he asked. "Yes," said Miss Sarah faintly. "May I come?" the man asked. The last time Miss Sarah had heard him speak he had said, "If you send me away I shall not come back again." And here he was. Truly such ways are marvels. How had it all come to pass? Why, there was a heap o' courage in Boy Dan's heart, and a heap o' faith. 'And it was marvel day in the morn ing. The fire burned bright in Miss Sarah's kitchen and in the fireplace, and the man said the dinner was the best-smelling one he'd ever waited for. Boy Dan? There was going to be a baseball and a fishing rod and a dog named Jip. Dad had said so, and he'd said something about a wedding, too. The day wajsn't lonesome any more, either. The leaves had music In them as they fluttered down to the welcom ing earth, and tht*^grayness had a pearl light in it that ls as a halo. It was marvel day In the morning. Questions for You Which bank is the best bank for yon? Which bank will take care of you in time of need? i These questions are not hard to answer. The good, strong-trustworthy, accommodating bank is the one you want to do business with. We' feel that we have such a bank, one that is modern and offers you every necessary banking facility, a baok solid enough to take care of you at all limes and under all circum stances. The Bank of Trenton, S. .C AU checks drawn on The Bank of Trenton can be cleared free of ex change through the Federal Reserve Bank. Barrett & Company (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta fivljiL-M : M * ? t r? : rt r? < - - - Georgia Get a Good Night's Rest Sleep is just as necessary to health as food. The ability to sleep depends oh the condition of the nerves. Dr. Miles' Nervine insures a good night's rest It will help any nervous condition from sleepless ness to epilepsy. Your money back if the first bottle fails to benefit you. You'll find Dr.. Miles' Medicines in all drug stores Don't Forget that we have a larg*? and well assorted stock of all kinds of BELTING, PIPE, VALVES, FITTINGS, IRON, STEEL, SHAFTING, PULLEYS .. _ and HANGERS, BOLTS, NUTS and WASHERS, and anything else you may need in the way of machinery supplies at present low prices. TRY US Columbia Supply Company 823 West Gervais Street Columbia, S. C. 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