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Heavy Deficit For Railroads Washington April 10.-Railroads of United States suffered a deficit in Feburary of $7,205,000, while 106 out of 200 roads reporting to the interstate commerce commission fail ed to earn their expenses and taxes as against a deficit of $1,167,800 for January with 109 out of 202 failing to make expenses, according to tabu lations made public tonight by the Associations of Railway Executives. Of the 106 roads reported as fail ing to make expenses, 46 were in Eastern, 16 in Southern and 44 in Western districts. The 200 roads re present a mileage of 235,562 miles. The carriers, according to the tab . ulations, fell short $63,804,000 of earning the amount estimated under the increase rates fixed by the com mission in accordance with the transportation actf.devised to estab lish rates yielding a return of 6 per cent on valuations. Total operating revenues were given as $406,658,000, a decrease of 4 1-2 per cent, as compared with Feb ruary, 1920, while operating expenses were$385,878,000, a decrease of 7 1-2 per cent, compared with February a year ago. The net railway operating deficit, however, it was announced, was reduced 56 1-2 per cent, com pared with February, 1920, when it totaled $16,561,000. "Reports from the Southern .dis trict," said the statement, "showed that the operating revenues of the carriers, there were $69, 667,000, or a decrease of 9 1-2 pe* cent, com pared with those one year ago, while operating expenses totaled $64,890, 000 or a decrease of five per cent, compared with those for February,19 20. The net operating income for the 35 class one roads in that district was $487,000 which was, however, a de crease of 90.6 per cent, under that for the same month in 1920." A Firm Seed Bed Pays Many good cotton growers have been heard to say that young cot ton will not grow well until the tap root strikes hard ground. The truth of this statement may depend in large measure on what- is meant by hard ground. In view of farm prac tices in many sections of the Cotton Belt it might be well to distinguish between hard ground and a firm seed bed. We are all thoroughly familiar with the term, "firm seed bed." We all know the value of a firm seed bed, well-pulverized on the surface, for planting most crops. But do not make the mistake of thinking that a firm seed bed must be a hard seed bed. With the frequent heavy rains we have and with the types of soils in most sections of the South our land is packed down closely and heavily in the course of a year. Any portion of that soil left undisturbed by plows is hard and is not suitable for best crop growth. But when land is fresh ly broken to a good depth, it again is not in suitable condition for imme diate planting. To avoid a hard seed bed, land must bebroken in one way or another. To assure a firm seed bed, land must be allowed to settle down after plow ing. A few rains will settle the land quickly. When rains fail to come as wanted sub-surface packers such as culti-packers, pulverisers, etc., help to make a firm seed bed. Even letting the land stand for two or three weeks "before planting will give it time to settle down somewhat of its own ac cord. Many people plow, prepare and plant immediately, depending upon the early spring rains to settle the soil by the time the seed are sprouted or the young plants are ready to grow But it is safest and best to remember that a firm seed bed, well-pulverized on the surface, offers the best chance of quick germination of seed and rapid growth of young plants. A firm seed bed, not a hard seed hed, is much to be desired. Even cot ton does better when planted on a firm seedbed. -Progressive Farmer. Look Well To The Home Orchard. Now is the time to spray for Brown Rot of peach and for the several rots of plums and apples, says the County Agent. Peaches and plums should be sprayed with the following solutions: 1 gal. Lime Sulphur (Get from Mr. Carwile) mixed with 60 to 70 gal. of .water. Spray until the leaves begin to drip. This solution may also be used for mildew on roses.. For apples and pears double the above strength of Lime Sulphur to .water. For bugs on potatoes and worms on caobage use one part of arsenate of lead to four or six parts of flour or air slaked lime, and use as a dust. Any further information will be gladly furnished by ths CountyAgent, but you must not expect him to spray your orchard. He has not the time to do the detail work. ? / Prune Tomato Plants Clemson College, April 9.- A thrifty tomato plant left to itself will spread over a space from 4 to 6 feet in diameter and will produce a peck or more of tomatoes. If staked and pruned it will yield almost the samequantity of fruit, the tomotoes will be larger, cleaner, better flavor ed, and superior in every respect, and enough space can be conserved to accommodate several other plants cared for in the same manner, say garden- specialist. The staaked and pruned plants .?re easily sprayed, and will continue to produce later in the fall. As a rule, also, the prunned to matoes will mature earlier. On the scale on which tomatoes are grown in the home garden, staking and prunn ing require little trouble, and will fully repay the effort. When the plants are to be staked they may be set 2 feet apart each way, or every 18 inches in rows 3 feet apart. Any substantial stake of sufficient size to bear the weight of theplants and. 4 or 5 feet long is suitable. Sawed strips or laths may be used. A stake is driven about 3 in ches from each plant, which is tied to it at inntevals of 8 to 10 inches as the stem develops. Soft strings or narrow strips of cloth are used for this purpose. When the plants begin making a vigorous growth, shoots will appeaar in the little pockets where each leaf joins the stem. Later the blossoms appear on the opposite side of the stem. In pruning the plant remove all these side shoots and those around the base of the plant, being careful not to disturb the blossom clusters. The shoo.3, sometimes called suckers, should be pinched off shortly after they appear. The main stem can be carried to the full height of the stake, then allowed to hang over. By this time six or seven blossom clusters, on which the fruit is developing, should be set on the stem. s Chamberlain's Tablets are Just What When billious, When constipated. .When you have no ?ppetite When your digestion is impaired. When your liver is torpid. When you feel dull and stupid af ter eating. When you have headache. . They will improve your appetite, cleanse and invigorate your stomach, regulate your bowels and make you feel "fine as a fiddle." They are easy to take and agreeable in effect. Million Packets Of Flower Seeds Free We believe in flowers around the homes of the South. Flowers brighten up the home surroundings and give pleasure and satisfaction to those who have them. We have filled more than a million packets of seeds, of beautiful yet easily grown flowers to be given to our customers this spring for the beautifying of their homes. Wouldn't you like to have five packets of beautiful flowers free? YOU CAN GET THEM! Hastings' 1921 catalog ls a 116-page handsomely illustrated seed book with twenty beautiful pages showing the finest va rieties in their true natural colora. It ls full of helpful garden, flower and farm information that ls needed In every home, and, too, the catalog tells you how to get these flower seeds ab solutely free. Write for our 1921 catalog now. It is the finest, most valuable and beau tiful seed book ever published, and you will be mighty glad you've got it. There ls no obligation to buy any thing. Just ask for the catalog. H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN, ATLANTA, GA. Farmers Can Borrow Money Now The Federal Loan Act has been declared constitutional. The Federal Land Bank at Columbia will begin business soon. We have been author ized by the secretary of the local as sociation to take applications from farmers for loans on real estate. All farmers who wish to borrow money can procure application blanks at our office. Avail yourself at once of this opportunity. N. G. EVANS. ^ CT. BURNETT. Cow Peas Wanted. For peas sacked in good hags we can pay you for prompt shipment f. o. b. your shopping point. Straight varieties, $2.00 per bu. Mixed, $1.90 per bu., White, $1.75 per bu. Write or wire us what you have. WALTON. & COMPANY Seedsmen. Augusta Georgia. J. S. BYRD Dental Surgeon Office Over Store of Quarles & Timmerman Office Phone No. 3 Residence Phone 87 \ (IS IBU. by McClure Newspaper Synulcute.) As he walked through the gate and caught a glimpse of yellow curls through a window of the vine-covered cottage, Robert Hannaford felt some not a great deal, but some-of the weight lifted from his heavy heart. It had been a full month since he had seen Gloria Engel, a month of I gladness, but with a finis of sadness. , Many persons would not have seen anything sad about Robert being discarded by Angeline Vanentlne. In I fact, some of his well-wishing friends had hinted to Robert that it would be better for him if he left the dash ing, dark-haired film actress alone. "She's just a vamp," one of these friends warned. "She's a vamp In the movies because she's just naturally one In real life. That's why she does so well in those parts. She'll get your heart iu the hollow of her hand, and then she'll squeeze it and throw It away." But Robert was infatuated. When he first saw Angeline she was spend ing a few weeks at Cedar Point to rest from her latest -"million-dollar" pro eduction, and she certainly was a charming convalescent. Robert \*as no unsophisticated country product. He was not a native of Cedar Point any more than Ange line was, but he had been spending summers there for the past few years as the ?uest of ?iis aged uncle. Rob ert was head of a prosperous automo bile paris plant in Indiana, but hay fever drove him to the northern lake region during ragweed season. While on ?ts first visit to his uncle Roberi met Gloria Engel, and her frank, wholesome, sunny nature erv pletely won him. Nothing was defin itely settled between them, but there was a tacit understanding that a part nership affair In which the Gospel played a part would be consummated In the near future. When he came, north for the present summer Robert felt it was time to settle this partnership matter, for now he was in a financial position to support a wife as he felt one should be supported. Then along came Angeline .and spoiled it all. Robert deserted Gloria with no words of explanation and spent most of his time with the actress. They golfed, motored, swam and canoed. Yes, Robert was infatuated. In a way he was not responsible'for his treatment of Gloria, for Infatua tion is a form of temporary Insanity. Then one night, at a private dinner, Robert announced he was to be mar ried. "Two weeks from today," .he said, "will find me no longer a single man." "You sure do work fast," was the comment of one of his friends as they congratulated him.. Some of these felicitations were not as hearty as they might have been, for Gloria was well liked by Robert's friends and sev eral of them would have spoken words of censure for the way he had treated her, if they had voiced the sentiment that was in their minds. The next day Robert went to the hotel to keep an engagement with An geline. She was not there, but the clerk, with a pitying grin, handed Rob ert a letter. It was brief: "Robert, Dear-Tve gone back to work. We've had some nice times, but of course we were not serious-at least, I was not. Really, I never could marry you. I hope you wou't feel too bad about this. You see, there's a man back home that I really love. "ANGELINE." For hours Robert walked on the beach, reading and re-reading this note. It seemed that the end of things had come. "The fellows were right," he told himself. "She's a vamp, but I loved her. I wouder if It was genuine love, though?" Dusk found him far down the beach. During the walk he had come to, as If were, from a period of sleep. 'Tm almost glad It happened," he said. "I'm going back to Gloria-If she'll have me." Nevertheless Robert did not find It easy to shake off the depression that had come with?the note from Angeline. It took considerable courage to ap proach Gloria's quaint little home, where she lived with her aunt, but lt seemed he just must get consolation from some one. Gloria admitted him and treated him as If nothing ever had come be tween them. Her smile was just the same, and she was as gracious as eyer. That was like Gloria. It was returning good for evil, In a sense; and for that reason it hurt. It made Robert feel small and mean. Naturally, his manner was con strained at first, but Gloria was so grand about It that he gradually un bent, and before long they were in paths of conversation familiar to both. As he sat and watched the sinking sun play about Gloria's yellow locks Robert said to himself : "She's really the girl, after all. She has made me forget Angeline. Infatu ation ls one thing and love is entirely different." He remained late at Gloria's home. Somehow he dreaded to get into his own company. Once away from Gloria thoughts of the other girl were bound to return. But at last he had to go. He stood at the door like a bashful boy who had just made bis debut In feminine society._u_ fr "Gloila," he said hesitatingly, one hand on the door-knob, "i have been a pretty poor sort. I cannot expect you to forgive nie ; but you have been Just grand. I want to apologize for what I have done, and-and Gloria really I love you. I have all the time. Will-will you kiss me good-night?" There were tears in Gloria's eyes as she reached up and placed au' arm around his neck. "Robert, dear, I love you, too. I suppose I am a little fool for letting you come back to me ; but you are the only fellow I ever cared for. There's no use trying to deceive myself." There was some further conversa tion on this rather Interesting topic be fore Robert left the house that night. When he arrived at his uncle's cottage he found a telegram on the dresser, reading: "Disregard my note. I really love you, Bob. I can't stand It to be with out you. I thought I was flirting, but I really fell in love. Am ready to go ahead with the ceremony as planned. "ANGELINE.'" It was a week later that Tom Wil son met Robert and observed : "I understand your wedding hag been called off. I don't want to be curious, but I'd like to know for sr re. You see, I'm thinking about getting you a present." "Go ahead and get lt," said Robert. "I will be married oh time." .The church was so small that many of the guests were obliged to walt In front to get a glimpse of the bride and groom. From the outside Rev. Jonathan Snooks' droning voice could be heard. As he pronounced the words that sealed the bargain some of the out door guests placed bags of rice within convenient reach. Resorters had made Cedar Point metropolitan in everything except marriages, and the community reserved the right to be provincial in that one particular. The crowd in front of the door fell back present^', and the tall form of Robert Hannaford appeared, walking along the aisle. The rice throwers reached for ammunition. , Robert was smiling down at the bright eyes of the pretty miss walking Inside him, clinging to his arm. Creep ing through a stained-glass window, a ray from the sun lighted up the bride's curly yellow hair. STILL GOVERNED BY INSTINCT Unconscious Hereditary Actions Prove Mankind's Descent From Count less Ages of Savage Ancestors. Deep down somewhere in the inner nature of all men and women, the in stincts, habits, and forces still remain, which made up the life of our primal ancestors countless ages ago. We no tice this frequently In the unconscious hereditary actions of the lower an imals, .lust :\'t une instance. It Is very conti i on t" sw a dog turn, round sev eral i'.nies before lying down on a hearthrug, as If preparing a sleeping place in some long grass; that act has been quite unnecessary for many loqg centuries, yet thg domesticated and highly intelligent animal even now retains this habit of Its wild progeni tors. It is also more than probable that the universal fondness for throw ing stones so inherent In all boys ls another dormant memory handed down from the far-away times of the Stone age, when our primeval forebears used stones, either artificially-shaped or oth erwise, as weapons of attack and de fense, or for killing small game for food, etc. Girls never want to throw stones, and if they try they are not able to do so with an effect. This, I think, proves that the women of old never acquired the art, and we get a slight peep Into their manner of life by this one fact. The men, no doubt, did all the fighting and hunting for food then, and lt ls the same today, amongst all races, both civilized and uncivilized. Some of our' simplest dally habits date from the beginning of things.-F. W. P., In Birmingham Post. Sun's Rays Not Properly Valued. The warmth of the sun on a tired body wracked with a city's nervous energy, the drawing up of seedling, and blossom to the light, throwing on lawn, orchard, garden and forest splashes bf color and shade are bless ings not to be despised. We should spend more time in the garden, and In the sun, for the same reason that we eat food to sustain life. The touch of the soil on our hands, and the warmth of the sun on the back, have a way of purging us of much that is harmful to our happiness. They remove the strange restrictions that society puts upon us, and leave us light-hearted. They help to make the crooked things straight and the rough places plain.-Thrift Magazine. Chinese Coal. According to A. M. G. Grant, a con sulting mining engineer who recently returned to Great Britain, 100,000 tons of coal have been shipped as au ex periment from China to Newcastle-on Tyne. It Is said that the coal ls "of excellent quality, and, imported in larger quantles, could be sold at cheaper rates than British." All of which Is certainly strange !-Scientific American. The New Woman. "For what are you incarcerated here, ray poor man?" asked Mrs. Strongmlnd. "I married a new woman," answered the prisoner. "Impossible! You couldn't be put In Jail for that!" ' "But I was ! I married a new wom an and ?the old woman I already had kicked about It and had rae put here for bigamy."-Edinburgh Scotsman. We Can Give You Prompt Service on Mill Work and Interior Finish Large stock of Rou sb and Dressed Lamber on hand for Immediate Delivery. Woodward Lumber Co. QUALITY-SERVICE Corner Roberts and Dagas Sts., Augusta, Ga, om I Consult Your Own Interest by Consulting Us When Buying Metal or Composition Roofing , Mantels, Tiling, Grates Trim Hardware Wail Board Doors, Sash, etc. FROM Youngblood Roofing and Mantel Company 635 Broad St. Telphone 1697 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Capital and Surplus Profits - Total Resources Over - - - $190,000.00 $800,000.00 v SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open your account with us for the year 1920. Invest your savings in one cf our Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit. Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable pa pers, etc. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Business. TS NOT WHAr 0U MAE UT WHAT. OU SAVE THAT wCOUNTS . ^ Covn'EM 1909. br C. E. Z ts Berman Co. -So. 6* EVERY DOLLAR that you spend foolishly, every proportion* ate amount of money that you earn that it would be possible to save and do not, is only money that you have to work for again. On the other hand every dollar you put in the bank is money that is going to constantly work for you. Which is the best; money always working for you, or you always working for your money. Come in and start that bank account. Don't put it off another day. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, President; A. S. Tompkins, vice-President; E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, Thos. JL Rainsford, John Rainsford, M. C. Parker, A. S. Tompkins, J. G. Holland, E. J. Mims, J. H. Allen.