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J 3Cing Cotton in the Role of a Pauper. King Cotton has descended from his throne and is now asking for charity. Ile has been playing the role if a pau per for so many years that he has been -shorn of his dignity and presents such .a pitiable appearance that he has even excited the sympathies of the ladies. These ladies have sent out a hurry call ~to the Nation to come to his rescue, .not because of any qualities he may possess, but because of his apparent .distress at this time. Farm and Ranch will endorse any legitimate move to increase the con somption of cotton, but it has no sym pathy with any campaign the results of ?which wiil be reflected in injnred credit ,and reputation. The "Wear Cotton" movement will have just such results. It will run its course as a fad, without any appreciable effect on the amount of cotton consumed. It is doomed to failure, as have been former move ments of this kind, and has been from its inception. Cotton is the most used and most -wonderful of all known fibers, yet its value is not appreciated by one-half. This is largely the fault of the manu facturers and merchant?, who have failed to popularize cotton goods! They ?have advertised foreign fabrics at the .?xpense of the American product, and -while they have encouraged the rich and well-to-do in the belief that cotton ^s grown for poor people only, they lhave set the price of the manufactured -product so high that evenjthe poor can not afford to buy sufficient ?for their -comfort and needs. The California Raisin Growers' As sociation more than doubled the con sumption of their product by an educa tional campaign in which the value of .the raisin as a food was stressed. Manufacturers and merchants and oth ers interested in cotton could double the consumption in America by pre senting in a proper manner the utility, qualities and beauty of varions weaves of cotton goods. No other known fiber is capable of so many forms of expres sion and there is no good reason why more of it should not be worn.-Farm ?and Ranch. Advantages of Infertile Eggs. (R. G. K.) After hatching season it pay's to kill the male birds or isolate any that are iMiiuable as breeders for another year. IBncbg hot weather a hen house may closely approach the temperature of jan incubator and the eggs will soon .-start to grow. This is the first step ?toward bad eggs. Fertile eggs must 'bc .gathered very often daring hot .weather if they are to be fit for food. infertile eggs are the best for water rjjlass preservation. ? premium can frequently be obtained for them from . customers who save eggs each year for ?winter use. According to our experi ?nee the-inf er tile eggs preserved in wai ster glass give fine satisfaction. Those who have had bad luck with that meth -od in cur section have been those who hought eggs without knowing their source or quality and often put down rfertile summer eggs which had started to develop. In a large farm flock containing pos sibly ten|to twenty male birds the feed bill for those birds is worth consider ;ing. Maybe only three or four of the ibest onesjw?i ueed to be saved. If the liens are not pestered through the sum mer they will lay just as well or better. Sometimes "the few males that are saved can be penned up wich a few liens and the eggs from those hens re tained for home use. Poul try men who sell infertile sum mer eggs can feel more confidence in their business and have less worry. Some buyers will purchase perfectly fresh fertile summer eggs that are fine for food andjthen store them in a hot pantry. If the eggs rapidly deteriorate they will blame the poultryman. If in fertile eggs'axe given such treatment they will be fit for food. t For a Severe Cold. "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy : cured my daughter, Anna, of a se vere cold and cough a few years ago and ever since then"I have never miss .ed an opportunity to recommend this medicine to anyone euffering from .throat or lung troubles. I cannot speak too highly in praise ?f it," writes Mrs. D. J. Shelley, Earlville, . J5?. Y. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy . contains no narcotic and may be giv ? en to children with perfect confi . dence. It is a pleasant syrup so they ?Ido not object to taking it. .""Government inspected Porto Rico potato plants. Dollar eighty per thou sand; over five thousand, dollar sev enty-five per thousand,- shipping point. Prompt shipment after April fifth. Cabbage plants immediate ship* anent, dollar per thousand by express. G. J. DERRICK, .'3-16-21 Lancaster, S. C. .Notice. As the Federal Land Bank will re sume the making of loans to farmers, I will receive and file applications for Joans for farmers. S. McG. SIMKINS. '. The Luck of the Lanes ||| By ELLA S. LAROUCHE w<J 11)21, by McClUie Newspaper Synmcate.) "Marthy, Marthy!" bellowed the masculine summons. Then in cyclonic fashion open flew the kitchen door and ilve feet six inch es of masculine whirlwind burst into the room. Flourishing aloft the local weekly newspaper the excited little man jerkily exploded: "Rich-rich, my girl! Now we'll have everything we want, an'-an' I'll be 'Square' Lane. Oh, Marthy!". and, making u sudden leap, he pulled the astonished middle-aged matron away from her bread dough and pre sented her with two celebration smacks. "Nate Lane! Be you crazy?" "Gee, Marthy! Guess I be-almost Look!" And again he waved the.pa pel*-this time before her face. "Wc*re rich!" he shouted. "Recollect that knickknack peddler we gave free board to for a few days last winter? lie said he'd pay us some time. Well, he's dead. He was really a miser, Marthy, and he's willed us"-he paus ed for eniphayis and then slowly add ed-"fifteen thousand dollars." Gone was Mrs. Nate's composure. Tremblingly she retreated into the depths of the nearest rocker. "Set down, Nathan, set down. You'd make a dead cow nervous hopping about like a hungry grasshopper. We'd best decide on what to do right off and we must use-er-efficiency." Industrious tongues worked over time. Their fortune expanded with each ?retelling, until the couple them selves had a vague belief in the exag gerations, and a multi-millionaire spir it pervaded their systems. The church committee paid an early visit and incidentally called their, at tention to the condition of the shingles on the meeting house. "Wal, Square," drawled Deacon Saunders, "you'll be one of our lead ing citizens now, and we know you'll show the right spirit. A leetle con tribution just at the beginning, so to speak, would naturally give the peo ple a feeling of confidence in you. No reason why you shouldn't be church treasurer now, Deacon Grimes is so poorly now, and you'll be Se lectman and on the school board next year, of course? "**'J'JW^T^^r" "Square" Lane beamed. "H'm, er"-he hesitated and glanced surreptitiously at Martha, who appear ed unimpressed by the "Square." "Er -wal, I'll give you somethln', of course. Marthy and I'll talk it over and let you know, soon." The next morning the couple decided to go to Fitzwell and draw out their entire savings for immediate use pend ing the arrival of the fifteen thousand. "We'll go shopping," breezily an nounced the Jubilant Martha. "I'm going to the Ladies' Aid Wednesday afternoon In the best silk dress, this town ever saw. You've got to quit chewing tobacco, Nathan, and buy some cigars, and i'm going to get my fingernails shampooed." That night a weary, heavily laden couple returned to a cdld house and were almost Immediately forced to ad mit interested and envious neighbors. At eleven o'clock they were again alone. Martha chanced to glance to ward Nathan just as he was in the act of biting oQ* a generous mouthful of his favorite tobacco. That bite was never consummated. "Mr. Lane, tobacco chewing is a filthy habit. I'll have no spittoons when I get my new carpets." "Ye don't say?" sneered the new made Croesus. "If I spile a carpet I can buy a new one. Maybe when ye git them new gewgaws on you'll be casting about for another man." Mrs. Croesus retaliated with force and venom, and no peace treaty on earth would have had any Influence on that domestic battle. In the early monning hours, exhaust ion triumphed and they retired-to separate bedrooms. Mr. Lane In the cold discomfort af the spare bedroom started to- remove his clothes. The latest edition of the city daily newspaper fell' fron* one of his pockets. His mind reverted to his Inheritance and with the idea of obtaining more information concerning his- eccentric benefactor he glaced over the head ings. Sure enough, there Lt was ! He sat down- on the edge of tb* bed, and, regardless of the cold, vi sioned the glorious future. Martha was always beside him, of course. He felt vaguely troubled* Why had they quarreled? Really, lt was his du-y to give her a chance to apologize. His wife stood before him-in tears. "Marthy-Marthy !" he stuttered In a tone of deep contrition. "Confound the morney anyway!", he exploded. "We never quarreled like that before. Let's make up, Marthy.'* Confused, repentant, ho fumbled aimless?}* with the paper he l*ehl in his hand, and with hardly a thought of what he was doing glanced again at the' heading, "The Millionaire Ped dler." He read further. Then with eyes riveted to the page he sprang to his feet and screamed: "Marthy! my heavens, Marthy! Listen to this piece in the paper : "The beneficiaries of the will of the eccentric peddler who died recently leaving fortunes to various individuals and -Institutions will have little trouble Investing their wealth, as neither real estate nor bonds have been located. His large fortune existed only in his crazy Imagination.' " j Ml li IlHHDtlK) IN LAST 14 YEARS THEY HAVE AD'J ED OVER MILLION MEM BERS IN SOUTH. WILL MEET IN CHATTANOOGA Many Matters Related to Future Work Will Come Up for Consideration at the Annual Convention May 12 to 1?. DR. E. Y. MULLINS President Southern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary, Who is Touring South. Follqjving the close of the second year of the Baptist 75 Million Cam paign April 30, several thousand mes sengers from the local churches are expected to assemble at Chattanooga, Tenn., for the seventy-sixth annual session of the Southern Baptist Con vention. The Convention 'met in Chattanooga last in May, 1906, and during the interim there has been a marked growth in every department of the Convention's activities and in the numbers and work of the local churches as well. The total number of Baptists reported to the Convention in 1906 was 1,855,784, while last May, fourteen years later, when the body met in Washington, the total member ship of the local churches as reported was 2,961,348, or a gain of 1,105,564. The returns for this year are not yet available, but Inasmuch as it is known there were practically 175,000 addi tions tox the local churches last year by baptism alone, there is every rea son to believe the showing for 1921 will be even larger. , Growth Shown in All Lines. At the same time there has been a marked increase in the membership of the churches, there has been a dis tinct advance in all departments of local and denominational work, it is set out. The total number of local churches has grown from 20,129 in 1906 to 25,303 in 1920; the total num ber of Sunday Schools from 11.332 to 17,686; and the number of Sunday School pupils from 857,244 to 1,835, 936, an increase of more than 100 per cent. The value of local church prop erty has mounted from 4,501,122 In 1906 to $74,273,728 In 1920, an increase of more than 1600 per cent, while con tributions to missions and benevo lences in 1906 were $1,501,396.67, as compared to $7,331,266.55 in 1920, an advance of practically 50O per cent Fourteen years ago the contributions to all purposes in a year were $5,941, 283.44. as against $21,327,446.67 for 1920. Next Meeting Important The approaching session of the Convention Is regarded as -vitally im portant to the future of the denomina tions work. It is hoped that hy the Convention two-fifths of alT subscrip tions to the 75 Million Campaign will have been paid in cash and that the program for the completion of the remainder of the campaign task can be formulated at this time. Dr. J. B. Gambrell, president of the Convention, and Dr. E. Y. Mullins, who recently completed a tour of Europe, where they carried fraternal greetings to the Baptists of that continent, will give their impressions of Baptist opportu nity in that country, while Dr. George W. Truet and Dr. J. R Love, who rep resented the Foreign Mission Board at the London Conference last sum mer when the mission fields of Europe were considered, wilT tell of the new territory of Spain, Jugo-Slavia, Hun gary, Roumanla and Southern Russia; which Southern Baptists are asked to occupy. This territory ls as large as the Southern States and has a popu lation of 128,000,000. All the 'boards of the Convention will report the largest year's accom plishments in their history, the Home Mission Board being scheduled to re port the completion of its million dol lar loan fund for church building, in addition to the aiding of a thousand churches during the year with gifts and loans for the erection of new houses of worship. 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