Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Shall We Use Tractors Farm Animal Power? Some farmers have hesitate buy tractors, when in their mind felt that this move would be just because they ddi not want to do i with all their work animals and they felt that ari investment in a piece of machinery should r in eliminating their animal e< ment, to justify the change. This sition is not warranted, however, practically all power farmers those identified with the selling of the tractor business believe the primany purpose of the tract( to supplement, rather than suppl the horse or mul?. It is true that there are a li number of power farmers who 1 found it possible to do away witl horses, being abie to use the tra for all jobs foi-merly performed i "horses, but this is not true of great majority of farmers, who that there are certain kinds of v? . that can be done more economic by the horse. To them the tracto worth the investment for doin.? of the heavy work and in enabl them to push their work faster ? get more done in a work day tl was- possible when they relied U] animals. The tractor saved their o time and made possible the doing a much greater amount of work a day than in the past. Principle of Saving Time. It is this principle of saving ti and multiplying work that a mai facturer applies when he scraps '. existing machinery and installs son .thing new that will enable him to crease his output, and therefore '. profits. The farmer should study 1 ?* problems from the same angle, a if the addition to his farm equipme of a tractor will enable him to dout his personal labor without decreasi: his crop yield, then the necessary i vestment would be justified. * I Tractors Displace Horses. From a study of the experienc of otherfarmers in all parts of tl country, it has been found that tl tractor does displace a certain nur ber of horses on the farmhand th? the average number of acres that ai cultivated is increased by the pow< machine. For instance, in the cox belt States it was found that the tra tordisplaced at least .two and om ? half horses for each farm, and th? the number of tillable acres per hors increased from twenty-six and on< half to thirty-eight, and one-hal acres. A number of operators reporl ed that they did all of their plowinf discingand harrowing with the trac tor, keeping horses for cultivatin, and other light work. Some farmer reported that they were keeping se\ eral more head of stock than the; really needed, but that the price paid for horses did not make thei sale a tempting matter. In the con belt the development of tractor cul tivation was being watched with in terest by many farmers, who san that when this machine had been per fected they would sell off all theil horses and do all their work witl power machines, since the cultivatoi wouldbe able to perform all the lighl jobs, including cultivation, for whicl the horse was now kept. Those farmers who purchased > tractors to supplement the work ol their animals found that as they be came more adept in handling the machine it could be made to do more and more of the work of the horses, and in addition, the machine was cap able of doing a lot of work that i:he animals were not suited to, such as belt work. As a generalrule, the longer an ownerhas a tractor the more ways ' he will find to use it. Field agents of the Department of Agriculture were toldby a number of farmers that they used their machines for a variety of jobs,including plowing, listing, disc ing and spading, harrowing and plant ing, rolling, seeding grain, cultivat ing, loading hay, pulling hay forks, harvesting grain, spreading manure, road work, clearing land and stretch ing fences. By far the largest number of trac tor owners use their machines pri marily for plowing, and many far mers contend that it pays to keep a tractor for this one purpose, even though it stands idle the rest of the year. Being able to turn over a field 1 in but a fraction of the time required with animals, and if necess?ry keep on the job from early morning until night, is an advantage that appeals to many farmers, who have had their entire season's plans upset by unfav orable weather for several days when they were in the midst of animal plowing. While 96 per cen tof tractor own ers use their machines for plowing, 70 per cent of them use the^achfne for sawing wood. For grinding feed 40 per cent of the owners interview ed 'reported that the machine w?s . excellent, and 30 per cent of them said "they used their machines harvesting. Theadvent of the tractor is ha its effect upon the plowing habit the country farmers. In the ] much of the ground was allowe lie idle until spring, when ploi was pushed, whereas now it is custom of most power farmers to into the field and turn over the just as. soon I as the harvest is o Bydoing this', the ground is ph in condition to receive full bei ofthe fall and. winter snows rains,and the vegetationplowed der is used to fertilize the soil. V the tractor outfit, plowing can done to a greater depth, thus rel ing more plant food for the r season's crop, and the superior po of the tractor enables the ownei regulate the depth of plowing secure an absolutely uniform pe tration throughout the field. In a direct comparison of the w accomplished by tractor and he plowing outfits, it was found that i man with a tractor and a two-bott plow did the work of two men i two two-horse teams with two o bottom plows, and that one man w a tractor pulling drillers could d as much wheat in a day as two n driving two four-horse teams. Reducing Cost of Operation. Farming is just the opposite manufacturing, for on the farm 1 less outside labor required to cai on the work the more profitable v be the returns to the owner, whe: as the manufacturer figures on nu ing a certain percentage from t labor of each man employed. T more ways in which the owner o farm can multiply his own super sion and expenditure of time, t better off he will be, for then he c? carry on his agricultural operatio with no overhead expense except tl cost of his power, whether animals machine. The chief disadvantage i work stock is the care and attenth they require, for though it may n< cost much to feed them, yet whe they are to be worked they must 1 split up into small units, each i charge of a man or boy, whereas tl tractor, possessing many times tl power of an animal, can be operate bya single individual ,and by mult plying the number of implemenl used with the tractor, the work a< complished can be very materially ii creased. The tractor saves the tim and makes possible the multiplicatio if the supervision of the owner, an inthis sense' it is superior to wor aorses and mules. Where both th ;ractor and a few head of stock ar sept on the same farm, the owne :an be absolutely assured of gettinj ais work done in this way and at th' time he wants it.-Farm & Ranch The Ten Commandments In terlocking. Here is a bit of news, taken fron ;he New York Tribune of last Thurs lay, that ought to be pondered bj susiness men, especially young busi less men everywhere. x "Stock o fthe National City Bani ?vent up $12 a share yesterday wit! ;he announcament of the resignation jf James A. Stillman as presidenl and the selection of Charles E. Mitchell as-his successor. The stocli ivas quoted at $305 the. preceding lay and the opening sale yesterday was at $317. That remained as the bid price for the rest of the day, but there were no more sales." So a sermon is preached more elo quent than one usually hears from any pulpit. It is commonly said that in New York and in other great cit ies, for that matter, the moralities do not count for a great deal and the numerous stories, crimes and scandals dkily published, lend color to that opinion. James A. Stillman resigned the presidency of a bank. Stillman is a wealthy man and his reputation for, honesty and ability as a financier has never been questioned. The news of his resignation was instantly fol lowed by a rise of $12 a share in the value of the bank's stock. Stillman's name has been damaged by the ex posure of his domestic relations in the divorce courts. The financial public of New York city relates the weaknesses of the man as a private citizen, directly and sharply to his capacity and usefulness as a banker. Whether the rottenness in the higher circles in New York society be great or small, it is proved by the stock market quotations that the confi dence of financial New York in a great institution is materially affect ed by the misconduct of its head in a field supposed to be wholly separated from his professional activities. All of which is another way of saying that the Ten Commandments are interlocking and .the people know it.-The State. FOR SALE: 150 acres, three miles of town; terms $15 per acre. JOHN RAINSFORD. 4-27-4t. The Real Opium Offenders! Every now and then there breaks out in the press of this country and in a certain limited portion of the press of Great Britain a new cry of denunciation of Japan and China chiefly Japan-for smuggling br handling in other nefarious ways the most baneful of drugs, opium. China sometimes is given a drubbing for smuggling the narcotic into our Pa-j cific ports, but, as a rule, we are merely told that Japan is. smuggilng the drug into this country and ' into China. The Celestials, we are warned, are being utterly crushed under the j curse of Japanese-smuggled opium. The latest outbreak of this sort of j stuff is in New York, where a deputy j police commissioner asserts that Ja-J pan and Germany are competing for j the damnation of the rest of ' the world through the smuggling in of opium. This commissioner has, how ever, the grace to admit that some of the guilt rests upon us, and that we are actually sending the fatal drug to Japan. After the Japanese buy the opium from us, they sell it in whatever market is open for it, and that is, chiefly, China. Then we Pharisaically turn on the Japanese with the ac?u-J sation that they are corrupting and I poisoning China! We have taken a leaf out of the J English book, but have learned only one-half of their wisdom about J opium. We follow those hard-and-fast traders in selling opium to Chinese or Japanese, but we do not, like the j English,, keep our mouths shut and say nothing about the shameful bus iness. We have been so accustomed to accuse the Japanese that we are j quite equal to blaming them forr merely passing on to the Chinese the : opium that they have bought from i our pious .traffickers in the drug. The Japanese are now, if we may J1 believe the declarations made by ' their higheststatemen in the Diet, J taking drastic measures to put a stop j to the opium traffic with China, even j to stop the opium that comes from fi the" United States. They confess hey ? have been guilty, but declare they mean to put an end to the nefarious : trade. J What are we going to do about itt Will we stop sanding the drug to , Asia? Or will we continue to hand the drug to China with one hand ' and pass on missionaries, tracts, and indictments of Japan with the other? It is time that the truth should be known fully about the traffic in spium. Part of that, truth is a very.) jld story. Every reader of historyy has read of the Opium War or the Arrow War, which England waged against China over the right to force India's opium upon the helpless Chinese users of the drug. But few < persons seem aware, consciously l< aware, of the fact that this traffic still goes on, that even Lord Morley condoned it for the sake of revenue i for India, and that opium is being manufactured daily-or was quite recently-in Hongkong, a British possession in China, for sale in the 1 markets of the country. The writer saw caldrons of this baneful drug in process of making j in a British official quarter in Hong- ; kong. There was a vast quantity of ] the drug, and there was no conceal ment of the shameless traffic. h If the same thing were being done I by this government, we should prob- ; ably manage to manufacture the ] stuff in some hidden slum, as our pri- i vate producers and traders manage it. : It was said in the Japanese Diet ? that a large amount of opium goes < to Japan from the United States, and the New York police commissioner admits this. Philadelphia is reputed , to be the chief source of the supply , in this country. It would be in a , fine spirit of rivalry for the City of , Brotherly Love to send this vile stuff to the Chinese as a set-off to the former export of rum from Puritan ical New England to the blacks of Africa. It is well known that the Chinese themselves, although formerly ad dicted fatally to the opium habit, have been trying to rid their country of this fearful evil. But England has persisted in forcing them to ac cept the drug in their markets, and we, with the connivance and ready assistance of Japanese smugglers, have been sending the poison into the heart of the country we are pre tending to protect from perfidious Japan!-The State. Now Is the Time to Get Rid of Your Rheumatism. If you are troubled with chronic or muscular rheumatism buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and mas sage' the affected parts twice a day with it. You are certain to be very much benefitted'by it if not actualiy cured. Try it. Suellen's ?rnica Su Eve the Best Salve In The World,' ' CARDUI HELPED REGAIN STRENGTH Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three Tears, Suffering Pain, Nervous and Depressed-Read Her Own Story of Recovery. Paint Rock, Ala.-Mrs. C. M. Stegall, of near here, recently related the fol lowing interesting account of her re covery: ul was in a weakened con dition. I was sick three years in bed, suffering a great deal of pain, weak, nervous, depressed. I was so weak, I couldn't walk across the floor; just bad to lay and my little ones do the work. I was almost dead. I tried every thing I heard of, and a number of doctors. Still I didn't get any relief. F couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I believe if I hadn't heard of and taken Cardut I would have died. I bought Biz bottles, after a neighbor told me what it did for her. "I began to eat and sleep, began to gain my strength and am now well and strong. I haven't had any trou ble since ... I sure can testify to the good that Cardui did me. I don't think there is a better tonic made and I believe it saved my life." For over 40 years, thousands of wo men have used Cardui successfully, in the treatment of many womanly ailments. If you suffer as these women did? take Cardui. It may help you, too.. At all druggists. E 85 ' n?0T?c??~ On the night of October 19-20th, 1920,the vault of The Bank of Tren ton, S. C., was burglarized and the following Certificates of stock cov ering stock owned in the Trenton Fertilizer Company, was stolen and the public is/ hereby warned, not to accept any of these Certificates as application has been made for du plicates. Number 16 dated October 1, 1919, issued to Mrs. Emma Hord for 8 shares. Number' 15 dated September 29, 1919, issued to Walter W. Wise for 5 shares. TRENTON FERTILIZER CO. ' Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875.360 WRITE OR CALL on the under signed for any information you may iesire about our plan of insurance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM, or LIGHT NING md do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. 'Remember, we are prepared to Drove to you that ours is the safest ind cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Rich land, Lexington, Calhoun and Spar tanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C., J. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secretary and Treasurer, Greenwood, S. C. -DIRECTORS A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gainbrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Dodges, S. C. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. ; J. R. BLAKE, General Agent. Greenwood, S. C. January 1, 1921. Lombard Foundry, Machine, Boiler. Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and ; Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, , Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing Hose, etc. Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES ' Pumping, Wood Sawing and Feed Grinding Outfits. The Best Plaee The best place for your money is in a good bank like ours, where it is always safe and subject to check. We carry burglar insurance, have fire-proof vaults and use every precaution to safeguard the funds in trusted to our care. Isn't such a place a better loca tion for your money than that of keeping it in the home or on your person and taking chances of fire, burglary or other loss? We invite you. to become a depositor at our bank. The Bank of Trenton, S. C. Southern Railway System Announces Excursions Fares, Season 1921, for 4 the Following Special Occasions Identification Certificate Plan . One and One-Half Fares Round Trip ATLANTA, GA.: Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, June 12-16. ATLANTIC. CITY. N. J.: Mystic Order, Veiled Prophets of the' Enchanted Realm, June 28-JuIy 2. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. : Southern Baptist Convention, May 12-18. CHICAGO, ILL.: International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. July 23-3L CLEVELAND, 0.: International Convention, Kiwanis Club, June 2?-25. DETROIT, MICH.: Annual Convention World-Wide Baraca Philathea Union, June 23-26. LITTLE ROCK, ARK.: Sixteenth Annual Session of Sunday School Congress, June 8-13. LOUISVILLE, KY. : National Convention Travelers' Protective ? Association, June 13-18, I NEWARK, N. J. : Grand Aerie, Fraternal Order Eagles, Au gust 8-13. NEW YORK, N. Y. : International Convention United Society of Christian Endeavor, July 6-15. ST. LOUIS, MO. : National Conventional Modern Woodmen of America, June 18-25, TOLEDO, OHIO: Annual Convention Supreme Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, June 27-July 2. UNION BRIDGE, MD.: Annual Conference Old Baptist Church, May 14-17. WINONA LAKE, IND. : General Assembly Presbyterian Church of U. S. A., May 17-2/7. Certificate Plan One Fare Going:, One-Half Fare Returning. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.: National Confectioners' Association of the U. S., May 23-28. ATLANTA, GA.: National Fraternity Society of the Deaf, July 11-16. BUFFALO, N. Y.: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Mav 23-26. , BUFFALO, N. Y. : Photographers' Association of America, July 18-23. BUFFALO, N. Y. : National Association of Electrical Contrac tors and Dealers, July 20-23. BUFFALO, N. Y. : Association of Operative Millers, June 6-11. CINCINNATI, OHIO: Annual Convention Wholesale Grocers' AFsociation, May 10-13. > CHICAGO, ILL.: Annual Convention National Electric Light Association, May 31-June 3. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. : . Dramatic Order Knights of Khoras san, August 9-13. CHICAGO, ILL.: National Wholesale Grocers' Association, June 8-10. 1 CHICAGO, ILL.: The Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Asso ciation, Mav 18-20. CHICAGO, ILL. : National Association ef Real Estate Boards, July 12-15. CLEVELAND, OHIO: American Water Works' Association, . June 6-10. CLEVELAND, OHIO: National Federation of Business and Pro fessional Women's Clubs, Julv 18-23. HERSHEY, PA. : Church of Brethren Annual Conference, June 9-16. HOUSTON, TEX.: National Association of Mercantile Agen cies, AugJist 14-16. HOUSTON, TEX.: Retail Credit Men's Association, August 16-19. KANSAS CITY, MO.: National Association of Retail Grocers, June 5-8. KANSAS CITY, MO.: National Leather and Shoe Finders' As sociation, June 13-15. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.: Annual Convention Commercial Law League of American, August 8-11. NEW YORK, N. Y.: National Tuberculosis Association, June 13-17. NEW ORLEANS, LA.: Convention National .Association of Master Plumbers of the U. S , June 7-9. NEW ORLEANS, LA.: National Baptist Convention, Unin corporated, September 6-12. NEW YORK, N. Y. : American Optometric Association, June 26-Juiyi. . .... * PHILADELPHIA, PA. : Meeting American Cotton Manufac turers' Association, May 27-28. ROCK HILL, S. C. : South Carolina Sunday School Association, June 8-10. ST. LOUIS, MO.: Twenty-Third Annual Convention National Association of Letter Carriers, September 5-10. ST. PAUL, MINN.: Annual Convention Retail Monument Deal ers' Association, August 16-18. ST. PAUL, MINN. : Annual Meeting International Association of Display Men. July 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. C.: American Institute of Homeopathy. June 19-24. For further information call on nearest Ticket Agent or commu nicate with . s. H. MCLEAN, G. W. CARTER, District Passenger Agent, District Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. Augusta, Ga. Candidate for Cotton Weigher. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the of fice of public cotton weigher for the town of Edgefield. I have served, on ly one term and the experience I have gained will enable me to ren der more efficient service in the fu ture. If elected for a second term, I pledge the same faithful and impar tial service that I have rendered in the past. W. G. Byrd. Wi?l Surely Sioa mt Coudie 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. C. T. BURNETT.