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Letter From Rev. G. W. ?Bus se? to One of His Church Members. jv Greenwood, S. C. Nov. 2'9, 1921 r Dear Brother Johnnie: I am feeling a little better for the last few days abd hope to be well enough to be at the Grove next Sun day, but my health is sb treacherous I feel constrained to write you this letter for fear I may fail to get there. If I fail to get there, I want you to take chaTge of the service and con duct'it. .Read this letter and conduct it as you feel best. ' ' As next Sunday isvto be "my last day as pastor, I would like toy?xpress myself to all the church my deep felt gratitude to them and to . God for their,great and continued kindness to me during these many years, but re words fall lifeless to the ground and I fail to .be able to convey to them what I feel ? wish to. Without exception the entire mem bership has been kind and thoughtful . of me all these years, bearing with . my infirmities and weaknesses, ^ all of which I feel unworthy. More and more as I get nearer home I realize my weakness and unworthiness, and my entire dependence'upon God. By His grace I have come this far and am willing to trust that grace to the end. And I feel like doing as Paul, in the closing chapters of one of his letters to one of Iiis churches. He en ' deavored to call the name of , each . of^ his brethren and commend and en courage them in their church work. So feel I as I wind up my work with you. I have enjoyed my efforts to preach the Gospel these 50-years, but have never been able to do it as well as I "have desired. No sermon of mine has been what I wished it'to be,-but I trust that God has blessed my work to some extent Now I am called on to sheathe my sword and lay down my arms, but I have no complaint to make, for I feel that it is God's will and Providence and it is all right I only hope to be able to yield and uncomplainingly close my life in that spirit and way which will be most to this Saviour. I find that there is a sweet, Sustaining power in the religion of our Lord Jesus. I find the promises of my iLord more and more sweet and sustaining as I draw nearer and nearer the borderland. I would urge each brother and sis ter to hold fast their profession and press on to the end, leaning heavily ' upon that promise that "As thy days so shall thy strength be." In conclusion let me urge you to Tally around your incoming pastor, Brother .Seago, hold up his hands, cheer him in his work as you have done your humble servant. May the Lord be with you, guide and bless you is my humble prayer in Christ's name. G. W. BUSSEY. Lott School News. "* The following program was ren dered by the. literary society last Friday afternoon: Scripture fe?ding-Quinton Ouzts. ' Prayer-Azilee Salter. Narration.-:Nell Randall. Story-Frank Pardue. Duet-Elise Franklin and Lucy. Holmes. Current Events-Clyde Jackson. Narration-wGertrude Pardue Story-Marie Bryant. Jokes-W. H. Pardue.. Solo-Ruth Coursey. Story-Josephine Carpenter. Duet-Lucy Holmes and Josephine' Carpenter. ? School News-Frontis McGee. Song-Society. Chorus-Evelyn Salter, Kathlene Jackson, Lucy Holmes, Elise Frank-, lin, Gertrude Pardue, Lucile Frank lin, Marie Bfyant, Josephine Carpen ter. , A business meeting was oailed on December 16, and the following of ficers were elected for next month: Josephine Carpenter, president; Azilee Salter, vice president; Ger trude Pardue, secretary; Nell Ran dall, treasurer; Marie Bryant, critic; Frontis McGee, chaplain; Martha Derrick, corresponding secretary. SCHOOL GIRL. Notice. - All persons indebted to the estate .of James Miller, deceased, will please make payment to A. S. J. Miller,. Ex ecutor, at Trenton, S. C., on or be fore the first day of February, 1922. Anyone having a claim against the estate .will please present the same properly verified to A. S. J. Miller, Executor, at Trenton, S. C., and the same will b? paid. A.>S. J. MILLER, ' Executor "N. G. Evans, Attorney. . , Only One "BROMO QUINCE*' To cet the genuine, call tor full name, - TIVE BROMO QUININE. Lookiorsignature ov E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stopf ?touah and headache, and Tvorfcs off cold. 25c Resolutions and * Proceeding! of Tax Commission Held in Columbia. The following resolution was adop ed by th? conference: ; Whereas, the tax situation in Sout Carolina is acute, both because qf th economic condition of the people an the inadequate tax laws af the Statt we, aigro?p of tax payers, in ord? to* place the fiscal system of th State on a proper. basis,, and to en large otfr public resources and to se the burden of financing vthe Govern ment where it would be less griev ously borne, do agree to th? follow ing measures for fundamental chang es in our tax laws and for imm?diat) relief: 1: The passage of Constitutiona changes proposed at the last sessioi of the Legislature. 2. For the placing of j a. A gasoline tax. b. An occupation tax. > c. i An inheritance tax. d. An increase in. th? corporati?r license tax. e An income tax based on the Fed eral Income Tax Law not to exceed 10 ,per cent of the total Federal tax assessed, against each taxpayer. 3. To eliminate as far as possi ble all taxes on tangible and visible property for the support of the State Government, these taxes to be ab ?orbed by other sources of revenue, such' as ar? listed in Section 2 of this Resolution. / A.motion was adopted recommend ing a reduction in taxation as far as possible, and rigid economy 'n ex penses of the State Government. .-! The Self-Supporting Farm. Under'boll weevil conditions it is considered extremely important for e?ch farmer to raise as nearly all of the staple food and feed crops as is possible to supply all needs of the. landlord, the tenants, and the live stock. , - These things can be grown at home much more cheaply than ?they can b? purchased from other sec tions,; and producing them should not interfere with the production of sta ple cash crops but should round out a well balanced cropping system . 0*n any farm on which a good ro tation is followed for the purpose of building up the fertility of the land and maintaining a system of diversi fied agriculture, all^of these crops can be grown economically and to good advantage. ^ Without a good all-year garden there can be no "100 per cent" self supporting farm". The soils of South Carolina* are more than ordjnarily adapted to the growing of fruit for home use, and in some sections for commercial ship ment. Home Dairying With an abundance of milk, but ter and cream for the family, 25 to 35 per cent of the grocery "bill may be saved. Each farm^famfly of five should own or be furnished with two cows of standard dairy breed (grade or purebred.) One cow should be bred* to freshen in the spring and the other in the fall and in this way about two gal lons of milk per day may be pro duced if proper care and feed are provided. All feeds for the family cows should be home grown. It is important to prepare one to two acres of permanent pastures-for each cow in order to "produce the dairy products for the home more cheaply. The milk cows should be pastured on the cultivated fields, in the fall when possible an j" on oats and rye ip. the winter and early spring. The milk'cows, should be bred only to purebred bulls of a dairy .breed. The cheapest means of insuring the service of a good bull for a few cows is to organize a dairy bull association among neighbors. Poultry. The keeping of a flock of laying hens on the farm is an important part of good general farm manage ment. On every farm there should be at least. 30 to 40 laying hens It is more advisable to k?ep pul lets and yearlings than birds over two years For general farm conditions, ?he dual purpose of breeds, 'Plymouth Rocks, Wyandcttes, and Rhode Is land Reds are the most popular and from records appear to give the most favorable results Purebred poultry stock produces a greater number of eggs, a more uniform product, makes possible the selling of eggs for hatching, and creates a greater interest in poultry. ' Hogs. It will take four hogs averaging 150 pounds each to supply pork for ' the" average family of five.' All feeds fdr hogs, save possibly a 'little tankage, should ' be home grown. It takes approximately ten bushels ' ' .' '. - y -, J . of corn and sixty bushels of tankage'! to produce a 150>pound pig. ' If buttermilk, soy b?an ^pasture, rape pasture, or corn and.velvet bean pasture is available, it will not be necessary to buy tankage. \ A splendid way to fatten hogs is to turn them on corn and velvet I beans and let the hogs do the har vesting. 1 It has been thoroughly demonstrat ed that good pastures will-save aoout two-fifths of the grain ration. . One or two acres of rape or rye for winter pasture and access to Ber muda pasture for summer, will pro duce sufficient grazing for a brood sow. and her litter. It is important to use only pure bred'boars; as this is the most eco nomical way of improving the herd. The surplus feed crops resultVn] from diversified farming may be sold through the dairy cow profitably if a convenient ' market is available. A .silo is recommended for herds j of ten or more cows. Corn and sor-1 ghum are the best crops for ensilage. Balanced rations for milk produc tion should be made from home grown feeds; corn, velvet beans, oats j cottonseed meal, peavine hay, alfalfa j hay, soybean hay, silage. ? Good cows should be fed ?iherally,! ?nd unprofitable- -cows sold to the' butcher. j 'lt is better " to sell cream to a j .reamery than to make farm butter) for sale > Beef Cattle. On farms where considerable} ireas of cheap pasture lands are; available, or on farms where large! imounts of rough feeds are produced,' : aeef cattle^'raising will yield a goomjl income to the , man who will give'it lis attention. 1 ? New Extension Workers. [ f Clemson Colltge, Dec. 13.-An-J 1 louftcement is made by Director "W\ ! SV. Long of the Extension Service, * >f the appointment of four extension] yorkers; namely, P. H. Senn, Exten-j lion Specialist of Plant Breeding;' } 2. G. Cushman, Extension Dairy Spe :ilist; G C. McDermid, county agent' * "or Charleston county '? and T. Mi< Cathcart, county agent for Williams-; rarg county. t? } ' P. H. Senn, the new Extension; Specialist in Plant Breeding, is a n?vj ive of South Carolina' and a grad~ late of .Clemson College in the class* >f .,'1916. After graduation he was- ^ 'or a short while-assistant in the Ex-' ;ension Service headqu?rters office, ind. then county SLgen\ for Clarendon :ounty until the beginning?- of the^ var. After service' in the war he en:' ered the University of Wisconsin, vhere he took special work in plant >reeding'and genetics/He will give ipecial att?ntion, to community cot-j ;on breeding. He is therefore, weill lualified to become specialist in plant'!1 >reeding. His headquarters will be at j Clemson College. C. G Cushman, the new Extension Dairy Specialist,'is the graduate of Purdue University and has had ex jerience in dairy work, having 4nan iged a Jersey farm owned by his 'ather at Sullivan, Indiana, and hav ng assisted in the organization of the Southwest Indiana Jersey Breeders' ^association. He also assisted the :ounty agent of his home county in Indiana in several agricultural cam paigns. Mr. Cushman will serve the Piedmont district and will have head; quarters at Clemson College for the present. ." - G.' C. McDermid, who has been en gaged as county agent 'for'Charles ton, is a graduate oi.Clem'so'n College ind has had several" years' -experience in agricultural work ln'the'lower part jf the State. For .the-'-past year he has aeen with the Combahee Company in Colleton County? His appointment will fiirthe vacancy cause J by the resignation of C. E. Littlejohn. T. M. Cathcart, who has been en gaged for the place in Williamsburg county is also- a graduate of Clem son College, and served for several /ears as county ?gent in Williams burg county, having resigned in 1919 to engage in farming for himself. Upon the resignation of L. C. Madi son, who has been county agent for the past year and a half, Mr. Cath lart has. been secured to re-enter bhe county' ogent work. Card of'Thanks. To the friends and relatives v'ho so kindly and faithfully bestored up an us their valuable assistance and tender sympathy during the trying] and terrible ordeal through which tve have just passed, we express our heartfelt gratitude for your kindn?ss and generous devotion. Daughters of Mrs. Ida Sheppard. Whenever You Need a Oenerai Tonic s v Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic ia equally valuable as a General Tonic hecnuue ii contains the wellknown tot.it properties of QUININE and IRON, lt acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and j Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Santa Claus Letters From Morgan, School. McCormick, S. C., - ...December, 18, 1921. My Hear Santa : I want you tb bring me a tea-set a doll, a' story book and a little stove. Please do not forget Thomas Calvin. ., Lots of love to Santa, Margaret^ Morgan. McCormick, S. C., December, 18, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: \ I want you to bring me a doll, a tea-set ?nd /&. ring. Don't forget my daddy. * 1 Eleanor Morgan. Callison, S. C., December, 18, 1921. Dear Old Santa : I want you to bring me a stove, a little bucket and shovel, a teddy bear and^ a te?lset Remember1 Lura and Thelma. . ' ' ? Lovingly, . Evelyn Gilohrist. Auditor's Notice For Return of Personal Property and 9 Real Estate. All persons owning property, both real and personal, or in any capacity, is husband, guardian, executor, ad-1 ninistrator or trustees are required ;o make returns of the same to the Auditor under oath within the time nentioned below and the Auditor is required by law to add a penalty of 50 per cent. \o all property that is lOt returned on or before the 20th lay of 'Eebruary in any year. AU male citizens between the ages )f 21 and 6.0 years except those ex empt by law are deemed taxable jolis. The 50 per cent, penalty will >fe added for failure to make re-| urns." For the convenience of'tax1 pay !rs,.I or my representative will be at ;he following appointed places on the lates, mentioned to receive tax re urns : ? Ropers,vMonday January 9. Meriwether, (Thurmond's' Store) Tuesday, HO. ' Collier, Wednesday, January ll. Red Hill, Thursday, Januery 12. Winn's Store, Friday, January 13. Cleora, Saturday, January 14. Pleasant Lane', Monday, January ., . ' ' '% Meeting Street, Tuesday, January 7. Johnston,' Wednesday, January 18. Lewis Clark's Store, Thursday, ran nary 19. Trenton, Tuesday, January 24. The office will be open to receive'! .eturns from first day of January till f he 20?h day of February, 1922, asi described by law. J.*R. TIMMERMAN, A?ditor, E. C., S. C. G b Princo Albert ia mold in toppy red bags, tidy red tin*, handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and in thu Bound crystal glass ii n 9**. id o T uti t h s'.jnse moistener top. Copyright 1921 by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Winston-Salcm, N.C. f: si ti I P C I CHRISTMAS 1921 In selecting Christmas gifts for friends and loved ones we invite you to come to our store ancl see our beautiful assort ment of Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Stationery and in beautiful Holiday^boxes. 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