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Si A .M) VALUHK AND LIVING COST. Why lins tho Price ot Living Clone llIglier?-Some Comparisons. ( Atlanta Constitution.) Has the price of living gone up because of the enormous Increase In the value of agricultural hinds, or ha? lt boon the other way, with higher priced products boosting the value of the soil? Whichever the cause and which the effect, the two have kept pretty close pace with each other during the past decade, within which land values the country over have advanced from 50 to piore than 100 per cent. Analyzing the situation upon the basis of tho law of supply and de mand, lt would appear that thc de mand for food products comes first, boosts the price and thereby creates a demand for the additional acreage to furnish the food and Abor needed for tho world's supply. And yet, apparently, there ls noth ing so plentiful In the country to-day as tho supply of good, tillable, pro ductive land. Figures recently pre sented before the Southern Commer cial Congress In Washington showed that thoro are In tho South to-day Cl 2,000,000 acres of uncultivated, but available lund, enough to make, with ample allowance, 15,300,000 one-horse farms of forty acres each. In other words, the supply of avail able land Is way and by far In ex cess of thu demand, yet the price of lt continues to advance from year to year until, In many sections, within the decade lt has doubled. This situation would make lt ap pear that land values defy the law of supply and demand and become, therefore, the cause, or one of the causes, rather than an eft'oet of the increased cost of living. With regard to the growth of farm lands and farm values within the last ten years some remarkable figures are presented by the Orango Judd Far iner, showing that within the period values have Increased from 58 to 100 per cent, while the value of the pro ducts has leaped upward from 100 to more than 200 per cent. In 1850 the United States lind approximately one million farms; to-day the number is around seven million, with an in vestment in lands, buildings, machin ery and live stock of about thirty billions. These figures would seem lo nega tive the Statement that there luis been a desertion of the lunn in response to the lure ol' t he city; yet, on the other hand, had production kept up a pro portionate pace, lt ls almost incon ceivable that the expense of living could have advanced In the remarka ble ratio which experience hus taught ls an emphatic fact. Again, lt ls difficult to understand the remarkable Increase In the value of farm lands, except considering that Increased aereage yield ls a fac tor in the equation; yet wo are told that the future living problem ls dependent upon getting still more and more out ol' each available and atable acre. This is the intent and purpose of latter-day agricultural education, to lench the farmer how lo get the pro verbial two blades of grass in place of one. it ls not questioned that there ls still room for vast Improve ment In tills respect, and If new and effective mot bods result In doubling the average yield pei acre, it may well be asked if we are not just at the beginning ol' climbing land values? And If this be (nu;, what of the future ol' tb?; price ol' living? Our hope Iles in tile prospect that tin fariner will gel bini compens?t lon in the increased yield, and, by doubling his gross Income from his two blades of grass, he may still advantageously sell his product at a price which will put the average of living upon a more reasonable and comfortable basis. There is laud enough to produce all and more than Ibis country needs for conturies io come; tho problem is lo get production upon it basis Of equity both to producer and con sumer, II not acreage, but yield per acre, that will do lt, and that de pends upon 'duration In and appli cation of known and proven princi pios. l'util we strike this happy mean it ls more than probable that the cost ol' living will remain out of pro portion to moderate income. Arkansas Oil .Mills to Close. Col. A. 1). Allen, president of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' As sociation, is authority for the state ment that practically oil cotton seed oil mills In Arkansas would be closed by tho middle of January. The oil mills depend entirely upon tho cotton seed In their respective localities for their running time, and many of tho mills have already closed because of a lack of seed. Cotton seed Ibis year brought as high as $32.50 a ton in the local nmrkots lu Arkansas, while In previ ous years $18 bad been consldoroad a high price. NO MONEY IN AVERAGE CHOI'S. (.(xxl Ones aro tho Only Kind that Are Worth Making. There is no money in making av erage crops. The cost of such a crop la generally a little moro than tho sum for which thoy sell. In making yields below the average there is a loss, tho burdon of which becomes heavier as the yield goes lower and as the IOSB is carried yoar after year, according to the Farmers' Union Sun. As the yield goes above the averago there begins to bo a profit left to tho producer. The mugnitudo of the profit increases much more rapidly than does the yield. It was figured by a farmer some time since that lt cost eight dollars an acre to make a crop of corn that yielded f urteen bushels, and that when tho crop sold for 57 cents per bushel there was an actual loss of two cents per nero. When the selling price per bushel and tho crop remained ns above, but the yield goes to fifteen bushels there was .a profit of 55 cents; but whoa the yield went up to twenty bushels the profit on the crop became $3.40 per acre, or a lit tle moro than seven times ns groat as with a fifteen bushel yield. In other words, un Increase of 33 1-3 per cont In yield made a gain of 700 por cent In profit. lt does not pay to make uverage el'ops, but lt does pay to make yields In excess of the average. The greater this excess the larger tho profit, lt may be true that to double the av erage yield will requlro some increase in cost of preparation of tho soil, fertilization and cultivation, but when measured by the value of the greater yield the additional cost be comes Insignificant. The son of the farmer who calcu lated that lt cost eight dollars to make a crop of corn yielding four teen bushels per acre spent $22 in preparing the land, In buying ferti lizers, and lu planting and cultivat ing an acre, which gave a yield of more than 100 bushels. The larger yield hoing of a much better (juallty, more than onc-hnlf of it will in all probability be In demand for seed at $2 per bushel. That boy found that the profit Increases much faster than the yield. Cures baby's croup, Willie's dally cuts and bruises, mamma's sore throat, grandma's lameness-Dr. Thomas' Selectric Oil-the great household remedy. LANCASTER MERCHANT KllihED. Friendly Scuflle Terminates Fatally. Were Best of Friends. Lancaster, Dec. 25.-Jesse C. So well, of the grocery firm of Fergu son & Soweit, was shot and killed here tills afternoon by A. C. Carnes, of the firm of Carnes Brothers. The shooting occurred at Heath Elliott Company's stables. Sowell was t/iot in the left side, between the 5th and 6th libs, just below the heart, and died within half an hour of Internal hemorrhage. Carnes was arrested Just ofter the shooting and lodged in jnil. Partien lars of the tragedy are hard to obtain, those who are supposed to know anything about it being re luctant to talk. One report ls that the trouble began in a friend y tussle. Carnes, it is understood, ch lins that ?Sowell wos choking him when, he fired the fotol shot. A scorch of Sowell's person hy She riff Hunter revealed the fact that he had no weapon. INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING. C. S. Government Will Enquire Into Causes of thc Advance. Owing to the high price of most food products, Secretary Wilson, of the United Stoles Deportment of Ag riculture, hos storied on Investiga tion to determine the cause of tho increase in the cost of living and as certaining whether the former, the middle mon or the retail merchant is to blame. The Inquiry is specially directed toward tho Increased prices of but tor, eggs, milk, apples, potatoes and oilier fruits and vegetables. The secretory began the inquiry be cause he did not agree with those who declared tho fariner was getting higher prices than he should for his products. Foley's Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre vent Bright's Disease and Dia bates, and restore health and strength. Refuse substitutes. J. W. BELL, WALHALLA. Stonccypher Pharmacy, Westminster. GUARANTEE CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS. Patient'? the Houri to Perfect Love and 11 opr. To maintain a steady aiid unbro ken mind, nmid nil the shocks of adversity, forms the highest honor of num. Afllictlon, supported by pa tience and surmounted by fortitude, gives thc inst finishing stroke to the heroic and virtuous character. Thus tlio vale'of tears becomes the theater of human glory; that dark cloud presents all the beauties in the bow of virtue. Moral grandeur, like the sun, ls the brightest in tho day of storm, and never ls so 'truly sublime as when struggling through the dark ness of an eclipse. Job lind great faith and unbound ed patience. After all of bis prop erty had been swept away, and a great wind from the wilderness smote the four corners of his house, killing lils children, Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his bead, and fell down on the ground and worshiped. Patience and love are synonymous terms. Patience is the guardian of faith, the preserver of peace, the cherisher ol' love, the teacher of hu mility. Patience governs the flesh, strengthens the spirit; it sweetens the temper, it stilles anger, extin guishes envy, subdues pride; lt bri dles the tongue, restrains the hand, tramples upon temptations and en dures persecutions. Some one has said that "patience ls love exulting, peace is love in repose, long-suffering ls love untiring, gentleness is love enduring; goodness is love in action, faith ls love on the battlefield; meek ness is love under discipline, temper ance is love under training." Love is the supreme test of Christian char acter. It ls unbounding; it bas nei ther brim nor bottom. Love mid truth must be kept puro; both He at the bottom of the well (heart). There are no heights that must be reached with bleeding hands, where truth and love are to be found, hut wo can put forth our hands and touch them. The love of dod In the heart can make the soul happy under the darkest cloud, and amid the storms and shocks of earthly misfor tune. In poverty) there is no want which lt cannot alleviate; in sick ness, no pangs which lt cannot re lieve; In reproach, no stain which il cannot wipe out; in bondage, no chain which lt cannot lighten; and in death, no sting which it. cannot take away. It brings a contentment which blesses poverty, a patience which alleviates sickness, a bright ness which pours confusion oil slan der; a freedom from bondage and corruption which makes the rod of the oppressor light; a faith hy which death is vanquished, and In the end it luis fullness of joy in Hod's pres ence. "Tills good part which shall not be taken away." Tennyson never spoke a greater truth than when he said, "Forward let the stormy moments fly and mingle with tho past; I that loathed have come to love him -Love will conquer at the last." Love, like truth, can be crush ed, but lt will rise again as if Oil eagles' wings. What does Paul say about perfect love: "Who shall sep arate1 us from tho love of Christ? .Shall tribulation, or distress, or fam ine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that lovell us." "Kor," says Paul, "I am persuaded (assured) that neither death, nor life, nor. angels, nor prin cipalities, nor powers, nor tilings present, nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any Other creature, shall be'able lo separate us from tho love of Hod, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." And now last, let us consider Da vid, tho shepherd boy. who, imma ture and youthful as h<> seemed, wont out to meet the giant of sin, that seemed invincible from a physi cal standpoint, hut who proved no match for the lad who was prompted by the strongest motive power. We may say, speaking figuratively, thal the lad chose tho following five stones: ( I > faith ; (2) truth ; (3) obedience; (4) patience, and I1'?) the love of Cod. How repugnant to the spirit of thia hoy vms the taunting and boasting of tills wicked monster against the people of God! and wo mny justly believe that the stone which he chose to (inst, first was that Invincible factor In the t?o?ly char acter-love-horn of the many les sons which he had had lu patience while following his flocks. May wo bo moro patient and know that our God is working our welfare through our great trials and afflictions; and may we thereby nurture that Chris tian love, that sweet flower and lus cious fruit of patience. This ls Christmas day, and In all Christianized lands the 2?>tli day of December ls celebrated. When NERVE, Lll> Contains the old-fashioned in?, liniments used by your grandf it also embodies the latest anc discoveries. It is therefore tia over remedies that have been bef lie 25 or 50 years, in that it is v Its ingredients, it is Triple Stron. Most Penetrating, therefore Mo Sold by druggists everywhere, Noah lt back, ntltt Joint* rt ml ntUMcle?, aore tiu< BD AND SOLD DY DR. J. >V. 11HLL BENEFACTIONS DOUBLED. Those for tho Year 1000 Amounted to Over Ml Millions. The total nubile benefactions In the United States during the past twelve months was $141,250,000, 011 amount just $40,000,000 greater than any previous year in the history of the country, according to statis tics compiled by a New York news paper. The amount this yoar was over twice as large as was given last year, following the panic of 1907. Tho principal benefactors in 1909 have boon the late John S. Kennedy, of New York, ($20,550,000); John D. Rockefeller, ($12,852,000), mid Andrew Carnegie, ($0,050,5 1 1 ). Of the total amount given in 1909, over a third was given specifically for ed ucational wuk. The total benefactions In the Uni ted States reported lu the public press in the last seventeen years add up to no less than one billion, one hundred ?iud fifty thousand dollars. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased io learn that there ls at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to eure in all Its stages, asd that ls catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls tho only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Ca tarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface^ of the system, thereby destroying >iie foundation ol' the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up Hie consti tution and assisting nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that lt falls to cure. Send for Hst of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 7 5c. Take Hall's Family Ullis for con Btipatlon. Christ was born in Bethlehem over j 1900 years ago the message was car-| ried by the angel to the shepherds on | the plains, who were watching their i flocks at. night. And the angel of the Lord said to them, "Behold I bring ? you good tidings of great joy, which \ shall be to all people." And sud denly there was with the angel a mill, titude of tho heavenly host, praising Hod and chanting that sweet anthem, "(?lory to Hod In the highest; on, earth peace, good will toward men." And as this year of grace ls plum ing her wings to take her everlasting flight , lt would be well for us to slug the same song as was chanted by the heavenly host, "Glory to Hod in the highest; on earth peace, good will to men." J, Russell Wright. Richland, S. C. The Perfection Oil Heater neither si Automatic Sra positively prevents both. 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Doc. 28.-Special: Any person ol good Judgment, who has received an ordinary common school education, can readily and easily pass the test to be given appli cants for census enumerators' places on Saturday, February 5th, the date finally set by U. S. Census Director Durand, according to nu announce ment from the census bureau. This will be a comforting assurance to tho I several bund rod thousand who aro believed to be contemplating applica tion for the places. It was emphatically stated at the bureau that the test will be an emi nently reasonable and practical one, similar to that applied to applicants at the twelfth census. It will con sist of filling out a sample schedule of population from a description, lu narrative form, of typical families; and, In the case of enumerators whose work will be In the rural districts, they will be called upon to ?U1 out an additional sample schedule of agri culture, from information furnished by the census bureau. All persons, whether women or men, who may desire to become cen sus enumerators, must be citizens of the United States, residents of tb*? su pervisor's district for which they wish to be appointed, must be not less than .18 nor more than 70 years of age, must be physically able to do tl?e work; must be trustworthy, hon est and of good habits; must have at least ail ordinary education and must be able to write plainly and with rea. sonable rapidity. ! Those who can comply with these requirements are Invited to put In their applications, as there will bo at least 68,000 enumerators' places to , be Ulled by the middle of March In i preparation for the enumeration be I ginning April 15th. j Application forms, with full In structions for lllling-in. and complete I Information concerning the test and j the method of appointment, can bo I secured by writing to the supervisor j of cousus -for the supervisor's dls ; trlct In which the applicant lives. All applications, properly filled In, must be flied with the supervisors not later than January 25th, as any received after that date cannot be considered. The supervisor for this census dis trict Is W. W. Russell, Anderson, S. C. A Traveling Salesman. H. P. Heers, (?17 7th avenue, Peo ria, HI., writes: "I have been trou bled for some Hmo with kidney trou ble, so severely at times I could scarcely carry my grips. After using one bottle of Foley's Kidney Pills I I have been entirely relieved, and cheerfully recommend them to all." . Foley's Kidney Pills are healing and I antiseptic and will restore health and I strength. J, w. Hell. HI Heat Without Smoke io matter how sensitive your ictory nerves may be, or under at working conditions you en nter the ERFECTION Oil Heater Equipped with Smokeless Device)] i'll not detect the slightest odor ol )ke. mokes nor diffuses odor. 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Intendont of Education, Mr. Swoar ingen, ls of interest. He will recom mend tho following: 1. An appropriation of $100,000 to tho free public schools, to bo dis tributed among tho school districts of (he State levying a special tax ot not less than two mills, tho maxi mum allowed any district to bo $100, and In no case to exceed tho amount raised by local taxation. 2. The removal of tho 5 por cent limit, restricting to $3,000 the amount of State aid given any coun ty for high school purposes. 3. An appropriation of $6,000 to provide for the establishment of four agricultural schools In suitable com munities offering a school farm of not less than 2 fi acres. 4. The enactment of a general statute, placing on the same basis of preparation, value and award all scholarships maintained tn State col leges. 6. The establishment In Winthrop College ot* 4 2 scholarships to be awarded young women having ono year's actual teaching experience, and provision for 124 scholarships lu tho normal department of the Uni versity. [ 6, The re-establishment of tho State Summer School for Teachers. I 7. Revision of tho present system of examination and certification of teachers and the. appointment of a State Hoard of Examiners. 8. A four-year-term for county su perintendents of education In the 2L counties where the term ls now two years, and an Increase in tho sala ries of these ofllcors. 9. Library appropriations for tho scholastic instead of the llscal year. 10. The appointment of an educa tional commission to revise, correct and amend the general school law to report In January, 1911. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Stole Sd Iil.OOO; (jot Six Yearn. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 23.-Chas. L, Warriner, deposed local treasurer of the Hlg Four Railroad, pleaded guilty to embezzlement In tho com mon pleas court yesterday and wns sentenced to serve six years in tho Ohio penitentiary. Warriner appealed to the mercy of the court. Of tho money he ls al leged to have taken from tho Hlg Four less than half has been recov ered. Prosecutor Hunt said that.no further charges will be presented against Warriner at present, unless it is shown that he has some of tho missing money hidden. The trial of Mrs. Jeanette Stewart? Ford, tho "woman in the caso," ls set for next week. Warriner confessed to a shortage of $043,000. The limit sentence for embezzlement is seven years nnd tito minimum ls one' year. When asked by Judge Woodman see If he had any I bing to say why sentence should not be pronuonced, Warriner answered : "Very little. I know I have trans, grossed, but I know also that I havo sn If o rou. I rsk in all mercy that I bo sentenced at once." With tho sentencing Of Warriner it ls believed there will be no further sensational disclosures In tho huge theft. A lazy liver leads to chronic dys pepsia and constipation--weakens the whole system. Donn's Regul?is (25 cents per box) correct tho liver, t?ne thc stomach, cure constipation'. -. - -? ? 9*~ ?-.-. Investigating Clemson Request. Columbia, Dee. 23.-Representa tivo Lawson, of Darlington, who waa lu tho city yesterday, ls looking up the record of Clemson College. Mr. Lawson ts a member of tho legisla tive committee on educational Insti tutions, and ls studying tho records of donison Collogo and tho naturo of the Will of Thomas G. Glenison. It i? probable that a special report. will bo made by this committee, and as there has been considerable dis cussion on tho status of tho mem bers of tho board now known as life trustees, this report will bo a subject for much discussion nt tho next sos slon of the General Assembly.