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DON'T LET LAND LIM OUT IDLE. .study Plan for Profitable Usc of tho Acreage Out from Cotton. denison College, March 27.--1U (on licet ion with i lie cotton acreage reduct ion,what crop? should be given increased acreage in I !i 1 ? ? And what ure Ibo prospects for profits from crops other than cotton? A number of factors (Miter into the answers to iliese questions now engaging the in terest ol' farmers of South Carolina, ,. iU- iCxtciision Service of Clem son College. lt has been the common experi ence of Ibo South to receive less money for ii fifteen-million bale crop of colton than for an eleven-million bale crop. With an average season the same number of acres we had in cotton last year will produce this year fifteen million bales. Such a crop, in view of tho high cost of pro duction this year, would probably be marketed at ti serious loss to the producers. Many farmers in this State and throughout the South have learned lo live at home by supplying practi cally ." ' .'".."'o tho farm. This policy needs to be applied to every farm in the State, rented farms included. The landlord will neces sarily have to take the initiative in inducing t emin ts to produce needed supplies. Such a course tis this will lead to the commercial freedom of the South, restoration of fertility to the land, and ti permanent, profitable agriculture. What should we plant in South Carolina on those lands taken out of cotton? We cannot afford to let the Holds lie idle any more than we can afford to raise cotton at a loss. To properly answer tho above question will require some thought on the part of u cry farmer. Tho best layout of crops for one farm might not suit another nearby farm. The guiding principle should be in each case to plant crops that promise to pay better than cheap cotton. So far as is possible, crops should be grown that can be fed to live stock. When crops are fed on tho farm and the manure returned to the land tho soil is enriched, whereas cotton does not increase the fertility of tho land. Certainly Ibero should be an in creased acreage this year in corn with velvet beans, sorghum for feed and syrup, sugar cano for syrup, leg ume hay crops, soy beans and pen nuts f .. hogs, 4 wee I and norn )>.u toe: heine gardens, and lormanont pastures Pla??* should he made thb ll h I . In planning a system nf (Mops the labor requirements for each crop must be taken into consideration. Frequently ibo crop which sells for tho most per acre is not tb?- most pro bable crop because Ol' the excessive labor cost of thal crop. Labor is now the most expensive requirement for crop production. Crops which require less labor Mich, for instance, as alfalfa may compete successfully with cotton. There are hundreds of farms in the Stale which have their most profita ble acres in permanent pasture, sod ded to P.ermuda grass. Along the Coastal Plain velvet beans, soy beans and peanuts, when pastured Ly livo stock, make large returns at ti small labor cost. No Worms in a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there la moro or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC (liven regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im prove tho digestion, and act as a General Strength ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel tho worms, ond the Child will bo in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. Supreme Court Session. Columbia. March - S. The sup reme court will convene for the spring term April 8. The tenth cir cuit will be called Friday. May 0, and the cases heard as follows: Medlin vs. Moss, sheriff; Campbell vs. Home Insurance Company, of New York; Standard Holler and Plato Iron Com pany vs. Crock; Cole. Adiux., vs. Jef ferson standard Insurance Company; Commercial Security Company vs Donald lung Company and Lovel.md vs. M. s. Ximmons Company. 17(111! CALOMEL MAKES VOL DEATHLY SICK. Stop Using Dangerous Hing liefere ll Salivates Von \ H's Horrible! You're bilious, sluggish, consti pated and believe you need vile, dan gerous calomel to start your liver :>.nd clean your bowels. Here's my guarantee! Ask your druggist for a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tono and take a spoonful to night. If it doesn't start your liver and straighten you right up hotter than calomel, sind without griping and making you sick, I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Take calomel to-day. and to-mor row you will feel weak and sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of harmless, vegeta ble Dodson's Liver Tone to-night and Wako up feeding great, lt's perfectly harmless, so give it to your children any time. lt can't salivate, so let them eat anything afterwards.--adv. ^|?it?AA?t^ \**>\* J? \ I .J> LEGISLATIVE WORK. -J. ?J?J??*??J??J??J??J?.*??J? ?J.?T.?J.?J??^..J??J??T??T. ! (Third Articlo.) Just u short while before my good road: measures were killed in ihe House, at my suggestion Mr. McDon ald caine to my room for the purpose of discussing Oeoneo county matters, and in the course of conversation tho question of the new County Hoard was mentioned, when Mr. McDonald intimated that he expected to ho the clerk of the hoard. I then told him that he could not hold the olllce of clerk of the hoard and retain his seat as a member of the House at the samo time; that the constitution lorhids it. Ho said that if that bc true he could resign his place as a member of the House; that, he would lake the clerkship if ho could got lt; that it would "pay his grocery bills." I learn that he has taken tho place of clerk in the face of the prohibition of the constitution, which is in the following word s: "livery qualified elector shall ho oligible to any ollice to bo voted for, unless disqualified hy age, as pre scribed hy this constitution; hut no person shall hold two offices of honor or prolit at the same time." It seems to me that, In accepting this new place, Mr. McDonald has vacated his place as member of tho House, which I feel is unfortunate. The Supreme Court, in the case of the State vs. Coleman, 54 S. 0., 283, has held that where a person hold one office, and while so holding ac cepts another, ho hy that act alone vacates tho first. If Mr. McDonald has accepted the office of clerk of tho . ounty Hoard, I regret it, because I do feel that each person should at least respect the constitution under which ho lives, and no amount ol' money should induce one to depart from its mandato. Of State-wide Importance. Now wo como to (he discussion of a matter of State-wide importance - the good roads proposition. In tho first place, it is important that all people should understand what the proposition is. lt is a plan to build roads to connect all the Court House towns of the State- not to build any roads from tho farms to the mar kets, hut to build roads leading from one Court House to another. To do this will take between 2.000 and 3,000 milos of roads. The proposi tion ls ?o ?>nkr? all those h ird surf: oe road;: and n? ?'.> bis will CQSl so loa thing 1 i if . - $60,000 OOo. t? all tlrts Bulb i ti bu d?lleciod blt! of tue nen plo lt will ci onto 1 ka I'd" hip.. foi ' li ti j amount is one-sixth of the assessed value of thc whole property of tho i State: hui it ls said that the United States government will defray half of tho expense. We are informed thal it has enacted a law agreeing to ap propriate $ 100,000,000, to be divided among the States, which will ?ive to South Carolina something like .>">. 000,000, Hut suppose the United states government does defray one half the whole cost; that will still leave $30,0.00,000 for the Stale of ..mu th Carolina to raise, and the in terest on this sum will be annually $1,000,000, and to raise a sufficient sum to pay the same will take a levy of throe and one-half mills on all thc property of the State, and an addi tional levy sufficient to croate a sink ing fund besides, With the expen diture of such a largo sum. what would our county gel in return? Likely, loss than twenty miles of road, and that from Walhalla to Clemson. This would leave more ? than twelve hundred miles of roads in Coonee county to be kept up hy our people hy an additional tax. Tho proposed plan would tax people at I Fair Play. Madison, Long Creek, and ?other sections remote from the pro posed goori road, to build this road from Walhalla to Clemson. Would that be an equitable and fair tax? I think not. The most needed road work is called for from the farms to tho markets, where Ibo farmers- the producers need it over which to haul their produce to market to feed and clotho tho world; and not for joy riders from town to town. Now. (he above is the good roads plan WO are lo discuss. Tho lirsi proposition is what ls known as the Ithett plan, which was to ask the State to issue bonds in the sum of $25.000,000,which they called tho Slate loaning its credit to the automobile owners, who would repay tho same by a license on automobiles as follows; $1.00 per horse-power on all automobiles and $2.00 per horse power on motor trucks. Hut if you will take your pencil and ligure a lit tle you will find that the 5f>,000 anto ni ?blies in tho State would not raise enough to pay tho interest, much less pay off the bonds when they become duo. "Yes," they say, "hut wo aro sure wo will have more than 100,000 cars in tho State within a year or two." Now, does it take a financier to see what, will happen should this plan ho adopted? Can't you soo tho whole upshot of the matter would ho that the bonds, once issued, would lui a debt of the Stale, and payment would fall upon all of Hie property of tho Stat?? The promotora ot' I ho plan I can see At, too, but they deidre the! bonds. City and town pleasure riders j want hard-surfaco roads lol their cars. It is needless for me ti ull you that I opposed thia legisla m .My friend, Mr. -McDonald, l an. '. fa vored it. But this may no ie lulll ciont to condemn him. I!., nay be right and I may bo wrong Besides, this plan doon ix ve to the country cur owners, wi. lo not use such roads as those from Court House town to Cpurt Ho . town, any show whatever. I'hoj '.' but uso not. Hut, say tho prono . rs, they must pay and ho found ut <;lllsh; they must not complain that oad does not run hy their house wu. That would show lack of p ap preciation for tao good telr neighbors. Hood roads, nev? ess, aro for the good of tho pu md none of our people should 1 ielf ishness. Are the advocate* his plan of good roads as tint isl) as they ask the great country : hilt to be? Do they propose to fa n and help build tho roads from t arms to tho markets? Nay, verily Tho next plan offered a i he one above "died nude: th? tn e" was to build the sam?; io; h. a license tax of fifty cents per horse power on automobiles and o . <;ol lar per horse-power on motto trucks and a one-mill tax on ail pi ?porty. This, they admit, will not sn (lice for the work, but, thoy say, "it will be a starter," and it will be easier to U vy ti heavier tax afterwards WI iii ', is would he a more equitable pl ii t ian the other, still lt lacks fairness. Like the other plan, it is only to build roads from Court House to\\ i to Court House town, and P pro] ?<ns to tax people to build a sys'o m o roads that will he o' little beno.ii : min, because they will enjoy I Uti? r lunity to use them, while th o ls they badly need will be enlim 5 loctod. Resides, it is tn it iv t ted that the tax proposed li a';' feeble starter; that the eal ll have to he increasod from t vo five times In the right near i. Now, ls lt equitable tln?f > lie I plaeed on tho property of certa ar sons In the county for tho 1" ag . of a road that does not como ?I lin tirteen or twenty miles of th? ti? I| think not. All the people on: ut to; assist in building roads, bili the | same time they ought to reap some j direct honed I liier? i om. I J. W. Slider. LIFT om OH ; CALLUSES orr Doesn't hurt! Lift any corn callus off with fingt.: ;? Doesn't hurt a blt! Dr? little Freezone on an aching . it, in stantly that corn stops ? H M . then you lift it right OM . . t magic! A tiny bottle of Freez : co . hut a few cents at any d ti storo hut is sufficient t?> remo. ? hard corn, soft corn, or n hi tween tho toes, and tho ultusc; without soreness or irrito t i ott. Freezone is the sensatioi itovory of a Cincinnati gen lt i wonderful.-adv. ConeroHS Local Xov Coneross, Mandi 24. - ."< Charlie DiiBoHO, of (?roer |>e.ul ti shorl while with relatives an? .. in tho community ono day lard wonk Frank llohortson, of Mounttiin ..est, spi nt Sunday with fri nd tho Coneross community. Misses Lothlo and Beulah harket aro spending some time with then sister. Mrs. C. R. Du Hose, al Creer Mr. and Mrs. (I. c. Hubbard, o? Meilland, spool sunday hore wi . relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Barker of halla, spout last Sunday at '". homo of (!. F. Harker here. The} wore n companied hy their daughte Miss Mary Leo Walker, who ls teaching at Picket Post, spent th.-; week-end hero with homcfOlks. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Amv Iron the Richland community, spon last Sunday visiting at tho holm ol Hu Messrs. (ind Misses Harker Tho Quinine That Doe? Not Affei. L ??M, neennsr ot its tonic ni?l laxative effect, r.AXA? V1VK BROMO Q?lNIN? I* better than ordinary Quinine ntxl cloe? not cruise ner? .?;... innot rinsing in heno. Remember lhe loll nnme ??n i look tor thc signature o? li. W. GKOVJ?. 3?C, This is tl who ha' called cl almost i b often les Made from Royal Cor TIIIC VICTORY LOAN DRIVE. ft'ork Will ltOgill April 121st Mid Will Columbia,. March 24. - Special: ?overnor Robert A. Cooper will issue i proclamation in response to the re liiest of the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee, urging the people of the State of South Carolina to give their whole-hearted support to the Victory Loan drive, which will begin on Mon lay, March 2 1st, and will end May l?th, rite M nyora md ministers in Lown in the State are ashed to !o-oporate in making Baster -linday. Vpril ititi?, a das o( a oelal thanks giving icu victor j .liai peuce (?overnor Cooper made a stirring tddross in behalf of the Victory Loan t the Columbia Theatre on Thurs lay evening, March 20th. when the lelegntes to tho Woman's Liberty man Conference occupied boxes as .nests of the theatre management. "South Carolina will do her part o the very end." said Governor 'coper. "Wc must continue to drive vith Hie same splendid courage that Ired our gallant soldiers in lite final barge against tin? Hindenburg line inti] the Victory Loan is 'over the op'." .?1rs. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, >resident of the State Federation of iVomen's Clubs,graciously responded o the Governor, pledging the sup )ort of thc club women. Mrs. Wm. G. McAdoo, chairman of ho Na (ional Woman's Liberty Loan committee, sent the following en SOttraging telegram: "The record of tho South Carolina women in provi sos loans loads tho National Wo nan's Liberty Loan Committee to be love that they will again show their iterling patriotism in the Victory liberty Loan. Congratulations and mst wishes to you and other mern ie rs of your organization." Further inspiration was given by he message received from Madam Sehumann-1leink, accepting an invi ation from the publicity chairman, ?liss .lean Flinn, to sing in Coltim da tho last day of (he drive. "Of iourse I shall help the cause- sing, ipeak or no anything- for our glor OU9 country and oar Cnited States vrmy and Navy boys I worship." t was signed ".Mother Frnostine Schumann - 1 leink." Thc title of 'Mother" which the great contrallo tre?xcs to her natue, was bestowed m her by the American lads in uni 'ornt. lo whom she sang in camps $ 100- I toward-$ 100. Tho readers of this paper will bo densed to learn thal there is al least me dreaded disease that science has joen able to cure in all its stages, and hat is catarrh. Catarrh being great ly influenced by constitutional condi tions, requires constitutional treat ment. Hall s Catarrh Medicine is taken Internally and acts through the tdood on the mucous surfaces of tho tystem, thereby destroying the foun latlotl of the disease, giving tho pa ient strength hy building up tho con dilution and assisting nature in do ng Its work. Tho proprietors have ?0 much faith in the curative powers ^f Ilall s Catarrh Medicine that they ?ffer ono hundred dollars for any ?aso that it fails to euro. Send for ist of testimonials. Address F. ,|. CHUNKY & CO., To ledo. Ohio. Sold by all druggists, '. '?c.- adv. bid .May 10th. tried it, but ack to Royal experience of mosi ve been tempted to leaper baking powde always contain al ive a bitter taste. Absolutely Pun Cream of Tartar derived itains No A?rax? Leaves Ko B and cantonmcntK all over the COU ll-j < try. She has given four sons of her j i own to L'ncle Sam, and without stint j she has given herself to the cause for i which the Allies fought. ? i Carolina Congratulated. The fact that Sou til Carolina was j ? congratulated on having the most i complete organization to date in the Fifth Federal Reserve District at the conference of State chairmen held in J Richmond on Friday, March 21st, , gives every loyal citizen a right to be j < proud. In the Victory Loan drive to begin April 2.1 and end nu May loth. South Corolin) must igain take tho , load and como out .villi Hying col-? j fe- \% hen I he raff- .... rhe Liberty Lean committees for. South Carolina were represented ai l the conference in Richmond hy Chas, j H. Rar ron, Stale chairman: .1. J. 1 Simpson, vice State chairman; E. II. Pringle, chairman of Charleston county and a member of tho State executive committee: Mrs Frederick 1 s. Munsell, State chairman, and Mrs. < T. 1. Weston, chairman of the Sev- < en th Congressional District of tho 1 Woman's Committee. A telegram from Mrs. Munsell on ? Saturday announced that chairmen 1 from every State In the Fifth Cede- . ral Reserve District joined in prate- > ing South Carolina on the splendid i record made. The States represented in this district are South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Vir ginia, Maryland and thc district of Columbia. "The Joint session of the mon's and women's committees was most gratifying." Mrs. Munsell reports. Co-ordination is the watchword wo have adopted. Thanksgiving will he the keynote of the campaign, and the slogan: Not death-knells, hut Lib erty Hells'." Among the speakers on the pro gram were Mrs. Antoinette H. Funk, vice chairman of the National Wo man's Liberty Loan Committee, a'i?d Lewis B. Franklin, director of the War Loan Organization. The Strong Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Weak You must have Health, Strength and En durance to fight Colds, Grip and Influenza. When your blood is not in a healthy condition and docs not circulate properly, your system is unable to withstand the Winter cold. GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. It contains tho well-known tonic prop erties of Quinine and Iron in a form acceptable to tho most delicate stomach, and is pleasant to take. You can soon feel .w Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. 60c Hermans (Jiving Trouble. ('olden/., .March 2(5. - The burgo master of Coblenz has published a notice in the newspapers demanding that tho Connans in tho occupied oren uso moro self-control in their conduct toward tho American sol diers, especially in any acts which might ho taken hy the Americans as insults to their uniform or otherwise. The burgomaster took this action be cause of an increase recent ly in tho number of fights betweon the Ameri cans and civilians, an American sol dier being stabbed to death in ono instance. Reports reaching American head 99 t women try SO TS which um and ? from grap**'* .lister Tasfc<9 n '"'^r^BTiT??T?iTfirW quarters from various parts of the oc cupied zone indicate an increase in tho number of rows and fights be tween soldiers and civilians. In sev oral districts there have been more signs recently of a hostile feeling [..gainst the Americans than were in evidence previously. R-BAD THIS-and then take a look nt"the label on your paper. "Wo do not want to discontinue scuding The Courier to you, but thc eash-in-ad vaneo ruling will bo complied with. Wo will soon have our mailing lists In such shape t'w to automatically dis [.?.nt lune all subscript Iwus nt expira tion. Many of our subscribers have th'cady approved tho plan. ?giles Cured hi 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to curoltchlnft. Blind, Weeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restful sleep ofter tho first application. Price 60c. * * -I- * * * * * * * 4? * ?J. PROFESSIONAL CARDS? * * * * * * * * * * -i- * C. li. DLA X, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, H. V. 1>. Xo. ??, CENTRAL, S. C. RUY WAU SAVINS STAMPS. * * * * * * * * * * DR. W. lt. CRAIG, Dental Surgeon, WALHALLA, S. CAROLINA. Ollice Over C. W. Pltchford's Store. * * * * * * * * * * * * rv * 4. MARCUS C. LONG, Attorney. A t?Lnw, Pliono Xo. 1)1), Walhalla, S. C. * * * * * * Office Over Oconcc Xcws. .J. ?J? ?J. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? .J. ?J? ?J? J. It. 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