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Our Fish Guano Will Pay You from 3001 to 5001 On What It Costs You. Anderson Phosphate (Sb Oil Company, 11-14. W. F. FARMER, SECRETARY. 0 WIIJIJ OUR KARM 10HS HK.IHCH Cotton Acreage?-Another Big Crop dendy Reduce tho Price. ( Hy Dlroctor W. \V. Long. ) Not since Ino early 90's have the cotton farmers been so perplexed mid demoralized as they are to-day. Al that tinto cotton was selling for ?', to S cents a pound, lt was most difficult to secure credit at anything like a reasonable rate. Tho banks in thc Slate could be counted on your two hands. A great number of our farmers of to-day remember I hose conditions, and they are reasoning with themselves about as follows: "I have made cotton at 8 cents a pound and made a little money. I am going lo make this crop on the basis of S and 10 cents a pound for tho reason that I am not going to purchase anything for myself or my tenants that I can do without. I am going to practice the most rigid economy. Cotton ls the only crop that I can grow that will bring in any money for myself or my ten ants, lt ls absolutely necessary foi my tenants to produce a crop thal they can readily sell for cash, other wise they will leave me." With these thoughts In theil minds, nnd in their state of perplex ity, with the little more favorable mtWH (hat ls how br tho pl'?SS Itt ref*;:. i< prices th. i amy li cet ton. ' fear timi ? oin tanners will bc teuipiuii ai nu last moment not to reduce their cot ton acreage as much as they had In tended to do some thirty or fort> days ago. Any one traveling in th? Piedmont will be impressed with Hu fact that a great deal of land is be lng prepared for cotton, and, owing lo weather conditions, the prepara Hon is of a most excellent charade! that will have a decided offed on production, To my mind there is only one an swer to the arguments of some of our farmers ?is above set forth, and that argument should be driven homo on every occasion -namely, that a ten or twelve million-hale crop will most likely sell for ."> emits a pound this fall, and that a six-mil lion-bale crop under these circum stances will bring In more money than a t weive-million-halc crop. Wo will have on July 1, 1921, fl surplus of nine million bales of cot ton. This surplus will in a great mea. tire have to he consumed by for eign countries. We must appreciate the conditions in Europe as being far from normal. Th 0 armies of Great Britain, Prance and Belgium are invading Germany. Ponce seems to he in tho distant future, and until peace Is declared and the purchasing power of the people in Europe is re stored in a measure, cotton will ol necessity not be in demand, and any surplus that may exist will have a greater induence on the market at this tim?? than at il time when ordi nary and normal conditions prevail The production of a six-million-bab crop holds OUI some hope that OUI agricultural interests may in lh< near future bo placed on a safe and sound basis. A ten or twelve-million bale crop means a continuation ol present c millions, There ls mors Catarrh tn this section of th* country than all other diseases put together, and for ;-':ars lt was sup posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constant ly ratline to cute with local treatment, pronounced lt Incurable. Catarrh lr, r. locnl disease, greatly Influenced by conn it ut Ional con ditions anet therefore requires constitu tional i. jatmcnt. Ihdl's Catarrh Medi cine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney it Co., Toledo, Oblo, it H constitutional remedy, ls taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of th* System. One Hundred Oollars re ward is offered fer un y cu.'io that Hall's' Catarrh Medicine fallu Jo cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY A CO,, Toledo, Ohio. Bold by Druggist!*, ',',,<?. Hall'? Family Pills fur constipation. Not Easy to Got. (Boston Transcript.) Wife "What shall I get my mo Iber for ber birthday?" Hub--"Clot her lo go home, if yoi: can." WHY Nor (iHOW STAPLE COTTON Varieties Karly and May bo Expected to Succeed l)e>pi(e Doll Weevil. Clemson College, March t. -Tho length ot' staple plays an Importan) part in determining the pr'ce ni cot ton, and for tints reason the lo.;, stn-] pie varieties of cotton bring a '?ter price than do the short sm pie. ii is natural thai this should be th' st since iho longer the staph', o iel" things being equal, the better tho j grade, of cloth that can be produced. However, the long staple varieties have not had ihe popularity tba. Ibo short staples have had. due in tho] main to tho fact that the long staple varieties which were formerly grown gave poor yields of seed cotton. This defect of the long staple va rieties is now being overcome hy the j breeding methods employed by some i of our best seedsmen. In the past; few years varieties of 'long staple i cotton have been produced whose ' yields of seed cotton compared favor- j ably with some of the popular short ? staple varieties, says Os ll. Collings.' assistant agronomist. For instance. 1 i in the IOHO cotton variety test ntl Clemson College, in which 2 2 vari-! ettes were tested. Delta type Web-1 ber, a 1 1-16-inch staple, stood fifth from the top. Wannamaker's Cleve-; .in? ii ?be ' led the list o j i pound ; of ?oed dton,| . Delta type produced 158-1 ......v.. loiig ?tapl? varieties, tick as the Webber 49 and Webber 82, I M-Inebea; lionsville 12, I M inches; Dixie-A;fl, 1 Vi inches: Kee nan. ! V| inches, may also he count ed upon to produce good yields dur ing average years. The Dixic-Adlfl is aslo a good wilt-resisiant variety. AU of those are early long staple va rieties and may be expected to suc ceed under weevil conditions. CORNS i Lift Off with Fingers Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little "Froezone" * J ii an aching corn, in stantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly voa lilt it right off with lingers. Truly! Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Frocxono" for a fow cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn or corn between tin; toes, and tho calluses, without soreness or irrita tion. adv. Department Says Hat Onions, Washington, March :'. I - "Fall onions*' was the advice given to the American people to-day by the De partment of Agriculture. Unless (hero is increased consumption of the vegetable, the department said there will be a great waste of tin ! crop, of which lhere is now an estimated carry-over of 2.500 cars. Failure lo consume lids surplus will mean also a largo surplus in the spring crop, which was reported to hf from two to four weeks earlier this year than usual. (ind Ibo Soul's Highest Goal. No worlds have power either to make or mar, For what we make of life is what wo are; - And true success comes not until the soul i Seeks Cod. and linds in Him its high est goal. PIRKWOHKS CAUSti EXPLOSION. Hight Demi, Many Injured-Two Are Arrested ii\ Cast*. Chicago, March MU.- Manufacture and storage of fireworks in a milliner prohibited by city ordinances was blamed last night by city and poliet olllcials for an explosion in tho heart i of tlic West side tenement district J which occurred yesterday, "injuring j a hundred or moro persons, killin;; at least eight, and rendering many temporarily homeless. Buildings for several blocks away were damaged, j Two men are held in Jail to-night in connection with the disaster, anti two others, possibly killed in the ex plosion, were being sought to-day hy the police. The explosion wrecked the ware house of Well & Co., paper dealers, where a dozen men were working. All are believed to have been killed. Next door was the firm of Singer & Schaffer, dealers in novelty mer chandise. Chief of Police Charles Fitzmorris and Fire Attorney Shir ley High after completing investiga tions to-night, declared that the Singer & Schaffer firm had manufac tured fireworks in and around the warehouse Itt violation of ci ti; ordi nances, and that combustion p*ithese fireworks was lo blame for/ the dis aster They declared the Aro fre llv ' been VY-'t ned to r.i ?n tiiiuv liufacture, and h;>. /eon topea warned that ^y^rk.? could 5 st?re?;.' within >i? fjdy limits. "There is no quos! . ' Hi(? Chief Fitzmorris, "that this manu facture of bootleg fireworks caused this catastrophe." Max Singer and Edward Schaffer, nephew und son, respectively, of the partners, were rearrested and placed in Jail to-night after they had been questioned and released to-day. The elder Singer and Schaffer were be ing sought, but it was believed that they probably perished in the explo sion. According to Mr. High and Cfiief 'Fitzmorris, the two tuen held in Jail both admitted that tho firm manufac tured fireworks and that it had con ducted an illicit, trade In this pro? duct. Dozens of salesmen teared the Central West taking orders, they nre quoted as saying. Moro than a ton of explosives is believed to bnve been consumed in tho explosion. Only four of the eight persons known to be dead had been identi fied to-night. The ot lier bodies were so badly mangled as to be unrecog nizable. The Statesman. (X. Y. Christian Advocate.) The statesman throws his shoulders back and straightens out his tie. And says, "My friends, ti less it rains the weather will be dry;" And when this thought into our brains bas percolated through. Wo com mon people nod our hoads and loudly cry, "How true!" The statesman blows his massive nose and clears his august throat, And says, "The ship will never sink so long as lt's afloat." Whereat we roll our solemn eyes, applaud willi main and might, And slap each other on the back, the whilo wo say, "lie's right!" Tho statesman waxes stern and warm -bis drone becomes a roar; Ile yells, "I say to you. my friends, that two and two makes four!" And thereupon our doubts dissolve, our fears aro put to rout. And we agree that here's a man who knows what he's about! Georgia Negro Population Increased. Washington. March 29,-Geor gia's negro population in i ;t20 was 1,206,365, an Increase of L'.r. por cont over 1010, Tho while population was 1,680,1 14, an increa.se of 18 per cent, and Hie Indian, Chinese and Japanese ftnd other colored races numbered 353. CONSTANTINOPLE'S CUSTOMS Aro ('?lions-American Sailor Tolls of Many S tra ngo Sights. Constantinople, March 2S.-There are many.curious tilings in this an cient city ol* the Turk' which are un known to most people, lt has re mained for a sailor aboard tho Uni ted States warship Scorpion to clas sify some ol' these oddities for the readers Of Kar Seas, a paper pub lished by American blue-jackets in Near Kastern waters. ".lust imagine," he writes, "tying up trafile on" the main thoroughfare of a big city during the busiest of the busy hours of the day hy driving a Hock of sheep slowly down the street. Hut they do it over here." Some other alleged strange things done by the Constantinopolitans lie cites as follows: A street car passenger often bar gains with the conductor about, the price be will pay for a ride. If a youth tnkes a girl to the mov ies once or twice her parents expect him to marry her. Turkish saleswomen, even in the smallest shops, are required to un derstand or speak seven or eight lan guages. Native men are accustomed to "rent" a pipe to smoke while they sip their afternoon tea. \ policeman. If be finds a pick pocket ai work, may beat him almost insensible and then let his prisoner go. Some Cou Lantiuoplo stores have signs in as many as eight languages over their doors. A tourist may engage a boatman to row liim for two miles for two or thr JO cents. As American paper money in Tur key is worth 1 r> lo 20 per cent more than Turkish gold, it is possible for one to buy a $20 gold piece for sev enteen paper dollars. Christmas is celebrated four times a year-once for each of tho differ ent religious calendars. A man walking along the street often may be seen followed, five or ten paces in the rear, by a few of his wives. A bootblack will give you a good shine for a cigarette. There is no limit to automobile speeding in any part of Constanti nople, but It's a case of "all you can make." A Turkish barber is courteous, but when be shaves you he never washes off the lather, bul covers your face with powder. A suit of pajamas, or i's equiva lent, is enough "evening dress" at a grand ball. A. TONIC i (irove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its .strengthening, invigorating effect, soo bow it brings color to tho cheeks and bow it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it. Tho blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, invigor ating Effect. (?Oe. Asleep :i Years; Wakes; Sleeps Again Kort Smith, Ark., March 30.-Jas. S. ICslinger, SH years of age. who bas been asleep for nearly three years, awoke at 8.30 this morning in the county hospital here, yawned, and then went, back to sloop, according to the nurse attending him. Ho did not speak, sho said. Salinger entered the hospital in 1914, a sufferer from pellagra, phy sicians say. In August, 1919, bo foll Into the sleep which was broken for tho first time to-day. Ho ba? been fed through a tube and bas not lost In weight. nw Quinina That Dost Not Affect the Heit) necnuae ot its tonic ntid laxative ?'feet, I.AXA TIVK IlKOMOQUININlt is better than ordinary Oui ii in o Ami docs not cause nervonsnes nor ringing In head. Remember the tull name and look ior thc signature ol IC. w. GKOVi?. 30c. The Willard was first, The Willard is better built, The Willard lives longer, The Willard is used most?. THEREFORE, You want and must have The Willard Battery in Your Car. Wc have a complete line on hand. Thc name Willard i is a guarantee of perfection in the battery world. Our personal ! guarantee goes with every battery. Hughs Garage, ?Main Street, :-' Walhalla, S. C "Satisfied Customers" is Our Motto. Here's Your Chance $1.50 Progressive Farmer, $1.00 year, The Keowee Courier,? $1.00 year. Either paper well worth Combination Price of Both. Order yours now. For Both For 12 Months If You Don't Use Fertilizer you will lose more than anybody else will. . You will harm yourself more than you will any one else, and you will benefit the man wno docs use. It will certainly pay you to usc our Fish Guano. It is made to make cotton and corn. Anderson Phosphate and Oil Company, W. F. FARMER, Secretary. 11-14 Tho volocity of earthquakes lias been known to he as high as DOO fee?, a second. Olives wero cultivated tn early times not for thc fruit, hut only for tho oil.