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F1915 COTTON CROP OVER ELEVEN MILLION BALES Figures Based on the Final Ginning Report?South Carolina 1,133,581 Bales. r Washington, (March 20.?The 1915 W cotton crop oL* the United 'States aggregated 11,059,430 running hales, or ^ il,183,lS2 equivalent 500-pound hales, ]inters and counting V/AViUOi'V v* ? I t round bales as half bales, the cen1/ sus "bureau today announced in its V final ginning report of the season. The r department of agriculture on December 10 last, basing its calculations on reports of its agents throughout the i k cotton belt, estimated the crop at 11,L / 181.000 equivalent 500-pound bales, jy fffce census bureau's final figures of * ? AA" ft J A Ftiie crop compare wun io^d.ssu ruuning bales, 16,134,930 equivalent 500pound "bales produce d in 1914; 13,982,811 bales, or 14,156,486 equivalent Kf 500-pcund bales in 1913, and 13,488,539 lunning bales, or 13,703,421 equiv- * "-A > v .1? imo TVin atent uuics iu ***** 1M4 crop was the record for production. Included in tfce figures are 39,P 623 ba!e.^ -which ginners estimated w*ould be turnetl out after the March canvass. { ^ Round baies included numbered (111.716, compared "with 57,618 in 1914, M.062 ia 1023 and 81,428 in 1912. S<m island baJen included numbered 91,1)20, compared vith 81,654 in 1914* T7 r,tn <* 191ft And 7S.777 in 1912. f . The average gross "weight of bales [ for the crop was 505.6 pounds, compared with 507.2 in 1914? 506.2 in 1913 and f.C8 in 1532. Ginneries operated lo the crop numW bered 23,146, compared with 24,547 in m lotx <Ji i?a in iQia and 25 279 In. I ' \ J* ^ Linter coton, not included in the total ginning fign.es, amounted to 895,t 274 "running bales, or 880,?80 equtv ^ aTent 500-pound bales, compared with g y 832,401 running bales, or 856,900 L. equivalent rw:-pound tales in 1914; 631.1 ij running bales or 638,881 H W equivalent rOU-pound bales in 1913, F and ?>02l?;14 running bales, or 609,594 equivalent 500 pound bales in 1912. Production o: State? in * equivalent * i *? I Fire Ins xOur Office has r > . v\ L ly disturbed by r Companies. We j k splendid compani ? pleased to serve y [ W. A. M Manager Insura 1 j Phone 207-2 to f \ QUALITY SI WFor All Ai Preserve your upi from hot, penetrating, cr namfiP'ino- soakinfs when ffrom grease off your own the garage man. You cai advantage, after two yet upholstering is in fine sh STOP THAT LE I manufacture new ccverin Just slip new covering ov WRITE FC . - I. Li M. I. Mc/ RACIN1 i 500-pound bales, exclusive of linters, with comparisons, follows: j Alabama? ! 1915 1,020.20S 1914 1,751,375 1913 1,495,485 1912 1,342,275 * Arkansas? 191 5 815,846 | 1914 1,072,846 1913 1,016,170 1912 792,048 Florida? 1915 47,816 1914 81,255 1913 58,695 1912 52,760 Georgia? 1915 1,907,310 3914 z,<is,u3< 1913 3,316,601 1912 1,776,546 Ixniisiana? 1915 340,606 1914 449,458 1913 .. 443,821 1912 376,096 Mississippi? 1915 .. - 953,620 1914 1,245,535. 1913 1,310,943 1912 1,046,418 Miseouri? 1915 47,930 191 4 81,752 1913 67,105 1912 55,691 North Carolina? 1915 .. V. 698,852! 1914 930,JS311 1913 792,545, 1S12 865,653! Oklahoma? 1915 639,209 : 1914 1,262,176 1915 840,387 1 j - 1912 1,182,128, South Carolina? 1915 1,133,581 1914 1,533,810 1913 1,377,814 1912 1,182,128 Tennessee? 1915 302,898 1814 ...... 383,517 1913 379,471 1S12 276,546 Texas? 1915 3,223,803 1914 4,592,112 7 I urance! t not been senousr withdrawal of ihall have twelve 0?i * es. We will be ou, * 9 I [cSWAIN nee Department rner Boyce & College St. :at covers utomobiles holstering and protect it acking sun rays. From it rains, cats and dogs, hands, or the hands of i sell your car to better trs service, because the ape. A i TTT ar in your tcp. we gs for tops for all cars. er old bows. >R PRICES IlVOY CO. i, wrs. 1913 3.941970 1912 4,880,210 Virginia? 1915 15,809 mn '7 ft 9 9 9 IV It 1913 23,490 1912 24,398 .All Other States? 1915 So,694 1914 63,880 1913 32,513 1912 li, 4uz The census bureau announces that the statistics of this report for 1916 are subject to slight corrections in the full report to be published late REXALL ORDERLY THE IDEAL LAXATIVE Prominent New Orleans Druggist it Authority For This Statement P. A. CAPDAU who owns and operates on* of the big stores in New Orleans, says: "I am of the opinion that Rexall Orderlies are the ideal laxative for men, women and children. This opinion is based upon my knowledge of the formula and upon what my customers say about them. Through personal experience, I know they are pleasant to take, gentle in action, and give the Same pleasing results when used by men, women or children." GILDER & WEEKS Parchment Paper. To make ordinary paper imitate! parchment soak it in a basin of writer mixed with sulphuric acid in ihe prc>-| portion of one to ten parts. Lei J! i?e- : come thoroughly saturated, then remove gently and let dry. The payer should be strong unlined foolscap. Not Enough. Betty Gold ust? Did yon have a seriafactory Interview with, papa? -lack Brokeleish?Not very He said all he could jrive us was his consent?Stray Stories i Specialization. Doctor?What can I do for yon? Ta- j tient?I have cut my index finger. Doctor?Very sorry, but I am a specialist on the middle finger.?Fliegende Blatter. ^ j The Great Kidney Medic'ne ? ll. Mills its ISissun . r . T | I was afflicted with Bladder trouble. I suffered such great pain that the doctor had to take my urine. After the doctor had treated me for two weeks, I did not get any better. Remembering that a few. doses of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root completely relieved my Mother-in-law, after all the doctors who were called on her case had failed to do her any good, I asked my husband to get me a bottle of Swamp-Root, which h s did, and I took it and threw the doctors' preparations away, because immediately a ter I started taking Dr. Kilmer's Swnr.ipRoot I was greatly re'ieve.i. .'>iy husband was so pleased he said I should take one dozen bottles of Swamp-Root, but by the time I had taken seven bottles I was completely restored to "health. That was six years ago and I have not taken any medicine since. My weight is 19." pounds have three children. do my own work in a house of twelve rooms, and keep boarders. Very truly yours, MR]?. AiNNIE BAUGHMAX, 657 Newell St. Barberton, Or.io. Personally appeared before mo this 1 ? nnnATvniKnr 101.1 ?v I "P e ? 1 J ill Ud) a. xr, .U4 .v, . ^ nie Baughman, who subscribed the above statement and made oa*li that the same is true in substance and in fact. W. A. Morton, Notary Public. Letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingliamton, X. Y, I "it:'. , ? x PROVE WHAT SWAMP-ROOT WILL DO FOR Y01>.*ri ' v Serd ten cents to I>r. KX.nier & Co.. Binghampcon, X. Y., for a sample size bottle. It will convince anyone. You ^T*il 1 O 1 f A f ? n V< 1 rvi rvf T'O 1 MO K' fl v? a11 <xiz>\j <1 uuun in ui uuuai'ic information, telling about the- "kidneys and bladder. When writing, be su:*e and mention the Semi-weekly Newbrrry Herald and News. Regular fiftycent and one-dollar 3ize bottle for sale at all drug stores. IKS. PcDD.N'S CASE IS i h i %/ lit m ,riiL^Liii>rn iHLfi vr n_uiiiDui\nuuis HOT.SV1LLE, ALA., WOOIAX GAINS T \\ JE.NTY-SEYEX POINDS OX THREE BOTTLES OF TAXLAC Was Twice Examined and Each Time Was Told Operation Would Be Her Only Hope. "I ha.e just finished my third bottle of Tanlac and Have gained twentyseven pounds,' was the truly remarkable statement made by Mrs. Chas. Pedden, who resides at 550 Mill St., Huntsville, Ala. Mrs. Pedden is one of the ibest known and highly resi ectcd women of that thriving litt-e city, where she has made her home ?or a vnTv?"hriT? r\i vncro ILUiuuVyi v-ri. j v?ut o. "When I commenced taking Tan lac," she continued, "I only weighed ninetyeight .pounds; now I weigh one hundred and twenty-five pounds, and never felt better in my life. For yeas I have Buffered with a bad form of stomach trouble, constipation and pains in my side and back. At times the pains took the form of torture and I was twice examined and each time I was told that I had appendicitis and that ? - -rr-o,, 1A tVin tnv rtnlv Tl r>T\P> OU auvu nvuiu wx* ??vr w. I had fallen off until I only "weighed ninety-eight pounds and was so weak I cquld hardly get around. "I had no appetite at air scarcely and y^?t lit^e I did eat would cause gas to form in my stomach, which fare me palpitation of the heart, sick eadaciies and a dizzy feeling about .-JiV'-t .liA > * - the head. When these spells came on ?my, I wonkL get awfully nerrrous. I worried about myself until I could rest and sleep but litt-e. ??T V|?/? fallftn A# iitiHI V uroc fllttl/Mlt i IGkJi^u. vu HUV41 1 n wu 1'akin and bones,' and my strength and energy -were slowly leaving me. I had a dread of the future and could see nothing but the operating table and the knife. I had a perfect horror I "5 ! of an operation. But had made up my mind that it was either life or death and prepared to submit to it. 1 iiad made all preparations for tlie opera? if tions and called on my sister 10 ieu : her good bye and I did not khow whether I would live to see her again or not. . My sister [begged and ^pleaded "with me not to allow them to cut on i'me and told me to wait and try a goo'l tonic for a while. The'next day as I returned from tbe consultation room I thought of* what she said, and. as 11 ^ Tanlflo T HaoJl'I* ! UtKW U OU iUUVU AWVUV A MMAWV A | ??d to try it as a last resort, and stop-; ped at Gilbert's Drug Store and got a bottle. Of course, I had lost heart and had no faith in the medicine but i to please my sister I made up my mind to talce it, and, oh, -what a happy day that was for me! i . j "'I never returned for the operation hnt inRt ket)t lakine the Tanlac. Right i from the start I began to feel (better. The medicine seemed to take hold 4 right at once. It had a soothing effect, and in a few days I felt no pain at all. I was so happy over the wonderful improvement in my condition that I sent for my neighbors to tell them how much better I Celt, and got another bottle of Tanlac and have Just finished taking my third bottle and feel like I have been made all over again into a new woman. "As I have said before, I now weigh 1125 pounds and my improvement has - - n _ 4.1 been so rapid that none or my ciouies are (big enough for me. I will have to make them all over again. I now have a ravenous appetite and my husband says I am simply eating him out of house and home. I have even gone back to my coffee, which I was told not to touch. Those terrible pains in my back and head have all disappeared and I sleep like a child. I am no longer nervous and when I get up in the mornings I feel refreshed, cheerful hrifrht t am now able to at terici to my household duties and 1 ieel as A I had started life aU t er asalc My husband is highly d-ih'h'ed amJ ruy recovery is the tall' c-' I*?* neighborhood. I do nothing but rein^ an dav Ions: over the recovery of my health and I praise Tanlac to ! everybody. I "I feel so grateful for my escape from the operating table and the knife j that you may publish what I have j said: You may, if you "wish, tell other [ women suffering as I was to come to I me and I will be glad to tell them all | about my caSe." Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold exclusively !by Gilder & Weeks, Newberry; Prosperity Drug Co., Prosperity; Little Mountain Drug Co., Little Mountain-; Dr. W. 0. Holloway, Chapj pells; Whftmire Pharmacy, Whitmire; Or* i D. J-J.i'v-mgsron,;oiivcisliccl. . ^ * *~w, $1- pese. bottle straight. RUB-MY-TISM I Will cure Rheumatism, NeuI nJg:a. Headaches, Cramps, Colic 1 " ^ * r* ... t> r\\A I Sprains, liruises, \^uis, uuiiia, um Sores, Tetter, Ring-Worm, Ec" i. An*?$eT){ic .AnodyDt;* ?iv ? ? 1 JftHHMMMXHMMHK kd Does ] Li [ w s Read this t */// N . tC1 / / * o? long a; came iame a me mai>y resl Mrious did it forced to con JPI work when I ? Sloan's Linic less than one Chaa, C\ Cattij S W;n c . x *'"? ^ave i v Stert tiem riglt; \ 25 Cc GILDER & y ! >s>Sss\ x ; RapIrarliA k nkmnracrinp j VUVUHVUW IV ar>w?w<M _ ' But Not So Bad II Yon Know Eow to I Keaeh the Cause, j Nothing more discouraging than a , constant backache. Lame when yon 1 awaken, pains pierce you when you bend or lift. It's hard to work or to rest. Bachache often indicate? bad kid- I nieys. Newberry people recommend j Doan's Kidney Pills. Read this case: | F. W. Higgin6, surveyor and civil j engineer, 1130 Hunt street, Newberry, I says: "My kidneys were so weak [that I couldn't control the kidney se-j i cretions. I also had pains in the small J oi my back and right side The trouble seemed to be in my right kidney and I j had pains there all the time. My feet i were tender and sore and I could hard! ly walk. I suffered in that way for j about two years, when I got Doan's 'Kidney Pills at Gilder & Weeks' Drug j Store. The first box helped me and ; several boxes did me a world of good." | Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't1 (simply ask for a kidney remedy?ge: | Dean's Kidney Pills?the same that , Mr. Kiggins had. Foster-Milburn Co., 1 Props., Buffalo, N. Y. i I i ! ' FIXING UP A PLAY. 1 ! The Method Charles Hoyt Used to Develop His Dramatic Plots. ' Charles Hoyt wrote seventeen plays j He wonU1 sit in the Pullman witli the shade drawn down over h?s head and j looking out of the window at not hi unthinking. studying over situations tot i , cnnm jipw nlflv. He would not begin work 011 a new j I play until be Lad its arrangement laid i out in his mind. Then he would write it. longhand, in two or three days. He developed his situations by telling over and over and over again his scheme for a new plav. lie would ! come to me. "Otie." be would say. "have you heard my idea for a new I play V" I I would say that I had not. Then he i would launch into-it, elaborating as ne , went along. lie would-see me, later in I the day perhaps, with some oner He would come up to us with the same question. "'Otie, have you heard my idoa for a new play?" knowing mighty i va il I had. lie wouldn't wait l'or me to | answer, but lie would tell it to my com-1 j ;Kiui?m. elaborating upon the version he I | liad given me. For each new piay 1 j ! probably would hear that same ques- > tion twenty times and listen to twenty i , different versions, each succeeding one; more developed and elaborate.?Green Book Magazine. THE HERALD AND NEWS, ONE I YEAR FOR $1.50. ? , X M M 2 A >?* ad ~ M Pain Interfere? j prp k a rptnftrlv f[ M loan's | niment -mi rnsolicited grateful f[apLJ|^ go my left knee bend 6ore. lt pained chanced to think of nent. Let me say? bottle fixed me uo. 1 BUS BUM obdl, Florence, Tex. I irnxmrnnnnmSm I I' I.I? a ' Chick FowNv the Chick*. raise them. \ i. >nt8 peeks CO. ' * : f ^ :' | NOTICE OF ELECTION IS JOLLI STREET SCHOOL DISTRICT SO. U. v / Whereas, One-third of the resident electors and a ISte proportion- of the resident freeholders of the age of .21 years, in Jolly Street School District No. 33, of the County of Ne^&errjr, State of South Carolina, have filed ft l/ctition with the County Board o? Education o' Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting an hplrf ir? RAid School pi strict on the question of levying aa additional special tax of four (4) mills, to be collected on all the taxable property within the said School Dta* trict. Now, therefore, we the undersign* ed, composing the County Board of Education for Newberry County, (State of South Carolina, do hereby order the Boar^ of Trustees of the Jolly Street School District No. 33, to hold an eleclion on the said question of levying an additional special tax of four (4) mills to be collected on the property located in the said School District, which said election shall be held at the Hunter* Do Walt School"iouse in said School District No. ?6, on Friday, March $1, Id at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at '4 p. m. The members of the Board of Trustees of said School District shall act as managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said School District and return real or personal prop tty for taxation, and who exhibit tneir tax receipts and registration certlflco+.es as required in general elections, shall be allowed to <vote. Electors farming the levy of such tax shall cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" - iitten or printed thereon, and each elector opposed to such levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "No" v-ritten or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seals this the 4th lay of March, 1916. CHAiS. P. BARRE, S. J. DERRICK. . J. S. WHEELER, County Board of Education, Malaria or Chills & Fever Prescription No. 666 isprepared especially tor MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or sis doses will break any case, and if Vjlken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better thao Calomel And does not gripe or sicken. 25*j Invigorating to tiie Pale and Sicfciy The Old Standard general strengtbei ingr tonic. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, dnvescu* Malaria.euriche ;t lebl-ood.artdbiiiids jpthesysietn. A frus tcc r a.lniis'sti < '. Id.en. 5f)e t