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Uncle^alfe I i Siwtf '*?& $> i ' . -; GOOD OLD TIMES 5 \.. ?I>KOF. WINDY SPIEL delivered a JL fine lecture last;evening," said Mrs. Jameswortby. "He held up to scorn the pessimist who soys .the world isn't getting better, and de- j tcribed conditions as they were a hun- ' > dred years ago. 'i j|jP|jpv. Then people traveled on foot or on 1 worthy, "and for that reason I think <l the old times were better than the present. I only wish the old conditions could be restored/ A hundred years ago cii6^aj^Tie^> man fiad iio \ reason to "dfttect''"%e fcoorhouse. It was jtracticaay. impels:ype ior women to be extrai&gant then.">Jtt they wanted to blow litems elves, ;hey bad to go to ,town, and in or<te?yto-get to town they bad to ride, in old. coaches which weren't a& comfactable, as a modern hayrack. x , /, "The woman of a bttMred years ago ? couldn't lean back in an easy chair %. and orders, boadred dollars' worth of , jirak by phone. If she ordered by letter. It fooir the letter three weeks j to get anywhere,aad~by the time the ( goods arrived they were out of date; , andr she had to send them hack. It ( would 8$ a great blessing if things , were that .way -new*. "Bat the modern married woman . ha* the softest snap ever invented, ' i > ' Mrs. Jamesw&iliy;. If she happens to j " * be too lazy to put on her brass-mount- j5 ed harness and so downtown to do her 1 '4 topping, she has that" great modem j' convenience at her elbow. It isn'tj1 S?p necessary 'fowHike herself presentable J to do her "^hopping: She sits down 1 with an oiw. wrapper on, and her top- 1 knot askew,, aittf her month full of 1 hairpins, :w^_cali9 *uj> the butcher and 1 baker ancf ^candlestick maker, and qi^ i \ tiers everything1 thpy have in their < joints, and has it charged to her hus- 1 band. ( "Ai? yo"ur" sway-backed professor 1 said, a s&ort; journey* was a serious. 3 business in .the old days, and as a result neonle^aTOcf Jiome and attended j < to their fitting. If ^ woman jour- I deye? nine miles iir one of '.the'. old* ] time corcHcs she hoda backache for < three weefcs, cod so &?*{&? of going J I away from, home didn't fill he/ with enthusiasm, But nowadays traveling i Is a luxury. AU a woman has/to do :3 is to bold op4 iter husband for the fare, < and then tbe; urbane railway people { do the rest, and make everything so < ^ comfcitable for her that she hates the < Idea offerer returning home. And be- ] cause of this Toxuit, women are former hunting up excuses for a trip , somewhere: ITersmftti told me the j other day that his wife traveled three j i hutMlred. mHes arid T?ack-to match a ribbon, the loc8l storesnot having the f l exact shatte she wanted. Kersmlth'is j * just about three cubits ahead of the \ sheriff, and hfe wife knows it, but she wouldn't let a small matter like that \ Interfere with her trip. ; "In the IsaMw da^s people used to / tirilow candles and>4re aH the better 1 for it Tt?ce was no satisfaction in j reading by a candle, so men didn't ' ^ blow in th sir substance for fool books ! and magazine?. The candles kicked up such a smelf that they were eitintuiafegd as ear^y as possible, and so I K - -i'j-*/"?i. ? | *7no money was wasreu. imuw **? ua>o the electric light, is a great eon-. ; veilicnee. ft is such a thundering con *i venience, Mrs. Jamesworthy. that-it is ! greasing {l:e road to the poorhouse for - ^ innumerable heartsick husfcanfls. The : average citizen finds it impossible to ' convince 1 is wife and taughcers and ' W other female relatives that'the electric 8ft juice costs money, and so his home is * illuminated from basoment to garret every ni^hf. Few women remember to H turn off the light after having it tnrnHjp cd on. If I drop dead of heart failure one of these days, it wDibe when look- 1 '?ng over the electric light bill. In the ; the old days, and the j I 1 ^ young days, and the middle-area &&*?' cried Mrs. Jainesrvorthy. That Depends. j '1 W *l^on ^D0VT? i?.v dear fellow, we j *; ^really gain by-our trials* in life." I f W "That depends on the kind of law- <, -Afer you employ." [r He Started Early. Mozart began composing at an ear- j r WY 4fer asre than anybody else on record, j - 74t four he was erhibitert as an imam I Prodigy, and at five lie composed <"on<*rtos. When he was eleven he wrote \ L *6 opera pouSe. j. . '-pi;- Co-ed at the Start ( Of tlie three oldest universities in JsH-ern Earope? Saiern.o,.Bologna and Pans?two were open ftoia the first t#r women. Those weip Saiera? and ? .. *&& ECONOMIC C80P YIELDS NECESSARY CHEAPEST YIELDS ARE THE! LARGEST YIELDS PER ACRE, ? SAYS SOUTHERN AGRICUL- A a I TURAL AUTHORITY ; JS j I ft Take a Greater Amount of Crop Returns to Cover Production Cost Now; Therefore High Yields Per Acre Are Necessary if the Farmer Is to Ob? I ^ " tain Profits r ^ jjH?^HMngKggH9?| oi crops, receaily said that de J. N. HARPER flalioa of prices j had hurt the farmer more than any . oilier class, and that on this account . the farmer is entitled to every consid- i eration within reason. ' At such a time as this when the farmer is facing tbe problem of which crops to'grow, and how much he can venture to spend in their production. Mr. Harper says.\liat he. as a farmer bimself, knows that it is the most dif- < ficult situation of the kind he has ever < confronted. ' i . This is the way this .agricultural < authority figures out the proposition i of profitable crop production in 1921: 1 "Grow enough food aud feed crops ^ to supply as far as possible the needs ' of the family, the tenants and livestock.. Then pick'out the kind of cash ] crops that seem to offer the best pros- 1 pects. 1 "Cotton will always be one of the : bfcst cash crops that a Southern farm- \ e? can grow. No cotton farmer caii, 1 ifforfl to throw cotton a!sfde altogether.' : f $ 4(T% 4. !J i. 1- _ 11.. ^wl.. r>ui cuiion suuuiu nui ue uie unij cash crop. It would only bo another j case of carrying all tho eggs in one j basket. It is better to go to market with more than one crop. Among 1 these othar crops are peanuts, legume btays, tobacco, sweet potatoes, sugar ( sane, sorghum, riee and perhaps other 1 :rops. In addition there should be 3 i gradual adding, as means will allow, j jf more livestock, beginning with hogs preferably and taking on other ani- j xtals as soon as possible. j "In facing; the problem of profitable srop production for the year 1921. two j facts must be considered. (1) Crop ] prices are low, $) Crop producing \ expenses have not fallen correspond-, ingiy. v , '"nie'farmer must remember that '< ft-hen crop prices are low, -it takes < more of the crops to cover the pro- i juction cost. This narrows the mar- i gin of profits. Therefore, if a farrabr ioeB not look well to keeping up his icre yields; there will be no margin i left above the cost of production. ' "Always, .the most expensive yields ' ire the low/yields and the most re- ' inui^erative are the high yields. It [ f)ioro arp InnnpR tn hp siicttninorl was the casejn 1920, tlie farmer who jrew the greatest yields per acre lost Least. \ .. "A safe and sane policy that needs especial emphasis for 1921, is: 'Guard j your profits with high acre yields.' mis involves good preparation of the ! seed bed, the use of high producing seed, liberal fertilization and thorough ' cultivation. A neglect to employ any one of these to the proper extent may mean that the farmer will find himself poorer at the end of. the season than at' the beginning. v. "Labor is the greatest item of cost , In producing a crop yield. It must be used to the extent of thorough cultivation. Fertilizers are next in the list of cost it ?ms. Since high yields per acre are so essential in times of low prices of crops, and since fertiliz ers increase acre yields more than anything else, they cannot be reduced in 1921. In fact, it may be that they will have to be depended upon more than ever, to make acre yields that will be profitable. "An investment in good seed is one of tfce best that a farmer can make at any time. "In a word, this is a time lor farm efficiency, faith and courage. These virtues exercised, the farmer will emerge from the. post-war struggle victoriously." " CALCIUM ARSENATE TREATMENT An idea of the benefit gained by application of the calcium arsenate treatment developed and recommended by the United States Department [ of Agriculture against the cotton-boll -I weevil is found in the experience of j a large planter at Tallulah, La. With j the exception of certain test plats, this man's entire acreage was dusted with j calcium arsenate, the cost being $9.20 ! an acre. He obtained an average yield ! of 1,215 pounds of seed cotton to the acre on the iand surrounding the test plats, while these unpoisoned test j plats averaged only 300 pounds, or ; about 25 per cent of the yield on the j poisoned cotton. Thus his net profit | from poisoning on these areas . ?P* j sales made before declining pric cotton was about $120 an acre. ; GAY OLD MEN ({QAM JAG WAY was trying ir> be funny, this morning," related the horse doctor, "He saw some boys turning handsprings, and' undertook to show them how the trick used to be don$ in the halcyon days, and the doc8t or says he wrenched his in bed for several always being templed to do some idiotic thing, and have to suppress such impulses with a mailed fist. It's all the outcome of vanity. A man hates to admit that he's a b;*ck number. He wants to assure the plain people that, notwithstanding his gray whiskers and stringhalted legs, he's a four-horse team with a dog under the wagon, when it comes to athletic skill. "I was in the livery barn the other evening, when young Fretsinger be;an explaining that he had been taking boxing. lessons, from one of the aid masters. lie had fearned all the tricks of the game, and was just suffering agonies because there was nobody present who would stand up and jx change scientific swats with him. "lis my youngefr days, if, I do say it myself, I was a star' performer in the ordinary knock-down-and-drag-out form, of combat, but I never was worth chucks at boxing. Nobody knows that Setter than I do. Why, then, did I inform Fretsinger that I would be glad to spar a few rounds with him? It surely was i vanity and nothing else, i ha<^an idea that, while he might have- plenty of the fancy stuff on biand, I inigbt land one of my old-time haymakers; in which ease I felt sure the town would soon be ringing with the story of an old man's prowess. "So I took off my long jimswioger coat, and ray vest, and stood up for battle. If anybody tells you, my Triends, that Fretsfnger doesn't know how to wield his hands, you may regard the story as a roorback. J never 5:iw fists so uumerous as on fbat occasion. I couldn't: see anything else for i while, and they landed 011 me in many unexpected places, and I don't remember a time when I was so erntwrrassed. "Fretsinger explained afterward that he merely topped me gently because I was; a venerable man, old ?nouglr to be his grandfather. In that case I never want to become involved in an argument with him wtieu he is ? T ?? hlflnt orvo frtp f| Ill vailltstu x iiau a. Mtuva vjv <.va week after this recital, and my nose has never satisfied me since. Every tlmtf I came downtown, I had to explain to a thousand people that I blackened my eye while splitting kindling, or that I dropped a sad-iron on it. There is nothing more humiliating than a black eve, and I made up my mind that I'd try to realize my advanred age thereafter, and behave myself like a. grave and reverend man. ''But no sooner had my eye recovered than I was in trouble again. I saw some young men wrestling, and paused to point out that they didn't Imovy the rudiments of the game. I assured them that in ray younger days [ was a holy terror, and I didn't* think that my hand had lost its cunning, [t would afford me genuine happiness. T said, to show them how wrestling was done in the palmy days of Mul(3oon and Whistler. "So It removed my coat and vest aurt went into executive session with a husky young man who had no respect for gray hairs, I am not sure about what followed, but I think he must have thrown me over his head. Anyhow, I made a great dent in the earth with in.v person, and I was so sore for two weeks that I had to take myself ir/mnrt in it wbp<>Ihfirnnv. Of C*OUrSt\ 1 atn determined to make no tnore bad breaks of the kind, but I haven't much confidence in myself, and tomorrow you may see me climbing: a tree half ;> mile high. t.) show some hoys how to rob birds' nests."' Economy. "Here is a lino tonic which will quickly bring back your husband's ap> petit "Dear me, do<-f<>r. I've been setting along so line with my market monej since he lost his appetite."?Boston Transcript. ? j Th? r.rtmrMV\inisB "Does your wife object to you? playing golf?" "No, we've made a compromise.'* "That so?'' "Yep. She's perfectly willing to liar? me play the game, but she insists on my not talking about it after I jet home." British After Trade. British '.merchants are planning ex. hibition? in larg<* cities of China tr recover their commercial position log! idurlDg the war. MASTER'S SALE. j By authority of a deciec of the! Court of Common Pleat:, in the case i (of Dottie R. Hawkins ami others' I a trains! Mrs. Lois Merchant and oth-l I evs, dated November 2ii, H>20f I wili| [sell at public auction in front of the! court house, at Newberry, within the j ! legal hours of sale, on salesrlav in! {January, 1921. that certain tract of iland in Township No. Newberry! county, containing four and forty | hundredths acres, more or less, and! bounded by. lands of A. A. Kibler, J.! i B. Simpson-and Mrs. Harriet S. Les1 ter, The purchaser will he required to pay the purchase price in cash, and to pay for- papers, revenue stamps,! and recording. H. II. RIKARD, Master for Newberry County. State of South Carolina, County of Newberry, Court of Common Pleas. Richard D. Davenport, plaintiff, against Joshua D, Davenport, defendant. Pursuant to an order of the Court! in the above entitled action I will i sell at public auction on the first! {Monday (salesday) in January, 1921,; ; within the "legal hours of snles, the j [following described three t^ts of; I land all of which arc situate in the! County of Newberry, in the State of j j South Carolina, viz : | ? (1)/ All that tract of land con-j tainin.fr one hundred and four and one-half acres, more or less, known as the "Davenport Place," bounded by a public road known as the Stony Battery Road, by a trkct of land owned by John R. Spearman, Sr.. and John R. Spearman, Jr., and by land of the sain Richard I). Davenport. The same being the tract of land j which was coriveyed to the said RichI ?mvJ D T>nvpnnnrf: snd Joshua D. Dav enport,- by Silas Johnstone, Master, by deed bearing date, November 2, 1885, recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions for said j County and State, in'Btfok 4, Record] of Real Estate Conveyances at pa^esj 524 and 525. (2) All that, tract or plantation) of land containing one hundred and thirteen acres, more or Jess. Joiownl as the "Leaveil Place," bofmded by: land of or .formerly of the estate of j Jesse D. Hornsb'y, deceased, by land of David Shclton, by'land of or formerly of the estate' pt G. Burt! Reasir, deceased, and .by land of! j iJCOZCr. i no samir cnvj I tract o? la$H] which wfcifc conveyed to J the said : Richard D. Dayeriport and | Joshua;#. Davenport by % F. Wright, I by dee&, bearing dafe* February 12, 11901, recorded in ther^office of t|ie j clerk ($'-said Courts aiPNewberry, in 1'said County and-State, in,Deed Book 111, atjlase 216. r . | (3) >Ali that tract,*^. plantation of land containing eighty acres, more or Jess, known as* the "A'dams Place," bounded by a public road, by" lands; of Mr.v Rebecca L. Raysingcr, estate of /Frederick Wereer, deceased, James \R. Davidson, ,J"M.nd perhaps others,*^' .Terajsi of sale: Cash. The purchaser or purchasers Ufepajr.for all papers-revenue* stam^at ajid tecordine' fear** n , ] If the purchaser or purchasers fail to Comply with the terms of said sale withn two days .^creafter, the Master wilJ resell sad itemises at th$ j risk of the purchaser- or purchasers,, ;on the next salesday -thereafter,' on the same terms;M " H: HTRikar?!, As Master for NewbtJrry County, South Carolina. ' . B' December 13th, ft IT TAX NOTICfc. The books for the 1 Collection of state and county tax for the year 1920 will open from October 15th, 1020, to December 3Jst, 1920. Those who prefer to do so can pay hi January, 192.1,, with 1 per cent.; in T*_ 1 1IU11 ...Ili. (i i- ? ,J xtiuruajy, ivitxi ?s pui t-eii!', auu from March 1st, 1921, to March 15th, 192*1, with 7 per cent. The County Auditor has made up hooks by School Districts and it "will be necessary for taxpayers to give each school disri'-t in which their property is located. The levy for 1920 is as follows: >" Mills State " 12 Constitutional School 3 Ordim^ry County ; 6 Vz Good Roads 2 Road and Bridges 1 Deficit 1919 % Bonded Indebtedness of County Vt Court House Vz JSack Indebtedness Vi Jail Bonds ;:... % < i? r Total 27 The following school districts have levied the following levies for special school purposes: / Mills District No. 1, No. 52 15 I District No. 14 1% District No. 19 , 14 ! District No. 26 13 \ District No. 30 3 2 District No. 58 "1 Districts No. 22, No. 39 j0| District No. 2, No. 7, No. 13, No. 15, No. 10, No. 17, No. IS, No. 20, No. 23, No. 25, ! jno. i\o. ;;j, ino. i\o. I 36, No. 41, No. 42, No. 4T5, : J N6. 44, No. 45, No. 47, No. 48, No. 41), No. 50, No. 55, ! No. 50 8 . ' District No. 5 6 j, Districts No. .'*8, No. 57 5 Districts No. 4, No. 8, No. 0, f No. 11, No. 12, No. 34, No. . 35, No. 40, Np. 5'J, No. 5'J, No. 60 4 District No. 0 3 ' Districts No. 3, No. 21, No. 24, iNo. 28, No. 20, No. 32, No. 37, L No, :G. 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