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GORDIN BROS. FOlRMER STAND. 28 S MAIN ST. In Fr StartinE Free to Ev< ULVELY NEWS ITEMS FROM GABLE After having spent a few days in Sumter Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burgess arrived on the stump dodger. Mr. Allen Eugene Rose of the cler ical force of the Southern Railroad of Sumter is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McFaddin. Mr. Earl Millsap is now gratified to handle his High Henry having been handed the pass word by his esteem ed friend Bud Rose. Misses Catherine and Mary Ella Fitzmaurice of Columbia are on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ferris. Mr. Wallace Dardin was seen on -the big road driving his new Packard. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rose of Sum ter spent a few hours with 5Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burgess. They. tried.: out tehir 'new Chevrolet. Chief Engineer -Dime McFaddin has traded his dashless-board buggy for a pinder parcher. Mr. McLemore of Mississippi is on a visit to Gable, S. C. - Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Gable are ex pected home today from Atlanta, Ga., where they have been on a pleasure trip. Dr. R. S. Bush of New Zion can now be found at Gable, S. C. Last Friday evening a dance was given at Wee Nee Drug Co.'s Hall in honor of the visiting young ladies. Those who attended were: 12tes Catherine and Mary Ella Fitzmaurice of Columbia, Miss Janie Land of For eston, Mrs. W. J. Ferris, Mrs. W. J. Millsap, Misses Janie McFaddin, Sa die Wheeler, Anna Wheeler, Mirali Davidsonj, Frank Hrxige, W. J. Mill .sap, Wallace Dardin, Guy Osborne, . S. Grooms, Joe Walther, Jimmie (cFaddin, Paul and Eugene McFad n~aRid Bud Rose. JMr. Nditor, everybody here is try ing to tako sick and in case you don't get any more news for a while you will understand the measles has hit old Bud Rose. For Sale. All of my Property Iin Manning and Clar sndon C1ounty Ihave some of the fietlands and lots ~2 toft feryu For particulars ap ply to ?A1 WEINBERG, MAN NING, S. C. 4'.. 14r.C WILL ont of 28'Sou Friday, rybody. Bri: Get Rid of Stumps. That extensive farming, rathe than intensive farming, is still tlh great problem of the American farn er is a fact beyond argument. Ti expert observer sees the evidence o every hand-millions of acres goin to waste which might be ridded < stumps, plowed, sowed, and made til focal points for a new tidal was < farmer prosperity. It is no exaggi ration to say that most of America logged-over land is rich in agricu tural possibilities. There certainly is nothing new i the idea of harnessing forest land t the plow. Amerjcan history makes il start upon the clearing in the forest upon that first scanty crop of cor which served for the initial Thank' giving dinner of the Pilgrim Father With up-to-date' methods and mi chinry otsturl' =pullhig at their'dii posal, many modern American farn ers hesitate to do the very thin which our forefathers were oblige to do with the slow, painful labor < their hands. True to the adage that history re peats itself, the first American lam clearing has found its counterpart i many subsequent feats of daring lan cultivation. For instance, there is ti interesting story of the three Beni dictine monks, who some thirty yeai ago; founded a colony in the wilds < the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. They wvere not equipped with mot ern methods and machinery. The dug up the stumps in the most prin itive manner. Yet, today, this colon 's 1630 acres of land under a hig state of cultivation. And this lan ias proved its - M ice be ter than $13,500 worth of crop ary products, po .. - t'., in single year. In Arkansas, in Louisiana, in Moi tana, Massachusetts, Connecticu Wisconsin and many other state :iumble but wise and thriftt. grants have bought hideous, barre stump lands fog a song and a pron lee. And by patienit indlustry the have redeemed these lands and mat themi blossom into a sure means< independence and prosperity. Thi they have put to shame many a le: progressive native farmer. The clearing and cultivation of fo: est landls, which has been an impor ant American industry from the dci that the first white man landed < the shores of' Plymouth, has yet i take on the- aspect of a great natioi wide movement. But farmers as class are becoming more alive to ti gold that lies under their stumi than they have been. And the ne: few years should witness a mu< more earnest and concerted effort c the part of farm owners to increac their holdings in good cut-over Ian and prepare it with whatever stufli land, they already possess for ti sowing and the reaping. It Is. ti nexC st.ep necessary ta' make- the ave age American farm a better' round and th.refor'e'a better aigpo sition. rpyn rp The .Habit of Taking Cold. With many people taking cold Is Ikab, bit fortunrateiy one tat is ona ly ften. Taike , cold sponge bal every rnorning whienyo'uirst get 01 the Biue bir L TOsO EN END UP. th Main Streel January 19, a.g the Children of bed-not ice cold, but a tempera ture of about 90 degrees F. Also r sleep with your window up. Do this e and you will seldom take cold. When you do take cold take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and get rid of it as e quickly as possible. Obtainable every n where.-Adv. The Farmers Are Urged to Order e Fertilizer Early. f The shortage of freight cars may s seriously delay the fertilizer move ment and defeat the "plant early" idea that is being advocated by every n one engaged in the antiboll weevil o campaign. As a rule, the average s farmer does not concern himself over - railway problems, car shortages, etc., n because relatively few of them ship I in car load quantities, but if the pres 3. ent car shortage exists at the time farmers usually order out their fer tilizer, 'no 'matter whether the quan tity is one ton or a car load, if the g cars cannot be had in greater num d ber than the present supply, many f farmers will be disappointed by not receiving his fertilizer in time to plant his cotton and other crops early and thus take the first practical step n to get ahead of the boll weevil. d The Farm Improvement Depart e ment of the A. B. & A. Is trying in every way it can to induce all farm s ers to order out their fertilizer imme f diately in order that they may not be disappointed by delays owing to .car shonrtage, congestion at terminal points, and many other reasons which may cause serious loss if this import ant part of the farmers work is not h attended to before it is toolate. Next d to early plowving and preparation, probably there is no more inportant s. thing for the cotton planter to do a than to order his fdrtilizer out in -advance of the time he needs it. Results Speak for Themselves. It has been estimated that the n ground occupied by an averagen stump .and its roots wvill growv from 25 cCnta y to 50 cents wort of foo.1 crops per e year. Multiply the manny billions of f stumps wvhich now -:~py the un s cleared land of this country, and you s, will see that colossal treasure lies beneath them. ..Why let the gold lic under the -stumps when the whole world offers y goodl prices for American food pro n dlucts, is a question which deserves o the serious consideration of every a. owner of cut-over land. a The agricultural colleg'-s and the e- manufacturers of stump-pulling ma a~ chinery are working, both individu *t ally and in co-operation, to simplify h land-olearing methods andl place them n on an efflcient and econonmical basis. e A few weeks- agos the- Wisconsin. j, College of Agriculture conducted .. land-clearing demonstrations at vari e ous points in northern Wisconsin. A e special train was provided, and vari ous manufacturers of dynainite and d stump-pulling machiineryv supplied . men and equi'pment for thd exhibi tions. During the' course of. the tour, nearly 25,000 people visited the dem onstrations and acquired a great deal of' valuable Information abo'ly land Sclearing in all its phiases, It Is rea sonablo to expect that as a diset~res e sultV, the Wlsconisin farmers wIll shiow SFeature al MTE R, 3 10atio MA AN AIRS , Every Day Until Sati and See the] greatly increased activity in prepar ing their uncleared land for cultiva tion. However, while the great mass of American farmers seem to need the stimulating influence of public land clearing demonstrations, there are plenty of farmers who have shown sufficient pioneer spirit and foresight to clear their stump-land and put it to the plow. The results speak for themselves. An Arkansas farmer cleared ten acres a little more than a year ago. On part of this land he raised onions at the rate of $300 an acre. Four acres of corn yielded twenty bushels per acre, and three other acres made two tons of hay an acre. Another Arkansas farmer raised thirty bush els of corn an acre on twenty-five acres and sold 750 bushels at 75 cents a bushel. A Louisiana farmer bought four teen acres of cut-over land a few years ago, paying $7.50 an acre. He made $2000 in a single year from this land, once he had gotten it under cultivation. This represented, in ef fect, 2000 per cent increase over the original investment. A Louisiana specialty, which has put many dollars into the pockets of owners of newly cleared land, is peanuts. In this state, cut-over land, originally cost ing from $8 to $25 an acre, common ly yields sixty bushels of peanuts per acre. A farmer bought a tract of 240 acres in Montana, which wvas com pletely covered wvith stumps, logs and brush, at $25 an acre. This land was cleared and cultivated, and in one year produced at the rate of 110 bushels of oats per acre and over twenty-two tons of corn p)er acre. Tfhis farmer also grew all kinds of grasses, vegetables and fine fruit. It is not necessary to multiply ex amples. On thousands. of farms, the fact has been repeatedly dlemonstrat ed that the uncleared Iandl often is more fertile than the land already undler cultivation. And modern meth ods and machinery make land clear ing a reasonably cheap and practical . ertaking for the averag~e farm owner. FANK( CLARK OF MANNING WOUNDEID IN RAID Wounided Men Not Seriously In jured and Are Getting A long Nicely. Bristol Graham at .E. Groham, br1others, are both in che county jail here and are being held in connec ai the shooting of State Con stables R. A. Weldon andl F. B. Clark and Mr. DeBraughton, a chain gang guard, from a-mbush about midnight Saturday at the cross roads, St. An dlrew'si Parish. No specific charges have been entered against either, it is understood. Seven other persons are also at the county pall and were arrested Saturday night on. a charge of shooting crap. Constables Weldon, Clark, G. D. Buchanan, J. L., Poppenheiam,. W. C. Whitworth, T. C. Thornton and S. J. Luper were on duty in St. Andrew's Parish Saturday nIght and were re quested by Ryaral Policeman Knox to aasBIt him ini raiding a crap game, the Pasin .,e Mee RK HIP! at 10 O'clock irday Febi Kan Throw Ci which he claimed was in progress E. Graham's store. The constables a quiesed and seven of the alleged dic tossers were captured. Two. othe escaped. The seven men who were under a rest were taken to the cage at ti chain gang camp nearby and the doe was just being closed when two sho rang out in rapid succession, as they were fired from a double-ba relied shot gun. Constable Clark wE wounded in the head by the first sh and Constable Weldon and Mr. D Braughton were hit by the secoi discharge. None were injured ser ously and all were out yesterday. Men Lodged in Jail. The seven men arrested at first hi now in the jail here were: P. Gr ham, M. Singleton, B. Green, Smalls, J. Finey, S. Lacing and Lyons. The wounded men were rushed the city immediately and ' receiv treatment at the Roper Hospit: Chief Constable Duncan, Sheriff J. 1 more Martin and Deputy Sheriff J. Leonard were notified. Chief Duncan Deputy Leonard ai Rural Policeman Burton and Nels started out for the scene of the shoc ing in automobiles at. once. About forty-five minutes after t shooting E. Graham, proprietor of t store, walked to the chain gang can andl was placedl under arrest as beit one of those escaping from the sto when the raid was madle. lie w rushed to the city by Constabi \ ?itworth and Poppenheim, w~hi Deputy Leonard and Rural Policeim Burton and Nelson brought the fir seven men arrested to the city. a riving at the jail about 3:30 o'clo THE CHOSEN IN WORLD'S GR The Instrument wvhich play ment you want in your home. of the Music which an Instrt it the vital tests. The Victrola is supreme. 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