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EA) ed lad dei cal M4 be< Any young man )eposit your mone3 'OR YOU, and som Vill have the mone Be a self made he brains of the coi ave.already achieve MEMN ING, I(AMF R ATe have ( >f Champ R vould .lik a andlet us ( sges of ~ tock of a scompi l ake our i uarters. 7~e will1s Frus GR hiese cal ( ewould g ur orde i fe: MAKES M It L Y every self made man in States started in life at the bott der by BEGINNING TO SAVE EIEN YOUNG. Year after yet I to his savings. In time his opt ne, and HE HAD THE NEC: )NEY WITH WHICH TO SM :ause he had SAVED HIS SUR] in this town or community can in this bank each week. We ' e day YOUR opportunity will c< y with which to swing it. man. What others have done mntry are not all centered in the success. NK & TRU ION MOl just gotten in o ion Mowers, ai e for you to co show you the at this machine. agons, H arne ete. When in 'Stables your oon have in a ANT SIX- Aug 's are hard to'g< advise that you ir now. vy&R i OM IJ ONEY!r the Unit >m of the MONEY ir he ad lortunity ESSARY IlNG IT, 'LUS. do the same. will SAVE IT >me, and you you ca.. . men w1no ST CO. SO. CAROLINA. air line id we me in ivant Our a ss, Etc., g town Head-a ar of *a tomobiles ~ et and place gbyv. t ILABAMA LEADS THE t NATION IN -PEANUTSI For years the lowly peanut has oc supied but a modest niche in agricul ture's hall of fame. Its most frequent o ise was of serving as a pastime plea sure while waiting on the corner for your street car, or as a diverting Amusement with the elephant at the y yircus. It did not enter the serious side o1 our life. And then along came 'Bill Boll Weevil"-that not unmixed blessing that seemed at first so disas trous-and all in the twinkling of an eye, as it were, in the deep watches of the night, the peanut sprang full panoplied into the light of publicity, dIemanding respect as a prosperous and established industry. When old-time Alabama cotton growers beheld the gradual approach of the weevil from Texas, across Louishuia and then Mississippi, leav ing distress and ruin for all who had put their trust in the one crop sys tem, they realized they must turn at once to some other cropping system for support. The oil men realized, too, that their industry was threaten ed and they, too, sought another out let. The peanut seemed to offer the means to avoid disaster. Its bounti ful yields furnished a nutritious and economical feed for fattening hogs for a waiting market, or was largely sought by the oil mills for crushing purposes. The oil mills by a slight change in their machinery found they were able to offer an unlimited peanut market to the farmer, as peanut oil was in great demand in the manu facture in salad oil and table dress ings. The pressed meal provided a stock meal of highest protein content for dairy, beef cows and swine, while the baled hay was shipped all over the South, its feeding value being near ly equal to alfalfa, while not so high in price. And then, there were the shellers who purchased nuts for the high class confectionery trade, and also made the product up into salted peanuts, peanut butter and other table dainties. And just then came the insatiable war demands for fats and oils and an industry that had become pros perous almost over night took another wild leap upwards into an increased popular favor. Cotton farmers who had previously barely lived from one advancing period to another; who had I always ended the year with a slightly increasing debt, paid up their obliga tions, canceled the mortgage on their lands and began putting money into the bank. The tone of the whole sec tion was entirely changed. There was a sense of prosperity abroad-a feeling of optimism and good cheer in the very air. Automobiles became Lommon in the countryside, improve ments were made in old houses and farm structures, blooded stock was purchased and new homes were built. In Geneva County, Alabama, away i lown next to the Florida line, the far j mi operations which used to con :ent rate on cotton are now divided minotg several crops, so that last year hree other crops-cotton, peanuts and riogs-about equialledl the value of I ~heir cotton erop), which was about 'i 't million and a half dollars. In the adjioining bounty of Coffee, .he cot ton crops usedl to b~e valued at me and a half million dollars. Their >eanut crop, however, now brings $1, 0)0,000. And that is why their busi less men are planning a memorial ha ft to cost thrlee thousandt dollars to e erected on the publice sqtuare to the Boll Weevil." In 1919 Alabama planted to pea muts 200,000 acres and gatheres 1,. p74,000 bushels valued at $1,.496,0010. n 1916, 400,000 acres(' were lanOted, ,000,000 bushels raised, worth $1 0, 50,00. In 1918 the area planted in reasedl to over 1~I,000,.000 acres, pr1o Lueing 1 7,500,000) bushels of nuts, vorth over $1 7,50,000. This is the tory of the A laba ma 5'canut in a utshell. Bad wveat her last yeari resulted in a oorly prepared crop, bringing con idleraly less money, prompted many armers th is year to redluce their Ipea mt aerenge anld lured by the high rice of cot ton to plan t it again in (tton. But a wet ,July and1( AuOgust ave fosteired the~ infestantion of the oIl weev'il a nd t he cotton (crop will e' short. Oil mills must look to the en nut crop to keep their mills in peratlion, so that should the shel ler s t anyi'~ t ime1 fail to furnish a remu n rat ive market, there shoeuldl be a troing dlemandl from the' waiting rushers. GOOD 7W THf LA$T S'A1.20 YtNS ONL.Y MAWELL HOUSZ The shelters, it is stated, can afford c o pay a higher price for high-grade c ipanish peanuts than the mills, and . he Alabama extension service, hrough its marketing specialists, is astructing the farmers particularly n the harvesting, stacking and curing i f his crop, so as to obtain the prem- S um that the best product secures. C tlabama raised more peanuts last r 'ear than any other State in the Un- t gn. A few days ago announcement I as made of the immediate construc ion of a hundred thousand dollar c lant in Birmingham to manufacture 3 eanut products. Additional shelling lants are going up all ,through the eanut section. Verily, the lowly pea ut has come into its own and provenr ve. itable Aladdin's lamp, rivaling e ". " If you have farms or city propert; subdivide and sell your property profitably for you. Farm Lands Our Specialt Ninety-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Land amounting to over FIVE Al 1918. Write for book IES y mation about our auc ATLANTIC COA THE NAME THA Offices: PETERSE Reference: Any bank Ir eummumuf 2 We have just received 60 tons sizes from 1-8" to 4" in Galvanizc Also have received large shipme some two or three carloads of Iron Columbia S 823 West Gervais St. We Are Heat Nitrate in quantities frc upwards. We ha the past ten da age of this mate prices have adv past week it is s pared with oth( Get our prices I MANNING Of coulrse we have al signs in jewelry, highest able prices. But, you may want s usual line of deCsigml in character'. Regardless of youlr r'equ1 to meet your ideas. COME IN AND) B WMfEN YOU THI/NK OF./A WD.LL otton as a money crop, corn as a feed rop, and enriching both man and east.--Manufacturers Record. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE Pursuant to order of J. M. Wind am, Judge of Probate, I will sell at ummerton, S. C., on Thursday, Nov mber 6, 1919 at 11 o'clock in the fore oon to the highest bidder for cash he following described personal pro erty belonging to estate of M. B. ,esesne, deceased. One Overland R'i'dster automobile, bout 1-3 barrel lubricating oil. FRED LESESNE, t-c. Administrator. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic ,stores vitality and energy by purifying and en ching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength olen Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. .. . 8 for sale, write us. We wil AT AUCTION quickly and r----Territory Unlimited and Eighty-Eight acres of Farm ILLION DOLLARS sold in let of endorsements and infor tion methods. ST REALTY COMPANY T JUSTIFIES YOUR CONFIDENCE"S URG, VA. and GREENVILLE, N. C. to Petersburg, Va. or Greenville, N. C. of pipe and at present have all d and from 1-8" to 8" in Black. t of Boiler Tubes. Have also in stock. Let us hear from you. upply Co., Columbia, S, C. rquarters for of Soda m ten tons and ve sold during vs a large ton rial, and while inced during the till cheap corn ,r an moniates. >efore you buy. OIL MILL. I of the 'onlventionlal de (quality a ~t most reason - ))iethiflig olit of the E~ CON VINCED W RV-- TN/NK ObF