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A FOST] W. P. ' AN OBJECT L[SSON FOR THE SOUTLAND Railroads in Alabamaui to Aid Develop milent (i Cut-Over Land. Vision, enterlise-a knowledge of the grea w(ilth .o be found in unat Ilal resources, wheni properly devel oped and utilized-- -anld a broad plan 1'or constructive work that m1ay putI illions5 of aes of land~ to goodl use5, LIation comtopanies) and exeel lent. object Iesions for the whole Soutn, are brIo.Vht outd in proposed' rules gov ern ig the handl1 ing ot earload ship ment33 - f ayricultura'l Iimoeston w30~ hich halve be31n Submiftted( to the in3terstat Coun-reie ( 'omission for its aprovalI byv tht Gulf. Alohl and1 Nor1 3therni and other roadls in Abiblamal, AlississIip and Tenn3esse.. '.e ( hult, Mlbie and1 Not thern lla3il ((3a3d ('tImpanIy 11I'13 h sa p oxima11t(ly 12,--I 3)00.0)1n a03r3- of 3ut-over lan wl vhich der to13 ma1ke 0 he3 opertion o3 3f the roadl protitab1le' a33ter the honber3 busi-9 ne(ss 3 is t (Ifl. As '1tated by tr. T D). G~olhe r in, t rallie manger3~', this ladwIth3V I) 333 proper treatment, will be come3 ideal pastur3age land andl w'ilI produh almost a3ny (co. ie fur3ther' Sas , "Sajil ex perts halve ad(viid3 us thait he princlipaI l ting3 is tot get su3f Gien~l Imeston(e on thle soil to 33oun1 t~el 03n'; 33idity so that ferttiliziat ion sa Western a WLIE2 AF Evr Aus SState I wish to state to my fi J. Chandler Clothing Co. t< have been in no way conne( I also wish to state tha pete for the retail trade of We have secured a chai 111 N. Main str.eet. Later the process of construction. with the single exception o but you will be greeted by tomed to in the past. We are proud to state we were formerly connecte HATS, FORD OVER COA ed to buying. On behalf of myself an lic and our many friends f< ing a continuance of the sa by the service that we give. he Bry jR SMITH [REAKLE can take place, and we are taking this mean sof contributing our share to wards the development of the coun ties through which these lines operate It is, 01 course a selfish move on our ptt i because we want- to secure the revenue from the traffic that will naturally come from a well-developeid agricultural territory. At the same time it makes the farmers more pros perous, and to the extent that it brings plrosplerity to the farmer, to that ex tet will thlese lines prosper.'" U ndeIr t he proiosedl rules ea rlomd shipmieits of aigriciultiural limestone must lhe consigned to count~y dlemon st raition agenits having jiurisdlict ion in the counies scrveedb or ad~jacent to t h-se li nes, and hlaw~fulI freight (-ha rges aiKessedi as per tariffs on file with the Interstate- Commerce Commission or the Stali lRailroad Commissions of thle States iof Alabama Mississippi and Tenne10 se. Thle pilan is to hove freighit. 'lharges( pa o id (by 1 cont demonstrati ion ageniits who will fill out. ce rtiftientes showing amiounit of aigricultur-al lime stolne reei veil, fre-ightI charges piaid, t hat thle maiterial dlid not. pass through In' hands of any broker or middle manO and11 that no1 comm01ission or bonus wain anliy way paid thereon. When a cIrtific ate is filed withI the ra il roadl coilpaniy the - nes represen teid will re fo nd thle ('ountr iy de monstr-at ion agent he- piroplortion of t he freight revenue ofi-hs. lini- from theiir inijunction with ionnecting lineas. It woul be uimposs5ible to say too nd Native~ ty fad Friday Mannnm.~ S. C. ment 'iends and the public in general Dr. C. P. Osteen, and he assu: -ted with the ranagement of t t in selling my interest I reser Sumter and vicinity, and also i 'terfor our new business, the B: we will occupy the new build As I have retained the servic f my former partner, Mr. Hut Familiar faces and be waited o Lhat we have secured the agen 1, and we will offer to the pub] TS, DUBBLEBILT BOYS' C d the Boys who will be connec r the very generous patronago me generous patronage in the 'an Clot SUMTE] ALFREDI much in commendation of this progres sive move. It is one in which other railroads could join with profit to themselves and to the Whole Southern couitry. '[he removal of timber from vast areas takes fromin the South one of its greatest natural resources, and abandonment of these areas is the final step in desert building. To properly c0nserlve ani to utilize with prolit the 'lands from which timber is removed is not only good business but a duty t hi present generation and to -os Iterit y d evolvin gnpon all who are i terested i n such froperty. Tlo conv~er't these lands into pastures that will sun port great herds of purebred c'at tle, or into farms thait w il porduce cotton, tobiacco, food a1ndl for age ('rols is conl struct ive work of the hiighest. orderO. But rail road lines that rUn) th)rough tut-over lands are not the only roadls that could p)rofit by such an arra nge men t as~ the one priop~osed. We hafe in the South worn-out , leached-out, farm hands that, in the aggregate,' Iprob~abl y exceed in area all of the c'ut ofer' sections, and it has been dlemon- b: stra ted to the sat is faction to all ex peimeniters andt obserfers that the use of lime and legumes wihi bring these I lands up to a state of fertilIity which a will insure profitable l ivestock r'ais ing andl general farming. Such (Ie velopment means not only larger' ship ~ ments of livestock and the producta of the soil, but growing bus ine~ss in- C terests of communities in wh)ich they 9 are locat ed that wil con tribute more" andI more to the business of railroads. h It has long been the practice of " leading ra ilroad Ic(om pan ies to encour- C age iinmigraition to sectins through p which they operate, andl the h iild ing ~ ,f inills, factories aind ot her industries aI ng theiri'.lines, but. the movement p here describedl is one of' laying a solid fou ndation for Pe rmnen t agr'i- p culItu'ralI, industrial and' coimmercial a prgesand prosperity. WVEl,DINc A cety lene and For; e Process W~e do woirk of any kind, -my size, a nywhere, any time. We webl any zd partl of tractor's, triucks, a utomobiles or fain) nach inery, ste(el, eastt ironi, brma ss. alum inuim , bronze, etc. cylinder ler ks,' Aut' spings, scored cylinders and crank eases. II' IT'S MADMf' Or" MlETALI WE CAN WEld, IT'. Theii best Cliipp(ed p1lant in thec sinte'. Wrna sip J second I to noe. MtHP YOUll WORK 'TO US ('OM.\ IltCTAL~ 'T'1lm" & WvE1.MIN(; CO(MP'ANYc 1 707l Main ft. (en bin, 5, C. oThe that on April the 26th I so med control of same on Ap: biat concern.and in no' way.: ved the right to remain in I the.trades lines that we we ryan Clothing Co., and hav ing on the corner of Hamp1 as of the entire sales and o 'heson, we will have no ne a by the same experienced ,ies for practically all of tl lic such lines as HART SC LOTHING and many otheri :ed with me in the new busi a that you have extended to future, assuring you that N hing R, S. C. 3RYAN As stated by one of our leading ag -ultural authorities. "Our prosperit lplnds Upon the producing power < oils. To increase this power we mu: lave legumes to supply the n1O('essrl >rgan ic matter, and to grow legum< t is necessary to use lime in mo. 'ases.". - Te - : ::ower of soils h. >een increased in this way in man ections of the South and elsewher )irectors of agricultural experimer tations, county agents andl others ar rging farmers to profit by such es mples.(Cooperation- fy rail roadsi .11 sections in the way pr1oposed by th~ ;ulft, M'aobilec andI Nor t.ern will haste he day when all e' t-over, Poor an v'aste lands of the South will bc omue sources of gre'ater wealth tha he minerals which are packedi awa ri her mountains a nd h1ills. Our Greatest Problem. This is the most important wor e fore' the counatry. lFoodl productioni ur' greatest problem. Our latnds mus e made to produce more, and mor inds used for genera'l farming an< tock ra isinig. 'The Manufacturers ecordt of' May G has on its front pag n edtitorialI on this subject ini whiec states that, "TPhe questions of th, 'ague' of' nat ions, of soldiers' bount, f De.mocrattic or Republican supre iney are nmere SOap) bub~bles blown b; hiid re: a as com pa red with the might; :>od supply question. Ileavy pay ti idtustrial workers and short hours o tbor are like great magnets drawin, len and women from the farms to thi it ies, dIecreausing the number of farri roducers and increasing the numbe f f'ood consumers. ''Economic forces will eventuall; uish foodstuffs so high that the pen uilum must swing back and force per Ie from the cities to the farms t v. idl sinarvation, but ware-'the swin inns that way food scarcity and th isinforma tion about it may, unles re are wise, wvreck our governmen nd our1 civl iization. '"This is the nation's supre-n'e prkob am. To its solution the pe ople mlus ddress themselve's vu th a full real: atLion of its im port." 'ITh solution wvill be found in well irec'tedt .ll'orts ont the part of' busi 0E aHN' n'-t i ni DLI"A tn ren'menta I rI2 E e . the Ith n r r ' 't'ae n /f Id my entire interest in the 1] ril the 27th. Since that time responsible for their acts. >usiness in Sumter and to com re connected with. e opened a temporary store a bon and Main, which is now ii flice force of the old businese w, raw or inexperienced help 3alesmen you have been accus ie best trade lines with whici RAFFNER & MARX, KNO) that you have been accustom ness, I wish to thank the pub us in the past, and we are ask ve will endeavor to merit sami ~ompar FRANK JOYI DAVE CUTTI r-i ness men, demonstration agents an Y -,- ressive farmers to make farmin f more attractive and remunerative-i ;t "Lime legumes and livestock" and i v such diversifie(l farming as will fi sI Our barns, corn cribs and smoke hous ;t and make cotton and tobacco surplh money crops to be sold for cash b the farm er "in his own good tim and in his own way." Lt ISSUE WARNING OF UNREST :-Ciao May 1 6.-The heads of th n seventeen ra ilroadI brotherhoodIs issue e a statement tonight expressing at prehension as to the effect of furthe d delay in nmeeting the workers' reques -for inerensedl wages. The brotherhooc oflicers arrivedl in Chicago for the re y sumption tomorrow of hearings b~efor the Railway Labor Boardl on the ques tion of a general wage advance fo tFt YOUR BA ismr'hn eepa Itiarcodofsl-o nigtat a aefr of tmhe Yas. rl a SaisacIoSecurita felow-en-thesec are JA. *WETN R MI 1 Ly, NO, Jr. d railway employes. After declaring the country is "face n to face with the menace of a break a down in transportation service," the It statement declared already the efli e elency and safety of the service has s been seriously impaired by the actions y o' thousands of employes who col e untarily have quit work to fird higher wages elsewhere. Unrest in the ranks is naturally in. creasing, and increasing at an alarm mog r'ate," the statement says, and e dleclares in conclusion that "a living :1 wage is the only practicable answer .. to the present indlustrial situation." tCEDAR FECEPOTS rg~7e round ones, 7 feet long, average 4 1-2 m~che;s across small endl with plenty of large ones mixed in for gates and corners--363 cents each dleliver nin car lots of 1200 or more. D)raft * with bill lading attachedl. Fred CG. Auld, Eastover, S. C. 19-3t LNK BOOK account of your savings. ntrol and systematic plan sulccess through the Travel and the respect of your :herewards ofC the Thrifty. [onal IBank K RG, Vice-President. Cashier.