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REAL G1EER IN AGRICULTURE A Higher Dignity For The Great Business of Farmers. . Clemson College, Jan-, B?"As a man Ainketh in kis heart, so is he". So fretka Holy Scripture, and all experience Confirms its troth. ,The most important con3idoration, therefore, for the farmer is his attitude toward his farm, tyhat does he think afequt it,?what does he think a/bout farming? Does he lore his fields and woods ?Does his eye rest with peculiar fondness on his sleek mules and fat cattla? Does he feel in his rery soul that farming is a high calling, the only vr-cation for him? Or does lie value f*jlds and woods and cattle in terms merely of money 7 Will he sell them all for js price, and gladly turn away from them forever 7 Is he a farmer by chance or by choice? Has he simply "Inherited'' a farm? Is he a farmer because he hnowB no other way of "making a living," because it may seem to him the easiest, most independent life? lias he looked the world and its businesses in t the face, and deliberately decided that, as for him, the plow and the fresh earth upturned, and the growing plant have charms above all? Before any further real progress can be made in ?tho development of our country life,that country life must be saturated with love of the country. Many more farmers there must be, whose determination to stUy on the farm is quite as fixed am their dstermiaatlon to win success, and comfort and happidees, for themselves and their families, by means of their famuing. - * Such farmers will sot be bribed by a duuuub riHo m -one prices oc farm lends *0 "Bell, out" and move to e neighbortag town. They will not be driven away by labor troubles. They may sell a part of tljeir holdings, but they win still Cling to the soil. By the use of modem machinery in the home and on the farm, they will so multiply personal efficiency as to reduce greatly the number of laborers, and increase the output of all who work. These farmers will be fully persuaded in their own minds, that they above men in other callings, have opporunity to raise strong healthy children. .They will appreciate at their true worth, the breeze blowing clear ( and pure over the wheat, the sight of cattle on the hill feeding slowly homeward, the ran in the woods after nutsv for the Children's growth, both of body and uiiuu, "Who but the farmer can furnish in abundance to his children, v dean milk, fresh eggs, tender vegetables. home-raised bread and meat T The medical records of the Selective Draft Board,have Just revealed that the ImlQiiefiViOuv Lu tiro United States fs. from North to South, practically - coincident with the none of greatest agricultural development, the great Mississippi Valley- May not the mom abundant food supply there be ths secret of' the stronger, - healthier young men? "Bread" is the universal human cry. Only the farmer can furnish it. No other occupation fills so fundamental ' a need. Preacher, lawyer, doctor, men chant. maniif?ptni?r KonVnf?wq not do without them, hut their importance to society la less than the farmer's. The flrat occupation both In point of time and point of logic ia farming. And the farmer, the real farmer, will realise that he is, under God, the die* | penser of the bounties of Nature to hla hungry fellowmen. He will value hla I profession accordingly. The ^ery practice of the art of fanning affords opportunity to the farmer to grow to the full, mentally and spiritually. He is not dependent on ment and things M other men are. He is dependent on cloud and sunshine, on the hidden i processes at life; that is, he Is detpend* snt on the wisdom, power and goodness of God. He ought to be a better man for It Jnst because the farm gives this opportunity for cfloser relationship with the Lord of life, there is a higher dig- , nty shout this business than we have ocmmonly accorded ft. We have looked at the dirty hand, and the bent hack, and we have called the farmer uncouth and his profession unclean. The world has taught hbn to despise his work and himself. It admires the skill of the J great surgeon, hut forgets the years he spent in the gruesome woiit of the dissecting-room. It praises the artist who sings a song, or writes a story, or $ahit? a picture, but the artist who gave us our breeds of cattle, or strains of wheat or corn, bur Improved melhords of tillage, are almost unknown. Tet their reward is with them. In the quiet, even In the obscurity of their farms, they so lived and worke<* that mankind te perpetually their debtor. T-our farming holds the possibility or fruen a career ror you. Some recent publications of later* Mi to South Carolina farmers are lls$- < ad below and ;puay be obtained free by i writing to the Agricultural Editor, -"ClemBon College, S. C. Extension . Bulletin 4f, "Tobaceo Culture la South C^olina." Extension Bulletin 44, "Pitting the Boll- Weeril with Pastures and Fencing." Experiment &ta< < tion Bulletin 200, "Analyses of Coraaepelal Fertilisers," Experiment Station Bulletin 20i, "Cresotiag Fence *WM" Attractive and sanitary buildings are n business asset to any farm; they suggest healthy livestock, prtjtctaed wiaeM'iery always ready for use, and other tarm equipment and sudsUos \ . / I M&i , . f 8CUAB CONTROL BlLXi ?SIGNED I*Y PRESIDENT Word comos from Washington tha President Wilson signed the McNarj Sugar Control Bil last night. In connetclon with the announce mont of the signing of the bill th< President's Secretary, Mr. Tumulty gave out the following statement: "The President has signed the Sa gar Control Bill. This bill confen discretion on the President in the matter of purchasing sugar from Ca ba. It is doubtful whether it will b< practicable or wise for the President to exorcise the power oonforred so fai o a fhn nm>nVto?iA nn/1 rliof t*IKnti/\rt MW v??w |/U* VUUUW RllVk UIOV1 II/UW4UII VI sugar are concerned. Some of th< Cuba sugar has already been pur chased, and there Is no central con trol over sugar In Cuba as thore wai last year, ond it might therefore b< impossible for the 'Government nov to step in and purchase the sugai without increasing the price to th< consumer. The bifl however, continues the licensing power also, and thli power may be .used to assist in con trolling profiteering among dlstributors. Much Cuban sugar is coming ii now, and the indications arc thai pfices have reached their peak, ant that there will bo a tendency for pric es to fall in thp next few weeks" e EXPI/OSION IN I>TJ PONT POWDER PI/ANI Wilmington, Del., Jan. 2.?A heavj explosion occurred at 9 o'clock thii morning at the Hagley plant of th< Du Pont Company on the Brandywine River, about three miles fronr Wilmington, Delaware which shoo! the country for many miles around Thus far the repr.-rts indicato that th< numbor of casualties was comparatively small?two dead and one injur c:u?uimuuKn uiu property loss was heavy. Four years ago an explosion in the same plant killed thirty workmen. ADAM B. TAYLOR. / Mr. Adam B. Taylor, one among Cedar Grove's best members, was buried at Cedar Grove church the day after Christmas. One of the largest congregations that has assembled there in years was present to pay the last tributes of respect to the good nsnn. The funeral services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. F. K. Roof. The entire community sympathize: with the bereaved family. ' > - - . ... - ?. itR. KRIiXiLf-STOCK MAN. Married at St. Peter's Piney Woods) parsonage, by Rev. B. L. Stroup, on Dec. 24th, 1?19;. Mr. Jas. IL Stockman and Miss gnes R. Krell, both of Newl^erry Co. Remove nrrA'.f >.*' c THE FASHION SHOP an corner of Lady and Main to from Van Metre's, with lar? full line offspring Millinery when in town.?S?^" MISS CORLE Phone"2272"vS^te 1310Ma URAREI 0P1 6 1-2 miles from Pelion, 6 1-2 miles from Gilbert. 7 miles from Steadman, 11 miles from Lexington, 20 milos from city of Columbia, 2 miles from Methodist church, 2 miles from Baptist church, 3 miles from Lutheran -church, IS IXM1ATKD A Splendid Farm of 333 Acres This farm is richly wooded with >nk. hickorv an#l nlnn. Rn-ro *n?? 1 -4 miles away. Soventy-five acres of this farm has >een in cultlTation but now grown up n pino and other growth but can I IB ' Brookla] New Brookla 4 .. t i PLAY AT WHKKliAWP '< SCHOQli HOCSEl ' The play, "Daisy Garland's ,Forir tunc," will be given at Wheeland . school house at 7:30 on Friday night, 9 January 9th, 1120. There wil also be y a cake walk, fish pond and other entertainments. Everybody come. Admission 15c 3 j and 25c. ? ? ITANLAG GAVE ME 'BACK MY STRENGTH ) I Think It Is The Grandest Reme[ dy," She Declares. 9 .. ' ; LIKE A NEW WOMAN. 1 : i . t Piedmont Woman Says She Was So | Weak She Could Hardly Stay Out Of Bed. 1 rf* . [> "Tanlac gave mo back my strength f and made me feel flno in every way. 3 I think It Is the grandest medicine in' 3 the world and I can heartily recom " mend.lt to anyone who suffers from 1 the complaints I had," wus the em: phatic endorsement of "The Master ' Medicine" given by Mrs. jLizzie Bry1 son, of Piedmont, S. C., May 9, 1917. ' "When I began hiking Tanlac," con' tinned Mrs. Bryson. "I was so weak 1 and broken down 1 could hardly keep 1 out of bed. I had no appetite, I could not vest soundly, and I was nervous to kill. "Tho Tanlac gp.vo me back my health and strength, though. I soon had n fine appetite, my nerves became strong and steady and I felt fine in every way. In a week tho Tanlac had me feeling like a new woman. It was two months ago that I stopped i taking Tanlac. I certainly am glad L to give this grand remedy public en dorsement." Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold exclusively at Harmon Drug Co.," 1 L.exington; Buone^.^t Whetsell, New / V ^ v Brookland; * Tug .iatesburg; -ir? 1 /ille; Eargle's ... .b StorA, Chay>r^ Jr. W. T. Brooker, Swansea; Peliom >rug Co., Pelion; W. "J. Cayce. Cayce: V. E. Leaphart, Gilbert; Tho Lorick .'o., Irmo; W. H. Suber, Peak; Price >1.00 per bottlo straight. adv. \ ===== il Notice nouncesrtbeir removaljj'from tl310 Main, upsta'rs across 8 >,er and better quarters and a . Call and see cur new place u i . ?? |'i ,Y, Proprietor KSt. S.COLUKBIA, S. C. | 'ORTUNITY be easily put back into cultivation. Tho farm is practically level and all of it available for cultivation. One hundred acres of this farm is worth the amount being asked for the entire 333 acres. The red oak, hickory, round leaf black jack and dog-wood would convince you of Vint 1* " wui, tuiiv. <uuruover, mo OlDef ZJi acres and the five room dwelling thereon is amply worth the price be-, ing asked for the whole farm. I again ropeat that this is a raro opportunity for & thrifty man. $7000. will buy the property. Terms: half cadh and balance in several years if preferred- ' Communicate with me in person,; by phone or letter and'shall be glad to send a man to show the farm. ( m ^ JB B H n nd Bank nd, - S. C ; ? "J "s CITATION NOTICE Stato of South Carolina, County ol Lcxlngtoft. By Georog S. Drafts, esquire, Probat* Judge. Whereas, P. J. Witherford mnd< suit to me, to grant him Letters ol Administration of the estate of and effects of Minnie Witherford. These -are theroforo to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Minuit Witherford, deceased* that they bt and appear, before mo. In the Couri of Probate, to be held at Lexington C. H., S, C., ort 17 Jan. 1920 next after publication hereof at 11 o'clocl in tho forenoon, to show cause, if anj they have, why the said Administration should not bo granted. Given under my Hand, this 2nd da> of Jan. Anno Domini 1920. GEO. S. DRAFTS, (L. S.) Probato Judgo, Lex. Co., S. C. Published on the 7th day of Jan. 1920 In the Lexington paper 2 weeks. CITATION NOTICE State of South Carolina, County of Lexington. By Georgo S. Drafts, esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Jas. L. Haigler made suit to mo, to grant him Letters of Administration of tho Estate of and effects of W. B. Haigler. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tho kindred and Creditors of the raid W. B. Haigler, deceased, that they ho and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to bo held at Lexington, C. H., S. C, on 9th January 1920 next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, thin 26 day of December Anno Domini 1919. GEO. S. DRAFTS (L. S) Probate Judge Lexington County S. C. Published on the 31 day of December 1919 in the Lexington paper 2 weeks. None 10 of final discharge. Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, tho 17th day of January next. I will npply to George S. Drafts, judgo of Probate for Lexington County, for final dischargo as administrator of tho estate of II. C. Reeder, deceased. MRS. P. W. REDDER, Administrator Es. II. C. Reeder. - \ w I Barge ' We have on hs asked they are o o O] These cars are in 1 offered will go qui A comple Our Is equipped to turi I staff of expert mei that we will stand i rviiinr I IX Ainu ! W. E. HUMPHRIES, Sales V mmn NOTICE OF FINAIi DISCHARGE. Not loo is hereby given that on ~Fri f day, the 16th day of January next, will apply to Georgo S. Drafts, judg< j of Probate for Lexington County, fo; final discharge as administrator o > the estate of G. A* Goodwine, deceas r cd, I 11AGG1E GOODWINE, Administrator Be. G.-A. Goodwine. 1 ! ATTENTION FARMERS, CON! Every progressive farmer i Level, -for the sake of efficier : in designing a system of drai ' it in a haphazard way, but h< ...ai. 4.1 :J _c ?L:.i. l-_ wiui uits uiu UJL WHICH iinu all the surveying work requii alterations which he is makinj We will deliver one of thes State for $23.50. Send for ( COLUMBIA 823 Wot Gerrais Street NOl [1 Commencing Sa [ j our Ginnery will |! Friday only for t M season. ; I Lexingto a ILEXlNGT ====== tins In ind the following used cars, : well worth seeing before bu; ne Dodge ne Chevro ne Overlai first class mechanical conditic ck. te line of Accessories, Oils ar Repair Depart i out work that will more tin shanics are always on the joh behind. rnu Air I Vll AU Manager J( FXINGTON, S. ? None? OF FINAL. DISCHARGENotice is hereby' given that on I Thursday, the 16tli day of January o next. I will apply to Goorgo S. Drafts r Judge of Probate for Dexlngton Counf ty, for final discharge as administra tor of tho estate^ pf Henry D'cnt, doceased. C. M. EFIRD, Administrator Eh. Henry Dont. i rRACTORS, and Road Builders! should have a Favorite Farm icy and economy. For example, inage, he no longer goes about s uses a Favorite Farm Level, s himself able to do practicalle red for the improvements and r on hisiarm irom-time to time, e Farm Levels anywhere in the :ircular. w;supply CO. COLUMBIA. S.C. I hce turday, Nov. 15, i run Thursday and i he balance of the [; ON, S. C. l / I I wuammMtmasummammmmmmm " - { w ; i , I and at the prices ying: I let I id I )n, and at the prices id Greases. merit m please ycu. Our i to give you a job | ro co. f )HN R CORLEY, Pr?fcS?B? c.