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l^fr. Kennedy AJrges Growing of Foodstuffs?-Must Meet Western Competition by Properly Preparing for Market?Some Fertilizer Statistics. (From Cotton News.) Here are some facts and figures worth considering by thte farming element of this and other sections of the State just at this, the planting period. Below I give a table from Clemson College, showing the amount of fertilizer used by each state and the number of bales of cotton produced in 1919: You will notice from above table that Texas produced nearly 59 bales State Amount of Fertilizer us Tons. Alabama 297,9 08 Arkansas .. G4,427 Florida 250,013 Georgia \ 990,919 Louisiana 97,724 \ Mississippi 110,000 North Carolina . 961,233 Oklahoma 40,000 South Carolina 1,033,8S7 Texas 40,000 of cotton for each ton of ^fertilizer i used; Oklahoma, 23 bales; Arkansas, 12 bales; Mississippi, 9 bales; j Louisiana, 3 bales; Alabama, 2 bales; Georgia, 2 bales; North and South Carolina, a little over one each, wThile Florida used nearly 75 tons for each bale produced. Florida, though, is mrkt on cotton for money crop. Our own state (South Carolina) is, however, and if we concede that 35 cents is the average price per pound for the 1919 crop and tiat the bales averaged 500 poundd, we will have a total of 737,500,000 pounds with a total value of $258,125,000 Now if we- assume that the average price paid for fertilizer per ton, including nitrate of soda, muriate of potash etc.. is $50.00 per ton, the state's ferti** lizer cost 51,094,350, leaving from the cot- ' ton $200,430,050 It is estimated that of" foodstuff the state bought 110,000,000 Balance $ 96,430,650 Let's see now how this would look j on last year's crop, using the same weights of cotton, the same price for fertilizer and the same amount. I haven't got the last year's figures is the reason I do this. In estimating the average price for cotton, the low grades must be considered as well as the good grades, so I shall assume that 15 cents is the average price: 735,500,000 pounds, at 15 cents per pound $110,625,000 1,033,887 tons fertilizer at $50.00 per tort 51,604.350 Leaves 58.930,650 Now then if we bought as much food stuffs in 1920 as in 1919, and we did 110,000,000 We have a debt you see of $ 51,069,350 | COULD HARDLY EAT ANYTHING I NEISD80RS FOUND IT A WONDER! I Massaging Shampooing The A La Mode 1310 Mam St., 'Up 5 wi: \ specialty I KINDS OF U Special Skin Treatment Henna Pack S?ortood I ' Now here is xne pc^nt I want to, make to our farming element: There was, it is estimated, $110*000,000 (one hundred and ten millions of dollars) worth of food^fruffs shipped into I this state from outside its borders, j all of which brought a high price, I yet farmers will tell you they cannot get money for any crop other than cotton. I say these folks outside our I state got money for what they ship- | ped us, and I ask why is it our own people cannot get it? I think I can : answer the question, and will say in the first place, it's because we don't ! raise it. In the next place our people 1 take no care of anything they ra^e ! except cotton and corn, and in the 1 last place we do not put what we ! have in a marketable condition when '' we ofl'er it for sale. When you have ' corn and oats for sale, the quality 1 Yield Cotton Total yield j ied. per acre. of Cotton. Pounds. Pales. j , 3 30 715,000 155 S3 0.0 00 ( 70 17,000 150 1.730,000 | 94 300,000 154 946,000 260 975,000 190 930,000 243 1,475,000 125 2,700,000 | because of handling: should be second to none and should be offered in nice ra w sacks like the Western markets offer it. Hay should have the same i careful attention that Western growers give it and should be neatly baled, ro it can be handled as economically as the hay we have shipped to us. Its true you cannot sell corn, oats, hay. potatoes, etc:, in the fall as well as cotton, but I dare say if your bank knew you had 1000 bushels each of L-orn and oats and 50 tons of hay, all nicely cared for and stored away for the market at the beginning of the new year, you would have no trouble I to get them to carry your account till the market was open for your food crops. If you would once start this, you would find that it was not | one bit longer from January to January than it is from November to November. I in closing 1 want to call atention to j the fact that present prices for cotton as shown by the figures submitted will not pay the fertilizer and food bills, not to mention any of the other necessities. Then, why not grow the food, not only for your own needs but also a little for sale? Right now the farmers of our state and all the others as well, are pitching their crops for another year. "Won't you see that food crops are not neglected? If j you do, you will get a fair price for j all the extras you have for sale if j you eare for it, as you should and j offer it in nice condition for handling i like those who sell it offer it. In j addition to this, you will get at least J a living wage out of your cotton if all the other cotton states will do likewise; but if they do not, you will at least have your own foodstuffs at far less than you could buy them and the extras will sen witn out ntue trouble. The boll weevil is almost here and if we turn our attention to crops ether than cotton, he will not hurt us much like he has other cotton sections. PORTEI-l B. KENNEDY. Sharon, S. C., March 21. JNT1L HE USED DC Dll lift 1 FUL MEDICWE I L'ltU'llH i : and tired and conld hardly eat anything nntll I , , Soon my appetite waa good and my strength told my neighbors and every one of them found 1 medicine. You can always get a dose of j house no matter what the war tax." Mb. T. n. Waggoner, j Box 25, Bragg City, Mo. of the stomach and bowels is among forms of catarrhal diseases from large number of people needlessly 'ifty years of usefulness is the guarInd PE-RU-NA iquid Sold Everywhere ^ Expert Mircelle Waving ; r.azr L/ressing j j * j i \ Beauty Parlor, ! Columbia, S. C. >fa:rs) or I1KXA IWl'KS AND AJi?< j i I [AIIS OOODS I , I For'Engagment ?; Phone 2272 \! HIGH STAND IN HEX ALL CONTEST The Harmon Drug- Co./Lexington's | Rexall Pharmacy, has again been j awarded a high place in .the stand-1 ing of Rexall stores in South Carolina. Of practically one hundred Rexall stores in South Carolina the Harmon Drug Company stood thir- ! tieth at the end of the year. The j l award of place is based upon increase : of sales according to population and j other forward and progressive signs j of growth, and it speaks well for, the enterprise of Dr. Rice B. Harmon that his store made such a fine showing in 1920. There were very few stores in towns of population comparable to Lexington which made such a high standing as did the Kar- j mon Drug Company. The Rexall i 3tores are noted everywhere for their { fine business methods and splendid service and the taking of high rank imong such competitors is a mark of Sistinc-tion. i o ? XORT1I EDISTO ?7. j i The Wilson Literary Society of this: school observed Eastertide, with ;l ' very appropriate program. \vhi."h ! consisted of recitations and mur.i -.: last Friday afternoon. The March Honor Roll is as follows: *; Sixth Grade?Evcrette Jel'eoat, j Jack Flake, Iva Craft, Linda Craft, j n t .viai tv ?j . ?jcivuaif v.iaia : iu a, nuui i | Williamson, Luc-ile .Spires. Hanen II. > Schoenberg. Advanced fifth grade?Carlisle 1 Heed, Isaac Kirkland. Eunice Owens, Estelle "Williamson, Leila May King. Fifth grade?Ora Peel. Fourth grade?Raymond Kirkland. Cecil Jefcoat, Cornell Tindal, Jim Lee Pool, Willie A. Williamson. Third grade?Otho King. Second grade?Lcgare Williamson, Melvera Jefcoat. Advanced first grade?Freddie Craft, Doris Kirkland, Earl Williamson. Melton Jefcoat. First grade?Leola Spires, Woodrow Williamson, Thelma Brown. FOR SKILLED Honest Treatment After Other Doctors Fail n 1. tonsuit JMtfc SB Y ! Dr. W. R. REGISTER SPECIALIST 20S 1-2 Main Street, Cjlumbia; S. C. Expert in the Treatment of all old-standing Nervous,, Blood, Skin and Pelvic Diseases of Men and Women. WE GIVE A $10 EXAMINATION FREE WW U1IU %S Administered Intravenously for Blood Disorders WE TREAT SUCCESSFULLY Catarrh, Asthma, Pellagra, Bronchitis, Tumors, Stomache Epilepsy, Neuritis, Galstones Rheumatism, Dropsy, Deafness Varicocele, Bladder ar.d Kidney Troubles, Stricture, Hydrocele Prostate Glands, Piles, Fistula, and Male and Female Weakness, High Blood Pressure and Ridney Disorders. We employ to our practice all the latest Imported Serums, Vaccnes, Antoxins, Bacterins, Imported European Intravenous Specific Remedies and the latest and best appliances for the spedy cure of stubborn diseases. HONEST TREATMENT . j You pay for results only. No false hopes or promises, but per- i manent, lasting results. Consultation and Examination FREE. All dealings confidential. Hours: Daily 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 2 p. m ->nlv. Phone 94 Come to see us and let us ren-: ler you the results we are giving laily to others and leave the i pavment end of it in your own! bands. I " " :n .\T FcIFm' : ; 'D'OTK. The health of community is just fine at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Amiek spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. John Amick. J\Ir. Voight Haltiwan&er. s.ster Xettie and Miss Edna Sliealy spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. ! and Mrs. J. H. Chapman. .Mr. and Mrs. Voder Shealy spent Sunday wi.h M: Shealy's "parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fulmer. Messrs. Ttayford IlUiVsiutler, Alouzo Sh'.aiy. Mioses Julia and Leila Wessinger were the guests of Misses. Teln M:i p .-md Lassie Chapman r; while Saturday night. Miss Estelle Lindler dined With Miss Eva Fearle Ami:!; Sunday. Misses Iona and Idera Fulmor, Eva Pearle Ainick and sister Uirdie and Estelle Lindler spent Sunday afrernoon with Miss Ida Mac and J. >s:-L Chapman. 9 I IVia NEWS ITEMS FRO?.! THE MACEDONIA SECTION Mr. James L. Ainick and Mr. liobt. Huffstetler 01' this section were visitors in Lexington Sunday. Messrs. Kenneth. t'lnybern and Hcber Amiok were all on this side of ! the Fisherman, I Wrf the " J Ij 11 Supremacy," \ j JHgs* on every bottle I I I nf pmnlsinn tKat I you buy. This means that you will always ask for SCOTTS EMULSION Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. g ALSO MAKERS OF?- | Kl-HQIDS I (Tablets or Granules) for INDIGESTION I 1 20-2 Nk 1 i , - TIT ? I I ! j \ John De f; For Corn, 1 : I and Cotton ! pvprv rairnf J Don't forge j for the Farn We also cam c Metal Roof in < j ^If its Hardwa 1714-16 Main Si j.}i.- rr;or -Sundayvgryehir Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Koon of the Arnick's Ferry section visited their Uncle and Aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Julius B. Lorick, of this section Saturday night. Messrs. Jacob D. and J. B. Lor| ick also Misses Beatrice and Geneva ' Lorick worshipped at Union church j Sunday morning, and were visitors of [ Mr. and Mrs. Bub Meetze of the I Ridge Road section Sunday afterI noon. They reported a real nice visit. I Well, Mr. Editor, it seems that j news is just about ns scarce as hen's teeth in this section, with the exrepi t:o:i of hard times, j LITTLE TOM.MIE. ! 1 ? ? ? IDodson's Liver Tone j Killing Calomel Sale j , ? I j Don't sicken or salivate yourself or j paralyze your sensitive liver by taking j calomel which is quicksilver. Your . dealer sells each bottle of pleasant", j harmless "Dodson's Liver Tone" under j an ironclad, money-back guarantee | ! that it regulates the liver, stomach and j ' bowels better than calomel without mak- ! ing vou sick?15 lillion bottles sold. ! j . i i Women Made Young I i | Bright eyes, a dear skin and a body | full of youth and health may be- j yours if you will keep your system j in order by regularly taking i CaLD MEDAL j j I ! The world's standard remedy for kidney, ! liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, the | enemies of life and looks. In use since i 1695. Al! druggists, three sizes. Look for the name Gold Medal on every box j end accept no imitation 70 ' mm ? *last ; Of?OP" ftS|^^^SEAL?D TINS ONLY AT Y0UI2 GOOCE&S fi mmi. .house ii ? coffff . { , "CJ? ^3r 0 u tJCJi *T*? ! 1 <6)1 v^k. ^^OV. ut&UM&cwt coooar&anst ere and Cole Deas, Velvet Be. i. We have a >se. t us if you net i. r large sock of Paint y Wire Fence, Gate 3 ? 7 ^ .re, we have it. j? ^ :reet, - - irMQW W13wIXKBUWOTM <MBWUM9Rr I W~Ti I ll ll I ? ! * nr IH I '^l1 fll Stop Those (Maps WALTER'S I Tf%. rj AQQFQ WILL RELIEVE THEfllW Ninety per cent of constant heacaehes are caused from eye strain. Stop in and let| us examine those eyes and stop those headaches. 1 Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted , if 0. L. Walter Optica! Co. J % 1221 Mnii) Street, CoiuinWa. S. C. ami Florence. S. C. SHOES LT IE MINJMTHAT WEARS EASY AND LONGEST We are always prepared to serve our Lexington friends from a large stock of dependable Shoes for every kind of wear, in all leathers a td sizes. The "Family Shoe Store t.l Columbia." Farmers' Medium and Heavy Work Shoes a Specialty. E. P. & F. A. DAVIS 1710 Main St.. Columbia. S. C *jp? ? Planters ans, Peanuts planter for sd anything Rubber and is, etc.' i ri Columbia, S. C.