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In 1696 the govem'.ne Netherlands granted a gBffiBMKpMpFharter authorizing its preparaI^R^^Kd Sale. ^KsmoNS-Posri lug Hhce, Prosperity and Opportunity 2 ^nS^Bdness concerns are being organize B Imoring for efficient office clerks, salaries. H^roeet opportunity half-way ? prepai pension, growth and prosperity?the 3j?| Our courses of study have a national employment department secures posit IB they are competent. Write today, am H date. f Draughon's Bu national Reputation. COLUMBl N fw ? m&ssn La move g UNITE yp jWHt lp Win SALE 1 space co fhe PeopI is to bi ili am flani SSI (MSSTAJ4P9 )IYTD 0STATB9 UCMKKT i m And i The War IVERYWHERl 'n^i JL re in your pocket, and usually unt to a nice little sum if you put b. ill. It costs nothing to join and in | is for urging you to do so. ? cent and 1.0 cent increasing and ent, $1.00, $5.00 or any amount hxAzwm i die plan to you. Our Bank. D? DILLON : and 4 per cent. TH CAROLINA LOOK OUT! The housewife of Holland would &! most as soon be without food as without her "Heal Dutch Drops," as she f;ualntly calls GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. They restore strength and are responsible in a great measure for the sturdy, robust health of the Hollanders. Do not delay. Go to your druggist and insist on his supplying you with GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. Take them as directed, and if you are not satisfied with results your druggist will gladly refund your money. Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on the box and accept no other. In sealed boxes, three sizes. [IONS-POSITIONS ire NOW here. New corporations and Hi daily. Big business everywhere is stenographers, and typists at al e NOW, for this ERA of business exgreatest in the history of this counreputation for superiority and our [ions for all students, as soon as 1 rrange for entrance at an early lisness College "Largest Because Best" IA, S. C. , ' 1 SS\ I STAMP0 | w.?? *M II' D STATE* ftMMINT ? | cm And i The War j TI'V'PVTXrTT'SVR*! I I T AJi? Jk ?? ?i a mwmm | _* I 5 y ncributed to War Savings | es Bank. f 6 H ly War Savings Stamps, | mt your other funds in | Place Of Fer In Southen f ________ Farmer-Banker Discusses Real Value Experience, Observation and 5 to Vital Southern Problem?f Bright Williamson, Agriculture is the bed rock and foundation upon which every other industry must stand or fall. All the people prosper or fail to prosper ao cording to tne aounaance 01 ui? narvest of the soil, and upon agriculture depends the prosperity and happiness of the world. Better methods of agriculture Include the use of modern implements, modern cultivation and soil improvement. This brings us directly to the Importance of the fertilizer industry as a means of improving our soils. Fertilizers are absolutely essential in order to increase the fertility of the soil. They have a direct effect upon agricultural production and through the products of agriculture a direct effect upon all other industries. Anything which contributes to an Increase in our agricultural productions, contributes to the welfare, comfort and prosperity of our people as a whole; and this brings us directly to the consideration of the importance of the fertilizer industry in relation to other lines of business. Fertilizers Necessary In South The very nature of our soil, climate and rainfall makes it impossible to rarra successiuuy wiuum i?(uisiij feeding our crops from artificial sources with at least two of the several principal elements entering into the composition and development of plant life. Without fertilizers much of the best producing cotton lands in the Bouth would become unproductive and farming would be unprofitable. In many states, except in a few localities, soil is no more capable of producing without being fertilized than stock is capable of performing work without being fed. Our lands must be fed just as we feed the stock that work them or they will become too poor to even pay the cost and expense of cultivation. Transformed Sections Large sections of land in various parts of the South Atlantic States, forty or fifty years ago, required four or five acres to produce one bale of cotton, which now, by intelligent farming, made possible by the use of fertilizers, yield one bale to each acre, *w th? ?nnivalent. of other crops. Pov Ttj stricken sections of one or two fenerations ago have been transformad Into populous and prosperous communities. Our ability to rebuild and make our lands more fertile has enabled people to lire and settle in ?iore desirable communities, and to enjoy advantages of better markets, schools, churches and social conditions. Better rural conditions have made the "hack to the farm" movement not only a possibility, but a reality. Prosperity Due to Fertilizers Whatever may be the direct benefit, It Is obvious from a study of the situation that the present prosperity and greater population In South Carolina is due more largely to the use of eommerclal fertilizers than to any other cause, because in South Carolina fertilizers are absolutely necessary "to profitable agriculture, upon which moBt of our business and other industries depend. Had it not been for the use of commercial fertilizers South Carolina could not be considered an agricultural Btate. Taking Into consideration the cost of fertile rs, statistics will bear out the Btatemnnt that the once worn out Aim At 1 Yields . (From Progressive Fanner, Dec. 11.) For the average Southern fanner, we cannot think of a better resolution for the New Year than one calling for better than average yields. Average yields, whatever the crop, mean, over a period of years, little more than a living wage. But as the individual farmer rises above the average, his net profits, nine times In ten, correspondingly rise. The man who raises cotton must see that our average of about one-third of a bale per acre can only mean poverty to the grower; the J man who grows corn and oats at our average rate of 15 to 20 bushels per acre must see that there can be no profit in such yields; our peanut and tobacco fanners, our dairy and general livestock farmers must see that so long as they are content with a merely average yield per acre or per animal, just so long will they find the farming game unprofitable and unsatisfactory. Good land, planted t.o good seeds and well fertilized and well tilled is the key to successful farming; for good land, plus good seed, fertilization and tillage, means high yields and good profits. In the new year, every farmto should aim at these: and in eettine E. L1LLIAM ARMSTRONG, I>. C. n? CHIROPF Room 4 llarr PHONE 562 AT MARION, S. C., MONDAYS jgg From 10 a. m 'titimers i Agriculture of Fertilizters Out of His Years of study?Timelly Topic Relating Extracts Froi)n an Address. ? I Darlington, IS. C. and abandoned flolds of South Carolina yield greater profit per acre than the richer river lands, once the pride of the| Southern cotton planter, or than thej more fertile lands of Texas. J LandlVaiues Increased This statement is reflected in the fact that these same lands in parts of South Carolina are selling freely for more than $100.00 per acre. I have been dealing with the effect of the fertilizer industry and the use of fertilizers on agriculture, because, as I have said,,the effects on business J generally must result from the effect on agriculture, and it is obvious that they must be Innumerable. The fertilizer business in the South is one of the most important, and concerns our prosperity more directly than any other industry, and in its effects no other industry so ramifies into other business or has a greater effect on the industries and business generally. ' and Manufacturers neifJS nam uauo anu Perhaps among the industries which are more particularly and directly benefited by the use of commercial fertilisers are the railroads and common carriers, which first bring fertilize to the farmers, and in return transport the increased products of the farm to the ends of the earth; and finally when these products are sold, for a third time, the railroads are called upon to bring to the farmer his supplies of foreign and domestic products. The use of fertilizer has made more spindles in the South, more oil mills, more live stock, more people and more commerce. The tobAceo crop and our trucking industry, requiring intensive fertilization and plant food, would be practically unknown to us. Ships tfrlng raw material from i^reign shores in greater quantities anil in return carry away more cotton aid grain. Cheapens Cost of P'oducing Crops The commercial business is affectod in even greater proportion than the fanner himself, and taere is no farmer in the South who Is not benefited by toe judicious use m ?juuu?iuu . fertilizer, l^arge crops give tn the people a greater supply at a lower coat of production and at a lower prloe to the consumer, while on the other hand Bmall crops not on!y increase the cost of production, but nay increase la even greater proportiot the prloe to the consumer. When harvests are abundant the consumer and producer alike share la the increued prosper ity. Other means of cheapening the east of production can be uied profitably only on a very large of on a rsry small scale, but fertilisers can be applied with practically tto same suocess to the smallest as fwell as the largest undertaking from he lndlrldual plant in the flower pot o the thousand acre cotton field. It was my pleasure some years ago to know many more maiufacturers and dealers in fertilizers than I know at present, but I wish to testify to the high character and intelligence of those with whom I became ilsociated. The proper use of comL<ertlal fertiliser by the farmer is obvious/ of vital importance to the fertilizer'industry as well as to the farmer, aol it Is a matter tbat should reoelve thcight and careful consideration at all lines by those who promote the lndusry. ve- the-Average In 1919 [them, It should be rememberd that rather liberal expenditures an justifiable. For instance, when a laleN of eotton with the seed is worth $1.0, our average per acre yield of one-thid of a bale is worth $50; but when ve increase this to two-thirds of a bale, worth $100, we have a gross prdt of $50 with which to pay for the c?st of the increase. Of course the cat of this increased yield, if the matte- be gone about judiciously, will practhally never be as much as $50. More <Tten than not, in fact, it will be $25 or ess, leaving a net profit of $23 or moreper acre. And the same rule will hold vith other crops and livestock as well, he higher the yield per acre or per aniual, within certain limits, the greater *he net return. The new year and the ye^rs to cone hold great things for the thinking, pogressive, business-like farmer. Priws promise to remain good for a loig time, and fair profits seem certain br the jnan who farms right. Let us, as our first New Year resouHrm aim nt nuttlne our farms on a big-yielding, money - making bash. There is no surer way for making firu life more attractive and desirable anl for keeping the boys and girls on th<^ farms. ? JT. D. BABCOCK I). C. ?1 IS UOULULHj FACTORS ! i n^cr Huil<]iii? FLORENCE, S. C. , WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS i to 0 p. m. I Professional Cards. GIBSON & MULLER Attorneys-at-Law Jfflce over Malcolm Mercantile O DILLON, 8. C. Tactice In State and Federal Court. L. D. LIDE Attorney-at-Law MARION. S. C. DR. C. R. TABER Physician and Surgeon Office at residence. No. 5 Harrison It. Residence Phone No. 90. DR. J. H. HAMEK, JR. Dentist Office over Peoples Bank. HAROROVE & BRADDY Attorneys-at-Law. MBce first floor People Bank Bldg. DILLON, 8. C. "1 L. B. HASELDEN Attorney at Law DILLON, 8. C. 4oney to Lend on First Mortgage Real Estate. J. W. JOHNSON Attornef-at-Law *raetlce In State and Federal Court* Marlon, 8. G. 8. C. HENSLEE, M. D. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Spectacles Fitted. _ Office Hours 9 to 11 and 2 to 4 Evening Hours by Appointment. J. M. JOHNSON, C. E. My surveying and engineering of- , ice will be open^during my absence, j \nd prepared to take care of any vork as usual. Address all communiations as heretofore. J. M. Johnson, Marion, S. C. A Tonic Laxative that will remove the bile from the Liver and cleanse the System THOROUGHLY without griping or disturbing the stomach is truly a Perfect Laxative. LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN is the name of a Reliable and Perfect Laxative which soon relieves Sick Headache. Dizziness, Indigestion, Stomach Trouble, Gas and Piles caused by a Torpid Liver and Constipation. Always ose a Reliable Laxative in the treatment of Colds, Grip and Influenza. LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN Is a Liquid Digestive Tonic Laxative excellent in its effect on the System, both as a tonic and as a laxative. It is Just as good for Children as for Adults. Pleasant to take. Children like it 50c. _ , Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medicine Co.. St. Louis, Mo., manufacturers of Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic. i.. i ?i <i TAX RETURNS FOR 1919. ?? To Be Made By * School Districts.! All persons owing personal property or those acting as agents for others are required by law to list the same for taxation between January. 1st and February 20th, 1919. The law requires that a penalty of fifty rper cent be added for failure; to comply therewith, therefore please; do not wait until the last days to make your returns but come in as soon after January 1st as is possible.! All Polls and Dogs must be return-! ed and any changes in real estate, such as transfers and new buildings must be noted. ! The law requires the tax books to ] be written up by school districts and' parties owing property in more than one district will use separate blanks \ for each district; by complying with this request you will greatly facilitate the work of the auditor. The auditor or his deputy will be at the following places on the dates mentioned below t0 take tax returns: Hamer, Wednesday, Jan. 15 th. Gadd'ys Mill, Thursday, Jan. 16th. Lake View, Friday, Jan, 17th. Fork, Monday, Jan. 30th. Judson, Tuesday, Jan. 21st. Little Rock, Wednesday, Jan. 22d. Bingham, Thursday, Jan. 23rd. JUaiiory, rriaay, juu. jhu. Kirby's ^ Roads, Monday, Jan. 27th. Latta, Tuesday, Jan. 28th. Latta, Wednesday, Jan. 29th. JNO. W. GADDY, Auditor Dillon County. 12-19-2-20.19?256. The Strong Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Weak You must have Health, Strength and Endurance to fight Colds, Grip and Influenza. When your blood is not in a healthy ConHitinn nnH rfnfis not circulate DroDerlv. your system is unable to withstand the ,' Whiter cold. GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC .Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip tfid Influenza by Purifying and Enriching be Blood. It contains the well-known tonic prop^ties of Quinine and Iron in a form ?ceptable to the most delicate stomach, is pleasant to take. Yoti can soon feel it Strengthening, Invigorating Effect 60c. 1 I J, ^Health jS ^ About h jg Gone IS ^ Many thousands of fit women suffering from ^ womanly trouble, have y L been benefited by the use |^t ^fi of Cardui, the woman's ^ tonic, according to letters fi| we receive, similar to this ^fij ^ one from Mrs. Z.V. Spell, > ofHayne, N.C. "1 could fi^ A Smj net stand on my feet, and fw 1 just suffered terribly," SLj she says. "As my suffering was so great, and he had tried other remedies, Dr. had us 1^ get Cardui. . ? I began ok] improving, and it cured >3| me. 1 know, and my doctor knows, what Car- I dui did for me, for my i ^B| nerves and health were L^| A ^ about gone." ML J ^ TAKE I CARDUI The Woman's Tonic a She writes further: 4f7 |^i| am in splendid health ... can do my work. I feel I A owe it to Cardui, tor I was t ^ Kjj in dreadful condition." If you are nervous, run- PB down and weak, or suffer i wh| from headache, backache, etc., every month, try Cardui. Thousands of women praise this medlcine for the cood it has done thern, and -many ^ physicians who have used ^ Cardui successfully with A ^3 their women patients, for ^^1 l^j years, endorse this medicine. Think what it means to be in splendid health, ^1 like Mrs. Spell. Give RB ^ Cardui a trial. jl All Druggists W FDR SALE I Stock of Merchandise and Furniture of Lonnie Blanton, situated at Cotton Mill Factory Hill. Will sell for cash, or credif Ill I Apply to JOE P. IDEE 251 W Wood's Seeds Crimson Clover Increases crop production, improves the land and makes an excellent grazing and forage crop. WOOD'S FALL CATALOG Just Issued Tells All About />. n 1 crimson tiover, Alfalfa, Fulghum Oats, Abbruzzi Rye and all other Farm and Garden Seeds FOR FALL SOWING. Cat&og mailed free. Write for it, and prices of any Seeds required. T. W. WOOD & SONS, ' Seedsmen - Richmond, Va. 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