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I TR r I B I AT] I It ir opport The fers yc Mat MUTUAL DRY CM EFIRD'S DEPAR OLOUD DRY OOC A. FRIEDHEIM < RODDEY-POE M1 W. H. HOPE MEB R. W. CRANFORI S. W. PLYLER. Our j i^auu u S PEOPLES NATIO SPRAYING FRUIT TREES. R. M. Smith, professor of agriculture in the Fort Mill high school, has written for The Times the following timely article on the spraying of fruit trees: Q. When should I spray my peach and apple trees! A. Peach trees should be sprayed when the majority of husks or coats on the young peaches have fallen from the tree. Apples, unlike peaches, should be sprayed when the greater portion of the petals have fallen from the young fruit on the tree. Q. Is it very important that 1 apply the sprayer at this time; if so, why? A. Yes; a delay of a few days in applying the spray may mean the difference between good fruit and had fruit, since the worms enter the peaches and apples at this time and the poison spray will get them before they can do so. Q. Do peaches and apples require the same spray? A. IMO. Q. What should I spray my apples with? A. Commercial lime sulphur and arsenate of lead. Q. What is the formula for this combined spray? A. Use five quarts of the lime sulphur to f>0 gallons of water; to this add one pound of arsenate of lead powder, which has been dissolved thoroughly in a small quantity of water. Q. What spray should I use on my peaches? A. Selfboiled lime sulphur and arsenate of lead. Q. What is meant by selfboiled lime snlnhur? A. By selfboiled liine sulphur is mount a form of spray made by the heat of slacking lime which cooks the sulphur thoroughly, forminghhe combination, lime-sulphur. Q. How is it made? A. Place eight pounds of tinslacked or good store lime in a tub or barrel and pour over it enough hot water to cover. Put in the flower of sulphur (lumps first crushed) and add another bucket of water. As the mass boils from the slacking of the lime stir it, add more hot water as needed to form a thick paste. A rack over the barrel helps to keep in the heat. When the boiling is all over add water (cold is all right) to make 50 gallons, stir thoroughly and strain carefully. Dissolve the arsenate of lead powder (one pound) in enough of the solution to make it liquid, then stir it into the whole solution and va i: -' ^ i * '* * vy '* 1 r*S.^ -}>i- "f * * " _ " Ji ADEI > s / I \ n ROCK H \ has become a fixed c rade event of the seas d the largest and grea latters not what youi unity of the season to times demand that y< >u just such a buying < :e out your want list n THE )ODS CO. / TMENT STORE. IDS CO. & BRO. SRCANTILE CO. ICANTILE CO. ) DRY GOODS CO. t three strong Banks ai ne to open a Savings NAL BANK you are ready to spray. Q. What should these sprays be applied with? A. A good barrel pump capable of giving u pressure of 100 pounds to the square inch at the nozzle. The spray should be put on as a fine mist, since a driving spray does not cover so large a surface or so thoroughly as the fine mist type and it is more expensive. Q. What kind of day is best for spraying? A. A good warm day when there is no breeze blowing. Q. IIow many trees will 50 gallons of the spray cover? A. This of course depends upon the size of the trees, their^jrge and other factors. For an average size peach tree (three years) one may figure on from a gallon to a gallon and a half of the spray per tree; on apple trees from six to eight years old one and one-half to two gallons per tree will be required. Q. What are the different poisons in the spray for? A. The arsenate of lead controls the worms affecting both peach and apple. Lime sulphur is for a disease of apple called scab, which causes rough spots on the fruit while selfhoiled lime sulphur controls the soft brown rot of peaches. Expecting to be called upon to testify in the trial of the more or less celebrated Ross will case at Monroe. N. C., C. C. Mcllwaine, Port Mill citizen, left Tuesday morning for Monroe, but learned after reaching the North Carolina town that the hearing of the case had been postponed until March 28. Mr. Mcllwaine was one of the witnesses to the will of Miss Snllie Ross, who bequeathed her interest in valuable farm lands and other property in the Marvin section of Union county, N. O., to her sister. Miss Mappie Ross, who then willed most of the estate to two neproes. Both women have been dead some time. Relatives of the women are now trvinp to break the will of Miss Mappie Ross, clniminp that she was not of sound mind when she bequeathed such valuable property to the neproes. A considerable part of the estate was in cash, $9,000 of which accordinp to information piven , Mr. Mcllwaine, has disappeared. ? 9 m l TIm* attention of |Mitrons of the 1 Fort Mill Times Is called to the fact ( that obituary notice*, tributes of re- , spect, cards of thanks and notice* of the birth* of babies arc not |>rintod 1 In this paper as news items hut n* i advertisements and must be |>aid for < a? the rates established for llidr in- I aertlon. EVEN DOLl III TH1 Mb lay in the business ca on and are determine test array of values th " wants may be, how supply your wants at ou buy what you nee< opportunity, ow. Make your plar ROCK HILL PABTLOW DRY GOODS CO. STANDARD DRUG CO. J. L. PHILLIPS CO. ROCK HILL DRUG COMPAN1 CALHOUN DRUG CO. SERVALL PHARMACY. A. F. DAVIS MARKET. ROYAL CAFE. re members of the M< Aaccount. Buy on [ FACTS ABOUT ALASKA. A country of constant surprise and Wonder ? you who have always thought of Alasku as bleak and Ice clad und but the home of seals and the producer of gold under the crudest hardships?listen! says A. J. Stone In The Century Magazzlne. Its harbors on the Pacltlc ocean are free from Ice the year round. Its climate 1? nearly as varied as California's? Sitka has a more equable climate than , Washington. D. C.t Its lowest temperature being a 1.6 degrees with a mean August temperature of 51 degrees against that of San Francisco of 68 degrees. At Prince William Sound, Alasku. the average winter temperature Is ao degrees above zero, which Is the average of New York and Iloston. Ice Is never found in thq harbors. whereas New York and Hoston are frequently tied up with Ice. There are no wind storms, the snow that falls in winter never drifts and only In the Interior of Alaska are the winters severe. One may travel 2,100 mles up the Yukon river and tind neither Ice hor snow. but everywhere a luxuriant plant life?birds, flowers and small animals, such as one would And along lie upper Mississippi. What is the size of Alaska? How few have any concepton?it is larger than the combined areas of Belgium,* Holland, Finlhnd, Denmark, Norway. Sweden, Kngland, Ireland, Scotland and the former German empire. It has 25,000 miles of coast line, four times that of the United States or equal to the distance around the world. Alaska covers exactly the same parallels of latitude that the above named countries cover and is influenced by the Japanese current. What can be grown in Ohio, can be grown in the great tracts of Alaska? tho broad river valleys covering onethird of the country have no chill nights in sflmmer. There are 30 million acres of most wonderful forest land?20 million acres of fine wood pulp timber, destined to furnish the future naner sunniv of our country, and most of this timber lies on the coastal side with easy water transportation. Although we know of gold In Alaska, how little we realize that there lies more gold than in California and Colorado; more copper than in Montana nn.d, Arizona; more eoal than In Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. It is probably the most heavy mineralized country in the world with over 75 million mountain acres of mineral, with only the surface scratched here and there. Its wonderful fisheries are faintly familiar to some. There are verified records of over 6 million seal skins being taken from two small islands about 14 miles long; the recorded figure probably does not cover XHiequarter of the actual killing. No great national asset was ever so ruthlessly squandered. The Kenai peninsula hns a climate similar to New England? a wonderful combination of sea. land, forest, lake, mountain and glacier.. It is the most luxuriant flower land . In all America. A profusion of dense growth of grasses and wild flowers? daisies, violets, for-get-me-nots and columbine. Itesidcs all this, it is the re best country in the world for wild inimnls and furs, having with little exploitation produced furs to the exten of several billion dollars. Alaska?the little kno^n?holds i ' & ' 1 9 tof; lar JRSDAY lendar of the ROCK d that Dollar Day thi: ley have yet offered, small, how large, or a most substantial sa 1?that you buy caret is to come to Rock H MERCHANT DIEHL-W PARKER THE LAI r. W. 0. RE ROCK H BASS Fl ROCK HI ROCK H] irchants' Association. )ollar Day and bank I NATIONAL UNION BANK forth richer promise thun any other section on the face of the g|olie, considering that the American ling tiles over it. With greater government interest, which only comes from demand of the people, this store house of the world stands ready, with open aims, to give bountifully. < w ^ m i THE VALVE OF CiOOS> HEED. (Written for The Times.) Many farmers are In the habit of purchasing their seed from neighbors or from any other source except expert seed breeders. It is true thnt seed of this kind is much cheaper tuan the purebred seed bought, from those engaged in seed breeding, and one may be easily deceived by thinking he is saving money In this man L.et us consider the facts in both cases. Every seed contains in it the possibilities of a young plant. It is Lclfevident that the larger and more perfect the seed the greater are the possibilities of the young plant. It h not best to purchase seed at random for a number of reasons: First, the history of the seed is seldom known; second, the seed may be of mixed varieties, and seed of any variety has a tendency to run out in a few years unless special care in selection is made. Frequently plant diseases are carried over in the seed. The average farmer pays little attention to the selection of seed free from disease, whereas the specialist does. Therefore it Btands to reason that when one Is buying seed 'that may apparently be all right Incurs a great risk. The purpose of this article is not to boost the business of thq) seed bleeders, but to give farmers candid facts. The seed breeder selects his seed after much careful thought anil study. He chooses seed from plants in the field that are true to the veto get early varieties with heavy riety in every respect. He also tries yields. Such seeds are always untftrm in size and are free from insect injuries or plant diseases. There is one more important point that must be borne In mind? mai is. 10 purcnase scea or a variety suitable to the climate, and it is always best to get such seed from the nearest plant breeder in good repute. Since purebred need of any variety have a tendency to run out in a few years' time it Is best for the farmer to purchase fresh seed from the plant breeder every other year. It. M.S. George Johnstone Dead. George Johnstone, former member of the General Assembly and of Congress, died at his home in Newberry Tuesday night, following an illness of many months. He was 75 years of age and was one of the most prominent lawyers in South Carolina. As a youth he served in the Confederate army with the cadets of the Military Academy of South Carolina. In 1904 Mr. Johnstone was leading counsel for James II. Tillman, who was tried in Lexington for killing N. G. Gonzales, editor of The State. the ? DAY , MARCt HILL MERCHANT s year shall eclipse ; how varied, Dollar Di ving. ully?that you buy ec ill next Thursday, Ma S' ASSOC [OORE SHOE CO. , SMOAK CLOTHING CO. )IES SHOP. ID FURNTTTTRF. fin ILL FURNITURE CO. JRNITURE CO. tLL SUPPLY CO. [LL HAHRDWARE CO. The dollars saved t< the savings. 1IAM. OF KF.<X)RI>S XKKDKIt. Nation Williout Proper lltiildlng for Historical liocuincnts. The most important chronicles of some ancient nations have come down to present generations engraved on porphyry ^ind marble. The United States, however, having existed wholly in an "age of paper," has all its most precious historical records in the form of paper documents, which can easily be destroyed by lire and injured by dampness, extreme dryness or rough handling. A recent fire which destroyed irreplaceable records in the census bureau at Washington and an almost simultaneous fire in the State capitol of West Virginia which practically wiped out the archives of that State have reinforced the argument of those urging that a tireproof hall of 1 records he built In Washington so the Federal government's priceless papers may be kept in safety. What some of the most important and best known of these documents are and where they arc kept is told in the following bulletin issued by the National Geographic society: "While the constitution is the most important document possessed by the United States, the declaration of independence comes first among our great state papers in point of time and probably in the hearts of the American people. The original of the challenge to tyranny which, like the shot tired at Lexington, has been heard round the world and has helped to mould monarchies and colonies into republics, is in the bands of the department * of state and is kept in a steel case in the state, war and navy building, which adjoins the White House on the west. The original of the constitution Is locked In the same case, which may therefore be considered the steel arkof the covenant of the government of theN United States. "Washington's farewell address may be fairly considered one of the greatest papers produced in the 145 years of the republic's independence. T????. ,Owt io rw.t I.,/ Federal government, hut is kept in the New York Public library. "The next paper to .stand out as a milcpost in the shaping of a national policy is the message to Congress by President Monroe proclaiming Mho Monroe doctrine. The original message is in the tiles of the senate in the capitol building at Washington. "The Gettysburg address of Lincoln is in the Library of Congress at Washington. Lincoln's emancipation proclamation is in the library of the state department in Washington, and there too are all the treaties entered into by the United States, from that of 1778 with the French and that of 1783 which closed the Revolution, down to the present. Among these perhaps the most interesting are those which have contributed to the great-territorial growth of the country. "There is the treaty of 1803 with France which arranged for what is probably the greatest real estate 'deal' In history?the Louisiana purchase. There is the treaty with Spain which added Florida to the new republic, and the incompleted treaty with the Independent Republic of Texas which led to the only instance in which a separate nation has merged itself with the United Stntes. Near them In the files of the State depart iEASI I THE 1' S. They propose to ill former days by p ay brings you the ver onomically. This sa rch 1 7th. It Will p< r ion JOYE JEWELRY CO BEACH-IHRIE JEWE GILL & MOORE GRO ROCK HILL GROCER CAROLINA CASH G1 ROCK HILL CANDY . CITY MARKET. NEW CENTURY CAF 3 the purchasers will < CITIZENS BANK & TR (inent arc the treaties with Mexico adding: to the United States t'allfornia and the other territory west of Texas and south of Oregon; the treaty with Great Britain adding Oregon; the treaty with llussia arranging for the second greatest purchase of territory, the Alaska purchase, and tin* treaties which have resulted In bringing HaWllii Iho PWIInnlnou Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands under the American llag." MauassaM .May Be Made Park. Confederate veterans and other Southern people will read with interest the announcement that a plan is now on foot to acquire the historic battlefield of Manassas, Va., and transform it into a memorial park. throuRh the organization of an association nt Washington. March ft, to which the governors of the States of the South and representatives of the United Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy have been invited. A two year option on the llenry farm, on which the battle was fought, and on which the second battle closed, has been obtained at the price of $25,000. It is planed to form an association to hold title and each Southern State and organization would be represented on the hoard. o. h. Copper refused to allow hia wife to use his back as a foot warmer and she was granted a divorce. A hangman has been decorated in Russia. If all who deserve decorations get them the world will be depleted of metals. A Rhode Island youth has been sentenced to nttend church for two months for stealing a storage battery. If he had stolen a whole automobile would he have been required to become a deacon? Sign in restaurant: "No Talkln' Aloud on This Fone." r A Chicago physician says cigarette smokers are immune from wood alcohol poisoning. Boy, bring In a carton of cigarettes. It's terrible ttw have h&d eyesight in these days of nigh?prices. The wine man known many things and tells a few. The fool knows nothing and tells it all. In Biblical times I-g>t's wife was turned to a pillar of salt for looking back. In these days she would he gobbled up by the middle men and placed In cold storage?and salt would cost the public more. After being engaged to a man for 20 years a New York woman sued her former fiance for >4,000 in a breach of promise suit after he had married another. She did it, she says, to teach him a lesson. He'll get two lessons: not to be enguged and not to marry. A Chicago Jury sets tho value of kisses, in quantities, at each. Since the first one is reputed to be the best, you can figure out for yourself what the ten-thousandth would be worth?if you know the law of decreasing utility. In Paris a tax has been Imposed I , ^-*,. Tl ^D I I J7 I 4 I I " ^ '^H make Wt utting H % -'9 y best * ile of4 iy you! ^ i 1LRY CO. 'CERY CO. Y CO. tOCERY CO. A Mn ip-rtttt nn I enable I UST COMPANY H I wmmammMBommm on bachelors to pay bonuses to moth* ers of bubles. This makes them accessories after the fuct. Mr. A. Brewer was lined In court the other day for violating the prohibition act. It must have been easy to prove his guilt. No dainty maid need go without Mushes these dayB. She can get a whole Jar full at any drug store for a quarter. "]>on't We Fooled" reads the heading to a cereal ad. Possibly a warning against buying: the stuff. years. The owner of a shooting gallery which had been in operation on Main street for several weeks packed up his paraphernalia Monday afternoon and shipped It to Greensboro, N. t'., the place having received poor patronage recently, it was stated. Executors' Sale of Personal Property of the Late W. H. Wir.dle. I Notice is hereby given that we will sell at the residence of tin? late W. H. Windle 011 Friday, March 25th, 1921. beginning at 10:110 o'clock A. M., all of the personal property of the late \V. II. : Windle, consisting of various articles of household furniture, agricultural implement's, cotton seed, corn, wheat, rve lumber toni-1 liet> y - * " > """""" " * ' "r with four mules and two sows, shoats and all other personal property of said deceased not heretofore disposed of. Terms of side CASH. No property to lie removed until paid for. J S. BRICK and CJRACIK D. WINDLE, Executors for the Estate of \V. II. Windle, Deceased. MAJESTIC THEATRE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, William Duncan and EDITH JOHNSON The world's most popular serial couple, in "Fighting Fate." This is Duncan's latest serial (j Remember the date. ] FOR SAI.K?One Ford Roadster I with nice truck -body; car In good. I condition; freshly painted red. Price I $260 or will exchange for good young H mule or horse. Osmond Barber. r /I . - -Jn