Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 17, 1914, Image 2
Volume 19 S. C.. bECEMBER 17. 1914 Number 7
GOV. 13LEASE TALKS IN WAS
/ INGTON
General Julian S. Carr Also Tlim a
Deelars That South's Hysteria
| Is Gone.
Two interesting visitors In Wa<
ingtnn during the iwst seveml da
were Gov. Cole L. Blcnse of Son
Carolina and Gen. Julian S. Carr
N. C. These two gentlemen wt
interviewed.by a representative of T
. r>v v Washington Post and they are quot
< as follows:
" Go\vCole I.. Blease of SOutli Cat
sJ lina, win* is In Washington to attend
hearing on immigration is provoto
at the reiKjrts that he ban emptied t!
penitentiary of South Carolina.
" 'Every time I grant 0x001111'
clemency to a i>erson in the penliite
>-*a tlary or tlie allied Institutions?the r
form schools?it is exaggerated, ai
I ntu pnrdoned a dozen ETAOINNN
I am charged or credited with havit
-- pardoned a dozen or 50 convicts,' s?
* (Jovernor ltleasc at the Willar
'During my term as (Jovernor of Soul
Carolina I have exercised my prerogi
j _ tive of granting clemency to prisonei
111 i>eyliui>s 1,400 cases, and of tli
i number not half have either Ihxmi pa
doned or paroled. I have commute
the sentences of many prisoners froi
terms In the penitentiary to seve c
the chaingang employed in lmprovin
the public roads and, in many lnstai
? ces, after a prisoner who served o
the roads for a time suillcient to slio'
Unit he is capalile of liecoming a goo
'citizen, I have paroled him or panloi
. ' ed hiu?. I have not emptied the pen
tentlary. In the last hatch of prisoi
. * ers whose eases I considered for clen
t eilCV Oil Thnnkscriviiiy Tlrv thuro m-nr
' rC'.ily a few granted pardons. Mast <1
them had their sentences commute
-_ "* to work on the chaingang. There nr
. : ' numerous men in the South Carol in
penitentiary whom I never could pai
don or whose sentences I would coir
mute. I know the "difference lietwee:
a deserving man and a criminal wh
is irredeemable, I believe.' "
" The hysteria which overrun th
South six weeks ugo because of the in
"
ablPvy of the o.cm frtrmers to mat
ket tholi crop l>n? ?i tirely disrupt (
ed,' said Cen. Julian S. Carr of Dtu
. ham, N. C., at the New Willard.
" 'There never was any real founda
tion for the calamity howl, and th
will do the South good In tin
bee)
cents' a?pound, and, to sny the least
"" " tlUL^culaniity howlers were previous
Their dtrtacv^ not only did not lml]
the farmers, butTujuleu "tiro "credit* c
f the South. It must !>e borne in mini
tliut the crop has been made and to
day the South has on its hands th
biggfest cotton crop on record.
" 'When General Iam? surrendered oi
April 9, 1865, not a cotton seed ha
been planted; our mules were gent
our help had dissappoared; credit w*
gone, hilt the'South did not sit dow
and' wait for help, nor did it whim
The people went to work, and after
little while we began to recover.
" 'The European war has stoppc
,1... ,fO t ? ? ? -
Ill" (ins * ! IMIl 11MMII1 nup in
ii time, but we are recovering rapldl\
ftiul we are not bcging for help. W
shall profit Iinmensely In the end. fo
It will tcayli our farmers that It Is tli
part of wisdom to diversify, and till
is a lesson we rwpilred. It could n<i
have been impressed upon our cotto
planters in any other way perhap
than by actual demonstration. An
a the wo^has given us this object hv
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ANTI-AIRCRAFT GIN PROVE!
SUCCESSFUL IN TESTS MADE
Washington, Dec. 13.?The Navy'
nntl craft mm has been shown b
tests to be amply competent to dei
with aircraft, according to a repoi
to the House Naval Committee h
Jtcar Admiral Strauss, chief of tli
Jhmnu of Ordnance.
"We have tried it against a kit
at ,".000 feet altitude, a sulficient alt
tudc to determine that it is vnluabl
for the S},.vs the repor
r?i "''f^/ourse that iiL "ot the final alt
at which an would o]
I'i'afo. hut we are enabled to jail;
from the successes that we had i
that range what we would have i
higher altitudes. The range of tl
gun in the air its ahout 7,t)lM) fe?
"it <s not quite as large as the gi
firing a l.'l-pound projectile for fl
same purpose, hut that will he usi
in a different way. They are f
vertical tire from nlionrd snir
craft."
The Admiral also reported that tl
Navy manufactured at Indian Ilet
j loving ground, Maryland, 3,'J'2,3
j nunc s of ptwder at a cost of 30 ai
a vaction cents *i pound, and (a
: ha.* d 3.270,f$30 { cowls at f>" cei
; j :?t ud during the past fiscal yei
V lie stated that the Navy could lull
14-inch guns at the Washington g
factory at an estimated cost of $0
000 each, compared with $101,00
paid for similar guns manufactur
l?y contract.
Admiral Strauss urged the aeeos
ty for increased storage facilities 1
ammunition supplies, exploiting
plan to concentrate the increase
Fort Mifnin, near Philidelpliln, I
tin? Fast const, and the Paget Son
unvsl magazine for the West coast
Segregate Art Treasures.
Why not set apart one country whe
?rt treasures of the world can be segi
gated? Maybe Providence has be<
using American millionaires as blii
Instruments, in so far as they ha
been active In removing European a
jfcr I treasures to this eountry.
H- BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS BATTLESHIP
. London, Itec. .14.?A coiuuiuiiKu
t!oi? issued by the official bateau to
j.i. anu .nceu the Tu kteh'4>attle* i>i
.\f*>ii*l't'h '.?{ -oeen .irpedcM b\ >
Uritish subi ' ?. t
^ The olIK'iui bureau's /stateiae"^ ,R a*
folows:
^ "Yesterday submarine 1V11 In
chargo of 1/olut. oom. Norman It. Holbrook
of tb? royal navy entered the
,re I ?nnJ?tiielh? anil hi spite of the dllfllie
.
oult current, dived under, five rows of
LH mines and torpedoed the Turkish
Messudieh, Which was guarding the
'Oinine
fields. Although pursued by
, gunfire and torpedoe lioats the It-11
cd
^ returned safely after licing submerged,
on one occasion. for nine lionrs
w
"When last seen the Messtulleh was
sinking l?y the stern.
Hm1
WAR'S END IN SIGHT.
N
ijr The Keintiefle Anierlean in eonid
trihutlng its own guess as to how long
d. lie war will Inst ventures the opinion
li that the wearing out of niaehiucry
n- rather tiian the exhaustion of men
rs .vlll hasten the eiul.
Is I-ft rye guns such as are used in liatr
tleshlp turrets and ?-oast defence forti<1
flcations. cannot tire more than 11(H)
iu shots without is sin}; their accuracy.
,n \Vheii heat n ' pressure ntv consldX
ered the great siege guns which the
l- .
n T"
> Real Estc
Loans
i- Insurant
e of
* All Kinc
e and
a . .Bonds
rn
o 1
Germans have introduced must lie
L comparatively short lived.
Infantry rifles lieeause of their
smaliness of liore- lose their accuracy j
mi n-MJs miK-Kiy innn large guns, but.
they \yenr out in time.
The muter car ami developments of j
it, such as trucks aiul ninbulunces are
I highly eseiitlal in modern warfare.
e In the field they are being subjected to
the raoBt hyutal |iud of; treat inou^yr.rtd
* their depreciation consequently is
5 rapid. * ''
-* European war officers estimate that
' high priced touring cars commandered
[)_ trucks last.less than one week, while
II by the government and used for staff
I duty, are good only from GO to 70 days.
H It is significant that the American
e automobile market was one of the first
to which the fighting nations has reII
course.
fi War is terribly wasteful. In shelling
J? J a single fortress a new gun may be
s rendered worthless by repeated firing.
11 When 30, 000 ymn are captured with
' them are taken their rities and equip.
!> ment Which either are destroyed or go
into the hands of the enemy. An armj
il retreating < in panic loaves behind it
r equipment valuable enough to consti\
tutc a king's ransom,
e The United States government anr
nounces in slowing down work in its
e armories that the quoto of a million
s of the new Springfield rifles 'has been
it furnished. It was seven years in makn
ing a million of tlie.se weapons. One
s can imagine how work is being rushed
d in European ordnance' factories to
; make good the losses and to supply
now troops taking the field. Should
any army meet with a crushing defeat.
S it might be unable to supply arms and
equipment enough to make itself a
factor in future fighting.
I
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y I'OMrULSOKY EDUCATION IS
il ? - FAVOHED i
t
^ Teachers of York Ask Legislators to
Support Measure
fe
i- Rock Hill, Dec. 11.?The Eastern
|(i >'.\ ision ??f the York Teachers' Assoeia- i
t. lion met in the auditorium of the High
j School Saturday morning at 11
p o'i lock, about fifty out of the sixty
ri, teadhers in the district being in
,1 attendance. The sessions were both
llT instructive and interesting.
A resolution was adopted asking tlu
executive committee of the county as
In sociation to go before the county
I legislative delegation and urge that
^ 1.'/ cluim.<h?u tire c-'Ui} u
school attendance law and tiiv. medical
inspection bill at t'/.e coming session
of the legislature.
After the business session the mem.
ho
hers of the domestic science depart
ir* s"i*ved n delightful luncheon
SS
| I and an enjoyable social hour followed.
Afterwards the teach ere visted the
II various rooms iu the building and
inspected the equipment.
if.
ilil
lin One Chesterfield Negro Kills Another.
(j. On Friday night at a party given
0 at a colored man's home on County
| Supervisors King's place in Chester
field county, Cleave Streatershot ano
si ther negro named Ingram five times,
J klling him Instantly. They , were
rinklng and Infram ordered Streater
^ to leave when the later pulled his^gun
^ an began shooting. Streater is onlj
, 17 years of age aud the negro killed
Jul 1 00
was 22.
Press Comment
re
The United States is bound on th<
Rn East by the Atlantic, on the West b;
tho Pacific, on the Norih by mobll
irl izatlon, and on tho South by hedd.?
The State.
WILL ENCOURAGE GOOD IM<1.
GRANTS
Speaker^at Washington Conference
^hFeaNUtility of Helping
,</ Situation.
WaahingtS^D eCr- .12.?Resolutions
calling on thef4ed0ral government and
| the Southern ^tates for legislation to
caro for Immigrants who seek refuge
in this ceuntj^after the European
war wore adopw^tonight by the Jm
j migration confersn4>) called
Southern Cqmmercitfi, congress tr con sider
the feasibility of distributing11'
migrants o^j|tftns in th. ^ !
A committee'was appoii^^jLeprork
out some practical plans oi^Bglon.
Dr. Clarence J. Owens, managing]
director of tne Southern Covwperciat
congress, declared in an adress that
the future development of t.ie South
was measured in terms of an efficient
industrial and agricultural Immigration.
1
/it the afternoon session Secretary
Wilson predicted that many of the'
dostifute immigrants who would come
.to tho United States from Europe nf-!
ter tho war could be placed on South- j
em farms if proper efforts are made
to secure them. He e.xpiuined the efforts
of the labor, postoffice and agricultural.
depatments to bing together*.
the jobless man and the manless job, j
the landless man and the manless,
land.,,
J. T. Dekindcr, an experf on Duch j
,te v - F I
:e We make a special
!s
Phone 84 Ma1
?
colonization, tWio recently came from
Holland, said many Duch and Bell
glan farmers, ruined by the war, were;
anxious'to come to the United States.]
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of|
Florida, president of the the Southern j
Commercial congress, presided at the,
session. Manr Southern States were!
represented by officials. . .1
The committee chosen to decide on'
0 deAuatc Watt to encourage Co*!rabJe
immigation ig composed of Dr. J
Owens, T, It. Preston, Chattanooga ; 1
Hugh Muoltae. Wilimington, N. C., I
M. V. Richards, Indus'riai commissioner,
Suutheru railway, Washington,!
and Robert M. Mixson, a m.? .i-Wr ofi
the South Carolina legislative.
TOBACCO GROWERS CALL FOR
ACTION
i
Crop should be Tied and Graded for.
Sale on Warehouse Floor.
Mullins, Dec. 12.?A representative
gathering of Marion county citizens
was had in Mullins this morning, the
purpose of meeting as advertised be-'
ing ko discuss the advisability of memorializing
the legislature to make it
unlawful to sell tobacco on a wareHouse
floor unless itbe graded and
1 led.
Several men of prominence from
other counties were on hand. The
bankers, the merchants, the editors,
the farmers, the laboriers, warehousemen
and tobacco buyers all were well
represented. All were of | me
mind, that something should he done
by the legislature to remedy present
conditions and brohibit tobacco being
sold iingrade.d j
Experts claimed that at least 20^
per cent, increase in price would be
oobtained if the pro|?or legislation was I
effected. Tha meeting \ves addressed:
by N. . McMillan. James 11. Williams,!
W. A. Gray, J. Dock I'rovatt, Job : ('.j
Sellers, A. 1). Jackson of Horry and
others.
Some concerted acton \\1! be t.:i a-\
I > -ret tln? matter in proper slui|?e it is I
Proper co'nmttecs were aponted and
nnder.stood that the tobacco growers
all over the Slate are in sympathy
wth the movement.
The proposed plan v. li gvc a money
reason and will give esaployiiu^ii to
thousands of white people, -/men vNt I
men and children who if,', |?? euttoir
acreage is reduced wil^qmve nothing
else to do. A
The legislature \\Jr| ftisu |?. ashed j
to reduce the ehartfWSfc^^jjUing le: i
tobacco in the sjitate of nniii
tina. The liw jhdee of the season Just i
closed has thoroughly aroused the people
to action!. ^ ^
? ?
Steamer Vo Cany 18.000 Dales of Cotj
tan to Genoa.
Savannah, Dec. 14.?The Norwegian
steamer Hermon will sail within the
next few days for Genoa. 1 tlv,. wit'i
Uhe largest cargo of cotton that has
left yds port this season for n foreign
country. The Herinion's cargo wi'l
consist of 18,000 bales of cotton. lie
cargo, if sold in this country, -would
be valued at approximate!v i""r:*.(?
| but because of demand for the staple
in foreign countries at this time its
( value will undoubteiy be consider
r ably more. The Iiormion is one of
even steamers in port lowl'n.* cotton
for foreign countries.
| .
Daity Thought.
A strange volume of real hfo In the
j packet of the postman. Eternal love
a and Instant payment.?Douglas Jert
rold.
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eUVisiting Cards
liently printed nth*.
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COTTON MnX3 *WKi%|
The riillidelpBlaT BMorfl \&
to observe and enquire! "We,^si$
the cott??n Ijere .1" the Unified Stata
With this baSlc, flrut-lmtid ndvandl
why should we jtot spin and
and make the dyes to color the jp
islied .fabric for on reives and
side pureluiHers," The nuirloaflj
; Dully Chronicle renin rim jggj
tin*# is just the point It ^
| marks that that ft Just flu?.point ifcjfl
(l?een eudeavorfug to oiiiphasiztT^M
years. When the South begins tcJH
I and weave all the cotton produced "o
its plantations, it will soon hqp*>ul
tlie most prosi>orous section of the Up
i ted States. The main ndvuutautgjs
would l>e in obtaining-control of tTj
cot toll market and not only setting an
maintaining the prhrow on raw cott'1
hut on tlie 'manufactured goods. Tr
real solution of the coton problem t
not In the reduction or control of
acreage, hut In manufacturing all c
tho r?\>- product into finished good;
In cotton tho South has" a great nutt
world?and the key to. its ah^Lai
( o -tioi of this uionoiK>ly is in tltero]
ton mill. I
Irvln t'ohli, famous as tlie oldy jn?|
who Mkn* interviewed Kitchener .*
Khiii'tmlm, says: "If I ccMildtho
story of 1'elgiuin as I saw it-*
would crowd tho Recording Angel >n
of his job." v,
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Ity of writing fire InsuraiK
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DiSAR BANTA
While o' course I know m J
So I'll make my note t J
care?
Still 1 "want to thank y^S SPV
An' Ihope you're well an' happy
'Cause 1 know you can't be sicj
Hut I'm wrltin* you, Dear Santl
5ost to tell you of a little girl
It was next day after Christina!
When I first made her acquain
That 1 couldn't help hut like hq
If you'd only been there with i\i
An' I had my dollie with me?yo
'Twas the one you gave me, San
An' Tier eyes they filled with te:u
An' she answered?I'm a little
Why, her papa's dead dear Saa:
An' she never does get nothia'
So I let 'her have some candy ni
As I had a lot o' dollies I could
So I made her Christinas happy
An' 1 told her 'bout you. Santa.
That you'd likely call next Chi
you might.
So it's iu her interest, Santa, tt]
Now I want to say. Dear Santa,
An' it wouldn't bo a-askin' some
-Tact in callin' 'round this Chri
You will please include some pr
Ilut in case you haven't got non<
You may bring her some o' mini
An' I'll be much gladder, Sanats
An' I'll bo much gladder, Santa
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Covington Hotel
CHER >
Subscribe *'nr ''"ho Chrontclo.
A. I). CHAPMAN
Livery and Feed Stabloa
Sand and Grave! for sale.
CffKllAW, H. C.
Next to Rattan! Hotel
Reacoiiable prices. Prompt Serylc
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"''" SSI
itio EXTRA 8B88ION THIS SUMMED I
MlgFiret With Con- *
ffpyashJugton, Dee. l?i?Congress w
feTwfll colter the second weefc>f-ltg^Wlul?" **
pjsession determined to complete Its fasks
KJ&ux'h 4 so tlmt no extra session will n
fr be iieoe.^nry next Summer,
wj Deux .ratio lenders of both houses '
jC Agree with President Wilson thnFldi^.^
*e66ti^ry should have n rest from Na Tttoiml
1 "gislution. Itlght of way will '
Hljc given appropriation hills with con- 11
Thill and the Government's purchase 11
jjhill following. ,p
While no s| eclnl investigation of ^
Scm'Utary preparedness seems in pros- 11
jxtt, much attention will center
j?. about- Investigations before regular *
J blouse committee. The naval com- ''
wittee will resume consideration of *
Ski'm a|'propriation loll tomorrow with !
|jSecretary Daniels .gain on the star. i.
i I The immigrat icii hill, with its 1
5 J if ivy lest ror n: iiis will attain ?
Ujuuler In the st?i?iift? while that
r hrrtly wails for the appropriation b'ds '
f* to from the House. Its sup- <'
p'U't A?J^sist that it will Ik? pusvmI '
Si tUtliotu .i it was ot in<'lmle?l in tinJ
Ifre?h.leiit's outline of legislation. I1
!?| Conservation measures?the water- ^
J^-ower site .ami the mineral lonsin.;
If,i hills prolml'ly will he reported from
k!lhe Senate Committee on I'uhlic
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eand represent only the besto
id Promptly
|y & Tru& Co., Ag
|(?u*l S?unta
girgot. I
|^i mnu iu nrp; 21 line LO )'OU,
we bus? gettin' letters like you do,
Irt one, an' I don't suppose you'll
I, tor the things you brought last
, though I guess you are, no doubt,
t or -some of us would find It out,
|fns I meant to say before,
pit's livin' here next door.
PtK
"-the last one that we had,
auce.^nn' she looked so really sad
r?you would like her too, I know,
ic an had seen her lookin so?
ii remember it I guess,
ta, with the little Princess Dress,
drops when I asked wmat she got.
girl that Santa Clans forgot."
a, an* her mama's awful poor.
hi ihe Christmas Trees no more,
i" some little dishes, too,
spare her one or two.
, anyway, the best 1 coulrl ^
Isuw you were so very good,
listmas, then she thought perhaps
|at I'm writin' you tonight.
If it's all the same to you,
thug that you couldn't do,
limas like you always have before
eeents for this little girl next door.
?, or your stock is gettin' small,
e' for 1 wouldn't need them all,
t*if she's happy Christmas day,
she's happy Christmas day,
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pur money
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unded quarterly^
ings department
id Pork SausaaKc
H'S M ARKET
ONE 80
niilg.. .Second Strert
s. c.
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-j FOIt KENT
Two connecting office rooms in
new i'ost Office building, fre
lights, water and heat. See us for
- | rates.
( hrraw Insurance A Trust Co.
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' r ;JV'
mids early pi January. HwrWW
egln touiorroow before the Senate
'hillippine Committee on the House
ill fa* ipive larger measure# of selfovernment
to the Filllpinos. / Some
art of each day in the
ill l>e given ever toexecutJy^?(P
safetya-t-Hc^^reaty.
SI rip purchaseldTm in cimi!ttoe
ef I l ilt houses.
(RYAN ALLSFOBy^oNFHRENCE
^Washington, D^-, 14,?Secretary
trfcnn uiimmiu^f today lie had called
meeting tpf Wednesday of the comjissl?Hi^>fiiiiie
recently nimlntted l>y
he g?ap'riiiiig board of the Pan-Amerrii
iVofiloii to devise plans for a more
eutruls in the war.
Although the rectn naval victory in
lie South Atlantic has put England
ii control of the commercial eituaion,
diplonventH here are continuing
heir efforts to have all belligerent
arshtps excluded from the waters of
lu? hemisphere.
Toinpn, Flu., Dih*. 15.?No damage
11 Florida's citrus fruit resulted from
o cold wave during the past 48
ours, acordlng to reiiorts received
ore today. There were no frost reorts
from tJie southern part of the
Itate.
50Ylsiting Curds
neatly printed 50c.
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Id line companies
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SALE
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bepodt of s^ooo#mh> ton con. n
tract for coal for export '
tfi
Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 14.?That
the Jenkins-McjRoberts-Burdine-Dur'ham
coal interests operated as the
Consolidated Coal Company of Kentucky,
with mines located on a line ^
' ta?Jglne the Elkhorn Extension of the
IC., Railroad, have contracted
for thedeNX^ry of 90,000 000 tons of j|''
will move thrSlffa^Southern ports. Is ^
jcoal to foreign lnteHi(^and that i* ,,1
I will move through Soutm!B^?^8* '8 ^
.the report here. Conflrmationi^S^* m
i ing but there ig decided interest intllfc ^
possibilities of such a movement for w
( the railroads of this territory. It ^
would mean that the Elkhorn exteujslon
of the Clichfleld road would be 'a
rushed to completion and put in op- "
eration without delay, as this is the
line over which the bulk of the coal
' would move as far as Spartanburg. '
! From here to Charleston or Knvuimul
it would bo liandled by the Southern
and the C. & W. C. The freight alone ;t"
on such a movement would be more
than a million dollars.
For some time there have been tr
rumors that tre Italian Government ed
.was In the market for large amount
! of coal that would move through
Southern ports, while South American
countries have also been mentioned as
buying for delivery to Charleston or >h
Savannah. Mi
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I The Chroncle, One year, One dollar. ?>
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e are eager
to tl!
?erve you u
land
lppreciate
ur business
to
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h Your D
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o the low price of
depressed business
11 1 J -
nciitiiy we nave uec
)ne-Fourtl
^ of our entire ^tocl
st and Swellest lii
day Goods ever broi
) Chera
ng of Watches, 1
y, Silverware, Cut
Painted China,. T
ts and Novelties i
Hess Vari
} is complete and
thheld, everything
eluded in the sale
me in Fa
make your selecti
while the line is
complete.
espedtfully,
Irown Jewel
Cheraw, S. C.
TERMS SPOT
?
.ANT IRISH POTATOES NOW
le Federal Department of Agriculture
Tells How to Make Biggest I
Yield of Potatoes.
'Wo would suggest to the farmer
it hd goS tjig potatoes linto the
ound at the very first favorable
jwirtunlty as weather conditions are
>t to he very uncertain during the
inter months und the quicker the
anting the better for results in tills
otlon," declares a prominent seedsan.
"The department of agriculture at
Jkshlngton says that our yields
ouldN^0 nmtoria,,y increased If our
^mnild treat for _
117"
tter seed Kt'TT^miPmiMv'nore seed
t acre," continued the seedsman. 4ft
The following Information has lieen
caned from a government bulletin
1 potatoe planting.:
Treat for scab by immersing your
ed stock for two hours In a soluon
eontainlng one pint of formalin
.10 gallons of watet; on removaloin
liquid out and roll In air slacklime
and plant deep. Cotton Beed
onl may be used successfully for ferlizatlon.
"Use only high grade seed. The
:e of high grade seed would increase
ie returns from the potatoe crop of
io country by many millions of dolrs."
and the department also tells
? that Scotch and Irish growers plant
>t less than 37 bushels of seed per
re; while the average American
owcr plants alxnit 0 husliels per
re.
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Don't, give up; try again. ?Take
ie advice of the Swede to his son
din, who was lieing pursued by an
igry bull to the very edge of a
oad ditch: "Yump, Yonny, yump; - .
>u can make It in two yumps."
1'J'he
farmer who raises something
eat* has a crop for which there Is >*
ways a demand.
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