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% . FORAGE CROPS Economic Conditions Whicl of the South, As a Gr r ! (By W. M. Goodman.) The South Is destined to become th? greatest livestock region in America Conditions which Insure such ascend ency in this important branch of farm Ing are apparent to all who have fol lowed closely the developments thai , have taken place in reOfrnt yeurs, am who have some knowledge of th? causes underlying the changes whicl Involve continuous progress to thli end. In a recent interview with Dr. H. A Morgan, president of the University ol Tennessee, which the writer had tin good fortune to obtain in a search foi facts relating to this Intensely inter estlng subject, the principal reason: why changes have been brought abou thut will ultimately lead to a complett revolution lu Southern funning?ex panding the Industry In all of It: branches to a scope commensurate t? its Importance?were given as follow The Setting. To begin with," said Dr. Morgan **>re have a remarkable setting foi agricultural development. "The Southern States have? **1. A longer growing season, In tnos Instances capable of producing two 01 more crops per year. "2. The open winters give a grow lng season twenty per cent of th? total, umklug this section udmlrabl' adapted for winter crops such ai x grains and winter legumes. "3. The annual rainfall Is high ant well distributed, making possible larg< yields per acre under approved meth ods. "4. Farm lands cheaper and wlthh easy reach of lime and phosphute? the two essentiuls for successful le gunie production. r. "5. A wide range of crops, both sum mor and winter, present an unusuu opportunity for economical llvestocl production. "Heretofore the trouble has beei with tie cattle tick. Now that tin tick l as gone, or is going, these con ditioris, which we have never been able to use, are available. Immigration and Economic Condition* Contribute to Development. , "We have more ?lands and cheapei lands in the South and the tide of im migration is bringing people to thh section who are skilled stock raisers So, with the going of the cuttle tick 11 the other economic things arc now presented?a longer growing season aqiple rainfall, wide range of crops, In eluding winter legumes, cheaper land! and fhe tide of immigration?all ari contributing to the development of thh region -ts u great livestock country. "To prove that these statements ar< correct," he continued, "last year, a the International Livestock Show a Chicago, the grand champions of tin three beef breeds?Short Horn, Angui and Hereford?all came to the Sout) ?two to Tennessee and one to Geor gla. This was a big start followlni the change of conditions. "The winter legumes throughout thi large ureas of the South grow to per fectlon with the use of phosphate am lime, where proper preliminary inocu la t ion has been given when required These winter legumes are alfalfa, re< iiuiri, u uimuii inner, sweet ClOVet alsifce clover and hairy vetch. Beside the production of winter legumes, ex tending into summer, we have sucl summer legumes us soy beans, cov peas^nnd peanuts. Facility of Double Crop System. "The facility of the double crop sya fgmm," km said, "Is an advantage ol ACCEPTANCES~ URGED TO AID ' COTTON LOANS Would Make Country's Credil Resources Available to Growers and Lighten Burden or Southern Banks. UNIFORM WAREHOUSING LAWS ARE NECESSARY Natitonal Bank of Commerce In New York Says Discount Market Rsquires Standard Receipt Which Will Protect Loans. The use of bank acceptances for financing cotton growers Is advocated l>y the National Bank of Commerce In New York as a remedy for the hand' to-mouth crop-lien system now In general use. In Its magazine, Commerce Monthly, the hank points out that cotton marketing requirements heretofore have not shared In the country's credit resources beqause the obligations of the generality of borrowers in this field have not been suitable fot negotiation In the open market. The burden of financing has lieen concentrated on a limited number of South* ern hunks. Such a system has been responsible in a large degree for compelling the dumping of cotton on ttie market almost as rapidly as it could he (ticked and ginned. The hank points out that a means of securing a broader distribution of the burden has been provided by the Federal reserve system, which enables member hunks both to rediscount louns and to execute acceptances, which ure particularly sultnhle for general negotiation. The success of this remedy, however, depends Inrgely on the ability of borrowers to provide certain simple requirements of the discount market. One of the chief requit ements, the bunk declares, Is a uniform standard of quality of warehouse receipts, which will ennhle bunks ibrquyjmut the' country sufely AND LIVESTOCK i Contribute to Developmen eat Beef Cattle Country fered Id the South which la of sup rem i Importance Id livestock productloi Summer legumes and silage crops to [ low the grain crops, giving us a dot ble crop system which' not only pr< vldes abundant forage, but insures a Increase In the producing power < . 'soils." _ ^ The statements made by Dr. Morga are based on such facts as are give j In a bulletin by the Agricultural E: pertinent Station qf the University < Tennessee on the relation of tempe; r ature and rainfall to crop systems an , production by J. F. Voorhees, Consul r Ing Meteorologist. With reference I our growing season. It Is stated In tbl . bulletin that the states south of Kei , tuoky and Virginia have an advantai 4 of from twenty-five to seventy-fU days over the states north of the Ohl river. This not only gives more tin for the crops to grow, but gives moi leeway at planting time and a bett< opportunity to get the seed bed In tl best condition. Extracts from th . bulletin follow: Farming Methods Not Adapted to Cei dltlons. t "The trouble Is that most of us hai r not adapted our farming methods 1 our climatic and soil conditions. Whi . Is needed Is a system of farm manag i ment and the rotation of crops thi , will utilize the abundant heat an s moisture that our land receives. "We must have a system that wl 1 Increase the humus content of the so 3 and a rotation that will keep tl ground covered In winter as well as I summer. i "The old plan of growing only ot crop a year which is practiced througl . out' the country Is a great success I the North, but Is u glaring misfit In tt . Soi^tb. This Is due to the great dlffe I ence in climatic conditions. First, tl ; ' growing seusou north of Tennessee gcnerully too short for two crops I i one year. Second, the ground is usuu 3 ly frozen In the winter and the wtnt< . precipitation Is small and Is usually I 3 the form of snow, so that there Is t inijciaiiic uciuaiiu iur a v> uner covi i crop to prevent washing. Third, tl annual distribution of rainfall la ei tirel.v different from that of the Soutl r eastern States. Instead of two w< * seasons we find only one and that Is i 5 the late.spring and summer. There also only one dry season, which li * eludes fall, winter and early sprln, 1 Crops put In the ground In the fall ( ' spring occupy It during the wet sun nier season and are harvested In tt 5 late summer or fall. Here the cond Hons are Just suited to the slngl s cropping system and the system suited to the conditions because It wi a developed under and for those cond 1 tlons. It would be absurdTor an low 1 furmer, with his short growing seaso and his light winter rainfall, to a 8 temnf to use the double-cropping sy 1 tem: But It would he no more nbsoi than for ths Southern farmer to stlc g to a system developed to fit candltlui entirely different from those undi p which he Is working. He must have * system that fits his conditions If he to get the most out of farming, an when he realizes that his condltloi ' are almost perfectly adapted to tli growing of two crops each year h ' stead of one he will be in a posltlc 8 to live up to his opportunities." For the reasons given In the for going article we may look for encou v aging progress In the development < Krmlng Interests In the South wlthl e next decade. Our farmers si i- waking up and are learning how *1 live up to their opportunities." ' to undertake" the execution'of accep , ances on cotton In storage. Requisite Conditions. "There lias Been a diversity an | often a laxity in business practice 1 as well as an absence of uniformity I I the obligations and responsibilities ai I sunied by warehousemen, under var; ; Inc state warehousing laws, which he ' caused banking Institutions not d | rectly acquainted with the Indivldui I warehousing concerns to hesitate i t extend credit on the strength of the i receipts," the bank declares. "On r< celling a request for a loan agalm I cotton the banker's first concern I that there actually la cotton behln the warehouse receipt. One of tli most serious difficulties which bank particularly thosewhlch are not In clot locul touch with the situation, hav , found in the way of loaning more frei ly ugninst cotton receipts Is that the have never been able to ascertain e: uctly what title to the cotton they ha< In generul It Is true that the holder i a receipt Is subject to prior liens, an uncertainty as to their nature and e: tent increases the banker's hesitant In accepting receipts as collatera even though In practice the actui 1 losses from defective title by regsp I j of such liens have been comparative! I small. The cotton, furthermon should be In the hands of a -rellabl warehouseman, who should be lnd< pendent of the borrower, so that th latter cannot, while the receipt Is ou standing In the hands of a third part; obtain control over the cotton covere by It. Uniform Warehouse Laws Nec'ded. "A reasonable method of Improvln this situation would seem to be th application of fairly uniform laws coi cernlng cotton warehousing wherevc cotton Is stored. Two Iaw9 hove a reedy been formulated which, wer their provisions uniformly and Joint! applicable to cotton warehouse! I would go far toward establlshln warehouse receipts on the high levj of th& bill of lading. These are tft Uniform Warehouse Receipts Law an tne Federal Warehouse Act adopts In 1916. The latter provides for Fee eral supervision and examination c licensed warehouses which take at vantage of Its provisions. The (Jo form Warehouse Receipts Act, on tb ther hand, Is concerned with puttln the receipt Itself Into proper foru making standard the terms which I Incorporates and the obligations ai .sumed by the warehouseman, an making standard also the gopdlttpn / / : . ; /. r THINGS WE THINK h , Things Others Think and What We Think at the Thing* Others I Think. Those who live the most are not the ones who live the fastest. A conscience needs exercise to keep 9 it in a healthy condition, i. Don't -believ^ all you hear?especlr ially when It is about yourself. * Don't borry trouble with the inten** tion of returning it with Interest. ^ Thdte Is no man so poor as he who ) is rich in vain platitudes. 0 Cheerfulness is about tbi only cona tagious thing we* aren't afraid of. A woman often finds herself well fixed financially after having fai',..o ^ in marriage. ^ A woman gets suspicious wh.ni a :o man shaves off his moustache while La she is away on a visit. # When a girl plays a ragtime so that ' it sounds like a funeral march, it may * be truthfully said that she is murdei * lng the music. ^ Virtue is a fault with som? people. >r Late authority son algebraic prohie lems tell ub that men should marry is the hustling type of girls. Girls are willing to hustle for a man who want iw that kind of a girl. Beauty is only skin de?"p?and most of th.? pretty pirLs ihaven'f touch to depth. it If Christian Science succeeds ir making us believe there is no such thing a spain, it will rob a lot of people of the pleasure they take ii^ being U miserable. ill Give some 'people a bit of an apple ?a and there'll be no core. to A yougn man in Wyoming drove two miles alone before he discovered '* that his sweetheart had fallen out of t?ln the buggy. Love-making in that statr1 ie must lack some of the ardor that char i> acterizcs it around here. te la In attending Its transfer or negotiation. ,1. ?*As regards the Uniform Ware?r house Receipts Act. there would seem la {0 be no valid reason why Its provl10 slons should not be Incorporated In it their entirety In the statutes of every in state. The Federal Warehouse Act Is a. not compulsory, and warehouses have t). been, and probably will continue to be. et slow to avail themselves of Its provl iQ slons because of the public supervision ls for which It provides. A remed\ a. might be found either In the estuh K llshment of a similar system of publh supervision by the respective states a. or In a provision In state laws thu' ,a all public warehouses be required t< j. obtain federal licenses, the lattei 9. method oelng decldely preferable be 1S cause of the grv<aier uniformity It M would insure." i. * The BHqKer Blighted. ? There Is nothing that quite so quickl" ly and so definitely marks a man or * a woman as being Ill-bred as Incivility. * Being rude, ungracious. Impolite. Inconsiderate, bad-mannered, Is evidence 11 of the grossest Ignvance aud worse? iP Is evidence of utter contempt of man* kind. The uncivil can and do blight . the happiness and comfort of people ' many times, but In the end they themselves are the real victims.?Silent 19 Partner, am ^ Peculiar Companionships. The greedy shark, which devours everything living or dead, never a touches the beautiful pilot fish, which ^ Is always In Its company. Equally odd jg is the companionship between the hideous and venomous rattler and the "white-oak snake." There does not t- seem any explanation for this friendship. g Sunday 8chool a Woman's Idea. a The credit of organising the first ouuuay scnooi in the United States Is claimed for a woman?Miss Sarah Holt, who died at her home In I'aterson, , N. J., In 1872, at the age of ninety years. Miss Colt's original Idea was 0 te teach the mill boys to read and Ir write, and from this the school gradug. ally grew Into a means of exclusive ,t religious Instruction. Is d Succinct Information. ie Friends of ours have a family a. of three children, Elizabeth and twins >e ?James vand Joseph. The twins ree semble each other so much that It Is 8- hard * to distinguish them. One day y while the children were playing In the t* yard a neighbor asked Elizabeth which 1 >f the boys was James, and she very promptly received the reply that James d was the one standing next to Joseph. ? Exchange. !> .J Wonderful Asphalt Uake. The ftsphult lake uf Trinidad Is sity Uftted at Brighton, 12 miles west of B 8gn Fernando, 27 miles ?outh of INjrt of Spain and about half a mile from ?. the gulf of Parla. The lake Itself Is ie a nat area of approximately 120 aere\ (. forming a basin surrounded by a low bill. The original elevation of the ^ lake surface was 187V4 feet above sea level, but mining operations had lowered this elevation to about ISO feet In 1913. 8 t* e ? Bureau's Good Work. !l The bureau of American ethnology by Its exteuslve work, Is preserving >e much of value concerning the Indian y tribes of North America?not only i, their language and customs, but also g their habitations nipl other tpaterlqf >1 reipaips. The anpqal report |s $R? 1,1 '* e ..vmfm e?prj ji-flT WiiO WP re?tpiS d of various lnve*tigutiui?a nniung the d Indians, giving them an interest, not I- only U> scientist*, but also to the av>f erage wan Interested In the story of I- this once powerful race, which Is rapI Idly disappearing through being at> sorbed lntq> the other races, g ? * FOR SALE?Improved farm lands ( Almost any sise farm In Chester d field, lfarl&oro, Dillon and Darlington * counties on easy terms. M. B. Smith, Cheraw, S. C. rw; f \ ' V * " "" "*" " ?**h ? i ?> 111 ^ ? 1 1 | V. # ' * . Olttt > S' \? ' i ? t I 4 4 ; I 1 . _ J - ' v f'+ '/* ' 1 1 Select your tires m* cording to the roods they hare to travel: ' In sandy or hilly country, wherever the <going is apt to be heavy?The U. 8. Nobby. i For ordinary country roads?The U. S. Chain 1 or Usco. ' For front wheels?The U. S. Plain. For best results? everywhere?U. S. j Royal Cords. * MRVH s mom* cm* ?i n? 1 I . p ' < * * 1/ i $ -* 'w * FUNDERBURK'S ,iIASH MIDDLETTON BRCtt . ? POLITE SOCIETY, ABHORS BAD BREATH < Hail liri>u(li in I'siially the Result uf k Improper Action of the .Dlges- h % ll?e Organs. Pri Over-eating and lack of care of the body naturally congests the stomach and other digestive organs. To over- f work them menus to abuse them. The j3 natural result Is an accumulation ot P(>isous that pollute the system and produce tout and iilsmelliug passes, ^ commonly known as bad breath. ' \ Nothing is more repulsive and disgusting. (t is the tlrst indication of un unhealthy body. At the tlrst sign, fortify ynursi ugalnst it Try SarDras. A scientific prepara- | -9 ... . uii in in aiciuai roois ana nerns containing no alcohol, especially suited Bi for the invigoration of the organs of * digestion and assimilation. A tablespoonful before each meal will invigorut," the glands of the stomach, liver* and kidneys, improve the digestion and purify the blood. Mere laxatives do not go far enough. A proper ubq or this treatment will give you a clean body, normal digestion and a sweet pure breath. Ask your dealer * for SarDras. Manufactured bv Southern Drug Syndicate, Charleston, 3, C. (late city Durg Co. Florence. S. C.. dlRtrlbiUors ^ur South Carolina. ^Pr < NONIT BACK i \ I s|tliout quntloaIf Huai'i S*In V ??. /flfr ill fail* in tht treatment O* Icataa, m M I F7 Tetter.Rln?woni?.Itcl?,eU. Doa'l I >J J i become discouraged becauae otkw _ \. M treatments failed Huat'tfflu WWkil'l Itaa relieved hundred a ot wck WH I cose* You ew't loae a* eu* iWA. Jfenty lack Cearjatn. S ? VWI ABB |t at our rl?k TODAY,. Prkelk d^w l V roe aele locally by * ^ CBB. LADD'S DRUG STORE. ~ L : ???I ? II -I ? ? * " *'*" . . ,r ;V ; , VU, ? - ?l r * -v r I gF v ? I roads for tv around on THERE isn'tany"country* V anymore. The automo- \ bile has brought9the most i remote settlement'almost as ? close to the center of things ? < as the next countylwas. in \ the old days.' 1 ^ ^ \i To hear some tire^dealers ^ talk you might ' think tHar I - ' ? 1 nobody knew anything about j tires except the. fellow, from ' Broadway. j Thafs not the basis ^we go on. / ^ We give/every man credit^ for knowing whmt he is I spending hie money on, } whether he drives up here in his small/car'from ten miles out in 'the country or is passing through from the j capital In his Umaoaiog. u i IU Z I That's one thing ^we* likeV about U. S.Tircs. I f\^r - /i ' =* r a Am . unrceasT. .. ?*i . * k. STORE, ANGELAS, S. C. ? 1 L* GANGELUS, B. C. \ K. C\ W. "M. PANKEY, P'ATRICK.J* i 1 " ' ? 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" It's all the* same to them. l So long as a man owns an ^ I automobile ? large or small '?he's entitled to the very f best tire they can give him. . Quality has 1 always been L the outstanding feature of 1 ~vt ? m> m i _ _ I v. o. ures. ineres no \ limit on the U' S. guarantee. All U. S. Tires are guaranteed ibr the life of the tire I nr J We have ^ given ^ a lot of f thought to this tire proposir tion. There is some advanjtage in being the represent* I ativesof the oldest and largest Grabber eonqera in .the werkL f ^ Drop in the next vtime ^you're down this Uvay and I .let us tell you some interesting facts about tiresN v ' ates Tires ^ i I30WERY, CHER AW. S. C. v JOHNSON, CHER AW, S. C. V * . C. 'II ' 1 .i PU. *\ m ' . a IP YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT Ve Have the Fine& Selection of Candies all kinds?can be pound. in ' fCome in and See for Yourself we have c.'.ndy of all kinds. except the book kinds. and ^ our Ci\M> requirements can bl "! met here, regardless of yol u taste. 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