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OUIt 1?4>ADN. Autoiuoliilut Make* Couipariao* of Routes T?v?r??l. J. S. I'lyler Ib the NVaxhaw JBnter prtBe. The proposition of good roads, is a question which should appeal most strongly to every clticeu of Union county. There is uo doubt about the fact that the roads In this county are lacking for attention. A few years ago when reference wus iuy.de to bud road* up thin way, everybody thought of Bouth Caroli na, for the roads of that utate were once so bad that our people were iucllned to believe that the road* U< re were very fine. However, a great change has been made in the lust few years. Our neighbors to {the south Of us were uot content ed with their public gullleu and went to work nnd have built a sys tem of roads that all the patriotic citizens, and even the moasbacks, are proud of. I had tho pleasure recently of making u trip from Waxhaw to Co lumbia over the public roads. Tbe distance between the two places Is approximately 120 miles and we were Just four hours and thirty min Ut?s on the road. The trip was decidedly pleasant. The road is al most one continuous stretch of sand clay, the cheapest and best road bed now being built. Another Btrik Ing feature along the route was ?the fine 'mproved farm's and beau tlf ul country homes. : N^he people , are prosperous and no one regrets the money it cost to build splendid . roads which they now have. A good deal of the territory we tra versed was a few years ago the etroriuhold of bad roads. I was told that some ' years ago it was not -uncommon to see two muleB ] stalled or stuck up In the mud with - an empty wagon, While now it 7 Is a very common thing to see 8 fr 10 bales of cotton on a wagon going to, town. The people all - along tho line qay that money put In good roads is tho best invest ment any soctlon can make. It cuts down the wagon tax, the bug gy tax, the horse tax, and cuts in to the hauling produce to and fro? . tho market^; and then it is a genuine pleasure to ride over sucli magnificent roads. Good roads not only Increase the value of farm property, but maket the farmer farm better. .He takes J nore pride in his farm, In his home, and he is generally benefit ted all round by having ,a fine road through his farm. Lancaster, Kershaw and Richland counties now have far better road system than Mecklenburg. The land along the highway fron* Lan caster to Columbia,, which a few years ago could be bought for t>fc,o on three dollars per acre, now sells readily at from twenty to thirty >\<lollars per acre. And land that 'v^as wcrth from ten to twelve dol lars wul now bring fifty to aeventy five dollars. Those three counties deserve much credit for the good - roads they have made. And the ifact that they have built them so quickly and cheaply, should be an incentive to other counties to fall in line. 8tayed to the End. . A fine example of coolnep s was given the other day by a telegraph operator at Rennes, France, while the postof flee was burning. The Central peat* office In Paris received from them the following message: "The postofflce la on fir? on the floor telow us, where the telephone cabins have baen burned. We will leave whea the flames reach our floor." Soon after all were obliged to escape to tbe basement. ' ? \ Value of Encouragement. Eve ythlng good In a men thrives best when properly recognised. ? Tim othy 1 itcomb." Camden Theatre ONE NIGHT ONLY Monday, Oct 30th, 1911 J. A. COBURNS BRAND NEW MINSTRELS Bigger tail Bittgr Tyi'Ewr--: Presenting tho Greatest Aggre gation of Burnt Cork Talent ev er banded together with ono Show. V CHARLEY GANO? ' . ?. , \M California's Noted Comedian, who sings- about tho Girls. Ke-enfagMncnt of Huropcyi Grea* est Novelty ? ManteU's Marion ette Hippodrome and Doll Circns Prices: * hoc, T80, 11^6. - SL_ FUTIJIIK HQUTHKKN DAIHY. % DlvemUy of Cru|w and MI1U CUmK? , Favor* Thlit H?cUvtt. s?u">?ru tmrmmru do not duce* enouah Af >4.1 *ro" ? upnjy olil> Pr<>dUCta to tltll. , K OWn p60p,#- Ur?*t uuan P?d ln?# ^lU>r *?d cb***? are ship J"<1 In from om?i*8ut?g every yw4r "fanner hundr*. of min* /JJJ ?* "V" ">?" ??IUr ?d make even more money by Trod uc^ K our butter and cheese h*rA <? our own country? By dol thu would build up and consefv" the the North** T" C?mpar^ With *NZl ' our ger ?row,u? *?* dlven.it ? U* l? fr?W a ?reatei versity 0f crop*, and thu ch enab.PrdUCtl<>?' ?Ur ml,d c,lu?^ e# UB to Produce milk at lev ? rovldo as expensive buildings to *eep out the celd. it ha* been Proved conclusively that u 1b entire > 'possible to keop a good grade 01 ; Uuiry COWB ln th,H ^ ct|on ^ ^ South r a y iU Ull4,,y PartB of tlK douth ?om? splendid herds of pu^ 'ored dairy cattle. clalmaCMLUl U"d HUCC08af"l dairymen claim that considering the climate tton in marketB' th?re U Uo 8t" clear m C?UDtfy Wh?r? W c ear money can be made in dairy g as in the South. There In MJ or line of livestock farming in which, when, properly managed, wil. produce greater profits than dairy The hog Ib a very profitable an imal here In the South, but wl, not conbume the rough feed, oJ the farm. I Poultry raising |8 exceedingly pro fltable here also, but, like the hog chickens fannot consume rough feeds of the farm. Swine and poul try raising fit in well with dair> (ng because skim milk Is one of th? Meat feeds known for both pigs am. chickens. j A dairy cow in the South will an nually produce at least G,000 lbt>. J of milk, and the equivalent of 30c I pounds of butter; at 25 cents pe, pound, the butter would" be worth 176. it costs on an average abou I 130 to feed the average cow pe. I year, thuB leaving a profit of $4t from the butter. In addition to this there is the skim milk to bt fed to the calves, pigs and poultr and the manure to be placed upoL ihe soil to Increase Its productive ness. Hundreds of tons of cottonseeo I meal are being shipped out of tin South every year. This meal ^hoult be kept here and fed to dairy cat tle and after being used by then, for the production of milk, from 85 to 90 per cent of the orlglna. fertilising value of this meal woulo be left In the form of manure foa I the Increase of soil fertility. I Where the average farmer prac tices the one-crop system he doe* I not have steady employment dur I Ing the dntl^e year, but if he It I engaged ln the dairy business Ik I "a* plenty of work to .do every da.? I In the year. A doien good dalrj, I cowb, properly cared for and man- I aged, should return a net profit oi 1500 every year. In addition to the large quantity of manure that cat oe applied to the soli, where dairy ing is followed, there are a num ber; of. crops that can be grown for dairy dattle which are. In them selves, splendid boII improvers. Any of the leguminous crops, at cowpeas, Boy beans,- Japan clover, red clover and alfalfa are most ex i client feeds for the dairy cows, and ln addition to this they add fertility to the soil. When cori. Is grown and made Into silage, tht entire corn plant is fertilized to ( far better advantage than when li Is allowed to mature and the cori. and stover fed ln a dry state. Cort, silage, cottonseed meal and some of the leguminous foods above men tioned make a ration for dairy cows that It is hard to excel. ? Fuller Briers, In Home and Farm. Farming Leads The World. ? w One of the' big, Interesting fea turea at this year's State Fair Is "The Romance of the Reaper," told with beautifully colored views %nd motion pictures. It Is a story of modern progress, for without Im proved farm machines we would be without present day farms and scl j entlflc farming, and without these the great worlds of business, com* merce, and art would not exist. The entertaining story has been called "An Agricultural Tour of the World, with Qeo. Frederic Whseler as guide." A hundred colored view and 5,000 feet of moving picture are shown, and every person, no matter who or whet*, will en joy the scenes both American and foreign. ? The entertainment hM been prepared under the direction of the International Harvester Co., j or Amerloa. Let US do yew Job Pllsft^j BUYING HKKP CATTLE Article Wtowing Which Are M?#t fopulftr Heel Breed*. - I C'temson College, 8- C., Oct. 21. - j Of all thn liutori which determine the profit Id feedlug beef cattle *he buying of the cattle la one of the most Importaut, and one of the moat difficult with which farmer** Id thla stale hava to contend. ^ Cloiusou College haa lately beeo dolus everything possible to iDduoe tba rallwaya to graut reasonable freight rataa on cattla from Halot i*ouia and Other large atock ceuier* to Washington, Klcumoud, Uanlmur uud Now York wuu a fuUi' monmt feeding limit Id South Carolina, aud we atil hope thai this arrange muDt cau be made. Viie piesoui piacilce of buying In North Caroli na and Teunesaee la uusaiUfuctoi) aud expensive, aa the aupply ot cat tle la limited aud the quality badiy mixed I and the expense of buying [ greater than la necessary. liuying | iu the large atock centers would re duce the expense and enable the farmers to purchaae dealrable cattle at aoy time iustead of having to buy early la the season before ma f y ot them are ready ? 10 atart to feeding as 1h now the caae. Shorthorns, Horefordu aud Abet ? deen Angus are the three popular beef breeds, and there lu practical ?y no difference lu the value o? these breeds for feeding purposuo. iCudeavor to buy cattle as uniform in color, size and Quality as possi ble of the low set, broad backed, smooth type, weighing from 800 to 1 000 pounds and carrying sufficient flesh to enable them to finish well in 100 to 120 days, counting on a ^ahrof 1 1-2 to 2 lbs per day. in buying cattie from dealers in sist on keeping them In a dry lot without feed or water for twelve hours preceding weighing or of de ducting 3 per cent in weight to avoid paying beef prices for feed md water and ah excessive shrink ge Id shipment. Don't buy young cattle or thin cattle or scrubs, as hey will not fatten readily and will have to be sold at low prices, 'ount on an increase in the val ue qf cattle of lc to 1 l-2c per lb. ad buy only cattle that will fatten quickly and Increase in value aa hey put on flesh. - Clemson ^College will gladly fur uah all the Information necessary >vgardlng the proper methods oi reeding cattle, and will furnish *t competent man to visit each farmer .'ree of charge to render any . as sistance necessary. The Experiment Station will also feed two carloads of cattle thla winter to study fur ther the most economical methods >f producing beef. Tenneweee's Marrying Parson. From time to time reports are circulated, of the vast number of .ouplea united by t^la, that or the jther preacher/ Usually these ata 1 .iatlca fall of verification, but In the .ase of v Rev. Alfred Harrison Bur roughs, of Bristol, Va.-Tenn., the I'act Is well authenticated that he has performed the marriage ceremo ty for thirty-five hundred eloping tuples. He la known far and wide is/ the "marrying" parson. He lives across the Virginia atate line, in Tennessee and his elopers come from other states where the mar riage laws are more rigid than in Tennessee. The . parson is by no means averse to modern rapid me hods as he recently married an eloping couple In front of his door In an auto without requiring them to alight from the machine. It may. be remarked that if the par son has received from every cou ple he has married even a moderate slaed wedding fee, he must be now In a fairly prosperous condition. To Meet in Columbia, The third annual meeting of the South Carolina Conference of Char ities and Correction ia announoed for November 23 and 24 at Colum bia. The gathering la made up of social vrorkers of almost every shade of religious belief. There will be wide discussion of problems bearing on charity, philanthrophy, benevolence and penology. Some of the prominent people of the State are active leaders In the movement, which Indicates Its note worthiness. All Interested persons sar? Invited to attend the confer ence, A. T. Jamison. Pres. - V~' Sickly School C htMren. of ??'" schoc. t. . ?. o..oties ?' Oeorgla ho u ? " cf them suffer log frtm v v v : s^-the- Mo?t of the diseases were such as sdenolds, hookworm, defective ef*sfght, hearing and teeth. !? the time not coming when in ptfliTW rhoois as wtiKffh ?t ter ' "e phys oi oondlti.'t udtdiei as to any thing ft not be done* Knoxvllle Journal aad Tribune. Baruch-Nettles Co. Copf tijht Htrt icbiffmr U Mars ' I "HERE'S distinction about some clothes; an "air" of quality and fashion which most men are willing to pay well for. Just what it is, just where it's located, just how much of it is the man, and how much is the clothes you can't al ... ? . * ? : ' v. v -.r~~ ways say, but that's one thing you get in fjart ?>rJjafftt?r $t ilarx clothes; and it's something you don't always get in r- ? ' ???? '. ? ? ? . . r I ? r - ? other clothes. The fact is, you get more real "class" in these clothes than the average custom tailor can r give you; the man who wants to be especially well dressed would much better buy these Hart Schaffner & *Marx clothes, ready-made, than give up time and money to have clothes made to measure. ' "?4 6 ? - ' . . ,v ?? ?? - ' ? <> In these clothes you get better fabrics, better tailoring, better style, and as a rule better fit than you'll get in any other way. : , Jr . . . L r; ?. We want you to know what we're offering you. If you think it's just what any clothing store offers you, come in and learn how mistaken you are. \ * '? ' ' " ' ^ '? ?