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. . krXJH | Three XXIV. C\\MI>KN, hOt'Tlf OAUOMNA. ? ' ? ' 1 HII>AY, l?K< imiii i; la, luia. NUMISKU fHAT A NORTHERN FARMER HAS DONE IN THE SOUTH jgry of Pluck, Perseverance and iuttry That is Now Resulting is Well Earned Success. |r J !'? Hopkins of Colerain, wh l^nouat rated In a most practl way how the northern man can pt ulDiH<ilf to southern conditions a Huccetm on the la mi, jji the city a day or two ago. i tho "Come South" edition of progressive Farmer published Kaleigh, N. und which spoc ^dit ions wore sent to uome (>0j faroiliet* in the north and west e appeared a most Interesting Mint of Mr. Hopkin's oxporience jie development of his farm the I 0f which cost him only |3.60 acre, hut by improving it it is valued at 1 100 an acre, und he just begun ;to make it valuable get the results of rotation of * and benefits of having the s ail fenced. bo article referred to is repro M below : ? , I The North has developed, the it bad its day, the South haw a ire for every home-seeker who cotne, und 1 caro not how poor may ho, If you are willing to B, if ou are honest and want a Re of your own, I say from expe ?ee that here in the South today ?filling, welcoming and helpful Ik, land is cheap, but prices are pacing, great manufacturing en Wm are going dp, old log W houses are replaced by up Bate buildings with modern equip It I am pr<?ud to say that the ?1 1 has made greater strides in ?ational advancement ' than In ? one thing. No man North or Bt need hesitate on coming South ?fear his children will not be Bated. The climate is delight* I' The soil responds wonderfully to intelligent treatment I Uav< seen depleted barren Southern soil* change hand* and in three to five year* of good farming yiold a hun dred fold "WhiJo 1 buy Jo my Nortlnm friends, com? South, while (ho ad vantages here in the South . are greater thun elsewhere for tho home soekor, i also say -your nuc eess dupeuda upon your honest en deavors. Millions of acres of mi d?-v?doped land^t grown up in I and briers, lie today Waiting for i Ik land to till. Largo land ownor? and real estate men and bankers are waiting and ready for to help the honfest industrious home-BeekerH Such I know to be the fact. "Again, whilo I Bay come South, I Bay in making tho change be care ful. You will expeot a different cli mate, soil, a different condition in crops and the cultvatiion and har vesting of tlie same. You will have to adapt yourself to tho conditions here. Learn these new conditions first on coming South. This Is where bo many Northorn people fall. After studying Southern solla and climate, conditions, crops, etc., you will find yourself in a land of op portune lea, a wonderful soil, a de lightful climate and hospitable peo ple. V < "1 was born in Michigan, in 1879, came South in 1897, my fathe and brother two yearB soi^ner, aB 1 was in school. My father had some money, bought a tract of land, paid two-thirds cash, bought horses, feed and implements, seed, and with his Northern Ideas about farming, without first studying Southern con ditions, crops and climate set out to make five-cent cotton.' The re i suits were that in a short space of [three years he lost all, went back to Michigan, disgusted with the South, but his oldest son, J. P. Hopkins, age 21, stayed on, seeing a future for the south aftd desir l:> Jug a hum., of iiiu own. lie bought 49 l-ii acres of land at $3.60 per WW, barren an. I abandoned, pkld one dollar down an<| had to bor fow this oih- dollar. "All my dclghbors said 1 would PWllb '<> tl.-JHh on 1 1 . t>ut I wuh Willing to work, I round plenty l?J < n ?ln .iii.i ti'lriidrt that werewlll Ing to help me. .Till* was 11 yoaiH gao. Today this barren tract bas Kood ijalnted buildings, ?very Part under fence, cutup in fields, r,? ning j it hor an tfi r? go by. Thlg ?i u J -2 acres baa and is feed ing a family of six, three head i. ii li<;id < a! t If. I tliav ik? 24* head bogs old and young, 40 bead Angora goats. 1 plant to mako ore bale of cotton, 800 gallons too lassos, all the com and peus 1 eau itwiku. Ho 1 have several sources -of Income. 1 raise" my own work-stock I have now a pair of mated colts raised QO i?y farm. All my land lb s In fields, no bed blanket patoheft 1 have two-horse turning plow, har rows, cultivators, planters, mowing machine and rake. I never stand back on buyiug an Implement that I can uso profitably. 1 realize the fact that no man can get above his soil, so I make all the manure 1 can, rotate my crops, sow peas, plant peas peas everywhere. I want no Other bank than this 62 1-2 acres, it hon ors my checks without fall." ? ~U??lQn Progress. \ 11 ACH K I X)RH Harbarq, Lqo Has Something to Hay About the Single Mad. One of the curious points in the pharaseology of today is tbe pass ing of the words "old maids" and ?the retention, of the title , "bache lors," says Barbara Lee la The Philadelphia North American. Some 4ay, Yery soon. I am going to talk about old maids; today the single gentlemen who pretend to like their unattached, unincumbered Btate hav hoot; ? ? * A bachelor is a man who some day will regret it. ? He may laugh at hie married friends and scorn his enemies, but far down in his heart. If ho Is a real man, there will be a yearning for his own home, with' a wife for Mb llfo'H compaulon. lit) Uiay make facet* and u few stale Joln'H when asked to hold a of hla sister's but you run t make any aaue person believe llidt Mobolor feel m gripping at man's heart and a longing f *>t a lit tie kiddie of hits < > \s ii iii. thought less bachelor will attribute tht (hai uh affecting ?h th? frosted poach uud the poach crop \h atwayH being frosted. 1 know one man who boaats that ho much i? refers his liorao to any wife that he could ever dream about Horses are ao tractable, ao loving,, intelligent, easily trained, ao little trouble, < t< He beams when in* dilates on the qualities of hla faith ful steed. Doea h? really believe th^t? lie, 1h young now, and 1 pray that lit t to KroB will conaplre with liymen and divorce that man from hi# "wrong idoaa. He Httio knows bow poor the day a are m hla alngle Iff?! Another bachelor fairly atlflea me in clouda of tmioke aa he puffa out his derision at the "shackles." Ho little guesses the duat under the Oriental nig lit hla library and in far from realising that u woman such uh ho would naturally aeloct la far more companionable In Joy and aorttow than the hooka that lino the walla. He scoffs at married bllaa, and says the call of the cigar la sweeter than that from a kitchen of hia own. "A woman i? only a woman. Hut a cigar is a smoke." Ten yeara hence that bachelor will Sing those lines In a minor key. Sport ia a cunning and powerful rival of fair women. The bachelor that heeds thft call of Jtb? gee-g???. the stacking of the chips, the call oij th? quail or the baying of the houn fills hia day with exercise and en-, joyment and ia too tired to think of the sou I math that is wandering around waiting for his recognitions. But some day he will not be thrilled by the shining .barrel of a neat rifle. Some day a shary twinge In the Joints will emphasize rheumatic ten denclea; and red, white and blue, although a very patriotic combina tion, grow tiresome In the ivory disks. Some day, perhaps when the rain Is letting down a dreary cur tain outside, he. will turn from the window and the awful truth will strike ? I was going to say home, but home is not In a bachelor's vo cabulary. He will not have his wife or his family to crown hla days. There will be no supreme Joy In working for his loved oiios that be long to him alone. Can you tell me of a more pitiable condition than '--I v" -'J- .-.1 (hut of being alone? I have discussed tho varloiiM ivn sons of bioNloh liviU, to Hk? the point of my pwotl. They were serious ami otherwise; inuny hinted at tho high cost of living and ai tholr restriction tiloug lines ?>r mow ey. Marriage has 1m tho majority Qf ciiei ih?< making of men. a new responsibility brings now pain above- the diaphragn to last night's bubbly or to lb# u eg posuro to draught {-'but wo know be* tor. Hacheioi's have /.ex 1st od since tho time when tnen wore either too liiy to hustle out of tholr comfortable caves in search of wives or women f I rut leu r nod to fitly no. It 1h diffi cult to plane the chronological flngo on this point in tho world'# history. I think that mon aro Btlllliuilnod to place their slippered feet upon tho mantlepioce, throw their coats to the winds and stgh ''CuibWo?'' In their lu*y fashion. When there 1h u dotting mother to ww on button* and put away thoir winter suits* In camphor, a bachelor doesn't fool the need of a wife. When Mrs. O'Flan nigan the landlady, take* pity on t Im" third floor back and empties the u?h tray out of her motherly inter est in tho "poor, lonely man," all goes well* But there will como a dark duy whon mother'H hands aro quiet forovor and whon even a land lady doesn't fill the bill. Thon the bachelor wakes tip; but it Is ubu ully too Into. There are so many Mood, excel lent bachelors going to waste for th mere picking thai 1 weep when I think of the loat opportunities. . (I am not speaking for any personal Mob, please Young Imehelors, mid dle-aged and elderly oneB, show slgiiH of potential husband* that are strength, generally, lie does not travel the faBter who travols alone. The comradoBhlp, tho helping hand and the IovIuk heart of a wife will, In love's mysterious way, lighten a seemingly doubled task. Cut out a few cigars, brother, and turn down the glasses. I do not urge neglect ing the barber or forgetting the laundry, but 1 would like to capable the statement that tho sacrificing of a few frothy pleasures and a lit tle extra effort of a man's parf v^ll make negligible the deterrent fac tor of his salary. I am sorry for my bachelor that I blinks in misguidod ignorance of what ho Is miBslng. Any man who really prefers the solflsh loneliness of a bachelor's den to ttte compan ionship of a wife Is In danger of be-rtR flooded out. of his quarters by my tears. "SVhat If 1 nlako a mistake?" ftikfid onu qynic, And when 1 Haiti . "You are. making'* mletako now," b*? mild that a woman always wanted tho hut word. Would tbttt OUI 1 1 ai in- 1<> r t rl<>tid? would kIvo noma excellent ^womo* whogr thoy really Iov? a chanco. M) W KXOimsiON hatkh Via .\Uu title Lino, A?'?un? (IIii'InIiiiuh U)>lld?yN, !' v. ? - ? v Reduced rato Hound Trip tU'.l^itA will bo on ?alo at all ututlmiH on tho Atlantic Coant Lino to all points Hoyth of tho 'Ohio and Potomac and I'-uhi of the MIhbIhhIppI' rlvor?, In eluding Washington, l>. (),, Cincin nati, Ohio, and Mvansvlllo Indiana, , for all train* on December 18, 14, 17, It), JU, Si, 22. 28, 24, 26, 8 1 , and January 1, limited returning, to MftCh original Htartiug point ro turning not lator than midnight of January 0, 1913. For further bartlQUlafs, schedules, rates, r< lotvutfoiii, etc., ?? i?i?iy to Atlantic Coant Lino ticket agents, * or addroHH, W. J. Craig, Passenger Tmffio Manager, Wilmington, N. C., or T. C. White, Ooneral Passen ger Agent Wilmington, N. 0. ICXCTUR8ION 11ATKK Via S<?utlK>rti Hnilway, Premier Car rier of tho South. Account Ohrlatmaa Holidays So ut he ru Hallway announces attrac tlvo Round 'trip Excursion Fare* ,from all points to destinations in "Southeastern torrltory. Tlokets will he on Bale December 18th, 14th, 17th, 18th, 20th, "2lBt, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25'th and 31st, 1012, and Jan uary 1st, 1918, limited good to roach original starting point re turning not later than midnight, January 6th, 1913. For information concerning ratoa. tickets, etc., call op ticket agonts, or address: W. E. McQee, Assistant , General Passenger Agent, Colum bia, H. C.. or W. H. Caffey, Divi sion Passenger Agent, Charleston, Box tapper* A box supper for tho benefit of tho Antioch school will be given at Poplar Camp Hall, Woodmen of the World, on Friday night, December 13. Public cordially invited to at tend. We have recently purchased the old sta bles formerly occupied by Bruce, have re modeled them, and have just received the ? * finest lot of Horses and Mules ever brought - ---- " .. ? ^ j ' ' ? . into Kershaw County and we want you to call and see them. Any kind you want and'at prices sure to please you. There is no doubt that you can And among this lot just what yod are looking for. It will be a pleasure to us to show you What we have and will do anything in o^power to accomodate you in any LEWIS CONDER W. W. KING