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TOBACCO STEMS AND STALKS AS FERTILIZERS Said to Contain Large Quanti ties of Plant Food and May Be Put to Good U?e. Wiitthlllutoii, l> t\. Hopl, H. Should t ti?* domnud of IOii i? >| >?? for American lolimrn hIj'Jiih cease, these stein*, which contain In rx<' ?piuntitlos of |>lit lit food, csiMi-hilly potash, iimy hi* used to good ml v 11 til it hy tin* Auiurlniu grower <?f (ofiQcco iim fertilizer. Sou fCrtljlzed I)) these stems seen ret I from tin? ?vl jffjp ii ii< I tobacco factories and stcmUM'tlcs, will produce loaf-tobacco Of bcliei 1 ? 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 ik <|ilii III los and texture. Tobacco stems UM fertilizer should Im' applied in Hiiiullur ijuuiillMcs lliun mil mi ro, Iweause thoy contain larger 1 1 1 1 II III ll ICS of till* Constituents ttilit'h f?M?< I I ho plant, Hcobrdlflg lo the De partment's tolia ceo specialists. Two |0||S |H?r lO'l'O of "sCCll Stl'IIIS'' (Stl'IIIS from cigar fnotorlcw) or - I - tons of "Kentucky stems" (stems from I ho to bucco factories ami Htomniorlos) uro known to give good results In Now Kiightud nml. mi fur mm available., theso ntoms will undoubtedly furnish u vory Hat Isfactor.* sour<i? of potash, us woll / uk other plant foods/ in other t nlmcco soot ions. 1 ( 'oiisiiloruhio quantities of tobacco stents have long lioon exported to (Jormahy nml other pnrts of Kui'o|M> whore I hoy uro often used in t )>?? man ufacture of low-grt}do smoking tobac co and us a source of iiiroHno. Tobacco stalks w hich lire mil roinov oil from l ho fit rui nmlor prevailing motlioiis, uro nut always used to the host advantage u.su . fort lllzer. Like Ihi' stems, they contain considerable ? I (in ut it los of vnlnnhio I > I II n t food (tlio' -not* n iiiueh) und nui.N lie used freely us a fertilizer for tobacco and other crops. They may lie profitably used to improve the hay l<?t hy simply spreading the stalks -over (lie land in tlio fall or they may lie plowed under at the Maine season for. cultivated crops such as cotton, corh, tobacco, etc, The practice of piling I oh/i cot ? stalks In heaps and leaving I hem exposed to tlio weather means a waste of valuahle material tlmt might lie returned to the soil. The practice of burning tlioin is also wasteful unless they are Infected hy such a serious disease as the dram villi' Witt, Amotions That Live. A prosperous farmer and haltered t ramp drove into a little Nebraska town the other day but noltiter the bleared eyes. of the vagrant nor the keener ones of (he fanner saw tlio whirling nnc/.e of life. For their hearts were full of oilier visions dra w n from I lie dusts of a half- century h.\ Lite- humming of a song. They saw the whitewashed hut. tlio peat Holds, the donkey carts of Ire land. and tho,\ felt again the throh of lioyhood and of brotherhood. Two brothers loft the Itinera Id Isle to try their fortunes in Amotion.' One found his place in the broad .wheat tiolds <ff Nebraska, where each sum mer's sun added to his stock of world ly goods:' The 'other kept looking? gazing too. often through the bottom of glasses lo see bp|>ort unities ami over roving on in the hope that fcito would loss a fortune. ready made ydo ids hands. No word passed between tfliom. This year the battered wandered wont Into flit* harvest f )?*!< Im for work "N<> mums (V(ir? id v ?*it H lnl he Ming lilt* W>I)K of oilier .M-lll The Millg lllli! Us iM'llii III |lli' memo ry of the employer only I hey are no longer employer UlIuI hired hand, l??it I 'ill and Hob ii >? they were in the ban* ago. 'Ihc moral ' There Isn't hii>' al tt 1 1 4* X ? *4*| ?t I llll I III*' U Ol III Is fill) llf II llllli) |?4?r of fhtntfM,. iiml t In* t iiiiioiiK memo lien s^i deeply cngrii ved thill II hoiik run wljie away the wealth of Hie pros jtciou* iiml ili?' scars of battered fail ure iiml Ion ve I lii'ui simply "lirollinrn," l)\change. In The Other Fellow'n Machine. Mr. .1. M tJrlttlth. of Creenwood, had ii thrilling experience it few nights ago In (Jreenvlll)* when hi' cranked Itf w ii mi t.'l 1 1 1 it*, hihI it run through a plait' glass III ii At illijow ill out* of tin* busi ness houses carrying 111 m in front of tin* uiiichlnc. Fortunately In' was not seriously Injured, hut It Ih ii miracle that lu* was not. Mr. (iritiitli stales that In* loft (lie machine out of gear, hut some one vviik fit hor sitting in it or In some way ac chli'iitly put It In gear, Iiml when lu? cranked It there wit* nothing fur tht> machine to iln hut to move forward. This is a Nph'iiilid illUKt rat Ion of the roll xou why |H?<1plc Khouhl keep out of 1 1 1 1 1 < ' 1 1 1 1 m 'x thnt do not belong to litem-. They may not intctiilunally do harm, hut tlmy nre likely to do .so. We have thi'' Ill's! oWner of a machine to meet who likeil for |H'ople to use his machine us ii place in whlcji to toiltflte, iiml .vol It Is a (ouininirtlilnK ft"' jwople to pile uji in the machines of other people with as great Independence, as If they were their own, and If the slightest protest were made t'" them they would no doiiht take mortal offense and re gard the owner as little iiml liai'row. It Is trespassing all the same and the sootier this view is taken of It the bet ter It will ho for all parties, ? (ircen wood Journal, The applicants for admittance into Clcinson college on Sept. 1st. number ed Mr?. As the capacity of the collect) ? r . W-oiily S.>p, many have heen placed on the waiting list. Fate of Cole Blease. ("olle iuid Smith were racing for the senate, Willi Jcfhdugs and Pollock in the rear. We are proud to know I hat t 'olle did n't win it. And our Kllisou I ?. had nothing to four. Twice has old Colic heen seated in the cliatr. ... ? With l-Yat hcrstom* and Jones defeated, Hut when Senator K. 1 >. said ^'Farm ers. I'm here." fJ Old Colic's doom was completed. Now sit down Colle and quietly refnee ViMir threats and your treacherous Woollies. And remeinher the Senate you shall not disgrace With your lawless and devilish misdo ings. We bury Colic, dear. In his political grave And Ids roattall swingers displease, Now Judge ye well. Is he fool or knave. The voter for Cole h. Hleiuse; ' Senator Smith with Ids fame Code's record did seize. And Ids political plans shattered and shivered. No more "Hurrahing for Cole L. nicasc," Ills name is dead! d ? nod and deliver ed!. Jim. M. Tiller, i.ugotr, s. c. ENGLAND FIGHTING FOR EXISTENCE Englishman Writes Letter To Lady in This State. ? Say# Kaiser is Blamed. < 'Iii<rli'"tf>ii. S. (V, Hi*pt I, The let t??r | ifiii tin) I ???)< ?\\- hi|M In t ?*l> been re- ! celved lit' a < 'harlestoii lady fri)ju u re III the of hers In |-)iightnd, ii retired1 ollk-or In t li?' British arm) win; voluu-i leered fur service III tilt* Confederate! forces iiiiiI fought iff) Hunt l>' for t.ln? ? Month. It presents tin interesting j ? 1 < ? ture of conditions In lluglaud during IIiomo early days of the great world j wiir : theru hiv thousands of women In <ier- 1 many, France, Belgium, Austria, Kus hIh ami Great Brlthin' who In a I ??\v ile vs will be whh ws ami tens o!' thou sand* of Indpless ch'ldrcn who will be fatherless. " I t's a very awfi.il situation, hut must ho faced. "It seems to mi* very terrible that ; the overwhelming ambition of oiie man should bring such a terrible curse on humanity* The resi>ousihllity resting oil the Kaiser Is as ureal us that which overshadow** I Najioleon, hut I think the Kaiser Is more to be blamed than ? that wonderful genius of all time* who, | rising from the ranks of the people, waited through slaughter to a throne ; and. shut the gates of mercy on man- j kind. "We us a people are now realizing j (what I have preached to deaf ears for ycarsi thai we are engaged in a | death struggle, that the last man and j the last dollar must go to save our JOm- j pi re from annihilation. * * * r "I think that the coullict has come! al a favorable time for us. If we and our allies cannot, hohl our own against j German oppression we are hardly de serving of the British birthright you and I I iot h glory in. However let no man hoast till he takes otY his armor. ?"You get the war news in your pa pers in Charleston with the same ra pidity and us fully. as I do here in thi* + little village, therefore 1 make no i'e- ; marks on the subject. "Britlan feels that 'her all In all' is now concent rated in the North Sea, and we. one and all. find and know that the spirit of the immortal Nelson animates our navy, and if there be a spirit world j Ids seraph wings are hovering over our j fleet . Personally 1 am as stout-heart- : ed as when I stood on the banks of the Rappahannock or the glacis of Sumter." CAROLINA BOND & MORT-i GAGE COMPANY Authorized Capital $250,000.00 1008 Union Bank Building COLUMBIA, S. C. Farm Loans Negotiated throughout South Caro lina on improved farm lands in sums of $3,000.00 and upward on five years time at reasonable Interest rates and terms. Call or write for Information and application forms and arrange approv al for loans to meet obligations matur ing within the next few months. J. L. *Mlmnaugh, .President ' II. A. Kahler, Vice President T. B. Stackhouse, Vice President L. M. Hawkins, Secretary and Treas . T. F. Sherwood, Asst. Sec. and Treas. Barron, McKay, Frierson & Moffatt, ? General Counsel. W. Mb SHANNON, I,ocal Counsel for Kershaw County, Camden, S. C. August ; At this ^moment "My Dear GREAT DOME OF THE WONDERFUL PALACE OF HORTICULTURE. Copyright. 1914. by Panama I'aolrtc International Kxpoaitlon Oiinipany minor JlVare an l^n^T. oTvTne.* Yh? wm" .'.V0-' Th"' Th* dome la 18? reel In height .and 162 feet In diameter. belnK the largent heml.pherlcal dome In the world"' The" pIIS * ma-Pacifle International hxposition will?open In San Francisco in February, 1915. P*?* Bank Stock For Sale 1 am offering for sale, within 30 days. Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars worth of stock of the Loan 6c Savings Bank, of Camden, S. C. L. L. CLYBURN DeKALB. S. C. BANK STOCK WANTED I hereby offer Five Thous and Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00) for the Five Thousand Dollars of Loan & Savings Bank Stock, (50 shares) advertised by L. L. Clyburn, that is to say, ten per cent, above par. Henry Savage CAMDEN, S. C. MONEY TO LOAN. . On Improved farms. Easy terms. Apply to B. B. Clarke, Camden, S. C. " 60. SAM WING LAUNDRY PHONE91? 915] Broad St., Camden, S. C. WAR ? AND ? POLITICS War, politics and high prices is about all one can hear these days. While discussing these things don't loose sight of the fact that we will give you the very best prices to be had any where. Give us a trial. MURCHISON Wholesale Supply Co. Dr. I. H. AUundcr Dr. R. E. Slmun Alexander & Stevenson DENTISTS Office Sm<Wm< Comer BmJ and DeKatb St*. Dr. E. H. KERRISON DENTIST Successor to Dr. L. W. Alston Office in the Maun Building Phone 185 COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phono 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. (3. uSBose >~Af. (2. SBoy/tin SDu JyBose (Sr SSoy/^in SAfeczt <0 state and 3* ire insurance . INSURE YOUR COTTON Every farmer should insure his cotton against fire. We write polices in any amount to cover cotton on plantation or in warehouse. ASK US FOR RATES