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^/.NQRDM TRADING ... far...?'' From |*JLnce and Give. F.ct. ""iiid *?*?? "T 0*ri>uw, a (.Vrmtyi ranur. ?f (Hms.v. m .i tiiut the UwedtH I nj.|M'U r ?>?? tUo tmrfaro a* nt_ & tt> tin' iimII onln plan aome ,^11 dl?a?lor uiid htiH written a lutertatiiiK stor>' *?*? vit*WH In ttju f?uu Here Ih a part ?e farmer* need u wakening to the ?tMt *?? have unmistakably reaeh period where we iiuwt think and 1 am <?nc* of 4be hI<?w Oormuu L-p, (lull had (<? ho shown iiiut I !u,tt Khh?? iuy experience thut oth J,v profit, for knowledge 1m more tbtui ten year* agq. -toty-alne year# ago I begun my garn'i"- ' ha(l MU <),(1 and Our furniture wan mostly home <halrs, cupboard uml louitge /r<?i i ilr.v good# boxen, neatly with ten cent cretonne by my ? *!fd. NX'*' rented eighty acrew. to a Ikm <?f ???kI habits I got all j^l machinery ami groceries of our C merchants on bred It, uutll full m ?-??r?' sold. The tlrst year \vaa a U^ason ami 1 <11(1 not make enough ujv creditors. 1 went, to each on e of promise and explained condi $ |?ayhitf as niueh a* iHwslble, and ? all oh rried the haluuce over an lr year They continued to hccohi until 1 wan able to buy a CL-nrni pittKC fiC 'ny own. Kto noon as I owned these few ft crow L'nmii order house began sending me EjIo^uoh, and gradually I began send E| w> loose change to them, letting C accounts stand In my home town Eire i needed it. Kffc then had one of the thriftiest ;es in the State ? good line in all branches, merchants Bp were willing to help an honest fel joyv over a bad *ear, and a town full ^ people who came twice a week to lide and visit. Our little country IfM supported a library, high school, Wl team, and we had big celebrations mry year. MA farm near a llvo town soon dou pes in value. I sold my forty acres at j big advance and bought eighty, grad ullv adding to it until I had 200 acres the best land in Iowa. I then felt it need of asking favors, and found |f easy to patronize the mail order gent* that came almost weekly to our jfcr. I regret to say that I was first js the county to make up a neighbor hood bill and send it to a mail order! louse. Though we got bit every once ka while, we got In the habit of send Bcaway for stuff. I K viuat business I; "Gradually our mercuants lessened [their stock of goods ? for lack of pat Kcage. Finally we began to realize ;ftgt when we needed a l>olt quickly for jittery, or clothing for sickness or jleath. ve bad to wait and send away for If, which wasn't so pleasant. One y one our merchants moved to places there they wore appreciated, and men fless energy moved i?. Gradually our town 1ms gone down ; our business oases nr?> tacky in nppearance, a nurn w are empty ! Our schools), churches td walks are going down, we haVe 110 nd, 110 library, no ball team. There no business done in town, and there &re no taxes to keep up. Hotel Is for lack of travel. Go down to the depot when the freight pulls In and 'jou will . see the sequel in mall order llckaRes. . "Nine years ago my farm was worth 1195 an acre ; today I'd have a hard matter to sell it for $107 an acre. It i too far from a live town ? so every tinner has said that wants to buy. He tants a place near schools and Hiorehes, where his children can have advantages. I lyive awakened to the ftet that in helping to pull the town down, it has cost me $5, GOO in nine years." [ I ^ . : t William Spencer Currell, Ph. D., was formally inaugurated president of the University of South Carolina Thursday. :Tbe stately ceremonies also Included *-eelehration of the founding of the Institution. The state hoard of canvassers on IMnesday reversed"; the Qreenwood :?onty hoard of canvassers and de dared that the election fdr the estab lishment of McDuffle county has been legally held. The opposition to the formation of the new dotratj^wlll carry ?e matter to the supremecourt. iH. L. Watson, editor sst the Green wood Index, has been elected secretary Of the 'ireenville chamber of com merce. TICK ERADICATION W SOUTH CAROLINA 7 - . , Work Accompluhed in 1914] and What Remain* to Bo Doi?? to Complete Work. l*Hto? Cnuuien Chronicle ; Dear Sir: We herewith hog to sub init a brief summary, obtained from the Vnlted States Hureau of Animal In duatry offlce, Columbia, s. <\, of Tick Eradication work a? It was conducted Vi this state during tin* last year, co o|K?ratlvely between the 1'idted states Bureau of Animal Industry ami Clem Hon Agricultural College.* The work began April 1014, ami wan conducted 111 22 counties, embracing an area area of 13,258 s(|iiare miles, approxi mately one half the area of the State, with tint following results; on Septem ber tlr?t the counties of lMIJon, Lee, Newberry and Sumter were released from State and Federal quarantine. The count to* of Chesterfield, Florence, ? north of Lynches ltlver, and Marlon are In condition for release this spring. Theae counties embrace an area of 1,* 02ft square ml let) freed of ticks and re leased from quarantine with one years work. In addition to the territory re leased the work has been one half fin ished hi J) other counties and complet ed In ti counties that had been releas ed prior to 1011 and in each of which a few premises remained under local quarantine. The last CSeneral Assembly appropri ated $10, (KK) for this work, this was] supplemented with an equal amount from the I'. S. Bureau of Animal In dustry. As a result of Ibis expend^; ture the benefits derived are as fol lows There are 35,320 head of cattle in the area released this year. They have Increased in market value $8.38 per head, or a total of $110,881. Thero haw been a 15 per cent increase in milk production, a 13 i>er cent saving from loss by death, due to Tick Fever, and an increase in value of hides. These amount, to another $100,000. This makes a total of $210,381 lucreane in values derived from the work iu one year, with an expenditure of only $00,000. The cattle owners In these areas are now' shipping their cattle to the oi>on conq>etltlve markets and are importing safely pure bred sires to Improve the quality of their pre sent strains. In this way they are es | tabllshlng a profitable live stock In dustry. Therefore you readily see that the appropriation was a good business investment. At the present rate of progress it will take about three more years to complete the work In this state. With j a $30, (MX) appropriation this year the work can be conducted In every coun ty that Is still under quarantine. If it is not appropriated the work will* he suspended and a great part accomplish ed this year will be lost. Won't you be kind enough to lend your assistance to a matter of this kind, which Is so vital to the Upbuild ing of our state. Trusting that, you will get behind this movement at once and push as vigorously as possible In. your county. Yours very truly. It. W. Molcomb, Sect'y. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 22, 1015. FIRE AT LANCASTER Block of Buildings Badly Damaged in Early Morning Blaze. Lancaster, January 29. ? l?Mre early this morning gutted a row of build ings on White street, occupied hy jkhjI rooms, negro ^restaurants,- beef market and bakery. The department was a little late in getting to the tire on ac count of the mud, but made a heroic light after arriving, saving moat of the block after considerable damage. The lire originated in the Palace Market, the interior of which is a total loss, with Insurant-is of $400. The block of buildings was owned by Chas. D. Jones and W. J. Cunningham, on which there was no insurance on account of the prohibitive rate. No estimate of the damage to the buildings can be obtain ed. Kills Wife and Daughters. New York, Jan. 31.? Armed with a magazine rifle equipped with a silenc er, Herman Aurebach, a wealthy real estate oiH?rator. despondent over flaan cial reverses, shot and killed his wife and two daughters as they slept and then killed himself. His son, Lester, a high school student, was the only member of the family left alive. Miss Martha Harris, of Houston, Texas, has taken the position of su perintendent of nurses ~in the Baptist hospital, Columbia. Plumbing and Heating. Estimates 1 based on work that will p ass any inspection. Let us save you some of that water bill. Call us and we will tell you how. ATTEMPT Td WRECK A CANADIAN BRIDGE ... I|* Alleged German Officer Ar retted Save He Wa? Per forming Act ot War Vamvlmro, Maine, Fob. ii. All at tempt t?> destroy the rallr??ad bridge spanning tho St. Croix river which forms t lu) International boundary line Udween Eastern Maine aud New Itruns wlck, was made early t<?day. One of the t hreo spans of the structure wan hlown up with dynamite. Tho attack caused excitement on the Now liruuswlck atde, where rumors of a (icrnuiii plot spread rapidly anil re sulted in an Immediate Investigation, inquiry also wan begun on the Auierl ? an side that led to tho arrest at a local hotel of a man who gave tho name of Werner Van Home. According to po lice, prisoner nahl h?? was 37 yearn old and an officer In tho service of tier many, hut refused to divulge his rank. Tlio polh'o assert he admitted he ex* ploiied the dynamite under a section of the bridge and that a dynauilte rap and iw plan of the bridge were found in Ids pockets. The arrest was made hy Deputy Sheriff (ieorge W. ltoss. lie was re moved to*the United States innuigrn tlon rooms, where he was closely guarded. No papers wore found to Identify hhu. In a pocket he carried I a Oerinan dag. Asked why he had dynamited the bridge, the prlsouer, the polhn* say, made the simple explaua llou that his country watf at war with < J real Hilt ?? in and that Canada was a part of the eueiny'a Country, thflt'llO came from New York Saturday, Im mediately after discharging the explo sive, he returned to the hotel. The hrldgo Is the connecting link be tween the Maine Central and the Ca nadian l'acltle i nicks, tho (Canadian Pacific having traffic rights over the former road from Mattawaiukeg to tho boundary. It Is the through route from upi>or and western Canada to the maritime provinces, dlroetly connect ing Montreal with the ports of St. JK?hn and Halifax. lu the winter season St. John, N. B? Is the principle Eastern fort of Cana da and thltlior have come from Mon treal and the West great quantities of provisions and munitions of war for shipment. They have passed over the hrldgA which It was sought to destroy. This Is the most direct route from the West. The loss of the bridge would delay hut not interrupt the transportation of war materials to the coast. Van Horn was made a Maine pris oner. To avoid possible complications, local authorities made no further move lHnidlng advice from Washington. The Canadian authorities indicated they would Immediately mnke representa tions at Washington with a view of extradition on the ground that the dy namiting had been done op the Cana dian side of the border. On the other hand, it was said that Van Horn would be defended against extradition, bas ing his claim to- the protection of the United States on Ills assertion tliat he had committed an act of war and that his offense was political. Railroad officials, after a careful ex-i amlnation of the bridge, declared the explosion had done little damage. Tem I>orary repairs were to be innde Imme diately, so cars could be pushed across. I Kentucky Negro is an Apt Disciple of Billy j Sunday. ' A KjMH.-lal to the Charlotte Observer, from Kinston, N. C., dated February 2nd, says: . "Waldo Steinway, an Itinerant Ken tucky mulatto preacher, who has just arrived in this section, emulates Rev. Hill Sunday. He preaches to congre gations of rural "blacks, and makes a stunning lilt everywhere. " 'I've come to these yere sticks to tell you niggers what's what and save yer souls," Waldo Informs his hear ers. "Every time one of youse sits 1 up all night at some persuasloli which I yer ain't got no business bein' at, yer i reduces yer battin' aberage," he ex claims. . "Every time the shrewd exhorter makes a "hit" the fans chime in w^th assenting aniens. . He is grfiniug popu larity. He makes no secret of the fact that he was converted to the Sunday's "style of pitching" after he had heard the great baseball player-evangelist in a Middle Western city. i " 'You fellers are lacking hi team work. The deril's n peacberino. He's ? oih the coaching line all the tfmc. too. Srift' work fellers; get a little ginger I in you. Play safe. You can't afford to take any chances in this game. The team from Hades is a professional ag gergation, and yer gwinter find out yer only rank ama'todrs if ^yer don't lookouti Don't -git rattled," urges Stein- j way." A Psalm of a Pessimist. 1 Tell me not, in cheerful numbers, Li iv is light and love and laughter ; You will waken from your slumbers - in the chill}* morning after. -j Life is , rough and life is fleeting,N ' And no matter how you rave You can find- no way of beating ? That account yon owe the grave. I ' \ ?- ?? ~ - Though the sun may shine thi# morn ing ~ ? : | And the skies look soft and warm, i You can read in them a warning Of a record-breaking storm. \ I Though the girl that you are wooing Smiles, and seems to understand. She will answer, "Nothing doing," When you ask her for her hand. v -iCvy* ? '? Lives of other men remind ns That we all will soon be dead ; That the best is all behind us And the wwatJte .nil ahead. Every prize that you are after-? 'that, you've climbed for, Inch by Will t>e landed by some grafter . Who has got an Inside cinch. " In this world's broad field oi battle We can't any more -get hy Than the poor, dumb, driven cattla fn the stock yard* out in^CBt" Let ns then give up the straggle And sit 'round and afcdlx. bleat. What's the use to try to Juggle _With a fate thaj'Jtgo* fts beat? 'ZJ. THERE WILL % v -i r ? ? ? v ? ? ? ? . BE NO LONG WAITING t If you place your orders for print in g with us (( With modern presses, labor-saying machinery, up-to-date type, faces and a r choice line of all kinds of paper to select from you can get what you want when you want it. -: C([ The quality of work, the efficient service, and very reasonable prices makes this establishment a popular place for those wanting the best in printing. Give this shop a trial on your next order , \S.72Jl