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' J0NDS FOR SALE. .(V#uV. Seutb Uaroliiia, of W* (t.no ca>/h. ItH couj>on ot one hundred '(fjOO.OQO) to hear date \9l1, twenty-fly^ ,fww cJatf! "on redeemable ; u, lJ)'l*r'??nr., koiuI unnuul f?r bulUIiu# river bridge. ^ irfth depoHlt of certified ^ thousand five hundred Id'^*n t0 ,M' NV',,, %'af CaiiKltji. s. ('., (?ii <>r I y \V<*hn\s<lay March Ulwf. . Md for than par and [iatereK* revived. Klghf ro ^frjti't ?"} ??id all hlda. poip ifunwdiea to M. (' VVKST, Htr K?-rsliav\ County, South KM ''HE > OF OU PK IE W IROCERY wish to announce to my ds and the public that I opened a Grocery Store lain street in the store one door north of the te-Young Hardware Co. will carry at all times a plete line of staple and cy groceries. A share of r business will be appre ed. Respectfully, S. WILLIAMS Phone 47. Wood s Spccial ?ass and Clover ieeti Mixtures sst for Permanent Hay and Pasturage Yields. at up in proportions' as experi e has shown best suited for the trent soils and purposes for ch they are recommended, husiasticaliy endorsed by our amers. ood's Seed Catalog 1917 gives full information, to ier with letters from customers in# their experience. italog mailed free on request, te for it and prices of any Farm Is required. W. WOOD & SONS. SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. > Wood'i Evergreen Lawn Gr>?? for beautiful green lawni. rite for special Lawn circular. ICS <>l ALL KINDS. " J"ii want anything In the Drug *** s'i \ ?' u> a call. Our place is **dquart<r- for the purest Drugs. v\iii do well to visit our ,orp for Toilet Articles, Perfumes, ',f- Our Sodas are pure, so are *r ( and! ,. Once our customer, Jwa)> ,?;r * iiKtomer. cLYBURN DRUG CO. Telephone 73. EASY TO MASTER understanding of homely "SQUARE" REALLY IS SIMPLE. v Most Useful Tool Requires Little Study ?Explanation of Its Value and Properties Makes the Prin ciple Plain. 1'erhaps there Is no other tool among tho many used by tin.* mechanic so use ful ns the stool square, or carpenter's square. Although thore aro n number of marks and figures on the stool square there is nothing eonqdicated or that requires any know ledge above the ordinary to he able to use it in many cases, and after a few hours' careful study every mark should he clearly understood. The long arm of the square is called the hody and the short arm is called the tougue. Tho Junction between tho body and the tongue t?n the outside is called the heel. The body of a stand ard Steel square Is two Inches wide and 24 Inches long, the tongue Is from 14 It) 18 Inches long and one ami one half Inches wide. In this article tho face of the square will be that side toward the obsirver when the body of the square Is held In the left hand and the tongue in the right. This Is true except with the Nicholas square, which will be tak en up later. The most Important marks on the steel square are Its gradua tions, which are dlvlcfced Into inches and fractions of an Ineh. It Is Just as necessary ? that the graduations be perfect as for the body to be at right angles with the tongue, The Inch may be divided Into eighths, sixteenths or twelfths. The first scale we will try to de scribe will be the octagon scale. This scale is on the face of the tongue of the square and Is shown by do(,a along the middle, the marks being numbered In tens, the first number being two Inches from tho heel. The octagon scale Is used as follows: Let It be re quired to make an octagonal or eight sided post from a stick.of timber lli inches by 12 inches. First divide the end of the stick into four equal parts by lines parallel to' the faces, now set olT from each side of the center line on each face as many spaces frotu the octagon scale as the timber is luches square, in this case it would be 12. These points represent the angles of the octagon. The brace scale, which is on the mid dle of the back of the tongue of the square, consists of two equal numbers placed one over the other which repre sents the two legs of a right angle tri angle the number at the right repre sents the hypotenuse of this triangle. Some squares have the two leijs un equul but the scale 1m used the twme way. Tito use will be seen from the following: Let It be required to put a bruce between a |K?t?t and a beam Jft) inehea on the pout and 30 Inchon on the Ileum, by looking'lit ihc scale we QOU the brace muhl be cut DullO Inchon long. Professional'Women in Russia. From the middle of the last century the women of husxiu have asserted their ougcrues* for professional train i,tg. Teaching, surgery, medicine, and government service have attracted tlit greatest number. When the medical i schoolH were closed to them, they wont ! i?> Switzerland iii?*1 other foreign conn ' tries. A Itussiau girl took a doctor's decree hi Zurich in 1S07, In tlto early ^ ventie* the admission of women to medical courses became a set tied prac tice In 1!' vla. In ISTtl, woinaii sur geons in i ..ahers distinguished them > Ives jit ttie front in the Serblau iiirkish war; the same distinguished service has heen given by them in the itusso.Japanese war and in the pros i lit contlict. Today woman physicians are as prominent as men, and in some cities there are many more female than male dentists. More than till per cent of the teachers In the zomstvo schools are women, and the census of 1S1>7 showed thut there were four wom en to every live men in the suite and public services.?ltlchard Washburn Child in Century. Women Doing Work of Men. ! A short time ago farmers In the ! United Kingdom were declaring that 1 women could not possibly take the i place of men on the land. Women have been engaged ever since In prov ' Ing that they could do so. The funnel has been constrained to admit, rdo]' by step, at lirst grudgingly, but latoi ! with generous appreciation, that then is nothing that a man can do on tin land that a woman cannot do, not even plowing excepted. Now there comes word from France that the Agricultu ral Society of the Hautes Alpos lias awarded a number of medals to wom en who, in the absence of tho men. have carried on the field work In thost regions, for the most part unaided. A special medal was granted to one wom an who did the entire sowing and reap ing of her land single-handed. Different Methods. "Which would you rather vote for, an old-fashioned politicians or an up to-date reformer?" "I believe I would prefer the old fashioned politician." "Rut lie's apt to b?< crooked." "I don't care. He lias a courteous way of soliciting my vote that tickles my vanity, while these reformers u h< thin',' i! r.. are buttling for a righteoti cau.->c don't stnnA" on coronjony s'.ml i'ud? 1? d ;nmd my vote." Better Farming in the South WHAT THE CROPS ARE ASKING FOR Feed the Plants Properly and the Soil Can Be Built Up Instead of Run Down While Increasing Crop Yields Staple cropsl take out largo amounts of plant food from the soil. For example: A cotton crop of one bale per acre will remove from the land in seed, leaves, stalks and bolls, about 77 pounds of nitro gen 64 pounds of potash and 2S pounds of phos J. N. HARPER Agronomist. phoric acid. A 40 bushel crop of com will remove in the grain, stalk and fodder about 64 pounds of nitro gen, 54 pounds of potash and 34 pounds of phosphoric acid. A 40 bushel crop of oats will remove in the grain and straw about 36 pounds of nitrogen, 41 pounds of potash and 16 pounds of phosphoric acid. If, however, stalks, bolls, straw, etc., are plowed under, some of the plant food will be return ed to the soil. Cotton Fertilizer Problem With the present price of cotton and other farm products, it will pay the farmer to give more attention this Spring to the problems of soil build ing and to the intelligent use of fer tilizers than ever before. Some of the be?t farmers of the South have adopted the plan of returning to the soil in fertilizers, the money received from all or part of their cottonseed. This is a good plan and should be more generally adopted. Enough Plant Food for Best Yietda It takes from 300 pounds ~to 400 pounds of fertilizer to mako a good weed in cotton, or a good stalk In corn, and unless amounts above these are used, full returns cannot be ex pected because large amounts must be applied to produce the fruit and the grain. The amount of fertilizer that can be used profitably will vary with the different soil types, seasons and with the different crops grown. The most important factor, however, governing the amount of fertiliaer that can be used with profit is the price of the article produced At the present price of cotton, it will pay to use on most of the soil types of the South larger amounts of fertilizer than heretofore. To Meet Boll Weevil Situation When grown under boll weevil con ditions, cotton should be liberally fer tilized and this fertilizer should con tain a large percentage of phoephoric acid, which Ingredient hastens its ma turity. A fertillier containing an am ple supply of ammonia should also be used to start the plant off quickly in its growth. Th?$ farmer must ever bear in mind that the best way he can ligni the uoii wefvii is 10 force his cotton to a quick growth and to an early maturity. Many farmers in the boll weevil district, are finding that peanuts and soy beans are splendid substitutes for cotton. Unless these crops are well fertilized, however, with the fertilizer carrying high percentage of phosphate, good yields cannot be expected. How to Tell What Is Necessary The farmer can oftentimes deter mine the element most needed in his fertilizer by noting the manner of growth of cotton on his different Boil types. When the growth is slow and the plants have a yellow, unhealthy look, nitrogen (or ammonia) should be applied in rather large amounts. If, however, the plants look vigorous, but are not fruiting well, phosphoric acid should be used liberally. Generally speaking, for poor soils, the most important element of a fertilizer is nitrogen, and the next most import ant is phosphorous. Therefore, for poor soils we would recommend under present war conditions, which makes potash scarce, a fertilizer for cotton and corn analyzing about 9 per cent available phosphoric acid and 3 per cent ammonia and 2 per cent potash. For peanuts 12 per cent phosphoric acid, 2 per cent ammonia and 2 per cent potash. For fertile soils we would recommend for cotton and corn, a fer tilizer analyzing 12 per cent available phosphoric acid. 2 per cent ammonia and 2 per cent potash, and for peanuts, a fertilizer analyzing 12 per cent phos phoric acid, 1 1-2 per uent ammonia and 2 per cent potash. For the sandy loam soils of the coastal plaip, pot ash is the most essential and for to bacco and truck crops must be applied in liberal amounts. The reason that nitrogen or ammo nia is so necessary an element for prac tically all soils is because the nitrates are soluble in water, and are, there fore, constantly leaching out of the land. The farmers should try to store up as much nitrogen in the soil as possible by growing such crops as beans, peas, clover, vetches, etc., which plants add nitrogen to the soil from the atmosphere. Practically all soils of the South are well adapted to the growing of these legumes. If, however, crops are grown in ro tation with"" legumes, it will still be necessary to use commercial forma of nitrogen to obtain the best results While nitrogen is the main element of a fertilizer, on poor land phosphoric acid is the most essential and in prac tically all of the testa that hare been made"iQ the South, better results hare been obtained with soluble phosphoric acid than kith finely ground phosphate rocks or float?. BENEFITING BY WAR HOW LEADING RU8SIAN WOMAN VIEW8 CONFLICT. For Ono Thing, She Says, "It Has Taught Ua to Sec a World Larger Than the World of the Fam ily Doorstep." "You will learn In America that this grout wur will liaVe Us benefits." ihe (lot-tor said. "It Is teaching us that wo art' strong; it hos Issued a on 11 commanding us tn organize and art lint onlIn war. hut III peace ; It litis taught us t?? soo a world larger than tho world of tho family doorstop. " has shown us that wo can do all the necessary old duties nnd have energy and desire to accept new labors. This morning at breakfast my ehlldren spoke of ltusslan victory. 1 said to them thai tho ^rtMit Russian victories were In tin- new thought and visions of the people." Tlie doclor <11*1 not speak *>f any class or sex; she made no distinction hot wren different kinds of Russian hearts and Russian heads. There are almost twice as many men, women and children In the empire as in our states, and the doctor seemed to In clude them all. The doctor was Hear ing middle age. but was still pretty, even in a severo woolen suit. The reason for her disregard of sex Is not dltllcult to define. Russia is tho foremost undeveloped country In the world. Like its own flat, gray expanse of physical surface, beneath which un touched treasures of resource lie, a crust of mystery covers the human resource of the Russian millions. The charm of Russia Is not in its romantic, hazardous, youthful past, but In the suppressed seething of human force beneath the crust. What will burst ui> through It? What will this war. cracking open the surface, rending the cover, let loose? When 1 went to Russia to put my car where 1 could hear beneath the ! crust the new bubble and heaving ol j potentiality, writes Richard Washburn i Child In the Century, the volcanic j seething which the war has tilled with | new tremors, did not think of the Russian woman at nil. It Is the women, I think, who today possess a vision calmer than tlr.it of the Russian men. From a woman F received the coolest and the wisest analysis of the politics of the empire and the most sensible forecast of the struggle between the people and the bureaucracy. Through a woman I ob tained tin* greatest fund ol Informa tion about the future commercial de velopment of the land and about the opportunities for American business. A woman drew for me tin* clearest picture of what was needed to organize for military victories. It was the wom an of Russia who, without distortion of self-Interest, of prejudice or fear, could see what the new human growth required of compromise with the pres ent form of the government and what of a li^ht to-a finish. And that Is the most delicate question which Russia must determine In the decade which follows the final peace. Last Indian Fighter. One the most distinguished bs well as one of the last famous Indian fighters who subdued the hostile red skins of the West is Lieut, (ion. Nelson Appleton Miles. Born in Westminster. Mass.. August 8. 1839, he began his military career at the outbreak of the Civil war, starting as a first lieutenant and winning Ills way by sheer merit and fighting ability to the rank of ma- . Jor general of volunteers. Just half a century ago he entered the regular army as a colonel, becoming a briga dier general in 1880, a major general In 18JK), and a lieutenant general In 1900. three years before his retirement from active service. General Miles took part in the campaign against nearly j all of the more formidable Indian war j chiefs, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Oeronlmo, Chief Joseph and Natchez. He represented the United , States army abroad during the Turco Greclan war, and was an unofficial ob server at the more recent Balkan wars, while his son, MaJ. 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