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Reporting Progress In Cotton Drive Clomson College, July 3. With about a thousand committeemen, j mostly cotton growers, busy fw several days lust week checking o ere. made by farmers to take cotton out. of production, the acreage reduction | campaign is well under way. Hm, week should tell the tale of wluitf farmers will ;do to save themallves. | "The total number of offers re-1 -v-nprted to sj^te headquarters by SatIf*1' ,h?i /JltX fouYailks of, active ftoW work, %yiSv3,Xl(i frodPdo different counti^Tsays 1). W. Watkins, assistant director of extension in charge of tabulations. "The total acreage of. ' fcred was 36,527 acres. The estimated average yield averaged '22fi pounds of | lint per acre on the lands offered. The j average yield for the state for the past five years is 220 pounds. Reports so far are principally from^ leading farmers, which accounts fort the high average yield of land* of* fered." Under the first of two- propositions offered the farmer, he takes an! outright payment of cash based on j the estimated yield in prospect on! 'the particular land. Under this pro-1 position Offers received through j July 1 and reported to headquarters, called for $(? 1,2X7. in cash benefits.) Under the second proposition. calling; for n smaller cash payment per aero, ul'u* an option on an amount of cot!T,,,u?l to lh?t W'im; (U'8tr?yo<l the cash benefits called for in the offers reported through July 1 > amounted to $212,254 plus options on 15,142 bales of cotton. "It is to be noted that about onefourth of the counties are not included in these figures," says Mr. Watkins. "That is because some county committees had not yet had time to pass upon the offfcrs turned over to them. All county committees will be reporting regularly to headquarters this week." All Cotton Growers j Should Get Benefits ? , x I Clemson College, July 2.?That; every cotton grower in South taro-| lina has the right as well as the op- | portunity to share in the cash and( other benefits of the acreage reduc- j tion plan is pointed out by l?r. W. \V\, Long, director of the extension ser-j vice in charge of the campaign in, this state. "The offer is being made." ho says, I "to all who grow the staple, not to any special group <>r groups. Hence, the importance ot the urgent suggts tion. from Qilly A. Cobb, national cotton production administrator, to reach 'the very last man' in presenting the contracts for acreage reduc.. t loll. "If we are to remove ton or more' mi J bon acres of cotton out of cultivation in the tflT^nt campaign we _ must have between 70 and pel , cent of all the growers sign acreage contracts," Mr. Cobb says. "If '?""y j farmers stay out of the plan, its put-, po?.s will bo dofoatoii. In fact, I would say that no thoughtful fai" mor Would want to stuyvoui il he wolghe.V the t-.">n-et|UencCs of hi- acn .u,(i , un.-iticivt! the lutur. hi- i .ennui". We niu-t begin to i eitU'V t M-nie et the " ''i1-1' "' , (VN . \. ;c! ee -tart a >on-.b.e> : ? r , pi , gram t a ;'t. . i : .in. ...... . . 'tutu. . W . are making a -;a:'t ,w t,..r . p. ta pcn.i- ' nti: e'.y ar.d -iean.t.ly ti.e growvr him, \. i.ta>: t'-.e ratten product.on. , - ' p.f \ gr ,< ;! ' ui a! A >i;u t m.enV A.im.n.stra-.r.r.. Mr. < ebb i...urged With . btain.ng the t <.; e a. ... ,.f e ;t..r. grower- in h< iptng them to help thein-ebes '.il the pre-er.t situation. The Government has made the gr. wi-r> a bu- :r.e-s propo.-it".>n agret ng to pay ia-h ber.oiit- to . ... -t. a ho w .11 ' <-o..iterate. Mr. Cobb .,.j t ,v; \ .... al cemn ittee :n ever) ' " ..n .. untry to follow cr.sclen .u?1 y until ea? h growi r ha- had the :. p. u: y > sign a contra, t. Quick Relief for Chills aod I ever and Other Effects of Malaria ! . c-.fic-:n7 of Don t put up o .i M.e.f ' r the trrtb .h.ei.-.mg . the bvibiu t.vr <-t r: i " >> ;;< > grlttnc lit- H'l" That - w b.i- i ' 1 - 1 ' - ' dot - it-.t ur v - . tion At ! '. >-.!ea t.n.e. ,?trrrr tX4"- f . grove's tvt.-.- th ' ' 7'r tfctclcs- quinine wh a 4 ' in thr blood. It al->> i m. a builds up the blood and help* U overr. me the effects Of Malaria as well as fortify against re-infection The-e are the effects vou want for COMPLBTK relict C.rove ? Tasteless Chill Tonic is ' iw in and absolutely sale, even tor ^^n. No bitter taste of quinine Let a bottle today and be forearmed against Malaria. For sak at all stores. Sandhills Beautiful: Why Not Highways? (By Clark Brock man in Sunday's Columbia State) The Columbia-Camden section of U. S. Highway No. I runs through what is conceded to be one of the poorest sections of the state. Yot, in recent years, it has been found that these sand dunes which the briny ocean deserted in dqep disgust some millions of years ago can be made to blossom like a rose. A new, technic is required in the sandhills, but with intelligent farming almost anything can be grown. Erosion is one of the fhhst desperate problems. That accounts for the long, ugly, ever-widening gullies and ever-moving banks which are so unsightly. In-' telligent planning can check these, coyer them, make them beautiful. l'erhaps 1 am too enthusiastic when 1 say the sandhills can he made beautiful, but i think not. Every, time a new comer steps ...unto c ur; front porch and looks out over those, disparaged hills the exclamation is j invariably of tho same tenor?"It's i beautiful! I had no idea there was anything like this no idea there \vt\s anything like this out here!'' And lliey are right. In the early spring the dark green of the pines; form a background lor ihe startling white of the dogwoods or the shining red of the maple buds. Later the yd- j low blossoms of these scrubby scrub! oaks co\ er t he hillsides, surround the j dark islands of pines, and slowly turn from yellow to the most delicate of pale green and then to green. The sparklcberries, wild plums, crab apples show their color in unexpected places and scatters their perfume everywhere. The yellow jassamine, honeysuckle and woodbine grow in such profusion that we sandhillers have to remind ourselves that they are not weeds. In the summer the native trees are not so spectacular but innumerable flowering trees thrive. In the fall, with the first touch of frost those contemptible scrub oaks gloriously make up for an otherwise futile and thoroughly worthless existence. Over night the green of the hills is changed into a brilliant blanket of startling beauty. Believe it or not, the sandhills are beautiful.? And the C'olumbia-Camdcn highway, despite its innumerable unsightly gullies, bald banks, and dreary washes, is more beautiful than "ugly. And the ugly spots-can so easily be improved! I think most of us don't realize just how much we appreciate the beauties of the highways. Some of us wonder if it is worth while. Of .course all of us would be glad for the highway department to set 30 miles of North Carolina mountain scenery between Columbia and Camden or a few miles of those junglish coastal swamps, or some hand-picked bits of scenery from Florida. It is natural for people to glorify the exotic though deep in their hearts they get the greatest enduring satisfaction from their own native scenes. And. though we do not realize we are appreciating the beauties of the road they sink in unconsciously. Maay is the time I have seen a battered ear. piled fore and aft with nonde vript bundles and packages, a c.'Ar children and dogs hr.j.g.r.g out . the windows, pftikbd by the roadside wni.e the traveler-, had lunch. 1 r.cV arc people will) obvmu -!> eared nothing- for the appearance of either u" i a or their per.-on-. They were v;u. :a!- wr.-.v trad t > wreck the beau: ? - of the highway u.tn ,:.i.s pai-r-. and sometimes tires which the\ a.ooAid to spread to t he Woods. Bit di ; t:io-e unapprecial i". e people P'.ck a ntce, smooth desolate, sandy gu.ly a- a place to step .' They did not. Imariabiv they pick oi.e x?f the most beautiful snots on the road. And so we. who are r.ot looking for a place where we car. stop and eat our lunch. do have the beautiful spot - impressed on our subconscious nature ?\,n if w? d>> not i oi;?('ii ii.>!\ apple them. A beautiful dr.vt ii e- so :., tiling o en to the man whi i an not 11 \,.u a th.r.g he has .-cir If th.- w i re n t so there won!.! not be man;, peoj !e dr.x.rg simply for rev rent :<>n. W e ha.e an. opp tin.;' \ <<f havinc t he i.am.er. h.g.'iw ay beau*:ed beautified ..rc.rd.r.g to lia- d signs i>: an ? \ j ? it hit i - ape aia '(? a a tdievi '\;t a funds appropr.atcd by th? fevieiai government I; liiov ' the a-k.n.r. Ail we in B.chlan.-l , t \ ha > e t do : - .- k f >r . t. 1 , n. ugh pi'V-e -k a ir.'.i 'r-t. .r. \v.!I get :t. In n',u?n*'d-- o' . : thrau.'h. ut the Cn.t-d S at. - plane digging down . - pockets nr.,f pas.ng f. r ju-' - : n'mrtn as are be'ng offer'**! *t- f-'-e , gratis, and for noth.r.g. If w ? -non', fail to get the highway b-m^.tn : . would be a pitiable tommeniary ot our love of beauty t Increased general employment ir West Virginia has removed 40,00' j families from the relief rolla of t.iai [ state since April 1. Pioneer Railroad Trip Impressed New Yorkers For four Uuys, after reading, the an- f r iioiiiuvimMit that the DoWltt"6llDtou would undertake a' paKHenger run the j ; full fifteen-mile 'length of the road, ; tlie burghet'H of the Hudson valley ; bickered. Some said the notion wua , absurd; some aaltl they would keep an open mind. Then September 21, 1831, arrived, j Conductor John T. cirtrk, tlrst passenger railroad eomluetor In tho North, : tootled a tin horn us signal to the engineer to start, and the l>e\Vltt Clin* | ton, with a three-car train rocking bo- j nil ml It, was off on the first trip over the entire route from Albany to Schenectady, t It was the beginning "of railroading I In N't w York state and the pioneer was : the Mohawk & Hudson railroad, origl1 mil unit of the New York''Central.lines. The engine had no hrh<l)lgh{? no bell, no whistle, no spark arrester In the 1 stack, no cob. Hut It got close up to twenty miles , mi hour with three coaches and did , heller (loin that oil the Slight down- . grade. Today's electrle locomotives do ^ sixty miles an hour \vith a thousandion train. A ?. Part of Famous Trail Preserved in Chicago ! A K) foot sc. t ion of the old Cruces i TrnJf overAVhfeh w;is curried the treasure wrested from tin* natives of Central and South America during the ; Spanish colonial times, and the gold from California In the" days of the "Forty-niners," has been transferred f to Chicago, where itf Is preserved In the Museum of SeienL-e and Industry. The trail, which n\n from the village of Las Cruces *\n the Charges < river was pari la lly destroyed by the ! consi ri."'tion of a road to the side of ; j the Madden dam, built to Increase the i water supply of the Panama canal. The engineers building the heavy- . j duty concrete road to the Madden | i dam site removed the ancient paving ( | stones - where their modern highway ! I crossed the old trail. Dispute OvehiV "Asparagus*' "The term asparagus Is one of j doubtful origin," writes Frank II. Vlze- j telly, dictionary editor. "It has been ^ traced to the Latin from the Greek j aspnrugos. In Medieval Latin It occurred as spnragus, and was found In ' Lngllsh In the form c/>arbgo-ee early : ns tho year Hkk). One scholar traces It to nsphnrngous, (ho windpipe. Cotgrave explains the French asperge ns i "the herb sparage or spnragus,' which Skeat pronounced mere corruptions of ! the Latin word. The French asperges is n holy water sprinkler, a term derived from tho Latin ay>ergore, to j sprinkle, yet the asparagus of modern j j times scarcely seems suited for the j purpose of sprinkling, much less so i when tied up in bunches." I v Statesmen in Council i The British house of commons, when in session, sits from 2:4n to 11 on Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday and j Thursday and from 12 to f> on Friday. I It begins with uncontentious private j bills and other formal business. Ques; lions t<> ministers (wldcli are not put i on Fridays) occupy, or may occupy, I the time till 3:4fi. As soon as questions have been disposed of tho public business of'the day begins. Opposed 5 business is not taken'after 11, unless !t belongs to a special ''exempted" I j class or unless the 11 o'clock rule Is J suspended, Old New Jersey Grant Sold Am old doeiimeiit in connection with ' America's early days v. as sold at nue Tien in London recently. It is a crown cra i d by G?-org. ill ,n May. 1. , d, fo * s,.|-\ i, es I t nd' i'l d III eoDTU'Clien will) the e,111'|ut1 of Am.-riea of PhImom | ;n';v. of laud in w Jersey. Tile doe I uieeiif. which i-'< of four sheets of I i - i\pt in \? iiam to wiiieh tiie seal of J ' New )?rk is attari., d. is in an excel . |,>nt stale of preservation. It was f..i:;o| in a pile of rubbish by a Nouns low (1 hi-Iand l man more limn -Id years , ' ago and until recently it lay neglected I :m:oi.;>l Lis household lumber. Aristotle's Wisdom A reader is kind emuigh to remind j me. writes "I'eter S,tuple' ill tiie L"'| don Morning l'o-t. of h??w Aristotle , i n e "-aid a Uio'ithfiil." whieh is -t rar.gely applicable to the present day : "Vain n.i't -...'1 A r:-?J oj ie. "af' f, >.<!?: as we" as of th. " , !\< <. and no:!,.- t - 'a n to all t' f r. < . c : : t bei r \\ : he\ It tide : i. > Is- I'ab e oil' >. a I . .,,.r \ ? ..tel ' \ vr < ,.f i Valuable Ac mental Firs 1 -\ i ; . wr : > ' - M I V ! o r Tb ! Y. . - < ( I' - ' s It ai-o v,.- k ... ; :iSetglu ili - >.|!l." I.I i ollol "i lilt- d'S . er.-r II-- a- .-r: tim-d t at I be t , am* ?.o?vi ',r, ,.T-;rr T ' - Mod advertised it as a - -'roof many iir'i-'r' I'ei.o.t News. nitT Business Man "Nap<>1. > v:\ss a biographer "w p?r:???n?dy wdb every n:P < j eer. high and h>w, In Ids arnids." The i type who would ran a bank an,) know i 17 vice prosideyis by their ttrst name, j ?Detroit News.' Who Can Boat The Jews? N. C. Christian Advocate. The Methodist Recorder, London, carries whip. to u? are fresh pearls from Jewry. Here they are: "The giobc trotter was speaking to j a Jewish friend. 'A wonderful race yours* ho said. 'In every land where j I have traveled I have found He-; brew.-, with the solitary exception of Greenland. 1 don't remember coming across anyone of your race there.'. 'No Hebrews in Greenland?' said Mr.' Goldstein in reply. 'Veil, I don't: know, but iceberg ain't no Presbyte- > rian name, you know!' Thence, while the talkds of Hebrews, to the tale of I Cohen, who met a friend in the ; street one day. 'Hello, Mo.-es!' he said. Y'u are just the man I van ted , to m c. You are coming to Rachel's twent v-hr-t birthday party, ain't 'you?' 'Veil,' Moses hesitated. 'I don't think I i an manage it.' 'Oh, but you must.' .-aol Cohen; 'my Rachel \ill be i so disappointed if' you don't. She particuiarly v.tr.t- you t<> come.' 'Oh. \ell. said M j-t-. .ookmg gratified becau-r f.e was iv.h wanted, 'perhaps I car. manage it. af;er all.' 'That's! fine." c: i? d R.icr.c 1'- fathe r. "And vc-n you ,ii!v,?-. ju-t k t k on the d??or? ve'ii hear \ou.' 'K:ck hp. the do?>r?'j sid M m. . '\"y can't I knock with1 my haul-, like any other time?' 'Veil, Mo-e.-.' -aid the ether reproachfully, 'how iiui y n use your hands with your :: r. fu.. /{ pre -or.t.s ? ' A ..1 row the p diiic.t! pr.od>^:_- a. - Wnrr-rgrra are f--> era-ting the ap-j . pointT.or.t of Col. J. Monroe Johnson,; of Mii'- r.. a- the ,-u vessor of Gen.! j Frank T. Hir.es, as director of the i ? veteran-' bureau. ^ no is a Harding | : appointee and will be replaced with i ,a good Democrat. It ,s agreed that; ; the p.ace will go to either Col Johnj son. or to Co!. Watson Miller, for ten years the rehabilitation officer of the bureau, with chances favoring the South Carolina man. Gives Hiker Hide and Is Robbed. Statesville, June 28. ? Chester J York, local insurance man, was held up and robbed last night by a tired- ' looking, foot-sore pedestrian whom ! he picked up on the highway. Soon after Mr. York gave the . hitch-hiker a lift, the man stuck his ' pistol :n Mr. York's ribs and ordered j him t?? drive o*ver cross-country ' roads for several miles, then ordered him t.? stop ar.u turn over his money. Mr. York had $-lU.S8 in his pocket and turned over the full amount to the armed stranger whom he had befriended. I After the kindly motorist had been relieved of h.s cash, the stranger ordered him to "drive like h?I and .don't look back," and the final order, wns cheerfully obeyed, Mr. York feel-! ing relieved that his diabolical assail-' ant had left him his life and his car,, unharmed. The hitch-hiker whom Mr. York befriended was about 35 or 10 years of age, and wore a blue shirt and blue serge pants. The robbery was immediately reported t<? Sheriff Kimball's office, but no clues have; b-.cn secured n the case. i Spartanburg now has in operation: an office of the Citizens and Sou;herr. Rank of South Carolina, the parent of which was founded in 1887. The Spartanburg bar.k, will be under '.he due. ;ion of I-Yank B. Vincent, executive vi.e pcesident and Arthur F. Wiliis, <a>hioV. Both of them have been with the bank in Georgia hitherto. The First National Bank of Columbia, has opened for business with capitai furnished by depositors of the former National Loan and Exchange j bank, and other Columbia people. It is the first national bank to open in the state capital since the bank holiday was ordered. , ^ _>f- r". Meteorite Falls In Spartanburg. 1 Spartanburg, July 1.?A meteor- I ite, weighing 13 1-4 pounds fell at I Cherokee Springs, six miles north of I here today. ' -1 Two persons, G. E. Mnyfield and : J. A. Swoflford, residents of the sec- I tion, saw the missile strike the 1 ground. Robert Johnson, who was M working a short distance from the j spot, reported that he saw a stream I of blue smoke, streaming behind it I as it neared the ground. Appro*!* jfl mately fifteen other persons in the I neighborhood reported having heard j the noise of the plunging mis sile. All I said it sounded like the whir of an airplane making a forced landing. J The misile was brought to Spartan- I burg and placed on exhibition. Dr. Charles S. Pettis, professoa at J Wofford college, a geologist, after a cursory examination said it appeared a to be a true metorite. The missile j measures approximately four by four I by six inches in size. It landed near I the Methodist church of Cherokee I Springs, but did no damage. 1 A fire that had been smouldering 3 for three years at Columbia has been a extinguished by the fire department I A pile of cinders and coal had beefl a covered'with soil. An underground a crater 30 by 50 feet was discover? B Renew Your Health I By Purification | Any physician will tell you that j "Perfect Purification of the 8yst?W a is Nature's Foundation of Perfs?* - I Health." Why not rid 'j,Wrao1* ~~ chronic ailments that arc undW* "J mining your vitality? Torify 3 entire system by taking a thorou* course of Calotabi/?oUM or taw* I a week for aeveral weeks? and how Nature rewards J0 u ^ M health. j C'alotabs pmltj tha Wood -if I ating the liver, kidneys, and bowels. In 10 eta* 5*\ 1 | PMkafM. 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