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PERSONAL MENTION. i People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ? Mr. E. V. Camp, of Savannah, spent Sunday in the city. ?Dr. H. F. Hoover spent Tuesday in Camden on business. ?Dr. F. B. .McCrackin spent Tues day in Augusta on business. ?H. M. Graham. Esq., spent last Saturday in Charleston on business. ?Mr. Johnnie Folk, of Wofford college, is spending a few days in the city. ?Miss Lee Yarn, of Savannah, is spending some time in the city visiting relatives. ?Mrs. C. C. Fuller, Jr., of McCor, mick, is in the city to attend the Folk-Black wedding. ?Jame6 Herndon, Esq., of Charleston. spent several days this week in the city with relatives. ?Mrs. E. H. Henderson spent several days in Aiken last week with Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Henderson. ?Mrs. Ralph Goolsby and little daughter, of Denmark, are visiting at the home of Mrs. T. E. Stokes. ?Miss Thelma Lewis, who has been spending some time in Savannah with relatives, has returned to the city. ?Mrs. H. F. Hoover and Master Henry Hoover returned Sunday night from Sumter, where she visited relatives. ?Mrs. E. V. Camp, after spending several weeks in the city with relatives, has returned to h^r home in Savannah. ?Mr. T. B. Gill, of Jacksonville, Fla., spent several days in the city last week with his mother, Mrs. G. W. Garland. t ?Mr. Bennie Black came home this week from the University of South Carolina to attend the FolkBlack wedding. ?Mr. Jones A. Williams, a promi ? * Ap r\ror ie rocrictor JUtfiii piauici vi uauj in .ve?"? ed at the Jerome today.?Columbia Record, Saturday. ?Miss Thelma Bailey, of Greenwood, is spending some days in the . city, having come down to attend the Folk-Black wedding. ?Mrs. Lina Neal and little son, of Roanoke, Va., are spending some time in the city with Mrs. Neal's mother, Mrs. Dr. Dowling. ?Miss Aileen McMillan, of Spartanburg, is spending some day6 in the city, having come down to at. v tend the wedding last evening. ?Mrs. S. E. Rembert, of Ridgeway, who has been on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. H. F. Hoover, left last week for Sumter to visit relatives. v?Mrs. Ehrhardt, of Bamberg, was in town Tuesday on her way to Saint Helena Island, where she will teach in the school at Frogmore.?Beaufort Gazette. a ?Mrs. J. D. O'Hern, who has been spending some time at Jacksonville, Tampa and other Florida points, returned to her home in Bamberg Toet ThiircHnv ?Mrs. H. N. Folk, Misses Leonard Folk and Kate Rentz and Mr. Phillip Murphy motored over from Bamberg ? Saturday and spent the day with Mrs. J. X. McMichael.?Orangeburg Times w and Democrat. . ?Miss Lannes Morgan leaves today to stand as bridesmaid for Miss Leonard Folk, who will be married on Wednesday to Mr. Clarence Ervin Black. Miss Folk is a former Converse student and is pleasantly remembered.?Spartanburg Journal. No Time to Lose. ? One young man, who was highly sensitive about an impediment which he had in his speech, went to a Stammerers' institute and asked for a course of treatment. The professor asked him if he wanted a full or a partial course. "A p-p-partial c-c-course." '"To what extent would you like a partial course?" "Enough s-so that wh-when I go to a f-f-florist's and ask for a c-c-cchr-chrys-anth (whistle) e-m-mmum, the th-thing won't w-wilt b-before I g-get it." ^ A Poor Substitute. During a financial panic a German farmer went to a bank for some , money, according to the Kansas City Star. He was told that the bank was not paying out monkey. but was using cashier's checks. He could not un> derstand this and insisted on money. The officers took him in hand one after another, with little effect. At last the president tried his hand and after long and minute explanation ortmo inlclinp' r>f thp situntinn kpptti OVWV 4 4*??4.4.0 W4 ? ed to be dawning on the farmer's y mind. Much encouraged, the president said: "You understand now how it is, don't you, Mr. Schmidt?" "I t'ink I do," admitted Mr. Schmidt. "It's like dis, ain't it? Yen my baby vakes up at night and vants some milk I gif him a milk ticket." wf r 4 FARMING I'ROGRAMMK FOIi 101,* How the Small Farmer May Sueeee Respite l/m-Priced Cotton. A farmer has 2S acres of land fall ly well suited to cultivation. He ha been emphasizing cotton productio very 6trongly in the past. He sud denly finds cotton unprofitable an realizes that under existing cond: tions he must change his practice es sentially. This is the issue confront j ing the Southern farmer at the pres ent time. What can he do to raee the situation? First of all, he should minimiz cotton production and not attempt t devote more than five acres of hi land to the cultivation of this crop i i i T A f 1 ao of oi o-)it o r?rflc nf t h I f i i>. At uvi vi land now in cotton should be seede to cereals immediately; three acre should be used where the soil is suit ed to this crop, for wheat, and fiv acres for oats. He should prepare a acre of land as carefully as possibl with the idea of planting Irish pots toes as early in the spring as it i practicable to put them in the grounc When the Irish potato crop is hai vested the land should be devoted t sweet potatoes. He should set asid five acres to be planted to grazin crops to be harvested by hogs. H ' " J - U ? 1 * snouia ceriainiy ubyoic a. iian-ui to a garden for his family and to th production of such truck as will se most readily in the local marke One-half acre of land 6hould be d( voted to the growth of a variety c crops suited to poultry. Eight acre should be devoted to corn, with ve vet beans, peanuts, or cowpeas in th middles. As soon as the oats an wheat are ripe, prepare the lan thoroughly and sow to peas, or pea and millet for hay. This acounts for the 28 acre which the small farmer can hope t operate successfully with the powe of one or two horses or mules an such labor as his family can provid< The reader will observe that this pre vides for an intensive system of cu tivation and that a considerable are of land produces two crops in a yea This means, of course, that thoroug and efficient soil preparation must b had, and that the land must be ji diciously handled and as well fertili; ed as possible. It is well to remen ber also that the system of farmin proposed tends to conserve fertilit; as some of the crops grown are of restorative nature, and if the croi are fed to livestock, as is anticipate in thi6 discussion, a large quantit of manure will be available for th further enrichment of the soil. Contiguous to practically ever area of cultivated land in the Soutl there will be found more or less wasl or idle land, as much as 15 to 2 acres. This land should be used fc grazing such cows and calves as ma be raised on the farm, and as a rang for the hogs when not confined o specialized grazing crops. If a pai of this additional land is in Bermud pasture, it will be especially valuab! for the purposes mentioned. Situated as described in this articl what may a farmer operating 2 acres of land naturally expect to pr< duce in an average season where tt land is reasonably well handled? T1 figures presented below have bee carefully considered, and the write believes them to be thoroughly coi servative. They are based on the r< suits of close observation and on dat I obtained from practical farmer They are also in accord with the n suits obtained on the college fan at Athens. In some localities the lan may not produce as large crops as ii dicated, or seasonal conditions ma interfere. In other instances thes figures may be surpassed. The cotton land should produc five bales; the corn should yield s the rate of 35 bushels, making a t< tal of 280 bushels for the eight acre The three acres of wheat shoul yield 60 bushels of threshed grair the five acres of oats, 40 bushels p< acre, or 200 bushels all told. Tt Irish potatoes should yield 100 busl els and the sweet potatoes 100 busl els. The garden should provide a abundance of food for the family an leave a considerable surplus for sal Many of the canning club girls i Georgia have sold more than $5 worth of tomatoes from a tenth-aci garden. The five acres devoted 1 grazing crops for hogs with such su] plemental grain as the farmer raist should be ample to finish 25 anima with a weight of 200 pounds apieci or 5,04>0 pounds of pork in all. is, of course, figured that the nece! sary brood sows, three to five in nun ber, will also be fed and retained o the farm for another year. At leas 12 tons of hay should be produce after the wheat and oat crop, or z the rate of a ton and a half per acri If a small crop of cotton is pn duced next year, the five bales of co ton should sell at 10 cents a poun< or $250. Retaining eight bushels c wheat per capita for home use o the basis of a family of five, ther is 20 bushels of wheat left for sali which is worth $20. The oats shoul be retained on the farm and fe< The same is true of the corn. A least $50 worth of Irish and swe< >. IT""-??? ? Revelatii s Authentic and Ren a ABOUT DR. GRA1 Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves i years one of the Kaiser's most sonal spies, and performed m; ? miecinne T] o axiu iiiipui laiit liuoijiv/uo. ? o by the London Times, "the n s erous spy of the century." n Dr. Graves is no longer in tl the Kaiser. He belongs to nc vice. His experiences are aut d have been corroborated in all s sible. Documents he possesses accounts of his trial, and the li tiate his story. There will be seven article* n ries, each one intensely absorl e vealing. We give briefly the L_ three of them: The Agadir Crisis, or how a s sage from the Kaiser to the co I. the Panther in 1911 prevente European war. 0 In the Black Forest, or an account of how two members o e cabinet in 1911 conferred w g Austrian and German officials e Chancellor Haldane and Head miraltv Phnrphill trlclf the Kai Betrayed in England, the ! e last mission for the German f< II Sent to spy in England he was t. Inside facts about his sensa Working for England and final General News Review of ,f Every other day The Times ar !S presents to its readers the sum 1_ portant happenings of the t' days. Special attention is gv news. d War news is covered fully, d having the town from which 1 s was sent emphasized. In the origin of the news must be c A Comprehensive Editorial ] :s Thoughtfully and independen o ed; opinions expressed fearles !r orously; Democratic in practic theory. d >- _ At the Squag House. r Simeon Ford hotel man and hu h morist, said in New York the othe >e da>': j_ "New York's hotels are the best i: j. the world. They put even the he tels of London, Paris and the Rivier g to the blusn. j "In fact, after a New York hote a other hotels seem like the Squa IS house where a guest rang in the mid <j die of the night and said: y " 'Landlord, the roof's leaking. I'r e drenched.' 44 'Very good, sir.' .y. "The landlord retired, and in j moment was back again with a larg e washtub. 5 " 'Here you are, sir,' he said. 'We'] )T just put this on your chest. Whe y she's full, ring again, or yell, an ,e I'll have an empty one ready.' n Washington Star. rt "Mayme blushed when she foun la I was trying to read her face." le "Well, people usually do blus when their faces are getting read. e> ?Baltimore American. 8 > potatoes should be sold, making $10 from this source. $50 worth of gai ie Hon trunk nrmlH onsilv ho Hisnnsp ;n of. The poultry consisting of 25 t *r 50 laying hens should yield the fai i- mer an income of $100. The hog 3- at 10 cents a pound should bring i :a $500. In addition to th9 above, ther s. is an abundance of grain for feedin 3- one or two head of work stock and a m least two cows which will suppl d the farmer with an abundance c i- milk and butter and leave $50 wort iy of dairy products for sale. There i 5e plenty of roughage and grain also t carry three yearlings through th ;e summer on grass and finish them i it the fall at a sale price of $30 a heac > Totaling these figures, we find th s. gross sales from the farm to be $1 Id 160. Allowing a liberal rental an i; for taxes, the farmer should hav ir $1,000 at the end of the year to pa ie for his labor and that of his familj i- In addition, he has lived off the lan i- and lived well. He also has for th n enrichment and maintenance of th d productive power of his soil an ac e. cumulation of 18 to 25 tons of yar n manure worth, on the basis of th 0 prevailing prices for commercial fei *e tilizers, $5 per ton. He would ce :o cure this manure as the result o ^ j: 4. U - rvV. j~ ieumg uie nvcsiuuiv mi.u ouui si<** is and roughage as there is on the farm Is He would have about two and a hal e, tons of cotton seed, and he shouli It be able to exchange these for at leas 5- two tons of high-grade meal, wnici i- would afford the supplemental con n centrates needed to maintain th st number of livestock mentioned, d There are thousands of farmers ii it the South so situated that they cai s. carry into full force and effect, b. )- taking action immediately, a plai t- such as lias been indicated, and it i 1, needless to state that by doing si it they would effectually solve the prob n lem of the hour and be in better fi e nancial condition next fall than the; 3, can possibly hope to be by the pur d suit of the all-cotton will-o'-the-wisp i. ?Andrew M. Soule, president Geor it gia State college of agriculture, ii it the Progressive Farmer. ons of the K larkable Stories of Europ Will Appear vas for nine 'I'L ^ 'I'- ^^ trusted per- | ||g J ffllCS ' any delicate 11V * "I1VV was culled ORANQEE jost danger le service of S' Z The Onlv Tri-Weel details posnewspaper _ ke, substac5 in the se- Published every Tuw??s Tt and Saturdaj secret mes- rj j mmander of it rv0pW?lC6l d the 8reat Priced Daily ii unpublished f the British ? ith leading 0fD;dheL2dd- General News Re iser? story of his ? jreign office. uonT'mfi: A Comprehensive I [ retirement. the World: ? id Democrat wtf'previous Special Far ^en to State each article the dispatch see days the Kp< ounted. D^x Department: tly conduct- p n l g\r fa/wenf; See Special Oil COTTON LOAN PLAN EXPLAINED. r Prominent Banker Gives a Clear Statement of the Matter, n >- Complying with your request, I a take pleasure in explaining the Wade plan for the relief of the cotton sit>1 uation, as I understand it. g The syndicate proposes to make 1- available about $135,000,000, to be loaned on cotton warehouse security. Q There are two classes of certificates to be used, Class A and Class B., The certificates for Class A a amount to $100,000,000 and are to e taken by banks or other corporations and business men in the non11 cotton priducing States. Class B D : subscriptions, amounting to approxid mately $35,000,000, are to be taken ~ by banks or bankers residing in the cotton producing States. Subscrip0 tions to class B certificates, however, I are not expected except from banks h I applying for loans for their custom^ ? T ? ni.rtK nnr\1i/>4 >> CIS. Ill lilt; CVClll U1 BUlll aiJimvation for loan, the subscriptions must - be made in an amount equal to 25 0 j per cent, of the loan applied for. Cer - j tificates of both classes bear interest d from date at the rate of 6 per cent, o per annum, payable quarterly. The plan is a simple one. The s cotton must be of satisfactory grade n: and free from all liens, and must be e' stored in a suitable warehouse ung der the control of some person or X corporation other than the borrowy er. if The owner of cotton, whether a farh mer, manufacturer or other business si man, applies to his banker for a loan o J if, say $2,000, based on middling e; cotton at six cents per pound. The n banker agrees to make the loan and 1. himself furnishes one fourth of it, or, e say, $500. For this amount, he receives a Class B certificate, bearing d 6 per cent, from date, payable quare terlv. The other $1,500 comes from y the syndicate fund through the Class \ A certificate. You will remember d j that no definite subscription to any e j fund is required from the South exI ? 1 e; cepi as luans arc aypucu iui. !- The note of the borrower, accomi; panied by warehouse receipt, is made e payable on or before one year after - date, and may be paid at any time at >- the discretion of the borrower. It f carries 6 per cent, interest from date n until paid. At the expiration of 12 i. months, in the discretion of the comf [ mittee, the loan may be expended for d I another period of six months upon i the same terms, but not to exceed 6 n months after February 1, 1916. All - loans must be applied for before Febe ruary 1, 1915. When he secures the loan the bor3 rower must agree that ?> per cent of a it shall be held by the committee as y a guarantee fund to cover expenses a and possible losses. The losses should e Via nrar?tiVallv nnthine. It is estimat 3 ed that the expense of handling the - loans will be not more than one-j - eighth of 1 per cent. Whatever rey mains of this guarantee fund, when - the certificates are all retired, will be: i. returned to the borrowers pro rata. The fund is to be administered by 1 a central committee composed of the individual members of the federal aiser's Pe ean Diplomacy by Dr. Serially in the Spe large * Democrat "i appea JURO, S. C. I tions start ? shoul< so as dy in South Carolina six m year, few w offers, Tuesday, Thursj at $2 a year. yoi or a j - j-1- _ which s me nigii- j i Many Homes. or " offers Foi view of the World ?mS incluc We Editorial Department ceipt immmt in qui I ? . 1 ( mug Articles ; _ I 1 ., (OU1 ides Th, Revie fers to the Right Ev reserve board. The general w will be under the supervision of cotton loan committee, consist of nine picked members. This c< mittee has authority to appoin State committee, which shall in t appoint all necessary local comr tees. No committee and no ban! permitted to charge anything their services in handling these lot To make this proposition as e as possible for the banks, Secret McAdoo has announced that he 1 allow, upon the security of the < tiflcates, issued by the cotton I committee, additional circulation the extent of 75 per cent, of tl face value. The banks are not required to dorse Class A certificates, so t they risk only what they invest in Class B certificates and need furt only one-quarter of the amount these. In retiring certificates, some I ference is given to Class A down a point when the outstanding < tificates of both classes become eqi After that point is reached, liquit ing dividends on both classes will the same, but the guarantee fu arising from the extra 3 per c< payment on loans, will be held a preference for Class A certifies until all are retired. The preliminary payment c. o cent, gives the plan the appe~ra of being an expensive one, b^t ?: m not be forgotton that this 3 per c< is to cover expenses and to ns against loss to banks and busir men who are putting up their mo at 6 per cent, at a time when in; of them are actually paying 5 cent, for the money which they investing in these certificates. | There has been some criticism the plan and apparently some f j that an effort was being made to j control of the cotton so that it mi I at some later date be sold at a pressed price for the benefit of m ufacturers and speculators. I can conceive of any such purpose as t in the minds of the men who are dertaking to bring this relief to cotton situation. I know most them personally. Mr. Wade, the < ginator of the plan, is a success and well known banker, a man of highest personal character, and of usual business ability. He could have been actuated by any other tl the sincerest motives in suggest his plan. Mr. Harding, a member of the f eral reserve board, is a Southi ! man, a leading banker of Birmi: I ham. Ala., a man of fine intelligei j and the highest character. He I deeply interested in the South and j everything that tends to build it He is chairman of the cotton !c j committee. Their associates on the commit are the same type of men, and I f that you can safely assure your re. ers that this syndicate propositi is being handled, not for speculat purposes, but with the one object relieving the tense situation that ists in the South because of the Eu pean war.?Joseph G. Brown, in I Progressive Farmer. Si*bscribe for The Herald, $1.50 ye 2 rsonal Spy A mnrronyj ITnvl miugaoiu nail uiavco ?clal Farming Articles: Situated in a farming county, and having a majori- > its readers farmers The Times and crat devotes special attention to news "icultural interest. :ides, other interesting features which r from time to time. The "Revelaof the Kaiser's Personal Spy" will the first week in December. You I be getting the paper by that time, to receive the first article. I can subscribe either for a year, or onths, at the regular rates of $2 a $1 for six months. During the next eeks, however, we are making special READ THE SPECIAL OFFERS OUR SPECIAL OFFERS i can subscribe for either six months ear at the regular subscription rates, are, )ne year $2. Six months $1. you can accept one of these special XO. 1. fifty cents in stamps, or otherwise, II send The Times and Democrat three a week for three months. This wfl le all the articles by Dr. Graves. NO. 2. will send The Timee and Democrat onths (value $1) and any of the folg magazines one year, upon the reof the regular price of the magazine estion, which is given below: 3hoto-Play (monthly) . ..$1.50 Collier's (weekly 2.50 Canity Fair (monthly) .. . 3.00 Smart Set (monthly) .... 3.00 harper's (weekly) 5.00 -.eslie's (weekly) 5.00 Ft SPECIAL OFFERS CONTINUED) NO. 3. 3 regular subscription price of the w of Reviews, one of America's leadonthlies, is $3. The Times and Demoi year is $2. Their combined value but we will send both a year for $3. SUBSCRIBE NOW. ork Women and Freedom. the iflg They say eternally that the ordi3m nary woman is always a drudge, t a What, in ihe name of the Nine Gods, urn ig the ordinary man? They are al nu- ways talking about a man going forth c is to wield power, to carve his own for way, to stamp his individuality on the ins. world, to command and to be obeyed, asy The ladles and gentleman of the ary smart set are quite free for the high^iii er culture, which consists chiefly of -er- automobiling and bridge. But the oan ordinary man who typifies and conto stitotes the millions that make up ieir our civilization is no more free for the higher culture than his wife is. en- Indeed, he is not so free. For the hat average woman is at the head of the something with which she can do as ilsh 8he likes; the average man has to on obey order and do nothing else.? From G. K. Chesterton's Essays. )re- * [ to Forewarned. :er aal. Several years ago, before his first lat- election to the presidency, William be H." Taft was campaigning in the west nd, and stopped at the home of an old snt. friend, says me ramnnaer. me ,s a friend a home was small and poorly ites buil>. and as the presidential candiI date walked about in his little room r>er j the unsubstantial building fairly nee i shook beneath his tread. When he iust i climbed into bed the dilapidated afmt.! fair broke down, precipitating him ure j unceremoniously to the floor. Hie less j friend hurried to his door to ascerney, tain the cause of the commotion, any "What's the matter, Bill?" he asked, per "Oh, I'm alright, I guess," replied are Mr. Taft good-naturedly. "But say Joe, if you don't find me in this room of in the morning, look in the cellar." ear " ~ get He IMdn't Know. ' ght de_ Meeting a negro, a certain Southan_ ern gentleman asked him how he was not getting on* Tbe negro assumed a hie troubled look and replied: un- so far s Physically goes I'm the all "gbt; but I sure do have mah 0f troubles wif mah wife." 3rj_ "Well, bam, l m sorry 10 near mau iful what seems to be the matter?" the "She thinks money grows on trees, un_ I reckon. All de time she keeps peenot terin' me foh a pinch o' change. If ian it ain't a dollar, it's a half, or a quaring ter she wants." "What on earth does she do with e(j_ the money?" ern "I dunno. Ain't nevah give her ng_ none yet." H 06 Tlie Moral of the Story. in ? up The kindergarten teacher recited )an to her pupils the story of the wolf and the lamb. As she completed it tee she said: "Now children vou see that the 001 f " ad_ lamb would not have been eaten by ion the wolf if he had been good and sensible." i v e of One little boy raised his hand. ex_ "Well, John," asked the teacher, r0_ "what is it?" ^e ttle laml) ba<* been good and sensible," said the little boy, gravely, "we should have had him to eat, ar. wouldn't we?"?New York Times. % 4 % I ' r ~