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w THIS GIRL WILL PROPOSE. Western Heiress Intends to Tal Leap Year Privilege Seriously. Before long Miss Fredonia Ber son, of Altona, this State, who is inherit her father's $100,000 ran< and other property, will have exe laan vpar Drivilege ai VIOCU UV/I , ~ A chosen her husband. She mai known her intention at a party whi< she gave at her father's home. Miss Bergson assured her gues that she intends to enter upon h search for a husband with the utmo sincerity. Hitherto she has respec ed the wishes of her father, Pet Bergson, that she form no sentimer al attachments until she had coi pleted her 18th year, and, thou* she has had many suitors, Miss Ber son has shown none of them speci favor. She became 18 years of age r cently, and her announcement, h friends say, is quite in keeping wi ? r. her determination of character. - "The leap year privilege is usual regarded as a jest," Miss Bergs< said. "I intend to make it a fa< V There is no reason why a young w , man should not propose when si sees a man who she believes wou make her happy. "There will be nothing sly abo Iiriy method, none-of those tricks th are supposed to be so dear to tl feminine heart. - "When I find the man I want shall propose to him unhesitatin ly, and I shall not weep if he do not care to accept my heart. He w have the same privilege to reje that I shall ask."?Boulder (Cal dispatch to New York Herald. The Cotton Crop For 1916. Cotton experience in 1915 gave i \ many things to think about. In tl first place, a great war in Europe h not kept the price down, as so mai of us thought it would. In the se ond place, we have learned that cc . ton can be profitably grown for ai munition as well as for clothing, the third place, we have learned th the English blockade does not cau any undue fluctuation in price, the fourth place, the eastward mar< of the boll weevil does not unduly r duce the yield. We must recognize the importan of continuing to grow cotton. It at this time pre-eminently a Unit< States crop, and we must hold 01 own in the production of this reac money crop. Our Southern farme pLy- are used to growing it and hesita ife* to shift away from it into the gro^ - !ng of other crops. In fact, tin should not do this. They should ac JS other crops to cotton, npt substitu ?pv them for cotton. In adding oth< crops we should go rather 6low, ai f / not unnecessarily reduce the pri* of hay and grain. We must instes slowly add other crops and create 1 Ipl degrees a steady increase in demai jfc ; v \ for our Southern foods and fee 1 stuffs. v < In 1916 we shall plant fewer acr< in cotton than we have in four or fii fe years, but we shall not grow few* number of bales. Everything ind , cates that this is true. Our farme: ?v have learned that several things wl 1!^ ' help to do this. They are beginnir ?f| . |n- earnest to demand good seed f< planting. Nothing is of more in Jplv portance than good seed, and we urf farmers to be more fastidious tha Mr] ever before about this very Importai ' " * ? J i ^ v r matter, it nas? oeen proveu uy <% tual t^BL that seed of high grade, fr< f: from disease, and that germina more than 90 per cent, pure, will a V tually yield 20 per cent, more cottc than seed of low grade and that ai diseased. What does this mean? , V ' means that if you make a thousar dollars with poor seed you will mal ^ v twelve hundred dollars with goc seed. The two hundred dollars ii crease in actual valuation of the co ? ton crop will cost only fifty or six gdollars if you buy the seed. If yc sell the old seed to help pay for the and get market or mill price for tl - old seed, the cost will be reduced l *40 per cent. We cannot urge t< strongly the planting of pure seed Farmers have also learned that 1 careful planning of the crop and 1 good farm management, they c? save more of the money they g from the sale of cotton. It is qui ??* i.' ' unnecessary to raise cotton wil E'"* ' which to buy horse, hog and catt feed, as well as food for our table It is not a wise policy to raise co ton with which to buy our bacon ar bread, when only a few acres s aside for raising hogs and hog fe< :f \ will cut the cost of these products j half. In teaching and practicing d versification of crops we should nevi get the idea that it will becon necessary to set aside cotton. E versification helps to cheapen tl production of cotton and to get i interested in intensive farming. J soon as we begin to diversify we g< the idea of making more per acr We then' begin to make more p< acre, and find it possible to produ< our allotted ten bales of cotton 1 eighteen acres, instead of to twent; five acres as heretofore, and we hai seven acres on which to raise ho? IF WE HA1) THE SHIPS! ie Shortage of Coal in South Anierirai Countries. Requests for all kinds of good t0 from every part of the world continu to come to me. Owing to our lack o r" vessels, however, it is impossible t 1(* get the goods to the "overseas mar kets. This fact was brought home t me by a cable from one of the larges merchants in Buenos Aires, askin *s my aid in getting 50,000 tons of coa England, Belgium and Australi igt supplied South America with coal be ' " fore the war. Today the scarcity c pi* vessels and the high freight rate asked by the few ships for charte n" make the price of coal almost pre yh ' hibitive. To add further to the com cr, plications of the coal merchant, Grea o 1 Britain has prohibited her subject from supplying Germany, Austria e~ Hungary or Turkey, or any of thei er subjects, no matter where locatec ^ with goods of any description. Th electric cars and the subway servic *y of Buenos Aires, a city of over 1,700 311 000 people, are owned and operate * by Germans. Owing to the war, th ?~ reserve stock of coal has been almos hp exhausted. Unless they can get coa 1(* soon from the United States, this cit will be without light, heat or powe and its entire transportation servic at absolutely crippled. k0 Investigation developed that ther is plenty of coal to be had here a * reasonable prices, but practically n ships to carry it to its destination. es was. obliged to advise my Bueno *** Aires correspondent that New Yor c* could not furnish the coal. ) Help Grow by Resolving? That you will keep so busy boost as ing that you won't have time t tie knock. as That you will vote, talk and worl iy for a bigger, better, brighter town. >c- That you will increase the valu >t- of your property by improving its ap n- pearance. In That you will say something gooi at about this town every time you writ se a letter. In That you will invest your mone; :h here where you make it and wher e- you can watch it. That you will not point out tb ce town's defects to a stranger nor fai is to point them out to a neighbor. 3d That you will keep your premise ar cleaned up and your buildings repair ly ed as a matter of both pride am rs profit. te That you brag about this town s< v- much that you will have to work fo ay this town in order to keep from beinj id a liar. te That you will take half a day righ er now to pick up the odds and end id around the place and turn them int ce either use, money or ashes, id That you will make friends wit] )y the farmers if a town man, or wit! 1 ^ * ?fnllrd if o former 911/1 VtO.ll lU. Lilts Lw W II 1U1AO, ii a Itti uig* , ""u "v*j d- work together for the good of th< community of which this town is th< ? es centre. re Br and food for hogs. We have not on lif ly reduced the cost of raising cot rs ton, but have made it possible V ill save much of the money we have re ig ceived from the sale of the cotto] Dr crop, and are sure to prosper to i a- greater degree as we have under ze stood and undertaken diversification in Many farmers get the idea that cut at ting the cotton acreage cuts the yieli c- of cotton. This is not necessaril; Be so. In fa6t, we do not raise toi te much cotton. We only raise it a c- too great cost per pound. If a far >n mer is honest with himself and witj re his land and crop, he will keep hi It cotton worked out. It costs twice a id much to cultivate two acres as i te does to cultivate one, and when hi )d increases th? yield it reduces the cos r- of cultivation as well as it leave t> land free to be used for other pur ty poses. >u it will become more and mor m necessary to plant early maturing va ie rieties, as the boll weevil makes it )y advances eastward, and we mus )o plant such varieties and try to mak them earlier than they are. We mus 3y select the earliest maturing plant 3y from the. early varieties, and in thi m way make them mature as varietie et a few days earlier than they do now te This will help to overcome the rav th ages of the weevil. It will also b le necessary to take , other precaution >s. against the wreevil. Old stalks mus t- be run over with a cutter and plowe< id under as early in the fall as possiDie et This will help to kill the crop o id weevils .and is a good farm practice in anyway. Farmers should not beconi i- discouraged and sell their lands be 3r cause the weevil has put in his appear ie ance. This is a suicidal policy. Hold t< >i- your land and plant other things ie enough to keep the wolf from th< is door, and try two or three early va ^s rieties of cotton, and you will fin< et that it will prove possible to thrivi e. in the presence of the weevil, an< 3r will soon become familiar with hi; ze intrigues ana will be able to mee to him on the square.?R. J. H. De y- Loach, director of the Georgia ex re periment station, in the Southern Ru ^s ralist. - II ; j Consistency j a ' T TOU want a motor car that will IV serve you consistently. You r want to know that your car can a be relied upon day in and day out. J m You want high mileage per gallon of : / |_j j gasoline and freedom from repairs | t j I and readjustments. And you want I si | these things, not occasionally, but ! "! : continuously?day after day. " i, On these qualities the Maxwell has I e made good. It has proved its worth. If e I When the Maxwell stock touring car J ; j set the World's Motor Non-Stop j j Mileage Record a short time ago it I HI - ?? 4 A MM . 4 ? 91 it I travelled lor <h- consecutive days and i ii I nights and its performance was con- J y sistent. j e I It went about 500 miles each and I J every day. It went within a small I e : fraction of 22 miles to every gallon 1 I of gasoline. It went the whole dis- j ? I tance of 22,000 miles?probably fur- I s I ther than you would travel in two J k H years?without any repairs or read- j Ijustments. Every one of eight tires I (two sets) went just about 9,800 | miles and the others finished in good ' (shape. For consistency and relia- j bility this record far excels anything | we ever heard of. / I H You can get a Maxwell, an exact : e I duplicate of the record breaking [ i. I stock car, on the partial payment I { plan we have perfected. All you I 4 , : have to do is to make the initial : e I payment, then take the car and I | pay the balance as you ride. The I g U unusual value of the Maxwell, to- I gether with our easy payment plan : e I of purchase, is bound to dispose of | 1 I our allotment of cars very quickly. I ; * Better make your reservation now, 1 ? ! : delivery later if you prefer. i I Touring Car, $655. Roadster, $635 | I Prices F. O, B. Detroit I ! ' j O. D. RYAN j e I UAiUBEliG, S. C. I I DISTRIBUTORS FOR I i am&xm&zi I | ! a - m || =^MF=TT ????MOM ; #GIENDALE 1 i MINERAL I | SPRINGS _ j H BAM3ERG, S. C. HHj s .... For Sale By.... t HERNDON'S GROCERY STORE AND MACK'S DRUG STORE i __J : aaHN|aaHaM^MHHaaMailHIMHaaaiHMaaBHHaBaaMaHMHHaBaMH|||aHHHaiMaa^Mav *i e E. H. HENDERSON fififi e Attorney-at-Law liO? www BAMBERG. S. C. This is a prescription prepared especially General Practice. Loans Negotiated. ~.r MALARIA or CHILLS & F E VER 3 Five or six doses will break any case, and ?? - ___ _ _ _______ ^ if taken then as a tonic the Fever will no' e I IFF FIRF I IVFQTfirifrefum 11 acts ?n ths Iiver better thar Lir Lf, 1 11\L, Jul V Lu 1 U vll Calomel and does not <$ripe or sicken 25c 3 HEALTH and ACCIDENT Whenever \Ze'e^?Teral TonIC 1 IMQI TR A NPF Standard Grove's Tasteless Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the t Agent for Superior Monument Go well known tonic propertiesof QUININE - Can Save you Money on Tombstones, and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives -?nf Malaria. Enriches the Blood and - W.MAX WALKER Builds up the Whole System. 50 certs. I EHRHARDT, S. C. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. ill zfzzfzzfz jf? iVt i? *? ? ft* ?f* ifufi !fi TJT WA" .A?%?WW"A?"4""A" < 7 ?f> < > %? < * tf? < > s see \\ 1 Dodge Brothers i * | MOTORCAR i I It Speaks for Itself If ijjji | J ^ || On almost every road in the country the j& & sturdiness, steadiness and unusual com- ? 4; fort of the car have been fully demonstrated a Steep hills, desert sands, rough roads * * 3* or mud roads have held no terror for 2 >T 4? it. It has done everything it has been nf asked to do, and many things that ?-J^H| have been called remarkable. A jj; The Motor is 30-35 Horsepower. A J The price of the Touring Car or Roadster complete is $785 (f. o. b. Detroit) (ftM 11. Rpnnptt Rr Cf\ w ? |j Orangeburg, - South Carolina M i* U? W TPTMTP ?4? w *l?'4r'A? tPTitTA Dnps It Run On Kerosene? - V | ; A., /"T"VHE most important feature of a farm power x engine today is the fuel it uses. That, more than anything else, determines its usefulness and economy. At present prices of gasoline and kerosene, you i could not afford to accept a gasoline engine as a gift, if you had to use it. \ A You could better afford to pay a big premium for a Mogul kerosene engine. See the Mogul work on kerosene. Ask your dealer . to show you the difference in fuel cost between a , Mogul in any size from 1 to 50-H. P., and a gasoline Ano-ino nf the rams size. The figures will surmise - O . ?y?u >/ International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated) ft Mogul kerosene engines are sold by SMOAK & MOYE BAMBERG, - - ------- SOUTH CAROLINA llsppfiw UNNnilNllEMENT!II > IV S k U fl Vi nun ^ We Have Completed Arrangements Whereby We I Are Now In Position to Handle Insurance on Every H Class of Property Without Increase in Rates. Only the Strongest Companies Are Represented by us, a and We Solicit a Share of Your Business. H DENBOW & BLACK I I LOCAL AGENTS OFFICE AT PEOPLES BANK ? | H' i m i . s # r ' * . . * # * ' 1 '*"