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PERSONAL MENTION. I People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Otis Brabham, of Allendale, was a visitor in the city last week. ?Archie Hooton, of Darlington, spent a few days in the city last week with relatives. ?Miss Adelle Brabham, of Columbia, spent a few days in the city last week with relatives. ?Mrs. Annie Black has returned to the city from Quitman, Ga., where she spent the summer. ?Hon. James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, congressman from this district, was in tho c.itv last Friday. 1 ?Miss Harrie del Free has gone to Milhaven, Ga., where she has accept\ ed a position as teacher. \ ?E. . Bruce, Jr., and J. F. Lane left a few days ago for the tobacco market at Jacksonville, N. c. ?Miss Eunice Hunter left Monday to begin her duties as teacher of the St. John school, near Ehrhardt.. ?Mrs. R. A. Ayer, of Blackville, and Mrs. J. W. Grimes, of Lees, spent Sunday in the city with relatives. B ?R. P. Bellinger spent Saturday H in Columbia, taking in the big foot Wk ball game between Erskine and Caro. ?Miss Thelma Ducker has accepted a position in an orphanage in CoI lumbia and left last Sunday to assume her duties there. ?Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bamberg and baby, Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg, and \ J. McGee Bamberg spent last Saturdav in Columbia. ?Walter H. Rowell left last week for Clemson college, where he enters school, having been awarded a scholarship from this county. 11 ?Rev. E. K. Garrison, a former I Methodist pastor at the Santee Mills f and Embree, now located at Aynor, spent a few days in the city this week. ?Col. W. C. Duncan is attending a conference of presidents and headmasters of southern Methodist colleges and schools in Memphis, Tenn., this week. V* ?Miss Lucile Hunter Returned last week from a visit to relatives in Washington. She has accepted a position as teaqher in the Colston school, which opened Monday morning. ? ?Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Williams I and little daughter, of Denmark, S. | C., spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. John Moseley, 'Mr. Williams be ing on his annual vacation.?Aiken Journal and Review. ?'Representative J. Carl Kearse left Monday for Clemson college. The Clemson authorities invited each county delegation to the general as1 sembly to send one member to a conference at Clemson this week. ?Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Adams and children and J. Q. Adams left a few days ago for Lancaster, S. C., where they are now residing. Mr. Adams ? was section master on the Southern for several years, and he and his father will probably engage in railroad work in Lancaster. ? < > ?? WINE USERS TOLD TO OBEY LAW. , Commissioner is Not Permitting Manufacture of Hard Beverages. So much interest has been stirred by reports to the effect that householders are legally permitted to make 200 gallons of home-made liquors that a statement from the office of the prohibition commissioner at Washington is timely. "Nnn-intoxicating fruit juice can be made in the home," the commissioner says. "Intoxicating wine, home brew and distilled spirits may not be made. v Two hundred gallons of non-intoxicating fruit juice may be manufactured itax free by the head of a family registering with a collector of internal revenue. "This tax exemption provision has I been the source of confusion. The effect of this is not to allow the manufacture of 200 gallons of intoxicating wine free from registrations of the national prohibition act, but merely to allow the manufacture of 200 gallons of hon-dntoxicating fruit juices free of tax." Prohibition enforcement officers al I it attention to provisions of tne Carolina laws on liquor. It is urpose to strive for obedience prohibition laws and they feel 11 'householders ought to be warning that the storing and uon of intoxicating beverages ?to get them in serious trouble le courts. >me ways, it is cited, the South 1a laws tighten the national 1 prohibition, so that a person ted in liquor needs to watch before playing with alcoholics ever origin. Possession of any nts which are forbidden under and state statutes will cause charges in the event that en;nt officers happen to find the es. ing has mastered tlie cornet; ;est that he take up the loot. OLAR BUREAU R. Fair Goodwin, Manager. Personal Mention. Olar, Oct. 5.?Mrs. J. A. Porter, of Barnwell, along with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Baur, was in town visiting her nieee, Miss Kate Porter, one of our teachers. Mrs.; L. A. Hartgoz, Mrs. M. E. Rizer and Miss Daisy Rizer went to Orangeburg Monday to do some shopping. I? cwr P AT tho In V, ?U. A V^ViCi U tliv -4. 11 dian Field camp meeting last week, and reports that, although there was room for improvement in some respects, on the whole it was a good meeting, and up to the average since he has been attending regularly. He preached several sermons while there. . A Fine Theory, But?. We notice that some merchant way up in the city of Brooklyn has broke into print with what he professes to be a new idea in business circles? that is he has put on a sale of his wares and is selling them at cost, not even including the cost of handling. In this way, assuming that all business men follow his example, he sees the wheels of business begin grinding as they used to, he sees hundreds of thousands of th* great army of unemployed given work, he sees the buyers strike called off and shelves emptied, warehouses denuded of their goods, and a great pick up in manufacturing?good times. It's a nice theory all right, but we wish to call his attention to the fact that he is not at all original in this respect. The merchants in these parts have not only been running on a profitless basis for some time, but they have taken their minds off that phase of the subject, and have been trying to cut losses down to a minimum. It would be interesting to see the figures?the profit and loss sheets of the merchant of South Carolina for the past two years. Speaking of That Sense of Humor. We have been quite an advocate for some time of the idea of falling back on one's sense of humor when in a really serious position or when embarrassed by circumstances be yond our control. A little nonsense, if you please, is very helpful. It relieves a very tense situation sometimes when worry, the natural inclination, would aggravate it. We are convinced that the business world, for instance, would sooner become normal if it would accept conditions as a matter of fact, admit that it has been cleverly beaten in the game by some imaginary super business man, laugh it off and start over. We hate to admit defeat, that is one trouble. But we must be something of a good sport at times. 1 ? oiiaaacc hn f Any one cd,n biimc &i o^ui. only a good loser, a man who sees only the future, can smile at reverses. We are not without those who can acknowledge that they are out done in the game right now, but who smile and set their eyes future ward. For instance, a certain party living near Ulmers, in reply to our t .question about crop conditions in his section, said in substance that he could pick his cotton on Sunday and never break the Sabbath. I understand also that one other party, who has suffered rather seriously from the devastation of rain and weevil this year, claims the distinction of being the only man in his particular locality who will make enough cotton for toothache purposes. These men are real philosophers. Sure they worry sometimes, and no doubt seriously, but they are not brooders over their misfortunes. Life to them means more than a large cotton crop. Worry is a disease, very prevalent right now, but not so deadly but that a sense of humor, resorted to as a diversion, can remedy very helpfully. Let's forget our losses?just look at the experience we have had. Postmaster Sworn In. Our new postmaster -has been sworn and checked in his new office. J. G. Brabham is the man. He took charge of 'the office last Friday, and is already at it like an old timer. E. C. Barker, who has quite a bit of experience in this line, is helping Mr. Brabham until he can thoroughly familiarize himself with all phases of the work. Grievous Error Corrected. w<* wish to correct a very grievous error that occurred in our department last week, for which we accept all responsibility. It was stated that Miss Sadie Harter had been music teacher at Olar for the "past ten years." which is very incorrect. It should have been "two" instead of "ten" years. As a matter of fact Miss Harter. within the last ten years, has grone through the high school. Columbia college, and had Buy tablets by the dozen, only 45c. at Herald Book Store. 1 I BLACKVILLE BUREAU Mrs. J. M. Halford, Manager. : Blackville, Oct. 5.?Of widespread I interest to their many friends in South. Carolina will be the news of the engagement of Miss Pena Brown, 9f Blackville, to Ernest Wetherhorn, of Charleston, the wedding to take plhce in the spring. Miss Brown is; the youngest daughter of Mr. and | T DriMi-n anfl fho annrntnponiPllI 1 O* x U1 V/??U, U 11 U MtlMVUU WMavm w | of her engagement is of much inter-j est to her many friends here and i throughout the state. She is a most| attractive young woman and her host of friends will regret to part with her. Mr. Wetherhorn is from a prominent Charleston family, and is in a progressive business there. Friends of Mrs. B. J. Hammett will learn with'regret that she is in an Augusta hospital for surgical treatment, and we wish for her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Matthews, Mrs. Eugene Boylston, Mrs. George Eoylston, Jr., and ,Miss Marie Boylston motored to Aiken Friday. Miss Rosa Fishburne, of Tampa, Fla., has returned home after a visit to Mrs. C. E. Fishburne. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Still and children attended camp meeting near SI. George last week. Dr. and Mrs. W. B. McCrone and son, Donald and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Martin and little daughter, Dorothy, motored to Orangeburg Sunday to visit relatives. Mrs. J. E. Golding, of New York, who will be pleasantly remembered as Miss Rosa Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Brov?n, of Blackville, has been on a visit here for several weeks, and is now spending some time with friends in Charleston. Miss Pena Brown is visiting the Wetherhorn family in Charleston. Miss Fairy Belle Hutto, who is taking a business course in a Columbia institution, spent last week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Hutto. Mr. and Mrs. George Bovlston, Jr., of Thomasville, Ga.. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bovlston. Miss Elsie Pell, one of the workers of the B. Y. P. U., stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fickling last week. Dr. Mike Groves, of Charleston, | spent Sunday with his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groves, at the Shamrock hotel. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wyatt Browning. Jr., of Columbia, spent last week-end with home folks. Mrs. S. L. Jarrett, of High Point, N. C., has returned home after a visit to her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Ninestein. Miss Lily Mae Martin left last week for Cordova, where she will teach the coming school school term. One for Each. "Five cents worth of liniment andj five cents worth of cement," asked the( boy at the druggist's. "Want them tied in separate packages?" asked the druggist. "Yes, I guess so," answered the boy, "One is for mother?the cement, I guess; she wants to mend the teapot." "And the liniment for father?" coached the druggist. "Yes," said the boy. "He is what mother broke the teapot on." "When we were married," said Brown, "my wife and I made an agreement that I should make the | rulings in all the major things and she in all the minor ones." "And how has it worked?" Black inquired. Brown smiled wanly. "So far," he replied, "no major matters liave come up." two years teaching experience. A Flourishing Industry. The cross tie business in Olar has furnished employment for a large number of those ^who otherwise would possibly have been embarrassed for lack of spending money lately. Something like eight thousand ties have been sold here during September, and still they come. Wherever there is a will there is a way, someone found out long ago, and it is just as true today. ??? J Rally B SUNDAY, 0CT01 r\-f ' -fli ? rrncf /-lo v - unc v/? uu. 171^01 ucij H Sunday School. You H come and bring soim g splendid interesting H gramme. | TRINITY M. E. SI M BAMEEl ? \ STATE LEADS IN CROP VALUES TO ACRE. I*roduction Above $70 on Each Acre of Improved Land in South Carolina and Takes First Rank in Census Figures For All States of Union. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 22.?With a farm value of $70.50 per acre for crops grown in the state, little South Carolina leads the states of the union in value of rroDs erown on her acres of improved land. Director J. X. Harper, of t'lie Southern Soil Improvement committee, has just finished a digest of the report of the census bureau and finds that South Carolina has an enviable report for the year 1919, for which year the census figures were gathered. Her acreage of improved land was 6,206,644 acres and the value of her farm crops grown on this land was $437,121,837, which gives a value of $70.50 per acre. It is interesting to no.te in this connection that South Carolina's expenditures for fertilizers amounted to $52,546,795, or .that for each acre she spent an average of $8.46. This would not be so significant were it not for <+>?? +V10+ XfrtrtiVi Co rrvl in a ViPl* liic i au L luai tu nearest competitor in the south, with over two million more acres of improved land spent $5.96 per acre for fertilizers and has a farm value of crops per acre of $61.50. North Carolina had 8,194,409 acres in improved land and a total value of farm crops amounting to $503,229,313, or a value per acre of $61.50. This state spent $48,796,694 for fertilizers during that year. Now compare these figures with those from two other states of the same region. Georgia had 13,054,010 acres of improved land and a total value of farm crops amounting to $540,613, 626. This gives Georgia a rarm vaiue of crops per acre of $41.40. She spent $46,196,434, or only $3.53 per acre for fertilizers and her value of crops per acre dropped correspondingly. Alabama with 9,893,407 acres of improved land had a total value ot crops amounting to $304,348,638, which is an acre value of $30.40. Alabama, however, spent only $14,066,108 or just about $1.42 per acre for fertilizers and her value per acre of farm crops dopped below half of the value secured on South Carolina farms. North Carolina spent just about $6 per acre for fertilizers, and J 1-1 ?3 o nrn nf A 1 ct - i UOUL'ieu me vajuc vi bama's crops. Putting this in another way, North Carolina spent a little over four times as much for fertilizers as Alabama and made 100 per cent, on the investment. According to Director Harper, it seems that as is the use of fertilizers so is crop production. These figures issued by the census bureau seem to bear out 'his assertion. It brings to mind the old argument that a less number of acres intelligently farmed and liberally fertilized can be made to pay more actual profit than by trying to farm large areas and securing low acre yields. With the changing system of farming that is gradually coming over the south, it becomes more and more imperative that the acreage be reduced. This is especially true of cotton. Under boll weevil conditions, farmers can not 'hope to farm large areas in cotton profitably. This has been* brought forcibly to their attention this year when .the boll weevil has reduced the yield in some sections to where the farmers will not make a bale on from six to ten acres of land. This is a conservative estimate given by some leading farmers in the districts seriously affected. It would seem that fewer acres of cotton, liberally fertilized and carefully tended; the growing of all food and feed n-mno and nipntv of hav and rough W ? _ age for the cattle and hogs: the keeping of sufficient cows to furnish all the milk and butter needed; a home poultry flock; and an orchard and garden will work for the complete financial independence of the southern 'farmer. Figures show that crops must be fertilized to give highest yields per acre and greatest profit, and when there is a good income from every! mSBSSBSg\ Day ?j 3ER 8th, 10 A. M. 1 s of the year for the H clirmlrl hv nil mpans == kjl*v/ JL V ^ f^7 f IV-iX .1 ,. ? 3 one with you. A |? and attractive pro- |j ONDAY SCHOOL 1 JG, S. C. H ll!li!!!!!!!!!illil!l!illllllillllffi ? acre of farm lands planted in the 1 south then we have reached that con. ] dition where we can boast of our j efficiency. South Carolina is leading i : 0 Wt wmgfomn w or ^ . v .-,' . . , I ' V* 1 ' " . ' * V ' fcp-:i4 \ * % - ' . ' : \-;_v. ; - v *Zt v.- v ' ."4 : -.-rif-t. mm s?>. .? 4E*~ : Jfw arid hif far Y .*{ ' I // ^ To bring before the country in visu; to solve, the American Red Cross haj Nov. 11 to 24, a poster showing how World War veterans entitled to Feders Service to these men is costing $10,000,0 President h Now Heads Rt Succeeding former President Wils elected president of the American Red office. From left to right: Maj. Gen. f U. S. A.; Dr. Livingston Farrand, chai Cross; the President; Asst. Secretary Rear Admiral Edward R. Stitt, Surgeon There a world of advantage ir things are going to go tl We proved our confidence centlv we bought goods li reaping the reward. Pi trend on almost every lii give values that most sto it comes to competition, I us, but price is never lost ; Every item in Cotton ( less price today than the} We again ask that you s 1 your dollar do full duty fo (Tnnfl Ontinp*. 27 inches v 127 inch Sea Island fine g 36 inch fine grade Nainsc 36 inch fine Solid Pieces Indian Head, 25c, 35c am Beautiful Kimona Fleece 36 inch Quilt Lining Cha 100 Pieces Cretonnes, 20< Serges, at PRE WAR PI Ready to wear departn fying, quality superior, p Beautiful sweaters ant Snappy Sport Skirts, $; Beaded Georgette Tie color combinations. \ 50 inch Tapestry for F for selection. A rnpr MUOIL J ORANGEBURG, S. C. :he way, North Carolina is close belind, while Georgia and Alabama re jomewhat lagging when acre returns ire considered. al form the vast problem it is helping i prepared for its Annual Roll Call, rather than diminishing the total of il aid continues to grow. Red Cross 00 a year. ravding IfitK 1 si ? //1 iW / ztA?\1 on, President Harding was recently Cress. He is here seen accepting the Werritte W. Ireland, Surgeon General, rman Central Committee of the Red oi thte Treasury Eliot Wadsworth; General, U. S. N. ; is I v| i having confidence that | le way we have planned. | * 9 when in the markets re- ? berally, and today wre are I ices have made upward g le, so we are prepared to , res stand aghast at when | quality is foremost with ; sight of either. ^ jroods I am positive is at | r will be in a week's time, upply your wants, make rvou. Read this: | ride 10c | rade 5c | >ok 15c for Jumpers 25c | i 45c 1 , 25c | Hie 15c 2 to 75c ttCES, 75c to $2.00 lent is busv?stvles satis. rices very tempting. f j 1 Blouses. - - - -41 5.00 up. % Back Waists, in all the p uraiture. 15 new styles 1 LEY'S PHONE 500 1 3| m I