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WKDNESDAY, FEBRUARY' 22. 1922 Farms in China, and for that matter, in many European countries, artsaid to l>e quite small. We have seen the statement that one-fifth of an acn is often the size of a farm in China {several years we read a book "Ten Acres Enough," in which the author undertook to prove that a farm of ten acres was enough for a man in this country. We do not know just how large or how small a farm should be, but it is probable that the average Union County farm has not even the t< n acres of higoly improved land. It is also probable thut the living made by the average farmer comes from a very small proportion of the land ho owns or cultivates. It is very probable that the land from which he reaps his profit, if there is any, and hi.- living in either case, is ten acrvs, or less. H?- may cultiv ate more and may perhaps "break ev?i" on the remaining portion, but would be equally as well otT if ho never touched the poor portions of the lands. If, however, having a few acres of highly productive land, the cultivator could add to that portion only one acre ach year, he would soon have a very much enlarged farm. It is now a known fact that by proper cultivation, by crop rotation ar.d by the growing of certain soil feeding crops, the land, particularly the land of Union County, " can be rapidly improved. On a farm such as this each dairy cow becomes an asset worth having, provided only the butter fat is sold from the farm and the farmer will undertake to pro-j \ido most of his own fertilizer. Of course the building up process must be carefully done, and great patience i; required in the (.Joint* of it. But it is the only way. It is the way those, small farms in China and in many] Kuropean count rievs are made to yield rich harvests year after year for penera t ions, When we become soil builders instead of soil robbers, when we have need to purchase less commercial fertilizer, and when we pet away from the one crop system, a new era will have come to us. There is but one way t?> build a pr< sperous county, state and nation?the building must tome by way of the -oil. Prosperous farms mst be the foundation upon which real prosperity rests. And to think of the impoverished, non productive and worn out lands that we have! But we cannot longer move on into new ground, destroying the original forests and again starring upon the road of soil robbing. Original forests have about gone. We have only one way now to go, and that is to rebuild the soil. And many are beginning to travel that road. <*>nc of the chief difficulties is that we are not content with a small farm as a beginning. We think of hundredwhen we should think of tens of acres Our cat says the sooner an un-; pleasant task is performed the i?renter the relief experienced. Our tat says delays are burdensome Our cat says the more you use your mind the more your mind expands. ? Our cat says the uorld would be n dull placo indeed if everybody Agreed with everybody I Our cat says a generous foe is loss to bo feared than a deceitful friend. * Our cat says nobody ran afTof<4 to boost r quitter. ? Our eat says one Union concern received a shipment of 4,000 cans of tomatoes this week. The tomatoes came from Oregon! ? Our cat says much is gained when you put your dollars to work at home. Our cot says he wonders why some people always discount their own ability. ? ? Our cat says he does not like tho| sound of the word "bonus," but is willing to pay an debt owed the soldiers. Our cat says the reason some p?'o' pie never travel far is because they j travel in a circle. j Oru cat says even true courage } < ometimes falters. ? * t j Our cat says revenge may be sweet, i Knt lrnviv?i f? hitter j Our cat says many people do no; : see stars because they never look up. : Good Roads Lower Coat of Living i j Springfield, 111., Feb. 2'2.?Good roads in the country will do more tc ; lower the high coat of living and 1 more for the prosperity, comfort, cul : tnro and happiness of the people thir : things fought over in twelve pros! ] dentinl compnigns, Governor Olivei ' 11. Shoup of Colorado, tday told mem ! bcrs of the Pike's Peak Ocean t< i Ocean highway association at its an j nual meeting here. "The establishment of motor truck lines in every farming community will stimulate the production of more ' food, reduce the cost of living and I probably will make public markets I successful in American cities." ho i entinued. j Continuing he declared, "Industrial j revival is being retarded, we are told ; because of the agricultural situation | When the farmer can't buy, the man j ufacturer can't sell. The farmei j can't buy because ho is forced tc | carry a large surplus of his products i Checking the markets it is found th-.P ! domestic consumption is normal, the ; price low. We have an overproduc ; tion and no place to dispose of it. "What needs to he done is nlain I How to do it is quite another matter The thing to do is to find a market for the surplus, i Depreciating the fact that tht ! fact that the farmer has been held ur i as the nation's bankrupt, Govomot ! Shoup declared that the farmer is n< ; worse off than men in other lines o! ; business, and is better off than many ! "The farmer," he continues, "nl I though still l'ar from prosperity ha 1 his feet on a more secure economit i footing than those engaged in the | vcations." Quoting from government statis tistics for 1918, Governor Shoup de ' .-l-jfji/l tKat "if i>Aot ronts rw>v t.ii I per rnilc to haul wheat by wagon a. against 1G cents by truck. Statistic, further show that it costs on goo<" ; roads of hard resisant surfaces, eigh ? - r:ts to haul one ton per mile. Or poor roads this cost increases ma ! terially as compared with what i would cost if we had pood roads." Quoting from a speech by Senator Iteveridgc, Governor Shoup declare* I that "the throwing away of actun j produce because bad roads or n< ' oads, would build every year fort} permanent ocean to ocean highways such as the Lincoln or Pike's Peak , Ocean to Ocean highway. "Not only would good road: throughout the nation save this bil lion dollars wrth of produce nov I wasted annually, but they would in j crease the raising of food stuff ant other products because the ease o' ' marketing would be a selfish incen . tive to more careful production. Or , account of our neglect of highway the United States is paying a penal ty of more than $.r>0-l,000,000 year in excessive cost for transport a tion alone of agricultural product: from farm to market," he said. "The Pike's Peak Ocean to Ocear highway sasociation has for its oh jective the development of the gren' central scenic highway from the At lantic to the Pacific oceans. flow ever, we must not conclude that be cause of a plan for several nationa' through highway lines that thesr roads will in any way lessen the need and importance of shorter and con noeting roads. "There arc 30,000,000 children ir j the country who should be attending | school but of this number only 1*. 000,000 get there. Good roads wouh make the securing of education easiet for the remaining 12.000,000 children "The building of 50,000 miles o' national highways will provide steady employment for all idle nnd uncm ployed. "It will add to the annual increase of our national wealth not less than $.'100,000,000 and save annually in wear and tear of vehicles not less than $500,000,000. "ft will reduce the cost of living more than any other factor and in creaso travel throughout the countrv inducing people to "See America First," thus keeping home, annually mora than $250,000,000. Printers' ink pays. Bolshevist Account I Of Execution . :K . Ekaterinburg, Russia, Feb. 18.?-A BoUytyist account of the execution 1 of tyhe late Emperor Nicholas and h's i family which took plucc here on .he i light of July 18, lyi>. has been male i public in n r?rrpMet written by P. i Bykoff, former chairman former chair- ! man of the Ekaterinburg Soviet. It was inspired by the Communist 1 opinion that the story of the execution should be told from the Bolshevist side. But apparently it did not meet with the approval of the higher officials for, although it was puoiishej in the closing days of 1921, It was immediately withdrawn from circulation. The book was printed by the state printing department of the Ural district government in this city and gives a general review of the labor revolution in the Urals. The last chapter in its records the Emperor's death and is entitled, "The Last Days of the Czar." The book was obviously censored carefully before it was published as it lacks many details of the execution which ordinarily would have been given by eye witnesses. It attempts to ustify the execution by explaining that the Orenburg Cossacks were then threatening Ekaterinburg! from the Hotuh; the Czechoslovak forces were pressing in from the east and letters had been received showing that plots were being formed to deliver the imperial family to the counter-revolutionists. Two extracts from letters no quoted as evidence of the existence j of these plots. , According to Bykoff's account the! last words of the Emperor when he and his family were led unexpectedly into the basement of their prison and told that all the Romanoffs must die, were: "But are we not be taken anywhere?" The Empress nnd her four daugh-j ters (the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tati-! ana. Anastasia, and Marie) and thci little Czarevitch and the remaining! members of the household of 11 were so : tunned thnt thoy said nothing when Avdieff, the commandant of the; house ordered them to line up against; the basement wall and pronounced the sent once. Bykoff says that a firing squad of four shot the former imperial family with revolvers. The identity of the members of ih? execution squad is not; revealed. Tin; pamphlet places the res pons i-: bility f<?r the execution of the Roman-1 ofFs directly upon the Ural district} soviet which decided early in July,! !91*, that the Czar and his family; imu t die and entrusted the execution of t ho sentence and the destroying of the bodies to Peter Ermankoff, an old workman of the Upper-Issotsky Works. AvdielT, commandant of the house, read the sentence, according to BykofT's story, and there were only four witnesses. But it is not indicated \vh< thcr Avdieff shot or even witnessed the death of the imperial family. There were no statements in Bykoff's account which indicate that the Urc 1 district soviet carried out the execution under direct orders from Moscow. The Romanoffs were in their ordinary clothing when shot. It was not heir custom to retire until long after 10 o'clock at night. Consequently all weie still dressed when the Ill-fated 410up of 11 was unexpectedly ordered; .0 the basement and shot. Ilykoff's story says the guards out - 5 -id? the house and the public werei ' ept in ignorance of the shooting by | a noisy automobile outside which Irowned the pistol reports. At 1 o'clock the next morning the; 11 bodies were secretly removed from' iiH' nouso and taKen to a neighboring' vvond. There the clothing was removed. The bodies were burned first and hen the clothing. Rykoff snys the ewels and fragments of jewelry | .vhich Admiral Kolchak's officers lut-1 r claimed to have found in the ashes veie probably concealed in the clothng and overlooked by the men who lispnsed of the bodies. In addition to the czar and czarina I Alexandra and their four daughters' and one son, the persons who met, loath in the basement were Princei DolgoroukofT, Dr. Bodkin, who wasj physician to the Romanoffs, a lndy-j in-aiting nnd a man who was nurse to the Czarevitch. The names of the axt two arc not given in Bykoff's pamphlet. Grand Duke Michael, brother of the; late czar, was shot at Perm in July,! I ft 18, according to Bykoff's accoutn.l ind the Grand Dukes Sergius Mikhnilovitch, Ignor Konstantinovitch, Kon-i stantin Konstantinovitch nnd Ivan J Konstantinovitch were killed about i the same time at Alapnievsky, north j of Kknterinburg. These members of i the Romanoff family had previously! been held as prisoners in Ekaterinburg, but were transferred because or the uncertain position of Ekaterinburg with the approach of the Czechoslovaks. i , ^ , Bids For Supplies ] County Poor House for month of March: 525 lbs. plain flour, 12 lbs. Kite tobacco, 25 lbs. sugar, 15 lbs. coffee, 12 bars Octagon soap, large , size; 10 pkgs. Gold Dust powder. J This for one month to be in Friday, Feb. 24th, at 12 o'clock. Chain Gang: 10 lbs. Apple sun , cured tobacco, 20 lbs. grits, 100 lbs. j self-rising flour, 3 bus. com meal, 00 j lbs. fat back bacon, 10 lbs. lard, 3 lbs. coffee, 12 lbs. sugar. This is by t the week for the month of March. Bid must be in by 12 o'clock Friday, the; 24th. J. V. Askew, i It Supervisor. i Developing Al) J American Stars, Soulh Baud, .Inc., Feb. 21.?A system of football ccaching which iniludes boxing, wnstling and skating as methods of miking All-Ameriean stars out of men .vho previously had never played the same, is partly responsible for placiag Notre. Dame university's gridiron eleven among the country's leaders for several years. This system and a scholastic arrangement which brings some of the students through a course of outdoor activities almost from the kindergnr ten to the athletic field are looked up-, on as the secrets of Notre Dame's J athletic supremacy, testified to Ly a football record which includes only one game lost in three years?to. Iowa 10 to 7 last fall, and consistent tri umphs over eastern teams. Knute Rockne, the football conch, attributed his success to the "never say die" spirit of his athletes. The school authorities, however, give Mr. Kocknc's unique coaching system most of the credit, this system being explained by the mentor as follows: "All of the candidates for end on the football team go through a course' of boxing. This-makes them shifty on their feet, teaches them to stand hard knocks without losing their feet, to keep their wits no matter how hard they are hit and never to lose sight of the objective?the man with the ball. "The linemen, during the off season go t hrough a course of wrestling. This makes it hard for the opposing players to shove them hack and improves their leg and arm muscles. "The hackfield men do a great den! of skating. Thus they learn to move quickly?improving their dodging? and to stop or make sharp turns without tearing their muscles." Mr. Roekkne gave three requisites for n man trying for a Notre Dame athletic team: 1. Speed. 2. Brains. 3. Good class grades. The success of his ideas is shown by the number of "Rockne-made" men on every Notre Da no eleven since he B has been coach?nu n who never play- j K ed football until ho took hold of them. B Some of these are Johnny Mohardt. H All-American ba the late George B Gipp, Atl-Americ... back and conceded ; H to be the greatest forward passer of j B modern times: Rocoi- Kilev. All-West-IB - , . orn end; Cheater Wynne, All-Western B fullhnek; Smith All-Western guard; B Gus Desch, star back and member of B the American Olympic team; Mahre, B a first rate lineman. None of these HI man thought of playing football until B Rockne got them out after noticing Hj that they had his three requisities? B speed, brains and good grades. B Another factor in the school's ath- B letic success is .the arrangement of B departments and the intra mural con- B tests. First c<>mes the minime depart- B men?the youngsters in grade school. Then comes'the junior envision?tor- ^ responding to high school?and finally _ the university itself. Mr. Rockne _ watches the youngsters closely, helping many of them develop as they pass through the different departments. 0? Every dormitory and class has ath- g letic teams, coached by varsity play- ^ ers. Intense rivalry results in many j stars being brought out through these games. ^ There are no co-eds, and conse- g quently few social functions. The ^ students, from the time they are ~ "minims" to the university concen- ^y trate on sound minds and sound bodies j dividing their time equally between ^ class room and athletic field. They ^ grow up out of doors and are always in perfect physical condition. ^ The big part played by physical de- j ^ velopment in the student's lives in no j ways detracts from their class work, for the records shows that most of the athletes make unusually high to grades and their extra athletic activilies simply take the place of the ls afternoon tens popular at some ; schools. ^ ^ , on Eczema Cured After Five Applications sa' Of "Storm's Lotion" ? F( I have had eczema on my face for two years. After five applications of Storm's Ixition the skin is in a perfectly healthy condition. I heartily recommend its use to all sufferers cf c| skin trouble. (Signed) J. B. Betenbau^ii, t Union, S. C.f R. F. I). No. 2. j ? I in. Soli! at Storm's Drug Store. I'hone 76 for a bottle today. ocj Notice to Stock Subscribers ne tir Notice is hereby given that in accordance with a resolution carried in wj a meeting of the stockholders of the Union Canning & Products Co., held at Union, S. C., Saturday, Feb. 18, a call for 20 per cent of'the subscription to the capital stock be made at once. Please govern yourselves accordingly. Lewis M. R ice, 2-20-22-24. President. Rush Fires Devastating ai Richest Districts \ Sydney, N. S. W., Jan. 3.?(By Mail).? Bush fires have been devas- j tating some of the richest western1 iistricts of New South Wales for more than a week and the affected sone now embraces approximately 1 W.OOO acres, bounded by walls of J lame over 100 miles long. Men have been fighting the fire SP lay and night inside this area. W/ m i The inhabitants of Anam are said ' lo bo the ugliest of the monogiiar. pace. IMirMSHIIMIlS v "Good 11 1 n"sl ^yi 11 PALMETTO FISH TANKAGE I Gives quicker results than Cotton |^-ti H Seed Meal and costs less. D Guaranteed Analysis If your local Agent cannot supply I you communicate with us direct. I A. F. PRINGLE, INC., CHARLESTON, S. C. g cond Lap in .v ???? Subscriptions to a Cannery Jgggg FfOill EVCry Hdl We heieby subsciibe to one shaie TV-re Is no excuse fur a loafing hen. Yott can make layers stock in the cannery at Union K' l,a' -makttra out of every solitary hen you own. Op?".'lrndf;"o:?noprodu"'"ndof WWW <?57^ Egg Producer E Minter S5fl flfl 'I". > wonderful poultry tonic, develops the egg-producing organs; * * * ' i lakes earlv fters of young pullets; keeps poultry healthy and wis M. Rice 60.00 prodnv s f; M growth in .voting chirks. '2 1-2 lb. box. 50 cents. . We carry a complete line of faro-Vet Standard Remedies for Horses. Mules, Cattle, r,. ilOUSe oU.UU Hogs and Poultry. We will gladly refund your money If you fail to get satisfactory K Hughes 50 00 results from the use of an" faro-Vet remedy.* Urt W. Bcaty 50.00 UST ?F ""VERS IN UNION COUNTY J. T , rn nn J. E. Fowler Union, 8. C. H. T. Higgins UufTalo, S. C. " Jltcr oU.UU Storm's Drug Store .... Union, 8. C. Kcl er's Drug Store . . . lluflfnlo, 8. C. O Jeter 50 00 Mobley Jeter Union, 8. C. E. R. Brown ButTn o. 8. C. ' " * East S.de Drug Co. . . . Union, S. C. Mutual 8upply Co. . . . Carlisle, S. C. G. Sumner 50,00 Glymph's Pharmacy .... Union, S. C. The Bates Co.. Inc. . . . Carlisle, S. C. Kt. ,i rn an Union Drug Store .... Union, S. C. R. A. Brawley Lockhart, S. C. "e"y OU.UU Harris-Woodward Co. . . . Union. 8. C. Ke ton Mer. Co Kelton, S. C. trion H. Gnllman 50.00 ? c- .FoFe V,nl,on- ?' ?' *,urrBh'" Pharmacy . . Jones vile. S. C. , _ . F*orter s Coffee Emporium . Union, S. C. J ones vi lie Dtur Co. . . Jonesville, S. C. thur Crocker 50.00 Fowler's Pharmacy . . . Monarch, S. C. Miss Hannah West, West Springs, S. C. W Adamo r,a no J- B. Bctenbaugh . Union, S. C.. Route 2 W. J. Betsill . . . West Springs, S. C. W. Adams OU.UU j E Minter Sedalia, 8. C. C. C. Lancaster. . Jonesville. 8. C., R. 2 wis M. Gault 50.00 B. G. Wllburn & Son . Cross Keys, 8. C. Cheek & I-awson Union. 8. C. E. Kelly 50.00 We will gladly receive subscriptions ^ the absve from farmers in any :tion of the county. The cannery I an assured fact; we wish to make II nir< n i ?. i an assured success. Who will phone I w /^1 I 7 M W/WTm M W ~T f o. 1" and say "Yes, put me down A-FJI.VJ C %. WW VS* M # V-^ # e share"? No sales promoter; no red tape; f m 7 f ne, honest administration and m /If I V fi lolesale team work. Come on in! JL. m m/W m kj Ja. QUICK SERVICE Why WILL poople overlook their opportunity to PHONE 167 obtain an absolutely secure and safe place for their jj valuables? Why WILL they wait?wait?wait?until We call and deliver your t^ie nrticles are stolen, burned or otherwise destroyed? rthing in a dual-proof motor- . an!l thcn f ",b'K ",wsnla for 'hcir rc'u77 u . ? , Your valuables, every size, shape and form have a c?e. We remove spots and specially designed hiding place right here in our Safety uns from clothing without Deposit vault. And the cost is very low for the splendid juring either the fabric or service rendered in addition to the protection assured, e color. Our modern methIs make clothes look like "I.arge Enough to Serve Any?Strong Enough to Protect All." iw, in the shortest possible Give me a trial. I certainly Q" JT T S U appreciate it as much or are than anyone else. I NATIONAL E?ANK_^ | Hames Pressing ' . . nnd Rpnair Shnn WEST SPRINGS WATER?Deliv- MAN OR WOMAN WANTED? Salijliup eries made only on Saturday and ary $36, full time, 75c an hour Nicholson Bank Building upon standing orders, through thr spare time, selling guaranteed hosPK 1C7 winter months. Phone 2320. J. iery to wearer. Experience unnecrnone 10/ Boyd Lancaster. 1200-Mon.Wed.tf essary. Guaranteed Mills, Norrts - ? * town. Pa. 1197-Wed-20tpd ADC TUDflAT I T IQTP.V TO THF.M na UAH err* hv?! ' I Garde with warm it those portraits in Barnes' show WANTED SALESMEN Exclusive " ?then appiy X thr J.- caaca. 1308-tf Hghta granted to one man In each a ^ county to handle patent clothes reel S ^2 UC FOR RENT?Rooms for rent in the on commission basis. Handsome V R B- F- Arthur house. Apply to Miss come to hustlers. Commercial EmOver 17MMhVj UKJYtaZ Willou Hicks. 1307-6t ployment Bureau, Box 297, Green ? ville, S. C. 1308-2t Devil-fish varies in length from FOR SALE?One registered Holstein ~~~ ~ ~~ ~~ nch to BO feat. bull, two yoara old. Apply to D. J F0" S*T. tho m0Bt d,!mr - - Gregory, Union, Route 3. fbl? Gliding lo,a low,n' ?">??>FCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS 2-20-22-*. l6n) 10 ? ?>"?' wltrh "K1"*. w,t" VNTED _ Generator., .tarter. and E- L- . magnetos and ignition systems, FOR SALE?One Reo speed truck, 1309-5tpd tested and repaired; parts for all one Ford truck, two Ford coupes. r7"TT~im I 7~T. IT" SX. oto.iu old1? Aotc w'? at " ba"ain- ?">. C1oAu. 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