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The "light w:r.es and beer" advocates are no doubt sincere in their attitude, hut their attitude is one that is not wise. It is the same old demon, no matter whether it be whisky or light wines and beer. Without the alcohol the "kick." is not present; with the "kick" left out there is nothing to it. With it in, the same old slavery of appetite is the result. It is no easy matter for the uninitiated to understand the political conditions that exist in Europe. There is such a divergence of views on the part of the participants, so much of intrigue, such evident suspicion everywhere, that no one seems to have r.ny aennue conclusions 10 express. The old diplomacy that is just a polite way of 'ying, seems to be much in evidence. Conferences are called. Opposing nations, through their rcp1 esentatives, seek each his own will. Allies seem to fare a little better in the matter of reaching agreements. Friends of yesterday become foes of today. New alliancese are constantly forming. It is a muddle, a very great muddle, ar.d the end is not yet. _k_ Our cat says old Scrooge is lifting his voice Ip the land, now that Chrfetmas is almost here. Our cat says human greed is the spirit of the beast in man. Our cat says people who think may come to death for their thinking, but they cannot be long enslaved. flu*. POt Ufitfu f Vi a n ori'o il 11 ?v? n would be out considerably if there were a way to tell facts and not fancies. * * 0 Our cat says it is a right good old world, to be sure. An utterly bad world would have no Christmas. * # Our cat says there are only elevnn more days till Christmas. * Our cat says loud mourners soon dry their tears. * Our cat says he reads in the Good Book: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." * 4 Our cat says the way of the politician is hard. Our cat says the more you loaf on the job the less you have a mind to work. * * Our cat says money is one of the j inailest rewards of honest labor. ? Our cat says no man understands the heart of another. Our cat says the only true and gor. uine happiness comes from doing something for others and above all, for the glory of God. Our cat says you have a perfect right to your own opinions. Our cat says funny thing happen. A Florida millionaire has gone to North Dakota to spend the winter. "Sweet Potatoes" Seized by Agents Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 10. ? Four thousand quart bottles of bottled in bond whiskey in 170 barrels labeled "sweet potatoes" were seized in the Big Four railroad yards here late today by federal prohibition agents and Cincinnati police. The aecidenta*. dropping of one of the barrels by a workman led to the discovery of the liquor which, according to the bill of lading, had been shipped by "James Davis" at Seabrook, S. C., to the Gor-1 don Brothers Storage Company at! Chicago. Cotton Production Shifting 1 To Con tor of tho Boll 1 ! How Alabama Planters Hara Over* ' ?\>me Boll Weevil Conditions by In-. 1 tensive Cultivation and the Rain- ' ing of Plentiful Food and Feed Crops. By W. C. McClure, DemopoHs, Ala. . Texas excluded from the argument, the production of cotton is shifting back to the center of the belt, where the damage from boll weevil has been nto3t severe and where abandonment has been greatest. Duo to the labor situation, the labor being mostly negro tenants, the storm was not weathered as well as in communities of small, industrious white farmers. In. deed, the extensive negro tenantry! j system of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and West Alabama, was, in many localities, all but completely dis-f organized when the weevil came and got going good in his work of destruction. But conditions have chang- 1 ed in this central territory outlined. That portion of the cotton growing 1 area east of a line running north and south through Little Rock and west ' of Montgomery and Birmingham will be seen within approaching years to be gaining in cotton production, and Georgia and the Carolinas will fall off while the people are becoming adjusted to the new order of things. In. creasing production of cotton is traveling back west while the weevil continues his journey east and northeast. Moreover, it is a question as to whether Georgia and the Carolinas i an produce cotton as cheaply as in the central territory. I.ands are higher in price and taxation heavier, labor is higher and the necessity for commercial fertilizer much greater. In this central regiou the use of fertilizers was meagre before tile weevil came and its consumption decreased under weevil infestation. Due to disorganized labor conditions and abandonment more cotton land has been lying fallow for several years than in any other portion of the cotton belt of the South. In the meanwhile nature has restored to the soil, in the natural process of rest to the land, much of the valuable elements of humus and organic matter. The agriculturists of authority tell ' s tnat wnere numus and organic nn.tter is contained in the soil thei l?ctter results may be obtained by a judicious use of artificial plant food and stimulants. The analogy may be mentioned of a strong healthy man being able to digest more food than a weak, feeble man can assimilate. But regardless of theory or science v.o have many facts developing to sustain the view that the increase in cotton production will henceforth be greater in those sections of the belt where the weevil wrought the greater decrease^Jn, yields per acre op per man. W. F. Bell, of Boligee, Greene county, Ala., has this year proved what can be and is being done when Georgia and Carolina methods of fertilizing and cultivation are applied in making cotton in localities where the extensive large plantation system has been all the go for the most part. On a little 'ess than 400 acres he has made this year 225 bales of cotton. Mis a.erage amount of fertilizer used pi r acre was ?50 pounds of the 10-2-2 grade, supplemented with an average of 75 pounds of nitrate of soda per r.ere. On his path patch of 2 1-2 acres he made 4 hales with 600 pounds of fertilizer and 100 pounds of nitrate pr acre. He plants the WannamakerC eveland variety of cotton. His land is < f a sandy nature, with clay subsoil i'-'der most of it. His method of culture is fast and intensive, with an intelligent limit to the acreage per plow. He is successfulas evidenced fc> having bought a plantation and paid for it growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. He is a native of Tuscaloosa county, where conditions are somewhat similar to Georgia and Carolina in hiily lands and where thire are industrious white farmers on -mall farms. He is the only white man on his plantation. He uses no boll weevil poison, but a visit to his place would convince one that he has "poisoned" his negro renters and ihare croppers with a knowledge of how to grow cotton and make money, using fertilizer and improved methods. Mr. Bell was induced to locate near Boligee a few years ago by A. B. DeMoville, now a retired supply merchant. but a man who kept his head and his nerve all through the era of devastation and boll weevil demoralization. He stood by his people and kept them going. His motto and orders were to "make plenty of feed ar.d then all the- cotton you can." Yea, verily, Mr. DeMoville is a man r.ot only of nerve and benefaction to his vicinity but a man of vision. In IP 18 he cleared over $7,000 on 85 acres of land, worked by negro tenants supervised right and supported well. He believes in feeding the land as well as the labor on it and claims that it pays well to feed the land where one has to feed the .labor. With commercial fertilizer and nitrate of soda he made on the 85 acres 52 bales of cotton and plenty of com to run the place another year. The good price received for the cotton of course increased the profit, but the fertilizer and intensive methods employed told the greater secret. DeMoville was doing good farming before Bell moved I j Boligee, but Mr. Bell, by carrying his intensive methods into a section of country where the extensive system was mostly in vogue, is paying back borrowed money to people who don't need it or want it, preferring to collect the interest only. I But Bell and DeMoville are not i alone in doing things at Boligee. j ??wggg-- ? I I H< I I B< Bouchelle Bros, and several other* ire working in the lead and deserve special mehtion as benefactor* and boosters for Boligee, a section where ratui* has been lavish in her expenditure of bounty but a community of people who believe there is more in the man than in the land; and a locality where brains and management have shown that the hill counties of small farms have no monopoly on growing cotton profitably under boll weevil conditions. And Boligee will never go broke as long as the people there and thereabouts believe in ^ anting food and feed crops plentifully and then all the cotton one can possibly make on surplus acreage to tnng in sruplus cash.?Manufacturers Record. Russia Experimenting With New Currencies Moscow, Dec. 11.?As the gold ruble cannot at present be regarded as the real measure of value in Russia, a new ruble called the "goods ruble,' corresponding to the value of certain kinds of goods, is to be intro duced as commercial currency Wages will be fixed in "goods rubles.' In addition to the "gosds ruble" it is proposed to introduce into the market other varieties of the ruble, namely, agricultural, export, import and budget rubles. A well informed Russian business man, questioned as to the Soviets latest financial plans, said the intention was that paper issues should ir theory be backed by supplies o1 goods. Regarding the export and import issues, he said fliat the papei would be backed for face value by all the trade entering and leaving Russia. rm - , , . ine new nnanciai measure is proDably attributable to the fact that the supply of gold rubles is nearing extinction, and to a desire on the part of the Soviet officials to deal a blow at the people who are hoarding them.1 An effort was made by the Bolsheviks some time ago to declare the Czar, Duma and Kerensky rubles valueless, but it did not succeed. Roller Bearings For Trains Show Little Wear Philadelphia, Dec. 11.?The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is experimenting with roller bearings for passenger coaches similar to those adopted by the State Railways of Sweden. For about a year six "P-70" coaches on the Pennsylvania have been in operation with barrel shaped roller bearings but, according to mechanical experts of the company, there has not been sufficient time to draw definite conclusions from the tests. It is said by the company that so far the bearings have shown very "Tattle f' One of the things expected to be accomplished in equipping railroad stock with roller bearings is the lessening of the traction effort required to start a train which would result, according to railroad authorities, in a saving of fuel. Postage Stamp Dealers Expect Good Business Paris, Dec. 10.?The Ferrari sale of postage stamps, which has broughr. hundreds of collectors to the city is by far the largest sale ever recorded in Paris. Many of the stamps are bringing record prices, and the bidding is spirited. More interest has been shown hi stamp collecting since the war than ever before, according to dealers, and with the return to normal times the popularity among amateurs is ex pected to make huge profits for the traders. HOW DOCTORS TREAT COLDS AND THE FLU First Step in Treatment Is a Brisk Purgative With Ce Jotabs, the Purified and Refined Calomel Tablets That Are Nausealess, Safe and Sure. Doctors have found by experience that no medicine for colds, coughs, sore throat, and influenza can be depended upon for full effectiveness until the liver is made thoroughly ac tive. That is why the first step in the treatment is now the new, nausealesB calomel tablets called Calotabs, which are free from the sick ening and weakening effects of th? old style calomel. Doctors also point out the fact that an active liver may go a long way towards preventing influenza and colds and is one of the most important factors in enabling the patient to successfully withstand an attack and ward off pneumonia. One or two Calotabs on the tongue at bed time, with a swallow of water?that's all. No salts, no nausea nor the slightest interference with your eating, pleasure or work. Next morning your cold has vanished, your liver is active, your system is puri < fied and you are feeling fine, with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Genuine Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty- j Ave cents for the large, family package; ten cents for the small, vestpocket size.?(Adv.) 12 8-1?J V - I" I W1 ^ * 1 | good j ** ! * i It leai II store3 J | Shamj jt | J price, t ~ |l factur | - I m . i_.i>ij. SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS THE HAT S1101' olTers many Christmas suggestion.^. Visit their store and you will i>e pleased. 1554-tf BANK STOCK FOR SALE at bar gain prices. G. F. Kelly & Bro. 1624-tl FOR SALE?Six pure bred Rhode Island Cockerels. Price $2.50. First comer ijets the pick. Lewis M. Rice, at Ttm< s oiluo. 15.r>4-4t GOOD THINGS come in small pack, age* Y ou will find the Christmas suggestions at the Hat Shop very attractive. 1654 tJ APPIER, FULGHUM and Red Rual Proff Seed Outs. Red anc ^veH^Keavule, 3. C 1564-tI 202 ACRlS at a bargain; new 4-roon dwellini, plenty of timber, 40 aero of goodmranch bottoms, a good pas ture, in a good section. $10 pe acre foe a quick deal. E. F. Kell & Bro.,ljnion, S. C. 1524-t [ OR SALE?"History of Grinds Shoals, and Some Adjacent Fami lies," by Rev. J. D. "Bailey. Pric 50c. Stamps or money order. Th Times, Union, S. C. 1540-t ASK TO' SEE our Pohslon Gifts a The Hat Shop, opposite the post office. . 1554-t MONEY TO LOAN?An unlimite amount of money to loan on city o country property on from one t five years. Ibis is quick money an can br secured in 10 days' tim< S. E. Barron. 1544-t ! C A PI TOLA FLOUR ? ask anyom using it as to the quality. Mor and better bead. J. L. Calvert Jonesville, S. C. . 1654-t: . MISS DJXIE FLOUR ? Self-rising If you have some special baking t< do try .it." You will be delighted J. L. Calvert, Jonesville, S. C. 1554-t , .OR SALE?Dining room chairs .. /ittoln hot. rnt*V whih enamel bed, spring and mattresses looking glass, combination writinj desk, Consisting of bureau, boo] case and desk, all in one; also j .1-burner oil stove. Inquire at th< Wonder Store. 12-11-13-11 THE HAT BHOP offers gold tippe< point Quill Pen Sets, while the: last at $1.00. Visit our store, op posite the postoffice. 15b4-t 1' OR HALE ? Handsome Calenduh plants ha full bloom, fine for Christ mas shifts, Jr. pots or without th< pots, at very reasonable prices. Foi further Information apply at Time: oflice. 1656-4tp< 1' OR SALE^-^Combination hat racl with oval mirror, and magazini case, Majestic range with hot watei attachments and boiler, rocking < hairs, combination book cases ant writing desk, books, Nationtl casl retfistefL figures for show windows both men and women. Apply t< The W^nider Store. 1655-tl 1'OIt SAB?A Majestic range with hot wa#'?ttAchmetit and hot watei tank in lirst class condition; has been **d very little. Inquire at the Wonder Store. 12-11-13-IE juu : ? o.'s'e national cash register of six drawers, does all the bookkecpinjfidld accounting for you; in first cuiif condition; very reasonable; asp# Other store fixtures. Inquire at The Wonder Store. l* 12-11.18-16 m. u, I m . TT > A > ' ^^2?^ 3W TO H/\ sautiful H Don't scour your scalp and hair *y soaps. No scalp or hair, howe in stand the. free alkali in ordinal ries the scalp and makes the hair 'ittle. Yet the hair must be kep to be beautiful and healthy. I ben your hair is dry, lifeless and shampoo with Caro-Co Cocoanut ires the hair clean, fresh and lux fkss lllsfs*A J * ?? ? ???? vuiur, natural wa' u will be delighted with Caro-C< *oo or your druggist will refund Four ounce bottle 50c, at drug ed by I0UNA REMEDIES C UNION, S. C. FOR SALE?Cord wood and split (edar wood. Apply to J. W. Gilbert, Phone 295. 1557-3t MONEY?Under Bankers Reserve System 6% loans may be secured on city or farm property, to buy, build, improve, or pay indebti ednes.?. Bankers Reserve Deposit Company, 1G48 California Street, Denver, Colorado. u-iB-zz-zo-zy; iz-z-o-y la | MAN OR WOMAN WANTED?$40 weekly full time, $1.00 an hour spare time, selling guaranteed hos\ iery to wearer. Experience unnecessary. Guaranteed Mills, Norris [ town, Penn. 1399-10t-Wed t WEST SPRINGS WATER?Deliv i tries made only on Saturday and upon standing orders, through th? winter months. Phone 2820. J f Boyd Lancaster.' l2D0-Mon.Wed.tr n GO TO THE WONDER STORE'S big s sale and look at those $12 shoes selling at $1.98, sale price. They r come in all colors like brown, gray, y tan and black. Come early and get f the pick. 12-11-13-15 "l EIGHT WEEKS OLD Dutoc Pigs for U sale. Price $6.00. Extra large for e age. W. H. Crosby, Union, S. C., e R. F. D. No. 1. ltpd f - CHRISTMAS SHOPPING is no task t if you visit The Hat Shop and Mrs. Salley will be delighted to offer you f suggestions. 12-13-16 d LEATHER GOODS?Collars, bridles, ?r saddles, back bands, wagon lines o and hame strings at n clooc price, d Peoples Supply Co. 1559-tf * _____ f FOR SALE?Several desirable building lots. All conveniences. Close e in. P. D. Barron, Union, S. C. BABY WANTS A DOLL. The Hat f Shop offers you the lovable kind any baby would adore to snuggle in % bed with her when she went to o sleep. 12-13-16 FOR RENT OR SHARE CROP?Two f desirable two-horse farms near - Union. Well imoroved. Good land. i, Also, desirable two-horse farm near e Shelton, S. C. Also about 12 acres i, right at Monarch Mill, desirable for I trucking. See P. D. Barron, Union, k S. C. 1559-3t i B 1559-3t 5 1 OR SALE?Desirable house and loi, in Union, S. C. See P. D. Barron. * 1559-3? - r>o-POUND TIN LARD CANS with f cop. 75 cents each. Peoples Supply Co. 1663 tf i i - WANTED?300 families as regular ? customers to buy their groceries at r wholesale prices. Let me explain ft the plan to you at once. It will 1 save you money. G. L. Kirby, at the Cash and Carry Grocery Store, { opposite Court House. 1553-31 B ; r Russian Grand Dukes Will Assemble at Christmas ) London, Dec. 11.?Maria Feodorov ia, the dowager empress of Russia. J who now resides in Denmark, has p tgreed to a meeting of all the Russian Grand Dukes to be held in Co, penhagen at Christmas timew All . the Grand Dukes, who are now scat , tered over the world, will be notified . und they are expected to attend th? , ourt of th dowager queen. A number of prominent Russian ; monarchists in Berlin and Munich also have been invited to attend the ] i meeting. > j "Girls are better at spelling than i boys," says an education expert "They are also better readers and ' more fluent in composition.'' 1 ^ giv? ?t a ~ [m itjssnnqndfi Oil Shampoo. uriant and re- \ |1 re and beauty. > Cocoanut Oil I the purchase stores. Manu- : HkvjtMM OMPANY Sll D1??CTION3 THE WORKER / Is the builder of th< / many real bui'ders. { farm, at the desk, fa ^ of the world's wealtl The I J: J: Ii J a > " t - We invite the workers to use on 7 : r savings. ' i v \ "You are a itraaftr In I THE BANK %%X36)636S6SX36XXX306XXS6XS6X)6XX)6X363 SAY? ; How about son I your wife's Chr; have either the open stock. StoneHa Japan's Trade With * An United States Reverses in ??- ceT Tokio, Dec. 11.?Japan's exports to America, up to 1917, always exceeded "0I imports therefrom, the excess in that rc year being 118,829,000 yen. In 1918, .he balance changed, America taking ? goods valued at 95,896,000 yen in ex- ? cess of exports to Japan. In 1919, .here was a balance of 61,716,000 yen yei in favor of Japan, but in 1920 the balance in favor of America jumped I to 308,165,000 yen, according to fig- 1 ures collected by Japanese financial I In 1921' this balance dropped to ?8,117,000 yen and for the first seven months of this year it was 19,684,000 yen. This moderation has been due ""S o the increased export of raw silk j to America, but the general tendency oil shows a growth of imports from Am>rica, the papers point out. ',ur Compared with pre-war years, the -r? 'olume of Japan's exports have in- ^ reased by three-fold whereas imports have increased five fold. Ja san's exports to America represent ibout 86 per cent of the total ex- < iort and this percentage practically -emains the same as in pre-war years f> rat the percentage of imports from ? ^ f ill V, I 'Vu< A - nation. W? cannot ban tan 8 At for ge, in mJlf;**6v Mi e contribu es to the ante total *' ' utf , ? JX Idler 'cw4 v w a a parasite tint Ihren 9pm be toll of tb felloite <i% lso a menace to society ami ^ . tate. *** <v ? r/i* r bank as'tke kame.? tjufaS _.. .. .r% ^ ** . thta hank ; 9mt ' mw." n| OF UNION I <SXXSSSSXire^ te Nippon China Hjr I stmas present?" We I full dinner sets op 1 rdware Co. I nerica has increased from >]| to 94 pre-war years to M to ?? ?? 8% it yeairf. Formerly, raw cotton <?vprws?t*d ?rly half the amount ef'fmpoyt ? .... niiivrini dui ae present41 4m| , . t exceed 36 per cent.' Tbfti*olwq|t, raw cotton imported frot*' America -/ present show* an InoreiwAC abe?t per cent compared eH> . irs. >fru." IE AD COLDS I - Melt In ?poe*| inhale need apply freely up nostrils, mm \s much aa eight pouKttTttf -tma Re shell may be obtaijt&T flfent <M vk's bill turtle, one of the 'taadM ties of the tropica. - 1 L 1 f Iff ft H. W. 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