The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, December 07, 1910, Image 3
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Shaffer First
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS, BARGAIN LOVERS, OLD PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE, ONE AND ALL
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Let Your LittleGirl see Shaffer
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What little Girl in Colleton County will not
be pleased with a lovely Doll for Xmas Morn
ing? We have them—a bewildering assort
ment, dolls who sleep, walk and talk. Dolls
from 5c to $5.00 each. Ever)' doll jou buy,
small or large, gives you a vote for the most
popular little girl in the county. The one re
ceiving the largest number of votes will receive
FREE on Xmas morning the Magnificent Dol^
named “RUTH” now on exhibition at our
store. This doll would sell for 75. Come
and vote for some litde friend.
Our 10c. Xmas Gift Counter
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Includes Toys, Dolls, Games, Masks, Vases,
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Cloth Animals, Rubber Balls, Banks, Pictures,
Books, Doll Tninks, and dozens, of items for
young and old. Many articles placed on the
toe counter this month are regular 15 and 25c
goods.
Blankets and Trunks.
Special Sale of BLANKETS and TRUNKS
to last through Pecember. Display on First
Floor.
Terry & Shaffer’s Department
Store Transformed Into a Holiday
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Wonderland.
Santa Claus has visited us and asked us to
help him distribute some of the good things for
Christmas. We have everything here to make
your Xmas one of joy and good cheer. Our
entire stock is on display for your inspection and
selection.
Some Holiday Leaders in Staple Goods.
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Yard wide Sea Island Homespun at 5c yer yard.
One hundred patterns of 12 i -2c Outing at 10c per yard.
A good value Carolina Rice at 7c per quart. 50c peck.
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If you have an idea ol buying a6rug to brighten the home
at Xmas and during the coining year. Our assortment
of rugs on 2nd Floor is one of unusual merit.^
Japanese Goods.
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Japanese Goods, the Rage this Season. See
our line of new and tasty importations. Cups
and Saucers, Tea Sets, Dishes, Salad Bowls,
Wind Chimes, Dinner Gongs, Hammered
Brass Ware, Genuine Satsuma and Awata
Vases, the Pride of Japan. The first seen in
Walterboro.
tfo more beautiful gifts can be found for the
folks at home or away than in our Japanese
Department.
Toy«.
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Tell the Boys, the Kiddies, the little Chaps
that Santa Claus called at our store and left a
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wagon load of toys, Steel Express Wagons at
50c to $2.00 each. Drums, Hobby Horses,
Whistles, Jumping Jacks and one hundred
other things.
Bring them in and let them See Shaffer
First.
Ornaments.
An Ornament to Any Home is one of our
Sea Shell Ornaments, Frames or Boxes. See
them before you make all your Xmas pur
chases.
PREPARING THE SOIL FOR
PLANTING.
As we ar<; r ow ready ft r plant
ing, how shall we prepare the
soil? Much depends upon previ
ous work. It the heavy, deep
plowing and sub^oiling have
be«n done in the previous sum;,
mer and fall, we are ready to
begin with harrows. On many
farms this has not been done.
King Cotton, the salvation and
ruin of Southern farming, de-
manded*eur time and labor, and
often occupied the very ground
we now need for sowing wheat,
barley, oats and rye.
We muat begin at the begin
ning. > About the first of Sep
tember begin breaking the land
deep with two to four horses,
follow with a heavy roller and
then with a harrow. This should
be done before the sun and wind
have had time to bake any clay
lumps that were turned up.
Repeat this until the soil is finely
pulverized two to four inches.
If stable manure was on hand
for these crops, it should have
been spread before the breaking,
or immediately after, before the
Hlrrowing. Different harrows
may be used in this work, accord
ing to the character of the work
to be done.
Sow barley and rye as early as
you can. Wheat should be put
in during the latter half of Octob
er, and oats just after. All these
grains should be harrowed in so
as to be covered about one and a
fourth inches, As none of these
crops can be worked after sow
ing, the preparations should be
thorougn." It is doubtful if drill
ing grain will pay in the South,
except as a protection against
winter-killing.
For spring crops we begin to
prepare according to the condi
tion of the land. If the land has
much vegetable matter on it,
turn it under with two-horse
plows, if the clay is not too wet.
If spring oats are to be sown,
put them in as early as practica
ble with small plows or harrows.
Do not get them covered too
deep. About one and a half in
ches is right If com stalks are
on the land, run heavy rollers
over them. This will break them
down and at the same time so
crash them as to greatly hastep
dacay. Never burn them.
To prepare land for corn,
pl ead manure broadcast -heavi
ly, if you have it, turn under and
harrow. Repeat harrowing every
ten days. When ready to plant,
narrow nicely and plant with a
corn planter. This is in every
vtfv l>etter than bedding and
planting either on the bed or in
,ie *ater furrow. Make the
•xperiment for yourself, and you
viil not need any argument to
ettle the question. Com roots
iced a deep soil, and this prepa-
lon can not be too well done,
ty good work an(j heavy manur-
ng it is just as easy to grow
forty bushels per acre as ten.
The heavier the yield, the cheap
er the corn. If only chemical
ertilizers are to be used, put
hem on broadcast, and do not
oe afraid to put them op. Only
)e careful to proportion the
talks left per acre to the manure
used. Small yields of com do
iot pay. Grow big crops.
How shall we prepare for cot
ton? Much the same as for
corn. Remember that cotton
ias deep roots as well as shallow,
ind that in fruiting season cotton
requires great quantities of wat-
ir. So you must break deep and
borough. Bedding the rows for
cotton is a mistake. Only one
vrood can it do-make it easier to
plow the first time—but subse
quent plowing is more difficult,
and often does vast injury by
admitting direct sunlight on the
roots and drying the ground
when moisture is needed. Har
row nicely, and plant on a level.
We must insist on one thing:
Never plow, harrow or plant
when your ground is wet.
There are many other crops,
but it is beyond the scope of this
book to enter minutely into the
details of all of them. The pre
paratory work for all is much
the same. Deep, fine soil will
help every crop. We can not in-1
sist on these two points too much;
or too often. They lie at the
foundation of all success. Take
a hard lump of loaf. sugar and
put a drop of spirits of turpen
tine on it. In a minute you can
taste the turpentine anywhere
you touch the lump with your
tongue. It has gone all through
it Not only can you taste it
but it has softened the lump by
pushing its particles farther
apart. So if you put your soil in
&
*uch condition that capillary at
traction can act fully, it will car-!
ry water throiiKh all the soil, arid i
any kind of plant food that may
be in one part will soon be even-
i distributed through every part.;
"ius you have a uniform soil.
Market gardeners could not I
succeed at all with shallow plow- j
ing or with coarse, lumpy soil.
The farm is only a large garden.
What is good for the garden is
good for the farm. Spread gar
den methods over the farm, and
vou make the farm a garden, j
The native soil is the same.
Whatever difference there is, is
the result of your work. The
crops we have mentioned are the
staple crops, and are what we
may call the gross feeders. All
the others, such as canes, mel
ons, peas, fruits, vegetables, if
there be any difference, require
better preparation, because many
of them are more delicate and
more choice of their food.
Thorough preparation always
pays. — Agriculture for the Com
mon Schools.
Acddentt will happen, but the beet-
•eROlmled fami'iea keep Dr. Tborona*
Electlc (Hi for aocb eraeigenolea. U
-nbduea the pain and beala the huHa.
MISSIONARY UNION.
An interesting program has been
arranged for the quarterly meeting
of the'Woman’s Missionary Union,
which will meet with the First Bap
tist Church of Walterboro. Decem
ber 10 and 11—the second Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. W. J. Hatcher of Johnson, S.
C„ Superintendent of young people’s
societies, and Mrs Fixer of Branch-
ville. S. C., Superintendent of the
Charleston Association, have been
invited and are expected.
It will he a treat to hear these
ladies teil of the work they are
doing. F.very church is requested
to send delegates. ~
The meeting will begin Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock. Please be
prompt and bring a friend with you.
Cora L. Yarn, Secretary.
Huffm, Dec. 3.
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lion for two yoa-t and tried al> of the
b«at physicians In Teuu., and
they eoald do nothing for me." wti'ea
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Fme Plantation For Sale
I am offering for sale a fine plantation on the Mt. Car
mel Road, four miles from Walterboro. This tract con
tains 360 acres of valuable land, 200 acres adapted to cot
ton, corn, rice etc. are under cultivation, the remaining
160 acres consists of heavily timbered lowlands.
The location is ideal, being on R. F. D. No. 3 and with
in one and a half miles of the railway Depot at Stokes.
One may live on the plantation all the year round without
fear of malaria.
There are four good tenant houses on the place, also one
and a half miles of wire fencing.
I am offering the entire plantation with all permanent
improvementa, for $4,600. Will sell entire plantation or
part Terms can be arranged to suit the purchaser.
I also have 00 head of nogs, 10 bead of cattle and several
horses, besides 400 bushels of corn and 4000 bundles of
forage which may be purchased if desired.
S. N. Hiott, Walterboro, S. C.
$5,000 FIRE AT ST GEORGE
PATRICK BUILDING AND HEATON RESI '
DENCE COMPLETELY DES
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Attention, Clothing Buyers!
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, l have been to New York and have personally
bought all my large stock of Clothing and Dress
Goods. I, therefore, got them very cheap, and
can save you money. We shall be pleased to
show y»*u. Anything you want * in Men s Suits,
Boys’ Suits, Children’s Cloaks and Sweaters,
Ladies' Suits. Ladies’ Cloaks. Ladies’ Sweaters,
Ladies’ Skirts. Men’s Hats a specialty. Shoes
and Hosiery for Men and Women. /
THE CLOTHING STORE
St. George, December 1. Special:
A destructive fire occurred in St.
George early this afternoon, when
the building occupied by Mrs. A. M.
Patrick and the residence of J. - W.
Heaton, were totally destroyed. The
flames originated in the Patrick
Building. It is two-stories in height,
the ground floor being used for
mercantile purposes, while the sec
ond is a residence. The origin of
the conflagration is not definitely
known, though it is likely that it
was the result of something in the
store, as the fire was first diacoveeed
in the front portion of the building.
The burned buildings were in the
business section, and had it not been
for the quick reeponee of the volun
teer fire department there is a
strong probability that additional
property would have been destroyed.
A strong wind wee blowing, . which
gave a squally appearance to the
situation for a short while, but the
good work prevented further dam
age.
Both buildings destroyed were of
wood, and the damage is estimated
to approximate $5,000. partly cover-
ed by insurance. The building
which was occupied by Mrs. Patrick
was the property of Senator Muck-
enfuss, and whs a local landmark,
being one of the oldest business es
tablishments in St. George. The
Heaton residence was comparatively
new.
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