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PAGE FOUR THE PRESS AND STANDARD _ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1915. The Press and Standard rABLiaHED 1*77. WVBUMHKD EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY THE PRESS AND STANDARD, INC. • •••• 1SX W. W. 8MOAK..... witor ami _ P. L. MORROW, AMM>ciate Editor. ■aterffd at the postofflce, WiJter- boro, S. C. : as second class mail matter. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year fl-OO Ml Months • • • • Throe Months .S3 REMITTANCES. All checks and drafts abould be Srawn In favor of the Press sad Standard. Look at tbe pi'.ated label on your natter. The da»e thereon show* when the subsrr ptlon expires. For ward your money In ample flrae for renewal. Notlco date on label care- felly, and If not correct please no tify ea at once. Subscribers dealrlng tbe address of their paper changed, will pleads state la tbelr commuafeatlcn both the eld and tbe new addr< For South Atlantic and Eaat Gulf State*: Generally fair weather la Indicated throughout the week. It will be cooler Wednesday and Thursday and somewhat warmer thereafter. The war—oh, shut up! Talk la cheap—when fcnalveu Tbe wise man liatena fool talks. not. ex- rhlle the A little tear makes a big smear —when the rouge la thick. . nil—. Work to a purpose and the purpose will take care of itself. If we could only Induce others to see us as we see ourselves. '‘Safety first," said the wise man as he kissed his own wife. Life is one long dream, with an occasional nightmare for a thriller. x ■The coy maiden smiles, the young man embraces, and tbe old man cusses. ture from the accustomed order of things tP South Carolina. Whatever the differences among the white voters of that city, they should have been cettled in the accepted manner of conducting elections in the south. A primary wa* hew the week before, but one faction chose to rfar.rSn out of the primary, anfr as sisted by the negro voters, who voted solidly for' 'the Idependent ide,' their candidates were elected. The people of the State at large will not concern, themselves abour the merit! of the fight, that is purely a local matter, but they have a right to condemn ouch proceedings, and to censure those white voters who chcne to remain out of the primary and thus throw the balance of power into the hands of the. negro voters. The harm from this ‘•'111 not. remain TQral, it may have more far-rehchin,? ffects than they dreamed. OCR ONLY HOPE • There is so much that is .of .vital importance to the people of Colletob county in the following article from the pen of pr. Hradrord Knapp, x pub lished ih the Keystone, that we "give It without abridgement in tbe hope that It will benefit readers of The Press and Standard: •, "Agriculture Ip the great primary buslpaas or pupftuit of the human race. Without U the world would' perish. Were nature to lock up her stores and refuse to produce, or Ah* farmer* of the world refuse to work for a single year, anarchy ar.« chaos exceeding all pow'et of imagi nation would follow, tv VThere are certain definite prin ciples in this business we know as farming, or agriculture, which lead to the conclusion that tbe only safe and permanent- system of agricul ture^ must be founded upon a re*- enable diversification. “Did you ever think of the condi tion of the cotton farmer of the South; of the dilenuna he facer? The only way In the world you can Improve a one-crop system Is to pro duce more of that one crop, and when you do that the markets of the world are glutted, the price drops, and your effort to improve brings Us own disaster. “Forty years ago the state of Iowa went through a long period of change from a one-crop, narrow, clrcumacrlbed, and unproductive agriculture to a diversified and pro ductive agriculture, and today . J doubt whether tnere Is a territory of similar extent In the country more proseprous or more productive than that state, * • “If the bankers and credit mer chants of the south still fall to leiid their constructive backing to the Money makes the mare go, ,f*d It keeps a lot of people hot footing al- e , i,a l b # ,l * hm *“t of self-supporting ag- _ F H ■■ i rlculture and are still going to maSe their loans and finance the agricul ture of the south as a one-crop agri culture, then we are‘going to have a 03c-crop agriculture until such time as human nature breaks and \\o hrae. r. revolution which will over- thfbw the rresent system. "The. first and' most important proposition for the whole cotton ter ritory of the south—and the argu ment applies equally to sugar, ftce. and tobacco—is to make the agri culture self-sustajning. Let- me •mote from the late Henry W. Grady ‘To rt^lse cotton and send its prince ly- revenues to the west for supplies and to Abe east for usury would be misfortune of soil and climate forced such a course. When both invite independence, to remain in slavery Is a crime. To mortgage our farms for money with which to buy meat and bread from western cribs and smokehouses is folly unspeakable.' "I quote also from a banker in a small Iowa section: ‘The only class of farming we support is divesified farming and in order to establish diversified farming you ir.usf hat— live stock. The most of our loans are fqy Mve stock. I believe thst system of farming Is the only suc cessful one. becatise R means em ployment the whole year, while with « one-crop systemthey are only em ployed for a few months of the year and for the balance of the year are ter the marc. # * When charity begins at home the ft wife doesn’t have to-sponge on the neighbors. ( ; „ 'V The farm and a Ford is far bet- 'er than the great city and a free lunch. Stick to the farm.' \ • -• T - - « Our scandal editor slipped a cog this week. We haven’t a single juicy story, happy to relate. Latest reports indicate that hell Is freezing over. But that Is more than can be said of Europe. ' «. x ’ , / The hen gets the worm because she gpes out and scratches for It Take a lesson from the ben. Send u* in your oplntda as to who is'the bralnest man in this town except yourself,^ of courso. The first crucifixion of impor tance to live in history was that of Christ. The second, of civilisation. The new and up-to-date night for women is made of netting a la mo- a la mosquito. Let's turn night Into day! ; V . -—x N the ant work* hard and lays by somethin'* each day. Are you bet ter than the ant or Is the ant better than you? •V t ■' * • If you wart *to get your wife’*? true opinion of you Just tell her she is wearing a hat of last years* vintage. You’ll get it. - >, x •A few short weeks and the town pessimist will he cussing the cold weather. But let him cuss-r-lt’s bis chief occunatlon in life. Hr. LONG'S illMMOX. A letter tdrthe ciMtor of The'Press anil Standard front W. W. Lon©. State Agent n»ul Director of Kxten- slon. con-tain* the following refer ence to his n>c« nt visit to Waiter- boro: *'1 enjoyed tn5' , \lsit with'you immensely and feel that you ha\;» a very great county. The agricultural products there are equal to any ip the State.” X .j IT IS TO BE.CONDEMNED.' •fh dragging in of the negro volor as the balance o( power in the Beau fort election last week, w.as a depar ldl«. and it dors not seem to m« that being idle would help any class." ‘‘I wMleve that we are at the forks Og the read; that now of all times is the time tor us to have a vision of the future. On the one side is at* uneconomic system, poor markets, precarious credit, and bad agricul ture. On the other, kound econom ics. good markets, safety and secur ity of return, healthy busiAess con ditions. and successful and prosper- 3UB* agriculture." *********** THE COTTON MARKET 7 » ##****■**■**#** ,**##**###*•»* » * Cotton <o!d on. tho-uloral market today ns high as 1:* ?.:!.-ind a« lou as 11:7r>. T^te/mayk^t“nroke before rinsing and the* lowest prt< es |i¥e.\ai.!- ed afterward \ I'm ton seed reached a new hicn *vel. Um WalVrbnro Cottojy oil minted $34.00 per tor. or :»1 cynls a bushel. If the young m.-.n who sm in front of us at the ph-Tur.' show Prldoy night and w ho forgot , that n!tl»o»r*:h the house was dark, he was in our range pf vision, will subscribe- for The Press and Standard before rex* Wednesday, we shall have nothing to say in next- wt'ek’s paper about the compromising nos!tion in which he put the young lady who was with him. when, under the gulst 1 of whu- neriug in heir tiny, shell-like ear he planted a lover’s kias upon her tender check. *************** * BUR CLOVER * *************** District Agent W. R. Elliott, Winn.:- boro, has kindlv prepared a ?erl< ; of three articles on the legumes for. The Pres.- and Standard. This is tn article on Bur Clover. Next wee!: we shall .have another on Crimsonr Clover.. A soil retainer, a land builder, stock fatteW. A idant tha^ 1 greater producing power titan any other leguminous plant, aa ec.ch nu. contain* from two to trn/keed. sel dom r prouting all at ouc/f and -hen in Cud. a field is on/e thorough!, seeded two crops caif be plowed u; an'd enough seed Jwill. remain t > bring a third ct/.p. Seed often r - r.irin ‘'n the .ground for t Adv months then, produce a full stand Ther/ f« i/rh;.ps no plant existing today th^t excels in seeds productioii bur cV er: nor i« there any. plant so nei-sistent in making seed: even wlyen closely grazed by al! .animal- picept sheep, it will form its bur- down close to 4he soil in May and reproduce itself Ip August or Sep tember, and even continue to come up during the winter months; and yet persistent as it is never inter feres .with summer crops, but chook®s the winter and early spring months to carbe; the earth.'enrich tbe soil, and furbish unlimited amount of grazing w henNjeeded. or abundance of vegetable nmter rich in nitrogen to be turned under for succeeding crops of corn, cotton, potatoea, etc. Bur clover will ’eventually cm>- plant every other winter legume i.i the South for turning purposes; for once • farm Is well seeded, corn and cotton lands can Instead of being flat broken, laid off in rowa a little wider than customary leaving a balk alt to twelve Inches wide down the middle of each tow; this balk if left un disturbed will produce enough seed to teaeed each middle, land by June 1st can be plowed out and cul tivation -continued .thus ^scattering the seed along each side'Vorn an! cotton beds, which will there spring up during the fall months. Bur clover has no superior as a winter grating plant except Ale buzz! rye. but in analysis is much richer in protein, carbohldrates and fat. and stock gain In growth \ and flesh much faster on clover than qn gra^n pastures. ^ Stock often refuse at first to eat cloveV readily, bat once a taste is cultivated, they become very fond of the plant. By turning stork on young clover in November and De cember this dfslike for the plant W easily overcome, and pasturing may then be continued until June 1st un less a crop of seed Is harvested; In this case stock must be ke'ftt off after April 1st permitting ample time gor the crop to bear an abundance of seed. After sAd have ripened they fall to the ground pnd are ready for harvesting. This can be accomplish ed by raking or pulling off the dead clover, and by using steel pointed brooms, sujh as are used for stre:' cleaning or a stiff house broom sweeping the burs into windrows and sacking them up. For market purposes seed r.houM bo screened to get out the large tra«h. but enough dirt containing bacteri.vfcfcill adhere to the burs, am: that inoculation f* not necessary when thus sown. Lands that will produce a hale *•. cotton or more per acre seeded re bur clover and top dressed with stable - manure produce a large crop of srted usually the first year. If sown on a very; firm seed bed. Burwlover like crimson, is often aeeded in cot; ton middles, and If grown for seed* ftalk* can be pulled out in March, and gathered for farm or market Bur clover will not make a large growth on thin or impoverished soils the first year. but. will improve the soil to the extent that each crop Itself shows a marked improvement from year to year. V For continuous pasture Bermuda grass seeded to bur closer is filling a lpng felt want. Bermuda furnish ing the best summer grazing known, dies down in tbe fall, but before its last breath Is drawn clover has be gun to peeo up. and by the time Ber muda Is dead, the pasture is a car pet of green flourishing clover to help tide the stbek over daring th: winter months. The clover plan's feed nitrogen to the Bermuda roots; and if pastures are top dressed everv few year* with potash and phosphor ous they will afford an unlimited .xmount of grazing. * How to Get Start. Choose well drained fertile soil free from acidity and prepare om- month at least before seeding time; apply } pounds or more ground lime stone per acre and disc or bar row in well; then harrow every .tvn days tvptll seeding time to insure r firm seed bel. Sow in the bur (a. ways* at len«t fou rto weven bushel:' ofyseed per acre and cover lightl * tiiwlj ton dree* well wl*h stable nin- nim\ jlf land is thur treated -on a< re should neodnee * heavy.,* ror> of -eed, the f nllo\vlRg soring Y<el *-• of 1!><> to. 2<l®’bushels of seed ere not ureonjmen. SoaITT:'.g w. »d in boiling wafer for thirty or ^ixty seeonfls win e- i « , much un-re rapid germination, but care niust-’- . rcisod in first strain* ir« the,* burs in cold voter * ejestrov fbe bacteria, and tb--M redie aftfr boilit e. The 1 mds o* !..• >purh need to be Hclalmcd: cr'li - • «>/ ;< be “topped by 4\‘ wfpter, co-—ri^e: go<>1 rrarirc ts -badly - neode • t tar mere live sto.-’t; tt'^v *:e •'r , ' , !t’>W’v grown: fertUiz.^ir .b<i! ; need to ‘be reduc^jf bv securing fronMlje air tb most < ost’y eleni nt cf plant tt-ol. nitrogen;- .-m**! ntjore organic tnrvtli t added to the sofls for reteatic.n if mol-ture and the I'lberJllon of'thcs phorous and potash. Bur dot eh will solve, or he!r 'olve it all. and thus be ene of the greatest benefaettms the sbuth hti? ever known. Ladies Coal Suits • • A Grand Selection We are showing the grandest selection of the most exclusive stvlcs of LADIES’ AND MISSES / OAT SUITS, that has ever been placed on display in this section of . the State. . • * • They consist of individual sample garments—NO TWO ALIKE—and.being sample Coat Suits, we bought them at greatly reduced prices. Hence, it's a money saving opportunity, besides getting high grade excclusive garments. We are also showing an exclusive high class line <>L sample skirts, which we re ceived this week.. They are like our qoat suits—only ape of a kind—Prices are very * ft reasonable. \ I Come Early to Get The Best * THE £ W. COHEN STORE A. S. KARESH 'THE COUNTRY CHURCH. . ' / < f* One of the graduatea af the Co lumbia. Seminary, the ReV. W. H. Mills, of Clemson. is becoming quite a specialist in the field of tbe coun try church, itg, ‘problems, their so- ita, -prob lutions. methods of advancing the interest of the rural comiminiti?s and serving the community life. The v United States department of agriculture la aiding him in his work. , 1 * Mr. Hillis has had overtures to give his whole time to this field in 1 ' the employment of the United States bureau of education. He is already doing very valuable service in this field in his native state of South Carolina. - The Columbia Seminary Is Very fortunate in securing him to deliver a series of lectures; during the next year, covering this field ot the country church and rut&l sociol ogy. —- —. - • There will be five lectures, which will perhaps treat the subject under the following general heads, with such modifications as immediate preparation may lead him to make: First "The Kingdom of God;" sec. ond, "The Church as the Means of the Bringing of the Kingdom:" third, “The Country Church and Its Problems;!’ fourth, "The Country Church and Its Solution of These Problems;” and fifth, ‘‘The Country Minister as the Centre of the Whole Question of th* Relation of tbe Country Church to the Whole Com munity.” It is very necessary that students should hear from specialists in this field this whole subject treated, in order that they may.be prepared wisely to serve the rural churches of which they themselves become pastors. Perhaps the most important and practical ecclesiastical question that is now confronting the Chris tian people Is the problem of the countrv church and the/preparation of wise and effective minister* to fills these fields. /' Seventy-five years ago there were throughout South Carolina hundreds of country churches that were the bed-rock of the rtftllzatirfh of this country. Today th*‘r people are scattered, their influence waning. They must be revived—Columbia Record. . * IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW IF WOMEN ONLY KNEta-THTHH What a Heap of Happiness It Would Bring to Walterboro H«wne*. i t . < Hard tb do housework with an aching back *, Brings you hours of misery at let- «Ure cr pt work 0 If women only knew -he cause— that Backache pains oft*-n come from weak kidneys - , • •Two’il.l *av<' much needless v.o*> Doan’s* Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys. Rend what a Walterboro woman ,a*ys: Mr*. W. Z. Ayer. Hampton street., Walferbbro. sa-s: "For the past five year ! s-Hf* red from several bad attacks of kitiofv trouble an'd Him h-rv I hud pairs,In. my back and hips ajid often lor weeks at a tim - I wasn’t able to straiehten. I had headaches and dlszy spoils rtyl ./at times. Icould hardly see across t!’ - ' room. I tried lots of remedies, bu; didn’t ret anv permanent benefit. Doan’s Kidney Pills releved mo from the start. It has beu two years now ctrre I have had such an attack. Price r*0c. at all dealers. Don’t slmpiv ask for a kidney refhed.L— tet Doan’«"‘KbTnev PUls- the sonic that Mrs. Ayer :'osf* r-MHbur i Co.. Props.. Buffalo. N .Y. WALKOVER FALL STYLES For Men and Women ■» x. Ready For Yodr Inspection The question of Fall Footwear is now oc cupying the thought and attention of men and women who are particular about the ao- \ / >, pearance of their feet, and we extend to you a cordial invitation to visit our store and in spect the new fashions. Our Fall exhibit comprises the season’s most popular styles and patterns in Mein’s and Women’s fine Footwear. \ iJKtTJ, $5.00 . .We illustrate a few of the most popular.. See the originals displayed in our window’s, , « N - T .• v then you will be sure to let your next pair be Walk-Overs. Full line of Gents’ Furnishings also on / display! ^ J. P. Herndon & Son - *■ Men’s Cutfitiers. Walterhoros - S. U. Mrs Frank J. Berry. Mr sr*d Mr; Percy Berry, were visiters to Wal terboro Montlay. To Cure a Colt* in One Day r»k* LAXATIVE BROMOQwinln*. I*(topsth‘ Cough sod HraUacbS SBdwcrka off the ^^ Oruggittt reiuod mocey if it feilrUo ware. V. V/. GROVE'S aigeatuze on each box. ?Sc •«r»* a:*' <oru, otlar liezditt »i«’l The wcr^ecaie*. noman-r of bow lcn« ear cured by the woaderlul, old reiiab.* F'>fUr*e AntifteMtic Healing Ofl. It fau* \k-a LUaia «et ibc kanK t*mc. &•