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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 139. ff??,. E.toUlW,! 186Q, D.n" J?g mi._ ANDERSON, S. C..SUN?AY MORNING, JUNE 28, 19M] PRICERVE^E^rs PRODUCE MOI W. IN A SHC Best Method to Resist \ and to Improve the What Has B Crop" 1 Washington. June 27.-Tho need of shortening the growing season of cot ton has been recognized as the best means for securing protection against injury from the boll weevil, and the ll.; S. department of agriculture has been recommending a system of cotton culture which aims to cecure the pro duction of more cotton in a shorter period of time. The system is also Im portant for regions where the crop is limited by drouth or by short seasons as in the northern districts and should help remedy the backward state of what has been considered In the past a "sure-crop" industry. The depart ment's Farmers' Bulletin (No. 601), en titled "A New System of Cotton Cul ture and Its Application," has been is rued to give the details to those who may profit by it. The danger of injury from the boll weevil is greatest under conditions that favor the luxuriant growth of the young plants and induce the formation of large numbers of vegetative branches, which produce no bolls. The suppression of these branches avoids injurious crowding of the plants and also makes it possible to leave more plants in the rows than is now cus tomary. The most important consider ation which the new system requires ls the placing of plants closer together, during the earlier stages ot growth, uptil the stalks have grbwn beyond th? Stage where vegetative h ranches are produced. . Rewards for Intelligent Farming. It is particularly true of the cotton industry that tue more intelligent and Bkllfull - the farming the larger the ma terial rewards. And yet, cotton has so long been considered a "sure crop" that often lt is cultivated under the most careless methods. This is one of Ina chief reasons for the backward prate' of the industry today. The in IE COTTON 1RTER PERIOD Tnvasion of Boll Weevil Backward State o f \een a "Sure ndustry ' |vap.ion of the boll Weevil pest has, how ever, been for.oJug. ujio.n, cotton raisers the necessity of more improved meth ods. Cotton lis'eVeVy^year becoming less a "sure-crop." The rapid expan sion of cotton "culture in foreign coun tries is an additional reason why more careful methods muft be adopted in this country to attain the maximum results. The li rt t step s to secure the atten tion of the intelligent farmer and con vince him of the truth of the principle upon which the new system 1B found Jed. He may then observe and experi ment for himself with rows of cotton '..tinned to different distances and at ?lifferent stages of growth and may see for himself the relation of thc habits ot the plants to cultural problems. Many Intelligent farmers are aware of the fact that rows of cotton acci dentally lett.without thinning are some times much more productive than rows that were thinned in the usual manner and have reflected on the possibility of recuring larger crop? by closer plant ing, but the underlying principle has not been understood. The behavior of cotton under different conditions is so variable that any farmer might well hesitate to adopt a method of culture suggested by an occasional occurence like the production of a larger crop on an unthlnned row. In each cotton growing community there are usually some farmers who believe that cotton should be left ?..loser together in the rowe, but the tendency In recent yearn has been to ward wider spacing, owing to ri general recognition of the evil effects of hav ing the plants too close together, especially under conditions that favor luxuriant growth. Those who use nar row spacing mnv'brt?st of phenomenal yields in some seasons, but in other years they appear at a disadvantage with their neighbors. The possibility of making a safe combination of the two contacting methods seems not to have been suggested. The same con flict is phown in tile results of formal experiments to determine the best planting distances as in the popular oplntcns on the subject. Wide spac ing in the rows seemed better in some cases and narrow spacing in others, so that no definite conclusions could be reached. CHOI'S EXCELLENT DESPITE I)ROUTH Clemson College Farm Made Kine Crop of Outs-Cotton und Corn Are Also Good. Clemson College, June 27.- In spite of a drouth which is one of the worst In the memory of the oldest residents of the region, one of the best oat crops In the state ls now being threshed at 1 Clemson College. L. 13. Brandon, superintendent of the college farm, re ports a yield of at least G.000 bushels on 80 to 8G acres and every bushel con tains only pure Appier oats that will be sold for seed. A piece of land on the college farm one and a half acres in extent was sown to pedigreed seed obtained from D. R. Coker, of Hurtsville. This, piece ?has threshed out 138 bushels, an aver lage of 92 bushels to the acre. Tho rest ! of the land planted to oats ls not ex pected to equal this piece. At the same time Superintendent Brandon stated that though he had threshed ICSB than one-fifth of lils shocked oats, he had about 1,200 bushels'already stored and was confident of a yield of at least G.OOO bushels. The oats are being threshed wth a large thresher operated by a traction engine. The work ls so arranged that a hay press is attached and while thc oats are beihg threshed the straw ls being baled. The threshing capacity ls about 1.000 bushels per day. There bas not been a heavy, soaking rain at Clemson College since the sec ond week in April. Yet the college farm has excellent stands of cotton, which was planted early, and of corn, some of it waist high. The use of care ful modern methods and improved ma chinery which allowed every brief sea son to be used to advantage bas meant the difference between success and failure. THE POWER OF GOOD ROADS (Manufuc turre rs Record.) Hurry Hodgson, secretary and treas urer of the Empire State Chemical Co., of Athens, Ga., writing in hearty com mendation of the editorial in the Inst issue of the Manufacturers Record en titled "The South and the Fertilizer Industry," which he says is of rare In terest, adds: I am glad to see you hooming thc Good Roads Congre?? to be held in At lanta November 9-14. Would you not make a big hit if you got nut a number of j?our magazine especially devoted to this great meeting, which, I under stand, is to be the greatest boom con vention for good road1? ever held In America? It may interest Mr. Hodgson and thousands of other readers of the Man ufacturers Record, who reulize the Im portance of good roads to know that .for several months the Manufacturers Record has been planning for a special number to be devoted to good roads to he published in connection with the American Road? Congress to be held In Atlanta. The. Manufacturers Record vigor ously worked at Detroit, and after the close of thc meeting at that city.upon the individual directors of the Ameri can Road Congress to have the next meeting held in the South. It suc ceeded In arousing a widespread in terest in this plan, and lt was largely instrumental in securing'a favorable decision for the South. It IB true that the Atlanta meeting of the American Roads Congress will probably be the most important gath ering of the kind ever held in this country. Many thousands of delegates and visitors will doubtless be in at tendance from the north and west, as well as from all parts of the south. .The leading makers of loud machinery and road-bulldlng material have al ready arranged for exhibits at Atlanta, and more space has been secured there tuan war ever engaged thus far in ad vance of any other meeting of the American Roads Congress. It ls altogether probable that tho most complete and inst ruc tve exhibits of road-making material and rood huildlng equipment which have ever been gatheied together in this or any other country will be seen at Atlanta. Tl?* foremost engineers ?if Hie country will lu> in attendance, as well an mon who aro interested in gouil roads from who aro studying the road question as it u ff ec ts the life of tho country dis tricts, as well ne. of the cities of the laud. Mon will bo there who bold, and rightly, thal he who does the most for thc building of good roads will do tho most fot religious and educational wol lare, as well as for the material ad vancement of the country. Tito good-ronds question does not de pend for its Importance upon thc eco nomic side of the hundreds of millions of dollar.-' that would Ix' saved annu ally in transportation to Hie people of all classes if good roads existed ev 01 y where, and it does not depend upon Hie enormous increase in thc profits that farmers would make in hauling over good roads as compared with Hie impassable toads found in so large a part of tho country, Creator values than tboso aro wrapped up in tho road question. These values bear on tho advunoe or retrograde of civilization, on tho ui>]>uiIlling or deterioration of country churches, on tin* advance or the death of count rv schools, on tho congesti?n of population in tho cities, or its remaining in the country to the betterment of tho lifo of the nation. Civilization and ali that civilization means of religion and of education aro largely staked upon tho road question. Rightly viewed, the toad engineer, the builder of road-making machinery or the manufacturer of rood materials ought to idealize his business and look upon I* as more than a profession or a trade out of which to make a liv ing. Those mon nre doing the work of civilization. They are making it possible to check tho rush of popula tion from the country to the city, where a very large proprtion is sub merged hy the congestion that lias been going on for many years. They .jure making lt possible to rebuild th? power of the country church and thc country school, to give to country liff charms which will do away with thc loneliness of the past, to lessen thc burdens of the women and children and turn the tide of population back from thc city to the country again alike to the betterment of the city and tho country. It is becaure the'Manufacturers He cord has looked upon good roads from these poinir of view that it has foi years been working Tor the building of good roads. It was because of this FIFTY YE .lime ?I. I NO I? Fifty years ugo today the first col lege in the world to offer collegiate ed ucation with honorary degieos lo deaf mutes was publicly inaugurated at Washington, I). C. It was on this same day that the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon the deaf and dumb American artist, John ('arlin This was the tirst degree conferred by Hie college and is said tn he thc first granted to a deaf-mute in the world's history, lt hore tin- signature of Abra ham Lincoln, th?' ex-otfleio Patron of thu college according to the Acl of Congress which established the Insti tution. Tin- coll?ge was given the name of Hie "National Deaf-Mute Col lege." ii possessed two little brick buildings neither of which had cost more than $??.000. One was built hy au appropriation from congress, and the? miler at the expense of Amos Ken dall who seven yea rr before had found mi Hie Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, out of which the col lege gr??w. Among the speakers of the day was the 27-year-old college presi dent. Hr. Edward .Miner GuUaudct. He was the son of Thomas H. Callaudet. who wus the "founder of the education of deaf-mutes in America. The college opened with'seven students, "one fully matriculated and rix preparatory." The fatuity consisted of one professor beside the college president. fact that It labored so unceasingly to bring Hiis year's meeting of Hie Ameri can Road Congress to the south, and it is becau.-e of these facts that lt ls preparing to publish next fall a Spec ial (Jood Rouds Edition which will em phasize to the world Hie meaning of' good roads and will show what rlie south ls doing in the building of roads and what yet remains to be dou*'. We Iiivit?' corrospondencey'on the subject. We invite suggestions from readers of all sections as^'to the best way in which to preseift these facts, and we Invite facts ,<as to what the routh is doing and 'must do in road building. / ,ARS ACO .lillie 'ls, VAU. Today tho 98.000 deaf-mutes in the Putted States have recourrc to more thati 1?0 institutions at whieh educa tion of the deaf-mutes is made a speer I laity. 'Die pioneer college at Wash ington, however, still remull?s the only college in the world for deal'-inutea. lt's natue is now "(.Ir.llaudH College," having been changed to perpetuate the memory of Thomar ll. (Jallatulct, the pioneer, lt. is'now localed ?li an 100 acre campus known as Kendall green. On this coinmeiicelnent thirteen pro fessors make up the faculty that ? instructing the 111 students ol' hotfi Hexes. The gratin?tes from thi.- colluA as well as those of the public and pri vate deaf-mule schools of the country, ate curdling their livlilioods in more than Hi? di (Terell I trades, professions, industries and lines of business. There are scores of deaf-mute minis ters and instructor? in all states of the union. One is practising as u lawyer before the I'niteil States supreme court. A deaf-mute conducted the deV felise in a famous murder ca .e in a New Yoik court. Several mutes aro acting as editor? and tep^riarr on magazines and newspaper staffs; some ure earning excellent salaries and commissions as traveling sulesmon and Insurance agents; one has achiev ed fame as nscull'tor, while another is capably filling the position of bank earilier. They bavo entered Hie ranks of professional athletics-- one became famous as a star baseball pitcher in a major league. Hatched by the Sun. & In breeding guldilsb, an industry which ' has flourished In China from time immemorial, the eggs are re moved from the rench of the adult male fish and hatched by the sun in shallow dishes. - a* Loses Its Charm, It's difficult for a newly married man to generate much enthusiasm over his bride's beautiful bair after be bas seen her pile it on the bureau for the night - DIRECTORY of FIRMS THAT WILL ENDEAVOR TO DESERVE YOUR PATRONAGE A Shave on the Face. Did you ever notice the face of ? Chinaman or a Jap-how smooth and sleek it is? Almost hairless. They say the' reason for this is due to the fact that the Orientals shave dry, that ia without lather, for a period of about a year when they are young. This ls supposed to kill the roots of the hair. The wonder of it i 3 that it don't kill them-the torture. Some barber shops Tn America are just as had. You've struck them.. And you ?endured the torture, too, didn't you? Well, the object of dil this preliminary ia to say that the Sanitary Barber Shop doesn't do lt thal' way. There Isn't a man in the shop that Isn't an artist when lt comes to removing su perfluous hair.. They are quick. Smooth'and efficient While you are getting a shave you don't' know it. When you get up and look tn the glass -andrfeel your face you, do know if. They are great students of human , nature too, these barbers at tho Son! tar y Bhop. They talk when you want - ; them to talk and are . silent when / you don't feel in the mood for talk ie lng. Especially during this hot, al . most unbearable weather, the Sani ' ta ry - Shop appeal jj 'to the tired out Utah;. There you^wflrffriS" reit and comfort and cool breezes'.'' If there 1?. ?ny tonic in tho world that will banish that tired feeling, it's a few ''hot towels, a shave and one of those Incomparable hand massages. You go In like a lamb and come out like a Hon--invigorated, rejuvenated. There's nothing Uko lt. Then too, there ls the assurance that you had. clean towels, clean razors and clean hands. You owe lt to your face to treat it good. It's the only face you've got. Take it to the Sanitary Shop and you'll look better, feel better, and really be a belter man.- Try it. Automobiles Mlf there were more Fords and less can't affjrds'*, says Todd* "there would be less shoutln' abont the high cost of liviaV i rrp-^-; Groceries Try Skin less Preserved Figs '). BEST ON EARTH. -Also llb. cans Lima Beans, 3for.25c 21b CABS Richelieu Red Raspberries, .80e can. Richelieu White Asparagus Tips, . >.. .. 25c caa. Call oa BB tor Shelled Nats, Fresh Around Country Meal. The Idea! Grocery Co. Phone 471 Shoe Store White Rubber Sole Oxfords for Women . ? o . on'salo tomorrow $1.40 a pai r. Made over a good fitting last-hsve a rubber heel and the coolest slipper you can buy for comfort, REMEMBER 9140. NO APPROVALS. GEISBERG BROS. SHOE CO. t't Under Masonic Temple :-i g H OE g THAT 8 A T I H F Y. mm . ' Barber Shop A Massage arid a Shave the Sanitary Way will rest and cool you. Sanitary BARBER SHOP Hotels A Home-Like Hotel IM Bellevue Moderate Prices, and as for the table, ask the guests. Shoe Shop m I No Matter Where You Live Send Us Tour SHOE REPAIRING. We are as particular about our out-' of-town work as we are of our city trade. Our large plant ls equipped with the latest improved machinery and we employ only expert workman. WK PAY PARCELS POST W. J. Wood On Hie Square. Saar Evens No. 8. Bakery 1 "OtD HOMESTEAD," the Bread that is nourishing. "Good down to the last crumb." Demand it. MERSON BAKERY Monuments Wait No Longer To Mark That Loved One's Grave. If skill, artistic workmanship, and the love of creation that we put into our monument work together w1t'h the use of the finest qualities of gran ite and marble appeal tc you, then let us have your nest order. White & Company. ? Cigars Get Acquainted with "Little Star "Anderson" and "Fabrica" CIGARS Made in Anderson. Anderson Havana Cigar Co. Meats THE MEAT YOI EAT Either cuts down or increas es your efficiency. Buy the BEST at Maness' Meat House North Main St. j Drugs-Soft Drinks When the "Thirst" hits you LETS GO to the Red Cross On the Square. Pure ('ream. Delirious Drinks and efficient, appr?ci?t he service. Photo Studio Our Portraits "LIVE AFTER DEATH" Don't Vimi usiil too late to have that loved one's picture made and then wish you had. The Studio Grand. HOW ONE DEALER IS CONVERTED ?0 THE ?SE OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING (J. R. Overstreet In Fort Worth Star Telegram.) He who regards advertising ns an uncertain proposition should not at tempt to advertise, for if he considers lt a gamble it will be only a gamble. There is no chance of getting beyond tho mind in anything. A few men, however, have thought differently and builded big successes and fortunes on what others coll temerity. The advertiser should never fall to remember that an air of optimism-of success-should pervade all h isadver tlsiug. It ls a peculiarity-but is ls a great truth-that the world prefers to deal with successful people and when a note of dejection or any indication of poor business creeps Into tho adver tising a business blow is the rer.ult. Look like a winner-talk like u win ner-act like a winner. Qlvo your ad vertising a tope of strength and confi dence-impress all who read your ad vertising with the feeling that your business ls passed upon by knowing ones. If you cun throw an atmosphere ot success about your advertising much of your business battlo is won. Tho first requisite of successful ad ven Ising ls a meritorious article; sec ond, confidence in its merit; and third, enthusiasm. Advertising must be per sistent. Spasmodic advertising never pa>s. It is too soon forgotten. An effective form of advertising is the praise of customers. Make your cus tomer sutisfled and feel that your interest in him does not end when he has bought your goods. You are not compelled to mention bargains In your ada to make them appeal. Quality. Service, attention, methods are as attractive as prlceB. How can I make an advertisement writer out of myself? In the simplest languago, how do I sell goods? ls very similar. You talk plain talk through your ads just like you talk over tho counter. You cannot write an ad In a minuto any more than you can sell a bill of goods In that time.