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FARMERS CAN GET EXPLOSIVES CHEAP. Government is to Distribute Twelve Million Pounds of Picric Acid for Practically Nothing. Washington, June 19.-More than 12,000,000 pounds of picric acid, one of highest known explosives, accu-, mulated for war purposes, and made useless to the War Department by the armistice, will be distributed to farmers for agricultural purposes. When the war ended the army had on hand this immense stock of picric acid and in addition more than 26, 000,000 pounds of T. N. T. The lat ter was distributed to various gov ernmental agencies for use in rail road construction in Alaska, public roads in the national parks and vari ous projects on Indian reservations. None of the T. N. T. was distributed and thus far not a single accident has marked the use or transportation f the millions of pounds of the- high 'xplosive, according to officials of the ureau of mines. The question of what to do with he 12,000,000 pounds of picric acid p zzled government officers for some ti c and the War Department had almost decided to tow the explosive out to sea and dump it overboard in the in l.erests of the public safety when it was decided to institute a series 'f experiments in an effort to find some safe commercial use for it. The exp. riments were conducted by the bure iu of mines and diselosed gation to S The %rates for this service tivelylowand it is particulai for use by traveling men there will be some one in office Who can talk to them houses and agencies who other frequently find it < and economical. Ask Long Distance for SOUTHERN BELL TE AND TELEGRAPH BANK OF ( F. B. MORGAN, Pres. Central Las:t week we had a custoi for hix caneleJd check. He saii a bili he thought he had paid. had the Dentist's receipt wheie he Why not open a checking bill: by check. Better be saf tli BANK OF CENTR Central Mercai T CEINTR I Low prices now Swork shirts, shoes, d 4Reliable rnerchandis( *iels. Come to see us. SCENTRAL MERCA CEINTRA TO HOLI .1 WeCOT' Wehave a profitable plar C 50 without obligation on your Ser ROSE 24 STONE ST.CO O many ways In which picric acid cot be used safely and profitable farms, such as in blasting out stum and rocks and breaking up land. was accordingly decided to distribu the explosive, practically free charge, to farmers. Picric acid, a highly crystallfi powder having a lemon yellow col Is 18 per cent stronger than 40 p cent straight nitro-glycerin dynamit according to the bureau of mines. should never be used in bulk, officio say, and its use should be restrict< to redipped parraffined paper cai ridges. The 12,000,000 surplus stock loca ed at Sports, Wis., and Wingate, 1 M., will be distributed to farme through the bureau of public roar of the Department of Agricultur The o01y cost to the farmer it is ai nounced, will be freight charges ar a charge of six cents a pound f< placing the powder in the necessai cartridges. It will be ready for di tribution about July 1. MONEY TO LOAN. On Improved Farms in Picken Oconee and Greenville counties. Cif property, Greenville, Easley as Seneca. I R. E. BRUCE, Pickens, S. C. Office Over Keowee Bank. FOR SALE-At. this office, Tre pass Notices, printed on cloth. tation Calls are attrac lyvaluable who know the home . Business call each !onvenient rates and details. LEPHONE COMPANY 'ENTRAL. B. E. Allen, Cashier ,S. C. ner come into the bank and ask I a dentist was dunning him for ie gave him his checks and he had received the money. account with us andl pay your an sorry. AL, Cenitral, S. C. itile Company. LL, S.C. I prevail. Overalls, i ry goods, groceries. E at the new low 1ev N[TILE COMPANY, i L , S . C . E.a a . .u - )ERS OF FON to offer you. Write for letter art. SON . 3ROKERS. NEW YORK OUR LUMBER has all the flavor of its home Ia1 in it. It is as strong as the day was cut down and logged to us. X have only prcparedl it bor your u by manufacturing it into the sha andl size lumber you desire. Let quote you prices or make an es mate. ..-H. W. HAMILTON ild SPECIAL APPEAL TO THE MIN. on ISTERS OF ALL CHURCHES. ps It The Public Schools of the State Need te Your Help. of The Journal of the National Edu ne cation Association, which is distribut or ed throughout the United States, pub er lishes statistics, derived from the e, United States Bureau of Education It for 1918, showing, as compared with Is all the other states in the Union: :d 1. That South Carolina has the t- smallest number of citizens who can read with the single exception of t- Louisiana. 9. 2. That South Carolina spends the rs smallest amount per capita for the Is education of the children in public e. schools. 1- 3. That South Carolina has its id public schools in operation the small )r est number of days in the year-110. y 4. That. South Carolina 'has t.he s- smallest percentage of boys and girls attending high schools-2.2 per - cent. 5. That South Carolina has the smallest number of free public libra ries-1.9 per cent. s, 6. That in all educational lies ty South Carolina averages the lowest id in the country--occupies the 48th place. Thus is our beloved state adves tised to the entire world. If this condition is not true, we ought to prove it.; if it. is true, we s- ought. to correct. it. The churches are doing great things in higher education; I?t. them also rally to the improvement of the public schools, which make the col. leges and universities possible. The Baptist State Convention last winter took the lead and memoral ized the legislature to make larger appropriations to the public schools. Let all the chur hes co-operate and (10 it now. We ak every minister of rveiy denomina.tion in South C'arolina to read the following invitation to his congregLatio:n and urge them to ae. cept it: At a mass meeting of citizens of Spartanburg, held under the auspic es of the Chamber of Commerce, May 12, 1921, the following resolu tion was adopted: "We, the citizens of Spartanburg, profoundly impressed by the inade quate facilities provid .d by our pres ent public school system for the boys and girls of South Carolina, realiz ing the low position in popular edu - cation we occupy as compared with other states in the Union, and believ ing that this condition can be reme died only by a united effort on the part of all the citizens of our com monwealth, hereby invite the people of South Carolina to meet in Spar tanburg on July 15 for the purpose of organizing a stat e-widle Citizens' Educational Association to devise and execute plans for arousing pub lic sentiment andl to take steps t~o promote through legishltive action such constructive measures as are -necessary to meet our educational obligations to our children of our state." The conference will assemble in the Converse College auditorium at 11:00 a. m. on Jluly 1 5, and will con tinue until the late afternoon, with an intermission for .a picnic lunch eon on the college grounds for v-is itors. This will enable you t~o reach the city on the morning trains in time to attend, and also to leave on the evening trains. Spartanburg Chamber of Commerec, R. P. Bell, Chamn. Ex. Corn. 4 POTATO MEN TO MEET. Columbia, June 27.-Oficials of the South Carolina Development Eord andl Chamber of Commerce, South Carolina Swdet Potato Asso ciati:on, and the Extension Service of Clemson College today issued a joint - call to all of the sweet potato curing house men of the state urging their attendance at a meeting to be held in the Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, at 12 o'clock, noon, Thursday, June 3 0th. Three live subjepts are to be dis cussed at this meeting, probably the most important being the formula tion of definite plans for introducing the "Porto Rica Sweet" to the north-. ern consumer. Adoption of two forms of con tracts, one between the Potato Asso Sciation and the Curing Houses, the ~ other between the Curing House and the Gorwer ,is also to be included in the pr-ogram. Additional routine business to be transactedl includes id the annual election of office'rs of the it South Carolina Sweet Potato Asso je ciation and consideration of a plan se for the co-operative purchase of pe crate's. us Li- FOR SALE---At this ofliLe, Tres pass Notices, printed on cloth. FOR SA LE-At. thuis office(, T e. pns Notiee. printed on cloth Prince Alber note in ti Talking about rolling your own cigarettes, we'll tell you right here that Prince Albert tobacco has 'em all lashed to the mast! You've got a handful-of happiness coming your di rection when you pal it with P. A. and the makin's papers! 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