Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Keeping Tab on Expenditures. A short time since, one of our customers re ceived a statement from his family physician for service rendered more than :i year ago. This man was of the opinion that the bill had been paid, and came to the bank to request us to look through his account of the previous Januar;, for a cheek of the same amount as the bill ren dered. VYe found the entry and date, he went home and looked up his cancelled checks and the following day was able to convince his doctor beyond all doubt that the bill had been paid. That cancelled check was worth twice its face value. Why not have a checking account with this bank? i THE BANKS'" LAURE The Bank for Your Savings. Announceme We have opened an Automobile Kepaii Simp, and are carrying a full Hue of supplies, ami can lake care of your work promptly. We are also doing Klectric Wiring and have 1 full line of supplies on hand. We guarantee all work and solicit a share of your patronage. Swygert & Teague Laurens, S. C. South Harper Street, Near Gray's I.umber Yard A New Desig In Cut Glass ! We desire to call your attention to the fact thai we are showing a new and beautiful line of Hand Pebbled Cut Glass The Newest Pattern Out. We also ask the public to hold all their order- for the Holiday trade until they see our line which will be on exhibit in a few days. Please note that all our holiday goods will be displayed oti the second floor. Kntranee from our store and not as before. PALMETTO DRUG CO. Laurens, S. C. WALL STREET ARITHMETIC r ?a 10 mills make one trust. 10 trusts make one combine. 10 combines make one merger ro mergers make one magnate. i magnate makes all the money. The Original .Step Toward Becoming a Magnate is the .Step Toward a Hank's Door to I.av bv V?UR I-JUsV SAVINGS. Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C. Wishes to Aid You to Become a Magnate IN PLACE OF WOOD. Easy Method For Casting Concreto For Wire Fencing. The manufacture of n ro?ouforccd coiici'oto feitcopost tivo inches on the tin-,, uiul beveled i" two and three quarter Inches on tin- opposite face, with a thickness of six Incites and to tal length of eight f??<?t. win make an ttvorugo of eighteen posts to the cubic yard of concrete. Thus posts with wire re enforcement would cost from 12 to 10 cents each tor material, de KOI.It) CONCnETK COSTS. pending upon Hie cost of port land oo meill and sand and gravel. With the I simple itpparatus shown in the illuslrn- ! lion t\\<> tuen could mold 15U good posl In a day of loll hours. At this l*nt?' tbo litboi' < nst df pusis should not be more than ?_? cents each. The posts shown in the tirst illustration arc solid, Now for tin- building of (ho ma> chinos. Fur the bottom board of machine use a Iwo und lhree-(|Utirter Inch wide strip eight ffi i long. To this hinge the two sides in the manner shown in the Illustration. The sides are six and ? ii 'quarter Inches wide and eight feet tWO in lies long, wild olio edge hinged t-i liotlom board. For the two ends use a Imard ."> by <; inches along one en,.1, i in i he five inch width make a mark in from cadi corner exactly one and one-eight It Inches and draw a lb' from thai tu (lie opposite corner, cut ling along this line, which makes a IrapcKoid with one end two and three quarter Inches and IbO Other end live Inches wide. This is hinged to the bottom board with strap hinges, as !? h"\\ n by illustrut loll. Tie- si>!es are two inches longer than bottom board ami lap over the width mold ron rosi-s. oi it . etuis They are held in position when molding posts by a book ami cyolel t<> fastou $(vmu (p end boards. Take some jnsi.de -.\;i.i,1ow slops, usually one-half inch tlrfok Jjy .ihr.-., quarters of an inch wkle, plane,do^wy the edges so ns to make one ball* Jneb s.pi.ue and cill into pieces live and one-half Inches for the shiest ami t?o and three-quarter Inches for tin? bot toni. Tack these to side ami bottom boards al the points you wish the wire . s io come. This depends upon the f?ne... you w ill creel and for ordinary use Is .-. v Inches apart. This com pletes the ?hiiie, which is operated ,;S follows; .<>?. \ Portland e.oiiiv.o . one part with six purls of clean sand ami gravel, after placing your ro-onforeiu,g wire, till Into machine nud tamp .down stol idly. After you have (||0 inaMiino tilled turiT ii bottom side up op l.o a board and 11 tlhook hoot.-, al each end. This allows the sides and ODlis to be foj.dt-fj bach from <Jha post without danger ? ?' injuring t liev me, and thus it mail >ir fctieji end can lift machine easily, The itosts re left upoitM/'C boards lo <Jr.v and should not be (O?lhcd for four days or a wci. jf the worithef is dl'y tiny should be sprinkled once 0? twice a day to retard tb,0 ".setting," which makes them strougOiT. as- ?oon as i hey have pel nja neiit ly "set," ,0.1 burdened, pile them up as you would Mil) post. I he iv enforcing wires are placed by ,'torillg one-eighth inch holes ill each nod of machine For average work Inc. \ill be enough, but If a strong post is it. - red use live. Through these Ides string Nv' p wire. Which is im? ??'hied i'i tin- concreto ami thus strengthens the posts, pMFPtitlng any vibration or strain rroiu breaking i bein. F.n.! |iOStS may be inoldqd will, boles at proper place to which you can attach braces with boitu. Fraorance of Hay. The agreeable <>?loc of freshly cut hay is Imparted to it by certain plants of Hie family of the labiates, such as the *.t la<| burlier, Woodruff, sweet trefoil, etc., but to particular by the so called M'tn v. grass or vernal grass (AnthOX until m odor it lint). This latter Is a very precocious grnmbia that nourishes as early as the Olid ->f April or the be ing of May. it gio.^s ,'n low ami thick tufts ami thrives Chiefly fresh and Shaded ground. Vow. should you ask us wtltftCO this .?? ir of tin; spring grass which to hay Imparts Its fragrance. It Is due to the aromatic principle called coumnrlti by the chemists, This substance Is also extracted from the ObOVC mentioned plants in which it appears in appro* C'lnblo quantities and used In the man ufacture of perfumes as well ns In medicines in the form of sedative and carminative pnstes and sirups aguiuft bronchitis, whooping cough, etc. THE BANNER FARM STATE. Missouri Tracts Smaller, but In Num ber Tbsy Exceed Others. Missouri has more farms than any other state in the Union. Within her borders are 284.880 farms, which aver age 120 acres to the farm. The Im proved land to each farm averages 7', acres, or 02'j per eent. These figures are based on the last census report. According to the reporl of the com merce and labor bureau, the farms of Missouri are worth $34.75 an acre. Among the states of the middle west Missouri has smaller farms than many of them. Ohio is an exception, where 270.000 farms only avorago 88 acres each. Illinois has 201,000 farms of 124 acres each. Iowa has 228.000 farms of 151 a- res each. Kansas has 17.'i.000 farms of 228 acres. In the United States farms average 140 acres, but only 00 per conl is Improved land. 1'. It, Mumford, professor of animal husbandry in the college of agriculture In the University of Missouri, has pre pared so mo Interesting facts about the amount of live stock there Is on an nvertigo Missouri farm. This is con sidered a prent mule state, and yet there are four times as many horses as there uro lUUlOS In Missouri. The equipment as Professor Mumford gives it is: fifteen cattle, four horses, one mule, tvveniy-sl.v ho^s. live sheep and a fraction of a coat. Fully one-third of the state's popula tion depend directly or Indirectly upon animal products for their existence. The income from animals and animal products is $1:10.000.000 annually. Fif ty live per cent of the farmers have their principal income from live stock in fact, innre than $800.000,000 are Invested In farms, live stock and equip ment for stock raising, Missouri tdtinds third in the middle west as the stale having the largest number of renters on the farms. Illi nois farms are tilled by dl per cent owners and .".!> per eent tenants. The percentage of tenancy In Iowa is .'<4.u, while Missouri has only three tenants in ten farmers, which means that sev en farmers out of leu in Missouri do not pay rent, hut have the title of their farms resting in themselves. The per centngti of tenancy in Ohio is 27.5, but in Michigan it drops to 15.0. There is said to be a tenant on land of Onvld Itaukiu, in the northwest pari of the state, making as much as $10.000 a year on rented In ml. Tenant farming in Missouri as well as in nil Hie best agricultural states Is said to be on the Increase. Missouri elm s net got so much return from her lands per acre as do many of the other states According to the last census report, the money made on each ac re of improved land in Missouri was $0.58 an acre. This Is much less than In any of ttic best states surrounding Missouri. The return per acre In Ohio was si::.:;.;: Michigan, $12.42; Illinois, SI2.48: Iowa. $12.22. Seeds a Cent Apiece. Ginseng seeds are worth 1 cent apiece, or from .>stt (o $100 a pound. Dried root is worth $0.25 a pound. When first growing from the seed the ginseng plants have two forks or stalks and one leaf oil each stalk. The second year it adds another leaf on t'iic,h part, and the third year the plant .. .. s in three parts with three leaves Oju ,eucl, and this year a seed ball forms. This crows .diiv.i ffOM the main sin Ik of i be plant and from /our to' jl Inches above two foliage. The nv'ei ago plant produces from fifty to sixty i-i'i ds ami sometimes goes as high us loo seeds. Wild plains yield b'dt?r than cultivated. The fourth and llfth years one leaf is added to each stalk. The llfth year the pi.1 ni is full grown, bavins three forks and live leaves on each stalk. it grows from one to two feet In height, sometimes as Inch as twen (j se.V?.0 .Inches. The leaves are broad and Hat. about four inches lone ami two Inches wj<J?, v, I. .en full grown with ftSfiAlJopcd edges. it 4afc?s five years to tfW .the FiO?t from seed ffljf market and eiffblv >>\ mouths to gerrnjoal/i the see,d fv, growth. There is more cultivated r?.Ojt now on the market than wild. Tb/< plants are found on high, dry laud b* t(,tf woods and never In swampy places. ^' _?t*. ,Mow Color Affects Growth. *' /Color Agriculture Is (he latest, fa mine Kuuuu.<y'ion put seedlings of the r.nsilive plant udo four different houses?an ordimuy conservatory, a i.iim house, an ordinary greenhouse and a red house. After a few nf?jj/lh? waiting he found the little plants b, the blue house practically Just as Inv had put them In. They seemingly had fallen nsleep and remained unchanged. If} the green glass house they had cro ,vo moro (ban In the ordinary glass .iiouSC. but (ljekv P'.oro weedy and poor. In the red housi the .-.?.-<,.11,'ngs bad be come positive giants, .WCjll nou?,'.sbed Hind well developed, fifteen time/i as big as /ho normal plant. In the red light the plant had become hyper sensitive. It was found that the blue Held retards the proOOSfldi of decay as well as those of growth. Stick to the Country. Lifo In u metropolis makes young children sharp, but not clever. It often destroys their chance of ever being ol^VOr, for It hastens the derelopment m/ its-! brain unnaturally; It makes theip superficial, alert, but not observ ant; excitable, but without one spark of enthusiasm, They are apt >o grow blase, tickle, discontented. They' ??o more things than the country bred child, but TlOt BUCh Interesting things, and they do not properly see anything, for they have neither the Mine nor ca pacity to get at the root of all the be wildering objects they crowd Into their little lives. LAND AND WATER! See me about selling that property of yours or about buying before you buy. Get my plan it never failes when I can get a buyer. L have a lot of choice property in Clinton for sale, write or phone me and see if 1 can interest you. P. S. Jeans CLINTON, S. C. BELL PHONE, NO. 75 Buy a Farm Now! In the fall of the year is the lime the to buy a nice farm, you will soon have to plan for next vears work, so come let us show what we have listed,. We have recently had some exceptional nice farms listed for sale ranging from 21 to 200 acres. Prices from $15.00 011 up. We have farms all over the county well located as to Neighborhood, Churches and Schools and we can please from our list. Laurens Trust Co. C. A. Power, Mgr. Real Hstate Department. Now Is The 1 ime Sullivan's Store The Place Just arrived a lot of fine Seed Wheat, Seed Rye and Barley, 1000 bushels pure Indian Territory Red Rust Proof Oats the kind that grow tall and head heavy free from Moll Wevil. We have received within the last week one car Henry Clay Flour the liest on earth, a car of Copy right and a car of the Best Second Patent Flour, price right. We handle fresh water ground Corn Meal, ground out best Fast Tennessee White Corn. Fresh lot of White Lake Fish in kits, reliable brand of Cheese none better, fresh juicy Hams, Sun Cured Dried Apples, and a Jgt fif oj)ior goods too numerous to mention here. We (.?airy o nice line of Sj/o< s. ran save you money if you will trade at J. H. Sullivan Laurens, S. ('. Headquarters for Bagging and Ties Sow Vetch and Alfalfa (let fresh seed from me. A full line of Fountain Syringes Dr, Posey's Drug Store nunu J. X. Leak, ihca. j k. porroli, Sec'y. Jl eg We hope to merit the business ?,i iim pubjic a( large ^ and solicit sum... |g Apply to us for terillH ?8 Southern Co-Operative & ? Collection Agency * ?5 Gray Court, S. C. & mm *? Rusines placed with Un Jnm >v(\H recejYe jnouyi &j |?? attention. Wj