Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION. $ Miss Josephine Fuller is at home trom Baltimore. Mr. Nlles A. Craig of Greenwood Avas in the city Monday. Miss Nora Taylor visited home peo blre at Princeton this week. Miss Josie Hawkins, of Keysvllle, Vn? is visiting in the city. Mrs. A. J. Taylor and little daughter tiro visiting relatives at Crocs Keys. Mr. James Stout of Virginia is vis- ; hing his friend, Mr. William M Me (!owan. Mi.s Untie Boul'ware of Lake City la among the home-coiners for the holiday season. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross Dor roll of Gray Court spent Christmas with rela-j 5'vcs In the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Switzer and child- J " a of Woodruff spent Christmas with relatives In the city. Mr. Marvin Franks of Charleston is spending the week In Laurens with relatives and friends. Miss Hannah Calhoun of Ninety Six is visiting at the home of the 3 !'?n. f. p. McQowan, Mr, MacFnrlane Irby of Charleston 4t? upending the week with relatives and friends In the city. Miss Manic Vrmstrong is at home l ?in Ashboro, \. C, where she is en gaged in the millinery business. Mr. Reuben Clardy ol Mulllns was 1 I ? re for Christmas, as the gUOSt of bis mother Mis. lohn M. Clardy. Mrs. S. M. Wright and sons. Frank! .(1 Thomas, of Woodruff spent the ? ick-cnd with relatives in (his city. Miss Fannie Mae Wright of rlght8ville, Ga., is with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wright, for the ??ek. dr. Gordon Garlington of Hender- . !? inville. N. C? spent Sunday and Mon- J v with his mother. Mrs. J. C. Garl ngtoa. vlls.i Vi' viniu Brt-wnlee of *.l! any. | ,. ., is spending the holidays in the '?'ty, the guest of her sister. Mrs. A. ? :. Todd. 'adets Hen Sullivan. Tom Lake aud ;-,i> Sitgreaves are at home from the South Carolina Military Academy, 'airiest.n. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy and Miss Lionet t of Wllliston came jp Monday visit, their parents, Mr. and Mrs. ..nid K. Rarnett. M033!'S Alison and Arthur Lee. edi-I ' ? .'s and proprietors of The Adver-; ? ier. spent Christmas at their old nie in Greenwood. Mr. .loe Sparks, t: e always-inter i > llni? newspaper writer of Columbia. -. ent Sunday in the clt.v with his pnr rda Mr. and Mrs Jonas Sparks, Mr. William O. Rnrksdale of tho j & W. C. railroad olllces at Spartnn 1 fg was here Sunday, the guesl of i)preu! : Ah. and Mrs. D. C. Harks-' Ma .'vn.es F. Reaves of i'.lberton, ? :.t.. spent Monday In the cdty with mother. Mrs. Ka'herine R<mvos. :., d his sister. Mrs. 1.0vi Stone, re ?nllig to hi? home Monday night. Me Siuai'i MillvV who former' ' 11v-;j (-I tu I aureus and has tunny IVienda . re was married Monday a ft or upon hi Abbeville to Miss Mnbry. 'lias i, "rgai'ci Miller of this city alt" nded ; i ? marriago. Miss Lola And' ison of the I Ionen . t|, school laeulty. Misi Nannie Hnbb of tho FairvievV school and Nliss Mary . ,.;i Hnbh of the Townvllle High ? honi are at home ior the Christmas i rilidayfl. With all their children at home. tdV, and Mrs. .lames A. Clardy etijoy < i a family reunion this wee:;, the I mieeniners being Mr and Mis. ? auk Coil.ran of Atlanta, Mr Broad is Clardy of Columbus, (in., Mr. ? mcs M. ( lardj ol Columbia and Miss Pearl Clardy of Winthrop college. Mr. and Mrs. Poster Simpson have ? ith then this week their children WhO now reside elsewhere Messrs William Wells Simpson and Charles T. S'mpa. n of Aueusta, Richard Simp i ,n Of the University Of South Caro la and Miss Elizabeth Simpson of tr.c College for Women, Columbia. Tho following young people wli/> rave been attending Winthrop college i -e at home for the Christmas holi Mya: Misses Willi.? Dorroh, Cora /.rmstrong, Shirley Mix, Lily Miller. Ruth Payne, Catherine. Irby. Lillian eterson. Sara Mabb, Charlotte Mc owan. Marguerite Tolbert. Ruth ?'rown, Kdmonla Garrett, Imogene Wilkes. ; **??*****??*=*#**###**** ?**i j 1 What is a Too of Manure Worth? |' ********* *vj** ********* + We can not tell you specifically what a ton of manure is worth. It is practica)Jy not worth anything as' ; long as it remains in the stable or in the yard. It is worth less poten tially every diy it is exnosed 'o the weather; for the rains wash out the ; liquid portion which is really the j most valuable part of it. while its place it taken by water, which has no manural value whatever. Therefore., the value of a ton of manure depends largely on yourself, or just how you use it. Manure is the residuum of animal feed, that part of it which the animal can not use. Its original value, there fore, depends on the feeds. Manure from animals fed on straw will have1 some value as a source oi humus, but comparatively little as a sourco of supply of the esseiltia elements of fer tility. Manure from cattle fed heavily on clover, alfalfa, oil meal, or cotton seed meal, will have great value. Ma- j nute from cattle fed largely on corn will have great value, but less than the last. So the value of the manure depends very largely on the valUe of the feed. its value varies also with the water content Manure from cattle contains a large amount of water. Maim re from horses and sheep ha:- much less, 'jeeause. an nci'UUU of the shape of the bowel, it comes in pellets or bails, and hence has a chance to dry out. Therefore, it has much more ultl'OgOU, nhosphorus and potassium per ton than that from cattle. This is partic ularity true of sheep, on account of the | exceeding dryness of the product. 'I'h.'it. again much depends upon* the land to vlncli it is applied Worn-OUt land that is hungry makes a much better immediate use of it than land that Is rich anil is therefore not hun gry for manure. In other words, the results are more Immediately appar ent. Much depends on the amount that is applied. Ordinarily farmers apply too much manure per acre. I'ntll the day of manure spreaders they could scarcely avoid ttiit?. as thev could not cover the bround completely with a smaller amount. Again, much depends on the way It is spread. Manure spread with a spreader Is worth often one-third more the first year than that spread by fork, for the simple reason that there Is an even distribution and the plant can utilize it all the more rpilckly. Much of the value of manure de pends upon the place at which it is put in the votftton. When farm ma nure has been applied on lard that Is In good heart, we should follow it up with a gross feeding ..?rop, such as corn or potatoes, and then follow that ?Ith crops not such gross feeders, or. as one might *ay. more delicate In their tastes or appetites Too great an application of manure, to wheat or oats or any vind of grain on land thai is well supplied with fer tility already will be v. ry likely t. produce loo rank growth. You car. safety apply almost any amount tc | pastures, because the u:\ sses ni gross feeders and Ihe danger of lo ir lng is much less. The same Is t; uc < i corn. Again, the cash vnlue of n Ion o" mnnur'j depends on the jtvu'koi price of Ihe grains to be raised, A ton of manure of any kind Is worth a good deal more when corn ?-? ? ??'.'?' cenls n hu ihi 1 than whi n ll Is hyenty.llve eenls. or when wiienl is h dollar than when ii is worth only half thai much. In short, tlr? price of Ih'o cop hns eii to do v, Ith t'i" value of ihe n ? ;::i it will bo seen thai we can not | answer Ibis question d finitely. The, number of dollars a mnn gets out of! a ton of manure will flap! 11(1 quite as much on himself and Ills management as anything else. It Is up to us to get the greatest possible vtlluo Olli of It. The value we get one year Will be more or less than we got the year be- 1 fore. The value we gel from it in one, crop will be more or less than the value in number. Again, ivo do hoi get all Ihe value ! of manure out of a crop in the first year. The results Will 1)0 SOOH for two. three or four years, sometimes longer. This Is the ivnson why Rug land lUH laws which secure payment to the outgoing tenant for the value of unexhaut'ted manures. In our coun try when the tenant on a one-year least* moves, the landlord confiscates the unexhausted -.nine, something thai >\ iil '.e remedied by 'eglslatlon by ' and by. The conclusion, therefore, is: Get 1 the manure out on the land just as quickly as you can. The quicker you get it out, the more valuable it is. Von will get more value out of it If ! you apply It at that point In the rota tion where it will he valuable all through; for example, if you put it on meadow or pasture which you In tend to plow up and put in corn or potatoes, if you get it out in the win ter as fast as It is made, so much the better. Von may have to lose a little through leaching, but nothing like as much from leaching in the held as if you allow it to leach in the yard. It is well to study this manure ques tion carefully this winter. It is a by product that is not yet half appreci ated. Time was when men burned tip their straw stacks to get rid of them, when they dumped their manure into a nearby stream to get rid of it. That was in the days of agricultural ignor ance. We know better now. We know it has value, great value. We do not know bow much in any given year. What its real value is depends largely on ourselves. When corn is worth fifty cents, the manure from well-fed cattle, if hauled out at once, should he worth two dollars a ton. One hundred tons of manure should be worth two hundred dollars. There is often enough manure around the barn to pay off say two-thirds of the rent in any given year, provided it is applied wisely. Many persons find themselves affect ed with a persistent cough after an attack of Influenza. As this cough can he promptly cured by the use of Ohamberlaln's Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on until it becomes troublesome. Sold by Lau rens Drug Co, Would Hoar lnvcstliratiou. in an account of the paroling of Herman E. King, of Greenwood coun ty, in "The state"' Thursday, It Is stated that King Is "lighting against an attack of pneumonia am) is threat ened with a serious Illness, the first in 10 years." We would like to know what that "serious illness" Is. There arc en tirely too many reports coming from our penitentiary of convicts suffering from Tuberculosis. A little investi gation into the penitentiary might find affairs something like that at the asylum, where it was shown thai tilth and dirt abounded. There is no rea son why the convicts in the South Carolina penitentiary should not be given every protection against this dread disease. It can be avoided by a certain amount of car > and the peo ple of the Slate should demand that this care he taken. If there is any p|ace in the worin wTiere the direc tions of scientists in th3 treatment of this disease could lie carried out. it should he in an institution of this kind where the demands of the treat ment can he in forced. There Is too much consumtlon at the penitentiary. ASSESSOR'S- XOT1CK Tho auditor's olllee will bo open from the fust of Jaiiusmy to tho UUtb of February. 1911, to make returns of all personal property for taxation and> wherever changes have been mado lm real estate. For the convenience af taxpayer, tho auditor or Ii 1? deputy will attend | the following named pla<mn to receive' returns for said year to wit: Clinton, January 9. frum 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Lydia Mills, Juuuary 9, faam 5 p. m. to 8 p. m. Heimo, January 10, from 10 n. in. to 2 p. m. Clinton Mill's. January 10) from 5 p. in. to 8 p. m. Mount villi-, January 11, frotn 10a. m. to 2 p. m. Cross HUH January 12, frwm 10 a. m. to 2. p. m. Waterloo, January 13, from 10 a. m. 2. p. in. Dr. w. c. Thompson's, January t6. from 10 a. OA to 2 p. in. Martin's Store. January 1\ from 9. a. in. to 12 m. Brewerton, January 17. iwni 1 p. in. to 4 p. nr. Sharp's Store. January 1S\. from 9. a. in. to 12 in. Princeton, January is, from I p. m. to 4 p. in. Tumbling Shoals, January 1!>. from 10 a. m. to 2. I?. in. 1). D. Harris's, January 20v from 9 a. in. to 12 nr. Abner Bnbb's, January 20, from 2 p tU, ">' |*4. in. V. A. White. Januuy. JJ, from ? ?. in. to 12 ta. j Stewart'? Sture, January 23, from 2 p. in. to p. in. I Cook's St OKo ..I an nary 23! from 10 a. I in. to 2 p> TO. Young's s?-s?re. January- "V fnini 10 'a. in. to 2 p? in Pleasant xvaond. January '.is>. from 9 a. m. to 12m Landford,. January ftwa 2. p. m. to r> p. m Ora, Janua-.y 21. from !> -t'.na fjo 12 m. Watts Mill. January 27, from 2 p, m. 5o ft p. in. All mule ^-?slr-ens between the a/- -a ?.f 2t and G-l! years on th?"lbt of Janu ary, except chose who are Incapable of earning aiiVipport from Using maim ed or from other causes, are deemed polls, Confeifevute veterans exceptod. All taxja.Mjrs are require-d to give Township nrttl No of Sein til District; nfso state whet lie i property is situated' la town or country. 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