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. V,4. On and after TO-YDAY, days o~ grace are abolished. A n1w aw. Please note th yel o te ro to whc it isapid1ro 5t0 acr of grun fro 10 to 200 ponsofprntoe alOrPann and other podAY earin ofgracegume gen when youA ngbret it fee R. McLEES, Clito. C. ..w.. ....r..a~w - ....w r+......... ......."+..rw Are - ou Usig Niain? Your neighbors are using it and they say it increases the yield of the crop to which it is applid, from 25 to 100 per cent. Besides this it causes that erop to store in each acre of ground from 100 to 200 pounds of pure nitrogen for the benefit of the next crop. Nitrogen in commer cial fertilizers costs YOU about, 20,cents a pound. Use Nitragin and you get it FREE from the air. Apply it to all your Peas, Beans and other pod bearing or legume crops. Can you afford to pay 20 cent a poud for Nitro gen when your neighbor gets it FREE? Full information gladly given. R. C. McLEES, Clinton, S. C. * " IHOMEMADE GOODSI * 0 O AreThe Cheapest and The Best * " We alays have on hand a stock of home-made wagon an plow singletrees, one and two horse plow heanis, douhnetree and ainy wagon rep~airs you may need1." " Buggy tops recovered an repaired on short notice. ionl't throw the rig top away, we can fx it asoo as new. Cityod Wrkand petyandkFamhg 0ad LEADES STATES IN VALUES PER ACRE Government Figures Place South Carolina First. Cover Twelve Crops Columbia, S. C., March 28.-"Very often we hear it stated that if we could only get the value of our agricultural products per acre up to what it is in the states of the diddle West, South Carolina would be the greatest state in the Union," remarked Commission er Watson yesterday. "The truth of the matter is that South Carolina has a greater value per acre for the 12 leading crops--corn, wheat, oats, bar ley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, llaxseed, cotton, rice and tobacco, rep resenting more than 90 per cent. of the total area of all crops--than any state in the Middle West, than any oth or slate in the South and than any other state inl the Union with the ex m''ption of Nevada, Arizona, Massachut Petts, Rhode ]sland, Now .1ersey, -'o1 neenitetot, the only six states which exceed the distinguished little pioicer. In Vol um01e of agriculture none of t hese six states could be called an taricul tural slate, as agriculttal states go today, antd tha.t being true, whte:1 we c(onsider the voune of prodlnieth In mei(aisltre(l in millions of dollars. the farm of I191;, for v:tiite per acre of crops, belongs to South Carolina. O(iicial Figures. "Of course, nobody had dremCed, perhap , that this would happet, and 1 hardly believed it nyselfr today, when I got from Washington these average values per acre of the 12 erons combined in each of the states of the Union. South Carolina's value per acre is $25.18, Georgia's is only $20.80, North Carolina's is very close ill) to the Palmetto State with $21.81, Virginia's is $23.69, and then they tum ble. The socalled great. agricultural producing section of the Middle West runs like this: "Ohio, $19.29; Indiana, $17.28; 1111 nois, $14.87; Iowa, $17.01; Missouri, $1?.29; Michigan, $16.83; Wisconi. $19.41 ; Minnesota, $14.26; North iDa kota, $8.15; South Dakota, $9.48; Ne braska, $10.85; Kansas, $7; Tennessee. $18.01. "In the rest of the South not men tioned above it runs this way: "Alabama, $20; Mississippi, $19.62; Louisiana, $19.05; Texas, $18.52; Ok lahoma, $10.06; Arkansas, $18.56. "In the Far West, with the excep tions I have noted, New Mexico and Navada, the highest figures are $20 and $20.25 in California. Up in the East the figures are: "Maine, $23.72; New Iampshire, $20.11; Vermont, $20.78; Massachu setts, $;12.34; Connecticut, $37.63; New York, $19.33; New Jersey, $29.02; Pennsylvania, $21.34; Delaware $18.47 "The average for the entire United States is $16.31, which is just exactly I cent more than it was in 1909. Iegional Averages. "It ought to be pretty convincing also to the people who come down and 1(ook aroutnd the South and say that' ir time condItions her'e wvere 'like they are at home what a paradise it would lbe,' to know that the aver' age value per acr'e of these 12 ctrops in the South Atlantic States is $22.54. which is higher than in any other section of the UnIted States. In the North Atlantic States It is $21.08, in theo Eaist Notrth Cenitral States it Is $17.07, In the West Notrth Central States it is $11.52, in the South Central States it. Is $17.45, and in time far Western States it is $19.59. "Thme increases since 1909 show that the South Atlantic States outstrip thmo etirte coun ttry. In both the East andl West North Centrtal States there has been a steadIy declIne, and thIs is triue of thme Notrth Atlantic States. In other words, these oticial feeral fig iurtes thait have just been 15ssued show beyondtll qu (iestlotn of (lollblt that abile we htave only as yet begutn to scr~atch the surface or our opporntut ntities here ini thte Soitth Atlantic States, agriculturally, these S'tates are today the leaders in agricutltur-al itioduttion whent measurd by thet only triue yard( stick, which is the~ ae I ual valute of the crops produced on each acre of land Cuitivatedl and South Carolina Leiads. "They bring to the eyes of the world what is evetr more important to us people hetre In S'outh Car'olina, andl that is the fact that South Carolina, vol ume of aigticutltural production con sidlered1, is itndeed thme leading state in the Amerilcan Unilon today in ag rictultutral endeavor'. It demonstrates to the outside world that the methods we have been employing in thte last ' eile in South Carolina to increase a verage prodnet Ion pet' acre of the 12 lending cr-ops of the country has brought her to time forefront atnd that site is actually in advance at tis time or any of her sister states b~y pterhlaps several years. " occurs to me that we as a peo ple ought to thank the federal gov ernment for collatitng and publishing to the world thiese official figures, for fliey ar'n asiint answer to th.ma from Iowa, the man from Illinois, and the man from Cichigan, who cimes down on a trip to look the situation over and because things happen not to be done exactly in the way he is doing then, begins to discourse at length about the great productive power of his country and to scorn the conditions that his eyes 'rest upon around him. "1 meet such every day, and here after, for this yeast at least, I shall keep these federal official figures with me all the time, and when I strike sm:ch a man, quietly hand them to him to study and thenin a brotherly man ner advise him to come aind 'make his home in what ten years ago, when conditions were pitiaole, I was hold enough to proclaim to the outside world was-as it is now-"The Gar den Country of America.' Card to Voters. To file Voters of Laurens County: I have entered the race for superv is or of iallreis county. expect lg to win on mny ability to fill the position and to please the people. A: I have been aw~y from the comity for a large part of MiY 1 in' during th' Pist ('ig2ht years, 1 fee:l thal the' people are not well enigh aci:uileld with rne to know wh2'ther or not I ami1 able to do th' difties colnnected with the oilice of sup'ervisor they should be done. Therefore, I have secutnred letters of recomnendatilon froim the i railroad of licials with whom I have worked dur Ing this period and now lay then be fore you for your information. 'They are as follows: From S. A. L. uanIway llamlet, N. C., Feb. 21, 1914. Mr. 13. R. Todd, L.aurens, S. C. Dear Sir: - I amt glad to learn that you are a candidate for county supervisor and trust you will be successful in land ing the position. I believe if you are elected and put forth the same energy in that work that you (lid while with me in the railroad service, you will please the people. With best wishes, I am, Yours truly, 1). L. Goss, Superintendent. From Southern Rail way Company Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 23, 1911. Mr. B. R. Todd, Laurens, S. C. )ear Sir: It gives ime pleasure to state that your services in the Engineering De partment with this Company were en tirely satisfactory, and I will be glad to commend you to anyone desiring anyone in this capacity. Yours truly, J. S. Lemmond, 'Engr. M. W. From Central of Georgia Ry. Co. S'avannah, Ga., Feb. 21, 1914. Mr. B. R. Todd, Laurenis, S. C. Dear Sir: - Yours of 20th askliig for a letter coverIng youir work under me as con struction foreman. Insteadl of glving yell a general let ter on this subject, I wold suggest that you refer to nie and~ I will he very glad to fell of your service upon api iplication of the parties asking for same. Yours very truly, C. P. Hlammond, Englieer Maintenance of WVay. I would be glad to answer any rluestions which the voters might care to ask mec. Yours very trumly, B. R. Todd, Lauirens, S. C. Dheafness Cannot He cured b~y local applicatIons, as they cannot reach the dliseaised portlon of the car. There Is only one way to enuro deaf ness, and1( that is by const itutional rgn.. edies . Deafness Is caused by all in flamed condition of thle mulCOus lIning of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling 50ound( or imperfect hecarinig, and when it Is entirely closed, deafness is the result, andI uunless th inflammiationi can be0 taken out anid hlis tubie restor ed to its normalI con lition, hearing will lie destroyed for er; nine cases out of teln are en ae4 by Catar~rh, which Is nothin gbu" Iiflamed con dlItlon of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hunidred Dollars for any case of deafness (caused b~y catarrhi) that cannot lie cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. Send for circu lars, free. P. JT. Chieney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 750. Trake Hlall's Famnily Pills for consti pation. Meeting of Camp GarlIngton. Camp (Garlington N~ 501 will hold its ar'iual meeting for urposes of the election of officers, cl ct ion of dlele gates to State and ('i ral Reunions, payment of dues and the transac tion of other business, at the office of Proba te JTudge Thornpson on Monday April 6, 1914. 'A full attendance is desired. W. P. Coker, J. A. P. Moore, Commander. Adjutant. What do you do for your frut? Insure yield, flavor, and shipping quality .*.- by supplying adequate available Potash. POTASH makes strong wood, and early and continuous bcaring. la go r swr itsin annually 200 pounds Murinte or , r : , ," Sufate of 1"Mash per ere, have found that P o t ash Pays. " V So wil you if youn s a 10% to 12% Potash mixture. - Write or our Ir books and formulas, also for prices on Potash in any :count from one 200-pound bng up. GERtAN KAlE WO S. Inc.. 42 Broadway. New York 'NChica McCormick Slock Savannah, Bank A Trust Bldg. hNew Orleans, Whtntey Central Bank Bldg. San Francisco, 25 California St. Atlanta, Empire Bldg. SBoys Corn Club & I will give 5 Sacks of 10-2--4 Guano to the boy who uses Planters Fertilizer and Ifmakes the most Corn on one acre this year. Three sacks to the next boy and two sacks to the third boy. Boys, use 10-2-4 Guq"o. I keep it in the Ware House at Laurjns. W. CARL WHIAtRON NEW With the patssiing of the sombre shades for winter wear the eye is relieved by the appearance of the brighter tints for sprmng wear. A full line of Dress Fabrics just opened. Among the dif ferent weaves shown, Crepes and Ratines have an equal chance for popularity. These all comec in new colorings. While many other attractive fabrics are shown. An endless variety in Wa'lsh Iabries, Gingham, Galatea and Percales. 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