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VOLUME XXX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1914. CAMPAIGN T [NCOR of GRAIN CROPI Meetings to be Held in AlI ! First in This County For some unaccountable reason the grain campaign meeting which was to have been held in this city Monday by Commissioner Watson and Mr. W. W. Long was not held. It is thought that the plans were changed on account of an urgent call from the lower part of t~e state to begin in . that section. However, Mr. Watson has re-arranged the campaign itinerary and will r rive in Laurens to hold a meeting this afternoon. The following telegram was received by Mr. N. B. Dial, in ref erence to the meeting, yesterday: Mr. N. B. Dials, . Laurens, S. C., oParty will reach Laurens for meet Ing fIve o'clock Wednesday afternoon and, can also hold night meeting. 1E. J. Watson, Commissioner. While nothing further is obtainable as to the meeting at this place, the tel egram of Commissioner Watson is suf ficient notice that it will be held. It is supposed that the meeting will take place In the Court House. Alms of the Campaign. A full account of the proposed grain campaign as taken from "The State" follows: "South Carolina's grain campaign, the first to be held in the South, will begin tomorrow, when representatives of the State department of -agricul ture, Clemson college and the United States farm demonstration work will visit several points in Sumter and Lee counties. Wednesday the pai-ty will travel to Piedmont counties by way. of Newberry and Laurens. The campaign this week will include 14 counties. The members of the par t.y hop0 to carry the message of grain to nearly overy county in the State within 10 days. "For every acre planted in cotton In South Carolina next year there must be two acres of wheat or other crops. This is required under the cotton acre age reduction law passed at the extra sesion of the general assembly. "The grain campaign party will be made .up of W. W. Iong, State agent for the United States farm demonstra tion work and director of the Clemson extension department; A. G. Smith, agriculturist of the national farm management office; J. C. Stratton, grain elevator expert of Chicago and I,. J. Watson, State commissioner of agriculture. "Commissioner Watson has learned. with interest that the business men of Anderson have taken interest in the visit of an expert on constructing tvrain elevators. "It is of great Im portance that we have these elevators throughout the state, said Commis sioner Watson yesterday. 'They will afford the opportunity for the farmer to get ready sale for his seed, and furthermore they willl pay a uniform price according to the grade. With ele vators in operation throughout the state, the far'mers will in a year or two knowv and talk grain as they know and talk cotton today. I believe that The nature of our agriculture will be changed beoforo long, jijhve werked With (M~ eImd in view for years, and I have seen the tendency toward intoro grain and tulor beet ettttf and It was comitig sooner or later, but this great ha. U 1153 ynn an impetus that could not have been had in any other way, "'Pwo groat things are essential for the farmers to to giveti good seod, and for the lfnanl Who haakes the ad vances to atgree to take ba rent money ci' bg iDay f6P~ Adpplien in grain. ierofoi) WoitOt has been the basis of iVe'M 'Abd that is one thing that, has heh to keep the renter down. if hA 'could find some way to get is W ain accepted as legal tenden', he would plant more of it.' "When J. C. Stratton, ei'ator ex hpert, was here recently, h'b stated that., for some time, especit'Oy 'in the last tour years, tho 'eyers of the - West. had been turned (owaI'd the Solith and| there had bden 'mutch wonder how long before thb South would awake to a realization of her possibilitieis in the matter o'f prodlucing gr'aln. lie declared that it is but little short of crl-minal for the farmers in the South to be buying their grain and their AGE CULTIVATION i IN SOUTH CAROLINA sections of South Carolina rhis Afternoon. feedstuffs. "'There is a great lack of correct information on this subject,' he said. 'The people in the Middle West do not produce such tremendous yields, and, they have but one cro) a year. For the greater part of the winter they are huddled around the fireside. rhe Western farmer who can get 50 to 76 bushels of grain per acre is do mg well. Of course your yields in the South are much smaller-only be cause the lands have been permitted to go to waste. A few years of grain crops properly handled will make the soil richer and the farmers will never return to cotton. "'One trouble, a great trouble, that I have found in the South," said Mr. Stratton, "is the fact that the farmers do not break up the soil deeply enough. The ground is too hard. That may discourage some of the far-mers the first year that they plant grain. But the way to overcome this condition of the ground is by rotating crops and gradually breaking the soil deeper and deeper and in a few years there will be a -loam of several inches in top. I am informed that in An derson county, where farmers use tractor plows, the soil has been deep ened to the extent of some eight or -en inches by gradual and intelligent cultivation in that manner. However, for the first year a light crop of oats would be proiltable in this wonderful climate of the South, for it would be 'ollowed by a corn crop and then pos sibly by cowpeas and all of this Would far more than offset tile valie of the superior yield of the Western crop. "'In the west farmers have become well-to-do on corn and grain. Some have in a year or two paid for their farms and they have but the one crop a year there. in the South the profts4 should be handsome. "An elevator system would handle all kinds of grain and would give a market for the sale of the grain in the seed or for the crushed and manu.. factured -product. There are hun dreds of brands of 'shipped' foods for horses and cattle and hogs and chick ens coming into this State, and the elevator with but little additional cost could pilt in a grinder to chop feed. Rye, oats, eowpeas and all sorts of farm products of this kind could be ground and mixed and marketed at the saving of the freights and the brokers' fees." Another advantage of the elevator is that the farmer by having his grain cleaned and graded gets from 2 to 4 cents a bushel more for it, a. shown by the records. As it now is, when a farmer has oats or other gralin for sae he goes to townm and either accepts whatever som6 store keeper offers or takes the graIn home, httt the storekeeper canl not be blameid, for he may not wvant thle grain at all, and it might be a burdlen on his hands. lBut the elevator would take tile grain onl tihe basis of tihe beat prevailing lie es tile country over and would 13o ghdl to get it and to forward it to the near COURT ADJOUltNTED SATURDAY. Equity and Appeal Casest Heard Fri day and Saturday, Adjoili'hinent of the Oiinofl Diahd court was taken Saturday httrniobn after a two weeks' ensao1. 'The jury was excused f'dm further service Thursday h'terhbn and the two sue eednk 'aI were devoted to equity *& Mieal cses. T cases not noted in the last is %ke of (r'ho AdvertIser and tried Wed nesday and Thursday were as follows: The ease of A. M. Rlamage vs 'Ow lngs & Dobo, involvIng the ownership of some cotton, was decided in favor of Owlngs & Bobo. In the case of W., M.'/Caldwell vs 0. W. StIgall, this being a suilt over the moving of a tenant from the prem'iass of W. M. Caldwell, a verdict was ren dered for the defendant. The next term of court will be the general ssons court In March, wvhen Judge Ernest Moore, of Lancaster, wvill nrIlfeIne GREATEST LIVE STOCK SHOW PANAIV ..... ........ 3N ..,.. Copyright, 1914, by Panama Pacifc Inter The greatest and most comprehe Panama-Pacific International Expositi every country in the world, including More than one-half million dollars Is the vast live stock barns, covering a live stock show will last throughout ALMOST ALL RE(OVERIED. Victinis of Grand Stand ('ollaie have Generally Showed Improvement. Higgins Bryson, tlhe Miountville lad who hals ben in th e hospital since be ing injured when the county fair grandstand collapsed In October, Is rhidly recovering and will probably leave the hospital this week. It ivll be remembered that his leg was brok en between the knee and thigh. lie has been very cheerful during his con finement and has made a mnodel pa tient. Mr. ani 1. Williams, of the Ilchomi section, was in the city yesterday and stated that his wife, who was also in Jured In the collapse, was injured more than was at first expected and has not yet recovered. However, lie said, he had hopes of her early coni plete recovery. From what can .be learned o( other victims of the accident, all of them are nearly recovered and will experi e'uce no permanent injury. James W. Abrams Dead. Clinton, S. C., Nov. 13.-Mr. Jas. W. Abrams died heni F'uesday night, aged 70. lie had a second stroke of paral ysis several days ago and his condi ton had been critical since. It had been about one year since the first stroke. Ills survivors are his wife. Thos. W. Abrams, lially R. Abrams, Reid Abrams, .Jno. R. Abrams, Mrs. Nannie Truckor, or Clinton, and Mrs. Green Surcey, of Fountain inn. Thie funeral servIces were held hlerc yesterday afternoon1 at the grave inl thec cemetery at tile First Presbyterlan church. At Newv Hatrmony. An oyster and ice cream suppe!)r wvIP bc given at' New Iharmony schoci house Friday night, Nov. 201h, for the~ beniefit of thie school fund. Thle piub 1kc is Invited to attend a: help in the Hpeelai Serices SandIa. 11ev. M. L. Lawson, pa.decr of the First Haptist churchi, hias anlounlCed that he willl preach a spec'aul sermon at the morning service #:inday on the suibject uuH'6m0 Life." In the eVoking lie will preach to the yding people, when he would like to~ hiave a large number of theha hWikent. Thanksghting and the Orphans. The T1iernwell Orphanage, Clinton, has 360 orphans to care for. Nyeory Presbyterian in the State should send a frhanksgiving contrIbu tion to aid in earing for them. T1heo low price of cotton is affecting every benevolent, eduicational and pu~b lie enterprise, but the cotton fa hlere alnd wvill sell for what It is worth after a while. It. sold at four' and a half I ~wr.-ir, tihe orphians cannot wait vevy !dni for their aily brea. IN THE HISTORY OF THE WOR IA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXP 414 ~ 414 national t-xtjosition Conpany. naive live stock show in the history o on. Entrics of valuab!o and rare brel France, lingland, Belgium and other ffered in prizes and purses for winnin lore thia forty acres, with the great ju the period of the exiOsition, from Febr TUCKER CASE ENDED BY SETTLEMENT A~torneis for Mrs. Nanite Tuicket and Clinton Cotton .ills Comie to an1 Agreement. 'I'[e sitit of MIrs. Nannie Tucket, ad mn inistr'ator of the e'state of Tho1a.; I'iucker, vs the 'linton (o:n .h which hasbee draggips inl the'coi t. for several years, has beeni s(tled out of cou rt through ri iamicable adjast.. ment arrived at by thei attorne'; fo both sides. No statement is author ized as to the terms of the scttlemulent. It will be remembered that thih was one of two cases aga inst the (lint on Cotton Mills for damages to the amount of $30,000 each growing out of the death by drowning in the mill! pond of the two little Tucker boyn several years ago. The cases were tried separately and at several terms of court, meeting with varied fortunes. A verdict. for $1,000 was finally secured In the Roy Tucket case and upheld in the Supreme Court. Settlement made by the mill accordingly. In the Thomas Tucker case a ver diet for the defendant company was directed by the court i at the spring term, but th"e Sulprexe C"ourt sustain - ed an appeal for noot her hearing or the Case. T'his ws to have been held 9.t this termi butt was not heard on ac count of thIs settlemecnt. VTe story of the death of the t wo little boys was an affleeting one, pie tutring an it did t he det th of an older brother in at tetmptIne to rescue hiis little birother'. Accord inig to the test I mtony of the mill vi1llagers, little Thomas Tuckar, nine yeaurs of age, and his brothetr Roy, twelve, weore playing around the mill p~ond when Thonmas milssed his footing in trying to junmp over a narrow neck of water, and fell in. Seeing the dang'rous plight of his little brother, Rloy TVuck er jutmped in and made an ineffectual tQ save him, both of them being drowned, in bringing suit aigalnt the will, the pltiiutif contended thtat the de. MN~hh had beeni negligent in not placing proper safeguard~s around the pound. The mill denied the conten tion of the plaintiffs, introducing tes timony to show that warning hadl been Issued against playing around the pond and that guards were ipto'v'ded to carry out order to this 'eect, .The late John M. Caninon, Esq., rep resented the plaintiffs dulring most of the litigation and utpon his death It was handled b~y the firm at Simpson, Cooper & IbuiA. Messrs. F. P. Me (Iowan and~ W. Rt. Rlcheyy were tlhe'at torneys totr the dlefetndanit company. Hlonor Hll ofa imhliey Schowd. Ninth (1radie40-io' Adair', Floyd Piambre'll. Seventh 0Grade -Emmai .\a'iden, Ineuz fIlaknely. Akia2Hnn. - 'i i on LD )SITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915 the world will be staged at the vast ds of live stock will be shown from countries In the European war zone. g live stock. This photograph shows dging amphitheater In the center. The uiary 20 to December 4, 1915. $25 FOR BEST WHEAT YIELI). Enterprise National Bank Comes For w-ard to Encourage Growing of Urain. ThMnterprise National Bank of Laurens 'announces in today's Adver tier thiat, thecy will present $25.4)( inl Cash1 to thle iLurens. count1Iy farmerlo whlo nmk.1%(s the largest yoelnay onle acere of wheat dur11ir~g the next Year. Whenl askied about thet conltest, AMr. C. If. R"oper, Cashier of thle bankl, stated] that the object of Hie mo0Nvemelunt is simlply to encourage the farmelrs to grow grain anid esp~ecilly whleat. The bank is of Course hlighfly Interested inl the welfare of thle farmers and believes that their road to success Ries threqugh broad fields of grain. In encouraging the growth of grain and indirectly, di versification of crops, they believe that' they are doing their share of relieving thle future of situations such as now embarrass the southern farmers. In next weeks issue of The Adver tUser the bank intends to give more particulars In regard to the contest and also experlt formulas for raising wheat based onilemo experimients. The contest will be inl charge of .Mr. John 1). WV. Wattsi. Camle Through Canal. S'wygert, Nieckels &- C'onmanre in recit~ ofalre hpetfcne tIhe word willre stabued ato th ar lestofn.esoc ilb sonfo ACountrieser th e groen war zong. gedive sThak.iving pTgh reheipt wgillb ausitedafor iche cenure. The pubry 20st cemberlly 1nvite. AccrpieNintalll iiht i Eycle. ~ Wirliam Alb rigtoe othe yon 'ons of Dr.eand rs, Naio, C.flbright wars aflullyijued idoay' wherh tas at hetly shi iee ye $50 wih was carie tho Greuenville the follow WIg dal for te aent4~3 btl a boughta yoe aften as eaoutatin White it #state sevat heeksbeftor e moitecan is siily etermied th ete or bnt his ofyeshily ieeted his thysiciana oph ares od outl ~strn thape thirad o sermaenslthinurygil the gtrwtvo grind and indipectlynent vIficayton hof crops, they gelv that thygrettdoin heirayae and relerng h t futurer tatiYonns schoosl.o erra thepovemnt ames.ito of Yonxt wchool isnu Young Tewnsher tilsere bank yterndt chivken oe. partiars the regood oe rneen ang, alovexper2thrmla hfm:r raising eon o'co.W. ats NEW BANKING SYSTEM INAUGiRAT[D MONDAY Twelve Regional Reserve Banks Opened BEGINS NEW ERA IN BANKING .McAdoo Sends Congratmlattions~ and1 lIarburg in (O1itimistic Vein Says New Systein Mark Finnial Elan. eilit0ion of this C(ountry. Improve. Inelts to be Made. Washingon, Nov. iC.-Although the twelAi Feder.a! reserve banks only be gan business today the Federal re serve board alrea(iy has before i. plans for widening their fild or operations and inereasing their store of (ash. No definite dta on the busiless done was availiable tonight., but Seeretary Willis telegraphed each bank for an account of Its rediscount business and expected to lay a report before tie board tomorrow. 'Tho board may not be willing to draw definite plans from one day's business, but the first week may have a material effect and may result in augmenting the .h of the banks by more than $l54,000,000. The board has under consideration the deposit of a large part of the loose cash now de posited in national banks. If the first week's rediscount busi ness shows that the reserve banks can use more cash, the board probably will suggest the adoptiol of i Is plan. It ha sheen reported to the board that there is about $110,000,000 in the treas iry available for this purpose and that about $;.1,000,000 of tle' $79,000,000 now in banks on dellosit for Ih (,rn-. ment could be transferred. 'I'he board tonight mad*(eI' puidic a circular defining tim! deposi-s -,i in (iluding any deposit subject to (eck oi which the biank has the ri~ t by written contract with the dposior at to tie of, deposit to require not less than11 30 days' not-ice before an1y parLlt of it may be withdrawn. Any a:;ree ment with a depositor not to iioroe the terms of such a contract 01hal vitiate the Contaret. The postoillce deparment has notified postmasters that no postal savings funds shall be deposited in banks not members of the Federal reserve system and inst:'uct ing them to discontinue deposits in such non-member banks. President Wilson received many telegrafs conveying congratulations on. the opening of the new system. Secretary McAdoo early today :ign Secretary MlcAdoo today sent the following telegram of congratulations to the Federal reserve agent and gov.. ernor of each of the Fed(eral r v banks: "Plea se aecet mfy ('Hordia!'~1 em''it - utlationis upon tile opein(tlg ofI the - erialI reserve hanitk (If yourz dist " a. d liy 5ileere ('oinmendaili uIll. 1 ei'fective wourk y"ou have dion0 1'. short. timeti al lo wed fori the o per' ig. I1 am11 suIre thtat tile F"eeral resv biankls will servIe a g reat and( bh :~al purplose in tile future o! our1 C I.' -/ aitd I am~ surie thait this dIep ' ii, and1( thle FedIeral reserve board '1 y~ coun lt upon0 your1 0oya Ico-o01er ,ton 'A the imtportanlt work anid du11ties hic: hlave been contInedl to you. M~x 'arty goodl wVIShes foi' your' secess.' Pauti M,. Warburg, of the I , " i reserve board, today declare at November 10 mighlt be consie I tile economic life of the United 0 L( I as marking the founilt 'tion of ' l't lion's flnancial emancipatlion. "'fie ne0w bankIng system wi a1 m11inistered," said Mir. W-arbutr: prove to be the means, not of im but of safety, independence all ual, healthy expansion. llow r may become a world power e'iu. strength and indepeundence to tU o ' wo wehave had to lean uint' i'y will depend uo u blt our'selv'es of tile opportuitliy no .v c to uts. "W~e are starting 0out todla tiotis of attaining lthis end, " still far ermlfoved from olur gc 'T a splirii preva1 iling of uniselfris;h tion anid muitual helpflneO: it. enteftill llaluil g andI siniglene: r obsitttacle that still block otur ns ' hoth w'itin ane wu ithlout1."