Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VALMETTO STATE LEAINNG IN PRtODUCTION OF COTTON Cotton Crop Values Per Acre in South, Carolina Higher Than in Other States. (Washington Oct. ,9.-Senator Nat Dial of South Carolina, has had pub lished in the Congressional Record a statement furnished by Director J. N. Hlarper, of the Southern soil improve ment committee, which shows that the Palmetto State loads all others in cot ton crop values to the acre. Results in Alabama are also given and if these <flgures are to be believed, it 'would seem to- indicate thaft Alabama planters are not making anywhere near the record claimed for several other states. The statement referred to is -as follows: "With a farm value of $70.50 per acre for crops grown in the state, lit tie South Carolina leads the states of. The Union in value of craps grown on her acres of improved land. Direc tor J. -N. lIarper, of the Southern soil improvement committee, has just finished a digest or the report of the Census Bureau and finds that South Carolina has an enviable record for the year 1919, for which year the census figures were .gathered. -Her acreage of improved land 'was 6, 206,644 acres, and 'the value of her farm crops grown on this land was $437,121,837, which gives a value of $70.50. per acre. "It is interesting to note in this connection that South Carolina's ex ipenditures for fertilizers amounted to $52,546,795, or that for each acre she spent an average of $9.46. This would not be so significant were it not for the fact that North Carolina, her nearest competitor in the South, with over 2,000,000: more acres of improved lard, spent $5.96 per acre for fertiliz ers and has a farm value of crops per acre of $VE50. North Carolina had 8,194,409 acres in improved land and atotal value of farm crops amounting to $503,22?,313, or a value per acre of $61.60. This state spent $48,796,694 for fertilizers during that year. "Now compare these figures with those from two other states of the same regiom. "Georgia had 13,054,010 acres of improved 'land and a total value of farm crops amounting to $540,613,626. This gives Georgia a farm value of crops per acre of $41.40. She spent $46,196,434, or only $3.53 per acre for fertilizer, rand 'her'.value of crops per acre dropped correspondingly. Ala bama, with 9,893,407 acres of improved land had .a total value of crops amounting'to $304,348,638, 'whic his an acre value of $30.40. Alabama, how 'This Week at Burns'es Jc 27-table speciale this week, ( ltaids and1 Chambray.. .1,000 yad.ls Dress G}inghan .30c Lad and Lassie Cloth, si week .... ... ..... 36-inch good <lilality Illeac1 60, at .... .. ... .... . .. 1,;200 yards heavy .ShirtinM and Chambt'y, special th Good Plaid HIomespun11, spo week .... ........ .. 18e quality Plaids and Sti m week .... ......... Best Druid f JL fica island, this week... ...... .... 1 lot Standard 316-4neh Sea Is eial this week .... .... 10 lb. sack $tandard Gvanula 6 bara Lenox Stoap .... ... Buy Your Cc October Sale ever, spent only $14,066,108, or just about $1.42 per acre for fertilizers, and her value tper acre of farm crops dropped below half of the value se cured on South Carolina farms. North Carolina spent .just about .0 per acre for fertilizers, and doubled the value per acre of Alabama's crops. Putting this in another way, North Carolina spent a little over four times. as much for fertilizer as Alabama and made 100 ler cent on the investment. "According to i'irector 'Harper, it seems that as is the use of fertilizers so is crop production. These figures issued by the census bureau seem to bear out his assertion. It brings to mind the old argument that a less number of acres intelligently farmed and liberally fertilized can be made to pay more actual profit than by trying to farm large areas and securing low acre yields. With the changing sys tem of farming that is gradually com ing ever the South, it. becomes more and more imperative that the acreage should be reduced. "This is especially true of cotton. Under boll weevil .conditions, farmers can not hope to farm large areas in cotton profitably. This has been brought forcibly to their attention this year when the boll weevil has reduced the yields is some sections to where the farmers will not smake a bale on from 6 to 10 acres of land. This is a conservative estimate given by some leading farmers in the dis tricts seriously affected. It would seem that fewer acres of cotton, liberally fertilized and carefully tended;,. the -growing of all food and feed crops and plenty of hay and roughage for the cattle and hogs; the keeping of -suf Rilent cows to furnish all the mil and butter needed; a home poultry flock; and an orchard and garden will work for the complete financial independ ence of the Southern farmer. Figures show that crops unust 'be fertilized to give highest yield per acre and greatest profit, apd vhen there Is a good income from every acre of farm lands planted in the South when we can boast of our ef ficiency. South Carolina is leading the way, North Carolina is close behind. While Georgia and Alabama are some what lagging when acre retturns are considered." (Hyomel's 'germ-killing metlication is the only sensible and safe'way of treat ing catarrh. Goes right to 'th spot. Breathed through the none and, mouth. Guaranteed satisfaction 'or .money re funded. Sold by Laurens .Drug Co. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE 'BROMO QUININE'(Tbiets.) It stops the Cou h and Headache and works oit the Cold. E. W. ROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. I OCT( Burns (5 ...12 1-2c OCto linghamsn, ...... ..100c is, this week ot q1t tecial this I case 'Men' .... ..' ,and Draw bing, No. Cheviots - speial.. is week . .15e 36-inch gor: cial this sl Ii' .......80 ig tsale JHoh .....12 1-2o wei.rt~h 18c, .... ...5 I good panir lan&, spe-Conepn .......12 1-2o onepn ted Suvgar 69c 8e box Mate . ......25: bars Palm tton Goods and Your Fall Bill 2- DEPARTM: No. 1..210 W. Laurena "THE FOUR HOtRSEMEN", FIRST $1,000,000 PHOTOPLAY Rex Ingram Production for Metro Marks New IEpoch. Ibanez Film Sur passes Stage in Grip. on Emotions. Rex Ingrath's $1,000,000 production of "The Four Horsemen of the Apoca lypse" made for Metro, is announced by, the Opera House manager for two days, Friday -and Saturday, October 14 and 15. This will be the irst show ing here of the screen version of Cicente Blasco Ibanez's novel that has been acclaimed in New York, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Los Angeles as marking a new epoch in the development of motion pictures. At its' New York opening people paid $10 a seat. Critics said the picture had definitely established the screen not only as capable of rivalling the stage at its best, but of surpassing it in its grill) upon the emotions. "The -Foui Horsemen" is the su preme expression of the Great War. Certainly no novel has stirred the uni versal appeal created by the Ibanez masterpiece. The book, now in its one hundred and sixty-sixth edition, has -been read throughout the world. The monumental task of transferring it to the screen was accomplished by June Mathis, who made a scenario of the original and In many incidents height ened it. But it is the director, Rex Ingram, who has apparently achieved the most sensational success. H"1e is reported to have set a new mark in artistry of picturization. Readers of thq novel will recall that the story opens on the Argentine ranch of old 'dadariaga, whose territories are as extensive as those of the great in dependent barons of feudal times. And Madariaga rules with feudal power. A rioting, roystering despot, he is filled with Castilian prl~Ie of family and yearns for a malt child to carry on his tradition. ;His two daughters have married ranch enr iloyees- one French and the other German. Madariaga's Latin antipathy .to the German son-in law brings with'it a dislike of his half German grandchildren, but when a son is born to the Frenchman, Desnovers, the old man finis his dream realized. The boy, .lullo, is selected as heir to the huge estate and is brought up as a spoiled prince of the realm. As a young man Jufiu becomes the compan ion of Madarlaga's debauched adven tures in Buenos Ayres tango resorts. 'But Madaragn dies suddenly without making a will'and the German branch of the family finds itself sharing the estate equally with the Desnoyers. With this sudhen wealth, the two fam ilier leave the Argentine for I'urope. The 1)esnoyers settle in Paris, and )BER ber Clothing Sale Now On .... ....$4.95 uip to $11.39 sipecial sale $il2289 to $29.95 heavy fleeced Unde~lrshirts ers5, sp)eial this wek . . ..49c Suit'. sale tkis ,week, ...... .... ...... ......98c I Wool Serge this week, per yard... ...... ....69c b.ry for amen, Ivomen .and nu week at .... ..10c to 49c iLadies' Silk 'hose . ..... 89c Cotiton Becd Blaniketsi at $1.98 ;-apcial ..$1.49 up to $3.48 wes, special ......... .....c Oliwe T~oilet Soap. ......25o Winter Goods I. Our Prices a URNS 2 ENT STORES IN I St., Red Iron Racket Old Sta: Julio, an expert tango dancer, becomes the sensation of the fashionable dance places. He meets a fascinating little society woman, Marguerite Lauricr and the two of them are swept into r reckless love affair that takes no count of Marguerito's1 elderly husband. Theft butterfly mentalities do not even re spond at first to the sudden shock of war that breaks about them. It is 191-1 and the Germans are advancing toward Paris. Marguerite is first awakened tc the realization of tremendous events. She joins the French nursing force and sacrifices her love for Julio in order to be the constant companion of her husband who is blinded In battle. Julio left without the stimulation of frivolous attractions hears the call of duty and enlists in the French army where hc meets death at the hands of his Ger man cousin when the two face each other In a trench rald. Through it all are galloping the four men, spoken of by St. -John Il the Bool of the Apocalypse-tihe grim figures of Conquest, War, Famine and Death. To Remove Putty. To remove putty fromt wlndot' frames pass a very hot poker or piece of iron over the putty. It will drop off "Gets-It" The Corn and Callus Peeler This Corn Remover Is Guaranteed. Relief from corn suffering follow: the application of "Gets-It": almost a quickly as pain follows the thrust of f Pin or knife into the flesh. Not only ~~.j 'IJ "Gets-It" Ends Pain ful Callusee and Corns haril corns or soft corns but ever kind of corn or callus surrenders t "Gets-It" and peels right off. It take Just a few' seconds to stop the pah with two or three drops. Go to you druggist today. Get a bottle of "Gets It". Costs but a trifle everywher( Your money back if not satisfled. Mfd by 1". Lawrence & Co., Chicago. 2 DepC Shoe Sale Shloes f'or 'the whole fami-ly tonm prices. Br~iing the whole f 'fit t hem uip. Firosty mlor'ninug her'e. -F'ine 1fats, -good quality an in style. SLa test creat~fions r'igh t from 5'ooml in Halt inmre. S4pecial v'aluecs goinig at $1.91 1Fine qiuality 'Silks and Sair yard ....... .... .... $. 1 lot. Men 's good heavy WVorks .speciai this 'week .... .... SpJecial values in Ootinigs th at....... .... .... .... 121 TPhecse are thme best heavy and1( areC worth 25c no0w. Right Now and re Below the IV k COMI AURENS, SOUTI adNo. 2-North Side of Put it to any Power Task While the Fordson Tractor has power in plenty to drag plows and harrows through the heaviest soil, it is light enough, small enough and so easily controlled that it can handily be put to many tasks about the farm, that will save you time, money and work. In fact the Fordson will do every power job, both draw-bar and belt, more quick ly and at less cost than it can be done with any other form of power. So every month the whole year 'round the always dependable Fordson will prove itself a paying investment, because of its capa bilities, its economy and efficiency. We will gladly explain and demonstrate to you the many Fordson money-mak ing, time-saving features. Call, write or phone. W. C. WALDROP, Dealer IALS This Week at Burns'es trtment Stores Boys' good Overalls, hea~vy, well maide, this week..... .... .... ..75c and 98c aiin anc 101 1 lot Ladies' Lisle Hose, Fashion- Seam' will sooni be back, sp(eil..... .... .... .... ..35c M'pec ial vahiies in i?~ 4en's9 Pa nts thI~is week........ ..... ..... .. .. .$1.25 npl to $7.50 d up to nlow (iet ready for ,wintier weather. L'adlies' U nder'vests and( Pants, speelial 48c nl our wor'k bldiEs' Udervests, a good valuec .. ...75c MIen 's heavy rrbbed Underllve'st s. this week's sale . .. . .......... ..75c 1 111) o $4951 lot Men's heavy r'i'bbed Uno .101Suits, ~s, per spec(ial this week .. .. .. .. .. ...$1.48 9 and $1.98 Big sale Men's and Boys' Casps, 50c to $1.98 .... . ..75c weekc. .. . ..... .. .. ..$1.48 to $4.95 Fine lot of Me'n's% Dress Shirts 98c to $3.49 is week Get your Winter' snaply now. 2cli olc1 lot of Men's best heavy Overall, worth1 Outings $2.00, this week...... .... .... ..$1.45 2 paf1irs Mfen 's heavy gray 8.oeks for . .25c Save 15 to 35 Per Cent On larket Value. PANY At Both I CAROLINA Stores 'Square in Burns Bleock