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J Auc VALUA6L Towr One of the store buildi Public Audtion in nine on Monday. . This store is directly i tion in the town c This location will suit In order to detain two An opportunity will n< location as this. i j. "Manning is a Booming like this is not oft There is absolutely no property is merer MANNIN SAJ AAR( u U/n oro flfforim tig die uiigihi I Goodrich I Kingsi tion ESTORE IN? i of M ings known as the Wall front of the court hous June 2nd, at 12 o'clock n ftont of the court hoi) >f Manning. any kind of business. i of these stores I was c Dt soon occur again tc \ Business Town and en offered for sale. business property in M sing in value every day, G HAS A Bl LE RAIN OR 2 )N Al //. r rhis Elegant Car Chevrolet 49C l Special Price Casings lt tree IV : Sale! PROPERTY I anning ker Stores will be sold at e door in the town of Mannoon. ise and is in the be& loca1 ompelled to buy all three. ? i get as desirable business valuable business property j' anning that is vacant and I IG FUTURE! SHINE! 3RAMS t v Only $1,625.00 Deliver I $865.00 Delivere< i on Inner Tubes Friday k. r i i* _ _r A?t l: v rui line or /vuiomuu Accessories always in sto< lotor Sale Ladjes Specially Invited Clemson College. May 20.?Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun, director of the agricultural department, desires to call attention to the fact that Iadie.*- are invited to attend th< dimmer school, which will be condi -led hv the agricultural forces at Cicmson College June .'JO to August 0. Special preparations are baing made to provide accommodations for ladies, and cour* j rv (f instruction in which many !a-j d.'r are particularly interested. In iv iler that married ladies may attend the rummer school with their husbands, a separate floor of the new barracks will bo set apart for married couples. Another separate floor will be provided' for the accommodation cf unmarried ladies who wish to attend. Dr. Calhoun desires it to be understood that ladies attending are not required to take any of the rourst's unless thev so desire, and that married ladies who wish to attend with their husbands are very welcome to come ju.-t as an outing, i'his is also true of unmarried ladies who care td come without taking course. Courses specially provided for ladies, or. which may be taken by the ladies along with the men are as follows: !. The .Junior Project Course for th>* teaching of agriculture in secondary schools. This course will be giv< n by the Division of Agricultural Education to meet the needs of teachers in the secondary schools, who find it desirable or necessary to be able to teach classes in agriculture. 2. Courses in poultry raising, horticulture, dairying, and in fact any of the courses offered to men arc open also to ladies. The probable cost to ladies will be $6.00 per week for those who do not register to take any course of instruction, or S7.00 Der week for those who do register. This will include board, room lights, and all cost except laundry. The college is glad to offer this opportunity to married and unmarried ladies, and hopes to welcome a large number at the summer school this year. o 666 has more imitations than any other Chill and Fever Tonic on the market, but no one wants imitations. They are dangerous things in the medicine line.?adv. n Si m I 1 and Saturday | ile Supplies and I :k at our garage I ;s to. | . \ Value of Government Crop Report8 B. B. Hare, South Carolina Field Agent of the Bureau of crop estimate-, United States department of '* t ii. y*?11 (W>1, agriculture nas me lununui.; nay in reference to importance of goverr.rnent crop reports: " The one great industry < f South Carolina is agriculture, its annual output being larger than that of all other industries combined. Much has been accomplished during the last decade in diversification, increased production and farm organization. In fact, the industry is being organized as never before and is passing to what may be termed a business basis, as distinguished from the traditional, routine, hit or miss method of the past. In the transition its problems must be solved in the main in exactly the same way as arc the problems of other industries, by the study of records of past performances in connection with present prospects and future possibilities. Yet it is singular how little the great majority of us know of the agricultural resources of the State from a business or economic standpoint. It is surprising to learn how little we know about the production, or Mipply and demand of any parti- I cular crop. The object, therefore, of j this article is to call attention to the j importance and economic value off reliable, agricultural statistics and possibly stimulate an inquiring in- i terost in government crop reports, i It might be stated at the outset that no large industry, business or enterprise can be long and successfully conducted without records of past performances and a knowledge of existing conditions upon which to base present activities for future development. For example, no man with experience and business ability would engage in any business enterprise requiring all of his capital without first studying the past records of the industry and acquainting himself of its relation to other industries and the demand of the public- generally. So the great industry of agriculture cannot be properly and successfully conducted as such without records showing this information. Statistics of acreage and production in past years, of existing acreage and condition, of growing crops, of supplies and prevailing prices of such crops, past and present fundamentally essential j for intelligent and successful handling of the business end of our agri-' cultural problem. As a matter of fact agricultural statistics, consisting of data pertaining to acreage, .condition, prospective yields nd total production at stated intervals, j are of vital importance not only to 1 the farmer as a class, but men in ' other lines of business, as manufacturers, dealers, jobbers, bankers and investors, having a present or prospective interest in a county or State, must, for the proper conduct oftheir business, have knowledge of the facts that affect the prosperity of the section in which they are interested. It is a deplorable fact that some farmers object to government reports, saying that if the reports were not issued speculators and business NOTICE OF ELECTION Notice is hereby given, that pursuant to an order of the County Board of Education of the County of Williamsburg, State tf South Carolina, the undersigned, as Trustees of Spring Bank School District Number 43, of said County and State, will hold and conduct an election at the Spring Bank building, in said District, County, and State, on the 3rd, day of June, '< 1919, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters and electors of said School District residing ^herein the question of levying and collecting an annual tax of four (4) mills on the property in said; School District, which tax shall be j used to supplement the taxes now'i collected in said School District for j school purposes; that for the pur-1 pose of said election the polls will be opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon and closed at four o'clock' in the afternoon; that at said elec- j tion only qualified electors who re- j turn real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax' I receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections shall be allowed to vote, andj earh elector favoring the proposed i levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "YES" printed or writ- j ten thereon, and each elector op*- , C)sed to said levy shall cast a balt containing the word "NO" 1 written or printed thereon, and the : undersigned shall act as managers \ of said election, and the same will 1 be held and conducted in the manner prescribed by Section 1742 ofl the Code of Laws of South Caro- i lina, Volume 1, 1912. 1 a fv WILLIAMSON. R. C. McELVEEN, J. W. STEWART, Trustees Spring Bank School. i 5-22-2t. in HOUR KODAK-FINISHING 1 I / All rolls developed 10c; packs 1 20s up; prints 2 l-2c-4c5c enlarging 35c up. Specialists?we do nothing but kodak finishing. All work guaranteed to please. Eastman Kodaks, Films, Supplies. COLUMBIA PHOTO FINISHING CO. 1111 Taylor Street, Columbia, S. C. 3-27tf. men of financial centers would not know of the upply of any crop and a high price to the producer could always be maintained. This is only one of his business delusions, born largely of ignorance and indifferance to business methods, for he should know that the speculator, manufacturer or business man is following a particular line of business and it is a rare thing to find him deceived at any time as to the actual or prospective supply of any crop. The only other man who objects to government reports is the interested speculator, who opposes them because he believes that the crop reports are made entirely for the benefit of the farmer and he realizes that they contain the most reliable O O A /1AA/1 l'f lAW OM/I liiiuiiuaiiiuii ao w tviiuivxvn miu production of the speculative crops, and that the light of truth in regard to same prevents him from spreading false reports in order to bull or bear the market and thereby make his profits from the unsuspecting and ignorant. It may be true > that the speculator does take advntage of the crop report at times in his buying or selling of futures but if he is enabled thereby to buy or sell at a profit is it an advantage gained by his wiser use of these statistics anil not an advantage inherent in the crop report itself. A knowledge of agricultural statistics or familiarity with governthe public prevents interested speculators from magnifying or minimizment crop reports on the part of ing the actual or prospective supply of any crop and the relation there" - 1 -1 1 ...1 01 10 U Known ueinaau nueicuy are able to successfully raise or lower prices for their own benefit with a resulting loss to the producing and consuming public. This is usually done by issuing inaccurate, misleading or unreliable reports as to supplying condition or prospective yield of some particular crop. The farmer, of course, is the greater sufferer for the reason that he is not so well organized as men in other lines of business and cannot, therefore, take advantage of sudden fluctuations in market prices. On the other hand, the farmer may be materially benefitted by having dependable and reliable data pertaining to crop conditions and crop yields made public, such as are furnished by the United States Government. He is benefitted directly by being kept informed as to the acreage, condition and prospective yields as well as prices of various crops outside of his immediate locality, enabling him to know when to buy or sell to the best advantage. He is indirectly benefitted because the disinterested reports of the government prevent the circulation of false and misleading reports by speculators who are only interested in manipulating prices to their advantage alone. \ Government crop reports are a further advantage to farmers in that a knowledge of crop prospects enables large manufacturing firms and agricultural implement dealers to distribute their wares more economically, sending a larger quantity of articles to sections where crops are good and the demand large and a lesser quantity where crops are poor and the demand limited. Railroad companies are enabled to furnish and distribute cars in a way to meet the demands for transportation of crops when a delay or congestion in transportation facilities would mean a severe loss to the producer. It is difficult to estimate just how much is saved by an even distribution of manufactured artiaecordinc to crOD Drospects. for if manufacturers can avoid heavy losses from improper distribution they can afford to sell on better terms with a resulting benefit to the farmer. Large corporations, firms and speculators procure information as to crop prospects through their business associates and private crop reporting agencies, many of which are maintained at a heavy expenseOf course, they study and rely to a large extent upon government reports but are not absolutely dependent upon them. On the other hand, the farmer has never been sufficiently well organized to collect such information and without the government reports would know little or nothing of the actual or probable supply of any crop and could, therefore, have no idea as to the prices! that would prevail as determined by the law of supply and demand and would be absolutely at the mercy of interested speculators who could bear or bull the market to suit themselves. It would appear, therefore, to be the best interest of the farmer, as well as other classes of business men, to carefully study government crop reports and assist whenever an opportunity affords in making them as accurate and dependable as possible. o Beetle Mort Powdeer for sale by People's Mercantile Co. Kingstree. >; i. > J