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|! PETER'S PARTNER : ; =============== :j: By JACK LAWTON. Far down on the lonely beach was ! the clubhouse, it's door barred for the winter; farther still, quite alone, stood a little house where 1'eter lived. Old Peter's house was never closed during all the seasons. Ka< b springtime found , htm whlollnn with f ri>vh cti?>iT ns he ? ? i planted flowers in his tiny garden, and during the gay months of summer. Peter's porch was usually occupied by eager youngsters from cottages up shore in search of the pretty shell beads or ornaments, which Peter loved to give them. Now a golden October gave to sea and land one last gift of summer, and Peter sat sunning himself on the porch In Ms rush-bottomed chair. A girl came presently like a scarlet bird flying across the sands. Her hair was wind-blown and her cheeks as crimson as the sweater she wore. "Daddy Peter!" she cried, "when will you remember to wear your coat when you sit outdoors. The air is chill, even in this sunshine." She had reached his side now. seating herself on a step beneath him. Iter appearance brought to old Peter's face a dozen kindly wrinkles of humor and tenderness. "You will get back at me with your babying. Nell." he said, "just because I happened to bring you up that'way." "You did bring me ud Daddy Peter," the girl said softly, "from the time my parents perished in this same smiling (*a. I'll never forget that?It was a good bringing up. too. You could not have done more for your own blood." i She raised solemn eyes to his. "I will never forget my debt to you," she j said. The words were like a covenant "Debt," scofTed the old man. "Why child, you've paid me over and over again in kindness." "I will always be kind," the girl added firmly. She lowered her eyss to hide sudden tears. "Sometimes." said I'eter, "I have an nn< omfortable fancy that young Dave an' you care for eaeh other, hut that you won't admit the earing to him for fear your going would leave me In the lurch. Nell!" he spoke earnestly. "You wouldn't let any nonsense like that keep you from your happiness." '"You are imagining. Daddy Peter." the girl laughed. She patted hla wrinkled hand and arose as a young man came swinging toward them. "I thought." said the big young man, tnngely shy, "that yon might walk to town with me, Nell." "Of rnnrse " nrsred Peter. "Go. srlrl." AU'I Nell went. The old man looked up surprised as a visitor came walking up. "Good evening," greeted the stranger. "You won't remember me, but I used to come and sit in your porch , while my grandchildren begged for shells. We stopped at the hotel. Today such a longing came over me to smell salt water again and to breathe in the air that I bad my daughter's chauffeur drive me out. You see. sir," he added, as Peter offered his owi comfortable chair. "I was brought up close to the sea; my father was a fisherman. Well?I made a bit, but no ther place has ever spelled home to me. as I get older I seem to want to .be near the water. That's why my daughter brought me here last sum- i mer. But it wasn't the same." The old gentleman sighed. "One can't take comfort with .leanette and her children some way. even if Jeanette Is my daughter. John?that's her Isushand. be means well. John's decent to me. I But?" the old stranger studied the face of the old seaman. "I wonder," he mused, "if you can possibly know what 'it means to feel one's self in the way, te be borne with, you understand, and treated pleasantly, but 'iu the wayf" "No," Peter answered, "I don't know what It means to feel like that. I do at I please. No one about to be bothered. Nell, my foster daughter. Is teaching school and boarding. She thinks she has got to stay near me, to run in and keep me from being lonely. TO confess that I get lonesome, evenings. Otherwise my life is pretty j bappv. I read the hooks I like, an" smoke my pipe, and I'm a master hand at cooking. Winters, with the wind howling 'cross the beach, an' my fire aglowing inside, some apples baking, mebbe, an' me in the lamplight thero j with the evening paper" said Peter i blissfully, "that's peace." "Yes," excitedly agreed the stranger. "It's freedom and pleasure the year round, 1 can see that. Then, the feel ?of the sea ! "This Js what I came aho 't today. ! I re been thinking the thingover since | I watched you last summer. Could you take a partner in?freedom? Myself. sir. I'd be more than content with iny books and you to talk to. Will you share your home, if my money j keeps it going?" Peters knotted hands grasped the porch rail. A gleam came into his ! faded eyes. "Are you sure you mean it, stran- ; ger?" he asked. "I hin sitting here today wondering how 1 could manage i through another winter. I don't tell [ Kell my troubles for I want her to ; marry the man she loves. I was try- ' Jog to say good-by to ray home; now you come and offer to keep it for me. Can I?refuse?" "I hope not," the old gentleman answered gravely. From the sea came a breeze rustling the crimson leaves of the porch vines. Impulsively the old men clasped hands and on their faces was the light el peace. PEANUTS FOR CASH. Soils. Fertilizers, Varieties, Cultivation, Harvesting. Clemson College, Jan 23.?With , the boll weevil present in South Caro-; lina, a great many farmers are looking about for some cash crop to take the place of cotton. Perhaps no other otiantlfte crop is auracuug ^u mu^u u?? as the peanut. Our supply ol bull** tins en peanuts has been exhausted, says Prof. C. P. Blackwell, agronomist. but we are preparing another bulletin which will soon be ready for distribution. We are giving below the answers to the questions we are moat frequently asked: 1. It the peanut a profitable cash crop? A. Yes. it given the proper attention. it compares favorably with cotton. I recently asked a number of farmers of Georgia and Alabama this question, and here are tome of their answers: "The peanut has the beat future to it of aay crop we know." "Bankers and business men in peanut territory will testify in favor of peanuts." "Banks are more willing to lend money to the poor farmer and tenant who is willing to grow a good crop of peanuts." "Cash returns from peanuts haven't been so great a* M * * ? Ka Tvaevll in f ?a. iroin ct'uuu unui? iuc <>v?>u ?^ Ution. but we have not become very efficient in the production of peanuts , yet. At the present time peanuts pay us much better than cotton ui* dsr weevil conditions." "Farmers hers are in much better financial condition than ever and would continue to plant peanuts if weevils were not here.*' 2. Do peanuts require as much labor as cetton? A. -No. Different farmers w?.o hare had experience with both estimate (ran half as much to the same amount. 3. Are peanuts a sure crop? . Tes. They are safer than cetten if given as careful attention. I 4. What kind of soil is best fer J peanuts? A. Peanuts can be grown under a wide range of soil conditions. The best soil Is a well drained sandy loam with a reasonable amount of humus amd plenty of lime. The heavier soils will make good yields of nuts, if thsy have plenty of humus and are friabls, but they are not so easily cultivated and they may stain the nut*. This makes the nuts less saleable bnt does not Injure them for home use. 5. What kind and anteunt of fertilizer should be used for peanuts? A. For the Ooastal Plains section of South Carolina we recommend an 8-8-3 fertiliser. The amount will depend on the kind ef soil. Five to eight hundred pounds will pay beat 1 on the average. On soils that are risk in organic matter an 9-2-3 fertili- I zer will probably pay best. In the Piedmont section a 9-2-3 will give good results. I. Is lime necessary for peanuts? A. Boils that are aeid need lime. Tfceae are usually the soils that are poortr drained or have been poorly drained in the paat. If your soil needs lime, apply 1,000 psunds of burnt Mm* or 3,000 pounds of ground limestone psr asrs. 7. When should peanuts bo plantod? A. The best time to plant Is when the oofl booomes thoroughly warm in | the spring. They may bo planted m late as July the l&th. This means they as be planted after a crop of oats is harrested. I. What distance should bo given ksn? A. The Spanish variety should bo planted in rowa 30 to 31 inchos apart and about 6 inehes betweea plants. For the large varieties mere dlstanee Is better. J. What variety Is best to use? A. The White 8panish Is best for nettling and for grazing. Tbe Virginia Bunrb. Red Tennessee and V&- j ieosia are good for homo consumption and peanut stands. 10 Hew much seed are required to plant aa acre? A. Of the Spanish variety one perk shelied or one and one-half to two pecks unshelled. Tbe Virginia Buach requires about one and one- ' half recks shelled. II. How should they be cultivate j .as A. Cultivation should begin immellately after the plants are well up and should be continued until they begin to "pei" or form pods. After thin thuy should not be disturbed. N'ever let peanuts get grass/ or weedy. They should have frequent (hallow cultivation. The soil should ?e moved gradually toward the plants to afford loose earth for >he, peg*" to penetrate. IS. Is K necessary te cover biosiomi with soil? A. No. The "pegs" will find their way mto the soil if they receive the aroper cultivation. Covering the blossoms prevents pollination. 13. Are there machines for plant.ng. harvesting and picking peanuts? A. Yes. There are several machines which do these various opera- j ' **" - *1' ?.Ar.eAi\.il?U annnafli! \fnrft I .UJIld Willi icn?uu<? ui-5 auvccao. -?awt*r . nforination will i>e siven on this | Doint in our bulletin which is to com# >ut soon. 14. It there a certain market for ;>o*nuts next year? A. We feel very oure there will bo. rhe oil mills of this state claim ?07 will need S00.000 tons to keop running all the year. Tor Information about where the teod amy be secured write the Agron>xny Division of Clemson College. MARKETING SWEET i POTATOES, ETC. I lAKhP i l HAaUlI.NG, CL RiNu, j .V.vli ML1AI Ur .u .A K iv i b^A K T. a an. Zo.? a lie suioessful marketing of sweet potatoes (Upends on several factors, one ot the more important of which is the, Crowing in marketable quantities. By this we mean that we snouia nui 6i"? small lots, depending too much on our homo markets, all of which are lo coted ia a sweet potato section and are being supplied at digging time from the curb. If we have lest than! a carload ef sweet potatoes and are able to get a good price for these or eur local market, we should consider ourselves very fortunate aad at the same time think of this as an accident. The above applies to the markets at harvesting time rather than during the winter months, whea one third j ef the sweet potatoes grown have de cayed from lack of suitable storage facilities. Oftentimes the Division of Markets of the Clemson College Ex tension Service is asked to find a mar ket for 7i or 100 bushels of sweet po tatoes near some glutted market but some distance from an open market. It becomes an expensive proposition to ship these potatoes, and handling and exposure given them when sent In leoal lots by freight make their movement by freight impossible. But from the same point it may be a very easy task to move two or more carloads of sweet potatoes to tome large mark-pt center or coal mining or mill tog center. When all said, it ia not the quantity to be marketed that should receire the greater part of our attention (though we should focus oar eyes on quantity for a time), because whea we begin growing for markets other than our curb markets we must necessarily giro more attention to the handling and grading of our sweet potatoes. consignment of sweet potatoes that reaches its market destination showing signs of bad handling never commands the tep market price. Oa the other-hand, potatoes carefully bandied will always receire a ready sale it prices that will more than pay for the extra time and labor expended in careful handling This handling process begins at harvesting time aad ends when the potatoes reaoh the consumer. Through oarelete handling and storing of sweet potatoes we have been loeiug from 10 to 70 per cent of the crop grown each year. The crop is now besoming of commoroial importance and will be extensively culti rated la the sections of the stato Invaded by the Mexican boll weevil; and all who Intend to grow tweet polar toe i for the market should build sufficient storage houses and provide the best means of handling this now important crop for market. While the production of the sweet potato has Increased during the pest tew years, many new markets hare opened np and thceuands of people are becoming better acquainted with the southern grown sweet potato. No limit a? to market hae been reached yet and at this time a number of sweet potato dealers and Irmlt and vegetable marketing associations are dolag naisoh to advertise the southern sweet potato aad increase the eonsMBgtiea of this produet. The crop is of a perishable nature, as stated above, If net handled properly. ^ ? - ? hi- U.. fe Vaan wlwhn ana vbij i N; UU u V?om |i<-> the proper handllog which enable* it to bo fiirowm mi distant markets. This story In toU of the flrtt earload of Nancy Hall sweet potatoes that roasted Columbus. Ohio, about four years age tbi >agh mistake: A eertalm dealer in that eity had boon handling a dry. mealy sweet potato grown ia a oolder soot ten of the ccuatry, not a? well adapted ao this section to the growing of the sweet potato, aad through a commission firm in the East they had asked for a car of theoo dry sweat potatoes. The oemraisaioa heust iastsad, by mistah# seat a earlsad of ths rlsh flavored, fuley Xsuioy HaM vartoty frost Georgia. When th* dealer discovered that hs had ths wrong raristy of potatoes he immediately said. "Well, wo will have to sell thece at 7* soots loss on the bushel and take a loss." "No." said a southern friend, "sell them at Tl ?enU more per bushel, lor they are worth more, and don't f*H to aflrertise them." ? -- - . v:_ ---1 ,4 lO ><17 Lata buiwui at that price aid, la the words of the dealers there, "They are sHll going." This crcp ia the past has hesrn an easy one to produce. aad naturally we hare become negligent and hare said to thoee m charge. "Sail the surplus if you caa. if you can't, faM them to the hogs." We new know, howerer, there are ether crops worth more far hog feed and less eapeneire to grow, and we magt tarn oar faces towards a market. Oir poliey sheald simply he mis: thoee of ue whe expect to grow sweet petaeoes ia the boll weevil wettoa of the state should study markets. market preferences, market demaids, periods ef greatest demand, seeure proper containers, grade properly, provide suitable storage for a carload or mora (the most economical method of handling and marketing this crop )and work with the market agents sad their assistants for nothing less than the market price in any ppen market. 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The success of our special formulas f talk of the Bright Tobacco Belt. Tobacco \ TnhdPPn Fpvtilizprs brines ton market nrict 1=>~ - " X" XOur customers enjoy the profit that < extra yield and better quality. The fertilizer supply is far short of the urge that you order your needs of Swift's T at once from these selected brands. Play \ Swift's Carolina Tobao Write to Our Nearest Swift's Gold Leaf for I Swift &Cc Booklet "Bright (Fertilizer W Tobacco-It's Growth Charlotte, N. C , ? f ? REPRESENT and Culture __J J. H. NEXSEN, LAKE CITY WATER SYSTEM Lake City, Jan. 25.?Mr. Coates, superintendent of construction of vaterworks, is in Lake City to look lfter the installation of mains for the lew water system, that the town rated at considerable cost. In addition he ice plant has let a contract to lave its caDacitv trebled, the demand jeing so great here m the past year for ice, and the town having grown considerably in the last few months. There are many other improvements contemplated for the town in the near future, among which is better light- * ng system, paving, better railroad connections and a greater speed in iailding, which though great is not fast enough to take care of the people who have come in for business or for home sites. tv.vJ'WBBIREflr a 0 \ ' * You're going to II Lucky Strikes it right. Because icky Strike cigattes give you the od, wholesome ivor of toasted irley tobacco. inteed by I tsriea*^ ted M I FERTILIZERS ] J IT RAYS TO USE THEM i y requires entirelaterials than are ad our Research i mown m special tobacco Formulas or tobacco is the ?rown with Swift 3S. :omes from this 1 demand, and we I 'obacco Fertilizers I safe! | co Grower 8-3-3 I Tobacco 8-3-2 H i >mpany < rorks) Atlanta, Ga. ED BY Kingstree, S. G.