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Save a Percent o! Your Income. mil iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiniiiiNiiimiiiiiiiiiimmc "S & H." Green Trading Stamp Book Issued By , THE SPERRT fc HUTCHISON CO, PAID ?P CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS Home Office NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. This (oration owns and operates more stores than anv concern in the world. THIS IS THE WAY! OUR NEW Profit-Sharing POLICY WE are giving the justly FAMOUS "S. &H/' Green Trading Stamps with eveiy cash sale, meaning a saving of 3 per cent on your Purchases. Faithful to out fixed policy of offering our f rinds in Alliance every advantage of mod? ern business methods, we have adopted the soundest and most practical way in which to share a part of our profits with you and pay a substantial discount on every Dime you spend with us. In future the famous M8. & H." Green Stamps will be a distinctive feature of our sales policy. We propose to give you the Fa? mous Stamps themselves and offer you every opportunity to obtain the Premiums of practi? cal value of every description for which they are exchangeable. Every reasonable need of the home from Furniture to Fine Jewelry can be supplied with "S. & H." Premiums and the beauty of it all is they cost you absolutely nothing. The fact is these Premiums represent fully the discount we are offering you on your cash purchases, in fact, you are receiving a more generous discount in this way than we could possibly pay you in cash. A Book with 30 stamps to start your collection given FREE to everyone calling at our stores. W. H. Shelly 6 Son, The Ladies' Outfitting Co FURNITURE DEALERS SOUTH MAIN STREET me READY-TO-WEAR. STORE SOUTH MAIN STREET WAGE WAR ON CATTLE TICK. NIMI1KR OF KT KONG APPKALS ON II FJI ALF OF r'VHMKKs FOR INSECT KRADICATION. tap*rt* I'nrn IWoru House of Rcp rc*ciitatJ?c*4 i ho NeoceMlty of Appro? priation to Curry on Work ?$40, 000 Nerd cd?Boll Weevil and Cat? tle Tick Come In For Share of Word*. 1 <dumbia. Jan. 26.?The United Mftttg xovernment representative and QMHI Oeaeftfje joined thi? after noon in appealing to the general us MMMJ t.. unit, with them in the work of IgMMJ the cattle tick In South Carolina. !<? prepare for huilding up' a live rtt<.<A| Industry, and thus pre? paring for the dreaded Mil weevil, which leaven devastation and want In its wake. *..u will have to climb the mum <?f prejudice ami wade. throiiK'h aMg of kjMMMt ami misln ?MM m Irnprce.iInK up m th" peo? ple the ? i mh which < mifrontn them.'' ?Ir.imitu.illv exi laimed <.'. -nxi .smihh V y Lexer in m masterly appeal for the passage of the appropriation of * |i ? n i" help m the ti^ht t<? free s,,uth ? ,r. im.t tmm im oottle llek, an l.e\ er drew applause v n ? i, declared th u if the MMfOl asaendd- would appropriate $4'?""" thr Kedir.il ???ver.nment would nupple im nf Ii? I nut with a like amount. Md llMM Mlp in .s i . im; one nnllhm d.diire a year t?> the ptitle gjroWOTl Ol thin State Thin i* a little, hut an. bltiuu* si ue declared Mr. Lever in ?ajriMJ '"'? M dM itltMa tooth Carolina would lau in the progen? itive leginlrttion now hetflg enacted all over the country. The gggepMfi of the laplglatoft aPd radtofn broke m?o mighty oMOfiol when the 7th dlatru' eongrenaman upoke of ?he dawn id .? new eri which hud MH with the admmisti ?tion of Pf*l .i. ' WiIhoii and In pre.li? ling H great ara of pr???i?*rit\ ami edvadve< Mr. Lover referred to the passage of the rimith-Lever agricultural ex? tension bill by congress, and said that it would mean a great boost for the agricultural industry of the nation. He called on the legislators to help the farmer, and said that he was con? vinced that would display statesman? ship by preparing for the comlnsf ol I the boll weevil by passing the appro-, prlation for fighting the cattle tick. President W. M. Hlggs. of Clemson College, told of the work which the college had done in uHsisting in the work of tick eradication, but show? ed that the $40,000 could not be tak? en out of the fund for the college Cor this work without crippling other pub- [ lie advancement which was being carried on. He .showed that the col- I lege was now appropriating nearly 18,000 yearly lor the tick eradication and how in tin- last six. years it had ?pent about $50.000 in this work in the np-iountry in conjunction with about $1 Ox,000 spent by the Federal government He .said that the college1 v? n ready Silo! willing to do anything It < <?ubl to advance the interests of tro* farmers and the people* but that the budget lor the coining year call? ed ior |i30,#o#, while the income fr?.m the fertiliser t.?^ tax amounted to only about Iflf.too, Us told ol where the money was spent, as in carrying on nut firm demonstration work. In providing lor the scholar? ships at Clemson, 1:1 fertiliser inapec? lion .nid analysis, m onrrylnii on the w ?ru nf tii.. branch stations at Hum-1 mervllts and Florence and in run* ning the < olleg? and leaching tin- eight hundred and fifty young men ;it the 'institution M.? thankee! tin- general assembly for the consideration they had always shown Clemson College Dr K sf. Slghhert, the Inspector in oharge of ttoli eradication work, with headquarters in Atlanta, told ol how ibe work of eradicating the cattle tick had begun mi North Carolins twenty years age how I hs general campaign In Itoi hud been carried forward With SUCh Htie results, and how ih<: cattle ii< k prevented Itie building up of a live stock industry, lie estimated thut South Carolina was producing enough cotton seed meal to feed and fatten 250,000 head of cattle annually, and by carrying on the cam? paign In a systematic manner the tick should be eradicated in a short time. He said that Tennessee was freed from tick at the cost of about $250,000 and had saved over $2,000. 000 yearly. He stated that an area of 200,000 Huuare miles had breen freed since 190C, and that the little farm? er was the one interested, as he was the one who fed and clothed the na? tion. Ho said, "First free the coun? try of the cattle tick and the live stock industry would he developed." Mr. B. h. Rawli of the bureau of animal industry in the agricultural department at Washington, brought home in a clear way the need for prompt action in fighting the cattle tick. He showed that whereas the West formerly grew more corn and raised more cattle than the nation could use. that ranges had disappear? ed and now the nation was looking tu the South. He quoted statistics to show ,?. decrease m cattle raising* and stated thai whereas in 1890 beef cat-! lie in Chicago sold lni 4 1-2 cents pel pound on the hoof, it now hringl '?' cents a pound. lie stated that South Carolina can raise grase und other feed necessary for the cattle industry, and they must first u?'t rid of the out He lick. He said there were thirty counties below the quarantine line, others having been freed from the cattle tick. These comprise the coun? ties in the middle ami southern sec? tion* of the State, and he quoted sta? tistic* t.? prove his assertions of tin enormous coal these people wer?- en during from the infection of the tie' According i" Mr, Raw! the count let below the quarantine line compri 21, ft 14] :<uuare mile*, the couttticH which have been cleaned of the tick amount to 8,tllC square mih-s. lie said that stimules made on careful experi? ments showed thai the < tost in Ho se thirty counties from the prevalence of I the cat I la ilcii amounted uj milk pr? I (auction to $483,000; reduction by tan? ners In the prices of hides which had come from tick-infested cattle. at 111.SI per hide, amounting to $25,000; the loss in selling value of cattle from the tick-infested area, estimated at $5 per head, equalled $101,000; death1 I loss, the majority of which came from I the ticks, $297*000, an estimated loss j yearly of $1,000,000. He said this represented a loss of 0 1-- cents an J acre; that it took an average of l.H I cents an acre to eradicate the tick j from the 216,000 square miles, and the ( 'average cost in the counties cleaned in South Carolina was 2.1 cents per acre. In Darlington and Marlboro counties, he Stated, the ticks were eradicated at costs of .4 and .ti cents an acre, and that the infested area '.n the State can be ( leaned at an outlay of 2.8 cents an acre, or about $400, ? C00, and thus save :i.7 cents an acre, j Telling how the boll weevil came into Texas some fifteen years ae,>>. leaving ruin and desolation in it*1 wake, and how it had steadily crept across the South until today if is on Hie western border of Georgia. Mr. Elawl estimated that it would rea h this State at the outside in live years. He showed how cotton production hi.U been CUt from 1,000,000 bales a year [in Louisiana to 100,000 with the com*] ling of the boll wevell, and how ten counties in Mississippi had dropped from JiiL'.'Si; bales <?i cotton in 190??, the first year the weevil appeared, t?? 3?,l?:i in 1912. j The weevil, he said, had travel!, d from Western Texas to the Georgia boundary, a distance uf ?>?"?" miles, la j fifteen years, and thai ii was certainly coming to Smith Carolina, as it was Impossible i" kill it or stop iis march. 'I.* appealed t?> ihe general assembly to prepare i"i the dreaded boll weevil ' j eradicating th. > attle tick and thus building ni' .i live si<>> k industry, ko v. ben the weevil cornea and the farni eis ma ao longei able t?> raise cotton ihev i An turn i" cattle and thus them from ruin and desolation. H. panned u vivid and convincing plctu.o [and Ilia earnestdess clearly made !ts?l Impression upon the legislators. The house passed a rising vote of thanks to the speakers and then ad? journed to meet tomorrow at 10 o'clock. Congressman Lever held a regular levee after the adjournment. TS very legislator and visitor pressing to shake his hand. The other visi? tors were given a cordial welcome and there is evidence here tonight that the appropriation for $40,000 for fighting the cattle tick will likely go through. Proper Expression of Appreciation. A compliment should be as qutckiy given for good goods and good ser? vice a. a kick for defective goods and poor service. Most people realize this. That is why so many hove written to the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy telling colds it has effected, and expressing their appreciation of the good quali? ties of th.s well known remedy. For of remarkable cures of coughs and sale by all dealers.?Advt. Washington, Jan. -'7.?President Wilson today signed an executive or? der making Col. George Qoethals gov? ernor of the Panama Canal /.one. How to Break Up a Had Cold. wco. P. Pflung, of Hamburg. N. T says: "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will break up a cold the quickest of anything I have ever used." Thii remedy contains no opium or other narcotic It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe to take. Try it. l ot sale by all dealers?Advt. For shingles alone, 750 million feet of limber is cut in that part of the State oi Washington which lies west of tin- Cascades. Chronic Indigestion Permanently Cured. "Six years ago/' writes s. S. Car penter, Easi Aurora, N. v., "i wai In very bud shape suffering from Indi? gestion, could not eat solid food, when a friend advised me to try Chamberlain's Tablets, l found such relief from one box that 1 contin? ued using them until ?und. and though six years have elapsed I have not felt the slightest return of my former trouble." For aale by all e>gler?.??-A(j,vt, ^% ? ^ma^ imtm When You Arc Bilious. Food ferments in your stomach when you are bilious. 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