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Spreading ||F^ At Alarming Rate ^ Under normal conditions the boll weevil advances into new ^^^territnry at the rate of about fif^JRry miles each year, but during a H Biitkh! of only two weeks the H^^nresent season there was an ad^^^Hrancc of about 100 miles. This ^^Hrovemcnt carried the insects inGeorgia for the first time, and Htwent.y-tive counties in that I^^Hstate became infested. Several |niii,:iirs in PMorula have been ^^Hinfested for several years, but eight additional ones became in fested by the same movement Twenty additional counties ir. B Alabama were also invaded. All 9 of tbis spread took place between the 15th and 31st of Aneust. I There were several conditions, according to the entomologists of the United States Department of Agriculture, which contributed to this unusual dispersion. One of them was the drouth in Alabama and Mississippi, which caused the plants to cease fruiting and deprived the weevils of the squares upon which they prefer to feed. The more important condition, however, was a series of very high winds which began on August loth and blew continuously for several days towards the northeast. The weevils were thus carried much farther than they could have gone by natural lliglit or even by the aid of ordinary winds. The department has placed all available forces at work to assist the farmers in the territory that has just become infested. Most ft of the cotton is now open and m this will allo?v unusually early A picking, 8i? that the fall broodof the weevil can be destroyed rny uprooting and taming the plants or burning them where necessary. The department strongly urges the burying of the plants wherever this can be done promptly, as the humus thereby placed in the soil is of very great, importance. The statu agencies are cooperating with the agents of the utpartH moot, and a very active effort will he made to reduce the uumB ber of weevils to the extent that B will allow an approximately normal crop next season. Another feature of the boll weevil proble n which is attracting considerable attention is the damage that is being done in Texas this season. There is a | more or less general impression in the eastern part of the cotton belt that, the holl weevil has died out in the state of Texas, but the ii vestigations of the department show that the abundance of the insects in that, region depends on climatic enndi tions. During tlie present season these conditions have heen extremely tuvorable, with the result that the insect has been as abiindant as at any time, since it invaded the state. The lesson to tie drawn from this fact is that the planters in the eastern purt of the cotton belt inns' ^ make u strenuous fight, and & should realize tlmt, biiico tin ^t>"l! weevil has not died out W either in Texas or Mexico, it is f not at all likely ro do so in any other region that may become invaded. They should adjust their systems of farming to boll weevil conditions without, delay. Use Printed Stationery n Kvery farmer who owns his 9 farm ought to have printed nta I turnery, with his name a.id tin 9 name r>f his postollice properly B given. The printed heading might also give the name of B whatever crop he specializes i>? or his specialty in stock. Neui ly printed stationery gives you a standing with anv person or mT firm to whom you write and inB sures the proper reading of join B name and addre 11 you wi i B to writWo your congressman o B member of the legislature, or it H you have a request, to make of H your county superintendent of schools, or u you wish uifonuu9^ tion from any business houses, in any case your letter will have increased weight ami receive ^ more and quicker attention it r; you use printed stationery. (Jet the habit.?Abbeville Medium. I RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Ilheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, BL Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne* used in-' ternally and externally. Price 25c. Br ADDREsfwAnSB * ^ ' WAR ONE OF FEW OF WHICH BOTH SIDES CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD. Nation Created Not For Self-Service, But to Serve Mankind.?Veterans Endorse Foreign Policy. Washington.?Veterans of the Civil War here for the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic were formally welcomed to the Capital by President Wilson, who told them their battles DO years ago were fought that the greatest instrumentality for the uplift of mankind the world has ever seen might not be Impaired. The President spoke amid scenes of patriotic fervor in the crowded convention hall into which the old census building had been converted. Col. David J. Palmer, commander-inchief of the G. A. It., introduced him amid thunderous cheering and informed him that the veterans stood solidly behind the Administration's conduct of the present-day foreign problems "and that their sons would support him In any steps he might take. The President was frequently Interrupted by applause a*: he spoke to the veterans, their families and friends. He did uo-t touch directly on the European war, or on problems growing out of it. but demoted his address to the mission of the United States, and the lessons taught by the Civil War. He spoke of the war as one of the few in history of which both sidos could be proud. The President said in part: "It is a singular thing that men of a single generation should have witnessed what you have witnessed in the crowded 50 years which you celebrate tonight. You took part when you wore young men in a struggle, the meaning of which I dare say you thought would not be revealed during your lifetime, and yet more has happened in the making of this nation in your lifetime than has ever happened in the making of any other nation in the lifetime of 41 dozen generations. "We now know and the world knows ttiaf flin Ihinc thot wo ?lir?n I undertook, rash as K seemed, has set up 1n the world a government maintained and promoted by the general conscience and the general conviction. "S?o I stand here not to welcome you to the nation's capital as if I were your host, but merely to welcome you to your own capital, because I am, and am proud to be. your servant. 1 hope I shall catch, as I hope we shall all catch, from the spirit of the occasion a new const oration to the high duties of American citizenship." LOAN PLAN FORMED. I^onds Will Pay Five Per Cent and Be Issued at 98. New York.?The agreement between the Anglo-French financial commission and the American bankers with whom they have been conferring over U>e proposed credit loan to Great Britain and France, has resulted in the formation of a definite plan, it was officially announced here for the establishment of a $500,000,000 loan issue on five-year, five per cent joint British and French bonds, payable jointly and severally by the two nations. The bonds will be issued to the public at 98, thus yielding approxi mately 5 1-2 per rent to the Investor, and to the nation-wide syndicate of hankers which will subscribe to the loan at 96. Formation of the syndicate has been left to J. I*. Morgan A Co., and a "large group of American bankers and financial houses." Honor Victims of F-4. Washington.?Full military honors were accorded 14 unidentified victims who lost their lives when the United States submarine F-4 mysteriously sank at the entrance to Honolulu harbor sfune months ago. Their dismembered bodies, in four caskets, were buried in the Arlington National cemetery, the services being attended by high officials of the navy and others. Civil war veterans attended the funeral. There were 21 men aboard the submarine. Four bodies were identi-' tied and buried elsewhere. What He Meant. Many years ago there was an American missionary located among the Indians In the far West who was of a , hospitable turn of mind. He always I kept hard cider on the premises. If any one of his widely scattered flock of Indians chanced to call upon him, he would bring them forth a Jug of it. One day a strange Indian called? one whom he had never seen before? evidently an unconverted heathen, so far as Christianity was concerned? but converted to the consumption of alcoholic beverages. He, as it turned out, had been coached after the manner of a student at a university. His acquaintance with English was limited. He opened flre upon the astonished missionary thus: "Abraham. Jacob. Jonah, Job, Satan, Beelzebub," and then paused, evidently expecting a reply. "What on earth do yon mean?" asked the missionary, he not having been christened after any of them, drawing himself up in a dignified manner. The Indian pithily replied: "I mean cider." Distinctly Personal. In a certain town in tho south of Scotland thero dwelt a policeman with unusually large feet. One night, after lie had retncd to rest, he was disturbed by a nobte at tho back of his house, and on going out to ascertain the cause of it he found that his garden was overrun by a number of boys. Robert angrily demanded what they wanted, and received the following reply from one of the urchins as he disappeared over the garden wall: ? "Oh, we're lukin' for ane o' your auld butes to inak' rabbit hooso wl ." TxPires indicating the increae in the production of hogs in th South are published tbis week i The Manufacturers' Recort South Carolina leads all souther States, her increase being 20 p? cent, over last year's suppli Georgia and Texas rank seconc ^ach showing a net gain of 1 per cent. West Virginia show lie smallest gain, increasing' il oercentage by 2. New Mexic and Arizona also show an ii creese of 20 per cent. The gai for the three States is near) hree times greater than the a' rage increase for the Unite States as a whole. A well attended and enthus tfitic meeting of farmers an business men was held in ti court house in Laurens count recently when practical, inforn ing talks under the general sul ject cf live stock raising in Lau ens county were made by Pro K. A. Spencer of Clinton, Pro K. L. Shields cf Clems'm Colleg and Dr. W. W. Long* of tl United States farm extensic Bureau. The second cotton ca-go to I xportnd from Charleston th -easou left that port Monda when the steamship Bonifac sailed for Liverpool with 6,7? oales of cotton. The first cot to ship was the Cay ,> Soto, also British vessel, which carried 10 2f;0 hales. The total foreign e: port to date is 17,000 bales. Limestone College, at Gafl'noj opened with many new studeni on Wednesday, "Thefreports of unusually larp enrollment in our public schoo and colleges are very gratifyin to me,'' said Gov. Maiming i discussing education and pro perity in South Carolina. "It a healthy sign to note the awal cniug ot our white citizens I the very .great necessity of un versa I education, especial! along prtctical lines ? cockini sewing, farming, mechanics, eh It. is also an evidence of the r< turn of prosperity to our land. Lander i>oLege opened Se] tember 22. The largest fresl man class in the history of tli college was enrolled. The University of South Car< lina opened on Tuesday for 11 110th session, the second in tli administration of President Wi liom fSpenser Currell. Enrol meat is 4*>0 and every dormitor is 111 led. The planters' Hank, of Roc Hill, is the name of the new u stitutior, launched 'lhursda night in that city. Jute, itisiead of cotton twin* will be used for tying letters i tne postal service during tli pear beginning Nov. 1. Tli con tract tor the lwwe, of whir ubout ii,500,000 yards will \ used, was let i.i .Boston mam faeturer. No, BQS This i? ii prescription prepared especial for MM AMA or CHILLS &. FEVEf Five or six doses wiil break any case, ai ii Snkei then as a tonic the Fever will n return It nets on the liver better thi Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2: FARM FOR SALE Good farm \V* mile south < f /hesterlleld. about 00 seres tu dor cull ivation. Good 7 roo dwelling; one tenant house, otl i or iinprovement. For information write or se< A. O. Burr, Chesterfield. It. J Free a-pri/.e of vnlue will I given away at tli" Movies ne: Saturday night. Guess what will he. \ r~ lias announced a puzzh OF KNOWLEDGE. It 1 History for South Caro ing, Instructive and ina bundre<^?d eighty-five jj i 38 bubs^^k*s to TIIE i (j send in^^^^knswers 1a Read Pai mmfim Oonti kAl ForFlS^M ^ The farmers of Florence n Jty have formed an agricuBTraf association, which is puiposed n to develop the interests of agri' culture in an academic w.?y, an T' association of those who are in' terested in the science of agri ^ culture and the social side of 'H the farmers gatherings. .J. O. Brunson is the president and 50 K. K. Currin the secretary. At a meeting hold in the summer n this association was organized. 5 A committee met recently at Mr v~ Ourrin's resident at the Pee Dee ^ experiment station and a number 01 business men were inviti" en to join with them in the disci cusBion of the organization. >e Al. D. Lucas, president of the y Chamber of Commerce, spoke to i" the committee on the importb ance of the farmers generally r- cooperating in the movement f- undertaken by the Chamber ?t f. Commerce and the city of Flor nee to Becure a good market for cattle. T.N. Young, II. in E. C-urrin and J. S. McKenzio all spoke of the necessity of Me )e farmers and the business men jp working in cooperation and of y their appreciation of what the ?p Chamber of Commerce and the iO business in en of Florence ,n through that organization had a undertaken for the good of the . agricultural interests. OUR JlTNEr OFFER This and 5c 7* DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out k* this slip, enclose with ,">e and mail it, to Foley & Co., Chicago, ;e Illinois, writing your namo ami Is address clearly. You will reig eeive in return a trial package n containing Foley's Honey and s- Tar Compound, for coughs, colds is and croup; Foley Kidney I'llls, 1c for pain in sides and hack, rheu :o mutism, backache, kidney and i- bladder ailments; and Foley Caiy thartic Tablets, a wholesome *, and thoroughly cleansing cathurc. tic, for constipation, biliousness, s- headache and sluggish bowels, ? If your Watch or Clock needs ^ repair. Carrv it to McCall. lie has a diploma, hut will repair it as cheap as the one who hasn't one. All work guaranteed. ts Take No Useless Risk lt Do not take chances with cotron anthracnose. It is one of the worst diseases that can get y in your cotton field. If you see some disease in your cotton and k you are not certain as to whethi er it is anthracnose, send a y sample at once to your county demonstration agent or to the a botany division of Olemeon Coln lee? It atntA r.# At I a Aitu a/ TAU./tA Lucas County, ps. ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he I t is senior partner of the lirm of F. J. Cheney A- Co., doinp business in the City of Toledo. County ant! State aforesaid. and that said tirm Will pay the I , sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that ' cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed i 4 in my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON. (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken interni ally and acts through the Klood on the Mucous Surfaces of tile System. Send 1. for testimonials, free, id F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. 0j Sold by all druprtflsts. 75r. llalls Family Pills for constipation. On account of inotbl being s< high, we have n lot of Nos. 1 a no 2 shingles on hand. 80 if you rtf arc in need of roofing come in rt- and see us.?Chesterfield Mer n? cantile Co. ? ? "MONEY" TI10 mint makes it and under tlio '? terms of t he I'ONTI N R.N I'A I, .MORI'O ,\(i I. ( '()N, |'.\ N ) _\ <hi call Neeuif ii it l )P '? per cenf for nny legal purpose on np prtiv ed renl estate. Terms easy, t< || u. voiir wants mimI we w ill eo-operate with it von. 908-9 Munsey Bldg , Baltimore. 2 picture contest?a GAM Pi is based on South Carolina linians. It will be interest,y be very profitable. Five dollars will be given to the ^TATE who remit now and ter. rticulars or Write Direct to sst Manager. 'E COMPANY, MBIA, H. C. HBKi Tift It A: * (ftr l^eWa^T 11 Man With 11 Maid I $: X; ] ill *By George Elmer Cobb p W:W?i^S?M?lW (Copyright. 191G, by W. O. Chapman.) "New neighbors. Ezra." announced Mrs. Perkins. "That so? Hope we don't lose them ' as quick as wo did the last ones." "Maybe that was our own fault," , 1 submitted his wife. "They sort of perko'd up with their stiff city ways i and It nettled me. You was down j with that spell of rheumatism most ' of the time and Walden was away at ; 1 school. It's lonesome and dismal to | see the place next door vacant all the while. Besides, every new family v.e win to stay helps the town, l^et us try and make this new family stay." "Who are they?" Inquired Mr. Perkins. Their name is Purtelle?father, mother, young lady." "Jur.t match us, don't they?" sag- ' gested Mr. Perkins. "Well, you're the . moving spirit, Janet, and mo and the ' boy will follow the leader." Ned Perkins and his father humbly : took heed to quite a lecture that evenlng. Mrs. Perkins showed that she not only had studied out a plan as to the treatment of their prospective neighbors, but had pursued certain in- i quirics that had resulted in the gleaning of a good deal of information regarding them. "They never lived in a country town before, 1 understand." said Mrs. Perkins. "Mr. Purtelle has just retired ' from business and his wife lias worn ! herself out with her social duties, fuss ing for company, I suppose that means. ' The girl is just out of school. She is ' in love with flowers, chickens, every- \ tiling that grows and runs. They are real nice people." "T don't doubt it, if you say so. Janet." observed her husband. "And j they will be Rood neighbors." "You said a young lady in the family, eh?" remarked Ned thoughtfully. "Yog, and you be good to her?them, Ned," warned his mother. "I will, to her?them," pledged Ned, with a broad smile. "Now the city people are slow to get acquainted with," went on Mrs. Perkins. "Don't intrude yourself. Do pleasant, but dignified. Show them all Surreptitiously Placed in the Nests. the kindness you can. Above all, do ' everything in your power to set them in love with the country life. Now, Ned, do spare enough time from your . auiH'uia aim nsning 10 pay Rome at- ' tention to these good people." I "Mother, mine," responded Ned with i sunshiny alacrity, "I'll do just that thing, and as to the ilshing?why, I'll have this Miss?Miss?" "Miss Edna Purtelle." "Yes, Edna a member of the An-'1 glers' c lub insido of a week!" , I "Don't be too forward, Ned," warned | his mother. That evening two big vans loaded i with furniture arrived, and nearly all j night long their drivers were putting up shades, laying down rugs and getting the house generally in order. It was not until after dusk the next evening that two members of the purtelle family, mother and daughter, arrived. Ned was away fishing at the time, but his mother informed him o. the circumstances u(>on his return "The father ion t be detained in town on business," surmised Mrs. Perkins, "for he did not come with them." Ned was up bright and early. He pared around the gardt n, and then hearing a swish beyond the fence, man high, that separated the two residences, moved towards it. As he tiptoed to look over, an eager, curious faced girl likewise tiptoed, with tiny feet resting on the Inside stringer She lifted to liim c rosebud vision of beauty. "Yon was peeping I was peeping? oh. dear!" exclaimed the little maiden breathlessly, jumping down in confusion. "Then we must be Interested in one another." suggested Ned. "Oh, I know!" fluttered Edna, "they told me a boy lived next door." "Hoy!" began Ned resentfully, and then audaciously: "1 am the boy next door, little Kirl." Edna pouted charmingly. She was plucking at a rambler rose vine that covered the fence, reached over it and drooped in great fragrant clusters over into the next yard. "Oh, dear," siio gasped, "I musn't do that!" "Why not?" he inquir< d. "They're your roses." "Not nt all," declared Ned unblush* Ingly. "The law on partition fences out here in the country, is that half of it belongs to each adjoining tomuit and all that hangs over it." "Then I can pick all the osos I want?" j "Why, certainly, and como over .and ) \ get as many mdjre from our side." "Oh, I couldn't do that without asking mother," demurred Edna, and ran Into the house. Ned was charmed. More than that, lie was smitten. He managed to bo at his post in the garden immediately after breakfast. He observed Edna looking wistfully towards the chorry trees at the back of the Perkins house. "I never saw cherries grow before," she said wistfully. "Why don't you get a basket and pick some?" he insinuated, "in your Dwn orchard?" "Our orchard?" "Why, yes. That strip back of you Is free to you. lot law out in the country, you know?" Edna regarded him keenly and sus piciously, but her face was an innocent blank. The audacious fellow did not explain to Edi.a that it was a continuation of the Perkins lot that went around the new neighbor's domain. She went wild with delight as he got a stepladder, held the basket and let hei pick the ripe, bursting globes In "her orchard." In fact, up till nearly noon they were together and Ned forgot all about his fishing. T.ater that day a coop of chickens arrived. Edna called over the fence to know if Ned couldn't come over and get the new arrivals into the chicken house. This led to an introduction to Mrs. Purtelle, who showed herself well pleased with the young man. "And when will there be somo eggs? When do the chick ;ns lay most?" fluttered Edna. "Why?well, night times mostly,' epor'ed Ned unflinchingly. "Then there will be some fresh eggs for breakfast in the morning!" crii i Edna delightedly There were, notwithstanding that Ned had discovered that, the impor ! brood consist! d mostly of roosters, in the morning with a scream of wild j >v Rdna discovered neariy two do/,-i eggs, surreptitiously plae '1 In the nests before daylight by the obliging Ned. Again a day of rare companionship, Cupid forging the chains closer and elosei as tho sunny hours went by. Then Edna was full of the theme of the little chicKs. A "setting" was duly COLO We aro not. running a sale i front of our store wrapped 1 is printed in all the gorge something purporting to sei or have we these little Hags which is printed something these eontr iptions <jost ?uo pay this bill. Now that we have a stock o hand and other shoes that much less than thestandarc the WALK.-OVKR Sh<?a The prices run ?d..r>o, We will st $:i.0<), $3. Ho, Other makes will be sc ODOM COM ?\ 1 We have a comp ers and R^kes; prices to suit yc and get prices. ARMFIELD HARD _ A provided? KVri. fl H "And Bi the litUe be ripe?" the eager nnVi rural ways.^^?^ y ""Well." refunded Ned slowly ?wltb. cold devoted serenity, "with ^arm weather, by morning." "Oh, I shall he awake at daylight!" declared the excited enthusiast. "So will I!" vowed Ned, and was. At tho weird hour of midnight he had substituted a now brood of their own for the setting. Mr. 1'urtelle arrived at the end of the week, lie stared hard at Edna, as she introduced Ned, as if he were some old-time chum. Then there was a closer acquaintance of the members of the family all around. One day the truant pair came homo consciously All oiowo'' IMUOIVI CU . "I've asked her and I love her," Ned told Mr. Purtelle promptly. "Humph!" growled Mr. Purtelle, I good naturedly enough," and what ' about the false pretences of cherries, eggs and the like?" "Oh, that shows his kindly disposltlon, papa!" chirped in Edna. "I saw through the humbug of his 'lot law' j and twelve hour chickens all tho time, but ho was so obliging?so?so anxious to please me, that 1 led him on because?why, because," acknowledged the blushing maid, "I?I loved him." Sale of Land for Taxes Under and by virtue of authority contained in certain Executions issued by W. 1'. Douglass, County Treasurer, and (Erected to mo, I have 1 sviod upon and !. oxe us vo io^-. lion of tho I'd iwmg n tl estate, lowit, and will soil tho same tor cash, to ll.> highest bidder, before the C( ... hon d r at < he iterlield, on the fir ' Monday in Oct. 1015 between <' egal h r s of sale. 177 Acr s m JeH'ers- :i Townsh,o knov as .1. 'Cn kill Est. lands, ]y() acres in Sleer l'en Township knowi. as 1. 15. Merriman, land. FACTS n the sense that we have the tp in wiiit * cloth on which ous color.; of the rainbow t forth great bargains; neithhiing around in the stceon to catch the unwary.', All ncy, and somebody has to r WALK OVr.il SHOlfeoii we are willing to sell for 1 price. Everybody knows nd knows the price ol'them. *4.f>0 and *5.00 ill them for 1.75, and ?4.00 >ld correspondingly low. Yours truly, Si? OS PSiilY ?I t! W 1H C? C P ^ i%? JCi b3 V Sggigps* )lete line of Mow; also repairs at )u. Call at once Terms easy. WARE fCOMPANY f k. A