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WILL OUR FARMERS REDUCE THE COTTON ACREAGE By W. W. Long, Director. Not Bince the early 90's have the ^ cotton farmers been so perplexed and demoralized as they are today. At that time cotton was selling for 6 to 8 cents a pound. It was most difficult to secure credit at anything like a reasonable rate. The banks in the state could be counted on your two hands. A great number of our farmers nf tnHov rotviomKnr fViAar* and they are reasoning with themselves about as follows: "I have made cotton at 8 cents a pound and made some little ' money. I am going to make this crop on the basis of 8 and 10 cents a pound for the reason that I am not going to purchase anything for myself or my tenants that I can do without. I am going to practice the most rigid ecoonmy. Cotton is the only crop that I can grow that will bring in any money for :myself or my tenants. It is absolutely necessavy for my tenants to produce a crop that they can readily sell for cash, otherwise they will leave me." With th<jse thoughts in their minds and in their state of perplexity with the little more favarable news that is now being1 printed in the press in reference to higher prices that may be expected from cotton, I fear that a great many of our farmers will be tempted at the last moment not to reduce their cotton acreage as much as they had intended to thirty or sixty days ago. Any one traveling in the Piedmont will be impressed with the fact that a great deal of land is being prepared for cotton and, owing to weather conditions, the preparation is of a most excellent character that will have a decided effect on production. To my mind there is only one answer to the arguments of 3ome of our farmers as above set forth and that argument should be driven home on every occasion; namely, that a ten or or twelve million bale croo will most likely sell for 5 cents a pound this fall, and that a six million bale cron under these circumstances will brinj? in more money than a twelve million bale crop. We will have on July 1, 1921, a surplus of nine million bales of cotTHE UN IVI We have Iip Touring Cars an I kinds of genuine F We have jus j turning lathe. 1 Lucas A HI Authorized Sal FIRST ANNUAL JERSE1 ROCKINGHAM, Thursday, Ap Fifty head Registered J< from the Leading P FIRTY HEAD? -inc'udi cows, hej * sires PLANTERS AND FARMERS: Sooner or Later you* If. the only safe and iane way t< profitable income, "Investigate Nov The Jersey is the Get your ft DIGGS 1 d J. C. WILiOk (The first annua| sale of Regis - Dirfgs Farm, at Rockingham, N. C. Lunch will be served at 12 o'clooV after. We invite you to art tend; thr r??-) I . , ~ ton. Thin surplus will in a great measure have to be consumed by foreign .countries. We must appreciate the the conditions in Europe as far from -eing normal. The armies of Great Britain, France and Belgium are invading Germany. Peace seems to be iiy the distant future and until peace is declared and the purchasing power of the people in Europe is restored in a measure ,cotton will of necessity not be in demand, and any surplus that may exist will have greater influence jn the market at this time than at a time when ordinary and normal conrlitintiu nrm?o 1 *Plw* ?-?* ? f ? v.?v.?/..o fivtuii. x uc piuuuv:viuii ui u six million Sale crop holds out some hope that our agricultural interests may in the near future be placed on a safe and sound basis; a ten or twelve million bale crop means a continuation of present conditions. GARDEN If^SECTS In controlling garden insects there are two principal insecticides, suggests Prof. A. F. Conradi, chief of the entomology division. On<f of these is arsenate of lead, which is a poison used for the chewing insects such as potato beetles and cabbage wo^ms. I'he other is nicotine sulphate, which is recommended for plant lice. It is well to keep these two insecticides on hand. The arsenate of iead is purchased as a dry powder, and should not be more than .75 of .1 per cent, water soluble. It may be used by d'' ting it in the morning when the plants are wet with dew at the rate of 2 pounds per acre, or it may be sprayed by adding one ounce of arsenate of lead to an ordinary 2\b gallon pail of water. It should be remembered that before adding arsenate of lead, Paris green, calcium arsenate ,or any other powder to water, a little water should I .. 1 1 :_A- _ -\j nisi, uuuuu itnu ntureu uuo a paste, i'hose who desire to make up larger amounts for spraying should write for Extension Circular 17. Nicotine sulphate is a concentrated tobacco liquid, and the spray is made by milling a tablcspoonful of nicotine sulphat0 to an ordinary 2 V4 gallon pail of water. Soap suds from a piece of common soap about a cubic inch in size and added to the nicotine spray, will improve it. Soap containing coal tar or naptha should NEVER be used. 7^ :RSAL CAB | re in Chesterfield d Trucks and all 'ord Parts lor you. I i ;t installed a new [ \ uto Go. es and "Service BBBBBBHBB 3 SslBI REGISTERED f SALE NORTH CAROLINA ril 14,1921 of choice ;rsey Cattle roducing Families. ifcrs, calves and a few extra bred II go into Dairying. ? assure oneself of a steady and, t.n \ P m fa fl 111n I\ r* '1 ? ? v/ynui/to IJI ucu >un<iation at FARM 5, Owner tered J?r??]ri will be held by the , on Thursday, April 14th, 1021. i. Sale starts immediately there-< tse splendid offerings will pleas | LOCAL ITEMS MWHwiian i - * * *" Mrs. G. K. Laney i#visiting Mrs. B. . M. Pcarce, of Boykin. 1 Mr. J. II. Tiller and son, of George< town, ?pent several days here last week with relatives. Wood's Early Amber C?n? Seed. W. P. ODOM. Mrs. J. A. Welsh and Mis. Roy L. Hurst are spending this week in Columbia. There will be an yitertainment in the Ruby School Auditorium Friday 1 night, April 1st, by the Patrick school Admisaion 15 antf 25 cents. Everybody is invited. The Rochester International League Baseball Club with first string ol players, will play in Cheraw, S. C-, on Saturday, April 2d, at 3 o'clock. See me for y6ur molaitei and yrup. 1 have it in all sizes. Red oi i Blue Karo, Sunnygold, Flint River, I and that old reliable Fancy Puertc Rico molasses, the best of all. i W. P. ODOM. There will ? be a meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society at the 1 Methodist church Thursday afternoon April the 7th, at 4 o'clock. . There is no conflict between the , figures quoted by Mr. Welsh and those used by the editor in the two-articles on water-works. The Advertiser, in order to be conservative, cut down the figures that might have been used, Mr. Welsh was even more conservative. Stock like Light Mixed Hay better than any other kind. 1 have another - car of it at prices that suit the timesSpecial prices on ton lots or more. . W. P. ODOM. On last Saturday night Deputy Sheriff C. Jim Sellers, assisted by 'Squire Fundevburk and others, arrested Boyd and Lloyd Brewer, colored, two miles out of Pageland on the charge of transporting liquor. The forbidden juice was found in their car and they were lodged in jail to await trial. Mrs. W. G. White and Billie Garner White have returned to their home in York, after spending a week with Mrs. D. H. Laney. I will sell you Shot, Sweet & Juicy, Rams Horn and Stars & Bars Chewing Tobaccos at less than manufacturer's price. I am overstocked in these brands, and want to unload io?ie of it. W. P. ODOM. The following boys and girls spent the Easter holidays at home: Messrs. Jack D<^iglass and Isom Teal, of the University; Rudolph Hursey, of Davidson; Miss Lila Teal, of Lander and miss aiary ueue weisn, of Chicora. Messrs. It. M. and S. D. Ellis have purchased the Strand Theatre and will conduct the business there, beginning Monday. They will continue the same excellent service that Mr. Boylin has been giving. Mr. R. M. Ellis will have charge of the theatre. When you want candy, Go to your Uncle Andy. If the election for water-works carries, the tax levy for same will not become effective until the fall of 192*2. It will require more than a year to install the system and thus the expense to householders of putting in connections will not begin until well up in next summer. The show at the Strand Friday afternoon and night will be a benefit for the Civic League, half the proceedsgoing to that worthy organization. The picture is a good one, Eugene O'Brien, in "Sealed Hearts." School children will sell tickets. I have reduced my price on green ccffee, and w.ll Rive you a high grade coffee at the price of inferior grade, W. P. ODOM. No matter how hot the Avater-works 'election may be all parties are guaran mirncss as the three election lr.anogers, Messrs. A. W. Hursey, I. J. J)avis, Jr., and T. E. White, have the confidence of everyone. Once the election is over, the majority having spok< n, lot every one how to the decision .)o matter what the result will be. A good deal of cotton is coming on the market these days, the price having picked up a little for thu past week. If you eat rice, ice me for the best whole grain rice at before-thewar prices. W. P. ODOM. Nearly as much cotton is being planted in this community this year as formerly. Fertilizer purchases are reduced about one-half, Mr. Henry Parker lias been appointed Magistrate at Brock's Mill, vice D. F. Brock, resigned. Always see me for Flour, both plain and Sclfrising. I have the hith grade ' in both, and the price is right. W. P. ODOM. It is rumored on oar streets that a Ku Klux Klan Chapter is being organized in Chesterfield, but no one j -eems to know anything at all about . it. This organization holds a charter j from the State of Georgia, having ' been organized in a legal way, and has branches,'it is claimed, in every counIty of the South. 1 have a high grade ground coffee that will pleate you, and 1 am down cn the rock bottom a* to prico. W. P. ODOM. ! Lawyer Charles L. JIunley was in v?i' ? ? r? iuvnuny i-unaiiccing a ref( io.ice in the matter of Bruner vs ' Brur.er. The late C. S. Bruner left $7,000.00 in the 1st National Bank of ' C lie raw and tlmre is a dispute as to whom ssme belongs?the widow and .child, or the mother and brother, the 1 latter claiming that the deceased made a gift of this money during Me lifetime. *?. , ~%w. ? jj Webster jj jj =Man's. jj Man j; By PETER B. KYNE \\ C Author of ^ !| "Coppy Rick.," "The Valley % J? of tho Giant*,** otc* { ! (Copyright, by Peter B. Kyne) | (Continued from preceding page) j know In your heart you'll give me the (l heat Job you have." >1 "You win," poor Jerome admitted. * "Hold the Job open 80 days. At the end of that period I'll give you a definite answer, Neddy. ! "I sniff excitement and adventure ! and profit In Sohrante aud I've Just . got to look-see. I'm like on old burro staked out knee-deep In alfalfa Just now. I won't take kindly to the ! pack " ! "And like an old burro, yon won't ; be happy until you've sneaked through 1 a hole In the fence to get out Into a i stuhble-fleld and starve." Jerome swore half-heartedly and promulgated mr irue provern tnni lire is .lust one ' blank tiling after the other?an In-# choate mnss of .liver and disappointment! "Do yon find It so?" Webster queried sympathetically. Suspecting that he was being twitted. Jerome looked up sharply, prepared to wither Webster, with that glance. Rut no, the mnn was absolutely serious; whereupon Jerome realized the futility of further argument and gave John Stuart Webster up for a total loss. Still, he could not help smiling as he reflected how Weh. ster had planned n year of quiet en( Joyment and Fate hnd granted him one brief evening. He marveled that Webster could be so Jlght-hearted nnd contented under the circumstances. Webster rend Ills thoughts. "Goodbye. old man." he said, and extended Ills hand. "Don't worry about me. Allah Is always kind to fools, my friend; sorrow Is never their portion. In answering Rilly's cnll I have a feel, Ing that I am answering the cnll of ! a great adventure." He did not know how truly he spoke, of course, but if lie bad. that knowledge would not hnve changed hi?} an swer. CHAPTER III. I The morning following his decision to play the role of angel to Rlllv Geary's mining concession in Sobranfe, John Stuart Webster, like Mr. Pepys, was up betimes. ; Nine o'clock found him in the oftiee of his friend Joe Dalngorfield. of the Bingham engineering works, where, within the hour, he had In his characteristically decisive fashion purchased the machinery for a ten-stamp mill. It was a nice order, and Palogerfl?ld was delighted. . "This Is going to cost you nhont half your fortune, Jack," he Informed Webster when the order was finally made up. Webster grinned. "You don't suppose I'm chump enough to pay for It now, do you, Joe?" he queried. "I'm going first to scout the eounry and in the meantime keep all this stuff In your warehouse until I authorize you by cable to ship, when you can draw on m^ at sight for the entire Invoice with bill of lading attached. If. upon Investigation, I find that this mine Isn't all my partner thinks It Is, I'll cable a cancellation, and you can tear that nice fat order op und forget It." From Palngerfield's office Webster rv?ra,. . tin m' |iin ninrc ?? r?? c? lliri mink tits railway ticket and sleei*inw r i nfter which be t returned to his hotel and set about packing for the Journey. Old Neddy Jerome, as sour and roes as a netting hen, accompanied , him In the taxlcab to the station, loth ,to let him escape and pleading to the last, In a forlorn hope that Jack Webster's better nature would triumph over his friendship and boyish yearning Tor adventure. He clung to Webster's arm as they walked slowly down the track and paused at the steps of the car containing the wanderer's reservntlon. Just as a porter, carrying some hand baggage, passed them by, followed h.v a girl in a green tailor-made suit. As she passed. John Stuart Webster looked fairly Into her fnce, started as If bee-stung, and hastily lifted his hat. The girl briefly returned his scrutiny with sudden Interest, decided e.he did not know him, and reproved him with a glance that even passe old Neddy Jerome did not fall to assimilate. "Wow, wow!" he murmnred. "The next time you try that, Johnny Webster, he sure you're right " "Oood land o' Ooshen, Neddy," Webster replied. "Fry me In bread crumbs, If that Isn't the same girl! I .<? ma era ^-1 ^ ... . .... v^mvn : uwuu-nye, old chap. I'm on my way." "Nonsense! The train doesn't pull out for seven minutes yet. Who Is she, John, and why does she excite you so?" "Who f* she, yon ancient horse thief? Why, If 1 hnve my way?nnd I'm certnlnly going to try to have It ?she's the future Mrs. W." "Alas! Poor Yorlck. I knowed him well," Jerome answered. "Take a tip from the old man, John. I've been 1 through the mill nnd I know. Never marry a girl that can freeze you with a glance. It Isn't safe. By the Way, what's the fair charmer's name?" I?Y? a i* ? i v? u"i it nown in my memorandum bonk, but I rnn'l recall It this minute Spanish name." "John. my dear boy. bo careful," Neddy Jerome counseled. "StIrk to your own kind of people la thin' ?a ~er?a nice girl. John?" you gee she Is?' And besides, why p should you He so fearful " "I'll have you understand, young g man, that I have considerable Interest n In the girl you're going to marry. By 0 the way. where did you first meet this girl? Who Introduced you?" r "I haven't met her, and I've never I l?een Introduced." Webster complained, nnd poured forth the tale of his ad- g venture on the train from Death val- i s ley. Neddy was very sympathetic. : a "Well, no wonder she didn't recog- j n ntze you when you saluted iter to- j night," he agreed. "Thought you were r another brute of a man trying to make t a mash. By thunder. .Tack. I'm afraid a you made a mistake when yon shed li your whiskers and buried your old > clothes." 5 "I don't care what she thinks. I f ivunu iici. i lUM hit, mm i ve lonnn s her again; nnd I'm not going to tnke any further chances." Tho porter, having delivered his r | charge's baggage In her section, was g returning for another tip. Webster ^ reached out nnd accosted him. t "Henry," he said, "where did you j stow that young lady's hand bag- ^ I gage?" 0 "Ix>wer Six, Car Nine, sah." r "I have a weakness for colored hoys j who are quick at figures." Webster do1 clared, and dismissed the porter with ^ the gratuity. He turned to Jerome. fl "Neddy, I feel thut I am answering the call to a great adventure," he de- t clared solemnly. |- "I know it, Jock. Good-bye, son, ? and God bless you. If your fit of in- j sanity passes within 90 days, cable me; and if you're oroke, stick the Colorado Con. for the cable tolls." "Good old wagon 1" Webster replied * affectionately. Then he shook hands ' and climbed aboard the train. The instant he disappeared Ir. the vesti- i bule, however. Neddy Jerome waddled 1 I "I'm Old Enough to tie Your Father." rnpldly down tlio truck to Onr 0. nlll.llw./) ?lv. .....I 1 ... vi 1111111*11 iiiM'iu u, unu mime iiis way to Lower (?. Tin* young lud.v in (lie green tailor-made suit wns there, looking Idly out of tin' window. "Voting lady.'- Jerome began, "may I presiune to address you tor a moment on a matter of great importance to you? I>01.-1 be afraid of ni6, my dear. . 111 n'd enough to be your father. and be Mas. I'm one ol the nicest < ' ' i rr m >t " She could not forbear a smile "Very well, sir," she replied. Neddy Jerome produced a pencil.and ' card. "Please wrije your name on this card," he pleaded, "and I'll telegraph 1 what I want to say to you. There'll be a man coming through this car In a minute, and I don't want him to see me here. Please* trust me, young 1 lady." The young lady did not trust him, . however, although she wrote on the card. Jerome thanked her and fled as fast as his fat old legs could carry him. Under the station arc he rend the card. "Henrietta Wllklns," he murmured. "By the gods, one would never suspect a nume like that belonged to a face like that. By Jingo, It would be strange If that madman persuaded her , to marry him. 1 hope he does. If '. I'm any Judge of character. Jack Webster won't be cruel enough ti? ! tlmt vision to Sohrante; and besides, ' she's liable to make hlin decide who's I most popular vvitli him?Henrlettn or I Billy Geary. If slio does, I'll play Geary to lo?e. Well I Needs must when the devil drives." And he entered the station telegraph otliee and commenced to write. An hour Inter Miss Dolores Ruey, nllas Henrietta Wllklns. was handed this remarkably verbose and truly candid telegram: "Miss Henrietta Wllklns, Lower 0. Car 9, on hoard train 24. "Do you recall tho hewlilskered, ragged Indlyldu 1 you met on the S. P., L. A. & S. L. train In Death valley ten days ago? He lifted his lint to you tonight, and you almost killed him with a look. It did not ^ycur to him that you would not recognize him disguised as n gentleman, and he lifted Ids hat on Impulse. Do not hold It against him. The sight of you again set his reason tottering on Its throne, nnd he told me his sad story. "This ninn, John Stuart Webster, Is n wenltliy, single, forty, fine and crazy i, ns a March hare. lie Is In love with n I you. You might do worse than fall In r I love with him. Fie Is the best mining ? I engineer In the world, and he Is now ahourd the same train with you, en route to New Orleans, thence to take the steamer to Buenaventura. Sobrante, C. A., where he Is 4o meet another lunatle and finance n hole In tjie ground. I do not want him to go to Sobrante. If you marry him, he will not. If you do not maiy-.v him. you still might arrange to make him listen to reason. If you can Induce him to j eoine to wort? for mo within tho next 00 days, whether yon marry him or not, I .wlli give you $5,000 the day ho report* on the Job. Please hear In mind that he does not know I am do- i Ing this. If he did, he would kill me, but business is business, and this Is a plain business propos'tlon. I am put >ower and can exercise It if you care o earn the money. If not. please for:et about It. At any rate, please do ne the favor to communicate with me n the subject. If at all Interested. "Kdward P. Jerome, President'Colondo Consolidated Mines, Ltd., Care j Engineers' Club." The girl read and reread this teleram several times, and presently n , low little smile commenced to creep iroiind the corners of her adorable nouth. "I believe Hu?t amazing old gentle nnn is nnsouuciy aopenuanie," \vn? | ho decision at which she ultimately . irrived. and calling for a telegraph ilnnk, she wired the old schemer: "Five flionsand not enough money, j lake It $10,000 and I will guarantee ; o deliver the man within 00 days. I j tay on this train to New Orleans. "HENRIETTA." J That telegram arrived at the Englicers* club ahout midnight, and puruant to Instructions, the night bar:oei?er read It and 'phoned the conen t a to Neddy Jerome, who protnpty telephoned his reply to the tele:raph otllee, and then sat on the edge if his bed, scratching his toes and nedltntlng. "That's a remarknhle young wornin," he deehled, "and business to her Inger tips. Well, I've done my part, ind It's now up to Jack Webster to irotect himself In the clinches and ircaknwaye." About daylight a black hand passed "leddy Jerome's reply through the >erth curtains to Dolores Iluey. She end: . "Accept. When you deliver the foods, communicate with me and get 'our monev. "JEROME." She snuggled back among the pll- i ows and considered the various as- I >ects of this nmnzlng contnict wlilcli J he had underlnken with n perfect , stranger. Hour after hour she lay 1 here, thinking over this, preposterous situation, and the more she weighed t, the more interesting and attractive he proposition appeared. But one ;onsideratlon troubled her. How vouhl the unknown knight manage am titroduetion? Or, if he failed to manlge it. how was she to overcome that ihstaele? "Oh, dear," she murmured, "I do iope he's hrnve." She need not have worried. Flours lefore, the object of her thought had ;et tled all that to Ills own complete satisfaction, and as a consequence was deeping peacefully and gaining strength for whatever of fortune, good >r 111, the morrow might bring forth. ____ ! CHAPTER IV. _ Day was dawning in Buenaventura, republic of Sobninte, as invariably It luwir i in the tropics?without extended preliminary symptoms. The soft, ?t??rery light of a full moon that had tare.! out senndaloualy late had merged Imperceptibly Into gray; the fruy was swiftly yield!.-.;; phut* to a i...nt crimson that was . .n. i deepening upward athwart the msi. i In (he patio of Mother .leaks' establishment in the Onile oe Concordia, No. 19, the first shafts of morning light vere filtering obliquely through the orange trees und creeping in under (lie deep, Gothic-arched veranda flankigg (lie western side of the patio. Presently, through (he silent reaches of the Cnlle de Concordia, the I sound of a prodigious knocking and ; thuiupintf echoed. as of some fretful | Individual seeking admission at the street door of 101 Btten Amigo, by which euphonious designation Mother leaks' caravansary was known to the pttldic of Buenaventura. In the second story, front, a window slid l>:?ck and a woman's voice, husky with that duskiness that speaks so accusingly of cigarettes and alcohol, demanded: 1 "Qulen es? Who is It? Que qulore listed? Wot do yer want?" "Ye mlg'ht dlsplnse wit' that para- ; pieet conversation whin nddhressln' the likes av me," a voice replied. "'Tls me?Cafferty. I have a cablegram Leber give me to deliver " j "Gawd's truth! WouW yer wake the 'ole 'ouse with yer 'ammerlng?" ' "All right. I'll not say another ' R'orrd!" ' * Without the portal stood Dyn Juan I 3nfetern. of whom a word or two be- > fore proceeding. To begin, Don Juan Cafetero was , lot his real name, but rather a free Spanish translation of the Gaelic, fohn Cafferty. Mr. Cafferty was an . ?\lle of Krin with a horrible thirst. Fie had first arrived In Sohrante some Ive years before, as section boss in he employ of the little foreign-owned inrrow-g?tugo railway wbieh ran from Inennventura on the Caribbean coast o San Miguel de I'ndun. up-oonntry vliero the nitrate hods were located, 'rlor to hK advent the railroad pen- ( de had tried ninny breeds of section >oss without visible results, until a Allien go nun. who laid eoine to Snirante to install an inler-eonininnieatnj: loleplioiie. system in the governnent hnlldiugs, suggested to the sii erintende t of the road, who was a Sermon, that the men made for bosses nine from I'nn's isle; wherefore Mr. "nffcrty hnil been Imported at a price >f sr? a day gold. Result?-a marked inprovenient in tie road bed and eonepuently the train solospiles, and the iltlmnte lo-s of the f'.nfferty soul. Something In the climate of Sohrane must hnjp* appealed to a touch of . tilsse/. fnlro In I>on Juan's amiable s intnre, for In the course of time he i r ind taken unto himself, without boll ^ r book, after the fash On of the pro- ^ I'fnrlnt of Hohrnnte. the daugldor of me FN t chit n Manuel Mnrinue Jose Mn- I In Pn*0"?' .v MtrnmW?*?. nn optima- } rj GrfS3 CaZT2?5IBSoia?ttS9^22&2jC!&S^^uMC!*21 CSS31 Q2|32I^QCM2C13 |^| jnBPB'ilTBMirt VIIVflWWIHIRflttBlBfllUBUilflBBBB 111 RECEIVED GREAT BENEFIT PROM THE USE OF Mr. J. O. Sexton, ' Crock, North Carol I M**** * 'or tho lut two ye* - ! |j its* fit* from it. Pe-ru?3JI flu. I can rccomnn U m TV SrtH !iu,-?'^i-p-*' J ? ttr.it ttllU IMIWC | *** Tj^ tarrhal diaoaae ! I ^7 a lml' oenti I _ ble peon who was singularly glad to have his daughter off his hands and no questions asked. Following the fashIon of the country, however, Bsteban had forthwith moved the remainder of his numerous progeny under the mantle of Don Juan Cafetero's phtlnn thropy, and resigned a position which for many years he had not enjoyed ?to-wlt: salting nnd packing green hides at a local abattoir. This foolhardy economic move had so Incensed Don Juan that In a fit of pique he spurned his father-in-law (we^must call Estohan something and so why split hairs?) under the tails of his catnisa, with such vigor as to sever forever the friendly relations hitherto existing between the families. Mrs. Cafferty (again we transgress, but what of it?) subsequently passed away in child birth, nnd no sooner had she heen decently buried than Don .Tuan took a week off to drown his sorrows. In this condition he had encountered Esteban Manuel Enrique Jose Mnrlu Pasqual y Miramontes and called him out of his name. In the altercation that ensued Esteban, fully convinced that he bad received the nub end of the transaction front start to finish, cut Don Juan severely; Don Juan had thereupon slain Esteban with a .44-caliber revolver and upon emerging from the rallrond hospital a month later had been tried by a Sohrnntean magistrate and fined the sunt of ts'JO.oon, local tender of the republic of Snhrante. Of course, be had paid It ofT within aix months from his wages as section boss, but the memory of the Injustice always rankled him, and gradually he moved down the scale of society from section boss to day laborer, day laborer to tropical tramp, and tropical tramp to beach comber. In which tatter stnte he had now existed for several months. To return to Mother Jenks. Itefore r>on Juan could even utter a matutinal greeting. Mother Jenks laid finger to lip and silenced him. "f?o 1>nck to Leber's and return In an hour." she whispered. "1 'nve my reasons for want In' that bloomin' cablegram delivered later." lion Juan hadn't the least Idea what Mother Jenks' reasons might lie, but he presumed she was up to some chicanery. and so he winked his hlo<>dshot eye very knowingly and nodded l is c (jifiescenee In the program. When lie had gone. Mother Jenks v em behind the bur and fortified tiers'If with her morning's morning? which rite having been performed, her ' U'p : numbed brain livened up Im r.edin' f'y. (?To L-o continued) SMALL DARY FIRST AID TO GENERAL FARM "Mr. T. Johnston, of Fairfield ouiity, who i .s been running a small lairy for many years, tolls me tolay," says County Agent R. II. Lemon in a recent report, "that the cash . oni his dairy consisting of 8 cows is radically running his 5-horse farm. Mr. Johnston says that with very little assistance, which he has not had so far, he will he able to operate his 5horse farm tl rough the season with the proceeds of his dairy. "Mr. John Lam has a line herd of high grade Guernsey cattle, and says that the Osceola velvet beans, which he is feeding to his cows now, a?*e largely responsible for the profit he is getting from them. lie gathered a splendid crop of beans last year." CITATION NOTICE State of South C arolina, bounty of Chesterfield, Ry M. J. ITough, Probate Judge: Whereas, T. G. Griggs made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and elt'ecls of Joseph Smith, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and iuimonish all and singular the kindred !tnd creditors* of the said Joseph Smith, deceased, that they be and appear before nie in the Court of Prolate, to be held at Chesterfield, S. C., >ri 14th day of April, next after pubication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration hould not he granted. Given under my hand this 29th day >f March, Anno Domini, 1921. M. J. Hough, Probate Judge. FAKF.N UP?It d Duroe Jersey male, weighing about JOO pounds. Fred Ki\ ers, Up-1 1 McParlan It 1. GASOLINE SYSTEMS Oil* I 'a tik:* and Pumps, Air 'oinpv. s\. v.\ t (uuputin^i Scales lour fc-.'iP Show Cases, Aco'U:t lie vi'-'f r\ Rebuilt Cash voqjisters s. fes, Store Fixtures. HAMILTON SALES CO. C o 11 n 111?i a, S. C. Cotton Seed W A iv Th l> I a n in i " i m : et to buy cotton eod in cc.il ?u<l I t , or to exchange ;oo;l, (ivy, - .uu I 7 er cent, meal for oo*l. (let it v' h. t ci h l vice or exh'miirp be for* > celling or exchanging. !tE-14 W. 1). CROCKING I ON Kingstree, S. C. S?MMA I R. F. D. No. 2, Graasy f|g? , | ina: "I have uaed Po-ru-na f Q| f J n and received (treat bene- COLDS ! na ia fine for coIiIa. uriu an<l eaia' > H and it moat highly/* |gg ?jg solda, catarrh, the re- g! id Spanish Flu, atom- hi I disorders and all otlier C\- |]| PE-RU-NA. is recommended BE iry of dsefulness. |!| JETS OR LIQUID | A> everywhere 1