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^flErekil ILPi or ^fejohn1 Hbg^d by ^^^^^COPYRtOHj^Oj^CHAR ^r*nllmiM) (ran l?? wmV\ CHAPTER XIV Ersklne had {riven Black Wolf his life, and the young brave had accepted the debt-and fretted under It sorely. And when EJrsklne had begun to show some heed to Karly Morn a fierce jealousy seized the savage, and his old hatred was reborn a thousandfold more strong?and that, too, Hsaklne now knew. Meat ran low and a hunting party went abroad. Game was scarce and only-after the second day was there a kill. Ersklne.had sighted a huge buck, had fired quickly and at close range. Wounded, the buck had charged, Ersklne's knife was twisted In his belt, and the buck was upon him before he could get It out. He tried to dart for n tree, stumbled, turned, and caught the infuriated beast by the* horns. He uttered no cry, but the angry bellow of the stag reached the ears of Black Wolf through the woods, nnd he darted toward the sound. And he came none too soon. Ersklne henrd the crack of 'a rille. the stag toppled over, ami he saw Black Wolf standing over him with a curiously triumphant look on his saturnine face. In Ersklne, when he rose, the whlto-ninn was predominant. nnd he thrust out his hand, but Bluck Wolf Ignored It. "White Arrow gave Black Wolf his life. The debt Is paid." Erskine looked at his enemy, nedded, and the two bore the stng a>vny. Instantly a marked change was plain In Black Wolf. He told the story of the tight with the buck to nil. Boldly he threw off the mantle of shame, stalked haughtily through the village, and went back to open enmity with Erskine. At dusk a day or two later, when he was coming down the path from the white wornpn's wigwam, Black Wolf confronted him. scowling. "Early Morn shnll belong to Black Wolf," he said Insolently. Erskine met his baleful, half-drunken eyes scorpfully. "We will leave that to Early Morn," he said coolly, and then thundered iuddenty: "Out ot uiy wayi" , PI nek Wolf hesitated ana guvi way, but ever thereafter Erskine was on guard. In the white wornun, too, Erskine now saw a change. Once she had encouraged him to stuy with the Indians; now she lost no opportunity to urge against it. She hnd heard that Humllton would try to retake Vlnceunes, that he was forming a great force with which. to march south, weep through Kentucky, hatter down the wooden forts, und force the Kentucktans behind the great mountain 0 wall. Erskine would be needed by the whites, who would never understand or trust htm If he should stay with the Indians. All this she spoke one* day when Erskine came to her tent to talk. Her face had blanched, site had argued passionately that he must go, and Erskine was sorely pussied. The girl, too, hnd grown rebellious and disobedient, for the change in her mother wus plain also to her, and she could not understand. More over, Ersklne's stubbornness grew, nntl he began to Hume within nt the stulking Insolence of Black "Wolf, who slipped through the shadows of day and the dusk to apy on the two where% ever they came together. And one day when tlie sun was midway, and in the open of the village, the clash came. Black Wolf darted forth from his Wigwam, his eyes bloodshot with rage und drink, and his hunting knife In his hand. A cry from Early Morn warned Ersklne and he wheeled. As Black Wolf mnde a vicious slash at hhn he sprang aside, und 'with his flat caught the savage In the Jaw Black Wolf fell heavily and Krskine was upon him with his own knife at his enemy's throat. "Stop them 1" old Kahtoo cried sternly, but It was the terrified shriek of the white woman that stayed Ersklne's hand. Two young braves disarmed the fullen Indian, and Kahtoo looked Inquiringly ut his adopted son. "Turn hlin loose!" Krskine scorned. '*1 hnvfi nn font* nf him Mo lu O woman" and drunk, but next time I shall kill him," The white woman had run down, caught Early Morn, und was leading her back to her tent. From Inside presently came low, passionate pleading from the woman and an occasional soh from the girl. And when an hour later, at dusk, Ersklne turned upwurd toward fhe tent, the girl gave a horrified cry, flashed from the tent, and darted for the high cliff over the river. "Catch her!" cried the mother. "Quick!" Ersklne fled after her, overtook her with her hands upraised for the plunge on the very edge of the cliff, and half carried her, struggling and sobbing, hack to the tent. With< ' In the girl dropped in a weeping heap. and with her face covered, and tin* woman turned to Ersklne, agonized. "I told her," she whlRpered. "and she was going to kill herself. You re my son I" % * Still sleepless at d. n, the bojf rods Jk-. Firefly into the woods. At sunset he came in, guunt with brooding and hunger. Ills foster mother brought hint food, but he would not touch it. The Indian woman stared at him with keeu suspicion, and presently oltf K ah too, h passing slowly, bent on bliu the same look, bnt asked no question, Ersklne ' . r .. II , II < 1 te Dale ieerM| Fox, R Ji L1vi ngsto^i^^! stood and grew fearful. Quickly she stepped outside and called him, and he rose and went to her bewildered; she was smiling. "They are watching," she said, and Ersklne. too, understood, and kept his back toward the watchers. "I have decided," he said. "You and she must leave here and go with me." drained of her fighting men, and south of -the mountains was protected only by n mllltIn. for the most part, of old men and hoys. North and south ran despair. The soldiers had no pay, little food, and only old wornout coats, ta?terod linen overalls, and one blanket bet .veen three men, to protect them from drifting snow and icy wind Cven the great Washington was neat despair, and in foreign help bis sole hope lay. Already the traitor, Arnold, hud taken Richmond, burned warehouses, and returned, but little harassed, to Portsmouth. Cornwallis was coining on. Tnrleton's white rangers were bedeviling tiie laud, and it was at this time that Erskinc Rule once more rode Flrelly to the river Jumes. The hoy had been two years in the wilds. When he left the Sliuwnee camp winter was setting in, that terrible winter of '7i>?of deep snow and hunger and cold. When he reached Kaskuskia, Captain Clark had goilf to Kentucky, and Erskine found bad news. Hamilton and lluy had taken 'in..?.. M..1?>_ it? v tuv vuu^n. Jiiicit: vupiain neiiu o v>ic* oles, as soon as they saw the redcoats, slipped away from him to surrender their arms to the British, and thus deserted by all, he and the two or three Americans v.ith him had to give up the fort. The French reswore allegiance to Britain. Hamilton confiscated their liquor and broke up their billiard tables. He let his Indians scatter to their villages, ayd with his regulars, volunteers, white Indian leaders and red auxiliaries went into winter quarters. One band of Shawnees he sent to Ohio to scout and take scalps In the settlements. In the spring he would sweep Kentucky and destroy all the settlements west of the AMeghanles. go Krsklne and I>ave V 666 Cures Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever, It kills th? germs. 37 SHERIFF'S SALE Jessie C. Brown vs. A. L. Carter. EXECUTION By virtue of an Execution to me directed, in the above stated case I will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at Chesterfield Court House, on Monday, the 2nd day of October, A n 1 ooo /-ii 1? ??? ? ?. v., vuc luiiuwing aoscriDed property to wit: All th.?*t tract or parcl of land, situate, lying and being in the county of Chesterfield, South Carolina,and known as the Jessie C. Bown land and containing i 100 acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of J. P. Morrison and W. T. Brown and others levied on and to be 1 sold as the property of A. L. Cartel and others. Terms?Cash to satisfy the afore, said Execution and costs. . . J. T. Grant, His mother pretended much displeasure. "She will liot lenve, and 1 will not leave her"?her llns trembled ?"and I would have prone long ago hnt " "I understand," Interrupted Ersklne, "hot you will pro now with your son." The poor woman had to scowl. "No, and you must not tell them. They will never let me go, and they will use me to keep you here. You must go at once. She will never leave this tent as long as you are here, and If you stay she will die, or kill herself. Some day?" She fumed abruptly and went back Into her tent. Ersklne wheeled and went to old Kahtoo. "You want Early Morn?" asked the old man. "You shnll have her." "No," said the boy, "I am going back to the big chief." "You are my son and I am old and weak." "I am a soldier aiAl must obey the big chiefs commands, as must you." "I shall live," said the old man wearily, "mull you come again." Ersklne nodded and went for liia horse, ltlnck Wolf watched him with malignant satisfaction, but said nothing?nor did Crooked Lightning. Ersklne turned once as he rode away. His mother was standing outside her wigwam. Mournfully she waved her hand, liehlnd her and within the tent he coulu see Early Morn with both hands at her breast. CHAPTER XV Dawned 1781. * The war was coming Into Virginia at last. Virginia falling would thrust a grertt wedge through the center of the confederacy, feed the llritisb armlet aiiti 0fiil the Corr.wa!lis was to drive the wedge, and never had tho opening seemed eaBier. Virginia wat ,,.? "'ffilJ _ 11111 __?"ll went for 401ark; and that trip deither ever forget. 8tortus had followed each other aloe? late November and the pow lay deep. Cattle and horses - perished, deer and elk were found dead In the woods, and buffalo caine at nightfall to old Jerome Banders' fort for food and companionship with his . starving herd. There was no salt or vegetable food; nothing but the flesh of lean wild gaiue. Yet, while the frontiersmen remained crowded in the stockades and the men hunted and the women made clothes of tanned deer hides, buffalo-wool ctoth, and nettle-bark linen, and both hollowed "noggins" out of the knot of a tree, Clark mnde bis amazing march to Vlncennes, recaptured tt by the end of February, and sent Hamilton to Williamsburg a prisoner. Ersklne pleaded to be allowed to take him there, but Clark would not let him go. Permanent garrisons were placed at Vlneennes and Oahokla, and at Kaskaskla. Ersklne stayed to help make peace with the Indians, punish marauders and hunting bands, so that by the end of the year Clark might sit at the falls of the Ohio as a shield for the West and a sure guarantee that the whites would never be forced to abandon wild Kentucky. The two years In the wilderness had left their mark on Ersklne. He was tall, lean, swarthy, gaunt, and The Two Years in the Wilderness Had Left Their Mark on Ersklne. yet he was not all woodsman, for his born Inheritance as gentleman had hnnn l t , WVM .t.v?v vini/imni^i try 1119 tl?soclntlon with Clurk and certain Creole officers in the Northwest, who had Improved Ids French and gratified one pet wish of Ids life slnSfc his last visit to the James?they had taught him to fence. His mother lie had not seen again, hut lie had learned that she was alive and not yet blind. Of Early Morn he had heard nothing at all. Once n truveler had brought word of Dane Grey. Grey was in Philadelphia and prominent in the gay doings of that city. He had taken part in a brilliant pageant called the "Miscblanzn," which was staged by Andre, and was reported a close friend of that ill-fated young gentleman. After the fight at Plqua, with Clark Erskine put forth for old Jerome Sanders' fort. He found the hard days of want over. There was not only corn in plenty but wheat, potatoes, pumpkins, turnips, melons. Game was plentiful, and cattle, horses, and hogs had multiplied on cane and buffalo Clover. Indeed, it was a comparative ly peaceful fall, and though Clurk pleaded with him, Erskine stubbornly , set ids face for Virginia. ! At WlUUunsburg Erskine learned ! many things. Colonel Dale, now a ! general, was still with Washington and I Harry was with him. Hugh was tflth the Virginia militia and Dave with I r . 14(11 n.vcur, Tarleton's legion of rangers in their white uniforms were scourging Virginia as they had scourRed the Carolines. Throngh the James River country they had gone with fire and sword, burning houses, carrying off horses, destroying crops, burning grain in the mills, laying plantations to waste. Barbara's mother was dead. Her ueiglriiors had moved to safety, but Barbara, he heard, sliU lived with old Mammy und Ephralm at Red Oaks, unless that, too, had been recently put to the torch. Where, then, would be tind tier? Down the river Ersklne rode with a sad heart. At the place where he had fought with Grey lie pulled Firefly to a sudden halt. There was the boundary of Red Oaks and there started a desolation thai run wh far as Ids eye could reach. Red Oaks hud not been spared, and lie put Firefly to a fast gallop, with eyes strained far_ithea<l uo<l ids heart heating with Ugonixcd foreboding and savage rage. Soon over ? distant slump of trees he could see the chimneys of Barbara's home--his home, he thought helplessly?and perhaps those chimneys were all that was left. And then he saw the roof und the upper windows and the cap of the big columns unharmed, untouched, and he pulled Firefly In again, with overwhelsilng relief, and wondered at the mirucle. Again lie sturted and again pulled in when he caught sight of three horses hitched near the stiles. Turning quickly from the road, he hid Firefly in the underbrush. Very quietly he slipped along the path by the river, and, pushing aside through the rose bushes, lay down where unl.? MHl.1 Ik. I. I?- ~ ?t 1 - Ifrni lie \ VU1U !'?*%? | 111 WlljfcJI UIU CARS, TRUCKS. TRACTORS SERVICE PARTS matted i*>dge. He, had* not long To wait. A white uniform Issued from the grout hull door xnd another and another?and nfter them Barbara? smiling. The boy's blood ran hot? smiling at Iter enemies. Two officers bowed, Hurbara courtesled, and they wheeled on their heels and descended the steps. The third stayed behind a moment, bowed over her hand and kissed it. The watcher's blood turned then to liquid fire. (Jreat Ood, at what price was that noble old house left standing? Grimly, swiftly Erskine turned, sliding through the bushes like a snake to the edge of the road along which they must pass. He would tight the three, for his life was worth nothing now. He heard them laughing, talking at the stiles. He heard them speak Barbara's name, and two seemed to be banter1 Ing the third, whose answering laugh seemed acquiescent and triumphant. They were coming now. The boy had his pistols out, primed and cocked. He was rising on his knees. Just about to leap to his feet and out Into the road, when he fell back Into a startled, paralysed, Inactive heap. Glimpsed through an opening In the bushes, the leading tro?>i>er In the uniform of Tarleton's legion wax none other than Dane Grey, and Ersklne's brain had worked quicker than his angry heart. This was a mystery that must be solved before his pistols spoke. He rose crouching as the troopers rode away. If Tarleton's men were around he would better leave Firefly where he was In the woods for a while. A startled gasp behind him made him wheel, pistol once more In hand, to' And a negro, mouth wide open and staring at hlra ' fcom the road. I ! "Marse Ersklnel" he gasped. It was Ephralm, the hoy who had led Barbara's white ponies oht long, long ago, now a tall, muscular lad Vlth an ebony face and dazzling teeth. v* nut you ooin' nyen, suh? Wliar' yo* boss? Gawd, I'se sutn'ly glad to . see yuh." Ersklne pointed to an oak. "Right by that tree. Pat 1dm In the stable and feed him." I The negro shook his head. i4No, suh. I'll take de feed down to him. Too many redcoats messln' round heah. You bettnh go In de back day?dey might see yuh." j "Wusn't one of those soldiers who ; Just rode away Mr. Dane Grey?" The negro hesitated. "Ynssuh." "What's he doing In a British uniform ?" The hoy shifted his great shoulders uneasily and looked aside. "I don't know, suh?I don't know nuttin'." Ersklne knew he was lying, hut respected his loyalty. "Go tell Miss Barbara I'm here and then feed my horse." "Ynssuh." Ephraim went swiftly and Ersklne followed along the hedge and through ' the rose hushes to the kitchen door. Rurharn, standing in the hnll doorway, heard his step. "Ersklne I" she cried softly, and she came to meet him, with both hands outstretched, and raised her lovely face to he kissed. "What are you doing here?" "I am on my way to jolu General Lafayette." "But you will be captured. It Is dangerous. The country is full of British soldiers." "So I know," Ersklne said dryly. "Wheu did you get here?" "Twenty minutes ago. I would not have been welcome just then. I waited In the hedge. I *nv you had company." "Did you see them?" she faltered. "I even recognized one of them." Barbara sank into a chair, her elbow on one arm, her ehln in her hand, lid face turned her eves limlrlmr nniiinnw> She 811 id nothing, lint the toe of hei slipper begun to tnp the (loor gently. There was no further one for indirection or concealment. "Barbara," Ersklne said with some sternness, and his tone quickened the tapping of the slipper and made her little mouth tighten, "what does all this mean?" "T)ld you see," she answered, without looking at him. "that the crops were all destroyed and the cnttle and horses were all gone?* "Why did they spare the bouse?' The girl's bosom rose with one quick, defiant Intake of breath, and for moment she held It. "Dane Grey suved onr home." "How?" "He had known Colonel Tarleton In London and had done something for hliu over there." "How did he get In communication with Colonel Tarleton when he was an officer In the American army?" The girl would not answer. "Was he taken prisoner?" Still she waa silent, for the sarcasm In Krsklne's voice was angering her. -;xie rougnr onre miner Henedlcf "Ho Fought One* Under Bonodict Ar? nold?Porhepo Ho to Fighting With Him Now.** ' 4 > mm ' : jfe ! I ii 1111.1L I . I 111 LArnold?perhaps ha la fighting with him now." "Nol" aha cried hotly. "Then he must be a?" She did not allow him to otter the word. "Why Mr. Grey la la British uniform la his secret?not mine." "And why he la here is?yours." "Exactly I" she flamed. "You are a soldier. Learn what you want to know front him. You are my cousin, but you are going beyond the rights of blood. I won't stand it?I won't stand It?from anybody." "1 don't understand you. Barbasa? I don't know you. That last time it was Grey, you?and now?" He pauaed and, In spite of herself, her eyes dashed toward the door. Er?klne saw It, drew himself erect, bowed and strode straight out. Nor did the Irony of the situation so much as cross his mind?that he should be turned from his own home by the woman he loved and to whom he had given that home. Nor did he look back?else he might have seen her sink, sobbing, to the floor. When he turned the corner of the house Barbara's old mammy and Ephralm were waiting for him at the kitchen door. "Ephralm," he said as be swung upon Firefly, "you and mammy keep a close watch, and If I'm needed here, come for me yourself and come fast." "Tassuh. Marse Grey Is sutn'lyup to some devllmlnt no which side he flghtln' fer. I got a gal oveh on the nlge o' de Grey plantation an' she tel' me dat Marse Dane Grey don't wear dat white uniform all de time." "What's that?what's that?" asked Ersklne. "No, suh. She say he got an udder uniform, same as yose, an' he keeps it at her uncle Sam's cabin an' she's seed him go dar In white an' come out In our uniform, an' al'ays at night, klnrse Ersklne?al'ays at night." Thf negro cocked his ear suddenly: "Take to de woods quick, Marse Ersklne. Horses comln' down the road." But the sound of coming hoofbeats had reached the woodsman's ears some seconds before the black man heurd them, and already Ersklne had wheeled away. And Ephralm saw Firefly skim along the edge of a blackened meadow behind Its hedge of low trees. "Gawd I" said the black boy, and he stood watching the road. A band of white-coated troopers wus coming in a cloud of dust, and at the head of them rode Dane Grey. "Has Capt. Ersklne Dale been here?" he demanded. Ephralm had his own reason for being on the good side of the questioner, and did not even hesitnte. "Yassuh?he Jes' lef*! Dar he g?>es now I" With a curse Grey wheeled his troopers. At that moment Firefly, with something like the waving flight of a bluebird, was leaping the meadow fence Into the woods. The black boy looked after the troopers' dust. "Gawd!" he said again, with a grin that showed every luMguiiU-eni. iuutli In his bend. "Jest as well try to ketch u streak o* lightning." #nd quite undisturbed lie turned to tell the news to old mammy. (To be continued next week.) MUCH OLD COTTON HANDLED BY ASSOCIATION Columbia, Sept. 25.?The large delivery of old octton yet made to the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association was made last week by Josh Kirven, of Darlington, who turned over 1200 bales old long staple cotton to the association. Delivery of this cotton under the terms of the contract through the association. Officials of the association say that old cotton is pouring in from every section of the state. Members of the organization are delighted with the advances which they are recei\ing, according to letters which are being received at headquarters. The association is now making an initial advance of 12 cents a pound on short staple old and new cotton, and 18 cents pound on long staple, old and new. The first fire to occur in association cotton was in Lee county Monday afternoon when some cotton belonging to L. D. Welch, of Elliott, was burned enroute from the gin to the depot. Mr. Welch notified the association Tuesday at noon of his loss and Wednesday at noon the association had a check from the insurance company for the cotton. Life's Ills Think of the ills from which you are exempt,and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.?Cecil. The Truly Valient The truly valiant dare everything except doing any other body an injury.?Sir P. Sidney. Self-Love Self-love is a cup without any bottom; you might pour all the great lakes into it and never fill it up.?O. W. Holmes. Unjust Thinp* He that Bpeaketh unjust thing? cannot be hid, neither shall the chastising judgment pass him by.?Book of Wimdom, 1-8. i When Baby .Frets from teething, feverishness, cold, coiic or stomach and bowel irregularities there is 1 if4C4 nothing that x.'ill give it ' JMf? frTT*c 1u'c^er relief than DR. THORNTON'S EASY TEETHER A famous baby's specialist's prescription, successfully used for 15 years. A sweet powder that children like?takes the place of castor att. C?tains no opiates or bansMAsaa Package 28c, at your druggist If It feus to help, your money refunded I Renew your health by purifying your system with ( I alotaos TfMOC >(6 The purified and refined calomel tablets that are free fr#>tn onrl waaa unuovu tAi.U UUIl^CI No salts necessary, as Calotabs act like calomel and salts combined. Demand the genuine in 10c and 35c packages, bearing above trade-mark. CLIPPINGS FROM CLUBDOM There are approximately 500,000 boy and girl club members in the United States. There are approximately 2,000 club boys in South Carolina. There are 62,793 white boys in rural South Carolina who are witl in the limits of club age. Anderson County probably has the largest community club in South Carolina. This is the Townville Club, with more than forty members. Lancaster County probably has more club boys than any other county, with more than one hundred and sixty members. Lexington County usually turns in more complete record books than any other county. Charleston County, for the first time in a few years, has a large club enrollment, with over 100 club boys. In 1921 in Sumter County one out of every eight white boys of club age was a club member. Seventeen counties have held short courses or encampments for their club boys this summer. Practically 80 per cent of the club boys in South Carolina belong to organized community clubs. Club work mixes a little wholesome recreation along with the farm work The record book is an important part of club work. Every club boy should immediately get his record up-to-date. The motto of club work is "To make the best better.' A fine aim for the clubsters. PLANTS THAT HAVE FERTILIZER FACTORIES ON THEIR ROOTS Suppose you go out to the cowpeu or soy bean field and pull up a stalk by is roots. No doubt, clinging to its roots, you will find a number of small knots ranging in size from onetwentieth to one-third inch in diameter. They look rather like little rough-skined peas. These little knots on the roots are called noduls or tubercles. Inside each one are a great many small germs or bacteria. These nodules are what I call little "fertilizer factories." How do these little fertilizer factories do their work and what kind of fertilizer do they make? Well, the air is nearly four-fifths nitrogen, and we know that nitrogen is one of the most important plant foods. Now these bacteria in the nodules can and do take nitrogen from the air. They store it^up in the plant. Then these nitrogen-stuffed plants are plowed into the land and so make the land rich. Plants or crops that have the ability to take nitrogen from the air are called legumes. The legume family is rather large, inoluding clovers, alfalfa, cowpeas, soy beans, velvet beans, vetch, etc. All of them enrich the land by the fertilizer factories on their roots. The bacteria or germs that live in the nodules must be present in the land before the nodules themselves will develope. Therefore in some soils nodules will not develope because . the bacteria are not there. But we can put the bacteria in such soils by what is called soil inoculation, or by modulating the seed of the legume crop. The next time you go out in a i field where a legume plant is growing find out for yourselves about these little fertlizer factories. And please encourage your father to sow more clover, vetch, and alfalfa this fall. In this way he can put some tens of thousands of these little "fertilizer factories" to work for him making his land rich.?Uncle P. F., in The Progressive Farmer. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY?I want a good, reliable man t go into busi, ncss for himself in the east half of Chesterfield County selling Rawleigh's Good Health Products to farmers. Permanent, profitable and pleasant. Very little capital re*, qivred fee mc personally MM^MMPAID1' FOlTH ^ . 9 HERSELF IN 12ft DAYS "The boll weevil made it necewry to change from cotton to dairying and live stock growing, but the eradication of the cattle tick made the "Jg change possible," said A. L. James, of Darlinton, South Carolina, a re- ~ cent convert to purebred cattle. "We ha^. ticks on our farm," he 3 said, "and at that time our 12 cows were worth about $500 for the whole lot. Now we have 44 Guernseys, including young stock, and they are easily worth $300 a head." Soon after the fever ticks were cleared out in this section of the stat* Mr. James bought a good cow for $125, and in 125 days she had paid for herself in addition to paying for her keep. The price of milk is not so high now as it was immediately following the taking off of the last tick, but still the making of milk is profitable. One factor that has had much to do with it is the feed,which is largely home grown. Cottonseed is exchanged for cottonseed meal. Hay is made of oats and vetch and alfalfa. But the best crop of all on the James farm, not excepting cotton ahd corn, in the owner's opinion, is the velvet bean. It is easy to grow 60 bushels of the beans in the pod to the acre on land that will grow 30 bushels of corn at the same time. When the corn has been gathered the cows can be pastured on the beans and cornstalks during th fall and winter. Cover-crop is also used for pasture. The cows on this farm are now making up for what cat ton does r-t do. In 1J2(? Mr James was getting on well, but the price of cotton took a drop and only a good production of milk kept him going. The cows enabled him to hold his cotton for better prices without danger of a visit from the sheriff. Formerly it was the custom on this farm to grow 20 acres of cotton to the plow. Now cotton is still grown in spite of the weevil, but the acreage has been cut to 5 acres to the plow. Milk is the important crop nov. Besides producing direct returns, the cows, with the help of velvet beans and a reduced cotton acreage, have cut down the fertilizer bill. In 1920 the farm used 160 tons of commerciaj (or purchased) fertilizer. This year only 21 tons were used. Mr. J ames is now a successful dairymen and cattle breeder, but there is one regret that will be with him to the end of his days. He sums it up when he says: "I should have made the change 25 years ago." MEN and women average $1.00 per hour selling hosiery, four pairs guaranteed to wear four months or new hosiery free. We pay 30 per cent, commission. Free samples to working agents. Complete line of wool and heather mixtures. This is the big hosiery season. Experience unnecessary. Eagles Hosiery Works Dar, Pa. ltp-47 CITATION NOTICE The State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield, By M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereas, W. J. Douglass, Clerk of Court, made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of W. M. Griggs, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred, and creditors of the said W. M. Griggs, deceased, that they be and appear before, me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Chesterfield, S. C., on 4th of October next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 18th day of September, Anno Domini, 1922. M. J. Hough, Probate Judge. CITATION NOTICE The State of South Carolina, P/tt.Mi.. ~e rM 1?n-i i uuumy vi Vviiesierneia, By M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereas Mrs. Nancy A. Odom made suit to me to grant her -Letters of Administration of the estate ami effects of W. J. Odom, deceased. These are, herefore, to eite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said W. J. Odom, deceased that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Chesterfield, S. C., on the 5th day of October, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 20th day of September, Anno Domini, 1922. M. J. Hough, Probate Judge. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield, By M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereas, J. A. Knight made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects I f * i - - ui r. l^ee, deceased. These are,therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said F. A. Lee, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Chesterfield, S. C., on 28th of September next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon to show cause if any they have why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand tins 13th