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A HOMEMADE WRITING DESK.

A boy usually has more papers, cata-
logues and other "valuables' to take
care of than correspondence; there
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06

A Brave Man.
Wife-You know, Henry, l speak as
/ think.
Hub-Yes, my love; only oftener.
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board and fastened in slots cut in the
round side of the halved corks
| With these suggestions to show you
how easily garden is built, you can
use your own ideas for devising other
garden accessories.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06

You don't need bank references in
order to borrow trouble.
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Popular Style With Men.
Mrs. Blank-How had better have
my new dress made?
Blank-SmaIl in the bill.
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Miss Catchem-You've already pro-
posed to six girls this year, and they
all refused you.
Mr.. Slyboy-Yes; because each of
them knew l was head over heels in
love with you.
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One enemy will give a man more
free advertising than a dozen friends.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06

Many a good reputation has been
stabbed by pointed tongue.
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Imnorfant TO Mothare

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
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J ii Agents, $40 day Write for special prices
Il. ~ Big money selling this new invention, SHARP
eelAsSA SH0D HORSE 0VER-SR0ES. Guaranteed to
A1EAd prevent slipping on Ice. Buckled on over
y M old shoe In minute. Single Set shoes,
u VIA shipped to any enc c. 0. D. S350
D HermanFf Co. 1918 Pa. Ave Washington c
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-05-24
CHAPTER III,
Joe Confers With His Partner.


TTIELLO, partner! What are vol
H doing here? inquired Mr.
Somerville as Joe, after hav
- ing seen the bank teller hon
or his check promptly by paying So tc
the plowman, walked into the store.
I've come In to get eight bushels OF
rye"
What for?"
I'm going to sow it broadcast thick
over the four acres. I've already had
IL broken, cross broken and narrowed
fourteen inches deep, and I'm ready to
plant"
But we are not going to raise rye,
Joe?' was the dubious query.
NO, sir, but we are going to make
rye raise cotton and corn for u.s."
"How?-
well, this is October. Let the rye
grow until January; then turn it I'M
der, and 1t will rot by planting time
and tighten that old barren soil heap,
besides furnishing a good deal of val
liable plant food"
Wall now, where'd you get that
idea = esfed Mr.. Somerville in admira-
ton.
Saw 1t In one of those bulletins the
state commissioner gave me the other
day."
well. it's worth trying. If the state
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says it's the thing to do reckon w
can afford to do it. What else hav
you done?"
Joe told him about the leaves ant
the barnyard scrapings and the eigh
loads of fertilizer he bought. His part
ner clapped him on the shoulder.
''That's the stuff. Well show these
folks around here something about
farming yet"
Now, please, sir, get that wire fenc
ing out tomorrow. I don't want the
neighbors' pigs to eat up our rye"
You can count ON the wire and man
to put it up. Are you keeping count of
expenses?"
Yes, sir. I'm not going to pay out
cent except by check, so we can
have receipt for every payment"
THAT is sound business"
"And l wish, If you please, sir, you'd
write around and find out the best va
rieties of seed corn to plant and the
best sort of cotton"
Yes, we must get the very best vari-
CtlCS. VIC Nuh SCI u Nohh thdS
i, will bring two and three ears to the
stalk instead of only one, like the sorts
we have around here"
"And about the cotton, Mr.. Somer-
vile. I've heard daddy say that he
ALWAYS got more for his first bale than
any other"
THAT is usually true If the first bale
Is early, before the main crop is dump
ed on the market. With two or three
million bales of cotton all over the
south being offered for sale at once, of
course, the price goes down." Joe pom
dered a moment.
"Then it seems to me-" he said, IF
we can get sort of cotton that will
be ready to pick before the rest we
will make more off it, won't WEI?
Exactly. If we get a naturally
quick maturing variety and give 1t ev-
cry opportunity and hasten it along
with stimulating chemical fertilizers
we ought to beat the main crop by
three weeks and get at least SIS bale
for it."
"Well, you see about writing for the
seed, and let's get the earliest variety
we can that gives a big crop. If we
just get an early cotton that don't
make much of a crop we haven't gain
ed anything on the standard cotton
that makes heavy crop but is late,
have weT
"You're a pretty close figurer, Joe.
I'll attend to the seed.''
"Look here, Mr.. Somerville, let's put
one of those acres in oats instead of
sowing it in rye, and not plow the
oats under"
mot much money in an acre Of
oats
Not by itself, but can get the oats
off by the middle of May or LIST of
June and then plant it in Mexican
June corn, with cowpeas sowed broad
cast in the rows"
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CONTINUED

After dinner ne began to devour thu
book again. By dusk he knew that, IL
order to get the largest amount OF
plant food to the plants to fatten them
as it were, a deep blowing or breaking
and loosening of the soil was essential
until it was light and mellow. This
allowed the tiny rootlets. each with
hundreds of minute hungry mouths. to
have a wider range in search of the
life giving juices in the soil and there
by furnish the strength to make larger.
more virile plants. The stronger the
plants the more fruit, the better and
larger fruit they made as reward to
the planter for this care
Daddy" said Joe, Monday morning,
please come on and let's pick out the
four acres Mr.. Somerville and me are
going to work"
"All right. I'll give you part of that
field across from the oak grove. It's
so blame poor it won't sprout peas. I
want to see what you all are going to
do with that"
"Come on down, then. Let's lay II
off. l know how poor it is, and the
sooner something is done to it the bet
ter"
A tape line was secured, and the plot
Of four acres, two of the acres abut
ting on the road, was marked with
stakes. 1t was poor land, distressingly
poor, as the stunted dead grass and
scantily nourished weeds attested. Ii
was part of an old field that had been
cultivated for sixty Years.
Il don't guess you'll do much Will
that" announced Mr.. Weston. with 2
triumphant grin.
ITS pretty bad, but We'll Go the bcsl
we cam said Joe. Il don't reckon
you've got any objection to my cutting
enough locust wood posts from the
thicket back of the hill to fence this?
Not If you trim the tops and limbs
for firewood and have it hauled up to
the house."
"All right, SIR
Just then old Uncle Jeff Washington |
and his boy, Abe Lincoln Washington, !
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thinking it over after read about that
man. and it works out all right"
THAT is certainly farming somev"
said the senior partner "And Just to
think-most of the people around here
are satisfied to get less than one
fourth of that amount of produce from
their land!'
"That sort of farming doesn't satisfy
me-" said Joe decisively.
COR me, either, now l know what can
be done. And, by the way, Joe, there's
commercial fertilizer concern Offer
ing a prize of 500 to the boy in the
corn club contest in the state who
makes the largest crop with his fer
tilizer. The state chemist certiies that
the product of that factory is up to
Standard
We've got to use some chemical fer
tilizer, and we might as well take a
chance on that prize, too" said Joe.
"All right; Wen go after everything.
And there's a nitrate of soda firm Of
fering another hundred the same way,
but / don't know much about that
stuff. Do you?
"Yes, sir; nitrate is the quickest
way for plants to get nitrogen, and
that is the main element Just scatter
the stuff on the ground about corn just
before it tassels and the books say
it will increase the crop nearly one
third. It's fine for cotton, too-push-
es it right along"
I've never seen any of the nitrate
or heard of it being used about this
neck of the woods" said Mr.. Somer-
vile.
(yn ba
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rolled over from the pillow as it moved
forward. Eight inches below the sur
face the ground was sterile and poor.
Below that depth it was fairly good.
This was the dirt the light one horse
plows could never reach.
The great turning plow reversed
things. The poor dirt was thrown to
the bottom, and the comparatively
good soil was by the opera ton brought
to the top. The leaves and fertilizer
were covered and well mixed in.
Then a crosswise blowing at the
same depth, to break up the packed
soil and immense hard flakes, and a
narrowing to further pulverize it, and
Joe wrote his first check. The man
looked at the signature Weston & Som
erville as though he thought Joe had
gone entirely crazy.
whats all this here foolishness?' he
asked, holding the check gingerly.
You present that at the bank, and
if they don't pay it Mr.. Somerville will.
He's my partner" announced Joe
proudly
well, I'm goin' to town now an see
about 1t. an If it amt paid there's 60
in to be trouble" said the man trucu-
lently.
"Oh, don't get excited about it. Wait
until 1t isn't paid before you start any
thing"
I'm goin' right now" repeated the
man.
All right; I'll just go with you. 1
want to get some seed, and I'll get you
to haul them out for me-" said Joe, as
he climbed into the wagon.
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"Well, that sounds better-two crops
year off that land
Better than that. I'll pull the fod
der from the cornstalks the last o.
July or LIST of August. We ought t.
get $50 bundles of fodder, worth p!
cents a bundle''-
'Thats three crops-fine!'
"Then that corn will be matured by
the middle of September. Get it off al
once"
Eyes. Then what?'
"Cut all those pea vines and dry
them. They make the best sort Of hay
and you know what it sells for"
II can get $3.50 a half ton for it any
time"
1--WE ought to get ton off that acre.
That will be sort of extra crop"
81 should think that would be about
enough to make one acre produce in a
year, Joe-oats, corn, fodder, hay"
mo, sir. not yet" laughed Joe. ''The
reason l want to plant the cowpeas Is
that l saw in the book that the pea
vines are a legume and gather nitro
gen from the air and store it away in
the soil in little warts or nodules on
the roots of the vine and that crop
of peas on land Is worth a ton of COM
mercial fertilizer for the next crop
year. Then there will be lot of fall
en- leaves from the pea vines to be plow-
ed under, and they will add some hui
mus to the soil"
81 always heard that a crop of cow
peas helped land, but l never knew ex-
actly why" said AIR. Somerville.
Haven't you been studying your
book about agriculture?" asked Joe
severely. 1--WE been through mine
once and am half through it again.
And 1 don't leave a page until 1 can
remember the sense of it"
"Weil, the truth is, Joe. I've been so
busy here at the store and our book
keeper has been sick"
II reckon it is right hard for you to
find the time. Well, as 1 was saying.
I'll get those pea vines off. knock down
the cornstalks into the low burrows,
then get turning pillow and bed that
acre up on those stalks and pea vine
leaves and roots to form humus for
spring."
Then you ought to give that land
a rest"
mo, sirreer' Joe shook his head.
"Land doesn't need rest as long as you
put something back into it for what
your crops take out. I'll SOW that acre
down in White Milan turnips. They
are quick growers, and we can sell
every one of them here in town before
Christmas"
give crops in one. year from one
ncre-it hardly seems possible, Joer'
at is possible, for it has been done.
See herer' Joe hauled from his pocket |
a clipping from a country newspaper |
In another part of the state telling of |
what a progressive farmer there had |
lone. II found that paper in the road, |
md lay awake ever SO long last night. |
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Joe Returned From the Barn With -Four
Large Dat Sacks.
came shutting down the road, both of
them with their hands in their pockets
want job, Uncle Jeff?' inquired
Joe.
"Who? MeY'
"No; you. You heard what said"
swell, sub, hit sorter pens on whut
de job is
Getting out some locust fenceposts."
"Who ferT
'They are fer the king of Siam;
but, as a matter of fact, 1 am having
the work done, if that's any consola-
don to you.'
'Yasser, 1 reckin I'll take de job mex
week"
"You'll take it now or not at ALL"
"Well, eff hits er hurry job, den I
reckin I'll halter take hit now. l
wucks fer er dollar en- two bits er day
en- mer viddles"
Not for me. I've seen you work.
You kill too much time. will pay
you 5 cents post, and you must trim
the branches and tops for flrewood and
furnish your own rations."
"Wh-whO gwine pay fer all disT
Joe pulled his checkbook from his In
side pocket.
when l write a check the Farmers
bank will pay 1t. You'll get your mon
ely all right"
'Dats oil l wanter know. Lead me
Ter dem lOcus'es."
Hold on a minute. Do you want to
hire Link here out tor few days P"
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(Io be Continued.)
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
The Outlook for $50 Shoes.

The shoe manufacturer who, at the
banquet of the Boot and Shoe club
last night, predicted the price of $50
for an all leather shoe lin a few
years." is probably not altogether an
idle alarmist. More people to be
shod, fewer cattle and horses to sup
ply them with leather for shoes; in
creasing gold supplies and less di-
minishing purchasing power in the
dollar; what else can we expect than
to have to pay more for shoes? The
shoemaker no longer pegs his shoes,
but he continues to peg up the price.
Leather is already luxury. But in
the remarks of Mr.. Donovan, who
uttered his $50 warning, we may
find some small encouragement. This
is to be the price of shoes made en-
tirely of high-grade leather" There
may be nothing like leather but
there are other things in the world.
We may yet be wearing beautiful
shoes made of wood pulp or of old
rubber mixed with cotton waste. The
ingenuity of man is not yet exhaust
ed-Boston Transcript.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
kearse K1ippings.

Kearse, Dec. 12.-Mr. and Mrs,
Lawrence Youmans, of Fairfax, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. B. Kearse.
DR.. Baker, from Fairfield, is en-
joying hunting and fishing trip with
the boys of this section.
Little Gladys Virginia Kearse cele-
brated her fifth birthday last Fri
day afternoon. About twenty-six lit
tie folks enjoyed the afternoon with
her.
Mrs. Dorcas Chitty has been very
sick, but is some better at this time
The Home Demonstration club met
Friday afternoon. Only few were
present, but those few seemed to en-
Joy the lesson very much. A gen.
eral swapping of recipes for Christ
mas cakes, etc., was a feature of this
meeting. Mrs. Faust gave the ladies
a recipe for eggless, butterless fruit
cake. Another lady said she could
equal that ON economy. She has a
recipe tried and proved for milk
less, BUTTERFLIES and creamless cake
These cakes will be reported on at
our next meeting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
Colston Clippings.

Colston, Dec. 12.-Everyb body is in
rush preparing for Christmas
which is nearly here. The children
are especially glad, because Christ
mas is the time for the visit of old
Santa; so look out bad boys and girls,
you might find a whip in your stock
ing Christmas morning.
Miss Sadie Boyd was the pleasant
guest of her sister, Mrs. C. B. Ray, OF
Olar, last weekend.
Mr.. Roy Williams and Miss Reba
Williams attended church services in
Olar Sunday.
The friends of Mrs. A. L. Mcmillan
are glad to know that she is improv-
ing nicely at the Baptist hospital
and will soon be home again.
Mr.. Hammie Warn, of Columbia
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P
NJ. Warn, last week.
Misses Dora and Clara Mcmillan
and Cleo Kearse and Mr.. Albert Nc
MILAN, of Bamberg, spent Sunday
with MIR. and Mrs. J. G. Mcmillan.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
Cotton Experiences Exciting Decline

New Orleans, Dec. 8.-The most
violent fluctuation of the season and
one of the widest declines ever re-
corded in any session Of the local
market carried the price of cotton
at one pediod today 103 to 11S
points, or IS to $3.50, a bale below
the level of yesterdays close. Heavy
liquidation of long contracts and ter.
rifle hammering by short sellers
caused the break, which followed the
large census bureau returns on gin.
ming to December 1.
The early market was active and
business reached enormous proper.
tions by noon, when brokers were un.
able to keep abreast of the selling
orders wired in from all directions
The close was a net loss for the day
Of 76 to 80 points:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
Suicide Follows Murder.

Spartanburg, Dec. 12.-Shortly be-
fore IL o'clock today Arthur Martin
a white man, 80 years of age, enter
ed his home at Chesnee, shot his wife
three times with a pistol, and once
with shotgun, and then turned the
latter weapon upon himself, inf1icting
wounds from which he died instant
ly. His wife's body was pierced by
each pistol bullet and the load from
the gun took effect below her shoul-
der in the back, causing almost in
stant death.
The wife was only % years of age
and the couple had been married for
but three months. 1t is said that
Martin had been married three times
and he is survived by three children.
A coroner's inquest failed to throw
any light on the tragedy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
St. Johns News.

St. Johns, Dec. 1--we are glad
to know that Mr.. H. L. Kinard, who
has been seriously i'll for the past
week, is improving.
Misses Belle Nichols and Lennie
McLaurin, who taught in St. John s
school a few years ago, were visitors
in the community last week. We
were glad to see them again.
Mr.. Percy HERS, with friends from
Charleston, spent Thanksgiving day
with his father, Mr.. G. F. HERS.
Messrs. NJ. A. Kinard and H. W.
Carter visited relatives in Charleston
last week.
Quite a number of young people
attended the candy pulling at Mr.. J,
s. Hiers's Tuesday night.
We are glad to know that Miss
Sue Carter, who has been sick for the
past week, is better.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
GERMANY PROPOSES PEACE
NOTE is TRANSMITTED TO ENG.
LAND AND HER ALLIES.
Sentiment in London Does Not Favor
Peace as Proposed by the
TuetOnic Powers.

Tuesday Germany transmitted to
the allies note proposing peace.
The note is said not to have been re-
ceived with enthusiasm in London.
Based upon information from their
home governments, the entente diplo-
mats believe Germany's terms are in
general about as follows:
Restoration of Belgium, with the
conditions which would practically
leave it under German control and
probably give over the port of Ant
werp to Germany.
Restoration of the occupied por-
tions of Northern France, but with
economic control, which would guar
antee to Germany supplies of iron and
other raw materials drawn from
there.
Domination of Mesopotamia by
Germany and Austria to give them a
path to the Persian Gulf and break
England's gateway to India and
Egypt.
To award to Bulgaria all of Serbia
as far south as Nish, which would
take from Serbia as much territory
as she gained in the Balkan wars.
They expect Germany will demand
the return of her African colonies OF
at least propose to exchange them fol
the French colonies.
Turkeys interests are considered a
minor affair and not fully developed
in consideration of peace.
The attitude of the Balkan nations
of the Germanic allies, it was ex-
planned, will be set forth in the notes
which have been dispatched from
Sofia and Constantinople and moth
ing of them is known at the Balkan
legations here, except that Bulgaria
probably will expect to get Macedonia
and Dobrudja, which formerly be-
longed to her, making the Danube the
boundary between Bulgaria and Rou-
mania and shutting the latter from
the Black sea.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14

a few others, is spending this week
hunting deer on the Savannah river
Several from around here witness
ed the game of basket ball last Fri
day afternoon between Olar and Ehr'
hardt, played on the Olar court.
Mr.. Victor Kearse and family left
Monday afternoon for Orangeburg
where they will spend some time
Mr.. Kearse is engaged in business
there and much success is wished fol
him.
Several of the men folks of this
community went to Fairfax last Mon
day to hear the lecture on the bol
weevil by Prof. Long, of Clemson col
lege.
Clyde Kearse, of Carlisle school
spent last Sunday at home.
Mr.. r. NJ. Kearse is engaged in the
timber business and has now moved
his mill to Ehrhardt. His son, Mr.
Roscoe Kearse, is in the business with
him.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Breland, Mrs. R
NJ. Kearse, and Mrs. ]. B. Kearse
motored to Ehrhardt last Sunday af
ternoon for a few hours.
Master Robert Alfred Kirkland
who has been visiting at the home
of Mr.. A. L. Kirkland for the past
month, has returned to his home al
Allendale.
Mr.. Henry Kearse, of Bamberg
and Miss Cleo Kearse and Dora Nc
MILAN, of Carlisle school, spent Sun
day afternoon with Mr.. J. B. Kearse
and family.
Gee! the Christmas :, turkeys
When you visit a home now the first
thing you see or hear is turkey.
BOAGUS.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Spring Branch Sprays.

Spring Branch, Dec. lit is ru-
mored that wedding bells will soon
ring, in this section. Girls, you have
only a short time now to take ad-
vantage ofieap year. If some of you
cont hustle, your names may be
placed on the "o,d maid list before
another leap year.
Sunday-school was very we'll at
tended at Spring Branch yesterday
afternoon. Our superintendent, Mr..
B. S. sSmoak, has moved to Pregnall,
but we think that our little school
will thrive under the direction of his
successor.
Mr.. J. H. Hutto and family and
Mr.. Brown, of Bamberg, were out
riding in this section Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. I. Copeland, of
Ehrhardt, enjoyed dinner with Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Herndon last Thurs
day.
Miss Adrine Goodwin, Messrs. Rus
sci Sandifer and G. Hugh Goodwin,
and Master Beatty Zeigler were visit
ors at Mr.. T. J. Orders Saturday
night and Sunday.
Miss Dottie Goodwin spent Satur-
day night with Mrs. H. c. Herndon.
Mrs. Wayne Sandifer and children
were the guests of Mrs. E. M. Zeigler
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Herndon, Mrs.
Hattie Hutto and Miss nellie Clayton
Fisited Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Padgett,
of Denmark, yesterday.
Mrs. H. C. Herndon and Miss Lot
tie Crider returned from a visit to
their sisters, at Charleston, last
Thursday. They report quite nice
time.
Mrs. Hattie Hutto has been the
guest of Mrs. N. E. Hutto for several
weeks. She spent Saturday and Sun
day nights with Mrs. H. w. Hern-
. don. ....' .....-.
Our school is in thriving condi-
ton at present. We have q pupils
enrolled. Below is the honor roll:
Fourth grade, Hughie Hutto and
Beatty Zeigler; sixth grade, Edith
Hutto; eighth grade, Minnie Crider,
Inez Zeigler, Reba O'Quinn and ]. D.
Patrick.