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The daily banner., 1917-12-14
SWEATERS FEEL VERY
GOOD THIS WEATHER
Drafted Men Find They Make The
Body Very Warm During This En-
ti.eme Cold.

!
The committee IN chafSe OF Sehu-
ing sweaters to the drafted men OF
Dorchester county is sending these
garments as fast as they are compile
ted, in order tnat the soldiers may
be Supplled, ana projected Ilolh tne
winter blasts at Camp Meade. The
following letter has been received:
December II, I91t.
Dear Miss Leonard:
Your letters, and parcel post pack
age, containing seven sweaters, re
ceived, and l have given them out
to as many Dorchester men, as fol-
lows:
Herman Todd,
Leonard Ross.
Ralph c.. Payne.
The daily banner., 1917-12-14
Tax Notice

Pay your taxes between now and
January 1st, and save interest on the
county taxes for four months Upon
all taxes not paid by January 1st, in
terest will be charged upon county as
well as State taxes from Sept. 1st
1917. DO not delay, do not put this
off, pay now and save interest.
JAMES II. JONES,
County Tax Collector.
HIT 3. HAT
The daily banner., 1917-12-14
Associated Charities Face
Winter Call For Aid

There are many contributors of
past years, and it is only natural to
suppose that they will be anxious to
help as heretofore.
There is but a small amount in the
treasury. Ladies of the town will
call on the citizens, and hope for
liberal responce A dollar today is
only equal to 60 cents OF year ago,
so it is hoped that the giving will be
liberal.
Mr.. Edwin Dashiell is the treasur-
er. Money can be sent to him direct,
or to any minister of the town, or
given when the ladies call for sub
scriptions.
The daily banner., 1917-12-14
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

STRAlED-This morning from Ho-
tel Dixon, black and white setter dog,
with end of tail nicked. Finder please
notify Hotel Dixon. 14-2t
The daily banner., 1917-12-14

DO your Xmas shipping at Ma
than's Furniture Store. Useful
things make suitable presents for
serviceable people.-Adv. 12-3t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
CONTRARY SORT OF WORLD
Most Powerful Stories of Love and
Domestic Bliss, Written by
the Unmarried.

The more popular books for chill
dren have been written by the child
less, and some of the most powerful
stories Of love and domestic bliss or
misery have been written by unmar-
ried women and men.
And then, as you probably know, al
most everyone thinks he knows more
about other branches Of business than
the one in which he is engaged.
The average man can recall the time
when he thought the other fellows job
was much easier than his, and was
haunted more or less with the notion
that If he had taken up almost any
thing but what he had he would have
made a great success Of it.
It is said there has never, or hardly
ever, been q great comedian who didn't
believe, or think he believed, that his
forte was tragedy; and as if not to be
outdone, the successful tragedian never
ceases to curse the luck that prevented
him from being q comedian.
You may not think this is a contrary
sort Of world, but there are a lot Of
people who do. 49,.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
PUSH COTTON IN
WEEVlL TERRITORY
j. c. Pridmore, Aaronomist.

j. c. Pridmore, ASronomist.
Inquiry-"How would you fertilize
to beat the boil weevil to the cotton?"
In growing cotton under boil weevil
conditions, several factors must be
given consideration. The land should
be we'll drained and we'll supplied with
vegetable matter. Good seed OF a va
riety adapted to the locality should
be chosen, and, of course, variety
that will mature its fruit quickly and
resist wilt should be planted. Fer
tilize literally, and properly cultivate.
On the heavier soils, such as the red
clays and clay loans, the use OF fer
tilizer carrying 10 per cent to II per
cent phosphoric acid, to 4 per cent
nitrogen and small per cent of pot
ash, if it can be had, should be used.
Apply at the rate of 250 to 400 pounds
per acre. On lighter soils in which
nitrogen, phosphorus and potash are
all usually deficient, a fertilizer carry
ing all three elements is desirable.
Use 10 to II per cent phosphoric acid,
or per cent nitrogen and or 2
per cent potash, at the rate of 300 to
400 pounds to the acre.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
GIRAFFEs EAT THE POLES
One of the Difficulties Faced by Men
Who Built Telegraph System
i'm Africa.

Every industry has its troubles.
Some Of them can be foreseen and
some of them cannot be. 1t is doubt
full if the men who toiled to build up
telegraph system in equatorial AT
rica foresaw the peculiar difficulties
they were to haye from wild ami
mails.
In several provinces Of British East
Africa the giraffe and elephant are
given special protection by law. 1t
costs $50 to get license to kill a bull
giraffe and $50 for license to kill a
pair of elephants. In many parts the
killing of giraffes is forbidden en-
tirely. Consequently in this vast game
preserve elephants and giraffes take
special heed to the voice Of the Crea-
tor rs transcribed in the first chap
ter OF Genesis: "Be fruitful and null
tiply" The lions have done likewise
and they have caused real inconveni-
ence to General SHUTS more than
once in his recent military opera
tions, besieging the general himself
once in his motorcar. The elephants
and giraffes, however, make spe-
cialty of telegraph poles. According
to q zoologist who writes in the Lon
don Times. the giraffes have been
giving trouble by pulling down the
telegraph wires and thereby inter-
rupting communications. The beauti-
full creatures, which habitually feed
on the acacia, stripping it Of its leaves
as high as their long necks and pre-
henSile tongues can reach, rarely re-
sist such attractions and, as many
of the telegraph poles in this region of
Africa sprout with leaves each year,
their temptation is easily understood.
Current Opinion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
WHAT CALDER OF GUN MEANS
Term as Applied to Artillery Is Cause
of Confusion in the Popu-
: lar Mind.

Confusion as to the meaning of the
term caliber arises chiefly from its
use as an adjective to indicate length,
as when we say "a 50-caliber siX-inch
gun" The word caliber, as applied to
artillery, signifies the diameter OF the
bore of a gun measured diametrically
from face to face Of the bore, OF course
somewhat larger.
A gun, then, Of siy-inch caliber IS q
gun whose bore is just six inches. For
convenience and because the power Of
q gun when once it's bore has been de-
,cided upon depends so greatly upon its
length artillerists are in the habit OF
defining the length of the gun in terms
of the caliber.
Thus the 12-inch United States ma
val gun, which is 40 feet in length, is
spoken of as a 40-caliber Pinch, the
length being just 40 times the bore.
The 6-inch rapid-fre gun is trifle un-
der % feet in length and is therefore
known as q 50-caliber gun.
In the case Of small arms the cali
Der is expressed in hundredths OF an
zach, as when we say 22-caliber re-
volyer we mean one with bore that
mas a diameter of % Of an inch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25

Recently a Southern fertilizer con-
Germ obtained large order for acid
phosphate from Holland at $55 per ton.
Contrast this $500 per ton with $4,000
per ton paid by the Southern farmer.
If the Dutch farmer can afford to
pay $55 per ton for acid phosphate
and make it pay, how much more can
a Southern farmer obtain when he
can buy about three times as much
phosphate with the same money?
Dutch farmers are shrewd and thrift
ty. They have developed agriculture
to a very high state of efficiency, and
they know quite well what can be
done with acid phosphate at S55 per
ton. Their land is not poor. To the
contrary it is highly developed and
fertile. Every rod that can possibly
be used for agriculture is cultivated
like garden. They have found that
no matter how rich their soil, fertiliz-
ing it pays. Out Of their experience
they find that it pays them now to
invest as much as $55 per ton in acid
phosphate.
Aids In Combating Boil WeeviI
Under boil weevil conditions, early
maturing of cotton is essential. Acid
phosphate, of course, promotes the fru-
ition and maturing of cotton. All ag-
ricultural authorities are now recon-
mending liberal use of acid phosphate
in fertilizers as an important measure
in combating the boil weevil.
If the Southern farmer had to pay
SIS per ton for acid phosphate, what
a disadvantage he would face! Since
he only pays about one-third this price,
how fortunately situated he is! Ma
ture has placed here in the South
great deposits of rock phosphate
which, when treated with sulphuric
acid, becomes acid phosphate, an ingre-
dient of fertilizer.
Not only is the Southern farmer IA
vored by reason of the natural de-
posits Of phosphate materials, but, in
recent years, the South has become
a great manufacturer Of sulphuric
acid. Sulphuric acid has an import
ant place in many forms Of manufac-
turing, and is one Of the essentials
in making munitions of war, hence
large quantities of it have been drawn
to the runition plants at enhanced
prices. The high market for sulphuric
acid has lifted the price of acid phos-
phate over that Of former years, but
not enough to prevent Its still being
most economical plant food.
The Quickly Available Form
Acid phosphate is that form OF phos-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Whose Uncle2

A man learned Of the death of an
uncle in a distant state and employed
an attorney 20 get for him his
share of the estate. After much de-
lay the lawyer sent for his client and
said:
'I have collected your share of your
uncle's property, and here IS a state
ment of our account
The account rendered showed many
items of expenses, such as taking de-
positions" ''notary's fees" court
costs" travelling expenses etc., q
considerable charge in favor of the at
,torney for his services and only a
small balance for the nephew.
After examining and pondering over
the statement for quite while the
client looked up and said to the law
yer: "Was that your uncle or mine
that died?"-West' Docket.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
FACTS ABOUT THE EARTH
Atmosphere Now Believed by Scien.
lists to Have Three Fairly
Distinct Strata.

The earth's atmosphere is now be-
lieved to have three fairly distinct
strata. the first extending up to about
forty-hve miles, having nitrogen as the
leading constituent; the second, with
its upper limit al about 125 miles, be-
ing chiefly hydrogen, and the third,
at still greater height, consisting of
q very thin gas which has been named
"geocoronium." DR.. Alfred Wegener
has attempted to explain the striking
differences of color in meteorS or
shooting stars" and says that mete-
ors coming from outer space are not
sufficiently heated in the exceedingly
light gas to become luminous. Their
fall through the hydrogen layer causes
them to become incandescent, and be-
fore they reach the lowest stratum
most of them are completely dissl-
pated. A few Of the largest however
penetrate the nitrogen atmosphere, a
very small number reaching the earth's
surface. 1t is found that the deep-fall-
ing meteors pass through three stages
Of color, yellow-white, green and deep
red and it is concluded that the green
is due to incandescence of the hydro
gen and the red to that of the nitrogen.
Only the first stage is seen in the
quickly dissipated meteors, the white,
yellow or sometimes reddishness be-
ing evidently the glow OF the meteor
substance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Mother Was Safe.

The minister had to leave home on
long preaching tour. Just before
leaving he called his family around
him to say good-by. When he came to
Bobby, he said:
"Old man, 1 want you to be good
boy and take care Of your mother
Bobby promised. All day long ne
looked preternaturally grave under the
heavy responsibility thus suddenly as
sumed. When night came and he was
called to his prayers, the young guard
ian said:
80 Lord, bless father, and Brother
Tom, and Sister Alice, and Aunt May,
and the little Jones boys, and me, but
YOU needn't trouble about mother, for
I am going to look after her"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
SOY BEANS IN THE ROTATION.

Inquiry-"Will you recommend a
rotation in which soy beans, cotton
and some other crop will be used?
Soy beans are highly recommended.
They are a legume and, therefore, do
not require much nitrogen. The hay
is abundant and the feeding value
high. The oil mills afford a ready
market for the bean, and the cake
which is produced by the mills has
splendid feeding values.
A good rotation to follow is cotton
followed by corn with soy beans, fol-
lowed by oats and cowpeas. For
southern conditions Hollybrook and
Mammouth Yellow are recommended.
j. N. HARPER, Agronomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Japs Like Fresh Air.

The normal japanese woman salts
fies the artists ideals as well as the
surgeons. The average woman in Ja-
pan today shows a figure that is as
perfectly nodded and of as true pro-
portion as the woman of ancient
Greece was able to display. Consump-
ton is a rare disease in Japan; even
winter coughs are of rare occurrence.
The japanese woman is taught from
earliest childhood that life is impos-
.sible without q sufficient supply OF
fresh air. This internal cleansing with
fresh air is deemed Of more Importance
than the bath that usually follows 1t.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
"A Sad Reminder.

~rI. went into a mans office this
morning and he had notices stuck up
ell around his desk, like DO it now''
BE brief and This Is, my busy day.
Have you anything of that sort In your
Officer"
: -"No, 1 don't need, them. I have a
note framed and hung up. on my wall
that indorsed for man, and eventu-
ally had to pay myself. Whenever l
look at it I remember all the notices
] ever heard Of"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
An Imaqinary Cabby.

A penitent-looking man was on trial
for vagrancy and disturbance of the
peace. The Judge seemed inclined to
be lenient.
"What was the prisoner doing when
YOU arrested hlm?" he said to the po-
liceman.
"Re was having a very heated argu-
ment with q cab driver, your honor"
"But that doesn't prove that he was
the worse for liquor" the judge said.
"Many sober people have argument
with cab drivers"
$50 they do, your honor" said the
policeman, "but In this case there was
no cab driver"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Other PeopIe's Things.

Did you ever see a girl who would
turn down the leaf of her library book
to mark her place, when she wouldn't
think of. turning one Of her own books
in such fashion? Did you ever know
a boy who would leave borrowed BIZ
cycle standing out in the damp, though
he was very particular about his own
things? 1t; is pity that little folks
or older ones should ever be less care
full of what belongs to someone else
than of what is their own.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Better Farming i'm the South
SOUTHERN FARMERS FERTILIZER ADVANTAGE
souhs Deposits Aid Boil WeeWl Fight
A.
C.. A. WHITTLE.

phatic fertilizers most readily availa-
BILE as plant food. Hence this is why
agricultural authorities are stressins
it's use in fertilizers for boil weevil
territory, where the purpose is to has.
ten maturity of the plants and to get
as much cotton set as possible before
the weevil has developed in sufficient
number to get all the new squares and
the bolls that form, as it will do later
on in the season.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Long Playing.

"Talk about long playing" said the
New Yorker to Pat. "Why, your coun-
trymen wouldn't get look-in with us.
I know fellow citizen who played
Beautiful Stars and Stripes on the
piano for several hours"
"Arrah, close your mouth" said Pat.
"You ought to be ashamed Of yourself
to be talking about nothing. Sure, l
know an Irlshman that played ireland
Forever on a flute."-New York Morn
ing Telegraph.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
And EndIeea Affair.

Homer-Old Tightwad invited me to
take lunch with him yesterday.
Heiny-I suppose there was no end
to the good things you had to eat.
Homer-Right you are. There was
neither a beginning nor an end to
them.
Heiny-Why, how was that?
Homer-All we had was pretZels.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Abbeville-GreenWood Mu-
tual Insurance Associ-
alton.
OrganizedslS92.

Organizedsls99.
Property Insured $2,500,000.
WRITE OR CALL on the un-
dersigned for any information you
may desire about our plan of insur-
ance.
We insure your property against
destruction by
FIRE, WINDsTORM or LIGHT.
MING,
and do so cheaper than any Com
pany in existence.
Remember, we are prepared to
prove to you that ours is the safest
aud cheapest plan Of insurance
known.
Our Association is now licensed
to write Insurance in the counties
of Abbeviile, Greenwood, McCor-
mick, Laurens and Edgeield.
The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser
Lyon, President, Columbia, S. G.
]. r. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. u
Treas, Greenwood, S. G.
DIRECTORS.
A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. G.
J. Nj. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. @.
.Jno. H, Cbilds. Bradley, S. g..
A. w. Youngblood, Hodges, S. c.
S. p. Morrah, Wellington, S. G.
In. Chamberlain, Mccormick, S. G.
R. II. Nicholson, EdGefeld, S. G.
FL. Zimmerman, Pint. Lane, S. G.
J. G. Martin, Princeton, S. G.
w. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. G.
J. r. BLAKE, Gen. Agt.
Greenwood, S. G.
Jan. lst, 1917.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
What He Said.

"Has the doctor been here todayT
asked the wife.
Eyes, he has," replied the equity
!huSb. nd.
"What did he say?"
1.-TWO dollars" :&,tSy
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
She Fell for 1t.

Patience-He proposed marriage
while he was skating with her.
Patrice-With what result?
"She became very much confused
and fell for it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-04-25
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Taste1ess
chill Tonic is equally valuable as q
General Tonic because it contains the
we'll known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-16

chasing the material for the truck be- fore the advance in prices, the truck only cost $150795. A liberal subscrip- tion has been paid in to the amount of $746.00. Balance outstanding and due on truck, $761.95.
 Will you help the fire company to protect your property by subscribing to this cause? Our government fur nishes her fighting men with the very best equipment possible to protect our country. Will the citizens of Prescott furnish the fire figters with equipment to protect our city from fire?
 Fred Murrah and J. D. Cornish have consented to devote part of their time toward raising $76195 which will finish paying for the truck; help them all you can.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-16
GOVERNOR FAVORS ADOP-
 TION OF NEW CONSTITUTION

Little Rock, Nov. 16.-In an address before the convention of city officials yesterday Gov. Brough took a strong position in favor of the adoption of a new constitution. He said that cities and counties should have the right to issue bonds under certain restrictions and that Arkansas is the only state in the Union that forbids cities from pledging their credit.
 The governor stressed the import ance of settling industrial disturb ances between labor and capital by arbitration, and made a strong appeal for definite provision of the consti- tuition authorizing the Legislature to provide machinery for the arbitration of industrial disputes. He held that in all industrial disturbances, the general public is the innocent by stander who invariably suffers, and that neither the rights of labor nor of capital would be jeopardized by fair arbitration, in which both parties should have a fair representation.
 For quick delivery, telephone 1O1. Guthrie Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-16
kHE PRESCOTT FIRE
 TRUCK IS FOR THE PROTEC- TION OF YOUR PROPERTY

The long talked about fire truck has ken completed and is fighting fires. ' s modern and up-to-date in every EsEct It is equipped with seven Indred feet of three inch water hose. kree nozzles, "Y,' thirty-fve gallon Eenical tank, with one hundred and fty feet of rubber hose, two hand Etnical tanks, one extension ladder,
 Do ordinary ladders, a hook pole, an |R crow bar and eleven volunteer Frnen, The truck, equipment and FNnen stand ready to protect your E0perty from destruction by fire at ny minute of the day or night. You En assured protection from ten to FAfty minutes quicker than you re- EEed by tn hand drawn cart and in
 Adtlon the thirty-fve gallon chemi-
 al tank can be used to overcome the ne When the hand drawn truck was
 Sed all the energy of the firemen was Red in dragging the cart to the fire E'h the truck all the energy is used \ lighting the fire. The chemical IalS attached to the truck offer pro- 'a'0n to property out of reach of the 'aer plugs. Heretofore this proper Ehas had no protection. Several fire e'afance inspectors have examined D' truck and all stated that it is an 'F'o'date truck in every respect and S'' Il IS a credit to a town the size of FAScott.
 me truck and chemical tanks pur- ,1'eo at this time could not be "'sht for less than $25OO. By pur-
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-16
For Tired Women
 With Aching Heads

They help me so much and I find relief as soon as I begin taking your Foley Kidney Pills" Mrs. Frank F, Wood. Morrill,, Maine, R. F. D. No. 2.
 Sometimes 1t seems as if you can't stand the pain across your back. It is just making your life miserab and robbing you of all energy and strength. When you are constantly tired. head always aching, nerves "on edge" kidney action painful and burn ing. then is the time to start in at once on Foley Kidney Pills.
 They strengthen the weak, ailtng kidneys. improve their action. enable them to throw on the poisons that cause your trouble. Your nerves grow peaceful. sleep becomes sounder. nerv- ous headaches disappear. AS Mrs. Wood says: 'I find relief as soon as begin to take your Foley Kidney PiilA" Be sure you get the genuine Foley Kidney Pius, for they are purely medicinal and contain no harmful drugs.
 WESTERLY DRUG STORE
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-16
Mo PRESCOTT DAILY NEWS Published by
 qhe News Printing Company

Entered as second class mail mat !, November 4th, 1905, at the post |Se at Prescott, Ark, under. the act \ Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-11-16
BANK ROBBER CAPTURED
 AFTER LONG CHASE

Little Rock, Nov. 15.-Sheriff Finn Craig of Union county, this week brought to the penitentiary Carl Lewis, who was convicted last Monday at Fl Dorado on a charge of robbing the First National Bank at Huttig last September, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. He was fol- lowed through Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, and back into Arkansas, having been captured at Malvern. He stole about $6,OO0, of which $2,5OO was recovered.
 Try The Prescott Daily News for one week. You will like it.
 Lip sticks and eye brow pencils at Buchanan Drug Store. Phone 67.
 Make your soda habit clean habit. Drink at Guthrie's sanitary fountain.