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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
Things to do This Week and
Next.

AS the weather becomes warmer
it is more important to run the har-
row Immediately behind the plow.
The same time given then may &C
complish twice as much good as if
postponed until the clods are hard
ened.
2. Kill the grass before it gets a
start. Here, too, work done prompt
ly will accomplish twice as much as
later work.
3.Don't overlook grazing crops for
hogs. Cowpeas, soy beans, velvet
beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and
others may be planted now.
a. Too much cotton and tobacco is
being planted. You may lose money
on both. Better decide before it is
too late to plant few more acres
of food and feed crops instead OF
"money crops" that don't mean net
money.
S. Get a canning outfit and plant
enough to make it pay. Fill your pan
try and you will spend less at the
store next winter and spring.
6.Newly made terraces, bitches and
roads should be inspected after each
washing rain. ga stitch in time" is
a good motto to remember if even a
small break appears.
z. Flies may bring death into your
home. Kill them before they LAY
eggs. Screen the house and keep al
food from them.
1t is cheaper to poison insects than
to feed them. If half of your hogs
die of disease, you get excited
Keep your spray pump going or you
may lose more than half your fruit
and vegetables.
9. Once again, remember thai
no other piece of land will pay 81
well this year as the garden. 1t il
not too late to put in several new
vegetables you have not previousl!
been growing.-Progressive Farmer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
Cut of 81 Per Cent Claimed
for Cotton.

Florence, April 21.-A reduction
of 31.2 per centum in the cotton acre
age of this year, compared with last
year, is indicated in private informa-
ton local reporters have received
from reliable connections and sup
piled to the chamber of commerce.
The information is considered very
reliable and is known to be quite
close, generally, to the accredited
reports on such matters,
Walter J. Johnson, secretary of the
association, say, regarding the sur
vey.
The report by states for the entire
cotton belt is as follows:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27

This report considers only actual
reduction of acreage. No estimate is
made of the curtailment of fertilizer
which is reports being used very
sparingly. Nor does it consider the
known annual losses by boil weevil
and other crop pests.
A considerable amount of land
cultivated in 1920 will lay out this
year on account of the inability of
tenants and small farmers to obtain
financial assistance, the report also
states.
Local cotton authorities compute
that on the acreage figures alone, as
contained in this report, the 1921
crop will be probably not more than
100000 bales. The 1920 crop was
approximately 100000 bales. How
ever, they believe the prospective
100000 bales will be curtailed ma
terially by lack of fertilizer, crop
pests and other factors which can
not be estimated at this time of the
season.
Early paintings of cotton in this
section have been hurt severely by
the recent cold. Several of the West
ern states are believed to have suf-
fered losses to early paintings be-
cause of storms reported in those
sections in the past few days.
There is every hope, well posted
market authorities believe, for cotton
to recover rapidly and strongly in the
near future. The market is very
steady now. A very decided improve
ment is looked for within the next
80 days, during wrich the govern
ment should have its first acreage re-
port. No one processes to look for 40
cents cotton right away, but they do
look for such an improvement in the
market as will enable the present
holders to realize their investment
at least.
There is a good demand now for
cotton-if one is willing to take the
present market for it. Local buyers
particularly are paying the limit of
the market on all offerings. But the
sentiment here is strongly against
selling yet. If cotton is worth the
present price to any one else, it must
be worth that much to the producer,
is the attitude of the holders.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
For a Severe Cold.

"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
cured my daughter, Anna, of Sc
we're cold and cough a few years ago
and ever since then I have never miss
ed an opportunity to recommend this
medicine to anyone euffering from
throat or lung troubles. I cannot
speak too highly in praise of it, !"
writes Mrs. D. j. Shelley, Earlville,
N. Y. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
contains no narcotic and may be CIV
en- to children with perfect conf
dence. 1t is a pleasant syrup so they
do not object to taking it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
NOTICE.

Certificate of Deposit No. .131 issued
by the Bank of Western Carolina,
Johnston, S. c., to Minty Stafford for
100000 with interest from date at
the rate of five per centum per an
mum, having been lost in the mails,
notice is hereby given that I will ap-
ply to the Bank of Western Carolina,
Johnston, S. c., to April 2sth, 1921,
for new certificate in like amount.
MINTY STAFFORD.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
Farmers Can Borrow
Money Now

The Federal Loan Act has been
declared constitutional. The Federal
Land Bank at Columbia will begin
business soon. We have been author
lied by the secretary of the local as
sociation to take applications from
farmers for loans on real estate. AL
farmers who wish to borrow money
can procure application blanks at our
Office. Avail yourself at once of this.
opportunity.
N. G. EVANS.
C. 7. BURNETT.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
The Growing of Peanuts For
1921.

1921.
When peanuts are planted for
pork production and the hogs are al
lowed to harvest them, thus leaving
roots and vines in the field, they pos
sess good soil-building values and are
unexcelled for pork production.
Outside of the regular peanut belt
the peanut is used almost exclusive
ly either for home consumption, hay,
hog feed, etc., or to sell to oil mills.
1t is "a good year to pay particular
attention to the peanut crop, especial
ly for the first named purposes.
In the special peanut counties OF
North Carolina and Virginia, there
may be tendency to increase the
acreage during the year of 1921 be-
cause the price of peanuts is COM.
paratively higher than the price OF
cotton. Of course, if the farmers pro-
duce a very greatly increased crop
of peanuts for the market, it no
doubt will cause slaughtering OF
prices. However, there is always a
demand for high quality peanuts, and
the same advice that has been given
heretofore will apply just as aptly
this year, namely, that the effort
should be to produce on fewer acres
the largest quantity Of high-grade
peanuts per acre by using the very
best methods of preparation and cul-
tivation. 1t is quite possible that the
peanut farmers can make a profit
out of their crop this year by plant
ing reasonable acreage and only
digging for market that part of the
crop that promises a good yield OF
high-grade nuts, leaving to, be har-
vested by the hogs those! fields, or
parts of fields that do not promise a
profitable return.
Peanuts give large returns for
thorough preparation of the seed bed.
The frequent stirring of the surface
soil before planting is the most prof
liable part of the cultivation of the.
peanut crop.
The Spanish variety is always SAT-
est and surest, since it produces un-
der variety of soil and climatic
conditions, and may be planted later
in the season. 1t is the earliest va
riety. The most popular commercial
variety is the North Carolina and Vir-
ginia Bunch. The Jumbo variety pro-
duces a nut of high sale value, but
it does not produce in quantity or
quality as we'll as the Bunch.
One thing that is very much in
favor of the peanut as 1921 crop
is the fact that where it is grown in
with cotton and with corn
in which peas and soy beans are
grown, very satisfactory yields may
be obtained without the use of COM
mercial fertilizers. Wherever the
land has not been well lined previous
ly, ground milestone or ground oys-
ter shells at the rate of at least 1000
pounds per acre should be used,
wherever the large varieties are
planted.
The successful progress of the CO.
operative Peanut Growers Associa-
ton should cause the peanut farmers
to take courage and try to see to it
that for the year 1921 they only grow
such quantity of peanuts as can be
proftanly marketed, and not attempt
to overtax the efforts of this new or
ganization the first year it goes into
operation.-Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
Candidate for Cotton Weigher.

J. respectfully announce that I am
a candidate for reelection to the of
flee of public cotton weigher for the
town of Edgefield. have served on
ly one term and the experience /
have gained will enable me to rem
der more efficient service in the fu-
ture. If elected for second term, ]
pledge the same faithful and impair
tial service that I have rendered in
the past.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
NOTICE.

We having organized the Edgefeld
National Farm Loan Association in
connectioa with the Federal Land
Bank, I shall be glad to file your ap-
plication for loan.
j. H. CANTELoU,
Secretary y-Treasurer.
Edgefeld, S. C.
March 2s, 1921.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
Southern Railway System
Announces Excursions Fares, Season 1921, for
the Following Special Occasions
Identification Certificate Plan
One and One-tialf Fares Round Tril

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

wife get up and do your work for Won
tr|' believe you would. Thot's
me Kind Of a husband I married
DiDN"T SEE ANYTHING in THE
- ENSE ABOUT HAVING TO GET
mr AND CLOSE WINDOWS II \
TIE RAIN. IN
on you didn't? I suppose Won oro
gong TO get sarcastic and in.mItin" . "
now, 1t ism enough that YOU cowarIiS :
eVade your duties, but YOU must obMSGo
me IN the bargain. To think | msrrioJ
Su'h man when ] had the whoIo
world to pick from. WHO Tor n WIZ E0IT
,rO T0I p, iiAp TIE WHOLE WORID
"a binding fash and an oororoo,
ing crash of thunder. "'N =
Oh, oh, OH! Get up. I sov ond
close that window. Do you hear that I'at
terrible rain; It's coming into i%c o
pantry window. ] just know lt's coDo
ing IN there In floods. Everythinv 10
ruined. Get up. WHAT'S THE Re ~ ~
THING IS RUINED? I'M G0iTC
| TO SLEEP. 'i->"
You are not going to sleep. You,ro
going TO get up if have to keen oftor
you all night. Get up, do you hoor
me? Get up "'or
Needless to say, Mr.. DoycIeigb
gets up. And needless to saw tIe
pantry window wasn't open at all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
Bitterness Of Life in
GnLs,porthY's Plays

The "Six Short Plays" Of John Gals
worthy, gathered together and issued IN
enc volume, have all the appearances
Of having been written Mt diuerent
periods in bis life although the copy
rights range between 1915 and 1871.
The volume bears the Scribner Imprint.
They are certainly varying in type
and style. Some of them ought to make
excellent material for ambitious bodies
of amateurs trying to uplift the drama !;
q couple would make satisfactory cur
tain -raisers, and one, the hrst-Wcl
dentally its name Is The First ana
the LASTS q compactly constr ucted:
atmospheric tragedy that fairly reoSs OIL
fogs and London alleyways. 1t de-
serves a painstaking production with
good cast.
Az a whole, the collection is one OK
''closet plays'' which ought to provide
variety enough for any ono who mas
come to realize the value and pleasure
derived from reading plays as wen as
seeing them. The plays are not In MT.
Galsworthy's best mood, but Mt least
three of the six rise above the slip
shod methods which have sometimes
crept into his novels.
'The First and the Last" story In
contrast of two brothers, one drunk
ard. dope iend and general good d-for-
nothing, the other n prosperous, we'll
considered lawyer, might almost be cS-
panded into n ull-length drama. Even
as 1t stands, the three scenes nre of
considerable length for such play and
would require rather complicated stag
ing to mako them as effective as the
story that Is told.
The playwright here is in a brutal
mood He shows the degradation OF the
unfortunate brother led to a climax In
murder committed over a girl. Then
Mr.. Galsworthy proceeds to tear down
the character of the well TO do biUther
strips him Of his honor and pulls down
the curtain on Ills shame and dishopor.
Theatrically, as well as dramatically,
the play has great possibilities. One
scene, with something Of the atmosphere
of Stevenson "melo," the little acted
Deacon Brodie," has the footsteps OF
n policeman passing by outside through :
out the tense action.
Two plays, somber and bleak, dea!
directly with the war, one having It's
action during the course Of the fighting:
the other showing n detached, sordid
little aftermath. This latter play, The
Sum- again shows the bitterest side In
its author. It has three characters, q
girl, her lover and her former lover
whom she had promised TO marry when
he went away to war. Cockney accent
seems a bit strange, somehow, In Mr.,
Galsworthy's hands, although he has
used 1t as far back as Justice" and
Tho Mob
The opposite kind Of thing, English
country life, which Americans cannot--
or will not--seem to understand, Il
prominent in Hall Marked" which ii
the truth be told seems like great
deal of fuss about nothing Mt all
Lightness of touch is another asset IL
which this author is not well endowed
The Little Man" n satire in two
scenes with characters from severa
countries, has clever moments, but
never seems to reach anywhere. The
American, by the way. is not drawn
with any too real or clever pen. 1t Is
the English comic paper American.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
LITTLE
BENNYS
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape
THE PARK AVE. NEWS

Weather. Fearse.
Latest Feud News The .JonSons nre
ahed this week in the big feud between
the Jonsons and the Hunts on account
of Maud Jonson putting choclIlit GREEN
candy rite ware Sid Hunt was Jest set E
ting down in his wife pants last Wcns-
day. her caring more for the revendge
than wat she did for the candy.
Sissiety. MIR. Charles (Puds) Sim.
kins took Miss Mary Watkins to the
movies last Satldday aftrnOon, tho 1t is
sed he ddent have enuff money and she
had to pay half of her own way in.
Pome by Skinny Martin
EITHER THAT OR NCTHING
had little rabbit
And wen it moved It hopped,
Being the ony way 1t could get some
place,
Because wen il dident II stopped.
French Tawt in Weeks for so Cents.
For 10 cents a week YOU can borro a
book entitled French Self Tawt. See
Lew Davis. (Avvertizemcnt }
Wy waste valuable time cutting the
lccvcs of new books? For s cents every
100 pages l will call day or mite with
my own paper cutter, See Lew Davis.
Advertisement
Bizniss and Financial. Skinny Mar
tin swapped Sid Hunt tennis ball for
mouth organ and has bin trying 10
play tunes on it ever sints, all sounding
the same and all Supposed to be diffrcnt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
4 Miracle Cycle

Both for presentation PURPOSES and
for inspirational reading "Garments n
traise,' by Florence Converse fDpt.
toni has marked merits and appeal,
Inc volume contains four "miraclsv
or mystery playlets which spap ths
principal holydays of the Christian wear.
These are The Blessed Birthday" for
Yuletide; Thy Kingdom Come.
dream for Easter morn; Souls Mir.
acle,' Whitsuntide miracle OF heal.
ing, and Santa Conversazione,
miracle for All Saints Day. The plot
material and the development are an.
propriate to the festivals.
Romance, reverence and n senso ~
dramatic incident and situation blend
In the plays. making them suitable both
for the stage and the library. The the
atrical requirements are few and simnls
and the demands on the impersonators
are not overly rigorous, all OF which
make these miracles adaptable for act.
Ing either by adults or children. They
are written partly in prose, partly IN
blank verse and partly in lyric stanzss.
turning from one to the other accord.
ing to the mood of the piece and tha
particular emotion or situation involved
The language Is very rich and the styls
shapely, hence the four playlets repay
reading simply from the standpoint OF
literature.
Santa Conversations" is of special
appeal in that one Of the characters ia
nh American soldier, wounded. Others
| in the flesh are poilu. Belgian child,
n German prisoner and an English of. /.
Ger. The characters in the spirit are
Jeanne dare, Saint Francis of Assist,
St. George of England, Saint Elizabeth
of Hungary and Thuringia. and Lyoi
Tolstoy. The piece Is moving al
legory of universal peace.
Miss Converse is remembered for her
House of Prayer" which sets forth
the beauty and joy and glory of tns
church's traditions, institution and
practices, and for Long WILL" that
marvellous reconstruction of the medic.
val England of Piers Plowmans day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
7Win Bed Lecture Byl p. MeEvoy
Not In the Marriage License

Not In the Marriage License
"a rain has come up in the night
and Mrs. DovelciSh is sure the win
dow is open in the pantry Will Mr..
Dovcleigh get UP and see. lie will
mott
Isn't that rain? Isn't that RAMP
Wake up. Listen to me. It'a raining
do you hear me? And the window is
open in the pantry. | just know the
rain is pouring in there and running
everything. Get up and close the win
dow in the pantry. DO you hear? Huh
! said get up and close the window in
the pantry. It's raining in there IN
floods and running everything. YOU
CLOSE WINDER, IN SHLEEP,
You're asleep nothing. You're as
vide awake as ] am. Listen to that
rain. Oh, everything will be sOnked
Everything viii be ruined! Get up.
GET UP.
on. never saw such stubborn
brute. WOULDN'T SAY BRUTE,
DARLING. You are brute. You d
lie there and see everything ruined be q
fore you d get up and close window.
You're lazy brute, that's what you
are. YOU GET UP. YOU HAVE
AS MANY FEET AS ! HAVE.
There, didn't | tell you? Always
shifting your burdens on to me. As If
/ didn't have heavy enough load to
bear. ! get up, eh? And how about
you. Would you lie there and see your
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
)RpAEUM
@
Bella
Stroller
CASINO
BEGAN HIS CAREER HERE
Fred Graham Played at Forrest In
1913. After London Success

1878, AFTER London Success
Fred Graham, who plays the clergy
man in "A Bill Of Divorcement, al
the Broad Street Theatre, cherishes an
affection for Philadelphia for the part It
has played in his American career. 1t
was on the stage of the Forrest Theatre
in 1913 that he spoke his first word IN
an American theatre in The Little
Cafe" on the birthday OF his son,
who was then student and subse- =
quently a graduate Of the University
of Pennsylvania.
In the early part of his career In
England, his native country, Graham
was for five years in the principal
musical productions of George Edwards
at the Gaiety and Days Theatres, ap-
praring in ''San Toy" and The Run =
away Girl Finally Edwards sent him
TO Australia to produce 'Florndora'
and The Runaway Girl" and Graham
remained in the Antipodes for more
than ten years. Then he took his own
company on tour of the Far East in
a repertoire of English farce comedies.
Arriving in Hong Kong Graham de
cidcd he needed change of scene, SO
he dlsbanded his company and Jumped
from Hong Kong to New York. Soon
after reaching there he was engaged by
Klaw & ErlangCr, and, az stated, be
gan his American career at the For
rest Theatre.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
OLD FAVORlTE IN "THE BAT
Helen Dauvrsy, Lyoeum Theatre
Star, Returns to Stage Hero

The applause which greeted Miss
Helen Dauvray, who came back TO
Philadelphia this week as a dominant
figure in THE Bat" at the Adelphi
Theatre, proved that, despite a score Of
years retirement, playgoers of an
earlier generation had not forgotten her
and her triumphs at the old Lyceum
Theatre In New York in such roles as
Suzzanna in "A Scrap of Paper" Peg
Wellington In Masks and Faces" and
Constance in "A Love Chase.
When Miss Dauvray, at the height Of
her success, retired from the boards she
became the wife OF Admiral Winter
halter. The sudden death of her hus-
hand left Miss Dauvray in affluent cir
cumstances. but a nervous breakdown
was scarcely alleviated by years So
joUrn on the Riviera. Her friends ad-
vised her TO return to the stage And
so when she was offered the congpnial
role of Cornelia Van Gorder in "The
Bat Miss Dauvray accepted the part
70! the run of the play here in Phia =
delphia. This, she declares, will mark
her farewell to stagcland.