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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01
Many Miles of Highway Built.

A total of 1872 miles of the state
highway system was constructed dur
ing 1921, at a total cost of S4,9R6,-
3S3, according to the annual report
of the State Highway Commission
and it's chief engineer, Chas. H.
Moorefeld, which is to be made to the
legislature this week. These totals in
clude 200 miles of road constructed
by the counties, independent of the
state highway department, at a cost
of $1,51O,OOO. A total of sos miles
was graded by the state highway de-
partment, at a cost of S3,466,833,
492 miles being completed. SiXty-fve
bridges of more than 20 feet in span
each were completed during the year.
The report shows that the program
already in sight for 1922 totals $5,-
429, BOG, under the state department,
and S2,250,OO0 by the counties.
On the last day of the year the de-
partment had approximately five bill
lion dollars worth of road work un-
der way, providing for the construc-
ton of approximately $50 miles of
road, and. eight bridges.
The report shows also that all
miles of road were maintained by the
department throughout the state, at
an average cost of $251 a mile.
The cost of operating the state
highway department was only $685.
TIP. 1t spent for road work in the
state $3,738,797. Of the funds used
$1,359,453 was federal aid; $685.
1872 was motor vehicle license re-
ceipts; S1,681,212 was furnished in
the cost of operation was the cost of
handling S56,830 worth of war ma
terial, furnished gratis by the feder-
al government, and also the cost of
issuing automobile licenses.
During 1921 the state highway de-
partment licensed 91,3ul motor We
hicles as compared with 94,751 in
1920. The receipts were $733,S20, as
compared with s527,s6S the year
before.-The State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01
Campaign for Relief of Jewish
War Sufferers.

Charleston, Jan. 30.-One hundred
thousand dollars will be sought in
South Carolina for the relief of Jew
ish war sufferers in Europe in a state
wide campaign to be conducted Feb
ruary 5 to 9. The campaign in this
state is part of a nationwide drive
to raise fourteen million dollars for
ministering to the needs of millions
of starving and destitute people in
the war-stricken regions. "We save
them or they die" is the slogan of
the campaign.
Preliminary work has been under
way in South Carolina for several
weeks and the state body is rapidly
.perfecting it's district and county or
CARNATIONS. The state committee is
headed by August Kohn of Columbia,
as honorary chairman Louis M. Shi-
mel of Charleston as State chairman,
and Montague Triest of Charleston
as chairman of the state executive
committee. Other officers include Ar
thur v. Williams of Charleston, sec
rotary; Joseph Hepler of Charleston,
treasurer land Joseph R. Freifeld of
Aiken, campaign director. The ad-
visory board consists of Rabbi j. S.
Raisin, of Charleston; Rabbi F. K.
Hirsch, of Sumter; Rabbi Emil Ho-
rowitz, of Charleston; DR.. Josiah
Morse of Columbia; Rabbi zorach
Bielsky, of Charleston and Rabbi D.
A. Karesh of Columbia.
The state, for the purpose of the
campaign, has been districted in &C
cordance with congressional districts,
with a district chairman in charge of
each. These district chairmen are:
first district, L. Wetherhorn, Charles
ton; second, M. S. Polier, Aiken;
third, Morris R%osenbaum, Greenwood;
fourth, Gilbert Harris, ~Spartanburg;
sixth, j. M. Levkoff, Huntsville; sew
enth, l.. C. Strauss, Sumter. Each dis
trict chairman is responsible for the
counties in his district and each
county has a chairman and organiza-
ton of it's own.
In eoctions of the county where
the campaign has already been held,
unexpectedly large results were OBJ
tanned. Chicago, with a quota of
$1,O0O,00Q subscribed about $780,
900. New York has a quota of S.
100000 and is expected to exceed it.
Campaign leaders in South Carolina
are confident of success in this state.
Mr.. j. Rubenstein is the chairman
for Edgefield county.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01
LIKE FEEDING cows IN DARK
Wisconsin Farmer Praises cow.Test-
Ing Association as Guide-Board
to Better Dairying.

sWhen I bought my farm two years
ago there was g herd Of scrub cows
on it." writes a; Wisconsin farmer to
a field agent of the dairy division,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. 81 Joined the contrasting assocl'
alton, and soon found that my scrub
cows we're a failure. so / disposed OF
them and bought some purebred and
grade HolsteIn COWS. The cow-test-
ing association is a guide-toard on
the way to better dairying and a big
saving In feeds, as one can feed to
so much better advantage where the
producucn Is known. Trying to feed
with out records of your cows LIS like
feeding In the dark"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01

Several Thicknesses of Old NeWspa-
pers Should Be Wrapped Around the
Butter Before IneIosing 1t in the
Shipping Package.
cream and the making of butter if a
marketable product is to be produced.
Too much Importance, it is said, can
not be given to maintaining cleanly
conditions in the stable and in other
places where the milk, cream, or butt
ter are produced or kept. for they abb
sorb odors and spoil very quickly. 1t
is important, too, that these products
be Kept in a cool place. High temper
atures should always be avoided, as
they produce a soft, oily condition Of
the butter which Is undesirable.
In manufacturing butter on the farm
OF in a factory the buttermilk must
be removed and washed out, and the
proper amount Of salt must be incor-
porated evenly. Frequently parcel
post shipments of farm butter are I'M
satisfactory to customers because
proper methods were not used in max
ing 1t, and the quality and condition of
the butter thereby injured before 1t
was shipped. For the satisfaction of
customers it is important that a uni
form quality Of butter be produced.
Methods used in preparing butter
for parcel post shipping depend large
ly upon the local conditions and style
Of package used. To insure delivery
In the best possible state, butter, after
being packed, printed and placed In
cartons, should be chilled or hardened
thoroughly before it is shipped.
One of the most satisfactory ways
of preparing butter for shipment is in
regular one-pound prints, the stand
ard print measuring 2k by 2h by 4S
inches. Every pound print should be
neatly wrapped in irregular butter
parchment or paper. A second thick
ness of such paper has been found to
add materially to the carrying posi-
bllity of the butter. WaXed paper may
be used for the second wrapping. AS
a further protection to the print, 1t
should be placed in heavy manila
parafin cartons, which may be OBJ
tanned from folding paper-box COM
panies, either plain or printed as a
stock carton or with a special private
brand.
Corrugated %iber-board shipping con-
tainers of various sizes may be OBJ
tanned for shipping one-pound prints
of butter. These boxes or containers
practically insulete the butter and fur
nish much protection against heat.
Further protection may be obtained by
wrapping the container in stout wrap
ping paper The whole should be tied
securely with n strong cord. In tying
the Irvine it should be drawn tightly
around the package so as to insure
its proper carriage.
Some persons ship butter by parcel
post in i%mprovised ,9r homemade con.
tainers. Clean, discarded, corrugated
paperboard cartons are obtained from
the grocer or other merchant at small
cost or frequently without any cost at
all. It is possible to cut a piece OF
paper board in such shape and size
that when 1t is folded 1t will form a
satisfactory carton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01
Increase in Cotton Acreage
Means Disaster.

Means Disaster.
If the South planted 32,S32,OOo
acres to cotton in 1921, there is a
real need for a most thorough and
comprehensive campaign to prevent
an increase in acreage in 1922. The
official estimates are that 31,427,O0 U
acres were picked and that 2.S per
cent of the acreage planted was aban-
doned. If this be true then 31,427,-
600 acres are 97.2 per cent of the to-
tai paintings, which means that 3d.
$4,000 acres were planted in 1921.
Accepting the final estimates of the
paintings of 1920, as 37,O43,oO0
acres, the reduction of the acreage
in 1921 from 1920 was 1927 per cent.
This is a very material reduction, for
it means that where eight acres were
planted in 1920 only Z acres were
planted in 1921, but it is not as great
a reduction as vas made in 1892
from 1891; and 1895 from 1894;
1905 from 1904 and in 1915 from
1914. q
1t must, therefore, be plain to any
thinking mar that instead of increas-
ing the acreage in 1922, as we al
ways have done following an advance
in price, we should really reduce the
acreage in 1922, at least sufficient
to bring the combined reductions Of
1921 and 1922 down to where they
would equal the reductions of 1905
and 1915.
Even though we admit that the Of
fetal estimate of the acreage planted
in 1921 is too high and that the esti-
mate of the yield per acre, 1863
pounds, is too low, it must be appar-
emit to everyone that had an average
or normal crop per acre been made
in 1921, we would have had too much
cotton. For 80 years past the South's
average yield per. acre has been IT'S
pounds. Even thirty million acres
with a yield of IT'S pounds per acre
means a production of 10,120,O0O
bales. That is more cotton than we
needle in 1921 and is every bale as
m11ch as we shall need in 1922.
1t is probable that we planted 3d.
OOO, 900 acres in 1921, that a total
crop of slightly over S,ooO,oOO bales.
We do not want such a low yield per
acre again in 1922, for cotton cannot
be economically produced with such
a yield per acre. Moreover, there is
not one chance in fifty for such a low
yield again next year. Therefore, we
must hold the acreage down to at
most 10000 900 acres, or u a most
serious risk of cotton prices that will
mean disaster next fall.
The sections where the boil wee
wills were destructive last year will
reduce the cotton acreage but that
is not going to be enough. W. must
organize during the winter and bring
pressure to bear on every cotton
planter to reduce rather than in
crease his acreage in 1922. No Ger
Give measures will be effective. They
will always fail as they did in 1921,
but by reasoning together and by
persuasion nearly every cotton plant
er can be induced to hold his cotton
acreage down in 1922 for his own and
the general good. The end justiies
the service of every good citizen to
this task. 1t is a large and difficult
task, this canvassing of every cotton
producer, but the necessity will JUS
tify the effort.-Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01
WEAK, NERVOUS,
ALL RUNDOWN
Missouri Lady Suffered Until She
Tried cardui.@Says "Result
Was SURPRISING - Along
Fine, Became Normal
and Healthy.

Springfield Mo.-"My back was 80
weak could hardly stand up, and I
would have bearing-down pains and
was not we'll at any time," says Mrs.
D. v. Williams, wife Of q well-known
farmer on Route 6, this place. Il
kept getting headaches and having to
20 to bed" continues Mrs. Williams
describing the troubles from which
she obtained relief through the use Of
Cardui. my husband, having heard
of Cardui, proposed getting 1t for me.
81 saw after taking some Cardui
o.. that I was improving. The result
was surprising. I felt like a different
person.
Later 1 suffered from weakness
and weak back, and felt all rundown.
I did not rest. well at night, I was 80
nervous and cross. My husband said
he would get me some Cardui, which
he did. 1t strengthened me -. MY
doctor said I got along fine. l was in
good healthy condition. I cannot
say too much for It."
Thousands of women have suffered
as Mrs. Williams describes, until they
found relief from the use Of Cardui.
Since It has helped * many, you
should not hesitate to try Cardui II
troubled with womanly ailments.
For sale everywhere. E.s3
WANTED: Salesman with a ca
pable of earning $4,000 per week
and able to manage statesmen in this
district. 10000 mile cord tires at
lowest price. This is a rare opportu-
nifty for a producer.
SMITH ONE HEAT SYSTEM,
1106 S. Michigna Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.
WANTED: Statesmen with car to
call on dealers with a low priced g.
600 mile fabric and and 10000 mile
cord tire. $4,000 a week with extra
commissions.
UNIVERSAL TIRE & RUBBER co.
Michigan City, Indiana.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01
AbbeviIle- Greenwood Mu-
tual Insurance Asso-
citation.
ORG. LIED 1892.
Insured $17,22s,o oG.

WRITE OR CALL on the under-
signed for any information you may
desire about cur plan of insurance.
We insure your property against
destruction by
FIRE, WINDsToRM, or LIGHT
MING
and do so cheaper than any Com
pany in existence.
Remember, we T prepared to
prove to you that ours is the safest
and cheapest plan Of insurance
known.
Our Association is now licensed
to write Insurance in the counties of
Abbeville, Greenwood, Mccormick,
Edgefeld, Laurens, Saluda, Eich-
land, Lexington, Calhoun and Spar
tanburg, Aiken, Greenville, Pickens,
Barnwell, Bamberg, Sumter, Lee,
Clarendon, Kershaw, Chesterfield
The officers are: Gen. ]. Fraser
Lyon, President, Columbia, S. c.,
j. R. Blake, Gen. Agent, Secretary
and Treasurer, Greenwood, s. c.
-DJRECT0RS-
A. o. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. c.
j. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. G,
J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C.
A. W. Youngblood, Dodges, S. c.
R.. H. Nicholson, Edgefeld, S. c.
J Fraser Lyon, Columbia, s. G.
W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S. C.
w. 81. Wharton, Waterloo, S. G.
j. R. BLAKE,
General Agent.
Greenwood, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-01

.Fnvigorating to the Pale and SickIy
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC drives out
Malaria, cnriches the blood, builds up the system.
a true Tonic. For adults and children. 900
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
GLARRSRURG ROAD
WILL. Be OPENED q.
lJnsurtaced Portion viii Be
Put in Condition for Travel
During Winter.


Even though surfaeins of the
two miles Of yet unimproyed roal
between Clarksburg and Fairmons
Is not completed this fall. ths
highway will be placed Ia condt-
tion for winter travel. according
tow, s. Downs Of Morgantown,
division engineer Of the State
Road Commission, WHO was in the
city recently. The Maulsby bridge
aud lack OF paving material arc
the stumbling blocks that may
prevent completion OF the road
before snow flies.
Every effort will be made to
complete the surtaeing this fall,
Mr.. Downs declared, This work
would have been completed Sep
tember / had the contractors re-
celyed a steady supply Of mater
ial. he said.
When the concrete mixer reach.
es the fill at zicsing. It Is planned
TO skip the thousand feet Of Stag
road built there when the fill was
made and resume surfaeipg at thS
other end Of the fill. Tie slaS
road will be passable throughout
the winter, Ind Il It is not pos
slble to complete the surfacing, 1t
Is desired that this section. which
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
MORE COAL SENT
OVERN0UNTAINS
B. & o. Hauls 1888 Loads Of
Freight and Coal Over
the Weekend.

Although the B. & o. Railroad
continues to be blocked greatly
With coal and general freight loads
there was a slight improvement.
In fact the movement over the Al.
leghany Mountains east OF Grafton
took a boost over the week end.
Thirty.eight trains drew 1888 loads
OF freight Of which 1873 cars were
coal.
On Saturday eighteen trains
drew ia loads OF which sos cars
were coal, West off the division
there were 531 loads Of freight
moved OF which 225 were coal.
Twenty trains drew ia loads OF
freight over the mountains on Sun.
day. OF that SIS cars were coal.
West off the Monongah Division,
there were t72 loads OF freight
moved. OF which 1876 cars were
coal. At midnight there were S1o
unmoved eastbound loads on the
division and OF that s25 cars were
coal. There were 2,2Is unmoyed
westbound loads, of, which 1900
cars were coal.
With the Miners
Nick Aiello. president OF sub.dis.
trlct 4, addressed forty miners
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
EAGER TO
REALIZE ON OIL
Country Has Rich Petroleum
Deposits---Are Owned
by Government.


THERAN. Persia, Sept. 25.-Is.
mail Agha Simko, the Kurdish
rebel chief who for two years has
been setting at defiance the auth.
GRITTY Of the persian government,
has fled across the frontier into
Turkish Kurdistan. His forces
have been routed by Ria Khan,
the Persian War Minister. who is
Commander.in. Chief of the Persian
army. simko's stronghold at Che.
right, west Of Lake Urmia, in
Northern Persia, was captured aft.
er bitter fighting. Many guns and
prisoners were taken.
The internal situation In Per.
STA continues unsettled. In the alb.
sence OF a stable central govern.
ment, robber bands and tribesmen
have been footing and plundering,
and many Of the principal roads
are Insecure,
Outside OF tales OF disorder, oil
is the one absorbing topic OF con.
versation. The country has rich pc.
troleum deposits, and the men m
authority are eager to realize on
this national wealth. And in this
connection the following story is
told:
II seems the government. some
time ago, considered granting a 50
year concession for oil exploitation
Jointly to an English and an Amer.
lean company. One OF the com.
panies thereupon made an advance
Of 100000 to the government,
based on the assumption that the
concession ultimately would be
made operative. At least that was
the understanding OF the oil men.
Once in hand tho million was ex.
pended quickly. It went to pay
troops in~the field, and a lot Of
overdue salaries to officials.
When the government learned
that the advance was conditional
upon exclusive concessions, there
was trouble, for In the meantime
1t had become actively engaged in
negotiations with other oil inter.
ests,' looking to get as much as II
could from the potential wealth un
der the ground. It made every ef.
cry effort to get back the $1,000.
600, but too late. Every cent had
been expended.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
RUSSIANGAPTAE
MAYBE CHANGED
People Want II Returned to
Petrograd From
Moscow.

gETRoGRAD Sept. 25.-Hone
that some day the capital OF Russia
will be transferred back to Petro.
grad is buoying up the spirits OF
many residents OF this ghost like
city that Peter the Great built TO
serve as the center OF Russla's
power.
No official word, not even a semi
official hint, has been given that
the BolsheNiks regime will return
the capital here from Moscow, but
many Petrogradites base their
hopes that this will occur on the
fact that Petrosrad was built for
government purposes and Is fal
more fitted to house government
offices than overcrowded Moscow.
Il the time does come that the
BolsheyilS Officials lose their fear
Z Of attack from the outside, these
Petrograd residents say the govern.
rient inevitably must return to the
city that offers 1t comfortable guar
ters and immediate proximity, by
land and sea, to Western Europe.
While the fear OF attack exists,
these same features OF Petrograd's
location make tia dangerous site
Tor capital. Finland is too close,
and the Finnish Gulf and the Neva
offer anchorage for foreign war.
ships
Shrewd citizens are now buying
mp Petrograd's property and hola-
ing II against the day when ;as
now almost depopulated city EhaIl
again be the crowded capital.
The Petrograo port has snowrl
great activity this summer, but mist
OF the factory chimneys of the city
and suburbs are still smoke!eSs.
and the streets, as compared with
busy Moscow, seem like those nt
acountry village.
a few pedestrians; an automo.
bile or two: now and thea a slow
moving horse.drawn truck, und the
scattering Of cabs In the great
broad avenues hid out by Peter the
Great To make Petrograd magnifi.
cent, seems lost in the cl.I.s spa.
cfousness.
Great government buildings that
border the plazas and squares are
now occupied by small bureaus OF
the main ministries at Moscow.
Huge palaces are empty, occupied
only by caretakers, or TRANSFORMED
into museums, open BIZ: few hours
each week and. even then visited
only by sightseeing tours, and now
and then a little srOup ct art sta.
dents.
Many shops are npnn, selling
mostly second handel furniture ana
costly bric.a'brac from the houses
. Of the once great. but business IS
dull and money is much scarcar
than in speculation.mad, seemingly
prosperous Moscow.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
ASSIGNED CARS
WILL HyRIIHERE
That Commercial Coal Load.
ing WIN Soon Be Greatly
Rstrlcted Is Belief.

With the arrival OF assigned
cars the death lnell Of CONNER
oial coal business on the Monon.
gaf Division B. & o. has beHu
raing. 3 q o! officials. It is said,
do not deny that assigned cars
are on the division, as set forth
IN the circular letter issued Sat.
urday.
Daily there are $50 empties or
defed for railroad fuel on the
eonnellsyiiie, Charleston aud
Monongah divisions Of the B. 4
o.. but the bulk OF this tonnage
naturally falls on the Monongah
Division 70 produce. These three
divisions have not averaged more
than 500 efnpties since September
i and II the car. supply continues
on that BASH, there will not be au
average Of more than $50 cars n
day for commercial loading.
Coal operators are UP in the air
ON the matter and claim that tho
3. & o. Is going ahead with tho
assigned car plan, although, it IL
claimed there has not been an
order o. the interstate Commerce
Commission issued permitting II
The assigned car menace has
hobbed up also In Ohio with yar,.
Gus railroads, and the Cleveland
a western Coal Co.. has institu.
ted proceedings in the federal
courts I'm Cleveland, praying for all
Injunction to restrain railroads
from using assigned cars. A de.
cision Is expected there today,
Daily Shipments
Coal shipments off the Monon.
gan Division B. G. o. on satur.
das consisted of 4s1 cars east and
81 west Eighteen cars OF coke
Mers loaded on the division, SIX
cars going east and twelve west
Daily Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel shipments Oft tbs
Monongah Division B. & o. Oh
Saturday aggregated 1853 cars. Of
that the b & o. secured eighty
five cars and foreign roads
seventy four cars.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
ORLDWARHERO
MADE Governor
Major General Sir George
MoIesworth Bridges to
Succeed WeigeII.

LONDON, Sept. 2s.-Maj. Gen.
Sir George Molesworth Bridges
has been appointed Governor Of
South Australia, succeeding Lieut..
Col. Sir William weigell. The lat
ter resigned the position because
he said he could not live on his
salary and had not sufficient
private means to afford the lux
ury Of maintaining such a posi-
ton. ,
His successor, Sir George. is
known in the British army as the
Toy Drum Hero" That term ha.
not been applied to him In der.
sion, but In recognition Of a mem
orable incident of the war In
which he displayed great sallan-
try.
After the action at lie cateau.
in 1914. the British army started
on Its great fighting retreat, aud
men were dropping out from
sheer exhaustion. Major Bridges,
as he then was, went back to st.
Quentin to round up $50 stras
slers.
He found them n state Of
collapse. AT a little village shop
he bought a toy drum, and falling
the men into line with the to-
drum and penny whistle to
serve as band, he marched them
off, laughing In spite OF their
WEAKNESS. They kept on marching
for twenty-eight miles.
Sir George was the military
member Of the Baliour mission to
the United States in 1917, and
head Of the British War Mission
to the United States in the sue
ceeding year.