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WING MOST OF THE SOIL Wliat May Be Done By Thousands, v '("Manufacturer's Record.) In a year of depressed prices for ceaii\? twenty-nine test farms, aggregating 1135.5 acres, at points in Alabama and Georgia along the lines orf the Central of Georgia Railway, yielded an average net profit of 511.01 an acre. According to a report to President W. A. Winburn by X F. Jackson, agricultural agent, the ta*a3 value of the crops, which included cotton, cottonseed, corn, corn s*tm?r, peanuts, velvet beans, oats, osi straw, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, rape, tobacco, peavine hay, peas* wheat and truck, was $35,2-Sf'.49. From that sum were detected $4668.23 for man labor, 52935.28 for horse labor, $5425.64 for fertilizer, $3341.13 for harvesting, $2768.33 for seed, marketing, Sfioixing, bagging and ties, and $3629.30 for rent, leaving the total net profit $12,502.58. Ten farmers averaged more than $14 net profit an acre, the greatest average for . ?nr SE anj one naving Deen vn the farm yielding that forty-three acres were cultivated, of which acres yielded in cotton and it* seed an average net acre profit of $32.23, cotton $19.46 and seed *12. 77; eighteen acres in corn, an arcergge net acre profit of $14.43, stnd thirteen acres in oats followed by peavine hay, yielded an average EXil acre profit of $35.09, on oats $22.3&, on oat straw $2.93, and on peavine hay $9.86. Of individual crops the highest net profits on particular acres were $90.11 for sugarcane, $49.82 for sweet potatoes, 339.29 for ti*uck, $32.62 for tobacco, $30.51 for corn, $17.26 for wheat, aaad $11.22 for peanuts. One-half acre in sugarcane yielded a net profit of $98.90, and one-half acre in sweet potatoes yielded a net profit . of $48.75. The comment made by Mr. Jackson emphasizes the fact that, although -on fourteen of the twentySve farms which grew cotton the woe crown at. a loss, the value of the seed added brought all but four tof the farms into the profit column; that a farmer who made an average yield of three-fourths of a bale to the acre last year and sold his seed also was able to make a profit on his crop at 7 1-5 cents a podnd, and that against an average net acre profit of $9.08 for cotton, with its seed, was an average net acre profit of $25.85 for oats followed by cowpea hay. He adds: While oats and hay now command better prices than they may when they are produced on every farm, they will always be profitable. They KaHar frtv tlio lon/1 tKon nntfAn ! *hey fit in nicely with a proper sys-! ftjnr of rotation of crops, and they j art more cheaply made than cotton -and require less man labor. Jt may be added they gave a great' impetus to the movement for diversification of crops in the South and ' rform an important part of the, ex-1 Mbit to which President Andrew M. j Soule of the Georgia* State College of Agriculture refers when he writes to-Mr. Jackson: The fact that 29 Test Farms were operated in 1914, comprising 1135.5 atses of land, with an average profit of $'<L1.01 per acre, indicates in the raosit emphatic manner the latent possibilities of our soils when operlinear rofiAnnl ptrotAmo ?? i uwivuui O^ObCUlO Ui mail" ajrement. These figures, so care-' fully and systematically secured, should stimulate an interest in agi-culture and in the conservation of , soils as our most permanent and ^ :piN>fitahle resource. The'y demon- , atrale to the homeseeker the golden j opportunity which awaits the wise I investor in Georgia lands. In this connection it is important to remember that these results have been obtained in a year of financial stress ;and when cotton brought the lowest iprice recorded in more than twenty Tyetj-s. Under normal conditions tthe .profit would have been more rthaT. -doubled. The South, will, of course, continue to grow cotton. But such teste -as those here considered are deiaimstrating that it can do better per acre with cotton than it has b?en doing, and that it can do better wiik txlher crops than with cotton. 'The tests are but additional sugI gestions of the important fact that making the most of the soil, that is to say, using it to its full capacity and maintaining that capacity, is the most profitable policy to pursue, 111 whether the crop is cotton or something else, and that more attention M given to the something else means ^ that the status of the Southern far- -j, mer as to cotton will be materially q1 improved. Part of the proper economy to be subserved in growing ^ any crop is reducing to a minimum C expenditures on account of tnat tl crop. The farmer who has little a] or nothing to pay at the country S) store for supplies in the making of js his cotton is in a far better position b; when he comes to market his cotton R than the farmer who owes to the rj country store a large proportion of h the money he may receive for his ei crop. The same is true of a sec- T tion, but on a much broader scale, 0 and the railway that is demonstrat- r< ing the possibilities of its territory T in this rpsnApt is rendering a Dublic si service that may hardly be estimated v in dollars and cents, and at the same f( time is laying the foundation for ul- n timate advantage to itself. w M Pointed Paragraph*. c ti Spinsters dislike to talk of old times. n Women are fond of gold, but not. c of golden silence. b Many a family Bible is more 01- r; namental than useful. e It's easier to win a girl's hand 0 than it is to eat her bread. C If a girl marries well her .friends will nverlnnlr Vi*?r other faults*. ?, " ? - ? II We all have money coming, but it c seldom arrives according to sched- v ule. ( Smile and the world smiles with j, you?if you'll settle with the bar- e tender. P It'i. sometimes safer to throw kiss- 0 es at a widow than it is to hand I them to her. t A good woman is usually too good f for any man?but unfortunately she J doesn't know it. S / * When a girl tells a conceited s youth that the bes* is none too good c for her, it's up to him to propose. I A ragtime phil'^ofchiT says that t only two men w-j e c.eutod free and a equal?and one of them was a Wv| man. t Laws should be' enacted compel)- c ing young physicians to practice on 1 cats because one life oui of nine c wouldn't be missed. ( A hrirlo Tin Qnnnar loavos tlio mur. A ?IV UVVi.V* *VMT VW Vi.V <*1U. u riage altar than she begins to worry c for fear she will die and her hus band will have to marry again. f ; v Of Interest to Women. F Ventilate your sleeping room. Bad f air means bad health, and a man or o woman handicapped by bad health v cannot make a success of life. il Flies do not develop during the n winter. But their breeding places do. tl Every pile of rubbish accumulated C during the cold weather becomes a fr hatchery as soon as the spring sun ti warms it and in a few days it begins e to produce millions of disease F spreading insects. a To cure neuralgia make a poultice tl from the common white bean. Boil the beans in water enough to make a s< thick paste, wash them and spread a the paste thickly on a cloth, then t< cover the paste with a thin piece of w muslin, and bind on the painful tl parts. Repeat until the pa'.i gives N way to the treatment. a ii Reforming Her Husband. A Seneca woman tried to scare G her husband, who was a hard drink- u er, into reforming. She secured d a costume of the devil that had been C worn at a mask ball and the next o time the old soak came home with h his shoes off she quickly donned the Ii costume. As he opened the door, ei he stepped forward and said in a d sepulchiral voice, "Come with me; I S am the devil." The result rather ei startled her, as his response was, "Is that so; shake old boy, I am your st brother-in-law. I married your tl sister." He still drinks. c< as "Hello, Binks, raising anything in cl youy garden this year you expect to put in cans?" a "Oh, yes." gi "What?" . T "Fishing worms."?Ex. ui - "" * in th Willie?Paw, what is a secret? Paw?A secret is something a woman can't keep by herself and must m f1 have forty other women to help her w do it, my son. Maw?Willie, you go to school. ^3 Trinity Church, Abberille. (Continued from page 1.) ieeting of the congregation in the blowing April, there were present, [essrs. Parker, Thomas, Jackson, filson, Taggart and T. M. Percival. he Vestry was authorized anc. reuested: First, To form, if practicale, such a union with Trinity hurch, Edgefield, as would enable le two Churches, with the assistnce of the Advancement Society, to jcure the services of a regular Minter. Second, To obtain, if possile, in this capacity, the services of ev. Edward Reid, "whose ministe,al services to us as a Missionary, ave been acceptable as such'servics could well be rendered." 'Third, o commence forthwith the erection f a church building. Fourth, to equest the Bishop to appoint Mr. homas Parker a Lay-Reader. Subsquently, Rev. Mr. Phillips was inited to take charge of the Church 3r the Summer. The arrange lent, however, was not effected rith the Church in Edgefield, and lessrs. Reid and Phillips both delined the call made them. A call 3 Rev. A. Ford, was also declined. In June, 1843, the contract was lade for building a small wooden hurch for $1,400, to be completed y January 1st, 1844. The amount aised within the District; did not xceed $200 or 300. Meanwhile, ccasional services were held in the Jourthouse. In October^ 1843, Rev. A. H. Corish, of Hobart, N. Y., accepted . a all to the Parish. After a brief isit,.he returned to the North about Christmas, for the purpose of bringng on his family. When he reachd Charleston with them, early in 'ebruary, he received intelligence >f the death of Mr. Thomas Parker, lis first impules was to return by he next vessel to New York, but ortunately he was dissuaded by the iishop and came on to Abbeville. !oon after his arrival a scarcely less erious blow fell upon the infant ongregation in the death of Mm D. j. Wardlaw. Mrs. Wardlaw. .alhough a Presbyterian, was the most ctive and efficient cooperauc with Ir. Parker, in the establishment of he Church, and was the life of the* ongregation after hij death, through her exertion, to the little hurch now finished, w?.vre added an )rgan and Communion service. Her leath, just at this crisis, was a seond almost irreparable loss. Mr. Cornish officiated as Rector rom 1844 to the beginning of 1848, /hen he resigned and removed to 'endleton. The churcix was closed rom that time to June 1S5i, except ccasional services by Mr. C >rnish, irho voluntarily and very kindly visted the parish every two or three lonths for the purpose of ooenine he church and administering the lommunion. From Easter, 184 7t o Easter, 1850, there was no elecion of vestry. A vestry was ther lected, including the names of J. 'oster Marshall and W. H. Parker, nd measures were taken to re-opcn le church. In June, 1851, Bishop Gadsden ent Rev. Wm. Greene as a Missionry, who officiated with satisfaction 3 the congregation until June, 1853 'hen he resigned and removed to iie North. In 1851 the names of lessrs. S. McGowan and E. Noble ppear on the list of vertrymen, and l 1852 that of Mr. J. A. Calhoun. A -finy " "*m uic icaignauon oi Mr. I reene, the church was again closed ntil 1854, when on the recommenation of Bishop Davis, the Rev. B. 1. Webb was invited to take charge f it. He accepted the call, but is services were of brief duration, i the following January he resignd in consequence of ill health, and ied in the summer at Wilson's prings, N. C. In 1855 the preset parsonage was built. In October, 1855, Rev. Ben John>n accepted a call to the parish. At lis time there were about thirty 1 jmmunicants, some of them living 5 far as twenty miles from the lurch. In 1858 it was resolved to build 1 new church, and subscriptions be- 1 in to be received for that purpose, he following March, 1859, meas- 1 res were taken to begin the build- 1 g. It was at first decided that 1 ie cost should not exceed $7,000, ' it this limit was subsequently re- i oved. A plan, submitted by Mr. ? eorge E. Walker, Architect, of t jlumbia, and afterwards modified I r him in several respects at their suggestion, was adopted, and th< contract for building was given t< Messrs. Blease & Baxter, of New berry. The corner-stone was lai< in the summer of 1859, and th< church was consecrated by Bishoo] Davis, November 4, 1860, Rev. Rob ert W. Barnwell preaching the ser mon. The entire cost of the churcl was $13,500; including organ, bell etc., $15,665. Of this amount, ove: $10,000 was raised in the congrega tion. Several friends in Charles ton and the low country made libera contributions, Mr. Trenholm contri buting at one time $500 and at an other $1000, and Mr. Wagner twici giving $500. The old church wa: bought and removed to Willingtoi by Mr., now Rev. O. T. Porcher, an< has since been consumed by fire. The Church in Abbeville was in s most prosperous condition, and ra pidly increasing in numbers whei the war broke out. In common witl all oar congregations, and no les than the rest, it finds il hard to re cove.- from the destructive conse cuences of that fearful struggle Among the distinguished Confeder ate dead are the names of some o its most useful and promising mem hers. Col. J. Foster Marshall, whi was killed at the second battle o Manassas, deserves to be held ii lasting remembrance by the congre gation of which he was for ten year among the most active and efficien members. It was, perhaps, owin more to his energy and liberalitj than to those of any other individu al, 1:hat the present beautiful Churc was built. Col. Augustus M. Smitl who was killed at Gaines' Mill, wa also a useful and generous membe of ;he congregation. To this mus be added the lamented names o Capt. Chas. T. Haskell, killed o Morris' Island, and Capt. Wm. 1 Haskell, killed at Gettysburg. B< si Ii2s these losses, the general pro: tration of the community, the r< moval of many of the younger men beis of the congregation, and othc causes, depressed the .Church ver much at the close of the war. ?n December, 1866, Rev. B. Johi son resigned the charge of the Pai ish, and accepted a call to Milledg< vilie, Ga. Jn May, 1867, Rev. W. P. DuBos accepted a call to the Parish fc January' 1st, 1868. In the intei vai Rev. B. F. D. Perry was invite to take charge. The latter entere upon his duties on May 19, and dii charged them with great satisfai tion to the congregation until ih close of the year. On January Is Rev. W. P. DuBose became P.ccto: At that time there were fiffy-onc c two communcants. Twelve hav been added since, and twenty hav been lost to the congregation, fo*j by death, and the rest by remi-va The present number is forty fiv< The numifcr of communicants froi ?:? i i - wiv vcgijiiuiug ntui ueen ever a nur dred. The present YesWj and Wai dens are Messrs. A. Burt, J. A. Noi wood, W. A. Lee Tho?. Jack?on, . T. Robertson, W. K. Parker and Di E. Parker. W. P. D. The above history cf Trinit Church was written by tn-j 2lev. W P. DuBose, D. D., thou Rector of th parish and appeared in the Monthl Record, 8f June 1871. The M??nth ly Record was a Diocesan paper puh KnUnJ i_ n 1 1 iuiicu in viiuniii'iu". The Parish is now in possession o the plans and specifications for th first church building referred tc that was erected in 1844. A note by Dr. J. W. W. Marshall says they were found in some ol< papers bought at the sale of 1 horns Jackson, Dec. 15, 1884.' Another note preserved by Mr. W H. Parker, who was for many year the Senior Warden, sa>s :i remark able feature in the history of tbii building was that, though the tin.be: remained on the vacant lot adjoin ing the church for over five yearsit was taken down in 1S5.> to mak< way for the new church?not a sin gle piece was removed or destroyed and it was carried to Wliiimrtnn twenty miles distant, and erectei with the original lumber with th< exception of a few pieces of woath erboarding. There is a reference in the min ates of the vestry to the chancel window as having been repaired by m Atlanta firm in 1897. But; there s nfl record as to when or by whom t was made. The window is much idmired and is considered one jf ;he .handsomest of its kind in this >art of the country. There is another record referring > LowRoum i FOR EVERYBODY I Seaboard A.ii "The Progressive B i ^ Newport News, Va. Genera in the U. SM (Southern) W Memphis, Tenn. General Aa I Church and Woman's M 1915. Richmond,Va. Annual Reun ? June 1-3,1915. Birmingham, Ala. Sunday S< 1 Convention (Colored), Jun * San Francisco and San Diego tional Exposition, and Pai a Athens, G?. Summer School, 1 July 31, 1915. 1 For specific rate, schet] 5 call on Seaboard Ag< C. S. COMPTON. L T. P. A., S. A. L. Iiy. Atlanta, Ga. f ~ to the replacing of the suppor+in; 0 pinnacles on the tower. Original'.} ^ they were more in. keeping#with th< n spire in shape and painting and th< s general effect was even more beau 3 tiful than at present. The Bishop's chair was sent t< 6 the church there to remain by Mrs T> Armistead Burt, on the morning o l" June 22nd, 1861, the day both Mr h Burt and Mrs. Burt and Miss Elizi l> Calhoun were confirmed. It ha< 3 I been secured in Washington wnei !r Mr. Burt was in Congress. In 1907, at the suggestion of Re\ Mr. Prentiss, the vestry provided fo n the opening of the new street an sale of church lands in rear of th J- church. Subsequently, several lot were sold; and planned and directe by tHe Rev. Mr. Cornish, who sue ?- ceeded Mr. Prentiss, the new rec !r t<4ry was erected at a cost :>f 2.000, y 00 dollars. Dr. DuBose resign ct in Deoombe 1871, to accept a professorship an f- the chaplaincy of the University o the South. - From 18^2 to the pre^.-nt, the fol ie lowing clergy have served I nni; ?r church. The Uev. Edward R. Miles f- for ten years, de?e:t*rd. The K-.^ d John Kershaw, for four years, n?r, d rector of St. Michael.;, Chariest jr s- The Rev. S. H. S. Gallaudet for ,on year, deceased. The R>i\r. F^an ie Hallam, for one year, now in Jaok t. son. Miss. The Rev. M. Stewari i - of Baltimore, for a short while. Th >r Rev. T. F. Gadsdan for about a yea? e deceased. The Rev. W. H. Hancke e for eight years, died in Abbeville ir Nov. 20, 1892. The ifcev. Edwar 1. McCrady for nine years, now ii 2. Greenwood, Miss. The Rev. W. E n Sams, for three years, now in Bain l- bridge, Ga. The Rev. S. E. Pren r- tiss for two years, now at Colonia r- Beach, Va. The Rev. A. E. Cor F. nish, for four years, now at Tampa r. Fla. and the Rev. S. R. Guignard the present incumbent since Jan 1913. y The Parish has had its more pros r# perous and less prosperous days. e Many of the names of prominen families long residents in Abbeville y as Calhoun, Haskell, McGowao l" Burt, are not to be found in th< >- list now, yet there are many still t< be seen whose fathers worked foi f the welfare of Trinity church an< e stood for the best life in Abbeville i Thf>v nnnpar now nmnncr nrpsen; F| -J ?XT X V..V vwv.. vestrymen as, Parker, Barnwell |( Robertson, Perrin, and Gary, rl S. R. G. s Winthrop Collage. SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE s EXAMINATION 3 The examination for the award oi vacant scholarships in Winthrop Colr lege and for the admission of new . students will be held at the Count? Court House on Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When . Scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will be awarded to those mak' ing the highest average at this ex* i amination, provided they meet the 1 conditions governing the award. Ap> plicants for Scholarships should ' write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examinofinn hlanlro Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will 1 open September 15, 1915. For fur. ther information and catalog, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, 1 S. C. Comparison is the highest form of flattery. All cigars sold in Abbeville are represented to be as good, or better, than Speed's Cinco's. There is nothing like them. Stick to them. They keep a good taste in your mouth and a clear head. I ITrip Rates I ' OFFERED BY THE B * Line Railway I Railway of the South" H il Assembly Presbyterian Church [ay 20-28, 1915. M ?embly Cumberland Presbyterian issionary Convention, May 2(>27, 'H ion, United Confederate Veterans, MB chool Congress, National Baptist e 9-14,1915. fl , Calif. Panama-Pacific Interna- i H lama-California Exposition, 1915. H , University of Georgia, June 28lules or other information, B ?nts, or write 9 FRED GE1SSLER, Asst. GenM Passenger Agt. fl Atlanta, Ga. r CANNING CLUB YELL; READY FOR RALLY. V & (Continued from page 1.) mine ready to set out my plants. 5 Hurrah, Hurrah, for Rally Day, the eighth of May. Ola Winn. ^ Cold Springs School. i 1 Donalds, S. C., April 26, 1915. -* Dear Club uiris:?i nave Deen ma tending1 to write to you all this week but I have been so busy, I haven't had time. V r As I just joined the grand Toirato Club this year, I suppose it is e customary for a ne^ member to de3 scribe herself, so I s!iall try, but o please don't anyone run. . I am Ave feet seven inches tall, weigh 14^> pounds. Have blue eyes, brown >- hair, and medium complexion. I know vou all ran. r There are on5y fhe girls in the d Donalds Club, hue we *r? counting * f on doing great woik. My toroht es are about three inchc* high now,-1 I- have transplanted, a great many. I >" wish one of you girls would ph>a<e'? write what our object is. I* it t-y ' > can the most tomato if or, to male y the< biggest profit? Ii it is to ?m:ke i* the,biggest profit, I think 1 am ule ready out, because J liko \omaioes . k too well to sell them. > I made my apron und cap l^st :. week, and by, the way, they will e serve me for two purposes, I am housemaid in a play at school, now si pretty soon, so you see th'ey wrU s, come in for more than public meetd ings. ii | We are counting great - on thfe t. eighth bf May. We haven't decidi-1 ed yet, how we shall get there, but i-11 think we are almost game enough B ,1 to "walk and.come through." B n I shall have to stop and study ,, now. If this escapes the waste has- B I, ket, shall probably write again. ' I i. With best wishes for much sue- 9 cess to you all, I am, 9 Yours truly, Ora Dodson. S Donalds, S. C. 11 ON TO RICHMOND! I m H ) Attention Veterans |H r The Seaboard Air Line Railway jflj i will run a special train from Abbe- H . J ville to Richmond, Va., on account H t1 of the REUNION OF CONFEDER- H , ATE VETERANS. The train will H have a special car for Abbeville H veterans, in charge of Comrade A. SB F. Calvert, who can give ''informs* w ^9 I tion. H , I The train will leave Abbeville on |H the afternoon of May 31st., and w,!l ^8 arrive at Richmond the next mom ing before breakfast. Veterans SB ^ and others from McCorraick and Bfl 1 points on the C. & W. C. will join flj 1 the train at Greenwood. ^B ' The train will pick up special cars from the P & N at Greenwood, H| ' and the Laurens car at Clinton. No HH ' stops will be m&de North of Chester, j B0 The schedule of this train will be announced later. Mr. Calvert can give all information as t" rates. The train will carry day coaches, H sleepers and baggage cars. This will be a good opportunity for the veterans of the county to see Richmond again, and to visit the flH historic battlefields of the War Bejtween The States. Richmond is ojj^ 'the main line of thr Seaboard, and the line passes through other hisfnn'n nrtlnfo Sf* * > | extended.?Adv. I