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Mrs. Enn?tt Writes Interesting
Letters From Marseilles and
Nice.
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seilles to Nice the train goes along
the Medit?ranean coast for miles,
and always the mountains form the
background. There are wide fields of
grapevines and olive trees planted in
all the valleys with a few orange
groves, but I do not think the citrus
fruit can be compared to that of Flor
ida. It looks very inferior and grape
fruit is unknown.
I see no hopes of prohibition ever
gaining a footing here, for wine
making seems to be "the staff of life"
in Southern France. You would be
amazed to see how severely the grape
vines are pruned, and in fact all the
trees are cut back until I wonder how
they survive, but I suppose it is the
.correct way to grow fine fruit.
Nice is the fashionable winter re
port for Southern Europe, and I im
agine all these crowds of visitors we
.see represent more money than
brains. The place with its mountain
"background and board walk on the
water front, might be a combination
of Atlantic City and Palm Beach.
There are villas built along the sea
front surrounded by exquisite gar
dens, where flower beds in full bloom
are scattered here and there in wide
grass lawns while palms and other
evergreens provide the shade. I sup
pose they are owned by the weahti
est people in the world, as I learned
that many American millionaires
..come here for the winter season
It seems where nature left off,
man came along and added all that
money and the labor of years could
accomplish. It must have been the
original "Garden of Eden" for I can
conceive of nothing more beautiful
? Today we rode out to Monte Carlo,
which is about twenty miles away,
.with vistas of the same scenery and
^exquisite villas. Of course we simply
"had to see the famous "Casino" which
is known the world over. There is no
trouble about gaining an entrance,
and we explored thoroughly this ex
pensive gambling palace with its ta
bles provided with every sort of
gambling device. There were more
women playing than men, and one
look at their faces was enough to
make you sorry that life could come
down to this. Thousands were at the
tables and had we ever been crazy
enough to think of joining them, it
would have been an impossibility.
Some of the ladies (?) sought more
privacy than could be had in the large
gambling saloons, so small private
rooms were provided for the mod
est (?) few, where the public could
not enter.
This place bears the unenviable
distinction of being the only licensed
gambling palace in the world. This
little country Monaco is a principali
ty so small that its ruler can stand
in the center and get an entire view
of all his possessions. I was told that
it was so wealthy that not a citizen
was ever taxed, nor was a single piece
of property within its borders. With
. such a revenue from gambling why
should taxes be necessary?
We walked up to the Prince's
chateau and viewed the artistic en
trance to his grounds. One of his reti
nue of soldiers came up and present
ed me with a card giving me the price
of admittance to his chateau. How
contemptible! We might as well
charge for admittance to the White
House. I asked him if the price in
eluded a good look at the Prince also,
but after that, as my French was too
poor to prolong the conversation, we
turned our backs on this hospitable
offer and left him none the richer. If
this is royalty, Woodrow Wilson was
wise when he wanted to make the
world safe for democracy. You will
doubtless wonder how this country
compares with the U. S. A. In some
respects it is far ahead. I know noth
ing in America to compare with the
aspect of the combination of moun
tains and the deep blue of the waves
below and skies overhead. Second, it
has the advantage of time behind it,
for money was lavished on up-build
ing this country before Columbus
ever launched his little fleet. Third,
this is an artistic people and Ameri
cans are more material. We might
build such a resort, but only after
the artistic eyes of another race had
planned it. They see things and we
do them. The big essentials of life
the useful things-are ours, but the
average American would not consider
giving over his life simply to a crea
tion of the beautiful. We are a sound
er race with a higher developed moral
sense, for the low ebb to which these
people have sunk would suggest the
decadence of Greece and Rome.
While Scotland was very beautiful,
we went at the wrong season of the
year. Here it is different, for we
could not have struck Nice at a bet
ter time had we. planned a year
ahead. It is the Carnival season, just
before Lent, and it means the same
thing here that the Mardi Gras does
in New Orleans. One of the parades
comes off tomorrow which is Sundey,
but you know Sunday is the fete day
in Catholic Europe. Even now the
streets are profusely decorated and I
got a glimpse of a few of the floats
today. They are the largest I ever
saw and well designed.
I will write you all about the Car
nival tomorrow night.
Devotedly,
GRACE.
The Fertilizer Situation. -
'Stocks of both raw material and
mixed fertilizer are liberal. A recent
report of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture indicates that
there are large quantities of potash,
nitrate of soda, and sulphate of am
monia in the hands of the fertilizer
manufacturers, and states that on ac
count of the large stocks accumulat
ed during 1920 some of the acid phos
phate plants have closed because
their storage capacity has been reach
ed and the small sales have not been
sufficient to move the goods. This
circular, which reviews the fertilizet
conditions of 1920, points out that
the government has recommended
price consessions in order to stimu
late buying on the part of the far
mers and that largely because these
concessions were not made, the fer
tilizer season is at least three months
late.
There is apparently no stability
about the fertilizer market. We hear
of distress fertilizers being bought
for lessthan half the regular quoted
price of materials. The government
circular points out that in the Flori
da phosphate rock districts the large
fertilizer manufacturers have secured
on contracts at not to exceed $6 a
ton, making the cost of the material
in bulk acid phosphate $12 or $13 a
ton, while the manufacturers not
holding contracts have had to pay
from $11 to $12 a ton for the same
rock, forcing them to charge from
$20 to $22 a ton for bulk acid phos
phate.
Southern farmers are certainly not
satisfied with fertilizer prices; and
the many letters coming to The Pro
gressive Farmer indicates that unless
prices come down at a very early date
too many farmers will forego the use
of fertilizers on their crops. It has
been pointed out to them repeatedly
that this is not the best policy. That
it is better to reduce acreage and use
fertilizer for good| yields rather than
to cut out the fertilizer and take
small yields after having gone to the
other expenses of making a crop.
The actual condition is, however, that
a large percentage of farmers who
normally would use fertilizer are go
ing to get along without it whether it
is to their detriment or not.
It seems to be an open secret in
fertilizer circles that the sales by 1;he
manufacturers and dealers are dis
appointing and that they are facing
a very heavy carry-over of goods.
There seems to be no doubt also that
at least some of these manufacturers
and dealers need to liquidate to sat
isfy their creditors.
In the face of this- condition, just
what course the fertilizer prices will
take is not difficult to forecast, and
it looks as though price concessions
will have to be made whether or not
the manufacturers feel they can af
ford to make them. It would not be
surprising to see a decided drop in
fertilizer prices within the next thir
ty days. There is even a possibility
of a big break, as the scramble starts,
to unload before the season is entire
ly gone.-Progressive Farmer.
Notice of Final Settlement
and Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on the
29th day of March, A. D., 1921, at
10 o'clock a. m., I will make a final
accounting and settlement on the es
tate of the late Mrs. Amina F. Ouzts,
deceased and at the same time will
apply to the Judge of Probate for
Edgefield county, South Carolina, for
a final discharge as Executor of said
estate.
All persons having claims against
said estate will present the same to
the undersigned on or before said
date or be barred, and all persons in
debted to said estate will make pay
ment to me.
. A. G. OUZTS.
Executor of the last will of Mrs.
Amina F. Ouzts, deceased.
* Edgefield, S. C.,
February 16th, 1921.
2-23-5t
EGGS FOR HATCHING: Silver
laced Wyandotte Eggs absolutely
pure breed, one dollar and fifty cents
for fifteen.
Mrs. J. D. QUARLES,
Modoc, S. C.
3-2-4tpd.
9r King's New Disown
'{ILLS THE COUGH. CITES THE LUNGS*
Making the Old Machine Last
Another Season.
The manufacturers of farm ma
chinery declare they cannot lower
th price of their goods under present
production costs, and the farmers
with equal positiveness declare they
will not buy new machinery until,
there is a reduction in the price of
these articles corresponding to the
reduction in the price they have to
take for their products. It is a ques
tion of whether the farmer can go
longer without buying machinery
than the manufacturer can live with
out selling machinery. But aside from
the general interest in this endurance
test between the machinery manufac
turer and the farmer, the contest
gives the repair of farm machinery
this year unusual significance.
While the farmer is very economi
cal in most matters, he has been neg
ligent and wasteful in the purchase
and care of his machinery. He fell
into this habit largely in the period
when farm machinery was being im
proved so rapidly thjlt it was out of
date before it was' worn out. Each
season saw new improvements that
the farmer really needed and it came
to be his custom to speed the p?rting
machine and welcome the new one
so as to take advantage of improve
ments just made. When he bought a
new implement he did so with the ex
pectation that it would need to be
discarded long before it was worn
out. As a result of this habit and state
of mind only such repairs were made
as were necessary to keep the ma
chine going until a better one was in
vented. Care, shelter and better
ments that extended the life of the
machine were neglected as matters
of no economic importance.
But the day of rapid and radical
changes in farm equipment is gone.
Most of the machinery the farmer
owns now is a sstandard in type and
equipment as a sewing machine or a
bicycle. A binder, mower or silage
cutter that was bought five years ago
is as up-to-date as one that was pur
chased last season. The farmer now
is interested in getting machinery. He
is concerned in methods of handling,
sheltering and repairing that will
prolong its life and usefulness. We
have records of binders that have
done full service each harvest and
lasted for a quarter of a century.
The life of a binder under the care
it gets on the average farm is less
than one-holf dozen years. The mow
fir is usually ready for the junk pile
in about the same time, although un
der proper care it may be made to
last three times as long as it does.
So the contest now goes on^be,
tween the users and the makers of
farm machinery as to which can hold
out the longest will have beneficial
results lasting long after the contro
versy over the price of machines is
ended.
The farmer like every other pro
ducer will have to exercise every
economy possible to make a profit in
his business. On the average farm in
the care and management of his ma
chinery there is a chance to make a
very substantial saving.-Kansas City
Star.
Save Much Money By Co
operation.
.Clemson College, March 10.-Co
operative business dealings among
South Carolina farmers is beginning
to assume important proportions. Re
ports from county agents for 1920
show a total of over $5,000,000 worth
of farm supplies and product brought
and sold, and there was probably
considerably more which did not
come under the eyes of the agents.
The progress made so far is only a
step, though an important, one, in
the right direction.
The agents' reports show a total of
25 farmers' organizations buying and
selling cooperatively. Besides these
organizations there were of course,
groups of farmers unorganized who
bought or sold material through the
aid of agents or specialists. The to
tal value of stuff bought or sold co
operatively was $5,553,367.56, and
the total saved' thereby, partial re
port only, was $162,373.04. Farm sup
plies bought cooperatively included
fencing, fence posts, farm machin
ery, bagging and ties, seeds, plants,
crates, barrels, fruit trees, fertiliz
ers, lime, livestock, etc. Farm pro
ducts sold included grain, sweet po
tatoes, beans and peas, fruit, cotton,
cotton seed, truck crops, tobacco,
hogs, cattle, etc.
In facilitating the work of co
operative buying and selling 15 of
the county agents kept bulletin
boards and 25 used the market news
service of the bureau of markets.
An Ideal Remedy for Constipation.
It would be hard to find a better
remedy for constipation than Cham
berlain's Tablets. For the beat effect
they should be taken immediately af
ter supper. They are easy to toke
and mild and gentle in effect.
(Suellen's ?rnica Suive
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