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NUMBER 4a CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1923 -n? ~ !-? No. 4 iTION. ? .Jf* ?Next Year 8>?try. '?. If* WnS ra,a" i?f cotton an ,l#- underb ill - Jg* jir production >.' J?'?n bales on >. ljirst 9 million f- ^Jfars ago when i>n to 20 mil lowing of the $9T, the yield -A million for i, during which about 25 mil more land came in 1904 a crop i^vas produced on tffrsi In 1911, pro jflpd to 16 million wmillion afcrca de duction. During 191V to 1915, thq> aged about 35 1-2 :d averaged 14 1-2 ?ing the pnsfc 'five average yiold^haq [ U4 bales ort prac on acres, In those American .-cotton gjged only 7&9,00* n the five, years at r-7? st century, though tveraged more -than nder cultivation in iverage acreage ? of J>f the steady increase jrom the early 70's to ? cotton expanded pro ttil consumption, dur years previous to the ieragred 14 1-2 million ?8 of a half century le necessities, so that part of the South to nual output of cotton I- an alarming world's cotton indtis ,avo spindles increas illions fifteen years ion in 1910, but $cot put to a variety of difficult to suspend, fears there has been Egyptian and Indian would counterbalance roductjon.-in America, either price or quan le to consider wool or furnish a way out of In the case of copper ? price is a sufficient oduction to increase matically to meet the the cotton world ap ing1 the most serious ?d since the Civil j I drastic curtailment ^Bluring the current |'H/ery, indication that ?h3, reserves will be ? west levels of this :o that a remuner planter could be larantee of a suf Jeatore the balance t ].\d demand, was I^it the record isons reveals un similar condu ct today. The it lack of confi ? presence of boll he cotton belt, these insects had nd the limits of is brought a lar ension, until the culture estimates of the 700,000 cotton producing ested. Thus far of extermination i id.' Experiments n arsenate under nology and tested n Louisiana, have degree of sUccess the quantity of table for use, and involved in using 'Several years must method of counter- 1 ( of weevil damage :iently general to a substantial ta per acre. it a to virtually a in cotton produc on the past few C>m development* s. In the record ia raised 2,700,000 1 2,800,000 bales, jf Agriculture esti ^ yield thU year at! 1 1914, production in 1,400,000 1 ,700,000 bait*, at 630,0001 in that ?tate In BETHUNE NKW8 NOTES. Happening* of Interest As Told By Our Correspondent. Pcthune, Jan. 3.~-Misf Stella Bie thunu was hostess < at a six o'clock dinner complimentary to tho college if iris who were at home for the holi days. Later in the evening they were joined by the young men of tdwn in progressive games. The prize, a box of candy, went to Mr. Leslie Best for scoring highest, while the booby was awarded to . ityliss Carrie Yarborough. Late in the' evening a sweet course was served. Mrs. J. D. Lafitte. has returned from a visit to her mother, Mrs. Cleckley, in Orangeburg. , Mrs. B. L. Norwood and children, of McBce, spent Thursday with her father, Mr. N. A. Bethunc. Mrs. W. M. Stevens has returned from a vis^t to her sister, Mrs. L. A. Micklejohn, in Cheraw. .John Stevens Davidson, of Capiden, -spent sevoral days with his uncle, Mr. W. M. Stevens last week. At a stockholders meeting of the Bank of Bethune last Monday the following officers were elected: Pres ident, A. B. McLaurin; Vice Presi dent, D. T. Yarborough; Cashier, G. B. McKinnon. The little child of Mr. Sam Munn, living above Bethune, died Friday "CT^att HJne.ss of only twenty -four hours. Death was due to flu and membraneous croup. Mrs. D. M. Mays and children are visiting relatives in Kingstree. ; Mr. George Kelly left Monday for Atlanta where he will take a course in pharmacy. . Mrs. A. W. Humphries has return ed from her home at Mt. Carmel. Her father, Mr. Boyd, accompanied her. Miss Kathleen McCaskill left Tuesday for Martinsville, Va., where she is teaching. ' Mr. Harold Murphy, of Spartan burg, spent the week-end with Mayo Davis. Misses Marguerite Davis, Martha Bennand Kathleen McCaskill were guests kt the home of Mr. W. E. Davis, Sr., of Bifehopvillc, last Sat 'wday. . .? . ? Young: Man Dies. Rochellq McManua, a seventeen yeaf-old son of Mr. H. B. McManus, who resides about two miles north west of Camden died on December 23rd, from pneumonia, following in fluenza. Nearly the entire family was stricken at the same time, and several members were desperately ill for fe time, but all are now improving. 1'reachmg Services at liefage. Dr. J. J. Johnson, of Camden, will preach at Refuge Baptist Church, Sunday, January 7th, at 3:00 p. m. All members are requested to be present. Visitors are welcome. Harrington Yates returned to Phil adelphia Tuesday evening, where ho is attending a business college. half, appears to bte taking place in other sections of the Belt. The era of the big plantation seems to have passed, bringing a change which each year makes more apparent. Discour aged over the havoc wrought in their fields by the boll weevil, small far mers and tenants have abandoned their acres. Conditions iri both these states have grown appreciably more serious the past two years. A fre quent sight in the smaller towns of Georgia is the wagon with its house hold effects treking through. What with abnormal vicissitudes of agricul ture on the one hand, and the lure of the high wages in industrial centers on the other, farming conditions are not those . of fifteen or twently years ago. One conclusion seems inevitable. The world must be clothed. If Amer ica is no longer equal to the task, other countries will eventually dis cover the .means of filling the gap. Experiment? in cotton7 culture are now being made in South America, Africa and Australia, but thus far without that success necessary to en courage hopes of a supply commensu rate with requirementa. The South is not likely to surrender its supre macy without a struggle in which every quality of American ingenuity will attempt to overcome these ob stacles of nature. The fight now be ing waged is attracting the attention of the entire Eastern and Western world, for since Adam .and Eve left the garden, mankind has not been indifferent to raiment The year 1923 promises therefore, to be unique in cotton history. Last year reserves of American cotton were drawn down nearly 4 1-2 million bales. The cur rent season promises to deplete them 2 to 2 tf2 million bales more. This makes imperative * yield of 12 1-2 to 18 1-2 million bales, or there will enaoe jk crisis in the world's cotton iadnmtry beyond t?m Ability of th?* im agination vfaoaifeei: ? J. W. Jay A Co. ? Mew Yot*, N. Y. ^ FA KM Kits TELL EXPERIENCE. .. , ,? ? . Three Mer( Talk of Farming lender Hull Weevil Conditions. ? (By J. W. Sanders, county agent, ir the Columbia State.) J a me* Team of Lugoff tells of hi*> experience in farming in 1922, with the following statement: "For six plows I plarited 2U acres of cotton, From this I gathered .15 bales of cotton, or about one and one fifth bales per acre. The stalks on this land were destroyed early ladt fall and a liberal amount of fertilizers was applied judiciously before plant ing; the planting was not done par ticularly early, but the cotton was rushed off with an application of soda as soon as the cotton was chopped. Squares were picked until late, but no other direct methods of combating the weevils were employed in the growing crop. Continual rapid cul tivation was not nVglected when wetrthrfr conditions permitted. Rain, however, was plentiful. In my opin ion, a small acreage of cotton per plow, properly managed and yrell fer tilized, with a fair price for the sta ple, will make it possible to continue cotton farming, if a well balanced 'live at home* policy ft? adopted and carried out in connection , with the regular farm program. A four or | six month's farming program will not stand against the changed eonj ditions of today. J. L. Williams of Camden finds that first of all a limited acreage of cot ton per plow is imperative and after that a combination of sane methods of combatting the weevil, including jjfjarly fall destruction of stalks, good seed, early planting, early fighting, using poison ? both poisoned sweets and dry calcium arsenate dusted on ? proper fertilization, rapid cultivation and a "live at home" program., Mr. Williams believes in poisoning, because of the positive results which he obtained from its use as compared with a check dr untreated plot. On three acres of fcafcton he applied th* molasses-calcium arsenate mixture three .time?, smearing it on thick and starting early. When the cotton reached considerable size he resorted to dry powdered calcium arsenate, which he applied with a hand gun at the rate of 15 pounds per acre at each application. From this plot he gathered two bales of full inch and a quarter Delta type cotton. Alongside this plot was six acres of the same type of land planted with seed from the same source as the other plot and treated in every re spect the same as the other, with the exception that it received only one application of the poisoned sweet and one of the dry calcium arsenate. From this six acre plot he gathered two bales of cotton, pulling a little shy of one and three-sixteenths staple. The wee<jl was present, but the weevil got the fruit and seemingly caused him to get a shorter staplo on thi^ plot than on the three acre plot where the weevil was kept under control. Mr. Williams' reason for using so Jarge a check plot was that weather conditions made it impossible for him to cover more effectively. Hence his double conviction for a limited acre age of cotton per plow. S. J. West, living seven miles east of Camden, finds economy and good business methods, together with plenty of determination, to be the essential links in the chain which need strengthening, and accordingly he set about in 1922 to overcome some of the handicaps which overcame him in 1920 while raising a bumper crop. In 1920 Mr. \#est raised 100 bales of cotton on 130 acres of land and was left in debt. In 1922 he raised 26 bales on 48 acres, made ends meet and had some to spare towards meet ing obligations which the 1920 bump er crop failed to care for. Mr. We$t says that his efforts to make his farm self-supporting have reaped benefits far more valuable than any "all cotton" program could ever be worth, particularly in the face of conditions as they have exist ed during the past three years. Professor Morrison Dead. Clemson College, Dec. 26. ? William Shannon Morrison, professor- of his tory and economics at Clemson col lege for 80 years, since the institu tion was established, died suddenly at his home here on Christmas night at midnight of heart failure after an illness of only 20 minutes. Professor Morrison was nearly 70 years of age,, having been born in Winnsboro, April 7, 1853, but was still vigorous and active in body and mind ahd had never lost anything of hi* effective teaching force. ^MrcTUair^ It HacEwan Is Tic re to spend the winter wl? her sifter, Miss Cornelia Mlekle. KERSHAW NEWS NOTES. Items df Interest aH Told By The Era of That Place. On Thursday afternoon when 1), H. Fletcher was going home from the City Pilling Station, and while cross ing the railroad at the dower end of thq cotton platform, his car was struck by the evening northbound train. Mr. Fletcher was knocked out of cw and was caught on the pilot, where he held on until the train was brought to a standstill, when ho let himself down on the track be tween the rails, being unable to walk. The car was turned sidewiso and was dragged up the track about : fifty yards. Mr. Fletcher did not lose consciousness and his presence of miq<i in holding on to the front ojf tho engine until it stopped prevented j his meeting a tragic death. His loft leg was dislocated at the hip and he received two slight wounds about tho head. He was placed on a stretcher and cft*ried to his home nearby,- and was circled to the Fennell Infirmary at Rock Hill Friday morning, ac companied by Dr. E. C. Brasington and Mrs. Fletcher. On last Tuesday afternoon while lA>?n&rd and Frank Byrd wjere re turning to their home at Jefferson from Kershaw a dog ran out of the yard at the old home place of S. L. Gtirdner, just below the home of W. C, Adams, and, ran after tho car. In $h* effort to avoid running over the dog the enr was turned to one side and ran into a ditch , and was over turned, throwing Leonard Byrd out and breaking: his arm, and pinning Frank Byrd underneath the car. Dr. Sf J, Blackmon happened to pass very Soon and took Leonard Byrd in his car to Kershaw, where he set the broken limif. The over-turned car wa* righted by others and Frank was released, fortunately escaping with only slight bruises. R. Reed Williams has a tree in his garden which has two growing ap iplea onjt, seeppd crop, which up to 'thl* time~1iave not been affected by cold wd&ther. Prof. Hoyt Cook, who teaches in the Charleston high school, was at home for the holidays and had as his guest, Prof. A. ;L. GeisCnheimer, of Camden, who is also a teacher in the Charleston high school. Miss Rosa Gaskin, who teaches near Lamar, and Miss Rebecca Gas kin, who teaches at Pendleton, spent the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gaskin, in the Flat Rock section. >? Miss Hallie Cauthen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cauthen, of tho Hanging Rock community, and Jesse Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. II. Watson, of tho Oakridge section, were married last Saturday night at Westville by Rev. W. F. Estridge. ? t Silver Tea to be Given. There will be a Silver Tea at the Woman's Exchange given by the Auxiliary on Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. All interested will please attend. Commandery to Meet. Attention Sir Knights: You are courteously requested to attend a stated conclave of your Commandery to be held Tuesday evening, Janu statod Conclave of your Commandery the Red Cross and Malta degrees will be conferred. W. Robin Zcmp, Commander. M. Billings, Recover. Will Make Canvass Soon. A committee from the Woman's Hospital Auxiliary will ma^ke a can vass of the town within a few dayrf" to collect the annual dues of one dol lar for each year membership. Those who are already members are ear nestly requested to continue so, oth ers who are not, we Bincerely hope will take this opportuhity to join and regularly attend the meetings < for we need and want the co-operation of all the women of the community. ^ H. A. Savage, President Woman's Hospital Aux. CATHOLIC CHURCH.* First Sunday After Epephany Winter Schedule Begin*. First Mass 6:15 a. m. Sunday school 10 a. m. Last Mass 11 a. m. Evening services 8:30 p. m. Sermon at 6:15 on "bidden Life." Sermon at 11 o'clock on "The Thrfce Days Loss/' Sermon In the evening on "Consti tution of tb# Church." R*V. M. J. Redd in conducts snd preaches at ill services. All *re cordially TnVTted, both vis* itors and non-Catholics. NKYVS OF KIRK WOOD SOCIETY Happenings of Interest Anions: Our Northern Visitors. The opening week of the New Ywr finds pamden's tourist colony here in large numbers, which are daily in creasing. The cottage colony is be I iivg added to by arrivals at frequent intervals, and soon every house will be open for the winter. * One of tho latest arrivals is Mrs. Charlotte Wain of PennaylvaniA, who came ?yesterday to tho Von Tresck.ow cot tage to remain until the first of April. Mrs. J. J. Carter and Hugh W. Carter, who have one of tho Cook bungalows in the pins, wont to Pine hurst for the holidays, returning: this week to Camden. Mrs. Frederick Robinson is anoth er recent arrival am?ng tho cot' takers. New Year's Day was favored with marvelous weather, but the rain of tho night before had left the ground too heavy for the promised Polv> Match. This, however, was placed on Tuesday before a most enthusias t ie audieiicc .on Field: .No? 2~. ? -Th,<i bluebirds? K. q., Whistler, Terence Preece, Godfrey Preece, Sr., and God-r, frey Preece, Jr., played the Rovers,! Raiph Little, C. Clyburn, Stephen Robinson and Charlie Little. Result was a score of 5 to 3 in favor of the Bluebirds. A feature of the game was that Miss Martha Ticknor acted as Referee with great ease and skill. Miss Ticknor ifc a member of the La dies Polo Team of Camden, and is an accomplished equestrian. Walter J. Travis, the well known golfer, is spending several weeks at Tho Kirkwood, playing daily over the Camden Country Club links. So pleased is Mr. Travis with Camden's opportunities for the indulgence of his favorite sport, he has docided to bring his family and spend the win ter in Camden. A* interesting guest recently at of The Kirkwood was Mrs. J. R. Wil sun of Peking. Mrs. Wilsup, with her husband* Professor Wilsun, who is engaged in research work in China for Harvard University, has spent several years in the Far East. She is the daughter of Howard Elliott, Chairman of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, and with her brother, Howard Elliott, Jr., camo South for a fortnight's stay in Cam den. A tea room will soon be opened by Mrs. J. W. Cantey in her charming home below Camden. This will give Camden's winter visitors another objective for an afternoon's drive with the assurance of an excellent cup of tea and the many good things for which our Southern housekeepers are famous. Mrs. Cantey's home is eight miles from Camden over most ex i cellent roads, and will doubtless prove i a popular gathering place on pleasant winter afternoons. This afternoon, Friday, the ladies of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church will give a Silver Tea at the Woman's Exchange. Th<s hours arc four thirty to six o'clock m Several tea parties have recently Keen held at the Sarsfield Club House; and among those entertaining wtire: Mrs. H. G. Marvin, Mrs. James S. Parker, Mrs. W. 13. Nesbi4 and Mrs 13. D. Ticknor. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Todd und Miss Frances Todd left on Tu<iflday for New Yorfc, to remain for a month aftfer which they will be in their Camden home for the rest of the season. ! Mr. and Mr9. Tom R. Balfe, of Chicago, has joined Mr. Balfe's pa- J rents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Balf6, at The Kirkwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Balfe have gono to PinehursL Next week will bring the Conven tion of New York Life Representa tives to Camden. They will make their headquarters at The Kirkwood. A large number is expected, and among them many well known insur ance men. On January 15th the Third Annual Trapshooting Tournament of the Camden Country Club, will be the great event, and for it many shooters have booked accommodations. Fif teen hundred dollars worth of silver trophies have been offered, and will be contested for by famous nimrods of every section of the country. The Tournament will be under the active management of Mowell Hawkins, Jack Fanning, and Haze Apgar, with U. R. Brooks of Columbia and T. Ed mund Krumbholz of Camden in an advisory capacity. Hotel Arrivals. Court Inn-? IV, and Mr*.. J* Dodge Peters, Wendell Peters, N. Y.; Mr. m, s z zt BO IX WEEVIL EXPERTS COMING Meetings Planned by Southern Soil < Improvement Committee. It is announced from the headquar ters of tho Southern Soil Improve mout Committee ut Atlanta, Ga,, that a boll weevil control meeting will be hold at Camden, S. C,, January 18, at 10:2*0 a. m., t?j which all farmers and business men are invited, The announcement states that a notable array of speakers are en gagod for the campaign, which is to be conducted in several counties in South Carolina. hi the list of speakers is J. N. liar pari Director of the Soil Improvement Commit tec, well known to farmers of South 'Carolina as former director of the State Experiment Station and as farmers' institute speaker. From his organization. will alpo como C. A. Whittle, well known in South Car oil-, na as a. writer and speaker on boll weevil control; and David 1). Long, said to be the greatest authority on southern soils in the country. George K. Maloney, Tallul.ah, I*a., associate of B. R. Coad, father of the calcium arsenate mothod of fighting the boll weevil, will tye one of . the speakers. Mr. IVJaloney spoke in* South Carolina last year* and wher ever he was heard . he mado a pro found impression with his eloquence and tho force of his message. Dr. A. F. Conradi, State Entomolo gist, '-Clemson College, who has mot the boll weevil and successfully whipped it on South Carolina soil, will be among the speakers. Dr. N. K. Winters, Clerason Col lege, well known agricultural speak er and authority, will be among those to be heard. 5 '? Dr. A. E. Gifantham, of Richmond, Va., agriculturist of a leading ferti lizer company, who drected nearly 300 boll weevil control tests through out the South in 1022, will also be heard. His boll weevil testa are said to be the most comprehensive and conclusive ever ^concfaeted in the Southeast. Other 'speakers of note wh6 will probably participate are: O. A. Cobb,. Editor Southern Ruralist; Dr. R. J. II. DeLoach, a weTT knowi* cptton au thority. Those mentioned wlir comprise two groups of speakers who will be heard in several counties of the State. The notable array of authorities who arc to be heard will doubtless attract large crowds. "Uncle" Dick Brown Dead. '"Uncle" Dick Brown, a well known citizen of the Mt. Zion community, died on Thursday night, Decomber 28th, at the age of 78 years.- Mr. Biown had been in failing health for several years. He was a Confederate veteran arjd leaves a wife and two daughters anji a large family con nection. The funeral and burial took place the following day at Mt. Zion church, services being conducted by Rev. S. B. Hatfield. once Kornan, Utica; Mr. and Mrs. A. I). Partridge, Brooklyn; Miss Hel en Smith, Miss Ellen H. Smith?; Read ing, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. S.% W. Ilurl burt, Atlantic City; Mrs. H. B. Sterns, Saranac; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cromer, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Earl I). Diggers and son, Pelham Manor. Hobkirk Inn ? E. S. Mayo, Boston; Miss Mary Hopkins, Miss Margaret Hopkins, Poughkeepsie; W. Black worth, M. W. Barrow, G. D. Macin tosh, England; Mr. and Mrs. Ancher, Copenhagen; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fer ry, Springfield. Kirkwood ? W. S. Blitz, Dr. and Mrs. W. Gill Wylie, N. Y.; Mrs. John ' L. Grandin, John L. Grandin, Jr., Richard McC. Grandin, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. BaJfe, and children, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Beards ley, New Haven; Mr. and Mrs. Ben*~ jamin Hurd, Misses Laara and Helen Hurd, Nutley, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry West, Greenwich, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Birkholz, Mrs. Von Vanskie, Rcdfield Birkholz, Or ange, N. J.; Mrs. J J. Carter, Hugh W. Carter, Boston. Camden is pleased to welcome Ql W. Gill Wylie, of New York, vtm* with Mrs. Wylie is spending a few days at The Kirk\yood Hotel. Dr. Wylie is a native of Chester, 8. C., locating in early toanhood in New York, where he studied under and later practiced with Dr. P. Marion Sims, the distinguished Carolina sur geon. For many years Dr. Wylie *tooi at tke top of his profession in New York* nnd has- aft international repu tation ?s a specialist in women's^ diseases After a short visit in Cam* - den. Dr. and Mrs. Wylie will go te Columbia and o ther poiats in the State ixrforv re tofflfiir