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Always ih^SAME Alway* GOOD l^lTUNKfe COUNTY/LAN. u. \ .fapUtion to Condition# in Pied* niont Counties. ( I{ v < . C. Cushman, District Daily yusbandman, Extension Service.) W hy all this publicity eomjn# -from Turner County down in Wire Grass Georgia? Is it purely human interest story of what one jingle county* is do ink' ?'<>r itxelf^-something for sime one to read about and give only pass ing comment, or is there some singu lar significance as it might be applied ti? South Carolina conditions? There are evrtainly many interesting com parisons aifd deductions to be made if looked at in 'the right light. Jn fact, there are already several movements on foot to send delegations of busi ness iii on and farmers over to Turner ceunt.v to see ho'w much truth there is, iti it all. Seeing is believing. TV> the casual' reader of these arti cle^ if might appear that Turner hasi developed iin intricate system ' of farming and markets operating on a large mechanical scale whikh will take experts and leaders of every descrip tion to establish* Syeh ? is not the case. If not, then what is a simple basis of the whole plan and; how was it put across? ? The first and most significant con When You've Hooked a * Big One That's when you're ' glad you came here for your tackle ? you know it will stand the tough est fight he can put up. A big assortment from which to choose. ' i Mackey Mercantile Company Permanent Work $2,400 a Year ? is a good income for a family of 3 unskilled worker*, but this amount if ?n?ily made by our emplqytes *f tor two or thrc? months. No ex- ? perience nece.wary. Good pay from the start. Larger families earn mpre in proportion. We Want Families While Operators qply lV*itions for men and women, boys and girls, (oYer 14 years), tn the bait liRlitod and ventilated bulldihjs in the South. ? No v^ystor lint. .... Light, Clean Work ? 48 to 50 Hours Per Week Production constantly Increasing, i. VS? have never laid off employees on account of laelt of work. _ Positions Also for Boys and Girls Kntire families preferred, but we can give employment also to boys and *ir1a (over 16), who ran get (?nam in private homes or in com pany's attractive tjormitories, pro-' viding real romfort and bome-lik* protection for eirla. Rent or Board at Very Reasonable Rates . lioprwell is an sttractir#, orderly city of 10.000. Oood ae bools, churehas, amusements, ete. Write At Once For Illustrated Pamphlet deecrib h?f the work in detail and for Ap plication Blank. State how many workers in yomf faintly. Tubize Artificial S3k Co. of America Hopewell, Va. ; V :? WZ - .7 >*? i ? !*-? ' dition that the observer will bo im pressed with is "A Balanced System of Agriculture," "The Cow, Hog, and H6n" is the slogan. '< Where one is found all ate found. It has been the universal adoption of that system of agriculture that has made possible 'whatever else can be said of Turner. Of course the marketing system that has been worked out mattes possible On outlet for the products of such a system, {Ait after all the condition on the farm must be the basis of any program of prosperity for the far rflftr, who must woj-k out a system that is well rounqea and capable in itself of creating a profitable return When rightly handled. Turner has dbne that.- v ? HOW WAS IT PUT ACROSS? 'rtie answer is: "Not until this pro gram was believed in, indorsed, talked about, published everywhere, discuss* ed, firgued, torn to pieces, put back together, and finally accepted as the best and then became the one thought of a cooperative spirit taken part in by all professions in the county,? not until then was it put across." "Every one" doesn't leave out the women's organisations off Country and tawns, bankers' organizations, merchants' or ganisations, farmers' organizations, etc. Following is an extract from the Turner County program in printed form: i ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES Turner County Board of Trade (all boards of trade of county affiliating) ; Turuer County Farm Bureau; Turner County Local of Georgia Association; ^Turner County Local of Georgia *Swine Growers' Association; Turner County Cooperative Egg Hatchery; Turner County Boys' Pig Club; Tur ner County Boys' Calf Club; Turner County Poultry Association; Turner Courtty Dairy Association; Turner County Guernsey Breeders' Associa tion; County Agent; flome Demon stration Agent; Vocational Agricultu ral Instructor; Turner County Mer chants Association; Association*, of Banks of Turner County; Ashburn Creamery and Cold Storage Com pany; Wire Grass Farmer and Stock man (county paper): Ashburn Wo man's Club. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. 'TResOlved that it is the sense of this organisation that of paramount ^importance' fco Turner County of whish we are a fcart, is the success ful realization of the objectives agri culturally of Turner County for the year 19?3, and that we hereby pledge the best tyforts of our membership to the successful promotion of the same, believing that the ends sought, duly accomplished will make Turner Coun ty a county of home owners, prosper ous and content. " Not content with merely meeting ? and adopting a program, which means liUle. a regular schedule of meetings i.r made out and rigidly followed cov ering the whole year. At this time account is taken of what progress is being made and just how much this or that organization is putting into thfc successful operation of "the program. THE PROGRAM FOR 1923. Below is printed the basic program for 1923 of this little county of 231 square miles. ? Increase in cream production to 100,000 pounds per month. Increase in hog production to 15 'cars per month. Increase in poultry production to'2 cars per month. Increase in purebred calf club mem bership to 260. Increase in girls' canning and gar den clubs to 150 members. Increase in girls' poultry club to 200 members. * Increase in farm bureau member ship to 800 members. Permanent pastures, on every farm. , / 25 per cent, increase in acreage production. Good schools throughout the coun ty. 200 new farm families placed in the county , in 1923, I The organization goos farther, ^than that fend forms the individual farm program, showing something concrete to accomplish in an agricultural way. ONE-HORSE FARM UNIT. Three to six good producing cows, (purebred recommended.) Two or three good sows (purebred recommended.) Twenty to forty brood hens (pure bri'd recom mended ) . 10 acres in corn, velvet beans and North Carolina peanuts. 4 acres in wheat, followed - with^ ' ?Spanish peanuts. 5 acres in Spanish peanuts, or wa termelons, or divided with tobacco. 3 acres in sweet potatoes and cane. 5 acres in cotton, fallowed early with grain. : ifekevynrtt *9U Jhst BeauHJuUhBkf Chero-Cola %9 AMKKANTOMOOCa 12 acres in permanent pastures, carpet grass, Dallis grass, and lespe deaa. Geo. T. Betts, Ash burn banker, the outstanding leader in this Turner movement, gives a pretty definite ex ample of the -banker's part in a little incident that happened. A man came into his bank to borrow $800 with which to buy furniture, stating that he cOuld effect a saving by paying cash. "He was asked if he would need any mye money to run on during the cropping season. Hi* answer was, "No. You fellows loaned me money enough to buy a few good cows and some sows last year, and 1 am now getting enough cash income to run my farm so that I won't, need any additional advances this summer." The bankers and business men have believed in this diversified system and have made it their business to talk it over and advise with the farmer on these things ? a powerful influence toward the change that has come about. . ft ? WILL WORK IN PIEDMONT CAR OLINA. All the Piedmont section of South Carolina needs is to appreciate what that soty of* farming system will do, and talk it, discuss it, keep it before the farmers through, the county pa pers and dAily conversation and it will gradually get in motion, as it iS al ready doing. It only needs more im petus through thqse- means. The markets will come. Creameries have already been established within easy shipping distance of every far mer. We are already seeing what can be done in the way of shipping poultry cooperatively. All that is needed for cooperative shipment of hogs is production in sufficient quan tities beyond the needs of local de mands. The^Piedmont is blessed with a large local demand for all this pro duce. ARhburn and Turner County didn't have this local demand. There is no infringement on local merchants through cooperation there. Merchants do not handle cream, They do not make a business of buying carload lots of peanuts, sweet' potatoes, etc. The cooperative spirit there is siqiply to create a market channel that is not adequately taken care of by hbcal markets. Production is the problem. Fires and Loss of Life. That was a sickening tragedy in Kershaw county the other night, when a country school house caught fire and burned while a school entertain ment was in progress resulting in the loss" of 77 lives, but it is a wonder that we have not had something of this kind before. It might have hap pened in almost any community in the state. A crowd is easily panic stricken, especially if it is composed largely of women and children. All tvooden houses are inflamable, and in the country districts thei'e is rarely any sort of fire protection. A two-story wooden building with an auditorium on the second fioor and with but one stairway, js nothing but a fir6 trap. And yet there are school houses of ?th^s type, in neai^y every county in theJ state. There are not so many now, of course, as a few years ago, for many new and modern school huild ings have been erected during recent years, buf there should not, be a single one left. Not only are two-story frame build ings dangerous fire traps, but many brick buildings are but little better, especially if the second floors are used as assembly rooms or ajj sleeping rooms and where there are not. suf ficient exits or fire escapes. There are many rooms in citio.s that are used as lodge rooms and ,the like that should be condemned for such pur poses. There is need for a general cleaning up and a tightening up of the law*} relating to fire prevention. ? Carolina Citizen. Hearer of Ucsth Message Killed. Cap Sowers, negro, met death on the Smith-McGhee road below Staaf, in Anderson county, Tuesday morning while en route to the home of Mrs. W. B. Watt to tell her of the sudden death odier father, Gilmer Todd, who had died a few minutes earlicp. The oar in which the negro was riding skidded in the road and turned com pletely over, crushing the negro to i death beneath it. His body wrts re- j moved by passerby a few minutes aft- i erward but it is thought that he was instantly killed. Governor Smith of New York is re ceiving mail by the ton relative to the | p. os and cons of the signing or veto- . ing of the Culliver bill repealing the I state's prohibition enforcement laws. The governor is very much worried over the situation and remains silent as to what he expects to do. A public hearing on the bill will be held at Albany on Thursday. The yatch Noma put into the har- | bor at Charleston this week after an expedition to the Galapagos Islands. I 730 miles off the coast of Equador. The vessel was loaded with all kinds i of reptiles and birds taken from the , island. The animals and birds on the ' island were so tinused to human be ings that it was easy to capture them by hand. Hh Large Out -of -Town Patronage The Majestic Theatre is a trade drawer *for Camden. Hundreds of people come here?to patronise this up to-date, picture show and spend much money here in the meantime. Many cyme early in the afternoon, shop find k?> to the Majestic Thsstre. CiCisens of Camden should am) no doubt do ap predate what- ^"ttrst clans picture ?how with the reputation of th# Ma jestic is to a city or a town. Many people do not stop to think that hundreds of men and women liv ing outside, of Camden in several coityHies, who have a choice of trad ing in several towns of about equal distance from their homes and with about equal shopping accommodations stocks of goods, prices, courteous treatment, etc., will take in tho city or town that has a modern picture show, a superior picture show, with noth ing but first-class, clean, educational and amusing pictures. The Majestic Theatre is justly known for the regu larity of its daily program. That is to say,' this theatre keeps up a standard ftf excellent pictures and maintains a steady program of excellence. The comfortable, cleanly, sanitary and roomy conditions of this theatre ap peal to the particular likes of a par ticular public. Why n<?t "tell the world" what we think of a first class public-spirited and hustling local en terprise- -let the owners and the man agement know ? and while we are at it, last but npt least, theu> are few cities and towns under fifteen thous and, and plenty from ten to fifteen thousand population where an auto maticj. nerve-wrecking piano player takes the place, of a moderrn oycheflK tra, or where all the music, siflpplied is by mote or less playing of an in dividual who bangs a piano. The Ma jestic gives its patrons a tine orches tral program every evening.- This is what a newcomer thinks about the Majr istic and he has seen quite a few motion picture 'theatres in his day* President McGlothlin of Furman university has declined a $2,000 in crease in salary voted him by the trustees last week. He declined it on the ground that the university needs money for the endowment fund. Rev. John McSween of Timmons yUle has sent a check of $5,000 to Thornwell orphanagfc, Clinton, in memory of his father, John McSween. Edwin W, Robertson of Columbia made a gift of $20,000 to the Salva tion Army in that city. Wants-For Sale FOR SALE. ? One Dodge delivery truck in good condition. Apply to E. H. Dibble, Camden, S. C. 9sb WANTED? All arsons having books borrowed of the late Mrs. T. B. . Bruce to please return them to Miss Miriam Bruce, ^1013 Lyttleton Street, Camden, S.' C. 8-10p'd SWEET POTATO PLANTS from Government inspected seed beds, Pure stock Porto Rico Yams, Nancy Halls, Triumphs, Prepaid mail 500, SI. 25; 1000, $2.00. By express, $1.50 per thousand. Send for free price list sweet and hot pepper, egg plants, celery, Georgia, Whitehead and Buncombe collards, late large heading cabbage, and other nlan^s suitable for making a fine fall gar den. Parkqr Farms, Atlanta, Ga. WANTED- ? Jewelry, watches and clocks of all kinds to repair. All work guaranteed. . F. D. Goodale, .Jeweler, East D^Kalb Street, op posite postoffice.. ? " 7tf LOST ? Small white bitch* right ear brindle, spot on tail, has collar and ring but no tag. Suitable reward will be given lor her return to H. E. Smith, rfd 4, Camden, S. C. 8-9pd SWEET POTATO, TOMATO AND Pepper Plants. From the right seed, the right size and with the right service. By express collect, $1.50 per thousand. By postpaid mail $2.10 per thousand. If you buy lots of them, write for dealers' prices. Your order will be appre ciated. Ask.your paper about us. HOLLYWOOD FARM, PAVO, Ga. FOR SALE OR RENT? ?Seven. room house; on Lyttleton street, facing Kershaw Park ? known as the Tran tham or Boykin House. ? House wired for lights. and water in kitch en and bath. Very desirable loca tion. Three rooms in basement that can be utilized. Will sell for $5,o0o. One-fourth cash. Enterprise Build ing and Loan Association, Camden, S. C. ' * WANTED ? Salesman and collector in Camden to seW Singer Sewing Machines, good proposition for a good man. Apply Singer Sewing Machine Co., Sumter, S. C., .'tfi S. Vain street. 8-10pd GRADUATION GIFTS? Wanted you to know that I have a complete line of articles suitable for gradu ation gifts. Select yours early. F. D. Goodalo, Jeweler, East De Kalb Street, opposite postoffice. IVL A NTS.? 10,000,000 Porto Rico, Nancy Hall, potato plants, Charles ton Wakefield, Flat Dutch cabbage plants, Baltimore and Red Field beauty tomato plants, White and Yellow Bermuda Onion plants now ready, shipping daily, $1.00 per 1000 f. o. b. Valdosta. Dorris Plant Company, Valdosta, Ga. 7-10sb CASH ? for your automobile. V. M. STEIN, 29 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. 4-1 5pd * a FOR SALE ? 40 acres good land six miles from Camdon. Fine stream, some c timber. $1, 600.00; easy terms. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., or R. E. Stevenson, Camden, S. C. 49 tf Mrs. May O'Connor, aged 94, and three of her daughters, were burned to death in their homy at Mountain lttkr Park, Md., Friday. The liic was started in the yard to burn trash and leaves, the wind blowing thf burning leaves under the cottage and the house was destroyed along with t he women. f'A Chtnese baby has been born in St. Andrews Parish a few days ago which is the first ^ver boiM in Char leston eounty and among the few in the state. The father ft a farmer and is named Clu Chy. lit has lived in this* country 80 wars. Thr mother is named Tseng Shee and the baby will bo called Chu Kee San^. Advantage to use ? WHite Shoe Dressing The Whitest White Does not rub off. * Liquid and cake Buffalo, N. Y. F. F. Dilky Company Inc. . i THE HAPPY CHOICE OF A BANK Servic^! All that you could wish ? for. Officered by men who appre ciate the necessity of thoroughness in the transaction of financial affairs, you will find this bank in a position to afford you access to authentic, de pendable information secured from unimpeachable sources. ' *? s ? \ ; v * It pays, to have your finances handled through an institution of this kind. US E. O I J R HAN K Loan & Savings Bank Don't Only Wish to Save Btft-DO IT! . i Building castles in the air ? -dreaming of riches, power and affluence is only wast ing time. To accomplish anything worth while, requires action, and lots of it. Success is; not attained by procrastination*, but by dil igence and determination. i The only way to have money, is to save money. The time to start is now. No better place can you make your first de posit than in the First National Bank,# where every courtesy, a^^btance and ad ? vice will be'gladlv accorded you. v NOTICE! I have on hand an ample stock of Nitrate of Soda at an attractive price. F. M. WOOTEN