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WORK OF COUNTY r DEMONSTRATOR d WORK GROWS TO ENORMOUS ti PROPORTIONS?BOYS CORN CLUB SUCCESSFUL. aJ o! ei Abbeville, S. C., Dec. 20, 1915. tl Editor Press and Banner: h; u. Dear Sir:?I beg to hand you la * herewith my report conveying the facts relative to work accomplished tc in Abbeville County during the per- T iod beginning Feb. 10 and ending tl" I ai Dec. 18, 1915. The work since I b.egan it has re grown to enormous proportions, and f< has broadened into fields of activity tj heretofore undeveloped. My services have been required in every al phase of farm work, dealing with in * both the practical and scientific tl: problems of about 100 farms. On 37 farms Government methods have ui been employed and accurate records pi have been kept. ai Immediate monetary returns to re the County are in striking evidence as result of work done in renovat- sc ing and pruning orchards, and as y< a result of specific advice in the use a< of fertilizers. Other and perhaps a* slower returns will be acknowledged M over the County as result of constant efforts for better field selected seed, better cultural methods, more ^ winter cover crops, better live stock and better system for the farm generally. The above are the points that ? ? L _ have been emphasized, tnougn mnumerable other problems have pre- *' ' sented themselves from time to time. The report shows that in ten months and eight days I have traveled in actual duty 5386 miles and d* made 842 visits to farms in the County. Nothing is so far reach- a* ing and effective in its results as these personal visits to farms,'therefore, I hope to be able during 1916 ~~ to double the number of such visits. However, I cannot reach all the ^-men in every section County, and R in view of this fact, I hope to establish the community school as the base of operations in each section. T: Where the farmers are disposed to hold night meetings for the purpose of discussing the different phases of farm life, the working out of fer- di tilizer formulas, etc., much good w and real help may be accomplished. P1 The Boy's Corn Club work has he o ciiopossfnl exneriment with us U ? A They have produced an average of ls 52.4 bushels per acre, and this at PS an actual cost of 35% cents, average cost per bushel. I hope that sc the business men of the County will Jo offer at least a few prizes to those p making the highest yield at the least cost, etc., per bushel for year 1916, not losing sight of the generosity of those who contributed to this end during the current year. The best "r yield per acre for 1915 was 75 f?1 bushels and 8 pounds, and the least cost of any crop was 23 cents per bushel. In addition to the Boy's Corn Club, there will be organized a Pig Club, and possibly a Peanut p Club. More time will be given to __ this phase of the work than to any 1 other during 1916. A review of the year's work is as follows: T] I held 8 meetings with a total attendance of 235. Care of the orchard, home mixing of fertilizer, and other topics relative to farm A work were discussed at these meetings. Fertilizer formulas for indi- J. vidual farms were worked out. Four Alfalfa Clubs were organized with a membership of 51; these were then organized into the Abbeville b: County Alfalfa Association. Made A 801 visits to demonstrators; put on m 12 demonstration orchards; vacci- w nated 331 head of cattle against the "Black Leg," valued at $5650; Inoculated 72 head of hogs against F "Cholera," valued at $648. A cam- !n paign for more winter grain and winter cover crops were made, a resuit of which, I report 352 acres of ^ Pirtvov i nn arres of Burr ^ vw.w.f Clover, 36 acres of Rye, 18 acres of ' Red Clover, 80 acres of Vetch and Oats, 16 acres vetch, oats and rye, and 96 acres of Alfalfa were sown this Fall. The County reports 15080 acres of grain and 578 acres of fall plowing done. Money given away in prizes of $26.00; fruit trees pruned 1470; grape vines _ 63; fruit trees put out in the Coun- ^ ty including the 12 demonstration orchards referred to above 2700; Bermuda and burr clover pastures started, 9; tons of ground lime j, stone bought cooperatively, 645; tons fertilizer home mixed 460; circu- C? lar letters written in emphasis of ar certain points 946; furnished to p( farmers at cost 5250 lbs. of crimson clover seed; 2880 lbs. of alfalfa sc seed; 100 vetch seed; 320 lbs. red j}clover seed; supplied 275 farmers a; with blanks for Government free w inoculation; carried an agricultural w exhibit to the Columbia State m Fair, resulting in no prizes but get- ja ting honorable mention among 48 t}; contestants and put same exhibit on w at the Abbeville County Fair; written an average of 8 business letters ner week; mailed out about fj 750 Government bulletins; 6 Here- y, ford bulls and three heifers bought. In conclusion, I desire to thank ]e the farmers and business men of the County for their help and cooperation in making this a fairly successful year. Respectfully submitted, J. E. Cheatham, Demonstration Agent. 0] w NOTICE! U! The annual meeting of policy hoi- ~~ ders of the Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance Association will it be held at Greenwood, Tuesday, 11 o'clock a. m., Jany. 4th, 1916. v.* J. R. Blake, Secty. Dec. 20, 1915. 2t. Je Notice To Taxpayers. or the Purpose of Accommodating the Public in the Matter of Making Their Tax Returns, I Will Visit the Places Mentioned Below On The Dates Indicated in Schedule. ALL RETURNS must be made uner oath, of personal property reirned at its market value. Persons not making their returns etween January 1, 1916, and Februry 20, 1916, are liable to a penalty f 50 per cent. This penalty will be iforced against delinquents: for le iailure to enforce it heretofore as put a premium on neglect of the lW. The returns of those who conform > the law are placed before the ownship and County Boards, while los-i who disregard the law come in fte.' the meeting of the Boards and ;turn to suit themselves. The en>rcement of this 50 per cent, penalr will correct this evil. Employers are requested to return 1 of their employees after notifyig them and getting a statement of teir property. Returns will not be taken by mail ile:; they are sworn to before some -oper officer. All improvements or ly transfer of real estate must be sported to the Auditor. All tax returns must be made by hool districts. So please look up )ur plats and find the number of :res in each school district, also nount of personal property, y Appointments are as Follows: PalViz-mn TTollc WornocHnv 9 Lowndesville, Thursday and Frily, Feb. 3rd and 4th. Ml. Carmel, Saturday, Feb. 5. Willington, Tuesday, Feb. 8. Bordeaux, Wednesday, Feb. 9. McCormick. Thursday and Friday, eb. 10th and 11th. Donalds, Monday and Tuesday, eb. 14th and 15th. Due West. Wednesday and Thursiv. Feb. 16th and 17th. E. A. Patterson will take returns ; Antreville. RICHARD SONDLEY, Auditor, Abbeville County. SHERIFF'S SALE. obert S. Owens. Trustee for Abbeville Lumber Co., in Bankruptcy, against ructees Little Rock Buffalo Baptist Church. EXECUTION. By virtue of an execution to me rected, in the above stated case, I ill sell to the hiehest bidder, at ublic Auction, within the legal >urs of sale, at Abbeville on Monty the 3rd day of January, A. D., )16, all the right, title and intert of Trustees Little Rock Buffalo aptist church, in the following deribed property, to wit: All that t or parcel of land in Abbeville sunty, South Carolina, on which is cated Little Rock Buffalo Baptist lurch, bounded by lands of Lewis amev, L. A. Jackson and others. Levied on and to be sold as the onerty nf Trustees Little Rock uffalo Baptist church to satisfy e aforesaid Execution and costs. Terms?CASH. K. M-. JBUKTB, Sheriff Abbeville County, leriff's Office, Abbeville, C. H. S. C ec. 14th. 1915. MASTER'S SALE he State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville, Court of Common Pleas. cker Building and Repair Co., against F. Hunter, et al, Trustees of Mt. Clement Methodist Church. By authority of a Decree of Sale 7 the Court of Common Pleas for bbeville County, in said State, ade in the above stated case, I ill offer for sale, at Public Outcry, ; Abbeville, C. H., S. C.. on Salesly in January, A. D., 1916, within le legal hours of sale the follower described land, to-wit: All that act or parcel of land situate, lying id beintr in Abbeville County, in the bate aforesaid, containing Two cres, more or less, and bouned by nds of J. H. Moore and D. H. Hill id others and by public road leadg from Antreville to Abbeville. Sold at the risk of the former irchaser TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purlaser to pay for papers and stamps. R. E. HILL, Master, A. C., S. C. OTICE TO WHITE SCHOOL TEACHERS Beginning when school opens in inuary, or as near thereafter as >ssible, the County Board of Eduition have deided to give the ignorlt white men and women an op>rtunity to get an education. So for one hour before or after hool, if the teachers will teach lem, if as many as half dozen will ;tend, men and women of any age, e will pay the teacher for hours ork, one and one-half times as uch as they are receiving for regur work by the hour. And should iey have as many as 20 scholars, e will pay twice as much per hour. Report of this work must be made v the teacher monthly and draw leir pay at the end of the school jar through the County Board. All this must not interfere in the ast degree with the work of the igular school. Rev. J. M. Lawson, Co. Supt. Education. I"o People Without A n Education. Here is a great opportunity. You - e not too old. Learn to read and rite. Only simple primary books will be jed. But it never kills a law to execute Experience teaches us things we ould rather not know. It's hard to forgive a man who ts us do him an injury. [ CHICAGO TRADUCES THE SOUTH (Continued from page 4.) one-twentieth her size, has given the nation Joel Chandler Harris, Henry Grady and Frank Stanton. Can Chicago equal that honor roll? Chicago is a musical center. Yet Chicago's opera company has collapsed in ruins, while Atlanta continues to give to opera a patronage unmatched in the United Statei, copulation for population. The Tribune sneers at the "hill men" of the South. Does it not know that these 'hill men" stepped out in front of the grape-shot in the Civil War to fight for freedom? Does it know that nowhere in the United State are personal morals 1 - 1 _?j : l nigner ana gracious nuspiuxnty iu mv stranger more universal than in the hills of the South? Has it followed the progress of Missouri, communities peopled by this same stock, and the records of the young people who have gone out of these hills to the universities of the land, and then to honorable places in the nation's life? Did die anarchist outrages of a quarter-century ago prove Chicago a nest of anarchists, outside of the pale of civilization and beyond all hope? Chicago has, in one sole respect, shown herself quick to respond to the growth and improvement of the South. That is in the realm of trade. Chicago is acutely conscious of the value of Southern dollars, anxious to conserve trade relations with the region whose "rotten industrial conditions and rotten social ideas * * illiteracy, blantant Kelf-righteousness, cruelty and violence" are so far unworthy of the city of Lorimer, Hinky-Dink, Bath-house John and the fflet nf C.hinaarn's mnnicinal sninfs But Chicago serves notice to the world through her press that her commercial relations with the South carry with them no hint of good great men and great movements, of knowledge of the harvest of the fields of civic effort, education, social advance, literature and art, in which the South has labored. Chicago's relations with the South are on a revenue basis only. FOR FARM BOYS AMD GIRLS. It's ?in unusual thing for a South-, rn paper to announce articles for publication from Secretory McAdoo, Secretary Houston, Secretary Lane, Secretary Daniels, Thomas A. Edi son, Rear Admiral Peary, Champ Clark, Henry Cabot Lodge, Luther Burbank, John Burroughs, Senator Tillman, James Whitcomb Riley, and Lyman Abbott; but all these men? and a long list of others?have sent contributions for a series of "Success Talks" for Southern farm boys and girls in The Progressive Farmer during 19:L6. Other Progressive Farmer features include a 52-week "Reading Course in Good Farming," giving the boy who cannot go to college the 1:undamentals of agricultural science, and a similar course for girls under the heading, "How the Wide-Awake Girls Learned Good Housekeeping." Every farmer who has boys or l^irls between 10 and 18 ought to be on the lookout for these articles.? Adv. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby positively lormdden to trespass upon the lands of the undersigned in Lowndesville Township, by hunting or otherwise, under the penalty of the law. James M. Baker, M. E. Baker, M. A. Baker. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES. 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