Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS. Si The Historical Society of South Carolina, of the existence of which comparatively few of the people of the State are aware, has in the past performed work of invaluable quality and is going right along performing more of it, but its membership ind support are for the most part :onfined to the city of Charleston, it receives little assistance from the ? * ?U l'nfnYMAr Q n H ricn UUIUU1UIU11C& ui mc invciivjL MUM whatever they do to preserve the hisory of their localities is individual ind spasmodic. Here and there is a :itizen of the Up-country, Mr. John I. Cleveland of Spartanburg and Captain Ellison Smith of Greenville, or instance who have shown a lively II 1DO ^YOUWANtI lit) SEU PROPERTY?! I A?K SUTHERLAND J I certainly will show you how to sell property?that's my business. I'll sell it for you and charge you a small commission that you will be glad to pay. You might get a pointer or two from me anyway, and if you don't hitch up with me in a deal just say "thanks" on your way out and there won't be any hard fee/lings. 100 ACRE TRACT?Six and - ?- *< J> I i one-nait mues irom H ville in Sharon neighborhood; I close to school and church. Three-room house and barn. Price per acre $32.50. 82 ACRE TRACT OF LAND? 4 miles south of Abbeville. Tenant house, barn, 8 or 10 acres of fine branch bottoms, 35 acres in cultivation, balance in woods both pine and ash. Rented for this year. Near school house. Price per acre $20.00 LOT?on South side ot town, 150x150 feet. Price, $150.00 I ?? acrf. TRACT?Located 4 i I miles Southeast of Abbeville S. C. Six room dwelling, 3room tenant house, barn. About 2-horse farm rented for this year. Good bottom lend, plenty ashe wood and timber. Price $4,401. TWO STORY DWELLING?6room, hall, electric lights and sewerage, 6 minutes walk from square. Bargain at $1,250.00 1166 ACRES?6 miles from Ab- j beville. Good dwelling, barn tenant house, located in Lebanon section, close to school and church. Price per acre $30.00 5-ROOM DWELLING? On South Main Street, ^t Cotton Mill. Price, $1,100.00 5-ROOM COTTAGE? Right at High School, on Parker St. Lot 80x198. I Price, 91.60U.UU. 36 ACRE?Tract of land, 3 1-2 miles from Hodges, 8 miles from Abbeville, good dwelling, barn and outhouses. Price, $1,650.00 43 ACRE TRACT?2 1-2 miles from town, 1-horse farm open, dwelling, barn, good well, good bottom and pasture lands. Party that buys gets 2 bales cotton rent. Price, per acre, $35.00 zeal in rescuing the records and tra ditions of their communities fron forgetfulness, but there are few lik< them. Were the few, however, ir each county organized, interest ir what they do would quickly grov and much more that is worthy woulc be accomplished. , In a movement to form county his torical societies a leader is needec i and, inasmuch as we know the man , we point to him and sign him for th< task. His name is Harry L. Watsor 5 ^" i""H! in riroonwnofl. where h< ; anu uc u* * v^.. , I conducts the Greenwood Index-Jour nal, and where, for the last dozer years or more he has employed hi: leisure in gathering and saving an i nals, archives, and legends of the olc Ninety-Six District. A specimen oj his achievements may be seen in th< last two or three numbers of hi; newspaper in articles throwing a nev light on the lynching of Matthev Love after that Tory had been ac quitted of crime before Judge Aeda nus Burke at Old Cambridge im [ mediately upon the close of the Rev j olutionary War. Mr. Watson will proceed to sum mon to his office Mr. James Park Mr. F. Barron Greer, Mr. Jack Ab ney, Mr. A. Foster McKissick, Mr Sam H. McGhee, Mr. C. C. Feather stone, Captain Henry Tillman, Dr t n wiUcrm nil nf t.be nrominenl women of Greenwood and such othei enlightened men as occur to him, t< make plans and discuss ways anc j means of setting on foot the Green' I wood County Historical Association When this has been done Mr. William P. Greene and others of Abbeville; assisted by the presidents and professors of the colleges at Due West, will form the Abbeville Association, after which, doubtless, similar action will follow under the direction of Col. Henry Y. Simpson and Dr. Aiken of Laurens and of Mr. W. H. Wallace and Mr. John M. Kinard of Newberry. Edgefield, Saluda and McCormick Counties will naturally fall into line and soon all .the counties carved from the Ninety-Six District will have organizations that will cooperate. The movement will rapidly spread throughout South Carolina and unless Mr. Watson shall refuse to allow the grass to grow under his feet some other county than Greenwood will step to the head of the procession. The county societies, doubtless, could relate themselves to the Historical Society of the State, from which they would receive the advice and instruction in matters of detail that they require. The day is opportune for the mobilization of these citizens of South Carolina who cherish its history, by reason of the projected erection of a memorial temple to those who served in the World War. This temple, so we have been informed, will probably have rooms or alcoves for the archives and memorials of the men of the various counties. The present is the time to collect and perpetuate the records of the soldiers and sailors, before letters and other documents shall be lost and the clearness ana accuracy of testimony shall be dimmed by the years.?me state. KEEP THE GARDEN BUSY. Clemson College, June 6.?Even the smallest back yard can be made to yield q. supply of fresh vegetables for the family table at but slight expense if two or three crops are successfully grown to keep the area occupied all the time. People who would discharge a clerk if he did not work the year round will often culti J I vale a garucu at uu muc uvuuk and expense, then allow the soil to lie idle from the time the first crop matures until the end of the season. Where a two or three-crop system is used in connection with vegetables adapted to small areas, a space no larger than 25 by 70 feet will proi duce enough fresh vegetables for a small family. Crops which require a large area should not be grown in a , garden of this size. Half an acre I properly cultivated with a careful i crop rotation can be made to proI duce $100.00 worth of gardri crops per year. . IVVUVVVVVVVVVVW lv s V BUY YOUR CREAM \ I - V ___ v | V rrom MRS. D. A. ROGERS. V V Phone No. 1. \ . V 5-6-tf. i* 5 - REPORT OF LIME CONFERENCE. i J Clemson College, June 6.?At a j conference of representatives of the j Experiment Stations of the Southj cast held to consider the agricultural line question, the following resolutions were adopted. Prof.* C. P. * Blackwell attended the conference ^ ' ? < *| as a representative irom ooum > Carolina Experiment Station. i 1. The agreement is unanimous 1 that the soils of the Southern States 5 are seriously deficient in lime, so * that liming is essential to their most 1 profitable development and peri\ manent improvement. 2. Suitable agricultural lime ma* terials are high calcium, magnesian, ^ and dolomitic limestone; also highJ grade oyster shells and marl, to3 gether with burnt products (or the T chemical equivalence of such) ,of T any of these in the amounts here" after recommended by this confer" ence. 3. The finer; the limestone U ground the greater it* immediate availability. Limestone ground to pass through a ten-mesh screen, all finer particles included, is recommended for the common application of two tons per acre. Either very finely pulverized limestone or burnt lime is recommended where an application of only a few hundred pounds per acre is to be made. 4. For general use we recommend an application of one or two tons of ground limestone per acre, one-, half that amount of burnt lime J i! once in a rotation of not more than , five years. For alfalfa and perman ent pastures, an initial application , of double these amounts should be , made. 5. Lime may be used at any point j in the ordinary farm rotation with1 out serious loss of the material. If J applied in connection with tilled ' crops, its mixture with the soil will' be insurgd. The effects of lime are likely to be in proportion to the ' thoroughness with which it is mixed with the soil in which the crop roots develop. i 6. Liming is most profitable in those rotations in which legumes | are prominent; but over large areas! in these States, especially on the | heavier types of soil, liming is profi-jl table for corn, small grains andj i grasses. 7. With soils poor in potash and ' phosphate, liming gives best results 1 only when supplemented by materJ ials carrying these constituents. I A STORY OF WILT . RESISTANT COTTON Clemson College, June 6.?One of {the best illustrations of the fact j that wilt-resistant cotton really does | resist wilt and makes profitable i yields where other varieties fail be solutely is found in the story told by Mr. C. D. C. Adams, of Round, Colleton County. Mr. Adams' experience covering a period of three years should be studied by every cotton planter who suffers from wilt. In 1916 Mr. Adams planted 22 acres in King and other varieties, and because of the fact that his soil was infested with wilt, he got practically no stand. In 1917, at the suggestion of the Extension Service authorities, he planted 7 bush els of wilt-resistant seed on 5 1-2 J acres, from which he gathered 1258 ( ; pounds of seed cotton per acre. Right by the side of these 5 1-2 acres on exactly the same kind of land with 'I the same fertilizing and same treat; ment, Mr. Adams planted 5 1-2 acres of improved King cotton. He got i barely half a stand, and, of course, > barely half yield. > His experience in 1916 and 1917 so thoroughly convinced Mr. Adams, i of the wisdom of planting wilt-re-j i sistant cotton on any soil infested 1 with wilt that in 1918 he planted only wilt-resistant seed on his entire farm. From 22 acres including the same 11 acres on which he made his > 1917 tests He gatnerea i? oaies ui s cotton, in spite of the fact that 1-4 1 of the field was badly rusted, and he considers that on that part the i rust cut the yield about 50 percent. In other words, he made easily one bale per acre on that part of the field which did not suffer from rust. Mr. Adams used 800 pounds of an 8-3-0 fertilizer and 60 pounds of nitrate of soda as a top dressing. Mr. Adams does not consider the wiltresistant cotton quite as heavy yielded as some of the other varieties,! and therefore does not suggest its( use except on soil infested with wilt. Ice G W? We bought c and expect forjjust wha\ Doz. Lots. J to buy one n The I \ UUUU1V1 OAK! NASH INTERS Display Second-Han< ir it you are in until you ha\ Alvin EJlis SOOTHE A. Ellis, Agei / 'ream Fr< and iter Coo J50 Peerless Freeze to offer them for t they would cost ; 7 you need one-noi ight. Call to see us . W. WHI1 9 n Auto & Si] ? Agents For ? f A MH C_ Six JORC iNTIONAL Rooms Eurel & Cars on Hand the market for a ( re seen our repre RN AUTO & COMPANY. it, At eezers m >lers rs at a bargain sale at retail, whole sale in w is your time \ to. ipply Co. ible Six )0N?Six TRUCK ;a Hotel at All Times * Zar don't buy sentative Mr. SUPPLY >beville, S. C.