Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TY ~ ^ * -, IHE SUCCESSFUL IMABKET\ ING OF SWEET POTATOES Careful Handling, Curing, Grading, and Study of Market Conditions Necess^rv. Clemson College, Dec. id.?me #ui cessful marketing of sweet potatoes depends on several factors, one of the more important of which is the growing in marketable quantities. By this we mean that we should not grow small lots, depending too much on our home markets, all of which are located in a sweet potato section and are being supplied at digging time from the curb. If we have less than a carload of sweet potatoes and are able to get a good price for these on our local market, we should consider , ourselves very fortunate and at the same time think of this as an accident. The above applies to the markets at harvesting time rather than during the winter months, when one third oi me sweet puiaiues jiuyyu cayed from lack of suitable storage facilities. Oftentimes the Division of Market? of the Clemson College Extension Service ii asked to find a market for 75 or 100 bushels of sweet potatoes near some glutted market but some distance from an open market. It becomes an expensive proposition to ship these potatoes, and handling and exposure given them when sent In local lotjs by freight make their movement by freight impossible. But from the same point it may be a very easy task to move two or- more carloads of sweet potatoes to some large ma.rK.eL ccuivi ui twi unuiug u* lng center. When all said, it is not the quantity to be marketed that should receive the greater part of our attention (though we should focus our Byes on quantity for a time), because when we begia growing for markets other than our curb markets we must necessarily give more attention to the handling and grading of our sweet potatoes. A consignment of sweet potatoes that reaches its market destination showing signs of bad handling never commands the top market price. On the other hand, potatoes carefully handled will always receive a ready sale at prices that will more than pay for the extra time and labor expended In careful handling. This handling process begins at harvesting time and ends when the potatoes reach the consumer. Through careless handling and storing of sweet potatoes we have been losing from 50 to 70 per cent of the crop grown each year. The crop is now becoming of commercial importance and will be extensively cultivated in the sections of the state invaded by the Mexican boll weevil; and all who intend to grow sweet potatoes for the market should build sufficient storage houses and provide the best means of handling this now important crop for market. While the production of the sweet potato has increased during th,e past few years, many new markets have opened up and thousands of people i are becoming better acciuaiated with the southern grown sweet potato. No limit as to market has been reached yet and at this time a number of sweet potato dealers and fruit and vegetable marketing associations are doing much to advertise the south' ern sweet potato and increase the | consumption of this product. The crop is of a perishable nature, as stated above, If not handled properly, and only recently has it been given the proper handling which enables it to be thrown on distant markets. This story is told of the first carload of Nancy Hall sweet potatoes that reached Columbus, Ohio, about four years ago through mistake: A certain dealer in that city had been handling a dry, mealy sweet potato grown in a colder section of the country, not as well adapted as this conh ftw /> fvio r\ t Vi c tit r\ r\b o&vuvu vw tuc |,iuniU5 vi luc o ncok potato, and through a commission firm in the East they had asked for a car of these dry sweet potatoes. The commission house instead, by mistake, sent a caiload of the rich flavored, juicy Nancy Hall variety from Georgia. When the dealer discovered that he had the wrong variety c * potatoes he immediately said, "Well, we will have to sell these at <5 cents less on the bushel and take a loss." "No," said a southern friend, "sell them at 75 cents more per bushel, for they ? f are worth more, and don't fail to ad-| ertise them." Needless to say this carload went at that price and. in the words of the dealers there, "They are still going." This crop in the past has been an easy one to produce, and naturally we have become negligent and have said to those in charge, "Sell the \ surplus if you can. if you can't, feed them to the hogs." * We now know, however, therg are other crops worth more for hog feed and less expensive to grow, and we must turn our faces towards a market. Our policy should simply be *u;.. /N# ...u~ xxiis. ujuoe ui ua wuu LU giuw sweet potatoes in the boll weevil section ol the state should study markets, market preferences, market de j mandt, periods of greatest demand, j secure proper containers, grade prop erly. provide suitable storage for a carload or more (the most economical method of handling and marketing this crop )and work with the markei agents -nd their ase'~tant* for noth ing lets than the market frica In aaj ; ep?n uafkat, I 't;'.-A , r V. 'jiv:,J,i'h-: I.. 1 Ci.A, 11 u Jiai We have just rec< It is the Wagon to The wheels, axle of the very best m $ It is soaked in b< I given five separat I' A look will convi Wagon to buy. | TH | No. 18 North Mail i Women H ftp Cardui, the woman's ! Jg|tf tonic, helped Mrs. Wil- hF liam Eversole, of Hazel VV i|r Patch, Ky. Read what ^bl ! 9he writes: had a ||f ;#f general breaking-down of my health. I was in HRj bed for weeks, unable to Mil r|H get up. . 1 had such a Km Jm weakness and dizziness, MM ... and the pains were IB very severe. A friend JftH m told me I had tried every- 71 ! ftl thing else, why not I Cardui?...! did, and 5 soon saw it was helping WUM me ... After 12 bottles, MM I am strong and well." mM take ? URDU The Woman's Tonic j i M Do you feel weak, diz mm j MM zy, worn-out? Is your j i MM lack of good health caused |w from any of the com- jM mj| plaints so common to MM kfiH women? Then why not Mm* (HP give Cardui a trial? It rftg 1% should surely do for you MM ' what it has done for so MM Safl? many thousands of other Hjfli FB women who suffered?it Irjp shotild help you back to BP Ask some lady friend Im H who has taken Cardui. Hn MM She wQl tell you how it SI Thelped her. Try Cardui. K AD Druggists SI t , "APACHES" ON RAMPAGE IN THE CITY OF PARIS j I A dispatch i.. .n Paris says: I The "Apache Terror" holds Parisin its grip today for the first time, jsince before the war. Newspapers j are demanding that he police imme-( diately launch a vigorous campaign! against the lawless element, as a re-j suit of the wholesale attacks on un-f escorted women, stabbings, robberies and holdups that are being re- i ported to the prefecture. j Operations were begun by the;.' Apaches in the suburbs, but theyj: gradually extended their field until ' it now reaches the central part of,? Paris. Practically all are youths ofii 18 and 20, assisted by young girl.-., J. who are put out as "bait" to lure j the victims. Some of the depreda-! tions have exceeded anything in the t id the Strai sived two cars of Bain Wai depend on. .s, baelsters and beds are i later ial. filing hot Linseed Oil and e coats of paint. ince you that the Bain if IE STARK nSK ^ SAYS HOT WATER WASHES POISONS FROM THE LIVER Everyone should drink hot water with phosphate in it, before breakfast. I - f I To feel as fine as the proverbial fiddle, we must keep the liver washed clean, almost every morning, to pre vent its sponge-like pOres from clogging with indigestible material, soui bile and poisonous toxins, says a noted physician. / If you get headaches, it's your liver If you catch cold easily, it's your liver. | If you wake up with a bad taste, furred tongue, nasty breath or stomach be n/imoa U'o TTrtnr liwr SallfVW skin, muddy complexion, watery ?yes all denote liver uncleanliness. Youi liver is the most important, also thr must abused and neglected organ oi the body. Few know its function o: how to release the dammed-up bodj ; waste, bile and toxins. Most folks j resort to violent calomel, which is a ! dangerous, salivating chemical whiob . can* only be used occasionally becausc I it accumulates In the tissues, also ; attacks the bones. Every man and woman, sick o well, should drink each morning be I fore .breakfast a glass of hot watei ! with a teaspoonful of limestone phos! -;hate in it, to wash from the liver and I bowels the previous day's indigestible i material, the poisons, sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and freshening the entire alimentary I canal before putting more food into the stomach. Limestone phosphate does not restrict the diet, like calomel, because it ; can n^t salivate, for it is harmless and you can eat anything afterwards. II j*? inexpensive and almost tasteless, and any pharmacist will sell you a quartet pound, which is sufficient for a demonstration of how hot "water and lime stone phosphate cleans, stimulates and freshens the liver, keeping you reeling fit day In and day out ? past for boldness. One 19-year-old leader was arrest-1 ed by the police after he had direct-1 ed a number of raids from the basement of a cafe. The "headquarters" were heavily baricaded and the offi-j cers had to break down several doors j"~ before they got in. A dozen girls q are suspected of working as ""lores'^ for this gang. They made a strtnu- j ous attempt to save the youths withj alibis. . al Other suspected Apaches were ar-1 rested on the charge of having revolvers. knives and quantities ofjnt chloroform in their possession. Many j of the lawbreakers are said to be ^ ex-soldiers. i!re Aroused by the depredations in the. cil Montmarte section, the police are be making a roundup of dance halls he and cafes. Especial efforts are being.be made to get girls of suspicious char-'av acter. Their part of the Apache oui- th lawry is to make the chance acquain- ar tance of men and then lure them ty into dark and unfrequented streets, j p. where they fall easy prey to the po Apache bands. ac "The return of the Apaches is on-,of ly natural," said Police Prefect :f-hi r. "These youths learned to use j At rovn. ore anrl I'nivDC rlnrino* tliu U'or ?tl0 When they were demobilized they ar< :ould not get work, so they turnedjPe assassins." j?c? ; th( Engraved Cards and Invitations-- 1 * rhe Press and Eanncr Co. ho i :S tl n j0ns. VEHICL jmtr. OL. AULL WRITES OF McCORMICK COU1 Col. E. H. Aull in Newberry d and News: "Then there is the baby count cCormick in which county I ;ver been to any great eitent i got in this work. It is a fine o and has some fine farms an plete with historic interest, ty of McCormick is to vote c ind issue verv soon to build a c >use. The court house has not :en built but the people are \ yake and are building roads e farmers are prospering: and tl e /nagnificent farms in this c< . By the courtesy of Col. Will Greene of Abbeville I had the rtunity of driving from Abbe) ross country to McCormick on my trips ana me roaa ic rough the historic section of >beville and along that French ment and where the Presbyteri ? in the majority and by the ttigru place and the De la H< A 1 . r . iuui. i iif .>UILU nas iriicirKi' ui 100I now and I had a glimpse ; place on this trip and also ha >p at the Pettieru place. The use that was built of logs av .E COMP/ PUT a pipe in your face that's Albert, if you're on the trail < sing you a song of tobacco joy life job was to see how much < could get away with every twe You can "canyon" with Print YouTl be after laying down a a boys think of the old front line t P. A. never tires your taste b let it slip into your think-tank tl sive patented process that cuts that you can hit smoke-record every week without any comeb R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co back before the Revolution \fras i NTY standing and many pieces of the colonial furniture and oil paint Hsi- of the Pettigru family were stil i ithe house and the long lane of t y of leading up to the house, trees pi had I until ed by Mr. Pettigru himself, maki oun-.picturesque driveway of nearly A "i^quite a mile up to the old home. . The,in front of the house is a sun >n a the second one in the state so fai ourt l know, the other being in the vet,of Barnwell. Shortly after I m vide j his trip the old house and all and old furniture and paintings were here stroyed by fire. It is a prreat. n >un-,The property is still in the fam lianijA Miss Alston, -was living there op-1 the time of my visit. She is a gri /ille or great grand niece of James Pe one gru the famou? lawyer. These nlr ;ads are in the county of McCormick t oh! portion that formerly was part set- old Abbeville. And McCormick ans one of the best county newspap old in the state under the control t )we manafpmpnf n-f TiVli+n.. ?.t. ^ vx U\invi this Clerk of Court Tnlbert and Audi of Pcnnal were of preat helo to me d a dividiner the county into ennmoreti old .districts. This will be the first e< vay sus for the new county. I BESBBSHHOnROHnirarai lain I : ' Ohd cheerilv J? ., ? wflj raafe y ?r-P-4. win ??"**Dir ***"*? U1 U1C liauuiJOJ JVJT j nty-four hours! ? Albert through thick and thin. moke barrage that'll make the n France! > ecause it has the quality! And, hat P. A. is made by our exduout bite and parch?assurance l-high-spots seven days out of ack but real smoke joy! m mp&ny, Winston-Salem, N. C .v$ then; , TURN HAIR BARK I | WITHJAGE TEAj | S a If Mixed with Sulphur It or; Darkens so Naturally And . Nobody can TelL dial ras' The old-time mixture of Sag? Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray, c,iy streaked and faded hair fa grandade mother's recipe, and folks are again using it to keep their fcalr a good. trie even color, which Is quite sensible, as we are living: In an age when a youth", ful appearance is of the greatest adiity.' vantage. i | Nowadays, though, we don't have y" the troublesome task of gathering the at sage and the mussy mixing at home. , All drug stores sell the ready-to-obb ina product, improved by the addition of tti- other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound." It is very cp5 popular because nobody c^n discover |lf>f it has been applied. Sirnj.ly moisten jruur I'umu or a soic nrusn witn II ana of draw this through your hair, taking |jas one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, but what doers lights the ladies with W>eth's l and Sulphur Compound, is that, be1 sides beautifully darkening the hair en. after a few applications, H also pro. . daces that soft lustre and appearance ?f abundance which is so attractive. in ' his ready-to-u.se preparation Is a delightful toilet requisite for those who or< desire a more youthful appearance. It is not intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease. I <?A