Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Portrait of General Butler Presented to Home. The chapel of the Confederate home was crowded to its capacity at 4 o'clock last Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. U. R. Brooks, president of the veterans and citizens assembled, presented to the home the artisti cally portrayed likeness of her dis tinguished kinsman and South Caro lina's illustrious son, Gen. M. C. But ler, painted by her daughter, Mrs. Gardner of Virginia and given by Mrs. Brooks as a heritage to the home. Gen. W. A. Clark, commander of Camp Hampton, presided over the meeting with his characteristic dig nity and grace and called on the Rev. Mr. Hardaway, pastor of the Shan don Baptist church, to open the ex ercises with prayer. Several musical numbers and read ings appropriate to the occasion were given and greatly enjoyed. The portrait was unveiled by little Travis Carter, granddaughter of Mrs. Brooks and presented to Captain Williams, commander of the home by ? Mrs. Brooks in language well chosen and beautiful, touching briefly on the life and deeds of the original of the portrait. Captain Williams in accepting the gift for the home, thanked the donor in a short impromptu, but impassion ed address and seemed to affect deeply near its close, many of the | old soldiers by saying: "These old soldiers comprise my command. We are camping near the River. The sun is near its setting. The curtain of twilight between life and eternity is close descending. Soon 'taps' will sound and we will rest in quietude 'on death's eternal camping ground." Four old soldiers sitting near were members of Butler's famous cavalry i and looked sadly yet fondly on the j picture of their gallant commander who had gone on before them across the River. Among the recent liberal donations to the home from the different chap ters of the daughters throughout the state-and for all of which thc home is deeply grateful-is another gift from Mrs. Brooks, of three large, handsome Confederate flags, the prop erty of her late husband, Col. U. R. Brooks. One floating loftily above the entrance to the home, proclaims to the casual visitor, long before he reaches the grounds, the love of ' South Carolina's sons and daughters for the old Confederate soldiers shel tered therein. The State. What South G?orgia Has Done ' We Also Can Do, If We Try. A few years ago the farmers of South Georgia were in the depths of despair. The boll weevil came and i ruined their cotton crops and they did not know which way to turn. They had not diversified their farming as they should and when cotton was no longer a dependable crop they .were at a loss to know what to do. Now, after several years of the boll : weevil, they have leaimed the great | lesson, and many banks of that sec-j tion are lending money to their cor- ; respondent banks in other sections, i Whenever banks have more money ? than they can use for their own . people then conditions must be very ; good in those localities. We know of one bank in a South Georgia city, ? about one-fifth the size of Augusta , that has loaned hundreds of thou- ( sands of dollars to its correspondent ? bank. This money is being loaned on ? cotton, for loans on cotton at eight : to ten cents per pound are good loans. There are none better for cot ton is far below the cost of produc- ; tion. We are telling the story of what : happened in South Georgia so that our own farmers may take heart. They feel now that they do not know , what to plant. They do not know what . they can sell, hence they do not wish ? to plant a crop of some commodity and then not be able to sell it. And, ; in this connection, The Chronicle ? wishes to stress the idea that there ? will be a market provided for pea- 1 nuts in Augusta, for we have the , word of the Southern Cotton Oil . Company that it will purchase all the ? White Spanish peanuts raised by far- ? mers in this section. We hope that the market will be good and the price . of $60 per ton average for the last , crop will be bettered considerably. 1 However, no one can foretell what : the price will be, and there can be no promises made on this score. The business way to get at this peanut matter, however, is for the agricultural agents in both Georgia and South Carolina within a radius ? of fifty miles of Augusta to make a ; survey as to the number of acres to be planted in peanuts and by the 15th of May, or before, report the acreage to the Southern Cotton Oil Company so as to induce this company, should ? the acreage be very large, to make complete preparations to handle the crop, either by building a shelling plant here or making other arrange ments that may be necessary. The Committee of th eBoard of Commerce ; is working on this matter now and will take it up with the agricultural demonstration agents. Thus we have assured a market for peanuts in Augusta, which should af ford the farmers an opportunity to raise one other money crop at least than cotton. But to revert to South Georgia. Necessity demanded a change in their methods of' farming and, in addition to raising peanuts, they began to raise hogs and cattle on a large scale. There is a packing plant owned by Swift at Moultrie and one by Ar mour at Tifton and also a large plant at Jacksonville, affording three large livestock markets. They have built sweet potato warehouses, grain elevators and tobacco-curing sheds and, in many other ways showed their ability to make money on some other crop than cotton. We do not mean to say that they have quit raising cot ton entirely, but they know that cot ton is uncertain in production and un certain in price. They raise every thing to eat at home, make a little cotton and make other crops to sell. The results speak for themselves. We would not infer, however, that right now people in South Georgia arc roll ing in wealth They are not, for the reason that the price of every com modity is off and the value of pea nuts, livestock, tobacco, potatoes and everything has shrunk. However, they are not deep in debt and, there fore not deep in despondency. They are not in the position of having one dollar when their cotton is sold, to pay two dollars or more of debt. They are comfortably fixed, owing little if any money, with smoke houses full of meat and flour that they raised themselves. We urgently plead with the far mers of this section to think of what South Georgia has done and get an inspiration. In the first place let's make up our minds that we ave going to make enough foodstuffs oil each farm to feed that farm and when we have progressed this far we will be a long ways on the road to independ ence. And at the same time, let's ex periment some on other crops. If every farmer would plant a few acres in other than cotton with the inten tion of selling those crops, next fall there may be excellent prices obtain ing, and he will have broken the ice, will have convinced himself that cot ton isn't the only thing that is worth raising, isn't the only commodity with which he can pay a note. And, in the meantime, we would again urge that Augusta business men be planning "to provide markets, where at present there are no mar kets, for our own people have as much at stake as the farmers.-Au gusta Chronicle. Livestock Must Have a Place in Any Safe System of Farming. With the almost universal inclina tion to cut down the cotton acreage in 1921 there is, over much of the South a surprising lack of interest in the production of livestock. Never before, perhaps was there such a gen eral resolve to produce more food and feed crops. This is particularly true in those sections where cotton has been most largely produced. But the distressing thing about the situation is that while a marked re duction in the cotton acreage is ac cepted as necessary by nearly all, there is displayed everywhere, almost unconsciously, the attitude that this reduction need only be a temporary one. This has ever been the fault of Southern agriculture. We have at tempted to guess the condition of the markets from year to year, planting too largely to cotton when prices were good and going recklessly into other crops and livestock production when cotton prices were low and live stock prices good. In fact, we have gone along, always just a little be hind the best prices. It would seem that by this time the Southern farmer would have learned that he cannot "guess" the future markets. If he could, born gambler that he is, he would have quit growing cotton long ago and made his million "playing the market." The individual farmer might as well make up his mind that markets or prices will continue to fluctuate, because of this passion of Southern farmers to "plunge" on the produc tion of crops that are for the season selling at a fair price. If this be true then it should be plain to everyone that he might as well give up trying to guess the future market and adopt a system of farming that will increase his soil fertility, reduce his expendi tures for the purchase of farm sup plies and give him at least two and preferably three money crops. He must have more than one money or sales crop, if he is to avoid the dis aster which comes from putting "all his eggs in one basket" and is to in crease the fertility of his soil. It seems plain that the cropping system of the South should be rebuilt around these three basic facts that it is indeed surprising that so little is being done, even in this critical time for Southern agriculture, to build such a safe and sane system of agri cultural production. Surely there must be difficulties in the way which the average business man does not appreciate, or a course so plainly right would be followed by larger numbers. Beyond question the diffi culties are great. First, there are the large land owners in the sections of large negro population. Often they do not live on their farms, but where they do the acreage cultivated is too large to be handled except on the most simple basis of agricultural pro duction. Cotton is about the only crop which the negro can produce under the conditions existing on these large farms and pay the landowner anything. Moreover, this type of landowner is not interested in building up a type of agriculture which will develop land ownership and rural homes, satisfy ing the aspirations of a permanent and contented rural ropulation. They are not interested in farming as the banker is interested in his bank or the merchant or manufacturer is in terested in his business. This type of farmer is interested in making his "pile" as quickly as possible and he naturally is willing to "plunge" and take chances. Enough of them suc ceed to make the "gambler's chance" attractive to those with big enough ideas and resourceful enough to com mand large acreages and the labor of large numbers of tenants. Perhaps the second greatest ob stacle to the building of a well-bal anced system of farming in the South is the greater ability, personal atten tion, and investment per acre requir ed for a well-balanced cropping sys tem. And there is no denying, that these greater difficulties have resulted in a large number of failures, and when successful the rewards have not been large. The greater the risks the larger the profits when successful. Likewise the safer the farming the smaller the profits even for those who are most successful. A correct system of farming does not insure financial success. Errors in operation under the best balanced cropping system may bring failure. The essentials are a more produc tive soil, two or three money or sales crops and a reduction of expenditures for supplies which may be economi cally grown at Home. It is not necessary that the addi tional money crops command as much of the land or as much of the time and energies of thc man on the farm, but an additional money crop or two must be introduced and these money crops must be fitted into and made a part of the general operations of the farm. Since increased soil fertility is the first need of the South or at least larger yields per acre are an absolute necessity, the most desirable addi tional money crop or sources of reve nue are livestock and livestock prod ucts. Legumes are at once the best soil improving crops and the best live stock feeds and these facts alone sug gest that at least one or two forms of livestock, or one or two kinds of livestock products should be made an additional source of revenue on most Southern farms. On one farm it may be dairy prod ucts, on another beef cattle, and on still another hogs, or dairy products and hogs or beef cattle and hogs may be wisely combined. At no time is it probably wise to make livestock the sole sources of revenue of the farm, and certainly this should not bc done at first. Of all lines of farming live stock is the hardest and consequently must be gone into slowly and cau tiously. But it is an essential part of any safe system of farming for the South, because our greatest need is a more productive soil or larger yields per acre.-Progressive Farmer. An Ideal Remedy for Constipation. It would be hard to find a better remedy for constipation than Cham berlain's Tablets. For the best effect they should be taken immediately af ter supper. They, are easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. Farmers Can Borrow Money Now The Federal Loan Act has been declared constitutional. The Federal Land Bank at Columbia will begin business soon. We have been author ized by the secretary of the local as sociation to take applications from farmers for loans on real estate. All farmers who wish to borrow money can procure application blanks at our office. Avail yourself at once of this opportunity. N. G. EVANS. C. T. BURNETT. . EGGS FOR HATCHING: Silver laced Wyandotte Eggs absolutely pure breed, one dollar and fifty cents for fifteen. Mrs. J. D. QUARLES, Modoc, S. C. 3-2-4tpd. WITH ASSISTANCE ? By RACHEL BAKER. | (? 1921, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) "And so I think it best to terminate our engagement for the lime being at least. If by and by I find we have made a mistake, (hen we fan become engaged again. Until then I see no reason for it. Kindly return my riLg. "Very truly, "FREDERICK NEWHALL." Mazie sat staring at these lines until they blurred before her eyes. "Terminate our engagement!" I thought that was a woman's privilege. I How could he do it? What an embar rassing position to put me in ! How can I explain?" A knock startled her, and a voice confident of welcome called : "It's Bet ty. Please let me in." And in she came. She bad just put ber hair up a new way and wanted Maxie's approval as she posed before her. "It's marvelous. Betty! You'll be a sensation at the party tonight." "You really like it, then? I wasn't sure," said Betty, seizing the hand glass to look at the back of lier hair. "I do wish," adjusting a hair pin, "that you would take more interest in yourself, dear. You've slumped ever since your engagement." "Not really?" protested Mazie. "Yes. really. Why, then you were the most chic of anyone in our set. Your dresses-do you remember that yellow one you wore to the military ball?" "Frederick didn't W?* it, I remem ber." "No, I can imagine that Frederick didn't. He doesn't like anything that draws attention away from himself. I hate him and I always did, even before you were engaged to him." "I'm not engaged," said Mazie slow ly, "any more." "Not engaged? What's the trouble, dear?" and Betty's arnls went swiftly about her friend. "Why, we just decided that we wouldn't be engaged any more," stam mered the girl. "WE did? And when did we deckle?" questioned Betty sternly. "Just this afternoon." "But you haven't been out of your room," objected Betty. "I know; but I've been thinking things over and I thought it best." "You little wretch ! You never thought it up at all. You aren't that kind. You're too scared of hurting people's feelings. Frederick did it!" proclaimed Betty triumphantly. Mazie produced the letter for Betty, who perused it. frowning as she read. "I wonder why he Insisted on having the ring? It's my opinion that he's after that rich Miss Adams," said Betty. "I'll make him sorry for it, but it's the best thing, Mazie, that's hap pened for a long while. Bob will have a chance now. I'll see to that my self. I'll return the rim?." . "I have something for you, Freddy." said Berty, when she found Frederick and Miss Adams seated in a hammock at the party that evening. "Can't you guess what it is?" she held both hands behind her, and sud denly Frederick became alarmed. "Did you want to fee me alone?" he questioned anxiously. "Can't you guess who sent it, then?" she queried; but Frederick did not dare reply and Miss Adams suddenly exclaimed, "Why, it's a diamond ring! See it sparkle!" "Yes," said Betty, dropping it in Miss Adams' lap. "Mi*s McGrath re turns it with ber compliments to Mr. Newhnll and wishes to terminate her engagement." When the noise of Betty's little heels had ceased, Miss Adams handed the ring to Frederick and rose from the hammock. "You know, of course, that I knew nothing of your engagement. I am somewhat of a stranger here and had not heard-" And the man was left alone gazing at a diamond whose beau ty did not cheer him in the least.* Meanwhile Betty was busy telephon ing to Bob Hastings to come to the party. 'TU be there. You can count on me," Bob assured her over the phone. That evening, early in the night, a disgruntled man carried his empty schemes and himself up to his room. Early in the evening, too, Bob im proved his opportunity. "I understand you have broken your engagement," he said, glancing at Mazie's un?nged fingers. "Yes, we had so little in common that it seemed best to terminate our engagement." "Then will you marry me, Mazie? I never knew until your engagement was annouc^pd that I loved you." His hand touched that little left hand, naked of jewels, and the thrill of that touch inspired him to take her in his arms. "But do I love you, Bob? You've al ways been a friend, . the best boy friend I ever had, and I missed you so much when you didn't come any more. Is friendship love?" and she gazed wonderingly into his kind eyes. "It's a near relation if lt's the kind I have for you dear." Tum, tum. te. tum, te, tum pealed the organ and Mazie shivered in her bridal satin as she entered the church. "I can't do it. I shall cry or some thing" her frightened senses told her. Then through the haze of expectant faces, she saw him waiting for her, and all the panic, the uncertainty subsided, for she Irnew that whatever the future might hold, she would be happy with the man she loved. Questions for You Which bank ia the beet bank for yon? 'Which bank will take care of you in time of need? These questions are not hard to answei. The good, strong trustworthy, accommodating bank is the one you want .j do business with. We feel that we have such a bank, one that is modern and offers you every necessary banking facility, a baDk solid enough to take care of you at all times and under all circum stances. The Bank of Trenton, S. .C AU checks drawn on The Bank of Trenton can be cleared free of ex change through the Federal Reserve Bank. sa Barrett & Company (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta - s- - - - 'Georgia N BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Feeds Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horse Feed Our Leaders Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia Fi. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. COE-MORTIMER QUALITY FERTILIZERS For Cotton, Corn, Tobacco, Grain, Peanuts and Truck QUALITY in plant food content QUALITY in availability. QUALITY in mechanical condition. QUALITY in big yields. QUALITY in profitable* farming. Dry and drillable gooda. Analysis as guaranteed. Prompt, courteous service. THE COE-MORTIMER CO., Inc. Subsidiary of The American Agricultural Chemical Co. Charleston, S. C. FOR SALE BY EDGEFIELD WAREHOUSE COMPANY Edgef ield, S. C. W. P. CASSELLS, Johnston, S. C. SAWYER & JONES, Ridge Spring, S. C. I COTTON A. H. DEVAUGHN (Jr.) & COMPANY COTTON BROKERS 103 Jackson Street, Augusta, Ga. For Long Distance call us at the Cotton Exchange. Cotton handled in ten-bale lots. We solicit your business. Correspondents ROSE & SON, 81 Broad Street, New York