Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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South Carolina Well A< tised by Breeders' Gaze In general the coastal plain is and flat and the soil is a sandy underlaid by a clay sub-soil, country is served by, excellent roads and has moderately good clay roads. Plenty of small towri scattered about; there are some cities like Charleston, and some farms^ are found in every part, by and large the country is une ? -oped and tremendous areas of vi .cut-over land lies waste, land can be easily put into cultiv:i Northerners always ask why tho waste land in South Carolina, .answer is that the population is sufficient to farm nearly all the v in the state that could be farmed South Carolina Has $500 Lao South Carolina has its $500 1 Near cities like Darlington, Flor and Sumter, land readily brin' price comparable .with the cosl good land in Indiana or Ohio, is land cheap close to a good tow a few thousand people. But i "these smaller towns the cheap ] areas begin. Land may be worth ? or $200 an acre near a tow a three thousand souls, and ten n away by a good road, within a sto .throw of the depot of some smell l?ge, there is land that can be tor. for from $5 to $15 per acre. 1 years ago it could have been bon for $2 to $5, and ten years from i it will cost $60 to $100. This lani not cheap because it lacks f?rtil It is cheap because it is surplus la because the people of South Ct lina still farm in the old-fashio: way with practically no macain and consider a one-man farm to 20 acres. Great" Oppotunity for Using Up [> * Date Machinery. To touch on the farm machim . situation a little . more definite there are many sections of Soi Carolina where one could lay a cir ten miles diameter with the cen in an agricultural town, and in tl circle find only-two drills, two bil ?rs, no threshing outfits, no ridi cultivators and no two-row cultii tors, no wagon heavier than a lig two-horse wagon, no plow heavi than a light , two?horse plow and per cent of the plows one-horse i: plements. How can a man make a li ing and farm that way? He could n anywhere except in the South whe a long .genial season, plenty of ra and high priced crops work to his a vantage. , Excepting Tropical Crops Everj thing* Grows. What c:*ops grow in South Car lina? All crops, practically everythir that will grow anywhere, eliminatir the tropics. A yield of 232 bushels < corn was made on a South Carolir f acre. Good wheat is^ produced and c an ordinary farm last year 38 bushe an acre were grown without any sp* cial fertilization. But there are oth< ' crops that will return so much moi money that the standard crops of th North are neglected, and cotton, t( bacco, peanuts and truck are the fai orites. While South Carolina ca raise corn to compete with any stat in the union, the fact is that she doe not raise enough'f or her own use, an - imports, with a result that the prie of corn in the state is the Chicag price plus the freight. South Carolina Has Fine Climate. Summer in' South Carolina is no so hot as in Indiana, and nothing lik the -summer that is encountered ii Kansas or Oklahoma. And the win ters-well, the "Winters are like No vember in Ohio; a farmer can worl at any job during the winter and oi almost any day. There is little sno\ and the cold comes in snaps of a fe\ f days duration with the thermomete around 20 degrees and now and thei down to 15. Few,houses in South Car olina but depend on open fires fo: . -winter heat. Rye or wheat can b< planted up until Christmas and oat: any time between October and th< middle of February. The worst fea ture about the winter is that no on< provides heavy clothing and feels th? cold some days. The worst featun about the summer, if there be a worst feature is, ';hat it is too long, not toe hot but too long. But that long sum . mer with plenty of rain makes it pos sible to harvest oats, then plant corr when it is cultivated the last time, sc that there will be a green manure crop to turn under. Use of Fertilizers. "Many northern people say th*y ar* dubious about a country where com mercial fertilizers are used. South Carolina needs fertilizers only be cause the average South Carolina far mer is inclined to be slipshod in his work, because it is necessary to raise i .such a crop as tobacco on thin soil. In South Carolina a money crop can - be grown on a piece of land and in addition a heavy legume crop can be raised and plowed under the same year. Many farmers do this; many farmers do hot do it but raise cotton instead and count on that to pay bills and save them bother. Ono Crop System. To a certain extent cotton has a bad influence on South Carolin is an easy crop to raise, not difl to handle: Easy cotton money made the .Southern planter a crop farmer. The result is that 1 j today buying corn from the Nort $2, and many tenants on Sout! farms are buying New York ha bale a't a time, at $3 per hundred paying the bill with cotton or to co. money. A planter in Claren county told ,me this spring that year he bought for three of his n< tenants out of their share of col crops three automobiles, none cos less than $1,300. One colored i cleared a little over $400 an acre on his tobacco last year. An planter near me planted three a< of tobacco last year "just to be dc something" and the gross return 1 $1,675-but he is buying his m feted. Dairying and Livestock Product! The^ South Carolina farmer ta life easy. That is one of the ex? nations cf why all the cities of Soi Carolina are ^inadequately ser with milk, why the beef and much the salt meat is shipped in from i North, why Elgin butter is ?sold in t state and why opportunities for m: ing money along many lines go bi ging. Elgin butter is not sold South Carolina because dairy co do not "hrive here; that is proved the fact that several fine dairy hei exist in the state, most of them ov ed by Wisconsin men who get a hi price for their . butter and cann nearly supply the demand for th< surplus cows and bulls. Good milk not lacking because it will not bril the price, for in Charleston mi ?costs more than in New York ?rtd ' per cent of the demand for good mi is not met by the few modern ai clean dairies that sell in that mark? Nor is beef and pork bought in tl South because it cannot be produce We run more than 500 Herefor< ourselves and they do well on natil pasture and can be fattened on hon grown concentrates. Speaking of concentrates, Soul Carolina is the home of concentrate Here are produced cottonseed mea peanut meal, and velevt .beans. Th velvet bean "is one of the great po'js bilities of this section. It will nc grow even in Maryland because it rt quires, a long season. It is plante with corn but does not make muc growth until after corn has matured Then it begins to develop ?nd by fal the cornfield resembles a veritabl jungle. The vines produce tremen dous yields of beans which are heh in a rather hard pod and will survivi trampling in the mud all winter. Cat tie and hogs can? be finished in thi fields without any other feed thai the beans and vines and leave J heavy coating of humus and manun on the ground to be plowed under ir the spring. 'Tep" Not Lost in South. But there, is a lack of initiative ir South Carolina and a lack of cooper ative effort. The man 'who comes down here fired vwith ambition tc work and do something does not find the competition very keen. The lack of initiative is not due to the climate. There ar? many native sons who are hustlers and doers. Nor is it because the country is not healthful; the wa ter is good and the air is pure. North ern people who come to South Caro lina do not lose their "pep." Andrews S. C., was started by a Minnesota man and is settled largely by farmers from the far northern states, and it has a name all over the state of being a progressive, hustling little town and, what is more, it is. The Northern Man in the South and His Earnings. Northerners have asked me why, if all these facts be true, Northern people do not come into the country, whether schools are poor, whether there is a sentiment against North erners, and similar questions. JThe answer is that many Northern men are here and more are coming every day. Andrews is practically a North ern town; many Northerners are lo cated near Georgetown and Charles ton, and Chadbourn in North Caro lina is populated largely by farmers from Indiana and Ohio who bought land at $5 to $15 per acre in 1900. Five years ago I saw land in that state sell for $150 without improve ments; land near Andrews that could have been bought ten years ago for $5 will now bring $100 to $150. If I wanted to discuss speculative values I could tell you of a 6,000 acre area near Charleston bought in 1904 for $1 per acre that is now selling as high as ? 1,000 an acre, but that is not a usual thing of course. . There is nothing phenomenal about these rapid increases in land values. The waste land of South Carolina is xorth more than its price ; the price is low merely because there is a sur plus and as the surplus disappears in any section of the state prices} ad vance promptly and in a short ftime become, comparable with land values in other sections, not remote sections of the West, but sections where there are markets,v transportation facili ties and organized civil life, sections like Ohio and Indiana. For while there is waste in South Craoliha' it is none the less one of the oldest of the states and was wealthy and had'at tained a high degree of civilization long before Ohio had ever been heard of.-Breeders' Gazette. Says France is in Peril. Washington-In a dramatic speech seething in fire and eloquence, Pre mier Briand of France presented bis country's case to the arms conference Monday. France, the premier declared, is still in peril from Germany. While ap parently disarmed he said, the Teu ton nation could, with its present ma chinery, raise an amy of six or Bev in million men. At least one fourth million Germans, he added, are re ceiving military instruction under the, ruise of "police." Although a part )f Germany wants peace another part, headed by the war party, is continuing to preach the old Prus sian doctrine. For that reason, Pre ttier Briand'said, France cannot.dis arm. It proposes further reductions in its ?rmy,' however, which would iring1 it to half its former strength, jut still leave the force he contend ?d was necessary. Following Briand's speech spokes men for the other powers followed. France got eulogies but, as Briand cnew would be the case, from none )f the major powers came words of rinding guarantees-which France ?till longs for but realizes will not :ome. So land disarmament will ro back to France with Briand, a sub iect for future consideration'when sick Europe has convela - ?d"~ from ?orne of her after war madness. The mestion was referred to a commit ,ee where, so far as America is con :erned, it will rest. As ? result of the premier's ad Iress France's "special position" as 'policeman" in Europe is recognized, ind her anxiety as neighbor of Ger nany is admitted. Acceptance by the United States, 3ritain, Japan and /Italy of France's leeds to protect her frontiers from mwarranted aggression by the Teu ;on hordes, which have twice within , he last" half century swept across ; 1er frontiers, solves the problem of ? and armaments for this conference. No efforts will be 'made ? at this ; lonference to reduce or curtail ? ?rance's army, which is r?cogwied as * L defensive force aimed to protect iot only La Patrie, but civilization , ind liberty for the world. ?ays State Conscience Money. Samuel T. Carter, state treasurer, yesterday checked off a tax dodger rom the path of the wayward and )laced him, the "unknown taxpay sr," on the side of the ledger that eads to the straight and narrow jath. The reason for this checking off vas the receipt by Mr. Carter of a )erfectly good $10 bill from some nan who wished to pay a debt he )wed the state. The sum was sent as :onscience money, apparently, the ?ender not leaving any method of dentification and thereby not helping lis cause in the eyes of the govern nent as nobody knows who the con science stricken man could be. The letter containing the $10 bill vas on a scrap of paper, typewritten, ind contained these words: "The imount is owed to the State of South Carolina. Please credit to same." The Dill was from tne First National Bank of Marion, N. C., and the let ter was postmarked Columbia, stamp 2d at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morn ing. The money will be credited to the general fund'and thereby will be used by the state. This is the third conscience con tribution within the last 15 years, two others years ago being for $280 and $180, according to treasury of ficials.-The State. A Bowl of Oats, 20 Cents. Chicago-With oats in the bin in his state selling at 15 cents, William Roylance, statistician for the Bank of North Dakota, said he paid 20 cents for some when he got a few in a bowl. "I stood in line for twenty min utes in a restaurant here and then got a dish of oatmeal for 20 cents. Where I came from oats are a drug on the market at 15 cents a bushel," he said. He explained the high price in the city by declaring the "system of transportation is all balled up," and added, "We have everything you want, but can't get it to you," in his address before the convention of pub lic ownership experts here. ? Ubing's H?w t?&ftztj aU.? THE COUGH. CITES THE LUNG* I Postal Authorities Request Use of Regular Size. ? bulletin received at the local postoffice says: "i During the holiday season large quantities pf very small envelopes and cards are put into the mails with the result that all postal work is very much retarded and mail disfigured and mutilated. The ^minimum size of cards and envelopes should not, be below 2% by 4 inches for the following rea sons : 1. Addresses will be obliterated hy cancellation mark. 2. Too small to be run through facing table, necessitating three ex tra handlings with consequent delay not only to this -but other mail. 3. Delay in cancellation because of awkwardness in putting through cancelling machines. 4. Delayed through difficulty in sorting. 5. Liability to loss or damage as small sizes do not fit letter packages and can not be tied securely. These odd and diminuitive sizes of stationery have come into use in the past, few years and only appear now in any quantities at Christmas time when the whole postal institu tion is keyed up to top speed and try ing to keep on top of ,the load. In this connection we appeal to the women especially ,to avoid stylish forms of handwriting, "debutant stuff," as one postal worker calls it, and use instead a plain, if not so pretty, handwriting. WANTED: Salesmen with car to call on dealers with a low priced 6, 000 mile fabric and and 10,000 mile cord tire. $100.00 a week with extra commissions. , UNIVERSAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. Michigan City, Indiana. Notice of Master's Sale. Pursuant to Decree of Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield County, S. C., in case of The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, 3. C., 'plaintiff against H. A. Stack, et al defendants, I shall offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder before the Court House door at Edgefield, S. C., on salesday in December next, 5th day thereof, between the legal hours of sale the following lands: All that tractr of land in Edgefield County, S. C., containing 360 84-100 acres, more or less, situate on Old Plank Road, in Meriwether Town ship, bounded north by Hancock and W. A. Pardae; east by* Lemis Till man; ?beth by W. T. Garner and west by Mrs. Simpson. Terms of Sale: One-fourth cash and balance in three equal annual in stallments or all cash at purchaser's option. Credit portion, if any, to be secured by bond and mortgage of premises sold, with interest from date thereof, at 7 per cent per an num and 10 per cent attorneys' fees. In case either of said Annual In stallments shall not he paid when due the whole debt to become due and payable. Upon failure to comply within one hour after sale premises will be resold at risk of former pur chaser. Purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. J. H. CANTELOU, % Master. Edgefield, S. C., Nov. 8, 1921. Notice of Master's Sale. Pursuant to Decree of Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield County, S. C., in case of I. K. Heywood, Plain tiff, Against J. D. Garren, et al, De fendants. I shall offer for sale at public out cry to the highest bidder before the Court House at Edgefield, S. C., on Salesday in December next, being 5th* day thereof, between the legal hours of sale, the following realty: All and singular that tract of land situate in Edgefield County, S. Cf containing 232% acres, more or* less, and bounded North by lands of Mrs. L. H. Nicholson; East by lands of Mrs. H. N. Greneker; South by Ab beville public road and West by lands of Turner (formerly Wallace Hol ston). TERMS OF SALE: Costs, and one third of the purchase money in cash, balance in two equal annual install ments, interest payable semi-annual ly, or all cash at purchaser's option; the credit portion, if any, to be se cured by bonds of purchaser, and mortgage of premises sold, with in terest from date of sale at 8 per cent, per annum, and 10 per cent At torney's fees, if so collected after maturity. If purchaser shall fail to comply with terms of sale within one hour thereafter, said premises will be resold at risk of former purchaser. Purchaser to pay for stamps and pa pers. J.H.CANTELOU, Maker E. Co., S. C. Edgefield, S. C., Nov. 8, 1921. For Every Room in the House In the k lichen SAPOLIO cleans pots,pans^ oilcloth and ^cutlery; in the bathroom SAPOLIO cleans porcelain, marble, tiling -the wcish basin and bathtub; Ia the halltxay SAPOUO cleans painted wood work, doors, sills and concrete or stone floors. See that the name SAPOUO is on every package. ENOCH MORGAN'S ? SONS CO. Sole Manufacturer? New York U.S.A. THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C Capital and Surplus.$175,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC . . * . > ? -. -. * ? ' >.<. Open Tour account with us for the yfcar 1921. Invest your Ravings in one .of our Internst Bearii j Certificates- of Deposit. . Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable pa pers, etc. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Buainess. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO: Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Feeds. Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horsed Feed Our Leaders ' Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets v On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C E. May. zegeoBgi >:< 1 > < Z i t I ?:c I M Z x Z ti Z Ki Barrett & Company (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta Georgia H Z > < Z VA Z ii ? 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