Edgefield Association.
This is the sixth oldest Associa
in the State, those previously or?
zed being Charleston, Bethel, B:
River, Savannah and Saluda.
Edgefield was probably formed f
the Bethel. There is no authe
record as to its organization,
minutes of old Hardy's church s
that at its April, 1807, meeting, i
sengers were appointed to after
conference "not far from old Ri
in contemplation of forming an a
ciation this side of Saluda." In
gust of the same year delegates v
sent to the Association. It was kn<
as the Beulah the first year. The i
reliable record available is the n
utes of the 1818 meeting.
At this time there were forty
churches with a total membership
2,259. These churches were wit
the territory now embraced in b
* Edgefield and Ridge, and many,
not all, now in Aiken and Edisto ; i
some from what is now Barnw
Orangeburg and Abbeville. The c
est churches now members of "
Edgefield are Horn's Creek, est:
lished in 1768, and Big Stevens Cn
in 1775. Horn's Creek is said to
{ the oldest church in this part of 1
State, and has been the center of
ligious'affairs in years gone by. 1
dies came on horseback frora Charl
ton on occasion, of dedication of fi:
building. - During the Revolutions
War Tories were encamped on t
grounds and attended services;
month later American soldiers w,?
there and attended services.
In 1821 Basil Manly went hoi
from the first meeting of the Sta
Convention with the Edgefield de.
gates and did a great work preachii
the gospel. He was one of the coi
mittee appointed by the Conventh
to select a site for Furman Acaden
and Theological Institute. The scho
was established at Edgefield and o
ened in 1827, wjth Joseph Warne, f
Englishman, as principal. Here we:
the seeds sown that in later yea
grew into our Furman University ar
Theological Seminary. Dr. W. 1
Johnson was pastor at Edgefield i
president of the Female College. Tl
records show tlnot the Edgefield A
/> sociation was loyal to education b
its contributions. In 1851, at a cn
cial'period, two men from the Edgi
field, pledged their savings to th
amount of $1,000 each that Furma
University might be establishe<
Among other great educational leac
ers and Christian workers wen
Nickolas Ware Hodges, Zebulon Rx
dolf, James M. Chiles, Zedekiah Wal
?ihs, John Trapp, D. D. Brunson, J
Norris and W. P. Hill.
So far as we know Rev. Edmun
Bostford, founder of Steven's Creel
church, was one of the first preacher
in this section. In 1818, the name
of ordained ministers were ; Johi
Landrum, Thomas DeLoach, S. Cart
ledge, James Head, Henry King, E
Brazial, P. Bush, F. Walker, J. Gal
loway, W. Walker and C. Davis. Dur
ing the period 1820-30 there was i
scarcity of ministers.
Old Customs and Practices.
One of the main objects was tc
promote acquaintance, union and fel
lowship among brethren, churches
and associations. Messengers were
received from and sent to other as
sociations so that a uniformity ol
faith and practice might be promot
ed. Questions cn doctrine were usual
ly, discussed. Mission work was fos
. fered. At the 1816 annual meeting a
-collection of $421.50 was taken for
publication of the Bui ma Bible. Tem
perance was a live question as early
as 1824. It was stated that many
practiced total ?bstinence. There
were a few Sunday schools which re
ceived favorable comment.
State of Religion.
There was a great revival in 1809
10. At Antioch 180 were added to
k the church. The greatest revival in
the history of the body was in 1831.
There were times of religious de
pression, so low that at the meeting
in 1824, a resolution was passed to
set apart the last Friday in December
as a day of fasting, humiliation and
prayer. They looked upon the scourge
of yellow fever in Charleston,
drought of the past summer and the
recent severe storm, as warnings of
God's displeasure. During the 1831
Tevival some eight hundred were add
. ed to the church. At later periods
spiritual depression again was preva
lent and at times was attributed to
such causes as lack of proper observ
ance of the Sabbath and failure to
properly support the cause with ma
terial, goods.
Present.
At this time there are only twenty
churches in the body,'but each church
has a Sunday school and a Woman's
Missionary society. The present
membership is approximately 3,400,
with 2,000 pupils enrolled and 200
officers and teachers in the Sunday
. -schools. Within the bounds of the
Association are two important aux
iliaries, the'Sunday School Conven
tion and the Woman's Missionary Un
ion, each meeting annually. The total
pledged during the 75 Million Cam
paign was $163,000. The present offi
cers are: Orlando Sheppard, moder
ator; S. B. Mays, treasurer; J. H.
Courtney, clerk. Brother Sheppard
has been moderator for twenty-five
consecutive years 'and is considered
one of the best presiding officers in
?the State.-J. H. Courtney in Bap
tist Courier.
The Muscle Shoals Plant.
It is obvious that the United States
government itself is not going to
complete the Muscle Shoals project.
After spending many millions of dol
lars, this gigantic piece of engineer-1
ing seemed at one time destined to
lay idle and but for the concrete and
steel and the vast excavations, would
in a short time lapse back into the
virgin scenerythat was there before)
the hand of man began to mould it
into a power project so vast in its
possibilities as to almost beggar de
scription. x
There is, however, one man in
America with enough money and
with enough daring to risk many
more millions in the completion of
the project and since the government
is not going to do anything with it,
then let Henry Ford have it. Of
course, if there is any other concern
or individual in America who can
match his price to the government
and promise as great a development,
after it is bought from the govern
ment, then the government should de
cide which offer should be accepted.
Of course, Jf there is a better offer
than Ford's the government should
accept it without question.
The great point is to have this gi
gantic power development completed
in the interest of Southern industry.
There is enough power to be devel
oped at Muscle Shoals to run an in
dustrial . center with hundreds of
thousands of people. The juan with
the brains and the money can take
over this project and make it hum
and we of the South do not want to
see what has already been done fall
into disuse and rtvert to its former
state. It would be an economic crime
for the government of the United
States to throw away the $30,000,
000 to $40,000,000 that has already
been expended ?nd the - possibilities
of this development, when carried
to that degree that engineering skill-1
ed backed up by unlimited capital,
can carry it, are stupendous.
The government of the United
States wasted vast sums of money
during the world war, such as nearly
one billion dollars on airplanes with
out receiving any of the finished
product; millions on army camps,
which were abandoned only to con
struct new camps when those already
constructed would have served as
well or better, so do not compound
the folly by not developing Muscle
Shoals and refuse to allow anyone
else to develop it. The good sense of
the members of congress, the presi
dent and the cabinet should prevent
such a public calamity.-Augusta
Chronicle. -v
Greenwood People Appreciate
Agricultural Leaders.
"If you don't believe in the demon
stration agent it' is because you sit
at home and kick instead of learning
what he is doing," declared one wo
man at a recent meeting of Green
wood County Citizens, when strong
resolutions were adopted in support
of both home and farm demonstration
agents following a suggestion that
?ppropriations for these agents be
cut out as^a means of reducing taxes.
Another citizen, writing in the
Grenwood Index-Journal, put the
matter aptly in the following words:
There is no denying that there is
now apparent a spirit of greater will
ingness to be helped by co-operating
with the plans of these agents than
has been heretofore. Our self-suffi
ciency has de'parted and we are now
willing to get help if it is to be had
They are not the solution . of the
whole problem, but if they bring us
to the place where we will cooperate
for the common good, that is some
thing. \
"The idea of cutting out this work
as a means of economy suggests the
old story of killing the goosc_to get
the golden egg, for in this case, it
Would have been killing the goose
that laid the golden egg merely to
keep from feeding it. 'Three is that
scattereth yet increaseth, there is
that withholdeth. more than is meet,
yet tendeth to poverty.'
"A new year's resolve for us.all
to work with instead of against."
Trespass Notice.
All persons are hereby notified
that trespassing in every form is
strictly forbidden on the lands of the
undersigned and all persons who
fail to heed this notice will be prose
cuted under the law.
HUGH C. QUARLES,
R. V. Fi QUARLES.
The Cotton Crop of 1922.
There has .been a decline in cotton
recently and attributed to the belief
that cotton acreage would be increas
ed in 1922. In the warm sandy loam
sections of the country cthis might be
possible for some farmers have been1
very discouraged in the growing of
other crops. The fact is that the
growing of cotton has become such *a j
fixed habit with us that it is difficult
to shake it off. The profitableness of
growing cotton depends entirely upon
whethes agriculture is willing to obey
the plain rules of weevil control. At
presen agriculture is engaged not so
much in the killing of weevils as in
the propagation1 of weevils for the
universally unturned cotton fields in
our winters are all that weevil could
ask in the matter of care, protection
and perpetuation of race.
Red Lands.
"I do not see though, however, how
that the red lands of the South can
increase cotton acreage. Their ex
perience last year would indicate that
the red lands will have to get away
from cotton. We thought at pne time
that the Piedmont section, on account
of its coldness, would be largely free
from, weevils whereas this section
seems to suffer more than any other
section with weevil ravages. Whatever
increase in cotton acreage may occur
in the sandy lands may, therefor?, be
offset by a possible decrease in the
red hilly sections of the South. I find
every day that the people who are
willing to obey the rules for weevil
control are growing fair amounts of
cotton of course, on the proper kind
of soil. Here, for example, is Mr.
Bouknight.
Mr. J. H. Bouknight.
. J. H. Bouknight of Bouknight, S.
C., near Johnston, has been quite suc
cessful for two years in the produc
tion of cotton per acre. During the
season of 1920 he produced 122 bales
on 135 acres, chiefly early big boll
Cleveland cotton. This comes very
near being a bale to the acre. He paid
especial attention to the killing of
the winter 'weevil by plowing under
his cotton as early as possible and de
stroying alp surrounding stubble and
hedge rows.
If all of his cotton had been Cleve
land he says that he would have
made over one bale to the acre. He
used considerable Calcium Arsenate
in that year. Now in the season of
1921 he used exclusively Cleveland
cotton and he made .110 bales on 135
acres. He employed all the methods
For killing the winter weevil in the
buds. He used a horse with Calcium
Arsenate on the early weevil in the
buds. He used a horse power 'duster
an his later crop, dusting from one
ko three times on various portions of
the crop as needed. He picked up
squares once every week. He plowed
just as often as the rains allowed him
to do so. He planted exceedingly
early, late March and April the 5th.
Most of his soil is. a fine texture of
sand underlaid with clay, thus afford
ing a warm soil.
His Neighbors.
Several neighbors who pursued the
same course made about the same
amount of cotton per acre. Many of
Mr. Bouknight's neighbors who fail
ed to carry out the above cultural
methods only made one bale to three
or four acres while Mr. Bouknight
made about eight-tenths of a bale
per acre. Mr. Bouknight this past fall
destroyed his cotton stalks early and
proposes to use liberally of Calcium
Arsenate next spring and next sum
mer. Mr. Bouknight will plant about
the same acreage in cotton this year
as the last two years. Mr. Bouknight,
while he has good clay soil, is not try
ing to grow cotton on anything ex
cept a warni sandy loam and he con
siders that this is an essential in cob;
ton growing.
A Freak. ?**
Mr. Bouknight tells me of a
strange freak which I cannot ex
plain. There is near by him in-a pas
ture, a short leaf pine about e;ght
inches in diameter, eight to ten feet
high, and growing out of that is a
wild cherry tree with much the same
diameter and with many limbs and
twelve or fifteen feet high. These
wild cherries have been in full bear
ing. Unfortunately this freak of a
tree recently was killed by wire
fencing. As to whether this was a
case of grafting by man or whether
it was some chance wild cherry seed
growing out of the bark of the pine
tree no one can know. I do not know
in all my experience a freak of this
kind, and, in fact, any nurseryman
would say that it would be impossible
for a wild cherry tree to thus grow
out of a short leaf pine.-N. L. Wil
lett in Augusta Chronicle.
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Boll Weevil Poisoning in 1922.
Clemson College, Jan. 23.-Poison
ing cotton with calcium arsenate may
be exp?cted to pay:
h When used on high yielding
land.
2. When weevil infestation
heavy.
3. When the poison is properly
applied according to a correct sche
dule.
4. When 'weather conditions are
reasonably favorable for poisoning.
Farmers planning to poison this
season should secure a copy of Cir
cular 162, U. S. Department of Agri-'
culture, "Poisoning the Cotton Boll
Weevil," which may be obtained
from ' the Extension Service, Clem
son College; the Delta Laboratory,
Tallulah, La., . or the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
C., advises Prof. A. F. Conradi, en
tomologist. This circular contains less
than three pages of print, but the in
formation is to the point, and no far
mer should undertake poisoning be
fore studying it and making sure that
he understands thoroughly every step
in the operation. Farmers are cau
tioned that poisoning is a serious and
complicated operation, and that no
one should undertake it unless he has
determined to do it coiTectly. Many
f?ilures result from improper appli
cation, due to the lack of effort on
the part of the farmer to inform him
self.
No one should be disappointed at
failure the first year because poison
ing must be learned just as we have
had to learn other processes in farm
ing. Those having no experience
arc; cautioned to go easy and not un
dertake too much the first season.
Poisoning, like most farm operations,
is not fool-proof. While it has been
demonstrated that the weevil can be
poisoned profitably with proper meth
ods and machines and under favor
able weather conditions for poison
ing, the farmer is also cautioned that
unfavorable conditions and improper
methods will undoubtedly cause com
plete failure.
Regardless of how much poisoning
the farmer intends to do, soil build- j
ing should be kept up vigorously. Any
successful poisoning program is de
pendent on high yielding land. There
is no evidence that poisoning will
pay on poor land. It is no more ex
pensive to poison an acre of high
yielding land than to poison an acre
of paar land.
Any one intending to poison
should begin right now and get in
iorrca'ion and study it hard and se
riously, and should tak eup the mat
ter with the county agent so ?s to
enable the Extension Service to keep
in touc hand assist in every way pos
sible. * j
The Farm "Bloc" in Congress.
Almost from the inception of this
government the big Business inter
ests, and more particularly the big
mosey interests, have been represent
ed in Congress by a set of men who
have never failed to vote for legis
lation which would be favorable to
those interests, or to oppose legisla
tion framed to curtail their privileg
es. These men know the powers be
hind their election. In plain farmer
language, they know on which side
their bread is buttered and where the
butter comes from. They uave always
instinctively voted "right." These
same interests, or a part of them, are
now expressing grave fears that the
friends of the farmers who now sit
in the halls of Congress have organ
ized a "bloc" and are seeking class
legislation. A Republican congress
man named Ansorge, of New York,
is agitated so much that he has pro
posed a bill to make it unlawful to
form "blocs," or in other words, for
Congressmen representing certain in
terests, to stick together when it
comes to voting. Such a law, of
course, would prove a barrier to ac
tion by the Wall Street "bloc," but
Mr. Ansorge probably did not thinks
of that phase of it or else he intend
ed that his bill should apply only to
those members of Congress who are
far seeing enough to know that prosf|
perity can not come even to Wall
Street until it first reaches the pro
ducers.
Congressmen who have been instru
mental in passing legislation favor
able to the producers are not alone
representing the farmers. They are
representing the people. If it has
been necessary for them to form a
"block," or get together to block oth
er pending legislation until they can
receive a hearing on measures which
to them appear to be of greater im
portance, they have done no more
than follow the methods of those who
have for years performed the same
service for Wall Street. It is time that
so-called "Big Business" made way
for the larger business, that of Agri
culture and Livestock. At any rate
they should divide time with them.
Farm and Ranch.
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