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L A- . - jJ&fggUfidS IN BARNWELL Ninth of ar* Series of Articles By Cdl. L I Watons- The Lowiy Pinder and the Japanese Soy Beans.as Cash Crop Under Boll Weevil Conditions. .. ■*- - From time toTtme, in-these articles, I have made fpecific mention of pea- tiate and sov (soja) beans as substitute crops for'cotton under boll weevil con ditions I am confident that from adaptability, both as to spil and cli mate, preparation , and cultivation, these-crops are destined to play a highly important t>art in saving Barn- well county from disaster. Both crops . can be handled in a more extensive way .than cottW. because they lend them T l’l.AXTJXti PEANUTS. A<}«m*ding to the noted soil battering legist, l>fvJr:eob G, 1/ipman. if a sdiJ is not sweet iiiid also fairly rich in or- gapic matter, aiitkhas.not successfully grown the legume cBho it is proposed "to plant within a year orHwo r itis qn • wise to plant that cr p. withn^t jin t t.i’ation, as there will he too few. ous bacteria in the soil suited to inrtioeiar Crop. Inoculation of ih croji should, therefore..bp a fixed part Many Matters of Importance Brought Up a at Meeting of Tax-payers. and Members of County Delegation. * - - . - . * r ~~~ ■'T * '• 1 4 •< County and Crrrtiit Court and Roads Discussed. Shipment From District f ortidden. ThrttUes - of Safety Regulations Governing Transportation of Products Made Plain by Officers. ‘:The tlijie has come the Walrus said- ^fo talk-of many things,/ Of ships and shoes, and sealing wfcx Aid cabbages aid kings.” — And they.did at.tire meeting Monday. Despite t*he very inclemt nt and dis- ible> weather there -\vt,*» » rqirt*- feutative gathering of B.ariiweil county taxpayers present at the meeting lie re i.d iy. ,* Dr VV. C. Smith of W-i listen y*re>ivT-ct, with It. B yyd Cole as secre- ch-aingang for the past twelve months Special to The Sentinel :' i.- . selves to cultivation and IiargeatmgJiy-.. ^uive program, and-ta easily aifd cheap- duty mechanical means to a tar greater d,*- gfee than cotton. Farmers are not prone to change front a profitable crop to one with which,they have but slight acquaintance, and the n.nly reason tlf*>y | do not how plant peanuts and soy beans is because they are not. on intimate terms with these crops. r <4^wwwi.'Sia,i^ni-T i o m:..vi\Ess. In boll weeviI'di-trieU-nW.n> co ton seed oil mills have Ivon forced io Clo-e because of lack, of seed. Some if ’i.i• *'*e mills have re-opened as grniing <?I x velvet beaus - in the'pod’to m :V.plu.‘> Opened ui for tledn n business • O lior- ■have m'ade aiigiit e1ui iges in thidr ma chinery and jue now grinding aVi peanuts and soy beans, fellr.iVfj the . oil. and iur-iishiug a .flue: quality of L meal for stock feeding < <*|»*rar <> i- Peanut-oirafter being kctincil. is large ly uatd row as a substitute Tor plivi* oil, and likewise for cotton seed pil. - CASH MARKETS.. Small red and white Spanish peailuts. are now selling for crushing purposes nt Wilmingtqn. N. C.. at $1 30 per bu. SO pounds. At the recent boll weevil Mana- -, ger Eve of the Sea Island Cotton Seed Oil Company of Charleston stated that liis mill was paying four cents a pound —- or-$T2u per bushel for Spanish peanuts iu the shells. ■—— 1 yd one with niirti-culture: Either home' shelled peanuts, or peanfits that have been broken in tvro shou'd be used for seed,' and inferior inits fi j-eted Low r dgerf; 30 inches apart should b thrown up, and the following ferti lizer., also home made, applied in the i n J - wo or threa weeks before nlant- i'*g: . ' .. ■/ ■■■ . h, ':X. ; 1,000 lbs of nvi. 1 or ground limestone,. 7 T) 11 >s o f. 16 p O e e-i 11 a c 1 d* phosphate, 2tW lbs of c*>t ton seed meal. Of 'the ab ve. use from tljOUbs to 1,000 lbs per acre, according to tho_ter- lility ( f the land.' The cotton set a H<>n Jas. EvDa’vis discussed his - pro posed <>*nintv ceb^t biiI, by which he .hopes to decrease th>^onrt expense of ti e county. The bill AAqis gprU'rally discussed,' the concensus of^Ainion -be ing t half it Would ‘b'e a go id idea^tH^nsss the.ljiJJ and let the people of the c ty sAy whether or.not they want' d the court—It being'ifecessary to submit it to the people under tin* cmstitulioi . (The full text of the hill v i.l tie jnrb-4jugb cost the county mbre than f20 000 with salaries of pdfice.rs incident to the man agement etc the ew>t would, run up to $25 000, thi.- with the commu'ation tax' expended in life different, townships would carry the cost of building and maintaining the roads to more than- ‘$30,000. Jle was'of the opinion that we need no.jbore-money for roads • if this amount was exjn nd'ed judiciously, He was not cruising the present^or former ■members of the eb m.y be^rd of com missioners, but thought-*haj our pfes- ent systetnAvas obs iete and antiquat ed, and that toe fault biy^yvith the sys tem and not with the t tficera ^_J.; Mtirgan Weathefabeej a member of the present Tw 5 a r «i of cotinty. commis sioners, point 'd out 1 hat- the • expenses nnirrg-th- r> ad-* and bridged hc to do so before the f|r»V week In Fep. sTlir co u x‘ year wo ud be thi- yenrHb-ea.ise ,,»f th** more jhaiv scarcity and utnd rTo provides a line c 1 It lire. roedi- lislu-d in The Seotitwl in the near, fu ture-) I<r L K. Bonner suggested -the ad- v.isfbrflty . .of pa-sing a *aw t rohibitii.g the sale of wide bread- v» hie Vs aft- r a stated date in order .To have a 1 ! v<nr igii.priee ul i be r fur bridges, r ^ A^rooiut; * 1 offVted by Dr Bonner j r que-ii g th— del-gHimi to' enact a I r ef *r. ud i.mliiiia"Hr.‘ t. > jKoVub* for a iil/'roid tax of two tlnffS' was? uiu tor : to* bacteria; 1 S'i> c j tabled. . - t • A rc.-olution by f ’apt K^cn-oly p.f no:nrrnt'*‘e to be composed of one nr n from each town-, fvwnripan W..O. Smith, when called ! ship to rt pre-err the t ixnay rs ! of his m til s i.d lev! to glv- the peanut a send ufFwotiLt: n baouria cAie ueocuiate it, hides can form io the* narrow tread uSt d - v .tLi.g fifaileeritt mi pVaetically' all aiitnmobi I'vX.. I'V* The SecretaTf^f the Southern Cot-, ton Seed Crushers Adoration at Col- umbii, informs me that [heir, mills are paying $1.20 per buauei lor Spanish peanuts, in the shells. • M- The Secretary of the Southern Cot ton Seed druthers Association at Col umbia. informs me that their mills are 1 .paying $2 00 per bushel of A0 lbs for soy beans, f,'o. b:,Kprth Carolina ship- frejgbt nt ffi (IO • per ton to Columbia.. * Choice- soy-beans for seed purposes are quoted at $2 50 per bushel.'for the — Mammoth Yellow and the Hollybrook. It is easier to raise 30 bushels of' soy bsana, or 100 bushels of Spanish pea nuts to the acre than it is to raise a bale of cotton. Cotton requires, under our present system, fertilisers high in eitrogen, which is very expensive when bought in sgcks, while peanuts' and soy beans require none—only inoculation with! nitro-cultures, whicih can be ob tained from this department by citizens of 8outh Carolina for forty cents an aere. ‘Cotton is a soil robben; and pea nuts and aoy beans areeoirbuilders, ; SOIL RaqUIRKMKNTS. . Both peanuts and soy beans do bet tsr in well prepared^-we 11 settled seed beds, on soil containing a fair amount of drganic matter, and that is not only free from acidity but that contains an excess of AUtlcium (lime) carbonate, as tupplied In phosph^f-marl or ground limestone. Marl is very largely used in the ;peanut-soy bean_ jaectlons of North Carolina and. Virginia, where both crops are extensively grown-, , Tliv peanuts oau, be planted u i,tlr a Beruhall oroilM-r peanut planter, S td ^ -Yi . X— l‘j inches.a*(iart in the drill. U a crust-should form before harrow iightiy. they. As s ron as sprenit, they arC o il of the ground, go td plow- [iig aud keep everlastingly at it unt il the fertilized flowers begin:‘’to peg”, ‘itch's time be sure the soli is in fin£ eqBdition-ttround the plant. .- . .• ‘ 1 HARVESTIMi. r T. 1 . By attaching a.‘.‘peanut point” to a^ plo^r frum wbiclLthe mold board has been removed, the tap,, root can.be Easily cut. The plant can then be lifted out easily with a pitchfork, the adhering dirt shaken from it aud al lowed to wilt. ' ’ stacking. 1 — - Poles eight and a half to nine feet long should be welt set. with cross pieces nailed near the ground, in order to keep the vines off the ground. The vines should then be stacked with the quits next to llm.flole. iaatxawatacks. On by. Doet ir L. F. Bonner to diVcu^s n ine&Mir.* providing for a s-peeial copiit^ tax of two ill '/I* lor r md const rflt , f ion. m i;. at li b> coop -r d * w iilf tin* I gi>l t- proposition of* « nuciing, a reterendirm4«*»<>‘ and grand. i*iry in bru ging about Olemeoh College, Jan. 10—In deter.* minind the distribution of the~Alexicao If Cotton l^oll \Veeyil it is not possible - to ] establish an actual weevil line which is absolutely dependable for accuracy. It can only be very closely approxi mated and for that reasou there is pro vided a belt 20 miles widxj in advance (k th»* actual weevil line as ofllciaJiy reported, mid this belt of 20 miles is know^i-as the safety zone; Thil drill protect free territory from straggling weevilsuhat may have advanced fur ther than official weevil lithe and re \ •_ j ■- mkined undiscovered. IT Is Oil LA W.FUL TO SHIP -PRO 1 * H1IUTED OR RESTRICTED ART I- TO 11 Y”ACROSS OFFICTAL WEEVIL L l^K-4 E— - i f IS UNLAWFUJ, TO SHIP PKOHlIilTED OR RES l’RIC 1 ED ARTICLES FltOM SAFTEY ZONE INTO FREE TER- UTrORY ‘ ; . The regulations of the.. South Carplj- na Stilt * Crop Pe-t CuminissioFi pro vide a 50 mile- quarantine line. This line is 50'mi!es in advance pf th** ac- lil w evil line «‘H officially p blisbed, or atl inil-s in advance ot the safety zone. Tubs belt, of .30 holes is known as the qnarkKtinc z nieT The obj et of relief was adnpt -d a t**r being amejtided by Rev. W. L. HaVes -t> provide used* And low in magnesium.. There are Ollier reasons, particularly the toxic,or m poiaonoos effect of magnesium on the «oit organiams usually called germ? or .fcMtaria, why the calcium compound Should largely exceed^the Knqgenesium compound in the lime product used. Mtecat two tons-.of phuspho-mari or ground limestone per acre shpu'd sed, applied either on a small rep aflcUl-is upi-ngr bread ;agf breakingXtha soiL And then Itn. Do. not plow under eith- Wlien the nuts rattle* in the shelter they are ready for picking. *' , Three or four . excellent mechanical pickers, e -sting around $400 each, art* manufaciurts-at Suffolk, Ya., and all do good work. Each has some special claim for consideration. The Benthall t* the Liliiston,.and the Ferguson all have their staunch advocates.. A good ma chine will pick, clean and sack 125 btishei b igs a day,and pickingco- ts from five ‘to teii cents a bmhrl, dependent on the amount of peanuts on the vi> es. .'Small farmers who piant ten to twen ty uare 1 , usually employ.others owning the machine to .du tbe {uisking. Oo- operative-ownership among a group of farmers is also practfcvdqi 1 rd has much to commend it. Where a group of farmers plant an aggregate of 100 to able anroiyht of additional money for road building, but thought ihai^tie first step to take was to have an eff - cieivfyXxpert pass upon our present methods of cotinty 'government and see if under the existing syst-m we were getting full valuecfor every dollar of public - money expended, ‘!Get the be«t methods for road building first, and then the- people will gladly con tribute through ta,xtUion whatever is necessary to give us good roads!” said Dr Smith. ' Col H. D. Calhoun endoysed the 4 county court as a progressive measure and also suggested the advisability of the county getting an option for four years on a large tract of land and op erate a county, farm torfurnDh supplies t.n the...Jgnad working crews, lie o'p- 200 acres of ( pea nuts, they couICTweir afford t» club together in the purchase of a machine. In*pinking-*he vines are chopped op and makes excellent hay. . . After hogs have gleaned the field, a Oliver crop of rjV and veteb, eltiver and vetch, or clover aione should be seedt d to be turupii iu«tne Spring, after grazing. Fean\jts .should be grown only in a three or four. year-^nUatiou, and the stated that ye was i ot opposed* to ab j ft»r an executive committee^ .of ecimonueal .'expenditure, of a ruison-! three to take up all 1 matters brought>0 the aiteotion-of the steering committee with the proiper parties - The steering commitiee was named from the ft .*or as follows: Allendale, J. H. ilewlette; llaldoc. W. I.' Johns; Barnwell, Butler Ilk good; Bennett Spring-*, J. A. Meyer; BlackvillerOr J. Fickling; Bull Pond, W. Z. Bryan; Fotir Mile, D. W. Brown;. Georges Creek, J. O. Sanders: Great Cypress, J. W. Walker^ Red Oak, H.-J*. Ander son ; Rich Land. F. H. Dicks; Rose mary, J. W. Folk; Sycamore, JjD. Jenny ;,Williston, A, M.,Kennedy. _ Tnis committee will m^et at the C( urt hous* 1 at 11 o'clock o,n Tuesday Jaquary 23d to. organize and outline the work 10 be done at once. Another resolution introduced by d&PJL. Ken lit (1R, ,;,j1 n.Ls=at<4aptMd *as N* call to the attention of the grand jury the' many unnecessary delays iuthe circuit court, and urge them to do their part ii|Remedying the evil, and also to request the members of the Barnwep bar to do all iu their power to ffre- vei^t delays in bringing litigants into court. * ^ Some one suggested the (Cdvisibility Of haying expert accountants go - oyer Cap*. C. IT. Matthi^ of B ackyille in discua- sing llua was.oppo‘ed to the idea. lie Citeil the auditing of the county dig pensary board’s, books and stated that as near as he could find out,—the-only error tiiat was found was one of $50 and that the expert accountanrs sub mitted a bill for several hundred dol lars. v ‘lt looked to me like it was a case of get you out and get me in,” continued.Mr Matin*.- Mr W’eathers- A •' *• v bee, a member dTPlie.county board-of commissioners Stated that on the ard'er' of the circuneburt his board bad paid a bill of $620 to (be accountants for thfe smvices render***! in clrecking up the posed raising the taxes at thisjiin**. ^vmecially iu view.of-tbe near advent of theHro+F^reevil. ; ' X x Capt A. M. -K u nnedy of Willistbtj ad roc4te*l giod roads strenuously but first of all he wanted efficiency. The this zotse is IttsJ'rotect free,territory against sudden advAocesnf the weevil such us are. made in nigh winds, for example.ing -the grow>qg' season wheii th4 weevils are active. nAi the present time>while the weevils ariXin hjbefnation v and are not active tl. State Crop Pest Commission will per mit movement of cotton seed from . - , .s\.r ^ ' . * quarantine zone (but not from safety zone) into free territory. -THOSE IN TENDING TO SHIP SEED AREOAU. T ION ED THAT THE QUARANTINE ZONE WlCL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS SOON AS TH£ SEASON AP PROACHES AGAIN WHEN THE WEEVIL RESUMES ACTIVITY, this time can not be exactly forecasted Those wishing to move Med are urged ruary. A map shoeing the Weevil ter-, ritorj, as well *g the safety aud quar~ antine zone, may be obtained by ap* plying to the State CropfPest Commit- sion, Clemsou C#)U«ge, fjv C. V Bri. fly. shipment of restricterl and prohibited articles are governed at j follows; First, nq Restricted or pro hibited angles can be moved from weevil territory a*srot>* actual weevil line as officially announcei inti safety zone; quarantine z me or fyee territory. Secondj-no prohibited or ceatqeted ar ticles can be shipred from safety zone (which it a belt 20 miles wide in ad vance of the official weeviL-Jine) into quarantine zone or free territory. Third, the quarantine zone will be ordered effective as soon an it heehmea necessary, owing to weather conditions; , lb.ia is a belt .30.miles widfe in Advance - of the safely zone and nb re^trioted or * prohibited articles can beishippea from this quarantine* zone after (quarantine zone has been ordered effective by the State Crop pest Commission, Tuere are three lines inVplved in quarantine. First, the M actual weevil Rye ajs officially published.:, ^The-dine *J(‘miles in advance of the bWl weefil line i** known as the safety line. Th# line 30 tnjb'8 in advance of the safety zbae or 50 nriJtji m advance of the ac» ttial weevil lire ikkhown Thq quar antine line. ' ‘ >\ t. - ■ The saftty line .which isnow. effective begins on t^ir* Savannah river in Edge- field county running southeast th^ougl(_7: Parksville, Franklin, ltupers, W#rrei;« ” ille Station west of Aiken, through ha in ' Aiken county,- through Weatiife<gbee, west of... Barnwell, . through Y>n()me, Kline, Allendale wayt of Fairfax, through Rosebud in Ham pton county ^^Cqpes, Freeman, ? Ridgeland in_Jaspe>\countv t then straight south througt^" Bluff ton, through Central Bulls IsT&pd and Braddocks point, - - Yours truly, H. W. Barry, A. F. Con rad i. State Pathologist. State Entomologist ih TEACHERS AHD TRUSTEES MET HERE LAST SATURDAY TWO U. D. C- CHAPTERS , ORGANIZED UST WEEK the purpose, threshing and sacking the beans in the field, the cut up vines be ing left-for soil* improvement. , .. , . , f - „ .7 T , uCTu - all the books of county officers, A$ pasture, soy beans are in high re- • J ’ pute for fattening hogs, but like the peanut, makes soft meat, which must _ be hardened^with a grain, potato or other ration, relatively high in starches and protein and low in faT The meal afte*4k«-oil is extracted, of both pea* imt8;8nd sov beaus, will produce hard pork ready for the market, it mixed with grain; . —— —*-*■ With a field of peanuts, another of soy beans,one of sweet potatoes, and another of corn-velvet beans and cow peas, all to be ‘‘hogged tfff” ’’Barnwell]‘ County should prod-ucis hogs for.the Oj.ajigeb.urg Packing P.ant as she used LIME REQUIREMENTS.* As all crops containing large percent Ages of protofin require nuich-c»a’cioMT; -^niLalioklil.^.always- b>* iuned ahead of It. ia important that the' lime the crop. f -" PurriHira muring u.igur** Ttr harvest jmestone 1 peuiiUtp as are fenced, they can be profitably/'hog ged off,” and an acre of peanuti hog ged offed is said to be equal to an ac^e of peavjnes-turned dnder iu building the soil. -—'• ; . *»■ ^ BEANS. : * * Tue, same general directions given for peanuts apply to soy beans as a ejash crop, but the rows should be 88 ■irchwniMia Gp'til'MrtwiMWWi to priiduce ”K ilb Gems,”—bv Jtho train loud. The future of farming in Barnwell County'iff bright .for the Termer who fences his land, grows _ leguminous crops to be marketed in cattle and hogs, with “five acrea of cotton to the plow” ah A tide le issue Jwhjy^jtlj^joll -weevil gets in hia deadlywor*^^^^" VGet ready without delay to defeii' what you have got from the arm/of' invasion now encamped in W005I#; brush Heap, ditch banks aerpgs tLrBavanuah, That army has not passp<i by any far mer in its path from/TeXas to Georgia. All farmers, all soil* and all cotton -look alike to hunt ■ Its sole ration is cotton, §nd if the food supply is cut off or diminished, the army will dollar h*»s dn*{Lensary books, Practically every township in the county , was represem-ted by. oue or more progressive^rliilzen* indthemeil- : iiig was gn in^resting- and enthustus- for Efficiency; one. All pTilu* “r*:pre entutives in the sedation held its third meeting here last Saturday. Thb jPfustees of the country schools were invited to attend, and a special program was arranged for their benefit. ‘Though* thf weather was very inclement the attendance waa the largest since the beginning of the echoed session. w . v 19 > •«' Afb*r a delightful musical program by the teachers and pupila of the Barn- welDHigh Scholl, the meeting was ad dressed by Superintendent M. B. S* If of Williaton. Hie themswai Relations and Duties of th^Teacher to the Trus tees, and his words were listened to Mr Self.was followed by Messrs. Z, L. Madden, Superintendent of .Black- vilte Schools and A, H. ifinastenrof Black ville. Their subject- was Rela tions of the trpatees tovthe Teacher and the Schol) Spirit. These“ gejrttWman hand led: their theme* with marked abil- »tj>/^ ,v /Dr \V\ M. Jone?, a member- of the cAunty School. Board next addressed ' 1. ' the'association on the subject of Mcn-> tai Hospitality. Dr Jones spoke ip-dris usual refined and interesling Dr Patterson iVardlaw mdde'an able address oh the subje^Vof organization Dr. Wardl.aw has. a week to the Edisto district when the Jefferson Davis chapter of BlackiHlle and the Johnson Hsgood chapter of Barnwell were reorganized. Mrs. John Cart, first vice president, assisted in the reorganization. The reorganization of the Jefferson Davis chapter took - , place on Wednesday, tlpA membership beiug 82 and officers as follows: Presi dent, Miss Mary $. Williams; vice- president, MUa Marie Ferrell; record ing secretary, Mias H. B. Milhous ; epr- responding seervUry^lMiss Boat Rich ; treasurer, Mrs. C. B. Fishburne; regis trar, Mrs. L, 0. Still ; historian, Mrs, W. J. Walker; reeorder of iroteea.Mm. I>. K. Briggs/Theie waa mueh enthu- ►isiffl ahown and the offieers went in mediately to work to - make plsos f >r the year , book with a programme of history. musie and soeigKhour. Thu February meeting ^ilf be held With Mrs Rebejia R.ic A genera^5sjemhl/ were present except ^Allendale. BESSINCER-BRONW. '/Special to The ^eiuii el Glar.Jan, 16— Mi's Emma, attract tivje daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Be*sin-' a machine. The Keystone/Harvtsterr made in.York, Pa.,.and costing around $125, w va;d to be the best-mach na for —Next wf pk, ‘‘Cofton-nn E. J. Watsqn. Commis.'iouet, Dept, of AKricultlnre, day night at 7‘o'clock, to Mr Forest S. B own of Spartanburg, ?v Q. • Only a few relatives were present at the.cert- «PwyJA» H—r*G-kisi tirrmnl nf th* 1 Methodist-church performed the warm place ijKfhe hearta of the South Carolina teacher* and the “closest at- dresA.v A sp’endld repABt~wat 10 teachers and trustees by the pupils and tcaehe>8 of the Williston schooj board . train for a honey-moon trip to Atlanta and Florida. After which they ger of this places marUM Wedne£^^ iH make thei^ome iiHfAesburg, Ga. \ Mr Brown is a prominent busioeiss man of Leesburg. iends-of Mir Reid Warner, will he elad to knowthRt c* rem*>ny. Shortly after im* uiarringe, • s e is much improved after a *eeks i 1- Uie bnde anitgtfom letv on tne S. a ;/ist»s. ~ r . . ' ” ., The Johiijoiu^Hsgood chapter waa reorganized on Thursday and the fol- lowm^bfficers were elected,*: President, re. Ada JL- Burkhalter; vice preaT* dent.^Mrs. T S. Cave; recording secre-- tafy, Mni. Betty O. Thomas; treasurer. Mrs, Eva D. Calhoun ; historian, Mrs, . {j* M. Calhoun ; registrar, Mr#, Stanl y Dicks; recorder o( crosses, Mrs. N. G.-»‘ W. Walker. 'Each oflfeer Assumed her duties and plans were laid feMhe year’s work. A appointed to arrange a programme of musical and historical numbers end t social hour/"The" chapter ’#10 ■«■$ with Mra.,Geq. H. Bates the first TueG- day in February. Mra Warrn Calhoun and Iiti’e son, William W^yne, are expeeted home today, from Bishopville. ’ * have been for a two weeks fi ~Mr IV.. H % Hnnvlev of ,Gl e*'Ur.'y v^* a busirtrs Vi*itur in t'*i Tuesday.”' — r~ -^v-—- •: v r , 4 " % ' ' r -^ • f