Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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USE FERTILIZERS MOST LIBERALLY QUANTITY PER ACRE REACHED JIAX13I I'M HERE Comm/ss/ouer Watson Rev/eus H/s tory of AverJ'-sre Per Acre ;s Ue mark able (Written for The State, upon request, by E. J. Watson, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries .or South Carolina.) The story of the growth of both the use and misuse ?: couiuiex^iai iulilizers in the State of South Carolina i is almost unbelievable. In 1SS9 the 1 State of South Carolina paid out $4,494,410 for commercial fertilizers. By j 1909 the annual fertilizer 6ill had j jumped for mixed fertilizers alone to ! the vast sum of $15,162,017, or 27.3 per cent. This last figure for the year 1909 is tee federal census figure and does not refer to the actual cash out lay for fertilizers. As a matter of fact, in that year the farmers of this State paid, according to the official records, $18,772,515 for commercial fertilizers alone and used in addition for fertilizer purposes cottonseed J meal to the extent of $3,658,330. The census figures were made up on returns from only 140)303 farms. In the same year there was spent in the ~ e - ~.?,? forti Llilted states ior uuuu'uici v/iai | lizers the sum of $114,8S3,000, it t!':us j being seen that the State of South | Carolina bv 1909 was using very j nearly one-fi'.'th of all the commercial j fertilizer bought and sold in tfce 1 Tniteti States. uXoteworthy and Sad." lit is noteworthy- and sad that of this vast sum of money the sum of $75,752,296 or 65.9 per cent, was spent by the people of the 'South. Of ; this amount $59,625,130 was spent ! by the people of the Soutla Atlantic States. On the basis of the 1910 cen- , sus figures about 19-20ths of the ex- j penditures for fertilizers in the entire United States was from tie sec tions east of tlhe Mississippi river.) The leading States in expenditures in that year on the basis of the federal figures were Georgia, with $16,860,000; South Carolina with $15,162,000; Xorth Carolina with $12,263,000, and Alabama with $7,631,000. Tie average expenditure per acre for ferti- i ??*r - - _ lizers varied from 1 cent in the West | to $1.23 per acfe in the South Atlantic j States. Texas spent but little more than half a million dollars and' Arkansas likewise. Oklahoma spent only $29,092. j It is not. known what the expenditures in tfoe nation are for the last crop year for commercial fertilizers ( but it is doubtful if the increase has \ been a very extensive one. Tne nign- i est estimate that anybody has ventured to make is $175,000,000 and that is undoubtedly too large. During tfte past year the income on the fertilizer tax at 25 cents per ton for : commercial fertilizers, including cot- ; tonseed meal, was $276,291.94, which means that 1,105,168 tons of these materials paid the tax in this State for the year ending July 31, 1914. If this material averaeed in cost $30 per ton it would represent an expenditure of o^er $30,000,000. Very probably, however, not more than 145,000 tons : of cottonseed meal were used, and ! on the basis of the actual figures ! quoted above for the year 1909 this J would represent an expenditure for i the year 1913-14 of $25,63'9.780, this j reaching toward an expenditure of! one-fourth of the commercial fertf- j 1,'are Krmof-t onH onnsiimpd in the JJ/JCI O WVU^.- V I'nited States, provided the increase for the nation at larse has not been a very great one and it is doubtful that it has been. Distribution. South Carolina on a ma-p wit"! each dot representing $5,000 spent for fertilizers would ^ave a black streak be sinnine "with ryfarlboro county and running soutHwestwand parallel with the coast through Orangeburg and "RamiHere and thence extending to the Fararmah river northward to tf^e Xorth Carolina-Ceorgia line. On the came basis North Carolina would "have a black si>ot about one-third the 'T- -rv^T^.V-n size in ine hoj-uiwcsinu (ajuivu w that State and Georgia would have '?op c-mqii cr^pfc in the southwest 'n t^e "middle section and on the Ala"ho-r.a border, extending: over into Alabama. Tn 1891 South Carolina us^d 212.29? tons of commercial fertilizer, inr>i-!v<-i;rio' mpfli, consumption was never r^acf-pd a^ain until the year 1S97. when it was 243.347. Gradual jv wiTri pgcn siiccef'iiiis v*-xr i"C .u<?nmT>fion erre"^*. unti1 in 1904 it i,^e Pv 1909 834.334 tons of rf^mrnPTcial fertilizpr wer? :;~?i ?nd 140 70^ tons of meal, and t"ip ta\* rparh^d and nass^d the $200,000 ror thp first ime Ti? fhp pntire aerea<re for 19110. on I fHc ten ^adinsr crans in the Stato bp ft *"^'pn as a bacis it -will be seen that K the annual exnenditure per acre for I I commercial fertilizers and fertilizing! 'material in South Carolina at this ' time exceeds $4.50 per acre, which j is a condition ti at does not exist in j any other State, unless perchance it be Georgia, anu :n proportion to area !it is very doubtful if Georgia ever ap| proaches this fig .ire. .mmm OlUi.VM/lXi ^IVrriMT ? AKfcJKM I L.ti | Requirements Are >I?ule Public to Which Must Conform Warehouses Leased for the State. i The State, 7th. I Appointments as follows were made yesterday by the State warehouse ar- T^Vin T, \T>T .a n rin oC vjuill uiisaiuut i , uvmu *- . w Bennettsville: J. G. L. White, Chester, deputy commissioner, in special charge of all State-operated warehouses. James A. Drake, Bennettsville, chief inspector of warehouses. John K. Aull, Columbia, secretary to the commissioner. Offices of the commissioner will be removed at once to the office building of the old State dispensary plant at Geri.ais and Pulaski streets. TY.e premises are still State property, but are under lease to two storage concerns. the Columbia Warehouse and Transfer company and the, Columbia Wase and Warehouse company. G. I A. Guignard is president of the former j nAmnoTiv ond j A Mpptze of the lat- I V/Will Cuiu -? - ter. Senator McLaurin's temporary headquarters are at the Jefferson hotel. Blank forms of proposals to lease to t'.e State premises suitable for use as cotton warehouses were dra ted yesterday by the commissioner, as was also a statement of requirements to which such places must conform to be acceptable. Hyv** ,'ao ii 1*CH/C5 licijuiiviuvuici "Xo warehouse can be accepted," this .statement says, "which does not pay expenses. The State can charge no profit, but must be protected against loss. Operating expenses will vary with different types of warehouses and include interest on the capital invested in the property. "The State will take over a warehouse at a rental which will include the fixed charge otf interest on capital, salaries of manager and employes, all of, which will be a matter of adjust ment between the State ana persons owning tbe property, charges .or storage being adjusted to cover same in the individual warehouse. "It is the purpose of the commis- j sioner to encourage the erection oif j warehouses in each community, which said warehouses may be of | ~ brick or corrugated iron and wV.ich GO may be planked up at each end, with ; not more than 800 bales in a ware- I house or compartment thereof, These Ex can 'be taken over at a nominal rental and parties owning the warehouse can fix storage charges to include weighing, grading, insurance and a small Th charge to defray expenses under this I 0 act. tas Bond is Exacted. to "A bond will be required from these va: local officers guaranteeing weights, off grades, condition and the safekeeping an of t!ae cotton in their ctarge, so as ini to protect the State against loss." liu The blank form of proposal provides for information as follows: Lo- coi cation and description of building, | ag nimber of bales now stored in it, rate ' Ue charged, capacity, insurance rate, CeJ rating, number and pay of employes j jj including laborers and watchman, ur total receipts per month, cost of op- mc eration per month, net proift per ge. month, names of officers, if a corpora- jn tion, amount of capital stock, divi-:wj dends paid in 1911, 1912 and 1913; if ^ privately owned how long in us4, ; profits in 1911, 1912 and 1913. jna Warehouse receipts to be used will ^ gaurantee, in the name of the State, the title, weight, grade and condition ^ of cotton whicfr they* represent. Sena- ' r>T? M/>T.anrin savs hp is using: SDecial ~ ~ " w * se< care to safeguard these certificates, with a view to making tlliem easily er< negotiable secunty m the money cea- , . 3.S tres o; the North as well as at home.1 ^ Senator McLaurin left last night . for the Pee Dee. He expects to spend in 0D today at his home in Bennetsrille. ^ ? i?* __ 1? Ha Will Handle Appies huviscsjuc. i From Southern Pines Tourist. j ^ Three a' Southern Pines grocery frc houses, J. L. Smith & Son, Une Hun- fei tress Grocery and the P. & R. Grocery and I. L. Hamlin's City Market, iave S1( formed a company to be known as the 'Southern Pines Distributing Com- ?ti pany. The new company will buy fln/1 \-UOr?vtfnrh1 p.5 ID ^ ^ JJUWllWCO CL carload lots, or even in larger quan- ! tities, getting the lowest prices, and ^1 sell to the residents of Southern Pines and to the merchants of the neigh- ^ boring towns at wholesale prices. . ^ ar CHICHESTER S PILLS e*-" THE DIAMOND BRAND. A Va I.n<llcs! Ask ycur Druggist for /i\ 4,'hl-ches-ter 8 l'lamonaI{rnnd/iV\ m( Pills in Red arci Gold metallic^J^ boxes, sealed wilh Blue 'Ribbon. Yy ( Take r>o other. Buy of your * DruetrlMt. AskforC lII-C IIKS-TERS Lc DIAMOND KRAND PILLS, for So years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable SP OLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE o. ext.ension Mr. Smith agricultur; Uneeda Biscuit <> J g Cfpr Nourishment?fine fla- ' neering ai vor?purity?crispness win be ini ?wholesomeness. All expert infc for 5 cents, in the tion of srr moisture-proofpackage. of the wh Tentativ Stria rf a n hu: ture Jii! t mation aire Graham Crackers ?1 A food for every day. cr t: e SlIiir Crisp, delicious and asked that strengthening. Fresh in Sumter baked and fresh de- toe accepte< livered. 10 cents. sent t0 th as soon as South Cc I SNAmM??NS . In view < A delightful new bis- asseniWy a cuit, with a rich and provision f delicious cocoanut fla- be furnish vor. Crisp and always foer of the fresh. 1 xo cents. siding on ^ plant graii tion today ; farm demo Buy biscuit baked by intendent c NATIONAL BISCUIT 1^?"^ COMPANY j. State. Scores o Alzvays look f or that Name ing the de] ^ )) ^he State ^8 a . ?? ' men who r >SPEL OF GKAI\ | raise the TO BE PROCLAIMED ^rain seed ; the hope t perts Will Canr.iss South Carolfna ihave &one to Encourage '""Live at, Home" jland for sc Policy. ! * 1 | to every t>? e State, 7th. .g to do Por the purpose of taking ad'van- make ?e of a "golden opportunity'' and Purchase c "reap the harvest and take full ad- j'^e covered - !%/% fn-fex n.TvnnrfiinttT n n W j CT0P TeSUlt LLLclwC Lfi LUC xaiu vpiyvi wuu*v^ . ered by world conditions," a grain t0 l,r^e ev l "live at home" campaign is to be tablisbmen .ugurated at once in Soutfo Caro- tl0Ilsa In the tl rhe whirlwind campaign is to be every 1 iducted by the'State department of jP?ss^y riculture, Clemson college and the ,can m lited States farm demonstration for- iaee?' shipI j agriculture ? ! es collect, farmers at South Carolina will be I T In the 1 ged to plant more grains acd raise . _ /v ^ every ind >re food crops to meet tJne emer- i , , , , (merchant < ncy brought about by the decrease i ican do so the price of cotton. -The farmers ... ^ .... tl.:is fund 11 also be added m coming within , .. , can not pu 3 cotton acreage reduction law, , , J . . . . . .. . selves of 1 nch was enacted at the extraordi- . . .. . presents i1 ry session of the general assembly. . gram for 1 Every effort will be made to secure crop mugt od seed for the farmers. The man y con,.trj io .'has seed for sale is to be brought v vs ~ o- ? - ? ? o touch with the farmer who needs j have . Jd. meat of T1 Banker^ business men and fzirm- due ackno 3 wfao are financially ai)le will he tions that ked to contribute funds or seed to 0r the seei 5 cause. A campaign wiil be waged bureau of every county during the next sdv- ment, und al weeks. the State These plans for helping the South an(j the c< rolina farmers to solve one of the ?gest problems that has ever con- Con mted them were outlined at a con- ? ence in Columbia yesterday be- Mz'ss een E. J. Watson, State con mis- Spartanbu rner of agriculture, and W. W. The foil >ng, State agent for the U:iited est here, ; ates :arm demonstration work and tractive si 5 Clemson college extension di- op this cit :ion. On Sati The message, "Plant More Grain," M. Kinar 11 be carried to tl' e farmers by ex- shcwer in rts who will travel by automobiles three cour roughout the State, during the next the conclu ree weeks. The itinerary is being wer*e drur ranged and the State department of Simimons ^ riculture should be notified by the1 off nice us rious communities as to whether "Miss S ?etings are desirod. mented or Commissioner Watscn and Mr. Mrs W. 1 ing yesterday decided to ask the two score cretarv or agriculture to detail A. Calloun s Smith, agriculturalis t of the farm ' ernoon we office, for the campaign. ^ is one of the best equipped I alists in t!:e service of theilepartni?nt of agriculture. | a itton of the Burrell Engi- | g if] Construction company! I eluded in the party to give il >rmation as to the constrnc- j ain elevators and the care 8 frajp e plans are for t?ip first, j J/m ) be held at Laurens next | om Laurens the party will i to Anderson, Greenville, ! rg, York and Lancaster and j v 1 to Columbia. An effort will B I ) hold as many meetinars as | w II In some instances meetings # Id at night. The object is shiDir is many farmers as possi- * isands of pieces of litera- Q>e distributed and all in orlila'-ble will be furnished by >f the party. , y E. I. Reardon, secretary iter Chamber of Commerce, several meetings be held j This shion county. 'The invitation will | J. Such requests should be I a?nrfm(lnf n ; department of agriculture I UllV/lll VI ; possible. I I 1*1 irolina is the first State in \ DOVS cUlu 21u or w to inaugurate officially a paiam. The movement will should read, I sly pushed. ID FARMERS , PROCURING SEED | red to Make Advances for I have also ] es of Seed Against I/ens on Harvest. meilt of h O ??? ? nple of South Carolina: C&ICIICISTS# >r tne raci onai me general = t its recent session made no or securing grain seed to ?d to a considerable nura- ot^t^ m citizens of the State re- otlL the 'farms who wish to i, but have not the means e the' seed, and in view of at in some localities within ?ek some of the banks have IZZZ^^^IZZZZZZZZZZZ iselves unable to make Dtton ^arehous? receipts, a _ _r__n__ ikely to improve as soon ^ * *-***> vJi-'V. ional reserve bank system operation, after consulta- { with 'W W. T^onsr. State l^r I 5^5^ nstration agent and super- & >f extension work of Cleme, I have determined to The House apeal to the people of the >f letters have been reachjartment of agriculture and rave found it impossible to mon?y with which to buy and in many instances in >^vkn^ _ hat they could do so tfcey MI raSg*> ? ahead and prepared their V 1 E n the first place to appeal jvrJP ?1 mk in the State that is will- Wi} ' so to notify me that they ^ reasonable loans for t^-e >f grain seed, such loans to - I 'by liens upon the grain x HC tClCpilOIlC ;ing, and in the second place rC2.d.S. ery bank or mercantile est to send in cash contribu- The telephone ., , T .. . , cles of bad roads aird place I wish to appeal - J "L nan in the State who can I2.rmcr 3.11 G Other 1*1 3 so to contribute what he ness in the city a way of wheat, oats and rye rns ^mnoccnkl ling it to the department of P i at Columbia freight cTrarg1- PrO^FCSSlVC f.2LT fourth place I would' urge fOclds 2.11(1 tclcpllO ividual, whether banker, modern civilizatioi ,r of any other calling, who tQW^ eliminating , to make contributions to ^ . ? for seed for farmers who I OU C2.I1 I12.VC 3. tcl rchase seed and avail them- small cost. Send ite1 golden opportunity that compictc {n .self through the raising of m r ;he se?son of 1915. This i?AT>TLri??< be in by December 1 and FARMER^ bution that can 'be made . _ e made immediately. (SOUTHERN BE1 arranged with the manage- - rrif^v a tie State, Columbia, to make Axil/ 1 JuXjUiVflv/! wledgment of all contribumay 'be made. Disposition i will be made through the marketing of this depart- writing of adivice to the bri er the joint supervision of several selections on piano a] farm demonstration agent. by Mrs> <3. R. Stone, of Spar ommissioner of agriculture. and Mrs< j Harper, or E. J. Watson, wood- A buffet luncheon wa imissioner of Agriculture jn ^-ae dining room, at t'be cc _ , , . of which the following toas Simmons Entertained. offered: ?To fte Brid^ ^ rg Journal, 2nd. Been ? ^ Eva Goggans. owing wilt prove of mter- Brides ^ Are>? Mrs w as Miss Samanons is the at- , ?(rri ? wile; To tne Brides-to-Be, ster of Mrs. Ravers Stone, .a r> n td Simmons and Mrs. R. G. Pa 'y* "To the Brides That Want lrday afternoon Mrs. Jam 0i\Ticc SiTnrmrvrts . iTJUWU d gave a miscellaneous ________________ . onor of Miss Simmons. A invigorating to the Pale am se luncheon was served. At 0ld st.od.rd eeoer.1 rtratfhe sion of the luncheon toasts grove's tasteless chili tonic, . . Malaria.enrichestheblood.andbuilds :k to tue hnde-elect. Miss tem. A true tonic. For adults and ch vas showered with a variety efu-i girts. How To Give 0**!nlne To < immons was again compli- i FEBRILINEis the :rade-mark name i ' improved Quinine -'tis a Tasteless Sj L (Monday afternoon, when ant to take and doe 5 not disturb th< rT TT . . ... , , . Children take it and never know it i H. Hunt entertained aoout Also especially adapted to adults w frip-nds at hpr h.imp in take ordinary Quinine. Does not na irienas at ner nome in cause nervousness nor ringing in the treet. Features Of the aft- it the next time you need Quinine fo pose. A'-k for 2 ounce ordinal p^cl re a floral love contest, the name f^brilin? ' :utott>. . just received a lent of 1,000 dard Books. lent includes a large f knnlrc cniiaklp fni" A MWAW UMIhWWIV A vm s?the kind that they lot the trashy kind. received a large assort ? < m mm * I i d a y booklets and / ' ilY WINDOW 1 j DISPLAY " i V. )DS FOR SAME MONEY Variety Store of a Thousand Things | I 1 | rhe Telephone i _ i n 1 _ I na booa i\oaus : goes hand in hand with good : overcomes many of the obstaonrl mates if nossible for the I jral residents to transact busind neighbors when the ic* / ! mers are insisting upon good >nes. These two agencies of 1 are doing more than all others r the isolation of country life, ephone in your home at very . a postal for our free booklet formation. } LINE DEPARTMENT LL TELEPHONE LPH COMPANY at Have lets lay now and keep "To the I them laying all winter . r.s.td I J Poultry Regulator | . , { Makes the loafers lay ana gives m a Slckiy M yOU jots eggg now> All your H ingf tonic, 9 "birds keep healthy and require | , drives out ? jess feed. It actually saves its cost. I iupthesys- IB '. ? lildren. 50c Va 9 Guard against Roup by using Pratts H n Roup Remedy?Tablet! or Powder. Guar- K " "" |a anteed to prevent ai well ai to cure. I; Wilder & Weeks; Johnson & JIcCiucm; W. G. Mayes; P. E. Way. 6544. ; stomach. , ,'s Quinine, i ho cannot j Only One "BROMQ QUININE'9 useate nor head. Try To get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA* r any XIVK BROMO OUININE. Look for signature of :age. le i K. W. < VR. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops 25 c \c | ^adache. and worfcs off cold. 2Sc? % ' " .* ;--3 -