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youngest county copes with new conditions i j j f < Greenwood Index-Journal. 6th. , The boil weevil has not caused an - and Green insui nioumuuic woe J will soon learn to adjust itself to farming: under the boll weevil con-:" > . ' v anions as other counties in this state * have done, declared Henry S. John- , so!?, district demonstration accent, ' who was in Greenwood Wednesday.1 He pointed out Allendale county as the leader in this reconstructed agriculture. Other crops can be grown m Greenwood along with the cotton > thonsrh ' that will continue io ue i4iavU, k?... j not in as large quantities as formerly, ' he said. Not only can other crops be raised but a market can be found, he; declared. j Allendale county was cited by Mr.! Johnson as a gcod example of how! farmers had shown the intelligence to!j, adjust themselves to new conditions, j Whiio snmp of the products which A1-: ! ] lendale grows at a profit may not bef .grown so profitably here, the general! scheme of readjustment is the same. J The following article, written by Wai-1 ter K. Duncan, describes what has : s been done in Allendale: The youngest and the smallest} county in the state, forging ahead to; meet and cope with the changed con-, ditions in South Carolina agriculture, i , takes first place among me yuii vil infested counties by reason of the < adjusted program Allendale farmers have put into force and effect where- j by they prosper in spite of the pest J; that makes the growing of cotton pre-1 J' carious. i Boll Weevil Defeated In other words, Allendale fanners. <1 : ? Vi'c mi*rt ! have met the boil weevn mo v.... terms, and defeated him. j ? Not yet are these progressive farm-1 I *.4 eiT'> it|; Allentlale county ready to j erect in the public square of their J county seat a monument to the boll ! weevil, as did the people of a certain town in Alabama in gratitude for J ' their emancipation from an all-cotton JI rVif farp to face |f program, xjuo mvu^u^ ^ with the economic necessity of turr-j ing away from cotton as their crop of: main dependence, as in the past, Al-| lendale farmers have demonstrated to the rest of the state, that they can | live and prosper, as tillers of the soil, producing and selling other crops be-; S fides the cotton they were reared to.g regard as the one and only money 's crop in South Carolina. | They have met the boll weevil on I his own terms and deteaiea aim ui g his own game, not by sticking stub- f | bornly to cotton and endeavoring to i grow the fleecy staple in spite of the j swarming pest, but through following j the more sensibie method of chang-1 i ing their agricultural program. If, the coming of the weevil has made; too venturesome an en- J iVJvlsX/ll v w. terprise to be risked by the farmer j who does not not care to gamble j[ against overwhelming odds and certain disaster, what more logical thanj the substitution, in a soil that will; produce anything, cf various other; crops that the boll weevil cannot de-; stroy? The one problem arising is' that cf turning these other crops inio, money. This problem Allendale has: i gone far toward solving. At least' have Allendale farmers, through the close cooperation ana tne euieipuoc* and pn-gvcssiveness demanded of the j times, found a money market for such : products as they have grown this year, and last on the acres heretofore ! planted to cotton. j Formerly Cotton County Before the coming of the weevil the section of country now comprised in! Allendale county?the county 'being;I only a few years old and formed af-J ter the cotton pest invaded this state; ? produced around 25.000 bales of: cotton a year. This year only about1 4.000 bales were grown in the county.1 Asa striking illustration of the rav-; ages of the cotton pest, on one planta- j tion in the lower part of the county live 33 negro families. Formerly and normally these families would prd duee from 125 to 150 bales a year.! I This year it took al! of the lint cotton [ the thirty-three families* picked to i ' ' 1-- -L- 3 I raaKe cue oau*. u-oviousxy. .<j wam 5 off starvation, the change from cct- 5 ton v;as not only wise, but necessary. Confronted with these conditions,' the farmers of Allendale county, in-; stead of contenting: themselves with .bemoaning their fate or giving; up the ghost, set about first to -provide for their own larders and becoming liveat-home farmers, with their smoke houses and corn cribs full, turned: their attention next to marketing the surplus of food and feed stuffs they had produced. An Exporting County When Allendale was an all-cotton county the farmers sold their cotton and 'bought with their cotton money the other things they needed and; which life demands. In this respect Allendale was no different from other South Carolina counties. Corn and J hay were shipped in from the Middle; West. Among1 other things Allendale, farmers bought meat raised in other sections. Food products were ini mummtm. wi ipi?jjjwtjki>:ju-rarwwrnt i mma y>r. -t I >orted by the car load. I>a: tin- ta-j ^los haw boon turned. I hiring the i iresont yc ir .shipments ? !* Allendale! rrown products, from Ailcndak- to >ther sections, include: Thirty to ihirty-five . ars .f corn. | \t least 200 cars could have been! ,olu. It i? an interest hi.:; fact that, nost of this corn was shipped toj "V .:il~ 1 I'.-. ! IlCt-iViiiv d.iu lutiUUI .11 iliv' | . learr of the cotton country. Thirty-three cars of hogs since! \pril 1. Three or four years ago no j ,uch thing a.-- shipping hogs out of | Yllendale county was card of. Toi he contrary they were shipped n. Sixteen thousand bushels of t>a1>-j til 01 which were marketed l?y the j ourty farm demonstration agent, i One hundred and fourteen cars of! lay, pea-vine, peanut and velvet bean, j Eight, cases cf velvet beans. One thousand bushed of :\ve. Most the rye grown this yeav was kept: or seed. Thirteen hundred cars of water- j nelons. Twenty cars of canteloupes. Twenty-six cars of cucumbers. Ten thousand bushels of pea?. <Civ /-nv? nf Tricli -mil riTnr car? of! weet potatoes. Two cars of cabbage and two cars! if beans. Ten cars of home raised cattle. For these products a ready cash j uarket was found, and in addition ; he Southern Cotton Oil company's i ;eanut mill in Allendale?a $100,0001 ilant?has paid cash on the spot for [ ill the peanuts raised in that and ad-j oining counties. What amount of j tioney i< represented in the shipments I oove the enumerated there is no way! if estimating properly, but the county gent has handled individually somehir.g more than $4ti,000 for the farm- , - i i *- A. _ i_ "7 ! rs, in auuiuun 10 inucn larger j mounts which came to them direct, j; As an indication of how these oth-.|i r products pay the producer, how-1 ver, one Allendale farmer who plant-;, i | I | IvA 338* Si 1 ounn^ . Coupe .... Sedan .... !c ber; Roadster Touring . I Ciiro Ros Coupe (<' Sedan .... 8 j j Touring . I Roadster Coupe-R< Sedan .... I J y*k? Phone 3fl | THIS IS id par: ?.f ti.- l;-.ner cotton acreajr 10 petal; - hat! yield of 120 bushel l<i aero. v. ":ii h netted him $ 10 pe Tv.e;i1y-five to thirty bushel >_>f ( ?: :> are io the acre withou iYrtliix.er the average for the state be i- t a u,.:t. 'I",;. ,-i/; i i'4, ' i lU i ?' UUM1V13. i ..>o t\ Jtat m< hoc;) made no.^sibie for the reason tha :-onie time a.^o the Allendale farmer became converts to the value of volve beans as a fertilizer. Shipments Arc Cooperative That Allendale r.a> made >:> mud progress towar.l solution of ';ie mar ketinjr problem h easily explained Pnu'.v;:liy ::1J shipments mailt' hav been cooperative, several farmer joining together :oil their product in };l?IThis idea of cooperation i l.ie secrei of success. And it is beinj carried even farther. In the count; there is one farmer's club and riv community clubs. Three of the latte ?and the community clubs hold leg ular monthly meetings, men, women boys and girls attending?have ad * * i. cntea ior tnc coming year ui pia;:L fined and uniform program of plant inir. 7 bis j--. the program : j';ve ac?'i\' of cotton. Seven acres of corn and velve beans. Three acres of corn and peanuts t be hogged cfin September. Three acres of Spanish peanuts. Four acres of oats. AT V\*0 J wui ac; co \/x i * s. 3 acre of sweet potatoes. One-half acre of sugar cane. 1 acre of rice. 2 acres of cucumbers or Irish po tatoes. Through following this uniforn program, a multiplicity of small pin iluct-is are enabled to make up largi shipments of the same products, an; - .ale is more readily found for farn products when ii is possible to sell ii bulk. For instance, the woman wh: iias one or two dozen eggs to sei nust take what she can get for them 3i- peddle them about, wasting mori Announces i^n "$/ C2& \J tf&a fj w *io|F jl^J[*]|h iRI.ES 22 BIG-SIX Prk ics 22 SPECIAL-SIX Pi (2-Passcnger) Ldster WA v The New LIGHT-SIX Pr.rcs Reduced Effective January 7tF (3-Passenger) >adster A? : ' ict-j f. c. h. f^cloHcs /IcHardy Mowc SO Mi nm iLmiwunmrmmu jmmmww t-tjnw iitatflHBWwaaww A STUDE8AK! c I time probabjv. than the difference s j i i would be worth. Hut through cooper-1 j. ; . 5:iti ?j:. the ea;* circles formed in Mien-" s | 'dale countv have found a rea.lv mart : j |ke? ;n Charleston for all their e; ,-ami there e;et much better price than . nearer home. The county agent has ma -leered nearly $.'5,000 worth of: s! ' - . _i poultry tms year, rwenty-two of the j ;hii'ty-three cars of hogs shipped out ! of the c-ountv were cooperative ship-| ,...... . . ( me:!;s. One hems less of hard times talk' I Jo the square inch in Allendale than' ar.y nl;u e I have been this year. {f Of eour.vo there are calamity howler.-, there. and I suppose there will be calamity howlers in heaven, if heaven; ?;h:is any street corners. But the "people j " of Allendale are doin}? business, and: i.ut'inir about their business hopefully ' jar.d confidently. Everybory is work-! ; incr. These people have found out j " ' ' : i ! Ithai tney can live ann prosper m aun-cj '!of the boll weevil?and without cot-; iton?and are striving for the same , ! efficiency in the growing of other icrops that they had attained in the j { growing of cotton before the coming; . of the' weevil. The farmers are stay-! I ' i :ir.g on their farms devoting their. ! energies to solving the problems still: 3 i ' I ; ahead of them ;n this period of trans-j . irionr. They still have some problems and they realize it. One of J ithese i:- the standardization of pro-j i ducts. Right now they are figuring on selling some few hundred thousj and gallons of cane syrup next year, r.nd to get the be^t price for it they jrealize their product must be star.-j ? 11?.1 /I rvnl n r? nvpnpvlv. ? (IcUUiiitJU, ^mui'u anu jjwi/ uf j/.?rv.v. , i On the whole the coming of the I he I! weevil has not been a bad* thins:; for Allendale. It need not be for any! other county. What Allendale has j '; done other counties can do. Bat itj *? : . : , vrill be a mi strike for any community! ) j of people to wait until the boll wee-j .vil has ruined them financially before. '; beginning on the new program. j a i I i si :es I $1785 |l 2500 | 2700 j "iccs $1425 I 1475 I 1475 I 2150 | | 2350 \ | fijj ...,..$1045 1245 i; 1375 II 1750 Jj it te! am Street IR YEAR I mrwrnriMnMa?MM I IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE ! UNITED STATES FOR THE i WESTERN DISTRICT OF 11 SOUTH CAROLINA Jr i; {/.;. carter i>f K. M. Martin, Bank-j( mot. i r i'lV'^uani to an cider of K. M. j I Bivthe,. Referee, i will si'll to the it highest bidder for cash the entire I c stocic of merchandise, fixtures and ac- i counts be'.onjrini* to the aforesaid U bankrupt, valued at about three hun-;i dred and twenty dollars, at Chappells, i' S. C., on January 16, 1022, at onejt o'clock. J. 13. GLEXX. Trustee. i NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT^ We will make a final settlement of the cstate of Z. VV. lJedenbaugii in' the probate court for Newberry coun-. ty, S. on Thursday, the l(>th day! of February, 11)22, at 10 o'clock in j < the forenoon. All persons holding: i claims against said estate will present >t them duly attested to the undersignedby said date or they will be foreveri barred. We will immediately ask for') our (iiscnarsre as administrators. ; " LULA C. BEDENBAUGH, Adrnx. 1 G. D. BEDENBAUGH, Admr. p - i * BIDS INVITED !' The Highway Commission of New-!1 berry county will receive set-led bids j( until 12 o'clock noon, January 18, i" 1922, for the following supplies to j be delivered at Newberry, S. C., from j time to time, as called for, up to j April 1, 1922, and in the approximate' amounts shown below. Only bids on | all items will be received. Contract!] tr> r\r> lof t< < -fVifi InuTst rpsnnnsihlp i ! bidder. Right reserved to reject any i! and all bids: j 200 bushels feed corn. 350 bushels feed oats. ]0 tens No. 1 Timothy hay. J 1400 pounds fat back. G barrels first patent flour in sacks. 40 gallons Karo molasses. 40 pounds Luzianne coffee. 25 pounds rib bacon. I nnA 1 _ j_ _ 1 _ l.i_ zuu pounus taoie sau. oO bushels corn^meal. 2 cases pink salmon (8 doz.) 2 ea.-cs tripe (2 doz.) 100 pounds Drown Mule tobacco. 250 pounds granulated sugar. 100 pounds ham. 50 pounds compound lard. '^0 pairs of work shoes (submit samples). 5 kegs nails?40s and GOs. 6 eases Octagon soap. 30 pounds whole grain rice (sub- j mit sample). 1 case concentrated lye. 2 doz. large size boxes matches. 1 case Roucrh Rider baking powder. ' 2 cases cocking soda (Arm & Ham-; mer). 1 kcpr mule shoes. GEO. P. BOULWARE, Chairman. ! Jar. 9. 1022. l-10-3t NOTICE TO CREDITORS ST.ATT; OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. Cleora B. Coats, individually, and as I n/Imim'cfrofriv T f"? ' ministrator of the estate of W. F. | Coats, deceased, and the Farmers i Bank of Chappells, South Carolina, i plaintiffs, ;] against II (ioorpe W. Coats, Kaiie M. Coats, I Malcolm T. Coats, Gettis L. Coats,!; Julia M. Coats, The Bank of Cross;') Hill, S. C., the Commercial Bank11 of Newberry, S. C.. W. C. Rasor j n sy t". C a V i. i The Naiioi B. C. MATTHEWS, President. Mcinb ' Anew h We build a ! Let us-feoi I I 1 Mei / and J. II. Rasor. defendants. Pursuant to the order of the pro-, >ate court for Newberry county, all ind singular, th:> creditors of W. F. 'oats. deceased, and of his estate, are equired to render in and establish heir claims and demands in the above . milled action, before the probate "iurt. for Newberry county, on or be*ore the lGth day of January, 1922; 11 r i l A * ma an or sain creuuors are enjoined md restrained from prosecuting their lemar.ds elsewhere than in this ;:c:ion. Dated at Newberry. South Carolina, his December 13, 1021. W. F. EWART, T~>.. ^ U .. i. ^ T .1 I I'D IKl IV -J UUKC. C W UV.-1 I y KtVUlliy. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN SILVERSTREET SCHOOL DISTRiCT NO. 58 Whereas, one-third of the resident >Wtnr< nrul likr> nronortion of the xsident free-holders of the age of ;\venty-or.e years, in the Silverstreet >chool district Xo. 58 of the county of S'ewberry, State of South Carolina, iavc tiled a petition with the county joard of education of Newberry coun:y, South Carolina, petitioning and requestincr that an election be held in said school district on the question of rotinjr off the special tax now levied in said school district of seven mills, >n the taxable property within the *o irl r\ -cf vinf Hi U l.il i i V. I Now, therefore. we the undersigned, composing: the county board of Wm&'r a Blackened, charred ri loss, but the insured horn* tion already begun. Hartford Fire Insura: many a home upon the vei lions. Call on this agency. James A Insurance? 1103 Caldwell St. Member Newberry ( CFUMQccasaiirzMPtunii t .vwjwa No. 1844 / CSTDViri? P L -"'USULX w IVIj?i ?i rces Over $2.000, lal Bank of / berry, South Caro ' T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. cr Newberry Chamber of Com sri^A will arid ZL v~s yw jzj&A mce of your i ? i ! them in any *?| ? ? ? ? *- <V" r?v ? r /fV 15 T e witii ywu* < ixxy Lumb wx Phone 56 mber Newberry Chamber of Comraer education for Newberry county, state of South Carolina, do hereby order the board of trustees of the Silvorstreet school district No. r>8 to hold an election on the said question of voting olf the said special tax of seven mills now levied on the property in the said school district which said elect, in < shall be heid at the store of J. Al. Nichols in said school district No. 58, on Tuesday, January 17, VJTZ, at iwhich said election the polls shall be I opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. ; m. The members of the board of trustees of said school district shall act as managers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said school 'district and return real or personal (property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general : elections, shall be allowed to vote. i Electors favoring the voting off of such tax shall cast a ballot containing the word* "Yes" written or printed jthereon, and each elector opposed to [voting off said special tax of seven mills shall cast a ballot containing the i word "No" written or printed there- I : on- . Given under our hands and seals | this the 19th day of December, 1921. E. H. AULL. L. S. 0. B. CANNON. L. S. T TT A T-fc r A \T T H J. XI AftiVlAlN, Li. S. j County Board of Education for Newberry Countv, South Carolina. 4 its 9*1 i talk" lins tell a sorrowful tale of > owner sees new construcn ? T : ? T ~ U,11*14 nee i_>o. policies ncivc uum, ry ashes of great eonflagra l Burton -Real Estate. Newberry, S. C. Chamber of Commerce - ??????? ROGRESS >00.00 ! Newberry lina ' W. W. CROMER, Asst. Cashier. mcrce |. i greatly to piace. k ' design. er Co.' ce