Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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si'PPING IN WORLD BY llOY9 REURNS 6,457 Ships -of Aggregate Tonnage of 16,049,289 Under American Flag. Washington, Aug. 30.-How much shipping there is in the world, besides that of the United States, in spitc of the phenonmenal growth of Uncle Sam's merchant marine since 1914, is impressively shown by the returns of Lloyds' Register (London) for June 30, 1920, purporting to cove rail ves sels of 100 tons or over. Lloyds computes the total merchant shipping of the world at 31,595 ves. sels of 57,3t4,065 gross tons of which 26,513 vessels of 53,904,688 tons are steam and motor propelled while the remainder are moved by sails. Of the whole number 10,831 vessels of a4n aggregate tonnage of 20,582,652, are British: 5,457 vessels of aggregate tonnage of 16,049,289, are under the flag of the United States, and 1,718 vessels of 3,245,194 tons are classified as French. These are the three lead. Japan comies fourth with 2,995,000 tons, Italy tifth with 2,242,000 and Neo way sixth with 2,210,000. Germany once Great Britain's closest compcn tor. has niow under her flag a tefaJ KA '1P I Selec t you r tires, &e.. Oordin g to t he roads they haave to travel : [n mandy or hilty cour, ity,; whercver the goir4' la apt to be heavy-Tha S U. S. Nob~by. or Useo. FIl~or front wite.' -n,,~ Ui. S. Plain. R~oydi Cords. W.v J. Y'oung Mo11. * \Aif I l. .~oV f.... tonnage of only 672,000. Holand has 1,793,000 tons and Swedon 1,072,000. It will be observed that the average yessel flying the Upnited. States flag is much larger than the average vessel flying the British flag. ORGANIZED DRAINAGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA Preliminary figures on organized drainage enterprises in South Caro lina have been announced by the Census Bureau, showing a total of 154,697 acres of land in organized drainage districts involving a total cost of $618,083. These figures are as of Dec. 31, 1919. It, is interesting to note that the drainage areas include 62,427 acres of improved farm land, 73,012 acres ol timbered and cut-over land, and 19,259 acres of other uninmproved land. The swamipy or wet land sub jcct to overflow included in these figures 1m1ots to 5700 acres. 'The total land area in South Car laT, is 19,516,800 acres, so that tht land included in the organized dr;irage enterprises is only eight th ths of one percent of the total u! '.. though thter are hundreds of thosands of acres, especially in the (.o;.utal 1lains seetion of the state, th a coul( and should be draine(d for nus section a lot to ti OOK at it just, the business st point compared i e-ve mn five. rQ c Eveyting spe". production TOat one reason ben paid toutiness-wt poit compang&gred < ay, enplears begnn Eeryivthng pe attldmobeto ti pot thimseln get. Tht onl the man wa Uot r n iged profitable agriculture. rhe average cost per acre for or ganized drainage, according to the above figures, is the very small sum of $3.99. When this small cost is considered in connection with the wonderful improvement in produc tivity of the land so drained, it is surprising that. much more rapid progress is not made in organizing drainage districts in the state. It is a form of cooperation among far mers and land owners, however, that is meeting with more and more fa vor in the Palmetto State. PLAN A COVER CROP CAMPAIGN Clemson College, Aug. 31.--"This time for sowing fall cover crops is ahnost here," says J. A. Evans, Chief of the Office of Extension Work South, who suggests and urges a cover crop campaign this fall. Mr. Evans says: "The severe drain on soil fertility friom growing emergency food crops during the wvar makes it more than ever important to now grow restor ative crops. We must not only mna inta in hut increase our soil fertil ity if profitable production of our money crops can be continued under the.' new conditions. A concerted campaign engaged in by extension workers, the press, bankers, busi certainli hie autom from big car, but the r and-- small car, and ivith, sized car. We represen1 for that reaso eded their policy is ours--every tire .neSS you can get it, 1 the the size of the an . go on. his It was that ted to the initrod straight side au the pneumaticx And you can' y ttire IV 3teU. S. Tires ar M 6 for life, wvth n of mileage. Ie are It will pay yo -the us about tires, looking at the h the business standpo Stes Ti ness men, and farm organizations could arouse the necessary interest and enthusiasm to insure a great in crease in vover crop planting this fall. The- extension . forces of the United States Department of Agri culture and the State Agricultural Colleges can plan such a campaign, assist in arousing interest, and fur nish information as to cover crops best adapted to particular sections, but they must have the moral and financial backing of the other agen cies named to niake such a cam paign a complete success. Especial ly can business men and bankers or their organizations be of great ser vice by assisting and arranging for an economical supply of seed and fertilizers, as well as by using their influence to induce farmer custo mers to sow suitable cover crops on their farms this fall." Greenville, Anderson, Pickens and other counties in South * Carolina have already put on successful cam paigns for hay and cover crops, and the Extension Service of Clemson College is suggesting similar drives in other counties. The high cost of hay and fertilizers should induce farmers to seed large acreages in the various cover crops to reduce to a minimum the amount that must beI purchased of these things. 1~ 11 I - " / oWes oble| nan with the the medium t U.S. Tires n-because :he same as as good as regardless of car it is to policy which tomobile tire, truck tire, t beat it. e guara'nteed K ifyou are in fromn 9 int. Our' Fall Showing [S now ready for your inspection and a visit to us will be highly appreciated. For we feel absolutely sure that one visit to our new Milli nery Parlor will convince you of the fact that we have selected the most beautiful line of Millinery ever shown in Manning, and the beauty of it all is, everything in our Parlor is brand new, bought direct from the "Style Shops" Come in to See Us. BALLd& EBERHARD, MILLINERY. In Weinberg Co. Manning, S. C. Dde Fabrelated Bungalows give every man a chance to own his own esy, substantial, endurable, weather-proof, enjoyable homa. Pour wall-layer construction with dead air space between effects insulation againat Summer heat and Winter cold. shipoed in eeay-to-handle sections-quickly erected by any handy man, by plans we furnish. What you save In rent will soon pay for a DEade Fabrioted Bungalow. DIXIE ROUSE COMPANY - GUAULEUTQ2I, S. 0, speIe er se eased -ales of gape r h 0b. b se M0, S r The enre techntaffhsbellbra-ainoerini diint enad tin aee SinUiERTON SCHOOL TO OPEN in addition. Approximately 2 lbs. (If grain per each 100 lbs. livp Thenin Su merton public school will weight should be fed daily. begin work on Mlonday, September 6.--)! Sows with litters require a The entire teaching staff has been liberal ration of grain in addition to chosen and within a few days every- pasture. "The pigs are fed ' most thing will be in readinessi for the economically-through the sow." opening. Some painting and repair- 3. Hlogs should be finished on ing of the building has been done and grain after grazing peanuts, velvet the windows have all been gone over beans and soy beans in order to carefully. make firm meat, Quite a number of the old des~k/ 4. Pastures should not be grazed have been disposed of and 10)0 .new too closely for best results. single desks have been adde4i This 5. Permanent pastures should be year there will be a teaching force of p~rovidled to supplement the temn nine teachers for the high school andl porary. pastures in case of failure. grades andl a music teachie- ixu three' A good 'rule Ig one acre of perma additional teachers have beenm engag- nent pasture for each 'brood sow edi three additional rooms are being kept. arranged and this will make use of the entire building. ~-- - -... . Most of the teachers wul tarrive on Thursday evening. September 2nd and the two (lays will be, .went iinmking S prep~aration' for the regular wyork on Monday, 6th.D SUGAR IN PHItLPPINES Ahs afa lros~sdfi Washintgton;, Aug 30. -That the sroxdsres h vri' present produ Lction' of sudar in the sadu~ eeyfrkdelvr Philippines can be multiplied by fifty bldean ur.acdto ls wvith the installation of adequate modI ern sugar machinery is the opinion of a recent writer ini th'RPan Paciftic. Al-s~ though having three tintes the areai ~ and a much richer soil the Philippines - ~ - .x product((el only one -twvent ieth as2 muchj . ..*ti sugar as Cuba. In 1919 the Philippines exporntedi $3,866,i 000 wotrth o f em m-. . . gar to t he Un itedl States oult of a tota '.t. A i ii. ...2ti. x port ation of $1 5,200,t000 df t hat comn- '~'*. 'y mod(1it y. It is also noted that sections _______________ __________ (I fthe Phili ppiines have been producing ugrfor the last fifty years without er op rottion) andI are still yielding [OIW [1IOB[ rse. tiurnts. eriersr .seldomSI P[ IbAU[TlIE l")L~lt),tAch ne. pand l heruie, doni seriodel diords. Tn hevrolts soit ', o-tpil2 tnar ' emedly oracia lkidng ier. re cii tli~*iEoI~ -rii' i bladdvier knwn uivented byrouboes re i eimh~Es iz toirg nwee pstpti 30 ar nioio thema th-tend .tt t al a ircin ihec ar m1 iiton tado . e flonigiprat ~ 'rtdi rmOl I ~t >rs los.(ferpa givine fo os revll.S . 3-t .asture fr aioo n i no ufhint. n1' ar or sme orn ~ ltulhe ed