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i 18 PAGES I \ | TODAY ( TOIiUKE NUMBER 50. GEORGIA FI1 AS BES1 ' Now that the boll weevil is in South Carolina in large numbers, is -rapidly advancing and will soon ravage the entire cotton area of the State j the following liberal extracts . from a letter written just one year P". ago by the A. P. Brantley Co., rBJaoksbear, Ga., to their customers and friends should be of interest to South Carolina bankers, business men and farmers. sgjg&^jg^The letter is rather lengthy, but it is well worth reading, as it is appli,-;-AA?Kvi *?% *v?r?rfitions existing today in many South Carolina communities: Blackshear, Ga., Nov. 5, 1918. ""Piie time is now here when those -who make their living'out of the soil , must give serious consideration to the question of what crop to depend upon .for a money crop. The boll weevil maaes it'questionable if it is-safe to rely upon cotton as heretofore. While not advocate "the eiftire abandonnaeijt of cotton. for the present at least, at the same time it does not appear to be the part of wisdom ?to risk all upon that crop. Until we kfeow more about the boll weevil and how best to control his ravage, it is the part of simple wisdom to devote only ^^comparatively small' acreage to cotton. Meanwhile, what will the farmer do Hef cannot afford to stand still. He must go forward or cease to Bfc exist, and planting time will soon be f here. Plainly, therefore, a decision :$r" ' must be reached- and effective plans accordingly laid. The desire *to aid .you in this critical situation is the simple, purpose of this circular. : Tobacco looks good, and after pretty ' thorough investigation, we believe -r-,. t there- is the possibility of a splendid profit frorn,.its cultivation. Farmers around^Nichols and Douglas have made a great deal of money out of "tobacco this year. Our information is that profits have ranged from $200 tc $400, and even more, per acre. r.V "Tobacco does not require, the long! :f;-y growing.cottQii does. The : > -crop is made -and the money is "i, your poC':ets by the time cotton is. t?*hp nir.kpdk There : -t voucutu. M.+J ^ vw?.- ? - --.?.? fore, tobacco'. would not interfere with cotton if you wish to devote an acre. ... i Age to. both. Further, it is believed, ;?7: K^'i*y those competent to judge, that :??$he tobacco market will be high this i of With average success, therefore ? y one crop should .pay all expenses and leave a, comfortable profit besides. It . mttsf be understood in growing toJ bacco the first year that expert adT vice; is vital to success. It is very probable that a competent and reliant : 1'le expert tobacco grower can be se cured tor a compensauon or tea per t % cent. of the value of the crop actual - l.vgrown. For this compensation the ; expert would' supervise everything1 7 from the preparation of the seed to the harvesting and curing of the crop. ' r Such an. arrangement offer? the decided advantage of being reasonably ~ - safe, and. besides, there is no -other |v; way to make a successful beginning. Another important thing is that to$s baeco should be grown in communities. By~this we mean that the farm,of a given community, where the : ' f&rms are reasonably convenient to \ : each other, should V! plant tobacco. ' The reason for this is that this I makes it possible to secure the neces / sary expert advice and supervision at .least possible expense, . and in ^adt^tian. makes possible the interr>f necessary labor at the har-This last is a very impor that you arrange to visit the> -Nichols acid Douglas* sections and find out.for yourself more about u>e trouble and the profit of tobac00 gro?Wlngrr-^ou.jcan make the trip \ j&y. automobile in a day, and if it Is it- may easily prove to be the ' V : [TlIti* 4 m GIVES AD r WAY TO FIl " i most profitable trip you ever made. ! If you have any thoi ;ht of %oing in for tobacco as a money crop we very strongly urge prompt actior. so there may be plenty of time to make all | necessary" arrangements before time to plant. We wish to add that if as many as two thousand acres are planted to tobacco in the territorytributary to Blackshear next . spring *ve will undertake to see that a suitable modern tobacco warehouse is built here in good time to care for and market the crop. Sweet potatoes, when of the proper quality and carefully graded and cured is a crop that will always command the ready cash. To get the mosc out of sweet potatoes careful attention must be given to varieties, grading and curing. The old fashioned banking method miust be supplemented by a modern potato curing house, j because potatoes cannot be successfully cured except in a properly constructed and operated curing house. These houses can be built of any desired capacity and the cost depends upon , the size. The great advantage i in curing potatoes is found in the f&ct that cured potatoes can be kept as long as desired and thus put up ^on the market when the demand is greatest and the price is bes*!. By thd old banking method fully one half 'the crop is perhaps annually lost from rot. A potato curing house would save that annual waste and put just that much additional cash in the farmer's'pocket.'*" A potato curing house should bo built upon the co-operative plan, and'"we believe it is quite possible that the profits of the first year's operations would more tHtn pay.back the whole investment. . ' /'< ! 9 Peanuts is another crop that is rapidjy coming to the front as a mon- J ey crop in southern Georgia, and elsewhere, and there is no doubt that they would prove profitable .here. In 'addition to l^ing an excellent stock food the. peanut and Us prducts are ; and more, extensively, used for human food, and desirable food products must always command a sale on the market. Besides this there is a decided advantage in growing a gppd acreage of peanuts because you can always fatten your hogs on them if the price offered is unsatisfactory. If a sufficient acreage to justify it is planted to peanuts in this immediate section the local cotton seed oil: mill will afford a market for them. -This in turn would mean that i:you would have an ample supply of peanut meal available to your hand for stock- feeding, and there is no better feed for this purpose. Sugar cane is an old crop that can be converted into a profitable money crop with careful attention. This means, of course, that the cans must ' . . _ I I ?e made into first class, heavy boqjV." . . >. : HnHHHMBH Haltiw. * ' . . in i .I. i ? ' 1 - BEGINNING Friday, begin our Clearance Coats, Dresses, etc. Substantial savings ofl ers who appreciate hi moderate prices. County are invited to headquarters while at cordial welcome is yov to buy.: BUT, before you ma g Keady-to-wear, see wi J Haltiwi I 1439. Mao St. , . > } LEXINGTON", SOITH CAROLINA, ' \\nnv ! QHT WEEVIL j i ? i ! ied syrup. Because we have not in the past given sufficient attention either to the marketing or the grading of our syrup. Large -' manipulating] plants have come into existence, where j our syrup is taken and proceeded, | that is. made of uniform body, flav- j or and color and then put upon the j market in fancy containers at a j handsome profit to the manipulators. | There, is; nn reason wliv the farmers | of a community, may not get together in the matter of syrup production, and thus reap this profit for themselves. The proposition can be handled upon a cooperative plan and the investment need not be heavy. The main thing is to produce the quality and character of syrup the market demands. If this is done there is no reason why it might not prove very profitable. Corn can be made a profitable cash crop if the proper attention is given to it. The corn weevil and the rat probably cause a greater annual waste than the boll weevil despite the fact that it is entirely possible to free 1 the premises of both these pests. The proper use of Carbon Disulphide in correctly constructed barns will free the corn of both the weevil and the rat. Because it can be done it ought to be done if for no other reason than . to reduce the number of acres i tually needed to be planted to corn to meet all the farm needs. Weevil infested corn is unmarketable *nnd besides it is unfit for human con* r sumption. Being rid of the weevil and the rat and with proper attention to \ quality a ready market can be found for car load quantities of corn, either shelled and sacked or in the shuck. . Velvet beans are not only a splendid soil improver but a ready cash bringer as well. Large acreage could i 1 CITATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of- Lexington.?By George. S. drafts, escjuire. Probate Judge. ^ . Whereas, M. Jesse Hendrix made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects Of Saremba H. Hendrix. ^ - ? ?. -T ? J i ! These are thererore xo cue ana au- j monish all and singular the kindred j. and Creditors of the said Saremba H. | Hendrix, deceased, that they be andJ j appear,v before me, in the Court of ' Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. I H., S. C., on 5 Dec. 1919 next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 20 day of Nov. Anno Domini 1919. Geo. S. Drafts, (L. S.) Probate Judge Lexington Co., S. C. Published on the 26 day of Nov. 1919 in the Lexington paper 2 weeks. Niger's November 28th, we Salp nf float Suits. 4/MrxV V* 7 . rered to thrifty buy- I gh-grade quality at m 1 r' - ? ? - ?j ",y .v . :,.''^ - :i of Lexington I make our store your | ; the convention. A ? [rs, and no obligation 1 ,ke your decision in 1 lat Haltiwanger has. | j anger's I Columbia, S. C. I . Jl L mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn}. I '. r.- " . ' 6VKDXESDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1919. be profitably planted. Velvet bean ! t meal is on the market and is much t i sought and highly regarded as a f feed for cattle and stock. If an acre-; ] age sufficiently largo to warrant the [ c investment is planted to velvet beans ; r in the section accessible to Black- : i shear a feed mill will be established , here. This would afford a local cash j t market for all the beans we could1 s; produce. lT !* Hogs have always been a maifi I ?, source of wealth in many "sections, r and there is every reason to believe ; t that intelligent attention to breed ! e and care will make them vastly prof- ! f itable to the farmers of Pierce Coun- j v ty. The packing- plant is coming near- j t er to us all the time, and if a suffi-11 cient hog supply weie available their je buyers would come to our local mar- j t kets for them. The farmers of Brooks ! a county are finding in their hogs a J i source of wealth. They sell every year p: thousands of pounds of cured bacon ; a and hams at a good profit. When the j ] packing plant does not offer the price j a they think they should have they kill \ ii and cure. Every farmer has his own ! c curing house in which he uses ice 11 for refrigeration. He' does not wait' h for suitable weather 'out kills when j I I Buy Fr Men's Suits A? All those interm from a maker to the c more transactions, am profit is added?and ir FROM means doing away wi1 helps t Save The ===== . Our Vi AN organization of CITIES enables you tc j.? WE give you positive ; ^ to you. , There is only ONE J true. Let us show yo 1 U. S. u I ' jL .. everyiaew -idea : 3: i'-2S0tov * i' 'j'-*8? . !ta ^tederfufa^^gj A ast stock. Trousers U. S. V at 'V- ' i WORH | g 1442 Maia P'tf T-. ^ T ,v Spartan bi " ' The Wor <? ; .-J' - . ? ilC ft BBOmHMHHHBMBHMiHHH r 7 I he hogs are fat arid ready. By their nethods there is practically no loss rom spoilt meat. The Brooks county Ian is worth investigating. Brooks ounty is not" far away and any farner there .will gladly show you how t is done. Beef cattle can easily -be made and herefore ought to become a great ource of wealth to the farmers of 'ierce county. Nature has given us . wonderful climate and splendid ange country that ought to be taken idvanta^re of. The compulsory tick radication law will give us a tickree county by the end of 18IS. which eans it will be possible to introduce he better strains of. beef cattle into 'no noun 4-rr fnor nf Iacc v _ lit tvutlbj TI i L U V U U LVUi V4. I V-JkJ. J?If ? ry attention should now be given o securing the foundatic^n of a herd, .nd just as rapidly a? possible the nferior strains we now have should >e disposed of. It is just as easy, nd costs no more, to raise, a 12,000 b. steer as a 600 lb. one. There is . whole lot qf difference in the profts. Other sections have grown rich on attle alone, while we have long >negected to utilize the blessings nature las so abundantly lavished upon us. tight now is the time to" begin i&anlr;\ MBMi?l'l'll mill IP om The and young > and Overc fHO PA\ ??? I I l H! J ' ^ lediate profits that at onsumer. In many instanc i every time the garment cl 1 the end the WEARER paj the MAKER D % \ l 11 il _ ! :n au me unnecessary in-De 0 reduce the cost to the WE Middle-Man ! ist Selling ! CHAIN CLOTHING STOB ) ge t men's clothing at the 1 assurance of the best qualit SURE. WAY' of convincing j u?give us a chance to prov iVoolen Mills & -ff TV'.':-. ' t <- y *. i 1 ' " ' $25?$30^ $3.95, $4.95, Open Saturdays Late l/nnlon Mi f VUIVli JkTJIJ )*S LARGEST CLOTHIERS AND TA H.jL. Gillespie, Mgr.. . THER SOUTH CAROLINA STORES org, Greenville, Charleston, Anderson Id's Largest Retail ^ . ? />, r^? ' v r r - - *.' - ' - < W- ~r- -^rmSm f * -S - J.' -V f 5 PART II > 8 PAGES 1 r NUMBER 5. ; ning to bring- in the improved [breeds. Intelligent attention to cattle | will bring certain and increasing I pi UJUCfc. > Keep it in mind'that in all sections ! of the country where diversification j is the rule prosperity is much greater j than in those sections where the all; cotton, or one-crop, rule prevails." ; Adopt your program for beating the boll weevil and go to work. You can bet your life ''Billy Boll Weev* if is going to give you a stiff fight, but you can whip him if you try. G. A. CARDWELL. Agricultural and Industrial Agent, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Wilmington. X. C. ^ ^ 9 FREE PLANS FOR'GRANARIES. "Knock-down" or portable granaries can be used to care for wheat on the farm, plans for which have been published by the United States Department of Agriculture. The use of these storehouses often enables tin* grower to market his produce with better profit. The clans can be obtained free on Request. The Dispatch-News, $1.50 a ear. *? i GHHBHHHHHHBHHBHBBHBHHHHBBBP Makers Men's joats j ro I ? I tach themselves I es there are two and ranges hands another j rs the entire costs. . i irect tween merchants and iarer i's Profit! System ; \ ~4 :es in principal lowest possible prices, ies at the lowest cost I - ' - f T ^ v . rou?what we claim is e what we say. / . Clothes. nd size for every man " of OJijbat JiS: t -$3^--$40. $5.95, $6.95 His Co. * : . ELORS Columbia, ^ ~C:- . JF.#* " ' * , Sumter Clothiers ' ' / ri? x* ' * * ' r* ' ' - +'jJa *'- ''fr - ' \