Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THOUSAND MIA TO CANVASS MEMBERS. ??"? \*'.. c o" \ Columbia, March 27. ?With "It Shall Not Fail" as their slogan, over 2.000 farmers are preparing to take the field in South Carolina beginning the first week in April to canvass for signatures to the cotton cooperative marketing contract. The two thousand canvassers represent those who have already signed the contract and who are convinced that the future f prosperity of the state depends in a very large measure on the successful completion of the campaign for the formation of the South Carolina Cot+rvt> nrnn-ore' Cnnnprfliivp Association . WV/li VI l V?? V4 w wvf The month of March has been onej of great activity in practically all! counties and great headway has been j made. Over 100,000 bales have been signed dunng this month and the machinery has been perfected for the great drive which is expected to bring victory next month. During the month of March bankers, preachers, lawyers, doctors and teachers have joined with the farmers | in making speeches over the state in behalf of the movement. The plans and purposes of the association have been explained.in every cotton growing! county of the state. Last week was a great week in many of the counties. Marlboro has now signed up 26,445 bales: Darlington 19,529 bales; and Sumter 17,000 bales. These a^e the three leading counties. Lee county comes fourth with 7,327 bales and Dillon is only 100 bales bethind her. The four leading counties have signed up over 70.0Q0 bales or more than one-sixth of the quota for the whole state. These four counties expect to sign a total of 100,000 or f one-fourth of the quota for the whole state before May 1. Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson and Laurens in the Piedmont section are expected to sign up another 100,000. ^ Reports from over the state tell of enthusiasm everywhere. The bankers and businessmen, realizing that the prosperity of the state is dependent to ' a great degree upon the formation of the/ association- are throwing themselves actively into the fight. CORN PLANTING. Corn should be planted as early in the season as weather and soil conditions permit. The early plantings are usually more productive than late plantings. However, there is nothing to be gained by planting before the soil is warm enough to germim te the seed readily and to give a good b* growth. If the soil is cold, the young 1 corn will turn yellow and grow very A slowly, whxph may result in an uneven B stand; whereas, if the soil is warm Jthe seWfc*wilI germinate quickly and ' the plants will grow/ off strong and vigorous at once. The depth to plant will depend on the moisture conditions in the field at planting time. On rolling sandy land, which is usually, dry during the spring months, it is a good practice to plant in the bottom oi a shallow furv yow, making the seed bed five or six Inches below the surface. This assures the seed being placed in a moist soil and if covered from 2 1-2 to 3 inches, deep, it is likely to germinate 1 at once. As the corn grows, the soil; can be filled in t around the stalks Whcih will make the field level again. 1 In poorly drained soils it m^y be advisable to plant on a low bed, other- { I v wise, too much moisture may hinder germination by keeping the soil cold, j The seed should not be planted as deep on a heavy oi* poorly drained soil a& on a well-drained soil. The distance to plant the corn will depend largely on two factors, namely, moisture conditions and the fertility of the soil. /Thin sandy land, tacking in humus or organic matter, will necessarily requre wide planting. Under such conditions, the rows ' should be five feet apart and the plants about two feet apart in the row. j If summer legumes are to be planted between the rows (and they certainly should be planted), the rows may be Six feet apart. I On land capable of producing from 25 to 30 bushels an acre, the rows may be four and a half feet apart and . the plants fifteen to eighteen inches in the row. When moisture conditions are good and the soil rich in humus much closer planting in the drill may be practiced safely. . If the corn is te be fertilized with commercial goods, the most of the ? amount should be applied before M 1 M M + Z M /? A M y-V M /\ /vVv 1 1 px?iiuxxxg axxu ixxux. uu&xxxjr xxxxacu wxlix the soil to prevent the fertilizer from coming in contact with the corn seed and injuring the germination powers of the seed. Repeated appli- j S ? cations of fertilizer are not usually effective due to the fact that the far- j jner waits too late to make the sec'V ' ond application. In case the crop needs more fertilizer the farmer J should apply a fertilizer that will be-' . pome available readily. In this case, from 75 to 100 pounds of nitrate of ||fL" III soti may be applied per acre to an atiKntage, providing it. is put there eany enough to have the desirable effect. The application of nitrate of: soda should be applied about June! 15th according to the time of plant- ! ing. C. S. ADDV, j Instructor of Vocational Agriculture Lexington High School. ? m ? APRIL FARM CALENDAR i Things To Do This Month. Agronomy Prepare seed beds for cotton and corn thoroughly. Plant plenty of good sound seed of the best varieties possible to get good stands of both cotton and corn. Plant cotton only on good land. Reduce cotton acreage to where it; can be well fertilized and properly! cultivated. j Animal Husbandry. Feed and take good care of brood sows which are suckling pigs. Do not wean pigs until they are j eight weeks of age. Avoid keeping several sows together during the suckling period. It is bet- i i ter to keep them separate if pos-1 sible. Do not fail to plant a sufficient j acreage of feed crops to supply abund-j ant feed for the livestock. J Dairying. Take milk cows off pastures infested with onions four hours before milking. Co Ntinue feeding grain to milk cows j I on pasture. Early grass is mostly j water. ^ j - Plant corn or sorghum for silage, j Plant other fed crops for dairy' herd. Remember that no livestock farmnig is profitable without an a- j bundance of home-grown feeds. Plant Pathology. Keep up the spraying schedule, j Make such application thorough and j on time. Try delinting the cotton seed this year, if you have not already formed the habit. Get seed corn treated for diseases. The county agents or the Botany Division of Clemson College will tell you how to get it done free. Plant wilt-resistant tomatoes where the fungus ^rilt is in the soil. The | Botany Division still has some seed' of resistant varieties, free on request! as long as it lasts. Watch closely for seed bed disease? of tobacco and report to the Botany Division ,with specimens, if any is IUUI1U . Garden and Ochard. Spray peaches with arsenate of lead for curculio, and w^th self-boil-[ ed lime-sulphur for brown rot. Write j -dtecular ,25 -for furttok. information. Fertilize the peach and apple tres with 2 to 4 pound of an 8-4-4 fertilizer per tree, according to size. Spray grapes with Bordeaux just before the buds open and again one j week before they bloom. Apply top dressing of nitrate of soda to cabbage plants, using about 100 pounds per acre. . Transplant tomato, pepper and eggplant from hot bed to cold frames preparatory to planting in the fiela after danger of frost. Plapt in April: Beans, beets, com, cucumbers, eggplants, cantaloupes, peppers, salsify, squash, okra, celery Examine tender branches of rose bushes for plant lice. Spray with some form of Nicotine solution. Rub off suckers that appear near the surface of the ground on newly planted fruit trees. WATERMELON AXTHRACNOSE CARRIED OX THE SEED , Tr,eat Seed with Corrosive Sublmiate Before Planting Clemson College, March 27.?When seed is harvested from diseased melons. it is likely to be con* iminated j with anthracnose spores, with the re- j suit that the young plant is almost certain to be affected with the disease. This can be prevented by disinfecting the seed before planting. It must be remembered , however, | that the fungus may live over winter j on dead vines and fragments of the 1 fruits of cucumber, cantaloupe, and watermelon; so that, even if the plant is healthy at the start, the disease may botani a foothold in the field from a source other than the seed. Barnyard manure sometimes carries : the- disease when it comes from a lot ; in which the melons were fed to the hogs. On account of the fact that infection may come about in severa1 ways, seecl treatment alone does not insure a healthy crop. But it is a measure that should be carried out in connection with a good spray program and other sanitary methods suggested above, say the plant pathologists. Directions for Treating .Seed. ' Immerse the seed in a 1-1,000 mercuric chloride (corrosive sublimate) ' solution for five minute.s. wash the, i T seed thoroughly in running water and place them where they will dry rapidly. Caution. Mercuric chloride is extremely poisonous when taken niternallv. It will not injure the hands however, when used at the strength recommended above. Mercubric chloride attacks various metals, so glass, earthenware, or wooden receptacles should be used in mkangi up and handling the solution. The seed should not be left in the solution over five minutes. The same solution should nut be used for treating more than two lots of seed. Suggestions. In making the treatment it will be found convenient to put the seed tc be disinfected in a loosely woven bag, filling the bag about three-fourths full -so as to allow for the swelling of the seed. The seed can be washed in the same bag by placing in running water for fifteen or twenty minutes, or by rinsing thoroughly in a barrel or a tub through several successive changes of water. They j should be stirred while being treated and whlie being washed. The ^mercuric solution in smal! quantities can be conveniently prepared from the standard mercuric chloride tablets sold by druggists. Where commercial growers or growers* associations wish to treat seed on a large scale, the mercuric chloride powder can be purchased from whole sale druggists and used at the rate of one ounce to eight gallons of water, or one pound to 125 gallons of water. SUGAR HAS RECORD MARKET ACTIVITY. 'The activity and strength oft the sugar market during the past ten weeks has surprised not only the numerous body of pessimists who had predicted a period of stagnation and ruinously low prices during the current year, but also those who were most optimistic regarding the possibility of a broad and vigorous volume j of trade once the market was left tc be governed only by the free interplay of supply and demand," says Facts About Sugar, the leading publication of the country devoted to American sugar production. The editorial continues: "The month of January, usually a comparatively dull season in the sugar trade, was marked by the heaviest importations, meltings and disrtibution ever recorded for this period of the year. February and the first half of March have witnessed an acceleration rather than a diminution in this movement. "Every department of the industry has shared in this activity. Recorded sales in the raw market have amounted to over a 'million tins,- or at thf rate of over five million a year, and undoubtedly manjT^tran.^cTfons "have not yet been reported. The movement of raw supplies from Cuba has proceeded at a remarkable pace and with the greatest smoothness. Loadin gand shipping a million and a half bags of sugar in a single week is a task of no small proportions, but it has bene performed by the fleet serving the sugar trade, between Cuba and the United States without a hitch." High freight rates don't affect the cost of transportation from the home garden to the kitchen. Extension Bulletin 42 (Revised) will help you tc make a good garden this year. \ l Kl.NM.Vti OX FULL TIME. Our fountain known as the Rexall Fountain, is running every day in the week and never sleeps when it comes to giving our patrons the best the world's markets afford. The syrups, fruit juices, flavoring, etc., used are guaranteed absolutely pure. The best Coca-Cola that can be made?the genuine sparkling and delicious for 5c. Quality Ice Cream. Eskimo Pies or Polar Pies if you choose to nanu them. HARMON DRUG CO., lw Lexing.rn, S. C. CITATION NOTICE. State of South Carolina, County of Lexington.?By W. F. Hook, esquire, probate judge. Whereas, C.I. Cromer made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of David H. Shull. These are Therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said David H. Shull, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lexington, C. H., S. C., on 6th day of April, 1922, next, after publication hereof at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 2 3d da} of March Anno Domini 1 922 . W. F. HOOK (L. S.) Probate Judge Lexington County, S. C. Published on the 23d day of March 1922, in the Lexington paper, 2 weeks. SIXTY-TIIRKE WAYS OF BUILDING A ROAD. ! ! i The State of Illinois, with the <-ooperation of the Bureau of Public J Roads of the Federal Government. ( has built a piece of road two miles | long which includes sixty-three dif-1 . I ferent sections representing as many different methods and kinds of con-i struction having various thicknesses! I . C ' Ul I'Uiin I'll', I'flJJCriJl felUU* ilim a^iumi ; filled brick as well as asphaltie concretes and concrete with rolled stone 1 bases. The construction of this ; peace of road was completed in April.1 I 1021, since which tir.ie a corps of en-l gineers has been engaged iri making | " i observations for eliect oi temperature changes, static and repeated loads' and subgrade conditions. And now i a fleet 01 ten motor trucks received ' by the State from the surplus of the War Department are to be operated over the road in testing it out. At first they will be lightly loaded, hut as the test progresses the load w:ll be increased until a maximum i.reached giving a 12.000 pound reai wheel load. The Agricultural Department at "Washington in a statement covering the experiments say? that the results will show definitely the types of pavements which can be expected to support heavy traffic, ar well as those whcih will not satsfiy the requirements of such traf'ic con- I d it ions as might be expected during j the next ten or twenty years. > <g I i 4pm INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO. Every American soldier will be hrousht home from "Bingen. Sweet Bingen"?and other places on the Rhine. There are about 4,000 troops in Europe, and with their return there will be a complete end to American military participation in affairs across the Atlantic. European natons seem to be less relentless in their attitude towards Russia than the United States. Plan.1 for her reconstruction?and exploitation, are being discussed by international experts gathered in London, and ! by Lenin and the all-Russia commun- | ist congress at Moscow. Both gather- j ings are prelimniary to the economic conferences to be held at Genoa, to which the United States has sent regrets. Europe seems eager to find a basis of copoeration by whcih Russia can again be brought into the community of nations and her resources of materials and manpower madeavailable to help in repairing the wastages of war. The debtor European nations are Jiow Fin a the Co: ; &*7 , ? ; N Size 1 I " 30 x 3 Fal 30 x iVi " 30 x 3lA Co: I 32 x 4 ' N 33 x " * 33 x 5 ; v HOW the cost of bu level in history w( ; to the stockholder 1. All inventories a\ ' 7. Increased tnanu\ , overhead 58%. 9 3. Selling costs redv Mr. Firestone stated, advantageous buying faci 100% stockholding organ tfsl- 1 "Due credit must be . _Ifv a smaller margin of pro ; ' # owner." The saving through i Firestone economy and is M Harmon Dn Ste< app^ much by^ c< the fact that the United States lias tc "put in its claim" for its part of the p] Oerman reparations payments allocated for the liotiidati'n of the cost? of Allied occupation of German territorv. The French Premier enplains that "just as America is not * bound by the Versailles Treaty terms. ( so the Allies are not bound by the 01 terms of the Berlni treaty." The Al- ~ lies are rather jteeved because the United States has thrown a monkey wrenen iniu ujo x.-iuv-iiuim ?> - - i ranged lor the purpose of dividing the | Merman not of gold. In the mean- j while there are no new developments J . i i ?????rf* i_ VOTING C Queen of F "PALMAFESTA" The Dispatch-News. Gentlemen: My choice for Name Address This coupon good for one v< vance subscription to this ne Egg^Frc makes early la vers of y< produces fast growth in young chicks. 2V2 p We carry a complete line of Caro-Vet Stan Hogs and Poultry. We will gladly refund yoi results from the use of any Caro-Vet remedy 9 AUTHORIZED DEALERS !H S. W. Boozer Chapin, S. C. J. Brookland Cash Gro..New Brookland, S. C. p. Eargle Drug Store Chapin, S.C. i J. S. Wessinger & Son Chapin, S.C. , L. P. Fox Butesburg, S. C. istone cf nf Tim Sp J t vj a n v v Jen. 1921 Jim. l! Prices Price xic $18.75 $ 9.8 22.50 11.6 rd 35.75 17.5 ' & 56.55 32.4i 1 67.00 s 42.8 | 81.50 | 52.1 ilding quality tires has been broughi is explained by H. S. Firestone, Presic rs at the annual meeting on December nd commitments at or below the markt factoring efficiency and volume prodt iced 38%. , "This reduction in prices is made pos: lities, and the enthusiasm, loyalty and ization. given to Firestone dealers who are sel' fit. This brings every Firestone sav first cost plus the saving through 1 daily adding new fame to the Firestone est Miles per Dollar Lig Co. DuPi ele & McCarl moerning the payment Ivy the Allies* > the United States of interest 01 rinoipal of the war debts. The local newspaper is becoming a Lighty strong link between the farler and the agricultural colleges and le U. S. Department of Agriculture >r np\vs n ml instruction about aarri jltural matters. Renews Strength! I I Where there is J^A pB need for a building-up tonic after Jjl jH prostrating illness, 1 j^H j SCOTT'S EMULSIOH I I taken regularly, usually | spells renewed strength | and vigor. * Scott & Bowne, Eloomfie'cJ, N. J. I ALSO MAKERS OF I 1 (Tabids or Granges) I for indigestion i (r 20-13sk I *f"?f fiBSTi??lB?TlB5S gn?. L KX&UTZ TT"* lOUPON I *alrnafesta I Queen of Palmafesta is: I Die. A yearly paid-in-ad-. I wspaper counts 100 votes. I im Every Hen ] or a loafing hen. You can make layers I at of every solitary hen you own. Egg Producer 1 mic, de\elops the egg-producing organs; 1 >ung pullets?; keeps poultry healthy and oimd box, 50 cents. I dard Remedies for Horses, Mules, Cattle, " or money if jou fail to get satisfactory LEXINGTON COUNTY M. Craps Gilbert, S. C. ice B. Harmon Lexington, S. C. , R. Lanford Swansea, S. C. alian Sharpe Edmunds, S. C. f. 1/11 \ -? i v4 ' V ' ,wiuo nf - Jpjf i Reduction " Jj: ? "j; 5 47% if! 5 48?? it 0 51% )#; 0 43% MI 5 36% 5 36% ??; m t down to the lowest : } lent of the Company, j , i': 15, 1921. J >t. ^ iction reduced factory ;.i ? : sFble by our unusually . ' , , determination of our ung r irestonc urea on ; ing direct to the car- . - j; ligh mileage doubles . ; i principle of service-^ || e Auto Co, tha