The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, September 30, 1909, Image 1
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jj^jjmLlSHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER] 30 1909. VOL 15. NO. 35
t?ORTH PLANTING f
it and Best Food For f
k Animals. How To t
are Land For Oats. T
illy reports of large yields
each the public. When
has a field that promises
bushels to the acre, that c
known and the yield inthe
more it is talked about. *
crops always get in the
bajH^apers. wnile there are ten acres
|'' ^hat will tnakc 500 bushels of corn ^
are 500 other acres in the '
-i|ame township that will not make *
jt^leiisbushels to the acre. From "
of the counties of the up- ^
^(J^ountry reports indicate that the
* ^pom crop will be very short.
" ^^STiiereevcr that is the case an abun!L#W
oat crop should be sown. ;
(I ^They are the cheapest and best i
* ^^food for work animals. They come ]
ittin the last of May just as they are <
i ^lgreatly needed. Even if a farmer ]
made an abundant corn crop, 1
jjlft ts cheaper to taise oats for horse {
4 ^ifc?d ind sell his corn to needy |
"^neighbors. Another great advan- i
??^)tage that results from sowing oats .
I JL is that the farmer has land to sow ;
f"^^peas on, and thus the soil is im- ,
proved. !
DO OATS IMPOVERISH SOIL?
(^L^-The belief of farmers in former
days was that oats impoverished
QTthe soil rapidly. That belief was
founded on the faet that farmers
*T generally sowed their poorest land
?Q~in oats, and they sowed in the
^apring of the year. When they
Ty were eut in June the ground was
i^Tteft bare, and it was too poor to
jj^jporduee weeds and grass. Oats
jT are as worse on land than other
i^^crops. An acre of land that would
make 35 bushels of wheat would
require 24 pounds phosphoric acid,
jT^l pounds of potash and 59 pounds
^..of nitrogen. That is the straw
chaff and grain would give that
A*"kmniint nn annlvcic i
J ^.10. VJ1AI y jJUUUUh J
|f nf oats would require 22 pounds of
phosphoric acid, 62 ooundsof potIfjj)1
"ash and 55 pounds of nitrogen. I
l^fThe plant food required to make 35 '
^bushels of wheat or 60 bushels of ]
oats is worth nearly the same;
that for the wheat being $10.77, |
^ and for the oats $11.68. Then '
money value of the oat crop is (
i^^greater than the value of the wheat. (
Any crop will draw plant food from '
^Ihe soil and impoverish land if it (
not kept up. Oats or wheat 1
sown on even thin land and follow- 1
a |'?-a viujj win improve ian(l
^ very rapidly.
PREPARATION FOR OATS.
b"?
If stubble or corn land is to be s
sown in oats, it should be well (
^ broken and harrowed. About two t
^ inches of the sub-soil should be j
Pptrbr >ken so as to mix with the top
L^aoil. It should be harrowed until i
IP* the land is smooth and the soil
ppwell pulverized In all the upper
Lcounties the oats should be put in
^during October with an oat drill.
prThereare two good drills, one t
K. made in Georgia, the other in s
Iff* Charlotte, N. C. There lay off !
^gupthe rows, distribute the fertilizer,
plant and cover the seed at the r
P^^MUtie time. If a four-inch plough v
taptfs used the rows will be about c
twelve inches apart. The larger ^
|ppthe plough the wider will be the _
throws. One hanr? will nut in ?? ?
_ acres a day. In the lower counties s
P^the oats will, no doubt, stand the
Ktafrwinters if sown broadcast. Six or '
^^eight pccxs may be planted on the v
^^acre. If put in early, a bushel will a
jpppffive a good stand. Oats require t
more potash than wheat or corn. r
That should be borne in mind when a
applying fertilizer. a
The following formula is a good r
one for oats: , c
p 1,000 pounds acid phosphate, i 1
600 pounds kainit400
pounds cotton seed meal. ^
jjft If the above should be applied to ( e
ive acres of ordinary land the
deld ought to be 40 bushels tc the
icre, provided soinc nitrate is ap>lied
in the spring.
If a higher grade is wanted
his formula would fill the requirenent:
1.200 pounds acid phosphate.
300 pounds muriate potash.
r?00 pounds cotton seed meal.
That would give on analysis
>-7-50-2. The potash is high in
his mixture, but oats need potash.
There is no reason why farmers
>n good land by applying 600 to
$00 pounds of high grade fertilizer
ind one hundred pounds of nitrate
>f soda should not make 100 bu;hels
of oats to the acre. It can
x; done in this State, and many
armers ought to make attempt.
BEST SEED.
It is generally better to get
>eed raised in the neighborhood or
n a latitude corresponding to this.
It will be safe to sow either oats
^r wheat raised at the foot of the
Blue Bridge from Fredericksburg,
Va., to Birmingham. Such seed
ire acclimated. We have seen the
inest oats grown far North that
vould make nothing here. The
Appier is now the favoiite variety
n this State. They are an imsrovement
on the red rust proof.
There are other varieties adverised,
but investigation leads us to
relieve that none of them are sujerior
to the Appier or red rust
oof. Perhaps the best con.binaion
is to sow the hairy vetch with
>ats. They grow together and if
:ut just as the oats are in the
1 1- A. *
iunj4 in siaie, iney maKe a great
ibundance of feed, whether in
he green or cured state. The
retch is also a nitrogen gatherer,
vhich improves the land. It is
.aid that crimson clover also does
veil sown with oats as they are
eady to cut at the same time.
But as a general thing it is better
lot to mix crops. Sow all these
orage crops on separate lots, uness
on small, rich lots that will
x;ar neavy seeding.
CULTIVATION OF OATS.
When nitrate applied in the
spring of the year, a smoothing
larrow should be run over them,
rhat stirs the soil and opens it up
o the influence of air and sunighr.
The harrowing lfnocks
Sown all the ridges made by the
>at drill and leaves the land very
smooth. It is easy to run thereap;r
over land thus prepared. Some
farmers have no reapers, but a
rapid and good way to harvest
aats is to use a mower. A hand
and two mules can cut about eight
acres a day. If they are quite
*ipe they may be hauled up and
stored in the barn without any
langer of spoiling. Of course,
he reaper and self-binder is best,
and does more satisfactory work.
?Charles Petty in News and Courer.
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An Early Surprise At The '' Manse.''
The new occupants of the Pres>yterian
Manse were somewhat
mrprised Monday night, the 20th.
nst., by the noise of an approachng
multitude, followed b y a
ing of the door bell. Dr. Buckler
emerged from his study to see
vho of the merry company were
intfering and to welcome them.
Vhereupon he found the whole
nultitude entering and loaded
vith packages. The rest can be
niaKiiKu mule casny man decribed.
This early and unexpected
'pounding" by members of his
lew flock, a little startling at first,
vas found to be a very effective
md pleasing introduction, making
he Pastor-elect, his gentle helpneet
and the little folks all feel
it home immediately.
An examination of the bundles
md the discovery of names not
net in the company revealed that
>ther friends and members of the
lock, not present in person, had
ent contributions. To one and
til the pastor and his household
lesire to express their grateful
ippreciation.
To Trustees of Marion County.
In making: out the annual rcjxjrt
of this office to the State Superintendent
of Education, I have
found some startling conditions o?
carelessness on the part of the
teachers. It seems that neither
the teachers nor the trustees realize
as they should the importance
of these reports. Their greatest
importance of course lies in the '
fact that the money raised by the
constitutional three mill le"y is ap- 1
portioned according: to this report, j
In addition to the fact that it seems
almost impossible to get these reports
from some of the schools, '
when by virtue of much coaxing:,
entreaty and prayer, some scanty
report is at last obtained, it is
found on inspection to be very
beggarly indeed and in some cases
ignorantly incorrect.
Now this is seldom the fault of
the trustees, except in so far as
they are to blame in being: hoodwinked
into electing: an incompetent
teacher. In fact it is not the
fault of the trustees at all, for in
some cases the t.achers are college
graduates and hold first grade
Certificates cases of tHis l-inrl ??-"
iust av numerous as they are
amongst the negro teachers.
There is no excuse for this except
unadulterated carelessness on the
part of the teacher. It is to be
expected that negro teachers with
their limited education, should
make mistakes in making out their
reports, but for an intelligent white
man or woman to send in a report
like some of those sent in this year,
there is not the shadow of an excuse*
(
Now we have decided to see that
these reports are made outcorrctly
this vear and as a means to this 1
l end, I have sent nut new registers i
to the teachers These registers
have a new form tor the annual report
and it is to be hoped that they '
will be used for drawing money
and for making out the reports. I
Furthermore no teachers warrant
will be approved unless the month- ,
ly report is correctly made out on
the back of the warrant. In addi- 1
tion the banks of the county have 1
been asked n?fnci> e-.i-i.
warrants which have not been approved
at the Superintendents
office and every bussness house
should take notice of this. When !
it is inconvenient for country teach- ,
ers to come in person, thev may
send their warrants to this office
and checks will be mailed to them. '
There is another matter that 1 1
would like to call to the attention i
of the trustees, which is the cer- ,
tificate question.
There are some certificates that ,
are not worth the paper on which '
they are vritten. While some !
teachers holding these worthless ]
certificates taught last year, still ,
they may not be allowed to do so
this year The certificate referred
I vw uwt is i ic out utiii nus oeen 1
renewed fr?. n year to year and is
to begin with, of a low grade. <
There are also eertiricates that on
accoun* of the utter lack of ability
as a teacher on the part of the hold- '
er may be revoked.
The question of certificates has
heretofore been very loosely conducted
throughout the state but
there is a general movement at
present for a stricter enforcement
of the law, in order that the children
of our country may not be
basely imposed upon by ignorant
teachers. This is the beginning
of the year and it will be necessary
for the trustees to look into this
matter very carefully.
JOE. P. LANE, Supt. Ed.
The average farmer is probably
not aware of the fact that an average
mule sells for $10 a head
more than horses. Such is the
case, and the price had been gradually
rising for a number of years.
There has never been what would
be called an over-production of
mules, while the market has often
been unable to fully supply.
We take it for granted that paronfe
Af?a Af -?? - - A ?
?uw aib as inuvjii ii nut more interested
in the advancement of
their children at school as are
the teachers, and no teacher takes
delight in a pupil's failure. The
management simply wishes to call
the attention of the parents to the
facts in the case and urg ently re- j
quest, no demand, that nothing
be allowed to interfere with the
progress of their children in school
work.
GOVERNOR NAMES DELEGATES.
Men Appointed to Attend Farmer'?
Congress at Raleigh.
Columbia, September J4.?
Governor Ansel tc-dav appointed
delegates to the Farmer's National
Congress, whieh will be held at
Raleigh, N. C., commencing ""ovember
4. Gov. Ansel has been
invited to attend the Congress,
but it is hardly probable that he
will attend. The following are
those that were appointed:
H. McRae. Dillon, S. C.; R.
P. Harner, Jr , Hamer, S. C.; S.
Gibson, Gibson. N. C.; Wad"-:
Stackhouse, Dillon. S. C.; 1>. L.
McLaurin, MeColl, S.C.: Sheriff
j. H. Green. Bennetisvihe, S. C.;
Tom C. Hamer, Bennettsviile:
M. II. Haynesworth, Florence, S.
C. R. P. Reed, Ebenezer; Walter
Gregg, Mars Bluff, S. C.; L. H
\_,cii i i.nitn, oueieiv 11111; u- I . iVlCKeithan,
Darlington,; E. C. Edwards,
Mnllins; W. B. Allen,
Mallory, Will Godbolt, Marion
and D. W. Bethea, Dillon.
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JOHN A. JOHNSON,
Deep regret will be felt tli?'
country over that John A. Johnson's
brave fight against death
Wfltl nn\rni1in?r
...... .SWH.IHUI "t
Minnesota died early Tuesday
morning in the private hospital at
Rochester, Minn., where an
operation was performed upon him
in the hope of gaining relief from
the disease with which lie had
suffered.
The best measure of the respect
and regard in which Mr. Johnson
was held by his fellow men is to In:
found in the universal interest
which was displayed in his tight
for life and the many expressions
t?t ivrret everywhere heard that
the grim messenger had conquered.
There was that in John A.
Johnson's life story that appealed
strongly to the great mass of honest,
sturdy Americans. He had
known the bitterest pangs of poverty.
Like Abraham Lincoln, he
arose, by sheer force of will and
character, to eminence and renown.
And like Lincoln he
maintained, as he progressed
hicrVlor fho comn *-<?
, 4.IIV QnillV. (Ill V.V I 1"! I ll 1 L
gard and confidence of the "plain
people" that were his meed in the
clays of poverty and hard toil.
John A. Johnson died in the
prime ot life. Had he lived a few
years longer there is strong reason
to believe he would have
achieved the highest honor in the
gift of the American people to bestow.
He was the strongest competitor
against Mr. Bryan for the
Democratic nomination in 1908,
Many believed he would have been
successful in achieving both nomination
and election three years
hence, had he been spared.
Speculation as to what might have
been is fruitless, however, in the
light of what is. And John A.
Johnson needs no higher honors
than he had already won to keep
memory green. Asa boy, he was
a loving faithful son to a hardworking
mother, taking upon his
own shoulders at tender years the
burden of support of the family;
as a youth he was still faithful,
plodding, alert, scrupulously honest;
working hard all day and
reading half the night to gain an
education. Fiom the humble
desk of a country newspaper office
he was called to the administration
of the affairs of state as chief
executive of Minnesota. So faithf
1111 vr fr\ tV?A inforocft- ? 1 ~
.M..j v%/ v.iw unvivoui ui nit* jnrupie
did he perform his duties that
twice again, in the face of large
normal Republican pluralities,
was Johnson chosen governor.
When asked the secret of his success
Johnson is said to have replied
: "I tried to make good.''
He did. As a faithful son; an
earnest editor; an honest governor,
he made good. That is epitaph
enough.
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Races October 71h. Q
There has been so much discussion
over the relative speed of *
Alfonso, the famous Marlboro
trotter owned by Mr. Walter
Drake, and Marguerite, the little (.h,
mare owned by Mr. L. Edwards,
that made such a tine record last
summer, that a stake race has hibeen
arranged between the two he
to be pulled off at Bennettsvillc n*-"
tomorrow. (>n the foil > ving Thursday.
October 7th., they will race hi?
again on the Dillon track. It is la'
understood that friends of each tul
horse are claiming the race and tn
the meet is bound to be of more seJ
than ordinary interest. The tw
friends of Alfonso claim that he
did not get a fair "show" when
hi: was beaten by Marguerite at
Darlington and Dillon, while on tht
the other hand the friends of Marguerite
claim that ?Vir? umn /-vr?
merits and she showed faster time 1111
than Alfonso could make. Anyway
there has been so much argument
and discussion over the rela- de
tive speed of these two favorites w<
of the track that it was decided to co
pull off the races and settle the ha
question for the time being. Mar
guerite was sent to Bennettsville 'n
, Monday. She will be driven by as
her owner. Mr. L.Edwards, who fri
has almost recovered from the
! serious accident on the Darling- ha
{ ton track last summer that almost n'
I cost him his foot. Local sports- ?<men
are looking forward to the lel
event with a great deal of inter- Ai
est, and of course the odds are in
favor of Marguerite among Dillon m
turfmen. h'
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SENSATIONAL CASE IN SALUDA.
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Doubtless one ot the most sensutional
eases ever threshed out ^
in Saluda court house vv^up be- '
fore the referee court Tuesday and
yu
Wednesday. It is a ease involvr
, . y<>
ing two of the most prominent ^
families in the county. *,
tin
In October of last year Mr.
Julian Werts was married to Miss
TU?.. i:?1 -?.?
, ?vj tiunbi. mcy nvcu iogein- ^
er as man and wife until the first
ef February this year, when *.hcy Qf
separated. Mr. Werts is en- su,
deavoring to have the marriage
annuled and Mrs Fay Trotter jjt
Werts is fighting the annulment ....
do
proceedings.
Mr. Werts is a very intelligent, t>ei
hard working young man and the W1
defendant one of the prettiest aft
women in the county. tio
There is much interest in the th;
proceedings, and morbid curiosity ca:
exhibited. asl
We see absolutely no good to ar<
be gained by either side, and the ev
naked tiuths necessarily divulged ex
are not calculated to do anybody
any good.?Saluda Standard. mi
tir
Another Preacher Allen. fir
The following from th#? Rnntict
? ,
Courier tells of the ordination to '
the ministry of another member of ?
tcl
that Marlboro family which has .
1st
given so many good preachers to
the Bapist denomination.
The ordination of Bro. B. F.
Allen took place recently at Cat
Fish church, Marion county. Brethern
A. E. C. Pitman, W. C. Al- ev
len, and Joel I. Allen took part ou
in the ordination. Bro. B. F. Al- 00
len has accepted the call of the
church at Denmark. He is a at
graduate of Furman, and of the tw
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. He is the son of a 1
Baptist deacon, grandson of a SU(
Baptist minister, the late Rev. Pai
W. 0 Allen, and has a brother in *s
? n? <" " ?
ui? iiiiuwuy, ivev. W. L. Allen, 1114
pastor of the Latta church. His K?
grandfather, on his maternal side, ar<
was the late Deacon Ccxe, of
Florence.?Pee Dee Advocate.
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The Dillon Herald Si.50 a year, co
ON'T BE TOO FRIENDLY.
Lesson of the Road Learned
by a Salesman.
ica^o Tribune.
A saletnan's desire to extend
< acquaintance is laudable, but
must use judgment jn nianr
in which he does it.
|ohn L. Vance (which is not
i name) the best salesman of a
j>e Chicago house, had just rerned
the night before from a
p through Kansas. He was
ited at his desk dictating when
o detectives from the Central
ation presented themselve> for
mission.
"Are you Mr. John L. Vane ?"
?y asked.
"I am," was the reply.
"And is this Michigan ee.?"
'It is."
"I am sorry," said one ?i 'he
teetives, showing his star. ' hut
; will have to ask you to .tympany
us to the station. We
,ve had a telegram from the
eriif at McPherson, Kas., givg
us your full name and addu ss,
king us to hold you on charge of
lud."
Mr. Vance was dumfounded. ! !e
iii only been in McPherson ovcrght
had tailed to sell his man my
>ods, had paid his hotel bill, and
ft town the following morning.
L the police station he convinced
e chief that there must be s< ine
istake, and was released upon
s promise to return the following
orning, at which time further deils
were expected.
When Vance arrived a t his
tice in the morning there was a
ght telegram on his desk from
clothing firm at McPherson
lieh read as follows: "I'tiless
>u wire money, will imprison
u for obtaining goods under
Ise pretenses." The sender of
e telegram Vance had never
ard of. Nor did the descrip>n
received from McPherson at
; police station during the day
him. The chief was satisfied
the mistake, and dismissed his
ipeet.
Then Vance began to think.
: remembered that on the train
he was nearing McPherson,
; companion in tiic smoker had
en a dapper young man with
10m he had exchanged eards,
:cr a few minutes of conversant
. It afterwards deve'oped
at this man had presented the
rd and obtained a suit of clothes
king the dealer to send the bill
aund to the hotel the following
ening. Mis expense funds were
peeted, was the man's excuse
r not paying cash. Ifc had
ssed his check in the last towjj^
The merchant consulted a "raig"
book, and as Mr, Vance's
m was well rated the credit was
anted. Needless to say, neither
p dapper young man nor the suit
clothes was to be found in the hoI
the following evening. The reger
showed that Mr. Vance had
t that morninc
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ery week and want to increase
r circulation several hundred
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the year Send in your name
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elve long months for only $1.50.
Our town has never enjoyed
ch a trade as it has during the
st few weeks, and every day it
increasing. The fact of the
itter is our business men have
t right down to business and
i selling goods cheaper than
iy can be bought in any town
this size in the state, and the
ople are fast finding it out and are
ming here from adjoining
unties to do their heavy trading.
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