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J Latta N - | ; Coming ami Going. i < Mr. E. T. Elliott of Dillon was in 1 town Friday. t Jno. A. Perritt and two children, 1 ?f Zion were here Saturday. i b. M- Rich of Sellers was here Sat-j( urday. h Mrs. Jaqueline Sellers of Sellers was here Saturday. J. G. Ellen of Free State was here 5 Saturday. I J. Furman Berry of Temperance j was here Saturday. < Mack Atkins of Elberry was here i Saturday. ? 1 D. G. Manship of Elberry was here I Saturday. < H. T- Hartley of Oak Grove was 1 here Saturday. < E. W. Allen of Clio was here Sat- J urday. 1 S. T. Campbell of Ebenezer was 1 here Saturday. ! F. B. Watson and daughter of An- 1 tioch were here Saturday. Mrs. W. J. Summerlin and Mrs. L. < C. Bass were in Dillon Saturday. Mrs. W. L. Rogers is visiting her i parents at Boston, S. C. i Dr. and Mrs. Schofield werte in ! town Sunday afternoon. Hamp Wiggins of Little Rock was here Sunday afternoon. Lattie Holt and little son spent Sunday in Fayetteville. Mrs. Ada Edwards spbnt thc week end in Fairmont. C. H. Whiteheart of Florence was here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Allen of Dulcho were here Wednesday. Sheriff Rowell of Mai ion was here Wednesday. Hon. E. R. Ellerbe went to Dillon .Wednesday. W. B. Allen of Free State was here Wednesday. Eugene Berry of Elberry was here Wednesday. H. M. Hodges of Brownsville was here Wednesday. Airs, ueans Grumpier '.vent to Columbia Wednesday. Clarence McLaurin of Minium was here Thursday. W- C. Mikell, of Columbia was here Thursday. Mrs. J. P. Evans of Blenheim was here Friday. L. T. Sessions, Jr., of Floydale was here Friday. Alex McCall of Mallory was here Friday. Miss Mattie Price of the Sellers School faculty spent the week end with Mrs W. J Summerlin. T. W. Allen, who travels out of Chattanooga, spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Allen. Mr. Bob Blackwell and Miss Sndio Hewitt of Marion were here Sunday afternoon. Drs. W- L. Rogers and E. L. Brown wen, to Charlotte Sunday morning through the country. Judge J. B. McCutcheon and son, Schubert, of Dillon were here Thurs i tiayDr. Jake Rogers of Dillon and H. M. Rogers of Minturn were here Thursday. P. P. Bethea of Branchville, S. C., I was here Thursday on a flying visit, to see his sister Mrs. G. R. Williams. , M. W. Howard, representing Brown Y ' - ~!P-. t>f St. Louis, Mo., was here <b\y. > J\s. T. W. Berry, E. B. Berry, C. Edwards and E. R- Ellerbe BMk 1 to Marion Wednesday after^Wesdames 11. H. Wilds of Landrum J. C- Betlvea of Sellers spent I Monday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Ellis j Bethea. i^l A very happy meeting of the PotDee Chapter U. D. C. convened Tues'day afternoon at the home of Mrs. 'Isla Grumpier and Mrs. Deans Clumpier. j On Friday morning the 22nd, a ?stork alighted at th.. home of Mr. (and Mrs. W. D- Bethea and left a 'beautiful hlnrlff-voii i. >).? ?.i.:~i. i vw t/it./j ?JU.? , vtn it'll I ?if the surroundings suit him, will noon be large enough to play with ' f"Billy" and "Chos." Mr. D- M. Dew and his on Duncan iWent to Columbia on S-iturday mornling through the country. Duncan reMKurned o nthe train Saturday night. jjlEMr. Dew spent Sunday with his wife fcj who is in the Ilaptist hospital and I returned home Monday reporting that .? Mrs. Dew is doing nicely and hopes ( tD soon be back home. | Mr. J. F. William- who farms near n Mallory, ont. night this week, caught V one of his negro tenants stealing a ysack of guano, whose name was M Hugh Mcltae. Mr. Williams indicted I Mcltae before Magistrate Haselden of Dillon. He was convicted and fined I JI50.00 or thirty days on the chain m - gang. Ili.s fin*- w:is finally reduced to William- 1 ? fxnuuio iwnt ins guano anu forced to pay his tenant's fine >se a good hand at a bad time of , Mr. Williams chosing the lesser ship, paid his fine and put hLm to work. It looks tough to catch n stealing your stuff, and then to Pay his fine. Social Evens in I>attn. e Bridge Club met Wednesday noon with Miss Ormie Bethea. stemmed American beauty roses used profusely In baskets and decorating both the hall and janje room. In the latter place tablet were used and here ser- i THE DIIJLOX HERA ews Depa Conducted by W. Ellis Bethej i sral rounds were played. At the con- ] fusion Mrr. D. 13. Slime, holding tho'l highest score, was given a beautiful J ulle tied basket of roses. The re- < 'reshmcnts consisted of a salad and ce course- Attractive confection fill-.1 ^d baskets in spade, diamond, heart' ind club designs were also given. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Watson, who ] ?rc having several months in the j States as a vacation from their mis- . denary work in Brazil, were the hon- n :r guests Monday afternoon at a | meeting of the W. N. U. in the First j j [taptist Church here. Both Mr. audi' Mrs. Watson gave interesting talks j concerning the progress of their . kvork in South America, Then nt the , conclusion of a musical programme, ] ill present were Invited into the Ba- . racca room where a delightful social hour was spent. Mrs. Annie F. Watjon, mother of Mr. Watson, stood in ' Iho receiving line with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Watson and their two small! ( children. At the conclusion of the hour, a salad course with sandwiches]' and tea was served by a committee appointed by the Baptist Missionary Society. Mr. II. H. Lundy, a prosperous farmer who lives about three miles west of town, entertained a few friends at a fine old fashion dinner in honor of his son Jasper's twenty-first birthday, at his bonte on Saturday the 2C.rd. Before the war one would some' times see such a spread, but since', cotton has gone so low, and people ha\*e been faced by hard times, but very few of us, start out to prepare the "old time dinner." It was not so j at Mr. Lundy's when he entertained i at his son's birthdav dinner. This weal was gotten up to satisfy both the appetite and the eyes of a hungry man. This dinner consisted of cakes, pies, well cooked meats of various kinds, and many other good things to eat, too numerous to mention. Those enjoying Mr. Lundy's hospitality on this occasion were: Messrs J. H- Manning, T. W. Berry, E. B. Berry, Sr., H. A. Bethea, It. J. Dew, L. D. Mansliip, R. R. Humphries, O. J. Fenegan. D. C. Edwards, L- Bass, and S. E. Fenegan. Mrs. S. Lawton Watson was Friday afternoon again complimented by Mrs. L. Powell when Mrs. Powell delightfully entertained with an afternoon reception at her country home near Latta. As the guests arrived punch was dispensed by Misses Edith Williams and Myra Powell. Roses , everywhere were used in profusion in ' the reception hall and in the living. room, where the guests greeted the' hostess and Mrs. Watson. A unique j contest was given when each one present had been presented a plain paper sheet?the request was that each one tear from this sheet an outline map of South Carolina. Brazil was then to be traced in pencil on this map; lastly ltio d.e Janerio the South American home of Mrs. Walton was to be accurately placed upon this map of Brazil. Cutting for first, prize were Mrs. Walker Allen and Mis. John J. Allen, the former winning. A dainty guest prize was also presented. When all had repaired to the dining room a salad course with coifee, cake and mints were served, tiny maps of South America being the favors given. All Latta is glad to have Mr. and Mrs. Watson back in their native town, and many have1 been the manifestations of apprecia-l tion shown them. o ? M It HOYS TEACHING theik i:iiin:ns.; (A. It. Bryan in Clemson Weekly News Letter. M. It. Ilrignvun, of Latta, S. C., is one of many South Carolina farmers who though once frank unbelievers i in tbe value of demonstration work ' and especially the wisdom of "tryin* | to teach farmin" to kids," have now! become strong believers in and ardent supporters of demonstration j ?UI IV . "My corn club boy taught ine how to urnw corn," says Mr. Brlgmnn who last year made an average of | SO 1-2 bushels of corn per acre on fourteen acres of land which five or r.ix years ago would not make over ten bushels per acre. "Extension demonstration work is responsible for this becasse I have learned how to prepare, fertilize and cultivate my land. This year my cotton on 26 acres averaged 1,650 pounds per acre. A few years ago it made cotton in proportion to corn averaging ten bushels per acre. In these five or six years I've been going to school and tny best teachers have been my club boy's sons and the county agent." When I first met Mr. Brignian, I U-'.n ' 11 * - " . lumg wim uouniv Agent S. W. Epps, through Dillon County farms large and small seeing chiefly cotton, for Dillon, ho it known, is in the great Pee Dee cotton region of the State. But we forgot cotton when a big sign on th* , n h ading into a small farm arrested ' attention. A large pine board nailee o t le gate post ordered us to STOP AND SEE MY PIG. Both of us having been trained at military schools, we obeyed orders, Wo drove down the lane to the modest home to look for pig and owner, and bad no trouble In finding the 1 LD, DIIiIX)N, SOUTH CAROLINA, rtnient i pig, for it was evidently of much importance there; but we could not find the owner and were about to drive away after having admired the pig, when we spied the owner's father driving in with a load of wood for winter fuel. we nan naraiy done more than "pass the time o' day," as Uncle Uemus says, before Mr. Brignian, seeing a chance tQ tell about his boys ind their club work, began to let it be known tha^ he is going to school to his club boys. Physically he belongs to the Cassious type of the "ft?an and hungry look," but I soon found that his greatest hunger is for i chance t0 learn as a middle aged man some of the many goods things bis youngsters are learning in club work"I didn't think much of the corn club nonsense," said he, with eyes full of enthusiasm at the opportunity to tell us about his boys, as he leaned against the pen in which a pig dub son's prize pig was grunting in contentment. "1 have always made a fair crop of corn?fair for me, ut least?but I make over two or three times as much now per acre and all because I just watched the club boy." "In 1918 my first boy worrrcd me a month or more about letting him join Mr. Epps' corn club. I put him off each time and kept hoping the fever would pass. Fact is, I didn't think much Of hnvs' rllih ?n^ennen I thought I was too busy with real hard fanning to bother with "play" farming such as club boys could do. But the rascal kept pestering me until finally I said, 'Well, go on and join.' "Well, sir, that boy taught me something, sure, I used to think 10 or 12 bushels of corn per acre was about good enough. Now I get 30 to 50 bushels and ain't satisfied. I just watched that club boy. He put plenty of stable manure on his acre, broke it 8 or 10 inches deep instead of 4 or 5 as I always did, and bar-] rowed it good, which 1 thought was a waste of good time and labor. Then I'm blest if he didn't plant more stalks to the acre than I thought could ever grow on the land, and he plowed it often and careful. Ho said it didn't make no difference if it wasn't grassy, the moisture just had to be saved because the corn plant is a heavy drinker and there were so many heavy drinkers on that acre. 1 had never thought of that, but now I know how thirsty corn must get in a hot dry spell- He got 4 8 bushels and 25 pounds off that aero and now I'm trying to boat him by practicing what he taught me about fertilizing hi mus, deep breaking, shallow frequent cultivation, and such like." But we haven' seen the pig that \\i stopped to see, have we? Well, the pig is the property of another youngster, a pig club boy and not a corn club boy. Laneau Brigman bought his pig through an arrangement made for the club boys with the banks of the county by the county (1?-inn nfitrn tint, mrum - - ?buui. on*; was U Duroc and was four months old when bought April 1. She was bred October 5, and weighed 3 50 pounds t lie middle of December. She was awarded second prize in the pig club ct litest of Dillon County, and it is hard to say whether Laneau or Lain aus father was prouder of Lantau's 'achievement. "Yes," said Mr. Brigman, "I'm strong lor pure-bred hogs now. I i.s.ed io think that hogs was hogs and tl at feed was what counted, but rubs ain't sure enough hogs and I'm not going to rest until I get e\ery scrub killed off and then I'll ret more pure-bred Durocs. I'll tell >ou what's a fact, I've got three twoyear-olds in a pen o\er there that's hud a better chance so far as feed goes than Lancau's Duroc has had, and they don't w*eigh 2."o pounds ; i>iec<- right now. And yot Laneau's jpig weighs 350 and hasn't yet quite nached her first birthday. Why, the boy actually slint'ed liis pigs sonic to keep her in better condition for breeding, but in spite of iliat she gained two pounds for every one that these scrubs gained." When it was discovered incidentally that Laneau is the third son to be a club boy, the first two having been corn club members while I-aneau preferred pigs, we asked Mr Brigman how many boys he had. "We haven't got but eight boys, he said. "I think I can stay in the hoys' cluli work with iny youngsters a. good while yet It's hard to lay by a crop of boys- And I'm learning more about how to farm front each boy. I used to think farming was the triflingest thing going; now I'm getting a better living out of it and it gets more and more interesting even if it does take thirteen months out of each year to make and gather n crop." "Just watch the club boy" is becoming the slogan of farmers all over the Palmetto State nowadays. South Carolina is a small state but it is 1 . r:iing big lessons in scientific and practical agriculture, and one of the chief sources or the teaching of these lessons is the several thousand members of boys' clubs THURSDAY, MORNING, APRIL. 28, 1 VALUE GF COTTON SEES AS FERTILIZER Seed for Fertilizers Not Economic, Says Authority. Atlanta. Ga. ? February. ? It would be n in intake to use cotton seed as fertilizer, as some farmers are talking of doing, according to J. N. Harper, several years in experiment station work in the South, and now director of he So" Improvement Committee. Con tinuing he says: "It would be a mistake for two rea 30ns: First, the South would be deprived of a great wealth producing substance?cottonseed oil; and sec ond. cotton seed are not the best forn or fertilizer to apply. "On the first point, while it is un fortunate thut the vegetable oil marke: is off and the oil miller cannot offei what the seed are really worth, it better to accept what the miller car afford to give than to allow the oil ti be destroyed when It Is needed sr much especially in starving Europe. "To use cotton 6>ed as a fertlliaei is to throw away the oil of the seod for oil Is not plant food; in fact, it it believed that It will retard plan: growth. "Cotton seed contain plant food, bu: when the seed are applied, it is not possible to scatter it so as to feed the crop properly. It puts the plan: food on the land in lumps as repre sented by the seed. "It takes the seed a long time t< decay and become plant food. In fact no great amount of the plant food in cotton seed 1b ever actually used b> tho crop. As evidence of this, wo cite Farmers' Bulletin 2S6 of the United StoteB Department of Agriculture, page 8, from which we quote: 'The seedr are incased in hulls which muBt de cay before the crop can utilise the plant food in them, ana the kernels contain oil which is supposed to retard their decomposition, so that considerable moisture is required to decompose the seed and make available the plant food. In case of a very dry season it does not beoome available fast enough to supply the crop, and nc doubt a portion of it fails to become available urtil after the crop matures. "A table on naee 9 of thiB bulletin shows that a difference of 303 lbs of seed cotton per acre in faror oi ootton seed meal as compared with cotton seed, was obtained in a test where twice as much cotton seed wai used as meal. "South Carolina Experiment Statioi tests and tests of four other southern states show that a pound of a well balanced mixed fertiliser will produce a pound and mora of seed cotton. A test tn Alabama shows that it took 3 pounds of cotton seed to produce a pound of seed cotton. "In other words, at present prioet of cotton seed and complete fertiliz era, there is no doubt that it wil' pay to sell the seed and buy the fei tilizerfl. 'In exchanging cotton seed for cot con seed meal, it will be well to re member that if the plant fodd is to be taken into consideration, that a ton >f meal contains three times more phosphoric acid than a ton of seed; two unit nno-hfllf tfmoo gon and ono and one-^lt times mor< potash than the seed contain." FERTILIZER SITUATION Extension of Credits Will Be Restricted?Large Yields Per Acre Keenly Needed for Overcoming Handicaps. The fertilizer situation in the South is unusual. More than 75 per cent oi '.ho Southern farmi>r?' fdrtiii^nr ?. > counts that fell duo in the fall of last year have come over into this year tin paid, according to authorities on th< fertilizer business. This means that tlio further exten don of credit will necessarily be very much restricted to debtors until theii accounts are paid. Many 1920 farmers' notes are still in the hands ol local dealers and banks. This restricts the ability of these agencies to extend credit, thus increasing the difficultie of the situation. Fertilizer manufacturers state tha ihey are taking losses not only or bad accounts, but also on the mate rials that tlioy bought at high price? This, coupled with the unsatisfactory credit situation, is making the fertiliz er manufacturers slow about pushini heir goods on the market. Though fertilizer prices have fallen hey have not gone down as much a: the price of crops. Nor have land values, taxes, farm equipment and lit bor been reduced in proportion to th< :?rice 01 crops, it follows that ever* ffort must be made to produce Ch rops economically. When crop prices are low It is ne< ?r>ary to got high yields per acre tnuke any profit at all. Low yields an. iow crop prices can mean only on Jiing. and that Is loss. Therefort he Southern farmer must make ever, low count in 1021. Each cultivate:cre must be forced to do its be' n producing economic high yields. In order to do this, fertilizers mu. ,e used, as every cotton belt farm' eallzes. Fertilizers are needed s as to got more for each day's worl ind koep down thy cost per pounc jr hale or bushel of crops producer! it will, therefore, be unfortunate i a,7 Southern farmer is financially ui ible to avail himself of the full boi fits of fertilizers in producing heap crop in 1921. No one who i ible will fall to do so if he UAde >Lands this season's cropping problem ' .w?? - 021. POINTERS FOR SUCCESSFUL HOG PRODUCTION Below are some points in hog production, which are often neglected, but if carefully attended to will add greatly to your profits. 1. Castrate all boar pigs while they are young. They suffer less from the operation, fattan faster and make mere desirable market hogs. 2. Keep your hogs free from lice by using crude oil- A post wrapped with a burlap sack and saturated with oil makes a satisfactory hog oiler. 3. Keep a mineral mixture of charcoal or slack coal 1 bu., wood ashes 1 bu., air siacked lime 4 lbs., salt 4 lbs., copperas 1 1-4 lbs. (The copperas is dissolved in a quart of water and poured over the other ingredients after they are mixed) before your hogs at all times. This mixture helps to keep down worms and makes the hogs have a better appetite. 4. Provide your hogs with all of the clean drinking water they want. Water is cheap. 5. Hogs must have shade. See that they have success to it 6. Vaccinate against cholera. 7. Make arrangements to breed yc.ur bow tQ a good purebred boar for the fall litter. You lose probably $2.50 on every pig when you bred to a scrub boar 8. Plant peanuts, soybeans, cowpeas and velvet beans for late summer and fall grazing. 9. Keep your hogs on forage the year round. Feed o balanced ration. Provide plenty of shade, water and minerals. Look after lice, worms and disease. The hog will do the r<est. Yours very truly, S. W- Epps, County Agent. Approved: W. W. Long, Director. o American students in architecture, landscape architecture and engineering will devote their vacation time to repairing the devastated regions of France, under the direction of French officials. afflaaaaaaMBa H 5) Safe Deposit E | Thousc a 1 DO Li a a ffl q m k* M K* IS |f| (3 ? '"T'he only safe pla< g ey and valuabl 51 Where it can't be ST ? LOST. I f*l W Vi or> xrrvn 1.-/3/313 ttoI I - I t i tivil J V/U V CIJ B your house, you take ? ous about them all th ? Put your money in ? get it at any time an ? when you sleep. ? ? ? a ? We invite your pat I FIRST NATIC n DILLON, So I ULJ S National Bank Pn ? Sav: ? g?????????@i | E-SHS- IS-?-???s Farmers S Merchan ? _______ [ j Capital J Surplus 1 OLDEST - STR( Attacks on Farm Loan Act. Washington, April 20?Delegates from farm loan associations throughout the United States wert4 warned in an address by Senator Fletcher, Florida, tonight to be on their guard againSf attempts to weaken the federal farm loan act. Twenty fivo amendments recently offered to the act, he said, ought to be sufficient^ , Evidence that it is still under fire, m Organization of the National lpa * Union of Farm Loan Associations was completed today with the election of officers as follows: President, M. Elwood Gates of California; vice president, Cyrus H. Good of Manheim, Pa.; general agent W. W. Flannagan of the city. Senator Capper of Kansas also addressed the delegates tonight and telegrams were read from former i* Secretary McAdoo and former Senator Kollis, New Hampshire.. Slungl es I have a fresh car of Cypress Shingles, several grades, and sizes. Cotton is very low, and so is the price of these shingles. I hav0 also a fresh car of No. 1 Cedar Shingles, Just from Vancouver, B. C. 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