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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
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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.
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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
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"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
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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
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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.
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landscape architecture and engineering
will devote their vacation time
to repairing the devastated regions
of France, under the direction of
French officials.
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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. I Invite competition
on these.
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