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J ' The Camden LL? ?- ?' '1 ? ' ?:? ? ? " ; VOM'.MK XXV. CAMI'?ISN. gOL'TM OAKOMNA. W ll>AY, Chronicle 1. j.i a i i IANIAHY HI. 1014. Nl MfiKIt Hu. HOW TO GROW TOBACCO ON SOUTH CAROLINA SOIL Interesting Article by J. N. Harper of Clemson College Published in Columbia State. I have just received a loiter from the bureau of statistics, U. H. de partment of agrlculure, which places the tobacco crop of South Carolina this your at 33,288,000 pounds. This crop in estimated by the bu reau to bo worth more than $4, 500,000. This is t Ho largest amount ?ver received for a tobacco crop vaiued in thin state and has great ly stimulated interest in its culture. Clemson College has received a good many inquiries latoly regard ing tobacco raising and when in Columbia I promised to writo the farm department giving the rebuilt* ef my visit to the Pee Deo section, where I went to study tho tobacco situation. I find that -the prevail ing opinion among tobacco growers is that prices are likely to remain good for the next few years as the tobacco industry In large districts ?f Turkey wlicro a great, deal wan tornierly grown, has been practical ly destroyed by war and there Is a constant and growing demand for tobacco as the consumption becomes greater each year In practically or ery country. Tobaccco growing can bo consld- j ?rably extended in South Carolina as there is much land in tho lower part of tho State that is woll suitod to tobacco culture that is now plant ed in co.tyon or corn. Tobacco is ?onsiderably influenced by iho type ?f soil on which it grows; in fact, it is influenced far more by soil type than by climate. The type of soil in this state best suited to its culure is a loos^, well drained, deep flnosapdy loam, rich in humus with ?ed or yellow sandy subsoil contain ing more or lean clay. Hut there must not be present too much de caying vegetable matter rich in am monia and there must be no hard pan. As tobacco is a deep rooting plant, it is necessary that the soli be well drained and free from acid ity. The quality of tobacco is con siderably influenced by the amount of moisture present. in the soil and indirectly the amount of moisture that a soli will hold Influences great ly the quality of the tobacco raised. U is a rapidly growing plant and must be highly fertilized and must not be checked In 1 1 h growth by a drouth. For this reason it is ad visable to plant tobacco on land where the clay Is at least eight to ten Inches from the surface. Tills clay will hold moisture and prevent too much damage from a drouth. While tobacco is grown profitably in some places in a much deeper soil, still It Is considered safer to plant only on soil where the clay is not more than 10 to 18 inches below the surface. No crop is so much Influenced by crop rotation. ?s is tobacco. If there is an accumulation of nitrates in tho soil the tobacco will grow rank and the leaves will become spotted. For that reason it is not safe to plan it on highly manured land or on pea stubble land. The varieties of tobacco that are best suited to the soil types of this State appear to be yellow Oronoco, whlte&tem Oronoco, Hester, NVaughn and Gooch. Oronoco and Hester ate well suited to the light! soils and Waughn and Gooch are better adapted to heavier soils or those containing more silt and clay. Tobacco seed can be obtained from almost any seed company. There are a few tobacco planters of the Pee Dee section who are carefully breeding their tobacco. Beginners In its culture should not try -to produce wrappers the f rst few years, but a bright, lemon leaf which Is psed in tho manufac ture of smoking tobacco. From December 1 to March 1 is the time to prepare t,he land Intend ed for this crop. It can follow cot ton, oats or corn in which no peas wore planted. The stalks should be removed from the land, other wise if plowed under they may break the stand. Tho following is a good rotation for tobacco: First year, corn with pens, fertilized wtth sulphate of potash Instead of muri-' ate or kainlt; second year, oats, followed by rye turned under; the third year, cotton; fourth year, to bacco. An old broom straw field that has not been fn cultivation for" a number of years is well suited to tobacco raising. If such land is planted In tobacco the straw should be turned under during tho winter. As stated above, tobacco is very injuriously Infitfenced by the pres ence of too much ammonia or nitro gen. It is also influenced by the kind of potash. Muriate or the chloride of potash is hurtful to its quality. For this rt^scn the sul pl ato only should bo used, and if tobacco enters a set rotation, each ? op In the rotation should receive tho potash In the form of sulphate. The land should bo prepared by plowing in the winter, from six to o4ght Inchcs deep and in the spring it should bo disked and harrowed. Tho rows should be laid off four feet apart with a mlddlebuster, or big scooter by the 15th of March; tho fertilizer applied in this furrow and ridged on with Dixie, making a ridge a little above the general level of the land. Every ninth row should be five feet to permit the use of a cart in gathering the to bacco. The plantH are set from 20 ?o 24 Inches In the row, depending on the type of soil and the^ quality of tobacco desired. If wrappers are desired, the distance should be from 30 to 3 2 Inchon; If CM Uer*. 2 4 to 30 Incheg, A convenient wuy for marking off the rows is by the u ho of a wheel 30 inches An circum ference. This wheel has u spike In tho rim one Inch long. The wheel Ik rapidly run down tho row and wherever the spike l? it h, u plant is i net. The plants aro usually set out < ho name an cabbage plant s, care being taken not to net out when the ground in too wot. If too dry, the plants should bo watered. Sometimes a plant setting machine i* used. These machines . aro used extensively in the tobacco districts of Kentucky. Tho most experienced tobacco growers of the l'eo Dee section re^ commend from f?00 to 1,200 pounds of fertilizer per acre, depending up on tho fertility of the land. Old fields are usually fertilized ' with about 800 pounds per acre and the fertilizer used la one analyzing. 8 per coat acid phosphate, 4 per cent ammonia and from 4 to 6 per cent potash. The phoHphorouH in deriv ed from ayid phosphate; the ammo nia from blood, cottonseed meal, finh Hcr.ap and a small amount of nitrate of soda; tho potash from sul phate of ootauh. it is well to mix the sources of ammonia, ltieh sta ble manure Is not advisable as It causes the tobacco to grow too coarse and may become spotted. Tho soda is always mixed with the fertilizers and Is never used to any extent as a side application. In fact, all the fertilizers should be placed under the crop. ..For beginners tho mt>sl Important tiling at present to know is how to make a seed bed. The bed can bo located on any well drained place, preferably with rich soil. It should have a southern exposure and, If possible, should be- well protected by woods. If located In woods, trees | should be cut at least f>0 feet all j around it, as shade is harmful and i the trees may dittfe* too heavily on j the moisture. If possible, the bed i should be planted near a stream so ! as to be watered conveniently if it j becomes necessary. The seed bed j should be made any time in Janua- i ry or the first part of February. Af- I ter tho place has been decided upon , it should be laid off about nine foot' wide and as long as desired. All the trash should be raked off so as I to remove as much weed as possi- 1 ble, and then a large bonfire should bo made to thoroughly - burn tho soil to destroy insect eggs, fungus spores and weed seed. Dry pine wood is admirable for this purpose. The bonfire is made by laying skids two foot npart, made of green gum Of green pine. On these are piled layers of wood, trash, brush, etc. Tho burning should continue until the land is thoroly burned from 2 to 4 inches. It is best to burn the tobacco bed when the ground Is dry as the heat under this condition will penetrate much deeper. After ward all unburued particles Of wood and coals, etc., should be carefully raked off. The bod should be lightly plowed or spaded and 100 pounds of an 8-4-4 fertilized should be applied to every luO square yds of bed. 'This fertilizer should be thoroly hoed and the bed carefully raked. The next day the seed should bo sown. Before sowing, the seed should be thoroly mixed with dry sifted ashes, corn meal or land plaster, using ono teaspoonful of seed to one-half gallon of the other material, sowing this mixture on 100 square yards. It is well to aow tho seed both lengthwise and crosswise, assuring an even distribu tion of the seed. The bed should then be carefully raked and rolled. If no roller is available, it should be protected by a 12-inch board on all sides, which should be sunk Into the ground to a depth of four and a half inches. Across this frame should be nailed poles and over those should be stretched tobacco cloth of good grade and carefully tacKed down to the edges of the boards. Around the entire bed a ! ditch should be dug to prevent wa ter from flowing over it or seeping under the bed, as standing water is very detrimental to young tobac co plants. The cloth protects the bed from wind-carried weed seeds, insects and besides moderates the temperature. Sometimes galvanized wire is used instead of the poles to hold up the cloth from the sur face of tho bed. If tho tobacco bed is ^started off early, it will hardly be necessary to water it, but in case the bed is late in getting started, and a dry spell occurs in the spring, it becomes ne cessary to water. If plants show lack of moisture, they should be watered. However, it does not in jure them to suffer slightly from drouth. About two weeks before MAY KKMj OI'HIIA HOI SI!. ('t)inmliiw ApiKi'iilcd to Mitki Snl?' Of IVfHOIlt llulldillg. At u meeting of t lte? Camden city ( 'oil ii< il hold last Friday night till offer wiih made the city for the purchase of tho Camden Opera House building. It wiih not, Riven out what tho amount was offered, hut it in underst* od that it wiih <|iillo it neat Hum, and a committee w h ijppo nted from among tho mem bers to look into the purchase of another slto and tho cost of erecllngi a modern and up-to-date theatre hu|dlng with city offices attached. If the proper amount can be gotten for i he old building It. in likely that it v. ill bo torn down and converted Into a store, and Camden may in a short i line see a new theatre. Should tliia cottio about It will be good newu to tho theatre-going pub lic, an the old building entirely out of date ns him boon hIiowii on numerous occasions, eapeclally In lar^e gatherir.gB and large theatri cal attractions that would like to play -.Camden.- This was fully dem onstrated at the last, play "llought and Paid For" which highly pleased the faithful few who attended. It m ty not be generally known but tli's c inpany carried a solid- car Ida of (heir own scenery to bo used in thin attraction but on account of the iuade date stag? they were forced to omit this scenery which would have added much to the stage settings, Married. MIbb Sallie Hello Gardner, of lo goff, and Mr. Mason G. Self, of Jaclctio.. vllle, Fla., were married at ?the residence of the bride's father, Mr. IS. S. Gardner, at I^ugofl', on Wed) tt.sd.iy of this week, Rev. John A. Davison officiating. the plants are ready to be set, when the warm days of spring come, the cloth should be removed to harden tnem before transplanting. Some times if the plants show lack of ni trogen by their coloring, 3 pounds of nitrate of soda is dissolved in 1 (I gallons of water and distributed ov er 10U. square yards, or better still, the nitrate of soda is beaten into a fin.e ponder and applied about noon when the. plants are thoroly dry. Sometimes cutworms are destruc tive in the beds. if they become too much so, they can be destroyed by mixing Paris green with wheat bran and placing it in small quan t.ties in different parts of the bed. Tobacco pfants are transplanted when they are from two to three inches long and the leaves about twice the size of a silver dollar. In the Pee Dee section the plants are transplanted from the 10th of Ap ril to the 1st of May. It is always preferable to set the plants during a moderately moist season. They should not be transplanted when the soil is too dry or too wet. The plants should be carefully removed from the plant bed by gently pull ing them up, and if the soil is too dry the bed should.be thoroly wa tered before removing plants as some soil must bo removed with the roots. These delicate plants are then transported to the field in baskets in which the plants have been carefully placed in a vertical position, roots downward. This can be easily accomplished by tilting the basket at an angle of 4 5 degrees un til it Is filled. After being filled theso baskets should be dipped in water so that the roots will be thor oly wet. The experiment station at Cletn son College has never conducted any experiments >\ith tobacco, ex cepting with a few varieties as the station is located out of the tobac co district. We are plaining io conduct a number of experiments at our Pee l>ce station at Florence and a'so at cur coast station at Sum merville. Th se experiments will be along the lines of fertilization, breeding, curing and adaptation of different types to soil types, etc. Later in the spring we hope to get out a circular of information tobacco culture. written for those who are contemplating the proving of tobacco. This information will count from experienced tobacco growers of the state but principally from the superintendent of our Pee Dee experiment station, who is an olf* tobacco grower. MOW IU>TTI,IN<< ria.NT, 111*' ( In ro>( oln IMaiil to In* N?*w CnKripiiHo for TIiIn Cily. Messrs. Joseph Hheiioon & Hro. , aro huviug erected a neat store building on .South Main Btreet, an wh<jn completed bill ho occupied by Mr. T. J. Lipscomb where bo will opaiuto -i ho Choro?Cola Hot I ling plant, Tlijo building In scheduled l<> bo finished l>y the 1 r> 1 1 1 of February, when Mr. Lipscomb will install a plant that will bo a inodol of clean 1-no s and purity. Ilo has tint rl^ht for thin and part** of tho ad ointng .counties for a new drink that is fast becoming popular In the larger cities. The new plant will represent an outlay, of boiiio thipg like $3,r>00 and will represent ov<jr\ piece of machinery usually found In the moHt modorn bottling works with a sterilizing outfit that lo.-tv ? every bottle sanitary In ?very way. Two new wagons have been onfer ed out and Mr. Llppcomb Intends to cater to tho small towns In his tor rlory which will Include Me Boo and Jt fforson In Chesterfield, and Ifa good and Uembert in Hum ten, and Kershaw 011 the Southern railway. This will make the third bottling plant for Camden, but Mr. Lipscomb h'!a great faith In the new drink he will soon put on tho market and be lieves there is plenty of room for the new enterprise. Besides ' the Chfero-Cola he will also put out all the new drinks in bot.tle goods. Making Good in Now York. The many friends in Camden of Mr. Walter Howry, who left here several years ago to make his home In Monroe, N. ('., but later went to New York, where he has been residing several years, will be glad to know that he is making good in Now York in the employ of 1 he New York Mills, cotton inan ufac uieis, b'eachers and dyers. Mr. Liowry has risen steadily since ko ing with this firm and recently was made secretary and assistant treas urV r of the New York Mills and tho Ar.igon (Ga.) Cotton Mill with a substantial increase in salary. MR JOHN S. BROWN I?KAI>. Prominent Man Succumbed to Pneu monia Tuesday Morning. After an illness lasting only one | week, Mr. John S. Brown died at his home about six miles east of Camden Tuesday morning about midday. This will be sad news to everyone, for Mr. Brown was a gonial, wholesouled fellow, well lik ed by all. I I The funeral services were held at Mt. Zion church, nine miles east 1 of Camden Wednesday, conducted by Itev. J. C. Itowan, and was at tended by a large number of friends of the deceased. He is survived by his wife and three children, besides three broth ers and two sisters, Messrs. Eugene and Paul Brown, of near Camden and Dr. A*>hur Brown of Lee county and Mrs. W. J. Dunn and Mrs. Hill, both of Camden. TWO YOUNG MKN 1NJI'RKI> In Collision on l)el\alb Street W?"d nosrtay Afternoon. While riding a motorcycle along DeKa'b street about six o'clock Wednesday ;if ernoon Kimball Wil son and IXfzier Blrchmore, collided wi h a buggy and both young men re e ved painful injuries. A buggy belonging to Mr. Ward law Russell was in tho act. of com i g out of his yard when the motor cycle struck the horses front logs, knokin^ it to its knees and throw i \g b tb young men heavily to the ground. Young Birhmore was rid Kirklaml Cool Hiw4.ig, near Camden iiiK ou tlu? front' Of i ho niailiino and wan the woiHt iujurod of tho two. When l ho flrHt aid fotit'hod thoin both v\er?? found to bo unontdouw wi ll tho nuihlito rt n tou of thorn h 1 1 1 1 running. Mfdkal attention wan liuon Kivon th? boyH and a( hint ftc countH l hoy aro not thought to bo Borloualy iujurod othor than Hovor al bad hrulttoa on their hoad and arms. .NOMINA'! ION. Will }?'er\e Kveiy Inlci'iNt Looking To 1 pbiiiid of rily. To the Voter# of t he City : hi accept lug iho nominal ion ho kindly t< ndered me for Mayor, 1 will take 1 1 1 1 h opportunity to Buy to the citizens of Camden that should I bo elected I will do my best t ?? servo ovory interest looking to the upbuilding of our city. A service of two yea ib in council as chairman of tho w.iyH and means gave mo good opportunity to bocoine familiar with tho different departments of the city's jiovernmont, and especially with its finances. It will bo my du ty an well aw my inclination to push to ittt full limit all matters incident to the upbuilding and progressive features of tho city, having due re gard to a wise, wholesome and con Horvativo disbursement of the tax payers' in' crests. I desire to stjite fiiither that I am not tho candi di'e of any special interests, por soTial or otherwise, and all city pat ronage will bo dispensed fairly and Justiy iih far as in my power to do so. I shall also endeavor to up hold the hands of our Commission of Public Works, and assist them by overy means in my possession. In my opinion 111 h body needs the un divided support of those a4 the head of municipal affairs, and I wish to again state that I shall, mo t certainly, do all possible to help them in every way that I know. Thanking my friends for tho con fidence and es.ecrn shown me iy this nomination, 1 am Yours sincerely, C. H. Yates. A Little Late This Week. Tne Clyoniclo is a little later reaching its readers this week duo to an accident to our linotype ma chine. As we are entirely depend ent upon this machine for our typo setting it looked for a while as If ?there would be no paper this week. One of the heavy pieces of the base of the machine broke and as Brook lyn, N. Y., is the nearest place we can get these parts it would have been impossible for it to have reach ed here in time to have been of any service this week. Luckily Mr. W. O. Hay kindly came to our rescue with his new Oxo-Acetyleno welding machine and in about six hours time we had it mended. This weld ing 'outfit is certainly a wonder and ia a great convenience to- parties having broken pieces to mend. Tho heat from the apparatus is so in tense h t it causes the broken parts to run together making it as strong as new. We are under many obliga tions to Mr. Hay for his services and can heartily recommend this appa ratus o o hers in trouble with brok en tnach ne y. It will be well worth a visit to h s . hop to see it in opera tion. Owing to tho delay a good deal of reading matter is left out of this issue that wo intended to get in. Ww Dental Finn. As will ho seen by a professional card appearing elsewhere in this is sue of The Chronicle, after| forty yers or more Dr. 1. Ii. Alexander has for the first time consented to take in a young man as a partner, and in Dr. Ii. K. Stevenson, of Yorkville, ho thinks lie has the man to fill the bill. l)r. Alexander is a graduate of the Philadelphia Den tal Col'ege 1877, and Dr. Stevenson a graduate of Vanderbilt University 1913. Wi h this combination of ex perienc s and uptcdateness he be lie. es thht they will he ablo to meet all ro.'iu rements of the most criti cal. This firm has an excellent ftui o of rooms on the corner of B oad a d CeXalb s.reet where they i ?? w ell fi: t< d up. An In'.?r*'Ming Window. One of the liandsi niest windows In canidf n is the display in the io th ? h w window of the M alone Pea ce-Vou'g Hardware company. It is a beautiful lift* size dapple ?r?y hor> e dr;:ss d in attractive harnrss which entchos the eye of o ery pas?e*\ Th's firm bolleve? in tee ing the'r windrrwa dressed up and it is good ad vert ising. NEWS AMONG TOURISTS AND KIRKWOOD SOCIETY , Noted Arctic Explorer and African Hunter Among Those Register ed at The Hotels, Those who Blight none of their ho <*1111 duties have certainly led it busy lift* of It during thin week. Mrs. J. J. Wllley, of Montreal, Canada, who Ih occupying t ho l/oug house, hold on Saturday afternoon a small reception to hor Camden friends. On Tuesday Mrs. John Hoykln, or Camden, gave a large reception, to hor sister, Mrs. IMunding doSaussure, of Atlanta, where on? met .many vls it in k gu<?BlA from the tourist hotels, Mrn. Fish and Mih. Noble, of Mon treal, Canada; Mrs. Gaylord ( < til Ih, of Detroit, and many others, besides tho elite of Camden who wore out In full force. Ah has been the custom for ma ny yearn, tho celebration of Robert 10. I^ o'h birthday, will tako place at Tho Kirk wood, Jan. 19th, starting with an elaborate dinner in tho din ing rooms, and followed by tho op oning ball of the season with tho music furnished by Wlegnnd's or chestra which for many seasons has rendered such onjoyablo concerts. '? Sunday in Camden seems to bo tho popular day for the autolsts? -? Judging from tho many earn pann ing through Camden from Columbia, Sumtor and other plcaes, llobkirk had Beveral parties in for lunch and dinner, the register showing up tho following names from Columbia: Miss Annie Tnllcy, Mr. and Mrs. K. Ab. Ifanniaer, Mr. and Mrs. Goo. L. j Baker, Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. C W. Brown, Miss Ruth Wells and Mr. T. Walter Thomas.. Recent arrivals at the Court Inn are F.T, Colbey and Miss lOllzabeth Colby, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Miller Mills, of Chicago ; 10(1 win Farnoll, Woonsocket, It. I.; Capt. John P. Crane, Boston, Mass; Mr. and Mrs. Sennlckeon, of Salem, N. J. Mr. Scnnlckson Is tho groat Poland Wa ter man. Howard Caswell Smith, of New York, and Col. John Caswell, who /H noted for his wonderful trav els in Africa, whore ho stands ahead of Itoosovelt no a hunter of wild an imals. Many specimens of his tro phies of tho wilds being on oxhlbit in the musoutiid of New York and Washington. Among other people of notoriety and fame wo find the names of Mr. J. R. Bradley and wife who are gueBis of the Kirkwood. Mr. Brad loy was tho one who accompanied Dr. Cook in his Artie explorations. Other guests of The Kirkwood are Capt. and Mrs. (luPont Conder-t, of Now York. Mrs. . Condert being an artist and painter of miniatures. Mr. and Mrs. F. 10. Perkins, of Prov idence, R. 1.; F. J. Hlckson, Chica go; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hill, Miss J. Carlisle aud Miss Mary A. Miller, all of Orange, N. J. Col. F. Holmes Hopkins, of Lind say, Canada, arrived this week to spend some time at I^irkland Cool I Springs. A Card From Mr. M. h. Smith. To Tho Public: In view of the fact that I will bo absent, a great deal from my offico from this time until the latter par of August, at tending Che soi-eion of the General Assembly, and a short time there at, or, tho campaign for the office of Governor, I have arranged with Mr. 1. C. Hough to look after my business affairs. I shall, of course, ! bo at my offico as often as possible, jand I t ust that this fact combined I wl h tho assistance \\hlch Mr. Hough has kindly consented to render mo ? w 11 cnab e me to continue my pre [ sent professional services in the i County without any material incon vonionce or delay to my clients. Respectfully, ' Mendel I,. Smith. Changes in ituHinm, Mr. W. A. Hlnson, proprietor of , tho Five and Ten Cents Store, has sold h s stock to Messrs. Blaekwell j Bros., of tho Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., and Mr. Illnson has ' purchased 'tho bo tl!n;; plant and will conduct lit In the fuure. ^ ^ Plirclia. ed "HhImu'II Rm\V' | Mr. II. L. Schlcsburg ban pur chased tho property in the sou'h?-rn j p*irt of 'he city, known as "Hafeall j Row.' which consist r of many color ed tenant h >us s. . The propen> l>* ' 1 nged o Dr. A. Moore, V--v j York C'ty, and tho trado was made ithru the Williams Insurance^ and j Roa!ty Company.