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COVIOK l'l,*.NT*VHON IH n) work FAflM. Continued front fln?t ya*? ?toad .4 4 1i4m (oiling tho ox port how ho !? going i<> i]<? iliU that and til* oih?-r lie upend* hi* i i m o In unking the expert bow thin that aud the other should ho Jono and tho man who goi-H l<> lotuh Mr. ouloi* had hotter know hit* huaiut-wtt or ho will hooii ht* mad** to fool uncomfortable, hy finding hfniHc.ll uiiuhlo to aiitfwor honeui awkt il <| 1 1 < ? -i t Ioiih Af'vr a i i.'w? Ktudy of a?rJcuhur al l>o<, l *> andw in any. < ouHultutloiu with fa.m export* Mr Oulon came io i ftp < -?im tu.-K/i. thai It ri"i?ilr?'d an Inf iiiiiHi Know ) ? ; < 1 ? - of f h farm buidm ? m order io mitku It a ?uc cobh, h*> he n?/ 1 (?nl> Htudlod bin IiooKh but mad". a elone wtudy of hlfj KOiTK (!<? JtlHO Weill hi>)f.?ud tho ho u n Ory Hp" "( nb> farm and atnd it'd Lhu condition;. of the country and I'm neodh. After making a eonip:vh<>m ii v?? ht uuy of farming chr^ ditioiiH ho linked what Ih tho flrat (hint; t<> ho dono a; id tho auawor <aiae "Improve your aoll." Ah above h t ; ? t < ? I , everything w aw calling fori burr aud Inoculated. I*a?t year wuh {ho firm year that bo wan able to get a good aiand of burr clovor. i . I. I II grow tflt .Spring ttinl tbfB turned under uh a cover crop and planted to cotton. ThU wait on a W'iinl flat that hud ebcome almost too poor lo raihe cotton at ull. Ho planted 1 1 ?* oo.U u lit rgwu Mix foot ipurt on thin turned under clover and uHud only $7 worth of commer cial fortill*#!' an acre and made I, i M) (lourulH of lint cotton an acre, rite vii kh touched in the middles, wh'Tu nearby land without clover hardly touched in three feet row?, Cotton all around t It ^ wan burn* .;i; up w bun thin wan ?t 1 1 1 Kreen t.i<$ i>u tinx on fruit, it loHt vury i !-? i -on spared with the -cOtton Mi t ? u fon f'witw convinced that liH-'way _>to build poll was to aow I'ur iind especially burr clover, > i 1'iiH lie bowed burr clovor m r loom of ti in farm.- IM> b0ught ill lie * on Id got in the burr and h< i I, ought cleaned Beod and aow <! thom. with very poor reaultB lovvever. lie hii > h he will never ?i, 'w any more cleaned weed. Ho Armour hdrfHx, lUn'onMy |?ui'cIuum*<I (Cut Courtesy Chnrlot<tCf Observer) money, ho he asked again, what la | the cheapest method of building the noil? His commercial fertilizer bill, waa i immense and Htlll. he did not got . ! i ne reaiilts that It. aeemod he ahould a id (..line to the conclusion that It ' w ih because IiIh hoII waa devoid of humua matter. After a careful stu- j dj li? decided the quickest, cheap-; eat and beat way lo build aotl waa' wi li clover. What variety yf clo- i ver w;<h the next quOBtlbn. Ho! tried aeveral varieties and came to the coiulualon that burr clover ia the !.(?:(? variety to begin aoil build in r;', C'.'j'ecially (he aand flata. Not v'i !i ???*;? * ding the fact that he waa told, that burr clover would not grow in South Carolina he tried It out. '! he weed were planted in the | for *l,OBO !>y U I. (Juion. not only ho woe] clover in hia cotton but has Howed it in nearly all his pastures and along Hie farm road ways. We paid the farm a visit some days ago and were surprised to nee so much clover on one farm. Ho haH plenty of bufrr clover three and four Inches high. It Ik furnishing very fine grazing for hia cattle. We often hear it remarked that cattle will not eat burr clover except when starved to it but Mr. Ouion has proven this to be false, with his own cattle. lie had some poor cattle that ho turned on the clover In old cotton atalka and they wont right after it and after getting in better condition he decided to tako them off and put others on the clo ver and the cows raised a terrible complaint, ?o much ?o that be *1- ' Ipwud them to reinaln. We wer? uium wheu be turned. hi* calvea out of the lot and they wade a bee line for the clover. Bo anxloun are .hey to get to It each morning that they ha/vo inude a beaten path to tne noArt at point ?in the clover. Tne clover Im growing faster than iney n.au eat it. We were on the farm until & o'clock and the cattle did not leave the clover till Just a fww moments before we left, and were (hen driven out! Mr. Gulon is also trying crUnnoii clover in his old cotton fields, but u iu not doing ho welt as the burr. However it haw not had the time to e?iabli*h itself that the burr ban. If >ou want to see Mr. Guiou'b face brighten with intercut Ju&t men* tioii clover. lie has a half dozen varieties trowing, on his farm ' and e.tn tell where und what they are doing and 'be advantage of one *?er the other We would be driv Iok through the field when he would suddenly stop and climb from nj* carriage and pull up a clump of clover Hhow the root, growth, nodules, etc. We h'ft the farm wiib our pockuta full of clover. Mr. Onion only bus one child, a big golden haired, blue eyed, fair f.iced boy about three years old and ho Is raining him In clover, and IhlH Ik no figure of Hpeoch, for aw we were driving info his front) yard fjr our noon lunch, Mr. Gulon point ed with pvrlde to a largo patch of clover in the yard and remarked he had Howod elpver in the yard and wan getting a good start in placet) and then supplemented the remark with "you know my little boy just I oven to play iu thin clover? He Ih hardly out of the house till he atrlkea a bee line for this clover patch and down in it he goes and is perfectly happy." We fully ex pected to find clover served on the dinner table, but as his good wife is master of that department, we did not get nearer than lettuce. Mr. Gulon has only owned this farm six years, and has on^y been sowing It In clover for two but al ready ho has been able to cut his fertilizer bill on clover seed and ln croane his yield, and he expects to further cut his fertilizer bill in the next few years by continuing to plow- under clover. Mr. Ciuion has about 15 or more acres In burr clover that he Jias decided to leave for seed, in order that lie may have pure, fresh seed for his use and to supply his neigh bors with, should any desire to sow burr clover next year. Studying tho situation, Mr. Gulon, c;ime to tho conclusion that a one crop system was poor policy. Grow ing cotton alone would never build up soil and never make a man In dependent.. Ho had watched the onward march of tho boll weevil and knew if they did not change from the program they have been working to for tho past 18 years they would In due order arrive in South Caro lina and that when they did the all cotton farmer was going to suffer, and he did not care to be defeated RETURN ENGAGEMENT CO W U 2 o* -J ?< u w a, c n to ? U o LO c/3 c cu o in CO w c a; u LO CM > rf * c/i : po m > N H a> co 3 ?o co ~ m c/> LJ a r; c Z *3 O CO rf o *t a> CAMDEN OPERA HOUSE ^THREE NIGHTS, COMMENCING Monday, March 9th Maude Norwood Stock Company Will Preset t Their Beautiiul 4 Act Play "DORA THORNE" . ? TUESDAY NIGHT"1 "At The Cavalry Post." Vaudeville Special lies Every Night Between Acts WEDNESDAY NIGHT "The Power of Conscience" by such a little thing as * boll v 1 1 and did not want It said of him that the boll weevil forced him to change hi* plan of farming. He began to look aroUnd and study Hie natural conditions for other t y i>4*h of > farming and noon cumo t <? (he conclusion that In had an Ideal lo cation for growing bcw cattle. W III growing be^f cattle pay vsa? the next question? Afi?r b-oklng I u? the butif market and learning that beef were becoming scurcor ; each >ear and the price was grad ually going np; that ship loaJs of beef had been brought from foreign count rlcs last year to supplement the home production, ho decided there wiiii a good market fOV first class beef, 11.* \(fn kfd ?i 11 1 fUKher and miw the cattle In the South were worth only about half what they were through the North, but upon Inves tigation found that It wan In the quality of cattle and not in the lo cation or climate. 110 noticed where a man from Mississippi won the first prize at the , National Stock hhow his year, whi.ch wan evidence suf ficient to Mr.. Guion that If ono Southern man could meet such suc cess It was possible for another Southern person to do the same. He found several difficulties in the way; first of which was, he would have to go some distance to huy the type of cattle he wanted; second, ho could not Import cattle into tick infested territory, which ibis happened to be, along with the mlance of that portico of the state. His first task was to, get rid of ?he cattle ticks. if every w farm er in South Carolina worked uk hard as Mr. Quion to rid the state )f ticks, the last tick funeral In that State would bo held In less ihan six months. After deciding to launch in the beef industry, the question then . ,ose, what breed of cattle Is best for i his territory. After looking in ?o the matter carefully he decided on the Hereford. He said it costs i very little more to feed a register ed Hereford than it does a common jcrub and they sell for ten times ?is much. He further reasoned that a man to make a success must stick .o one line of operation; that more money could be made from a straight Hereford hord than from mixing two or three breeds, even of registered cattle. Mr. Guion did not jump in and buy a lot of cattle at fancy prices .vlthout first studying the situation. i io called in several expert men to aid In locating and buying them. A few days ago ho, In company with Dr. Walter Sorrell, Assistant ulve Stock Ageut of the Southern Railway went to Memphis and pur chased 19 head of registered Here ford from the famous herd of War n.n T. McCray, Kentlend, Indiana, and "Jack" Cudahy, Kansas uuy, Mo. There is not U cow among die lot but is a picture. Mr. Guion believes a good bull is the leading essential in building and maintaining a fine herd. Money put into a very fine bull is money well spent. When Mr. Guion began co look for fine cattle, ho made tho oull the chief object of his search. Armour Fairfax, son of the fa mous Perfection Fairfax, the great est Hereford show bull tho world a'as ever produced, was bought. Ar mour Fairfax's brother brought a^ AlcCray's farm $2,400. ; He had a jister that sold for $l,00u and ono of his sisier's calves brought $1,000 when four weeks old. His mother's calves have brought $7,200 with a pull calf hi 11 1 at her side. Armour Fairfax brought in the ring at the Memphis sale the other day $1,050 and comes to South Car olina as tho highest priced beef oull ever brought into the State. He is three years old. South Car olina should be proud of the fact that she owns such an animal. Mr. Guion realized that he could not bring registered cattle into South Carolina and turn "them on the range like we do the scrub Bluff and make anything from them, so ho made preparation for them be fore bringing them down. His farm iB pretty evenly divid ed between bottom and upland. The Dottom land he expects to turn in to pasture for his cattle while the most of the upland will continue to be planted to corn and couon. Tho manure ?from the cattle will be us ed on the upland along with clover to make it fertile. The first thing ho did' towards the pasture was to build a dyke along tho banks of the Wateree to pre vent the water from flooding his pasture, when she becomes a.-.gry ; .ind raises in her wrath, carrying ev o.ything before her. This has been done and safety is assured. He j next divided his land into seven pastures of about equal acreage and all coming to one point where a large well has been sunk, at which a gasoline engine is being placed to pump water for the stock in order to have fresh water nearly all the time. The fences are built with hog-proof wirp, 20 Inches high, with three strands of barbed wire on top. Lanes have been built so the stock 1 can be sent from one pasture to j tho other without disturbing catle in other pastures. All the roads join j before reaching the barns in a way I they can easily be gotten in. Large sheds have been constructed for j the cattle to be fed under and cared , for in bad weather, there are two j shedslOOx42 standing 20 feet apart. A roof extends between those giv- I ing a large covering for the stork. | Like sheds will soon be built at the j end .of the present ones and four large silos will be placed between ; them. A f>> w days age* wo called at Mr. f (iuion's farm to note tho propross and found him waiting with others i a the lot >'hv t-i drive us o\?r the j farm. Wc have read, lately of wri te rs ulio calhd to visit eertain ? farms for the purpose of pivinp them spare in some agricultural pa- j per and iln te men usually bepin by saylrp thoy were met at the Rate by the pouial farmer dressed in a trim prey snite. with hlph boots, j and a broad brimmed aoft hot He j took them into a bright polished car-! riape and whirled away atnonp la- i bvrinths of burdened fruit trees, tip winding shell roads and into fields | that suggested close klusblp of the original fcurdeu of kideu. Adr. Guion did uo thing of tbe kind., He invijt' od uu to have u H?*Ht lu *t mud be upat teted can iug< i hut tthow?-d signs df service, rathe* tbun, polish. The carriage wiu diawn by a deep !>?> infer? (bftl i?>. <1 (Ik- happy faculty of iKiiiiK nb?e to travel iwo gaits at one time, >1^: trot straight ahead at the rate of two miles an hyUf and straight up and down at the rate of four miles an hour and answer* d to the moHt appropriate Dftme of ''Cow,'1 Hut iike the old lady who ndw-ays tried to find some thing good in everything, when usk ,d If there was u single good thing ,u the dovii, replied "Well, you must ( acknowledge he i? an indus irious old gentleman." This cajr^ Huge horse of Mr, OuioO'tt baa one redeeming trait; you tan stop her anywhere in the farm and leave her unth d for hour# and return Wiro' find bile hay not moved from her truck*. She immediately falls to sleep and dreams of a paradise of oiover where harness, hacks and men are unknown, \Ve first drove to the bottom which when completed will bo the fields over roads being rebuilt and equal of any county roads you can find. We found a dozen varieties pf ji'iiBu growing In those bottom fields tl ready. The .cattle were unable to teep the grass down, even in mld wiu.or. ??r. Guion haw bought and placid in this pasture 15 7 head of rogLsLcied Hereford since November i.xih. In addition to these he has 4 large herd of scrub cattle that W has picked up to aid in grazing lown the grass and supplying his upland with manure. In addition to .he cuttle there is a good sized lrove of goats clearing up the bot pm fieldB. . , We drove into., the bottom field where most of the cattle wero graz ing. This wus an 'enclosure of 160 acres where oats had been harvest ed last year and then put to grass for pasturage. Burr, crimson and white clovers were lit profusion. Vetch was large enough to supply food for the stock. Here we found the Hereford busily grazing and when they were rounded up, it fur nished a picture in beauty seldom surpassed. It reminded us of a /isit some years ago to C. C. Slaughter's famous ranch of register cnl Hereford at Hoswell, New Mexi co. There is no reason why Mr. Guion cannot have, inside of a. few years as good paying stock farm as Mr. Slaughter has at Hoswell. While walking over the pasture looking at the cattle Mr. Guion told u is program 'of future plans. He has figured, and liberal are his fig ures, that ho can pasture 600 head of cattle on his farm and is going to work for that number. He has not the money to buy all register ed stock, so expects to take grad er stuff and with Armour Fairfax build up a first-class herd of grad ed cattle and ' gradually. Work them into registered stock as fast as mo ney can bo made with which to do it. He is planning to make his farm the depot for registered Here ford for North Carolina, South Car olina and Georgia. Of course it will require time but a man with MrT* Guion's energy, determination and ability can accomplish the task and that in a shorter time than ma ny peole think. it is often remarked that beef oattlo can not be grown in South Carolina at a profit; withhold fu ture criticism till Mr. Guion either succeeds or fails, and we predict that before the failure is announc ed hundreds of farmers will be growing Herefords for beef all over South Carolina. After a lunch, fit for a king, pre sided over by Mrs. Guion and a summing up of proposed plans and best methods of operation we wav ed Mr. Guion a hoarty farewell and 8uccete and hurried away to our train, leaving him talking to more congenial company ;^-namely his reg istered Hereford herd. Officers Elected. At a meeting of the Camden Bus- ] iness Men's Association held last week the following officers were i elected.: C. C. Whltaker, president, W. D. Barrett, vice president, and ' G. G. Alexander was elected secre tary and treasurer of the Associa- , tion to fill -the vacancy caused by | the resignation of Mr. E. A. Black- i well, of . Columbia. i Don't miss seeing "Dora Thorne' at tho opera house next Monday night. ? adv. Mr. and Mrs. H. (1. Garrison havo ^ returned from a visit in Florida. ( (jhvx>m Lost His Money. Ceif Wright and Carrie White, two muchly dressed colored peoplo, were married before a large crowd j uf court house attendants in tno probate- court office last. Tuesday. Before the ceremony the groom i found himself in a sad predicament ? he having lost all of his money with which to pay his license feo thru a holt.* in his pocket. Howev er, a collection was taken up among the spectators and the necessary funds raised, and the dusky cou ple went away hnppy. The bride wore a flowing white veil. IMPORTANT NOTICE We with to call your atten tion to the fact that Light u4 Water bills are due the FIRST and should be paid on or be fore the TENTH of each moBtk . UNLESS this ia done, s?* vice might be discontinued. r* ' . v.T!T>. Water, Light & Ice Phot Third Week Jurors, ? A. K. Rose, Blaney j A, E. Bills, Bethuno "1 J. H. Humib, Camden W. 10. S. Trapp, Camden rfd i A O. Hall, Cassatt J. J. Young, Kershaw - | VV. A. Anderson, Camden >1 H. ,W. Northcutt, Bethune J. E. Peach, Kershaw 1011 Uranham, Camden W. M. Gladden, "Camden J. W. Owens, Kershaw 1 C. E. Christmas, Camdon ? A W. J. Watson, Kertjhaw B, A. Bowers, Kershaw , Henry Savage, Camden ' W. C. Horton, Camden ^ W. f, Baker, Bethune - E. E. Holland, Cantey 11. W. Barnes, Camden J. ('. Humphries, Boykln W. C. I)avl?, Westville M. S. Marsh, Camden J. M. Martin, Lugoff W. T. Jeffers, Blaney M. Li. Italey, Bethune J J. M. Workman, Cantey E. Ij. Catoe, Jofferson D. Euhanks, Bethuno T. A. Spears, Cassatt J. W. Bradley, Camden J. H. Hlnson, Camden W. W. Horton, Cassatt J. H. Crow, Kershaw C, B. Nettles, Blaney A. F. Young, Kershaw. Misses Virginia Taylor and Ctk: la Wi'llams, of Wlnthrop, spent ser ?ral days at home last week. A ' PRIMARY IOIjEOTION NOTICE . Notlco Is hereby given that a pit" inary election for the nomination d a Mayor and six Aldermen will to held on Tuesday, March 17th, 1JU, The ballot boxes will be opened ^ tho several wards at 8:30 a. and kept open wltliouti intermiMlotfj until 4 p. m. V 1 , Tho following managers haveh appointed to manage said elect in their respective wards: , Ward One? Opera House ? J, K Goodale, John Ferrlll, T. J. WilWlJ Ward Two? Bruce's Store ? W. A.1 Schrock, A. D. McI>eod, J. A. TrttJ Ward Three ? Murchison'a Whol sale Grocery ? H. Truesdel, W. & Dodd; W. C. Brown. Ward Four ? Schlosburg's pU?i ? A. M. Brailsford, B. J. Phelpi,f| B. Arrants. Ward Five ? Kirk wood Grocery-*] R. D. Williams, J. R.'. DeLoacbe, J. Lewis. Ward Six ? Taylor's plaera ? 0, Taylor ,C. R. Bush, Clinton M( J. F. Bateman, 1 v Chalrma*. C. W. Birch more. Secretary. CITATION. 4-iS f?tato of South Carolina County of Kershaw By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, bate Judge. Whoreas, F. K. Butler mat to me to grant him Letters of ministration of the EJstate ot effcts of Rev. A. C. Jumper, 4* ce s d. . These are therefore to cite a?** admonish all and singular the I? dred nnd creditors of tho Bald A. C. Jumper, deceased, that tkeyb and appear before me, in the Oo?fc of Probate, to be held at . Wl den, S. C., on March 17th, after publication thereof, -JH o'clock In the forenoon, to sntf cause, tf any they have, why .?? aaid Administration should not ? granted. Given under my hand and ?? this 3rd day of March, A. B., W. L. McDowell. Judge of Probate Kershaw Co. Published on the 6th andrf^H dnys of^Uarch, 1914, In The CM den Chronicle, and posted; Court House dopr tor\ the _?*! prescribed by law. ? TO THE PUBLIC m We wish to notify the public that the lished Sam Wing Laundry will be managed by W. S. Lee, and we still wish your patronage. Laundry collected and delivered to all parts of the city. - ? ? r ? SAM WING LAUNDRY 915^ Broad St. Phone 91 i^Camde