The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 06, 1914, Image 8
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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
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^THREE NIGHTS, COMMENCING
Monday, March 9th
Maude Norwood Stock Company
Will Preset t Their Beautiiul 4 Act Play
"DORA THORNE"
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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
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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