Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[eport of tKe Home Demonstration Work of South Carolina for 1914 -. jtftim for 1914 li/t V ?? Ihvi, ; ? Bettor organisation and more ?f. ('loser sui>orvislon and conae '?nUy ?,trtV to Me Individual J^To <r.> out some s|?eolal feature* (h<oiioui1ch; and to specialize J, ? w?n.v tanned product# hh tluio fljfi permit f i fo HtiUMlnr?llJc? our cjuli product* ?s to tl?** article itself and the ^T<Vp i Into closer touch with the ?-Ichors of the h(Mg and to extend 2J,mtloiis to these home makers. p t?? broaden the educational ad iSSages of tiie OlubM&mbers. ? f To develop the social activities d country communities. ^ To encourage independence and port; l>uniness-llke management iu tho rU,.il ho""'* u To save to the Htate as much as ^Ibiv (?f tho ^14,(KK>,000 that has an ilwl!)' gone out of our state, for canned commenced ,the year 1914 with Clntv-four counties systematically or XmI under the direction of college Kdnates, the majority of whom had ShI training in Domestic Science. Xv Wfff employed for ulno mouths, i STare now cloning the moat Huccess - Jf vear in the history of the work, j i-SL Ler realizing the wonderful im>s "ShiiitU"; to t>e unfolded In our field of fiL we are striving to nfake the ?ftf linn surpass in every way the !ork of 1N11. During 1015 our agents !m I to employed for ten months. The Site Agent will i>e aided by an Assis rB State Agent, and we will have thirtv organised counties. Our ciuti enrollment has grown in nroiHirtion to the number of enrolled i-inti ities. During the year junt elos tacwehad an enrollment of 2,500 club -Sabers. Of this number, 1,500 plant ed the one-tenth acre plots, and 050 submitted reports, Just as we are try ing to build a thorough organization sto excluding all counties that do not measure up to our requirements, so we i ire encouraging our local workers to r?iroll only earnest, persevering club i members. - Each of our twenty-four Agents have submitted their reports for the year. 'A summary of these reports reveal the following Interesting figures': Forty eight county meetings and 1,440 com munity meetings have been held; 205, 421 No. a cans, 12,041 No. 2 cans, and 100 No. 10 cans of tomatoes have been put up from club gardens besides to matoes* these consist of okra, beans, corn, peas, peppers, artichokes, butter beans. and various other vegetables. 79,169 jars of fruit, etc., were put up by clul? members other than club gar dens, thb same consisting of pears, ap ples, peaches, pimentos; all kinds of [ berries, pickles, jellies, preserves, as Iparagus, beets, crabs, oranges, quinces, and manv others. The total estimated profit is $L!.S.952.87. ? it would he very Interesting if time ami space would . permit of my giving the reports of each of our twenty-four counties. However, we will give an abridged report of the work In Chester and Barnwell counties- . -- Chester county which has been in the work fur one year under the direction of 'Miss Jo Yarborougli, has made the following record : 88 girls were en rolled. r>s submitted reports. The yield in pounds of tomatoes in the county from the re|K>rts of these girls was 105, 204. Out of this, 6,891 No. 8 cans and 2,863 glass jars werof put up. $400.70 worth of fresh tomatoes were sold at from 15 to 10 cents per dozen, 102 bot tles of catsup made and 15,000 pounds used for home use. The value of veg etables was $415.65. Beans, okra, com cabbage, onions, beets, peppers and cu cumbers were the vegetables grown in the one-tenth acre plots. The value of -the jarsr tumblerSf and the- like (rf fruits is $1,079.00. ? Miss Yarborough says: "In accom plishing this I have traveled 851 miles on the train. 2,212 by conveyance, held two county meetings and 98 community meetings, made 14 addresses in my county and three in York county. I have taught four girls, who had no Bothers, how to make good bread; helped mothers to have things more at tractive in and around i the house; to Ttee labor saving devices and to take tare of what they had and not buy so much extra. I have gone in homes where no visitor had gone and tried to teach them to make the best of their opiKirt mil ties, and have succeeded In developing a fellowship between them wul other families through club meet ings. In beginning my new work the first of February I had three aims in riovv ; ? k<!,- to teacli tliu girls that they could have vegetablesc for the table all the yea r round, and that these could be prepared and served attractively ; 2nd, to instill in "them a lore of nature, of cleanllne**, neatness, and honesty ; 3rd, to bring about a closer relation ship between mother and daughter, neighbor* and eommunltieH. i biv# accomplished my three alms for this year and feel that the work has boon of untold value, not only to our coun ty and state but to our |>eoplc as well. 1 have twenty-four winter garden* started; therefore some of our people will have fresh vegetables all (luring the winter months, My girls have done well this year, considering everything, but we Intend to do l>etter next year, thus attaining to our motto, "To Make the Best Better/ " Barnwell County has been In charge of Mrs. Dora Lee Walker for the past four years. We give this county as an example of the growth of the work and to show that the work Is lasting- Mrs. Walker had an enrollment of 00 girls, 83 submitting reports. 0,974 No. 'I cans of tomatoes and 530 No. 2 cans of tomatoes were put up. 1K0 No. 1 caijs of pimentos, 1,710 Jars, 430 bottles, as paragus, beans, okra, pumpkins, peas, blackberries, strawberries, soup mix tures, apples, peaches, grapes, etc , were j)Ut up. Average cost of production i>cr one tenth acre $0.00 ? Average cost of canning i>er one tenth acre - 10.77 Av. proilt iH?r one-tenth acre .... 413.00 Total value of vegetables from club gardens . l,42t.44 Value of club work to county 3,327.08 ? This includes club gardens, products from orchards and farms, besides re serve material put up for home eon sumption. Number of canning outfits {home made and bought) - B4 Mrs. Walker says : "The changes wrought In the homes of our members living in remote districts, since the in auguration of the club work, have been marvelous. The inmates view life dif ferently, ever willing and eager for in struction." Jttic following are ten individual re comls of cluli members of 1014 : Name Address ] Ix>ttle Howie, Society Hill ? ?5 Irene LeOette,- Centenary .Gertrude DuBose, Bishopvllle ..... Fern Merrlett, Scranton Helen Lipscomb, Gaflfney Isabel lilanks, Uichburg Murb Hunter, Prosperity y.. Clairece Charles, Union Thelma Good son, Ulmer Mae DeKay, Camden - I have traveled during the year 17, 058 miles. Each county has been vis ited oh an average of four times. Dur ing the most critical i>erlod of the growing and canning season, Prof. C. P. Niven, a capable extension worker of Clemson Collego, and I planned and executed an itineray of our twenty four counties. We sj>ent at least h day In each county helping by giving public demonstrations, visiting clubs, individ ual plots, or homes. Prof. Niven has given us much valuable assistance. Gueseman, the West Virginia State Agent, sjK*nt two weeks in our State observing the work. Miss Keller, State Agent of Louisiana, sj>ent a few days with, us, and also Miss Reese, Btate Agent of Alabama. In addition to the regular Canning Work in our twenty-four organized counties, in three of these Bread Dem onstrations were conducted'. Just' as we used the tomato as a nucleus for teaching till canning and preserving we used the bread demonstrations for : teaching domestic science. This work was very successful. In 1915 we are to have bread clubs in every organiz ed county. In four of our counties we have had the jwultry work. An expert from the department at Wash ington has given the necessary Instruc tion's for carrying on the work. Dur ing 1915 we will have this work in eight or ten counties. The following new plans for the de velopment of the work were tried out during this year: ? A Short Course was held at Winthrop College, July 8-14. Winthrop College generously gave free board, lodging, and tuition to forty -eight prize-win ning girls from our twenty-four organ- 1 ized counties. A special course was prepared for them, including the fol lowing subjects : Cooking, sewing, gar dening,- inmltry raising, and dairying, The success attending the short course has assured this as a permanent fea-| tnre of the work. Pollowing the short course, a three day's canning school >vas held at Ilarts ville, S. C., Darlington county. Gener ous support was given this enterprise by the leading people of the town. We especially appreciated the cordial BMP port of Ma J. J. L. Coker, the founder of Coker College. The girls were al lowed the use of the beautiful new dor mitory. We think this will establish a precede^. Next summer we expect a nuiulwr of schools to be held, aud thej sistauoe. During the month of August, a three <lay?i? Institute w*? held in each our counties. ? At t|d? time, the Men's Dem-j oust ration Work and the Olria* Demon - Ht rat ion Work joined forces and held ull meet Inns together. Our part of the program consisted in giving demonstra Moms in canning and the making and using of the Fi roles* Cooker. For howo J time much Interest haw been alu>wn in the eauning club work by our womea of the country, many asking for the Uae of the club label and for the In st met iona given to the glrla. Ho we knew that this was an opportune time to extend instruct lona to tlie home ma kers. 10ft ilrt'losH cookers have been made through the influence of our A^onts. Oue Agent has also had made ! a miniature representation of a prac tical ayatema of -waterworks for the home, and is arousing interest along this line. We art* now planning to | have a miniature fly trap made. One of thcae trai>a with the directions* for the making of the same will be given to each of our Agent*. Thia will bring up the iiuiiort'ance of screening houses and otluh* sanitary devicea for the home. As time permit? w^ are planning to prepare a series' of instructions on Laundering. We have realUed the ne-j eosslt.v of this from the unsatisfactory condition of tho labor problem of our country. Several have expressed a de sire for instructions on this subject. We are also arranging to provide our Agents with special Instructions on Mutter Making. This fnll and winter we have Itegtitt the winter gardening work. Wo have endeavored to get at least 2ft girls in each organized county to plant a cover crop on a part of the one-tenth acre and to plant one or two of tho vege tables that can be grown in the win ter on the pther part. The critical fi nancial situation has*' caused our peo ple to take more interest in this llnel of work than we had hoped they would. During the Fall mouths County Fairs were held in each of our organised counties. Each county had its work exhibited at the State Fair in twenty Iteceipts Cost , Profit I 1)0.05 $ 25.10 $ 04.95 TT: 80.10 16.82 60.28 82.20 29.01 63.19 82.20 20.20 62.00 01.47 -6.80 84.67 88.11 14.05 74.06 78.40 5.00 78.40 "i 121.70 41.90 79.80 114.75 84.58 80.22 109.24 i 18.05 90.59 four booths assigned our workers in the large steel building at Columbia, 8. C. We feel that our fairs are great educative factors. They illustrate to the people the moat improved methods of canning, pickling, and preserving. Looking to the marketing of-- our goods we have given si>ecial attention to the quality of the product our girls have canned. A number of splendid devices have been tried to aid in the marketing of our goods. In some counties, ? a day very soon after the County Fair has been designated as Marketing. Day. At this time Qrders have been taken for our canned goods. Our Club Women have given ueLxalua. hle assistance by bringing the girls in touch with private individuals who de sire to purchase our products* . In au other county our Agent; has organized an Exchange, looking to the market ing of our "4H Brand." Country mer chants rire also selling our products to good advantage for the girls.' In a re cent letter from one of our Agents I find this statejnent : ''One merchant | told me yesterday that he wanted more tomatoes, that he had lost a sale by not having the 411 Brand.", In the same letter she says : "The girls are furnishing the boarding school with canned fruits and vegetables." -The hotels are now realizing the superior quality of our goods -and are- buying tliem. In Floreuce County a Demon stration was given illustratlhg market ing by parcel post. Lee County, also had this demonstration. More atten tion has. been given to the question of marketing this year thaw ever before, and we think that in a .short, time now iye Will find some one plan that 'will solve the question. For the coming year, we -.want to make it compulsory for each agent to specialize on some one "product other than tomatoes. Mrs. Dora /Lee Walk er, Appleton, S. C., has. thoroughly stu died pepper ? the culture, canning/ the containers, and the metftod of market ing. Now we can give these tried-out directions to each Organizer. Every county in the jvork will have the 'op portunity of profiting by this knowl edge land experience: 'Just ai Mrs. Walker has studied pepper, we want each agent to specialize on some one piwduct, ahd the following year let the other Agents have the benefit of her experience. , *-?" ? ? --Y-j ? : ONE OF THE SMALLER COURTS AT THE WORLD'S GREATEST EXPOSITION ? - rz fPff"!!. ^ ^ Octobor, l?M. Thl? The ciqototu Court of Ptlmi " '* tlw^eet ???* C?urt "* ^ Foar ,8ea??!f Irthitowl witk ?on??f?l ???> ??????? Eipomllloo, S*o FrancUco, irhrT 41! imdytMiw -?^-.tTfr. Ti ' idS^T t - ' We are planning now to work out a four years course for our Club (Urls. After tU? Uret icuv.'M stuOy of-tuuiu toe?, different vegetables will lie add ed "from year to year. On completing the course the <jlub meinlier will ia? re warded for her faithfulness and, mi jmteiing Whithrop College, she will l>e glv^n credit Tor this work. With very few exceptions, our Agents haw met with the heartiest co-opera tion from Ooxuity Buperlutcudents of Education, teachcrH, our club women, prominent business men, leading wo men hi country communities, aud the pros* has given us Invaluable assist au?'. Wlnthrop College, our State Nor mal and industrial College, not only helps (o support the work tluuuclally hut a Ida tlio work hi every way that la |Mtssil?U?. The Men's Iteiuonst ration force and the extension workers of our tftato Agricultural College have given ua great assistance. This year i>>ut [ministers have taken much Interest In our work. In a recent addreaa by a heading minister of the state our work ers were spoken of as true*" Home Mis sionaries." j As a result of our work, more Inter est is taken In outdoor activities; the social side of life Is develoiHHl, am) am bitions and Ideals are awakened, re suiting In a general uplift of the peo plo. From a monetary staudi>otiit, $28,952.87 have been saved to the state as a result of,, our Girls' Demonstra tion Club Work. Cur Pat blinder in the Demonstration Work ? Dr. 8. A. Knapp ? must have had the power of discerning the future, lie must have seen this cataclysm of war with Its at tendants ? poverty and want. The De monstration Work In all Its phuses Stands as u beacon light to the millions of earth's tollers. Its influence la felt from the poorest homes of our lund to the most fastidious pintles of abode. Children from our most cultured homes have been. taught the dignity of labor, aud children from some of the lowliest homes have been inspired with hope, ambition, and longings for the higher and nobler things of life. Respectfully submitted, EDITH L. PARHOTT, State Agent Home Demonstration WoiV Heflin Foresees 20-Cent Cotton. Washington, ' 1>. C. ? Representative Hetlin of Alabama, told the House that he exiHH'ted to see the price for cotton '?go up to arouud 20 cents" in the win ter of 1015. "The day of diversified farming hirs come In the Bouth," he suid. "There is the dawn of a new day. My people have been taught by a bitter exi>crience to break the shackles that have bound them to one idea ih farming. The day ls\coniing, not far off, when the llelds will blossom, along with cotton, with corn, oats, wheat, and ]>eas. With those as the base of supplies, as a for tification, the farmer will dictate the prices of cotton to the world. "King Cotton no longer will be the only product on the Southern farm, but just one of a multiplicity of pro ducts. No longer will it be a burden -but a blessing with the strength that the diversified ideas give the farmer, cotton will be given her place in the markets of the earth." Mr. Hetlin contended that "bear sim ulators'1 had used the power the farm ers had placed in their hands to beat down the price of cottoq. Farmers now* he said, would refuse to sign notes and mortgages that come due in November and December, so as to leave the "period from August 15 to Decern - l?er 15 free and unshackled and to leave the farmer as the absolute master of Id's busluess to sell or not just as he may scye fit." GINNERS REPORT For South Carolina for Crops of 1914 and 1913. Will. J. Harris, Director of the Cen sus, Department of Commerce, 'an nounces the preliminary rej>ort of cot ton ginned by coTmttefr tn South Car olina for the crops of 1914 and 1913. The report was made public for the ptate at 10 a. m. on Saturday, Janua ry 23. The amounts for the different counties for the crops of 1014 and 1913 are furnished for publication in the local papers. Ck>unty 1914 Total ." 1424950 Abbeville 32410 Alkernr..-. 47723 Anderson "... 54265 Iiamberg : 27426 Barnwell 50683 Beaufort 9019 Berkeley ~ 1G383 Calhoun 30610 Charleston 16882 Cherokee : 16109 Chester : 83672 Chesterfield 33626 Clarendon 48462 1913 J 1368774 333081 47206; 70588 27367 56554 7732 13356 27031 15700 17631 32022 29822 40013 Colleton 23205 Darlington 44768 Dillon 3V864 Dorchestefr" .._ ? - ? * ? 18291 Edgefield : .. 32059 Fairfield 24048 Florence 46515 Georgetown . 5206 Greenville 43446 Greenwood : 80761 Hampton 21505 Horry 11974 Jasper 6529 KenAMnr 30408 Lancaster ? 23880 Lattitofes 36876 Le<> , 41505 Lexington ;... 27578 Marion ....: 14705 Marlboro 60848 Newberry 32748 Oconee 18842 Orangeburg ' 83536 Pickens iJ - 19942 Rififcland ... 25832 SalriBa 24115 Spartanburg 68790 Sumter 51706 Union 19230 37440 86062 16607 32476| 25826 43480 8732 41710 316981 19448 10022] 61431 26891 24188 43273 37498 25509 17698 52410| 38904 19794 77811 17935 22336) 25072 WHUamsbqrg 18602 34934 88122 40538 20393 26491 39980 .? Deputy Insurance Commissioner, B. A. Wharton Is of the opinion that over Insurance is "either directly or indi rectly responsible for many fire* and a great loss of. property in South Car olina." Charged with the killing of William fcfoOotkrogh If* Augusta Sunday night, J: J. Taylor, a . yosng merchant of Owaftevllle, was arrested and can led to Augusta. The killing of McCnlloagh presented something of a mystery. -r ' ?_ v< ?To Buy Cattle Higheat cash price paid for good cattle ? fat or poor ? all must be free from cattle tick. Camden Beef Cattle Farms FRED E. PERKINS, Special Partner L. I. GUION, Proprietor Pretty China and Children make a homo beautiful. If you buy your*ohlna nut! en?ekory here there will be no question as to Its beauty and daintiness. There a ro complete sets for cupboard or china cloact, odd pieces, mioh as chocolate i>ots, etc., for the sldolamrd. Ciimo look at them anyway. Well loave It to the ehlna to make you a buyer. BURNS & BARRETT THE PLACE TO GO When you aro in want of SHOES for any member of your family, where STYLE and QUALITY is io be considered call 011 THK OAM DEN SHOE CO., where you will And Just what you aro looking for at prices to suit your pocket-book. Also a full line of (font's FuruUhhiKs. CAMDEN SHOE COMPANY Ginnings Hereafter the gin* of the Southern Cotton Oil Company's plant at thi* place will be operated only on TUES DAY'S and FRIDAY'S of each week. CAMDEN OIL MILL CAMDEN, S. C. ~ Feaflxy Beds'Bg* ? ? lb. pair Hll?w? <? mMcfc f*r 11.90 All new. sanitary foatbera. Famous Amonkoaff ticking. 0 1-4 yards to ti?k, positively biggest and boat bed out rnarkut soiling for loss than flit ?afe dollvery and satisfHoUon guarahtoed Or money back. Order today or writ? for Catalog and big special offer. First ordor counts on prominm. SANITARY BEDDING COMPANY. D.?(. 600, Chartotta, I. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. DEATH? VERMIN Bert raft and mice exterminator made. Klllfl auJk'ldy ttiidabsoliituiy uiOioutodur. Mummineg ? thus proven tins docompoiil tlon. Better than *11 the traps In the wortd, In?(aton G#4ni9*&AT?0RN-. a&c. too, 91 at dealers or bjr mail, post paid. T" , BOTANICAL MFG. CO. ? 4th Hk Raem Sta., Philadelphia. Pa. RAT CORN Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People T.Upko.. 41 714 W. D#K*lfc *t. MARY E. HAMPTON ^ REGISTERED NURSE Durham, N. C. ; passed State Bd. Of South Carolina; 4*>si graduate of LliitroLn Hospital, New York, N. JEL. - Residence 016 Campbell Ave., Telephone 234-J, Camden, S. C. dOMtl. of $ln 8?hool fA thirst is a great blessing if you can. get Chero-Cola. Drink it from the bottle ? through a straw. Always uniform. Perfectly delicious. J; SUM TER MOORE Cotton. ~ Long: Staple Exclusively.. 1213 Washington Street, Phone 585 Columbia, S. C. Send samples from both sides of bale and I will name you best price for cotton 4a?dod in Columbia. 7 Wood's Seed Oats are all choice, reckoned stocks, much superior to oats as ordinarily sold. Oats are one of the crops that promise profitable re turns. For best crop results, sow as early as practicable. Write for "WOOD'S CROP SPECIAL/' giving prices and special information a bout the most profitable crops to plant at this season of the year. Mailed on re quest. \ ? .. T. W. WOOD & SONS, ^ SEEDSMEN* - Richmond, Va* _ Wood's Descriptive Catalog for 1915, telling about all Farm and Garden Seeds, free on reQUM^ Write for It. ? v MONKV TO IX>AN. Og lmpror?d tarmn. Buy term#. Apply to B. B. Clarke. Camden. B. C. ???