The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 06, 1919, Image 4
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HAVEN'T YOU AND YOUR WIFE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT
"BUYING A HOME?" WELL, IT CAN BE DONE. IT BESTS
ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
THE FIRST THING 18 TO COME IN AND START A BANK
ACCOUNT, THEN REGULARLY ADD AH MUCH AS YOU CAN
NI'AHK. KEEF THIS IT AND IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL YOU
CAN BUY THAT HOME, AND YOU CAN BUY IT CHEAPER FO*
CASH.
YOU WILL RECEIVE FOUR PER CENT. INTEREST.
The First National Bank
OF CAMDEN, S. C
FOOTER'S AGENCY
IN CAMDEN IS ONLY ONE OUT OF MORE THAN 200 SUCH
AGENCIES SCATTERED OVER THE UNITED STATES, BUT
THEY ALL REPRESENT THE SAME^OOTER'S DYE WORKS
OF CUMBERLAND, MD. /
AMERICA'S GREATEST ciEANERS AND DYERS
Represented in Camden by ..
j. ferris Mcdowell
Telephone 145.
FOR SALE
Twenty-five Good, Young
Cotton Mules.
Also Four Pair Good Heavy
Wagon Mules
L. I. Guion, Lugoff, S. C.
Red Cedar Shingles
LAST INDEFINITELY
WE SELL ONLY THE BEST
ANY QUANTITY j g
AT LOW PRICES
JSHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED
DAVIDSON & COMPANY
TELEPHONE 104
<#The Middle Town Yard" ? Main Street, Next]
to Court House.
NYE WAS 'WAY OFF
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How Humorists Were "Stuno" in
Business Venture.
' Anecdote James Whltcomb Riley Um4
to Tell, Dealing With the Wile.
t Of the Publisher ? AH They
Got Wu ? Feed.
Anion* the Iimny COinlCHl atOflM
told of Jahtee Whltcomb Hljejr'f expe
riences with Nye was the history of a
book called "Nye and Klley'a Hallway
Guide," which gave them a broud per
aonal and legal experience with pub
Ushers. From their first tour In 1886
their fancy ran riot with the Idea of
a comic railway guide for Just such
poor, Ill-fated travelers as they them
selves proved to be, for the man. aa
tbey wrote to the introduction, "who
erroneously geta Into a car which la
sidetracked and swept out and
scrubbed by people who take In cars
to scrub and laundry."
"Nye and I," Itlley used to aay,
"thought a little book made from our
readings might perhaps stanch a long
felt public want. In fnct, we grew en
thusiastic as our eyes swept the pros
pect. Nye, Indeed, thought there was
money In it I remember that, in his
optimism, he wrote; 'Let us m*ke
some money, be gosh, and. put It In our
Inside pocket. It feels bully.' lUley
always chuckled reminiscent ly at this
point in the story.
"Well, we went to Chicago to look
for a publisher, and there we found
one Ketchem & Sklnnem who had a
sign on the door, 'Drop Mf&S. llere.'
We dropped ours and went away feel
ing pretty good."
II Hey then told of a long wait, dur
ing which they wondered whether the
manuscript would be accepted; then
bow glad tbey were to find the book
on sale at the news stands, and Anally
how they paid a visit to the publishers
to inquire timidly Into the matter of
royalties. The door was locked. Some
months later, In response to their let
ters, came an invitation to a banquet
given by the publishers In their honor.
Hopefully they presented themselves.
"As we filed In to dinner Nye whis
pered to me, 'Think they'll hand
checks with the cigars?' Well, when
the cigars were passed at length the
publisher at the head of the tnble
pushed back his chair, put his finger
tips on the cloth, benmed on us, and
said :
" 'Gentlemen and publishers, we
have met to do honor to our two illus
' Trio lis humorists tonight in an un
jisual way. AVe appreciate their bu
rn o?, especially thnt which has made
our book so successful. And In token
of our. appreciation we now present to
them one hundred shares apiece In
our great company. Ahem ? I heller?
that Is all !'
"It was all. Nye and I hoped at
first for the best, but neither of us
secretly could find' any market for our
shares and the company never paid
any dividends before It went out of
business." ? Harper's Magazine.
His Fortunate Investment. /
flosthene Gallals, former wholesale,
oyster and lee cream dealer, who en- '
tered Into business In St. Louis as a
scissors grinder, and who accumulated
a fortune estlmnted by his family at
$3,000,000, through investment, several
years ago, of $30,000 in Oklahoma land,
on which oil later was found, died re
cently at his home in Tulsa, Okla.
Gallals' rise to riches Is one of the
most InterestJLngu of the many oil ro
mances In Oklahoma-. His original In
vestment had lain dormant for years
and he did not know that oil had been
discovered on his land until he received
his first royalty. Since then his wealth
had Increased by leaps and bounds
until It enabled him to become the
largest Individual property owner In
Tulsa, caused him to erect a 10-story
office building there as a monument to
the city near which he found his
wealth and carried him into affluence.
The Kalserln'a Baggage.
The knlserln seems to have been
more fortunnte than some queens In
the matter of luggage in her flight to
Hollnnd, since her luggage, though de
scribed as rather shabby, was appar
ently plentiful. As a rule escaping
queens have been badly provided.
, When Charles X nnd his entourage
were turned out of France one who
went down to see them remarked
that they had nothing In the way of
?furnishings." though they had
money. Louis Philippe and his queen
crossing the channel as Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, were ill-provided, and there Is
the case of the ex-Empress Eugenie,
whose message to a friend when she
reached England was "Come to me;
I have nothing ? not even a handkei*
chief r
Deoay ef Mourning Wear.
Nothing is more remarkable In oUr
social life at this time than the rar
Ity of conventional mourning, says
London Dally Chronicle. There are
millions of bereaved people In these
Islands, yet It Is uncommwi to en
counter anybody who wears the
"trappings and the snlts of woe. " We
haye found a Juster way of showing
respect for the dead than by change
lng the hue of our clothes. Only at
the two extremes, east and west, will
you now discover a woman wearing
widow's "weeds.'*
Crowns to the Discard.
Dentist ? What seems to be the trou
ble today? Tour face Is all rwollen.
Pstieat? Why some of my teeth have
started, a revolt and havs picked oft
the erowm jro* put on mj back tootk.
GROWING SWEET POTA
TOES.
An Easily Grown, Profitably Crop For
South Carolina.
CliniKon College.- -There are few
crop# so well adapted to South Caro
lina conditions that can ba grown
with equal success and profit as can
the sweet potato. This crop offers to
the grower every advantage that Is
offered by other fields or truck crops,
says Geo. P. Hoffman. Bxtenslon Ser
vice horticulturist.
Soil selection, preparation, fertllti
inn. careful fitting and planting, and
cultivating are the essentials of anc
cess in the growing of ? tro* ol
sweet potatoes.
Soil: The sweet potato adapts it
self to a great diversity of soils, but
it delights In and thrives best on a
well drained sandy or clay loam un
derlaid with a clay subsoil. But re
gardless of the apparent ideal physi'
cal condition of t'ie soil, tkis crop
must he rotated each year. Bweet
potatoes may follow corn, cotton,
small grain, and leguminous cover
crops, and may be easily and effect
ively worked into any well balanced
three-year rotation system.
Preparation of 8oll: The soil may
be thoroughly and deeply prepared by
turning twine to a depth of 6 to 8
Inches, followed by cross discing.
Crooked and Irregularly formed roots
result from shallow preparation of the
soil. Therefore, deep and thorough
preparation is very essential In the
growing of marketable potatoes.
Fertilizers: Both barnyard manure
and commercial fertilizers are recom
mended, but the former must be Judi
ciously used. Because of present
shortage of potash the element of plant
food most needed *n excess In potato
production, liberal applications of
barnyard manure will be found to be
very effective In helping to reduce this
shortage and to correct the physical
condition of the soil. The fertility
and physical condition of the soil
should determine the amount of the
applications. Ordinarily, both com
mercial fertilizers and barnyard ma
nures are applied In the drill, when
the soil is being fitted for setting the
plants, and, later, as a side dresser.
Fitting the 80II and 8ettlng the
Plants: Preparatory to setting the
plants lay off rows 3^4 to 4 feet apart
and apply the barnyard manure (8 to
10 tons per acre) or commercial fer
tilizer made of two-thirds 16% acid
phosphate and one-third cotton-seed
meal applied in the drill at the rate
of 400 to 600 pounds per acre, and
thoroughly mix with the soil. The
planting beds of medium height, de
pending upon drainage, should be
thrown up and dragged down. The
plants or vine-cuttings should be set
? 14 to 18 inches apart, the period for
setting the plants Is from May 1 to
July 15th. To correct the packed con
1 dltion of the soil brought about
through the transplanting process,
the water furrows should be harrowed
"TOr otherwise shallow cultivated im
mediately following the setting of the
plants.
For late plantings, the one-leaf vine
cuttings 8 to 10 Inches long are more
.desirable than are the slips v or
"draws." this being especially true in
the growing of seed stock.
Varieties: Nancey Hall, Porto
Rico, and Triumph are the leading and
most popular varieties grown in this
State. Triumph is one of the earliest
yarleties, and should be planted when
potatoes are grown fojjftarly market.
Cultivation: Frequent and shal
low cultivation should be practiced
until the vines have covered the
ground, during which period the
greatest of care must be exercised In
the turning the vines. At the first
cultivation, which consists o? a care
ful hoeing and siding with a broad
furrow, <a side dressing of a mixture
of one-third cottonseed meal and twe
thirds 16 per cent acid phosphate
should be applied at the rate of 400 to
600 pounds per acre, and thoroughly
mixed with the soil. The Orangeburg
sweep or heel bow and shovel will be
found to be very effective in cultivat
ing this crop.
A Record of Profits: The following
record of expenditures and returns on
an acre of sweet potatoes in 1917-18
was furnished us bv a grower in Rich
land County. South Carolina, the crop
having been produced in 1917 ?Jid
marketed during the late winter and
early spring.
Expenditures.
Rental value of land f 8.00
Turning and harrowing twice 4.00
Bedding ground 1.50
Compost ? 10 loads at $1.00.. 10.00
Spreading compost 1.60
Plants? 10.000 at $2.50 16.00
Setting plants J. 26
Hoeing three times 3.00
Plowing and turning vines.. 4.25
Cotton8eed*nTeal; H ton at #48 *4 00
Applying cottonseed meal.... 1.50
Harvesting and storing 12.00
Total expenditures I 97.00
Returns.
270 bushels No. 1 potatoes
at $1.60 f 412.0<f
30 hushels culls at $0 50.,.. 15.00
Total I 427.00
?
Profit I 330.00
Alt deep cultivation should he dona
before the seed are put In. The bene
fits of shallow cuKivation Are:
1. It prmrents formation of fallow
crust on the surface.
2. It forma a duirt mtttcH. whkA
prevents loas of soil moisture.
3. Tt lets air Into the sofl.
4. Tt nukes plant food available.
K. ft destroys weeds and trass be
fore ffisy fel a Arm bolt ft* Chs ML
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you can always And what you want, without runjtfjig
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Can live in comfort J
in old age by sav
ing: when young.
We invite every young
person in this com
munity to open a
savings account
with us. $1 makes ,
the start.
Four per cent in
terest makes it
grow.
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Loan & Savings Bank
OF CAMDEN, S. C.
Satisfaction
and Service
We give both. p
We set a fair price on staple and fancy groceries
at the same time that we set your table.
The most particular palate is delighted with a
breakfast, dinner or supper of our high grade gro
ceries well prepared.
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