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PAGES < Nine to Sixteen ' ' ? m?? ?fa?? ? ? ? ? ? CAMDEN* SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919 volume XXXI NUMBER 35 Lrgia Firm Gives Advice Best Way to Fight Weevil, ? - ? 1 : s.oW that the Ml weevil 1* in 8outh Crolius "umber*, Is rapidly jjtiwinic ont* will soon ravage the entirtj tfbn area of the tftate ; the follow in* y^rtl extract-' from a letter written jn?t ear ago\v the A. 1*. Rrantlsy Co. lUjfkKbear, Ott., to their cuatowei* audi 1||? 4, Hh"ulil !"? of Interest to South' Krolina Ik nk? r-. buolttMMM) men And: iistn ; The letter is rather lengthy , but it I ?ll worth reading, "as it i? applicable to condition* existing today iu many gouth (Carolina coiuraunitiei* : Hlarkshcar, (Ja., Nov. A, 1018. I -The time i* ?<>w her? when tho^e U) make their living out of the soil mini five serious consideration to the Ltftiou of what Crop to depend upon fcf B rooaecy crop. The boll weevil , Liio it questionable if it is nafe to Kjy upon cot tou as heretofore. While do not advocate the entire abandon it of cotton for the present at leant, the same time it doea not now ap mfttr to he the part 'of wisdom to risk En upon that crop. Until we know Lore about the boll weevil and how ?fet to control his ravage, it is the part rf *irople wisdom to devote only a com batively $gall acreage to cotton. Mean*' ilile, what will the farmer do? foe IftDDot afford to ?tand still. He must |o forward or ceu#e to exist, and plant* i?lt time will soon he here. Plainly, therefore, a decision must be reached _jDtl rffeetivf plans accordingly laid. The Ifoire to aid you iu this critical situa ?tioD is the simple purpose of this eir Itular. Tubam) looks good, and after* pretty Ittorough investigation, wo believo there (ho possibility of n splendid profit j vm its cultivation. Farmers around [Nichols and I>ouglas have made a great ?1 of money out of tobaceo this year. information is tliKt. profits have tngod from $200 to $400 and eveu more tfr acre. Tobacco doe.s not require tliej on< growing season that cotton does. I* fMP is made and the ^noney is in ) |#w pockets b.v the time cotton is or rily ready to be picked. Therefore, >s<w would not interfere with cotton jflu wish to devote an ncrcnge to Further, it is believed, by those "potent to judge, that the tobacco M*kft. Will be high this year. With success, therefore one crop juld pay nil expenses and leave a com ortable profit besides. It mttst be uu ^t.KHi in growing tobacco the lirst that expert advice is vital to sue It is very probable that n compe ot and reliable expert tobacco grower ?a b?- secured for a compensation of T?r eeiM ?f the value of tb? erqp l tually grown. !? or this compensation fxyert would supervise everything ' 031 ,h<> Preparation of the seed to the1 iTMtiog and curing of the crop. Such Mrangement offers the decided fld iBtarc o, !?c : ii ir reasonably safe, and, tlK-re i? other way to make tu(<ossful beginning. Another impor- ! ?t thing is that tobacco should be' rn in ??mnuiiiities. Ry this we mean the farmers of a given community, tn the fnnns are reasonably conven to each other, should all plant to The reason for this is tha* this " ?a'fes Jxjxsible to securc the ne ry e*pept advice and , supervision p east pi.^siblt. expense, nnd in ad- ; makes possible the interchange of1 .'a'",r at l'10 ^ rveat season, w 'N ' ' "nP?rtant considera ?? The curing of tobacco is a mat-! ini|K,rlanc<?, fc?d for this * ? properly constructed curing nectary. The curing houses 60t neoPSi!nrily expensive. For in juring bouse sixteen feet squnn*, he nmi>|T lar>re to oarc for rJZ-f U>bR<?co' can be built at a I ??" t.. $_H)0. A house eighteen lf?ro f,^' U(,?'<1 lx? large enough - r ;j<"res v,f tobacco, would J?^t"., lately m(>rp If y()U de j .\ tobaooo for a money crop 8r Tl'nt "VOU f,rst intvr?8t ,h? roject w that [Mlp, made to secure the ?k??L7P"rt n'lvicp- If thp tobacco r "" \;cl - 1 Vou arrange to visit out f* an<1 I)o,l*,n8' actions and Mo an/ >0Urs<>" more about the P* *?n makT^ ?f.tob*cco growing. ? day j?| . 10 tnp by automobile *n> tfl ( :t is made it may easily """* Potable trip l?k^*T, "" ,h?"*bt of ?oln( In! crop kc very k. zz ?7:mpt ??'? ? - Irr*nrcr tlm" t0 make 1,11 nec*?: to Ih!," b<'forp l,me 10 P^nt H^nd th? lf. ? ?aDy aa * tho ** arp P,anted to tobac lr tribuUpy to Black D? we will undertake to! ifM' that a. suitable aodfm tobacco ware house is built hove Id goo'd .tlipe to curt1 1 i\ir and market the crop. // Hwoet potatoes, when of the proper quality uud carefully graded aud cured Is a crop thai will always command the ready cash To get the most out of sweet potatoes careful atteivtlou must be jrlveu to varieties, grading and cur ing. The v>ld fashioucd haukiug method must tye supplemented by a modern po tato dunnf house, bn^uw potatoes can not be Huccessfully cured except in a properly constructed and operated cur fog house. These houses can be built <*f any desired opacity and tho coat dr poud* upou tlu> nite. Tho K?vat udvan* tHK*' in curing potatoes is found iu the fact that cured potuii>os i'uu Ih? kepi us Iouk us desired und thus put upon tho market when tho demand is greatest und tho price is boat* Jly the old hunk iiiK method fully one half the crop is pot haps auuually lost froifc rot. A po tato cor in# hoUHC should <>e Imilt upou tho co-operative plau, und wo l>elie?e It i-> qui to possfhlo that tho profits of the lirst year'# oi?erntionH would luor* than pay back the whole iuvoatiucut, Peanuts Ik another crop that js rapid ly tr? miing to the (rout a* ? raouoy crop in southern tieovgin, aud elwwheve, aud there i* no doubt that they would prove profitable here. In addition to being an excellent stock food the peanut and itv product* art' beiu* more aud more extensively ut?ed (or huwitn food, and desirable food products most always couimaud a sale on the markeet. IWsidos i ins iboN is a derided advantage in growing f. good aereago of V?*out? bo* oauao yon ran always fatten your hog* on Uieib) if the price offered is nusatis factory, If a sufficient acreage to jus tify it is. planted to peanuts in thl? ho mediate section thv local cotton need oil mill will afTcrd a market for thorn. Ttlia in tiifii \noold mean that yoft would have an ample *WP)y of peauut meal available to your hand for ??.took feed ing, and there is no bettor food for thin l?urjk>M'. Nngar caue is an old crop tlut cau bo converted iuto a profitable money crop with oarofnl attention. This means, <>'f oonr*e, that the eane must bo made Into lirst rla?s, heavy bodied syrnp- He oanse wo huvo not in tho past given suffi cient attention cither to tho marketing or the gradhiK of our syrup, large manlp FIRST A HIT NOW A SENSATION Seven Triumphant Months in Chicago, 111. Hie Present Reigning Success in New York ? . ? v IT IS NOT A MOTION PICTURE Would You Forgive This Girl? \ ' ' ?" " " ; \ ,*f \ ^ \ U Sri ? jv"" - ' ' I Sh(^ tossed her red hair at convention ? She curled her red lips at her own good name? -s She sought excitement at midnight in Bohemia ? She tricked men shamelessly, gleefully ? And then to escape utter ruin she lied ? told the world 1 she was the secret wife of the rich and wary bachelor who feared her ? . She wouldn't marry . him and she wouldn't set him free She is the strangest heroine the American stage ever created. This E&z zling, Dizzying Heroine of Cosmo Hamilton's Great Play WITH THE MOST DARING COMEDY EVER ATTEMPTED ON THE AMERICAN STAGE. Camden Opera House ONE NIGHT ONLY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH The Most Talked of Play in America SEATS ON SALE AT W. ROBIN ZEMP'S PRICES? $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 Better to See "Scandal" Than to Miss It ulating plants have come iuto existeuc<* where our syrup U takeu and pcQOMHivdi that is, made of uniform body, flavor *u<l colojt and thou put ui*>n tho market in fancy containers at a handsome profit to the manipulator*. There is no reason- why. the fanner* of a community may not get togethui in t ho mntteer of syrup production, an<4 thus ivap thin 'piotito (W vhcmsvlvf.s. The propoaition cau be handled ut>on a co-opcratiVc plan aud the investment need riot be lu-avy. The main thing i* To "produce the <|uality and character of syrup the market demands. If this is dune there is no reaaon why it might not prove very profitable. ? Corn cay be made u profitable cash crop if the proper attention in given to it. The corn weevil and the rat prob ably cause a greater annual waste than the boll weevil despite the fact that it is entirely possible to free the prom I tea of both these posts. The proper uhc of Carbon Dlsulphide in correctly con structed burns will free the corn of both the weevil and the rata. Hecauae it can be done it ought to be done if for no other reason than to redueo the num b<*r -of acres actually needed to be plnnted' to <>?rn to meet all the farm needs. Weevil infected com in unmarketable and iboslth s it is unlit for human oou sumption.. Itelng rid of the weevil ami t ho rat Mud with proper attention to quality a ready, market can be fouud for co i" load ?iiiantlticK of corn, either ahell ed and sacked or in the shock. Velvet beans are not only a splendid Koil improver but a rendy cash brhiger as well. Iiitrge acreage -.could be profit ably planted. Velvet bo?n meal is on the market and m uiwh koukIU <r?nd highly regarded as a feed for Cattle and stork. . If an acreage sufficiently large to warrant the investment is planted to velvet beans in the .section accessible ton Hlacfefdjejir u feed in ill will be ctitab , lishecl here. This would afford a local cash market for all the beans we could produce. ' A Hogs have always been a main aource of wealth in many sections,, and there is every reason to believe that intelli gent attention to broad mid rare will make them vastly profitable to the far- ? liters of IMerce t-omity. The pucking plant, i* coming nearer to ns all thiv^ tlnie. iiihI If a sufficient hog supply Wero available their buyers would come to our local markets for t|u?u?. The far mers of Brooks county are finding in their hogs mi nource of wealth. They flfll every year thousands .of pounds of cured bacon nnd hams at a good profit. When the packing plant does not offer the pHce they think they should he-ve they kill and cure. ? Wvery farmer has his own curing house in which he uses ijec for refrigteration. He does not wait for suitable weather but kills when the hogs nro fat and ready. By their meth ods there i? practically no loss from spoilt meat. The Hrookn county plan is worth investigating. Brooks county is not far away and any farmer there will gladly show you bow it is done. Beef cattle can easily be made and therefore ought to bmroine u great sourc of weslth to the farmers of Pierce county. Natur<j has given ua a wonderful clf mate tand splendid range country that ought to be taken advantage of. -The compulsory tick . eradication law will jfive ur a tickfree county by the end of 1019, which means It will be possible to introduce the better strains of beef cattle into the county without fear of loss. livery attention should now b?* given to securing the foundation of a herd, and just as rapidly as poaai.ble the i infer iaor strains we now have should be diH^>o?cd of. It is jimt as easy, and costs no more, to raise a 1,200 lb. steer as a <H)0 lb. one. There is a -whole lot of difference in the profits. Other sec tions have grown rich on cattle^. alone, while we have long neglected to utilize the Messing* nature haw so abundantly TariKhad upon w?. Right now 4# -the ? time to begin planning to bring in the improved breeds. Intelligent t attentiou to cattle will bring certain and increas ing profits. Keeip it in mind that 1n all sections of the country whero diversification is the rule prospeerity is much greater than in those sections where the all-cotton, or one-crop, rnle prevails." Adopt your program for beating the Ijoll weevil and go to work. You can bet your life "Billy Boll Weevil" la going to give you a stiff fight, but you can whip him if you try. , O. A. Oardwell, Agricultural and Industrial Agent, At lantic Coast Line Railroad, Wilming ton, N. C. , ? Preaching at DeKalb. p^JChere will be preaching at DeKalb ^ur^h Sunday, December the' 7th r.-t 3 in the Afternoon, flundajr school \ THieet at 2 130 instep of 10 :3fl. A ^ F conference wiA-b* held immediate \ 7&r preaching anff all chorch metn reqtienied to b? preaent. 1 ) J 8 Bturgia, Chorch Clark