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CAMDEN* SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919
volume XXXI
NUMBER 35
Lrgia Firm Gives Advice
Best Way to Fight Weevil,
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: 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
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\;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
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IT IS NOT A
MOTION
PICTURE
Would You Forgive This Girl?
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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