The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 05, 1923, Image 1
NUMBER 4a
CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1923
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No. 4 iTION. ?
.Jf* ?Next Year
8>?try.
'?. If* WnS ra,a"
i?f cotton an
,l#- underb ill -
Jg* jir production
>.' J?'?n bales on
>. ljirst 9 million
f- ^Jfars ago when
i>n to 20 mil
lowing of the
$9T, the yield
-A million for
i, during which
about 25 mil
more land came
in 1904 a crop
i^vas produced on
tffrsi In 1911, pro
jflpd to 16 million
wmillion afcrca de
duction. During
191V to 1915, thq>
aged about 35 1-2
:d averaged 14 1-2
?ing the pnsfc 'five
average yiold^haq
[ U4 bales ort prac
on acres, In those
American .-cotton
gjged only 7&9,00*
n the five, years at
r-7? st century, though
tveraged more -than
nder cultivation in
iverage acreage ? of
J>f the steady increase
jrom the early 70's to
? cotton expanded pro
ttil consumption, dur
years previous to the
ieragred 14 1-2 million
?8 of a half century
le necessities, so that
part of the South to
nual output of cotton
I- an alarming
world's cotton indtis
,avo spindles increas
illions fifteen years
ion in 1910, but $cot
put to a variety of
difficult to suspend,
fears there has been
Egyptian and Indian
would counterbalance
roductjon.-in America,
either price or quan
le to consider wool or
furnish a way out of
In the case of copper
? price is a sufficient
oduction to increase
matically to meet the
the cotton world ap
ing1 the most serious
?d since the Civil
j I drastic curtailment
^Bluring the current
|'H/ery, indication that
?h3, reserves will be
? west levels of this
:o that a remuner
planter could be
larantee of a suf
Jeatore the balance
t ].\d demand, was
I^it the record
isons reveals un
similar condu
ct today. The
it lack of confi
? presence of boll
he cotton belt,
these insects had
nd the limits of
is brought a lar
ension, until the
culture estimates
of the 700,000
cotton producing
ested. Thus far
of extermination i
id.' Experiments
n arsenate under
nology and tested
n Louisiana, have
degree of sUccess
the quantity of
table for use, and
involved in using
'Several years must
method of counter- 1
( of weevil damage
:iently general to
a substantial ta
per acre.
it a to virtually a
in cotton produc
on the past few
C>m development*
s. In the record
ia raised 2,700,000 1
2,800,000 bales,
jf Agriculture esti
^ yield thU year at!
1 1914, production in
1,400,000 1
,700,000 bait*,
at 630,0001
in that ?tate In
BETHUNE NKW8 NOTES.
Happening* of Interest As Told By
Our Correspondent.
Pcthune, Jan. 3.~-Misf Stella Bie
thunu was hostess < at a six o'clock
dinner complimentary to tho college
if iris who were at home for the holi
days. Later in the evening they were
joined by the young men of tdwn in
progressive games. The prize, a box
of candy, went to Mr. Leslie Best for
scoring highest, while the booby was
awarded to . ityliss Carrie Yarborough.
Late in the' evening a sweet course
was served.
Mrs. J. D. Lafitte. has returned
from a visit to her mother, Mrs.
Cleckley, in Orangeburg. ,
Mrs. B. L. Norwood and children,
of McBce, spent Thursday with her
father, Mr. N. A. Bethunc.
Mrs. W. M. Stevens has returned
from a vis^t to her sister, Mrs. L. A.
Micklejohn, in Cheraw.
.John Stevens Davidson, of Capiden,
-spent sevoral days with his uncle,
Mr. W. M. Stevens last week.
At a stockholders meeting of the
Bank of Bethune last Monday the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, A. B. McLaurin; Vice Presi
dent, D. T. Yarborough; Cashier, G.
B. McKinnon.
The little child of Mr. Sam Munn,
living above Bethune, died Friday
"CT^att HJne.ss of only twenty -four
hours. Death was due to flu and
membraneous croup.
Mrs. D. M. Mays and children are
visiting relatives in Kingstree.
; Mr. George Kelly left Monday for
Atlanta where he will take a course
in pharmacy.
. Mrs. A. W. Humphries has return
ed from her home at Mt. Carmel.
Her father, Mr. Boyd, accompanied
her.
Miss Kathleen McCaskill left
Tuesday for Martinsville, Va., where
she is teaching. '
Mr. Harold Murphy, of Spartan
burg, spent the week-end with Mayo
Davis.
Misses Marguerite Davis, Martha
Bennand Kathleen McCaskill were
guests kt the home of Mr. W. E.
Davis, Sr., of Bifehopvillc, last Sat
'wday. . .? .
? Young: Man Dies.
Rochellq McManua, a seventeen
yeaf-old son of Mr. H. B. McManus,
who resides about two miles north
west of Camden died on December
23rd, from pneumonia, following in
fluenza. Nearly the entire family
was stricken at the same time, and
several members were desperately ill
for fe time, but all are now improving.
1'reachmg Services at liefage.
Dr. J. J. Johnson, of Camden, will
preach at Refuge Baptist Church,
Sunday, January 7th, at 3:00 p. m.
All members are requested to be
present. Visitors are welcome.
Harrington Yates returned to Phil
adelphia Tuesday evening, where ho
is attending a business college.
half, appears to bte taking place in
other sections of the Belt. The era
of the big plantation seems to have
passed, bringing a change which each
year makes more apparent. Discour
aged over the havoc wrought in their
fields by the boll weevil, small far
mers and tenants have abandoned
their acres. Conditions iri both these
states have grown appreciably more
serious the past two years. A fre
quent sight in the smaller towns of
Georgia is the wagon with its house
hold effects treking through. What
with abnormal vicissitudes of agricul
ture on the one hand, and the lure of
the high wages in industrial centers
on the other, farming conditions are
not those . of fifteen or twently years
ago.
One conclusion seems inevitable.
The world must be clothed. If Amer
ica is no longer equal to the task,
other countries will eventually dis
cover the .means of filling the gap.
Experiment? in cotton7 culture are
now being made in South America,
Africa and Australia, but thus far
without that success necessary to en
courage hopes of a supply commensu
rate with requirementa. The South
is not likely to surrender its supre
macy without a struggle in which
every quality of American ingenuity
will attempt to overcome these ob
stacles of nature. The fight now be
ing waged is attracting the attention
of the entire Eastern and Western
world, for since Adam .and Eve left
the garden, mankind has not been
indifferent to raiment The year 1923
promises therefore, to be unique in
cotton history. Last year reserves of
American cotton were drawn down
nearly 4 1-2 million bales. The cur
rent season promises to deplete them
2 to 2 tf2 million bales more. This
makes imperative * yield of 12 1-2 to
18 1-2 million bales, or there will
enaoe jk crisis in the world's cotton
iadnmtry beyond t?m Ability of th?*
im agination vfaoaifeei: ?
J. W. Jay A Co.
? Mew Yot*, N. Y. ^
FA KM Kits TELL EXPERIENCE.
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Three Mer( Talk of Farming lender
Hull Weevil Conditions.
?
(By J. W. Sanders, county agent, ir
the Columbia State.)
J a me* Team of Lugoff tells of hi*>
experience in farming in 1922, with
the following statement:
"For six plows I plarited 2U acres
of cotton, From this I gathered .15
bales of cotton, or about one and one
fifth bales per acre. The stalks on
this land were destroyed early ladt
fall and a liberal amount of fertilizers
was applied judiciously before plant
ing; the planting was not done par
ticularly early, but the cotton was
rushed off with an application of soda
as soon as the cotton was chopped.
Squares were picked until late, but
no other direct methods of combating
the weevils were employed in the
growing crop. Continual rapid cul
tivation was not nVglected when
wetrthrfr conditions permitted. Rain,
however, was plentiful. In my opin
ion, a small acreage of cotton per
plow, properly managed and yrell fer
tilized, with a fair price for the sta
ple, will make it possible to continue
cotton farming, if a well balanced
'live at home* policy ft? adopted and
carried out in connection , with the
regular farm program. A four or |
six month's farming program will
not stand against the changed eonj
ditions of today.
J. L. Williams of Camden finds that
first of all a limited acreage of cot
ton per plow is imperative and after
that a combination of sane methods
of combatting the weevil, including
jjfjarly fall destruction of stalks, good
seed, early planting, early fighting,
using poison ? both poisoned sweets
and dry calcium arsenate dusted on ?
proper fertilization, rapid cultivation
and a "live at home" program.,
Mr. Williams believes in poisoning,
because of the positive results which
he obtained from its use as compared
with a check dr untreated plot. On
three acres of fcafcton he applied th*
molasses-calcium arsenate mixture
three .time?, smearing it on thick and
starting early. When the cotton
reached considerable size he resorted
to dry powdered calcium arsenate,
which he applied with a hand gun at
the rate of 15 pounds per acre at
each application. From this plot he
gathered two bales of full inch and a
quarter Delta type cotton.
Alongside this plot was six acres
of the same type of land planted with
seed from the same source as the
other plot and treated in every re
spect the same as the other, with the
exception that it received only one
application of the poisoned sweet and
one of the dry calcium arsenate. From
this six acre plot he gathered two
bales of cotton, pulling a little shy
of one and three-sixteenths staple.
The wee<jl was present, but the weevil
got the fruit and seemingly caused
him to get a shorter staplo on thi^
plot than on the three acre plot where
the weevil was kept under control.
Mr. Williams' reason for using so
Jarge a check plot was that weather
conditions made it impossible for him
to cover more effectively. Hence his
double conviction for a limited acre
age of cotton per plow.
S. J. West, living seven miles east
of Camden, finds economy and good
business methods, together with
plenty of determination, to be the
essential links in the chain which
need strengthening, and accordingly
he set about in 1922 to overcome some
of the handicaps which overcame him
in 1920 while raising a bumper crop.
In 1920 Mr. \#est raised 100 bales
of cotton on 130 acres of land and
was left in debt. In 1922 he raised
26 bales on 48 acres, made ends meet
and had some to spare towards meet
ing obligations which the 1920 bump
er crop failed to care for.
Mr. We$t says that his efforts to
make his farm self-supporting have
reaped benefits far more valuable
than any "all cotton" program could
ever be worth, particularly in the
face of conditions as they have exist
ed during the past three years.
Professor Morrison Dead.
Clemson College, Dec. 26. ? William
Shannon Morrison, professor- of his
tory and economics at Clemson col
lege for 80 years, since the institu
tion was established, died suddenly
at his home here on Christmas night
at midnight of heart failure after an
illness of only 20 minutes. Professor
Morrison was nearly 70 years of age,,
having been born in Winnsboro, April
7, 1853, but was still vigorous and
active in body and mind ahd had
never lost anything of hi* effective
teaching force.
^MrcTUair^ It HacEwan Is Tic re to
spend the winter wl? her sifter, Miss
Cornelia Mlekle.
KERSHAW NEWS NOTES.
Items df Interest aH Told By The
Era of That Place.
On Thursday afternoon when 1),
H. Fletcher was going home from the
City Pilling Station, and while cross
ing the railroad at the dower end of
thq cotton platform, his car was
struck by the evening northbound
train. Mr. Fletcher was knocked out
of cw and was caught on the
pilot, where he held on until the train
was brought to a standstill, when ho
let himself down on the track be
tween the rails, being unable to
walk. The car was turned sidewiso
and was dragged up the track about
: fifty yards. Mr. Fletcher did not
lose consciousness and his presence
of miq<i in holding on to the front ojf
tho engine until it stopped prevented j
his meeting a tragic death. His loft
leg was dislocated at the hip and he
received two slight wounds about tho
head. He was placed on a stretcher
and cft*ried to his home nearby,- and
was circled to the Fennell Infirmary
at Rock Hill Friday morning, ac
companied by Dr. E. C. Brasington
and Mrs. Fletcher.
On last Tuesday afternoon while
lA>?n&rd and Frank Byrd wjere re
turning to their home at Jefferson
from Kershaw a dog ran out of the
yard at the old home place of S. L.
Gtirdner, just below the home of W.
C, Adams, and, ran after tho car. In
$h* effort to avoid running over the
dog the enr was turned to one side
and ran into a ditch , and was over
turned, throwing Leonard Byrd out
and breaking: his arm, and pinning
Frank Byrd underneath the car.
Dr. Sf J, Blackmon happened to pass
very Soon and took Leonard Byrd in
his car to Kershaw, where he set the
broken limif. The over-turned car
wa* righted by others and Frank was
released, fortunately escaping with
only slight bruises.
R. Reed Williams has a tree in his
garden which has two growing ap
iplea onjt, seeppd crop, which up to
'thl* time~1iave not been affected by
cold wd&ther.
Prof. Hoyt Cook, who teaches in
the Charleston high school, was at
home for the holidays and had as his
guest, Prof. A. ;L. GeisCnheimer, of
Camden, who is also a teacher in the
Charleston high school.
Miss Rosa Gaskin, who teaches
near Lamar, and Miss Rebecca Gas
kin, who teaches at Pendleton, spent
the holidays with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Gaskin, in the Flat
Rock section. >?
Miss Hallie Cauthen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cauthen, of tho
Hanging Rock community, and Jesse
Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. II.
Watson, of tho Oakridge section,
were married last Saturday night at
Westville by Rev. W. F. Estridge.
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Silver Tea to be Given.
There will be a Silver Tea at the
Woman's Exchange given by the
Auxiliary on Friday afternoon from
3 to 5 o'clock. All interested will
please attend.
Commandery to Meet.
Attention Sir Knights: You are
courteously requested to attend a
stated conclave of your Commandery
to be held Tuesday evening, Janu
statod Conclave of your Commandery
the Red Cross and Malta degrees
will be conferred.
W. Robin Zcmp, Commander.
M. Billings, Recover.
Will Make Canvass Soon.
A committee from the Woman's
Hospital Auxiliary will ma^ke a can
vass of the town within a few dayrf"
to collect the annual dues of one dol
lar for each year membership. Those
who are already members are ear
nestly requested to continue so, oth
ers who are not, we Bincerely hope
will take this opportuhity to join
and regularly attend the meetings <
for we need and want the co-operation
of all the women of the community.
^ H. A. Savage,
President Woman's Hospital Aux.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.*
First Sunday After Epephany Winter
Schedule Begin*.
First Mass 6:15 a. m.
Sunday school 10 a. m.
Last Mass 11 a. m.
Evening services 8:30 p. m.
Sermon at 6:15 on "bidden Life."
Sermon at 11 o'clock on "The Thrfce
Days Loss/'
Sermon In the evening on "Consti
tution of tb# Church."
R*V. M. J. Redd in conducts snd
preaches at ill services.
All *re cordially TnVTted, both vis*
itors and non-Catholics.
NKYVS OF KIRK WOOD SOCIETY
Happenings of Interest Anions: Our
Northern Visitors.
The opening week of the New Ywr
finds pamden's tourist colony here in
large numbers, which are daily in
creasing. The cottage colony is be
I iivg added to by arrivals at frequent
intervals, and soon every house will
be open for the winter. * One of tho
latest arrivals is Mrs. Charlotte
Wain of PennaylvaniA, who came
?yesterday to tho Von Tresck.ow cot
tage to remain until the first of
April.
Mrs. J. J. Carter and Hugh W.
Carter, who have one of tho Cook
bungalows in the pins, wont to Pine
hurst for the holidays, returning: this
week to Camden.
Mrs. Frederick Robinson is anoth
er recent arrival am?ng tho cot'
takers.
New Year's Day was favored with
marvelous weather, but the rain of
tho night before had left the ground
too heavy for the promised Polv>
Match. This, however, was placed
on Tuesday before a most enthusias
t ie audieiicc .on Field: .No? 2~. ? -Th,<i
bluebirds? K. q., Whistler, Terence
Preece, Godfrey Preece, Sr., and God-r,
frey Preece, Jr., played the Rovers,!
Raiph Little, C. Clyburn, Stephen
Robinson and Charlie Little. Result
was a score of 5 to 3 in favor of the
Bluebirds. A feature of the game
was that Miss Martha Ticknor acted
as Referee with great ease and skill.
Miss Ticknor ifc a member of the La
dies Polo Team of Camden, and is
an accomplished equestrian.
Walter J. Travis, the well known
golfer, is spending several weeks at
Tho Kirkwood, playing daily over the
Camden Country Club links. So
pleased is Mr. Travis with Camden's
opportunities for the indulgence of
his favorite sport, he has docided to
bring his family and spend the win
ter in Camden.
A* interesting guest recently at
of The Kirkwood was Mrs. J. R. Wil
sun of Peking. Mrs. Wilsup, with
her husband* Professor Wilsun, who
is engaged in research work in China
for Harvard University, has spent
several years in the Far East. She
is the daughter of Howard Elliott,
Chairman of the Northern Pacific
Railway Company, and with her
brother, Howard Elliott, Jr., camo
South for a fortnight's stay in Cam
den.
A tea room will soon be opened by
Mrs. J. W. Cantey in her charming
home below Camden. This will give
Camden's winter visitors another
objective for an afternoon's drive
with the assurance of an excellent cup
of tea and the many good things for
which our Southern housekeepers are
famous. Mrs. Cantey's home is eight
miles from Camden over most ex
i cellent roads, and will doubtless prove
i a popular gathering place on pleasant
winter afternoons.
This afternoon, Friday, the ladies
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal Church will give a Silver
Tea at the Woman's Exchange. Th<s
hours arc four thirty to six o'clock
m Several tea parties have recently
Keen held at the Sarsfield Club House;
and among those entertaining wtire:
Mrs. H. G. Marvin, Mrs. James S.
Parker, Mrs. W. 13. Nesbi4 and Mrs
13. D. Ticknor.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Todd und
Miss Frances Todd left on Tu<iflday
for New Yorfc, to remain for a month
aftfer which they will be in their
Camden home for the rest of the
season. !
Mr. and Mr9. Tom R. Balfe, of
Chicago, has joined Mr. Balfe's pa- J
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Balf6, at
The Kirkwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Balfe have gono to PinehursL
Next week will bring the Conven
tion of New York Life Representa
tives to Camden. They will make
their headquarters at The Kirkwood.
A large number is expected, and
among them many well known insur
ance men.
On January 15th the Third Annual
Trapshooting Tournament of the
Camden Country Club, will be the
great event, and for it many shooters
have booked accommodations. Fif
teen hundred dollars worth of silver
trophies have been offered, and will
be contested for by famous nimrods
of every section of the country. The
Tournament will be under the active
management of Mowell Hawkins,
Jack Fanning, and Haze Apgar, with
U. R. Brooks of Columbia and T. Ed
mund Krumbholz of Camden in an
advisory capacity.
Hotel Arrivals.
Court Inn-? IV, and Mr*.. J* Dodge
Peters, Wendell Peters, N. Y.; Mr.
m, s z zt
BO IX WEEVIL EXPERTS COMING
Meetings Planned by Southern Soil <
Improvement Committee.
It is announced from the headquar
ters of tho Southern Soil Improve
mout Committee ut Atlanta, Ga,, that
a boll weevil control meeting will be
hold at Camden, S. C,, January 18,
at 10:2*0 a. m., t?j which all farmers
and business men are invited,
The announcement states that a
notable array of speakers are en
gagod for the campaign, which is to
be conducted in several counties in
South Carolina.
hi the list of speakers is J. N. liar
pari Director of the Soil Improvement
Commit tec, well known to farmers of
South 'Carolina as former director of
the State Experiment Station and as
farmers' institute speaker. From
his organization. will alpo como C. A.
Whittle, well known in South Car oil-,
na as a. writer and speaker on boll
weevil control; and David 1). Long,
said to be the greatest authority on
southern soils in the country.
George K. Maloney, Tallul.ah, I*a.,
associate of B. R. Coad, father of the
calcium arsenate mothod of fighting
the boll weevil, will tye one of . the
speakers. Mr. IVJaloney spoke in*
South Carolina last year* and wher
ever he was heard . he mado a pro
found impression with his eloquence
and tho force of his message.
Dr. A. F. Conradi, State Entomolo
gist, '-Clemson College, who has mot
the boll weevil and successfully
whipped it on South Carolina soil,
will be among the speakers.
Dr. N. K. Winters, Clerason Col
lege, well known agricultural speak
er and authority, will be among those
to be heard. 5 '?
Dr. A. E. Gifantham, of Richmond,
Va., agriculturist of a leading ferti
lizer company, who drected nearly
300 boll weevil control tests through
out the South in 1022, will also be
heard. His boll weevil testa are said
to be the most comprehensive and
conclusive ever ^concfaeted in the
Southeast.
Other 'speakers of note wh6 will
probably participate are: O. A. Cobb,.
Editor Southern Ruralist; Dr. R. J.
II. DeLoach, a weTT knowi* cptton au
thority.
Those mentioned wlir comprise two
groups of speakers who will be heard
in several counties of the State. The
notable array of authorities who arc
to be heard will doubtless attract
large crowds.
"Uncle" Dick Brown Dead.
'"Uncle" Dick Brown, a well known
citizen of the Mt. Zion community,
died on Thursday night, Decomber
28th, at the age of 78 years.- Mr.
Biown had been in failing health for
several years. He was a Confederate
veteran arjd leaves a wife and two
daughters anji a large family con
nection. The funeral and burial took
place the following day at Mt. Zion
church, services being conducted by
Rev. S. B. Hatfield.
once Kornan, Utica; Mr. and Mrs.
A. I). Partridge, Brooklyn; Miss Hel
en Smith, Miss Ellen H. Smith?; Read
ing, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. S.% W. Ilurl
burt, Atlantic City; Mrs. H. B.
Sterns, Saranac; Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Cromer, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Earl
I). Diggers and son, Pelham Manor.
Hobkirk Inn ? E. S. Mayo, Boston;
Miss Mary Hopkins, Miss Margaret
Hopkins, Poughkeepsie; W. Black
worth, M. W. Barrow, G. D. Macin
tosh, England; Mr. and Mrs. Ancher,
Copenhagen; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fer
ry, Springfield.
Kirkwood ? W. S. Blitz, Dr. and
Mrs. W. Gill Wylie, N. Y.; Mrs. John '
L. Grandin, John L. Grandin, Jr.,
Richard McC. Grandin, Boston; Mr.
and Mrs. Tom W. BaJfe, and children,
Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Beards
ley, New Haven; Mr. and Mrs. Ben*~
jamin Hurd, Misses Laara and Helen
Hurd, Nutley, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs.
J. Perry West, Greenwich, Conn.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Birkholz, Mrs.
Von Vanskie, Rcdfield Birkholz, Or
ange, N. J.; Mrs. J J. Carter, Hugh
W. Carter, Boston.
Camden is pleased to welcome Ql
W. Gill Wylie, of New York, vtm*
with Mrs. Wylie is spending a few
days at The Kirk\yood Hotel. Dr.
Wylie is a native of Chester, 8. C.,
locating in early toanhood in New
York, where he studied under and
later practiced with Dr. P. Marion
Sims, the distinguished Carolina sur
geon. For many years Dr. Wylie *tooi
at tke top of his profession in New
York* nnd has- aft international repu
tation ?s a specialist in women's^
diseases After a short visit in Cam* -
den. Dr. and Mrs. Wylie will go te
Columbia and o ther poiats in the
State ixrforv re tofflfiir