The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 01, 1923, Image 3
Always ih^SAME
Alway* GOOD
l^lTUNKfe COUNTY/LAN.
u. \ .fapUtion to Condition# in Pied*
niont Counties.
( I{ v < . C. Cushman, District Daily
yusbandman, Extension Service.)
W hy all this publicity eomjn# -from
Turner County down in Wire Grass
Georgia? Is it purely human interest
story of what one jingle county* is
do ink' ?'<>r itxelf^-something for sime
one to read about and give only pass
ing comment, or is there some singu
lar significance as it might be applied
ti? South Carolina conditions? There
are evrtainly many interesting com
parisons aifd deductions to be made if
looked at in 'the right light. Jn fact,
there are already several movements
on foot to send delegations of busi
ness iii on and farmers over to Turner
ceunt.v to see ho'w much truth there
is, iti it all. Seeing is believing.
TV> the casual' reader of these arti
cle^ if might appear that Turner hasi
developed iin intricate system ' of
farming and markets operating on a
large mechanical scale whikh will take
experts and leaders of every descrip
tion to establish* Syeh ? is not the
case. If not, then what is a simple
basis of the whole plan and; how was
it put across? ?
The first and most significant con
When You've
Hooked a *
Big One
That's when you're '
glad you came here for
your tackle ? you know
it will stand the tough
est fight he can put up.
A big assortment
from which to choose.
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Mackey
Mercantile
Company
Permanent Work
$2,400 a Year
? is a good income for a family of
3 unskilled worker*, but this amount
if ?n?ily made by our emplqytes
*f tor two or thrc? months. No ex- ?
perience nece.wary. Good pay from
the start. Larger families earn mpre
in proportion.
We Want Families
While Operators qply
lV*itions for men and women, boys
and girls, (oYer 14 years), tn the bait
liRlitod and ventilated bulldihjs in
the South. ? No v^ystor lint. ....
Light, Clean Work ?
48 to 50 Hours Per Week
Production constantly Increasing,
i. VS? have never laid off employees on
account of laelt of work. _
Positions Also
for Boys and Girls
Kntire families preferred, but we
can give employment also to boys
and *ir1a (over 16), who ran get
(?nam in private homes or in com
pany's attractive tjormitories, pro-'
viding real romfort and bome-lik*
protection for eirla.
Rent or Board at Very
Reasonable Rates .
lioprwell is an sttractir#, orderly
city of 10.000. Oood ae bools,
churehas, amusements, ete.
Write At Once
For Illustrated Pamphlet deecrib
h?f the work in detail and for Ap
plication Blank. State how many
workers in yomf faintly.
Tubize Artificial S3k Co.
of America
Hopewell, Va.
; V :? WZ - .7 >*? i ? !*-? '
dition that the observer will bo im
pressed with is "A Balanced System
of Agriculture," "The Cow, Hog, and
H6n" is the slogan. '< Where one is
found all ate found. It has been the
universal adoption of that system of
agriculture that has made possible
'whatever else can be said of Turner.
Of course the marketing system that
has been worked out mattes possible
On outlet for the products of such a
system, {Ait after all the condition on
the farm must be the basis of any
program of prosperity for the far
rflftr, who must woj-k out a system
that is well rounqea and capable in
itself of creating a profitable return
When rightly handled. Turner has
dbne that.- v ?
HOW WAS IT PUT ACROSS?
'rtie answer is: "Not until this pro
gram was believed in, indorsed, talked
about, published everywhere, discuss*
ed, firgued, torn to pieces, put back
together, and finally accepted as the
best and then became the one thought
of a cooperative spirit taken part in
by all professions in the county,? not
until then was it put across." "Every
one" doesn't leave out the women's
organisations off Country and tawns,
bankers' organizations, merchants' or
ganisations, farmers' organizations,
etc. Following is an extract from the
Turner County program in printed
form: i
ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES
Turner County Board of Trade (all
boards of trade of county affiliating) ;
Turuer County Farm Bureau; Turner
County Local of Georgia Association;
^Turner County Local of Georgia
*Swine Growers' Association; Turner
County Cooperative Egg Hatchery;
Turner County Boys' Pig Club; Tur
ner County Boys' Calf Club; Turner
County Poultry Association; Turner
Courtty Dairy Association; Turner
County Guernsey Breeders' Associa
tion; County Agent; flome Demon
stration Agent; Vocational Agricultu
ral Instructor; Turner County Mer
chants Association; Association*, of
Banks of Turner County; Ashburn
Creamery and Cold Storage Com
pany; Wire Grass Farmer and Stock
man (county paper): Ashburn Wo
man's Club.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
'TResOlved that it is the sense of
this organisation that of paramount
^importance' fco Turner County of
whish we are a fcart, is the success
ful realization of the objectives agri
culturally of Turner County for the
year 19?3, and that we hereby pledge
the best tyforts of our membership to
the successful promotion of the same,
believing that the ends sought, duly
accomplished will make Turner Coun
ty a county of home owners, prosper
ous and content. "
Not content with merely meeting
? and adopting a program, which means
liUle. a regular schedule of meetings
i.r made out and rigidly followed cov
ering the whole year. At this time
account is taken of what progress is
being made and just how much this or
that organization is putting into thfc
successful operation of "the program.
THE PROGRAM FOR 1923.
Below is printed the basic program
for 1923 of this little county of 231
square miles. ?
Increase in cream production to
100,000 pounds per month.
Increase in hog production to 15
'cars per month.
Increase in poultry production to'2
cars per month.
Increase in purebred calf club mem
bership to 260.
Increase in girls' canning and gar
den clubs to 150 members.
Increase in girls' poultry club to
200 members. *
Increase in farm bureau member
ship to 800 members.
Permanent pastures, on every
farm. , /
25 per cent, increase in acreage
production.
Good schools throughout the coun
ty.
200 new farm families placed in the
county , in 1923, I
The organization goos farther, ^than
that fend forms the individual farm
program, showing something concrete
to accomplish in an agricultural way.
ONE-HORSE FARM UNIT.
Three to six good producing cows,
(purebred recommended.)
Two or three good sows (purebred
recommended.)
Twenty to forty brood hens (pure
bri'd recom mended ) .
10 acres in corn, velvet beans and
North Carolina peanuts.
4 acres in wheat, followed - with^
' ?Spanish peanuts.
5 acres in Spanish peanuts, or wa
termelons, or divided with tobacco.
3 acres in sweet potatoes and cane.
5 acres in cotton, fallowed early
with grain. :
ifekevynrtt
*9U Jhst BeauHJuUhBkf
Chero-Cola
%9
AMKKANTOMOOCa
12 acres in permanent pastures,
carpet grass, Dallis grass, and lespe
deaa.
Geo. T. Betts, Ash burn banker, the
outstanding leader in this Turner
movement, gives a pretty definite ex
ample of the -banker's part in a little
incident that happened. A man came
into his bank to borrow $800 with
which to buy furniture, stating that
he cOuld effect a saving by paying
cash. "He was asked if he would need
any mye money to run on during the
cropping season. Hi* answer was,
"No. You fellows loaned me money
enough to buy a few good cows and
some sows last year, and 1 am now
getting enough cash income to run
my farm so that I won't, need any
additional advances this summer."
The bankers and business men have
believed in this diversified system and
have made it their business to talk
it over and advise with the farmer on
these things ? a powerful influence
toward the change that has come
about. . ft ?
WILL WORK IN PIEDMONT CAR
OLINA.
All the Piedmont section of South
Carolina needs is to appreciate what
that soty of* farming system will do,
and talk it, discuss it, keep it before
the farmers through, the county pa
pers and dAily conversation and it will
gradually get in motion, as it iS al
ready doing. It only needs more im
petus through thqse- means.
The markets will come. Creameries
have already been established within
easy shipping distance of every far
mer. We are already seeing what
can be done in the way of shipping
poultry cooperatively. All that is
needed for cooperative shipment of
hogs is production in sufficient quan
tities beyond the needs of local de
mands. The^Piedmont is blessed with
a large local demand for all this pro
duce. ARhburn and Turner County
didn't have this local demand. There
is no infringement on local merchants
through cooperation there. Merchants
do not handle cream, They do not
make a business of buying carload
lots of peanuts, sweet' potatoes, etc.
The cooperative spirit there is siqiply
to create a market channel that is not
adequately taken care of by hbcal
markets. Production is the problem.
Fires and Loss of Life.
That was a sickening tragedy in
Kershaw county the other night, when
a country school house caught fire
and burned while a school entertain
ment was in progress resulting in the
loss" of 77 lives, but it is a wonder
that we have not had something of
this kind before. It might have hap
pened in almost any community in the
state.
A crowd is easily panic stricken,
especially if it is composed largely of
women and children. All tvooden
houses are inflamable, and in the
country districts thei'e is rarely any
sort of fire protection. A two-story
wooden building with an auditorium
on the second fioor and with but one
stairway, js nothing but a fir6 trap.
And yet there are school houses of
?th^s type, in neai^y every county in theJ
state. There are not so many now,
of course, as a few years ago, for
many new and modern school huild
ings have been erected during recent
years, buf there should not, be a single
one left.
Not only are two-story frame build
ings dangerous fire traps, but many
brick buildings are but little better,
especially if the second floors are used
as assembly rooms or ajj sleeping
rooms and where there are not. suf
ficient exits or fire escapes. There are
many rooms in citio.s that are used
as lodge rooms and ,the like that
should be condemned for such pur
poses. There is need for a general
cleaning up and a tightening up of
the law*} relating to fire prevention.
? Carolina Citizen.
Hearer of Ucsth Message Killed.
Cap Sowers, negro, met death on
the Smith-McGhee road below Staaf,
in Anderson county, Tuesday morning
while en route to the home of Mrs. W.
B. Watt to tell her of the sudden
death odier father, Gilmer Todd, who
had died a few minutes earlicp. The
oar in which the negro was riding
skidded in the road and turned com
pletely over, crushing the negro to i
death beneath it. His body wrts re- j
moved by passerby a few minutes aft- i
erward but it is thought that he was
instantly killed.
Governor Smith of New York is re
ceiving mail by the ton relative to the |
p. os and cons of the signing or veto- .
ing of the Culliver bill repealing the I
state's prohibition enforcement laws.
The governor is very much worried
over the situation and remains silent
as to what he expects to do. A public
hearing on the bill will be held at
Albany on Thursday.
The yatch Noma put into the har- |
bor at Charleston this week after an
expedition to the Galapagos Islands. I
730 miles off the coast of Equador.
The vessel was loaded with all kinds i
of reptiles and birds taken from the ,
island. The animals and birds on the '
island were so tinused to human be
ings that it was easy to capture them
by hand.
Hh Large Out -of -Town Patronage
The Majestic Theatre is a trade
drawer *for Camden. Hundreds of
people come here?to patronise this up
to-date, picture show and spend much
money here in the meantime. Many
cyme early in the afternoon, shop find
k?> to the Majestic Thsstre. CiCisens
of Camden should am) no doubt do ap
predate what- ^"ttrst clans picture
?how with the reputation of th# Ma
jestic is to a city or a town.
Many people do not stop to think
that hundreds of men and women liv
ing outside, of Camden in several
coityHies, who have a choice of trad
ing in several towns of about equal
distance from their homes and with
about equal shopping accommodations
stocks of goods, prices, courteous
treatment, etc., will take in tho city or
town that has a modern picture show,
a superior picture show, with noth
ing but first-class, clean, educational
and amusing pictures. The Majestic
Theatre is justly known for the regu
larity of its daily program. That is to
say,' this theatre keeps up a standard
ftf excellent pictures and maintains a
steady program of excellence. The
comfortable, cleanly, sanitary and
roomy conditions of this theatre ap
peal to the particular likes of a par
ticular public. Why n<?t "tell the
world" what we think of a first class
public-spirited and hustling local en
terprise- -let the owners and the man
agement know ? and while we are at
it, last but npt least, theu> are few
cities and towns under fifteen thous
and, and plenty from ten to fifteen
thousand population where an auto
maticj. nerve-wrecking piano player
takes the place, of a moderrn oycheflK
tra, or where all the music, siflpplied
is by mote or less playing of an in
dividual who bangs a piano. The Ma
jestic gives its patrons a tine orches
tral program every evening.- This is
what a newcomer thinks about the
Majr istic and he has seen quite a few
motion picture 'theatres in his day*
President McGlothlin of Furman
university has declined a $2,000 in
crease in salary voted him by the
trustees last week. He declined it on
the ground that the university needs
money for the endowment fund.
Rev. John McSween of Timmons
yUle has sent a check of $5,000 to
Thornwell orphanagfc, Clinton, in
memory of his father, John McSween.
Edwin W, Robertson of Columbia
made a gift of $20,000 to the Salva
tion Army in that city.
Wants-For Sale
FOR SALE. ? One Dodge delivery
truck in good condition. Apply to
E. H. Dibble, Camden, S. C. 9sb
WANTED? All arsons having books
borrowed of the late Mrs. T. B.
. Bruce to please return them to Miss
Miriam Bruce, ^1013 Lyttleton
Street, Camden, S.' C. 8-10p'd
SWEET POTATO PLANTS from
Government inspected seed beds,
Pure stock Porto Rico Yams, Nancy
Halls, Triumphs, Prepaid mail 500,
SI. 25; 1000, $2.00. By express,
$1.50 per thousand. Send for free
price list sweet and hot pepper, egg
plants, celery, Georgia, Whitehead
and Buncombe collards, late large
heading cabbage, and other nlan^s
suitable for making a fine fall gar
den. Parkqr Farms, Atlanta, Ga.
WANTED- ? Jewelry, watches and
clocks of all kinds to repair. All
work guaranteed. . F. D. Goodale,
.Jeweler, East D^Kalb Street, op
posite postoffice.. ? " 7tf
LOST ? Small white bitch* right ear
brindle, spot on tail, has collar and
ring but no tag. Suitable reward
will be given lor her return to H.
E. Smith, rfd 4, Camden, S. C. 8-9pd
SWEET POTATO, TOMATO AND
Pepper Plants. From the right
seed, the right size and with the
right service. By express collect,
$1.50 per thousand. By postpaid
mail $2.10 per thousand. If you
buy lots of them, write for dealers'
prices. Your order will be appre
ciated. Ask.your paper about us.
HOLLYWOOD FARM, PAVO, Ga.
FOR SALE OR RENT? ?Seven. room
house; on Lyttleton street, facing
Kershaw Park ? known as the Tran
tham or Boykin House. ? House
wired for lights. and water in kitch
en and bath. Very desirable loca
tion. Three rooms in basement that
can be utilized. Will sell for $5,o0o.
One-fourth cash. Enterprise Build
ing and Loan Association, Camden,
S. C. ' *
WANTED ? Salesman and collector
in Camden to seW Singer Sewing
Machines, good proposition for a
good man. Apply Singer Sewing
Machine Co., Sumter, S. C., .'tfi S.
Vain street. 8-10pd
GRADUATION GIFTS? Wanted you
to know that I have a complete
line of articles suitable for gradu
ation gifts. Select yours early.
F. D. Goodalo, Jeweler, East De
Kalb Street, opposite postoffice.
IVL A NTS.? 10,000,000 Porto Rico,
Nancy Hall, potato plants, Charles
ton Wakefield, Flat Dutch cabbage
plants, Baltimore and Red Field
beauty tomato plants, White and
Yellow Bermuda Onion plants now
ready, shipping daily, $1.00 per
1000 f. o. b. Valdosta. Dorris Plant
Company, Valdosta, Ga. 7-10sb
CASH ? for your automobile.
V. M. STEIN, 29 South Tryon
Street, Charlotte, N. C.
4-1 5pd
* a
FOR SALE ? 40 acres good land six
miles from Camdon. Fine stream,
some c timber. $1, 600.00; easy
terms. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., or R.
E. Stevenson, Camden, S. C.
49 tf
Mrs. May O'Connor, aged 94, and
three of her daughters, were burned
to death in their homy at Mountain
lttkr Park, Md., Friday. The liic
was started in the yard to burn trash
and leaves, the wind blowing thf
burning leaves under the cottage and
the house was destroyed along with
t he women.
f'A Chtnese baby has been born in
St. Andrews Parish a few days ago
which is the first ^ver boiM in Char
leston eounty and among the few in
the state. The father ft a farmer
and is named Clu Chy. lit has lived
in this* country 80 wars. Thr mother
is named Tseng Shee and the baby
will bo called Chu Kee San^.
Advantage
to use ?
WHite
Shoe Dressing
The Whitest White
Does not rub off.
* Liquid and cake
Buffalo, N. Y.
F. F. Dilky Company Inc. .
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this kind.
US E. O I J R HAN K
Loan & Savings Bank
Don't Only Wish to Save
Btft-DO IT!
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Building castles in the air ? -dreaming
of riches, power and affluence is only wast
ing time.
To accomplish anything worth while,
requires action, and lots of it. Success is;
not attained by procrastination*, but by dil
igence and determination.
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The only way to have money, is to
save money. The time to start is now. No
better place can you make your first de
posit than in the First National Bank,#
where every courtesy, a^^btance and ad
?
vice will be'gladlv accorded you.
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NOTICE!
I have on hand an ample
stock of Nitrate of Soda at an
attractive price.
F. M. WOOTEN