The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 24, 1930, Image 2
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T?kea From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen end Thirty Year* Ago
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THIRTY YKAKS ACQ
October 24, 1900.
Residence of P. T. Villepigue on
North I.yttleton street nearing completion.
Fire destroys barn und stables of
John Boykin on Millbunk place near
Camden,
Four section hands on Seaboard
near Bethune killed when a freight
box car gets loose from a siding and
crashes into the men. Section master
W. K. Boyd also badly injured.
Terra cotta piping put into the
ditches crossing DeKalb street..
Historic house in which tho first
state statute of Florida was enacted
burned at Cull Point, near Pensacola.
It was at this house whe.re General
Jackson hud his headquarters when
Florida changed from Spanish to
American rule.
Caused by a decline in price for
phosphate rock, phosphate works at
Charleston and Beaufort temporarily
close down.
Miss Juliet Poole, of Gaffney, eenu
milted suicide by hanging herself
while her mind was deranged.
George Coleman accidentally stepped
into a feeder at a brick mill at
Societj Hill and had one leg ground
off to the thigh.
l <?-operative gram elevators at*
being bujlt in Argentina.
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FIFTEEN YKAR8 AGO
October 29, 1915
AmoH H. West, bd, former citizen
of Bethune, died at his home at Graniteville,
S, C.
James Robertson, 15, a native of
Foss, Perth county, Scotland, committed
suicide by shooting the, top
of his hund off at Miiibank, near
Camden.
President Wilson issues Thanksgiving
proclamation, setting aside
.November 25.
Rev. T. L. Cole resigns as pastor
at Kembert church und goe's to work
in upper part of state.
Execution by Germans of Edith
Cavell, British nurse in Belgium,
shocks allied nutions.
Mrs. Elizabeth May MeCaskill died
at her home in this city after lingering
illness.
William S. Britt, of Lumberton, N.
married to Miss Adu Clyburn of
llaile Gold mine.
M''B- Ola Bowers died at her home
in Kershaw.
I>r. W. B, Turner und Miss Eva
Hough married in Camden by Rev.
.1. C. Rowan.
Fiunk Bolton and Ebb Harper killed
h\ falling rock at llaile Gold mine.
Human voice heard for first 'time
across Atlantic by. wireless fiom Arlington
to Paris.
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FARM ITEMS
(By Henry L>. Green County Agent)
Corn and sweet potatoes have been
produced in Kershaw county in much
larger quantities than usually heretofore.
Also gardens, pigs, poultry are
in greater evidence than customary.
For over a year now the county agent
has flied hard to encourage our people
to get on h safer system of farming
and to produce their food and
feed-stuffs for family and livestook
and it is only reasonable to believe
that at least a part of this increased)
prdouction of corn, potatoes, poultry,
etc., can be traced directly to
the efforts of the county agent. It |
might also be said here that in mak-1
ing these recommendations some
months ago your county agent had
very definite conditions and beliefs
in mind which were the result of
careful study of our present and
probably future economic conditions.
If it is conceded that the above is
Correct then your county agent wishes
to ask even greater cooperation
and faith in additional recopimendations
which he earnestly believes are
of paramount importance to our people
and our'agriculturtil industry.
Certain economic changes are going
to . take place^ in-our?
important change looked for is a readjustment
of our credit system and
credit policies. Under the old all-j
cotton system a farmer borrowed for
two major purposes, first, he borrow- i
ed enough money to buy food and
feed in a large measure, and second,
for actual production of en ps. It
i- wry easy to >ec that this system
of iTedit is a bad risk f?>i* the borrower
and t'<- lender. If a farmer
borrowed SI.nun ami spent $400 for
I'uuii and feed and clothing, including
men', meal, Lour, hay. corn, canned
)>o..d?, et?\. and s|H-m the balance ol
$.100 for for.:zer, seed, labor, machinery,
taxes, etc., it is not reasonable
to expect the $000 tlint went
into production to make enough to
pay back the entire $1,000 plus interest.
The fault of this system rests
on the shoulders of our farmers, our
bankers and certain of our state and
national officials. These are all to
blame to a certain degree. The farmer
is to blame for not heeding the advice
of his Clemson Extension service
about improved agricultural practices;
the banker is to blame for requiring
the farmer to plant an overloud
of cotton when making a loan
to the farmer who had to accept the
terms of the man who held the money
bag. It was bad business economically
for both the farmer andbanker?as
they will both admit now;
certain state and national officials
are to blame for not championing
the cause of a safer system of
farming and of farm crediting. This
can well apply to a number of our
Presidents, of a number of Governors
of South- Carolina,-and?many?ofour
Legislators.
If the farmers of Kershaw county
want to pull themselves out of the
mire of debt, mortgage, and hardship
they will do well to make a close
connection with their Clemson Ex-J
tension Service which is the front
sight of Agriculture in South Carolina.
Dr. Long, the Director of Extension,
and his specialists are studying
your farm problems harder than
anyone elce. They in turn keep in close
touch with every county agent, home
agent and assistant county agent in
the state, who in turn work with all
the farmers who will let them.
I^et it be said here that no practice
or policy is advocated to the
farmers without first having been
thoroughly tried and proven or else
passed on by the best agricultural
brains of the State Extension Service.
When your county agent urged
the production of more corn, potatoes,
poultry, pigs, gardens, etc., it was
not a fly-by-night idea.
Why pay taxes that go to pay for
your College of Agriculture, your Agricultural
Extension Service, including
your Connty Agent, if you are
not going to use their information
and help. The information, help and
advice offered by these agencies is
paid for and the farmer who does
not use them is the loser. Would a
farmer ho wise to^ pay for a ton of
fertilizer and never take it out of
the warehouse? It is the same principle
applying in both cases. Tap onto
your supply of agricultural research,
development and information, and
farm in keeping with 1930?not 1760
or even 1900?time and practices have
moved on?have you ? The one-man,
one-mule, one-plow system is out of
date. If you are still farming that
way it is costing you money for our
products are competing with products
produced with modern equipment
and which is therefore produced
at a lower cost. It's not the
price of cotton that hurts, so much
as it is the difference between tho
cost of production and selling price.
Texas and Oklahoma can make a |
profit on cotton at 10 cents per
pound, so it is up to us to cut our j
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cost of production, which can be done
by improved methods and practices,
such .as using winter legume cover
crops to cut the cost of fertiliser,
and by using two-horse cultivators,
improved seeds, building up the land
and in other ways which cannot be
enumerated here for lack of space.
Many farmers say, "I'm not able
to do the . things recommended by
Clemson or by the county agent."
This reveals the fact that the farmer
does not understand just what we are
recommending, We do not say "go
into the livestock business," but we
do say "grow into it to some extent."
Almost any farmer is able to produce
more corn and to get by purchase
or trade a sow pig. He can use his
neighbors boar. In 113 days he will
own a litter of pigs. Now, whether
many of our farmers will have- this
supply of meat depends largely upon
the wlil of the farmer. Let it be
said here tlpit many Kershaw county
farmers are being shown the way by
4-H club boys.
Many farmers think they can't
plant any winter legume cover crops.
Is there a farm family in the county
who cannot manage to purchase 30
pounds of Austrian winter peas or
20 pounds of Hairy Vetch?enough
of each plant to plant one acre and
get started-?'- If a farmer Intends to
farm next year he surely intends to
use commercial fertilizer. The most
expensive part of his fertilizer is the
r.i' rogen. A gpod crop of Vetch or
Austrian peas turned under will
usually furnish $0 to $12 worth of
n:T(-gen in addition to the hutn.us.
Thr.-e crops, vetch and Austrian peas,
: av?- been thoroughly tried out by
Clemson Extension Service throughout
Sou? }\ Carolina and now thcv are
i r< "uiioia iU-d to the farmers of Ker;
-i...u t ur.iy by you- mur.ty agent.
Mary farmers in Kershaw county
" '.a .'e already followed this recc: ?;
au-ndation and have prof ted by sowing
vetch or Austrian peas. Among
these are Messrs. George F. Watts,
N. P. Gettys, T. K. Trotter, H. D.
Boykin, L. I. Guion, Hugh McCallum,
and many others. But the sad part
of this story is that not all of our
farmers are following this improved
practice. Too many are still in the
old rut of giving their cotton and
other crops a hypodermic of 8-3-3
or 12-4-4. In other words many of
our farmers are still working for
the big fertilizer factories, while they
could be letting the little bacteria
on the roots of these legume crops
work for the farmer by storing nitrogen
in his soil all winter.
How long, O farmer of Kershaw
county, until you will all heed the
call of the men who have found the
way and the truth of successful agriculture
? Your Clemson Extension
Service wants to help every farmer
in the state and will if the farmer
will hook up with them.
Are you getting your monthly
garden Tetter from "your Clemson Extension
Service Garden Specialist?
If you are not then you are paying
for something and not using it. If
you want this service just tell your
county auent. Are you getting upto-date
bulletins dealing with the
cheaper production of the crops you
are raising? Your county agent has
hundreds of the bulletins on many
subjects?they are yours?paid for.
Do you realize that there is a better
way of doing almost anything?including
farm practices? Almost all
of our farmers can save more money
and make more money by tuning in
with their Clemson Extension workers.
Many farmers are looking to
Capitol Hill in Washington and elsewhere
for "Farm Relief" when it
is lying like "Acres of Diamonds"
all around them.
Many hogs and pigs in Kershaw
county, as elsewhere, are stunted and
runted by worms just because their
owner has not taken enough time and
interest to see his county agent and
ask hini about the best way to raise
hogs and to let his county agent then
tell him some things and also give
him Extension Service Bulletin N'o.
SO which deals' with sanitation art'd
disease on pages 32 and 33. Many
of our farm families arp not going
to. have as good gardens this winter
as they could simply because they
do not have Extension Bulletin No.
72 on "Vegetable Gardening". Every
farm family in the county can have a
copy of this very valuable bulletin
and many others by seeing the
county agent?they are yours?paid
for. Please ask for your copy.
Pigs, poultry and dairy cows and
vegetables and more cotton from less
acres will put Kershaw county on its
feet quicker and bettor than all the
legislation we can enact and execute.
Man? of our farmer* have done
well and are to be congratulated.
Many are producing food and feed as
never before. However, it is imperative
that this be continued and on a
greater scale, because our financial
condition is likely to be most acute
next year. There is a probability
that-many hanks of the state and nation
will restrict their credit even
more rigidly next year. Also, your
county agent wrote to the Governj
merit about the probability of Gov-1
eminent Seed Loans for our farmers j
next year and their answer does not j
indicate that these loans will be !
made. Please understand that yo
county agent does not wish to cause ^
you any unnecessary alarm, anxiety |
or uneasiness, but he feels it his duty
to warn the people of conditions
which .-cfiii inevitable in order that
they may better prepare to meet
such conditions, l/ot us know the
truth no matter what it is. Your
county agent believes, on the other
hand, that we are blessed with many
natural endowments such as climate,
soils, location, etc., and that if the
proper system of farming is devel- {
oped and systematically followed we
cart have progress and prosperity and
farm success right here. A goodly
number of our farmers are coming
into their own already, but they are
following the general outline recommended
by Clemson Extension Service
through your county agents.
The greatest economic need in
South Carolina and Kershaw county
today is profitable agriculture. This
will come only nfter we adopt a balanced
and safer system of farming
and farm crediting. We also need
farmer leaders in every community?
farmers who will help the county
agents put across this better program
of agriculture.
In recognition of the splendid support
and cooperation given by you
-farmers -we-eair-Hst-the following as^
some of the achievements of the past
year or so: Establishment of a cannery,
establishment of' an accredited
hatchery, importation of seven Hereford
bulls, twenty-odd dairy bulls,
many pure-bred pigs, a good number
of small dairy units started, organi- |
zation of a county Forestry and FirePrevention
Association, erection of
one 100-foot look-out tower, placing
of 80,000 commercially hatched
chicks, selling of $5,000 worth of
poultry to cars alone, leading the
state in number of corn and sweet
potato contestants, probably leading
the state in tonnage of legume cover
crops sown, enrollment of over 200
4-H club boys, increased number of
better gardens, organization of the
County Bankers' Association for the
development of a better system of
farm financing.
Now then folks of Kershaw county,
please think seriously on the following
recommendations:
Put your farm on a self-sustaining
basis as soon as is practical and consistent
with good business.
Do not incur any debt unless it is
for increasing your income.
Put way a few dollars and hold
them tight.
Sow some vetch or Austrian peas
at once in order to cut down your
during fertilizer bill and make yon
bigger crop yields.
Start to raising your hog meat,
increase your flock to it least 50
good hens, have at least two milch
cows as soon as you can.
Pay more attention to your gar.
din, make it a 12 months' industry-]
make it a little richer. (let-your
Garden Bulletin and plant something
practically every month.
Put in an extra amount of winter
small grain. Save all the hay you
can.
Encourage your boy in his 4-dl club
work., He needs to learn more about
modern farming as he will probably
be left with the job of paying off
the farm mortgage.
Be ashamed to go to town for your
meat, flour, hay or groceries wWd
you can produce economically on tin
farm. V
Keep an open mind to comider th$
things your county agent is taftfog
about from time to time. Try to
"make the best better."
Plant winter grazing crpos for
livestock, a good mixture is: lbushel
oats, 1 bushel rye, 1 bushel barky
and 20 pounds vetch?all on one acre<
Remember that mules will probably
be lower in price next spring.
In re-arranging your program ifnot
forget the "cow, sow and hen"
combination.
Do not plant crops on land that
is too poor to make a profit?let d
grow up in pines.
Keep down all forest fires in your
community.
Make a permanent pasture. /
Get your Government Bulletins ^
from your county agent.
Attend your farm meetings this
winter.
Live at home and keep out of additional
debt.
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Mystery surrounding the disappearance
of Miss Avis Woolery, lb
in Kansas City, Mo., last August lb
dissolved Wednesday tflth the confe?*
sion of PAul Kauffman, 31-year-old
ex-cohvlct that he strangled the girt
to death and bgiHed her body 1?!
shallow grave in a |>ark 1? c'^'
The body of the girl, who went #
Kansas City in response to Kan**'
man's false promise of employment
as a nursemaid, was found with '
pair of women's hose bound around
her neck.
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AT T E N T I O N ||
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X mass Convention has been called to meet at H
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I A M di the splendid new Columbia Towrt^hilp Audi- I
I i rium ifor the purpose of organizing a state-wide !
I mo al Darty which will command the respect and |1
I P'. VJSort of the best citizenship of South Car- lU
invite the upl . jth the ideals and principles I
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I who are eftle to the voting privilege in South Caro- I I
I Hn who are in full sympathy with the purpose above I
I stated! and will join and support the said party after 1|
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I Chairman 17 ll
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