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I Farm Progress For Is- Year in This County Following arc some extracts taken from the 1932 annual report of County Agent (J re en, copies of which report have been tiled at Ciemson College, I>i?trict Agent's office, Washington, and the Couit House in Camden: The report shows that Mr. (Ireen was active in securing a large amount of seed loan money for Kershaw county in 1932, the amount being increased from the original $50,000 to $120,000, which was loaned to 1,100 farmers. 792 farms were visited in conducting Extension work; 2,975 calls at the office regarding farm business; 020 telephone calls regard- j ing farm business; wrote 273 news articles on farm subjects; wrote 2,366 individual letters concerning farm matters; sent out 63 different circular letters over the county with a' total circulation of 20,000 copies; distributed approximately 5,000 farm bulletins over the county; helped put on county and community fairs; held 2[ training meetings for local farm' leaders; held 112 method demonstration meetings with a total attendance of 1,560 people of the county; held IK meetings at result demonstrations with a total attendance of 233; conducted 2 tours with a total attendance of over 300 farmers; held 1 4-H camp with K1 attending; assisted with 20 other meetings with a total' attendance of 600; Worked with farmers on following subjects: home gardens, garden letters, market garden and truck crops; treatment of oats for smut, insect control, selection and treatment of s\sec-t potatoes and Irish potatoes, production, care and use of farm manures, assisting many farmers all over the county to secure* ^ 3 dairy cows and sell sour cream, establishment of cream route through the county, production of peanuts and sunflowers, control of rodents and miscellaneous insects, control of termites, pasture development was conducted in practically every community of the county, seed selection of corn, testing soil, 4-II Club hoys planted 261,000 pine seedling trees, cooperated throughout the year with the county forester on the forestry program which has been very successful. assisting in building many tei race-. ha- conducted free bull and boar -orvice over the county, placed approximately 50 pure bred bulls in the county in the past 3 years, enc' urag< .1 fanners to plant 55,000 i !?? . of Austrian ]M-a> which will insure bigger crops and require far less commercial fertilizer. If these Ausir.an pea- aie fol.owed by corn, -hoiiti g.ve bus'neis of corn :nciiv-f. . aiUe-d at >() cents per bush? 1. u. ulii !?? $:s.<?oo. deducting $3,000 f- r co ' | and -.rfocuiatinr.. a net profit of $l.i.imm) worth of cdrn would be .-h'-wn. Henefits from this would ???? I not only bo in the increase crop yield* j but also by not having to buy very ! much commercial fertiliser in li>38v }aUo adds l?rjf?' amounts of humus, | ami retains moisture for Use in dry 1 spells. He assisted in marketing many ' . fnrtp commodities including poultry j j shipments, turkey?, hogs, cattle, sur-, ! plus grains, etc. j Mr. Green's report shows that he ' has cooperated in controlling hog cholera in more than half of the communities of the county during the past year. Using the last U. S. Census made 2 years ago 'as"lr basis and the average estimates of conservative farmers over the county, Mr. Green estimates that on a conservative basis there are now $4K,IH>0 worth of hogs more in the county than were 2 years ago. The many sales of pure bred sow pigs which he conducted 2 or 3 years ago are brought back to mind- v Many o( | the* high quality breeding hags were I placed with people who actually | j needed them most, poorer people, 'many of whom were financed jrfi the | purchase of these pure bred pigs. The report shows that 4-H club boys of the county played a very important part of this big hog increase, It is (t-lt that this large number of hogs, ure valuable insurance against hunger this winter. | Farmers of almost esery commun- J i ity of the county have been started j j in the use of Leapedeza, both as a valj uablc pasture crop and as hay, and | especially as a soil building crop, j Several demonstrations are being conj ducted with Kud'/.u, all of which thus ' far are Very encouraging and promise j to be of considerable value as grazing i and hay crops. I The report shows that with the inj crease of cattle the production of I hays and other livestock feeds have 1 increased in proportion. Also the gencm! run of hay being produced in the county is of better quality, farmers are now beginning to realize more than ever that legume hays are far more valuable for use with milk cows. 342 records were kept by club boys j and farmers on definite farm pro1 jeets, being conducted in connection I with the county agent. These include j demonstrations with corn, cotton, ' hay. lespedeza, hogs, dairying, poul! try, gardening, forestry, crotalaria and other subjects. 1 Wheat.? Farmers in practically half of th<- communities of the county haw been started producing a small i amount of wheat for home use, some i (.r which "has been ground into flour by regular roller mills, but the most ,.?* which has been ground on local 'grist mills. In getting farmers tc t plant wheat Mr. Green helped their 'to se.U'e goo<! seed, others were as>i>tcd in treating their seed for smut Crotalaria.? Kershaw county now , ;,ad< all of the counties in the state in the planting of crotalaria. Approximtely 50 demonstrations were I conducted in crotalaria last year. Thi> j crop promises to be very valuable ai J a soil building crop, jj It is estimated that 300 farmers ! have been influenced and made approximately 25,000 bushels more corr than would have been made-.ether I wise. This is valued at $12,500. Hundreds of farmers were inducer! tc plant larger acreages of corn thar usual and it is felt that the county would have had a bumper corn crov had it not been for the drought, foi the acreage was unusually large ir 1H.32. due to a large measure of th< influence of the county agent and th< the corn demonstrations. ' Yellow corn is now being planter by farmers of practically every mail community of the county, due to it; j higher value in feeding to poultry and stock. Cotton.? It is significant to not< that the cotton demonstrations a; well as the corn demon strations invariably indicate that the highest yields were made by farmers wh< have turned under legume cover crops I such as Austrian peas, crotalaria j \etch, etc. Much work hfts been don< i t by the county agent in getting far ' mers all over the county to u<c hettei ' ' cotton seed. The most prominent va j riety is Coker's Cleveland No. 5 whirl . brings a premium. The introduet:or ' of these better seeds together wit! improved practices in cotton prtxluc t-.on under boll weevil conditions sue! a< proper spacing. fertilizing am cul'.vatior. has brought about an e<ti ma*i'd r.et increase in value of th< ( :; r. crop Hiring the past .3 year: ' >f a- .i,-;,<: $ 1 o.iH/u for the county " ' 1- p..In.lid .cut that this wri in v re.'i-c eu h year <-r.ee each demon - ration ir.fluenci's additional farmer: J, each y.-ar. The report shows that exceptional . .y fine results have been obtained it r pasture work over the county. Mr Green -ay- that good pastu-es ar< i absolutely necessary for livestoH t success. i The dairy portion of the repor - i? very encouraging, showing tha milk cows and heifer calves havi 1 been placed with many farmers, es : peeiatly the poorer class of people. Poultry.?A large amount of worl baa been done on poultry and turkey , development. Kershaw county is now listed tt? one of the 3 major turkey j producing countiea of the State, l'oultry shipments totaled $6,012.63. this year but sales throughout the | year through other channel* brought the total to approximately $12,600,' which the county agent assisted farm ; people in selling to better advantage. J Farm management.? Accounts were kept by farmers of various sec-, tions of the county, enabling a more efficient analysis of the farm enterprise in order that proper corrections may be made for more profitable farming. ' . o Farmers over the county have been assisted with developing better home orchards. Home garden development has re- , ceived attention throughout the entire year, The county now has hun-j dreda of bigger and better all-year gardens with a greater variety of vegetables than farmers have had t at any previous time. The County Board of Agriculture, composed of leading farmers of the county, assisted the county agent in preparing the year's agricultural pro- ( gram. Also Stale artji Federal Agricultural Economists were consulted in detail because these men have all available information tending to foretell the probable condition during the | pending year with respect to the vaI rious farm crops, livestock, market j demands, availability of loans and other cash; the probable industrial employment situation and thereJ fore the probable purchasing power ' of the industrial workers of the coni suming centers; the probable foreign situation and foreign export and imI port trends?all of which factors have a direct bearing upon the farm program we should follow during the | year. | Mr. Green has Consistently studied 1 the best economic charts and graphs, | such as those developed by Babson ' and the Cleveland Trust Co., as well as Government and State Outlook material. He has kept up a steady correspondence with some of the nation's ablest economists, lie s^ys that j it was a result of this continued research work in economics and out' look subjects which caused him to so strongly urge at all times our people to get on a self-sustaining or live-at! home basis as soon as possible. Hence 1 the large number of hogs, poultry. I legumes, protected wood lots, mort ? cows, more food and feed. Mr. Greer ' says he believes Kershaw county 1 would have had a bumper crop o! I (orn in 1932 had it not been for the .'drought, for the 1932 corn acreage I'was unusually large. Mr. Greer )" think? that economic ami business i 1 conditions in 1933 will show very lit tie improvement over 1932 anc .'strongly urges our farmers to strive hard to improve their Live-at-Homc program a? much and as rapidly as .'possible, for in his opinion it will b< , > or years before any marked im 5 pi ovement will be seen, unless somei I thin^r out of the ordinary like a big i war occurs or cancellation of the in. 1 ternational debts. He points out thai 1 recoverey will bo slow and delayec j j because of the extremely low pur. i chasing power of Europe and the rest .'of the world. He also advises close , study and consideration before incur{ ring debt unless for purchase of s , j farm home or some investment thai ! is certain to bring a net profit and b< r' a real asset, such as a good cow oi ,! calf. ,j Mr. Green also strongly urges oui farmers to cut down on the acreage ' j cultivated in 1933, leaving out the j I less productive land, and fertilize anc J cultivate well the most productive ^' land. . | ? j Mt. l'isgah Baptist Church. There will be fifth Sunday service^ f at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church nexl Lord's l>ay as follows: 10:00 a. m. Bible school; 11:00 a. m., preaching; 1 0:30 p. m? B. Y. P. U's. The Work i ers* Council will hold its monthly 5 meeting Monday evening at 7 o'clock ' The church is the state's hope ol ' , stability. For reasons of citizenship come to church and there find othei r rea.-ons for church attendance. N'c man ever felt the teeth of the law 1 without thinking it was a "blue law." Democracy w ithout religion mu.-t fail 1 The public .s cordially invited to worship with u? ucxt Sunday. Luther Knight. Pastor. Looked That Way 1 >< :.- radiant over a recent .'-.1.i.:,?,n t'> the family and rushed out i t? -11 a pa-v.ng neighbor. "oh, you don't know una: u?.'ve ' g : upsta.rs 1" "W'ha? :?= the r.eighbo- asked. "A r.t-u baby brother." .-aid I> -r;s, " ar.d she uatched \er\ closely the ef1 feet of her announcement. "You don't say so!" the neighbor ? exclaimed. "Is he going to stay?" 1 "I think so." n?;<1 Doris. "He's got his things off."?Everybody's. t Representative Dieterich, (D., 111.), ? and senator-elect, has introduced a - bill by the terms of which the Reconstruction Finance corporation would c be permitted to loan money to school 7 district* for the payment of salaries r of teachers. ? EYES EXAMINED and Glasses Fitted THE HOFFER COMPANY Jewelers and Optometrists Sill III! IIIIIIIIHWWWII? I??11 r i NO-IYIOKORN FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES Made in Camden And For Bali Bj DeKalb Pharmacy?Phooa tS ft KERSHAW LODGE No. 2S A. F. M. CI Regular communication o1 y^V/^ythia lodge i? held on the * first Tuesday in each montl at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. N. R. GOOD ALE. JR. J. W. WIDSON, Worshipful Master Secretary. 1-14-27-tl Awnings, Tents, Truck Covers All Styles in Awnings and All Weights and Sizes ;.i Covers and Tents W. G. TREV A i HAN Rhone 29, Camden, or 9523 Columbia, S. C. V ' -| How Doctors Treat Colds and Coughs f P a ? i r r.nT re : : K -: n tL,r SiV,"s ' ' i"i.vn i<I - f ph sii in'is are n > > v : -i. :. i.'.-ig f nhUi.'.-f, the u .useales, ;nd tahi.-ts that gi.e t? rfft-. 's i' <al and salts witlii-u the nr;j?K asai.t effW's of cither. One <?r two Calotsbs nt bedtime wi'.'i .. , glass of bweot mdl; or water. NVi; Tiit-cn Inj your cold has vanished, yiur aysterr tlsireughly .r.,i yrjxi Rr*? freMnj ?n<? with a hear'y appetite for breakfast Eat what you wish,?no danger. Calotaba are sold In 10c and 35c park ife; a*MI drug Btorea, (Adr News of Interest in and Near Bethune Bethune, Jan. 24.?The local chapiter U .D. C. held ? memorial service for Robert E. Lee, T. J. (Ston?WMtiJ* Jackaon and Fontaine Ma"1"*, ** [?? school auditorium last Thui?day> the UHh A very interesting program was triven. Those contributing were Mrs. E. Z. Truesdale, Miss Ruby Norris. Miss Eloise Miller. Miss SsjtelU Bethune sang a solo, Onrry Me Back to Ole Virginny" and Mi?? Ktherme TrueMkle gave a piano solo. Ihe meeting was presided over by Mrs. T. R. Bethune, president. These exercises, which were educational from an historical standpoint, were also neiti by the Bethune chapter at severa rural schools, Timrod, Shamrock and Oakland. .. * At the regular monthly meeting of the Bethune chapter U. V. C? the program was contribute<l to by tne same group of ladies. An interesting feature of the occasion was a aketcn of the life of General Jackson written by his great grand-daughter, Miss Anna Jackson Preston, read by Mrs. E. Z. Truesdale. ThUL was presented to the senate in 1928 by Hon, T? L. Blease and whs ordered to be published in the Congressional Record. During the social hour the hostess. Mi as ' Stella Bethune, served a salad course. The women of the Presbyterian Auxiliary are observing the week of prayer and self denial this week. The Rev. J. T. N. Keels, pastor, is leading the study course. Our church History is the text book being used. Mr. and Mrs. boring Davis, Mrs. A. K. McLaurin and Mrs. T. J. Bur- | ley are spending several days in Baltimore. . 1 Little Johnny Davis, son of Mrar ! Clara Davis, was carried to a hospital in Charlotte Sunday. In playing a i week previous the little fellow got a 1 piece of bark from a tree in his windI pipe and pneumonia developed. 1 Friends of the family are hoping for ' an early recovery for the child. Mrs. Margaret Hammond's many friends will regret to learn that she is seriously ill with pneumoni^. Her | daughter, '.Miss Mary Hammond of i Charlotte, a trained nurse, has been with her since last week and her son, Mr. Graver Hammond of Charlotte, is also with his mother. The Rev. J. J. Brown and Mrs. Brown of Rock Hill have been visiting their daughter, Miss Lucile Brown, who teaches in the Bethune 1 schools. I Mrs. A. H. Womack and daughter, I Elizabeth, of Cheraw, were weekend 'guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Bras! well. . j Mrs. Rat cliff e and son of Morven, i IN. ('.. spent Sunday with Mrs. Rati! cliffe's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. , and Mrs. W. 1). Bryant. '! Mrs. R. E. McCaskill is spending ! some time with her father, Mr. Mc' I Chesney. at Waterloo. Mrs. Tom Copeland of Anncosta, B. C.. is visiting her mother-in-law, 1 Mrs. 11 a Copeland. 5! Miss Effie Brabham of Bamberg is I the guest of Miss Kathryn Trues1 dale. | Miss Marguerite DuBose of Lai mar is spending a while with Misses 5 Margaret and Rosa I^ee Fields. ' ' Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Gardner of ; ' Wagener were the Sunday guests of . : relatives here. | Mr. and Mrs. L. L. King of Ilarts! ville were guests of relatives here du' ring the weekend. j Misses Mary Kirby of Columbia t1 and Lucile Southerland of Pickens, . : with I^avin and Clifton Saverance of j Columbia, were recent visitors in the ' j home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Saver' j ance. i The Sunbeam band of the Bethune .! Baptist church, Mrs. J. E. Williams j leader, met with Frances Smith SunL I day afternoon. Friends of the B. F. Bolton family ! will be sorry to learn that they have I moved from Bethune. They are now living at the Barr Gardner place. Wr. D. Bryant and James Copeland have opened a cafe next door to the > Bryant store with Lester King in charge. A probe into the private lives of 203 Syracuse, N. Y., university girls has revealed that before entering college a girl should be disillusioned ( about life, know how to drink, dance, , smoke and neck and "what it is like"; how to act with drunken men; how to "behave with n man in a taxicab." FINAL DISCHARGE f Notice is hereby given that one month from this date on the 28th day , of February 1933, at 11 o'clock a. m., . I I will make to the Probate Court of i Kershaw County my final return as 1 j administrator of the estate of F. M. t\Voo!en.< deceased, and on the same 'jdate i .il apply to the said Court ; fur a Fir.ai Discharge as said Admin' J istrator. F. M. WOOTEN, JR.. Administrator i Camden, S. January 24. 1933. I Notice to Debtors and Creditors ' J A I part.es indebted to the estate { of Boyk.n W. Rname are hereby noit. tied to make payment i<> ifr** ?m. I di-r-'gr.t !. and parties, f any. havrrg claims against the >a:d estate 1 w 11 present, them likewise, duly attested. w;th;r. the time prescribed by law. ANN IK L. RHAMK. Ad mir. st rat or of the Estate of Boykin VV. Rhame Camden. S. C , Jan. 12, 1933 ; Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All parties indebted to the estate | of Amanda H. Edwnrds are hereby notified to make payment to the un1 der.signed, and all parties, if any. having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested. within the tirrm prescribed by law. - W. A. EDWARDS, Administrator of the Estate of Amanda H. Edwards. Camden. S. C., Jan. 16, 1933. A BETTER SERVICE K Yhioking Beyond the Price Tag K OAVe believe that the quality of the merchandise we aell is quite *a Important as any othor Retail of I I our service. It in as much a part of our duty to buy ^ RW" wisely ah it' is to serve efficiently. --TV This does not mean that we handle only expensive Jy merchandise. We offer a wide selection of goods at Nail price levels, but each item represents genuine value 1VT for the cost. . X?^l ta A complete service for $85.00, and even left* | > "msam? 5r G K0RNEG4Y G a A.b.i.?, funeral home; a YJuiwul Dtnctors *$t>?mba/mrs .?r PHONE 103# CAMDEN, S.C J FOR LESS "MONEY Year-Old Slaying Finally Ferreted Boston, Jan. 19.?The slaying of a wealthy Virginia sportswoman and her maid in a cottage on a 200-acre estate . in the famous fox-hunting, country of Virginia was confessed to today, police said, by George Crawford, 26, negro suspect, held here on a larceny charge. t Police said Crawford confessed, after three, hours' questioning by John Galliher, commonwealth attorney of London county, Virginia, that he slew Mrs. Agnes Boeing Ilsley and her maid, Mrs. Nina Buckner. Participating with Galliher in the questioning were Sergeant John McCardle of the Boston police and a private detective. The women were killed January 13, 1932. Crawford had been confined to Charles Street jail in $25,000 bail. The alertness of an employe in the fingerprinting department of the state police resulted in his being identified as the man sought for the crimes. Police said Crawford told them he entered the cottage, which Mrs. Ilsley occupied in preference to a mansion on the estate near Middleburg, Va., intending to coThmit robbery while J the women slept. Mrs. Ilsley awoke ami screamed, whereupon, he was I quoted as saying, he struck her with an* iron "bootjack and subsequently beat both women to death. Massachusetts' ? authorities said Crawford did not oppose extradition. Ho was arraigned in municipal court on a fugitive warrant and ordered held for bail for a hearing. Crnwfor4 had been discharged from Mrs. Ilsley's employ. The slaying of Mrs. Ilsley aroused public sentiment in Virginia and ? Brig. General William Mitchell, former assistant chief of the army air forces, a resident there, raised a reward for the capture of the slayer. At Atlanta yesterday, Odell C. Boyles was bound over to the federal court in $10,000 bond and his wife in $2,500 bond, by the United States commissioner, on charges of conspiracy to kidnap the two young members of the Cannon family. One letter introduced in evidence was from the kidnapers and said they would send the hands and feet of the children back to their family, if a sum of money was not paid. Jean Mermoz, French airman and six companions, flew across the South Atlantic from Africa to Natal, Brazil, Monday in 14 hours and 2 minutes, averaging 140 miles per hour for the ! 1,962 miles, cutting seven hours off i the time of Mermoz's first flight | across in 1930. LOOKING BACKWARD I Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago FIFTEEN YEARS AGO January 25, 1918 All business houses of Camden dgree to close to G o'clock in the af- j ternoon except Saturday in order to j conserve coal during the fuel short- I age. Captain W. M. Shannon declines to be a candidate for mayor of Camden in March primary. John Postman, young white man employed at Charlie Johnson's saw mill in Buffalo section, falls on saw and his body cut in half. W. Norman Hilton, 86, dies at his home near Kershaw. Mrs. Susan A. Fletcher, 81, dies at her home in the Flat Rock section. Sidney Salmon stole a Dodge touring car in Columbia and drove it into the Wateree river. He made his escape but was later captured by Sheriff I. C. Hough. Lamuillo Rooco and John Sieppo, deserters from Camp Hancock, captured in Camden by Sheriff Hough. Tenth annual Camden Horse Show announced for March 28 and 29. T. Lee Little secretary. Henry East to manage polo in Camden for winter season. George W. Mouzon, negro pharmacist, dies in Camden and body sent to Spartanburg for burial. Miss Susan H. Gibbee, 88, for half a century a school teacher in Camden, died in Columbia and buried in Camden cemetery. W. W. Horton married to Mise Eva Britton. Mr. and Mrs. David Wolfe visit their daughter in Baltimore, who slipped on ice and broke her arm. The first snow fall of the winter fell in .London on Tuesday. - THIRTY YEARS AGO January 23, 1903 ; Camden citizens in mass meeting send letter expressing profound grief 1 and indignation to family of N. G. fl Gonzales, editor of The State, at I slaying of him by Lieutenant-Gov- ! ernor James H. Tillman. i Camden Vulcan Supply Works chartered with S. B. Turner, W, L. Hasty and R. W. Mitcham as corpor- fl ators. Rembert P. Smith, of Virginia, fl married to Miss Gem Beard, of Cam- j den, Rev. W. W. Mills officiating. H Two negroes set fire to Baron l\ Kelley's store at Bishopville. It was extinguished by an old negro with a bucket of water before any damage H was done. George T. Little residing in Haile residence on upner Lyttleton street while his residence in Kirkwood i? undergoing repairs. J. 0. Durant, supervisor of the I newly-formed Lee county, pays visit I to Camden. fl Miss Annie Alexander, of St. Augustine, spending the winter with her sisters, Mrs. Kirkland and Mrs. Savage. Frank K. Bull, of Racine, Wis., president of the Camden Water, Light and Ice company, returns for the fl winter. W. Geisenhc imer opens his beautiful new furniture store, replaced after disastrous fire. H. Truesdale, clerk of the county board, publishes notice of election for |S a dispenser at Bethune. M. C. West, John A. McCaskill, S. M. Johnson and George T. 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