Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tea Can Be Grown In The Sandhills In the event that President Roosevelt decides to drop efforts to revive world trad? and make America a self-contained nation, the Sand Hill* section of North (>r0,ina would be expected to supply the jppuntry with tea, according to a writer in the Country Gentleman. This country is in a position to supply nearly all its needs. ' Rut perhaps," nays the writer, "someone has been waiting all this'" time to ask where we can find our tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber or bananas. On the face of it that^ounds like a poaer. But Temember that during the War Between the States a high grade tea was raised near Pinehurat, North Carolina. It would require only 200,000 acres to raise all the tea now in use. There iA-ten times that number of acres of good tea land in the South." According to the Deatons. Moore county's famous .nursery, but they particularly recommend the Youpon variety, a form of holly with bright red berries. It makes a tea equal to any of the important brands and contains more caffoin than either coffee or the imported teas. It cured by parching the leaves and .- terns in an oven. The Deatons could not name the commercial producers of tpa in this section during the War Between the States, but personally knew of several old bushes in several different localities in the Sandhills. Tea culture has ^ never been commercially successful in this country^they say, on account of the high cost of labor. American tea grower* have never been able to compete with Chinese and Japanese labor. Continuing, the writer in the Country Gentleman says: "Coffee is supposed to require a soil rich in iron or a soealipd laV^r- , itie soil. A recent survey of' Texas showed 2,600,000 acres of ideal coffee ~ soil in Sabine, San Augustine, Nacogdoches, Cherokee and Smith counties. That's a little more than would be, needed to grow all the coffee we drink. And frosts are no more frequent or severe than in Son Paulo, Brazil's great coffee state. "With tea and coffee labor costs are the only hurdle to be jumped. Perhaps we could mechanize the picking process. Rice is a fine example of what can bo done in that direction. "In the Orient rice is sown, transplanted, cut, gathered, threshed and fanned by hand. An industrious Siamese or Japanese farmer can take care of only a half acre of rice. One man on a mechanized rice plantation in Texas or Ivouisiana can handle 80 acres. And we are successfully exporting rice to Kurope in competition with the Oriental product of fifteencent labor. "Cocoa is a bit different. It can be raised only where it's hot the year round, moist and not too windy. The tree does fairly well in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. . In case of necessity we might be driven to make considerable plantings in those regions. "Should we tremble over our banana supply? It requires about 100,000 acres to produce the 50,000,000 hunches we yearly import. Part of the fruit comes from Hawaii and Puerto Rico. A well-known fruit com- | pany oiler made a -urvey of Hawaii p and found :t highly uitod to : he , . . ^ ? 1 crop. To insure a -tippiy. it wowr! merely be n.ice--ar> to -ub.-titutc the, Cr... M.chd f?r th.i Vav.mdi-h vary re w ! ;i. -ed t he: c. S; : , - r e, .-: . ail-.- i o '. rp;dat .or: \\*hj i.u'd we ton'.' ; to import an. way. cilery -e<-d and ir.u-t.vd anyhowTh' r, ginger, i !-<\e-, pep*" r and the a hide 1in ud:ng <a.---a ar.d true . .nr.anion. < ou >1 be pro.iu el :i. Sam a.. I anal Zone, Hawaii arid Puerto Rico. "1 have. m\-rif. r.aiv< -ter good vanilla .n Hawaii and if trie \cgotab,e supply for our pudding- and icecream -oda- should run a irt'le short he svntliet.v- production vv.uld help , as ?ui a- i> true of -> nv:?r> ..tnei !'.,vorifig extracts nowaday-. "Sisa! .k nn't as ir.d. per.a-j riner l\. We u-e ies- bmd.r.g tw.-i j . I .m . a gr .e; a. equa. to . - from W, \l i. a or Mix; o has jm".>du< ed in the drier regions of ;'.t j Hawaiian Islands. "Ever. :;r ir.du-triou- gum w. need :..>' .< * pa;: . I :.e - a p a i from who h chide is obtained ' h t,. < ;n Florida and Texas. It would take j only w.'io.ouo tree- to g:ve i- al! a' c hew. "It wd require no superhuman j effort ?" achieve independence sn I drugs. Even cocaine and cin< hona j could be growr. in our tropical possessions. For ye.ifs we nave made notable progress jr. drug production. Perfumes offer serious trouble. 'The fields of flowers in Southern France,' said M. P. Taylor of Columbia University, 'now used in perfumes will soon serve chiefly as a source of cut flowers. Our synthetic perfumes will entirely replace them.' "? ' Monroe Enquirer. " - TT . . - ^ v Sowing Feed Grains To Replace Cotton -to ( I Vinson College, Sept. 23. Farmi-r^ of the state who ploughed up cotton arc wisely Using the acres taken out of cotton production to inc.rea.se the acreage of small grain and other feed crops, according to reports coming from county farm agents over the state. Typical of theHe report* is a statement from l>. It. Hoykins, Kichland county agent, wno says: "An increased acreage in amall grain is being planned, and most of the land taken outVl$f cotton production wllh be seeded to grain in October. Thus grAin planting, .usually delayed in hardesting tly/crops from the land to be *ec4edi/will be done at the proper time " In the Piedmont particularly there will be larger supplies of feeds because of the plowing up of cotton, as may U> judged from three representative reports. From Anderson county agent S. M. Hyars reports that "Plans are being worked out for utilizing the greater par(t of the abandoned ?ott,pri acreage for growing small grains, including wheat for home consumption, and small grain mixtures to be harvested for haynext spring." Z. I). Robertson, Abbeville countyd agent, soys that on account of the drought corn and-forage will be short but that a large acreage of small grain will be put in. In Cherokee, according to County Agent S, C. Stribling, farmers planted peas, cane, or corn after plowed-up cotton and will sow good crops of small grain. Flames Destroy Old Cheraw Landmark Cheraw. Sept. 23.?Fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of | John D. Nock this afternoon. When discovered the flames which started near the roof had gained such headway that it was impossible to save the house. Many valuable antiques and works of art were destroyed. Little furniture was saved. Mrs. John D. Nock and M. C. Thomas, fire chief, were slightlyburned and Charles Haley, member of the fire department, suffered injuries when struck in the eye by the {stream of water from the fire hose. This was one of the oldest and I most historic houses in Cheraw, havj ing been built in 1790 by Erasmus Powe, later general in the War of 1812, as a wedding gift to his daughj ter, Mary, who married John Ellerbe. When Sherman marched 'through Cheraw the home was occupied as headquarters by Gen. Q. Q. Howard, second in commnad to General'Sherman, who occupied the Hartzel! house next door, which was built prior to 1790 by General Powe for another ' daughter. The Nock home was the residence for many years of the late Dr. John Wilson. ^ Rev. K. C. Watson, pastor of the Blacksburg Baptist church fAr six years and pastor of various churches in this section for the past 46 years, j died at his home in East Spartanburg following two years of illness. He was 70 years old and was born and reared near Cedar iShoub. He quit the Ttlackshurg pnstorate two years ago when hi= health failed. When a young man he attended T'urman uni- I Vit-ity. He leaves a widow, one! daughter and two sisters. i . SUNDAY DIN MR SUGCLSriONS il> ANN I'Al.K NO .-natter what the weather or the thermometer says. July and August arul. spcciticaily, the Sveckend of the Fourth through Labor Lay, I ar<' numiner And summer is vacation t;me, out-of- loor time, picnic time for the wnole family Though only a few of us will get to j the \V >r! ! s Fair, to the seashore, the mountains or the .a!<e. there are many j favurito snots wh'-re wo can spend , i s immer evenings, > ind.ays or week< m!s ar..l gam needed rest and re- I I: 'liai' r.t The presence of cv cold watermelon n < ;;r t it .,-* .. s , shows us that summer :s h S nci' ?a'erttie!nn m in s?an-l :. \ , iie in the stores this w ;<-.'?) ! "t .-r-* is no reason tvhv a: f i.? sr." j d r, ?! enjoy this refreshing 'ni.t F 'lowing ,ir" three Sunday Dinner v "IS St dig.("list levels pre. I . V . / . . r >' - a T-- -w,.n_ l.ow Cost Dinner I- .1 1 P.cn U a m Dreamed Potatoes r* piS-i -o J:- d *e I Put 'er T i .i ma ("ream f fee r ' t'e n Milk Medium Cost Dinner 1 It ' pv d Potatoes ( daze, j farr its Toma'o t i'.i'! TV j.! and T!u"rr I -ed Waterm^'on D--' or Teed Milk Very Special Dinner Cnbmeat Cocktail Hc.ast Veal wl>h Gravy Rice G'ared Onions c Tomato or Avocado 'Alligator Pear' Ruhd Rolls Rutter Sf'-ed Freah Peaches 8ilve?- Cake Coffe# fJTnf or Teed) Milk IP IfciMfciMMBKfe- _si>_ fr . ' ' Man-Slaying Elephant v. Shot in West Wateree < >1,1-timer. tell vaguely of an el< -1 phant which ran ainwi on the way I from Camden to Columbia, killed hi* j keeper and was hunted down and 1 "executed" by militiamen. The atory of that incident 78 years ago is au- l thentically related in the second vol- < tune of (11*26) of "Historic Camden" i by Thomas t J. Kirkland and Robert t M. Kepnedy, the latter now of Columbia, in these terms: < "As Bailey's circus was wending its 1 way from Camden to Columbia, on August 26, 1865, on reaching the i forks of McCord's Ferry and Oolum- ' bia roads just beyond I^ang's mill ' (later known as Jordan's mill), the < elephant Jumbo insisted on taking * the McCord's Ferry road to the left. < When coerced to the right, he became ' enraged, killed his keeper and a horse < and went at large. < "The Camden Light Infantry company was summoned and und^r J,ieu- i tenant James I. Villepigue, proceed- ( ed to hunt down the monster. He : wa> found in the swamp above the i mill pond. Volleys were fired into 1 him without effect, as his, hide was i immune against the rifles of that day. "Finally a crack- shot landed a bul- ' let in his eye, which brought him 1 down. Lieutenant Villepigue, who obtained one of his tusks as a trophy, related the facts to Us, and we 1 have also the account contained in I the Camden Journal of that date. "While the coroner's jury was i holding an inquest over the keeper at the scene of the tragedy, some one cried out: 'Here cbmfis the elephant!' ' whereupon the jury dispersed in a panici"?Monday's Columbia State. Death Strikes Out Noted Ball Player Hollywood, Cal., Sept.^6.?Mike Donlin, who slugged his way into baseball immortality with the" Ntw York Giants when the century was young, js dead. The outfielder, whose hitting combined with the pitching of Christy Methewson gave the Giants the world title in 1905, was ?ound dead of a heart attack in his home yesterday. He was 56 years old. "Turkey Mike" as they called him. created somewhat of a sensation in llHO when he quit baseball to go on the stage. He played villians and other* caracter parts, and in later years was given small roles in the movies. Occasionally he returned to his first love, baseball. Prf sbyterian Church Services Sunday, October 1, A. Douglas McArn, pastor, announces Church school at 10 a. m. For this hour a Rally and Promotion Day program has been prepared. It is hoped that the entire congregation will attend. At the morning worship at 11:15 Dr. James O. Reavis, field secretary of the Southern Presbyterian church will deliver the sermon. Midweek service Wednesday evening at 7:15. The public^ is cordially invited to these services. Why Throw Away Feed on Parasites? CJemson College, Sept. 23.?Why ; throw away feed on scrubs and par| asite-infested animals or in unbalanced rations and unnecessary feeding? This question is propounded to : livestock farmers by Prof. L..V. St.i key. uniinal husbandman, who umiiiu.s us that feeds are now high- r i:. price and that it is important' l<( save rather than waste feeds. "There an- many ways in tsiii n the feed can la- thrown away." says Mr. Starkey. "For example, the fa nu-r who iaises scrub animals instead of high-grade? is virtually throwing I away a part of the ration, since pound for pound the scrub animal :? I not worth a- much as the grade. "A> to proper rations, the feed.r.g | of corn alone to hogs results in a !e-s of J.'i t i ."id per rent of the value f 1 tht- feed. Also, the feeding of tne work stock while idle, when ti.oy couhi he maintained on a good p.. i ' j: e. l- a frequent loss of feed." Livestock, particularly in the s?.u n 1 u?nia'.iy have a heavy infestation of i parasites. Prof. Starkey holds tn.it 1 t he feed fed to infested animals docs I not produce n- much gain as when 1 fe^^o animi?i< free from j?ara-;tes, t H^^ftrcentage of feed corn men-urn;e witn the degree of infestation being parcticaiiy thrown away. Two other points bearing on f< e'l waste pointed out by Prof. Starkey! are these: Allowing hays to take a -a.nl causes a marked detcrioriation in the ( feeding value of a given weight <>f h a y. Limiting the ration any carrying Limiting the ration and carrying ing results in a loss of feed. Nine Birmingham, Ala., merchants have been fined $25 each, for selling beer vin violation of the state's bone dry li(if. i iThousands o Feet Going, on a Strike Tlie heels?the arche*-? ihe very wusele*, ligaments, nerves ind blood vessels are "fed up" with Depression Shoes. , These human pulsating feet of lesh and blood have Served and been >n the job until it hurts in a lot of ?hoes fitted and sold as if those feet were made of cast iron. Now they hear talk of better times u)d they're crying aloud for attention. The toes are sick and tired of. b*ng crowded, wedged and buckled into misfitted shoes. The heels are getting sore about taking all the weight *nd jar clear forward to where your toes begin. The arches refuse to go >n being chief shock absorber, spring t>oard, weight carrier and all around efficiency experts without a "Hecovsry Code" in referefce to your shoes. In fact, your whole body is demanding reinforcements from fatigue and frazzled nerves by replacements from the flood of just made to sell creations that have been much less than shoes sold as you would buy nails or postage stamps. I-iet's face facts and look them right in the eye?Shoes were originally meant to protect feet?not just to cover them like parasites and drain the life out Of them because shoes have been over-commercialized just to sell and the needs and demands of the foot let go haywire. History reveals that nature has a way of taking a hand when we attempt arbitraily to frustrate her workings, said Rochelle Sheorn, of Sheorn Sons, Graduate Scientific Shoe Fitter, when he made the .statement that more persons had been sent in^Tor correct shoes and fitting by the medical profession to remove antagonism to the benefit of abnormal limb and body conditions lately than ever before in a like period.?Advertisement. 4 Death of a Baby The baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Styers died Thursday after a short illness at the home of his parents at the Hermitage Mill. The baby, Bobbie I^eonard Styers, was born September 10 of this year. Grandparents of the child are Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Carter. Funeral services will be held today at 5 p. m. at the Hermitage Baptist church, conducted by Rev. -B. S. Broom, and interment will be in the churchyard. Demonstration Club Met. J mmrnmmmmmmmmmmmmm Cf The Mt. Zion Home Demonstration Club met at the home of Mrs. R. B. Elliott Thursday of last week. Mrs. Paul Brown, president of the club was in charge of the meeting and the club planned the years work and officers were elected. Mrs. Sadie Craig, county home demonstration agent gave a talk that was enjoyed by all. After business a delicious sweet course was served, the hostess being assited by Willien West, Dorothy West and Evelyn Hunnicutt. . ^ Q. M. Graydon, magistrate at New Brookland, lost his left hand and left eye, when his gun exploded as he was escaping from a burning hunting lodge. The gun exploded as he picked it up to break it. KershaW Man Marries Mrs. T. C. Nelson announces the marriage of her son, John Stevens Nelson, to Miss Virginia Kerr, of Waynesville, Mo., on<,September 17, 1933, at her home on east Church street, only a few close friends being present. The ceremony was perform^-1. ed by Rev. J. T. 'Sanders, of Barnwell, S. C. ? f Miss Kerr is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kerr, of Waynesville, Mo. Mr.-Nelson is the | youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Nelsoh of Kershaw. ? After a month's visit to Miami, Fla., and other points they will make their home in St. Louis, Mo., where Mr. NeFson is engaged in the hotel business.?Kershaw Era. Twenty thousand silkr workers are ,, on a strike at Paterson, N. J. . . r Cleaning: and Dyeing For Particular People CASH AND CARRY PRICES FOR CLEANING AND PRESSING) Ladies Plain Dresses {?? ,50c " Ladles Plain Coats FOc Ladies Fur Trimmed Coats v... V5c Ladies Hats ; 5c Mens Wool Suits I Oc Mens Linen Suits - Oc Mens Cotton Suits 40c Mens Overcoats 50c Mens Hats Cleaned and Reblocked 50c NECKTIES FREE We Welcotne the Teachers to Kershaw County and . (Solicit Your Patronage. 4 ? DesChamps, Inc. Largest and Most Completely Equipped Dry Clean- | ing and Dy&ing Plant in Eastern Carolina. 403 DeKalb Street Telephone 567 . r Free Season Tickets to Kershaw County HFair With Ever^' Cash $2.00 Order Cleaning. ?. .* is THE BOSTON STORE ' <1 | Willjbe closed this Saturday until 5:30 p.m. '. ? on account of religious holiday. O > Friday, Saturday and Monday Bargain Specials That Are Worth Waiting For: v: Children's School Shoes, all styles and leathers 98c Children's Chieftan Oxfords and Straps, solid leather for hard wear $1.25 and $1.49 0 ! The very latest in Ladies Sport Oxfords, 15 styles to select from .... $1.98 \Y. L. Douglas Dress Oxfords, all ! shapes and styles $3.50 Men's Dress Oxfords, gun metal and vici kids $1.98 Women's Leatherette Bedroom Slippers. Cuban heels, all colors 49c Men's Star Brand Work Shoes, composition bottoms, all sizes $1.75 80x90 Crinkle Bedspreads, all colors.. 49c Yard wide unbleached Muslin, limited, yard 6c Boys and Girls Slip Over Sweaters, long sleeves 39c Turkish Towels, colored borders, | 25 dozen on sale, limited 5c Solid color Outing, blue, pink, gray and white, yard . 9c Glazed Chintz for furniture covers, draperies and other house uses, yd 19c The nationally advertised Plaza, Wool double Blankets, 70x80 $2.45 j Honeymoon all wool double Blan- j kets, present value $8.50, for only $5.90 Boys French spun Jersey, all Wool' ' Suits 98c Boy's Heavy Ribbed Union?uits, all sizes 49c I Silk Flat Crepe, Fall shades, regular $1.00 value, yard 09c Sewing Thread, hundred yards to ~~ a spool, 2 for 5c Ladies pure Silk Slips, regular $1.50 value, for \.. 98c Ladies all Wool Coat Sweatees, pure # , ?" virgin Wool, regular $5.00 v&lue $2.48x \ " / ?jj THE BOSTON STORE II ^ _ ? ' ^ 1 ' |9fl CAMDEN'S BARGAIN CORNER 4 ^