Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sweet Potatoes Good Hog Food t'lemson, June lft.?Quern ions regarding the value of Hweet potatoes oh a feed for livestock are cowing to riemeon College In Increasing numbers, Hay livestock specialists, who point out the double necessity of using for livestock feed the off-grade potatoes from the commercial sweet potato crop, and growing the potatoes primarily as succulent feed for livestock. C. (J. Cushman, extension dairyman, cites results of experiments showing that 10U pounds of sweet potatoes equaled 160 pounds of corn silage, that potatoes are high In totul dry matter, and that this dry matter is high' in digestible nutrients. Each 100 pounds of Hweet potatoes containing 31.2 pounds of dry matter shows 2f>.8 pounds of total digestible nutrients, which.is a high digestibility for thcv food nutrients in sweet potatoes. Tests which have been made on feeding sweet potatoes to hogs lptfirate that they are a very good feed for hogs, the more economical because the harvesting cost Is saved by allowing tlie hogs to gather the potatoes. Sufficient information is available to state tiiat four pounds of sweet potatoes are equal in food value to one pound of corn for hpg feed. According to Henry and Morrison's "Feeds and Feeding," Duggar of the Alabama station, allowing pigs to harvest sweet potatoes at will, secured 100 pounds of gain by feeding 313 pounds of grain additional, thereby saving about 200 pounds of grain for each 100 pounds of increase while fattening. it is further brought out by Hudson, of the Louisiana station, that an acre of^ sweet potatoes should be able to carry s to in hogs for Git days when they are given a limited concentrate allowance in addition. \V hen potatoes are grown for hogs the hogs could harvest the potatoes in the field during the fattening period. thus eliminating the necessity of storage. In using sweet potatoes tor feeding dairy cattle or steerB. they could t)e harvested direct from the field and fed for a period of sibty days. If fed during the remainder of the winter feeding season, the potatoes would have to be stored, thereby adding to their expense its n feed. More Boll Weevils Enter Cotton Fields ( leinson, June 15.?Boll weevils were in general much more numerous last week following showers over the state than during the previous week, according to reports by agents of weevil activity lor the week ending June 13. In the coastal section early cotton is beginning to fruit rather freely and some squares have been punctured bv weevils, the reports show As has been the case for several years, fewer weevils have been reported from Fee Fee counties than in other parts of the coastal section Weevils in destructive numbers have been reported in all sections of the state where fruiting cotton is present. The number of adult weevils ranged from zero to two hundred per acre according to counts made by agents. In Greenwood county eighty-two adult farmers attended meetings during the week hold by \V .('. Nettles, extension entomologist, and preparation of the 1-1-1 mixture was demonstrated. Agents in other counties are planning similar meetings as fanners are concerned over the possibilities of serious weevil injury to the late crop. I/eland Harvey, the "houdini of the chain gangs," who recently made his escape with Robert Williams from the Troup county, Ga., chain gang, was captured along with Williams last week in Nashville, Tenn., and will be returned to Troup county this week. It was the tenth escape of Harvey and especial efforts will be made to keep him this time. Harvey was serving a long term for bank robbery. Democratic chieftains of the country are hard at work preparing for the holding of the national convention to renominate President Roosevelt In Philadelphia next week. Senator Barkley of Kentucky, is this week preparing his keynote address that he will deliver as temporary chairman. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, has bean selected aa the permanent chairman of the convention. j News Of Interest In And Near Bethune ? ^ Bethune, June 17c--MrH. Ixiring Davis and Mrs. L. M. Best were Joint i hostesses Friday afternoon at a love-D ly bridge party at the home of Mrs. ; Uaviu given as u courtesy to MIsb ' Kathryne Truesdale and Miss- Jessie 1 Perry. of Kershaw, both bride-elects 1 i of this month. Tables were placed < In the living room and sun parlor ; amidst an artistic arrangement of j flowers with pink and white predominating. The places of the honor guests were marked with old-fashion- i | ed nosegays, the other places being , marked by miniature nosegays. Miss Cecelia King won high score prize and 1 Miss Stella Hethune cut consolation. ' The brides-to-be were presented love- 1 ly sandwich trays. Miss Marguerite , Clyburn, Mrs. Davis' house guest, was presented a gift of dainty lingerie. Vari-colored mints were on each table 1 and a frozen salad course .was served i after cards when several ladies call- i ed for refreshments. Out of town guests in addition to Miss Perry were: Mrs. James JUoP"son. llartsville; Miss Maggfe^Lou ' Iilackinon and Miss Marguerite Cly- i burn, Kershaw, , Alr. v-and Mrs. A. K. McLaurin entertalned Friday evening with a de- ' lightful course dinner in honor of tho ' Rev. J. T. N. Keels, pastor of the Presbyterian church, whose wedding this week will i>e an interesting social event. Quests included the elders and deacons of the Bethune, Cassatt and Turkey Creek Presbyterian churches. An 1 elegant dinner was served in four courses. Circles one and two of the Baptist \V. M S. held a joint meeting Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dee Hilton. Baskets and bowls of lovely ' mixed flowers brightened the rooms where the guests were entertained. After tin* business and study periods ti social hour was enjoyed during which time Mrs. David Holjoy, preisdent or the W M S., in a few well chosen words, presented to Mrs.' W It. itozier. retiring president, in behall of the members of the society, a beautiful tulip quilt, a token of their appreciation of her splendid service. Miss Frances Severance and Mrs. It. L. Waters assisted the hostess in serving ice cream and cake. Miss Ruth Est ridge, of Kershaw, was the week end guest of Miss Mary McKlnnon. Early in the week they both went to Timmonsville to visit Miss Floy White and from there to Myrtle Beach for a few day's visit. Misses Mary Alice Baker. Frances Bethune, Juanita Pate, Margaret McLaurin and Bethune McLaurin have gone to attend a convention of the Presbyterian young people. , Mrs. Fred Bell, of Ninety-Six and i Mrs. Clyde Spradley. of Chesterfield, , have been recent guests of Mrs. R. | I. Waters. Mrs. Minnie Best, of Bishopville, Is spending some time in the home of her son. B. W. Rest i Miss Nettie Uranium spent last ' t week in Colmbla. the guest of Mrs. j Wade Atkinson and Miss Mary Brannon. I James Copoland and Forbis Morgan have gone to Asheville, N. C.. tor I several days to attend the rhododendron festival. ( nests of the J. K. Severance family during the week end were: Mrs. ? Kirkley. Mr. and Mrs C. C. Padgett, Sumter, and Mrs. Newsome. of Sumtcr. Miss Frankie Beard and Miss Harriet Mays are attending a convention of the Ep worth League in Columbia.! Miss Elsie Mae Hammond is at Win- j throp College attending summer, school. . . Miss Carrie Varbrough is visiting ! Mrs J 1). Lafitte, at Cope. | I Mr. aud'Mrs. W. R. Truesdale, of! t West ville, were Sunday guests of the W. E. Truesdale family. Miss Virginia Carter, of McBee, has ! been spending several days with Miss i Rachel Williams. ! Mnrshall Blanton. of Shelby. N. C., | was the week end guest of Miss Thel- J ma Davis. j Miss Mary Estifidge, of Kershaw, is , (spending the week at the home of: Mrs. C. C. Pate. Mr. and Mrs A1 Bethune. of Gas-! tenia, and Mr and Mrs. Dan Bethune. i of Clyde, with other members of the families were guests of relatives here during the week end. Friends of the Ben Davis family will regret to learn that Mr. Davis has been quite 1111 and is now a patient in the Columbia hospital. Mrs. Lannie Varbrough, of Kershaw, is the guest of Mrs. Amanda McKlnnon and family during the week end. Three company deputies were wounded Tuesday in an ambuscade in the strike-locked Iron mining district, of Alabama, when they were shot! from ambush. Eight men have been I wounded since the strike started Sunday evening The agricultural department estimates this year's potato crop to be 12 per cent smaller than 1936 and 27 per cent smaller than the five-year average. The wholesale price of potatoes dropped sharply the last of the week as compared with the peak price the first of the week of M-lfi a barrel. P Famous Jersey Cow "Stars" in Ad1 Series One of (he world's most famous town, the present senior and Krsnd champion of all Jersey's, |h Simply Sybil's Pallas, owned and bred by Hugh W Jlonnell, of Youngstown, O. This beautiful Jersey Ih featured In (he Interesting advertising campaign which (he Chilean 'Nitrate people have been running all year in this paper. The current advertisement shows an excellent picture of Simply Sybil's Callus, a cow which the national championship judges declared to be a "breeder's dream come true." The natural nitrate folks point out that Simply Sybil's Pallas is a creature specially gifted with the vital npurk that only Nature can supply?a perfect balance of all the elements that make the great champion. It is this natural balance they explain, that makes the difference between the ordinary cow and the one that wins the judges' award at the National Dairy 3how. An Interesting parallel is drawn between the cow of cows and the natural nitrate. The latter, because It ilso is an example of Nature's handiwork, contains a natural balance of vital elements over and beyond its nitrogen. Ileeauae of this natural balance of more than thirty elements, such as boron, magnesium, manga/neese, calcium, potassium, Iodine, etc., his natural plant food, like the cham-) [don Jersey.cow, is like a dream come Line. It Is an amazing thing that Nature, *ln her own mysterious way, ere-1 ites a product in the ground which, when, returned to the ground, is a balanced food for the important'Southern crops. ~ . Chester Dewitt Pugsley, banker and philantyophist of Peekskill, has announced his candidacy for the governorship of New York on the Democratic ticket. (floor mopping is art to 8tudent janitowt Chicago.?Floor mopping 1h * not a drudgery but a form of art if you have the proper attitude.. That wuh the conaenuua of twenty University of Chicago students who work at part time Janitor on the 3 r'*' campuH. j One of tiiem, Martin F. Young of : Coffey yjlle, penned an essay on the esthetic satisfaction he derives from Hwinging the awub. "Th# mere thought of turning out a slick tile floor with u sheen like Queen Klizaboth's gown would lead us through inferno," he wrote. No soap should be used on that type of flooring, Mr. Young warned, but on one of porous stone "the treatment and idea are different." He added: "On this kind of floor we can vent freely all our suppressed puritanism with the hottest of water and the soapiest of suds. 1 This floor is less showy, but, to th<| taste of many a connoisseur of mopping, a more subtle and refined ideal. It is to turn out a floor as smooth and suave as the tight white breeches of an eighteenth-century dandy." Then he cast the eye of a poet on his partner and recorded: "Bill, grasping the handle like a casting rod, ducks his mop in a pall of suds, sclunches up and down and holds the spaghetti-like mass above the pall. When the Buds no longer cascade out of the mop but before the mop has become a senile drool he gives it an undulating flick and makes the first grand bubbling swish across the open floor. "Drudgery? Not on your life! The chief value of mopping is the spiritual value the moppers get out of it." And Superintendent L. R. Fook concluded that?all rhetorical rhapsody to one side?the boys are pretty good janitors. i f HOW MUCH 18 $12,000,000,000T One "way to get an idea of the vastness of a billion dollars would be to start counting to that figure, a dollar ht a time. But don't begin the job unless you've got a couple of decades with nothing else to do. According to an article in the I?s Angeles Times, it would take a man a week tp count from 1 to 1,000,000, working fairly steady. If he continued to count at the same rate, he would reach 1,000,000,000 in Just nineteen years and three months. And to count to 12,000,000,000 would require something over 218 years! Well, $12,000,000,000 is the sum that the American people must fork out every year in taxes?and if some of our lawmakers have their way, it's going to be substantially raised in the future. We pay twice as much toi taxes as we do for clothing, eighteer times as much for taxes as for domes tic light and power? $.r>00,000,001 more for taxes than for food. Th< fax item dwarfs all the other itemi in the family budget. Twelve billion dollars is more that you would spend if you had a lifetimi of nineteen hundred years?and eptn $10 every iflinute! And government is putting out that sum every year^ with increases Just over the horizon! ?Industrial News-Review. The Baltimore annual eonferenc< voted overwhelmingly in ?favor oi unifying the three branches of tlx Methodist church of the United States. Only two votes were record ed against the proposal. | : Special Prices For Next Ten Days j I 1 DELIVERED ON YOUR FARM ! TOP DRESSER FOR COTTON AND CORN j ! ! AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE / 11 | J NITRATE OF SODA I j 8-3-3 8-4-4 7-8-5 9-3-7 ALSO ALL FERTILIZER MATERIALS j I Camdent Fertilizer Company I | J. H. GUTHRIE, Manager '==?==. . . j Plant and Office on Highway No. 1, Near 8eaboard Freight Depot ft i i aaaga?aaaaaaagaaaBsa^C RADIO SERVICE ELECTRICAL REPAIRING CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY Refrigerators RADIOS Vacuum Cleaners SALES and SERVICE 703 We*t DeKalb Street Telephone 194 I J.C. cox n po?c " Sanitary Plumbing and Heating - ' TELEPHONE 433-J Estimate* Fufftished on Short Notice ELECTROL OIL BURNERS 1 'i i 1 1 i ' 1 SBsafcg " THE HOUSE OF VALUES " BONUS SALE OF "HOME'S LEADER" RANGES at $49 ? HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! It's "Bonus Time" for everybody . . . the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. It's bonus time for a lot of "Forgotten Wives." A bonus in the form of stove values that you may never see again. A bonus of $5.00 for your old stove . . . any old stove that will stand on its own legs. DON'T PUT IT OFF UNTIL NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. NOW IS THE TIME TO SAVE ! No purchase is so important as the buying of a new range?for here the health, happiness and Comfort of the whole family find a common meeting place. Think it over?not all folks have an automobile or radio or bath tub or garden hose or p^rch swing?but all folks, rich and poor, do have a stove to cook on. And if there is one home necessity that should be a luxury-^?it's the kitchen range. It's the one item in the home that should be of the very best?and now at this BONUS SALE?you can buy the best at the price of an ord insury range. But you must make up your mind ?for values like these will not be with us long. $5.00 For Your Old Stove Imagine of it . . . any old stove that will stand up on its own legs?you get $5 for it as part payment on a new range. And think 0(f it ?brand new ranges for as little as $49.50?that's more than 10 per cent, allowance. Mr. W. F. SHARPE Factory Man Here Mr. Sharpe is an executive with one of the finest Stove plants in the South? the folks who build the "HOME'S LEADER" ranges for us. . He knows stoves as you ladies know biscuit dough. He knows every bolt, nut and casting in these fine ranges and the "WHY" for their being these. He can tell you a human interest story about a human organization ? more than 500 of them who work together as one big family with one big purpose?to build the finest stoves in America. Whether you need a stove now or next year or five years from now?be sure to come in this week while Mr. Sharpe is here. We want you to meet him. We want you to know direetly from him how really fine stoves are made?and ^ftro'll be amazed that fine ranges can be had at such ridiculously low prices. This Sale lasts all week?do not miss it! HOME FURNISHING COMPANY BROAD ST. ' CAMDEN, S. C " THE HOUSE OF VALUES "