The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 05, 1937, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
I MATHER ACADEMY TO HOLD FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
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A consideration or vocatiouul Kduat
ion for Negro Secondary Schools
,f South Carolina is the subject chosen
for diacuaaion during the celebrajon
of the Fiftieth Anniversary of
iluther Academy. Leading oducatora
,r the atate, persona of national oiniu-nce
and frienda of the school are
o gather here on February 12 to 14.
Throughout the fifty years emphuii?
liaa been placed on the building of
well-rounded Uvea and development
>f home training. With this idea aa
t foundation, Mrs. Sarah Babcock Maher
in 1887 became Instrumental In
establishing what ia now Mather]
Academy. The fuct that she had
tioen a teacher in the Freedman'a
school tweaty years before and had!
teen the condition of the Negroes
shows why ahe was eager to give of
ser time and money the rest of her
ife in helping them.
Maintenance of a high scholastic
standing and the service that can be
pendered to the community are goals
hat Mather has always strived to
each. Both of these goals have been
m a measure accomplished. . Since
1934 Mather Academy has been rated
in "A" grade school under the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secmdary
schools and has given to hunIreds
of young people industrial
training which has enabled them to
become economically independent in
their own communitleH.
Mather has realized the importance
of developing all round students. In j
keeping with thin, music was added ,
(in organized form in 1908, dramatics I
and clubs have been a part of school I
life from early duys. Russell Memo-1
rial Library was begun in 1922. A
j new dormitory in 1928. Athletics and ,
a school publication in 1930. Other j
industrial activities have been going'
on in the home. Under a trained dietician
and in the Home Economics
department students learn the fundamentals
of meal planning. The laun-!
dry lias proved practical for vocation !
I al training. Agriculture was added
in 1928 and shop work in 1933 have
made u well-rounded vocational
course for both girls and boys.
Mather students have been for the
paBt fifty years recipients of many
privileges because of their vocational
training. During the celebration,
great emphasis will be placed on
means of educating students so that
they may more readily fit into the
perplexing situation that the economic
world presents today.
Millicent I. Fuller is superintendent
of the school and she and her corps of
assistants invite the white friends of
the school whore spaces will ho reserved
for thoin.
The following will be the order of
exercises for the three days:
Thursday, February 11, 7:30 p. m.?
Alumni program. David Jones, president
Dennett College for Women, at
Greensboro, N. C., will be principal
speaker.
Friday, 10:00 a in.?Discussion: "A
Consideration of Problems of Vocational
Industrial Guidance in Secondary
Schools for Negroes in South
Carolina.' Led by M. F. Whitaker,
president State Agricultural and Mechanical
College, Orangeburg, S. C.;
followed by J. D. Felton, State Supervisor
of Negro Education, Columbia,
S. C.; Dr. Flenunio Kittrell, deun of
Women, Professor Home Economics
at Dennett College for Women, of
Greensboro, N. C.; J. Andrew Simmons,
principal Booker T. Washington
High School, Columbia, S. C.
Friduy, 7:30 p. in.?Address: "What
To Teach Negro Youth." Dr. Charlotte
Hawkins Brown, principal Pulmer
Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C.
Sunday, 11:30 a. m.?Anniversary
Sermon by J. B. Randolph, president
Claflin College, Orangeburg, S. C.
Sunday, 7:00 p. m.?P a g e a n t :
"God's Going to Build Up Zion's
Walls."
Coast guard-crews and boats and
other equipment have been sent from
many places along the coasts, to help
handle flood conditions in the middle
west. i
Cotton Rust Is
Potash Hunger
Cotton Kust bus done widespread
damage In recent y*ais, costing the
South millions of dollurs in lost
yields. Many funnels la this auction
Ioho HtUny vuluuhie pounds of scud
cotton- yt-ur utter y'eur, because they
1 t*t rust ravuge their cotton crop Vet
cotloli rust is euay to prevent by us
iug plenty of potash. Loading author
ities say that cotton rust is simply
"potash starvation."
Cotton, like all other plants, manufactures
its food In the loaves, i'ot-:
ash is needed for this manufacturing i
process and for the. transportation and j
asHimllatiou of the food. When tiiej
cotton plant approaches maturity and |
begins to develop burs, seed and lint, 1
there is a tremendous demand for
quickly available potash.
If the cotton plant does not receive
plenty of potash, food manufacturing
is hindered or stopped, the food is
not properly distributed throughout
the plant and a complete breukdown
occurs as a result of a starved condition.
Then you see cotton rust.
The leaves turn yellow, break down
at the edges, become rusty or black
and finally drop oft. The fruiting
limbs are weak, the twigs supporting
the burs ure short and small, and the
burs are small and do not open properly.
The cotton is hurd to pick and
the lint is weuk and not uniform with
koine long and some short libers. rI he
seeds are sniftll and immature with
a low oil content.
All of these losses are due to potash
starvation, commonly known as
cotton rust. Nitrogen and phosphoric
acid do not prevent rust. The average
fertilizer does not contain sufficient
potash to prevent rust. There
is only oue way to prevent rust?
simply use enough potash to balance
your plant food and help you get!
greater benefits from other more expensive
elements in your fertiliser.
Many farmers have found thai It
pays to use potash as a top-dressing.
They have gotten excellent results
from using 100 pounds of Muriate of
Potash, or 200 pounds of Kanit per
acre. Other farmers use nitrogenpptash
mixed-goods top-dressers. All
of these materials are on sale by loading
fertiliser men. Potash top-dress|
lng should be upplled when you chop
out.
Finance Corporation
To Be Extended
On January 1 r>. 1P37, the Senate
passed Senate Dill 415, a hill which
provided for the continuation of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
for two more years. Thin hill was
passed with only one dissenting vote,
jthat being Senutor * Hyrd's from Virginia,
who is sponsoring the CongicsI
atonal movement for tiro roorganl/.aI
tion of the Kxecutivo branch of I lie I
I Government. ID*, said that if this hill
ho passed, it would sot u precedent
| for continuing other Federal organisations
mealed to combat the emergency.
This hill passed the House of!
Representatives on January 22, und
is only awuiting the signature of the
" President of the I'nited States before!
becoming a law. The HFC wus
termed, during the discussion on the
floor, by both bodies, as one of the
most efficient and populur branches
of the Kxecutivo agencies.
Spanish Socialist airplanes bombed
ships in the harbor of Cadis on Saturday,
among them one or more naval
vessels. It was later reported that
at least one ship was seen to be sinking.
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Kev. Michael J. Gallagher, bishop of
the Catholic diocese of Detroit, and
sponsor for Father Coughlin, radioj
politico priest, is dead.
Honor Roll of Bethuno Schools
Crude 1?Semester honor roll, Betsy
Ann Hothuno, Elizabeth Jones,
Kit u Duvis. Kathleen Hranuon, Travis
Kelly, Murion Parker.
Crude 2?Junior McDonald, Marvin
McCnskill, H^fty Kelly, Junior liuhunks,
Joy Hlackmon, iloyd McKinlion,
Jr, Willie Esther UutelifT, John
I >ii 11 llorton
I tirade J Margaret Bruswell, Carol
King, Joyce Muiin, Georgia Mildred
Squires, Mike Mango, Joyce Fowler.
tirade 4 Itosa McLeod, Ermine
Floyd, Wilson llolley, Nell Kelly,
Sura Kebecca McKlnnon, Tola Ourdner,
Carolyn Hothuno, Runny Hammond,
J. W. Campbell,
tirade 5 Carlisle Floyd, Norma Loo
Mcpherson, Ralph McCasklll, Wayne
Hlackmon, Kvu Joslo Ratcllff.
Crude 0 Kara Cordon, Trosslo Mao
Davis, OUn Thompson, Kara Murgurot
King.
Crude 7? Deris laine, Myrtis llorton,
Janetto llinson, Noll llorton,
Mary Nancy McLaurin, Atlia Loo
Mungo, 10. W. Tolbert, Vera llorton.
Grade 8?-Karl Jones, Francis
Helms, Alvo McCasklll, Drucilla Ratcliff,
Josie llorton.
Grade 9 ? Margie Jones, Ixmteo Hinson,
Myrtis Mungo, Alvjn Kelly, T. C.
McCasklll, Evelyn Hall.
tirade 10?Gerry Davis, Katherino
Foster, Iris McCasklll, Margaret McLaurin,
Jean Hethune, Ixirono Bluckmon,
lOva llorton.
| Crude 11?Lavern Jones, < Ilobbie
Newton Murion, llryco Joyner, Frankle
Heard.
Spanish rebels ure laying a trap in
Kpuniuh waters for the Spanish
steamer Mar Cantabrico, loaded with
$2,000,000 of war munitions, which
hurriedly loft New York on January
6. It Is reported that the ship went
from New York to Vera Cruz, Mexico.
North Carolina's highway death toll
lust year totaled 953, a drop of 105 as
compared with 1935.
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212 BALES ON 212 ACRES
J. E. BRIM, of Dawson, Ga., has had 35
years of experience in farming. This has
taught him that good fertilizer and good
seed are essential to successful cotton production.
He produced 251 bales on 225
acres in 1034, 178 bales on 198 acres in
1935, and 212 bales on 212 acres in 1936.
He blames his low yield in 1935 on a long
drought.
He uses 400 pounds of 3-9-5 NPK fcr,
tilizer per acre at planting and topdresses
with 200 pounds of 14-0-12 after
his cotton is chopped out. Mr. Brim says:
"Potash in my top-dresser prevents Rust
and gives me better maturity, better lint
turn-out and better matured seed. I sell
over 3,000 bushels of Wilt-resistant Seed
annually. The cost of potash is low and
I find high-potash fertilizers profitable
for all farm crops."
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BIG, PRETTY BOLLS
W. A. ROBINETT, of Enterprise, Ala., says: "In
1936 I had 30 acres in cotton and used 400 pounds of
3-8-5 NPK guano per acre, I top-dressed two acres
with 100 pounds of Soda per acre and on one of these
I put an additional 100 pounds of NV Muriate of
Potash. On the entire 30 acres I made nine bales of
cotton. The acre top-dressed only with Soda made
570 pounds of seed cotton. The acre top-dressed with
Soda and NV Potash made 919 pounds?a gain of
349 pounds of seed cotton. Allowing for the cost oi
ootash this is a prcfit of $16.54 per acre. You could
tell the potash cotton. by walking through it. It
stayed vigorous and healthy and kept making thf
biggest, prettiest bolls I ever saw."
DOUBLED HIS YIELD
H. F. STRENGTH, of Dnleville, Ala., says: "In 1936
I top-dressed 7\? acres with 100 pounds of NV Muriate
of Potash per acre and made seven 500-pound bales
and 138 pounds of lint. That figures a bale to the acre
as compared with 1,000 pounds of seed cotton per
acre in 1935, when only part of my cotton was topdressed
with NV Potash and half a bale to the acfe in
1934, when I didn't use any extra potash.
"In 1934 my cotton rusted badly, like most cotton
In this section. I decided to try potash top-dressing
and I have been well pleased with the results. This
year my cotton stayed healthy and kept growing,
while my neighbor's, adjoining me, rusted badly and
died. I am going to top-dress every acre of cotton I
plant this year With NV Potash."
? IS BALES ON 9 ACRES
M. L. O'CAIN, of Orangeburg, S. C., Bays: "On my average cotton crop last
year I used 4% potash in the fertiliser at planting and 200 pounds per acre of
top-dressing consisting of NV Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda in equal
parts. I had no Rust, except on a three-acre block where I didn't use the extra
potash. The photographs tell the story. ^ i rX'
"On one block of 9 l/ao acres which I fertiliied rather heavily, using 160
pounds of NV Muriate as a top-dresser, 1 made 16 bales and a remnant. On
one field where cowpeas followed oats, which had received only nitrogen, 1
lost my hay crop. But on another field where the oats got 60 pounds of NV
Muriate per mat with the nitrogen, I made a ton of pea-vine hay per here."
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FEWER BOLLS MAKE A POUND
"Look at that top crop,"says H. J. JOHNSON, of Wegener,
S. C. "That's where extra potash gets in its best work
with large, fully matured bolls right up to the top of the
6talk. It takes fewer of these bolls to make a pound.
Plenty of potash makes the cotton pick better and improves
the staple.
"Since 1934 I have been giving my cotton three times
as much potash as I did before and have been making
considerably more cotton. Rust has been stopped in most
of my fields but some spots need still more potash. I use
a good complete fertilizer at planting and extra potash as
a top-dressing along with my nitrogen. The use of 3-8-8
NPK fertilizer at planting is growing in our section."
Mr. Johnson, standing in his pet patch which produced
3,657 pounds of lint on three acres. He douuled
his potash application in this held. 1,000 pounds of
seed cotton per acre had been picked before thie 4H
picture was taken.
CONTROLS WILT
E. F. CALHOUN, of Eufaula, Ala.,
says: "Cotton, well-fed with NV
Potash, weighs 10 to 15 pounds
more per basketful than cotton
grown with just my regular fertilizer.
The plants look healthier and fruit
closer. Where I had NV Potash I had
no Wilt but lots of stalks died where
1 had only my regular fertilizer."
BBS
V^HEN you buy your fertilizer and top-dresser, tell your fertilizer man
you want more NV POTASH. Plan now to top-dress with 100 pounds of NV
MURIATE or 200 pounds of NV KAINIT per acre, or use a nitrogenpotash,
mixed-goods top-dresser containing 10 to 25% NV POTASH. If
you prefer to use your extra potash at planting, select a fertilizer containing
8 to 10% NV POTASH. Where Rust has been very severe you may need
both high-potash fertilizer at planting and potash top-dressing to STOP
RUST and START PROFITS. <
Thousands of farmers have found that it pays to give cottbti a lot more^
potash than the average fertilizer contains. NV POTASH keeps cotton strong
and healthy, maturing fruit until a full crop is made {including a good top
crop). It PREVENTS RUST, helps control Wilt and produces strong, Rigorous
plants with less shedding, larger bolls that are easier to pick and
better yields of uniform, high-quality lint. NV POTASH PAYS!
N. V. POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc., Hurt Bids., ATLANTA
Royster Bldg., NORFOLK
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