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4-H Club Boys Show Lessons About Corn t/lemHon, April 24 In 11)10 Jerry Moore, a Four li club boy, produced 228 biiHhelH of corn on one acre. Ills fame apread not only In Houth Carolina but throughout the nation. Since Jerry, now connected with North Carolina State College, made that enviable corn club record, thousands of club boys throughout the Htute have been making excellent yields of corn. Of course they have not approached Jerry Moore's record, but they have been producing two to three times their county average. These boy's produced their corn not on leftover Holds but on productive land. They went about their committing in a business-like manner, selecting good corn land, using good seed of adupted varieties, fertilizing Intelligently and practicing proper cultivation methods. In 1926 South Carolina club boys put on 121-1 corn demonstrations on 1274 acres of land which produced 42,208 bushels of corn, an average of 24 bushels per acre. The value of that corn was $40.87.16. One county agent in his 11)26 report declares: "Corn is grown chiefly for home use, and when there is any surplus, It Is usually marketed through hogs. Our county average has dropped during recent years to around 15 bushels per acre. However, we had three five-acre corn improvement plots in 11)25 that averaged 22 6 bushels per acre at an average cost of 44 gents per bushel. Our average yield for 1926 was 21).3 bushels per acre for six demonstrators and an average cost of 41 cents per bushel." Judging from such reports, farmers in the Htiite would do well to follow the example of the Four-H boys. The dabsters in the county Just referred to would have had much lower yields if they had planted on those fields remaining after all the most productive land had been planted to the main cash crops. i i I I I I .1 Mil ! ' Make Fields Green In Winter Time (Hy Guy A. Cardwell, Agricultural und 1 ti<tuuI rial Agent, Atluntlc Coast Line Kail way) At a meeting of I1" Southeastern Council held lit Atlunia March y and 10, a slogan "The South Will Coine Into Jth Own When Its Fields Are Green in Winter" wuh adopted connection with the following resmu* tlon: "The Southeastern Council endorses und re?ommends the croi?H outllned Ih tin* Soil Conservation Allotment program an aoll building crops. We eapeciuily recommend the use of criinaon clover, and an alternate, Ana Irian peaa and vetch us winter legumeH, and lespedezu, noy beauM and cow peaa iih Hummer legumea. On light anndy soils, crotalaria for aoll improvement. For crouton und gully control and for aoil improvement, wo strongly recommend kudzu. "We further recommend where winter legumea are not practical or not iiaed that every effort be made to have a green winter cover crop of Hinall grain on every cultivated acre. These changea, we believe, will rebulld Southern agriculture." If you believe that Southern agriculture ia in need of u lift, gat behind theae recommcndationa and do what you can to bring about the planting of aummer and winter legumea and w inter cover cropa of email I grains. A blanket of green lu pleaa-' ant to view; green llelda In winter1 are a good advertiaement. If you think aoil conservation la needed and that humiia and feed will help to strengthen the economic condition of the southern farmers, Join with the state college of agriculture, the United States department of agriculture extension service and the Southeastern Council in encouraging farmers to adopt and carry out the recommendations embraced in the above mentioned resolution. The heaviest ruins of almost a year fell In Oklahoma and other southwestern states the first of the week. IMPROVED FARM HOMES OBJECT OF CAMPAIGN (Monition, April 24.?A campaign to encourage greater attention to the re*! pair and Improvement of South CftroUna farm home* Ih now getting under way, Buy Extension Service specialist* of (.Meuiaon College and Wlnthrop College, who are directing the work In cooperation with the State Hotter Horneti Committee. Other* who will L help in (he movement are couuty home chairmen, rural teachers, local leader*, and any InteroHtod portion* Extension Circular 1&&, The WellKepl Farm Home, recently prepared hy C. V. I'hagan, exten*ion agricultural engineer, will bo used widely j in the caihpaign. "We are hoping that ufter improve* inent* have been made around the home during thl* campaign, communItioH will Join together and plun for cleaning ui> and improving the Hchool or church building ground*, the cemetery, and other place* of public intore*t," *ny* Mr. i'hagan. "Wo believe that if the furm people them*<dve* Join in auch a program they will appreciate more fully whut they will derive from a clean and attractive community than they would by having some other agency do the work for them." I Recently, the mayor of Mulllns i*Bued u proclamation urging all citizens of the county to cooperate in a "clean-up week," which wa* waged by the city council, the civic league, the county home demonstration agent, and the County Council of Farm Women, with city and county health department* cooperating. All plan* and code* of work undertaken were directed and planned hy Mr*. Edna McPherson, home demonstration agent for Marion county. Editor Camp say* "As one Walton county preacher looked over hi* large and well dressed EaHter morning congregation, and thought of the empty pews on other Sundays, he observed, j 'I Bee many here whom I shall not see again until next Easter, so I take this opportunity to wish them a Merry Christmas.' " | FRUIT, FOUNDRIE8 AND FI8H Are Baeia of Malaga's Moat Important Induatriea. Malaga, which full before a threewuy military attack?land, hou and air ? of General Franco's forces, was one of the most formidable and Important MtroMKhohlH of the Hpanlsh government In aoutheaatern Bpaln," says | a bulletin from the Washington, 1). C.,i headquarters of the National Geo-! Kruphic Society.J "Not only was it a leudlng port throuKh which supplies to the goveminent forces' flowed with little dan* I ger of seizure by the insurgents, but it was an important concentration point for supplies from nearby cities and farm lands." ^ "Malaga has always been an important industrial city and market of' southern Spain for agricultural products. Despite its lazy weather, before it seethed with military men and machines, it was among Spain's busiest and most prosperous cities. Rich minerals came down from the mountains encircling it, and the fertile red soil of the adjacent plains filled its vegetable und fruit baskets. The city's, name recalls a luscious grape, but many other products of the nearby region found the city, in normal times, a good market place and starting point on their journey to consumers on its own "Main Street" as^ivell as in lialtimore and Manchester. Unlike many cities of its size (it has a population of 200,000), Malaga is not a hodgepodge of industrial und residential buildings. Its city planners, through the centuries, have adhered to the principle that there should be special sections for the shipping industry, the fishing Industy, for Industrial plants and for residences. Historically, fishing is first among Malaga's industries. The Phoenicians made it a salt-fish heddquarters and named it from 'malac' meaning 'to salt.' The core of Malaga is an ancient fortress, the Castle of Gibralfaro, which glowers from its rock 600 feet above the principal street. The castle sheltered a modern Spanish garrison in Moorish fortifications, seven centuries old before the political strife of last summer began to tear Spain into two parts. Not far from the castle is the even older Alcazaba, crumbling into ruins. It was once a picturesque stronghold, believed to have been built on the site of an original Phoenician settlement out of which Malaga grew. "Malaga's harbor has been a magnet for artists because of its color. Its blue waters were constantly stirred by huge ocean cargo and passenger vessels, as well as fishing schooners and small pleasure craft with lateen sails. "Skippers" of vessels flying flags of all maritime countries know the harbor. To the holds of cargo boats flowed large quantities of lead bars from the nearby mountains, olive oil from the silver- gray groves of the neighboring plains, and almonds, oranges and canary seed. --The most famous products of Malaga, however, come from sun-flecked vineyards of Andalusia: clusters of oval translucent grapes packed in crumbs of cork in small barrels, delicate muscatel grapes, dried into raisins an inch in diameter, and casks of rich full-bodied Malaga wine, which the vinteners call 'bottled sunshine.' "Also from the plains Malaga receives sugar beets and cane to feed the hungry maws of the city's modern sugar refineries. The smokestacks of the refineries are neighbors of those thrust skyward from busy foundries w hich work the iron ore from Andalusian hills. Unlike many cities that were known to the Phoenicians and other early peoples of the Mediterranean, Malaga has steadfastly refused to become dormant in any age. Its most recent industrial development has been in the chemical industry, which turns out such up-to-date products as artificial ice." Putting It Mildly 1 ho woman had been In the shop near 1 j three hours. She had visited every department, and put the assistants to no end of trouble without spending a penny. At last a shopwalker, approached her. "Kxcuse me. madam." ho said, "but are you shopping here?" Of i ourse. I am'" she snapped. "What else do you think I'm here for?" A twinkle appeared In the shopwalker's eyes. "Well madam." he said, "1 thot perhaps you might be taking an Inventory."?Ottawa Citizen. v" Work on the building of two 1,600ton destroyers has begun at tho Boston navy yard at a total cost of JS,000,000. The ships are to be completed In fifteen months. A Concord, N. C., Guernsey cow, has made a new milk and butter record by producing 11.285.4 pounds of milk and 621.7 pounds of butter in a r?r. Great Interest in Conference Judged by both the attendance and the interest exhibited, the recent Game Conference in Columbia was an outstanding success. More tiian two hundred delegates, representing, neighboring utatea an well au every-, section of South Carolina, were pres* ent for the meeting. "The conference waa unique in the sporting annals of the atute," auid Dr. Havilah Dabcock, State president of the Soutii Carolina game and hah association. "I have never seen <i more Intelligent, a more interested, or a more determined group assembled for a common purpose. Such interest indicates u growing recognition of the value of our wildlife resources. These men and women who were here mean to make their influence for game and fish restoration felt," Dr. Iiabcock continued. An out of state official who was preseut remarked: "I have been at (ending gume and fish meetings f0r a number of years, but this |* t^e finest conference I ever attended. Why, more specialists ami experts and 'big guns' were here today than I've ever seen at any conference In any state before, And these special1sts and game consultants were glv. lug away Information that would have cost money and plenty of It under ordinary circumstances," The object of the conference was two-fold: To furnish Information useful to sportsmen in their own efforts ut game restoration, and to awaken a consciousness of the value to the state of its wildlife resources. Our meeting was a conspicuous success,' in spite of late trains and bad weath er. We believe that this meeting and the game and fish legislation recently enacted mark a new chapter for game and fish management in the state, and the association wishes to thank everybody who contributed to the success of the meeting. ) o SWEET POTATO PROGRAM MAKING GOOD PROGRE8S Clemson, April 17.?The sweet potato program of the Extension Service is progressing in a most satisfactory manner, according to A. E. Schilletter, horticulturist, who returned recently from a field trip in connection with sweet potato work. Schilletter states, for example, that J. E. DuRant, of Lynchburg, who constructed three flue-heated hotbeds according to Extension Service plans, bedded 115 bushels of sweet potatoes in early March, had already pulled 42,000 plants April 6 and had 62,000 additional plants ready to be taken from the bed. He calls attention also to the fact that T. L. Gramling, Orangeburg farmer, had many plants ready for setting April 7, and was then setting his "mother patch" from which many plants will be available for distribution to other growers. In further illustration of the progress of the sweet potato work are reports from Clarendon and Horry counties. F. M. Rast, Clarendon county farm agent, reports that about 300 bushels of Louisiana sweet potatoes i were bedded in Clarendon this season and that seven flue-heated hotbeds and several manure-heated hotbeds were constructed. Several farmers are going back to sweet potato production, he states, after having been out for several years, and he believes I that Clarendon county may regain its title of the sweet potato county of South Carolina. V. M. Johnston, fiorry county farm agent, states that his office has handled this seaaon 616 bushels of Louisiana sweet potato seed that went to about du growers. Plants from these beddings will set many acres of sweet potatoes in Horry county. WINNSBORO'8 GREAT HEART TOLD IN UNKNOWN'8 BURIAL To the Eidtor of The State: To me the most beautiful, grippingly human interest story carried in The State Thursday is not displayed with glaring headlines on the front page but is well backed, occupying only about two sticks of type with single column heading. "Stranger Rests in Winnsboro." In less than 300 words is told the story of how the good people of Winnsboro?all creeds and denominations, including the Mothers' club?joined in the funeral I service and burial of an unknown! young man who met accidental death] recently in Fairfield county. This lit-1 tie story is a most beautiful sermon i in action, so forcibly illustrating the examples of Him "who went about doing good' that further comment is unnecessary. The writer is a Christian member of a church and a believer in the great principles for which the church stands, but the Christian religion will get a much firmer grip on humanity! through a greater exemplification of' the kind of religion possessed by the] citizens of Winnsboro, where no Pot-1 tor's field seems to exist. 1 he "unsaved" and the unchurched in Winnsoboro had a practical illus-' (ration of the great heart of Christianity and they should show their ap-j pronation now by lining up with and j supporting the churches as never before. All South Carolina should feel' proud of Winnsboro, which has lit-' erally carried out the injunction, "in-! asmuch as ye have done it unto the i least?" CITIZEN. Columbia, April 22. A Chinese newspaper at Peiping reports that a peasant woman at Luanhslen has given birth to quintuplets, all normal boys and all living.' The family is extremely poor and will be nfded by village elder. t* * SUMMONS FOR RELIEF State of South Carolina County of Kershaw I (In the Court of Common Pleas) M. G. McGougan, Plaintiff against William Washington, Kiley Washing-4 ton, John Blair, itochel Blair, George Perkins, Kittle Gaskin, Ar| thur Gaskin, Maggie Gaskin, Hara Gaskin, Walthur or Walker Gaskin, Sol Gaskin, Murdock Perkins, Sandy Perkins, John Perkins, Henry Washington, l^ewls Washington, Will McCain, Julius Blair, Jensie Perkins, Ellen Washington, Early Washington, Bertha Bell, Stella Brisbon, and "John Doe," as repre' senting unknown heirs at law of HLenry Washington, either claiming directly through him, or through i some one else who was an heir at law of Henry Washington, should I there be any such Defendants. I i To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the j complaint on the subscriber, at his office, Broad street, Camden, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall j to answer the complaint within the ^ i time aforesaid, the plaintiff in thh action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. February 15, 1937. j I. C. HOUGH, Plaintiff's Attorney To above named Defendants: j Yoq will please take notice that summons and complaint and notices j in above entitled case were filed in the ofTice of Clerk of Court for Kershaw County, 8. C., on the 19th day of April, 1937. I. C. HOUGH, Plaintiff's Attorney NOTICE State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (In the Court of Common Pleas) M. G. McGougan, Plaintiff, ; against Maggie Washington, William Washington, John Blair, Rochel Blair, George Perkins, Kittle Gaskin, Maggie Gaskin, Arthur Gaskin. Ham Gaskin, Sol Gaskin, Walthur or Walker Gaskin, Murdock Perkins, John Perkins, Sandy Perkins, Henry Washington, Lewis Washington, Will McLain, Julius Blair, Jensie Perkins, Ellen Washington, Early Washington, Bertha Bell, Stella Brisbon, and "John Doe," as representing unknown heirs at law of Henry Washington, either claiming directly through him, or through some one else who was an heir at law of Henry Washington, should j there be any such, Defendants. Notice is hereby giveft, that 'if any r\ of the above named and designated i persons are minors, they and the parents or persons with whom they respectively reside, are notified that unless they apply for a guardian ad H* j torn, or guardians ad litem appointed to appear and defend said cause for and' on behalf <of any such minor, : within twenty days, after tho service of the summons upon you and notices, ^ fjhould there appear to be infants among such defendants, the plaintiff will apply arid have some suitable person, or persons to be appointed j guardian ad litem for any such infant. I. C. HOUGH. Plaintiff's Attorney April 19, 1937. 9 CITATION 9 The State of South Carolina, fl County of Kershaw. '9 By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judge: Whereas James Harris made suit to me to grant to him Letters of Admin* istratlon of the Estate and effects oi Ralph Harris. . 9 These are, therefore, to cite and ao monish all and singular the Kindrso and Creditors of the said Ralph H*? J ris. decensed, that they be and ?PP^v before mo, in the Court of Prow V to be held at Camden, S. C., on May 7 next, after publication befeoi* -i at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to ?no j cause, if any they have, why the ? Administration should not be gra?*?*! Given under my hand this 22nd 0 > of April Anno Domini 1937. N. O. ARNETT, \ . Judge of Probate Kortbkw Coonu Julian Erwin Howell, *d, aon ol fl late Clark Howl I. editor lamA ^Constitution, is ds*d | on operation. * j It , : J r.' -9 General Bargain Will Kick Mr. High Prices Out of Town! The General will be in town on a seni aational price-slashing campaign Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8. He will cut the price of all merchandise to the bone! When the General enters a town, prices go down with a bang! Watch for what he will accomplish in the stores of Camden merchants. This will be everybody's big opportunity to make some real tremendous savings on seasonable merchandise. Iwoj BIG DAYS i FRIDAY and SATURDAY j MAY i 7and 8 ! _J= WEEKLY BULLETIN ?n . . S.CGAME ^>ISH ASSOCIMIOS 'Jf>ru Matewkle (^operation Game, liih 4 lor est can be Materially* {Increasedfor ikcBeneiH of Jin. ' J"- <