Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r? 1 ,SLj THY0ZTi Jse of Potash Tends To Make Better Crop It is advised by many of those who made thorough studies of the )tton situation from a world-wide andpoint that South Carolina grows should devote their efforts to the oductlon of cotton of superior stae and quality. While it .is well wwn that there has been an increasg demand for the better grades of itton at substantial premiums. The oductlon of such cotton, therefore, jpears to be the solution of the proem facing the growers of the South, nis can best be accomplished by folwing the recommendations of the rrieultural colleges and experiment ations. It is of greatest importance to plant ricties of cotton which are known produce cotton of superior staple ugth. There are many good varie s of such cotton now being marketby seed breeders throughout the nitli. After selecting a suitable vaty of cotton, it is essential that pror attention be given to the matter fertilization and cultural methods order to produce the greatest pos-^ Ibl? yields. Recent publications by the experiment station of Bouth Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia show thpl a high grade of potash In the fertiliser applied to cOtton is of prime Importance in the production of high yields of the quality of cotton now In demand. In addition, it la significant that those growers who are consisted! winners in the s'ntt-wide iiveacre cotton contest make a practice of applying plenty of potash u. their crops. Many of these producers .are tlndlng it profitable to use u high ratio of potash in the fertiliser mixture applied before planting, and to supplement this with additional p> t ash us a Hide-dressing at chopping time. Second applications are especially important on soils whorj cotton is inclined to rust. When an ample amount of potash is applied, large, well-doVelopel bolls are produced, the staple Is better ami more uniform, rust Is prevented or controlled and picking is made easier. | Potash is recognized as one of tno cheapest fertilizer materials available. jAs a consequence fertilizer mlxtuiea containing from six to ten per cent potash are rapidly growing in popularity and the cost Is only a few couts per acre more than Is paid for mixtures containing three and four per cent of potash. Revival At Smyrna Methodist Church Kev. W. B. Cranford, of Spottsylvanla, Va., has been helping the pastor, Rev. J. C. Cunningham, in a revival meeting at the Smyrna Methodist church, to the left of Rabon's Cross Roads. Services will continue through Sunday. The service P'rlday night will be at 7:45. Sunday the program will include Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. in.; dinner on the grounds, followed by an afternoon preaching and song service and the holding of the Second Quarterly conference of the West Kershaw circuit; and closing the day's activities with a preaching service at 7:45. The Rev. Mr. Cranford Is a preacher of real power. Do not miss these chances to hear him. Bring a basket lunch and spend Sunday with us in a day of real worship. Because of these services, there will be no other preaching on the West Kershaw circuit Sunday. Squeals and Grunts as Pigs Board Train (liy Pops CJrul) j Well sir-e-e-e, we got an invite from Mister Met^urley, of the county agents department la?t Monday to attend u pig shipping picnic that whs held up on a spur track of the Seaboard Air I..ino between 1 and 3 in ll?e afternoon. i it was the llrst tiino we have been able to accept one of Mack's invita-1 lions to this luonlhly carnival of squouks, squeals and grunts and it waa realty an education in ltaelf. The pins and piggies came to the party in great-style. Some came In big trucks and some in little trucks, and believe It or not, they have chauf feura who usher them from the truck" through a little door and into a maze of reception bulla Here they are met with men carrying aceptera in the' form of ateut atlcka ami if Mr. and Mrs. Plggie and the little piggies loiter on the way or try to peer into someone elae'a boudoir, these boys with the sticks give them a jab or two and then, Oh, Me, Oh, My> you should hoar the quartet from Rigolotto sung in unison with Alexander's Ragtime band. , The pigs and piggies were all cha-, peroned to the party by white folks but there were a lot of the colored folks around the Seaboard auditorium to watch the proceedings I And listen folks, they even had a swimming tank for the guests to en-; Joy themselves with. They say thati pigs ain't got any brains but believe me boys, I saw two piggies who were' all heated and excited after discuss-) ing the high cost of living and wheth-, er Roosevelt was going to run aguini and they were seated under u faucet' that poured a cooling stream over! their heated brows. Well, after the guests had all been assembled, they backed some Pullman cars with grated sides down to the Seaboard auditorium and all the guests went aboard. Funny thing j tho, they all had to be weighed he-l fore they could get on the choo choo. I And some of them were given a sort1 of zebra-like hair clip. It took three cars to take care of j the several hundred porkers who: were enroute to the north on a busi-| ness trip. The pigs-?Papa Pig, Mama 1 Pig and all the little baby piggies?1 all grunted a happy farewell to Little Uoldylocks and we una and promised they would returi) soon In the form of cute sausages, bacon uud pork i-gusts, i Well It was a great party while It lasted and we t to suy thul Mister I MoCarley was a line host. And the hoys Who were there to help him en tertain the guests wore a line lot ol chaps Yes sire-e e e VETERAN ROCK HILL MAN DIES; BORN IN CAMDEN 86 YEARS AGO Itock Hill. Mur 22 Henry Maasoy.! S5. one of Itock Hill's oldest and most prominent citizens, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. M Dnnlap on Hast Milin street last j night after an illness of about a year Mr. Manney was born in Camden, a son of the late ('apt. Benjamin Harper Massey and Mrs Nancy Catherine Haile Massey. His family moved to Fort Mill in 1S59, and Mr Massey came to Itock I Hill to make his home while a young man. ills father was a prominent figure In legislative affairs during the Reconstruction period of the 70's. His mother was the daughter of Col. James Haile of Kershaw county. Mr. Massey was one of the last living members of the original KuKlux Klan and of Hampton's "Red Shirts." lie was also a charter member of the Masonic Veterans' association of South Carolina, which includes only those men who saw 60 years or more of continuous Masonic service. If not the oldest, he was one of the oldest Masons in the state. For years Mr. Massey traveled for the Southern Cotton Oil company. Later he operated a paint store here, selling Southern Cotton Oil products. At the time of his death ho was still connected with that company, representing them here in the buying of cotton seed and other activities. He also farmed near Rock Hill. He remgJned active until his lust illness. Surviving are his widow, who was before marriage Miss. Mary Elizabeth, Brown; one son, Frank Massey, and one daughter, Mrs. W. M. Dunlap; one sister, Mrs. J. W. Audrey, of Charlotte; 12 grandchildren and four groat grandchlldi*.^ also survive. Secretary Wallace estimates that' there are 1,000,000 destitute TSrflp fam-l IHes in the United States which arein need of relief. | News Of Interest In And Near Bethune Bethuuo, March 23.? Mr. and Mrs. It F Parker, of Marshville. N. C., 'visited the Kov aiui Mia F It Morae, during tlio week oud. Mr ami Mrs Osborne Graham, of Baltimore. have been recent guests| ot (lu> Morrison Graham family Mis* Alma Newman, of the Tiinrod section, and Floyd Hilton, of the liethune community, were married Saturday evening. March It), at the Map list pursonage The ltev. F M l.lndlet* performed the ceremony In the presence of a few friends The entire faculty of the Methane si hooljt attended t)i.e slate convention of teachers, w hIclMvvCus hold in t'olum 1 Ida this week. On Monday evening' a quartet, conipusod of Francos j Helms, Kathorino Foster, Kichuid Horton and Itobert King, under the dlrectlon of Miss Sara Gray Proctor, went to Columbia to sing with the! pupils from ,other schools throughout! the state at (lie township auditorium Misses Marguerite Foster, KlUa j both linker, Juunitu Palo and Hobble Newton Marion, of Limestone college, are at homo for tiie spring holidays. Mrs. Fannie Norrls, of the laieknow school, visited her sister, Mrs. \V. F. Davis, during the week end. Miss Nancy Sullivan, of ChesterHeld, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Nelly Francis. The J. C. Foster fumily visited relatives near Spartanburg, during the week end. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Severance, of Elliott, have been recent guests of friends here. Mr. and Mrs. 10. W. Clamp spent the week end with relatives in Edgefield and Salley. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brant and little sons, of Holly Hill, and Mr. and Mrs., Charles V. ltlvers and daughter, of Chesterfield, visited Mrs. M. O. Ward, during the week end. Mrs. Brant and Mrs. ltlvers with their children, remained over for a week's Btuy. Miss Mary Alice Gettys, of Camden, was the guest during the week end of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Clyburn. Sweden has Joined In the march of other nations to expend large sums to strengthen her national deronsos. Chinese guerrillas are credited with delivering smashing blows against Japanese troops In counter-attacks and having pushed the Japanese back In several sectors In mid-China. From Shansl province, which the Japanese overran In a big offensive a woek ago, came reports that the Chinese had rocaptured Linfen and were making strong attacks on Chaocheng and Kwohsien. These cities are in the, southern part of the province. [ - I Camden Theatre FRIDAY, MARCH 28. Final showing of "THE GIRL OF THE* GOLDEN WEST" Willi Nelson Fddy? Jennette MacDonald SATURDAY, MARCH 26. Louise Haywanl? Harbara ltead In "MIDNIGHT INTRUDER" Alao I'opoye, Tim Sailor. MocIh All Italia and the Forty Thieves. Special Technicolor Feature. Alao Tim Tyler Late 10:30 Show Dick Foran Ann Shorldau In "SHE LOVED A FIREMAN" MONDAY and TUESDAY MARCH 28-^-29 Constance Itonnett Hrian Alierne In "MERRILY WE LIVE" Added Special "New Audioscoplcs" WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. Cloria Stuart?Michael Whalen in "A CHANGE OF HEART" THURSDAY and FRIDAY MARCH 31?APRIL 1 Tommy Kelly?Muy Robson In "ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER" Local Merchants Interested In Bill Ixx'ul merchanta are interested in the bill limiting the hours a week in mercantile establishments and factories other than cotton mills ,now bofore the assembly at Columbia. This bill effects all mercantile esI tablishments in towns of 3,000 or I more, and all manufacturing and mercantile establishments other than cotton mills. It setB a maximum of nine hours a day, except Suturdays, which would bo twelve hours. A majority of the Camden mercantile establishments have boen well under the legal limit of hours that the establishments may operute dally. The state luw, when passed, it is claimed, will be a great boon to many workers who are forced to work from 7 a. m. until 7 p. m., or later. ???i?P?W??p?? E ? a 1 wiLaoM, smi, & a. ?ni "Five years ago- I took a new farm/The first year I lost three acres of cotton from bad Wait and had rusty spots all over the place. The next year I used 400 of 5-7-5 per acre and added 100 pounds of MURIATE of PQTASH along with my nitrogen. Rust disappeared and I haven't had any since because I have been using extra potash every year." KEEPS COTTON ON THE JOB! COTTON NEVER RUSTS when well-fed with NV POTASH ?it's too busy producing a _ healthy, high-yielding, high-quality crop? it's too busy producing heavier bolls, heavier seed, more lint per seed, better grade, longer staple and stronger fibers. Throughout this section, farmers are finding out that NV POTASH PAYS IN MANY WAYS! But you must use plenty of it Some farmers use cotton fertilizer containing 8 to 10% POTASH at planting?others topdress with 100 pounds of NV MURIATE per acre?others prefer top-dressing with 200 pounds of NV KAINIT per acre?while still others use a nitrogen-potash mixedgoods top-dresser, made with genuine NV POTASH. . Different farmers apply extra NV POTASH in different ways, but all agree that extra NV POTASH pays. Choose your own method of application, but make sure you use more NV POTASH if you want your cotton to stay on the job producing bigger yields erf a better quality crop. POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc. J BJSULi Hurt Building ATLANTA, GEORGIA J Roy*t*r Building .... NORFOLK, VIRGINIA j| JIM KELLY, Tennille, Ga., says: "In 1937 I used 400 pounds of 6% POTASH fertilizer per acre and top-dressed with nitrogen and 100 pounds of MURIATE of POTASH. On 202 acres I ginned better than 240 bales, averaging 500 pounds and on one 14-acre plot I ginned 22 bales. My gin turnout and staple were good and my crop was free from Rust." I. L. JENNINGS, Iuum, JUs., Npi "I operate six plows and on one place where I used extra NV POTASH on seven acres I made 1200 pounds of seed cotton per acre against 700 pounds per acre without the extra potash on the rest of the place. Anybody could walk down that field and tell the potash cotton to the row. When I pooled my cotton I got credit for full staple on the potash cotton, but not on any of the rest. On lots of places where I didn't use extra NV POTASH the cotton rusted badly and some of it died in July." C. P. JOHNSTON, Sm*m, Oa., Hyu "Folk* told me that part of my land waa 'cotton-tick' because cotton grown there rusted to badly. In 1937 1 listed on 300 pounds of KA1NIT per acre before pi anting, used 400 pounds of 4-8-6 at planting and later top-dressed with 150 pounds of 13-0-13. The cotton did not rust. I averaged a bale per acre, the staple was very good, and the gin turnout was excellent. A tenant said: 'Boat, where you used extra potash we got a good first picking, a good second picking, and a good third picking, but where you didn't use the extra potash we didn't get but one picking and that one wasn't so good.' H y - ' v ii'miu'i in.Tfjj L. I. wrm, llbsinlUs, Ala., nfii "In 10371 produced 22 bales on IS men*. I used 400 pounds of 44-1 fertiliser per acre at planting and later a nitrogeapotaah top-dreaser. For A or 10 years I had been troubled with cotton dying, but the extra potash helped to correct this condition. My son had some cotton fertilised just like mine, but without the extra potash. His cotton rusted but mine did not and my cotton was much easier to pick." i I W. W. KELLSTT, mi J. t. Ksllstt ft Im, Fs?mtain lam, t. C., Myii "For three years we have used 3-8-10 cotton fertiliser where we used to use 3-8 3. Although our section suffers from Rust the extra potash in the 3-8 10 has prevented Rust and given larger yields. The extra potash also produced larger bolls, which were easier to pick, and an improved staple. We averaged a bale of cotton per acre for the last three years." All fertilizer an&Iymmm mentioned above are expreeeed as NPK (nitrogen- phosphor to acid-potash). 4^- -* -7' J %' ' . ' . ]_ 1 1 _ Tw m ^gZ 1 B.* J 'A r*j Ba 1 ** ! I ^rA? V V 1 II f? XTj ill