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f iii—in,iaaii ♦ The EstsablisM In 1877. : *Ju»t Like a Member of the Famllv" LdirfMt County Circa lat ion. | VOLUME XLV. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA^ THURSDAY, APRIL 13TH, 1922. NUMBER'flT 5 ^ ASPARAGUS CUTTING IS IN FULL BLAST AT ELKO Car Load Shipments Moving Daily.— Cotton Planting Completed Soon. n. Raising Cotton Despite Boll Weevil. Elko, April 12.—Asparagus cutting i§ ,now in full blast. Car load ship ments are moving daily. Cotton planting will be about completed this week. Corn and peanuts are about the last crop now that our farmers plant. The peanut acreage will be about the same in this section as it was last year. The governments re port gives the creage in peanuts in Barnwell County as leading all the other counties in the state, fixing the figures at 5,500. Elko has done its part to make the total this high. Cukes are nearly all up. The Long Branch section this year Is reported as having a large acreage of water melons agin, nd oUr people anticipate melons, and our people anticipate .this aummer loading melons. ’ Mr. Albert Hair, of the J{alr and Lee firm of Commission Merchants, has been at home recently looking after the shipping end of his business. His home folk have lots of confidence in his firm, and his solicitation is not necessary. ’ Mrs. Lizzie Hair, of Barnwell, who has been visiting her sons, Messrs. U. M. and 8. B. Hair, of Williston, recently spent several days with Mrs. Jane E. Johnston. Mr. R. A. Breazeale, of Anderson, spent several days here li^st week with relatives. Last week altoul twenty of our as paragus growers here complimented Congressman Jas. K Byrnes with a i rate of extra 'large asparagus. It was the finest crat has lie»*n shipp***! fn on. The bum hes stalks to the bunch. m<*mbered that in It > 1 >ad strike was H.vrr.es personally the Transportation iVttsyivama R. K i porta tior for our r» asparagus to north recently Mr Byrnes had an mvestiga- t*on made as Ur the postihtlwie* «»f shipping our grass via. parcel post. Our growers have not forgotten this kindness, Mr Byrnes* letter thanks and appreciation was tacked r of “gr ’UN ft 1$ that *m here Ih had • bo at ten It W! |i e re- ■20. * riflli r the rail- on. Con Iffl *man •PP» nrv- d t, ofore Ag< of tta md *erui m 11 ra na f nc? rmt itT ca ira tlf *rn i mar K • ■t*, , and The Carroll County Times (Ga.). 1. PrepanP your land - in October by blowing it up with dynamite. 2. Lay it off in rows 12 feet apart and plant your cotton seed in Decem ber. 3. When your cotton comes up thin it to one stalk in a hill 23 feet apart. • 4. Spray each stalk twice a day with Hoyt’s German cologne. 5. Cover your cotton with mosqui to netting when it is two weeks old— this netting to be stretched over poul try wire. 6. Spread “tanglefoot” between all cotton rows and replace it every day. 7. Bum off all the nearby woods, and cut down dead trees and- burn them. 8. Dust the following mixture on your cotton twice a day: Epsom salts, calomel, cream of wheat, and the white of an egg. 9. Have two hired hands for everv acre in .cultivatiori. Furnish them with barberV tweezers to be U§ed in pinching the heads off any boll wee vils which shew up. 10. Mortgage your farm and buy nitrate of soda spread it plentifully around the roots of the cotton. 11. If any of the bolls should get punctured have the punctures vulcan ized at once. Any good automobile tire man can do this for you. 12. Begin picking your cotton in February and try to have it all gin ned ami sold by March 15. This will enable you to get to work and grow com. peas, potatoes and hogs for the home consumption. This kind of con sumption does not need the services of a doctor. 13. Pay your preacher. Trade for cash. Settle all your old debt*, and live happy ever afterwrani*. COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HEL D IN BARNWELL FRIDAY AF TERNOON.—VARIOUS KIND S OF TRUCK TO BE GRADED , AND SOLD BY THE THE ASSOCIATION. CONSTANCE BINNKY. • mmummarnt* la Her Second Realart Production, “The Stnlen Kim*.’* Constance Binney, debutante star of screen and stage, whose first Real art picture, “Erstwhile Susan." cre ated a sensation wherever shown, has | just completed her second produr- of I ijnn called “The Stolen Kiss.** and her many admirers will get another " The acreage of truck crops in the Barnwell vicinity has grown to such an extent that it has been decided by the farmers that a Cooperative Mar keting Association for the handling, grading and spiling o f the various kinds of produce is necessary if full market prices are to be secured, and with that end in view a representa tive meeting of farmers, merchants and bankers was held in the direct ors room of the Home Bank of Barn well Friday afternoon. After a full discussion of the acreage planted, or to be planted it was decided to form such an organization. The fact that all other tpwns in this section have adopted this method of selling their produce shows the advisability and feasibility of the plan. The govern ment highly apprdves of such ar rangements and furnishes expert graders and packers. All that is nece*sary is for the farmers to join. It costs him abso lutely nothing to become a member. He then brings his “cukes”, canta loupes or any other truck that he may have for sale to the shipping point, where it will he graded and offered for sale, either.hy the farmer himself or the association. The big benefit that the grower* get to start with is the correct grade of the commodity anti full information a* to market prices in the various Northern markets. The association, hy this system, hopes to he able to always have several buyers at the depots? who knowing that the stamp or grade has been put on the truck by a government expert, will readily pay a better price than they would under other circumstances. This ia the first opportunity that a small truck grower has had offered him to sell hi* goods intelligently. It is of fered to the small a* well as the big Reedy Branch Items. Hm II. :tlv t- ■ •ard at the Rost Of- n a taut asparagus remarked that the •etier than the Wil- Another said that or, and still a noth- aver w*a» tatter, now where theie accompanied folks, visited Lyhrand . at islon asparagU' the stock was ii er said that the Kvery-body will farmers live. Mr. R U Johnston, by several Buck (’reek His sister. Mr>. Henry Lexington lu.-t week-end. — ... Mr. and Mrs. M. Hair, of Augusta, motored down and “Sun-i dayed” with* the former’s father. Mr. \V. M. Hair, last Sunday.. They had ►- Beauty with them. There has been quite a bit of sick ness in town this past week. Among those on the sjck list wore Mrs. P. S. Green, Mrs. K. IL/Lce, Mr. J. P. Lee, Mrs. VV. 11. Hair and several children. A few of our truck growers went up to Williston last week to hear Mr, G. S. Oary, the Illinois cannery ex pert, talk iii Kennedy’s Hall about 1 h^^ussihilities of establishing a* /jlycaI branch house to nis Sweetheart Brand Cannery somewhere in this sec tion. Mr. Crary’s specialty is aspar agus. His cahned products make their own speech. A trial is all the advertisement necessary. Mr., and Mrs. William B. Hair, of Gastonia, N. (., have many, friends here who are glad to hear of the ar rival of their second daughter the first of this week. «Friends of Miss Latrel 1b Morgan were surprised to hear of her mar.- riage recently to Mr. W r . H. Carter, of Cope. Miss Morgan taught the Reeve’s Creek school, near here, this past session. r ' > x op|M>rtumty tn M<r the work of thh fascinating star at the Vamp Then tre on Thursday, April 13th. “Tta Stolen Kiss.” as in the rase of “Erstwhile Su»an.” is founded «*tt “Little Mj** Bn Slyke’s de- ofthe little “pretender” whose uniqut a whistler and entertainer means whereby sHe finds happiness, has sc mm with farmer. Cooperation is the key to success and every farmer in this im mediate section is urged to join. Any further information will be readily supplied' by T. S. Cave , E. D. Pea cock, B. B. Easterling or Ralph Smith. At the meeting Friday afternoon, a temporary organization was effected by the election of T. S Cave as chair man and Ralph Smith as secretary, lit the permanent organization they were elected president and secretary, respectively, with W. t. Cave, B. B. Easterling ami E. D. Peacock as members of the Executive Committee, these gentlemen having full authoritf as to hiring of help and the selling of produce. Upon invitation, W\ E. Prothro, of Wlllirfton,'wraa present and made an Excellent talk. He is enthusiastic over the \Vllliston association and of fered his full assistance in organiza- ing and maintaining the Barnwell as sociation. It is his opinion that co operative marketing is the solution of the problem of handling truck. Another visitor was C. S. Creary. °f Strcator, III., who is contemplating establishing a canning factory at Wil liston. Hi* talk of the benefits to be derived from such an organization wa« very gratifying.* Among those who joined the organ ization Friday were the following: II. W. Sanders, II. J. Crouch, R, B. East erling, W. L» C ave, B. W. Sexton. J. w. w alker, Charlie Brown T. 8. Cave, T. D. Creighton. M. B. Ilaguod, A. A. Lemon, A. D. Conner, D. W. Brown. H. D. Calhoun. J. Cohen, K. G. W Walker. A. R. Sanders, E. D. Pea cock, J. B. Armstrong, G. W Man- villr, \ irtor Lewi*. H. F. Owens, B. L. Easterling, C. B. Ellis, R. V. I aipr and 8. B. Moseley. It ts expected that many other names will he added to this list. Reedy Branch, April 10.—Mr. and Mrs. ^L D. Calhoun, of Denmark, were visitors to Reedy Branch Sun day afternoon. 'The Rev. D. W. Heckle was the guest of Sir. and Mrs. N. C. Grubbs, Sr., Saturday. li|essrs. Paul Owens, M. F. Black and W. H. Black were the guests of Mr. W. R. Black Sunday afternoon. Miss Mary Lucile Creech was the week-end guest of Miss Azilie Hiers. Misses Agatha Still, Mary J. Owens and Mr. Coy Still were out to Reedy Branch Sunday afternoon. Mr. Jennings Owens was a wel come visitor to Reedy Branch Sun day afternoon. Mr. Dave Owens was a visitor to Miss Azilie Hiers Saturday evening. Mrs. B. B. Baxley and Mrs. N. C. Grubbs were the guests of their brother, Mr. W. R. Black Monday. Mr. Hewlette Still Was in this vi cinity Saturday eveniiig. Mr. B. W. J. Still attended the PROSPECT OF FURNITURE FACTORY FOR WILLISTON Cannery May Abu Be Located Thera by an Illinois Concern. Williston, April It.—Last week a Mr. Reece, an experienced furniture manufacturer of California, stopped over ip Williston to investigate the possibilities of establishing « furni ture factory here. ‘ For the past six months on an av erage of two cars a day of poplar logs have been shipped from Willis ton to the North Carolina furniture factories. The freight charges and other expenses have aggregated $100 per day on these shipments. In other words, the North Carolina factories have this one item that would not be entailed by a furniture factory in the heart bf the poplar section of South Carolina. This point greatly impres sed Mr. Reece as did the splendid cli mate and good and inexpensive labor to be obtained through this section. _ Within the next few weeks Mr. funeral service* of Mrs. I^e Morris Reece expects to return to Willistoa {?*un<lay at Friendahip. Miss Lila Still spent the weeTc-end with Misses Ineeda and Iris Grubbs. Mr. Dave Owens was in this vi cinity Sunday evening. Mr. Jennings Owens was the guest of Miss Pearline Black Satur day evening. Misses Azilie Hiers and Mary Lucile Creech spent last Wednesday with Mr. and Mm. F. J. Black. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Black and little daughter, Ehless. were the guests of the former’s father. Mr. Tobias Black. HAPPEN INGK OF THE SPOT N KW SY to perfect an organization looking to- a sutcessiui novel, the-Day,” Lutilk- Nan lightfully whim'Ual tali ability as is ‘ the >e and l**cn transferred to the the utmost fidelity. Thoi-e who have read the h«H»k, “Lit tle Miss''By-tbe-Day,’*,are promised a revelation in this director’** ability to retain the actual flavor of the original tale. Ojlpostte Miss Binney will be seen Rodney I.a Roque, and in the supporting cast such promi nent players as Frank Losec, Brad ley Barker, Robert Sellable. George Backus, Agnes. Everett, Ada Nevil and Kdvna Davis. Allendale ('•me* Hark. % A lit ml* Ur County, in * j*o uth- western part of South Carolina, bordering on the Savannah River, wa<* oDc of the first counties in this State to be invaded hy the hull wee vil. It .N one of the first counties to find tta way tack to prosperity t by way of diversified farming. N*. who writes on agricult-1 for the AugU'la Cbroni-1 looking into The Cierle Plan. Our auxiliary cifries, each circle member*, a teacher t* div ideit into having an a four twelve j -istant Double Pond, April 10.—Mr*. Mary Dyches *prnt Monday afternoon with Mrs. R. W. Warren. M t*a Currie Dyches is at home after a three week’s visit with her sister in OlaV. Mr. Isadora Hartsog was in Black- vitle Saturday. Mm. Mary Bodiford i* spending sometime with her son. Mr. Henry Bodiford. Mias Corrie Dyches was the guest of Mi*s Julia Warren Wednesday afternoon. • Mr. Norton Detk it at home again | after a visit of several weeks with teacher, a treasurer and a secretary 15e are studying “I20U Bible Qura- j lions in Consecutive (>rder.*' ’ This is the best Itook we have studied in relatives in Columbia. Mr. an*l Mr*. Henry | Emma Birt and Miss My 1 of Blackville. were the and Mrs. Charlie Hartzog Sunday Mrs. Ma WirUs tKe establishment of this enter prise within the near future. He is dot asking for local capital as his project ia already financed and they are only looking for an ideal location and Williston can and will prove that . she is this location. He only wants the moral support of its citizens. Mr. C. S. Cary, President of the C. S. Cary Co. of Streetor. Illinois, ad dressed about twenty-five farmers ia Kennedy's Hall last Friday afternoon Moat of thoor attending the meeting •re growers of asparagus. The pur pose of the meeting was to diseuaa the advisability of establishing a can nery in this section primarily to eon asparagus but other truck if poaaibU. Mr. Cary opened a ran of the fam ous Sweetheart" Long Green Aaporn- gus canned by* his company. It ie his opinion that the green “graaa” of this section ie capable of the same fine blending as the HHneis aspara gus. Hr has already had cans ship ped and is connecting up a retort with the boilers at the Green and Crate Cn. with a view U • thorough test. If the,, prove satisfactory, he stated that he would have a car or more empty cam ship ped here at once so as to take care ef the asparagus crop ef this com munity as soon as the aaarketa for | freak asparagus tagtns to weaken. Rirt, Mrs., This market so far ia holding up and rile Chi tty, the asparagus growers are in fin# gueets of Mr. j spirits but they know from ezperi- 1 rncr hist on of SNFLUNG NEWS HICKORY GROVE ITEMS. Hickory Grovt, April 5.—Mrs*. Car- >i*» Dick* and children wore the vis itors of Mrs. H. K. Keenan Wednes day afternoon. Mr. Bruce Weeks was a visitor in I this seution Tuesday. ^ ^ ^ Mr. and Mr*. E. H. Bell were the guests of the latter’s parents, Mr. Master Billie Davies, son of Mr. and Mi>. B. P. Davies, was pain- and Mra. Dock. BceCt, Sunday. I injured Tuesday morning when Miss Gladys Zcigler has returned SnoTTing, April 11.—Mr. and Mrs. B S. Moore and children, of Barnwell, spent Sunday afternoon here with re lative?. Mr. and^Mrs. W. B. Parker and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baxley and Mrs. Laura Sanders were the guests of Mr. T. O. Davis-and sisters last Sunday, lifr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook and child ren and Mi's. Ella Rutland spent Wed nesday with Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hair at Williston. Mr. and Mr*. H.^B. Martin, «f Dun bar ton ;-spefrt4*WHfey-vv4Gv-the-4attor-^ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J._<L Hill. . Messrs., W. C. and Micugy Birt. James Cook , Misses. Sina Birt and Lucy Cook spent Sun da and Mrs. O. D. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cook and ohiltD ren ami Mrs. Ella Rutland spent Sun day at Dunbarton with Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Anderson. Mr. S. E. Moore was a visitor in Augusta, last week. . Miss Ogretta Norris spent the week-end with Miss Marie Hill. to her home at Khrhardt after teach ing - the Hickory Grove school thw he fell on the Main sHirwaik and broke St '•rat cement at. right roUaf- ldaie Co L. Willett, ural topic* cle, ha* tarn situation in Allendale, and has mode up a list of twenty-nine commercial herd* “all having around a hundred head and shipping possibly one car each year." Then* are, of gourso, a good many 'other* commercial herds in the vounty. Indeed, the Allen dale County Citizen says that where as three years ago "there had prob ably not been two cars of hogs *hip- ped from Allendale County. v now “scarcely a week passes that at least one ear load does not leave sortie station in this- county for northern or eastern markets.” The Citizen cnnjjnues: —■— ‘‘Not only hogs, but every other farm product that can be imagined, are shipped from this county every week in proportions that sound like fairy tales when spoken of in re gard t.o, v this section which only—il few years back was so completely under the, rule of King Cotton. Hogs, cattle,(Poultry, eggs, potatoes, hay. grain, beans, peas, vegetables of-every kind, truck in^ greatly in creased quantities, and every other imaginable product that Allendale ^pii can produce, leave here daily* for a ready market in testimony of the most complete and rapid tran sition -from «n all-cotton system to the most diversified ■system of any in the State, that has ever been brought about. “A large part of the credit for this needful and aggressive change is due to the county and home dem onstration .agents of fhut county, backed, of course,* by an intelligent farming cla>s with foresight and business acumen. - The only changes that have Ixjen orougrt. about m the transitiou was tej*e!y stated a few days ago by a visitor from another i-ection. He said in part: 'About the only change I notice in AUen- mpteir change in tta Safety ted pU Thursdav afternoon The I Us meet at 'appointed place* atul i , ' Mis«T»ra« •fore . —.. that they cannot ship profitably ry Bodiford spent last Fri- , throughout the entire season tanro . Salta Delk. ' the necessity of a cannery In ad- the guest of j dilion to asparagus Mr. Cary thinks I day- with her sister. Mi ' le on l r.ursday aftermton lie to re | the hog the first.Sunday in each month, i There we enjoy, an hour Word. ImnievUateJy after the .les son a social feature is introduced, which the ladies enjoy very much. The regular missionary meeting is on Tuesday afternoon'Tffier the month. This church at 4 Gist Sunday t>f every meeting is held in the o’clock. Listen, friends, * I earnestly heg you, who are in amis around the town of Barnwell who. afe 1 not a mein^er of any society ~or study circle to let’s put prayer and conse crated service into this work for our Lord. We will be Helping to answer our prayer thpt His Kingdom may come on earth as it is in Heaven. Come on, joirr our circles. It gives Qep when everything else fails. Mrs. Clyde S. Vickery, Supt. of Study and Publicity. Barnwell Methodist Church. 1 Mias Lula Hair was Bla* k Saturday after- that string beans—of which there in non. J • large acreage in this section this Mr. and Mr*. F. W. Delk. of this 1 year-•tomatoes, dewberries and of God s | • . .. , • • i , . j vicinity an* receiving many con- i probably spinach ami sweet potatoes t gratulations" on the birth of a fine ran be canned during the other boy. ( ; month* of the year. This will mean M r. and Mrs. Earnest Croft spent much to encourage the growing of Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. K. I these crops which can be handled in W. Warren. ' the same manner as asparagus—• Miss Julia Warren. Master Nor- sell early and can at* the market map Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Earnest weakens. Croft and little Miss Louise Warren Mr. Cary is very much impressed Were the guests of Miss Emma Lou with this section and said during the their mode of living—a change which will accomplish ?i world of good in their behalf.They ' have found ,)Ut > tmd-itqt too late, 1 ho|H'', that fine automobiles* useless 1 ux~ i Dyches Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Ellen Jones spent Sunday with Mrs. Vernon Hartzog. Mrs. Sjmpy Hudson is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Bessie De.lk. Mr. Telfair Hutto took a flying trip to Hilda Saturday. Mr. R. W. Warren was in Iflack- ville Saturday afternoon. Miss Ollie Lee Jones is spending a few days in Blackville. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hair were (be truest* of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hartzog Sunday. uries and things bought for the sole purpose of show, never have and never will be a true index to pros- . Ih Memoriaji)- -— — The Death Angdl visited our home im Barnwell two years ago on uf: \ is a year the attitude of tho people m April 7th, 192U| and carried with jit our dear husband and loving , father, J. Frank Grubbs, age—52r nerity. TheyJiave found out that a , -— , ,— > , ^ ‘ ^ Oh, how our hearts -ache when we t arm, food and a Ford are better by t . . , . . v ,, • ’ . ' thtnk of one we loved so dear shall far than cotton, consternation and ai . , ... , „ J never be with us on earth again. a< 1 ,aL * * r * j But we hope to meet him on the Allendale County ha>* come back , . .' , . , ,, . ■ ' shining shore, where we shall part and so,- too, will other counties of , , ,»/ . , , , no more. \\ e miss you dear hus- Soutn Carolina come hack when i . , « * .l ’ , , J band ami father.. they learn, as Allendale ha*‘learned, , . . ” i W e miss you everywhere. ♦hat cotton is not the only crop out , , ... , , 7 - . Although we. know that you of which the people of thin section i o i-i .u -x" can make a living and more than a ! . . —-r"- -w. — — »• —, WiuXael that yoty ara anar. living. Five years frum now we... . . . . t .. . . . u . . He 1* gone, tat not forgotten. *»'! •" will b,, m,.fiiory M.; Ihr uul * which w .r. now , h ., u , h „ Un ,„, are course of his talk: "It is amazing to me why people will try to raise truck in the North when they can come to such sections of the South as this with muejp longer seasons and thus be enabled to put their product on the markets so many weeks earl ier” In closing his talk, he stated that enough interest had already been manifested to cause him to make up his mind to put in a can nery. This is good news to the peo ple of the Williston and Elko sec tions for they have.fell the need Of this for sometime. One large farm er made the statement that he would plant at once,ten acres of asparagus and guarantee to deliver every stalk thhr ‘acreage to the cannery” ; Final Meeting. and marvel that we should over have .been dtsrtAlraged over Racing Ur give ) up cotton and the one-crop syotem. | — Sew* and Courier . Around tta grave where he Is laid. Wife and Daoffater.- IjLiimm m THE PEOPLE. The final meeting of the County Teachers Association for the present session Will be held at, the Barnwell High Schoot auditorium on Saturday, April 22, and the address will be de livered by Dr. E. W. Sikes, president of Coker College. Hartsville. Dr. Sikes has an engagement for Friday night previous to this date, and it ia j impossible for him to reach BarnwnM taint* tta afternoon* Tta meeting will, therefore, be held at (.o’clock p. m: The music for the occasion will be furnished by the teacher* of tta Blackv{ll» High School. The full pro gram will be Adrertita is THE PEOPLE,