The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 07, 1915, Page 2, Image 2
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BIG CHOP OF PEANUTS.
Tluee Hundred Acres Planted by F. y
M. Rogers, Sr., of Florence.
Florence, Sept. 30.?One of the
most interesting sights to be seen on
a farm hereabouts is that on the '
farm of Mr. Frank M. Rogers, Sr., in *
Back Swamp Township, where at this 1
time he has begun the harvesting of 1
his large peanut crop, mention of t
which was made in these news items 1
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some weeks ago. Mr. Rogers plant- 1
ed this year 300 acres of Spanish *
and Virginia peanuts, which was
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noming inure man an !UiV4AV) J
for nothing like this great acreage
has ever before been planted in
South Carolina. It is said that the
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next largest acreage planted by any
one farmer in this State is near
Bishopville, where some 75 or 100
j|r. - acres are planted.
tMr. Rogers began about ten days
ago gathering this new ^crop, that is
in this section, and one who has
never seen the peanut crop grown or
harvested would be amazed were
they to pass along the highway and
view the result. Hundreds of hands,
V negro men, women and children, are
employed in ploughing, lifting the
vines with their tubers, stacking and
curing them, making ready for pickP
; ing and separating.,
The vines with their tubers are
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? stacked in the field on Doles which
I have been erected with an arrangement
at the bottom about a foot c
from the ground for ventilation. 1
These poles are placed about fifty 1
yards apart and in rows the length *
of the field. There are several thou- 1
sand poles or stacks, which resemble ^
hay stacks, only they are not so high ^
or so bulky, and it certainly is in- a
teresting to pass along and take a T
view of these farms. ^
Mr. Rogers will net anywhere from ^
. 90 to 120 bushels of peanuts to the
acre, and it is stated that he will be
able to dispose of his entire crop at 1
^ 90 cents to $1 the bushel. v
It will be remembered, that Mr. t
Rogers was the pioneer tobacco ^
planter in this State, which crop is c
the outcome of the News and Cour- ^
ier's efforts some twenty odd years *
ago and which has proven to be a ?
great big crop in South Carolina. 11
Mr. Rogers planted no cotton on ^
his plantation this year at all, and D
by his not doing so he will no doubt r
r be much benefited. *]
FORD'S SUBMARINE. e
What the Automobile Man Has to n
Say About the Little Terror. f]
Henry Ford, the automobile manu
. facturer, who is going to New York
SlinHav n'aht nrpHminarv tn a nrtn
IV -ference with Secretary Daniels, will q
subhait to the latter a plan for a new
submarine one-fourth the size of the
average submarine, far more destrucr
w
tive and, in Mr. Ford's opinion, like- ^
Jy to hasten world peace. ^
The new submarine would be w
equipped with a gasoline motor only ^
one-fourth the size of those now in
. use and far less expensive. h
This is what Mr. Ford has to say N
^ about the new submarine: m
"It would be no trick at all to pro- ~
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g?duce a submarine equipped with a ^,
gasoline engine for its entire motive E
power which could sail anywhere under
the sea carrying a pill at the end
of a pole powerful enough to blow
the mightiest battleship ever built
- into a wreck of junk. I am going to T
iell Secretary Daniels so when I see
jtfm in Washington next week.
"The new submarine would be
c (One-fourth the size of the present r(
='1 -submarine and would be able to pro- ^
|i: ' -pel itself and guide itself up and
<down to the right and to left, by its P(
fe*; <own po^er. Electric storage batter- te
' Ci
vtes are unnecessary. 01
^5' - ^ + Viq hoct nf all thpfiP Sllh
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|g/':" marines can be built at such a slight f(
cost that all the incentive for greed}' 0
armament makers will be taken 3
|p away from them. They will cost on- ?
\ ly a fraction of what the present sub- a
||? marines cost and only a fraction of S(
one per cent, of the $15,000,000 a
dreadnoughts which they will be able 0
to blow to pieces. n
fef "If the public is interested 0
jj; ;C" enough, we may arrange to give Q
demonstrations of this new machine b
some time in the near future. I be- k
lieve that education will be the great- a
est factor in bringing about univers* r
al peace, but this new submarine is G
likely, by the very terror it inspires, f
to hasten world peace." c
Keeping His Word. g
There are a lot of four-flushers t
who who go through without learn- (
ing that four-flushing is a fine art. j
Such are beneath contempt. But one \
has great admiration for those who {
have mastered the game. <
"If a man called me a liar," as- ?
serted one such, "I'd sail in and lick
him, if he weighed 300 pounds." <
"Well, you big bluff," answered
one who was tired of listening. "I
call you right here and now. You're
a liar!"
"Bluff yourself?" came back the
artist, without a minute's hesitation.
If "You don't weigh more than onefifty
and you know what I said."?
Hartford Courant.
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KILLED IX EUROPE. A
iVm. M. Xicholls Slain on Battlefield, I
Says Report From London. R
Spartanburg, Sept. 30.?Second
Jeut. W. Montague Xicholls, with
he 13th battery, Royal Field Artilery,
of the British army, was killed
n battle September 26-27, according
o information received this mornng
from the British war office in
^ondon by Judge George W. XTicholls,
'ather of Lieut. XTicholls.
The message conveyed no details
is to the actual engagement in which
Meut. Xicholls fell, but it is believed
;hat he was killed in the desperate
)attle in the region of Hulluch and '
l/oos, when the British and French
:orces opened a strong offensive
novement against the German
'orces, driving them from their
:renches and making advances for
;he allies, as indicated in war dispatches
published here during the
jarly part of the week. The copy
)f the cablegram received by Judge
S'icholls at his office today was as
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ollows:
"London, September 30. S
"George W. Nicholls, Spartanburg, I
>. C.: Deeply regret to inform you I
;hat Second Lieut W. M. Nicholls, R.
A., was killed in action between I
26-27 September. Lord Kitchener I
ixpress sympathy." I
Congressman-elect Sam J. Nich- I
>lls, brother of Lieut. Nicholls, im- B
nediately filed a cablegram to the B
British war office requesting inior-? a
nation as to the possibilities of hav- I
ng the body delivered to South Car- I
>lina for interment. The United I
>tates war department was wired I
tsking the department to assist rela- I
ives here in having the body deliv- I
>red to Spartanburg. Every effort I
nil be made to secure the body. B
Quit Naval Academy. B
Lieut. Nicholls, who left for Eng- , I
and soon after the European war ^
iras declared, having resigned from
he United States Naval Academy, at
innapolis, a year previous to beome
a member of his father's law
irm here, spent several weeks in
London before his services in the
English army were accepted, but fitally,
after' taking the oath of alliance
to England, secured a command
as second lieutenant in the
toyal Artillery and was sent to the
ront about a year ago. \ %
Last March, 21st, he was woundd,
being shot through the thighs.
'hies ooucori him tn snenri several- I r
JUiU VUU^VU *** vw ?? v.
lonths in a hospital, but recovering
rom that wound, he was again sent'
3 the front possibly three months
go.
Lieut. W. Montague Nicholls wasie
third son of Judge and Mrs.
eorge W. Nicholls and one of the
lost popular young men of the city.
He graduated from the city schools
ith honors and spent one year at :<
fofford. He next entered the Citael
and had completed two years
hen he received his appointment at
nnapolis, the government naval
Jhool.. In March, before he would
ave graduated in June from the
aval Academy, he resigned his comLission
and returned to Spartanburg,
here he remained until September,
914, when he decided to enlist with
ncrlanrl in tha PTOat "RlTrrmPtaTT rott-l
ict.
HEN HATCHER ALLIGATORS.
he Little Animals Caught the Hea
and Scared Her to DeathThe
following from Kinstcur, NV C-?!
jcently appeared in several North
arolina papers:
A barnyard panic followed the ap-'
garance "in public'' of the best set>r
in the flock of C. J. Overton, at
outh Creek, with the queerest brood ;
rer hatched by a hen. A tragedy
)IIowed, the hen being the victim
f fright. Overton found a nest with ;
7 alligator eggs in it on the banks 1
f South creek, in which the reptiles
bound. He took the eggs home,
elected half dozen, placed them in
box with straw and the over-zealus
hen. "absolutely devoid of
leans," immediately seized upon the I
pportunity. Just how long was re- I
uired to hatch the eggs is not cer- I
ain, but that three produced is I
:nown to reliable neighbors as well I
,s to Overton,, a man of splendid I
eputation. The hen clucking led her
irood, their mouths wide open, out
or the other fowls to pass judgment J
in.
She scratched, and then trouble
started. The alligators did not get
he drift of the well meaning bidlies'
actions. The four-inch reptiles
seized her by vulnerable parts, all
:hree at the same moment as if pre- L
irranged. The frightened hen elud- ~~Z
*d Overton, trying to catch her to T
get the 'gators off for half an hour,
he finally cornered her. The un- A
grateful offsprings were still cling- ?
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llig IU 11^1 U.11KL |
throat. <\
Relieved, the hen immediately flew
into a tree, and would not be coaxed . G
down again. She suddenly fell out,
dead. The alligators, probably from wa
improper care, lived only a few ^
hours. Overton will try the experi- se{
ment again. ?
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"Time accepts
excuse
No one would think of building a new
home without protecting it from fire.
But an old home is just as dear as
the new, and if it should be destroyed
by fire a new one must take its place.
The cost of Fire Insurance is so low,
that no one can afford to overlook absolute
protection or risk the loss of the
old home or take the chance of not having
a new one. Rates cheerfully given.
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do we know auto construction | ^
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that we can usually determine |
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fully tested. And those who
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when their cars need more at- \
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radius of several hundred miles
"In less than one hour he .
of flour at a total cost to us of
"Since then we have applie
Bell Telephone to everyfeature
most profitable results. Tht
rates are reasonable and there
in one Long Distance Telephc
a dozen letters"
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BOX 108. COLUMBIA, SOU'
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Experience f
Convinced Me
of its Value
"One of our sales- t
en demonstrated the
due of the Long Disnce
Telephone to us.
e was at Huntsville,
la., and upon his own
sponsibility put in) >
merchants within a
u
had sold 2100 barrels
less than six dollars.
d the Long Distance
: of our business with <
{.service is fine, the
is more satisfaction .
>ne talk than in half
'HONE
PANY
IB CAROLINA. .
Heal Electric Starter
In Your Fori if
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er that has heen used for
id is reliable. The Starter
under the hood out of the
Starter that does away with
starts from the seat.
iND LET US PUT ON ONE
FOR YOU.
IAMH. PATRICK
BAMBERG, S. C.
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s home early is not the
:ame to business late,
money even BEFORE
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ked late and above alt
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