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? . WOULDS RECORD FOH COTTON. John M. Caughman, of Lexington, Makes Five Bales on One Acre. , " 7 v.. Lexington county and the town of Lexington is the home of John M. Caughman, who holds the happy distinction of being the champion cotton grower of the world. When it was announced a year ago this was ~ * 1. _* the home of a man wno naa produced more than four., bales of cotton on one acre of ground?on an acre of land which he himself deClares would not have "sprouted a cowpea" nine years ago?the people of the whole country became interested. But when it was announced in this correspondence more than >-' a month ago that, with the prospects at that time, this same farmer, on this-same acre of land, would probably gather five bales of cotton this k F . year the entire world took notice. The announcement attracted the attention of one of the largest mov^ picture concerns of New York ''.I. city and one of the largest promoters of motion pictures in the world, both fe % of whom at once got into communi| - i * cation with Mr. Caughman. About v ^two weeks ago this concern sent one |: # of the expert motion picture photographers to Lexington for the purpose of getting a "snap-shot" of the cotton as it stood in the field, together with the champion. The demand is . verv erreat for this class of attrac Itions in many sections, and the picture will be shown in every town and city in the country using these films. Already this firm has announced that the demands for these films have piled in from every quarter of the globe. Within the next couple of weeks the pictures will be shown in Columbia and in other towns and cities in this State and other States. ] Finest He Ever Saw. -Mr. Arthur Jones, representing the ' New York film company, who photo\ . - graphed the field, in an interview stated that Mr. ,Caughman's cotton, ; without doubt, was the finest ever i grown in any land. "I have had oc- ] casion to travel from coast to coast, < i visiting the famous cotton-growing < sections of-Texas and Mississippi, but '< I have never seen anything to equal ? ' what I have seen right here in Lex ington. I consider that I have made 1 my .first record today. This is the i >. first time that I have ever seen cot- i ton the size of Mr. Caughman's 1 where the bolls are .so heavy and '< \ well developed that their weight < Aansao fVin limVio tn Kroot Tt i'o tho 1 Ivauoco IUC X11X41SO IV Ui VMu* iw vuv case, usually, in six-foot cotton like 1 ~ this I have photographed today, that 1 there is mostly 'weed' and the grade 1 of cotton very poor. However, Mr. < Caughman's is entirely different, the s bolls are large, well developed, the ? grade of staple is extra fine, and I 1 venture to say that*every boll will open and the sample will be stain- i ' lessly white. There will be no sign I : of frost stain about this, even the very latest openings, in my opinion, t g?p;> will show up equal to that opening t now. It is the most remarkable cot- c x*, ton I have ever seen, and I consider i gJ?:.. -f, that we have secured one of the most 1 jf|? interesting and exceedingly profitable * films that the country's agricultural i ; world has ever produced," conclud- f ed Mr. Jones. s Iv "What is your estimate of the ac< 1 tual amount of cotton that this field, 1 this one acre, will yield?" asked the j r^nnrter. "In mv iudsrment I would 2 : say around five bales. It all depends, t however, on the amount that will be I wasted by reason of the boll rot. Had t v it not beemfor this, with an average, s you might say, of 250 to 300 well de- I veloped'"bolls to each stalk, that this i acre would have made a yield of s fe- v about, or approximately, six bales." i Points of Difference. ] "In yhat particular, Mr. Jones, 1 does this field of cotton differ from i ,the other cotton coming under your i observation throughout the cotton 1 belt; you say that this is a record?" 1 he was asked. "Well, I have never seen cotton cultivated just like this; Pthat is, I have never seen it planted , < just like this. For instance, I be- ( .V. lieve Mr. Caughman told me that the < rows are six feet wide and the stalks , , five feet in distance. This is most ? unusual, speaKing generally, n is i not often that you see cotton plant- , ed in such wide rows and then five < feet apart in the drill. This accounts C* i I for the well developed and well matured bolls." "What about the grade of land? ; How does it compare with other laifds in the section where you have heretofore taken photographs for your famous movies?" "The land is altogether different. Here it is all sand?nothing but sand?and to the average man, viewing other lands adjoining this one acre of record cotton, it is the most remarkable feat that has ever come under my own eye. To look at tlie land around this field, its present condition, the poor crops produced thereon, and then to see what science . will do, backed up by brains and hard work, is almost beyond belief. Onlv those who see can appreciate 9* it. Right here in Lexington county the farmers have the greatest opportunities ahead of them of any peo pie I know if they will but avail themselves of it. The soil is easy to cultivate, and that it will produce the goods is doubly proven by the fact that this one acre will produce five bales of cotton. There is nothing, after all, so remarkable about it; any farmer who will take Mr. Caughman's advice, who will follow his example, can do the same thing," said the man from New York. "How did you first' learn about this great field of cotton in Lexing ton, away down here, tar rrom tne bustle and hustle of 'Little Old New York?' is mainly what I want to know no^T?" queried the reporter. Gives Credit to "P. R." "Well, sir, that's easy; it was through your own work that this first came to my attention. We are always on the lookout for something new; in fact, we are always after the best, something that will* appeal, to the sensible side of life as well as to the humorous, and my eyes first glanced the big headlines?a threecolumn headliner?in the Augusta Chronicle, and we communicated with Mr. Caughman at once, and I had a sort of feeling that maybe ths story had been exaggerated. Not so, however; I must say that you have done justice to your own men, to your own town and to your own great section. Nothing on earth pays so well as advertising, and "you see, after all, had it not been for you we folks never would have been able to show this great picture. By that one stroke of your fertile pen you have, perhaps, done more for South ^ "? ~?u ? uaronna man any utuei nvius uj?u. Yes, it pays to be a* booster, an honest booster, and I trust that you may live long and prosper," said ^Ir. Jones, as he gathered together his many different views of the famous cotton field, which in a few days will "v, / be thrown on the curtains in thousands of moving picture theatres throughout the country. Flooded With Letters.. Mr. Caughman been bothered with the "movie" man, but during the past several weeks he has had hundreds of inquiries about this field of cotton?a thousand and one things ill in one letter. These letters have come from far and near?it might be said from Maine to California. So thick and fast have they come in that if the champion cotton "grower of Lexington pretended to* answer all of :hem, it would require the work of i number of expert stenographers, ind he would have to open up a private office. One man from Spiro, Oklahoma, closes one of his many let:ers to the Lexington champion as follows: "Please excuse me for burlening you this way, but if I make a success of farming you will have the satisfaction of knowing you helped a 'ellow along in the right path." In writing from Spiro,, Oklahoma, mder date of September 4, J. D. Dorough, banker and merchant, says: 'I realize in asking a favor of you hat it is almost impossible for you o answer the lettets which you re seive regarding your method of raisng cotton. On the other hand, I beieve that you will answer this one vhen you know that my object is an mselfish one. What I wish is to orm a 'Boys' Cotton Club' in this section, where it is sadly needed, ifou are in a position to do these )oys a vast amount of good. Will rou kindly take time to give them t description of / preparation of ground, fertilization used, when and low often, seed used, method of cul;ivation up to time of laying by same? If this causes you any ex)ense, kindly please state just what t will be, if you have to have a stenographer to write same, and I vill see if I cannot get it in our expense account out of the funds on land? Also state if you have seed for. sale, and also the price, so we \ * nay be able to take this matter up Arith you. Sincerely thanking you for any favor you may show us, etc." Method of Giving Information. Of course, Mr. Caughman answered this letter, but there are many ithers that he has not answered, and cannot answer. Farm journals the country over have been writing for "stories" of how it is done, besides the hundreds of persons who have come for many miles to take a look at the greatest patch of cotton ever grown in the world. In order that there may be no more "annoyance" from any source, so far as the chamnion himself is concerned, Mr. Caugh c man has given the whole story to this correspondent, with the request that it be published, so that if any benefits should be derived from it those who may choose to try the plan are at liberty to do so, and it is freely and gladly given. Nine years ago Mr. Caughr.ian sold out his magnificent and splendid farm, located about five miles east of Lexington on the Wyse's Ferry road, and moved to the county seat of Lexington. He had been accustomed to farming on the clay or "red land" all of his life, and while Mr. Caughman had been most suc * * ' - : c i. _ u ? eessiui. ne aamus now mai u ue tmu been farming in the sand land all of his life, previous to moving to Lexington, he would have been a r:.il lionaire today. In his opinion, the sand land holds out to the man who puts his best efforts into the work the greatest possibilities of any section on earth. Once the land is improved and built up to a high-class of cultivation, it is easier to make i* (Continued on apge 6, column 1.) FRESH NORFOLK I UIOIUU FINE CALIFORNIA FRUITS CIGARS CIGARETTES TOBACCOS COLD DRINKS From today we make our own Candies. CAFE CONNECTED BAMBERG FRUIT CO. I I G0' I WPII VT JUUU I n B ])o you ki B are well bo sold? 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These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kin' dred and creditors of the said Jacob | Ehrhardt) deceased, that they be and j appear before me in the Court of; ! Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on; Saturday, November 20th, next, after; I publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in i j the forenoon, to show cause, j j is any they have, why the said i j administration should not be granti ed. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of November, A. D., 1915. GEO. P. HARMON, Judge of Probate. CHICHESTER S PILLS TIIE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladles! Ask your Druggist for I Cki-ckes-ter s Diamond Urand/A\ ; IMils ia Red and Cold metallicjrw/ *>-v ?boxes, sealed With Clue Ribbon. \ / TO 9b Take no other. Buy of your * I / ~ flf Druggist. AskforCIll.ClIES.TER8 W Jf DIAMOND BRAND FILLS, for 25 Vt* M years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliabi# ^?r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS FVERWHERF ' MS I I BOUGHT I iow goods that l | ught are half H ay strictest at- H 0 goods we buy. 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