The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 02, 1919, Page 4, Image 4

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?be Pamberg ileralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. 1 Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1.891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 28. No. 4 0 , Thursday, October 2, 1919 THE COUNTY AGENT. We are informed that the federal appropriation for the maintenance of the farm demonstration service has been reduced, and that in order for Bamberg county to continue to have a county farm demonstration . jigent it will be necessary for the fed- j eral appropriation to be supplemented by an appropriation from the county. This matter has been presented to the county legislative delegation, and two of the delegation have agreed to supplement the sum alloted to Bamberg county. The third member has declined to agree Jo a county appropriation for this purpose, and the appropriation cannot be secured without his consent. Mr. George R. Briggs, the county agent, will not remain?cannot remain?unless this appropriation is secured. If the farmers of Bamberg county desire the retention of Mr. Briggs, they -hould write at once to each member of the delegation to request that this appropriation? $800, we believe is the amount?be made at the next general assembly. *\1V ha?: been here for a long enough period for the people of the country to know whether or not they desire him to remain. If he has been of such service to the farmers as to warrant his remaining here, let them say so, and write immediately to each of the legislative delegates requesting them to make the necessary appropriation. The county now appropriates $600, we understand, to supplement the salary of the home demonstration agent. Surely the county is not too poor to do the same thing for the farm demonstration agent. The government says that it is willing to pay the greater portion of the agent's salary, if the county will pay the re? mainder/ It appears to us that if the^ounty ever needed a county agent, now is the time. The presence throughout the county of the boll weevil will make it absolutely necessary to plant crops other than cotton. The agent ^ is in touch with the methods of beat' ing the weevil,in other sections and can be of valuable assistance to the farmers in this line. And, then, there is the hog industry, which is so important just now. We understand that Mr. Briggs has inoculated, free of charge, hogs to the value of thousands of dollars. This service alone would doubtless pay his salary several times over. These farmers would have had to pay liberally for this service if it had b'een done by anyone else. If you want your county agent to remain in Bamberg county, write V your delegation: Mr. B. W. Miley, at I' Bamberg; Dr. J. B. Black, at Bamberg, and Mr. W. L. Riley, at Denmark. Do this at once. m < i ? SWEET POTATOES. Inasmuch as other crops than cotton have now become a necessity in the county, many farmers 'are investigating the possibilities of the sweet potato as a money crop. The difficulty is, as we understand it, that potatoes have not been properly "cured" for the market in this section. The old plan of banking potatoes is all right for home use, but such potatoes cannot be marketed, because they rot quickly after beine taken from the banks. /- A ? i T ~ dome imprest nas ueen aiuuscu m the county because of the suggestion that tobacco barns can be used to cure sweet potatoes. This appears to be a new suggestion, and has not been thoroughly tried out. Some of the farm experts who have recently visited Bamberg county, are of the opinion that these barns may be used for this purpose, by making some slight changes, without in any way damaging the barn for the purpose for which it is built. The farm demonstration service is now at work on the idea, and the results of investigations along this line will be made known through the county agents at an early date, agents at an early date. The sweet potato is one of the easiest crops grown, and one of the most prolific ih this section. If the sweet potato can be prepared for shipping profitably in this county it will undoubtedly be one of the county's mose valuable crops. We doubt if there is any section of the entire country where finer crops of sweet j potatoes can be grown than in Bam| berg county. I m m There's just one man more powerful than the president now. That man gives the president instructions and the president has to follow his orders. This man is Dr. Grayson, the president's physician. Dr. Grayson has ordered the president to discontinue his speaking itinerary in the interest of the peace treaty and the league of nations, and the president is now at the white house trying to recover from a breakdown from overwork. t The one theme in the mind of President Wilson is the ratifying of the treatj^of peace and the covenant of the league of nations. The president has established an ideal, and is leaving no stone unturned, so far as it is in his nower. to accomDlish this end." That the league of nations will not bring forth the millenium, there is scarcely any room for doubt, but that it will be an improvement over the present condition of the world ought to be apparent. Herbert Hoover says that there can be no peace treaty without a league, and he further adds that the peace treaty ought to be ratified and to be ratified at once, as Bolshevism is at present on the wane, but -that it will come forth again in all its fury unless something is done immediately to establish peace in the world again. ? * ^ i?? ? STRANGERS * WELCOMED. < \ j Special Service Held at Trinity Sum day School Sunday Afternoon. What was, to the writer's way of thinking, one of the very best services ever held in the Methodist Sunday school here was the one on Sun day afternoon. The programme took the nature of a welcome service to all ! strangers in our midst, among wfcpm are the teachers of Carlisle and the graded and high school, and the students of the Carlisle school. Then, we might add, this service was held with a two-fold purpose in view, namely: To. bring together our forces with a mind to work and to m HHB WE ARE RUNNING A LIC?ONE THAT YOU AND Y We are not so much 3 think is reasonable and handling of your affairs 1 IF SOUND BANKING MIT YOUR EVI | BE GRAN1 Capital and Surf J\rloINTEREST worship after the long, hot months of the past summer, when we seemed to go to sleep, so to speak. Our faithful superintendent, .Mr. | A. B. Utsey, was happy in the selecI tion of the two speakers who brought J to the large congregation live, vital j messages, and in the selection of Mr. ! T. B. Minis, of the Carlisle school, ! who spoke in behalf of the student i body of their appreciation of the j kindness shown them by the people ! of the town. It is a foregone con; elusion that his words of gratitude I ought to make the people who reside ; here think and then act as if we are j really glad to have these splendid ; young men in our town and in our | churches./ | The welcome address was made by | one of our young citizens, Mr. J. | can i\earse. 111 a nappy uiauuw, | he spoke of how glad we are to have i such an addition of new blood in our ! midst, students who have come to \ one of the very best preparatory : schools in the Southern States, a i school that has a worthy history be| hind it. He referred to Carlisle I school as being, as every thinking j Bambergian knows, one of the very I biggest assets that our little town \ 1 has. He further enlarged /upon the I glorious and yet serious work that is j to be done by the Sunday school in j rightly shaping the characters of ! these young men. j Mrs. H. N. Folk favored us with a ! beautiful and appropriate solo. All I through the afternoon, songs by the j congregation were heartily sung. ATr. .J. Arthur Wiggins, of Den1 mark, a man who stands high in both ! civic and religious affairs in our j county, addressed us on "'.Does it Pay ! to Attend Sunday School?" This was i quite an earnest addres-; on a most ; vital subject. Before he concluded, I at least many of his hearers came to I 1 the conclusion that it does pay to ! attend Sunday school. The thing that was unique and out: standing about this gathering was the : way the young men were welcomed, j The town people sat on every other j row while the students occupied the j benches between. At a signal from ! the presiding officer, the home peo i pie were asked to rise and turn their ; backs upon the chancel. Of course, j we were still guessing. Finally, the | young men were asked to stand. Now j | standing face to fare the town people i shook hands with the strangers before us, and after further voicing ; our welcome, they responded with ! "We are glad to be here." This being the time to bring in our orphanage work day money, we are told that almost two hundred dollars were raised for this most worthy in- j stUution. In view of the needs of the school \ and the spirit of the times, we are of the opinion that this service should i be both fruitful and stimulating.? ; One Present. ?? ? I The Herald Book Store has a few j !boxes of sample left on hand, which! are being sold for about one-half the ' .regular price. The paper is nearly! !in pebfect condition. These are.rare j (bargains in fine .paper. . BANK FOR THE PUBCONSIDERS ONLY OUR NEEDS. concerned over what we proper as we are over the to your entire satisfaction. PRACTICE WILL PER3RY WISH WILL TED HERE. >lus $100,000.00 m ws eg ?i VWWJtMzl / \ ):)J-}cJJeNM ? I The Denbow 1 (IINCORP STATE WARE I WE ARE NOW IN POSITION AMOUNT UP T STORE YOl AND HOLD IT FOR BETTE WITH THE PLAN OF THE A TION. PROTECT YOUR CO AND GET TOP PRICES WHI The Itanhnw 1 IB IIU Willi V VI I A. M. 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