Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'W THE BEST FARMER WINS REGARDLESS OF LAND. (Continued from page 2, column 2.) furnished a liberal supply of fertilizer nd, also, bought manure to help the crop along. Each of the croppers was given the same quantity of fertilizer and manure, and as they were upervised but very little there was a chance to judge, where yields varied | \ widely, as to the causes of differences in yields. As it might be expected in such a year as 1919, all kinds of crops were made on this plantation. Some were aa good as those of the best years Qrtmfl were too Door to nay the fertilizer bill. The cropper who had the best cotton owed his higher yields altogether to the fact that, compared with the other croppers, he was an outstanding man, using outstanding methods. Naturally, then, when I saw this man's crop, which was practically double the average yield of all the other croppers, I hunted him up. He was a tall raw boned white man whose name, Rube, was in keeping with his appearance. He took pride in his work and was willing to talk, /v T nnJ?7od him tn thft limit. "The main way I beat the other fellows out," he said, "is by working the crop better. We all had the same chance to begin with; the same land, the same seed, the same fertilizer, the same acreage and the same boss man ?he's a fine man to work for all right." j "Was there any difference in preparing the land last spring?" I asked. "Yes," he said. "In the first place, we ean start plowing our lands along In the winter so that we don't have to wait for spring. Usually in January and. February the weather is right and land is in shape to plow, and if a man is a good cotton grower | he starts work then." I "I suppose, then," I interrupted, "you started work in the field as early as any of them." . \ "Yes," he continued, "there was no one ahead of me. It pays to keep up with the work. One of my mottoes is to shove the work and don't let the - work shove you. Some of the men started two weeks later than I did and they've been about two weeks later all year, but I guess they won't be two weeks later in getting their cotton picked, for they don't have ii to pick." "About deep plowing," I asked. "Did you plow your land deeper than the rest of the men?" "Well, no one plowed any deeper than I did," he said. "We first break part of our land and part of it we bed out with one horse plows. I have always noticed that the man who breaks his land the deepest or, if he is bedding out, the man who throws & up the highest beds, which can be r done only by plowing the deepest, is the one who in the long run makes the best cotton. Usually you can tell . quite closely by-going over the farm in the spring before a seed of cotton L is planted who is going to make the I good cotton by the way the land has ft been worked up to that point." ft "How about the time for planting f the cotton?" I asked. "Were you any earlier than the rest?" . "Well," he returned, "there were some that started planting the same day I did, but I was the first man through. Take it one year with another, the early cotton lakes the most and the man who gets his cotton in on time is the one who has the j best chance. I always follow this rule and this year it has paid mighty well. There's nothing like starting in time." "Has there been any difference in the cultivation of the crops?" I asked. * * J It .'A- ^ "les," ne resumea, quite <x uttxe. There are two tilings I am, strong for in cultivating a crop.' One is to get It done on time and the other is to do it well. Some people don't plow their cotton on time or at the proper time. They are not what you would call good forecasters. "Then some fellows are poor plowem," he went on. "After they go over the land it is often in little better shape than before. They leave grass behind which by the next time the crop is plowed is too big to kill and it either takes extra work to get it ou?. or the crop is hurt for the rest of the year. You've got to do this whole Job right if you are going to make a cotton crop." I asked him what he was doing with the money he was making. Owns a Farm of His Own. "In the first place," he replied, "it takes a lot to live on, but I save up some, and last year I bought me a little farm that I am renting out until I can get it paid for and in sh" e for me to move into. I figure it pays me best to stay on this farm for a while longer for, with the chances I have, I am doing fairly well and I feel like playing safety first until I am better able to work on my own a> ount." There was a man winning out, not because he had a better chance than the others but simply because he was the best man. When I asked the other croppers why Rube had the best cotton some of them said it was because he had the most fertilizer, but most f 4 of them gave him his just dues and i said it was because he was the bestj farmer. In talking with the plantation own-! er later. Rube's story was confirmed.! Rube was an outstanding man and ! was the best manager and the best! all round farmer on the place. The j fact that he was buying a farm for himself was proof of superior abili-1 ty. "In good years," the planter said, there is not a great deal of difference in the crops on the farm, but in bad years like this Rube always comes through the best. Every year yet he nas mvariaDiy maae me more money than any other crops I have." You will find such men everywhere, but you won't notice them, perhaps, until the off year comes to throw them in sharp relief against the back ground of mediocrity. Then you see, as I saw in the case of these Carolina farmers, that it is the man behind the crop that counts most. The question of luck is eliminated, for nobody has good luck in bad years. The winners are those who achieve in spite of adversity. Cats Is Dogs. A Milwaukee train crowded with passengers was returning from the lakes. A woman on board had a kitten in a small box on her lap. "You can't have dogs on the train',' said the conductor sternly. "But this isn't a dog," protested the woman, "this is a cat." "It doesn't make any difference," returned the conductor. "The rules of the road must be obeyed." "But," answered the woman, "that man over there has a large mud turtle." "That's different," said the haughty official. "Mud turtles is insects, while cats is dogs." ? Nerve. KTTTaII J : J T ..Off 1 J XT wen, uiu lie pay you: asKea me wife of a dentist who had been to collect a bill for a full set of false teeth that he had made for a man almost a year before. "Pay me?" growled the dentist. "Not only did he refuse to pay me, but he actually had the affrontery to | gnash at me?with my teeth." Try One E Then I The best way to know for y Brunswick Tire is to buy one ai That is, if the very name of B to you, as it is to most men, thai Thousands of men who have 1 for years, realize that a Brunsw for a mediocre product could ne\ Long before the Overland Tr; of Brunswick was established, of rubber for fifty years before a No concern with such a histc thing but the best. For reputat be quickly destroyed. This is a practical guarantee more than the usual, yet at no a Get your first one now. Yoi have ALL Brunswicks. THE BRUNSWICK-BAL! Atlanta Headquarte I There's a Bmnsivisk Cord?Fabric CITY GARAGE, J. 1 R* R. KEARSEj His Own Choice. i "What are you reading, daugh- j ter?" "A novel entitled The Heart of! Geraldine." "Umph! Rubbish, I suppose?" "Yes, dad. It's a book ypu presented to mother years ago."?Birmingham Age-Herald. A machine invented in Europe for grinding steel balls for bearings retains possession for them unt'l they are perfectly formed and sized. COMING?WHISTLE?adv. Illlh.Mv.Ti?m it t) Orpoflf nain IrillaT. ' It relieves pain and soreness caused j by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, j ? , MANY PEOPLE HERE SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT FERROLAX. Introduction of New Discovery is Creating General Interest. The success attending the sale of Ferrolax in this city serves as a clear index at the remarkable medical powers of the new medical discovery. People from all walks, of life are seeking information about it, and many have been convinced of the fact that Ferrolax is a real medicine and are not hesitating to purchase a bottle of this wonderful reconstructive tonic. It is safe to predict that it. will be only a short time until the remarkable merit of Ferrolax will become recognized in all parts of South Carolina, just as it is in all other sections of the country where it has been introduced. The fame of Ferrolax is spreading rapidly, and deservedly so, but the almost miraculous results attending the use of this powerful reconstructive medicine are entirely responsible for its fast growing popularity. One person invariably tells another about; a-medicine that helps him, and in this ! way many people hear of Ferrolax j as a direct result of one bottle in a j single home. If you are suffering give .Ferrolax j a trial, and you will soon join the I great army of sufferers who today1 claim Ferrolax as the world's great- j est reconstructive medicine. Ferrolax is sold in this county by Copeland & Farrell,. Ehrhardt, S. C. j Get a bottle at this store today. Take it according to directions and if it does not do you the good you want j done come in and get your money j V- Tr uauK. i our oare word is good enough for us. Watch for the next issue of this paper and see what Ferrois doing for others. runswick )ecide / ourself the superiority of the id compare it irunswick isn't sufficient proof t here is an extraordinary tire. mown the name of Brunswick ick Tire has to be the best?; rer bear this historic name. ail became famous, the House It was one of the chief users utomobiles came into use. iry could afford to offer any- ~ ions are built slowly, but can j that Brunswick Tires offer dded cost. all not be satisfied until you SCE-COLLENDZR CO. :rs: 38 Luckie St. Tire for Every Car Solid Truck N. Price, Prop. , Olar, 8. O. ? ? PLANT PEANUTS I The Cotto I BAMBEE This Company hopes to be < months, and to contribute in som this section by affording a marke of PEANUTS, which will supplan We strongly recommend Phos who expect to plant PEANUTS, be I best class of nuts, free of 1 'pops," eral quantities. Made by Carolii Charleston, S. C. Careful inquiry among the p< Georgia convinced us that the bes is made by the Benthall Machine ( Your Demonstration Agent w ing Peanuts. ^ FIGHT TEE BOLL WEEVIL llli = fill THE UNIVE] Let There Be i Our stock room is full of Gen assortment of parts that would e I passenger car or a Ford One Ton G too, those parts are Ford-made?e; they are exact duplicates of the < and will give the same constant, h Our shop is equipped with u chinery, specially designed, so tha ly take care of your repair workcomplete overhaul. Aiid the me I TTAii om mem wVin linrlpyQffinrl i.Ul V U U. CiJL 111vjll V y liV luu\ava n_/ vv^juva. c know the Ford way to do the wor I We are Authorized Ford Deal vice but we sell Ford cars and Foi it is easy to understand that we li est in your car. Drive to our garage for Fore cars?Come to the authorized Fo safe side of dependable repairs. Touring $5: Runabout 5 Coupelet 6 Sedan 7 Chassis 4 Truck 5i These prices are f. o. b. Detroit, 1 $40.33 on each style. $75.00 ai $25.00 and tax extra f< Rizer Auto ' OLAR, SOUTH Insist on Oeniun I FIGHT THE BOLL WEEVIL I n Oil Co. I G, S. C. I| of service in the next twelve n e measure to the well being of 9 it for the new commercial crop 9 t in part our old master, cotton. I pho Land Plaster to all farmers 9 dieving that large crops, and the 9 may be made by using it in'lib- II la Fertilizer & Contracting Co., g H eanut growers of Alabama and I m >t Peanut Picker on the market I |? Ho., Suffolk, Va. I 9 4 ill give you directions for grow- | || J. A. YV YMAN, President. ? 9 gj pa -\ ? ==n . ^ / M m rd I m nci at n A T? EliOiili VAA . , : - - v v a " : -m No Discords I - ' *V&1 uine Ford Parts. We have an " nable us to build either a Ford ["ruck from the ground up. Then I ach according to its use?so that \ original parts now in your car, ard wear. p-to-the-minute tools and mat we can properly and prompt-from a minor adjustment to a chanics who will do the work the Ford mechanism and who k. . ers; we not only give Ford ser- 1 rd One Ton Trucks as well. So 4-"U wrvfimviA? Tn^"AY> i I ! I LfiVt* JLLlUJL'tf lllclli cl packing -111LCJL[ Parts, Ford Service or Ford j rd headquarters and be on the j 25.00 Tax $21.66 00.00 Tax 20.63 50.00 Tax 26.81 75.00 Tax 31.97 j 75.00 Tax 19.59 50.00 Tax 13.61 lich. The freight to Olar is id tax extra for self starter. or demountable rims. x "- 2 Company I CAROLINA ,;4l ifim te Ford Parts. 0:$ '' n-. i ffiWHI ;y^