The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 08, 1920, Page 4, Image 4
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KSTABLISHEI) APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 29. No. 15.
Thur~day, April 8,1920.
FOR PRESIDENT.
Herbert Hoover has at last decided
i- "where
he is at." He is not a democrat;
and he hopes he will not be emfv.
* barrassed further by democratic approaches.
We hope his wishes will
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be respected. And, incidentally, we
hope those democrats who have talked
Hoover so much are now satisfied.
Governor Dorsey, of Georgia, has
"decided" that he will not accept
the office of president this year. Funny
how great minds run together.
Wer have made the same decision.
Tom Watson, on the other hand,
' > is a magnanimous gentleman. He
: ' generously offers to take it. That's
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just like a public spirited citizen;
willing to undertake anything, make
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all necessary socrifices, if necessary,
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to further the ends of his beloved
country. Go to it, Tom.
--.r FROM THE CRADLE TO THE
BfeS' ' GRAVE.
Edgefield can boast of having a
fir ~ live merchant?even if he 'does
handle supplies for the dead ones.
In looking over the Edgefield Chronicle
last week, this wording in an ad'
j vertisement caught our eye:
From the cradle to the grave;
something to suit them all. Carriage
for the baby; talking machine to take
the place of mama's rolling pin; soft
/comfortable bed for hardworking
papa; violins and guitars for sister's
' serenade; aft squares and rugs to put
fher "on the carpet;" and if these
don't please we, have a full line of
guns and rifles to put yourself where
you can get pleased. P. S. We also
supply coffins.
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That's what we call up-to-the-minute
advertising. Takes in the whole
territory. It is very fortunate that
the advertiser added the postscript;'
they will probably come in handy.
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About the only criticism of this advertisement
is that no mention is
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made of pistols. Of course, it is
against the law to sell pistols; but
t laws like other things, are made for
P\ the people, and we suspect that if
the good old Edgefieldians want a
pistol they can get it somewhere in
IS" that burg.
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PEANUT IS COMING FORWARD.
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Used To Re Circus Plaything.?Now
Recognized as fcrreat Crop.
Washington, March 17.?Grading
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standardization of peanuts is one |
of the newest lines of work of the
Uilited States Department of Agriculture,
with a view of improving and
marketing the crop and opening up
wider and new avenues for its disposal.
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' Grading and standardizing is being
worked out on the basis of a shelling
tost, it is understood. Experts of tne
department have found that the meas/
ure or weight of a quantity of the
unshelled nuts is not a satisfactory
guide for determining the proportion
of edible kernels contained in them,
owing to the dirt, shells and undeveloped
kernels present in a lot of the
nuts.
The Bureau of Plant Industry and
the Bureau of Markets of the Agricultural
Department, which are engaged
on this work of establishing grades
and standards for pean its, hope to be
able to announce definite results before
long, but the task is difficult and
complicated. The official grades and
standards when established will not
be compulsory, but are expected by
the department to be so satisfactory
that they will be generally adopted
by the producers, buyers, dealers and
users, all of whom will be benefited,
it is predicted, r ^
Growth of Peanut Industry.
The peanut industry js great and
growing rapidly. The cradle of the
American peanut industry is in southeastern
Virginia and eastern'North
Carolina. The cultivation of the
' goobers" has spread throughout the
South, especially since the advent of
the cotton boll weevil. F:rren: in
search of another money crop when
their cotton was ruined, i rued to
the peanut, until last ye if
acres in twelve Southern states were
planted in peanuts and the production
of the nuts was estimated at 33,263,000
bushels by the Department
of Agriculture. Alabama is now the
leading state in peanut production
with 6,840,000 bushels to her credit
in 1919, while five other states produced
from 3,400,000 to 5,500,o00
bushels each. The total farm value
of the crop was estimated at nearly
fso,000,000.
But the end is not yet, for government
scientists and other experts familiar
with the situation predict a big
increase in the production of peanuts,
as realization grows and spreads of
the value of this crop as a soil improver,
as feed for hogs and hay for cattle,
as the material from which edible
oils and fats, peanut butter and meal,
and the basis of many candies, confor>tir<nc
and nrher delectable dainties.
Increased consumption is bound to
follow standardization of peanuts and
tbeir products, it is declared, especially
as the growers and manufacturers
of the nut take advantage of their
opportunities for exploiting their
products by proper methods of specialization
and advertising.
Something has already been done
along the lines, but much remains to
de done, in the opinion of Dr. L. C.
Corbet.t, specialist of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, who has been cooperating
with the Bureau of Markets in
the peanut work. Peanut oil for cooking
and table purposes, Dr. Corbett
points out, was almost unknown before
the war. That great cataclysm,
which upset the whole world, opened
^e eyes of the makers of salad oils,
oleomargarine, soap and other product?
to the potentialities of the peanut.
During the war also, owing to
scarcity of their customary materials,
the manufacturers turned to two other
southern sources of oil, cottonseed
and cocoanuts.
Rising Demand and Price.
The results of increased consump-j
tion of peanuts and peanut products
is apparent in the big demand for peanuts
and the high prices that they
j bring. This winter the average price
was $2.40 per bushel, or about double
what it was a few years ago; this in
spite of the fact that the production
has doubled or trebled within the last
several years. As illustrating the increased
use of peanuts, it is stated
that a single Western concern, which
began to use a carload or two tfen
years or less since, is now using 200
to 300 carloads annually.
The Department of Agriculture is
doing experimental and investigrtory
work with peanuts relating to methods
of planting, selection of seed, improvement
of yield, cultivation and
handling of crop. Selected strains of
some of the varieties are being made
by the department with a view to
producing those more particularly
adaptable for definite purposes, such
as the making of high grade table
and cooking oils, or an oil that may
be used in the manufacture of oleomargarine
and soap. Other purposes
for which selections are being made
are those adapted for human,food in
the form of meal, butter, etc., and
high yielding strains for stock and
dairy feeds.
There are only about six distinct
varieties of the peanut grown in the
United States, the department here
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nas ueieriiuiieu. mc opauiou
is the variety ordinarily met with in
candy and cakes and at the corner
peanut stands, larger varieties being
used chiefly for manufacturing and
other purposes, it is stated. FormerGood
business condition
duction so necessar
prosperity go
A dollar spent and
much more potent f<
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Your funds in this bank
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ly a means of diversion for circus ^
crowds and small boys visiting the
zoo, the peanut has became an im- j
portant article of world trade. Japan *
; is exporting this year nearly 24,000,- <
000 pounds of peanuts, and some of 4
these are be'ng imported into the 4
j United States in competition with the
. Southern crop. It is the view of exa
perts that this constitutes a notice to
American peanut producers that they <
i should not "overlook any bets," but 4
should proceed to specialize, grade, 4
standardize and advertise. .
1 Setter Stock Feed Than Coin?
The value of peanuts as a stock
. feed can hardly be exaggerated, ac- *
' cording to government scientists. i
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partment of Agriculture is on record ^
as saying that peanuts make a better
stock feed than corn because the former
have a larger percentage of vi- *
tamines. This is the element that is 4
most necessary to the growth of ani- 4
mais, and man, too, for that matter. ^
Peanuts have not been used to any ^
great extent for stock, because they
are not sufficiently known there and *
because there has not been enough i
of them. 4
This year the peanut crop in the 4
southeast has been marketed rapidly, ^
according to official information. !
State officials are cooperating with *
the Federal government and with de- ^
velopment associations in the south 4
in promoting system, better methods, 4
specialization and standardization in ^
the peanut industry. Valuable work .
j in connection with peanuts is being ;
done by agricultural schools and ex- ^
periment stations in the Southern 4
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states. One of tnese stations nas
been established on the costal plain
largely through the efforts of the
Georgia Landowners Association, of
the Southern Settlement and Development
Organization. The South Carolina
Development board, of the same
organization, has encouraged the organization
of peanut mills at strategic
points, witfi a view to providing a
cash market for the crops of the farmers
suffering from the boll weevil invasion.
I have just received my i?>? let
of seed Spanish Peanuts and King's
Early Big Boll Cotton Seed. Place
your order at once for same, as thi?
have also just received one carload of
is the last shipment of the season. I
wire fencing. See me for prices. S.
W. COPELAND, Ehrhardt, S. C. 4-8
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AM) CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that all persons
having claims against the estate
of Mrs. Mollie E. Herndon, deceased,
will file same duly itemized and
verified with the undersigned admin- ,
istrator on or before the 28th day of
April, next, and all persons owing
said estate will make payment like- I
wise to the undersigned. fi
H. C. HERNDON, I
Administrator. S
April 5, 1920. 4-22 I
NOTICE TO' DEBTORS AND CRED- I
I TORS. I
Notice is hereby given that all persons
having claims against the estate
of H. W. Herndon, deceased, will file
same duly itemized and verified with
the undersigned administrator on or
before the 2Sth day of April, next,
and all persons owing said estate will
make pavment likewise to the undersigned.
H. C. HERNDON,
Administrator.
April 5, 1920. 4-22
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