Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I A A itt t+t i+j A A x+x A A A xft x+x A A A A A A A A A A A A i S1907-E. j . I THIS MARCH 01 *! We begin our fourteenth yeai t nerience teaches us there is b * * New Styles and Reasonable F ^ Z I DRESSES Y | DRESSES $ ONE OF A KIND A That's what you fiud when you visit Hooton's. Its A Dresses of Individuality. Our specialty is ONE OF A A KIND. The Styles and Material we are showing at this A time are conservative in both styles and prices, in Silks, A Satins, Tricolettes, Crepe De Chenes and Canton Crepes 4 SHIRT WAISTS. > ?? Our New Spring U aists are beautiful in Quality and Style. It is useless for us to try to describe them fhere. We invite you to come and let us show you the line. We have them in Voiles, Crepes, and Georgettes. The Sizes are well assorted and the prices you will be A surprised to learn after seeing the qualities. Come A look them over. * OUR NEW SPRING- SKIRTS ARE HERE. T If you are needing anything in a separate Skirt i A come in and let us show you these we are showing at! I <$ this time. We have them in Stripes and Plaids, Solid <? Black and Navy, in Serges and Fancy Weaves. The V sizes are from 24 to 34, the prices you will find reasonV able. A look will convince vou. I I Hooton s Ladies % T "A" "a" Ty' "A" y T/yV"A," V" "A" ?^y V" "A" "A" A" "A" IF IF ir awaannnanKiianMaaiaMBMHnnanMMMiMMMmMHMHiiHM>MnMnHMMnaai PERSONAL MENTION. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. T1 ? . a\ People Visiting in This City and at Counties Leading in the Promotion of hi Other Points. Crops in S. C. in 1920. toi of ?Earl Dukes, of Branchville, g. B. Hare, agricultural statistiwas in the city Monday. Cjan f0r the bureau of crop estimates, iai ?Mrs. H. H. Wyman, Sr., of Aik- United States department of agricul- th< en, is visiting her son, J. A. Wyman. ture, makes the following statistical W? ?Mrs. J. M. Jennings, of Charles- observations with reference to South lo-* ton, is spending a few days in the Carolina agriculture: av j Total area of the state is approxi- av ?Mrs. B. R. Sessions, of Ridge- mately 19>600>000 acres> about one" $6 . . , i third of which was in cultivation in 0f way, is visiting friends and relatives UL in the city. w Of the 192,664 farms about 55 per iC( Revs. Peter Stokes and T. G. cent are operated by owners and 45 w I Herbert, of Orangeburg, were in the per cent by t-enants_ wa l .city Monday. Cotton, the leading money crop pe Miss Natalie Hooton, of Chicora represents 45 per cent, of the acreage an college, Columbia, spent the week- pianted to all crops in 1920, and 50 Co end at home. per cent, of the total value of 13 ?Rev. T. C. 0'Dell,-*)f Columbia, leading crops. Production in 1920 spent a few days in the city thisi was 1,530,000 bales. ia] wreek with relatives. The state ranked 4th in acreage ?Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Watson left and 2nd in production of cotton in of last week for Washington, D. C., 1920. aC: where they are now residing. Corn is the second crop from the ?Mr. and Mrs. W. P Jones re- standP?int e? value- t&e production c0: - ^ a a i- - - - a c\ r\ /\ r\ t t t _ , , , , - -n ^ in lyzu Demg i^,6/u,uuu uusnen3,i turned last week from Baltimore, , * ' , *!,*+ valued at $49,000,000. ! ac where they spent a short time. ^ , ! Compared with other states South! Misses Ida and Vista Brabham, caroijna ranked 5th in production of j an of Columbia college, were visitors in tQbacco ,n 1920> tQtal yje]d bejng the city for the past week-end. 66,950,000 pounds. ?N. R. Hays, of Appalachicola, Stands 5th in production of rice. f0] , Fla., is spending some time in the Total yield 102,000 bushels, city with his mother, Mrs. H. J. Hays. Ranks 6th" in sorghum syrup. To- nu ?Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brabham and tal production 1,500,000 gallons, family, of Columbia, were in the city i Ranks 7th in peanuts. Production aC] this week for the funeral of Mrs. 1,620,000 bushels. Elise B. Walker. Total acreage of corn, wheat, oats, otl ?Mrs. Charles F. Black return- rye, tobacco, hay, peanuts, rice, 15 ed Wednesday afternoon from Quit- ] Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, sorman, Ga., where she spent several! ghum for syrup, cowpeas and cotton, co weeks with relatives. in 1920 was 6,562,000 acres, total ca] ?Mrs. H. X. Folk attended the value of the crops being $231,000,- th( wedding of Mi?" Besie Thompson and 000, with an average yield per acre Dr. William V annamaker in Orange- $33.70. The total value of these * -* - - prnno in 1 0 1 Q wn<5 ?404 000.000 Durg last \v eanesaay. i * " ---- -r???>?. , U1 ?Mrs. J. J. Cudd and little daugh-l The value per acre of these crops ter, of Spartanburg, are spending! reported as follows: Corn $22.04; of spending some time in the city withj oats 24.73; wheat $28.05; rye qu; Dr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Hair. | $33.00; tobacco $97.50; rice $72.50; cai ?mu m* i peanuts $95.40; cowpeas $20.25; hayi mt Asking to Know. I (wild) $21.00; cotton $36.83; hayj j (tame) $25.00; sweet potatoesiea( Mary had been brought up, so to] $122.85; Irish potatoes $180; andjotl speak, in the front seat of ner fa~ sorghum svrup $100 ther's motor ear. At 10 she took. jn March 1020 the average value be" her first train journey. When theyi of all plow lands in the state was ! made the first stop she looked sur-j $61 per acre, or $29.01 less than the in prised. Leaning out of the window! average for the United States. South cat she inquired anxiously of the con-1 Carolina's rank with the other states ductor, who had just swung himself in this -espect was 28th. 8,2 off the steps: ! The lowest average value of all "What's the matter? Killed your plow lands was $30 per acre in Ala- toi engine?'' N bama, a.id the highest $219 in Iowa. VA ATa ATA. ATA A^A ATA A^A A^A A^4. A^A AT| |TA AT| AT| A^A jTk A^A A^4 AT| A^k A^4 iTA 4? \. HOOK JR FOURTEENTH r with the same desire to pleas ?.?&? ?p at ^ vr ^ /% AO OA fk^ iLit U1IC way lU picaoc, aau uxai Vices. At this time we are s - SUITS I Iff ^ ^ ! /rt\K A | | ^ \^f/M THE NEW SPRING SUITS ARE HERE. ] t We invite von to come and see these Suits. Thev i are here for you in the Sport Models, Tailored Effects, and then some in the more dressy stvles. The sizes are . */ *j I well assorted, the prices more reasonable than we have ] _ 1_ 1 - J ^ ? ? A 1 /vl* W> /-.HA AAn TTT n /} i dccu a Die co oner 111 some nine. ja iuuiv is muic cunvml- < irtg. We invite you to see them. ' ] ire and Ready-to-Wi iere were 27 states in which the acre, 26 bushels, erage value of plow lands was Darlington and Marlboro tie in gher but only 17 states where the yield of wheat per acre, 14 bushels, tal value of all crops exceeded that Calhoun, Lee and Marlboro lead in South Carolina. 1 oats, 30 bushels per acre each. The average wages of male farm With a yield of 18 bushels per bor in the state, where employed by acre of rye Lee excells other counties. 3 month and without board in 1920, Colleton reports the highest yield is $41.80. The only state paying a of Irish potatoes, 130 bushels per ver wage was Mississippi where the acre. erage was $41 per month. The Dillon leads'in sweet potatoes, 125 erage for the United States was i bushels per acre. 4.95, while the average for a group Lexington goes ahead in yield of western states comprising Mon- sorghum syrup per acre, 123 gallons, cia, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mex- Aiken, Calhoun, Clarendon, Horry | ), Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Jasper are the leading counties ashington, Oregon and California in yield of sugar cane syrup per acre, s $99.43. The highest wages, $107 120 gallons each, r month, were paid in California Allendale and Darlington with a d Nevada. yield of 50 bushels per acre lead in unties in the ^State Leading in the peanuts. Various Crops. Saluda, Lexington, Richland, KerColleton, with 853,120 acres, is the shaw and Chesterfield stand first in *gest. commercial peach growing. Anderson has the largest number Charleston leads in production of farms, 8,910, and leads in cotton cabbages, Beaufort in lettuce. reage. Orangeburg leads in acreage of Facts About Cotton, rn, oats, rye and sugar cane. | Marlboro county, South Carolina, Horry has the largest number of claims the distinction of averaging! res of sweet potatoes, 5,000. production of more cotton per acre! With 4,000 acres each, Charleston than any other county in the United d Beaufort lead in acreage and states. oduction of Irish potatoes. Ellis county, Texas, in total numUnion ranks first in sorghum cane ber of bales produced is the banner * syrup. cotton growing county in the United Barnwell first in acreage of pea- states. ts. The per acre yield, averaged for Anderson and Spartanburg lead in the United States, has varied from reage of wheat?16,000. acres each. 145 pounds of lint in 1871 to 224 Florence and Williamsburg surpass pounds in 1914. The 10 year average ler counties in tobacco acreage, js 182 pounds. ,000 acres each. Egyptian yield of cotton averages Orangeburg leads in production of 390 pounds, about to the acre. Cotton tton, corn, oats, rye and sugar production in Egypt is limited to irne, and is one of the largest, if not rigated acres along the Nile. 3 largest cotton planting counties The area under cotton m maia, the United States. about 25,000,000 acres, covers such a Anderson leads in the production wide climatic range that at many seawheat and sorghum syrup. sons of the year planting and picking Barnwell excells in the production are going on in different parts,of the peanuts and grows considerable country at the same time, antities of asparagus, watermelons, Cotton is grown in Asia as far italoupes and cucumbers for spring north as the latitude of Chicago, irkets. There is now enough cotton in the With 9,900,000 pounds of tobacco world, unspun, to last nearly two ;h, Florence and Williamsburg lead years. ler counties. The Civil war was fought in the Orangeburg has the greatest num- cotton fields of the south, destroying, r of mules, horses and swine. temporarily, the means of supply.) Spartanburg and Anderson surpass The recent world war was fought in j the number of milk cows and other the great factory districts of thei :tle. world. Horry leads in number of sheep. There is now more cotton in the 04. stocks of any one-half a dozen cotton i; -r, + /int. mnrkptc i t? t "h p smith than was nro-i Avi CL1 1UUI U 111 *1CH I U1 1:11 L V/W L~ ??.ww^ 1 per acre, 33 6 pounds. duced in all of the United States a Beaufort leads in yield of corn per hundred years ago. A, A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A Ak A^A 4^#-AHfttii^ g^ W^ 4^ W^ %? DN-19211 ANNIVERSARY f I ie as we began in 1907. Ex- J; l is Fair Dealing, New Goods, J> bowing New Spring Styles in 4 - COATS | A J OUR SHOWING OF % COATS I Is more complete than ever. The Styles are varied t ;o suit the individual taste, the Colors are New and Snappy, the Prices are reasonable, the Sizes assorted, ? tf its a Serviceable Coat vou need see those we are ji showing. Nothing better for early Spring wear. > X NEW SPRING PIECE GOODS. V Come and let us show you one of the most complete A ines of Piece Goods and Accessories it has been our A oleasure to show you. The goods are New and Crisp in <?> white goods of all descriptions, and a well assorted line A af Materials in Colors for all purposes and occasions. A The prices are far more reasonable than they have been > in some time past, so if you are needing Piece Goods of any kind come and let us show you. & GLOVES, HOSIERY, CORSETS & SMALL WARE. At all times you will find a complete line in any of ? the above articles here. We are weekly receiving ship- & ments for all departments and there is none so import- ? ant as the Small Wares, therefore you will find these ? here in an abundance. & nnv Poflflf BAMBERG f Cdl I dliui SOUTH CAROLINA f More than three bales of cotton, for each legume? averaging 500 pounds in weight, have If you are thinking of buying some been grown on a single acre in South fertilizers, lime, pure-bred liveCarolina. stock or wire fencing, had it occurThe estimated number of working red to you that the county agent cotton spindles in the United States might be of assistance in making up is about 35,000,000 of wThich 15,- a co-operative order with other 000,000 are in cotton growing states, farmers who have the same plans and The largest cotton crop ever plant- at a saving to all? / ed in the United States was 37,458,- Has it occurred to you that he 000 acres in 1913, which yielded 14,- might be of assistance in locating a 156,456 bales, 500 pound equivalents j market and making up a co-operative of lint. shipment of farm produce among your America's greatest crop of cotton, neighbors? 16,134,930, bales was grown on 36,- Is there anything that you need 832,000 acres. ! that is obtainable from your agriculThe knowledge of cotton growing 1 tural college of from the United wild in islands of the West Indies is i States department of agriculture? as old as the history of their discov- Have you got some boys that ought ery by the Spaniards in 1492. to be in the pig club or corn club, Arkwright, Hargraves and Cromp- or some other kind of club? ton are geatest names connected j Are you a progressive minded citi? e or mo_! 7pn livinsr in a backward community W1LI1 ill V tJIi L1U1I Ui L'UCLUII A"".- j w ? chinery. They were Englishmen. ! and wanting to enlist someone to help Eli Whitney, an American, invent- I diagnose and remedy the trouble? ed the saw-gin. The original patent i Then call the county agent, was March 14, 1794. j The county agent is a professional On account of the labor invilved! man having knowledge bearing on in separating the line from the seed ! the sciences of agriculture, says D. by hand, cotton was of unknown com- j W. Watkins, assistant director of the mercial importance prior to the in- j extension service, and farmers who vention of Whitney's gin. j do not use him and find him a source ^ , m | p, ! of information ^nd profit, simply do Do You Call the County Agent? not know how t0 use him and have not learned what to expect from him. When you want to start a home- Hogg versus Hogg. ' orchard, or to spray properly and prune the old trees? Former Senator John W. Weeks, of W hen you are having trouble with ^assachusetts, was lately recalling your livestock in any way or is it that tQ a party Qf friendg some of the hap_ they are simply not profitable? py days of the ]ong ag0 in Washing. When there is some bug or worm ^on or spider attacking your field or jn those days, he said, there were garden crops? ^ SUCk things as bars; and his old. When you are dissatisfied with the frjen(j Hirtubus Hogg spent a great seed you are planting? deal time on the fringe of these When you are not absolutely sure oases you are following the best method j Qne njgh,t_ after an unusually long of fertilization for your type of soil sojourn near his favorite bar> Mr. and crop? Hogg navigated painfully home and TV hen the boll rot, cotton wilt, to- i at last f0und himself safe and sound mato wilt and other plant diseases, jn bl.g hedroom. Mrs. Hogg was waitrender your effort as. profitable farm-! ing up fQr hjm ing vain? "Hirtubus," she said, after a swift When you have decided to grow appraisal of his condition, "I am enough food for your family and live- ! ashamed 0f vou?utterly ashamed, stock instead of buying it, and you! You are a Hogg by name and a hQg are in doubt as to what crop and! bv nature?? what acreage to plant? j "Yes, m'dear," replied the prodigal Do you know the best method of meeklTi .<bu? even at that j have the preparing, planting, and -harvesting advantage over you. each of these crops? I ?You arg Hogg by nam6i but yQU Do you know where you can obtain became a Hogg by choIce... the necessary disease-free seed? m l>( m it any or tnese crops nappen 10 ue you cannot airora 10 imsa rmalegumes, do you know where you can f0re.?adv. obtain most economically and how to im IB, use properly the right inoculation Read The Herald, $2.00 per year, \ / ; . .' < \ Vjr. ?. <?. *1 a* ... . - . .