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H ' x ' v-*p | Zbt lambmj Imtib . J $2 00 Per Ys&r in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1921, Established in 1891. ,j|| E Farming Program by Farmers oj Aiken, S. C., Nov. 16, 1921.?To I) the legislative delegation of Bamberg county: A review of the work of your county agent fqr the month of September shows that one yreek was spent at the annual conference of agents, allowing only three weeks Nof work in I the county. flia mnnf)< Kviaflr CM1 m m n r* IJ^UX 1115 wug mi/uwu) uixguj kjuunuw*izing the three weeks, I find that he made 45 personal visits in discharging his duties, traveling 247 miles and during this month he reached 433 people through meetings, conferences and personal letters. The most important and constructive piece of work accomplished dura xt. _ XL o [lug Clio rnuuui was^ ui a. wing up ? farming programme at Ehrhardt, S. C. The meeting was called by farmers and the farming programme was worked out at the meeting with the aid of extension workers. The interest in this programme has been manifested by the attendance at the meeting dnd the willingness of the programme committee to meet and draw tip the outlines. Enclosed you will find a copy of the programme as adopted by the farmers in a rising T i i ri 4>1* ?AAiiaaf A f Via AA TY1 ? i?uic. Ik 13 IUC l^UCOk U1 kue vuut | inittee that a copy be put into the . hands of every farmer in the vicinity of Ehrhardt as a guide and that it be published in the county news' papers. Your criticisms and suggestions are invited. Yours truly, x HENRY S. JOHNSON, I District Agent. X; ____________ The Programme. To the farmers and land-pwners of Ehrhardt, S. C., and vicinity. Gentle. men: . For some months past the farmers and land owners of Ehrhardt and vicinity have been deeply concerned regarding the boll weevil sit - /\ -i . /\ -) nm xT I nation ana on uct. ?y, mey held a meeting bringing in outside help in order that the situation migfot he discussed intelligently and decide v upon a farming programme that is safe and profitable. At the closing of this meeting a committee of seven was appointed to draw up the programme to present to the people in a meeting, for their approval. This committee has carefully prepared this farming programme, wViftV trra a ma euro if /towiod mif hv In uivu nc c*rv ou& v n v??* * v**? ^ ^ the farmers of this community, will relieve the situation greatly and at the same time put farming on a more solid basis than it has ever been for i many years. This programme puts forth in writing What was put forth in speech in our meeting of Oct. 19th and is intended for your use as a gpide. We can say to you that it is , . safe in every particular. -- . _ I or course you are interested to know how and where to market the craps called for in this programme. In this connection we wish to say v that there is a steady market for ?- every crop and that'we will be only too glad to get a market, provided Efc' you will produce the crops and put them in marketable condition. ti' * ai I lion. i r*4 Cash Crops. Cotton: Destroy all stalks immediately by using stalk cutter and turning under. Plant oats, rye and wheat as trap crop .for hibernating weevils. Clean up all ditch banks and around the edges of the fields for a distance of 200 feet, but do not burn the woods. Plant from four to ?pvftn ?nr?s ner nlow of the Cleveland I Big Boll variety or Dixie Trumph wilt resistant variety on wilt infested land. Fertilize with, 50 pounds of nitrate of soda at planting time and 400 pounds of acid phosphate per acre. This will hasten maturity and check i excessive growth of weed. Rapid M cultivation through picking of HA early weevils and punctured H squares through Juns and the use of RUMft winter cover crops is specially urged. There is no single factor that will -control the weevil, but a rigid appliHnH cation of the foregoing factors is the KBHBB only hope of success. The acreage OHBS can vary from four to seven dependHH ing on the land and labor. (Note: HnfllgA Mr. Winters, our soil expert, recommends the use of not over 300 pounds BaHB of acid phosphate per acre instead 400 nrtiin r?c 1 VI -Z V V IB Peanuts: Each plow should have H|HH[K three acres of white Spanish peanuts planted for the market. Plant |HH& in 30 inch rows and four inches in H^H^|wthe drill. It is important that they kept free from grass and harvest| Bed at the right stage of maturity. | WIr" the nuts can not be harvested in a crocus bag, they can be marketed WBt me Outlined f Ehrhardt Section / i " i through live stock profitably. Hogs: We recommend the con| servative development of the hog ini dustry as farm conditions will justify for a cash crop in a limited way. Use a sow and from one to two sows ! per plow. Due to lack of space here, you are referred to extension circular 27, "A Forage System for a Sow and Two Litters," for further information, copy of which will be furnished on request. Potatoes: We recommend the development of the sweet potato in dustry, planting one acre per plow of the Porto Rico variety. Vine cuttings should be used in setting the acreage, taken from a small area of slip settings that will be necessary to have in order to grow the vines. This crop is marketable in car lots during September and October; being marketed in cloth-top slatted barrels similar to the method of marketing Irish potatoes along the coast. We should have a curing house for | storing the crop tor sale during the winter and spring. Corn and Velvet Beans or Peanuts or Soy Beans Or Cow Peas: We recommend ten acres per plow of corn with one or more of the above crops for hogging off during the fall and winter. All corn cribs that can be made air tight should be made so at once and all corn cribs built in the future should be made air tight in order that we can fumigate to de V stroy the weevils. At present the corn is so badly damaged with wee vils that it is unfit for sale. For early planting use Osceola velvet beans and late planting use the Eearly Speckled velvet beans. Use the bvjnch beans where farmers wish to gather fodder, but we do> not advise this practice. The variety of cow peas tyest suited to this section is Brabham. Plant the flat or runner variety of peanuts for fall and winter hogging. It is advised that each farmer try in an experimental way a small patch of Mammoth Yellow soy beans. ** " - " "? 0?;i TDn-i 1 ^ Follow a iragrauiuie ui oua uuauing: Plant a winter cover crop on all clean cultivated lands using oats, rye, wheat and vetch. This will stop the plant food from leaching out of the soil during excessive rains in the winter months. Turn these crops under in the spring if you deem it advisable. You are familiar with the summer programme of soil building using velvet beans, peas and peanuts, etc. Al1 Wa roenmmAnd VIUCI ncuiamo. ii w * ? five acres of oats and two of wheat or rye, also plant enough rice to supply the farm where land is suitable for * rice culture. * 1 Last but not least, one-half acre of sugar cane for syrup.* (Signed) (Signed) G. B. Kinard, chairman of committee; J. M. Kinard, merchant; J. B. Ehrhardt, banker; W. H. Ritter, farmer; G. B. Clayton, farmer; J. D. Brandon, county agent. QXIETLY MARRIED SUNDAY. Miss Leone Bamberg and George Davis are Wedded. Miss Leone Bamberg and Geo. George H. Davis were quietly married j Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of the groom's uncle, H. Davis, were quietly married Charles L. Moore, Bull street. The Rev. Charles F. Wimberly, pastor of Bethel Methodist church, officiated, the double ring ceremony being used. The bride was becomingly attTred in a dark blue coat suit with hat to match and wore a beautiful corsage of pink roses. She is originally from Bamberg, although she ba9? made 1 1 ? nne.4 unariesion uer uuuic iur mc paoi year. Mr. Davis is connected with the Carolina-Portland Cexnert Company. The young people left for a wedding trip and on their return will make Florence their home.?News and Courier. Miss Bamberg made her home in I i Bamberg until a year or two ago. She | is prominently connected here, where | she has many relatives and friends i who will be interested to learn of her | marriage. A drop of hot parafine on the spot ! of the ghoe over a corn will make the | leather stretch. | The -Mosque of Omar marks the | site of Solomon's temple, according I trnriiHnnc Renew your subscription today. jl EHRHARDT BUREAU W. F. Hiers, Manager. I Thanksgiving Service. EJhrhardt, November 23. ? A thanksgiving union service was held this pvprnn??Wednesdav. The Rev. Hamlin Etheridge preached the sermon. Special music was arranged and a good service was held. Many Children Underweight. A report showing the result of the recent weighing of the pupils of the Ehrhardt school discloses the fact that while a few of our boys ana girls are overweight and some normal, there are many who are underweight. Just why so many boys and girls are abnormal in this respect we are not prepared to explain, but it is a fact nevertheless. Arbor Day. Last Friday was Arbor day, which day is designated by law for obser vance by the public schools of the state in such manner as will be most fitting and profitable. To teach and encourage children in the planting of trees and flowers is a very commendable thing, to say the least. It teaches them the estimable habit of working for and giving to the future those things that shall bless the generations yet to come, and at the same time provide for themselves needful things, the grandeur and beauty of which appeal to the best, the highest, the noblest in them. Ehrhardt has a splendid school building, one which all can be justly proud of. Around this building is plenty of' ground which holds the possibilities of being made the most beautiful and attractive spot in this part of the county. And yet it remains unsightly and unattractive, because there are those of our citizens who apparently believe that the first duty of a town is to provide unlimited grazing facilities for the cattle. The public grounds and private nrpmispc r?f thp tnwn nrnvidp nastnrp r w ?" ? r- ^ * - ? ? * land that, rivals that of our great prairies or the rich grazing plains of the South American pampas. And this is why our school cannot fittingly and profitably observe Arbor day, nor can it ever do so until it is otherwise. ________ " u Celebrates Birthday. S. W. Copeland celebrated his annual birthday Saturday night with a big supper. The guests enjoyed the many good things to eat, especially tiie cake, which was particularly not ed for its size, its many other good qualities notwithstanding. A smaller cake might have sufficed, but the maker had. in mind providing a place for the candles. v. / Personal Mention. Capt. J. M. Lamb, Atlantic Coast Line conductor, has moved his family here from Charleston. We are glad to have Capt. Lamb and his family with us and extend to them a most cordial welcome. B. D. Carter and M. P. Howell, prominent attorneys of Bamberg and Walterboro^ respectively, spent the day here on business last Friday. P. B. Groseclose, W. R. Goodson, and J. H. Trowell, of Columbia, came down Saturday evening and spent the weeK-ena wun relatives ana inenas. Mrs. J. H. Hucks, treasurer of the Children's Mission work of the South Carolina Lutheran synod, is in Columbia attending a committee meeting. Mrs. Maggie Simmons and daughter, Louise, have just returned from Leesville, where they have b?en visiting Mrs. J. L. Hiers, daughter of Mrs. Simmons. Civil Court Jury. The following jury will serve during the one-week term of civil court beginning Nov. 28th: J. B. Gaskins. H. R. Warren. S. A. Merchant. J. G. Hewitt. Marvin Bishop. N. Fulton Drawdy J. A. Carroll, Jr. Wm. Sanders. Jervey Jeffcoat. J. C. Hightower. U. G. Hutto. Thos. Ducker. L. C. Gillam. , R. W.- Smith. E. F. Free. J. W. Stewart. J. E. Zeigler. B. B. Brickie. W. H. Cain. J. D. Rhoad. Q. H. Sandifer. H. C. Hightower. T. G. Smoak. C. F. Warren. L. G. Hightower. Dan Whetstone. S. E. Zorn. I. B. Felder. Julius E. Crider. C. H. Still. R. A. Goolsby. J. P. O'Quinn. Jake Blume. F. E. Steedly. Clyde Herndon. A. H. Patrick. And Oh7 the Difference to Her! .. When Mrs. Featherstitcher saw that she was going to have to help earn a living she began by sewing for relatives, but she wound up by sewing for anybody except relatives. Baptist Revival Closed on Tuesday The service on Tuesday evening concluded the revival meeting at the Bamberg Baptist church, which has lasted for a little more than a week. As a result of the services, there has been a number of additions to the church. A great deal of interest was taken in the meeting throughout. Large congregations have attended the evening services, while the day services were not so largely attended. The preacher, Dr. George E. Davis, of A I 1 - J 111. - A ^ i wrangeuurg, nas preaciieu wna great power and effectiveness. Dr. Davis is gifted in speech and earnestness, and his appeals to church members for a revival of Christianity were especially effective. Sunday morning an invitation was extended to all church members of whatever denominational belief, to renew their Christian vows and loyalty to God, and hundreds availed themselves of the opportunity of reconsecrating themselves to the service of their Master. Sunday evening all the churches united in the service. No services were held Saturday morning, but the usual pvpnin? service was held at 7:30. The service Tuesday evening was one of he greatest inspirational meetings ever held in Bamberg. Following a sermon full of spirituality and appeal, five persons united with the church. Before the close of the service, Dr. Davis requested every member of the Methodist church present to come* forward and give their hnnHc tn thp Methodist nastor. Mr. Cantey, expressing thereby their loyalty to God and their church, and renewing their Christian vows. In response to this invitation numbers reconsecrated themselves to the service of God. Following this a similar invitation was extended to the Presbyterian and Baptist members, which was freely accepted. There was a beautiful spirit oi> brotherly love in this, service, and all others .throughout the meetings. The pastors of the different congregations of the city cooperated throughout the services to make the revival an entire success. About 38 additions were made to the Baptist church by profession of faith and by church letters. It is felt that the revival has meant much nc; only to the Baptist congregation but to the entire town. OCONEE OFFICERS MAKE HAUL. Two Automobiles, Five Men and Ninety-eight Gallons of Liquor Taken. Walhalla, Nov. 16.?Sheriff Alexander, rural policeman and Prohibition Officer Jake Gosnell captured - * ? n a AO two automoDiies, nve men aim 30 gallons of contraband liquor at Westminster early this morning. Ten (gallons was in a keg. The balance wa3 in one gallon cans. It is stated that all the men were from Greenville. Gars, liq,uor and men were brought to jail by the officers. 4 When Buddy Gets Nothing. . At the end of Buddy's first term at ' -1-1 i-i. 1 scflooi nis oiaer sister uruuguc uuuic her report card and was praised for her high marks by her father and mother. "Where's your report, Buddy?" inquired his father. 'JI don't get mine 'till tomorrow," the little boy answered as he noticed that his sister's card showed 85 andj 90 per cent, in her various studies. The next afternoon his mother saw him coming slowly homeward from scnooi, somy crying, ami iau 'lv mui. "What in the world is the matter, dear?" she asked 'him anxiously. "My report card," Buddy sobbed. "It is bad. I got 'nothing' in three subjects." His mother looked at it. In reading, his grade was 90; in writing, 95; in arithmetic, 92; in nature study, 100. And then below were three zeroes: Lateness, 0; absent, 0; misbehavior, 0. Too Short Notice. Samm'y father met him just as he was trying to steal unnoticed into the ftouse after a harrowing experience with a mud hole. "Well, sir," he inquired, "where have you been?" "I?I fell in a mudhole." "What! And with your new trousers!" "Yes, sir! I didn't have time to take 'em off." BLACKVILLE BUREAU Blackville, November 23.?Friends of William Gregory, who has been employed here by the South Eastern Express company, will be interested to learn that he has been promoted to a higher position, and is now located at Burlington. N. C. He is succeeded by W. C. Cain, who moved here with his family last week. Mr. Cain is originally from Denmark and has many friends and relatives here who give 'him a cordial welcome in Blackville. Mrs. Harry Hammet, who 'has been spending some time with her motherin-law, Mrs. Mary Hammet, nas returned to her home in Ruston, I^a. On her return..she will stop four days to visit her brother, who is a professor in the Georgia Tech. Mrs. E. H. Weissinger and Mrs. B. F. Storne attended the D. A. R. conference in Charleston last week, and report it an occasion to be remembered with pleasure. Misses Caroline and Eleanor O'Gorman are visiting friends in Char leston. Dr. Ryan A. Gyles has returned from a visit to Tarboro, N. C. Mrs. J. H. E. Milhouse is spending a while with her daughter, Mrs. I. F. Still. Mrs. W. H. Walker and daughter, Mrs. A. G. Murray, and children, of Beech Island, are visiting Mrs. J. M. Halford. Mrs. E. X. Clarke, of Allendale, was a visitor in Blackville last Tuesday. Messrs. Smith, two brothers of Mrs. Frank Fickling, who were called here last week on account of her death, one from Richmond, Va., and the other ft-om West^ Virginia, after spending several days with Mrs. Emmet Matthews and Mr. Fickling, have returned to their respective homes. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Free have gone to Columbia to spend thanksgiving day with their sons. Claude, Lewis and Rutherford Free. # Charlie Groves has returned home after a visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groves. COL. D. S. HENDERSON. I n x ? *i ? xx xr rromineni niKeii Aiwrney, ivnown Well in Bamberg, is Dead. One of the state's most eminent barristers, Daniel S. Henderson, passed away at his Aiken home Thursday of last week after a continuous period of ill health. Mr. Henderson had lived in the low country of South Carolina during his entire life, and was not only well known in this section, but ;his magnificent success and attainments in his chosen profession had made his name recognized and feared in the legal fraternity throughout the whole state. Born 73 years ocrn ir? Wo Iffirhnrn ho roooivod hie. early training at school there, and while yet in his teens was graduated j from the College of Charleston, affording one of the highest standards of any southern college. He was admitted to the bar while a very young man, and for over half a century had practiced with remarkable success and ability at Aiken. While he was not politically inclined and had not entered directly into politics to any great extent, still Mr. Henderson had served his county in the state senate and had also represented Aiken in the lower house of the general assembly. He had been actively con nected with every phase of public life and the betterment and uplifting of Aiken county since its formation, locating there at that time, and he enjoyed the distinction of having made the first speech in the Aiken county court house. He '"had been a trustee of the state university, and to the time of his death and for a number of years prior thereto he was the leading member of the law firm of Hendersons, the name under which the legal, lights of Aiken practiced, composed of himself, his brother, E. P. Henderson, father of E. H. Henderson, a prominent Bamberg attorney, and his son and nephew. Mr. Henderson was what is commonly termed fa court room lawyer, enjoying the rare gift of. distinguished and marked elo ? 1-;? An/iA nrt/4 nnnrarc qu^ice, IHb 1I1IIUC11V.C aim iJKj 1, were at their best before juries, and on many celebrated occasions he had been called upon throughout the state as orator of the day. For years the deceased had been an active member of the Presbyterian church in Aiken. He is survived by several children, his wife having passed to the grave about a year or more ago. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Henderson, o-f this city, attended the funeral and | j interment in Aiken Sunday. j *' : ^ " ' J Two Bamberg Banfe Merge Their Interests . Last Friday morning tne First National Bank and the Peoples Bank, two of Bamberg's well known financial institutions, consolidated. The transier was made Deiore DanKing hours, and by nine o'clock, the First National had moved into the Peoples WM Bank building and was ready for business in its new home. The directors of the two institutions had previously worked out the details of the consolidation, and the transfer was merely a matter of the . moving of the books cf one institution into the building of the other. The following statement is made > in regard to the bank merger: . "Customers of the Peoples Bank and the First National Bank of Bamberg will be interested to know that the business of the two banks has ' :v^3| been merged, and hereafter the business will be run under the name of tho TTMrct Va.Hrmo 1 Panlr anil /-?Q-n-ri a. iigb Aiucb;vuui uuu VAM * AVU on in the Peoples Bank building. The merger enables the business to be operated with less expense, and, therefore, more profitable to tihe , -4 stockholders. The officers of the bank stand ready to serve their old , customers as well as new ones." At a meeting of the directors of the First National on Thursday, C. , s $|S W. Rentz, Sr., president of the Peoples Bank, was added ^ the board of directors of the national bank. C. E. Black, vice president of the Peoples Bank, is connected with the merged institutions. The First National Bank has purchased the building, furniture and' fixtures of the Peoples Bank, a satisfactory price being agreeds upon. for ' the purchase. Officers of the bank authorize the statement that all deposits of the Peoples Bank are fully taken care The First National Bank succeed- ; 3 ed the Enterprise Bank of this city &ff about a year or so ago. W. A. Klauhor ic n-roai A on + qnH T~4r 'Rrvh<vrf "R1s?f?lr vice president of the institution. FOUR W^ITE'MEX HELD. Charged With Killing Negro Sunday Night on Way to Church. ^ Walhalla, Nov. 21.?Four young 3M whit? men, Dan Jamieson and "Bub" > Tannery, of near Westminster, and Frank and Walter Shepard, brothers, of the Long Creek section, were brought to the Oconee county jail . here this morning by Sheriff Alexander in connection with the killing of Jack Freeman, negro, who* was shot early last night near Westminster hy a party of white men. Sheriff Alexander left here immediately after .the Shooting and although the white men . had not been identified, officials scoured the county, his work resulting in the arrest of the four white jLueu. ' Freeman, it is alleged, was shot > and almost instantly killed by one of a party of four white men who passed him in company with two negro' . 1 girls and another negro on their way -to the cross roads church, when struck by a pistol ball fired by one of the members of the party. Too True. j'Now, boys," said the schoolmaster, "when I ask you a question you? must not be afraid to speak out and answer me. When you look around and see aT. the fine houses, farms and cattle, do you ever stop and think "a who own them now? Your fathers own them, do they not?" "Yes, sir," answered the boys. "Well, where will your fathers be in thirty years from now?" i *Jf "Dead," shouted the boys. "And did you ever see in the streets lazy men lounging about. waiting for some,one to give them money? Well, where will they he in .' -M thirty years?'' j "Dead." "And who will be the loungers, then?" "Us." Willie Knew. i The superintendent of the Sunday ..a school was also the village doctor. One Sunday he was questioning the school on various important points. ! "Willie," he asked one small boy "will you tell me what we must do j in order to get to heaven?" "We must die," replied Willie. "Very true," assented the doctor. "But tell me what we must do before we die." "We must get sick," was Willie's unexpected answer, "and send for ' ^ : ' kry