Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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For tip Sake of Your Crop BUY MORE FERTILIZER IT WILL PAY YOU WHEN THE HARVEST COMES MANY, MANY FOLD MOW IS THE CHANCE . of your m .. MR. FARMER WE REFER YOU TO THE WORLD FAMINE AND THE REi’ORD PItK'ES * FOR ALL YOU CAN MAKE. < . . ■»• WE HAVE OS HAND ONE m IS PER CENI ONE MR BUCO MEAL This Meal runs extremely high in POTASH >and by mixing with ACID you obtain a complete ami very ihigh grade iFerCiJizer for Corn, Cotton or Truck. SEE US AT ONCE SUPPLY LIMITED IERRY 5 SHAFFER Revival Meeting Progressing Nicely The reviTal meeting being held at the school auditorium by Rev. Jackson and Rev. Todd is progress ing nicely, and large nunVbers of people from the town and surround ing country are attending. Preach-j ing is being held every night, the* services beginning at X o'clock . with sermon at 8:30. k It is announced that the meeting will close Sunday night. Sunday afternoon there will be a meeting for men only following the session of the Sunday school class. FOOD AS WELL AS COTTON THE NATION ASKS OF DIXIE South May Be Face to Face With Disaster if Food As Well As Cotton Is Not Grown by Farmers—Home Guards of Defense In Great Army, Is Position of the Farmer. One tablespoonful of arsenate of lead. 1*4 to 1-2 pound of lump lime, and 3 gallons of water sprayed will kill the Irish potato bug. ,.% Symbol of Health. The Pythagorians of Ancient Greece ^ate simple food, practiced temperance and purity. A:s a badge they used the five pointed star which they, regarded as a sym bol of health A'.red five poiiH*(f star appears t ofT each package of Chamberlain’s Tablets, am! still fut- of health. If you are troubled with indigestion, biliousness or constipa tion. get a .package of these tablets fiom your druggist. You will be surprised at the quick r< lief which they afford. Obtainable every where . From the Farm* Service Bureau. In time of war the interests of the army come first. Regular commerce must give way to troop trains, ammu- •I nit ions and army freight in general. At such times the wants of people can not be readily supplied. Forethinking people will, therefore, prepare againat it. . « ’ The Southern farmer is facing this Situation. What ought he to do? Railroads have been hauling mil lions of dollars’ worth of food prod ucts to the South eSch year. Recently preparation, lilu rnl fertilisation, thor ough cu.tiv at ion, and crop conserva-1 tion. . Emergency Crop* As a pmde in meeting the crisis, which o now coafronRng the South, the Farm Service Itureau suggests the follow ng. which of course, must be modified to. Milt local conditions: „ TIk-m crop: which cah be used for an or beat-t, and which can at once should be given im- a eniion. The acreage of a aav-T v i u I- food tor n.a: I- BiAplaiUed a y | vnedut:. k BTs Tts ancient mT-sion as ~ '”01 bo 5 * sirunt mns-hawrbe.'n-rTa; itrvHy-avm ted- there been occarional ’ famines” I cotton i«r plow may be maintained, ’in. .some of these articles because of l and all po- ble efforts should be put tlm inability of tig* railroads to haul | forth to ii < ih.-* 1 the yield Lint will all they were offered, lu fact, serious bring t g ud pnec, and st«d will prove CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE ■OTTON SEED • FOR SALE—\ -limited supply (’leveland Iti; Boll. ? 1.00 per bushel. See ni write Frank - O’Quin, Walterboro S. C . f K. K. f . 1 tn FOR SALE—Shetland pony, buggy and harness. Apply to Pascal Folder. ’ tf F'OR SAI.F—One 5 passenger Kinp touring car in perfect order, good tires, electric lights aruf, starter with 175.00 magneto. Basv terms. Apply to Irving M. Fish- burne at Farmers A Merchant; Bank. FOR SALE—Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls for sale. Meal $35.00 per ton. Hulls. $18.00 per ton. A. Wicbman £ Son. tf. FOR SAIJv—Selected, home-grown cotton seed for planting, $1.00 per bushel. Walterboro Cotton - Oil Co. . tf. FOR SALE—Ford cars for sale cheap. Walterboro Garage, tf. FOR SAI.E—Horses and Mules for sale cheap A. Wicbman A Son tf. FOR KALE—Second-hand buggies and surries for sale cheap. A. Wicbman & Son. tf. What then might be the nwult of a car shortage- more acute Ilian has ever been experienced? How would Southern cities be fed? Where would the Southern farmer who raises only cottoir, get food? Grave porsibiiities are, th< refope, confronted Thpy are probabilities R immediate tu ps are r.oU taken. How can such a disaster be fore stall* d? Only by ihe Southern farm er growing foodstuffs as wfell as cot ton. He can do it ; it is his duty to do it. It is his patriotic service. In doing this piece of work he will be one of ihe most useful units in fhe army of defense. At this time it is as important for the Southern farmer to enlist to pro duce food crops as it is for the young men of the South to enlist as soldiers. It will,be easy to get men for the army. It should be easy to get men to raise farm crops. Let Southern farmers rally to the call, l^t them become Home Guards by producing this sum- IfM mer such crops as corn, cow peas, sweet potatoes, beans, sorghum, p^c outs, soy beans, velvet beans and such garden crops as tomatoes, turnips, cabbage, onions, Irish potatoes — by raising bogs, poultry — by producing •gga, milk, butter — by preserving berries, fruits, vegetables — and do all this not only for themselves, but produce enough to have some to sell. Efficiency and maximum crops are what the national leaders are calling for. This means making every lick count to the utmost. It means good !*'-x-u.-,---ft i On-.a. _ . * • | WANTED Whenever .You Need a General Tonic Take Grove’s The Old Standard Grove’s Tr.stcless chill Tonic is equally valuable as e j " AN'TFI Genefal Tonic because it contains the wellknown tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Driver out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Bnilds np the Whole System. 50 cer>« WANTED—Car load eommon goat: and sheep. Please state numbei for sale and price per head. Ad dress G. I. Blocker. Walterboro S*C. / Itp, You, to read statement of Farmers _£ Merchant* Haris at bottom of page 8.- / It. WANTED—Thickens - amL 'eggs. Top prices paid. 4Iotel ^rfbert. 4-4-4t / 25-a- r* • ;*(■:. .n ien or tlev* n a ms of «o' « :i y by given each i low , and it is c - n il • nd< «» that seven or /ight act*' I * giv* n :u corn ta which stiou! i !■. plant •*! pi.is. soy beans or vclvi : The rdrn can bo har vest* d. a <: be loan-' or leas given o\ei ii pasture or path* red for feed. At 1*.. \v;> ui.e;- should be givjn to soy f • ..r: or row peas and sorghum for hay. un* a« re for grazing; one acre for M :gl.’im,:yrup; one acre for sweet pot a i ,.nd one for different kinds of vi p* ...ba This will give a total of 2a a< res, and represents only tb© crops ti r summer planting. Winter grain- may be seeded immediately af ter some of •■hose are harvested. Everything bearing upon large yields -tumid be given emphasis. The intul should be thoroughly prepared ; the b«si known vaVieties used; the right kind and liberal amounts of fer tilizer apphtd, and thorough cultiva tion given This is of special importance over much of the South where the sods are lacking m M’luble- plant foods. Not less than 4(K» to 600 pounds of fertll- ixer should be used per acre on the crops suggested. ini account of the car shortage and the f.tirairs’ inability to secure ample fertilize to put under their crops at the time the land was be.ng prepared, it is iMommendd that a litxral side application of fertilizer b*- used on all crop- already planted. I pci ease of crop yields Wi'.; com*- with increase in quan tity of h rtilizer used. ■•i. " ■ ■ . ******* * * ******* * * * Personal Mention * * * ******* * * ******* Clarence Fraser, of Florence, has b©e D in l Walterboro on a visit to his mother, Mrs. E. W. Fraser, an 1 to relatives in town. —o-o * The many friends of Mrs. E. W Fraser will regret to learn that is quite sick at the ('Lira E^Do: u j ^jj 0 ppj HR , Infirmary. Sunday night, acd brings a goo 1 report jrom tb'- progress being i!iatK- by Miss Hiers and Mr. liters. They exfV't to finish their course there in bout six weeks and will return to Walterboro. '\ - • ' A o-o— F. J. Berry and (‘ob, P. M.. of S-minks wf-r«* in Walterboro Mond; >! afternoon on btlsioess. * 4> r»— Miss l>olKe Hintt, of Hrs. (’reck was in Walterboro this morning -o- i John Black, Jr , spent segesi! Mrs. Jno. H. Peurifoy, who ha-, days the . ar!y i>art ol the week u. visit and hiisinc«-< MOVED TO HIS OWN BDIIDINO Next to the Post Office Every dtiy we are receiving new SPRING ard SUM MER GOODS. MEN’S SUITS — ’ ; x.. , . . ■ . ' - ” • ‘ We have a large stock of MEN'S and BOYS' PALM BEACH and KEEP KOOL SUITS. The prices are as * <r s' */ y reasonable as last season. * LADIES’ DRESS GOODS We also hav« a complete line of Ladies’ SKIRTS, WAISTS, SUMMER DRESS GOODS and fine MILLIN ERY. TO OUR CUSTOMERS: We recently added an addition to our store building ■» w which gives us more room to display our goods. c have built a rest room .‘or the convenience of our cus- ^ \ tomers. Make thi^ store y-tur headquarters. You ai> ' a welcome with the bat.es.' been at the C’lara EsDorn Infirmaty, Charleston on since the birth of her son, Jaub* E.. April 14. has gone to her moth er's home for a visit. . —o-o— j wept an operat/on for appendiciti;i ,Mlss Emma V'arn spent a few j which was successful. She is do- days in the city last week wit' Jug Miss Tweedie Fickling I n Miss Etti** Breland is at the Es- Dorn • Infirmary, where she under .ing well. . w-w- Mias Mabel Wichman has return ed to the city from Charlesttm, ■where she underent an operation Mb»s Kate Rentz spent the wee.k end in Bamberg with her parents. Miss Urel Yarn, who is attending Draugbon's Business College, Co lumbia. Is at home for several days, with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Yarn. Mjus Yarn is taking a full course at this business college and i« making a splendid record them. Mif. R. R. Miley and children visited Her parents, Mr. and Mu. R. B. Hierw, at Lodge, last week returning Friday. Cottageville Has Largest Audience C. J. Crosby and little The largest audience to greet thf party who made the preparedness 1 campaign over the county was at Cottageville last Thursday morning at which time perhaps a hundred citizens of the community were pres ent and listened attentively to the speakers who urged conservation o' food products and the production of all possible. Other meeting were held at Bethlehem Thursday after noon and at Hendersonville Friday afternoon,^closing with a meeting at Tabor Friday night. The meeting XT’ Cottagevilli , Thursday morning wa« most Jnte •- son. eating. Rev. Geo. K. Way. mem- Reubin,, and daughter. Mjj-iam, her of the county preparedness com worst In Walterboro Monday after- mittee, presided w Addresses were noon. Mr. Croeby is a rural let- made by Miss Gladys Smith, special ter carrier and farmer living near *ltate agent of the home demonslpa- Hudson'). Mills. | tlon forces, who urged the necessU 0 0 ty for ' saving everything made on Mr,, and Mrs. G. C. Brow-n, Mr-t the farm. Mass Tweedie Fickling W. E. Jones and Miss Bette Wev apoke of the good work being done coat spent the week-end with M* . hy the Cottageville clubs. M . W . and Mrs. W. S. Marrln at Ash*- Smoak urged the planting of all p 00 i • food crops, and spoke of the triumph 0 0 | of the world-wide democracy an one Prof. V\rtink M. Connor, of f ^ results of the war. W. E. Smoaks, wa« in town Monday afte.-- Willis called, uppn the peopl* noon, beinr on his way home. H* Present for practical ^ggestions iu ‘♦-’•eht at Hendersonville for hi* lo what the people could do in Uus brother. Prof. S. M. Connor, who cri8i “ *<> increase their yields. Th* '*’ ■« in atbendance upon the funers! P®** °f more fertilizer was suggest*-*! a relative of Mrs. Connor. Miss Juanita Pickling, of North arrived in town Monday afternoon' better cultivation and planting vel vet beans. The meeting at Bethlehem war attended by a few citizens', and H. Zalin Clothing to visit her sister. Miss Tweedie "hort addresses were made .by Fickling She will spent sometini bounty Chairman Risuer and Miss in Walterboro with her sister. omith. Only a few persons were . n n present at) Hendersonville Friday. Pinckney Smith, a member of th* * ^ Rood sized audience was pres- National Guard, who saw service oi rn T at Tabor Friday night win* ii«- the border, is at home, having re- ( * ne< f attentively to addreses by Mr cefved a ‘discharge on account of l^' s _her. Miss Fickling. Miss \<*in WALTERBORO. S. C. being needed at home. ’ Mr.^.-'D. C. L. Ifi«rs is spending several days in Columbia with her daughter and son. Miss Lucille and Alba, who are attending Draughan's Business college. She return*-] and Mr. Smoak. SAVE MONEY Every day the news papers are telling us of the enormous amount of steel being. destroyed. Steel vessels being sunk, railroads des- * * * troyed, steel bridges shattered by . j • • gun fire, the enormous amount of steel—shells and guns being used- every day. Considering the -above, don’t you think that Now is The Time To buy Things Made of Steel! Steel products are advancing every day. We have a large stock of hardware, stoves, ranges, wire fencing, and implements bought and in stock on all of which we can Save You MONEY V / / Find out what you need now and will need between now and January and let us name you prices that will show you that it will pay you to buy now. If you havn’t the money come anyway A. Wichman & Son Colleton’s Leading Hardware Store Walterboro, S C. X BADGE FOR FOOD MAKERS ‘ •x \ / Design of Button to be distribut ed in South Carolina by Banks, Chambers of Commerce, Business P irms and others. The badge has <C- X ’ . ^ been adopted by the South Caro lina Preparedness Commission. Fini t , '“ thr**f “FV (food. f*-*-d ifnd fertility) in the sweet potato Iruh potato and lima bean; all of these are profitable crops and are Vasily grown. John Met’rady, engineer on the Board of Viewers for the Walter boro Drainage District No. 1. was a business visitor to Walterboro to day. Mr. McCardy states that th* survey is progressing very rapid’.* and that it will be completed about June 1st. J. N. .\fccBride, agricultural ag. nt of th*- Seaboard A r Lire w o a visitor to WaJterboro today Mr. McBride came to diwuxr rom© de velopment work with Secretary S. L. Reid of the South* m •'drolina Association. .' lift ■ ■s' . ... X