Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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y ■ run* two. ■ ' ■: THB BARNWELL PEO BARNWELL, SOUTH CABOLDM i. ¥ ii ,, ..,,1 , ^t,,. >.vw,. - m THURSDAY. JUNE tlST, t»M. A PLACE IN THE SUN FOR CAROUNA FARMERS BY GUY A. CARDWELL, AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL AGENT, ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. Somewhere on the great world the »un is always shining aM just so sure r<9 you live, will sometime shine on you. The dear God has made it so. There is so much sunshine we must all have our share.”—Myrtle Read. i Prompt 1 rity of the farmers of South Carolina, which is "chiefly an asricul- i Coral atate, means good tim?H in all \ Itafs of business; the railroads not ex cepted. This being the case, the rail roads are constantly striving to build prosperity for all — for the railroad along with the farmers, the merchant, tAe manufacturer, the banker, the doc- Cur. the lawyer and all the rest. Hut whenever the farmer feels the pinch at poverty, everyone gets pinched, f ffhexefore, the struggle to award the j| pood times prize to the farmer Is well worth striving for. ] south Carolina farmers have made tremendous strides in agricultural ’ profNction, but changed conditions Aawe made it difficult for producers of tifaple crops to realize profits suffi cient to support present standards of living and to keep the plow of pros- jporlty in a furrow straight and long. .In some years and at certain seasons the furrow is crooked and most uncer tain. Having the prosperity of agriculture ta mind, the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company has joined forces with CJemson Agricultural College in fl ing the operation of a llvestcok lopment train which has for its •fcjertive the rehabilitation of agri- collnre along lines of soli improve- bmebL and more lasting soil fertility, witli livestock. Livestock on the farms in South •Carolina, we believe, will result in les- avaiiig the cost of production of crops hy giving larger yields on smaller acreages, and will, in addition, provide products such as milk, cream, calves, hops, lambs, wool, poultry, eggs and wrcaslonally a milk cow or beef animal aale, at frequent intervals tamnnghout the year. ? Income, larger and better distrib uted, is one of the great needs of iSfcxDth Carolina farmers—not for their benefit alone; but for the good of hmdness generally. It has been said that "the sole pur pose of a railroad is to transport ftelght and passengers with safety and reasonable dispatch.” To the accom- ■pUsbment of this purpose some of the CoopBTBtivt Carlo* P Shipments Bring Hundred and Sevan Can plua Chickens From /Several Counties Last /Year. Five years ago Soutn Carolina farm ers had no market for live chickens except suctr as ihey could sell lo cally at cheap prices- ■ The result was that unprofitable birds that should have heen/culled and sold remained in the flocks for want of any way to dispose/of £hem. But the Extension Service decided in 1923 to relieve this situation by collecting carloads of chickens at railroad points and ship- ing them to eastern markets where good prices are paid. County Agent W/J. Tiller broadcast the news that a poultry car was com ing and would pay far more than the customary prices. It was easy to get a carload, everyone was pleased, and 1 the news spread to other sections, j Seven cars left the state that year. Chesterfield county shipped four cars. Greenwood, Lancaster, Marlon and Marlboro counties, two each; and Al lendale, Anderson, Clarendon, Dillon, Florence, Laurens, Orangeburg, Mc Cormick, Oconee and Williamsburg counties one each, in 1924. In 1925, Social and Personal News from Williston brightest minds of the nation have di rected their energies, and have fre quently gone far afield from physical transportation in encouraging produc tion and causing to he produced s6me- thing to be transported. / The rail, -ads are devoting more and more attention to development/mat- te^a, to highly specialized public ser vice. They are seeking to increase the population of the country and to wise ly bring into productiveness unculti vated lands, to enlarge the output of established Industrie^, and to encour age new industrial development. in the early days of the Atlantic Coast Line, naval stores furnished a considerable part of the wealth of the people. With the passing of this in dustry the people were left greatly 1m- poverished and the railroad without ( l ’? enty * , ' our , coun /“ "hipped a total profitable tonnage. of 68 cars through the cooperation of The men of vision in charge of the! the Clemson College Extension Serv- destlnles of the Atlantic Coast Line ice marketing specialists, the county, system decided that soil and climate farm and home agents and local poul- with which nature had endowed this try organizations cooperating, section were adapted to growing | " In 1926 farmers In thirty - eight strawberries and many kinds of vege- counties sold more than a million and tables. Therefore, in the late eigh- 1 a half pounds of poultry at ninety- ties, and early nineties, a specialist seven freight car doors and received was employed by the railroad to pro mote the growing of strawberries, $390,700 for it. L. H. Lewis, exten slon marketing specialist believes the beans, cucumbers, lettuce, peas and prices were five or six cents a pound potatoes, These same railroad off!-1 higher than local markets, so that cials helped to build the bright-leaf tobacco industry of the eastern Caro- llnas and the cabbage and potato In dustries of Virginia and the Carolinaa and joined forces with other men en couraging farm settlers from the West and North to settle in the South. Sev eral successful colonies were estab lished. farmers not only could dispose of more birds than local demand would take, but got $75,000 to $85,000 dollars more for It. In J927, cooperative shipments car ried 107 cars of poultry to the East and reaped good prices, as usual. It is Interesting Ho note that this practice has not only disposed of many Williston, June 16.—Mr. and Mrs. Graham Slaughter and children, Bob by and Dorothy, of Greenville visited Mr. and Mrs. O. N ( i Courtney last week. Mrs. J. W. Williams spent the past week with her sister, /Mrs. O. N. Courtney. Misses Billie Scott, Sybel Smith and Elizabeth Kennedy spent Wednesday in Barnwell as guests of Miss Elaine Harley, who accompanied them back for -a visit to Williston. Mrs. W. R. Kennedy, Mrs. J. A. Ken nedy, Mis. W. C. Smith, Jr., and Miss Louise Prothro were guests Tuesday of Mrs. A. A. Myers in Branchville. # ‘*"Mr. antf Mrs. W. C .Cunningham and children attended the commence ment exercises in Aiken last week an,d their daughter, Miss Pamella Cunning ham, remained over to visit her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Thomas. Mrs. G. W. Whitaker, Mrs. M. T. Quattlebaum, Mrs C. C. Whittle and Mrs. M. N. Ahl motored to Leesville Wednesday to attend the district mis sionary conference. Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Bennett and son, Roy, Jr., were visitors last week of Miss Mattie Lee Bennett. ' Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Bennett and son, Norman, Jr., of Miami, Fla., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A, Bennett. r —- Miss Anne Hicks, after spending a week with her aunt, Mrs. W. H. Hair, has returned to Milledgeville, Ga., where she will attend the Georgia State College summer school. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Latimer and children spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Latimer and were ac companied home by Garrison Latimer, who will visit them for several weeks. ■ Mrs. A. S. Blanchard and Pinck ney Lee attended the University of Georgia commencement exercises last week. Arrows of the Holy Ghost Deep convictions of sin will not spring from rational consideration. No man can work them in his own soul; they are the arrows of the Holy Ghost. And when He sends them they stick fast.—Berridge. Sympathy. Poor Barnwell! We gu^ss it’s all right to extend sympathy, fror the an- (1 nouncement is made that not one of * the court house or county officers has any opposition in the primary this symmer. Who ever heard of a South Carolina county without county poli-f^^ tfes? This is something radical, and in this day of investigations^ perhaps it ought to be investigated. Aryi it shows what poor judgment we’ve got. We thought sure that some of the Barnwell candidates ought to have opposition. Wo. are not so sure yet that they should not.—The Bamberg Hen aid. A 276-pound boy, who recently ran away, has been found. The poor fel low had no place to hide! ■U4 HALL & COLE, Inc. 94-102 Faneuil Hall Market BOSTON, MASS. Commission Merchants and Distributors of ASPARAGUS. One of the Oldest Commission Houses in the Trade. Send for Shipping Stamp. Vi Further continuln K its long estab- liabilities but al- llshed policy of territory building, the cmc s en » ‘“s' wero liabilities, nut tu men controlling the affairs of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Company, believing the time has come when South Carolina agriculture must be changed to embrace live stdek In all its phases if we are to enjoy a pros perous future, have joined forcea with Clemson Collegia and will operate a Live Stock Special Train in order to carry live stock ideas, information and facts along its lines to farmers and others who should be interested. so that it has given the state a steady market that has varied practically none within five years, and that it has opened to the state a business for broilers which is bringing in , good profits to many. Thus has opened another outlet for the poultry indus try that makes it all the more advis able for every farm in South Carolina to carry chickens. Some profitable pointers about chicken-raising can be picked up on the Atlantic Coast Line- Clemson College Livestock Develop; ment Train, which Is running in this state the last half of June and the first half of July. —^—*= <*<^x^>«x^x**x**x*«i**x**x* < x»*x*«x**x**x**;K**>«:* < >«;**>-><»»:*»>*?*:*»;«*;**;**i**.**.»*.»*.»*.»*. , *.~.* , x»*x»«x**x*«x»*x**x»*x*«x**X'*x*»>x w ;*.». • — - x 1 v v Y Y t t Y Y Y Y Y Y ♦ Farmers Mean to Murder Expected to Reap Revenge for Last Year’s Treatment Will Poison Their J Says he shan’t have this crop. Furthermore, they say they have found it doesn’t pay to usi anything but the-best prison and machinery. Have lost money trying to use cheap, inferioi poisons and cheap undependable machinery. Determined after this to use the best which they now see is NIAGARA BRAND No saving in cheap goods. They say the inferior heavy calcium arsenate will not give even distribution through the machines, nor will it cover as much area per pound. “The Dust That Makes the Cloud With the ; / Silver Lining. EVERY DRUM GUARANTEED Elim Club Boys Introduce Purebred Hogs and Poultry To Florence County Farms New Community Spirit and Brighter Prospects Result. Dairy Club Boys, Their Parents and Extension Dairy Specialists Attending South Carolina State Fair Last Fall. LIVESTOCK CLUBSTERS ARE LEADING STATE TOWARD FIRMER FARM PROGRAM Calf, Hog, Sheep and Poultry Clubs Start Boys and Girls Into Successful Life Work. One of the most effective rural rements of the twentieth century, carding to South Carolina agricul- ihtral leaders, has been operation of Clubs among farm boys and girls, • specially the livestock clubs since mile branch of farming has so long &ren overlooked by adults. The best taown practices used by club boys trod girls have made thousands of dol lars profits for several years. In many cares the parents and neighbors are ■cazmnced and adopt those methods. •Hany clubsters are growing into va rious lines of farming. The same urothods and the same results are being urged on the Atlantic Coast Line-Clemson College Livestock De- wfckfjummt Train. x >v * iPrlnr .to 1920 there were only corn 'didos and pig clubs to dispose of the * ’orn grown. Every year since pig * *Jubs have operated they have re- rarned profits, on the average to boys r*i>orting results. In 1926^ it was a boy; in 1927, $8.97. Last year * dm tatate prize winners in fattening * rod breeding pig clubs, respectively, profited $36.15 and $41.87. From the vHfcerokee County Poland China Pig Club last year 25 hogs sent to the SSbkle Fair won $80 prizes in open and competition and a grand cham- pMcmship of the fair. Practically every grown by members of th^e Green ville county pig fattening club topped market and got a premium of 75 ‘Cents a hundred above market quota tion- Some of the best gains made Clarendon county farmers feeding last year by the Clemson Col lege feeding plan went to the credit vM dub boys. This year these same are feeding pigs and making gains nC one or two pounds a day. Poultry clubs are very popular both boys and girls because the requires a small part of one’s and an inexpensive start, re- anxlng good profits for correct care, th* very reason why Clemson College am* the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad fcaUere every.farm in the state should Aaae chickens. Club members re- jpprted average proftU of $13.35 In * ^ v /- ' 1926 and $10.90 apiece In 1927. About the close of the war dairy calf clubs got their start and ran chiefly with grade' calves until 1923, when County Agent W. F. Howell and Extension Dairy Specialist C. G. Cush man organized the Lancaster County Jersey Calf Club, the first real im petus to dairy clubs and the first pure bred club in the state. That fall at the first calf club show Mr. Cushman, judge, remarked to the boys; "The cow that wins today would offer keen com petition at (he National Dairy Show." In 1924 the - calf club enrollment climbed to 100 and in 1925 to 130 upon the organization of purebred calf clubs in Saluda, Spartanburg, Chesterfield, Greenwood, Fairfield and Richland counties. Fifty-one club calves sent to the^State Fair that fall were by tne omctal judge to be the chief attraction of the dairy exhibit. In 1926 Greenville organized a purebred calf club with 13 Jersey owners and Chester county with 25 Guernsey owners, increasing state enrollment to 189. Last year 'Dorchester and Berkeley counties entered the pure bred list and enrollment grew to 279. Among the boys showing 116 calves at the State Fair, Robert McCarter, of Greenville county, won the junior Jer sey grand championship (ft the entire fair. This spring the roll climbed to 291 boys. R. E. Waters, extension dairy specialist of Clemson College, and W. C .Schnarr, representative of the American Jersey Cattle Club, went to Brampton, Ontario, and shipped a carload of purebred cattle to Saluda county, about 25 calves going to club boys. Sheep clubs are Just getting their start. Two years ago there were only four sheep demonstrations in t£e en tire state; last year ten in seven counties, and this year a Fairfield County 4-H Sheep Club of 19 mem bers was organized. As a result of the * Fairfield County Sheep Promo tion Club among adult farmers and the 4-H Sheep club, the Stato Fair is this year awarding premiums in open classea for sheep. Elim was an ordinary country com munity in Florence County in 1924, cotton farming, tenantry, very little community pride, little livestock and that, inferior. But in 1925 it became a land apart unto itself, took on new life, took pride in the livestock, and began new methods that are still car rying them uphill, for a 4-H club was born. That year 15 Elim boys entered the pig club and fattened grade hogs. The boys stirred up some enthusiasm over their pigs. They had lively meetings and their parents came abj|||^| often as they, which was ever^^Weting night. . Some of the boys decided that If they could make money on grade hogs they should certainly make md?e on purebreds and at the same time could make the community over into a center for purebred Poland China hogs in the country. Over half of the club membership turned the year’s* pig, profits into the purchase of good,, purebred gilts, all of the one breed. Other boys took-money from their pockets and outright bought purebred pigs. Result: Practically all of the club pigs now are purebreds, many of the parents have bought purebred^ of the same breeds and County ^fgent Ward McLendon thinks the commun ity will soon have 100 per cent pure bred Poland Chinas, which vraa the vision of the clubsters. In 1926, the boys organized a 4-H marketing club to handle all the eggs of the community on a standard basis and get better prices. They drew up a contract, which patrons signed, agreeing that they. would offer none but first-class eggs of average size or over and would pay the club 5 per cent for collecting, candling, packing and selling. The boys agreed they would pay more for the eggs than the average farmers receive when they de liver to town. Beginning the middle of June the boys handled about forty dozen eggs a week for 13 weeks at an average price of 40 cents a dozen, a total business of $208. Their goal for last year’s egg ring was a $1,000 busi ness. That year the Rotary Club gave each member of Elim Club a setting of purebred eggs. In 1927, Elim club had 90 per cent purebred sows, 100 per cent purebred flocks (275 chickena, In all), and 100' per cent of the boya could make good agricultural talks. They expect to have some purebred chickens on ev« ery farm in the community before this year la over. Agriculture la picking up in' Elim Community of Florence county and parents are as enthuaiaatic about club work aa are the boyi. % | | X i ...--'HU i t 4^ Why waste your money on shoddy inferior ami untried machinery We are oftVriny you a line that has stood tin test of time and .every ma chine has not only our unar antee. hut also the factory behind it. , Also the famous CHAMPION and PERFEC TION 2 ROW DUSTERS that have continued to lead - thp tietd for service and satisfaction in 'he two-row Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y I I | Y Y Y Champion Our Service Department Is In a Clas£ By. Itself. Nowhere else in the state will you find this feature off/red to the farmer. Repair men at your call day or night, also full line of repair parts. It is our idea to help you make a.erop of cotton this v£ar in spite of the boll weevil.* Get in touch with us concerning your needs. Planters Produce & Storage Co. “BOLL WEEVIL/UNDERTAKERS.” “We Lay ’Em Out.” $ : TH08. B. YOUNG, Gen. Manager. Florence, 8. G. t Y : x For Sale by SIMON BROWN’S SONS tackville, S. C. t X Y Y t o v