Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Drive Started in State Locality to Be Organized and Will Have Own l^ocal Commit tee.—Of Benefit to State. The membership driv e of the Bet ter Busine.« s Association is underway, having started on Monday, May 11. According to the statement of Lynch Deas, well known cotton man of South Carolina, who ig acting as ex ecutive secretary, and in charge of j the membership drive, each locality will be organized separately and will - have a local committee to work in connection with the Board of Trus- ■i tees This association headed by the most influential business men of the State will use all funds derived from mem berships to carry out the following objects: • ~ To conduct an intensive inter-state and national advertising campaign so a s to educate the general public to th„ advantages which may Ire derived ^ ' _r • from South Carolina products. To encourage the growth and de- • ^ velopment of established business en terprises throughout the State. To advertise and promote the use of South Carolina products by the people of this State. To bring new industries and invest ments to South Carolina. To assist in gatheiing information and marVetmg news for business groups. To check and help break down un fair and unethical busine<„ practices in South Carolina. Ail citizens are urged to join im mediately. Membership in the Asso- sociation is $f>. Those desiring to join may make checks payable to R. (i. Rhett, Jr.. Treasurer, ami mad it to the Better BuMneeg Association, K2 I’.iog i St., ('hurluston, S C*. It can readily Ik* seem that the work outlined by this group will be .of great .help to all business within the State. California and Florida hav e profited by their advertising. Why not help South Carolina do the same? South Carolina has as mueh and more to offer. Support and join this association and it anil help you. “The South CaroIrnHa.” a monthly magazine^ to be published at an early date will be the official publica tion of the Better Business Associa tion and each member of the Asso ciation will receive it free. FIRST BROADCAST FROM MID* ATLANTIC! Ripley has been abroad . scouring Europe and Africa for material for a brand new “Believe it or Not"'series. He will broadcast the first of this series, on the new Esso program from the Leviathan, half way out on the Atlantic Ocean on May 20th. HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. *50111) FBIZE CONTIST Just back from the Potato section of Florida, and what a country. While they have crop' they have good ones, but where they don’t—there’s nothing but sand, sand, sand, and scrub pine and palmetto. They are digging a nice crop of potatoes, about 45 barrels per acre. The crop looks good, with just a lit tle blight. They had a big rain Sun- day and Monday, but shipped 164 cars of spud s o* 1 Wednesday. Figures showed 2,900 carloads moved up to noon of May 3rd, from an expected total of 5,500 cars. They expect to move 1,100 cars the week of May 4th and H00 car s the following week. The shipping organizations are desirous of getting their crop out of our way, and have asked all growers FOR YOUR "BELIEVE IT OR NOT" IDEAS Here’s a chance to combine fun and profit! A radio program featuring Robert L. Ripley of “Believe it or Not” fame—and a “Believe it or Npt” contest with 54 prizes and opportunities for everyone. Turn your playtime into paytime! test M r to ‘‘clean up’’ everything in the whole State by May 22nd. Beans around the LaCros^e-Starke section are picking now for the 2nd time, mostly of a fair quality. Straw berries are makirtg a fair crop,, and the price s are Rood. Th t . cuke s in North Central Florida are blooming and the vines are about 18 inches long. The acreage is not so large, and it looks to me like cukes are a good bet for us. At least i think we will have the market t but just how much money we will get out of that market remains an abso lute mystery to me. I saw a few watermelons on the Jacksonville market, and .these were from South Florida and were selling for 85c to $1 each for 20 pounds melons. The potatoes around Savannah look finer than I have seen them in yearsf There is quite an acreage of Red Blis, at that point. I think Savannah will mov£ their crop along with Beaufort and Charleston, from th% looks of the bushes. Prices are poor on spuds a^\d we must get big crops to come out on our expenses for the crop. We have the stand in our fields, probably the best gtand in years; and the farmers who. have not stinted themselves on fertilizer are almost bound to make big crops, with the seasonable rains $2,000 for the “best “Believe it or Not.” $1,000 second prize. Four othdr cash prizes, from $500 to $50. 48 prizes ,of Atlas Tires. These prizes will be awarded by the manufacturers of Esso. * Everyone has an equal diance. You don’t /tave to be a user of Esso, which is more powerful than any gasoline and costs no more by the mile. You don’t even have to be a car owner. — ,* All entries should be submitted on regu lar contest blanks and mailed to Esso, 13th floor» 285 \tadison Avenue, Nevy York, N. Y. Contest blanks with complete instructions are available at all Standard Oil service stations and Esso dealers. Start now! Tune in on the Esso program May 20th at 7:45 P. M., E. D. S. Time— and every Friday and Wednesday night from then on at the same hour. These stations will carry this program: WJZ New York KDKA Pittsburgh WBZA Boston WHAM4ltJchester WBZ Springfield WLW Cincinnati WBAL Baltimore WRVA Richmond WPTF Raleigh STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF N E W JERSEY of~-gputls - in ttnr J Hustings ^ea, that of F. M. Leon- ard and Son?, of Boston,. Mass.—200 acres fertilized with a ton of 7-5-10 fertilizer and this was by far the best potato field that I saw in Florida. I understand that this concern has already shipped 107 cars of potatoes, from 267 acres—my authority /Tor this .'tatement is Mr. Lee of the Hast ings Potato Association—aind folks, that is some crop. Local and Personal News of Blackville Blackvifle, May 9.—Mrs. Kelly Browning- was hostess to the members of the Thursday Bridge Club jthis week. Mrs. T. L. Mrs. LeRoy Still, Mrs. LonnieM iss Kath ryn Legare and Miss Helen Holstein were invited guests. High score was made by Mrs. H. L. Buist. Miss Helen Holstein cut consolation. Monday afternoon, Miss Margaret O’Gorman entertained the members of the Monday Bridge Club. High score was made by Mrs. Lonnio and Mrs. Somers Pringle were invit ed guests. Music week was observed Wednes- -ereecb. Mrs’ PearT' MatTivg cut con solation. Miss Clara Downing, Miss Helen Holstein, Mrs. Kelly Browning day—in the high school auditorium, when several of the members of the Bamberg Music club gave a musical entertainment. Miss Eleanor Smith, director of music in the school, gave a reception at the home of Mrs. A. B. Hair following th e musical. Misses Elinor - Still, Nell Ninestein, Jenice Brown, Sophie Pickling, Myrtis Bo land and Evelyn Morris served re- 4 freshments. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ninestein, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Still, Mr. and Mrs. Boylston, Supt. and Mrs. G, Mr. and Mrs'. H. L. Buist wAmEAs. * a Friends of ES^'^wNinestein, son of Mr. and Mrs. ^*H. Ninestein are congratulating him upon being elected vice-president of, the student body at the* University of South CaroKna. Edwaid is a law student. This is the second time this year that a Black ville graduate has been honored in college. Miss Bettye Hair was made president of the freshman class at Winthrop College. Ulmer News. Ulmers, May 9.—Mr. and Mrs. -Thomas S. McMillan and children, of Charleston, attended the Memorial Day exercises at Rivers’ Bridge last Friday, remaining over to spend the week-end in Ulmer with Mr. McMil lan’s brother, John B. McR^T an. They .returned to ^^jrleston Sunday• The friends of Mrs. Lila Wilkinson were alarmed to hear of her suddfen illness Saturday. Mrs. George 4 Tres- cott, of Charleston, and Miss Nell Wilkinson, who wa^ visiting Mrs. Trescott, both daughters of Mrs. Wilkinson, were notified of her ill ness, and arrived here late Saturday afternoon. Latest reports am that Mrs. Wilkinson’s condition is some- what improved'. ' , * An event that w’as greatly enjoyed by younger set of Ulmer was the dance given recently at the home of Mrs. A. J; Blount in'honor of the * ne arter FOR SALE WE HAVE "ON HAND SEVERAL GOOD MULES FOR SALE. PRICES RIGHT. SIMON BROWN’S SONS BLACKVILLE,. S! C - The home~"or Judge Wyman was the gathering place for a number of relatives ami friends last Sunday. 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