Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAGR FOUR. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 1936. my wm The Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months .90 Three Months .50 (Strictly In Advance.) THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 19.16. ‘‘The Humbug Danger.’ “ ‘We were close to a revolution when Roosevelt took office,' Governor Olin D. Johnston asserted,” an Asso ciated Press dispatch from Columbia reports. r Where was the “revolution^? Where were the signs of it ? They were not in Charleston. When the bank* closed many people were alarmed anrfl ex cited, “panic” affected all of us—but nobody grabbed a gun. In South Carolina the writer has witnessed before 1932 two periods when the price of cotton dropped be low five cents a poundl Nobody grab bed a gun. In March, 1933, when Mr. Roosevelt' took office the cotton mills had been running about as usual since October, 1932. Thee was no problem of unem ployment in them. Nowhere in South Carolina during the first six months of 1933. three months before and three after Mr. Roosevelt took office, was unusual dis turbance or crime reported .in South Carolina. After the “holiday” the banks that deserved to reopen would! have reopen ed anyway. The fact is that between 1922 and January 15, 1932, three or four times as many banks “went broke” in South Carolina as after that time. If losses and depression be excuse for “revolution” we South Carolinians should have resorted to it ten years before Mr. Roosevelt arrived to stop it* The naked fact is that in 1933 we had had most of our losse s and not much remained to be lost in banks. The nearest approach to “revolu tion” or “insurrection" that we have seen in a long time in South Carolina was the textile strike. That wa 3 in 1934. Mr. Rooseveelt was president. Mr Roosevelt dSd not stop that vio lence. Our own people put a stop to it. When the South Carolinians are go d and ready for ‘revolution” no man will stop it without planty of cannon and machine guns. Danger of “revolution” in 1933! There was m re danger of humbug in South Carolina. That danger we still have with us.—News and Courier. The News and Courier is such a bitter and caustic critic of the New Deal—to such an extent that it think H that “nothing go J can come out of Nazarath”—that it is probably a waste of time to remind' our Charleston con- temp: rary that in the closing days of the Hoover administration Mid-West farmers had resorted to shotguns to save their homes and farms fr m fore closure and dairy farmers were riot ing in an effort to keep their products from the market in the hope < f forc ing living prices therefor. The people generally had 1 entirely lost confidence in the bank s and were withdrawing funds at such a rate that if Presdient Ro sevelt had not ordered a “bank holiday" there probably would have been no banks that “deserved to reopen.” True, there was no bl ody revolu tion in South Carolina, but we have been told that merchants in Colum bia and other cities of the State were fearful in th se dark days that whole sale 1 oting was “just around the cor ner” where prosperity was supposed to be. There is no ctenying the fact that the pe pie as a whole were in the depths of despair and almost without hope in the closing days of 1932 and anything could have happened but for the steadying influence f Mr. Roose velt’s election and the revival of hope in his leadership. The News and Courier itself admits that “in 1933 we had had mo«t of our losses and n t much remained to be lost in hanks. ’ A comparison of the hopeless despair cf those days with the cheerful opti mism of today cannot be ign red by the News and Courier. It may agree with General Johnson Hagood that out- money is “stage money,” but even that i s better than, no money at all. It is also true that the News and Courier ‘^writer has witnessed before 1932 two periods when the price of cotton dropped below five cents a pound,’* but isn’t it equally as true that five cent s cotton in 1932 was more ruinous to the farmers than a like price in the two periods referred to, due to the fact that the costs of manufactured articles that the form ers had to huy were much higher, to gmy nothing of the increased burden of 1‘resl)} terian Chu Presbyterian Chur be conducted in the Church Sunday aftei clock by the Rev. P public is cordially in’ Birth of i Mr. and Mrs. Joh nounco the birth of baby boy on March infant son has loen ryclear Scoville, Jr., Advertise In The Feeds, S WE FEATURE S AND GARDEN MACHINERY. REl PAGE TEN taxation? Then, too, conditions a s a whole have undergone a great change and thd farmer s are no longer content to submit to the privations incident to five-cent cotton when a large per centage of the population enjoys the luxuries of life. It is this, changed 1 condition and the problems it has created that the News and Courier re fuses to recognize. Can it be possibU has lived on such fried shrimp sincf? Charleston that he 1 ed with chronic ir lieves his ill feelinf wrath upon the New two year s ago, in th cussion with The I the merits and dem Deal, our esteemed temporary admiltei Roosevelt’s treatmer situation wa s one of administration that For no other purp< keep the record str producing herewith Courier’s editorial u ‘Applauded Very L News anji Courier m things that it applau Here is what Doctor “How can The Ban that ‘The News and plauded very little Roosevelt has attei plish ?’ “The News and Coi ed President Roose- mediate treatment crises when he carm “It has applauded cessful leadership in Eighteenth amendme “It has descrillpiLi hi as an honest gentlenr “It has applauded 1 lobbying and the pra departments by conj “It ha s applauded salary compensatior bill. • “It has applauded 1 of federal oflficeholde paign funds. “It has applauded the merit, or civil i in which he is opp rassed by nearly all i s no hope for the N the merit system—t South Carolinian wl to an efficient Repul in office for the Ne\ “It defends and urj by congress of hi a bills. “While opposed to payers’ money, for declares that if tha be violated, the pu reservations is wise “It has repeatedly suits o» the NRA ha to the textile industr lina and has approver the working week h wever, it does not ciple of governmen with industry. “Where is anotht South Carolina that defenuWd the preside) tion toward those of are unpopular in Sol Wherein lies the g Danger” in South f assertions i f politicii ial expressions of nei In the words of the boy, “We ask to kno INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FROM ASHLEIGH SECTION DR. HENRY J. GODIN Ashleigh, March 10.—Gordon Hair enlisted in the U. S. army at the Co lumbia recruiting station recently and is new stationed at F6rt Moultrie, near Charleston. D. I. Ross, Jr., spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. W. H. Morris in Sight Specialist )(Tices 956 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA. NOTICT TO CREDITORS. rera'ns hstvirwr rjliilYio scrninKt. THE STATE FARMER SECTION C. B. LOFTIS — A ‘BALANCED FARMER Greenville County Man Typical of Success Resulting from Diversification * * ITH several cash ^ ^ crops ranging from cotton through peaches and potatoes as sources of money income with a well balanced plan of produc ing food and feed to sup ply family and farm needs, C. B. Loftis in his farm- _ t ing at Tavlors. Greenville v County, South Carolina, illustrates the diversified and permanent farming which agricultural extension leaders seek con stantly to promote. lx>ftis follows intelligently and faith fully the leadership of County Farm Agent W. R. Gray. That he is really successful may be judged by the fact that his farm land, buildings, and equip ment even after severe depression years show themselves to be well kept and the further fact that he is at present enlarg ing and improving the farm home. Trt«« New Ideas A running review of the Loftis farm- Live at Home . Practices ing ideas and practices made in a. brief visit and discussion with Mr. Lot- tis reveals the basis of His * cres of cotton but he averages a bale success. He evidently P fr acre °f a good quality cotton—Cok- reads for information and cr s Farm Relief—which, brings a pre mium price. His rule is to plant early, fertilize well, and get a crop made ahead of the boll weevil. The usual fertiliza tion is 400 pounds per acre of a 10-4-4 mixture and a top dressing of 100 pounds of sulphate of ammonia. admittedly seeks advice from farm leaders. He doesn’t hesitate to try out new ideas and practices which promise better results than old ones. Many other Greenville County farm ers, it is fully realized, are finding suc cess in following balanced farming ideas. P«ach«s, Grapaa Pay A corn crop of four to five acres yields 150 bushels, which with small This brief account of Loftis’ farming is grains and other feeds provides for the told as illustrating successful progressive f arm wor k 5.^ t h e f am jl y dairy cows farm practices Although Mr. Loftis’ interesting and profitable specialty is a 35-acre peach orchard, he is first of all a general farm er, cotton, corn, sweet potatoes, and feed crops finding important places on his rounded program. Under present acre- age control conditions he plants only five the larger orchard six years ago. The yield has run to eight to ten cars of peaches per season besides as mucH as 3,000 bushels of orchard run and culls sold to trucks. 1 * The good yields result from a sys tem of intelligent pruning, spraying, fertilization, and cultivation. Austrian peas are used for a winter crop fertilized with basic slag. A complete fertilizer is applied for a spring plant food for the trees with additional fall feeding for weak trees. Here as elsewhere in his farming, Mr. I>oftis follows the best research and extension ideas. A big packing shed makes easy the proper grading and packing of peaches Plant Growing Sidalina ITte grape plantation of 5<x> vines Oc cupies only iy 2 acres, but that is prov ing to be profitable ground. This year, cash sales from grapes totaled $102. The principal varieties are Niagara, Concord and Delaware, with some Wyoming Reds and others. Believing strongly in spraying, Mr. Ix>ftis has a 2<X>-gallon power sprayer for fighting grape and Cover crops are used to help keep peach treea thrifty and productive. The seed potatoes properly treated against disease insure healthy plants and better yields of potatoes. An interesting by-product of the peach orchard enterprise on the Loftis farm is honey. With 15 stands of bees, import ant as carriers of pollen in orchard and vineyard, Mr. Loftis yearly has several hundred pounds of honey for sale at a good price and no real cost. Mrs. Loftis is important in the pic ture of the farm and home. She has a flock of 50 Rhode Island Red hens and grows 300 to 400 fryers each sea son which sell easily at the farm. She also handles the canning of 1,000 or more cans of vegetables each year anil looks after the products of the family dairy cows. Not the least interesting and attrac tive spot on the Loftis farm is a two- acre fish pond fed by strong springs. Built at the height of the depression sev eral years ago by the Ix>ftis and Mc Cauley families to provide work for the farm tenants, the little lake is not only a source of fish but is a real beauty spot with hundred^ of water lilies to add to its attractiveness. A hydraulic ram at the base of the dam furnishes ample free water for the orchard spraying needs. and poultry. Mr. Loftis’ special interest is in 35 acres of peaches and 500 grape vines. The peach orchard is owned jointly by him and his father-in-law, W. H. Mc Cauley. Starting eight years ago with a small orchard, he acquired interest in The NITROGEN plus-LIME FERTILIZER WHAT TO DO FOR ITCHY INFLAMED SKIN Kill the rituMe of itrhimr with thU rootinK. nuothiiu.' ointment. Tetterine trivett inHtxnt relief from Rinirwnrm, Athlete'K Foot. Eeremn, Tetter. Mrh hml similxr skin diseuites. Tetterine penetrates deeply. Destroy* the par asites that cause itchinit. Healing and healthy skin growth follow only a lew days use. Famous for ovei jO years. (let Tetterine Irom any druu Store today ami try it. or send 60o for a bo\ to Shuptrine Co., Dept. H. Savannah. Ga. Satisfac tion or your money back. Tetterine! Please Mention "State Farmer ROOFING DIRECT TO YOU Have Your Furs Taken Care Of By A Reliable Furrier Thi« Summert > Repainnu, remodeling, cleaning, trlat- inir all kinds of fur garments. Cold stoiaKe protection for your furs for the summoi months. We pay shippinK chartres on furs *ent in for estimates on repairs. WK BLY RAW Pl’RS ENMAN’S - ASHEVILLE. N. C. Sect! strains arc like human races in their inability to acquire hardiness oi other new characteristics, believe'scient ists of the Ferry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute. Children of artificially mu tilated savages are born with unblemish ed skins. Natives, the soles of whose feet are thick as shoe leather because of their tree-climbing habits, bear children whose feet arc as tender as the feet of babies of parents who never climbed a tree. Truly hardy or acclimated >ecd, they say, is seed from plants which are the survivors after many generations of se lection in a climate in which only the inherently hardy plants can survive and peach diseases and insects. Grapes are yield a normal supply of seed for further marketed easily by truck directly to propagation. Greenville and nearby markets. Mr. Under these scientists’ method of Loftis’ experience with grapes convinces growing acclimated seed in Michigan, him that other Piedmont farmers might crops are planted and carefully watched, profitably grow an acre or so each of Hardy individuals which show an ability- grapes, an opinion voiced also by County to bear fruit at the end of a short sea- Agent Gray. son in which there has been both cool Important as a sideline in Mr. loftis’ and hot weather, are selected. Seed from farming is the production of potato, to- them is planted and the next seed crop mato Jnd pepper plants, especially potato selected on the same basis. 'Hiis is re plants, including 500,000 to 600,000 of peated again and again. Ultimately there the latter each season. 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