The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 20, 1908, Image 2
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THE QAFFNBY LEDGER.
Tuesday and FHday.
E# oaCamp, Editor and Fudllfl
The Ledger is not responsible far
Ihe viewe of tta eorreapondents.
COTTON SEED MEAL FOR HOGS.
While our farmers are lamenting
the low price of cotton it would be
well for them to consider some other
method of making the farm pay them
by raising the fleecy staple. The fol
lowing article on Cotton Seed Meal
for Hogs from the pen of Mr. Jo W.
Allison, an expert, appeals to us ad
sensible and timely and we publish
It for the benefit of those who might
be entertaining the thought that it is
aot absolutely necessary for a Pied
mont farmer to adhere to cotton in
order to make buckle and tongue
meet:
“Make a mixture in bulk, about
one-third cotton seed meal and two-
thirds corn chops, whole corn, wheat
bran, or shorts; mix with water to a
thin mush in two vessels (an old bar
rel sawed in two is good) and leave
to sour or ferment, which will take
from 12 to 48 hours according to the
weather and other conditions; then
feed from these alternately, using the
contents of one, while that of the
other is left to sour.
"A good growing ration may be
based on one pound of dry mixture
per hundred pounds of live weight.
For quick fattening this may be
doubled, quadrupled or even more
largely increased. Indeed, the Texas
Bxpermlnent Station fed as much as
seven and a half pounds per day to
hundred and fifty pound hogs, thougn
this is extreme and unecomomical, if
not positively dangerous.
“When ready, to feed add fresh
water to the feeding ration sufficient
to bring to a thin slop, about the com-
sistencv of sweet milk, and give the
hogs all they will clean up.
"All hogs eat it greedily and all
thrive on it, from the lordly head of
the herd to the thinest grunter. But
for ‘piggy’ or suckling sows it is es-
peciallv valuable, giving to the pigs
both before and after farrowing a
growth and vigor attainable with no
other feed on eartji.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
An Anderson county girl is credit
ed with picking 444 pounds of cotton
in one day. Wonder what she did
with It?
• • •
Two weeks from today and the
great battle of the ballots will be on.
May He who guides the destiny of
mankind deal kindly with the party
of ’he people—the Democracy.
• • •
Superintendent of City Schools
Spears will close the schools at 12
o'clock today to let the children see
the animals. We applaud the action
and the only criticism is that he will
not close the entire day.
» • •
The Florence Times is to Install
a linotype. The wonder to us is mat
Editor Ayer has i waited so long. If
he doesn’t hurry some of us country
fellows will be buying flying ma
chines before he gets his linotype in
stalled.
• • •
“In an experience of over 25 years
I have never seen a hog refuse to eat
it, or Injured by it. Indeed, it is not
only the best and cheapest feed on
earth, but it is an efficient prophy
lactic and hogs fed on it seem entire
ly immune to any of the common ills
that hogs are heir to.”
• • •
The best road for the farmer, all
things being considered, is a solid,
well built, stone road, so narrow as
to he only a single track, but having
a firm earth road on one or both
sides.
• • •
Mayor John Floyd, of Spartanburg,
believes in making those who dance
pay the fiddler. He don’t think any
thing of taxing a pistol-toter fifty dol
lars. And he is right. It’s against
the law to carry a pistol and any man
who will carry one ought to pay for
it when caught.
• • •
No paper in the South has done
more for the cause of Democracy
during this campaign than has The
Columbia State. We make obeisance
to The State and assure it of our
most profound consideration. Al
ways in the front rank of manly
journalism it has eclipsed all previous
efforts in the cause of good govern
ment.
• • •
Those Spartanburgers are holding
their heads mighty high these days.
With the C. C. & O. branch line in
sight, a near lynching just past.
Ringling’s circus and other things
coming their way they really begin
to think they are in a class all to
their lonely. But just wait until Oaff-
ney gets the main line of the C. C.
& O. and we’ll make them look like
thirty cents.
Farm Pests That Require Foresight
for Their Control.
Upon taking charge of the Division
of Entomology at the State Experi
ment Station at Clemson the writer
desires to become as familiar as pos
sible with the insect pests that me
nace the agricultural crops of South
Carolina. It is the aim of this office
to be as useful as possible to the
farmers, truck growers and fruit
growers all over the Steite. We are
aware that the losses ’occasioned by
insect pests are enormous every
year. In order to prevent such loss
es it is necessary for this division
and the citizens of the State, espe
cially the agricultural workers, to
come as near together, and work as
closely in harmony as possible.
In the regular correspondence with
farmers a large number of letters
contain complaints about serious in
juries caused by wire worms and
white grubs. These two problems
confront the farmer every spring and
summer. As there is no specific that
can be recommended against these
pests we must depend on general
methods of farm practice. A good
system of farm practice is infinitely
better than all the sprays and nos
trums so often recommended. While
the farmer thinks ahead and plans
his course of procedure for the pur
pose of maintaining soil fertility or
regaining it when lost, he rarely asks
himself the question. “What course
must I pursue to avoid insect injury
to the crop I am intending to plant?”
The complaints about injurious in
sects reach us when the injury is
actually being done and when often
no practicable remedy or preventa
tive can be recommended.
In order that this division may be
in the best possible position to help
thd larmers of the State to solve this
and other insect problems it is neces
sary that the entomologist be kept
informed as to me farm operations
on individual farms. In order to
bring this about every farmer and
every citizen of South Carolina who
grows plants of any kind is invited
to become a correspondent of this
division. Every farmer is invited to
read this article and comply with the
request of this division, and we have
no doubt that we can be of material
service to such correspondents during
next season in helping them to avoid j
losses to their crops caused by in
sects or other animals.
Write to this division saying that
you wish to belong to the special
group of correspondents. ». e will
then send you blanks requesting you
to draw a sketch of your farm, orch
ard or plantation, showing what crops
are now growing and where you in
tend to plant the next crop. We will
also send a blank circular containing
questions which we want you to ans
wer and a circular explaining our
purposes. Only one farm sketch is
necessary and this will be carefully
filed at this office. On the blanks
sent you we expect to receive a re
port of the condition of your, crops
once each month. When such a re
port reaches this office it will receive
careful attention. Tour farm sketch
will then be referred to and in this
way we know what you are doing at
a given time and what you Intend to
do. It will enable us to warn you at
the proper time against certain farm
operations that will encourage insect
pests and at the end of the season
we are in position to recommend
what could best he done in order to
eradicate white grubs, wire-worms,
cutworms, chinch bugs, corn hill
bugs, corn ear worms, cotton boll
worms and other pests. In the case
of farmers not taking advantage of
this and writing to us another spring
regarding these pests, we will he ob
liged to state that we are at a great
disaavantage in recommending any
thing that is Immediate practical
value. To make these monthly re
ports requires little time on your
part and the cost of sending twelve
such reports a year is twenty-four
cents.
These monthly suggestions will be
supplemented by newspaper articles
anu Experiment Station bulletins
which will be sent to all correspond
ents promptly when issued.
Many insects can generally be cor
trolled by some method at any time
when they occur in destrctive num
bers. All citizens are invited to cor
respond with this division when
there is any trouble affecting their
staple crops, orchards, or shade trees.
By such close co-operation it will
follow that we have less insect
troubles in the future, with better
crops and more intelligent farm
practice.
Address: Division of Entom* logy,
Agricultural Experiment Stat., Clem-
snn (’ollege. South Carolina.
Spring Hill News.
Spring Hill, Oct. Id.—The health
of this section is very good at tma
writing.
The weather has been quite dry in
this section until last week when we
had a fine rain.
The farmers are progressing nicely
picking their cotton which is not
more than a two-third crop.
Upland corn is fine, though corn on
the streams is all more or less dam
aged.
Mr. Joe Gaffney and family, of Gaff
ney, visited his mother, Mrs. Mira
Gaffney, last Sabbath. Mrs. Gaffney
has been quite unwell for a few days.
Frank Northy, while picking cotton
one day last week was bitten by a
snake. We are glad to say It did not
prove serious. The snake was of the
spotted adder species.
Mrs. Julia St. Clair, our teacher at
Golden Springs school house, left
Saturday the 10th, for an extended
trip to mountain cities where she
goes to visit relatives. We wish for
her a pleasant time.
Mr. M. L. Gaffney has moved in his
house recently erected near Broad
river and is now r putting up his out
buildings.
T.lttle Ruth, the daughter of Mr.
M. L. Gaffney, stuck a thorn in her
foot a few days ago which gave her
much pain and blood poison was
feared. Dr. Nesbitt was called in and
operated on the child’s foot and re
moved the thorn and she is getting
on nicely now.
Mr. William Gaffney visited his
father, Mr. Sam Gaffney, Sunday.
Our Sabbath school Is progressing
nicely.
Mr. John Gaffney made a trip
to Gaffney Saturday on business!
Mr. George Gaffney, of Cherokee
Falls, was visiting relatives in this
section last Saturday.
Mr. Fred Gaffney, of Gaffney, has
been making flying trips down this
way lately and we are rather sus-
nlcious of something for it *is not
usual that Fred visits this wav often.
Cupid has been throwing his darts
very rapidly in this section lately.
It is as common to hear wedding
bells as leigh bells near Christmas.
Mr. Joe Jolly is making molasses
this week.
Mr. Sanders and family visited
Mr. Hoyle and family on last Sab
bath.
Mr. Roland Sanders left today to
visit his sister. Mrs. Ida Workman,
of Greer.
Mr. I. G. Sarratt has just received
a nice lot of fish for his new fish
pond and he has them in the pond.
They seem to be doing nicely.
Mrs. Jane Moore made a trip to
Lancaster on business and to visit
relatives recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Ross and daught
er. Miss Sallie, visited their aunt,
Mrs. Mira Gaffney, In this section a
few days since.
Mrs. Dock Pettit, of Gaffney, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. W. M. San
ders.
On the night of the 14th inst. Mr.
Sam Gaffney gave an old time candy
pulling in which quite a lot of young
people took a part and had a very
enjoyable time.
I. G. Sarratt, Esq., and wife made
a flying trip to the capltol city this
week.
Quite a number of our people are
anticipating going to Gaffney to at
tend Howe's Great London Shows.
All parents should take their child
ren to see the animals and then fath
er would have an excuse to go too.
Ledger Reader.
Limestone Girls Have Jolly Time.
Monday being holiday at Limestone
College a few of the young ladles de
cided to have a picnic. They did not
go in buggies or wagons but proceed
ed to walk. So about 8:30 o’clock
they left the college for Thickety.
arriving about noon, being hot, dusty
and tired and after resting some time
near a sparkling spring neath the
shade of great oak trees, a sump
tions luncheon was served.
A great many games were played un
til No. 11, the southbound passenger
train arrived, this they boarded and
left for Cow pen s where they made
the hearts of the village youths flutter
with excitement for it is seldom that
Cowpens has so many good looking
young ladies to bounce unheralded
into their quiet precincts.
The young ladies came back to
Gaffney on No. 12 and all reported a
jolly good time.
The following are those who parti
cipated: Misses Alice Dew, Eva
Earle, Christine Baker, Ethel Ham
rick, Annie Mae Lawson, Ross Had-
don. Beulah Phillips, Bess White and
and Amy Gaffnev.
One step won’t take you very far—
You’ve got to keep on walking;
One word won’t tell folks who you
are—
You’ve got to keep on talking.
One inch won’t make you very tall—
You’ve got to keep on growing;
One little ad won’t do it all—
You’ve got to keep them going.
Word was received in Wall Street
that it would be a felony to conduct
a bucketshop hereafter in New York
Stata.
Midway Items.
Midway, Oct. 15.—We are glad to
know that Mr. C. A. S. Campbell and
little Both Painter are both improv
ing from a spell of sickness.
Farmers are busy gathering cotton.
Some are holding it but none have
any hope of getting fifteen cents. I
believe twelve and a half cents
would wipe every bale off the face
of the earth. What on earth is the
matter with the Cotton Growers As
sociation? All we could hear last fall
was that that association was golnto
have fifteen cents or at least those who
belonged to it would get that much
for their cotton, but lo and behold,
I saw a cotton buyer today offer a
negro as much for a bale as he did a
white man. To be honest, I think
twelve and a half cents a good price
for cotton but I fear Ed’s million and
a half will give out before he gets It
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrell arc
visiting in North Carolina this week.
Mrs. R. I.. Smith visited Mrs. J. C.
Painter.
Miss Daisy Blagton. of Latimore,
N. C., and Miss Hattie and Daisy
Turner visited Mrs. G. S. Turner last
Monday.
The tick eradicator was in these
diggings this week. Don’t think he
found many-ticks.
Mrs. W. A. Austell and Mrs. J. C.
Pryor visited Mrs. J. C. Painter this
week.
Mrs. R. L. Smith visited Mrs. D. F.
L. Turner Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. L. Turner,
Misses Hattie and Daisy Turner. Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. S. Turner, Mr. Barnett
Vassey and sister. Miss Macy Vas-
sey, all visited Mr. and Mrs. P.. L.
Smith, Sunday.
Mr. Will Painter called on his best
girl Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. B. O. Turner visited her moth
er today.
Miss May me Pennington visited
Miss Maud Painter Thursdav.
G. L. S.
List of Unclaimed Letters.
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the postofflce at Gaffney, 8. C.,
for week ending Oct. 19, 1908:
Mr. C. M. Brown.
Miss Sue Brown.
Miss Marion Blanton.
Mr. C. H. Blackwell.
J. J. Bruce.
Mr. W. S. Barnhill.
R .W. Burris.
O. J. Bostic.
C. S. Blackwell.
Pat Baskin.
James Camoell.
Miss Mata Cooper.
Miss Lula Curgey.
Miss Ethel Elmore.
Mr. S. W. Ellis.
S. T. Jolly.
Sam Guinn.
Mr. Frank Goforth.
.Tas. Gordman.
Mrs. Melissa Hill.
Frank Hoover.
Mr. Henry Henderson.
J. R. Humphries.
Mr. Born Hawkins.
J. D. Haynes.
Felix Horn.
Miss Laura Hammett.
Mrs. Mary Jones.
Albert Jefferies.
Mr. M. B. Jolly.
Mr. Henry Jackson.
Mr. John Kennedy.
Mrs. M. J. Kirby.
Miss Leugenia Lender.
Mrs. Martha Leach.
Mr. F.'E. lane.
Mamie Lovelace.
Miss Leader Manning.
Mr. Mabary.
Mr. W. M. McCuler.
Mr. James Owens.
Miss Maudie Pgitherd.
Luce Petty.
Chas. Poole.
Mr. Dury Robertson.
Mr. John Service!.
Mr. R. C. Shoals.
Southern Coal & Lumber Co.
Mrs. Bessie Scruggs.
Miss Etta Smith.
Mr. William Sanders.
Mr. Tom Snyder.
Miss Ethel Townsend.
Mr. S. Tally.
Miss Daisy Yourbough.
Miss Corrle White.
Please call for advertised letters.
One cent due on each.
Thos. Hester,
Postmaster.
— Most popular little girl gets the
doll. Gaffney Jewelry Co.
—Bracelets and lockets, finest
goods at Gaffney Jewelry Co.
Letter to J. J. Darby,
Gaffney, 8. C.
Dear Sir: We make Devoe, and of
course know what there Is In it; but
you don’t, your neighbors don’t, and
the people don’t. So we get the of
ficial chemist of every State in the
Union to analyze it and tell what he
finds; of course, they find what we
put-in: lead zinc and oil, a little tur
pentine, dryer, and color for tints
And that’s paint. Every agent has
the analysis of Devoe by his State
chemist.
We also analyze all. other paints,
and what do we find?
We find eight made of the same
materials as Devoe: all paint: pure
paint. But we find no one of the
same proportions as Devoe: no one
so strong.
And people are trying Devoe along
side of these other paints, and find
ing-out how they work: what It costs
to paint Devoe: what it costs to paint
those several paints; how they wear
alongside and comparatively.
There's no guess-work in any of
these results. A gallon Devoe goes
further than any other gallon In all
paint; it therefore saves both parts
of first cost of a job, of paint and
labor. It makes the best job of the
lot, besides. It takes years and ex
periences by the thousand to find
that out.
Yours truly
89 F W DEVOE ft CO
P. S. Gaffney Hardware Company
sell our paint.
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dians of the funds of the people, of both large and
small means. This is due to a wider appreciation
of the value of banking service as its usefulness is
extended and its methods become better known.
In the case of
The Gaffney Savings Bank
THE BEST
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to protect the interests of its patrons, making use
of every means of precaution. It's up-to-date sys
tem of accuracy, promptness and the same careful
attention to large or small depositors. It is a safe
bank. It is the bank for all the people—rich and
poor, men, women and children. If you have any
banking business to transact, come to
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Nordica
The Worlds Most Famous Cantatrice
WILL’SING IN THE
GRAND OPERA BOUSE GREENVILLE, S. C.
Wednesday, October 21,1908
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Single Admission, including reserved seat, - - $2.60
Season Ticket good for one admission and reserved seat 6.00
Now ou sale at Reynolds <fe Earle’s drug Store, Greenville.
These season Tickets admit holders to all concerts given
by the Orpheus Club prior to June 1st, 1909. In addition
to Madame Nordica they have secured M.ne LaugendorfF for
November, Mme Jomelli for January and are in communica
tion with others of equal ability.
Reserved seats for the Nordica Concert may be obtained
at the Opera House on and after October 15th. Out of town
orders, accompanied by cash will be attended to in the order
received.
For further particulars and plan of Opera House apply to
B. T. Whitmire, Greenville, S. C.
Reduced rates on all railroads have been applied for
October 13-3'
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