The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, December 13, 1894, Image 2
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A VERY' SMALL BUSINESS.
The notorious B. F. Perry has
written an open letter to Josh
Ashley, ainem'jier of the Legis
lature. io which he charges that
Gov. Tillman received and pock
eted a good round sum wllowed
the State in the shape of a re
bate on (he whiskey bought for
its dispensaries, and suggests
that an investigation be made
into the matter. This open let
ter was printed in pampnlet
form and placed on the desks
of the members of the General
Assembly. Mr. Ashley rose to
a question of personal privelege
in the House of Representatives
on Saturday, and denied vehem
ently having any connection
with the letter or its publication.
He went on to intimate that
Gen. Builer was responsible for
the whole thing. In connection
with these charges, which have
been floating in the air for a
year rr more, while Gov. Till
man still declines to do any
thing to refute them, as being
beneath his notice, some of his
friends have concluded that the
time has at last come for them
to spe^k out for him. As a re
sult, a lengihy statement, con
sisting of affidavits and lette-s
from responsible parties, going
to show that the charges are
without foundation, has been
prepared by thorn and given to
the press for publication.
Things have come to a pretty
pass in South Carolina when the
friends of a retiring Governor
have to come to his rescue to
protect him from false charges
of larceny! Gov. Tillman can
not complain, however. It was
he who set the fashion several
years ago of making false
charges like this, and he is only
getting a good dose of his own
medicine. As a matter of fact,
we have never believed any of
these wild rumors about the
whiskey rebate. Regarding
them as untrue, we have not
even > eterred to them before in
these columns, and would not
be referring to them now but
that the Governor's friends
have seen proper to take them
up, and were it not for the fact
that Ben Perry’s open letter,
and Josh Ashley’s repudiation
of it, have formed the sensation
of the week in Legislative cir
cles in Columbia. Whoevei'is re
sponsible for it had better have
kept his own counsel until he was
sure that he was iu a position
to make out his case. The mis
erable fiasco in which the affair
has ended will have the effect
of helping Gov. Tillman, in'
stead of burtiug him as bis en
emies intended it should, and it
ought to help him.
SUNFLOWER CULT! RE.
A correspondent contributes
an interesting article to our
columns this week on the sub
ject of sunflower culture. If
there is anything in what he
says, we may yet see the sun
flower take the place of cotton
io a certam extent. The article
is well worth reading anyhow,
as a number of the leading
Southern papers have gone into
a discussion of the subject, and
are urging sunflower culture
next year for all they are worth.
There is one thing about the
plant that will recoraend it to
the farmer, and that is its grow
ing qualities. Give it and nut-
grass an even start, and it will
run away with the nut-grass
every lime. There is a legsend
exreut to the effect that a farm
er once tried to make use of sun
flower stalks for bean-poles, but
the stalks grew so fast that they
pulled the beaus out of
ground as the. stretched them
selves upwards!
places. There can be no doubt
that this is the direct result of
our "campaign of education”
last summer. Let the Bill be
come a law, by all means. There
will then be a way to prevent
the candidates for the United
States Senate in 1896 from iu-
dulging in profanity when they
appear before the people ou the
hustings.
The Sunflower vt Cotton.
Editor Darlington News:
As the south is sorely in need
of a money crop to take the
place of cotton, which has fallen
in price below the cost of pro
duction, will you allow me,
through the columns of your
paper, to call the attention of
our farmers to the sunflower,
in which they will find a sub
ject worthy of cons : deration?
here cau be no doubt bf the
fact that this plant is well suit
ed to our soil and climate, as
many of us know that Us seed
will remain in the ground per
fectly sound all the winter, and
will sorin up and flourish the
next season in spite of adverse
circumsium-es. It is a native
of tropical Amei ica and perfect
ly at home with us. A few years
sime it was highly recommend
ed, not only as an oil and food
producer, but also, as greatly
conducive to the health of vici
nities in which it was planted;
but as there were no oil mills in
the country, there was no mar
ket for the seed, and the sun
flower went down before "King
Cotton”, who is now grinding
his 'objects in the dust and
tram ug the..i under foot.
Tii s, however, have chang
ed auo why cannot our fa- mers
retrieve a part, at least, of their
lost fortunes by cultivating the
sunflower? Oil mills are now
in active operation al' over the
South, and I have been told by
operatives that little or uo
change in the machinery of
these oil mills will be necessary
to enable them to be utilized for
extracting oil from the seed of
the sunflower; in fact, that the
most expensive machinery ne
cessary for the extraction of
cotton seed oil, to wit, the lin
ters and the separators, can be
dispensed with. There is at
least one mill manager who is
willing to buy sunflower seed
now. These mills were erected
by enterprising men for the pur
pose of making money, and I
feel sure that the managers
thereof will be glad to co-oper
ate with the farmers, and fry to
establish a market for both the
seed and oil of the sunflower.
The seed aud oil cake can be
utilized at home as food for ev
ery variety of of stock, aud pos
sibly for mankind also, and the
leaves as forage for cat! le and
horses. The oil cake is said re
be superior to cotton seed meal
as a fertilizer, because it cod
tains a larger percentage of ni
trogen or ammonia. - .The seed
has been recomended for poul
try, especially—and right here
1 would ask a question that I
have often thought of, namely,
why cannot the Southern fa. in
er raise spring chickens for (be
Northern markets just as well
as he raises early vegetables?
A frieud of mine who was
with the engineering corps that
surveyed the Northern Pacific
Railroad route tells me that he
saw thousands of acres of sun
flowers g .wing wild in i h e
Yellow-Stone Valley, twenty or
thirty yea -s ago, where the
hand of m a g. ve them no as
sistant. If, then, the sunflower
persists in growing under ad
verse circuiqstanc-es, as many
of us know it does, it seems to
me that it should be as easily
and cheaply raised as hay or
small grain of any description,
and as easily gathered, for the
seed heads are admirablv form
ed for being harvested by rna
chinery—machines having been
long ^Ince invented for gather
ings s of co i f.ora stalks;
(hes 1 heads of clover.
In connection herewith, please
be kind enough to publish the
following extracts which will
throw more light on this im
portant subject.
Thos. E. Richardson,
Sumter, S. C., Dec. 5, 1894.
apart, depending largely on the
fertility of (he soil. On some
of the rich, black lands, they
grew from four to six crops
without resting the land.”
"The Russians estimate that
the stalks and leaves of one
crop, if left on the land, will
manure the soil sufficiently, to
yield six or more crops consecu-
lively without additional ferti-
1 zing. The roots of the tall
elks soon rot in the ground
u ’d leave about one ton of man
ure per acre in the soil, which
is very fine for the next crop
The plant requires but little at-
teniion, and labor after plant'
ing. When it is about ten or
twelve inches high, the field
should be thoroughly cleaned of
grass and weeds. That is all
bat will be required. Har
vest time varies according to
soil, climate and exposure of
the flower to the sun. The us
ual time is fixed, from Septem
ber 1 to October 16. When the
seeds are fully ripe, the heads
of the flower are cut from the
stalk, and placed in drying
sheds, for the purpose of curin {
them, the same as curing lea
tobacco. When the flower is
fully dry, the seeds are thresh'
ed from the cups, and screened,
and run through a fan mill, and
are then ready for the seed
mill.”
[Co!man's Rural World.]
Mr. Duncan, an extensive cot
ton planter in the Mississippi
bottom, who visited Russia last
year, for the p 'rpose of gaining
information in regard to the
culture of the sunflower in that
t ountry, gives his observation
as follows: "The Russians, who
grow vhe plant, generally sow
the Weeds after a crop of wheat
and rye has been harvested from
the land. Some sow after oats
and buckwheat, but have found
it less profitable to sow after
the latter, as the buckwheat
takes up such a large per cent
of potassium from the soil, the
the! fl° wer doos not pay. It thrives
I aud heads well after crops of
rye and clover. The land in
tended to be planted is tho
roughly plowed in the fall, aud
left until the next spring, at
I which time the seeds are sown,
If
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The latest measure before our i < ? lc
“ I either in drills or broadcast. ...
august General Assembly is one! j., rowg t h e y Bre planted from
Vo prohibit "cussing” in public! twelve to twenty-four inches
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[AfanUt Constitution.]
Few persons appreciate the
value and profit of ibis common
flower. By many it is regarded
p. nu'saace. and yet its cultiva
tion will pay largely more than
cotrea and grown at much less
cost. An acre of land planted
about twenty inches apart will
yield an average of eighty
bushels of seed, the oil from
which will produce about 160
gallons. The oil cake is a valu
able food for live stock. The
oil is said to be equa' to olive
oil, is superior to huseed oil for
painting ia spreading and dry
ing qualities. The stalks, hav
ing long, strong fibers, make
superior paper. The green
leaves are very nutritious as
slock food and the young flow
er cups very palatable to man.
Machinerv for extracting the
oil is easily obtainable and in
expensive. Bees have a perfect
"bonanza” in a sunflower patch,
and the seed is very valuable
for poultry as an egg producer.
The sunflower is independent of
weather and persists m growing
under the most unfavorable
conditions.
[InlernatioDhl Cyclopedia.]
"The annual sunflower com
pion in our gardens is a native
of tropical America, where it
sometimes attains a height of
20 feet. This plant is now cul
tivated in almost all parts of t^e
world, and in the south of Eu
rope is sometimes a field crop
the seeds being valued as food
for cattle and poultry, and on
account of the oil which they
yield, which is little inferior to
olive oil. An acre of good land
produces about fifty bushels of
seed, each bushel yielding a gal-
lon of oil. The seeds are also
used like almonds for making
demulcent and soothing lotions,
and in some parts of Europe a
bouilli is made of them which
is used as food for infants. The
flowers abound in honey, and
are much frequented by bees.
Ths leaves are good fodder for
cattle. The stems are used for
fuel, and yield much potash.
[Encyclopedia Britanlca.]
Sunflowers are supposed to
destroy malarial conditions and
prevent miasmatic fevers, and
they are planted in many places
for that purpose. * * * It is
extensively used in Egypt, the
East Indies and China, (where
the plant is cultivated as a
source of the dye-stuff safflow
er), its principal applications
being for culinary purposes and
burning, and also as an oint
ment in paralytic affections and
ulcers.
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My entire stock Dress Goods
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$300 woiHi Gent's and Boys’ Hats,
12 dozens Gent’s Unlaundered Shirts all
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assortment Gent’s Cravats all new styles,
and in fact I will offer big bargains In
every department until 24th. Decem
ber. Call early before stock is broken.
Respectfully,
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To Our Customers of the Pee
Dee Section:
We have decided here
after to conduct our
business in your terri
tory direct with buyers.
We can thus better as
sure you of prompt at
tention, low prices, and
clear agreements not
liable to misunderstand
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the past under a differ
ent system.
To responsible and
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Write us for prices on
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machinery you want,
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Treasurer's Office, )
Darlington, 8. C., Sept. 15, '04)
T HE Treasurer’s books will be
open for collection of State,
county, school and special and poll
taxes of the county for present 1893 4
fiscal year from Oct. 15tn, io Decem
ber Slat, 1894, without penalty in ac
cordance with law excepting Thanks
giving day, elect .ou day and Christ
mas holiday.
1 will attend In person or by deputy
piece* nnd dales named below. Tbe
office at Darlington C. H. will not be
open on days 1 am visiting country
precincts. Taxpayers will please ob
serve this. Will be at
Stokes Bridge, Tuesday, Oct. 16th.
Ashland, Wednesday, Oct. 17th.
Hartsville, Thursday and Friday,
Oct. 18th. and 19th.
Cypress, Tuesday, Oct. 28rd.
Lamar, Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. 24th, and 25th.
High LIU, Friday, Oct. 26th
Antioch, Tuesday, Oct. 80th.
Philadelphia, Wednesday Oct. 81st,
Mechanlcsville. Thursday, Nov. l*t.
Lydia, Wednesday, Nov. 7th.
Leavensworth, Thursday. Nov, 8th.
Jasper, Friday, Nov. 9th.
Society Hill, Monday and Tuesday,
Nov. 12tb and 13th.
Swift Creek, Wednesday, Nov.14.
Darlington, October 15, 20,22, 27,29,
November 9, 8, 5,15 to December 81
inclusive.
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where two days are given.
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Levy for Graded Schools, 4 mills'
Levy for interest ou bonds Grad
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Levy for all purposes In Graded
Schools, 44 mills
Levy for all purposes In County,
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PoU tax, $1
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