Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ONE * ur: ii Si.? ?11"*11" itmurmmwjmmmm-m J =NOW i E JET rgains offered in all 1 11 be our superb shov ay Good 'tment of Dolls and C rriages, Drums, Balls - 1rtll rt/Mif-rt -PA' 16?g'lICiS Ui aii bui ud iu, IDAY E ry fortunate in secur did line of Box Paper ;k at old and very pe and Lambrequin ' We have still on ham )f 10c the roll of 16 y day of Holiday Goods your holiday shoppin Shoes! Bi i hand several thouss ) close out-broken lo prices when you cons Ti-m'c? onrl T.Qrlips' Shf) JLC11 O CilXVi i-4LVVHVk_> ? 3S. We need money i:o see. le Stock of Gents' ve on hand a nice line Men's Fleeced Ves pants. Ladies' Rib j line of Men's Gray A big line of Childr 1 see them. Men's Pants?B 11 ^4 ) can your specim m ee Pants. Men's P: 5c, 50c, $1.00 and $1. n Coat Suits, all wool eir marked prices. ( things in Dry Goods, Silk Waistings to cl y Money-Raising Sale . E. J El an" the Grouch flia Pnro Pnnrl $tnrp 11111 U1V A UI V A WW V c-f food products that we can istance. We make a special best the market affords. If really superior brand in ea, Meats, Vegetables at, come right to this store. JACOBS STOPF f v_7 JL s South Carolina J ON AT: S1KINS ines. One of the bigj ring of s of All Christmas presents o ; and other things to r older people. IOX P/ ing,before the enorrr 1 T-* 1 _?? J_1 ana envelopes ior ti attractive prices?If Papers selling very 1< 1 a few hundred rolls ards. CDon't fail 1 3, Dolls, Toys and H g early, while assort! g' Barg'ains md dollars worth ol ts that we are willir sider the shoe marke' es, all going very cL A if UoAU CtllU 1ICCU it MCiVAlJ and Ladies' Wint > of Ladies' and Gei ts and Pants at 50c bed Vests 25c each, ( Sweaters at the old en's Sweater Coats j 4 oys' Knee Pants tention to our line - ants $2.00 to $5.00 th 50 the pair, and beautifully mac Uall and see them. Domestics, Outings, ose out at old prices. ; is now on. NKINSi j j EARLES SCHOOL NOTES. * A ? ? ? > *- ?- ? HONOR ROLL FOR MONTH BEGINNING NOVEMBER 6, ENDING DECEMBER 1. 1 Grade II. Lonnie Wheeler 90 Grade III. Kinsey Marshall 90 Willie McConnell 90 Grade IV. 1 Dewey Wheeler 92 j Beulah Norton 93 I n..a rr?__.. q i i I\UU1 1 CI I jr ~ %/x Cecil Crooks 91 Wylma Haselden 90 Ernest McCants 90 Martie Crooks . 90 Violet Haselden .. ?90 Grade V. Meddie Feagin 93 Kathryn Howard 93 Bessie Marshall 93 ; Myrtle McCants 93 Mayme McConnell 93 Delia Feagin 92 t Kuby iiaseiaen - yi i I oisrs ?est attractions Kinds I F f every descrip- | please the little ' \PER ious advance in I le holiday trade ? ic, 25c, 50c and I jw, consiuermg 5 Wall Paper at ;o come and see oliday Goods of ments are good. Offered : Shoes that we lg to sell at ext. Buy Shoes, ose. See us if r. You see the -j er underwear its' Underwear iach,. or 95c the ' ir 45c Vest and . price, only 50c it the old price, i of Men's Pants le pair. Boys' I le,will be closed I Ginghams and I S ON S ?? Grade VI. 1 Lucille McConnell 94 Sudie Norton 93 Florence Swails 93 James Lemmon 93 Orris Camlin....:. 90 Grade VII. Virginia Parsons 90 Grade VIII. Grace Parsons 91 uraae ia. , Kuby Feaffin 90 p?? ESTABLISBEO 1723 ffjfeevillon freres Largest Fur Manufacturers In the World HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RAW RTTRS XVi Jk. T T JL A Ship your furs to us. We pay all express and mail charges Write for our price list 453 West 28th St New York , I , THE DREADED BOLL WEEVIL. MR. BAKER DESCRIBES ITSRAVAGES AND URGES DIVERSIFICATION OF CROPS. When is the boll weevil froing to reach South Carolina? What is the extent of the damage that he is eo ing to do when he does reach the State? And what are the best methods for control? To the first of these questions I will slate that it is believed that he will reach parts of South Carolina , next year and will be likely to appear in the Pee; Dee section in the course of two years. And thereafter we shall have him for our unwelI come guest to either make us better farmers or abandon the farm entirejiy. i To the second of the questions,the i answer will largely depend upon the individual farmers. The Bureau of Entomology has conducted numerous investigations to find the extent of j the damage done by this pest in invested territory. They estimated I that the damage done for the first ! few years was 50 per cent, but that after the first few years the farmers generally resorting to proper means ; greatly reduced this loss. In Texas the average yield per acre between 1893 and 1901 (when the weevil had not done damage to affect the gen eral production) was 4-10 bale. Between the yesrs 1902 and 1911 the i average yield was 34-100 bale. By comparing the figures the extent of damage done by the weevil can be estimated. The loss to every acre planted in cotton was 6-100 of a bale or 30 pounds of lint each year. If we consider the loss of the lint alone at $2.70 per acre and the average acreage planted in cotton in Texas : as 10,000,000 acres, that State has | lost $27,000,000 annually from 1902 i to 1911. It will be noted, however, from the Year Book that in places ! where the weevil has been for quite a time the production of cotton is about normal. That is because the ! farmers have become educated to i the methods of control. But in ev!ery place where the boll weevil first rhakes its appearance there is a great ' decrease in the yield of cotton for ; the first few years. It is with this in j view that I am writing this article, J so that the farmers of Williamsburg will make preparation and not have I this enormous decrease in cotton production when the weevil does come. It has made farmers abandon their farms in tne State of Mississippi and hunt other work. A few fine planta> tions in that State can still be seen J grown up in broom sedge and not a jsign of life on it. A minister in this , county told me less than three months ago he h?.d sent money to his brother in Mississippi to pay the taxes on his farm. The boll weevil does its greatest damage in the hu! -v,;,-! iMnhnnQ nf fho f>nnnfrv and that IIUU OV V- llv/iij VI Vl?v vvw. w.,, ??? is the reason the damage was so great in the above State. The coastal section is where he will do the greatest damage in this State. Our county is in the coastal section, and we are expecting a very heavy loss the first few years. The answer to the last question I ! will give somewhat in detail. You j can hardly find any farm in South Carolina today that does not get its cash money from this crop. Is this the crop for us, or is it the best cash c- ;> that we know how to grow very e: tensivelv? I will give you a copy 0 a chart c. splayed in the Corn Club e . ubit at t e recent county fair, as 1 am sure t. at everyone was not impressed with it as I was when I got it from the Year Book: 5-YEAR COTTON AVERAGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AS COMPARED WITH: /f?'.i.\ ....ii Ji nor aoro fotatoes wnsii; win m?c ? Tobacco " I*. - 81.15 ' " Potatoes (Sweet) 63.72 Hay " 20.06 " " Corn " " 16.58 " " Rye " " 15.18 " " Oats " " 14.68 " " Wheat " " 14.30 \\ " Cotton " " 11.00 " " The above was worked out from the 1914 Year Book and is an aver? ?~ fUrt Anfirn Qfofa Tho IIUIIl llic ClltllC uvutv.. XXV. ures might not apply to your farm exactly as they do on this table, but it is an average price gotten from ' these crops on an acre. Every single | crop can be grown in this countv.and 1 yet cotton gives the lowest returns. It is not because we do not know how to grow these < th> r crops. I J tl ink it is either of two reasons. The first is because we do not believe that we could get better returns frotn the other crops; or, second, because we are not sure of a market for the products when they are harvested. This State spends $75,000,000 annually for feeds and foodstuff, which is $5,000,000 more than is gotten from the entire cotton crop each year in the State. Now,is there no market for the crops named when r\la nnfci rlo tVio St-oto chin thpsp ' {TV V'UV^IUW VUV W?4*|/ v??v ww j goods in right under our noses? It is not my intention to try to | discourage the planting of cotton, but I am trying to promote the dii versification of farming, so tnat we shall have some money, even if cotton does make a failure, which is a settled fact for the first few years . J after the appearance of the boll weevil. We are trying to promote live > stock as one of the cash crops for the farmer. It is 8 known fact that raising live stock (when they are ; pure D reel lis tne Desi way to maraer i the foodstuff. The woods and waste lands,' which amounts to about twothirds of our State, could be fenced and turned into pastures. In these pastures we could place a lot of live stock and feed them Until the winter fur practically nothing. When winter came, we could kill or Lell all that we did not want to saye for breeding purposes. This would fill the meat house and also place a lot of easv money in the farmer's pocket. The stable manure ffotten from the live stock is the best fertilizer known for crops,because commercial fertilizer d> e3 not build land and stable manure does. Let us see how much stable manure is required to replace certain crops and then compare that with the amount of commercial fertilizer. vManure req to Crop- Y,eW- rep lace Jerrem Corn 50 bushels Grain 5.0 tons Whole plant 8.0 tons Oats 35 bushels ' Grain 2.5 tons Whole plant .4.0 tons Cotton 12W? lbs Seed cotton 3.0 tons Whole plant 6,0 tons Wheat 25 bushels! Grain I 3.0 tons Whole plant. I.'. j 5.0 tons Irish potatoes | 100 bushels! Sweet potatoes ' 200 bushels1 3.0 tons Barnyard manure used contained nitrate .98 p c, phosphate 64 p c, potash 86 p c: You will observe from thip table, with the exception of corn, cotton requires the greatest amount of stable manure to replace the fertility removed; and yet cotton gives the smallest c-ish return per acre. Now note the amount of commercial fertilizer required to replace the fertility removed by the same crops: Crop, Yie'd. C S Meal Acid Phot Kainit Corn 50 bush Grain 700 lbs ?100 lbs 80 lbs Wh pit 1U00 lbs .. 150 lbs . 300 lbs Oats 35 bush Grain 350 lbs 25 lbs 50 lbs Wh pit 600 lbs 70 lbs 440 lbs Cotton 1200 lbs QC 1K? Seed ctn wu !ds w ms w Wh pint 100U lbs .140 lbs 280 lbs Wheat 25 bush Grain 475 lbs 85 lbs 70 lbs Wh pit 800 lbs 135 lbs 400 lbs Irish pot 100 bush 175 lbs 25 lbs 130 lbs Sweet pot' 2oo bush 425 lbs 120 lbs 450 lbs Cotton in the above table requires the same amount of cottonseed meal as corn, but requires a less amount of acid phosphate and kainit. It even requires less potash than any of the other crops but Irish potatoes. By raising live stock on the farm for sale, we can soon reduce the $30.000.p00 that goes out of our State every normal year for Commercial fertilizers to a far smaller figure and make money at the same time from the sale of the live stock. It has been demonstrated that the greater * number of crops that a farmer has, if they do not interfere with each other, the more money he will get for his work. vVe have to resort to diversified farming. Inasmuch as we can make the farm self-supporting, we can have thai much better chance to combat this pest. It is evident that it will seriously disturb economic conditions for at least a few years after the boll weevil has made his appearance. So now is the time to prepare and grow other things on the farm, so that the boll weevil will I not leave us without something to fall back on. In next week's issue of this paper will appear an article on "Growing Cotton under Boll Weevil Conditions." C W Baker, Farm Demonstration Agent for Williamsburg county. ? Good lur Constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent f'?r constipation. They are 1 pleasant Ij? take and mild and gentlein effect. (b.tnln.b '.c everywhere. I ? :<