The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 01, 1917, Image 4
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Thursday, March 1, 1917. t
To some readers it may seem very *
early to begin talking about our c
county fair next fall, but it's really
none too soon. Just as soon in the F
new year as possible the list of n
prizes should be announced, and Mr
Farmer and Mrs Farmer, and the 0
farm boy and girl, should begin lay- t
ing plans to walk away with this or t
that particular prize when the great *
show comes otf.
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"Regulating personal conduct and s
liberty by law is a tricky business," e
says tne iMew xorK yyunu. uusi
when the enthusiastic regulator is s
sure he has everybody in hand he is 8
liable to go too far and startle regu- 0
latees into sudden resistance and re- t
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action." This is just what too much ^
"monkeying" with the liquor law in t
South Carolina is going to do two 8
o
years hence if the would-be regulators
don't curb their activities some- t
what in the interium. p
Food, Feed and Fertility. 8
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"Whenever the greed for a money f
crop unbalances the wisdom of husbandry.
the money crop is a curse, j
When it stimulates the general econ- j
omy of the farm it is the profit ot |,
farming." v
These words were written by the ^
late Henry W Grady many years ago. c
They are true today. You are face
to face with a great question. Are (
you going to permit the agriculture
of the South to again become an unbalanced
husbandry or are we still C
to push forward toward safe farming?
High prices of certain farm products
may tempt farmers to pursue
an unwise course. Now is the time 7
to take stock, to make an inventory 11
and consider the situation. t(
Think back to 1914 before the war, *
when cotton was around 13 cents a
pound. How much did you pay for a
meat, flour and other food products .
at retail? Go back in the nineties, 11
when cotton was still lower in value c
and what did you pay at retail for ^
food products? Then compare the *
presentences of food products with q
the present pi ice of cotton, the test n
is the exchange value of cotton. How 11
much will a pound of cotton purchase *!
in food and feed products? By growing
all cotton and exchanging it for ^
a living you are simply swapping a .
high priced product produced by your 11
labor for a high priced product pro- n
duced by the labor of the other fel- . I
low. When you follow safe farming, ,
however, you produce your own food
and feed at cost and sell your cotton \
for the other fellow's dollars. *
The South has made great progress
and has enjoyed wonderful prosperity
in the past year because it pro- ,
duced so much of its own living. ^
What do we mean by safe farming?
Here are the items which should con
stitute your program:
1. A home garden for every fam- ^
ily on the farm. From one-tenth to f,
one-fourth acre, well located, well c
tilled and tended as carefully as any \
other crop on the farm, planted in
rotation to time the vegetable crops
so as -to have a continuous supply for g
the family table as many days in the w
year as possible. To this should be V
added one-fourth of an acre of potatoes,
either Irish or sweet or both,to r(
be used as focd for the family. An
acre of sorghum or sugar cane should ]e
be produced to supply the family
with syrup, if means can be found
for grinding the cane and making
the syrup.
\2. Produce enough corn on each ,
farm to last the family and the live- ?
\ stock with certainty for one year, f
with 9. little excess for safety. jj
3. Produce sufficient oats and c
other small grain to supplement the
corn a3 food for one year with cer- *
tainty, remembering that these small
grains conserve the soil in winter and I
provide some grazing for livestock.
4. Produce the hay and forage
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crops neces&ary to supply trie livestock
on the farm for one year, with
a little excess for safety, not forgetting
the legumes which add fertility
to the soil and produce the best hay.
5. Produce the necessary meat,
eggs and milk for the family. The (
rata, should be produced by increased
attention to poultry and hogs be- a
cau8J of the rapidity with which ?
these can be produced. Every family f
should have at least two cows, so ?
that one of them can be in milk all I
of the time. A sufficient number of
brood sows should be kept to pro?
h
uce the pork for the fimily, with
orae excess for sale. The number
f laying hens should be increased
,nd carefully tended to produce eggs
md poultry for the table with asuficient
excess for sale. The average
lumber of poultry per farm should
>e gradually increased to at least
ifty. The livestock on the farm
hould be gradually increased as a
vholc so as to consume the otherwise
yaste products of the farm and make
he unprofitable and untillable lands
roductive. This means attention to
he breeding, care and feeding of
>oultry and hogs, beef cattle, milch
ows, etc.
6. When the living has been amply
irovided for, grow cotton for the
nain money crop.
7. Plan to sell or exchange the
urplus products of the garden, the
rchard, the poultry, the livestock,
he eggs and the feedcrop9, to cover
he necessary running expenses of
he farm and save the cotton as the
eal cash crop.
The fact that cotton has been up
ighteen and twenty cents per pound
hould not in any sen?e tempt farmrs,
merchants or bankers to depart
n practice or influence from this
programme. Are you going to play
afe or gamble on the European war
md bet that cotton will be high and
ood products low? One of the series
problems of this nation today is
he production of food. At this
ime no man in the South can afford
o be tempted to reduce the producion
of food and feed crops. Rather
hould they be increased. It is the
inly safe plan.
The agricultural colleges of the
iouthern States, in cooperation with
he United States Department of
Agriculture, are conducting, through
he extension divisions and county
igents in every State, campaigns to
ustain the production of food and
eed crops in the South.
We need more of the three F's,
WD. FEED, and FERTILITY.
jet us feed the people, feed the
ivestock and feed the soil. When
ve have done these three things,
hen raise such acreage in money
rops as we have the labor to tend.
Bradford Knapp,
'hief of Extension Work in Agriculture
and Home Economics.
iERMANY PLOTS AGAINST
U. S. WITH MEXICO.
Continued from first page.
I is considered a sufficient answer
0 the German chancellor's plaint
hat the United States "brusquely"
roke off relations without giving
uthentic reasons for its actions."
The document supplies the missng
link to many seperate chains of
ircumstances, which until now have
eemed to lead to no definite point,
t sheds new light upon the freuently
repeated hut indefinable
movements of the Mexican Government
to couple the situation with
lie friction between the United
tat^s and Japan. It adds another
hapter to the celebrated report of
ulesCainbon, French ambassador
1 Berlin before the war. of Ger
lany's world-wide plans for stiring
strife on every continent where
aey might aid her in the struggle
if world domination which she
reamed was close at hand. It adds
climax to the operations of Count
on Bernstorff and the German
tnhassy in this country, which have
een colored with passport frauds,
barges of dynamite plots and in igue,
the full extent of which nevr
has been published.
Capt St John.representative of the
merican Agricultural Fertilizer Co
jr this State, with headquarters at
harleston, attended the funeral of
Irs D J Epps Monday.
Florence merchants are making
reat preparations for Fashion week,
rhich will be celebrated early in
larch.
The Tri*State Medical association,
?presenting the Carolinas and Virinia.was
in s.ssion at Durham,N C.
ist week.
Mother's Troubles
Mother's unending work and
(erotion drains and strains her
physical strength and leaves
ts mark in dimmed eyes and
areworn expressions?she
Lges before her time.
Any mother who is weary
ind languid should start taking
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is a strengthening food and bracing
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COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS
Disposes of a Number of Cases
Here this Week.
The spring term of the court ol
general sessions convened Mondaj
md.rinir of 1 A U.'ith hit
ilJUl li 1 lift, Ob XV/ V/ Viv/vik, ....
I Honor, R W Memminger, Judge ol
I the Ninth circuit, presiding. Solic
itor P H Stoll and Stenographer L E
Wood were present. The judge's
charge to the grand jury as to theii
duties was very clear and compreI
hensive.
A number of bills were given to nhe
grand jury for action. The first case
i called for trial was that of the State
against Henry Bodiford, indicted foi
resisting an officer. This was a case
i brought over from last court and
j the Solicitor ordered a nol pros. The
defendant was represented by E I
Hirsch, Esq.
The case of the State against Ton
Cutter, indicted for larceny of live
stock, was next gone into. The ie
fendant was indicted in two cases
In the first case the jury brought ir
a verdict of not guilty and the Solic
itor nol prossed the other case. The
defendant was represented by Messrs
Lee & Shuler.
Albert Wallace pleaded guilty tc
a charge of forgery, and was sen
tenced to serve two years on the
chaingang or in the penitentisrj
and pay a fine of $1.00.
William Cobert pleaded guilty tc
employing: hands without having t
license, and was sentenced to serve
four months on the chaingang, sen
tence being suspended on good l)e
havior.
Grover Brown pleaded guilty tc
employing hands without a license
and was sentenced to four month:
on the chaingang, sentence beiag
suspended during good behavior.
Mariah Russell pleaded guilty tc
the charge of aggravated assault
and battery and was sentenced tc
pay a fine of $25.00 or serve thirtj
days in jail.
John McCutchen pleaded guilty tc
the charge of obtaining goods un
der false pretense and was setenced
to pay a fine of $100.00 or serve six
months on the chaingang.
Wallace Williams pleaded guilty
to the charge of obtaining goods under
false pretense and was sentenced
to pay a fine of $100.00 or serve six
months on chaingang.
T F Jones, indicted for assault
with intent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons, pleaded guilty to
carrying concealed weapons, but
went to trial on the charge of assault
with intent to kill, the jury
finding a verdict of not guilty. Ee
was given a sentence of $100.00 or
serve thirty davs on the chaingang cn
his plea of guilty as to carrying concealed
weapons.
Walter Fulton and Thaddeus Fulton,
indicted for housebreaking and
larceny, were tried. Thaddeus Fulton
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to serve three months on the chaingang.
Walter Fulton pleaded not
guilty and the-jury found a verdict
of not guilty. Defendants were
rpnrespnted bv Kelley & Hinds, Esqs.
John Henry Chapman, who was
indicted for assault and battery with
intent to kill, pleaded guilty and received
a sentence of 8 years at hard
labor on the chaingang or alike
period in the State penitentiary.
The case against Henry B?>diforc,
who was jointlj indicted with Chapman,
was nol prossed. The two defenders
were indicted for an assault
made upon Mr Charlie Hinds, near
Greelyville, mention of which has
already been made in this paper.
Oliver Keels pleaded guilty to a
charge of aggravated assault and
battery and was sentenced to pay a
fine of $200.00 or serve six months
on the chaingang.
Robert Nelson, alias John Nelson,
and Duke Burgess, indicted for larceny
of live stock, were found guilty
and sentenced to serve one year on
the chaingang and pay a fine o~"
$1.00 each, The defendant. Nelson,
was repreeented by P H Arrowsmith,
Esq, wno took an appeal in his case
to the supreme court.
G H Stancill pleaded guilty to a
charge of aggravated assault and
battery and was sentenced to pay n
fine of $300.00 or be confined on, the
chaingang for six months. Defend ant
was represented by Messrs Lee
& Shuler. Fine later reduced tc
$150.
Tom Morris Burgess, indicted for
failure to support wife, was tried in
his absence and found guilty* sentenced
to pay a fine of $'50 or be
confined on the chaingang for a period
of six months.
Peter Chisholm,indicted for larce
ny of livestock, jury found a verdict
of not guilty.
The visiting attorneys in attendance
at court were: Messrs J 0
Green, A H Williams. Jr, and P H
Arrowsmith of Lake City, and N N
Newell of Moncks Corner.
Court adjourned sine die yesterday.
Walterboro is to have a tomato
cannery.
The Quinine That Dots Not Afftct Tfct Host
Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA?
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ring-ins: in bead. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of E. W- GROVE. 25c.
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Presentment of Grand Jury.
We, the grand jury of Williams*
burg county, having passed upon all
bills that have com' bpfore us at
* this, the spring term of the court of
r general sessions for the year 1917,
* and having Dassed uDon all matters
:, within our jurisdiction, do herewith
make our report:
' 1. We desire toexpressour thanks
3 to his Honor, Judge R W Memmin"
i ger, presiding Judge, for the court
eous and able manner in which he
! explained the law to us in his charge,
' j thereby enabling us to attend to all
; business that has come before us in
? an orderly and proper mannc, and
' ( fitting us for the duties required of
3 i us during our term of office.
' | We also desire jto express our
3! thanks to the Solicitor for the sendees
rendered by him in assisting us
'in passing on the indictments which
' I were handed to us for our consider31
ation.
2. We beg to report that various
committees.composed of members of
1 the grand jury, have been appointed
I to investigate all affairs of the coun
! ty and to report back at the summer
31 term of this court.
3. We recommend that four (-0
> rural policemen for this county be
appointed, as has heretofore been
done,and.jif practicable,that they be
' appointed from the same sections of
the county as heretofore.
> 4. We asrain bejr to call the atten'
tion of the County Commissioners to
the condition of the walls of the
' court hcuie and jury rooms; this
body recommended,both at the summer
and fall terms of this court for
> 1916, that these walls be re-calci.
mined, but for some reason this rec'
ommendation has not been complied
r with.
All of which is respectfully sub>
mitted.
J F Montgomery,
> Foreman of Grand Jury for Wil'
liamsburg county.
February 27, 1917.
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Wards off Nervous Break Down
r Alburtis, Pa.?"I am a teacher in the
public schools and I got into a very ner
vous run-down condition. I could not
I eleep and had no appetite. I was tired
. all toe time. My sister asked me to try
' Vinol. I did so,and within a week my appetite
improved and I could sleep all
- night and now I feel well and strong.'
. Rosa M. Keller, Alburtis, Pa.
, We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic, for air weakened
' run-down conditions and for chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis.
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Kingstree High School Notes. are pi
Thursday was Washington's birth- hope i
day and after appropriate exercises
in the morning, including recita- _ .,
tions, patiotic drills and songs, the i'ndaschool
had half holiday. Mr W
The basketball game Thursday af- ject o'
ternoon between Charleston and the Di
Kingstree was very enjoyable for many
the Charleston boys. Both teams ed."
played well. The Kingstree boys was it
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times, anaf yiuiny service.
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Wee Nee Literary society met
j afternoon with the president,
ilkins, in the chair. The subf
debate was: Resolved, "That
iplomatic Relations with GerShould
Not Have Been SeverThe
decision of the judges
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