The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 10, 1917, Image 2
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; INCREASEACREAGE
OF POTATOES.
COST LESS TO PLANT ? PRODUCE
MORE FOOD PER ACRE THAN
IRISH POTATOES.
Washington,May 8:?Seed to plant
an acre of Irish potatoes cost about
. ?40 this spring. Seed sweet potatoes
: will not cost more than $4 per acre
-v where vine cuttings taken from ear-1
ly-set plants are used. The \ield of!
sweet potatoes per acre is usually |
greater than that of Irish potatoes, j
and as a food they are nutiitious.;
Sweet potatoes can be grown through-!
out the Southern States, and, of
course, in certain other sections.
Specialists in the U S Department
of Agriculture are urging an increased
acreage of this crop wherever it
can be easily grown.
Sweet potatoes, it is pointed out,
are the South's chief instrument for
a quick and effective increase of the
food supply. Seed is plentiful; last
year's crop was the second largest
ever produced. By means of vine
cuttings it is possible to plant almost
unlimited areas of this crop and at
the same time conserve the present
-?r supply. That is,a farmer who wishes
to plant ten acres will bed sed enoughsay
8 to 10 bushels-to get slips for
one acre. Vine cuttings from this
acre wauld plant many more acres,
plantings being possible until the first
of August in the lower South. This
system.now widely used in the South,
enables the utilization of land from
which early potatoes, cabbage, and
other truck crops have been taken.
Sweet potatoes are not expensive |
to grow. The main limiting factor
to the production of vast quantities
by this plan is labor. Yields from j
fields set with vine cuttings are as j
large as from plants grown from |
slips. Thismethod has the further advantage
of preventing the transfer
of diseases which are carried on the
tubers.
; The South doesn't need to learn
how to grow sweet potatoes,the specialists
point out. Farmers know
how to produce large yields of this
crop. But the farmer must be impressed
with the necessity of increasing
his acreage of this crop,and then,
when harvest comes, to prevent the
enormous loss from improper handling
and storing. The best way to
keep sweet potatoes is to store them
in well-ventilated storage houses,not
"dugouts". Storage houses should
be made ready as soon as possible.
In Farmers' bulletin 548, "Storing
and Marketing Sweet Potatoes," in4
structions for building such houses
and for converting old and unoccupied
buildings are given.
Smallest Salaried Official.
Atlanta. May 4:- The Waycross
city government has taken the bull
* by the horns on the high cost of living,
and has today the lowest salari
ed city official in the world in the
person of City Treasurer E A Stubbs,
who gets the munificent sum of $1
per year.
This means that Mr Stubbs gets a
fraction less than one-third of a cent
per day for his services 01 about
two cents per week.
He doesn't need the money?it
wouldn't pay for shoe leather in
walking to and from the office anyway?and
has taken the job purely
from civic patriotism, the dollar being
tacked on to make the arrangement
legal.
Clear Away the Waste.
Bowel regularity is the secret of
good health, bright eyes, clear
complexions, and Dr King's New
T !f_ T*:ii ri.1 i i
ime i jii> art* u mini aim gfiiut;
atiye that regulates the bowels and
relieves the congested intestines by
removing the accumulated wastes
without griping. Take a pill More
retiring and that heavy head, that
dull spring fever feeling disappears,
(let I)r King's New Life Pills at
your druggist, 2-">c.
School Commencement.
Old Johnsonville school commencement
will take place as follows:
Sunday,May 13,11:15 a. m., sermon
by Rev W P Murray; Monday, May
14, 8:30 p. m., exercises by school;
Tuesday. May 15. graduating exercises,
address by Hon P H Stoll of
Kingstree.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and worka off the Cold.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c.
GIVEN FIVE YEARS.
Spanneil Found Guilty of Killing Col. M.
C. Butler?Defense to Appeal.
Coleman, Tex. May A verdict
of guilty of murder was returned tonight
in the case of Harry J Spanneil,
charged with the killing of
Lieut Col M C Butler. Punishment
was fixed at five years' imprisonment.
Spanned all but collapsed when
the verdict was read. Counsel for
the derense announced motion tor a
new trial would be filed immediately
and if it were not granted,an appeal
would be taken. The plea for reversal.
they said, would be based specifically
upon the refusal of the court
to sustain defense's plea of "former
acquittal."
Spannell was indicted at Alpine,
Tex, for the alletred killing of his
wife and Lieut Col Butler the night
of July 20, 1916. The charge of killing
his wife, Mrs Crystal Holland
Spannell, was tried at San Angelo
last February on a change of venue.
Spannell was acquitted and the case
against him for killing Col Butler
was brought to Coleman county.
The trial here began Monday, April
23. Spannell has been released on
Dona.
THE LIMA BEAN,
A Very Profitable Food Crop for Man,
Beast, and Soil.
Few of us realize South Carolina's
yearly importation of the common
lima or butter bean, which will
grow and produce to perfection in
all sections of the State. In this
crop, we readily recognize the three
"F's" of successful and productive
! agriculture,?food for man, feed
for domestic animal, and fertility
for the soil; all of which are dependent
one upon the other and of equal
importance. On the eve of the
present crisis, the farmers of the
South could resort to no secondary
food crop that offers a more promis
j ing outlook, as the crop is easily
grown, produces well, and furnishes
wholesome food for both man and
beast. This crop should occupy a
place in every home garden, being
used both in the fresh and the dry
stages, and the present outlook in
the shortage of food supply should
be convincinging of the needs of
more extensive plantings of this
valuable food crop.
Not unlike other crops of this
family, the lima bean does well and
produces to perfection on any well
prepared garden or field soil; the
requisites being the same as that of
other beans.
Like other beans, we have two
types,?the bush, or dwarf, and the
running, or pole. For extensive
planting, the bush type is most dei
eirflhlp hpincr nlantpd in rows thrpp
feet apart and 8 to 10 inches in the
drill and covered to a depted of 2 or
3 inches.
For further information address
the Extension Division, Celmson
College, S C.
Banks Co-operating.
Each of five banks in Laurens
county have set a side the sum of
$1,000.00 to loan to responsible farmers,
either farm owners or tenants,
ai u per ceui iiueresi aim un easy
terms, to be used in the purchase of
young registered cattle, under the
direction of the county demonstration
agent. This loan to be extended
for the purchase of not more
than two cows, either sex, by any
one farmer. This loan to be accepted
strictly on the condition that
home-grown feeds must be supplied
for these animals.
The Beauty Secret.
Ladies desire that irre
oionuic Liiauii?a guuu
complexion. Of course
vV'\li they do not wish others
^Za to knew a beautificr
has been used so ihey
'/? k S'A . , I . J
\ buy a bottle of
Magnolia Balm
LIQUID FACE POWDER
and u?e according to simple diretfions. Improvement
is noticed at once. Soothing, cooling m.J
refreshing. Heals Sunburn, stops Tan.
Pink, White, Rose-Red.
75c. at Druggist* or by mail direct.
Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp.
Lyon Mfg. Co., 40 South Fifth St., Brooklyn. N.Y
JUST ARl
Carload of the
Virginia \
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Full Stock Buggies, S
Robes, Saddles, McO
and Ihikes, Wb
Yours to pi
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Kingstree,
Spring Time Is
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Is the Modei
$1.00 per
Scott Drug
The ffisXOL
I Siegling Mus
Charleston, S. C. Established
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THE PLAYER
The Piano that anyone in ihe fa
prices and easy terms. Let our sp
A. H. Hutt, call upon you and
possibilities of these instruments.
A. H. Hutt, Man;
I The Best Bed on
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is estimated that \
third of our lives in
should have the best.
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Everything' for
Steele Furni
208 Main Street
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Vagons,
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urreys, Harness,
ormick Mowers
ilps, Etc.
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Florence, S. C.
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the Market.
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without beds
any more than
they can without
eating. It
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hence we
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the Home
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Opposite Court House
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Coffins ani
Everything in Undi
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quite expressive
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Teas, Sugar, Canned and I
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THOROUGHFARE OF
North and South.
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Virginia, North Carolina, I
Florida and
A passenger service unexc^ll
equipped with the latest Pullmj
oughfare Cars.
For rates, schedules, maps or
WILLIAM
Gen. Pass. Agt.
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The Bi
121c lb. Paid fi
Choice Beef, F
Mutton ai
THE PEOPLE
J H, A. MILLER,
J Scott-Logai
I Wholesale
Provision A
Meat, Lard, Flour, Rice, (
thing wanted in Bulk
at lowest poss
Cotton Seed Mi
Com an
W. T. Wiikins' old stand.
Kingstree,
1 Caskets
staking Supplies
CREDIT ^
Day or Night
ind Floral Designs
>r Funerals
JRTNEY
17; Night, 91
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of your feeling
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Bottled Goods.
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any information, write to
J. CRAIG
Wilmington, N. C.
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