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<Thr (?uuuti| tRrrur W. t. TOLLED & E. C. EPFS Publishers. Entered at the postoffice at King tree, S. C. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES STRICTL IN ADVANCE 0 Single copy one year $1? Single copy, six months Single copy, three months I TELEPHONE NO. 8 Obituaries. Tributes of Respe< Resolutions of ' Thanks, Card < ? Thanks and all other reading notice ...... Voutj u-i!I ho pharced for at tl av/v " ill wv v.? 0 ate of one cent a word for each i -ertion. Hot suppers notices. All communications must be sig "(1 by the writer, not for publicati< unless desired, but to protect th newspaper. All unsigned communic ions are a was*e of time paper ai oostage ?n the part of the writer. ADVERTISING RATES Advertisements to be run in Sp rial or "Want" column one cent word each issue, minimum price ! -**nts, payable strictly in advance. Legal advertisements, $1.00 pi nch first insertion, 50 cents per in< ach subsequent insertion. Rates on long term display adve tisements very reasonable. F< . -ates apply at this office. In remitting checks or money o lers make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 191 ADOPT NEW METHOD How Some Of Our Georgia Frien< Are Seating the Boll Weevil Now that the boll weevil is in Sou Carolina in large numbers, is rapid advancing and will soon ravage tl entire cotton area of the State; ti following liberal extracts from a If ter written just one year a] hy The A. I*. Brantley Compan Blackshear, Ga., to their custome and friends should be of intei^st >outh Carolina bankm-s, business m and farmers. , The letter is rather > lengthv, but >s well worth reading, as it is app "able to conditions existing today nany South Carolina communities: Blackshear, Ga., November 6.191 "The time is now here when tho who make their living out of the si must give serious consideration the question of what crop to depi upon for a money crop. The boll we vil makes it questionable if it is sa to rely upon cotton as heretofoi While vv > do not advocate the enti abandonment of cotton for the pre ent at least, at the same time it do not now appear to be the part of wi dom to risk all upon that crop. Un we know more about the boll weev and how best to control his ravag it is the part of simple wisdom tod vote only a comparatively small acr * age to cotton. Meanwhile, what w the farmer do? He cannot afford stand still. He must go forward cease to exist, and planting time w soon be here! Plainly, therefore, decision must be reached and effe< ive plans accordingly laid. The desi to aid voe in this critical situation the simple purpose of this circulai N Tobacco looks good, and, after pit ty thorough investigation, we belie there is the possibility of splend profit from its cultivation. Farme around Nicholls and Douglas ha made a great deal of money out tobacco this year. Our informati< is that profits have ranged from $2 to $400, and even more, per acre. T bacco does not require the long gro1 ing season that cotton does. The cr is ma4,e and the money is in yo pocket by the time cotton is ordinal ly ready to be picked. Therefore, t * bacco would not interfere with cotb if you wish to devote an acreage both. Further, it is belived, by tho competent to -judge, that the tobac market will be high this year. Wi average 'success, therefore, one cr should pay all expenses and leave comfortable profit besides. It must understood in growing tobacco t first year that expert advice is vit to success. It is very probable that competent and reliable expert toba co grower can be secured for a coi pensation of ten per cent, of the val of the crop actually grown. For tl compensation the expert would su ervise everything from the prepar tion of the seed bed to the harvestii and curing of the crop. Such an a rangement offers the decided adva tage of being reasonably safe, ar besides, there is no other way to ma a successful beginning. Another ii portant thing is that tobacco shou be grown in communities. By this \ mean that the farmers of a giv community, where the farms are re sonably convenient to each oth< should all plant tobacco. The reas for this is that this plan makes possible to secure the necessary e pert advice and supervision at t least possible expense, and in ad( tion makes possible the interchan of necessar/ labor at the harvest se son. This last is a very importa consideration. The curing of tobac is a matter of prime importance, a: for this purpose a properly construe f ' r $_ &' :'' > - ' ed curing house is necessary. The cur- j c < ing houses ,are not necessari'v expen- j s j sive. For instance, a curing house 1 *_1 sixteen feet square, which would be !f' s- amply large to care for five acres of j'' tobacco, can be built at a cost of $150. i ^ to $200. A house eighteen feet square, i n which \^ould be large enough to care s for seven acres of tobacco, would cost | ^ proportionately more. If you decide a jq to try tobacco for a money crop it is 11 13. essential that you first interest your 11 ? neighbors in th</ project so that ar- s rangements can be made to secure ^ of the necessary expert advice. If tobac- n ss, co looks good to you we cannot too P strongly recommend that you arrange n to visit the N'cholls and Douglas sec- s n- tions and find out for yourself more a >n about the trouble and the profit of ^ tobacco growing. You can make the c vj trip by automjjfcile in a day, and if it is made it may easily prove to be P the most profitable trip you ever a made. If you have any thought of go- s a ing in for tobacco as a money crop we w 25 very strongly urge prompt action so there may be plenty of time to make a all necessary arrangements before v time to plant. We wish to add that if S; r- as many as two thousand acres are h ar planted to tobacco in the territorytrib- P r_ utary to Blackshear next spring we tl will undertake to see that a suitable a modern tobacco warehouse is built c ? here in good time to care for and ri 2 market the tobacco. s Sweet potatoes, when of the prop- h er quality and carefully graded and n cured, is a crop that will always com- f mand the ready cash. To get the most P s out of sweet potatoes careful atten- ? tion must be given to varieties, grad- e ing and curing. The old fashioned ^ banking method must be supplented 'y by a modem potato curing house, be- t cause potatoes cannot be successfully s cured except in a properly construct- F ed and operated curing house. These v ?? houses can bo built of any desired c 'J capacity and the cost depends upon v J!s the size. The great advantage in cur- ci to ing potatoes is found in the fact that c en cure,| potatoes can be kept as long as r ' desired and thus put upon the market f when the demand is greatest and the j t ** ??-- -II ? Uinnrln price is Dest. rsy inc uw uoim.?fi 'n method fully one-half the crop is per- c haps annually lost from rot. A pota- ' ^ to curing house would save that an- r st' nual waste and i>ut just that much '' additional cash in the farmer's jiock- c to et. A potato cruing house should be s built upon the co-operative plan, and v 't'" we believe it is quite possible that the ' ( ft' profits of the first year's operations c v- would more than pay back the whole '( re investment. ^ 's" Peanuts is* another crop thai is * es rapidly coming to the front as a r ' s* mone/ crop in southern Georgia, and ' ti' elsewhere, and there is no doubt they b il? would prove profitable here. In addire tion to being an excellent stock food c 'e" the peanut and its products are being e" more and more extensively used for 0 human food, and desirable food pro- 3 to ducts must always command a ready 01 sale on the market. Besides this there v is a decided advantage in growing a > a good acreage of peanuts because you t d* can always fatten your hogs on them v re if the nrice offered is unsatisfactory. ,s If a sufficient acreage to justify it is * planted to peanuts in this immediate ' section the local cotton seed oil mil! vc will afford a market for them. This I'd in turn would mean that you would rs have an ample supply of peanut meal ve available to your hand for stock feed- c ing, and there is no better feed for e on this purpose. ci 00 j Sugar cane is an old crop that can I be converted into a "profitable money r K~ crop with careful attention. This a &P means, of course, that the cane must o ur be made into first-class, heavy bodied t r'" syrup. Because we have not in the e ?* past given sufficient attention either v on to the making or the grading of our c to | syrup large manipulating plants have' 3 so come into existence, where our syrup v co is taken and processed, that is, made ii of uniform body, flavor and color and c QP then put upon the market in fancy i; ^ ~ at containers at a nanusome prom w a be the manipulators.'There is no reason i bp why the farmer of a community may g a' not get together in the matter of t a syrup production, and thus reap this p LC~ j profit for themselves. The proposi- a j tion can be handled upon a co-opera- I uc ; tive plan and the investment need not t ds j be heavy. The main thing is to pro- g P" | duce the quality and character of a" I syrup the market demands. If this is ng done there is no reason why it might I ir" not prove very profitable. t n_ Corn can be made a profitable cash id, crop if the proper attention is given ^ ke to it. The corn weevil and the rat p n-1 probably cause a greater annual waste I dd, than the boll weevil despite the fact i ve | that it is entirely possible to free the | en ' premises of both these pests. The | ? 1 1 in i a" i proper use 01 caruim uioutpmviv >. = ;r> j correctly constructed barns will free | on ! the corn of both the weevil and the | rat. Because it can be done it ought | x* to be done if for no other reason than | be' to reduce the number of acres actual- ? li* ly needed to be planted to corn to | ' meet all of the farm needs. Weevil = a" | infested com is unmarketable and be- i nt sides it is unfit for human consump- | co tion. Being rid of the weevil and the i! nd rat and with proper attention to qual- ? -t-1 ity a ready market can be found for ill arload quantities of com, either helled and sacked or in the shuck, i Velvet beans are not only a splen- j id soil improver but a ready cash ringer as well. Large acreages could e profitably planted. Velvet bean | leal is on the market and is much ought and highly regarded as a eed tor cattle and stock If an acrego sufficiently large to warrant the ivestmcnt is planted to velvet beans fi the section accessible to Blackhear a feed mill will be established ere. This would afford a local cash larket for all the beans we could roduce. Hogs have always been a main ource of wealth in many sections, nd there is every reason to believe hat intelligent attention to breed and are will make them vastly profitable * d: ~ v> inc ianiifr> ui i icac wuiu^. * ..v acking plant is coming nearer to us 11 the time, and if a sufficient hog upply were available their buyers ould come to our local markets for hem. The farmers of Brooks county re finding in their hogs a source of .ealth. They sell every year thouands of pounds of cured bacon and ams at a good profit. When the acking plant does not offer the price hey think they should have they kill nd cure. Eevery farmer has his own uring house in which he uses ice fr efrigeration. He does not wait for uitable weather but kills when the ogs are fat and ready. By their lethod there is practically no loss rom spoilt meat. The Brooks county lan is worth investigating. Brooks ounty is not far away and any farmr there will gladly show you how it 5 done. Beef cattle can easily be made and herefore ought to become a great ouree of wealth to the farmers of 'ierce county. Nature has given us a wonderful climate and splendid range ountry that ought to be taken adantage of The compulsory tick eraication law will give us a tick-free ounty by the end of 1919, which neans it will be possible to introduce he better strains of beef cattle into j he county without fear of loss. Every I ttontion should now be given to se-11 uring the foundation of a herd, and I ust as rapidly as possible the infe-JB ior strains we now have shouM be ; I lisposed of..It is just as easy, amljl osts no more, to raise a 1.200-pound J1 teer as a 600-pound one. There is a j I rhole lot of difference in the profits. JI )ther sections have grown rich in I attle alone, while we have long neg- E ected to uti'ize the b'essings nature I las so abundantly lavished upon us.j l? tight now is the time to beg:n p'an- I ling to bring in the improved breeds. J nte'ligent attention to cattle will IE ring certain and increasing profits. I Keep it in mind that in all sect-ons II f the country- where diversification 11 s the rule prosperity is much great- I ) than in those sections where the H ill cotton. \>r one crop, rule prevails." jl Adopt your program for beating the I reevil and go to wor. You can bet I our life "Billy Boll Weevil" is going,! 0 give you a stiff fight, but you can I fhip him if you try. I G. A. Cardwelll, I Agricultural and Industrial Agent I Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. I Social Event at Lake City I One of the prettiest social events I f the season was the reception-show r given by Mrs. C. G. McElveen Fri- I lay, November 7, in hornor of Miss Idna Moore. The guests began ar- I iving at 4:30 and there were about I 1 hundred that called before the hour I f 6:30 o'clock. The house was beau- I iful in its bridal decorations. Upon I ntering the front door the guests I fere escorted to a pretty booth in one I omer of the hall, where Miss Sadie I rlcElveen dispensed punch, after I fhich they were shown into the liv- B ng room ana preseniea w me iceiving line. They were tKen ushered nto the dining room where standing round the bridal table beaut'fu1 in ts draperies of white maline with cut ;lass basket of carnations,* forming he centerpiece, they were served with (ink and white block ice cream, cake nd mints. Before departing Mrs. i\ L. Coward directed each guests in0 the back hall to view the numerous rifts for the bride-elect. o Full stock of Buggies, Wagons, harness, Robes, etc. WILLIAMSBURG LIVESTOCK CO. j JERSEYS and GERNSEYS f ^ A car load of the best milch g| 1 cows ever brought to Williams- M S burtr County, will be here to- B I morrow. || ? The Dairy Cows of the most | successful farmers in Florence I County. S. McFadden Gregg, ? I who closed out the lot on ac- gg = count of "labor shortage." I Your chance to get a fine fl I milch cow, see, i E. A. SNIPES. | Eat less, and improve vour health. 'A \ ?ur 2ttotto: Better <5 Nasl>uj& Wop] I { j j I' of Pure J! Hi.!!eePY? i i I Th.. I ' i i '/,,v ;s Ihose fl | !( 4 ; ^ j /'?,$ warm tl || I ? I] i/A a museI | k f t il JiM ingissk Vf& I ^ it' /. woven i Nfjlt 8 - ^/ V^sf up well J like nev tans?as ^ ders. E reaches^ Solid Car Lo, JUST UNI - ^S9, AMHt B ' Hnm insti MAK1 Q*1 PLAYER WE ALSO CARRY AN EXCEPTIONALLY ER PIANOS. WE HANDLE THE WELL KNOW PT-Ann ?vrn ipt itc DI a V riVFP FHH YHIT Si ' 01 UIVD Alii/ iaJfJ JL %J O 1 u/i a vv mm ? ^ v WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK OF IR EVER PLACED ON THE KINGSTREE MARKET BIG SAVING IN PRICES ON THESE LINES. AND LOOK THEM OVER TO FULLY APPRECI ?? '??' wa rnuntor JUST NOW. WE INVITE IUU IV tuvirnnu FURNITURE WITH ANY OFFERED BY ANY Kingstree Furni Next'Door to Fostoflice \ N t . , ^ ri oobs Cess 2ttone? pap B1 arrets . ? pat. orr. Cot tOP J u Warro I 3 lurry blankets keep the happy sleeper I " in. ugh zero nights. INo huddling into e-cramped ball because the bedcoverimpy. Nashua Wool nap Blankets are n sizes to tuck in generously and come around the neck. They wash to look x v and shrink very little, come in gay plaids, durable grays and Arell as cream white with colored borvery pair is individually wrapped and you in perfect condition. There is a every size of bed, to harmonize with ishings of any bedroom.* t your choice today. ^ mmmmm i ad of Organs LOADED y E HAVE JUST UNLOADED A SOLID CARLOAD RGANS AND ARE IN BETTER POSITION TO ' YOUR NEEDS IN THIS LINE THAN WE HAVE : BEEN HERETOFORE. IN THIS SHIPMENT J DESIGNS TO SUIT THE VARIOUS TASTES AND fIREMENTS AND WE HAVE THEM ALL PRICIGHT. IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING ADDAN ORGAN TO THE PLEASURES _OF THE 5 OR IF YOUR CHURCH IS IN NEED OF A NEW IUMENT, BE SURE TO SEE OUR LINE BEFORE NG YOUR PURCHASE. .1 ROLLS GOOD LINE OF PLAYER ROLLS FOR PLAYN Q. R S. PLAYER ROLL. COME TO OUR OME OF THE LATEST PIANO MUSIC. * \ I and Wood Beds id Bed Springs ON AND WOOD BEDS AND BED SPRINGS AND WE ARE IN POSITION TO .GIVE YOU A IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO COME ATP THE PEAI. VAI.ITES WE ARE OFFERING OUR PRICES AND THE QUALITY OF OUR CONCERN ANYWHERE. ture Company, Kingstree, S. C. . * r. J I J.