Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I PROF. GEORGE ROBEI EXPERT, 'KENTICKV MENT STATIO^SAYS: "OUR EXPERIMENT I CONCLUSION IS THA' ? |f STONE IS ABSOLUTELY TIAL FOR SUCCESSKU i CULTURE." TOBACCO OFFSETS BOLL WEEVIL: FARMERS IN PEE DEE GET GOOD i RETURNS FROM GROWING ] OF WEED Farmers, particularly of the Pee Dee section of South Carolina, have in tobacco an effective weapon with which to beat down the tide of economic losses incident to the invasion of the boll weevil. Last year returns from the crop reached the unprecedented figures of nearly $20,000,000. The exact figures were $19,311,497.86. The highest previous figure was in 1917 when the returns amounted to $11,794,431.78. Growers last year in receiving approximately $20,000,000 for their tobacco got nearly one-fifth the amount paid for the cotton crop. October figures this) year are not yet available, but during the months of July, August and September of this year, growers were paid $18,409,336.74. Complete figures will doubtV S A N and has Ali J For th< f Mechanical niture, Doll f Blocks, Till} and a large ive and e Tree Decor; fP We Cordis m and see a The Pop1 IV ITS, SOIL A ? EXPKRIPULVERIZ criTihN: ?- I r LIMETennei r ESSENA L AGRI GEO. A. McE less carry the returns for the 19191 crop slightly in excess of last year's j Considerable agitation is being manifested in the lower section of the state, already invaded by the boll weevil, for the cultivation of tobacco as a substitute crop. During the ; three months for which reports have already been received for 1919 crop. 81.128,947, pounds have been sold. The following tables gives the total volume for the cfop the last ten years: Pounds. Amount. Average. Year. Sold. Paid Price Paid. 1910 18,802,875 $ 1,604,685.44 $ 8.52 1911 11,101,066 1,352,462.84 12.18 ,1912 24,337,912 2,653,443.68 10.90 ! 1913 33,299,561 4,583,339.51 13.76 1914 39,478,421 3,881,233,.54 983 1915 37,921,396 2,760,982.18 7.28 1916 20,079.903 2,81^7449.87 14.11 1917 51,080,083 11,794,431.78 24.091 j 1918 62.173.631 19,311,497.86 31.06, j 1919 81,156, ;70 18,548,559.15 20.10' Tobacco gi-owing has been largely I confined to Darlington, Marion Florence, Dillon, Clarendon, Sumter and Williamsburg. But with the invasion of the boll weevil imminent in a large portion of South Carolina, the tobacco growing area will likely be j I fTA CLAU! ready Begun to Fill p little Foil k Have War Tanks, Kiddie F Babies, Drums, Hoi 0 it r Tinker, the toe dan assortment of attr; ntertaining Toys ; itions. % Jly Invite you to come nnr rhristmas Assortll THE RIJ ular Hardware ? \ * t-y- . < ' * ' . ... -.U'rsj: . [ascot L n _i_ TV ssee kock Lime merican Li Knoxville,. LVEEN, Local Distributor. 4 largely extended. The annual report of the state department of agriculture for 1918 gives the following synopsis of the history of tobacco growing irT South Carolina. "The department, under the law began to keep records of the tobaccc crop in 1909. That year very nearlj 28,000.000 pounds of tobacco wer< raised, but the price was lo\>, and l1 I k* k?f Httlo nvpr two and ; VIV/UgliL UUb uwmv v quarter million dollars. The two fol lowing years the crop decreased vein considerably in both volume and ii amount of money produced. Then foi four years consecutively the volurm of the crop steadily increased, unti the maximum was reached in 1914 the year the war broke out. The pre ceding year a smaller crop had sol< at 13.77 cents per pound, bringing t< the farmers $4,581,000 the greates amount ever received from the tobac co crop in this state. In 1914 thi prices fell, and in 1915, while peopl still planted tobacco and raised abi) crop, the amount received from i was only $2,765,372, the' price havinj ing fallen to the lowest figure record ed since 1909, 7.02 cents per poun< "The 1915 tobacco crop very near 5 HAS AR his Pack from Oui and llVUil ^ SG HARI Store. ' .M.J ... f imestoru >COTj Kiln! mestone Co Tennessee. ;' ly discouraged the planting in this state. The average price had dropped from about 11 cents to 7.28 and in 1916 the acreage was cut nearly half. There was a considerable increase in , price in that year and there was an ) anomalous situation. The number of r | pounds sold in 1916 was 17,844,000 i pounds short of the scales in 1915 and t yet the gro'Sss receipts amounted to i an increase, of $52,500 over 1915. "Tohacco has been a wonderful J | crop for some counties in South Cari1 olina, for it is a cash crop and is I r harvested between spring grain and 2 truck and cotton, thus bringing money 1 into circulation in the summer , months.?Exchange. o 3 Grand Lodge A. F. M., .Meets d t With Grand Master W. W. Wanna maker, of Orangeburg, sitting in the e Grand East, the 183rd annual come munication of the Masonic Grand I Lodge of South Carolina was opened t at Charleston Tuesday in the Mason Z Temple with a large attendance of - members of the craft. Devotional exI. ercises preceded the formal opening - of the Grand Lodge, the service be RIVED AT r Large and Splendii >WARE C< : ir,'Vv ^ ^ C. G. WILLI OHIO EXPE SAYS: fE-DRY "AT PRES FARM CROPS GR0UN1 )ryed HAS INCRE.A CORN, OATS ) ER AND TI VALUE OF % ginning at 10:30 "o'clock and the com- e munication opening at 11 o'clock. J Chief amdng the business of the e day was the annual address of the 1: grand master. Mr. Wannamaker made s some important recommendations. He J directed attention to the crowded < condition of lodge accommodations, due to the growth in membership and to the new lodges. B. E. Clarkson, W. M., is in attendance as representative t of the Kingstree lodge. r o J No Mercy For Mooney J No further clemency in behalf of J Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of mur- < der in connection with the San Francisco preparedness day bomb explosion, is warranted by anything with- in the knowledge of Gov. William D. Stevens, 01 tamomia. The governor declares there is no j question but that Mooney and his as- 1 j sociates were in sympathy with Ger- ^ many's agents, who were resorting to < | every desperate measure to thwart ] ( preparedness of the American nation . i for war. | "On Mooney's guilt there is, in my ( mind no question," the governor stat- 1 OUR STO - - ? i Display ot (jnristn r the Grow We Havi ies' Manicure Sets, B mware, Ivory Goo Serving Trays, Cas 5, Aluminum ware, E Jardeniers, Beautifi 3, Meat and Salad F ai-n in .Qf^rlincr [ICOj UtV/i ^ ill Splendid Assort) ina Dinner and ' ^VID A NY L/rii * i KINGSTREE, S RIM EXT STATION, || >ENT PRICES FOR | [ A TON OF -.1 D LIMESTONE | AND WHEAT, CLOVMOTH^ TO THE ^ d in his letter. "In my judgment a jrave injury is being done labor- > iverywhere when it is made to appear >y those who occupy places of leader:hip that organized labor champions >uch a heartless and vicious murder- .^1 ?r as Thomas J. Mooney." $100 Reward, $100 Catarrh la a local dlaaaaa greatly tafiaraced by conatltutional conditions. It , herefore raquires constitutional treat Ejfl naat. HALL'S CATARRH MBDIC3N* taken Internally and acts through the 31ood on the Mucous Surfaces of theSysem. HALL'S CATARRH lOBDICmX ? leatroys the foundation of the dleeaea rive- the patient strength by lmyiuvlag ,Ji he general health and assists nature la loing its work. flOO.OO for any caae eC :*tarrh that HALL'S CkTARRS J? SfKDICINB falls to cure. Druggists 76c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney * Co., Toledo. Ohio. MORPHINE I iabit cured the eas/ and gentle way. 1 ATiiskey habit' by gradual reduction. \lso Tobacco cure at KEELEY IN3TITUTE, Box 75, Columbia, S. C. L2-ll-4t. See our line of Grain Drills, "StaDc Gutters, Disc Harrows, etc. -"""V WILLIAMSBURG LIVESTOCK CO. ire tij$ las Goods: 1ft . z m-ups , j ureauSets, ds, Water llfw eroles, Nut iii ? frass Vases il Carving . f orks, Soup Tyj and Ivory. ment of Tea Sets. 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