The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 12, 1922, Image 6
Program for Southern Farmers.
In view of the approaching early
opening of the Colonial Creamery
Company at Florence, S. C., which
concern will pay cash for cream, poultry
and eggs, the following article
published in the . Southern Railway
Livestock Bulletin, will be of interest
to bankers, business men generally,
and to farmers in the Coastal Plain
sections of the Carolinas.
Sour cream dairying, hogs and poultry
is a program that is appealing
strongly to business men, bankers,
and all people who appreciate the
fundamental importance of the agricultural
industry as well as to the
farmers themselves.
I ne litct uiab tvuvu Ao wnv pi <?v.
pal source of cash income and as a
safe basis for credit is no longer dependable
and safe is apparent to every
one and while we shall continue to
produce cotton, we now realize that
the economic error of importing food
and feed stuffs, paying more therefor
than it would cost to produce those
necessities upon our own lands, must
be corrected.
Diversification of crops has been
urged and while fine progress in diversification
has been made, we have
found, as we have diversified our
agriculture, simply raising a wider
range of crops to be marketed in the
raw state, that our marketing problems
have been immense and now
most farmers as other interested people
tell you that marketing farm production
is our greatest problem.
It is remarkable, and we would suggest
it should be a source of gratification
to everyone interested in agriculture,
that the greatest problem is
in connection with what may be termed
stapip crops, sucn as com, hay and
other products, that are most desirable
feeds for live stock. Fruits and
vegetables are being marketed more
efficiently and while there is mucn
room for improvement In our market*
ing system for these, fruit and truck
and vegetable farmers are in much
better shape so far as marketing is
concerned than are general farmers
who happen to have some surplus
con, hay, etc.
! The fact that so many millions of
dollars worth of hay, oats, com and
other feed stuffs are being imported
into the South every year in the form
of butter and other dairy products,
poultry and eggs, not to mention
pork and beef, ought to give us hope
with reference to the problem confronting
us so far as the marketing
\ of grain, hay and other feed stuffs
is concerned.
Every farm, whether large or small,
ought to have upon it a fow cows and
a flock of chickens and a brood sow
or two. Rather, we woulii say, every
temer ought to keep two or three
cows per horse, that is to say, two
or three cows for each work animal.
A flock of chickens and a brood sow
or two, or at any rate, sufficient
chickens and hoge to consume all
the surplus skim milk produced. The
eream should be sold to a creamery i
and receipts for cream sold and for
poultry sold trroughout the year will
be found sufficient to meet current
expenses of the farm and family.
This plan would not only solve the
urgent marketing problems of today
but would place the South upon a
sound economic basis, keeping many
a dollar at home that now goes beyond
our borders for butter and other
dairy products, poultry, eggs, etc.
' The South's position is splendid now
for reorganization of its agricultural
system. We have more surplus feed
than ever before and have to a greater
extent than ever in our recent
history become accustomed to grow
ing grain and forage, uur dairy caitle
and breeding hogs are more numerous
and of better quality, having
been steadily improved during the
last few years. The greatest need is
lor stronger moral support of the
dairying, hogs and poultry program
by business men and bankers and a]
more liberal policy in the matter of
credit to those farmers who have been
"sold" on the program and want some
good cows.
CT<eameries have teen established
witil practically every community now
has a fairly convenient creamery market
where sour cream may be sold.
Markets for poultry and eggs are
practically already existing, though
they may in some communities be improved
upon. Certainly every farmer
or farmer's wife ought to be able
to sell poultry and eggs in his or her
town for cash at a price based upon
the price prevailing in the large cities
and centers of population. Hogs may
be sold readily, when assembled into
carloads, from any section of the
South.
Last, but not least, this program
will mean a very rapid and steady
np-6uilding of the soils of the South
which have been depleted to such a
great extent during the one-crop
period of the past many years. If
there is any one thing more important
ftan others, it is that a system of
farming be inaugurated in the South
that will incidentally add humua to
tfca soil and prevent its washing to
the extent that has been the case
nnder the dean cultivated crop sys-.
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
Drinking Habits of Animals.
To me, it was an astonishing statement
that there are animals that
never drink. I went into the matter J
for a thorough investigation.
Really, most of us know but little
about the use of water by animals.
We know that "meat animals," like
the dog, lap up water with the tongue,
while vegetarian animals, like the
horse, suck the watei up. We know
that all the common animals with
which we are acquainted drink at
least once a day, some of them many
times. If we were asked what animal
can do without water the longest, we
probably would name the camel.
Most of our pet animals, like the
dog and cat, drink nearly as often,
and would die of thirst nearly as
quickly, as a person. This is partly
their nature, but very largely a result
of habituation. A horse can,
when he has to, do without water
several days, though he suffers great- ,
ly after the first day. (
Camels travel four or five days *
without drinking, but they are not doing
without water all that time. A
camel's stomach is peculiarly made,
with a number of pouches?"pockets :
on the sides." Water is stored here
when the animal drinks, and he can
draw on these "reserves canteens" one
at a time for bodily moisture. His
keenness in detecting water at incredible
distances makes it easy for (
him to regulate his water rations between
drinking places.
Hunters and naturalists say that a
giraffe can do without water three or
four days. One famous explorer .
states that in Africa he kept a herd
of giraffes under closest observation
for a week, and that not one of them
drank a single time.
Some of the African antelopes
drink but rarely; the eland, in spite
of its bulk and fat, goes for weeks
without a drink. The hartebeest 1
drinks when water is handy, but goes
drinkless without apparent inconven- J
ience when necessary. The kelp- i
springer, one of the liveliest of ante- I
lopes, and the gerenuk, called by the
natives "little camels," are said never ,
to drink. The long-snouted dikdik (
could not get water even if it so de- j
sired; its home is a hot dry* thicket
which it never leaves. The jerboa, a j
sort of kangaroo rat,, is another curious
creature of the dark continent
that lives entirely without drink?under
conditions of heat and dryness
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that to a man without water wouia
be fatal within forty-eight hours.
According to Dr. Heller, eminent
scientist and explorer, autopsies on
these non-drinking animals proved
them not organically different from
other animals. The most feasible
explanation is that of habituation.
It is significant that no flesh-eaters
(carnivores) are among these "water
fasters;" it is probable that they, being
more ferocious, drove the timid
animals from the streams and waterholes
back into the high, dry altitudes.
As the centuries passed the herbivores
developed, by compulsion, a
constitutional tolerance of thirst. We
will never know many generations
perished . prematurely because of in:
sufficient water; but adaptability, that
wonderful power God has given to
all His creatures, finally triumphed,
and evolved the non-drinking animal. !
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A Baby Turk in Law.
The United States is about to give i
its solemn attention to a baby prob- '
lem which might have interested J
Solomon but certainly would not have
stumped him.
The baby's parents are Russians. (
About a year ago, a little while before
the baby was bom, the parents
left Russia. They were in Cons tan- :
tinople when the baby was bom. Recently
they came to this country and
encountered the law. \
"You may come in " says the stat- i
ute to the parents, "because you are '
Russians. But the baby can't come i
in because, having been bom in Tur- ]
key, he is a Turk." j
However, a special board of inquiry
will discuss the case. Then we
shall know whether a baby bom on a
poultry farm must be regarded as a
chicken.?New York World.
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TRESPASS NOTICE.
Pursuant to the provisions of Sec- i
tion 241, Criminal Code of South Carolina,
notice is hereby given that the (
lands of the undersized in Turkey <
township are posted, and all persons
entering or trespassing in any manner
upon the same will be duly prosecuted.
12-29-4tp. J. J. STRONG.
NOTICE
Ail claims against the county to
receive attention of the County Board
of Commissioners must be filed in the
offioe, properly verified and itemised,
not later than Saturday before the regular
meeting on the first Tuesday in
each month.
S. J. SINGLETTARY.
Countv Supervisor Williamsburg Co.
8-18-21 -tf.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts and disbursements for the
Town of Kingstree, quarter ending
December 31st, 1921:
RECEIPTS:
Balance from last quarter, _$1,257.12
Taxes collected, 589.78
Licenses collected, 41.00
Fines and Forfeits collected, 528.80
Check from Water Works, _ 5,000.00
Total, ~$7i425~70
DISBURSEMENTS:
Expense account, ' $1,577.51
Street labor account, 162.00
Fire Department account, _ 1,284.50
Police account, 1,049.50
Salary account, 375.00
Water Works sinking fund, _ 700.00
Sewerage sinking fund, ? 350.00
Library Association, 300.00
Balance on hand, 1,627.19
Total, "il~42bjo
J. F. SCOTT,
Clerk.
CITATION NOTICE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Countv of Williamsburg.
By W. ?. Snowdcn Esquire, Probate
Judge.
Whereas, W. E. Parker made suit
to me, to grant W. H. Carmon Letters
of Administration of the Estate
of and effects of Appelt Parker, deceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Appelt
Parker, deceased, that they be and
appear before me in the Court of Probate,
to be held at Kingstree on January
21, next after pulHication thereof,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not
be granted.
Given under my hand, this 9th day
of January, Anno Domini, 1922.
Published in the County Record on
the 12th and 19th of January, 1922.
W. E. SNOWDEN,
Probate Judge.
1-12-2L w. e. s.
REGISTRATION NOTICE
lUe office 01 me supervisor 01
Resist rati on will be open on the 1st
Monday in each month for the purpose
of registering any person who
is qualified as foflowa:
Who shall have been a resident
of the State for two years, and of
the county one year, and of the
poll: j precinct in which the elector
offers to vote four months before
the day of eletion, and shall have
paid, six months Wore, any poll
tax then due and payable, and who
can both read and write any section
to him by the Supervisors of Registration,
or who can show that he
owns, and has naid all taxes collectible
on during the present year, property
in this State assessed at three
hundred dollars or ore.
R. E. CI *RKSON,
Clerk of Board.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
For the purpose of taking tax returns
for the year 1922 the auditor's
office will be open from January 2nd
to February 20th, inclusive. All real
estate must be returned giving number
of acres, number of buildings, location
by township, school district
a?u><uim) value there on.
Parties owning land and refusing
or neglecting to return will be assessed
and penalty, as required by law,
will be added for failure to return.
Personal property of every kind and
discription must be returned' giving
number and value of same. Automobiles,
motordcles, bicycles, etc., comes
under the head of personal property
and returned as such. Give name,
year and model of automobiles. After
the 20th day of February 1922, a penalty
of 50% will be added for failure
to return in accordance with the law
in such cases.
Make your returns in the auditor's
office.
J. J. B. MONTGOMERY.
Auditor Williamsburg county.
12-22-D 3-16-22.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
"FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned
will make application to
W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate of
the County of Williamsburg, State of
South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree,
S. C., at eleven o'clock a. m.,
P?f?*lov tha 9B+K i^av /vf .Tnnnarv.
I'll oavuxuaj. vxiv **w?t ? ?- ?-^ ,
A. D. 1922, for her final discharge and
letters dismissory as administratrix
cf estate of S. H. Cas;,elman. deceased.
VICTORIA CASSELMAN,
Administratrix of Estate v of S. H.
Casselmau, deceased.
I2-29-5t. W. E. S. |
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the estate of John M. Brown, deceased,
are hereby notified to file the same,
duly attested, with the undersigned,
or with her attorneys. Lee A Shuler,
Kingstree, S. C., and all persons indebted
to said estate will make payment
to the undersigned.
Kingstree, S. C., December 28th, 1921.
MRS. FLORENCE E. BROWN,
Administratrix of Estate of John M.
Brown, deceased.
12-29-3t. L. A S.
NOTICE.
The County Board of Commissioners
of Williamsburg County will receive
bids at their office in Kingstree.
S. C., on Tuesday, September 6tn, and
on the first Tuesday in each month
thereafter, for groceries in bulk lots
for the chaingang for one month at a
time.
S. J. SINGLETARY.
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8-18-21-tf.
TAX NOTICE.
The tax books will be open fer collection
of taxes for the year 1921 on
the 16th day of October. Tax levy ae
follows:
For State 12 mills
For Constitutional School S mills
For Roads 8 mills
For County 4 mills
For San tee Bonds 1 mill
For Federal Aid Proj. No. 80_2 mills
Total 80 mills
School Districts having 2 mills special
school tax are No. 38. <
School Districts having 4 mills spe
rial school tax are Nos. 2, 7, 9,10,18,
21, 30, 31, 35, 38, 46, 61, 67, 69. 60.
School Districts having 6 mills special
tax are 32 and 47.
School Districts having 8 mills special
school tax are 4, 6, 6, 8, 11, 18.
14, 17, 20, 25, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37, 39,
40, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 62, 63, 54, 55,
66, 61. :
School Districts having 10 mills spe
cial school tax are Nos. 8-A and 19. \
School Districts having 12 mills spe- !
cial school tax are 12, 22, 23, 27, 41, ?
42, 68 and Andrews A-12. ;
School Afstricts having 14 mills special
school tax are 16 and 24. <
The following school districts have
bonds as stated:
No. 22 4 mills
No. 42 4 mills
No. 48 6 mills
No. 61 6 mills
No. 52 4 mills
No. 26 4 mills
No. 11 4 mills
No. 15 1% mills
No. 42 4 mills
No. 12 11 mill3
No. 8-A 14 mills
Clarendon Bonds on Clarendon township,
Nos. 14 and 53,1% mills.
A tax of $1.25 on dogs, (which includes
tag) due and collectible at time
other taxes are paid. "Any person
owning, harboring or maintaining a
dog failing or refusing to return and
pay the tax aforesaid shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor an coupon conviction
thereof shall be finea not less
than five ($5.00) dollars, nor more
than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-half
of which snail go to the person re
porting such failure to pay said tax
and one-half to the public school fund g
of the district in which said derelict ;
occurs."?Section 4 of An Act to Pro- ]
ni'Ja an annnol TVlC T#r fnr tV>f> State 2
of South Carolina and a Penalty for
not Paying said Tax.
Drainage tax is due and payable at
the same time with other taxes.
All parties between the ages of 21
and 60 years, inclusive, are Sable, unless
exempted by law, to a poll tax of
$1.00, also to a commutation tax of
$2.00.
Upon all unpaid taxes after December
31 a penalty of 1% will be added
for January, 1% for February and 5%
to the 16th day of March next, after
which the boon will be closed and
executions issued upon all unpaid
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail may expidite matters
by dropping the Treasurer a card
asking for the amount of their taxes,
so as to avoid sending the wrong
amount also stating the township or
townships (if property is owned in
more than one) and if possible give
school dictrict where property is located.
After paying taxes, examine
your receipts and see if all your property
is covered, if not see about it
at once.
By following the above suggestions
complications and additional cost-may
bo avoided. R. B. SMITH,
9-22-21-D3-15-22 County Treasurer.
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