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Can I Make a Living From Poultry (By Prof. Frederic H. Stonebum) There are in the United States up ward of 400,000,000 hens. On ever; table in the land poultry product are served at frequent interval: Millions upon millions of dollars ar invested in and millions of people de vote all or a portion of their time t< this "billion dollar industry." But ii snite of all this, the average persoi seems to lack specific information re garding the money-making possibili ties of poultry keeping as an occupa tion. In the majority of cases the al leged infornatron he has is so fai from the real truth as to be litth short of ridiculous. It ranges all th< way from "no-money-in-poultry" t< "fine-living-from-a-few-hens." Th< truth, as usual, lies between thes( AVI nAwoc IW SJ HtlUVO. To a vast number of city dwellers there is a tremendously strong appea ir the idea of moving out into the country and starti ng "a chicker farm." And with astonishing frequency there come to my desk letters requesting information and advice or the subject. Of this class of communications the following is a typical example:, > "I am very much interested in youi poultry articles running in The New York World. "Myself and wife are getting along ir. years. We have a little monej saved up and have six acres of ground fi\e miles from Jacksonville, Fla. "Would we make a success in the poultry business ? Please give me your honest advice." To one who has a lively sense oi the responsibility involved in replying to such an appeal, questions oi this kind are mighty hard to answer. An unqualified "yes" might mean to ' - * ! il.* o tile interested inquirer me ui o part or the whole of the savings of a lifetime. A positive "no" might prevent the carrying out of a plan which would work out beautifully, not only in a financial way but in health independence and the constant pleasure which accompanies the care of living creatures and a life in the oper country. Emphatically "Yes." ' To the question, "Can a good living be made from poultry keeping?" The answer must be emphatically "Yes.' But when the query takes the form of "Can I make a success of poultrj farming?" The reply must be, "That depends upon you." Not all individuals are temperamentally or physically qualified tc conduct the business, and this personal element is the big factor. Further, a certain amount of knowledge and experience and a sufficient working capital are highly essential. Witb ample capital to safely carry the enterprise through the period requirec to gain the necessary experience, 01 with a sound working knowledge of the business plus a reasonable capi tal, success may be reached. Thes* factors may be balanced either way. But I feel safe in saying that few succeed if they lack the absorbing personal interest which guarantees that their birds will be given th< constant, thoughtful care they shoulc have, or the physical strength whici permits the well-meaning owner tc give such care, day after day, throughout the year. The average city dweller seems tc have a greatly exaggerated idea of the possible profits to be derived fron poultry husbandry. He knows thai he pays, during certain seasons oJ the year, from 60 cents to a dollai per dozen for table eggs. He learn? that vast n ambers of hatching eggs are sold each year at from 50 cents to $2.00 each. He hears of birds ol exhibition quality being sold at $5( to $500 each. Lacking any informa tion as to production and selling costs the profits demanded by various mid dlemen who stand between producers and consumers, it is only natura that the business looks most attrac tive to those who do not have ac cess to the real facts. Now as to the possibilities of th< city family making good with a poul try enterprise. Logically, such mus turn to the utility or commercial sid< of the business, the production o table eggs and meat. The busines: ' Al-- #??? '?? Kraular u?hr? snacial VI U1C lOilUCX VI V1VVUV? " "W izes in the production and sale o exhibition birds and high class breed ing stock is too technical for the be ginner to undertake. This may natur ally come later as experience is gain ed and natural aptitude developed. Taking the question first from th financial aspect, the important mat ter is to decide what constitutes i living income and whether tha amount can be earned by the hens. Another Point of View. , It is not fair to compare, dollar fo dollar, city incomes and country in comes. The farmer's dollar goei much further than the city man's The purchase price or annual renta of a farm covers at once a horn for the family and a place of busi ness. Charging this expense agains the farm business, we have the homi free. The farm produce, at compare tively little expense, mueh of th family living. Fruits, vegetables milk, butter, eggs, chickens, frequent / jcorae from? They came from bo! weevil states. That in itself prove that cotton can be made in spite o .the boll weevil.?Dillon Herald. o DR. FRANK 0. LENTZ DENTIST ! Office Over Baggett'g Jewelry Ston Main Street OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 2 to 5 p. m. i The County Record is mailed t subscribers at $1.50 the year, invaria bly payable in advance. Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOI FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will make applications b W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate fo the County of Williamsburg, Stat of South Carolina, at his office ii Kingstree, S. C., at eleven o'clock a m., March 18th, A. D. 1922, for fina discharge and letters dismissory a guardian for Mary E. Graham, de ceased. W. B. COX, ? ly much of the fael, are all home grown and require but little outlay in cash. The cost of these items, plus k the rent of the home, eats up a very y considerable portion of the income of s the city worker. Clothing too is less s expensive on the farm because rough e garments, unsuitable for store and - office, are entirely satisfactory. So 5 a net cash country income may be i much smaller than in the city and 1 still permit the family to live in com fort and lay something aside. That an interested city family can - produce an adequate income from - poultry husbandry, the keeping of a r few hundreds of layers on a com; pcratively small area, has been dem; onstrated so often that it is not open > to argument. I personally know i scores of such cases. I have had ; reliable information regarding many, many more. It is possible?it has ; been and is being done. You cando I it if you are prepared to meet the ? conditions which are the foundation i of success. To the writer of the letter quoted 5 above, the man "getting along in i years," I would like to cite the case of a man who at the age of 59 left I New York to take up poultry keeping i.? Connecticut as a means of live lihood. He made a big success and ' now, at more than eighty years of age, is enjoying the competence ac; cumulated by the work of his birds, and the love and respect of the citiI zens of his adopted state. Unknown in his home city, as a farmer he bei came a power in his new home, was ! made a member of the legislature and o: the state board of agriculture. ' Financially, physically, intellectually and socially the change benefited him. One Illustration. To the young man who still has ' to make his place in the world, I i would point to a young couple, botn husband and wife being college grad uates, who started an egg farm a i fek years ago in an attractive sec; tion of New Jersey. Today, after ? a comparatively brief penod of nard work and close attention to business, they are firmly established, with an ' annual net income of approximately $5,000. They have an independent business, a beautiful home, a pleasant ; social life among congenial neighbors ar.d ideal surroundings for their young children. All of which are i mighty important. ' The poultry industry seems to be t resting on a firm foundation. Poultrymen produce food which the world must have and must pay for. Public appreciation of the unusual value of poultry products seems to be increas ing and the demand for them con' stantly growing. The human race must eat?it can do without luxuries, i S> the poultrymen's business is basically sound in this respect Dur1 ing recent years we have learned better how to manage domestic fowls. E Much of the guess and gamble have been taken from the industry. Losses have been cut, profits correspondingly increased. o CoD'iaerinir The Boll Weevil. J Napoleon is credited with having ' said that the only praise he deserved 1 was for refusing to follow the ad> vice of the fools who said "it could " not be done." When the Bon Homme Riihard was } aflame from stem to stern, her can non dismounted and half her men 1 killed or wounded and the British [ admiral asked John Paul Jones if he ' was ready to surrender the reply was, r "i have just begun to fight." He won. ' The man who hasn't the courage 5 to tackle a problem because it looks 5 too big is as helpless in the game of ^ life as a rudderless bark on a stormy * tea. He may be able to succeed so ' long as the tide of fortune runs his ? way, but when the current turns ' against him he sinks like a plummet ' and passes into oblivion. ' The farmers of Dillon county are " facing a problem and most of them " know it Fighting the boll weevil is not an easy job. It means six days s cf work in the week. Some of them " aie disposed to give up and say "Oh, 1 it's no use," while others are going e ahead with their plans for acreage f reduction and intensive cultivation, des termined to win against odds. When confederate soldiers returned f to their homes they faced bigger prob" lems than southern farmers are fac" irg today. Their lands were bare", " their cattle gone, their homes de" troyed, 2,000,000 former slaves were at liberty, they had no food, no crede ir, no money. They fought against ' big odds and won. a Cotton can be made under boll 1 weevil conditions, but not with the same lax methods of farming. It requires work, skill, intelligence and r judgment. The boll weevil means a - reversal of the old order of things, s The boll weevil made its appearance !. ir the cotton belt 20 years ago. Since 1 then the production of cotton has e doubled. In 1918 the south made - 14,000,000 bales of cotton. In 1920 t it made 12,000,000 bales. The boll e weevil had covered every cotton state - in the south except North and South e Carolina. That year the two states :, made a normal crop?2,400,000 bales. - Where did the other 9,500,000 bales Guardian for Mary K. uranam NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOI FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given, that the un dersigned will make applications t< W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate fo the County cf Williamsburg Stab of South Carolina, at his office ii Kingstree, S. C., at eleven o'clock a m., March 13th, A. D. 1922, for fina discharge and letters dismissory a: administrator cf the estate of Trcresj S. Logan, deceased. W. B. LOGAN, Administrator of the estate cf Thereat S. Logan, deceased. 2-9-5tc NOTICE. The County Board of Commission ers of Williamsburg County will re eeive bids at their office in Kingstree S. C., on Tuesday, September 6th, an; on the first Tuesday in each montl thereafter, for groceries in bulk lot for the chaingang for one month at? time. S. J. SINGLETARY, County Supervisor Williamsburg Co 8-18-21-tf. TAX NOTICE. The tax books will be open for col lection of taxes for the year 1921 oi the 16th day of October. Tax levy a follows: For State 12 mill; For Constitutional School 3 mill For BoacLs 8 mill; For County 4 mill For Santee Bonds 1 mil For Federal Aid Proj. No. 80-2 mill Total 30 mill School Districts having 2 mills spe rial school tax are No. 83. School Districts having 4 mills spe dal school tax are Nos. 2, 7, 9,10,18 21, 30, 31, 36, 38, 45, 61, 57, 58. 60. School Districts having 6 mills spe cial tax are 32 and 47. School Districts having 8 mills spe cial school tax are 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, IS 14, 17, 20, 26, 28, 29, 34, 86, 37, 38 40, 43, 46, 48, 49, 60, 62, 63, 54, 5G 66, 61. School Districts having 10 mills spe dal school tax are Noa. 8-A and IS School Districts having 12 mills spe dal school tax are 12, 22, 23, 27, 41 42, 58 and Andrews A-12. School Districts having 14 mills spe cial school tax are 16 and 24. The following school districts kav bonds as stated: No. 22 4 mill No. 42 4 mill No. 48 6 mill No. 61 6 mill No. 62 4 mill No. 25 4 mill No. 11 4 mill No. 15 1% mill No. 42 4 mill No. 12 11 mill No. 8-A 14 mill Dax/Is aw flaronHnn town V-/IUI CI1UV1I i^VHUO VU VAtMVMVM ship, Nos. 14 and 53,1% mills. A tax of $1.25 on dogs, (which in eludes tag) due and collectible at tim *'ber taxes are paid. "Any persoi owning, harboring or maintaining ; dog failing or refusing to return am pay the tax aforesaid shall be deeme< guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con viction thereof shall be fined not les than five ($5.00) dollars, nor mor than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-hal of which shall go to the person re porting such failure to jpay said tan and one-half to the public school fum of the district in wnich said derelic occurs."?Section 4 of An Act to Pro vide an annual Dog Tax for the Stat of South Carolina and a Penalty fo not Paying said Tax. Drainage tax is due and payable a the same time with other taxes. All parties between the ages of 2 and 60 years, inclusive, are liable, un less exempted by law, to a poll tax o $1.00, also to a commutation tax o $2.00. Upon all unpaid taxes after Decern ber 31 a penalty of 1% will be adde for January, 1% for February and 59 to the 15th day of March next, afte which the books will be closed an executions issued upon all unpai taxes. Those who desire to pay their taxe through the mail may expidite mat ters by dropping the Treasurer a car asking for the amount of their taxei so as to avoid sending the wroni amount, also stating the township o townships (if property is owned i more than one) and if possible giv arhnol Hietriet where Droperty is !c cated. After paying taxc3, examin your receipts and see if all your prop erty is covered, if not, see about i at once. By following the above suggestion complications and additional cost ma be avoided. R. B. SMITH, 9-22-21-D3-15-22 County Treasure! NOTICE All claims against the county t receive attention of the County Boar of Commissioners must be filed in th office, properly verified and itemizec not later than Saturday before the reg ular meeting on the first Tuesday n each month. S. J. SINGLETARY, County Supervisor Williamsburg Cc 8-18-21-tf. 11, si NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE. * Notice is hereby given that I will j offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash on Thursday March 2nd, 1922, at 12 o'clock alll of the stock of merchandise of Reubin Gordin & j Co., now in their place of business I on Main street, Greelyville, S. C. This stock of goods amounts to one thousand, six hundred twenty-one dollars and twenty-nine cents ($1,621.29) as shown by inventory and is appraised?at one thousand, two 0 hundred fifteen dollars and ninety seven cents ($1,215.97). Also on Thursday March 2nd, 1922, - at 4 o'clock all of the stock of merchandise of Reubin Gordin & Co., now - in their place of business on Main j street, Summerton, S. C. This stock of goods amounts to three thousand, . seven hundred fifty-three dollars and 0 five cents ($3,753.05) as shown by r inventory and is appraised at two e thousand, eight hundred and fourteen n dollars and seventy-nine cents $2,, 814.79). j Under order of the court a private s sale will not be confirmed unless the . bid amounts to the appraised value. The inventories and inspection of stocks may be had by applying to L. C. Peeples, trustee, Charleston, S. - C. 2-16-2tp. 1 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. - STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 3 County of Williamsburg. r Court of Common Pleas. Me'E'lveen Trla Wilson. Lizzie I i McElveen LaFourcade, Ella McElveen Cobia, Rebecca McElveen 1 Eayer, Dozier McElveen and Wils bur McElveen, Plaintiffs, i against Robert McElveen, Walter McElveen, Linnie McElveen Dempsey, Leola Coward Parnell, Stella Coward Cook, Jessie Coward Gordon, Min nie Coward, Walter Coward and J. W. Coward, Defendants. By order of J. D. Britton, Clerk of Court for Williamsburg county, of [ said state. * To the defendants Linnie McElveen 1 Dempsey, absent from the state and whose residence is unknown: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in tnis action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said " complaint on the subscriber at his oflce in Lake City, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such " service; and if you fail to answer the 1 complaint within the time aforesaid, 8 the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded 8 in the complaint 8 Dated December 28th, A. D., 1922. 8 W. H. WHITEHEAD^., 8 Plaintic's Attorney. 1 2-16-3tp. B Typewriter Supplies. 3 Users of Typewriters will find a full stock of ribbons, corbon paper, " second sheets and typewrite*-" paper ' at The County Record Office. tf. Send us your orders for job printing ijDlLr UK CO See < 3 X Is. 1 J: i| REI in J. F. Ms i% 11| Cotton Buyi I PPD * I Save M lb for Fertiliz 18 every two t ?a eft \ | Fertilizer <WWWWWWWWVwWWW TRESPASS NOTICE. I Pursuant to the provisions of Section 241, Criminal Code of South Caro-' lina, nocico .t, i.c.coy ai\cn that the, lands of the estate of Robert Driffin in Laws township, Williamsburg: county, are posted, and all persons entering, or trespassing in any manner up- j, on the same will be duly prosecuted, j ALONZO DRIFFIN. ? 2-2-4tp. , ATTENTION TOBACCO GROWERS. Having arranged with your townsman, Frank J. Rodgers to represent us again this year in your vicinity, we take this method of advising you that we have in our warehouse, known as Scott Section number seven, a lot of tobacco guano suitable for growing tobacco plants. We solicit your business. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Adv.?1-19-tf. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned will make aDDlication to W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate for the County of Williamsburg, State < of South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree, S. C., at eleven o'clock a. ] m., March 1st, A. D. 1922, for final < discharge and letters dismissory as administratrix of the estate of Samuel Heyward Burgess, deceased. MRS. CLELIA BURGESS, Administratrix of the estate of Sam- , uel Heyward Burgess, deceased. t 2-2-5tp. 1 THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION ' OF THE NEW YORK WORLD ; IN 1922 AND 1923 j ( Practically a Daily at the Price of a r Weekly, No other Newsparer in the World Gives so Much at so Low a Price. 1 The whole world is being made over and the United States is taking the 2 lead in the work. This year, particularly, history will be made, and every American citizen will be deeply interested. No other newspaper is bet- I ter equipped to give the news cf the 1 world at the time it is news than The j New York World. i The Thrice-a-Wcek edition of The World is the greatest example of com- c prehensive journalism in America, t 1c will keep you as thoroughly inform- { ed as a daily, which would cost five c or six times as much. It is a unique t newspaper, published three times a f week, lor $1 a year. This is the t regular subscription price and it pays c for 156 newspapers. t We offer this uneaualled newspaper t and The County Record together for c one year for $2.35. t The regular subscription price of e the two papers is $250. 2-2 r. o. t. s. li The County Record maintains one of the most complete and up-to-date printing offices ii this section of the . State, and solicits your patronage for . anything in printing. 6 E SELLING TTl / and Con i. T1 PRESENTII iybank & C ers and Manuf HIGH GRADE TILIZI oney by Swapp er! One ton >ales. ?? in Store at ] WWWWWWVVVVWWWWWVf NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, . County of Williamsburg. Court of Common Pleas. W.B. Mouzon, Plaintiff, against Joseph Shaw, Defendant. Notice is hereby given, that pursuant to a Decree for sale in foreclosure, made in the above stated ase, by his Honor Judge James E. i A Peurifoy, on the 3rd day of May, J L921, to me directed, I will sell to the < ~jm lighest bidder for cash, before the \ :ourthouse door in the town of Kings;ree, County of Williamsburg, State )f South Carolina, on the first Monday in March, 1922, the same being he 6th day of the said month, durng the legal hours of sale, the folowing described tract of land: All that certain tract of land sitlate in the County of Williamsburg, md State of South Carolina, containng nine and three-tenths (9 3-10) \ icres on a plat of the subdivision of y :he lalnd of D. D. Shaw, and being cnown as tract number one there- t >n, this being the tract of land conveyed to Joseph Shaw by D. D. Shaw, \ )n February the 28th, 1920. Purchaser to pav for papers. J. D. BRITTON, Dlerk of Court for Williamsburg county, S. C. February 15th, 1922. >-16-3t j. d. b. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Notice is hereby given, that aH & jersons having claims against the sstate of A. B. Hemingway, deceased, ate of Hemingway, Williamsburg / :ounty, S. C., must file the same duty ittested with either of the undertigned at Hemingway, S. C., or at iingstree, S. C., and all persons inlebted to the said estate will please nake payment to the same. J. B. HEMINGWAY, WILLIE T. HEMINGWAY, FURNEY R. HEMINGWAY, Executors of the estate of A. B. Hemingway, deceased. !-2-3t K. & H. REGISTRATION NOTICE The office of the Supervisor of iegistration will be open on the 1st don day in each month for the purwee of registering any person who s jraalified as follows: Who shall have been a resident i ? it the State for two years, and of , ... he county one year, and of the wll: precinct in which the elector rffera to vote four months before he day of elction, and shall have mid, six months before, any poO ax then due and payable, ana who an both read and write any section 0 him by the Supervisors of Regisration, or who csn show that he iwns, and has naid all taxes collective on during the present year, property in this State assessed at three iundred dollars or ~e. R. E. C? RKSON. Clerk of Roard. Send us your order for Job Printng. We only do the best work. 166 cures Chills and Fever. rwWWVwWWWVwWWVwWW i 1 YOUR 1 < ] I ON ? I J LSult !;P I [FT SG 1 i ompany ft ]i| ; :acturers of ||| x i x | -PS! 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