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NL / HOW 80ME ORCi A FAMRER8 Aft BEAINE BOLL WEVIL il:w that the bo!!. w-evil is in South Carolina in large numbers, is rapidly advancing and will sono rav age the entire cotton area of the State; the following liberal extracts from a letter written just one year ago today by the A. P. Brantley Co., Blackshear, Ga., to their customrs and friends should be of interest to South Carol inn biankers, business men and farmers. The Icier is rather lengthy, but it is wel worth reading, as it is appli cable to conditions existing today in many' South Caroalina communities: Blackshear, Ga., Nov. 6, 1918. "The time is now he re when those who umke their living out of the soil must give serious considleration to the question of what crop to depend up on for a money crop. The boll weevil makes it qluestionable if it is safe to rel upon cotton as hesetofore. While we do not advocate the entire aban a:mat of cotton for the present at lerst, at the same time it (does not now appeair to be the part of wisdom tord uo that crop. UJntil we knowamore abouit the boll1 weevil, and how best to control his ravage, it is -(onl a coimpa ratively small acreage to cottoni. Meawhile, what wvill the far n: er io ? H cannot a 1'ord to stand stil. Ife must go farword or cease to eat : ionhting time will soon bfe here! Plainly, therefore, a decis--I an nmist he reached and efleetive p as accord inugly lid . The udesi re to aid you in this :-riti'al situat ion is the simple purpose of this circular. Tobacco looks geood, and, after pretty thorough investigat ion, we he l ieve' (here is the possibilityv of splen did profit from its cultivation. Far mers a roundl N ichols and D~ouglas h a madle a great deal of money out of tobacoc this year. Our informa 'an is that profits have ranged from 00IG( to $-100, and eveni more, per aere. Tobacco does not reciuire the n t growing season that cot ton does. The crop is made nnd the money is in y ur nocket by the time cotton is or dinarily ready to be picked. There fere, tobacco would not interfere wvith ent ton if you w"ish to devote an ac reage to both. Further, ft is believed, le those competent to judge, that the tlbacoc market will be high this year. With average success, therefore, one crop should pay al lexpenses and V ave a comfortable profit besides. It rat he undlersto''I in growing tobac co the first year .1 expert advice is eIul to success. It is very probable that a competent and reliable expert tobacco grower enn he secured for a compensat ion of ten per cent, of the value of the crop actually grown. For Ou t-o f-do4 or In ChEr "In a ottle Is the pop Its delicious its chil you off, ing qu / u community, where the farms are rea oonahly convenient to each other, s;iould all plant tobacco. The reason for this is that this plan makes it pos sible to secure the necessary expert advice and supervisio at the least pos ::bc expense, and in addition makes possible the interchange of necessary labor at the harvest season. This last is a very important consideration. The curing of tobacoc is a matter of prime importance, and for this purpose a properly constructed curing house is necessary. The curing houseseare not necessarily expensive. For instance, a curing house sixteen feet square, which would be amply Large to care for five acres of tobacco, can be built it a cost of $150. to $200. A house eighteen feet square, which would be large enough to care for seven acres rof tobacco, would cost proportionate ly more. If you decide to try tobacco for a money crop it is essential that you first interest your neighbors in the project so that arrangements can be made to sebure the necessary ex pert adlvice. If tobacco looks good to you we cannot too strongly recom mend that you arrange to visit the Nicholls and Douglas sections and find out for yourself more about the trouble andl the profit of tobacco growing. You can make the trip by notomobile in a dlay, and if it is made it may easily prove to be the most nrofitable trip you ever made. If yc.u have any thought of going in for to bacco as a money crop we very strongly urge prompt action so there may be plenty of time to make all * Buy Your * Shoes By Mail GUARANTEED TO SATISFY. Our Catalogue shows niany of the latest, mnost attractivec styics ajad sizes that canniot be secured in the average small town. It also explains our system of insuring a perfect fit, absolute satisfaction a's -doors O-Cala w s Through a straw" Aar favorite. flavor pleases, y e~cauients cool and its refresh alities satisfy. Give our Soldiers and 3cadors a Job-Thep Deserve it. necessary arangements before time to plant. We wish to ad (Ithat if as many as two thousand acres are planted to tobacoc in the territory tributary to Blickshear next spring we will under take to see that a suitable modern to bacco warehouse is built here in good time to care for and market the crop. Sweet potatoes, when of the proper duality and carefully graded and cur ed, is a crop that will always com mand the ready cash. 'ro get the most out of sweet potatoes careful atten tion must be given to varieties, grad ing and curing. The old fashioned banking method must be supplement ed by a modern potato curing house, because potatoes cannot be success fuly cured except in a properly con st ructed and operated curing house. TIhese houses can be built of any de siredl capacity and the cost depends up on the size. The great advantage in curing potatoes is found in the fact that cured potatoes can be kept as long as dlesiresl and thus put upon the market when the demand is .greatest and the price is best. By the old banking method fully one-half the crop is perhaps annually lost, from rot. A potato curing house would save that annual waste and put just that much additional rash' in the far mer's pocket. A potato curing house should be built upon the c'o-operative Iplcn, and we believe it is quite p's-, sib)le that the profits of the first year's operations would more than pay back the' whole investment. Peanuts is another crop that is rapidly to the front as a money crop) in southern Georgia, and elsewhere, and there is no doubt they would prove profitable here. In adldition to being an excellent stock food the pea not andl its prodlucts are being more and miore extensively used for human food, andl desirable food products must always commandl a ready sale1 or. the market. Besides this there is a decidedl advantage in growing a good acreage of peanuts because youj can always fatten your hogs on thm Sfthe price offered is unsatisfactory. If a sufficient acreage to justify it is* planted to pcanuts in this immediate section the local notton seed oil mill will afford a mar'et for them. This in turn wouldl mean that you would have an ample supp~lly of peanut meal available to your hand for stock feed im-g and there is a better feedl for this purpose. Sugar cane is an old crop that can he coinverted into a profitable money crop wvith careful attention. This1 means, of course, that the cane must be made into first--class, heavy bodied syrup). Because we have not in the past given sufficient attention either to the making or the grading of our syrup large manipulating plants have come into existence, where our syrup is taken and proceeded, that is, made of uniform body, flavor and color andl then put upon the market in fancy mners at a handsome profit to the nulators. There is no reason the farmers of a community may 'tet together in the matter of ., production, and -thuis reap this t for themselves. The proposi can be handled upon a co-opera plan and the investment needl not -eavy. The main thing is to pro * the qualit.y and character of p the marktr- demmad. fis ~s c 14 Il e t ' "" r r Contan emd rftbecs o i one there is no reason why it might ot prove very profitable. Corn can e made a profitable cash rop if the proper attention is givee o it. The corn weevil and the raj 1 robably cause a greater annual naste than the boll wecvil despite the act that it its entirely possible to L re the premises of both these pests. The proper use of Carbon Disulphide v correctly constructed buarns ill re the corn of both t he weevil and he rat. yBecause it can be done it ught to be (lone if for, no other rca hz than to reduce the number o >res actually needed to ae planted to > rf to meet all of the farm needs. Veevil infested corn is unmarketable nd besides it is unfit for human con he~ setion aceig ei to tlchea aee | 'eei mil wilt bed witbliser atetio | rhi ouldt afred marketa cah bmar-n 'e or ':ral thubanis of con, eithe hluced n akdo itesuk Velve bans areways oen a maien ld there iproverybt rean -obesev hatie intwell.n areno ac reed coud )ckn ploanis cointg neret ten us ,i.l isthn tie adkif an sin much ought werd hilyarletheir a fueed ,vul ctte atock.ur loan maresgfo uyat findigei toheirants soue >fwelth ise plnel teve ean thou hadof tondcsi to rdbacsna a am s woul affod prot. Wahe mar hcy thinkl they bsw ould pro- kl nduce. Eeyfre a i w iurng hous'eain wich hea usecionso mital ether ebut krls -the heliv hogs intelliget atntiondy to beirn aeo thermae the prataly noclossl rom theifarment. ofThre Brounty Then yakn plans wothinvesartng.s 3rok Cou i, n i notufarcaway and mtpy farerre villad theow byers 'oit cos oe. loa mret o ;herce ofwathtThe farmers of ok on Pierc Coniy.i Ntere hogs aivenuc acl woefpun ofima e ad blend 'ange coutry that pougt. When tken )avnpant o no ehe u ricek heydictin they shold give the illk 'reo cue. b~y faeren haf his9 wic ureans hous win bewosihle use icroduc ublwethe bu kill wnA te ios refa ad ry. B athei yonsol eat.ahe Brokws Cm vta is worth sinstiating. i beter strains of beef cattle into ie county without, fear of loss.: Every ttention should now 'be gjyen' to so uring the foundation of a herd and ist as rapidly4as pusible the Infer >r strains we now have should be dis osed of. It Is just as easy, and costs o more, to raise a 1,200-pound steer s a 600-pound one. There is a whole >t of difference in the profits. Qth r sections have grown rich on cattle lone, while we have long neglected a utilize the blessings nature has so oe SEALD TINS ONlY AT YO ER GflOCEt-S MAWELL HOUSi t: m tuustumtutmutt:uu: tt The Particular SHOE THE BARJ at Kai Every Pair Guarantee $9.50, $10. ENOUG If you want a goo KAT2 atttsitittitm mmattmm FOR The T. N. Sn taining about located two mi S. C., on Pub in two miles c and church. For further ir Mrs. M. . J. P. C Sumter, iMM1 " " adiM1ffi A SUR to save money is to put it in a bi PUT IT IN OURS. Itd not wahat you might have Remember, wvhen you spend a (10 another man place hais foot above The great game is to slave andi A great game is to SAVE. There is much more field in the institution and begin NOW. The Bank ( JOSEPH SP T. M. Mou A dandy little I FOR Five rooms, a nice 2 stall stable, smoke-h and gardeti. Ceiled thi Apply to The Mannine abundantly lavished upon us. -.Right now is he time to. begin planing to bring in the improved breed. . :elligent attention to cattle.will bring sertain and increasirig proits. 'Keep it in mind that in -all sections f. the country where diversiflaction s the rule prosperity is much greater than in those sections where the all :otton, or one-crop; rule prevails." Adopt your program for beating the boll weevil and go to work. YouA can bet your lift "Billy Boll Weevil" is going to give you a stiff fight, but you can whip him if you try. .G. A. Cardwell, Agricultural and Industrial Agent, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Wi rnington, lI. C. - NTvCE OF DISCH ARG I will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon County,. on the 10th day of December, 1919, at 11 o'clock A. M. for Letters of Discrage of R. C: Burgess, deceased as Guar dian for Martha Jane Gamble, minor. A. L. Burgess, -3t-c. Administrator. New Zion, S. C., Nov. 4, 1919. n2nn2nn2nuunununmtuunti for Particular Men RY SHOE ro s I and one Price to all )0, $12.50. I SAID I Barry Shoe, See OFF kith Place. con 587 acres and les from Acolu, lic Road. And f good school iformation See L. SMITH, or :OMMANDER, S. C.. E WAY Laka avedI, that counts, it is what you llar foolishly, you may be helping your own mnteresits. :o get. latte(-cast your lot wvith a good )f Manning ROTT, President ON, Cashier [10me SALE! hail, two good)porches, ouse, wash house, barn roughout. City water. Grocerv Co.