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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25.
Fill COTTON TO FOOD CROPS
FARMERS AROUND ALLENDALE TURN
Oats Being Everywhere Sown and More Corn to Be Planted
Next Spring Than Ever Befor Throughout This Rich Farm
ing Section---A Natural Hog-Raising Country Where In
dustry Has Been Proven Success---Diversified Farmers
Point Way to Independence. ,
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
Staff Coreepondentr,
The Augusta Herald.
Allendale. S. C. —In the heart of
what Is perhaps the most fertile seo
tlon of Barnwell county, farmers
around Allendale, who think nothing of
making a bale of cotton to the acre,
are now looking ahead to the future,
knowing that land that will grow cot
ton so abundantly will produce equal
ly as abundantly of food crops and
of other money crops. Facing the
necessity of cotton acreage curtail
ment, apparently realizing that the
farmers of the South have produced
enough cotton this year to supply the
demand of the world for a year or
two, at least, those of this section are
sowing oats and more oats than ever
before, preparing to plant com next
spring and more corn than ever be
fore, and holding onto as much of their
cotton as they can while the transi
tion of the all-cotton farmer to the
diversified crop and the live-at-home
farmer L in progress.
The first shock of the war’s effect
on the cotton market is over. Too,
the false hopes at first held out that
some sudden relief would come to
boost the market back to 12% or 15
cents have been abandoned. Men now
realize that relief, permanent relief,
can come to the Southern farmer only
through a revolutionization of his
farming methods; that the farmer,
whether of the South or of the West,
is essentially a feeder —he must not
only feed himself but must help feed
the hungry world of consumers —and
that when the farmers of one section
depend jpon those of another section
for their food supply, the system is
all wrong.
No*- All Dependent.
This is not to say that all the farm
ers c? this rich section have, in rais
ing cotton, neglected their opportuni
ties to become self-sustaining and in
dependent of cotton.
There are not a few men throughout
this section who, like Mr. M. L. Mid
dleton, could if they cared to do so
carry their cotton crops over from
year to year because they first pro
vide food and feed crops, make their
home products, diversify, raise live
stock and then grow the staple as a
surplus money crop.
Mr. Middleton has warehoused in
Augusta 1,500 bales of cotton that
have been there, a part of it at least,
for the past three years. He did not
see fit to sell even when the mark’t
was at its highst point last seas n
because he did not need the money
And although it has so transpired
that he cannot at the present sell sos
more than one-half what he could then
have gotten, and although Mr. Middle
ton has this year made another 1,500
bales, if he is worried about it no
one except himself is aware of it. He
goes about smiling in his accustomed
way. There will come a time, he is
aware, when he can get the worth of
his cotton, and he is in position lo
hold it until that time. In the mean
time, however, Mr. Middleton will not
make another crop of 1,600 bales, but
w 1 make more corn and oats than
his farm has ever produced before.
Many Have Not Sold ■ Bale.
The average small farmer has, of
course, been compelled to sell at least
a part of his crop, but there are num
bers of diversified farmers in this sec
tion who have not sold a bale so f a.e
this season and who do not expect to
sell until there shall be a vast im
provement in the market.
Among these —all independent farm
ers who have gained their independ
ence from cotton through diversifica
tion and raising live stock—are Mr. J.
T. Brigman, Mr. J. H. C. All, Mr. W.
R. Darlington, Mr. J. J. Owens, Mr.
W. . All, Mr. F. Chavious, Mr. W. F.
Googe, Mr. J. L. Oswald. Perhaps
they have, In proportion, raised too
much cotton, these men, as has the
average Southern farmer throughout
the cotton belt. Certainly they have
when it is impossible to market the
crop now at a price that will cover
cost of production. But while they
feel the effect of the present depres
sion, their problem and the problem
of all who have farmed on a like prin
ciple is minimized because before
plunging into the making of cotton
they placed their farms on a self-sus
taining basis.
These men are taking the lead now
in the present crisis and their tenants
and share-croppers and other farmers
and their renters are falling into line
to work out the salvation of this sec
tion —simply by hereafter for the next
few years at least, raising something
else besides cotton, producing food for
man and beast.
In the meantime no on* is unduly
pressing the farmer who for the mo
ment finds himself unable to pay hts
debtß. He is, as a rule, paying what
he can and securing extensions.
Have Bought Meny Belas.
The enterprising firm of Henry
Wolff and Company, the largest mer
cantile establishment and supply mer
chant of this section, has done all
that lay In its power to locally boost
the price of cotton. The sidewalk
In front of the store —half a block's
length—is lined with ootton and the
firm has its own warehouse filled with
cotton for which It paid 10 cents a
pound. Not only was 10 cents allowed
on accounts. You may haul your cot
ton to this store if you are a farmer
living in this section, and trade It out
on a 10-cent basis. If you do not
want all the goods now, the firm will
Issue a due Mil —you can get them
as you want them, anytlma.
Right now the Wolff concern is
making an unusual display of cotton
goods, the sale of which Is being
pushed not only for the sake of the
sales but to stimulate a greater de
mand for cotton goods.
Many Hogs Raised.
Although It Is true that farmers of
this section do not produce their own
meat as a nils and that as I am told
the Allendale market Is supplied from
Augusta, this is naturally a hog-rais
ing country. Conditions are ideal for
the industry. Some notable succoasee
have been made and many hogs are
raised hereabouts. More and more at
tention will be given to hogs here
after.
Though the home market Is not sup
plied wit i home- raised meat, Mr. J. H.
C. All, who raises some of the finest
hogs seen in this section, haa In re
cent years found a profitable business
In shipping to the Chicago and St.
Louts packing houses carloads of hogs
too big for practicable marketing here.
Mr. Henry Hall, one of the most in
tensive farmers of Barnwell county,
who makes all of his own supplies and
whose l rns and cribs and smoke
houses are now filled from last year,
has at present more than 150 killing
hogs. Raising hogs for market and
giving special attention to the indus
try, Mr. Hall has been very success
f I.
Profit in Hog Raising.
Three years ago Mr. J. T. Brigman
bought a farm near Allendale. He
had to begin at the ground and stock
it complete. Among other purchases
he bought 138 worth of hogs, fenced In
a place, planted It in rye and gave
the hogs the run of it. That teas in
January. In the fall of the same year
he sold $175 worth of hogs, and as he
told me, still had more left than he
had to begin with. From that small
beginning Mr. Brigman has continued
there three years in the business of
raising hogs until already it has de
veloped into large proportions.
There is no doubt of the fact that
there is profit in hogs down this wav.
The man who finds it necessary to
buy meat realizes it now.
Lending a Helping Hand.
Mr. Brigman, to whom I have Just
referred, lives at Bennettsville, in
Marlboro county, where he is also an
extensive farmer. Marlboro is the
greatest cotton-producing county of
South Carolina. I had the pleasure of
talking with Br. Brigman.
Year before last ,he told me, he
sold one of his farms in Marlboro for
$40,000. The purchaser paid $17,000
cash. Last year a hail storm destroyed
his crop and he could not meet his
annual payment. He paid the inter
est and Mr. Brigman extended the
time. A lew days ago this man went
to Mr. Brigman to give up the place.
He had raised cotton and found It im
possible to meet his payment due this
fall. He was ready to sacrifice the
$17,000 and turn the place back over
to the man from whom he bought.
‘]Pay the interest," said Mr. Brigman,
"and try it again.’’ The purchaser
could not even pay interest. ‘‘Then
keep the place and try again anyhow,”
Mr. Brigman told him. and in relating
the circumstance to me this broad and
generous Christian gentleman did not
assume the attitude of a man who
feels that he has done an unusual
thing.
"As long as it is not his fault that
he c&ifhot pay me. I will carry him,"
he said. “As long as I have bread we
will eat together, and that is the only
way, in my opinion, we Southern peo
ple are going to be able to pull through
this crisis. When we have pulled
through, as we will,” he added con
fidently, "we are all going to be bet
ter off and better men for it.”
The Hand of Providence.
Mr. Brigman expressed the belief
that the European war now raging
will be the last of the world’s great
wars; that the hand of Providence Is
now being felt upon the earth; that
what the cotton South is now suffer
ing will ultimately prove to have been
the South’s greatest blessing.
"Even cotton at a fixed price of 15
cents a pound would never make the
South self-sustaining,” he added “We
can never hope to attain our fullest
development until we feed ourselves
and do our share as farmers toward
feeding the world.”
Canning Club Dirts' Work.
Miss Dora Dee Walker of Barnwell,
who is in charge of the girls’ can
ning clubs of the county, has been
here for several days preparing ex
hibits for the state fair to be held In
Columbia next week. The canning
clubs of this county have enjoyed
splendid success under Miss Walker's
direction and able supervision.
For the past season or two pimento
has been raised for commercial pur
poses. Experiments made with pimen
tos were so successful that the Indus
try developed almost of Its own ac
cord, and It Is to the credit of Miss
Walker and the canning cluh girls, the
more especially so for the reason that
pimento, extensively grown in Spain
is raised nowhere else in this coun
try except In this immediate section
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Transfers of real estate which have
been recorded in the clerk's office
during tho week October 19-24 are as
follows.
SI,OOO A. K. Gunter and Mrs. Beulah
B. Gunter to R L Harbeson, 93
feet on the north side of Barrett
Street.
500 W. L. Sherrod to B. L Harbe
son, 9S feet on the north side
of Barrett Street.
1,050 Mr*. Barrett Harris, Julia Weed
Harris, J. Gumming Harris,
Barrett Harris. Robert Y. Kar
ri* and Joe Harris Waleh, to
Mrs Geo. E. Caudle, «0 feet on
the south side of Broad Street,
corner Tubman.
640 Jane C. Verdery, et al., Bryan
Cumiatng, et al., C. O Goodrich,
trustee, to Thomas H, Thomas,
76 feet on the north side of
Heckle Street.
MOO Patrick Armstrong to Henry K.
Lowery, SO feet on the west
side of 16th Street.
2,806 W. H. Harrison, Jr., Noble W j
Harrison, by attorney-In-fact,
to Jennie Batey, N. E. corner of I
Hopkins and Pine Streets.
4,000 Charles F. Marks to Francis
E. McEachem, 200 feet on the
north side of the Wrlghtsboro
Road, corner Johns Road.
A residence without electric
service is scares I y more mod
ern today then ■ residence
without wator service.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
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Ladies' Coats from S 3 50 to S3O OO
Printzess Coats for.. S2OOO $25 00 and S3O 00
Children’s Coats In Yibellne, plush, astrakhan and velvet
the prices range from $2 50 to sl2 50 New, nobby
creations, frpm 2 to 12 years.
New Skiffs Just received in navy and black; some with
the long tunics, otheis trimmed In narrow hercules braid;
the prices are $6 50 and $7 50
Voiles, in black, brown and navy, just received.
Sample Orders Filled by
a Competent Salesman
A City or Country Salesman
Should Have This Cycle Car
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It is practical, easy running, high speed. Upkeep cost is practically
nothing. Will sell at immense bargain. Apply
T. C. BRYAN, Business Office, Augusta Herald.
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BERRIE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
542 BROAD ST. : : ; : ; PHONE 286
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The woman who wants to know styles that will be rather than styles that are can gratify the desire ta
her heart's content now and here. Our determination to present original modes In advance—far in advance—
has developed a fall opening display of suits and coats without a counterpart.
Fashions That Will Achieve Favor at Once With
Smartly Gowned Women
Of course you are invited—you who never fall to dress in the newest mode, and whose gowns are ever
distinctive, individual and correct. We place the information before you gladly, hoping you will accept it for
exactly what it is—authoritative
Coat Suita in the redingote and medium coals, skirts plain tailored, trimmed In hercules braid, and oth
ers with the long tunics; the materials are gabardine, serge and broadcloth; the prices range from sl2 50
to $45 OO-
We have a special price In Suits from SIB.OO to $20.00 that we wltl sell for sl2-50- The colors are
brown, black, navy and Copenhagen.
J. A. MULLARRY CO.
830 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA, GA.
AUTO TIRES
Large stock of Kelly Spring
field Tires. Also the Hood
“Extra Ply” tire.
We make adjustments here.
First class vulcanizing by first
class workmen.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Call on Us Free Air
Monday Will Be Bargain Day in the
White Qood-s Department
Regular 60c Sheetß, 72 by 90, will sell Monday for. .. .440
Pillow Cases, full size, for QC
Hill’s Semper Idem and Lonsdale Bleaching will sell
Monday for ’ 9V4C
Pepperel Sheets, 81 by 90, full bleached, for 75^
Fruit of the Loom Sheets, extra large, 90 by 90—no
counterfeit—each gQC
Utica Bleached Shirting, at a yard for £>C
Utica 9-4 Sheeting, extra heavy, for a yard 32HC
Domestic Science Exhibit
See Cole’s Hot Blast Range in operation on
November 2nd, 3rd, 4th, sth, Oth, 7th, at
Culpepper Bros •
Home Furnisher*
Phone 841. 1010-1021 Bread Street
GO TO
BALKS
On 600 Block Broadway.
for the most Stylish and
Becoming
Hats for Ladies
Hats for hisses
Hats for Children
Caps for Infants
AT MOST REASONABLE
PRICES.
Several large shipments of
Imported Velvet Hats
Have just come in by ex
press.
Also a new supply of stylish
fancy Feathers at from 50c
to $3.00.
We have pretty children’s
hats at from 50c to $2.00.
And stylish ladies’ hats
from SI.OO to $lO.
We Trim Our Hats
Free of Charge
and give Purple Trading
Stamps with cash purchases
and also on bills paid on or
before the 10th of each
month.
C. J. T. BALK
600 Block Broadway.
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We Give and Redeem
the Purple Stamps
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY
G. P. TALBOTT
For S9OO 1 oan sail you a vary
desirable lot on Richmond ave
nue that will certainly enhance
in value. Size of lot 50x150
feet.
Do you want a nloa little boons
of Hevcm rooms on Woodlawn
avenue? If so, I can sell you
one for $8,150, and suitable terms
can be arranged. The lot la 59s
150 feet.
For a small iAVMtnMnt I offer
you a vacant lot. 40x180 feat, on
the corner of East Boundary and
Walker streets. The pries Is
(800.
Here's another little bousa,
with modern Improvements,
Watkins street, on a Ist 45x150
feet, and the price la only (2,100.
I have for sale swveral lots on
Jenkins street and Hive street.
The prices range from SBSO to
$450, and each one 1* a goad in.
vestment. Particulars by mall
or personal call.
A double-tenement brick
house on 900 block of Reynolds
street; three stories high, 1$
rooms on either side. Gas,
water, electricity, hatha, toi
lets, closets, etc. Harts bark
piazzas. House In good condi
tion, and occupied by ownar.
Pries (10,000.
A vacant lot on Telfair street,
50x150 feet, on tho 500 block, be
tween Center and Washington
streets. Terms can be arranged
as owner Is anxious to aell.
Prios (3,150.
On the 8100 block of Bills
street, a nice little cottage of 5
rooms, on a lot 50x160 feet, that
can be bought for $1,755. Very
small cash payment, sad balance
In monthly Installments.
G, P. TALBOTT
REAL ESTATE,
511 Leonard Building.
Office Phone 3057
Hnh Phone 1391.
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