The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-11

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five bales of cotton. There is moth
ing, after all, so remarkable about
it; any farmer who will take Mr..
Caughman's advice, who will follow
his example, can do the same thing,
said the man from New York.
How did you first learn about
this great field of cotton in Lexing-
ton, away down here, far from the
hustle and hustle of Little Old New
| York; is mainly what l want to
know noW?" queried the reporter.
Gives Credit to I'D. r.
'Well, sir, that's easy; it was
through your own work that this
first came to my attention. We are
always on the lookout for something
new; in fact, we are always after the
best, something that will appeal. to
the sensible side of life as well as
to the humorous, and my eyes first
glanced the big headlines-a three
Chronicle, and we communicated
with Mr.. Caughman at once, and
| had sort of feeling that maybe the
story had been exaggerated. Not so,
however; l must say that you have
done justice to your own. men, to
your own town and to your own
great section Nothing on earth
pays so we'll as advertising, and you
see, after all, had it not been for you
we folks never would have been able
to show this great picture. By that
one stroke of your fertile pen you
have, perhaps, done more for South
Carolina than any other living man.
Yes, it pays to be a'booster, an hon
est booster, and trust that you may
live long and prosper said Mr..
Jones, as he gathered together his
many different views of the famous
cotton field, which in few days will
be thrown on the curtains in thou
sands of moving picture theatres
throughout the country.
Flooded With Letters.
Mr.. Caughman been bothered with
the "moyie" man, but during the
past several weeks he has had huns
dreds of inquiries about this field of
cotton-a thousand and one things
all in one letter. These letters have
come from far and near-it might be
said from Maine to California. So
thick and fast have they come in that
if the champion cotton grower of
Lexington pretended to- answer all of
them, it would require the work of |
a number of expert stenographers,
and he would have to open up a pri-
vate Office. One man from Spiro, Ok
lahoma, closes one of his many let
ters to the Lexington champion as
follows: ''Please excuse me for bur-
dening you this way, but if l make a
success of farming you will have the
satisfaction of knowing you helped a
fellow along in the right path
In writing from Spiro,, Oklahoma,
under date of September 4, J. D.
borough, banker and merchant, says:
81 realize in asking favor of you
that it is almost impossible for you
to answer the letters which you re-
ceive regarding your method Of rails
ing cotton. On the other hand, be-
lieve that you will answer this one
when you know that my object is an
unselfsh one. What wish is to
form Boys Cotton Club in this
section, where it is sadly needed.
You are in a position to do these
boys a vast amount of good. Will
you kindly take time to give them
a description of preparation OF
ground, fertilization used, when and
how often, seed used, method of cul-
tivation up to time of laying by
same? If this causes you any ex-
pense, kindly please state just what
it will be, if you have to have
stenographer to write same, and l
will see if l cannot get it in our ex-
pense account out of the funds on
hand? Also state if you have seed
for sale, and also the price, so we
may be able to take this matter up |
with you Sincerely thanking you
for any favor you may show us, etc."
Method of Giving Information.
Of course, Mr.. Caughman answer
ed this letter, but there are many |
others that he has not answered, and |
cannot answer. Farm journals the
country over have been writing for
stories of how it is done, besides
the hundreds of persons who have
come for many miles to take look
at the greatest patch Of cotton ever
grown in the world. In order that
there may be no more annoyance