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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-26
REPORT OF COUNTY
AGENT ROWELL FOR
WORK IN PAST YEAR

Below / am giving summary OF
my work as county agent in Abbe-
Vile county since January 1, 1919.
The report covers most of my work,
except a few minor things that l
have not mentioned. But despite the
obstacles; namely, miles of rough
roads to cover (sometimes impassa-
ble) about 1900 to 1000 farmers to
visit. you will realize that county
agent work is rather a task. How
ever, I believe l have accomplished
something worth while.
Travelled 10000 miles.
Have consulted with LOIS farmers
at home in office relative to differ
ent phases of my work.
Have made 1850 visits to farmers
in the county.
Sixyy-two meetings have been held
in the county, attended by 1890 far
mers. These meetings were such as
organizing bull association, organiz-
ing club work, campaigns for in
creased food production during the
war, etc.
About 80 per cent of my time is
given to field work and 20 per cent to
office work.
have written 1881 official letters.
About 35 articles have been writ
ten for publication in the local papers
on different phases of my work.
have mailed out sc farmers bull
letins to farmers.
have also mailed out to farmers
1860 circulars.
During 1918 | held two campaigns
for increased food production espe'
cially hogs and wheat.
| have assisted in one farmers
short course and held one.
Three potato storage houses have
been constructed, and there will be 2
or three more that will be built this
fall.
Last fall I assisted the farmers or
der comparatively rs bushels of vel
vet beans, 400 pounds of alfalfa, 700
pounds of crimson clover and $500
pounds of winter vetch. This seed was
ordered at saving of not less than
S75 to the farmers. This means that
there were planted last year between
$50 and 200 acres of velvet beans, IL
acres of alfalfa, 80 acres of crimson
clover and 112 acres of winter vetch.
Up to the present writing have
orders for so lbs. alfalfa seed, 1000
lbs. crimson clover seed and 100 lbs.
winter vetch seed. There will be 15
or 20 acres of alfalfa, $50 acres of
vetch ad 200 acres of crimson clover
put in this fall. These are new crops
to the farmers and very few know
when or how to SOW them. but what
they mean in the way Of food and
dertility to the soil cannot be esti-
mated. More failures have been made
{ with these crops from lack Of how,
when and where to SOW them than
from any other cause or causes.
There is but one way to controi
hog colera and blackleg Of cattle, and
that is thru the county agent. During
the past 1s months have vaccinated
275 head Of hogs against cholera, 7Ss
head of cattle aaginst blackleg and
have treated 100 head of cattle Tor
stomach worms. In case Of an out
break of hog cholera and blackleg IN
the county, I can vaccinate enough
hogs and cattle in less than 2 weeks
time to pay my salary.
There are 100 club boys in the
county. have placed "A head OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-26

from So to So per ton is effected
when fertilizer is ordered coopera-
lively.
1 am planning to hold tractor
demonstration in the county the lat
ter part of August or the first of
September. Yours truly,
w. A. Rowell, Co. Agt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-26

pureDreQ pigs Will Iue uoyS oio AiSA
ly all of the corn clubs boys are
growing pure variety of corn. Thru
the cooperation of the banks l hope to
place 100 purebred pigs with the boys
and nearly all of the corn club boys
are growing a pure variety of corn.
Thru the cooperation of the banks l
hope to place 100 purebred pigs in
the county with club members an
other year.
During last spring assisted 80
farmers in getting started with pure
varieties of corn and cotton.
Last fall assisted the farmers in
the selection of buying and setting
out 14OO fruit trees. These trees cost
from 10 to 20 cents each. At the
same time these trees were purchased
fruit tree agents were selling them
for from 25 to so cents each. A saw
ing of not less than 10c per tree or
S140 was saved the farmers. At pres
ent l can buy fruit trees for from 70
to 35 cents each while fruit tree
agents are selling them for rs cents.
/ have between 4 and 5000 fruit
trees under demonstration and l
mean by that this: assist the farm
ers in the pruning and spraying OF
these trees. Last fall and winter l
assisted the farmers in the pruning
and spraying of more than 1000
..:ec-. I have placed in the county IL
spray pumps, pruning instruments
and spray materials. I am called up
on to do more orchard work than l
can do, especially when have to
work with each man Individually.
Approximately 500 tons of govern
ment nitrate of soda have been sold
to the farmers during the past two
springs thru the county agent. This
nitrate cost the farmers on an aver
hge of $82 per ton delivered, while
the dealers were selling nitrate for
from $1O0 to $110 per ton. Does that
represent saving to the farmers?
Since March 1 have been instru-
mental in placing in the county four
jersey bulls that cost $1205 delivered
and 1 have an order in for two more
Three beef bulls have been placed in
the county. hope to have four beef
bulls, eight jersey bulls and several
heifers by Christmas. A good bull
will increase the milk supply from
rs to so per cent, and in some cases
a good bull will double the milk sup
ply, with the first calf. No one can
estimate what these jersey bulls will
do towards increasing the milk sup
ply of these farmers who own them.
But it rs safe to say that in two years
time, these farmers will be milking
cows that will give anywhere from
rs to so per cent more milk than
the cows they are now milking and In
some cases the milk supply will be
doubled.
There are IL farmers in the county
growing grazing crops for their hogs
such as alfalfa and soy beans and
corn.
This fall I expect to assist the far
mers market a carload Of hogs. Hogs
do not bring their full value on the
local market. Last May two carloads
of hogs were marketed in Orangburg
county by the county agent. One man
had been buying hogs in Orangeburg
county and paying his price for the
hogs. At this sale, the same man
came up and bought the hogs and
gave three cents per pound more
than he had been giving.
Another thing hope to begin thu
fall is urging the farmers to order
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
WATER MANS REAL FOE
ne New York Times.

From the New York Times.
People who drink water. either ha-
bitually because of the belief in its
superiority to other beverages, or oc-
casionally in the weak concession to
the difficulty or expense connected
with getting something else. need only
to read an article contributed to a re-
cent issue of the Practitioner by
Charles Mercier. an authority obvious
ly eminent. and ever thereafter the
horror that knowledge of it's deadliness
inevitably must excite.
Water" writes DR.. Mercier, SIS a
perilous beverage for any one" and he
is especially earnest in warning against
its use those whose resistance to the
attacks of micro organisms is begin
ming to fail with Their other powers
by which. as even a layman can See
he means people who are getting old
He admits that alcohol is not wholly
and always innocuous to all. but he
hurries to assert that its dangers ARE
nothing in comparison with the dan
gers of drinking water"
To support these statements he re-
minds us that wine. beer. whisky
liaucrs. or even absinthe never "swep,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
GERMANS IN ARGENTINA

From the Providence Journal
While 1t may not prove true that
there is a scheme on foot for SO whole
sale a German immi gration to South
America as has been rumored, it is
only natural to expect that unless OBJ
stacle5 are placed in their way, a great
many Germans. weary of conditions at
home. will abandon their old friends
and associations and start life anew
on the western side of the ocean.
Thus we learn that so German fami-
lies who lately arrived in Argentina
are to be provided with farmsteads
in Missiones territory. These hold
ings are of 25. so. and 100 hectares
each. according to the needs Of the
fami1y-a hectare being the equivalent
of FAT acres Moreover. La Nacion
says that a request has come from a
German capitalist for land for 400 ad-
ditional families.
These so families who have been as
signed to sites in Missiones will be
in the same general neighborhood as
the great colony Of Germans who have
| been so long settled in southern Brazil,
as Missiones Immediately adjoins that
part of the larger republic. 1t occu-
pies the extreme northeastern corner
| of Argentina and has the latitude
and presumably the climate-of south
| ern Florida
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
FOR A GOOD DAUGHTER

From the New York World.
A fine italian hand-albeit a dead
hand-reaches across the sea to make
trouble of diverse kinds in the usually
peaceful city of Providence. r. l. 1t
is the hand of the late Count Bajontti
Of Turin. set to will under which
the income of $4,000 is to be awarded
annually to that girl of Providence
who. being "a daughter of common
people," shall also best deserve it by
her conduct and family virtues" The
mayor is to name and to preside over
a committee to name the girl.
Bewilderment first is sure to over
take the judges under this provision in
the very wealth of candidates AS
the shade of Roger Williams might
testify. all the daughters OF Provi-
dence are kind as they are fair, all
are brought up to the blessedness OF
being good and letting who will be
clever. To seem to discriminate in the
face of so generous an assemblage of
urban loneliness might well dismay
mayor with thought to his political
future.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
stiu Working for sevnnee


Less than 100000 has been sub
scribed as the contribution of Biz
mingham Episcopalians to the Uni
versity of the South. at Sewanee, but
Edmund c. Armes chairman for this
city, announced yesterday that the
canvass would be continued here until
every communicate of every Episcopal
church in the city had been approached.
The quota of the Birmingham
churches is $35.Oo0." said Mr.. /Armes.
Naturally we are ashamed to tell Sc
vance that the stronghold of the Ep!s-
copal church in Alabama has set so
unenviable record as an example for
the rest of the state of follow. We
are making an effort to reach every
Episcopalian by mail in order that the
fund may be fully subscribed
''The destruction by fire of Quintard
Hail. the military barracks at Sewa-
nee, recently. added s125.OoO to Sc
wanee's liabilities. and indeed it is
doubtful If adequate barracks can be
rebuilt at that figure. Hence it is
doubly necessary that the Sewanee
100000 endowment fund be at least
completely subscribed. if we can't go
over
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

The world is growing smarter To
be known as a genius nowadays a man
has to have more than long hair and
a dirty shirt.
Old. Noah sure could have saved the
world heap of trouble if he had only
put his foot on the oedbug when If
was crawling up the gangplank into the
ark.
A husband often wonders how women
managed to kill time in the old DAYS
when there were no telephones to knit
over.
Many a girl who marries the cham
pion two-stepper of the town finds later
on that he can't sidestep installment col
lectors.
If girl is we'll built but homely. she
knows how to dress so as to draw at
tention from her face.
Another thing we hate about winter is
that the man who wears ear muffs will
soon be in our midst.
When it comes to going up in the air
every day, married woman can make
an aviator look like piker.
A man is in daze all the time he is
in love. That is why the boob imagines
that he really asked her to marry him
If you want to get rich just adver-
tise some brand of dope that will either
Increase or decrease the size of the bust
one inch per day.
No matter how much a wife may love
her husband. she would get highly in
dignant il she thought that she had to
obey him.
Many a girl who has a fair to middlins
mustache imagines that she needs d
chaperone when she goes to party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
Had to See Game

ran down from Charlotte, N. c..
where l am city editor on the News.
TO Sc my people who live at Ashland. =
said Jasper c. Hutton, ''and. sG course.
mad to come to Birmingham o. see my
old friends. I was on my gay back.
put L heard of the Howard -Birming-
ham-Southern football game on Satur
day. and decided to remain over to
see 1t. I am sure it is going to be
wei worth seeing. as both teams are
on tip toe for it. ] keep in touch
with Howard, not only because it is nv
anna mater but from the fact that
was connected with it as registrar for
quite while. l was glad to see the
Improvement made on the campus and
the general air of prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
FRENCH LIKE U. S. CIGARETTES

From the Manchester Guardian.
The recent appearance in the French
tobacco shops of American tobacco and
cigarettes (the French government
having bought up 1000. 100000 packets
of cigarettes and several tons of to-
bacco which were surplus American
army stock) should be welcomed with
delight by most Frenchmen. The
French cigarette smoker is particularly
fond of Virginian cigarettes, and
smokes them in preference to the
French makes. which he is generally
forced to have on account of the to-
bacco industry being a state enter
price in France. Virginan cigarettes
are rarely obtainable in the village
debts de tobac. and when they are
the price is prohibitfve. But during
the war plenty of English brands were
to be had in an unobtrusive way The
soldiers ration garettes-'Ruby
Queen" RED Hussar." '"The Flag"
and other special varieties-were no.
highly valued by the men. who could
generally buy at the expeditionary
force canteens the recognized brands
that they smoked at home. Conse-
quently the ration" was either given
| away or used in bartering for other
little commodities. and the French peo-
pie never said mo" to an English Gig
arctic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07

That was very fine meeting the
chamber of Commerce held at the Tut
Wiler hotel Wednesday night" said
Garrard Harris, trade commissioner of
the United States Department of Com
merce, now in Birmingham studying
local conditions with reference to for
efgn trade possibilities. TT was a rep
resentative body of business men and
they seemed to be deeply interested in
the subject of foreign trade.
I am sure that the manufacturers
OF Birmingham will give the matter Of
an export corporation for the handling
OF their products serious consideration
and when I come back here next week
am going TO try and prevail upo,
them to organize such a concern. The
department of Commerce VIII give
them every aid in its power in the
building up of foreign trade"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07

away myriads of human beings in a
few weeks. as water contaminated with
the cholera vibrio has often done and
may do again" And who knows, the
doctor impressively asks. how many
other diseases may not be water
borne?' The question answers itself.
Nobody does.
A critic whose only object was to
disparage and confuse a wise man
might suggest that DIR. Mercier's sug-
gestions were not against the drinking
of water inadequately guarded frcm
assorted bugs. That. however, as any
body connected with the Anti-Saloon
league instantly would see and say.
would be mere quibbling, it being tha
custom of most water drinkers to as
sumo that when water looks right and
tastes right it is safely potable,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
PRINCE CAROL

From the Montgomery Advertiser
Prince Carol Of Rumania may have
been kicked out of his fathers house
for marrying a "commoner' even il
the offense of desertion from the army
in time of war had not entered into
the royal controversy. Anyway. ro-
mancers like to think that the young
man courageously forsook a kingdom
for the girl of his choice, and if, as
press reports have it. he should mi
CRATE to America, we are sure that our
democrats will make it pleasant for
him. They will hope, however, that
he show his good faith by becoming
naturalized citizen. We Americans
have become sensitive about such
things.
That done. Tammany Hall may be
counted upon to see that the young
man and his bride get something to
eat. Tammany could use him. if he
has talent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
Moths Aided IT. e. T.

Although I had resolved not to buy
any clothes this winter on account of
the high prices. Twas forced to buy
new overcoat when the cold spell
struck birmingham last week." said
postmaster r B. Smyer. "T really ex-
pected to wear an overcoat 1 have
had for several years. but when 1 got
1T out discovered that the moths had
gotten into 1t and from the holes they
left in it, they certainly must have
oeen roasting. Anyway, it was be-
yond repair. and there was nothing
could do but buy a new one.
Fhe only way we can ever reduce
the high cost of living is to do with
out as many things as we can, for de-
crease in demand is the only remedy
for high prices"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
WHO IS THE RICHEST MAN?

Then to add to an the above riches.
and ramble through the fields. woods
and jungle in search of the elusive
cottontail, teal and malIard, with my
faithful old pointer at heel (now past
IL years old, and he is as happy as
when we are on the hunt Then, when
get back, oh, how good everything
does taste! Then when night has spread
it's mantle over this good old universe
settle down in a good old easy chair.
enjoy smoke and then roll into bed
to be embraced by Morpheus and never
hear a sound until the beautiful break
of another day. Rich. did you say? Well
I guess. Dollars? No, not many. You
inquired about riches, not material
wealth.
1.-THE height of my ambition is so to
live that I may have no regrets for hav-
ing lived, when the time comes for me
to shuttle off this mortal coil, and
hope by that time to have accumulated
just enough dollars that myself and
mine may not be objects of charity.
This, then, is my idea of rich man
If any one enjoys life more than do
he is to be envied for his riches"
All of which is. of course, disgust
ingly bourgeois, to employ tho 3argon
of professional envy and discomfort Yet
this man who boasts to ~shamelessly OF
his riches has amassed his almost fabu-
lous wealth in the manner contemplated
by the founders of the American repub-
lie. He has taken full advantage Of the
situations of the land that estabfish
justice and insure domestic tranquility.
Consequently Karl Marx and TrotxAy
have no message for him
What then, shall be done with thfs
plutocrat? Clearly he Is an enemy OF
the proletarian revolution 1t may Be
necessary a little later to establish q
special tribunal OF the red terror in
Pierce, Neb.. fittingiy to attend to hts
case
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07

From the Chicago News.
NN II HO is the richest man in the
Wy world' Some say Rockefeller ls:
Not so very long ago the
stock answer to this question was;
1.-THE Gar of Russia" History has
furnished a sardonic sequel to that
preposterous delusion. Nor is Rookie
Teller now the richest man in the
world. Out in Nebraska, however,
there Is man who confesses that he
is enormously rich with the kind of
riches that count Who can doubt that,
if the truth were known, some such
Midas as this Nebraskan is actually
the worlds very richest mann Com
pared with his, how cheap, how worse
than worthless, were the possessions
of that poor puppet, Nicholas, car of
Russia, at the height of his so called
power, his tinseled magnificence?
Nebraska's rich man-his name is e.
M. Meyers-writes to the editor of the
Norfolk (Neb.) News:
ct wonder if you knew that one of
the richest men in the world lives four
teen miles north of Norfolk, right here
in Pierce, Neb. That man is the writer
1 am just common plug blacksmith
but, ah, how rich! I go to my labors
each morning, work until noon, go to
dinner, return at p. m and work until
6 o'clock 1 enjoy the greatest of al
would give all he possesses in money or
holdings for my stomach. but he can't
have it
Each day sees something accomp-
lished and every Job of work I turn
out 1 feel that 1 have done my custo-
mer a service worthy of my hire.
At have a most wonderful little wife
She has stuck to me twenty-five years
now, so / know she must be dandy
to accomplish that. I have little
home, a beautiful little daughter,
son grown to maturity and now life's
game for himself. Rich? Why man
alive who can possibly be richer?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
THE oPTIMIsr

By Samuel Minturn Peck.
am an optimist,
AS man was meant to be:
Each year Pm gladder to exist
Life sweeter seems to me-
Be dark or fair the day
| find not one too long:
AS swiftly glide the hours away
My life is like a song.
l am an optimist;
Mine eyes see all that's fair.
There's melody to list,
Ay, music everywhere;
And pictures in the sky,
And pictures on the deep:
And often in the dark time I
See pictures in my sleep
am an optimist-
I dearly love to think;
My mind hath many merry tW1A
To make old worry sink.
Scores of amusing things there sra
If you've an eye to scan
And, oh, the funniest by far
1 find my fellowman!
am an optimst-
Although 1 have my aches;
But then, you know, there must be mla1-
It's rain the rainbow make9p
Whate'er knocks at my door
I always look for joy; y
And that is why at sixty-four
I'm still a happy boy.
am an optimist.
Sometimes-now do not smile
find it pleasant to be trist
For just a little while
| Just sweetly trist with MemoeA
Old friends, and days gone By
But one thing only troubles mos
Some day I've got to DIG
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
Apple Blossoms

Drought IN some apple blossoms
from a tree on the farm on which 7
reside on Crestline Heights" said B.
" Pace. and this second blooming of
the tree in one season is undoubtedly
caused by the mild fall. which has left
the sap of the tree in the body ana
liiiios' thus giving 1t springtime
feeling. This will not do a tree anv
good, for its blooming in the fall will
cut down the supply of fruit next
spring. and should it turn suddenly
cold might seriously in1ure the tree
Inns is an unusual sight in this dis
trict at this time of the year and the
apple blossoms attracted much atten-
ton"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
END OF FAMOUS LINER
from the London Globe.

= Aoih Inc lo1IuOu 1iODo.
prime favorite OF tho tr4vollne
public of the last general d ahor<1y
to disappear when the condemned Unft-
ed States transport Hancock Is so1d~4u
the shipbreaRers.
For before she hoisted the St4r2- ana
Stripes in 1898 she was the Guion linz.
Arizona. famous both as a reeaaA
breaker and from the fact that a Z
new ship she rammed an iceberE at
nearly full speed. telescoped her bow
for considerable length. and yet man
aged to bring her passengers safely
into st. Johns. The accident caused q
stir at the time and very propeIrv.
brought great cream TO her builders
the predecessors of the present Fair
field company
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
NOT YET SATISFIED
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Going far?" asked the chatty lit
tie man on the train.
"Only to Albany" replied the Other.
who hated talking to strangers and
am a commercial traveller My age is
46. 1 am married. 1 have a son Of 10.
He is at Harvard. NV father died last
January. He was on the stock ex-
change. Mother is still living: 1 have
10 Bridget. Is there anything elss?'
The chatty little man smiled affably
what oil do you use for your tongue%'
he inquired slowly.