The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-12-08

o'i ny put MI hartzoS makes u
.. very fine quality OF ribbon cane sy-
rnp. He does it by giving it his per-
sonal attention. Well" said Mr..
Hartzog, Let go up to the house" I"
Arriving at the house he took me to
an clubhouse where he showed me
1900 gallons OF pure ribbon cane
syrup put up III gallon cans and bar
reis. Here, try some OF these paper
shell pecans." said Mr.. Hartzog. they
came off my private tree" At this
moment Farm Demonstration Agent
Brandon pulled out a telegram call
ihS Tor zoo pounds of pecans and an
enquiry FOR prices on several hundred
gallons of syrup which he turned over
10 Mr.. Hartzog. In the outhouse |
saw some lye soap and remarked
that Il had been a long time since 1
mad seen any OF the old-time lye
soap. Mr.. Hartzog went down into a
ooX and took out several cakes 20
years old. He had quantities of it
representing different years of manu-
1acture. In his commissary he had
hundreds of Jars and cans OF fruit and
other foodstuffs all made at home.
fio showed me a jar of blackberries
he and his wife put up just after
they were married, some 20 years
ago. From the house We went to the
lot where he showed us pen of fine
hogs averaging 400 pounds, ready
Tor the slaughter. Down in his pas
ture he had many other fine hogs
ready for shipping. They were fatten-
ing on the pulp from his cane mill
From the lot We went to a field where
VIC found grazing on the cut over
cane field of little more than two
acres ten head of horses and mules,
some six or eight of which were
home-raised. In his barn and stables
we found six jacks. ''Did you make
al. that syrup on that small patch of
land?" 1 enQuired. Yes, sir" was
the reply, and the stand was net
very good, either" 81 understand you
are not very large cotton planter,
Mr. .HartZog. How much cotton will
you plant next year," Il may plant
three or four acres, OF | may not
plant any at all was the reply. u
dc not think much OF cotton" he
continued. There are so many more
things farmer can raise that will
turn him out bigger profit that il
Is an actual loss TO neglect those
things for cotton" Mr.. Hartzog lives
IL, the heart of the weevil infested
section, but he is one of the most in
I dependent men in the state. He has
something TO sell the year round.
/ The boil weevil never has and does
not give him moments uneasiness.
He is always ahead of the world, has
II" worries, lives at home and TAX
great pride in his farm Mr. Hart
zog's methods of farming are bound
to become universal throughout the
south.
And so this is the brief story of
how. a cotton community is passing
through its worst year with the boil
weevil. / do not wish to make a COM
parison but l will draw parallel be-
tween the two counties. To summar-
izc briefly: Bamberg faces another
! sNai vi unNti Will vi
| food and feedstuffs with many debts
unpaid. with only 1000 bales of cot
ton on hand and a large colored ten
ant population to care for and still
the people are confident they will
overcome these conditions. Optimism
runs high. And on the other hand
here is DillCn county with its 5000
bales of unsold cotton still on hand
most of which is unpledged. with the
bills payable of it's nine banks al
most wiped out, with its small pei
capita Indebtedness, with record
breaking food crop safely tucked
away in storage houses, with it's an
nual production of 100000 pounds
of tobacco to fall back upon as q
second money crop in the event its
next cotton crop is a failure, with
only a small colored tenant popula-
tion to care for and yet we are liv-
ing in a wilderness of fear and doubt
and suspicion and uncertainty, al
of which is of our own making.
There is every reason why we should
be happy and contented.
A. B. JORDAN.