The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-12-22

tions the county will be more pros
porous than ever.
The Bright Side.
The philosophers tell US that out of
all evil there comes some good; that
there is a bright side to every dark
spot, and particularly is this true
of the misfortunes following the in
vasion of the boil Weevil. In every
calamity that befalls nation or Sec
ton there are always one or more
outstanding lights that lead the way
out of the valley of despair to the
peaks of happiness and prosperity.
Saturday afternoon in company
with Farm Demonstration Agent
Brandon 1 went to the home of
J. A. Hartzog who lives a few miles
out from Denmark. Mr.. .HartZog is
one Of the live-at4home farmers. He
does not plant much cotton. AL
though, it was o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon when we arrived at Mr..
HartZog's' home we found him at his
cane mill punching up the fire under
a syrup pot Mr.. Hartzog makes a
| very fine quality of ribbon cane
syrup. He does it by giving it his per-
| sonal attention. "Well," said Mr..
Hartzog, lets 60 up to the house.
Arriving at the house he took me to
an outhouse where he showed me
1900 gallons of pure ribbon cane
syrup put up in gallon cans and bar
rels. 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 telegram call
| ing for 200 pounds of pecans and an
inquiry for prices on several hundred
gallons of syrup which he turned over
to Mr.. Hartzog. In the clubhouse I
saw some lye soap and remarked
that it had been a long time since I
had seen any of the old-time I've
soap. Mr.. Hartzog went down into a
box and took out several cakes 20
years old. He had quantities of u
representing different years of manu-
facture In his commissary he had
hundreds of jars and cans of fruit and
other foodstuffs all made at home.
He 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
! for 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 field where
we 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
all that syrup on that small patch of
land?" I inquired. Eyes, sir" was
| the reply, ''and the stand was not
very good, either" 81 understand you
are not a very large cotton planter,
Mr.. Hartzog. How much cotton will
you plant next year," 81 may plant
three or four acres, or I may not
plant any at ALL" was the reply. 81
do not think much of cotton" he
continued. "There are so many more
| things a farmer can raise that VIII
turn him out a bigger profit that it
| is an actual loss to neglect those
| things for cotton" Mr.. Hartzog lives
| in the heart of the weevil infested
section. but he is one of the most in
dependent men in the state. He has
something to sell the year round.
The boil weevil never has and does
not give him a moments uneasiness.
He is always ahead of the world. has
no worries, lives at home and takes
great pride in his farm. Mr.. Hart
zogs methods of farming are bound
to become universal throughout the
south.
And 50 this is the brief story Of
how a cotton community is passing
through it's worst year with the boil
weevil. I do not wish to make COM
parison but I will draw parallel be-
i tween the two counties. To summer
ize briefly: Bamberg faces another
year of uncertainty with plenty of
food and feedstuffs, with many debts
unpaid, with only 1000 bales of cot
ton on hand and 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 Dillon county with it's $4,000
bales of unsold cotton still on hand,
| most of which is unpledged, with the