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Greenwood Frowns on Gam blers and Bootleggers. Greenwood, S. C., Oct. 7.-A war against bootleggers and gamblers was begun today following a meeting of city council this morning which every police officer in the city had been no tified to attend. Members of council told the police officers that they had been lax in their duties and asked for explanations and suggestions. Mayor A. S. Hartzog declared that expense would not be spared and any amount of money necessary to clean up Greenwood would be spent to protect the morals and good name of the community. Chief of Police M. B. Chandlerl? clared police offioirs were handicap ped in efforts to enforce the law against bootleggers by failure of so called good citizens to co-operate with them and that it was practically impossible to secure information against liquor traffickers. In reply to the statement that the law against bootlegging could not be enforced. Alderman J. B. Harris de clared that council and the police force were composed of men of av erage intelligence and if they could not cope wiht the situation they ought to acknowledge their failure and step down in favor ol: those who could. .'Any police officer who is friendly to gamblers or bootleggers ought to have the decency to resign," he said. - Council d?cid?e, to call a meeting of . the mayor, the chief of police and the police committee at once, to work out details of the campaign against vice. Mayor Hartzog declared the war would not be sporadic, sudden and soon over, but he and city coun cil would see that it was waged in cessantly from now on. As many ad ditional officers as necessary, will be added, he said. How to Make Sauerkraut. S. P., Quinton, Ala.-Please tell us how to make sauerkraut from cabbage, also from collards. How much salt should be used? We wish to keep in open jars. We never heard of kraut being made of collards, and it would seem that there is too much of the loose, green leaf to make a well-flavored product. However, there is no reason they should not be handled just the same as cabbage, with perhaps a lit tle more pounding as the kraut is be ing packed. The following recipe is ccpied from a government bulletin: For sauerkraut select only mature, sound heads of cabbage. Shred either with a hand shredder, an ordinary slaw-cutter or a large knife. Pack in open jars, pressing down firmly, but not too tightly. Distribute as evenly as possible two ounces of salt to each five pounds of cabbage, or about a pound of salt to 40 pounds of cab bages. When jar is full cover with a clean cloth and a board cover or plank. Weight this enough to bring the brine up to the cover. If it is kept in a temperature of 86 degrees F. fermentation will start promptly. A scum soon forms on the surface, which shou!'.!"be completed in from 6 to 8 days. After this is complete, the jar should be set in a cool place. If it is put down in the fall, when the weather is likely to be pretty cool, it will need only covering enough to protect from insects. It is safer, how ever, to pour a layer of melted para fine wax about the cover over the ex posed parts. This seals the jar and prevents spoilation.-Southern Plural ist. Why France Is Watching Ger many So Closely. M. Viviani is not at all satisfied with the way things are going. As it is stated in a newspaper account, vis iting the Rhineland "Viviani saw a rich country where the peasant is gorged with crops and the manufac ; turer with profits," and contrasted it with devastated fields and wreck ed industries of Northern France. And, in bitterness of spirit he remind ed himself-that it was Gennany who caused th 2 war and was conquer ed, and France who won the war and is left ravaged." Germany has been ordered to pay, 3)ut, meantime, Germany is not pay ing; at any rs.te is not restoring; for it is French capital and French la >bor which are reclaiming the wreck ; -ed places in France. Germany is mak- : ing a gre'at display of German prom ises and of the taxes under whici. sh? j says her people are bending in tin ir effort to pay. But France can ra ^e no money or. German promises, i or France knows^ and the world knovs, the regard ia which Germans hold their pledged word as put down ;>n a "scrap of paper." And, as the Ashe ville Citizen states it, even, the Ger man taxation of Germans is decep tion. Viviani has held this. It is what the French statesman describes as the "'Fountain .system," whereby taxes collected, like thc waters of the foun tain, largely return to their source. '.Taxes are levied, great taxes, taxes intended to impress creditors by their staggering proportions, but these are in a large degree immediately re stored, if not to individuals at least to communities, by subsidies or re bates. They have served their pur pose of impressing creditors with the burden of debt which Germany is 'staggering.' All this explains the determination of France, if she can have her way, to keep an army of occupation in Germany and explains her appeals, if not her demands, upon the allies that they sustain her in that determina tion France believes, and is probably right about it, that Germany would today repudiate the treaty obligations to pay if she were strong enough to do so, and believes Germany will re pudiate if she is ever permitted to again gather strength.-The Augus ta Chronicle. i Cotton Exchange Doors Should Be Closed Says Weston. Requesting the introduction of a resolution in the United States sen ate calling for an investigation as to the amount of spinnable cotton on hand in America and at European points, United States District Attor ney Francis H. Weston Friday ad dressed a letter to United States sen ator E. D. Smith, in which he makes an attack on the cotton exchanges, as the cause of a lower price for cotton than should be expected in the face of the short crop. Mr. Weston ,asks that American consuls in Europe be instructed to inevstigate the amount of cotton on hand at various points on the conti nent, and that agricultural agents in this country ascertain the amount on hand in the United States. In the face of a six million bale crop, Mr. Weston says, the smallest crop in a quarter of a century, cot ton is continually going down. He tells Senator Smith that the crop in this state is practically gathered," and the return is only a small fraction of a normal crop. Unless there is a good price for the staple this year, says the letter to the senator, the condition of the farmers and of all industry will be distressing. Mr. Weston tells the senator in his letter that he has been to cotton of fices here to sell cotton and that the buyers first have ?o consult New York, New Orleans and Liverpool Ex changes as to the -price that should be paid. "This looks unusual to me," the letter says, "and the sooner the doors of the exchange are closed, the better it will be for agricultural in terests."-Columbia Record. Turn Under Cotton Stalks or Burn Them. If the farmers of Georgia and South Carolina are to make any cot ton next year it behooves them to get busy right now turning under or burning the cotton stalks. Millions of boll weevils are in the cotton fields now and are feeding on the late squares thut have come with the growth of the cotton plant during August and September. The lack of fruit on the cotton stalks, caused by the earlier depradations of the wee vil, caused the stalks to grow much larger than they ordinarily would have and during the warm weather of September the stalks grew rapidly. Boll weevil experts tell us that it is imperative fo turn these stalks un der with the plow or plow them up and burn them in order to destroy the weevil's places of hibernation for the coming months. If these stalks are not destroyed thc weevils may be expected in greater quantities than they were even at the beginning of this year, and every one knows that in most fields there were weevils on each tiny cotton plant waiting for the squares to appear. The farmers must tackle this prob lem intelligently and earnestly. It is no plaything and we are informed that the success or failure of the yield next year largely depends upon the destruction of the weevils this fall. It is stated that mere plowing up the stalks is not enough for they should either be turned under with a turn plow or plowed up with a "mid dle buster" and then burned. Ex perience gained in Alabama in attack ing the boll weevil problem is said to have taught the farmers there that t ie stalks must be turned under and the weevil with them or the stalks burned. Of course, the turning under )f the stalks will help the land and farmers who used to do fall turning of the land can go back to first prin ciples. During the last few years, with high priced cotton, it was difficult to get tenants to do anything after pick ing cotton until well after the Christ mas holidays. While The Chronicle is urging liv ing at home, is urging diversification, so that there may be more money crops on the farm than cotton, yet we must make cotton and we should be ashamed to be a quitter in the face of the boll weevil. Wc must apply the most intelligent methods to a soluci?n of this, the mightiest prob lem that ever confronted agriculture in America, a problem which if not solved will, as the head of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange well says, end our supremacy among the world's ?growers of cotton. President J. P. Woodall of the Au gusta 'Cotton Exchange has received a letter from President Edw. S. But ter of the New Orleans exchange, urging that the Augusta exchange use its every effort to get the farmers to turn under or burn the stalks. All 1 cotton factors in Augusta will be ask ed to send an appeal to every cus tomer to this effect. The following is the letter received by Mr. Woodall: "New Orleans, Sept., 28. 'Pres. Augusta Cotton Exchange, "Augusta, Georgia. "Dear Sir: It has been suggested I that a campaign should be inaugurat ed throughout the South embracing every region affected by the boll weevil, urging and insisting that far mers immediately on gathering their cotton burn or turn under the cotton stalks. This should be done without delay as we understand that if the stalks remain in the fields untilirost the weevil will have ample food. "It is hardly necessary to impress upon you the importance of some ac tion that will minimize if hot totally destroy this frightful menace to Southern cotton culture. 'Will you not take this matter up with your members and get them to write and if necessary to wire every' bank and merchant with whom they do business and every farmer from i whom they receive cotton, insisting that cotton stalks be cut and burnt or turned under. 'It goes without saying that if the weevil menace continues to spread as it has done, it is only a matter of time when our supremacy among-the world's cotton growers will end. "Something must be done, and that without delay, and it is hoped and believed that the course suggested will contribute materially towards relief. "Kindly let me know what action you may take in the premises." "Very truly yours, "Edw. S. Butler, "President." -Augusta Chronicle. County Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the fifteenth dayjof Oc tober, 1921 to the fifteenth-day of March, 1922. All taxes shall be due and pay able between the fifteenth (day of October, 1921 and December the thirty first, 1921. That when taxes charged shall not j < be paid by December the thirty first, 1921 the County Auditer shall pro ceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for January and if taxes are not paid on or before February the first 1922, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent additional, from the first of March to the fifteenth, of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for 1921 are as fol lows: Mills For State purposes_12 For Ordinary County_ll For Past Indebtedness_5 For Constitutional School tax -3 For Antioch _8 For Bacon School District_14 For Blocker _8 For Blocker_Limestone_4 For Colliers _)4 For Flat Rock_8 For Oak Grove_.-3 For Red Hill_8 For Edgefield _10 For Elmwood No. 8_8 For Elmwood No. 9_2 For Elmwood No. 30 _ For Hibler _.-? For, Elmwood L. C._3 For Harmony _3 For Johnston_15 tFor Meriwether (Gregg)--2 For Moss_?3 For Brunson School_4 For Ropers_2 For Shaw_4 For Sweetwater -4 For Talbert_8 For Trenton _.-14 For Wards _.- 8 For Wards No. 33.4 For Blocker R. R. (portion-6 For Elmwood R. (portion-6 For Johnston R. R._3 For Pickens R. R._3 For Wise R. R._3 For Corporation_30% All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those exempt by law, are liable to a poll |tax of One Dollar each. All owners of dogs are required to pay the sum of $1.25 for each dog of the age of six months or older. This is not included in the property tax I but a tag must be purchased from the County Treasurer for each dog be tween October 15, and December 31, of each year. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $4.00 commuta tion tax. No commutation is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax receipt when you desire to pay road tax. 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