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NEWSEY LETTERS BY REGULAR ea(
CORRESPONDENTS. ret
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News Items of Intei-est to Herald soi
Readers Ebb and Flow of the ma
Human Tide. ' mc
clo
Lake View. Is
? ?J Wiilii of TTMnrida. fit
AW. UUU iUlO. IT Uiw W. - ;
the latter a former pastor i of the .hls
First Baptist church at Fairmont, ^5'are
visiting friends near. town. / j*'61
Miss Elsie Baker who has been *n(
teaching in the Lake View school re- E?
signed on.the 19th. Miss Baker took .pw
th? school as an especial favor to the I *n
trustees and patrons until they could P,c
secure a teacher for all time. She is a e(ii
most excellent teacher and it is withite#
regret that we see her leave. eSL
Miss Elffcn White left for bomeienl
Saturday to spend the Xmas holidavs. tri
Misses Sadie and Jessie Tant were jth<
called Jo their home by a telegram, yQ1
announcing the critical illness of their er
mother. These young ladies are teach-1 Pa
ers in the high school here. They
have greatly endeared themselves to ass
their pupils and the people and it is,cai
earnestly hoped thatsthey will be able|ma
to return after Xmas to resume their ed
work. I
Mr. Earle Baker who is a -senior
this year at Clemson College arrived no1
home Friday night for the Christmas
holidays. j
Quite a number of young people ' '
went to Marietta Friday night to at-|c"'
tend the oyster supper..They reported res
an abundance of everything and ev-!ti0
erything suited their taste. ^ '
Mrs. Andrew Smith came home bei
from the Florence hospital one-day -n'
last week. She is very much improv- wo
ed. Her sister. Miss Brown_ accom- f?
panied her home. the
Mrs. Willis Rogers is spending a wl<
few days in Mullins with relatives. er^
Misses Christine Goodyear and Bes-j
sie Haves have returned home for I nia
ihe holidays. These young ladies arei *u<
intending school at Maxton.
Mr. D. L. McCormac, principal of
thi school here, left today for his P:*
. home where he will spend the holi- ^
Edna Norman who has been en
\ ^ r ^tendTng~th^Conservatory of Music an
mm s?t Raleigh, IsTrtmre'TOr the holidays. bu
f Miss Rea, of Kemper was in town
Saturday. . oU
The local Masonic Lodge gave a
banquet on last Thursday evening. <
Quite a lar8e number of guests were we
invited from the town and surround-'
ing country- The hall was beautiful- P'J
ly lighted, and the tables were filled c?l
to their utmost with turkey, ham, Jle<
cranberry sauce, etc. The punch bowl y01
was also in evidence. *?t
The officers for the ensniner vear
were installed. j' ^
All wh0 attended had a very good j or*
time and wish for the lodge contin- cai
ued prosperity, and to give those who m'a
are not members, another opportuni- ta
ty to enjoy a similiar feast aiW good
time. ?ra
o- <i0
Kemper. ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Langley of Lit-I*1?1
tie Rock visited here this week. mo
v Mies Manna Ray spent Saturday in.0?'
Lake View. * iout
Miss Ruth Bryant returned home;Pli'
Friday from the Favetteville Conser-tpr
vatory of Music to spend the Christmas
holidays. ,am
Miss Etta Sue Sellers, Mamie Mc-jinE
Lees and Miss PearcJ* visited thejc^(
. school Wednesday. 35
Miss Ruth Kneece left Friday af- j ow
ternoon to spend the holidaiys at her _Sai
home in Pelion, S. C. :0U1
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f -1 Latta Lodge Elect Officers. jhai
The various Masonic bodies of Lat-; for
, _ ta have recently held their annual ^a<
elections and installations of officers in0!
for the New Year. The first to be 38*
held was in Dalcho Lodge No. 160, A. j.f?r
F. M. and the following will serve j ry
next year beginning at* the end the i,*8*
Masonic calendar on December 27th; 'J116
W. Master, W. Ellis Bethea; S. W. ^o
Sam J. Edwards; J. W., J. G. Baker; j the
Treas CUJ. Bethea; Secretary, W. S. |.his
Pope;' S D. M. M. Monroe; J. D., M.Lgo?
M Sellers- Stewards. M L. Oallowav i see
and S. R. Fore; Tyler, E. J. Brown, .vei
The officers of Latta Chapter No. for
62. R. A. M. are as follows: H. P., Jas. poi
A. G<illoway; K.. M. M. Sellers; S. to
H. A. Bethea; Treasurer, Hoyt Wat- ma
son; Secretary, E. J. Brown: C. O. H. ;fac
Hoyt Watson; P. S. M. M. Monroe; j.
R. A. C. J. J. Allen; 3rd. V., W. D. I.to
Bethea; 2nd V., S. J. Edwards; 1st. i.hoi
V., D. G. Burden; Sen. A. B. Allen, coi
Those elected and installed in 1 .at- | Th
ta Council No. 38 R. & S. M. are ns'th?
follows: I. M., W. C. Foster; D M.. Co
~ D. G. Burden; P. C. W.^ M. M. Mon- coi
roe; Treasurer, M. M. Sellers; itec., coi
E. J. Brown; C. G. Brown; C. G.. J. op<
J. Allen; C. C., C. C. Bethea; Stew- ?
ards, S. R. Fore; Sen. A. B. Allen. ins
All these bodies are in a prosperous Ch
condition and the officers begin Re
under jnost encouraging conditions. be<
o to*
ALLE X -HARRIS. .ha<
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Cards have been received in Dillon t0
announcing the marriage of Miss .exa
Edna Earl Harris of Chick Springs, S.. boi
C., to Mr. Joel I. Allen, Jr. The hap-(ass
py event was solemnized on the 17th pre
ly it is Essential for the Farmers,
Bankers and Business Men
to Organize.
For centuries the people of the ?|
ith have not been living, but mereexisting,
barely making enough
:h^ year to pay the expenses incur-!
1. Several years ago men who opited
a large farm or store in the
ith were working for the middle!
,n, as the profits derived were not ni(
ire than sufficient to feed and to
the his family. Today the man that is
satisfied with that amount of pro- up
from his business is not treating tli
i children nor his fellowman just-m
Our demands are greater each
tr, and if we sit down and do not
irease our income we will simply so
backward. You will find that our be
n state stands next to the bottom c0
illiteracy, which is a very de-' ha
irable condition and should be rem. j N<
ied, if money can do it. Our school W
ichers are underpaid, and it Is very \ th
ential that we employ the best tal- cTr
t to teach dbr children to become ^
le and honest citizens, for upon
jm lies a great responsibility, 'andjJV
n can not obtain the kind of teach-1 r
needed unless they are better i?_
* I be
The church is one of the greatest de
lets to a community, and neither ou
i we have just the right kind of. ar
.n in this work unless he is provid- j in
with the comforts and convenien- co
i of these modern dpys. Without ?'
? church in a community you do
t find true and upright citizens.
Good roads are essential to the!se
i and happiness of the people. ^
sere we have good roads the mer-1 ch
mts and farmers live in elbow , ri(
ich of each other, and transporta- ja
n becomes a very easy matter.
th all of these necessities up to the w
it standard, cur bankj would . .ve:?.
inty monev. ar.d th?3 sc<*:!oti ife
uld be the gi-atest plaeg earth jsu
live It ha. been* ait "Where Im
?re is uhion there is "strength," jSo
:h the merchants, farmers and bank l?f.
; all joined hands, determined t0 0f
ng about certain changes in our j
irketing conditions, we are sure to ni(
;ceed. If you will stop and think Co
a moment and see what could the I fa
il operators, shipbuilders, steel |cli
tnts, oil mills, meat packers and j be
:ton spinners do wihout organiza- of
a. 1, doa't hope to see the South- so
1 people organized so as to work|Pe
y hardship on any class of people, i"*1
t I do think it is high time that'J?
should do something to keep the
ler fellow from working hardships!^
us. Just for an example, you take 1
? method in which the farmers, f0
re forced to dispose of their cotton he
)d this past spring. We were sim-jh
r at the mercy of the oil mills and se
lid not sell them except as their!
sds demanded. If you stop to think, er
u will readily see where we need Ti
try to correct some of the evils., to
i will hear some of our people say:
h, I have no faith In the farmers ^
janizing,*' neither will you help thei^0
ise if you stand on the outside and
ke such remarks. The farmers and
dr business friends have shown co
; people that they can own and op- ba
ite tobacco warehouses in this sec?
4 A +0, ? ~ ?!nU/N. ?? i
i iu juui t jjiuhc iiidii cue visiiui,
ose only purpose is to come down
re for a few months to obtain what 0u
iney they can oht of the profits of ou
rating the warehouse, and carry it sei
; of the state. The same rule , ap- mi
es to the cottcn business If the cot- It
i exporters and factors can live in Pr
e houses built from the vast j
ount of money obtained from buy- ^
: the cotton from the farmer as s0
?ap as he can and selling it as high i '
po^ible, why can't some of our ro
n men get together, from an or-;
lization, just as sound, and market wt
r own cotton. If we fail to show up
the world that we are capable of! fj
ldline our own affairs, we shall Hr
ever have our hands tied to our toi
iks. If our merchants go to the fo
rthern markets to buy goods they,th
i: "What can I buy cotton articles SCi
?" and when we poor farmers car-'80our
produce to town we have to of
c: "What are you willing to give
i today?" As hard as the farmer
rks and then have to go and ask
> other fellow to name the price of jW(
i produce, do you think that is j th
od business? If we do not live to w<
! it (but I think we will) this re sal
of condition shall not prevail ph
all time. When the people be- gr
ne aroused so that they are going fa
demand a square deal( then such ac
.rket conditions are going to about i to:
e.
When we have won, you are going
acta hottor /?hiirrV>PR sphnolK roads.
mes, and best of all, better living I
iditions for the man on the farm.!fj,
ese are some of the few things: w<
it the men behind the American th
tton Association are striving to ac-'mi
nplish. As a citizen from vouF pl<
mty, I am going to ask your co-!
aration. A. V. BETHEA. th
| in
tant at the home of t e bride in pe
ick Springs. Mr. Allen is a son of all
v. J. I. Allen, of Dillon, and has or
;n making his home in Anderson^'1
the past several years where he on
i been a student in his brother's
t office. Recently he was admitted jg,
the Bar, taking a high stand at hisjra(
imination. Mr. Allen will make his
ne in Anderson where he will be sh
ociated with his brother in the of
ictice of law. .hi!
Ravage of Boll
ffects of Insect as Seen
Farmers Who Toured ii
By Shelley S. Williams.
Without doubt one of the up]
ost questions in the minds of all
n farmers in South Carolina to
the effect the boll weevil will h
ton next year's cotton crop. V
is question unanswered in
ind, I suggested to our teacher
ripulture at Norway tjiat we g<
xty of farmers and business me]
ir community and make a tout
uth Georgia, where the weevil
ien several years, and see the I
nditions in the weevil district 1
ind. We have plenty of weevils
srway, so we did not go to see th
hat we wanted to investigate
e effect of the weevil on the coi
op, upon the morale of the peo
?on the bankers, farmers, and r
ants, in the weevil district,
anted information, first hand, f
e people who were confronted
oblems similar to our own,
om whom we could get experit
fore our own experience cost us
arly With this idea in view we
it with open minds, with notebc
id with a determination to seek a
formation as would benefit us
nfronting the boll weevil on
en farms in our stores and in
inks.
Our party was composed of re
ntative business men of our sect
follows: W. J. Bass, farmer; jl
-own, farmer; H. P. Fulmer, r
lant, banker and farmer; B. T. (
ik, farmer and ginner; J. J. Sm
rmer; J. T. Walker, farmer; B
illiams, teacher of agriculture
. Williamson, merchant and far
S. Williams, merchant, farmer
rtilizer manufacturer. We had
ch a party of interested busii
en as any small farming town
uth Carolina contained. We
ntly returned from our trip
Fiich we interviewed quite a nun
batokers, farmers and mercha
e traveled 700 miles in two a
obiles, stopped at farms, bai
untry stores, city stores, lives!
rms, warehouses, etc. While
liming to be expert investigatori
lieve we secured a fair knowle
what the boll weevil has done
uth Georgia, and what we mar
ict it to do for our section in
ar future. To those who doubt i
e boll weevil is a power for deva
>n we invite them to take a sim
ip and be convinced as we were
ose who can not spare the time
adly give of our impressions in
llowing summary of what w? ?
aTd and think of Mr. Weevil a
, has taken things i"n his own ]
ssion.
We went by Augusta, Macon, ,
icus, Dawson, Albany, Moull
rton, Hawkiusville, Dublin and t
Augusta. From Augusta to Ma
5 found that the weevil had I
ere only one year and had not
me its greatest damage. Near ]
igeville we found who i
ey had been cut -co b
r plow the second y*ar. From
n down through south Georgia
Sk up to the Dublin section
nd the weevil damage the great
Miles of Disaster.
It was the unanimous opinion ol
r party that through 400 mile;
r trip, south of Macon we did
e one cotton field which we thou
ade enough to pay the fertilizer 1
was a complete knockout for
ofit on cotton through this sect
The season was ideal for the we
le ram and weevil, in the opinioi
uth Georgia farmers, went 50-51
aking a clean sweep of all cot
ofits. We met one farmer in
ad near Dublih, whose field nea
is an awful sight. On asking !
i received the reply: "He eat
And from the apearance of
?ld he told the truth. We saw h
eds upon hundreds of acres of
a fields with large stalks and (
ur or five bolls to the stalk. Bes:
ere were countless stalks \
arcely a boll on them. For miles
w field after field that had pit
weeds to make over a bale
re that did not produce over
iiM/ln /\ C Antinm nnr o
UU'iO UJL DCCU WklUU pel a
here there were any bolls at
ey were located on the limbs of
jed, near the ground? the t
at had developed early, before
jevil got so bad.
We found that where the crop
mted late that the weevil did
eatest damage. At one place
rmer told us that last year on tl
res he had made four bales of
d. This year only 150 pounds
it on the same ground with as m
)rk and more fertilizer. Anol
rmer who heard his statement
led: "Yes, but you did not pi
ur cotton until late in April.'' 1
st farmer agreed that was true,
ire then told that some farmeri
at section who planted early
ade as much as eight bales
DW.
We asked a number of farmer
ey were going to quit cotton. '
variable answer was "No." They
ct t0 plant cotton right on, but
[ cotton. They intend to plant
ten acres to the plow, and in
tion other crops. Cotton will still
e of their money crops, but not
ly money crop. A farm demons
m agent at Tifton told us that
rmers of his county were mak
aney out of half a dozen crops. '
nk deposits at this thriving t(
owed that he was correct, for
the bank presidents told us 1
5 bank had more money than
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I Weevil in Georgia m
All
By Member of South Carolina ]
nfected District m Automobile. I fol
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" any time in the history of the bank,
per- Tifton is in a section where the wee- m8
cot. vil has been several years. The farm- rej
day ers there have about gotton on their we
iave feet again.
/ith| we found a few men who intend Ac
my to plant all cotton right on. At Daw- on
ofison a bank cashier, who is also a er
a farmer, expects to plant 15 acres to ^
a the plow. He said he had learned how
'" to make cottdn in spite of the weevil
has and would rather risk It than prfehuts
:rue or 0ther cjops. He told us, however, "*
'rst that if he should manage his cotton lax
at like he once did that he was satisfied
em- that he would make a dismal failure, ms
was We also met a large farmer at this
lt?n same city who expected to try all cot- rej
Ple- ton again, In spite of the fact that cai
ner" some of his tenants did not make the an;
we rent this year. , up
r0.m In Spite of Weevil.
^ We found that all the farmers we an
ana interviewed were agreed upon the an
}^ce following method of beating the wee?
vil: Turn stalks under early; plant
an early variety of cotton as soon as
>oks danger of frost is over; plant only
iu<j" such acreage as you can cultivate evin
ery week; pick up the first squai-es
0U!| and burn them; fertilize liberally; th<
our do not stake all on cotton, for in spite ?al
of everything you can do if it is a eri
pre- wet season, the weevil will "eat you
ion, up anyway.' ) $1
V. | Th? sweet potato curing house is
ner-; simple.in principle and in operation. Co
Jar-1 it enables the farmer to market his
utn, | potatoes any tijne within seven to
. O. eight months in the year. When con;
J -; structed according to the specification ,
mer j 0'f the department of agriculture, and .
and: properly attended to after construcjust.tion
the potato curing house has p?
less j proven to be over 95 per cent, efin
ficient in keeping potatoes. A curing yei
re-'house thaj will take care of 5,000 ed
on bushels of potatoes can be construct- inj
iber ed for about J2.000. The house may sit
.ma. be constructed of wood and lined on du
uto- aides and ceiling with several plys of pu
nks, pap^r roofing so as to make the houpe ani
tock as near air tight as possible. Howev- we
not er, ventilation must be provided for.
s. w The potatoes are graded and package
ed in crates holding one bushel each. *
for After being crated at the field the po- ad'
ex- tatoes are ready for the cdring house. pri
the The apartment of the curing house we
that contains a stove, and tha temperature th<
sta- of the house must be kept up to 85 hai
illar to 95 degrees for 10 to 14 days, af- ye.
To ter which the normal temperature of pri
we the house with proper attention will j)j]
the suffice to keep the potatoes until
?iw, late in the spring.
fter The curing house at Dublin had
pofl- been in operation for one year, and
the manager said had made money
\m- for the stockholders, besides furnish[rte,
ing a ready market for all the sweet
,aCk potatoes grown in that section. It was en
icon operated in this manner: All the in
,eou farmers planted the same variety of ho
yet P"i?vww, viz,, me rueuu nau j ouio, civ
Mil. graded and crated their potatoes in : f0i
said crates furnished by the warehouse at; (
ales Iff cents each. If the farmer wanted1
Ma- to sell his potatoes on carrying them | 1
and to warehouse the manager bought or
we them on the spot for 80 cents per,ot'
est. bushel; if he wanted to hold till later
he agreed to pay the warehouseman'
. jj 15 cents per bushel for curing, stor-;
3' , ing and selling his potatoes. This
3no't warehouse cured 1,500 bushels last;
h{ season and sold out all the potatoes'
in the spring for $1.50 per bushel f. ,
any ?" warehouse.
jon Arrayed against the damag^e done!
j t0 cotton in Georgia by the boll wee-i .
1 of vil is the credit which must be given 810
j in this insect for the establishment of,
Ltoa six packing houses, located at the fol-j
thp lowing places, viz: Macon, Savannah,;
_rv IStateeboro, Waycross, Moultrie anci |
if, * Tifton.
11 The packing plant at Moultrie,
us which we visited was begun by pri-'gU(
hls vate capital and was a success be-1 ,
iun" fore Swift & Co., bought it out. This'
cot" company has already invested $1,000, j(
y 000 in this plant in enlargement, etc. 19
l.8 and contemplates further improve-; **e(
ments making it one of the best in j net
the country. They now employ abou< :abl
mtysj 450 hands daily. wa
P*1" The plant at Tifton had a similar chi
200 experience to the packing plant atjha
cr?: Orangeburg. It was operated only a m
911 short while before it was hopelessly f
, in debt. It was then sold out to Ar- .
rplf mour Co., and this company is now 183
the running the plant.
To the South Carolina farmer who eat
was hesitates to raise hogs because the ed
its packing house plant at Orangeburg is for
a not in operation we would like to rui
iree cite one instance we came across at cer
cot- Dublin, Ga. At this progressive little ^is
of city we found the chamber of comuch
merce very live and awake in getting
:her not. only markets but the best mar- pi
re- kets for everything that the farmer ,,p(
[ant brings to town. The same day we
rne were in this city the secretary of the
We chamber of commerce, who was also
3 in connected with the local stock yard, 1
bad (old us that hogs were being shipper
ped from that place through South jja
Carolina to Wilmington, N. C., be-!Th
s if cause the market was better there on ! T .
The that day. :JOJ
ex- To Beat Weevil. I '
not The most hopeful sign we saw in Pa
five south Georgia for combating the wee- J
ad- vil was the splendid cooperation be- Bei
I be tween the towns and the surrounding Pie
the country in the securing markets for lor
tra- every commodity that the farmers ace
the bring to town. The live wire secre- j
:i?? tary of the chamber of commerce at jja
rhe Moultrie, Ga., told us that realizing Hu
>wn that this town was situated in a far- t
one ming section that they did not spend T _
hat } J?r
at (Continued on page four. ) Qu
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MSTER HAS STRICT RULES.
emlale Preacher Requires Health
Certificate for Marriage.
In last week's Allendale Sentinel (
; Rev. Rufus Morgan pubfishes the
lowing statement of his position
regard to performing the marriage
emony.
'The reason I did not perform the
irriage ceremony for the couple as
>orted In The Sentinel of two!
eks ago is this:
"The church part in such a cere-j
>ny is to pronounce God's blessing;
the couple who are to live togeth-.
as man and wife. If It is to be more
in empty form the church's reprertative
(the minister) should try,,
avoid pronouncing a blessing upon
ything which according to God's:
vs, can not be a curse.
"In following such precaution I
ike some very simple rules:
"1. I require a certificate from a
>utable physician that the appliit
is free from venereal disease or
y disease which will bring a curse
on the couple or their offspring.
"2. I require adequate notice to
ow me to Investigate the character j
d former life of the applicants.
"3. Of course J do not perform
3 ceremony for a divorced person.
"These should be laws of the state (
well as laws of the church. So far,
sy are laws of neither. So I make,
i rules for my ministrations for the j
lie of the present and coming genition.
A. Rufus Morgan. '
: '?o :
00,000 FOR DILLON OFFICE.
ngressman Stoll Asks for Appropriation
for Completlon#of Dillon
Postoffice.
Congressman Stoll introduced a bill
ting for |100,000 to Construct a|
stoffice at Dillon. The iite was purised
by the government several
irs ago and the appropriation askfor
Mr. Stoll will be used in erect;
the building. Shortly after the
e was purchased a bill was intro-1
ced asking for $25,000 for building
rposes, but this stun was inadequate ,
ri a committee of Dillon citizens
nt t0 Washington and askfed that
be stricken from the bill. The war;
ne glong find the government |
opted the policy of making appro-j
iations (only for those things that:
re necessary in tile prosecution of,
> war. and hpni?? q nnPnnrlotinn
, c **U -KI'* ,
3 been availably for the past three,
ire. Mr. Stoll askes for an appro-;
ation of 1100,000 which will give
lion a creditable postoffice buildr,
if the item is allowed to stand as
is. 4 /
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Of Interest to Soldiers.
Under an act of congress, every.
listed man in the American army;
yie recent war was entitled, upon
norable discharge, and return to;
ilian life, to permanently re'aiu the j
lowing property:
One overseas cap (for all enlisted j
m who have had service overseas) 1
one hat and one hat cord for all i
ler enlisted men.
-u J- ? ' * *
wue oiive arao snirt.
One service coat and ornaments..
One pair breeches.
One pair shoes.
One pair leggins.
One barrack bag.
Three scarlet chevrons.
One waist belt.
One set toilet articles, if in possesn'wh^n
discharged.)
One slicker.
One overcoat.
One pair gloves.
Two suits underwear.
Four pair stockings.
One gas mask and helmet (if is-.
ed overseas.) ,
[f any soldiei did not secure all of
? above property on discharge, he!
now entitled to receive it. Upon j
luest of any soldier I will send the
cessary blank to be filled out to en- j
le him to obtain any property which
s not given to him upon his disirge.
Officers and enlisted men who
ve returned the gas mask or helt
may make similar application
these articles that they may be
ued if available.
Under the. same act of congress,!
:h enlisted man honorably dischargj
since November 11, 1918, and be- j
e the passage of the act of Febiry
28, 1919, is entitled to five
its per mile from the place of his
charge to his actual residence; and
he did not receive this mileage
an his discharge, he may obtain it
an filing proper application..
Yours verytruly,
Philip H. Stoll.
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Honor Roll Fork Graded School.
1st. Grade?Mary Kate McQueen,:
ttie LeeBeth?a, Annie Amnions,!
eodore Jones, Olive Cole, Cecil
inson, Harvey Lupo.
Advance 1st. ? Louis Ammons,'
ul Pierce, Lancaster Calder.
2nd. Grade?Raeford Herring,
niel Rogers, Marvin Bryant, Ellis
;rce, Frances Jones, Hagood Tay,
Victorie Byrd, >Vlpha Tarte, Hori
Boone. :
Ird. Grade.?Alma Bryant, Dora'
yes, Mary Byrd, Kelly Byrd, Eva
ggini.
Ith. Grade?Clara Bethea, Lillian ?
les, Kathleen Rogers, Wilbur Mc- i
een, Arthur King.
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6H1MEIT ESTIMATE (
WR0N6, SAYS MIXBR
HOLDS THAT TEXAS KA1NS HKDVCED
CHOP CONSIDERABLY.
Head ol' Cotton Association Not Willingto
Accept Government
Figures as Pinal.
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Columbia, Dec. 22?The government
estimate of the 1919 cotton crop
is sharply criticised by R. M. Mixson.
president of the South Carolina Cotton
Association in a statement issued j
here. The production is estimated hT
Col. Mixson at 9,324,373 bales. He
says that he does not believe there
will be 8,000,000 bales of splnnable
cotton marketed out of the crop.
"1 spent, August, September, October
and November in the west ha
the interests of the American Cotton
Association/' said ColeMixson In hia
statement. "I travelled all over Texas,
Louisiana, a large part of Alabama
and the cotton section of Florida.
I also went into Tennessee and.
Arkansas. I studied the cotton crop
closely. Everywhere I went the crop
was poor. I found the largest abandoned
acreage ever known in the history
of cotton planting. Stock was
turned into thousands of acrea to
graxe.
"After a thorough canvass"1 and
careful study of cro?" conditions Z
made an estimate of the probafito
crop t>f 9,489,350 bales for the erop
of 1919, based on ginning figures of
8,833,712 bales to December 1st.
"I am so well satisfied that Ibe
government is in error in placing the
probable crop at 11,030,000 halo*
that I am going to challenge these figures
and let the thinking nennle (lrnw
their own deductions.
"For the laqt three years the gin- . %
ning to December 1 and the finaE
yields were as fellow's: In 1918, gipnings
to December 1 were 9,6-57,4*4.
bales and the total crop was 11,906*- $
480 bales, showing that nearly .20 per Jig
cent was ginned after December 1;
In 1917 ginnings to December 1 were
9,713,520 and the total crop was 11,248,242
bales, showing that about:
11 per cent was ginned after December
1; in 1916 ginnings to December
1 were 10,352,03l' and the total crop
was 11,363,915 bales, showing that
about 9 per cent was ginned after
December 1. Never in the history off.
cotton ginning has there been such ?l
large percentage of the crop ginned
up to December 1 as has been thia
year. .
"The States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama have
practically finished gathering their
crops by that time. The states of Tennessee,
Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma
were nearer through picking:
than they had ever been before. Missouri,
Virginia, California, Arizona
produce but little, and they had gatb
ered the larger part of their crop oia
December 1. The South had less cot- J
ton to gather and gin than ever in
the history of the business.
"I do not believe that taking the
entire cotton producing section into
account that there was ever 5 per cent,
kept to gin after December 1. Now
lets take the crop of 1919. On December
1 the government report showed
8,833,712 bales ginned. Add 10 per
cent to these figures to cotton remaining
to be ginned after December
1 and you would have a crop of .
815,035 bales; add 7 1-2 per cent
for crop to be ginned after December1
1 and you would have 9,569,70S
bales, but, add 5 per cent to December
1 ginning figures which in my
opinion, is nearer correct, and yoa
would have a crop of 9,324,373 bales
for 1919.
"There is another thing I would
like to call your attention to. Th<e
West has had e*cessive rains all thc?
f*ll, hundreds of thousands of bales
of cotton sprouted in the stalks there.
lore, you wouia una me v*** 4
centage of dog-tail, unspinnable cot? \
ton in the crop than has ever beee *
gathered before.
."I do not believe that there will'
be 8,000,000 balee of spinnable eatton
marketed out of this crop. Take
this with the large demand of spinnable
cotton and where will the price
of cotton go to?"
6th. Grade?Beatrice Hood.
8th. Grade?Alma Rogers, CarrieTarte.
10th. Grade?Genevieve Rogers;
Thelma Rogers.
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Manager Loveil of the Occidental
Cafe has Durchased a verv fine elfee
trie piano. The instrument. cos*
$1600 and there are only six of its.kind
in the state. Thr instrument
which is handsomely finished in mahogany
operates a piano and violin
at the same time, the piano acting as
an accompaniment' to the violin.
Mr. L. C. Braddy says he called orr
his friend Worth Burns the other day %
and he had just finished gathering
corn. He says he had the pleasure of
seeing the largest barn of corn he had
seen in ten years. He says there were
not less than from 1800 to2000 bushels
of corn in the barn. Mr. Braddy
says Mr. Burns makes his hog and
hominy at home. * JII
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