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H IWTO FI6111Tt By J. E. Trevathan,'Cou . ft is more than probable that evory W1me6 In taurens county is now ready to believe that the boll weevil problem is a serious one, not only in the lower counties where the farmers ai'e making one or two bales of cotton to 'the plow, ,but also right here in Laurens county where 'we will prob ably make at least half a crop this year. Realizing the boll weevil prob lem as a serious one we should do all in our power to face the issue with our eyes open. One of the chief topics of discussion at the County Agents' Conference at Clemsbn Collego last week was the .boll weevil problem. After studying .thig' question from every angle, I am convinced that the most serious mistake a cotton farmer could make would be to quit growing cotton to plunge headlong into grow "lg some other crop with which he is not familiar. It is almost as serious to make a crop and fail in the selling of it, as It is to fail in the making of the crop. We have not developed mar kets yet for any crop except cotton. I therefore advise the farmers to go slowly i making the change from the all cotton system of farming. It is very essential that we no longer de pend upon cotton alone, but we should not go too heavily into other things next year. Since it Is important that we grow some cotton next year, it is more than important that we control the boll weevil to such an extent as to enable us to make a fair crop. There is nothing that we can do that will extorminate all the boll wee vils. The boll weevil is here to stay. We can only hospe to control the pest. The extent of damage the nweevil will do in this county next year will de pend upon the severity of the winter, weather conditions next usnmer, and the vim with which we fight the wee vil now. Several kinds of poisons, traps, and other things are being advertised t< fight the boll weevil, but none of thest have ever .proved sufficiently profitable to have been adopted to any extent b. the big cotton growers .further soutl" where the weevil has been at worl for several years. There are severa To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HOl4ib a cough medicine which stops the coughby healing the inflamed and irritated tilisues A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throal of children suffering from a Cold or Croup The healing effect of Hayes' Healing Honey In. aide the throat combined with the healing effect o Grove's O-Pen-Trete Salve through the pores o the skin soon stops a cough. Both remedies are packed in one carton and the coat of the combined treatment Is 35s. Just ask your druggist for IhAYES HEALING HONEY. Always C Good Mechani< on Any Kind Henry Coy "Take go and say tuy dhe grade t A Often the medium CZYPI THE WOO] are exactly thze thin~ in your paying for is needed far irst-cl job. And it's just1 your lumber buyinj advantage over tho: and order "some b< costs. Your nearest you honest advice. Write us for list of FREE Southern Cypress Mi IYOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL SUPP) H ASN'T ENOUCHJ~ CYPRESS LET USi BIE BOLL WEEVIL nty Farm Demonstrator I instances on record - where calcium arsenate dust has been used to advan- a tage on cotton that would produce a C .bale of cottogi to the acre, but even a then the poisbn ls dependent upon I weather conditions, making it so un- p certain ad to be impractical for gen eral recommendation. b Picking up squares early in the sea- } son is valuable if labor is cheap, but 'I this alone 'will he worthless. It must d be supplemented with a better system N of farm management than has ever c before been practiced this <!ounty. f If 'this system of farm management is I carried out it will mean good farming g and good living in spite of the boll e weevil. The most effedtive thing that each t individual farmer can do to control the boll weevil is to destroy his winter t quarters. Most of the weevils spend the winter right in the obtton field in the old bolls that are left hanging to the stalks. Some of them hide in the grass and weeds on the terraces and ditch banks, some around, in, or under houses near cotton fields, and others in the rubbish and under the .bark of trees near the cotton fields. Most of the weevils will be destroyed by plow ing under all the cotton stalks as soon, as cotton is -picked and before the last brood of weevils have left the old bolls. Weevils can not live under the ground through the winter. They will die if plowed under with a two-horse plow. In case it is impossible to get all the stalks plowed under by frost, then some cover crop should be plant ed between the cotton rows, as it has been found that very few weevils live through the winter where a green erop is -growing. Where this system is practiced the stalks should be cut down and left lying on the ground in the crop .f oats, rye, vetch, wheat, or clover as the case may be. Under these conditions most of the weevils will perish during the winter. Under no circumstances should a langle field of cotton stalks be left standing through the winter, because standing cotton stalks furnish the best winter hotel for weevils that they can desire. l After destroying the weevils in the cotton fields by turning under the stalks or cutting them down into a green cover crop, then the ditch banks and terraces should he cleaned by burning or otherwise. Remember the best time to control the weevil is now. Plow under your stalks as fast as the pickers get over. Keep the plow up with the pickers. This is 'important. Sow, as much of your land as possible into wheat, oats, rye, clover, and vetch. The Cleveland Big Boll Cotton is recommended for uso in this county, to use under 1holl weevil conditions. Plant as early as practicable next n The 'Job s and Fair Prices of Automobile nt's Garage zd advice easob ~at fts th~e jo6!" or lower grades of SE SS 3 ETERNAU' . There's nlQ object a higher grade th an ass results on a given this selective skill in i that gives you your ie who merely go out ward s." You cut your retail yard will give So will we.. PLANS for farm buildings. Frs.'Assn. s. .. ide ~.Y YOU. IF 11 ,.le, runOwArOnCr. wring,, use fertilizer with some soda t planting time and rush the cotton maturity. Late applications of soda as been found fatal under' boll woe il conditions as it delays maturity. The early weevils should be kept ickod off the cotton In the spring anid unimer before they lay the first .brod. no of these weevils will be worth as ich as hundreds of the later broods. :eep the early punctured squzIares icked and destroyed. Under boll weevil gonditions it will o impossible as well as impractical grow' a normal acreage of cotton. 'bere is too groat a risk to run to opend entirely upon cotton next year. Ve should start now to make the lange from the all cotton syster i of arming by sowing winter cover crops. acih family should keep at least' one 00(1 cow and about two sows to help at the crops to be grown this winter. 'hose, will help to furnish cheap food o the family. Crop rotation should be practiced as this will also help to con rol the weevil, as well as furnish ther crops to sell. LANFORI) NEWS * * * * * * "4 * * * * *" Lanford, Oct. 10.-Rev. J. M. Robert on filled his regular appointment Sun lay afternoon and his committees are loing -good work in securing funds to lave their reports ready for the clos ng of this conference year. Mrs. Stella Bomar has returned 1ome after a very pleasant visit to relatives and friends at Tryon, Inman ind Spartanburg, and reports a most lelightful trip. Miss Grace DdShields, of Lander college, npent tlhe wek-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. leShields. Mrs. Lillie Rogers is in Laurens visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Drummond and their little daughter. Mr. B. W. Johnson and family, of Arcadia, and 'Mr. .1. Vance Johnson, of Clinton, were the guests of their par ents last Sunday. Mrs. Sallie Payne, Mrs. lix Connor, Miss Jessie RIhea and Mr. Joe Payne, of -Greenwood, were guests at the home of MIr. I. M. Johnson last Sun lay. Mrs. Othello Payne, who has been spending a few (lays with her father, accompanied them back to their home in Greenwood. .Mr. .L. U. Moore and family, of Spar tanburg, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rt.. Franks Sunday. Mrs. J. S. Iliggins went to Spartan burg Sunday to see her brother, Mr 1L T. Jenguson. Messrs. L. M. Cannon, J. ). Johnson C. D. Cox, J. It. 'Franks, J. T. Blurges) and M. Fleming and others attendee the singing at iEioree. All report a fine day and the best of singing. Mr. and Mrs. 1)on Burns, of Barks dale, spent Sunday with Mrs. O. F Fowler, who was not so very well. Mrs. M. W. Fowler and Miss Carryc J'owler 'were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. O)rmnimond. Miss Mary Drummond i5 slowly im proving. .Miss Rob~inell Ccx entertained quite a crowd -of her little frienlds Saturday afternloonl at a birthlday p~arty. .Miss i'aulino WValdrep and( Miss Ma rgaret Drummond11( atteinded from lierie. S eeee 55 beb * e b * ORA NEWS * .b* * e b * * bbSe Orai, Oct. 10.-Miss Margaret lBlake 13', whoi( teaches in the Greeniville schools, accompanied by her sister, Miss Isabel, wile has a buinessC5 posi tioni In Greenviile, camei hiome for the week-end. A numb1er of younig nien miadle upleas. anit visits to our town this week-end. Among them were Messrs. Nat Good wtin, of U1nion; Ashbuiry, of Gii'eenville; (Gladdhing, oif New York; -McGowan, of Waterloo. Miss Julia Lee Finley, of McCor mick, and Miss Isla Coleman, of Latta, are tile teachers here this sessionl. We wish for these younig ladies a nimost suiccessfunl school year. A School Iniprovement. Associat ion has been organizedi with the( followilng officer's: Mfrs. 'I~uphemi~a liryson, pres idlenit; Miss Finley, vice-P'res, and( see ret ariy; and1 Misa Col eman, trieasu rer, With a six thiousand~ dlollar school buildisg in tihe process of erection, to bo furinshed and eqipp~edl, and school g~rounIds to 1)0 made(1 attractive, the as sociation expects to be occupied with Misses Nannie and~ 1llzabeth Mc-Clin-. tock have been sp~eninlg sonie weeks at home. On Sept. 23, Milss 1llzabeth Martin Rnd Mr. Wilkins, of Gaffidey, were mnarriedl in Spartanburg by the R1ey. Mr-. Farmer. The groom is a pr-ogres-. Fiye yong business man, a-..partner of W. J. 'Wilkins Co. The bride is I~eautifull andl winsome, andl Mr. WVil khis is to .be congratulated up1oni win ning lior. She Is the only daughter of Mdr, and Mrs. 'P. 0. Martin. To "Aunt hula" and to many others in the town and county she brought joy and sun ahine and she will be greatly missed hero as she Igoes to her new homel in 3affney. ~TM, Wells Clar The Family This House of Good Sho, Shoes and the best of 5 member of the Family. There's no Shoe require Young Feet that we can tail. Back of every Shoe we guarantee to right any w] 'A GOOD PLA( I TE ELECTRI BAKE OF LAUR] WILL BE OPEN *WEDNESDA Wit] Full Line of Bread Of Superi< Vienna Bread Cinnamon Rye Bread Cream Bar RaisinBreadFruit Bars French Bread CrandPf Poppy Seed Bread Ccoanut 1' Graham Bread Chocolate Parker House Rolls *Lady Finge WE USE NO O LE OMA R WE SOLICIT YOL ELECT RIK MA! OPPOSITE POST OFFICE ''Just Taste the p8 dy Co. Shoe Store es provides the best of hoe Service for every ment for Old Feet or not satisfy in every de sell, stands our strong ong, should one occur. .E TO TRADE" [E K MAID SHOP, ENS, S. C. FOR BUSINESS LY, OCT. 12 Exa Rolls and Pastry >Quality Rolls Sugar Cookies S Pan Cakes Totten Cake caroons Devils Food Cake 4acaroons Layer Cake Eclairs Raisin Cake rs Angel Cake, etc. G AR INE IN OUR SHOP IR PATRONAGE D BAKE SHOP LAURENS, S, C. D iffeareance"'