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She (Eoimtg tUrrorb W. F. Tolley & L. H. Cromer. Jr. Publishers, Entered at the postoffice at Kings tree, S. C. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION' RATES STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Single copy one year 51.50 Single copy, six months 75 Single copy, three months 50 TELEPHONE NO. 83. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1920 Something must have happened in the sanctum of the LaKe L/iiy News, as we note the name of "Watson D. McElveen, editor" has taken the place of J. E. Stokfs at the mast head of that paper. | OF INTEREST TO FARMERS, j | Edited by T. M. Cathcart j Probable Loss From Weevil in 1920 " If one knew just what kijid of weather we are going to have from now until the latter part of next August, it wouldn't be such a hard matter to decide on what to plant and how much cotton to plant. If we have cold weather from now on and a very dry July and August we may expect to make a good crop of cotton this year, but if on the other hand we don't have very much cold weather and a wet July and August we will have conditions ideal for Mr. Boll Weevil, and may expect great damage from him this year in Williamsburg county. Every farmer should sit down and think the situation over seriously before planting "one more big crop." It is a gamblers chance you will take. Wouldn't it be much safer to follow a safe farming plan under weevil conditions. Plant from seven to ten acres of cotton per plow. You .can handle this much and will in all probability make more cotton than if you had planted 15 acres per plow. A safe farming program for this county is given below. Taking for granted that this is going to be a rather mild winter and a wet July and August. Prof. A. F. Conradi. State entmologist, has figured out the loss that you may expect if weather conditions are entirely favorable for the boll weevil. Prof. Conradi figures Williamsburg county will be damaged 40 per cent, or 10,kolao u-hii>li monnc a cash loss of $1,890,000 to 2,160,000. Total loss to the State of South Carolina is estimated at $32,557,750 to $37,210,000. Boll Weevil and sound farming measures for the average farm in Williamsburg county for 1920. At the boll weevil conference of farmers, merchants, bankers and others held in the court house three weeks ago safe farming under boll weevil conditions was discussed thoroughly by specialists from Clemson "College, the United States department of agriculture and local farmers, and bankers. A safe farming program was submitted at this meeting and unanimously adopted. This program is as follows : Crops. Per plow: 7 to 10 acres cotton. 8 acres corn, beans and peas. > 3 acres oats and peas. 1 acre sweet potatoes. 1 acres sorghum or ribbon cane for syrup. Garden, orchard, poultry and bees i sufficient to supply each farm with these products.' Live Stock I 1. A sow to the plow and for every j family a cow. 2. Elimination of all scrub sires in live stock production. (a). Organization of Bull Association. (b). Every farmer to join the Xat'onal "Better Sires?Better Stock" | crusade as quickly as he can qualify. 3. Without the growing on the s farm of sufficient feeds and pasture : crops, no live stock production is pro- ! ^ ? li table. - 7 ' : 4. Feed, steers where possible - to | run them, on velvet bean fields. Market 1. The organization of an association of farmers and other business 1 men to look after the standardization, ! preparation and marketing of the ad- j ditional money crops recommended above for this county, (where this has not already been done). 2. The expansion of the State anil National cotton warehouse systems so as to take care of the needs of the warehouse in this county. The above program if followed means success and prosperity for the farmers, merchants and bankers in Williamsburg county, while on the {pther hand "one more big cotton fcrop" means failure. Lets have for bur slogan ^rom this very day on ''Diversify and Xhe at Home". If .this slogan is carried out by every farmer it will mean, prosperity, a banh mmt? better aahatla . ment, less worry and hard work, better roads, more and better live stock, etc. Now is the time to pull out of the old rut and make the change for the better, for after you have planted i one more big crop of cotton and Mr. Weevil cats up the profit and more j besides it will be too late then to i change. Mr. Farmer, Mr. Merchant, i Mr. Banker, what are you going to do? Did It Pay To Burn Forests? Why are the forestsall ablaze? This is a Question that has been ask- ( o<I me many times during the past month. From the most reliable j sources comes this answer" burning boll weevils." It is true that a great many weevils have gone up in flames this fall and winter, but the question is whether more damage has been j done by burning the timber over than would have been done by the weevils.; Millions of dollars worth of good timber has been burned, and thousands 'of acres of forests have been ruined. The damage done to the forests far exceeds the damage that would have been done next summer by the weevils destroyed by these fires. Many, many more weevils would have been destroyed if every farmer had turned his cotton land as soon as he was through picking. All of the weevils haven't been destroyed by any means. Mr. W. 1). Daniels, of the Indiantown neighborhood was in the office the, other day and he had an interesting story to tell. From one to six live adult weevils in each large cuckleburr bush pulled up is what Mr. Daniels; found on his place. He also found f weevils on his neighbors places in the same way. The weevils are having an eacy time wintering over this year. We have had very little cold ' weather, and they'have ideal wintering quarters which haven't been disturbed. and in most cases now won't 1 be disturbed until early spring, and 1 then it will be warm enough for him to make a move. If possible before j rainy weather sets in plow your j fields. This will kill many weevils. | ; Funny Things in Kansas Funny things happen in Kansas, some-times. ' "Four high school girls of Columbus. Kan., went in cahoots and bought a turkey for Christmas dinner. None of the girls had the nerve i to chop off the bird's head so they i chloroformed it. although the turkey ] nearly wrecked the premises before , he quit flopping. Then the girls dry , picked the gobbler and put the car- ' cass in the clothes closet to remain \ until ready to be dressed and roasted. A few hours later one of t;he girls went to the closet to get some arti- i cle of apparel, and when she opened ., the door, the turkey (having recov-|; ered from the insufficient anesthetic) j calmly walked out without a stitch ;, on!" o NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCK- , HOLDERS TO INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a meeting of the stockholders of I the Hodges-Graham Company, a cor poration under the laws of South ; South Carolina, will be held on the 6th day of March, 1920, in the office of the said Hodges-Graham Company in Cades, S. C., for the purpose of < considering the increase of1 the capi- < tal stock of said corporation from 1 $15,000.00 to $25,000.00 I Dated at Cades, S. C., on this the i 4th day of February, 1920. < W. L HODGES, J. J. M. GRAHAM, JR., 2-5-5tc. Board of Directors. , I BUT IT DOES NO GOOD ' IT IS PUT INTO CIRCULATIO UNTIL YOU ARE READY B A SAFE, PATRIOTIC DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WHERE THEY WII CREDITS ON WHICH TO FINA BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. YOUR FUNDS DEPOSITE BE SAFE, IMMEDIATELY AY1 ING THEIR FULL PATRIOTS IHHBtoHMHMHMIWVji KING HARDWARE CO, INC. | NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION Pursuant to and under the authority of the Commission issued by the Hon. W. Banks Dove, Secretary of State, dated January . 1920, books of subscription to the Capital Stock of the King Hardware Company, a corporation to be created, organized and chartered under and in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina, and with the rights, powers and privileges set forth in the Declaration and petition heretofore filed, will be opened at the office of the King Hardware Company, in Johnsonville, S. C, on Saturday, February 7th. 1920, at noon. The proposed capital stock of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars will be divided into one hundred (100) shares of the par value of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars each. J. W. KING. Kingsburg, C. H. KING, Kingsbur, J. W. KING, Jr., Johnsonville, 2-5-It. Corporators. THE ENTERPRISE BRICK CO. Corporators Notice of Opening of j Books of Subscription. Pursuant to a commission issued to the undersigned board of corporators by W. Banks Dove, Secretary of State, dated January 30th, books of subscription will be #opened to the capital stock of The Enterprise Brick Co., of Johnsonville, S. C., at 10:00 o'clock A. M., Saturday, February 14tJ|, at the offices of The Bank of Johnsonville, Johnsonville, S. C, The capital stock of the said Enterprise Brick Co., to be Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars divided into two hundred (200) shares of the par value of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars each. \ir i ui:mv? TI . U. UUUUAiiUf J. W. WILLIAMS, I A. R. tANE, 2-5-It. | Board of Corporators. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF : PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore composed of W. A. McCIam and L. D. Rodgers, trading under the firm name of McCIam & Rodgers of Kingstree, S. C., has this day by mutual consent, been dissolved. S. B. Rodgers having purchased the interest of W. A. McCIam. The business will be continued under the name of Rodgers and Rodgers. The new firm of Rodgers and Rodgers has assumed all liabilities of the former partnership and all accounts should be paid to them, and from and after this date the said W. A. McCIam shall not be liable for any obligations or liabilities of the said partnership. Dated at Kingstree, S. C., this 28th day of January 1920. (Signed) W. A. McCLAM, L. D. RODGERS, S. B. RODGERS, 2-5-4t. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR * FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned S. B. Poston, administrator of the Estate, H. A. Lewis, deceased, will on the 23rd, day of February A. D. 1920; make a final settlement as such administrator, and secure letters dismissory. S. B. POSTON, Administrator of the Estate of H. A. Lewis, deceased. l-22-5tp. BU B B..*iiLmm!t?UL.Hffi ro save money unless g n in some way. m to invest your savings u ory for them is a bank jL stand for increased * nce recontruction and d with this bank will g ulable and will be do- | c duty. g bHHMHR)PPilMi L^i L^i I * p^ i ywaWTiiti nnprnii?^fl V Cv/a I ^ 4 I P |J T L^l iVmHB = I 1 U^Cl WITH \ OF Bt XITUI . IM1'R( TION; ENDE. YOU, J And AS TE ERA ( GREA TREE I TO EX TO YO TOWN , THEY HAS A SIBLE ? EFFOI SUCCI REQU YOUR SHIP. ALargi TE NOW .. . , . , RUGS, SPRIN WELL comp: hous] . tion < 1 Kingstree F Next door to Postoflice, I v ' - w ? I her t . ? THE INCREASE IN ITS VOLUME rSINESS, THE KINGSTREE FURJE COMPANY WILL OFFER AN \ DYED SERVICE AND CO-OPERAAND IT WILL BE ITS CONSTANT I * AYOR NOT ONLY TO SELL TO BUT ALSO TO SERVE YOU. ' So, * IE NEW YEAR BRINGS ON .AN )F EXTENDED ENDEAVOR AND ' i TER USEFULNESS, THE KINGSFURNITURE COMPANY WISHES * PRESS ITS DEEP APPRECIATION . U AND TO THE PEOPLE o* the J . AND COUNTY IN GENERAL FOR, EARS OF LOYAL SUPPORT THAT IADE OUR DEVELOPMENT POS, AND PLEDGES ITSELF TO AN IT TO SERVE YOU BETTER EACH JEDING YEAR, AND EARNESTLY I ESTS THE CONTINUANCE OF CO-OPERATION AND FRIEND- H e Stock I [EY HAVE FOR YOUR APPROVAL II FULL LINE OF BLANKETS AND 11 MATTRESSES AND NATIONAL 11, iGS, IRON AND WOOD BEDS, AS II AS THE LARGEST AND MOST I ttvtei rvc PTTPXTTTtTOTf: AND !i I iHi I Hi JUJLLNJH VI J-' E FURNISHINGS IN THIS SEC-. QF THE STATE. v urniture Co, KINGSTREE, S. C. sssssas^l * j* [ " V ' r" ' .' ' y - 3