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The News and Herald. WINNSBORO, S. C. P. M. DEES Editor and Publisher Entered in the post office at Winns boro, S. C., as second class mail mat ter. $2.oo PER YEAR IN ADVANCE HELPING DEFEAT THE WEEVIL Much is being said all over the State about a co-operative drive a gainst the boll weevil. Counties are being laid off in districts and speak ers and demonstrator s obtained to carry home the importance of this move. Much good will be accomplish ed. But, in addition to that, we want to make a suggestion that is not the most important work in connection with this work; first things should come first, and there is a prime ne cessity which should be considered, the upbuilding of the soil-the "ground-work" of the campaign, ro to speak. We are not a farmer or a demon strator, and yet we are confident that we have an insight into this problem and its solution. This conclusion ha3 come from reading, discussion with experts, and observation of result of experiments. There were good crops made in this county by some farmers this year, and we do not go so far as to say that'all the good far mers made crops, nor all the failures came from the efforts of poor far mers. The same condition has been noted in other sections of the State. But wherever it.was that good crops were made, there was one common thing involved, these farmers had been building their soil, or at least putting back as much as they took out, and had practiced rotation with crobs that tended to increase rapid growth and productivity. In other words his success is not the result of what he has done after, but what he did BEFORE THE WEEVIL CAME. Since that time he has only been carrying on what was already begun. Another thing we have observed, and that is successes with cotton are now obtained by big farmers, those who command large forces of labor, reserve stock, modern implements, and reserve cash-those who could afford to let their land rest over a season from a money crop with a soil builder, and mostly, but in not all cases, those who inherited their real or r ityofi an-did not have to farm it to death to pay Yur it at the same time they were making a living. But the man who is callel the small farmer has spent his life paying for a piece of land; while ov er that out of its same fruits he had to live; and naturally as the further he went the greater would be his loss if he failed, he could not take chance in soil building, but had to dig out of it every year enough to satisfy the demands of his creditors. Now he has to pay again for being forc ed to extract yearly every ounce of productivity in order to dleliver so) many pounds of lint cotton to be ap plied on the purchase price of his land. Now in order to cope with a serious situation, he has to do after the weevil came what the rich man could afford to do before the weev'l came. At the first declaration of War between England and Germany some farsighted statesmen went up and down the land preaching "Pre paredness", but the admonition being indifferently neglected, we had to raise and train an army after the United States entered the conflict. The small farmer could not prepare because he had that debt which ha~d to be paid every year. He could not afford to experiment. What is to become of him ? We assert and defy contradliction that the small property holders, collective ly, are the backbone of America. They are the foundation of our eco nomic structure. Did you ever see the concrete of a building foundation made of huge stones, with big gaps and vacant places between the meet ing points ? The material is small -rocks of uniform size, with the great est overlapping of contact. In wall, the bricks are laid with over lapping joints. The whole assembling may be lifted up, but it takes unde lieveable pressure to crush it down: one or even many brick or stone may be removed anti its removal will scarcely even alter the appearance of the structure. Suppose a building were made of mammoth stones. How many could be taken out without the~ whole thing falling ? So it is in a community. Divide one section of 10,000 acres among one hundred far mers, and another of like size amon~g 10 farmers, then let adversity of an:y nature come and see which becomes bankrupt first. This small farmer needs help. He needs strong medicine-financial help. not advice. He needs to build up his land so that it will produce early be fore the big weevil damage. But hosv is he to live while doing it ? The State of South Carolina has a bad case of boll weevil boils. Poisoning and picking up squares and sprays and conjures are local antiseptics. She has got to tone up the condition of her soil. When she does that all these little sores can never become an organic affliction but can be held as only a local rash. But how can it be done ? Let's tear a.leaf out of Uncle Sam's book. At the outbreak of the War the greatest need was for ships. Many conractors agreed to buili ships if the government would lend them the money to buy equipment. Ships were built under government. inspection to overflowing the deman. The money loaned was rapid, and the contractors then made their profit. Can not the State of South Carolina make an appropriation, or private capital be incorporated, for advanciing yearly to small land-owning farme.3 the money necessary to live and raisu the productivity of his land. The far mer will make application for this aid in the same manner as to the Fel. eral Land Bank, pledging as security, his equity in the land. Until his lan.! is in condition to make cotton success fully he is to work under the direc tion of an agent of the State, who shall tell him what crops to plant and how to cultivate them in order to make a living and at the same time raise the value of his land. Beginn ing with the fourth year the farmer must begin to repay the loan, and he will then be in better shape to pay back the money-to carry the double load-than he now is to make only a living and pay taxes. Is South Carolina to become bank rupt because of the weevil? Is land which heretofore made large returns to be confiscated for taxes, with no bidders? All investment values are based on earning capacity, and no body wants an investment with no dividends. Most emphatically, No' South Carolina will get out of thi, financial predicament, but the welfare of her common, everyday, working farmers must be protected. They have been our pillars of strength, and on them still must be the weight of ur establishment. OUR NEW ROAD SYSTEM Whether or not the people-of Fair field realized the full significance of their action when they voted five hundred thousand dollars for build ing roads is a question. Of course.. the result that was ever in mind was their own benefit. However, wh..i the Chamber of Commerce of a, neigh boring city prepares a banque.t to cei-. brate progress in Fairfield county, it brings to our mind more emphati ally that just as we are progressive so are we advancing the welfare of the whole State; and just as we are ltraconservative and do-nothing, just so do we retard the advance of progress among our neighbors. One ullard in school can lower the stand ard, one miser with the balance of power in a community can tie up all civic activities, and one county by its bad roads can send traffic hundreds of miles out of the way. Twelve miles in Fairfield county, out of the highway from Columbia to Charlotte has been sending tourists out of the direct route, around by Camden and Lancaster-around theiri elbow to get to their thumb. Can one imagine the feelings of Rock Hill. Chester and other towns above here, when their work and expenditures to attract this travel was for naught be cause Fairfield county's roads were impassible except at certain seasons? Of course they had reason for rejoic ing andl celebrating when we took this step and completed the course. Our bond issue and the completion of this road will effect not only ourselves and our neighbors, but will shorten the distance from Maine to Floridai, thereby becoming a benefit to every autoist who ridles the road. TRESPASS NOTICE All persons, without regard to color are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or otherwise trespass on any of the lands or property owned or controlled by any of the undersigned without written permission from the undersign ed or their duly appointed mana ger of said lands or farms. Any person who shall violate the terms of this notice will be prosecuted under the laws of this State in such case made and provided. Southern Power Co. Wateree Power Co. Great Falls Farms Co. Wateree Farms Co. The only thing some people evei do in their life worth telling is their newspaper funeral notice. FOR SALE-A nice lot and house iro Winnsboro. Also a farm of 130 acres. One mile from the heart of Winnsboro. See J. L. or J. R. Cath T0 DUIL. 100 NEW -HUSES Lockhart Wills Plan Expansion; Will Operate Full Force, Day and Night. Chester.-The second announcement of a large textile expansion in this sec tion within a few weeks' time is that the Monarch-Lockhart mill, at Lock hart, 19 miles west of Chester, is to Increase the present working force in the daytime and make it possible to operate all the plant at night in stead of only a small part of it, as heretofore, by- erecting 100 new resi dences. This will bing 150 additional operatives to these mills and increase the population of Lockhart to 2,000. The other textile development is the $1,500,000-loom plant, No. 3 mill of the Republic cotton mills at Great Falls, on which construction will com mence at once. - Since the completion of the power plant at Lockhart it has made hydro electric power plentiful and motors have been installed in all parts of the Monarch-Lockhart mills and the en tire plant is now driven by electricity, which gives more satisfaction In every way. The use of water power at the mills is now discontinued. The new power plant has a maximum capacity of 15,000 horsepower. The Monarch-Lockhart mills, under the splendid management of J. Roy Pant, who is secretary and assistant treasurer, in recent years has made re markable strides.' Lockhart mills were built 27 ycars ago, there first being one mill. Ten years later the second mill was built, 1ti capital stock prior to recent mer ger Wiith Monarch mills of Union, be ing $1,300,000.. In January, 1918, the Lockhart and the Monarch mills were mr d and the name now is Monarch "art mills. The older mill has an equipment of 32,000 spindles and 900 looms, and the second mill 25,000 spin dloa and 800 Toomg. One plant manu fa=teres print cloths and the other shedngs. Annually the two mills at LQckhart consume 10,000 bales of cot ton, and t.le total annual output of cloth in ,y-rds is 1.900,000. The Lock hart mlllqipploys 600 persons, attd the average weekly pay roll is $6,500. Bapiist Association in Convention. Darlin ton.-The annual meeting of the Weish Neck association took place last week and the usual interesting e& ition was enjoyed by all. This is a aptagst i'ganisation, and it has a long and honorable record, being numbered among the strongest and best of thes numerous religious gatherings. lington -sent the usual strong delega tion, among these being Mr. and Mrs. George B. Brasington, Mr. and Mrs. B. 0. Bristow, Mr. and Mrs. F. Z. Mo Gill, Mrs. A. N. Young, Mrs. Y. T. Langston, Dr. A. M. Hill, J. B. Ed ards and Dr. P. A. Bethea. Rev. W. Putney and the Rev. G. P. e will be ex-officio chairman ot eag delegation, one from the First Baptist church and the other from the Central 'Baptist church. The meeting this year will be at Mt. Elton church, near Lydia, and the country friends have made these gatherings exceed. Iingly pleasant always. Sun Time Must Rule In Greenwood, Greenwood. -~ How the 85,000 and more people of Greenwood and Green. ood county tell the time of day is a matter that is puzzling County Auditor 3'oe Lake, whose annual abstract shows that only 46 gold or slve! watches were being returned for tax. ation in 1922. In 1921 93 gold watches were returned for taxation, the past year having shown a decrease -of 47. With only one watch to every 750 souls, the county auditor wonders that they ever catch trains on time. Other interesting facts are shown by the auditor's abstract. In spite ol the depression, automobiles increased by over 100 in Greenwood last year, 2,' 126 having been returned for taxation. 'he assessed valuation of property was 'educed In Greenwood $669,517 in thei past year. The lowt~ered tax rate and the reduction in the assessment saved the tax-pa~yers of the county $128,266.54. The assessed valuation of property in Greenwood was $10,343,113 last year, and the total amount of taxes levied amounted to $353,883.06. May Change Highway. Greenvlle.-A movement is now on foot which may change the present route of the state highway between Greenville and Easley to a road pass ing out of the city through the Judson mill community and taking a straight course to Easley. It was learned through Joseph R. B:'yson, secretary of the county delegation, who has re ceved' a letter from State Highway Engineer Moorefield, indorsing the proposed change. The matter hat been under discussion at meetings of the delegation and it was informally agreed that such a change of route would be available if the cost was not excessive. Depot at Mats Bluff Entered. Florence.-Robbers broke into the depot at Mars Bluff, blew open the Iror safe and cleaned o1:t its contents. tak Ing $6,000 in mortgages. $500 in Lib arty bonds and about $50 in oash, the money being the cash receipts for the day of the Atlantic Coast Line's agen cy, but the mortgages and bonds be longing to the agent. No trace of the robbers could be found by officers wh in-;;-stigated the looting. A pile -. :; was round near the depot and 3 ;&ievd that robbers burned the mw -ou there. RED CROSS HEALS WOUNDS OF WAR 25,000 Disabled Ex-Service Men in Hospitals After Four Years of Peace. CHAPTERS' FIELD OF SERVICE Every Veteran Needing Help Gets Individual Attention of Sym pathetic Workers. When on November 11 the world halts to observe the fourth anniver sary of Armistice Day, and the Ameri can Red Cross inaugurates its Annual Rloll Call for the enrollment of the 1923 membership, the people of the United States may well pause to think of the unparalleled contribution to the cause of peace made by our Army and Navy in the World War. The glory of it is a common tradition; but the wounds of war remain. They are not, healed in a day. In a year, nor in four years. And i i Armistice Day there will be under treatment in Government hospitals over 25,04) ex-service men, broken- physically by wounds, expo sure, nervous strain and exhaustion incident to their service in the war. The Government without stint is un dertaking to furnish tnese disabled men with the compensation and med ical care to which they are entitled, yet their especial care Is a duty of the Red Cross. Why? Because the Gov ernment cannot handle the cases of; ex-service men Individually; it must handle these men in bulk under a standardized policy. The Government has neither the authority, the -funds, or the equipment for working out the problem of the Individual man. There is where the American Red Cross finds its greatest field for service, aid ing through its very active Chapters in reaching the disabled man with im mediate practical help, assisting his family while his claim is emerging from the process of adjustment, furnishing articles of comfort, funds to tide over: the difficult periods, the friendly touch of personal encouragement, helpful recreation and worry-dispelling amuse ment. It is the warm hand of sym pathy and understanding which the American Red Cross extends to the majority of these disabled ex-service men, some of them friendless in the wbirl of life, thousands of them with wives and children dependent upon them, and hundreds of them frequent ly helpless in the face of grim ne cessity. 2,679 Chapters Aiding Veterans w In this work, upon whose accom plishment the American Red Cross Is urging a record-breaking enrollment in the Roll Call which opens on Armis tice Day and closes with Thadlksgiv Ing Day, 2,679 Chapters in all parts of the ,atry are engaged. This is 350 more than were working for ex-service men last year when approximately $10,000,000 was expended by the Na tional Organization and the Chapters working together in harmonious unity. For the current fiscal year National Headquarters appropriated $3,030, 692.90, s'n increase of -$365,560.84 over the amount spent for the work among ex-service men in the year ended June 30 last. Since it is estimated that the Chapters will expend close to $7,000, 000 from their own funds, the grand total of Red Cross expenditures for this single work !s expected again to reach the $10,000,000 mark by June 30, 1923. Hospital and District Office Work During the fiscal year a total of over 1,000 persons, paid and volunteer, has been engaged in [Red Cross duty in hospitals or district offices of the U. S. Veterans' Bureau. An average of 8,000 new cases requires definite and par ticular attention each month. The de mand fer Chapter-made articles for hospital patients is constant. Durhing last year Service Claims and Information Service at National Head quarters handled 37,200 compensation and insurance claims, 24,560 allotment and allowance cases, and 9,700 miscel laneous claims. Since February, 1919. it has disposed of 64,174 allotment checks payable to veterans which the Post Office Department reported unde iverabl e. The Chapter is the unit of the Red Cross organization which is accessible to every dIsabled veteran or his fam iy. Between July 1, 1921, and June 30, 1922, the Chapters had reported 1,665, 079 instances of service to ex-service men and their dependents, at a cost estimated from report now at hand of more than $5,340.000. The basis of tis famr-reaching work of the Red Crass is the individual needs of the ~Isabled veteran to the end that he mn: y obtain his rights un der the law, . dat his espectal wants may bim dliately supplied, that his own and his fa nily's situation may be rendered ha! py and cheerful, and that their outlock for the future may visualize Incenitives for independent and fruitful effort. Spread Christmas Joy Abroad More than 100,000 Christmna; boxes for the children of Central Europe were packed by the Junior Red Cross last year. The spread of Christmas joy through these boxes will be largely increased this year because of the pns already under way. Your Peace-Time "Bit" Not "all1 you can." but your "blt," 1. malw~ for strenztn of thet Ameirl an fle crs in peace~-timec s'rvice' Freng.z ;n rouhers multipliec serv ice. Join :oda~y. TAX NOTICE t In accordance to law, the tax books will open on October 15th for col lection of taxes and remains open to December 31st without penalty, and for the month of January one per cent on delinquents; for the month of Feb ruary one per cent additional on de linquents; and for 15 days in March, 1st to 15th, five per cent additional on delinquents; on all real and per sonal property. Mills State purposes ..... ... Ordinary county . Special county . Constitutional school .... Special Tax for Schools District No. 1. ... 6 District No. 2...................... ... 6 t District No. District No. 6....... District No. 7............. -----. District No. 6 District No. 9........ District No. 1.............. District No. District No. ........ Dtistrict No.14.2 District No. 15 ...........i... .1 District No.16. District No. 17.......... ... District No. 18 ......... . District No. District No. .. District No. 15........ . .......... District No. ..................-...-8 D istrict N o. 17 ................................_..... ..98 District No. 28...... District No. 19.._....... -6 1District No. 31.... District No. 33 District No. 19....-..... -_ ....2 District No. 20........-- ..__. _.-.. District No. 1............__.... _... _.... _6 . District No. 2...- ........ -................. 7 District No. 2. . District No. 24............ ....... .. .. District No. 36.................. -........ ...m.2 District No. 11(oa).. Als adon ($100 tolarol tax one aslltralecictis No.e ae2 te o r od; als : comt t District No.mil t District No.milc District No.milc District No.mil Disrit o.127- - -._ .............1 road tax of $3.00 on all citizens be tween the ages of 18 and 55 years, 28....... .. S..-. _. 29 . _ ................ ...... In ddtio t thaoenaxs, te foloin dstics av pecial$ev iesfo bnd, a fllws ofcr and beat Disrit o.13 ......._.p-.....t l ls Equippt Dit ictN .1.....-- ...-.5 m ls 1 Fairfie Ditit o 6.............. _...W i lls ,xcept duly ordained ministers and eachers actually engaged in school work, and payable from Oct. 15th, .922, to March 15th, 1923; also a cap tation tax of $1.25 on all dogs,.pay Lble only during the month of Jan iary, 1923. Office will be kept cpen during le rai hours for the collection of samew A. LEE SCRUGGS, Treasurer of Fairfield County. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the un lersigned intends to file with Honor Lble W. Banks Dove, Secretary of state, on December 2nd, 1922, a Dec aration for a charter for a corpora ion under the name of "Shivar springs, Incorporated," which propos- - d corporation is to have its principal )lace of business at Shelton, South ,arolina. The general nature of th. >usiness which it proposes to do- is he production and sale of Shivar prings mineral water and other mn ral water and 'Waters; the manufac ;ure and sale of Shivar Springs gin., -er ale and other ginger ales and soff Irinks of all kinds, and soda water syrups of all kipds in bottles and in >ulk; to own or otherwise acquire ho ;els. cott9Tes, boarding houses and >lace' of amusement and to conduct >r operAte the same; to conduct and 1o general merchandise or mercantile )usiness; and to do all other things neident or necessary to the success ul conduct or operation of all above natters set forth; buy and sell real state and do all other things inci ient or necessary to the buying and. -;elling of real estate. The capital ;tock of the proposed corporation to, >e Fifty Thousand Dollars, divided in o five hundred shares of the par ralue of One Hundred Dollars each. [he undersigned, Mrs. Ida S. Shivar, -esides at Shelton, S. C., and John D. acobs resides in the City of Atlants, 'ulton County, State of Georgia. No-' ice is also given that a meeting of he subscribers to the capital stock f said company v. ill be held at the ffice of John K. IKamblin, Attorney, .nion. S. C.. on Saturday, December th 1922. .t 12 o'clock noon, for the urpose of organizing the Company. Lnd election of directors. John D. Jacobs, Mrs. Ida. S. SNvar. helton, S. C. October 27th, 1922. -- B. Detroit ith electric start ting system, de ms,extrarimand ~s all around-the ,at the new low t motor car value ed-an enclosed ort, convenience Buy now. Terms. 1 Motor Co.