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XWU News for I BY JNO. C. BARKSDALE, C WHAT GEORGIA COMMISSIONER " 1 * n/MTT DAI I \17C 17 \71 f ! 5A I 3 ADUU 1 OVJLL. f? uu ? Mr. John C. Barksdale, County Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the 31st ult., adressed to Commisioner J. J. Brown I beg to say that it affords us pleasure to mail to you under separate cover, two maps of our State and a copy of our booklet entitled, "Georgia: What It Offers,You." I think it will be worth while for your people to come and see how Georgia is meeting the boll weevil, though conditions are not so favorable for seeing the pest at its worst.1 The damage already done this year. has been slight, but we are expecting great activities from now on. The boll weevil will be defeated, if at all, through crop diversification and live stock. It might be well for you to map a trip that will take you to some of the best live stock farms in our State. With that in mind, I would suggest that you try, if possi>? ble, to include a number of the following named places: Millhaven, Dublin, Tifton, Moultrie, Valdosta, Thomasville, Donaldsville, Dawson, Americus, Andersonville and Cochran. Millhaven has one of the largest; stock farms in Georgia, o\^ned by: one Mr. Comer. Dublin has good( equipment for handling diversified crops. Tifton has several points of interest, including a fine herd of Angus cattle. Moultrie has a packing plant and one of the largest stock farms in the South, owned by Mr, J. J. Battle. A creamery will be found, there also. Thomasville has an entomological station at which the boll j weevil is being studied carefully, onj upland cotton. Valdosta has a simi-| lar station dealing with Sea Island f. Cotton. Dawson is the center of con-| siderable peanut planting. Americus is on the route to Andersonville, J where the famous Confederate prison was located. The federal govern-j ment and the states have spent aj | great deal of money there and it is a beautiful place. Peacock Brothers have some very fine hogs at Cochran, Georgia. I should say that the boll weevil j is stimulating wpnderfully diversi-J fied farming in Georgia. Our peo-i nle are going to meet it so well as not to be very seriously handicapped by it, especially in South Georgia, where they have fences and considerable live stock. Middle Georgia, will be at a greater disadvantage. It is supposed that the boll weevil will not be so bad in the Northern part of our State. Our information is that the boll; weevil is destined to work serious injury to cotton along the coast in your state. Its activities are deter, mined by isothermal lines than by lines of latitude, moderately small areas considered. I am sure your people will be pleased with such a trip as you propose. I came up from Reidsville, Tattnall county, the first of March, having lived there for a good manyi years. It was my pleasure ot be one of the twelve persons who went| from Tattnall to Andalusia, Ala.,| las fall. You will hardly be able toj see so much of the boll weevil in Georgia as we saw on our trip. The weevil has been very disastrous to cotton production in Northern Florida and Eastern Alabama. Very truly yours, B. H. Groover, Asst. Commissioner. LEMONS MAKE SKIN v WHITE, SOFT CLEAR Make This Beauty Lotion for a Few Cents and See for Yourself. What girl or woman hasn't heard j of lemon juice to remove complexion blemishes; to whiten the skin and to bring out the roses, the freshness and the hidden beauty? But lemon juice alone is acid, therefore irritating, and should be mixed with orchard white this way. Strain through through a fine cloth the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle containing about three ounces of orchard white, then shake well and you have a whole quarter pint of skin and complexion lotion at about the cost of one usu ally pays for a small jar of ordinary cold cream. Be sure to starin the lemon juice so no pulp gets into the bottle, then this lotion will remain pure and fresh for months. When applied daily to the fact, neck, arms and hands it should help to bleach, clear, smoothen and beautify the skin. Any druggist will supply three . ounces of orchard white at very little cost and the grocer has the lemons, r?Adv. he Farmer f !i OUNTY DEMONSTRATOR. U ABOUT THE BOLL WEEVIL j? "A trip through the boll weevil jl section, would be worth more to-: t wards getting the farmers prepared 1 for the weevil's invasion than any- i thing that could be done. You will i see something that will open your j eyes." This remark was made to 1 the County Agent by a Georgia trav- ( eling man on last Monday. A visit j to the weevil section would do much r to give to the farmers of our county i an incentive to encourage them to c prepare their farms for the coming i of the boll weevil. We must get our c lands more productive and rearrange \ our farming operations to enable us t to live at home and produce cotton c as a money crop. We shall have to i increase our live stock and arrange i for better pastures and begin a more^t extensive seeding of winter legumes|s to aid in building up our soils and ja maintaining our soil fertility. This is essential under infestation by the in boll weevil. a There are those among us who ar- e gue that the pest won't damage us. jf We do not wish to appear in any] sense as alarmist, but we submit the! <3 following figures for counties inja northern Alabama and Georgia, hav-jv ing conditions similar to ours, the.t weevil having entered in 1915. a Production F Bales 1914. Bales 1915. Bales 1916 a Franklin, Ala.? v 19,410 14,993 8,917 f Marion, Ala.? o 20,133 14,243 5,810 Cullman, Ala.? 33.669 24,938 18,436 Polk, Ga.? 22,934 16,187 11,111 |]i * I p Harolson, Ga.? ir 14,771 10,652 7,111]? Abbeville, S. C.? ,jp 36,050 31,548 21,556 jP The figures for Abbeville county ? for the year 1916 does not include i: the yield for that portion of Abbe-j^ ville cut off into McCormick county.If The yield for McCormick county for11 1916 was 11,717 bales. The greater^ portion of McCormick county came a off Abbeville. The above figures s were taken from a bulletin "Cotton c Production in the United States, * Crop of 1916." They speak more a eloquently than anything we could ^ say as to the results of cotton pro-:v duction under weevil invasion. p We hate to give up cotton. We ^ have been growing it so long and; our market facilities areestablished to handle the crop. Cotton is aj source of money and we like to han-'j die money even though a large per cent of it goes to the other fellow. However, there is a bright side to ^ farming under weevil infestation and it is to see this bright side of the picture that the trip to the weevil district is being agitated. Even though the weevil may reduce the', cotton yield of our state, it does not; V necesarily take away our ability to! produce even greater wealth in other farm crops. It takes rich lands to produce cotton under weevil conditions. The majority of our lands are not rich, j We must seed more legumes to aid* in enriching: our soils so as to help! reduce our enormous fertilizer bills ^ and enable us to produce our crops cheaper. This fall should see morejc legumes seeded than ever before. Abbeville county must do her part and she will. c IS IT POSSIBLE? F a g Right now a trip through the boll weevil section of Georgia is befog ^ agitated and quite a number of ourj^ farmers are interested in it. The Q trip will mean much to the agricultural interest of the county. It is I common knowledge that the aSri- ^. cultural interests 01 our country isjs not organized as thoroughly or as'j^ effectively as they might be. Now that the community is more settled and the tension of the good <j roads campaign is over, we hope to get a number of our farmers to go C on a tour to see farming conditions I under weevil infestation. After the ;trip has been made we hope to call a general mass meting of the farm- < !ers and business men of "the county jto have the reports of the delegation going into the weevil district. After (seeing these conditions and hearing | the reports of the delegation we ( think it would be wise to suggest an t ! organization of the county into a(i body to foster the interest of Abbe-,] ville county in an agricultural and 1 business way. Such a body should t include in its membership the farmers and business men of the county as a whole. Neither has cause to become jealous or envious of the other. Unless the rural districts are prosperous the towns of the county will not grow and unless the towns grow market facilities, cannot be provided for the farm products, andjj neither will prosper as they should. Business men recognize that the future of the towns lies in the progress 5f the outlying country. We do not suggest the organization of a chamber of commerce but v tve do suggest some form of an improvement association to do the >vork of a chamber of commerce on i broader and more comprehensive scale. Such an organization would 3e worth much to the county's in:erest. It should have at its head a nan thoroughly interested in the welfare and progress of his county in agricultural and economic affairs. \.n organization of this kind could >e run absolutely free and independ>nt of any politics or political regime, and could be made to mean nuch -to the county. It would have 'or its immediate work the 'fostering >f economic and progressive ideas >ertaining to the growth and devel pment of the county at large and vith the interest of the whole county tt heart. It should foster, because if its nature, community cooperation n the introduction of live stock, im iroved methods of crop production, he establishment of community asociations for the promotion of boys ind girls club work, assist the farmirs in economical and intelligent narketing of farm products through l centralized channel, and go after iverf enterprise that would be proitable to the community at large. An association of this kind would lo much to bind our people into one, nd establish a community spirit that fould be hard to beat. We confess hat we have not thought very much long this line, but realizing the iossibilities of such an orgnaiz&tion s a power in the community we /ould like to see a strong man come^ orward and push the organization f such an enterprise. COMMUNITY FAIRS. We are in receipt of a premium ist of the Antreville Community 'air, which is to be held at Antreville n October 19th. We commend the eople of that community on this rogressive enterprise and wish it very success. Mrs. E. N. tylcCarter > secretary of the organization, rtiich has as its object to stimulate ommunity endeavor, thereby creatig a community spirit which will be eneficial financially, educationally, nd spiritually. We should like to ee and encourage the holding of ommunity fairs in other sections of he county and offer our services to ny section desiring to get up a fair, inyone wishing a copy of the Antreille premium list, address Mrs. E. N. IcCarter, Secretary, Antrevile, S. C. 10THER! GIVE CHILD "SYRUP OF FIGS" IF TONGUE IS COATED f Cross, Feverish, Sick, Bilious, Clean Little Liver and Boweln. Children love this "fruit laxative," 1 il - 1 -1 J-t. _ A. 1 na noxning eise cieanses trie tenuer tomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing o empty the bowels, and the result 3, they become tightly clogged with /aste, liver gets sluggish, stomach ours, then your little one becomes ross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat, leep or act naturally, breath is bad, ystem full of, cold, has sore throat, tomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen, lother! See if tongue is coated, hen give a teaspooniui 01 caJiioriia Syrup of Figs," and in a few tours all the constipated waste, sour iile and undigested food passes out if the system, and you will have a veil, playful child again. Millions of mothers give '|Califirnia Syrup of Fgis" because it is >erfectly harmless; children love it, ind it never fails to act on the stomich, liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent ?ottle of 11 California Syrup of Figs," vhich has full directions for babies, hildren of all ages and for grownips plainly printed on the bottle. Bevare of counterfeits sold here. Get ho uffniiirip maHp Kv ITInlifnrnift Pic Syrup Company." Refuse any other ;ind with contempt.?Adv. The Semi-Weekly Press and Banner >1.50 per year. Subscribe now! :HARGES ENGLAND WITH SELFISH MOTIVE IN FRENCH WAR AIMS lerman Paper Sees Indication of Precarious Condition Entente Cause. Berlin, Aug. 3.?The North German Gazette sees in the British interest in ;he fullfilment of French war aims an ndicated precarious condition of the Sntente cause. The paper says: "So ong as the Eentente prospered and ;he French war fevor required no stimulant, England appeared wholly inconcerned regarding the French ,var aims. Now that France is repealing signs of exhaustion, England ,vill endeavor to save this ally by revivifying its avarice." The Semi-Weekly Press and Banner ?1.50 per year. Subscribe now! IiVWAWJVAWWV.WW BEAUTY AND THE BEAST It was an exceedingly small dog, but Its ferocity was almost alarming. As Wistroio passed the house with the stone front it darted out from the side passageway In a perfect fury of angry excitement and pursued him with paroxysmal barkings tho entire length of the low fpnre thnt Ri?nnrntpl thp Inwn from the street. A day or two later the sane thing occurred. This time : WIstroEi made a threatening demonstration with his unnrella. It was an unwise thing to do, i!s>r it did not have a soothing effect on the little animal, ( which 1'rom that tims forth seemed to lie in wait for the young man, who lived oiily a few doois away. The moment te came in .light that brown, hairy iitreak would shoot from the passage-, leap at hln, all but scaling the 'tic y pickets, a ad raise such a ] clamor of hatred that it seemed the \ whole street must be alarmed. Wis- j trom became more and more resent- f ful. The dog got on his nerves. One morning as W .Strom started out f he noticed that the front gate of the I house with the stone front had been j left open. He gripped his umbrella f tightly and took a ceep breath as he I heard the preliminary yelp of defiance f at the passage entry. The next mo- j ment the dog was at the fence and the f next he had discovered the open gate ! and was out on the sidewalk at Wis- } trom's heels. Wistrom stopped. The j dog retreated, still barking furiously; f he wen : on and the dog was again?yap- | ping at his heels. Tien, without turn- j ing, WIstrom brought his umbrella I around with vicious force and?oh, joy I?caught the dog on the ribs. * * ? * "Oh, you coward I" It wis a clear, youthful feminine voice. Wistrom looked up as the house door slammec and a girl with very pi:ik cheeks and abundant yellow hair?a very pretty girl?came running down :he steps and caught up the howllnj; dog In her t.rms. "Hov could you be so cruel as to hit a poor little dog like that?" she demanded, turning an Indignant pair of very blue eyes on Wlstrom. "I?I didn't exactly mean to hit him so hare," lied Wlstrom in some confusion. "You see?" But 1he girl turned her back on him contemptuously and ran up the steps and ini:o the house,' carrying her pet with hex. It wi s a remarkable thing, but Wlstrom Instantly regretted hitting the dog. All day long he thought of the girl with the blue eyes and yellow hair and the more he thought of her the more poignant became his regret After all, on eminent authority, It was the nature and delight of dogs to bark and bite and why should they be struck with an umbrella for following a purely natural Impulse? / For weeks Wistrom looked in vain at the house as he passed for some sign of the pretty girl. He did not even see the do|:. On Sundays, when he was at home nil day, he did nothing but sit by the window watching to see her, Some time soon, he thought, the chance would come, and then? It come at last, that chance. Wlstrom was walking down an obscure street one anernoou wubu ne ?uw a forlorn and mud-caked little dog that was shivering and whining disconsolately In the shelter of a doorway. There was something familiar about the dog, WIstrom thought, and he stopped to look at It more attentively. Yes, it was certainly the dog. If there had been any doubt about tt the way he snarled and snapped when WIstrom . stopped to pick him up would have Instantly dispelled it. Undoubtedly the dog ha.1 strayed away. Well, muddy and wet ast he was, WIstrom stowed him underneath his coat, to the coat's and a white waistcoat's ruin, and half an hour later he , was ringing the bell of the house with the stone front. A n elderly woman answered the ring and went Into ecstasies of delight at the sight of the dog. It i was anlte a touching reunion. She? the elc erly lady?was most grateful to Wlstrcm, too, and so pleased to learn that ho was a neighbor. The poor dog, she explained, had been confined to the house In consequence of & ruffianly young hoodlum having abased him, and sc> being let out for exercise had scamp ered off. Wlsixom coughed behind his hand. "Tour daughter will no doubt be glad to see her pet again," he said, politely. "My daughter?" "I?rjr?supposed the young lady to be yotr daughter,1said WUitrom. "A rather tall young lady, with blue eyes?* "Oh," said the lady of the house, "that r?as my niece, who was making me a ilslt a few weeks ago. She went back t > Dubuque and was married last Thursday. A lovely glrll" ?** * Rag; i was growling at his rescuer. .And uhe next morning as Wistrom passed he ran out and barked at him as savagely as ever. Boy, Fetch Us Bartlett! i "Mr. X Is certainly well read. H? repeated an exquisite quotation last night." "Wlat was It?" "1 can't give you the exact words, , but he said he'd rather be a something In a something, than a something or ; other In a something else."?Boston Evening Transcript. I, " Exception Taken. "Here some scientist says that bananas are conducive to longevity." | "I uonder If his fbet ever met tke veel cl? one 1* tto AHfcf" 1785 COLLEGE OF South Carolina's 132d Year Begin; Entrance examinations at all the cc o'clock A. M. Four-year courses lead to the B. A. medical course is given. A free tuition scholarship is assigne Spacious buildings and athletic groi excelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. For terms and HAR I It takes a long time to build ui BUSINESS and I have made a ! line for twenty years and every j as well as every repair job mui your money gladly refunded. Wh#>n vnn nre in town make ' ? > ? I store before leaving, for my car f grade merchandise will be interes | do not care to buy. W. E. 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