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TWO uvvvvvvvuxvuJ \ 0 \ COLD SPRING NEWS V \ V uvvuvvvvvvuvs Cold Springs, July 1.?Mr. and is. J. Kay Carwile spent Friday with Mr. B. A. Uldrick and family. Miss Maude Hawthorne of Abbeville, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Cornelia Fant. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Uldrick and dxkhren spent Saturday night and ; Sunday at Mr. Bill Anderson's near Hedges. Messrs. Bob King and D. E. Newell Jr., of McCormick, spent Sunday at Mr. D. E. NeweU's. Mr. W. B. Uldrick and family dined at Mr. T. F. Uldrick's on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and children spent Sunday with Mr. J. R. cCombs and family. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay and child- j ren spent Friday at Mr. B. A. Ultrick's. XT t- ' nr. 1>V!1I1 mtiuaiiaii auu oiowi,. Hiss Bodie, and Miss Lorene Grant, | af near Lowndesville, spent Saturday; jght and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. Kay Carwile. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hagen andj Mrs. F. E. Hagen spent Saturday at Mr. Jim Blum's. Mr> and Mrs. C. C. Kay and child- j m worshipped at Bethlehem Sunday *nd dined at Mr. B. S. Uldrick's. Mrs. F. E. Hagen and daughter, Frances, spent Thursday at Mr. Jim Ctfbreth's. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winn of Abfccville, and Mrs. J. D. Winn spent Sunday at Mr. R. W. Crawford's. !Ir. and Mrs. R. A. Hagen spent Friday with Mr. B. Moss and family. ! Private W. C. Ellis returned home Friday after seeing service overseas. He was among our boys watching on Ike Rhine. His many friends are giad to have him with us again. Engraved Cards and Invitaions? The Press and Banner Co. ISuaamBji^ Ik/i The S frnce Paper ;(> Rema I the as at ji rresei ji $2.00 j| Payable J 1 i It will not I | T\u SiznJUi!JgiHriiniJ?jafrJ VVV VV VVV VV VVVVVV ai V V fi V SANTUC NEWS. V ti V V P WVVVVVVVVVV^VVVtl h T..1? 1 Mw, c W Me O&niUU) OlLiy 1.?iUiOt wr# f? ?- J-J Clain and son, Alvin, who has just re- S( turned home from France, motored ^ over and spent Sunday afternoon at t] Mr. Joe' Abies. Alvin McClain's ^ friends are glad to see him home 2 looking so well. Mr and Mrs. Jesse Richey of Ware Shoals, spent Saturday night with e Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Haddon. c< Mrs. M. S. Langford spent Sunday p with Mrs. E. J. Botts. I p Mr .and Mrs. W. F. Kay caJled at J ii Mr. A. M. Milford's Friday morning a to see their little daughter, who has d been hick. -w Mrs. F. E. Hagen and daughter, c< Frances, spent Thursday with Mrs. J. 2 B. Culbreth. Mr. and Mrs. James Haddon had f as their spend-the-day guests Sunday tl Mr. and Mrs. Furman Martin of n Hodges, and Miss Willie Kioftey. | u Mrs. Tuppy Boyd is sick at this o; writing. r< Mr. R. B. Haddon spent Friday o night with his mother. is Mr. John Stevenson spent the si week-end in Fonviile with friends. v< Mr. S. E. Price and family spent Sunday at Mr. J. B. Culbreth's. Margaret and Sara Abies spent c Sunday with Marie and Belle BoycL <j c CROP CONDITIONS IN g THE COTTON BELT p tl St. Matthews,1 June 26.?The fol- h lowing report made by the American p Cotton Association is probably the j a most accurate report ever issued of e: crop conditions not being in the form! li of an estimate, as is the case with ^ the government reports, but being, based oil actual facts and conditions. h The American , Cotton Association I v has a more thoroughly organized and! t: larger representation ii} every sec-i tion of the cotton belt today than' c ubscription to the _?11 Will in ime it..... I Per Year Strictly in Advance >e many months i a Pfp U 1 I V amaammmammmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmi ? I X IILi r 1VIJUU mif Ui 1 *i ny private reporters, and employs a i ir larger number of repesentatives i lan the govenment. Through these 1 ersonal representatives, and with 1 le assistance of leading experts, it as secured the most direct and corjct information that is possible to acure otherwise concerning the cot- ! >n crops. Through these sources, J le association has completed its de tiled condition report up to January 5, which is as follows: Acreage Planted. "Condition of cotton crop for the , ntire belt up to June 25, 69.3 per , ent. Abandonment of acreage , lanted 6.5 per cent. In our last re- , ort issued May 25, acreage planted . l 1919 is shown as 30,216,097. The bandonment of 6.5 per cent must be educted, that is, 1,964,046 acres, foich brings the total acreage in Dtton planted in 1919 down to 28,- : 52,051 acres. , "The growing crop of cotton is ,vo to three weeks late throughout le belt. As a result of excessive! loisture the plant is diseased andj ndersized. Plants show the result1 ? a lack of tap roots and diseased! >ot system." Throughout the section j f the belt using commercial fertil. . _ ii ser, the plant plainly shows the re-, lit of lack of potash. The fields arej ary grassy. * * Labor Conditions. "Labor is extremely short and renditions - *e hphly ur?satisfactory, 'he labor situation renders these onditions even more serious. The reat demand for labor will be far! lore pressing in the harvesting of, rie crop. The farmer realizes that e is facing a condition which is imoasible for him to solve. Even with n extremely small crop with preset labor conditions it will be absoiitely impossible to harvest same ithout serious loss. "It has been impossible to prepare inds properly or to properly cultiate the plant on account of exreme shortage of labor. "With reports that the boll weevil onditions were the most serious on Gr< On and j T D 1 IX "TTHE MA to our I / more than r titled to a b and we hav< Press and B intil the city will o SS Oi inirajnmiEiirzizjTzi^ record, special investigations were made by landing experts throughout the entire cotton belt. As a result they report as follows: "Boll weevil damage will exceed all previous records and will cover a far greater territory in the belt than it was thought possible duing the vpar. This is nrobablv due to a mild winter, wet spring and Jate start of the plant. The damage from the boll weevil will reduce the cotton crop to a far greater extent than in any previous year. Ove ra large section of the belt inroads of boll weevil will bring about a crop disaster. There is also considerable damage from root lice and root roit." The trade should give special attention to the fact that considerable territory, especially in Alabama, Is SAVE! 5 li ain On i But sU That Your money invest manent prosf. BUILDING G. A, NEUFFER, Presi NEW SEI aijuiraizrazraizman^ ) i ow After Septer Banner Wi T-W! R f f J lNNER in whicl efforts to give tl eassuring. etter paper than e decided to giv anner that kind demand a bette : Bar imEf?JZPjnjarafgn!JHm; planted this year in cotton, which R1 territory has absolutely been abandoned for the planting of cotton for years on account of the serious inroads of the boll weevil. The unsatis- to factory price for peanut oil resuV- id fo in the planting of these lands in ne cotton this season. Reports show ra that the boll weevil is rampant in this territory and the damage is L< enormous, and that the acreage so j planted cannot possibly swell the production of cotton to any extent. ^ "The condition of the California di crop being very high results in rais- so ing the general condition. The acre- ^ age planted in California being very small, it cannot affect production to P< any material extent. to J. Skottowe Wanna maker, at President American Cotton Associa- m tion." M >AVE!! SA^ 't some money set Impulse once awhi lady savin day by builds the solid pi ed in building a home u) ferity. Put your money I & LOAN ASi of ABBEVILLE dent ' J. *IES BEGINS Jt braiiLnLrBiBlillSLIEfEfErEIEfaiH. ing 1 1 ~ T1! nber I St ine ill Be Issued EEK i the people have lem a good pap< s believe that Abb is now being pul e to the people w of paper. :: M, A r paper still?We i iner uiiaraiiuiiianmajiinrai^ EPEAL OF ZONE POSTAGE RATES URGED BY MONDELL Washington, July 1.?An attempt push through congress legislation r the repeal of the zone system of iwspaper and magazine postage .tes will be made soon after 4w mrth of Julv holidAvs. Rennbiicam jader Mondell said today. The support of the Republican aders to the repeal is indicated by e fact that Mr. Mondell invoiced the repealing bill and will par* anally urge action on it before the >use ways and means committee. "With the return of the pro-war wtage rates on first-class matter day, we believe that the objectionale zone system for second-class fitter also should be discarded,'* r. Mondell said. ' A . ..jf'J: ' i KK /E"' I aside le, f day le." < ' 5 orJ^s for your per[o work in? 5 OCIATION ''^1 Hj S. MORSE, Sec.-Treas. / 9 JLY 20th I . JH W> HI v-:'- n I#. vIB - X Press &f I LY I iHHBHi - H : responded H ;r has been I eville is en- 9 1* 1 1 1 fl Misnea nere ? ho read the H joill print it. I 90^9 Co. I H