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S m OF INTER & -V. ... p '' i VARIETIES OF COTTON Only Proved Type Should Be Plant* ed Next Year. Clem son College experts say:: "Numerous experiments in the f boll weevil infested area of this state and other states have amply justified i the recommendation of the follow- i ing varieties for the conditions de- < signated: ? - < ? !? _ T?-ll - "Short staple, uieveiana uig sun 11 for wilt-free land or Dixie Triumph i I';/, fcr wUt-infested land. 1 ; /~~~ "Long staple varieites, Webber i No. 49 or Delta-type Wefc/ber. ] "It is important to have an early < fr&iting variety but it is also impor taut to have a variety which con- i tin ties to fruit throughout the sea- ' son. The boll weevil prefers to punc- 1 tore squares and will do so if they j are present in the plants; but if none i ore to be found, he will then punc- 1 tare the half-grown bolls. This ex ' plains why it is important for a fy 1 variety to continue fruiting throughoat the season." m* STALK DESTRUCTION k- Weenli Developing Late la Fall |r Are Wo?t Hardy. ? Says a Clemson bulletin: "The hordes of weevils that ravage the cotton crop are the off-spring, of parent weevils that passed the ( j preceding winter successfully. The r weevils developing late jn ' ithe fafl $? '. ar? tb* ones most likely to survive the winter, as they are not worn out life" by long flights and" by $gg~ laying: ^ The greatest number of weevils will atirvive in those fields on which cotcteiTlns toirther with crass. weeds ^ and other refuse material offering ^ " shelter, are allowed to remain. The ) early destruction of cotton, stalks by chopping and plowing tl^m under, < f.-p- the phmting of winter covers, and th? cJasuaing of .terraces, ditch banks, >. edges of woods, and other places offerkg winter shelter, constitute the i test step in making the next year's : <*0p." r UN OR PLOW UN TO CI The great Obstruction wrought by \ . the cotton bofl weevil th;s year has t nuUk tke problem of its control a'l W1C W |/I?VMVOil J vvwvu I "Jrfaaters.-Everywhere the question is c he?rd, "What can be done to avoid s Bp":" this lose aext year?" c F?r many years prior to the de- g vfelopaaent of poison-control measures the United States Department t : V of Agriculture advocated fall des- t %' f traction of cotton plants by burning v or plowing under,- as the most important step in controlling the boll s weevil. It is still good practice as an v auxiliary to control by poison, i s The proper time for the destruc- f tion of the plants in the fall is when- , \ r r C ir ever the weevils have become so nu- . t meroas that there is no prospect that ^ ' any more cotton will be made. It is ^ an easy matter for any planter to ^ determine this point by an examina- j fs v tion of a few plants in his fieW. t Whenever it is found that all, or t ' nearly all, of the squares and some ^ of the tolls are being punctured, f there is no hope for producing any . more cotton. The farmer should then "wait until the bolls already set on the f plants have opened, and destruction ^ should then, take place immediately. By all means, if possible, destruc- f tion of plants should take place be* t fore frost, but destruction after frost, f though not nearly as efficacious as c early destruction, should always be ^ practiced when it has not been possi- (t ble to remove the plants previously. ^ The plants should be plowed under j. deeply,*or completely destroyed by. fire. No sprout cotton should be left r to furnish breeding places for the . _ % ? km,, weevxis. ' 1 There are four principal reasons v why the process of fall destruction \ should be practiced universally by g v planters in infested regions.^ / l First Fall destruction prevents c absolutely the development of a mul- f titude of weevils which would other- t wise become adult within a few m weeks of the time of hibernation. The destruction of the immature stages f cf '? :cr!is in infested squares and s EST TO ] WHEN TO PLANT COTJON ?ose No Time After Danger Froi Froftt Paxes. A bulletin from Clemson Colleg fives advice as follows: "Cotton should be planted as ear] is possible after danger of killizi frost is over and the ground is wan enough to Insure quick germinatio ind rapid growth. In order to insui i:, good stand without replantini more seed should be used than hi been the custom in the past. It well to use from one to two bushe per acre, depending on the conditic Df the land, more seed being use where the land is rough and clod< or cold! It is a distinct advantaj when practicable to delint the see because delinted seed will germina more quickly by several days, und< adverse conditions, than will und linted seed." DON'T GET rANJCKY Beat Not To Attempt New Crop Says Bulletin, " " . * ( The following is a paragraj from Extension Bulletin 48, ''Fart ing Under Boll Weevil Conditions "There is.no single new cr< which promises to take the place 1 cotton as a money crop. There no combination of crops which ct be recommended as a specific. E periment has shown that cotton co tinues to be grown as the chl money crop in the cotton states a ready infested, by the weevil, would be well, therefore, for as i continue to grow cotton, using be weevil control measures, and to u; dertake the growing of new mon< crops only on a conservative seal Plunging on new unknown mom crops brings on problems that a: hard to solve as is the problem < growing cotton under weevil tone tions. We must dimply adapt ou selves to the changed aspects < farming and meet new conditio] with suitable methods." DER ' , UROL BOLL WEEVII tolls is accomplished, while the fu -her growth of squarea which ma >ecome infested later is preventer rhis stops materially the developmez >f weevils which will emerge in tli ipring the chances for a successft rop the following season are ver jrcatly increased. Second. A proper manipulation c he stalks will bring about the del ruction of a great majority of th reevils which are already adult. Third. It has been shown conch lively that the bulk of the weevi] vhich survive the winter are thos rhich reach maturity late in .the se* on. It is evident that the weevils ths >ass the winter and attack the cro if the following season are amon hose developed latest in the fall an rhich, in consequence of that fae iaye not exhausted their vitality b lepositing eggs for any considerabl ength of time. Fall destruction o he plants, increasing the length c he hibernating period, reduces man old the number of weevils in th ields that would otherwise emerg n the spring to damage the cotton. Fourth. Clearing of the field in th all makes it possible to practice fa dowing, which is not only the proj x procedure in any system of cotto aising, but also greatly facilitate he early planting of the crop th ollowing spring. The ground become lean by this practice, so that bu lew places for shelter are left fc he weevils, and various climatic cor litions still further reduce the nunr >er of the survivors. The early planting of the cro text spring and the use of an earl oaturing variety are also strongl irged. The fall destruction of plan! rill reduce the number of weevil vhich will s rvh?fe the winter. B ;ewt ng uie I'uiwm vrvp autiicu cat y it is often possible to get it we! ?n the way to maturity before th ew weevils surviving the winter hav ime to propagate to the plan riiere they become destructive. Destroy the cotton plants in th all and plant early the followini luring. H. '-"is. FARMERS ! TYPE OF FERTILIZER n Should Contain Abundance of Phot- ^ phoric Acid. ;e ' b A bulletin issued by Clemson Col- fi lege gives the following advice: n g "A liberal application of commer- u m cial fertilizer is also advisable, and e in this fertilizer should contain an o e abundance of phosphoric acid, as this t ingredient hastens the maturity of a 1S the crop up to a point where the c is plant ha3 all it requires in its growth, c ls On most soils in this state about 300 t >n pounds of acid phosphate per acre v will give most profitable results. A p ly liberal amount of ammonia hastens t re the maturity of the crop up to a cer- c d, tain point. Too much ammonia de- p te lays the crop as does too litt, hence \ er the importance of having the correct t e. amount of ammonia for each soil, i Each farmer should study the needs r of his soils and use the amount of ammonia which he finds best for his s land. - - > I ,jf "Potash is necessary on most of \ our sandy soils and on some of our s Piedmont soils. Where a good system c of farming is practiced in the Pied- a n" mont1 section, where the crops are 1 rotated and organic matter supplied, j no potash should be required. An t excess of potash also tends to delay e 1S the maturity of the crop, and for s in this reason moderate applications t x" generally rive best results. A 'j&rell r n" balanced fertilizer which supplies i ? ' j eI the needs of the soil to which it is it l*" applied gives the earliest crop- and ^ the largest crop. I ^ All of the phosphorus and the i ' potash and most of the riitrogen t n" should be applied at or before plant- t Jy ing and the rest of the nitrogen t e ; v ' f shouldJbe applied by the time the t 5y first squares begin to fori*. On)i very light sandy soils it is advisable j f)f . .to apply more of the nitr6gen after 1, 1 jthe cotton is up, but ii? no case v 'should this application . be delayed until late inthe season. Where large 38 applications of fertilizer are made ?, at planting time, it is important to j mix the fertilizer with the soil thoroughly so that' it will not interfere with the germination and early ^ growth of the cotton. THOROUGH PREPARATION ? c PUw Coter Crop U?4er Early In Q r. Sprtat, j( y A Clemson College bulletin says: jt j. "When a cover crop is grown on I r ^ the Ia?d during fall and winter, it t ie should be plowed under early in the 0 jl spring so' that the/land will have ^ y ample time to settle before planting Cotton comes up more quickly and ^ ,f starts growth earlier if planted on a c ?. firm well-settled seed bed than if a e planted on d loose one. If the land ^ has been in corn and velvet beans, c i- or corn and peas during the summer t Ls and cart be conveniently planted to ^ ie a cover crop, this should be grazed 4-Vio Aowltf winfAV VMAT^4-VIO on/4 C1"1/ nUtkVi UiVtlMM 0*1U it plowed under in mid-winter for best p conservation of nitrogen, and this ^ s will give time for the land to settle ? i "* 6 d and the organic matter to humify be- ^ t, fore planting time. y "Where no cover crop is used, the ^ e land should be plowed in the fall or v tf early spring in the case of a sandy . ,f soil, and the seed beds should be ^ y made up early in the spring so that j e they will have ample time to settle e before planting. Clay soils when ^ plowed in the fall should be plowed e deep to give more soil for root dell velopment. No soil should !be plowed >- deep in the late spring or just be- ^ n fore planting." ft is . e SEARCH FOR NEGRO j s , o it Eaeape* From Georgia Into South r >r Carolina. t- Augusta, Ga., Nov. 25.?A negro ^ whose name the police say they do not yet know, attempted, in the p lower part of the city, this after- ^ y noon, to assault an eight year old ^ y white child. ^ ;s The man escaped over the river s into the Carolina swamps. Posses of ^ y citizens followed in pursuit, bjift he - has not yet been taken into custody. II Bloodhounds are being secured and e the search will be continued during e night and tomorrow, and the auit thorities are confident that the man's v arrest will be accomplished. t e . i. .1 t g The cMef :'vory market of the J world ?? in Antwerp. 1< % :OLLECT!ON OF WEEVILS EXPLAINED $Y CLEMSON iquares Should Be Gathered 'If Labor it Plentiful Enough And Cheap. "When low-priced labor is availble, square collecting will be helpul if properly done. Colecting should e begun about ten days after the rst bloom is seen in the field. But mless it is done thoroughly it is mprofitable. About every five days very square must be picked, not nly those on the ground, but also hose that have dried ?on the plants, s well as those which show yellow olor or are bared. This should be ontinued during the first weeks of he square-forming period. During ret seasons when cultivation is im ossible, plow labor may be used unil cultivation can be resumed. Speial attention should be given to daces where a large number of weeils passed the winter, srch as botom lands woods, and fields adjoinng waste land or other places where nbbish occurs. "It is advised that all collected quares, instead .of being destroyed, >e placed in -a box having one of its rails made of oridnary wire window creening. Instead of a box, a barrel :overed with ordinary window creening may be used and this laid lorizontally at some convenient >lace. The box or barrel must be ight so that no emerging weevils caif iscape. The meshes of the wire creens are too small for weevils to (scape, yet sufficiently large fo pernit the escape of parasites. ''Attempts at poisoning the cotton >oll weevil in 1921 gave variable and generally unsatisfactory results. Com >aring the work and results secured n South Carolina with the work and esults secured in other states, it is xftieved that the results secured in his state during 1921 were dae to he adverse weather conditions dur ng the-poisoning period, and tnat >oisoning is profitable when propery done on high yielding land, pro'ided that the weather is favorable." COOPERATIVE CAMPAIGN :trmer< New Siping Up For Selling Move. Columbia, Nov. 23.?That a stateride cotton cooperative Marketing association will be successfully or:anized in each state of the cotton >elt in time to handle next year's rop was the 'belief expressed by HarId C. Booker, secretary of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperaive Association yesterday on his eturn from Atlanta' where he atended a meeting of representatives if the state-wide association now beng formed. Already associations have been| ormed and are handling this year's rop in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi nd Arizona. The organization of the forth Carolina association has been oinpleted but no attempt was made o handle this year's crop since the linimum number of bales was not igned in time for that Mr. Booker said that Arkansas exec ts to sign its minimum number of ales by . January 1, 1922. Georgia xpects to secure its minimum of ipril 1 next. The campaign is just etting under way in Alabama, iouisiana and Tennessee. In South !arolina it is expected to sign the 00,000 bales necessary to perfect hrg organization of the association by une 1 next. lmerican troops on the rhine coming home Coblenz, Nov. 25.?Reduction in he American force on the Rhine bean today when 11 officers and 600 nen left here on a special train for Lntwerp to sail tomorrow for home n the transport Cantigny. They will each Hoboken on December 6. In addition to the soldiers, there vere three nurses, 15 former serice men, and two wives of soldiers named here. The wives of 40 of the sen, eight of whom carried baibies, raveled in two army hospital cars. rh#> former service men with the arty who were furnished transforation home by special act of'conjess came chiefly from Paris. Kill 8-Hour Bill. Victoria, B. C., Nov. 25.?By a ote to 24 to 15 the British Columbia legislature yesterday defeated a >11 designed to bring into effect nexti lay the 8-hour working day as a ! egal maximum. \ NEW DEMONSTRATION 1 AGAINST FRENCHMEN ] Disturbance* BrMlp"g Out In Turin SpfHd To N>ple??^?vitral Persons Wounded Naples, Nov. 27.?Anti-Fnench i demonstrations which broke out inTuTin -last night following publication of dispatches from Washington reporting a dash of words between Premier Briand of France and Senator Schanzer, head of the Italian delegation in America, spread to Naples today where several persons were wounded in a revolver duel Between the police and the demonstrators'. ; Enraged over reading published Reports of harsh words directed against the Italian delegate by the French premier a band of demonstrators, consisting for the most part of students and Fascisti, paraded the principal streets of the city crying: "Down with France." They then proceeded to attack the French consulate here, Ibut they were faced with a special detachment of 300 troops, that had been calld to restore order. The most serious incident in connection with demonstrations occurred when tl^ mob found a French flag and burned it . publicly amidst hostile exclamations against France. ' ROBBERS BEWARE < Devil Difi Shatter Plana of Robbera of MaiU. Washington, Nov. 27.?Action of the p^stoffice department in placing marine guards on mail trains .and trucks has had the desired effect of preventing a number of carefullyplanned projects to rob the mails, according to reports to Second Assistant Postmaster General .O'Shaughnessy, in charge of transportation for the department. Mr. O'ShaugTinessy said.today the marine hkd been asked for after department agents had learned'that raids on the mails were* being planned throughout the country this winter. . One case in particular, where a planned robbery came to naught, it was stated, was in Texas, where preparations for a hold-up were abandoned. Similar plans at other places also were frustrated and generally robbery of the mails has dropped notably, Mr. O'Shaughnessy said. There 'was evidence, h? said, that some of the robberies had been carefully planned on a big scale as was the one recently in New York. y NOTICE TO, CREDITORS OF APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE < f. , In the District Court of the United I States for the Western District of South Carolina, In the Matter of Sarah Weinraab, Bankrupt. No. B 267 IN BANKRUPTCY. To the Creditor* of the above named Bankrupt: , Take notice that on November 12, 1921, the above named bankrupt fil- j ed his petition in said Court praying that she may be decreed by the Court to have a full discharge from all debts provable against his estate, except such debts as are excepted by law from such discharge, and a hear a.i J i i _*;ii log was mereupuu uruercu ?uu wm , be had upon said petition on Decern- ] ber 15, 1921 before said Court, at 1 Greenville, in said District, at 11 i o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all known creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause, if any they have why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. D. C. DURHAM, Clerk. Dated at Greenville, S. C., Nov. 12, 1921. ltw. Dec. 12.5t}' ! I' SHERIFF'S SALE State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. R. A. and D. A. COLEMAN, Plaintiffs, j against j J. M. COWAR and W. M. BEATY, 1 Defendants. c .TAKE NOTICE, that the finder- j signed as Sheriff of Abbeville County, will sell at public auction, at Ab- 1 beville Court House on salesday in y December 1921, during the legal hours of sale, by virtue of the power j and authority vested in me under and by a certain order signed by the Hon- \ orable Edward Mclver, presiding 1 judge, at the October term of-court, 1921, and now on file in the office of.1 the Clerk of Court of Abbeville County, South Carolina, in the above 4 X V. stated case, the following decribed property, to wit: One Empire Six Touring Car, motor number 7W68504 model 12101917. 1 Said property is levied on and sold pursuant to the aforesaid order and as the property of J. M. Coward, to satisfy the judgment now on file in the office of the Clferk of Court t>f Abbeville County, in the above stated matter. TERMS OF SALE?CASH. F. B. McLANE, Sheriff Abbeville County, ffbv. 7th, 1921, Treasurer's Notice. In accordance with an act raise supplies for the fiscal year 1921, beginning January 1st, the treasurer's office will open from October 15 to December 31st for collection of taxes without penalty. ^ v. After January 1st, 1922 the penalty will be one per ccnt.; after February 1st, penalty two per cent.; after March 1st, penalty seven percent.. after March 15th, the unpaid taxes will go into execution and will be collected by the Sheriff. One dollar poll tax will be collected from all male citizens between ages of 21 and 60 years. A two-dollar road tax on all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 years. A dog license of $1.25 must be / paid on all dogs. This license is in lieu of all other taxes and licenses, city or otherwise. x - - v Kate of Taxation. State Tax - 12 M'lls. Ordinary County (current "expenses) 5% Mills By Co. BB. Com. (current expei~es) - _1 Mill. Special County (past indebt- t ^ edness* 1 Mill. x * 18?Bethia 8 " 20?SharSS 8 " 21?Bethel 8 " 22?Abbeville 18'"' 28?Warren ton __ 8 "' 24?Ree d 8 " 25?Brownle e 4 " 26?Campbel l 15 " 27?Antrevill e ' __ 12 " 28?Unio n 0 " 29?Sunny Slope 8 n 30?Cold Spring ? 8 * 31?Lopg Cane -2 " 32?Smithvill e $ " 5?For k TO " 6?Sexto s . 0 . " 7?Latimer .? 0 * 8?Montere y - 0 9?Calhoun Palls C> " 10?San toe ... .... .... 4 " 17?Flatwpods 0 " ing Special School Tax will be collected on the foliovng r.^sicd schffsl districts: School Districts and Numbers With Rate of Special Tax ; 1?Corne r / 2 Mills 2?Ridg e 0 " 3?Lowndesville ? ? 13% " 4?Rocky River ' 8 ^ Road Bonds._ 7% Mills 3 MU1 School Tax 3 Mills. Repair Gang (chaingang) 1 Mill. 1 TOTAL 31 Mills/ In additon to the above the follew.33?Promise Land ? -- 0 " 34?Centra l ? 8 " 35?Hagan ... ? 8 J' 36?Parks Creek 8 " 37?Keowe e 14 " 38?Due West 12 39?Donaldi It * 10?Pinevill e ? 6 " 11?Vermillion-_ 8 " 4A TT1 Ml ^ o MV iz?r ouvuie u 13?Eurek a 3 14?Broadmout h 8 " 15?Rock Spring 2 " 16?Ra y 4 "* 17?Wynon a 8 ? 19?Hall 4 " 50?Cana 4 " >4?Lebanon 4 " Taxes are payable only in gold or silver coin, U. S. currency, National jank notes, P. 0. money orders and Cashiers check on bank. If parties lesire to pay with personal checks ;hey must do bo at their own risk and nust pay the exchange if banks :harge same. Parties desiring iafornation about taxes will please write >efore Dec. 15th, answers will be iromptly given to all communications vhen postage for reply is included The Treasurer's office will closfe promptly at 4 o'clock daily during ;he time for collecting taxes in ?rler that the books may be balanced laily. Please inclose postage for any eply desired when writing. R. B. CHEATHAM, Treasurer Abbeville Coufc*,y. '