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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1922.
TO CATCH SUCKERS t
t
Mclver Williamson, in the State,
March 14th, had the following toj-j
say: 1 h
"Not only the constellations but L
the other 1,000 billion stars point to f
an exceeding prevalence of traps to | (
catch the farmer in the many awk*'j
ward moves which he will necessarily I j.
make in his first conflict with the a
l>oll weevil. Lacking fixed rules to'a
guide him against these pitfalls he'r
will prove an easy prey to the wiles 'j
of the trained diplomat. When Philo'j
Gubb would become a detective he
got himself a rule book which direct- v
ed him under all conditions. When s
he scented danger he hid himself be- L
TiinH ? trpp and consulted this book. > t
Every farmer needs to get him a'5
similar book at once. When a stran- U
ger drives up to your house for the'p
sole and unselfish purpose of con-'t
ferring upon you a great benefaction, I
you are to get behind a tree and con- j ^
suit your guide book. It will tell ^
you that he is fixing to pull your leg' c
and that you should well anoint the1 v
same with opossum grease before jj
again adventuring into his presence.!
In times past when he wished to I,
?
sell you an oil well your guide book
would have told that you should have
required him to deliver the said well
in the left hand corner of your front
yard and then wait on you to pay ^
him from the oil obtained therefrom*. r
If the kind visitor had wished to sell *
you a fish scrap faotory the book ^
wouM-'hmve advised that yoti smell. t
over the proposition at least a year. *
"If he offers you apparati which v
will destroy the boll Weevil, be kind r
a k>tm *? {f io o ^
?W uuu 1V1 IW iQ U nvauv,iAWi
he has accomplished. Go with him to J 0
your demonstration agent and gather a
together the farmers who have got- e
ten good results from this said ma- r
t
chine. If the man's time is too valu
able to do this, by no means detain
him long enough to carry off a note a
for any of your money. This guide fa
book will also advise that you sign t
no papers, especially those that are fa
not to be used, or which are a mere
matter of form, or which are guaran- a
teed to yield a dividend sufficient to ?
pay the entire amount of the adven- o
ture into which you are being entic- a
ed. All of us have much wondered &
' how it is possible for these polite well G
dressed friends of ours who visit us s
in fine automobiles and silken socks
to so outprosper us when all of their t
time was consumed in UDliftiner us. n
"We had finally concluded that they
were able to so greatly outshine.us
even when we followed all of their
advice simply because it is more
blessed to give than to receive. When
however, we consulted our guide
book it said look in the glass for the
goat. Economy is a jewel but we
find that prudence is an even more
essential adjunct in our dealing with
our friends."
There is only too much truth in
the above, we fear. With every sick
ness the quack comes with his nos-l
trum. He knows more about the dis-1 s
case than all the doctors, and gener- j s
ally puts the -patient where the latjs
ter can no longer give testimony. 1t
The boll weevil is bad enough,
"but if those people who would preyU
on the credulity of a portion of the c
people are to persuade them that it I
is a safe thing to plant cotton since I
the boll weevil can be controlled |r
with this or the other device, we shall 11
have a still greater calamity. j
Clemson College is giving the far
mers of the state some sound advice a
about boll weevil traps, boll weevil c
killers, and other devices to get rid c
of the pest. The Clemson authori
ties offer to investigate and report
on any one of these and thus give
out reliable information, which t
would be the best advertisement a b
really valuable device could have,? s
hut then that might not promote fl
sales. v
The United States Department of
Agriculture has been experimei
ivith the boll weevil for twenty y
Those in charge of these ex
ments, while condemning no p<
ular device, have declared that
only reasonable way to poisor
soil weevil is by dusting with C
urn Arsenate. The government
:ell you where you may buy th<
son and also where you may ol
the machines to do the work. 1
vhy experiment? Taxes will be
;nough this fall without payinj
ax to the occasional selling s
,vho desires to make a little m<
[f you buy a machine at even
rifling price and it causes yo
ose a cotton crop, your taxes wi
ligher than taxes have ever
>efore.
The Press and Banner would
he farmers of Abbeville Countj
o put their trust in any device
rouched for by Clemson College
he United States Department
Agriculture. On the other hanc
idvise the farmers to prepare
'arm, to poison and to do everyt
ilse* which these agencies recomr
t is the only way to make a
>robable. Inquiries directed to ei
igency will receive a prompt r<
md you will get all the inform*
leeded. At the same time coi
rour County Demonstration A(
le is here to advise yoxi.
A machine which costs $10
irhich will not do the work is ex
ive as compared with one v/
osts $100 which will do the ^
'oison recommended by the Ui
Itates Department of Agricultui
he proper poison at 11 cents
iound is cheaper than sweetened
er given to you.
Now i$ the time above all o
imes when men should pay atter
o people who know, and not be
eived by the oily talker and the
irho has something to sell. Don't
ike a sucker.
MORE FEDERAL
AID AT PRESJ
At a meeting of the State Higl
Commission in Columbia Tue
lothinc was done reerardincr the
losal te include the Anderson-A
'ille road via Lee Shoals 'bridg
he Federal system. It has
>ointed out that the Anderson-A
ille route known as the gei
oads is five miles nearer than
ither road to AWbeville, this b
ne of the oldest roads in the s
;nd the news that no action was
n in the matter will 'he received
egret by the people living a
his route.
County Engineer H. B. Hura
ippeared before the Commission
lehalf of Federal aid for this C
y. No more aid is available for
leville at present, he was told.
A request for $20,000 qf fed
rid from Greenwood County t<
ised on a bridge at Puckett's f
>n the Saluda river was not gra
,s the commission thought o
^idges, especially the Laur
ireenwood connection, could be
tructed first. The Commission
nterested in the matter of brid,
he Saluda at this point but c
ot offer federal aid at his time.
DEATH OF DR. GIFFIN
News has been received in A
ille of the death of Dr. John <3
t Cairo, Egypt, after a short ill
f pneumonia. Dr. Giffin had rea<
lis seventy-fifth year and expe
o retire from work and com
Lmerica and make his home witl
laughter, Mrs. F. W. Phifer,
Vheatland, Wyoming."
Dr. Giffin was a missionary of
Jnited Presbyterian church
erved in the. foreign field for ft
ix years. He was known to the
ociate Reformed Presbyterians
he State and to Abbeville and
Vest people as the husband of J
Jalloway, the first missionary
>ut by the A. R. P. church,
'hifer, known to our people as
-,ula Giffin, is a graduate of'ithe
nan's College at Duo West
aught school in Abbeville fo
rear.
Two sons, Bruce and Marion C
ilong with Mrs. Phifer, survive
loctor. He is an uncle by marr
?f Mrs. M. R. Plaxco.
Killed in Aeroplane.
London, April 13.?Sir Ross Si
he Australian aviator who with
irother, Sir Keith, had planned
tart from Croydon April 25 or
light around the world, was k
/hen his plane crashed in a prai
light at Croydon today.
SCHEDULE OF WO
Of Home Demonstration A
Next Week
The following is the scl
the County Home Demo
Age.nt for the coming week
Monday, Smithville at 3 p
Tuesday iBrownlee at 3 p.
Wednesday South Side 3 ]
Prosperity Girls Club 10
Thursday Cold Springs G
3 p. m. \
Friday Iiowndesville Boys i
Club at 10 a. m.
Friday Campbell School
8 p. m.
Saturday from 11 to 1 o'
market will be opened at
We want this market to (be
help to everybody so try a
more produce so that we wi
away disappointed. It see
eggs are the best seller an<
lira tiowo ?<vf Via H enonirh 1
the demand. Let us not fi
n?arke<t and be there next 5
iMiss Laura Bailey, th
Specialist in girls work will
next week to help Mrs. Git
some special work. (She will
following sewing clubs: Col<
Lowndesville and Campbell,
be prepared to ask her mar
tions in sewing for is ?
giving you valuMfci inf
along this line.
Lice Powders and their Ap
You can eliminate lice fr
try toy treating each fowl s<
with sodium fluorid. Goi
sodium fluorid may be p
at most any drug store at
cents a pound and may bi
either by the socalled "pine!
od or by means ofa duster
?n 1 punching small nail holes in
i de
man
bite
torn of a can that has a tigi
top. If the pinch method is i
bird is held on the table *
pinch of sodium fluorid i:
next to the skin under the
as follows: 1 pinch under tt
ENT i on the neck, 2 on the bi
the breast, 1 below the v<
the tail, 1 on each thigh, i
sday' the under sid? of each wl
pro- J feathers should ibe ruffle
bbe- j the poiwder to get next to t
Any one interested in thu
more information by calling
iway |
County Home Deolonstratioi
;e m
been
bbe
leral
any | GREAT SWARMS OF RAT:
DESTROYING GRAl
tate. I
(Moscow, April 12.?Offi
(soldiers who served In the
army poison gas squads .a
pressed into service as ext
great swarms of rats and f
which are destroying the spi
ings in the fields of the
Ukraine, says a Kharkoff
The crops in the infested ar
a failure last year, and the
the rodent swarms is unknot
JOHN GARY EVANS
MAY BE IN
Friends Said to Have I
Campaign As Guberna<
Candidate.
Greenwood, April 13.?Wl
lieved by those in close to\
the political situation in this
ho an nii+Vipntip rfmnrt. rpflfhe
bbe-Jwood today that former (
tiffin [John Gary Evans of Spartanl
ness be a candidate for governor
:hed approaching campaign. It is
ctedjthat friends of Mr. Evans (
e 'to launched his campaign at a
i his meeting in Columbia last n
of that Joe Sparks, a veteran n<
man, would have charge of
the;paign.
and
>rty- MORE COTTON FIGU1
As- j -
over Provided for in Harris Bill
Due | by Senate
lary Washington, April 3.?C
sent ;and publication by the go^
Mrs.1 of additional cotton Statistics
Miss vided for in bills by Senato:
Wo-' Democrat, Georgia, passed 1
and the Senate and sent .to the
r a | One would require the censu
i to take more detailed report
riffin' ginned cotton and the othei
the.require the Department of
ture to publish, with its reg
lage
mith
i his
to
1 a
illed
:tice
ton reports of this season, <
obtained from cotton ginners
probable ginning of the curr
Senator Harris said that
ditional information was i
because ginning estimates h
dicated an error of about o
lion bales and have been a f
said, in continuing the depr<
cotton prices.
INCREASE IS REQUESTED
In Tariff Rates of Southern
uct?.
Prod
Washington, April 13.?Resolu
tions asking an increase in rates on
Southern products and reindorsing
the "American valuation plan' were
adopted today at a special meeting
of the Southern Tariff Association.
Chairman Fordney, of the House
ways and means committee and Sen
ator Frank R. Gooding, of Idaho, ad
dressed the delegates, who represent
ed 51 industries in the Southern
States.
clock the
the mill,
s of some
BIRTH NOTICE
1
Rnrn fn Mr. and Mw. JnTin ftpon.
l^notg? I fl?rd ApriI 12' 1922 a dau?hter
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wil
liams April 14, 1922, a son. I
SEED
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LAWN GRAM,
CANE 8EEO,
MILLET,
KAFFER,
CORN,
SPRING BARLEY.
GARDEN and FIELD
f CORN
. .and a full line of. .
..GARDEN SEED..
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....SALE..,.
? BRIMMER,
STONE,
ACME, and
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BOYD'S
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given with a teaspoon or small syringe. The horse does not' *
to swallow the medicine to get results. When the
touches the inside of the mouth, the blood takes op the
Send me a Post Office order for 75 cents and I will pay the
age to you. Reasonable discounts on larger orders.
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Just received a big shipment
PRICES REASONABLE.
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