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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1922. DANGER AHEAD. In the last few days the Press and Banner has received information about the activities of the boll wee vil which should be duly considered - , it.? ? Dy ine peopie yi me v-vum,^. mc uun weevil last year practically destroyed the cotton crop of the lower half of the county. The mild winter, as was predicted, left many old weevils sur viving, and they are on the cotton now waiting for the formation of the squares, when they will commence propagation and their destructive work. An examination of fields of cotton in the lower section of the county reveals the presence of from one to two weevils on every stalk of cot ton. They are sometimes a little hard to find but they are there. And un lace +V>o\r oro trntton riH nf t.hprp will not be a bale of cotton made to every five acres planted. There is no guess about that statement, we farmed with the weevil last year. Reports in dicate that the weevils are as numer ous in other parts of the county as in the infected area last year. Then there is but one thing to do. The farmers must make up their minds to fight the weevil or lose their cotton crops. That may be taken as an established fact; it will be estab lished to the satisfaction of every man who fails to use the best known means to get rid of the weevil. There is some diversity of opinion as to the proper way to fight the wee vil. Some say to' work the cotton fast; others to pick up the squares and burn them; others to poison with molasses poison; while the Depart ment of Agriculture says to dust the cotton with calcium arsenate. Our advice to the readers of the Press and Banner is to do all of these things or as nearly all as possible. Prisoning is not going to do a great deal of good so long as the applica tions of the poison are followed .by rains, neither will the other sugges tions amount to a great deal, but dry weather is coming one of these days and when it does the people Vtiictr BUVU1U Poisoning is the main weapon for fighting the weevil we believe, and we advise every farmer in the coun ty to try his hand at the game. And concerning poisoning it will be well to consider the following from the Department of Agriculture: "In the first place it should be remembered that we recommend starting poisoning when from ten to fifteen per cent of the cotton squares have been punctured by the weevil. As a general rule this condition does not arise until after the newly bred weevils have started to emerge from the squares. This year, however, we have found many fields where there are already sufficient weevils present to destroy practically all squares as fast as formed. In other words, such cotton will never start blooming un less the weevils are controlled, and from the very outset 50 per cent or more of the squares are punctured. Under such conditions it is undoubt edly going to be necessary to poison earlier than ever before. Of course, there is no advantage in poisoning the cotton before the squares form, as the weevils are continuing to emerge from hibernation durine this neriod and furthermore they are doing the crop no harm. However, where such a heavy infestation occurs it will be advisable to make the first applica tion j^t as soon as the cotton starts squaring freely, or about the time the pkints average from 4 to 5 squares each. The regular poisoning schedule should be started at that time and continued along the lines of +>?o iicnnl rprrrnimendations for con trolling this early infestation of wee vils. Another very important effect of this heavy infestation will be felt lat er in the season. When the weevils first emerge from hibernation and reach the cotton field they move a- { round very little as long as they can < find an ample supply of unpunctured < squares for their use, but just, as i soon as the infestation becomes suf- < ficiontly heavy to puncture practic- < ally all squares these weevils start ] to move in search of fresh pastures, j Tn an nrdinarv season this means that j you usually have only the weevils ] bred in your own cotton to contend i with until some time from the latter 1 part of July to the last of August, ] depending on the locality. This year, . however, this movement of migration of weevils will probably start sever al weeks earlier than usual. Conse- ] quentlv, it will not only be necessary for you to start poisoning earlier to control your own infestation, but you : snouid also expect that, before you j have had time to mature the fruit which your plants have set during : this period of protection, you will be gin to experience an immigration of weevils from unpoisoned cotton. Of 1 course, this condition would not arise i if every one in a district was suc cessfully poisoning his cotton; but this will not be the case this year, and just as soon as all squares in the unpoisoned crops are punctured the migration to the poisoned fields will commence. This means that every ' day a large crop of new weevils- will 1 move into these poisoned fields, and ' it is going to take continuous, thor ough poisoning to protect to malur- ; ity the crop which has been allowed to set by the earlier applications." ANDREW AND JOHN. Col. Andrew J. Bethea and Hon. i TaViw IT Cnroori*UTQr> lie I U \Jllll U. l^lUUIU uo OViUt what of the few lines Judge McGow an used to repeat to the jury con cerning the snake which crossed the road, and which "left the people still in doubt," whether it was "com ing in or going out." Only it seems to us that Andrew is trying to "come in" while John E. is trying to stay 'in. If these two patriots who were iwilliner to be sacrificed for the sake of the country's welfare felt that they were "called" to run for Gov ernor, we are at a loss to understand jwhy they have not heeded the call iand also run. The fact that they I ! have heard another voice indicates ; that they are just office-seekers like the rest of the democrats. Or maybe they were afraid to take their chances after it became a j known fact that John T. was in the I race again. Does either of these gen itlemen belong to the "system?" If ' PA +V AtT oil Alll/1 V? OITA 1M 4- S\ /]/\ ou, onuuiu nave; ouajfcu jii iu uc" J fend it- There is a difference be tween running away in order to run another day and getting elected. THE HUGUENOTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j KSpartanburg Journal.) i Last week Mr. James S. Gibert, of < Abbeville County, was in Spartan- 1 burg on a brief visit to some of his ' relatives who are living in this part of the State. He is a direct descend ant of one of the most distinguished members of the Huguenot Colony which settled in Abbeville District to escape religious persecution in their native France. When he was asked if there were many descendants of the Abbeville Huguenots surviving in the old District, he said there were many and among them quite a number who bore the names of the devoted folk who found asylum in Abbeville?the Gibert, the Bouchillons, the Gille beaus, the Moragnes, the LeRoys, f ll q P mrine ori/l V* r? ir/-\ lnef the characteristics of the fathers, and would die as readily today for principle as their ancestors far be yond the seas. Mr. Gibert was one of the bravest of the ibrave in the War Between the States and will carry with him to the other world jthe honorable scars won by him in ;the great struggle for Southern in I j i ucpciiucuce. jliic v^uiumuia otatc [yesterday printed this interesting 'story: "A. S. Salley, Jr. Secretary of the j Historical Commission of South < 'Carolina, has been appointed a < I member of the Huguenot Tercente nary Commission for the celebration J of the 300th anniversary of the 1 i founding: of New York by Belgian 1 Huguenots under the Dutch West In- 1 dies Company in 1623. 1 "Dr. John Baer Stoudt, of North- ! ampton, Pa., has been authorized by '< [the commission on relations with < jFrance and Belgium of the Feder- 1 ated Council of the Churches of ' Christ in America and the Huguenot Societies of America to form a gen eral committee to arrange for the . elebration. The commemoration is :o be somewhat similar to the re ient observance of the tercentenary >f the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass., in 1620. It is proposed to make the celebration general, so as to include the several g places where Huguenot settlements ivere effected and thus call attention to the splendid part tnat tne exiled Huguenots had in the making of America. "South Carolina owes much of the best that it has to its Huguenot blood and it is in recognition of this fact that the State, through Mr. Salley, is to be represented on the general committee." No better representative of South Carolina and of the Huguenot in fluence in this State could be found than Mr. Salley, who has done more, we should say, than any other man to rescue and preserve the land marks of our history. FREE PICTURE SHOW AND CREAMERY MEETING There will be a free picture show held in the Opera House Saturday afternoon, June 24th, on pure bred Jersey cattle. The show will begin promptly at 1:30 o'clock. Immedi ately after the pictures the Green wood Creamery Company will organ ize and establish cream stations at vl/flBf T ovfil T.on/1 AaVilmr'fl i/?c TT COVj JL1C ? Vi MA-MAtAWJ w Store, Antreville and Abbeville. A large attendance is expected and it is sincerely hoped cream stations will be organized at every place mention ed. Now here come two more Newber ry boys to add to the marriage ex citement: Irvine Leslie at Chapin and Julian White in Abbeville, as will be seen by brief notices in another column.?Newberry Herald and News WOMEN DIE IN FIRE Two Burn to Death in Fashionable Club . Minneapolis, June 18.?Two wo men were burned to death in fire, ^ -?- j--j j it. ui? which uusuuyeu me xasuiuuauic ; Lafayette club , at Minnetoka | Beach, Lake Minnetoka, near here, I early today. A dozen guests and j employees among the 100 persons forced to flee were injured. Thej loss to the building is estimated at1 $230,000. Sings of The Times. Youngstown, Ohio, June 20.?With automobile makers and other facto cVl nof cfool 1 iica tiaxiiuiiiig xvi ou&uu va.mv ^ - branch of the steel industry in the J Youngstown district today began a s schedule of operations more nearly J approaching 100 per cent than at any time s'nce the war boom. Of eight mills scheduled to resume today, sev jn were able to get enough skilled labor. The addition leaves only three E nills of the 113 in the district idle, j ^ COMMISSIONER ENRIGHT TO STUDY EUROPEAN CRIME WAVE Reports that Europe was suffering I from a crime wave similar to that iow current in the United States has prompted Commissioner Enright, of ihe New York Police Dept. to go' abroad to study the situation there j md the foreign police method of j :oping with crime. Photo shows the j Commissioner smiling as the S. S. > Olympic left the pier in New York' :ecently for Europe. FAIRFIELD * V V The farmers are glad to see the retty sunshine again after so much ain. They are busy hauling in their rain, planting corn, etc. We regret very much to report Irs. Mary F. Creswell not improv ig. Mrs. T. A. Tolbert is on the ick list also. We hope they will oon be well again. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Young spent >unuay i" rucheib wiui lur. mill Irs. A. W. Young. They report Mrs foung sick again. Her daughter, tfrs. Dewey Huff, of Greenville ame and spent Sunday with her. Mrs. E. C. Young, Mrs. D. A. foung, Miss Eva and Joel Young nd Mrs. Fannie McCaslan went to Treenwood shoDDiner Wednesday. Among those who called to see Irs. Mary F. Creswell and Mrs. T. L* Tolbert last week were, Misses anie and Sallie Creswell, Misses lima, Irene and Nora Young, Mrs. . A. Puckett and children, Misses yola and Sara Brown and Miss rene Bradley. Misses Lyndelle and May Belle foung spent Saturday afternoon vith Misses Mary and Lena pence. T. F. Langley spent Sunday with A. Young. Mrs. D. A. Young spent Saturday ifternoon with Mrs. J. W. Young. Miss Zellie Langley spent Friday *i. Si.'U If S* TT* Dv?An,w uucniuun wiuii uuia. xj* i-uunn. Kennedy Woodhurst and Willie 3euaford spent Wednesday night rith D. A. Young. Miss Nora Lee Young spent Sunday with Misses Claire and Ber ha Young. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mims of Lin :olnton, Ga., spent Sunday with tfrs. Fannie McCaslan. Miss Prances Creswell of De La iowe has returned to Troy to visit relatives after spending a week in Seorgia with relatives. Miss Alma Young spent Sunday "Mice 7. all i n T.fjno^lpv Mrs. Mary F. Creswell celebrated tier 84th birthday last Wednesday. IVe wish for her many more happy >nes. Miss Claire Young spent several lays last week with her grand nother, Mrs. M. A. Bowen. James Brown and Thomas Spence spent Sunday afternoon vith T. F. Langley. Mrs. Wm. P. Long spent Sunday ifternoon wfth Mrs. F. T. Young. Mrs. Fannie McCaslan spent one ifternoon last week with Mrs T. A. rolbert. We are sorry to write of the iickness of Mr. J. H. Drennan. We iope he will soon be well again. FISHERMAN'S LUCK. Russell Thomson, Paul Kennedy, 1, W. Gregory, J. L. Perrin, W. D. Wilkinson and Sing Finley went on fishing trip to Cherokee Shoals yes erday. Capt. Perrin says they had sherman's luck. Hail In Andernon. Anderson, June 20.?There was a eavy rain between here and Pendle >n Sunday afternoon and in some ;ctions there was much hail. The rospect community suffered consid rable damage to crops by hail which ;11 continuously for 45 minutes. A German chemist says no one ;rson can be considered inventor of le friction match. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Probate Court i the Matter of the Estate of E. C. Meschine, Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons indebted to said estate ust settle without delay, and those aiding claims against the estate lust present them properly attested ' A. V. BARNES, Admr. [ay 19, 3wks.-pd. I VETERINARIAN Graduate Ohio State University DR. M. HARKAVY FERGUSON'S STABLE i Phone 387 Abbevflle, S. C. LIKES PRESS AND BANNER. S. A. Davis, son of S. W. Davis of Due West, was in the city today. He is with Jacob's Pharmacy of Clinton and has been stationed in Atlanta for the last four years, and says he reads the Press and Banner and keeps up with his friends in this section. NURSIE TURNi The latest in baby buggies, or ?"Prams"?the "Pramotor," ju perabmulator is propelled at a i a small gasoline engine wmcn is just beh:nd it. The nurse stand: side of the propelling wheel. < pneumatic tires prevent vibratioi -feast! ^OES, A FEAST! 1 AUERBACH Chocol; itself. Bite in! Cruncl chocolate and crisp, fresl grand party! Each hui other. There are more bi cause AUERBACH Cho< Honest, you cannot pos sibly know how mud solid enjoyment there i in a nickel 'till you feas on this big chocolate sur prise. Other flavors, too AUER1 CHOCOLAT D. AUERBACH &. SONS . Chocolate AUERBACH "Town Juyyjyuuaiuuuiuuutj^ MR. RETAILER: The folia can atitnlv vnu with bio^er ~~ czn vou With htpftgr ?? G. E. CALVERT, AB Qive her the bes DES MAI ERI The 0 M G f EXTRA COMMUNICATION. ' There will be an extra communica tion of Clinton Lodge No. 3 A. F. M. Thursday night June 22, 1922 at 8:30 p. m. Work in the .Third De Igree. W. M. Langley. H. S. Howie. ?"'W > CHAUFFEUSE. ?as our English cousins call 'em' st put on the market. This new speed of four miles per hour by fixed to an extra wheel attached s on foot-boards placed on either Comfortable springs and large n. OCOLATE S> 1 r NUT BAl This bigger, better ate Bar is all of that by hi the rich., delightful i nuts. Oh, man! One ncyrv hite invites an tes now than ever be :olate Bars are bigger. E BAK9 Headquarters New York, U.S.'A. t in Chocolates Talk" Pounds & Halves 'HmillSimHIif wing wholesale distributors SEVILLE, S. C.' wen Brothers larble and ranite Co. IIGNERS NUFACTURERS HCTORS largest and best equipped monv< mental mills in the Carolina*. GEENWOOD, S. C.