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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company j Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. ' Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Term# of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Three Months .50 i AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Foreign Advertising Representative FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922. NEW LICENSE TAXES. Almost everybody is now paying a tax in oraer xo get pciunsoivn <,v do business. The lawyer, the doctor, the merchant, the baker and the candle-stick maker, each and all must pay a license tax. It comes hard for some of these who are not get ting ahead, but the government must run and it can only run on taxes. j Such being the case would it not' be well to see that the license tax is1 made to apply to everybody instead' of almost everybody. For instance a few people are getting off to the] mountains. These people evidently j have money, and it would be less of, a hardship lor tftem to pay a license tax for the pleasure of leaving home for a rest and returning than for a great many people to pay a tax for the necessity of staying at home and keeping eternally at it. And what about the g-r-a-n-d priv. ilege of running for office? That is a pastime which should bear its part of the expense of this here govern ment. Have we not laws that protect every man, even to tne numDiest cm. i ten, in his right to run for any of fice he chooses from coroner to pres-' ident, or from president to coroner,' just as you view it? If we have,1 should not the people who aspire to1 fill these offices pay for the blessed! privileges which is theirs? This too' might be discussed on the stump by the legislative candidates. COST OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT' We have not seen a statement of' the expenses of running the city gov-[ ernment for last year. Perhaps the1 statement has been posted, but if so we have not seen it. It should be pub- f lished. The people of the city have a[ right to know just how much it is' costing to govern this peaceable people. The eleven mills of taxes bring in about fifteen thousand dol lars per year, the license taxes bring in a good deal more, fines and for. Poi+iivoe omniint t<-? c<imr>+Viiri<r nnfl in addition the water and light plant is bringing in a considerable income over and above operating expenses. What is being done with the surplus? We do not know, but the people who are paying the taxes, and who have bonded themselves for the payment of the cost of the water and light plant have a right to know just what is being done with the money. There is a special tax to pay bonds and in terest of the various bond issues, we believe. Is it costing twenty thousand dol lars per year, four dollars per head, to govern this city, this quiet, law abiding city? We do not know, but we along with a good many other people would like to know. THE ANTI-LYNCHING BILL Governor Harvey has appointed j Ex-Governor Cooper to represent this 1 state in the matter of opposing the; enactment of the Federal anti.lynch-j ing bill. The Ex-Governor was S0| successful when solicitor of this cir-j cuit in bringing lynchers to justice,! and the results of his efforts in that' behalf so fully showed the ability <?f the state authorities to put down, lynchings that the appointee should be able to furnish valuable evidence and statistics to his co-conspirators.. Perhaps he will forget his experiences J however, when he comes to consider State Rights?the right to make a n?ockery of justice. PAINTING 'EM RED. It is stated that several barrels of liquor have been seized in Augusta, the barrels being labeled as contain ing liquid paint. The description was not full enough it seems, the labels should have read "Red Paint." POISONING. Reports which come to us indicate that progress in fighting the boll weevil is being made. We are now in ' the midst of a rainy season it seems, and unless the farmers are alert the weevil will get the inside track. The < farmers cannot wait for clear weath er in which to begin poisoning. Some of the poison will be lost if put on and a rain follows, but we must take chances and be prepared to suffer some losses. The remedy is to Keep | fighting. The fight must be kept up all summer. THE LAST BRIGADE. Stooping shoulders were straight, ened this morning; dim eyes for an hour were bright again. The "long roll" was sounding through the sil ence of sixty years; it was time to "fall in." They answered to the old names as they took their places? Jackson's' Stonewall brigade and Hood's immortal Texans, Pickett's men and Stuart's cavalry, the gun ners of Poague and Breather, of Cut shaw and of Mcintosh. Every corps of the Army of Northern Virginia was represented; every army of the South?Johnston's and Bragg's, Dick Taylor's and Kirby Smith's?was mus tered; Forrest's cavalry was ready to spring to saddle at the first note of the bugle-call. Such a column it was, gathered from every command in the South, as might have marched in grand victorious review it maepena ence had been won in 1864 and a sea. son of rejoicing had been decreed in the capital of a triumphant nation. It was the whole Confederate army to which the city paid homage?the whole army of which Lee had been given supreme command too late. Yet it was in numbers only a brigade. And it was the last brigade. The con sciousness of that fact, striking the multitude while the cheer still was on its lips, made many a man turn his! *mrr\tT r* rt A **i~o r*i it o wamqn woan ' late a w a J 9 auu inonjf ? nvuiuu ?VW^ j openly. The last brigade of the mighty di-j vision at whose tread a continent shook?do the youth of this land real ize that brigade contains the survi vors of the greatest army that ever fought? Have fathers been faithful to their sires and have they taught that lesson to the little children of today, the grandchildren of the Con federacy? Have the young men read Henderson's "Jackson," Wyeth's "Forrest" and Captain Lee's "Recol lections and Letters" of his father? Do the people who hung out those Confederate flags this morning know with what rich hearts' blood those banners were dyed? The other, the inevitable question shapes itself, combat it as one may. When the rear file of the last brigade has passed, as it must despite the prayers of the South that it be spar ed a little longer?will the fourth generation still venerate the South ern cause? Wijl the inspiration we men of today have received from con tact with those "gentlemen unafraid" be transmitted onward century by century or it will slowly disappear. As J some agonized on Monument avenue this morning, perhaps they looked up and saw Lee in bronze. He was re viewing more of his soldiers than ever again will pass before him on earth. In the calm majesty of his at titude toward them there was reas surance. He Was as proud of them as they of him. He knew, as none did, what his soldiers were and what they had achieved. As early as 1863 he wrote John B. Hood, "There were never such men in an army before." "There never were such men in an army before." Repeat the words. Memorize them. They are the answer to all the Vague dread of tomorrow that somehow assails the heart today. A.s there never were such men in any other army, they must live on. Neith er the men nor the army ever can be forgotten unless there rises in Amer ica a race whose neglect would be honor?a. race so ignoble that it sconrs selfsacrifice and loses love.? Editorial in Richmond News-Leader during recent Confederate reunion. POLICE CHIEF'S SON KILLED BY SHERIFF Walterboro, July 13.?John Brit ton of this place, was shot and al- : most instantly killed near here yes terday afternoon by Sheriff Acker man, who claims that Britton was op erating a still #in the Edisto river swamp and fired upon him and his I deputies when they attempted to raid the outfit. THE BOLL WEEVIL SITUATION RESTATED Clemson College, July 11.?At the recent annual meeting of the Clem son Board of Trustees a very inter esting conference was held with the polletre officials in regard to the boll weevil situation. ? It may be recalled that in 1915 the t Board of Trustees sent a commission i to study the situation in Louisiana, t Mississippi and Alabama, and as an ( outcome of this investigation a bulle- t tin was published in 1916, which with f slight revisions has been printed and i distributed off and on ever since. The 1 Trustees have always had a very in. i tense interest in the boll weevil situa- I tion and wanted the latest view held by the college experts. Despite the fact that both the gov- 1 ernment and the college have been sending out information through the ^ press, county agents, specialists, bul letins and circulars almost every day ( for several months, the statements made by the experts to the Board of , Trustees last Tuesday are of much ^ public interest. In substance these college experts made the following ^ statements: . We believe that the value of early , poisoning is greatly exaggerated. , Such is the testimony by the best ex. < perimentors in Alabama, Louisiana, j Mississippi, Texas, and Oklahoma, j which states have been longest in- \ fested with the weevil. Reports are ] now being received from farmers j from all sections of the state to the , effect that the weevil has disappeared from many of their fields. Some of , these fields have been poisoned with , calcium arsenate dust, some with , sweetened poison, and others not ; poisoped at all. This emphasizes our oft repeated statements that early . poisoning is not a material factor in boll weevil control. The early weevils are but the skir mishers of the hordes of over-winter, ed weevils that continue to come from ^ winter-quarters from March to July, They keep coming out even after the squares have begun to form. Most of these old weevils die a natural death before square formation begins. Therefore, little is gained, and often IIlUL.il iUSl ltlliUU?U IIC^ICVJL Ui UL11CI farm operations on account of efforts to destroy these early weevils. These early weevils can be killed by appli-j, cations of any kind of arsenical poi. son, whether in liquid or dust form. This was demonstrated as far back ; as 1902. The weevils want squares to feed on and lay eggs in. There being no j squares early in the season, they con-!, fine themselves to the buds of 4the young cotton plant and are practic ally surface feeders, something like the potato beetle or the cabbage worm, only less so. Little injury is done to the cotton plant from this feeding on the bud. If all the over-wintered weevils would come out at the same time, as chickens come off the roost in the morning, then we could no doubt des troy them with profit by early poison ing. But when we kill hundreds of weevils with one kind of poison or another in early spring, thousands are still in their winter-quarters ready to come out later. By no man ner of poisoning or other control measures yet discovered can we kill all the weevils that are out, and the survivors, together with those coming put after the squares are formed, discontinue feeding on the cotton buds and begin to puncture and eat the inside of the squares and lay their eggs there. From this time on j-1- - i? -x?? ?- * ? me uniy enecuve poisoning meinoa known is thru the use of calcium ar senate properly applied in dust form. General Control Methods Again Urged. The farmer must remember that it is at this point that the battle for the crop really begins. It is now that the following control methods repeatedly published, should be diligently and thoroughly followed. 1. As the bulk of the cotton crop in South Carolina is made by share croppers, the women and children should be used to pick squares. This should be so supervised that it is done with great thoroughness, other wise it has no value whatever. Begin picking the squares as soon as any punctured squares fall, and pick eve ry infested square on the ground and on the plants every five days. 2. Practice frequent shallow cul. tivation in order to prevent grass and weeds and to keep the plant in a healthy and vigorous condition. This is important because it prolongs the fruiting period and helps to prevent bedding. The boll weevil is not in- i dined to attack the bolls if he can ind squares. 3. We realize that by far the great < najority of cotton farmers are not in josition to use poison this year, and t is to these that recommendations L and 2 especially apply. Great pro gress has been made in perfecting . he machinery for applying calcium . irsenate dust. We have every right , o expect that dusting machinery will , ventually be so improved as to meet he needs of every class of cotton armers. For the benefit of those who ire using calcium arsenate dust, the 'nllowine are the conditions under ,vhich profitable results may be ex acted : a. On high yielding land. b. Where weevil infestation is leavy. c. Under reasonably favorable veather conditions. d. With proper use of approved lusting machines. Poison only when the air is calm md the plants are moist, using from ive to seven pounds per acre for each ipplication. Use no calcium arsenate ;hat does not comply with federal specifications. Because of the unus ual conditions this season, the first ipplication should be made when the ? * ? t i j. - ??!i mt. - I ;ouon oegins to lruu. me secuiiu application should be made when 10 per cent of squares have been punc tured. Infestation counts should be made frequently and can be made by any farmer who follows the simple iirestions furnished upon application, rhe object is to keep the cotton thor aughly dusted until the weevils are ' under control. If weevils should be come sufficiently numerous to severe ly injure the young bolls, one or ( wn mnrp nnnlirations late in the sea son should be made. In case of a heavy rain within twenty-four hours after dusting, the application should be repeated immediately. After all, weather conditions dur ing July and August will have moi? to do with cotton production in South Carolina than any poisoning program. If these months are hot and dry comparatively little weevil damacre will be sustained leeardless of what method of poisoning was us. ed and even if none is practiced. On the other hand, if weather conditions are adverse, poisoning with calcium arsenate dust in strict accordance with government specifications will, we believe give the largest money returns. Later the Extension Service will begin its annual campaign for the ^ early plowing under of stalks, the destruction of the weevil's hibernat ing quarters, the planting of winter FALSI You can also make ai COUPON BOOKS, ask our driver or call that best answers yoi DISTILLED WJ SEN. SMITH OF S. C. SPEAKS ON TARIFF One Cause Trouble* "Lack of Proper Cotton Marketing And Financing Washington, July 13.?The sen ate came today to its struggle over tariff duties on cotton and cotton products, with Senator Smith, Dem ocrat, South Carolina opening the fight against the general duties proposed. Arguing that the proximity 'of American cotton mills to the world's supply of raw cotton inter ests should have tariff protection enough, the South Carolina sena tor said, the country was faced with the peculiar conditions of tariffs against cotton manufactur ers of England which are absolute ly dependent on -as for raw cot ton. Senator Smith also declared it was an indictment of the cotton producers and 'business men gener ally of America that Liverpool dic tated the world's price of cotton. He pointed out that 70 per cent of all the world's -cotton was produc ed in the United States and that due to peculiar climatic and soil cover crops, and the saving and use of early maturing varieties of seed. These are most important measures in the control of the weevil for next year. t earmt^< dh And what you save is rea Folks who go through plan are headed for faili who save, even though it income, are on the road t 15 II You Can Start an Accow I PLANTER " THE FRIENL E ECOM Is often the heaviest it< management of hous don't mislead yourseli you can obtain maxin your refrigerator on l1 absolutely requires 50 Remember, Ice preser will keep that little Cc yours filled with DIS ICE you will soon find you less than when usii tity. n additional saving by I If you do not know jus iifiiin arid wp will be 2fla( ir own use. ITER ICE=IT LA and Sold in Abbeville V PHONE NO. 68. editions, this country had am "ab- ! ilute monopoly" of the production f cotton for mill purposes. Be ause of this, he contended, the United States should fix the worlds rice. One trouble, the speaker said, ras the lack of a proper cotton larketing and financing system, r? ? l. j J.-L _ j. _i i j i-i.? lc asstrrieu tiLat siiuuiu vcic cuuua rop in the United States absolute y fail for one season, the English lills would be closed and the mil ers would be bankrupt. He recall d that during the Civil war, when 2ngland practically was cut off rom the American cotton supply. ?he price of American cotton m. England rose to $1.89 a pound. Opposing specifically an amend nent 'by Senator Ashurst democrat, Arizona, long staple cotton, Sena or bmith declared this cotton did lot come into competition with the Egyptian long staple commodity, vhich he asserted, was selling here 'or a higher price than the f Ari :ona product despite the duty in ;he emergency tariff rate. Senator Smith explained how different soils ind climates even in this cotintry produced entirely different fibres md said the Yuma and Egyptian jotton were wholly different and rare used for different purposes. About four hundred colored dele fates are in attendance on the meet ng of the Mount Pleasant Baptist hurch near Fort Pickens. YUUK SALARY IS DNE THING? iVHAT YOU SAVE IS ANOTHER illy the most important. life without a savings ire and want. Folks be a twentieth of their t ' ... \ m . . %'> 11 o success. nt Here ivith a Dollar. S BANK )LY BANK." fOMY sm of expense in the ehold affairs. 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