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Established 1S44. 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 AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Foreign Advertising Representative rprniv TTTT V 91 1922. x X , V VXJ A M?.) ?... THE TIME FOR WORK. ? i We talked to another man today 1 who?does not believe in using calcium arsenate for killing boll weevils. He is afraid of it, he says. He is an ig. n-r,A Viae hoon imnospH i JJUrailt HCgiU OMU uwo MW? on. Who is it that has told through out the country the stories about this poison killing livestock and people as well? Whoever he is, is an enemy to every man who plants cotton and who is prevented from using the poi son. Negro preachers are run ning over the country preaching the doctrine that the boll weevil was ' *-? i? ? place U Here uy iue luanc: ao a scourge and that it is sinful to kill it The negroes must hoe out the grass which the Maker caused to grow, and kill the snakes which He caused to crawl and bite people, but the boll weevil is a kind of sacred thing, according to their preaching. People who believe in such preach ing are not much more credulous +feon a thp npnnlp who believe all! kinds of stories about persons and livestock being poisoned by calcium arsenate. Not a mule in Abbeville County has died from biting cotton which has been treated with the poi son. Not one in South Carolina has died. And all the stories about peo_ pie dying from using the poison is fiction pure and simple. There is yet time to be warned, if the farmers of Abbeville County would make cotton, and if those who '* are interested in the production of a good crop would assist others. The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday has an article from Prof. C. A. Whittle, of the soil improvement committee of the Southern Fertilizer Associa tion, which speaks the truth, ana which we are reproducing with the hope that it may be of benefit to our readers. It is as follows: "Rainy, cloudy weather favors hatching out of weevils. Dry, hot weather reduces the hatch, but hot dry weather in July, August and September can not be depended on to keep the cotton out of danger when the early infestation is heavy. "Last year Oklahoma had hot, dry weather during the latter half of the growing period, and Oklahoma suf fered very heavy losses From boll weevils. The weevils were abundant early and propagated fast enough in spite of the unfavorable weather, to clean up the cotton. "The point is that hot, dry weath er is not such an important control factor except when the cotton is small. As the cotton plants grow, the shade they make reduces the possi bilities of the infested squares dry ing out under the sun's rays. I "In a portion of the Southeast the rains are frequent and excessive. Cotton would do poorly even if there were no weevils. These rains are from thunder showers and are there, fore skipping some areas, as they usu ally do, so that close to regions of worst rain damage can be found fields doing splendidly because they have escaped excessive rains. "South Carolina, especially is spot ted by the vagaries of thunder show, ers, with a tendency to more uniform damage as one nears the coast. "The important point for the farm ers who are suffering from excessive rains is that the boll weevil must be fought the harder. "Do not let the mud or water in the rews or water on the stalks stand you off from fighting the wee vil. "You are a loser if you do. The irtdPet pnpmv is fchpn m?kinc its hard est fight. Two weeks of almost daily showers in late July or in August will allow the boll weevil to ruin any cot ton crop if the weevils are numerous and are not fought during the period. Can calcium arsenate dust be used (effectively under such weather con-i ditions? ' "If calcium arsenate stays on the cotton twenty.four hours it will get in its deadly work. Rains are not so regular that a twenty-four hour pe riod may not be found every four or five days. Farmers are generally weather wise enough to pick out a dry twenty.four hour period. "When the showers are numerous it mav not be possible to find a time j when the air is perfectly calm and !dew on the cotton. The best of the I situation must be made. If the air is stirring: then apply more calcium ar senate dust. "Remember that it is not essential that dew be on the cotton to get re sults from calcium arsenate. It is a still atmosphere that is to be sought I rather than dew. Dew and a still at. mosphere, as every farmer Knows, usually go together. But a still at-, mosphere during mid-day is desir. able if putting calcium arsenate on at that time will give a twenty-four hour interval between rains. "Should a farmer be so unfortu nate as to have each of his applica tions of calcium arsenate washed off, exhausts his supply and can get no more, we advise gathering squares carefully at least once a week." MR. McCALLA OUT OF RACE Says It is Impossible to Make Race House of Representative*. The following letter has. been re ceived from Mr. M. P. McCalla of Lowndesville: Lowndesville, July 19, 1922. Editor Press and Banner: Please allow me letter space in your columns to say to the good peo ple of Abbeville County that certain AAfi/Hfi/vni. Vi-qvo nricon whirh mak^l VVUUlbiVlId MM* V ? ^ it impossible for me to enter the campaign for the Legislature. I am indeed very grateful to my friends who suggested that I make the race for this very important of. jfice. I know more about boll weevil J and how to handle him than politics anyway. It is all a bad dream when our far rviofo tViinlr +.Vin+ thev arp V?rtlinH nl ways to less than half a crop under weevil conditions. If cotton farmers will commence in time by cleaning ; up farms, later picking squares and j irning same and using powdered i calcium arsenate at proper time, | then at least three fourths of a crop lis almost certain to be the result. Very respectfully, M. P. McCalla. "LOCAL SHOWERS" Pedestrians on the 1300 block of Main street yesterday afternoon a bout 3:50 o'clock could stand on the sidewalk and watch wayfarers on the 1200 block of Main street scuttle for shelter from a hard shower. The rain stopped at the corner of Main and Lady with a line almost as sharp as that made by a hose. On one block .the rain was coming down in good .fashion while on the next practically 'none fell. Up in Abbeville county IW W Pnvin wlin livoc of WillintyfnTi used to tell of a shower he saw on ^ne occasion when it rained hard on a spot no larger than a man's hand, jkerchief; all about the spot the ground was as dry as the ground a round the fleece Gideon placed on the j earthen floor when he was seeking a sign of victory. While the shower yesterday was not confined to so small a spot as a handkerchief, it 'was very limited in extent and at tracted considerable comment among those interested in such phenomena. ?The State. \ BASEBALL SIDELINE^. And old Sal Brownlee and Erwin, left and right fielders respectively on the Abbeville team are going to en jter politics?running for the house of j representatives. We figured there was something wrong some time ago when Sally flew the coop on the um pire job and took zealously to the field to make a name for the Abbe ville team. Here's luck fellows, but listen, folks just won't vote for an erring ball player, no more than for an un certain umpire. On either score, how ever, you chaps are safe.?Anderson Tribune. The clearance sale of D. Poliakoff positively will not last longer than the 29th. Those interested in the ex ceptional bargains offered should make their plans accordingly. Expenditures of High\ Second Quarter Fron May 31s Amount Forward $171,650.76. Claim No. Amount NAME. \ 592 $ 239.55?J. P. Williams? 593 176.00?D. H. Sullivan? 594 70.00?W E Leslie, Jr., 595 119.63?Highway Com. p March 31st. 596 50.00?H. S. Howie, Sal 597 147.33?W. H. Ladshaw 598 86.68?W. J. Evans, Sa 599 125.00?H. E. Graves?? 600 174.67?L. Clyde Garris< 601 200.00?J. W .Hale?Sals 602 11.04?J R Tolbert, P. 603 3,732.88?R. P. Kyle?Eng 604 15.00?T 0 Kirkpatrick, 605 10.00?J A Gilliam, att< 606 14.00?C B Leonard, at 607 7.50?J R Lomax, atte 608 12.00?S J Wakefield, al "AA A f\f\ T? T. Rorm Am rt 4 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 10.50?J. C Ashley, att? 15.00?S. J. Wakefield, 114.44?Highway Com. p April 7th. 4.24?Dr. Jos. Hicks, a 93.29?Acker Bldg. & 1 4.41?C. L. Bowen, G; 20.00?T. E. McDill, Tc 18.56? ity Garage, Re 2.65?Abb. Water & I 15.50?H N Cochran, R 22.60?Jas. T. Erwin, E 150.19?E. F. Arnold, Gi 19.23?Eugene Deitzgei 623 624 625 626 627 628 6p9 630 631 632 633 634 1.00?J&cMurray Drug 36.35?Pr6es and B?nn< 2.40?P. B. Speed, T* 165.00?Sunstrand Addir 15.12?Fielder & Allen, 1.78?D H Sullivan, m 3.36?The State Co., 309.93?Sou. Bell Teleph 1,038.^2?Friday & Hill, E 1,184.21?W Hill, engrs, 2,391.21?J L Carroll, eng 2,978.53?Willard Boggs < 635 140.68?Highway Uo. pa ending April 636 7.87?W J Crawford, 637 150.00?L T Dermid, Sa 638 1,000.00?Willard Boggs C 639 295.78?Barmore & Dun 640 20.00?L C Garrison, E 641 ' 16.00?J R Sheffild, R. 642 261.25?J P Williams, H 643 55.00?W E Leslie, Jr., 644 130.00?J R Hill, Salarj 645 111.05?Highway Com., ending April 646 126.70?Highway Com. ending April 647 2.35?J. C. Smith, Dai 648 170.00?W H Ladshaw, 649 18.2??W J Crawford, ' 650 1.77?D H Sullivan, gi 651 155.83 ?D H Sullivan, S 652 200.00?Jos. W. Hale. S 653 16.50 ?A M Tolbert, F 654 50.00 ?H S Howie, Sal 655 125.00 ?H E Graves, Sa 656 70.00 ?W E Leslie, Jr. 657 96.67 ?W J Evans, Sah 658 245.89 ?W K Beckam, ss 659 150.00 ?L T Dermid, sal 660 3.10?J. T Erwin, wor 661 2,549.95 ?R P Kyle, Engr 662 3.00 ?Mrs Iona Shann 663 1.00 ?Sam Killingswoi 664 3.00 ?W M Ag-new, 3 665 2.00?J C Smith, 2 tr 666 2.00 ?Chas. Seawright 667 1.00?Harvey Drake, 1 668 2.00?R D Brownlee, 669 1.00?Virgil Brownlee, 670 1.00?W G Shaw, 1 tr 671 1.00?W H Kay, 1 tra 672 1.00?Mrs L 0 Robins 673 1.00?John Andrew D: 674 7.50?G R Tolbert, pi 675 7.50?Dean Edwards, 676 ' 110.48?Highway Co. pa * ending May ! 677 46.00?W J Crawford, A nf-r/willo T?n 678 4.50?G B Edwards, pi 679 9.30?Tillman Lomax, 680 4.20?Will Klugh, plcn 681 2,566.77?Willard Boggs C 682 2,540.89?J L Carroll, eng 683 335.20?W C Hill, Engrs. 684 1,806.58?Hill & Fridy, er 685 28.20?W D Leslie, plo\ 686 12.00?Lige Wideman, ] 687 1.50?Wince Fisher, p ftfiC 115 .TTcwv flnm. nav vuu 689 **v,ww *7 r-rf 113.12?Acker Bldg & Rj 690 13.20?J R Tolbert, pic 691 4.00?Henry Taylor, p] 692 16.20?J S Stark, ex. o: 693 55.00?W E Leslie, Jr., 694 5.25?J F Riley, plow 695 4.50?Pomp Weston, 696 18.00?Wheeler Adams, 697 106.50?Hgy. Com. payrl 698 29.00?W J Crawford, ; 699 130.00?J R Hill, Salary vay Commission for the i March 31st, Through it, 1922. Nature of Claim. Hauling top soil on Antreville Road. -Salary, Engineer, March. Salary, Field man, March. iayroll, fid. & offc. forch, week ending ary, Clerk, March. ?Salary, Field Man, March. lavy, Office man, March. >alary, Office Man, March. )n?Salary, Gas, oil, for March, iry, Engineer, March. M.?Stamped envelopes. rr. Est. Mon. of Mar, Proj. 108. attending 3 meetings of Com. ;nding 8 meetings of Com. lending 3 meetings of Com. nding 3 meetings of Commission, lending 3 meetings of Commission, lending 3 meetings of Commission, snding 3 meetings of Commission. Moving fench on Right of Way. ayroll, fld. & offc. force, week ending ittending 3 meetings of Commisson. iipr. Co., stakes & lumber for survey, as, oil, Etc. , >p soil removed off of land. pairs on car. Slec. Plant, Globes and double socket, eprs. on Road at Reid's Creek. lepra. on Car of D H Sullivan. is, oil, Etc. 1, Highway Office Material. Co., Pencils. er, Ptg. I& Adv. acct. in ful. ro wmaow uiass. ig Machine Co., 1 adding machine. , Office material for Highway office, aterial for office of Highway Com. Advt. of Road letting. one Co., moving line on R. of Way. Ingrs. Est. March, C. Falls Road. . est. Donalds-W. Shoals Road. Ts. est. March Greenwood Road. 3o., engrs. est. Mar. Antreville Road, lyroll, Field and Office Force, week 14th. Hauling soil on Antreville Road. lary, top soil man, March. !o., Advance paymt. allwd. on estimate n, engrs. final est. on Proj. 134. ngnr. & Inspection Proj. 134, Final, of W. for Telephone Poles. [auling top soil on Lowndesville Road. , Salary to April 15th. r to April 20th. payroll, Field & Office force, week 21st. Payroll, Field and Office force, week 28th. raage to corn on right of way. Salary for April. hauling rock & sand on Antreville Kd.. as and oil. salary & expenses for April. alary for April. lowing soil beds on land. ary, Clerk, April. lary, office man, April. , Salary, Field Man, April. iry, Field Man, April. il. & auto exp. mo. Apr. S. H. D. engr. ary, topsoil man, April. k on Highway Commissions Car. s. est. April, Greenville Road. on, 3 tracts top soil condemned. "th, 1 tract top soil condemned. tracts top soil condemned. acts top soil condemned. , Z tracts top sou conaemnea. . tract top soil condemned. 2 tract top soil condemned. , 1 tract top soil condemned. act top soil condemned. ct top soil condemned. on, 1 tract top soil condemned. rake, 1 tract top soil condemned. owing top soil beds on land. plowing top soil beds on land. yroll, field and office force for week 5th. setting out grass & H. suckles on the ad. towing top soil on land. plowing top soil on land. ving top soil on land. !o., Engrs. est. mo. Apr. Antreville R. rs. ets. mo. of Apr. Greenwood Road. *- ? A T"l/s*in1/?p< W Qknolo P I . est. mo. U1 .-vpi . L/unaiuo II . Uiiuau J>? igrs est. mo. Apr C. Falls Road. ving top soil on land. plowing top soil on land. lowing top soil on land. roll, fld & off. frc. wk. ending May 12. jr. Co., lumber & stakes used in survey >wing top soil on land. lowng top soil on land. f trip to Columbia & Latimer. Salary from May 1 to May 15th. ing top soil on land. plowing top soil on land. plowing top soil on land. offc. & fld frc. wk. end. May 19th. plant gras & H. sckle on Antrville Rd. , month ending May COth. 700 24.00?W J Crawford, setting gi 701 10.00?G P Haddon & J N Gordo 702 129.95?Hghwy Com. pyrl. fid. & 703 *31.50?R R Tolbert, plowing t Total spent to June 1st, 1922?$199,93 Expenditures of Highway Commi??ion for June 30th, 1922. Amount forwarded $199,939.95. Claim No. Amount \ NAME Na7 704 175.00?D H Sullivan, salary, 705 50.00?H S Howie, Salary, Ms.; 706 225.00?Abb. Ins, & Trust Co. I 707 JO.00?W. E. Leslie, Jr., Salar 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 200.00?J W Hale, Salary, May. 170.00?W H Ladshaw, Salary, ! 120.00?W J Evans, Salary, Maj 10.80?T C Gaston, plowing top 2.25?D F Tillman, plowing tc 4,988.27?R P Kyle, Engrs. Est m 257.15?W K Beckam, salary & 112.38?Hgy. Com. pyrl., fld. & < 150.00?L T Dermid, Salary, tof 27.50?W J Crawford, Bldg. b: 125.00?H E Graves, Salary, Mj 12.00?G E Mann, Building Roi 7.50?J N Bowen, plowing top 2.50?Aaron Williams, 1-4 aa 722 1,269.63?R P Kyle, Engrs est. M 723 114.63?Hgwy Com. pyrl. fld. &( 724 3,827.86?"Willard Boggs Co., Engr 725 27.(J0-i-W J Crawford, work on 726 ' 1,575.57?Hill & Fridy, engrs. est. 727 510.53?J L Carroll, engrs. est. 728 1,364.59?Donalds Constr. Co. eng 729 iO.OO?J. H. Kay, Crop destroy n.n A 1 A OA T T W avV aw IOU At.OV " U ? AJi miij if VIA VIA 731 18.18?A M Erwin, plowing top 732 1.45?Miss M A Gann, Telegi 733 12.00?J W Baker, oats destroy 734 230.62?E F Arnold, Gas, oil & 735 147.14?E P Arnold, gas, oil, & j 736 111.88?Hgy. Com. pyrl. fid. & [737 34.98? WJ Crawford, work on 738 48.19?C R Cromer, work on G 739 20.84?J M Nickles, Sal., attoi 740 .75?Neuffer Black, plowing t 741 11.00?Claud Sutherland, tflowi 741 3.00?Joe Anderson, plowing 742.A 1,000.00?Willard Boggs Co., adva 743 117.73?Hgwy. Com. pyrl. fld, & ?44 130.00?J R Hill, Salary, June. 745 37.00?W J Crawford, working 746 9.00?F L Ferguson, plowing 747 1.50?J E Prince, plowing top nm n nn TIT T PAnrnn nl/\?nn? 4-/1 I *iO I.VV?II U ^vn?ig wv 749 9.00?J C Campbell, plowing t 750 250.00?<H. B. Humbert, Salary, 751 250.00?H B Humbert, Salary, ] 752 6.00?J M Seawright, plowing 753 8.25?J W Bowen, plowing to 754 13.00.?L E Gable, plowing toj 755 v 9.00?Sevier Wilson, plowing 756 7.80?J P Bowen, plowing top 757 22.50?R A Keaton, plowing to $217,857.72?Total spent through ?I GOES TO DUE WEST jhis rei Dr. A. H. Hayden, epidemiologist of the state board of health, will vis it Due West next week and will de liver an address on general health subjects, giving a prominent place in liniiMilBIIHBHBIliilliiiliiiniHl i Wofford College Fi SPAR Prepare College cai serve Offici lent instrut Charges total $289. catalog. W. C. I i BASE E MONDAY and 1 JULY 24th anc Abbeville vs DOUBLE HEADER FIRST GAME CALLEI BIGGEST GAMES C EVERYBODY COME A BOYS WI ADMISSION?Men Ladies and Chi rass on Lowndesville Road. ?n, 1 acre oats destroyed on Id. offc fc. wk. ending May 26th op soil on laand. 9.95. the Month of June Through ure of Claim. , . lay. 7 Bonds for Commissioners. y for May May. 7 i soil on land. >p soil on land. onth May, Proj. 108. exp. S. H. Engr for May. offc frc. wk. ending" June 2nd. ) son man. reakwaters in ditche3. iy ad to residence. soil on land. re wheat destroyed. ay, Mt Carrael Road. offc frc. wk. ending June 9th. s. est. mo. of May, Proj. No. 5 Antreville & Lowndesville rd- ' May, Proj. No. 6. May Proj. No. 4. t est. May, Proj. No. 7.1* ed. H Sullivans Car. soil on road. ams. ed on right of way. repairs, May. repairs, April. offc. fore, wk ending June 1? i road patching ditches. Greenwood road. ney, Apr. & May. op soil on land. ing top soil on land. top soil on land. nee pymts. on Estimate. offc frc. wk. end. June 23. : on roads, top soil on land, soil on land. >p soil on land. ;op soil on land. April. May top soil on land, p soil land. ) soil land, top soil land. * soil land. p soil land. fune 30, 1922. narKS 10 me cause ami preveu ? typhoid. He will address mem f the women's league and mem if other organizations of the unity.?The State. :ch the label on your paper. ?? itting School TANBURG, S. C. your boy for College on a mpus. Fine climate; Re ars Training Corps, Excel- , :tion; Christian influence, reduced to actual cost; 00 a year. Write for a 1ALL rUESDAY, 1 25th. Anderson MONDAY. ) 3 O'CLOCK )F SEASON. nd help our :n. 50c. Idren 25c.