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Established 1M4. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. ? ? The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A 1 Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. ' * ~ ? Terms of Subscription: One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 ? -- e;n I Three JViontns I AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION j Foreign Advertising Repress tativo P FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1922 - V COMBATTING WEEVJL INFESTATION. ! Cotton News, published by the * Americas -Cotton Growers Associa; x" tion, in its last issue has the following to say editorially: "The cotton weevil is a universal scourge and pestilence - through ^ut the length and breadth of the Amsrican cotton area. The insects infest i the cotton fields on every farm and multiply as fast or faster than any ; other insect known to science. A few progressive and energetic farmtrs taking advantage of all the boll weevil methods of control cannot fiolve the problem of elimination and grow profitable crops of cotton. The enemy must be actively fought by every man who plants an acre of cotton and who finds weevil infestation during the period of the crop's growth and fruitage. ' The supreme hazard from weevil infestation is! during the migratory flight of the insects, starting toward the latter part of July. Fields that' have been practically cleared of the weevils at that time and showing a good prospect of developing fruitage may be invaded by myriads of insects coming -L in from other infested fields and the crop expectancy destroyed in ten days"A great many reports have come vormn a cm*. 1I< iruiil lttiUiCld 1XVW1 .TM&AWMM WVV tions whp had, by poison control methods, picking weevils and squares, practically cleared their fields of the insects only to have their crops destroyed in early August by swarms of .adult weevils coming on their crops which had been propagated on other farms where no control measures were employed. "It is estimated that not more than one per cent of the growers used poisons in the growing season this year. With such widespread indifference on the part of the farmers there can be no wonder at the terrific destruction wrought by the weevils this year, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. These frightful losses will continue -unless every farmer who plants cotton in boll weevil infested territory adopts sane and practical ball weevil control methods and makes energetic warfare against the insects from the first of May to the middle of August. Fighting the boll weevil with calcium . arsenate or other control methods of j'Vt value is just as much a part of. the field woric now as chopping or plowing. It is of even greater importance ; because 4f the weevils are not con- 1 trolled as they appear in early spring those whr are negligent will not only v lose theto own crop but are breeding 1 millions of the insects to soon leave their farms and destrov the erons of others who are trying to whip the 1 fight. s "There can be no greater service , rendered to the whole cotton belt ' than to educate and urge upon every 1 cotton fanner the vital importance < of prompt weevil control measures in the early growth of cotton. If two million farmers can be induced nexti? year to turn their energies against!] the weevil early in the season, espe- , cially those in the heavily infested regions of the cotton belt, the damage of the insects can and will be ] reduced to a minimum. Cotton production will continue to be hazardl ous and disappointing so long a; great swarms of the migrating weevils are allowed to sweep over the country from farm to farm in Augv ust and literally eat up the crop and destroy the capital and labor put in the industry." In another way the Press and Ban^ ner has been saying the same things for sometime. The man who has observed and who thinks must come to the conclusion: 1 ...:n x HOC. iuai V.UHUH in <wiu win v..MItinue to be the money crop of this section. This does not mean that other crops arc r.ot to be planted. As has been said so often before we must produce those things necessary to make the farm self-supporting. Here and there crops other than cotton will be grown from which money may be obtained. But after all, as it is in Southwest Georgia, in Alabama, in Mississippi and in other states, cotton will remain king in South Carolina. It must be grown as the one great money crop of the South. Second. In order to grow cotton successfully it is going to be necessary to make a consistent fight against the boll weevil. Just now the only known remedy against the destruction he brings is calcium arsenate. Cotton must be poisoned with this poison, or no crop will be grown, certainly not with profit. Third: One or two men in a oAmmnnifv rftTtnnt crow cotton sue cessfully even with calcium arsenate ,if their neighbors raise on adjoining lands swarms of boll weevils which at the period of migration go into fields 'everywhere and destroy the crops I being" grown. No amount of poison- : Jing by individuals is going to save , j the country from the losses resulting i (from the attempt to grow cotton j without universal poisoning for the j j weevil. I Fourth: We had as well come to J lit, because we must come to it, thcj growing of cotton mu?t be regulated.; I The railroads are required to take; ; precautions to guard the public a-1 gainst losses from dangers incident | !to the business they carry on; saw-! yers are not. allowed to poison' streams against fish; fertilizer factories must respond in damages for| losses occasioned by the poisoned' gases from their factories. No man! can keep an open well on his premi-j ses, or a pond where it is attractive j to children, without guarding these [ things and rendering them as nearly; as possible harmless. And nobody \ should be allowed, in any community, j to harbor a bulldog, or other kind of 'animal, which must surely destroy . property or threaten the public safe-j; ty. Why then should a man be al-j; lowed to neglect his farm, to plant , cotton and not poison it, and thus , make his fields a breeding place for \ ! boll weevils, which at a given period invade the fields of the men who do make a fight against the menace, and there destroy the results of the labor of the industrious and of thoughtful men? 1 The General Assembly will con- I vene in January. There will be time then to provide by law reasonable regulations for the growing of cotton in this state, so as to fnake it j" profitable to the grower, and so as j to protect the industrious and do | away with the man who furnishes a harboring place for the worst enemy the farming interests of this country have yet come in contanct with. Will the members of the General Assembly have the courage to meet the situation? POSSUM SUPPER ET AL. Col. Bob Mabry, of Chestnut j Street, according to information giv- ] en us by Col. P. A. Roche, was host \ at one of the finest setback parties , given about here since before the < boll weevil. Col. Roche could not tell , us just exactly what kind of a din- ' ner it was Col. Mabry served last ] night at the party, but he said it was not a possum dinner, though there * was possum as a side line, he stated. One reason why he did not know iust the kind of dinner Col. Mabry ' served was because he ate so much, le came out of the dining room in a v 'catamose" condition. ' d After the dinner tne setback ar- a ;ists got down to work. Joe Hughes a ind Cliff King, Col. Roche said, h showed their raising by beating him ind Col. Mabry the odd game. The j )ther guests were Dr. G. A. Neuffer, Xing Thomson, Joel S. Morse and Dr r. "R. Nickles. Col Roche said in paring from us that Dr. Neuffer is a full land at a possum cutting. RAILROADS SUSTAIN $100,000,000 LEAK \mount Paid Annually for Lost 1 Damaged and Missing Goods Atlanta, Oct. 26.?That the high j est loss in freight claims in any year before government control bo-1 beramo effective v>as $35,000,000 j and that for each of the past three years this figure had been increased to approximately Si00,000,000 -.vas the statement of Fred E. Winburn, Chicago i-pecinV representative of the committee of freight claim prevention. American, ^.Railway association, in addressing the South eas! tern Claim conference, which con' * ' t -l _ J TT- I unueci us sessions nere iuuay. rie said it was the purpose to educatoj the employes of transportation I lines in the proper handling of i freight and pre-vent the largo claims. "It is much to the advantage of j the shipper and general public that I the loss and damage be reduced as it is to trasnportation companies? for in its analysis the shipper and public pay for it," he stated. Hanged For Three Murders WetherWld, Conn. Oct. 26,'? Emil Schutte, convicted of three murders, was hanged at the state prison today clutching two red roses. He entered the death chamber carrying the roses and his grip on them did not relax even after death. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 1 The pastor will preach Sunday at 11 a. m. on the subject: "God's'Mesbage to a Restless Age." The sub-|< ject of the 7:30 p. m. sermon will be '1 "What Can I Do to Help Abbeville."'] The men of the two adult men's j' classes are urged to be present Sun- ' day morning. The contest on now i between these two classes should ap- . peal to all the men in the church, j It is hoped that the attendance ofil these two classes may be doubled in I] one month. |l ji The Sunday School Institute dat- i ed for Nov. 12-17 should be the oc-'j casion for great Sunday School en- i thusiasm and preparation for better I I work. Dr. T. J. Watts who will be in , charge of this Institute is a Sunday ' School expert of unusual attractiveness and power. All the Sunday ] school workers of the town will be invited to attend the services of ] this Institute. 1 The prayermeeting of the church j will have for the subject next Wed- j nesday Nov. 1st, "What I Mean to ' My Church." This is the first in a 1 series of Wednesday evening aiscus-|( sions of the church members' rela- ' tion to his church. ( H. L. Weeks, Pastor. ] BURN COTTON STALKS I A Georgia farmer writing to the ' Fountain Inn Tribune recently sug- 1 jested that the farmers could ! make their wbrk more effective if 1 they would bum their cotton stalks J after plowing them up in the fall, i He claims the weevil can manage to j exist a long time even in buried stalks, and the safest and best way is to gather your stalks into piles j and bum them in the field, and in 1 this way get rid of every weevil on ^ your farm. This suggestion seems worth passing on for what it is j 1 worth. . ! OTHERS ATTENDING FAIR. i Many delegations from Abbeville were at the fair this week and took in the football gamo between Caro- ! lina and Ckmson Thursday: Among ] thos9 attending were: Messers. W. i A.. Calvert, J. M. Nickles, Irwino Dleckley, Maxwell Smith, D. H. Hill . J. W. JLadd, C. E Williamson, S G ' 1 rhomson, Jr., J. A. Ramey and Mr Patterson. J ILUE RIBBON FOR MISS FISHER. 1 I T* i - - TM-\ - A A LI *11. ivuss Eunice risner 01 ADoevnie, fon first prize in the canning conest at the State Fair Wednesday nth a score of 97. Leaders in the istrict contests met in Columbia nd competed for statewide honors nd Miss Fished carried off the onors for Abbeville in canning. THE IDEAL GIFT FOR THE CHILD'S B?RTHDAY i PARTY Is A Package Of WHITMAN'S WONDERBOX. Just the Nicest Package [ of the Cleanest Candies for Children you ever saw. 25 CENTS.. ....THE.... McMurray Drug Co *nd GLASSES Accurately Fitted. DR. L. T. HILL, Abbevilt*. NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Notice is hereby given that th General Election for Representative in Congress will be held at the votin precincts fixed by law in the Count }f Abbeville on Tuesday, Novembc 7, 1922, said day being Tuesday fo lowing the first Monday, as prescril sd by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage ai is follows: Residence in State for two year in the County one year, in the pol ing precinct in which the elector o. fers to vote, four months, and t? payment six months before any ele? tion of any poll tax then due an payable. Provided. That mintetei in charge of an organized churc and teachers of public schools sha be entitled to vote after six month residence in the State, otherwi: qualified. Registration.?Payment of all ta: " 1 1 _ _ es, including pon tax, assesseu m. collectible daring the previous yea The production of a certificate or t? receipt of the officer authorized 1 collect such taxes shall be conclush proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for openir the polls Managers and Clerks mu; take and subscribe to the Constiti tional oath. The Chairman of tl Board of Managers can administ< the oath to the other Managers ar to the Clerk; a Notary Public mu: administer the oath to Chairma; Ihe Managers elect their chairms ana uiem. , Polls at each voting place must 1 opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and clos? at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the cil of Charleston, where they shall 1 opened at 7 a. m. and closed at p. m. The Managers have the power 1 fill a vacancy; and if none of tl Managers attend, the citizens ct appoint,- from, among the qualifie voters, the Managers, who, after b ing sworn, can conduct the electioi At the close of the? election, t! Managers and Clerk must proce< oublicly to open the ballot box ar :ount the ballots therein, and coi :inue without adjournment until tl same is completed, and make a stat ment of the result for each offic and sign the same. Within three da: thereafter, the Chairman of tl Board, or some one. designated 1 the Board, must deliver to the Con missioners of Election the poll lis the box containing the ballots ar written statements of the result < the election. Managers of Election.?The fo lowing Managers of Election ha> been appointed to holdi the electic at the various precincts in the sa County: Abbeville?W. C. Sherard, J. i Cochran, W. D. Wilkinson. Cotton Mill?A. 0. Roche, J. Barnwell, Meadors Langley. Gilliam's Gin House?Joe B. Wi son, R. W. Knox, Charlie D. Evans, Magnolia?J. F. Gibert, W. . BlnVo C. fl McAllister. Lowndesville?W. M. Speer, D< Witt Barnes, T. D. Cooley. Due West?0. Y. Brownlee, W. ! Jordan, T. A. Putnam Donalds?B. W. Tribble, R. L. Ba more, S. S. W. Brown. Central?Henry W. Nickles, Lcoi ird Mcllwaine, R. H. Stevenson. Rock* Springs?R. M. Burts, V A. Jameson, J. P. Smith. Hampton?J. A. Murdock, J. ( Burton, C. C. McDonald. Br^anVs^Cross^Roadfr^^C^^ i W. nfj Sr / ??~ce=:-? |E n t rT-HE heali ^ / roomruv neat, air ugu even tempera in And besides, | *1 to consume < It! t^cmar^ct_^ J=J V/.A INNOCENT MAtf GETS SENTENCE FOR LIFE e Rawlins Confessed That Pope Was Innocent of the Murder of ,y Hickman. i> Jacksonville, Oct. 26?Frank Rawlins, who, with John H. Pope, Jack-1 'e sonville attorney, was convicted of I S) murder in the first degree for the' 1- i killing of George H. Hickman, wide^ ly known theatrical man here in Sepc tember, 1921, has confessed, accord'd ing to Pope's attorney that Pope had rs nothing to do with the affair and ,11 that he implicated Pope in the hopej s> that, by so doing, he- would escape | punishment. Rawlins and Pope were sentenced! r to life imprisonment and the state: le supreme court last week refused Pope's request for a new trial. l8 Adams, J. W. Fisher, J. H. McLane.' 5t Keowee?Reese McMahan, Benja-i min Shirley, J. Claud Ashley. Antreville?J. P. Anderson, Fredi ^ Crowther, Ernest McCarter. Jr The Managers of each precinct named above are requested to dele"l* crate one of their number to, secure the box and blanks for the election at the office of J. L. Perrin, Clerk of ;? Court, Abbeville, Soulh Carolina on [y and after October 26, 1922. je We, the undersigned Commlssiong ers of election for Federal Offices hereby certify that the foregoing ^ list is a true list of names of Manaie gers of E'iectionf appointed for the in various voting precincts. id J. M. NICKLES, Chairman, e- MRS. JENNIE P. WHITE, n. JOEL S. MORSE. Oct. 19, 1922. 2t id id ift "* A 1 , ie # * f n v t i r\r>i r e-j "IU OIL flArri li PROSPERO! 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Calvert & Sons in Wednesday's is^ sue the auction sale of the Cole's Hot Blast Heater will take place Saturday, November 4, instead of Tuesday, Nov. 7. j-? -?; YOU MUST BE | ) US; tOUS YOU MUST * . f ' ? . s and surest way to save is ilding and Loan plan. You , ut your money earns jr^od n Uftfl u iol Annnorl u nour * > U< lias jiiai ujjcm/u a. lion n and let us talk it over . ILDING & LOAN IATION " , v TOW, Secretary NTERS BANK. % , / ??????w?? ( Evemngs x I bfl hh PR I properly lifted H iation, low base I mbustion insure ^|Zh 9| t all times. v<4^ H :r is guaranteed ^ :rdraft stove on " fl ix hours* C~ H I : Sons |