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\bBEVILLE, S. C.
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Published Tri-Weekly
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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post office in Abbeville, S. C.
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AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Foreign Advertising Represp^tativ*
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1922
BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL
The Carolina Citizen will be
among those who will not ask
the legislature to appropriate
$25,000, or any other sum, to
enable agricultural experts to
make experiments in boll weevil
control.
We take this position not because
of lack of confidence in
the experts but because we fear
they might succeed too well in
their mission.
As this newspaper sees it, about
the greatest calamity that
could happen would be the dis
covery of a method of killing1 all
of the boll weevils.
The above is from Spartanburg's
newspaper, edited by Col. A. M
Carpenter. Spartanburg County this
year produced almost a normal croj
of cotton, at least two-thirds of ?
normal crop. McCormick Countj
made about one thousand bales oi
cotton, about fifteen per cent, of a
normal crop. According to a lettei
seitf out by the Augusta Chamber oi
Commerce some thirty counties ir
South Carolina and Georgia, and ir
? * ~i- ~ 1 ooc
me nugusui lemwij, yiuuuvcu iv?
than fifteen per cent, of a norma
crop the last two years.
We imagine if Col. Carpenter wen
in McCormick County now and could
see the number of farms that ar
idle, if he could see ths whole territory
below McCormick with hardlj
a house tenanted, and the people
forced to go into the lumber business
to make a living, if he could know
some of the privation and wanl
which the boll weeil has brought tc
McCormick County, which he cannol
know in a county where the boll wee'
vil has caused hardly any damage a:
yet, he would change his opinion.
There are a good many people
around Abbeville who are looking fo)
the man who said that the boll weevil
would be a blessinsr to the com
munity. Instead of destroying one
fourth, or one-third, of the yield oi
cotton as we were told the pesl
would do, it has destroyed practical
ly the whole crop in many sections
Unless a cold winter or a Merciful
Providence saves Spartanburg
County from the invasion of the wee
vil, the editor of The Carolina Citizen
will shortly have reason tc
change his mind about the advisability
of finding a remedy for the damage
done by the weevil.
There will, we imagine, be nc
remedy found to exterminate the
weevil, but there is going to be
found in the next year or two, we
think, some preventive measure whict
will allow the cotton farmers of this
section to grow cotton in such quantities
as will guarantee a return
for the labor of the tenant fanners
and bring some income to the landowners.
This is the most anybodj
expects to find. That does not mear
that we will produce big crops again
Nobody expects that to be done
Less and less lands will be plantec
in cotton, and South Carolina will
with all the preventive measure:
which may be discovered, not grov
more than one-half to two-thirds o:
the crop of cotton grown before th<
advent of the weevil. It is going t<
be more costly to grow cotton unde
these preventive measures, because
less must be planted, and there mus
be a greater outlay for fertilizers an<
poison, while the amount of labo
necessary to grow a bale of cottoi
mnc+ K?> cprl
The result of it all is that cotto:
is going to command a higher pric
than heretofore in normal time!
Of .course it would be worth a grea
deal to counties like Spartanburg, i
these counties could continue to groi
normal crops without the extra e>
pense and the extra labor, whil
other counties made no cotton at al
The former counties would obtai
the enhanced price due to a shoi
crop at the expense of the other le:
fortunate counties, but we imagir
: the Spartanburg editor would not t
an advocate of prosperity on sue
conditions.
L CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
TVio epflsnn fnr Christmas eivir
draws near. The children will t
) looking for toys and trinkets, ar
) we take it that Santa Claus, so fi
) as his reindeers are able to pull tl
load, will bring the usual number <
* things for the children who are n<
3 yet old enough to know about hai
" times. We would say nothing th;
anight have the effect of making ac
| one of them less happy at this se;
son.
It is true that the grown-ups lil
to buy some things which they migl
get along without. There must I
some pretty things in life. Ever;
thing must not be matter of fa^
and useful.
But having said this, we would ad
that the times forbid that too muc
be spent for things which are n<
useful and necessary. Our adverti
ers for the past several issues ha^
been offering all kinds of things i
gifts which are as well calculated 1
make the recipients happy as oth<
less useful things, and things tht
are in many cases needed. The youn
boy would like to have a bicycle, v,
know, but would he not be as happ
with a new suit of clothes, or a ne
overcoat? The young man might 1ft
s a good many things which we coul
, mention, but he too can be mad
k just as happy with something whic
r will save him from spending a pai
of his salary hereafter. The lady c
" j the house would as gladly receiv
^flat silver as diamonds. The youh
I lady maybe would like to see jus
how practical the new beau could t
Jin the selection of her Christim
j present.
'j These things we all might thin
51 about when we consider those
11
lj would make happy at the season no
j approaching.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Memorial exercises in honor c
I three circuit judges?Edward M<
j Iver of Cheraw, Ernest Moore c
j Lancaster, and Prank B. Gary c
| Abbeville?were held in the Yor
j court house last Tuesday aftei
j noon. Short eulogies were delivere
j by a number of attorneys amon
them being Col. A. L. Gaston an
James H. Glenn, of Chaster.Chester
News.
ABBEVILLE WATER PURE
The State Board of Health c
South Carolina sent out the follov
; ing from Charleston:
Sanitary Water analysis No. 291
. of water, received Dec. 16th froi
Abbeville Electric & Water Plant,
j Parts per Millio
Color 5.0
- Chlorine 6.0
> Free Ammonia 0.0
-j Albumnoid Ammonia 0.0
Nitrogen of Nitrates __ 0.0
Nitrogen as Nitrates 0.1
Total Solids 109.0
! Bacterial Analytic:
s Remarks:?Analysis indicate Wi
i ter to be of good quality and fre
i from contamination,
i Respectfully submitted,
F. L. Parker, M. D.
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! DEATH OF A CHILD
r Everett, the five year old son c
i of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bosler c
, Warrenton died Friday night t
. their home after an Illness of
I month. The little fellow has ha
, pneumonia and last week bot
3 j lungs became involved and thei
t j was no hope of his recovery. Fune:
f | al services were held Saturday at
?j o'clock by Rev. H. C. Fenel and,
31 interment wa3 in the Presbyteris
r. cemetery at Warrenton. The1 litt
2. boy is survived by his parents ar
t j several sisters and brothers.
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rj PLENTY 01* NEWS
n
Steve Parthemos, who usual
n' keeps up with all the news had o
e i ly two items for us this mornin
3. j One was that the "weenie King
i.t i the only one in a radius of II
f .milns- is rnnfined to his home wi
,v flu but counts on "being out 1
Christmas and the other was th
e j "all the little Greeks in town a
1. well and are look:n;>: for San
n Claus."
I
t[ SEEING THE SICK
>s
ie Miss Mary Lou Bowie of Ha:
?e let and Miss Nannie Bowie
h Greenville have been at home f
the past several days visiting thi
mother, Mrs. Bob Bowie, who li
been quite sick.
,g CHRISTMAS MAIL'
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id The American liner Mongo
ir which sailed yestei-day for Ha
ie burg, was heldj atI her pier two ho
>f beyond schedule for delayed m
at from the Middle West. She f
d away at 5 p. m. with 14,412 sac
it of mail and parcel post, the larg<
,y quantity sent from this port in o
a. ship this year. Most of the par
post consisted of food packages i
te Germans from friends and re
it tives. Nearly all of Mongolia's pi
>e sengers are German born Ame
y. cans, who will spend Christmas
ct the Fatherland.?New York Hera
Id HERE FOR CHRISTMAS
:h
>t Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hemp!
s- of Greenwood are receiving t
re congratulations of their friends
is the arrival of a iboy baby at th<
;o home on December 16th. The you
j.r man will be called Robert Davis,
it
S "OUR HISTORY CLASS."
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y In our history class every Tuesd
w morn
:e Literary Digest is studied as sure
d your're born.
Miss Bradley enters 'bout ten o'clo
h I She tiays, "Bill Nickles, your he
must be rock.
Why don't you be quiet Bill Bow
e you bum?
g Claude Gambrell spit out that che
st * ing gum.
,e Mary Shaw, is your mouth perp
is ual motion,
You talk whenever you take a notic
k Be quiet class, this is not football,
re If you can't be quiet, get out in t
w hall.
Now let's study our lessons, get do1
to brass tacks;
Spencer, tell us about the 'Volste
Acts."
>f j Then Spencer starts a line of crap
How the prohibitionists put 1
if] drunkards off of the map;
>f But deep down in his heart he kno
k it's a lie,
r- 'Cause he wants a drink so bad
d could die.
g
d "Lisbeth Lyon, should we let the i
_ groes run loose?"
But she doesn't hear her, sh
thinking of Bruce.
"Well, Bill Nickles, you tell us ab<
it then,"
Eill says he don't know, then sta
to grin.
7~ "What's the matter Bill, have y
gone crazy?
? I know what's the matter, you're t
dog gonned lazy.
Well, I guess you'll have to tell
n about it Joe,"
0
But Joe, as usual, gets a zero.
^ "Joe don't you ever study at all?"
^ "No'm, Miss Bradley, I'm here
play football."
"Well, I guess I'll have to call
? Brother."
? And of course she has to call
another,
l" 'Cause Brother doesn't know a
never will?
He's almost as dense and lazy
Bill.
Now, gentle reader, this is the pi
gram of our class,
And sometimes Miss Bradley gets
- little rash,
But who could blame her with
' many dumb bells
Like Bill Bowie, Joe Crawford a
Brother Gambrell. {
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?Joe ?>aniora v^rawiuru, .
Abbeville High School.
]y EYES CAREFULLY EXAMIN!
n" and GLASSES Accurately Fitte
z- DR. L. T. HILL. Abbevil
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}8 V PROFESSIONAL CARD
th V Phone, Office 363-2
t>y V Residence 363-3
at V H. CURTIS FENNEL
re k DENTIST.
ta ^ Office over Speed's Store.
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DIVORCE RINGS NOW
m- (Paris Dispatch, New York Times) fi
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Jewelers have just designed a v
'or ^
special ring for divorced people. It
Jir has not yet been decided whether
iaS to call it the "divorce ring," or the
"ring of "disunion."' The design
consists of a Cupid's arrow broken
in half. It can be executed in sevIi'ouo
-arit-Vi variolic stones.
Ijfl
Jewelers predict that the new
m" fashion will quickly become popu-.
ur lar.
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rot
ks NOTICE
n The annual meeting of the
eel policyholders of the Abbeville'or
Greenwood Mutual Insurance Asia.
sociation will be held in the asso-'
as. ciation's offices, Greenwood, S. C.,
ri_ on January) 2, 1923 at 11 a. m.
in J. R. Blake, General Agent.
Id. It. eol. I
STOCK HOLDERS MEET
The annual meeting of the stock g
;^e holders of the National Bank of
on Abbeville will be held in its office
eir at noon on Tuesday January 9th,
nS 1923.
Lewis Perrin, Cashier.
It w. 3.
BUYS 4 TRACT
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Col. T. G. White has purchased
as from Arthur Camp/bell the W. 0.
Graves tract of land located in the
CH iSharon section. Mr. Campbell has
ac* moved with his family to Calhoun
(Flails, where he has a position with
*e? the Calhoun Mills.
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wood, S. C. or
1 i Nitrate Agencies Co. Agts 1
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uture will practice "dmprovettnent be
IDEAL GIFTJ
GIFT I
Our line of Pholson G
and we invite your ins
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bridge sets, tve1
Sandwhich Gutters, Gai
Tea Towels, Foi
Baby Bibs.
Rubber Aprons, Taj
Fresh line of Socks fo]
Miss Gra
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if you come to THE E<
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Eversharp Pencil*
Eversharp Pen
Neck Ribbon
Stationery is alwayi
have a choice line
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doesn't belong to the ft
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ter the holidays or arra
order for whatever you
:W SUGGESTK
Scarfs
Gloves
Garters
Sweaters
Silk Hose
Overcoats
Lisle Hose
;er & r
tun%" of timiber rather than unstematid
chopping down for lumr
or wood. ' .
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iifts have arrived
pection. ..We have
wpie Sponges, ,A
misole Sets,
untain Pens in art coni
tainers,
pestry Cushion Tops.
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Underwear ?
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