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?atabl?il?e?i 1835. J. L. MIMS,.-Editor. Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be pub lished unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub ished at advertising rates. Wednesday, January 21. Our Columbia Letter. Columbia, Jan. Tr.-One week of the general assembly has passed with but little accomplished. 1 Some new measures of minor importance have been introduced but the larger ques tions are yet untouched. Both houses will get down to solid work early this week and there is some hope of mak ing this session shorter than that of a year ago. The epidemic of influen za greatly retarded the work of the last session. The two principal features of the first legislative week were the annual message of the Governor delivered in person before the joint assembly and the address in the hall of the House by vice-President Thomas R. Marshall who was in Columbia as the guest of the Loyal Order of Moose. Governor Cooper's address ' was characteristic in that it was straight forward, frank and business-like. But it is not probable that all of his sug gestions and recommendations will be enacted into law at this session. Some may never be, as there is much opposition to some of the sweeping changes, the abolition of free schol arships, for instance. The members of the general as sembly are eagerly awaiting the bud get which is to be presented from the governor's office. It is yet in the j hands of the printers. The budget for ? the State government, colleges, pen al and other institutions is said to embody sums of staggering propor-1 tions. The legislature, while disposed . to move forward along progressive, lines, is not in a humor, at least now, early in the session, to permit extrav- j agance along any line. During this ' period of readjustment and recon-1 struction it is a mighty good time to , practice rigid economy, both as in-/ dividuals and as a State. To practice t economy, however, does not mean I that no money should be spent. It j does mean that not a dollar should p be unwisely or unnecessarily spent, j Two matters of interest to the people of Edgefield have been unani- ?' mously agreed upon by the delega- j tion. Instead of having the marriage ' license fee of one dollar disposed of ; as heretofore, fifty cents retained by j the judge of probate and fifty cents paid into the general school, a bill, will be introduced providing for the j full amount to be retained by the j judge probate. This will supplement j the very meagre income of his office! and will take very little from the j schools of the county. Unless some . provision is made for increase of pay j' for the judge of probate the office ; will sooner or later be filled by an undesirable person. No good man .could be induced to serve in that ca pacity for such limited compensa- ! tion. The other item of interest to the county is the increase of the amount received by all of the public cotton weighers of the county from ! ten cents to twenty cents per bale- ( half to be paid by seller and the other half by the buyer. Numerously j signed petitions from- farmers and i1 cotton buyers were presented asking ' for the increase. The inceased cost of living and labor made it necessary jfor the weighers to receive more for ' their work. The atmosphere is surcharged with good roads legislation. Everybody has some pet, sure-to-work, the-best- 1 of-all scheme. It is practically cer- [ tain that before the close of the ses sion something definite, some really workable plan, will be agreed upon. In fact, there should be no adjourn ment-even if legislators have to stay here on their own expense until Augu?t-before something is done to lift South Carolina (and Edge-) field county) out of the mud and mire. Another big question, large if for no other reason because both great national political parties are tooth and toe behind it, is the ratification of the suiTrage amendment. At this time, before the fair suffragists march this week in one solid phalanx upon the Capitol, the sentiment in both houses is against the ratification of what will, soon of later, become the nineteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, placing the ballot in the hands of the American women. On this issue the Edgefield delegation is divided at this time one against and two for ratification. The outgoing mail must be caught if this is to appear in to-morrow's Edgefield Advertiser. More next week. J. L. MIMS. County Wide Boll Weevil Con ference. The county wide boll weevil con ference of Edgefield county was call ed to order promptly b^ County Agent A. B. Carwile at ll a. m., Tuesday 20th. After a few remarks Mr. Carwile turned over the meeting to District Agricultural Agent Hen jry S. Johnston of Aiken, who told of the purpose of the meeting and of the meetings that are being held all ?over the State with such great suc cess, the attendance at each place be ing near 250 people. Mr. Johnston in troduced as the first speaker Mr. N. E. Winters, now with the conference work of Clemson College. Mr. Winters took "Soil Building and Fertility" as a subject and gave his time to the discussion of peanuts. The following are the facts brought out: Plant the Little White Spanish peanut for oil and confections and any of the runners for hog grazing;! use 9-2-2 fertilizer for peanuts on clay lands and 8-3-3 for the sandy lands; plant very thickly in the drill, using 90 pounds in the hulls and 45 pounds of shelled nuts, and plant by hand or by using an Avery or Ben thall planter; soak over night if pos sible where planted in the hulls; use lime where it has not been used in the general farm practices; see to getting pickers for the communities that grow peanuts. Mr. J. P. LaMaster , Extension Dairyman for Clemson, talked on the "Family Cow" as a great means of reducing the cost of living. He stress ed the work of bull clubs and the fact that pure bred sires pay big divi dends to the cow man. The discussion on hogs and beef cattle was led by Mr. W.-J. Shealy, Extension Animal Husbandman of Clemson, who stress ed the growing of feed at home in the form of beans and peas as much as possible and of the proper market ing facilities. He also explanied the work of "bush whacker trader" in the cattle business, and told the far mers to beware of this man. Mr. Shealy is a great believe in putting the scrub boar and bull out of busi ness and getting the best and not the registered scrubs. The discussion on cotton was led Mr. McLendon, of the Southern Fer tilizer Association, and contained the following facts: For lands infested with wilt, plant either Council or Covington Toole (first choice) and Dixie Triumph (second choice). For lands without wilt, plant Wannamak er's Strain of Cleveland'Big Boll; for the long staple varieties use Express variety first and Webber 49 second choice. These are for weevil condi tions. Mr. McLendon is a ^graduate of Clemson College and has had eleven years of cotton breeding and knows his business. The reader will notice that the King cotton is not recom mended as so many seem to think. Just here, to break away from the regular program, Mr. Johnston read testimonials of boll weevil oils, sure* cures, cure all and kill none stuff, and of weevil catcher machines, and all similar, rot. Farmers are urged to let alone fake medicines and ma chines and to use none other than those that have the Government stamp on them. Mr. George M. Anderson made his usual boll weevil talk. He is the boll weevil man of Clemson College. He says that we need, not e: peet a great damage next year unless we have very unfavorable seasons. But he urged the farmers not to depend on that last big crop of cotton but to adjust themselves to farming under weevil conditions. He also spoke of the fake boll weevil killers and oils and assured the audience that none of them contained alcohol. County Agent. Carwile read an in teresting paper from President Mix on of the South Carolina Cotton As sociation, urging the farmers to mar ket their cotton through the plans of the Association. Farmers are urged to attend the meeting on February 13th of the Edgefield Cotton Asso ciation at the Court House. Mr. A. E. Schilletter, Horticultu rist of Clemson, spoke a few words on the proper marketing, grading and storing of sweet potatoes. He will be back in this county to aid in building government storage houses. The last speaker of the day was Mr. E. L. Ring, of the Southern Rail road, on the tobacco subject. Mr. Ring was the means of getting the Johnston people started in the tobac co business. The following program was recom mended by a committee consisting of Messrs. E. C. Asbill, Erwin Smith, Roper Day, Pomp Cheatham and D. B. Hollingsworth as a fitting form for the Edgefield farmer to carry out on ?his farm. This report was voted upon by a rising vote of the house. Crops per Plow for Edgefield County for 1920. 8 to 10 atres cf cotton. 8 to. 10 acres of corn, with either or both of peas, beans, in the mid dles. 5 to 8 acres of small grains, fol lowed by peas sown and planted. Sweet potatoes for home consump tion and 1 acre per plow'where stor age facilities are provided. 1V2 acres of peanuts. IV? acres of alfalfa in the clay sections and the use of clover as cov 1 er crops to be urged. Garden, orchard, poultry and bees for the home supply and farm sup ply. Special attention to be given poultry and orchards. Livestock. A sow t? the plow, and every home a cow. Elimination of all scrub ' sires in livestock production. Organization of bull clubs. Every farmer to join the National "Better Sires-Better Livestock" crusade as quickly as possible, and can qualify. Livestock production not consider ed profitable unless all feed stuff is home grown. Feed steers where velvet beans are grown by running them on the beans; feed steers for manures. The organization of an association of farmers and business men to look after the standardization, prepara tion and marketing of the additional money crops recommended above for this county. The expansion of the State and National warehouse system so as to take care of the warehouse needs in this county. Treasurers Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1919, to the 15th day of March, 1920. \All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1919, and December 31st, 1919. That, when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31.t, 1919, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent, for Janu ary, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st, 1920, "the Coun ty Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent, addition al, from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all un paid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1919 are as follows: Mitts For State purposes- 9 For Ordinary County-'- 7 For Special County- 3 For Constitutional School Tax 3 For Antioch - 4 For Bacon School District_10 For Blocker_ 2 For Blocker-Limestone- 4 For Colliers ._ 4 For Flat Rock_- 8 For Oak Grove_. 3 For Red Hill_ 6 For Edgefield - 8 For Elmwood No. 8-2 For Elmwood No. 9_ 2 For Elmwood No. 30_ 2 For Elmwood L. C._ & For Hibler_ 3 For Johnston_ll For Meriwether (Gregg)_ 2 For Moss_ 3 For Brunson School_ 4 For Ropers_ 2 For Shaw _ 4 For Sweetwater _ 4 For Talbert_ 2 For Trenton_ For Wards _ 2 For Wards No. 33_ 4 For Blocker R. R. (portion) 15 For Elmwdbd R. R. (portion)_15 ?For Johnston R. R._ 3 For Pickens R. R. -_._ 3 For Wise iL? R._ 3 For Corporation_ ll All the male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years, ex cept those exempt by law, are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar eaeh. A capital tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2.00 commuta tion tax. No communtation is includ ed in the property tax. So ask for road tax receipt when you desire to pay road tax. J. L. PRINCE, Co. Treas. E. C. FOR SALE: One work steer, weighing about 900 pounds, price $100.00. B. T. LANHAM. l-21-2tpd. SINC'S NEW LIFE PILLS the Pills That So Cure. See Our Fifteen Cents Window The Corner Store EDGEFIELD THEATRE Friday, Jan. 23 ."}tfE PICTURE Y?utt _ tom FORSET WOLVOM! AT LAST MICKEY IS COMING Matinee 3:30 P. M. 35c. and 20c, Plus War Tax Evening 8:15 P. M. 50c. and 25c, Plus War Tax See MICKEY. Laughter and Tears THE STORY YOU'LL NEVER FORGET