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NUMBER 44 GEORGIA MUTUAL BOUGHT SAYS POISON WILL Barnwell high school r'** DOTS. BY CAROLINA LIFE KILL BOLL WEEVJL. Big Deal Claiui Tu*t ■ — day Afternoon—Price $35,000. Senator Ragtdett Give* Keen] ' r r . . - •' Calcium Araenat* Testa. Ltrite Moore," Editress. . Washington, Aqg. 25.—-According to. Senator Ragsdell, of Louisiana, who is himself a large grower of cot ton, the boll weevil is about to bo conquered by poison. * _ The Louisiana Senator, with fre quent corroboratory interruptzoae by Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, who is familiar with similar experi ments conduced in that State by the Department of Agriculture, made a detailed statement on the subject to the Senate a few days ago. Mr. Ragsdell’s own word* will give the substance of his conclusions ia a way to interest all eotton growers: r; VOL. LXVII. * BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919 , PROPOSES TO* CUT I COST OF COTTON ovemment Suggest! . Means 'For Eliminating Wasteful Practices. k, s one effective means of reducing the Jiigh cost of living the govern ment through various agencies al- * ready established is seeking ,to elim- / inate wherever possible, and at least shorten, roundabout and expensive routfs between producer and con- ■ sumer. “How much difference should there be between the price that a farmer sets for ilia cotton and the price that the mill pays for the same cotton?” aT.ks the Department of Agicutture. ~ f “The North Carolina cotton mills paid about $15,000,000 more for the # cotton they uond last year than the farmers received for it. Getting down to a unit basis, the farmer who grew a bale of cotton lacked $11.50 of getting what it was worth to the cotton mill/' it says. “A little of the $11.CO went to the railroad fon hauling the cotton to the mill. Ac most of the cotton consumed by the North Carolina mills is groWn in North Carolina and Georgia, the freight item did not amouot to a great deal—probably 30 cent* a hun dred, or 30 points on the cotton in* rotted. The average cost of ex change on the draft bill was probably one-eighth of one per cent. Includ ing other necessary costs of selling and del.very with these items, the total expense would be about $2.50 to $3.00 a bale in practically all s. * HOME DEMONSTRATION —- , , • CLUB TO MEET HERE Exhibits To B« Made In Court House Friduy,. September 5th. — NEGRO EDITOR EXTOLS I. W. W. Congressman Byrnes, o£ South Caro lina Makes Speech in The House. "The 'natural conclusion is that the farmer is getting less for hb cotton .than he should have, or that the con sumer of cotton cloth b paying more for it than he should pay, maybe bo til, while the middlemen are mak ing a profit out of proportion to the aetwiees they reader.” The* e facta warn' aaoeruiaed by the DepartnMRt and 'ire embodied in a circular, “Suggested Improvements in Methods of Selling Cotton by Farmer?..” The solution suggested is direct sales,or, in any event, less indirect than at present. That would probably involve co-operative telling organisations among cotton grow er^ and direct dealing by such organ- zatieni with the cotton mills. Cer tain difficulties in the way of direct selling are pointed out end suggest ions interested classified service that would be made as to means of over coming tnem. - Suggestions apply, to~ some extent to the entire eotton-- growing territory, but more parties ularly to sections, such as eastern North Carolina, where cotton ^mills are in ebsg proximity to the cotton fields. . ,• The first suggestion is that the farmers grow the kind of cotton the mills need. It pointed out that most local cotton mills use only one or two 'grade? and usually only one Staple of cotton and that it is necessary for the farmer or some other, agency to furnish what the mill demands.- A compress and ample storage and fched space at central points in the raain producing areas, it is suggested would improve conditions. A very important suggestion is the estab lishment of a disinterested classing service that would serve the interests - of both hhe producer and the con sumer. This would enable the farm er to know the value of h» product, and co-operative selling would better enable Him to realize that value in £ dollar} and cents. As to North Carolina, better gin ning facilities are needed. The odd ginneries are not capable of pressing large or average sized bales to tfce density usually obtained in other * States. As- a result, the average weight of bales in North Carolina is low and the mills complain about it. Lees damaged cotton should be shipped to the milk. Mill owners say that they have neither the incli nation. nor the facilities for condition ing cottton, and Wish to buy only from shippers whose cotton has already been put ia the best possible con dition. This objection coaid be met by farmed* organizations. „. The final suggestion is that farm ers grow better varieties of cotton. There, again, the benefits of ergani-. xation are apparent Many buyer*, knowing)/ or unknowingly, buy the better staple* wrtfcont paying a prop er premium fer theta. The result is the! the farmer ia mcheed to atop the better The attention of the people is hereby called to the fact that Friday, September 5th, is the" day set aside for the demonstration club exhibit. The members of the canning and poultry clubs of Barnwell county and of that part of Allendale county which was formerly a part of Barn well will have on that day an exhibit characteristic of the work acoomp- Hshed by them during the current year. All canning chib members are ex pected to' have their exhibit jars at the court house in Barnwell by the night of September 3rd. Any can ning club exhibit which comes in later than that can not be accepted. The exhibits may be sent in any time between now and Septembei 3rd" The chib girls are also Temmded that their record books should be in by August 30th. The poultry club members need not brirg their chickens until the day they are to be exhibited, September 5th., but all chickens to be exhibited should be on hand at the court house by 10 o'clock that day. , No prize will be awarded to any club member who does nut have up an exhibit. The members of the Woman's Home Demonstration Clubs are re quested to be present. The name of each club will be called and the mem bers from the respective clubs will be asked to stand in response to the roll thus called. The woman's club' having the largest percentage of its woman membership present will be awarded a banner. This ia a con test every woman demonstrator may enter and each woman club member ia appealed to to see if she can help to make her club the winner by at- t aw Anns at ttria meeting. A good program has been planned for the day consisting of the following num ber*: PROGRAM. 10:00-11:00—Viewing Exhibits. 11:00-12:00—Lecture. “Launder ing” by Miss Loura Bailey, Assist.. State Demonstrator Agent. 12:00-12:45—Lecture. “Curing of. meats” and demonstration, by Miss Mary B. Martin, District Agent 12:45-1:00—Viewing Exhibits. 1:00-3:00—Dinner in “The Circle.” 3:00-5:30—Lecture. “Poultry Pro duction” by Mr. R. H. Wilkins, State Poultry Agent. 3:30-4:00—Awarding certificates to graduating club members and an nouncing the winners of the 10 day scholarship to Winthrop Short Course for June 1920. 4^RMi':00—Viewing Exhibits. The public is cordially invited to attend this meeting. A table will be Washington, Aug. 25.—Race an tagonism over the country is due to “incendiary utterances oiPwould-be leaders of the race now being cir culated through the negro newspapers and magazines,” Representative Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, declared today in the' House. Behind this propaganda, he said, were desires of some politicians to in crease the number of negrovoters and designs by some capitalists to se cure negroes as prospective strike breakers and levers to keep down wages. Negroes in the South are alleged to be ill-treated, Byrnes said, whereas the “Southern negro is actually mak ing rapid progress acqjtnulating money, buying property hnd educat ing his children.” . The Barnwell County Medical Society will meet in the Court House at Barnwell on* salesday in Septem- provided in “The Circle” and thf ber at 10 o'clock. Physicians of Mr.. Byrnes read editorials from a Washington negro publication in which he said the I. W. W. was ex tolled as “the one labor organization which knew no color line.*^ Senators John Sharp Williams, and Hoke Smith, former Governor Vardaman. of Mississippi, Thomas Dixson and D. W. Griffith, the motion picture produerr, were attacked in the edi torial. “The law-abiding negro still is wanted in the South,” Mr. Byrnes said, “but those who have been macu lated with the desire for political equality or social equality must stay away. There m no room for those of the latter type.”-^News A Courier. * " 1 * 111 ■ - - 1 1 ■'« v HUTTO—GREENE. , pt?ople who came are asked ts bring dinner with them so that all may pic nic together. The hearty cooperation of the par ents is asked to help make the pro gram for. the day a success.* Every one who has children in either of fcie clubs or who has neighbors whose children belong to the canning or poultry club are urged' to see to it that a way is provided for the mem bers to have their exhibits here on TIME and to be here on time them selves. Clifford Barratt, Eloise Cave, Home Demonstration Agents; ATTEMPT ROBBERY. An attempt was made last Wednes day night to enter Mr. Douglas Gantt’s jewelry store. About 12 it for the night On entering he discovered that one the' panes of glass in a back window had benn broken and that a hair brush with only a few other small items was mis sing. *He immediately notified the police force and with them tried to trace the burglar, but failed. M . Mias Jultp N. Hutto, ef BlackviUe. and Mr. Frank Jessie Greene, of Elka. were quietly married oo Sun day rVMiat at aBr' •’cloak in tl city of BamweU. in tha presence of a few friends and relatives. The ceremony was preformed by Judge John K. Snelling. The bride is a daughter of Mr Jeter Hutto, of BlackviUe and is one of the most attractive and accom plished young ladies in that commu nity. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Greene, of Elko, and is a young man of sterling Character and fine business qualifications. After the ceremony they motored to Denmark and there took passage on the Seaboard passenger train for Columbia, where they will be at home to their friends. — Mfcs Reba Calhoun, of Ninety Six, ms bfeen elected by the board of trus tees |o teach in the High School De partment with Miss Maroney and Mr. Robinson. Miss Calhoun takes the ilactt of Miss Kathleen Griffin who iaa Resigned and comes highly rec eded a ad we are. delighted to havtJier as a member of the faculty. MAs Alma Conner will resume her studi * at Wjhtbrop when college open next month. Alma is very smaf . She is making fine marks and i ill graduate the coming session. Alph as Conner, we learn, will attend the J Carlisle Institution at Bamberg whew school opens next month. are delighted to say that Mary Roberts, who was quite sick during her vacation at Saluda, N. C., is well agaiA. and returned home last week. Thelma Brooker, who has been spending some time with relatives at Denmark, is home again very much to the delight'of her many girl and boy friends. Frank Kirkland reports that he will attend the Sewanee Military Academy in Tennessee during the next school session and we all will miss Frank so much, however we know he wll make good marks where ever he goes. Caro Easterling is visiting friends in Augusta, Ga., where she will spend Several weeks, and we know she will have a good time. Mr. P.*M. Buckingham very kindly donated to the Barnwell High School hia pay during hia term on the Coun ty School Board for a library, this wiU be supplemented by a fund from the county and state and from thia start, the school hopes to have a com plete library for the use of the ehil dren ia the near future, which ts very muck 1 needed. Thanks ..again to Mr. Buckingham. Harriet Patterson will return to Ashley Hall, Charleston, S. C., where she attended this institution last session. Harriet is bright and very clever and we know will come out with flying colors. points in Georgia. J. M. Walker and J. O. Parker of Columbia, respectively assistant.gen- eral manager and superintendent of ^ _ _ the clerical department of the South | those who have investigMud the Carolina concern, came to Savannah I ject carefully and I am $ue of to take over the business and make that a remedy for the bolifWeevil peat the necessary transfer*. A. B. Lang- in cotton has been discovered through ley of Columbia is gonersl manager a poison known as eakttfU arsenate, of t^e Carolina company. .Mr. Walk- which was developed in Tallulah, 1^, er states the Savannah office will be jut an experiment station conducted retained under the management of for the Department of Agriculture C. L. Ashley, who has been the sup- by Mr. B. R. Coad, an able scientist, erintendent in charge of the Savan- under the Bureau of Entomology, nah district unde? the former owner* I “Some of the largest planters ia ship. The Carolina Life Insurance the Mississippi Delta have tried it gx- company has assets of $200,000 and | tensively. One of these ia Prof. j. is ope of the strongest of the indust rial life insurance organizations in the South. It operates,in four states and' writes over a million dollars, worth of business every year. W. Fox, of Scott, Mis*., who is eral manager of the largest plantation in the world. He letter addressed to me under of August 15: *1 am now ready to asy ELLENTON NEWS. PHYSICIANS TO MEET. Barnwell and .^llendale Countie, are earnestly requested to attend. A. B. Patterson, \ Dr. Ellis, Secretary. President. NOTICE. Dr. J. G. Wooley announces the removal of his office to the second floor of the Lancaster Building. Office hours, 9 A. M., to 12 M. Afternoon by appointment. Dr. J. G; Wooley, has secured four large rooms on the second floor of the Lancaster Building, which he bus splendidly equipped and arranged, affprekng him better facilities for performing operations, disking ex aminations and treating his patients. This will afford a gyreat convenience to the people who are his patients seeking relief from the ills of life. o’clock Mr. Gantt went back to his store to bar the windows alid close Dr, Charles A. Hensley, of Burns ville, N. C.,.* graduate of Jefferson Medical College, has moved with his family, to Barnwell and will engpge in the practicp of medicine. • He has recently been" discharged from the army, having been promoted to Captain from Lieutenant Dr. Hens ley has leased offices over J. G, Gantt says that he feels sure the MoodyN *tore and is well equipped burglar^was frightened away by h»* the practice of his prvfevion. approach. Misa Mamie Eaves, af Augusta, who spent several days last week #ith her uncle, Mr. Frank Cava, left Wednesday far North, where she will nst her aunt, Mrs R. B. Fickliag. Misa Lares vat formerly a Mrs. J. G Moody. Jr., relatives ia St Matthews. profit but for urbich the uty, apt ef j reives This section lost probably its oldest and certainly one of its most upright and substantial citizens when death claimed Mt. Wiley Bailey on August 21st He was born September 2nd, 1832 in Edgefield county and being left an orphan at* a very early age, was forced to make his way in the world alone, and -to care for his younger brother and sister. --He came to Barnwell county when a mere boy and began farming, which occupation he followed until his death. When twenty-five .years of age, he married Miss Laura XTBland,' of Barnwell county, with whom he lived in ideal happiness and content for sixty-two years. Two children were born to them before the out break of the Civil war. At the very beginning of the war he volunteered and served during the four years in Company D, Halcomb Legion, Evans Brigade. At the. close of the war he was captured at Petersburg and held at Point Lookout prison until July 1865. After the war he assisted, in quelling the Ellenton Riot in 1876. He was a member of the Steel Creek Baptist Church for over fifty years, a trustee in Barnwell County for sixteen and was always interested in educational matters. No one who came to him for help ever went away empty handed. Six children “were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bailey after the war. Oof those, two, a boy, Joe^ and a girl, Annie, died in infancy.. Besides his.wife he is survived by six children, Mr. W. P. Bailey, of Meyers Mill, Mrs. W. S. Radford, ef Augus ta, Mrs. J. K. Attaway, of Sheldon, Mrs. E. A. La than,, of New Symma, Fla., Mrs. W. S. Thames and Mrs. E. L. Vam Vlac, of Chicago. There are sixteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The pall bear- -era were, Messrs. Luke MeElhaney, 1N. D. Jones, Charley Turner, W. A. Meyer. J. M. Rountree and W- F. Duncan. * ... The officers of the Mutual are A. unqualifiedly ’that this poison WtD Rauzin of Savannah, president, and control the weevil at a cost which in Jesse A. Wood of Atlanta, secretary. I not prohibitive.’ Another very large The foregoing is reproduced from planter of Mississippi is Mr. Alas T. the* Columbia Record, because the Scott, who Is manager of several awe- gentlemen at the head of this larft caasful plantations near First dale Ha transaction are Barnwell Cpunty indorsee the poison ’ in unqualified boys grown into big men. Mr. A. I language. B.« Langley, general manager, is a “Then 1 have a letter from Mr. /L son of the late Christopher H. Lang- W. Barrett, of Albany, Ga., ta ley, born and reared within four j I call the attention of the atHee of Barnwell and tw# aulas of flag Georgia.,,. This Snelling and received his education indorse the poisoti at the Seven Pines school and the calk the atfeatio^.gf the pstpls o4 Barnwell High School, began hit I Georgia to it / career hi Savannah, Ga., with an In- “Mr. Coad gives the results of ex- du*trial Insurance Company, Mr. I periments made by a gentleman im J. O. Parker, superintendent k a Louisiana, Mr. F. J. Venerable, ef son of the late William M. Parker, Jeanerette. He made a test last born and (eared six miles West of on a small field of five «crat pt Barnwell and one and one half miles ton—two fields, rather; of t#o and west of Snelling and received hi* one-half acres each in separate platx early training at home and at Seven One half of each plat was poisoned Pines School and finished his educs- and the other half not poisoned. Hr., tion in the city of Augusta, Ga., and Coad says: 'Average yield per began his career with The Carolina for the two varieties of cotton Life Insurance Company's branch by Mr. Venerable was 159 pounds of office in the city of Charleston. Mr. I lint cotton per acre in his untreated Clarence L. Ashley, who has been the cotton and 463 pounds of lint cotton superintendent of the Savannah dis- | per acre in his poisoned cotton.’ Any- The assay friends of Mr. John M Easterling will regret to Mara that he has gene ta tbs punt. Augusta, Ga.. far U m baaed Alt be wA i trict, of the Mutual Benefit Indus trial Life Insurance Company, is a son of the late Claudius Ashley, was born and reared five miles North of Barnwell and received his early training at home and in Ashley school. r-T-r——r ■ »« thf—Amertean iray^tfce We are to note the *!<*«»• N , t ; onaV Advertiser* 1 w»y. Their and prosperity of these young men, and predict for each of them a great future. National Advertisers, Awake. National Advertisers are awaken ing to the fact that,the newspapers of the country are the best mediums in which to advertise and reach the average American in his home in the most forceful and convincing man ner. > ■ # A country newspaper has great in fluence with local people for many miles around the town and county in which it circulates. The editor, and all the staff, live in the neighbor hood. They know everybody by their first names. There is a real deep feeling among the readers of the paper that is “their very own.’.’ They discuss its contents at home arid over the counter at the store. They believe in it. The retail deal- ^ ... ♦-T. 1 — ‘ • —-“-N— - er stocks big shelves with the goods the advertiser is creating the local demand for. Householders, knowing THEIR pape'r is trustworthy, promptly buy and when satisfied, tell their neighbors and friends. The particular qualities of a new brand r-oon become well known by all. *’ The National Advertisers now rec one who is a cotton grower known that that is a marvelous gain; that a yield of 463 pounds Tlf lint cotton is a very satisfactory yield and that 159 pounds is certainly not profit able.”—K. F. M., News & Courier. rainco>;s—everything the National Advertise! 1 has to sell that enters into life. I Ask the travelng salesmen—tha men on the firing line—about tha selling power, , the prestige, and in fluence of country newspapers in tha towns they make. Ask tha travel ing agent what 1 the local dealers think of advertising in theit local home town newspapers. They will say there is no influence so power ful and no argument so effective to place merchandise on the. dealer's shelves and move it off the ahetvea as an advertising campaign m the dealer’s local newspaper . The country newspaper ia the “Cash-in” medium. At an ognixe that sixty million af prosper ous Americans (5$ 2-10 par cent af j goes into every lerae, that ia the total population of the United ; by children, the future States i are to-day living ia towns of , well as adults, the 5.04$ and less and on far^s. They read the * local Bewspejwr. They think ia Ament as terms, they eat feeds, they requirement} fit in with the exist ing selling organizations that want to do business with Americans. '" These sixty million people buy rubber boots and patent-leathers, farm tractors and tooth paste. They, buy paint for their homes and cement for their cellars. Seventy per cent, of the automobiles are sold in tha country. They buy up-to-date cloth ing, pianos, farm implements, chew ing gum, typewriters, cigarette, soap, talking machines, furniture, pancake flour, glassware, breakfast foods, that is