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i Fort Mill Times, Oct. 27: Following j
' an Illness of several months, Mrs. |
Mamie Thompson died at her home in
Fort Mill this morning at 2.10 o'clock.
Mrs. Thompson was the mother of,
three children, Mrs. John Bayno, Tom- !
mie Thompson and Cornelia Thomp- j
*' eon. She was a daughter of James H. j
Bailes and had spent her entire life j
of 36' years in the Fort Mill commun- j
ity..... Country eggs are now almost
as hard to obtain at the grocery stores
in Fort Mill as is frequently the case
In the dead of winter and the few
dozen that are offered for sale are
/Quoted at a price around 50 cents a
dozen, which is prohibitive for many
^families. But even at that price there j
is practically no profit for the grocery- ^
t man in haitdling them for he usually j
^ays 50 Cents in trade for the erffcs
tt&v. \V. R. Bauknight, pastor of
St. Joint's Methodist, church. Fort Mill, j
Mnorts to leave Tuesday for fcaneas- |
ter to attend the annual meetjng of I
the Upper South Carolina conference,
which wilt be in session the greater j
part of next week. The congregation
of St. John's is hopeful that Bishg
op U. V. \V. Darlington, who will pre"
" side at the Lancaster meeting of tlit* '
. conference, will reassign Mr. llanknight
tcf the Fort Mill charge for an- (
other year. In his report to the conference"
for the Fort Mill church, Mr.
Bauknight will be able to show that ;
the church has met. all its financial
' obligidHorts during the year now drawing
to a close, between $10,000 and i
$11,000" having been contributed by
the congregation for church purposes.
He will also be able to report
tjiat there have been 70 additions to
the'fchtirch membership during th<j
year and that the congregation is just
completing one of the best equipped
and most! commodious church buildings
within the bounds of conference, j
Dr. T. O. Grigg, dentist, has open- 1
ed an office in the rooms in the Ar- i
drey building formerly occupied by Dr.
J. B. Elliott for the practice of his
profession I*\ E. Aid rev left Fort '
. Mill Monday evening for a visit of
several days to friends in New York 1
"City. During Mr. Ardrey's absence. '
his place as ticket agent an.1, operator ,
for the Southern railway in Fort Mill ;
is being filled by B. M. Lee.
Chester Reporter, Oct. 27: Mr. Alex
Frazer has bought a lot on the corner
of York and Hampton streets from Mr.
Albert T. Henry Dr. Geo. A. Hen- i
nies reports the Smallpox situation at
Armenia as considerably improved.
There are fourteen cases, all o# which
are progressing nicely, in fact, are .
practically well Dr. D. G. Phillips
will be away for several days assisting
in a meeting at Smyrna in
York county Miss Ethel Harrell
and Mr. Thos. White Barrett, two of
Chester's most popular young people,
were quietly united in marriage Tues- ;
day evening at the A. R. 1'. parsonage :
the ceremony being performed by Dr.
D. G. Phillips in the presence of a few
relatives and intimate friends.
A quiet, but extremely pretty wedding
was that of Mr. Jas. M. Robinson of
Chester, and Miss Kate McManus,
which was solemnized yesterday evening
at seven o'clock at the home of
the bride's parents. Dr. and Mrs. R.
C. McManus, in Ltncaster, the Rev. J.
S. Corpening officiating. FritVids j
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liere are iu receipt of tlie following:
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hemphill T*ove
icques' (he honor.of your presence at
the marriage of their daughter, Mary
Julia, to Mr. .lames Wehlon Anderson
on Tuesday evening, Xovcmber 8th at
six o'clock. Olivet Presbyterian, chuivli
McConnellsville, S. C.
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Lancaster News, Oct. 28: The gin
house and machinery belonging to It.
L Parker of the Antioch section, was
destroyed by Hie sometime during
Tuesday night. The origin of the fire
is unknown. Mr. Parker carried no
insurance on either the building or
machinery .Reports from Magistrate
H. M. Culp this ificrning are to
the effect that he H; much hotter and
hopes to be out in a few days
Lancaster fire department responded
to an alarm at 12.30 yesterday when a
blaze was started in o trash pile ii^
Wcstslde cemetery. The grounds
were burned- over, otherwise no damage
resulted The supply" of water
in the city reservoir is holding out well
this week and for the past three days
the stnero has remained practically
the same, right around 19 inches from
the crest of the dam. The rain early
Wednesday morning was not sufficient
to increase the (low into* the
reservoir, hut the cool weather and
lack of sunshine has prevented evaporation,
which is tin item worth mentioning,,
and the turning? of the waste
stream from the engines back into the
reservoir has saved many thousands
of gallons. \n enthusiastic meeting
of Lancaster county citizens was
held in the.county demonstration office
on October 22 for the purpose of
promoting better and more Extensive
work along linos of ixniltry production
in the county. The meeting was
presided over by Mr. W. F. Howell,
county fatm agent, and he succeeded
in keeping the interest of the audience
aroused throughout the entire session.
After a most convincing talk given by
Miss Kula 1). Atkinson, state poultry
specialist, in which she told the great
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social ion. the nieotinp was turned into
a round table discussion, and it was
unanimously ucciueo. m organize mis |
i county without further ceremony. The I
officers elected to carry on this work ;
in the county are: Mr. Boyd Craig, '
president; Miss Anna Bennett, vice- ;
i president; Mr. f. 1'. (tiles, secretary- L
treasurer The home of Dr. and '
Mrs. II. C. Me Man us of South Mdin
j street was the scene of a (juiet tliough j
beautiful wedding on Wednesday j
evening at 7.00 o'cloc k when Miss Kate I
McManus became the bride of Mr. j
James Marion Robinson, of Chester. |
Vernon L. Sowell and Miss Made- j,
line Beckham were married Tuesday i
evening in this city. J. M. Knight no- !
tary public, officiating.
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He Could Prove it.?"Well," sai-J
; the waiter to the student, who had j
just had Ids Coffee cup refilled for the i
| seventh time, "you must be very fond 1
i of coffee."
"Yes, indeed." :i its wo red the student, I
j "or I \voul<ln't lie drinking so much
water to pet a little."?Lehigh Burr.
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Fortunately for the people of this immediate
damage cotton materially this year, hut every indioal
"paying quantities" as one of our friends remarked
bdll weevil will he here next year to destroy all of tl
cuss the boll weevil situation^ntelligenlly with the \
the farmers in this section, we solicited a letter relati
South Carolina, from Hon. Thomas G. MeLeod, throi
McLeod is one of the large land owners and farmer.'
= the contents of his letter relating his experiences, a c
he interesting to everybody in this community, espe
zled as to their plans for next year. Following is M
Mr. Clias. L. Cobb,
5 Rock 11 ill, S. C.,
5 My dear Sir:? i '
5 I am in receipt of a letter from Dr. W. W. Donj
ing cotton under boll weevil conditions. ,
E The boll weevil damage in Lee County has hcei*
- that the fight made against the weevil has saved a larg
% ing, in our county Mr. J. P. Quinnerly as farm demons
under boll weevil conditions in Alabama and who had t
E mon-sensc methods and induce a great many farmers
E --? The methods followed are. first, early planting of
of the weevils when they first appear in the pod of vol
. i whose bright eyes and nimble fingers can find them. 'J
mcfous offspring unless destroyed; and the third nieth
the cotton at least once each week; the fourth is picki
E this to continue until the weevil so increases bv immij
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S possible.
The system used in farming my own land is tenar
Z that 1 could get my share-croppers to follow these mctli
^ , others they did not do so. Those who picked up the sq
three and a third per cent more of a crop than those wl
The weevil \\?s numerous here when the sum me
E , them. In spite of this we are making about one-half of
E who personally superintend their farms who are m
considerably removed from. Bishopville and I cannot
= * I have a concrete example under observation vvh
E at Lynchburg, in this county, which is very rich land
E He has planted about thirty acres in cotto-i 011 this fari
He did not hunt the weevil this year and he will get si:
is a progressive white man. His land is of the same g
fertilizers. His fields were badly infested last year aw
age of weevils of any farmer in\he county. He follow
S bale to every two acres this year, which is one-half of
one-third the usual amount.
7 I hm sorry of course that the boll weevil is here,
he arrived. We can never make a full crop again, but 1
;; cotton a fairly profitable money crop. But, in my hum
E marketing system for marketing cotton it doesn't make
5 I am enclosing a paper containing a "boll weevil
= think you will find useful.
I am very glad to comply with Dr. Long's reques
E , service to yon you.
TOM?C.
As wo understand the boll weevil situation,
ous for a fanner to plant more than four or five acres
E thorities tell us that those who plant more are trcadi
: of losing their crop. It seems to ns that those wlio pi
next year and use the proper kind of fertilizer, and e
their neighbors who plant a larger acreage.
\V e are fortunate in having intelligent fa rim
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going to evidence this intelligence next year by the ri
willing and ready n<*v, as always, to cooperate with
a safe policy, and next year a safe and sane policy, in
ever before. This bank has a large number of farmer
stock-holders, who are represented on our board of I)i
no one knows this better than those who bank with i
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C. L. COBB, President J. M. STROUP. Vice P
J. H. B. JENKINS, Jr., J. T. CRAWFORD,
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section of South Carolina the boll weevil did not
tion is that this pest will be with us next year in
the other day. There is no doubt but that the
to cotton bolls that it can, and in order to disarmor
patrons of this bank, in fa6t with all of
ve to the boll weevil situation in , Lee county,
ugh Dr. W. W. Long of Clemsou College. Mr.
> of the Pee Dee section of South Carolina and
:opy ol which will be found below, will doubtless
ciallv to the farmers whose minds are now puz[r.
McLood's letter:
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P.isfiopville, S. C, 10-18-21.
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rcquestjng-.that I write you in regard to grow\
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i very considerable, but ihere is no quesSon but^ - =
;e portion of the crop. We are fortunatq&n h?v- - j?
itration agent, a man who had lived and iworked
he ability to make, practical application JEf comto
follow >hese methods. k
an early variety of cotton, second, the Minting
ing cotton. This can best be done by children,
fhe earlier weevils will be the parents df a nuod
is rapid cultivation, plowing on both sides of
ng up the early falling squares and burning them,
^ration in the flying season that it becomes imit
or share-crop and it was with great difficulty
ods. In some instances they began early awL in JL
|uares on my farms have made at least ^thirtylio
did not.
r began and the weather conditions ideal for
a normal crop. There are farmers in this countyaking
a far better yield than this. My crops are
give them the personal care they should have.
ich 1 think will be valuable to vou. I o.vvn a farm S ,
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and which is farmed by a negro sharecropper,
m and heretofore made about a bale to ^lie acre. 1
< bales of cotton only. The adjoining landowner s
rade as mine and he used the same quantity of
1 he started off with perhaps the largest percentfed
the methods given above and he is making a
a normal crop with a reduction in fertilizer of s
but I haven't the terror of him that I had before
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hy proper methods of fighting him we cart make
hie opinion, unless we devise some co-operatire
much difference whether we make cotton or not.
catechism" by our demonstration agent,^which I
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Yours very truly,
THOS. G. McLEQD. f
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as it applies to this section, it would be liazardof
cotton to the plow next year. Various aung
011 dangerous ground and running the risk
ant only four or five acres of cotton to the plow
nough of it, are going to come out better than
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['rs in this section and, in our opinion, tliey are
ight sort of fanning. Tliey will find this Itliiik
them in every way, especially those who adopt
cotton farming will go further with us than
r patrons as well as a large number of farmer
rectors. We have their welfare at heart, and
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