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r? m rTO LESSEN WEEVIL DAMAGE. Turn Under Cotton Stalks Now, Says Prof. Conradi?Weevil Conditions | Have Been Ideal. . Clemson College, Oct. 24.?The * rot.t.nn hnll wppvil has had most ideal "^nditions this fall for spreading over a wide territory. When the -dry (weather set in and the fruiting stopped,v migration started, and at the present time the weevil has reached a line passing a little south of Greenwood through Bookman, Camden, and approximately Darlington. Weevil damage on many farms in the southernmost part of the state was severe during the past season, but a portion of the damage for ^^fevhich the weevil is held responsible was due to weather condition, says ^ Prof. A. F. Conradi, State Entomologist. Serious injury may be exl^feected in Beaufort, Charleston, Brampton, Allendale, Barnwell, ColleWM ton and Bamberg counties next sea son. It is extremely important, at Lr. this time, that the very best attention is given to the destruction of all cotton stalks at the earliest possible date. ^ J? xi_ ~ uver many laniis m uic suuuicm part of the state the fruiting of cotton is over, and the stalks can be destroyed without any loss in the _ crop. This may be accomplished by |^Brchopping the stalks with a stalk cutter and plowing them under. Where horse-power is available they may be plowed under by having a beam at tached to the plow to knock down the .n+nllro an fViof fVlOTT mflV V?P POVATflH. 0VC|iA0 OV VAiMW W**vj w It is immaterial what method may suit the individual farmer best, but to allow stalks to remain on the cotton field is a most dangerous pracJ: tice under boll weevil conditions and is a sign of very careless farming. "^^T)estroying the cotton stalks is the [fl^Rost effective control against the WT DATE FOR EXAMINATION CENSUS ENUMERATORS V Editor Herald and Mews: Will you m be. kind enough to announce in the ft next week issue of your paper that W the examination or tset for applicants as enumerators for the census will be held at Newberry in the court house on Monday, November 3, 1919, at 11 a. m. All who have filed applications will be notified by card the time and place. The enumeration ^ell be conducted by the postmaster i Newberry under instructions from the Postmaster General. rYou might state also for me that we are short on applicants and that! I will receive applications up to thej time of the holding the examination. I am planning to be in Newberry that day, and will assist the postmaster i in any way that I may be able in I holding the examination. i It is very important that we have h?" competent and efficient enumerators ^ to the end that the government may ^Ldhave a correct and accurate census. Any help that you may render will W be appreciated. Very respectfully. f Elbert H. Aull, PoncnB nist.rift. FP^l VACVX VX WlitfVKU V* V? ? ? ? E BOLL WEEVIL AND LAND VALUES j The early arrival of the boll weevil, whether or not he has already arrived, may certainly be expected. | It therefore becomes necessary for J (us to determine the effect of its com-1 * ing and the measures necessary to meet the conditions thereby brought about. | I know of no saier oasis 01 juugk^^u^this than by the effects produced j^HKler similar conditions in the same I^HHtttude of the cotton states hereto-j Boverrun by the boll weevil. Both j I PRama and Georgia have recently ^ gone through the experience which j p now faces us. It will be noted that L the states as a whole are still pro- j H ducing about two-thirds of their j Wf usual amount of cotton. It also j ' " i At A + needs be noted tnat tnese two soaico were overrun after methods of com-, I ^ie weeV1^ were < pretty ^ Bl worked out, and therefore that damage was comparatively light j ^^pelative to the damage resulting in j j^^^ouisiana and Mississippi. I Hf a study be made of the yields ' ^^Krom Alabama and Georgia by coun-' ^^ties, it will be found that counties in ' our latitude have been reduced much HlB less in yield than the average state as a whole,an d that the lower coun- \ - * ? -i j ! ities of the state have Deen reauceu . more. It must be recognized however' that the arrival of the boll weevil has produced a serious condition during period of transition to farming 1 pethods necessary under boll weevil Conditions. This period lasted four fO six years over Louisiana and J Mississippi and has been reduced to 1 ^Hibout two years in Alabama ana Georgia. There is no good reason I^Kvhy, with the methods of combating ^^Rhe boll weevil well known and the H^Bccumulated resources of the last ^^Biree prosperous years, this territory should not further reduce this tran sition period demoralization. Our farmers must at once prepar to recluse their cotton acreage an' increase their acreage to corn ant velvet bearis and to oats and smal grain. They will also have to arrang to fence their lands as rapidly a possible. Fenced fields are necessar to get the greatest benefit and pr'ofi from corn and velvet beans and fror the small errain crops. Fenced field are also essential to the profitabl< raising of hogs and live stock. Land must therefore be fenced and th< number of hogs and cattle increase* as rapidly as possible. Profits fron ; the last three years should put ou: farmers in position to do this. There fore from a financial standpoint oui section is in good condition to mee the boll weevil's arrival. J Let all interests remember thai this is an agricultural country; thai the new conditions must be met; anc jthat to that end all must co-operate ! It is up to every well informed max in the community to bring home t< j the colored farmers of the countj ' ' * ' * i # - i.1 ? j (and tne coiorea iarmers 01 me cum ! munity form a majority and probablj j cultivate half of the lands of th( 'county) the things they must do ii j order to farm profitably under bol 1 weevil conditions. Tell them thai they must plant early varieties of cot j ton and get it planted early. It" wil j also be necessary for the landlord: ! to at least assist tenants in fencing their fields and to require them t< increase the corn and velvet bear ; acreage. This is going to prove one j of the most profitable substitute crops. Early varieties of seed foi next year's crop should be arranged for now and the fences should be j built during the winter months wher I the labor is not all required in the preparation for and the cultivatior | of the crops. These are only a few of the practical ways in which everj [interest in the community can co j operate. If you neglect to do youi ! part, you will suffer with the fara i interests of the community. ! Alabama has already recovered | from the disorganization incident tc | the boll weevil's arrival and it is j considered by many there as a bless I ing in disguise. It is even reported jthat one county is preparing to erect a monument to the boll weevil tc commemorate the benefits conferred upon the community by him. I am 1 ?? 4-1^.^4- +UA vAA?nrv?flT>f ic OnTWA. not sure mm tuc uivuuiutuu priate as he does not seem to be dead but only to have moved on; but at any rate it illustrates the fact that his coming may not prove an unmixed evil, and that three years hence we too may be in the humor to erect a monument to him?parti cularly if the new poison, calcium arsenate, is successful in definitely putting an end to him after he has convinced this community that it is profitable to raise corn and velvet beans, with hogs and live stock, as well as cotton. A r\r+r%*t* 1 nf ne oil rflmomKpr t.hnf /XilU agaJIly UO U1A ? ?. the condition has been met, can be met, and must be met; that this is an agricultural country and that as an agricultural country we must prosper; that farm lands are the basis oi agriculture and that so long as our people are here their values musl continue. R. B. Belser, Sumter, S. C. WHITE ILLITERATES SHOULD JOIN THE ARMY The enforcement of the Emergency Act revealed to the people of the United States the fact that a large percentage of young men of military age were illiterate. Under the act ! of 1899, no person who cannot read [and write the English language may [ be enlisted in the army. The emer| gency act modified this so illiterates may be accepted, and since May 1st, 1019. non-Enclish speaking citizens have been enlisted. As the emergency act remains in force until the ratification of the peace treaty, the war department has authorized the enlistment of all white illiterates, who are otherwise qualified under the act of 1919, for a period of three years. During the active period of the world war, illiterates in the army were trained in the development battalions, and many a man has left the army able to both read and write as a result of such training. The war Hpnartment is carrvine: on this work. It has established a school at Camp Upton, New York, to which all men who fail to fulfill the requirements of the act of 1899, are sent for special training in English. Recruits at this school receive instruction in English branches for three hours and a military training for a like period daily. Thus the army builds the mind and body simultaneously. In this section there is a very large percentage cf men of military age who are illiterate. These men can nmlicf ovist roAoiirn f Jioir I1UVY Ciiiiov aiiu xvvvivu VHV44 w?v?v%? tion at Camp Upton school. Upon completion of the couvsa at the- CjcDo I ptcn school, the m-in can enter an army vocational school. T'-e llf^UERA t Don't takew chances with^ fcaDies. Have suiucuaug ?? _ . tl the HOUSE, ready at a min- H ute's notice: "First Aid" that g b | ' may save the baby's life while Kf a ; you're waiting for a doctor. B s; > Dr. Thacher's | a.' 1 Diarrhoea Mixture I i m An old family doctor's pre- H 1 scription for bowel trou- D 11 V bles for whole family. All r i ? drus stores, 33c. MONET i M BACK if no relief. 9 i M THACHER MEDICINE CO. tt a a latter have the following departments: Automotive, electrical, building, textile, food, animal, transpoi'taI tion, metal, printing, medical, highway construction, power, music, leather, machine, business and agriculture. Each graduate in any of .! the above courses will be given a j war department certificate of pro-1 ; ficiency. i i With the increasing demand for 1 skilled artisans, every white illitert: ate in this state should join the army, . and take full advantage of the oppor1 tunities offered by the army schools, s I Unlike any other schools, students in r the army schools "Earn While They >! Learh." ij ? 5! THE REAL DOCTRINE ' _ - _ - . i ; Greenwood Index-Journal. : The city recorder of Savannah de-1 I serves a distinguished service cross j J | if he does what he says he is going I 1! to do. He has tried out every sort j * j of sentence almost on speed fiends! 1, and now he tells the motorists of Sai ! T i vannah that in the future he will give j 7! every violator of the speed laws a j straight jail sentence. There will be j * .. _ _ 1j _ a. ^ . /? m i no nne, or alternative 01 a nne. 10 1 1, jail th'ey will have to go. Then he j |adds: 11 "This thing of endangering the! >; lives of pedestrians and others on the ;! streets by some great rate of speed j is going to stop. I find that fining : [ such persons does no good. They pay j ;! the fine and within a short while ! >' are up again for the only thing that j 1 will break up this fast and reckless ; t speeding and that is what it is going; to be hereafter." I Commenting on this the News and ; j Courier says: ; "Really, this remedy would also be ! or-? -PAI* nfViziifiAC l | ail ^AVVllVill/ iV/JL \J VIVI^O , 1 than Savannah. Small fines have lit' tie effect on persons who are incon-' siderate of the rights and privileges 1 of others and a few jail sentences in 1 ' Charleston would have a most salu} tary effect on wilful violators of es; sential traffic laws and regulations. ; Jail punishment and a revocation of 5 license, with a stiff punishment for driving without a license, will teach ; the more defiant chauffeurs that j , their risrhts are not all-embracine:." ! t Reckless and fast driving in and L around Greenwood, just as in other . towns, must come to a stop. When j * our officials begin sending urch of. fenders to jail, there will be more j ; consideration of the laws and of the rights and lives of other people. Champagne Industry Survive. Although Americans can take little more than an academic interest in . champagne, the fact is that France's champagne industry was not ruined r by the war. An inventory has been taken of the wine cellars in the de' i vastated districts and the report has | \ I been most favorable. The Germans j .! occupying Rheims for a short period j , j in 1914 managed to use 30,000 r | bottles of champagne, but even this I In.ree amount is not missed among the hundred million bottles left in ': Rheims and the Epernay district. Although the wine-makers in this f part of France were all in the army, j j the women carried on the work so | successfully that in 1915 ten million | bottles were exported and in 1917 I 20,000,000. ! When the great German offensive | was at its height in 1918, the famous i wine-cellars of Epernay, Chateau| Thierry, and Dormans were in dani ger of being ruined by the invaders. : The French, however, carefully hid j this great store of champagne and i mined the cellars at the same time, ! so that in case the Germans did re- } I main victors in this district the ] j French could blow up the stores rath- 1 er than lose them to the enemy. But they were saved and champagne is the most popular wine in Paris today and selling at the modest price of 12 francs a bottle. Miss Rose Herbert, a graduate of the dental school of Laval university, has instituted court proj ceedings to test the right of a v/oj man to practice dentistry in the prov\ ince of Quebec. F:r?t Pater?"My boy's letters | freir 'ollc^e c7\vays sends me to the , dict'c try." C'eccni Enter-?"That's nothing. My Lay's always sends r<.c ; to the bank."?Boston Transcript. \] i BAND? J?MJ And W23 WarIt snr! ! Nervous, Says Vhr'Az Lady. Five Bottles of Crjrdui Made Ker Well. Kathleen, Fla.?lira. D:/.:.ig Trlre, of this riace, says: "After the birth of my last child...I got very much run-down and weakened, bo much that 1 could hardly do anything at all. I was so awfully nervous that i could scarcely endure the least noise. My condition was eettinz worse all the time... I knew I must have some relief or I would soon be in tlie bed and in a serious condition for I felt so badly and was so nervous and T couW hardly live. My husbanc asl.ed Dr about my taking Cardui. He said, 'It's a good medicine, and good J 4 ? * - - - . I xor liiiLl li uuuie, bo ne got ma b Dottles... After about the second bottle 1 felt greatly improved...before taking It my limbs and hands and arms would go to sleep. After taking it, however, this poor circulation disappeared. My strength came back to me and I was soon on the road to health. After the use of about 5 bottles. I could do all TT1V hmiao-wnrlr and attend to my six children besides." You can feel safe In giving Cardu! a thorough trial for your troubles. It contains no harmful or habit-forming drugs, but is composed of mild, vegetable, medicinal Ingredients with no bad after-effects. Thousands of women have voluntarily written, telling of the good . Cardui has done them. It should help you, too. Try it 15 74 BETING THAT COLD OR COUGH? Why, when Dr. K&g's New Discovery so promptly checks it 1"T S natural you don't want to be ! ? careless and let that old cold or cough drag on or that new attack develop seriously. Not when you can get such a proved successful remedy as Dr. King's New Discovery. Cold, cough, grippe, croup does not resist this standard reliever very long. Its quality is as high today as it always has been?and it's been growing steadily in popularity for more than fifty years. 60c. and $1.20 a bottle at all druggists. Give it a trial. Tardy Bowels, Inert Liver They just won't let you put "pep" Into your work or play. Sick head ache conies from retaining waste matter and Impurities in the body. Feel rigfct for anything?make the liver lively, the bowels function regu larly, with Dr. King's New Life Pills. " Smoothly yet positively they produce results that cleanse the system and nake the liver and bowels respond to :he demands of a strong, healthy body. Still 25c.?at all druggists. Try them tonizht. Common-Sense lor Corns, "Gets-It" The Great Painless Corn loosener. Simple as A. B. C. Never Fails. If you nave ever tried to get rid of a corn by bundling up your toe with bandages, or by using salve that mado your toe red and almost raw. or tried to drag your corn out with a knife, there will be a surprise waiting f.-;r you when you use "Gets-It." Imagine peeling your corn of? prloriously, easily and painlessly, ri-i.n like peelinpr off a banana skin. W-ll. that is what happens when you use "Gets-lt." There is nothing else that will gfvo you this same | result. Millions of folks have had I the same blessed experience. Why " putter and suffer, limn, and spoil a ? frood time for yourself and your friends, or your neacc of mind while trying to attend to business? Use I v *'Get3-It," the simple common ^pnseway. iN 'Gets-TV' the only sure, guaranteed, __ money-back corn-remover, costs but a trifle at any drug store. MTd by R Lav re nee & Co.. Chicago, 111. Sold in Newberry and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by W. G. Mayes and P. E.; Way. tc IAsHYoVDuJerfflS ? Grand PttzeMs^te&Ijfl \t. Firearms 6 Ammunition Bm ! b. Write for Catalogue ||| j N THE REMINGTON ARMS U.M.C. CO. INC j C ( WOOI-WOWTM ivW Hew TOW CTT I ^ ' o_'OS'*ri? >c ['Ik4 . r-. i Tows, $2.00 a year. The VI LUX X L IX Haver PrrcnM J. VW&U1I has made this table-drink the thousands. To make it Right after boiling bee and sugar as de resembles a hie JJUt XL WXLUlilb and is free fro No Raise Made postum .Cereal Co. m ? i > ^ m | doia ay grocers, 1m || The very minute "Old Cha |[| around set OXIDINE on hi: HI | and take his flock of Fevers II | in the house holds the whole || larious maladies, and all ott l l J Biliousness, Constipation, etc. III Guarantee of^DKT.^tLkenot illllHI "HHIWiiwv bottle and drug II * Made by BEBHENS I Owe My Life t Mr. McEinley's letter brings cheer to all who may be sufferers as he was. Read it: "I can honestly say that I owe my life to Peru:.a. After some of {the best doctors in the country gave xr-e up and tcld me could not live cuiotner n:ontr>, rcruna .esved me. Travelling1 from town to town, throughout the country and having- to go into all kinds c? badly h.,/s->ed stores and buildings, some t truss standing up Icr hours at a. time while plying my trade as auctioneer, !t is only r.nturnl that I T.r:l cold* frequently; po when this would occur I paid iltcie attention to ir, until last JXccrnhci* v. lieu, i contracted a severe case, which, through neslect on my part I Fettled on l-iy lur.prs. IVbeie at- S | raont too late, I fccsray fortorlayr. | 6 but? without avaiJ, on til I heard a I oi Peraun. It ecrea me: so I I 8 cannot praise it toe highly." ? ? ?* ii i urn? inn wniiiwniin We have just received 60 ton all sizes from 1-8 inch to 4 inch i: to 8 inch in Black. Also have received large shipm Have also some two or three ca hear from you. COLUMBIA S 823 West Gervais Street EiSBnKBnBDnnBBBHDHBHHHBBEBiBMi Subscribe to The Herald and . ews, $2.00 a year. SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by authority vested in le, as executor, in the last will and | stament of Lydia Ward, deceased; ; ow on file and of record in the of-. ce of the Probate Judge for New-1 T ?-ii ?u I erry county, 1 wm sen w m<= H15U-? >t responsible bidder immediately I fter the court sales on Monday, sale ay, November 3, 1919, the followig described tract of land lying and sing situate, near Silverstreet, in o. 6 township, county of Newberry, mtaining one hundred forty-five 145) acres, more or less, and bound3 by public road, by land of J. A. ! ?4.Tlr- T .7 TlnminiW i ux lUii, xaixu vx jl x# v. v. ,nd of G. W. Suber, land of Mrs. antra Wert? and others. This be.T'-et <">f land that wa3 con-! , dia "Ward by Charles I I H8P i I T%/T : issgST l|| I * 9 km of 'Slip' 4JA CEREAL pure, healthful i favorite with | boil 15 minutes (ins. Add cream sired.The flavor fh-grade coffee, s no caffeine, i m coffee harm. In Price \ by I Bathe Creek, Mich. J > sizes, 15and 25*t 1 m and he'll light out quick fflft along with him. OXIDLNE |H i family safe from these ma- |lw ler malaria troubles, such as Jffl jj# . At your drug store for 60c. 'jfj fm a?-! Money Back gg DEUG CO.. Waco. Texas, - ' gPE-RU-NA /n i mmmM Cured ;qg?| j !Tr. Samuel 3IrIv>iiIeT. ? I 22nd St., Kansas City, Mo., I?Iem| ber of the Society of U. S, Jewelry I Auctioneers. Sold Everywhere# ^ Tablet or Liquid Form s of pipe and at present have n Galvanized and from 1-8 inch ent of Boiler Tubes. rloads of Iron in stock. Let us IUPPLY CO. Columbia, S. C. Floyd and Mary Floyd, by deed dated ' * j February 9, 1912, and now oi recoru in the Registry for Newberry county, in Deed Book 18, at page 355. Terms of sale, one-half cash, and the balance in one and two equal annual installments, with interest from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum; the credit portion to be secured by notes of the pur1 -1 i.1 ?2- ?-C 4-Urt cnaser ana une mortgage ui wc finises sold, purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. This is a desirable tract of land, convenient to churches and schools and is in a healthy section of the country. The undersigned will show any interested parties over said tract of land or give them any further information if they will call on him at his home in the town of Silverstreet. Elijah B. Martin, An Executor cf fhe last o-id testament of Lydia Ward, deceased. 10-10-7t.