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'A PRESIDENI WANNAMAKER B[LI[VES BOLL W[WVIL WILL PROYm BLSSING Mr. .1. I. Bradham, Bradham Duroce Farm, Manning, S. C. My dear Mr. Bradham: Your letter of August 28th. I re gret very much that it will be impos sible for me to prepare an article, as requested by you, for publication in the Manning Times. I have an enor mous accumulation of duties which it is necessary for me to discharge be fore the Convention of the National Association which will be hold in Montgomery. Alabama, September 1, to 3 rd. The work of the American Cotton Association has grown to such a tremendous volume that toda:y we ahoukj have five separate departments for the National Association in charge of the best experts in the country and each department furnished with a large working force. However, due to the lack of sufficient fipances, I am (ompellei to carry the work on as best I can. I have visited every section of the Cotton Belt and have seen the result of the work of the boll weevil. I have visited the farming sections of various parts of Anmerica; the potate growers of Maine; the wvheat section of the midldle West; and as a result of this I a ppreciate more fully that ever the great p)oibilities of thi South. A man wvho would live in the Soutl and board in the WVest, as a large m-t jority of our farmers have been doini for the last fifty years, is a fool un hinkable and is entitled to the con dlemnation indlicated in the .Bibi where it states that he who fails t provide for his own family is wvors than an infidlel. The punishment for an infidel wvi anIy GREFN FL AG Motor Oil Totihousan..J Soamhern Deale do. utherni motorists use it and e apremely erfect Ilbdcant a wisdom oi what we say. ONE QUAL1 Oil on the mark , C< Supplied by the fot' Ask for Creen Flag Ge ar Compound and Cup Grease Plowden Hardware Co., Ma .Greelyville Motor Co., Gre W C. Pinwrlon. New Zion. req(uireconsiderable heat in the low M. regions, so that the farmer who fails to plant suffieient food and feed crops to make his farm self-sustaining vill receive a punishment greater than that meted out to the infidel. We are impressed as never before with the necessity of safe, sane farm ing; the raising of food ard feed crops and of hogs amir cattle, and planting boll weevil is not only at our door but is in our midst and we can only plant cotton as a- surplus crop, it being ab solutely necessary, under boll weevil conditions, to give. the most intensive cultivation to cotton. It should be plowed at least once every week, high ly fertilized and rushed to maturity with all possible speed. ; titm mer, the merchant, the hank er, the business man, who would con tinue to o"rate under boll weevil con ditions the same as heretofore is not only a fool unthinkable but he shouhl receive commitment papers to the lunatic asylum and it should be de signated that at his death he is to be buried in a national cemetary, sep arate and apart from men with com mon sense. If this rule is carried into, effect and force it will result is sav ing a tremendous loss to the agricul tural and commercial life of the South. It most assulradlly wvill enormously re du1ce the cultivated area, as I findl in every section I have visited that many mn prefer to condiuct their farms in the same nmnner in wvhich their great great-grand-fathrs operfated, andt ab solu tely refuse to make any change, regardless of' the inroadls of the boll weevil, until the boll1 wveevil has forced them into bankruptcy 0or poverty. A cemetery large enough to hold these men, as stated, would -require sulli cient burial groundl to enormously re du11ce the cultivated area. In every section of the country I have visitedi where people have co 1operatedl for the purpose of naeking and learn the wisdom of using it. - sell and recommend it--200,000 dtue its quiality. It is thme world's one impartial trial will prove the .~-but a grade for every make of ~conomical and satisfactory Motor )sta no more~ to begin with n~t s Iess in the end wing wel.lown dealeree ~nning S. C. elyvile, S. C. '7C Refi With no FRONT WH[ TROUBES STOPPED For once and all the time, on all model Fords and Chevrolets. BOWICK'S BACKLOCK will do it. The only practical locking de vice known, invented by automo bile mechanic. Patent Pending Set will last life of car. Ride in safety. Save Repair bills. State and County Agents Wanted. Sent anywhere postpaid $3.00 pair, money returned if it wil Inot stop front wheel troubles. Easy to in stall, directions with each pair. Order today from ORY M. BER MAN, Gireenville, S. C. 33-4t. and preventing a calamity instead o. awaiting the result following th< calamity, thus assisting to amelior ate it, I find that the holl weevil ha: been a blessing; that instead of bring ing poverty he has brought prosper ity. I am convinced that in Soutl Carolina he is going to briig prosper ity. Ile is going to force our peopl to farm as they should. All of th eggs should not be placed in one bas ket. We should diversify and rotat' We should raise hogs and cattle. I low ever, (do not gain the impres;sion tha we will not continue to raise a grea dleal of cotton. Our' cotton pr'odutctitI has kept upi wonderfully well, regard less of the inroads of thg boll weevi andl by adopting the above miethod the production of cotton in Soul Car olina w ill continue to an even Iarn er' amount than is now anticipatedl We will produce better cotton whice the wvorld neceds greatly. We will pr< du0ce more Cottont per' aetiv. We wi adopt more scientific methods in fa iing. On a erecent visit to Isostoni, whc I had tihe pleasure of addrtessing c'onfere'nce of' leading manufacturte I was ver'y much surpirised to lbei formed by one of the wealthviiest m in lHoston that lhe considered the fari ing lands of' the South lo he the h( inv'estmient ini Ameitric'a toda~iy; that hadl purc(hiasedI 910t(H acres and l piected to intcrlease h1is purchases, a he is buying a1 great many of thc lands right in the hearit of the b weevil section. Thle world is facing a great i ncre; edl needl for food anad feed ('tOps. add~lition to this, by adloptinig the r'ij seietii (c methods(1 and applyingi Ilana of safe sante farim ing, cottontc lie produced wnder holl wveevil cot tions. As a resutlt of all oif this, the lion of the people' in A lahaa in i ere inig a tiotnumetit to lHilly lBoll Wee where lhe has really tmade nietn th and~ forced themi to take advice, as a result has brought them tr'em dous5 beniefits, was really donie as matter' ofC aprec'iatiitn otn the part A ssuriing you of all good wishes i'egr'et.tig that I will niot hav(' atn piortunLiity to1 write the article Cor M atnning T'imies, I beg to irema in, Sincerely, .J. S. W~uanaker, Pi'esidenit Am ierican Ci(otton A: ............ In all games of endurv your partner is an icy-col Cherci'E 'eshing bad after effeo C CO'TON ASSOCIATION MEETS Columbia, Sept. (.-The foreign cx port corporation as approved by the South Carolina Division of the Amieri Can Cotton Associmtion was adoptei by '.he American Cotton Association at Montgomery, Richar-1 I. Manning of South Carolina, was made chairman of the committee to arrange for the formation of the corporation. Holding and reduction resolutions similar to those passed by the 'jouth Carolina Division were also passed by the Montgomery convention. South Carolina was well represented iiand conspicious on the floor and on the committees of the MoIntgomery convention. A large delegation at tended the convention fro mthis state. HomeI .Agi On account of e leave, anll I will '5, the case we wvih en ertur'n, wvhich I ~ ~ time we exp)eCt 1W ~others' as ai metC calls for Hog Cl iS cloing this wVo ht It has been a he an .you, which weC h ink Agricultural As nd J. I M\orri~ for sale- WVill I 'hei I3j-. 8 nce when d bottle of ila oni the floor' of the convent ion to fur ther' the wvork of' the A merican Cotton A\ssociation. n~elegates fromt the other states ex their organization, especially Texas. A dlelega tion of banke'rs repreIisentinig the entire belt assured the associaition of assistanfce in fiincingt the present erop. the Federal Reserve Bainks of Dallas, Atlanta and St. Louis assured the association of their co-operation. The South Carolina (delegation to the convention returneld Sunday. ----- (COOK E FACEts SUHI PROBlt Philadelphia, Sept. h.-Lieut. Coom mnder C'harles M. C ooke Jr. of the The Bank That Serves ricultural Departr my health the Bank has give be away from the Bank for s< be compeataled to uiscontinue t ope to be not later' thani Sep)t( tl again offer this column to im of exchang<-. mser's retuin the hiank will 1 tolera work anvnd trturn them ov' rk andl~ is occupying my ofhice pleasure for bo0th the Bank: )e and expect to continue to Yours Respectfully, C. A. McF A] ent, Home Bank and Trust ( , Gable, Route 1, ha )milking in three w( I - ay of Septem I*vis, Mayor. vn Council. IARGE ludge of Pro >naty, on the 0, at 11 o'clock argre as guar -ron Jr., and rly Minors. 3arron. 4th, 1920. submarine S-5, sunk last Delaware Capes testified I liminary investigation o 22 dent that he helieved negle, ihe ma in induetion valve boat iook its emh-A dive wa11 ble for the mishap, accordl unoflicial report received . investigation was held ab(, battleship Ohio, which today at Iampton Roads. le said innumerable things he done almost at the same when the dive was taken, an< that he could hardly hold yny pable for overlooking for an of one detail. --- o--- -i~~ AI>VE'RTISE IN TII, TIM,,12 rust CcY ! Li nent g I Hi >metime, this being is coIlnm) until miy the Fiarmfer.s aml >e glad to take all er to Dr. Wood who . mid mnyself to serve (1o. )DIN, iomplanly. Sa fine Milch Cow 4k. Price $100. i