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The Remedy The remedy for a situation of thia ind is entirely in your own hands. I in not telling you anything new when state that the answer is a sufficiency f food and feed crops on the farm for oth man and beast; and after this as been done, put forth your best fforts to increase the per acre yield f cotton by the appilention of good arming rules. South Carolinas Financial Condition South Carolina enters the period of epression ahead of us in far better Lnancial condition than any of the ther states south of her. This is in ced fortunate, for you not only have D face a percentage loss of your cot on by the weevil but in addition you ave produced this year's crops at iaximum costs, and are confronted rith rapidly falling markets. A recent statement of the financial ondition of the state shows deposits ,i South Carolina banks to have in reased more than $39,000,000 in the ist fiscal year, being now consider bly more than $173,000,000. The 'rowth of the savings deposits in the ame period was more than $26,000, 00 making between $25,000 and 35, 00 more individual savings accounts i the banks of the state than ever be cement! ce to the public kned a Watch airing Business larmacy, South Oumter, S. C. cnnected with npson Jewelry nber of years I solicit the pat riends and the guaranteeing first-class work prices. ISHEL, and Jeweler, tacy, Sumter, S. C. YL ably Located I Mannin is four dwellings and up, accordii /acant Lots, $25 groupe any nt Terms of Sale. better offer be n ~oom Dwelling in go< er particulars, MANNING, S. C. A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOLl EYIL CONDITIONS I An Address by G. A. Cardwell, Agri- b cultural and Industrial Agent, A. 1 C. L. Railroad Company at King- e stree, S. C., October 2, 1920. f The advance of the cotton boll wee vit for a number of years past, In states south of us has been mlet with, d first, a feeling of indifference and dis belief, and second, disorgqpization and C panic after the arrival of the weevils in large numbers. During the period of demoralization following the arrival t of the weevils the amount of actual h money loss, and the loss of labor has varied according to the character of 3 leadership: In some sections lands, have been sold for a mere song; the c labor has become scattered over the i entire country, thousands of men, wo- c men and children leaving, for the rea- 1 son that they faced starvation. This a gloomy picture is typical of those sec- g tions which failed to respond to the a "get ready" advice given by those C familiar with the ravages of the C weevil. Announ< I wish to annour that I have Op( and Jewelry Rep at DeLorme's P1 Main Street, S Having been c the W. A. Thor Store for a nui as Repair Man, ronage of my f public generally prompt service, and Reasonable SW. S. F Watch - Maker At DeLorme's Phari TOW Admir Town o] On which $3,500.00 of lot. Price of '3 up. Will suit you. You fix Could a I Also, One 8-F E For furth i DuRAli WEAK, NERVOUS, ALL RUN-DOWN Miissouri lady Suffered Until Skg Tried Cardul.-Says "Result Was Surprising."-Got Along Fine, Became Normal and Healthy. Springfield Mo.-"My back was s4 weak I could hardly stand up, and I would have bearing-down pains and was not well at any time," says Mrs. D. V. Williams, wife of a well-known farmer on Route 6, this place. "I kept getting headaches and having to go to bed," continues Mrs. William. describing the troubles from which she obtained relief through the use of Cardul. "My husband, having heard of Cardul, proposed getting It for me "I. saw after taking some Cardul ... that I was improving. The result was surprising. I felt like a different person. "Later I suffered from weakness and weak back, and felt all run-down, I did not rest well at night, I was so nervous and cross. My husband said he would get me some Cardul, which he did. - It strengthened me . . . My doctor said I got along fine. I was I good healthy condition. I cannot say too much for it." Thousands of women have suffered as Mrs. Williams describes, sntil they found relief from the use of Cardul. Since it has helped so many, you should not hesitate to try Cardul H troubled with womanly ailnients. For sale everywhere. E8 Bale No. 6, on edge during entire test, same surface down at all times, dropped from 503 to 438 pounds. (Loss 65 pounds.) Bale No. 7, on edge on ground, turn ed from time to time, at least once a week, dropped from 495 to 474 pounds. (Loss 21 pounds. The most striking fact disclosed was that of a 492-pound bale of cotton stored flat on the ground for six months lost 232 pounds, leaving 260 pounds for the market, while another bale stored properly in a warehouse lost only two pounds. This means that, if the prices was 30 cents a pound the loss on the first bale was $69.60. The loss on the bale in the warehouse was but sixty cents. Now that we have discovered the ac tual loss suffered year in and year out from the careless handling of the cot ton crop, let us take a look at a crop which can and should be made a money L'rop. Sweet Potatoes South Carolina produced, in 1919, on 84,000 acres of land 7,560,000 bushels of sweet potatoes, valued at $11,189,000 on the farms. By reason -f imiiroper storage and disease, pos ibly one half of this crop was lost to the growers an dto the consumming public as a food. In other words, af ter putting your money and labor in to the production of this splendid food crop, by careless methods you permit ted a monetary loss to the state of not less than five and one half million dol lars; a fearful economic waste fvhen we consider that food stuff is badly needed and that a similar loss is oc curing year in and year out. It is a well known fact that a large percent age of the sweet potato crop can be saved by storage in houses construct ed in accordance with plans and speci cations developed (luring a period of several years investigational work by the U. S. Departmpnt of Agriculture. Storage information, blue prints, and bill of materials are free to the peo ple of this country. Agricultural Agencies My friends, get acquainted with your County Agent, if you have one, andl if you haven't an agent, get one: get acquainted with the Extension Workers of your State Agricultural College, and get acquainted wvith the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Your state and the Federal Government maintain a force of specially trained men andI women, andl have a wonder ful fund of information of all kinds pertaining to agriculture and indus try on tap); an dthese agents and this information are at your disposal. All you have to (do is to signify a willing ness to use these men and the splendid information, which is available. Tfhe Negro Question Before going further into our sub ject, I dlesire to address a few words to owr colored farmers. Don't get panicky wvith the coming of the boll weevil:-keep your head. D~on't believe tales brought to you about the opplortunities in the north and west for the negro. The place for the negro race is in the south, the climate suits them better; constitu tionally they are not able'to withstand the long cold northern winters. They know the disposition of the white pee ide of the South and the white people know them, and generally there exists a feeling of kindness between the races. Many southern colored farmers have mnade nice fortunes during the past few years, and many negro trades mnen, carpenters, painters, brick-ma sons, plumbhers, saw mill workers, and laborers have not only madle a good living, b~ut 'have madle considerable money. Some of these people have raisedl their standlard of living, are goodl citizens and are happy and eon tentedI. Is this true of the north and west? I bliee tatmy knowledge of condi tions in the north and west enables me to tell you that it is not. In Waushing toni, Neow York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Springfield, Cleveli.nd, Columbus, To CH ICH ESTER S PILL. THEI DIAMOND nnA~ T ake no other. DAMON Dn DI %*yearsknownU 1146tSafett.Atways alIebte fore. These figures were compiled by the war loan organization of the Fifth Federal reserve district from informa tion furnished by the banks, the state bank examiner and the controller of the currency in Washington. The steady growth in savings and the increase in the number of savings accounts are considered 'wholseome signs that the total ware of wasteful spending and attentant high prices which has swept .Aoross the country soon may be definitely checked. They seem to indicate, students of finance and economics believe, a tendency to ward increased production, a growing determination to cut down useless ex: penditures and an earnest realization that money must be saved for future needs and for wise investment if new wealth is to be created and if the bipi ness of the country is to be returned to normal conditions and placed upon a sound basis. We Are Not A Thrifty People We are not naturally a thrifty peo ple. This is proven by the careless manner in which we handle our pro ducts after having put our money and months of labor into their production. To illustrate, permit me to mention the cotton crop, which is your money crop. When your cotton comes from the gin what do you do with it, when you do not have to turn it over to some one in payment of a debt, or sell in order to get money to satisfy some account? Do you carefully store it in a warehouse or shed where it can be protected against damage by exposure to the weather, or do you permit the bales to lie out in the open ? If the latter is the course followed by you, let's stop and consider just what this does to your cotton and your finances. Some tests conducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture recently proves that millions of dollars are lost every year through improper storage of cotton. This has been known in a general way for a long time by every body interested in cotton. Briefly here is what the tests disclosed: Bale No. 1, fully protected in ware house, weighed 494 pounds at the start and had a net marketable weight of 492 pounds when reconditioned at the end of the test. Bale No. 2, exposed on dunnage and turned after each rain or once a week, dropped in net marketable cotton from 487 pounds to 480 pounds. (Seven pounds lost.) Bale No. 3, on dunnage on edge, covered with tarpaulin and left with out further attention (luring test, drop ped from 489 to 485 pounds. (Four pounds lost.) Bale No. 4, flat on ground during entire test, same surface down at all times, dropped from 492 to 260 pounds. (232 pounds lost.) During the test this bale absorbed moisture until it weighed 912 pounds on June 7th. In reconditioning 420 pounds of moisture went out and 232 pounds of moulded and ruined cotton were thrown away. Bale No. 5, on the end on ground (luring the entire test, with same sur face down at :l times, dropped from 505 pounds to 385 pounds. (Loss 120 pOunds.) OTS in the s. Price, rig to size 0.00 and mber to zade? >d location. LOYD,3 lede and many other northern and western cities race riots--between the Whites and the blacks are occurring with. distressing frequency. You may desire to know what causes these race Tiots in the north and west, where you have probably been told that conditions for the negro race are preferable to those found in the South. The ele ments of the white race with which the negro comes most Irequently in contact in the north and west have a feeling of active enemity towards the colored man, while this feeling does not exist in the South. What has caused this feeling in the north? It is due to competition. The e1 ment in the north performing man al labor, for which the negro, is at this period, best suited, finds the negro an active competitor, and a situation of this kind num Future Cott If you want to buy in units of ten bales c for free booklet of va rules of trade. Letter on probable i and grains sent free -u MARTIN AI1 Cotton 81 Broad Streel Members American Cc Member Cl For personal intervi State representative, EDMUND 1512 Sumter Street Long Distan GET OUR DRA We have a high power, fast plete power plant in itself for sa, work of 6 to 10 men. Lever contr Starts and Stops Saw Lever Control COLUMBIA SUI 823 West Gervais St. OUR BANI THEY ARE INSEPARABLE Y .. A good future withou1 doesn't often happen, y, Our institution is a and investing bank. We solicit the patrona al attributes are likewisi ly desire to become such. You never regret mc use to regret when it is The Banki JOSEPH SI T. M. MOU We Are Heat Nitrate o in quantities frc upwards. We hk the past ten da age of this mate prices have adv4 past week it is s pared with oth Get our prices I MANNING whether it be 'between nations races, produces friction. The wl6 t laborer has noted with alarm the ra increase in'tpe colored population In many of the northern and western cities, and determined efforts are being mr ade to drive the' negro out of these communities. I am frank to confess that I- hope this movement will sue. ceed, as I believe it will ultimately prove beneficial to your race. As pre viously'stated, you are known and un derstood in the south, and generally, there is only a feeling of kindness to wards you oin the part of the white people. The slums of the big cities of the north with their severe winter cli mates are certainly not to be compar ed with the great out-of-doors climate (Continued on page seven) M umt :ntU unummuuM I on Contract. or sell cotton contracts r upward, send at once luable information and narket trends in cotton ipon request. [D COMPANY Brokers ;, New York City itton & Grain Exchange earing House :w get in touch with our - A. FELDER Columbia, S. C. 2e Phone 1229 UUMM munu ugUrnuUt Mn, G SA TA PRICES cutting outfit, forced feed-a com 6ving logs to any length. Does the ol of blade while engine is running. Send for Engine A Catalog Showing Gasoline Engines 2 to 30 H. P., Power Saw Rigs and .10 Drag Saws, all equipped with Bosch High Tension Magneto. PPLY COMPANY Columbia, S. C. uummuur:unwnmmuuu ( and our Future b saving is something 41iat Du know. >rogressive money saving ge of these whose person 3-and those who earnest ney saved. There is no gone. >f Manning ROTT, President ZON, Cashier iquarters for || f Soda m ten tons and tve sold during ys a large ton rial, and while mnced during the [ till cheap corn er ammoniates. >efore you buy. OIL MILL. l