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TO OUR FRI 1 CLA We have succeeded in re-lea he Peopl Where we will carry a full line of Clothing, Men's,- Women's and C Our Mr. William Berg is now in styles in everything in our line, a Merchandise of Thy We wi THE PEOPL3 (FORMERLY ' Phone No. 601. orni ~nnicwill600 pounds of Spanish moss from 15 PULL WVIL ILL dlifferent selected points representing BE THICK IN 1922 the different types of hibernating conditions found in that diistrict. This moss is carefully examined and the (By B. R. Coad) number of weevile both live and dead Cotton farmers are now busy argu-compute the Cottn frmes ae no buy agu-ratio of both live and (lead weevils ing pro and con the advisability of re ducing or increasing the cotton acre- per ton of moss, and past experience age. for 1922, but in the numerous has shown that this affords i very fair arguments quoted we seldom see a index to the emergence which may be mention made of one of the most im- epected. The following table shows portant factors which should have a very positive influence on the cotton Live Dead program for the coming season. ThisWevl Weil is the prospect of boll weevil abun- P o e o dance. For quite a number of years the Delta Laboratory of the Bureau --1.440 of Entomology, .JJ. S. Department of196-----2.130 Agriculture has been making a series 11------174. of studlies each season to serve as a basis for predictions regarding the 11------405. severity of spring infestation of boll 12------951. weevils. The records for 1922 have 12------202. just been completedl and for compari-192----17.22 son with these we have similar ~ roe-eefgrs ti enta cords for the past eight years. o osi ih ovta taytm The number of boll weevils emcrg- snetis eod vr tre n ing from hibernation each spring de-onyavy evddweil.f pends on two things; the number en-coreteecrloniepescef tering hibernation in the fall and the(lawevscnotbacpeds percentage of these surviving. Last t cuaebcuei a enfu~ fall the majority of the cotton belt ta ayda evl aloto saw conditions which permitted an tems uigtewne n r unusually large number of weevils tothslt.Temtsringfau, enter hibernation. The winter weath-hoeritefathttercrd or has generally been abnormally mild frti erso oeta ietm to date and the usual period of severeasmnliewvlsnhbrato weather has pasied althoug hthere is ~i h ihs rceigya of course still a bare chance of tenm-sne11.Teercrsaecek . peratures low enough to influenceediotrwasamnthdieet weevil survival. Because of this mild1mtosbigaseiso ae o weather a high rate of wveevil survival ctdna allh oiin hc was to be expected. Our recent re- aeisaldwt nw ubro cords have more than verified this ex-liewvlsacfldierntys pectation. These records are made In o hle rvddadtesria a number of different ways but the o evl nteecgsdtrie most comparable criterion is the fig-intesrg.Whaejsco uro based on the number of live wee- pee neaiaino hssre vils found hibernating in Spanish o ae n idta hs iue moss In certain selectedl localities in vrf hs utdi~tems x Louisiana each year. During the pastamntnqadshwheprnag do1w days we have examined over 3,- sria t aet e uhhge G&. C. COOPER, teefnigi hudbeebr Licensededtawhlthymaaveybnr Optometerist teewevlIntecmgspi, EYESwe, dagthseaowilb - Carefully Examined, uulyget ic tI osbeta 'Qlasse Fitted; -Broken ~me ete odtosmyb Lenses Duplicated. sufcetyufvrbeothwevl Guat~teedi offet thiscteavyn rearfestationg 8i~tti~f buthe fferet reis tha the ratin S UTME, S. C willotedart thwe copue te TANTN ENDS AND CU: LRENDON COUN' sing the store which we now occi under the style and name of 's Mercantil Women's and Children's Ready-to-Wear , hildren's Shoes, Men's and Women's Furni the Eastern Markets and in a few days we t the very moderate prices that have made Highest Quality! Pri 11 Merit a Continuance of Your Pat: 'S MERCANT I 'HE WRECK STORE.) H. R. L -- SUMTER, S. C. mendous handicap and it is going to there arc at least one hundred Repub require abnormal weather to produce licans who would have thought of us a normal weevil damage. No man is justified in gambling on such luck, ing this money if they really bclieved and the only sane course to pursue is , but it is like trying to anticipate a year of great abun- to pay the grocery bill with money dance of boll weevils and to make all that you found in a dream. These plans accordingly. Everyone who has great savings are fictitious; they re raised a few cotton crops with the suit from a juggling of figures and weevil cuts down the acreage he can remind one of the prestidigitator who handletakes rabbit after rabbit from a hat hcndle puerore, antil me an which never contained one. The Presi erop. Furthermore, the more abun- (e~ dant the weevils are, the less acre- akes savings of millions upon sid heennhnull a...,,,.,an....millions in the columns of the news age he can handle successfully and certainly wvith- the present prospects ppr hl uel edn pt the acreage per plowv for 1922 shouldthAprritos omther be r'educed to an absolute minimum ifussfrth asg f oe(ei the farmer is to experience anycinyblsfrtceamnyilos safety wlhatever. a hs sv~. nte ero NEWS PARAGRAPHS ise FROM WASHINGTON ~ntrLde ls redt h (Special News Correspondent) custsLeilurthohrngt Washington, D. C., Feb.' 2L--Mr.anmdeattmntwihpoe Hardling seems to feel that it is poli-.. ob gnrn fte otipr tically expedient, if not necessary, to tn prtoso h oeneto p~rovidle a bonus for the soldiers. A es ulyo asfigtefcs wveek ago he was hot-foot for it. Im..hr snoecp ro hs r mediately there appeared on the butl- Bre fSuhCrln oei h letin boardls ini the stock-brokers'IIusanshwltisobetean board rooms in all the cities briefnoRpbiachlegdis tt wires fro mthe Wall Street section mas og ad Snetepe telling howv the great money interestssetCnrshabeniteyav were getting together to prevent it, rdcdteaporain se o on the ground that it wouldl necessi-bytelprtetfom$,700 tape laying an additional burdlen of 00t 1480000"N~ h vr taxation or the issuing of more bondls. aectzn aighg ae n Then paid adlvertisements appearedi in tikn h o~iino h Pcs the Washington papers arguing uy(elrbe ol~tikteml against the bonus proposition. Im- lnu a rie nlta h e mediately thereafter the Presidenm. pbiasae zrso iac.Ta came forth with a statement that he saeet~ol eacpelfo wouldl not favor either add~itional tax-Logonterudthtecul es or a bond issue for the purpose,eaiygthecrctifmton whereupon the metropolitan press ex- adta ntd Sae eao pressedl the view that this mean an cudntafr ofliytefcs end to the bonus, as there was no Btwa r h atM.Bre other way left to raise the money. hedihshadteofcletmte But at this juncture Mr. Byrnes of o h ugtBra oaig$, douth Carolina comes forwardl with a 810000a~ hncle teto proposition that should appeal to the t h atta hl nysxo h President and 'eeryone else. It isanulproitonblshd en simply this: The Republican leaders atduo ytehue hs i figure that it will take $350,000,000 hdarayrahdafgr f$, per year to pay the proposed bonus. 980000 esoe htls Chairman Madden of the Appropria-yerteRpbinCogsspp tions Committee says the Administra-praei$,190,40,binaou ti'on, through the new Budget system,$3,000lestawsakdfo has saved $357,000,000 by cutting ap-thseaotatiralyteAd propriations. If this is true, the prob- iitainwsseigmr oe 1em is solved and everyone should be t u h oenetisedo es happy. Now ib remains to be seen if I h atya eoetewr(96 the Administration can locate that aDmcai ogesaporae $357,000,000 with sufficient definite-ony$,10000,truthGve ness to lay held of. it and use It for nfn.Aporain o h rsn the bonus. But right there Us where fsa et w oeta be ie the diingculty wineybegin.hOf coally belgeead rage Three STOMERS -OF. ipy and will continue business e Company and Millinery, Men's and Boy's shings, Dry Goods, etc. will be receiving all the new our STORE FAMOUS, ces That Are Right I ronage. I COMPANY OVE, Manager.) I Next to P. O. Will Rogers, the gentle comedian s cant attention by a sta ff of costum whose jokes have no sting, has felt ers, carpenters and pii:ters. The the displeasure of the White House. theatrical producers who send a It is getting to be pretty well under- "show" on tour with : single outfit stood in Washington, where political have little to wvrry about as cor gossip is as nectar and ambrosia to pared to the work incident to a large the people, that the Hlardings are and varied repertoire such as Pay very thin-skinned, but on the other Iowa maintains. hand they delight to entertain at the - -- - White House that Forbes person who ROAD BUILDING GROWN TO has been publishing articles about BIG NATIONAL INI)UST{Y the home life of the President. Road building is one of the Nation's Washington is agitated today overlrgsinutieacdngosa the question of what has happened toisesomldbyteBraofu that great wvarrior, Senator Borah. ~ Ic RasntdSttsDprmn is recorded that Soul of Tarsus waso giulue n urasssc journeying down the dusty' road( fiigro nutie stemauatr D~amascus to Jerusalem when a greatofseladinaswlastep light struck him. Here is Bornh's(ucisaeanrpiroaum message to ehe head of th Wilson bls nIeebr 90 esta Founation: "Difference of view on 0,0 e er mlydi h some qluestions of method has not, I te n rniduty ti si trust, blinded me in the least to themaethtlsyaroehigik great policies andl principles urged ~ligi~'i(i~(nae nmkn and adlvocatedl by ex-President Wilson a lrjiij otnibls in looking to a better and more peace- A oprdwt hsa ryo p ful world." poiaeyI,~iOi)ne aoe ANNA PAVLOWA TfO V~ill stutoIesninTidn n e * COLUMBIA FEBRtUARtY 27parnthcoty'hiwys 1t is no small task to st:tge elevengrvlwlbeeuiebyte2,0 ballets and thirty-twvo dlivertisementsmisofFdrlad''ts(iheco throughout a tour such as Anna lt(lotndrcstuti nth Paylowa is making with her Ballet Uie ttsa h n ftepo Russo and Symphony Orchestrasetfsalyaiac digothet through the United States and Cana- mtso h ueuo ulcUas dla, andl which will bring her to the Sncie fteqatt sgvnb Columbia Theatre, Columbia, S. C., tefc hti seult ilo on Mondlay, February 27th. ThecalasIftemerl Vepid eleven complete prodluctions and the i n lc ntefr facb t more varied equipment for the short-wolbeapxitly1,0fetn or (lances, all brought from London,eahdrcinornrltweasig are ot nly osty, utrquieten asteWanton Masfonment. m Blchadner. and SiEpins.Th t htria prodcenr hoosed a "sho" otn tour wil.he kigeeoufi haveilittup tl wryou as com oaed the tpwrf hoincinolcage anod toariece reportoir suhas Pav-d heto i e NAI'ONA INDUS ofitY nroadidng is kowlege bf uth-aio' laorgtes. t dries cringrcleto sar igti cofitleaby the skina of Pu ance oados, itedouhy ties eprten of thAglripurte whic surauseuc \\~~N\ / . ~ greuat industries asthe lood facturen Pbui upnlosteflesh.1920hlpss tha Aweyou"o toth mek"I loo 600,m0n00cur ewr bloyed in , the~ j~ultemP.~i.8.is seofhegre atedn o Itha st year solthiglk slling andorepiringoszs Tautmoi-s bh~o-pnrfie. kuwa.'Pt) I s opared wi th this aenlarmy f ap