The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 22, 1922, Section One Pages 1 to 8, Page Page Three, Image 3
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
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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
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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
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shings, Dry Goods, etc.
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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