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II' $hr Lilian i^eralii A. U. JORDAN ... . . Editor liillvn, S. t'? December 25, 1919. Let joy be unconfined. ? 7~ The cost of paper is worrying publishers more than the cost of sugar is worrying Dillon housewives. The holidays are days when the old records malce way for the batch of new ones. We ne\er suspected it was so easy to get along with a les.-ened supply o. sugar. ( There is a report in the county that even less cider will be consumed during the holidays. Before the holidays are over it will be ound that the Aiuer. an child can smash American made toys as effi-ciently as any other make. It would seem that one good way to -attract attention to an article in the paper is to have typographical errors in it. Now that yoif'Ve spent all your holiday cash and a little more get ready to take advantage of the January bargains. The price of clothes will go higher next spring, some clothing manufacturers say. One would hardly expect them tp say anything else. The Christmas season is now at its KJieight and in a short time the holidays will be over. One way not to ?njoy them is to reflection how time josses. The Chinese nation is adopting , a -simplified alphabet which will avoid t the necessity for memorizing 4,0-00 characters in order to know how to read. And they'll probably have the job completed before we simplify ous* -Spelling. I \V0MA.VS WOKK DURING THE HOLIDAYS. The holiday season in many re, specta is unfair to women. This refere. of course, to the average housewife who is anxious to make the holiday season a particularly glad time far the members of her family. ' Much of the looking after Retails o^iis on the woman of the home; and is addition she is subject to strenuous labor in providing extra food, or preparing it in a manner commensu jr&te with the demands of the seaCM. For this reason the holidays frequently find our women folks tired ?nt. Instead of it being a time of riest and recreation it is a time for extra work. This isn't exactly fair, J>ut it is very difficult to find ? w*ay to avoid it. JOYFUL HOLIDAYS. ?? Along with other improvements of the time, it i6 now possible to eujoy the Christmas holidays to much greater advantage than ever before in the world's history. '."Rie only thing about Christmas fihat is old is the story and the tree. .All other concomitants are oom.Tnlnfrled in a modern mass of joy apparatus unknown even as recent as ^ jbl generation back.. flany of the old timers may re\member the day when the annual su3>er-aboliday season was not much snore than good spirits?sometimes In several ways. The tree was in the parlor and a batch of toys were on fa and for the kiddies. Tfcen came the period when the American reed organ made headway ?n American homes. This musical # flUrver attained popularity in wonderlul fashion, until scarcely a farmhouse that didn't have such a music t>ox tucked in a corner, with the family at times reverently singing hyms while standing around it. Then came the days when the piano got more within the reach of all; ind later years the talking machine in addition. So musically we have a very * different species of holiday enjoy\went than we formerly had. 'Maybe many in Dillon can note other differences; but space doesn't permit a fuller comparison. Former DlllJonite Dead. John "W. Bethea, a former Dillon boy, died at Norfolk, Va., on 4th inst. following an atack of pneumonia. The deceased was born and reared in Dillon, being a son of Mrs. Jessie Bethea/ who moved to St. Louis, Mo., several years ago. His sister, Miss Bottle Bethea, was with him during Bub Hlneee. The body was taken to St. L?n|s where his mother and another stater. Mrs. Lucile Hillman, reside. I RAVAGE OF BOLL WEEVIL IX GEORGIA. I (Continued from page one.) all their energy in chasing factories t located in their town, but were using their best efforts in developing markets for all the local produce of the. section. From the spirit of prosperity evident there, it seems that they ... hit upon the right idea. The price of cotton is higher than usual, and everyone would like t-. make one more big crop. The grea question is, will it be sale to rislt cotton one more year? Sections o Georgia and Alabama planted cotton one year too many, and lest one year's work, besides the expense of growing the crop. It is characteristic of the invasion of. the boll weevil in new territory, that the farmers everywhere from Texas to South Carolina have felt that something would turn up and make it possible for them to make one more crop of cotton. The fallacy of such judgment has cost many a | farmer In the weevil district the I price of raising one crop for nothing. I It is impossible this far ahead to! forecast what the weevil will do for' jtiie cotton crop in South Carolina! I next season. Whether we can make!, !another crop of cotton at a profit! where we now have the weevil will | I depend largely on the seasons, and ! no one can tell what the seasons will ibe next yeur. South Georgia had t! weevil three years before this pest '"eat the crop up,'Mbut this does not Miiean that we will be unhurt by th< weevil until the third year. If soutl 1 Georgia had experienced a wet season the second year the weevil woni'1 ' probably have eaten the crop up dowj. there last year. If we have a dry season next sum-i iner we may make a good crop of cot-j; ton. If the season is wet like it w." r | this year we may make a complete!1 failure. This much, however, is <1311 'sure as the day follows the night: I1 4 o/\f ton f o rnior whn ctQlrAG i mat 111^ WllVU 1ui Uivi n Iiv uvmuvw | everything on cotton will sooner 01 i ; later reap the reward of bad judg- |, {hient. The better policy would be tr ; 'cut down the cotton acreage; tiy out new crops; cooperate to develop markets for other produce than cotton; be economical. j On our 400 miles trip south of Ma(con we know we must have passed : some farms where the owners v [everything possible to down the weejvil, but in spite of all the precaution; I the weevil was the conqueror. Thv past season was an ideal one for th' i iweevil. The rain prevented rapid cul- i Itivation, also picking up of squares. ] Hence when such seasons take place i about the only thing that can be don? , 1 is look on day by day v hile the wee- ' vil wipes out all your cotton pr< land to resolve deep down In youi I heart that you will never again coml mit the folly of putting all your trust in one crop. | We did not find the people as down hearted as we expected from the look of their crops. Where the -weeveil h n beeeu several years we found the greatest prosperity. The people in such sections had adopted a more rational system of agriculture, and # said the weevil had been a blessing to , them. They were making money on _ peanuts, hogs, sweet potatoes, tobac- j co. etc. Peanuts were bringing $200 J per ton, hence were yielding good | I money. I | While some land was offered for | sale the price was higher than before i ;t?he weevil?came. The people, con- I trary to our expectations, were hold- J ing to their land. Some labor had left ' for other sections, but as a rule had I (remained where credit was not with- . drawn too rapidly. Attitude of Banks. | We found that' the banks were {backing the people as far as th [ could soundly do so. They were loan- , ling money on other crops than cot- j -ton. A bank official at Dawson where i (the weevil had been four years, told I us that live stock was one of theii I best loans. This party also said that ' before the" weevil came they were [ borrowing money all the time fromup . North. Now they were loaning money | in New York. The president of one ? of the banks at Tifton told us also I ]the same thing. The deposits have ma- f terially increased. Since the weevil ' came the thriftless all-cotton farmer f 1 1 onrl tho OlOSt Of ! n?*s pern uiu(<|/vu uuu ,?v loans are not made on Indorsed pa- [ ;per. A bank cashier told us his bank , was now considering the man mon | j so than the crop. The man was plant- , ing. Two of the most prosperous sec- | tions of Georgia we saw were sec- i tions where very little cotton war I planted. Fort Valley is the center of I the great peach section of the state. ' Here we saw miles of fields of peach I trees. We were particularly impressed by the care that was takeu o | 'these trees, as these orchards wer< . jso well kept in comparison to the or- | chards, if any at all, on our farms in South Carolina. One man below Fort I Valley told us he made $28,000 | .90 acres on peaches. He was then , preparing the land to put out 200 | 'acres more of peach trees. i Moultrie, Ga., was another section , where the prosperity of the people was not dependent or, c .Hton. Moultries is one of the most progressive towns we visited. The weevil had been there for three or four years, and had taught the people to look to something else besides cotton for a livelihood. There was more real diversification of crops here than at any place we stopped at and apparentlymore prosperity. The Moultrie section has quite a few new dwelling * A ont* cop. houses tnat win uu UCUIl IV unj uvv | tion. We were not impressed so much by a few fine houses, as we were by the large number of newly built, attractive and comfortable homes of the masses?thus reflecting the general prosperity of a section that Is developing a sound basis of agriculture. Besides a million dollar packing plant at Moulttie, the progressive spirit of the section has resulted In the erection of a grain elevator, a canning factory for sweet potatoes and a sweet potato curing house. Peanuts are also marketed there. Some cotton is grown around Moultrie, but it has ceased to be the only money crop, and the people are mere i prosperous than when they planted all, ^ cotton. L Peanut Crop. Of all the crops grown in South rCarolina, the peanut has proven the 11 most profitable this year. There is a '4 steady market for this product at a *price of over $200 per ton. We found [< some farmers who had made a ton Z per acre, but the average yield seem- ? ed to be about half ton per acre. How- r ever the expense on this crop is not 15 near so great as on cotton, due large- [> ly to the fact that the peanut draws its nitrogen from the air, whereas, with cotton this costly element ha r. to be bought. The South Georgia far- [4 mer says he can produce peanuts foi n about two thirds the expense of cot- 15 ton, and with less work both in C'.f tivation and in gathering. ^ The most popular variety of pea- 14 nuts and the one that commands ' _ best price is the white Spanish. Tli N best practice of planting is to prepare rthe ground the same as for cotton Q and to drop the seed with a dropper, n Some prefer to plant in the bull. ~ claiming to get a better stand this way besides saving the expense of shelling. Unless the rain is excessive during _ the harvest the peanut vines are good \i hay usually worth about $25 per ton n The last by-product is by no means ^ the least for the hog that cleans the fields of all waste peanuts is n0.smal' item in the profits of the South Georgia farmer. Sweet Potato. The sweet potato is another important crop that is taking the place of cotton in the weevil section of Georgia. Considerable acreage was planted the past season, and as the crop was very profitable the prospects foi a large acreage the next season if promising. We met a young demonstration agent at Ocilla, Ga.. who if from this state and whose father i: a large cotton planter of Darlington county. This young man told us that the farmers around Ocilla had mad'' good money out of their potatoes an* that he himself was going to plant 500 acres next year himself. One party wg were told had 33,000 bushels of sweet potatoes in storage a* Fitzgerald, Ga. We visited a sweet potato curing house at Dublin, Ga., in which there was 1,200 bushels ptc- { ed. We found that the Puerto Rico yams was the variety that was most largely planted.?The State. r\ Navy News. Men who served during the war In r~ the U. S. Navy. Your victory buttons u may be had by applying at the Navy Recruiting Station 15 North Dargan 3treet, Florence, S. C. Bring along your discharge. F. J. ROCK. U. S. N. Officer in Charge. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days "LaX-FOS WITH l'f'.i'SlN" is a s >eciallyprepare-1 >vn'.pT"u - .ixotive forHubitual Consrinat'-v s f'ii'V" p.^mpfly but hotild be i Kr*n --y> ..v.rtyi'o: J4 :-i days o Induce if *. It St ciulaf-r> and tegaiare V.?v ?,.r iuA COc - s. " EBB? BE)? SB? SIS IS | GREET 21 J g The Home of the 1 1 | The most w i sical instrument I is placed for y< i and ^approval. 3 We carry ?t s 3 mas line of Ca 3 ^ and Feature S ' 1 Pop C orn and LZJ | a special of Fir j| Don,t forgel | wonderful ins | Violano Virtv | exhibition at tl 1 Cafe. S B Norfolk a a 1*1 V/WVlWVilK IS IS Main Street - m IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS IS ISli A BaEaBaaaaaBBEBEaaaBEBaaBBBBBaBaaB: r ^ B J B . . ffl ' a a x J b .j To the Put lie | . a _ S * ffl ' -a The measure commonly known as the ,COM- a | PULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW be- 1 ] comes effective in every school district in the g ] County, except the districts where the law is al- ? S ready in force, MONDAY, DEC. 29. a . ' ffl j It reaches every child from 8 to 14 not men- a I tally or physically incapacitated, and covers 80 ? I consecutive days. ? Personal sickness is the only thing that excuses | a child from school. Such indefinite excuses as is "bad weather," "feeling bad," "needed at home," etc., | cannot be considered. 1 g The penalty for violation of the statute is not j| | less than $5.00 nor more tnan $10, and each day's S3 B absence constitues a separate offence. ji e ? i . B - ' 1 n \ , ? a ? 3 . ffl BBB??B??Ba?BBa????B?BBa?BBB?B?a iisaaaaaaaaa ** ? . 'INGS I . 1 We Wish-to ' Viola.no Virtuoso gj * n , , , ? Thank Our Friends ondertul mu- | ,1? tke world g for the the trade they have given us durm ing the past year. We have an up-toour inspection m date milling plant with an invested cap^ ital of about $100,000.00. We have built the plant hoping to provide a home marS ket for grain and feed, products in the . - Pee Dee section. It is* our purpose to pecial Christ- ? buy such products giving best price we * g] \ can, to make a legitimate profit We J " c FvinVc IS have been disappointed in this years' inuiCSn a rU gj wheat crop which we have found unfit B.. IT' - g to make iiour. from now on we will Utter-IVlSt v grind no wheat except best northern A 1 TO grown wheat we can buy. You will find /;" ITUtS. xVlSO S our flour and meal second to none ? brought to this market We now withpwnrlr<; ? draw our cost sale price on mill proB ducts and expect to supply the trade 1 1 g] through our merchant friends. We re- . : to hear this quest our friends to ask their merchant 1 I m for our products. If he cannot supply trument, the m, you we shall be glad to do so at our regJuj' ular retajl price. ,AflA riA-T. H We manufacture a full line of feeds. nOW O g| We are anxious for you to try some of O'J a. 1 ? our horse, cow, hog and poultry feeds. CCiaental m We are grain merchants and will be * l i - 11 A_ 1 211 C J g giaa 10 sen corn, oais ana mm iceu. m Wishing you the compliments of rgt the season and soliciting your patronj=j | age of a home enterprise, we are, Oysters* Yours to please, , n c I CAROLINA HILLING COMPANY il Late, m Dilloili s< c< - Dillon, S. C. SI IS m a si si si e si si sis 1 Afl