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SAYS BOLL WEEVIL IS COMING. Former Dillonite Talks of Boll Weevil Conditions in Georgia. Mr. W. B. Smith of Douglas Ga., spent a few hours in town Monday ^ on his way back home after visiting his father, Mr. H. D. Smith, near Lake ^ View. Mr. Smith was accompanied by Mrs. Smith and the children. Mr. Smith went t0 Georgia about six years ago to accept a position as industrial agent with the Georgit & Florida railroajd. Since his connec^ tion with the railroad he has spent J oil r>f his tinu in tha boll ? ? weevil territory advising with the farmers and helping them to fight the weevil. Mr. Smith says the boll weevil is bound to reach Dillon county, and he says the farmers who want to save themselves should not lose any time preparing for its coming. "It is the weevil's invariable rule'", savs Mr. Smith, "ti give one year's warning. He makes his appearance in small numbers in widely scattered areas. This is the first year's warning. The next year he is seen in larger numbers and production is cut down about 5 per cent. j The next or third year he descends upon the community like a pestilence and crops are practically destroyed." He spoke of number of instances where farmers planted from 50 to 100 \ acres in cotton and gathered from 5 k to 15 bales. Mr. Smith said intensive farming helped, but at its best was not profitable. Many farmers had gone broke planting five acres to the plow and working it fast. He said Dillon farmers should not pin too much faith to this plan. Georgia farmers who lost their lands tried the same plan and failed. The best way tQ fight or to survive the weevil,, he said, was to plant other crops. Men who had abandoned cotton ana lantu up other crops had weathered the storm and were getting on their feet again. Many people seem to think, continued Mr. Smith, that the weevil does not stay in a community more than three or four years. This is a mistake. This idea got fixed in the public mind because the farmers began to turn to other crops at the end of the three or four period when they found out they could not beat the weevil. They began to get 011 their feet again and the impression got abroad that the weevil had gone. When the weevil comes, said Mr. Smith,, he strikes camp and stays. Mr. Smith said there would be reports that the weevil was in many sections long before he spread over Dillon county. Every time a farmer finds a strange looking insect in his field he calls it a boll weevil. The boll weevil resembles the old time *' * 1 A ^ U/vloe doodle that you risnea out ui huics with straws when you were a boy. Take a doodle and give him legs and a bill a quarter of an inch long and you have the boll weevil. Mr. Smith says when the boll weevil reaches Dillon county there will come with it a swarm of agents selling all kinds of devices for its ex# termination. Do not buy these devices, says Mr. Smith. They are worthless. The government investigates every device and every remedy suggested for the extermination of the weevil, but it has not found one that it could recommend to the farmers. If the government finds a remedy or a device that will exterminate or even check the progress of the boll weevil, says Mr. Smith, it will let the farmers know it. Do not buy anything, regardless of the price at which it is offer ed, unless it nas tne goverumem o endorsement. Mr. Smith's advice to h is home folks is to begin now to prepare for the planting of peanuts, velvet beans, sweet potatoes and other crops besides cotton. He says the history- of the weevil from the time it made its appearance in this country up to the present time shows that diversification is the only way to fight it. He urges his friends here at home to begin now. o A Col lection. The Herald did the Peoples Bank an injustice last week, but not intentionally, of course. In the article calling attention t0 the flourishing condition of the Dillon county banks it stated that the Peoples Bank had deposits amounting to $215,000.On, whereas it should have said the Peoples Bank had deposits of $215,000.00 In excess of its deposits at the same neriod last year. Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc., Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. Of The Dillon Herald, published weeklv at Dillon, S. C., for October 1919. State of South Carolina, County of Dillon, ss: ? Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared the Editor and Manager of The Dillon Herald and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date in the above cap4 vo.nnrQ/1 Kv V? _ A/?t r\f AllfrilQt 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, towit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing r editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Herald Publishing Co., Dillon, S. C., Editor A. B. Jordan, Dil-i Ion, S. C., Managing Editor A. B. Jordan, Dillon, S. C., Business Manager A. B. Jordan, Dillon, S. C. 2. That the owners are: A. B. Jordan, Dillon, S. C., H. 0. Jordan, Dillon, S. C. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold??t?o Awnlncr nr VirvlH i n cr 1 nor oont nr more of total amount of bonds, niorgages, or other securities are None. A. B. JORDAN', Sworn to and subscribed before rae this 15th day of January, 1920. N. B. HARGROVE, My commission expires Pleasure of Governor. "WOULD PAY 100 DOLLARS FOR IT" SAYS BAILEY". i j Atltnta .Man Says That he Feels Like a New Mqn Since Taking Ferrolav. j "I wouldn't take a hundred dollars ifor this bottle of Ferrolax if I knew ; I that I would not be able to buy more J of it" said Mr. J. H. Bailey, who lives at 328 Nest Peachtree St., Atlanta, ( Ga., the other day. "I honestly believe that Ferrolax is J the best medicine 011 earth", contin- ' uer Mr. Bailey, "and it would do my heart good to meet face to face with 1 everybody who suffers as I did and ! :tell them what a blessing this wonder- ] ful medicine has been to me. I was s so run down and had such poor blood 1 I that I could hardly get about. Then ] too, I have been bothered with stom- . ach trouble, and would have severe . pains in the small of my back right over my kidneys. When I stooped over I could hardly straighten up again. 1 No medicine or treatment seemed toj give me any relief at all ad I was 'gradually getting weaker all the j time. "When I heard about Ferrolax and the good it was doing so many other people and decided t0 give it a trial. Before I had finished my first bottle I began to pick up right along and now siyce taking about three bottles of this medicine I am as well 'and strong as I ever was in my life. II don't kno wwhat it is to suffer I * "* - J -V. AmmUA I |with inaigesiion anu siumavu u^uir, and I am never bothered with that pain in my back. I'll tell the world that Ferrolax is a great medicine, and will do all that is claimed for it. Ferrolax is sold by Evans Pharmacy, Dillon and Smith's Drug Co., at Lake View. Get a bottle at these [stores today. Take it according to directions end if it does not do you the good you want done come in and 'get your money back. Your bare word is good enough for us. Watch for the next issue of this paper and see what Ferrolax is doing for others.?adv.lt. i BUY YOLK OWN FREIGHT TRAIN. Railroad and express rates have increased to such an extent that farmers are being forced to own their 0W11 transportation system. With a dependable Indiana Farm Truck you can increase the value of your farm and open ready markets !for all your products. It w ill make you the' traffic manager of your transportation, which 'will be cheaper in rates and quicker jin deliveries than a freight train. I Just as the freight train has made [dim memories of the stage coach, the prairies schooner and the primitive ox cart, s0 surely is the Indiana Farm Truck replacing the wasteful team. This truck is securing State wide recognition by its performance under any and all road condition. ' Every Indiana Farm Truck is given a heartbreaking test before it ever leaves the factory. For farm hauling, and a great num i ber of other farm uses, it is in a class by itself. j Think of the time and the money I I you can save when you can pump wa I tor, grind grain, light your house and | barn, saw wood, milk your cows, by using the motor of the truck and the portable power units which go with I it. These are big economy features of the Indiana Farm Truck. Full particulars regarding these special features and the time payment plan, can be obtained from the .State Distributors, the Carolina Moj tor Company, at Statesville, N. C. Adv. It. $Mi THE MOST i 11 If you contem IkVJ that you bool ^?8 anxious to s ! IV r\rrAt>rm c miict* K< m/fim passenger mod your automoh PAIGE-DETROl I ? SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. State of South Carolina, County of Dillon, Court of Common Pleas. M. G. Scott, James Scott. vinK Scott, Jennie Scott, Bennie Scott Danny Scott and Joe Scott, Plaintiffs, vs. Sillis Scott, Orpie King, Sam Scott, Edgar Scott, Claude Scott Spencer Scott, Ella Goodyear, Lessie McDaniel, Bessie Scott, Dlive Humphrey, Lee Humphrey, Sim Scott, Boyd Ford. Daniel Ford, Mattie Scott, Alice Jackson, Dora Harrelson, Kate Harrelscni, J. M. Ford, Ernest Ford, R V. Ford, Meekie Hutchenson ind Foster Ford, Defendants. r0 the Defendants Above Named: IFOR Subject to I 200 Sh 11000 Sh 700 Sh 3000 Sh 300 Sh 2500 Sh 500 Sh HYMAN SUPPLY COMP ' (I Buy your ers ear save < ?Close pr *rrnrir* a nntr* INllKAiE, i COTTON SI KAIP FISH S If you see me i save money. H. B. B1 Box 311, DIL ULmmmhhmhmbhmihmh BEAUTIFUL CAR IN plate purchasing a Paige car le It your order immediately. O :rve you but his allotment is z accepted on a strict priority ba nspection of the new series "Li el will explain why this car is sc r not make this inspection today lie problem permanently. > IT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DE" RLE BETHEA, Ag< You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court 0f Common Pleas for the 9aid county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Dillon, S. 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