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No. 112.
Entered at the postofllce at Fort
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THURSDAY. JAN. 27. 1920.
At tho 1919 session of tho General
Assembly an act was passed creating
the budget commission, composed of
tho governor, the chairman of the
financo committee of the senate and
tho chairman of the ways and means
committee of the house. The duty of
tho budget commission Is to prepare
estimates of the amounts It thinks
necessary to run the State government
during the next succeeding
fiscal year and to submit these estimates,
along, with Its recommendations,
to the General Assembly during
the first week or ten days of the
legislative session. The law provides
that tho representatives of the General
Assembly on the commission
shall Join the governor In his reports.
During the two years the commission
has bocn In existence neither the
chulrmun of the finance committee
nor the chairman of the ways and
means committee signed the report
of tho commission. Neither wus Invited
by the governor to do so. Both
committees were represented at the
iviv gearings or rne commission, nui
when tho tlmo came to submit the
report to tho General Assembly, the
governor sent it In as his Individual
report. Tho same thins . happened
with respect to the commission's report
!for 1920, with this exception?
neither committee chairman had uny
part In preparing the report, neither
huving attended the commission
hearings, and neither therefore Joining
the governor in any of the recommendations
In the report. It
ought to be known throughout South
Carolina that Govotiw Cooper alone
Is responsible far the^ recent recommendations
of the budget commission,
be they good or bad. tf
his recommendations are wise, ho Is
entitled to a monopoly^ of tho credit
for fhcirt;* ff -{lrey^'gre 1 unwise and
call for An '- expenditure of public
fund* tho> Statg.tils hot In position to
make, by the same reasoning he is
the dnly one should be censured
foi them. Meanwhile, however, "It Id
n matter for wonder that the governor
should overlook the provisions of the
budget commission law requiring
that the reports of the commission
bo tho ' work of the three members
constituting the commission and not
those of htmsolf alone.
If President-elect Harding appointed
all t,lio men who are recommended
for his cabinet It would tuke a
good slzod hall to hold them. They
might have to hold meetings out of
doors; The old time politician's idea
wun iu utiu i 11 u cuuiiiei upyuuumi'inn
to flatter the pride of States and
sections, and to take care of rivals
who might make trouble If omitted.
But the country In these times demands
that government be run more
like a business concern. Many presidents
have been clever In naming
candidates that would please the politicians.
Hut frequently they lacked
business ability. One of the biggest
probloins Harding will have to meet
during his administration is up right
now. It is to get as heads of the
departments men with though practical
insight and constructive genius
to solve the difficulties of this reconstruction
porlod and give the
pcoplo relief from the troubles of
which they complain.
v Thcro's many a slip 'twlxt the cup
and tho lip, and the North Carolina
newspnpers which seem to think that
a 50 million dollar bond Issue for
good roads In that State is a certainty,
judging from the way they are
playing up tho proposition, may wake
up soon to learn that they have
had tho wrong connection. The new
Kovorrior, Morrison, Is udvocatlng a
BV.Mtem <if hnrd-?iirf?oo ronrii for tho
. Stato and proposes to build them
from the gigantic,bond issue. Naturally,
some of the newspapers across
the lino have fallen all over themt
solves in their hurry to Indorse the
Igdvernor's proposition, as certain
South Cnrollna newspapers do when
the governor of this State launches a
H>lan to put more taxation upon the
people.- Good roads are about the
^ ost essential thing for any State
^Hpct to good schools, but Is possl^HL'or
a State to bayo plans Unit uro
|Bl ambitious or the time Inoppor^Be
to push them through, and tf.is
j^Bears to be the case with MorrlHb
good roads program for North
HHjMtaa. Would it not be well for
HflftNorth Carolina Legislature to
HMk a little deeper than the surthi?
proposition before agree^EWWeaddle
such an enormous debt
pPI*H|ttelr State? For instance, It
, mlfht be la the interest of the people
I of thet State to make tome inquiries
as to who will buy the bonds and at
what price; also, whether then is
the certainty that the money would
, be wisely expended and whether- the
S# millions would be enough to give
all sections "of the State the same
Irtnd of roads and the proportion of
them which a fair distribution of the
money would call for.
| BOLL WEEVIL ABOUT DUE. j
(JVritten for The Times.)
In 1892 the cotton boll weevil entered
the United States at Brownsville,
Texas. From the date of its
entry It has been cotton's worst Insect
enemy by taking a heavy toll
from the crop each year.
Advancing eastward at an nv >: a.;e
rate of 50 miles a year, sometimes
more and sometimes less, the weevil
had icached the southwestern edge
of South Carolina in 1917. It is now
present in Lancaster county and may
be in York county next spring. Several
months ago a government expert
visited this section looking tor
the weevil, but was unsuccessful in
his search. This does not mean that
there are no weevils here for he may
have overlooked them or they may
have come hero later. This much is
true?the weevil was duo to hit Fort
Mill this past fall (1920); if it didn't
we are indeed lucky. Notice that I
have said "lucky," for that is what
we should count ourselves. If it fails
to be seen this summer, by dnmago
In our fields, then It Is most certain
to be seen the year following. In the
summer of 1922.
Don't bo a "Doubting Thomas"
about the boll weevil reaching you.
Others have made the same mistake,
so let's profit by their experience.
We must begin to educate ourselves
for farming under boll weevil conditions,
otherwise when the weevil
does appear here he will get tho bigger
part of our cotton crop. Some
say It is too cold hero for the weevil,
while there are others that believe
some net of Providence will save us.
nei us race com iucis or scienunc
truths that \ve do know about the
weevil. All who have studied the
weevil find that It multiplies very
much faster In wet, rainy seasons
than during dry seasons. This Is
easily understood when we consider
the fact that the dense foliage (in
rainy seasons) protects the immature
weevils in the fallen squnres on the
ground from the heat of the sun,
which normally kills large numbers
of the Immature forms.
Experts also find that weevils are
susceptible to very cold weather, but
there has never yet been known a
a Inter severe enough to kill all the
weevils. Therefore it is evident that
C<?ld weather will check hut not destroy
the weevil. Nature has also
aided the farmer by placing here
other Insects which eat or parasitize
lie weevils.
Now let us consider briefly how
we may light the weevil. There are
two methods: one is by using tho
now dust poison and tho other way is
by cultural methods in farming. The
former method is still in the experimental
stage, so it is best to use the
latter method until we know more
about tho new poison.
1. Get an early variety of cotton
suited to boll weevil sections. One
of the best varieties for this section
's the "Cleveland Hig Boll."
2. Plant your cotton just as early
as you can.
.1. fertilize well.
4. Cultivate often.
5. Outlier your crop early.
6. Plow under or burn your stalks
before the date for the tirstr heavy
frost.
7. Keep your terraces clean by
burning them off.
Cotton is still being grown with
profit in the boll weevil section where
they use the methods described in
this article.
t You must expect the weevil to have
his share of your cotton crop just
like a tenant. How much he gets
will depend on the season nnd whether
you farm right or not. R. M. S.
TO NAME ROAD BODIES.
County Delegation to Select Men for
Within a week the office of township
BupervlBor for York county will
huve been ubollshcd and the duties
horctoforo performed by that otflciul
will be assumed by a board of township
commissioners, three for each
township in the county, in compliance
with the act passed at tlio 18580
session of the General Assembly. The
act takes effect on February 1, 1920,
' and among other things provides
that the commissioners shall be appointed
by tho governor upon the
recommendation of a majority of the
legislative delegation and that they
shall hold office for two years, laist
Thursday at a meeting of tho York
delegation in Columbia the list of
commissioners was practicully agreed
Upon and will be sent to tho governor
for approval during tho present
week. The plan adopted by the
delegation in selecting .the commissioners
wus to allow the representative
to choose the personnel of tho
commission for his own township
and for tho delegation to agree upon
the members for the other townships.
The men to compose the Fort Mill
township had not boen definitely
selected yesterday, but It may be
stated thnt one will be from the
lower section of tho township, another
from the Gold Mill section and
the third from the town itself.
According to the act creating the
townshtp commissioners they nre to
have tho powers now vested in the
township supervisors and shall assume
the duties heretofore exorcised
by the township supervisors. They
arc to elect from their number a
clerk and a chairman, who shall sign
and countersign all vouchers issued
from their office. The clerk and
chairman shall each receive 175 per
year for their services and the other
member of the board $50 per year.
ine commissioners nrc authorised
as they may deem It necessary to
employ a competent road engineer
as road superintendent whose duty
shall be to superintend the construction,
repairing and maintenance of
the public roads and highways of the
township and perform such other duties
as the commissioners may deem
to be for the best interest of the
roads and highways. lie shall be
paid a resonabie salary for his services.
It shall be the duty of the commissioners
to keep the roads improved
or constructed by them In repair,
and for this purpose they shall
use the funds arising from the tax
levies and the commutation road tax.
They njfhy divide the roads to be lm
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proved or repaired Into oecttona of ?
not Iom than one-half mile or not '
more than two miles for the purpose !
of letting the same out for. construe- <
tlon or Improvement by contract to |
the lowest responsible bidder. Prior <
to the letting of such contract ton '
days' notice shall be given In at least ,
four public places In the township <
"n which the section or sections of J
(he road aro to be let. of the time <
and place of the letting of the said <
contract, (he commissioners reserv- ]
Ing the rl'fht in said notice to reject <
anv or nil bids.
Tnc. township commissioners are ]
'mpowpred to condemn land, eoll, <
trees or other material adjolnl::g or ]
near to the road, for the purpose of <
relocating, widening. Improving and
repairing public roads, case the '
right of way. surface, soil, trees or <
other material cannot be Been re 1 by J
donation or agreement. The com- <
mlssloners shall keep a book, open <
for public Inspection at all reasona- ]
Die times, setting rortn all contracts
made by It for the repairing and
maintenance of public roads.
WILLIAM H. WIN OLE DEAD.
Well Known Port Mill Township
tit Iron Passes Away.
William H. Windle died at his
home five miles north of Fort Mill
Inst Friday evening, following a period
of declining health of two years
or 1nore, due to nn organic trouble
from which he had been a great suf- '
fcrer for the last year. The funeral ?
"^rvio.q wee conducted at the home
Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Mr.
Smith, pastor of Flint Hill Baptist
church, of which Mr. Windle had
been a member for several years,
and the interment was In Flint Hill
churchyard.
Mr. Windle was born In Lancaster
county on June 12. 1865, and was
therefore In his 66th year. Most of
his life had been spent In Fort Mill
township, to which he came with his
father as a young man. He was
well known throughout the county
ay. a prosperous farmer and well-todo
citizen. Some years ago he took
an active interest In politics and was
considered one of the Blease lead
era In York county who wielded a
great deal of Influence In that faction
of the Democratic party. He was
for two years a member of the State
h'storlcal commission, to which he
was appointed by Governor Blease.
Mr. Windlp was twice married,
his first wife being Miss Dora Blankensh'n.
who died about six years ago.
Of this union Mr. Windle Is butvIve
l by seven sons and two daughters,
as follows: W. F. Windle, Knox
Windle. Hyder Windle, Henry Wlnd'e
O'mrley Windle, Gary Windle
nnd Brleo Windle, Mrs. Charlton
Smith nnd Mrs. Joseph Smith. Following
the death of his first wife
Mr. Windle was married to Mrs.
Grace lllpp. by whom, with one little
son, two years old. *he Is also survived.
John Windle of Yonkers, N.
V u?hq n hrothor nf Mr Wlnrllft.
Mr1. Wlndle had many friends
throughout the county and across
the line In North Carolina who will
bo grieved to hear of his death.
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