Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 05, 1922, Image 1
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THE *UH8PEAKABLE'' TURK.
Om Wrletr .Claims He Is Here Sinned
Against Than 8inmlng.
"So you hare been in Turkey! Are
they really as terrible as one hears?"
I hare answered this unvarying formula
at least once a day since my
return from the Near East, says a
writer in Henry Ford's paper, the
Dearborn Independent. Without exception
my questioners have entertained
an identical opinion of the
peoples among whom I was thrown:
that the Greeks are an enterprising
and worthy people, that the great
majority 'of Armenians bare been
massacred, and that the Turks are
the most villainous and detestable
race on the face of the earth. The
unanimity of belief would* be almost
incredible if I did not keep in mind
that my own opinion was similar to
theirs prior to the day that I disembarked
at Constantinople.
There is no better way of setting
Cotth the truth of the matter aB 1
saw it than by recalling a aucesslon
of various reactions I experienced ip
and around Constantinople. It was
not surprising to find them almost
universally dishonest, for here was
the Oriental and semi-Oriental mind
confronted by .the incongruous ideals
and austerity of our Occidental civilisation.
They all cheated flagrantly.
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uiuie uy nine a ueguu iu uihwtci
that dishonesty Could be separated
into two different categories?conscious
and unconscious dishonesty.
In the first category* fell the'Greeks,
Bulgarians and Armenians?all those
in fact who lived nominally in the
Western fashion, who were Christians,
and who claimed to despise the
Mohammedan faith and civilization.
These boys knew well enough the
diffei*fence between right and wi'ong
as we understand it, and deliberately
chose the wrong. They would never
admit cheating, even though I had
caught them red-handed. ,
The Turkish boys, on the' other
hand, were a novel experience- Quite
as dishonest as the others, they could
aee no reason tor being otherwise,
and were therefore quite free to acknowldge
their guilt. They were
openly amused at my attempts to inculcate
in them the principles of personal
honor. It was as if they were
-ft listening to a language which had no
meaning to them.
jAl. mjr b&&d -VM tllS fmcilirtt -
ing sua Dewuaering 01 cities, a seeming
caldron of race hatred, the battleground
of a dozen centuries, and
the depositary of some of the most
magnificent monuments which have
come down to us from antiquity. Of
the three smaller cities which make
up Constantinople,'^! went first to
Pera, the European city.
Pera is in the hands of the Westi
ern peoples who have raised it in
the likeness of their own cities, with
department stores, hotels, women's
shops, end all the other appurtenances
of our mode of living. During
the daytime it is harmless enough.
Under the cloak of evening, however,
It is* transformed into a riot of drunkenness
apd vice. Vicious cabarets
and foul drinking dens appear in the
dim lighted streets, taking possession
of Pera like a swarm of nocturnal harpies.
Then it is that one sees brawling
crowds fighting in side alleys, intoxicated
women in the last stage of
abandonment, and men knived or
murdered by unseen hands. Our
much vaunted modernity and progressiveness
are found in Pera. but
... our weaknesses are still, more appart,
ant. And thla la wjiat we hare
E brought to Constantinople, tor the
Turks are conspicuously absent from
the activities of Perm.
Down the hill ia Galata, the shipping
Quarter, inhabited principally by
Greeks. There are no words adeuate
to picture Galata in the hldeousness
of its depravity. It is a festering,
breeding place of white slav-l
ery, disease and opium dens. The
worst of it has sprung np siuce the
allies took control of the city out of
the hands of the Turkish authorities.
Befre the war it was no .worse
than any seaport of the Mediterranean.
Mow It stands a terrible charge
against the West?for in Galata the
. Turks are as little in evidence as in
Pent- ^ ; , .. 4
Thp city of Stamboul presents a
striking contrast to the two Euroit
peso quarter*. The Turka have kept
it wtgfth 'as it has bjten for centuries.
Bros#, shaded avenue* lead to the
USflMHSMt rtoaohaa and manniMnti
M aiwi^o^ which wore erected^ before
pf^- Taw jMe streets are hamming with
p, .V. flu hghja <rf the shops and basaars,
and rai
Hq^^; |BhWUh Bora* to indalce latin*
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TOWN LEVY INCREASED.
v Fort Mill property owners will this
year 'be called upon to pay a tax of
20 mills for eupport of the town government,
against the levy of 15 mills
for the same purpose last year, according
to an ordinance adopted by
the town council Tuesday night.
Speaking last night of the increase
in the levy, Arthur C. Lytle, mayor,
said council was forced to raise more
revenue to meet Indebtedness incurred
by a former council, to retire on
January 1 a street bond of $1,000
which will then mature and to secure
Junde with which to finance the sanitary
department, which, prior to this
year, had been suppored by monthly
or quarterly; collections from property
owners.
Mayor L?ytle also said since the
present council went into office the
first of the year more than the usual
annual amount had been spent on
street improvements, that the streets
, of the town were now better lighted
than at any time in the past, and
ithat the police protedtion afforded
the public was more adequute than
it formerly was.
V District J. o. r. A. M. Meeting.
One hundred delegates are expected
to come to Fort Mill today tor the
meeting at the Amrican I^egoin hall
thia evening' at 8 o'clock of the district
council of the order composed of
the leal councils in York, Chester,
Cherokee and Union counties. An address
of welcome to the delegates
will >be delivered by Arthur C. Lytic,
mayor, after whi^h the business of
the meeting will be transacted- At
the close of the meeting refreshments
will be served by the local council
of the order.
Liquor Found hi Cow Stable.
Ninety haf-gallon fruit Jars filled
with what was said to be the best
grade of Mecklenburg county homjt
brew corn whiskey- were taken Suuj
day afternoon from a cow stall on thl
premises of a negro living on th$
P^nevfll* road, some distance froni
Charlotte. The jurs were buried in
n omnll ? 1
a Diiian aiuii UIIU Y?erB UIMtUVBIBtl
when raiding officers began punching
into the ground with a pitrkford. The
implement struck a lid and the discovery
paved- the' way to the seizure
of the arrest* were
made.
Women Helping Mrs. Olesen.
Mrs. Charles 8. Pillsbury, member
of the well known milling family of
Minnesota, hes been elected chairman
of the fir8t-woman-for-senator
finance committee, an organization
of women created to bring about the
election of Mrs. "Anna D. Olesen, the
first woman to be nominated for the
<United States senate by either of the
big political parties. In the membership
of the. committee are women
from various States, and of Demotim>
Ponilhllno n ami
w.wwvy ?W|?UU?(VUU nuu IUU*jpOM?V???
affiliations. 'They have undertaken to
give (Mrs. Olesen their help by making
a nationwide drive for fuuds to
bo used fn her campaign. Mrs. Olesen's
opponent in the Minnesota senatorial
race is Senator Kellogg, Republican.
ly fed with propaganda. And ali because
Constantinople and the JDar
danelle* are the key to eastern Europe
and the Near. East. Jealousy
and fear have been the motives.
They have looked longingly at the
fertile tields and oil wells of Ana,
boita. '1 hey have wached each otner
like preying vultures, covering their
greed under the cloak of the Chns,
tian banner- it is easy to overlook
the fact that Turkey is not .a savage
country. It is older than we are. it
has a rich civilization behind it, a
background of stirring history. Turkey
is Oriental and indifferent to
progress. Thy have maintained their
> empire for 500 years' with fewer chan;
ges and ?toss Internal strife than any
other county in modern ttimes. It is
their right to live as thy see fit, to
worship Ood through the word of Mai
hammad rather than through the
Tnrri nf Phriai I# It la n>n?? ?? iKal.
vm v (ft ? 4a IUW1 V tu iuc a I
liking.
The Turk of the educated class is
a charming *cd delightful person, *
odnsumiftite toaster of the social,
graces which we associate with the
status of a gentleman. His home lite
is quiet and retired and in social .intercourse
he is noted tor his invariable
kindness and courtesy. Harems
are practically a thing of the past,
tor the Tfekkish law requires a substantial
property settlement on each
wife. " > < ./
L ft ?ut , it is true that the educated
claaa 1st a very small fraction of the
Tujrktslu people. Titers la no middle
n -claaa devoted to commerce and shopkeeping.
The bulk of the people are
artisan# and- farmer#. Their educa6
tlon Is slight, their mode of llfe simple
and theit' deeds few. The Tnrk
i Is bo more perfect than the rest of
as/ tout, like most of ha, M Is good
enough when left atone. That Is all
i he wants, lfenatapha Kernel, directing
an ill-organised and Ill-fed amy
it has been notorious over the trained
troops of Orssos that warp equipped
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FORT MUX, S. C, Trtjl!
news''OF' IOBK -COUNTY.
Items of GoBoral Interest Found In
the York?ille Enquirer.
A feature of the York county fair at
Rock Hill this year is to be a football
game between the Presbyterian college
and Davidson college, the game
to be played on Thursday afternoon,
October 19.
Dr. R. H. Calhoun, proprietor of
the Calhoun Drug company of Yorkville,
sold out Monday to Dr. D- DSheider
and Quinn Wallace of Yorkville,
the transfer having already become
effective. Dr. lamoun will in
the future devote his interests to his
drug store in Rock Hill
According to {Secretary Fewell, a
large number of communities are to
have exhibition liooths at Hie York
County fair, which is to be held in
Reck Hill, October 18, 19 and 20. The
communities who have already signified
their intention of having booths
are: F\int Hill, old Hill, Oak Ridge,
Sharon, Cotton Belt, Mt. Holly, Dixie
and Ebenezer.
Former Representative Emmet W.
Pursley of Santiago said Monday that
he would be a candidate for the of
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penitentiary, the position to he filled
by the next General Assembly which
meets in January. It is understood
that Mr. Pursley already has the indorsement
of the York county legislative
delegation in his candidacy for
superintendent of the penitentiary.
"Fanners of York county j are getling
their cotton ginned much cheaper
than are those of North Carolina,'"
rcmarked'a York county man the other
eveniug. "I was in Shelby a few
days ago and a ginner told me that
the uniform charge in Cleveland
county for ginning a bale of cottonunder
600 pounds was $3. The average
charge for the ginning of a bale
in York county under 500 pounds is
?2, or a difference of 33 1-3 per cent."
Registration of men and women
voters of York county totals 7,696 according
to a compilation of the registration
at the 21 general election precincts
made by the Yorkville Enquirer
Monday from the records in the
office of the county board of registration.
Accrding to these figures,
there are 1,321 more registered voters
in the county than there were voters
enrolled the primary election
last month, the enrollment for the
primary having been 6,275.
Alleging that their personal conduct
vf5s' detrimental to the morale
of the chaingang which they had in
charge, Supervisor Hugh G. Lrcwn
ou Saturday requested the resignation
of Superintendent John Robinson
and Guards Jim Robinson and
Press Corn well. The resignations
were promptly forthcoming, the three
ofljcials severing their connection
yith the chaingang on Saturday
night. The county supervisor Monday
announced the appointment of
i Truman D. Turner of Yorkville as
superintendent of the gang and of
Chris ChilderB and Norse Norman as
guards to succeed the three men, resigned.
"Whether the new appointeee
are to be permanent or not depends
upon developments," said the
supervisor, commenting upon the appointments.
A ferocious bulldog is to be an important
witness in a murder case at
the November lerm of court of general
sessions, according to a state-*
ntent made the other- day by a lawyer
interested In the case. The hulldog
will be one of the main witnesses
in the case of the State against Alma
| Williams, a negro woman of Rotk
Hill, who, it is expected, will be tried
on the charge of killing her husband,
Harper Williams, - several weeks ago-.
ine woman, li is understood, alleged
that Harper - Williams came home
under the influence of bad "hooch"
on Thursday night, August 24, and
sot the ferocious bulldog on her. The
dog is alleged to have bitfen her
about the knees and legs.
Several ox-soldiers and American
Legion members of Yorkville and vicinity
contemplate attending the annual
convention of. the American Legion
to be held in New Orleans next
month; The convention is to be held
October 16-20 and some of the exbuddies
are figuring that they can
make the trip for $75 and less to the
Louisiana city and then come home
with money in their pockets. A bulletin
issued by State headquarters of
the American Legion, requests that
all ex-soldiers expecting to attend
the convention notify'-Department Adjutant
Miller C. Foster of Spartanburg.
Filbert, famous York county village,
known throughout the Carollnae because
of the annual picnic that is
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ww-nnn, uai?B1411 anuiuur ciaiui
to attention. Perhaps the only deaf
and dumb postmistress in the State
is Uncle "Sam's representative at Fttbort.
She is Mrs. OUIe Sriioak Lynn,
and for the past ten years or more
sho has held the position of po"tm*?ti
ess most acceptably, lfrs. Lynn is
courteous and polite^anfr she handlea
incoming and outgoing mails with
quickness and dispatch. The rural
mjdl oarrler ont of lUbertt Is Mr.
James A. Carroll, -who has held the
place for a doxen years er longer.
Tftben the rural carrier has business
with (he postmistress he Is not always
under the neessslty of making
kno.wn his host**** in writing. ?i?
association With her la the postal,
woifcjtoranmger of ytam has gll-,
Mill
RSQAY, OCTOBER S, 1922,
(i)LLAPSE OF COAL COMBIHE.
iktrj Ford Puts Crimp la Plans of
. Profiteers totteto the Public.
Opine weeks ego Henry Ford annotated
thai he would not pay the
exorbitant prices asked- toy the coal
burpus for luel to operate his automobile
plant in Detroit. - b olio wing
the} announcement the plant was
closed and remained closed until the
coat men came to their senses by redllMiar
tllA nripo nf onal In tlia la at
issue of the Dearborn Independent,
Forf's weekly paper, the following
editorial appears showing just how
the profiteers came under when they
sawi that Ford had called them and
waajin position to make their scheme
cost them more than the profits they 1
had expected to wring from, the pub- <
lie frould have amounted to:
"Fbr the present, industry seems to
have put a crimp into the plans of
the coal controllers for a wholesale
lootlpg of the public- A.single protest
brought * the unholy edifice of
price exploiting tumbling about the
profiteers' heads. The protest was,
as must always be expected, viciously
tnisihterpreted. The sob -cry was diligently
persisted in by the capitalistic
orgahs until it became positively
nauseating. Interests that had deliberately
arranged to wring the last
dollar out of the families of America
by maintaining all through the winter
the menace of empty bins -and
fireless homes, were suddenly consumed
with sympathy for the poor
wnPlrlntrmun u?Knn '
< %v*Bun*u nucu iiiuu^incn tiuacu
down in protest rather than submit
to the unspeakably wicked robbery j
which had been designed upon the
American people. Interests that
would h&ve kept the country on curbed
fires and would hava made fuel"
th6 biggest item in this winter's family
budget, pretended to be melted '
into pity for the poor employees who 1
sacrificed $25 in wages to save $150 '
on their coal bills. It is the typical '
old. bunk, but this year it was very
br.dly stage-managed, in that it was
directed against the wrong target.
"The effect of the industrial pro- |
test was - immediately feltt. At the ,
time the warning was given that in ,
three weeks a mammoth Industry :
would have to close unless coal conditions
improved, coal was selling to
manufacturers as high as $9 a ton.
When the announcement was made ]
the price wavered a little. Then came
the cry that it was only 'bluff.' a cry ,
which arose in the same quarters ,
whence the 'sympathy' cry afterward
came, and for the moment the high j
coal price was strengthened again. j
As the Anrtinainumi ? ?
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(came apparent (nothing is harder (or |
the exploiters to understand than a (
straightforward, honeet statement) a
break became noticeable. Coal climbod
down to $8 and 87. The Saturday (
of the Shutdown it reachod $6.50. On '
Monday it was 85.&0. On Tuesday *it 1
was 84.50. A week later, at this 1
writing, it is offered at 83- if bought
on contract (which also plays into 1
the hands of the profiteers) it can bo 1
had at 8350. And a mountain of coal <
at that. <
"This rapid collapse of prices <
shows the artificial nature of the ]
whole situation- There was always <
plenty of coal. The scarcity was
make-'believe. The only dangeous
moment came when the government
created a real scarcity by announc- j
ing 'control' of distribution. The coal (
problem then became an acute trans- ,
portation problem- When, as' a fur- ,
ther result of the industrial protest, i
the government took Its hands off ,
and ceased creating a situation which ,
best suited the gougers' desires, the ,
retreat 'became a rout, the decline became
a collapse.
"There still remains the domestic .
situation. Big Business oould of ,
course see that the domestic consum- ,
er gets just as immediate an advan- ,
tagc as industry has gained. It is to
bf- hoped that the anal dealers' as- (
sedation will see the handwriting on ,
the wall and not lean too trustfully ,
on the helplessness of the uaorgan
*w biiu iwaerieRS puDlic. There is (
a way to make Big Business the (
friend of the householder In this situation,
and if it is once necessary to
do so, it will be goodbye to some
things that now exist.";
Good Tear for Loan Body. {
The Perpetual Building and Loan (
'association of Fort Attn has just- ,
closed another successful year and (
the annual meeting of the stockhold- |
ers will he held tomorrow afternoon ,
at 3 o'clock at the First National
bunk.
The report of the secretary shows '
that the association now has asiets
of $105,000, of which $80,000 Is paidin
capital, and $15,000 profits. In- 1
stallments are being paid on over 1
2,600 shares, which will hare a ralue 1
at maturify of $250,000. 1
The Perpetual was organised in i
1011 with W. B. Mcachara as presi- <
dent and J. L. Spratt as secretary- i
treasurer, taking oyer the. business of
the White Building and Ixmn association,
which had fa* operating in
Fort Mill for mare than 25 years, j]
' Mora than 00 par cant of "the houses (
erected la Part Mill daring the lest <
2b years hare beep, financed through i
the Perpetual aasodatlaa* ^without i
thelossto the association of a single <
dollar, a reoord of which the officers 1
arejnsUygTond. .. ^ , j
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ROAD FUNDS EXHAUSTED.
While the Fort Mill township road
commission apparently is still at
work on the roads of the township,
there is none of the stuff which David
Harum called "go-out-and-git-itwitb-which-to-fetch-it,"
at its disposal
in the country treasury and. the law
does not empower the commission to
borrow funds with which to coutiuue
operations.
Saturday a statement of the commission's
finances was secured by
The Times from the county treasurer's
office which shows that ou September
15 it had a balance of $15. <2
to its credit, but that since then
claims in excess of (he balance have
oeen presented for payment which the
county treasurer has refused to approve.
On July 1 there was in the treasury
to the credit of the commission
$784.27, from which claims amounting
to $768.55 have been paid. There
will be a small amount placed to the
credit of the commission during the
next two or three months from past
due tax collections, but this sum will
nnt Kn i.i -i?
>*wv uu ouiukicui iu uuuunue inc worn
on tho roads. The commission therefore
appears to 'be at its row's end
for some time unless the members
continue the work at considerable
financial risk to themselves.
To Relieve Storm Sufferers.
A meeting of tljo recently elected
York county legislative delgution was
held in York-Saturday at which action
was taken looking to rolief from taxation
for the current year of farmers
whose crops were, seriously damaged
by the severe hail storm which visited
the western section of the county
several weeks ago. At the meeting
the delegation went on record as
agreeing to introduce u bill at tho
next session of the General Assembly
exempting from State and county taxation,
except the three mill constitutional
school tax, all those whose
crops were damaged 50 per cent or
more by the storm. In the event the
bill exempting the storm sufferers
from the State tax fails, the delegation
proposes to pass u bill relieving
them of. the levy for general county
purposes..
Steam Plants for Power I'mnnnnv
The construction of two steam
plant additions that will further provide
against contingencies of low
water and other emergencies will be
started at once by the Southern
Power company, acording to a recent
announcement of W. S. Lee of Charlotte,
vlco president and chief engineer.
Coutracts have been closed lor .
the necessary equipment and work
on the plants will begin ut once. It
WW estimated that tfliey will co^t
aver 2 million dollars. The two additions
are to the Mount llolly steam
plant, 40,000 hrsepower. and the Eno
steam plant, 20,000 horsepower. This
will more than double the capacity
of the company's existing steam
plunts and will insure for the industries,
cities and towns of the two
Carolina which depend upon tho
company for power as nearly "100
per cent service as possible, it is
claimed.
Sunday School "ltully Day."
Annual "Rally Day" exercises were
tield last Sunday morning by the Sun
uay scnooi or the Fort 'Mill Presbyterian
church at the hour of the usual
Morning services. A special program,
consisting principally of songs
and recitations, had been propared
under the direction of F. M. Mack,
superintendent, and was participated
n ty pupils of the several grades. The
part of the pupils of the primary
grades, under Miss Marjorie Mills, was
especially pleasing to the congregation
and exhibited evidence of care[Ql
training. Among the musical selections
were several choruses and
one quartet of mixed voices. The atbndauce
at the Sunday school was
the largest of the year, the enrollment
showing 213 present, and the
offering at both services amounted to
about $60.
Free Trip for Confederates.
A camp for the Confederate veterans
who will attend the State fair
In Columbia during the week of October
23-28 is- one of the forms of
entertainment -being planned fir the
old soldiers by the fair officials. -In
addition to this, the Southern, Seaboard
Air Line and Atlantic Coast
Line railroads are oferlng free transportation
both to and from the fair
co the South Carolina Confederate
reterans who will attend the fair.
The camp proposition for-the old
soldiers at the fair is being promoted
by Columbia wpmen with the view of
providing a place of recreation for
them where they may all gather
sod swap reminiscences and otherwise
enjoy themselves in the company
with comrades of the '60s.
Winthrep Training School lieaten.
The footbhll team of the Fort Mill
high echool went to Rock Hill Friday
afternoon and defeated the Winthrop
Training school team 60 to 0. The
neat game on the schedule of the tubal
team la that with the York high
School eleven In Fort Mill tomorrow
titer noon.
The Fort (Mill school is a member
of the Catawba Athletic association,
njinpueed Of a number of high echool
hi the upper eeetlon of the State, and
eastern of Ike football eleven say
s.
$1.80 Per Year.
NO SHIPS TET SCRAPPED.
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Republican Boast of Economy Awaits
luoinuuiitj
The one achievement of the Harding
administration about which Republicans
have boasted loudest and
longest ? the disarmament conference?has
so far proved to be only a
flivver, says a Washington special to
The Times. The avowed purpose of
the conference was to reduce government
expenditures by reducing
armament, and when Mr. Hughes
proposed his plan for scrapping a
number of first line battleships he
was acclaimed a great statesman.
The trusting people foresuw an immediate
rsHllPtiOn In
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and believed that the first step
had been taken for a general reduction
of armaments by all the nations.
The Washington disarmament conference,
however, like most of the
acts of the Harding administration,
only raised the hopes of the people
without fulfillment. It served the
temporary political purpose of helpirtg
to restore a fast wuuing confidence
in the chief executive. But no
buttlesliips have been scrapped, no
expenditures have been reduced by
reason thereof, and the public la now
inLorfned by the secretary of the navy
that no battleships will be scraplied
until the treatv has heen rutl
fled by the last of the subscribing
powers. Neither Franco nor Italy
has ratifeld the treaty, and so far as
known no influence or pressure has
been brought to bear on them to do
so. .Mr. Hushes has been on an excursion
to South America; Mr. Harding
has been busy with Ohio politics.
It is not strange that the administration
has shown no solicitude
about accomplishing practical results
through the complete ratification
of these treaties. Mr. Harding
and his advisers were long opposed
to the disarmament conference, called
into being by a resolution of fc#enatoi
Lorah and supported by Democrats.
and progressive Republicans.
When it was certain the resolution
would pass both houses the opposition
was withdrawn. Having profited
politically for the time being,
the administration apparently has let
the whole disarmament mutter drift
just us the udunuistralion itself has
Deeu uniting.
The people reposed great confidence
in the work of the disarmament
conference and were led by the
administration to expect immediate
and great results. They have been
sadly disappointed just as they have
been disappointed each time they
have believed in the glowing promises
of this Republican administration
only to find in the end barren
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F1UI1T ?ttVIL >0\Y.
One of the most effective steps recommended
tor the control of the
boll weevil is the early destruction
of cotton dtalks. Just as soon as the
cotton can be picked, farmers are
urged to go into the cotton field and
either turn under the cotton stalks
or tear them up with u plow.
'1 he boll weevil, can not feed on
dead cotton stalks. When tbeir food
is destroyed they migrate to where
they can feed or else go into winter
quarters. Whether they are thus
driven away Trom the tarm or driven
into winter uuuners the urohtthilitleo
of their damaging the cotton next
.stiasun are greatly reduced.
In this section of the cotton belt it
is possible to gather much of the cotLou
early enougu to permit of the
destruction of the cotton stulks before
a killing irost destoys them.
Three to four weeks earlier in going
into winter quarters meatus that
the number of weevils killed from
starvation and cold will be greatly
increased.
It is the lust' weevils that go into
winter quarters that cause damage
to the cotton crop the following year.
If all of these were starved out by
destroying tho old cotton stalks early
there would be an end of the weevil,
it ie claimed. Vrhlle it cannot be expected
that the old stalks will ever .
be destroyed completely enough to
eradicate thi weevil, it is true that
to tho extent that this is done the
number of weevils and their damage
wiH be correspondingly reduced.
Chopping down stalks leaves Btubs
that sprout now growth on which thfe
weevil feeds. Therefore the only safe "
way is to uproot ttfe stalks or else,
with the aid of a drag chain, turn
litem uompiousty unuer. ?o long as
there is green cotton left in tbe t.eid
the weevil will be found. It will
crawl into a lqck of cotton or half
opened boll to keep warm and come
out when the sun shines to feed on
the green stuff. Tbe beat authorities
urge the farmers not to burn their
old cotton stalks, but to let them i*e
on the ground and add to the soil the
organic matter which it needs.
Notwithstanding the fight made by
the American Legion for'the sQkUpr /;
bonus, F. W. Qalbraltb poet, says . a
special dispatch from Cincinnati < to
the Baltimore 8*n? Tuesday night .,
adopted a resolution expressing ; *