... ' .. ? ?? VOL. 26 CHEkAW, S. C., APRIL 13, 1922 NO 23. 1 Coopei A Challeng Soui The State of Georgia has success-; fully completed Its campaign for 1 the formation of a cotton cooperative marketing association. The organization committee in that state set out to raise 200,000 bales by April 1st.' On April 1st it was announced that 250,000 bales had been signed up. j Georgia thus becomes the seventh state in the cotton belt to organize. The other six are: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas^ {Norlh Carolina, Arizona and the long staple growers of Mississippi. The Alabama campaign closes on June 1st with success already practically assured. If South Carolina should fail it would be the first state to do so. Ev ery other state has succeeded in the undertaking. The growers in every other state have signed a contract practically identical to the one the growers in South Carolina are sign-! ing. The plan of organization fol-! lowed has been the same. There-, fore, if South Carolina should fail we would have no alibi. We would just simply have to admit that the growers in our state did not have the vision that the growers in the other states have. By their failure to assist as actively in the campaign as the business men of the other states in the belt we would be forced to admit that our business men did not, have the vision that the business men of other states had. The seven states that have completed their organization have issued a sharp challenge to South Carolina. It is a challenge that we must either accept or reject. We must either, organize and sell our cotton cooperatively with them or we must tell; them that we prefer the old marketing system and continue to dump our chief crop on the market taking what-J ever is offered us for it. Meanwhile the farmers of our sister states will be getting at least a fair profit for it. South Carolina will not fall down in this undertaking. It is not the custom of this state to fall down in any progressive or patriotic undertaking.'; It has ever been thus. We have alKarc Treat for Music Lovers is Coming. _ , ! The Old Cheraw Chapter. D. ,A. It has arranged a rare treat for music lovers, in the Recital that is to be given in the School Auditorium on Tuesday evening. April 18th, by Miss Evelyn Smith, Miss Charlotte Matheson and Mr. R. L. Suihwalt. Miss Smith is too well known to need an introduction, being a pianist of very unusual merit whose exquisite playing has often delighted Cheraw audiences. It has been an interi esting pleasure to her many friends to watch thro passing years the development of her splendid gift, as, her musical foundation and much of her training were given by teachers in the Cheraw school. She has had the privilege of several years of study under a well equipped instructor in the Salem Female College, \\instonSalem, N. C., followed by a special course in Fontainebleau, France. The latter opportunity came to Miss Smith as a reward for exceptionally fine work in musical contests, in which she won over others representing the best talent of several states.! Miss Charlotte Mathewson, also of Salem College, is a pretty, petite young singer with a wonderfully fine voice and a very attractive personality, a combination that never fails to please. I Mr. Sumwalt, whose friends are all those who know him, and it might be added, all those who hear him, will contribute to the pleasure of the evening several beautiful violin selec. | tions, rendered in his own truly artis-: tic manner. This recital is one of a series that Misses Smith and Matheson have been giving with great success in other towns, and Cheraw will measure up to her high standard of appreciation and loyalty by giving one of her own splendid daughters who has made pood, a packed Auditorium to greet her and her talented assistants. o Married on Snnday. Mr. Walker Poison and Miss Lucile Jordan were married at the Methodist Parsonage in Cheraw on last Sunday at 3 P. M.. Dr. Watson P : Duncan officiating. The happy young couple have the best wish's of their many friends. rati ve M *e to th Carolina ways prided ourselves that we were were first in war and first in peace. When the German hordes threatened the sanctity and safety of our nation, there was no state in the union that offered more of its sons to the nation in proportion to. its population than did dear, little, old South Carolina. vvnen money was neeaea 10 nnance our armies across the seas, and in cantonments in our own land, no state contributed more liberally than did this patriotic little state. And so South Carolina is not going to fail in this great movement of progress?a movement that is Intended to give the growers of cotton their great dues. The farmers of South Carolina, we believe, have just as great a vision as the farmers of Texas and Oklahoma and Mississippi and Arkansas and Georgia and North Carolina and Arizona. They are going to market their cotton cooperatively alongside the farmers of those states and are not going to market it in competition with them. They are going to join with them arid are no' going to fight them. The business men of the state have just as gr?a< a \ision, we believe, as the business J men of those states and they are go. I , ing to render every assistance in their power during the next three weeks putting across this great movement, one that means so much for the future welfare of all Caroilna. It is the ambition of every worthy man tn mndnr onmo rroat carvina tn " * 1? 1 WV?WV O4 VMV wv? ??vv IV his state or his nation. The opportunity does not come to every /man in a lifetime. It has come now, how- j ever, to every farmer and business1 man in South Carolina. The farmer by signing the contract and going out and trying to get other farmers to sign, is rendering a distinct service ( to himself, to his state and to his Southland. The business man by as-; sisting in the canvass is rendering a service. ! "It Shall NOT Fail," is our s'o?ran and it will not fail. Four thousand red blooded South Carolina farmers say that it will not. It cannot fail.! It must not. It WILL NOT. ' j Services at First Presbyterian Church j First Presbyterian Church. Clierav. ! S. C., Rev. A. H. McArn. IV. D.. Pastor Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. Jm Lindsay. Superintendent. Mr. H. E. Ravenul. of Spartanburg, S. C., who has recently spent eight months visiting the Mission fields of | Japan. China and Korea, will make I an address in the Presbyterian church ! Sunday morning on Korea. The; public is cordially invited. Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evening at 7:30. Marshall Godfrey Shot by Robbers. Marshall Godfrey, a respectable old negro, who runs a small store near ^ me ice piant nail an exciting experience and narrow escape on last Friday night. When preparing to close his shpp for night, two strangers, negroes, entered and called for some article on the shelf. As Marshall * turned to get it, one of the negroes grabbed Marshall's pistol which was lying on the counter and fired. The bullet grazed Marshall's head inflict- i ing only a scalp wound. The would- j be robbers becoming alarmed at their , victim's cries for help, made a quick getaway. i Chief Jaoob3 got on the job imme- f diately but on account of swollen j streams all around Cheraw was un- . able to do much toward apprehending j the guilty parties. t t Good Friday and Easter Services at, Episcopal Church. t i On Good Firday morning at 11 o'clock, services will be held in the , Kpiscopal church. On Faster Sunday morning Child- b ren's special service will be held at ] 10 A. M. Regular service with communion will be held at 3:20 P. M. j The Rev. Mr. Porebor ol' Rennettsville will officiate. ( o , Keiinington-.Tnstice. * i Married on March 22nd, 1922. by Rev. F. M. Cannon. Mr. M. P. Justice. \ of Tryon. N. C., and Miss Gillie Ken- i nington. of Pageland, S. C. ; < The ceremony was solemlzed in 1 the office of the Clerk of Court in the! presence of a few of the friends of > these popular young people. j ' arketir FIGHTING THK WEEVII.. Instructions, as Laid Down !?y a ! Robeson Flinty Farmer. i To the Editor of The Observer: I am enclosing a letter that I have written to~~mv farm manager, in which I have set forth my plan for fighting the boll weevil. I have gone ] over all the information that I could ; 1 obtain, and while I am not recoin- j 1 mending this plan to others, I have' 1 enough confidence in Its virtues to 1 plant 500 acres of cotton according ' to the plan. A. J. McKlNNON. ! 1 i Mr. Grover McDonald, ' j Maxton, N. C. f Dear Sir: 1 After giving the boll weevil prob- f lesn careful thought during these 1 months that I have been confined to. f the house, I have concluded that ' we should adopt, regardless of other ( people's opinions, the following plan: | 1 First, burn every item of trash 1 around the cotton fields. Second, plant" four rows of cotton ' all around the edge of each field that is exposed to the woods. Third, plant not less than five rows of corn, the rows not less than six feet apart around each field ad. joining the four rows of cotton. Fourth, plant the real cotton crop < in between this block of territory, j < In order to get your mind clear on < this, imagine that the crop we are ^ going to plant is 100 acres square. 1 Then, draw your line with four rows I of cotton all around the 100 acres. ? Then plant your corn all around the ^ Inside of these four rows, then your c cotton crop all inside the corn crop.! ( The plan Is to plant it as soon as f possible. The plan fof guan? is to c put not less than 300 pounds of acid I phosphate and a slight quantity of 1soda per acre to hurry the crop, to. 1 trether with whatever guano we may s decide later to use. ; P. From all the information I can s [Wither, the boll weevil winters in f the woods and branches around the J farm. It is also agreed that he stops s in the spring in the first cotton he t ?an find. The object in putting these; t four rows around the field is to; s poison or destroy hiiu and keep lihn a put of the main crop. After giving j ' [his matter full consideration. I j s have decided that it will be neces- v ' -troy bv whatever method seems; h nost economical every weevil th: j 1 ippear-5 in these four rows. >' Yon will plant th? cotton in rows, v nil over 3'aj fett apart,.- leave if ? Tom two to five stalks to the hill n the drill, and chop it with a not v iver six-inch hoe, and make it a 1 ule to plow it not less than once a j h veek, and fix your plows so th it | >' he cotton will be shaken by some- t< hing protruding from the plow. * i'ou can decide what form of brus'* 0 ir stem coming out from the plow ov a singletree to use in order to. shah' h he boll weevil off if he gets on. If you have any suggestion to ' pake that you think would fm- 11 >rove this plan. I would be glad n 'oil would submit it to me, or if you n tave reason to believe that the plan s not practical, advise me and we P ivlll go over reasons together. . fl Yours very truly, 01 A. J. McKIXNOX. h Maxton, March 30. w 11 s< ?. T. A. McAIanns Lo?es House' and Hams by Flro. n tl While a High wind was blowine o- u ruesday afternoon altout four o'clock a be home of Mr. S. T. A. MoManu? b vas completely destroyed by tire. h The house caught from a spark fall- b ng on the roof which was iuiel;'vjg 'anned into a blaze hv the high winds, j fi Although Mrs. McManus was at home ; ei I nd help was near at hand only the jo 'urniture on the ground lloor wasj T iavod so quickly did the flames eat heir way over the building. Mr. McManus' property lies outside he town limits but the fire company esponded to a call sent in We understand the nearest hvdrant ^ vas over a thousand feet from the f.re ind a irip nan to in* inane imi-a m> | the reel house before a stream could , ^ jo thrown on 'he burning buildings. | About one o'clock Wednesday morn- P ng tire again, broke out at the McManus pulce. Two barns and an P3 jutbuilding near the burned residence | were totally destroyed. It was thought j that a spark from the fire in the E ifternoon fanned by the high wind which continued throughout the afternoon and night were re-ponsible for the second tire. A number of chickens perished in this fire but no other live stock was lost. vi We understand the property destroyed was valued at around $1">,000. d with about $10,000. insurance. S ig V ict< BACKWARD GLANCES. Vows Our Groat Grandfathers Reftd in TIio Ciiarloston Conrior April 8, 1822. Cheraw. (Pee Dee Gaz.) The town of Che aw continues to increase in numbers, wealth and houses; it is expandng on almost every side; and the ivories of charity, piety and benevoence are not neglected. . . It is anlounced with sincere satisfaction lhat a Sunday School Society is "ormed for the purpose of teaching n the Academy, on the Sabbath Day, mch children of the town or vicinity is may be willing to attend, and all juch as it has not been found convenient for their parents to send to ;chool on week days, are particularly invited, the branches of education, comprising the English language, norality and religion, as far as the to his presence. 1 n times passed when he wished to ell you an oil well your guide book 1 rould have told that you should have ' equircd him to deliver the said well \ n the left hand corner of your front 1 ard and then wait on you to pay ( lim from the oil obtained thereon. ? f the kind visitor had wished to sell ; ' cu a fish scrap factory the hook! 1 could ha^c advised that you smell, ' ver the proposition at least a year. I 1 "If he offers you apparati which * ill destroy the boll weevil, be kind J ^ him for it is a wonderful thing * e has accomplished. Go with him * our demonstration agent and gather ' igether the farmers who have goten good results from this said ma- ? hine. If the man's time is too valu-! ' h'e to do this, by no means detain j mi i'jmk tfiioujjn 10 carry oc a rare or any of your money. This guide j ( cok will also advise that you sign o paoers, especially those that ire ot to be used, or which are a mere c latter of firm, or which are guarnn- 1 cod. to yield a dividend sufficien: to t ay the entire amount of the ad von- c are into which you are being en'ied. All of us have much wondered cw it is possible for these polite, s 'ell dressed friends of our who visit t s in fine automobiles and silken e oeks to so outprosper us when all of leir time was consumed in uplifting r, s. We had finally concluded that j ley v.'ere able to so greatly outshine t s even when we followed all of their a dvico simply because that it is more f lessed to give than to receive. When c owever, we consulted our guide ook it said look in the glass for the oat. Economy is a jewel but we j nd that prudence is an even more 0 ssential adjunct in our dealing with p ur friends."?Mclver "Williamson, in r he Stale, March 14, 1022. .Services at Methodist Church. C t Methodist Episcopal Church, South r r. Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. "The Friendly Church." Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. H. A. a d.eod, Superintendent. There were three hundred persons resent in the School last Sunday. Preaching at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. v the Pastor. Morning Subject: f "Seeking the Living Among the; p lead." j s Evening subject: ti Heavenly Recognition." f Junior Lpworth League at P. M. a Senior League at 7:15 P. M. ' t Public cordially invited to all ser- is ices. e Special Raster Music will be ron-j i ered by the Choir at the morning v. ervioe. | e \ Dry We COOPERATIVE PLAX j F ITT IX A Xl'T SHELL That South Carolina cotton growers 1 nlay reap a reasonable share of profit I upon their cotton year in and year, out, nearly three thousand South' Carolina farmers have already signed! tl a cooperative cotton marketing con-1 e tract under the so called "Saprio" or! is "California" or "Oklahoma" or "Tex-! tl as" plan. An organization committee I of twenty-one leading South Carolina! tl farmers has been appointed, and in-' to the hands of these twenty-one men! has been entrusted a campaign forj the organization of the South Card. I lina Cotton Growers' Cooperative; Association. ' ^ At least 400,000 bales of cotton,! which, means 20,000 farmers, must be j signed up before May 1st, under the u plan which the organization commit-' p tee is instructed to follow. j n The Problem. I ^ Heretofore, we South Carolina far- tl mers, as well as all the others of the; 1: South, have been raising cotton in, C abundance. We have sold the cotton ji to the speculators at their price. The K speculators sold the cotton to the w mill at big advances in the price. The fi mills made it into cloth, and through the medium of the wholesalers and c retailers we bought our cotton hack ?' again in the form of manufactured tl goods. ' v A pound of cotton, for which we P secured 12 cents last year, made six-! teen pairs of socks for which we paid n $8.00 at the dry goods store last year, j C The speculator made a handsome! w profit, so did the mill, so did the J C wholesaler and so did the retailer,' b but where did the farmers come in? C( He did not come in to any great extent. During a part of the soiling seaso* , last year the farmer got almost as raucn as it cost mm to produce tt. j During the biggest part of the selling Cl I f season, however, the cotton brought, ^ a price so low that it would bankrupt; any farmer in three years, if he grew J} enough cotton'. We have been selling our cotton for, s< whatever the speculator would pay us and too often we have not had a penny to show for the entire year's work. i? Even if we were fortunate enough 01 to sell when the market is "up" our 15 cotton was always undergraded from gl five to fifteen dollars per bale-?that is according to some of Uncle Sam's nvn statistics. n This is the problem which faces | c< south Carolina cotton growers today.' It is th^ problem which faces the! ;reater part of the farmers of the! Vi of whole South today. We have been, growing a product?raw cotton, a ai | 'p, product which is such a staple that t can be sold at any railroad point in ' A he entire world and day of the year | 'or a definite fixed price. j We southern farmers are the sole, a> th trowers of this product, yet we have j 10 more voice in its price than we lave in regard to the price of elothng or shoes or any other cf the 01 commodities which we must buy. Ill 30 Sales to the Bale. The average ten-year production of s, :otton in the United States is about a 2,000,000 bales. The annual sales on cn he cotton exchange number 3C0.000,- f( 100. m Thirty sales to every bale! ja A profit is reaped thirty times by j peculators and middlemen on each gi >ale, before it reaches the spinner orj vnnrtflr The price of cotton is largely deter- m, nined on the cotton exchange?a dace where 348,000,000 sales are fic- pe itious as against 12,000,000 that are co .ctually necessary! "With such a dif- rj( erence in favor of the speculator, he sa ontrols the price. fa Let I s Stop This lVasto. j t0 Let's put an end to this waste and u. o this dictation by everybody but iurselves, as to the price that we pr :et for our cotton and as to how we tr, un our business. | jt If you will become a member of jn his South Carolina Cotton Growers' co 'ooperative Association, and will see a]] i) it that your neighbors join with the m( est of us, we will be in a position to! p0 landle our own business as we think pj( test, market our cotton in an ordeVly nd systematic manner so that we st. nake a profit on it?not merely every | bird or fourth year but every year j hat rolls around. ' ha Prosperity in California. 1 Cy It is common knowledge that the' ye armors of California are more pros-j lerous than the farmers of any other i sti eetion of the country. This is not ar ne to climate, not to soil, for South. 'arolina's natural resources are jits'( sp s good as those of California; but do lie reason for California's prosperityi ex 5 that the farmers there have learn. | pr d to cooperate in the sale of the?r> arm products. They are selling to-, fr< ether instead of competing with: of aeh other. | nit ekinCi 'i'doral Boll Weevil Bulletin Heady. April 4th, 1922. 'he Cheraw Chronicle, 0 Cheraw, S. Gentlemen: J Pleaso atinniiiifp in vnnr nnner C hat Farmers' Bulfetin, Number 1262, e ntitled, "The Boll.Weevil Problem," i now ready for distribution, and he same can be had by writing me. t contains valuable information iiv his connection. h Yours truly, c W. F. STEVENSON. c a Norton as to flub Meetings. v 'o the Presidents of the Democratic Clubs: 8 You will please take notice that v nder the Rules of the Democratic 'arty, RULE NO. 5, your club should j leet on the FOURTH SATURDAY of. t lPRIL, which will be the 22nd day 1 hereof, for the purpose of re-organ- 8 zing, electing a member of the f iounty Executive Committee, Enroling Committee, etc., and also Deleates to the County Convention which t .'ill convene at Chesterfield on the I rst Monday in May. 8 tSider the rules of the Party each I lub is entitled to ONE delegate for very 25 members or a majority fracon thereof, based on the number of t ' otes cast at it's precinct in the first 8 rimary of 1920. ' Each club will please forward to c le the anme of it's member of the ? ounty Executive Committee, together c 'ith a list of the delegates to the ounty Convention so that there may e. prepared a temporary roll for the d onvention. t M. J. HOUGH, h Chairman Dem. Executive. Com. c There are more than a score of p ^operative marketing associations in tl alifornia with an aggregate -mem- li ership of 80,000 growers, handling a' c usiness of more than $250,000,000 o nnually. They are all non-profit as-i q iciations operating under a long time b elivery contract. | tl Nearly every commodity is organ-) ;ing, including berries, apples, pears,| ranges, lemons, dried fruits, raisins, b runes, beans, alfafa, barley, canned! tl nods and even eggs. I c The United States census shows n lat the-fonr richest agricultural t; uinties of the nation are California f; Minties, in which cooperative mar-j eting is developed to its fuU extent, jo This ootton marketing plan is al- 0 >ady in successful operation in four h ates: Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi ei id Arizona. The experience of the tl exas Cotton Growers' Cooperative j ssociation last year was that- the trmer who -marketed his crop ai irough the association received anj erage ot $10 to $zu per Dale morei ian the farmer who did not market C s crop through the association. ' tl In that state the actual cost of, el jerating the association amounted sj less than one dollar on each bale hi indled. The experience in Mississippi was el ill more surprising. There is many; se member of that organization who! in m show certificates proving that he th ceived as 'much as $40 per bale cc ore than the best street buyer price * his own town. ! th Oklahoma and Arizona both have d< milar testimony to offer. th How a Better Price Is Secured. b( These farmers in the western South ade these gains because of six facts: bt First?They have eliminated every w nny of country damage, which ac- in rding to Government estimates, vaes from $6 to $25 per bale. This df ving is brought about because a w: rmer is required to deliver his cotn to the association immediately ev ion being ginned. st Second?They are hiring men t' as ade and staple their cotton at cen- sp al warehouses. In this connection in Ulnon t ilint m Via fl??u+ timo tr I I> MhWintaiiL mat iui mc mot tunc n.* history the man who grades the pr tton is responsible to the farmer la id not to the speculator. The far5r is thus assured of securing every an ssible premium for grade and sta- (1 e, and this item is averaging close sa $10 per bale in the four western sa ites. "c Third?They have eliminated the stem of dumping on the market, a- wl ve substituted the systematic poli- wi of orderly selling throughout the to ar. Fourth?They have eliminated the as reet buyers and cotton scalpers, and te: e saving their salaries. fr< Fifth?They are eliminating the eculator and gambler and are now th aling direct with the spinner and (1 porter, and thus having a share in tlr Ice control. Sixth?Under the present system, tir >111 six to ten samples are cut out tit every bale of cotton put on the to irkct. This wasteful plan of sam- th * irolina THEY ABE WEABUTG ? rf * ' s! Tweed cape costumes in all shades , f tan, blue and gray. ade, shell, jet or coral clasps on apes to three-piece costumes match arrlngs, necklace and girdle. % , | Sports hats and' shoes match. A Strapped pumps of Ian or black lave hose matching saddle; and one g olor slippers are worn with bright olored hose, king blue, orange, gray ;nd purple leading, both of silk and rool. Easter hats in red, of fine Milan, ire trimmed with porcupine feather, vax or velvet flowers. All high lustre fabrics in blabk and , ligh shades are popular in mllli-r lory, sometimes trimmed with pheasint feathers and often with waxed lowers. . e * Worn with navy suit of fine serge, (lack patent leather three strap lumps had black hose clocked in or. inge, and an orange petticoat sea)- ? * oped in black beneath. * King blue hose were ^rorn with (lack patent leather shoes fastened it the side with rhinestone buttons, vlth a pleated Canton crepe mddel if the same shade. The petticoat was . if blue satin embroidered in self olor. 1 A town is often judged by the coalition of its streets. That is all the ourists see of it. Please everybody lelp the Civic League to keep ourelea 11 and attractive. iling results in such huge losses that be entire cotton world has come to 30k upon these sanrpleB as the "city rop." Under the coopeutive pita f marketing only one sample is reuired, and even this sample, after eing used, Is sold for the benefit of be farmer. $20,000,000 for Sooth Carolina. Conservatively estimated, on the asis of the actual gains secured by be members of the Oklahoma a^soiatiou last year, this cotton pooling lovement will mean more than tweny million dollars annually to the irmers of South Carolina. The average production of the State , f South Carolina is 1,200,000 bales, klahoma growers up to January 1st. ad made a clear net gain of $14.65 on ach bale of cotton they marketed irough their association. ? This means South Carolina's cotton ill be worth $17,580,00 more In this 3sociation than out of it. Eight Things the4 Pool Will Do. The South Carolina Cotton Growers' ooperatlve Association, with the naonal overhead exchange, proposes to Tect many reforms in the present stem of cotton selling and cotton sjg indling. ,J In the first place the movement will lminate wasteful methods. In the >cond nlace. through collective sell g, greater profits will be insured ie producer without increasing the ? >st to the consumer. Eight things have been named as e summary of the work to be un. irtaken. Specifically, these eight Jngs which it will do for all memjrs are as follows: 1. It will grade and staple every ile of cotton delivered to it This ill place a true value on the cotton terms of qaullty). 2. It will warehouse all cotton slivered to it by its members. (This ill eliminate all country damage). 3. It will sell all of its cotton in en-running lots, each grade and aple within its own pool. (This will sure a higher price because the linners is willing to pay a premium order to secure cotton only of the nd he desires. It will save the " oflts of the middleman and specutors). *i 4. It will sell on its own sample id on its warehouse certificates. / 'his will prevent undergradlng and ve the waste due to necessary mpling thus eliminating the entire ity crop"). f>. It will sell collectively and only lien the market demands. (This ill reduce speculation and will tend stabilize prloes). 0. fell cotton as directly possible to the spinner and exporr. (This will shorten the route am the farm to the mill). 7. It w)li endeavor to determine , e true cost of production each year, 'his will have a bearing toward getlg fair prices). 8. It will encourage the produc>n of uniform and standard varle>s by communities. (This will tend improve the quality and value of o cotton grown/. V