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?(je ^ambers geralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April t891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 29. No. 1. Thursday, January 1,1920 THE BLIND TIG KB NUISANCET The reports of deaths thorughout the country due to drinking blind tiger liquor poisoned with wood alcohol are sufficient to call forth drastic action of some sort to put an end to this nuisance. It is true that these reports appear much larger in print than they probably really are. Although some eighty persons are reported to have died of wood alcohol poisoning during a few days last week, it is very likely, at that, that the number of deaths is less than would have occurred from drinking plain old corn and rye, about the only difference being that the latter requires a little longer in the killing.' However, illicit liquor making is getting to be a pretty big problem, ' > and it is not confined to the North? or to distant cities. It is prevalent here in Bamberg. Liquor is flowing pretty freely here?that is stuff that is called liquor. We believe that anyA thing that has a "kick" is popularly called liquor. \' Sheriff Ray has repeatedly suggested, and truly, that blind tiger liquor making will not be stopped by the JVA . imposing of fines on those guilty of f I the offence. We do not like to be put in the position of criticising the Courts, and it is not our purpose to do so. We will assume, until we are jtej' ?; shown to the contrary, that they are carrying out the laws as the laws are en the statutes. gv? . Several years ago it was certainly jS;- > " our understanding that a law was en acted in this State imposing a fine for . the first offence; the second was to be punished by a chain gang sentence I; l without the option of a fine. What has become of this law, if ever there was such a law? Every time court meets in Bam^ here. tha blind tieer pases are all . ; huddled in a bunch and permitted to "plead guilty." The court usually imposes a uhiform fine on the 'crowd, white and black. Somebody pays the & line to get a plow hand, and there the matter ends, until the next term of court when the same performance is repeated?except that the crowd is a fm little bigger the next time. , - The reason for permitting the 11^ quor cases to plead guilty is usually 1 , because of the time that it would require to try them and also the un- , certainty of conviction. At the last < | session of court there were, we be- i lieve, some dozen or so cases of vio- 1 * . 1 a" lation of the prohibition law. To f: -. j have tried all these cases would likely < have required a week or more, and < perhaps half of them would have i been acquitted. But the time has come to treat 1 these cases in the light they deserve. i If it takes a month to try the liquor i ^ ' cases they should be tried?else let 1 the offenders clearly understand that ; to dead eruiltv will be nothinsr in ^ ??j5? -' I their favor. The welfare of the per i pie demands more rigid puunishmen* ? for this class of lawbreakers. If tV i court is without authority to imposv. 1 heavier sentences in these cases, then the Bamberg delegation has an opportunity to do the people of the State a real service at the coming session of the general assembly. 1 ? WAR MAP IN SCHOOLS. *' 4 ' f ' Campaigns and Bird Migrations On Modern Charts. The type of map the war made faT*> rtno % O T> A! rloo A uiv/uo 10 iiuiAs an innovation in teaching the conquests of Julius Caesar during the Gallic wars, students in University of Minnesota lrigh schools are requ'red to trace the progress of his campaign and battles on special maps. And in the animal biology department, Dr. T. S. Roberts is keeping up to date a huge map showing the migration of various birds. Reports are rece'ved from all parts of the States indicating the kind of birds which appear at the various points from time to time.?St. Paul Pioneer Press. m i m > ? Read The Herald, $2 per year. PRACTICE ECONOMY THROUGHOUT STATE. (Continued from page 1, column 4.) of beef cattle can be successfully conducted, and that is true with certain individual farmers who have river bottom lands. Peanuts and tobacco, where the lands are adapted to growing these crops, should be produced. Those who have never had any experience in growing these crops necessarily should start on a small scale; aga n the Extension Service of Clemson College stands ready to give detailed information. Of course, we are going to continue to grow some cotton, but it will be wise to reduce our acreage to six or eight acres to the plow, planting on our lighter lands, using a high-grade fertilizer, selecting an early maturing variety of seed and cultivating rapidly. Difficult Problem. "One of the most difficult problems is the handling of tenants and keeping them contented. It will be disastrous if an exodus of our labor takes place. The best way to satisfy a man is to keep him well fed, but under boll weevil conditions he must be made to feed himself. He mayi just as well recognize the fact that j our renting system has to be readjusted. This is the problem that will have to be handled largely by the individual farmer, as no fixed and fast rule can be established. It is the purpose of the extension service to work out a definite programme and hold meetings in January in those counties where the boll weevil is now present, offering for discussion with the farmers, bankers and merchants a systematic and logical plan of operations which they may adopt or make such changes as they th'nk advisable for the year. We trust that these meetings will be largely attended. It may be well to mention that the funds of the extension service have been greatly reduced (practically $30,000) by the withdrawal of thA annrnnriatirms made bv Congress for war purposes and we are unable to secure the necessary number of experts that we should have to do the best work. We are sadly in need of two experts in tobacco and peanuts, and addit'onal beef and dairy cattle and marketing experts. To this end I would suggest that representatives from those counties that will suffer from the weevil in the very near future m'eet with the Governor and director of extension and at once provide sufficient funds to employ these experts whose entire time can be given to the problems in those counties. This, to my mind, is a most important step. Men of the caliber necessary cannot be obtained for a meager salary. Of course, sufficient funds, must be provided for traveling expenses. I am including a statement from Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist of Clemson College, giving the list of counties that may be seriously damaged next season. "Prof. Conradi says: "We are continually asked to forecast weevil damage for th's State for 1920. This cannot be done by anyone with any degree of dependence owing to the fact that the weevil damage is directly dependable on winter minimum temperatures or summer rainfall, or both. Furthermore, in invad ng South Carolina the pest appears under climatic conditions which present new features and it will be necessary to see the pest in action for at least one year in this State for the students of this pest to get their bearings. Little Damage First Year. " 'It is a general rule in the history of weevil damage that little injury occurs during the first year after the weevil's appearance the previous fall. The first year after its appearance is called the first year of its es:ahl'shment. Serious damage may he axpected under favorable conditions especially on low lands, during its second year of establishment, and if the pest receives no backset it may be expected to develop full strength the th'rd year of its establishment. "If the winter is mild, followed by a wet season in 1920, severe damage may be expected also in lowlands of Berkeley, Williamsburg, Georgetown and Horry counties. Furthermore, damage may occur in spots in lowlands as far north as the latitude of Columbia. In the coastal counties lying below a line from the southern part of Aiken county to Conway, in Horry county, cotton production is1 rapidly becoming a gamble, and, as already stated, serious damage will occur in 1920 if the season is wet, and it is of the greatest importance that the farms of that section of the State become self-supporting and selfsustain'ng immed'ately. "The boll weevil enters its third year of establishment in areas as far north as a few miles above Hardeeville in 1920. It enters its second year of establ;shment in the counties of Hampton, Jasper, Colleton, Dorchester, Orangeburg, Bamberg, A*ken, Barnwell and Allendale in 1920. In the balance of the count'es of this State the weevil made its first appearance during the past summer and MOST WASTEFUL PRINTER. Uncld Sam Holds World's Record in Both Volume and Expense. Uncle Sain is the world's greatest publisher. His business equals that of any half dozen book publishers in New York or London. He is also the most wasteful publisher under the sun. The latest reports of the publ'c j printer shows that last year more than 61 million copies of government publications were distributed, the government mail'ng lists, containing more than a million names, made a net growth of 19,000, the employees reached 5,300, and the value of the product approached $13,000,000. Our government published anything and everything, sometimes in reckless quantities. Last year it issued 12 dailies, 26 weeklies and 58 monthlies, their circulations ranging from 100 to 207,000. Its volumes run from heavy tomes to small brochures and the list includes monographs on Yucatan archaeology, retail prices of dry goods in Walla Walla, and abstruse chemical and geological treaties. The distribution of some items is amazing. A million copies of the "The Small Vegetable Garden" have been called for yearly. The official bulletin of the committee on public informat;on started with eight pages and 80,000 copies and in six months reached some issues 48 pages and 123,000 copies. The biggest stock of ledgers, cash books, journals and day books carried by any store in this section of | the State. All bought before the recent advances in price. Our prices have not been advanced. The Herald Book Store. fall. "If we should have low temperatures this winter, and if the growing season of 1920 is dry, then no very serious damage is expected in any of the counties. If, on the other hand, we should have a wet season, serious damage may be expected in all of the counties above enumerated, and occurring approximately below a line drawn from a point on the Savannah river, a few miles below Augusta, to Mount Pleasant on the coast. 4 Data Not Complete. "The data in reference to Texas and Louisiana is not complete as I would like to have it, but it is sufficient to illustrate the object of this article. 1 am enclosing a letter from Dr. L. L. Howrard and Dr. W. D. Hunter, of the United States department of agriculture, in reference to the report of the South Carolina bool weevil commission. The value these gentlemen placed upon this publication is evident. It gives full and detailed iiformation and should be in the hands of every man, woman and child in South Carolina. No more valuable publication on the subject has ever been printed. It can be obtained from the extension service. "I cannot conclude without calling attention to the fact that it has been the invariable history of the- boll weevil movement that the farmers always plant one full crop too many. 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