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i , . \. * "' ' " X i r:m if -ma : ?= $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 27,1S20. Established in 1891 ? . CONVENTION EXTOLS DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEAGUE AND TREATY WITHOUT RESERVATIONS INDORSED. Suffrage Cause of Trouble. Delegates to Sail Francisco Go Uninstructed?Will Vote as Unit. Tries to Indorse Mcadoo. The State Democratic convention Columbia, May 20. ? The State Democratic convention begun yesterday noon concluded its session at 1:27 o'clock this morning after a day of considerable turmoil over the various questions under discussion. Twenty-eight delegates with one-half vote each, if the different congressional districts so determine ^ i? to distribute their votes, ana iuui delegates at large and four alternate delegates at large were elected. The South Carolina delegates were instructed as a unit on all questions coming before the San Francisco convention. The delegates go uninstructed as to candidates of the party, The administration of Woodrow Wilson was indorsed and the achievements of the Democratic administration extoled in the highest terms in the platform which was adopted at an early hour this morning. The platform unqualifiedly indorsed the treaty of Versailles and the league of nations covenant while condemning "as unwise and unpatriotic the attitude of those senators who defeated its ratification either directly or by overwhelming it with reservations that are intended to and will have the effect of nullifying it." Woman suffrage was defeated by an overwhelming majority, the resolution granting suffrage without regard to the Susan B. Anthony amendwas rejected by the resolutions committee by a vote of two to 30. The resolution to grant suffrage conditioned on the ratification of the amendment by one other state before the nrimaries this summer JU^xJLi VV4. X" was rejected by a vote in the committee of 14 to 18. The convention adopted the majority unfavorable report on the suffrage resolution by a vote of 245 to 68. The following are the delegates elected: State at large: Governor Cooper, Columbia; Senator E. D. Smith, Lynchburg; R. I. Manning, Sumter, and Congressman James F. Byrnes. Alternates at large: Ben Hill Brown, Spartanburg; J. H. Manning, Dillon; B. F. McLeod, Charleston; H. P. Fulmer, Orangeburg. First district: Charlton Durant, Manhing; R. S. Whaley, Charleston; V. C. Badham and J. S. Padgett, Walterboro. Second district: J. E. Harley, Barnwell, and N. G. Evans, Edgefield. Alternates, C. F. Rizer, Olar, and J. H. Johnson, Allendale. Third district: Congressman F. H. Dominick, Newberry; F. C. Robinson, McCormick; H. L. Watson, GreenJ n t? "Hovlp Piokens. WUVU, auu v^. iv. - v, ? Fourth District: W. D. Workman, Greenville, and W. W. Johnson, Union. Alternates: D. M. Douglas, Clinton, and S. F. D. Lancaster, Spartanburg. Fifth district: A. L. Gaston, Chester, and Leroy Springs, Lancaster. Alternates: T. ^B. Butler, Gaffney, and R. E. Wylie, Lancaster. Sixth district: Dr. J. H. David, Dillon; James W. Johnson, Marion; George J. Holliday, Conway, and L. M. Lawson, Darlington. Seventh district: R. H. Jennings, Orangeburg, and W. A. Coleman, Columbia. Alternates: Dr. E. S. Booth, Sumter, and B. Frank Kelley, Bishop-j ville. , John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, was reelected national committeeman xcithmit rmnosition. Thomas P. Coth ran, of Greenville, was elected chairman of the executive committee and Harry N. Edmunds, of Columbia secretary, both also without opposition. Ashley C. Tobias, Jr., withdrew as a candidate for the chairmanship of the executive committee and did not offer for reelection as secretary. Governor Cooper received 300 votes for candidate at large; Senator Smith, 273, Congressman Byrnes, 251, Former Gov. Manning. 211, and L. D. Jennings, also of Sumter, 177. George Warren, of Hampton, moved that all of five of these he sent to the convention, each to cast four-fifths, of a vote, but this was lost. Four delegates will go from the First, Third and Sixth Congressional districts, each candidate to cast one SMOAKS SCHOOL CLOSES. Address to Graduates Delivered by It. M. Jefferies. Smoaks, May 20.?Smoaks school closed a successful year Wednesday. The baccalaureate sermon was preached by Mr. Inabinett, of Walterboro. On Monday night the following programme was given at the town hall: Welcome song, by primary grades; piano solo, by Miss Connie Berry; "Whistling Song," by three boys and three girls; recitation, "The Prodigal Son," by Mondell Crosby; spoon drill, by primary boys; recitation, "Si and I," by Connie Berry; "Oh, Doctor," minstrel show, by ninth grade boys; "Midsummer Eve," by intermediate grades. ? " 1? X II. _ J 4.2 ^ Tuesday nigne ine graduating wcicises were held and the address was delivered by R. M. Jefferies, of Walterboro. The programme: Piano solo, by Miss Inez Lyons; class prophecy, by Miss Dolly Campbell; piano solo, by Miss Hallie Hiers; essay, by Miss Inez Lyons. Graduation address by R. M. Jefferies; piano solo, by Miss Eleanor Smith; valedictory address, by Miss Hallie Hiers; presentation of diplomas, by S. P. J. Garris, Jr. Camp Fire Girls Entertain. The Camp Fire Girls, of Ehrhardt, gave an entertainment in behalf of their organization last Friday* evening, and the following was the programme, directed by Mrs. C. S. Hen ery: Instrumental solo "Sweet and Low1' Louise Copeland; address by president, Hildergarde Dannelly; a play, "Why I never married" by seven boys and seven girls representing old maids and bachelors; duet, "Military March," Katherine Roberts and Louise Copeland; dialogue, "A slight misunderstanding," Louise Freeman and Louise Copeland; song, "Oh, What a Pal was Mary," by Camp Fire Girls; song, "Carry me back to old Virginia," Camp Fire Girls; song, "Camp Fire," Camp Fire Girls; address in behalf of Camp Fire Girls, Willie Hiers; due, "An Indian love son g," Louise Copeland and Hildergarde Dannelly; song, "UmHe-Lo," Camp Fire Girls. The Camp Fire Girls have just organized and hope to do a greater work. They gave this entertainment to raise money for a summer camp. Seek Beauty :Be happy Pursue Knowledge Glorify work Hold on to health Be trustworthy Give service. These are the seven rules of the Camp Fire Girls, which all must know and keep.?Contributed. Cope School Closes. Cope, May 23.?The closing exercises of the Cope graded school were held Friday night, and a packed house greeted the youngsters, who entertained them in a most pleasing and complimentary manner. Standing room was at a premium, many ladies having had to stand, and quite a large number failed to gain admission. There was only one graduate at this session. Murray Tatum received his certificate from the hands of Rev. G. W. Dukes, who delivered a short but pleasing address. To discriminate would hardly be fair, but Henry Ritter and Rodgers Carter deserve special mention, as also do little Misses Helen Cope and Ernestine Ritter as little fairies, and Jennie Dell Brickie in her rendition of a pretty song. Everybody present spent a most pleasant evening, and thus ended one more successful session of this popular and growing school. m is> Cope Fir? Does Damage. Cope, May 22.?The greater part of the stock of staple an^ fancy groceries owned by D. W. Bonnett & Sons who was badly damaged from smoke and water during a fire Thursday night about 11 o'clock that it is almost a complete loss. The store itself is of concrete blocks, and tbe fire was up in the ceiling towards the front and was kept in a smothered condition by a tin roof. The concensus of opinion was that it was caused by rats. An insurance of $3,000 was carried on the stock of goods, the building being uninsured. half a vote. No alternates will go from these districts. A resolution was adopted just before the closing of the convention allowing all districts that had elected two districts and two alternates to send the two alternates as delegates, each delegate in this case being allowed one-half a vote. Mr. Hooton Tells is Grown Sv For the past few weeks we have had expressions of opinion as to the effectiveness of certain chemical and mechanical appliances that are warranted to destroy in part the boll weevil and perhaps it might be well to again direct attention to a few of the basic principles that underly the sue cessful campaigns of eradication that have been waged in other sections against this enemy of the cotton farmer. The following information was given us by D. F. Hooton, vice president of the Eamberg Banking Co., and we have his permission to give this to our readers with the hope that it may draw attention to important details of the successful raising of cotton under boll weevil conditions. Mr. Hooton, on a visit to Alabama, in sarch of first hand information, was so fortunate as to secure the views and the expressions of ComHiissioner of Agriculture James A. Wade. Mr. Wade has been in intimate association with the United States government and the state gov?r>vimar>+ r> f Alohomo m riTCi r?r* locc r?r?T1 C/l n i.i.1 c-li L \J L tJUlllOi XUU1 V Ui xuuu V/V/iA tinually for the past fifteen years. Some years ago he was teaching school in Texas and Dr. Seaman X Knapp, late United States commissioner of agriculture, requested Mr. Wade to devote his time and energies to the study of methods to combat the boll weevil in Texas. Dr. Knapp informed Mr. Wade that there was no set programme to be followed but that his work would be to investigate the habit of the boll weevil and to experiment with methods to curtail the damage being done to cotton in that state. Mr. Wade obtained very little encouragement and scarcely any cooperative effort from the farmers in the boll weevil section of Texas at that time, and succeeded in inducing only one farmer to plant.and cultivate his cotton crop and to carry out the suggestions of Mr. Wade. This farmer waS a white man having a large family and he was not dependent upon outside labor to work his crop. Mr. Wade instructed him to plant his croD early and to plow his cotton and chop it out as he had always been doing. This cotton farmer did not depart from his usual practices in the preliminary work on his cotton and was rather disappointed that Mr. Wade did not instruct him to carry out radical changes in methods of planting and working the cotton. When Mr. Wade thought that the cotton plants would begin to put on forms within a week or ten days he instructed this farmer to bring all of his children down into the cotton field, each to be supplied with a tin can having a little kerosene in it. There in the field Mr. Wade collected these children around him and commenced examination of the cotton plants ono by one. The boll weevil was found in the bud of the plant and the hildren were shown that they must catch these weevils and drop them into the can. It was remarkable, said ,Mj\ Wade, how easily and rapidly these children covered the seven or eight acres of cotton that this farmer had planted. Within a short time the forms began to appear on the plants and Mr. TT_ -i - _ ? -ii?x _ J xi .u:i J-xn waae again cunecieu tuts winmcu and, carrying them to the cotton field carefully instructed them as to the picking up of such forms as had fallen to the ground. Each week thereafter Mr. Wade had the children go over this cotton field and pick up the forms, place them in bags and burn the forms as sufficient quantities were gathered. This probably was the first effort ever made to grow cotton under heavy infestation of the boll weevil. This farmer made a good crop of cotton and his neighbors made utter failures. Thereafter in Texas Mr. Tlifo a V* n rl xrrvnrr li'tfl a frAll V>1 a IT* Tl vvauc uau *ci v iiuuio 11 v xjll suading the farmers to follow out his instructions, for it was clearly demonstrated time and again, year after year, that the farmer who paid attention to the details above mentioned made cotton in spite of the boll weevil. Mr. Wade attributes the success of this plan of combating the boll weevil to the fact that during the winter almost all of the weevils die and that the comparatively small number that live through the winter have hibernated on the edges of the cotton fields and with the return of warm weather come out to feed. These first weevils, having no other food, attack the bud of the cotton plant. 1 How Cotton i iccessfully in Ala.l | They do not go very far from their ] j winter quarters but obtain their food 1 as near at hand as possible. It can be readily understood that if a farmer can destroy the first weevils that ap- 1 pear by picking them off the bud of the cotton plant in theory at least he could at that time destroy the weevils that would attack his cotton during the entire season. It is impossible, of course, to col- 1 lect all of these first boll weevils, and : therefore it is necessary to pick up the forms as they fall, since each + +Vi A r\ rrcr tIio+ nrill lotor iUilll VJUIiLcUna L11C C55 iiiai, nui luivi develop into the boll weevil.t The boll weevil does not travel very far early in the year in search of food, but will alight upon the nearest available cotton and will go from stalk to stalk in search of food, and I will not fly from one portion of a field to another portion of the field, nor will it leave one field for another field. This localizes the attack of the weevil early in the life of the cotton plant and it is only late in the season when the food of the boll weevil becomes scarce that they disperse ana migrate to other fields or to other territory in search of food. Mr. Hooton was convinced that Comissioner Wade had outlined to him a very important and vital phase of combating the boll weevil, for Mr. Wade demonstrated to him that cot| ton could be grown very successfully by this method, and demonstrated also that without this method cotton - J Ka a AAivinlofo foilnro All* I WUUiU UC a UUUipictc iaiiuig, *?ax. | Hooton was shown a field of about | seven acres in Alabama that Commis! sioner Wade was planting and this ! field had enough fruit on the plant to | make a bale of cotton per acre. The ! adjoining field, separated only by a ! fence, had very little fruit on the i ; stalks. The heavily fruited cotton | was about three feet high; the poorj ly fruited cotton was about three ! and one-half feet high with plants | that looked vigorous and strong and yet were worthless because the boll weevil had destroyed the cotton bolls. Commissioner Wade told Mr. Hoot| on that the early maturing variety ! of cotton was very important; that j early fertilization and rapid cultiva| tion were essential, but that the pickj ing of tie boll weevils out of the ; buds of the plants and the picking up and burning of the infested squares ; the same week that the first blooms i appeared, and the picking up of these squares each week was absolutely necj essary if a farmer expected to make ! a crop of cotton under boll weevil i ... ' r>nnnitinn5 Commissioner Wade's advice is important. It will not profit a farmer to read this article unless he puts into practice the suggested methods. You may believe that the boll weevil can be overcome by this method, but the thing to do is not only to believe but to carry out Commissioner Wade's instructions. Now is the time and your farm is the place and if you wish to harvest cotton in September it is necessary to harvest boll weevils in June. What does it profit a man though he make a big weed and has no fruit? ' mm ^ WHEAT CONDITION SERIOUS. Dr. W. W. Long Appeals for Action to Save Shortage. The following telegram from Dr. W. W. Long, of the extension department of Clemson college, in regard to the serious condition of the wheat crop, was handed The Herald by the Bamberg Banking Co.: "Reports just received from United States department of agriculture indicate 34 per cent, reduction in wheat production this year. Unless something is done to meet this situation flour will be on the same basis as durj ing the war. With this difference, we ! were then blessed with large corn I iyields. Owing to unfavorable weather I conditions and the natural incentive j to grow cotton on account of the pres| et high prices and fear of the wider i spreading of the weevil within next ! fpw vpnrs wp are liable to have a j distressingly short corn crop. I am j wiring this information to many ! farmers, bankers, merchants, cotton' I seed crushers and newspapers so that our farmers, even at this late date, .| may be urged to increase their acre-: ; age in corn. If this is done we can j largely increase our food supply and . I thereby save a serious situation most | likely to prevail this fall. I suggest . icounty meetings of prominent farms ers, bankers, and merchants to con, sider the situation. Money without v bread is not satisfying." DEATH OF J. F. BHELAXD. Confederate Veteran Died Xear Olar Wednesday Morning. John F. Breland died at his home in Bamberg county near Olar on Wednesday morning, May 19, aged 75 years. In his death the county has lost a true Christian friend. But few men have* lived in the county who have left a more enduring impress for good than that resulting from the life of this good man. During the Confederate war he served as a brave Southern soldier, at one time being severely wounded. He is survived by his widow, a son, three daughters and many sorrowing relatives and friends. His body was 1 ' 1 -1- - 1 - - * 1-i ^ fo tyi i 1 tt Kn rvin v laid IU "TCSl 111 cue i.cujLLiij uuij 1UQ ground, near his home, the funeral services being conducted by the Rev. Mr. Risinger, Lutheran pastor of Ehrhardt, in the absence of his pastor. He had been a member of the Baptist church since boyhood. Cotton Under Boll Weevil Conditions. The following suggestions if intelligently followed out wrill enable the cotton producer to realize profitable returns under boll weevil conditions. 1. Plant only properly standardized, rapid fruiting, early maturing varieties. If you have wilt infested land, Council's Toole is the best variety to plant; otherwise the Wannamaker-Cleveland is the moat suitable. It is well that a continual fruiting variety be selected so that the weevil will not have to fall back on the bolls when forms are no longer available. 2. Plant on well drained soil of good fertility. '3. Fertilize liberally and in accordance with the grade and character of soil selected for planting. Don't apply nitrogen to a soil that has plenty in it and lacking some other plant food material. An exception is in the case of rolling the seed in nitrate of soda or applying soda to the bed before the cotton comes up in order to hasten an early growth of the crop. 4. Put alt fertilizers under the drill row and mix throughly with soil at or'before planting time. It has been found that rows should be 3 1-2 feet apart and plants 12 inches in the row. 5. Side applications can be made very early in the season but not always available. The idea is to double the amount of available plant food that ic nrriinarilv used Tinder cotton. W AM W* ? ???? 6. Chop cotton to a stand as early as possible having the cotton choppers look closely for weevils. Go over the field systematically every Monday morning and pick the weevils as they come out of their winter quarters. This is neither hard or costly as weevils do not appear in great numbers during the spring. They will make their first appearance in the field near the place that furnished the most favorable hiding place; such as barns, out buildings, trash covered areas and woods. Destruction of the weevil early in the season is very important work which can be accomplished. The weevils should be picked until the fruit begins to form and if necessary pay something extra to have this work done effectively. 7. If the picking of the weevils is not properly supervised it is wasted effort. ? 8. Pick up all fallen forms every Monday morning and burn them, this is nnt hard tn dn as infested areas are scattered when the weevils first appear. This practice must be kept up until the middle of July or until the weevil begin to migrate. 9. It is important that the cotton acreage be limited to about 5 acres per plow, depending on how much you can take care of following out the principles. 10. At present poisoning is recommended in a limited way. If you are going to use Cal-Arsenate get literature on its use from a reliable source before using. But do not depend on its use alone if you expect to raise cotton successfully and profitably under weevil conditions. It is only one means to an end. 11. During the fall is the most favorable and successful time to fight ' "> -1 A ? XT ii. tne weevil. as suuii as me cuuuii is gathered rip up the stalks immediately but do not burn them as this will destroy from 20 to 40 pounds of nitrogen per acre. The best practice is to bury the stalks with a disc plow. 1 2. Stalks must be destroyed before frost falls but September is the most effective time. This causes the weevil to go into* winter quarters hungry and much weakened, and the chances are that he will not survive the winter.?John D. BBrandon, Agt. GEORGIA'S VOTE GOES TO PALMER ; . DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ISSUES CREDENTIALS. Wl No Bolting, Says Gardner. State Secretary- Declares Smith and . Watson Disregarded Primary Rules. J . ~ --j Atlanta, May 23.?Hiram L. Gardner, secretary of the Georgia Demo- / / cratic executive committee, forwarded today to the national executive . committee headquarters at Washington the official certificate of the State committee issuing the credentials of the state committee to the full Palmer delegation from Georgia to the San Francisco convention. The record was endorsed by sixty-six of the sixty-seven members of the committee. The certificate contains the regulations for the presidential primary as issued on February 10, in which it was provided that all of the State delegates to the national convention "shall be chosen from among the friends and supporters of that candidate for president receiving the highest county unit vote." It showed that Palmer received 148 votes, Watson 132 and Smith 104. In forwarding the letter to the secretary of the national committee Sec- * ./ . retary Gardner stated: * No "Bolting" Says Gardner, v "Press reports have misrepresented the situation in Georgia. No 'bolting' convention was held nor was there any necessity for such. The rules of the primary adopted long before either Smith, Palmer or Wat- ' son were candidates, provided that the candidate who should receive the highest number of county unit votes should have the whole delegation. "Not until after Palmer had won under the rules of the primary was tnere even tne suggestion 01 dissatisfaction about the regulation. Rules Disregarded. "When the state convention met the Smith and Watson forces combined were strong enough to disregard the rules under which the primary had been run, which they did on the theory that the convention was supreme and had the right to as it wished. "It was the Palmer delegation to San Francisco that met and organized immediately after the convention adjourned, and this the press erroneously reported to be a meeting of the Palmer delegates to the State con- m vention." Delegates elected by the State convention and representing the Smith and Watson factions will meet here next Wednesday to organize and make plans for attending the San Francisco convention. Former Senator Thomas W. Hardwick is expected to head the delegation. Slashes Throats of Herself and Babies " :.:v:3Sot Cuthbert, Ga., May 23.?Mrs. W. H. Ward, of Cuthbert, slashed the threats nf herself and four of her five children with a razor early today 1 according to the police, while her husband lay asleep in an adjoining room. Mental derangement from long illness was said by her family 1 to have caused the deed. 1 One of the children, a girl of five, ; ' died from the injuries, two others ' were said to be in a serious condi1 tion, but the fourth child and the / V mother are expected to recover. According to the police, Ward was : aroused by the screams of the children and ran into the room in time to grapple with his wife as she slashed her own throat. He overpowered her and gave the alarm. Mrs.-Ward was placed in the care of a physician, who administered drug to quiet her nerves, and no statement of the affair had been obtained from her tonight. C1T- - - ? - 1 ? vJLLfc} IS auuui LIUI WJ-ii ve vcaia uiu. Authorities expressed the opinion j that an effort would be made to place I the woman in an institution and that no charge of murder would be placed . against her. She was not arrested. r All of the children who were injured were girls, anging in age from ' five to ten years. Ora, who was killed, was the youngest child whom the mother attacked. ^ ^ Don't raise tobacco for the worms. ' "Kill 'em." We have the "Pizen.'" > Rentz & Felder. We have the "pizen" kind of "Pii zen". Simply kills the tobacco worms, i Rentz & Felder. I ' , ? :