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* fEfyt J&amberg ^erafij ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. ~~ $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume XXXI. Number 33. Thursday, Oct. 26,1922. The fact that the Bamberg fair charges no admission puts it in the reach of everybody. Come every day, and stay all day. Thousands of persons visited the fair last year, and the big crowds was the greatest reason for its success. There is no reason why Bamberg should not h^ve a great fair, and we believe it will be. We need a little more cooperation than we had last year. The people need something to divert their attention from their troubles. The county fair is the very thing to do it. Several of our neighboring exchanges for the past few weeks have carried scores of master's sales, involving mortgage foreclosures, sheriff's sales, etc. This week one of the Orangeburg papers carries two full pages of sales, while two other exchanges in other counties are carrying almost as many. Bamberg county people feel, and rightfully so, that they are in bad plight, and yet it is a simple statement of fact that there have been very few foreclosures in this county, so far, and not so very many bankruptcies. 0*ly one bankruptcy has occurred in the city of Bamberg this year. The Columbia State, under the heading, "Our Home Geography," with the headnote, "More of those little known South Carolina place names," includes "Lemon, (Bamberg.)" Our friend fails to do us justice. There is no such place, town or location in Bamberg county known ? iir ,? n?i mi? as " IIIuII, reiiiays iiie oiaic infers to that magnificent low land designated' unofficially, if not officially, as Lemon Swamp. But we won't stand for it being dubbed Lemon. It is a swamp, and we want the State to know it is just as fine a swamp as swamps grow, and moreover, it is Lemon Swamp, ^with a capital W. Discussing the appropriation bills, the Yorkville Enquirer strikes a telling note. The matter complained of is a serious one, and, sad to relate, is all too true. This paragraph from the Enquirer needs no comment: "No, we are not complaining merely for the sake of having a grouch. ^ Consideration of the appropriation bills in the light of the manner in which they are made up by a few individuals in free conference does not inspire confidence. The rule in latter day legislation is to defer action on contested appropriations until members are anxious to go home, days and days having been wasted in the meantime, and then push the mat'ter through free conference. In free conference, appropriations figure not so much as a matter of the direct and indirect welfare of the people who pay the fiddler, as a matter of trading between the various interests that have ulterior purposes to subserve." Aiken County Convicts. The reaction has set in. During the past two weeks of the many cases heard in the Aiken Court of General Sessions there was but one acquittal. Two important murder trials were completed with a conviction of the defendants and each was denied a new trial and received a life sentence for hi?-crime promptly The people have at least awakened to a realization of the deplorable situation the Southland has been placed in by its scarlet list of homicides, and the day seems here when a proper rezard for human life and the just punishment for its destruction \ shall be demanded of all men. With^ out reference to the two Aiken cases in particular, there has been * shown all over the State a set movement on the part of petit jurors to stamp out crime by punishing the offender as his sin deserves, and beyond all doubt it will bring about its good effect.?Journal & Review. Perfectly Safe. "My stars!" ejaculated the washing-machine agent who was endeavoring without success to sell one of his household necessities to Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge. "Aren't you afraid to let your children fight in the road in that manner? They are kicking up such a dust that they are hidden in it, and a motor car is liable to rush right through it at any moment." ? 1--'J" fa 00 lnn<y 00 "" "AW, I lie KiUS <11 C oaic CIO ivus uu | they stir up enough dust, I reckon," was the reply. "The fellers in the cars . don't know what in thunder is making all that smudge, and on that account they're afreard to?p'tu?run into it." Approximately 1,000,000 marriages take place each year in the United States. j Annual Meeting of Asparagus Growers The 8th annual meeting of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers Association was held in Ridge Springs October 12th. About 100 members answered to the roll call and fully 100 to 200.others interested in the growing of asparagus were present. The meeting was held in the large auditorium on the handsome Ridge Springs High School building and was presided over by M. C. Kitchings of Williston, president of the association. rrn ? .. .. A i?? #? mnn TV11 Vi I 1 lit? Hireling, w ao upcutu "Hi xi prayer by Dr. W. S. Dorset of Ridge Springs and the minutes of the last annual meeting held in Williston in January were read. All officers w^re re-elected for another year, M. C. Kitchings of Williston, president; Dr. W. C. Smith of Williston, vice president L. C. Eidson of Trenton, Secretary-Treasurer; J. W. Jones of Ridge Springs, General Manager. The following directors were elected for another year, Q. A. Kennedy and W. B. Owens, Williston; S. B. Hair and C. L. Wooley, Elko; R. M. Watson and F. C. Asbill, Ridge Springs; B. R. Tillman and D. R. Day, Trenton. M. Mixson, Williston, J. Cal Watson, Ridge Springs and B. R. Tillman, Trenton, were elected a committee on constitution and by-laws and authorized to submit a revised constitution. General Manager Jones made a most interesting report of the operaions of the association for the past season showing that 116 refrigerated cars of asparagus were shipped out and with express shipments nearly sixty thousand crates of Dixie asparagus went to the consumer last season. Of these cars, 26 went to Boston; 23 to Philadelphia; 38 to New ork; 20 cars Vere sold f. o. b. and others went to Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburg and into Canada. Mr. Jones gave an interesting account- of his trips through the Northern cities opening up new markets and is enthusiastic as regards the future of the asparagus business if conducted on a co-operative basis. He does not think the asparagus growers have anything to fear from increased acrage provided they will organize and work together. Chief Inspector W. H.' Wooley made a very interesting report on inspection. He stated that fully two thirds of the membership are now putting out practically perfect asparagus and told an interesting story of one grower who offered the inspector $1.00 if a single sprig of wrong size was found" in cue of his packages. Much to the surprise of the inspector, he was unable to get the dollar as every bunch from this grower was perfectly graded. 'Mr. Collins, representing the firm of Winn, Ricker & Co. of Boston made an interesting talk. His firm is the Boston representative of the asparagus association. He emphasized the importance of growing green grass and paid a tribute to the fine grading of "Dixie" grass. He expressed the opinion that the South Caro^ * ?^ f a foor f*rnm una gfuww uau 11UIUU15 iu California if they stick to green asparagus ,and will act co-operatively. Neither does he think there is anything to fear from increased acreage. Mr. Nelson of Robt. T. Cochran Co. New York and Mr. Wilson of J. P. Wilson Philadelphia, representatives of the association in these cities made short talks in praise of the asparagus being shipped by the association. Henry S. Johnson, of Aiken District Agent of the Farm Demonstration Department, made a short talk and invited the members and others to a peach and Asparagus show to be held in Aiken November 10th. Congressman James F. Byrnes made a short but very interesting talk just before adjournment. He said he attended the meeting of the asparagus association largely because he wanted to learn how the association works from the inside. He said that this association is the most progressive step in agriculture in the lower part of South Carolina within his recollection and urged all grow ?-> ?.? rrit o -in in tncrfttVl or f AT* et b Ui d^aiaguo iu jum vugu^v. the upbuilding of the industry. Much applarse followed his remarks that he would name an asparagus grower who would not join the association?a boll weevil. Mr. Byrnes stated he stood ready at all times to do anything he can to help the association and predicted a very bright future for it. This meeting w.as marked by exI treme harmony. It is the first one I held since the radical change in the | selling end and the tone of the whole j meeting was that the new arrange| ment is most satisfactory and that there is no danger of over production of asparagus provided the growers will sell their product thrhugh an association and maintain the grade. | Throughout the discussions at the I meeting, the hope was expressed that, s all asparagus growers would join the association. There seems to be strong determination on the part of the members to uphold the standard and enforce all rules regarding grading and such like even more severely than ever before. Every package of asparagus shipped through the association is branded "Dixie". The directors of the association met at the conclusion of the annual meeting to take up matters relating to the management of the association for another year. A bountiful dinner was served by the ladies under the shade of the beautiful live oaks which make Ridge Spring a place to be admired by all. The next annual meeting of the association will be held in Trenton the second Thursday of October. One of the important things brought out by General Manager Jones was the question of rates. He made a trip to Washington and took up with a rate expert the question of correcting the discrimination between rates from Florida and South Carolina to Northern markets. At present, there is practically no difference, especially as regards refrigeration charges from the two states though this state is from 24 to 48 hours nearer these markets. He feels confident that a reduction of about $11.00 a car will be secured in refrigeration charges and that the association will make such a strong case before the Interstate Commerce Commission that rates on car lots of asparaius will be in line with truck shipped fro mother points In his talk, Congressman Byrnes laid stress on the importance of having an expert to handle the question of rates and suggested that the asparagus growers of South Carolina and Georgia might jointly employ a man who could be of much service to all. Tells How to Get Ahead of Weevil The Williston Way. Seldom has anyone visited Williston who brought a more hopeful message than J. A. Evans of Washington, D. C., who is the cotton ex pert of the Extension Division of thel Department of Agriculture. Mr. Evans addressed a large audience of farmers and business men and women in Kennedy's Hall Oct 20th. Mr. Evans stressed the early destruction of cotton stalks and says that this year, on account of the short crop and open Fall, all stalks, at least in the lower part of the cotton belt could have been destroyed by the first to the 10th of October and that, in his opinion', would have meant very few weevils next year? practically none until probably as late as August when the crop would have been made. He based this on the four to six weeks of starvation that would have been the fate of this year's crop of weevils and those not actually starved would have entered winter quarters so weak that few wrould have survived the Winter. He said that even now, the destruction of cotton stalks would mean a great many less weevils another year. He had no special plan for the destruction of stalks but only advocated burning in case of rank stalks. He made it clear that the killing of the stalk and destroying of the green foliage and squares is the important thing. This can be successfully done with an ordinary stalk cutter or disc harrow. The point was made that the stalks had to be cut sooner or later, why not in the Fall, and the land ^ j ir lurneu 11 pussiuic. 'Mr. Evans gave an interesting account of his experience in fighting the weevil from the time he first invaded Texas in the early part of this century and said that the great ray of hope to the farmer, provided he use it wisely, is the discovery of the great ally?calcium arsenate. He urged that this be used and not wasted. In conclusion, Mr. Evans urged that cotton be planted as a cash crop and gave it as his opinion that the agricultural south is entering upon a period of the greatest prosperity in its history. He based this largely upon the scarcity of cotton and the increasing intelligance of the farmer to meet the new conditions with new ideas. Mr. Evans urged that a small acreage of cotton be planted to the plow never over seven or eight acres. He suggested that good land be selected for cotton, land that will make at least half a hale of cotton to the acre under normal conditions even with the weevil and then try to make a bale on this acre. He urged early planting of good seed but warned against too early planting and described cotton raising under boll weevil conditions as a race Detween the farmer and the weevil. His program, gathered tjom nearly thirty years of actual experience in fighting the weevil, is first, destroy all cotton stalks as early in the Fall as possible; second, pick or destroy with poison the first weevils that appear on the small cotton; third; pick up squares as fast as they fall and plough cotton just as often as possible. In using calcium arsenate, Mr. Evans, while saying that some success had been obtained from the molasses mixture, warned against the danger of killing bees and stated that the dry form can be applied even to small cotton. He urged that the farmers in dusting cotton, learn from experience how to adjust and use their dusting machines so as to have the poison reach the stalks in a thin cloud of dust and not pour the arsenate on as it is often done. He also stated that this should be done either at night, late in the afternoon or very early in the morning and should not be applied wrhen there is prospects of rain or wThen the wind is blowing. However, ne canea attention to r*rui. Conradi's recent statement that six hours between an application and a rain will give good results. Mr. Evans told an interesting story to prove that not jusl one thing must be done to fight the weevil but that everything that can should be done. He told of some hunters who had vainly tried to kill woodcock all day and while sitting in front of the country tavern, an old negro with a single barrel shot gun passed with a beautiful string of woodcock. When the darky was asked if he killled them on the wing-replied, "no" that "he hit them on the tail, body, wing or wherever he could." The meeting was presided over by County Agent H. G. Boyleston who next introduced Congressman Byrnes who made a short but interesting talk. He stated that he first came in contact with Mr. Evans many years ago while endeavoring to get information for the Department of Agriculture regarding the boll weevil. He said that from the Secretary of Agriculture down, the authbrities of Washington considered Mr. Evans the best posted man- in the United States on the subject of growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. Mr. Byrnes said that he had not come to speak but to hear, but that he would like to say a few words by way of preaching a gospel of hope. He produced some interesting figures show ing that the Bank .of Western Carolina on September 6, 1912 had on deposit in all of its branches in the four or five counties of this part of the state $73,127, that on September 6, 1921, these deposits had grown to $2,256,095 and that on September 15, last had reached the figure of $2,666,944 and that the highest figures reached duriifg forty cent cotton was slightly under four million dollars. He also produced figures from the Williston banks in about the same proportion. Mr. Byrnes stated that this section of the south has to grow some cotton and urged all farmers to work together and follow approved scientific methods and to do all they can to prevent the migration of the negroes. He said that a man may be down but is never out as long as there is spark of courage in him. He got considerable applause when he urged the farmers not to board the other fellows' weevils by leaving their cotton stalks. A short talk was made by Henry S. Johnson, District Agent of the Extension Department. In commenting on Mr. Byrnes' deposit figures?" Mr. Johnson called attention to the fact that considerable cotton in the counties mentioned had been turned over to the co-cfperative association and not over twelve cents per pound drawn on any of it and in some cases nothing had been drawn, ad that had this all bee sold, deposits would 1 TT * O f have been larger, n e UlgCU iua?. stalks be destroyed and that farmers set about to make as much cotton as possible on a small acreage. He invited Williston people to attend the Peach and Asparagus show to be held in Aiken November 10th. Similar meetings were held in Blackville and Barnwell Friday and1 Saturday mornings addressed by Mr. Evans at which there was a good attendance. On Your Way. J . A couple of former doughboys got jobs in town and commuted to the suburbs, where they tried to maintain small farms, but had to keep on the jump because of increases in rent. "Move!" ejaculated one. "It's move, move, move all the time. Say, listen, my" landlords are worse than the old looeys. It's 'Let's go," morning, noon and night." "You said it," agreed the other. "We've got so used to moving that every time the expressman goes by my chickens lie on their backs and hold up their feet to be tied." Ye Farme Gossipe. If I could wield poetic pen. I would sings of cow, and sow, and hen. Because of her work amohg Norwegians in this country, Dr.. Ingerhurg Rasmussen, a physician in Chicago, 111., has been awarded King 'Haakon's gold medal of merit. . PLENTY OF APPLICANTS Seventy-Five Men Apply for Policeman's Job. York, Oct. 20.?4he village of Sharon, South /Carolina, needled; a policeman and the officials apparently could not find one so they advertised. Seventy-five applications for the $75 a month job had been filed up to this morning. 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