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. A . / ? Wednesday. March 7, 1917. THE PRESS AND STANDARD PAGE SEVEN WORK OF S0I1ERN CM ASSOCIATION HOW TO FIGHT THE BOLL WEEVIL Secretary S. L. Reid Makes Semi-Annual Report D. R. Coker Outlines Plan of Campaign Which Showing What Association Has Done in * s Enri 11 ® 11 ^ Simple and Practical. Past Six Months. Mr. President and Members of .the Board of Directors: I beg to submit my semi-annual report as secretary of*the Southern Carolina Association; I assumed my duties on September 1, 191t. and as had been decided by the board I secured office room and opened my office in Walterboro, Of fice room was secured at a cost of $7.00 per month, half of which is paid the farm demonstration agent for TolFeton counfy* w ifTi wRoni The office is shared. After arranging the necessary de_ tails for beginning I made a trip to all the counties in order to discuss the work with the various directors. On September 3rd. I attended a 3 ig picnic on Rally pay at the Varn- vHie school, as a representative of this association. The association undertook in Wal- terboro a National Pay-up-Week un- |er the auspices of the Merchants Trade Journal which was very sue essful and was highly endorsed by the merchants of. Walterboro. I iade a trip to the other counties in regard to this but Ut was thought best to wtempt it in Walterboro first :,nd then if it was" successful to have a four-county affair next year. As soon as possible I immediately got i n touch with the agencies that are able to assist us and secured their co-operation, viz: Department of Agriculture of South Tarolina and of the United States, ('lemson t'ollege, the four great trunk lines operating i n Southern Carolina, the chamber of Commerce of the Unit. I States and similar organizations n On September 19tb I attended a meeting of the board and was pres ent at a smoker when the people of Beaufort entertained the business that time 1 have succeeded in fortr. ing or assisting in . forming five Farm Loan Associations in the four counties composing this association. Islandton, Colleton Co. ...$40,006* Brunson, Hampton Co 65.000 Kidgeland, Jasper Co.. A ... 35,00‘J Smoaks. Colleton PritehardvHle, Beaufort Co. Co. .\T.' 45,000 Total T. $220,000 1 have made several trios to Ileau- forC and hope to organize a bank in that section. 1 have made two trips to Hampton and VarnvHle and will organize a bank in that section in the near future. . I sent a circular letter to th ■ banks of Southern Carolina offer ing my services in assisting ;h*‘i:- mum patrons in forming these associa-i^ tions and beiieve that one or tw» will b«* formed in this way*. I also sent out circular cards to all the members in regard to this and have sent out 4"o pieces of literature re garding this Act. I have distribut ed personally in the counties 6U‘I pieces of literature. . Drainage. 1 have formed in Colie;on county a drainage district that includes 15,000 acres of land. The petition has been signel and submitted to the Clerk of Court. I . secured government aid and they detailed a D engineer to make an inspection of the district. Th:.; engineer turned in a favorable re port and acting upon his advice the land owners have raised the money for the survey and with the govern ment engineer this survey began on last Monday. I expect that work wll| begin on this in mid-summer. I am at present co-operating with Mr. T. O. Lawton in an effort to re- Numbers of the bankers tuer. chants and farmers of the State are aroused to the danger of the ad- , vancing boll weevil, but many of j them have no definite and easily fol- l lowed program, which will prove ef fective In making the situation livable when the weevil arrives. Any cgpp rotation proposed must take into account renters and share crop- ers, who are a majority of our far mers, and it must at the same time 35’00h ‘appeal to the large landholder ^hose 1 active co-operation will be abso lutely necessary. Every authority should come out, of the cotton acreage. The worst infested boli weevil areas in South . Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi are now using this velvet bean profitably. The fatgi. trs claim that they can raise from twenty to thirty 'bushels per acre of beans besides an average corn crop. Wherever they are being raised in any quantity oil mills and merchants have prepared themselves to grind them for feed and the far mers. 1 understand, are receiving about 120. per ton for them in the _on_the subject agrees, first,..tffkt thi? t 1 U J 1 _iMi'_uura*tves, thi* >ear -plant cotton ciqp should he reduced; sec ond, that food crops should be in. creased; third, that the soil should be enriched, before the weevil ytr- rhes. The increased food crop, should, of course, be readily mark etable. an I should afford the max! inipiovement to the oil. 1 i» \e we have one crop the or* l"o day velvet bean which > 1 admirably suited to this purpose, and I propose' the following recipe for ihe one-horse tenant farmer, whirh mat be readily adapted to use by larmers of any size. The average one horse farmer now plants say twenty acres of cot ton and four acres of grain (corn and oats 1. Let his merchant and landlord insist On his planting this year six acres or nl'dre of coin and eighteen acres or less of cotton. In the six acres of corn insist xhat li*i plant early velvet beans. ed fifty-nine acres of these beans in corn on .poor, sandy soil. We made from t< n to sixteen bushels of corHl| and from fifteen to twenty-seven | bushel of beans per acre, the av | erage yield of beans being twehtv ; and 010 ! alt’bushels per acre 1 fig j uring ii"VeT\ pounds per bushell. \\ e had , t -11 aa 1« s of t tl"s> beans J on beu• 1 land which produced j 1.2 luoh. l pj 1 ac e. They are a I iiiagni! <. n* I*-.*), suitable to mules i 1,0,1 ■ • 1 • tijpu\ s’!lading. Hog* I will a No iij w • II on bean*-.' though ^ it is h«n« ; to t< • tl U • in gloom!. 1 In or :• 1 t,, t ;, 1 beans sue- • (i ssfulI. 1 11*1 e--ai.y to gt>t them in early VV> 1 econ.inej’d.'tbe plant ing of 101 ti in se\«ii f*‘et rows and the planting of velvet beans in an slum! tui'ow i n the middles April 20 to May 1. On poor plain one bean every eighteen to twenty four inches, ou rich land open from land Next year (I'JlSl have him plant nine acres of corn with velvet beans and fifteen acres of cotton. Six acres of these fifteen will be behind the previous year’s velvet bean crop however, to get them and w ill require no fertilizer, excepi , •* a ^ ,l1 * crop is to be one 01 two bean? every three or four teet. If preferred the beans may be planted between the hills of corn. It is absolutely necessary, in very early made. aci<l phosphate or ground phosphate |- *1 he impossible to co-opetalinn of the tenant rock, costing $2 to $3 per acre. In 1919 the corn and velvet bean crop should be increased, to twelve acres and the cotton reduced to twelve acres, nine of which will be get the class in men from Charleston, for the pur- vive a portion of the old Black anti pose of getting in closer touch-w ith,. Boggy Swamp Drainage District in j behind the previous year’s velvet the people of Charleston. I found that Colleton county had never been organized and proceed ed to send out notices and a meet ing was held at which officers wen fleeted and the county organized. 1 secured 50 road maps of South Carolina and distributed them equal ly among the four counties. The Constitution and By-Laws were printed and sent to all mem bers and to interested parties. The association publishes a month ly magazine entitled "The Southern one of the judges and tried to in- zine is sent to all members and i<> similar bodies throughout ihe coun try. The first copy was printed nt a total loss fo the association, but the remainder have almost be«i paid for bv the advertising secured This magazine has for its purpo-y^ the promotion of thi se. tion aiwL^f inform the members what the-cf- o ciatiOn is doing 1 annouivi with pleasure that tbe purpose, e'c.. o' the magazin 0 bn-s been cemn• 1 upon by similar organisations .rri the newspapers of.the State. 1 furnish the newspapers of th** section article* at various times in regard to the association woik an I other subjects of interest to tin- members. Southern Carolina Fair. Upon the invitation from the. Col leton County Fair Association th 0 four counties composing this asso elation decided to hold a Southern Carolina Fair and I did what was in my power to make this fair a success. I attended a community fair at Grays in Jaspet and acted as one of the judges and trying to in terest the people in the Southern Carolina Fair. 1 attended the Ta bor fair in Colleton and made a.i address in regard to the Souther 1* the clubs and Carolina Fair, urging the people to bring i n their exhibits, etc. I at tended the community fair held at Ridgeland, acted as judge and talk ed to the men and women about bringing their exhibits to the South ern Carolina Fair. I visited the schools in Varnville, Hampton and Brunson, made an address in regard to the fair and gave out tickets to the school children. I secured the advertising for the premium book Issued by the fair association, dis* tributed literature in the counties and on the booster trip, put up ad- 'erLsin* matter in regard to same. I assisted the athletic committee in arranging for a track meet and held same at the fair. I made the necessary arrangement; for A football game which was played at the fair between Porter Military Academy and Carlisle School. Hampton county. We have hopes of draining a portion of this area. I am contemplating forming fou; other drainage districts ip the four counties and will do so when 1 ha\** gotten the first two under way. Savannah Bridge*. Acting upon the resolution pass ed by the Board at their meeting on December 8th at*Ypmassee, a com mittee consisting of Senator Chris tensen and Senator Purdy and my self made two trips 10 Savannah, at tending a conf^ence with Mayor Pierpont and several business men to discuss a proposed bridge* across the Savapnah River. The Savan nah people were informed that w** carrying out tins program unless they are assured a reasonable ten- u«e of the land. The land owner should assure his tenant that he will not be required to move as long as he carries out this rotation and properly c nltivates his crop. One of the most attractive fea tures of the program outlined abov< is that it is safe and practicable even . . if the boll weevil should delay or I t ^. r : a,,er - ’^ entirely cease his progress, a theory nop an.j f or j 8 no warrant. If adopted it will result in the enrich ment of the soils, the increase of beans and require but a small out lay for fertilizer. In 1920 the cotton acreage may remain at 12 acres and the other twelve should again he put into corn were ready tojnft me roads in goo ! condition if they were ready to build a bridge and let' us in. No agreement was ever reached in this matter and the Smith Carolijn legislature met at this time ’an.' unde: f.ih push. if tie >f the During the fahMhe ’ed the lenvor,of Savannah nothing further has been en. but this proposition uill'l <*d after the .acljournment legislature*. (Two "members mm it tee being Senators. Hunting Clubs, \<ting upon a resolution paf-sei! b\ the Board at their meeting at Yemassee. a committee consisting of Senators Christensen and Purdy and myself, made an engagement and bad a conference with Mr. Thorpe, treasurer of the Okeetee Club in Jasper county. We wished to as certain thedr intentions about their large tracts of land. This confer ence was far from satisfactory and Senator Purdy had passed a bill tax ing these and similar clubs for the large tracts that tk-y hold unde veloped. A meeting was held in Columbia, attended by the Souther') Carolina delegation, the lawyers of myself and they ex- ssed their Ueefre to co-operate with the association. I have sent out to farmers In the north and northwest 3.Sort letterr in regard to Southern Carolina and have answered 3ho inquiries about same. I am in touch with 21 persons iff the North and they will visit South Carolina this summer and will Visit this section. The* \ C. L. furnishes me front time to time with name* of home seekers and I correspond with them and write them about Southern Car olina. The Seaboard will run in the* near future a page adveitisciuAiit in Th. Manufacturer's Record about this section and its advantages. I have listed as many farms as possible and they are advertised in the mag. Fittt mg . zines published by the above men tinned road. cotton will follow the bean crop and the beans follow the cotton crop. A cover crop of Abruzzi rye (or in some cases crimson clover) shoull each year be put in the cotton. While the boll weevil may be ex pected to ivrrive her** within two 1 years, it is probable that his maxi, mum damage will not come before 192°. If this scheme is followed; our cotton acreage will by then all be upon land which has th? pre vious. year produced the finest hq/ mus and nitrogen crops velvet beans the fertilizer 1 equirerpenT being less than f.o per cent of that now considered necessary. Upon such land and with -i:.h fertilizin r we may, by following the govern ment recipe for the production uf cotton under boll \yee\il condition-, expect to make at Least as nun h cot ton per ane as is now being mad- With moderate fertilizing the corn may be expected to make not less than ten bushels per acre and th-- beans not less than fifteen bush* N. Three hundred bushels of grain is now more than half the value of the product of the average twenty-four acres rented or share cropped, and is quite equal in value to the average live stock, a big reduction in faim expenses, and an all round san** farming system. Ano>h**i most compelling reasov for greatly increasing the production of grams and live stock is the worl4 war in which it seems this nation will be forced to become a paiti< pant. A 1 "od famine threatens hof; the world and *\**n this gteat food producing nation has no ade^fuat* surplus with which to reli</.* the n*‘< essity of othei people*, jtu! I* it. self feeling ine 1 a< utelv Mi., pjei, / tl re m dp.** ••'.<!> 1 nt ry \/> pr o.1 m o : Hot'. hould farm II in land cost of the neees-aries i/f lit* self interest and patiinti-m at this juncture indi er in this com food Stuffs possipf. I hope very mm h that * \er v owner, banket and merchant .111 the State will realize the absolute^ n*< essity of using his most eat nest «* forts to secure th** adoption of thys °t 'nine'closely similar progtam thi-*-, \*iy year by all our fanners, both huge and small, white and black'. It is not mainly a question of phil- anthropy; it ijj one of actual bread cotton crop upo n tbe same acreage., am | ^4,,,,. jn whirh thf > banluM . merchant and professional man is .tun as much intereste! as is the farmur. I,et us then all wake up befoie It is too late and do the ob viously necessary thing for our own and the State’s safety and prosperity DAVID R. COKER, planted if ^Martsvllle, 8. (\ It will in most cases be necessary to plant for horse teed about two acres of oats followed by peas or beans to each twenty-iour-acve crop This will come ouf of the. corn and velvet bean acreage and will not in terfere with the efficiency r.f th«* scheme. If tobacco Is all members about the boll veevH conditions. , Gentlemen. 1 have touched upon the important things that the as sociation has undertaken, leaving out those of minor importance. I believe that the association has done'a great deal of good in the past five months and it is just g*-t. ting in a position where it will b* more and mote valuable to th** counties. I beg, therefore, to submit this report as my woik since September 1. 1916. Respectfully, S. L. REID. Secretary. <1.11* THIS AND PIN ON WIFE'S DRFSS!;i; the Retail Merchants attend as guests 'as accepted and •M the train in assnctaMon in an I Association ttr The invitation the men v**rq met antonr b;i.*y and own over Walterboro then kt-n to the fair grounds Where ft** v .‘re shown the products of South • n Carolina Later dinne** was '••rred at the fair grounds at which 'P‘orh«» s by several offlce»*s thi* •T**<Xiatinn were made ’the men "• te surprised at what w n« a. ; o-* •• iive r from them an > *t was at ’his dinner that the talk of the S*>- 'J*nnah Bridge really b-*git» which ’•d to lator development alone thi° line. • - !■'*«leral I*arm 10>an (Kso< fttion*. Acting upon information sent out h y th* Treasury Department that It »s desirous of all interested to at- ‘t’d the hearing in Columbia of the federal Farm Loan Beard. I at- ’ended this meeting in order that 1 c °uld obtain first band knowledge this important legislation. Since I am trying to interest th** roads in establishing a golony in this s**i tion and am wot king on that prop osition. Canning Factory, 1 h.*\<* organized in Walterboro a canning factory which will b.* **,;*• < ted 1 his summer. Fair \sm »<!,*»( i.in. 1 assist**d in the formation r of .1 lair assoi tation fot Jasp**i < »»unty. I have assisted th»* U. S. Weath <*r bpi**au in k»*«*ping up th** weath er bureau in Colleton eounty and am trying to sedir** a lo< ation fo. Hampton, but to date have not found a man willing to undertake tin- work. I have gotten in touch with Mr. \V R. Bonsai, of the Seaboard, and am trying to fntcrest them in put ting a spur into Beaufort at an early date 1 attended th** boll weevil confer ence at Fairfax and have offered my services to Dr Long in th** campaign he will wage this summer., I expect to send out next week a circular to Cincinnati Man Tells How to ‘■hmel up l'orn s nr UmIIoummi m» They Lift eff With Fingers. Ouch ! ? • 7 ? 7 This kind f rough talk will be beard less hero in town if people troubled wi*h < 01 ns will follow the simple adv‘c*> - ' this Cincinnati authority, who l.'irns that a few drops of a Iri*-; < lied freezone when applied to a 1 ■ infer, aching corn or hardened eal- lou c /tops soreness at once, .m t «o..n t)>e corn or callous dries up and lifts right off without pain. He says freezone dries immedi't.. !v and never inflames or even irr tales the sorrounding skin A small bottle of freezone will cost very til He at any drug store, but will po-*i ttvely remove every hard or ^*< < orn or callous from r.ne's toot. I Millions of American women vill ..* '<or.je this • i.t ( < uric.-.tfent ‘'inre tb** Inaugurati ).i <*f the high heds If your druggist doesn't have free zone te|j him to order a small hof- t!e for you. Spring Shoes ; ARRIVED We ha\e just received a large shipment of Spring • , f Shoes in ai! the latent styles and cuts. We have these in WHAT is LAX-FOS LAX-ftt IS M WFWVCD CASCAM A Digestive Laxative CATNARTK AND LIVER T0M1C Lax-Fos is not • Scent or IV* nt cine but is composed * f ti:e fonowing old-fashioned io*.ts i*:'l l.trb«. CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY A^PLS ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In Lax-Fos th • C \ si;.*, s \ i<s ir*,prove*l by the addition of the-e «lig««nve u.grtxit- ents making it Ktut tlvn ordinary Cas* CARA, and Un st’ie combination act*; not i only as^t stimuli* mq laxative and gothar- | ticffiut also as .» hgestive a;.d 15er tonic. 1 Syrup laxatives .* te r.c.ik, but I.AX Fos I combines strength with palatable, nro- j mafic taste and dot s not gripe or disturb ; tbe stomach. One bottle will prov£ 1 Lax-Fo8 is invaluable lor Constipation, J Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Trice 50c. i 1 55a ! Be A Railway Mail Clerk ti*! • trm*»lin« ,ob *t »o»d par wiih r*(<ilar pr* m«"oaa. plaptir o< li»« off. and rapot.wa pa d • hi * awajr from h*od<|uar4»ra. If >#• •** >• Am* rlcad, oxtr 17 p*ar« old. m good pfc»ai*alfor dii.oa. TOO ran dutlF train tourartf to uoalnir tor on* of Ibcaaaitracti**, iifairm* i«i* 1h* l»<* nai ot-al CofT**p*nd*nr* f. hooli ara rip*' 1 * <■ lia n ■>■ m«n to paaa Ci»ii S»r»K* I aaminatior* Vuu .* prruaro »#ur»»lf ngM al horn*, in ju.r •par. ' .Rid. S*od a poatal cord toda* for /’" aa- pair l ook Trltnig nil about hundrrda ok* bar* Ir.i i.rrt aaful 8to» drodtiog' Iwridd mabd •voir' blog of puurarlf' Vau can do *1 bjr uaang I* • aafti* mriboda Ikat hart Dad* • Mra aanrood I INTUNATIONAL CORIUrONDUia SCHOOLS Boa Sriaataa. Pk. a large assortment of low quarters for men, women and children, it a pleasure to show these stioes whether y> i purchase or not. Herndon Clothing Store a < ' < . 11. IIKRNDON. Propriet'd'. WALTKRllORO. S. </. WE MEANiEVERY WORD OF II, READ II Red (Headed, Freck led Faced, Left Handed *and Color Blind / N f ’ • / '*»* THAT’SlHE / / , / „ S. G. PRICE / / ■■ OUR RUG AND ART SQUARE MAN / ~ , *.« • a T*> make a long story short, he is going to convince you That you can buy Rugs, Art Squares and Mat ting for your Spring and Summer use at roe’e-bot- . tom prices. Give him a call. n \ • Price Furniture Co. WALTKRBORO. S. C. \ ****** Expert Repairing Our mechanics are all experts and are as anxious to keep your car in good running order as you are to have it so. Bring your Auto here for relia ble repair work. We guarantee satisfaction on every job. Prompt and efficient sevice at all times. Gasoline and Cylinder Oil f.>r Sale 7 The Colleton Garage UAlI.ROAl) AVKNl K, YVAI.TKKMOK0, s AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP We are prepa:**<! to furnish all pails for a,.i oinobiles, • "gs, tub-*< md accessories. Our mechanician is skill ed and can .n;.k • ntpairs on all makes of car.-. ALL WORK OCAf ANTLFD. WE (.TVE SATfSFAn iON I REK AIR. Blacksmith and Wheelwright We also conduct a bl. k smith and wheelwright shop, do ing all kinds of work. Grist Mill We grind every day. Torn for sale.. We ask y<vur patronage. C. W. PELLUM Wichman Street. ’Phone 4J.