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\ f _ . VOI.DlVIE XXXVI. WINBOURNE MILL OPKNS IN MONTH Bids Fair to Bcconic One of Most Important Industries W1/\NY FACILITIES ! FOR ITS BUSINESS All Forms of Dressed Lumber V/ill Be Manufactured and Sold A manufacturing fp'.unt which 1?i< 1 s fair to develop into one of the leading | industries of the Pee I)e section, will begin operations about February ! "?, when the W. II. Winbourne Company of Conway will lie ready for business. This company, recently chartered by the Secretary of State and having a paid-in capital of $2.r> 000, will engage in various branches of the lumber manufacturing industry. It^ officers are \V. II. Winbourne, president antl manager; .1. 10. Bryan, vice president; F. A. Burroughs, secretary, and 1>. M. Burroughs, treasurer, all of Conway. The general business experience of all of the ofTicers, as well as the extended technical experience of the president and manager, would indicate a 1 .*ir?r?* growth and development foi this late t addition to the manufacturing ]?!" 1 of ('onw ay. The n^w company will have its headquarter- fronting on the Waccamaw Uiver between* the plant of the Quattlebaum l.iu'ht & Ice Company and t!ir railroad 1??*i* 1 ??;o which spans the river. !t will lv?vo ample side trvclc facilil'e on 111r? Atlantic Coast Line railroad tracks ^o that the shipping of its product mav he either hy rail or water, as the. addres- of the consignee, Mnd f*i*eirrht rates would nu* The company recently nurchased the lot on which the building of A. T. Collins Company formerly stood. This, together with other holdings of the company, will permit the placing of 1.000.000 feet of lumber at ;i time. Already some 700,000 feet of lumber are on the yards of the company. f Since the purchase of this lot a wellronstru'derl two-story building has been practically completed. This has sli ghtly more than I." 000 feet of floor spv.ee. As -omu a this is finished the ma^hinei " of the company \vi 11 he installed and operations bejrun. OHicia!s of the company think that this wil' he not later than February 15. The Winhourne Company will manufacture flooring, ceilinir, siding, m< u'dinjT, window and door frames, wi 'low and doors, stairs mantels and panels. In fact, all forms of dr< -ed t'o ib"?' will be manufactured --- ' --i.i AOmitinn will be iriven to Ill' - " m. .iii..,., sir VI < s wo 11 as largo orders. A unidiio feat u re of tho work of (ho co' iommv will ho in (ho nroparation of roadv-cut li ou sos. Orders may 1 ?o placed for all of tho matorial which goo- into tlx- construct ion of any sort of wooflon building. If nlans and specifications aro furnished. the matcrrial will ho prepared roady for asSOi > I?I i?i !' fill Mio ' r > t of tho build'1!'. This branch of industry i< comparativolv rocont in oriurin, hut the economic afforded tho huvor have given cortip'Miips engaged in th'-it work ;i remarkable growth. For Conwav ?md til'* surrounding territory the company will not only prepare tho material hut will also ho pronarod to j-upcrviso const ruct ion /ind thus g ive the purchaser a turnkey job. Tho companv will begin oooraiion? with a forco of about fift\* men. Most of tho labor usod will bo skilled. Thf plans of officials contemplate tlu tivnning of local mon for tho work rathor than tho importation of* thi: labor from othor localities. Mr.v Winbourne will ho in activo charge of op nations. His experience of si\ tooi yoars with tho Conw.iv Lumber Com panv as superintendent and of fiftoor additional yoars in tho lumber busi lioss fit him ospocially for the worl of tho now company. Tho company is contracting witl n 'lis throughout tho county for thoii output. buying in largo or small lots Tt will ho in position to us oak, ash pr plar, maple, pine and cypres. Thij will bo especially rdwint/igoous in thi o\ nors of othor Mmbor than pine am c press, who have Heretofore had n< ready market for their timber. o (JURAT WAI.KBKS. Air. and Mrs. Wolfe, who hav " " ' c , \v?'lkorl ovor country m>i tl>" swan">ps of Florida t;r? the io I < (> ! t ; of Maine. appeared at tli ! |';i tinio Theatre hero last work wit v.j lecture dealing with their Iravoh J'-fwrf a two-reel iv?ovinf>* picture show 1 / it " them with 1ho hor??o and eart a it *no'vo^ r>f interest.. They no\ \ | '"'ha Ford nut oniohilo an 1k-\( a ero%vd everywhere ihev go. SIN CHARLESTON. C .'m-nan IVlartin i* now located i CI rirlesi/ n wliere ho is making rap? pi ffvois for a young man, at hi > , ai . Ho was hero to spend tho hoii ' ' ' ** wl \i 1 . rI V'i 1 i" I><* i ?'ii i MI. "in ... I 1! \T,irfi? of (be TVo i?c ti< - "l * i> 4lm assistant srcrolar of '.''f Y/fiif; Mon's Hoard ? :* Trad of '' ' * n. rn-? i1 i " in-"4 i' i 1i. ii ro'- tho recognition and l>oltoi nirnt of young ivon. and a similn bo !.v would do well foi' any town. (The HOW TO REMEDY FARMER EVILS Compares Farmers' Condition With That of Office Holders A. I'. Hatcheli, writing Cor the Florence Times, in its issue of .Janu ,ury 12, overdraws the picture to a ' great extent, yet there is some food for thought in what he says concerning the condition of things and the relation ol the farmers to this condition. lie writes a* follows: "The present system of taxation and extravagance hi this state is rapidly reducing planters, farmers and all tillers of the soil to penury, and there seems to he organizations throughout i the state which are endeavoring to | perpetuate this condition. | "May we not oll'er a few words in I protest ? The farmer reali/as that I his finances are at a low ebb. He can J not pay his farm improvement hill, his supply hill, indeed often falling short of paying his rent. His credit is depleted, his wardrobe threadbare, and his children ara going barefooted. However, taxes must be paid, both personal and real, ami where tne money coming from? The farmer tills the soil-?from the soil comes all wealth. Agricultural production is the basi-; of all wealth, in fact i the basis of whole superstructure of economic life as well ,us physical life. Staticians tell us thai only '$0 per rf'iit of the population ? f the United States are farming. Vint ol* -lie 70 per cent? Perhaps ~0 per cent of the 7(> per cent are laboring in other Hoes and 50 p< r cent are merely p irasitos, a few living in squalid id'eness, while many are living in idleness ai d lolling' in luxuries, clothed in fine raiment, if not purple. Naturally the farmer feels oppressed. lie is paying the taxes to keep this stupendous government of ours running; taxes for the interest on billions ol bonds, bonds for evev conceivable nurpose, taxes to pay high salaried officers in unnecessary, and useless o ce taxes on land and stock and on medicines, in fact on every necessity of life. And soon we may expect to have a tax on the very ai rwe breathe to support the airmen and their planes. \Vhv does it cost an office holdei and liis family so much moro to live h:in i4 dors the farmer and his family? We understand why every one wants a public o ce, but we don't understand why it requires more tc support .'in oflice holder than a farmer. Neither do we know why it takes more for a pretty school maim to live on than it does a rosy cheeked farm lassie. "Is there a remedy? Perhaps, if wo really wish to liel^ten the burden. We might abolish a groat many offices, reduce sa'arios to a reasonable minimum. Heginning with the board of assessors, o/ich school district coub1 } do the work as well and as fast as tho three men now employed and paid, Three magistrates could do all thr woi k in the county as efliciently asthe present number, and more, b\ bro>doning tin4 magist' rial jurisdiction to try all c/isos up to $500, take much time and expense oil' the count\ courts. We might abolish entirely the ta:s on land under cultivation, also al taxes on teams and implements foi , the farm, tax all money over 5 pei cent loans, tax all motor conveyances . according to purchase v.alue, and al dispensable luxuries. If an equal col , lection of taxes on money and luxur , ies were made we could well afl*or< to lift the tax on farm lands and giv< ! the poor, oppressed farmer a chanc( . i to live. - ! "Why not live within our income a i least? Why borrow money on bond. - in order to pay extravagant prices t< i jobbers for government work? An 4 K 4 It/tsi/ki-kwk on??r LJ Ml w f, iim * i ? i i i ! u* i i" im v-wnn nv i i o him c slaves as wore the Cubans under Span isli rule? VVe went down there am i gave Spain a lambasting because sh< r taxed her people to support royalty . What are we going to do for our , selves? Shall we revolt, or try tin s' I1,allot box a while longer and oloc -> njen to office who are willing to worl I on ;i living salary, and cut out ever; ^ useless o ce and reduce the levy I low long a MO per cent base will sup port a 70 per cent structure in id!r ness and luxury isn't a problen Something is going to slip, then thor will be a fall. We are Americans Lot us be up and doing. No Cub or Russia for Americans. A handfi 'of Americans threw off the yoke o II taxation imposed by the mighty Brit '* ain, and a few, just MO per cent of ou t farmer boys and girls, can throw ol this mighty incubus of expense thn . now handles the reins of governmen Rally to your colors, boys, the Worl belongs to the farmer. Lot us n< stand supinely and be robbed, drive from our homes to starve by the waj n side. We will support education an <| the ministry but not too much for o\ travag.ancics. "A. P. HATCH ELL." So far as wo nave boon able f. v 'oar.n. all of the bail's of Ihi so< lion of the S'talo have boon able t I- wo arc all bo??-inninv; th 1 now ye; - witli ovorv prospect of doinir a su< weather (lie tiivos of inflation an cessful year's business. \ I CONWAY. S. C., THURSDAY, ADVERTISING IS GRE ATEST FORCE Selling Things and Distributing Information Among People of Country EACH MUST PAY TO EACH SHARE Successful Ones in Each Town Arc the Biggest Advertisers Found There There is a certain amount of business being (lone in every community, lie wou'd got hN share who is willing to do his part of the work .and share his part of the responsibility. He who is unwilling to serve and do his part will be sure to miss his part of ihe profits or benefits that arise from the efforts of the whole. Take this community in which wo are living and moving today. If we would share fully in the general good I that comes as the sum total jof oui prosperity wo must bear our part of the burdens imposed. Those who expect to get along too cheaply will be disappointed when the sharing of profits comes about. In this modtun time the great force which is doing more than anything ! else in the sel'ing of both goods of I the manufacturer and products of the j farm, a^ well as contributing to J knowledge and better ways of living. and loosening tiv1 cost of living of all i of the people, is advertising. More or less of this must be done in every town, ft can be done and is done through the newspapers, also by i eans of the printed word in either a lettei' or a circular. Those who expect to yet along must do their part of this work. They must pav their portion of the cost of this advertising. If they do not they will be left out sooner or later. Thev may derive something from what others are doinn' for the common good, but they wil' not get a lion's share. Watch those who get ahead and make progress while others stay behind and amount to nothing. You will find the men who know and use I i I i n 1 i 1 IV.. ! i nr vine <>! aove.rusing, always nir).vinu* to the front rank of the successful, n-hilo those who persist iti hiding theii lights under a bushel are always fai to the reai1 of progress. ' SOIL RTJHDING FS IMPORTANT r'c^nssity for Good Soil Conditions Shown hv Ex+racts from Bulletin 48 A well drained soil is ,ubsolutel\ necessary to. success in fighting the 1 x>l 1 weevil, as cotton will not make jii early growth on a cold, wet soil It has not been found profitable t< v-iise cotton on poor land under bol v eevil conditions, because the over head expenses are so gio-it that ii 'm'-os the cost of production verj hiivh per pound of col,ion, The fertihtv ?/f t'^e .-oil may b< maintained more easily a id 'v.ore eco romically by a systematic crop rota ; (ion than ii can be done without ; ' rotation. Summer legumes should be plantec everywhere possible, and all such le " oumes as are not needed for feed foi ' live stock should be plowed under foi " s )il improvement. In a recent experiment conducts ' bv Clemson College at Allendale, S, C. 2 where corn followed a crop of velve ' beans, the velvet beans supplied prac ticallv all the nitrogen required ii t the production of a good crop of con s on poor, sandy loam soil. i It is important to plant winter cove .. I . ii i ,i ..?i _i i : l" Cl'ops oil ;iii laim not ouiur vv i.si* ihcu 1 pied, as these not only help to pro serve the fertility of the land am I prevent washing .'ind leaching, hut an p Iso valuable because the boll woovi cannot live through the winter in i - green cover crop. e Good drainage and proper terracinj t ;>re primarily essential to successfn k rrop product ion under boll weevil con <1 it ions. % ? The uso of limo i.; recommendci - where a good system of crop rotatioi - is being followed and where greei i. manure crops and winter cover crop e nre being sown and plowed under t< incre/ise tho organic matter in the soil a Commercial fertilizers should b il used judiciously, and all the barnyan f manure possible should be applied t our farming land. r Under boll weevil conditions it ha IV been found that the earliest cro it (which under boll weevil conditions i t. the best crop1) is secured from prop <1 orly balanced fertilizer. n ADS READY MADE " The lieraki is in position to furnisl (' a series of ready made electrotype f" for the use of the merchants of Con way. Proofs of these have boon son out by mail to some of thorn. Tho purpose of this notice is t state that they have boon prepare by the host eleetrotypers in the coun ? try. TiOt the Herald serve you with thos attractive ads. The -pace costs yo id no more than if we set up the cop in our ova .-hop. u fjfo JANUARY 19, 1922 TKSTING TIME IN CAROLINA Therc Should ho None Who WiM Crop Br.ck Owing to Conditions CO 0? .'.Sf-OOIATIONS G ;EATEST MOVEMENT Wi1] Pnvijipi'<5 F-om th' Shacklcs Poverty and Debt CoHnnbia, Jan. 12.?This is "testing time" in South Carolina, declared AI-' I red Scarborough of Kastover, promi; nent planter and member of the orj gariization committee of the South ' Carolina Cotton (bowers' Co-operative I Associ/ition. <<rl here are some people in the state who seem di posed to give up and , i|iiit because ol tin4 adverse conditions due to the tremendous drop in the price oi' cotton the past year and the ' invasion <>r the boll weevil," said Mr. , ' Scarborough. "It takes a time like this to find who are real men and who are not. The real men do not give up but fight for the better day which must. come. We need more of ihe spirit of 'carry on' which our people dispViyed during the war. Also we should think of the gloomy days of | the sixties, nnd ret-ember what our i fathers ami grandfathers and mothers j and grandmothers lived through. They did not give up. "I am gl:id to say that there are not many o!' tho-e peop'e who would give up in this state, but there should he none. Wr :>re i.v<>imi ' to come out of this situation ail right. The boll weevil Ivi- hit us hard this year, but other state- have -urvived his ravages and we can '1<> it in South Carolina. "Personally 1 believe the organization of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operati' o Association the greatest forward step that the farmers of the st:ite have ever i/ikmi. The successful formation of this association will. I believe, open the doors of opportunity to the gnAvers ol the 1 state. "It will give them opportunity to free themselves from the shnckles ot 1 nn\'^ri \* !i?wl fiiii! Ml'lVfll l/ill l'.ol ,,w , V,. .... ...... ... .,v, . upoa them l>\ an outlaw marketing system. "It will ^ivo them opportunity to I'l'oak tho hands of ?>nforced obedience to the demands of perpetual creditors who own them bodv and soul, oven ^ to the very clothes they we,*ir and the food they eat. "It will give them opportunity to t.nke th?ir little children out of the cotton fields, away from the I ; ckbreaking toil of other years and place them where they have every right to] he?in school and colleges that they r may he moulded into capable, intellit gent men and women. , j "It will give them opportunity to give their wives and children a home j fitted as every American home should I he with modern conveniences, good clothes to we;?r and \ h'>!e-<me food to ^ eat. It will 'rive tlvm opporlunitv to r step out of the poveri v of the p.ast int.'> the prosperity whiHi is svrn to 5 rosu 11 in the future >oni a stabilized1 cotton market and elimination of waste and speculation between farm' and mill. "That the plan upon which the i South Carolina Cotton flyovers' Co-i operative Association is being formed .. and will operate is sound has been ..{proven repeatedly in actual practice. The association is making' it possible i| for every farmer in the state to beJ come a member on terms that all can I meet. Are they going' to turn their backs on this opportunity to go with 1 their brother farmers who have al( ready banded themselves together for their mutual profit, or are they going to join the association, saying, "We're with you, hoys, let's ;il! pull together | for prosperity." r> LUfK-SI MM! I K SIM! x VS. I Clem.-on College, Jan. ii).?lieei (piests come to us for a?sic;tance in' j constructing lime-sulphur steam boil ? inp* plants, says Prof. A. I'1. (onrad' I 'entomologists, who reminds orchard ' - i.,,. *>n ,,f t ho South - j ISIS I ? ' JI I ' I I <- >"?! I I Carolina Experiment Station pivesi d?full directions for construct inn- tin! a boiling plnnl and also I'or boiling th n sprav. These directions are accom-| s paniod by a cut on the front of the i) circular which can bo followed i"1"lli I. gently by anyone deciring to build ;i e steam boiler outfit. After th? boiler [] has once boon provided for, any infel0 liuent person can easilv eon t'Hict th stenm I?<>i 1 inj'." outfit without M.ny pers sonal as-Mance whatever. The c vcwp lar above referred to al o ?f!\-direc s tions for boiling' the sprav over fir", i- It. may be added that whenever th sulphur is made into a paste "nd a" lumps broken up before addinu' I< the boiling barrel, the fini-shiny sprav 1 will irive a hiirher tost. Where stea is used it is advantageous to have an extra steam line to heat I he water before add in C if to the boiling barrel after the slackin.tr is over. Circular o ffhe Kxten-'ou Ser(> viee fjive-? directions for water aw' f' summer snravs for insert a; d <1* " ? ' " ?: 1?? I, i-rllst'N, .111(1 I'll- ci-nniii .-m .v. kept handy by ;ill fruit growers. u A hushjiiul who "will oat anyl1 im>" y rmiaUv lifts a wifp xvN> can't cook anything.?Los A nicies Times. raid, FIVE NEW WAYS TO (iET REVENUE Wavs and Moans Commiite y ' " is Having Bills Drawn. Columbia.?The Ilouso cop mittee on Ways anil Me.ins, with which all financial m;:Ho'^ originate, composed of more than ;i*> per cont of the mom1 ers >f ihe Ilouso, has already uotten . d >\vn to the task of reducing1 the tax 1 union in the state, and fo'lowinir a first mooting of the committee recent ly. it was staled that tho committee had alroadv committed itself to five leisures which will produce new state revenues md that tl;e bills are , now beiniv drafted. The five revenue measures to which the Ways and Means committee has committed itself would provide faxes on gasoline of probably one cent a rallon; an income tax, diiVoripc; slightly from that proposed in a I il' intro- j tlucod last year; .in ii heritance t::\ on luxuries, it is stated that the com- * mittee has not as yet reached a final decision regard inn* the business privilege tax. It is stated also by members of the commit too that the program endorser! '. by tho Wavs and Means commitee j "(I on which it has started work will reduce the state levy to about five mills and that tho proceo Is of this h wdl ! - o almost entirely to educational pur- ' poses. The aim of the committer b to | , 'jrov ido the revenue Tor all jrovern otit ri 1 functions, aside from public educa.! ion. from sources other than a property tax. The W:ivs and Moans committee, had lenathy mootin.iv yesterday. The I " xa'ion situ^'ion was discussed.) Moot in<?;s " ill ho hold every day during the legislative session, and the prediction of members of the committee is that a tax proirram will he proposed, the like or whifii has never heen known in the state before. m^tch pfopfrty (hanger hands When Rici Auction Takes Piac at Justice?Lands and Personalty \V. Uoyd Jones piovil to Marion. N. about last May and h.as loon onuae;od in business thTo over sii(e. He fore that he lived at v-ice, S. C Me owns valuable oro.KVty at loth places. la this issue of the Herald appears a large advertisoment lel'in.r of an ? auction that will take place at .Justice the latter pa1'! of this month ami at which very valuable property will he olVered for sale at the highest h;ds. 1 This property is not all that is owned by him in Ibis state, by a whole lot; but it is some of as desirable as I Mr. Jones has .anywhere. The sale will be conducted according to the usual plan of an auction. The property will <j;o without conditions to I the hi '-best bidders. 1 Got the date for the sale and the I do rrirtion of the property to he sold' > i)1 roadi n?r the advertisement appear- j| i.ig in this issue of the Herald. I 1 <)\ CONTKOUJNC RATS I | Clep'son Col'oo-p. ,Jan. 10.? In the j control of rats the most injurious anij m;il of I ho .American I'arrn and home, ] i Ihoro .'ii'c two conditions that must ho J observed; first, wo must stop foodinjj; i them and providing hiding places for thorn; secondly, whatever method of control we undertako must l>e put into : operation over the entire premises at.1 the same time. Rats "get wise," and if we begin a method at one place with a view of continuing it from place to place as time goes on, we will never cootrol rats. 1 I We huild seed houses, barns and I other structures in which rats find acI commod.'itions, without a thought of j rat-proofing. Around the home we store up ho\es, cans and other mate-) ! rials, furnishing excellent hiding! places. Our food for the live stock, ineludin": poultry, is kept in sacks orj boxes that have no rat protection. We allow the space between tlie ground and floors of buildings to be come packer! with chaff, refuse feed,] cotton seed and seed cotton, etc. And , I yet we blame the rat for being a con: stant visitor. Whatever method of control be /idop'od. whether it bo trapping or poisoning, it should be undertaken intelligent lv after a careful plan has ' eon made .covering the promises, advises Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist. On the farm one or two ratterriers or several good cats are among the most elective methods of rat control. Cats are useful in rat control about city .and village premises. It is true that many cats are ruinous to birds and when a cat has formed the bird killing habit it should l.n /loafvnverl :ind icol.iccd hv a better one. ! In some sections systematic rat campaigns liavo produced splendid results, and similar campaigns should he of the ivreatest benefit in all sec1 lions of our state. Farmers' bulletin X0(5. "House Uats and Mice," may l?e obtained by writ-1 in;? the Intension Service, Clemson College, S. or the United States i ? ..< \ : ?nr.. k: i/l iji.iriiiin u i .\j;i iiimuit', >> a-m ill1, ton, D. C. NO. 40 SHARECROPPER ORDERED OUT Alleged That He Sek! Cotton Bel ore Crop Was Divided COTTON TAKEN IIMHPR DA DC DO i i.no E. C. Capps Musi R-novo From W. J. Lev.^s F r::?r in Five Days Tivne The court of M::g;.-tv;?tr \V. H. Chestnut was taken up last Friday with thr trial of W. i\ Lewis auain.-t E. C. Capps. It appears that C-wm*- ^ n lopant )f Lewis. Ho worked the fai m of I owis during 1021 on the -hare crop i)lan. There was an account involve!, made hv Capps during the your, for supplies for which the landlord had stood with the merchant. When the cotton was pinned and eady to sell or storr, \4 was the will ^f the landlord that it should he kept md not disposed of. Kvidence was ntroduced to show that Capps had mought off some of the cotton to Con,vay and that he sold it to tho firm >f Mishoo & Cooper, who are having rotten here this season. The cotton was followed to Conway >v the landlord and when he found vhat had 1>een done he took out cVnm md delivery papers against MNhoe md seized the cotton back. Then di -hoe swore out r warrant for Capps, 'havvring tlio --oiling of properly to iim that Capps did not own, or words o that effect. In the meantime, while the cotton mij tlius tird up in tho meshes of he law, Capns was notified to vacate he farm a ? it had been le-ased or let >u* on shares to another tenant. Rut "apps refused to move and another aw suit became necessary to decide his part of the dispute. It was this hat was passed on hist Friday. Many witnesses were sworn and some of the testimony was very con.radictorv. Tho decision went against 'anps, and he was told by the magistrate that he must vacate the p'.ace in five days. Capps protested that he needed more time than that in order lo move away, but the court insisted that he must move in five days or rdso he would issue 'he warrant that is provided by the statute to remove him and his things from the place. IS OVER OTHER EXCHANGES Charles R. Scarborough has had charge of the Chadbourn Telephone Company ever since the early part of this month, and this includes the exchanges at Fair Bluff, N. C., and at Chadbourn, N. C. Hi experience in tho telephone husi- > - sup {hat his r anagoment of ihese exchanges vvi'l be a success. \M ' '< ! pO >? SKI'l). Common ('(>']? Jvf *. .1:'P. 10. Tt IS now time of vear 'of ovoi'v farmer who expert^ to nlaMt crt^on this -pring to ?>ot his seed ready for plant ii.t? . \Vo shou'd all make sure <hat. we have good strong. c'?an, hfta't.hv eod of an approved variety roadv to plant, says T'rof. C. P. Hlackwell, iMri'or.omis'", who urges that ;t is more import"nt now than over before to u o good that >**i 1! germinate readily ind give a vigorous oa"'v growth, as otherwise the crop may l>o delayed and lose to the l>o!l weevil. There are three things about cotton seed that we should a'l look after carefully at this season:? 1. Our seed should bo o<* a tested and approved variety of 'vtt n. There are seedsmen who are advertising1 varieties of cotton that they claim made hitch yields under boll weevil conditions, as a special advertisement to sell their seed to farmers in boll weevil territories. Some of these advertisements are either fr.auds or serious exaggerations. This is no time to experiment with highly advertised vaiiofies that we know nothing about personally. The agronomy division of Clemson College has conducted thorough tests for a great many vears to determine the best varieties of cotton for boll weevil conditions, and after, careful examination the following varieties .are recommended: Short Staple?(1) Cleveland Rig Boll for wilt-free land; ('2) DixioTr'iimoh for wilt-infected land. I ong Staple?(1) Webber ll>; (2) IVItatvpe Webber, 2. We should us^ seed not only of approved varieties but from a reliable source. Farmers who are buying seed will do well to buy from reliable seedsmen as near home as possible. ft. We should make sure that the seed we are planting are strong, healthy seed and will give us a quick vigorous germination. If there is any doubt at all about tlie seed we should niako a germination test before plant '.ig time. The sunny South appeals to jobless ex-service men, according to statistics of the American Legion employment bureau at Pirmingham, Ala., which recency registered 1 1"? i^en from all parts of the country and only 105 residents of Birmingham. . ...