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/ i VOI.PME XXXVI. " SOME OF RULES FOR POISONING Wholesome Advice Contained In a Circular On killing Weevils AS IMPORTANT AS CULTIVATION All About Dusting1 Machines and How to Use Them Against Weevils n?> H Riuht Or Not at All M/\ny valuable lessons have I>0011 pained from the recent expansion of commercial weevil poisoning. It has auain been shown that the I>??11 weevil can he poisoned with profit if conditions are favorable and if proper methods are used, hut it lias been emphasized anew that unfavorable conditions and improper methods can lead only to failure. A urvev of the poi oninu' by farmers in 1020 shows that an unfortunately laree proportion were not properly informed as to the conditions under which they should poison and the methods they should pursue. As a result there were many unnecessary failures. If better vpsults are to ho secured in the future, thorofopr. I ho operation must ho more thoroughly understood. The pro-ent circular is prepared to give, in as hriof and conciso a form as possible, the informal ion needed 1 >y a f.armer in deciding, first, whethm* it will pay him to poison and, second. the methods ho should follow. Woovil poisoning is fullv as important an operation as cultivation and deserves as much serious thought and attention. I'nless you are willing to undertake it in this mariner you should not attempt to poison. Study these instructions carefully and follow them as closely as your conditions will por? mit. Where Will It Pay You to Poison? It will pay to poison? \ If the weevils are really injuring" *your crop seriously, and If your land is sufficiently fertile to yield at least one-half hale per acre with weevil injury eliminated, and If your farming organization is such tlv t you feel assured that the poi-on applications will i>e made ai the right lime and in the right manner, and If you are willing to spend Ihe full amount necessary to provide an adequate supply of dusting machinery and poison. The general gains from weevil poisoning under average, fairly favorable conditions seem to he from 200 to 100 pounds of s'M-d cotton per acre, hut owing to variations in degree of weevil injury it is not safe to expect Dili' h more than the lower figure. Con fl uently, you shou'd not poison if the cost of the calcium arsenate. the eost of the labor to apply it, and the depreciation on the dusting machines will total more per acre thai the current value of 100 pounds of eed cotton. Hand gun hould he figured as depreciating 100 per cent in a sc. on and the larger machines about 2o per cent. What Dusting Machine Should Von Use? M ike your acreage allotment according" to the following schedule, and buy a surplus rather than shortage of machines, a this will save you money. Hand (inns. Do not allot over eight acres to one hand gun. [)o not attempt over twenty-five acres in one organization with hand guns. Do not supply individual tenants with hand Runs aim o.xpeci, t-mn L,, care for his crop successfully independent of the others. Uso hand guns only when no other machine is suitable. One-Mule Machine. This term is used to describe the new type of one-wheel, one-mule machine which is just being* placed on the market. It sells at a medium price and is suitable for small farmers. This machine will cover from fifteen to twenty acres in ;i night of operation. It should not be allotted more than sixty acres for the season. This machine has only two nozzles but will usually cover three rows at a trip. Cart Machine. This toi*m is used to describe the two-wheel, two-mule machine which straddles a row of cotton. It is the type most suitable for large farmers. This machine will cover from twenNATIONAL ROAD" NOT IN TOWN T'w national highway should have boon carried through the* business sec Hon of the town of Conway. This is the opinion of many business men. II i?; I he opinion of this paper. Tnptr:i'! of s( 'ectinir third Avenue and the roa.l already open from thai point to Hear Swamp, they selected 4th Avenue, so that travellers do not have t<> pass through the main busier - !>!o?'lc on making the journey. 71,;. i- a irreaf advantage. as tlirboard will see in time. There is nr good re.) *>n that the members of tlv board can give for the rr ute th'M( .tl''iu'>lUr- jg&m *('a,vj'^_^the town. f [ - MAKE COTTON VARIETY TESTS Valuable Results Being Obtained by South Carolina Experiment Station Clemson College, Jan. 26.?A tost consisting" of about thirty-four varieties of cotton is beinn1 conducted at the main station and /it each of tlu sub-stations, according to a recent report of Prof. C. P. Rlackwoll, agronomist. Good results were secured at both the Pee Dee and the main station at tlx4 college. Last year the project was also carried out at the coast station under ,'i heavy infestation of tlu l.oll weevil and under very adverse conditions. At the main station at Clomson Col le?',e in 1020 the Wannamakor-Cleveland P.iu1 Holl nave the highest yield I pounds of seed cotton n-r aero The -econd hitch yield w{? ;ccuro( hy the Piedmont ' 'levola: <1 1 />-r> pounds. The lowest yield wrs that ol the Toole from the N. 1>. Wi'lot 8ee< Company, Augusta, (la., S7'2 pounds One of the most interesting' featur*^ of the tost at this station wyis the hiivh yield secured from the Deltatype Webber, a lonj.v staple variety. Thi> U'ave a yield of 1 ,.">KI pounds of seer cotton per acre, an dthe Webber forty nine jcave a yield of 1,31 1 pounds pel acre. At the Pee Dee experiment statioi the I >ixie-Triumph was the best varie tv, makine; l,i>27 pounds of seed cot w... UMI |/* I ?l? I* . **11111' III' 11 ?l I II I I I I l? I IN* ? ('level,and I'.!" H??H was second in rani with a vield of 1.875 pounds. The lowest yielding variety in this tes was the llartsville No. I I, a lonji staple, which gave a yield of I.HJi pounds. At this station the lies yielding long staple was the Webhei No. 19, which gave 1 ,?}'!."> pounds, a: compared with 1 .r?r?0 pounds from ih< Deltatpye Wehhev. Roth of these lonj staple varieties are early, having large bolls, and long staple, whicl make them very valuable under bol weevil conditions. Last year's data arc not yet com plete, but the results under heav.\; bol weevil infestation check very closel; with those of last year and justify recommending the following; varic ?o of cotton und^r boll weevil conditio : Short Stanle Varieties?(1) Cleve land Rig Roll, for wilt-free land. (2 l>i\ie Triumph for vilt-infested land I.ong Staple Varieties? M ) Webbe No. 1!', (2) Deltatype Webber. IM'M.IilNC. HOrSE. I | ^hov-tmit is building a nev "ottave far re'">1 in i'*p lower res' donre -option of Oonwnv. ?^<>1 P;i from his residence. R. R. A iulo?vpi ha- the contract for tlio carpenter' work. tv-five to thirty acres in a night o operation. One of these machines should bo -*1 lotted not more than 100 acres of in (ested coj! (:i) fov !'io > Thi maHii no In t!iror? noz/lo I " will usually envoi' four rows at a Iri; How fo I>dison. only pure calrinm arsenate ii tlio form of dry powder. Apply tlm- only in Iho fins' Purchase tl i ; to i**?:iTin id the Col lowing specific:', tions: Not loss than It) por cent total ?u sonic pontoxid. Not more than 0.7.r> per cont watoi soluble arsenic pontoxid. Density not loss than 80 or nior than 100 cubic inchos por pound. Have your county agent sond samplo of your calcium arsonato t f ho Dolta Laboratory, Tallulah. La for froo analysis to make sure tlvit i is satisfactory. Use only dusting machinery espoc iallv constructed for cotton dusting. Poison only when tho air is call and tho plants are moist. This prac ticrlly means making only night ar ; plications. Use about 5 to 7 pounds of calciui arsenate por acre for each anplic.it ioi Start poisoning whon the weevil have punctured from 10 to 15 por con of tho squares. Koop your cotton thoroughly dusto until the weevils are under contro This usually means about throe apnli cations at the rate of one every fou ?days. nil i j 1 i 1. - - i lion siop poisoning iinui i!io \\oo\ ils again become abundant. If t ho weevils become ahundan early enough to injure your \ouni bolls, make one or two more applica tions late in the >-en.*on. If you have o heavy rain withii twenty-four hours after dusting, rc peat this application immediately. Do not expect to eradicate the wee vils. Poison merely controls them suf ficiently to permit a .full crop of cot ton and you can always find weevil in the successfully poisoned field. Keep your cotton acreage low an do everything possible to increas your yield per acre, as it costs jus as much to poison one-quarter bal per acre cotton as bale per acre cottor Always leave an occasional portioi of a cut unpoisoned for comparisoi with the adjoining poisoned tract 11 i ' i l_ .1 rnis will snow now mucn you iviv increased your yield by poisoning. Tf you are considering poisoninc write tlie Delta Laboratory at Tal'u lah, La., for more detailed informa lion; also ask the advice of your coun ty aj. cnt. I)? It or Not at All. I Wtmv CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY, ; Horry Musi In the Ne Horry must not be behind i in providing oilier means of m . ing o f cotton. The boll iceet of business. In the fight agai its, of her industries for the farrr i. .> 1.1 . .11 i to the highest possible degree Early last year and also Ih Was mentioned as a source of county, just as soon as the slor< could be provided. Somelhi , plant, but I he subject was apt 1 Was done. 7 his must all cot I must be fallen or else nearbu se< IV n t / K- I I'/IHA ( LA. ?./ I > C LA- O UV'II ' dale. One of them comes frc has been shitoped a whole c . Washington, D. C., nelling Ihc j per bushel. Marion has foul i local marveling association. Charleston telling of I he shipr yams to Bristol, England, h 1 /o. Read I hem and think: I First Car of Sweet Potatoes t Mai ion.?The first car of sweet por tatoes ever to be shipped from the s town of Marion rolled out on Saturday :? afternoon on the Raleigh & Charleston tracks, hound for Washington, D. r C., and consigned to the S.'initary Groi ccries of that city. The car contained I ."?('>() crates of No. 1 Porto Rico yams from the curing and storage house of the Marion County Potato Growers' j Association. y The potatoes were marketed through / the South Carolina Sweet Potato Ass sociation and brought a price of $1.1)0 per crate delivered in Washington. . This should net the growers between > $1.2.r> and $1.50 per bushel. Mr. Lewis, government marketing expert, j- was here to supervise the grading and loading of the potatoes and introduced the latest and most efTicient methods in every particular. v. The Marion County Potato Growers' Association was organized by the Chamber of Commerce last year and is being fostered and encouraged by <hat organization. The house promises to be a real asset\to tho com" numitv and will probably l>?> doubled f in size before potatoes are harvested again. SOME ARE GLAD ! ' OTHERS SORRY 11 L ocal ion of Mew Georgetown Road Cannot Suit All the People The people along the course of ti.' Waccanviw 1'ivcr, between this pom e and Port llarrelson are jubilunl over winning tin* location of the new a highway, ever since the decision o o the board last week to follow th? ., course of the old Georgetown road t so far is practicable, in tho opinio n of the members. - The location of the road along the other route which would have gone u by Greenwood church in the midst of a section where good roads have i- never been known to anv great ex' ill leni, wouiti navu openeu a s^cnon n which is as good as any for farmi. ing and truck raising. This was s the reason probably why sonic of the t people stood in favor of placing the road along that route which they d thought would do the most good to I. the greatest number. Citizens of the Greenwood section, r as well as those of Martin's Hill. wanted the road very much and they " took steps to secure the rights of way, and these would not have cost t the county a cent if the road had gone that way. The board decided on the river route and for various reasons, n among them, the fact that it will cost much less to place the road along a route where a road has already been opened and built. It is said that the funds for the use of the new road arc not any too large. ? - 1 --o ? j With forest logs hewn and hauled e by their own hands, American Let gion men at Stigler, Okla., have e erected an "overgrown cabin" for a i. clubhouse, where, before two roaring n wood fires, they can gather on n wintry nights to fight the war over t. again in comfort, p ***** Special police patrols to stem the :, exist ng crime wave have been ort uini'/vd by posts of the American T Anim I.,' XT,-.!...... .'r I ill J^UlMcP-xa ill II I - many unemployed *x service men ol?taininc a livlihnod by guarding large residential districts. t S^: JANUARY 2G, 1922 tNot Lag w Inflnstrv [he other counties of this Slate aiding money besides the rais>// must not pu! the county out nst the condition which faces \ must be fostered and brought of convenience and profit, e year before the su'eet potato income for I he farmers of this age houses for curing I he crop ng Was said about erecting a wrcnlly dropped and nothing me up again, and now action clions wi7 beat us. >s in the daily press of recent )m Marion from whence there :ar1oad of sweet potatoes to : planters f rom $ 1.25 to $ / .50 ub a storage house anc I has The other item comes from nent from that port of a lot of fere arc (he two Hems referred Sweet Potatoes Sent to Hritnin (News and Courier.) The steamship Wekika, which has been loading a general caruo at this port for the past two weeks, completed loading yesterday, and clearance f papers for the vessel to bejvin its journey to Liverpool were filed at the Customs House. The Wekika is one of the vessels operated by the Carolina Company and arrived here in the early part of December, but actual loading of the vessel for its return trip to Liverpool was bej?un only a couple of weeks ago. One of the items included in the manifest filed with the collector of port is a shipment of twenty bans of Carolina sweet potatoos. The shipment of sweet potatoes to foreign J countries through this port is practically an innovation, and further indi-| cates that the traffic department of' this company is endeavoring to have) the exports of the port include various commodities. The sweet tubers are the product of tht soil of South Carolina, and are destined to Bristol, by way of Liverpool. WARRANTS FOR RICHARD HAND Alleged That lie Traded Mortgaged Property and Other A sis Warrants have been issued fo: Richard Hand, a colored preachei who formerly lived in the neighborhood of (Ireen Sea. He made moiltfages to the Lori- lirocery Company, of Loris, and when he failed to pay the debts secured l?y tli mortjraffcs, and they sent to see about tbc property; it is allowed that it was found ho bad morttfaj.vod property that bo evidently bad not ow ned I! appeared further that some of the property covered by tbe mortu'aufes bad been taken off and sold last Summer it Cerro Gordo, N. ('. Warrants were issued ami placed in tbe hands of Sheriff .Jas. A.J Lewis. Not lon?>- before the cearch for this property was made, Hand moved away from ibis State and took up his residence in tbe city of Wilmington, N. 0. There it is said he has been conducting a woodyard. A requisition will be asked for tbe return of Hand to this State for trial, unless he agrees to come back without that. ON ft HALF M ILK The location of tbe highway from the end of Fourth Avenue, round bv iU- 1?-i . - - - tut* .Vinson place, instead or taking the nearer way along what is known as the new road, makes it about 0110half mile or more out of the way. The saving; of this for the years to come should have decided the location along: the new road. Using' Fourth avenue of the town, if that is necessary, did not make it necessary to take the sandhill route in preference to the other. Connection with the new road could havo boon made just as well from tho end of Fourth avenue and yet have saved the distance that people must travel through tho years to come. The winter of 1021-22 is fast passing away and we have yet to experience the h;ir<! \se ither that was predicted by the weather prophets hefore winter got here. COTTON PLAN GOING AHEAD Bankers Have Endorsed the Plan of Marketing the Crops Coulm'oia, S. C.?The catnpaiyn lor ^iynaturc' to the cotton co-oprrative marketing contract is now in full swing" all over South Carolina and splendid headway is tacimv made toward..- tlie jroa! of 400.000 kiles, according to lTarr\ C. Kaminer. president >1 t!"?o South Carolina Cotit n (irowers' Co-operative Associa t ion. Alisolut'^ V lit) ntil)<> 'tint, t > 1 |i II' x plan has developed according to M ' *ai linei who .-ays that the people o.' ho ptuto seem agreed that it is tin olution of the marketing Everywhere the people seem to bo enthusia t?v* o\t its o .>ssil h <ays, ami it now -oen - to ho men y a onestion of pettiup; the men n each county to make the canvass fo: siunat ures. The plan lias be^n endorsed by th( agricultural committee and exec ni\? committee of the S .nth Cavo n Hankers' \ss.ociation. th.e var:ou> 1 rict { roup councils, the S'ate Kan cietv, the House of Represents , vos. the South Carolina Hivivion > ho Ame ican Cott'-n A nciat'o" any clvimhcrs of commerce am' other oriv'ini'/ations. In every :i ive the endor-emcnt has heen !? i unamimous vote. l.ar.ue md small farmers are :i?'iiinu' the contract, accoidir.iv )< ''resident Kaminov and he deciaro hat Iho plan will he .iust as profit ahle proportionately to the one as 1 o the other. Da Winston county continues to 'cad the ?tate in the numher of 'hale itrned hut several other countios an crawl in close to its figure .-aid M Kaminer, H. 1>. Darjvan, county director for Darlinirton comity in sists, however, that his county wi'l lead the state in the numher of bales signed. ^radically no refusals are beim?' met with, it was said by Mr. Kam iner. Some of the mowers wish of course, to study the plan care fully but practically all of throi seem willing t<? sicn after they havthought the matter over. Meetings are l)einj?" held in almost iwi.x ii-itiny in imp ^lat;o at whic' llio plan< and purposes of the organization arc heing oxp!:iino< 1 a?u! reports from every county t <%11 of enthusiasm for 1 lio plan, according to Mr. Kami nor who lools sure that S? uth Carolina will sell its 1022 crop co-oporat i \'oly as will at. least ton cthor states of tho holt. 1NCOMK TAX IN M l SHELL Who? Single persons who had noi income of SI,000 or more, or grosincome of $o.000 or more. Marr'oc! couples who had net income of $2,000 oi' more, or gross income of S.^.OOJ or more. When? M:p-ch. 1 . 1022. is Hna' I hito for filing returns and mak'ng first payments. Whor? ? Collector of inl^rna' r^vei no for tho ('islrict in which H person lives, or has his prmcipa1 place of business. 1 !<?\\ ? Full directiens on v10/.OA a"d Form 1040; also the lav and regulations. \V11 i1 ? Four per cent MO:,m:d tav on taxaldo income up to 000 excess of exemption. Fight po cent normal tax on balance of tax able income. Sur-tax from I pc cent to <;:> per cent on net income over $f>,000 for the year 1021. W. A. PRINCEM AKES SPEECH I Road Law and Taxation Mat-1 ters in General Gel Attention I Hon. \V. A. Prince arrived in Conway last Saturday in time to keep his appointment here to make ;i talkon the new road bill introduced by Senator Jeremiah Smith; and on the matter of taxation generally. He also had an appointment at I.oris on the same day. I The representative arranged for these meetings by reason of the f/ict that just at this time there is dissatisfaction with the present road law, and widespread complaint about the burden of taxation and there is much discussion as to the best ways of relieving this tax burden. So far as the income tax law is concerned .us it has been introduced, the citizens' association recently formed in Columbia, are opposed to it. They argue, and rightly so, that the rate of tax is too high; that instead of aiding the people by ri'iding them of some of the burdei\> they are hearing at this time it will add to the burden. There is no better way than Mr. Prince's plan for a representative to find out the wishes and desires of the people represented. lie did not have much time to spare 1 iU-i ..-i II ' 1 i n' \ imhi hum HClUHIiy UtKCII U|> Willi his meetings. In nl>out two wooks' time the road forces will be at work on tin4 new road from Conway to Georgetown. 4 NO. 41 LAST D ATE ON WHICH TO SIGN May Join Tobacco Marketing Association Till After February 2nd WORK FOR MEMBERS HAS SUCCEEDED Full Information us to Election of Delegates at Court House Jan 30 Florence, S. 0., .January ir>.?The last date for .<iivr.in.u- the cooperative tobacco marl.'t. ( Mart will ho on February ~. Tin t ;ec ti\? committee at Ralei.uh. X.'(\. 1 lowed the various campaign cn'f ittees to continue an active drive 'or new signers on the sui e h; si. Febrivirv 42. at which time the hoard of directors will assume control. These siu:ninK ut the meeting or prior to the meeting- at iheir respective court houses on January 30 wi1' he a'lo" eel to participate in the election for delegates on that date. The first lay in the race for cooperative marketing <>!* tobacco has ;<ern won. A1* thr:?* states h- v<* y ceeded by a liberal margin their minimum percent.nv;es. While South Caroi;u.w : i. ? r I lit I H.H1- (I- III Lit I i ll> J.'ill II I I Mill the successful operation of tho plan, yet Virginia and Xo'th Carolina areway ahead of South Carolina in amount signed up. Tho total amount si'vno'l by tho tliroo states as shown l>y tho cootlviot at lla'oiivh to .January 1 j^'ivos a u'rand total of ft.r>2,!)01.1,17 pounds. O!' this amount South Carolina had contracts to January 1 showing1 a total of 21),21 1,02-1 pounds. More than C?t .000 contracts have been signed in tho throo statos. Tho prosont oriranizat ion as it now stands will supervise and arrange for tho oloctions which aro to ho hold at tho various county court houses throuo'hout tho throo statos on January !>0. ftach signer will voto for delegates on this dato, who in turn, will oloct directors on February 2. Tho delegates for tho first district will assemble in Floronco for tho purpose of electing* a director for that district, while those elected in the socind district will moot in Sumter to elect a director for that district. Tho headquarters of the organization committee .-ire now making' all the arrangements for those oloctions in South Carolina, one of their duties heimv to notifv each of tho thousands of signers in this state hv letter to attend these countv meetings on Januarv :i0. Kach signer of a contract, whether ho receives his notice or not, is exported to attend this meeting at his count v court house on Mondav, January itO. at 10 o'clock A. A!. lie is .also requested in this notice to bvinjv one o rtwo new signers with him on that date. It i^ earnestly honed hv the canipaitrn committee 1 h:\t ortc'i and everv si truer will do his duty and hood this roou?st. Some T * he t'Jvcco o'vow'n<>; counting in sti'4? lu'vo a'veadv over 1 <>00 si?>Ter:?. C^nsoonent 1 v. it is expected that sonic of I he court houses in these counties wi'l ho Wed to capacity on that d'iv. A few small n\arohou-p re vn> njo..- jn (]n> Rurlev di-trict of k'ontiie1**' to accommodate those outside of the oool. In comMiontimv on the situation the Lexington correspondent of "Tobacco.'' a \'?w York tohacco Journal. has the followintv to say on January 9: " Prices jyon^raHv wore rotvarde<l ms jrood * * * The bur'ev pool, in which nine-tenths of the Kentucky crop is. sitrnod up, is ucnerally credited for the increase in prices and it is the belief that the jfoo'od crop will brin.tr still higher prices, as the tobacco pooled is said to bo of much bettor oualitv than that outside the pool." In commenting further on the situation, ho savs: "As there is little tobacco outside the pool, it is expected that all the unpoolod tobacco will be sold within the next two weeks." The Kentucky Asociation will begin to offer theirs over their 1 .??0 worn house floors during this month. The large tobacco companies have promised 1 he association a square deal, and (his dawns a new era in the marketing of tobacco by the co-operative plan. Any one desiring contracts for himself or his neighbor can obtain same by dropping a postal to the Tobacco Campaign Committee, Florence, S. C. WILL PRESENT BUILDING PLAN Next Sunday will bo a special occasion at the Conway Methodist Church as an effort will be made to get a full attendance at which the plans for the now Sunday School building will be presented to the congregation. It is stated that J. M. Lynch of Florence will bo present to make an address at tho church. One of the greatest things in the fight against illiteracy in this county is the establishment of the schools for adults that is now being undertaken. Miss Will Lou Gray, of the State Department, arrived in Conway last week and has assisted Superintendent K. C. Allen in the campaign of meetings at different places in the interest of the schools.