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VOLUME XXXVIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1922. NUMBER IGN ST BOLL WEEVIL PLAN FOR IEVIL CONTROL * Recommendations of conference * hold Saturday at State 'House on * call of Governor &Harvey: * 'Destroy the weevils' winter * quarters by iplowing under cotton * and corn stalks and by cleaning * terraces, ditch, banks and other * trash on the farm-. (Prepare land early and tho- * .oughly. Plant -best seed of ap- * iproved. varieties. Among thq [best * varieties are Lightning Express, * Cleveland Big Boll, Delta Type and * (on 1wilt infested -land) 'Dixie Tri- * umph. ' Use fertilizer sufficient, such-as * would make a bale of cotton per * acre in an average season without * the presence of the weevil. This * will vary on individual farms. * (Make side applications of soda * early, before the first blooms ap- * pear. 'Plant as soon as ground is warm. * All cotton in a given community * should lje planted at about the * same time (from the first to the * middle of April). * 'Practice-frequent shallow culti- * vation to.keep up fruiting. --Prac- * tice thick spacing., * 'Practice early square .picking * if cheap labor is available. This * must -be done very thoroughly ev- * ery five (lays if possible in order to * be effective. * Definite recommendations. on * poisoning are deferred for future * consideration by this conference * until after the proposed. confer- * ence at Washington has been held * to determine upon the general pol- * icy to 'be recommended for 1923. * Develop a fertile soil as the best * asset to farming under 'boll weevil * conflitions. * 4e H1E .VIRITSER FOUNID ON PARIS STREE'S ocal Boy in Paris Finds Page Fropn The Advertiser on Streets of Paris. t The general opinion is that Laurens oes to Paris for its fashions. Prob- r bly in the main that is true, but that aurens fashions are not unknown in I tie gay French capital was abupdant-.) proved not long ago to Dr. Dick 'tiller who is taking special work in large 'Paris hosipital. According to a letter written to his -ther, Dr. L. S. Fuller, lie was walk- 't ig along a street in .Paris ia few C reeks ago when .his eye happened to ght, on the name of '%Minter Com any" displayed in glaring headlines n a sheet of newspaper. (Curious to 1 ee where else but in Laurens there rA a store of that name he picke'd up be paper. To 'ila surprise it was a I )ose sheet of The Laurens Advertiser I ontaiping a page advertIsement of I be Minter Company "It has 'not been ascertained how the aper 'happened to fall in the French t treet, Its presence there will prob- i bly remain one of those unsolved iysteries which time alone .wipes from i he meinory. A reasonalble theory as i o the use it was being put before < ropped on the street, however, would i e that one of the thrifty 'French house rives, getting isto- 'possession of thie aper in some -rhanner was carrying t "'down'" to one of .the [French depatt. sent stdreos to show'nihat the fasions rere in~ Lattrens and hqwr clieap the t'ices are. OidV Servige 'Egawination The 'U. 2. OIl Serviee Comnmission. i hold ~ enxamination' top:Clerks ~I4 (arriers' orglec, ~ (1g22 at' 11. .e,' 8 . y 'to ll~ VjaCen1O( pstglIce In that city. The e*isi~n 1* o pen t alwhOM eet tli)* eitrlients,. Alij bli 'ull2informatnj eino1t4nnC~ ~ he hoer% t'yifth Cilvil Sdrs'$tebs Radlhes in thpyaI The Ad'vetieer's garden editor wyes .h 'eohibaiI vsltodq.nofih eautiful tiru. oft #isies pulled'frainihe PLAN'FOR CAMPA AGAIN AURICULTURlAL EXPERTS IOLD CONFERENCE AT CALL OF GOV HNINOR. OUTLINE 'PROGIRAM FORl WAGI'Nf FIGHT. SAY THAT COT TON CAN BE PRODUCED PROFIT ABLY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The State, Nov. 19. That cotton cap be and is being grown profitpbly in South Carolina under -boll weevil conditions and that the're is no sound reason for the farm cr;j of the state to throw up their hands and declare that there is no hope were two statements made at the conference held at the call of Gover nor Harvey at the State 'House yester (lay for the purpose of giving consid oration to the conditions facing the cotton 'producers lit this common wealth. The conference did not con 'fine itself to merely uttering eneour aging words,,-ftt outlined a definite and clear cut program for the cotton growers, which it held, if foll'owed, will prove profitable. The recommen dations adopted are given in full eleswhere. Over- and over again was the advice .'Destroy your old' cotton stalks tiW1 moment the crop is harvest'ed," sounded ; so that recommendation ver-y 1properly heads the list of those adopted. Another important - point stressed time and again by the speak era were thorough preparation, stuil cient fertilization, and the use of good * varieties of seed. "Get your crop) * gi ~ * made before you gige tho weevil p cla-tnce to get in his work," 'was the * sentiment. The need of haste too was -itressed. , Conference Well Attended The conference was opened -by Gov ornor 'Harvey, who in a few words,. toid of the bearing the control of the boll we6vil has on the prosperity of South' Carolina, and said unity of ac tion -anong the cottou.growers was a prime necessity of combatting the weevil. lie read letters from Senator N B. 'Dial, Bright, Williamson, Niels Christonsen, J. 0. Sheppard and J. S. Wannamaker in which the #writers ex pressed their interest in the confer ence .and commented on the cotton situatdon. A list of those present was then compiled, and A. F. Lever was elected chairman and Henry Johnson of Aiken was elected secretary. -Mr. I-ever, on takifig the chair, said that Governor ;Harvey was due a vote of thanks for calling thb conference a in tliat the control of the weevil was vitally connected with the progress of the state. 'Wope of u's should got the Idea that the growing of cott6n In the future i1 an imposedbility. It is -being grown and successfully grown in all of the states which have been visited by tile weevil and the farmers of South Carolina are. able to meet the condi tions which the farmers of other states 'havo raced. The growing or cot ton, however, will be more expensive and will ibe more difficult under weevil conditions than brotofore. "Two things will -happen as a result of the invasion of the poest. Absentee ifarming iwill abecome a thing of the past; a man ean not live in Columbia . aand run successfully a cotton farm in Beaufiort. There will also -be a more or . less complete breakdown of our ,tenant system of 'farming. "The only match for the weevil is the .white brain of the ,South. 'The ordingrr'negro-la orer aian not cn; petekwith the situation unless under the guidance of ti :white. man. , .; witnesged an hThxyu'essive and eg nificant ceremony in'Afleydale recgpt ly wJfen 'Glo'om' was 'btrledl We sh~ut 1feej:41ive th9 spark Qf pppe -In the 'breasits of our ifaople. Wfecan grow dotton sitecessfugey i his state, undber 'weevil conditions)iu cotton undeg'. weei cond~itions pf~oses .weoll directed diveri'utlure * ...I~ong, 4IOp o*te tdxen 6vic $ e colloge, dis. e otton aifition groM w 4tsathat of 'tbe direct ook. tifthe weevil atid that of ebconorm t~;~. sildby etonoi ge pg4nt a riotitti'e. By dbVergified t r an t f19, 0 PLANS CONSIDERED FOR COMMUNITY HALL Business League Directors and Offic. ers of Civic League Discuss Civk Center. Plans for a community .hall for Lau rens were discussed at a joint meet Ing of the directors of the Laurens Business 1League and officers of tle Civic League held in the Peoples Loan & F'xchange flank building Friday night. Mrs. J. 0. Bennett beaded the [lelegation from the Civic League. The iproposal for a community iqll name from the Civic 'League. Mfs. Bennett, in proposing the plan to the Business 'League and asking for its mupport in the profect, said that vdri :>us civic organizations felt the need yf a common meeting place and a place hvhere entertainments of various kind lnight be held, IShe said that the Civic [acague really advocated a large con iention hall yiwhere large gatherings 3ould be held and conventions enter ained, but that they would co-operate with the Bnsiness League in a less Lretentious plan if it was thought )est at this time. After the matter was thoroughly dis [ussed, a motion was passed that vom nittees from the Business 'League and he Civic League -be appointed to thor ughly study .the question and make a 'eport to- Pres. Wright, of the Busi less League, who would then lay the natter before the full meeting of the 3usiness League. The general opin on of the meeting appeared to -be that t D~ould be best at present to secure t suitable hall in the city at a reason Lble rental and furnish this tempor trily for .the meeting of the Business aeggue and for any other uses for vhilch it might be found convenient. LAURENS DEFEATS UNION oe4l High School Takes in Union High School by Score of 6 to 0. The game between Union Ii and anurens 1-I here Friday afternoon was ided, insofar as scoring was c9n erned, in the first quarter when Tid veil, fast half-back of the local team, cooped uip a fumble on Laurens thir y-yard line and raced down the field or a touch-down. The .placement kick ailed and nq more scoring was done. iaurens came near scoring again in lie third quarter when Wright ran orty Yards to the tell yard line after eceiving a punt 'from the Union toe nan. The Union lads held tight and ,aurens was only able to make six ards in the four downs. When the all went over, Union punted out of anger and further 'chances for scor ug by Jaurens ended there. In the last quarter, the Union lads legan a sensational ac'lal .attack that 'nly a fumble and the time-keopers' vatches saved from a touch-down. tealizing towards the last that they ould xnot win through the line, the Jnion -lads began to forward pass with oiling effect. The locals appeared un 'qual to the task of intercepting the iasses and the 'ball appeared to land n Union hands at will.- In the list lye minutes of play, the Union team arried the bail almost the ,1engta ot lhe field, but when within ten yards of he goal the whistle blow: and tile game vas 4over. 'Laurpens goes to Gaffney Friday of his week, Gaff ney has one of the .best eamns in the state, 'but the locals are ounting on giving them a run for heir money. Mrs. Alke.i Bereayed Mrs. Hi-. K. Aiken, who has been pending .the-fall in -Ithapa, .N. Y., with er son, Hugh, 'who is attending Cor eou, 'was called to Charleston last veek to attend the funedal of her >rothier-in-)aw, Mr'C. :L. 'Mfoore, .who lied 'Tuesday ia -Dallas, Tox. Mr. doore had only .been in Dallas for a oeuple of. weeks 'and W~ad~jitst sprepar ing to open a home thbere when he ws itrieken by an actite attack of indi testion, death resulting very- sudden y. hils r'einain's were carried to ilbarleston, his former home, whore hierment took place in 'Magnolia kitetery 8aturday. Mrs. Aiken is ex 6cted to return .to Laurens the latter alft'of the 'week., Rlesfgns F~romn Express Offiee Mr. iLonnie .0. Hiiers, whoi has been ~xpress agent 'here for albent thirteen rears,, has resigned .1Ms position there mnd Thas-entered thN aiutojndhile bust mtess, .beinit associated with the Tau r#II Motor Comna.. as taesmah of flh'evolet cars~ 'l(a "I~ers yvs suc seeded i i Mr. C. He At strong Whe ba' b een "assian u ~t for qeral GREEN WOOD MAN LOSES LEFT ARM harold Lumley, Ball Player in the -Carolina League Lust Sunier has Serious Accident Greenwood Index-Journey, Tuesday. 'liarold Lumley, prominent young !Greenwood farmer, had his left arm torn off to the elbow this morning about 11:30 o'clock while shredding corn for -'Hnderson Stuart of Coronaca. 'He was brought at once to the Green wood Hospital where the arm was am iputated. le Is resting as well as' could be expected after the operation, reports from him this afternoon stated. ,Mr. Lumley was feeding the corn shredder when his arin caught In the. machinery. Before the shredder could 'be stopped, his left arm had been mangled to the elbow. 1ie is right handed but was feeding iwith his left hand at the ti-me of the accident. Mr. Lumloy lost considerable blood but medical attention was given as soon as possible and he was brought imnie diately to the hospital. Many friends throughout this section will be pained to learn of the untor tunate accident IMr, Lumley is an alumnus of IErskino College and was a noted baseball player in his college days. He has played baseball on local teams and played for Greenwood iII the Cardlina League last summer. Since the World war when lie served as a first lieutenant, Mr. Lumnloy has engaged In farmirg at his home near Coronae.k. FEW CASES TRIED ('oimon Pleas Court, Held Three Days -1 Session Last, Week andl Convengs Again Today. With only three. days of activity lIst week and two days of this week lost , onl account of the enforced absence of .Judge Rice in attendance iupon the su preme court in Columbia, the fall terni ' of the court of common ipleas,, sched uled to run two full weeks, will be a very much curtailed affair. With at [full calendar to clear and such a short t time to clear it In, many cases will. have to go over until spring. The court got down to work last Wednesday morning and disposed of, the following cases by Friday night: Bank, of Spartanburg vs. E4 J, Sloan, in which the plaintiff stied on a note for $1,000, resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Testimony in the case yswa to the effect that the Spartanburg I bank purchased a note of Mr. Sloan i from a farm lighting company and lost it. - A represebtative of the lighting;" company, acting on instructions' of the bank, collected the full amount in cash add before the money was transmitted; to the bank the lighting company went; into liquidation. In the meantime the notb was found. The bank sied to re cover the full amount of the note from i Mr. Sloan. -lastings, Stout & Co., vs J. S. en- I nett & 'Company, in which the plain- 2 tiff sued to recover losses sustained by failure of the defendant to order outV a shipment of grain booked at a higher price, restiltod in a directed verdict ' for the plaintiff in the sunm of $1,499.90. At J. P. Smith vs C. & W. C. Railroad, wvhere the plaintiff claimed dam'Ages for the destruction of frtuit trees by the maintenance forces of the raiirad, re sulted in a verdict of . (30 for the ' -plalntiff. Four or 'five trees wecre in- I volved in the suit. Bank of Waterloo vs J. K. 'Daven-1 'Ort, a suit in claim and delivery of livestock', resulted in a verdict for the 4 defendant. J. 'D. Culbertson vs 'Buckeye Cotton Oil Company, voluntary non-suit. l A. Syracuse vs P. A. fMitchell, ver- [ dict for the splaintiff for the full amoutnt, $414.46. TARtKINGTON 74VEL F[ILMED "The Mant Fromi Home" Comning to The Princess Thursday. Foremost among the novels which have brought Booth Tark ngton last ing fame, Is undoubtedly "The Man ~Vftom Home," which has noW' been transliated to the screen and which will be shown at the Princess Theatre TJliursday. With the action laid most ly in Italy, and several scenes in Eng laU'd and Amorida, the story in & thrill lug One and in 4ts tranisferratice 'to the s'creen it has lost noyeo of its bItensi ty. ~Produced by George F1itznaurice for TPammopnut, -it has -beett invested with the customary 'fire and vigor ex pectedi frlom~ this virile- director. One of: $he chief details in the excpllent east, whbich cemprines such favorites as James Kirkwood, Anna Q.'Nisson, Norman Kerry. Dorothy Vuwnming and H[AR PROF. DANIRS ffeting< of County Teachers' Assocla. tion Held In the Court House Sat. urday Morning. The :Laurens County Teachers As iociation ).eld an important and inter ,sting meeting Saturday morning, vhen qnore than a hundred and twen y-flve members were present. The Ppeaker for the occasion was Prof. L. q. Daniels, of the English department )f Furman University, who spoke on The Great Experiment," discussing .he problems and effects of democra .. Professor Daniels traced the rise of lemocracy from the time of the old lreek states to the present day. -I1e ihowed the evils besetting democracy o be ignorance and selfilihness, and )ointed that the only remedy was nore education- and a truer religion. At a divisional 'meeting MIrs. . P. Wustin, of Clinton, .was e'fected leader )f the 'primary division; Miss 0ssie (oung, of Olinton, leader of the inter nediate group, and Miss Meta Tolbert, >f Laurens, leader of the high school livision. Mr. 1T. W. Gasque was elect d president of the association to suc ced Mr. J. W. Witherspoon, resigned, nd .Miss Doris Young was elected ecretary and treasurer to succeel Tr. R. T. 'Wilson, also resigned. The Rev. Thomas 1. Rideout led the levotional services makin a short, nteresting talk. 'llhe next meeting will he It 1 au reps in December sixteenth. ')TTON IEPORIT IS BIELOW L11A8'1' 1,11.111? ' Noveilber 1, There 11a4d Bleeui 11,829 (llles (i11ned in County as Compared Wth 29,802 to Sa1me Date Last Year. With 14,829 bales ginned in the coun y to November 1st, Laurins county vill probably make about half the cot on crop made in the county last year. lardly more than, 2,000 more bales will e ginned before the end of the season. onseryative estimators say that the rop is already practically ginned. Condition of the grain crop over the ounty, said .\r. C. W. t\lcCravy, who ravels over the county extensively in iaking his cotton reports, is excellent a places. On good lands, he said, the at crop i ,especially fine. Consider .ble acreage has been planted in oats ndi a fair acreage in wheat. Very few armers, he said, have plowed up their talks as yet, though a few progres Ive ones have been active in this di ection. Following is the table giving the gin ings by countes: lounty 1922 1921 Lbbeville .......... 6,462 13,764 Liken ..........13,001 12,551 Ellendale........ .5,921 4,028 mnderson 3.. ........30,927 - 25,052 lamberg ........ 5,310 3,714 larnwell ........ 7,976 7,591 jalhoun.. .. .. .. ...2,806 1,535 shoerokee ...... .......9,650 11,572 hester ..............1,989 19,960 3hesterfleld .. .......14,600 19,417 3larendon. .. .. .. ..3,632 7,603 )arling ton .. . ... ...10,350 18,693 )illon.. .........12,965 28,501 Ddgefleid ...........4708 6,461. rairfild ..............,296 8,034 ~lorence. .. .. .. .. ..5,228 18,065 lreenville. .. .. .. ....25,135 33,436 ireenwood .... .... 4,139 11,288 -lampton .. .. .. . . ..,4418 2,620 lorry...............413' 2,415 (ershaw ...... ......9,789 10,073 1ncaster .. .. .. . ...8,716 12,059 :Anren ... .... .....1,829 29,802 ..e.. ...........12,288 16,871 L.exington .... .......4,840 7,301 WlcCormick .. .. .., 1,178 3,828 W!ar ion . 5..3,139 9,702 Warbboro. .. .. . ....29,804 410,635 4ewberry... . ... .. .. 7633 141,336 Jconee ... .. .. ....1,406 17,517 )rangeburg .. ..,. .'12,163 16,418 Pickens ..,. ......12,094 .17,350 Richlaqd.........-...5,329 7,266 Baluda .... .......4,647 7,678 Bpartanburg ,,.. .43,425 53,696 Bumter ,....... .8,477 16,481 Union ...... ..... .. 8,502 12,968 Williamsburg .. ...2,389 6,137 York.. .. .......18,606 30,271 All others .. ........6,921 6,230 The State .. .......412,860 622,816 At Mountvilie 8chool An oyster supper will be given a~t the. Mountville school houses , Friday night for the 'benefit of the school im provement,~ association, The 'public is cardially Invited, PRSIDE ,N RG[S SHIP SUBSIY BILL DI)MINISTRATION SillP 8UJBSID Y BILL hANDED TO CONGRESS BY PRESIDENT HARDING. INECES. SARY TO RELIEVE GOVERNMENT OF STAumwluING LOSESF. ME SAY&, Washington, Nov.. 2.-Enactmont of the administration marine 'bill was urged urpon congress today by 'Pres! dent Harding as necessary to r,elieve the government of present "staggering losses" In operation of the war-built merchant fleet and to establish a pro gram of assured shipping to serve the nation In war and give a guaranty of commerrial independence in time of peace. Personally addressing a joint ses sion of the House and Senate the ex ecutive declared an actual monetary savLing to the government would re stilt from tile proposed law Ie chal lenged every insinuation of favored interests and the enriching of the Ewe cial fewi at the expense of the public treasury. The legislation, lie assert ed, automatically guarded against en richiment of per-Petual bestowal. "If success attends, as we hope it will," Ie added, "the government out lay is returned, the inspiration of oi1 portunity to carn remains, and Ameri can transportationl by sea is mai tained." The P'resident said concert about. the Anierican meriichant mariine policy was not limited to "our own donain" add Ing that the maritime nations of the world wero "in Complete accord with the opposition ihere to the pending ilmeasure." lie declared those nations had a perfect ght to ,;uch an atti ltude, but that he wisied to stress the American view point, which, he. said, slouldbe the viewQoillt "froiml which onec sees American carriers at sea, the diependence of Amer'ican commerce, and American vessels for American re liance in the event of war." 'Mir. 11arding declared it would be most discouragtng if a ineasure of sulch'tr-anscending national import ance," must have Its fate depended 0pon geographical, occupational, pro tessional or partisan objection. A commercial eminence on the seas and aniple agencies for the pronotion in carrying of American commerce, lie asserted, were of no less importance to tihe people of the Mississippi and tile Missouiri valley, the great north west., and the Rocky Mountain states than to the seaboard states and indus trial conmuinities inland. "it is a coimnon cause, with its ben elits conmnonly shared," saidI he. -If governient aid is a fair term to apply to autthorizations aggregating $75,000,000 to promote good roads for market highways, the President added, it is equally fit to be applied to the es tablishment and maintenance of Amer ican market highways on the "salted As to Present government operation of the shipping board fleet, 'Mr. H-ard ing said, there 'swas the unavoidable task of wiping out a fifty million dollar tnnual loss find losses aggregating "nmany hundreds of niillions" in 'worn outt, sacrified, or scratped shipping. HeI called attention that the governnient ships were being worn ,out *rithout any provision for replacement and that a program of surrender and sacrifice and the liquidation which lie declared, would be) inevitable unless the -pro posed legislation were enacted, wvould cost scores of millions. The cost of the prloposed legislation, giving the di.. rect aid, he said, with ocean carrying m-taintained at the recent average, would not renceh $20,000,000 a year and the maximum direct ati if -American shipping were so promoted thafit car ried half the nation's deep sea eom mierce would not exceed thiirty millions annually , -- Entertaiunent at Youmng( , - There- will'bean entertainment aid' box sumpper , at Youngs school house," (Wednesday .evening, beginning at 7:80 o'clock. The entertainment is free. The proceeds from the -boxes 'will go' for the 'benefit of the new building, The public is invited. To Dedicate Central School The public Is cordially invited to at tend the dedication of Central school house Nov. 28 at 7:30, The following speakers will be tpresent: Rev. I. N. Kennedy, Mesers, A, C. Todd, t. ER Ba'bb, A T. (Wilson and 'Prof, J. C. MarIz