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In remitting checks or money orders make payable to THE COUNTY RECORD Foreign Achrertinng Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION I THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921 DESTROY COTTON STALKS NOW The early fall destruction of cotton stalks is the most important single step in any fight against the cotton boll weevil. It has been show, time and again that the most favorable conditions for the boll weevil to pass the winter successfully arc found in those fields in which the coiton stalks, 11-itVl O-r-CI WPPfil". fallen ?> , leaves and other refuse are left undisturbed until nearly time to plant the following season. On such fields the greatest number of weevils will survive, and every faimer should ask himself the question, "Will I permit my farm to be a winter harbor for the pest?" In other words will the farmer destroy the weevil this fall or have the weevil destroy his cotton next season ? The earlier the stalks arc destroyed the fewer weevils will survive through the winter. In infested fields it is common to find weevils at the rate of five thousand to twenty-five thousanu per acre at the time of first frost. It is a well known fact that the weevils developing late in the fall are * * ? xl. _ the ones most iiKeiy to survive mu winter, as they are not worn out by long flights and the rearing of the young as are the older weevils. For this reason, development of weevils in late fall must be prevented as the first step in making the next cotton crop. Therefore, we should start now a cleaning campaign such as Williamsburg county has never before witnessed. The boll weevil is a pest with a terrible amount of fight, and to meet this situation our farmers must develop the best fighting spirit of which they are capable. Early stalk destruction and clean farming with cover crops, constitute the most powerful gun that can be used against the pest at this time. Whatever method of cleaning is employed, one thing is certain: The weevils' winter quarter must be destroyed. In the words of General Neville before Vurdun, "they shall not nass." o INTEREST IN NEGRO'S CASE Family Found to Be Toothless and Unable to Perspire. The Gaffney correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier says that the attention of Oliver Oleson, managing editor of The American Journal of Heredity, havoing been attracted to the strange case of Tom Dawkins, a negro of this oounty, who had no teeth, and who was unable to perspire, Mr. Oleson has written from Washington asking that further information be secured about Dawkins and members of his family, explaining that it will be of interest to the medical fraternity all over the world. The Journal's attention to the strange local case was attracted when Dawkins, 55 years of age, was found dead on the bank of a stream a few weeks ago. The item was published at that time in various newspapers and Mr. Oleson, writing his communication to a South Carolina newspaper, asserts that there is scientific prooi tnat a race 01 negroes once lived in India, toothless and unable to perspire, but that to the best of his knowledge, no such people had ever been found in the United States. Following receipt of the letter, a local newspaper man went to work on the case and he discovers that Dawkins has two sisters, both of whom are toothless as he was, and blither of them are able to pespire. They are described by their employees as being splendid farm "hands" but the two women are forced, by reason of their inability to obtain relief from heat through perspiration, to take tubs of water with them when they go to work in the field, and at frequent intervals are forced to immerse themselves in water. This, of course, does not apply when the scene of theii activities is near a branch or running : stream, as they are able to enter it or I such occasions. It is presumed that Tom Dawkins when he came to his death, had beei almost overcome in the field by th( heat and was making his way to th< ' stream nearby to seek relief, when h( colla'psed on the edge of the creek anc was unable to get his body to the water. It is probable that the loca | case will be more fully investigatec i and it is considered probable thai some medical body or magazine maj see fit to send a representative hert to interview the two living member.* of the family. Those who have known the familj of negroes ail their lives say that the parents of the three in question were perfectly normal in every way. o SMITH GIVES PLAN FOR WEEVIL YEARS Expert States Ideas on Future Farming. The State. In response to a request from former Governor Richard I. Manning, as a citizen interested in the future ol South Carolina under the boll weevil conditions, Alfred G. Smith, agricul tural expert, has written a letter giving his views as to the kind of farming that should be followed in the lower part of the state when the pest has hold. The letter, which is self-explanatory*, follows: "In response to your request of yesterday, I will give you my ideas as to the kind of farming that should be followed in the lower part of thf state under boll weevil conditions, In fact, I will go a little further than this and state to you the kind of farming that will be followed, for though I am no prophet nor the son of a prophet, I am an analyst and my conclusions are based upon investigations in economic agriculture made while I was connected with the office of farm management of the United States department of agriculture. "The kind of farming followed in any considerable area is rarely of the farmers' own choosing, but it is forced upon them or is compelled by definite economic forces. Farmers gradually adopt the system of farming tc * * i 1 lL.% the most proniaDie type, anu una t,y pc Is usually determined by economic forces over which the farmers have little or no control. So in the lowei part of South Carolina with the boll weevil rampant, the farmers will gradually shift their system of farming to the one that gives them the best kind of living. Regardless oi whether at this time it is the kind they would most prefer. I should state that the chief economic force? that determine the type of farming such things as soil, climate, adaptability of crops, completion of othei areas, the capabilities of the farmer nearness to market, insect injuries plant diseases, etc. "Without presenting a complete argument to fully support my statements?that would require too much space for a letter?the type of farming that will be followed in this area five or ten years from now will be along the following lines: Cotton Still to Lead. "First: Cotton will still remain the leading crop in those counties like Lee, Sumter, Orangeburg, etc. that comprise the upper tier of counties in the lower part of the state -The proportion of the cultivated land planted in cotton will be around twofifths, ranging generally from onefourth to one-half save in those sections where tobacco is the dominating crop. The proportion of the land planted in cotton will decrease with nf nnnst and bul tile Iiuai U^OO VI vuv vv?.w. ? very little in fact, practically none will be planted in such counties as Horry, Georgetown, etc. In the upper counties, one year with another cotton on an average, with the prob| able exception of tobacco, will remain the most profitable crop. The chiei reason why it cannot be planted sc extensively as in the past, is because of those knock-out years like this yeai when warm winters and rainy summers give the boll weevil his best chance. The risk of such years will keep the average of cotton down, for many farmers can not stand the financial strain of such times. Offsetting these years, however, there will be other years when the boll weevil damage will be almost negligible and this will encourage farmers to plant more cotton, but they will get setbacks in such years as this one. You, of , course, also understand that the reduction in the production of cotton over tne wnoie Den as a result uj the boll weevil, makes a higher price for cotton which will be not incentive to plant more than if the price remained at the j,re-boll wee\il levels "Second: The chief substitute foi cotton will be peanuts. Both the Spanish and the running varieties will be planted, but the tendency will be to plant the largest average it the running varieties. The reason foi this is, that the running varieties make more peanuts and more hay and < ;' will remain in the ground for a much : i longer period without being damaged. : Infact, they make good hog feed until 1 ; late in the winter. The Spanish vai riety is an early variety and is suiti able for the beginner for it requires s less skill to grow than does the runi ning type. Peanuts will be planted 1 in fields by themselves and harvested, i the peanuts going to the oil mill and 1 the hay being used for feed purposes I on the farms. t "Third: Farmers will plant a mix1 ture of corn, velvet beans and pea> nuts all of the same field gathering > the corn as soon as possible and pasturing most of the beans and peanuts r left in the field. The acreage of ! these mixed crops, will exceed the s acreage now planted in corn. Will Raise More Hogs. "Fourth: The production of hogs will greatly increase. This will un> doubtedly become one of the best hog producing sections of the country. This will be brought about by the production of velvet beans and peanuts and more abundant and cheaper corn. Hogs will constitute a balance . wheel in the system of farming for . when peanuts go down in price, they i can be hogged off. Hogging off pea-- I i nuts and velvet beans greatly increases the fertility of the soil. Hogs will also make use of any cheap and surplus com and they furnish meat for ] family use. The slogan o? a <<c,ow to ' . the plow" is exactly the right 1 ne. , Farmers are making good yields will J have more than one sow to the plow. 1 "Fifth: Tobacco will come in as it ! has already done, the acreage being J . determine by the price and the labor 1 I supply. ! , "Sixth: The production of oats and J cow peas in the upper tier of cojn- 1 , ties will not increase. The prospect i is for a decrease for, with peanuts \ and more com and velvet beans, j j these crops will not be needed for I feed or soil improvement as they have been. Toward the coast, where the cotton acreage decreases; still further ! , more oats will be planted but there | , \ 11 be few of these threshed and sold 1 on the market, except for seed. , "Seventh: Family cows will in- j L crease in number as the supply of 1 , feed will be increased under the new ! . system. Fatter mules due to the pea- | nut hay, will be noticeable. "Eighth: The production of beef , , cattle, particularly on unused land, J , will receive an impetus, as on culti- 1 . vated land there will be feed products i , in the way of velvet beans stalk fields ] . and peanut hay for wintering. The [ largest and most progressive farmers I will feed cattle as the supply of velvet . beans and peanut hay will make this , possible. Small farmers will not t feed cattle, as cattle are most usually I fed in car lots which is more than the I small farmer can handle. The small . farmer, however, will find a market , for his surplus velvet beans and pea! nut hay with the big farmer who feeds . cattle. ? Dairying Not Promising. ' "Ninth: Dairying, aside from the family cow and the city milk s apply offers little opportunity. The North and Northwest will be able to pro1 duee butter more cheaply than your section and, as butter is only a semi' perishable product, outside butter in large quantities can be sold here cheaper than it can be produced. Dairying, too, unless highly profitable, i resolves itself into a family proposi> tion wv e the family does most of, > if not axi the work, and it would take a great change to get your people where the average farmer could own I and operate even a small dairy. Cheese making is out of the question because of the climate. "Tenth: There are two things in | ' ? T +A wolrn o nrorliM'inn WliiCU X IICOIWOVC W il>?*aw M |#AVWVM*r ? I One of these is fodder pulling and 1 the other is the building of silos. ; Where running velvet beans are used fodder pulling disappears, the vines ; preventing it, peanut hay being used for roughage. The supply of feed - and the difficulty of making silage where running velvet beans are ' planted act as a preventive in mak- ; ing silage. Now, however, that bush ? velvet beans are being planted, fod; der can be pulled and silage made ' more easily. "Eleventh: Sweet potatoes for home - use, of course, are advisable and they I can be grown in a limited way for marketing purposes. The opportuni ty with truck is very limited. It ' takes only 2 per cent, of the cultiva! ted land in the whole country to supply the truck needed and production s is easily overdone. Peaches for the ' outstanding farmers with suitable coni ditions are advisable. There is room for an annual $5,000,000 peach indus try in this state yet undeveloped. i "These statements may seem dog' matic. hut thev are based on numerous farm management surveys and cost of production studies made in the cots ton belt and other parts of the United States and nearly two years' work ' spent in investigating systems of boll f weevil farming on sandy and sandy > loam soils in the South, particularly I in the southern part of Alabama and i Georgia. Economic upheavals, such " as is likely to occur at any time, may > throw things so differently as to change the probable future system of ^ farming, but, with conditions back at | normal again, farming in lower South | Carolina will develop along the lines | I have outlined. This being what I | believe the future holds forth it is, | of course, what I would advise the | farmers to undertake and thereby i avoid costly mistakes." a II Sunday Services. 2 The Rev. W. R. Jones of Greelyville | will occupy Ihe pulpit of the Metho- | dist church h'^e Sunday morning, and ? at night the District Presiding Elder, I Rev. C. C. Derrick will preach to the | congregation. Rev. W. M. Walton of Summerton | will conduct services, morning and | evening at St. Albans Episcopal | church. i The Billy Sunday Club will hold its regular Sunc ay afternoon service at the Baptist church at 4 "'clock. Usual services will be held at the Presbyterian church conducted by the pastor, Rev. Jno. W. Davis. 666 cures Pilous Fever. The County Record is mailed to subscribers a4: $1.50 the year, invaria-j bly payable in advance. | Potato Curini 8 To the Sweet fi County: g My Potato * by October 15, < ftoes to cure for Carolina Potato potatoes we find highest price. For further T. E Kingstree, [AU i ???????? SPECIAL Have you bei held each evening Store, Kingstree? wonderful opporti stock at your own regardless of its c< Diamond Jewe and all goods usu; We wish to a I ladies, Thursday and Special Souver Remember tl 7:30 until the enti purchase your Cri T. E. KINGSTREE, V THE UNIVERSAL CAR vi I Notice to the Public I jj i I take this method of advising the public j | and users of Ford cars that I have purchased i Jk | the business formerly conducted by Mr. W. D. Smith, in the Silverman Building, next [ door to the express office, where I shall be ! glad to serve them in any manner possible. 5 When your Ford car Needs Attention, bring it ] to your authorized dealer, where the be& service i , possible will be given, using nothing but Genuine i Ford Parts. 1 I McINTOSH MOTOR CO. \ G. T. McINTOSH, Prom % hl? xt~ oq iriwnQTiiinr s r I rnone nu? o ? - mimwm. ? ? ^ ># w. ^ iiiaiiitaiiBaBiiiiHxiiBJiiaiL^iKaniinH.niiKnifKiiiiH^H^iH'iinBi'jisijiTiHMBniiiBiDiiBrnviiiwn^aMimnaii^w % ky^^YVVVVVMOWUMU.YVVVVVV'VV^M^V i>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*W>*WV*W>A j Plant to Open Oct. 15th. i:! < I' Potato Growers of Williamsburg 5; 8 0 I 1 | ? Curing Plant will be ready for use <? ind I want 15,000 bushels of potayou. I am a member of the South jij Association, and after curing your a market for them, getting you the _j i' ' information write or see : ARROWSMITH, | 1 - South Carolina S? KWVVWSwO^^WVAA<vV>'(>AA^oooooooyWWv ? CTION ANNAIMTMPNTI niiiivuiivuiriuii a en attending the Auction Sale being r, 7:30, at T. E. Baggett's Jewelry If you have not you have wasted a unity to purchase any article in this t price. Entire stock is being sold ost or value. The stock consists of s, Watches, Clocks, dry, Cut Glass -n_. r 1 : 1 any iuuiiu 111 a icai jcwcny siuic. innounce two Special Sales for the I Saturday Afternoons, 2:30 iirs for the ladies at these sales. le Sale will continue each night at re stock is sold. Now is the time to istmas Gifts at your own price. BAGGETT I SOUTH CAROLINA * I C I ! i