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ri!F. 81 MTI H W Vil li1!?, I'stui llslied April, IBM). "Be Just and Fenr not?Eel all the ends Thou Aims'! at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THB TRUE SOUTHRON, Eatab lafced Imme, IM
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1914. Vol. XXXVII. No. 41.
CATTLE FEVER TICK. 1
FXTlltl'\ I lo> \i ( i ssXKV. SAYS
IHt. F. V Mi.llliFHT.
r urrm-iH In TliU Sevtloi Hampered in
FJforu to Fay More Attention to
ituuing of cuttle.
.Nrwn und Courier.
Fr. K N. Nlghbcrt, ot the I'nited
States hureuu of annual industry, in?
spector in carge ot tick eradication
work und So ithern transportation ol
cattle, with headquarters at Atlanta,
tla . last niaht addressed the South
Carolina Agricu U"\ 1 Society 08 "Tick
Eradication and Cuttle Improvement,"
illustrated with tttfOOptlCOt views and
moving pictures.
This is a day." he said, 'of pro?
ducing Uii pounds of beef where one
was produced before. This must be
done under molern conditions and
tlinea The old way of allowing cat?
tle to run at large in the open range,
suffering for the want of sufficient
I'm.d and care, is a thing of the past,
fur ipen rann- coastal counties must
be fenced ami UofeSj ?ftdlOtted so
that land owners and farmers will
have an opportunity to introduce im?
proved, high grade hero's for the im
provem nt of home nur p? o
,He of the South can no longer be
slavea to the cotton crop. Wo must
i a ho something to eat and, at the
same time, conserve our soil without
producing one pound les? of eotton.
The Southern Bltitg (especially
the south* in s- ction) is espei ial
ly suitable for growing the kind of
i.ittle lb it die market demands. There
is ? short.igl of tattle throughout the
nation and the southern portion of
i he country is looked upon for our
future supple. t<? a large measure, of
beef and d llff] pi "dm ts.
?'Therefore, to begin now, it will
take a time to reach the point of pro?
ducing a home supply with a surplus
to supply othei sections of the coun?
try. No State or set turn of the Coua
ti> has done its duty untd the proper
steps ha\e been taken to conserve
the future supply, and, at the same
timer conserve soil fertility, which
can only be done by the use of live
stock.
ej 11^ sta^k. .ettpevlelir euttl*. tj? %
fundamental industry .of an Ameri?
can farm. By the eradication ol the
cattle tick and tin- gradual establish?
ment of improved cattle on modern
farms has proven so far the onl>
means tf c ?ml atiny |he ravages Ol
the cotton boll weevil, which is mak?
ing rapid headway and will in time,
according to the beat authorities, cov?
er every sec t um of th#i teflon area
"The cattle tick is easii> eradicated
from any farm, plantation Off rang
eilCe the people offer their ro-optltt
tion. The cattle dipping \at and the
arsenic solution, foi tin- eradication oi
the tick, are the etUclent means for
accomplishing the work.
The rattle IffglUtlf) ..f tin- Inited
States is worth something like <!.
0rt0.00o..Mio Tiie dairy products that
go to our twenty million families are
worth imore thin the cottOt crop. For
that reason the Mate and the govern?
ment is anxious to COnSSffVS and de?
vc lop this ?rtal industry."
The above quotations I or m on 1 v I
siimmar> of the points touched oil by
It. Nighl>ert. lie dtVtlOptd ?ach point
fully, und. with the aid of his lantern
slides, was able lo convey to those
w ho heart! luui a \ in id Igapffetttot oi
the devastation wrought by the cattle
fever tok an I also the imthods b>
whbh it ?an be prevented II the mat?
ter in kolie at om intelligently.
The t?je. t.nw. H in the form ol a
smoker held by ?he AgrleUltUral So?
ciety of MOUtll I'arolma. at tin t'ham
ber of Commerce, .?ml it was well at?
tended.
The subje. [ .?f tu k eradloatlon has
attract*<i wid,. utt?ntu.n in Sooth Car?
olina, and oapeoloily It tie eoaatal tier
of counties. vAithoi recent montha
ami a commilte? ha, h< ? n actively at
work efeotlag a tentlmeni througri
out tin Bitte in f ivor oi n leglalntlve
appropriation of 140,006 for ;i State
wote ii< k eradication rampaig Tin
Agricultural *oOlet) uf So?,m i'u,,
Im.i ami tin Sea Island Cotton Heed
.v s ? .i , on. \\ In. h h i \ e just held lieu
aiinnai meetings <n Cfinrleston, pa
ed PetoJutlORS endorsing sa< h an ap
pttpfltl and the) will he reprt
sen ted bv a ,i ? nt o.minilli ? , who I,
will appe.,r at the legislative ilelega
Han't ptiMi hearing loinoiiow |?i
i ??.??? tie* maMei upon the attention
oi the |es del gat<
For two Ot I bree > * its (tie tl< ill ?
to breed b e <\<? U ill gre if, r nooil . i
I hot tl pf< ? ft has ? ??en Inereualim
. nwng I he pl.t t.is uf i his *eeth?n ?
ttj "tie vc lo. hta be, n in Milll'll Willi
them tnd I u . ei s* i t i h nlantci
fleSJt 'be V.lloeis ..??? tlfMIS ol the Col O
tv has seen. However, ihej are fti i
i helpless until t he ? l< ?? |*esl h n
in-? n dii an on l , j |he liecti reallas
ten, of tin la I has |ievelilcd >. oio
WILL SUE SUGAR TRUST.
ROTTUM OF NEGOTIATIONS
with MeREYNOLDH st i>
DEN,
l itliNs < cmpuiiv Yields. Department
or Justice Will PTCI C ase?Hopes
of Peaceful Settlement Slim.
Washington, Jan 9.?Negotiations
be ureon the American sugar Refining
company and the depart mam of Jus?
tine have come to an abrupt halt, and
unless the eocalled tri st agrees t"
nieot demandi for a reorganisation,
the pending suit to dissolve it under
I he Sherm m anti-trust act Will be
pressed with vigor,
l nr the l ast week officials have
l ?? en hopeful that rec ent conferences
I between Attorney General licRey
is and Snot/den Marshall. United
States district attorney at New York,
would result in a peaeitul settlement
Of the suit Tiled nine than three years
?. This hope was shattered who
word today came from New York
that the negotiations had failed. Kx
aet j oints which tailed of adjustment
w ? n nbl made public
Although the department can do
nothing now ?soept oontlnuc >ts pros*
ecution, it is ma denied that an about
lace by the gUggf c< mpany and a de
sir** to meet government require
ments probably would h ad to a re?
opening of negotiations.
in the hiii Bled against the eocalled
trust the government held that it con?
trolled about II per cent of the coun?
try's output of refined sugar, exclu?
sive of the beet sugar product, and
that its percentage ot the beet sugar
production was about 64 per cent of
the total. The bill asked that the
American companx, the National
Sugar Refining company of New Jer?
sey and the Great Western Sugar
company be found unlawful monop?
olies and that the community of stock
inter \-t held to e xist hetwecn them
be broken and enjoined,
RACE WAR IN AFRICA.
N; ti\os Make DespCfnte Attack OH
Whites at Jagersloutciu.
i r - *J -W- 4 *
Cape Town. South Africa, Jan. 1 0.
Forty-three natives were killed and
injured and twelve Europeans wer
badl) hurt in a fierce battle today '?'<?
Jagersfonteln between railway strlk
en and their sympathisers and white;.
The natives, heavily armed, broke
from their compound and attacked
the whites. There bus been heavy
property loss and n reign of terroi
pre\ ails.
PRESIDENT* VACATION IADs,
tilves rarcw<ll Keccp.ion to Prlcnd*
in pn*s Clirlstlnn,
I'iiss Christian, Jan. 10 ? President
and Mrs. Wilson tendered a farewell
rr.ep't!<?n to the towns people at lb
"Winter win.- House" last night.
This was tin only dlstletlve social af?
fair of the president s vacation. Th ?
presidential party leaves tomorrow
night fgr Washington. Numerous in?
vitations from southern Cities huv*
be* n regret iully declined.
INVKSTHiATU YTl.WTX PRISON,
Hr, MeKelway Arrives in Wnslilngton,
hm His Report not Vet Announced,
Wnnhlngton, Jan. II.?-Dr. MoKel
way, detailed to Investigate Chargen
against the federal prison at At?
lanta, nrrlved nt the department of
justice thill morning. He made n
verbal report, which will hi- made In
writing this afternoon. Its purport
is unknown, hut it is learned that
Congressman Howard is displeased at
Its tenor, Howard will Insist <?n n
congresslons I pri >be<
who emu Id have done so under other
conditions from importing a lew good
beel entile ami beginning breeding on
u reasonable scale. Clcmson college,
through the demonstration depart?
ment, headed by Prof, w. W. Long, la
bending earnest efforts to Inereuslng
the raising of h^?- stock in South Car?
olina, hut it la not doing any live stock
w-iik it present, except In 111.? coun?
ties w!ie h have been freed ol Ihe fevei
ii? k. realising Ihul lulMir expended to?
waid ihlu end would be half wasted,
sine?? the Indiistr) eun never thrive
in a Hek-riden sei iIon.
Those wh" are ex|ierleneed in lick
eradiation wmi. prepare to lie uniiui
mou i|j id ih<< ??pinion ihal ihe nmsl
11111...r i ,nr und neee ur> tool In i .i-op
ernthis II will be ne< ess 11) for nil I he
stof<it owners ol h section in gel ??
gether mi <i i t > log? i hei on i hi i|ii#*i
i ion. or ii huh ? it. be in cotupliMll
??d ir hull the men m a count: do
not fi???? i|i. ii entile ol |l? k ' ? |?oim
ed on ihe ? ntle of iheii n< . ? hi.oi ?
no mntti i h..v. muni Him k I he i Ii h i
ilftl ei.i ? dl . i.i,i,i,ii ,|i, he rein
lc led,
HEBERT GOES FREE, j
DIG MAN IN SEMINOLE SCANDAL
ACQUITTED BY RICH LAND
JURY.
Hl? Trial of Ilehnt Markt) the lau! of
the Prosecution in the Hi?? Uet Rieh
Quiek Swindle that Victimised
Hundreds of Somji Carolinians.
Columbia. Jan. io.?c. j. Heberl
was found nol guilty this morning of
attempting to defraud the stockhold
ers of the late Seminole Securities
Company out of 198.000. The jury
Was out all night and brought in a
verdict of acquittal shortly before
noon. Tin- trial consumed two days.
WILLINGLY YIELDS POINT.
Huerta Won't Resign But May
shake up His Cabinet to Pleuse
America.
Mexico City, Jan. 'J.? President
Huerta, it now is said, will not n sign
but Is will ng to rearrange the per?
sonnel of his cabinet or make almost
any concession calculated to Improve
relations between Mexico an l the
United States.
This is the latest report brought
from the i resident's ofUce, and it is
said to have been President Huerta'.?
Intimation to Archbishop Mora and
others who have tried to Induce him
to eliminate himself from the situa?
tion. Many persons, however, famil?
iar with the idiosyncraeies of the
president, declare his resignation at
any time would he no sruprlse to
thorn.
The announcement that American
charge O'Shaughnessy would ?ctura
to the capital from Vera Cruz tomor?
row and the fact that he has had
long conversations with John Lind
have given rise to a rumor that a
new message from President Wilson
is to he delivered to President
Huerta.
Alarme-' by the disappearance of
gold coin. President Huerta has
agreed to issue a decree prohibiting
bankers from placing In circulation
i tiny gold coin. For months gold ha?
been selling In limited quantities cit
a high premium. Despite the law
against the exportation of both gold
and silver, large quantities have been
smuggled from tv*~* country.
BEES SISTER STOLEN.
Child. Hound, Watches Men Kidnap
(.ill.
Baltimore, Jan. 9.? While hound t?.
a bedpost in her home in Cast Balti?
more, l- years "id Kos;?' Itonko saw
three nun drug and kidnap her 17
j ear-old sister, Tin Its Hanko, sh?" says,
and steal, 11.450, her father's savings
of a lifetime. Kosle was gagged t<
prevent her crying out.
Several hours after the men had
left, Itosle's father found her. Itanko
und the kidnapers were Peter, 1311
nnd Spiro de Metro of Philadelphia.
This story was told today to Police
Magistrate Smith, who issued war
ranis for tin- arrest of the nun
named.
All tin- parties are gypsies and the
affair is report! d to have occurred lasi
Thursday night. Tin- father made ap?
plication to the police when he failed
to hud his daughter in tin- gypsy set?
tlement here.
REQUISITION REFUSED.
CiCOrgtU Man Charged With Larceny
Turned IjOOSC.
Columbia, Jan. 9.- it is understood
that <;..\. IJlease refused t" honor
requisition papers from Governor
Slaton, of Georgia, this afternoon, for
c. M. Qrubb8, charged with horse
stealing, or simple larceny under
< lei irgiu laws.
Clrubbs was urrested at BUenton
and was tuken to Alken. His release
was ordered this afternoon it Is stat?
ed.
Chalks Carroll SlmmS, candidate
for governor, appeared for llrubbs.
Mr HlmillS staled th.it Qrubhs was a
cotton mill bo) an I rented tin* hors<
and htlgg> Christmas ICve from a
liveryman In Augusta, with the under?
standing that ii he used it longer than
ii certain period he was t" pa> foi
ill.- difference, II? started to Parti
Well, his old home, said Mr Si nuns,
und was arrei led en route and < harged
With horse stealing
Mr Sim ins uppe.iled i<> (Jovernor
Ideas*' and staled this afternoon Ihitl
I he request not lo honor the reqiiisi
lion had hi ? m granted und I Inn I he
| ... ? . i dense had been order d
Mexico ?'iix. Jan. 12 S;m Luis,
I'olosi, expects lo i. II >i an> moment
The Kedernls 'i''1 being driven hn< It
? i\, i iioi federals wore killed ill
.1 .iI hca in i la* i et ? m light lug,
HEBERT BARES HIS SIDE.
CASE GOES TO JVltY AXD VER
DICT IS EXPECTED SATUR?
DAY.
sa-.s That out of Commissions He Did
not Cot but $6,000 in Ca&li?Gave
Up RCMt Of $12,000 to Hlfi Assistants
?Explains his Work.
_
Columbia, Jan. D,-?The cage of C.
J. Hebert, charged with conspiracy
and obtaining money under false pre?
tences In connection with the affairs
of the defunct Beminole Securities
Company( was given to the jury at
j 6.30 this afternoon. The judge in?
structed the Jury to return a Bealcd
verdli t, which will be read tomorrow
morning if the jury can agree.
He W&S the sole witness for the de?
fence. Hebert explained In detail the
transactions leading up to and in?
cluding the sale of the stock his
c< mmissions and all matters pertain?
ing to the two companies about which
ho was asked on the stand. He
claimed that uf the $97,050 he receiv?
ed in commissions for negotiating the
sale, he got only a little over .fti,
000 In cash.
Ilel'ert denied that he had any
agreement with \\". \. Clark, of Co?
lumbia, trust! e uf the Beminole Com?
pany, and John V. Garllngton, its
president, as to commissions he was
to receive. He said the deal made was
tiean and above board,
He explained the proposition med'
through him to the Beminole Com?
pany for the sale of controlling inter?
est In the Southern Life Insurance
Company, id' Greensboro, X. C. one
hundred thousand dollars of the stork
was to be sold f\?r $200,000, or two
for one; 150,000 of the stock at 125,
and the remainder. t( the amount of
$200,000 in stoc k, at :! for I.
He was questioned by R. H. Welch,
his counsel, as to the financial condi?
tion of the Southern Life and said that
the statement thereon of the insur?
ance commissioner of North Carolina
was submitted to the directors of the
Beminole, and that he himself
made no other statemt nt thereon
1 VPt data called for. He denied con?
cealing his Identity before the board
uf directors and said he read the prop?
osition of the Southern Life to the
Beminole directors, and that Dr,
Teague was present and read the let
ter containing the proposition submit?
ted.
As to his commissions Hebert said
he gave of the approximately $12,500
he received in cash. $10,000 t<> two
men who wa re assisting him. netting
him $2,500 in cash. Thai he was
given certificates of deposit to the
amount of $26,002, and that later
when the Beminole was being Investi?
gated ,.nil he sough! to have this pa?
per discounted he got wly $4,000 net,
so that he received only $6,500 In
cash altogether, he siid. The re
malnder of the .f'?".'^?1- he goi \u notes,
which he a year ago turned over to
the receivers of the Beminole Securi?
ties Company, and he had realised
nothing on the notes.
Holtscs BVRXED AT CLEMSOX.
Nineteen Animals Perish While
Twelve Carriages and Buggies Arc
Destroyed by l lami
Clemson College, Jan. 8.?Nineteen
horses, 12 carriages a id buggies, an
automobile with a sui ply of food?
stuffs and harness were destroyed here
this morning at 12.25 o'clock when
the livery stable of CUnkscales St
t'row Ibers w as burned. The loss la
estimated at $6,000 with no insur?
ance. The (lames ate up the building
in fas! time although the Ciemson col?
lege cadets were busy with the hose.
a negro sleeping In the building
barely escaped with his life.
The building was practically new,
taking the place of a stable burn -u
on the same spot two years ago.
DROPS PROM AIRCRAFT.
I*urucluite VrrangcmeiitH Tested hj
Voting Woman.
Los Angeles, Ca!. Jan. D.- One ol
two women passengers today, carried
today b> (Uenn Martin, the aviator,
stepped from bis machine when it
was 8.r>0 feel in the air. She reached
the ground safcl> and demonstrated
to Martin's satisfaction the practica?
bility of ii in w aerial life preserver.
Spectators saw tin- girl, \lis-- Tins
Pi o.olw |ek, fall 75 feel like a sin t
Then a parachute attachment on her
slmuhb is unfold* d and she dei i ml
? *l gradtiu!!> and with no apparent
? ii.ii a! balance,
New Yoi \i. Ja ii I ! V eold w !?ve i
gripping New. N .a in.I tin middh
and eastern Stales loday, Much sui
ferlng is >? polled nmoit lite loan,
less.
THE CORNSTALK BORER.
A BUG WHICH DOES GREAT
DAMAGE TO FARMERS.
\. Ii. Beyer Finds That the Pest Is
Very Prevalent in South Carolina
Fields?Bug Men Declare That the
Farmers Must Get Busy.
Philip Luginbill, federal entomolo?
gist, has secured the services of A. H
Beyer, a graduate of the University
of Wisconsin. to aid him in furthering
the study of cereal and forage Insect!
in this state and in the States of
North Carolina and Georgia.
Under the general direction of Mr.
Luginbill, Mr. Beyer is making a sur?
vey of the State, visiting farms and
sending in reports as to the preva?
lence Of the cornstalk borer. This in?
sect, about an inch long when full
grown, has done a great deal of dam?
age and it lias been found n a num?
ber of instances that Infestation from,
this Insect amounts to mi and some?
times 90 i er cent of the number oi
cornstalks In the Held, investigation
shows that this time of the year it
the most effective in which to tat x
Steps toward eradicating this dan ^
ing insect. <b
The cornstalk borer wint' -2?" as
larva or worm In the stubb1 the
spring it chang ? to the put stage
and about ten days later becomes a
mot In At this time it deposits eggs
on the stalks which are live or si>;
inches In height. The eggs natch and
the insects feed on the leaves, espe?
cially those In the bud.
As the insect grows lager, it tun?
nels down in the stalk and feeds on
the nourishment contained therein,
this weakens the stalk and, as can be
seen after a wind, the stalk blows
down easily. When the ineect becomes
full grown it changes hack again to
the pupa stage and goes through the
same evolution, in autumn the borers
congregate at the base and materiell)
weaken the life of the stalk. Winter
follows and they hibernate in the
stubble.
The remedy, which can be admin?
istered most effectively at this time of
year, consists.in the tJjieroyghly-plow.
oig out the stubble, gathering it to
gethi r and then learning it. This
method Is certain to destroy. Amah- r
method is cutting the stalk and BO
exposing the borer to be destroyed by
the weather. This latter method, how?
ever, should not be used when the
other is possible, as the complete
eradication of the borer is s matter
of conjecture.
"The farmers must do something,*'
said Mr. Luginbill yesterday, "for I
the borer is permitted to go on and
do its work there will soon come e
season when there \\iii be compara?
tively no corn, and what corn there Is
will !<e dwarfed. I urge the farmers
to examine their holds f< r the pur?
pose of discovering this insect, it iv
an animal about an inch long and it-'
color is dirty whin-. I trust also that
the farna is will write to our depart?
ment in Columbia and ask for fur?
ther information. In severe cases I
hope that either Mr. la yer or myself
will be aide to visit the place and ren?
der personal assistance."
Since August. 1912, when Mr. Lug?
inbill began his duties in South Caro?
lina, the work ami aims of this de?
partment have been growing, and
what was next to Impossible a few
months- ago with only one man t"
attend to three States is at present
assuming a definite shape with tip
aid of a man who can devote his en
Lire time to Held work. Mr. Luginbill
some time ago had insectary built
in the northeast corner of the univer?
sity grounds. Gradually he has in?
creased the number of specimens nnd
the insectary now has its own yard,
and on a thig pole attached to the
roof of the small lions - there Is ??
i nil d Stales Hag.
KILGO WILL CONTINI E.
Presiding Elder is Editor of The
southern Christian Vdvocate.
Greenwood, Jan. v The hoard of
managers of The Southern Christian
Advocate held a meeting lu re last
evening and voted to continue the ftev
P. r. Kilgo as editor of the \d
rocate for the present. Mr. Kilgo is
presiding elder of tin- Greenville dis
Irict and was secured as editor tcm
porarib by the chairman ol Ihe hoi rd.
\11 tin- members ol Ihe hoard tittettd
? d the meeting here, es follows ''Ii
Itev, W. r Meadors, chairman; ihe
itev. Marion l*argan, ihe Itev. j. v.
Stetulman, George P lltslgee, J. w
llamel ami .1 Pi II. i Lyon.
Pittsburgh Swept i>> Itli/znrd.
Pittsburgh, Jan. I _ The- seel ?
i-. swept h> :i real hli/.znrd today. Vh<
thermometer registers 's d.--* ??
aho\ e Y.t \ i?. Th. ? n.>u \ drifl itlg
hlldl) .
Fli?lfi AVERTS DISASTER.
STOPS DIXIE FLYER JUST BE?
HIND WRE< K.
Rc>y anil Two Vcgroes LosO Lives
irs Crash on (aoorgrlii bontlicrii &
I I i ilia.
Macon, Ga., Jan. 9.?Three lives
wore lost and more than 255 persons
injured, six of whom are seriously
hurt, in a wreck of pass, ng- r train
So. on the Georgia Souhtern ft
Florida railroad, It milee ^ ?uth of
Macon this morning at 2.32 o'clock.
Trailing in the wake of the wreck?
ed tram was the famous Dixie Flyer,
t'ne Chicago-Jackaonvllle train, south?
bound, and a double disaster was only
averted by a heroic llagman.
The scene of the wreck was on Gum
creek treatl* After the locomotive
and baggS ira passed over a brok?
en rail* ' day coach appeared to
'nave I dft< d skyward and thrown
over * embankment and a heavy
Pt' ^5 a ploughed Into the roar of it.
; J? Jy behind this came the private
A. of Vice Pres.dent J. I'. Itunaon
* . the Georgia Southern & Florida,
and this too, was carried down the
20-f< ot embankment into the swamp.
Pullman sleepers behind were only de?
railed*
Above the cries of the injured and
panic stricken passengers came the
shouts of Flagman F. G. Varner of
Macon, himself 1 adly wounded.
"Lookout, the Dixie Flyer is right
behind tie," he shouted. "Help mo
out and I'll Stop her."
T. 1*. Pearson, traveling representa?
tive of the Macon Telegraph? helped
Varner out of the telescoped day
coach and Varner. with blood stream?
ing from his many wounds and one
arm crippled, ran back on the truck
and placed fuses aim stood there with
his lantern to signal the dyer to stop.
IF- reached the place just in time,
passengers say.
Mr. Munson personally directed the
removal of the injured, all of whom
were taken to a Cerdele hospital,
some being transferred to Ifacon to?
night. The track will be blocked for
another l3thoura and ail through
trains are being detoured.
SOUTHERN TRUSTEES TO QUIT.
Morgan and Others Wish to Dissolve
Voting Trust Formed in 1902.
New Yoik. Jan. 9.?Humors cur?
rent today that the Southern railway
rating trust soon is to be dissolved,
were characterised in olficial ouar
ters us at least premature. A majority
of both classes of Southern railway
stocks has been held by the trustees
?.1. P. Morgan. Goo. F. Faker and
Charles Lanier?ever since the com?
pany's reorganisation in 1902. Efforts
?to terminate the ttUSt were made sev?
eral years later, but theae were suc?
cessfully opposed by the important
interests. Since then the trustees sev?
eral times have made known their de
tire to retire, but have remclncd at
the request of the Interests which
voted their retention in 1907.
it is known ihat the Morgan inter
tats and those allied With then re?
cently have contemplated an early
dissolution of the trust, and negotia?
nt ns to that end are understood to
i?? in progress. The trustees feel that
Jut mission has lern accomplished
mi 'i that no reason now exists for the
continuance of the trusteeship. More?
over, the termination of the trust is
known to be in keeping with the new
policy of J F. Morgan Co.
TO WAR OX ROLL WEEVIL.
Georgia Cottonseed Cmsliccs Plan
Campaign.
Atlanta, .Jan. 9.?A systematic cam?
paign against the boll weevil In which
it is planned to enlict Hie coopera?
tion of planters, dealers, manufactur?
ers and others who lire directly inter?
ested in the cotton Industry today was
launched at a meeting here < ' the
Cottonseed Crushers' association id'
Georgia. More than lau members ??
?lie association and many planters
from throughout tin- State were pres?
ent at tiie meeting.
Members were appointed fron-. the
;.?-socialion t,. the Joint <'oiumi*,ee
which to be in charge oi the cam?
paign. This committee is to be com?
pleted by a ppoint nie. ts from the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce and
the Georgia Farmers" union. Repre?
sentative* uf the Stale department of
agriculture also will be ask*ed to co?
operate wit" I he committee
UestdiitioiiH adopted at the meeting
lorn urged as step* towards I he erad?
ication of ihe b.di weevil, introdtic
i on desirable seed for planting,
in ant ion i?i informal i n w Ith
use of high grade fertilizers and other
i ' n? ie< to hi,i COtlOtl to matuii'x
?o.|? , he boll wee\ i| develops.