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All day fire ? * in new york ' * - ? - ' ? v ' ? Firemen the' Hardest in Memory of Fire Chief Martin ?;-?'. v New York, July 18 <By the As sociated Press).?A spibboirn, puz zling warehouse fire rn the Green wich Village section of ther city broke put about 8 o'clock this morning, = burned through the day and was still blazing tonight* after nearly . 4,000,000 gallons of water had. been played on the names by 40 Jines of hose. / . . "The toughest lire I'.ve ever en countered," was the way "Smoky Joe" Martin, acting fire chief, put it to Mayor Hylan when he re turned to direct his men after having been blown out of a <$oor way by one of a series of explo sions which cocked the lower West Side. s With, the flames checked, but not conquered, investigation showed that two .firemen.-had been killed, three more -were missing, about 15 persons had - been . taken . -to hos- \ Spitals seriously,: injured and . more than 175 had received first aid treatment at, three..emergency 3ta-< rions opened by the Red Cross. In addition, about 500 families; were driven from their. homes in the Bohemian quarter and tonight -were- barred from returning by police lest the warehouse wails should collapse. * The outstanding feature*, of the fire was the pungent, black smoke that rolled out of the building, soon after the first, of the blasts. Fire Commissioner Drennan, who declared that no, permit had been issued to store explosives or chemicals in the warehouse, work ed feverishly to ascertian what indeed was housed within the four blazing -walls. Finally policemen j were . sent through, the milling I thousands who had gathered to j watch the blaze, paging ofliciais of j the Manufacturers' Transit com- i pany, operating -the six story J warehouse. Later District Attorney Banton, following a conference with, fire department officials, said an explq sion of a case* of magnesium pow der caused the lire. He said that 3S cases of magnesium, had been taJcen .into the building since March. 5. and., that some of them were being taken out by way ? of j the elevator when one was drop- j p?d and exploded. - The heat, he declared, ignited the other cases, and then followed ? great explosion., as flames- began to seep through, into . the powder Although the property damage could hot be. accurately estim?t- ; eg y?.thout a check, of the contents, said to include newsprint,, rubber, rice and epsom salts, it was evi dent that it would run "into the hundreds of. thousands of dollars. ;The names.of firemen and.police jfcea appeared most frequently on the list of injured- About a score j were struck by the building Ma tena blasted from the warehouse by the \ explosion, or by falling bricks for timbers, . hut;, most of those treated at the emergency t Stations had been overcome by the j thick smoke. Many returned to] their duties after having been I nearly suffocated. - only to report j again for further treatment. . The whole, quarter was. thrown into a panic with the ..first blast, which broke windows in St. Vin-1 cent's., hospital, at = Seventh, avenue j and Thirteenth street. ! After the first, terror of the ex-' plosions had subsided, t the "vil- | lagers" ; began cooperating *with the j authorities in relief work, the ar tists throwing open their studios j to exhausted firemen. It is a saying - of New York's j Latin quarter that every one runs ! a tearoom to feed .some other yil-! iager and today the tea rooms did j valiant work. Painters and poets, J with their, smocks and eternal j cigarettes, pressed close to the i firemen. The lemonade they of-' fered on the . sweltering day was i eagerly.drained by the weary fire? j men, who thankfully accepted ci- j garettes from the men and: women j of the quarter- Many canteens j "also soon were established. Death. -~ Mr. T.; W. Lee, one of the most j highly respected citizens of Sumter county, died suddenly about 10:30 j o'clock Thursday of heart failure I in the office of Mr. 'A. J. Moses on j Harby Court this city. Mr. Lee I had come fnto the city on business ; from his home a few miles from j the city, and feeling unwell step- ! ped into Mr. Moses' office. In a few j moments he was stricken and died j almost instantly. . Mr. Lee was aj native of Sumter and had spent j his entire life of seventy-four years i in this county. He was a son of; the late George W. Lee, and a: brother of the rate Col. R. D. Lee. i He served in the Confederate army Its a mere youth during the closing j years of the war, and in every emergency throughout his life that called for tiie service of a loyal citizen he did his full duty. He served the county of Sumter as county treasurer for three terms and then declined to stand for re election, although he eould have continued in the office indefinitely bad he so desired, as he was both thoroughly efficient as a public of ficer and personally popular. He is survived by sone son. Major W. Loring Lee. of this city and one daughter,- Mrs. Jennings. * Mr.' Joseph P. Richardson died suddenly at 8:30 o'clock Wednes day morning at his home near Tindals, this county, of heart trouble, brought on by ?an attack of acute indigestion. Mr. Richard son was highly esteemed in his community and his death causes sorrow in a large circle of. friends He was seventy years old. He is survived by his wife, two sons and five daughters. The funeral ser vices were held at Graham cemetery near Providence church at 11 o'clock Thursday. Marriage License. White: W. D. La mho of Four 0;.ks. N. C.. and Mrs. Thelma P? Edens of Sumter. RUSSIANS HAVE NEW SCHEME Propose to Hague Conference That They Will Negotiate Directly With Foreigners ? it The Hague. July 19.?A new proposal in."connection with, com pensation for confiscated property and payment of Russian debt was advanced by the Russian delega tion^ at tho meeting today with the 'entire non-Russian commission of conference on Russian affairs., here. The Russians suggested an ar rangement- by .which. R.ussia would undertake !.to ! negotiate directly with., foreigners for the payment of. compensation for confiscated property and with the bondhold ers for the settlement of the Rus sian debt. -.. i< . ? * ' RAILROAD FACTS AND FIGURES " 1... Ra?roads Are Controlled by the Government Through the Interstate Commission Spokane, Wash., July 18.?Many persons suppose that. the railroads were turned back- to their own ers and managers in ?. 1920, but '-'this is-only one of the half-trutlis that will not betir investigation," declared Charles Dillon, assistant to; the chairman of the western -committee op-public relations of the Association- of. Railway Execu tives, in an address before the Chamber of Commerce, here . to day. ... v Mr. Dillon also . -asserted that "nothing could be farther from the truth" than the impression that the railways "are trying to break down the unions, and that they are eager to. reduce, the men's wages." % "The truth is we have about all the government in railroads right now that the'business will stand. It is. the government which says what the rates are to be and how mu?h the roads may be permitted to earn if they- can do it; it is the government which controls wages and it controls the conditions un der which the. men shall work. All the reports are made and the book-keeping of the railroads is done according to the rules" of the United States government through the Interstate Commerce Commis sion and upon forms prescribed by that commission. There is scarce ly any item of management hot di rectly under the scrutiny of the government at Washington or Chir cage. "We are now facing an- -entirely new order, a new. labor condition. When the United States , Railroad Labor Board made the" largest ad vance in wages ever recorded, amounting, indeed, to more than $720,000,000 a year, the -railroads accepted the. decision without re sistance. The men at that timo did not question the jurisdiction of lie board in making this enor mous advance. "The railroads promised, last Oc tober, to pass on to the public in reduced rates any savings in op erating expenses resulting from wage cuts. Rates have been re-, duced since last January $400, 000,000? $265,000,000, approxi mately more than wages have been cut, based on the earnings in 1921 or $500,000,000 if .we compare with 1520. . . "If total earnings do not increase very materially, the rate reduc tions and the recent wage cuts will allow the railroads about 3 1-2 per cent on their valuation. There is a difference of about $443,000,000 between this 3 1-2 per cent apd the 5 3-4 per cent which the Interstate Commerce Commission says the roads may earn. . "If the net return from your business were reduced as the net return of the roads has been you probably- would close it out. "Your business will prosper largely according to the volume the roads can handle promptly. The/ whole present controversy, there fore, becomes as much your con cern as it is the concern of the rail roads, because unless investors are assured a reasonable reward new capital will not be available?and without this it will not be possible to provide adequate facilities. "The tie that binds this people together in national unity is the railroad tie and if it isn't kept in good repair the neglect can easilj* create- a national calamity for which every map and every family will have to pay." The public, the speaker said, will be benefited by the recent rate re ductions only as these reductions, in part, are reflected in lower prices instead of in increased profits. Looking After Election Machinery. Columbia. July 19.?Governor Harvey is looking into the election machinery, which is due to work this fall. The chief executive has just written to the county Demor cratie committees in all the coun ties, urging that they look into the matter of the required number of commissioners of election, ascer taining if proper number is in of fice, three state and county com missioners and three federal com missioners for. each county. The governor is asking the coun ty committees to ascertain if the members of their boards of elec tion commissioners are willing to serve through th?- coming elections, or whether new appointments wilf be necessary-. The governor is asking (hat where appointments are neces sary the county committees make suggestions to him as to men who can be appointed to handle the election details. Th*> governor advises the cohi fttittee that it is not his purpose merely to m;?k?' appointments of election commissioners, but that when tfw* election tim** comes there may be county bOi*rds? ready to function quickly and properly. The easiest way to lose your memory is to borrow money. SOUTH CAROLINA I LEADS ALL SOUTH I Excels in Number of Pure Bred Dairy Cattle * . Clemson1 College,. July 13? I South Carolina has within its bor j ders. at the present time more pure ' bred dairy cattle than any of the southern states which have had to combat the cattle tick, according to Dr. "Walker K. Lewis, director in j charge of animal husbandry work j in this state. The latest census re i ports give this "state 5,184 pure J bred dairy catt4e. The state, with possibly the ex ception of Pennsylvania, has the largest number of bull associations of any state in the union. Pennsyl vania, Dr. Lewis said, had one more bull association than South Caro lina July 1, but he was under the impression that this state has now i one more association than Pehnsyl- I yania. Bull associations mean that j farmers are improving their stock, | Dr. Lewis said, and their rapid in-I crease in the state shows the | growth in interest of pure bred cat tle. Farmers, especially in the weevil' infested sections of the state, are giving serious thought to diyersifi r cation, and the raising of pure bred ' cattle is being given much consid- ! eration in N their plans. The cattle | industry in the state has shown re markable growth in recent, years, according to. official census figures.} In 1914, the value of pure bredj cattle in the state was $9,471,000 j and in 1921 it was $18,007,000. In ?1914 the number of milk, cows in the state wag 185,000 and of other t cattle, 211,000. In .1321. the num- j ber, had increased to. 213,00.0 milk cows and 254,000. other cattle. In 1914, the average value of a milk cow in this state was $34.20.! In 1921 the average value was $58 ! ahead. j In 1914, the average value of other cattle was $14.90 per head, j in 1921 it .had eincresed to $21.80. j .The practical eradication of the j cattle tick, and the admission of j South Carolina cattle to the open market had much to do.with the in * crease in the value of her cattle, Dr. Lewis said. . It was. generally esti mated, Dr. Lewis said, that the value of cattle increased from $5 to $10 per; head when the tick was eradicated. South Carolina is practically free of. the tick except in the "free grass" territory. Dr. Lewis said all the cattle in. a "free grass" sec tion could be freed of ticks and some yearling infested with ticks could come , in from a swamp, or from another, county and und? much of the work that had been j done. The cattle are the main car {riers of the; tick though they are j sometimes found on mules and i horses, Dr. Lewis stated, and cat- j * tie kept in pastures can be kept i J free of the pests. ? . "Pure bred 3crubs," . Dr. Lewis I said, were brought about by pure J j bred cattle being infested with: cat- j tie ticks. They draw a considerable j t amount of blood from the host, i i thus weakening the host, and also j cause tick~fever. . The .eradication of the. tick j brings about the removal of quar- f antine' restrictions and cattle for j sale may. be entered, in the open] market, the competition thus af Corded tending to increase the price j offered. - A Democratic Competitive Tariff TS. a Republican Prohibitive j . Tariff. . While the leading Republican | papers of the country have re-j fleeted the Democratic opposition to i the profiteers' tariff, bill, a small i section of the Republican press? i the morons of Republican jour-1 nalism?have sought to defend the* infamous schedules of,.this bill by; the counter-charges of free. trade ; and free-traders brought against' the Democratic tariff policy and the j Democratic spokesmen, respective- \ ly. Xo more convincing answer could be made to this than the j j fact that the tariff .revenue under j the present Simmons-Underwood j act is greater for the fiscal year! just passed than was the revenue under the Payne-Aldrich act, here tofore the highest in the history of the country. These papers defend the exorbi tant rates of the Fordney-McCum-'-j ber bill on the theory that the peo- j pie will-be willing to pay. still high- j er prices.for the things they buy,! providing the mills and factories j ; are opened up and labor is em- j ployed, ignoring the overshadow- j ing fact that the mills and the! factories as well as all natural in- I dustries would be working full \ time under the present Democratic competitive tariff if the producers had a foreign market for their pro ducts and if the American market j had not been impaired by the eco- \ nomic collapse of Europe follow- j ing the defeat of the peace treaty j and the reconstruction program of j the Democratic administration af- J ter the armistice. ! The essential difference between j ! the Democratic and Republican tar- j j iff policies are. that the Democratic j tarift policy is a competitive tar- 1 iff, with duties so levied ajs to in- j .sure revenue for the government} without doing injury .to or discrimi- j nating against any legitimate busi ; ness: the tariff policy of the Re [ publican party as expressed in the ! Fordney-McCumber tariff, amount- j I ing to an embargo. With the in- j 1 creased cost put upon the neces&i- j ? ties of life, coincident with the j ! liquidation of labor, it makes it im- j possible for the laboring man to j exist; for the farmer to market his | surplus products or to find an ade- i euatc market at home for his nor- i mal domestic production. It means j further depression of industry, fur- j ther lack of employment, further decrease of government revenues from all sources and a continua tion of the commercial isolation. , which is largeTy responsible for j most of the country's present ills, j The fire departhmet was called out at l :?">.". Wednesday to X. Purdy street, where the Reo truck of l>!i? ker & Bultrhan was on fire. The entire body of tho truck was destroyed. The truck was Insured ! for $1,000 which will cover tho I damages. PENITENTIARY SHORT OF FUNDS Cost of Keeping County Pris . oners is a Burden Columbia, July 14. ? Superin tendent Sanders of . the peniten tiary appeared before the contin gent fund commission in the gov ernor's office today and asked, for rlief from the situation brought about by the penitentiary being forced to take in prisoners for va rious counties as safe keepers, pay ing for upkeep out of general pris on appropriation and when coun ties reimburse penitentiary this money being turned into the .state treasury as required by law, the re sult being the penitentiary is put in difficult financial situation. The matter was referred to the attorney general for a ruling as to what might. be done. ? : Columbia Police Hunt For Woman Beaters Columbia, July 10.?Columbia police are searching for two men, presumably white men, who went to the home of Mrs. Alethia Nor man, in/the Valley Park section of the city, Monday afternoon, . and gave her a beating, her child and husband being away from home at the time. Three persons, one a woman, their names withheld, - are under arrest, chiefly for investi gation,, their names having been mentioned in anonymous letters received by Mrs. Norman recently. Boll Weevil Control in 1922. 1. Cultivate frequently and shal low to keep down weeds. 2. Weevils may be picked to ad vantage before squares appear whenever cheap labor that costs practically nothing in cash is avail able and provided picking is done with urmost care. 3. Square collecting may be helpful where cheap labor is avail able, beginning ten days after first bloom and picking every in fested square on the ground and on the plants every five days.' 4. The following are the condi tions under which poisoning may be expected to be profitable, (a) On high yielding land, (b) Where weevil infestation is heavy, (c) The use of an approved dusting machine capable of covering the acreage for the application, accord ing, to an approved plan, of cal cium arsenatc meeting the govern ment specifications. (d) Under reasonably favorable weather con ditions. . . Information in regard to ma chines and calcium arsenate may be . obtained from the county agents. The only profitable results so far secured in carefully conducted tests by federal and state agencies were secured by the use of calcium ar senate in dust form properly ap plied. Poison only when the air is calm and. the plants are moist, using from five to seven pounds per acre for each application. When weevils are abundant when fruit ing of cotton begins, one "applica tion may be made at that time. Use no calcium arsenate that has not been examined by federal 'or state authorities and pronounced satisfactory. The next application should be made when the weevils have punctured from ten to fifteen per cent of the squares." followed by two additional applications four days apart. Infestation counts should be made frequently and can be made by any farmer who fol lows, the simple directions furnish ed upon application. The object is to keep the cotton thoroughly dusted until ;he weevils are under control. This may require a vary ing number of applications of poi son, depending on the season and other conditions. If weevils should become sufficiently numerous to severely injure the young bolls, one or two more applications late in the se:ison should ho made. In case of ;i heavy rain within twenty-four hours after dusting, the application should !??? repeated im : mediately. Always a carefully se lected plot of cotton should be left unpoisoned for comparison with the adjoining poisoned tract. This j will help to determine how much the yield was increased by pois I oning. ">. Rush picking and plow under [stalks ;is early as practicable. ?>. Follow cotton with a cover j crop. j 7. Practice clean farming in or i der to destroy most of the places that offer shelter to the boll weevil 'during the winter. ' . J reek-End Bag For the week-end .bag a sport dress is essential. A shp-on jumper dress of ratine is best. Also take along a simple dinner dress. If ; you wear a suit/an extra blouse or two will, fit in cn odd occasions. LAWMAKER EXONERATED Indictment Against' Florida Man is Dismissed Lockport, X. Y., July 15..?Allen T. Stuart, former Xiagara Falls lawyer , and now a member of the Florida House of Representatives, was exonerated on a charge of grand larceny in county court to day. The charge, five years old, was dismissed by County Judge Hickey. The district attorney's office would make no explanation of the I dismissal of the indictment. It is said that there was no set j tlement with Melchoir Zeifang, the I Xiagara Falls man who accused j Stuart of misappropriating $120 which he had collected on a judg ment while he was practicing law at Xiagara Falls. The assumption j is that the indictment was found j faulty and that Stuart's demand for [its dismissal was granted. IStuart would not comment on his vindication except to say that his political enemies in Florida will be j advised of^it.. > * ; ATTEMPT TO KILL MILLERAND r ' ~-~ Paris, July 14. ? Considerable ' excitement was caused during the j return of the presidential cortege j j from the military review at Long- j I champs today, when an uniden-! ; tified man fired twice at the car ! riage pf President Millerand. The, j man, who appeared to be dement-? { ed, was arrested, after being beaten ' by crowds. I The prisoner was later identified i as Gustave Bouvet, an anarchist, i well known to the police. It is j stated that he fired on Xaudin in j the belief that it was. President J Millerand at whom he was firing. ! Xone of the three shots took .ef l feet. The assailant,fired from be I hind a woman as the bastille day j parade was passing from Long i champs." to the Elysee. Marshals j Batons were preseinted by Presi II dent Millerand to-Gens. Fayolle j and Franchet D'Esperey. Mrs. John Sibcrt Entertains I Friday evening from nine to I eleven thirty, Mrs. John Sibert en i tertained a number of young people I j at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Court ! ney on South Salem Avenue, in j honor of Mr. Leo Hughes of Kasn j vi lie, .Tenn. The reception room j and dining room were thrown open I into one and dancing enjoyed I throughout the. evening. During; [ the dance delicious punch and j i candy were served. Those enjoy- j ? ing Mrs. Sibert's hospitality were: : Misses Xannie Vaughn, Mildred D<? Lorme, Susie Osteen. Gertie Mae ; McMasters. May Willis Osteen, Ly : dia Ryttenberg, Dell Bultman, An j nie Whitney. Mae B'.anding,' Emma j j Pinckney, Dora Smith. Mae Flem- j ? ing. Louise Quarles,. Katie Rear i don. Mary Belle Burgess. Messrs.; J Jimmie Burns. Alva Spann, Stanley Weinberg. Albert Phelps, Henry i Bruner, Marion Foxworth, George j Vaughn. Clint Wheeler, Louis Lyon, ? Robert Bultman, Randolph Guthrie, : Blanding Upshur, Sam Pierson, Dar I vid Doar, John Hughes. Austin ! Beck. Earnest Dunn arid Tommie ! Monaghan. -~~ SAILORS LOSE; LIVES j Four Go Down When Two Ves sels Crafih I Seattle. Wash.. July 16.?Four : seafaring men lost their lives and j the steam schooner Henry T. ?; Scott was sent plunging to the j bottom of the strait of Juan de ' Fuca early today when the Scott j and the freighter Harry L?cken- j back crashed together in collision | in a pall of smoke and fog. , Th?- Luckenbach'.was a ?t sen-j ' ously damaged. All thosd who lost j their lives were residents of Pa- j .' ciSc coast cities and were abroad the Sc<?tt. a !?)?>?' ton ste?d boat bound for Sun Francisco to Seattle. J .The Luckenbach was bound from; Seattle to New York via San Fran- ; Cisco. Both vessels had full car-j goes. The Luckenbach, aftei p?ck . ing up tht> survivors, put back to ; j the port. Dr. Wntson B. Duncan, of Che j raw. well known to Sumter citizens, i will deliver an address at the Sum ; ror County Sunday School Conven tion at Oswcgo on Tuesday, July '25. BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL David R. Coker Insists That His Plan is Best and Most Economical Editor Daily Item: I notice appearing in all of the daily and weekly papers this week an article from Clemson College purporting to give advice as to the latest and most approved methods of. handling the boll, weevil. I arr. sorr 7 to take issue with the weevil experts of the college on this matter but feel compelled to do so as my cwn experiments and those of many of the best farmers in.the state lead: me to dif fer from them in important par ticulars. Clemson College , is sup ported principally by the farmers of South Carolina and 1 submit that where there is important evidence available from many of the best and most reliable farmers in the i state, it should be given at least equal weight with that of the "ex' j perimenters in Alabama, Louisiana, j Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma, The boll weevil has been in South Carolina for several days, during j most of which time the govern ment and college experts have ad : vocated a method of weevil con ! trol which was expensive, which required much judgment in its aP j plication and which involved night work. Besides in practice last year the government method prov ed to be dangerous in that some j, crops were severely damaged by pla;at lice after two or three appli cations of the calcium arsenate in I dust form. I have abundant evidence that [ the early poisoning of the weevils ; by the molasses-calcium arsenate I method is a success and is so cheap and simple that it can be put into [ universal practice. I think it a fair [ deduction from the results.obtained that, when put into universal practice, it will greatly delay the rapid increase of weevils and al low the whole crop to fruit for jsome time longer than when early control methods are not . applied, j The experience of Mr. McDuffie, farm manager for ex-Governor R. I. Manning on his Meredith place, is sufficient on this subject al though it is confirmed by prac tically every other farmer who used the molasses treatment in time. Mr. McDuffie poisoned, his worst infested field of 10 acres on or about May 24, at which time there were no squares. upon the. cotton. Up to; that time he had picked weevils from this field fre quently and upon the day of pois oning was getting at. the rate, of about 200 weevils per' acre. Mr. McDuffie poisoned this field sever al times between May 24 and June 27, on which day he told me. that he had frequently and carefully examined this field during that in terval (May 24 to June 27) and had sent hands into it to search tor weevils, also that ex-Governor Jlanning had been with him on. at least one occasion searching for weevils, that he had been unable to find a single live weevil in this field, during that period, that he had been carefully over the field during the past few days and had j found but two small pots in which any squares were being punctured. (These of course he had carefully picked up). The cotton referred to was planted in March and was car ried to the end of the period of weevil emergence with practically ! no infestation or damage- - About one week. later- Mr. McDuffie told ! mc that he had just plowed over .a 65-acre field and had offered his ; plow hands 5c for each punctured square. They had turned in about 100 squares or 1 1-2 squares per ' acre. j I could quote Messrs. W. A. and : Geb. Stuckey of Lee county; J. W. Goodson and R. P. Gillespie of Hartsville, A. H. Rogers of Society Hill besides my own force of ex perimenters and a host of other farmers in this section to the effect that applications of the molasses, mixture applied for the first time from May 24 on up to June 12 and even later upon cotton which was at the time badly infested with weevils resulted in the prompt ahd practically total destruction^ of the weevils. . It is hardly reasonable to sup pose that the weevils ehose the particular date of May 24 to dis appear from the field of ex-Gov ernor Manning, May 30 from the fields of Mr. Goodson and June 12; from our own fields {these being the dates upon which these three parties mad** the first application; of poison). It seems to me no less fool- j hardy to do nothing to control the boll weevil until squares have j formed on the plants and of course j some of them been punctured by the old weevils. It is perfectly: feasible as stated by the Clemson authority to kill these early wee vils by applications of arsenical poison. Why is it not equally I feasible to keep on killing them j for a period of 30 days when a j method which will certainly do this \ is offered at a cost of about 20c | per acre per application for ma- j terials. or say $ 1 per acre to j complete the job! The experience ; of many in this section shows that it is perfectly feasible to do this! very thing. We are not going to get perfect; boll weevil control anywhere this season because in no section have all the farmers poisoned their crops and picked up squares, nor will we probably get weevil control to the highest degree in any season, even in sections where the molasses poison is used in time and fre quently, unless the . farmers are vigilant in Unding the spots where the few weevils who have prob ably escaped the poison are laying in the squares. I firmly believe, however, that when every farmer in the state poisons his cotton before squares are formed and continues this treatment often enough to keep the poison on the cotton until the last of June and where he continues vigilant in detecting and picking up the few punctured squares that The occasional unpoisoned weevil will lay. we will have a method of coutrol which will protect the I whole cotton crop until late in the I season and a'low normal crops of early planted early varieties to i j mature. In order to secure the universal! adoption of an agricultural. prac- j tice it is only necessary to convince j all the farmers that the practice! is profitable. The use of the Wil-1 liamson plan of cultivating corn very quickly became universal in I this section because Sts benefits j were so manifest that even the powerful opposition of many gov-! ernment experts and agricultural i advisers could not stop its spread. J The use of fertilizers is universal in the eastern part of the belt. The general adoption of some method of boll weevil control at once cheap, simple and practical enough to come within the means j and appeal to the common sense of every farmer should be much easier than either the Williamson plan or I the use of fertilizer, because every farmer has direct und vital inter est in preventing his neighbors from raising weevils which will de stroy his own top crop and thus will use his influence to see that his neighbors use control methods. I am in hearty concurrence with Clemson College and the govern ment in their advice to plant early, use early varieties, use acid phos- j phate, cultivate rapidly, pick up I squares and destroy the old stalks j some time before frost I must continue, however, to advise the! use of a control method which has carried up to July 15 with prac tically no damage to those crops to which it had been applied before squares formed and which lias carried our own crops (originally j badly infested) up to the same date with much less than. 5 i>er cent infestation although the first application was not made until \ many of the first squares had been punctured. ?It should be noted that in this section we have had only one pe i riod (from June 6* to June 18) which was favorable for boll w<?e- | 'vil control. -The balance of the j growing season has been showery with many heavy rains, mak'ing control methods extremely difficult i and more expensive than normal, j The total rainfall at Hartsv?lle ; from January 1 to date has been I 33.7. v The May rainfall (which i mostly fell during the latter half j of the month) was 4.53; June, 7.79 and July (up to and includ ing 14th inst), 3.80. .1 have great respect for the work of Clemson College. Its president, director . of extension and many of its professors are per sonal friends. In regard to boll weevil control, however, I must accept the evidence .of my own eyes and that of my . own expert mental organization and of reliable farmers in this section who are also my personal friends. David R. Coker. " Hartsville, July 15. ROTARY DiMNER? FOR KIWANIS h ?-r? : ?' The Kiwaniahs and the Rotar ians had a great and enjoyable get together meeting at the Claremont Hotel Tuesday night, the" occasion being a dinner given by the Ro tary Club. in honor of the newly organized . Sumter Kiwanis Club. The Kiwanis Club has a member ship of more . than seventy and jthe Rotary Club numbers forty j five; and a large majority of bpth clubs was present, only those un avoidably out of the city being ab-, sent I The keynote of . the meeting was I emphasized in the concluding re I marks of President S. H. Edmunds I of the Rotary Club, who presided, '?in which he stressed the fact that the fundamental idea of Rotary is "Service", and of the Kiwanis is "We Build",. and that these .two ideas, kept always in mind; by two j bodies of earnest men. working in cooperation and with...mutual con-, fidence for the betterment and up building of, the community would be forces that could. not fail to ; \ attain results of inestimable, value, ; Mr. H. L. Scarborough, president of the Kiwanis Club, speaking for; hi3 organization, expressed the ap- j preciation of himself . and every Kiwanis of the, cordial reception I that the baby club of Sumter had received from the Rotary Club, as [ an organization, and from the Ro tarians individually. He pledged the cooperation <of the Kiwanis in 1 every undertaking for the benefit of \ Sumter. The dinner was enlivened by good music, and good singing, the or- i chestra, being composed of. Proft j Girard, violin, Miss Sadie Mims, piano, Robert Wright, saxophone;, j Mr. Pearce, of the Kiwanis Club, i acted as song leader and he put; over a most enjoyable and lively I program of Rotary and Kiwanis j songs, interspersed with, original: compositions that were local in ap- I plication and added materially to j the entertainment and amusement, of the crowd. George Ricker. chairman of the! Rotary entertainment committee*, j and his committee not only arrang ed for the dinner but provided a! program of stunts that kept the j crowd in a good humor and on the quivive for the next thing that would be pulled. The occasion was a decided suc cess and every one present will look forward to the next joint meeting of the two organizations j with the keenest anticipation. It is reported that the Sumter; golf course, which , is located at Shady Side, is almost completed. There are 14 holes in playable con- j dition now. and they are being used, for the little golf balls are j seen daily darting here and there! in the air. In a short while the' club house will be completed, in j which there will be a dance hall; i shower baths, etc. This will be a very popular place and will add greatly to our city. . j Shortly after 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the fire department was! cr?Ued to the home of Sammie \ Larkin, colored, at No. ?3S W. Libr j erty street. The .small blaze was I discovered as soon as It started and j was immediately extinguished and j as a result there was no damage: REPf%TO COKER Further discussing methods of cotton boil, weevil control, C. A. Whittle, editorial manager, soil improvement rcommittee. Southern Fertilizer, association, Atlanta, has written a' letter to David R. Coker; Hartsville, The letter follows: I have, received your letter an swering mine of recent' , date ,and I am ;Se$phg^the. first , opportunity to reply.My :work ha& been keep ing me so constantly; away, from the office that, replies nave not been as.,prompt aa they otherwise would have been.. L find, that .you, have taken me to task . for something . which I think my; letter did not say. Your letter says: .VI do not agree"~T*lth. * you at all that we. can not accept as conclusive tests made by edu ucated and. .reliable farmers." I submit that you have quite misread .what I said: "But where proper methods are used for get ting exact, truth, the findings of farmers, are just-as .good', as the findings of scientists. In fact, some of our most important.agricultural discoveries have been . made, by ?farmers.*' . ?, .... I also: said: "The tests in pro gress this year can not be judged, we think,-until the end of the sea son 2' If > your statement is based on this last .quotation, then I.ranst insist .Uiat...apy conclusive, evidence of- boll , weevil control must be val ued in cotton, cotton at harvest time?-no other, measuring .roil . will-.do.i>.^-.T. . ?Vf :c- I accept the evidence you pre-^- - sent, ,butfc&\w&3 not necessary tor . me to accept?it in order to con- * vi need .that, poisoned molasses* would kiji .weevils. I was convinced of that *by' abundant evidence last year. . My indictment of poisoned mo lasses as- a means of killing weevils is: . - . ? '. . .r (1) It is Either as effectivenor as inexpensive as calcium arsenate dust on young cotton, which is* the time when-the effectiveness, of poi soned molasses is greatest. - A pound .of. calcium. arsenate dust will suuccessf ully treat an acre when cotton is smalL This year a pound of calcium arsenate costs .10 to 15 cents, and it costs less to ap ply dust, than it costs to- apply mo- \ (2) As the cotton grows larger, the < effectiveness of poisoned1 mo lasses decreases and becomes neg ligible, while the effectiveness zl the dust, poison does not deqrease. (3) Calcium arsenate dust -is cot only more effective than poisoned molasses...in ithe early .period, but because of its greater effectiveness throughout ,the ? period of i cotton growth, it holds down infestation more successfully and renders the danger less at the migrating pe riod. (4) ,.Pq2aoped molasses on, cotton is not a means o\ .protection at .mir I grating time.'Only calcium arse nate dust on the, cotton affords protection. . .. <>) Poisoned . molasses attracts and kills honey bees, and other in sects that love #weetsr whose great est servf^lO? the farmer is in fer tilizing the flowers of crops, there I by. increasing, the yield. ,..(6) Poisoned sweets, because of their-sweetness, are .eaten, greedily by animals. Cattle have been,i*ilred I by feeding, ?n them. ? Mules that I have brushed poisoned sweets off [ of. the cotton on their legs and lick ed the sweet' material .off -are . .re ported to; have been killed." . IThe danger of poisoned sweets, to animals is -not great, and L- do not rank ihat'-'obilection as important as . the other objections cited. I want ?to call your attention to the fact that itis not easy "to judge of the effectiveness of-poison ap plied early* in the season. It is then that tne^rftd^ weevils are dying off rapidly. 'On account of the lateness of cotton" this year, a greater per centage of weevils died a ^natural-' death before squares formed than ordinarily; 3 - * ?? - < It is because many- weevils die before th?y~can find --sou a res to puncture. ??hat we advocate only one application of poison in killing old weevils. ; . That application should he made just before the first squares get big enough to puncture. Following- that, we advocate the'. ? use of poison applied in strict ac cordance with the rules, laid down by-the government boll weevil ex perts. ? - ' You mention plant lice damage | on cotton poisoned with. calcium arsenate ' dust last year .ia South Carolinas . It seems quite, evident that yo?r, cotton suffered, in this way. . Upon ? report of your trou>". ble, Mr. Coad made a survey of ail poisoned cotton under his obser vation, numbering hundreds of fields throughout the South, .andv .! found that two in this country, as I recall, showed some signs"Cf plant lice injury due to calcium arsenate "? and one marked instance damage in Mexico. ? Of course, last season was un usuual tor plant louse damage in the Southeast. It seems that cal cium arsenate killed the?>natural enemies of the plant louse in your case and I understand the lice were so bad ? that the; honey dew dripped from them on .the open cotton, thus doing it damage. We do not think the plant louse except rarely; wHl be abundant enough to^do rauch damage. When it is abundant it can be kitted with ? nicotine-sulphate. But. at that, we think you would rather have plant ,lice than boU. weevils if it came to a choice. I thank you for the inlvitation to visit your farm. I have planned a trip of observation through South Carolina and *I will visit Hartsviile, where I ? shall be glad to see you and observe w*art -you a?re doing in boll weevil controL Quite a heavy wind storm passed over the-Tindal section-' Tuesday afternoon and a number of trees were blown down, but no damage of importance was done, iA large oak tree standing in the yard of Mr. T..E. Hodge was blown down and fell on tit* piazza roof. The roof was somewhat damaged, but the repairs , will not be expensive. Sn ninny awful things are hap- ?? pening it is hard to pick out any certain one to worry about.