The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 16, 1922, Page 4, Image 4
GINNERY BURNED
Mr. Robert Reeves Sustains
Heavy Loss
The ginnery, saw mill and im
plement shed of Me. Robert
Reaves of the Forks of Black
River, were burned Monday night,
entailing a loss of eight to ten
thousand dollars, with only a
small amount of insurance on the
ginnery. The fire is supposed to
- have originated from a spark from
the' saw mill which was operated
Tuesday.
Sumter Rotary Club
District Governor Carroll;
Jones Attends Weekly
. Meeting
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The regular weekly luncheon of:
the Sumter Rotary Club was held
Monday at the Claremont Hotel j
with the fullest attendance of mem
bers that has been had since the
summer season opened, with mem
bers absent from every meeting on
account of absence from town..
Carroll Jones, of Columbia, gov7
ernor of the 38th district, attended
the luncheon, this being '?his first
visit to Sumter since his induction
into -the office. His talk was an
inspiration to every Rotarian. The
Sumter club will cooperate with
him to the fullest extent in making
this year the best and most progres- j
sive in the history of the organi
zation in this district.
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**Hagoodr News and Views. i
Rembert, Sept. 10.?This is Sun
day night, Sept. 1U, and it is rain
ing. Just how much it will rain
I cannot tell. I had hoped to get
my hay up before a shower, but
some folks I was with this after-'
noon, were lamenting, in a mild
way, the drought.
Back yonder the story is told
how in a company met to pray for
ram was an old lady who was not!
ready because her flax was out.!
Is it not that way about every- j
thing? If you have anything to
do, do it and don't wait for' the
other fellow to get ready. Speak
ing about hay, an abundance of
fine quality is being made this
year, and the weather to date for
harvesting has been ideal. It is
maturing earlf?r, due, doubtless, to
the abundant rains. It will come
rn -well here for the com crop is
shorter than in years.
Dined today? Sunday, Sept 10,
with "Willie" Thompson, who, as
usual, has a whole lot of home
cured hams and shoulders on hand.
The pot boils strong at his house
and from appearance will continue j
to do so. He has 12 big porkers j
ahd the finest boar. Poland China,
we have seen, and greens to beat
the band. Yes. sir, I'm going back
there. He is very feeble, but
stronger than awhile back.
"Bob" Atkinson does not im-s
prove much.
We Tiave not heard from our
^good neighbor, W. J. Spencer,
who was down last Sunday with
malarial fever. Here's hoping he
is well again
Cotton is being picked about as
fast as it opens.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Lenoir have
returned from Pipkens.
> Crowds still congregate at Din- j
kins mill for bathing. They are
making the most of the late hot
weather.
Folks from around Hagood had
a picnic N and barbecue there the
other day with people from Colum
bia as guests.
H. C. Bethea i s at home keep
ing batch with the madame in the
mountains. This batch business is
something else, let me tell you, and
he has my sympathy.
We haw thought much lately
that a good, remedy for a lot of
"swell head" was a big dose of
debt paying.
They said it was a temple but it
was very gloomy?and dark, fit abode
of all hideous things, of thieves and
robbers. It was so forbidding!
One came to it on a day and such
transformation as was made it was
swept and garnished, while it pass
es all description. From garret to
cellar glowed with the fires within;
?not a shadow where might lurk a
foe. It's air, all its surroundings
suggested purity. Christ had come
toh is temple. A m anhad been
born again.
"Hagood." '
31 cCollnm- AUston.
Married at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
McCollum, on Broad street at 5
o'clock Monday afternoon, Miss
Ullis McCollum and Mr. J. N.
Allston of McCormick, Rev. J. P.
Marion performing the ceremony.
Only the immediate family and a
few intimate friends were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Allston left immedi
ately after the ceremony for the
mountains.
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Marriage licenses
White:
J. E. McDaniel of Shiloh and
Mrs. Dorothy S. Hodge of Tindal.
Notice of Election
The County Board of Commis
sioners will hold an election for
the position of Cotton Weigher at
Sumter, representing the country,
at'its meeting October 3rd. Appli
cations must be filed with the un
dersigned before 10 o'clock a. m. on
that date.
D. M. Blanding.
Clerk to Board.
Death of a Little Girl
Su3ie Embly pack, the two
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
JJ. M. Pack, died Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the residence of
3tfr. J. B. Pack, Xo. 9 Dingle street.
?unty news I
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|The Paving
Bond Election'
Majority in Favor of Bond Is
sue 528 to 97
The result of the election held
Tuesday on the question of issuing
$250,000 in bonds for the purpose
j of providing funds for additional
street paving resulted as-follows,-:
For Against
Ward 1 _ 36 3
Ward 2. 333 56
r Ward 3. 106 22
i Ward 4. 53 9
528 97
Sumter County
Primary Returns
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GOVRN'R EDUCAT'N j
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I Ward 1 Club. 17 145 89 69
Ward 2 Club _ 41 729 382 384.
I Ward 3 Club - 101 262 23S 121
Ward 4 Club - 64 139 118 80
Concord-- __ 29 50 55 26
Daizell ... 50 90 87 53
DuBose 17 31 26 22
Earle__ 23 32 38 17
j Farmers_ 14 29 26 17
[Hagood 3 59 12 50
Mayesville 2S 58 50 36
Manchester 6 2 6 2
Oswego 11 43 49 5
Pinewood --32 83 83 33
fpisgah . .. 7 18 23 2
'Pleasant Grove 33 15 42 6
Privateer ... 43 60 85 16
Rafting Creek. 14 41 41 14 !
Reids. 31 1 32
'Salem_ 13 18 22 9!
iShiloh. 37 7 40 4
Stateburg_ 7 61 41 25:1
Taylors___ -_ 27 53 55 24 j
Trinity __ .. 32 14 41 5 j
(Wedgefield -. 17 75 70 20 1
Zoar-. 64 36 92 81
Totals_761 2150 1843 1048
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DEMOCRATS GAIN
* IN'MAINE
Portland. Maine, Sept. 11.?Sen
ator Frederick Hale (Republican)
and Gov. Percival P. Baxter (Re
I publican) were elected in Maine
today by majorities falling decid
edly belov^ those. given Republican
! candidates in. 192?. The Demo
cratic vote .in three quarters of the
state was nearly; 5,000 ahead of
that of two years ago, while the
Republican vote fell off by 22,0u0
from that of the presidential year.
^Returns from 424 election pre
cincts representing 426 cities and
towns gave for senator: Hale (Re
publican) 66,260, Curtis (Demo
crat) 47,627.
For Governor: Baxter (Repub
lican), 68,173, Pattangall (Dem
I ocrats) 49.268.
Partial returns indicated the re
election of the four Republican
congressmen from Maine.
Portland. Maine, Sept. 11.?The
j city of Saco, which returned a Re
j publican majority Of 780 for gover
nor, two years ago gave Baxter
i (Republican) a margin of only
I one vote over Pattangall (Demo
crat) today.
Returns from 141 election pre
cincts give the senator: Hale (Re
publican) 14,742, Curtis (Demo
crat) 10,084.
Baltimore, Sept. 12. ? United
States Senator Joseph I. France
was nominated by the Republicans
j in yesterday's primary. Returns
? early today showed he had carried
j ten of the 27 voting units in the
J state .including Baltimore city and
j had an apparently safe margin in
I several others which would give
1 him considerably more than the
necessary 67 convention delegates.
In the three cornered Demo
cratic contest William C. Bruce ap
I peared assured of the nomination
j although the preferential voting
j delayed the counting of the ballots
j and caused confusion in some dis
i tricts. Representative T. Alan
i Goldsborough (Democrat), the only
! member of the present congres
I sional delegation whose renomina
| tion was contested, won a decisive
j victory.
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Marriage Licenses
j White:
] Archie MeLeod and Bettie PooJe
j of Tindal.
; A. C. Carrigan, Sumter, and Al
ma Frierson. Lynchburg. S. C.
Percy E. Weatherby of Sumter,
? and Mabel Best of Hartsville.
! Colored:
j Marion Albert and Mattie Mc
j Bride.
Thomas Richardson and Naomi
! Cusry of Statesburg.
Matthew Grand and Pattie Mul
drow of Mayesville. j
John Slater and Julia Romans
! of La mar,
Geor^f Hammond and Minnie
; McKnight of Sumter,
Anderson Rhodes of Wedgefield
j and Carrie Reed of Stateburg.
John Delay and K\a Jackson of'
] Daizell.
i James Spann and Elise Brand |
of Sumter,
Robert Judson of Sumter and
Mary Holme of Georgetown.
Willie Hill of Providence and I
Emma Huggins of Suter,
Edmond Reese of Daizell and
Eliza Pringle of Sumter.
Where Blease
j is Strongl
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Statistical Explanation of
j Why He Carried Eleven
[ Counties
! Practically complete returns j
j from the entire state indicate that, j
Cole L. Blease carried only 11 j
i counties. In all of these counties,
I save two, the percentage of white i
' illiteracy is high. Charleston!
county, which Blease has apparent
ly carried by a very narrow ma
jority, has the lowest percenetage j
of white illiteracy in the state and 1
ranks first, but Charleston has the
greatest number of foreign born
of any county in the state, and this
and the Grace-Blease alliance ac
count for his vote there. Saluda
is the other exception and this
county ranks seventh in the state.
The following figures taken from
the recently issued Statistical
School Atlas of the state, and the
figures here given are credited to
the 1920 Census of the United i
States:
Number Per Illiterate
Illiterates Cent Rank
Aiken, 1,307 ? 8.1 36
Anderson, 2,670 7.4 33 j
Charleston. 494 1.5 1
Cherokee. 1,491 11.1- 44
Clarendon, 28S 4.1 ^11
Dorchester, 201 3.5 7
Florence, 1,288 7.1 29
Lee. 429 6.8 28
Pickens, 1,175 7.2 31
Saluda, 370 4.9 15
^York, 1,130 5.9 23
EFFICIENCY IN
COURT PRACTICE
Charlotte Judge Threatens to
Cancel All Suits
(Charlotte News
Judge J. Bis Ray, who is presid
[ ing at the present two-weeks term
! of civil court, has told lawyers of
the Charlotte bar that if they were
j not present and ready to try their j
cases when they were called on the|
calendar during the coming week,
their cases would be nonsuited.
! There was only two days, or lessi
\ than, of court during the past J
week, including the granting of nine;
j divorce cases, and Judge Ray de- j
! cided, there was too much time be- j
ing wasted. He ordered that the
calendar be re-arranged at once I
and the cases fixed for .trial for the {
! coming week.
Judge Ray is here holding court
by exchange with Judge James L.!
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STRIKE INJUNC
TION HEARING
Chicago. Sept. 13 (By the Asso-.
ciated Press).?Undeterred by re-j
ports of a peace agreement between !
the striking shop crafts and a por- j
tion of the country's railroads, the j
government today continued to in- j
taroduce evidence from all parts of j
the country charging violence and j
intimidation by -strikers, on the
strength of. which it is seeking an
injunction against them.
Digging into the 20.000 or more j
!affidavits of unlawful acts charged:
[to the striking shop workers and
j their sympathizers, Attorney Gen
! era I Daugherty's assistants worked
I road by road and state by state
j to prove their claim that the vio- \
lence is so widespread as to show
a concerted effort to interrupt and
[destroy interstate traffic. When at
torneys for the strike leaders ob
jected that specific affidavits of as
sault and intimidation failed to
ishow any connection with the
i strike or the strikers the prose
jcution pointed out that similar at
tacks, committed in a similar way,
: had been definitely traced by sworn
'affidavits to men actually known
to be members of the striking
j crafts, and that in every case the
j victims were non-union men or men
i who had refused to quit work,
i Nearly 200 affidavits w&e placed
in the record today and Blackburn
j Esterline, assistant to the soiici
j tor general, announced that the
I reading would continue tomorrow,
i Friday and possibly Saturday.
The peace settlement reported
J reached on some roads will not af
fect the government's prosecution
? of the injunction case, Mr. Daugh
ierty's spokesman said, and one
government attorney declared peace
j on all the roads would not alter
the government's determination to
; prosecute the case,
j Something of the ^eost of the
! strike was revealed in an affidavit
jof General Manager Jeffers of the
I Union Pacific, that his road had
i spent $65,000 for nearly ten miles
! of nine foot highboard fence erect
jed in stockades to protect non
tmion employees and had spent an
i additional $105.000 for barracks
?and commissary buildings used to
; feed and house workers.
I To Suppress Crime
??
Birmingham. Ala... Sept. 13.?
j Calling upon Birmingham citizens
j to aid public officials in suppress
I ing crime in this city, speakers
I at a mass meeting of the newly
'organized law observance and en
forcement league declared either
mob violence must cease or the na
tion faces conditions similar to
those of Russia and Turkey.
Speakers said the meeting was
the result of a series of floggings;
and homicide's here in the last:
eight months, adding thai there
had been 110 homicides in This
(Jefferson) county in that time.
C. 1*. Beddows, a local attorney,
who was the principal speaker,
read the following anonymous let
ter which he declared he had re
ceived following the announce
ment that he was to speak today;
"We hope you will bridle your
tongue and say nothing against
what you know to be necessary to
maintain white supremacy in our
Southland."
THOMAS G. M'LEOD IS
CHOSEN BY CAROLINIANS
Cole L, Blease Defeated for Governor by a
Majority of 15,000
(News and Courier, September 13).
Thomas G. MeLeod, of Bishopyille. was nominated for governor in
the South Carolina Democratic primary held yesterday, defeating Cole
L. Blease, of Columbia and Newberry, by a majority which will prob
ably not be under J?.O0O. . '
The vote developed what was virtually a landslide for MeLeod.
and he swept the entire state, carrying all but a handful of counties.
More than one county which gave Mr. Blease a majority in the first
primary reversed itself yesterday and gave a majority ro Mr. MeLeod.
The vote, yesterday was at least 40.000 greater than that cast in the
first primary. Mr. Blease, who received 77,798 votes in the first primary,
increased his vote yesterday by.less than 10,000. Mr. MeLeod, who re
ceived C5,7GS votes in the first primary, increased his vote yesterday by
w^ell over 30,000.
Vote for Governor.
At the hour this edition of The News and Courier went to press the
vote stood:
MeLeod.-.--i. 98,431
Blease_.-. S3,059
Total_._.181,490
McLeod's majority _. ._ ._ __ 15,372
State Superintendent of Education
In the race for state suprintendent of education J. H. Hope of Flor
ence has defeate_d the incumbent, J. E. Swearingen by a majority which
will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 25.000. The figures as tab
ulated at. the time this edition of The News and Courier was published
stood:
Hope.:.100,309
Swearingen. 73,349
Total._.173,6oS
Hope's majority _._- .- 26,760
Close Race for Congress i Berkeley 1, Charleston 5 Chester 1
In the race for congress in the j Chesterfield 2 Clarendon 1 Colle
Sixth district A. H. Gasque,' oft ton 3. Florence 4. Georgetown 7,
Florence', is leading Representative ! Greenville 4, Hampton 4. Horry 2,
P. H. StOll, the incumbent by 446 | Kershaw 2, Lexington 3, Marion 1,
votes with some 25 boxes still to ! MeCormiek 3. Newberry 1, Oconee
be reported. The vote as tabu- ; 3.- Pickens 1. Spartanburg C, Sum
lated stands as follows:. Casque [ter 2, Williamshurg 2.
13,139. St'oll 12,693. j ; Too Late to Tabulate
An Associated Press dispatch j The following reports were re
from- Columbia early this morning . ceived too late to be tabulated:
stated that information had been Orangeburg. Sept. 12.?Orange
received from Florence that Con- j burg county giws Blease 1,971;
gressman P. H; Stoll had conceded j MeLeod 3,784. Hope 3565 ami
his defeat by Mr. Gasque. j Swearingen 2.144.
The Outstanding Vote | -
In the governor's race probably U Florence. Sept. 12
Twenty
not over five or six thousand votes ] eight boxes out of 31 give Blease
are unreported. The votes still to j 2,896, Swearngen 2,812. For con
be heard from cannot change the.gress, Gasque 3,957, Stoll 2.166.
rseult. The boxes are widely scat- Aiken, Sept. 12. ? Thirty-four
tered. mainly precincts which were (boxes give Blease 2,700. MeLeod
unable to telephone in the results, j 1;890. Hope 2.078. Swearingen 2,
and are distributed as foliows: i 375.
Abberille ....
Aiken .
Allendale ....
Anderson ....
Bamberg ....
Barnwell ...v
Beaufort
Cherokee ....
Caihoun.
Charleston ...
Cherokee ....
Chester.
Chesterfield .'.
Clarendon -.
Col let on ....
Darlington ....
Porchester ....
Edgefleld ....
Fairfield ....
Florence ....
Georgetown ..
Greenville ...
Greenwood -
Hampton.
Horry .
Jasper .
Kershaw ....
Lancaster ....
Laurens.
Lee .
Lexington ....
Marion.
Marlboro ....
MeCormiek ..
Newberry ....
Oconee.
Orangeburg ..
Pic kens.
Kichland ....
Saluda.
Snartanhurg.
Sumter.
Union.
Williamsburg
York.
Totals ....
::i
11
6::
15
17
10
12
41
24
19
30
16
15
16
2ft
o
12
70
25
15
::n
2?
'34
13
14
13
4S
::t
4!
2?
:*s
?.>
70
24
2ft
34
11
62
13
17
10
12
46
2$
2ft
33
16
1".
16
21
31
lit
71
2"
19
38
9
20
?i >
14
1 I
1?
49
27
4';
26
.->
21
1.220
2.609
4.:7
4.87-,
:>74
903
:;:'.9
2.750
4ai
5.046
2.756
985
1 622
1.241
1.261
LICS
i.r.s
501
Si21J
714
-.;:!
1.91
27'.
1.738
1.481
2.:;ox
1.22?.
2.o:^2
948
1.467
268
2.508
1.33K
] 878
2.?;5ti
r. ?.c,r.
1.222
5 -.22
'728
2.0ft 1
9? 4
2.000
1.472
1.856
977
4.621
1.188
1.42:;
75.0
2 225
"'749
4.S30
1.119
1 276
1 137
1 I'M*
1.308
J .222
2 >5ft
84X
7.751
2.2 26
993
2.160
539
2.954
2.191
2.S83
1.259
2.529
1.595
j.690
361
2.581
1.453
.:.7i9
1.782
5,520
1.225
n.oso
2.075
2.921
1.355
2.358
Abbeville ....
f Aiken .
j Allendale ....
j Anderson ....
j Bamberg ....
; Barnwell ....
I Beaufort.
j Berkeley ....
? Caihoun.. ....
i Charleston ....
! Cherokee .
j ("bester.
Chestertield ....
I Clarendon
1 Cofleton.
Darlington_
Dillon .
Dorchester....
! Edgefleld ....
j Fairfield.
i Florence? ....
j Georgetown ..
I Greenville ....
, Greenwood _
j Hampton.
! Horry.
j Jasper.
1 Kershaw .
i Lancaster ....
j Laurens.
I Lee .
j Lexington
i Marion.
Marlboro ....
j MeCormiek ....
j Newberry .... v
iOcoqee .
I Or?ngeburg?
Pickens .
I RIchland.
! Saluda .
I Snartanburg ..
1 Sumter .
|4'p>?n .
I Williamsburg ..
i York .
31
11
62
15
17
10
17
12
41
21
20
18
20
15
16
15
16
17
o
12
7ft
11
9 -
31
36
20
54
13
13
13
48
54
41
28
58
22
79
24
2ft
19
51
34
II
62
15
17
1?
21
12
4?>
33
25
28
2?
16
in
15
16
21
51
19
74
25
19
29
9
51
5H
2ft
14
14
16
49
i:<
29
59
52
85
26
20
27
31
1.936
2.003
728
4.918
1.045
712
288
721
901
2.20:5
4.138
1.986
2.001
1.357
1.041
2.197
1.251
949
634
1.149
2.785
862
6.50S
2.244
628
1,762
207
2.486
2.443
2.765
1.905
3.042
895
1.386
458
3.690
1.670
3.454
3.000
6.348
1.842
6.897
1.780
4.165
1.706
5.603
.1.242 1.512 82.039 PS.43J. ' Totals .1.208 > 312 100.307
795
2.329
685
4.3S9
695
1.628
563
631
544
7,929
771
S09
1.H08
520
1.448
2.206
1.204
l.::ft4
1,138
572
2,759
703
5.49S
1.590
495
1.865
.136
1.257
1.170
2.385
697
1.170
862
IS 70
415
1.095
874
2 099
1.394
4-.319
694
4.945
1.022
741
5S8
1.632
r.3.349
Lee County Primary
Bishopville^ Sept. 12. ? R. M.
Cooper. Jr., was elected to the sen
ate over Lane, 1,516 to 1.263. Jen
nings was elected to the house
and there will be a third race be
tween Moore and Chewning. J. O.
DuRant defeated H. W. Carnes for
magistrate at Bishopville.
Michigan man thinks he is the
devil. Moral: Don't believe every
thing your wife tells you.
More women are shooting their
husbands. Practice makes perfect.
j Stoll is Defeated
I by Gasque
j Columbia, Sept.. 13.?Incomplete
! returns from the second Democrat
ic primary in the Sixth congres
! sional district yesterday indicate
j that A. H. Gasque of Florence has
! defeated P. H. Stoll of Kingstree,
j incumbent. Mr. Gasque was lead
jing Mr. Stoll by 671 votes at mid
night last night. The vote stood
Gasque, 13.591: Stoll. 12,920. It is
not believed that the small out
standing vote will enable Mr. Stoll
to overcome the lead already at
tained by Mr. Gasque.
STATEMENT BY M'LEOD
Thomas C MeLeod issued from his headquarters in Co- ?
lumbia last night at 11 o'clock a statement as follows: j
"My first impression is a feeling of profound gratitude to
the men and women of South Carolina for their zealous and
uuslefish support during the campaign.
"To the people of South Carolina. I desire to say (hat the
keen interest shown in the issues of the campaign makes
:he resuh an indorsement more of the principles that I advo
cated than <?i myself.
? I shall end?m,vor as far as within me lies to see that the
affairs of Toe state are economically managed. We are liv
ing in times of depression and the hand of adversity falls i
heavily upon many. There must therefore be a fair and just |
distribution of taxation. We must not take a backward ?
step and a fair and just distribution of the burden means ?
the maintenance <>f efficiency.
"South Carolina bus no foreign element, our white ? iti
zenship are all one people, with the same traditions, hopes t
and aspirations: and 1 sincerely trust that there will be no
ines of division, but that together we may work out th?
lestiny of :? vigorous and valorous commonwealth.
"I realize the greal responsibility that I will assume as
governor and I most earnestly be*,' the cooperation of :il! . 1
<i: izens. their sympathy and their prayers, in my efforts to ad
minister impartially the affairs of this state. In the campaign .
1 made no personal attack upon anyone. I am leaving it. as:
l entered it. without malice. I have no bitterness and covet
the good will and sympathy of every one. It is my purpose
to work out our problems for the best good of all. I will be ]
the govern or of all the people." _'
CANDIDATES'
EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Swearingen, Blease and Mc
Leod File Statements
Columbia, Sept. 12.?John E.
Swearingen. C. L. Blease and
Thomas G. McLeod filed their ad
ditional expense accounts with the
secretary of state yesterday, show
ing how much money they have
spent between the first and second
primaries.
Mr. Swearingen gave his figure
as $89.99, Mr. Blease as $1,228.10
and Mr. McLeod as $1,772.10.
Fitzpatriek's Fanning Points Way
to Successful Cotton Growing.
(Augusta Chronicle.
There are abundant evidences on
almost every hand of the success
farmei-s have met with this year
by reason of the application of cal
cium arsenate. That application
of poison increases the yield tre
mendously is what practically ev
ery user of it contends. The chron
icle wishes to call attention- just at
this time to the remarkable suc
cess which has attended the ef
forts of Mr. C. R. Fitzpatrick.
prominent farmer and banker of
Warren, Ga. Mr. Fitzpatrick, has
been for years, one of the most
successful and one of the most
prominent farmers in this entire
section of the state. He is a fine
business man. has progressive ideas
and of course his success in com
batting the boll weevil will do a
great deal to stimulate farmers
throughout this entire section! Mr.
Fitzpatrick this year planted be
tween 750 and S00 acres of cotton.
So splendid has been his success
t this year, even in the face of ad
verse weather conditions for a
large portion of the growing sea
son, that the State Board of Ento
mology has called a meeting for
Friday of this week to be heid on
this farm. His meihods of combat
; ting the boll weevil will be studied
I and the members of the board will
be given an ocular demonstration
of Mr. Fitzpatrjck'8 succses. Mr.
Fitzpatrick will give a barbecue
and there will probably be 'be
tween 300 and 400 people in at
tendance.
I In Augusta yesterday, Mr. FitzT
I Patrick was questioned by the
j editor of the Chronicle in regard
! to his method of farming, and he
j said that high fertilization, rapid
! cultivation, and dusting with cal
| cium arsenate are the secrets of
his success. "I am making
around 200 bales less than I would
have made," said Mr. Fitzpatrick,
"because I did not fertilize quite so
high this year as I have been fer
tilizing in the past, I used be
j tween five and six hundred pounds
! of commercial fertilizer per acre,
using only phosphoric acid and
ammonia, as I have never been
'able to determine just what good
j potash does cotton on my land. I
'should have used several hundred
J pounds more per Nacre and had -1
j done so. I am confident that I
I would have made 200 bales more.
!l planted 12 to 16 acres per plow,
i but I would not advise every farm
? er to do this by any means. I have
j an organization 6n my place and
! can get work done* as it should be
done, and when it should be done,
and I would not advise that any
farmer plant more than he can
plow at least once a week. I use
? power dusting machines and do not
I believe in any other method of
controlling the boll weevil than
j by dusting. I believe that the
(government expeits are wrong,
I however, in telling you not to be
! gin until three is an infestation of
j 10 to 15 per cent. I think it should
? be started earlier than this, be
i cause it is very important to kill
j the early weevils. I estimate that
jit has cost me about $100 per
(plow for all of my dusting, and of
course I figure thai it pays me big.
In other words, if J make 600 bales
I on my farm, as 1 expect, with poi
? soning. the yield would have been
I about one-half or less without it.
We have determined that cotton
j can be raised successfully ir> boll
j weevil conditions, and I am confi
j dent that our farmers are going
j to grit their teeth and go out with
l a determination next year to make
j good crops all over this section."
It will be noted from Mr. Fitz
i Patrick's statements that he is a
j firm believer in the use of calcium
;and. in fact, he says himself that
j he would not undertake to raise
j cotton without poison. He says also
[ that any farmer who makes a half
I bale per acre without poison can
make a bale per acre with poison.
! He believes in the use of nitrate
[of soda to make cotton grow and
j fruit rapidly, but he also be
I lieves in keeping up the poison
j from the time the weevil appears
; until late in August,
j The paper is glad to point to
i the success of Mr. Fitzpatrick who
j is demonstrating in a big way
i what can ?be done in raising cot
i ton under boll weevil conditions.
There are many other instances
of notable success in the use of
poison, but on smaller farms than
the one owned by Mr. Fitzpatrick.
We contend that what Mr. Fitz
patrick has done in a big way.
other farmers can do. and it
seems to us that this section can
count on a very good yield of cot
ton almost every year by using J
modern methods in combatting
the boll weevil. Of course there
is no way to combat successfully
boll weevil ravages where there!
is rain every day for weeks and \
weeks during July and August. It j
is rare, however, that we have
rains as we did last year when the!
cotton crop was eaten up by the i
boll weevil in July.
We would conclude that the |
prospects for cotton production in j
this section another year are im- ?
mensely increased by such demon- j
strations of success as are found!
on the farm of Mr. Fitzpatrick
and on numerous other farms that
do not compare with his in 'size,
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"Co-Op" Tobacco
I Markets
j Six Million Pounds Delivered
Last Week
t Raleigh, X. O, Sept. 12?More
'than 6,000,000 pounds of tobacco
j were delivered to warehouses of the
I Tobacco Growers* Cooperative as
sociation last week in eastern North
! Carolina and Sou;h Carolina, ac
I cording ot the latest figures reach
jing Raleigh headquarters of the
i association. With increasing de
j liveries and the opening of the
j warehouses in the central belt nexxt
I week, receipts of the association
iare expected toexceed 10,000,000
j pounds a week.
? Organization of community locals
by the tobacco cooperative in Guil
jford. Stokes. Yadkin and Surry
counties has just been completed
j and reports from the west describe
j great enthusiasm over the prospects
j of the association in these coun
? ties which have an overwhelming
j signup for cooperative marketing.
I More than 190 community locals'
i have already been organized, offi
| cers chosen and committees ap
f pointed "to fight for our associa
j tion," as one local chairman puts
j it. Man,y new contracts have been
j signed in western North Carolina
[in the last few days; as a result of
the final campaign in this terri
tory.
Southside Virginia has scheduled
many meetings for this week when
the final campaign for signers be
gins in the Old Dominion. Fol
lowing . these local meetings to
bacco growers will gather at two
j large mass meetings at Danville,
'September 15 and South Hill on
i September 16 to celebrate the re
turn of Aaron Sapiro, who will ad
| dress the tobacco growers of Pitt
jsylvania and Mecklenburg counties
? which contains together more than
17,000 members of the marketing
I association.
i The attorney for the organized
! tobacco growers numbers among his
! latest achievements the Organiza
tion of cooperative marketing as
jsociations in Connecticut and Wis
jconsin. The grqwers of Maryland
land Pennsylvania are also prepar
jing to launch a drive for members
i in their states. ? .
[Prison Sentences
! Given by Peurifoy
--
j York, Sept. 13.?The court of
I general sessions for York county,
which convened, here Monday
morning with Judge James E.
Peurifoy of Walterboro presiding,
disposed of all cases ready for trial
in one day and adjourned in the
evening. Equity matters engaged
the attention of Judge Peurifoy
j yesterday.
j The unusually short term was
j due to a light docket, coupled with
(a number of pleas of guilty, which
j obviated the necessity of jury trials.
.The court machinery, too. was
(kept going smoothly under the
j skillful guidance of Judge Peuri
j foy, who saw to it that no time
j was wasted. This was Judge Peu
irifoy's first appearance in York
{since he was elected to the
I bench and the impression he
! made was distinctly favorable.
Harry Miller, negro, charged with
(killing a negro woman in Sharon,
i entered a plea of guilty of raan
| slaughter and was sentenced to
j serve 20 years.
Alma Williams, negress, of
! Rock Hill, charged with killing her
j husband, Harper Wilhams, was not
? tried, the case being continued to
[the November term of court.
Sentences drawn by those plead
ing guilty or found guilty were:
I Claude Davis, larceny and receiv
ing stolen goods, one year and a
!fine of $1; W. L. Smeltzer and
1 James Coleman, breach of trust
jand grand laceny, five years each;
i Henry Harrison, violation of the
1 prohibition law, 12 months, six
[months suspended during good be
havior; Richard Ruff, larceny and
? receiving stolen goods, three years;
j Frank Brown, housebreaking and
i larceny, 30 days and a fine of $100.
i Some of the merchants com
? plained Saturday that business was
idull notwithstanding the large
j crowdin town. Manager Love of
i Efird's says he found business just
I the reverse of dull?he did not have
j a force of salespeople sufficient to
wait on the trade. He advertised
special offerings of seasonable
goods and the buyers flocked to the
store. He knows that "It Pays to
Advertise." Other merchants might
try his remedy for dull times?per
sistent and attractive advertising.
? ? ?
Slit sleeves look as if the dress
maker didn't have enough goods.
I Four New Exten
sion Publications
Feeding Dairy Animals and
Crop Rotations Given ,
Attention
j Clemson College, Sept. 7?Four.
I little publications of timley inter
t est just issued by the Extension
! Service of Clemson College, two*
j on feeding dairy animals and two
| on crop rotations, .are ready for
i distribution to those who desire
j them. These are Information Card,
;23, "Feeding Dairy Cattle"; Inf or
j ma ton Card 24, "Feeding Dairy
j Calves"; Extension Circular 39.
"Crop Rotations for Piedmont
! Counties"; and Extension Circular
j 40. 'iCrop Rotatons for Eastern and
j Southern counties."
! The Information * Cards 'are In
tended as practical feeding guides
j and contain each sixteen general
! suggestions, besides recommendecf
i rations for calves and cows. They
j should be of special benefit to
; farmers who are new in the dairy
? industry, which is making such'
i rapid gains in this state,
j The rotation circulars are pub
; lished in the interest of the. pres-*
j ent cover crop and soil building1
i campaign being conducted by the
! Extension Service. Circular 39 con-"
! tains crop rotations for the upper,
; Piedmont counties, including
j Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spar
; tanburg. Cherokee and York, and
j for- the lower Piedmont counties,;
: including Anderson, Abbeville, Mo
Cormick, Greenwood, Laurens,
Xewberry. Fairfield, Chester, Union*
;and northern Lancaster, upper Lex
j ington, Saluda, and Edgefield. Cir
j cular 40 contains rotations . sog
gested for the' Pee Dee counties^
j including Sumter, Lee, Darlington,
j Marlboro, Dillon, Florence, Claren
?don, Williamsburg, Marion Horry,
[ and Georgetown, for the Sand Hill
I counties. Including Kershaw, Ches- -
Jterfield, lower Lancaster, Richland,
: Lexington, and Aiken, and for the
'southern counties, including Cal
j houn, Orangeburg; Barnwell, Al
I lendale, Bamberg,-Dorchester, Col- '
j leton, Hampton, Jasper, Beaufort*
: Charleston and Berkeley.
? Copies of these pubhcations may
I be had from county agents or from
I the Extension Service, Clemson Col
lege, S. C.
GROWERS TO
BRING SUIT
Raleigh, Sept. 11.?The Tobac-"
co Growers' Cooperative Assorja-.
! tion will .immediately bring uiit
j against contract breakers in Elast
jern North Carolina and in South
i> Carolina, according to an an
nouncement of association officers
following a conference in Rich
imond, Va., today with Aaron
Sapiro, attorney for the association.
Four suits will he instituted in
Eastern North Carolina and two in
South Carolina, according to Mr!
i Sapiro who said a few men cannot
! block the SO.OOO organized 'tobac
I co growers of the Carolinas and
j Virginia, who have behind them*
j the national laws, state laws &3&
\ overwhelming public opinion. AI
! though but few instances of con- i
i tract breaking have occurred in
two Carolina where the associa
! tion has begun receiving tobacco,
i the cooperative association will
1 go to the mat with growers who
i break their contract, and with
j unscrupulous persons who . e%
j deavor to induce them to do so.
The directors at today's meeting
? in Richmond expressed themselves
I as highly pleased with the work
j ing of the association, particularly
? the large deliveries in the Eastern
North Carolina and South Caro
lina belts, and the satisfactory
prices received from large sales
?made to leading leaf dealers and
j manufacturers. A conference of
;the big tobacco cooperatives will
' be held in Louisville early in Octo
1 ber at the invitation of President
! James C. Stone of the Burley
J Growers* Cooperative Association,
; in which the tobacco growers co
! operative of Virginia and Caro
linas and the Wisconsin, Connecti
cut and Maryland organizations
jwill probably take part.
] The directors of the tri-state or
ganization made it clear at today's
! meeting that there have been com
' paratively- few breakers of con
i tracts but that contract breakers
J will be promptly dealt with in or?
I der to protect the interests of the
j thousands of loyal members of the
! association in three states.
CCC Cures Malaria, Chills,
Fever, Bilious Fever,
Colds and LaGrippe.
OPENING SUMTER CREAMERY
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1922
Music., ices and a souvenir for ev
ery one visiting our plant. We are sell
ing- only pasteurized products, sweet
milk, butter milk, butter, sweet cream,
ice cream, cottage cheese and Bulgar
ian butter milk.
Everybody invited, children and
grown-ups. Ask your doctor about pas
teurized creamery products.
HOURS 6 TO 10
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1922
SUMTER CREAMERY