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4 TSE SOFTER WATCHMAN, Est CONSOLIDATED AUG, 2, PROFITABLE COTTON JROWiG Experience of Numer ous Farmers Prove That by Use of Cal cium Arsenate Cot ton Can Be Produc ed at a Prof it Editor Daily ^tem: y I-noted the write-up in the pa pers Thursday of the cotton asso ciation meeting in Columbia and it appeared to me to give only a bare mention to what I consider the outstanding features of the meeting. The address by Mr. Cok er giving his experience with the caisium arsenate poison in the molasses fbrm. the report of the results of more than three hun dred dusting experiments by rep * resentatives of the Southern Cot ton Oil Company, and/the address by Mr. Conradi of the Ciemson Col lege agricultural extension sendee cmy mind were the outstanding features of the meeting. These addresses all showed conclusively that cotton can be made profitably under boll weevil conditions, and laid down clearly - the conditions under which result%were possible. And in these conclusions there were no material differences. Mr. Coker showed that by using the molasses calcium, arsenate rrixture applied by ? bottle meth - od in the early stages of the cotton and in*the spray form as the cot ton got larger, he averaged near ly a bale to the acre on his entire farm and that none at- his share croppers had made less than a half bale per acre. He cited a: number o< other well known farm - ers who had obtained similar re sults. Mr. Coker- himself states; that he usedi 600 pounds of an S-3- j 3 equivalent fertilizer., and 75 j pounds of soda per acre. It was notable that in all results show ing a good profit. 400 to 600 pounds of quick acting fertilizer, such as 8-3-3. 8-4-4, or. equivalent had been used. This ? use of a heavy application of quick acting fertilizer under the eotton was a part of - every su^?^uld^Eftduetion. record. " And failure to observo thtS requirement is largely respofr sible for our noa-success in thl? county this year. Mr. A. E. Grant; representing the Southern Cotton Oil Company, showed by the results, of more than j 300 experiments conducted at it* tions scattered from Southern -Ala bama to Eastern Xorth Carolina, that dusting with calcium arsenate paid in every case and that the in ,creac:.<id yields over adjoining plots, j similariy fertilized -and situated, ranged from ,150 pounds to more than 1.000 pounds per acre. The report from the farm of Mr. Willie Shaw of Sumter of 5,600 pounds on the poisoned 5 acres and 2J>00 pounds on the unpoisbned plot, was typical of a great many tests. These tests also showed that where land was well fertilized, with 40U to 600 pounds of quick acting fer tiliser, good yields 'were .obtained and the profits much enhanced. These tests can leave n? doubt that calcium arsenate poisoning is high ly profitable and practically essen tial to successful cdtton raising un der boll weevil conditiona. Professor Conradi advocated un reservedly the calcium arsenate dusting method^ of -application. P.ut ? did not construe whjkt he said to pass an adverse judgment on the molasses poisoning ijnethoi advo cated by Mr. Coker* but On the contrary to advocate the dusting method of application a.* a tested and proven method. In the-absence of a more thorough test by the government of this method, they certainly would not be In a posi tion to pass officially on it. Results obtained ' from both methods show clearly that cal cium arsenate poisoning when properly applied is effective, and highly profitable. The method se lected depends upon^he inclination of the individual farmer.- ?n both cases the object- is to hive the clacium arsenate as thoroughly covering the cotton foliage as pos sible. The spray method applied by 3Ir. Coker, in which he used a barrel spray on a -wagon with five nozzles and covering forty acres, certainly appears an effective I method of putting on the poison; j and the fact that k avoids night j work, it seems would recommend j it to the large farm arg. Reports from all over the state j showing that yields from 1.200 ! pounds to a bale of cottou per acre had been obtained by farme;? planting early, manuring proper ly, and poisoning, where adjoininz farmers not using these methods made practically ' nothing Whole situation can be summed up by saying that cotton can be made profitably under boll weevil condi tions by planting early varieties of cotton early, properly fertilizing, cultivating rapidly, and applying j calcium arsenate, on high yield- j ing quick maturing land.?. And | that unless these conditions pre vail, to plant cotton is simply to in vite heavy financial loss, planting ? cotton under boll weevil cont!ilvor?s j is no job for the thriftless farmer 1 R. B. BELSER j Washington. Oct. 14.?Cotton j consumed September amounted to | 495.344 bales of lint and 58.533 j bales Sinters, the census bureau an- ] nounced. ablisbed April, 1850, 1881V_ {EUROPE IS i CLOSE TO WAR ONCE MORE Financial, Economic and Reparations Problems Must Be Quickly . Solved to Prevent Disaster Hoboken, N. J., Oct. 13.?Europe jis closer to' military conflict than (at any period immediately preced ! ing the world war, members of the international trade commission of j the Southern Commercial con Igress declared today upon their re iturn on the President Harding, j The commissioners stated that j their study of conditions in all the I European countries convinced them jthat immediate solution of the va rious financial, economic and rep aration problems was necessary to 1 avoid disaster. j Fourteen members of the com j mission, hesided by Clarence J. I Owens of Washington, D.. C. re turned on4 the President Harding. A } report of the commission's investi jgations will be presented to the ] 15th commercial congress in Chi Icago November 2ft to 22. j ''Notwithstanding the treaty of i [Versailles a^nd the low economic I I status of European nations," said j la preliminary report of the com-j mission. "Europe is more nearly j on verge oT military conflict than | ?at any period immediately preced-; jing the world war. The Belgian! [compromise is purely temporary j land unless some solution of the] problem is reached prior to the ex-: piration of the six months' period j the conditions in Europe will be in- j finitely worse. "The- fundamental problem is j that of *the settlement of the war; debt and reparations. The set-j tlemeht can not be handled piece- j meal, buVmust include all the na-j tions" .parties to international fin-: ancial obligations. America as a! creditor nation to the amount of S 10,0 00,000i)00/ -plus accrued in ter est must see that its interests are! protected in contract of settlement. I France and Belgium base their en-j tire program of reconstruction ahdj j rehabilitation on the return of ex--; change to an approximate normal i ^status1 upon -German reparation ? payments. They say 'Germany must j pay. Germany, with its gold and: securities of value out of the coun-| try with arJparent financial collapse! but with, an almost frenzied agn- j cultural and industrial.activity m production, bolbMy claims that thej treaty of Versailles must be] amended that Germany be freed.5 to compete economically and com-: mercially with other countries of j the world and claims that Germany*) can not pay anything like the sum j demanded, nor at all until she is j free to export. j "Holland, as a neutral observer.; agreed that Germany can not pay { and plainly says that the economic i future of Holland is bound up with ? the fate of Germany. "Italy has more nearly balanced her budget and England has bal- j anced i.ts budget. These nations j do not maintain that their economic; future is .dependent upon German j reparations. However, both na-j tions have theirseexterior debt and! both expect Germany to Npay an} adequate amount. If a settlement i is reached, and a settlement must j be reached, if the peace of the i world is to be restored and guar- j anteed, then two basic considera-} tions must be understood and ac-1 cepted. viz: "First. America can not cancel j the debts of the nations, but all j nations must ultimately pay their j obligations with dignity and honor:! second, the world war is ended | and while hate and anger is still in i the hearts of many, the settlement j between nations formerly belliger- j ent must be on a basis of mutual j respect and consideration. "Two words contain the solution of the world's problems in the in-1 ternational settlement in this hour! of unhappy and chaotic uncertain- J ty. They are 'moratorium' and j 'amortization.' Let no nation ask! for it? debt to be forgiven but only; for time and patient consideration, j The allies must pay America; t Germany must pay reparation ob-! ligations. but amendment to the; treaty of Versailles mu?t be agreed ?? upon, giving Germany the oppor- j tunity to free competition, eco- : nomically, "with all nations and j France and Germany must have guarantees of freedom from moles-! tation and military attacks. "If there way adequate reason ; for a six months moratorium there ; will be a greater reason for a lone- | er extension at the expiration of' the period. A moratorium of a! longer and absolutely d~tinit^ pe riod must be accepted: ? America I as a creditor nation attempts to] force payments from the nation's] of Europe, (he result would be dis- j astrous. And if the former allies j attempt to force the defeated na tions beyond their ability to pay.! it would be equally disastrous and! would inevitably lead to armed con flict. The nations must agree around I the tal>le u. an amortization scheme <>f settlement. America ! must generously agree to reduce *h?. j interest rate lower than i 1-t per* cent., and permit*! per cent, of the' interest agreed upon t?> *-ro to amortize the lo:ir; of $10.1M)0,000.-J 000 and thus wilh th?- payment of! interest and amortization semi-an nual ly the debts would be eventual-; iy paid. It is evident that 25 years] is not loni? enough to amortize thej debts." I "Be Just and Fear LLOYD GEORGE i FIGHTING FOR OFFICIAL LIFE I Climax o f Political Drama Reached in I Manchester Speech ?Charges That the Government Ha s Been Misrepresent-; I ed ; ;j I i Manchester, Oct. 14.?In begin I ning his address here, raising the 1 ! curtain on a new act in the politic ?l j j drama which' may mark the climax ! of the career of its striking central | figure. Premier "Lloyd George te-j I ferred to the Near Eastern crkls, | J declaring that the people of this j j country must not believe the gov- j ! eminent had endeavored to rush j [Great Britain into war. The gov- j ? ernment. he declared, had been as- j i sailed with misrepresentations ? ! such as no government had ever i : been subject to/. j London. Oct. 14.?England's j political crisis approached a climax { j with all attention centered on Man- j I ehester, awaiting Premier; Lloyd j I George's announcement of his in-1 ' tentions. Austen Chamberlain's j ! address yesterday and editorial! ! comments thereon fill many col- i j umns of this morning's- papers. The ; I point most discussed is the prob- j able effect of the speech upon the ' I ranks of conservation party and j ; the alleged inevitableness of some | form of coalition in references to j labor. j Manchester. Oct. 14.?Premier j Lloyd George's speech to the Lib-j erals which was expected to be an j historic utterance, was . a disap- s pointment because the premier j gave no intimation regarding his' plans and program. I Spanish War Veterans! -;- , Columbia. Oct. 12.?The Spanish1 War Veterans of Columbia have' organized a local camp?United ] Spanish War Veterans. They are; desirious of "perfecting a state or- j ganizationr -and-at their .last<>meet- i ing it was decided to have a ban-; quet Thursday evening of Fair: Week, October 26th, hours 6:00 to j 7:S0 p. m., thus interferiug In no; way with the attractions of thej day. This, it was thought, would be the best way ,to get a large num- j ber present and discuss methods for! securing a state organization, asj Spanish War Veterans from al! over t the State will be attending thej Fair on that date. Th?- bariquet will not only bring1 the veterans together for social [ purposes but will afford an oppor- i tunity to assure veterans, their j widows and irpkau* v ho are in! need of it. assistance in any shape ? or form chat could be rendered 1 by such an organization. In the j short time said organization has' been at work in Columbia .theyj have found disabled Veterans, and j veterans who have tcached the age j which automatical ?y entitles, them j to compensation under federal pen-; sion laws. These, and widows and ! orphans of *eterans, ar|&havingt their cla>ir.s attended to. ^Failure j on -he port of the^e veterems. their j widows arid orphans, to take ad- j vantage of their rights and privi- ; leges has riot only kept them from j receiving what they are entitled to. j but has kept thousands of dollars j from this source frorn getting into! circulation in South. Carolina.! where organisation has been delay- j ed for twenty years. It does not! ma ke any dfference what a vet- j eran's financial condition is, if he is disabled or has reached the age I of sixty-one he is entitled to com- ! pensation, even though his disabil- j ity may have occurred since he was mustered out of service. There will be a charge of $1.50 per plate for the banquet, and any veteran wishing to bring his wife or a friend can do 30 by paying for an extra plate. The committee appointed to ar range for this banquet is: Dr. F. M. Durham, Palmetto! Building. Chairman. Gen. Wilie Jones, Palmetto Building. Treasurer. Wm. Banks. j J. L. Rainey. C. M. Waetor. j All tickets to banquet must be j secured before October 21st. so that the committee may know how | many to prepare for and have j ample time to mail each veteran j his admission ticket. Send check j at once t?? Gen. Wilie Jones, Pal- I metto Building. j. Get together, boys, and meet at [ the V. W. C. A. Banquet Hall: Bristow. Okla.. Oct. 11.?Officials I are tiv'ng f<> establish the motive for dy.iamitirig the Illinois hotel last night, resulting in the death ??f Xi'k Redwin. oil field worker.] and the injury of a dozen other persons. i <? - ? - i Los Angeles. Oct. 14. -Captain j Walk, master of the shipping j board freighter West Karalon will j b*' asked t<> explain bis conduct ! during the rescue "bf th<v passengers!: and crew of the burned steamer] City of Honolulu, according to dispatch received at the offices of the board here from James Sheedy. vice president of the board, al j Washington, Not?Let all the ends Thou Aiuis't Sumter, S. C, Wednesd NORWAY INS CASE AGAINST UNITEDSTATI Hague Tribunal Awards $12,000$Q9 For Requisitioning Ships During War The Hague. Oct. 13 (By the As-' j j sociated Press). ? Norway has hee nawarded approximately .$1.2.-' OOO.iJUO by the arbitration tribunal. ! which for several months has been i considering the controversy Ibe-] j ?ween the United States and Nor- ; ! way involving claims growing but of the requisitioning of Nory.e- j gian vessels by the United States! during the war. The award was made known to-j day. and the American arbitrator.* Chandler P. Anderson, who did "not: attend today's sitting, communi cated to ,the secretary general of. the tribunal and the ajccnts of Nor-' way and the United States his opin ion that the terms of submission had been violated and that the j tribunal had exceeded its juris- j diction as outlined by the special' agreement. Notice was served by I William C. Dennis, the American: government's agent, that he reserv ed for his government all the* rights "'arising out of the plain and manifest departure of the award; from the terms of submission and from the essential error . . _ by which "it is invalidated." The grounds on which the American .arbitrator and agent j claimed the terms of submission 1 had been violated were not pre-1 sen ted to the tribunal, but it was \ ?said by tho?:e conversant with the I case that one of the principal rca- ' sons was the alleged disregard of) the provi.#ons of The Hague con- j vention of 1907. requiring arbi trators to state the reasons for each ' award made. From the beginn mg j of the present trial, it was ~saici j that both sides to the arbitration,' as well as the tribunal itself, agreed j to be bound by The Hague c'ohyen- j tion. The present decision, covering 42?'. large printed pages- .does not give the reasons for the award of each; claimant, but recites the reasons for the justice Of general award, i The awards of each claimant are ? given :in-a flat sum; including in- , terest at an unstated rate. The' method whereby the sums were ar- , rived at is not specified. Chief among the "points of con-{ ?roversy throughout the tribunal j sitting was what was requisition- \ ed and when. It was argued by , the United States-that the order is-1 sued by the United States shipping board August. 1917. which was'tn?? only. requisition order over issued. merely requisitioned ships then; completed and materials for un completed vessels. Norway, on the other hand, i claimed that the United States; requisitioned not only ships and < materials, but also contracts, and claimed compensation for their; marketable value. Moreover, Nor way claimed that the requisition ] order did not become effective un- ? til October G. 1917. at the couclu- j sion of the negotiations between; the United States and the special! Norwegian commission headed by i Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Even conceding that contracts' were requisitioned, the United States claimed their value should! be determined as of August 3. 1917. ? and not after prices were juggled i upward by the alleged manipula-! tions of Christopher Hannevig, "aj Norwegian subject, who. the Amor- ; ican counsel claimed, speculated on! ship contracts and created dummy! corporations, even after the requisi-j tion order was issued. through which to sell and resell contracts.! advancing prices perceptibly with; each transaction and indulging in ? other alleged questionable tradings, j Some of the Hannevig corporations! in America have become bankrupt! since the war. Although Hannevig ' does not j figure in the list of claimants, the, United States argued and Norway] admitted that he is largely interest-! ed in virtually all the claims. The award makes allowance for the' "dubious" nature of some acts of Hannevig. but does not mention! to what extent. ! The tribunal upheld Norway's: contentions, both as regards con-' tracts requisitioned and the date' October 6. 1MIT. or. which the! requisitioning became effective, al though the only requisition order; i.-ited was'that of August 3. 1917. ! THE DIOCESEAN CONVENTION Columbia. Oct. 13.?The first.; convention of the new Diocese of Upper South Carolina came to aj close yesterday at 1 o'clock. The 1 second session of the new diocese I will be held in Christ church, j (rreenville. At a meeting ??f the executive j council. Mrs. William P. Cornell was reappointed diocesan secretary! and will continue her duties at the! ilb..-.--an headquarters on S ?mter j street. j The institute was began al 10 j o'clock yesterday morning and!' continued until 1 o'clock. This in -tiiut?- was !?-d by the Rev. B. 'J". Kcmerer, field secretary 'of the ' national council. Vesterday's ses-j sion was a continuation <?i the out-J lining of [dans of the cUcesan pro- !1 gram. r Many matters of importance |n ] < the organization of the new uto-!. ces.e have been settled at this. eon-j? vention of Episcopal clergy. at be thy Country's, Thy God's and ay, October 18, 1922 ISSIMREDS HAVE BIG ARMY READY FOR WAR More Than Million and a Half Under Arms and Concen trated on Frontier _ Warsaw, Oct. 13 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Russia has 1,600,-. 000 men under arms, mainly con centrated along the western fron tier from the Baltic to the Black sea. while the Baltic states have only 120.000 and Poland 250.000 ac cording to figures compiled here. These figures, it is stated, have been brought out in connection with the present conference of rep resentative's of Baltic states add Poland in Revaljn preparation for taking part in the Moscow disarma ment congress proposed by for eign minister Tchitcherin. The newspaper Kur.ier Porain declares that Russia has agree ments with the Krupps undet which arms and munitions are be ing produced on a considerable scale in their Russian works, it be ing reported that the factory at Tula is turning out 20.000 rifles and 30.000.000 cartridges monthly, while the establishment at Futilove is producing several hundred pieces of heavy artillery yearly. This newspaper also asserts the Soviet war office is drafting select ed contingents of men between 20 and 40 years of age and devoting 34 per cent, of the national reve nue to army uses." There are also persistent reoorts in Warsaw. it adds, that Russia will turn over to German arms manufacturers all this year's surplus of the Ukrain ian harvest in payment for mili tary supplies laregly produced in Russia from materials imported from Germany. War Veterans in New Orleans New Orleans. Oct. 1 ?Delegates from seven European nations to the United States opened the con vention of the Inter-Allied Veter ans' Federation here. Presiding over the gathering which included representatives of the countries from Balkans to . America, was Charles Bertrand, of France, a member of the Chamber of Depu ties, wearer of the American dis tinguished service cross, and the French Uegion of Honor, who is president of the federation. Jones Returned To Reformatory Columbia. Oct. 13.?J. W'mis Jones. Sumter county youth, who escaped from the Florence reform atory and joined ' the army, has been returned to the reformatory to serve his sentence of three years for manslaughter. Governoi Harvey was advised yesterday by J. H. Martin. ' superintendent of the reformatory. Jones escaped and joined the army after serving a short time and when he returned to Sumter on a furlough he was seen and efforts begun to bring him back to com plete his time. When the army officials were advised of the fact that Jones was an escaped con vict they released him to officers and ordered him returned, the gov ernor was advisea. RADIO SAVED SHIP'S COMPANY San Francisco. Oct. 13.?The ra dio, coupled with the fellowship of those who go down to the sea in ships, stands responsible for the safety of 217 persons of the ship's company of the steamer City of Honolulu, which was burned yes terday. The readiness with5 which the mariners of a half dozen craft offered themselves for the rescue of the distressed tourists afloat, v.as but the echo of the story first told so long ago that men have for gotten the time of its telling. The freighter West v Faralou ;vas the first of several ships responding toj the distress calls to reach the i scene and picked up all the pa? ! 3C??ers and members' of the crew. Passengers were transferred to j the United States army transport ] Thomas, from the West Faralbn j at dawn, according to an official i message. The Thomas is expected i here Sunday. Uondon. Oct. L4.?Fighting has! broken out between DTAhnunzio legionnaires and the Zanella force in Fiume. says a Rome message to the Central News. The Aucona message states that Italian de stroyers have been dispatched to prevent departure of Fasicisti forces' from Zara fur Fiume. Asheville. Oct .1 4.?Charges that j the state of North Carolina was in- i consistent in raising taxes on rail-j, \-oiid property and ar the sum:-, tin-" asking the interstate com-] merce commission to lower freight! rates was made by Charles' Rixey. J representing M"_- carriers during the] cross-examination of W. ,; Worn-; ble. rate clerk of the corporation! commission. . j Sportsmen who are anticipating pleasant days in the fields with their well trained pointers and set ters as soon :?s the game season ' L>pens. would be wise to keep their ; pets confined to their yards, for a ib?g catcher, armed with a dog-net, will be on duty within a few days. : Troth's." BOOZE SHIPS TAKE LAW 1NT0C0URT Judge Hand Issues Re straining Order Against Prohibition Enforcement Offi cers Washington. Oct. 12 (By the As sociated Press).?Issuance by Fed eral. Judge Hand in New York of a temporary order restraining pro hibition and customs agents from enforcing the liquor ban against vessels of the American line was accepted today in government cir-; des as effectively bringing before the courts the question of the au-1 thority of tho aovernment in this respect. Failure of counsel for the Brit- [ ish-owned Canard and Anchor lines to obtain a similar order was ex pected to lead to renewal of their petition either in New York or some other judicial district with a more detailed showing of the damage's which they ??liege would j result from operation of Attorney General Daugherty's interpretation of the liquor statutes. | Promulgation of regulations by Secretary Mellon to carry out the terms of the liquor ruling was ex-I pected to be automatically post- ; poned by Judge Hand's action. The j initial drafts of these regulations were laid before Secretary Mellon today but it was indicated that sev- i oral material changes were in his opinion desirable before they could be officially approved. j An important phase of enforce- j ment still under discussion wheth- j er foreign vessels convicted of vio- ; lation of the "transportation sec tion" of the Volstead act. would : be amenable to the forfeiture I penalty imposed by that section. At torney General Daugherty ruled formally that in such cases the , ship, whether palatial liner or a: coastal tramp, would be liable to seizure and sale by the government.; Secretary Mellon, however, indicat ed that such drastic measures would not be required effectively to : achieve the .-purpose of the law j and gave the impression that .the ? penalties Imposed for the time at ' least. wrf?Tfi'Ti^cp?ffaied to seizure j of the illicit cargoes and Impostire; of fines. Reports from span's that French: and British shipping interests; would initiate'other suits to test the validity of the ruling were: welcomed at the department of; justice' as offering additional hope j of a. speedy determination of the-: issue in case the Ounard line's 'suit i should prove defective in some ? technical element. Officials here were under the impression that! the "real-court , fight" would be f made upon the question of wheth- j er the Volstead ,act infringes upon ! the rights jo? ffreudly nations and, j if so. whether an act of congress; which had such effect was consti-! tutional. In order to remove as far as \ possible the: -discrimination operat- j ing against American ships >. as a result of the extension to October j 14 of the ba:i against entrance into! American, waters OX foreign liquor ? carriers. Secretary Mellon issued! instructions today that ships which ! have voluntarUy surrendered their; liquor stocks, but which are j scheduled to nail on or before Sat- ; urday, would be allowed to regain j such stores. No sales will be per- j milted, however, on American ves- \ sels anywhere or on foreign ships j within American territorial waters' subsequent to the reporting of the! last ships which cleared on Octo- ! ber 14. American ships now in for eign waters which gave up their! beverages! stock "will be allowed to j recover and take them into foreign J uorts." Mr. Mellon announced. * ? ? COTTON MARKETING ASSOCIATION! Members Are Receiving Air Average of $100.000 a Day ' on Cotton Delivered Columbia. Oct. 14.?Over three million dollars have been paid to: members of the South Carolina Cotton Growers* Co-operative As-, sociation in advances, it was an- j tiounced by ofiicutis of the asso- j ciatioii today. An average of over! 5100.000 it' being paid out daily, it; was said, rleavv deliveries are be-j ing made ii"! every- section of the] state and all railroads report heavy j shipments to concentration points.: Many of the association's ware- j houses have reported that they are. filled to capacity. Many contracts have come it: ? luring the week from large plant- j srs and the membership of the as sociation is steadily increasing. ' From every section come reports of ocreasing enthusiasm for the as- i sedation. Constantinople. Or:. 14.?The formal acceptance by Greeks of the Mud?nitt armistice agree-j ment Mas transmitted to all the ] signatories by the Greek high com-, riiissioner at Constantinople. Leipsic, Germany. Oct. 14.?Sen- j ences up to fifteen years of pen-:' il servitude were imposed upon j; nen convicted of complicity in the! nurd er of Walter Rathenau, laiej' foreign minister. < 1 THE TRUE SOI CHESTERFIELD FARMERS TURN TO LIVE STOCK j One Crop System Fol lowed by Weevil Forces Farmers to Give Attention to Possibilities of Cat tle Raising (By C. G. Cushraan. Extension Dairy Husbandman).. Chesterfield. Oct. 11.?One of the outstanding factors in live stock de velopment of the present day is ! community enterprise, having to do with the cooperative development j of one partciular breed of live stock, and it is through this unified effort that we are looking to some county, community or sectional name for the trade mark of ex cellence and progress in pushing some breed of live stock to the foreground through the maze of individual breeders?a thing which would be prohibitive or take years in the mailing with individual breeders. In the Guernsey breed such units are making themselves felt and the bull acsaciation is becom ing the foundation for. these com munity enterprises. In this con nection it is a pleasure to announce the recent formation of a county organization for the particular pur pose of promoting the Guernsey breed. Founded on a bull asso ciation. Cfiestcrfield county has en tered the list under the caption of the "Chesterfield County Guernsey Bull Association." and it is safe to say that few such organizations have launched forth with equal dei termination and enthusiasm to take a place among these organ izations as breeders of the best in Guernsey blood. Chesterfield county is typical of the whole state of South Carolina --a state abounding in resource possibilities adaptable to the dairy ing industry. Farmers of Ches terfield county were this year face to face with a serious condition. For years and_^'oars cotton . has been the basis of a one crop system which has depleted the natural fer tility of the land to-such an .extent that the state has been usmg one sixth of all the fertilizer used in the United States. Then the cotton boll weevil arrived and with its ar rival it became apparent ? that a change must be made. The people investigated the possibilities of dairying and found that they were ail that could be desired if follow ed intelligently. It was then that the bull association idea was intro duced. , After careful study the temporare organization was perfected and nine directors elected representing eight blocks At a meeting of the j directors May 29 it became appar ent that this association was to j be foj-iaed on bed rock and that j only the best of animais would suit! and only the most progressive pro- j visions would be written into the j constitution as far as the spokesH men of the organization were con- j cerned. The constitution in final form is a most businesslike and progressive one. It permits only bulls of live blood lines and from dams with a two years old A. R. record of at least 400 pounds of butter fat or the equivalent. Strict tuberculosis testing is provided for. Strict breeding rules are included and a circuit arrangement within the association provides for an excel lent system of line breeding on ex change of the animals to best uti lize their breeding vaiue. Adver tising the association, showing at j fairs and many other progressive! features all combine to confirm the] prediction that the~Chesterfield as sociation will take its proper place in building Guernsey history. An extract from an official report on file at the Clemson college exten sion department headquarters is found the following statement. "In its final form the association includes eight blocks, covering the county thoroughly. Twenty-five scrub bulls were eiiminated. ap- j proximately 130 non-members will use the animals. There are ap proximately 70 pure bred o&ws owned by member^fand 30 owned by non- member- approximately 400 cows are located in the imme diate territory where the bulls will be kept. Of this total number of cows 30 are extra well bred and I close up in the blood of the in- j dividvals that are making Guern-1 sey history."* With a membership of 40. the! association is large enough to be j influential yet not so large as to be j unwieldy; Members owning the best of the pure bred animals are! making preparations to start ad- j vanced testing within the year and] a plan is on foot to" order a ear-J load of weil bred heifers to be! added to the li'-t. thus forming the) trucelus on which to build a name j synonymous with the best in Guer- ' nsey blood. The officers at e: Gus Sherrell. J Cheraw, president: W. L. McCoy. I McBee. vice president: j. k). Terrell, i secretary and treasurer. The organization was directed by j W. E. vV*4ntermeyer. assistant dairy1 husbandman of the Washington department of agriculture; C. G. Cushman, district dairy husband man of Clemson college, and W. J. Tiller, county farm demonstration" agent. The work was ably assisted by several of the members. Mr. Terrell giving much of his time to the work, * - it ;THRO\, Established June 1, ISM. VOL. Lin. NO. 19, ROUGHLY Two Negroes B e a t Richland County Of ficer Columbia, Oct. IS.?Rural Po liceman Arthur Price was badly beaten -up by two nearoejs near Wilson's store yesterday afternoon while he was on his - way to the^ .county chaingang to turn over a iiegro prisoner to serve time. 3in Price was stopped by the hegrpev who are thought to be strangers in the /county,, and hie gun taken away from him. according ta re ports reaching Sheriff Heise late in the afternoon. After they had tak- , en the officer's gun they beat him, the she'riff wysi advised. The negroes made their escape and when .last seen were headed toward the. Jdver swamps in - th^ direction, or .Frost. Sheriff-.He^e j^aid. TjhV nejr*b prisoner did not; escape. 1 9 Officer Price, while badly beat en, is not "seriously hurt, it 'was said last night. He was alone, wish' >: the negro' prisoner, but defended himself -to'the best of his ability. ; After the negroes had beaten the .officer atui started away he gave chase 4?id they tired five times at him, but none of the shots itcOfc. effect.. CHIROPRACTOR ON WAY TO PEN Dr. Lore, of Charleston, FaHs Ho Obtain Pardon from < . Got. Harvey c?u?a.:Oct: 15.?"The fact that d'nV. not in sympathy with ihp intent' of; a law fhas nothing to. d?. with my duty to. enforce it' ,sa*|t- , Governor "Harvey. . known ias^:tfc% "law. en^oixietoent governor*'-* in. announcing to- Dr.; R. I^man L?v<* of Charleston, chiropractor,'that he. could not extend, .to him executive. v clemency, to relieve him of sery^?g the sept^c^ imposed by .the circuit* court at .Charleston tor practicing j chirobractic without a state^ns?d- . Ucal licensed :'? / . : . ;; '.'?]. 1 Governor Harvey, has been li<fii&t%=^ is a beii^er;r; in. the profession.. He ^^;,h^-Ht favor of enacting, the anTi-eh^bj- ^ pracrtic s^clion of the law when, it * was' before' the. general aasembiy. "but it ie a -ldtw now,.and "it is niy duty-to'enforce it and I.can't-ylet you out," the:; governor lold gi\ Love. ' 'v. ' Dr. Lore > re^hed Cblum%. Thursday afternoon, in comply with Sheriff Poulnot, of Charier ton, but he- has not yet cojk mepced th?,sserving, of the ninety - day sentence imposed by tjvo <y?r,r.:v and w hielr Df. Love aecepreu, in - preference to the alternative :of. paying ? fine and desisting j-from pr?ctieing^.his prolass^ou ' After conferring with the governor, he left'the executive office.'but it was xvlth7-the" authority of the gov reruor to. remain injColumbia a.few days and. tliiuk the matter over-, with a view to deciding whether he will pay the fine or go to the pen. Dr. Lpyeyis stopping at .'his own expense at a hotel here, and he's a sort "of "prisoner-gue?t"*ypt the governor, "Tile governor^ told- ?\ him to slay here a few days and readi a final decision as to what . he preferred to do. Or. Lore Can either pay the Sr.e and go hoftf?; and desist "from jpractkjhjg his profession, ot he can I go to the peh for ninety days. "He announced: *?hen sentenced, that he I would t^k*? the days, as a protest ?against the law, which he . eov> "?> sidered un^stand which chh oprac tors antf friends of the profession have opposed for several year^ Now however he-?? thinking of arc ing to prison, or whether be wotiiS pay the fine and stop practicing in South Carolina - Should h? re sume practice, he'would be subject to ar rest "again. . Governor Harvey is in receipt cf scores of telegraphic and ma:I par titions for. clemency for Dr. .Love. "He saved my life," one te*egr?r: reads. an4 others _ urge that ha pardon th* chiropractor. Many ar* jrom prominent citizens. Governor Hjmey has allowed .. Dr. Love two or. three days pa role in .Columbia, at the en.3 or which time the executive wrH eva der the eWrupractor To enter the penitentiary tff else pay the fine. AUTO WRECK IN DARLINGTON One Man's Leg: Broken When Car Turns Over Darlington. Oct. 12.?E5ter- ?^w den. Harry " JCing. and Mu-dro v Kius were injured in an automobil wreck-4>u the edge of town thisSaf ternooh. />Sr. .King. v:ho :s a loc&i contractor, was retomirs: to tows, from a building ab^ut thre^ mSes from tOAn with hi? son. Ksrvy. and listen Bowden as p<ts*enger> In order to .avoid bitting another car that was passing between Mr^ King's car and a buggy. Mr. Kin& ran towards a ditch and betore' trt cbuld right the car ir turned cvc3V into t-lie ditch. Mr. King was onlv ^lightly hurt. In jumping. Harry King tell on his face and his faee was badly bruised, while Mr. Bow * den suffered a bxc-ken Ieg: The body of the car was completely torL