The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-03-29

| IS" vi iiiS anu make MIN relatively
independent Of boil weevil, crop fail
ures or like conditions"
Gov. Bickett's Proclamation.
Gov. Bickett's proclamation fol-
lows:
"Our forefathers established the
noble custom of setting apart day
IN autumn on which to return thanks
to the Lord of the Harvest for having
blessed them with the kindly fruits
of the earth
"a true Interpretation of the
thanksgiving spirit comprehends all
reasonable efforts on our part to in
sure celestial bounty. The condi-
tions which now confront us appeal
for activity on our part with peculiar
and compelling power.
81. The world war has drawn to
the battle line millions of those who
IN times of peace went forth to SOW
China and the United States arc
about to swell the legions who fight
and must be fed.
"2. From the South the boil wee
vii is marching on North Carolina.
Full cribs and smoke houses are the
sure and safe defense against the
coming of this pest. In every State
the destruction of cotton by the boil
weevil has been followed by a pa
ralysls of the farmers credit. Being
forewarned of the steady advance of
this enemy and the certain conse-
quence of it's attack, it will be colos-
sal stupidity to fail to meet it with
the only weapons that have proved
effective, to wit, broad acres of grains
and grasses.
| .. The amended crop lien law was
framed to give the small farmer a
decent chance to escape from credit
system that levies upon the right to
live and labor the heaviest tribute
imposed upon helpless people since
Augustus Caesar issued his decree
that all the world should be taxed.
But the farmer who fails to increase
his food and feed crops will deny to
himself and family the blessings of
the law. The merchant will proper-
ly refuse to make unlimited advances
under the new law. Long profits will
no longer tempt him to take long
chances. He will wisely and Justly
insist that the farmer must produce
his own meat and meal, and when he
has done this he will find no difficulty
IN obtaining other necessary supplies
| "All these things make substan-
tial increase in our food and feed
crops essential to our self-preserva-
! ton.
"Now therefore, Thomas Walter
Beckett, governor of North Carolina,
do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, the 9Th day of April, 1917,
as planting day, and on that day
earnestly urge:
Il. All mayors Of Incorporated
towns to call the people together and
devise and put into execution prac-
ticaf ways and means of having every
vacant lot in and adjacent to the town
planted to grain or grass, peas or
potatoes.
| ~. All farmers organizations Of
every kind to meet and counsel their
members to heavily increase their
food and feed crops this year.
"3. All landlords to insist that
their tenants shall plant food and
food crops ample for the sustenance
Of their families and their live stock.
~. All merchants and bankers to
counsel their customers who are en-
gaged in farming to increase the acre
age planted to food and feed crops
20 such an extent that it will be un
necessary for them to purchase any
food supplies next year.
| "The times are troublous. No man
can say what an hour may bring
forth, but if we shall act with pru
dence and diligence the meal will
waste not, nor will the oil fall"