Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-06-12

enuOn @fU,oVOy UNION, $i1o,OOO.
The commit tsslon passed a resolu-
tion providing that no wooden bridges
are to be built on state road projects
without special permission from the
commission.
Loans on Liv&stos. Advocated.
DR.. w. X Lewis. director Of the
bureau Of animal industry under the
United States department Of agricul-
ture in Columbia, has just returned
from a trip >into number Of the
coastal counties.
DR.. Lewis is vitality interested in
arousing the people Of the state to
the menace OF the boil weevil, which
is invading the southwestern corner
Of the state. The invasion of this
pest will compel the farmers to turn
fr om the cultivation Of cotton to live
stock raising. as the presence Of the
weevil means that for many years,
once the pest has arrived, production
OF cotton will be practically impossi-
ble
Land values will commit the state
to two distinct efforts to meet the
emergency. DR.. Lewis says that in
the lower half Of the state the lands
are cheaper and the growing Of live
stock for b will be the natural
Inability fnance purchases OF
cattle for d ling purposes Is one
Of the great handicaps the farmers
now isSs Lewis says: us,,ass, Ts %sst
he says, for a few banks at strategical
points to aprpint livestock expert
in their banking organization. which
will take care Of loans for cattle.
Banking houses in the West follow
this plan.
Bill for Soldiers Relief.
Washington Special.)-Congress-
man Steven nsm has introduced the
following bills
That any soldier or sailor who has
suffered the loss Of limb. or an eye.
or an equivalent injury, in the late
war shall be entitled to compensation
at a minimum rate Of $50 per month:
that any soldier or sailor who has in
CURED partial disability equal to 10
per cent or over while in the service
and who Is carrying insurance with
the government shall have the right
OF at once begin to draw monthly in
stallments Of his insurance as II he
were totnlly sabled. but shall draw
only in proportion to his disability.
Thtrty-one stAIs Destroyed.
T. J. Smyrl.I chief state constable.
and his associates last month destroy
ed on an avera{e one still day. The
total number oi stills captured was 81
and the numbdr OF fermenters taken
was At. The officers conflscated 555
gallons OF bedr and one gallon Of
blockade whiskey. Twentv-six ar
rests were made. The distilleries
were Distributed as follows: Allen
dale, s; Aiken. is; Barnwell, 3: Edge
field 4: Lexing{pn. 3: Orangeburg. I.
Constable Smyl and his assistants
cover about on 4if;h of the state.
Cotton Should Housed.
w. G. Smith state warehouse COM
missioner. saidu farmers of the state
have lost eho6s D in weather damae"
to cotton left the open this year
to pay for sui tantial warehouses
The average los he saws in damage"
cotton and in d probation Of Qualit''
In many instpd es, will amount to 100
pounds to the bale. Mr.. Smith sug-
gests the size dnd type OF warehouse
which may be Milt. He will be glad
to furnish further particulars. II call
cd on. or will be p.ad to call upon
farmers who a3e interested.
FIGHT on Boil WeeviI.
"The results sb far secured with the
use OF arsenatd Of lime against the
boil weevil will warrant through ex-
perimenting with a view Of develop
ing this remedy into a practical con-
troll measure" says Prof. A. F.. Con-
radi. of the ditision Of entomology.
who announces that in addition to es-
tablishing a series Of cooperative ex-
| periments at 1oints in this state
where serious 4eevil injury may be
expected this season. the division will
be glad to give any information to
farmers who ard interested.
Several New Enterprises.
The Peoples Tobacco Warehouse
Company OF Sumter was chartered
with capital stock Of $4,000.
The Lynchburf Live Stock Company
Of Lynchburg, lee county, was COM
missioned with proposed capital
stock Of $4,000.
The Sumter Filling Station was
chartered with q capital stock OF ST.
| 900.
The Gaddy-Hits Company or Ben
nettsville. Marlboro county. was char.
tered with capital stock Of
$12.6oo.