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The St. Johns herald., 1920-12-09
Legion Men, Take Notice.

All members of the American Legion are requested to be present at the Court House at { o'clock p. m.. Sunday, De- cember 12, to elect new officers for the coming year.
 MILFORD HAMBLIN,
 Commander.
The St. Johns herald., 1920-12-09
Brief Local Notes.

out a good display or Xmas goods.
 Get your Christmas candies at Barths. They carry the famous 'Donifrio' candies.
 Mrs. John P. Rothlisbergel oi Eagar was visiting with her sis. ter, Mrs. Raban. for a few days.
 The board of supervisors met in regular session Monday with all members present and the reg ular routine work was taken up.
 Xmas time is drawing near and we have a complete line of toys that will please all the kiddies. Call and see them}at Barths.%
 We are informed that Mir. Clair Sharp, son of c. H. Sharp, and Miss Delma Flaws, daughter of Mrs. Frank Wiltbank, were mar ried Monday.
 . c. H. Sharp, commonly known as ''Hsnk", of Nutrioso, was in the city Monday for a short visit with his daughter who is attend ing the academy.
 A. E. Thurber, our next county assessor, is again at his old post with the A, c. M. I in St. Johns. Thurber's friends are all glad to see him at fls0ld job
 MT. Scutt. representing the AL buquerque Morning Journal was a visitor in our city this week. While here he was a pleasant caller at the HERALD office,
 Mrs. Edna Wright, who is teaching school down on the Blue, was in the city during the fore part of the week for the purpose takir g up the teacher. examina- tion which convened Dec. 6 &7.
 Tonight at 7:30 there will be musical recital given at the Aca- demy by the Private Musical Students of the Academy. Every one is cordially invited to be in attendance. No admission will be charged.
 We are informed that the man. a ayement of the Dreamland dance . hall contemplates giving a series of balls during the holiday sea- son. There will be masquerade dancing, weight dances and some regular common dancing.
 R. E. Connolly, Vernon's jus tice of the peace-elect, was at the county seat Monday attend ing to some business matters. He returned Tuesday to Ramon. Mir. Connolly now has the mail contract from Vernon to Ramon
 Manuel TrujiIlo and his sons left Saturday for Gallup, N. M., where Mir. Trujillo has secured employment for the winter. He ordered the HERAED sent to him there so that he could keep tab on the doings in Apache county. :. James Baird and Erastus Slade were in the city last Saturday for 8 short stay. They were on their way to the big coal beds nortll- east of St. Johns with the idea of doing some development work if things looked good to them.
 Wehave almost anything you want in the jewelry line with sets of petrified wood. Rings, cuff buttons, scarf pins, etc. Come and see our wonderful display of unique designs made from the wood of our far famed petrified forest. ISAAC EARTH, INC.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14
COULD HARDLY
STAND ALONE
Terrible Suffering From Headache,
Sideache, Backache, and Weak
ness, Relieved by Cardui,
Says This Texas Lady.

Gonzales, Tex Mrs. Minnie Phil.
pot, of this place, writes: give years
ago was taken with pain In my
left side. 1t was right under my
left rib. 1t would commence with an
aching and extend up into my left
shoulder and on down into my back.
BY that time the pain would be so
severe I would have to take to bed,
and suffered usually about three days
III suffered this way for three years,
and got to be mere skeleton and was
SO weak I could hardly stand eIone.
Wes not able to go anywhere c1G had
to let my house work 60. II suffered
awful with a pain In my back and
had the headache all the time. I Just
was unable to do a thing. My life
was a misery, my stomach got In an
awful condition, caused from taking
so much medicine. I suffered so much
pain. ! had just about given I'D all
hopes or our getting anything to help
me.
One day a Birthday Almanac was
thrown in NY yard. After reading
Its testimonials I decided to try Car
dui, and am SO tnankfu! .mat ! did,
for I bcSan TO improve wM1u c.. the
second lOtile...I IN How wa!i
woman and feeling :iIc GHI the C..e
has been permanent 81 j: has Nae1
two years since Iny ;."Gu! Gn! health.
! Wi! always pr"is" ~. recommend
Cardui.' Try CGCGu. IuIay. z 78
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family regret very much to leave the
many kind friends we made while
living there. Therefore we shall al
ways have warm spot in our hearts
for them; butt t seems it was decreed
that we return to the home of my
boyhood days-the old town OF Gran
iteville where 7 lived and spent my
school days, and learned to work in
the mills. In these mills are employed
about fifteen hundred hands, most of
whom were raised in the vtllage-the
grandchildren of the boys that attend
ed school with myself. The old school
house that stands in the grove, brings
sweet recollections to me. TIE old ca
nal, with its limped waters winding
its way down to where the looms Of
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14
TO WAGE FIGHT
UPON ILIITERACY

The executive committee of the
South Carolin Division of the Ameri-
can Cotton Association, meeting re-
Gently, decided to throw the full
strength of that organization into the
fight on illiteracy in this state. The
presidents and other officers of the
various county branches of the asso-
citation in the state were instructed to
at once lend their aid and take the
lead In the campaign to have every
person between the ages of IA and
100 taught to read and write their
name within the year.
The matter was brought before the
committee by G. L. Toole, member
of the committee from the Second
congressional district. Mr.. Toole is
also president of the Aiken county
branch and stated that the Aiken
county branch had already enlisted in
the fight. He introduced the resolu-
tion throwing the state division into
the campaign.
The proposition was very warmly
seconded by T. L. Manning, J. H.
Claffy, l.. 1. Guion, Il. j. Kirven, J.
G. Rivers and other members of the
committee and it was unanimously de-
cided that the association would Join
IN the campaign at once.
Following is the resolution offered
by Mr.. Toole and unanimously adopt
ed by the executive committee.
whereas, from the reading of tn.
report of the commissioner of edu-
cation of the United States, we find,
to our great modification and regret,
that South Carolina stands 46th or at
the bottom of the list in education,
and
whereas, this has placed us in q
very bad light before the world, even
putting us lower in intelligence and
education than Hawaii, and
Whereas. that state of affairs has
been caused to great extent by the
negligence of the good citizens of our
state in not taking up this matter
earlier and arousing the citizenry of
this state to our shameful predica-
ment, therefore
BE it resolved. That the eXecu-
tive committee of the South Carolina
Division of the American Cotton AS
SOciation hereby pledges it's coopera-
ton in every manner possible with our
state authorities in making drive in
the next few weeks to at least in part
wipe out this condition of affairs
BE it further resolved. That we
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14
Bank Vce-PrgSident
Tells How Zron Iron Tonic Helped His Daughter
After Operation for Appendicitis

a FTER any serious illness, the
~ first thing You notice when you
begin to get around is your lack
of strength and energy-a tired, weak
feeling.
The sooner you get your strength
back the better. The thing to do is
to cat plenty of good, nourishing food,
get ell the fresh air you can, exercise
conservatively,' and take Ziron Iron
Tonic three times q day.
Your doctor will tell you this is
sound advice, and urge you to follow it.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14

! 4 . + u
Graniteville mill is Iaping off yards
of drills to the merry music of the
wheels; and as look to the east and
see the beautiful hill where I have
stood and watched the sinking sun in
the western horizon casting it's golden
rays across the blue attic skys, if
brings fond recolections to my very
soul. when the evening bell at the
mill clangs the hour to retire from
work and you see the hundreds of
operatives hurfying lhome to their
evening meal and repose, it is won-
derful sight.
H. w. POWELL.
P. S.-Myself and family are well
and hope you and yours are quite the
same.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14

Read this letter from Mr.. ]. B. Kelly,
vice-president of the First National
Bank, Graceville, Fla: MY daughter
had been in bad health since last April.
She was operated on for appendicitis.
She has been taking Ziron for two
weeks. Her appetite is better than it
has been. Her nerves are better, and
she says she feels better :. know
that Ziron is good for weak and feeble
people,"
Z1ron is scientific, reconstructive
tonic, prepared from valuable strength
building ingredients, for weak people
with thin blood. Druggists sell Ziron
on a money-back guarantee. Try It.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14

call on the president and the county
officers of every branch Of the asso-
citation in South Carolina to lend
their aid and take the lead in the
campaign to have every person be-
tween the ages of IA and 100 write
their name within this year."
The meeting of the committee
was attended by President Mix
son and the following members: J. H.
Claffy of Orangeburg, J. Skottowe
Wannamaker of st. Matthews, G. L..
Toole of Aiken, l.. T. Guion of Lugoff,
L. L. Manning of Dillon, T. J. Kir-
ven of Sumter, B. Harris and J. c.
Rivers, Columbia.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14
LETTER FROM GRANTTEVILLE.

Graniteville, S. c.. July I, 1920.
Mr. G.. M. Harman,
Lexington, S. C.
Dear sir and friend:
After seventeen years resident. U,
the town of Lexington, myself and
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-07-14
YOU CAN MAKE
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Kisses, Peanut Bars, Violet-scented
Talcum Powder. Lavender Perfume
also have general agency for candy
furnaces and candy machines, etc.
Price of formulas, S1.OO for each
kind wanted or SIS for IL. Can fur
nish YOU any kind.
BE QUICK before this offer closes,
friends. for they will soon advance
{. ANDERSON.
II. T.. ID. ., Box 112 Gilbert, S. C.
3tc
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
Scarcity of Furs and
remendous Demand
OtfersFineO Opportunities

America are manufactured in or near
New York City, where in 1918 there
were about sixty dressing and dye
ing plants, 500 dealers, 1900 manu-
facturers, $4,000 operatives and an
investment estimated at between
$200,000,000 and $S00,000,000.
Values of skins have risen to
heights that have surprised even
those on the inside. and skins that
formerly had little or no value as
fur became popular under various
trade names. A comparison of the
highest prices paid at the October
sales in st. Louis in 1915 with those
in 1919 illustrates the increase in
fur values. Beaver advanced in these
four years from SIT to $3.50; otter
from $14 to SOL; muskrat from
36 IL cents to $50; red fox from
$3.50 to $64; fisher from $25 to $205;
skunk from $3.50 to $1,000; marten
from $500 to $145.
The crest of the rising wave of fur
values was reached at the auction
sales of February and March, 1920,
when weasel brought $40; muskrat
$3.50; skunk, $12.25; raccoon, $30;
lynx, $66; red fox, $71; mink, SIS;
otter, $105 marten, $2O1; and fisher
1865. The fur market has been
greatly depressed recently, but its re-
covery to normal demand and prices
in the near future is anticipated.
ITO be continued)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
Is the Time to
Danish Cockleburs
. By Flowing Them In
Early Fall Opportune Time to P1ov
Under Cock1eburs

GARY 9a11 OppOTGune G11l1e TO Flow
Under Cockleburs
Aside from it's general unSight1i-
ness on the farm and the severe dam
age done to crops, such as corn,
cockleburs also occasionally kill
swine and young cattle. According
to department circular 100, issued by
the United states department of ag-
very luxuriantly in grainfelds until
after the removal of the crop; the
cock1eburs should then be plowed uu-
DER before they mature seeds In the
north early fall blowing before the
seed ripens is always good practice
for controlling this weed.
The weed may be destroyed by the
use of any good shading crop, such
as buckwheat, soy beans, or cowpeas.
Glover is particularly useful in sub
DUNG cocklebur. Close grazing with
sheep, especially in grain stubble, is
a very useful practice. In heavily
infested areas moving and burning
have been successfully practiced.
Plants in waste places should be re-
moved by moving before burs are
formed, or, better still, by hand re-
moval following rain, when the
ground is soft. The spud, mattock,
and Zoe are all useful instruments
in Graduating cOclSlebur. The re-
moval of cockleburs from waste areas
IS of special Importance, because the
burs from single plant may spread
to all parts of the farm since they
adhere readily to the clothing of
passers-by or to the coats of animals.
If the tarm is'eQuirped with spray
ing machinery it is practicable to
destroy cockiebG"S entirely by spray
ing early in the spring with a solu-
rate CT two pounds of the chemical
to d gallon of water.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
Pine Beetle Inflicts
Damage in South

Approximately $20,OO0,O0O damage
was inflicted by the southern pine
beetle in it's attack on southern tim
Der forests during two decades, ac-
cording to Investigations made by
the United States department of ag-
riculture concerning destruction
caused by insect forest pests. Added
to this damage is that of the black
and the red turpentine beetle.
The hickory-bark beetle is found
to be doing extensive damage in the
northern tier of states from Wiscon-
sin to Vermont and southwark
through the Atlantic states to cen
ira Georgia.
The department has issued three
bulletins of particular interest to
farmers who have hickory or pine
trees on their lands. They are: 1.-THE
Dying Hickory Trees, Cause and Rem
edy," bureau of entomology circular
IA; "The Dying Pine Trees, Cause
and Remedy" farmers bulletin Ala +;
and "The Black Turpentine Beetle
and Red Turpentine Beetle" reprint
from bulletin 80. part 1, bureau of
entomology.
The department is urging farmers
who use the slack time of late fall
and early winter in getting in fire.
wood to select trees that have been
infested with insect pests.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

has been in the United States now
for good many years; that he has
travelled across number. Of states;
and that his record of destruction in
every state has been practically the
same. While he has reduced cotton
production in some areas and in
creased it in other sections, we are
still producing, on the whole, as
much cotton as the world appears to
need. In states where the WeeV1l has
been established for a number OF
wears, however, his life history has
been studied out and determined and
methods of combating him evolved
which we are finding it necessary and
desirable to follow here in Georgia.
Turning under the cotton stalks
Immediately is the great end to at
tain. The business man, the banker,
the farmer, the tenant, the merchant
and every citizen is intimately con-
cerned about this proposition. The
matter is of such great importance
that there ought to be a statewide
weevil damage in 1921, by the I'M
mediate destruction of the cotton
stalks which are now standing idly
in such q considerable percentage OF
our fields and favoring the develop
ment of a seed croD of WeeVllS Whlch
will prove a veritable plague here in
1921. [ am so firmly convinced OF
the necessity and Importance OF de-
stroying cotton stalks as a means OF
controlling the boil weevil depreda-
lions in 1921 that I believe we can
add as much as forty million dollars
to the value of our cotton crop II our
farmers will devote their energies
for one one week during the early part Of
October to burying deeply in the SOIL
the cotton stalks now standing in the
fields. Surely this is a prize and a
reward worth striving for. 1t IS the
best possible insuranceSwe can take
out against weevil damage during
next wear.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
BY FRANK G. WARD
Cotton Specialist

Meade is the name given to a va
riety of upland long staple cotton
originating by selection from a
variety known locally in Texas,
where the selections were made, as
BLACK Rather" or "Blackseed" cot
ton. The name Meade was given to
the variety in honor of the late
Rowland M. Meade, who made the
first selections in 1912 while work
in6 for the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Meade cotton has lint that is
IL to 1 ga inches in length and
has been proved by spinning tests to
be practically the equal of sea is
land. The lint sold in Georgia in
the early months of 1920-for more
times the price paid for short sta
pie upland cotton. This variety has
the upland type of stalk and habit
of fruiting which makes it better
adapted to boil Weevil territory
where sea island cannot be grown
because Of it's late fruiting habit.
Many growers of Meade claim that
they make as many pounds of lint
cotton per acre as with the short
staple cottons planted under the
same conditions.
The boil weevil came into Geor-
gia in 1915 and it was Immediate
ly evident that the state would not
be able to produce sea island when
the boil weevil had spread into the
sea island territory. Meade cotton
was introduced into the state to
take the place of sea island, which
cannot be produced under boil Wee
vii conditions.
The work of introducing this cot
ton to the farmers of Georgia was
done by the United States depart
ment of agriculture and by the d.
vision of agronomy Of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture.
The first lantings of Meade were
made in 1917. Meade cotton sold in
Savannah that year for 70 cents per
pound which was 1-2c per pound
more than was paid for Sea island
On the same market the same day.
In 1916, which was the last year
before the boil weevil began to at
feet the Sea Island crop in Georgia,
the state made 1881 bales of Sea
Island cotton. In 1919 less than 900
bales of Sea. Island cotton were
ginned and there will be less than
100 bales ginned in Georgia in 1920.
During the same period the produc-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
Cotton Growers See
Need for Warehouses

In many parts of the cotton belt
growers are rapidly awakening 10
the Importance Of warehouses as a
fundamental element in any scheme
of marketing, and arrangements are
being made to secure funds through
cooperative action in one form or
another TOY the building, of such
warehouses, say cotton marketing ex-
perts of the bureau of markets,
United States department of agricul-
ture
In some instances the states them
selves are taking official cognizance
of the need for warehouses and ex-
tending financial aid for their ex-
struction. The state of Louisiana
owns and operates a large modern
ware house at New Orleans. North
which loans can be made for the
building of warehouses by levying a
small assessment against each bale
of cotton at the gin. In South Caro-
lima it has been proposed that f1nan-
cial aid for building warehouses be
extended through the issuance of
bonds nv the state.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
Expert Gives Summary
OF Information About
Meade Cotton in Georgia

ton of Meade cotton in the state has
Increased from none at all in 1916
to more than 5000 acres in 1920. But
there will be less than 2,O0O bales
that had 1881 bale source of sup
ply in Georgia in 1916.
There is great need for this long
staple cotton, for manufacturers of
fabric for automobile truck tires
have found that cotton Of less than
as desirable fabric as does cotton OF
l IL inches and over. The chief
American cottons producing such
staple are Meade. Sea Island, and
American Egyptian. The production
Of Sea Island cotton in the United
bales in 1916 to 6,916 in 1919 with
prospects of a great further de.
crease in 1920. The production OF
American And ,1E3gy,ptian, has Increased as q
crop of over 10000 bales in 1919,
which will probably be doubled in
1920. There will still be not much
more than 100000 bales of 1 1-2-inch
staple to supply a demand which is
greater than in 1916 because of the
increased demand for large pneu-
matte tires for trucks and because
of the tendency to produce tires OF
better quality which necessitates the
use of long staple cotton in making
the fabric.
Meade cotton is just as good as
Sea Island or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS if
it is grown from pure seed and gin
ings of impure seed might be diast-
rous to the Meade industry in Geor-
gia, so the United States department
of agriculture and the Georgia
State College Of Agriculture are en-
deavoring to induce all growers of
Meade cotton to handle the crop in
such manner that the seed will be
100 per cent pure and to sell all i'm
pure sed to the oil mills.
The farmers of Georgia IAN pro-
duce this cotton of greatly superior
pense than they are producing short
staple cotton and there is no reason
why they should not put themselves
in position to receive the higher
prices that are paid for cotton of
superior quality. In the old Sea Is
land territory they have a great
many roller gins idle and the grow
ing of Meade in that territory will
enable this machinery to give some
returns to the owners at satisfac-
tory price. This is a great oppor-
tunity to put some Of this idle ma
chfnery to work.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-12
Dig Sweet Potatoes
Before Frost Comes;
Get Better Grade
BY J. A. M'CLINToCK
Psychologist, Georgia Experiment
Station


Tests at the Georgia experiment
station and at experiment stations
in other southern states, have prov
en- that the time of digging sweet
potatoes has much to do with their
keeping and eating qualities.
1t has been the practice for
growers to wait until frost kills
the potato leaves before harvest
ing. This was based on the theory
that 1T required frost to drive the
sap out of the vines and potatoes
into the ground" before the pota-
toes were ready to harvest. This
practice has undoubtedly been "e-
sponsible for the loss of many po-
tatoes in banks and storage houses,
because sweet potatoes dug after
the leaves are killed are apt to be
"waterlogged,% AMI thus difficult to
cure and keep.
Under normal growing conditions
the potato plants take water from
the soil through the roots, use
excess moisture through the leaves.
This process is we'll regulated by
the potato plants as long as the
leaves are alive and healthy, but
when the leaves are seriously in
jured by disease or are killed by
excess moisture. The potato roots
being in the ground and not injured
by frost continue to take up water
and as the dead leaves are unable
to get rid of the excess moisture.
it accumulates in, the vines and
potatoes; giving them the so-called
'waterlogged' condition. This ex-
cess moisture in the potatoes makes
them more difficult to dry or cure,
even under the best Of storage con-
ditions. The excess moisture also
makes them more subject to the at
tacks of fungi. like Phizor:.. which
causes large losses due to soft rot
in storage.
Sweet potatoes planted in the
spring are mature and ready to dig
before danger of frost injury to the
leaves. and those planted later in
the season would keep better if
harvested while immature, than if
allowed to stay in the ground until
the vines are killed by frost.
The Georgia experiment station
advises growers to dig their pota-
| toes before the leaves are killed by
frost. but in case a grower is not
able to do so. he should try to get
his potatoes harvested as soon as
possible after frost, for the longer
the potatoes remain in the ground
after the vines are frosted the more
| "waterlogged" they become.