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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
Boil Weevil on the Run.

We understand the remedv's found
To stamp out the boil weevil-
Wen put aside out possom hound
And hunt no more this season
The pOssum does his work at night
Climbing on the trees:
Up and down the simmon tree
Catching wecvils with great ease.
The rabbit travels too at night
From pea patch to the cotton:
And II he finds the weevils there
He takes them off a-trottin'.
Old bird dog you're no more good
For us I'm the straw fields:
The only thing you're fit for now
Is to come and get your meals.
The quail also should he glad
For it's the most important thing;
The weevil will not last long
IL It's here I'm the spring.
The foreign duck (we'u not slight yoW
For coming close around.
II you could stay while with us
No weevls could he found.
The squirrel he's out at break % day
Jumping about the trees
The weevis soon will begin to say,
You can fight MS all you please.
Wen put aside our old shot gun
And keep it oiled and cleaned
/ think some day there will not he
boil weevil tn be seen.
II the farmer had taken the good advice
Offered him years ago,
There would not now be weevils here
To eat his cotton. you know.
T.. ID. IL.
Fort Mil. =. &.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
Fort Mil. =. &.

Don't get bumfuzzlcd by read
ing big advertisements with odd
cent prices. You can always bet
your bottom dollar that Massey :
prices are lower.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
READ AND LISTEN.

Remember the city Pressing club
wants your dry cleaning. French dry
cleaning. dyeing. repairing. altering. etc.
We guarantee satisfactory service on
every piece OF work we do. For quick
service phone l55 Our motto is to please
everybody. Give us trial. Hood Wi
lams. Manager; Lonnie Crawford. Pro
pretor.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08

Make the whole family happy
Christmas. A Brunswick Phono-
graph will do it. The only phono-
graph that plays all records per
fectly.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
TRESPASS NOTICE.

All persons are positively forbidden to
huht. fish. cut timber or otherwise tres
pass on the land OF the undersigned
either In Fort Mill or Ebenezer township.
Persons disregarding this notice will be
vigorously prosecuted and n reward OF s.
Is hereby offered for evidence to convict
any such person or persons.
HAMILTON CARHARTT.
Il. +. Patterson. Manager.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
DOC TAN DUE.

The attention Of owners Of dogs within
the corporate limits of Fort Mil is call
ed to the ordinance requiring the pay
ment annually Of a tax OF 81 10 for males
and SEQ for females. New tags will Ice
issued upon payment or the tax to the
Town Treasurer. T.. T.. ARbREf.
Mayor.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
TRESPASS NOTICE.

All persons are hereby warned not
to hunt. fish, cut timber or otherwise
trespass on the lands of the under
signed. This notice not only includes
bird hunters, but rabbit hunters, pos
sum Hunters. duck hunters and sauir-
rel henters as well. and anyone v,o-
lating 1t will be prosecuted as the
law prescribes
Il. r. MASSEY ESTATE
Mrs. HATTIE b. MACK.
]. A. BARBER.
w. NJ. WHITE
f.. Il. WHITE.
II. NJ. WHITE,
S. f. WHITE.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
TRESPASS NOTICE

TRESPASS NOTICE
All persons are hereby warned rot
To hunt. fish. cut timber or otherwise
trespass on the lands of the under.
signed. This notice il intended 10
apply to everybody.
.Dec22 FRED MINIS. Sr.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-08
FOR BOYS:


Mechanical
Guns A. B. Blocks
Transformers
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25

pi valley it yields as much as 500
bushels an acre, in this region pota-
toes from six to twelve inches in d.
ameteo are frequently raised. IL has
been a profitable crop TO grow even
in tse absence Of storage and orderly
marketing facilities, and with the loss
to be expected from careful grading,
not TO mention the comparatively
small demand from thise portions OF
the country where the sweet potato
rOes not occupy the place as foor
that IL occupies where It's worth Is
better known and its preparation bet
ter understood
Asked how to prepare sweet pota-
toes TO make them 80 palatable the
negro chef Of a southern hosiery Is
reputed 20 have given this recipe
Cook 'em tin you can throw ons
against the wall and Il will stick
there, but much depends upon ths
sweet potato a. well a. upon shs
cook
Some varieties are 'strlngy ana
dry aud unless prepared With cart
they do not measure up, southern
farmers are now lurnlng their attsn
10 nla varieties that Do measure 40
unns that meet their requirements
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25
UTILIZATION OF BY-PRODUCTS OF
THE FARM MEANS MUCH TO THE PRO
DUCER AND COUNTRY IN GENERAL

products of sweet potatoes" by c. h.
Collins in a recent issue Of the
Dearborn Independent" will be Of
interest TO local growers now that
there is n prospect Of a plant being
operated in this city. He says:
Men still young can remember the
DAYS when millers were prosecuted
throwing wheat bran into rivers and
streams, folks said i killed the hsh'
"Harking back a few years i is
found that coal tar, from which
comes a marvellous array Of products,
was useful only as a roofing material.
Southern boys still in their teens can
remember having seen great stacks
Of cotton seed going TO waste, the
same seed that now commands almost
as much profit a nacre as does the
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25

furry cotton itself Only this spring
the United States Department ~ ~
riculture announced use for the
thousands " tons Of waste tomato
seed that the pulping factories hive
contcnded with for years.
Now comes the chemist with the
story Of another big find in this
great field Of economic conservation,
The discovery that the huge waste in
sweet potatoes not only can be elm
mated but that some Of the most re-
markable and surprising products de-
velopcd during and since the world
war can be taken from IL.
Many By-Products Possible.
I'm the variety Of its by-products
the sweet potato is a rival of coal
tar, il is being found a mystic maze
Of usefulness, and IL one is TO Judge
Of its possibilities in the light Of de-
velopments in utilizing other prod
ucts. the chemist has little more than
scratched the surface.
Picture in your minds eye farm
or driving to town with a wagon load
of sweet potatoes, for the sake OF
following q series Of sweet potato ex-
periments, we will suppose that he
delivers his load 10 chemist who ~
prepared TO give demonstration Of
his newly discovered sweet potato
magic, we will forget for a moment
that some Of the work requires time.
First he makes four kinds Of -four
and four kinds Of meal, he will tell
YOU that both can be used the same
as any other -four or meal.
While you look on with passing in
terest he fumbles about and turns to
you with n delicious syrup, you APP
pdove Of its appearance and taste As
he hands you another test tube which
contains vinegar, you are Interested
that syrup and vinegar should come
from the same course, that modest
appearing sweet potato.
whats that black STUFF Shoe.
hlacking. Exactly, and very good
blacking az that.
"A few twists Of the wrist and he
hands you FIVE kinds Of library paste,
then some starch.
"You begin to marvel as he pro-
duces in turn mock cocoanut. four
kinds Of breakfast food, gingerized
potato ink, two grades Of coffee, one
Of which he explains is an instant
variety, two grades Of tapiocas one OF
these also an instant variety requir-
ing no cooking before i is used.
"Given a little time and the super
magician exhibits a series OF stock
food, then molasses.
Along comes fourteen kinds OF
wood filters, very pretty, and then ~
or so DYES that range from black and
orange all through the intermediate
shades.
ITO finish up the wagon load OF
sweets, he hands you mass or rub
her. yes very good grade and an IN
teresting by-product, he volunteers.
"You have seen some Of the thing.
that recent research has developed
from one OF the south's greatest farm
products, they are not merely the
probably by-products, for all OF them
have actually been made and tested.
"The experiment station AT Iuske-
gee Normal and Industrial Institute,
The Alabama school founded for col
ored people by Booker T. Washing
ton. which has been conducting re-
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25

Until recently sweet potato by
PRODUCTS were unknown, in fact grow
ers AS rule knew Of two kinds OF
potatoes. good and bad, beyond that
thew had no interest, and for years
thew have unknowingly dumped hun
dred Of thousands OF dollars worth
Of sweet potatoes away that might
have been converted into a market
able product had not science been 80
tardy in taking hold OF the matter.
Science has stepped in, however, and
today there is nothing gets out OF
an up-to-date sweet potato patch, but
the aroma Of the bloom, that is, II
the grower is on the job, and has
facilities near at hand for converting
his surplus stock into cash.
The following article Of by
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25

searches into many southern products
has made, for instance, every one OF
the hv-products mentioned and DR..
G.. W Carver, the director, says that
although he has not tried II, mating
recess undoubtedly will bring to
light many new and interesting
things.
Awaiting Commercial Development.
True there Is not yet a CONNER
ial development of these sweet po-
tato possibilities, but, given time, this
will come. The discoveries still are
IN their infancy, 1t is reasonable to
suppose that in few years the Gull
and refuse from the Dixie Yam may
be as commonly in use as the once
despised bran that the miller cast
aside. or as the coal tar, OF the cotton
seed. Recognition, capital, factories,
markets all are necessary, but such
things come speedily as the POSSIBLE
tiles become known.
1T is an odd fact that the original
home Of the sweet potato Is not
known. Many believe that II came
from the Americas, but that never
has been established. II has many
Of the characteristics of the Yam OF
the far east, and frequently is refer
red to as YAM but it is not.
Its cultivation in this country has
grown until now as a farm crop It
occupies a place with the southern
farmer as does the white or Irish
potato with the northern farmer. II
IS a crop that can be depended upon
TO yield well year in and year out in
all the southern states; easy to grow,
easy to cultivate, easy to harvest and,
when the fundamental principles are
applied in the spring, not difiicult TO
keep. This is the one great feature,
however, that has been neglected I'M
I'll only recently, the last half dozen
years.
'In the past the southern farmer
has grow nhis patch or field Of sweets,
marketed a few, and consumed them
at home as long as they remained
sound, the surplus and waste gong
TO the hogs. or being disposed OF
purely as waste. Forced TO dump
them on the market immediately al
ter harvesting because Of their lack
Of keeping qualities, he got small
profit, then set by to watch prices
mount upward as demand outgrew
supply. II has been largely through
steadfast and preserving energy OF
the agricultural agents, the farm
papers and the farmers organizations
that sweet potato curing houses are
now being built throughout the south.
These range in capacity from few
hundred to many thousand bushels
serving either the individual or whole
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25

that can be stored with success, and
that are popular in sections Of the
country where sweet potatoes arc
grown extensively. Production Of
this sort is gaining ground just as the
campaign for better sires on farms Is
gaining ground. and there is improve
ments in the method Of marketing 80
that the southern sweets are coming
TO be of vast commercial Importance.
"The culls and unmarketabls pota-
toes, and even the peels that the can
ming factories have been casting aside
undoubtedly win have a value 10
make the sweet potato industry even
more attractive when the evolution
into by-products reaches steady and
more common plane.
"The United States Department Of
Agriculture has recognised the pe.-
slbiliiies and announced early this
year that plans were mature for the
establishment u sweet potato syrup
production unit AZ Fitzgerald. Ca,
where experiments viii be made"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25

As 4 farm crop th' hNes' '"'a',n,
does not draw heavily upon the soil
AZ 10 many other cfppa,. ana NOR,
bushels can be produced per acfs
than any other crop known 70 ths
southern farmer, Il does ven In lhs
ihlnnesi, poorest aell, While IN M
deep rich coils ~ lhe lover M'-.lasip
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-25

searches into many southern products
has made, for instance, every one OF
the by-products mentioned and DR..
C.. W. Carver, the director, says that
although he has not tried II, mating
recess undoubtedly will bring to
light many new and interesting
thinEs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
w. II. Sampson,
Clinton, S. C.

Drives Gar Into Pond and browns.
Augusta, Ca, June 5.-Albcrt Roe
sci, aged 80, auditor Of the Southern
Cotton OIL company. ran his motor
sedan into a deep pond Of water to-
day, in some unexplained manner, and
Lost his life.
lis motor plunged from an embank-
ment forming bridge approach and
was completely submerged. Roesel
was thrown from the car in its fight,
and was injured in the head and it is
believed was unconscious when he
struck the water and drowned before
help could get to him. The car was
across the road and facing the pond
and is evident that he was trying to
reverse his machine to turn it around
and sent the machine forward through
erroneous handling Of the driving ap-
paratus.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
CLINTON CHURCH WINS
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTEST

heen Ri'nlry In Attendance COntes,
Proves Beneficial to Both Churches
The Sunday School of the First
Methodist church Of Clinton won out
over the Sunday School Of the local
methodist church in the attendance
contest which came to an end Sunday
morning, according to figures just
maze public. Both churches made
large gains in the contest and the sun
erintendcnts agree that much good has
l.peeh accomplished. w. II. Simpson is
superintendent Of the Clinton Sunda
school ad c. II. Hicks of the Laurens
Sunday School.
IN his letter to Mr.. Hicks. Supcrin-
tendcnt Simpson points out that the
l'aurcns school made an enviable
record on all other phases of progress,
Deing exceeded by the Clinton school
only on these points on which the con
test was based.
Tho letter Of Mr.. Simpson to Mr..
Hicks in which the result of the con
'e' NSSiuiSuJ as dS lOllOWS.
III we figure correctly, your Sunday
school has gained 1874 members from
a beginning point average Of PIP, max
ing your average for the contest 336-
gain OF a little more than 5S per
cent. Our school has gained 81 from
beginning point average OF 142-a
gain Of little more than &C per cent.
our average for the contest period be-
ing 236. This leaves us the winner in
the contest as we made the larger gain
In percentage Of average attendance.
which was the basis Of the contest.
You beat us by far, though, in offer
lngs, both in amounts contributed and
the percentage gained. In fact, you
beat us almost every way except the
way we agreed to have the contest.
In average attendance you made a gain
of 80 more than we did, and from the
beginning points to the highest num-
Der present on any one Sunday you
gained 166 where we gained oily 14S.
but regardless Of who won in the
contest, we know that our Sunday
School has been built up and that
much permanent good has been accom-
plished, and after all this Is what we
were after. We trust that you and
your good people feel the same way
about it.
Yours cordially,
w. II. Simpson.
Clinton, S. C.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
FIVE HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
Two City Councilmcn, Policeman and
Two Friends have Serious Accident
on Greenyllie Highway.

Two CHy COuncflmcn, Policeman and
TWO Friends have Serious Accident
on Greenvllie Highway.
Don III. Irwin and Chas. f. Bishop,
city aldermen, Laurens Edwards.
city policeman, Fred Hickman and
Hugh McCravy, local citizens, were all
more or less painfully injured and the
car in which they were riding was
practically demolished when their car
turned over Monday night about $50
o'clock on the Greenville-Laur
highway near Narnic about six miles
from town. Mr.. Irwin appears to be
the most seriously injured, being at
MS home still unconscious last night.
lie suffered a broken collar bone and
possibly a fracture Of the skull. Fred
Rlchman has a severe cash in his head
and had to have several stitches made.
Mr. Edwards suffered a fractured col
lar bone asd is otherwise shaken up.
The other two, while having no bones
broken, were severely shocked and are
confined to their homes.
The party was returning from a
base ball game at Greenville and met
large truck which was said to havG
had only a hand lantern or flash light
to indicate its presence. The Lau-
rcns party, going at rapid rate, was
almost upon the truck before it was
seen and, in making the swift turn to
avoid a collision, the car was unbal-
anced and turned over, pinaing all OF
its occupants underneath The truck,
which was hauling a colored base ball
TEN. passed on without stopping.
Mr.. u. r. Traynham, who lives
nearby, and other citizens who were
attracted to the scene succeeded in
lifting the car high enough for the men
to be taken out and other travellers on
their way to Laurens brought the
wounded men home.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
HOMIE. JOINING DAY AT CROSS HILL
Sunday, June 18th to be Observed as
Homecoming Day BY Baptists OF

Sunday, June 18th to be Observed as
Homecoming Day BY Baptists OF
Cross Hill.
The Baptists OF Cross Hill, after
many long and strenuous efforts, ex-
pect to observe the opening Of their
new church auditorium with kind
of "Home-Coming Day" program. To
this service the four former pastors
who are living, are especially invited,
and will have some part on the pro
gram Of the day, which will be as fol-
lows:
1900 Sunday School, with special
exercises by the children.
l1:0O-Roll Call Of the Church.
:30-Sermon by Rev. j. A. Martin,
OF Allendalc.
4:30-Special Service by the B. Y. p. U.
S:30-Sermon by Rev. Geo. e. Smith,
Of Westminster.
Special music at each OF these SER
vices will be furnished by the local
choir and Quartette.
a cordial invitation is extended to
ali to attend these services.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
CHARGES OPEN SALE OF
BOOZE IN ATLANTA
Committee Charges Beavers With In
competency. Urges Adjustment OF
RnnrI

Board.
Atlanta, June G.--Whiskcy has been
openly sold at various place opcrat-
cd in Atlanta, and for the last two or
three years an organized gang OF!
swindlcrs and confidence men has op-
Grated here, almost without any cf-
fort on the part Of the police and dc
tectivc departments to prevent it," ac-
cording to the report made to city
council late today by the council COM
mittcc that recently concluded an in
vcatgation Of the police and detective
departments
The report termed Chief of Police
James il. Beavers, Chief OF Detective
Lamar Poole and various members of
their forces incompetent" declared
both departments are "sccthing with
politics"
Action OH the report was postponed
until the next meeting Of the coun-
ell.
The report recommended abolishing
the board OF police commissioners and
having council elect chief of police
directly responsible to it. abolishing
the detective department and having
the police chief assign policemen in
plain clothes to detective work, and
substitution of the merit system in
place Of civil service in the police de-
partment. Better filing and ldcn.i if-
cation systems at police station and a
number OF other changes were asked.
Salaries instead Of the fec system for
officers OF the criminal courts also
were recommended.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
LEGION PLANS CELEBRATION

Club Room, Womcn's Auxiliary, and
Base Ball Team to be Organized.
Haryey's Speech Denounced at Re-
cent Meeting.
The special meeting OF the Thomas
d. Lake, Jr., Post, American Legion,
which was held in the court house
last Friday night. was attended by a
considerable number Of ex-service
men. The meeting was presided over
by Commander P. ID. Huff, who was
elected head OF the post upon it's re-
organization. A number of members
took part in an interesting discussion
in which the keynote was that all
should pull together and make this
the equal Of any post in the state.
A committee was appointed to set
date and make arrangements for a
celebration, or get-together meeting Of
all ex-service men in Laurens county.
1t Is probable that this will be in the
form Of picnic or fish-fry in some
convenient part OF the county. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all ex-
soldiers and sailors. whether members
of the legion or not, to attend and
bring members Of heir families. 1t Is
requested that the Post Adjutant be
informed as to how many members
from each family may be expected so
that the committee may know how
many to prepare for.
BY unanimous vote the Post won't
on record as having denounced recent
statements made by Col" George
Harvey in ENGLAND as the most selfish,
the most un-American, and the most
infamous falsehood ever delivered by
an American diplomat in foreign
country. His speech was charactcrizcd
as an insult to every man who served
in the world war. 1t seemed to be the
general feeling OF those who spoke
that Col" George Harvey should he
called upon by this government to re-
sign as Ambassador to Great Britain.
The publicity officer was authorized to
inform Senators Dial and Smith, and
Congressman j. j. McSwan of this
action OF the post
A permanent club room for the Ie-
gion will be formed as soon as the
committee, appointed for that purpose,
has located suitable rooms. The com
mittce is to make its report concern
ing this matter at the next regular
meeting.
An effort will be made to win the
interest OF the ladies in the Legion
by the organization Of WOmcn's
Auxiliary In connection with the post
Attention was called to the fact that
the American Legion could be made
more interesting by the inclusion in
It's activities OF the other sex.
A committee on athletics was ap-
pointed to organize a Legion base ball
team. All eX-service men who have
base ball equipment are urged to bring
their outfit and try out for the team
as soon as practive begins. Uniform
and complete supplies will probably
be purchased at later date, and
games will he staged between this
club and other teams in the ounty
The next regular meeting of the
Legion will be held in the court house
Monday night, June 13.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Write Out Your Notices

The Advertiser Is glad to print the
notices Of church, social and patriotic
society meetings which it receives, but
it requests again that such notices
hand rather than being sent in by
telephone. Secretaries should write
the notices just as they expect them
to appear in print and then sign them.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Summary of Flood
For Other Towns

fOr Utner TOWNS
lCenyer, Colo, juno 5.-Thc fol-
" lowing summary Of flood condi-
" tions at towns outside Pueblo was
" compiled from dispatches reach
" ing the Associated Press here to-
q night:
At Fort Collins -Poudre river
still rising and overflowing unin-
" habited bottom lands.
At Loveland-Big Thompson
river receding.
at Longmont-Wat rcceding,
hut still in Main Street, heavy
crop damage.
at Lamar-Crest Of worst flood
In history Of town struck here at
$50 o'clock last night, sweeping
down the Arkansas Valley from
Pueblo. A depth Of four feet of
water Is reported along Santa Fe
tracks. Las Animas bridge is out
and others endangered
At MOrrison-Flood from brok-
en- gates of Beaver dam, twenty
miles southeast, threatens city.
At Sterling--Flood waters from
Pawnee creek reccding.