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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28
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SUMMER VACATIONS

When you get right down to tacks and astonsh
your conscience by telling the truth about it, the
ideal American summer resort is pretty
article. You can't find it just by going north.
Even though you should wander up around the
Great Lakes, and skirt the northern borders of
Wisconsin and Minnesota, old Sol will search
you out. And he will light you up for the
mosquitoes that infest every damp spot Of ground.
Again. if you take the wings of the morning
and HE away to the Allegheny highlands, in North
Carolina, Tennessee Kenucky or Virginia. while
you will find many delightful days, you are liable
at any time to run into a week s rain, which is
anything but pleasant in those regions
Pleasure for the 100 per cent idle can be had
along the coast but there is glare about the
beaches, augmented you will say by the abbrevia-
ton of the bathing costume. which is far from
restful. Probably few rest seekers ever spent
week at the seashore without being glad when the
train started for home.
The very best the country has to offer in summer
climate is far up in the Rockies. at least eight
thousand feet above sea level an altitude which
tests the circulation and makes athletes pant for
breath after the slightest exertion One soap
adapts himself to changed conditions, however,
and the exhilaration of dry cool air, often even
in midsummer coming from snow covered noun
tans, has stimulating effect which no other Amer
lean climate can equal But it has its draw backs
The mountain streams are breeding places for
mosquitoes Woodicks, more vicious, in proper
ton to size than the RATHER, and more tenacious
than the bulldog, lie in wait on every leaf and
brush Rains are often severe in summer The
desolation of the landscape though it has charm
of its own when you get accustomed to it, is
oppressive to the visitor from more verdant lai-
tudes And. in addition to all else inaccessible
y, the magnificent distances between cabin and
store house. the general inconvenience of mountain
life, all combine to detract from the pleasure Of
the visit.
Upon the whole, then, the best place to spend
the summer vacation is at home, with such as
sistance as electric FANS refngerators, shade and
home brew can render
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28
THE BOW-WOWS

We old boys look around us, upon the younger
set; the things see confound u.s. and put us in
sweat The young are vain and giddy they're
blowing in their mon, and Benjamin and Biddy
have naught in view but fun. There's no high
aspiration, the younger bunch among and we, in
Indignation, forget the young are young. When
| was one and twenty, and Jane seventeen.
we wanted fun a-plenty, and then some more, |
ween. And we went pleasure riding, behind my
old bay mare; romance was then abiding around
us everywhere. But now I'm old and dotty, and
when the young whiz by, / think their conduct
naughty, and heave heavy sigh. ITO what is
this world coming" / cry aloud "gadzooks,
when kids in go humming, instead of read.
ing books? Oh, whittier are we drifting?" muir.
muir, with a tear, when | youngsters lifting
their stems of kickless beer 1t keeps my spirit
fretting so | am all unstrung: and am still for
getting that young folks must be young This
world would swim in glory, and all things would
be gay, if little boys hoary, and little girls
were gray. But youth must have its inning, its
laughter must prevail, and age must have its
spinning of legends sad and stale.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28
LET HENRY FORD DOT
(By w. A. McRae.)

Some time ago when the farm organizations of
providing for the completion of the project of
the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals and to operate
this plant factory for the production of nj
trogen as one of the essential elements of COM
mercia fertilizer, the measure defeated on
the plea that it was not practical
And comes Henry Ford, of automobile
fame and offers to plank down five million
dollars as an initial payment and to follow with
oneand-a-haIf million annually for hundred
years for this plant
This is bomb exploded in the camp of the
Nitrate Philistines."
1t is hoped that this offer will be accepted by
congress and thus save the plant from abandon
ment. pull off my hat to Mr.. Ford for having
the vision and the daring to force the issue be-
fore congress and the people of the United
States. He proposes to do what congress was
asked to do-make fertilizer for farmers and ex
pIosves for Uncle Sam in time of war.
This is a case where money talks on the right
side in more convincing terms than the sophstry
of the hired tools of the trusts If congress
won't then let Mr.. Ford do the work of supply
ing an essential element to the farmers with
millions of hungry with cheaper nitrogen,
that the teeming millions may be fed There are
people who would starve thousands and bank.
rupt millions, if thereby, they could profit per-
sonally. We need men today on the firing line
OF public opinion who will say, "They Shall Not
Pass just as was said along the battle line in
the vine-clad hills of France and the poppy.
strewn Wales of Flanders.
May there be others, like Henry Ford, who
will come forward and force the government to
do things, take down the barriers so that
public spirited citizens may act
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28

or economic, but pathological problem. 1t was
mental disease, of the same quality as that with
which our unfortunate friends in Russia are still
suffering but of less intensity. The American
climate is more onducive to recovery than that
of eastern Europe. and we have no doubt that our
dip into bolshevism will be recalled in the future
as only peculiar symptom of the war mania
which gripped our country But, in the mean
time, we must pay for our folly; and only to the
extent that the Republicans poor judgment
or unfair means in settling they be criticised.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28
NOT A POLITICAL QUESTION

Lakeland Telegram probably remembers
that it was Democratic administration
that laid the trap for this, when it says
with half billion to pay to the rail
roads and three hundred millions to the
shipping board, congress can hardly be ex.
pected to inaugurate any far-reaching tax
reducing scheme at the present session.
Miami Metropolis.
Unfortunately this is net a party question
When the war came leaders of both parties, a,
well as their business advisors, simultaneously con.
ceived the fantastic notion that the way to win the
war was to sovietizc the carrying industry The
origin and cause of this delusion is not a political
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28
As Others See Ii
GREAT HONOR COMES TO WORTHY MAN
(Tampa Times.)

With the elevation of Michael Joseph Curley to
be archbishop of Baltimore, all of Florida most
heartily concurs, although it will be tinctured
with regret that the state henceforth will be de-
prived of his wise and judicious administration
of its great church interests. 1t is no exaggera-
ton to say that Florida loved Bishop Cor Father
Curley as it delighted to call him. He numbered
his many friends among all denominations, and
it was his peculiar pride that he had many, or
more friends among the Protestants than
among the Catholics They loved him for his
broad and liberal views religious questions,
for his great learning, his wonderful eloquence,
and, above all, for his earnest and virile Amer
icanism. 1e became American citizen at the
earliest opportunity and never faltered in his
allegiance and loyalty TO his adopted country.
His creed was cXemp6ed in the three words,
"God and Country" and America always his
country. although he has never lost his affection
for the cold land of his birth
He was born in Athlone. ireland. ON the banks
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28

Secretary Hughes is talking to the soviets like
a Dutch uncle. And, while we do not exactly
see how the rod is to be applied in case of dis
obedience. something whispers that they will wind
up by doing what the whiskered man from Wash
ington tells them to do
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28

: Japan is to sit in at the disarmament conference
on the tact understanding that nothing will be said
that is liable to hurt the feelings of gentlemen en-
gagged in shady pursuits. However, it will be
hard to keep China from saying something :
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28

Why, certainly. if Henry Ford can do any
thing with the alleged nitrate plant at Muscle
Shoals, let him do it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28

The pitiful inadequacy of the English language
IS never quite apparent to an editor as when he
sees four pages in pie just before press time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-28

Nothing is ever so bad but it might be little
worse. Len Small instead of Cats might have
wandered down here and got to be governor.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
GETTING AN EARLY
CROP OF COTTON

Clemson College. April 1.-The fol
lowing practices are advisable in get
ting an early crop of cotton under
boil weevil conditions, says Prof. c
p. Blackwell, agronomist.
/. Thorough preparation of the
seed-bed.
2. Application. of a fertilizer con
tanning a small amount Of readily
availa BILE ammonia. The fertilizer
should be we'll mixed with the sol
before planting, so that seed will no
come in direct contact with fertilizer
3. Planting of only varieties tina
have proved their worth under bol
weevil conditions. The following are
recommended: (a) Short staple cot
ton, on land free from wilt, Cleve
land Big Boil; .wilt-infested land
Dixie Triumph; (b) Long staple cot
ton, Delta Type Webber and Webbel
49,.
4. Working the cotton we'll so il
is never stunted by weeds.
5. Chopping early and leavins
plants close in drill.
6. The delinting of seed where
convenient. Delinting is especially
valuable when conditions are unfav.
orable for seed termination. 1t has
tens termination from two to eight
days depending on soil and climatic
conditions. Delinted seed can be
more evenly planted, and it requires
fewer seed to plant. an acre. Below
are directions for delinting seed with
sulphuric acid. f.:
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
THE B. ". HA! HA:

Everybody has enjoyed the mild
winter and early spring, but the coal
dealer.
And while we have been enjoying
the balny days of the winter, you
NAV he sure that Mr.. Boil WeeVil mas
been having a good time himself. Why
Mrs. Bolf>Weevil, hasn't. even had to
unpack her furs. If any boil weevlls
have died Of cold this winter they
must have flown into some cold sior-
age .plant by mistake.
Ir. Farmer has made an early start
his season. but Mr.. Weevil did not
have 10 make any start. He has just
kept "oin.: from last fall.
y farmer was telling me about an
experience he had the other day. lie
said he had foolishly decided to plant
more cotton than ever this year. He
figured that everybody else would lay
off of the fleecy staple and he would
make killing. He must have been
right, for 102 out Of every 100 farm
crs figured the same way.
SO, when he had gotten his nicely
titled fields all fixed to plant cotton
and was standing in a fence corner
the other day looking over his broad
acres and. picturing them all white
with about a bale to the acre, he said
he heard an eXultant laugh behind
him. and an old gray headed boil
weevil sang out, ha! ha! Here's where
we eat" And then about million
other boil weevils joined in a rousins
Three cheers for the farmer who
feeds U.S.
and the farmer says about that
time he made up his mind that all the
goats on his farm didn't walk on four
legs and have horns.
SO he jumped into his car and rode
to town and had a heart to heart talk
with the county farm demonstration
agent and they fixed up a. planting
program SO that if the boil weevils live
on him this year they will have to
change their diet to peas and peanuts
and potatoes and hay and corn and
velvet beans, ETC., and he hopes that
every one Of them will die with stom-
Chronicle.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
PLENTY TO DRINK
AT ORDINATION

Washington, March G.-'When my
grandfather was ordained a minister,
three barrels Of liquor We're consuln-
ed in celebration of the event"
This was the statement of Miss
Alice Robertson Of Oklahoma. Re
publican member Of the house.
She was not boasting. She was not
even trying to illustrate changes Ill
conditions. She was simply stating
a fact which without premcditati"n
had suggested itself.
Miss Robertson is not sutIragette,
and YET she was the only woman
elected to exalted Office in the United
States last fall. And she was the
only anti-suffra gette, who offered.
She is not a prohibitionist, although
she thinks that the supply Of an In
dian should be limited. She was born
in what was then Indian territory,
and knows the Indians.
She was telling Of her prOgenitors
when she drifted into a discussion Of
prohibition.
My father was d minister said
she. eve lived in Massachusetts,. My
grandfather was also a minister. He
lived in New York. When he was
ordained, the people were so delight
ed at the honor given him. that they
celebrated Three barrels Of whiskey
were consumed in the celebration.
One Of the elders. having had three
drinks, was urged to take a fourth.
- No.. he replied, I have already
had three. Were ! to take another,
it would be noticed. And some Of
these church people are q little pc
culiar on the liquor question:
Miss Robertson is very popular
member OF the house, that it. with all
people except the suffragettes and the
professional prohibitionists. The suf-
fragettes will have nothing to do with
her. The prohibitionists can not un-
derstand why she should have told
that story about the heavy conSump-
ton of liquor on the occasion of her
ancestors elevation to the ministry.
At that, her honesty is exceedingly
refreshing in this day when her male
colleagues tremble at their own
shadows.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
Home Demonstration Columns

onstration club-Churning.
April, 14.-Boiling Springs home
demonstration :club-Churning.
April 14.-Boiling Springs poultry
club-Insects and disease of chicks.
April 15-Newburg. home demon
stration club-Churning 4:
April 5.-Newburg sewing club
Sewing. =. j. ,t% =
April I6.-Ofice. r..
April 1S.-Mack's sewing club
Sewing.
April 1S.-Macks gardening club
-Transplanting.
April 19.-Oak Grove sewing club
Sewing.
April 20.-Pelion cooking club
Cooking.
April 21-North Edisto poultry
club-Insects and disease of chicks.
April 22.-Calvary home demon
stration club-Churning.
April 23.-Ofice.
April 25.-St. Johns cooking club
Cooking.
April 26.-Providence home dem
onstration club-Churning
April 27.-Sharp's Hill cooking
club-Cooking.
April 2S.-Red Star poultry club
Insects and disease of chicks.
April 29.-Sunny South sewing club
Sewing.
April 30.-Ofice: .'"-. 49,
All ladies who are interested in bet
ter butter making" and especially
those who are planning to>.enter the
County better butter :: contest are
urged to attend at least one Of the
home demonstration club meetings as
scheduled above.
ANNIE C. CAUGHMAN,
+ County Demonstration Agent.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
MOVING PICTURE SHOW
AT CENTERVILLE SCHOOL

4 moving picture show will be
given at 'Centerville school Friday
night. April 8. The show will con-
sist Of first class pictures. none OF
which have been shown in this sec
ton, and the program will be sure
to prove interesting. 4 small ad-
mission will be charged, in the pro-
ceeds Of which the school will par
ticipate.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
Finest Times Coming.

The Walton, Ca, Tribune says that
the hard times crouch should con.
slider the story Of the man who was
really 'up against it."
"l:is horse went dead and his mule
went lame,
And he lost his COW in a poker game
And a cyclone came on a winter day
And blew the house where he lived
away;
Then an earthquake came when that
was gone
And swallowed the ground that the
house was on;
Then the tax collector. he came
around
And charged him up with the hole in
the ground
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
WHITE KNOLL SCHOOL
TO HAVE PICTURE SHOW

Patrons of White Knoll school and
the citizens &C the surrounding COM
munity will be glad to know that a
moving picture show will be given at
the school house Saturday night. APP
ril 9. Good pictures will be shown
and everybody is assured Of a good
time. The school will receive part
of the proceeds Of the small adn1is-
sion fee charged.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
II. CROMER OSWALD
STARTS NEW GARAGE,

As Will be seen by the advertising
columns OF The Dispatch-NeWs this
week, Mr.. H. Cromer Oswald has
opened first class garage for the
repair of automobiles at the old
stand occupied formerly by Cleve
Snelgrove, which is located near the
county fair grounds. Mr.. Oswald 5
work is we'll known to the people
Of this community, as this is not his
first venture in the garage business.
He insures satisfaction to his pat
rons and promises to make his prices
in line with the price Of cotton.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
COTTON AS A SURPLUS.

Iorkville Enquirer.
Probably the most profitable cot
ton crop the south ever raised VAS
the crop Of 1918.
And until the south learns the les
son Of 1913 it can never hope /,
make economic headway raising cot
ton.
When America entered the WOii,
war in the spring of 1917, the fa'lh
ers Of the south were persuaded hil>
scared into raising food supplies sui
ficient for the needs of the who'll
country.
The cotton crop Of 1918 was raiset
on the surplus food supplies of ISL,
and 1918, and the net profits on tina
crop included the money that ha,
previously been going out of the coun.
try for various kinds of supplies.
Also there was a tremendous say
ing by reason Of enforced economy
in the consumption of western wheat,
western meat and foreign sugar and
other products. This saving mounted
up into many millions.
Deceived and demoralized by the
profits of 1918 and thinking those
profits were derived from cotton
alone, in 1919 the farmers neglected
food stuffs and devoted their whole
attention to cotton. They put into
cotton all that they had made the
year before, and all they had saved,
and on top of that all they could bor-
row.
The 1918 crop brought a good price
apparently, but the profit was not
really so great as it seemed for the
reason that it was not accompanied
by the food products and the econo-
my of 1917 and 1918.
Then in 1920 came the collapse.
The farmers had put all their resourc-
es into the throw of that year and
when the bubble was bursted by
means of socalled def1ation, the south
as a whole was thrown back to about
where it was in 1916.
The lesson of it is merely Il con-
tirmation Of the experience OF
hundred years--that there is no pos
sible hope Of the south ever getting
anywhere raising cotton except as a
surplus.
Where farmer raises all needed
supplies, and makes cotton absolutely
clear above all other requirements, ne
can hope to have the proceeds Of that
cotton for the payment Of past in
debntedness and the purchase Of such
articles as he cannot produce him.
self. But the man who undertakes
to raise cotton on credit, either di-
rectly or indirectly, is committed to
hopeless speculation that has never
yet spelled anything but disaster.
IT is not a pleasant situation to con-
template, but it is the truth.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06
PRESENTS REASONS
81, ... FOR LESS ACREAGE
The State, 81.

The State, 81.
IF there were no other reasons
why the cotton acreage should be re-
duced in 1927, the fact that small
crops always bring more dollars and
cents than large crops is argument
enough" declared Louis I. Guion,
well known planter Of Lugoff, yes
terday. 81.
.sBut there are many reasons con-
tinued Mr.. Guion. "The dire finan-
cial conditions that have overcome
. us within the last Six months have
also served to remove or cause to be
forgotten the boil weevil. 1t has been
successfully demonstrated all over the
cotton belt that not over eight acres
to the plow can be grown success
fully under boil weevil conditions
even where conditions are not favor
able for the weevils. Indeed; five
acres to the plow. has proven year in
and year out the safe crop. In 1921
vast territories of Georgia, northwest
Florida and Alabama were tempted
by accent cotton to exceed the safe
acreage under weevil conditions. The
result is that the people Of those
sections are absolutely bankrupt to-
day. I am reliably informed that
s1.00 per pound for cotton would not
pay the expenses. Of thousands Of
Georgia farmers, and it would take
$500 a pound to pay many Of them
out. .' =:
Another reason why we should re-
duce our acreage is that our present
system of farming is fundamentally
,wrong. Too many of. our farmers
are farming to make money instead
Sef first farming to make a living. A
. man who raises all cotton and buys
everything he uses to make the cot
ton is a. curse to the South in par
tieular. and. to the country generally.
AS former Governor Beckett Of North
Carolina said, he ought to be shot at
sunrise and denied a Christian burial
. o"Is takes the whole proceeds Of the
normal cotton crop to pay our food
and feedstuffs bill. Why not raise
+hese supplies and less cotton?
"Many men, both farmers and city
folk, who have: never seen timothy
:hav grow will use nothing but timothy
hav. It is the patriotic duty of our
merchants to encourage the use OF
our native hay. The freight rates
from noints from which the bulk of
our hay now comes exceeds SIT per
ton. If any man can pay $50 to S4o
ner ton for hay to make even 20
cents cotton he has land too Valuaole
for cotton farming.
''Ten-cent cotton means oo cents
per day for the man who WORKS the
crop. A 10-cent cotton planter VINO
spends more than so cents a day is
obliged to owe somebody or steal.
@'Can a man work for so cents
day and hire people whose pay IS
1925 to $3.50 per month to work for
him? This is exactly what the man
does who buys hay, corn, oats, ETC.,
from the West. Every railroad man
from Chicago to Columbus who han
dies these products for the fool far
mer draws from 10 to 80 times as
much pay as the 10-cent cotton man
gets. Cut cotton acreage and put
the surplus acreage in food and feed
crops and stop paying the railroads
fabulous prices for hauling them"
: .
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-06


Some Objects Of Boys Club Work.
Below are, eight Of the leading OBJ
jects Of Boys club work:
I. TO enlarge the vision Of the boy
and to give him definite purposes at
very important period in his life.
2. To interest the boy in improved
agricultural methods at a period
when he can most easily be reached
|. 3. To assist in development Of the
spirit of cooperation in the family and
the community.
I. To dignity the vocation of farm
ing, to emphasize it's possibilities, and
thus encourage the boys to remain on
the farm.
5. To emphasize the importance of
keeping farm records and accounts.
6. To make the boy a demonstra-
tor of the facts OF scientific agricul-
ture.
:. To develop leadership, re-
snonsibilitv and importance Of or
eanization and cooperation.
g. To assist the boy in making
money for himself.
Lexington county has good en-
rollment in corn and pig clubs. and
we are trying to drive the above
truths home to the members.
]. w. SHEALY,
County Agent.