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STATE OF MAINE
Public Notice

In conformity with the prov siops
of Chapter 2l9 of the Public Laws OF
1917. as amended. ana deeming Il for
the best interests OF the State. the
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and
Game hereby promulgates the follow
ing rules and regulations relating to
fishing in a portion of Big Spencer
Stream. in the County of Somerset.
RULES MD REGULATIONS
Section /. For a period Of four
years from July 2Sth. y. II. 1922, il
shall be unlawful for any person TO
fish for. take. catch or XIII any Kind
Of fish AZ any time in that portion of
Big Spencer Stream from the mouth of
Kihhc Stream L. Dead River, which
Somerset. ENeElT ia the ordinary
manner Of casting With artificial flies
known as lH fishing
Section II shall also be unlawful
for any ucrsen tn take. catch, XIII or
havt i'm uossessiru IN any one day. in
Slfl waters. more than 6ve pounds Of
fsh IN IA or not more than ten FISH
ia an oven though the ten fish may
weigh less than five pounds, unless
thu last fish caught increases the COM
hined wo-ht thereof to pore than five
pounds
for apy usr-an to have in possession
violation ~ any provision of these
regulations
Dated at Augusta, Maine. this 18th
day of july. Y. D., 1922.
WILLIS f. PARSONS.
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and
Game. 3w2S
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BRIGHTON

Mr. and Mrs. S Y Walker. Mrs
Lulu Farrin and children. Mariaa ana
lIildY were n Fairfield SUNDAY
Mrs. Opal Forbus is attend NJ the
unmcr school in Pennington
Mrs. Grace Forbus and son Charles
ard daughter. Mrs. Lillian Spencer.
We called last week 10 Winter Har-
be-. by the death Of another daughter
band, Or. j. II. Dyer Mrs
pYer has tho sympathy OF her many
friends here.
1ollic Farrin who has been visit
liz relatives in Solon for the past
NO weeks returned home Sunday.
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EMBDEN LAKE

DR.. Marston and Dr. Pratt par-
formed an operation upon Mr. Fred
Getchcll for the removal OF her other
eye. We all feel very sorry for her
Mrs. Leon Gctcholl has bee CON
fined to her bed or the past week.
Donald Badger Of Bingham asircd
his brother. George Who boar3a #ah
Mr.. and Mrs Everett Crcamer
Everett Berry Gnd father IRE tHim-
ing an addit ON ONO the Washington
School building
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NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. that
Sherman \ SUBWAY of SkowheEan
in the County of Somerset and State
of Maine has made application Ia the
Maine BOARD of Bar Examiners Fer eN-
animation far admission to the bar OF
the state Of Maine. at the session OF
the board To he held at Portland, Me,
lace.
PHILIP G. CLIFFORD,
Secretary OF the Board.
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III 4liourned meeting Of thu Madi-
sell Board OF Trade was heh last
/ esanne in Firemen's Hall II fhis
time the report of the committee IN
Better Hotel AccommodT ton Nas
given
Mrs. W. B. Brown and two dangh-
ters, the Misses Helen and Dorothy.
and Mrs Fred Clark and daughter,
Miss Doris returned Saturday from
, an auto trip TO the eastern part Of
tile state.
Nr and Mrs Ed Wilson and chill
dreE accompanied by Mr. and Mrs
Charles auntoon were the guests
Sunday Of relatives in Norridgewock.
\ most happy oeeas on VAS the
party given last Friday afternoon by
Mrs. John White in honor of the
seventh birthday of her daughter.
Miss Jean. There We're &c present.
Games We're enjoyed ON the spacious
law and dainty refereshmnts with a
birthday cake We're served
Messers \. w. and W NJ. ingalls,
made business trip to Stratton
Friday . sE@
Al the last regular meeting of the
l9pworth League Of the Methods st
church held Sunday evening at the
/ Yestry it was voted 10 invite the
| Young Peoples Societies Of the other
churches 10 unite with them during
the rest OF this month.
r. G.. Henderson Of Little Falls.
\. Y. is passing q few DAYS vacation
al his home in this place.
Miss Bernice Steward of Solon is
a guest this week of her father. Frank
Steward.
III, aud Atrs r Eran,,,f, poo,,or1
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CHARLES r. Warmly.
Justice Of the Pace.

SOMERSET. s.. Clerks Office sup. Jud
court.
Received and filed 23d day Of June
\. i 1922
Attest: ". T. SEEKI%S CLERK
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
W4iSHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

There is perhaps no patriotic
anniversary dearer 10 the Amcri-
can people as whole than Wash
ington's birthday. OF which we
celebrate the 190th anniversary this
year.
We like the stories of him as n
boy. his fine young manhood, his
bravery as a soldier. and then his
wisdom and courage as the first
president of the United States. We
can show our respect to his mem-
orv in no finer way than in earnest
and patriotic efforts to support and
preserve the government which he
and his great associates brought
into being.
a quaint obituary written at the
time Of his death, and tastily top
ped with pair Of skulls and cross
bones. and two hour glasses where
in the sands have run, will bear
quotation:
Our feelings Will not permit
lis to- forbear observing that the
very disintcrested and important
services rendered by H"t"Se WASH
inStou to these United S;a,cs. both
in the field and in the cabinet.
have erected in the hearts OF his
co,lntrymen monuments Of sincere
and unboundcd gratitude. which the
mouldcring hand of Time cannot
effacc; and that in every quarter
of the globe where Il free govern
mcnt is ranked among the choicest
blessings OF Providence. and virtue,
morality. religion and patriotism
are respected. the name Of Wash
inston will be held III vencration.
One hundred and ninety years
after his birth. 133 years after his
death. the words ring true.
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FREIGHT WRECK
NEAR MARION
Tracks Blocked and No
Freight or Passenger Trains
Can Pass

Marion, Feb. 21.-The freight
train extra No. 1910. carrying &
box cars. was wrecked on the east
ern edge Of town at about o'clock
this afternoon. Seventeen box cars
were derailed. six Of which are piled
in u mass and smashed beyond re-
pair The derailment Of the cars
happened about midway of the lonS
train. Perhaps this accounts for
the fact that there were no lives
lost. The tracks are blocked SO
that none OF the passenger trains
or regular freight trains can pass.
Two wreck trains have been order
ed, one from Wilmington and one
from Florence. 1t is believed that
the tracks can be cleared and the
damage TO the road repaired in
from "a to As hours. instructions
have come here to sell no tickets
for passenger train No. 80 this
evening. The train which was
wrecked was not q regular freight.
on this line. but was one Of the
short cut trains detouring. This
was on account of the recent wreck
AT Rennert, y. c. The train was
heavier than the usual ones which
pass over this line T. T. Earl was
conductor and \. 2. Fowler. engl-
neer on the wrecked train.
Much excitement was caused in
Marion over the accident and prac
tically everybody in town was down
al the tracks this afternoon sur
veyinS the splintcred cars and
climbing over the heaps Of debris.
One car plowed through another
while still another had turned its
undcrside upwards. For about 100
wards the road bed was torn up
and most of the way strewn with
dcra;lcd cars. The cars. for the
most part. were refrigerators for
Florida fruits and vegetables. All
of those which jumped the track
we're emptics. Thirty rails. one
carload of crosstics, 10 trestle ties
and one keg OF 20 pound bolts have
been ordered TO repair the damage
to the tracks NJ. V. Orr. local
agent. is sick in bed and G.. G. Nc
Ccrmick. clerk operator. is filling
his place sending and receiving
messages and making arrangements
for the clearing, Of the tracks.
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From these figures il is seen that
we have far more we weevils per
ton OF moss in sigh, now than at
any time since these records were
started and only a very few dead
. weevilS. OF course the records on
the presence of dead weevils can
not be accepted as too accurate be-
cause it has been found that many
dead weevils fall o;it Of the moss
during the winter and are thus
lost. TIE most striking feature.
however, is the fact that the cec-
ords for this year show more than
FIVE times as many live weevils in
Information as in the highest pre-
ceding year since 1915. These rec
ords are checked IN other ways.
a series of cages located near Tai
lulah, Louisiana which are INSTALL
ed with known number OF live
weevils each fall different types Of
shelter provided and the survival Of
Weevils in these cages determined
in the spring. We have just COM
pleted an examination of this Sc
ries of cages and find that these
figures verify those quoted in the
moss examinations. and show the
percentage of survival to date 70 be
much higher than In past years.
In considering the significance
CT these findings, it should be re-
mcmbered that while they mean Il
very abnormally heavy emcrSencc
Of over-wintcred wccvils in the
coming spring, they do not nec"s-
sariIy mean that the weevil damage
this season will be unusually great,
since it is possible that Sanmer
weather conditions may be sutii-
ciently unfavorablc to the weevils
TO offset this heavy. early lnfcSta
ton, but the fact remains that the
farmers Will start the cotton crop
under a tremendous handicap and
it is going to require abnormal
weather to produce Il normal Wee
vil damage No man is justified in
gambling on such luck. and the only
sane course to pursue is to antici-
pate q year of great abundance Of
boIl weevils and to make ali plans
accordingly. Everyone who has
raised q fcw cotton crops with the
wecvil realizes how the wccvil cuts
down the acreage he can handle
per plow and still make a crop.
Furthermore. the more abundant
tho weevils are. the less acreage he
can handle successfully ana Ger
tainly with the present prospects
the acreage per plow for 1922
should be reduced to an absolute
minimum if tha farmer is to eX-
pcricnco any safety whatever.
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FIRE AT DILLON
Several Stores Destroyed
Causing Loss of at Least
S125,000

Dillon. Feb. 21.--About ; o'clock
this morning fire was discovered
in the dry goods store occupied by
David t'as5 and before the fire de-
partment could make any hcadway
the entire two story building WAS
Suttcd The rear Of the building
was occupied by Charlie Salccby.
which uas a connection with Saice-
k.-'s large grocery store adjoining.
Through this arc!lWay the fire
spread into Salcebr's grocery store
and did considerable damage TO
the whole stock.
on the LETT Of tho building occu-
pied by Fass was Il large store
building owned by l.. CottinSham,
Tile high wall dividing the two
stores during the process OF tue
fire fell upon the roof Of the Cot
tinSham store crushing in the roof.
the spread of which caused the
whole wall to fall. @. w. Jackson
occupied tho Cottin@ham building
and carried n stock valued at SO
600 on morc. This stock az Well
as the store building is i'll ruins
from both fire and water. Mr.. faSs
damage is unknown. with reported
insurance OF $4,000 The Salee-
hy building damage is estimated AT
S15 900 with insurance OF >N."""
The Salecby stock damage is very
severe with insurance OF S4.ooe
The T.. C"ttinGnam store damage Is
.st mated mt $l2"0o with insur-
,nc. OF 5000. O. w Jackson :
estimated damage is 5000" WITH
insurance OF $la.Uoo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
TOBACCO
ASSOCIATIONS
SUCCEEDS
Kentucky Organization is
Selling Tobacco to Big Con-
sumers at Satisfactory
Prices
Organization
Kentucky

Florence. Feb. 2l.-EncoUragins
reports IRON the kentucky Tobacco
Cooperative Marketing Association
are bcius received daily at the Tri-
State Association Headquarters III
Florence. Several large Geais At
satisfactory prices are reported TO
haze becn made witilie tie last few
days Among the numbeE ::as c;fe
10 EiGSctt & Myers OF TWENTY-FIVE
million pounds and a more recc,it
o!c 10 the Y. j. REYNOLDS rofacco
Ccnlpany OF ten million pounds. A
nunlbcr of other sales have been
made to the largest Independent
concerns. These sales are being
made in "Wnitei order or just
jn The same condition as delivered
BY ;lre farmers.
This VIII be gratifying news to
Tri-Sta1c organization, as it now
looks as il We will not have to
hold ard rcdry any considerable
qiantit; Of our tobaccos.
President Stone is reported rs
sayinS in an interview: That's
what our organization was orgaa-
izcd for, sid Nj. stone. Ito sell
tobacco and wc arc selling it and
goiunS to sell still moro Of it. The
prices We have received for wh;..
has seen sold have been entirely
satisfactory to the officials Of the
Association. and We feel sure viii
be satisfactory To the growers. who
are members OF the association.
Sir. Bright Williamson. Of Dar-
linston. Nh r. Z. Young of
i'lorcncr and Nh T. c. Epps Of
Kingstree are in Raleigh, n. c.. this
week at the regular meeting Of tie
Tri-Statc Board OF Directors Of the
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Mar
ka;inS Association. One Of the mat
tcis 20 be attended to at this meet
ing Will be the arranging for SRA
Dler form Of contract for the out
slider who has ,of yet signed. as
this can nov: be done since the
association has been incorporated
ard organized. 1t is also supposed
that the active working heads Of
the different departments VIII De
elected at this meeting.
As so many have made apph-
cations to join since the completion
&f the organization. it is supposed
that. Il clean up cam Da;sn Will soon
bc put on. and Will be arranged for
at this meeting.
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THE vATcHMAN AND soUTHRoN FEBRUARY rs, 1922

has raised against d state income
tax at this time, The News and
: Courier recognizes. as it said Tho
other day in discussing Senator Nc.
Ghcc's bill, thai public sentiment
favorS some income tax as :; part
Of the general tax program. The
other parts Of the program cannot
be put through otherwise and VIC
are convinced, ;is we have said
that public opinion will support d
moderate income tax based, as the
new substitute measure just fran
cd by the select senate committee
provides, on q levy of - per cent
OF the present federal income tax.
In tue same way if seems to Us
that the opponents OF the luxury
tax will have to modify their OPP
position and SO as to ;hc various
features of the tax program as q
whole.
OF course ii is a question as to
what the effect Of these new tax
measursc will be, in the way of
raising revenue and otherwise. and
it is urgently important that the
senate in dealing with the appro-
priation bill. now to come before it.
shall bear constantly in mind the
necessity Of making every possible
reduction and compelling all state
institutions to practice tho econom-
les which have been found ncces-
ssrv by all business establishments
aud by individuals as we'll. 1t is
a fact, undoubtedly, as MI. BelseT
has indicated. that the main OPP
portuniiy for tightening tho tax
burden does not lie in the rcduc-
ton of the appropriations for
state institutions. 1t lies in cutting
expenditures nearer homc-in the
counties, in tho cities. in the school
districts. These arc situations with
whic hthc people are in position to
deal at first hand if they are so dis
posed. They cannot unload their
own responsibility on the leSisla- :
ture. They can and do look to the
legislature to blaze the way.
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surplus stock on hand, and could
then get rid Of it and hold prices
up and possibly crush or c:..pr'e
the union. The public wocla not
suffer much unless the strife were
prolonged. Industry is not demand
ing fuel this year as it di,i il boom
times.
If the miners are wise. therefolH.
they will go slow with strike plaaS.
They will probably have 20 make
wage concessions, too. They have
already decided to forbear asking
for wage increase, and con;d
hardly have been serious shout
shat in the first place. I. is a
tiyie.for defation. and. Ia bor will
have to, stand it's share of aeaation,
in every. industry:
Manifestly. what the coal lainers
need is. not higher wage scale, or
even continuance of lie sane
wage scale, but more work. They
are starving now because the
mines are idle most of the time.
The mines are idle because indus
try is depressed The miners can
not prosper until industry revives
enough to create bigger demand
for coal. and a reasonable attitude
on their part would promote such
a revival.
The same reasoning holds true
of the operators. The miners might
reasonably offer to take a noder-
ate reduction in wages in return
for an operators guarantee of re-
duced prices. thereby insuring a
stronger demand for their product.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
FARM MACHINES. HORSES Oh
GAS.

A good many farmers are turn
back to the use Of horses III thcii
plans for farm work in the COM
ing season. Tie heavy losses OF
the past year make them feel the
need Of economy and they belie!e
this can be served best in many
instances by substituting real horse
uowcr for til" gasoline kind. The
decision marks a return OF sanity
as we'll as horses to the farm@. and
it does not really menace the motor
farm machinery business.
During the past few years the
farmer took his place with the
other plungcrs who bought fast
and f,.riously. His particular cX-
trayacancc WAS in the line OF pow
er-drivcn farm business. Tie
bouc,,t more of this stuff than he
needed or could pay for without
straining his credit unduly. he
bought some which was ill-sulted
to his needs. and even when ne
had the right machine he seldom
learned to operate it efficiently or
economically.
His first reaction IS to throw L
ont ;tS useless. His next Will be TO
study the matter carefully and
then go about his buying with bet
ter Judgment. t!c will determine
whether power machinery repre-
SCENTS n true economy on his farm.
and whether he can buy Ii anu
keep his credit sound He Viii dc-
ternine which par, Of his work
can be done best with horses and
which hv motor power. whFr" >2lh-
,,,ltl,lion would be Mis- ana Whaa
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-25
PHARiOHS EXAMPLE.

Interpretation of the Scriptures
does not seem to be a very strong
point with the United States sem
ate. The senators quote Scripture.
but are prone to err in applying It.
;; There is the Pharaoh episode. for
instance, which diverted the senate
, in one of its busy moods the other
day
Senator Kenyon had been ad
vocating the bill to relieve upcnl-
ployment by providing work on big
public improvements during the
depression period. Senator New
thereupon read the Biblical account
of Phara obs dream about the scv-
en- fat Kline in the meadow that
were eaten up by the seven lean
kline, and Joseph's explanation
that the fat kline meant a period
of prosperity and the lean kline
neant an ensuing period of &C.
preston. Senator News applica
ton was merely that these recur-
ring periods of plenty and famine
have been going on for some time.
and there seems to have been de-
vised no successful method o. az
resting their proSrcsS. He t.,,-fe-
fore doubted the efficacy Of the
remedy proposed by the Iowa sen
ator. And if the later made a re-
joindcr. it is not recorded.
Now. it looks to lay students Of
the Scriptures as if everybody con-
ccrncd had missed the point of
what might have been Il very apt
allusion. Joseph. seeing what the
dream meant. and being a practical
person. immediately advised Pia-
raoh to start buying UP all tho
corn on hand while The bumper
crops kept rolling in. boarding it
in national Sra'naries TO dole out for
rations when the lean years came.
That was done to such good effect
that when the brethrcn Of Joseph
came down TO Egypt durin" the
famine they were able to buy all
the corn the needed. Never was
there Il clearer lesson regarding
the equalization Of nations re-
sources, especially its food prod
ucts. over good times and bad
times.
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Labor is Planning Big Fight in
England.

London. Feb. Labor IS Squar-
ing up for big fight 10 secure the
municipal control OF this metropolis
through the London Country Coun-
Gil elections. which take place early
next March.
Labor'S opponents. the Municipal
Reform Party and the Progressive
Party. although divided in policy,
are practically united to keep out
the labor socialists. The latter
have collected an election lighting
fund OF 20ooo pounds by :, levy on
all their members
Their program include, tnunici-
pal trading on a LARGE scale III
meat. coal. bread. fish and milk.
and the pro, iSlonS of various me,ii-
cal services irec TO all: which Is
characterized rs 4 revolution in
municipal government.
The London County Council con
~i~t, oi Ia councillors = alder
men and The chairman.
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BOIL WEEvILS WILL BE THICK
N 1922
(Bx 3. II. COadl.

Tallulah. La. Feb. 2l.--Cottor
farmers are now busy arguing pro
and con he adviSabilit: of reGuc-
ing or increasing the cotton acre
age for 1922. but in the numerous
arguments quoted we seldom see
any mention made of one OF :he
most important factors which
should have q very positive in
hucnce on the cotton program ioI
the coming season. THIS i, The
prospect OF boil wcevil aDunG2'lce.
For ui>ite a number Of years the
Delta laboratory of the Bureau OF
Entomology t. {. department CT
agriculture has been Inal.inG: Il So
ries Of studi sceach season to serve
az (, basis for predictions I"SarAinG
the :5cvcrity of spring infe>tliion of
boil WeeVlls. The records: for 90 ,
have just been completed ard TOR
comparison with these ,ye have
similar records FOR The past eight
years.
The number Of boil wcevils
emerging from hibernation cdcn
spring depends on Two things. The
number entering hibcrna;ion in the
fall and the percentage OF these
surviving. Last fail the majority
OF the cotton belt saw :on4!,i ions
which permitted an unusually large
number of wecvils to enter lliberaa-
ton. The winter weather has SEN
orally been abuorinaily mild TO
date ard the usual period nf Sc
we're weather has passed ;itilouSh
there is of course still Il 5are
chance OF temperatures low enough
TO influence wccvil survival. Be
cause of this mild weather a high
rate of weevil sulvivai was 10 be
expected. Our recent records DaEe
more than verified this expectation
These records arc made in a num-
Der Of different ways but tho most
comparable criterion is the tiS:re
based on the number Of live Wee
wills found alternating in Spanish
moss from - different selected
points representing the different
types of hibcrnatinS conditions
found in that district. This moss
is carefully examined and the
number Of weevilS both live and
dead noted From this We com
pute the ratio Of both live and
dead weevils per ton of moss. and
past experience has shown that this
affords very fair index TO the
emergence which may be expected.
The following table shows the
figures for the past eight years:
Year Live Weevils Dead Wecvils
pen ton moss per ton moss