The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-22


WAGING FIGHT. SAY THAT COT
TON CAN BE PRODUCED PROFIT
ABLY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The State, Nov. 49,
That cotton can be and is being
grown profitably in South Carolina
under boil weevil conditions and that
there is no sound reason for the farm
ers Of the state to throw ND their
hands and declare that there is no
nope were two statements made at the
conference held at the call Of Cover
nor Harvey at the State House yester-
day for the purpose Of giving consid-
Grafton to the conditions facing the
cotton producers in this common
wealth The conference did not con-
me Itself to merely uttering encour-
aging words, bat outlined q definite
and clear cut program for the cotton
growers, which it held, if followed.
will prove profitable. The recommcn-
dations adopted are given in full
elsewhere.
over and over again was the advice
destroy your old cotton stalks the
moment the crop is harvested"
sounded F; so that recommendation
very NroDerly heads the list of those
adopted. Another important point
stressed time and again by the speak
ers were thorough preparation, sufn-
cient fertilization, and the use Of good
varieties OF seed. Get your crop
made before you give tho woevil
chance to get in his work." was the
sentiment. The need of haste too was
stressed.
Conference Well Attended
The conference was opened by Gov
ernor Harvey, who in a few words,
told OF the bearing the control Of the
DOH weevil has on the prosperity of
South Carolina, and said unity of ac-
ton among the cotton growers was a
prime necessity of combating the
weeytl. He read letters from Senator
q. Dial, Bright Williamson, Niels
Christensen, j. o. Sheppard and J. S.
Wannamaker in which the writers ex-
pressed their interest in the confer
ence and commented on the cotton
situation.
list Of those present was then
compiled, and A. +. Lever was elected
chairman and Henry Johnson of Aiken
was elected secretary.
Mr.. Lever, on taking the chair, said
that Governor Harvey was due vote
of thanks for calling the conference
in that the control of the weevil was
vitally connected with the progress Of
the state.
None of us should get the idea that
the growing Of cotton in the future Is
an impossibility. 1T is being grown
and successfully grown in all Of the
states which have been visited by the
weevil and the farmers OF South
Carolina are able to meet the condi-
tions which the farmers OF other
states have faced. The growing or cot
ton, however, will be more expensive
and will be more difficult under weevil
conditions than hretofore.
Two things will happen as a result
of the invasion of the pest. Absentee
farming will become thing OF the
past; man can not live in Columbia
and run successfully cotton farm in
Beaufort. There will also be more
or less complete breakdown of our
tenant system of farming.
"The only match for the weevil is
the white brain OF the South. The
ordinary negro laborer can not COM
peteswith the situation unless under
the guidance Of the white man. t
~ witnessed an impressive and sig
nificant ceremony in Aflendale recent
ly when Gloom was buriediWe should
keep alive the spark Of hope in the
. breasts Of our people. we can grow
cotton successfully In this state under
'wcevil conditions, but cotton under
weeSil conditions prssupposes a we'll
directed diversified agriculture" he
said. MS a @
Long Makes Talk
w. w. tIlong, director OF the exten-
sion service OF Clemson college, dis
cnssed the cotton situation from two
standppints- that of the direct con-
trol!o OF the weevil and that OF econoni-
les. lie said by economic he meant
diyersifed agriculture. BY diversified
asriculture he meant not the intro