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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15

give TIE pia...
fact it all depends upon the weather,
and especially through June and the
first part of July. Being SC far south
we have a large annual rainfall, yet
it does not prevent US from making
good yield of cotton. One advantage
we have, and l attribute our success
largely to this, and that is, we gener-
ally have hot, dry falls. The cotton
plants come to early maturity, and
during September shed most of the
foliage leaving no food for the wee
wills. This hot sun kills them out in
great quantities, and their food sup
ply being cut off, they have to leave
or perish. This so greatly reduces
their numbers that we are able to
make a good bottom and middle crop
of squares the next spring before
they become numerous enough to do
serious damage. The success we have
had iii growing cotton under weevil
conditions, leads me to believe that
u losses in this extreme southern
section, is less than are those in the
more northern sections of the cotton
belt. Our winters are so mild, that
think we keep the weevil in an active
state, to a certain extent, and as
there is no growing or green cotton
to feed on, he dies in larger numbers
than if they had been held in a more
dormant state by a more continuous
cold temperature. The winter pre-
ceding the last crop was the' mildest
ever known, and u loss from wee
wills was the lightest we have ever
had. You know when any living thing
is in an active state it must have
some food to sustain life. The days
of spring-like weather we have all
through the winter months tempts
him out of his supposed winter quar-
tiers. When he b~eginslto move he must
have food or he soon dies. He may
run under some light piece of trash,
from one of our weather attempts at
frost, but in two or three days the
sun is again so warm that he is tempt
ed out, and every time he comes out
he is weaker, till finally he gives up
the job as a bad one and dies. Now,
I don't know that any of this is true,
but when the weevil is put through
our long, hot, dry falls with no food,
and then through the warm winter
periods just mentioned, I don't be-
lieve he has but little chance to sur
vive.
Our first bales are picked the last
days of July or the first days of Au-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15
Wide Trousers, No Cuffs, Will
Be Spring Style.

Atlanta, Ca, Feb. s.-Wider
trousers, without cuffs, will be worn
by men this spring, according to
fashionable h~aberdashers in the
Peachtree Arcade, with it's galaxy of
mems shops, who have just returned
from the annual convention of the
National Designers Association in
Washington, D. C. The ~haberdashers
also visited New York, Philadelphia,
and other cities, where they looked
over the latest designs in mems ap-
parel.
"Black braided sack coats and vests
with striped trousers will also be the
mode on semi-dress occasions" said
one of the Arcade dealers. The
will be natural with straight
er lines for coats, shorter and less
pointer vests, and the boxed back
effect for spring ov%ercoats."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15
How We Make Cotton.

The cotton lands are usually brok-
en- during January and February with
two-horse plows, blowing deeply and
only when the subsoil is dry enough
to crumble we'll. A few harrow. If the
land has no clay subsoil, it is gen.--
ally bedded up without flat breaking.
After breaking and narrowing, the
rows are bedded up leaving a deep
water furrow between. We make
beds about 8 to 3-12 feet wide, being
careful to have beds of ever width
and of uniform size and height. This
is very important in doing good Guilt
waiting to the growing crop. The beds
are made some weeks in advance OF
planting so that they will be well set
tied by one or more good rains be-
fore we expect to plant. This is one
of. the most important features OF
preparation. The settled bed holds
moisture and hastens the termination
of the seed. The cotton roots Will take
hold quicker and the plants will grow
off much faster when plante d In a
well settled bed. Now. don't sorget
this. Bed UP early and make them Of
good height.
We find it does not pay to plant
too early. Most of u cotton is plant
ed the first 10 days of April. If you
plant earlier, it costs more to cultl-
vate. The lice do more damage, often
running the stand. One must have
good stands, that is, no skips. Every
foot of the row must be made to do
its part. Before we had weevils, skips
did not hurt. So work carefully to get
and hold a perfect stand if possible.
Cotton plants r like pigs. L they
become "stunted" it takes them a
long time to get Over it. Plant after
the ground is warm so that the plants
can be made to grow rapidly.
Pu. Down All Fertilizers at Planting
Time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15

know more ofthe trooper, will be
glad to mail them a catalog. 1t is a
planter of my own make and it is the
only cotton seed dropper that will
put down the seed just like you want
them, and it will never miss n sin
gle hill.)
Leave Two to Three Stalks Per Hill.
We thin hills to two stalks and
sometimes leave three. More cotton
can be made per acre this way than
to leave one stalk to the hills and the
hills as far apart. l claim we make
from 10 tt, 20 per cent more: This
gives you the required number OF
plants, and sets them far enough
apart to let in the sunshine on all
sides of the hills. By having two or
three plants to the hill, prevents the
plants putting out the long vegetatlve
limbs, and encourages the growth OF
the shorter fruit limbs. This gives
you an earlier crop and a larger crop.
Another advantage is that the limbs
will grow towards the middles and as
they become heavy with bolls, the
two plants will separate, each leaning
towards its respective middle. This
lets the sunshine in between them
to kill the weevils and to prevent the
bottom bolls from rotting. l began
following this two-or-three-stalks-to-
the-hill plan some twelve years ago,
and l know that it will give you in
creased yields, so adopt it. You can
follow it best by first planting your
seed in hills with one of my choppers,
as you then get all hills, evenly spaced
and at the exact distance you want,
and then you are sure to have the re-
uuired two or three plants together,
to form the hill. The hills can be thin
ned just as rapidly as lne TO" Can pe
chopped the old way.
After the drill has. been properly
thinned and the plants given their
first working, we then reopen the
water furrow in the center of the
rows by running rather deeply a SHOW
ell pillow. This furrow drains any sur
plus water from around the drill and
lets in the warmth of the sun. l con-
slider this a very important operation,
as in most cases its effect is imme-
diately seen in a more vigorous
growth of the plants. We do all cul-
tivating with short shovels and heel
scrapes, giving the plants rapid and
shallow blowing, which is kept up till
about the middle or last of July.
Fighting Weevils and Weather
Conditions.
Children are sent over the fields to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15

rumor, going the rounds of legisla-
tive and political circles in connec-
ton with the mention of the name of
Representative Eugene S. Blease, of
.Newberry, for the governors race,
to the effect that the former govern
or, already announced for the race,
might withdraw in favor of his broth
er. The former governor stated that
he does not plan to withdraw in his
brothers favor.
Eugene S. Blease has stated that
he will not run if his brother runs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15
More important Than Tax
alton.

Numerous as the crimes. have been
in South Carolina in the last two or
three years, they have been more
numerous and much bolder in many
Northern states. We have had in
South Carolina no rioting, few if any
bank %robberies, no bomb throwing
and no serious conflicts between labor
and capital. We have had no invasion
by "yeggmen." Every day audacious
murders. and robberies in the cities
of the North done. by organized bands
are reported in the newspapers and
often the perpetrators escape in au-
tomobiles. Crime as "an organized in
dustry" in Chicago and New York is
admitted by the press and it is said to
be intelligently directed.
In South Carolina progress in pun
ishing crime has been made in the
last twelve months. Convictions have
been obtained against white men Of
property and influence. Judges and
juries have shown determination to-
punish felons. If the good progress
can be maintained two of three years
healthier conditions will prevail in
this state than have been observed in
a. long time.
But we are not of the woods. Men
are under sentence whose friends will
seek pardons or combinations for
them. Bootleggers and m~oonshiners
want above all things friendly and in
dulgent administration, county city,
and state. They believe that a politi-
cal upturn in which their candidates
were successful would Cow some OF
the judges and clear the way for
comparatively safe aw-breaking. If
solicitors, sheriffs and other officers
not positively and aggressively re-
solved TO UNFOLD the laws and enforce
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15
Growing Cotton Successfully
Under Boil Weevil Con-
ditions.

Farmers in this section can profit
by the experience Of farmers in the
cotton growing states where the wee
vii has been prevalent for a number
of years. Farmers in Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana are growing
some cotton in spite of the weevil.
The following from Mr.. w. F. Cow
ington of Headland, Ala, stating how
cotton is grown there under boil Wee
vii conditions should be of interest to
our readers:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-02-15
-aS IaLUt appiI..

1cIS4
means a later crop. The beds are OPP
ened with the fertilizer distributor,
using on the foot of the distributor
any kind of plow that will open a
good size furrow. I prefer using a
long 5-inch shovel and a 14-inch heel
This lets the fertilizers well
down in the bed and the scrape will
cut down the furrow sides covering
up the planter. The planter is follow
ed Immediately behind the distribu-
tor, planting and covering the seed
before the furrow has dried out any.
We cover seeds only with the springs
of the planter. When cotton is up we
bar off with a turn plow, using a fen
der to prevent too much Of the soil
falling around the plants, but we let
enough slip by the fender to lap
around the drill so as to cover up all
little grass that might be up, or that
will soon come up. The high edges OF
the bed give the turn pillow a good
hold so that the water furrow in the
middles are we'll filled. The drill is
now left in good shape for the chop
ping, especially should a heavy rain
fall after the barring. Some writers
object to barring off cotton, claiming
that it removes too much soil from
the side of the plants. This has refer
ence to where the seed were planted
on a high bed and covered with a
board on the planter. This is a very
old style of planting, and does not
compare at all to the advantages Of
planting in the distributor furrow and
covering with the side plows of the
planter. This sets the drill down in
the bed and not on top, and when
these high edges are turned to the
middles, the barring burrows do not
seem so deep, and they are not. Its
the ideal way of planting and has
been followed by the Headland far
mers for the past 20 years, and the
writer is pleased to note the increas-
ing popularity Of the method every
where.
Mist of the seed in this section are
planted with a Covington Cotton Seed
Dropper, dropping about 10 seeds to
the hill and the hills about Is to Is
inches apart. This takes only about
half the seed it does to sow. We are
surer of getting good stands, for
should packing rains come, the seed
in hills will burst through when they
will not where sown. The young
plants in hills will stand the light
frosts and cold winds better due to
the protection they give each other.
Of any of my readers would like to
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WANTED: Statesmen with car to
call on dealers with a low priced g.
900 mile fabric and and 10000 mile
cord tire. $4,000 a week with extra
commissions.
UNIVERSAL TIRE & RUBBER CO..
Michigan City, Indiana.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07
COOK PORK WELL
AND AVOID TRE-
+ CHINOSES.

~ ooK pork well is the advice
Of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Failure
to observe thi simportant precau-
ton Is liable to be followed by seri-
Gus illness known as trichinosis.
This disease. which is very pain
full and frequently fatal, is caused
by a small parasite that sometimes
occurs in pork. The trichinia para
site is so small that Il can be seen
only with a microscope, and is
often overlooked even in the most
careful microscopic examination.
Hogs harboring the parasites show
no symptoms and pork containing
trichinae is exactly the same in ap-
pearance as other pork No prac-
ticable system Of meat inspection
has been discovered by which per-
sons who eat uncooked or imper-
fectly cooked pork can be protect
ed from the danger of trichinosis.
There Is, however. one very ef-
fective means Of preventing the
disease. Cooking destroys the
parasites. Hence properly-cooked
pork is safe and trichinosis cannot
be acquired IL the simple rule is
followed OF cooking pork well be-
fore II is eaten.
Fortunately in the United States
most persons do not like raw or
rare pork and only a compara-
lively small number of the popula-
tion who come from countries
where pork Is customarily eaten
uncooked or who are unoer the in
fluence Of foreign customs Of eat
ing uncooked pork are in much
danger of contracting trichinosis.
The winter season. particularly
during the holidays. is when out
breaks of trichinosis are especially
likely to occur. At this time of
year. smoked and dried sausage
and various other products made
from pork and eaten without cook
ing are commonly consumed in
considerable quantities in many
households. in which the eating Of
uncooked pork is customary. Such
products II they happen to have
been made from hogs that were af-
fected with trichinae are liable to
cause trichinosis.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07
NEW YORK CITY
Day by Day
BY o. o. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.
D'OwN a side street not far
from where Broadway gilt
~ ters with its thousand lamps
Il a row Of squalid hotels. There
In an evil air, an unsavory glamour
about their dim-lit lobbies. Guests
peer up and down before fitting
into the elevator shafts.
Broad jokes are consumed. with
q Rabelaisan relish. There are
men who use lip-sticks. Women
skilled in lifting an eyebrow or
Jnane ditties that do not gloss the
Intimate details ring in the halls.
II is a section of life unspeak-
ably vile. The gossip Is about bur-
lesque, hooch, brawls, police courts
and laisons. Yet 1t Is in a room
in one of these hotels that a drama
in real life was enacated that out
shines the deeds that turn on the
tears in the hot-yospeling plays.
The story y.e>s told to me by a
lieutenant Of police. He was sent
there to srr--<e out a drug peddler
IA shifty young fellow with a
police record. He found him. The
youth pleaded for an hour. He
was on his way to a train to meet
his mother. His earnestness won
and the lieutenant went with him.
They met 4 little sweet-faced old
lady who was led from the coach
by q porter. She was blind. 1t
was an affectionate: fearful meet
ing and the three went back to the
hotel room together and dinner
was ordered. The lieutenant posed
as the sons spiritual adviser.
He had come from a deeply re-
ligious family and before the first
bit the mother said: Son, should
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07

like to hear you pray" And he
bowed his head and said grace.
There was talk of his job at the
bank, his career, and the sudden
call he had to go to Europe.
He was leaving in the morning
and SO she must go to the home Of
friends that night. They took
her there and then he was taken
to a police cell, a flood of vile
epithets pouring from his lips.
And after the tale was told I
wondered IL the boy had been
turned over to his mother, he
would have gone straight.
Nightly on Broadway there is a
crew Of light spoilers" who walk
up and down looking at the pyra-
mid lights and taking notes. It
Is their job to find dead bulbs and
report them 80 that they may be
repaired the next day. Their patrol
includes the section between
Herald Square and Columbus
Circle.
Grace George Is preparing a
play just now that has only two
others in the cast-Norman Trevor
and Robert Warwick. 1t Is the
smallest cast that has ever ap-
peared in a four act play. OF
course. 1t concerns the triangle
and is very talky. It is reported
that one playwright is now work.
ing on a play that has only one
actor. That viii indeed be a theat-
rical achievement.
Touching on the drama one finds
something significant in the names
OF press agents. Here are a few
of them: Dexter Followes, Clax-
ton Willstach, Wells Hawks. Muir
dock Pemberton, A. Token Worm,
Bernard Sobel, Galofff O'Rour,
Learned Swiss and Hatchover T.
Heckscher.
Down at the Aquarium they
have a new piscatorial freak. 1t
Is known as the ciclacome. It re-
mains very quiet until a crowd
groups about the glass case and
then 1t thumps its tail wildly
against the glass. OF course, hav-
ing such little privacy ID enough
to annoy even a poor fish.
Reporters are supposed to be
shock proof. Yet one was found
In a half swoon in the general
post office the other morning. He
had been able to write with the
first pen he picked up. No
tcoDyrisht 1sas. by Tn. McN.ush.
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07
Problems of Life
BY Virginia Lee
DEAR VIRGINIA LEE:

DEAR VIRGINIA LEE:
I HAVE been going steadily with
young man for two years, but
he has never mentioned a word
of love. I am popular with other
boys, but they think I am taken.
We have a friend who has had
a man calling on her for seven
teen years and people say. "WiIl
he ever marry that girl?" Lately
I have BEEN getting panicky
and fear we will drift on for
years and then I'll be thrown
over for q younger girl. What
shall do. break of with him?
1 would go out with other boys
and let them and the man In
question know you are mot
! taken II he wants you for
4. himself, he should say 10; n not,
II were better that you had
other opportunities. +
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07

A m e ri an
r. ev luton
The biggest
a n d m os {
sacred work in
life is being a
G. Cd mother,
having q large
family Of chill
dren and bring
ing them up to
be good citt
zens and good
men and wom-
en-. But IL a
woman can do
anything else
W 1 I h o u {
neglecting this
bizgest thing,
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07
Card Table Cover.

A COVER for the gard table ;s
made OF French-blue ssteen.
finished with a deep buttonhoie
stitch around the edge. carried out
In American Beauty yarn. Eeight-
ed tassels Of yarn finish the cor
ners Each - -ss "a ,he -.v~r :
ornamented with three yarn now
ers. crocheted of American Beauty
and two shades Of pink. These. as
well az the green leaves OF yarn.
are caught down with occasional
stitches These may be made at
home. Materials stamped TO show
where TO place the flowers. direc-
tions for making the flowers, to-
eefher with the yarn. cost sl-sS.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07

IT often pays to hunt for the
small shops. The shops that
are away from the regular shop
ping district. where the rent is
low and as they turn their stock
over for a small profit, the prices
are low. Such a shop is the
Ireene Shoppe on upper Four
teenth street. There you may
find a nice assortment of lingerie,
negliges. and hosiery. Also gifts
for the baby and the small child.
Handkerchiefs and gloves, and
even dresses and wraps. II you
wish you may pay a small de-
posit and the gift will be held for
you. If you live out the north
west district, why not look around
this shop?
THE vogue Of lounging pajamas
is widespread and young girls
think their wardrobe Incomplete
without pair. Like brightly col
ored flowers they have blossomed
in many Of the shops, fashioned
Of taffeta, crepes and velvets.
One lovely set comes in soft
green with landings of old rose
taffeta. Quite like a rose. An
other is of a gay Chinese pattern.
another of paisley crepe de chifie.
Some have monograms embroid-
cred on the jacket. If you have
a set on your list, 1t would be
wise to look at the shop of Howa-
David. There I am sure that you
will find unusual designs and at
tractive color combinations.
-
I IKE her sisters Of a hundred
years ago, the modern wom-
an travels with a hat box. Every
Pullman car is familiar with the
round boxes. Becker's Leather
Store have the popular hat-box
In many shapes and sizes. One
that 1 like particularly well, is
Of that enamel composition in
black and the bindings are of
tan leather. An attractive fea-
ture is that a strap of the leather
encircles the oval box and fastens
with a buckle just above the
handle. Smart in appearance and
useful in size and shape. This
special box costs $3.50, and there
are others less or more expensive.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-07
Artistic link Slabs

THE Chinese schoolboy and the
= Chinese scholar must have
their ink-slabs for the mixing
of their Chinese ink. Those
made from a stone found at Nam
kangfu are very artistic and
represent fish swimming in
ponds. flowers growing In water
gardens, and buffaloes lying in
cooling. refreshing pools. They
also are made In square. oblong
and round shapes and varying
in size. weight and height. One
particular kind of stone supposed
to have been discovered in the
Sung dynasty will retain the
ink wet and moist for a whole
month.