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? \ oc KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919. , NO 19 WOL. o5. IOBACC MARKET ' NOW WDE OPEN, J BIG SALES TUESDAY AND WEED 1 * BRINGS SATIS FA CTOK Y : PRICES j .The Ktqj^tree tobacco market j ..opened under most favorable condi- J tions .Tuesday. There was a quantity s of tobacco already on the floors of ] each of the "warehouses which had ] been accumulating for a week or ten J days nricr to the opening day. Early j Tuesday morning many wagons came ^ in loaded with the golden weed, and j .by the time the opening or first sale > was called there hat! been unloaded ? on the four warehouse^toors here ..approxim tely 150,000 pounds. t The toss of a coin by the four i warehousemen for the first sale of -f .the ^ay, which was to start at 10:00 j ^o'clock, was won by the Kellahan warehouse and there the first sale of 1 the 3919 season proceeded in the * usual way until the last pile had been * disposed of. Buyers and speculators f went next to the Nelson warehouse ? *>arcra crntVlPrinC of visitors, 1 "WV ? ?o- o ?, includbj^ a number of ladies were on lumd to witness an occasion that js always welcomed by our citizens., The third sale took place at .Gorrell's warehouse, where the familiar personage of M. R. Gtiss, was again welcomed by .a number of old friends. Mr. Gass opened and managed the Gorrei1 warehouse here several years but ga ve it up on account of ill health four or five years ago. He has a host of friends in the county who are s glad to see him in the warehouse j .business here again. With this ex- r eeption the management of the local ? < warehouses this year are practically c in the same hands that operated 1 -n ?' them during tne iyra <xn gwu 11 yimen and we are glad to have them ? with us. The last sale of the day was held ft the Central. 1 The opening sales, so far as we Jcan learn brought disappointment to j JiO ONE. On the other hand every- c thing paused off roost satisfactorily. | There wats about the usual number of f buyer.- present and each house was j supplied with a good force of work- e men. And last but not least, the prices | * paid 'or the tobacco were all good | and a little above the expectation of T a number of our leading planters, i who expressed themselves as being e well pleased. It was noticeable, however, at Tuesdays sales that there j was not as strong demand for the very low grades as seemed to be the case last season, consequently these grades sold at a lower figure. The better grades were in demand and sold well, the highest price paid be-1 ing $-.5.00. !s At present- the market presents a , most gratifying aspect, and when it I is remembered that the tobacco sold * this week is, by nature of aie plant > the poorest of the crop, we feel that t every one interested is justifiable in looking forward with brighter hopes r of still better prices and a bumper t crop as the season advances. ' I o ' t f ? 19,650 PERSONS PAID TO SEE |? CHAMPIONSHIP BOLT ( h * - T<1 11.11 ! 1 The Receipts were Li*TsS mail uai* I . Million Dollars?The Promoter's i Prifits Under $100,000 ) Exactly .19,650 persons paid their j! way into the Bayview park arena, j Toledo, Ohio, on July 4 to see the ( heavyweight championship bout between Jess Willard and Jack Demp- c sey. (' Official figures as to attendance , and receipts were anounced by Frank t B. Fi'ournoy, Friday. } The receipts after the government < tax of $41,789.94 had been deducted j were $410,732.16. The 7 per cent; t charity fund for the city of Toledo 1 < was nightly under $30,000. There were 292 policemen in the j stadium, 72 firemen, 600 ushers, 90 . ticket takers, 20 ticket sellers and J j 454 press representatives. The principal expenses of the pro- i j motois were as follows: Wi'lard, $100,000; Dempsey, $27,- ] 000; an.ma construction. 150,000; , total $307,500. N Other charges probably will make j j the cosi approximately $325,000, . leaving promotor's profit some-j. ^ be?y $100,000, Mr. Flournoy j | > ( * Trie a?a was constructed to seat j ' 97,00'). dpornoy announced that it ( had beerffaold to the American House i j Wrecking Company, of Chicago, for 1 $25,000. J ' 1 The Charleston City Council, at a ! i special fmeeting Friday afternoon i passed la resolution inviting Presi- 1 dent Will son to include Charleston in i his proposed itinerary over the Unit-1 ( ed Stakes. The Chamber of Com-1 ( * ' merce mas already extended an invi- [ tation tp the President to visit Char- < leston mnd the council is endeavor-: i ing to {strengthen that invitation. !< k I : SQRGEOLS RAIMENT OF COLONEL ADORNS BACK OF HO- I TEL DOORMAN Col J. Rion McKissick, formerly a member of Governor Manning's Staff las just made a novel discovery of the whereabouts of a gorgeous uniform which be wore when the governor's staff was called upon to lend iignity to pumerous public affairs. Hie discovery is another proof of "it pays .to advertise," though Colonel VIcKissick in this case was not the ! idvertiser, and, as it developed, was lot bent upon tracing his uniform, j tfe had forgotten all about it, as a natter of fact, until the other day! le read a story to the effect that an j irray officer who had just .returned j from overseas declared that he saw ;he doorman at one of the big hotels n Brussels wearing a uniform that vas once worn by a member of the staff of a governor of South Carolina. The officer said he was at the hotel n Brussels one day when his atten:ion was attracted by the uniform vorn by the doorman. It looked strangely familiar, being a brilliant lavy blue with a quantity of gold >raid across the front and shoulders, md having the initials "S. U" on ie collar. Upon closer inspection be bund that every one of the dozen or oore shiny brass buttons on the coat,1 vas adorned by the familiar palmet;o tree. The doorman did not speak Eng-11 ish, so the officer hunted around un- j il he found an interpreter and then ;1 >egan to make inquiries. According o the story which he was able to , >iece s together, some time last year iiere was a drive in the United states for second hand clothine for ! he benefit of the Belgians ana this' ] jorgeous uniform, once the pride of tome member of a governor's staff, ij pas in one of the boxes of clothing 1 eceived at Brussels. The hotel doorman had secured the miform and, having it cut down to it, had donned it and worn it ever iince. The doorman was immensely i )road of the uniform and firmly be- i ieved that it belonged to a field ( narshal of the American army, long iince deceased, and that his family, >ut of their generosity, had donated ' t to the Belgians. There was nothing ihnnt the uniform that would identi-, j y the original owner, the officer', aid. Colonel McKissick happened to ead the story and casually com- : nented that he was satisfied the uni- . orm seen in Brussels was once his. ie turned in his uniform with some : >ther clothing when a collection of : garments was made at-Camp Sevier 1 ast year for the relief of the Bel-1, jians. At that time the Greenville , Newspaper man was preparing to j nter the military* sen-ice and he |' bought he would have no further ! ise for his gold braided, navy blue 1 miform. It was dumped^into the , nottnd of clothing at Camp Sevier j ind shipped across the water. A year .'lapsed, and the news now comes j hat the gorgeous uniform has glad- , lened the heart of a hotel doorman , n Belgium. j i O | ! POTASH INJURY 11 Trouble Traced to Trona Potash Clemson College, July 15.?Clem- ] on College authorities have investirated the potash situation which has . riven trouble in the Pee Dee section, j ind have traced the matter to its ;ource in the use of Trona Potash, vhich contains impurities injurious o crops. '] Mr. It right Williamson, a promi- , lent banker and farmer of Darling- j on, and John M. Napier, County , Ygent of Darlington County found rouble with potash in that county I j ccently and reported the matter to Clemson College. Prof. C. P. Blackveil, Agronomist, and Mr. J. L. Seal, 3lant Pathologist, went immediately o Darlington and Florence counties ' H7 W Coraor vhere tliew mei ui. r?. ??. UUl UV4 9 j ^hief of Office of Tobacco and Plant | Nutrition Investigations. The three studied the situation in the fields of Darlington, Florence, and Dillon I .'ounties. , They agreed that the very erratic ' seasons have caused poor crop coniitions in parts of Florence county j vhich some have erroneously attrib- ! ited to potash. In Darlington county, , lowever, where Trona Potash from Searl's Lake. California, purchased j :hrough a Charleston broker, was | lsed, very serious injuries were observed on a number of farms. The Clemson and Government exaert? were convinced from field examinations that this Trona Potash s responsible for the trouble. Thous- < ands of acres of crops in Darlington lave been destroyed. Other sources of American potash < lave given good results so far as in- ; restigations show. Since nearly all the soils of the Coastal Plains sec tion of the state are in need of pot-1 ish, it would be unfortunate to have il! potash indiscriminately condemned along with tnis one source. Director Barre announces that experiments will be begun at once at :he Pee Dee Station to obtain all possible information on the effect of this material on plant growth. Further study will be made in Darlington fields to assist farmers in securing data upon which to base claims for damages. These investigations kvill be reported as soon as the data is available. The legal aspects of the lase will be considered by the Board jf Fertilizer Control. There has probably been injury to :rops from this same source in other sections of the State, and if farmers thinf they have this trouble they I. WILLIAMSBURG IN LEAD < Conditions of Cotton in County 84 Per Cent of Normal, Or 6 Per (Cent Above the State Average j 1 According to a report issued by B. ' B. Hare of the United States Bureau 1 of Crop Estimates, the condition of cotton in South Carolina on June 25, , was 78 per cent of normal. The con- , ditkms on the corresponding date of , last year was 83 per cent, 71 per ^ cent in 1917 and 74 per cent in 1916, \ the ten-vear average being 77 per 1 cent. ( The estimated acreage shows a de- j, crease of 11 per cent compared with ? last year, the total acreage planted and standing on June 25, being 2,706,000 acres. The conditions reported by counties is as follows: Abbeville 83, Allendale 78, Aiken 75, Anderson 82, Bamberg 68, Barnwell 67, Beaufort 83, Berkeley 82, Calhoun 72, Charleston 84, Cherokee 81, Chester 81, Chesterfield 80, Clarendon 74, Colleton 76, Darlington 90, Dillon 88, Ror1 Chester 78, Edgefield 76, Feairfield 77, Florence 87, Georgetown 88, Greenville 79, Greenwood 79, Hampton 71, Horry 82, Jasper 78, Kershaw 78, Lancaster 77, Laurens 84, Lee 85, j Lexington 79, McCormick 78, Marion i 82, Marlboro 90, Newberry 80, Oco- ? nee 83, Orangeburg 76, Pickens 83, i5 Richland 72, Saluda 78, Spartanburg ] 80, Sumter 80, Nnion 77, Williams- \ burg 84, and York 81. >< In eight or ten of the extreme j j eastern counties, embracing the Pee j j Dee section, and in about the same j number of counties in the northwest-;' ' 1 ern part of State, covering most of, j the Piedmont section, conditions J j range from "fair" to "excellent", 1 while in the southern, western, cen-1? tral and north-central counties conditions range from "very poor" to t 'good". Just what effect the exces- ' c sive rains of the last week in JuneI t will have -on the crop remains to be j J seen. On the well worked and well i < i > fertilized farms there will probably j ( be an abnormal growth of the plant: * at the expense of fruit, but in fields ( where plant is small a normal plant t ft ill likely be produced the fruiting of 11 same to be determined by subsequent1 11.... 1 ? Bn/l ovtont nf nil- ! C Wtfaillfi" IUJI11IL1UIIC1 UIIU vowv. , V tivation. i. The Collector of Internal Revenue is in receipt of a telegram calling at- ^ tention to Treasury Decision just; signed number 2883 which grants ex-1 * tension of time to August the 15th J for filing returns, to partnerships J and personal sen-ice corporations i f having a fiscal year ended on Jan- ; uarv 31st, Februan* 28th, March1 31st, or April 30th, 1919. The collector states that a large number of corporations had as yet1 ? failed to file returns for the year , 1918. There seems to be some confu- l sion in the minds of partnerships 1 relative to .the filing of returns for 1918,The 1917 law did not require ? partnerships to file returns, where " the net income accruing to the partnership was less than $6000. The Act :>f February 1919 requires all part- j nerships, regardless of the amount;; r^f initnmo filo vatiims for the i " year 1918 and such partnerships having failed to file such returns j should do so promptly, attaching af- i fidavit as to the delinquency, amUhe j reason for such delay. o Death of a Little Child j, The little five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Nesmith of Nesmith died here Tuesday afternoon. The little one was brought to the sanitorium here that morning suffering from an advanced stage of appendicitis. She underwent an operation, but the desease was too far advanced to save her life and she died nhont four hours after beincr ooerat ed upon. Deepest sympathy is felt here for the bereaved parents. should consult their county agents, all of whom have been posted about the matter. Late in June Director H. W. Banc of the S. C. Experiment Station attended a potato conference on Long Island to examine tests of all sources of domestic potash. Trona Potash showed marked injury to potato plants, and the conference developed the fact that similar trouble was being experienced in North Carolina with cotton, tobacco and com. Simi- i lar trouble seems to have been ex- ( perienced also in several localities j along the Atlantic coast. > For the guidance of farmers Prof, t Blackwell gives the field symtomsas 1 follows: In the ease of cotton and t com germination is retarded or pre- r vented. Soon after plants which do s germinate are above ground,they turn 1 white or yellow and die. Tobacco < when transplanted turns light and j soon dies. The roots are found to be 1 undeveloped and many dead. The trouble is worse where tobacco beds < have been knocked down, as this 1 brings the roots in closer contact I with the poisonous substances. With < all crops tne trouble is worse on light 1 sandy soils than on heavier soils. < ? A y . v V ' . ' | ; \ COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE SAYS FULL CROP IMPOSSIBLE Commissioner Harris last week fave out this statement on the cotton crop condition. He says the farmt er$ have won their fight for 1919 and should now get ready for 1920. Here is his statement: "I am a farmer and I have been matching the crops closely for 40 pears. I can say honestly that the :rops of cotton and corn are at this writing in the most critical condition I have ever known them, as to A*hat they will make per acre. Why io I say this? "First we will begin with the preparation for the land for a seed bed. faking it over the entire belt, it was >ne of the poorest prepared seed beds for planting that I have ever known. "Second, since the planting season jpened until the present time, there las not been one week, all told, of deal growing weather and the first 10 days of the young plant's life will ieterminc whether it will yieljl abuniantly or sparingly. The season nust be ideal so that the plant may nake good root growth. The roots of ;he plant must take good hold of the jround before it will make a good, 'ruitful stalk. "Crops rarely improve after the 10th o^ July, as they are like a roung animal, which, if neglected ;he first six months of its life, will lever develop into what it would lave done if it had been well cared 'or. If the rains keep up through fuly, we know the cotton crop is cut ?hort, and we also know that if the ains shut off and hot, dry weather sets in, this, too, will be injurious. We are sure to have one or the other >f these two seasons. So I say that :he cotton crop will be cut, no mater which of the two seasons we will lave. "Cotton can not recuperate from low until the growing season ends, t matters not what conditions arise, ;he n^ximum size of the 1919 crop s fixed. The only marked change will >e deterioration rather than recuperition. "Now I wish to remind the farm?rs that they had been advised by he best authorities to hold cotton ?ff the market and it would reach he price set Last week it did reach hat figue?35 cents! Some of them lad to buy and I heard of spots in South Carolina selling for 35 cents. Conditions are deplorable however, vhen spots sell for 32 cents in New fork and October futures for 35 :ents. This shows that the bears are rying to put a bandage on their iruised heads. "The farmer who has spot cotton in hand will be paid handsomely if le will hold this cotton until June, .920. Of course, I refer to farmers vho have their debts paid, for I vould not think of advising farmers o avoid their indebtedness. Thiscoton will pay all warehouse charges, ! per cent interest and then bring a landsome dividend to the holder if le will keep it until next June. "We will see higher cotton in 1920 ,han we have since the War Between he States period. No one knows just vhat the top price will be, for we lave a,world's famine in cotton and: he bear speculators have at last | ealized it. "The government's crop condition j eport as of June 25 was 70 percent' igainst 85.8. last year. By- July 2": he public will find that the condition | eport would be nearer correct at 68! nstead of 70. It is impossible, as I | ?ave said, for the crops to recuper-, ite in the next 20 days. The rains are ontinuing in the Western and Kast-1 Kolf Qfafoc -I II UV/blUU UV.IV IJVMWO. "As the price has been set for the 918 crop, and as our prediction as to he price has been verified, we will )ass that up and will now open our funs to protect the 1919 crop, to help so make it bring money to the South ;han any crop that has ever been >roduced, even though we do not nake more than 10,000,000 bales. "With the organization of the American Cotton Assiciation, which s now going to be pushed to comple;ion by August 25, and the export :otton corporation and the $400,.n/v nnn rUc. ?UU,UOU I'Uipuiauuu i,\j iiiiuiivv ressed cotton, if there be any such, he people of the South will get their lands upon their own purse strings. They will say, for the first time in he history of the cotton belt States vhat their product will be sold for. The producer, when he has such a nonopoly, has the rffchts to say what le will take for his labor?as much ;o as the manufacturers have to say vhat they will take for their proluct." o Confesses His Guilt The inquest into the death of Sam-1 lei Washington, the negro chauffer) employed by the Miller Auto Comjany, whose body was found in a veil near Meggetts, having been shot ive times in the chest and back, was leld Tuesday at Charleston under he direction of Coroner Mansfield. The coroner's jury reached the dici>ion that the "said Samuel Washington came to his death as the result )f gunshot wounds inflicted by a ?un in the hands of Samuel B. Dietrich." Dietrich, a bluejacket who confessed to the slaying of the chauffer and :he theft of the Cole eight automo)ile in which he was apprehended in Charlotte, was the chief witness, and Ms testimony included a complete confession of the affair. . KING'S CARRIAGE MEETS THE AMERICAN COMMANDER IN-CHIEF London, July 15.?Go*. John J. Pershing, commander of American expeditionary forces in France, arrived here with his staff this forenoon to take part in the peace celebration. He was welcomed at Dover by Gen. Sir Henry S. Horne and a guard of honor. Arriving at Victoria station, Gen. Pershing was welcomed by Col. Winston Churchill, secretary of war, and officers representing Field Marsha] Haig and Sir Henry H. Wilson chief of the imperial staff. After an inspection of the guard of honor the party drove to the Carlton Hotel, being warmly cheered by the crowds along the route, which is alreadv trav with dec orations for the celebration of peace day. In the first carriage were Gen. Pershing, Col Churchill, Major Gen. C. F. Romer, representing Field Marsaal Haig, and Major Gen. John Biddle, commander of American forces in the United Kingdom. Other members of Gen. Pershing's staff, with British offirers, followed in carriages. Among the British officers attached to Gen Pershing's staff during his visit is Brig. Gen. C. M. Wagstaff. Gen. Pershing arrived in a special train that ran to a private platform at Victoria station. The platform was covered with a scarlet carpet. The royal waiting room near by was decorated with palms and flowers for the reception of the American | commander-in-chief. Gen. Pershing was accompanied by members of his staff, including Major Gens. Harboard, Brewster. Hines and Davis. o Gelzer-Lovetf. A special dispatch to the Columbia j State from Orangeburg, .July 12th,; says: Tuesday afternoon at the home, of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John' Gelzer, the marriage of Miss Lee i Gelzer and G. H. Lovett of Indian- j town took place in the presence of a large number of friends and rela- j tives. The Rev. James Thayer of Augusta. Ga., performed the cere-' mony. The home was elaborately dec- j orated throughout with daisies and i potted plants. The bride was dressed ; in a handsome coat suit of pium col ored cloth, with accessories to match.1 The only attendants were the bridegroom's brother, Bratton Lovett, and i Miss Mary Dibble of Charleston. After the ceremony refreshments were served. Punch was served by j Misses Margaret "Gelzer and Lois' Bowman throughout the evening. In j one of the rooms an attractive dis-1 play of wedding presents attested to; the popularity of the young couple. Mrs. Lovett is popular in Orange-1 burg and her large circle of friends regret that she will no longer live here. .ur. and Mrs. Lovett will be at home to their friends after a two weeks wedding trip by automobile at their home, Indiantown. o * ' _ _ I REVENUE OFFICER GOSNELL IS ORDERED TO PENITENTIARY Hendrix Rector, sheriff of Greenville County, was shot and killed in Briscoe's Garage at Greenville on July 4th, by Jake Gosnell deputy collector of international revenu. Gosnell fired four shots at the sheriff,1 three of which took effect, one in the head, one in the side and one in the shoulder. Sheriff Rector died ten- ( minutes afterward in an ambulance: bound for the city hospital. A hostile feeling which had existed between the two officers for several years, due largely to politi-: cal differences, according to reports, was the reason which has been assigned as * the cause of the affair. Eye witnesses of the shooting and Gosnell would make no statement relative to the manner in which it occurred, but reports are to the effect that very few words passed between the two men, both of whom had come to the' garage to have their cars repaired. GosnelPs wife who was waiting outside the garage for him, accompanied him to the county jail. Half an hour after the shooting occurred, coroner J. H. Alison, who automatically becomes acting sheriff, according to law, ordered the removal of Deputy Gosnell to the State Penitentiary, in Columbia, for safe, keeping. Sheriff Rector, who was j about thirty-seven years of age, was, serving his second term as sheriff I and had announced Ms cancunacy in the race next summer. He is survived by his father, mother, wife and four brothers. Deputy (losnell is a man of family, and appears to be between forty and fortyfive years of age. The coroner's jury viewed the body at 5 o'clock this afternoon and will hold an inquest tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Under unanimous agreement the Agricultural Appropriation bill with its rider for the repeal of the Daylight Pavings La'" ' as to be taken up in the house Monday with ren>'hlican leaders honefu1 <>f nassing the measure over the president's veto. GRATIFYING ANNOUNCEMENT AT HEARING IN WASHINGTON TUESDAY Following arguments presented before the railroad administration at Washington Tuesday by representatives of Charleston and other Soutn Atlantic and Gulf ports which are seeking a readjustment of export and import rates to put them on a parity in competition with New York for middle western business, Traffic Director, Edward S. Chambers, who presided at the hearing, made this gratifying statement: "I think I can assure you, gentlemen, that the railroad administration is in complete sympathy with the contentions which you have made here today and that we expect to grant your demands in general, though perhaps with some more cnanges in detail. The' hearing, whi^h was very largely attended, was under the auspices of the South Atlantic Maritime Corporation representing five of the South Atlantic and gulf ports and of the Mississippi Valley Association. Besides the arguments presented by counsel for these organizations speeches were made by Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, who paid an eloquent tribute to the port of Charleston, receiving applause; Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia; Senator Simmons, of North Carolina; Senator Fletcher, of Florida; Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, and orthers. Senator N. B. Dial, of South Carolina, was also present at the hearing as were H. F. Masman, Traffic Commissioner of Charleston, John D. Frost, of Columbia, representing Gov. Cooper, of South Carolina; W. W. Munnerlyn and E. T. Campbell, of Georgetown and F. M. Burnett, secretary of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. o HOUSE FAILS 247 TO 135 TO PASS REPEALING HCASUKC Washington, July 14.?The Daylight saving plan, under which the clocks of the country are turned forward an hour in March and moved back in October will be continued indefinitely. Thi; was assured today when following President Wilson's veto of the $33,000,000 agricultural Appropriation bill because of its rider repealing the daylight saving act, the House failed by a vote of 247 to 135 to pass the measure over the President's veto. Strength mustered by the repeal advocates was eight votes less than the necessary two-thirds of the members present. Party lines were disregarded in the voting, members from agricultural districts?the source of opposition?favoring passage of the bill as originally enacted with representatives from the urban districts opposed. House advocates of the repeal said tonight that no further effort would be made at this season, perhaps not in this Congress which continues in existence until March, 1921 to wipe out the act.' Senate leaders also indicated that n'nnl/1 Li nritrinatpH in that IIV atblVU * VU4U w v* -Q -rn. . body to repeal the measure. o BOLL WEEVIL AUTHORITY TO VISIT SOUTH CAROLINA Dr. W. I). Hunter To Be Here During Farmers' Week Clemson College, July 15.?Dr. W. D. Hunter, chief of the section of A Southern Field Crop Insect Investi- * gations of the Bureau of Entomology of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will be at the Farmers' Week meetings held at Clemson College during the third week of July. He expects to reach Clemson on the 23rd and will likely stay for a day or two to confer with farmers. He will address the meeting on the evening of Juy 23. This is a rare treat uecauac Dr. Hunter is the pioneer of pioneers in boll weevil work. Although a scientist of high standing, he is an intensely practical man. Dr. Hunter took charge of the boll weevil situation soon after this pest cross the Rio Grande in 1892 and he has stayed with the work ever since and through these many wears has recent lessly; followed the weevil's trail. The cultural system now in use grew chiefly out of the work under his direction and now it appears that traits of the weevil have been discovered that they may yet make him amendable to poisons. Dr. Hunter has always had a deep interest in South Carolina and many years ago gave out estimates oi what South Carolina might expect together with recommendations to mitigate the losses. Although the weevil heretofore gave him no opportunity to visit South Carolina, he has for more than twelve years given direct assistance to this State in the control of southern field crop insects. The boll weevil is now with us and eve?y farmer, merchant, banker, and other citizen interested in farming is urged to hear what Dr. Hunter has to say on the boll weevil situation in our State. Do not forget the date. jfi