SUPPRESSION OF TERRAP1M BU6S.
Also Known as Fire Bugs, Calico Bugs,
.Harlequin Bugs and Col lard Bus.
SOME IMPOBTANT FACTS.
As the remedial measures given
below are based upon certain vul
nerable points in the life history
of this insect, the following im
portant facts are given :
1. Terrapin bugs hibernate
daring winter in the adult stage.
2. They may now be found on
collard, turnip, cabbage, kale and
other cruciferous crops; as well as
occasionally on other plants.
3. Terrapin bugs feed on the
plant juices, obtained by means
of a slender pointed beak. Hence
they can not be poisoned with ar
senical sprays like Paris green. .
4. Each individual may lay
from ten to fifteen masses of
twelve eggs each, or from one
hundred and twenty to one hun
dred and fifty-Bix eggs. Occassion
al ly a greater number are laid.
5. The period of egg-laying
lasts for about two months. In
spring, the eggs require about
eight to eleven days to hatch, but
only three to four in hot weather.
6. There are only three full
broods annually, buf some bugs in
all stages of development may oc
cur in the fields as late as Novem
ber.
7. The v bugs which become
adults after about September 1 do
not lay eggs the same fall, but
live over winter and nroduce the
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first spring brood.
8, Every adult female terrapin
bug destroyed this fall might, if
allowed to live, produce over one
hundred bugs next spring.
WHY THE ABOVE FACTS ABB OF
VALUE.
' The above facts are pertinent
and some, especially numbers 4,
6 and 7, are new, and have been
obtained by the writer as a result
of a careful study of the terrapin
bug its habits and life history
during the present year. This
work shows quite conclusively
that the farmer has a good oppor
tunity to prevent a large part of
the annual loss of thousands of
dollars caused by the deteriora
tion in the value of crops attack
ed by this destructive pest. The
opportunity centers on the fact
that all bugs maturing after
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Beginning to-day we place on sale Several Thousand Suits and Overcoats, at the
mere cost to manufacture. Bear in mind, When You Trade Here You Are Saving from 25
to 33 per cent, off in the beginning, as we contract for the manufacture of same.
Our Mammoth Stock of Clothing represents every Brand of Clothing Manufacture---from
low-priced s aits to the very finest. Our stock consists of every conceivable pattern
and cut that is considered consistent with good taste. "We can suit the ideas of every buyer
whether they are high or low. If you cannot find what you. want at the right price in bur
immense stoce, it is useless to try elsewhere.
We have 500 Extra-Good-Value Suits and Overcoats good heavy Winter Goods, goods that will wear and give satisfaction in
. either Double or Single Breast at the very low price ot
about September 1 do not lay
eggs the same season. If all the
adult bugs present during Septem
ber, October and November did
lay eugs continuously, it would be
a never ending task to collect or
to destroy them by spraying. The
mature bugs are not easily killed
by a contract spray like kerosene
emulsion, although it will kill
most of the young ones. Only a
few eggs would be killed by spray
ing.
Those facts are presented at this
time in order to stimulate farm
ers and gardeners to fight the ter
rapin bugs new during the first
days of November. It matters
not whether the bugs are present
in small or large numbers. It is
certain that the bugs will have to
be fought next spring and sum
mer if they are not destroyed now,
and just consider how much easier
is is to catch and kill one terrapin
bug at this time thanit will be to
wait and destroy her progeny next
spriug, numbering, perhaps over
one hundred.
HOW TO DESTBOY THE BUGS .
In the opinion of the writer
there are only two effective meth
ods of destroying terrapin bugs :
one being hand picking, and death
by crushing or dropping in kero
sene, and the other the use of a
contact spray lite strong kerosene
emulsion, that-will kill all the
bugs it can be made to touch.
Hand Picking. Unless the
bugs are very numerous, hand
picking is the most practical rem
edy. Children may do the work
as well and even faster than grown
persons. The bugs may be col
lected quite rapidlv by picking all
in sight and then shaking the
plants and collecting those that
drop. This work should be done
on warm, sunny days, wheu the
bugs are not in hiding, and one
should not expect to get all the
first picking. Go over the infest
ed plants two or three times, and
on " different days. The results
from one thorough picking will,
however, fully repay the farmer
for his time and cost.
In fields in which the infected
crop is of no further value, the
plants may be pulled and piled in
small heaps and left a couple of
days until the terrapin bugs con
gregate on them, when the bugs
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may be readily killed by burning
or treatment with pure kerostlne.
Be sure that the bugs are destroy
ed before they migrate to other
feeding grounds.
Spbaying the crop -T. his meth
od is of some value, but is not
strongly recommended for use at
this time of the vear. Kerosene
emulsion at 25 to 30 per cent
strength will kill many bugs, if it
can be applied so as to cover them
thoroughly. It is recommended
mainly, however, for killing the
small or half-grown bugs during
summer, wnere ougs occur on
worthless plants, pure kerosene
may be used with good results so
far as killing the bugs is concern
ed, but the expense will often be
more than would be required by
hand picking.
By following the diiections
given above, thousands of dollars
will be saved annually to North
Carolina farmers.
R. I. SMITH, entomologist.
Women and the Suffrage, -
The struggle betwnen the wemon
who want to vote but cannot and
those who would not if they
could is less sanguinary and more
dignified in this country than
abroad. England just now holds
the canter of the stage with its
mobs tf screaming suffragetts sur
ging around Parliament, but it
may be doubted if this more mas
culine method ri rioting for what
they wish will avail the suffra
gists more than the educational
methods followed in the United
States. The hope of the movement
lies in its ability to win to itself
converts; therefore, in discussion
rather that in mobs is its oppor
tunity. Chicago Post. '
A Strange Occurrence.
A few days ago, near Garner, in
Wake comity a horse was eating
from a shock of corn on one side
of a fence and a cow was "laping"
her tongue through from the other
side of the fence for some of the
fodder, when the horse, a rather
vicious one, bit the cow's tongue
off. The cow-was taken to Raleigh
and sold tor beef, it being neces
sary to kill her. Beth animals
were owced by J. A. Perry, of
Garner.
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Protestantism In Spain.
Times have greatly changed in
Spam with regaid to Protestant
ism since those experiences of Bor
row which resulted in his remark
able book, "The Bible in Spain."
Yet, though it :was possible for
Mrs. Guhck to open her now justly
celebrated school for girlsfn San
Sebastian twenty-five years ago,
and for the son of Pastor Fludner
to inaugurate an admirable work
under the very shadow of the Es
curial in the closing years of tho
last century Protestantism is by
no means tree in fopain. Mrs.
Gdlick's school was rmoued to
Madrid before her death in 1905,
aud many daughters of noble
Catholic families -hae been aud
are being educated there; but
when it comes to evangelizing the
common people, he authorities
still look coldly upon the mission
aries, aud the Catholic priests are
permitted to cast all sorts of
stumbling blocks in their way.
Things have come to such a pass
thftf' last month tho Roformed
Church of Spain felt constrained
to address a message to the Con
gress of Deputies, Betting forth
the griefs of Spanish Protestants,
who are often subjected by the
authorities to humiliation and dis
abilities entirely contrary to law,
and demanding religious liberty,
in the name of the Constitution.
Among the facts adduced in
support of this message is that of
a young man in the province of
Saragossa, who, tor not having
bared his head when the Host
was carried through the streets,
was condemned to ten days' im
prisonment, a fine of 75 pesetas
and the costs. Another, in an
other village, who was working in
the street when the Host was car
ried by, aud who went 03 with his
work without saluting, was con
demned to Ax days' imprison
ment, 40 pesetas fiue and costs,
all entirely contrary not only to
the Constitution, but to the
statute law.
ReligiouB liberty was decreed in
in Spain in 1868, and immediate
ly afterward a Protestant Church
sprang into being in Madrid itself
the Evangelical Church of the
Redeemer. It had, indeed, exist-
jed long before, services being held
in a small hall, at imminent risk
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to show you The Acknowledged Clothing
to the pastor; if not to the
gregation. With the decree of
religious liberty the little ball be-
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came too small ror tne crowa wuu j
came "to hear what the Protest
ants had to say," and a church
was built, the first service being
held on January 24, 1869. Reli
gious liberty soon degenerated
into mere tolerance, nevertheless
Protestant doctrines Bpread ;
teuother churches and missions
were by degnes founded, and
united to form the Reformed
Church of Spain, A chapel has
lately been opened in Valencia as
an annex of the mother church in
Madrid, thus carrying out the
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long desire 01 tne neaa 01 me
church, Bishop Cabrera, whose
benefactions to Madrid have been
many. It was in this city, many
years ago, that he found Christ
through the study of the Bible,
a id decided .to leave the Roman
Church aud devote himself to the
Protestant ministry.
Though it is now permitted to
disseminate the Bible in Spain, !
there are still thousands who
have never seen one. An English
paper, Light and Truth, devoted
to the evangelization of Spain j
and Portugal, tells and interest
ing story on this subject. Sever-!
al years ago the illustrated news
paper in Spain, "Blanco e Ne
gro," published in its Easter
number, as something quite new,
the story of the Lord's Passion as
narrated in the Gispel of Johu.
The first editi n was immediately
exhausted, and in view of the
great public interest the editor
announced his intention of giving
from time to time extracts from
the Bible Certain influence,
however, intervened, and it was
years before he was able to keep
his promise. Finally,last Easter,
! he published the last three chap
ters of St. Matthew's gospel, with
illustrations. The edition was
again immediately exhausted.
During the previous Lent the
Madrid Young Men's Christian
; Association inaugurated a series
of meetings which went far to
make generally known the extent
and importance -of the religious
movement which is certainly
going on. The subjects treated
were "Religious Education in
Spain at the Present Time" and
"Religious Liberty and the Theo-
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con-icracy." Thuarge attenaauc ,
i these meetings and the .applause
jVrh which the statement of
j.u- . ..iVno onaatorg were received
iuw an at,"-
clearly showed that the soul of
Spain has awakened from its iong
torpor concerning things ot the
spirit.
An interesting illustration of
this fact may be found in the life
of a poet of great reputation in
his own country, Corros Enriquez,
who recently died. Obituary
noticesdwelt much upon thesweefcJ
ness and tenderness iwith which
in
his- poems he combined an
outspoken detestation of evil in
all its forms a hatred which, as
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won every heart and bowed every
head with shame." The secret
both of his tenderness toward hu
manity and his hatred of evil is
not generally known, but it is
found in his youth he became ac
quainted with the Bible aud was
so won by it that for some m mths
he acted as colporter of the Bible
Society. Alth- u.fh this was only
an episode of his youth, his whole
life was inspired by an ardenb de
sire for the rel'gious r formation
of the people of Spain.
Notwithstanding a very general
attitude of hostility toward Pro
testants, it is therefore evident
that the leaven is at work, even
in the land of the Inquisition.
The fact is the more important
because even in Spain there is at
present a growing movement of
hostility to the Vatican, and to the
religious Orders greatly aug
mented in number since this dis
establishment of the Church- in
France. It is a happy thing for
Spain that Protestantism is there
to show that atheism is not the
only refuge from Rome.
Murder at a Coicken Fight.
Junius Brown has given $5,000
bond to appear at court for the
murder of Johu Hafer, at a chick
en fight in Alexander county
some days ago. A lot of men had
gathered to fight chickens, the
practice said to be common along
the Catawba-Alexander line, and
stuff to drink flowed freely. It
ended in a fight and John Hafer,
son of Poley Hafer, a well-known
character, was cut to death. At
the trial the murder was placed at
Bowman's door, though there were
several mixed up in it.
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Leader of North Carolina.
THOS. CAI E, OF ALASKA,
MEMBER OF U.S. CONGRESS.
Well Known on the Pacific Slope. His
Washington Address is 1312 gth St.,
N. W Washington, D. C.
CONGRESSMAN THOS. CALE.
Hon. Thos. Cale, who was elected to
Congress from Alaska, Is well known on
the Pacific slope, where he has resided.
His Washington address is 1312 9th St.,
N. W., Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
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