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REPORTER THURSDAY, APRIL 10 NEWS PAGE TWO C . ; " STOP -THIEF live boll weevils found per ton of moss was neglible as compared with r a A rarHwell. Agricultural and the emergence during previous Industrial Agent A. C. L. R. R y-0, 1 u ,on,,i 1 ficVir nn thp basis of er hand, newly hatched beetles, and flies first appear in the forms variously known as grubs, cater- Monroe Enquirer THE LESPEDEZA COUNTY vears. However, x roi. ooau spci- pmars, mu magg,vio, auci ooiw comity Aent diuuiu a r i i - ii i i . j 1 . v n ' n. r f r fically states no one should relax ; a vanaoie time in mis stage tney em- wlu be trom iu,uuu to lz,uuu acres in h ivppV il ficht on the basis of ! a ninactive period, known as the seeded to lesDedeza in Union county If we had advance notice to the proapects of light weevil infestation pupa or chrysalis, and in due time this spring. These doubtless would stun cast oil tneir protective covering to De more could iarmers reaany se- offer- that thief was working our neighborhood what would we do about it? Would we disregard the notice or would we take precautions to look after the security of our premises, and in addition thereto, take out burglar insurance and ask for police protection? 1 am sure that we would take some action because sufficient weevils will emerge to do serious damage with a normal or unfavorable summer. Furthermore, he states, it. shoulu be remembered that the emergence record taken in northern Louisiana will not necessarily apply to the entire cotton belt, as winter condi tions may have been different and possibly oil up our gun, put the type of shelter available for wee- the do out of doors, and prepare tojvils in the northern portion of the give the unwelcome visitor a noisy! cotton belt somewhat different and Zu warm reception. ; possibly better shelter than span- i T one thiel couki cause so much . ish moss. excitement. what would happen if i A program for boll weevil we heard that a gang was at work? has been adopted; Did von know that this the case that Ali Baba's become full-grown beetles, moths cUre seed. Mr. Broom also is having and flies. The gardner should be- many calls for seed from farmers come familiar with the different outside the county at 5 dollars and stages of the destructive pests which above per bushel. It is now the re taken together require almost dai- gret of many that they did not save lv repressive measures during the j their lesnedeza seed last fall. Those growing season. Methods of Control Insects and diseases are discuss ed in a most interesting and help ful manner in United States depart ment of agricutlure farmers' bulle tin No 1371, under two headings, "treatment" and "prevention," Under "treatment" are discussed who did go to the trouble realize from $40 to S75 per acre from that source and a number sold seed to the value of several hundred dollars each. COTTON AND COWS CRITICISM OF NEWSPAPE RS E. A. Spencer of Anson county re ported to the county agent that he averaged about $90 per month from seven cows last year. He only bought one sack of cottonseed meal and ill feed during the ,o Wo m-pw his feed" at home and ions, etc. exchanged cotton seed for the meal, newspapers are more sub,. He also made about 40 bales of cot- ticism than any other ton on 40 acres of land but will stick I Some people criticize f, u.- ,o sing the news, some for Gastonia Gazette. Newspapers, as do every in the world in which th, equations enters, make i There are many errors of many hasty and ill-formed For this reason thieves will soon be abroad in the land, and that many good citizens who do not prepare to protect their belongings will suffer heavy losses: Cotton Thieves There are several cotton thieves, but I will only mention two of the worst, Anthracnose or boll rot, and the boll weevil. Protection can be had against Anthracnose in the use of disease free seed, and by avoid ing soil disease fields (see U. S. de partment of agriculture farmers' bulletin 1187, "cotton diseases and their control.") Strong arm meas ures, all along the line, must be taken to insure protection, and control definite infor- really is . mation thereto can be had trom , rhp methods of control which mav be Forty : vour countv agricultural agent, state oUo oftr thn dispjissp m- insect college, or from the writer. have appeared in the garden, such as j Diseases and Insects of Garden Veg- the use of poisoned bait for cut-- etables Nearly 1500 negroes attended five boll weevil meetings recently held in Rowan county by the local agent, J. D. Carlton The Democratic convention for Pasquotank county will be held at the court house on Saturday, April 12 at noon or five days prior to the state convention to be held at Ral eign on Thursday, April 17. Some of our divorce laws seem to be making two grass widows grow where one grew before. i worms. I From the time the seeds of garden ' burning , crops are put into the ground until the crops are gathered, diseases and insects may appear that must be fought. Vegetable troubles are due to numerous causes, including un favorable soil conditions, too wet or too dry, too rich or too poor, lack of humus or of lime, weather un suited to some crops, careless use of the hand picking of insects diseased plants, or spray ing w;h Bordeaux mixture and ar senicals for disease and insect con trol. Under "prevention" are included all measures of control applied prior to disease or insect appearance which will tend to hinder or stop the de velopment of diseases and insects or then only partial protection, against fertilizers suited t i prevent their overwintering to at- fertilizers, or attacks of fungi or tack the next season's crops, such as other parasites. The adoption of the ! planting disease-resi.stjint, disease best horticultural practice-crop rota-'; free seed, treatment of seed to kill tion, the careful application for I insects and diseases, or the plant- the Mexican cotton boll weevil. This the chieftian of all the crop thieves has caused "King Cotton" and his domain such heavy losses in past attacks, millions upon millions of dollars annually, that many farmers, formerly the strongest .supporters of the cotton king have become disheartened. All of these should take heart and get ready to put up a good fight this year. Noth ing but courage, good judgment and effort will win against this menace. Boll Weevil cti for 1924. No one cajmdicateS just what dam age ;s to )u expected- from the boll weevil this year; this will depend1 very largely upon summer weather conditions. It is interesting to note that Mr. B. R. Coad. in charge of the government laboratory. tal lulah, La., which specializes in boll weevil work, has recently issued a .statement which, judged by past ex perience, gives a fair index to the spring emergence of weevils to be exoected. From (he examination of 4000 pounds of Spanish moss, which was collected from 1 7 selected points in northern Louisiana, the number of WRKjLEYS After Every Meal It's the longest-lasting confection you can buy -and it's a help to di gestion and a cleanser for the mouth and teeth. Wrlgley's means benefit as well as pleasure. quate cultivation, each crop, ade- j ing of crops on parts of the garden the planting of : free from these nests. An' An' An' all corps in their proper season is important for the successful grow ing Of garden crops. The control t tion to the writer of diseases due to fungi, bacteria, J . and other enemies requires special ! additional treatment, as does the I damage caused by insects. The use of disease-tree seed and plants is fundamental to all insects and disease control. Many diseases t and insects live over winter in the i soil and will appear on the plants) again next season if they are in the! same soil. Furthermore, since many! of the pests of closely related crops -are the same, such vegetables should j not be planted in succession. Vine crops should not follow vine crops,; nor should erucifes follow each oth er. Numerous important diseases are carried in or on the seed and can i not be controlled by seed treatment, : uch as bean anthracnose, pea pod spot, and potato leaf-rot and mo saic. It is therefore essential to se cure the most disease-free seed ob tainable. Some of the worst garden troubles, such as root-knot and club-root, are brought in on the roots of plants and not only damage the present crop but remain in the soil to attack fu ture crops. In buying plants one should be sure they are healthy and free from insects. The roots should be clean, hairy, and free from knots or swellings. "Prevention is bet ter than cure," especially in the home garden, which usually must be planted on the same ground year after year. Injurious insects may be divided into two classes. First, those which ordinarily attack only one crop or crops of one kind. The large tomato worm which confines its feed ing to the plants of the tomato and potato family, is an example of this class. The second class eats nearly every kind of plant that grows in the garden. Cutworms, several oth er caterpillars, several kinds of leaf beetles, flea-beetles, plant lice, thrips. and blister beetles are ex amples of this class. In growing to maturity insects may pass through two different se ries of changes, Plant-lice, trips, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, and plant-bugs are hatched from the egg in a form which resembles that of the full-grown insect, usually, howe ever, without wings, although the adult may be winged. On the oth- A copy of the bulletin above ref erred to can be had upon applica- ORPHANT ANNIE IS DEAD "Little Orphant Annie" is dead (lie same little Annie who gathered the Riley children at eventide about the big fireplace told them tales of ghosts and witches and at the same time warned them: "An' the gobblins will git you if you don't watch out!" It was the genius of James With comb Riley that endeared "Orph ant Annie" to the heart of childhood and to the heart of the world in that poem which begins; "Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, wash the cups and saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away, shoo the chickens off the porch, an dust the hearth an' sweep, make the fires an' bake the bread, an' earn her board an' keep." At the age of ten the Jjttle girl, whose name was Mary Alice Smith, came to the Riley home near Green field, , Indiana, to live "an' earn her board an' keep." Mary Alice mar ried a farmer by the name of Gray and Mrs. Mary Alice Gray, for some years a widow, died the other day at the age of 73 in the home of her on ly surviving daughter, Mrs. L. D. Marsh, in Indianapolis. Somehow, the new made grave of this-aged wo man takes us back across the years to the time when this tiny, selfish girl in the spare hours at the close of day sat by the dim light of the old fireplace and told stories to little Jim and the rest of the Riley chil dren. Her stories doubtless kindled the slumbering fires of genius in the childish heart of the great "Hoosier" poet and the memories of her early years perchance increased his love for little children. N7'C. Christian Advocate. LISTEN PARENTS In Which Class Are Yours? Whether your hens lay 50 eggs or 200 eggs per year, Purina Chows will make them lay more. The perfect balance of ingredients in Purina Chows makes the difference. And the extra eggs not only pay the differ ence in the feed cost but also give you a fine extra profit. More Eggs or Money Back Purina Hen Chow and Chicken Chowder will be delivered to you on the following basis: If hens fail to lay more eggs when fed these Chows as directed, than when -fed any other ration, the money paid for both the Chows will be refunded. Make every day count for your poultry profits. Get more eggs when egg prices are up. Purine Povtry J PURINA HEM CHI (SCRATCH FEB) ' IN CHECKERBOARD I PURINA CH1CKE1 HW5H We Sell Purina Chow.-Phcae U. SSSSBEEk Vineland, N. C. MERCANTILE CO. Rutherfordton Sun. Editor Page of the Kings Moun tain Herald, tells the following story which we think is worth passing to our readers. He and a dentist were riding along a road in Duplin county when the following story was relat ed: "You see that old house over there in the field" asked the dentist, and I answered in the affirmative. "That has a tragedy connected with it" he continued. Then he went on to tell about it. Here isabout the sum and substance of whiit the doctor said "once that was a fairly happy home, The father and mother and little son tended the little farm and milked the cow an had a simple living. In winter the fond parents sent the lit tle boy to school and were prdid of him. One night the son returned from school all puffed up and with a sowl upon his face and proceeded to tell the parents that the teacher had treated him very wrongly and had whipped him. At this the kind fa ther became enrage6fand told the boy that he would see that teacher and give him a whipping and that he would not go back to that school again. "This suited the boy. Some years later the boy had grown to younp manhood and was hanged over here at the county seat and inside of a year both father and mother were dead of a broken heart and here is what broke their hearts. As the son stood upon the gallows to have his last say before the treddle was sprung he pointed his finger direct ly at his father and told him that he was to blame. He reminded him of the whipping at school and how his father had taken sides with him against the teacher and stopped him from school. 'That's when vou ruin ed me' charged the criminal who was to die for the killing of a fellow man. 'I thought that you would al ways take my part and I determined to do as I pleased after that. Then the young man told all present that they could not always cfo as they pleased when they pleased to do wrong. The criminal wound up by charging his father with his crime and dating it back to the school epi sode." "And" the doctor continued, "in a voar both parents had died of gnef." Indeed the father was a par ty to the crime. STATEMENT INTERSTATE FIRE INSURANCE CO., DETROIT MICH. Condition December 31, 1923, As Shown By Statement Filed Amount of Capital paid up in cash 322,Joo.OO Amount of Ledger Assets December 31st of previous year, $447,166.67; Increase of paid-up Capital, $13,815.00 Total 460,981.67 Income from Policyholders, $87,890.20; Misceflantous. $245,- 574.13 Total-. 333,464. 66 Disbursements to Policyholders, $74,547.23; Miscellaneous, $26,518.32 Total - 34o.Ubo.uo fire Risks Written or renewed during year, $93,484,915, in force, - y,909.1il.UU All Other Risks Written or renewed during year, $5,026,689 in force , 674,231.00 ASSETS Mortgage Loans on Real Estate $ 4?S,Q?o'nn Value of Bonds and Stocks 1 - J' Cash in Company's Office . .IJ Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks not on interest iu,uJ. Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks on interest 1,97 U0 Agents' balances, representing business written subsequent to October 1, 1923 21,Uo.o8 Agents' balances, representing business written prior to Oc- , 0, tober 1, 1923 Bills receivable, taken for fire risks q'qoq qr Interest and Rents due and accrued n?o"oa AW other Assets, as detailed in statement 4,048. 38 TOTAL $463,817.79 T ca nnt admitted 1,186.06 TOTAL ADMITTED ASSETS $462,631.73 LIABILITIES Net amount of unpaid losses and claims 17,283.30 Unearned premiums 7,J4.H Estimated amount payable for Federal, State, county and muni cipal taxes due or accrued J'JJJ'JJ All other liabilities, as detailed in statement 2,000.00 Total amount of alal Liabilities except Captital 75,758.28 Capital actually paid up in cash $3l?'o'ie'?c Surplus over all liabilities 63,918.45 Surplus as regards Policyholders o8b.e7d.4o Total Liabilities $462,631.73 BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1923 Fire Risks written $87,515; Premiums received, $ 1,481.46 All other Risks written $3,057; Premiums received, 13.55 l osses incurred Fire $1,049.12; Paid 1,070.01 Losses incurred All other $ .80; Paid nVTnmni00 President C A PALMER. Secretary, W. A. ELDRIDSE. Treasurer, LEO. K. HENNES. Home Office 408 Fort St. West, Detroit, Mich. Attorney for service: STACEY W. WADE, Insurance Commissioner, Raleigh, N. C. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, Raleigh, Feb. 16th, 1924. I. STACEY W. WADE, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certify hat the above is a true and col l ect abstract of the statement of J,he Inter State Fire Insurance Company, of Detroit, Mich, filed with this Depart ment, showing the condition of said Company, on the 31st day of Decem ber, 1923. Witness mv hand and official seal, the day and year above written. Minis STACEY W. WADE. Insurance Commissioner. r lishing all the news. Some p., mad because their name. , ted, and others get ma. i they are not printed. Som, forget that the freedom ,t is unlimited and have a ten criticize any and every does not coincide with tl opinion. Again, there an who do not know how to d; between a news story, wh , in the general run of the and an editorial, which is ment of the paper's polit . story is news from anyw! erywhere. An editorial i of the newspaper. But newspaper men have to carry. And being on ; line all the time, they get poured into them from all is a remarkable fact, thoi the most critics of the are those least qualnied i,, cize; many of the critics an ing in grey matter, whii, know really very little about paper work. And yet these know, or' think they know, jus ought to go in a newspaper, what is news and just what just how an article should ten, etc. But 'twas ever thus always will be thus. And after all is said and the newspaper men feed that . part of the criticism done is good spirit, and are satisfied t it for just what it's worth. hum. "Ml L I I Aw HI I u Mr. 'at hA ru-v ill . 1. '"me new PV "MI ..ring Ui rriti I f vvs villi what just isn't, writ, and ione, ureal n . 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