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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, AUGUST 28, 1 906
ROLL WEEVIL IS
MOVING FORWARD
The Harmful Pest is Headed for Mi:
nissippi Prediction of Experts Ei
tornologists Assert the Boll Weev
Will Proceed From Mississippi to
Alabama
St Touis Globe-T3pm
The niigratoiVMovementofthe1 boll
. weevil, which is sweepine this nt
across, the .cptton. lands of Louisiana
towards Mississmni. -will vQO-?r,
few days, arid, until the cold, weather
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i mis me iJtr&i, niiu us winter quarters
il wxii wuuuue ita progress to t
prist.
Combatting this atch' enemy; of the
5UUIU s yreuuvapie crop, devising
means of minimizing the damage done
the cotton by., the weevil, and ..-searching
lor sorne,! Effective -remedy is the
crop yesi commission of Louisiana
working, in co-operation with the: bu
reau of entomology of the United
States department of agriculture. The
woik of the commission is in charge
of Wilmon Newell, formerly entomol
ogist of Georgia. ,
That the weevil will reach Mississip
ni this vear is the oninihn nf fr tvow
ell and Dr. Hunter, the latter being at
the head of the forces of the United
States government engaged in fighting
the weevil. They base their oninirm
upon tue advances made by the weevil
in the past and every indication points
to a greater advance of the weevil this
year than ever before.
The Mississippi river, which some
planters of Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia have hoped would stand as a
barrier against the weevil, will, not
stop the fight of the pest. On the
contrary, it may slightly accelerate its
progress. Investigation has shown
that the weevil has at times flown over
bodies of water, as much as fifteen
miles in width, and the Mississippi
river is, at one point where; the weev
ils will crossover a mile in width.
Into the State of Mississippi, and an
other at the close of the season, five
years to cover the cotton fields of Ala
barna and get into the State of Georgia,
is the calculation that the entomolo
gists make on the progress of the wee
vil after it gets acr6ss the Mississippi
river this fall. Its getting into Geor
gia within ten years is of course has
ed upon the belief that the weevil will
travel eastward as rapidly as it has
done through Louisiana,
Intense Farming as Offset.
In the meantime the crop pest com
mission has solved, the successful
growing of a cotton crop in the boll
weevil section. If the remedy for the
weevil has not been found when the
weevil reaches Mississippi and -Alabama,
the planters will at least have
the benefit of the long series of experi
ments made by the crop pest commis
sion of Louisiana and by the United
States government which have shown
how to grow cotton with the weevil to
contend with.
The advent of the pest is now look
ed upon as a plague -It' has been7 rob
bed of its terrors by what is known as
the "cultural method." The cultural
method simply means the selection of
an early ripening cotton to begin with;
ihe use of the right kind of fertilizer,
through preparation of the soil .and in
tensive cultivation of the soil, which
will hasten the maturity of the crop.
That, in spite of the weevil, cotton
' can be raised by this method, has been
advocated by the commission in west-
ern Louisville the past two years
where the weevils ar& the thickest.
There, where farmers .have adopted1
the cultural method, in spite of the in
sect were raised last year crops of cot
ton above the average ever made be
fore the weevil came.
-This intense cultivation must be fol
lowed up by the destruction of the cot
ton stalks in the early fall. ';, The
weevil goes into its hibernation with
the first cold weather, and if, it retires
for the winter, well , fed t" Stands a
. much better chance- of surviving ruhtil
the following spring.
Gain Last Year. , .
The weevil last year made a gain of
about twenty-five miles. It had receiv
ed a set-back by the hard winter be
fore. The advance guard pf the army,
that sot furthest east, were killed, .stilL
the net advance was about twenty-five
miles in middle Louisiana and about
ten miles in north. Louisiana. Last
winter was mild and did not set the
weevil back, so this year "the pest be
gins under the most favorable condi
tions, and already millions of weevils
have matured in the west, ready to be
gin their eastward movement at the
appointed time..,
.- Of the 20,510,000 acres of land in the
main cotton producing parishes of Lou-,
isiana the area in which the cotton
fields are now infested, amounts o 4,
743.S00 acres.
The weevil has now infested the territory-
that normally produces about
cne-third the cotton crop of the coun
try. ' . '
. The easternmost point reached by
.the weevil is m -Rapides parish, near
the Avoyelles parish line, and "the
: weevil advances,, this summer; as the.
indications are that it will, it-will cross
the Mississippviriver .first and get into
the State of Mississippi- in, Wilkinson
county,' just" norh of the Loiisnana
line. As you travel north the infest
ed territory recedes, further, and fur
ther 'to tlte westr because 'fotC- go.
north it takes the weevil longer to get
acclimated and it moves' eastward
Flower. At it present rate the jwee
Trust to Nature.
. 'A ,Feat many Americans, both men
and women, are thin, pale and minv With
tionbecasenhey3 havJfll
treated their stomachs by hasty eating
hnii?wUch eatin&' by consuming alco?
mint Vages' b to clse confine
ment to home, office or factory and in
inTthe stemach "m be treated
m a natural way before they can rectify
tMn7 h0p' in fact in evey weary,
thin ftnd thin-blooded person, do their
fIW1,th great ,"fficufty. As a reiult
wP n?m5s earlY i3 extreme and lasts
iSSSU' Z fv deman? for nutritive aid is
K lihe sPply- To insure perfect
oeJer& uei bone, nerve Ind,
?,f,hW tak? km tfae Wood ter
n?w?at?!ial3 and return to it certain'
cJr 13 necessary to preparers
f Kac for the work of taking up from
the tood what is necessary ;to make good,
E ' if d blood- We must go to Nature
lor the remedy. There were certain
roots known to the Indians of this
.country before, the advent of the whites
whrch later came to the knowledge of
the settlers and which are now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the cure
ot obstinate stomach and liver troubles.
: Xhese are found , to be safe and yet cer
n n tneir cleansing and invigorating
effect upon the stomach, liver and blood,
-these, are: Golden Seal root, Queen's
root, htone root, Bloodroot, Mandrake
root. Then there is Black Cherrybark.
Ihe medicinal principles residing in these
native roots when extracted with glyc
erine as a solvent make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
yigorator, when combined" in Just' the
right proportions, as in Dr. Pierce's
liolden Medical Discovery. Where there
is bankrupt vitality such as nervous
exhaustion, bad nutrition and thin
blood, the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect of this sovereign remedy.
Although some physicians have been
aware of the high medicinal value of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glycerine as a solvent and
usually the doctors' prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying amounts,
with alcohol.
The "Golden Medical Discovery" is a
scientific preparation compounded of the
glyceric extracts of the above mentioned
vegetable ingredients and contains no
alcohol or harmful habit-forming drugs.
vil will be in southern Alabama be
fore it gets into the great cotton pro
ducing territory- in the , Yazoo valley.
Habits of the Pest.
The crop pest commission has .dis
covered much in its experimental work
What has recently been brought to
light shows that the weevil is a re
markable insect. The adult weevils
do not move at night. Unlike-many
insects they, do not fly after dark, and
ire not attracted by a light. Lights
have been placed in the middle of a
boll weevil field and not a single wee
vil would ever come to them. They
do their feeding and depositing of eggs
in the day time.
- When the squares begin to form 'on
the coton the female weevil begins to
deposit eggs. An average of one egg
s placed in a square. A puncture is
nade in the square, the egg inserted,
and afterwards sealed up by the fe
male with a small amount of secre
tion.
The eggs of the weevils are white
and approximately one-thirteenth of an
inch in length by one-fiftieth of an inch
in diameter. During the month , of
June about four days is reouired for
Lhe egg to hatch, and during July and
August, two and-a-n balf to three days
ihe time depending upon the temper
ature. ' . '-.I .
P.ECIAL
TERM
HEALTHY AND HAPPY
ON 12 CENTS A DAY.
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"THERE'S A REASON"
Riley Avoids Meats, Eats Apples, Eggs
and Kice, ana oaves iNeariy an nis
Salary. ,. - '-' j; .
Vashin2toni;Aus.'2'7. Augustus Ri
ley, a clerk in", the- War Department,
seventy-four ; years old, declares that
he spends less than 12 cents a day for
living.
"Mv - averace -expense very day for
Ave years past has been less than 12
cents," said Mr. Riley, "and I have
ad plenty to eat. The spstem requires
only so much. I sleep like a baby and
at leisure I go for a sevral miles stroll
through the parks.
"T never eret hungry: most people
feel that way when their imagination
runs away; with them, l ive on
a. month and have an itemized state
ment to proveit. My favorite dislhes
are apples, eggs and rice. I avoid
meats and indigestible foods. They
tear the vital organs up and put them
out of use."
Riley saves 9G per cent of his salary.
He is a man of strong personality and
is an excellent specimen ul iuauuw
tie As not a raiser and he declares he
abhors: the life? of . ar eel use. He says
he lives , well and, he is the envy oi
fiorts who sauander all their earn
ings and, are heavily in4ebt. : He never
takes a drink and aonors conee.
"I never took a drink in my me ana
I have never used tooacco in auy
form," he said." "It is dead easy to live
: ,1 l-,.5f onrl thfre
a lite oi economy auu. um"i - -
is no pleasure in spending an ones
arant living. As a
matter1" of fact, poverty forced a quiet
life for me. After peing swinuieu
of several thousand dollars m my eai-
Iv life I decided to retrieve my i"
and save some money, roveuj uno
rood results at times. It. did me and
Started me on the right road.
"How do I live on so nttie: wuj,
that's simple. My restricted diet, now
that I have a good salary, is simply a
matter of choice. It is the healthiest
and happiest way to live. ,
DISINHERITS-ELOPING GIRL
Rich : Grandmother of. Chi Id of Four
4 teen Changes Her Will.
Chicago, Aug. 27. Vivian ,Kuehm
stead, the fourteen-year-old daughter
of "A VLWiS: Kuehmsted, f?1 .A
Se Gregory Electric Company, who
eloped in Elgin with a butcher boy
Albert Woehlfer nineteen years o
was today disinherited by - her ; grand
mother Mrs. Fannie Brentano-Frien,
wait who lives at Fortress Monroe,
V? Frienwalt is said to be wealthy
and-to have planned to leave her tor-
tune to Vivian. -. . . . ; .
Vivian and Albert were married, m
Elgin after saying they were of age
A constable was vainly trying o have
the marriage license annullel -at Ge
neva at. the time. The pair have disap
peared. '
) a woman can do a thing she doesn't
to do without making unprintable, re
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FEDERAL COURT
Will be Held in- Greensboro Next
Week to Try the Remainder of
the Reveniie ase$.": Guilford
r CountyATeachers!LlVI,eeting be-
I'ingrHeirthis Wek. : r
Special To The News.
Greensboro, N. C., Aug 28. Under
the direction of County Superinten
dent of Education, Thomas R. Foust,
assisted by Superintendent of City
Schools, W. H; Swift, the Guilford
County Teachers Institute opened
here yesterday with an opening atten
dance of 85 teachers, of whom fully
seventy five are ladies The
session will continune through the
week, and several prominent educa
tors of the State are expected to be
present during the week to assist in
instruction. One of the foremost ed
ucators of the Union" Di C. B. Gres:
bry," of Massachusetts, arrived last
night and beginning today will give
valuable assistance during the whole
mainmg session. ' This mornin in re
ply to an enquiry from the super
intendents as to how many teachers
used "the A. B. C. method of teaching
children to read not a single one raised
a hand, showing that the old way, in
teaching' at least has entirely departed,
along' with the old log school house,
the blue back spelling, good spelling
and many other old fashioned things
that were thought good not so very long
ago. It . is a fine looking body of
teachers here assembled, showing that
as in other matters, Guilford county is
keeping to the front in matters edu-
ational.
Solicitor Brooks and Judge Moore
left yesterday for Durham, where Su
perior Court opened. At last week's
term of court held here Judge Moore
made a very fine impression. It os his
first court in Guilford, and he will be
welcomed back by all. Although the
lawyers were kept busy the entire
week only five jury cases were tried.
the last case being the damage suit of
Hodgins against the Southern Railway,
which the railroad won.
The next court scheduled for Greens
boro is the special term of Federal
court, called to meet Tuesday of next
week to try the remaining cases of
revenue officers and distillers indicted
for alleged, conspiracy to defraud the
government. . The general impression
is that -these cases will not be tried
next week, but will be continued, and
finally the whole push will get off. It
Is being said that the prosecution has
already revolutionized the administra
tion and the execution of . the
revenue laws in this district, and
great good has been accomplished ex
posing the former corruption, and
punishing by prosecution and dismis
sal from service of all supposedly cor
rupt off leers. ' . , ,
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AUGUST'BLUE TAG SALE -:- AUGUST BLUE TAG SALE -:- AUGUST BLUE TAG SALI:
NEWS OF FAITH.
Death of Mr. Talbert Mr. Lingle Gets
Contrac Miscreants Fill Up Well.
Special to The News.
Faith, N. C, Aug. 2S. Mr. F. R.
Lingle was awarded the contract to put
up the frame of Mr. Will Parger's and
Lum Miller's big sfables hei3 where it
is expected another livery Stable will
be opened in our town.
A bridge is badly needed across
Dutch Second creek at the Heilig mill
on the public road, known, as the Low
er, Stone and Rockwell, .road. : A pe
tition is out now with more than- 80
signers "already.
' Some "one tore down the chimney
and filled the 40-foot well half full of
trash -at the old July Heilig place that
belongs to M. A. Safriet, hut no one
lives there. - - - -
jvir. G. W. Gardner's little boy is
very low .not exepcted to live. ... . . , ;
PMhters ' trom Salisbury are paint
ing several houses : in land arouaid.
Faith iand it. is a great: improvement
to our town. . . . . . .
v Peeler-Barnes Co. have been award
ed the contract for the;, granite work
that goes in the school building at
Asheboro. N. C., now going up at that
placet and they have just shipped one
car load. v ' , ' ' ' ,
If all the little quarries here were
in one it would be a mighty large one.
, Mr. P, A. Talbert of Granite Quarry,
N. C, died August 22nd, aged 43 years.
The remainsweretakenv'to Montgom
ery county at his old home for the
interment -w4iStB3tok pla'ce at Lane's
Chapel. He had consumption and had
been in declining health for some time.
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CURE FOR HAY FEVER.
R H. Jordan & Co. Say Hyomel Will
Give, Relief. Sold Under . Guaran
tee. . The hay fever season is at hand arid
many people have already aranged" to
leave town so that they - may avoid the
sneezing, the watery eyes, and other
annoying symptoms of this disagreea
ble summer disease.
i R. II. Jordan & Co. wish us to an
nounce that when Hyomei is used as a
preventative or a cure there will be no
hay fever. They advise daily treat
ment with Hyomei for a couple of
weeks before the usual time for the ap
pearance of the disease. If this is done
the attack will be prevented. However,
iftfee-r&eatmBti itystaKted soon
endu'asiS"its ap
pearance useliyomei siic or seven
times daily anreiief will be.; had at
once. . "
There is no stomach dosing ' when
Hyomei is used. Breathe it through
the neat , pocket inhaler - that comes
with every outfit, so that the medica
tion reaches the minutest . air cells,
killing all germs and soothing and heal
ing the diseased membrane. ..
The complete outfit costs but $1.00,
extra bottles 50c, It is the only treat
ment for hay fever ' sold by Woodall
& Sheppard.with a guarantee to refund
the ..money if it does not give satisfac
tion. .
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' 30,000 Square Feet of Show Rooms Filled to Overflowing with Beautiful Things to
make home beautiful and attractive.
The greatest and most successful bargain-giving selling event this store has ever
conducted.
Hundreds of our friends and customers have visited this sale and made purchases and
have sent their friends also.
One more week of special price reductions, as this August Clearance Sale will close
August 31st. ' " "
I : Do fail to grasp this opportunity before it is too late. Many things we are selling
at prices ranging one-half to one-third the regular selling price.
Bed Room Suits from I
$14.75 to $150.00
Parlor Suits from
$15.00 to $125.00
Leather Hall Suits from
SS52.50 to $125.00
Leather Couches from
$21.00 to $55.00
Velour Couches from
$4.75 to $20.00
Hall Racks from
$5.25 to $60.00
Library Tables from
$3.75 to $85.00
Parlor Tables from
- - 75o to $40.00
Cheval Mirrors from
$18.50 to $40.00
Davenport Folding Beds
$27.00 to 860.00
Rockers in Oak and Ma
hogany from
75c to $60.00
Hall Carpets, Parlor Carpets,
Bed Room Carpets, Rugs
and Druggets of all styles
and prices-
I upNoutafoaff. . .-..r. Ill;- .. AtKaWKK0mmsmm. rH,
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Here you find the world's
1 Jbesti;cThe cultured and weal
friyWd all1, over "this State'
are buying our Pianos. We
seiljthecheap and commer
cial grades also', but we tell
yoii the y exact standing of
;i , .each Piano and you do not
run any risk of having a low
grade instrument put off on
you as a high-grade one.
' If is worth . your time to
7 come to the special August
Clearance Sale before it clos
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7 4 it is an opportunity to buy
77 at under value; it is a chsitice
to get a rare bargain during
this month. ... :. .
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