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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Mrs. Mdehor Entertains.
Mrs. C. I). Melcbor delightfully en
tertained the Horae Mission Study at her
beautiful country home. A very inter
esting lesson on India was the leading
discussion. Mrs. Uzay Earnhardt assist
ed by Mrs. Carl Castor, gave some very
interesting points on the lives of Mr.
Fairbanks and Dr. Anna- Kugler. two
great Lutheran workers
a crowd was present.,
Mrs. Mdlchor was assisted by her sis
ter. Miss Josephine Melchor, of China
Grove, in serving. X.
Auxiliary Meeting.
The Auxiliary of McKinnon Presbyter
ian Church will meet Thursday evening,
July 3th. at 7 :30, in the following homes:
Circle Xo. 1. Mrs. C. G. liidenbour
chairman. With Mrs. Tom Johnson, ou
Meadow street. / }
Circle No. 2, Mrs. J. T. Love chair
man. with Mrs. C. W. Brown. on North
Church street.
Circle No. !>, Mrs. Manly Morris chair
man, with Mrs. Ed Melchor and Mrs. H.
T. It ley. at the home of the
'Girls' Girde No. 4, Mrs. Albert John
son chairman, with Miss Grace Delliug
scr and Miss Alda Winecoff, at the home
of the latter.
Girls’ Circle No. 5, Mrs. John Mein- |
nis chairman. Tuesday evening at 7:30, j
with Miss Margie Miller on Kannapolis j
Road. j
Miss Suruer Entertains.
Miss Ruth Sumer delightfully enter
tained a host of young friends at a birth
day party, given in honor of her 11th
birthday, Friday afternoon from 3 to
o'clock. Those present were: Edith
Hughes. Grace Mclnnis. Lueile Jones.
Fay Cook. Ruby Furr. Mabel Honeycutt.
Maybe Allred. Earl Coctirane. Martha
Srarßoro. J. I». Slielton.- Jr.. J. R. Cocli- :
rane. Oscar Robbins. Grace Maye Rea-j
ver, Alabd Peiiniuger. Pauline Honey
cutt. Lorine Craven. Fnis Rahhyiu. Mar-!
guei ire Host. B.|R. Craven. Eugene Alc-
Laurin. Kathleen Teeter, Daisy Furr and
Charles Surner.
After interesting games had been play
ed lemonade and cake were served by
her mother. Mrs. Lillie Ren ver. The
love for Miss Surver was shown by the
* many nice gifts from her friends. On j
leaving all declared the enjoyment of the
afternoon complete. j
ONE PRESENT. I
Dr. J. E. Stokes Married.
A marriage that will be of interest
here, where the grdom is well known,
took place last Thursday evening in
Salisbury when Miss Rebecca Marsh
was wedded to Dr. J. E. Stokes. The
ceremony was performed jn tin* ,
Episcopal Church and was one of the
most brilliant weddings of the year in
.Salisbury.
Dr. Stokes is one of the most
prominent physicians in North Carolina.
Mrs. Stokes is a member of one of
Salisbury’s most prominent families. i
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Brown-Bates. I
The following announcements' will
come as a surprise to the many fiends
of the contracting parties:
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bates
announce, the marriage of their daughter,
' Martha Estelle
to I
Mr. Walter Henry Rrown
Wednesday. June the twentieth I
nineteen hundred and twenty-three
Salisbury. North Carolina
The marriage of Miss Bates and Mr.
Rrown was very quietly observed, and
came as a surprise. The bride made her
home here for several years and is popu
lar with a wide circle of friends. For
several months she has- held a position
with the Cannon Manufacturing Com- I
pany, in Kannapolis, and is a young j
woman of culture and. refinement.
Mr. Brown holds a* responsible posi- 1
tion with a garage in Kannapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Rrown will make their
home in Kannapolis.
King’s Daughters to Meet.
The King’s Daughters will meet this
evening at 7:30 o’clock with Miss Mary
King, at her home on West Corbin street.
Ini|*ortunt business and full attendance
is desired.
Winston-Salem Auxiliary to Enetertain
Invitations as follows have been re
ceived here by members of the American I
Legion Auxiliary:
Clyde Colling Post
American Legion Auxiliary
At Home
Tuesday. July 3. at 4 o’clock
Robert E. Lee Hotel
Your Unit is Cordially Invited
, to Meet
Dr. Kate Barrett. Najriqdal President
A. L. A. N
R. S. V. P.
The party for Dr. Barrett will be one
of the most interesting aud elaborate so
cial events of the season in Winston-
Salem. and Auxiliary members from va
rious parts of the State are expected to
attend.
The Concord chapter expects to be rep- j
resented at the meeting.
At Home Wednesday.
The following invitations luive been is
sued here:
Mrs. J. F. Day vault
* Miss Rebec**a Day vault
At Home
Wednesday afternoon, July the Fourth
from five to six-thirty
Mrs. J. Watson Smoot.
Muss Bessie Dixon
Miss Sara Wiee
Miss Annie P>. Daniel .
M iss Louise Thompson
Efirifs Department Store Force Makes
Merry in Y Pool.
The whole force of the local Etird De
partment Store was on hand at the Y.
m M. JL’. A. swimming pool Thursday night
as guests of the Y mauagemeut. To say
that a good time was enjoyed by all is
putting it mildly indeed.
Promptly at 7:1 a the members of the
force begau to arrive, headed by the
genial manager. Mr. A. E. Harris, with
Mrs. Harris.
Nearly all the employees were on hand
aud a majority of these enjoyed .the
sparkling depths of the cool pooL Prizes
were not awarded the champions in the
various classes hist bad there been
prises they would not have gone beg
ging. Happy Charlie Griffin and Reuben
Morgan kept things moving constantly by
their capers on each other and on other
members of the Etird force.
'Diving in at one end of the pool aud
suddenly bobbing up at some other point
they kept the fair members constancy on
the rt for fear of attack from sonwf
unexpected source. Mrs. W. I. Littles
easily drew first prize for fancy floating
Svhile Ethel Honeycutt was generally ac
claimed first for her “fancy” diring us
ually assisted by Rube Morgan and . Char
lie Griffin. Everyone seemed to have a
glorious time and promised the Y men to
be sure to coine again. It is part of the
policy of the Y management to invite
special groups into the pool during the
hot summer months a special lot of tick
ets having been printed for just such oc
casions. i
Married in New York.
Jtlr. and Mrs. W. M. McNiven arrived
ia-Concord Thursday morning from New 1
York, where on the 23rd of June, they
were married;’Mrs. McNiven being'Miss
Hazel. Summers, of Brooklyn. Mr. and
Mrs. McNiven are making their home for
the present with Mr. and Mrs. Wade
.Cline, on East Corbin Street. Mr. Alc-
Niveu is manager of the Me Lei lan Five
and Ten Cent Store here.
Piauo Recital.
The pratio pupils of Mrs. Paris Kidd
gave a recital at the home of their
teacher ou North Union street at eight
o'clock Thursday evening. They were
assisted by Master Eugene Kidd, a young
violinist, a pupil of Professor S. A. Wolff.
After a /lelightful program rendered in
a creditable manner by the six young
people, refreshments were served. Only
the parents and close friends of the
young performers were present.
The following program was rendered :
Duet: Pusple Pansies —Fearis —Mar-
guerite Preslar and Ethel Fisher Peck.
Solo : Pearl Waltz —Mackay—Alay
Median. ,
Violin Solo: Yalse —Warner—Eugene
Kidd.
Duet: A May Day—Rathburu—Fran
ces Tarlton and Mrs. Kidd.
Solo: Jolly Darkies —I4et«4n*r—Ethel
Fisher Peck.
Duet: Mayiuakeis March —Zimmer-
man—May and Louise Medltn.
Violin Solo: Dream Waltz —Vogt—Exi-
gent* Kidd.
Solo: Daneiug Girl —Heins—Marguer-
ite Preslar.
Solo: Fairy Dell Waltz —Mackay—
Louise Medlin.
Trio: Yalse—Streabog Marguerite
Preslar. Ethel Fisher Peck and Mrs.
Kidd.
Entertains Sunday School Class.
A social event of great interest and
pleasure to those present was the picnic
given Friday evening to the members of
Mrs. Joe Glass’ Sunday School Class of
Forest Hill Methodist Church.
AboffT 20 members of the class attend
; ed the. picnic which was held at Kiudley's
| Mill. Swimming, boat riding aud a
sumptuous supper were among the many
features provided by Mrs. Glass for 4lie
, children.
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Church Social Tuesday Night.
I Members of Epworth Methodist
Church will hold a social meeting on the
Church lawn next Tuesday evening at N
I o'clock. The meeting is being.arranged
by members of the board of stewards of
the church, and promises to he an event
of peculiar interest to the church mem
bers.
Devotional exercises will be conducted
in the Church prior to the meeting on
the lawn. Talks will be made during
the evening by Rev. \f\ A. Rollins and
! Mr. John M. Oglesby.
Following the • short addresses. re
i frc*h®ents will be served to those pres
'ent. ;
Returns ft> Raleigh.
Miss Mary Shotwell. chief of the Child
Welfare, Department of the State Board
of Charity and Public Welfare, has re
turned to Raleigh, after Spending sev
eral days Jiere on business. While here
Miss Shotwell made an inspection of the
Jackson Training School and attended
to other business that belongs to the de
partment with which she is affiliated.
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Will Attend Conference.
1 Miss Cuthleeu Wilson, county home
demonstration agent, left today' for
Blue Ridge to attend a two weeks'
conference of all agents in the State. At
the conference Miss Wilson will give a
demonstration in the making of salads.
Miss Addie Sue Harry, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Harry, and home
demonstration agent for Bertie county,
arrived in Concord Friday and will re
main until Mouday, when she too leaves
for Blue Ridge to attend the conference
of agents.
Bridge Party Friday.
An enjoyable bridge party was gjiven
on Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock at her
home on West Corbin street by Mrs. Joe
I Hendrix, complimentary to Mrs. Cora
j Peuuinger Fisher. There were three
j tables of bridge and prizes were given
! to the houoree and also to Mrs. M. li.
Pounds for the highest score. After
play, an ice course was served.
Those enjoying Mrs. Hendrix's hospi
tality were Mesdames H. Williams, A.
R, Pounds. A. IF Davis. M. S. Ward,
Gilbert Hendrix, M. R. Pounds, Misses
Johusie Fisher. Nellie Dry, Ruth Dry,
Esther Sappenfield aud Margaret Crow
ell.
With Our Sick.
The eoudition of Mrs. W. I). Pember
ton, who recently underwent an opera
tion in Charlotte, continues to improve.
She is now able to be out of her home
again. *
Some improvement is reported in the
•condition of Master Billy _Wadsworth,
who has been undergoing treatment un
der an eye specialist in Charlotte for
some time.
Enters Statesville Hospital.
Miss Edith Guy, wluF’has beeu spend
ing some time here recently with rela
tives, entered a Statesville hospital this
week\ aud underwent an operation tor
appendicitis. Her condition is reported
today as favorable.
Tea dollars reward it paid far the
arrest of wife-deserters in England.
PERSONALS. a j
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Bentield and Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Knowles motored to !
Asheville yesterday and spent the day j
with Mm. Alollie Elliott.
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Miss Lois Gufly, of Louisburg. is vis
iting her aunt. Mrs. 1, .L. Mauldin, on
South Union street. Miss Guffiy accom
panied her sister. Miss Edith Gussy, to
Statesville last week, where she had ail
operation for appendicitis.
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Mr. and Mrs. I). A. McLaurin and
son, Eugene, and Mr. and Mrs. B. G.
Nash spent, Sunday in Cherryville with
Rev. E. G. Cowan and Mrs. Cowan.
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Miss Gladys Joyner and Mrs. Helen
Scott, of Atlanta. Ga., will arrive in the
eitv today to visit relatives for a week.
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Mr. F. O. Rogers has returned to his
home in Little Rock. Ark., after spend
ing some time here with his mother, Mrs.
11. F. Rogers.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McFerrin, of Ma
con. Ga., with their children, Frances
Craige. and J. M. Jr., are the guests of
Mr. aud Mrs. John P. Allison this week.
Mrs. McFerrin will be pleasantly remem
bered here, as Miss Bessie Craige, of Co
lumbia, Teun.
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Prof. J. W. 11. Long is spending sev
eral days in Chapel Hill, attending the
conference of City School Supcrerihtend
ents.
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Mrs. Watson Smoot and sou, of Gas
tonia, are spending several days here
with Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Smoot and
family. Mr. Smoot spent Sunday here,
returning to Gastonia Sunday night.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Carpenter and
children, of Greenville. S. C., arrived
Sunday to visit at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. W. I>. Pemberton.
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Dr. W. D. Pemberton. Mr. J, Lee
Crowell and Mr. J. Lewis Carpenter are
spending a \\eek in eastern North Caro
lina fishing. .
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Mr. C. M. Isenhour ande family have
returned from a week's visit at Wrights
’ ville Beach. While there Mr. Isenhour
attended a meeting of North Carolina
Moving Picture. Exhibitors.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Macßae and (
'children ami Mrs. R. O. Wheat and
children left this morning for AVrights
ville Beach, where they will spend nome
time. They are making the trip in Mr.
Macßae's car.
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Mr. Sam White, 'of High Point, aud
Mr. Cyrus White, of Spartanburg, were
here Sunday to attend the funeral of
Miss Mollie White.
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Mr. W. A. Sappenfield. of New Bern,
spent Sunday in Concord at the home of
his aprents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sap
penfield.
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Mr. and Mrs. It. It. Mcßride and
daughter. Nancy, of Cherryvillg. spent
Sunday in Concord and Cabarrus coun
ty with home folks.
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Messrs. John G. Parks and Frank
Morrison have returned from a business
trip to New York City.
Little Miss Aifnie Murray* Long, of
Charlotte, is spending several days in
Concord with relatives.
Mr: J. Lee Crowell, Jr., city attorney,
's spending a week's vacation in eastern
North Carolina. While lie is away Mr.
M. H. Caldwell is acting as city at
torney.
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Mrs. G. M. Lore and children have re
turned from Montreat, where they have*
been sending some time. They were
called home by the illness of Mrs. Elam
King.
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Mrs. U. G. DesPortes and daughter.
Sarah, have returned to their home in
AN innsboro, S. (’.. after spending several
days here with Rev. and Mrs. T. W.
Smith.
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Mrs. Carlos Greig. Miss Bill Thomp
son and Mr. John Honeycutt, of Shelby,
spent several hours in this city Thurs
day with friends. -- '
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Mr. L. T. Hartsell has been spending
several days in Raleigh on professional
business. >~
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Mr. Marvin Long, of Smithdeal Busi
ness College. Richmond, Ya., is spending
the week-end here .with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. AY. 11. Long.
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Master Baxter Yarborough has* return
ed to his home ifi Kannafiolis. after
spending several days here with Master
Tartar Lafferty.
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Miss Douglass Archibald and Miss Or
,chard Lafferty are guests of Mrs. B. IL
Yarborough in Kannapolis.
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Mrs. R. A. Brown. Mrs. M. L. Marsh,
Mrs. J. F. Goodsou and Miss Helen
Marsh, of Concord spent Thursday in
Charlotte. They motored over in the
early morning aud returned home after
lunch.
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Mr. and Airs. Harvey (’liue aud son,
AY. A., have returned to their home in
GroenslxWo. after visiting Air. aud Airs.
J. AY. Cline.
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Mr. aud Airs. Ernest Hicks and Air. J.
AV. Pike have. returned from Greenville,
S. t\. where they attended the druggists’
convention.
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Mr. aud Airs. ,T. Carpenter and
children, of Greenville, S. C., have ar
rived to spend some time here with
Dr. and Mrs. AA\ D. Pemberton and fam
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Air. and Airs. Alangum and child, who
have been living here while Air. Alangum
was stationed here with Blythe Bros.,
have returned to Charlotte, where they
will make their homj.
Airs. AY* AI. Sherrill has returned from
Greenville. S. C.. where shg spent sev
| oral days with her father. Mr. J. Lee
Carpenter.,-
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Air. Reece Ira Long and children. Irene
and Miriam. Aliss Glemmie Long and
•Aliss Dorothy Hartsell spent some time
in Charlotte today.
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Mrs. R. G. Lefler, who has been vis
iting relatives here for some time, lias
returned to her home in RiriningLani. She
was accompanied home by Aliss Bernice
Parish, who will visit her for some tfipe.
Airs. li. A. Lyles Left Sunday
to. take b4r daughter. Miss Lena Lyles,
to the St. peters Hospital for an op-
)JHE CONCORD TIMES .
Calcium Arsenate vs. The 801 l Weevil
In INO2 the boll' weevil crossed into
the United Slates from Mexico at
Biownville.. Texas.
1003 lie cross**d from Texas into Louis
iana. and in 15M>7 from Louisiana across
the river into Alississippi.
Ten years later he had reached the
Georgia boundary and in 1020 he enter
ed North Carolina, completing his con
quest of the “belt.”
Fightiug him with calcium arsenate,
tin* most indent means of attack, began
around IDIS.
In 1010 three million pounds of the
arsenate were used, and in 1022. thirty
million pouiAlspervnting an acute short
age of the powder.
Ninety-live jier cent, of the cotton
growers using the method report satis
factory profits, meaning full crops of
cotton.
Seven hundred million pounds would Ik*
needed annually to supply the entire cot
ton belt. To produce this elestrolytical
ly would require 330 million kilowatt
hours of electric current AunmUly.
Throughout tin* southern cotton fields
the villainous boll weevil may at last
begin 'to Something has hap
pened which eventually, scientists be
lieve. will shake his destructive domin
ion to its foundations and will reduce
him to an absolutely impotent factor in
cotton growing. It is a new process, just
perfected, by which the most deadly boll
weevil weapon known to farmers, cal
cium arsenate, can be produced economi
cally and abundantly by electrolysis.
This will make available with in the
next few years._ research workers de
clare. such quantities of calcium arsen
ate. at such a comparatively low cost to
the jeoftou grower, that the spraying of
cotton plants will unquestionably become
universal. That has never before been
possible : yet it is the one condition lack
ing to put the obnoxious boll weevil un
der Qontrbl.
He cannot be utterly eliminated. It
is too late now for that. The boll weev
il will be one of the ‘‘always with us
fraternity probably forever, according to
the experts. But the way is believedj to
be now open for reducing luim to a neg
ligible factor, making him a considera
tion of such slight importance that cot
ton growers will hardly know In* is there.
Laboratory Work Succeeds. .
Experiments in tin* production of cal
cium arsenate electro-chemicully have
been going on for months at the re
[tjonreh laboratory of the General Electric
Company at Schenectady, X. Y. The ex
periments have been conducted by an en
gineer of the Alabama Power Company,
A. M. Kennedy, who first conceived* of
this method of manufacturing ‘anti-wee
vil ammunition’ during 1020.
Although the Alabama Power Com
pany gave him all the necessary backing,
progress was slow owing to the lack of
laboratory facilities. His preliminary
work was done at the 1 Diversity of Ala
bama, where he was materially assisted
by Prof. Stewart J. Lloyd. Later,
elation.
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Kev. W. A. .Jenkins and family aud
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hartnell spent Fri
day afternoon in Charlotte.
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Mr. S. A. liowrame. of Mooresville.
aud J. C. Sykes, of this county, two con
federate soldiers, and Mr. .7. F. Harris,
went down to No. 10 township today to
spend the day with Mr. John S. Turner.
Miss Mary Hewitt Moore, who has
sjH'nt the past ten days as the guest of
Miss Elizabeth Dayvault, has returned
to h£r home in Gastonia.
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Misses Fay Goodman and Carolyn Poe
of lamoir and Miss Lucy Goodman, of
the county, are spending the week-end
with Mrs. H. A. Goodman and daugh
ters, Evelyn and Helen.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Warren, of lta
leigh, are guests of the former s mother,
Mrs. T. L. Warren.
In Eterliu the dunce mania is so inten
sive that the government has closed all
cabarets where dancing aud drinking of
cheap wines went on from 5 p. m. until
after midnight.
Niue states now have women at the
head of their State educational systems.
Mrs. Irene Geffen. of Johannesburg,
is the first woman to be admitted to the
practice of law' in South Airica.
No man has yet discovered how the
toad feeds.
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j through I>r* AI. R. Hutchinson, president
of the Boil AVeevil Control Campaign,
the General Electric Company learned of
tin* undertaking and offered its laboratory
i facilities in a desire to help ou any work
j that would be beneficial to mankind
1 through the application of electricity.
| Under this arrangement Mr. Kennedy
j was able to pusli his experiments to a
j successful conclusion in a fraction of the
I time that would otherwise have been re
quired. His final tests were made this
spring. They showed that the calcium ar
senate produced by electrolysis is identi
cal with the product heretofore compound
ed by the more expensive chemical px*o
cess. Commercial tests of the electrolytic
product will be conducted this sunjmer,
I but the process is so new tha£ little can
be done towards making calcium Arsenate
commercially available in quantity in
time for this year’s cotton crop.
Weevil an Economic Foe.
The boll weevil, a voracious insect
about as large as the common fly, has
been charged with causing the greatest
economic loss in America. Annually nb
less than $400,000,000 in cotton is com
pletely destroyed by his ravages. A tre
mendous fight against the pest has been
in progress for years, but all human in
genuity has been balked when it came to
a feasible plan of even checking his dep
redations.
The menace of the weevil seeing to
grow more serious each year. It has
steadily reduced the volume of surplus
cotton which America could export. This
development lias alarmed British indus
trialists. one of whom, Richard Harding,
secretary of the British Cotton Exports
Committee, seek danger of a cotton fam
ine in England if the slump in the Am
erican supply continues. .
He points out that in the period from
Ifitll to 11103. America exported an nv
j wage of just over seven million bales
of cotton yearly, but that for the season
of 1022-23. only two and a half million
• bales will be exported. This, he points
lout, means that about 73 per cent, of
tiie American crop is needed at borne,
but the destruction caused by the boll
weevil has to be allow<*ti for iu that es
timate.
And just there is the crux of the sit
uation. Causing a damage placed at 21
per cent, of the American crop in 1913,
this ravaging insect iu 1010 spoiled 25
per cent, of the crop, aud#iu 1021, 33
pef cent. At that rate the United States
will not last many more decades us a
cotton producer unless the deadly pest (
can be stopped.
Early Cliaiue to Stop Him.
The weevil first came over the border
Prom Mexico at Brownsville, ’J.’exas. In
Mexico the weevil has long been intrench
ed. His presence there is the one dead
ly factor, that has held Mexico back as a
cotton growing country.' But for the
AA'eevil Alexico might have been a pros
perous cotton producing region long ago.
The appearance of the boll weevil on
this side of the border led to an imme
GIBBONS OUTRANKS OTHER
BOXERS DEMPSEY HAS MET
St. Paul Heavyweight May Be Compared
in Some Respects to Jim Corbett.
, New York. June 28. —When Tommy
Gibbons. St. Paul heavyweight, steps in
to the nog at Shelby, Montana, July 4
against JacV Dempsey, the champion, he
may be compared in some respects to
“Gentleman Jim” Corbett when that dap
per boxing wizard squared off against
John L. Sullivan at New Orleans in 181)2.
Gibbons' chances against Dempsey have
been belittled by a majority of the ex
perts, and indeed, the Minnesotan hard
ly appears heavy puncher enough to flat
ten the Coloradan. But like like his
middeleweight brother Mike. “The Phan
tom.'' Tommy is a master boxer, cool in
combat, always clever, always fast, and
a puncher of no mean ability.
At least a year older than Dempsey,
au *Wh or two shorter, and really a
light-heavy weight, Gibbons may not be
able to stand before the champion for
15 rounds. Except ill age—Corbett was
much younger than Sullivan when they
met at New Orleans—Gibbons and
Dempsey will be like “Gentleman Jim”
and “Terrible John L.'' in that famous
scrap of 31 years ago.
Sullivan’s terrific punching power, like
that the imnpsey of today, caused
many a sturdy opponent’s knees to quake
when be thought of it. aßd many of
them were defeated by fear before Sulli
van laid a glove on them. Not so Gor
bott. 'When Jim tool:“his corner at New
feet and spat on the ring floor, liis cus-
'diate investigation by the United States
Department of Agriculture. A warning
was issued, which, unfortunately, was to
a large extent disregarded. Yet the op”
.portunity then existed of shutting out
the weevil from American cotton fields
perhaps for all time.
This could have beeu done by denuding
a comparatively small district of cotton
growing for the time being. The boll
weevil spreads but slowly. In a year bis
ravages extended only over a radius of a
few miles. It has taken fifteen years for
;liim to spread over** the entire-cotton belt.
;Hence in that first year of his appear
ance. at Brownsville, the golden oppor
tunity existed to stamp him out entire
ly. But it was allowed to pass.
A few years later, when cotton growers
found they had a serious pest on their
hands, measures were tardily taken to
cheek tiie boll weevil. Under a govern
ment appropriation, Dr. 11. R. Goad, of
the Department of Agriculture, engaged
in research work, discovered that calcium
arsenate, until then an ignominious
chemical product, for which there was no
demand, was ideal ‘ in fighting the boll
weevil. •
Can Be Nearly Exterminated.
Dr. Goad, who is entomologist of the
southern field crop insecKiuvestigatious.
declares that poisoning tlib boll weevil
with calcium powder will con
trol the pest sufficiently to permit a full
crop of cotton. But it will always/ be
possible, be adds,'to find weevils iu the
successfully poisoned field.
“Lmivoii-sal cotton dusting, properly
done," says I)r.~ Goad.” would undoubt
edly result in practical extermination of
the weevil, or would so reduce their
number in the course of a few years as
to eliminate damage to the cotton crop
by the weevil.”
For nearly ten years Dr. Goad has
sought to convince cotton growers of the
vahie of calciym arsenate. He has be
gun to succeed so that calcium arsenate
dusriug is now practiced by many cotton
growers.
AYithiu the last two or three years Dr.
Goad has made such progres in demon
strating the efficiency of the calcium ar
senate tnethod of fighting the weevil that
its use has increased substantially. But
that immediately created the problem of
keeping up the supply, as the powder
cannot be producedl chemically iu exces
sive quantities. \
Commercial manufacture of calcium
arsenate by present methods began to
flourish in I!)18. aud iu the following
year about '3,000,000 pounds were sold
aud used. The supply has always beeu
scarce, however, and in 1022 the demand
was greater than the combined capacity
of 30 manufacturers.
About 200.000 acres of cotton were
dusted last year by 022 growers and the
average gain from dusting was 331)
pounds of seed cotton per acre. Out of
1)30 growers. 03 per cent, reported a
satisfactory profit from dusting.
tomary greeting. Jim laughed and chat
ted with ringshlers as the gloves were be
ing pushed upon his hands. He paid no
attention to Sullivuu.
Through the rounds, as agiLe Jim side
stepped Sullivan's bull-like rushes, the
champion became infuriated. Came then
the famous twenty-first round, Corbett,
still strong and smiling. The wear of
,tlie tight had told on Sullivan; he was
angered, but even then had he been able
to punch Corbett solidly he would have
retained the title. landed five
crashing blows to the jaw.
. Sullivan kept his feet, but bis eyes, be
gan to roll. He was tottering. Corbett
measured bis man. The right landed on
the jaw point. Old John’s knees sagged
and. he keeled slowly over.
The grt*ht champion, batterer-down of
a hundred heavy-hitting opponents, had
been defeated by a master-b<pter.
Dempsey, as champion, has never met
a man as wejl-versed in the game as
Gibbons. Carpentier, the one-punch man.
could not evade the ,Dempsey'rushes. Bill i
Brennan was more than once a punching
bag. Awkward Billy Miske was anoth
er. Willard, stunned by the first of
Dempsey’s blows, was au easy target un-
Jtil_ the end.
—r,
The word vestbule its from the Lutin,
meaning originally a place where the
Romans left their vestments or over
coats.
A curious feature about sea-otters is
that they never collect in big patsies
but live in pairs.
Monday, July 2, | 923 .
I)r. i oad has fouud, in practical t» f \
that at least twenty pounds of tin* ar !
senate per acre are required to make d
feetive headway against tin* insect 'jv
entire cotton belt of the South contain*
some 32,<HXUXM> acres, which menus. a;
:tf the rate of 20 ikhiikls per acre, m,
700.000,000 pounds of the arsenate would
be needed annually.
Such a vast continual supply o,ui,i
never be obtained by purely climb!
means, -chiefiy because ;i large amount of
nitric acid is? required, and nitric acid is
also needed or other industries. Then
pease is therefore increased, and tlii>
makes the calcium arsenate in its tui
form so costly that its use would ucor
become widespread.
This very situation exists today, di
though about SO.fXHUMK) pounds are nov.
used, this use of the arsenate is »$.
tliing but universal, because of its prio
to the farmer. Moreover, the price fl#-.
tuations in the powder have been so vac
lent from sea*son to season that the j>rwt
majority of the farmers, not undeistand
ing the cause of this, have conclude!
tliaf there was profiteering, aud have b*-
conie so suspicious that they could w
be induced to use calcium arsenate cwu
when they thought they could afford it.
The Kennedy method <>f producing tk»
arsenate by electrolysis, linweve. »
overcome both of these objections. It
will cost the farmer approximately 2*
per cent, less than does the powder n*»w
in use; and its price. Mr. Kennedy ■
lieves. will be stabilized to Midi an " •
tent that the psychological effect "f t!i>
present market fluctuations will Is* re
moved. Hence, it is predicted, it' u*
will gradually become universal, and die
boll weevil [vest will thereupon cease <»
be a serious menace.
Electric Power ill Ilelp.
Mr. Kennedy. has been proceeding
the knowledge that the Soittli - v.
supplied with hydro-electric resource I ',
assuring an ample supply of electric p"
er for the use of the calcium aisin' 1 -
plants which be feels certain "ill ' * "
into existence when the new preced e
put to commercial use. As it icnc'c
the only real barrier to a wnh-pc ■
drive against the weevil, he looks f" r
early establishment of such industry
numbers sufficient to eventually
the entire cotton bell. ,
The electric power rwpnn-ue'
amount to something less than " |] ‘
wat hour of ourrent for every, p" *
arsenate manufactured.
Those who are familiar with Mr. a _
uedv’s work believe that the dim 1
hand when facilities for
year all of the seven hundr«l
pounds of calcium arsenate it' ,
the cotton lands will be created. ■■
this vast quantity of Jhe ati'i-' * ■
dor will be placed on tie* .
prices low enough tor evciy <"
er to use if. ... . ,?•
The result, it i> hop'd. A'* ll h . ■
fectively take the ••evil" out
vU.
Three Unuenscious U rom
Collision.
Charlotte. June 30.—-Join 1 .
prominent young man "> ' ,j . Jti ,
in a hospital with a ri , ,»
other injuries, and t\\ m- 1 " r
the negro hospital uin-oic i ■ i •
suit of a collision between au «*
driven by Mr. Manly ami •' 1
negroes. They met head-on nil
Green road, and went "\ei
meat. ' Mr. Manly K
Augusta and he ha- "-t
--10 or more ears. i’ r P*' “ 3 ' fit*
and Griffin eotton me \ lD ,j -
family is prominent in •
poimlar and esteemed " ‘ ,p> 5*
able, as are. the
statement and there v -' 1 ‘
nesses.
First National Bank «f >penr
Re-«pen. . ~P -
Spencer. June
nienfs in the banking ■' ( i( , .■*>
day was a joint meet ay'
holders* committee ami tV i:i?
committee with a ' * . r?- :
problem of re-opening u ' l v/tr"
the. First National hank ••
which closed June " ‘. M(1 fun( l -
will recommend a « n^ iaTI j-, -»r ?
to 1(1 ,« .-.111 "f I # 4 ■
bank to be plaeed at [h , u^ ! ’
management, this eni*. ns w*
offset any Y- ul - t ber * co "'
sustain in reorganizing
is expected in a fe* ' a -
CBK THE FEN**