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Twenty-Ninth Year. No. 6.
Monroe, N. C, Friday, February 24, 1922.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
MONRO
FIGHT TYPHOID
AND WPHTHERIA
State Offers Free Treatment
Against These Dreaded Dis
eases During March
ASKS EVERYBODY TO HELP
Local Physician Will Visit Various
Coaunanitles, But You May
Have Your Family Doctor
During the month of March, the
State is putting on a free campaign
against typhoid fever and diphtheria.
The anti-typhoid serum protects
you from typhoid fever for three
years. A great many in Union coun
ty took the treatment three years ago,
but the immunity which it gave you
has largely passed off; so you who
took it three years ago, as will as all
who did not take it, should avail your
selves of this opportunity of protect
ing yourselves against that disease
which was. before the anti-typhoid
treatment, the scourge of our county.
Typhoid fever is no respector of
persons. Everybody, from the infant
to the centenarian are subject to its
ravages. Don't think you are im
mune; you may be its next victim. The
way to prevent typhoid fever is to
take the treatment, clean up your
premises, screen your doors and
windows, and swat the fly.
The treatment does not cost you
anything. The government furnishes
the medicine and pay the physician
to administer it You do not have
to submit to somo strange doctor to
? live the injection; you go to your
amily physician, someone you know
and are willing to trust and. he will
administer the treatment in nis ac
customed and sympathetic manner.
Toxin Antitoxin is a preparation
used to prevent diphtheria. It is given
in three doses at weekly intervals in
the same manner that typhoid vaccine
is. No sores are caused. There is
scarcely anv reaction in young chil
dren, but in older ones and grown
people we find reaction more fre
quently. Toxin anti-toxin causes the
body cells to manufacture diphtheria
antitoxin so as to have a supply of it
for immediate use if diphtheria germs
St fa the throat Tdxin anti-toxin
I" lbs prevention of diphtheria is
new, especially to us. The New York
City health department nas Deen us
ing it for aix or eight years and has
riven it to many thousands of chil
dren without any unfavorable results,
By way of experiment, it was given
to 2.4CO babies less thr.n seven days
old and no bad results followed.
The blood of 5.000 children who
bad taken toxin anti-toxin four years
previously was tested and 90 per cent
showed by test iney naa enougn an
titoxin in their blood to enable them
to resist diphtheria.
For the last two or three years it
has been used to a small extent in
South Carolina. During 1921 it was
given to more than 10,000 children
between the aires of six months nnd
six years in North Carolina without
any bad results.
Ail the physicians of Union coun
ty tre authorized to give the typhoid
and diphtheria treatment free during
the month of March.
I solicit the co-operation and as
sistance of all physicians of the county
in this campaign.
The county commissioners will keep
a supply of anti-typhoid serum nnd
toxin anti-toxin at the Union Drug
Store where the physicians of the
county may get supplied without cost
All physicians will give the treat
ment at their offices at any time dur
ing the month of March.
For the convenience of the people
of the various communities, Dr. Gar
ren will be at Prospect from 9 o'clock
in the morning till 1 o'clock in the
afternoon and at Alton from 2 till 5
in the same afternoon on Saturday,
March 4th, 11th and 18th.
Dr. Williams will be at G. B. Wal
ters' store from 9 in the morning till
1 in the afternoon and at Union school
house from 2 till 5 in afternoon on
Tuesday, 7th of March, and on the
14th and 21st.
Dr. Ashcraft will be at Weddington
from 9 in the morning till 1 1n the af
ternoon and at Indian Trail from 2
till 5 in the afternoon on March 3,
10, and 17. ,
Dr. Stewart will be at Wesley Chap
el from 9 in the morning till 1 in the
afternoon and at Mineral Springs
from 2 to 5 in the afternoon on Sat
urday, March 4. 11 and 18.
. Dr. Pruitt will be at Euto from 9
in the morninjf till 1 in the afternoon
and at Sincerity from' 2 to 6 in the
afternoon on Thursday, March 2, 9
and 16.
Dr. Smith will be at Olive Branch
from 9 a. m, to 1 p. m, and at Fair
field from 2 to 5 p. m., on Friday,
March 3, 10, and 17.
Dr. Stevens will be at Brief from
9 in the morning till 1 in the after
noon and at Long's Store from 2 to
5 in the afternoon on Monday, March
6, 13, and 20.
Dr. Massey and Dr. Creft will wait
on the colored people at their offices
at any time during the month.
Dr. Crcf t will be at Waxhaw from
9 in the morning till 1 in the after
noon and at Antioch from 2 to 5 in
the afternoon on Tuesday, March 7,
14 and 21.
Dr. Massey will be at Marshville
from 9 in the morning till 1 in the
afternoon and at Win (rate from 2 to 5
in the afternoon on Thursday, March
2, 9 and 16. V
I earnestly solicit the co-operition
of the ministers and teachers of the
county in this campaign against the
two dreadful disease.
G. B. NANCE,
Union County Health Officer.
PAR-CLEARANCE. CASE TO'
BE BROUGHT UP MONDAY i
Far-Reaching Suit of State Banks
Against Federal Reserve Bank
To Be Tried in Court Here
Hearing of the much heralded par
rlo.r.np" .nit. between a lanre num
ber of state banks of North Carolina
and the federal reserve bank ol Kicn
mond, has been placed on the calen
dar for trial in Monroe on next Mon
day, for the beginning of the second
week of superior court.
As announced recently, the case
was set fcr hearing during the two
weeks term of Union county court
which began Monday. In fixing the
calendar of the court, this case was
set for next Monday, when, it is
expected the hearing will begin.
The case is legally known as the
Farmers and Merchants Bank and
others against the federal reserve
bank of Richmond and several hear
ings, both in state and federal courts,
have been held on points of determ
ining the jurisdiction. Both the state
and federal courts decided that it was
a case for the state courts and the
actual trial of the case on its merits
is the one now scheduled for bearing.
The hearing is on the complaint of
a large number of state banks against
the federal reserve bank to prevent
the federal reserve bank from re
turning nhonored checks that the
state banks would issue against their
reserves in other banks, rather than
paying money on checks against ac
counts in the state banks.
The case is one that has and will
attract wide attention, not only in
this, but in other states, as it will
serve to establish a point in bankine
practice that will probably be nation
wide in its interest and scope.
Several prominent attorneys will
snncar on both side. Charles W.
Tillet, Jr., of Charlotte, will repre
sent the Charlotte Clearing House as
sociation, composed of the banks in
that city, all of which are on the
"par-clearance" basis.
SUck A Parker of the local bar
and Smith of Atlanta will represent
h. F.rmara A Marrhant Rank and
other State banks, while Conner of
Wilson ana waiiace oi Kicnmona win
apnear for the Federal Reserve Bank.
One oi the greatest legal battles in
tho history of the county is expected
and it is believed that the suit will
last for a week or more.
HOT STUFF GOT SEVERAL
DEALERS INTO TROUBLE
Festus and W. M. Cuthbertson, G.W. L.
Belk and S. R. Doater Charged
of Selling Jamaica Ginger
For the past few weeks Chief Spoon
and his assistants have been round
ing up a number of "ginger joints"
in the city and in North Monroe, and
yesterday the case came to a head
when Festus Cuthbertson, and W. M.
Cuthbertson, colored, and G. W. L.
Belk and S. It Doster, white, were
brought before United States Com
missioner M. L. How.
Festus Cuthrertson is proprietor of
the Feoples Drug Store on Souti:
Main Street, nnd W. M. Cuthbertson
runs a general mercantile business in
Nor. Is Monroe. They were charged
with ht nrllintr entirely too much
Jamaica i.iujrer and Festus was bound
mer to feden.l court under a $300
bor.d. while V. M. Cuthbertson was
turnel loose on the grounds of officers
having no search warrant
G. W. L. Bolk conducts a grocery
business in North Monroe and hun
dreds of empty Jamaica ginger bot
tles were found under his store and
barn. Chief Spoon states that his
records showed that he had purchased
417 dozen bottles of the hot stuff, with
in alcohol percentage of 90 to 96,
within the past welve months. Belk
was also bound over to Federal court
under a $500 bond.
S. R. Doster does a grocery busi
ness on South Main Street and he,
too, was charged with handling Ja
maica ginger. His trial before Com
missioner Flow is set for March sixth.
Chief Spoon states that tho ginger
ha been selling from 75 cents to a
dollar a bottle, which might afford
grounds for a case of profiteering.
YOUNG GIRL WAS WITHOUT
MONEY AND ALONE IN CITY
Fifteen-Year-Old Lassie Was Going
to Walk to Chcraw Where Her
Own Sister Resides
Folice headquarters had a very pa
thetic case to deal with last Wednes
day when Mary Coble, fifteen-year-old
girl, called and asked the way to Che
raw, where she wanted to go to visit
her sister, but had no way of getting
there except walk, which she state!
the intended to do.
Upon investigation by policemen it
was ascertained that the girl's home
is west of Salisbury. For the past
few weeks Mary had been employed
by the Jackson cotton mills at the
small wage of S2.C0 per week, which
is doubtless all her labor was worth,
since it was learned that she could
not do the work required of her and
ha1 to quit the job.
The young girl told a woeful story
of conditions at home. Her father is
an invalid, according to the girl's
story, and she had left home to face
the cold world alone.
The Monroe policemen got busy and
soon had enousrh money to send the
girl to her sister in Cheraw nnd she!
left on the six o clock tra:n Wednes
day afternoon.
JndceWehb and Mr. John C. Sikes
w ut to Shelby last night to hear an j
address by John Temple Graves. j
SMALLPOX SAVED
A FLEEING NEGRO
It Was More Dangerous Weapon
Than Pistol and Mr. Funder- 1
bark Took No Chances . .
SLOW TO BUY FERTILIZER
The People of Five Forks Believe hi
Feeding Their Souls If Times
Are a Bit Hard and Tight
Pageland, S. C Feb. 24. The in
imitable A. F. Funderburk, the man
who attempted to walk from ocean
to ocean a few years ago with his
favorite nickname "Fundy" printed in
big letters across his back, tells many
amusing incidents of his life. He is
always ready to talk, and delights in
nothing more than a good listener.
He had Mayor Arant chuckling Tues
day morning over a tale of how he
helped a policeman capture a negro
one daymany years ago while he was
a member of the city council of Co
lumbia. He was standing on a corner
early one morning when he saw a
husky negro in full flight, followed
by a policeman who was calling "catch
him! catch him!!" Being a member
of the council, he felt duty-bound to
assist the officer. Mr. Funderburk
was some thirty years youneer than
now and was nimble of foot, though
small of stature. He gave chase and
the fleeing one headed for one of the
city ' parks which was located in a
natural depression, to be reached only
by going down a long flight of steps
or by stumbling and falling' precipi
tately over rocks and undergrowth.
The self-appointed officer ebose the
latter route, and landed in the park
with at least two falls to bis credit
So swiftly did he pursurs that the
negro was soon overtaken and col
lared. With one hand on- an empty
hip pocket and the other In the negro's
collar and with much gusto he told
the negro how he would shoot the
life out of him at the batting of. an
eye. Talkative as usual, he opened
up on the negro by enquiring what
he had done and from whence he was
fleeing. The poor negro in humility
said, "I ain't done nothin'. Dey say
I'se got de smallpox, and I broke out
o' de pest house.1' With chat not fit
for these columns he parted company
with the negro about as hastily as
he had approached, and hurried for
the doctor. ' ,
The local post of the America Lfc
eion will srive a minstrel at the school
auditorium Friday night March third.
Adminission 15 and 25 cents. -
The high price of fertilizer is caus
ing the -farmer to hesitate. Very few
ears of fertilizer have reached Page
Ir.nd up to this date, whereas in
former years hundreds of tons were
hauled away by this time of year.
The cold weather earlier in the
month has caused much speculation
rs to Mr. B. Weevil's well being. Many
farmers think the damp and cold
weather was severe enough to destroy
most of these pests, while an equal
number, perhaps, think they will sur
vive and begin "nosing" into things
early in the season.
Mr. I.. J. Watford is laying down
material for the erection of a nice
bungalow on the south side of Mc
Gregor street between his residence
and Mr. J. Ii. Cato's. Work will be
gin at once.
"Jf I hadn't already laid my plans
"o farm this year I would not farm,
but would buy about two hundred
cows and yearlings and fence in my
whole place," said a farmer Wednes
day. Perhaps that would be over do
ing the thing a little, but we must
learn to raise more livestock and less
cotton.
The people of the Five Forks com
munity are loyal to their Maker, or
they have not heard about the hard
times of which so many people are
complaining, for they are going right
ahead with the erection f a hand
some Methodist Episcopal church on
the pot formerly occupied by the old
building, which has been moved across
the road out of the way. Messrs.
tubanks and funderburk, contractors,
are doing the wood work. The brick
work was done by the pastor of the
church, Rev. W. V. Jermon, who was
formerly a bricklayer by trade.
For several days Mr. Emmitt Red-
fearn of Hornsboro has been at death's
door, suffering from Brights disease
and other troubles. His relatives from
Birmingham, Asheville, Knoxville and
Richmond are at his bedside. He for
merly lived at Asheville and was a
conductor. He is a brother of Mrs.
Code Morgan of Monroe and Mr. Ray
mond Redfcarn of Lanes Creek town
shin. The street from the bunk i tie
Baptist church is being clayed and
shaped up. When completed this will
be one of the best streets in town.
"The people were all gore to the
funeral when I left" answered a man
Tuesday when asked as to conditions
in his home town. "Whose funeral "
anxiously asked a bystander. "The
town's I suppose. It is dead any
wry!" he replied. And this is an im
pression one is liable to get from
most any small town which draws its
trade from the rural sections. Things
are not booming, but trade is estab
lishing itself on a firmer basis thhn
in times when dollars looked like
nickels instead of cart wheels as at
present.
Students of the Unlonville High
School will present the "Old Maids
Convention" In the school auditorium
Saturday night, Feb. 25, at 7 o'clock.
The invitation is to "Come nnd !
the old maids transformed Into b?"'t
tlful young maidens before your
eyes." Admission Is 10 and lo cvuu
for two hours fun.
FLORIDA INDIANS
ABIDING CITIZENS
They Never Break Law Except
" Through Ignorance and Obey.
' ; It When It Is Known
MARRIAGE VERY BINDING
High Standard of Morality is Main
' taiiied and Gambling is Unknown
Among Them Many in Need
Most people in this section perhaps
have the idea that Indians are bad
foUts, but the following report from
Capt Lccien A. Spencer of Fort My
ers, Florida, indicates that the Florida
Indians are about the best citizens to
be found, so far as their knowledge
ol the law goes:
" The population of the Florida Sem
inoles is made up of two distinct
tribes, speaking different languages
tod having very little in common.
The northern tribe, locally known
as. the Caw Creeks, numbering 115,
speak the. Muskhogean language,
While the southern tribe, known lo
cally as the Big Cypress Indians, with
a. poulation of 339, speak a dialect
language known as the Miccosukee.
The population, made up of the two
tribes, is scattered over a territory
comDrisinar 9.000 square miles, in
Iwbieh there are no roads and prac-
rcaiy no white population.
During the Indian wars the low
Greeks and Miccosukees maintained a
defensive alliance, but did not mingle
socially, and to this day intermarriage
between the two tribes is of rare oc
currence. 'The Seminoles are an orderly peo
ple. They are divided into bands,
each under a headman who enforces
strict discipline and requires perfect
obedience to the unwritten code. When
a . statutory law is broken, it is due
to ignorance, and when the laws are
rtlade known to an Indian, no second
cise of violation has ever been re
corded against them. The local courts
recognize this fact, and usually the
judge seek to impress upon an In
dian who is undergoing trial the na
ture of the law that he has broken,
knowing that he will carry the news
of. this law to his people and thus
prevent it from being broken again.
The tribal laws of the Indians are
lust and inflexible, and if one is. vio
lated the erring one accepts the pen
alty, even though it be death itself,
without a protest
Indian-custom marriage still -prevails,
but such marriages are more
binding among them than legal mar
riage are among white people.
Probably no people on earth have
a higher standard of morality than
the Florida Seminoles, and it is not
a single standard.
The Indians have a high respect
for property rights and theft and ly
ing are serious crimes in their un
written code.
Gambling is unknown among them.
The domestic life of the Florida
Seminoles offers a great contrast to
that of most other Indians. The
women are treated with much con
sideration and their wishes control
family policy. The women perform
the greater part of the work about
the ramps, but not as menials; for,
indeed, they arc quite independent,
and are the financiers of the home.
The Seminole children are almost
perfect models of parental control,
such a thing cs willful disobedience
being of rare occurrence. The au
thority of the parents is maintained
without the harshness and severity
common in many white families, obe
dience being rendered as a tribute to
family law and not through fear of
punishment.
The house is a shack-like structure
suited to the semi-tropical country.
Every Seminole has a house; as soon
as a child is able to care for its own
simplest needs, it occupies a house
separate from its mother. The wife
has her home and the husband has
his, and they occupy their respective
homes, each living in a separate
house. .
The Seminole Indians are known as
the most healthy tribe in the United
States.
The year just closing has been a
season of distress for many of the
Seminoles. There was no demand for
fur or alligator hides, the only two
things that they deoend on to obtain
money with which to buy the neces
saries of life other than those which
they obtain through hunting. A cer
tain amount of illness has been caus
ed by tinder-nourishment among the
children, and an unbalanced ration
containing too much meat among the
adults. It was also necessary to fur
nish certain of the older Indians pro
visions in order to prevent famine
conditions.
The United States government holds
26,7-11.72 acres of land for the use
and benefit of the Florida Seminoles.
An industrial policy has been outlined
looking toward the establishment of
an industrial center on the largest
tract of this land (17.2S0 acres), situ
ated in Lee County. Indian office ad
vanced $2,207 of its own fund.
Seven thousand dollars has been
appropriated for the year 1922 and
every cent will be needed to prevent
ccutal suffering and keep the present
plant from deteriorating.
The idea of the industrial policy is
to make these Indians ge'f-support-ing
and not a constant drain upon
eovernment funds. With the disap
pearance of game and the occupancy
of the land by white se'tlers, si-no
provision must b mde frr tf'e'e In
'iens. With uffie'en appropriations
t'lis cm be accomplished in less than
the ;vsrs, while, en the other hand,
Continued on Page Eight)
PKESLDENT CHASE STATES
UNIVERSITY WAS SHOCKED
Young Icemaa Was a Favorite at the
Hill His Life Was Full of Fine
Qualities and Possibilities
Chapel Hill, Feb. 22. I feel that I
should like to say to the people of
Monroe through your columns ' how
deeply the University has been shock
ed and grieved by the death of Charles
Iceman, Jr. The people of Monroe
knew him. The tragedy is deepened
for all of us by the thought of the
fineness and the promise of his young
life. Charles was a friend of every
one who knew him, and I do not know
of any young man who was more
deeply loved by his associates. His
life was a clean, straijrht-forward life,
and he had picked for his close friends
men whom the campus knew and re
spected. He would, I am confident,
have made for himself a fine career
had h; been spared.
The accident in which he lost his
life teems to have occurred through
no fault whatever of anybody in the
car. The lights of the car were burn
ing, and it seems not to have been
running at an excessive rate of speed.
At the point of the accident the ap
proach is hidden on the left by a large
fertilizer factory, and it was from
behind this factory that the engine
came. I may add that the testimony
of the undertakers proves beyond the
shadow of doubt that no one of the
victims of the accident had been
drinking on that fatal night. I know
that it is totally unnecssary to make
such a statement for the sake of
Charles' reputation, but I make it in
order that it may be clear that the
party with which he was riding had
conducted itself properly all along.
Charles himself had not even attended
the dance, but had gone with the boys
because there was an extra seat in
the car, which they asked him to fill,
and had spent the time with friends.
I do not know when the University
has been so profoundly stirred with
sorrow as by this tragic happening,
and I want to take this opportunity
of assuring the friends of Charles in
Monroe of our deep sympathy.
Very truly vours,
H. W. CHASE, President
SUMTER PHYSICIAN ENDS
HIS LIFE IN CHARLOTTE
Dr. Frank K. Holman Drained Con
tents of Vial of Calbolic Acid
, Wednesday Night
The Charlotte Observer of today
tells the following story of the tragic
death of a prominent Sumter phy
sician: Dr. Frank K. Holman well-known
physician of Sumter, S. C, was found
dead in a bath room of the Tranquil
Sanitorium yesterday morning at 8
o'clock. He had ended his own life
by drinking carbolic acid, it was of
ficially stated.
Despondent over ill health, catarrh
and stomach trouble, the deceased had
gone into his bath room placed a
pillow beneath his head and drained
the contents of the phail of poison.
He was only slightly burned about
the lips.
He purchased the acid at a local
store on Tuesday, it was said, and at
the time the clerk hesitated about
selling it to him; but the persistence
of Dr. Holman caused him to make
the sale.
The deceased had been suffering
for some four or five years and had
gone from one hospital to another
seeking to obtain relief but to no avil.
Coroner Frank Hovis was sick yes
terday and did not view the remains,
it was stated. Those at the sani
tarium stated that no inquest was
necessary, that it was a plain case of
u cide.
The body was discovered by his
nurse yesterday morning when he
failed to respond to the call for the
morning meal. She went to his room
and discovered him lying prone upon
the bath room floor. Lite was ex
tinct. The deceased was graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania med
ical school in 1901, and had been
practicing medicine since that time.
He owned large farm interests and
had considerable cotton mill and bank
stock.
He was 47 years old.
Dr. Holman is survived by his
widow and two small children.
No arrangements had been made
for the funeral last night, though it
was thought relatives would arrive
in the city today to convey the body
to Sumter for internment.
A MOTHEIt'S PRAYER
(Contributed.)
Make me, ch God, a mother kind and
true;
Give me the grace of Patience each
day thru.
Make me a friend that counsels well
and wise;
Keep me e'er faithful to my trust,
'til death does close mine eyes.
Make me, as wife, a helpmeet strong
and brave;
Let me not vain and worthless pleas
ures crave.
Make me a servant, Lord, of all man
hind: Lo3ing myself, may I my brother
f.r.d.
Make mo, der.r Lord, a child most
truly thine;
Give of thy spirit, prace enough for
mine.
Mom oe. Feb 14, 1922.
POISON THOSE
BOLLWEEYTLS
Ten Rules Are To Be Observed
and Great Care Used Will
Be a Few Failures
MUST STICK TO THE FINISH
Franklin Sherman, Chief Etomolof ist.
State Department Agriculture
Says It Can Be Done
Raleigh. Feb. 22. During 1S2I
the boll weevil is due to inflict hea
y damages in the Counties of Union.
Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Robe
son and eastward. Farmers and coun-
ty agents are asking us about the
poison method. This article as a par.
tial answer others may follow.
Some recommtedationg for meet
ing the boll weevil problem are of
three kir.dj Tirst, to grow some
thing else in place of cotton. Second,
to use sucn varieties of cotton and
such methods of culture as will pro
duce a fair yield in spite of the
weevil. Third, the picking of the
weevils, destroying fallen squares,
poisoning the weevils, etc. This third
class Is known as the direct reme.
dies because they aim at reducing
the weevil population.
The poison method, using pure dry
calcuim arsenate dust, is the newest,
and offers the best chance to the
careful grower. It has developed
chiefly through the work of Mr. B.
R. Coad, of the United States de
partment of agriculture at Tullulah,
La. For four years before 1917.
small plot tcbts were made, and fi
nally uniform gains were secured of
from 250 to 1,000 pounds of seed
cotton to the acre. In 1317 several
hundred acres were under test In
1918 about 35,000 acres In 1919,
about 75,009 acres. Through all this
time the general results were profit
able, and lessons were learned from
(he failures.
State workers tried it from Tex
as, Alabama and Georgia ( not To men
tion all) bulletins have been issued.
The general concensus of results (not
mere opinion) U that the method is
practicable and profitable, but all
(and this includes Mr. Coad also)
point out that care is needed, that
lack of thoroughness makes for fail
ure, and that rains are likely to in
terfere. All these matters are cover
ed in condensed form by circular
No. 162. "Some Rules for Poisoning
the Cotton Boll-Weevil" by Coad and
Cassidy. The Interested farmer should
writ lo t S ripnartnipnt nf uprlriil-
tre, Washington, D. C., for that
circular.
By 1920 many farmers dusted
their own cotton, some with proper
care, and others not. About 5,000
tons of calcium arsenate were sold
for cotton d ust in k In states from
Tesas to South Carolina. Of course
they were falluers. Causes for fail
ure were: Too few dustings, too long
Intervals between dustings, machines
too smalt for acreage undertak
en. Mr. Coad made many Inquiries
and concluded: "While there were
many failures, there were many more
successes, and on the whole the ex
perience for the season showed more
plainly than ever that it is possible
to control the weevil if the work is
done properly. It emphasizes the re.
peated advice of the department 'Do
It right or not at all.' My facts and
quotations from Mr. Coad are taken
chiefly from the U. S. department
agricultural year book for 1920.
We learn that the manager of a
large cotton-growing syndicate In
Mississippi, having tested out the
poison method in 1921 with 40 tons
of calcium arsenate, Is now ordering
100 tons for the work in 1922. And
we know that the chemical and
machine firms are placing their goods
on sale' in many places, including
points in North Carolina. Large
quantities of poison for 1922 are
stored at Richmond, Atlanta and
other points.
It Is the coming method. It is still
new. It is still under study and im
provement and we hope that this will
continue but the basis, the founda
tion of it Is beyond the stage of ex
periment. So many are using the
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... i i n vit iitii ( i vnunui ir nuuri tin'
ed by official workers. Surely care
less ones will try It and fall. There
may be failures even among the care,
ful ones. Dut among those who are
careful and studious we shall expect
many more successes than failures.
(iuhlins lolnts For Weevil Poisoning
1. The farmer should bo careful
and studious. He should study the
methods beforehand.
2. The land should have a natur
al caraclty of om half bale per acre
or more the pol -on method cannot
atone for poor land.
3. Wo'.k toward a reasonably ear.
ly' setting of the bools (approved va
rieties and meihodj of culture.)
4. The costi range from $4 to 18
the sere for the season. The number
of dustlnss needed will range from
three to six.
5. The gains range from 200 t"
400 pounds seed cotton a year the
extremes run touch higher and mucO
lower. .
m . .
o. iuncnin?s maae tor me
purpose of cotton dutitiir.
7. Use pure calcium arsenate ai
a dry dust, not mixed wita any other
material.
8. The work should be done et
nitht. Georgia tests show day duEt-in-'s
to be better than none at til.
9. Ductings should begin when
over 10 per cent of the squares sro
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