ilGIITING WITH FIRE
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GRASSHOP
PERS IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
Baralasr Them Oat Faaad Ba the
Moat EsTaetlva Meaa at Deatrejrfac
. Pasta, Which Threat Graat Daat.
;;ft ta Tatatlaa. '
'' ' (Special Correspondence,) : ,.-.:
i'-'i, Sacramento, July 30.-rentral Callfor-
'ola has been invaded by atvsst army of
lirassboppers hlch threatens with de
struction the pasture,' crops, orchards
' and vineyards of a large section of the
tatev,The. situation is most serious In
v El j Dorado, placer ,and Sacramento
counties, where a systematic fight has
been begun against the invaders, in
Which have been enlisted, the services
of Professors Wood worth and Clarke of
the State university. Various weapons
are employed, but the most effective Is
to burn out the young Insects before
they are able to fly wherever the use of
Are is practicable. v . . , ; , j
Mayor's Court
, Isac Brown, colored, lor breach o! the
peace In engaging In an affray was found
guilty and fined f 1, and coats.
Isaac Brown tor assaulting Jim
Hooker, not guilty.
Will Brown, colored, was up for
breach of the peace, and being found
guilty was asked to contribute to the
towa exchequer the sum of f I, and costs,
'Elbert AJbritton, colored, was op
fore his honor charged with two offenses
against peace and dignity of the town,
one for assaulting Nora Albritton, coir
ored, and one tor belug riotous and di
orderly, be was adjudge guilty In both
cases and fined S3 la the first and 13 In
the second. 7. 77 77,7.7
' Frank Pats and Ed Sumiell were In
dicted for using vulgar and profane Ian
gnage and had to pay $3 each and costs,
Robert Simmons had been imbibing too
freely and had to answer to his honor
tor being drank on the streets Sunday,
$2 and coits he was asked for.
The eases of L. D. Merrltt, J. H. Haw.
kins and W. L. Mason, which were held
Professor Clarke hat .been living
among the grasshoppers since they ow Saturday's court, were
made their appearance. He says they disposed of. " Not gufltiy as to" Mer
are the locusts which appear, periodical- rltt. and niltv as to the other two.
Hawkins and Mason appealed to the
ly. The only way to fight them In. the
pasture lands is to burn them out, but
In orchards and vineyards trenches and
other systems may be used. , ;,
- There is only slight danger from the
burning of the fields, when the work Is
properly managed, but a few acres of
orchard were destroyed the first week
; of the campaign. " '
The breeding grounds of the grass
noppers in this section cover some 8,000
acres of more or less untiJlable rocky
land which is used for pasturage and is
of small value for this, renting, as it
does, f or 15 cents per acre annually.
This- pasture land is today literally
warming with young hoppers which
have not yet attained wings. Fighting
them wjth fire is not now such a diffi
cult task,', but when the myriads can
take to their wings and float away on
tbe breezes the conditions are seriously
changed,' and that is why the scientists
have been strenuously urging the early
use of fire. t , , .
There is no possibility of closely com
puting the numbers of the little green
Invaders that perish In the fires, Cen
aus figures of the locust legions within
the borders of the state would reach
Into untold millions, into'almoBt innu-
meratie millions or millions. ,
superior court. It is claimed by some,
that Merrltt, who is principal of the col
ored graded school, Is not popular with
his people, and that.thls row Is the out-
Caesar Gaeklns, colored, was before
Mayor Webb yesterday charged with
larceny of a bundle of clothes from
another colored man at Mr. H. W. Cum-
mlngs' store. The evidence showed that
tbqugh Caesar got the clothes no Intent
to steal was proven as Le also had some
bundles on the counter, and picked this
one up thinking It was his. The bundle
was recovered by the owner and the
prisoner was discharged. - 1
DOVER,
August 11.
Rev. Mr. Llueberry, principal of Wester
ville high school, preached In the school
building 8unda.v and accompanied the
pastor, Rev. J. B. Newton, to his home
at Ft. Barnwell, to preach there Sunday
night. ,.',! ;v -Misses
Winnie Oldham of Wilson hospi
tal and Sue Wilson of Klnston spent last
Thursday with relatives here. Hiss Old
ham is a trained nurse and has been on
professional duty at Klnston and Snow
Hill. .The writer was pleased to have
her visit bis home and to find that she
fc-MJP'Sf H ? atecsj0f this I knew her as little Winnie, two years old,
nas grown to oe sucn an amiaoie ana
winning young lady. ' - '' - f
The fioldsboro Lumber company has
put in another trimmer to enable them
to buy and handle other lumber besides
the large output of their own sawmill.
Ron your eye over
your reflected face in your truthful mirror. Is It
such as Nature gave you in color and smoothness
v':'1 ' Fauf .mi'"-' '
Keep out the pesty Hies
by hviov your. Poors
and Windows fitted with
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them to fit
make
any door or window.
Come and see our Idea), and 20th Qentury
Ice Cream Freezers;
kind Captain fC. lU Hawk, a Sacra men
to owner of Placer county rancbnrop-
erty made ah estimate of he numbers
Of grasshoppers on his' property. ' - He
found 800 of the Insects to the foot, or
, about 12.000,000 to the acre. On a
ranch of 600 acres at these figures, be
states, there would, be 7,200.000,000 of
the insects. The number in a township
would reach beyond calculation, and Jn
all the threatened counties they would
be as uncountable as the leaves of the
Ha
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It gives a complexion that makes a lady ; look
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It is a LIQljlD,' easily applied and sold by druggists at 75c
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Architect an;) Superintendent,
MAIN OFFICK, NFWBBRN, N. C. ,
: BKAKCH OFFICS, XINSTON, N. C.
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Man' star Klnston Office.
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Wt ara klad to report that Mr.' Joh
E. Hill, who has been critically 111 for
several weeks vfth typhoid fever, ac
Mrs. A. 6 J Dixon, whose condition was
very serious for a few da; s, are both con
valesclng.
Mioses Winnie Oldham nf Wilson and
Sue Wilson of Klnston. and Messrs. Yin
rent Murray of Charleston, 8. C, and
trees.;,: The amount . of damage this
great swarm would do If Its Invasion Luther Oldham of Greenville, N. C, spent
"Is unchecked Is incalculable. " ' 1 8unda at Mr. Geo. B. Wilson's.
Despite iMnnanimous declaration of Wt hear that crops In this vlcfnity,
the scientists that burning of the fields
Is the best method of fighting the hop-
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though they have suffered some from
drought, are quite promising now. thoa
on the swamn lauds of Messrs. Beth and
Geo,, K. West and John W. Bhem being
wepeclalJy fine.
We . recently beard a lady say of
young gentleman that when he went to
get a shave he forget to tell the barber
that he had a moustacbo ana let turn
shave his npper lip. .
Mrs. William Arnold had a chicken
killed Sunday morning that seems to
hv much twnsct-v of 1". Being hard
to ca'oi. s e got he ne'sbor. Mr. A
Uiiuu. to ebuut It. Mr. Uixon shot two
rifle balls through the chicken's head,
and It then was run down, caught and
Its bead chopped o3 before lire was given
up. This Is a f t none of that pious
brothers bear yiuits. ';
We are 1c' rmed.' tbat Bev. t. W. Fer
ries of Goldsboro Is expected to preach In
the Presbyterni thnrca t-tt Sunday
mornln? and n' It.'' Lev. A.F. Iisrhton
of tbe( , : "ia church has 1 ndlng
inpc' :,' t to preach n t 1 tiLool
bu' yw-PT' pi,
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stem xv tninsu foothills rx-
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f at. c aea 1 ave t een persist,
ent in eZtta to protect tl;elr' rangss,'
and at one place a vigilance commit'
tee was organized to prevent applica
tion of the match. The owners of the
pastors laeds assert; that fully 550,000
head of stock -1U depend this fall on
, t' a Cry gTsais J tiiat ruin would rei
jolt from a gcaeral use of fire as a
means cf protection afainst the lava
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.ameg't' orrro'a of fe " "I propi
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'such matters. strictly confidential, so parties' can
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t ments for them, and, of course, we would not advise
an investment we would not make ourselves if we had
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from which silvery streams of dlvl' in.la
have been flowlrv tor over thirty y?-s
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