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THE GASTONIA, (N. C. DAILY GAZETTE
TUESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1922.
rr.
(General Boll Weevil Divides
prop With the Farmers But He
fWill Take All if He Can Get It
i
in?!- tid tut A. They iimuuI- tim in spring? A. Sever. Home cornel ity
ke i.r a. Ut of money In forej out of winter quarters too
; their methods. ! starve- or freeze, hut other
cm demand recognition? A.lcKtra good hotels, always
a-
riliglllj
Tli.u
early and! much worse la wet
wi
a,
tTells Why He Hates a Good Farmer and Loves
the rriends Who ttelp rlim - An interview
With the Boll Weevil.
in
For this reason weevil daman iaj quick maturing variety; they also eulti-
summer. , I rat the crop rapidly on W a aides of
which havei What happens if a farmer covers i the row at least oneo a week, and keen
wait long) these square witk dirt while plowing nisi after m and our eggs, i
ml wli.it if takes t convert ti enough tit he safe when they eorao out. cotton.? A. They a re more apt to hatch n an,u t.mnT. rht ; .;n!
h id. ting Thomas" I've got it. I When are all weevil out of hiberna-'iu dry weather. other ways? A. Yen. TheyleB up'
i-.- ''i ytiii like rt t about I tion ? A. By or before cotton begin to ' How deep would they have, to bo eov- mn, hum" n trash, grass, weeds, etc '
h;.; . A. The i'aet that most of thej flt 'on squares. I ered to keep the weevil from coming within 21M) feet of tb? cotton field during
-,.,. like -ll.m l.ut well an, fc-ha, ,, , ww.rji $m after j "t wtien hatched ? A. Almiit 4 im-hes. ,, wjter. tfomrtrnie they pile- thin
' wakinir nr. from his Ion.' nan? A. Crow- hat to goo.1 Tanners do with thi-xet hefore frost and fool na Intn nstn'
II '.o vou l:k ...tt'iTi.' A. Let- ,.,. wiunrcs? A. 1'iek and bum them everv ! 41 r .. : 1. tk .1. 1
! How doe he feet? A. Very weak!1'' "r ""' the weevil begin toj jJUrll ll(1 hiel nnil . Km-H farmera do !
your little e.ne:amI hunKrv. I migrate from other fields in August. j not Kta ,av n(.ar ttip rott0n fields and
,.f ,Mttn. cither ... , p o? x Ci0l.n nnfil ht "'hat i the prartieal value of mieh a;r.itll(.r (lo x,vy ,,iinf to,, ,.is(. to
"' '"II"- find, '.rrnwin cotton or die. in the ',r;u-,',ef. A It k..a the increase of lmrnl, ., oth;., l.uildingH. Few if any
V Npiures. run.. weevils down 10 a minimum ami enamea;0f n,i them for a winter hotel then.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
!u yon l:k
. t i'Im'
'..hi r.-.iv
the fra'.t
s i.r ijeiii.'i
DR. CHAS. O. DeLANEY
Announeea the oCBiag of his offiee
in the Eagan .tJiiihlirig. I'ractiee
Limited to GenitOrUrinary DiHeaea.'
(.Monroe Journal. 1
'Tlie Ih.I1 wr.-vil eoiitirliies to ti.lk,"
Jii-aid Mr. W. '.. nt k m r, b.ij.i rinten.knt
itiif the Monroe l.:;in ot the Southern
"Cotton Oil Company. Lot nowhere has
,'iie Sltukeii nil i huge and iii'enting a
lit .did t Mr. .1. 1'. U :merly of
jiliishopville. Mi. y.mu rf 1- county
jlfigent and so!i:e tune ;i!i he n.ii called
ijitpon by a man who i-l wl.oie army of
ijweevils 011 hiN farm, lie . ui out and
'Sliiet the leader of the whole triiie. the
'old boil weevil eiicial, and had a long
Jnlk with him. Die general was 1a!k
.jiitive awl leeiiu g.md.
. ?. "The general na in an ojitimistie
'Blood and will i.lea-ei with the results
f this year's cainpaigii. :.ltlnugh ad
niitting some alarm over niiat iua.' hap
pen next year if the opposition should
?be as general and determine I as it was
A. Tu e!
tirely.
What i
tiden.e. ...I
Oil a . nun 1
Can a :
crop lie ;
the count
pract i. a I.
one-thiri! c
velvet beau
hineous 1 -r..
small e,ram
lor le.e, an
Ale ou
miciy an
i lie
0 .rut t i'i
It i e bit
j.low :
1 rii.eil
. A'
.le.l he
1-0! Toll t li-
r in
i 11
I
joi
t: l '
What does he do?
find growing cotton
........... hi 1..
.. ..... i.i.or t ; "
. t " v... .... ! If he finds cot ton what doea he .
lie htoi.s 111 the liei.l nenrefi wnere
do?
both soring
.1 oung IkiIIs
ny p.
lie
r.
hi; a gen
Ion. oue I hii'l
, n,l tin
. -,l, li a-
1.1y, pa u!.
i. her k
the boll We.
hk.
I .a la 11.
potato
I"
farmer pud.!. 111 .' A.
farmers ciianol meet I he
out t he M-iiipat l.y. 1 n.-.
.support of their baiil:. r-,
t neielv - la
I olilv
1.0 HO
1 TaM l.a
or- I e
IU
lai e.i
tllf'li
mer.aati
Old
,1 t.
d.
ion some farms tins
ear. He admitted
that t Ixi He fell. ins who are making from
three-quartern to a baie per acre certain
ly gave him the surprise ti tr ht of his life.
J ' Quite naturally, the first question
tanked was: (i.uernl, how do you like
Lee- county, iSoutl. Carolina.'" and to
which he replied with a chtnkl.
the
help
1;
J have never seen ninny plna.
' Kino,
that I
aliked better. "
IThcii followed ninety eight other (pies
ions which he nns.veied promptly and
'definitely, leaving the 1in;.r ysioii that he
tknew whenlof he Kpoke.
f Are you planninjj to stay here indefi
nitelf A. Vesi, sir; my mind is fully
Jinado un as to that.
I Then you are not afraid of freezing
next winter? A. Not at all. for 1 have
..'nil. .i.ii.i .. . i 1 ......
I What does that mean? A. That I
am here aud here to stay. You may tell
the farmers of Lee county that I am
going to " share-crop ' ' cotton with them
every year in the future
I What per cent do ; 0.1 take for your
share. General? A. That varies, from
Jyear to year and on different farms the
(game year, dcpeii I in;.; on weather ondi
tiona nn.l the fight putjip bv the indivi
slutil farmer. My poli. is "All if pos-
professiioual
etc.
How can
withdrawing all credit, hue 1
only as a last r.sort in .a.-- 1
sity, and by lending their support
cooperation in liiiding means l 1
diiciug and mark, ting the n.-v. .io
In other words, new conditions
num.! ii.-w methods.' A. lA.i t .
Io you d"Vote all 011r time an
'ention to cotton? A. Absolutely
thmigii we are often license. ( until
i!e get ucipiainted with us. of
iliinys as poisoiiint: I . I.i e k I . I .' n . . :
fruit, and l.ree.liin; in sheep bans.
Jlow long have y.'.i be. 11 in tins ,
try.' A. We came from MeMo
year-, ago.
How did VOU get to l.ee coulltv.'
lg. I-
I't. . pos
v inter
w into
;. fte
pllllo
v find
I ) not realie
in pun. t ured.
, Hint l.ee coull
mke late appli-
nt' and sum-
s,; v. it
d the tinest
iin of.
e growing
.' A. Yes,
hotels. ;
vour hotels'
r before and J
I he lirst kill-1
nig t
-pell I 1 1,
. N
1
nt p
pe
hot
.1- lu
ll the
winter in the
(inly grown
the winter.
::'r than cot
Is.' A. Oh,
'i lye in the rub
4 l edges or tor
is. or logs, 'in
ling-, etc., au.v
t ion.
Ion field where
will von go in
spent the winter ami get on me mrgi-si
.stalk he sees, sucks the bud leave und
exainines that and nearby stalk every
day to see if tiny have t.ogun to put On'
squares. ,
Hoes this n"ect the cotton? Yes. the
lull leaves turn black, curl a little and!
look lis though thoy had been-scalded orj
frost bitten.
Can the weevils be found at that time
A. Ye, easily in thq morning or lato
afternoon in the buds.
vi... t .b. .......I farmers do at this
time? A. Kick us off. Children
lifo.i oil ..f us if paid-to do so. so
.'I weevil. I
Do the weevils more about in early j
I spring.' A. Very little if any. ,
What do you do when cotton tieguis to
' Mit on squares? A." Stop sucking the,
; 1 ...k 1 i.eirin to nuncture the, squares
i... -.... iMrmers take advantage of enemy
j (bis liabitf A. You bet. They plant
iv.ieit fi.ev (all "trnii rows" which nre
more cotton to be 111n.de on the bottom
and middle of the stalks.
Have you any promise from the Lord
to strike with lightning thow- who burn
If a good farmer is uniible to get the
eotton stalks cut and plowed under lie-
fore frosl, what lo'S he do? A. TTo
does this as soon as possible before
DR. J. C SMALL
CHIROPRACTOR
407-408 Tint Nat; 'Bank Building
Phones J35 and 84S-J
Consultation Tree To AH.
the riuares containing egges and young) frost.
weevils? A. Norn- whatever. The Lord ; what is the liest method of destrov
n ill no more punish people for lighting,1 nf, ,otton utailks? A. Cut them by go
ing UM and down the rows with a three
weevils than tlie ami grass,
Js it true that if one of your soldiers
in killed or an egg burned in a square I
that two spontaneously . come to ttikei
-their places? A. .Not at all. We only
find
mo. h
produce l.y nature s met ho. 1, wlueli n
quires about three weeks from nn egg to
maturity.
lienerul, who are the best friends of
bull weevils? A. Farmers who are not
afraid of us. mild winters, wet summers.
and plenty of soda on the cotton during'
summer.
Have you any enemies? A. Yes, sev
eral, but a good farmer is the greatest
enemy we have.
Why is a good farmer your greatest
A. Hecatise he is afraid of us.
we are a menance to cotton pro-
G. B. POWELL
OSTEOPATH
202 Realty Building
Office Phone 161
Residence Phone 601
realizes
tuctiou,
our i penenci
learns all he can from tlie ex
of others, reduces his cotton
....... .....i.- u..ii fertilized rows neti r
'i......u nf course we conirrv I acreage, and tights lis all the year. He
gate on this early cotton because it bo
gins to fruit lirst.
Then what do those farmers do.' A
Thev pick and kill about all
of us
so many
on
to
of
Is .
A. Sddi
111,
if
I . . t.
ag.- si.
Texas
Some
si hie" and I m never sntislied with'
jkleSs, and
Hon.
la there nnv
ways got al ie.-ist the top cot-
Hy annual successive migrations .
survived many winters that were as cold ing about tin miles
"... S...1.1... ft.,, it e.-i.t- t.etu li.-ri- Have von f.l.llol allv l.la. e w In I'i
farmers are prepared for vou ? .
They never believe we are coming 01
sinoiint to much until we dmn t
They sin Texas has had weevil
1 years mid raises more cotton than
fore we went there.
Is that true? A. Ye, but
plants four tunes the ud
then.
How much cotton could
raise without weevils? A
about ten 111 ill inn bales.
Have you ever stopped the pru.lu
of cotton in nnv country? A.
practically o, in a lew (lulf and Casi
1 (unities.
Have you ever stopped cotton produc
tion in a county with-a rainfall, s.il,
winter temperature, aud other .oinli
lions similar to this county? A. No,
but I have always inamigei to Im the
biggest and most determining factor in
lilable bv a cotton production in such counties.
reduced eot,ton ncreage. van our farmers hope to raise cotton
j What have farmers been most apt to j in the future by the same methods and
do in other-sections ? A. Kitlier plunge I on as large 11 scale an before? No. The
iiieavily into iicvv crops and lose money or
jjive up hope and lose their labor.
Wliat is the worst possible mistake?
fet "
dry
...la',
l 1 i I
A.
1 a c
lv.
anv
spend
aniiot
tl
U a
ican
one remedy that fanners
use To minimize your snare or ine
ferop. A. Xo. That can only, be done
fby eomhinations of different remedies.
t What are the biggest problems your
-presence will pisesent to Lee county farm
yrst A. What to rai and how to best
flnarket those crops that .an and will be
grown on the lwnd made
I'eVas
. .lid
a !nno
think
t ion
Ye-.
1 ..;!
hot.
to
We
kind. ;
a use. tor a ,
winter like 1
. iieces-.;! rv ! hat be' I
of iiii body by evap- 1
fioni freoing. This j
'v take place when ,
red ..lace or in drv
II v. . . i i 1 1 a
. Ne.
t van,
i li lr
good winter hotels ?
u fail to do so and
-pring.
nt of the weevils in
average winter. A.
ire.- per cent or leps
a- high as forty in
those rows und do not have
'light in the fields later.
What happens soon after cotton b gins'
to ..ut on squares? A. The hen weevils
l,.g"in to lay egfK, carefully sealing up,
one to a square.
How many eggs does an avearge wee-
v',1 lay? A. About 140 and she lays'
i hem within a few days or winks at most,
Then she usually dies, having fulfilled j
her mission in life. I
How about the rooster weevils? A.
They live inin-li longer than the hens, j
sometimes a whole summer.
What does it mean when a hen weevil
is killed before she has begun to lav,
also rotates his crops, diversities, grows!
'egumes winter and summer, uses lime, 1
fences his farm and grows more or less j
livestock.
What else do good farmers practice
that you particularly dislike? A. Thry
prow velvet beans in every acre of their
corn, and grain witth vetch in part of
it i very winter, in their cotton fields. i
Why do you dislike velvet beans so'
much f A. They always look like thei
best kind of n w inter hotel, but when we
lodge in them, the'hog and cattle pester
us all winter while eating the beans; and1
long before spring has come that good
farmer is riding all over that lield with j
his disc harrow fallowed with a two
how plow.
Ikies that affect you? A. Why it'
kills the last one of us, every time. i
Do vou dislike velvet beans for any'
or four nude disc harrow.
Does a good farmer burn stalks or
anything off his fields? A. Never. He
knows that Ids land needs that stuff to
make humus and that an acre of cotton
stalks is worth about 12 for fertilizer.
What do weevils do when the farmer
begins to cut und plow under stalks ear
ly in the fall? A. We have to leave
his farm or starve.
Whv ? A. UcH'ause we never eat any-
i thing except green cotton and cannot
j live longer than ten or fifteen (lays in
the fall without it.
i Why do you not go to sleep for the
I winter? A. Nature will not let us do
tbyt until cold weather,
i Where do you go if the farmer de-
I stroys your food? A. Wherever we can'
'find growing cotton. Any man who has
j it is our friend. j
j When frost comes do you all go back
; whence you came 1o find a winter hotel?!
I No. We spend the winter with the man
I who fed us when we were hungry. If he j
I failed to destroy stalks in the fall, he i
! will not be apt to clean up in winter or j
I'M a net t us ii mi rtiiui t i in titr ri iiij-i t
W. W. GALLOWAY
ATPITOR IA
Public AecoaaUnt. Bank Eiam
iner and Office Syitcmatiier
Charlotte tai Atlanta Office!
Residence GASTONIA, N. C.
P. 0. Bo 35S
JOHN E. ECK
Public Accountant
Audita, Systens, Coat Findingi
203 First National Bank
Phoaei:
Officii 627 Bwidenee 846 L
eggs.'
m I Id winter
Which ,.
I e til" W
i cache. ! 'hi
hnv, h.i.l :
; rest . oin. -
What .!,.
A. N..ihi:i
infer wit!
sin i." .
Ho von
A. Yes.
. TV warm.
What ha
old system ot "all cotton' cannot .sur
vive my presence.
What happens to farmers who refuse
.' A
of about two ixiunds. ot seed cotton Ui-1
rectly and no telling hpw much indirect
ly, by preventing that weevil from having i
descendants.
Weevils multiply very rapidly, do they!
(ieneral? A. Hather. It has been esti-1
T'iHte.1 that tlie possible total descendants j
of three hen weevils in one season would,
fill a room ten feet by ten feet by ten
t feet high.
luring the winter?' About how many weevils would that;
in live through the !.. .' A. Forty million, I dare sav. more
like tlies, frogs aud I or less. !
j What happens to a square if it is pune.- ;
mi- wake up before spring ? I t iiii'd ? A. It usually drops to the;
in of us do. if the weather is' ground within a week or tetn days. j
I If it contains an egg, what is most
pens in sued a else? A. The; necessary for the young weevil's develop-1
old weather usually kill all ! meiit .' A.
mate weevils. j and drv. a
Where do you start out in the spring?
A. On the cotton nearest where we spent
the winter.
When do you go back to the good
farmer's cotton? A. About the first of
August or whenever we have finished
with our friend's cotton.
What does the good farmer do when
he sees you coming? A. He stops pick
ing squares and gays: "Come on and
help yourselves to the top crop. 1 have
a bale per acre made licsiilos that."
What happens? A. He fore we can
are most likelv to sur
A Those that have
just prior to f rust and
y of good food before
We
. .. i
It simply means the saving! other reason? A. They cause- the land l finish his top crop the rest is open or so
to warm up earlier in spring, which en- j near that we can hurt very little of it.
aides the cotton to come up earlier, suf-
fer less from cut worms and lice, and ! " ""
grow off so fact that it easily gets a- fcTS.
head of me, if the farmer picks the
early weevils nn.l squares and good
fanners do that.
Why do yon dislike cover crops so
much? A. They necessitate the early
destruction of stalks and keep the field
damp or wet all winter.
Do good farmers handicap you in
other ways? A. Yes, in every possible
manner.
What aro somo of them? A. They
prepare their lapd well, plant their cot
ton as early as it can lie safely planted,
fertilize it well with a thick well balanc-
Moisture. If it is very hot ed fertilizer best suited to each type of
a rue percent of such weevil 1 soil, use all their soda under the cotton
CHAS. C. WILSON
Architect
If ember Am. Soc. C. E.
Home Offica
804-5-6-7 Palmetto Building
Columbia, S. C.
Brunch Offices
208 First National Bank Bid, .
Gaitonia, N. C.
Ernest Coats, Mgr.
101 Davia Building, Wilson, N. C.
G. R. Berry-man, Kgr.
Army Salvage Co.
19 E. Main Ave.
at Saunders Pressing Club
All kinds of Army Goods
Cheap. Rain Coats Special.
NEW CHERRYVILLE, BESSEMER
CITY AND GASTONIA JIT
NEY SCHEDULE.
Leaves Cherryville at 7 : -'to
1 :.'!0 p. in.
at 10:.:0 a.
a. in. and
and
City for Castonia. S
for Cherryville
Citv
in.
wake mi at the some parch up and die before reaching matnr-jor just after chopping.
early,;!
Ijcavcs (instotiin
4 : 15 p. ni.
Leaves Bessemer
a. m. and 2 p. in. '
Leaves Hesseiner
j 1 1 a. m. and 4 :4.) p,
I FARE:
Cherryville to 0ftftWl!,i
I Cherryville to Bessemer City 4c
, Bessemer City to Castonia .'!.e.
! V'e will get you the.ro on time. We
j need your business to finance the line.
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Books Close Feb.
4th
Register where You Last Voted
rosrrrAi
FI Ff TOW
This election for the building of a tuberculosis sanatorium where hundreds of good Gaston county citizens
will be restored to health is going to be lost unless somebody votes for it. And you cannot vote unless you have
registered. See the registrar for your voting precinct.
An entirely new registration has been ordered for this election. To vote you must register. If you register
and don't vote, you are voting against the hospital.
The registration books close Saturday, February 4. You have only the remainder of this week and next to
attend to this matter. See your registrar at once. Do not delay. You have neglected this election long
enough. Do not put it oil any longer.
JN0. G. CARPENTER, Chairman Hospital Election Campaign Committee
Register NOW!
Vote Later
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