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VOL XIV.
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, t909.
10.45.
iRIEF CULUNGS Of NORTH STATE NEWS
lews of Interest Gleaned from All Sections of the State and
Arranged For Busy Readers
)ESTEUCTION OF TERRAPIN BUG
the Pests Before They Multiply
How to Do It.
The following information issuing
from the North Carolina Agricultural
Experiment Station is of decided in
terest and importance to those in the
ie of its beneficience.
The annual loss caused by terrapin
bug? sucking the life out of collards,
jcabbages, turnips and allied plants is
difficult to estimate accurately, but
certainly amounts to thousands of
dollars in North Carolina. A large
proportion of this loss may be pre
vented if farmers, gardners and
truckers will take the trouble to col
lect or in some way destroy the bugs
that first appear this spring. We
have conclusive evidence that such
work may be made a paying invest
mrnt. We cannot, however, con
4nue to wait, as is usually done, until
ne Dugs become so numerous as to
ause very noticable injury in gar-
tens or fields, but on the contrary
they must be destroyed before they
commence to lay eggs; otherwise the
rnnual loss will remain the same or
will increase.
In November last this Station pub
lished a press bulletin urging farm
ers to immediately collect and kil
the terrapin bugs, then in their fields
to prevent their living in such num
bers through the winter. Now
seems advisable to urge the equally
important work of destroying those
individuals that escaped last fall, and
which will soon commence to come ou
from their winter hiding quarters.
Only Adult Bugs Survive the Winter
Eggs and young bugs do not live
through the winter in this State
hence it is only full-grown, strong
adult males and females which sur
vive by finding favorable hibernating
quarters under rubbish around the
gardens, under stones, in fence cor
ners and similar places, where they
are protected from the weather. As
this has been a mild winter, they are
liable to appear in greater numbers
than usual in the spring.
When Egg Laying Commences.
"We could not consistently urge the
task of destroying the overwintering
bugs if they commenced to lay aggs
upon their first appearance. Careful
observation has shown that at least
two weeks' time elapses after the
bugs appear before the first eggs are
deposited. During this period they
are very actively feeding and mating,
and the majority will congregate on
the few old plants left from last
season's wild mustard and turnips
are favorite food plants, and collards,
with their broad leaves, often harbor
a large number of them.
The prime object of this article
is to emphasize the fact that the far
mer or gardener who watches close
ly for the first terrapin bugs to ap
pear has about two weeks' time to
kill them and still prevent the ma
jority from laying eggs for the first
generation.
Rate of Increase.
Have you ever considered the
actual benefit that results from kill
ing one female terrapin bug when
she first appears in spring? Observe
the following statements: The aver
age number of eggs laid by each bug
varies from eighty-four to ninety-six
that is, seven or eight masses of
twelve eggs each, deposited over a
period of from four to eight weeks
Ihere are three full generations each
year. Suppose we kill a single terra
pin hug and thus prevent ninety-six
SEABOARD TRAINS COLLIDE
young for the first generation, of
which one-half might be females. If
these forty-eight females reproduced
at me same rate, the second genera
tion would number 4,608 individuals.
Counting only one-half as females,
each capable of producing ninety-six
young, the third generation would
reach the enormous number of 221,
184, the progeny of one female in a
single year. We can divide this num
ber by one hundred and still have
over 2,200 as the number of bugs pre
vented by killing one individual when
she first appears.
: .i .
Aunug tne warm summer
mAVirlin at A
a imnuie narasite in
the form of a tinv black
fly destroys a large percentage of the
eggs, but as a general thing these
parasites do not become abundant
until the first generation is well de
veloped ;so that the destruction of
the bugs that produce the first gener
ation is mete essential than the death
of bugs later in the year. Another
point in favor of early destruction!
Are not the above facts sufficient
to impress farmers with the imnnr-
tance of spring destruction of terra
pin bugs?
How to Destroy Them.
Hand Picking. This is probably
the most valuable method of killing
terrapin bugs at any season of the
year. The work can be done rapidly
by children. The bugs are inclined
to hide on cold, windy or dark days;
so that warm, sunny days should be
selected for this task. We cannot
expect to find all the bugs in one day,
or even the majority of them. A good
plan would be to collect two or three
times a week, but be certain to com
mence within a few days after the
bugs first appear. They may be killed
by crushing or by dropping in a little
kerosene.
Spray With Pure Kerosene. When
the bugs are abundant on worthless
plants they may be killed with pure
kerosene. With the aid of a small
spray pump a large number of bugs
may be killed m a few hours.
Arsenical poisons are not effective
against this insect, which feeds by
sucking the plant juice.
Kerosene emulsion of 15 or 20 per
cent concentration is used with suc
cess for killing small or half-grown
bugs, but this treatment will not kill
many adults. By following the sug
gestions made above, the young bugs
will not become numerous, but when
ever spraying does become necessary
kerosene emulsion is the best remedy
to use. R. I. SMITH.
Entomologist.
Colored Firemen the Only Victim oi
Head-On Crash Between Freight
and Passenger Trains at Colon.
Sanford, Special. Seaboard pas
senger train No. 32, southbound, and
a northbound freight ran togethei
head-on Saturday morning about
4:30 o'clock at Colon, a small station
about 35 miles south of Raleigh.
Hassey Lindsay, the colored fireman
of the passenger train was killeM,
and the engineer. Ed Robertson, of
Raleigh, was badly hurt.
The engineer, M. J. Eisenhart, of
the freight, and his fireman jumped
and neither was hurt.
Cox, conductor on the passenger
train, had a leg broken; Ernest Du
val, baggage master, was hurt in the
back and internally. W. R. Lamb,
merchant of Hamlet, was badly
bruised; John Newton, colored, of
Hamlet, had a leg crushed; W. S.
Rowe, express messenger, was badly
cut; Sam Wicks, colored, of Char-
otte, was badly cut. Others receiv
ed minor injuries.
lhe injured were taken to Raleigh
for treatment.
The engineer of the freight train
misread the orders. He thought No.
33 was an hour and a half late, when
it was No. 32 that was late. The
trains were running at full speed
and engines were practically demol
ished. The baggage and express ears
and first passenger coach of the pas
senger train were splintered.
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"Darkest Africa" Will Welcome the
President With Open Arms.
3y an act of Corgress on Feb. 1st
he5' windows of President Harrison
and President Cleveland may use the
Capt. W. C.Hnails free of postage for the balance
of their lives if their autographs be
placed on the letters.
WAR ON "BLACK HAND."
Brutal Murder of Italian Detective
Stirs New York Police Other Cit
ies Asked to Aid in the Extermina
tion of the Criminals.
New York, Special. Relentless
warfare will be waged against the
"Black Hand" safeties by the
police of this, and it is hoped, other
eities as a result of the murder of
Lieutenant Joseph Petrosini, the not
ed detective of New York, in Paler
mo, r riday night. xot years r"etro
sini had been active in his work to
bring to justice members of his own
race who carried on blackmailing
Mombasa. East Africa, By Cable.
Mombasa is preparing already to wel-
oome Theodore Roosevelt when he
lands here the latter part of next
month on his much-heralded African
trip, and the coming of the former
president of the United States has
given a decided impetus to the inter
est in the present hunting season, lhe
governor of the protectorate, Lieut.
Col. Sir James Sadler, is getting up
entertainment for the distinguished
The annex for the demented at the
county home of Rockingham, N. C, visitor, but in spite of these arrange-
was burned on Tuesday and two aged ments, the greeting to Mr. JKooseveit
M. ' 1 I 1 l a 11. I ? 11 1 . A 1 . 1.
win D more to tne great sportsman
whose fame is well known to local
inmates were burned to death.
The State of Washington has local
aption. Every incorporated town and
every country district is a unit.
When Mr. Fairbanks was Vice-
President he had an elaborate ink
stand made for his desk. On hearing
complaints of extravagance he sent m
his check for $200, which covered the
cost and took it with him when he re
tired.
The federal grand jury in New
Sork found a truef bill for slander
against the New fork World in the
Panama affair.
-South Carolina makes it bad on the personality and
man that drums fdr liquor orders.
Diplomatic relations with Nicara
gua were practically broken off Fri
day by the State! Department, which
ordered Secretary! of Legation Greg
ory at Managua I te return home,
leaving the legation in charge of the
hunters than to the former president.
East African sportsmen were, high
ly gratified to learn that Mr. Roose
had refused the offer of the authori
ties to grant him a special hunting
license that would have permitted him
to kill game to an unlimited extent
instead of confining himself to the
two elephants, two rhinoceroses, two
hippopotami, etc. Lions and leopards
are classed as vermin and consequent
ly no license to kill them is required
The white population of Mombasa
has heard much of Mr. Roosevelt's
m a joking way
frequent references to the "big
stick" are being made
The prospects for good hunting this
season are considered excellent. Many
settlers in the outlying districts, real
izing the increasing interest in the
prospects for good sport because of
cmi wW will Via vp nn rtinlnmatie the coming of Mr. Roosevelt, are vol
7 I nnfflmhr eanninff in t nTArm orinn a hnn t
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capacity.
Six persons were hanged in Louis
iana for murder and one for criminal
assault March 5th
Mai. Hale, editor of the Fayette
ville Observer, presented to the N. C
to a dispatch received here a
group of lions, numbering 32;
seen oh the Nandi plateau
a point about 50 miles north t I
Florence. (The Hanoi piatean a
the west side of the great Rift
ley.) Among them were three
males.
Giraffes Seem
Tbur families of giraffs haver
seen at Makindu, 200 miles
from here, on the line of the TJf
railroad, and elephants have
seen at Elburgon, 475 miles inland
the railroad and along tne i
river, not far to ,the nosth of.
basa.
R. J. Cunningham, the- noted
lish big game hunter and nati
who is to be guide te and
manager of the Roosevelt party, la
been here tor some time- e
the reparations for the trip tat
wilderness as well as the shooting-j
collecting excursions along the Sue
At ! 1 TV t . - S
tne raiiroaa. xie is selecting
ing native porters for the e3
He takes only experienced mew
are known to be courageous
possess great physical strength
safari kit, in other words, thee
equipment for the work in the
is to come from London and wiH
readiness when Mr.
in
arrives. s
Jiivervthing points to a snc
stay in British East Africa and
da for Mr. Roosevelt; the native
peaceful; game is plentiful and
people of Mombasa are waiting
the movements of game. According ily to extend him a welcome.
operations in this country through wpeech and tho General a response
At this writing Gen. Butler of
South Carolina, fand Hon. Cyrus B.
Watson of Norlfh Carolina, seem to
be in the power of fatal sickness
Mountain County Enterprises.
The Watauga Turnpike Company
has leased the convict force from
Watauga county and the first work
will be to construct turnpike roads
from Edgemont to Linville, Blowing
Rock and Sholes Mill. It is stated
that a narrow gauge railroad is con
templated from Edgemont to Boone.
The idea is that the County of Watau
ga and private citizens and other in
terested parties will put up $100,000.
If this road should be built, it will
have a station very near Blowing
Rock. The resources named are con
sidered sufficient if they can be got
ten together. It is expected to get
150 convicts from the State. Talk
is also heard of extending the Lin
ville River narrow gauge road which
runs from Cranberry to Pinola to a
junction point with the proposed
Watauga road, either in the Carey
Flat's neighborhood or at Edgemont.
So far all these plans are simply
being talked of but it is hoped that
out of the talk something will come.
threats of murder made in the name
of the "Black Hand." It is believ
ed here that his murder was the re
sult of a plot that had its incepion
in the United States and that the
persons indirectly responsible for
his death are still within the reach of
the American police. If so, every ef
fort will be made to bring about their
arrest and conviction, and with this
end in view Inspector McCafferty,
head of the New York detective bu
reau, sent telegrams Saturday to the
authorities in the principal cities of
the country asking that increased
activity be exerted against all
"Black Hand" suspects. Immediate
orders were given to arrest at once
all men in New York City who are
believed to have connection with
"Black Hand" operations.
Petrosini 's murderer, who was a
member of the "Black Hand," fired
four shots from a revolver. Petro
sini arrived in Sicily only a short
time ago and was engaged in con
ducting an investigation regarding
Italian criminals.
Inspector McCafferty said Satur
day that he was anxious to know
whether Petrosini had been robbed
after being shot. He intimated that
Petrosini had some papers valuable
to the police here in running down
Black Hand and other Italian offend
ers. A cablegram from Palerma (Italy)
says: The assassination of Lieuten
ant Petrosino has stirred the police
to unprecedented activity. Many ar
rests already have been made, includ
ing a number of Italians with crimi
nal records, lately returned from the
United States.
i Chicago, Special. The Ctandard
Oil Company, of Indiana, found not
Supreme Court lakt week an oil paint- guilty of accepting rebates from the
ing of Jno. De fRosett Toomer, who Chicago & Alton Railroad on ship
made the speech? of welcome to Gen. ments cf oil from Whiting, Ind., to
Lelfayette when i he visited rayette- East St. Louis, HI. The verdict was
DECISION IN FAVOR OF THE OIL CMPANTT
his assistant attempted to sbww
advisabihty of the Illinois el
tion to prove the existence of
ville. Editor Hale also published the
returned by a jury in the Federal
Court otf instructions f Judge A.G.
Anderson, who averred that he fol
lowed the Circuit Court of Appeals'
decision as to the verdict returned at
the former trial of the same case and
Preparations ire being pushed for on which verdict Judge Kennesaw
the 12th conference for education m
the South to be held in Atlanta, Ga.,
on April 14, 15 and 16.
Telegrams rec&ived from Carinthia,
Austria, report that a series of devas
tating avealanches have occurred
there and that numbers of houses
have been swept away. It is already
known that ten! deaths have resulted.
Hirschel Hogg, a confessed member
of the band of night-riders who mur
dered Captain Quenten Rankin at
Walnut Log in pctober, escaped from
jail at Dresden .Sunday night
It is said that there are 32,000
cases of land frauds for the Attorney
General to see to as soon as practi
cable.
Mrs. Ruth Hryan Leavitt has won
her divorce suit and is now free from
her husband.
Miss Jennie Reed and Joseph Muel
Mountain Landis assessed a fine of
$29,240,000.
Judge Anderson's decision was not
unexpected as he had Tuesday told
the government prosecutors that the
proof relied on in the first trial was
incompetent and that it must be com
plemented dr fail. It' was with some
thing of an air of hopelessness that
District Attorney Edwin W. Sims and
rate of 18 cents, which was a
point in the government's c
Attorneys Threw Up Case.
It was after Assistant District
torney James H. Wilkerson had
ghed for two hours and in the end
mitted that the prosecution eould
furnish the further proof deemed
essary by the court for a conti
of the case, that Judge Anderson
nounced his decision. Mr. Wilfc
said that the government could
ceed no further and suggested
sal of the case. Attorney Johnr
Miller, chief counsel in the
the oil company, immediately
that there be an instructed verdict
not guilty. The court so orderadv
the juryt which had been
during the arguments by the
neys, was called in and charged.
Victim of Curious Accident.
Estonia, Special. Mrs. Eugene
Hatchford, who lives three miles east
f i;!stonia, was perhaps mortally
oui)dt'd by a bullet from a stray
cartridge, which she had swept into
h re place. The cartridge explod
ed he!(,re the woman completed her
.jjfck, 1 lie bullet entering her right
breast The case was said to be very
serious" .
Clayton Man a Suicide.
Clayton, N. C, Special. David W.
Avery committed suicide Monday
morning about 10 o'clock. No special
reasons can be given for his act. He
was suffering some slight depression
but no fears of such an outcome were
entertained. He used his shotgun
with which he went out ostensably to
kill a bird for a sick father.
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Homicides in Madison.
ie. N. C, Special. News
received here by telephone
rshall, Madison county, of
i'les occurring in that coun-
One of the killings oc-
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Bailey's branch, when
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Great Floods in the South.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says the Alabama is 51 feet above
normal and is slowly rising. It is
expected to be 55 feet. No great
casulties have yet occurred as fair
warnings were given and residents
from the lower districts moved to
the higher parts. The Coasa at Rome
is 31 1-2 feet, and 29 feet at Gads-
Lden. The Tallapoosa is a raging tor
rent.
completed death roll of Sunday
night's Arkansas tornado just com
ing in, the tail end of the Arkansas
storm which Tuesday night wey&
across Alabama and south Georgia
Wednesday set in motion a new death
count for the latter two States. This
count was ten, five negroes killed in
Cuthbert, Ga., and three whites and
two negroes drowned at Montgomery,
ler were strollng in Baltimore a few Aja) the latter deaths a result of
nights ago wher she was shot and kill- hjgh water following a record rain
ed. Muener raised me cry mat a faU for the past 20 years,
highwayman hjad held him up and Cumming. Ga.. Tuesdav got into
gotten his valufables and on approach- tegraphic communication with the
mg ner received .a slap in tne race, outside world and sent word that a
whereupon the robber shot her. Muel- tornado ploughed through miles of
ler now says he himself shot her ac- timber, farm yards and valuable
cidentally. property in that vicinity besides de-
Bib Springs, Texas, had a fire I Proving half a dozen farmers' homes
Wednesday that destroyed a number an seriously injuring a young man
GEORGIA TOWNS SUFFER FROM STORMS
Atlanta. Ga.. Special. With the
cajled ii
Urn'
in Alex-
Moonshine Still Destroyed
ander County.
Statesville, Special Revenue Of
ficer Davis, of Statesville, was in
Alexander county last week looking
after the moonshiners of the Brushy
Mountains and during the latter part
of the week he and Sheriff Adams, of J
-t t i J 1
Alexander, found and aestroyeu im
illicit distillery near the corner of
the three counties IredeH, Alexan
der and Wilkes. The 65-gallon still
and other fixtures showed that the
still had been in operation only a
short time before the officers arrival,
but no one was on the premises when
South Pines Chosen.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Special The Blue
and Gray Association at its annual
encampment here Saturday selected
Southern Pines, N. C, for the next
reunion. The following officers were
elected: Commander in chief, Major
B. F. Dixon, North Carolina; senior
vice commander, Capt. William M.
McCormick, Georgia; junior vice
commander, Capt. Joseph Price,
Florida; chaplian in chief, Rev. W.
S. Harden, Georgia; judge advocate
general. O. S. Deming, Warren, O.;
quartermaster general, C. H. Worth,
of business blocks entailing a loss of
$100,000.
Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, pre
dicts a great future for aeroplanes
and airships.
Michael Donnelly, judge of Third
District, Ohio Circuit Court, is charg
ed with imbezzlement of funds be
longing to the Ohio German Insur
ance Co. to the extent of probably
$300,000. The company has failed.
A tornado struck Brinkley, Ark.,
lasts-Sunday night and killed 35 per
sons, demolishing most of the houses
and leaving few fit for habitation.
Charles M. Sclnvab said the Bethle
hem Steel Company would not reduce
wages.
The Standard Oil Company won its
suit that releived it from paying the
$29,240,000 fine imposed by Judge
Landis.
The United States District Court at
Kanses City declared the 2-cent rail
road rate in Missouri confiscatory
and illegal.
Dr. W. D. Crum has resigned as
collector of the port at Charleston
and it is understood that Mr. Edwin
W. Durant will become his successor.
The technical high school of Mu
nich has conferred the honorary de
gree of doctor of technical sciences on
Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Am
erican aeroplanists.
and a young woman.
Cuthbert Hard Hit.
Cuthbert, Ga., reported the damage
at $500,000 and Mayor D. A. Mc
Pherson issued an appeal for aid.
Nearly half of the main b
block of Cuthbert was demo
Every store on Depot street
blown down, filling the street
piles of brick and timbers
less persons wandered through
town searching for household
sioos which the wind had scat
for blocks in all directions.
The whites dead at Montgomery
are: Wiliam Dillard, 20 years old.
Thomas Harper, of Atlanta,
years.
Unidentified white mam-
Floods at Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala., Special. Heawy
and continuous rams wrought
damage here and the situation
made serious Tuesday.
home in north Montgomery
abandoned and inmates carried
places of safety in boats.
The Grand Theatre, a handsne
new structure, was flooded and thss
damage will be heavy.
Several
SHIPS COLLIDE ON MASSACHUSETTS COAST
Chatham, Mass., Special. The
steamer Horatio Hall of the Maine
Steamship Company, from Portland,
New York and H. F. Dimock, of the
Metropolitan line, from New York to
Boston, collided at 7 o'clock Wednes
day morning and the Hall went
to the bottom in half an hour and the
Dimock ran ashore six hours later
Cape Cod beach, where the passea
and crew of the Hall were
unharmed. Wireless calls were, tat
but the position of the ships was ot
well stated and in the dense fog as
sistance failed to reach the point f
diaster.
MUST NOT PLACE ON THE "UNFAIR LIST
Washington, Special. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor hereafter
may freely refer to the boycott
against the Buck Stove and Range
company of St. Louis, except by in
clusion in the "We don't patronize
list." This in substance of wide
spread importance to the labor world,
to manufactures and to newspapers
generally, is the sweeping decision
handed down Thursday by the court
of appeals of the District of Colum
bia inthe noted injunction case of
the Bucks Stove and Range company
against the American Federation of
Labor, which has been before the
courts cf the District of Columbia it
various phases for months. In a re
cent decision by Justice Gould a tine?
supreme court of the District tfce
American Federation of Labor and '
the officers, Messrs. Gompers, Mitcls
cll, Morrison , and others rere en
joined from conspiring to boycott
Bucks Stove and Range company
from printing or publishing or dtt-
tributing, through the mails or other- -wise,
any copy of The Federationist
or other publication refering to te
complainant, its business or prodnetf
in the "We don t patronize"
"Unfair list."
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the officers arrived.
Texas.