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TEXACO REGISTERED TRADE MARK Boll Weevil Exterminator Inquire of our Nearest Agent THE TEXAS COMPANY, U. S. A. Texaco Petroleum Products Must Fight The Weevil. A report from thp Boll Weevil Control Laboratory at Florence just received by Prof. II. W. Barre, direc tor of agricultural research, indicates that weevil infestation in the cotton fields is increasing very rapidly, in the iheik area of one field where no ?poison has been applied /G per cent of the squares having been punctured, infestation in other areas ranging from If) to GO per cent. Prof. Barre has issued the following statement to guide farmers in the matter: "The rainy weather of the past few weeks has permitted a rapid increase in the fiumber of weevils in practi cally all sections of the state, and it is very important now that every man who is growing cotton for a profit keep a very close watch on his fields and begin poisoning with eal -cium arsenate dust just as soon as infestation goes above 10 per cent. A'ith weevil infestation increasing so rapidly there is every indication that the cotton crop could be destroyed in a short, time, if proper poisoning ia not practiced. "All of the scientists, a large majority of the farmers, and prac tically all agricultural leaders are now agreed that calcium arsenate dust properly applied is the only ad visable poison to use in fighting the weevil at this season of the year. We therefore repeat our recommenda tions made early in the season, which are as follows: "Begin applying calcium arsenate dust just as soon as 10 per cent of the squares are punctured. Make three applications at four-day inter nals and then wait until infestation begins to increase again. If the in festation goes above 15 per cent after the three applications have been made, repeat the treatment in the same way, making three more appli cations at four-day and five-day intervals." JUH.K l.EC'i rRRS JIRY ('ritici/cs Men wf N ork for Rejecting Testimony of Officer*. Voi k, .Jul.V !6. A si nation was i'i ung in general sessions court hero late th's afteuuon when >ludgve .). f\. !Uivr> had ruussi nihled a jury that two days ago acquitted Walker Hud son, young white man, on the charge of violation of the prohibition law and severely criticised their verdict* '('he .jurors wore visibly indignant at hi- ''It v turo" aiul, upon its conclusion, '.ho foreman, George W. Williams of Vcjik a>kod for the privilege of a reply and, upon its being granted, he advised the court that, speaking for himself, he would render the same verdict if he had the matter t <? do over again.. 1 Jui'ge Henry* pointed out to the iurots that three officers, A. J. Jack son, tural policeman; I*. I.ove, magistrate of Kings .Mountain town >lv ;V and' Carson S. Hendricks^ had ivo) n that Hudson was. at the still when they captured it and that they evidently had rejected this testimony and accepted, that of Hudson ami his father, M. C. Hudson ? that it was a v iso of mistaken identity. Had the jurors lomlci't'd ' a hasty verdict in stead of deliberating on it for some time, .Judge Henry said lit' would have had them paid off and dis charged. Ue expressed the opinion that their verdict may have *been affected by outside influences. .Mentioning the fact that a report was current that Hudson was n6t of bright mentality, he said this point was not brought out in the trial and should not have been taken into con sideration. Following was the per sonnel of the jury that acquitted Hudson, whose father, M. C. Hudson, pleaded guilty to the charge of dis tilling: George W. Williams, R. L. Sturgis, E. M. Kicker, A. C. White, Wesley Martin, J. D. Clark, Jr., A. B Clark, I.) W Boyd, J .1 Thomas, S G R&nkhead, S. T Enloe, J. R. Kelly. This was the first time a York jury has been criticised in this fashion by a judge since Judge R. W. 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C HAR! IK KOSS. The current number of the Ladies' He nu' .lou' r.n! ('vntaiits an esv.elleui Hi' count of the kidtmpjung of (.lud'liv Ko.ss. Tills c rinv of uhild stealing, one oi the 1 1 1 >" i that i vcr ocurred it} this country, remains l>> far t ht? most famous of i\\y{\ ea-es. It is suiii t hat educated !? 4ti>.p?>aus v isited I'hiladel* phia sometimes show, no sign, of knowing who i-. referred to when the guide* point out the ho.use of William fVtin, the ofliee of Benjamin Franklin or" the i'opm in \vhu H Thomas .lertVr son read the- Declaration of Indepen dence t>> the Continental congress; but that is. rare for such persojv* not to know the stoiy of Charlie Rv?s. when the home from which he \\:i? stolen is pointed out. Charlie Moss was an .fr\kcoptiohaTl> attractive buy . of three or four years of age. On the,l\rst day of .July, 1 ST 1 . he ami his brother a little older were given a ride by two men who had evidently been plotting for syme days to c.eal them. The older boy was released. In a few days the grief stiickon parents began to iv-.-.eive lei - tors dotnanding twenty thousand dol lars ransom, and threatening i?> kill the boy it' any attempt was made to rose 110 him. .Something always pre vented th<- arrangement from- being carried Cut. The police of Philadel phia and of New York, to which City the plot -<mn shifted, were never able to run down a clue, though there is reason to believe that they were at times close on the criminals. On the night of 'December 14, 1871. a house was bu realized on Kong Is land One of the burglars was killed outright, and the other was shot so seriously that ho died in two hours. As the latter lay dying he volunteered the confession that he and his pal were the men who had stolen Charlie. Ross, that he was alive, and that the other burglar was the only person who knew where he was. Hut that man had been shot dead. His wife only knew that ho.had-.Jeft the boy with an old man and woman some where. The secret has remained one of the world's most tantalizing mysteries. The child's picture had been broad casted over Kurope and America. If he was alive, why did not some of the tenV; of millions of persons who were familiar with his /Strikingly beautiful, serious face recognize him? If he had been killed in a lit of anger by his stealer, why did the other burglar not know it? He had no pos sible motive as he faced death, after voluntarily having confessed to the crime, to falsify. That these were the kidnappers could .not be doubted, for the older Ross boy instantly iden tified them when he was shown their dead bodies without anything to sug gest to him whom he was viewing. Not the slightest trace of the stolen boy has come to light to this day, though hundreds of children were examined, and even graves were opened in the long years of search. ? Older Readers cannot go through even this brief colorless review of this infamous crime that so stirred them forty years ago without emo tion. The unutterable cruelty of child stealing was " never more dramatically burned into the con sciousness of the American public than in the case of this early instance of that infamous crime. ? Newberry Observer. Both Tuna and Words. A young fellow whs trying hard t<? explain to the salesman what he wanted. "Now, haven't you this song? It goes xlm-zim, lum-zum, zang zang. Ton know." And the salesman wa? trying very hard to follow him. "Sorry," i rl the salesman, "but I don't seem to recognize the tune. What are the words?" "Those are the words." She Was Dead. "Red" Herring whs on |en\e, having i Rome soup and fish with his third grade te.vhrr, "How do yon like the soup. Mr. Her- i ring?" she axked. i "It certainly smells Jake, but I den t ' know how it's gonna eat!" I "Why, Mr. Herring; where Is your ! grammar?" ! "She's dead, ma'am, o\er a year last J May." ? Our Navy. Norse Essay on the Frog. A classic essay lately immortalized j In type is about frogs and was written ! br a young Norwegian. The essay run* : "What a wonderful bird the frog are ! When he stand he ait, almost. When he hop he fly. almost. He ain't , got no sense, hardly. He ain't got no tail hardly, either; when he ait he sit on what he ain't got, almost." Wanted Chance to 6peak. Mrs. Jones ? Yes, John, as I was-eay Ing, Miss Blank has no manners. Why, while I was talking to her this morn ing the yawned eleven times. OTd Jones ? Perhaps, my dear, shs wasn't yawning ? she might havs wanted to flftj MMMthtog. ? LowHn AM IHKS I KONt (J \s I I MKS ^ tiuuu t'onlrHclor^ \le$?t,* I itusual ! VafdeiU Whi^'Diggim; NN oil. <Ja!7iu?>\.i!ur> is. J year td?i whi'.o man, resident of th ; l?\UV(i!vi s et.h: n ef I'nivM ouunty. ,ju v ' aero;-?, the ( hvnAi e > oipny liiiv. was falrtUJ * H^dvyvated by giiM-s from exploded dynamite-' in a wll ai the home ft' \Y. F. Tinnei on via; Hawkins 'Mill )'0ud, about eight mile* from (his fit y., late Tufcydyy aiJten)oou and Will Logan; a negro helper was ov.ei ? ronu? b\ the ga*es and muu.J> met a umila: fate when he was; later jowv.: ed into. I lu- wcil to ryyoV.tM' ?DUtl0U' - body. Young Sutton. and au un> ie wore# engaged in carrying oyit' ji oonu ai'i to deepen the well when tho young man, met his untimely and tragic death. After the centra, u>rs had * I n ^ the well t<> a depth i t .GO f. vl. reek was imcountered that made t he use of dynamite uece.ssaj.s fur tin- work to progress. Twenty sticks of dynamite were packed in tlu* rock and exploded by an electric battery. A l't or. "ali-uut two' hour* tin- young man was lowered into th'e well in ;i large bucket M o jn\ o t ig.alv tHv Work of the dynamite. I Jet ore hi- had descended to the bottom of tho w'oll hi' foil from the buokot in which ho was being: 1 owe rod and effort to get a response to calls from tho top wo.ro Unavailing- Physicians give it their * opinion that Sutton almost' sudden death as ho struck tho gasesT Logan, the nejf.ro helper, who was lowered into the well to rescue Sut ton's body, was hastily drawn out when he gave alarm and was in an unconscious condition when he reach 1 ? . ' ed the top. However, restoration re vived him, though he is yet in a clan gorous condition and may die as the result of his experience. Sutton had been married for only a few weeks when he came to his tragic death. His bride was present at tho, well and bade him goodbye as he was lowered to his unexpected death. The young man's wife was Miss Nellie Bryant of Buffalo, to whom lie was married almost a month ago.- The body was carried to Union county by a kuiil * dirtvUn and funeral ,*<?!> V kv,s VV.iU.V 'hold yo*U??day afu*l> noon. Prank rurncntof's Ksiat?, i t I u i ituijjv \\ tb'ihe late J''ratik l J . <. \\ ;'. not ,ii mhiivi' Of ? U )'(?* aitl\ , Ur?- t,o his cvjUvn >ivr \ >'ii liiueney .in?j irttamly to luiuVi it". I'm ito svot id wanderer had fioluM / 1 1 s ! ,i -d ml. and 1>VU a. ?iouvi.v ;iKsb <tt" solid fortune. U, idinn in. Washnu ton, Mr, I'ar poutvi nvainVainrd a vui.nmor home on a ?)u>untnii\ top in ( 'Ui'rkv epunty,. Virginia. ovtnloo.kiuK t .lit? riv?yr road, and bi:t Ween hi.s loiii, atiHonc*.'^ abroad hc> leliUhtod to ittmtfle with his Valley nin^hlne.-; and l ?> suptM'vifce tho rare of hi,- famous. apple tu'eh.aWJ. Albert .Mullm,, formerly id' (,'ohim hi i, editor of the county m wspapin , the C-larkt. Courier, at Moi'ry vill.*, '*a.y s its his ounvnt n.urtiber * thUi thu ? ( 'iirjH-ntf! osi;iU', aivprdinj_7 to a pro h.i.U -'petition, i- approximately uno million dollars, and i> left to a son and a daughter, . id.ir.^ in Illinois. The' Stall!. Dentil ol Mrs, U. Unworn. Mis Stella Mowers, \silr of 13. 1>. liow'cri. agcil -N years, died- at her home o:.r last Thursday and was buried Friday aftt rm>?.n in i )u? Hn f - fall, church graveyard. Mrs. Itowers was a <ia viu h t i < ? f I hi* . lute Mr. and Mrs. Kdwnt'd C. Shaw, and a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1; A. Shj\w, of Kershaw. Sho was a Woman of tiulslandihg Christian character and pleasant disposition and enjoyed the esteem of all hor neighbors and friends. She is sur vived by her husband and three chil dren. ? Kershaw F.ra. Mrs. .Julius Fleischmann has been granted a divorce in Paris from her husband, head of the great yeast con ff?rn. ? She is to receive a settlement of $5,000,000 from her late husband, band. 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