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* • The EaU«bliihcd In 1877. *Jumt Like a Member Of the Family" .< r. \ , Larfest Couatj CiroiUtiMU VOLUME XLV. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THLRSD4Y, MAY 25TH, 1922. NUMBER * ? ►YANCE ARMY OF BOLL WEEVILS IS VERY LARGE The wheels of justice GRINDING VERY SLOWLY >. Barnwell Farmer Finds From One to Seven t;o Each Cotton Stalk. ' ', Last week The People published a report to the effect that Mr. W. B. Norris, who lives a few mile s from Barnwell, had found 227 boll weevils on one acre of land, indicating an ex tremely heavy infestation this year. Sunday afternoon Mr. 0. H. Best ex amined a field of especially fine cot ton on his plantation near Kline and states that he found from one to seven weevils on every stalk. The plants in this field are a foot or more in height and are just beginning to put on squares, which Mr. Best fears will be punctured as fast as they form. He has bought a horse-drawn dusting machine and will begin poisoning this field as soon as it arrives. As stated last week, with a few ex ceptions the com on crop throughout this section is ve y poor. The plants are small and sickly looking and many fields are yet to be chopped out. It ts a well known fact that very lit tle fertilizer has been used by scores of fanners and this, coupled with a poor start and unfavorable weather • rfoa* not point to bumper yield. The Minion has been expressed that the ^nsumers of cotton have not yet alized the eeriousnees of the situa- on and that the world will he con fronted with a cotton famine in 1923. While stocks of spifinable cotton are getting very low now. it is thought that there will he enough for this year It is not known to what extent the j fanners of Barnwell County are atah- I lag plans la fight the weevil this year Of course, it is out of the ones I Uoa far a large majority of them to 1 punhaoe the high priced duet tag J machines That being true, the fal* I low lag comment by Mr M L Willett J la Monday's ssene of The Aagwsta 1 Chronicle should he of mtereet to. these farmers: The Cheese Cloth Dueler. This M a little instrument that be* , rome into tremendous service in the . past twelve asenthe It is a small 1 bag. about eighteen inches deep, made wholly of cheese cloth ae with a bottom of choose cloth tCektum , ersenate will permeate cheese cloth I The open top Is sewed around a wire I Very Few Cases Disposed of at Pre sent Term of Criminal Court. ELKO FARMERS SHIPPED 29 CARS OF ASPARAGUS MR. LOTT DEFENDS HIS ' v . 9 O ' ■ 1 ■ BOLL WEEVIL MACHINE REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA DRAWS LARGE CROWDS Railroad Received $8,998.87 Freight Says Pest Has Covered Cotton Belt Charges, exclusive of Express. j in Spite of Experts. Fery few cases have been disposed of at the present term of the Court of General Sessions which convened Mon day morning with Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding. Up to the time this paper closed its forms the list was as follows: Perry Beasley charged wth murder was acquitted. Rasom Snelling, Fred Snelling, Lu ther Snelling and Willie Morris were Elko, May 23.—The asparagus, season closed about two weeks ago. Elko shipped this season 27 cars via refrigeration and approxinjtt§ly t>vo 1 cars by express. Agent Jones re ports that the transportation via re frigeration alone netted the railroad $8,998.87. Some few of our growers carried asparagus to the Williston Cannery. In spite of all of our rep resentations, Mr.- C. E. Crary, convicted on the charge of assault and < manager of the Cannery, is deter- battery with intent td kill. | mined-to locate this cannery at Wil- Julius Peeples pleaded guilty to. listen. Our folk believe it will be the charge of hotisebreaking and a great thing for this section. All of larceny -and was sentenced to serve the Elko folk were sorry to - see Mr. one year at hard labor. Crary leave for his home in Streator, True Bilb. 111. The following is a list of the True The old town hall at Elko is now Bills found by the Grand Jury: | used as the central packing house for Zeke Brown violation of the pro- the Elko Farmers Association for the hibition law. grading and packing of .their cucum- McKinley Odom, violation of the hers, and it is the busiest place in prohibition law. I town. Cukes are beginning to move Perry Beasley, murder. I quite freely. Nearly all of the grow- W. H. DeWitt murder. ' ers have joined the organization, the Belvo O'Neal, murder. i registration showing the names of Herman Kirkland, assault and bat- about thirty-five. Mr. S. W. Hall, tery with intent to kill. last yaar manager of the Warrhula, Julius Peeples housebreaking and (Florida), Parking House is directing larceny. the grading and packing, and he has Bill Hay. violation of the prohibi- already won the confidence and ra tion law, sped of our folk. . Ben Grayson, assault and battery Mr ami Mrs. R A. Green recently with intent to kill. 1 were called to Cohimota on account Wash Swann and Twiggs Kitching*, of the sodden senoos illness of their nd battery the proh i!-i f the prohibi- wooden boup and to thts hi uap ta <bo«i 'tied a wpsdew handle three a r foar j 1 and ( it bag. Ahoat t OffMT ppllfUl €1 4 cal- tev> * im arsenate ts pat tata the 1 ■Hitter 1 ruarel d through a fl Itp to the hand !e the M. •ter dusts the whole plant ahs Olldtlr' % total covering every potion of the plant Lev is ta done best at night or ia ta* I ur der i-light or befoi re sun up and when malictous mischief Ma noo Rountree, and larceny It cases). Je«*r Williams, assault with intent In kfttt. John Nla. violation of the prohibi lion law, Ed Riley, vtolattan tf tins law. Bam Bing, ctotatisn s 1 tan law Isaac Frederick, murder O D Moore, murder The f*4lowing cases were throws sat foe want of proanrwtion Joe Branson, assault and battery J. H Roberts, obtaining goads an der false prvtenaee Grant I' rede rick. Robert Darrh Clarence Tilly. Elmer Berry, Ham moad Frederick. Isaac Frederivk Pollock, Green Pollock. Jr, Berry. a*aault and bat I eon. Horace A. Green, who la housebreaking ployed la the capital > city. The last j reports pat him oat of danger Mr P 8. Green and hu daughter Katherine spent last week la Atlaata filling a bus 1 riees engagement Messers Edom Lee and Albert M tlgir, of the Hair and Lee ftna. Char teeteo. 8 C are spending a short while with their heme folk here this is fence with talent to kill a led «ee poos X Holland and nan of the prohibit is r Bandera, disposing .1 Beni propeft dew appear* every int is poisoner and 1 takes his drink he LONG BKVM H ITEMS. t h< w< I. Bi killed. This dusting wil five days, the plant he night during this while a poisoned plant. This cheap and effective remedy, the cheese cloth duster and he dry dusting method, is the only .standardized government meth«*d for early spring weevil control. Lower Prices. Calcium arsenate today is being sold by the dealers (Cash) in two hundred pound kegs at about eleven cents. It is being sold in immense amounts. This is less than cost to the manufacturers themselves. The Springfield gun is sold now by the dealers at $10.00 which is less than it cost them. The Monarch duster and the Champion No. 2 hand dusters are $10.00 and the Champion No. 1 is $8.00, The Iron Age, the standard two horse duster, is $212.50. Picking up punctured squares is universally done but it is a back breaking process. There is a little machine called Boll Weevil Destroyer. anch. May 22.— Mr. and Mr*. J. C. Staley. Mr. J. S. Hirt and daughter were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. S Keel. Quite an enjoyable event of the past week was a B. Y. P. U. social given at the home of Mr. S. J. Keel on last Thursday evening. Delight ful refreshment* were served. Miss Ruby Myrick, of Kline, is vis iting Miss Alma Zorne. Messrs. Micagy Birt and James Cook and Miss Sina Birt spent Sun-1 day at the home of Mr. T. E. Turner, i Mr. F. L. Hair and family, of Barn-! weH. were visitors in this vicinity ; Mtsa Elotee Hatto. who baa bees a member of the Imams High School faculty. Spartanburg, delighted frtewds la* weseb by returning far the summer vacattaa Mr laadore Casary rtaaed bit srBaal ta DtDea a few days ago, and bis bam* folk and many friends are glac te see kua Ml Elko far the summer The amity fneeds ef Dr. Grave* t Knight of Laarraa, 8 C. were te-1 te reeled ta read Mi Sunday's “State" the announcement that he had been r lected to the peeittoa ef Dana and Treasurei of Anderson College. Dr Knight several years age was pastor of Koseamry Baptist Church and has many friends here who ahr glad to Sear of this pc imstton. Mrt. Marvella Cave's many friend* here are hoping that she will not pro- . tract her visit to Blackvillw relatives. The Elko Graded School dosed its session May 5th with a veiV interest- | ing program that evening. The Pri mary ami intermediate grades gave a most pleasing entertainment prior to . the brief exercises by the graduating i class. Prizes for every day attend ance were awarded to the following ; pupils, Susie Grimes, Myrtle Givens, Dorothy Hutto, Donie Mae Givens, i Laurice Green, Fabyan Still, Leon Givens, Alvin Youngblood, Lessie Kitchings and Lizzie T. Hair. The last named, had not missed a single day for the last three sessions. Prizes [for spelling were awarded in the pri- It is ah iron stick whose bottom is a six-pronged circle. Standing up right the operator spears the squares on" the ground with these prongs and when a dozen pr more are collected a spring releases the squares and they are thrown off. This saves all the back-breaking and tt does the work possibly of four men.. The trade us- Sunday afternoon. Mr. L. M. Birt and family, Mrs. \ mar y department to'Thelma Ray and Virgie Birt and children spent Sunday Zelma KitchingS- Prizes - in I„ter- with the former’s brother, Mr. E. G.' med1ate ?rades in spelling to Mildred , i Woolev, Willie Jones and William Mrs. Myrtie Hutto and little daugh- McKer]ey and als0 a prize in this de ter, Elizabeth, of Barnwell were visit-j partment to Eulalie H air for general School Sunday after ,‘!j e p 0r t m ent. Gladys Haskel, it was ™ .‘1. j ! announced, had won the third place in Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Williams, £)^ tr j ct Biscuit Contest at Aiken, C. H.'Anderson and family spent last and Susie Grimeg had won a trip to Wednesday in Blackville. ^ Mrs. Kittie Hair of Augusta her daughter Mrs. J. ors at Sunday noon. The People has received ah article from Mr. P. N. Lott, of Johnston, who is selling boll weevil control ma chines, which is in reply to a warning from government experts published in these columns some time ago. In an accompanying letter, Mr. Lott writes: “Hope you will give the en closed space in your paper. This ar ticle is in self-defense. Mr. B.’s as sault is judgment without knowledge, which I consider absolutely unfair.” The article referred to is as follows: To the Farmers of Barnwell County: On April 27 there appeared in the papers of your county this admoni tion: “Fanners, Beware.” I waa neither surprised nor shocked when I saw it. I know that the experts, sent out by the Federal government, are fighting everything except what they choose to endorse. They, the experts, have been fighting the boll weevil for fifteen yeara, ever aince he crossed the Rio Grande River in Texas from Mex ico. Have they halted him one minute or even made him go slow? He is now 2,000 miles from his start ing point in Texas, a yearly march East of 133 miles. Is it not a fart that the farmers in Barnwell County who made any rot- ton last year were those that used soate kind of brash to knock him 08 the growing rotten? Ask the farm- eqp who have pot their money in dusting machine* if they will do the work. Ask Mr. J. 8 BTannaamker, ef St. Mathews, his expert*are Ask Mr. (taster Hill, of G<df (»*. if U» 40td raIrina arsenate is effective Hew ahoat it. Dr. Coad ? Thee* ate a 1st ef farmer* a Seoth Carolina who used lb* Itgaid farm ef rale tom a mens t* at a coat ef Tie ta • $1 JO pee acre against ih* high pewnd dusting mar It me* at a real ef t? t* 810 per acre sad mads ever a has deed per cent awre ratten Oar machine la a ewmawa seas* plow stark altarbamat mseatad by a dirt farmer, J. E Tate, ef Elbert ear Go It was tried sat la a limited nay last seasea Mi Georgia sad did splendid work, a* mark so that these that had da*ting m*. hinre have dis- 1 ranted them and beaght oar swing ing brash and map attachment Tht* fight against ear arnrhiae re minds me of the gaestion Nathaniel asked Philip: “Can any good thing remr oat of Nazareth?” John l:4d. Ha* a f*»mrr sense rnuogh to do any th ing other than plow? Soasc people «eem te think so. Fellow farmer* ef Barnwell Coun ty, you are in n rare with the hqll weevil and in order to win the race you must have a short track; that is. you must have a small acreage, from 5 to 8 acres, to the plow, use liberally a good grade of fertilizer, keep your cotton on a high bed and middle open and disturb the weevil as often a* possible, once a week at least. He can’t stand it. Now. as to Prof. Boylston: He is s personal friend, being i government employe he must advocate whatever is handed out to him from headquar ters; but 1 must say that the poor man is not considered in this fight; they make up 95 per cent, of our population and if he makes another failure in a cotton crop he will be practically ruined. If he sinks he ’will carry the merchants, bankers, churches and schools. He can’t buy a high priced^ dusting machine even if it is what he needs. He can’t spend from $5 to $10 per acre for poison. P. N. Lo^t. Opened in Williston Monday With Record-breaking Attendance. Special to Barnwell People. Williston, May 23.—The third an nual Redpath Chautauqua opened here Monday with the largest attendance in the history of the Redpath at Willis ton. The Nevin Concert Co. opened with a very strong program. ' J. Franklin Caveny, the best clay modeler and chalk artist ever seen in this section, captivated a large audi ence Wednesdy night with his enter tainment which came immediately after the Nevin Concert. Still larger crowds attended the numbers of Tuesday when in the evening following a fine concert by the Gretchen Cox Concert Co. Mr. Ed ward Amherst Ott delivered one of the best lectures ever heard in Willis ton. Every indication points to record breaking crowds "for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday when the star numbers of the course are offered. A contract for this Chautauqua te return to Williston another year has already been signed. The program this year Is the best ever offered on the five day circuit and la equally as good as the seven day according to those who have both. THE KRNTUCKIANB- IB KILLED WrTH LANDMARKS BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL ENDS SUCCESSFUL YEAR Commencement Exe[reise* Attended by Large Crowds This Weak. Another successful year of the Barnwell High School, under the cap able direction of Superintendent John D. Robison, has cdejjMT to a close, the commencement exercises being held in the Vamp Theatre Tuesday even ing, the change being made from the school auditorium because more than two hundred people were unable to gain admission Monday evening to the Oratorical Contest. Long before the appointed hour the auditorium was filled to its capacity and still they came. Those who were so fortunate as to get a seat thoroughly enjoyed the very excellent program rendered by members of the Bates Literary Society. There was quite a number of competitors for the declamation medal and each one did his or her part so well that the judges were somewhat reluctant in rendering a decision. The contest was won by Mr. Edward Riley, a ton of Auditor R. W. Riley, with Miss Maude Brab ham a close second, and K waa de cided that each of the others came third. Following the award of the medal. Master Benjamin P. Davies. Jr, a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Davis* , was railed te the rostrum by Supt Kent ark y Charles Maiga* John Paa. Jr m " a Ps of the fifth the medal effersd by th* D. A. R Chapter fee th* boat average in Amsnraa history far the srhael yaar, Mb average hotgg MJR Mias UMa Jeamags. ef tl ef Mr and Mrs W C. a very eUe af 9B.Uk if Mrs T R. I Gap. Va, history as the I tag M*ats R)ar I feature film at | Thursday j Many ef th* and a rewad Rig mm dewn at John Pas. Jr Rsaaval mnuaiaiarrrs with a motley rwllertiaa of aid time gaas and riot he* took part la the feud sceaea. witnessing the | filming of motion picture* far th* first tuae la their Iteee From R<g Sloe# (Up th* company went to Frankfort, sad. through the rourtesy ef Governor Edw la P Mor row obtained the cooperstton ef the 1 Chamber ef Cioameire and state ef* ftrials . Th* new Kentucky state rapttol was the renter of many la te rest mg scene* and *■ th* arnpt railed for a number of state legisla tors. real member* of the Kentucky legislature and other state offtcals volunteered their service* Other scenes were made at Canal Lock No. 5 at Fort Hill, where the town arm ory is; the palatial home of U. 8. Senator Camden between Frankfort and Loisville; “Liberty Hall” and old mansion which dates back to the early 19th century. Monte Blue, in the role of Boone Stallard, a mountaineer who goes to the Legislature to emancipate his peo ple, does some of the best work of hi* career. Others in the cast include Diana Allen, as leading woman, Frank Joyner, Yilfred Lytell and Jhon Mil- tern, Ms’y THELMA MARCELL CARROLL visiting Keel. Advertise in The People. 1 Winthrop College this-summer to the 1S short course as one of the members 1 , , n of thJ Demonstration Club,. The ! Mabel Belt,ord »ere v.smm, at Ro,e- teachers left for their respective j nmr * Sum a y- 1 homes on Saturday "following. - Miss ] Mr. and Mrs..Clarence Hair visited Myrtice Boylston to Blackville, and the latter’s mother. Mrs. G. W. Bodi- Miss Gladys Willis to Bingham.We ' ford, of Healing Springs Saturday were sorry to see them leave, and i night. , ’ days until the next Miss Addie Lee Mitchell is gpend- Mrs.' Hitt, the prin-1 ing this week with her grandparents, The summer roses were fastburstiug forth in their beauty when Death, the white-winged angel of eternal life, entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Carroll on Friday evening, May 12, and took to heaven the little soul that had for only eight short months been loaned to give sunshine and joy Rosemary, May 22,—Mr. Gilbert' to her parents and ipany others who NEWS FROM ROSEMARY. vil infestation. We are finding them ^ in really enormous numbers in our wd j c . oun t the ually send it out postpaid for "Ji.26.; spring examinations in the vicinity g es si on opens. Cotton has now climbed to twenty j aTH l ar e receiving similar reports rip*!, lives here aud the district en-' Mr. and Mr*. A. P, Hikr* cent,, w, have.* waavil amereanca (r0B1 atnwt all portiona of tta cotton j„ yi hfr c ,, m p«nionihip continually, j Mr .„<! Mr, R. C. Hlara. of Willi, five or tan lime, greater than that of ' Mt , ' V ., 'j *—» . • ton. were in thla aection Sunday af a year ago. Put these two things to- | t j g found that the sandy Mr. F. T. Merritt, af Williston, was gather and there is every ihcentive to | mr<t hotter f ur ( u ttor »n th^ pres- in th* 1 city sot. ^ilay laat . JfgtKjftP following closely the standardized I rBre D f weevil, partially because business trules of weevil control. J this type at soil gets hotter and in- '■ Mr. Cauda Letter 1 rreases the mortality of tbs weevil A communication announcing Mr B R Coad, TsDulak, La writs* doe t* th* sunshine, furtharmor* H birth of a fta* baby girl May 17th as rmrsrniiy the *aor M a quicker growing, earlier malar- ed to the waste baskn msas had weevil tafsets nan af this mg bmJ than the elays add t* than writer failed t* giv* hi |Tg - ^ ilay^Td r- A —af cett IBM Odom and Forrest Bodiford and Miss loved her. It seemed, hard for them to give her up, yet how comforting to know that this change had no bitter sting in store for her, whose purity had never known a sin! There must have been rejoicing, among the host that cannot be numbered when the little soul so pure entered into companion ship with them. ’ Her remains were raid to rest in the family cemetery on Saturday af ternoon in th# presence of a large frt-gL-wiTosiqL trlrtia, “is* 1 ton, ternoon. p Kurs. WiWe TTairr'’ Sammt . and Laon Beasley, of Aiken, Trta.—“Byteaa amna Laelaia ! * saa. Miriam Creech K Beading. —“H a g er" Laurie Brews lag 7. Piano 8*1#.—"On TVs Lmrhner -I alls Ctnaana B. Reading.—"The Raggedy Men* Emma Lea Dyrhea. t. Tne,- "Waltz." Engtemaaa — Mmam Creech. Susie Peacock. AWihm Millar. )#. Per la amt lea.—"Weed row W il- saa,”—Edward Riley. II plena Dart, “Grand V| Burgmaltrr—Pally Walker. Bennett. If. Reading,—"Th* Polish Bay”— Frankie Harlay. 13. Piano Solo,—“Hungarian Rhapsody No 2.” Lizat—Carrie Hol man. 14. Reading. “A Moat Obliging Little Sister”—Pauline Hilman. 15. —“Military Gallop.” Schneider —Polly Walker, Blanche Bennett, Elizabeth Black. 16—Reading,—“The Vagabonds’* —Valerie Owens. 17. Trio,—“Overture ZuPrecioso,” Weben—Marguerite Jenkinh, Carrie Holman, Caro Easterling. 18. Decision of Judges. Graduating Exercises. The program of the graduating ex ercises Tuesday evening was as fol lows: Invocation—Dr. W. M. Jones. 1. Chorus, “Morning Song,” For man—High School Girls. 2. Salutatory—Perry Simms. 3. History of the Class of 1922^— Jean Riley. 4. Piano Solo, “Polka de ' la Reime,” Rolf—Marguerite Jenkins. 5. Class Prophecy—Blanche Por- ela- the itors at the faU*« have this sympathizing friends. The body put away in a beefy white the hub grave was heaped high • f*hUy *L MR _ ^ U* Y« Class Will—Elizabeth Mace. Song—Class of 1922. Valedictory—Lou lie Moore. Piano Solo, “Polonaise,” Turbb —Caro Easterling. 10. Address—Dr. W. 9. CurrelL Pres. U. of 8. C. 11. Duet, "HaaffarhM Polka," AfoM> Caro Easterling, M argue rite It. A. A aad .r •# th# A* .#uC