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COTTON BOOI, WEEVIL DEADLY PARASITE ENTERED THIS COUNTRY IN 1902. Since Then it Has Advanced State by State. ? South Carolina Will Be Reached Next. The cotton Boll Weevil, known to science as Anthonomus grandis, that is. Grand Flower-feeder, because he feeds on the flower of cotton, the ?world's most important textile plant, entered the United Spates at Browns ville, Texas, in 1892, having wored tip from his original home in Guate mala when cotton fields stretched a cross Mexico. The insect has long been resident in Cuba and is proba bly indigenous there. The Cotton Boll Weevil belongs to the Snout beetles, a family which is well represented in this country, for *he peach and plum curculio, the pea curculio, the rice weevil, the gran ary weevil, the chestnut weevil, the corn billbug, are all allied to it? cousins so to speak. In Texas the Cotton Boll Weevil found its hardest task, on account of a climate unusually dry and hot in summer, and subject to sudden se vere changes in winter, accentuated by lack of cover. Moreover the natural enemies of the insect were disorganizd. Texas was filled vith shooting clubs and market hunv. 13. There was a con tinual bombardment going on from the Sabine to the Rio Grande. Every thing that flapped a wing furnished a target. Prairie chickens, the mag nificent pinnated grouse of the prai ,tries, were shipped to market in car ' loads and at last exterminated for none exist in Texas today except a lew in isolated localities. The sav ing of tbis one bird would have sav ed Texas millions of dollars, for they are wide rangers and vigorous feed ers, and were evenly dispersed over the State. In 1907, fifteen years after it en tered the United States the Boll Wee vil entered Louisiana, causing a loss of 75 per cent to the cotton crop of the State, which is about the dam age in the infested portions of Miss issippi. The weevil has shown no signs of dying out, but is as numerous in Mexico and Texas as it was fifteen years ago. It attacks all kinds of cotton alike. Parasites (insects which raise their young on ether insects) have not ful filled the predictions made for them, iut have had no appreciable effect on the spread of the Boll Weevil. An active agent in destroying the larva, however, has been the ant (Solenopss geminata.) The reason that parasites do so little in checking the weevil lies in the weevil'c life history. The eggs ds laid in the square or the boll, the larva (a white grub) hatches inside boll or square and puptas ther. Only the adul form emerges and grown weevils are not easy for a par elte to work on, with their bodies encased in hard covers. It has become clearer, with the field work of each year, that there was but one final check on the rava ges of tlhe Boll Weevil and that check was the bird host. No one has ever disputed that birds eat the insect freely, and investiga tions of the Biological Survey show that 65 species feed on the insect. In the front rank are swallows of all kinds, bank swallows, barn swallows, rough-wing swallows and so on; a close second- is furnished by night hawks (builbats) and chimney swifts while purple martins (members of the gwallow family) are it eat de stroyers of Bo:I Weevils. flo take a simile from the exper ience men, we take our food where it may be had easiest, as a general rule. There are many things we would sometimes prefer to eat and would eat those things, except that time and trouble are required to have them; so we fall back on the food furnished by grocers and other providers. The bird (and all animals in fact) pursues the same course. Most birds must have a certain definite amount of insect food in order to keep heal thy, and there are Insects more pala table to them than are other insects; but when any particular insect is abundant and easy to get, provided birds eat it all, they will take that insect rather than go afield on the uncertain /Chance of finding some other. The Boll Weevil being everywhere abundant where found and confined to fields furnishes this easy food supply and hence is taken in great quantities. Moreover most birds relish the insect and eat it with avi dity. Therefore, it is clear that God has placed in our hands the remedy with which to stay the pest and a vert ruin. Just today reports riy in from all parts of South Carolina as to dama ges done by the Cotton Leafcater piller (Argillacea alabama) and this pest is eaten by birds; too numerous to mention. Prof. Conradi is au thority or the statement thnt black birds cleaned these caterpillars off ten thousand acres of cotton near Dallas, Texas, in a day's time. But to our mutton: Cultural methods will not save South Carolina. There are no sum mers so hot as the summers of Texas (thermometer 130 degress in mid summer 1909?government reading), nor are ever winters visited with sud den cold, low enough to destroy in sects. Winter cover is abundanc in '/ji-anch bottom, river swamp, wood lot, briar patches and other covered areas in South Carolina. Our one hope lies in saving the birds. The small politician has so far defeated the will of the people and blasted the hope of intelligent thinkers. Is the small poli:ician of more val ue than many children? Is he dear er to us than our women? Is he, the Overlord of the rural districts and HORSE AND AUTO RACES. I Will Be Held at the County Fair During Three Days. The gentlemen having the matter in charge have arranged to have three days of horse and auto racing at the County Fair in Novemher. (On Tuesday, November 14, which is [the opening day of the Fair, the au tomobile races will take place, and on Wednesday and Thursday follow |in!3 the horse races will be pulled off. Considering the shortness of time in which the committees had to work, they have arranged some very attractive events. The automobile races, which are in charge of a committee composed of Messrs. C. R. Culler, Chairman, L. Bennett and W. S. Barton, Jr., will he worth seeing. They have arranged as follows. Three Auto Races. 1. Fifty Mile Race (for cars with 4 1-2 cylinder bore and under) stripped as desired. 'First Prize $100. Second $50. 2. Ten Mile Race for strictly stock cars with four inch cylinder bore and under, less top, lamps and wind shield. Prize $25. !. Five Mile Race, free for all, I open to any car except special equip ped or stripped cars. Cjash Jrize $10. Entrance fee will be $10 for each car entering in first and second rac es. All entrances must be made be fore Nr-'ember 10th. Any informa tion desired may be had from chair jman of the committee, Mr. Cecil R Culler. Two Days Horse Racing. Messrs. W. M. Sain, Chairman, J. C. Fairey and John Rast, committee I in horse racing have arranged an in | teresting two days program for Wed nesday and Thursday, November 15 and 16. The following is the pro gram. First Day. 1. One Mile, 2.40 class, pace or trot, two best in three heats. En trance fee, ten per cent of purse. $125.00 2. Free to all running race, one half mile, two best in three hea.ts. Ten per cent entrance fee $100.00. ?3. Mule race, free to all, 1-2 I mile, one heat. No enrance fee. $15.00. Second Day. 1. Three minute, 'pace or trot, one mile, two best in three heats. Entrance fee ten per cent of purse $50.00. County raised, free for all, trot or pace. Half mile. Three heats. Entrance fee ten per cent of purse $100.00. 3. County raised, running race, half mile, two best in three heats. No entrance fee $25.00. 4. Ox race, free to all, one heat $5.00. American Trotting Association rules to govern. Five to enter and three to start in all races, with pri vilege of calling off any race. En I tries close day before races. Elected New Organizer. The State says the quarterly meet ing of the State executive committee of the State Farmer's union, held ill he office of the secretary Tuesday J. B. O'Neall Hollaway resigned the of fice of State organizer. B. F. Kel ler, formerly of Cameron, but now of Spartanburg, was elected to suc ceed Mr. Holloway. He will assume the duties of the office at once. Mr. Holloway will seek the office of sup erintendent of education of Xewber ry county upon the retirement of the incumbent, J. S. Wheeler. Accepting the resignation of Mr. Halloway and electing Mr. ? Kelle}* to succeed him was the principle business disposed of by the committee. Mmch routine business was transacted. Paper for the Masses. There are at least two thousand people who take the Times and De mocrat and no other secular news paper. Those people depend on The Times and Democrat for all the news, local and all other kinds. For that reason The Times and De mocrat has to .be more thon a mere local paper. While it covers all really important local matters, it gives a full, bet condensed, state ment of the happenings in the State and the whole country. That this is the kind of newspaper the masses want is amply attested by the fact that The Times and Democrat has over twice as many subscribers as any paper published in this section. Subscription books open to adver tisers.. John Suniter's Wound Fatal. John Sumter, the Fort Motte ne gro who was chopped in his head by his wife, has died from the effects of the wound. It seems that the couple quarreled vigorously at a frolic Fri day night, after a temporary and spurious separation; that she follow [ed him home, deliberately seized an axe and sent it into his face with deadly effect. It is said that she the hastily retreated and disappear ed with another man. It is also said that she has confessed unreservedly to Sheriff Dantzler that she commit ted the deed and there was no sign of repentant tears or demeanor when the news of his death was broken to her. the sole recipient of the bounty of corporations, to be alone considered? That is the question to be debated; that is the issue to be decided. The Boll Weevil is in Southern Alabama. Mr. W. D. Hunter, in charge for the department of agricul ture, writes me that, the fall disper sion is now on and that the main body of the weevils will perhaps make fifty miles, with the skirmish ers going much farther. This will bring the insect close to the Georgia line and Georgia will be attacked next fall. Georgia has taken action by passing the Hunters' License for the protection of birds. South Carolina's turn comes next. Will the small pol itician permit the people to protect themselves? MST OP LETTERS. Those Remaining Unclaimed In the Ornngeburg Post Office. The following are the list of letters remaining unclaimed in tho Orange burg Post Office for the week ending Oct. 10, 1911. Persons calling for same will please say that they are "advertised." A. D. Webster, P.- M. A?Lewis Aiken. Lizzie ?rmster, Mrs. Queen R. Ashe, L. E. Aymard. B?Ber. Booker, Clarence Bowman. C?Mrs. Alice Caldwell, Charlie Cannon, Julius Carmichael, Estella Carini<chael, Mrs. Francis Chavis, Benjamin Colter. I)?Wesley Dantzler, Mrs. C. A. Dowman.' E?Nora Elmore, Frank Ether edge, George Etheredge. P?Anna Fields. Asbury Fludd. G?A. C. Garber (2), Isam Gard ner, Miss Nettie Glover Roben God field, i H?Dan Hocman,, Geo. Hovison, Mary Huggins. J?Gabe Jamison, Miss Henrietter Jones. K?Jessie Keitt. L?G. L. Laury, Ora Lee, Mrs. Rachel Livingston. M?Sam McCury, Betsy McDaniel, Miss Liz2.ie McKenzie, Miss Dorothy Miller, Allen Murry. P?Mi?,s Annie Parker Miss Norma Polk. R?Mr. James C. Reeves, Miss Jul ia Rhymes, Miss Mary Robinson. S?Mr?. L. A. Shuler. T?Jannie Trimming. lW<?Henry Walley Viirgie; West, John W. Witherspoon, Miss Mlary Wright. Have Done Their Duty. There is no room for any kick on the health of the, city for it has never been better. The present board of health has done its duty and the members of the board are entitled to the "well done" of all citizens. I Then, too, the health officer, Mr. F. A. Schifl'ley, has most intelligently! and efficiently seconded the efforts of the board of health to preserve the health of the city. If people will .take the trouble to look into the matter they will find that both the .board of health and the health offi cer have been most efficient in the discharge if their duties. In fact, we honestly believe that by prompt and intelligent acuon of the health authorities, this city was saved an epidemic of small pox two or three times the past year. Laws Regarding the Road. Some complaint has come regard ing the giving of half the road in case of an automobile coming up behind a team. The parties claim that when they come up behind a fellow w?'th. a team he stubbornly re fuses to give any of the road, no mat ter if there is plenty of room to turn out. Now the law recognizes the rights of both the man with the team and the man with auto, and these rights should be respected. The law says that when a man is overtaken by a faster vehicle ,the man driving the slower vehicle shall turn out and give half of the beaten path. Another Good Roads Train. It is announced from the office of the agricultural and immigration agent at Wilmington, N. C, that the Atlantic Coast Line will operate a good roads train over its entire sys tem, starting from Richmond, Va., November 23. The train will con sist of two coaches, one of which will contain models, operated by electri city, of roadworking machinery, while the other will be equipped for lectures and steropticon views. A private car also will be attached to the train for the convenience of Gov ?ernment road engineers and others. ? <> ? Record Breaking Weather. The Charleston Post says Saturday proved the hottest October day on re cord in the history of the United States weather bureau, as far as max imum readings have gone, the mer cury registering 93.3 degrees, 3-10 a degree in excess of the maximum reading heretofore recorded, on the third of the month in 1SS3. The in tense heat was of short duration for the cool wave of Saturday night put on end to it. The fall in temperature proved acceptable for the weather has been unusually warm for this season lor several weeks. ?'The (Talisman" Cancels. Information has just been receiv ed by the local manager of the Acad emy of Music from the "The Clans man" company enroute that, on ac count of a change in their routing, they will be unable to play Orange burg as advertised, but that they will get later in the season. This is a sore disappointment to the theatre-^ocrs of this city and sur rounding country, who were antici pating the pleasure of witnessing the performance of the Clansman. Excursion Kates to Batesburg. On account of Batesburg Tri-Coun ty Fair the Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets from October 10th to 20th, with final limit to re turn October 21st, to Batesburg, S. C, at greatly reduced rates, The rates from points in this section are as follows: Denmark, $1.75; Hlackville, $1.6.~>; Springfield, $1.30; Salley. $1.13; Perry, SI.15; Wa?cner, 95 els. Pro portionately low rates will apply from oilier points. Train Run into Washout. A freight train on the Southern Railway ran into a washout just above St. Matthews. Three of the train crew were slightly hurt. The accident delayed the paseengor trains both ways, and as a consequence they were several hours late in ar riving here. We could not learn the extent of the injuries to the train or engine. THE DIXIE CARNIVAL. Treat in Store on Friday, Oct. 13th, Afternoon and Evening. The Dixie Carnival will be in full swing on Friday afternoon and eve ning, October 13th. A small admis sion will be charged and plenty of entertainment and amusement is promised for all who attend. Free attraction of the best kind. One of these is a dainty Japanese drill, two performances of which wil be given, one in the afternoon and the other at night. In the midway will be found Mrs. Jarvey's Wax Works, the Famous Living Head, che Dixie Vaudeville, Gypsy Fortune Tellers. In the coun try store lots of good things?hot fried oysters and cold drinks, etc? will be found. Also the following household goods, which have been donated by out of town firms' 25 lbs. kisses, given by the Maijenhoff Co., of Charleston; one case of package crackers, by the Southern Biscuit Works; 3 0 cans Wesson Salard Oil, given by the Southern Cotton Oil Co.; one case Fairey Soap, given by N. K. Fairbank Co.; one case Bak ing Powder, given by the Southern Mfg. Co.; 12 dozen pkgs. chewing gum by the Teras Gum Co; 1-3 gross Smoking tobacco by the R. J. Rey nolds Co.; one/case post toasties, by the Postum Cereal Co. METHODISTS AT ST. MATTHEWS. Growth of the Denomination Call for a Change. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier says: "After J. K. W'annamaker left $20 00 to build a church here, and in view of the further fact that it will be placed in such an advantageous location for its future (growth, the local minister and cabinet thought it high time for the membership to t:ske a forward step. At a meeting of the convention Sunday morning, the movement to make St. Matthews a station was de finitely launched. As the new church is to be furnished, a lot to be purchas ed and a handsome parsonage to be built a few of the more conservative thought a. little delay advisable until some of the present tangles are un-J raveled, but there is evidently such strong sentiment for immediate ac tion that an immediate canvass will be made looking to an arrangement for meeting the increased funds. "Everybody realized the necessity of the change at no distant date, which will be a great impetus to its welfare and progress. The circuit is now composed of Jamison, Limestone and Wesley Chapel. Jamison will very probably be retained with St. Matthews if it so desires. At least that is the intimation advanced from the inner circles." -'/ Rowesville Locals. The people of Rowesville are glad to report that our town can now boast of street lights. We have need ed some kind for a long time, and on last week the gas lights were put UP Mr. and Mrs. V. P. S'huler with their son Marion spent Sunday in Pregnals with relatives. Mrs. Chas. Hopkins spent the week-end in Bamberg with her moth er, Mrs. J. M. Jennings. Miss Ollie Hutto, of Orangeburg, visited friends here last week. Mrs. Mike Blake, a popular sales man for Wagner & Co. spent Sunday night and part of Monday in our town. Mr. Theodore Robinson will be post master here for another term. The Post Office now is in charge of Mr. Willie Dukes. Unveiling at Norway. Sunday afternion at four o'clock nearly seven hundred people assem bled at the Davis Cemetery at Nor way to witness the unveiling of a monument, erected to the memory of Geo. F. Davis by the Willow Camp, W. O. W. of Norway. The camps of Norway, Neeces, Cope, Bolentown, Cordova and Two Mile were repre sented in the march of 120 Wood men. The ceremony, conducted by the officers of Willow Camp, of which Mr. Davis was a member, was very impressing. The orator of the occa sion was Rev. Smith. He delivered an able address. .Miss Garrick recit ed the poem, "O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud." Needs a Freight Agent. There seems to be little or no doubt but the the Southern Railway will soon put an agent at Jamison. Such an official is badly needed there. Some years ago a freight agency was maintained at this place by the railway, and there is more need of it now trat there was then. Besides the considerable amount of freight shipped into Jamison, a great amount is shipped out of that place. Several large lumber mills are locat ed near that point, and quantities of lumber are loaded there annually. Hyde Will Have to Hang. "I do not promise to move in the matter and unless the Supreme Court interferes, the man will certainly be hanged next Friday, 'said Gov. Blease Tuesday, when asked what he intend ed doing about the batch of petitions received at his office urging executive clemc-ncy in behalf of Hyde, the mill engineer who killed his wife and her father in the Orr Mill village at An derson. Talk Less and Work More. Let us cultivate a public spirit and talk less and work more. Encourage our local authorities in making im provements. Speak up, speak well, talk encouragingly of our town and its bright prospects. It is these many little considerations that makes a town grow. Nature has showered upon us her choicest blessings, and with perfect unity and effort for the good of our common cause, great will be the result. i LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BI OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening Here and There. Local Items of Personal Interest to Our Readers. Dr. J. L B. Gilmore, of Holly Hill, was in the city yesterday on business. This year has demonstrated the need of a mechanical cotton picker. We do not need any more hot weather at this time, so please pass it over. The farmers should put in a big crop of oats to supplement the short icorn crop. The Ch'amber of Commerce ban quet last night was a grand success. All enjoyed it. Read the article on the first page from Commissioner Watson in ref erence to holding cotton. Don't forget the auction sale of horses and mules in Orangeburg, at the Court HouBe on Nov. 6th. Fifty head of horses and mules will be auctioned off by the Western Horse and Mule Co. at Orangeburg, on No.. 6th. The brutal and fiendish crime of that Honea Path fiend was soon avenged. See account of the awful affair on the first page. The Times and Democrat gives all the news?local, State, national and foreign. Give it a three months trial and se how you like it. Everybody is invited to the box party and ice cream festival at Goocl bys School house on next Friday, P. M., beginning at four o'clock. The Edisto Rifles will be muster ed back into service, and Captain Moseley has called a meeting of the company for tonight at the armory. Did you ever see a year when more than half the cotton of'the country had opened before the first of Octo ber? That seems the condition now. By the first of January The Times and- Democrat expects to have at least four thousand subscribers. This is no hot air, as we will prove it by our books. What about the price of cotton? The bears seem to have it their own way. The ginners' report knocked a ,big hole in the price. The ne:^ one will also give it a jolt. If any subscriber to The Times and Democrat, old or new, who, af ter reading the paper a year, will say that it is not worth $1.50 per annum we will refund him his mon ey. The Times and Democrat wants to add just about twelve hundied new subscribers to its present list to give it four thousand subscribers. We expect our voting contest to do that much for us. John Ashley appeared in a new role Tuesday as will be seen by the account < ". the lynuhing at Honea Path on the first page. But as he assisted in putting out of commission we have no condemnation. The ladies of the Basket Band will conduct a rummage sale Saturday, October 21st, on the new post office site. Each member is requested to be on hand at 9-30 with a'! the old garments they have no need of. Elloree and all other towns should have bonded warehouses, where the farmers could safely store their cot ton and market it when the price suit. This is the only successful war to meet the cotton situation from year to year. If the farmers of the County will attend the horse and mule sale of the Western Horse and .Mule Co. at Orangeburij, Nov. 6th, they will .be able to buy stock of all descriptions direct from the West well worth the money. Remember the day and place, and don't fail to be on hand. Tre Camden police caught fourteen negroes playing craps on last Sun day, and the mayor assessed them nearly two hundred dollars for their l'ttle diversion. This is all right and ?uoper, but why is it that the police never can catch white poker players as well as negro crop shooters? While the best authorities in the South on the subject, claim that this year's cotton crop will not be over twelve million bales, the national agricultural department places the estimate nearly three million bales above that. We belcve the twelve mllion bale estimate is the nearest to what the crop will turn out to be. A teacher is .being prosecuted in Atlanta for severely punishing a child in one of the schools three. At lanta is different from Orangeburg. We have known a child in the schools here being so badly beaten that he bled from several wounds, but the man who did the beating was never even reprimanded for his brutality. The cotton crop of last year was 12,120,095 .bales and sold for $1, 030,1 33,527, including the seed. The crop od 190S was 13,825,457 bales and sold for $775,794,494. It will be seen that while the crop of 190S was 1,705,362 bales in excess of the crop of 1910 it sold| for $2,543, 390.33 loss than the crop of 1910. This shows that there is such a thins as making too much cotton. The chief cause of a dreadful rail way tragedy in Wisconsin recently was a huge billboard that so obscur ed the view as to shut off the sight of an approaching train. If that fact helps to do away with such signs some good will result from the disas ter. Billboards are a monstrosity that disfigure the landscape, and as an advertising medium they are about the poorest. Experience has proved this time and again, and ex periments in advertising have not only shown the well nigh uselessness of billboards but also that the very best kind of advertising is that which is found in the columns of the home paper. Russell Street, That $10.00 Voile Dress Skirt For $5.95 This i3 a special value that has caused a sensa tion among the shrewd shoppers of Orangeburg. This skirt is of imported, hard finished, crisp voile. It is a graceful design, made with nine gores finished with stitched tuck and reinforced facing to hold its shaplLess. Front and side panels beauti fully embroidered in scroll effect. All seams stitched and tape. Wears splendidly. You miss a great deal when you do not pur chase one of these. All sizes for large and smalF women. You can order by number too. Just set d a money order for $5 95 for Skirt 2I3B and it will be sent to you by mail or express prepaid. AND BY THE WAY: HAVE YOU A COPY OF OUR CATALOGUE? YOU HAD BETTER SEND FOR IT. IT'S YOURS? THE MIGHTY hows Orangeburg? Tuesday, Oct. 17. See the Racing Camels The Semersalt Elephant The crowning amusement glory of the South. The South's only and truly representative of the show world, owned operated and controlled by Earnest Haag, a southerner. See the parade. It must be seen as it cannot be justly described. Dear Friend: Mama says you ought to tiade at a store that sends your goods home quick. 'They have two> Phones at the PURE FOOD STORE, so Central can't tell you "line's busy"?any mere. Ycu'caD always get CRAIG'S PURE FOOD STORE. when you are in a hurry for things for dinner. Your friend, JACOB: KmHMT it- .1 ?suTOim.T. cmHM a oo. ?mmaoo k* ?. R, Aelllc^rQf INSURES Cotton Gins (System.) m one of the "Grant" Fire Insurance Companies. CALL ON HIM. Ml*