The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 09, 1907, Page FOUR, Image 4
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E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Entered at the Postoffice at Nevvfccrrv.
S. C., as 2nd class matter.
Friday, August !), 1!K>7.
RAILROAD TO SALUDA.
Wo direct attention in another column
t? t lit* <*< mi in 11 ti icii t if >n 1 rom Saluda
written by a special correspondent
of The Herald and News.
We have from time to time urged
upon our business men and the Chamber
of Commerce to take up with the
Saluda and Kdgolield people this proposition
for a railroad, and have
warned I hem if something was not
done, that we would find ourselves
in the same predicament t.liat we were
when we sat still and let the Seaboard
Aid Line skirt the city,'for the people
of Cireeuwnod are alive to the value
and importance of securing all the
railroads that it is possible. This,
it seems to us, is our last chance and
we cannot understand how a Chamber
of Commerce, whidli is supposed to be
organized to look a>fter the interest
of the community, should not be
aroused and in active cooperation
with out neighbors across the Saluda.
As or correspondent states, this is
one. of the most fertile sections of
South Carolina, and as our merchants
know, a large proportion of their
trade comes from the Saluda side. It
does seem to us that the business men
here should lie aroused to the importance
i>|' seenriii'.: railroad connection
with these people. It is probable tlia-t
kunooiie has received the resolution
to which our correspondent refers,
but if so, we have not heard of any
act ion beint*' t akeu.
Newberry could have iiad the Seaboard
Air Line siniiply bv show1U|? interest
enough to give it welcome, hut
by inactivity and indifference ii went
just above us. If the same tactics
are pursued now, Saluda will be connected
with (ireenwood and Augusta
by rail or trolley and the trade, which
now comes to ns, will go to these
points.
We are satisfied from what we
have seen and from what our correspondent
has to say, that the people
<?f Saluda and Kdgi'tiold nietin
business and they are going to have
railroad connection somewhere, and
until Newberry shows a disposition
to cooperate with them, it will be
natural lor them to no in the direction
where they are invited and where
the people show an interest in them
and a desire to he connected with them
by rail. Naturally we believe that
the people of Kdgeliold and Saluda
would prefer the road to be extended
to Newberry, and as a matter of
fact, that is where it ought to go,
because there is a direct line from
Cnion, Whitmire, Newberry, Saluda
and Kdgolield to Augusta, and it
would be to the advantage of the
Saluda people to come to Newberry
and certainly it. would be to the advantage
of Newberry to have them
come.
We earnestly beg that our Chamber
of Commerce, or our city fathers look
into the matter and if these organized
bodies do not take action and take it
quickly we would be .triad to see the
business men, who appreciate the importance
of something hcinir done, get
in touch with these people.
The t|Uesliou is. does Newberry realize
the importance to the growth ot'
this community of a railroad leading
to Saluda.
Mayor <5. I ley ward Million, of
(ircenville, came very near defeating
all three opponents on the first ballot.
He has made a good mayor and
the people of (ircenville will do well
to re-elect him.
The meeting', which was held with
the physicians on Tuesday afternoon,
it seems to us, made a noise something
like a hospital for Newberry. We
believe that everything is in good
liapc now for the building of the hospital.
l! those who are interested,
/will keep at it. we believe that plnn>
will take definite shape very soon foi
the accomplishment of their work.
(Sow Hoke Smith has signed th<
prohibition bill, which was passed h\
the (i corgi a legislature, and it is nov
the law of fleorgia, but will not g<
into effect until the lirst of January
The signing of the bill was witnesse<
by some two hundred enthusiastic pro
hihitionists. including a number ol
women, and when the act was done
a great shout went up.
Kx peri once should tend, us?and i
is a dear lesson we have learned?
that those who object to another rail
roa \ on the s. ion ml that a small towi
might be established near Saluda riv
er, should not be considered, and tin
business men of the community shouh
)
hM ,:0
lost- no iiiiM* in yet tiny into touch with i
llie Saluda and Kdyelield people, who I
have dctei mined to have* another rail-1
mad. j
..
We desire to rail attention again
to the meeting <? 1" the County Medical
Society in the Chamber of Cemmerce
rooms this morning. IIow to prevent
disease will he discussed by Dr. C. T.
Wvche. of Prosperity, in a plain and
practical manner, so that the laymen
may understand as well as the professorial
men. Dr. Wvche will talk
especially upon tuberculosis, typhoid
fever and malarial fever. The ladies
of the community are especially invited
to attend this meeting and hear
Dr. W'yche on this subject. There is
no more important question, which
could be considered by I lie people of
anv community.
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CHINCH BUGS ARE EXPENSIVE, j
From 1850 to 1906 They Cost Nine j
States $330,000,000.
New York Sun.
Few insects, and certainly no other
.species of the natural order to
which this one belongs, have caused j
such enormous pecuniary losses as has
the chinch buy.
lint for the extreme susceptibility
of the very youny to destruction by'
drenching rains and for the less t
thouyh not siynicanl destructiveness
duriny rainy seasons of a certain
parasitic fungus on both the adults
and youny. I he practice of rai ;ng
grain year after year on the same
area.-, as followed in the Cnited Sta-i
I '
tes, would become altogether nnpro-i
lilable. -I
The chinch bug is a very widely j
distributed little beast, found in Kurope,
Asia, Africa. North and South I
America and some of the islands of j
the sen.
It hibernates in the ndull staire. so!
thai when spring conies it is already
"Tnwii up and ready to take up lmsi-I
ness at the point where i! stopped'
j the previous autumn.
I In the timothy meadows of north-]
'eastern ('l.io the t inted States (!ov-i
eminent ayent has witnessed cases I
| w here the chinch buys h:i<l commenced j
operations along one side. worked
pari way a cms the Held, killing the
timothy as I hey advanced, and continued
their depredations the following
year precisely where I hey suspeuded
work the autumn before,
i In wheal field* the females do not
M'cm to forsake their gregarious habits
entirely. as they do not scatter
out evenly over the entire field, but
appear lo locate in colonies, and when
1 he youny hatch and bey in to attack
the growing grain their presence is
lirsl disclosed by small whitening
patches which increase in dimensions
as the young become older and more
numerous.
In the low lying lields, says the report
of the Department of Agriculture,
these whitening patches more
commonly appear on the back furrows j
or on any slight elevations that occur i
in the liebl. Dill on higher and level
I ground the whitening areas are observed
atlereo over the entire lield i
and constantly widening until the
whole lield appears to ripen prematurely
and crinkle down.
Wilien the migration is accom plishud
by crawling, the females seem to
spread only enough lo atVord food for |
the youny until the latter are able to j
'make their own way from place to:
piacc. The youny remain clustered on
the plant about which they were]
,I hatched until ibis has been drained;
jot' sap. when they make their way,
i almost in a body, to a second plant,
I and in ibis way day after day.
| In the spring the chinch buy probably
lingers about its winter quarters
until a favorable day for miyrntion
occurs. Transfer a typical Indian
summer day to early May, and perhaps
raise the temperature a few degrees,
and you have a day during
j which chinch buys may be seen on
the winy, craw liny along on fences,
I '
or at rest on the lops of fence posts
' as if takiny observations, and in realI
j ity, as the writer has come lo believe,
to catch the scent of wheat or corn
' lields.
As to the ravages due lo this pest,
the estimated loss it caused lo crops
from IS.">? to 1SS7 reaches the sum of
$2(57,000,000. If we could have careful
estimates covering recent years
they would undoubtedly swell the
' I amount to considerably in excess of
' I $,'tit0,000,000 for the period from 1S.">0
>| to 1 !)()(>. If the indirect losses were
| to be added, the amount would iuI
deed be enormous. During the out
break in Ohio at least two !} niters
P become discouraged, and thinking
that the loss of their crops by the attack
of chinch buys would result in
their financial ruin, iu their dcspomlM
ency they sought relief in suicide,
"j When we take into consideration
-thai I lie financial losses as above estii
i mated have not fallen upon the en -
tire nation, but almost without exception
upon nine states. Illinois, Iowa,
II Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wiscon
A x X lJL^X\.r\I -I
sod, Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota, il
will Ik- seen that this diminutive inseet
constitutes a formidable enemy
to the agriculturist of these states.
In l'a<*t. small as it is, this pest has
cost the people of these nine states a
sum of money which, a few years a;ii?.
would 'have defrayed the entire expense
of the national government for
a whole year. Fire excepted, there is
probably no other factor that has
caused an enormous financial lo.-s
within the same period over the same
area of country.
This being the case it is not surprising
that the Department o?f Amiculture
has made the most searching
investigation into means of destroying
the chinch bug. Its natural
enemies are frequent rains during the
hatching seasons in May and August
certain parasitic fungi, the quail anA
to a limited extent certain other
birds and the frog.
The destructive fungi have been the
subject of much experimenting. One
in particular, the sporotriehum, is
now '' raised" artificially and distributed
to farmers. The government
agents visited places where this fundus
was sent and found that the effect
was unmistakable. Going to the
place in a field (generally a wheat
field > when the fundus had been introduced
the track of the chinch bugs
as they moved in any direction was
in many cases almost literally paved
with the dead bugs more or less enveloped
in their winding sheets of
white.
Along ravines, dead furrows runt
her depressions the ground would
be nearly while, the dead diminishing
;;; numbers as the higher grounds
were reached, though these were by
no means free from corpses. In one
instance the hugs bad left a field of
wheat at harvest, the sporotriehnm
having been applied there before the
movement began, and entered an adjoining
cornifield.
The way was marked with white,
not only the surface of the ground,
but Mi stirring up the mellow soil of
the ed'je of the cornfield il was found
to be literally full of dead chinch
bugs to the depth <>f two or three inches.
the white fungus covered bodies
slr-muly contrasting with the black
color of the rich roam. Xot only this,
but under the sheaths of the leaves
and <ni the leaves themselves hundreds
ot dead were to be found on
the outer rows of corn, on the grass
and weeds, and indeed almost everywhere.
Millions of chinch bugs were
certainly destroyed in this one field.
The dread which the chinch bug
inspires may be inferred from the nature
oI 'he various schemes for checking
his mad career. One of these begins
with the making of a smooth
pa Mi ."long t'-.c .margin of an infected
field where such a one adjoins the one
to l.o protected. This can be done
with a sharp hoe; and as the margins
of wheat fields usually become compacted,
it is but little trouble to clear
off a path a foot or more in width,
smooth as a floor, with the surface
almost as hard. In the midst of this
path post holes are sunk as in the
bottoms of furrows and a train of
."onI tar is run between them, being
so a>lunged that it will reach the post
hole near the inner side opposite the
field from which the hugs are migrati
tig.
In this way as the bugs reach the
train of coal tar they will follow along
until they reach the post hole, while
those meeting with the post holes will
usually divide and following around
it join with the I low of bugs moving
along the trains of coal tar. The result
is that they become congested in
the acute angle where the coal tar
train is intercepted by the post holes.
Those in the apex of this angle
ean not turn back, and thus are continually
pushed into the holes by
those behind. From these holes there
is no escape, and here the buns can be
readily killed by sprinkling with kerosene,
I he slightest train of coal tar is
sufficient to obstruct the passage of
I the bugs, and light rains will not affect
its efficiency. In dry weather
these trains of coal tar soon become
covered over with dust and must be
renewed, but in showery weather
there is no dust, and if the coal tar
is renewed daily or at most twice
each day it will accomplish its work,
and nothing further will be needed
I than to kill the bugs that have collocti
ed in the post holes. This measure is
inexpersive and can be promptly put
| into operation if the coal t.nr is at
hand. The writer has been able in
this way to protect effectively a field
of corn surrounded on two sides by
a wheat field literally overrun with
chinch bugs at harvest and during a
time when light showers were occurring
frequently several time a day.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
IS.) acres of lan diving partly in
j Saluda and partly in Lexington
j county and on Saluda river will sell
| or rent, cheap?has about fifty acres
J .T.i\ W i\JUL.VVO.
DR. A. K. H
The famous Atlanta Opti<
Tuesday, Aug
Wednesday, l
Thursday, Au*
and will make headquartei
EXAMINATION OF EYES WILL
and we advise everybod;
named and have eyes t
Hawkes' Crust
have been fitted on thous
racy and
T ell yourfriends, and reme
Reliable PY
joC well timber-land. For other in for- BSPH ?g pi)
| mation apply to A. D. P. Nichols, ||
Route 4, Leesville, S. C. Residence 2 g |Lg
miles from Simpson ferry. 2t-pd
STAT 10 OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Newberry.
By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire, O H Pi IT! K
Probate Judge. . VliailU
WHEREAS, J. J. Amick hath j-i j ?
made suit to me, to grant him Letters PICAiil QOl
of Administration of the Estate of
and effects of Bennett H. Amick jBl^OAA/n
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite
and admonish all and singular the I j_ __ * ^
kindred and Creditors of (he said
Bennett II. Amick deceased, that they
be and aj f ear before me, in the Court \A/ i|"0
of Probate, to be held at Newberry
on \\ ednesday, 21st day of August *
next after publication thereof, at 11 inCH "tO 1'
o'clock in the forenoon, to show causc
if any they have, why the said Ad- I j r* y*
ministration should not be granted. I^II 1I 1
GIVEN under my Hand, this 3rd _ .
day of August Anno Domini, 1907. Lllf"10n (
F. M. Schumpert,
J-R N-c- Linene
TEACHER WANTED. PBGrlO
The patrons of Yaughnsville school
will meet at the Vaughnsville school ClOW WOT
house on August 10th., at 3 p. m., to
elect a teacher for the coming year. Val La^
Salary $40 per month, school to run
7 or 8 months. Those wishing to ap ! t/? jq U I rs *
ply for the school will please send lOli 1??d.C
their applications to the undersigned
trustees. ElTlbrC
C. A. Brooks.
TO. C. Sailer. ]7nfrp H
Henry Workman. 1?<I1LI tJ 1?'
? r? Waist Fi
New Market. | Let us
I have opened a first class
Meat Market on Friend street, fi(| p| |||
next door to the Observer office, |1 |A I
and am prepared to furnish I a ^
choice meals of all kinds. wH
All orders entrusted to me
will receive my personal at- ? .?
tendon. DUE WE
Come to see my market.
It is the cleanest and most up- ,
. . k t , 1 he ideal place for
to-daie market in Newberry. kind personal oversi*.
t a facilities. New Cam
J. A. WRIGHT, Klectric light, steam
_ , mate and splendid h<
Friend Street. Beautiful catalogue.
Phone 232.
i i
rnnav. Auuust iwur. <
AWKES.
^ian, will visit Newberry,
ust 13th,
\ugust 14th,
^ust 15th, <
rs at Pelham's Pharmacy.
. BE MADE FREE OF CHARGE,
V to call one of the days
ested.
allized Lenses
>ands with greatest accusuccess.
I
mberthedatesand place*
larmacists.
Drays, blues and grays, in
ors 12 l-2c. yd.
Linens, union and all
\ 1-2 to 40c. yd.
Linens, coolest of all, 36
0-4, 50c. to $1.00 yd.
Lawns 25 to 50c. yd.
3ambrics 50c. to $1.00 yd.
Jttes 10 to 12 l~2c. yd.
ss lustre Floss for Sha k.
ces,Torchon Laces, Baby
-es 6 1-4 to 45c. yd.
)ideries, in Bead in gs,
eux, Insertions, Edges,
'onts, Corset Covers, &c.
show you, COME.
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-ST FEMALE COLLEGE
DUE WEST, S. C.
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C?IC Hull Willi clcKniit locations (or loo Ijonrdcra i
heat, complete water works nnd sewerage. Delightful rli' fl
jolth record The very best advantages fnv i ch*
The President's address till September ist will be money' \
RF'V. JAM lis ItOYCK,
Moil treat, N. C. . ^