Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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As Old as H Arteries '[he doctor can't help it. He knows that the man has hard ar teries, high blood - pressure, and the beginning of kidney and heart disease, due to I constipation. It isn't the other man's fauhl realized that constipation w Year in and year out he has nincral waters and salts why his health is so bad. Nujol is for just such cases It works on an entirely new Instead of forcing or irritating the food waste. This enubles the many the intestines, contracting and expa squeeze the food waste along so th the system. Nujol thus prevents constipation b tam casy, thorough bowel moveme healthiest habit in the world. Nujol is absolutely harm less and ph Nulol is sold by uil druggists in seul trade murk. Write Nujol I.abortories S 50 Broudnay. New York, fir bookletN.I The Modern .\1thwd of( Treai Nujo1FPo N~. ,-l R MUST FICHT NOW 10 BEAT THE BOLL WEEVIL What Farmers Must Do-Fighting Talk by Man Fresh From Five Years in Weevil Territory in Ala- v bama. We reprint the following from the News and Courier which is a talk made by County Agent J. P. Quinerly to the' farmers and business men of Lee County at a mass meeting held t last week. f Mr. Quinerly is undertaking to I arouse the cotton growers of Lee 1 County to make a winning fight n against the boll weevil, which, in the t absence of such a fight, is expected to t do great damage in Lee County this f year. The meeting in Bishopville last v Wednesday night was largely attend- I ed and Mr. Quinerly's speech made a t profound impression. It is a verw un- t usual thing for a county newspaper to I publish as long a speech as this in c full, but the Leader and Vindicator v could not have put its space to better 1 account. ' Mr. Quinerly came to Lee County c from Alabama, where he had spent t five years in boll Weevil territory. His 1 tal kis a fighting talk and he is doing a hMs part, and more, to defeat the wee- i vil in Lee County. The text of his speech in full is as follows: Mr. Quinerly's Address It is absolutely within the power of the farmers in this county to literally t cheat the boll weevils out of several thousand bales of cotton, and thereby increase their yield from 25 to 50 per < cent over what is will be if no effort I is made to control the weevils and if I con(ditions are not unfavorable for them. But if this tot ton is saved the I light mnuist start tomorrow, andl the 1 battle will be1 overI in six XOr eigh t wveelks. Properily di reced int a deter mined effort to eont3rol the weevils, there is suofiient labi or on almost ev cry farmit to make a profitable cropt of' (ott on, withtout mutch, if any addition.. al e'xpense8, n ot tt'r how mayt wee-I vi s you mta y hav~e now --unless we have an extrenio-ly wet .loune and .July, thent veryv lit tlh-et t1 Ion is ('ver made s,.Ab C 50wthu obiain nyu ROSE 2 (COTITION I3 24 Stotne St. tittitutuwsutttttttittittuttIt !!!u t:itis is )ng neglected, chronic -directly. He never is a serious thing. taken pills, castor oil, md now he wonders s this. principle. iystcn, it simply softens the tiny muscles in the walls of iding in their normal way, to it it passes naturally out of ,case it helps Nature main its at regular intervals-the :nsanIt to take. Try it. rd hntules nily, cu.ring Nufot andard Oil Co. (New Jersey), 'hirty Fe of Danger". ,g an Old Complaint Conspation nder weevil conditions. However, human nature is pretty iuch the same the South over, and it i probable that you will get your boll ieevil knowledge largely from expe ience, just as they have done in al lost every section between here and 'exas. We are from Missouri, but 4hat it takes to show us the boll wee il has it. There are a lot of doubting 'homases here now, but they will all e converted in a year or two. If the reevil has run true to form and varied ot from sl etion to section in his aarch across the cotton belt during he last thiry years, how can we hope or him to suddenly change, now that e has reached Lee County? Farmers ave usually argued that the weevils 1ay be very bad in other sections, but hat their farms -ire either too high, Do far north, too dry or too somehow or the weevils to ever destroy their otton. Others content themselves 5ith the hope that some special dis ensation of Providence will protect hem or harbor the erroneous idea hat the weevils do only a little tem orary damage and then pass on be ause they are still raising cotton 'here they have weevils, especially in exas. But the truth is that where exas now raises so much cotton the limate is too dry and hot for weevils a thrive, and that this territory was ot planted to cotton rany years ago, nild in the other cotton States cotton being raised in spite of weevils by ilrerent methods and on a different asis front pre-weevil conditions. 'hese sections have learned through utter experience, as you probably w%,ill Ihat it takes to prosper and raise cot on in spite of boll weevils. I wish it vere possible to save you that ordeal. From the Rio Grande to South Car lina, the path of the weevil has been ttered with conditions that created othing less than a state of panic for few years. It has been his custom to atralyze credit, stagnate business, 'ankrupt farmers, demoralize labor, nd( knlo(k the bottomn out of land Iles. in the all cot to nsections. Th is anme little hug has broken more men, orechosed more mortgages, and hung Ior rent"' signs oni more stores in the u th than havYe allI (other factors coom iinedl. Seeinlg is lHelieving. Seeing is bel ieving, i had read about mil weevils all my lii'e and like you pped from factory in eas;y4-t die snelions. Q uickl y anid (asly3 eled by our simplde instruct ions. mnlulely rigiul and waut her tight il wall-i in mtost inesign-. En luring. iidib;htf:l to, live in. I e.sien s chanlged to sun)it your ideas, withIot chatrge', itf general siize reta ied. Sketches su ppl iedi Statri kind of house yoa want to biuild and we will Hendi hpfe cial iugges iont us andl friee illumt ratecd booklet whi-ch gives designs, floor pila ns, deiscripI~lt ic and minoe-satv NOit'I OCItV i s' 'ON 1.c TON plain to offer you. Write for e SON, New York tittttttttttititittitttti:tititttitittim im thought most of the reports were bunk, but when I went to the infested area to live in 1915. I realized that no dne ever has or can exaggerate what weevils can do. For five years I lived in Alabama and traveled throughout the State. This gave me a splendid opportunity to uhserve the effects of the weevil when he first ap peared in different counties and after he had been there from one to five years. Thinking that some of you might be interested in such a narra tive, I took the privilege of inviting you to attend this meeting and hear v. discussion of what experience has taught to bo true about weevils. I hope you will interrupt me at any time when you wish to ask a question. I will answer it if I can and tell you so if I cannot. First of all let us clear up a lot of the misinformation which is so gen eral regarding boll weevils, their his- I tory, habits, characteristics, possible damage, and the best method of mini mizing this damage. No matter what others may say to the contrary, any authority will tell you that what fol lows are the facts in the case as de termined after years of observation and study by expert entomologist and practical farmers. The weevil came from Mexico. le crossed into this country when the Texas farmers converted their ranches into cotton fields all the way to the border. Had southern Texas never be gun to grow cotton within a hun dred miles of the Rio Grande, the weevils would have probably never been able to establish themselves in Texas from whence they have mi grated year by year, on an average of about six miles, I believe. A Cotton Specialist The weevil is a cotton specialist. le does not cat any plant except cotton, to an yextent, andl he cannot repro duce his kind exeept in the fruit of cotton-either the squares or young boll-usually the former except in wet summers when even the grown bolls are attacked. Weevils subsist by suck ing the buds and tender squares of cotton. They do not eat the plant, therefore their damage is less notice able until late in the year when the absence of blooms and fruit is very evident. It is not the habit of weevils to fly from place to place or from field to field at this time of year. Cotton is what they are looking for when they come out of hibernation and when they find it ,they no more fly over the country looking for other cotton ihan you would leave a good turkey (inner and maybe have to eat at asandwich stand. Later in the year when they have become so numerous that both food and breeding places are scarce, many weevils migrate just as bees swarm at certain seasons. They all do not leave a -id those that do prob ably have no particular direction to go, but we can only trace them in the newly infested areas. They are thought to make these annual migra tions by short successive flights, total ing as I have said an average of about sixty miles per year. How Weevils Hibernate I heard the statement on the street Saturday that weevils have grand children in three (lays, but this is not true. The truth is that on the aver age three weeks are required for a generation of weevils to develop from egg to adult and therefore, they do not have grandchildren under six or eight weeks. All the weevils that we have in Lee County now have survived the wiin ter because they have not yet had squares long enough to raise any young. The number of weevils in the spring depends upon whether or not the winter was favorable or unfavor nble for them to survive in hiberna tion. Last winter was very favorable and we probably have a heavy infesta tion. On the avecage, I believe it is Claimed that 3 per cent of the hibernated wveevils survive but this CHICIIESTER S PILLS Ii.. in Red andI old enetidlle\y .. s oes, sealed iwith IIIu Ribbon.0 yearskownnsest safest.Alwvays~eiiaihie SOD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE Professional Cards JNO. G;. D)INKINS Attorney-at-Law MANNING, S. C. D~uRANT & F'LLERBE Attorneys at Law MANNING, S. C. It. 0. Purdy. 8. Oliver O'Blryn PURI)Y & O'HIIY AN Attorneys andI Counselors at Law. M A NNING, S. C. FRED) LESESNE Attorney at Law MANNING. S. C. MONEY TO LOAN On Real Estate---Small and Large Loans. Long Terms. J. W. WIDEM AN MANNING. 8. C. HI. C. CURTIS, A ttorney-at-Law MANisiNG, S. C. WEINBERG & STUKES J1. A. Weinberg Taylor HI. Stukes Attorneys-at-Law MANNING, . C. varies from 1 per cent to as high as 40. All weevils do not come out at once in the spring. . Some probably come out too early and die but others wait long enough to be safe. They usually find nearby cotton and begin to feed onit by suclding ths buds or the largest stalks which develop a withered orfrost bitten appearance. Such a condition is a sure indication of the presence of a weevil on or near that stalk. You will find more wee vils near the woods, stumps, trees, hedge rows, barns, and other places suitable for hibernating quarters. And the weevils are almost always in the buds of the largest stalks of cotton in the morning but hide, under the leaves later in the day. 6 Multiply by Mlllions. From these early weevils, which have survived the winter, thousands FA Manning "FIX THI "OF COUF Fences, Sheds, Barn & House Repairs, Sub-Floor, GallerySup'trs, out-houses, and whatever will make - the place look more shipshape (and more saleable in case of need.) "Build of ( "The Wood press grows be had on< Because it d water" var: money's - w "CYPRES Write us f --but in tIl substitutes ter for who Insist "ate' Cypr~s you YUcan identify it by this mark. YOURt Ih)CAI. D)I'ALER VR and millions are raised later, sineg they are very prolific. Soon after, squareq are formed on the cotton tle weevils quit the buds and begin to puncture the squares with their long bills making a hole about the size of a small needle. Larger punctures are not caustd by boll weevilt. Sone of the squares have open holes in them while others are sealed up. The for mer are called "feeding punctures." while the others al-e "breeding pune tures." The latter contain a weevil egg which in a few days hatches into a tiny worm called the larva. This worm eats out the inside of the square and changes or molts into a beetle like creature called a pupa, which In turn develops into the adult weevil that gnaws out of the square or young boll an dthe life cycle starts all over again. The average female weevils lays 140 LSE ECONOl Is often the heavies management of hous mislead yourself into obtain maximum effic erator on 10 lbs. of I quires 50 lbs. . Remember, Ice pre will keep that little yours filled with PUI find out that your Ice using the smaller qua You can also make buying one of our CC do not know just wh driver or call us up a, plain the one that bes Light an "HE WHO LOOKS BEFORE HE LEs FLDS OF CYPRESS AND BUILDS FOR ILD IT OF CYPRESS AND BUILD BU NGS UP" MEAD SE," "THE WOO y s u lyeman &nyour Bui INSIST ON 'THE WOOD ETERI oes not rot-if you g, [ety-and therefore rth of lumber. Ask~ ~S AVERTS REF >r~ list of FREE PLANS fo e meantime insist on"C " from your local lumber < t purpose you buy. Address OUTHERN CYPE Ianiufacturers' Associ 7b Perdido Bldg., New Orleans, kard National Bank Bldg., Jacks ILL, SUPPLY YOU. IF HIE HASN'T ENOUGH CY eggs and on the average three weeks (two in midsxmmor and a , long as seven in the lte l:are reque for the development through d. i nt stages from egg to adult. Mauy fac' tors work against maximum repro duction but in favorable seasons the offspring from one pair at thip time can be several. millions. ' all lived in each goneration the number would be about 12,500,000 descendants fjom one pair in early spring. Plans for the Battle: Now, we are most interested In learning what can be done to control or eradicate the boll weevil because we know they are with us. Unfor tunately, thede is no known means of making a full crop of cotton when weevi]. are present, but experience (Continued on Page Seven) ILy t item of expense in the ehold affairs. So, don't believing that you can iency from your refrig e when it absolutely re serves Ice, and if you Cold Storage Plant of CITY ICE, you will soon costs you less than when ntity. an additional saving buy UPON BOOKS. If you ich size to buy, ask our rid we will be glad to ex t answers your own use. I Ice Co. PS KEPS. r ONcE. IS CYPRESS D ETERNAL" ~~ 1 Use' C'yprss and your wl never look like this. -44 Id But Once" e best bet." Cy yard" and can ri lumber yard. et the true "tide means double for "all-heart." wAIR BILLS" ' r farmn buildings PRESS and no lealer--no rnat t ES S Insist on-"tide ation Cyrss;T.y" mark. La., or onville, Fla.