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LEXINGTON COUNTY
FARMERS UNION
TO MEET
The Lexington County Farmers !
Union will hold its 2nd. quarterly j
meeting with White Rock local on j
Saturday, July 9, 1921. beginning j
Bv:/ - at eleven o'clock.
All locals are reauested to send
a full delegation.
J. ED. KAISER,
fev 1 Secretary.
NEW FORMULA
FOR WEEVIL POISON
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i Dublin, Ga., June 28.?A formula
for poison that - will kill the boll
weevil and keep a field clear of the
pest until August, when the migratory
weevils are in action, is being
used this year by Dr. W. B. Taylor
of Dexter, Laurens County, who has
been growing cotton in Laurens for
the past three years in spite of the
boll weevil. Last year he made 139
pr/ bales on 150 acres, in spite of the
weevil, wet weather and other hindrances.
, Doctor Taylor lives about fourteen
miles from Dublin and has become
the recognized boll weevil expert of
1 the county. Saturday a friend In
Dublin asked him about the weevils
B-; t
>; ' % on his farm.
"Why the boll weevil is a joke with
me," he replied. "I laugh every time
I think about him. I can rid any
field of boll weevils for 25 cents per
acre, given just two successive days
of sunshine. \
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j. /' He was asked for an explanation,
and when he replied that he had
worked out a formula for poisoning
the weevil, and was using it, was
asked for that formula.
Here it is, just as he gave it, and
it has the indorsement of the county
- demonstration agent of Laurens
County, J. B. Tyre, who was present:
? Take * molasses, 2 gallons; saccharine,
1 ounce; ice cream powder, 2
packages; calcium arsenate, 10
pounds; water, 8 gallons. Mix the
ice cream powder and the saccharine
both in a little water before adding
to the other ingredients. When you
have it all mixed together well, be
sure it is kept agitated that the poison
does not settle to the bottom.
Make a mop by taking a small stick
and tying a roll of cheese cloth
around one end about two inches
wide. Get an old tin can, fill it with
the solution, keep it stirred, and walk
down the row and put a few drops
of the solution on the under side of
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the leaves near the bud of the plant.
Be- sure the mixture is well stirred
while putting it on. Only a small
amount is required for each plant,
and with the above amount of the
4 mixture scientifically applied it should
cover 20 acres. Some, however, apply
a little thicker than needed and it
. may not cover more than ten acres.
I t A few drops to each plant is just as
effective as a gallon.
Only one application is needed, provided
two sunshiny days follow. With
this solution in use, all the squares
picked up, \ the cotton plant pushed
just as fast as possible, the farmer
should have a full crop of cotton
made by August, when the migratory
weevils begin to swarm and when it
is useless to fight any longer. If, the
crop is made by that time however,
you are safe.
In explaining his formula, Dr. Taylor
made the following point. He has
found by the two years' of special
experimental work that the weevils
are attracted by a sweet mixture, and
easily fall prey to poisoned sweets.
Syrup, calcium arsenate, and water
will kill the weevils, but he adds the
saccharine to make the mixture
sweeter than ordinary syrup, and
more attractive to the weevil. The ice
cream powders are added to give the
mixture a "body." makes it foamy and
mucillagenous. therefore hard to
wash off by rain and sticking longer
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on the plant, while it requires jess
! agitation. Any kind of syrup, corn
syrup, molasses, or any like sweetening.
will do.
originator of molasses
poison talks.
(Editorial in Augusta Chronicle.)
Mr. Dozier Hill, of Gough, Ga.,
originator of the molasses plan of boll
weevil poisoning, came to the Chronicle
yesterday and discussed with the
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eauor ueians uuncei nuig me nietnvu
which large numbers of farmers now
say is giving the most excellent results.
According to Mr. Hill the boll
weevil problem, insofar as it affects
his immediate section, has gone a
long way toward solution. In fact, he
feels that he has an excellent chance
to make a good crop and that his
crop will not be ruined by the boll
weevil. He feels that conditions other
than the boll weevil must interfere to
make the crop a failure.
Just here let The Chronicle make
itself clear once more on this matter
of the boll weevil. We have urged
the farmer to use every remedy suggested
and decide upon that which
is the best. We have urged that molasses
and calcium arsenate be tried,
that dusting be tried and every other
remedy tried. Despite the fact that
the government experts have contended
that the molasses-calcium arsenate
plan was of no avail we have urged
that it be faithfully tried because the
government sometimes goes wrong.
We have now received evidence
from so many different sections and
from so many different farmers that
it appears the molasses plan has demonstrated
its success. We hope that
it will continue throughout the entire
cotton season the success that the experiments
thus far have proven it to
be.
In Sunday's Chronicle we stated
that there were some things about the
molasses method of poisoning which
we did not know, but which we would
like to learn so as to pass the tip
along to the farmers. This brought
Mr. Hill to The Chronicle office to
explain certain points which he, as
the. originator of the plan, could explain
better than any one else.
"Last year I made an average of
11 bales per plow on 165 plows," said
Mr. Hill, "though Burtce county was
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June 30,
RESOU
Loans and discounts,
Deduct: v
Mntoa and hills redisconnted with Feder
bank (other than bank acceptance sol
U. S. Government securities owned:
Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. boi
All other U. S. government securities..
Total
Other bonds, stocks, securitie . etc:
Banking house, $175,000 00: Furniture
$2,000 00
Lawful reserve w>th fed ral reserve ..
Items wirh federal r se *eb-?n* i ? proce
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Cash in vault
Amount due from banks, and trust com
(other than included in items above...
Exchanges tor clearing house
Total of items
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and other cash items
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Totai
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8urplus fnnd
Undivided profits,
Reserved for interest and taxes accru
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Oironlatirg notes outstanding
mounts due to r ational banks
Amount due r.o state banks, tankers and
in the United States and foreign coun
Certified checks outstanding
m 'dor's cherk9 on own bank outstand
Total of items above
Demand deposits (other than bank d<
(deposits payable within 30days):
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Certificates of deposit due in less tha
m^Dey borrowed)
Divide' d? unpaid
Total demand deposits (other than
reserve
Time Deposit*, subject to reserve, payal
to 30 days or more notice and postal s
rertificates of deposit [other than for m
Other time deposits
Total of time deposits subject to res
Rills navahle with Federal Reserve Banl
r?*/
Total
State of South Carolina?Ooonty of
I, Joseph M. Bell, Cashier of r-he ah
that the above statement is true to the
Subscribed and sworn to before me th:
Correct?Attest:
T. S. BRYAN,
R. S. Pes FORTES.
ROBERT MOORMAN.
Ui recto i
"Of ih" t"tal ]ii;i!is and discount
interest .-iid :i\soouiP was charged at
law (S"r. r. 10 7, lU v Stat.) (exclusive
to exceed :~0 c.t.ls was made) was noru
badly hit by tin* boll wtrvil. .My molasses
plan was arrived at only aftei
a series of experiments with various*
remedies. 1 tried out the molasses
with other poisons, but finding calcium
arsenate was the best of them all
I went back to the molasses-calcium
arsenate plan which I have used ever
since and which is being used on hundreds
of farms in Burke county and
throughout this section of the country.
"Since the first news of my remedy
was given through The Chronicle my
mail has been growing heavier' and
heavier and I am now receiving hundreds
and hundreds of letters. I
spend several hours each night answering
them. Of course, I am glad
to pass along the information that I
have for I am firmly convinced that
the molasses remedy has saved this
section of the South from disaster,
because without a thoroughly successful
method of boll weevil poisoning
this year we could not hope to make
much of crop.
"I am very glad to clear up any
matters that you have suggested in
your editorial columns. In the first
place, how often to poison? I would
say, of course, to poison as often as
necessary, though the question then
arises, when will you know it is necessary.
You will know by the squares
falling. The government contends
that there should be no poisoning unless
there is 15 per cent infestation.
The average farmer will find it difficult
to tell whether there is 15 per
cent or 30 per cent. The first appliT
cation of the molasses should cover
every stalk in the field with a small
amount of molasses in the bud. Then
watch the field closely for dead
squares. Whenever you see several
squares beneath a stalk in a field
which has been poisoned, do what I
call "ring poisoning," that is to say
j place poison on aill stalks within an
! imaginary circle that are five feet
distant from the stalk under which
I you find the squares. This will obviate
the necessity of going over the
entire field to cover a few isolated
spots where there may be a weevil
operating. The "ring poisoning" will
get the weevil operating in that particular
locality without fail.
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"Of course, you must pick up the
squares and burn them. This should
be done all of the time and farmers
who neglect to do this are in for a
great deal of trouble when the weevils
are hatched out. When the cotton is
up about knee high and there is a
large bush instead of a very small
Reserve District No. 5
E CONDITION OF
National Bank,
Oaroliaa, at the cIgmp of business
1921
RCES. .
$ 2,726,734 43
al Reserve
A \ r?r rnn AA
a j io.ow w
2,651,234 48
ids par value) $ 200,000 00
46.3,050 00
663.050 00
52,250 00
and fixtures,
177,000 00
129,827 87
iss i f coll ction, Lot avail
10,201 94
222,408 05
pan:es in U. S.
8,864 93
41,309 40
$282,784 32
)r town of reporting bank
11,302 21
treasurer and due from U.
10,000 00
$3,977,448 88
.ITIES
$ 300,000.00
100,000 00
$ 116,040 98
d 8.500 00
29,054 59
153.595 57
200,000 00
10,739 84
trust companies
tries 5.381 83
1,513 97
ing 4.710 84
$ 22,346 48
jposits) subject to reserve
966,906 19
in 30 days (other than for
930 00
9,054 50
1* * ?miki a / ^ 4- /\
uaiuv uepuaius; auujcti u?
$ 976,890 69
)le after 30 days, or subject
Javings:
oney borrowed) 1,005 00
1,873,611 14
erve $1,874,616 14
c 350,000 00
$ 3,977 448 88
Richland (ps):
named bank, do solemnly sweatbest
of my knowledge ai d telie*
JOS M. BELL, Cashier,
s 5th day of July, 1921.
THEO. A. BELL,
Notary Public for S. C.
shmvr' above. the amount en v."l*!i
rates in excess ot" those normi'tod by
of notes upon which total charge not
The number of such ion us was none.
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| stalk, i iiuvc a :#i;ir. ??f poisoning
j through a, sun:.*; iinn.. ! take a
; .regulation horn ami put ;t wooden1
i J stopper in tilt- * r i i of it and through'
j tilt* wooden stopper I drill a small i
hole, about half the size of a lead'
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pencil. 1 pour the guano horn full i
of molasses, with the calcium arse- 1
nate solution, and it pours out on the 1
cotton in a small stream. Sometimes j
the molasses doesn't flow as it should,;
so I have a stick with a mop on the
end of it which fits snugly in the horn !
like a staff, or plunger, fits into a pop
gun. This forces the molasses to poutout
when there is any tendency to clog
in the horn. The advantage of this
method is that there is a little stream '
or moiasses going on corn sides or i
the cotton ahd across the top of the)
; - stalk or the bud. A man can go down
; the row with this guano horn almost
as fast as distributing guano. I know
V
it is difficult to explain this guano
ihorn method so I am going to leave
: it with you and any farmers who wish
to see it can come to The Chronicle
office.
"I have made all sorts of tests on
.this boll weevil poisoning. For instance.
last year in a field I plowed
,up all except the each twentieth row
in a field of cotton. I waited then
for two or three days until the leaves
were dead and I then applied molas-'
ses and calcium arsenate to the remaining
rows. All of the weevils had
t
I left the cotton which was plowed up
and concentrated on the remaining
rows. ' I placed paper under the
stalks on each twentieth rows and
the boll weevils the next day were
dead in such quantities as to remind
you of flies on fly paper.
"You ask me about poisoning every
other row, or every third row. Yes,
you can do this and get the weevils,
but the cost of the poisoning is so
small that one can poison every row
without any great expense. My formula.
which is two pounds of calcium
arsenate to two quarts of water and
a gallon of molasses, will poison two
and a half acres at a cost of 52 cents,
or about 20 cents per acre. The cay
cium costs 15 cents per pound and
' the molasses, 22 cents per gallon. Of
course, it takes a little more of the
poison when the cotton gets up bigger
and you use the poison in the
guano horn.
"My judgment is that two thorough
poisonings in a season plus the
"ring poisonings" should be enough,
though conditions may demand more.
Of course, hard rains will wash the
poison off, though it should get in its
work in 24 hours. In other words.
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it' it doesn't rain, within -4 hours at'- ;
tei the application, the weevils should j
lv- dead. 1 do not contend that I
every weevil in a tield of cotton will
be killed by one application. Now and ;
then you miss one and that is why
you should watch closely and be
ready for "'ring poisoning."
The guano horn was left at The!
Chronicle office by Mr. Hill and we!
shall be glad to show it to any farmer
desiring to see it. and The Chron-J
-icle again renews its invitation to
farmers to write us of their experiments
in fighting the weevil.
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NEWS FROM LEXINGTON
ROUTE FIVE
E\*erybody enjoyed the fourth in
this section even to Mr. Boll Weevil.
Mr. Evan Glenn and Bonnie Norris
of Gastonia, N. C., spent Sunday and
Monday among home folks.
Master John David Glenn and J.j
D. McClean of Gastonia, N. C., spent
Sunday night with Harold and Asbury
Smith.
Mrs. Geo. Glenn and daughter,
Elizabeth of Gastonia, N. C., spent
Sunday night at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Smith.
Miss Boda Price spent the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. Julian McCartha.
No fishing is allowed at Smith's
At and Be
I have a small stock of gr
in the next few days regari
was bought at rock bottom
them to make room for a lii
You have no idea how ch
staple goods until you come
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We have a high power, fast cutting
plant in itself for sawing logs to any
Lever control starts and stops Saw. 8
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pond. but believe me, swimming is. '/&4
Mr. Wesley Glenn spent Sunday..yj
night at the home of Mr. W. Av^jg
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Smith a: i .<
family. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Smi'r. '/-i
ar.d family attended the barbecue at;*:;
Gi'bert Saturday.
Following are the names of tho.:e
from route 5, who enjoyed the. barb - ' !
cue at George's pond: Misses Bo< i v
Price, Estelle Roof, Grace Lee, Zelma
Lee, Messrs. Harold and Asbu
Smith, Harold Roof, Charles arid
Dewey Steele.
There will be a series of servic s I
held at Pisgah beginning Saturday af- 1
ternoon. ?
Entirely Proper
Miss Porte Tt- n-aa a noooVi r^e
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show. One of the female perforn
ers wore aboslutely nothing but a
single catskin.
Aunt Lucy?Shocking! What kin i
of a creature could she have been?
Miss1 Porte?She was a trained car.
Difference to Public Opinion ?
"Why should' a man of your wealt t
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Dustin Stax the importance tlu ^
other pC'P'e r: r< to it that makes '<>
the indi'.iduai fc< l it's desirable t.;- >.
have as mi;' h r <s* possible."
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