The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, September 30, 1920, Image 3
THE BOLL WEEVIL SITUATION
The boll weevil is advancing at
^ about the rate it was expected to
JP move during 1920, according to Prof.
A. F. Conradi Entomologist for the
Crop Pest Commission. The weather
conditions in relation to boll weevil
I in 1920 have been in many respects
similar to those of 1919 except that
the rainy weather has continued in
most sections of the state preventing
the sharp reaction which occurred
last season causing a longer period
of migration for the weevil. Unless
an early frost should occur, it is expected
that th? weevil will cover the
entire state by the end of 1920.
Only about two per cent, of South
Carolina cotton crop is now produced
in weevil free territory. In 1921 the
area of destructive damage will probably
be much greater than in 1920.
Erratic procedure is not recom
mended under boll weevil conditions.
The experience of the farmers in the
southernmost part of the state in
1920 is nothing new, but is merely a
representitlon of what has gone before
during the last 20 yearB. During the
season the cotton was made during
the dry weather of May and June.
Had June been a wet month, the
n story would have been an entirely
* different one. If we get a dry June
next season we have a good chance
for a good cotton crop regardless of
weevils.
It is advisable for farmers to keep
, the possibility of cotton before them,
however, strong the y may have gone
to other crops at this time, because
sooner or later they may want to
grow it again as a predominating
crop. So far as the fall practice of
farming is concerned under boll weevil
conditions, it is evident to every
farmer that it is the same as the
best practice in any sectio n regardless
of whether it is weevil Infested
or not.
The weevils in 1921 will come from
the number of weevils that pass this
winter successfully. The greater the
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amount or ruomsn ou iariuo ?.u?o ter
the better are the winter accomodations
to take care of the boll weevil
and the greater the number of
weevils In the spring of 1921. Weevils
do not hibernate in cover crops.
Among their splendid hotels are cotton
and corn fields on which the
stalks were allowed to remain; grass
on ditch banks and terraces; underbrush
along ditch banks and woods;
neglected orchards; waste fields and
roadsides.
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SNAKE-BITE HORRORS
DESCRIBED BY DOCTOR
That Bite of Rattlesnake is Fatal is
Shown by Georgia Physician
Atlanta, Sept. 25.?Is the bite of
a rattlesnake necessarily fatal?
^ The foregoing question was asked I
F through a chain of newspapers served
by an Atlanta correspondent. Among
the replies which have been received
is one of the most horrible known to
Willacoochie, Ga., a physician of 38:
years' experience. Dr. Wilcox says|
, that the bite of the rattier is fatal, |
not only that, but death from snake*T
bite is one of the most horrible known1
L to the profession, second only to byf
drophobia. The doctor has given'
cases from personal observation and
practice to prove beyond doubt the
horrible deaths resulting from snake-J
bite. Following is his statement: j
"I was called to see Jacob Vickers,
a son of John Vickers, who lives ten
miles north of Willacoochie, Ga., September
13, 1910. He had been bit*
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the afternoon, and died at 3 the next
morning. I had in consultation with
me the late Dr. W. C. Ashley, of
Ocillo, Ga. In my 388 y8ears as a
practicing physician, I have seen many
persons die, and under many circumstances,
and from almost every known
cause, but I have never witnessed a
death as horrible as his. He became
a human snake.
"Levi Guthne, a young man working
on the farm of John M. Lott, on
the eastern side of Ceffee county, was
bitten September 8,8 1906, and died
in less than 48 8hours.
"Henry Paulk, a prominent farmer
who lived two miles east of Willacoochie,
was bitten in May, 1876, and
died in less than twelve hours.
"My friend, John J. Jowers, of
Bushnell, Coffee county, had a little
g^-l ten years old, who in 1918, while j
picking blackberries, was bitten on
the band and died in convusions in
less than two hours.
"August 288, 18883, one Sunday I
was called to the house of a man by
the name of Taylor, who lived in
Appling county, twelve miles from
my home, to a child seven years old,
who had been bitten on the foot. The
messenger came on horseback (there
being no automobiles in those days)
and I returned on horseback with
him. Five or six hours had passed
before I reached the child. I was
too late.
"In the year 1891, Rev. Jason
Shirah, of the South Georgia, M. E.
Conference, was my minister. His
wife was a Miss Leigh, of Folkston,
Ca. She bad a brother taelve years
old who was bitten by a snake. After
her return from her little brother's
bedside she related the whole tragedy
to me. Words cannot describe the
suffering of the boy before his death.
"Mrs. J. B. O'Berry, of this place,
who has been my friend and neighbor
for a quarter of a century, had
a sister, Miss Gertrude Martin, of Ft.
. Valley, Ga., on a visit to her sister
' near Altamaha, Ga. Miss Martin,
while picking blackberries on May 31,
1886, in company with her sister and
another lady, was bitten on the hand
and died in six hours.
"When Miss Martin told her sisVI
n'Darrv that ch. had hppll
bitten by a snake, Mrs. O'Berry seized
the hand and wanted to suck the
poison from the wound. Her sister
struggled loose and said:
" 'You must not. You are young
yet, and perhaps you have a long life
ahead. You have your husband and
children to live for. I have no ties
like that to bind me to life. You
could accomplish nothing, save perhaps
your own undoing, and besides,
I feel already that I am doomed.' "
"If anyone who thinks the bite of
a rattlesnake such a harmless matter
could only have been with me on a
few occasions and heard the victims
shriek for water and say, 'Hell knows
no agony worse than mine,' and one
of the victims said in reply to my
question, "That surely Dives, when he
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felt no anguish like mine' he would
'change his mind. To my knowledge,
jthe only other thing that is as fatal
and as horrible as the rattlesnake is
hydrophobia."
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FOOD PRICES CONTINUE HIGH
Sugar and Flour Alone Show Decline.
?All Other Edibles Remain At Advanced
Figures. ,
New York, Sept. 27.?The announcements
of price reductions continue
but "jokers" are making their
appearance here and there. Of the
foods, flour and sugar are going down
fairly steadily but all other edibles
are continuing high with prophecy
and propaganda offered on every side
to keep the consumer in the habit of
paying prices.
The explanation of the resistance
of food is seen in the fact that the
against its "three square meals" per
day. The individual purchasers, have
hammered down the price of some
commodities like automobiles by refusing
to purchase, then to stay in
business reductions have been forced.
Restaurants Profiteer.
That there has been profiteering in
restaurant ioods is plainly in evidence
due to the sweeping reductions
that have been made where the "carry
your own*' lunch movements have
taken hold. I
One of the biggest of the American
sugar wholesalers announced angar
today at 14 cents per pound, a reduction
of 1-2 cents over the last
previous price. Reduction of this
staple has occurred because the canning
season 1b practically over and1
the household demand has dropped
off sharply from the demand of sev-j
eral weeks ego.
L. R. Putnam, managing director
of the American wholesale lumber
dealers' association, announced what
is termed an average reduction in the
price of lumber of 28 per cent. The
basis of figuring is the prices of last
February. Hardwood is assigned the
greatest reduction of 33 per cent.
Building contractors, however, are
still making their etstimates on the|
basis of the old prices.
Clothing Prices Stay Up.
Clothing, the most shining mark
of all in the increased price list due
"to the war, the shortage of labor,"
etc., is hanging on for dear life. Perhaps
suits of the quality that now sell
for $60, may be had for $50 in the
spring, but not now, the conditions
"heretofore prevailing in the trade
make it necessary for the prices to
I be maintained."
Roused by the jar Henry Ford
threw into the trade when, with his
factory more than 100,000 cars back
of its orders, he cut the price of his
'product effective at once to the man
; buying a car by about $200, the heads
of many big makers of cars and ac-1
eessories, met today to talk it over.
1 Stung heretofore by circus display
didn't make things one whit cheaper
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the public is continuing to keep a
watchful eye on things.
The number of women in New
York wearing new fall suits is noticeably
less than heretofore and cincident
with this condition the prices of
women's suits have gone down. They
have not yet dropped far enough to
tempt the buying. More experiments
in price reductions may be loked for.
REMARKABLE PLUNGE
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rivu.n rtuirun.iri
Washington, Sept. 25.?All records
went smash at Carlstrom Field when
Lieut. A. G. Hamilton leaped from
an airplane 20,900 feet, almost four
miles up, and landed in twelve miles
with a broken parachute, it was revealed
today. He was not hurt.
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give you $1.00 cr
for it.
This will giv(
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old straw.
A large and
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Velours at all prn
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McNeill & Libby's
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Floyd Dale, S. C,
Lieut. Hamilton, who was striving
for a record, plunged from the cockpit.
After falling several thousand
feet, he pulled a wire intended to
open the parachute. It failed to work
and the lieutenant's plunge was
scarcely checked.
To add to his danger, Lieut. Hamilton
discovered that he was likely to
land in a patch of timber. Seeing
the outlines of a creek, he climbed
into the rigging of the parachute.
By pulling one edge down, he managed
to plane down into the water.
It took him two hours to extricate
himself from the parachute.
Italian, Spanish and French are
fast distancing Greek in the popular
regard of California high school students.
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far a Dixie Fabricated Bungalow.
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Come on, boy,
Let's go
Phil Dew's
Where we always get the best in
Wre are now going to offer you sor
raised in Dillon county?the product of
are not the cheapest people in Latta, b
best meat that can be bought. We can
there every Saturday, as our other bu
to stay there all the time. All bookke
are not a very good bookkeeper ourselvt
bookkeeper somewhere, but we can't t
We want to thank you for the kindness
promise you that we will endeavor to
attractive than ever before. Be sure tc
before buying your beef.
PHIL D
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ATTENTION OIL MILLS A
Do not forget that we cat
of injectors, oil cups, lubric
or three high grades of rubl
belt, and genuine Gandy Be
fittings, packing, and boiler
COLUMBIA SUP
823 W GERVAIS St.
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? fall use. Put more mac
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ffl ing help. After the crop
3 the tractor to work runn
5j lathe mill, shingle mill, co:
corn sheller, cord wood sa^
^1 We make a specialty of light sai
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P. A. Geerge's Farm. We
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leplng discontinued, as we
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ell just where right now.
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make our business more
> look for the Dew Market
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