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The Fort Mill Times 1 Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1916. $1.25 Per Year. ' - STATE TO PROVIDE COURSE IN FARMING TOOLE ACT BLAZES TRAIL FOR hfvpi opmpnt nc arririn . TURAL RESOURCES. PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS General News of South Carolina Collected and Condensed From The State Capital That Will Prove of Interest to All Our Readers Columbia. "One ?f the most important mean ures passed at the 1916 session of the legislature was the Toole act to pro vide for the teaching of agriculture in the public schools," said J. E Swearingen, state superintendent ol education. "Such a law has been urged and discussed for years. Mr. Toole has beer, an insistent advocate of tht policy, in and out of the legislature The proposal was dlpcussed through out the arnhernntorinl pamnnlim n( 1914. "The establishment of county or dis trict agricultural schools In othei states has proved expensive. Tht Toole plan Is the outgrowth of the ex periment conducted in Darlingtor county by state, county and district school officers. In co-operation wit! Clemson college. "In the fall of 1914. Prof. J. M Napier took charge of an agricultura class In each of five consolidated country schools. The principals co operated heartily by aiding him ir class room instruction and filed ex perlmentation. The result was pro nounced successful by men like D. R Coker, Bright Williamson. L. W. Dick V. E. Rector and D. L. Lewis. In thf fall of 1915, two additional expert? were employed In Darlington countj and 14 schools organized regulai classes In agriculture. "The act is based also on the Nlchol son rural graded school law of 1912 which has been so stimulating in pro motlng rural graded school progress Three, four or five schools must co operate in the employment of an agri cultural teacher. Each school niua1 have an enrollment of at least 75 three teachers, a three-room building an eight mill tax and a school farn of at least two acres. The tax is re quired in order to insure adequatt support; the school farm is necessarj In order to provide a domonstratioi "The group of co-operating district supplies $750 and the state contribute! an equal amount. A salary of $1,J0< is thus made available for the employ nient of a trained teacher of agrieul ture. who may act as superintendent o the group of schools." The act was approved March 27 1016. In commenting upon the outlook the state superintendent said that 1 or 15 groups of schools are readil; available. Anderson, Chesterfield. Col letan. Darlington, Dillon. Florence flreehville, Horry. Laurens. Oconee Orangeburg. Spartanburg and Wil liamsburg, all have sections witl schools that ought to undertake thii work. In selecting the localities con sideraHon must be given to gooi roads in order to prevent too mud waste of time iu traveling from aclioo to school. Letters have been addressed to th< county superintendents of educatioi in these 13 counties, urging them t< look into the local situation, eonfe with their district trustees and com munieate with the state superintend ent. All the agricultural and educations forces of the state and the nation ari behind this movement. The apprr priation for 1015-16 was only $5.00! and will, therefore, take care of onl; seven groups of schools. Will Investigate Catawba County. Gov. Manning will appoint a rum mission to investigate the matter o forming a new county out of part o York, Chester and Fairfield counties Opposition to the appointment of th< commission was expressed at a hear in held severnl days ago before th< governor when several hundred citi zens from the three counties wen present, most of them urging that thi commission be created. It Is understood that action will hi brought in the supreme court to tes the constitutionality of the act aimei at 111 shaped counties. Advocates o fL the naw county, to he known as Ca tawba told the governor at the hear ing that he would not he asked for ai election order until the petition wai accompanied by a decision of the su preme court on the ill shaped count; act. which was passed by the genera assembly in 1912. May Get Virus From Illinois. R. O. Fecley of Clemson, the stati veterinarian, said: "The regulation pertaining to foo and mouth disease which went int< efTect October 2.1 and which prohibit ed the shipment of any cattle, sheeji other ruminants and swine, and hoi cholera serum and hog cholera virui from the state of Illinois has been re voked. Therefore all classes of livi stock and anti-hog cholera serum an* hog cholera virus can now be shippei from the state of Illinois into the stati of South Carolina" McCormick County Parana Test. Tbo election providing for the en tabllshment of McCormick county was I declared by an en banc session of the ! supreme court to have been legally j held. There are now 45 counties in > South Carolina, the new unit having ! been recognized by an act of the legis- ' lature. The decision by the court j means that all constitutional requirements have been met for the creation of the new county. The en banc session of the supreme court was attended by a large number of advocates of the new county. The new unit will be j made up from parts of Edgefield, Abbeville and Greenwood counties. The new county movement has been carried after a fight extending over a period of 20 years. Citizens of the new county are making arrangements ; for a celebration at McCormick. They extending an invitation to Gov. Man- i ning to attend the celebration. The governor was forced to decline be- 1 cause of other engagements. , This election was held last year. An . appeal was taken to the state board , of canvassers and the election was declared to have been legally held. Then . f th i case was carried on to the supreme i court. After hearing the arguments ( I and giving the matter much considera ( tlon the five justices of the supreme i court failed to agree and the circuit judges of the state were called to their assistance. , The majority opinion was written by | Associate Justice Hydrlck and was cuncurred in by the Associate Justice r Fraser and Circuit Judges Prince. Shipp. Sease, Rice, Gowman. Mauldin. j Smith and Peurifoy. The dissenting i ) opinion was written by Chief Justice [ Gary and concurred in by Judge De( Vore. A separate dissenting opinion was written by Associate Justice Watts and concurred in by Associate Justice I I Cage and Circuit Judges Wilson and I Frank B. Gary. Another dissenting opinion was written by Jwlges Ernest i Moore. The McC.ormick county advocates were represented at the bearing by R. H. Felch of the Columbia bar. William N. Gray don and J. B. Park rep' resented the petitioners. ' The case was that of T. A. Robinson r and others against R. M. McCown and other members of the state board or canvassers. In 1905 an election was held and carried by a majority of four to one ' in favor of MoCornilck county, but the opponents won out in the courts because the required area was lacking. At another election in 1914 the L new county agitators won by a vote of six to one, but for the second time it was set aside by the courts. The last ; j in 1915 won out by a big majority. McCortnick. the county seat of tho s new county, is located on the Charles, ton & Western Carolina railway. 49 j miles above Augusta and 25 miles ; from Abbeville. Greenwood and EdgeB Held. , I [) I Borrows Money at Low Rate. I ?- - ' i itt* ?iaic n finance commuiee, mcet. lng recently, borrowed $700,000 from f the Palmetto National Dank of Columcia at 2 per cent interest. This is the lowest rate ever secured on the annual loan for current expenses of the state government. Six bids were re\ reived. The loan was authorized by y an act of the legislature. The finance . board is composed of the governor, the lt comptroller general and the state treasurer. i: ^ Court Readmits Lawyer Sims, s C. P. Sims of Spartanburg has been !- readmitted to the practice of law in 1 South Carolina by the supreme court, i He was indefinitely suspended by an 1 order filed in April. 1014. The order reinstating Mr. Sims was signed by alj b of the justices of the supreme court i j New Enterprises Are Authorized. r The secretary of state has issued a i- charter to the Cash Store of Ridgn [. Spring, with a capital of $1,000. Tin. officers are: J. A. Whitten. president j 1 and treasurer; L. S. Colvin, vice presiP dent, and J. D. Whitten. secretary. The secretary of state has issued a [> commission to the Ware Shoals Oil Vtill ............... ? v . ...... i unipiiii; mm a i a|inui Ul till,00ft. Tlio petitioners are: B. D. Riegel. J. F. McEnroe and T. J Beacham. i- A charter lias been issued to W. B. j f Terrell & Co. of Union with a capital f of $10,000. The officers are: W. B Terrell, president and treasurer, and e II. O. Holcombe. vice president and i secretary. The company will do a s general mercantile business. |. A commission has been Issued to the p Cnrolina Farms company of Anderson ? with a capital of $2">.0ft0. The Bostwick Agency company of : f. Columbia has been commissiohed with ! t a capital of $T>,0rt0 to do a general acci1 dent and health insurance business, f The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Public Service cor- ] .. noration of Saluda, with a capital of ! $25,000. n The Citizens' Building anl x?an as- > |. soclation of Greer has filed notice with f | the secretary of state of an Increase 1 1 , In capital ??ock from $50,000 to $150,- J I 000. ? rteprieve Granted Joe Grant. e Gov. Manning granted a reprieve to Joe Grant until Monday. May 16. The t governor took this action in order that d he might have time for a further In> vestigation. He has referred the case ,t to the trial judge and to the attorney 5 general and the solicitor who prose* cuted Grant. A large number of pe). tit ions have been received in the gov0 ernor's office, requesting that the sen 1 tence of Grant be lommuted to life 1 Imprisonment, the petitioners repres? ' enting that the evidenc e was not suf i flclent to warrant the death sentence ( '< * WILSON COMPLETES' NOTE TO GERMANY TO CONTINE FRIENDLY RELATIONS GERMANY MUST MAKE IMMEDIATE CHANGES. WANT NO MORE QUIBBLING Imperial Government Must Alter Submarine Policy at Once Says Presl dent's Most Vigorous Note. "Washington.?The communication which he has drafted as the last word of the United States to Germany on the submarine issue, was completed by President Wilson. The document reviews Germany's submarine activities since the L.us? tania was sunk almost a year ago. and makes plain that only an immediate change in the German policy can make possible the continuance of friendly relations between the two nations. As the president was putting the finishing touches to the note, on which he and Secretary Lansing had been working for nearly a week, official word was received by the state department that the lives of two Americans had been endangered by an attack on the Russian bark Imperator by an Austrian submarine. Clark Bailey Hurst. American consul general at Barcelona, Spain, who sent the report said the attack was without warning. One of the American citizens on board was wounded by shrapnel shells fired by the submarine. A full l..?M?? - U..V.BOl.UU ? I"' | was ordered at once by the state department If the consul general's report Is borne out it is possible that representations similar to those about to be made to Germany will be sent to Austria-Hungary. As soon as the president had finished the communication to Germany, he directed that Senator Stone, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, be invited to the White House to be informed of the intentions of the administration. The President was represented as being determined to force the question to a speedy settlement, without quibbling or diplomatic discussions. THIRTY CRUSHED OR BURNED IN N. H. TRAIN WRECK. Gilt-Edge Express Crashes Into Rear of Local Standing at Bradford, R. I. Bradford. It. I.?Thirty persons were crushed or burned to death in a colli- I sion of trains on the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad here. The accident occurred at 7:30 o'clock. The dead wort? in the rear car of ; a four-coach local train, bound from Boston to New London and which | stopped at the local station when it j was run down by the Gilt Edge Ex- : press bound from Boston to New ! York. This coach was telescoped, set afire : and burned. The car ahead also took i fire and the flames communicating to the passenger station and freight house destroyed both buildings. CAUSE OF HUMANITY ONLY EXCUSE FOR APPEAL TO ARMS Washington.?President Wilson in an address welcoming the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered hoe/x f/v. U ~ I 1 unc mi mru oiinuui congress, ueciared that the only excuse America ever can have for the assertion of her physical force is that It be done in behalf of humanity. He was speaking of the purpose of the Republic?born to serve the rest of the world just as much as herself? and had just said that the nations will have forgotten her traditions whenever she fights merely for herself under such circumstances as will show she has forgotten to fight for all mankind. The president was enthusiastically ; applauded. When he was introduced j by Mrs. William Cummings Story, ! president general of the organization. : the audience stood and cheered, and , many of the women waved American ' flags. ________ CONFIRMATION OF VILLA'S DEATH IS STILL LACKING i JV'ashlngton.?Confirmation of the ; death of Francisco Villa still was lacking both at the stat? and war depart- i ments and at the Mexican embassy. A 1 state department summary reported quiet on the east coast of Mexico and at Monterey, where published accounts of the Parral fighting were said to have caused no excitement. The con- i sul at Kagle Pass said there was no J antl-Amerlcan sentiment in the Piedras j Near as district. To Clean Spring Mattresses. Save all old quills or wings from hats and use up for working the dust out from the space between the block of wood and spring mattress that runs at each end of the bed. Push the wings or quill in the space and work up and down until all dust is removed. I have found this works splendidly. To Detect Bad Meat. When doubtful as to whether s piece of meat Is good or not, put II In brlno; if it rises to the top it li inttt to eaL k COL WILLIAM C. BROWN Colonel Brown is the commander of the Tenth cavalry. TROOPS CLASH AT PARRAL , SEVERAL ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN FIRST ACTUAL CONFLICT. I Carranza Wires Admission That Situation Threatens to Get Beyond His Control.?Troops In Anti-American T errltory. Washington.?American troops in Mexico have had their tlrst battle with the natives at the moment General Carraza is urging their withdrawal. While General Carranza's note asking for withdrawal of our troops was on its way to Washington, troopers of the Seventh Cavalry under Major Tompkins were fired upon in Parral. a Villi* stronghold in eastern Chlhua- j hut; were pursued to the suburbs while the Carranza garrison took a doubtful part In the affray, and our i troops were attacked again during the ! night. I Complete information regarding the | losses to the American troops or to the Mexicans had not reached Washington. Secretary Baker informed President Wilson that a brief dispatch to the war department said that according to unofficial reports, one American cavalryman was killed and that the j troopers used a machine gun against the Mexicans Mr Baker announced later that he had ordered General Funston to take J any steps necessary to prevent further touble. Asked whether this might j mean the enforced use of Mexican railroads for the movement of soldiers and supplies, he said General Funston was on the ground and would act as any emergency required General Carranza directed his embassy here to point out that the clash proved his contention that the pres- j ence of American troops in Mexico is leading to a situation which threatens j to be beyond Ids control and telegraph- j ed that "many deaths had occurred 1 on both sides." Foreign Minister Aguilar, in a dispatch sent before that from General Carranza, said one American trooper was killed and seevral civilians were wounded. Consul Garcia, Carranza agent at K1 Paso, wired the embassy that "several persons were killed on both sides." EL PASO ANXIOUSLY~ASKS WHAT WILL WILSON DO? Other Riots Reported Due to Starva tion Among Mexicans Across Border. El Paso. Texas.?El Paso is in a state of intense anticipation. "What will Washington do?" was the question on every lip. every other topic faded into insignificance. Germans Sink British Boat. I.iondon.?The British ship Cardonia has been sunk by a torpedo. The crew was saved. Some Seek Personal Gain. Washington.? A. national defense commission, a navy general staff and an immediate increase in the navy wera demanded in resolutions adopted here at the final meeting of the annual convention of the Navy League of the United States. Officers of the league were instructed to urge Con gress to enact the necessary legisla- j tion. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt defended the navy against criticism from those ho said were trying to gain personal or solitical profit. British Bark Torpedoed. lAiuuun.? ine urman hark Inveriyon has been sunk by a submarine, according to ^ report report received hv Lloyds. Twelve members of the crew were rescued. Hopewell Celebrates Anniversary. Hopewell, Va.?Hopewell the city which has grown from a village to a i ity of 35.000 people within a year, and which has twice during that tin-.. Min wiped out by fires, celebrated lis .1st anniversary. VILLA IS AGAIN REPORTED DEAD DE FACTO GOVERNMENT SETS OUT TO PROVE DEATH OF BANDIT LEADER. ARE INCLINED TO ACCEPT Reports from Chihuahua Are Reaard- I ed as Confirmatory By American Officials at Ed Paso. El Paso. Texas.?Francisco Villa is (lead and his body, disinterred some days after his burial, is in possession of the Carranza troops, according to a series of telegraphic messages received in Juarez by the Mexican officials. For more than a week reports that Villa had died from wounds have been current here and in Juarez. Latest accounts were the most circumstantial and apparently reliable yet received. They were accepted with reserve by American officials including General Bell, but Mexican officials expressed confidence in their reliability. The dispatcher of the Mexican Northwestern Railroad at Juarez reported to General Gavira. Carranza commander at Juarez, that he had heard a conversation on the telegraph wire to the effect that Villa's body was in the hands of the Carranza troops. General Garvira notified Consul Garcia here who rushed messages to the telegraph operators at Madera 1 and Cushihutriahic asking for cons firmatlon. The Madera and Cusihuirahie answered confirming the report ' and stating the body was being taken to Chihuahua. The telegraph operator at San Antonio. 50 miles west of Chihuahua, telegraphed Consul Garcia that Villa's | body was in possession of Colonel Carlos Carranza. nepliew of General Carranza. who was taking it in a special train to Chihuahua. IF ViLLA IS DEAD U. S. WILL WITHDRAW. Washington Makes Unqualified State! ment When Report of Bandit's Death is Heard. Washington.?American troops will be withdrawn from Mexico if Francisco Villa is dead. Administration | officials made this unqualified state| ment. commenting on reports front | Mexican sources that the bandit's body had been discovered and was being | taken to Chihuahua City my special train. The State and War Departments : | were without confirmatory advices on the subject from American sources. Reports reaching El Paso and other i border points were forwarded for in- : formation, hut neither \meriean con- | sol nor military authorities in Mex- < ico were heard from. .......... ? i ? i?? Iii?-nr>?fti- irirm:u wart riuseiy scrutinized at the State Deaprtment ! and sent to the White House. In some quarters there was a disposition to credit them, despite the fact . that border reports generally have been viewed with much suspicion since the pursuit began. AT VERDUN WAR MUGT" END SAYS THE EMPEROR. I Paris.- A semi-official n.de just issued reviews the recent operations about Verdun and gives an order of the day of General Petain. commanding at Verdun, in praise of the resistance of the French troops to the rer*r>iit nfl'nnalun t\f tho n r?? 1 note concludes: "The Emperor some days ago reviewed one of the divisions engaged in the region between Douaumont and Vaux and it was tliere that he i said: "The war of 1870 was derided at Paris. The present war must end at Verdun.' " General Petain's order follows: "The ninth day of April is a glorious day for our arms. The ferocious assaults of the soldiers of the Crown Prince have been everywhere broken. Infantrymen. artillerymen, sappers and aviators of the Eleventh Army were rivals in heroism. The honor j to all. "The Germans, without doubt, will attack again. Let every one work and watch to obtain the same success as yesterday. Have courage. We will get them." U. S. MOTOR TRUCK TRAIN ATTACKED BY BANDITS. San Antonio, Texas.?-General Per- I siting reported to headquarters that a motor truck train carrying aero- i pianos was attacked by 40 bandits. 15 miles north of Satevo. The Mexicans were driven ofT and one of their number was killed. MORE MACHINE GUNS SENT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER San Francisco?MaJ. General J. Franklin Bell, commander of the west- ; em department, ordered the despatch of the machine gun corps. Including 30 men of the Twenty-first Infantry stationed at Vancouver. Washington, to Calexlco, California, on the Mexican border. No change in Mexican situation has caused the despatch of the machine gun corps of the Twenty-first It was said at army headquarters. BRIG. GEN. ROBERT K. EVANS ^ . ' v* > NX - ' General Evans is in command of the I Second brigade of the army on the Mexican border. VILLA BAND TAKES 10WN REPUTED DEAD COMES TO LIFE AND SACKS TOWN OF SIERRA MOJADA. Believe Villa Himself Lead the Raid and is 200 Miles From the Ameri can i roops. EI Paso, Texas.?A band of Villa followers numbering several hundred and possibly a thousand, have sucked Sierra Mojada, five miles across the Coaliuila line and SO miles east of Jiminez, destroying many thousands 1 of dollars' worth of American property and looting the town of everything of value. This news, which may prove to be | of the highest importance as it is believed possible Villa himself was among the raiders, was received here by the representative of one of the largest mining concerns in Mexico and is accepted by him as authentic. The bandits made their attack on the town on April 5. They came from Escalon. a junction point on the Mexican National Railroad. HO miles southeast of Jiminez and about an equal distance southwest of Sierra Mojada, which has its connection by the Mexican Northern Railroad. On , their way to Sierra Mojada they sacked the small town of Corrilo. The belief that Villa himself may oe directing the operations of the bandits is supported by a report received from Ojinaga stating that Colonel Rajas. tin- commander, had information that Villa bad doulded in his tracks and was ItOO miles southwest of t liat town. Sierra Mojada is HO miles east of the nearest point at which American troops are known to be. FUNSTON NEEDS NO ORDERS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. He Can Move Any Troop? ii? Southern i Division Into Mexico, Says General guuii. Washington. Further increase of the United States fortes in Mexico is again prominent in official c onsiders-1 tion. In this connection it was officially stated that General Pershing's future i movements in the hunt for Villa would include adequate preparations for any eventuality. Strengthening of the line of communication, for which troops are needed principally, has proceeded with that end in ciew. General Scott, chief of staff, while denying that any orders to send more troops into Mexico had yet been issued. declared General Funsfon did not need such authority from Washington and had carte blanche to move any force in the southern division, RESOURCES NATIONAL BANKS $ 13,838,000,000. Washington. Financial prosperity and strength is greater in the United States than ever before and is rising rapidly to new levels, according to the interpretation placed by Comptroller of the Currency Williams on figures : made public showing conditions March | 7 in the country's national banks. Must Limit Armed Expedition. Mexico City.?The eMxiran govern- ! ment will insist with Inflexible deter- | minaiion that any armed expedition of the United States which enters ; Mexican territory in the guise of a punitive expedition must he limited to 1,000 men of one service alone, cavalry. according to a statement made to the Associated Press by Juan Neftali Amador, sub-Secretary of Foreign Re lations. During the absence of Gen. Candido Aguilar. Minister of Foreign Relations, in Queretaro. sub-Secretary i Aniado is in charge of the office. HIT FDR VIIII VII t I W I I I kkl TO BE CONTINUED PENDING OUTCOME OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CARRANZA GOVERNMENT. NO NEW ORDERS ARE ISSUED Carranza Military Forces Must Prove Their Ability to Stop Brigandage on the Border States. Washington. The United States is prepared to treat with General Carranza as proposed in his note for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico. Pending the outcome of the diplomatic negotiations, however, the status of the expedition will remain unchanged and the pursuit of Villa continue. This was the situation officially stated after President Wilson and his Cabinet had considered the new phases of the Mexican problem raised by General Carranza's communication. Secretary Lansing said he was prepared to take up the matter with the ile facto government, but would not indicate when a reply might be sent. Secretary Baker said no new orders had been sent to General Funston and that none were under contemplation. Both Secretaries said there had been no change in the policy of the Administration which prompted the pursuit of Villa. Secretary Lansing would not say whether he was prepared to negotiate with the de facto government for the possible fixing of a date for withdrawal of American troops. He indicated that the time element of any agreement would be based on what developed in the pursuit of the bandits. As the Administration's attitude is understood here, a satisfactory demonstration by the Carranza military forces of their ability to stop all brigandage in the border states would see the object of the American expedition accomplished. Senator Stone, chairman of the For mkh notations committee, is thought to have voiced tiie Administration view to the senate, speaking after a conference with Secretary Lansing. "The problem confronting this government." the Senator said, "is how long it would he wise to keep an expeditionary force in Mexico. If we adhere to our policy towards Mexico, we cannot keep the army there. To my mind the only alternative to withdrawing the troops sooner or later is intervention." SENATE VOTES 43 TO 22 FOR BIG NITRATE PLANT. Smith Amendment Carries $15,000,000 For Government's Proposed Venture Washington.- The senate adopted the army bill annulment of Senator Smith. South Carolina, appropriating $15,000,000 for a government nitrate plant. The vote was 42 t?? 22. This notion disposed of the second big tight in the Senate over the senate substitute for the house army reorganization bill. Senator Smith's amendment provides for the sale of Panama Canal bonds for raising the required $15,000.000 and the president is authorized to designate not more than five waterpower sites for power plants. When products of these plants, which will be operated exclusively by the government .are not needed for manufacture of munitions of war the surplus could be disposed of by the secretary of war for fertilizer. RUSSIANS CLAIM DEFEAT OF GERMANS IN EAST Except for the artillery wings of the contending armies there has been no fighting at any point on the long front in France and Belgium. Several days now have elapsed since the Germans launched a heavy attack on the positions in dispute before Verdun, hut their artillery has continued vigorously to shell the LeMort Homme sector northwest of Verdun .and the second line positions of the French to the east of the Meuse In the Argonne the French contlnuft to operate with their ruiis against German points of vantage and in the region of Pont-a-Mousson they have shelled convoys of Germans. On the Russian front tlie Germans essayed attacks between Lakes Sventen ami Ilzen, hut were repulsed with heavy casualties. In Gallcia, south ? asi 01 uouicnac ne, the Germans also took tlie offensive, but here again were repulsed. The Russians elaim the capture in the Stripa region of a German position ami the putting down of counter-attacks launched with the intention of recapturing it BOLL WEEVIL TO INFEST ENTIRE COTTON SECTION. Washington.- The boll weevil will infest the entire cotton section of the South before its progress is checked, according to the report of a special committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States just made public. Attempts to destroy the weevil by spraying and poisoning have met with scant success because the weevil bores Into thr plant. The annual rate of advance is said to vary from 40 to 70 miles, according to conditions.