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? ijannbks Hmv the Holl WuevU Crossed the Rio i^rwwfo Now invading South. ' 0^, *U\y to a little *U-iegged yLsh Inofvn tMM Mo crowed, Aw Rio ad* hUMC up U* coat and but l)i -t<#i.n*UU. Wear Brownsville, Tex., startod tu without any 'unneeos delay to npi u family. Ah to ? well It BUopeOdfcd In thla laudable. |ortwklu?, you might ask tho farm _ ()f tiu- cotton holt. ?|t may have tttOQto over In a bun of I; It may have made tho trip ou ? brim Qf ? Greaser's hat or It may kVo hew picked up by a Mexican r ami deposited oil tile seat of uJWiWt FoycL The particular wan- 1 ir of its cowing may never he known. It uauie. all the same, and that tr will always be reuiewbercd as irkinK tlio advent of the Meklcau pll Weevil invasion. When full grown ami ready, for bus iness, this Hinal) l>eetle oujly licensures nhout a quarter of an Inch lu length, ind It haH a snout alK>Ut half as long UH tho body; altogether, H is a very un |ro|Hw.s?>si?lnK, hump backed Individual. L As the descendants of thin Urowna |?llle vagrant began to spread out over ff^xas acres, the cotton lu the neighbor hood got to acting Queerly, squares ttwt ?Sould have developed Into blooms took ?n a 'til okLv hue, aiul propped, to tye Igfoiiud ) bolls that .should have rlpeu <4 and burst; broke out with some un ttiown Irruption, and swelled and twist* ril in the moat: alarming maimer. I Natu.nlly, an Investigation fo'low ?d, and It was round tnat a certain sjnall weevil was reHi>onalble for alt I lie trouble. The banks we*e first to rdallw the economic danger, resulting from the Instability of the eotton erop kk a collateral, and credits bego/i to. suH' t. Farm lauds decreased in ya'ue: planters pulled up stakes and moved: the fuct was, mau Was becoming panic stricken before the advaucfe of thin lit tie hug front* the land of hot tauinlaes and Insurrections. A? the eggs hatched and the bolls dropped, a cold shiver rjnj up tho splties of the money marta and tne spinners of Europe saw the omi nous rising of a black cloud above ihelr horizon. The agricultural department of the Uhlt<td Stales sat up nights organic ing an army to meet, the invaders stf ,enfce ransacked her laboratories and cudgelled licr brains to And' some food the pug WouM eat besides cottiji. Learned professors were every- wnere prying Into the most intimate family secrets of this Uttle weevil? studying ite life history, and gathering statistics ?S- to its birth rate. Among many other things, these wise IFheh.jpotffid out that the Boll Weevil fends the winter, in its grown up state li. a kind bf dreamless sleep, know" as .hibernating. All it ^ants Is a compar 'atlveiy'w-arm place, with plenty of bed [clothes,-? Dead leaves piled up in fence ?corners, brush beat*, old logs and stumi**, and even the dead cotton stalks, all otfei-; it the needed protect ion from the cold. Thelong gray inoes .of the Southern States forms an ideal vloter resort for whole Colonies and in his . lUMtiratM. of i natMreV-woavlHK they can jwtNrt tin* winter unehllled and be j In fine fetter in the spring. When the) weather get* WHim, they wake up, and make a break for t*?^S uwtrent cotton j Held, half starved from their long fast. The cotton plants may bo just coming out of the ground hut youth and old age look alike to the hungry beetle, ho (hoy ut once begin feeding on the baby piaht, and unless the plants are lusty and strong, they an' apt to wilt and, die A 44bad stand" Is tlio result. As the plant* grow, the weevil takes Its toll of the tender shoots, and the young leaves, until the squares api>eal. One taste of a cotton square Is enough to make a boll weevil hug itself with delight, and never afterward does anything taste half ho sweet. When the plants are all ladpn with squares, the weevil suddenly remem bers thut It Is egg laying tiiue, so the female bites out a hole iu the square Inserts her eyipositor, which Is some thing like a medicine dropper, and leaves an egg In the bottom of the cavity. She then upals the hole with a drop of glue-like stuff, puts down the raw edges of the punHure, and ambles along to the next square, ready to rc|>eat the operation. Six or seven days after tlh? egg has been deposited, the square splits open, exposlug the bud, and on about the tenth day the square Is hanging by u thread, In a vory short lime drops to the ? ground, and there Js one h*8H boll of cotton In the world. The time It takes an egg to hatch varies greatly ; warm damp days hasten the hatching, and coo), dry days retard It. Eggs have hashed in a day and a night, while others havp taken over two weeks but the ayerage is thought to l>e about four days. The larva, when it leaves the eggs, |s a small white grub, inno cent of legs, but with an appetite that does not kuow the meaning of the word enough. It first eata the imma ture pollen deep down in the square, ^tjien devours the pistil and other, vjtal parts of the bud. letter, many eggs are laid In the bolls, and the little grubs feed ravenously on the seed* but does not pay much atten tion to the Immature fibres. Ill from seven to twenty days, according to Weather conditions, the worm forms a sort of jacket ; around Itrelf. com posed of Its cast ' off skins, quits eat ing, and passes Into the pupfl,_or third state. In a few da^ys it sheds it,s skin and walks out a full grown Holl Weevil ready to take up the family fued against the farmer. Lat er In the season when the squares are few, ' and the bolls too tough for easy drilling, the Insects look around for new pastnres, and by a succession of short flights, spread far over tlje country, and the first frost Is apt to catch them miles and miles from where they were hatched, " Since 1892 the advance over new territory lias been at an average vate of 66 ^ miles a year, alid the weevil It* how "at home" to callers, in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ok lahoma, Arizona, Alabama, Oeorgla, Tennessee and Florida, South Carolina Is the next state In the line of invasion, and will probably see the pest within h.er borders In 1917. . The number of ' t^qirlug* that infly* sprang from a single jttilr of hll>enwito we^yllii almost stag gers belief. It Is entirely iH*i?tble for nu Individual tg become a great grand mother tiotwis-n Juuo Hiul November; that la If all conditions are favorable, and no epidemic breaks out among tlw> children. Tim, lturcau of Entomology, I'. H. Department of Agriculture, gly? s ?he following Interesting table: First generation, average adult June 20, nh inhering 70. Second generation, average adult, August Mi, 2,450. Third generation, average adult, Hei> teuibefs 22, SO, 750. Fourth generation, a veruge adult, November 4, a, 001, 250. >Total 3,080,520. The books uuiy Hay the weevil feeds on the cotton plant, but the farmers are inclined to think ttiat Its principal food is ten dollar bills. ? O. A. IK In Greenville News. Lee County Newt*. ( From the Plshopvllle Vindicator.) On Thursday afternoon at live o' clock Miss Eh telle Mclx*an and Mr. Jack Dalalell were quietly married at the home of the brlde'H mother, Mrs. J. A. McLean. The ceremony was in formed by Rev. U. P. Watson in tlic presence of the Immediate* family. The bride looked very pretty and girl ish In a coat salt or navy blue with a blouse of white silk and a becoming hat of black velvet. Miss McLean Is a popular young woman of Bishop* vllle. Mr. Paljslell is orlglpally of Lon don, England, but he litis made bis home in America for a number of years and since coming to Plshopvllle has made many friends, After the wedding Mrs. ltobert L. McLean en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Dalvdell and a few Intimate friends at" ulm.er. At the homo of the bride's mother. Mrs. Abble Shaw, on Thursday oven- ! lug, l>oe. 28th, Miss Hula lie Shaw and Mr. Thomas Melxmdou, of Haeford, N. O., were united in marriage by Rev. L. L. Legters. Only a few special friends attended. Tliey will make their future home at Rueford. Thoi Vindicator wishes them a happy Ne\>r Year. Married, Sunday, Oocemher 24th by Notary Public IX K. Smith, at his home Mr, P. B.Boykln and Miss Sallle I)or ity. After the ceremony, the happy pair' left for a honeymoon trip, and on their return will make their home at Manvllle. I^ast Saturday night about 7 o'clock the alarm of tire was sounded when it was found the stable and baru in rear of the old Stucjcey building was on Are. Mr. Max Traub used the stable and. had. six horses burned up. Mr. Levenson had the barn tlltod with bales of old rags, sacks and cotton that made the lire burn rapidly and furiously so that there was no chance to saye the horses. There was no In surance on anything.' , , ? ? ? ? ? - The tr^al .of) -Prank (hinulutfham, 1 James Doak, John Bailey and Noette Muse charged with the murder of Mrs. L. C. Jarnigun at Greenville has; been postponed until a later date. The defendents are oufc under $2,000 bail Doak formerly resided in Cam aeh. r.< COTTON C11NNK1> IN T1IR 8TATK ToUl Number of Bmlee tftnuetf Of VJM Crop flared at 8*4.017. "m The r*?ik>rt of Director Hum U Rog ers, of the Bureau of CenaUB, Depart mailt of Cotnwercc, annoum-tng the preliminary report of cottoiu ginned by counties' in South Curolljiu for the vNTQPft of 1016 ami 1015 to Decemlier 1 8th ?'f those years has issued and sho\Vs an Interesting cou?|>urison between the two years. The., total nuui her of hales ginned in the state to Decemtwr 13. 1016. is set at 804,017 against 1,008,288 f<^r 1015. The rejnirt of ginning hy comities Is; County 101(1 Alrtievllle 25244 Aiken u.% .... 84720 Anderson 3183(1 HamherK 21858 Barmvell ...^..'(tIIIOB Beaufort : 5(142 Berkeley ...... 40211 (Vtlhoun A. 20806 (Charleston 4414 Cherokee 8800 Chester ? 18054 Ohestertleld 17554 Clarendon 1880(1 Oolletou 12457 Darlington 17841 Dillon , 22170 Dorchester ?. 8181 Hdgefleld 28758 Falrfleld 14167 Florence 17572 Oeorgetown 1825 (Jreenvllle 81008 Greenwood 28018 Hampton 16800 Horry 4508 Jasper .. 4010 Kershaw 10673 riMiieaster .. 13447 l?Hureua ........ 20510 T<ee 17402 Lexington 22807 Marion 11107 Marlboro 31701 Newberry 20031 h>eonce 102.'13 Orangeburg 56124 TMekens 14106 Richland' ? 16402 Saluda 25173 Spartanburg 40202 Hunk for ...T^.-. . 21083 Dnlon '12851 Williamsburg 11040 York 21076 1015 28055 85640 56488 152JUJ 34766 2732 0230 1 18211 85831 13056| 20524 27015 20013 13114 31651 20061 11000 27860 22870 20376 2347 40502 26674 11001 7547 3108 23252 20888 87520 80288 22715 13315 4S0t0 31685 10751 58720 1 15501 10311 24^41 61088 | 20041* 174251 21450] 35444 Total 804017 1008283 Chirken Supper. The public is cordially Invited to a chicken supper which will be given at Pine drove School house next. Thurs-j day evening Jan.. 18th from seven to ten o'clock. No admission will be| charged. There will be several contests and music to anaw the visitors up stairs. A "thickon stew" and other refresh ments will he served down stairs The proceeds will go to help pay for the |mc|\0o1 orgau and build a stage which! i,s very much needed in the auditorium. MAKKKT1NG POTATOES. Koixb Carolina Growers Could Ho Sue fdwful Sit) , (iNHHOiL I 1 UoUk?*c4i Jan. I>,~ The digging of Southern early o?? "new' po tatoes begins In Florida* Texas, and southern lA>ulsiaiwi in May ami Is done mostly l?y folks ami plows. Ac?\mlu*g to i ho Uidtod State* Deimrtiucnt ?i Agriculture, It has boon found ndvUtt hlo to plow up tho pot at 008 In tho into evening aiul plek thorn, oarly tho fob lowing morning, It has lieon found that tho uiost\ satisfactory picking re ceptacles art' ojmmi slatted crates with rounded edges Potatoes hrulso very oaslly anil should not for that reason ho hauled loosoly In wagons of thrown about. Bruised potatoes Oooay and : break down very rapidly and not only haston the dooay of tho othor sound l>ntau?os luit also give tho mm ml |s?ta- 1 ttK's A most disagreeable odor. In Florida those oarly |4>tatoes aro ( shipi>od In hau?|)ors ami douhlo head- j ed barrels, In Texas sacks aro ustsl whllo tlu? othor states along tho At lantlo Coast use burlap <x>vered bur rels. ? It has I won fouml without oxooptlon that the- graded potatoes hrhlg tho boHt prices. tlrudlng, therefore has iieeu adopted by tho more progressiva grwworn. In some sections mechani cal graders my Uflol Tlio Southern crop is marketed in various ways and It is dltllcult to say which Is tho l>ost systoin. Ono tbing Is certain. Those growers who carefully grille their potatoes and who work cooperatively get tho host results wbothor thoy sell direct or whether they consign. Many of tho Southern (ftotatoes aro marketed largely thru cash buyers at. the nlilppliig iH>|nts. HOVYOYOT. shipments aro made. thru distributors ami oil consignment to a goncios In distant markets. As sahl be.foiV, ooo|*?i\itlvo ssno clat loiis of grower* achieve thov boat results. Virginia has several of those successful organizations. One of these (associations \\?bVh operates on the Eastern shore of Virginia sold over six million dollars worth of<- jtotntoos in lft.M. The rules of this association as well as of other similar associa tions are must rigid in regard* to prop er grading. ThWLassoclntlon hftM defi nite brands and afl grades mutir meas ure lip accordingly". There Is no reason why South Carolina growers canuot be just as careful and (consequently just as success fill. Kin ley in a Sanitarium. Congressman Flnley. who has boon confined to his l?oU for several weeks, and who has not been improving, was on Wednesday removed to Myers san itarium near Charlotte. Tlie trip was made across the^country in an automo bile, Mr. PI n ley being uceomiuuded by Mrs. Pinloy ami Dr. it. A. Bra (ton. ? York vl He Enquirer. Jlldge Spain who lias been ill for some t'oue will resume his dutles-oii the bench next month. ------ ? ? ? - ? - TAX RETURNS." - Otllec of County Auditor, Kershaw ('..inns Camden, H. C. l>tn. lOitf. Not! co Is hereby given thai the Aud ItorN ortlcc will he open for rftceh'tag tax returns from January I. 1017, t?? 'JO, 101 7, inelusl ve. falling to make returns within said period, as required by I iw, will be subjeet to a peualty of ho nor cold. as 1 cannot take roturns after the'JOth, ay tho other business of t hi > office must kr?? on. Tho Auditor will atloiul in person oi tho deputy at the following- nlaco* In the county on tin* date* Indicated for receiving returns: Haley's M'11,1, January 1'J Bower's School Hourfe, January lit Klrklo.v's Store, January 1f\ Kershaw, January It}, 17 Westvllle, January IS. Liberty Hill, January 10 Hlaney, January 33. All pertons between the ages of 'J1 and 60 years Inclusive, are required to pay poll and road tax, uples* exempt ed hy law. All trusties, guardians, executors, administrators, agents mid others holding projK'rty in charge, must re turn same. The Income tax will ho enforced. Parties sending tax returns by mall make oath to same before some quail tied ofllecr, and fill out the nkwo in a proper manner, otherwise they must be rejected. 1 W. F. HUSftOll, Auditor Kershaw County, S. O. SUMMONS TOR RELIEF State of South Carolina. County of Kershaw. Court of Common Pletis The Enterprise Ilulldlng A l<oan AssO elation of Camdon, s. C. ' rialntltT. , Against A. E, ltobertsou, Defendant. To the Defendant: , . You are hereby Hum moned and rtv quired to answer the wojiiplUlnt In thin action which will be filed In tJie office of the Clerk of the Court of Common IMeas, for the said cuUQty, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at hi# , otllce in Camden, Soutn (Carolina, with in twenty days after the service here of, exclusive of the day of Much ser vice, and if yon fail to answer the com plaint within the time aforesaid- tint plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for tho relief 'demanded In the complaint. -a . W. M. SHANNON^ l J ? ? ? "V ? r~ PluiMjtllTH attorney. January 2nd, 1017. To the Defendant, A. K. ltobertsbn : Take, notice that the complaint Uj this action was filed in tho office of thf^Clerk of Court of Common Plea# for^Kershaw County, South Carolina, arCamden, S. C., this 2nd day of Jan uary A. 1). 1017. W. M. SHANNON* ^ ? Plaintiffs Attorney. 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