The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 25, 1924, Image 7
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Boll Weevil
Exterminator
Inquire of our
Nearest Agent
THE TEXAS COMPANY, U. S. A.
Texaco Petroleum Products
Must Fight The Weevil.
A report from thp Boll Weevil
Control Laboratory at Florence just
received by Prof. II. W. Barre, direc
tor of agricultural research, indicates
that weevil infestation in the cotton
fields is increasing very rapidly, in
the iheik area of one field where no
?poison has been applied /G per cent
of the squares having been punctured,
infestation in other areas ranging
from If) to GO per cent. Prof. Barre
has issued the following statement
to guide farmers in the matter:
"The rainy weather of the past few
weeks has permitted a rapid increase
in the fiumber of weevils in practi
cally all sections of the state, and
it is very important now that every
man who is growing cotton for a
profit keep a very close watch on his
fields and begin poisoning with eal
-cium arsenate dust just as soon as
infestation goes above 10 per cent.
A'ith weevil infestation increasing so
rapidly there is every indication that
the cotton crop could be destroyed in
a short, time, if proper poisoning ia
not practiced.
"All of the scientists, a large
majority of the farmers, and prac
tically all agricultural leaders are
now agreed that calcium arsenate
dust properly applied is the only ad
visable poison to use in fighting the
weevil at this season of the year.
We therefore repeat our recommenda
tions made early in the season, which
are as follows:
"Begin applying calcium arsenate
dust just as soon as 10 per cent of
the squares are punctured. Make
three applications at four-day inter
nals and then wait until infestation
begins to increase again. If the in
festation goes above 15 per cent after
the three applications have been
made, repeat the treatment in the
same way, making three more appli
cations at four-day and five-day
intervals."
JUH.K l.EC'i rRRS JIRY
('ritici/cs Men wf N ork for Rejecting
Testimony of Officer*.
Voi k, .Jul.V !6. A si nation was
i'i ung in general sessions court hero
late th's afteuuon when >ludgve .). f\.
!Uivr> had ruussi nihled a jury that
two days ago acquitted Walker Hud
son, young white man, on the charge
of violation of the prohibition law
and severely criticised their verdict*
'('he .jurors wore visibly indignant at
hi- ''It v turo" aiul, upon its conclusion,
'.ho foreman, George W. Williams of
Vcjik a>kod for the privilege of a
reply and, upon its being granted, he
advised the court that, speaking for
himself, he would render the same
verdict if he had the matter t <? do
over again.. 1
Jui'ge Henry* pointed out to the
iurots that three officers, A. J. Jack
son, tural policeman; I*. I.ove,
magistrate of Kings .Mountain town
>lv ;V and' Carson S. Hendricks^ had
ivo) n that Hudson was. at the still
when they captured it and that they
evidently had rejected this testimony
and accepted, that of Hudson ami his
father, M. C. Hudson ? that it was a
v iso of mistaken identity. Had the
jurors lomlci't'd ' a hasty verdict in
stead of deliberating on it for some
time, .Judge Henry said lit' would
have had them paid off and dis
charged. Ue expressed the opinion
that their verdict may have *been
affected by outside influences.
.Mentioning the fact that a report
was current that Hudson was n6t of
bright mentality, he said this point
was not brought out in the trial and
should not have been taken into con
sideration. Following was the per
sonnel of the jury that acquitted
Hudson, whose father, M. C. Hudson,
pleaded guilty to the charge of dis
tilling: George W. Williams, R. L.
Sturgis, E. M. Kicker, A. C. White,
Wesley Martin, J. D. Clark, Jr., A. B
Clark, I.) W Boyd, J .1 Thomas, S G
R&nkhead, S. T Enloe, J. R. Kelly.
This was the first time a York jury
has been criticised in this fashion by
a judge since Judge R. W. Mem
minger of Charlotte severely censured
a jury and discharged them following
a verdict of acquittal about 15 years
ago.
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Yom can buy any model by making
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In the 21 years since its found
ing, on June 16th, 1903, the
Ford Motor Company has
contributed largely to the
motorizing of modern life.
Ten million . Ford cars haVe
quickened the pace of business,
have brought convenience to
day-by-day travel and health
ful enjoyment to the Amer
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t H E U N IV * * I A ?? C A ?
C HAR! IK KOSS.
The current number of the Ladies'
He nu' .lou' r.n! ('vntaiits an esv.elleui
Hi' count of the kidtmpjung of (.lud'liv
Ko.ss. Tills c rinv of uhild stealing,
one oi the 1 1 1 >" i that i vcr ocurred it}
this country, remains l>> far t ht? most
famous of i\\y{\ ea-es. It is suiii t hat
educated !? 4ti>.p?>aus v isited I'hiladel*
phia sometimes show, no sign, of
knowing who i-. referred to when the
guide* point out the ho.use of William
fVtin, the ofliee of Benjamin Franklin
or" the i'opm in \vhu H Thomas .lertVr
son read the- Declaration of Indepen
dence t>> the Continental congress;
but that is. rare for such persojv* not
to know the stoiy of Charlie Rv?s.
when the home from which he \\:i?
stolen is pointed out.
Charlie Moss was an .fr\kcoptiohaTl>
attractive buy . of three or four years
of age. On the,l\rst day of .July,
1 ST 1 . he ami his brother a little older
were given a ride by two men who
had evidently been plotting for syme
days to c.eal them. The older boy
was released. In a few days the grief
stiickon parents began to iv-.-.eive lei -
tors dotnanding twenty thousand dol
lars ransom, and threatening i?> kill
the boy it' any attempt was made to
rose 110 him. .Something always pre
vented th<- arrangement from- being
carried Cut. The police of Philadel
phia and of New York, to which City
the plot -<mn shifted, were never able
to run down a clue, though there is
reason to believe that they were at
times close on the criminals.
On the night of 'December 14, 1871.
a house was bu realized on Kong Is
land One of the burglars was killed
outright, and the other was shot so
seriously that ho died in two hours.
As the latter lay dying he volunteered
the confession that he and his pal
were the men who had stolen Charlie.
Ross, that he was alive, and that the
other burglar was the only person
who knew where he was. Hut that
man had been shot dead. His wife
only knew that ho.had-.Jeft the boy
with an old man and woman some
where.
The secret has remained one of the
world's most tantalizing mysteries.
The child's picture had been broad
casted over Kurope and America. If
he was alive, why did not some of
the tenV; of millions of persons who
were familiar with his /Strikingly
beautiful, serious face recognize him?
If he had been killed in a lit of anger
by his stealer, why did the other
burglar not know it? He had no pos
sible motive as he faced death, after
voluntarily having confessed to the
crime, to falsify. That these were
the kidnappers could .not be doubted,
for the older Ross boy instantly iden
tified them when he was shown their
dead bodies without anything to sug
gest to him whom he was viewing.
Not the slightest trace of the stolen
boy has come to light to this day,
though hundreds of children were
examined, and even graves were
opened in the long years of search.
? Older Readers cannot go through
even this brief colorless review of
this infamous crime that so stirred
them forty years ago without emo
tion. The unutterable cruelty of
child stealing was " never more
dramatically burned into the con
sciousness of the American public
than in the case of this early instance
of that infamous crime. ? Newberry
Observer.
Both Tuna and Words.
A young fellow whs trying hard t<?
explain to the salesman what he
wanted.
"Now, haven't you this song? It
goes xlm-zim, lum-zum, zang zang.
Ton know."
And the salesman wa? trying very
hard to follow him.
"Sorry," i rl the salesman, "but I
don't seem to recognize the tune.
What are the words?"
"Those are the words."
She Was Dead.
"Red" Herring whs on |en\e, having i
Rome soup and fish with his third
grade te.vhrr,
"How do yon like the soup. Mr. Her- i
ring?" she axked. i
"It certainly smells Jake, but I den t '
know how it's gonna eat!" I
"Why, Mr. Herring; where Is your !
grammar?" !
"She's dead, ma'am, o\er a year last J
May." ? Our Navy.
Norse Essay on the Frog.
A classic essay lately immortalized j
In type is about frogs and was written !
br a young Norwegian. The essay
run* :
"What a wonderful bird the frog
are ! When he stand he ait, almost.
When he hop he fly. almost. He ain't ,
got no sense, hardly. He ain't got no
tail hardly, either; when he ait he sit
on what he ain't got, almost."
Wanted Chance to 6peak.
Mrs. Jones ? Yes, John, as I was-eay
Ing, Miss Blank has no manners. Why,
while I was talking to her this morn
ing the yawned eleven times.
OTd Jones ? Perhaps, my dear, shs
wasn't yawning ? she might havs
wanted to flftj MMMthtog. ? LowHn AM
IHKS I KONt (J \s I I MKS
^ tiuuu t'onlrHclor^ \le$?t,* I itusual !
VafdeiU Whi^'Diggim; NN oil.
<Ja!7iu?>\.i!ur> is. J
year td?i whi'.o man, resident of th ;
l?\UV(i!vi s et.h: n ef I'nivM ouunty. ,ju v '
aero;-?, the ( hvnAi e > oipny liiiv. was
falrtUJ * H^dvyvated by giiM-s from
exploded dynamite-' in a wll ai the
home ft' \Y. F. Tinnei on via; Hawkins
'Mill )'0ud, about eight mile* from
(his fit y., late Tufcydyy aiJten)oou and
Will Logan; a negro helper was ov.ei ?
ronu? b\ the ga*es and muu.J> met a
umila: fate when he was; later jowv.:
ed into. I lu- wcil to ryyoV.tM' ?DUtl0U' -
body.
Young Sutton. and au un> ie wore#
engaged in carrying oyit' ji oonu ai'i to
deepen the well when tho young man,
met his untimely and tragic death.
After the centra, u>rs had * I n ^ the
well t<> a depth i t .GO f. vl. reek was
imcountered that made t he use of
dynamite uece.ssaj.s fur tin- work to
progress. Twenty sticks of dynamite
were packed in tlu* rock and exploded
by an electric battery.
A l't or. "ali-uut two' hour* tin- young
man was lowered into th'e well in ;i
large bucket M o jn\ o t ig.alv tHv Work
of the dynamite. I Jet ore hi- had
descended to the bottom of tho w'oll
hi' foil from the buokot in which ho
was being: 1 owe rod and effort to get
a response to calls from tho top wo.ro
Unavailing- Physicians give it
their * opinion that Sutton almost'
sudden death as ho struck tho gasesT
Logan, the nejf.ro helper, who was
lowered into the well to rescue Sut
ton's body, was hastily drawn out
when he gave alarm and was in an
unconscious condition when he reach
1 ? . '
ed the top. However, restoration re
vived him, though he is yet in a clan
gorous condition and may die as the
result of his experience.
Sutton had been married for only a
few weeks when he came to his tragic
death. His bride was present at tho,
well and bade him goodbye as he was
lowered to his unexpected death. The
young man's wife was Miss Nellie
Bryant of Buffalo, to whom lie was
married almost a month ago.- The
body was carried to Union county by
a kuiil * dirtvUn and funeral
,*<?!> V kv,s VV.iU.V 'hold yo*U??day afu*l>
noon.
Prank rurncntof's Ksiat?,
i t I u i ituijjv \\ tb'ihe late J''ratik
l J . <. \\ ;'. not ,ii mhiivi' Of
? U )'(?* aitl\ , Ur?- t,o his cvjUvn
>ivr \ >'ii liiueney .in?j irttamly to
luiuVi it". I'm ito svot id wanderer had
fioluM / 1 1 s ! ,i -d ml. and
1>VU a. ?iouvi.v ;iKsb <tt" solid fortune.
U, idinn in. Washnu ton, Mr, I'ar
poutvi nvainVainrd a vui.nmor home on
a ?)u>untnii\ top in ( 'Ui'rkv epunty,.
Virginia. ovtnloo.kiuK t .lit? riv?yr road,
and bi:t Ween hi.s loiii, atiHonc*.'^ abroad
hc> leliUhtod to ittmtfle with his Valley
nin^hlne.-; and l ?> suptM'vifce tho rare
of hi,- famous. apple tu'eh.aWJ.
Albert .Mullm,, formerly id' (,'ohim
hi i, editor of the county m wspapin ,
the C-larkt. Courier, at Moi'ry vill.*,
'*a.y s its his ounvnt n.urtiber * thUi thu
? ( 'iirjH-ntf! osi;iU', aivprdinj_7 to a pro
h.i.U -'petition, i- approximately uno
million dollars, and i> left to a son
and a daughter, . id.ir.^ in Illinois.
The' Stall!.
Dentil ol Mrs, U. Unworn.
Mis Stella Mowers, \silr of 13. 1>.
liow'cri. agcil -N years, died- at her
home o:.r last Thursday and was
buried Friday aftt rm>?.n in i )u? Hn f -
fall, church graveyard.
Mrs. Itowers was a <ia viu h t i < ? f I hi* .
lute Mr. and Mrs. Kdwnt'd C. Shaw,
and a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
.1; A. Shj\w, of Kershaw. Sho was a
Woman of tiulslandihg Christian
character and pleasant disposition
and enjoyed the esteem of all hor
neighbors and friends. She is sur
vived by her husband and three chil
dren. ? Kershaw F.ra.
Mrs. .Julius Fleischmann has been
granted a divorce in Paris from her
husband, head of the great yeast con
ff?rn. ? She is to receive a settlement
of $5,000,000 from her late husband,
band.
An airplane, equipped with rcelin
ing chairs and carrying eight persons,
/ttade a trip from Detroit to Chicago,
Tuesday, in three hours and five
minutes.
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steeper hill
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on high
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