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)LL WEEVILS EXPECTED
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BARNWELL,
CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922.
Large* County Circa lotion.
NUMBER 29.
B. R. Cood, Famous Expert, Issues
Warning to Cotton Farmers.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
^ START AT BLACKVILLE
Dr. C.
Farmers in Barnwell County who
have been counting on the recent cold
"snaps” to put an end to the boll
weevil peril have been handed quite
a jolt in a warning just issued by B.
Coad, of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, Bureau of
Entomology, who is the foremost au
thority on the boll weevil in this
country. Mr. Coad has spent years
in studying the boll weevil and he is
widely known as the discoverer of
the calcium arsenate method of pois
oning weevils—though he has never
urged this method a£ a universal
panacea. Mr. Coad now predicts that
boll weevils will probably be excep
tionally thick in 1922. He has just
sent out a warning bulletin from the
Delta Laboratory, Talulah, La. This
bulletin will be of great interest to
all cotton growers and busiggss men.
It is as follows:
Cotton farmers are now busy ar
guing pro and con the advisability of
reducing or increasing the cotton
acreage for 1922, but in the numer-
>* arguments quoted we seldom see
|4ny mention made of one of the most
iportant factors which should have
very positive influence on the cotton
program for the coming season. This
is the prospect of boll weevil abund
ance. For quite a number of years
the Delta Laboratory of the Bureau
of Entomology, United States De
partment of Agriculture, has been
making a series ef studies each sea
son to serve as a basis for predictions
regarding the severity of Spring in
festation of boll weevils. The records
for 1922 have just been completed
and for comparison with these we
have similar records for the past
eight years.
The number of boll weeviis*emerg-
ing from hibernation each spring de
pends on two things: The number
entering hibernation in the fall and
the percentage of these surviving.
I^iat fall the majority of the cotton
belt saw conditions which permitted
an unusually large number of weevils
to enter hibernation. The winter
weather has generally been abnormal
ly mild to date and the usual ptriud
of severe weather has passed, al
though there is. of course, still a bare
chance of temperatures low enough
to influence weevil survival. Because
of this wild weather i* high rate of
weevil survival was to be expected.
Our recent records have more than
verified this expectation. These re
cords are made in a number of differ
ent ways, but the - most comparable
criterion is the figure based on the i
number of live weevils found hiber- \
nating in Spanish moss in certain se- !
leeted 'localities in Louisiana each '
year. ' During the past few days we *
have examined over 3,600 pounds of !
Spanish moss from fifteen different |
• selected points representing the dif-;
ferent types of hibernating conditions •
found in that district, • This moss is
carefully examined and the number
of weevils both live and dead noted.
From this we compute the ratic of
both live and dead weevils per ton of
moss, aod past experience has shown
that this affords a very f|ir index to
the emergence wh^h may be expect
ed. The following table shows the
figures for the past eight yedrs:
Live Wee- Dead Wee
vils per ton vils pei; ton
C. Coleman, of Charleston, to
Assist the Pastor.
Blackville, Feb. 21.—The Biackville
Baptist Church is to begin a series
oLovangeJistic services in their new
building next Sunday, the 26th inst.,
which continue daily, except Satur
day, through Sunday, March 12th.
Services will be at 11:00 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.
Dr. C. C. Coleman, pastor of the
Citadel Square Baptist Church, of
Charleston, will do the preaching, and
the Rev. J. L. Baggott, Superintend
ent of the State B. Y. P. U., will con
duct the singing. Dr. Coleman is
recognized generally as one of the
very best pastor-evangelists in the
South . He is scholarly, yet simple;
deep, but clear. He loves lost souls
with a passion and presents the old
time gospel to them with great pow
er. Mr. Baggott, who is known and
loved throughout the State as Super
intendent of B. Y. P. U. work, is a
singer of splendid ability. He not
only has a sweet voice which he uses
effectively, but is able to get the con
gregation to sing and enjoy it. He
is also a great organizer. The
Blackville people are looking forward
to a great season of refreshing under
the leadership of these two gifted and
consecrated workers.
The church is this week organizing
and making full plans for the work.
Cottage prayer meetings are being
held each afternoon and a combina
tion personal worker’prlass and pray-
er service is hsd each evening. A
large choir is being organized.
It is expected that parties will
come in from adjoining towns and
communities for these services. Not
only the special services but the
splendid new building will be an at
traction. The new building is a great
Largest County Circulation.
TWO AUTO ACCIDENTS IN
BARNWELL IN PAST WEEK
The People has reason to belieVeythat its circulation in Barn
well County is as large as or larger thap that of any other news
paper published in the county, any claims or statements to the
contrary notwithstanding. Efforts have beeKmade to verify this
belief, but they were unsuccessful. A re-hash of these efforts is
not necessary, nor would it prove of any particular interest to
the readers of The People. Suffice it to say that advertisers in
this paper are assured of both QUANTITY and QUALITY circu
lation and that as an advertising medium The People is second
to none in this section of the State. A
Children Have Narrow Escapes WKen
Struck by Automobiles.
SPECIALIST W4X GIVE
THREE DEMONSTRATIONS
Mrs. Anne J. Campbell to Demon
strate Jelly and Jam Making.
The following communication has
been received from Miss Eloise Cave, say*
Home Demonstration Agent:
We are exceedingly fortunate in
having Mrs. Anne J
Specialist in Home Management of
Home Demonstration Work from
Winthrop College, to work with the
County Home Demonstration Agt. for
two days next week, February 27th
and 28th. Mrs. Campbell will dem
onstrate jelly and jam making for
marketing purposes at the following
places:
Kline school house, Monday A. M.
at 10:30.
Pleasant Hill school house Monday
P. M. at 3:00.
San Hill school house Tuesday P.
M. at 3:00.
It is hoped that all club members
and other ladies who are interested
will attend one of these meetings.
. On Tuesday morning at 11:00 o’
clock, Mrs. Campbell will demon
strate fancy icing of cakes to the
. w __ ., ulluinK « jfresi» l * d,e * of A"
workshop. In addition to a large and ur * ed 10 att * nd ^ d * m -
heautiful auditorium, it has a Bible 1 orutr * t ‘ on ^
school department which, including
County Agent Harry G. Boylston
that the cooperative cotton
marketing campaign is going good
in Barnwell County, four meetings
Campbell, having been held last week. At one
point 365 bales were signed. Every
farmer is urged to sign his contract
as soon as .possible so that the cam
paign can be completed quickly.
Any one who has not received a con
tract can get one by seeing or writ
ing County Agent Boylston or E. C.
Matthews at Blackville.
Representatives of six of the banks
of the county attended a conference
at Williston Monday afternoon, and
after discussing the campaign the
following resolutious were adopted:
“We, the undersigned banks of
Barnwell County, agree that, as fsr
as we are concerned, your being a
member of the S. C. Cotton Grow
ers Cooperative Marketing Associa
tion will not hurt your credit with
us. It is our opinion that such an
association will greatly aid in the
stablising of the cotton market and
will greatly strengthen your general
credit. (Signed) Bank of Williston,
the storage room, and kitchen. has| M '” E,oi ~ Cave ’ Horae
36 room# tion * Barnwell, S. C.
For further information apply to farmers and Merchants Bank, Wil
A NEW'(.A ME.
SNELLING NEWS
tw* * -- — , . Snelfing, Feb. 21.—Mr. L. W. Hill.
The Augusta Chronicle announce. - „ T, 1 . . : ^
4 . , . of Brezelia, Ga., visited relatives
today a most interesting and amusing ! her# | a t k
game. The object of this game is to
see who can secure the largest and
nearest correct list of words begin
ning with the letter "P." covering
names of visible object# contained in
s picture, copy of which will he found
elsewhere in this issue.
This class of game has proven to
l»e a very interesting pastime and
many valuable priezs have been won
by persons throughout the country.
There is no reason at all why some
of these prizes cannot be won by our
readers and it would he well to get
started on y<Air list of words tonight
and you will find this puzzle game
will be the means of supplying you
with many pleasurable moments. *
Advertise in THE PEOPLE.
Year.
of moss.
of moss.
1915
-- 10.0
.414.0
1916
__ .. 24.0
136.0
1917
— 8.0
144.0 •
1918
-- 1.7
48.9
* 1919
„ 4.0
53.0
1920
"1 - - '
9.5
-1921 1
^ — 22.4>
26.9-
1922
^ :;j27.o
2.2
^From
these figures it
is seen that
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ton of v moss in sight now than at any
time sinc^ these records were started
«nd only a very few dead weevils.
Of course, the records on the pres
ence of-dead-weevils cannot be ac
cepted as too accurate because it has
been found that many dead weevils
fall out of the moss during the winter
and are thus lost. The most striking
feature, however,^is the fact that the
-records for this year show more than
v^ve times as marry-live weevils in hi-
?mation as in the highest preceding
lear since 1915. These records are
checked in other ways, dmong the
different methods being a series of
cages located near Tallulah, La.,
which are installed with a known
number of live weevils each fall, dif
ferent types of shelter provided and
the survival of weevils in these cages
determined in the spring. We have
just completed an examination of
this series *of cages and find that
these figures verify those quoted in
the moss examinations, and show the
percentage of survival to date to be
much higher than in past years.
In considering the significance of
these findings, it should be remember*
ed that while they mean a very ab
normally heavy emergence of over
wintered weevils in the coming
spring, they do not necessarily mean
that the weevil damage this - season
will be unusually great, since it is
possible that summer weather condi
tions may be sufficiently, unfavorable
to the weevils to offset this heavy,
early- infestation, but the fact re
mains that the farmers will start the
cotton crop under a tremendous han
dieap and it is going to require ab
normal weather to produce a normal
weevil damage. No man is justified
iir gambling on such luck, and the
only sane course to pursue is t& an
ticipate a year of great ahoundance
Mrs. P. W. Patterson spent
several days last week with her
sister, Mry. J. R. Ray, at Olar.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Draughdy,
of Savannah, Ga., are visiting the
latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Hill.
Messrs. H. W. Cook and W. C. Bjrt
were business visitors at Williaton
and Blackville Friday.
Mr, Micagy Birt spent the week
end with Mr. L. L. Birt in the Rose
mary section.
Mr. J. Allen Hill motored to Au-
gjsta one day last week.
Supt. Horace J. Crouch of Barn
well, was • a visitor in this section
last Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. Allen Patterson, of
Donora, spent Monday after-noon at
the home rff Mr. W. C. Birt.
HILDA FOLKS ENJOY HUNT.
Hilda, Feb. 20.—The people of
this section enjoyed a splendid hunt
Friday morning, when a large num
ber of men and a pack of 20 hounds
caught a large wild-cat in the Wolf
Bay, near .Hilda. This is said to
be the largest and thickest bay in
Barnwell County. Three wild-cats
and two catamounts hare been
caught in this place in the past
two years, v
Mr. Willie Weeks was a visitor
to Blackville last Saturday.
Mr. Lee Dye he s was in Denmark
Friday.
Mr. Bruce Black motored
Blackville Sunday.
Mr. H. W. Wilson was in Denmark
Saturday on special business.
? Mr. Willie Bodiford, of the Double
Pond section, was in town Wednesday
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afternoon.
Mr. Brooker HaHzpg was a busi
ness visitor to Blackville Saturday.
Mr. Howell Collins was in Black
ville Saturday-.- .
Mr. A. D. Hutto and family motor
of boll weevils and to make plans ac- ed to Blackville last Sunday
cordingly. Everyone who has raised
a few cotton crops with the weevil
realizes how the weevi] cuts down the
acreage he can handle per plow and
still make a crqji. Furthermore, the
more abundant the weevils are, the
less acreage he can handle success
fully and certainly with the present
prospects the acreage per plow for
1922 should be reduced to an absolute
minimum if the farmer ia to exper
ience any ‘safety whatever^^
Mrs. Hattie Aldrich, of Blackville
spent the week with realtives in Hil
da.' > -v^. "
Mr. I. R.-Collins was m town Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr. O. R. Hightower, of Qiis place
was the guest of Mr. W. H. Hartzog
of the Double Pond section last Sat
urday. _ 4
The people of Hilda hope for -
speedy recovery fe r Mrs. Caroline
Collins, who Jias been quite sick.
COUNTY BANKERS BEHIND
COOPERATIVE MARKETING
Several Hundred Bales of Cotton
Have Been Signed Up.
liston; Bank of Western Carolina,
First National Bank, Barnwell; Bank
of Western Carolina, Commercial
Bank, Blackville.’’
The Home Bank of Barnwell and
the Bank of Kline were not represent
ed at the meeting, and, therefore,
did not have an opportunity to en
dorse the above.
Two automobile Occidents occurred
in Barnwell during the post week,
but fortunately the consequences
Were not serious in either case.
Saturday morning, while a number
of boys and girls were skating on the
sidewalks, little Miss Sarah Patter
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0.
Ffctterson, attempted to cross Main
Street. She skated from behind an
automobile parked at the curb direct
ly in front of a car driven. by Mrs.
L. P. Wilson. The latter was driving
at a very slow speed, having just put
on the emergency brake to avoid
striking another small pedestrian.
Sarah was knocked down and the
front wheel passed over one leg, but
Mrs. Wilson stopped the car before
the rear wheel reached the child,
whose injuries were so slight that
she was able to attend school on
Monday. ~ *
Monday morning, os the Rev. Mr.
Glennan, pastor of the Barnwell
Methodist Church, was driving into
his yard, his small son jumped fAm
behind the gate post to “scare” him.
The fender of the car struck the lit
tle fellow on the side of his head,
bruising his face and cutting his ear
so badly that several stitches were
necessary to close the wonnd.
The accident on Main Street sup
ports the contention of many citisens
on two point#: First, that cars
should not be allowed to park on that
narrow thoroughfare, and, second,
that the streets should not be used as
skating rinks. 'It ta understood that
a Barnwell lady was knocked down
by one of the skaters a few days ago.
It has been suggested that a section
of the paved street around The Cir
cle be roped off two afternoons each
week for the benefit of the skaters,
and this suggestion is heartily ap
proved by many people. It is hoped
that the City Fathers wiH take some
action, both as to the parking of cars
and skating on the streets, before a
really serious accident results.
MR. NEELY ATTENDS SHOW.
Says Motor Event in Atlanta Bigger
and Better Than Ever,
“The Great Southern Automobile
Show at Atlanta was bigger and bet
ter than ever,” says Mr. G. M. Nee
ley, of the Olar Buick Co., who has
just returned from a visit to the
Georgia metropolis.
"There were more makes of cars
represented and more models on dis
play than in any previous year. Ev
ery available inch of the great audi
torium-armory was filled with pas
senger cars, trucks and accessories.
“The outstanding fact brought out
by the Atlanta show (and this was
remarked upon by many visitors) is
that manufacturers have put more
into their product than ever before
in the history of automobile manu
facturing and have at the same time
reduced the selling price.
“And you may be sure the Buick
Motor Company has not lagged be
hind in this program. -The Buick
booth, with its seven models on dis
play, was ample proof that Buick is
in the van of the movement to give
the automobile buyer more for his
money. —• —
“Of course, the new Buick model,
the 6-54 roadster, attracted unusual
1° attention just as it did at the New
York and Chicago national exhibbi-
tions. A number of orders for the
6-54 were given at the show in At
lanta."
- .At the dealers meeting which was
held Friday at the Capital City Club,
Mr. Neeley had an opportunity to
meet Mr. H. M. Bassett, president
and general manager of the Buick
Mqtor Company; also Mr. E. T,
Strong and Mr. A. M. Sarvis, of the
Sale? Department, Flint, Mich,. The
Buick officials addressed the dealers
; oh matters pertaining to Buick poli
cies. * . -
Mr. Neeley reports that he is more
enthusiastic than ever about Buick
and looks forward'with confidence to
a bigger and better buainess.
DENMARK PLANT TO HAVE
MUCH LARGER CAPACITY
“Bob” Easterling. Formerly of Barn
well. Continues to Make Good.
The many Barnwell friends of Mr.
R. A. (“Bob”) Easterling will be
gratified to learn that he is contin
uing to make good in his adopted
home, Denmark, and will read with
interest the. following dispatch to
The State telling of additions to his
ice plant:! *
MANY PLEAD GUILTY AT
PRESENT TERM OF COURT
A Number of Coses Have Been Con
tinued.—True Bills Fennd.
Denmark, Feb. 16.—The Edisto
Public Service Company is now haw
ing new machinery installed in the
plant, which will increase the ice
making capacity 15 tons per day.
The new ammonia compressor con
nected to the steam engine and 160
horse power boiler have already been
installed and are now ready to oper
ate. The workmen are now erecting
the new freezing tank. When this
addition to the ice plant is completed
it will have a total capacity of 65
tons of ice per day. This plant has
“been gradually increasing its capac
ity from year to year until it is now
one of the largest ice plants in this
part of the State. This plant sup
plies ice to most of the surrounding
towns and due to the fact that the
town has three railroads here this
plant has a great number of small
towns in all directions that ft can
serve.,,. *"
The Edisto Public Service Com
pany also operates the light and pow
er plant and they have abwut closed
contracts with two nearby towns to
furnish them light and power.
HAPPENINGS
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AT ROSEMARY.
. Mr. J. A. Porter, of Barnwell, it
a Offering 20 cents a pound for mid
dling cotton. See his advertisement
on eighth page of this issue.
Rosemary, Feb. 20.—Mr. S. H.
AUsbrook and son, Farrell, of Willis
ton, were in this section Sunday af
ternoon.
The many friends V of Mn .Charles
Bell will learn’with regret that he is
| confined to* his bed at the home of
( his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Riley. He
j will be more than glad lo have, his
friends come in and see him.
^ Mr. Stephen Hiers and sister and
; Mr. Still and Miss Hiers, of Olar,
j were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
I P. Hiers Sunday.
Mr. Eugene Lott, of Beulah soc-
| (ion, was a visitor in this vicinity
Sunday.
i Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
There have been quite a number of
pleas of guilty at the February term
of the Court of General Sessions,
which convened at Barnwell Monday
morning, with Judge Devore, of
Edgefield, presiding. Aside from this
progress has been rtther slow, many
coses, some of them said to have
been on the docket for three and
four years, being continued" to fu
ture terms. The following True
Bills have been found by the Grand
Jury:
Paul Washington and Phillis Bark
er, murder.
Leonard Miles and McCoy Milos,
assault and battery with intent ta
kill.
Evans Patterson, assualt and bat
tery with intent to kill. ’
Hubert Williams, larceny.
/ Gilmore S. Harley, murder.
G. G. Yarborough, housebreaking
and larceny.
Manly Dunbar, violation of the pro
hibition law.
Shelton Bellinger, violation of the
prohibition law.
Rock Dunbar, violation of the pro
hibition law.
Henry Govan, carbreaking and
larceny.
Murray Dickerson, larceny of
livestock.
* A. V. Collum, murder.
C. H. Kinard, violation of the pro-
hibitin law.
Rock Dunbar, Horace Dunbar and
Richmond Dunbar, arsault and hut-
tcry with intent to kill and carrying
concealed weapons. v
Ransom Sneiling, Fred Sneliiag,
Luther Sneiling, Willie Morris and
Frank Hay, assualt end battery wtth
intent to kiH and carrying concealed
weapons.
Caaea INapsmd of.
Cses disposed of are as follows:
Gilmore S. Harley arms acquitted
of the charge of murder.
Hubert Williams pled guilty to
the charge of larceny and was sen
tenced to 18 months at hard labor.
E. L. Yarborough pled guilty to
the charge of housebreaking and
larceny and was #entenced to' 14
months at Bard labor.
Shelton Bellinger was convicted of
violating the prohibition law, a seal
ed sentence being imposed. ,
Manly Dunbar was sequ^tod of
the charge of violating the prohifii-
tion law.
Evans Patterson, charged with a»-
sult and battery with intent to kiH,
pded guilty to assault and battery of
a high and gggrayated nature aad
was sentenced to pay s fine of $50 or
serve six months at barf labor.
Henry* McCreary pled guilty te
violating the prohibition law and
was sentenced to pay a fine Of |20t
or serve six months at hard labor;
upon payment of $35 balance of sen
tence to be suspended during good
behavior. Marion Rountree pled
guilty to the^iame charge and re
ceived a like sentence.
Dolphus Odom and Randolph Lee^
charged with violation of the pro
hibition law, each pled guilty and
were sentenced to pay a fine of $204
or serve three months at hard labor;
upon payment of $35 balance of sen
tence to be suspended during good
behavior.
Harden West also pled guilty to
the same charge and was sentenced
to three months at hard labor.
Court adjourned sine die Tuesday
afternoon. — > —-
CARD OF THANKS'
To ouip many friends we express
our appreciation -of their kindness
and sympathies shown our family
during the illness and death of our
father, Mr. H. H. Martin,~an<T fbr
the beautiful floral offerings.
(Miss) Blanche Martin.
Blackville, S. C. Feb. 18., 1922.
AdvertiM in THE PEOPLE.
and daughter, Lizzie, and Miss Na
dine Hair, of Williston, were visitors
at Rosemary Sunday afternoon.
Mias Jessie Heath is now making
her home in Blackville.
Miss Ruby Townes entertained a
few of her friends Friday night. ~
Mr. and Mr*. Henry Birt, of Black-
vine, were visitors m this vicinity
Sunday-
Quite a number of Loa
ended, gervieas at
afternoon. f