The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 25, 1922, Image 1
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VOLUME XLV.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THLRSD4Y, MAY 25TH, 1922.
NUMBER
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►YANCE ARMY OF BOLL
WEEVILS IS VERY LARGE
The wheels of justice
GRINDING VERY SLOWLY
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Barnwell Farmer Finds From One to
Seven t;o Each Cotton Stalk.
' ', Last week The People published a
report to the effect that Mr. W. B.
Norris, who lives a few mile s from
Barnwell, had found 227 boll weevils
on one acre of land, indicating an ex
tremely heavy infestation this year.
Sunday afternoon Mr. 0. H. Best ex
amined a field of especially fine cot
ton on his plantation near Kline and
states that he found from one to seven
weevils on every stalk. The plants
in this field are a foot or more in
height and are just beginning to put
on squares, which Mr. Best fears will
be punctured as fast as they form.
He has bought a horse-drawn dusting
machine and will begin poisoning this
field as soon as it arrives.
As stated last week, with a few ex
ceptions the com on crop throughout
this section is ve y poor. The plants
are small and sickly looking and
many fields are yet to be chopped out.
It ts a well known fact that very lit
tle fertilizer has been used by scores
of fanners and this, coupled with a
poor start and unfavorable weather
• rfoa* not point to bumper yield. The
Minion has been expressed that the
^nsumers of cotton have not yet
alized the eeriousnees of the situa-
on and that the world will he con
fronted with a cotton famine in 1923.
While stocks of spifinable cotton are
getting very low now. it is thought
that there will he enough for this
year
It is not known to what extent the j
fanners of Barnwell County are atah- I
lag plans la fight the weevil this
year Of course, it is out of the ones I
Uoa far a large majority of them to 1
punhaoe the high priced duet tag J
machines That being true, the fal* I
low lag comment by Mr M L Willett J
la Monday's ssene of The Aagwsta 1
Chronicle should he of mtereet to.
these farmers:
The Cheese Cloth Dueler.
This M a little instrument that be* ,
rome into tremendous service in the .
past twelve asenthe It is a small 1
bag. about eighteen inches deep,
made wholly of cheese cloth ae with
a bottom of choose cloth tCektum ,
ersenate will permeate cheese cloth I
The open top Is sewed around a wire I
Very Few Cases Disposed of at Pre
sent Term of Criminal Court.
ELKO FARMERS SHIPPED
29 CARS OF ASPARAGUS
MR. LOTT DEFENDS HIS
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BOLL WEEVIL MACHINE
REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA
DRAWS LARGE CROWDS
Railroad Received $8,998.87 Freight Says Pest Has Covered Cotton Belt
Charges, exclusive of Express. j in Spite of Experts.
Fery few cases have been disposed
of at the present term of the Court of
General Sessions which convened Mon
day morning with Judge Hayne F.
Rice, of Aiken, presiding. Up to the
time this paper closed its forms the
list was as follows:
Perry Beasley charged wth murder
was acquitted.
Rasom Snelling, Fred Snelling, Lu
ther Snelling and Willie Morris were
Elko, May 23.—The asparagus,
season closed about two weeks ago.
Elko shipped this season 27 cars via
refrigeration and approxinjtt§ly t>vo
1 cars by express. Agent Jones re
ports that the transportation via re
frigeration alone netted the railroad
$8,998.87. Some few of our growers
carried asparagus to the Williston
Cannery. In spite of all of our rep
resentations, Mr.- C. E. Crary,
convicted on the charge of assault and < manager of the Cannery, is deter-
battery with intent td kill. | mined-to locate this cannery at Wil-
Julius Peeples pleaded guilty to. listen. Our folk believe it will be
the charge of hotisebreaking and a great thing for this section. All of
larceny -and was sentenced to serve the Elko folk were sorry to - see Mr.
one year at hard labor. Crary leave for his home in Streator,
True Bilb. 111.
The following is a list of the True The old town hall at Elko is now
Bills found by the Grand Jury: | used as the central packing house for
Zeke Brown violation of the pro- the Elko Farmers Association for the
hibition law. grading and packing of .their cucum-
McKinley Odom, violation of the hers, and it is the busiest place in
prohibition law. I town. Cukes are beginning to move
Perry Beasley, murder. I quite freely. Nearly all of the grow-
W. H. DeWitt murder. ' ers have joined the organization, the
Belvo O'Neal, murder. i registration showing the names of
Herman Kirkland, assault and bat- about thirty-five. Mr. S. W. Hall,
tery with intent to kill.
last yaar manager of the Warrhula,
Julius Peeples housebreaking and (Florida), Parking House is directing
larceny. the grading and packing, and he has
Bill Hay. violation of the prohibi- already won the confidence and ra
tion law, sped of our folk. .
Ben Grayson, assault and battery Mr ami Mrs. R A. Green recently
with intent to kill. 1 were called to Cohimota on account
Wash Swann and Twiggs Kitching*, of the sodden senoos illness of their
nd battery
the proh i!-i
f the prohibi-
wooden boup
and to thts hi
uap ta
<bo«i
'tied a wpsdew
handle three a
r foar j
1 and (
it bag. Ahoat
t OffMT ppllfUl €1
4 cal-
tev> *
im arsenate ts
pat tata the 1
■Hitter
1 ruarel
d through a fl
Itp to the hand
!e the
M.
•ter dusts the
whole plant ahs
Olldtlr'
% total
covering every
potion of the
plant
Lev
is ta done best
at night or
ia ta*
I ur der
i-light or befoi
re sun up and
when
malictous mischief
Ma noo Rountree,
and larceny It cases).
Je«*r Williams, assault
with intent In kfttt.
John Nla. violation of the prohibi
lion law,
Ed Riley, vtolattan tf
tins law.
Bam Bing, ctotatisn s
1 tan law
Isaac Frederick, murder
O D Moore, murder
The f*4lowing cases were throws
sat foe want of proanrwtion
Joe Branson, assault and battery
J. H Roberts, obtaining goads an
der false prvtenaee
Grant I' rede rick. Robert Darrh
Clarence Tilly. Elmer Berry, Ham
moad Frederick. Isaac Frederivk
Pollock, Green Pollock. Jr,
Berry. a*aault and bat
I eon. Horace A. Green, who la
housebreaking ployed la the capital > city. The last
j reports pat him oat of danger
Mr P 8. Green and hu daughter
Katherine spent last week la Atlaata
filling a bus 1 riees engagement
Messers Edom Lee and Albert M
tlgir, of the Hair and Lee ftna. Char
teeteo. 8 C are spending a short
while with their heme folk here this
is fence
with talent to kill a
led «ee poos
X Holland and
nan of the prohibit is
r Bandera, disposing
.1
Beni
propeft
dew appear* every
int is poisoner and 1
takes his drink he
LONG BKVM H ITEMS.
t h< w<
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Bi
killed. This dusting wil
five days, the plant he
night during this while a poisoned
plant. This cheap and effective
remedy, the cheese cloth duster and
he dry dusting method, is the only
.standardized government meth«*d for
early spring weevil control.
Lower Prices.
Calcium arsenate today is being
sold by the dealers (Cash) in two
hundred pound kegs at about eleven
cents. It is being sold in immense
amounts. This is less than cost to
the manufacturers themselves. The
Springfield gun is sold now by the
dealers at $10.00 which is less than
it cost them. The Monarch duster
and the Champion No. 2 hand dusters
are $10.00 and the Champion No. 1 is
$8.00, The Iron Age, the standard
two horse duster, is $212.50.
Picking up punctured squares is
universally done but it is a back
breaking process. There is a little
machine called Boll Weevil Destroyer.
anch. May 22.— Mr. and
Mr*. J. C. Staley. Mr. J. S. Hirt and
daughter were the guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S Keel.
Quite an enjoyable event of the
past week was a B. Y. P. U. social
given at the home of Mr. S. J. Keel
on last Thursday evening. Delight
ful refreshment* were served.
Miss Ruby Myrick, of Kline, is vis
iting Miss Alma Zorne.
Messrs. Micagy Birt and James
Cook and Miss Sina Birt spent Sun-1
day at the home of Mr. T. E. Turner, i
Mr. F. L. Hair and family, of Barn-!
weH. were visitors in this vicinity ;
Mtsa Elotee Hatto. who baa bees a
member of the Imams High School
faculty. Spartanburg, delighted
frtewds la* weseb by returning
far the summer vacattaa
Mr laadore Casary rtaaed bit srBaal
ta DtDea a few days ago, and bis
bam* folk and many friends are glac
te see kua Ml Elko far the summer
The amity fneeds ef Dr. Grave* t
Knight of Laarraa, 8 C. were te-1
te reeled ta read Mi Sunday's “State"
the announcement that he had been
r lected to the peeittoa ef Dana and
Treasurei of Anderson College. Dr
Knight several years age was pastor
of Koseamry Baptist Church and has
many friends here who ahr glad to
Sear of this pc imstton.
Mrt. Marvella Cave's many friend*
here are hoping that she will not pro-
. tract her visit to Blackvillw relatives.
The Elko Graded School dosed its
session May 5th with a veiV interest-
| ing program that evening. The Pri
mary ami intermediate grades gave a
most pleasing entertainment prior to
. the brief exercises by the graduating
i class. Prizes for every day attend
ance were awarded to the following
; pupils, Susie Grimes, Myrtle Givens,
Dorothy Hutto, Donie Mae Givens,
i Laurice Green, Fabyan Still, Leon
Givens, Alvin Youngblood, Lessie
Kitchings and Lizzie T. Hair. The
last named, had not missed a single
day for the last three sessions. Prizes
[for spelling were awarded in the pri-
It is ah iron stick whose bottom is a
six-pronged circle. Standing up
right the operator spears the squares
on" the ground with these prongs and
when a dozen pr more are collected a
spring releases the squares and they
are thrown off. This saves all the
back-breaking and tt does the work
possibly of four men.. The trade us-
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. L. M. Birt and family, Mrs. \ mar y department to'Thelma Ray and
Virgie Birt and children spent Sunday Zelma KitchingS- Prizes - in I„ter-
with the former’s brother, Mr. E. G.' med1ate ?rades in spelling to Mildred
, i Woolev, Willie Jones and William
Mrs. Myrtie Hutto and little daugh- McKer]ey and als0 a prize in this de
ter, Elizabeth, of Barnwell were visit-j partment to Eulalie H air for general
School Sunday after ,‘!j e p 0r t m ent. Gladys Haskel, it was
™ .‘1. j ! announced, had won the third place in
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Williams, £)^ tr j ct Biscuit Contest at Aiken,
C. H.'Anderson and family spent last and Susie Grimeg had won a trip to
Wednesday in Blackville. ^
Mrs. Kittie Hair of Augusta
her daughter Mrs. J.
ors at Sunday
noon.
The People has received ah article
from Mr. P. N. Lott, of Johnston, who
is selling boll weevil control ma
chines, which is in reply to a warning
from government experts published
in these columns some time ago. In
an accompanying letter, Mr. Lott
writes: “Hope you will give the en
closed space in your paper. This ar
ticle is in self-defense. Mr. B.’s as
sault is judgment without knowledge,
which I consider absolutely unfair.”
The article referred to is as follows:
To the Farmers of Barnwell County:
On April 27 there appeared in the
papers of your county this admoni
tion: “Fanners, Beware.” I waa
neither surprised nor shocked when I
saw it. I know that the experts, sent
out by the Federal government, are
fighting everything except what they
choose to endorse. They, the experts,
have been fighting the boll weevil for
fifteen yeara, ever aince he crossed the
Rio Grande River in Texas from
Mex ico. Have they halted him one
minute or even made him go slow?
He is now 2,000 miles from his start
ing point in Texas, a yearly march
East of 133 miles.
Is it not a fart that the farmers in
Barnwell County who made any rot-
ton last year were those that used
soate kind of brash to knock him 08
the growing rotten? Ask the farm-
eqp who have pot their money in
dusting machine* if they will do the
work. Ask Mr. J. 8 BTannaamker,
ef St. Mathews, his expert*are Ask
Mr. (taster Hill, of G<df (»*. if U»
40td raIrina arsenate is effective
Hew ahoat it. Dr. Coad ?
Thee* ate a 1st ef farmer* a Seoth
Carolina who used lb* Itgaid farm ef
rale tom a mens t* at a coat ef Tie ta •
$1 JO pee acre against ih* high pewnd
dusting mar It me* at a real ef t? t*
810 per acre sad mads ever a has
deed per cent awre ratten
Oar machine la a ewmawa seas*
plow stark altarbamat mseatad by a
dirt farmer, J. E Tate, ef Elbert ear
Go It was tried sat la a limited
nay last seasea Mi Georgia sad did
splendid work, a* mark so that these
that had da*ting m*. hinre have dis-
1 ranted them and beaght oar swing
ing brash and map attachment
Tht* fight against ear arnrhiae re
minds me of the gaestion Nathaniel
asked Philip: “Can any good thing
remr oat of Nazareth?” John l:4d.
Ha* a f*»mrr sense rnuogh to do any
th ing other than plow? Soasc people
«eem te think so.
Fellow farmer* ef Barnwell Coun
ty, you are in n rare with the hqll
weevil and in order to win the race
you must have a short track; that is.
you must have a small acreage, from
5 to 8 acres, to the plow, use liberally
a good grade of fertilizer, keep your
cotton on a high bed and middle open
and disturb the weevil as often a*
possible, once a week at least. He
can’t stand it.
Now. as to Prof. Boylston: He is
s personal friend, being i government
employe he must advocate whatever
is handed out to him from headquar
ters; but 1 must say that the poor
man is not considered in this fight;
they make up 95 per cent, of our
population and if he makes another
failure in a cotton crop he will be
practically ruined. If he sinks he
’will carry the merchants, bankers,
churches and schools. He can’t buy a
high priced^ dusting machine even if
it is what he needs. He can’t spend
from $5 to $10 per acre for poison.
P. N. Lo^t.
Opened in Williston Monday With
Record-breaking Attendance.
Special to Barnwell People.
Williston, May 23.—The third an
nual Redpath Chautauqua opened here
Monday with the largest attendance in
the history of the Redpath at Willis
ton.
The Nevin Concert Co. opened with
a very strong program. '
J. Franklin Caveny, the best clay
modeler and chalk artist ever seen in
this section, captivated a large audi
ence Wednesdy night with his enter
tainment which came immediately
after the Nevin Concert.
Still larger crowds attended the
numbers of Tuesday when in the
evening following a fine concert by
the Gretchen Cox Concert Co. Mr. Ed
ward Amherst Ott delivered one of
the best lectures ever heard in Willis
ton.
Every indication points to record
breaking crowds "for Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday when the star
numbers of the course are offered.
A contract for this Chautauqua te
return to Williston another year has
already been signed.
The program this year Is the best
ever offered on the five day circuit
and la equally as good as the seven
day according to those who have
both.
THE KRNTUCKIANB- IB
KILLED WrTH LANDMARKS
BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL
ENDS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Commencement Exe[reise* Attended
by Large Crowds This Weak.
Another successful year of the
Barnwell High School, under the cap
able direction of Superintendent John
D. Robison, has cdejjMT to a close, the
commencement exercises being held
in the Vamp Theatre Tuesday even
ing, the change being made from the
school auditorium because more than
two hundred people were unable to
gain admission Monday evening to
the Oratorical Contest. Long before
the appointed hour the auditorium
was filled to its capacity and still they
came. Those who were so fortunate
as to get a seat thoroughly enjoyed
the very excellent program rendered
by members of the Bates Literary
Society. There was quite a number
of competitors for the declamation
medal and each one did his or her
part so well that the judges were
somewhat reluctant in rendering a
decision. The contest was won by
Mr. Edward Riley, a ton of Auditor
R. W. Riley, with Miss Maude Brab
ham a close second, and K waa de
cided that each of the others came
third.
Following the award of the medal.
Master Benjamin P. Davies. Jr, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Davis* , was
railed te the rostrum by Supt
Kent ark y
Charles Maiga*
John Paa. Jr
m " a Ps
of the fifth
the medal effersd by th* D.
A. R Chapter fee th* boat average in
Amsnraa history far the srhael yaar,
Mb average hotgg MJR Mias UMa
Jeamags. ef tl
ef Mr and Mrs W C.
a very eUe
af 9B.Uk
if Mrs T R.
I
Gap. Va,
history as the
I tag M*ats R)ar
I feature film at
| Thursday
j Many ef th*
and a rewad Rig
mm dewn
at John Pas. Jr Rsaaval
mnuaiaiarrrs with a motley rwllertiaa
of aid time gaas and riot he* took part
la the feud sceaea. witnessing the |
filming of motion picture* far th*
first tuae la their Iteee
From R<g Sloe# (Up th* company
went to Frankfort, sad. through the
rourtesy ef Governor Edw la P Mor
row obtained the cooperstton ef the
1 Chamber ef Cioameire and state ef*
ftrials . Th* new Kentucky state
rapttol was the renter of many la
te rest mg scene* and *■ th* arnpt
railed for a number of state legisla
tors. real member* of the Kentucky
legislature and other state offtcals
volunteered their service* Other
scenes were made at Canal Lock No.
5 at Fort Hill, where the town arm
ory is; the palatial home of U. 8.
Senator Camden between Frankfort
and Loisville; “Liberty Hall” and old
mansion which dates back to the early
19th century.
Monte Blue, in the role of Boone
Stallard, a mountaineer who goes to
the Legislature to emancipate his peo
ple, does some of the best work of hi*
career. Others in the cast include
Diana Allen, as leading woman, Frank
Joyner, Yilfred Lytell and Jhon Mil-
tern,
Ms’y
THELMA MARCELL CARROLL
visiting
Keel.
Advertise in The People.
1 Winthrop College this-summer to the
1S short course as one of the members 1 , , n
of thJ Demonstration Club,. The ! Mabel Belt,ord »ere v.smm, at Ro,e-
teachers left for their respective j nmr * Sum a y- 1
homes on Saturday "following. - Miss ] Mr. and Mrs..Clarence Hair visited
Myrtice Boylston to Blackville, and the latter’s mother. Mrs. G. W. Bodi-
Miss Gladys Willis to Bingham.We ' ford, of Healing Springs Saturday
were sorry to see them leave, and i night. , ’
days until the next Miss Addie Lee Mitchell is gpend-
Mrs.' Hitt, the prin-1 ing this week with her grandparents,
The summer roses were fastburstiug
forth in their beauty when Death, the
white-winged angel of eternal life,
entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.
B. Carroll on Friday evening, May 12,
and took to heaven the little soul
that had for only eight short months
been loaned to give sunshine and joy
Rosemary, May 22,—Mr. Gilbert' to her parents and ipany others who
NEWS FROM ROSEMARY.
vil infestation. We are finding them
^ in really enormous numbers in our wd j c . oun t the
ually send it out postpaid for "Ji.26.; spring examinations in the vicinity g es si on opens.
Cotton has now climbed to twenty j aTH l ar e receiving similar reports rip*!, lives here aud the district en-' Mr. and Mr*. A. P, Hikr*
cent,, w, have.* waavil amereanca (r0B1 atnwt all portiona of tta cotton j„ yi hfr c ,, m p«nionihip continually, j Mr .„<! Mr, R. C. Hlara. of Willi,
five or tan lime, greater than that of ' Mt , ' V ., 'j *—» . • ton. were in thla aection Sunday af
a year ago. Put these two things to- | t j g found that the sandy Mr. F. T. Merritt, af Williston, was
gather and there is every ihcentive to | mr<t hotter f ur ( u ttor »n th^ pres- in th* 1 city sot. ^ilay laat . JfgtKjftP
following closely the standardized I rBre D f weevil, partially because business
trules of weevil control. J this type at soil gets hotter and in- '■
Mr. Cauda Letter 1 rreases the mortality of tbs weevil A communication announcing
Mr B R Coad, TsDulak, La writs* doe t* th* sunshine, furtharmor* H birth of a fta* baby girl
May 17th as rmrsrniiy the *aor M a quicker growing, earlier malar- ed to the waste baskn
msas had weevil tafsets nan af this mg bmJ than the elays add t* than writer failed t* giv* hi
|Tg - ^ ilay^Td r- A —af cett
IBM
Odom and Forrest Bodiford and Miss loved her.
It seemed, hard for them to give
her up, yet how comforting to know
that this change had no bitter sting
in store for her, whose purity had
never known a sin! There must have
been rejoicing, among the host that
cannot be numbered when the little
soul so pure entered into companion
ship with them. ’
Her remains were raid to rest in
the family cemetery on Saturday af
ternoon in th# presence of a large
frt-gL-wiTosiqL trlrtia, “is*
1 ton,
ternoon.
p Kurs. WiWe TTairr'’ Sammt
. and Laon Beasley, of Aiken,
Trta.—“Byteaa
amna Laelaia !
* saa. Miriam Creech
K Beading. —“H a g er"
Laurie Brews lag
7. Piano 8*1#.—"On TVs
Lmrhner -I alls Ctnaana
B. Reading.—"The Raggedy Men*
Emma Lea Dyrhea.
t. Tne,- "Waltz." Engtemaaa —
Mmam Creech. Susie Peacock. AWihm
Millar.
)#. Per la amt lea.—"Weed row W il-
saa,”—Edward Riley.
II plena Dart, “Grand V|
Burgmaltrr—Pally Walker.
Bennett.
If. Reading,—"Th* Polish Bay”—
Frankie Harlay.
13. Piano Solo,—“Hungarian
Rhapsody No 2.” Lizat—Carrie Hol
man.
14. Reading. “A Moat Obliging
Little Sister”—Pauline Hilman.
15. —“Military Gallop.” Schneider
—Polly Walker, Blanche Bennett,
Elizabeth Black.
16—Reading,—“The Vagabonds’*
—Valerie Owens.
17. Trio,—“Overture ZuPrecioso,”
Weben—Marguerite Jenkinh, Carrie
Holman, Caro Easterling.
18. Decision of Judges.
Graduating Exercises.
The program of the graduating ex
ercises Tuesday evening was as fol
lows:
Invocation—Dr. W. M. Jones.
1. Chorus, “Morning Song,” For
man—High School Girls.
2. Salutatory—Perry Simms.
3. History of the Class of 1922^—
Jean Riley.
4. Piano Solo, “Polka de ' la
Reime,” Rolf—Marguerite Jenkins.
5. Class Prophecy—Blanche Por-
ela-
the
itors at
the faU*« have this
sympathizing friends. The body
put away in a beefy white
the hub grave was heaped high •
f*hUy *L MR _ ^
U* Y«
Class Will—Elizabeth Mace.
Song—Class of 1922.
Valedictory—Lou lie Moore.
Piano Solo, “Polonaise,” Turbb
—Caro Easterling.
10. Address—Dr. W. 9. CurrelL
Pres. U. of 8. C.
11. Duet, "HaaffarhM Polka,"
AfoM> Caro Easterling, M argue rite
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