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■Hi I |. I I! ii PAGE FOUR THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH THE BARNWELL PEOPLE Bnt«r«d at the poet office at Barnwell, S. C., aa second-claes matter. JOHN W. HOLMES 1840-1912 ~r B. P. DAVIES. Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1 60 Six Months *90 Three Months (Strictly in Advance.) THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 1925 The Boll Weevil Situation. ; Those of us who are familiar with the history of the boll weevil since his entrance into Texas 32 years a^o be lieve that South Cafotlna will proba bly suffer maximum damage from the boll weevil this year unless intellL pent weevil control is very generally practiced. This opinion is based on the fact that conditions last fall were, ideal for the propagation of weevils and that they continued to multiply u ntil - November 1 Hth, much- later than usual. A great number of wee vils than ever before existed in South Carolina went into hibernation last fall. No very cold weather has oc curred (20 degrees'minimum at Harts- villeI. It is almost certain that hiber nated weevils will come out in larger quantities than ever before to damage the young cotton. If this happens- it will be impossible to make a crop of cotton without usin.g the well under stood methods of boll weevil control unless very dry, hot weather eeurs almost continuously during the .sum mer months. The greatest danger in the present situation is the belief that the majori ty of farmers have that they can af ford not to fight the weevil. This be lief is based on the experience oi the past two years when weevil damage has been much le^s that average. The year 1923’ was an extremely dry year" and akhough weevil control measures paid, there was not a very noticable difference in the yields of poisoned and non-poisoned fields. Those familiar with the history of the weevil for years understood that the damage would be comparatively .small during dry, hot seasons. In 1924, although the wettest season ever known in large sections of the State, weevils did not become abun dant in most fields until late in Au gust and a majority of the damage to the crop was done by rains and not by weevils. The lute date of the average weevil damage in that year was due to a combination of circum stances that will probably not happen again in a generation. During the preceding Octolber (1923) the leaf worm killed the cotton - plant over nvo&t of the State and the destruction of their food killed most of the wee vils before hibernating timr". " The few that survived and went into hiber nation were further thinned out by % the extremely cold January weather. In many fields the pAst spring no weevils at all could be found and al though the wet season was ideal for their increase it rc quired two gener ations of new weevils to begin damag ing the cotton, whereas, the first new generation usually causes serious damage the latter part of July. We have only to go back to 1922 in this section to see what the weevil will do under favorable conditions. In that year this (Darlington) county, which made 60,090 bales in 1920, ■dropped to 12,000 bales, a large pro portion of that amount being made by those of us who persistently fought the weevil. The knowledge-! of'effective means of boll wevil control has greatly ad vanced during the past two years. Methods of contr d have also been simplified and cheapened and it is now known that effective coWro] j-an be secured—at a cost approximating per acre. / Su h a cost would be liquidated by about 50 pounds in crease in seed cotton yield. In both 1923 and 1924 weevil e< nti’ol meas ures retted . a far greater incn ase. than thk.—1>. R. Coker, in The \.u- gusta Chronicle. fujffu the neighborhood— And you had been hearing stories— • ; And just as you dropped off to sleep— AN ICY HAND— The thrills of 4 The Cat and the Canary” are better experienced than read about, but it can be said that with the foregoing outline as a star ter they multiply as tie show’ pro ceeds. Without disclosing the even tual surprise, the audience first meets a group of six, seated in .'<o oU bouse at midnight, to hear ilie will of an Eccentric milHmahv v.bo had, died twenty years before to t v, e minute. The proceedings, carried .out accord ing to his wishes developed the fact that the heroine ir. to be the heiress provided she spend trie right in her grandfather’s bed an! dew no sign of insanity ; n the morning. It is by design a rreepy tale "in volving sinister tstppfng-, mysterious sliding panels, a h><M‘‘i: necklace, an old servant who communes with the ghost, d in the walls and n man who vanishes before your fa<e to lurn up murdered. Imidently, in its various careers -in N“w Vto k,—C-irti-agov- ■ l Yrhfnkdphl:-,- ' ■ r t ? T T ? ? f ❖ ❖ f ❖ ❖ ❖ f X I Closing Out Business S Owing to Reason that We Must Close-Out ‘‘The Cat and the Canary.” If you were alone in the* musky bed chamber of a haunted house— And preparimi' to spend the irght in the bed in win.-i your giandfa-.her f X ❖ f * ❖ Our Business by Aprii 1st— and London. “The- Cat and the Can al;” has newer failed to involve its audiences in hysterical shrieks. The company coming to the Vamp The die, Barnwell, on Saturday, March 21, for one performance, in clude- Louise Price. Chas. F. Sell, J. F. Ayers. Eileen Douglas, Jeanne Xtdbs'*:i. Mary—Diehl, Charles Long, And none of the furniture had been Fred I>. Strang, William Dean and ❖ t ❖ f ❖ f ♦ We are offering at om p-ant, aL Donora, S, C.» all our store goods at cost, also store and office iur- niture and fixtures, 76 acres of land, houses and buildings thereon, with two good wells of water wjth pumps and tank, two gasoline engines, I 1 > v bad d : ed- touched for twenty years— And you had been warned of gl ost- and of a homicidal lunatic loose in Earl McCauley. This is the same company that is playing Raleigh, Macon and Augusta. PROGRAM Vamp Theatre Wednesday, March 18th— •* —Norma Talmadge in “Within the Law.” Thursday, March 1 9th— —Viola Dana in “In Search of a Thrill.” Friday, March 20th— —“Strangers of the Night”, with Barbara LaMarr, Matt Moore, Enid Bennett, Etc. Saturday, March 21st— -“THE CAT AND THE jCANARY.” Monday, March 23rd— —A Big Fox Special, “Hell’s Hole”, with Charlie Jones. Tuesday, March 24— —Fred Thompson in “The Fighting Sap” rnd our regular Serial. 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