The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, March 19, 1925, Image 4
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Wednesday, March 25th—
—Rudolph Valentino in “The Sainted Devil”
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