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THURSDAY, 4TH. 1925. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE^SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE SEVE^T. Bulgarian on Their Way to Trial -—— “—tr— ^truitial -amount in the waste product oTUeet sugar and thaV-ltfr a loiig time a u. e > for this -wastage has bepn bought. Incidentally, trimeth.»lamine is t''.e only odorous constituent of the cotton plant that could be -pioduced easily end inexpensively. On it Dr. Powei^has pinned his faith. .— Home Demonstration Work. for The t*his The season is now beginning the marketing, of cucumbers, acreage is a greyt deal less | year and with other t/nlwlng sections well cleared off the market *he farm ers are expecting fai^n'ice- l7>r their cryp. (irading marines will be used to a great extent a.- well as Federal shipping point inspection, ritero v. ill probably Im> ab Hit two hundred cars >f cucumbers 'ended at tion list and fthe outstanding job printing contracts of The •Sentinel, and the subscribers of The Sentinel will CQIl.tinue 10 receive the amalga mated newspaper during the period of their subscription, whilst those holding job printing accounts will have the work performed in pursuance thcieof by him. W hile it is a source of regret t») the publishers of The. Sentinel that this Police pf “Bulgaria are still combing the coifntry for communists licensed of plotting against the goveniin.ei.it. '■jine of those cajitured are here seen heavily manacled pn their way* to be tried for participation In the cathedral >omb outrage. WEEVIL IS TRAPPED BY HIS FAVORITE ODOR M *VFRN W KNT SCIENTISTS ISOLATE THE SCENT THE DESTRKT- " TVK COTTON BEST LIKES BEST AND W ILL NOW I SE IT * ' ' v u . . * • TO BAIT A POISON DEADFALL EOR HIM Gtovernment scientist', attempt-j to know least about the olfactory 2 to force to an issue the t;venty- sense. This is pardonable because, jn ve-year batlle against the cotton ( us, the sense of srnel! is more or less l! weevil. hav<> hit upon a new and ! rudimentary. But insects have evol- ..c t ic,uc plan, which, if ;is successful in t ne field as it has been in the U’b- htory. may rid the South of the“mil- ! n d»'.llar bug" and ye\ pint ion ;/.e pix 1 - methods « f coping "with other harmful insects. - . * 'The pbni is Vo lure the weevil to it d <hv hv the neiuliar oditr of trimeth- * . . . , v mine, a chemical constituent ot the j < • ton pln-nt itself, which has be oi f ! ar.,1 t > attract it. Is 'at ; on of _this ( | t ,' aVt , ■.stance wa< cffei tyd by #r. Fred-| wi ]| j K> . •k V. Power, on. of the gjcinists **f tl’mu.gK ved a new science and are capable of analyzing and classifying odorsj many ' v * * of which are unknown to us.” 1’lie l>ol! weevil in captivity, dif ficult to manage and not given, to many preferences is . attracted by no thing so much e the liud of the cotton plan’, called the ‘‘square."' For it.d)r j Mdndmi' finds, a Yieeyil will forsake run .and honey or cwyj ymujjg cotton Young weevils, just hatched, id straight for a c itton field 'elected fot^"our use. and tl.i^ was comparatively free from infestation of the weevils. The plants wire cut eff a\fcw inches aiuiycc the gi lui.d and the material employed consisted c’liic.f- ly of the fol-mge. together with rthe flowers, squares and a few small, vviTe it n/ty be several miles dis- 1 nited State - Bureau oi Uhcmis-j tant, Srr much for the theory, which, ! his as late, \ ict-.r K. < nes- [ )V . tM ,| J a |.jr t . |)| Mclndoo, through proved. -try i.ut. ' ' . Interest in tile experiment has been \ :ec.pread. and naturally so for an- a rge painstaking mrfieriments, has bolls. 1 liy-rc oarse, woody stem rejected. ‘ Not jjnore than two hours elapse*! lietwet'n* tlie cutting of the plants in the field and'the beginning of distilla tion processes. The total. amount of materii'l distilled was 7,'Jofi pounds, or 3.200 kilograms, and the total original distillate; amounted to about—1;400 gal lons, <«■ f.,:;00 titers. . VI lie next step in the proce-s wucs to concentiate the original' cl stillate in order that tile odorous constituents might tie contained in a smaller vol ume. fhis was acconiplishcal by its" reclistillat on fr. m a smaller ajipar- atus. Fhe complete examination of this camcentrcted di-tillatc 1 , which a- mounted t o 7* gallons "or 2!>'i liters, was conductc'd in the' Washington lab- i uatory, -■ .. ”’I'he socalled ‘ersentiid cdF of the phuvt was obtained by extracting a ie which have been machine graded mjrd insoeefe 1, We believe this is a gice-MS^forwi.rd step ;iiul will cucumber interest. to end, yet.the public is to be c ngrat- ulated on having both of the pape*rs combined, which will carry superior advantage to the subscribers of both ami lietter contribute to the develop ment of the county. In retiring from the management of The Barnwell Sentinel, the New Sentinel Publishing Company bespeaks for the new and combined enterprise the continued and expanded patronage of . its read ers. that the influence of both papers, so united, may have their cooperation as an individual enterprise- is. foyec-rP t/ the Upbuilding of Barnwell County- of its departments of life. The New Sentinel Pub. Co. r ? ~ / mean much to tl> There will likely hundred cars toade* r three to fourj at Blackville "in - -Nil ' • ? Y • • total this season. Most farmers arc now applying a side application to their cotton at this time where they have not done so already. Most <t£r*Them reidize that to get the most benefit from the use of nitrate ft should be applied soon after chopping The finding, of uU’ge num’oe rs of boll weevils in the cotton fields at this, time is causing farmers to feel •nervous. They are begining to poison now. Three applications of ■ lusted calcium arsenate applied lair ginning Kith the first application as the first squargs get*large enough p> [mneture followed in five to seven days-with another and then^another after waiting a week, will go a long way toward controlling the weevil Two pounds the first applicatlo three the second and four the thir '•hould be applied. J- A"-. ! 4 X It remaijhed for the Bureau of J Ptniion of the concent rated distillate j Chemistry (jlien. to find what odor the ] v> 'th ether. I he yield of this produet nual" losses t > p'anters. according to m j.||j on (|,j^ ;i r Ing liked best. And.J' vas about 0.003 pei - j^eiit, of, the mat- the Bureau of t rop. Estimates, ba\e walking through the vott m f’elds at T’ 1< ' m Pi <j yed i It was a pale, hiown- Flo n about $:M*0.«04MM»0 and C.-olonel Tallulah. La., whtne m The rummer. Henry (i. Hester, statistician of th'c New Orleans Cor ion Exchange, in hi.- 192;', ten aeres of choice upland cotton had been set aside for their use. Dr. I, st a nual report placed total losses f, the past five years at $l.o00,0t|U.- pihi. Many c >Uoii gins and oil nulls a >■ idle in the south. Few had heard ot the In 11 wee\i! in l-.cj. the veal nt*. crossed the K'.o, (, in.le from Mex co and proceeded t’o make himself at home in the cotton . . hi at VirtiwusvilU* Texas. But now w -h nearly *aII the cotton belt infested h, - a l.ywcrd r both' S mtli end Nm - p,/ At Fntei y Ala., a memorial f anjaiti has l a i erected to him o\ <t , itrzem v- Tla may '■•t ii'i ptua-' tl. F; ■ in i of the t aw;, f •red hanl.ruv w by tire inroads of the ! '! weevil, wen . fon ed tq piant -v‘ ]i • MU>., i l ti C MI Wrt t t .• t ■ t'H S ;Ut«i i r '"p' i iVy.i, 1 4 *!’>'• - vt 1 .. wo liratitin rtf crops. All this, how # r. does not 1 f p s dw thv qu C. m he ■ cotton ti ', l> s itdcqviaey. Vi r,t\ iVrp’ tre r s< attei ing t a!c...ni Power and Mi*. Chesnut could detect no odor at all. When the leaves, were ( rushed and bruised, a faint, lemon like odor could he detected. They must, the chemis.s concluded, wrench from the cotton plant the secret of i.ts chemical composition by subtle laboratory methods. As plant chemists. Dr. Power and hn .associate felt -themselves comp etent to do it. A short time before they had analysed the elusive edor of the apple, and .once poss -ssing a gram or -o-of it. essential oil.* had re- (H odueril it s\ nthet ieally and dished up ‘‘apnfeiire ei( am" for the ( nsunip- ; ion ot a gtoiip of \Y,■.-hi'igt on scien- This f ■ i. iunl. Verged on tile .mirjo nltius l(. i au-e tire'ol igrrii apple oil !> cxeeedingix volatile. i on. ’iuetion f a ‘‘field laitoiMt'iry. wrtlvTl’f propel- equipment of still' • been enq ’: -I' the bo’ od ( f feet i'. c d ’pe U” ir daw a -(■ ci t-l'.e tie!'I cl at Us and . ■ ■■-! . oyer tn -yyd \\ eeve a'Uia ugh (ias; mg iia< . v Th /n Ids !> it t ie -met nod dvantai w; . i le extract WO' k W first st- n in cotton i >\!'i < ■s done m the w. m . \ Mxpe.i l.igh (• i, l.i the* . n (! u s de\y i ing then attempt to essence.. Final hyt '-clmmival ai'oratoiy of the Bureau of t'heinis- Wa. jr.'' ■• Not bu ■■ after- : .d •uiie'mieiff w;*.-. qjad*; of nrq- gc.--’a; a meting of N itionoi .Arad- tol v told cmv df Sriene m 1 rk' best of the in Dr. w i Ur r a n* . howew r. prevent A I,(out tiv and a halt pod the cost ■plead ,d.s are of ar ia ived per 'Tre am le per po'Vopis net ween ' s > and ‘9c. increase n \i dd .was about 39fi pounds, of cotto(i per acre, and the pr- fit scarcely g:c it enough to cover the -e‘ ncnscj.of the munitions ofulu' hattlo. Pasting ahoii' f»ir a ilicaner mode <o' chemical couihatr tlie tl|<‘ury ot ous attraction was hroiii'ht into play., This tlieory, suninuol by'llr. N. E. Mclndoo. insect phyci<dogisl of the Bureau of Entomology. \\ ashington. i . iV(l |_,],i | )t . found attrai tiw to tlje in- and upon whuni Dr. Power end Mr. , sr j.* s ^ might he possible to produce Chesnut butiljptip their iiitrica e expei- , m Sufficient quantities to permit ‘‘jol, is Wici 've.ps. Powei "s own words: “It Ini:', byen recognized tliat the cottnti plant possurses. a snevgfx at traction for thv' Ixdl weevil .and this lias been attributed to some volatile odorous’substance emitted by tin'.plant whicli could be | k reel ved at a coii-sid- erabje distance.. It! has been consider ed. accordingly’, bv Dr. E. 0. Howard. • , , , i.—CK , . , | -c a posed to him m a -oluticm ot.carc cHU'f of the Bureau ot Entomology. I , V . „ rnited States Dc*partment of Agri-J culture that if an odorous substance could be identified which by t'-sts isli. limpid liquid, having a strongs rather agreeable and persistent odor. “Ihe concentrated distillate, which represented ail the ^odorous and volatile constituent;;, of the plant, was the product employed for their sep- arati >n ■ and identification. It was found to cont .m the folhuving indi vidual substances; * Methyl akoh^jl r.n large amount and traces of acetone, limy I alcohol, in j reHitiyely qmall amounts, with traces j d aldehyde ol Iigher carbon content; i a phenol, in ok jeding minute amount (a substance 'either a derivative of' mciesol or a phenol that possesses yeiy siivdar chai actei s;an optically hew active*, tricyclic scsipiiterpene: aa ieally inactive dicycie sesi t uiter- nene; a •sinaM emcimt of a paraffin hyc.l '■.!■■.; blue : i ■ 1:' : I a! >!y .contains unsaturuted liydroc ar- bon. . {••:*H!omq I ini’ll, ai die and ca- proic gem's, t Igj .at ter iii small pr >- portmns, wbic.i cvidenily was pi'esenf ■o one exte it i" d mldna ion With tie ' t*' ■ yiou-’; ithmed alcohols and • st m-f ar.mfoiba and t' iihib hvlaniine." ' ' ai ' mio ’ . ir, ■' I, ..■ n:!ne wc * biunu present ni apprei iable aniouVusf wi'h HH' ammonia largely predom- i anting: Both v ere. I out id ’to he c-ni- anat: .ns from Wie- living plant- and have been identified- a Is >’ jn the d -v, col!.: etcai from the cetton foli, «> t: . 1 live.'tig-at ions' teVeiiled tlia' ns smail' an amount of- triVneihylamine <‘is 0.7t(l(i(l(i|l.*i go gin ran Ip. detected distim lively by its odor. | Fuither exnet imenting revealed [that t!v t rimetlylamine lielcjL a real | ■•.traction f’oi tiu- i.>oll weevjj when "Insects, '1 i-kT-^rH-wld’K- -a+u inient, is: minis cerniHg the world through the if sen- and this i- rcc mipli^hed through (,, acquire* their information con- ir cignt i»^t. ••|:ij pursuatice of l Bui an ,pf Chemistry Ian the dquev ted f means ot impression on stimuli atf undertake i yomjnc*hensistudy' ‘'‘A* Of .the subje-et. and tlie investigation i - tho sense ojeans. •! was begjim in the summer of 1923'. "The world to mart is ybietly a ..\ j the primary purpose ,\y;rs to i.-ecr- wvrld of visi nis or sights! and all fain the chemical eharacU'r of the 'Cipher senses pla.v a seconcbu \ part, odorous or volatile substancc*s' it was The, world to a hlqodhouiid i' ridet !>'■ aimaie'iit .that these could-besi he I'lit if scents, odors or smells, and fully regulate | strength, "fhe solu- j lion must not he* too strong, hut it must be strong enough. It must be* just a little nmre attractive to the “milion didhir *1 ug" ‘<'han the cotton plan} itself if the insect is to In* lured from one to thv 1 other; lb’. M llidoo; working with an in- stfiiment of liis* oW;j . invention and construction. whic-ViTu* cflrUs an "insect olfactometer," has hecit trying to fimb out just what the,* correct elilu'uin is. a win- in t;; # ploy ippanmt .itliil inesc could-oc*si tie oo- taineTl hv the dfstillation of th*- cottci\i of gl^."*»tuhing hat aii passing whiff itx’s. may ripry , w "smi il"--(ir*so t lur an i^lor and ipjtnis case, other sense's qy pai-tr • •die world to suck m-| ojm ay ants ond hees is not chiefly | month? y w rid of scents, odors or smells and sens'* plays such an important pah in the;! lives that should it be suddenly destroyed.these insects could no lo«g- ^i- exist. • "Of-all the human sense^d v-e seem Sl ‘ c * i platit with the aM -of steam, uch in-1 oneration. was conductc'd durn This the of .Puly and August at Tal lulah,. La., • u here all the f.n ilities to the Delta Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology were priced at mur dis posal. ".A field of choice upland cotton comprising about tea acres, had been Tin* olfactometer and is so arranged through two tula of. this or that may waf a.it. The insert undeT walks through a. larger tube fork*; where lie •' greeted with perfume," intended either b> or repel him. ■ . li ( liut if the planwinks the m-yth kneJEof the weevil will have sounded. Trimethylamme can be jifoduce 1 eheanly and ’n adequate qiitllitities." Dr. Pewef says il is present in sub- H* "o' the -4 Patrons of 'fhe SYminel. Barnwell •fl^TNew Sentinel Publbishing Com pany, which has had the contiol and mnnagemi nt of ’fhe Barnwell Senti nel, has been compelled by reason., of financial stringency to discontinue the indeperulent publication of The Seritr- ne! and has disposed of its plant and franchises to Mr.' B. P. Davies, of Barnwell, It is gratifying, however, that the paper will not cease it exist ence, but will be published in connec tion with The People and its name ami that of The People will hereafter Jhead the publication. Mr. Davies assume?, tht* «ub'Crip- I X * f Y ¥ / Energetic Gasoline and Good Oil, Too YOU'LL get both of these “ST the -Barn Well Filling Stayon cud lots of extra service. Then, too, the chdrge is right and that makes it more t ... - * reasonable. * Our men are experts in the matter of lubrica tion and choosing- tlie proper mixture for your car. They’d be jdeaspd to help you. Barnwell Filling Station Lloyd Plexico, Mgr. Barnwell, S. C. ? i ! V ? ! ? X • * * 9 •* •• •• • 0jI t 5 X All Lines of Insurance $ v * x X f X {Farm Coverage y ^ *j* X a Specialtyv Farm Loans 6 per cent., large Amounts. Town .prop erty in Barnwell, residential and business, 7N>er cent. - J ' • r- T ' Loans pnictuTd promptly at lowest cost. • Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell Countips. THOMAS M. 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