The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 04, 1925, Image 7
THURSDAY,
4TH. 1925.
THE BARNWELL PEOPLE^SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE SEVE^T.
Bulgarian
on Their Way to Trial
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^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
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• 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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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There will likely
hundred cars toade*
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at Blackville "in
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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.
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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
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a'Uia ugh (ias; mg iia<
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extract
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first st- n in
cotton i >\!'i <
■s done m the
w. m . \
Mxpe.i
l.igh (•
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l.i the*
. n (! u s
de\y
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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.
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. howew r. prevent
A I,(out tiv and a halt pod
the cost
■plead
,d.s are
of ar
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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-
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inient, is:
minis
cerniHg the world through the if sen-
and this i- rcc mipli^hed through (,,
acquire* their information con-
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cignt
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••|:ij pursuatice of
l Bui an ,pf Chemistry
Ian the
dquev ted
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.
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Farm Loans 6 per cent., large Amounts. Town .prop
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Loans pnictuTd promptly at lowest cost. •
Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell Countips.
THOMAS M. BOULWARE
Attorney-atdaw - Barnwell, S. C.
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Calhoun and Co.
P. A. Price, Mgr.
Bank of W. 0. Bldg.
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Representing
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it kill> the germs.
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