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THE RED SPIDER COMES. THE PLANTERS MUST RE COXSTAXTLY ALERT. E. A. McGregor, Government Agent, Outlines Stei?s to Take in Conducting Campaign. Batesburg, July 4.?"The red spider season is at hand," said Govern ment agent n<. a. .ucuregui ueic tuday. ''Complaints have begun to come in to the Batesburg office of the federal bureau of entomology. H. W. Malloy, of Columbia, who farms extensively in Scotland county. North Carolina, complains that 30 or 40 acres of cotton is infested badly with the red spider and the bureau is at present conducting a demonstration on his farm at Laurinburg. "There is at present," he continued, "a superabundance of red spiders throughout the central portion of the State. These occur on elm, oak, maple and other trees and on many kinds of garden plants, vegetables and flowers. In many instances the infestation is so heavy upon these sup; porting hosts that migration to other plants?such as cotton, corn and cow* * a peas?nas oegun 10 taivc piatc. & few fields have been seen in which the cotton leaves have assumed the blood-red spotting which characterizes the initial work of the cotton mites. "Farmers who have suffered in the past, or who are in the danger zone?which includes the greater portion of the State?should maintain a most careful watch of their fields in order to detct the earliest affected stalks. These should be immediately pulled out and burned and there ' should be no let up in the inspection of such fields. By means of this elimination process it is possible to rid a field of the pest, which if allowed to remain probably would spread and cause serious loss to the crop. "In case that the infestation has progressed unnoticed until a considerable area has become infested it will be well to proceed as follows: Remove all the stalks in the central and most affected portion of the spot and immediately burn them. This should include all plants which have a yellow sickly appearance. Then the planter must spray a ring all around this cleared area out as far as he can find any trace of red spider work. There are but a few sprays win Wll tho rnttnn WU1VU mil ouwgooiuu; n*t? vuv mites and the best of these is one or the other of the following two insecticides: (1) Potassium sulphid at the rate of one pound to 35 gallons, or (2) lime-sulphur solution. The latter may be purchased ready made and only has to be diluted at the rate of one gallon to 25 gallons. It may also be made at home as follows: Unelacked lime 20 pounds Flower of sulphur 15 pounds Water to make 50 gallons Slake the lime in about 10 or 15 gallons of water. The sulphur, pre, .:i viously mixed into a stiff paste, should be added at once to the slaking lime. The whole mixture should be boiled in a large iron kettle over fire for about an hour. When done the color should be a clear yellowishbrown. When through boiling the balance of the water may be added and it should be applied to the cot t ton as soon as possible. "The potassium sulphid spray is perhaps to be preferred, since it is quickly mixed and ready for use. Farmers should be careful, however, to secure a reliable brand of this ehemical, since certain brands are not properly put up. Merck's or some equally good brand should be insisted upon. We have tested Thomsen's brand of commercial lime-sulphur and it has given entire satisfaction. "We can not too strongly emphasize the importance of keeping the red spider out of fields if possible. In the case of this pest?as we have often stated before?an ounce of prevention is worth many pounds of cure. It is possible to eradicate the pest from fields after it has become well established but this can only be accomplished through vigorous and determined action. "The following points must be kept in mind in spraying for the cotton red spider: Direct the spray upward so as to hit the bottom of the leaves; be extremely careful to hit every leaf of an infested stalk; be sure to. apply plenty of the spray liquid so as to thoroughly wet every leaf, remember and spray a second time?one ween arter uie ursi spia>ing?in order to kill the red spiders which were eggs at the time of the first spraying. "The bureau's experts stationed at Batesburg will be glad to answer any inquiries concerning the red spider; and will offer advice to all farmers troubled by the pest. We will alsc attempt to visit severe cases so far as time permits." Never try. to take passengers or your hobby. The man who burns money shoulc have asbestos fingers. QUARREL OVER CARI) GAME. j James Sanders, Farmer, of Gowans! ville, is Shot to Death. As the aftermath to a fourth of July jubilee started on a farm of A. B. Groce at Gowansville, in Oampobelio township. James Sanders, a white farmer, of the section, was instantly killed Saturday by George Campbell, a young white man of New Prospect. Immediately after Sanders receiv( ed the mortal wound, Campbell, accompanied by friends, went to Campobello where he surrendered himself to Magistrate Poole. Campbell was later brought to Spartanburg and lodged in the county jail to await trial at the approaching term of court. From the statement secured from .Magistrate Poole this morning, it appears that thirteen men of the vicini nf Cnn'o r* cri lie niot at an outhouse L > VI Vxvr " tine ? ***% v? . _ _ _ r on the fafm of A. B. Groce. about four miles to the east of Campobello, ! and engaged in playing cards and , shooting dice. From the evidence , produced at Magistrate Poole's inquest, a dispute arose between Frank , Epperly, one of the attendants, and Furman Campbell, a brother of the man who did the shooting. It seems that Epperly and Sanders were , friends and partners in a game. After Furman Campbell cursed Epperly, it is alleged, and Sanders interfered and wanted to fight for his partner, Epperly. In his effort to reach Campbell Sanders, it is said, made the statement that he would shoot the first man who put his head out of the house. It is stated by witnesses that George Campbell placed himself in the door, and that when lit- did so, Sanders pointed his pistol directly at him. Campbell whipped out his gun and fired at Sanders twice, both shots taking effect. One load entered the forehead and ranged downward and ontoroil the Ipft breast. cut; VJLiiti ivuu vuwtvw _ After Sanders fell, several of the witnesses went to his side and tried to render aid, but they found that the man had died instantly. The coroner's jury, empaneled Saturday evening by Mag. Poole, returned a verdict that Sanders came to his death from pistol shot wounds inflicted by George Campbell. All the people in the case are well known in the Gowansville section.? Spartanburg Journal. CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE. And How They Grow in Height and Weight?Figures from Normandy. Many studies have been made of the growth in height and weight and circumference of babies and young children; but the ideal development of older children at the school age is much les understood. Dr. G. Kimpflin has submitted to the French Academy of Medicine some figures on this subject which have an additional interest because they were obtained from a school of 200 children in Normandy, where the pupils are brought up on what we may call hygienic principles. That is to say, their physical education is as much a part of the school curriculum as their mental instruction; and consequently M. Kimpflin permits himself to hope that his otottotmc n-hirh indeed sienifv a higher standard of physical development among his '.'subjects" than has been arrived at by some other statisticians represent what ought to be the development between the ages of 11 and 16 years. The measurments made were three?the height, the weight and the chest, measured when at rest and when inflated. The mean of these measurments, in centimeters or in kilogrammes was taken for the whole school for the ages 11 to 16, every pupil being measured six times a year for five years. The average height increased in these five years from 145 to 167 1-2 centimeters, or from about four feet 8 1-2 inches to five feet five inches; the weight from 67 3-4 pounds to 126 pounds, and the chest measurment from 26 1-2 inches to 32 1-2 inches?on the whole a healthy and" well-developed set of children one would say. But the chief interest of M. Kimpflin's figures, which are too numerous to be given from year to year in de tail, is that they disclose tne curves of development in all these dimensions. They show that the rythm of ' growth is divisible into two parts, the 1 first of which extends from 11 to 14 ; years, during which the children 1 grow chiefly in height; and the second of which, lasting from 14 to 16 years, is the period of increase in 1 weight. Some other curious relations ' between weight and height and be> tween height and the chest measur! ment can be discerned. In a healthy child the height remains double the ; chest measurement over the whole five years. The weight, however, in creases in relation to the height in a ' steady arithmetical progression, sc ( that a boy or girl of 16 is proportionately considerably heavier in relation to the height than one of 11. The weight increases in similar arith1 metical progression in relation to the chest measurement, but there is a 1 break here about the age of 14 and then a jump up.?London Post. LIGHTNING KILLS SIX MULES. Anderson County Animals Were Hitched to the Hoad Scrape. Six mules, each .worth about $350, were killed by lightning Saturday near Coolev's Bridge, about 14 miles from Anderson. The mules were liitched to the county road scrape, and when the bolt struck, fifteen of them were hitched together. Thirteen of the fifteen mules fell and but seven of them rose again. The other six were killed outright. This accident was one of the most freakish that has ever been seen around here. The other mules were not injured very much, and the convicts that were in the vicinity were uninjured. The mules were very fine animals, weighing about 1,300 and 1,400 pounds each. They were excellent draught animals and flie county loses a great deal by the accident. The total loses to the county will amount to about $i,ouu. The convicts and the machinery had been taken to the place of Mr. James Madison to await the passing of a storm. The mules were hitched to two road scrapes and they were under a tree. The lightning struck the tree and killed the mules. The lightning continued to play about the house and other buildings, and though it was felt by the inmates of the houses, there was no other damage done except to the mules. The marvel of it is that the house was not set on fire by the bolt.? Anderson Mail. Drowned Trying to Save Negro. While endeavoring to disentangle a t\ f\rrr* fmm o fichinc spine which clutchea i.Im around the ankles and thus rendered him unable to swim out of deep water, Willie Parker, a young white man of near Enoree, was unsuccessful in his attempt to save the negro's lfe and both were drowned in Enoree river Saturday afiernoon about 5 o'clock. Six or eight men, who could not swim, stood on the banks and witnessed the heroic struggle of the white man to save the negro, and they gasped when they saw the two sink for the last time. The two men, it was stated, were seining in Enoree river near the C. & W. C. trestle, which spans the river a half mile up stream from the Enoree mill. From statements secured from witnesses, the negro, Luther Jones, stepped into deep water and in attempting to swim out became tangled in the coarse-weaved net. The white man saw the predicament and pulled across from his position and grasped the negro in a vain attempt to extract him from his hazardous position. It is thought that he, too, must have become entangled in the net, and he went down with his companion whom he fought valiantly to save. At about the time of the tragedy Col. T. C. Duncan, candidate for con-i gress, was concluding a political ad dress to the voters or tne tmoree mills. When the news reached the meeting that the men were drowned) many of the people went to the banks of the river. Several expert divers volunteered their services and after several attempts the bodies of the men were pulled to the shore. On advice received from Enoree, Coroner Turner deemed it unneces-J sary to hold an investigation. It. is 1 stated that the men were drowned on 1 the Spartanburg side of the river. Rural Police Officer Richey was shortly on the scene and he represented the coroner in establishing the facts connected with the drowning. Willie Parker, aged about 25 years, was a well respected man of the Enoree section. He was employed on the farm of D. J. Poole. The negro, it is stated, was employed on an adjoining farm.?Spartanburg Journal. BEST CHOI'S IX MAM YEARS. Farm Demonstration Agent Comments After Visit. Columbia, July 6.?"South Caro lina crops are in better condition this year than they have been in a number of years and the prospects are this fall will see bigger harvests in this State than any in recent times," Such was the statement of W. W. Long, state farm demonstration agent, yesterday. Mr. Long has just completed a tour of the State and seemed unusually hopeful in respect to the coming crop. "The cotton in the lower part of the State is very well grown for this seai son of the year and looks as well as I have ever seen it look. The stand in the upper portion of the State is not good, but I expect it to improve with i the recent rains. South Carolina will harvest a large oat crop this year in addition to the large cotton crop. ''Not only is the crop larger, but it has cost the farmers less to raise it than in former years. 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