The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 09, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
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*
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.?
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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. Better credit
methods and more economic manage,
ment have kept them out of debt and
the farmer is going to realize more
s on his acreage this year than ever bei
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