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PINK BOLL WORM MENACES THE SOUTH Secretary is Asking for Five Hundred Thousand to Keep it Out . ?% IN MtXIUU THREATENS TO CROSS % r > Importation of Seed From Mexico Prohibited Soon as Learned. \ In the' vast cotton-growing indusS-v of the United States is to be ived from a grave menace, the pink boM worm now in Mexico near the Texas border must be#kept from entering this country, the Secretary of Agriculture has declared in letters to Representative I /ever, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and Senator Gore, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Secretary Houston a.^KS ior an emergency appropriation of $500,000 with which to protect the C.nited Slates against this most d?Sty'iUetive of all cotton pests. In emymasizing the destructivencss of the insect lie points out that it has re^ duced the Kgyptian cotton crop in the infested districts nearly one-half in the last few years. The pink boll worm, Secretary Houston tells the committee chairman is distributed in Mexico much more generally than was at first sup posed. It now extends through the entire I/aguna district, covering an area of some 12,000 square miles. Seed for planting has been sent from this district to other points in Mexu co nearer the United States, undoubt ~ edly carrying infestation to those districts. The danger to the United States has been heightened recentl> by the establishment of a cottonseed oil mill at Piedras Negras on the Mexican-Texas border to which large quantities of seed infested by pink boll worms are being moved. Investigations by specialists of the United ^ State Department of Agriculture show that mature insects capable of flight for considerable distances have been emerging from the seed stored at this border town within a few miles of Texas cotton fields. The importation of seed cotton and cotton seed from Mexico into the United States was prohibited as soon ^ as the presence of the pink boll worm in Mexico was discovered late | last summer. In addition, the importation of cottonseed products wili be safeguarded by regulations to b. issued soon. It is contemplated that 1 the emergency appropriation, if it is made available, will be used lo fight against the entrance of tlv i post by the creation of a cotton-free zone 50 to 100 miles wide in Texas next to the Mexican border, by the making of surveys in Mexico, if pra* ticablo, to determine the actual uis( tribution of the insect and by the exf termination of local infestations in 1 Mexico near the American border. [ VThe proposed cotton-free zone iI vjould be established in cooperation |' with the State of Texas, the officials ( of the State already having indicated their desire so to cooperate. The i growing of cotton in such a zone L would be effectively prohibited by P the promulgation of Federal and ' State quarantines prohibiting the movement from the State cr within the State of any cotton grown in thr I! zone. Some 4,000 bales of cotton art grown in the area to be included ir 11 fi.na '/mm ?) n ( r me p 1 uunun-n uvin., ?> r most of the tillable land is adapted L the cultivation of sugar cane, rice Vegctables, and other valuable crops The surveys in Mexico to deter, mine the distribution of the pink bol worm would be made cooperative!} * v ith Mexican authorities and ulti. | mately would be the basis for deter mining; the possibility of undertaking. in cooperation with the Mexicar ' Government, the extermination o the pest in that country. If it shouh be determined, Secretary Houstoi points out, that it is feasible to exte minate the pink boll worm in Mexi co, and if satisfactory cooperatioi with the Government of Mexic! should be arranged, the most effec I tive and economical method of pre venting the entrance of the pest int -4Che United States would be to under take its extermination in Mexico This probably would involve larg Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up Systen The Old Standard general strengthening toni< CAOVR'S TA3TEUKSS chill fONIC, drives on MAlaria,enriches the Mood.and builds up the sy> tem. A true tonic. Pur adults and children. St* expenditures, but the nuture of tho emergency might fully justify them. The extermir.ution of local infests tions in Mexico near the United States bonier would be undertaken with the cooperation of the Mcxicar\ Government or local Mexican author ities. By this means the pest would be kept so much the farther from the cotton fielus of the Unit'd States. Fifty thousand dollars was made immediately available in the regular agricultural appropriation bill for 1918, app oved March 4, 1917. to pr" vent the establishment of the pink boll worm in the United States. Thi: fund is now being used, the Secretary states i i insp cting and *?afo guarding the territory surrounding 10 cottonseed-oil mills in Texas which had received considerable quan tities of seed from Mexico before thf importation of seed was prohibited, and in the inspection of border com merce and the enforcement of th< cottonseed quarantine. In summing up the need for the emergency appropriation of $500 00'* Secretary Houston says in his letter, to the committee chairman: "Tlv pink boll worm situation in Mexico proves a grave menace to the cotton crop of the United States, and the Nation should not fail to adopt an\ measure of control which appears t' offer protection from this pest. appropriation now requested in a matter of the greatest urgencv an ! to be of service should be made uvun able at the earliest possible date." u/n <?unm n ycrp Jf L. UHUUJ-i; A1.IL? FIGS ALL AGB0WIN6 Good Pasture, Feed. Exercise and Sanitation All Important Matters. ? '| Keep the spring pigs grov ing al.t through the summer. It is the pig'^ business during this time to devel p a good frame, to grow bone, nrius*le,i and vital organs, and to lay on fat. j Plenty of pasture, some grain, exer-1 cise, and good sanitary quarters nr."1 | all necessary if the spring pig is to j be thrifty and profitable, say spec:a!-| ists of the United State.-. Department | of Agricultura. Give the spring pi. s pentv of good pasturage. They should ba kept' r?i-> nusjfuro na Ir?r?>.r u? nns?ihlp Jin ) I gain the benefit of its cheap nutri. j ents, especially mineral and protein, and its tonic and d:gestive qual/ti s. But pigs on pasturage alone, even alfalfa, need some grain supplement The amount of grain or other co. cer? trated feed used would d 'pend o how much pasturage is avi abl , on the cost factor of grain or oth?r. feeds, on the age and condition ?"f the pigs, and the time at which t!v ' farmer expects to market them. T | be ready f vr the early fall n arke s j spring pigs mus; be fed a he v'er! grain ration than pigs intend :d f r J the winter market. I.e:<< nmt.ein sunnlem^nt is n ede I r* 1 i ~ when pigs are run on le;,umi ous pit- . turns. Under most farm condition the pig's will gain well on a I to 2 i pel cent grain ration. The se'f-f?ed-! ing method makes for cheap and rap-I id gains. If the grain ration is lim ited, the han 1-feeding method is better. By feeding once a day in the early evening, pigs take greater advantage of the pasture and graze hungrily during the cool of the morn ing or afternoon. Plenty of fresh, ' clean drinking water always should 1 be available. Pigs on pasture usually get enough 1 exercise. They should have a clean, dry, well-ventilated shelter to guard against exposure to storms, and to 1 supply shade. A concrete wallow will add to the pigs' comfort, ar.d a ' layer of oil on the water will keep ? down lice. Clean bedding a1 so helps to keep away lice as will an oiled sack on a rubbing post, or sp. ink ing 1 the pigs with crude oil every two : weeks. To supply mineral matter and o tonic, the following mineral mixture - is good. It always should be accoss1 ible. Dissolve the copperas in hot f water and sprinkle over the mixture. 1 Copperas, 2 pounds; sulphur, 4 1 pounds; slaked lime, 4 pounds; salt, 8 r pounds; wood ashes, 1 bushel; fine - charcoal, 1 bushel. : What is LAX-FOS LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVEO CASCARA A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic ? and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark, - Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black K Root, May Apple Root, Senna Leaves and ^ Pep9in. Combines strength with pala table aromatic taste. Does not gripe. 50c I o . . n To Cure a Cold In One Day ~ Take 1,AXATI775 HKOMO Quinine. It stons th? Cough and Headache and works off th CoH ' Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, :. H- VI , QROVli a signature ou each bo* 'Sc THE HOMY Hlli j CONHI ^ in tho Federal Reserve \ an important part in f"?m the adverse con.lit jlj 1 eak of the Europ :an ^va ?! io still helping to keep bt I This with r.3 II bulwailc ji jtpfjngih to th ben; of it, and wdi a33i Ircq-i.rementJ which th tc moot, V ' donositin-x yo'.'f r cRive h". ? pvot^cno.i and ? , . ? ?r?hip in th ?i ! odor you PEOPLES [. I . I / ^ > J .? r*5?, .. > V ; - 4 PU'"^ > ?,YV v\ * "*"*' **>?**? + r? ?, 4. WORLD THAT IS BOY'S OWN He Shares Companionship of Brook With None Save Perhaps Companion of Hi3 Own Ago. Only the boy knows, I am sure, what the brook Is really like, especially the ! brook in Its deep pool under the highway bridge. The grown man goes over?In farm wagons, motor cars, on hayricks or on foot?but to him It is a brook under a bridge, no more. But , the boy turns down through the blackberry tangle or tnll ferns, perches himself In the fork of the willow that bends its knees to the brown peaty water and Is at home In his surround- ' Ings. If he Is lucky enough at the moment to be barefooted he dips his ( toes to see how cold It Is after the rains. He notes the swirl of the current and the 111 tie overflows which are ' like patterns raised on the surface of the water by a master hand. He hears the brook's song as well as the cat- 1 bird's ditty from the bough. He looks under the bridge to the sunlit pool on i the other side and sees the swarming midges light against the sky, not durk aga'nst the water, as they appear from above. Sedge and watergrass are his ! companions on the washed sand by the , The treasurers office of Mfirlbor County is still vacant, the governor having made no appointment to fill the vacancy caused h,y the death of i N. B. Rogers. SYLVA COLLEG SCENERY At A Christian school in the heart ( oeaks, from five to six thousand fe< grounds. Pure water and bracing 1 tain climotng. A trip to the Cherol Mount Mitchell, the highest mounts who desire it. COURSE I We prepare students for life and are offered in Piano, Voice, Art, E< 1 Art, Bible, Sunday School, Teachcr-1 I eight teachers. I Fall term begins August 21, 1917. I 7-26-17?4t J. C.. INGRAM, ANOTHER ARREST IN DRAFT CASES New York.?A third arr?st \vu.made late today in the alleged conspiracy to evade the provisions of tin selective draft law, charged against Louis I. Cherry and Dr. S. J. Bern fold, members of the deposed exemption board No. 91), when Kalmae ! Gnieher, a laboratory denti st, w;m ta i ken to the United Slaves attorney'' ! { FOLLLOW j with M WIDE TREAD A simple and effective device conve relet (Four-Ninety) into the GO-in. Ford owners using this att away with all steering tro der complete control either 1 Helps to keep wheels in alinem >.nd less gasoline. This attachment ' Price for complete set, $15. If your dealer can't supp ! GIBBES MACHINERY < ' M.G.ANDERSEN S them CONWAY, IIP. OOHWAY, 8. 0 . | I: <' j ! ?s uiijl^i s j I (FNrF l Canlslrjg Syctnm played i s recovery cf buainea3 ioti3 following the o?:rr, thirty month ? \^o, and 1 ioino33 on a~ ^n koeL I 3 5 i mrnense r??.v . m u a i e banks >?* - r-e V J1 st thorn u: any tinanc?i ]{ oy may bo euliod Sj i ! rteney with :.! von J j t ho no vv taa 11 to .<? ? :. . r. tj vyjtjui enable ? ? --? 4 j ; NATIONAL BANK If iliwav. Siiiith farvhiuu i' * ls ? iji i II ! Iiv ril l r n I ?J . "i. HHiii CIVILIANS ' . KILLED BY SHELL As Result ef Field Artillery Practice Near Mountain Near Atlanta. Atlanta.?A board of army officers tcday continued investigation of th killing of four civilians late y^ster-i day during field artillery practice at Little Kennesaw Mountain, about thirty miles from Atlanta. Not only are they trying to ascertain what caused the shell that exploded to riccchett to the point a mile from the mountain where the victims met (loath, but whether or not the story that another shell had been diverted far from its course is correct. A shell that did not explode, but went whizzing over a house, was the indirect cause of Willie Coleman, a no gro, being hurt, according to his story. o We would prefer any sort of position rather than that of the man whose duty it was to register and who failed to do it. He is bound to IATE INSTITUTE S'D HEALTH )f the mountains. Great mountain >t high, can be seen from the school nountain air. No malaria. Mouncee Indian Reservation. A visit to | liu in Eastern America, for those )F STUDY. for entering any college. Courses iucation, Domestic Science, Domestic training and Missions. A faculty of n _ - i i ' ror catalogue, aariress Principal, Syiva, N. C. office and later to the Tombs. Cherry and Dr. Bernfield, who had been i arrested earlier in the day for con j spiracy to ovale the draft law, also i were sent to the Tombs after unsuccessful attempts to arrange bail. Grueher was arrested on a warrant similar to that served on Cherry and Dr. Bemfeid. He had no official con j r.ection with the board, but admitted, ! according to the authorities, that he had "obtained a supply of exemption blanks which he had handed out to | various persons." THE RUTS cMaster's ATTACHMENT rting a narrow gauge Ford or Chov stndard tread for Southern roads, achment say that it does ubies. Your car will be unfor country or city driving, ent, easy on tiros, causes more powei w? ^ 1 i- ... ? - # L-au in; put on hi one nouis cjir* ily you, write direct to ZO.f Mfrs., Columbia, S. C. , LOCAL AGENT on his Car - SOUTH CAROLINA ' M HiiffPIHl "W State of Ohio, City of Tolodo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes or.th that he is seai >r pirtrvr cf rhe firm of F. J. Cheney vC Co., doinif business in the City of Tole io, County ar.-I State aforesaid, and that said ftr n will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bv the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. S\vo**n to before mo and subscribed in my presence, this Ct day 01 December, A. D. 188(>. A. W. GLEASDN. 'Soil.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Medicine i- tak ^ interoa'ly and ae*s thriu^h the Blood on the Mucuous Surfaces o*' the System. Send for testimonials free. F. T. CHENEY & CO.. Tolcd >, O. Sold by all druqjtfists, 75c. Hal'C Family Pills for constipation !l<lw 41 PRETTY PRINCESS AJ^BQ^Hr*' A-3M^fc :# t ;^K: 9 -Jj/Ut \ V' Princess Beatrice, daughter of King Alfonso of Spain, boru July 22, 1909. It la noticed that her features resemble strongly those of her father. TRY TOREDUCE FRIGES ON GOAL Governors of 16 States Invited to Meet in Chicago on August 16. Chicago.?Practically all of th* I governors of sixteen States fron i Pennsylvania to Kansas had rescinded favorably to day to an invitatuv , extended yesterday l\v tho 111inoi Council of Defense to attend a con ference in Chicago on August 10 foi the purpose of bringing about a uni form regulation of tho price of coal. While the State Council of Defens< ; r commended to Gov. Lowdan scizun of the coal mines in Illinois for tin | period of the war, as a means of re during prices, the hope was expresses j that the States of the Central Wes will join in urging Congress to er.ac a law that will confer full and swee] ing powers of control over coal price ! and distribution ?n an ac!minisfrativ< body of the federal government whirl wou'd have machinery to give instan I .. ? num. The States invited to send rep re stntatives to a conference here Aug ust 16 are: Pennsylvania, West Vir ginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Mich igun, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Min no-vita, Wisconsin, Nforth Dakota South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas o You can manage to starve a ra )! his ho:e when nothing eisi will bring him out. o Magnolia Balni LIQUID FACE POWDER. TKe beauty secret o women who knowhov to take care of the com / P^ex*on* Cannot b< J detected. Heals Sun ^ UM kiirn ntnno T?l? / Mum, g coo''nf?? w freshing. '/* VPft p,nL White. Koee-RtJ i S 75c. at 'DruggUt* <tr bj mall dlrec Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp. "J^yon Mfg. Co.. 40 South Fifth St.. Brooklyn. N. \ mmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BZVMF JUDGING TIE AGE , WHEi 13UYI!!3 HORSES i Teeth Furnish a FaVly Accurate Indication :n That Regard. Unh'l a horse is over 10 years old the teem i'ur.iish an indication of I hi?9 which is fairly accuiate. In esItima'ing the age of a horse, only the 1 three pairs of front teeth or nip' pers on each jaw are considered. ; Horses, like human beings, have two sets of teeth; the first set, known aa milk teeth, being replaced by permai nent teeth. New teeth have deep cups, or identations, at their centers. 1 As the teeth wear nown the.>e cups disappear. A colt does not usually get its first pair of ninnor* until if J r(?. ~ V..IVII iv 1*3 a i t'w uay?? , old, hut has all three pairs by tor time it is (> to 10 months old. Until a colt is 3 years old, however, its general appearance is relied upon largely to indicate its ag \ Following is a description of the yearly changes which ordinarily occur in the teeth of a hors \ One year?The center pair of millc incisors, known the pinchers, and U:e pair next to them, known sc. tl. 1 intermediates indicate th.it they arc gums and io contact, hut the c un "c pairs do not yet meet on a level. Two years.?The pinchers an I tr * intermediates indicate that t1 ey ar-' being crowded by the per namnt teeth, as they are pushed free from their gums at the base. By the time the colt is 2 1-2 years old the middle pinchers should be througn. The nonuenent teeth are much larger that the temporary ones. | Three years.?The middle pinchers are large enough for use. Their I deep cups show plainly. The milk intermediates are about to be shod. Four years.?The permanent inI f *wl . * tciiuCTiuufa appear at 3 1-2 year?* anil are ready for use at 4. The cornel teeth give evidence tha the premanent corners are coming. The cups in the pinchers are about onethird gone. (The tusks. or canine teeth, of male colts may apear about this tune.) Five years.?The temporary corner teeth are shed at 4 1-2 and th? permanent ones are ready to use. The horse has now what is known as a full mouth, and permanent incisors being ready to use. The cups of the first pair are about two-thirds gone. Six yesirs?The cups in the center , pair have nearly disappeared. I i tin* second pair they are about twothirds gone. Seven years.?The cups from the I second pair are no v gone. There is a notch in the upper corner t vo:;h where it overlaps the lower one. rjiKiu years.? me cup- Iv-'int* all worn out of the lower nipp ?h, we now look at the upper jaw. Al'hough cups remain in the renter p:<ir, they arc not deeo. i Nine years. ?'The cups l.\ t'.i? c n tec pair of nippers on the upper jaw have disappeared. They u-,e still present in the other two pa'rs, Ik irig , fairly deep in the comer ones. Ten years.?The cups are worn out of the second pair in the upper jaw, r? although they are still ptase.nt in the [? corner pair. 5 Older horses.?At 11 years old all - the cups are usually worn out of the 1 incisors and it becomes necessary to t use some other in lieat'on. Estimate tion of age may now bo based upon ? the angle at which the teeth meet, s their change in size and shape. As n the horse gets older, the teeth meet i more and more at an acute ang'e; t that is, the jaws become mo.-e ob! liquo. As the teeth wear down, the - shape of the worn ends changes from " oval to more nearly round and, final ~ v. in an aged horse, to a nearly ~ triangular form. Sometimes cups are cut or burned in the teeth of old L> horses to make their mouths re' semble those of younger animals. This practice, known as "Bishoping," l may be detected if the shape of the l> tooth and the absence of the ring of enamel which surrounds the natural cup are noted. After a horse is 12 years old its conditijTn is more im| portant than its age in determining values. [ " O , Whenever You Need General Tonlo ' T.lr. - ?? M UIW9 9 The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless 5 chill Tonic i9 equally valuable as m - General Tonic because it contains the 5, wellknown tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and 1 Builds up the Whole System. 50cent9. r. This section still has promise )f abundant crops. # t