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TIMEHi-ENTEliPRtSK, THOMASVILLE, "GEORGIA, NOVBMBliJt 18 IfiM
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0 Do you know a good thing when you
V see it? ft so you will readily recog
nize it in the following items.
$
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0 35c©nts.
ip-7 5 and 85c Fancy striped French Flannel
j Mr».
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Ciffton M*-e,
Wheeler With Afternoon Party.
SIX DAYS!
French Flannels.
All.our 50c Solid Color French Flannel
SO cents.
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,i r 9 pieces til' wool Smtinps sold for 65c this week .540
Suitings!
|4 50 inch mixed Suitings sold for $1 00
a 54 ’* Coverts all colors sold for $1 25 “
?3C *
4
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54 “ Ci aveirette Suiting sohlfor $1.35
toof'* broad olcili ail colors sold fori* 1 25
98c
$i-J9
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Ou.Krtdey afternoon Mrs Jo* ‘8.
CUttonetrerlntued in honor of Mrs.
Mo'tonB. Wliwl«r. I lio parlors of'
the Qrantr lunna on Jacksm s>jveL
wliera Mr-*. C.ifrrto resides..were filled
by m uraher of Tliomasvi lo ladies, wftn
eojnynd to the utmost the charming
hospitality oftfoeljr hostess Many elabo
rate nfteriioon toillettes were displayed
The* guest, of honor was presented with
a handsome Florentine vane. Amorim
those present were:
Mesdame* Morton B Wlwseler, Robert
Gamble, Walter Ta»lor, Julia B. 8ooti,
Elunpell Merrill, Steve Cook, L. ,H.
Jerger, S. W. Mays, Cicero Young,
Davies, A. W. Siewart, McLendon,
Brjim Wright, Lee Brown, K. D Din*
mube, VV, 0. Suodgraee, U. 8. Cox, O.
G. Swift ;Mh*es Emma Melfitosli, Mary
Merrill, Paulino Mitchell, Lily Smart,
Bet WocdhOii, Arimimta Colpppiwr,
Kiutna Carmen.
FOR MRS. HUNT
COTTON BOLL WEEVIL
eign countries who hfive been purchas
ing cotton seed In the Dnited States
during the past year, have avoided,
tor the moi,t part, the weevil-infested
Oae of the Present Groat PeRta a r " a -
- n..t.Qi.n WHAT THE WEEVIL 13.
of Cotton Growers. | n . c , adl ,i t v vccvj i«- a brownish bee-
ITS WIDESPREAD' RAVAGES, i tlo .varying. tram three-sixteenths to
—: / * 1 three eighths' of uir tneSW^UMigth. It
Interesting Article From ths Pen of -Kith a-iooBtf^U" or bill
William Nowell, State . Entomolo. ajid is not iinjlke Uio'ration acorn
filet on the Mexican Boll Weevil.
Measures for Its Suppression, Etc.
In December, 1903% the State Depart
ment of Agriculture published a short
article upon the Mexican Boll Weevil,
which* was widely- distributed. So
many requests have recently been re-
vil 1n appearance. In color, the
; boil weevils vary from a light gray to
a chocolate brown or black. As a
usual thing the older the beetle, the
darker in color it becomes owing to
the minute’hairs wearing off the body.
Tne l.oli weevil is a not distant re!*
! ative of the strawberry weevil and the
cpived regarding this serious pest ci plain curcu’.io There are many com-
cotton that It is felt that a more do- :noa species of weevils which so close
tailed account of the insect will at ly resemble it- that the novice cad
present prove of interest to our farm- j tell them apart only with difficulty,
ors. i The adult beetles pass the winter in
_The Mexican Boll Weevil has during trash, rubbish, cotton bolls, etc., about
the past year US0‘3) caused a very the cotton fields, awl also in the leaves
heavy Iqss to the cotton growers of • and rubbish or timber lands. These
Texas. This loss for the season is weevils appear in the spring at about
estimated by Dr. Howard, of the Unit-; 'he time the nrst cotton plants appear
ed States department of Agriculture, above the ground, 'and having’ fasted
at approximately $25,01)0,0110. Tmd t ;-:nco the previous autumn, now feed
represents the loss to the planters, to a considerable extent upon the
but the total loss to manufacturers, tender buds and items of the young
transportation companies and business cotnn .plants Later in the season,
men doubtless reaches as much ad however., they feed but little in the
season—-will constitute the crop, and
theonly crop that will be secured. W•
mentioned above, the fact that th*
squares, containing weevil eggs, fait
irom the plants soon after these eggs
taUb Now. if these fallen squares
be kept gathered'up from, the ground
aud burned, the succeeding broods <f
the weevil will be reduced in np»*
ners. During mid-summer the r,usj
is ot'ttltues hot enough to kill the Ia>j
vac in these fallen' squares as therj
lie or. the ground, provided they, art]
npt ebae’ed by the cotton plants. For
this reason the rows should be planted!
well apart, and plants far apart in the!
rows- The rows should also run east*
and" west instead of north and south
In order that as-much direct, sunlight
as passible may reach the ground
about the cotton plants.
This method of plffnting should*be
adopted by every cotton planter, .five*
though ho weevils arc present, for
thtse methods also reduce the dam
age clone by the bell worm and cottoa
caterpillar, inlets wlficTi appear cvery
yea; in greater or less numbers.'. ~ .
Wc do not. here propose to discus*
In detail the various ways of combat
ing the weevil as the pest has not
yet. been found in Georgia. The above
$100,000,000. The extreme probabili
ty that the insect will eventually reach ,
4 alJ Rpctlbna of the cotton growing area
mi: fctsge. »
As scon as the first squares appear
the female beetles commence egg de*
In tne United States, and that It is position..- The female eats a bole in-
Robert GembeEnt riolna Most
Ploa«a«Sy.
likely lo be distributed in the trans
portation of eottofi seed and othdr ag-
f riculturaJ products, makes it of spe*
i ciffi Interest to all cotton planters.
! Ail hope of exterminating the in
sect has been abandoned, as it has at*
,tui the -.square or form ai\d deposits
an egg therein. This process is then
repotted upon the next square, form
or bloom, and so on. Each female
dcrc.-lts from CO to 75 eggs m this
manner, and With few exceptions
Our entire stock of Gingham will be sac
rificed at this Sale for 10c. per yd
Best Teasie Downe Outing
^ 20 pieces colored- Flannelettes
9c
9c
ThoimwvJ'lo’a M*riva of Glutei*. <•»»
parlies has begun. thisfunn of ,di».. rf , a -,j y spread over a territory which egg le. dcyosltcd In a separate square
nieut, all the m..ro pleasant Iwcanrutif procures about one third the cotton ot oi totm.
the informality usaftlly attendiiig it, i* the United States. Aside from its; The egg hashes in two. or three
popular with every a$e and tlie^oog '•occurrence in Texas% the pest is also day after being deposited, into a ml-
, . ■ , . . . . * lound in Mexico and Cuba. The first) nut. footte.ia “worm" or larva which
Winter erei.iuga and tia-owl months ar« tccor j ot )ts damn g 0 to cotton dates; icnni dinicly coumiences feeding on
made to pass swiftly by its aid. j bacit to 185G, when it appeared as n tho Interior of live square. The square
Mrs Robert Gnmblo on Wednesday , poet of cotton In the state of Coahuila ci form invariably falls to ^he ground
evofii b complimented Ivor -(diarmii'g - ^ Mexico. Its ravages increased fof. at t.Js time, and the.larva continues
... . .. „ I several years until the culture of cot* Its development therein. In from 14
a nest. Mia. l-.dwln Hunt of Toufier., lon wa8 entirely abandoned In irjto 17 days th:z larva reaches full
New York, with tv encltrc party that ( hope of exterminating the pest. About growth, becoming about three-eighthJ
was u.o.nt delightful, lhere were two, twenty-five years alter cotton culture of an Inch in length, and Is white and
tables of six hands eac^ mode apof was a£ain commenced, bnt the weevil j plump. It now passes into the pu-
„ . 0 ... , | -. still persisted and soon did as much pa< stuge. still reinaiulng ia tho square.
Mr aud Mrs Bryan Wiigitt, Mrs. Ed- ^amegb as before. The weevil gradu-, During tlie pupal stage It takes no,
win Hnur. Misses Emma McIntosh, *ny spread toward the Texas border,! food, and this stage lasts from seven ! teettd as soon as It appears and before
Anuie Wiighr, A/auiiuta Cnlpepix*r, *nd as early as 1888 or 1889, had ap-j to ten days, at the end of which time j » be.- a chines to spread over any
considerable • area, it may be posal*
Is given ns showing In what; direct lo*
repressive measures must be Jake*
when thi3 pest ultimately appears it
Georgia.
The boO weevil In its natural spreai!
by flight, probably could not reahfc
Georgia for several years, but unfor
tunately the insect may be at any
time in&troduced in shipments of cot^
lon reed or baled ha*y, or even bale*
cotton, from the ifilcsted districts of
Ttfxat or Louisiana. A regualatio*
iLav.ng the forch of law) Is already i*
effect, which prohibits the shipment
into Georgia of couon seed from Tex-
a; if Lo Isiana, without Its having
Tk-20 Ibcr.ughly fumigated.
Every farmer in^Georgla shoull
cIosp'..v watch his^cotton auring the
gro.v.ng sea^o’j, end whenever ha finds
any r.cvv or unusual insect upon bis
cotton, should send samples of It'-to
the Statu EiiSomoIcgizt. Atlanta. Ga.,
f.vr ri.dermlcatlcn. The latter party
tvM* at all times, ta‘o pleasure I*
aanwerlug inquiries of this kind and
anvc» lrec of charge. If the first
uccui ience of tho wecviL can be de*
Miwuie Heiisell, JalU Wn K lit and Peered near MaUmoraa, Mexico, near j U emiages lo the afrit beetle and
Louis Steyerman
TBroad and Jackson Streets
ioiioac •aoAOMoMoMOMiaonoa iRoatoatoKoitotioRoiioiteRoltoitalto
MALLARD & VARNEDOE!
§trousc ^ Brothers,
.. . the mouth of the Rio Grande river and
Mesara trank Antler. Hugh Mclutjre, c pp 0s jt 0 Brownsville, Te*. Tho Rio
H»rry Ainsworth, and • Brockeorigo urande river, which Is a wide stream
Gamble. ' , j at tills point, Beemed to check the
Mrs. Haut'was awarded the lad.es .***»’• n “ rtll < w " d ““rement for a
. ■ , .._, 1 ,, .. . , : lira®. h“t In 1892, It appeared near
first prUe and Mr. JWriKht the gentle-; Br0WMVine on the Texa , aii0 of tll(
man’s. Mclutoslt aud Mr. Aius- river. It is. of course possible that
again (.omuMciccs the life cycle. Wo
thus.ice that an entire generation ot
weevils is ueveloped approximately
every 30 days during the entire grow
ing season of cotton. During the win
ter season if large percentage of th«»
weevils arc killed by unfavorable
weather, by tne attacks of birds aud
worth were recipient* of the ctuttlatio Individuals were blown,across the rlv- J-uninmls etc-, to that eafly in the
prtgQg “ j er windB, or even flew across, but | spring there are comparatively few
in the Tight of knowledge since ac- of them, ^’heir damage to the cotton
I qitired. It seems more than probable* e;-ny In the se.nson is, theretore, bard-
An Athena Marriage. j that the weevils were brought across! ly noticeable, but as each thirty-day
•A marriage to take place in Athena r,ver ,n unginned cotton or in cot- period brings an increased generation.
OP November seventeenth,; n «t Hum- L on . 8e011 :.. * ow - ,he around j Hot wicvlls «n> abundant enough by
ton seed.
Brownsville Is not a cotton-growing; duly UthOr August Isi to sting anil
day la that of w MUs |Murion LumpUiu section of great Importance, and had | destroy every square formed upon
to Mr. John King Walbridge of New the culture of cotton been entirely j tne rtonta. So long as plenty of
York. The bride ia the daughter of st °pped in that section tor three or squares arc at band, the eggs are de*
______ , four years, ’ the weevil could< in alt
OoLTI.K Lumpkin, and has a narubor probabmtyi bave boen extermlnated .
of rotative* m ThomasvlUe. She ha* Tne Government entomologists In
visited here several time* aud the new* 1894 counseled the Texas legislature
of her approaching nutniege will he of
interest to many in this city.
J. J Turner of UeniUvllle vu in
yesterday.
Metcalf Mentious.
A WELL DRESSED MAN
Is. *s a rule, rcc-1V■ d by hi* fellowmcn. A diamond in the rough may be of un
told value, but in eirdcr to be fully appreciated it must be cut and well
set. The same applies toman, to app.-ar to the best advantage, bis
clothes ehooM be in keeping with the times, not necrssarily expentive
but up-to-date. And this is exactly the point we bave in mind when
we refer to our suits irom
Hie very top notch of fashion enters into every angle of their make up, and the
price, everything considered, is ridiculously low. Beat in mind we
can fit yon out from head to foot. Everything. Shoe* excepted,
Outfitters for all Man-kind.
Mr. M. H. Stringer, who is with J.
L. Baldy of Cairo, .pent Sunday horn,
among friend*.
Ur. U. M. Kenda l returned from
Brunswick Satnrdsy night where he
had gone on boelnes*. £
Mr. J. M. Fleming of Boeton is in
charge of the Metcalf navel store bus!'
ness.
Messrs. W. W. Fell.el and E. F
Dyer ruu*op'to ThomasvlUe Sunday and
spent tlie day, warning at night.
UrJJ. R. Stringer who works for the
Suntharnl Express] Co., and lives in
Jacksonville,| war. here a few days
entiling tlsiting reiativee.
Mr. John Swift of B aton, spent
Sunday here with his parents, Ur. and
Ure. G.;w. Bwlft.
Mfaa Olifonl garrison, of Kingwood,
lu* been Here for some d.ys vhitiug
Mrs. JI. U. Kendal.
We are sorry to note that Ur. S. K
Freeman who has been in charge of Hie
A. O. L. section, is oonflned lo his home
with illness.
Mrs. O. B Roe, of Tifron, who has
b en visiting Iter sister, Un. J. M.
Strickland, wse joined by her husband,
djturday night and they returned homo
Sunday.
Ur. -T. G. Bose, who has taught in
this county for seven! months, have
for his home near Beilsoa, N. C, oi.
Cuesday . lie will probably return to
t'it county after Christinas .
to take the necessary steps towards
wiping out the Insect, while this was
still possible, hut this uuvlce wss-dis
regarded. Many similar cases may
be.cited where states nave failed to
make adequate appropriations for con-
trolling Insect pests and diseaaea,
while these were still confined to
small areas, yet when later on the peat
had caused wide-spread damage and
covered large areas, big appropriation!
have Been made In a vain attempt to
remedy the trouble which could have
been so cheaply prevented in tho first
plac.
In 4894 the weevil appeared at
Alice and San Diego, T4*., on the Mex
ican National Railroad. Hi spread
•uoaequentiy ha* been at an average
rate or aboutt 50 miles per year, un-
til at present It covers nearly all the
cotton-growing area of Texas and has
rescued the boundaries of the Indian
Territory on the north and Louisians
on the oast. It has, in tact, already
appeared at two or three points in
the latter state. Thai this spreai
will continue until all parts of uie cut
ton-growing area In this country ure
reached, there seems no question. Tut
problem confronted is imleod a uu
tlonai on-;. Not only are tho plaui
era and burrness men in the infestc
territory affected, but even the cottor
mills of New England and of the u.
worm must sooner or later feel tho ■
foots of the Increased price of cottor
as a result of short crops due to th
weevil attacks. So also will the cu.
tomer—the man or woman who wear
cotton clothing—f#el th* Increase
cost of cotton goods regardless c
whether he may live in Texes, Geer
gin. New York or London. The r.-
cent high prices prevailing for cotte
(although these high price* can be *’
trlbuted to' the work of the boll we:
vil m part only) hS7e stimulated En
ropesu countries to develop cotton cu)
lure in their colonial twaaesalone a.
rapidly *s possible, so it is not Improl
ants that In future years the Unite:
States will furnish u much smalle:
par. of the world's cotton supply tbsr
heretofore. There is s possibility
of course, that the-boll weevil mi'
obtain s foot-bold in these saw cotto;
countries,' although the agents of fot
posited in these in preference to the
halls, hut when the weevils have be-
cme so abundant that the supply ot
squares does not equal their demands,
eggs are then laid in the green bolls.
Dolls ret early In the summer ee-
’tape Injury from the weevil, but af
ter about Jifty 15th in the woevil-ln-
tested district, every sqnars- Is de
stroyed as fast as formed.
REMEDIES. -
No really satisfactory remedy bss
been found for this pest The fact
that the insect feeds very little except
in the lava] stage, end the fact that
this stage ta outrely protected within
(he rquare or boll, make* It Impoa-
slble Jo kill the Insects by the appli
cation of arsenical poisons to the
plants. The first brood which appears
ir. the spring—from winter quarters—
feods to some extent upon the young
cotton plants snd some of thsm can be
killed by applying poison at this timer
The adult Insect has a bard and
aorn> covering making It Impractlca-
blo to destroy tt by contract Insecticides
However, the government entomol
ogists who have experimented against
this; pest extensively the past tew
years In Texas have found several
means by which the ravages of the
pest can be reduced and at profit-re
turning crop made in spite of the wee-
vi.. These measures are all simple
S&4 can be applied by any fsrmer. In
thp flra-. place no -top-crop" can ever
be made in a weevil-infested district.
If cattle and mules are turned into
tile cotton fields three or four weeks
belore the first autumn trosts and
are ailowed to eat off the young
squares and forma, a. largo number-j
ot weevils snd Isrvse will be destroy
ed snd a much smeller number will
he left to -go into winter quarters.
During th* winter s large number ot
tBcse weevils are destroyed through
uic by~ drastic nieiuurea to stamp *
out right there and prevent losses of
many thousands of dollars. Once it
obtains a good start, however, tliero
will bo-no ruin thing as exterminatioa.
jleaacve remedial measures have been
mentioned above, tho reader should
not conclude that tho weevil can b»
circumvented or that as good crop*
can'lie mm.e wirtn It is present. N*
icattci what measures may be em
ployed or i n r.dd:*» used, the cotton
crop ia ccuain to be severely cut
down by the weevil. Then, too,
many-remedial meakurea are expen
sive and their cost miut so deducted
from tho profits of the M-ip.
Wo know full well that the first
appeaiar.ee of the boll weevil is likfr
ly to be around cotton mills, oil mills,
lumber camps and along newly con
structed lines of railway, because K
is at such places that moot important
agricultural products from Texas ar*
used. If a competent man—on two
men—thoroughly familiar, with the
boil weevil, could be employednto-aw
Dually exanfine the cotton fields lo
these localities, It ii very probablo
that the first appearance of the weevil
would bo promptly detected and meas
ures could be taken for exttrmhiatinc
it, or at least severely cheeking its
spread. Such measures would mean
the saving of thousands of dollar* ta
the cotton growers of the Btsto, and
money so invested would fa* the best
insurance which Georgia could pup-
chase for the future of her cotton crop.
Unfortunately, no funds are at prev
ent available for such work, but the
Slate Board of Entomology stands
reauy to undertake this work aa toon
as tho people, through their- legiala.
lure, deem it expedient to make tfam
neccasaiy appropriation therefor.
Wllmon Newell, State Entomologitt.
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REME-
EDY IS JLEA8ANT TO ’IAKE.
Tim finest quality of granolated loaf
sugar ia usei in the maiiufaatnre of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and ths
room nsed in its preparation give it •
flavor similar to maple syrnp, making It
qolte plessantjto take. Mr W, L. Rod
erick, ot Poolesvilo Ud„ in speaking
of this lemetr, bvtsi *'I have used
Oltamberiaiu’s Congo Remedy with ur
children for aevera' years and oan truth-
fnly say it fsthe best preparation’of li»
kind I know of. The children like *»
take it and it lias no injniioo* after *f-
uatural agefltfes, so tBat the following ‘ ,ec *' b J J - w - Peacock,
spring they will be quite scarce; From '
what ha, been said above, the reader 1
will note that these few remaining will
not become seriously abundant until
duty or August. An early variety ot
if
m
Public Hanging Every Day.
I mean public baagfng of
couon should, therefore, be planted— u/«il Dan** and u/Xadaa, Cliadao
oa early as poaalble-and rushed to WaI1 ™Pef«n<* Window bbJdCF.
early maturity by frequent and thor- Orders bv 'phone or mail given prompt
oufh cultivations. This will enable y’^/honJF -
the plants to set s good percentage |oh n Hirrqr. {ii cimpUII
of boll* before the weevil* become - ■ >
Abundant enough to destroy all the |
Sgftt
squares. TUs* t>olI%-»et.early tu the j0*8 11 »• ‘< l > *»• •'! c
