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TIMEHi-ENTEliPRtSK, THOMASVILLE, "GEORGIA, NOVBMBliJt 18 IfiM ENTERTAINED FRIDAY- ofco»»OitOSMi»Oi»tl»W*Ol*Ol*Oi*Oi*Ol»OI>OI|OltO*OttOROItO»lO*ORO*0*ORO 0 Do you know a good thing when you V see it? ft so you will readily recog nize it in the following items. $ $ IU1 H^MHH 0 35c©nts. ip-7 5 and 85c Fancy striped French Flannel j Mr». r v Ciffton M*-e, Wheeler With Afternoon Party. SIX DAYS! French Flannels. All.our 50c Solid Color French Flannel SO cents. I $ h P II ,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 54 , .. 54 “ Ci aveirette Suiting sohlfor $1.35 toof'* broad olcili ail colors sold fori* 1 25 98c $i-J9 f ..17 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