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MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 11, 1923
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BEGIN HERE TODAY s
Calvin Gray is living in Dal
las .at the most exclusive hotel. I <
He declares himself the enemy [
of Colonel Henry Nelson, son !
Bell Nelson, banker. Gray fails ■
in love with Barbara Parker, i •
daughter of Tom Parker. Gus i
Briskow, friend of Gray, takes ■
Ma Briskow and Allegheny, the |
daughter, to the mountains, j
Gray visits them and Ma shows i
him where she goe s to visit
fairies. Ma pretends she is prin
cess and Gray declares himself
a duke. A message comes with
information that Bud Briskow,
the son, has run away from
school. Gray offers to follow and
bring the boy home.
NOW GO ON WITH STORY
“N-ni t exactly, but—”
Allegheny rose with an excla- ,
mation of anger. “Well, I won’t
meet ’em. He’d better mind his own
business.”
"Why, Allie!” the mother ex>-
claimed, in mild reproach.
T won’t! I hate everybody. Him,
with his high an’ fancy ways—,”l
the girl choked. “He looks ’down I
on us the same as other folks
does, an I don’t blame him. He
acts like we was cattle, an’ we
are.” Her own scorn appeared to
whip the speaker (into> a higher
frenzy. “Now, he’s gone off to
spoil Buddy’s doin’s. Butin’ in,
that’s what it is. If 1 knew where
Buddy is I’d warn him. I’d tell
him to look out. I’d tell him tto
grab his chance when it comes
along, it it takes all the Briskow
money, all the Briskow wells. He’s
lucky, Buddy is. It don’t make any
difference who he took up with, if
he loves her.”
Never but once before had the
Briskows seen their daughter in
a mood like this ,and that was on
the occasion of their first visit to
Dallas.
It was several moments after
the door of Allie’s room had
slammed behind her before Gus
Briskow spoke, and then it was
a deep sigh. ’> •
"I been afraid of something
like this, Ma. 1 reckon we’re go
in’ to pay dear for our money be
fore -we get through.”
‘‘An’ him with a princess in Wi
chita Falls!” the mother quavered.
Chapter XVIII
A Welcome Visitor.
While it cannot be said that
Tom Parker had ever labored ard
uously at anything, nevertheless
he had followed his calling faith
fully, and the peculiar exigencies
of that calling had mad? of him
a light and fitful sleeper.
'Rmt small room at the rear of
his Office Barbara had cleared of
its .dusty accumulations—of its
saddle sand saddle-bags, its rusty
Winchesters its old newspapers
and disorderly files—and had
transformed into a retreat for
him.
Tom approved of the change
after he became accustomed to it,
for he was subjected to fewer ir
ritating distractions there than
elsewhere. It was his practice to
sleep from nine-thirty until ele
ven, when “Bob” fetched him a
glass of orange juice with
“spike” in it. This refreshing bev
erage filled him with new energy
to tackle the issues of the day,
and. thereupon began a routine as
fixed as some religious ritual
Promptly upon the count of twen
ty he emerged from the inner of
fice, slamming the door energeti
cally behind him.
Whether ‘Bob” was alon.j or en
gaged with clients, Old Tom’s air
was always the same; it was that
of a busy man weighted with grave
lesponsibilities. He frowned; he
muttered, hurriedly:
“Got to see a man; back in an
hour. Anybody calls, tell ’em to
wait.”
This took him .to the front
door, winch he also slammed be
hind. him—there being a certain
force and determination to the
sound of a slamming door. Then
he limped down the street to
Judge Halloran’s office. The judge
usually had the checker-board out ,
and set when Tom arrived.
This morning “Bob” was alone ,
at her desk when he came out,
and something about her appear
ance caused the old warrior to ,
look twice. j
‘.‘My goodness! son, you’re all
dressed up!” he said, as he noted
“Bob’s” crisp white dress, the
rose upon her boson, the floppy j
hat that framed her face. “Church
sociable som’ers?” ,
‘No, dad.”
‘You certainly are sweet.”
Tom’s bleak, gray face softened
then some vague regret peered
forth from his eyes. “Certainly
are sweet, but—”
“But what?” The girl smjled up
at him.
“Oh. I don’t know —seems like
you ain’t quite the same boy you
was. You’re v'chajdging | lately,
Who’s Birthday or Wedding
Anniversary?
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someohw. Getting more like your
mother every week. 1 like mat,
of course,” ne said, quickly, “out
—l'd like awful well to see you j
in your ranch clothes again. I bet j
you ve clean forgot how to ridel
and rope and—”
"Try me sometime and see,” I
said the girl.
Apparently Tom believed there
was no time like the present, tor
he slid his right hand under the
lett lapel of his coat, and when
he brought it away there was a I
large single-action Colt’s revolver I
in it —a massive weapon upon;
the mother-ofpearl handle plates |
of which were carved two steers’ ’
heads.
Lessee you do a few tricks,
‘Bob.’ Do the roll. Remember i
don't stand cocked.
Miss Parker rose to her feet !
and took the weapon. She balanc
ed it in her hand, then she spun
it, rolled it, fanned it, went
through a routine of lightninglike
sleight-of-hand that Tom had
taught her long before.
‘Lessee you do a few shots,”
I her father urged, when she handed
lit back to him.
“In here?”
“Sure! It’s oitr shanty. Drive
a few nails or—l’ll tell you; kill
that bear and save that tender
foot’s life.” Tom pointed to a
Winchester calendar on the rear
wall, which bore the lithographic
likeness of an enraged grizzly
upon the point of helping himself
to a hunter.
“Why, we’d have the whole
town running in.”
Reluctantly Tom reloaded bis
weapon and thrust it back into its
shoulder holster; regretfully he
murmured: “Doggone! Never have
any more fun.” He turned toward
the door.
“Wheer are you goin, dad?”
“I got to see—What is it?”
‘Bob’ hesitated. “I wish you’d
■> He
“LESSEE YOU DO A FEW
SHOTS,” HER FATHER URGED.
stay here. I think Mr. Gray ar
rived this morning, and 1 expect
mm in. ’
loin decided that ’-.a had made
Juuge Halloran wait long enough,
lie should have been in the old
rascals king row by this time. So
ne said, briskly, ‘ Wish 1 could,
son, but I got'to see a man.”
“Mr. Gray was here several
times, berore he went away , bui
you were always out.” When her
.ather showed no inclination to
tarry, Barbara spoke- wiftr more
impatience than she had j evetr
used toward him. “1 want him to
meet you, dad, for he has come
back on purpose to take up that
Jackson well. If 1 devote all my
time to business, it seems to me
you could afford to sacrifice an
hour to it, just this once. That
checker game can wait.”
Tom was offended, and, being
a stubborn man, he bowed his
back, i
“Tell him to wait,” he said
cutrly. ‘‘l'll get around to jt soon
as I can.”
Without further comment the
old man pulled his gray wide
awake lower over his eyes and
limped out of the room. But he
did not go to Judge Halloran’s
office; he was too sore to risk
further offense at the hands of
one who took malicious delight j
in antagonizing him, so he walked I
the streets. Perhaps he had per-1
mitted the girl to do more than I
her share of the work, and hence I
her inclination to take all the ere- j
dit of their joint success was I
only natural, but it was time to 1
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cnange an rnar; time to turn a
big deal without her assistance,
tnat was the thing to do, handle
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i and turn it over for a price far
I in excess of |reventy-five thou
sand dollars. Such things were
being done —Tom did not know
just now, but he could easily find
out—ana there were several
tnousand dollars in the bank to
the firm’s account.
A bus was about to leave, so
Tom clambered in.
Little prickles ran over “Bob,”
she felt ner whole body galvanize
when she saw Gray coming.
lie entered, as she knew he
would enter, with the suggestion
iof having been blown thither
i upon the breast of a gale. He was
I electric; he throbbed with energy
Ihe was bursting with enthusiasm,
• and his delight at seeing her was ,
j boyish.
T told Jackson you’d be out
to look at the well and the books
today,” “Bob,” was saying. ‘Hie
won’t’ wait an hour longer.”
| “Splendid! I came the instant
I you telegraphed-—dropped every'4
; thing, in fact. Some of my men
i are waiting to see me, but I
I haven’t even notified them of my
I arrival. Important business, too;
I nevertheless, I hurried right here.
They can wait.” Gray laughed
! gladly. “Jove! How becoming that
i hat is. I hired the best-looking
I car I could find, and it will be
I here in a minute. I told myself 1
I had earned a day with you, and
' I wouldn’t spoil it by permitting
| you to drive, f’ve so much to talk
to you about—business of all
'sorts—that I scarcely know where
to begin.”
Now “Bob” had expected to
( drive to the Northwest Extension
with Gray; nothing else had been
in her mind; her field clothing
was even laid out really for a
quick change but a sudden con
tariness took hold of her; she
. cxpeirenced a shy perversity that
■ she could not explain.
“Oh, I’m sorry! I—can’t go.I
simply can’t,” she declared.
■ He was So ob’vioufjy ■ dfsapi
pointed that her determination
; gained strength; she was surprised
. at her own mendacity when she
. explained the iff/er impossibility
:of leaving the office, and told
I I a circumstantial fib about a title
that had to be cloked with people
from out of town.
In order finally to get him away
I before she could change her mind
she promised to hurry through het
affair and then drive out to bring
him home.
Gray drove directly to the
i lease he had come to examine
I and was disappointed to learn
j that .the owner had iust left. This
was annoying; “Bob” had assured
him that he was expected. In
quiry elicited from the surly indi
vidua lin charge no more than the
reluctant admission thfft Jackson
had been called to the nearest
telephone, but would be back
sometime.
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HILL’S MIXTURE
PROVING ALL
ITS CLAIMS!
Demonstrations Now Being Conducted Attended by Newspaper
Men, Farm Paper Editors, County Agents on Growing Cotton
Cotton Convince the Most Skeptical That This Wonderful
New Poision Does Attract and Kill the Weevil!
Newspapers Loud in Their Praise of This PROVEN Poison,
Which Is Predicted to Become the Salvation
of the Cotton-Growing South
I FROM THE DUBLIN
| COPRIER-HERALD, MAY 30
BOLL WEEVILS
KILLED BY USE OF
HILL’S MIXTURE
The demonstration of “Hill’s
Mixture” as a boll weevil destroy
er'given yesterday afternoon by
its inventor. Mr. L. D. Hill, of
Gough, Ga., proved an unexpected
success —unexpected because Mr.
Hill only guarantees 100 per cent
death of weevils when the field
created has twenty-four hours of
Jry weather.
The demonstration was given
over about one acre of cotton just
oeginning to bud on the farm of
Mr. W. T. Phelps. The application
>f poison proved very simple, be
,ng applied by Mr. Hill himself
ind anyone who would volunteer.
X three-foot stick with a rag mop
ind a small can of mixture be-<
' ng the only equipment required
■X few drops were “mopped” over
>aeh plant, the mop being dipped
into the bud when possible. An
icre was covered in this manner
n a very few minutes. The field
.vas first examined for* weevils
ind wherever one was found a
stake was placed. On one plant
five weevils were caught and on
mother ten weevils and both
slants were surrounded with wire
;auze to prevent escape of wee
vils.
It is claimed for this mixture
hat the weevil will climb a plant
to get to it and this fact was
proved absolutely in the case of,
it least two weevttS yesterday.
They were watched by County
Agent Hart in the 4pan, from an
enclosure, and were* seen to ac
tually climb the plant and dip
heir bills in the mixture.
The inventor and demsontrator,
Mr. Hill, stated that if fair weath-
T, <lquld be maintained for twen
'y-fo'ur hours' he would guarantee
he treated acre to be free from
ill weevils. As a matter of fact a
leavy rain came up'iff about two
tours after the poison had been
ipplied.
This morning the acre was
hecked and fifty cents per wee
•ill was offered by the demonstra
tors for any live weevil found in
he treated territory. A careful
md minute search by Mr. Hart
md others Tailed to bring to light
i single live weevil on the treated
acre, although they could be found
n plentiful Quantities over the
■est of the field.
All five weevils? in the enclosed
nlant were found dead. Six wee»
vils all females were dead on the
olant upon which ten had been
Maced the afternoon before, four
were still alive, due no doubt to
the fact that most of the poison
had been washed off by the heavy
rain. Mr. Hart stated that the dem
anstration to him was “astonish
■ng” especially in view of the
weather conditions and the very
hort time allowed the poison to
ret before the rain.
The inventor of this poison is a
practical farmer of Burke county.
Last year he raised 604 bales of
zotton, by the use of this mixture,
on 612 acres. The main features
n its favor are simplicity of ap
plication, and proven fact that the
weevil will actually seek the poi
on out to feed upon.
The demonstration yesterday
was witnessed and checked by M.
F. Powell, state distributor; L. K.
Hill, inventor; E. E. Dallis, adver
tising agent of Atlanta; F. H.
Rowe, distributor for Laurens
county. F. S. Palmer, farmer from
Waynesboro; G. F. Hunicut, • edi
or of the th“ Southern Cultivator;
C. A. Cobb, editor of the Southern
Ruralist; Jesse M. Jones, agricul
tural agent for S. A. L. Ry.; Frank
Lawson, E. G. Simmons, J. F.
Hart, W. H . Proctor, W. T.
Phelps, J. B. Green, T. M. Kel
lam, J. R. towell, T. V. Sanders,
H. H’. Smith, J. G. Glover, E. W.
Rosenthal, Joe Robinson, lizzie
Bashinski, H. A. Knight and many
others.
Mr). Bashinski Mqjkes fiftatemeni!.
To Whom It May Concern:
I was present this date in the
field <i>f Mr. W. T. Phelps, near
Dublin, to check a test made with
Hill’s Mixture for boll weevil.
Results showed that’ on six rows
on which the mixture was used,
no live weevils were found. On
six adjacent rows where no ap
plication was used, there were
found five live weevils. On mark
ed stalks where five weevils
were found and where application
was made in the«bud of the stalk,
there were no weevils found the
next day.
Five weevils were put in a wire
net cage and the mixture applied
in thq bud of the stalk inside of
the cage. It was found that ev-1
ery Jone of these weevils weVe I
dead the next day. Another test
with ten weevils in a cage showed i
that six of the ten were dead.
I might add that rain fell upon I
FROM THE SOUTHERN
CULTIVATOR
Demonstration
Hill’s Mixture
Laurens County
On May 29th we went down to
Dublin, Ga., to be present at a
boll weevil poisoning by the use of
Hill’s Mixture. Mr. Hill, himself;
Mr. Oliver,' of Barrett & Com
pany; Mr. Palmer, mayor of Way
nesboro; C. A. Cobb, editor of
The Southern Ruralist, and quite
a number of prominent people in
Dublin were present.
The continued rains made things
look very unpropritious for the ex
periment. We all sat around and
waited until after 2 o’clock to see
what the clouds were going to do.
About 3 o’clock we decided that
the rains might pass so we started
out, and drovet to the field of Mr.
W. T. Phelps. Here we caught five
weevils and put on a stalk of cot
ton and covered it with a screen,
and put ten weevils under an
other. Then we drove to the
Held of Mr. T. V. Sanders, and
tere we found weevils on the cot
on plant and simply stuck a stick
jeside it. We found one with three
.veevils on it. The Hill’s Mixture
./as applied to these stalks with
imjjle mop, made by tying a small
jiete of an old sock to a stick
ibout three feet in length. As the
nan walked along each stalk was
ouched with the mop in the top
>i the plant.
Heavy Rains Fail to Affect It.
This was all done between B
md 4 o’clock. Before 6 o’clock it
.vas pouring down rain. Naturally,
we concluded tvie demonstrajfio|i
.vas a failure on account of the
exceedingly uiffavorable condi
tions. So next morning we were
greatly surprised to find that all
ive of the weevils under screen
X’q. 1 were dead and six of those
under screen No. 2, the other four
.veevils seemed to have spent the
light crowding around the glass
op trying to get out. . ~,
100 Per Cent of Weevils Killed.
When we went over the fields'
of Mr. Sanders we found 100 per
:ent of the weevils under marked
stalks dead. All three were lying
lead under the plant that had the
three on it. Mr. Jack Hart, the
demonstration agent of Laurens
.’ounty, was with us and made the '
count himself.
Results Wonderful.
Every one present was surpris-1
ed at the quick results obtained.
Indeed, it was wonderful. Every
thoughtful man knows the condi
tion of our sou'hern farmers. We
realize the loss of labor on the
arms, because the wee.il destroy
ed the cotton. Many a farmer has
nad to put a‘ mortgage )>n his
.arm. Thousands of our\landown
ers cannot pay their debts. Hun
dreds of thousands have planted
cotton only to sete it destroyed
by the boll weevil, so it is a great
joy to us to know that we can
Kill the weevils and produce a
normal crop of cotton again.
Boon to the Farmer*.
The Hill’s Mixture and the oth-,
er syrup poisons are a boon to the
farmers because they are so
cheaply applied and give such
quick''results. Think of killing)
100 per cent in two hours before
any dew fell, and in spite of a
heavy rain.
Mr. Hart Found Weevil*.
County Agent J. F. Hart also;
reported finding dead weevils un
ier the stalks of cotton in the
field of Mr. Sanders this morning,
when the poison had been used
yesterday afternoon.
From Mr. W. T. Phelps.
“Hill’s Mixture was put on cot- j
ton in my field yesterday after
noon about 4:30; o’clock, ot) an
area of approximately three-
I'ourths of an acre. About 5:30 a
good rain fell on this area. This
morning we went into the field
about 10:30 and after a careful
search found one live weevil in
»he treated section. Several flag
ged stalks treated yesterday were
examined, and weevils were found
dead either on the stalk or on the
ground under the stalks. To show
that there were weevils here in
■ onsiderable quantities.. 7 looked
up the row next to the poisoned
area, and on one row I found five
weevils. It had no poison applied
to it.
“I am thoroughly convinced
that this poison is both thorough
end practical; that it does attract
the weevil, and that it does kill
them.”
the field on which this test was
[made within an hour after the
’mixture was applied. This placed
the test at a disadvantage and to
my mind the test proves conclu
) sively that Hill’s Mixture, if ap
| plied properly, will solve the wee
vil question successfully.
Yours very truly.
125Z1E BASKINSKI.
I (Continued on Page & Coluins 7,),
FROM THE DOTHAN I '
ALA., EAGLE, MAY 18 |
F ceding 801 l Weevils
Poison and Making Them
Like It, Latest Remedy
Demonstration Conducted on F. J.
I Weathers' Farm, South of Town,
Prove* That the Weevils Do Eat
the Poison and That It Kills
i Them—Acre and Half Poisoned
and But One Live Weevil Found
Next Day
I
I Ever since the boll weevil came
up out of Mexico and begun cut
ting down .the crop of cotton, the
people have been experiirtenjing
on various remedies to do away
with the weevil.
, the government has put expert 1
men from the agricultural depart
ment at the' command of xarm
communities to work with them,
and to co-operaCe with them in
finding away to do away with the
weevil, or cut his number down to
where cotton can be grown under
boll weevil conditions.
Many experiments have been)
conducted througtiout the south, J
by undertaking to poison the wee-'
vil, but the main trouble has been
in getting svmythiug that j.he wee
vil will eat of their own accord.
i There is a conewn.in Augusta,
[; Ga., which has been putting on the
j market a 'poison known as Hill’fe
I Mixture.
In an effort to get some one tb
; handle their product ’in [Dothan '
I they have come here and on Mon
’; day and Tuesday conducted a test
Jon the farm of F. J. Weathers,
I eight miles south of town. About
,! one and one-half acres of cotton,
down near the woods convenient to
i the winter supply of weevils, was
’ | poisoned Monday afternoon, using
about a gallon of the Hill’s Mix-
I ture. I
j Tuesday moining a party went
back to seb what the results were.
{ Only one live weevil was found
on this section.
A handful of weevils were
! caught Monday afternoon, and
i placed under a screen which went
I over the cotton. They were drop
‘ ped under this screen, and on the
: leaves of the cotton a quantity
I of the poison was placed. All these
| weevils were dead on Tuesday,
i with but one exception, and he
I looked mighty sick.
In the party were Thomas Bar
ret, Jr., who is vice-president of
the Hill's Mixture Co., N. F. Pow-,
ell ,and Walter Prej.on, of the j
Birmingham office, and J. R. Rob-1
ertson. of Augusta.
John Sanders went out with j
them Tuesday to make the inves-'
tigation on thy( Weathers farm, I
and he says the weevils were all
dead under the screen except the
one.
This mixture is put on the top'
of the cotton with a mop, and j
there' is an ordor that seems to
attract the weevils. Anyway, they
eat the mixture, and within a few
minutes, die from the poison.
I It takes, at this season of the
year, when cotton is small, less
than a gallon of the mixture to I
, the acre, which is put on from a
' mop which has been dipped into
: the mixture.
Mr. Barrett says they have con
j ducted extensive experiments with
it on their farms, and it is his
1 experience that it should be ap
plied about every 10 or 12 days
during the growing season.
But it is important that it be
promptly used on the young cot
ton, early in the season, when it '
takes I'ess and. when ithere are i
fewer weevils.
'•’■i hen < ottor. gr. Avs, and the
stalks spread more, naturallv it
will take more of f’e mixture-. (
Mr. Barrett b-hevis that it
takes on an average for the sea-i
son of about $3 per acre to keep!
the weevils poismel. The nrxture
sells for about 75c a gallon, and I
is poisoned when eaten by hcise
or mule, or other animals, and!
where it is applied to cotton, the
mules or horses cultivating the I
cotton should be kept muzzled.
But this is considered a small
trouble, considering the fact that
the weevils are kept under heavy
boll weevil infestation.
The Hill’s Mixture is about as
thick as syrup and somewhat the
color, and comes in five gallon
cans or bigger quantities.
It will be put on the market in
Dothan and handled by Sanders
Bros, local merchants.
From Mr. J. R. Powell.
Mr. J. R. Powell also heartily j
endorsed the Mixture, after seeing!
it used, in a statement below: [
“After seeing Kill’s Mixture!
‘demonstrated on the farm of Mr.
W. T. Phelps, seeing the poison l
applied yesterday afternoon about!
one hour before a good rain fell I
on the area treated for teste. Thin
morning I saw the check made of
«this test, and saw the hunt for live
FROM THE DAWSON, I
' GA ’ N EWS > MA T 15
1,200 WEEVILS
FOUND ON 5-
ACRE PATCH
Startling Condition Discovered on
Raines & Hollingsworth
Farm
The boll weevil is already stir
i ring in Terrell county, in luct tne
greatest enemy of the Georgia lar
mer is displaying an activity that
is as dangerous to the planters as
it is disquieting.
I On the tne farm of Messrs.
Raines and Hollingsworth, about
four miles beyond Chiekasawhut ■
thee, the cotton acreage was heav
ily infested with tne pests. The
I owners were unable to cope with /
the weevils by having the negroes
on the farm pick tnem and tne
situation was indeed grave. At the
last time picking was attempted
upwards of twelve hundred of the
cotton pests were found and there
seemed to be no indication of the
prolific destructive weevils dimin
-1 ishing.
Messrs. Raines and Hollings
! worth decided that a determined
' effort must be made at once to
completely eradicate the cotton
Ciestroyers. At the suggestion' of
I Lowrey & Davidson, wno are lo
cal agents for Hill's Mixture, a
well-known boll weevil extermina
tor, about five gaHvna of the
I poison were taken out to the farm
to experimenft on the worst in- ’
! tested acres. Last Thursday the
Hill’s Mixture was thoroughly ap
plied to fifteen acres of the most
densely 'populated with the insects.
Tuesday morning the same, acres
were inspected by a large number
of prominent Terrell and Dough
erty coftnty planters who are in
the same fix regarding the boll
weevil as Messrs. Raines and Hol-
I lingsworth. The negroes again
went over the fields in question
and found only five live weevils,
while numbers of dead ones were
scattered all over the plants and
down on the ground between the
i ows.
Then a live weevil was taken
and placed on a plant which had
been mopped with Hill’s Mixture
on last Thursday. The weevil gnaw
ed or chewed the leaf for a littel
- while and then fell off the plant
dead. Messrs. Raines and Hollings
j worth were delighted with the re
sults, and intend to use the poison
l on the remainder of the plants
tion.
! Besides the Terrell county
; planters who witnessed the sight
I there were Messrs. Theo Irwin and
; Charles Burke, of Americus; I.
'O. Thomas and J. D. Moseley,
| Bird Odom and Charles Mallory,
of Albany: and Julian Barrett, of
Augurta. Mr. Barrett represented
I the Hill’s Mixture Company, of
1 Augusta, while the rest of the
. gentlemen are prominent cotton
men in their respective town*.
FROM THE DUBLIN
COURIER-HERALD, MAY 31 | - ~
HILL’S MIXTURE
AND THE
BOLL WEEVIL
It is not often that we care to
refer editorially to a strictly com
: mercial product, but the question
of the boll weevil and Laurens
county is so close to all of us that
any preparation even promising re
lief must have serious considera
tion.
1 The editor of this paper knows
about as much about practical far
ming as a marathon dancer knows
about binominal theorem, but
when we see with out own eyes, ,
| assisted by the conscientious op
[ tics of County Agent Hart, two
i boll weevils deliberately walk up
! a cotton leaf and dip his infamous
‘ bill in Hill’s Mixture and later af
i ter three more weevils are caught
’ and placed on the same stalk and
| all five are inclosed so they can
-1 not escape and we go again the
next morning and see the same
five weevils flat on their backs
J“ad, we are constrained to be
lieve at least two 'things: first,
two boll weevils of their own imi
tative, ate the stuff and that the
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weevils in the poisoned area.
There was only one found in the
section treated. Numbers of stalks
jthat had been flagged when the
! poison was applied, were checked
[up carefully. On these stalks we
found no live weevils, but the wee
i vils were found dead, either on
1 the stalks or on the ground ba
’ neath it. There were plenty cf
’weevils in the field, for on rows
i not treated, next to the poisoned
rows live weevils were found in
jplenty.” . _ .. . a
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