The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-01
Arp Tries Colonel Redding's Plan to
Get Rid of Potato Bugs.
OFFERS THE CHILDREN A PRIZE
Gives Them a Nickel q Dozen For
Dead Bugs-how the Philosopher
Is Succeeding.

says begin early and watch TO" the iirSt
ones that come. Make an inspection
every monraing and Kill the large
striped ones before they lay their eggs.
Ny crop is about six inches hign.
have six long rows III the garden and
the other morning l found the pesAy
things had come. l killed about thirty
and then told the ch!ldren-the graz j.
children | mean-that l would pay
them a nickle for every dozen bugs
they found. That evening they killed
sixty and next morning forty, and
this morning fifteen, and this evening
ten. So the three little girls brought ne
in debt sixty cents and feel rich. The
bargain is that they are 70 pay me back
for all find and l have not found but
five yet, though l don't look very care
fully. Children like to work for money
just like grown folks. remember we'll
the first half dollar l ever earned. My
father was clearing land and told me
might have the saplings if / would
trim them up and pile the brush and /
might have the wagon and team 10
haul them to town and sell them.
had the evenings after school and Sat-
urdays to work and soon had a load
ready and sold it to our school teacher
for a silver half dollar. was rich, and
as drove home felt OF it in my pocket
every little while to be sure it was
there. like 10 reward these little
chaps, for it does them so much good
and makes them love me. The love OF
an innocent child is the purest on earth
except the love Of a mother. have no
greater comfort now than the glad
smile OF a little one that jumps into
my arms whenever I come. It fiattcrs
my. vanity, for though l am old and
ugly the little one will hug me and pat
my wrinkied checks and turn away
from those who are young and hand
some. The greatest inducement for
parent to be Christian is to secure the
salvation of their children and meet
them in heaven, for it is said in the
scriptures in three places Believe n
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
be saved--thou and thine house It
was said by Paul and by Peter and the
Spirit. thou and thine house" Sc let
the good mother not despair Of Ter
wicked son who went unrepentant to
his death aad may these words always
comfort her, thou and thine house.
For the sake Of ten good people the
Lord would have saved Sodom and for
the sake OF good parents He will save
the children.
Last year my potato crop was aerl-
ously damaged by those bugs, and by
the paris green, too, for / used too
much of it, and so am taking Colonei
Redding's advice end killing of the dig
striped beetles before they lay their
patches of yellow eggs on the uncer
side of the leaves. instructed the hill
drer to look for eggs and they founo
only two leaves with eggs on them.
With a little sharpened stick they dug
around the base of every plant, and
there found most of the beetles, but
am already satisfied with the expert
ment, and hope that will not have to
use paris green at all. l shall continue
nv bargain with the children, even IL
II is expensive. l overheard them plot
ting this evening about going to the
drug store tomorrow and buying some
ice cream, and they agreed to take TWO
saucers apiece. These little girls are
great inventions, and love to watcn
them and then ruminate and ponder
why it was that children, especially
bows, get Eo.e selfish and deceitful az
they grow older. Tae devil seems 10
let them alone until they get weaned
from their mothor.
The good and the bad are strangely
mixed in this world. New plaques and
pestilences keep on coming, both on
animal and vegetable life, but hna
Providence has provided remedies and
given us minds to find them. But
have found no way to keep the pigeons
from preylng upon my young peas Ss
they peep out OF the ground. They ut
terly destroyed my first planting ana
have begun On the second. We nave
had flock for many years. and never
knew them to trouble the garden be-
fore. say, Colonel Redding, what
must do about It? My wife says
cover them with brush, and l will II l
can find the brush. The English spar
rows do leave us most Of the crop, but
the pigeons don't leave US anything.