The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-29
ORGANIZED FIGHT
 ON B0LL WEEV|L
Farm Demonstrations Are Hav-
 ing Effect lu Mississippi
WARNINGS ARE SOUNDED
Farmers Are Instructed to Prepare For Coming of Boil Weevil and Taught How to Make the Best
 Fight Against the Pest

Jackson, Miss, November 2s.-(Special) R. s. Wilson Of Columbus, who is state agent for cooperative work in the mat ter of farm demonstrations. was in the ] city yesterday on his way to Amite coun- ] ty. where he has an engagement to ad- dress farmers organization and from there goes to Sharkey county on a similar mission.
 A great many of these demonstration farms were established last spring, and being cultivated under the direction of the agents of the government made bet ter crops, as general thing, than did any in the same vicinity The success of last season will encourage many other farmers, 1t Is believed. to cultivate i against the boil weevil and to best ad- vantage on general principles.
 The agents of the government have i found that there are a great many farm CTS, who live 50 to 75 miles, or about one year. in advance of the boil weevils march, who scoff at the idea of such damage as is predicted by the represen- tatives of the government, and the conse- quence is that a great many of them are ruined before they know 1t. Those who accept the advice and take the warnings sounded by the experts have been able to hold their own very well. The idea is to prepare for the coming of the pests to plant early, cultivate often. destroy the fallen forms and burn stalks and i trash.
 l Last year at this date Jackson had re- ceived almost twice the number of bales of cotton that have been received to the same date this season, and yet the num- Der on hand is about the same this year as last.
 The total receipts to date this year have been 22,ooo; last year to the same date they were 4o,42s-a difference in favor of last year of 1S,428.
 The cotton on hand at the close of bus mess last night was S45o bales, as against S127 for the same last year, or only 32s more bales this year than last
 The price paid here yesterday was around 14.5oc, but even at that figure very little was being offered, the farmers pre- ferring to hold a while longer. being con- hdent the price is going above 15c in 1 few days.
 State Geologist Lowe of Oxford is | among the visitors to the city, being here | for the purpose of installing the exhibits i of the states mineral resources he has so far been enabled to collect Cases have been placed on the first floor of the
 exhi ] be placed They are handsomely made | and provided with glass tops so that the 1 contents may be seen al a glance
 Messrs. Goodman and Spann of the dlass in geology at the A. and M. college are also in the city to assist Professor Lowe l and a couple of experts from the depart ment at Washington will be along soon. These forces will unite in survey of | Adams and Noxubee county, first, and will then take up other counties, noting the mineral deposits and making maps or | their locality and extent
 The government has very kindly con- sented to assist Mississippi in this geolog- teal survey sending some of It's best l and most experienced men to assist Pro- lessor Lowe. Such a map has never been 1 made of the state, and is badly needed, as inquiries are persistent
 It is known that there is a great deal of the finest and best building stone in the United States in Mississippi. and yet little of it has ever been utilized. It Is known that there are several deposits or the best limestone on earth here Tn MS sissippi, and yet this knowledge has been nut to little or no use. The same is true of other geological formations.
 The Kosciusko Herald prints extracts from copies of old newspapers published in that town back in the forties and hf- 1 ties. From the Southern Sun Of 1853 It learns that a very bitter political cam paign was on, and there is full account of a personal difficulty at carthage Ieake county, between Col. A. K. Me- Chung. the famous duelist, and Col. o. R. Singleton. who for 30 years represented that district in Congress. The two men were engaged in @ joint debate at Garth age when they clashed. McClung kicked Singleton and received in exchange sew eral blows about the face and head before they could be separated.
 That same issue of the Sun gives tne population of Jackson as 45o
 Jobn " Dav of Copiah county claims the banner cotton bale of the year, and it may be that 1t is justified This bale weighs b7o pounds and sold for 25 cents per pound, netting $143.5 and to which must be added the premium of N60 that was awarded 1t by the judges df the late State Fair being the best ginned and best compressed bale shown there. When cotton sells for $50 per bale the farmer is making more money than government land offices.
 There is great and growing complaint all over this section of the state of the scarcity of water and live stock is being driven great distances to the river or to running streams. The ponds, save the very large ones, are gone dry, cisterns are played out and many farmers are hauling their drinking water for miles. Unless a good. soaking rain comes soon there Is bound to be suffering as well as incon- venience.
 Boy Kills His comrade.
 Omaha, Neb., November 2S.-While hunting today Wesley Mcbride, aged 1e, according to his own version of the affair, accidentally shot his companion Harry Long, aged 15, in the jaw, and then fired two shots into h1s head tC