The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-08
FARMERS ARE BUSY
FIGHTING WEEV|[
Will Make Cotton In Spite OF
the Pest
HALF CROP rs EXPECTED
Mississippi Railroad Comnissi"" NUNS
I'm on Knotty Case-Brewer slated
for Gubernatorial Honor
Rife Team selected

jackson. Miss, August 7.-tSpecial.
a. II. Afford, demonstration agent 20
the United States department OF asri
culture in the boil weevil distrlcts o
Mississippi, and whose headquarters ar'
or Favette, was in the city yesterd1s
o, route to Lincoln and Pike counties
Mr. Afford states that the farmers
have been making heroic fight agalhs
the veevfls and that they are soiha
70 make some cotton in spite Oh IN
nest. BY planting early varieties o
seed. quick cultivation, constant shai
low blowing, and picking UP the pune
AIRED bolls, the farmers have sotter
the best of the weevils. This Is TN
case wherever the governments advice
has been followed. and better than
half crop is going to be harvested
In this connection Capt. ]. W. whit
taker, manager of the states coh'lc
farm at oakley, Kinds county, WING was
In jackson today, states that during
the first of the season he paid his con-
victs five cents each for every Dol
yeevil they found. and in that way
he got ahead of the breeders. since
that time he has carefully gathered
and burned all polls that have fallen
off the stalks and found that two
thirds of those picked up contained the
Young weevil. A few days ago IN 60
ing over his 200 acres of cotton he
got IS bushels of bolls, all OF which
were burned. The sweeps and harrows
are kept constantly on the move
through the cotton. thus destroying a
great many more of the pests Captain
Whitaker has discovered from actual
.xnerience and experiments that the
hot sun is sure death to the weevils
He has collected numbers of them
placed them in the sun and in an noun
found every one dead. Several that
he buried under three inches of earth
came out as lively as crickets.
The railroad commission has case
that is a puzzler and one that Is rath-
err out of their line, and should per-
hans be referred to the courts OF the
county in which it originated.
Several days since a drummer hap
nened in the little town of Sails, At
tal1a county. His trunks were placed
In the depot and about o'clock, hav
ing occasion to go into his trunks,
he went to the depot to get them.
The agent had gone to breakfast but
the travelling man insisted that he was
bound to get his trunk; wherefore he
proceeded to break open the depot door
and declares that he will do so again
II he should find a depot closed against
him during the hours depots are sup
posed to remain open, The rule OF the
commission is that depots shall be Kept
open from a. m. to p. M, Win
one hour allowed for dinner at p. m.
The commission does not know ex-
actly what to do with the case and
may Just pass it up to the courts for
settlement.
Earl Brewer of Clarksdale, Coahoma
county, was in Jackson yesterday en-
route to Crystal Springs, where he
was called to make an address and ex-
pected to return to Gulfport today, ms
family being there enjoying the guh
breezes.
1t is admitted on every hand that
there is no heading Mr.. Brewer from
the gubernatorial chair next time. In
fact. it begins to look like he is go
Ing into the office without opposition.
Judge Robert Powell of this city, who
was Mr.. Brewers campaign manager
three years ago, declares there is no
power on earth can beat his man this
time-that he has taken the bit in his
mouth and is even now tearing down
the homestretch with the field so far
to the rear they cannot even be count
ed as among the "also rams
Charles Scott of Boliver, the only
other man mentioned in connection with
the governorship, is In bad shape phys
tcally, having almost lost his voice and
beine unable to make a canvass of the
state Just now II he desired to do So
This was the report several weeks ago
and was bad news to the friends over
the state who had voted for him In
the last primary for state offices. They
have hopes, of course, that Mr.. Scott
will vet enter the race, but fear he
will not be able.
Adiutant General Fridge has selected
the following officers and men of the Mis-
sissippi National Guard to represent the
state in the rife tournament at Camp
Perry, O., and they left Vicksburg today
for that place. Col. e. B. Baker, Natchez;
Col. Sam l. McCants, Meridian; Maj. ].
n. Stone, Natchez; Maj. ]. A. Bell, Merid-
ian; Maj. George e. Hogaboom, Vicks-
burg; Capt. J. E. Gormon, Vicksburg
Capt. H. C. Marks, Natchez; Capt. S. P.
Walker, Brookhaven; Capt. II. A. Quin-
nelly, LAUREL First Lieut.. M. M. Brown,
Macon; First Lieut.. A. E. Wilde, Vicks-
burg; Second Lieut.. N. ]. Hall, Vicks-
burg; Color serg. M. sparkman, Cleve-
land; Sergt NJ. j. Coffey, Vicksburg;
eergt. J. r. Waggener, Vicksburg; Sergt
T. r. Whitaker, Meridian; Sergeant
Joiner, Meridian; Sergt. Douglass Man.
ship, Jackson.
state Geologist Lowe will go down into
simpson county tomorrow on hunt fol
mountain of very fine yellow ochre he
hns understood Is TO be found near the