The Monroe journal., 1922-01-13
HUGGINS 4 VICTIM
OF WINGATE COP
Continued from page one.

treatment.
Mr.. ] B Mellin. OF the Gilboa
community. tells Us that there has
bees a tremendous increase in small
gram acrtage in this section this
year Especially is the increase IN
the number OF acres sOwn 10 wheat
noticeable. Since those memorable
years ia the nineties when the chinch
bug created more excitement than
the holl weeyil IS causiu. now there
has been very litIlt wheat grown IN
MarshVille and Lanes Crees town.
ships bur Indications now are that
The hum ot tile inf,sht1- machine
will be heard cu Ntrl slide a-aln
next summer A,theg -h Mr. Nediln
says he small grain cropS are tHrn-
ing somewhat red from the effects OF
the Hessian lly. caused BY the warm
weather.
Never ~ Much Flowing
Speakmg 5. wla E, saw on 4 re-
cent trip &c Hamlet Nr 4 IN Bras
We'll 81 south Narshyllie township
declared that he has never seen 50
much plowiug at This season OF the
year. With wave q the hand ue eN-
claimed. practically a,l tAe land
alopg the route has heen turned. +
And Nr. Brasvell has no reputation
for seems thuf-s taat iD uot exist
either He SAYS J.e idea for So much
fan and winter ll0W u- IS % deS-
troy the bon weeyls.
SIR ;. : Moore Tells 4 good story
about stOck-tdkirG time with mer-
chants. The fun S at the expense Of
Charlie Ions Who was III hat lme
q Wtll-EnoWu character p this conf
muuty II was about the first Of Jan
uagy and Charlie had come to town
to trade horses lle went 10 Harrell
Bros stable and called for the trader
Thc doors were shit ana voice from
within exclaimed. We are taxing
stock today But Charlie didn't like
the idea and he very positively re-
piled in an excited tone loull not
take my stock / came 70 swap.
One OF the best farms in this sec
tions is owned by Mr.. J NJ Little
ana IL is located at Gi.boa church
three miles south OF town Mr., Lit
lie Is erecting a beautiful brick bum
Calog Where his old rcsiduece was
burned a few months ago aud he
takes a great al of pride ID his
new residence and ais farming on
erat.ous. althog5h horse-ttading is
by nature and oy practice his ions
suit When ASKED vhai he expects 20
grow this year. NIr Little replied
stock. cattle corn peas and boil
weevls He mi1ht have also uclud
ed fish. fer he has Just completed
and stocked large POND for this pur-
pose.
Find ng the Boil Wce,il
One learns from interviews with
farmers that they are thinking a
great deal about the boil weevil, az
tholgh his appearance in this section
las. year amounted to very little.
Mr. L. j. Perry Of Wingate relates
some very interesting experiences he
recently had with the pesky little in
sect. He casually pulled up a cookie
bur in his cotton field q few days ago
and began tearing into the roots OF
the weed when % his great surprise,
Re found a large number Of bell wee
. - t..". "s,1 t"'.' wv ",iises VA
so.s "a ~ i''t ~. - w., ,,e Wy A.eoui 1 ne
iet0"sN4 -" i'I'.
i,. Del .. o.iieL 'oy ".'s'e,s ''il =, - eAeI
wills we're found rs make sue the
v eevil is using this particular kind
III weed in which tJ fake his long sim
~ 1'p' = t'.s MI" eN''i,iiyu WIN.
and % faYr5 ~ ~ vacy, af an II San
clusion II that farmers had better pulII
M and burn AN gockIeburs in their
cotton fields ana around di.chcs ana
terraces ADJOINING land that they n-
4erd rs plant rs cotton ncyt wear. Mr..
CT. Bowman uf Narshvi,. has also
been looking into .he bon weevi sit-
uation to a great extent and he has
learned through interviews With men
from The weeril-ufasted bet that
cotton and okra are the oply things
upon which he feeds
Mayor kemu Helms. Of Wingate
is an .jous FOR The Journal 10 keen
in cl.se touch with his home town
and The Journal s lust as anxious
4o keen Is tauch With II. Nayor
Helms bpIiayes that Winpate < des-
tined 10 be great place. and when
a stranger masses through that en-
ternrisinp town ana views the sDlen-
did school building and dormitories
and the bequtifal spacious new
church. together with tbe handsome
esidences. ne inyoluntarily lmbibes