The Monroe journal., 1922-11-03
INTERESTING COLUMN OF
NEWS And INTERVIEWS
Conflict in Hunting Season. But MIR.
Lemmond Makes Ruling That
Removes All Doubt
DECEMBER AND JANUARY
ARE THE open MONTHS
MIR. ]. ID. Hemby Believes Picking
Up the Squares Helps = He Made
Good Yield OF Land on Which
He Used No Fertilizer Except SIS
Worth of Acid.
Believes In Picking Up Squares

Believes In Picking Up Squares
Mr.. j. d. Hemby made five bales
of cotton off ten acres of land on
which he used no fertilizer except
about fifteen dollars worth of acd.
Il figured that small, hardy plant, >
he said in explaining his exploit,
would withstand the boil weevi. bet
ter than cotton Of ran.iisn growth.
So | used no fertilizer EXCEPT the
acid, and by thinning my rows | pro.
duced a small plant that permitted
the suns rays, the weeviFs worst
enemy, to reach its bottom stalks and
leaves. Some of my tenants farmed
the same old way, using plenty of
fertilizer. They won't get more than
two or three hundreds pounds to the
horse"
Burning squares is the best method
of combating the weevil in Nj Hem
by's opinion. They say tna. the ME
of weevil is about fifty lays dur
ing the Gotten season." he said, "and
If this is true, it strikes me that we
could completely eradicate the weevil
in the course of time by burning ev-
cry square the day it falls. put
more faith in this method than in
poisoning"
Scores the Superstitious Ones
At the risk of taxing the patience
of the readers of this column, the
writer is forced to tell another boil
weevil story. Some misguided folks,
you know, are refusing to fight the
weevil, contending that the Lord sent
the weevil here an dthat it is useless
to combat the work of the Lord. Esq.
H. L. McManus heard one Of these
fellows talking. Didn't the Lord
put Ice on your hogs?" he asked.
"Yes," said the man. "You fight the
lice, don't you?' "Yes," said the
man, but | amt going to fight the
boil weeyil The Lord sent him"
"Didn't the Lord send the bed bugs ?"
Mr.. McManus persisted. Yes" was
the response, "but it don't make any
difference. | amt going to fight the
boil weevil. It's the work of the
Lord"
when a man feels like that"
commented Mr.. McManus, 81 don't
think he deserves to make any cot
ton"
The Union County Game Law
Il wish you would publish the Un-
ion county game law" requested Mr..
j. +. Stewart, deputy clerk of court,
yesterday. $50 many people are in
quiring about its provision that |
think your readers will appreciate
seeing it in your paper" The law
reads:
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section /. That is shall be a mis-
demeanor to hunt with guns, or to
kill with firearms, any game what
soever between the first day of Feb
ruary and the first day of December
IN each year in Union county, and the
months of December and February
shall be the open season for hunting.
Section 2. That the Sheriff of I'm
ion county is hereby made, ex Off
cio, county game warden, and it shall
be his duty to diligently enforce the
game laws of the county as fully as
all other laws, and for the purpose
thereto he shall have the rights, OBJ
legations and powers set forth in Sec
tions two thousand eight-two, two
thousand eighty-three, two thousand
eighty-four, two thousand eighty-five
and two thousand eighty-six of the
consolidated statutes.
Section 3. All laws and clauses of
laws in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
"Section L. THIS act shall be in
force from and after its ratification.
Ratified this the 7th day of March,
A. D., 1921"
In section one, it will be noted,
there is a conflict in the dates. 1t
first says that the closed season. shall
be between the first day of February
and the first day of December, then
the contradictory language, "and the
months of December and February
shall be the open season for hunt
ing" On being appealed to for a
ruling on the statute, Atorney-Gen-
eral Lemmond held that the "open
season" for hunting were the months
of December and January, since it |
was the evident intention of the au-
thor that the season between the first |
of February and the first of Decem- |
Der should be "closed."
The Best Act at the Circus
The hundreds of Union county |
people who saw Ringling Brothers big |
circus in Charlotte are telling Of the |
many new acts and stunts that have
been added to this big show for the |
entertainment of both old and young.
but Mr.. Frank Austin is positive that
the act where a clown was chased by
a goose was the best of them all. Il
haven't got through laughing yet at
the spectacle sof grown man run
ming from a goose" he said We'd
nesday. at was so ridiculous seaing
that clown going around the ring at
express train speed with the goose
right at his heels, his face having
that expression common 70 folks when
they are fleeing from ferociois bull
dog or bull"
How to Keep Well Il
Although he is fifty-sis years old,
Mr.. ]. G.. Stroud has not been i'll but