Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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Weevil Problem
Solved Is Claim
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Experts Declare Hill Method
of Liquid Poison Will
Kill Pests
"The United States depart-
ment of agriculture, by carefully
prepared statistics, estimates the
loss in cotton production for the
year 1921 by Southern farmers,
as a result of boll weevil infecta-
tion and damage of 6,277,000
bales of cotton average weight of
500 pounds per bale. At an av
erage selling price of 15 cents
per pound, this amount of des
troyed cotton by these rapacious
insects represents a total net loss
from that source alone of $470,-
775,000 in gold, or its equivalent,
to the purchasing and debt-pay-
ing power of the people of the
cotton states."
After reading such an account
of the terrible ravages of this
pest,, it is with a sigh of relief
that we read the glowing account
of the wonderful new method
which seems to have been dis-
covered by Mr. W. D. Hill, a
practical farmer of Burke Co.,
Georgia, for eradicating in a
much cheaper, and. he claims, an
almost certain method. Follow-
ing is an account of the way
which the Hill Method works.
J. $winton Whaley, a practical
farmer of South Carolina, after
making a personal survey of the
way in which the Hill Method
had worked on the many farms
on which it was used around Mr.
Hill's own farm, has this to say
of the process: "The special
dispatches in the Manufacturers
Record of last week and Mr.
Wannamaker's article had led me
to expect much, but I was not
prepared to find such conclusive
evidence of success as I did find.
A boll weevil remedy that per-
mits the remunerative production
of cotton under ordinary condi-
tions has unquestionably been
found."
On Mr. Hill's own farm, it was
found that he had produced al-
most a full cotton crop during the
present yegr, in spite of the boll
weevil. This was evidenced by
his producing ' '600 bales on 800
acres." On another, a small
place cultivated by a widow and
-ix children, it was found that
7 bales had been produced on
15 acres where, only two or three
ijlwould had been produced ordin-
arily.
"Mr. Hill informed me that af-
ter the expenditure of $26,000
and years of hard work he has
produced the livuid poison which
he himself has been using for
severel years and which was
used on the cotton referred above
during the past season," declares
the editor of the Manufacturers
Record.
"The principle of the Hill mix-
ture is exceedingly simple. There
is nothing complicated about it.
The most ignorant farmer in the
south can use it successfully. It
takes but a few words to describe
it. It was recognized that the
boll weevil problem would be
solved if something would be
found that would attract the wee-
vil as fly paper attracts the fly.
This magnet is what Mr. Hill
apparently has discovered. There
are three elements in the mix-
ture—molasses as a binder, ar-
senate as a poison, and a third
(secret) element which attracts
the weevil. The testimony is
cumulative that when a small
quantity of the mixture is put on
the top of the cotton plant, the
weevil will hunt it out, find it and
eat it."
The poison has the odor of the
cotton bloom, and by applying it
in the heart of the cotton stalk,
the boll weevil is attracted to it.
eats it and is killed.
Mr. Whaley then adds this
comment: "I realize of course,
that further experiments will be
necessary before it can be said
positively that this remedy will
work in all climates and in all
conditions; that it will restore
the great sea island cotton indus-
try in Florida, in Georgia and
South Carolina and enable the
south again adequately to supply
the full world requirements for
cotton, but my own conclusion is
that at last a real remedy is
available and that it means a new
era for the South."
See program for the Queen on
another page,
Jordan Almonds, 39 cts. per lb.
Nester Drug Co.
Mrs. H. M. Sanders returned
Tuesday from a visit with her
sister at Wallis.
Miss Zalie Reaser went to
Houston Saturday to spend a few
days with relatives.
Mrs. J. W. Powell came home
from Bay City Tuesday where
she had been visiting relatives.
Rubbing Alcohol half pint bot-
tles 35 cents per.
Nester Drug Co.
Mrs. H. S. Russell and son,
John Russell, left last week for
California to be away for several
weeks.
Nothing Compares
With Chevrolet
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Shrader
and children, who have been the
guests of Victoria relatives, came
home Tuesday.
Demand that your insurance
agent meet every requirement of
Safety, Stability and Service.
Grant & Grant do this.
Mr. Guy Perry, who for sever-
al weeks has been seeking a loca-
tion, came "home" Wednesday
and will be here for several days.
FOR SALE—Half price, new
blue flame oil brooder. Capacity
fifty to one thousand. Can be
seen at Burton's Feed Store. 6-2t
Miss Louise Pybus returned
from Houston Monday after hav-
ing spent nearly a week in the
city taking advantage of the
various musical feasts.
Mrs. J. C. Stulting slipped on
the ice Monday and sustained
severe injuries. For a time her
life was despaired of and her
daughters, Mrs. Lingenfelter,
Houston, and Miss Alma Stulting
Damon, were summoned. At
present however Mrs. Stulting is
resting much easier.
FOR SALE-One 10x10 brood-
er house, nearly new and less
than one-half price of the lum-
ber; water and rat proof. Also
a few cedar posts left.
O. J. Hollingsworth.
YEATS' REMINISCENCES
Most young Irishmen have been
busy during recent years fighting
Ould England, or among them-
selves, or chronicling the war doings,
and so we have had less of them in
authorship, pure and simple, than
we could have desired. But W. B.
Yeats has slowly gono forward with
his reminiscences, and now they are
in sight, under the poetic if not very
personal title, "The Trembling of
the YeiJ." Even so, it is the per-
sonal record of an interesting life,
shaped to literary and artistic ends
by the influences which surrounded
Mr. Yeats in his early days. His
father, who eventually settled in
New York and became a much-liked
figure there, had a large circle of
gifted friends, and intercourse with
them helped to launch his son. Mor-
ris, poet, master printer and social-
ist, and Henley, essayist, poet and
journalist, are two men who come
prominently into Mr. Yeats' survey
of the past; but, indeed, it is alive
with people and events.—London
Graphic.
Let Grant & Grant write your
Fire, Tornado or Auto Insurance.
Office upstairs in Perry Bldg.
Mr. J. L. Deutsch brought a
mammoth sweet potato to the
Beacon office—one that weighs
eight strong pounds. Mr. Deutsch
is of the opinion that oyster shell
is a necessary element of this
soil for the best results in the
growing of vegetables, for the
potato was grown where there is
considerable of the shell in the
ground.
How to avoid sleepless nights
and enjoy the blessings of the
day, by having a set of cushion
tubes installed. You don't know
what a pleasure it is to drive off
with a puncture proof tire on
a business or pleasure trip. Will
be glad to fit you out with a set.
C. M. Claybourn, Agent.
The Auxiliary of the Presby-
terian church met in executive
session Thursday afternoon and
elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President,
Mrs. L. A. McKinnon; vice-pres-
ident, Mrs. J. W. Crawford;
secretary, Mrs. R. J. Sisson;
treasurer, Mrs. P. F. Campbell.
The new constitution calls for
two of the officers elected this
year to serve one year and the
other two to serve two years,
thus there will never be a com-
plete set of new officers. The
president and treasurer are the
two who will serve one year tho'
this is Mrs. McKinnon's second
year as president of the Auxiliary
The Wednesday Club met at
the home of Mrs. John Traylor
this week when a splendid pro-
gram was enjoyded. Mrs. Hill-
yer gave a winter reading from
Longfellow and Mrs. Cairnes and
Mrs. Ehlers very ably discussed
Russian Art. The next meeting
will be with the Misses Wolf.
WOULD GET THEM, ANYWAY
Marjorle Knew Moro Than One Methotf
of Obtaining the Cookies
She Desired.
The neighbor woman, Mrs. Smith,
had given little Marjorie cake, cand;
and cookies until Marjorie hi
come to look upon the gifts as a
matter of course and upon Mrs.
Smith as a sure source of supply.
One lonesome morning when Mar-
jorie could find nothing to do she
observed to her mother:
"Mamma, I believe I will go over
and ask Mrs. Smith fcr some
cookies."
"Why, Marjorie!" mother ex-
claimed. "You mustn't think of
such a thing! It isn't nice for you
to ask Mrs. Smith for cookies."
Marjorie was dejected, but of-
fered an alternative.
"Well, then, mamma, I will go
over to Mrs. Smith's and stand
around and look like I wanted some
cookies."—Kansas City Star.
HOUSEHOLD PRIDE
The girl was passing the night
with another girl from her office,
who had married not so many
months ago and had moved out to
one of the row of shining bunga-
lows in one of the suburbs. The
young couple were proudly showing
her over the new domain, if not
from attic to cellar, at least from
front door to back. It was all very
wonderful—the girl admitted it and
tried to express her admiration as
enthusiastically as she knew she was
expected to do. But the last exhibit
found her at a loss for the right
comment. On the back porch re-
posed a huge, ultra-modern and very
glittering garbage can.
"And we have," the young hus-
band finished his spoil, "the finest
layout of garbage on the block—the
most up-to-date can—and the most
garbage."
Did that cast any reflections on
the young wife's cooking, the girl
wondered as she groped for a fitting
reply.
LAST SON OF THE REVOLUTION
California is the home of the only
surviving son of the American Revo-
lution, Judge Lewis Patrick Phil-
lips, ninety-one years old, of Dow-
ney, Cal. Judge Phillips asserts
that his father fought in the Revo-
lution, which brings tho span of al-
most a century and a half within
the lives of two generations in one
family.
COULD USE FRAME
The futurist painter was visiting
the house of his only patron.
"Oh, by the way," said his host,
"did you hear about the burglary
here the other night?"
"No. Did they get much?"
"No. Not as much as they might
have done. A couple of clocks, some
silver and—you know that picture
I've just bought from you? They
cut it out of its frame, and—■"
"Did they?" cried the delighted
artist. "My fortune's made! This
is just the advertisement I've been
looking for for years!"
"And went off with the framo!"
concluded his patron, sadly.—Kan-
sas City Star.
RIGHT ABOUT FACE
I work in an office where there
are quite a few boys and girls. When
the boss goes out they all begin to
talk and joke, but the minute they
hear him coming they get to work.
One afternoon the boss left the
office on an errand. I also left, and
on my way back, thinking I'd give
them a scare, I opened the door soft-
ly and said, in a loud whisper. "Sh I
The boss is coming!"
Everything was strangely quiet.
Out stepped the boss from behind
some files, saying, "I am already
here, thank you."—Chicago Trib-
une.
MOCK SUNS IN THE ARCTIC
Phenomenon Explained as Caused by
the Refraction and Reflection
From the Real 8un.
Mock suns are similar in point of
origin to the mirages of the desert,
only they occur in the Arctic circle.
As the long winter night of the
polar region wanes, once every 24
hours a slight glow is seen at some
point on the horizon. Often accom-
panying this glow ia seen the phe-
nomenon of the mock suns. Up in
the heavens as many as five of these
spectral orbs have been seen at once.
Invariably they are all connected in
ii geometric figure, the suns seem=
ingly being bound together with
circles and arcs of light.
Often, when only one appears, it
is mistaken for the real sun, and
natives rejoice at the early end of
the long winter night, only to be dis-
appointed as the image disappear;
The explanation of the phenomenon
is given by physicists as refraction
and reflection of light from the real
sun below the horizon on the mists
in the upper atmosphere.—New
York Herald.
GAVE FREELY TO THE LORD
There is a woman in old Mexico
whose name I know not—God know-
eth. This woman is a Methodist.
And when the centenary came to
pass, she had naught that she could
give, save a tenth of the income
from her little store. This she gave
gladly. But the time came when
they wanted to build a church in her
town, and again there was need for
her help. She cogitated awhile, and
then she bethought herself of her
pigs. "Yes," said she. "I will raise
a litter of pigs for the Lord." And
eo she did, and sold them and
brought the money and put it into
the treasury of the church. It is a
simple story, but I thought when I
heard it, how many of us, having
more by far than this woman, have
risen to the height of her conception
of partnership? For there be some
among u» who might conduct our
business for the Lord, and if we did
He would not need to bo a beggar.—
American Bible Society.
LEADING THEM
The new settlement worker was
obtaining data as to the characters
and habits of the residents in the
negro section of the town to which
she had been assigned. Aunt Mandy
had been particularly boastful as to
the fine qualities of her man.
"Is your husband a patient man?"
inquired the worker.
"'Deed he am," replied Mandy
with pride. "Ah 'specks he's de pa-
tientes' man what is. He done spend
all las' Sunday fixin' a new pair o'
dice to roll natural." — American
Legion Weekly.
YOUTHFUL TRAVELER
Although only seven years of age,
Norma Snow has traveled 80,000
miles in the last two years. During
this time sho has traversed most of
the African jungle with her father,
a noted lion tamer, whom she ac-
companied on his journeys in search
of wild animals.
§ "WE SAY IT with SERVICE"
We want to tell you
that we handle
That Good Gulf Gasoline"
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are bestowed by destiny upon
those who have the judgment
to practice frugality and fore-
sight. Don't spend all you
earn on the passing show.
Good things come
To Those Who Save Now
Join the growing number of young men
who have a savings account in our care.
Palacios State Bank
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