Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1903 Page: 8 of 8
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We will sell you a man's suit of clothes,
coat, pants and vest for $2.50
We will sell you an $8 spring suit for $6.75
We will sell you a spring suit worth $10
for $7.50.
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We have an elegant line of new 2-piece
suits for $5.50, $5 and $6.50.
We have a nice line of blue serge coats
from $2.50 to $4.50; also boys and
youths sizes, $2 25.
Also nice line of Black Alpacas
If you want a suit made to or-
der or a pair of pants, we can
show you a beautiful line of
samples, and
We Guarantee
Mississippi Store,
Donahower Block.
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I Have Just Received
A car load of MOON BROS., Car-
riages, Buggies and Driving Wag-
ons. For high quality, artistic fin-
ish and durability they cannot be
equaled. If you contemplate buy-
ing a buggy, call and see them.
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G. ®. WILSON,
Bast Side Square
Denton School of Art,
Rooms 45, 46, 47 May Building, Denton, Texas.
undersigned begs leave to call thb attention of the pnblic
fl to the only institnte iu north Texas exclusively equipped for
and devoted to the caltare of Pictorial Art, now open for
pupils at the place indicated. It is located in the most spacious and
best ventilated office building in the city.
It is the purpose of the Institute to aid in the promotion of aesthetic
taste and to provide opportunity for the cultivation of latent talents
towards delineating the beautiful in art and nature. All instruction
will be given in conformity with methods in vogue at modern art
institutes and comprises les sons in drawing and painting from the
"flat from "objects' ana "nature." Patrons of art and education
and the general pnblic are respectfully invited. For terme, etc..
apply at the Institute or address
TROF. L. EYTH,
Dznton School of Art, Denton, Texas.
Little journeys to Northern Lake resorts will be more
popular than ever Many have already arranged their
summer tours via
Chicago, fltilweukep I St, Paul Railway,
and many more are going to do likewise Bo >lets that
will help yon to plan yonr vacatiou trip have be**n is-
sued for those interested, and will be sent on receipt of
postage, as follow-*
"In Lakeland" and "Summer Homes," 6c.
"Lakes Okoboji and Spirit Lake." 4c.
M. P. SMITH, Commercial Agent,
343 Main St. Dallas. Texas.
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THE CHINCH BUG.
Stevar Hun km in Dull** Fiid? j.
M. P. Kelly was in Tioga Tuesday.
A.E. Graham was iu Dallas Mot lay.
J. L. Gragg bus returned from Hen-
rietta.
Will Kibler of Aubrey was in th»
city Monday.
John A. Hann returned Ti etday
from Austin.
Ed Wilson of Hillsboro was In the
city Tueaday.
Dave Fry, Jr. visited friends in Pon-
der Suoday.
Joe 8. Gambill made a bnsincis trip
to Fort Worth Monday.
T. S. Atcheson of Slidell was a Tut tor
iu the city yesterday.
Miss Daisy Robinson U visit 'ng in
Lewisville anit Dallas
Dr.C.S.Clark of the Indian Te-ritory
was in the city Friday.
J. YV. Salmon of Pilot PoiAt wan a
visitor in the city Sunday.
W. T. Fields and family visite 1 rela-
tives in Decatur Sunday.
O. E. Cooper of Pilot Point was a
visitor iu the oity Monday.
Tom Degan of Lewisville n aH iu the
city Monday and Tuesday.
J. It. Byuum of Navo was iu the
city Monday and Tuesday.
Prof. Cree T. Work has been i i Aus-
tin for several days on business.
F. H. Yeagley returned Saturday
uight from a business trip to Atvitiu.
Judge A. W. Walker of Pilol Point
was in the city Monday on business.
County Commissioner John Morgan
of Aubrey was in the city this week.
W. H. Batis and Buck Roberts of
Pilot Poiut were in the city Monday.
Miss Ella Turner is the guest of rel-
atives and friends iu Dallas thi^ week.
Wm. Brwin of Camp Knox, Ky., is
visiting relatives and friends in the
city.
Mrs. J. A. Douglass of Dei.ison is
here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop
Neely.
Mrs. J. L. McDowell in the guest of
relatives and friends in Taylir this
week.
Lee Jones and family of Aubny were
shopping in Deuton the first of the
week.
W. H. Griffin of Frisco is here the
guest of hiB mother, Mrs. Addi« Wain-
soott.
Miss Jessie Curtsinger of Boli var is
the guest of relatives in the city this
week.
Bart Spronse left Monday for Miu-
eola, whei e he goes to work in a box
factory.
| A. L. Burton, a prominent yonug
business man of Pilot Point, was here
Monday.
County Commissioner S. J. MoGiuuij
of Roanoke was in the city yesterday
on business.
F. E. Tobin of near Pilot Point was
here Monday and made ths News a
pleasant call.
j .T. G. Yarborough and Kit High of
! Stony are here this week af tending
j county court.
| J. O. Skiles was up from Dallas this
! week, the guest of his mother, Mrs.
| T. N. Skiles.
A. ij. Zumwalt of Aubrey was the
j guest of his sister, Mrs. Monroe Lan-
j ford, Sunday.
j G. T. Jeffcoats, a prouiiuent farmer
j of Aubrey, was transacting business in
i the city yesterday.
Miss Ora Blair of Ponder was the
guest of relatives and friends in Denton
Saturday and Sunday.
F. T. Lamm, manager of the Krutn
I mill and elevator, was in the city
I Tuesday en route to Dallas.
Mrs. Maud Turner left last week for
; Winston, N, C., wb re she will visit,
j relatives for about three months.
Mrs. L. T. Fowlkes has returned
j from Collin county where she was
j ca'led to the bedside of her brother.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Taylor left yes-
| terday morning for Tennessee and Ala
| bama on an extended visit to relatives
[ and friends.
Mrs. Clande Grant, who has been the
| guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
! Bishop Neely, returned to Comanche,
j I. T. Saturday.
| G. E. Blewett, formerly with Jarrell,
| Bass & Co., but now traveling for
' Howell Bros. Shoe Co , Dallas, was
J here with homefo'.ks Sunday.
Prof. I. C. Warren left Monday for
j California to visit his mother, who is
; in very feeble health. He will spend
j several weeks there before retirniug.
Bradley Foylkes of the engineering
Lire, History and Habits: ItauMidUl and
1'reventtve Meaeurei--IIy K. Dwiglit
Sauderxm, state Entomulii|l»t
The ubinuh bug u ndoubtedly lived
upon native grasses in Texas priot to
its settlement. We are informed that
it has been known in Texas for forty
years. Like the boll weevil, the chinch
bng is a native of Central America,
and thence spread northward.
Nostudiei of the habits of these
pests have been'recorded in Texas so
that we are unable to describe its hab-
its or how to combat with it with cer-
tainty. But with the information se-
cured from Texas farmers and the ex-
haustive studies npon It made in Illi-
nois, Ohio and Kansas by Proffessors
Forbes, Webster and Snow, and their
assisUuis, we are able to give the fol-
lowing outline, which will undoubtedly
be fonnd to approximate the situation
iu Tevas. Doth as regards habits and
remedies
hibernation.
The adult bugs hibernate during the
winter. The usual retreat is at the
base of a clump of grass among the
compacted stems and leave?. The hol-
low stems of weeds often secrete them.
A hollow corn stalk or the leaves of
standing stalks furnish good shelter.
We fonnd half a dozen closely packed
in the burrow of the weevil (l'richo-
baris texana). Rubbish of auy kind
loose bark on stumps or logs, fences,
etc. furnish hiding places for many.
spring habits.
The exact time at which the bugs
emerge from hibernation in the spring
in North Texas is unknown, but it
seems probable that it occurs about the
middle of April. Small grains and
grasses are first attacked. Millet is a
favorite food plant, and if available is
immediately attacked and often much
injured. When the millet is cut the
bugs spread to corn, but where they
occur on other small grains and grasse s
the bugs spread to corn more quickly
and injury often occurs in May. It is
possible that they somet imes go to corn -
at once upon emerging from winter
quarters. The sexes soon pair, and egg
laying commences shortly. The eggs
are of an elongated oval shape, whitish
and about one-twenty-fifth of an inch
long. They are laid on the grass-leaves
and stems at or slightly beneath the
surface of the soil, or in the lowest
sheaths. A female lays from one to
five hundred eggs during a period o f
ten days to three weeks. The eggs
hatch in about two weeks. The young
bugs, or uytnphs, vary consider able as
regards coloration in the different
stages, those from one to three days
old being pink, inclining to reddish.
They resemble the adult bug iu general
form, however. During their growth,
which occupies about sixty days, the
skin is shed four times, the wing pads
appearing during the latter stages.
migration
As the grass or grain, upon which
are the young, becomes injured and in-
sufficient for food, they migrate, us-
ually to corn, if i t is available. The
youug bugs move in large masses,
crawling over the soil, and attack the
other rows of the field. As they be-
come adults and winged they scatter
somewhat and new spots become in-
fested. The young and even theadults
have a marked tendency to congregate
on one hill, or on a small spot of grass
and remain there nntil it is seriously j
injured and then to move on en masse. ;
These habits are important in combat-
ing the pest.
Two broods and possibly a third
occur duriug the season, but the prin-
cipal injury is done during the spring.
MEANS OF COMBATING
occasionally and must be emptied.
The furrow'alHo f onetimes become
vet-crowded, aud the bugs may then be
readily killed by spraying them with
pure kerosene.
A doable barrier is sometimes used
Two or three rows of corn are left
standing inside the onter furrows, and
then two rows are left vacant, and an
inner farrow is ran in the same man-
ner. Those bags passing the outer far-
row congregate on the rows of corn be-
tween it and the inner furrow, Upon
which most of them are destroyed by
spraying with kerosene emnlBion. The
inner furrow catches almost all escap-
ing from the outer rows, and the field
is thus very effectually protected. Such
a p rocedure seems to be considerable
trouble, but it is really very cheap and
quite effective. It has been used on
large areas with uood success. The
one thing to be remembered is that
when the bugs commence to migrate to
the corn, they must be stopped at once
and fought nntil danger of invasion
into the corn is averted. A day's de-
lay may make effectual work impos-
sible. The necessity for constant ob-
servation and immediate action is
therefore imperative.
winter work.
Possibly the most important point in
fighting the chinch bng is to destroy it
in lis winter quarters. Corn stubble,
weeds, grass and rubbish should be
plowed under deeply or burned. Were
this generally practiced there would
be much less injury from the chinch
bug, and those who have tried it are
convinced of its value. The neglected
fields of corn stalks grewn up In grass,
furnish the chinch bug ideal winter
quarters.
FUNGOUS DISEASE.
In Kansas and Ohio cultures of a
fungous disease which destroys the
chinch bug in damp weather have
been sent out to the farmers quite gen-
erally We frequently receive appli-
cations lor this fungus. This disease
is of value only in damp weather, and
is not effective in dry weather when
the injury by the bug is worst. We
have none of this disease for distribu-
tion aud believo that the thorough ap-
plication of the above methods will be
found much more certain to lie of
benefit.
As stated above, practically no care-
ful observations ou the chinch bug
have been made in Texas. We shall,
therefore, be gl.i l to have farm-
ers c iminunicaf.e to usanv observations
ou the habits of the chinch bug (when
first seen, ou what crop, wheu first ou
corn, etc.,) aud iuf h-iu us what success
thee mav have in ounbatiug it with
the methods above outlined.
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miticii to niVNiciA.vs. siugko.ns
ANII COROJitiRS.
The legislature has recently enacted
a law which requires all physicians,
surgeons, accouchers, or coroners who
may attend at the birth of a child (or
in absence of sucb, either parents of
such child) or who may be cognizant
of the death of a person shall report the
facts to the clerk of the county court
within ten days after such death or
birth occurs, under penalty of the law.
Please call at my office in about ten
| days aud obtain blank certificates
| necessary for such reports.!!
Sam Hawkins,
Clerk County Court,
Denton County, Texas.
HARVEST TinE
.... 15 APPROACH 1NQ ....
And you will want the best Machinery to save your
Grain with. We have it—
THE DEERINQ.
We cary the leading brands of Farming Implements, Wagons,
Buggies, Carriages, and a complete line of HARDWARE.
John Deere Cultivators and Planters.
Standard Cultivators aud Planters.
We have the best line of new vehicles in the county, and if
you need anything of the kind, we will be glad to show you
our line.
We are now offering a complete line of BUGGY and WAGON
HARNESS, and all kinds of Strap Goods. We defy competition—
taking price and quality into consideration.
All kind of Plumbing and Tinwork done, and work guaranteed.
TAYLOR & EVANS.
Successors to R. S. TAYLOR & SON.
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$
$2?
of New York
Total payments to Policy-holders since organization and amount now
held for their benefit
$67,792,735.22
Bohemian Storm Proof cotton for sale
by S. W. Kauadv.
Mrs. Kay Griffin of Cleburne was
slightly burned by a gasoline explo-
sion.
New Meat Market
BEN SULLIVAN has opened
a new meat market in the j
j building recently vacated by
I Powel's barber shop, oppo- j
site the postoffice, where he !
will be glad to see everybody.
The BEST MEATS at rea-1
| sonable prices.
I corps o' the Katy on the Granger di-
I vision, was here Sunday the guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. T.
1 Fowlkes.
P. J. Beyett, grand representative of
Elm Lodge No. 30, Knights of Pythias,
of this city, will leave Monday for Fort
Worth to attend the meeting of the
grand lodge of Texas.
HYMENEAL.
Loft lo-Stroud
W. R. Loftin And Mist Mattie Ht:oud
were united in marriage at the study
| of the Baptist churc h, the pastor, Dr.
W.C. Lattimore, officiating. The New«
extends congratulations
... THE ...
COMMERCIAL
... HOTEL ...
RATES, $1.00 PER DAY.
Table furnished with the best
market affords.
A share of the trade is solicited.
tof Corner of McKianey and North
Locust streets.
For Hale—Tracts of 5 or mure acres
suburban property. West and North
Denton. Address box 466, Deoto-i.
ItOVT HE A CHEAP II\ni>
Take a salary-raising, success win-
; ning course ot the Bnaineei college.
Day and night.
TRAP ROWS.
The chinch bug has a decided taste
for millet. Therefore, plant a few rows
of millet around the corn field to ssrve
as a trap. When the bugs have con-
gregated upon it plow it under as
deeply as possiole and harrow and roll
it so as to destroy the bugs buried un- j
der it. Spring wheat may sometimes j
be naed in th) sauie way.
The few bugs which have gone into!
the corn will ue fouud on the outer
rows and in spots here and there. ]
These should be sprayed with kero j
seue emulsion. This is made as fol. I
lows: Dissolve one-half pound of soap
or one piut of soft soap iu one gallon of i
boiling water (soft or cistern water
should be used). Add two gallons of
kerosene and chnrn the mixture until j
it has been thoroughly mixed and forms
an emulsion with a unifonu consisten- j
cy of cream. This cau be done by
puai ping back into the vessel with a
small hand pump for five or ten niin- j
utes, or by vigorusly churning with a '
paddle. Dilute this stock solution j
with ten parts of water aud spray in-
fested hills thoroughly before 10 a in.;
or after 3 p. m. J
BARRIERS
When the bugs commence to migrate j
from the corn to the small grains and !
grasses, they usually crawl over the
ground and can be kept oat of the corn
by the use of various barriers. The >
best of these consist of a deep furrow
plowed arouud the field. It should be
deep and the sides as near vertical as j
possible. Pulverize the soil in the fur- '
row as finely as possible by hauling a j
log or brush back and forth in it. i
Every thirty or forty feet sin* a post j
hole In the bottom of tbe furrow. In I
each hole place an old c»n half fnll of
water and a layer of kerosene. In ad-
vancing on the corn field the bugs come
to tb.' and most of them fail to ascend
tbe steep inner sides, the soil slipping j
back with then. Running along the
bottom of the for -ow to find an easier | Rates $i a Day $4 a Week
ascent they fall into one of tbe post f
oles and are killed by tbe kerosene, j The best meal-, clean, oomfortable
The cans become Slled with dead bugs beds Everything new
RECEIPTS IN 1902.
For Premiums $ 2,254,266.85
For Interest and Rents .... 872,253.03
Disbursements in 1902, $2,688,397.14.
ASSETS JANUARY 1st, 1903.
United Slates and other Bonds owned by Company. • ■ S 3,543,648.75
Bonds and Mortgages, first lien 6,146,210.00
Loans on Stocks and Bonds 834,024.04
Real Estate owned by Company 4,955,283.15
Loans and Liens on Policies in force 1,232,201.73
Cash in Bank and on hand 146,605.23
Net Deferred Premiums and Premiums in course of col-
lection 256,661.08
Interest due and accrued, and all other assets 286,556.74
$17,401,190.72
LIABILITIES.
Policy Reserve (per certificate of New York Ins. Dept.) 15,271,779.00
All other liabilities 145,077.04
Fund to provide for possible depredation In assets 100.000.00
$15,516,856.04
SURPLUS, $1,884,334.68.
Gain in Surplus, $76,42192 Gain in Insurance written, |1,586,llti
Gain in Assets, f44o.359.9o Gain in Insurance in force, $3,312.346
Gain iu Income, $182,693,54.
SIDNEY J. CARROLL, Dlsl. Manager.
M. B. WHITLOCK,
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Contractor
& Builder,
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A uood Judge
of GOOD BREAD
says that tbe kind made by the
is unsurpassed for its nutritious
liualities, its exquisite flavor,
its purity and whiteness, while
its superior uniform quality
makes it a food that is always
thoroughly reliable
All work guaranteed to
be FIRSTCLASS. Let
me fignre with yon...
LOANS SECURED
SOMETHING NEW
We are how prepared to give you good work and look-
after your shirts. We will put on new wrist bands and
sew on your buttons.
Denton Steam Laundry.
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BLACK'S HOTEL,
B. F. Black, Prop.
McKinney Street, one block ea»t of
McKelvey'a waif on vard.
W. fi. LANfiLEY, M. D. V.,
(VETERINARIAN.)
Denton' Texas.
Messrs. Brown and Coleman are in
Lewlsrillo this week doing tome paint-
ing
ANDREW T. BAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CVPractice in all the Conrts.
Abstracts of^Title
Office over First National Bank.
DENTON. — — — TEXAS,
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