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SUPERIOR COURT
SESSION THIS WEEK
Many Important Cases C ^ Up (or Trja) at This Term
Court Will Po L ast Through Next Week
Treutlen Supenor Court (X>n .
vened Morning |0;30 The
court was open. with praycr by
i r r. *' ^P>ey. after which
Judge E. D, Graham de i ivercd a
very imr . . .
„ - , jressive charge to the
Grand T
J, -.Jury-
J jdge I. H. Hall was elected
I jreman of the Grand Jury and
_Mr. Ellie Durden was selected as
J bailiff for that body.
Monday and Tuesday was de
voted entirely to civil matters,
j&iree divorce cases came up
( for hearing. A case which
created quite a deal of interest
was that of Chivers vs. Tyson,
suit on note. This case took up
all of Tuesday and part of Wed-
How to Increase Potato Yield
The State of Georgia does not
। raise enough sweet potatoes to
' supply her own people. This
k L may surprise you and yet it is
quite evident that the majority
of the people have few sweet
potatoes to eat after December.
1 Why is this the case? First, be
cause an insufficient crop is
raised at present, and second, be
cause about 50 per cent of the
potatoes raised are lost through
U^r methods of handling and
.storage.
It is not the lack of acreage,
but the small yield per acre that
causes the present shortage
According to Government statis
tics this State produces an aver
age of s 5 bushels per acre.
Some farmers in Georgia,
however, raise from 200 to 300
bushels per acre, a fact which
demonstrates that it is possible
to produce better yields than the
present average would indicate.
Experiments conducted at the
Georgia Experiment Station,
and at other places in the state,
prove that one reason for the
low yield is the poor stand due
to the diseased plants being set
in the field. The diseased plants,
or draws, come from diseased
^d potatoes, therefore the rem
vuy for this, lies in selecting for
seed, sweet potatoes which are
free from all diseased or ratten
spots.
In the spring of 1918 q test
was conducted as follows*
One lot of seed was taken
from sweet potatoes which had
been stored in a regulation, heat
ed storage house, care being
used to select only sound pota
toes, free from rotten spots.
These potatoes were treated in
bichloride of mercury, and bed
ded in clean sand. A second lot
of seed was selected as above
and bedded in sand withou
treating in bichloride of mercury.
T ’^nts from these two lots were
set in new land, in comparison
with two lots of plants pur
chased from two commercial
plant growers, who had raised
their plants from seed taken
from banks and bedded without
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nesday and was finally referred
by Judge Graham to an auditor
before a final disposition can be
made of the case.
The case of J. A. Alford,
charged with the murder of Dep
uth United States Marshal J. Ben
Wilson was called Wednesday
and was not concluded until late
Thursday afternoon.
The case of the State vs. T. E.
Coleman, charged with the mur
der of his son-in-law was then
taken up for trial. This case
consumed the greater part of to
dav.
Court was adjourned this af
ternoon until Monday.
from selected seed were well de
veloped and free from rotten
spots on the shanks and roots,
while many of the plants from
the commercial plant growers
were spindly, and had rotten
spots and mold on their shanks
and roots.
Each lot of plants was set by
itself on the new land, and all
four lots were given the same
fertilization and culture.
About a month after the plants
had been set in the field they
were inspected and notes were
taken relative to the number of
living plants, which might be ex
pected to produce hills of pota
toes The two lots from care
fully selected seed, had 90 per
cent of a stand, that is 90 plants
had lived in each 100 set out.
With the two lots from unse
lected seed, the ‘results were
quite different. In one lot 30
per cent of the plants died, while
the other, over 50 per cent died.
This iatter case occurs i n
fields all over Georgia. The re
maining plants cover the ground
with their vines, and the loss is
not noticed until harvest time,
when a low yield is obtained.
With 30 to 50 per cent of the
plants dead within one month
from the time they were set in
the field, one can readily see
that the yields would be only
two-thirds, and one-half respec
tively, of what they should have
been if all the plants had lived
and produced hills of potatoes.
Much of this loss can be
avoided, and greater yields per
acre obtained if farmers and
commercial plant growers will
select sound, healthy sweet po
tatoes for seed, and destroy the
rotten potatoes instead of put
ting them in the plant beds,
l ake time to select enough
healthy potatoes for seed and
you will see the results in an in
creased yield, which will well
repay the time used in selecting
good seed.
Growers, who wish to take the
extra precaution of treating
their seed, may obtain directions
for so doing by writing to the
Plant Pathologist, Georgia Ex
periment^Station, Experiment,
Ga.
SOPERTON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1919
DEATH OF MRS. R. L FRANKLIN
The death of Mrs. Lester
Franklin, of Glenville, on Wed
nesday morning came as a great
shock to hor friends and rela
tives. She formerly lived in
Soperton, and was on a visit to
her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. H. Gil
lis, and was stricken with in
fluenza living only a few days.
Mrs. Franklin was 26 years
old, and was a young lady with
an exceptional lovable personal
ity and made none but dear
friends.
She is survived by her hus
band, one small son, R. L., her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fair
cloth, of Glenville; one sister,
Mrs. Best, also of Glenville; three
brothers, Sumner Faircloth, of
Mobile, Ala.; M. C. Faircloth, of
Glenville; Dr. Lovett.Faircloth#
who is in France, and other re
latives.
Peculiarly sad is the fact that
Mrs. Best is dangerously ill at
the home of her parents i n
Glenville.
Interment took place at Har
mony graveyard Thursday af
ternoon,
Mrs. J. L. Lowery wishes to
announce that a box of conva
lescent robes are ready to be
shipped with the exception of
two robes which the local chap
ter has been unable to locate.
The lady who has these robes is
requested to send them at once
to Mrs. Lowery.
The following are some of the
visiting attorneys attending
court here this week; Messrs. F.
H. Saffoki, Alfred Herrington,
Jr., and I. L. Price, Swainsboro;
W. A. Wooten, Eastman; 11. W.
Nally, Alamo; M. P. Kea and L.
B. Lightfoot, Adrian; Eschoi
Graham, Mcßae; Albert Saffold,
Vidalia; L. C. Underwood, Mt.
Vernon.
We are in hopes that our hon
or roll will be quite a popular
space before many weeks. It is
our desire to put on this list
each week the names of those
-v(ho ^have .paid us money on
subscription during the week
previous to publication day.
We have on our list this week
the following:
Judge E. I). Graham, Mcßae.
D. T. Ricks, Adrian.
P. O. Hobbs, R. 2, Soperton.
Hiriam Gillis, Soperton.
J. D. Simons, Tarrytown.
J. W. Mitchell, R. 4, Soperton.
W. A, Wooten, Eastman.
ADRIAN NEWS
U R Anderson spent Monday
in Savannah on business.
Mrs A M Proctor, of Swains
boro, was the w^ek end visitor
of Mrs F L Kea.
Miss Lucile Mason returned
Tuesday from a visit of several
days in Wrightsville.
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Red cross notes
Visiting Attorneys
OUR HONOR ROLL
ALFORD AND COLEMAN
GET LIFE SENTENCE
Fine Arguments are Made in Both Cases by Counsel for the
State and the Defense
Mr. J. A. Alford, charged with
the murder of Deputy United
States Marshal J. Ben Wilson,
and Mr. I. E. Coleman, charged
with the murder of his son-in
law, Mr. N. T. Berga, were tried
this week and both were found
guilts of inuid i with a recom
mendation for mercy. They
were immediately sentenced by
J udge E. D. Graham to life im
prisonment.
I'he Alford case came up for
trial Wednesday and was not
concluded until Thursday. The
jury in this case was out only
about fifteen minutes.
The arguments both for the
state apd defense were well han-
Mjss Nola Drake and Mrs
Henry Page spent the week end
in Dublin,
Mrs L D Bradley entertained
her Sunday school class on last
Thursday evening with a valen
tine party. Music and many so
ciable games were enjoyed.
1 hose enjoying her cordial hos
pitality were Misses Pauline
Etheredge, Essie Mae Anderson,
Rachel Shaw, Susie Hughes,
Ruby George Scott, Alva Rix,
Maggie Smith, Vatie Hutchinson
Zadie Rowland, and Flora Jones
Messrs Charlie Kea, Bycella
Peddy, Elmo Cheatham, Estus
Youmans, Joe Flanders, G L
Mason. Frank and Lorine Mason,
Pierce Blackburn, Jesse Roy
Watkins, Claude Bray, and Man
ning Rountree.
Mrs M J McConnell has for
her guests, Mrs Lewis McCon
nell and Mrs Reynolds.
The message has been re
ceived that Alphus Durden is
on his way to France.
Mesdames C E Brinson and M
C blunders spent Tuesday in
Orland.
Mr and Mrs George Mason, of
Swainsboro, were Sunday visi
tors of G L Mason and family.
Ancie Anderson, of Boston,
Mass., is visiting his parents,
Mr and Mrs U R Anderson.
Mesdames Stella Blackburn,
G A Fountain, and M A Shaw
and little Gordon Fountain, Jr.
and Bethea Humphrey spent
I uesday pm in Swainsboro.
Misses Ruth and Carrie Bell
Grice, of Dublin, are guests of
their brother, J B Grice.
Mrs F J Garbutt, of Sanders
ville, is the guest of her daugh
ter, Mrs C A Fountain.
Mr and Mrs C A Fountain are
receiving congratulations upon
ihe birth of a son on Sunday.
Just Received Carload New Fords
And have another car shipped. We can make deliveries
now. Buy a Ford and don’t be sorry.
FISHER ^CULLENS
died. Col. b. H. Saffold, coun
sel for the defense, was unusual
ly diligent in this case, and it
was probably through these un
tiring efforts that Mr. Alford es
caped the death sentence.
Solicitor Wooten also scored
mbi j points in this case.
At the conclusion of the Al
ford trial the Coleman case was
taken up. I his case took up
the greater portion of today.
Very fine arguments were made
by Solicitor Wooten for the
state and Messrs. F. H. Saffold
and Albert Saffold for the de
fense.
The court room was crowded
to its capacity at these trials.
Mrs Bell Rountree, of Swains
boro, was in the city last Friday.
G A Fountain spent Sunday
afternoon in Sandersv Ue.
One of the most enjoyable
events of the week for the Jun
iors was the valentine party giv
en by Mrs M A Shaw last Fridav
evening. Those present were
Misses Dorothy James, Adrienne
Ellison, Johnie Ricks, Minnie
Lou Cheatham, hr Drake, Fran
ces Blackburn, Lois Hutchinson
and Ethel Watkins, Messrs. J W
Dent, Brooks Youmans, Bethea
Humphrey, Thomas James, B C
Yates, Pierce Blackburn. Charles
Fountain, Dawson Kea, Eliott
Rountree, Jesse Roy Watkins.
Mr and Mrs W M Bradley,
Miss Ethel Hutchinson, and H
E Barwick motored to Dublin
Sunday afternoon.
Jack Kea, who has recently
returned from France and is
now stationed at Camp Gordon,
is visiting his mother, Mrs Bet
sey Kea.
Mr and Mrs Longus Durd«n
are the proud parents of a boy
born Thursday.
Lewis McConnell, who has
been on the firing line in France
for some time, is visiting his
mother, Mrs M J McConnell.
Miss Annie Mae James is visi
ting in Atlanta.
Big Sale Now Going On.
Elsewhere in this issue appears
double page ad. of A. Estroff.
Mr. Estroff has a gigantic stock
and is offering every article in
his store at a reduced price. Ue
sure to read his advertisement.
The members of the Ladies
Missionary Society of the Bap
tist are requested to meet at the
church next Tuesday afternoon.
All ladies have a cordial ia^it*’.'
tion to be present.
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