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MI1B. lUI.I.KU CALLAWAY KNTKR-
TAISS "MATRONS cu'ii.”
At lior residence on Thursday
afternoon, Mr». Fuller Callaway
entertained the “Matrons Club’'
n n most grucions manner. Mrs.
’aliaway wan assisted in receiv-
g her guests by her mother, Mrs.
ison.
The homo was beautifully dec
orated in a color scheme of pink
and green, palms and ferns, also
tall vases of pink carnations,Jvvere
used most effectively, making the
scene one altogether charming.
“Trail” was played, and as
usual, wns greatly enjoyed by the
gueBts. No prizes were given, but
the ono who was most successful
in winning the greater number of
games wuh presented with an ex
quisite boquetof pink carnations.
After the game, an elegant re
past was served, consisting of a
salad course. Miss Bessie Banks
and Miss Abbio Callaway assisted
in serving.
The charm of elegant surround
ings, gifted hostess, and attract
ive guests blended into a liarmon-,
ions whole and made the occasion
one of the most delightful events
of the season.
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Conducted
By
Mis* Lffie Mae
Swanson
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Phone f)(t % 2 call* \
MK8. T HANK IfAKWKLL ENTERTAINS.
Mis. Frank Harwell entertain
ed a congenial party of young
people at her residence on Broad
street, Wednesday evening, in
compliment to her sister, Miss
Lovejoy, of Marietta.
THK U. I). C. TO MEET FRIDAY AK-
TKKNOON.
This afternoon (Friday) the F.
D. C. will h/ld their regular
monthly clusjlter meeting, and it
is earnesb^' reipiested that all th<“
daughti#s be present.
Tlu> nieeting will be at the resi
dence of Mrs. Charlie Awtroy.
A very entertaining program
has been prepared, which we give
no low:
Instrumental Solo—Miss Kate
Wilkinson.
Heading—Miss Shelton of the
L. F. C.
Vocal Solo—Mrs, R. (). Pharr.
Instrumental Solo—Mrs Bruce.
“DOWN HAST” TO UK I’llESRNTKII AT
s. f. o. tonic n r.
“Down Fast” will be presented
at the auditorium of the S. F. C.
this evening (Friday).
Every ono should go and assist
in a good cause, as well as enjoy
the dramatic treat.
This entertainment has been
gotten up by the young men of
ountown, and no doubt, will be
“presented this evening in a man
ner that will do justice to profes
sionals and elicit praise from the
severest dramatic critics.
A DBMUIITFUI. IHNNKU PARTY.
Miss Lilly Johnson, of tho
faculty of the Southern Female
College, was tho hostess nt a six
o’clock dinner Monday. Miss
Johnson was charmingly assisted
by Misses Ware and Aycock, of
Woodbury, Misses Cooper and
Cosby, of Brantly, and Miss Jeter,
of Andalusia
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PRAYER SERVICE TUESDAY.
The ladies ct the First Bapt ist
Church will hold their regular
weekly prayer service Tuesday af
ternoon in the mission room, at
three o’clock.
Leader—Miss Alice Amos.
Topic—Missions.
Visitors always receive a cordial
Miss Addie Whitman, of New
York, is the guest of Mrs. Lula
Whitman and Miss Godwin, nt
their residence on Ridley Ave.
Mrs. Whitman and Miss God
win will have as their guest, next
week Miss Grittanton, of Birming
ham, Alu.
Miss Ledra Edmundson will
leave Monday for Rome, where
she will be the guest of friends
for several weeks.
LOCAL LEAFLETS.
A lot of line young Kentuckey
Mules tor sale or swap
E. R. Bhadkiei.d.
A woman in a neighboring town
bought a new-fangled cofles pot
from a peddler. Jn the evening
she showed it to her husband, a
hardware dealer, who told her he
kept the same thing in his store
for half the price she had paid.
"Well,” she said, “why don’t
you ndvortise? Nobody ever
knows what you have for sale.”
LaGrange Encampment No. “1,
of I. <). (). F., will hold a special
meeting next Monday night. '1 hi*
membership of this branch of Odd
Follows is enthusiastic and the
order is progressing nicely in La-
Grange. Messrs. W. R. Camp
bell, T. 0. Hall and Dr. Lane are
tho principal officers.
and Mrs. Louis Hudson
■n spending a few days in
spent
Mr.
have I
Gubbettville.
Mr. Ely R. Callaway
Tuesday in Woodbury.
Messrs..!. I). Fuller and John
Brown, of Mouutville, were in
LaGrange Thursday.
Capt. W. S. Evans, W. T. Her
ring and Judge W. W, Turner will
return next week from Florida,
It is gratifying to the many
friends of Judge Turner to know
that he has berfn completely re
stored to health.
Miss Bessie Banks, who lias
been visiting in Elberton is now
tho guest of Miss Mary Dal I is
until her parents return from
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hudson
and Miss Louise Hudson spent
Thursday in Atlanta.
Miss Mary Ridley and Mrs.
Jus. B. Ridley went to Atlanta
Wednesday returning Thursday.
Mr. W. II. Zuber, of Ensloy,
Ala., has been doing some nice
work in building up the ground
around the base of the Confeder
ate monument with chert. The
nice thing about it is that Mr.
Zuber did the work gratis, for
which he has the thanks of all.
Mrs. S. P. Callaway is in West.
Point, where her father, Judge
James Patillo is very feeble.
Hon. Hal Brady came up from
Gubbettville yesterday.
The Southern Farm and Poul
try is a new paper just started at
LaGrange, Ga , and it’s name is
indicative of it’s character. It is
an excellent paper and will be
welcome at those little meetings.! sen t to subscribers at the small
[ sum of 25 cents a year.—Wayeross
mhs. whitman and miss godwix Journal.
TO ENTERTAIN. j
One of the most elaborate social i
functions for the coming week!
URSULA.
The farmers here are very busy tak-
U T will be given by Mrs. Whitman , » dvailt »Ke of this beautiful weath-
aml Miss Godwin at their resi-j \Ve are glad to note Miss Myrtis Har-
denoeon Ridley Ave. in compli-I ris v * 8 im H r 2'’ in 8L .
, , . .. i Mr. and Mrs. T. tV. Cunningham and
meat to Miss Whitman, of New j Misses Maude Green and Winnie Cox
York, and Miss Crittentou, of «Pe"t Sunday very pleasanUy with Mr.
,,. , ’ . and Mrs. U. H. Hardy.
Birmingham. | Mrs. L. T. Wright and children, of
. | LaGrange. spent several days iu this
1 community
, r , ....p T | Mr. and Mrs. J. VV. VYright visited
■’ ‘ “ ‘ ‘ ‘ | the latter’s brother. Mr Jasper Sim-
The L. F. L. will hold their mons, Saturday and Sunday.
We are sorry to note that little Mary
regular weekly meeting at the williams is on - the sick list this week
First Baptist Church this after-1 Messrs. Will Porter and Truitt Nel-
noon ( Fridavl 1 son ’ of LaGrange, were pleasant callers
u u ' r - >' in our communty Sunday.
| Messrs. VV. J. Hardy. T. VV. Cun-
Mrs. James Ridlev and Miss "i 11 ? 1 ! 81 "’ G. 1). Hardy and J V.
„ ,, W right were in LaGrange Wednesday
Marv Ridlev are the guests of Mrs. to hear Hon. Harvie Jordan.
Robert Ridlev. of Atlanta, for a Mrs Geo. VV right.spent several days
, , * very pleasantly with her son, Mr. J. V.
few days. Wright.
REDUCING ACREAGE
AND
REDUCING FERTILIZER
Th# foIJnwfnf article, by Colonel FI. J.
Jt**<Mtng, Director of tb«* Georgia Afrlcti$
tnral Kxperiment Station, u reproduced
from the Atlanta <'oinstItutlot> of Monday
February 18tb. 1008. It la of much lateral
to th« farmer*, and their careful attuntlos
la directed to It:
I he work of the recent cotton growerr
Convention nt New Orlenna d»-»er%ea In Iti
Diuln feature*. the hearty approval anO
Indorsement of the farmers all over the
•oiith. The action of the committee since
the Adjournment In formulating n constltu
tlon and by-law* ni a ba*t« and bond ol
union for the continued existence of the or
grinlsatlou In uIho worthy of all praise for
Ita comprchen<«lveueta and adaptation to the
object* sought to be promoted It Is an
tide document and should be the meant of
consolidating nod unifying the Interests of
the cotton growers and manufacturer! In
the future. Whether Its effective Influ
enc# nhail outlive the present emergency
and promote the cotton growers’ beat In
tereatv In the future will dapaud largely
upon the good Judgment and sound diacre
tl« u of those In active control of ths organl
as tlon, backed by tho loyal and voluntary
support of the great mass of the farmer!
themselves.
Hut runnv of the most Intelligent and up
to date farmers, supported by those who are
themselves only sincere friends of the farm
ers, are unable to see the wisdom of the ad
vice to reduce the amount of fertilizers to
b« uaed by the growers of cotton.
It Is all "well and good" to cut down ths
acreage In order to . urtall the size of rh*>
coming crop it would have been better
to have cut the area to one half the acre
age of last y«*ar. It would have been still
better to hove advised und argued upon a
horizontal cut to 10 acres to the plow, as
suming that such a reduction would
• mount to about one half, taking the en
tire cotton area I nt •» account. The effe. t
of fuch a reduction would practically have
resulted In such a lorge decrease in the ag
gregate cottou. output that even h very
much larger Increase In the per acre appli
cation of fertilisers than la at all probable
would uot aulQce to produce more than a
lu,*X>),000 bale crop, under moats favorable
•onditlnns.
For what does a former use commercial
fertilizers If not for the purpose of increas
ing the yield per acre and at the same time,
• a an Inseparable Incident, to lessen the
coat per pound of producing cotton? If
the fertilizer does not enable the farmer
to produce a bale of cotton at a leas coat
than It could be produced without the fer
tiliser, then what good office doe* the fer
tilizer perform? If a farmer who has been
growIng cotton without the aid of fartil-
•** r> • cost of 7 cents per pound of lint,
whnt la the use of npplytng fertilizers if
auch uae does not lower the coat to 8 ccnte
er to 5 cents, per pound of lint?
Bupnoae * given farmer haa usually plant
ed l(/> acres In cotton and tnat the aver
age yield without fertiliser haa been about
forty bales, which la about the general av
erage Will any one claim that auch a
yield has coat leas than 7 cents per pound
of lint? Will It coat him any less by sim
ply reducing the area to 75 acre*, and con
tinuing to Abstain from fertilizer, or apply
only an Insignificant amount | er acre? Sot
much. If any. nod If any less. If will bo be
enuse he will be able to thre w out 26 acre*
of the most unproductive land.
Hut ([intend of reducing the arc* to only
78 acres, suppose he »!iall cut It down t>> 3t)
acre* m d apply -jog pounds per acre of n
well balanced, homemixed fertiliser. Will
he not thus Increase the > leld per acre by
at least mu* half. that he will get thirty
bale* from the 80 acres? The "fixed
charges," in labor, Interest, superinten
dence. etc., will be no greater per acre on
the 50 ncres than they were formerly on
the loo acres, or Just half a» much for pro
ducing tho thirty bales us for producing
forty bales.
lo will have produced on the 50 acres
B<) hales; whereas before he produced only
20 hub* (the half of 40 bales) on that area.
This gain of l'» bales Is almost entirely due
to the Use of $2 w rth of fertllzera per acre,
or $]'k> worth on the 50 acres, making the
ten bales coat $10 each, or 2 coats per
pound reaily to pick, or 3 cents per pound
baled ready for market Of course, these
10 bales or 5.000 pounds, are distributed
throughout the 30 bale* The twenty bates
that the 50 acres of land produced of It
self we hare supposed to have coat 7 cent*
per pound, or $700 for the 29 bales The
10 halos of Increase coat $100. plus the cost
of picking. $.Vi. total, $150. Of course,
then the 30 l>*les will have cost $700 pint
$1*0. or a grand total of $860 for the 30
boles, or 3 2 3 cents per pound of lint.
The suppositions on which theue cslcnla- \
Hens are based are all within very moder
ate bounds, and art used only to Illustrate
the principle As much more liberal ap-
plication of fertilisers per acre would make
t still stronger Illustration.
Therefore, It seems to me ptatn, that the
farmer should produce a larger percentage j
of that undivided portion of each bale that '
coat only 3 cents per pound, and a small
er percentage of the portion that costa 7 I
cents per pound. If one half of each bale
of cotton coat 3 cents per pound and the
remaining half cost 7 cents per pound then
It ta quite clear that the mean coat of th»* *
bale of cotton would be an exact mean be- »
tweed 3 and 7 or 5 cents per pound. If one- |
third only, of the bale coat 3 cents a pound j
and the remaining two-third* coat 7 cent* ;
f er pound, the whole bale will have coat 5 |
3 cents per pound. If one fourth of tho
bale coat 3 cents a pound and the remain
ing three quarter* coat 3 cent* per pound,
then the whole bale will have coat 8 cents
per pound.
To sum up and present the whole at a
C lance, we may reasonably draw the follow-
>g comparisons:
Fertll-
t (Users
Acres. Per A.
100 None
50 $2.00
50 3.00
60 4 00
60 6 00
Coat
Yield. Per Lb.
Bales. Cents
40 7.00
80 6.88
84 6.41
89 6 21
6.14
41
The above is euggeatlvo—not absolute:
but it la well within the limits of probabil
ity. You will say that there would not be
ranch money profit even In the last stated
case, with cotton at 7 centa. Well, no; but
It la very much better than making 40
bale* on 100 acres at a coat of 7 centa and
■filing It at 7 cents. The truth la, land
that with good cultivation an^vlthout fer
tilization will not produce cvre than 40
bales ou 100 acres la hardly tit to plant In
cotton, even If It be liberally fertilized, on-
leas there U an assured prospect of selling
it at 9 or 10 cents a pound! Seoh lana
ought to be planted In oats, cowpees, aor-
ghnm. or beriuuda grass, which coet but
little to plant and cultivate, and the prod
uct of which may be consumed ou the farm.
What about the hundreds thousands,
yea. million*, of acres planted annually in
cotton that average very far less than 48
bales to the 100 acre*—aay not more than
16 or 20 bales to 100 acres? If all auch be
retired from cultivation in cetton or corn,
and put Into less expensive crops, er pas
ture, the problem of the "cetton situation,"
aided by a common sense system of rota
tion. diversification, liberal manuring and
fertilisation, would be completely tad per
manently oolred.
The Presence of the Head Man.
Do not trust the work of feeding
wholly to young boys. If you expect
the stock to come out right In spring
be with the boys often, directing anc
giving a word of encouragement, whict
means much toward interesting then
In the work.
CHILDS & PHARR
We are displaying the prettiest line of
GO-CARTS
we have ever had, and at prices lower
than ever. These warm days you ||
should get the little fellows out.
Come by and see these Carts and look
over our line of Rugs and Art Squares
while you are in the store. We are
showing a regular city stock of them.
CHILDS & PHARR,
IlNERAl DIRECTORS AND EMBALWERS.
LaGrange, - - Georgia.
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