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THE LAGRANGE REPORTER.
FRIDAY MORNING SEPT. 18, 1914.
NEW TYPE OF GERMAN AIRSHIP
Tbl* I* a modified form of Zeppell n which ha* l>eeD extensively nsed.
Fai ming
Chats and Comment
Imported Seed
Cost More
Prices for imported crimson clover
nnd hairy vetch seed have recently
shown such a marked upward ten
dency that specialists of the Depart
ment fear that the cost of these seed,
of which Europe is the chief source,
will interfere with the increasing use
of these leguminous cover crops. In
fact, it is feared that the prices of
the seed of these legumes may go so
high as to make it inadvisable to plant
them this year.
Before the present European con
ditions arose, crimson clover seed was
selling at from $4 to $5 per bushel.
Dp to August 15 there was a scarcity
of this seed in the United States, ow
ing to the fact that the receipts from
Europe were smaller than usual. The
prices then udvanced to from $7.50
to $9 per bushel. Since that date
importations have continued to nrrivo,
until there is now more imported seod
available for full seeding than there
•was in this country a year ago at
this time. This seed, according to
(the Department’s information, was
all imported at approximately 1 the
same price as that sold for $4 to $4.50
per bushel in the early part of the
season. The present high price,
therefore, is regurded by the Depart
ment as unwarranted, from the stand
point of the supply and the import
price of the seed. Some dealers are
continuing to sell at the former price,
but these ure exceptions.
If the present high price is main
tained, the specialists are doubtful
whether crimson clover can bo profit
ably used ns a green manure crop for
seeding in corn or on vacant ground,
our under other conditions where the
catch is not reasonably certain. Un
der such conditions they point out
Can’t Lay It
on the Negro
The Pensacola News is an advo
cate of educational progress in Flo
rida, but is inclined to excuse the
State for its present bad showing.
"Florida's percentage of illiteracy,”
it remarks "is doubtless due to its
Negro population.’’
This is a common failing with us
in th® South. Whenever some one
says “The percentage of illiteracy in
this State is twice the American aver
age,’’ some one is likely to anawer,
“Oh, that just because so many Ne
groes can’t read and write.” I
Fortunately, for the sake of truth,
howe\er, the census shows separately
the figures for white and colored illi
teracy, and we can favor the Pensa
cola News with the figures for Flo
rida’s white illitracy entirely apart
from that of the Negroes. Florida’s
illiteracy for native whites of native
parentage exceeds 5 per cent, where
as in twenty states of the Union the
illiteracy for such native whites is
less than \ per cent-—The Progres
sive Farmer.
Farmers: Help
Each Other
For the past few months, the Re
porter has devoted an entire page
each issue to mutters of interest to
Troup county farmers. We are al
ways glad to learn of the prosperity
of our farmers and it gives us much
pleasure to publish accounts of some
unusually large crops that they have
succeeded in raising or some new
methods which they have tried on
their farms and found successful.
If you have found some way by which
you can increase your gatherings
with lesB expense, write an article to
be published in the Reporter and
send it to tut. We will appreciate it
and feel sure that it will be a bene
fit to the other farmers.
If you do not like to write yourself,
come in and tell us about your suc
cesses and let us write them up. If
this idea is carried out, this page will
bo a great benefit to all of the Troup
county farmers and will be made much
more interesting.
The farmers have always been an
important factor in the United States
nnd during this European war they
have a chance to prove their import
ance more than ever before.
Work Day
for Orphans
Our people have become familiar
with the meaning of the words Orphan
Work Day. They mean simply this,
that there arc in our orphan institu
tions a great number of fatherless
children, dependent upon the loving
care of the Christian people in this
state. As the only means of their
support is from the voluntary gifts
of generous men, women and youth,
it may very well happen and it does
that it will be better practice to sow I happen, that the supplies for the
ryo thi6 fall and use the difference in support of these thousands of or-
price in adding nitrogen to the soil phans, run short at the end of
in the form of nitrate of soda or some the summer, an immediate relief
other highly nitrogenous fertilizer. is needed. And hence, the ln-
The rye will afford a winter cover ventive mind of a zealous Georgia
preventing washing and leaching, and Methodist preacher made the sugges-
can be plowed under in the spring to tion that on the last Saturday of Sep-
add humus to the soil. tember, which is the 26th day of this
When crimson clover is being used month, our people proceed diligently
regularly as a winter cover crop in to work as usual and that they divide
orchard culture, or where local «x- the proceeds of that day s work or
Move Comforts
to Your Farm
j Why is it that so many farmers,
] especially older ones, who are abtind-
untly able to paint and screen their
houses and install telephones, water
works, lighting systems, etc., think
that they must move to town in order
to get these conveniences—becoming
loafers and parasites on the streets,
instead of remaining active and happy
at home among old friends and old
scenes, while at the same time help
ing muke their home neighborhoods
better and more attractive?
Don’t leave the farm to get town
comforts; just move town comforts
to your farm.
And another big' fpet to remember
is that if you consider the town taxes
and the high town prices for every
thing you eat and the ruinously ex
pensive town fashions in everything
you wear, it will cost you infinitely
less to get these oomforts on the farm
than it will cost to move to town to
get them.—The Progressive Farmer,
perience indicates that a good catch
. and n good crop are practically cer
tain, a higher price for the seed will
no doubt be justified.
A somewhat similar condition exists
with reference to hairy vetch seed.
There has been approximately six-
sevenths us much seed imported since
November 1, 1913, as in the year
.previous. -This shortage, howtever,
is partly counterbalanced by the in
creasing domestic production of hairy
vetch seed. Wherever the price of
•hairy vetch seed is found to be ex
orbitant, the same change in farm
practice is recommended as that sug
gested in the case of crimson clover.—
.United States Dept, of Agriculture.
4 LONG JOR
If Europeans begin forgiving their
enemies now, the list is so full that
it may take them some years to get
them all forgiven.—Pittsburgs Dis
patch.
their regular income for that day,
to the support of such a one of our
orphan institutions ub appeals to
them.
Presbyterians will remember that
tbeir institution is located across the
Savannah, at Clinton, South Carolina,
where our Georgia people have seven
ty orphans, and the Florida Presby
terians have thirty-four. These must
all be remembered. The Synods of
Georgia and Florida, control this in
stitution, along with the Synod of
South Carolina. The churches and
Sabbath schools of the various de
nominations should vie with each oth
er in seeing who will do the best for
\their orphans. Gifts from individuals
can be sent at once or later; the gifts
from churches and Sunday schools im
mediately after the 27th day of Sep
tember when the collections will be
taken up. Send to the institution of
your choice.
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OotnsuuicatloD la kept kP at all times between the various military dlvh
Record in Tick
Eradication
Washington, D. C., Sept.—17.
Lauderdale county, Miss., and Tensas
parish, La., were released from quar
antine for Texas fever tick on Sep-
,temper 1, as part of nearly 7,000
square miles of Southern territory
iwhich had been freed from this pest.
It seems that both of these counties
•made unusual progress in getting
rid of the tick and so putting them
selves in a position where their cattle
could be shipped to market without
quarantine restrictions, and also
where they can safely import north
ern cattle for breeding or dairy pur
poses.
Lauderdale county began tick
eradication in earnest on April 1,
1914, and through the active co-opera
tion of the local and Federal au
thorities have succeeded in ridding
the county of the costly and danger
ous pest in five months.
In Tensas parish the police jury
appropriated $6,200 for tick eradica
tion work in January, 1914. The
building of cattle-dipping vats was
commenced in February, and early in
i April active dipping of cattle was
■inaugurated. Federal, State and
county authorities and individual
cattle owners co-operated harmonious
ly, so that Tensas parish also joined
the white area on September 1.
The success of these two quick, in-
I tensive campaigns has stimulated cat
tle owners in other counties to con
sider similar plans in their own neigh
borhoods, and it is believed that the
coming year will see unusual activity
in these two states in extending the
territory that is free from the ex
pensive and troublesome quarantine
restrictions.
To help those who are individually
interested in dipping cattle to eradi
cate the tick, the Department of Ag
riculture has prepared special bul
letins on the dipping of cattle and the
preparation of arsenical dips, which
will be sent free to all who apply for
Fanners' Bulletins Nos. 498 and 60S.
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Fall Bargain Sale!
From Sept. 15th to Oct. 1st
Greatest Values Ever Offered on High Priced Goods
Hats—
Hats^at Felt $l, $1.50, $100
Stiff Hate « d 33 $1.50, $2.00
and $2*50 Hats'at $1.00, $1.25
$1.00, 75c and 50c /Cr ICr
Caps at OjL,
Shirts—
$1.50 and $1.00 AA /Q r
Lion Shirts at .... sPl.UU, 07L
$2.50 Flannel Shirts (3 / Q
colors) at vj)l*07
$2.00 Flannel Shirts [3 fl*1
colors] at spIsJZr
$1.25 Flannel Shirts [3 OAf»
colors] at 7VL
50c Soft Shirts at QQ
ALL SUMMER GOODS
25°| 0 to 35°| 0 Off
Underwear—
at..
75c Fleece Undershirts
75c Scriven Drawers
at
50c Web Seam Drawers
at.
58c
58c
39c
Trousers—
$1.50 Work Trousers, $1.00
$1.25 Work Trousers, 90c
$1.00 Work Trousers, 75c
clt — _ _ _ — — . - — —
Miscellaneous--
All 25c sox going at 5 AA
pairs for
50c Work Gloves, 35C
at...— .... ■——-
50c Sweaters Going
]l„ g 50 at Cravats 25C and 35c
25C
James S. White
17 Court Square LaGrange, Ga.
Meal and Hulls
/
From New Crop Cotton Seed
We Are Now Prepared to
Fill Orders for Your Require-
ments
Get Them While They are Cheap
MEAL, PER SACK $7.35
HULLS, (bulk) PER HUNDRED. 30c
HULLS, (sacked) PER HUNDRED..;
Let Us Trade For Your Seed
Farmers Cotton Oil Co.