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Monday, December 8, 1924.
2 BALES ON ACRE
Charlie Frank Green, of Troup
county, is the champion cotton
club boy of Georgia.
His record yield of 1,012 pounds
-of lint and 1,800 pounds of seed
on an acre won for him the prize
of a free trip to the Interna
tional Livestock Show in Chicago,
given by the Georgia railroad
through the club department of
the State College of Agriculture,
and also set a mark for the older
heads to shoot at for some time
:to come.
Not only was young Greene’s
yield the largest among the club
boys in the state, but it was pro
duced at a lower cost than any
other. The total expense for pro
ducing the acre was $80.71, and
the crop was sold for $284.51,
leaving a net return of $203.80.
The story, as told by the club
boy himself, in the report of his
work to the boys’ club authorities
shows that he cultivated his crop
eleven times, and used a fertiliz-
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A careful watch for boll weevils
was kept and calcium arsenate
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The dry weather suited his land
perfectly and conditions were ideal
for the production of the crop, he
says.
The champion cotton club boy
was a member of the club organiz
ed by County Agent M. F. Gaddis,
of Troup county, and the cotton
was grown under his direction.
LARGESTCOTTON
Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 8.—
A cotton crop of 1,408,000 bales,
the largest in the history of Kkla
homa, is forecast for this year
by the statistical division of the
state board of agriculture in the
final production estimate.
“This stands as the largest cot
ton crop ever produced in the
state exceeding the bumper year
of 1920 by 72,000 bales,” the es
timate said.
The total value of this year’s
crop, including the seed is estimat-
ed to be $168,960,000. Ninety
per cent of the crop had been gin
ned by December 1, the board re
ported.
A total of 1,279,678 running
.
bales had been ginned prior to
December 1.
“This is 771,614 bales more
than was ginned by December 1,
last year, and 613,774 bales more
than the total crop of 1923,” the
report continued.
In 1912, when 1,236,000 bales
were produced, there had been
ginned prior to December 1, 1,-
770,995 bales, the estimate de
clared. Tillman county leads in
the number of bales ginned tliis
year.
To prevent rushes at the gate
for football games, the Rugby
Union of London is allotting' tick
ets- beforehand through leading
clubs.
Thirty thousand tourists visited
Norway last year.
Washington, Dec. 8.—A chain
gang for drunken automobile driv
ers would help solve Washington’s
traffic problem, (Representative
Tom D. McKeown, of Oklahoma,
declared in a speech in the house.
He also suggested that in order
to give thg pedestrians a chance
that instead of laying new streets
some of them be torn up.
“A man driving an automobile
with a quart of corn liquor under
his belt is a powerful engine of
destruction,” Mr. McKeown said.
Representative James O’Connor,
of Louisiana, agreed that a ball'
and chain would be a fitting pun
ishment for reckless motorists.
BABE RUTH GOES BACK
TO HIS FARM AFTER A
BARNSTORMING TOUR
New York, Dec. 8.—Babe Ruth
has returned from an undefeated
season and is hastening to hi»
farm before the snow covers it.
After journeying more than 8,
000 miles and playing 15 games, a
tour which took him to the other
side of the continent, the Babe
discovered that his team had not
lost a ball game.
Ruth smashed out 17 home runs,
was seen by 125,000 spectators,
autographed approximately 5,000
baseballs and delivered 22
speeches.
Incidentally, his friends aver
that he propelled a~ golf ball 353
yards to break a record at the
Rancho golf club, Los Angles,
and moreover, consumed four buf
fal ° steaks at one sitting, struck
out tvvo times with the bases P ack "
ed and rode for 250 m iles on a
Kansas locomotive.
U. S. JUDGE REFUSES
TO TRY OLD’FRIEND
FOR BOOTLEGGING
San Francisco, Dec. 8.—Federal
Judge John S. Partridge has re
fused to preside at the trial of
Dennis Heagerty, 88, charged with
bootlegging. The judge, in an
nouncing he would transfer the
case to another court, said:
“We used to have our parties
at Dennis’ place when I was a
student at the University of Cal
ifornia. One of the most famous
parties ever given there was when
Frank Norris, the author, then a
student, published his first book.”
According to Judge Partridge,
Dennis never sold liquor, but a
request for a bottle of catsup
would bring a bottle of beer.
MAILS OUT 6,577,1*71
CHECKS TO VETERANS
Washington, Dec. 8.—Prepara
tion and mailing of 6,577,171
checks for an aggregate of $239,
004,814 was an item in the year’s
business of the pension bureau.
The bureau’s annual report today
said it has 235,539 names on its
pension lists, as against 539,756
a year ago.
Pensioners now on the roll in
clude 146,815 Civil War veterans;
253,136 Spanish War widows. Still
surviving are 31 Mexican war vet
erans and 33 widows of soldiers
of the war of 1812.
During the past year death re
moved from the lists 21,808 Civil
War veterans and 11,444 Civil War
widows.' These decreases were
largely offset by a gain of 16,-
645 in the Spanish War soldier
roll and 2,397 in the Spanish War
w'idow roll.
A recent reorganization of the
bureau has resulted in more expe
ditious settlement of pension
claims and the speeding up of
disposition of pension payments,
besides making possible elimina
tion of 150 positions with an es
timated sdving of $246,000 in gov
ernment salaries annually.
Women’s Co-operative Guild of
London now has 52,000 married
working women as members.
The flavor of meat smoked with
corncobs is said to be better than
that from hickory.
DAILY NEWS
“Egghead” Tells of Had Thrilling
Adventure He With What
He Thought Were Rum-Runners
(By Julian Griffin.)
Atlanta, Dec. 8,—How would
a law abiding citizen, like to
from nn imaginary dream
and find yourself technically a
member of a gang of whiskey
runners? Suppose you should find
yourself way off in the mountains
in a moonshiner’s den, where hun
dreds of gallons of the illicit bev
was stored. Imagine your
self in his shanty at 4 o’clock in i
the morning, gracefully declining
an invitation to stay for breakfast.
That, figuratively, is exactly
what happened to this scribbler
recently. The situation and sub
ject jnatter are entirely too deli
cate for details, but here is how
it happened.
Night Off.
It was my night off at the office.
I timidly walked into the office
of the managing editor to beg a
theatre ticket; but his joking re
tort was mistaken for a negative
reply. Practically a stranger in
Atlanta with a night off and ab
solutely nowhere to go. Such was
the setting.
A person whom I had known for
some time came by and asked me
to go for a ride, naming as his
destination a place within a 200
mile radius of Atlanta. Again
I misjudged the ways of city folks,
thinking he was kidding about the
distance.
Business T^ip.
He had a friend, a man of rural
appearance, who was going with
us, but not coming back. The trip
was explained to me as one of
business and I never questioned
the nature of said business, think
ing it was perfectly legitimate.
We rode for several miles and
the conversation drifted along va
rious subjects. After a while,
however, it grew rather suspicious
to me. Finally, the man of rural
appearance asked me if I knew a
certain person who had moved
from Atlanta to his section of the
state. I, seeking a clue to the
person, asked what he was doing.
“The last time I saw him he
was driving a Blank coach.”
I mean what kind of business
is he engaged in,” I explained.
<< Oh, he’s in this here same
business we are. } ’
50 Miles From Town.
Like a bolt from a clear sky
it dawned on me. I was going
after a load of whiskey. There
was nothing for me to do. We
were then about 50 miles from
town and not half way there.
I had to get back the next morn
ing and would be forced (from
lack of R. R. fare) to come back
in the same car. I had no alter
native.
At the same timel was driving
the car and the owner was asleep
on the back seat. It was well past
midnight and we were about half
way there. Visions of revenue
officers, court scenes, chaingang
sentences of from six months
to two years, and other horrible
possibilities flashed through my
mind.
“Women folks don’t know where
we men is at less they got their
eye on us,” mused the gentleman
of rural appearance who seemed
to be in a very talkative mood,
continuing, “my wife thinks I’m in
Atlanta; his wife thinks he’s in
Atlanta, and your wife thinks the
same thing, if you’ve got one.”
Fortunately I could answer no to
the last question, but then I med
itated. I had a mother. What
would she think? What would the
boss think? What would my girl
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(but there’s another story) think?
It was terrible.
Worm Turning.
For several years at Griffin, one
of my chief sources of excitement
was accompanying officers or,
raids and chasing liquor cars. The
worm was turning. They would
get a chance to chase me, and I
knew they—all revenue officers—
were proficient at spotting liquor
cars.
The road turned off the highway
after we were something like a
hundred miles from Atlanta and
continued up and down a moun
tainous trail for about 20 mileB.
All the time I was but
thinking like the mischief. The
trend of the mountaineer’s mono
logue left my suspicion well
grounded. It was an established
fact to my mind.
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4 In The Morning,
We arr i ve d at our destination
4 0 - clock in the morning( and
did not arrive unexpectedly. A i
light was burning in the house. A
man was dressing. He invited us
in to warm our chilly bones be
fore a large grate fire (correct)
with green sapling logs piled
on old-fashioned andirons, around
which was a tall fender to keep
the children from playing in the
fire.
The place was not one to resem
ble wealth or prosperity. Just a
small, typical mountain shanty.
His wife and three children were
asleep in the same room we were
occupying, Their clothes, fur
niture and other fixtures were
such as one would expect in any
mountain home—just plain, but
nothing wanting for any of the
bare necessities of life. Nothing
unusual at all.
Talk Business.
The other three men withdrew
to another room and talked hus
ness. It was almost time for day
break and the return journey. The
man visited had 1,500 gallons of
whiskey on hand and ready for
Christmas trade. But in relating
these events in their chronological
order, I overlooked an important
incident. When we first arrived
at the house, I had prepared for
the worst and called the man who
had invited me to make the trip
to one side and asked how much
we were going to carry back.
“None,” he replied with inter-
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mingled surprise and indignation.
“Do you think I am a liquor run
ner? I told jf1i I came to see
this man on business, but it wasn’t
to buy whiskey. M
Relieved.
I have experienced many sen
sations in my young life, but
never before had. I been fco sud
denly relieved of such a heavy
burden. The whole world was
lifted from my shoulders.
The sunlight, peeping over the
red hills at daybreak is a beau
tiful sight and I was In a mood
to appreciate it. Nothing was
lost but a full night’s sleep.
Not Stopped.
Incidentally, we were not
ped by those dreaded revenue men
a single time on the return jour
ney.
But, gosh, returning to the of
fice, I found that a couple of
theatre tickets had been waiting
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