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CENTRAL INTERESTED
IN BETTER_PASTURES
Since 1921 better pastures have
been started by 2421 farmers in
Georgia and Alabama and they
have seeded more than 31,000 acres.
This interesting statement is made
by President L. A. Downs of the
Central of Georgia Railway in a
discussion of the work of the Agri
cultural Department of the Central.
The Central of Georgia inaugurated
test pasture work 4 years ago, pay
ing half the expense of the experi
ment in each of the 80 counties
served by the road. Results have
proved that these test pastures are
grazing an average of 1 head of cat
tle per acre, while even the blue
grass section of Kentucky requires
two acres of pasture per head of
grown cattle. This proof that Geor
gia and Alabama can produce milk
and meat as cheap as any other sec
tion has stimulated stock raising in
the southeast.
The management of the Central
of Georgia has recently made an
other offer to encourage soil build
ing, or soil redintegration. The rail
road will pay half the cost of es
tablishing test plots on which winter
legumes will be used to improve the
soil. It is expected that these will
give an actual, visible demonstration
that their proper use will give profit
able increases in crop yields.
In dismissing the successful work
of the Agricultural Department of
the railway, President Downs makes
acknowledgement to the farmers,
newspapers and the public generally
for co-operation and support.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.
Sunday, August 10.
Church School 10:00 A. M.
Morning Prayer and Sermon 11:00
A. M.
A CARD OF THANKS
We desire to thank those who
generously supported Mr. McDowell
in his recent campaign for Mayor.
We feel that the vote he obtained
is very complimentary in view of
the fact that Mr. McDowell made no
personal canvass and every vote
cast for him was a token of his
merit.
MCDOWELL FRIENDS.
A bigger and better stock than
ever at TARVER'S.
Strong’s Sav-ll-
PRICES FOR NEXT WEEK
Charmer Coffee, a pound 27 c
Arbuckle Coffee, a pound 35c
Maxwell House, a pound 45c
Ecoga Tomatoes, a Can 12 l-2c
Best Self Rising Flour, a Sack sl.lO
Rose Dale Peaches, California 2 lb. can 30c
Best Tripe, Prepared with Milk, 2 lb, can - ■ -30 c
Star Soap, 6 Bars for 250
Oxford’s Toilet Soap, 6 for 25c
Pamolive Soap, 3 for 25c
Fairy Queen Toilet Soap, 6 for 250
Sugar, Eleven Pounds for SI.OO
I have everything an up-to-date grocery
store can handle, and everything Fresh and
New.
Strong’s Sav—U
SELLS IT FOR LESS
WILL STRONG, Prop.
RENEWED DEMAND
FOR FARM LANDS
That the coming years will bring
renewed demand for land and farm
products is the firm belief of the
department of agriculture. One cause
of the slump in farm commodity
prices which occurred in the '9os is
given by the department to be the
fact that the land area under culti
vation in the United States had then
recently undergone a tremendous ex
pansion, due to the settlement of the
middle west and western states. No
increase in the per capita area of
land under cultivation can be cited
in part explanation of the present
slump in farm product prices, says
economists of the department. On
the contrary, they point out the last
twenty years have seen a sharp
decline in the per capita area of
tilled land.
Good land available for farming
has been getting relatively scarcer
in the United States for several
decades. Though the census of 1920
showed nearly a three-fold absolute
gain since 1850 in the area of land
in farms the per capita acreage in
farms has decreased. From 1880 to
1900 the per capita area in fourteen
principal crops increased slightly,
but it was less in each succeeding
decade. The combined production
per capita of nine principal crops
was less in 1920 than in 1900. The
per capita acreage of improved land
in farms, which was at its maximum
in the decade 1880 to 1890, has since
declined.
Conditions outside the United States
have contributed to the present agri
cultural depression. Diminished buy
ing power in Continental Europe has
temporarily hidden the fact that the
trend in this country is toward an
increased pressure of population on
land resources. But the trend is
there just the same, and it is ex
pected to become apparent again
within a very few years, the depart
ment says.
It is recognized that the foreign
outlook may mean that some years
will be required to restore the normal
balance between acreage under culti
vation and the demand, both foreign
and domestic, for our farm products.
Yet it is noted that the bearish out
look is offset to some extent by the
fact that the population of the world
is increasing at the rate of about
20,000 a year and the population of
EARLY COUNTY NEWS
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Jg! YOUR HEALTH
l\ r' (\ If you are wise you will safeguard your health by having on hand such articles
a S a hot water bottle to use in case of sudden attacks of cramps or colic, a fountain
syringe for the internal eleansing that is so important a factor in keeping well.
You will also have a nasal spray and an atomizer to use with
a good antiseptic solution when the first symptoms of a cold p
in the head or sore throat are discovered. We have a com- jH
plete line. Remember, prescriptions are our specialty.
CITY DRUG STORE
NORTH MAIN STREET PHONE 160
the United States at about 1,500,000
a year.
There is consequently nothing over
optimistic in predicting an increased
demand for American farm land, and
consequently for American farm
products within a few years, the de
partment says.
The board of jury commissioners
—composed of Messrs. C. E. Boyett,
E. B. Hudspeth, J. M. Johnson, Clay
ton L. Webb and T. G. Harvey, Sr.-
are engaged in the biennial job of
revising the jury boxes of Early
county.
A CARD OF THANKS.
Our heartfelt thanks are extended
to those who were so kind to us
during the recent illness and death
of our mother and grandmother. May
a kind Providence reward you.
J. T. BEASLEY AND FAMILY.
DAMASCUS TEACHERS
ARE ELECTED
Damascus, Ga„ Aug. 7. —The fol
lowing teachers have been elected
for the Damascus consolidated school
for the term of 1924-1925:
E. E. Bishop, Thomasville, Ga.,
principal.
Miss Melle Moody, Damascus, Ga.,
7th and Bth grades.
Miss Vesta Minter, Jakin, Ga., sth
and 6th grades.
Miss Glenis Bryant, Jakin, Ga.,
3rd and 4th grades.
Miss Rubie Underwood, Louisville,
Ga., Ist and 2nd grades.
The prices on Furniture and
Hardware is less at
TARVER’S.
BOARDERS WANTED—Room and
table board for live or six persons.
Rates $5.00 per week. Modern con
veniences. Apply to MRS. A.
PAULK. 7-2tpj
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
To the Qualified, Registered Voters
of the Kestler School District in
Early County, Georgia:
By virtue of a petition to the un
dersigned directed and in pursuance
of the law, we do hereby call an
election for the Kestler School Dis
trict, to be held on the 10th day of
September. 1924, at the Damascus I
Justice Court House in said School
District, being the regular voting
precinct of the 854th Georgia Militia
District in said county, between the
hours prescribed for the election of
State and County Officers for the
registered, qualified voters of said
District to determine whether or not
there shall be issued for the said
School District bonds aggregating j
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,-
000.00). to defray the expenses of
building and equipping a school
house for said District. Said bonds
shall be of the denomination of five
hundred dollars ($500.00) each, bear
ing interest from September 10th,
1924, at the rate of five per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually. One
of these bonds of such denomination
shall mature on February Ist of eech
of the years 1925 to 1938. both in
clusive; two of these bonds shall
mature on February Ist of each of
the years 1939 to 1948, both inclus
ive; three of these bonds shall ma
ture on February Ist of each of the
years 1949 to 1952, both inclusive;
and two of these bonds shall mature
on February Ist of each of the years
1953 and 1954. so that all of said
indebtedness shall mature on Febru
ary Ist, 1954. The accrued interest
shall lie paid semi-annually on Feb
ruary Ist and August Ist of each
of the years herein named until said
bonds shall be paid. Those desiring
to vote for the issuance of said
bonds shall have written or printed
on their ballots, "For School House:”
those desiring to vote against the
issuance of said bonds shall have
written or printed on their ballots,
"Against School House.”
This the 7th day of August. 1924.
DR. P. H. KEATON,
Ohm.. Board of Trustees. Kestler
School District.
W. R. PULLEN.
Sec. and Treasurer of the
Kestler School District.
Seneca Theatre
ÜbLAKELY, I GEORGIA
To-IN" ight
THURSDAY
A SPECIAL CAST
IN
‘Road to Arcady ’
AND
PATHE COMEDY
Admission 15 and 25 :ents
FRIDAY
John Gilbert
IN
‘THE MADNESS OF YOUTH’
AND
TWO REEL COMEDY
Admission 15 and 25 cents
SATURDAY
William Farnum
IN
‘The Gun Fighter’
AND
‘THE WAY OF A MAN’
Chapter No. 8
Admission 15 and 25 cents
MONDAY
'TRAILING AFRICAN
WILD ANIMALS’
Here’s one you will like to see.
“Our Gang” Comedy