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GREATEST FIGHT ON
FARM PEST IS BEGUN
GOVERNMENT BEGINS INTEN
SIVE CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT
RAVAGES OF THE EUROPEAN
CORN BORER.
The largest and most intensive
campaign ever launched by the
United States government against
an insect pest was started March 14th
to combat the ravages of the Euro
pean corn borer. The government
is co-operating with the states, but
the magnitude and importance of its
own effort is indicated by SIO,OOO,
000 appropriation made by congress
for the federal part of the program.
It has been ten years since the borer
came to the United States in a ship
ment of broom corn from Europe, yet
in that time it has demonstrated its
ability to live in and feed upon 200
plants of American growth, and, ta
ken all together, is reckoned as prom
ising the greatest menace to Ameri
can agriculture.
Dr. A. F. Woods, former pres
ident of the University of Maryland
and now director of scientific work
in the agricultural department, is the
director of this campaign—generally
regarded as one of the most intensive
fights ever waged against a single
plant pest.
Since March 14th the department
has been at war with the destructive
caterpillar through the medium'of the
farmers living in the seventy-six
counties of the extreme western por
tion of the infested area —which in
cludes southeastern Michigan, north
eastern Indiana, northern Ohio,
northwestern Pennsylvania and west
ern New York. Under this plan far
mers have been engaged in burning,
plowing under or otherwise destroy
ing the stubble in their fields, the
government providing them with full
information and demonstrations as to
the conduct of this work.
Field demonstrations in the selec
tion and operation of borer control
machinery have been and are being
held in hundreds of communities un
der the supervision of the agricultur
al department co-operating with the
extension departments of states.
On May Ist the government will
begin its inspection of the work done.
If found that the fields have been
cleared of the pest in an acceptable
manner the individual farmers will
be recompensed at the rate of $2 per
acre for such work as they may have
done over and above normal farming
operations on the plots. Where the
work has not been done satisfactorily
the federal forces, under the author
ity of the state departments of agri
culture, will conduct the necessary
clean up, the cost to be charged to
the individuals on whose farms the
work is done and to be collected by
state authorities on the same basis
as taxes.
That cotton is a plant to which the
worm is partial is demonstrated by
government experiments, and it has
long been the opinion that once the
pest secures a foothold in the cotton
belt it will become a measurable ally
of the high and lowland boll weevils
and the pink bollworm.
Corn, however, appears to be the
most prefered host in this country.
It bores into the stalk of the ear
and the usual withering process fol
lows, hence the pest’s name. As an
indication of what the borer will do
during the season of 1926 an area
What Is a
Diuretic?
People Are Learning the Value of Occa
sional Use.
EVERYONE knows that a lax
ative stimulates the bowels. A
diuretic performs a similar function
to the kidneys. Under the strain of
our modernjife, our organs are apt to
become sluggish and require assist
ance. More and more people are
learning to use Doan's Pills, oc
casionally, to insure good elimina
tion which is so essential to good
health. More than 50,000 grateful
users have given Doan’s signed rec
ommendations. Scarcely a commu
nity but has its representation. Ask
your neighbor!
DOAN’S Pl ^
Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneyt
JFotter-Mjlbum Co., Mfg. Chem., Buffalo. N. Y.
of 1,300 square miles of high grade
corn was damaged 75 per cent. It
travels at the rate of twenty to thirty
miles a year, and it would only be a
magical stroke of good fortune that
the breed could be wiped out.
The United States Department of
Agriculture is going after this pest
with an intensity not before recorded
in the annals of agricultural progress,
and the program is to apply measures
somewhat akin to those adopted in
wiping out the pink boll worm in the
sections of central Texas.
The department of agriculture es
timates thaA there are 60,000,000
acres of com growing land infested
with*the borer at the present time
and that the cleaning up of approx
imately 2,500,000 acres can be ac
complished under the present con
trol act. It is admitted frankly that
eradiction of the pest is impossible.
The object of the control measure,
therefore, is to check the spread of
the borer and reduce infestation to a
minimum.
Although the borer thrives best in
the stalks of corn—boring up and
down inside the pithy stalk and rob
bing the ears of maturity—it has
been found that it lives exceedingly
well, too, on grasses and many other
plants.
Already the department of agri
culture has awarded contracts for
1/200 tractors, 325 gang plows, 8,400
feet of rope, 20 burning carriages,
150 trucks, 800 stubble beaters and
various other equipment totaling sl,
500,000. It is enlisting farmers in
the greatest drive ever made against
an insect. Farmers who co-operate
will be paid for their extra trouble,
and those who do not will be assessed
the costs.
This new pest has not yet reached
Monroe county or surrounding sec
tion, but if it is not exterminated it
will doubtless reach here in due sea
son. It is looked up»n by agricul
tural scientists as far worse and
more menacing to crops of all kinds
than the boll weevil has been to cot
ton.
FOOD POISONING-
FOOD HANDLERS
The proper handling of our food is
very important to prevent contamina
tion, to prevent spoiling and to know
I that those who have the care of it
i are free from contagious disease. - Os
' course we will need to have the proper
i ordinances passed by our towns and
' cities, but it goes without saying that
all who handle our food from the time
of its reaping to its consumption
should be well, and they should also
be clean. We have authentic cases of
illness due to this. One outstanding
case of food contamination is that of
apples eaten by school children,
bought at a fruit stand near the school
Quite a number of children developed
sore mouth and, on investigation, it
was found to be syphilitic ulceration.
In hunting the cause, it was found that
the apple vendor had syphilis, and
it was his habit to spit on his apples
to polish them and make them attrac
tive. Os course this left the syphilitic
germ on the apple, with the result
above stated. Other diseases than
ayphAls are distributed {he same way,
tuberculosis, for instance.
We s^pujd do all in our power to
see to it that handlers of food have
a certificate of freedom from diseases
(hat cap hp passed <?n to another.
Raw food of course, is more
dangerous than cooked food. When
we say cooked, we mean thorough
ly cooked. Only last ; ear we had
several deaths from Botulism in
Georgia. This was. and is always, due
to raw food or canned food that has
not been cooked well and long enough.
Typhoid fever outbreaks are often
traced to food, the food being con
taminated by a chronic carrier of the
typhoid gertn. Dysentery is another
disease that we often get from food or
w ater. There are others, but the ob
ject is to call your attention to the
necessity of the control of food prep
aration, handling and keeping.
A MILD FEVER—WHAT IS IT?
It is thought by many of our medical
men, which thought is concurred in
by our State Board of Health, that we
have in the Southeast a mild fever,
sometimes not diagnosed, that is really
a very mild typhus. It is sometimes
called Brill’s Disease, All such cases
should be carefully watched, as this
is a communicable disease, the mi
crobe causing it being transmitted by
the bite of some insect. Our physi
cians, as well as the public, should be
on their guard.
At 12:15 each Monday WSB Radio
Station will broadcast a five-minute
health message. Listen in at this
hour, central standard time. These
talks will be made by some member of
the State Board of Health.
CULLODEN PERSONAL
AND SOCIAL MENTION
Funeral services for Mrs. S. A.
Norwood were held here Monday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock from the Meth
odist church conducted by Rev. S. R.
England of the Methodist church in
Thomaston, and Rev. O. L. Kelly of
the Culloden church. Interment was
in the city cemetery. Mrs. Norwood
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. W. Griffin, in Atlanta Sat
urday night at the age of 93 years.
Her death was not unexpected as she
had been critically ill for several
days.
Thirteen years ago Mrs. Norwood
suffered a broken hip in a fall at her
home at Culloden and since that time
has been an invalid. Five years ago
she went to Atlanta to live with Mrs.
Griffin, and since that time had been
bed-ridden. She was a sister-in-law
of the late United States Senator T.
M. Norwood of Savannah and before
her marriage was Miss Samantha As
kin, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. William Askin of this county.
Her husband was the late William
Norwood and she was a member of
one of the most prominent families
in the state. She was born and rear
ed and lived here until five years ago
when she made her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Griffin, in Atlanta.
She was educated at old Darby Col
lege, one of the most famous schools
of that time, and was a faithful mem
ber of the Methodist church here and
a charter member of the Ladies’ Mis
sionary Society. She is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. W. W. Griffin,
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Oscar Wynn, of
Macon, and a number of grandchil
dren. The death of Mrs. Norwood
removes from Culloden its oldest cit
izen and a member of one of the most
prominent families in the state.
Mrs. Grady Haygood was hostess
at a pretty party Wednesday after
noon in honor of the ninth birthday
of her daughter, Ouida. Games were
enjoyed until 5 o’clock, when the
birthday cake was cut which caused
much merriment, and refreshments
served. Those enjoying the happy
occasion were Misses Ruth Hardin,
Beulah Philmon, Ouida and Eva Hay
good, Catherine Pierson, Eunice El
der, Mildred Jones, Nell Brown, Mil
licent Lunceford, Jeannette Haygood,
Jeannelle Keadle, Welch Means, Ca
pers Holmes, Doyle Abercrombie,
Lawton Haygood, Wyatt Pierson and
Robert Pierson.
A lovely party of Friday afternoon
was that* given by MrS. Robt. Pier
son in honor of rook club members
and a few additional friends. The
rooms where the games were played
were beautifully decorated with
spring flowers. At the conclusion of
the game a salad course was served.
Mrs. Pierson’s guests were Mrs. W.
T. Holmes, Mrs. J. W. Pierson, Mrs.
Homer Lunceford, Mrs. John Elling
ton, Mrs. Grady Haygood, Mrs. C. H.
Holmes, Mrs. T. M. Haygood, Mrs.
W. E. Myrick, Mrs. Will Elder, Mrs.
Will Brown, Misses Ruth Hardin,
Beulah Philmon, Allene Clements,
Mattilu Fincher, Mrs. Charlie Barker.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hardy have re
turned home after spending two
weeks at different points of interest
in Florida after attending the Con
federate reunion in Tampa.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Myrick had a*
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Moore and sori, Mr. Harry Moore,
Mrs. Knox and three sons of Thom
aston.
Miss Mary Cleveland, a student of
Mercer University, spent the week
end at home.
Miss Frances Holmes of Cordele
spent the week-end at home.
Mrs. F. W. Hammock is spending
several days with her daughter, Mrs.
A. A. Bush, in Byron.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chapman of
Meansville were the guests of Mr and
Mrs. T. M. Haygood and Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Williams Saturday and
Sunday’
Mrs. Paul Jones of Statesboro is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. Rumph.
Elder Virgil Agan of Atlanta filled
his regular appointment at the Prim
itive Baptist church here Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Eulah Felts of Eufaula, Ala..
THE MONROE ADVERTISER
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Eliz
abeth Pierson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rumph and
two children of Greenwood, S. C.,
are spending several weeks here with
the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. Rumph.
Miss Fannie B. Rutherford has re
turned home after visiting relatives
in Atlanta and her brother and sis
ter, Congressman and Mrs. S. Ruth
erford, of Forsyth.'
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones, Mrs.
M. C. McGinty, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
Jones and daughter, Mildred, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ton McGinty in Forsyth.
J. H. CARMICHAEL
DROWNS SELF IN JACKSON
WATERWORKS PLANT
JACKSON, Ga., April 27.—James
H. Carmichael, 65, president of the
Farmers and Merchants bank at the
time it closed its doors the past De
cember, and one of the best known
business men in central Georgia, end
ed his life by drowning at the water
works at an early hour this morning.
His body was found in 12 feet of
water. His overcoat, hat, watch and
knife were left by the side of the
storage pool. The body was found
by the city engineer at the water
plant.
A native of Butts county, where
he had spent his entire life, Mr. Car
michael was interested in a number
of business enterprises. He was pres
ident of Farmers and Merchants
bank, president of the Georgia
Wholesale company, president of
Carmichael’s Georgia Grocery, op-
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erating retail grocery stores in Jack
son, Macon, Dublin, Fort Valley and
Columbus, and was head of J. H. Car
michael and company, cotton factors.
He was a prominent layman of the
Baptist church, having been superin
tendent of the First Baptist Sunday
school for many years. He served
as moderator of the Kimbell Baptist
association for several years. He was
also president of the Carmichael-Mal
let company, operating a retail mer
cantile business in Jackson.
The family has long beep prom
: inent in the affairs of Butts county.
A coroner’s inquest was held and
the jury returned a verdict that death
occurred by suicide.
DESTROY LICE AND MITES
Use sodium-flouride dip, recom
mended in warm dry sunshiny weath
er. One ounce of commercial sodium
flouride to each gallon of water.
Hold the birds by thd wings and
plunge them into tub of the solution.
Then plunge the head once or twice.
One pound of sodium flouride will
treat 100 birds. Figuring a person’s
time at 20 cents an hour and the
drug at 40 cents a pound, it will cost
about $1.25 to treat 100 fowls.
Use mercurial ointment, by the
pink method. Apply a piece of about
the size of an English pea under the
wings, about the vent, on the neck,
under the head, and two on the back.
Thoroughly clean and spray the
poultry houses ydth a good disinfect
ant, such as phinotas, chemo, zenole
um or carbolineum for common red
mite.
S. W. BOYNTON, County Agent.
RUSSELLVILLE NEWS
Mrs. Homer Ham spent the week
end with Mrs. Roy Ham.
Mrs. Ethel Wilson was the guest
l of Mrs. J. C. Etheridge Sunday.
Mrs. A. E. Treadwell and Miss
, Evelyn Haygood were guests of Mrs.
।H. M. King of Danville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Holloway at-*
tended church at Culloden Sunday.
1 Throughout the three acts of
' “Deacon Dubbs’ the rapid action
brings about one situation after an
other in which are mingled- laughs,
thrills and surprises. The comedy
I is natural, not forced, the characters
have the little mannerisms which we
see about us in every-day life. The
interest is well sustained until the
final curtain.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ponder of
Forsyth spent a while Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. William Evans.
Mrs. Ethel Wilson spent Saturday
night with Mrs. H. M. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jackson and Mr.
and Mrs. John Ham are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Ham.
Miss Otis Wilson had -as guests
Monday night Miss Katherine Cocke
and Miss Annie Will Rickenbaker.
FOR SALE—Eight or ten tons good
bright hay at S2O per ton, or will
trade for cattle. H. A. Fort, rfd 3,
Forsyth, Ga. 4-28 p
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