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THE NEWS AND FARMER VOLUME 31—No. 15. OUR ROADS BETTER THAN TRET SEEM, SAYS VISITOR COMPARED WITH HIGHWAYS OF OTHER COUNTIES THEY ARE SUPERIOR TO SOME. Our Roads As Others See Them. When the rains come for weeks and people keep running on the roads and cutting them up, it is natural that they should get bad. In fact it is strange they remain as good as they do. Too wet' to work and no shops tnd tools in which to work and fix up old plows, wa gons, hay rakes, etc., the people must ride around and burn up oil and cut up the roads. And in the early spring when it rains most and the roads are soft and not fit to use, guano is hauled and cotton seed also if they can hap pen to be sold. Is it any wonder then that our roads get to be a mess. Noth ing but a solid rock could stand such treatment. And when such a condition arises nearly all rise up and talk about the roads. We want to say this: Some three weeks ago when our roads were much worse than they are now, a man who travels much over this and ad joining counties told us that the roads of Jefferson county are by far the best. That when we had bad roads in Janu ary and February that other counties had much worse. That while we had bad spots, other countios had long stretches and even miles as bad as our bad spots. Some consolation. WANTED Split hickory spoke billets. 3 1-2x3x14 or 28 inches long. 3 3-4x4x15 or 30 inches long. 3 3-4x4 1-2x15 or 30 inches long. Carload shipments inspection at ship ping point. Cash settlements. Write for prices and specifications. Name your shipping point and state quality you can furnish. Address P. O. Box No. 1302, Jacksonville, Fla. 2tpd. Bank In Hands of Receiver. The Farmers State Bank of Bartow closed its doors two months ago and much effort has been exercised to get it in working shape, hut without avail. Last Friday it was put into the hands of receivers and Frank Hardeman, Esq., and Mr. C. S. Bryant were named as the officers. CONTRACT TO ERECT THE BANK The contract to erect the First National Bank building was let to C. W. Bernhardt of Atlanta. It is ,to be completed by August Ist. The picture of the new building as it will appear when finished can be seen at the office of the bank. It is a handsome struc ture, and will add much to the appear ance of Broad street. We hope to show the picture in the paper soon. for Liberty Bonds. Spot cash.—R. L. Bethea. —Wanted—Liberty Bonds. ANY AMOUNT. Highest Cash price.—R. L. Bethea. L_ T/ - / z R/GHT PRICES- EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED ON THE FARM Hames Traces Sweeps Shovels Scooters Buzzards Clevises Heel Pins Collars Harrows Collar Pads Cultivators Guano Horns Corn Planters Guano Distributors Cotton Planters Planter Repairs Plow Repairs Back Bands Plow Lines AND A HUNDRED OTHER THINGS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION H A R D WARE Little & Com bam/ "THE STORE THAT SELLS * t THE OLD RELIABLE LINES" LOUISVILLE, GA. THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOUND IN AN OLD TRUNK MONEY THAT WAS MISSING WHEN BANK OF AVERA WAS CLOS ED RETURNED TO BANK. When the Bank of Avera was closed some time since, it was learned that $3,000 • j ~~ the safe that were left tliefJ 3r 0 n , “ l -fore. Friday Mrs. C. H. Hattawn.,, lives at Dayisboro was going throug.. Id trunk, and she found the $3,000.00. It was in six packages of SSOO each. She at once notified Mr. T. J. Harvey and he went and got it and turned it over to the bank. When he offered to deposit it, Mr. C. E. Mathis, who lias been work ing with the bank for sometime and who is now cashier, recognized the packages. CO-OPERATIVE HOG SALE FOR ONE DAY NEAT WEEK BEST PRICES TO BE OBTAINED BY HAVING BIDDERS MAKE THEIR OFFERS. For the benefit of the farmers that have hogs ready for the market, we want to hold a co-operative sale in Louisville one day next week. If you have one or a hundred hogs you can get them in this sale. These hogs are graded according to the Government regulations and weighed here and you receive your check for them at the same time. I am getting in touch with the packers all over the state and ju at this time I am offered the following prices f. o. b. Louisville in car lots. This bid is offered by McCrainie & Hall, Sparks, Ga., and is subject to a raise which I believe will be, as prices are getting better every week. 165 lbs. and ups 14c 165 lbs. and ups roughs 13c 140 lbs and up 13c 115 lbs. and up 12e 90 lbs and up 10c Stags docked 70 lbs 13c I# you want to sell any hogs, write or call me, giving the number and size. You understand this sale is to be car ried on in a co-operative way, and no other expense to the farmer other than bringing them here and the weighing of same. This'is the first sale of this kind ever attempted in Jefikuson county, and no reason to believe it wont lie a success, as the above prices are guar anteed and probably will be raised be fore the sale. Three cars of hogs were sold in Sandersville recently, and sav ed the farmers over SI,OOO bv the above plan. • Parties listing hogs in this sale will be informed in due time as to the time of sale and also if the above prices are raised. We have only a short time to get this sale up; so get busy and let me know what you have to sell. C. V. SHIRLEY, County Agent. HOW TO MAKE THE GARDEN GROW IS TOLD BY AGENT GREAT IMPORTANCE OF OBSERV ING THRIFT IN CULTIVATION IS EMPHASIZED. The gardens are planted now. The problem from now on consists of plant ing for succession, top dressing to has ten growth, and cultivation. Nearly all lands were hard tins spring and broke up dloddy, Cultivation after every rain and a good many in between will be necessary to remedy this. Try some Stowell’s Evergreen sweet corn this year. Plant it right away. To]) dress corn with soda or ammonia when knee to waist high, unless manure was used lavishly. Select your own sweet corn seed this fall. Stake stalks this month that show most rapid and vigorous growth, the darkest green and biggest leaves. Try that Pimento pepper. Seed can be sown. Plants can now be set in South Georgia. Where tomatoes die when fruit begins to ripen, the land is probably infected with wilt. Do not plant peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, nor egg-plants on such ground. Select a spot where they have not grown for 5 or 6 years. Avoid cotton lands. Potato bugs are very easily killed by arsenate of lead one pound; slaked powdered lime three pounds; of arse ate of lime one pound, powdered lime five pounds. Dust this on plants when wet with dew. For ripe potatoes to eat during the fall, spray the vines with 4-4-50 bordeaux plus 2 bars hard soap. Begin when plants are 6 inches high and repeat every 3 weeks until vines begin to "die naturally. Pota toes from diseased vines will not keep. In north and Middle Georgia, sow a rich, spot in early peas for green peas, then some fall Irish potatoes after the vines have been turned under in July. Watermelons are subject to blight. Begin spraying when vines have run 1 1-2 to 2 feet and use 4-4-2-50 bordeaux. The two sprayings have doubled the watermelon field. A side dressing of acid phosphate and meal (4 to 1) when vines have run about 2 feet is good. Drill fertilizer, shallow (2 to 3 inches) and 1 to 1 1-2 feet from the row. A top dressing of soda or ammonia may be substituted using 75 to 100 pounds ■ acre. Lots of acid is to be desired this season to hasten maturity. . In North Georgia cabbage should be set at once if not already done. Use succession, Copenhagen Market, Flat Dutch and late Flat Dutch. Top dressings of soda or ammonia are advisable for cabbage, lettuce, corn, melons and the asparagus bed. It does not pay to top dress tomatoes, beans, okra nor Irish potatoes. Sweet pota toes may have a top dressing especial ly on eiay lands. For North Georgia the Nancy Hall is better than Porto Rico Yam. Over Middle and South Georgia the Porto Rico is to be prefer red. Bedded land dries out quickly and promotes earliness. For summer and fall crops, planted from now on for suc cession, the level planting is best. Try top dressing the lawns with acid phosphate. Bermuda that is getting thin should be loosened by plowing or spading and the stand will be improved. Mowing and raking up the cut gress for the cow, and then return her drop pings next fall, is a wonderful aid to the lawn. Ground limestone is ais) necessity for good lawn grass. Prune the spireas, Golden Bell and ledges now. Remove the old wood and piomote n w growth. Wood over four years* old is usually unsightly in the flowering shrubs. Work plenty of ma nure in about the roses and add acid phosphate. Keep the ground stirred in the rose garden. Now is the time to be thinking about that sweet potato storage house. 150 were built in the 8 nth last year. One for every Georgia community is the slo gan this year. The league house usual ly gets most attention, consequently usually has the least rot. One tenth of one per cent, or one rotten bushel ir 1000 is the record for Georgia the past winter. Will a bank ever equal that? E. E. BLACKBURN, Extension Horticultu list. C. V. SHIRLEY, County Agent. Will Plant Tobacco. Mr. W. L. Beall, who war. roared in Jefferson, but now lives near TTazle hurst, visited his brother, Mr. J. L. Beall, last week. lie says the farmers of his county will reduce cotton one half. That owing to the boll weevil he made only 67 bales of cotton last year, when a fair yield would have been 125 bales. To meet the weevil evil much corn is being planted and the farmers will raise much tobacco. He says tobacco houses are being erected ali over the county. Every subscriber to the ocunty pa per is doing something to upbuild his county. The local paper is the mirror through whicli the outside world secs a community. To publish a good pa per it is necessary to have every avail aide subscriber. A good paper increases the standing of the community in which it is published. If you wish to send a letter in a hurry, write “in haste” on the envel ope. The postmaster and clerks will then fall over each other in the:.- haste to get it in the mail first, then tile postal clerk will yell to the enginerr: “Pull her wide open, here’s a letter in a rush.”. And the train will just fly. Next to the wife beater comes the horse beater and it is to be regretted we have one or two in this community. A horse is the most faithful and noble of animals and the man who would abuse his horse has something lack ing in his manhood. The usual big crowd that comes on the first Saturday in April was here on Saturday. This is the day when ra tions begin to be issued to those who have been employed to work on the farms and there is always a largo as semblage. LOUISVILLE, GA. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919 TWO TON TRUCK BOUGHT BY COUNTY FOB HAULING THIS WILL MAKE POSSIBLE QUICK ACTION WHEN TEMPORARY REPAIRS ARE NEEDED. The county board has bought a two ton truck with cab and body and it will be a great addition to the quick repairing of Viad places on the roads. It a heavy rain washes up :i bridge and makes a place bad for travel, a lot of hands can be put on tin truck and carry plenty of tools to use And it will make the trip quick —after the fashion of an automobile. And while there tin truck can be used to haul sand at dirt and any other kind of material needed. And when tin- work is done, the hands can be quick] • returned to the gang. We hope the truck will accomp lish the work desired, for often a bad place is left too long an i it grows worst each day and soon mtn-li more expense is incurred to fix it. Road Tax and the Collectors. Tile road tax for 1911 tis $4.00 or 8 days' work on the pull:.- roads. Col lection of the tax begins April 15th, and must be completed In- .lone 4th. We give the names of the collectors: 76th District —A. Manning. 77th —W. L. Averett. 78th—R. W. Underwood. 79th—A. O. McCoy. 81st—G. R. Wiggins. 82nd—E. A. Harrell 84th—N. T. Medanii l, A. G. Miller. 85th—R. N. McDaniel. 1460 th —T. P. Hadden. 1593rd—J. G. LaFavnr. Dismantled A Ford. On September 21st, 1918, Alex Lowry was coining from Augusta and his car refused to run four or live miles above Wrens and he left it and a good over coat. Returning later he found the coat and everything, such as the tires, that could be detach* <l, gone. Even the timer was gone. The cost of sup plying the parts w*as $185.55. After a long search he got evidence against four negroes and* one white man and they have been arrested recently. Tt often happens that the owner is forc ed to leave his ear in the road and it should be a felony to strip and plunder it, as it is a felony to steal a car. As the time to plant cotton draws near the demand for guano increases. Wagons wait in line all day for it. MEMORIAL EXERCISES UN TWENTY-FIFTH OF APRIL Tin- twenty-fifth of April will be ob served as Memorial Pay this year. The veterans of the eountv are cor dially invited to attend the Memorial Services, which will be held at the au ditorium, Louisville, Ga., April 25th, at twelve o ’clock. U. D. C. Meeting. The Daughters held their monthly meeting at the residence of Mrs. C. C. Burkhalter Friday afternoon, April tin* 4th at 5 o’clock. The meeting was opened by singing the il Star-Spangled Banner” followed by repeating the Lord’s Prayer in com cert. After approval of minutes the morial Committee made their report. A motion was carried to the effect that ten dollars bent from the Lou isville Chapter as our contribute i t the twelve hundred dollar fund whi i is to go to the Veterans at the Old Sol diers’ Home and used by them as spending money. The appointment of committees .and discussion of plans for Memorial Day was the principal feature of the meet ing. There will be no set speaker for the occasion only informal talks from men who can speak from heart to heart to the veterans. The president referred again to the appeal that is being made to Chapters over the State to send boxes to the veterans at the Old Soldiers’ Home. A letter of thanks from Mrs. Trox Bankston was read, thanking the Chan ter for ten dollars sent to the Heh Plane educational fund. Mrs. R. W. Little read so well, a po cm, the first voice representing a Sou thern Volunteer and second voice, a Northern Volunteer. Each daughter is expected to make four wreaths and send flowers and wreaths to the cemetery late Tliursd afternoon before Memorial Day. There will be a committee present to receive and put them on graves. The study of the afternoon was: “The Early Efforts of the South to Rid Herself of Slaves.” Miss Roberts told how the North, when she had more slaves than she could manage and was profitable to her sent them South; how some of the Southern States tried to rid themselves of slaves, blit couldn’t as it was unlawful for a slave holder to free a slave unless he was able to sup port himself, how eighty per cent of those who fought on the Confederate side never owned a slave (though slave ry finally became one of the issues of the war), how General Cobb and Lee tried to free their slaves and how there were more anti-sla v ry societies in the South than in the North before the war. The Historian read an account of an incident in the lif< of the late Oapt. Dick Milledge. After Lee had surren dered, before the soldiers were dis charged Capt. and a friend, Harry Har per, were out riding near the Sand Hills of Augusta, when the former spied some Yankees and said: “Harry, let’s give them a parting shot.” They did, and this was probably the last shot of the war. Mrs. Barwick invited the chapter to meet with her in May. After the study Mrs. Burkhalter served a delicious salad course. Officers will be elected at the May meeting and a full attendance is requested. Kenyon Mott Dead. Atlanta, Ga,. April B.—Dr. Kenyon Mott, eye specialist of Atlanta, and one of the best known practitioners in the state, died suddenly of heart trouble at his home in Kirkwood about 3 o’clock this morning. He came to Atlanta sev eral years ago from Brunswick. DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF FEED FOB IKING PORK EXPERIMENTS BEING MADE WiTH THE OBJECT IN VIEW OF GET TING BEST RESULTS Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—What k the best and most efficient food for creating “hard” pork? That is a problem, and an important one, which it is proposed to solve through tests which have just been determined upon through co-opera tion between the Georgia State Bureau of Markets and the Georgia Experiment Station at Experiment. As the result of a conference between Director H. P. Stuckory of the Experi ment Station and Director L. B. Jack son of the State Bureau of Markets, it has been determined to secure 80 pigs weighing from 70 to 80 pounds each, divide them in lots of ton, and feed each lot a distant and separate ration. Tn tliis way it will be possible to make a careful test of eight different varieties of hog feeds, and the results will he noted in the aggregate weight of the hogs and the quality of the pork produced. These hogs will be, kept in different enclousures at the Experiment Station, so that there will be no possibility of their getting any but a known food and a known quantity. In this way it can be determined exactly what a given ration will do. The results of these important tests w-ill be given to the far mers of Georgia in a carefully prepared bulletin, as soon as they are completed. Why is it, a careless seven year old kid can drop a half burned mat -i m an alley and burn up all the barns in a block, while an able bodied man has to use up a whole box of matches to get a wood fire started in a heater that has enough draft to draw all the furniture up the stove pipe? The foolish virgins who spend nine tenths of their time in learning to decorate china, would do well to remem ber that a young man in search of a good wife is more likely to tie to a girl who knows how to’ decorate her china with a good square meal, well cooked and daintily served. The best way to build up a town is to stand by every man in the place who does right. Whenever a man is doing well do not tear him down. All residents should be partners, not op ponents. Tn all livelihoods the more business vour rival gets the more you will do. Every business man who treats his customers honestly, courte ously and fairly will get his share, and the more business that can be secured by united efforts, the better it will be for nil. When a town ceases to grow it begins to die, and the more people try to kill each other's busi ness in their town the more readily will utter ruin come to all. Stand to gether for the advancement of every citizen. If a man shows ability to prosper, do not pull him back thru jealousy or weight him down through cold indifference. Always Something New and Novel Each week we add new and novel lines of me chandise to our already large stock of goods. We endeavor at all times to keep abreast of mod em innovations, and therefore we are in posi tion at all times to give you tip top service. So why should you seek goods from the mail order houses? Do they pay taxes in Louisville? Do they stand for the prosperity of Jefferson coun ty? We should say not. This store is a home in stitution and is dependent upon you for our sup port. Won’t you give us a share of your patronage? Louisville Drug Cos. The m&XaJUL Store LOUISVILLE, GA. COURT HOUSE ANO YAHD HEADY FOR THE MAY TERM SHERIFF THOMAS IS HAVING THINGS MADE SPICK AND SPAN FOR VISITORS. Sheriff Thomas is getting the court house and yard cleaned lip for the May Court. And then we will have a hun dred or more visitors here from Toombs county attending the big murder trial, and he wishes to have our fine building and grounds looking sparky, dean and attractive. You are correct Mr. Sheriff. LOCAL RAILROAD FLAGMAN MEETS DEATH IN ACCIDENT CHARLIE TOOKES STUMBLES AND FALLS AND FATALLY INJURED BY MOVING TRAIN Charlie Tookes, the flagman on lii Louisviiie A Warily rai r w l , was run ov r Tlmr.-day ~and on • b. cm* *ff rJ-c-v Hi* k>: v th Lther at the ankle. iL that n.J.t While coin! :*> t ii* i \\ \uley at th V, TooV* ran *n fi r '2 The engin * an 1 -luiu bled an I Nil . ; the track. lie ,nau an effort to eseape, bir su *rvodod in getting only his body out of dan ger. Extra Jurors. On account of the murder trial from Toombs, many extra juors will be drawn for the May court, and we will print j all of the names next week, so all ar J range * l ’eir business accordingly. Toombs county pays all of the bills, but. we are sorry for the tax payers.! Crime is a cost and a nuisance. AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE. An Oakland. In first class condi tion. Will be sold at a bargain. M US. HENRY L. BRULATOUR, 4 3 3t pd Care S. L. Black, Bartow, Ga. —Complete stock of high est grade fertilizers now on hand ready for delivery. R. L. BETHEA. We note with pleasure that the farms in tliis county are developing into a higher state of cultivation. The young farmers have certainly improved upon the old fogy methods if their fathers and the modern ways of farming is causing Mother Earth to produce her largest and best crops. SUIT IN U. S. COURT There is a controversy between Mr. W. B. Smith and Mr. N. W. Bendenfield on a piece of property in Wadley. It is part of the land where the Terminal hotel formerly stood. As Mr. Smith lives in South Carolina he brought the case in tlie IT. S. Court. We hear there will be an effort to have it transferred to the Superior Court of this county. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE SUNDAY MORNING TRAGEDY ENDS LIFE OF FRANKLIN PROMINENT CITIZEN OF TEN NILLE VICTIM OF BULLET FIRED BY HARVEY BLOUNT Sandersville, Ga., April 1). -Special— With his brain:; oozing from a bullet wound in his head Ram O. Franklin was brought to Sandersville for treat ment at Dr. Win. Rawlings Sanitarium early Sunday morning, but as soon as the physicians could make an examina tion they stated he did not have one chance in a hundred to recover, as the bullet had entered the forehead over his left eye and passed out at the back of his head, rendering him unconscious. He died six hours after receiving the wound. There were some conflicting reports about the tragedy, but from the best information rbDinrble it appears that. Mr. Franklin, Harvey Blouna and J. A. Whitsett were together at an early hour Sunday morning in one of the restaurants which serves quick lunches to passengers who travel through Ten mile. They left the restaurant together and there was a scuffle, followed by the report of a pistol shot. Those who were near by saw Blount and Whitsett running away and found Franklin ly ing unconscious with a bullet hole through his head. Tt is not known what precipitated the tragedy, but it is stated that Franklin struck Blount over the head and that Blount fired the fatal shot. Whitsett was arrested and jailed, charged with being an accomplice in the crime. Blount went to his home in the southern part of the county, but it is reported that he is willing to sur render to the proper authorities when ever wanted and a commitment t can be arranged. The news of the unfortunate trage dy spread rapidly and there were many inquiries as to the origin of the trou ble and the condition of the wounded man. Mr. Franklin was a son of the late Oapt. .T. D. Franklin of Tennille. He is survived by his second wife and three children, his mother, two married sisters, and two brothers. He was about thirty-six years of age and except during the time when he was connected with a bank at Matthews, Ga., and la ter was employed by a railroad company in Florida, had always made his h< in Tonnille. He was popular with his acquaintances, and there were many ex pressions of sorrow and regret when the news of his death was heard. It is stated that Mr. Whitsett, who is now in jail, will be given a prelimi nary trial as soon as possible and it is probable that Mr. Blount will also demand a preliminary trial this week. The funeral of Mr. Franklin took place at Tennille Tuesday and the bur ial occurred at Zeta eemetery. The American naval experts are planning a hugs battleship, combinning the armor of the dreadnaught vvitli the speed of the battle cruisers. This will start anew race in naval programs.