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MUST HAVE LICENSE
TO HANDLE EXPLOSIVES
.Bracing as a
•North Wind
Atlanta, Ga.—To farther protect
industries and the food supply, Con
gress passed an act regulating, the
sale, manufacture, distribution, use
and storage of explosives and their
ingredients, and this law is now in
effect in all the states. Inspectors
have been appointed in each state to
administer and enforce the law. Car
los H. Mason of this city, inspector for
Georgia with offices in Boom 201
court house, has given out a state
ment containing information of inter
est to the public concerning the law.
He states:
"Necessarily the law places re
strictions on the rightful use of ex
plosives, but it is so framed that any
one rightfully and legally holding or
using explosives may secure them or
their ingredients with a minimum of
inconvenience commensurate with
safeguarding the public interest
"It is necessary before you can
mauufacture, buy, sell use or keep
explosives or their ingredients, that
you have a license. There are differ
ent kinds of licenses covering differ
ent kinds of requirements. Licensing
agents of the government have been
appointed in practically every county.
Any licensing agent in any state can
issue a license for the entire state but
Hot for use in another state. The li
censing agent in any county can be
found by inquiring of the county
clerk, county sheriff, chief of police
or ordinary.
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TAX RECEIVER’S ROUND, FEB
RUARY, 1918.
Unadilla—March 1 and 2.
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Byromville—March 8r
Lester’s Store—March 7.
Drayton—March 8.
Lilly—March 9.
Rlchwood—March 12.
Vienna—March 18 and 14.
Findiay—March IB.
Piqehnrst—March 16.
6th District—March 19.
Tippett’s Store—March 20.
Srtd District—March 21.
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Dooling—April 2.
Byromville—April 3.
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Lilly—April 6.
Lee Adams—April 9.
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FREEZES AND
BOLL WEEVIL
Washington, D. C.—It is extremely
unwise for cotton farmers to assume
that the freezes of the last few weeks
have exterminated the cotton boll
weevil, says the Department of Agri
culture in answer to many inquiries
from tho South.
During thop ast winter the temper
atures have been lower than at any
time sinco 1899, and there can hardly
be any doubt that this extreme cold
has reduced the numbers of weevils in
many sections of the South. The im
pression has been gained by many
planters that tho weevil hns been re
duced to negligible numbers, if not
altogether exterminanted. It is too
much to expect that the temperature
has been uniformly cold enough to'
absolutely exterminate the weevil
from large areas. The records of
the Department of Agriculture indi
cate that there is at least from 1 to 6
per cent survival of the weevil in
thoses ections which have been thor
oughly studied as against a normal of
7.6 per ceht survival. This percent
age of surviving weevils is sufficient
to restock the cotton fields of the
South before the end of the growing
season.
There is always a possibility that
there may bes ome specially sheltered
Bpots even in the more northerly in
fested regions where some weevils
will bo able to survive. The instinct
of tho weevil lends it to seek the warm
est shelter available in thev icinity of
its breeding ground. It-will shelter
itself under the. bark of trees, or in
thick hanging moss upon the trees
under the thatch of roofs, and in
other buildings— It is therefore quite
easy to see that no matter how cold
the external temperatures are there
is always a probability that there will
be weevils surviving in each field
sheltered securely enough to carry
them through the winter.
The experience of 26 years with
the boll weevil in this country has
'shown that one or two weevils sur
viving in a field can easily produce
enough offspring to destroy all but
the earliest portion of the crop.
No reliable prediction can be made
on tho basis of what happened during
the winter. Frequently seasons in
which very few weevils pass the win
ter. have been followed by great in
jury to. the crop by the weevil. This
has been due to favorable conditions
brought about by heavy rains during
the early part of the growing season,
which permitted the weevil to over
come their losses during the winter,
or to early dispersion of the weevils
'from the warmer sections of the cot
ton belt, and-sometimes to severe
tropical stoTms which frequently
sweep over the Gulf States. It is
therefore apparent that the conditions
of the spring and summer will largely
determine the extent of damage due
to the weevil rather than the number
of weevils which survive in a given lo
cality.
In the opinion of the Department
of Agricqlture, it would be very un
fortunate if the prevailing impression
concerning the boll weevil should in
crease the acreage of cotton at the
expense of food crops. At the pres
ent time what is . most urgently need
ed throughout the South is an increas
ed production of food and feed crops.
There is every indication that the
normal acreage in cotton, with prop
er cultivation, will give a supply of
the staple sufficient for all purposes.
It is clearly a matter of patriotism as
well as sound judgment for the plant
ers to increase the acreage in food
crops. The planter who increases his
cotton acreage cannot be assured that
his crop will not suffer greatly from
the boll weevil attacks, and will be
utilizing his land in a way which docs
not best serve the necessities of the
country.
Director general McAdoo has al
ready issued a warning that transpor
tation difficulties in 1918 may make it
difficult, if not impossible, to supply-
food and feed promptly to communi
ties that neglect to provide their own
necessities. To say the least, the
drain on transportation is so heavy
that any exceptional requirements for
hauling food and feed to the South
will be an actual embarrassment to
the Government in the prosecution of
the war. The Department of Agri
culture is npt asking the South to
contribute materially to the Nation’s
food and feed supply, but is asking
the South only to feed itself so that it
may not become-a burden upon the
food-producing sections of tho coun
try which must strain their energies
to the utmost in order to feed the
armies and maintain the civil popula
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