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SEMI-WEEKLY TIME8-ENTERFKIS E, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914
THE TIMES-ENTERPRISE
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
Issued Every Tuesday and Friday
members associated press
Dally and Semi-Weekly Times- Enter-
prise Published by the Times En
terprise Company. ThomasvSle, Ga.
E. R. JERGER .Editor
W. D. HARGRAVE Bus. Mgr.
Entered at the ThomasTllle Pest
Ofllce for Trinsmtsslon Through the
Male as Second Class Mall Matter.
Subscription Ratos:
One Year h-J*
Six Months »•
Make Villa buy a bale and exhaust
bis resources.
THE THOMAS COUNTY FAIR.
It Is probable that In a 3hort time'
a committee from the Fair will visit
an asset to the‘man who owns It.
We know that some men are liabili
ties In the community where they
reside. They are absorbers without
the merchants and professional men (gMDg anytJl | ng , n r6turn
of Thomasvllle for the purpose of
getting money with which to pay
the premiums on the products of
Thomas County, shown at the Fair.
We do not speak from any request,
or, !n fact, with any knowledge what
ever of the Intentions of the commit-
are cumbcrers of the ground, and,
under divine law, ought to be ent
down, but It la not for their fellosra
to do the cutting.
Over In Europe at the present
time human life Is of no value at all
when weighed against the whims of
the French) and restore organic
equilibrium. Indeed, the entire
working of the human mechanism,
physical and mental alike, may be
lubricated by a stream of music,
which are and science should there
fore have a place In the medical ar
mamentarium.
tee, but we do hope that whatever 1 ambitious war-lords. The conflagra-
courso they adopt, will meet wlth|tlon which was started there was
recognition and encouragement from over the murderous act of a n
the city.
The Fair is golne to he as good
boy, who probably
shrunk from killing
would
i pig.
have
Hel-
thls year as any In the history of j glum and England were drawn Into
the county, and It Is more essential It to preserve f.ie sanctity of
Pay your debts so the other fol
low can go and do likewise.
The winter campaign In France
and Germany is going to produce an
unlimited number of cold feet.
Wouldn't It be positively pitiful
if the government would adopt those
cotton plans In rotation and try
them all outT
That garden sass shore looks good
and It will taste a whole lot bet
ter when Jack Frost nips It first
time.
The city oamnaign !s on. Go to It,
boys: you all have our very best
wishes, and we hope none of you
will get defeated.
Ain’t It awful your landlord won’t
repair the roof and the first rain
spills plaster on your noodle and,
Incidentally ruins a lot of papers?
They say that babies are coming
back into style in this country. Been
that a good showing be made, from "scrap of paper" on which a treaty
the fact that hundreds of pecan men I was written.
who are land exploiters and Inves-j Those Florida men were no worse
tors, will be here and will view the | than other desperadoes who fly Into
displays, which are in a way an ln-|a murderous rage over a small thing
dlcatlon of the possibility of the: which they call ‘‘principle.’’ It all
land. Let the Fair be big and fine,
and let the money be given as It has
been each year, for the best that Is
shown, without stint and In time.
IV THE STOMACH OF A QUAIL.
goes to show that proud man who
should be a little lower than the an
gels can make himself not much
above the beasts. In Judgment and
many of the golden graces he could
learn valuable lessons from even the
pigs.—Macon Telegraph.
Five hundred and sixty-eight mos
quitoes. one hundred and nine pota
to beetles, two thousand, three hun
dred and twenty-six plant lice, one
hundred chinch bugs, tlilrty-nlne!
grass-hoppers, twelve squash bugs, j
twelve cut worms, twelve army j
wormB and eight white grubs—all j
these, says the state game warden of |
Tennessee, have been found tn the!
stomach of a common quail. "What!
would that bird and Its mate havej
been worth to you,’’ he asks, "If they j
had readed their little brood on your
farm?’’
LUXURY 15 TABOO.
There is a strong tendency among
the people of the South to live with
in their Income. This tendency,
coming as it does. In the face of
possible financial difficulties or proba
bly because of them, will prove the
most agreeable result of the war In
Europe.
For some time, many people have
over-stepped their incomes In an af-
j fort to keep up the pace set by rlv-
! als or friends or neighbors. Many
that way la Thomasvllle for some
time, but more especially this year.
J. L. Sibley, of Milledgevllle, Is
going to run against Hoke Smith In
the general election. Welcome,
The Interesting and truly appall
in* menu shows that birds protect i thousanda have become vaccinlated
not only crops and orchards, but also wlth the auto vlrus and ° t;,er exi ' en
the health of men and animals.!
Many of the Insects they destroy are
carriers of disease. A hull bat, we
are told, will devour a thousand mos-
qultoes In one twilight: given due
James, if you get any voters don’t j safety and encouragement, a family
forget to let us know. j of bull bats should suffice to free
n I any neighborhood of mosquitoes and
Hold up your head, throw out j prevPn t many cases of Illness as well ]
your chest, plant your feet solidly on j as incalculable discomfort. !
the pavement and look like you
meant business, and that It did you
good.
Commenting upon the Tennessee
game warden's statement, the Cour
ier-Journal well observes that too
many farmers look upon birds "elth-
slve tastes, and have satiated them-
: (elves and surprised their friends
! with a display of expense that was
a most serious drain upon their In
comes and prevented the proper dis
tribution of their funds to those
rightfully entitled to them.
The grocers of the country have
been put off to pay for gasoline and
oil; the home has been mortgaged,
and Interest goes on for the sake of
summer atuo rides. It became a
ceaseless round of expenses that are
The prettiest girl In Thomasvllle
Informed us the other day that she
was going to wear cotton Instead of
silk. She would look good in any
thing and so would lot of the fair
sex, many of whom haven’*, the moral
courage to lay off silk stockings and
dresses and wear cotton.
The efforts of the Hearst news
papers to concoct a great man out
of William Randolph, with news
paper gush, Is nothing less than
pitiful.
Lots of fellows have sense enough
to advertise when times are tight,
and they rake in the profits. The
fellow who cuts Ills advertising be
cause his business Is dull, advertises
the fact by not advertising.
The veal business man does his
best work In adverse times. The
pik9r quits and loses whatever start
he had.
Rather peculiar situation for a
President of the United States to
personally request that he be not en
dorsed for a second term.
Boston’s new Carnegie Library has,
been completed, and la quite an ad
dition to the many attractive fea-
tures of the Thomas County cl’.y.
pretty nearly $3.30 the barrel.
Home grown seed, of course costs
much less, depending on the grower,
Fertilizer Used.
The main thing In fertilizers for
potatoes Is potash. Fertilizers wita
about 7 per cent potash are general
ly used, some few use less potash,
a few use more, but potash arid
potatoes seem to be closely related
Fertilizers vary very much, but the
formular generally used runs about
as follows 7% Ammonia—6% Phot.
Acid and 5% Potash.
The Planting
When the land lz thoroughly pre
pared, and the time has arrived to
plant, the rows are marked off, with
an ordinary marker, such as lz used
for marking off the corn rows,
generally the rows are about three
feet apart. It care be taken, the
rows may be straight, and the
potato patch more attractive In
appearance while growing. A small
plow, one horse Is used to throw out
shallow furrow, for each row.
fertilizer! distributer, drawn by
one horse follows, dropping fertiliz
er In the row, guaged to drop 500
or 1600 pounds to the acre at the
will of the farmer. A little shovel
follows behind the distributor, and
is attached to it, that mixes the
fertilizer with the soil at the bottom
of the furrow. In the meantime,
tha seed has been cut, one eye to
each' piece, and droppers drop this
seed, one piece at a time about 12
Inc-ies apart In the rows. Two
light furrows are then turned onto
this seed.
Come alive, feller, and quit moping | er with indlflorence or with enmity.’’'
’round like your last shirt was dirty j A bird which now and then grabs a
and torn, your shoes worn out at the
bottom, and your trousers holey,
where It showed most conspicuously.
A German prisoner lives for twenty
days In the open field on ralslna and
raw snails. He didn’t appear, how
ever, to object to the food of the 1 taking no half holiday.
grain of corn or wheat, a berry or a
cherry, la regarded as a chronic
marauder, whereas he pays In ser
vice, many times over, for all that
he gets. In fact, he Is a reliable
every-day farm hand, working seven
days In the week, rain or shine, and
The birds
French commissary, after
token to camp.
ho was nre busy wi ‘h the break of dawn,
unnatural and abnormal and the man
of moderate means cannot stand the
pace. The war scare hf.s shown him
the folly of his course, and we be
lieve that the next year will see a
great dlmunltlon of luxurious liv
ing on the part of those whose in
comes do not warrant It.
The money they spent went Into
circulation and, of course, made
business, but It was the kind that
oftener brought distress than prog-
! and sometimes they work far Into
the night. They deserve protection,
ress. If the people settle down to
Tax Notice.
X win be at the following places
at dates named for the purpose of
collecting the State, County and
School Taxes, for the year 1914.
I will be at the Court House, In
Thomasvllle, during the October
term of 3uperlor Court.
Metcalfe, Monday, Oct. 6.
Coolldge, Tuesday, October 6.
Meigs, Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Pavo, Thursday, Oct. 8; A. M.
Ochlockuee, Friday, Oct. 9.
Tatten, Saturday, Oct. 10: A. M.
Boston, Monday, Oct. 12.
Ellabelle, Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Merrillville, Thursday, Oct. 15.
Bnrwlck, Friday, Oct. 16; A. M-
Very respectfully,
P. S. HEETH, T. C., T. C.
Cultivation
Befote the potatoes appear above
ground, a light harrow, or a "Breed
Weeder’’ or something similar farm
implement Is run right across the
rows, rakfng off the top of the rows,
mollowlng the soil, and checking the
growth of weeds or grass. One
horse with a broad guage "Weeder
will get ov^r a large acreage In i
short time. This may be done two
or three times Before the plants are
fairly through the ground. TWa
gets the start of the grass and weeds,
and the farmer can keep ahead until
the crop Is ready to be laid by. The
cultivation after the crop Is well up
consist mainly In running one horse
cultivations between the rows and
as close to the rows as possible, until
the potatoes are about ready
bloom and set; then one horse plow
Is used to hill up the crop.
SOUTH SHOULD SUPPLY
THE MARKET OF THE
WORLD NEXT SPRING
Every Idle Acre Should be Planted
In Staple Food Crops—The Early
Potato Industry at Norfolk, Va.
The Crop
If the ground Is fairly free from
grass and weeds, the potatoes may
be plowed out with a one horse
plow, otherwise two horses and
larger plow is needed. Hands
follow and throw the potatoes Into
rows or heaps, throwing three or
more rows into one. Then the
potatoes are put Into barrels, and
headed up with a cloth cover, aid,
-are then ready to be hauled fo the
! nearest transportation ' line to
| market. The usual cost for cutting
I the seed potatoes Is 25 cents the
barrel, the cost to iplck up and put
Into barrels Is generally io cents
the barrel. The cost of barrel and
cover, Is about 22'cents. - —
| This la a brief outline of the
| usual or old way of growing the crop
The new way Is to use the potato
planter, and the potato digger, In
which case the planter does the
work of a dozen handc —mj half as
.many horses. The nlanter intuits
I the rows, throwing out the little
furrow, drops the fertilizer, mixes
It with the dirt, drops the seed, and
covers It with two little fnrrows,
requiring one man to drive the team,
and another man to handle the seed
potatoes and fertilizer at the end
Fifty years ago the early potato I of the rows, so as to keep the
i, . .. . „„ tlon, as becomes their Income, the
Mr. Farmer. If you are in debt, < for th e good they do. There are .
better make some arrangement to j thousands of farmers who need toj 7 8,1 *
pay, rather than hold cotton on the | loolt *‘ ‘be bird question from a new' 1
chance of Its going to ten cents, and viewpoint.
that saner, more conservative por-| product has kept pace with
production. This holds good In all
sections of our country; but more
particularly as regards the South.
was, not exactly un-knowa quantity mae.ilne runlng steadily. In this
or product In the 3outh, but It was | way, two men, two hones, and the
very much un-used. The Sweet | machine running steadily. In this
Potato on the other hand was very j *'* or m ° r ® horses, with a half,
much in evidence. Of late, however | dozen smaller tools. In fact by the
the early potato has been growing “® w “®‘ b °<l Potatoes can be planted
rapidly in favor with all classes of!** * ba " 50 cents the barrel of
people, and the consumption of the seed. while the old method costs
ruin your credit. Next year Is Com
ing, and the year after, end you may
need it badly.
The Kaiser and the Colonel were
warm contestants at one time for
the greatest amount of publicity ever
accorded a man. The former now
has the floor uninterruptedly,’ and
the latter is pining away for want
of action.
In Georgia, as In most southern
states, the last few years have wit
nessed a popular awakening to the
value of insect-destroying birds and
THE SALUTARY EFFECTS OF
MUSIC.
To what are the beneficial effects
the Importance of protecting them, j of music duet Darwin, wno never
The mean*- to this end that are al-, rested until he could explain a thing,
ready In force should be upheld and If It were explainable, could never-
encouraged by everyone, particularly, theless no more explain why musi-
by the farmers, who are so closely cal tones in a certain order and
Indebted to birds.—Atlanta Journal.j rhythm afford pleasure, than we
HUMAN LIVES AND PIGS.
After years of slander and Injus
tice, the world pays Its tribute to
Cleopstra, as a modest, virtuous
queen, through the medium of a yel
low colored sapday supplement, writ
ten by a man who probably knows
a little more about t'-to subject than
either you or L
The Thomasvllle Tlmes-Enterprlse
has this comment over a recent
Florida incident: "Two men In Flori
da fought to the death over v a little
pig. Porkers are worth money, and
are mighty valuable property, but
they have never yet seen the day
| when they could bs classed along
J with human life.” ,
can account for the pleasantness of
certain odors and tastes.
"We know that sounds, more or
less melodious, are produced during
the season of courtship by many In
sects, spiders, flshee, amphibians and
-birds.” After all, says The Journal
of the American Medical Asaodation.
we need go no deeper for an ade
quate explanation than that influ
ences, such as music, which are
agreeable, are therefore salutary,
Mr. Villa Is not one wbl*. better The statement contained tn the'“A mualc la agreeable because Its
than Mr. Huerta, as a man, but he'last part of this paragraph Is suh-| component tones are regular, per
is a better fighter and always ready jject to some qualification. It, at lodI c vibrations, even auditory wavs*
to fight, no matter what the result., least, depends upon the viewpoint. ( precisely »o many to each %ote. belofi.
Hls heed could, he spared Mexico,
and hU body taken with It, Intact
to tome place Uke St. Helena for
eife-keeplng.
Mr. Wilson could get more votee
tn England today than King George,
end could beet Poincare all hollow
In France, and the Kaiser end Otar
would have to exercise unusually
astute political methods to defeat
him In Germany and Russia. For
Human life, In the estimation of the In this regard unlike noises, which
gun-totem and that other clast who Jaw Irregular, dlzaooapt, tonfllq;^
who go about hunting for a row, is vibration*,
about the Cheapest commodity on Sound waves Impinge oh the hear-
the market. Of coume, It Is prec-' lug sense, whence the perception l®
lout to the victim, ae well at those conveyed to the brain. The benig-
who am dependent upon him for nant Influence of music physically It
support. by the transmission of It* Influence
In the Florida case, we would'hav* from the cerebrum through the sym-
to consider the men In order to say pethetlo system, which dlrecto the
whether they were more valuable various organs'. Thus not only la
than the pig or not. It may be good mualc physlp for' the soul, dlislpat-
fortune for their community that Inc mental depression, toothing pay
fear of a misunderstanding, wo state
this Is a mere surmlsq on oar part, both of them were "token" and the chic perturbations; but ,lts Influence
and not based on any statistics that pig was "spared." . We know that may alio enhance nutrition, further
we hiwo secured lately.
Several features In connection
with the successful growing of the
crop must- be considered:
The Soil
In order to grow potatoes, clean
smooth and of good shape, and at
tractive appearance, the son should
be mixture of sand and clay, what
may be termed a sandy loam. It too
much day, the potato la apt to be
somewhat discolored, besides the
clay will adhere to the potato at
d<—ring time, injuring Its appearance.
The soil should be pliable friable
eastlv tillable toll, of which the
Soutl). In all portions thereof has a
liberal supply.
Preparing the Soil
It should be throughly plowed, as
deeply as former plowing will per
mit. Too much subsoil turned up
on top, Is nqt good for potatoes grow
ing, at least' hot good for the first
year. If the grower la In favor of
subsolllng, he may run hls subsoil
In the furrow behind the stirring
plow, but leave the subsoil at the
bottom of the furrow, thus opening
up, deepening the lungs of the soil,
in order that It may breath more
nitrogen, and also drink In more
water, Instead of letting all the
water run off. After plowing, put
the harrow or <Jlsc or both, and
mellow the soil completely, it to
now generally conceeded that one
half the cultivation of the coin or
potato crop, should be given, -the
■aid crop before they are planted.
. . Time of Planting
The-planting lessen to determin
ed- largely by the severity ormlldr
beat of.? the Winter,; February and
March are tba months In’ which tha.
bulk of the crop# to planted; altho
a Taw planted In January this year
also a few la Apr!), but February
and March are the planting months
tne nineteen ont of twenty years.
tjtSgM
This Is Important. The Irish
Cobbler up to.' date has been for
the favorite. It U
i been fo
nearer 31.30. The potato digger,
properly handled, under favotpibla
conditions, reduces the cost of dig
ging about 20 per cent.
Time of Marketing
June and up to 20tb of July sees
the bulk of tne crop marketed. Say
from 10th up to 20th July.
WAS MISERABLE
COULDN’T STAND
several years,
grown in Maine,., It has Mien found
that the fartherlNorth. thh Seed can
oe obtained the earlier the potato
matures, .and is ready for market,
ing.. Home grown seed, from the
same Stock matures ten day* later
Many of the most successful truck
ers. raise a portion of their' s*«fl
potatoes, and buy n portion, and w
tha tlma the earlier maturing pota
sh sre to some value toa pig. It to digestion (as by Hie "Uver music" of ar ® ’gJ^j* 1 *^**
_
Testifies She Was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.
Lackawanna, N. Y. - “After my first
child was bom I felt vary miserable and
could not stand on
my feet. My sister-
in-law wished me to
try Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable
Compound and my
nerves became firm,
appetite good, step
elastic, and 1 lost
that weak, tired
feeling. That was
sir yearsageand I
have had tinea fine
■eelthy children since. For fteaale trou
bles I always Uke Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound and it works Uke
■ charm. I do all my own work.’’-Mrs.
A. F. Kbeaker, 1574 Electric Arena*.
Lackawanna, N. Y.
Tha success of Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound, mad* from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be
nsed With perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, lqflam-
matton.ulceration.tumore.irregulariUes,
periodic pains, backache, bearing-down
feeling,flatulency,Indlges tlon,dlzzlnees,
or nervous prostration. Lydia E. Plnk-
bam’a Vegetable Compound Is the stan
dard remedy for female ills.
Women who suffer from those dis
easing ills peculiar to their sax should
be convinced of tbs ability of Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to re
store their health by the many genuine
had truthful testimonials we are coo-
etantly publishing in the newspapers.
WILL BUY COTTON m ( statement: “It to" our plan to row
FROM TOBACCO DEALERS, der uniform help’ to our customer*
. . v. ‘ I to all cotton-growing sections. The
American Tobacco Company’s “Buy-) brands on which we make this cot-
a-Baie” offer Helps Merchants
in the Southern States.
New York, Sept. 28—The Ameri
can Tobacco Company is to lend Us
powerful support to. making the
“buy-a-bale-of-cotton” Idea a suc
cess. The plan evolved by the To
bacco Company Will greatly help tie
cotton situation In the South, while
at th« same time stimulating trade
through the Southern Scates and so
establishing confidence in the 3outh’s
continued prosperity.
In a letter sent to its customers,
Perclval 8. Hill, President of The
American Tobacco Company, makes
the following offer: t- Wf will pur
chase, at 10c a pound, as many
pounds of gopd middling cotton
from each of our customers to the
above named states, as the aggregate
number of pounds of Red J. and
Penn’s .Natural Leaf plug tobaccos,
Bull Durham and Tuxedo smoking
tobaccos, and Sovereign Cigarettes
(counting each thousand of Sover
eign Cigarettes as equal to five
pounds of tobacco), shipped direct
ton-buying offer have such a large
sale throughout these sections, that
we estimate 10,000 bales of cotton
can be' bought by our company un
der thto plan. By offering to bay
cotton from- Its Southern customers,
the company fels It 1s rendering a
service to the territory which'deals
largely with It, and to also making
■ sound financial Investment.”
City Court In Session.
The City Court was convened tbi*
morning at ten o’clock, for the pur
pose of calling the appearance dock
et. The business being disposed of,
three criminal cases were tried be
fore Judge Hammond. Several oth
ers will be called tomorrow and
Wednesday at nine o’clock, demur
rers will be heard.
The following cases were dispose
ed of today:
Albert Brookins, violating prohi
bition law, 3150, or six months.
John Harvey, cheating and swin
dling, 360 and costs, or 5 months.
, , . . Coy Holmon, cheating and swln-
to such customer from Sept. 29. d „ ngf |3J or fonr mnatha
1914, to Nov. 30, J9’4.
This letter was sent *’ In
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Texas, so that the
beneficial effects of this plan will be
far-reacWng.
Mr. Hill gave ont the following
The Gulf Refining Company’s
Agent, Mr. E. Y. Copeland, has been
informed that that company Is going
to buy a bale of cotton at every dis
tributing point of the company.
This Is a general movement along
the line of those adopted by many
other big concerns doing business In
the 3outh.
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MRABLt"
ROOF
Any roof thatwill lait 27 years snd to: still: to: good, condition:
Is wellworth lookinginto.
That’s the record: behind
CORTRIGHT
MF.TAI. |
shiNcirs!
There are thoneand* of housea alT over the country, many of
If ' them in- this state;, from- the owners of* which this statement-
can be verified!
For Sale by
NEEL BROS, Thomasville, Ga.
♦4+
HOMER WILLIAMS
MATERIAL FOR THE HOUSE
BUILDERS.
1 Get Our Prices Before You Buy.
Phone 485-L
OFFICE ON A. C. L. WEbl CLAY ST.
| MONEY LOANED
FARM LOANS PROMPTLY MADE
At fc% Interest: payable annually.^^he borrower has th*
privilege of paying part *r all sf the principal at say Interest
parted, stepping Interact on euch aymeat. ' I wHt save yea f
meney. Come to tee me, or write. Prompt attention given f
all written lnqalrlee. ^
W. M. BRYAN,
THOMA8VILLH, GEORGIA.
-fl office over fust office.
when hied (or fencing for^it is sound and straight grained
•11 the way through—^wy to work and light to handle.
We've spine mighty nice fence boards on hand right now
as well aa a good stork of cedar posts and 2x4’*. Or we
can send you pickets if you don't need a f 5 -*-* L 1 *
Everything the best for your money.
Thomasvllle^Variety Works.