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THE BAWWER-HBBAtP. ATHBKSr BBOBCM.:
SCIENTISTS SEEK MEANS liODY OF FARMER
TO INCREASE COTTON CROP FOUND IN FIELD:
DIED FROM CIIIU.
TALLULAH. La.—Entymoloi
at the United States Depart n
ot Agriculutre Experiment S i
¥*re hope 'o see, as a result
their researches, the enactnjen
uniform state laws to^eompVl
dusting of all cotton with e.ilc
arsenate from airplanes, or
auxiliary machinery where pi?
Cannot bo utilized. The dost
ij, is claimed, would result In
maximum control of the boll
Which has caused the loss
tbld millions of dollars to t!
Ion growers of the south.
LYONS. Ga. — Tuesday night
{about 10 o’clock a brother and
jso'.r.e noigribors of Bert Cowart
jfound hi? body badly decomposed
•lying in a corh field about a half
jmile frodi his home. Mr. Cowait
has often left home and spent the
night with His neighbors and no
one thought anything of it when
last Sunday when he asked how
long it was until dinner and or.
being told that it was some time,
b*' started olf tc visit LannieJ
Higgs. ,
WARSAW.—Contrary to previous
years, when 90 per cent of thi* em
igrants from Poland were Jews,
the quota of 1923 will be mostly
composed of Poles who returned
from America to Pol
but who arc
nahlo
get
along with the conditions of Po
lish life, so entirely different from
Arm rim, and are returning to the
Nev World.
READ
BANNER-HERALD
WANT ADS
WEEVIL CONTROL
I
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Meeting Held in City List
Spring in Whcih Busi
ness Men v and College
Joined Farmers Proved
Fruitful.
Mot Just Bread!
Indeed, no! “MOTHER GOOSE” BREAD is a tempting com
plement to any meal—delicious in itself and lending zest to the
rest of the menu.
Your family will demad twice as much of our Bread as any
other. Encourage them to do so, as it’s the most liealthful and
nourishing food they can take.
Leave a Standing Order With Your Grocer
It Is Delivered Fresh to Him Daily
Our Bakery Products arc on sale at all grocery stores, and at
the Coffee Shoppe on Clayton street (next door to Gardner’s
Book Store).
The sandwiches made and served at the Coffee Shoppe are
made from our bread.
SKELTON’S BAKERY
184 W. Washington Street
Si. -.?*¥"•• *f*S : r*' ■'•••• ' r
Athens, Georgia
The Farmer Can Beat the Cotton Boll Weevil—
in many ways—it is being done right here in Clarke county.
Cotton can be successfully and profitably raised under boll wee
vil conditions. That is being done also in Clarke county.
U T —
Nobody Can Beat the Quality of Our Goods or
Equal the Low Price Values We Offer
on Office Furniture and Fixtures, Typewriters and Typewriter
Supplies, Loose Leaf Books and Filing Systems, Stationery and
Writing Materials of all kinds, School Books and School Supplies,
Artists’ Materials, Drawing Sets, Students’ Aids, Paper Novel
ties, Leather Goods, Pictures and Picture Frames, Mirrors,,
Boudoir Lamps, Art Baskets, Book Ends, Household Helps,
Sporting Goods, Athletic Equipmet of all kinds, etc.
Wo maintain a modcmly equipped Printing and Book
binding Department,* employing the most experienced
craftsmen, and print anything from a shipping tag to a
complc art-bound volume. .
We arq constantly increasing our stock and lines, and our facili
ties, and will appreciate your inquiries or inspection.
The McGREGOR CO.
Clayton Street Athens, Ga.
Last year perhnp* not one farm-
■ in ' twenty-five around Athene
used ralclum arsenate In combat
ting the ravages of the boll weevi’
on cottony and as a result the yieb-
was reduced to a ruinous point
Farmers were disheartened for
they saw nothing but ruin and
bankruptcy confronting them. Th»
business men of Athens have ever
had the welfare and interest of our
farmers very near at heart and they
realized that somethlrHSr must b»
done to restore confidence and
teach them how to combat the
pest. In dearly every community
a few progressive farmers had
used calcium arsenate and found
that by the use of this poison w 1
can continue to grow cotton unde
boll weevil conditions.
On June 12th last a meeting
of business men nnd prominent far
mers was held In our city to de
vise means to nssist farmers In
fighting the boll weevil. The ques
tion was fully discussed nnd it was
decided that the proper step to he
taken was to wage an educational
campaign nmnng farmers In all the
counties tributary to Athens, and
by addresses nnd practical demon
strations In every neighborhood
show farmers not only the value oi
calcium arsenate to destroy the
pest but also tench them how tr
apply it. In this work the meeting
was materially assisted by th<
State Agricultural rollege. Ry »
unanimous vote it was decided tr
start this campaign and the fob
lowing commlttes named to put I 1
into effect. C. W. Crook, chairman
R. Hodgson. J. If. Oriffeth. P
Crane, TV. TV. Scott. Harold
Hulme, .T. T. Plttnrd. Claud Tuclj
nd J. W Morton. All who know
these gentlemen will agree with us
that a better selection could not
hnva been made.
decided that six Ford ears
must he hired for the campaign
they were secured at 14 cents per
hour. It was nlso decided fo em
ploy six experts from the'College
°f Agriculture at a salary of $10f
per month. P. H. - Stone, negrn
farm demonstrator for Clnrkr
county, was added to the workers
to visit nnd Instruct members
his race.
Mr. Tate Wright was adjected
• secretary and treasurer. These
experts were to start work -,Jum
H.th and continue in the field un
til August 15th, if necessary. Al
that time Mr. Jones Purcell was
county farm agent nnd gnve valu
able aid to the field workers. These
men visited nearly every neighbor
hood in each county. Thev met n
warm welcome nnd were given an
attentive hearing by farmers. The)
rendered headquarters weekly re
ports of their work nnd the pro
gress they were making.
Of course to operate this holl
weevil school required a consider-
able outlay of money to hire cars,
the salaries of field workers nnd
other expenses. Put be ft said In
commendation of tho business nh
of Athens, this fund was promptly
subscribed, a large majority of the
subscriptions being $100. The fol
lowing list prnctlcnlly represents
the business concerns solicited by
the committee. The other repre
sentative business houses of thi
city were not solicited, the func
originally Intended to he raised
having been subscribed.
Too much commendntlon cinnnl
he given these generous nnd public-
spirited individuals nod firms so
we publish their names that they
may be preserved In the memory
of our citizens nnd farmers.
Jos. Costa Co., KlngJIodgson Co.,
Miller * Company. Athens Hard
ware Company. Barrett A Com-
madge Pros. A Co oeC,.m shrdlu u
mndge Pros. A Co.) Commercial
Bank of Athens, Southern Manu
facturing Co., Cleorgln National
Bank, American State Bank, Orr
A Co., Empire State Chemical
Company, Planters Warehouse
Company. The Webb Crawford
Company, Michael Brothers, Bern
stein Brothers, Clarke County,
Athens Coca-Cola Bottling^Co,
National Bank of Athens. Chas
Stern Company. Plttnrd Banking
Company, Huggins A Son. M. J
Abney, Palmer A Sons, Scott Hard
ware Company and Harold Hulme.
Had It been necessary the sub
scriptions could have been largely
increased for every business mar
in Athens was ready, willing and
waiting, when called on to aid la
the great and needed work.
The fruits of this meeting and
Its work are today seen In every
county nround Athens that was vis
ited by these, workers. Farmers
were convinced of the importance
of using poison, if they hoped tf
make a cotton crop, nnd we do not
believe that In nil of this section
there Is one farmer In fifty blit
who is using calcium arsenate ir.
one form or another. The result I*
that our cotton yield will he large
ly Increased nnd If the fight It
continued until all danger from
the weevil is past many farmers
will make a cotton crop nearly, II
not quite equal to pre-boll weevil
times.
But for the work of the above |
gentlemen and their education cam-J
palgn. conditions would doubtlear •
have been very different. ••Honor)
to whom honor is due.** Prenerve
In your memory the list
r.ess men of Athens who
greatly aided In the work
Ing prosperity out of
THUBSDAV^AUQusTjg I
tm oiiiariiijl^Wiris»o—I
THE UNIVERSAL CAR-
LINCOLN
MOTOR CARS
Beating the
BoD Weevil
Farmers of Georgia and the
South have fought a more or
lew winning fight against
pests and adverse farming
conditions for years—but
not until the weevil made its
advent in overwhelming and
destructive numiters did the
real fight begin.
We congratulate the plant
ers of this section upon the
success with which they have
met in 1922*23 in controlling
to a great extent the Tavages
of the boll weevil and urge a
continued effort to extermin
ate them and to bring North
Georgia hack into the fore
front of advancing pros
perity.
-^C. A. TRUSSELL.
Automotive engineering and the genius for constructive or
ganization enabled Henry Ford to give to the people; of the
whole world the most praeticaj and meritorious low-priced
ear so far perfected, revolutionizing the means and mode of
transportation and travel in nearly every section of the
country—especially among the agricultural states.
Later the acquirement of the already-highly developed Lin
coln plant added the facility of offering to the motoring pub
lic the most perfect car mechanically, as well as the finest
creation of the automotive world. • . .
These two achievements—real benefactions in themselves—
are not the only or even the greatest things he has done. The
most importat contribution to agricultural advancement has
been perfecting under his direct management the FORD-
SON TRACTOR—which is used on thousands of farms daily
for hundreds of different operations.
He has yet to close negotiations which will enable himself
and his organizations to carry out his plans for helping the
farmers in their fight against the great curse of the cottin
country—the boll weevil. But we believe this will be done yet.
C. A. TRUSSELL MOTOR CO.
Authorized Dealers
Ford
Lincoln
Fordson
The Greatest Enemy
To Southern Prosperity
LTHOUGH the cotton boll weevil is losing out daily in the fight the farmers
are making against his inroads, he is still the greatest enertiy to prosperity, and
* the greatest menace to the farmers in Georgia and the South.
Diversification will in a great measure relieve conditions in this section—and every
fanner should get away frbm a purely one-crop system—still cotton has been and
~ " ern
always will be the Southern farmer's chief money-crop.
This is caused by the fact that our^nd^and our climate—our training and our tradi
tions are built around the fleecy staple. No ‘
other section can raise cotton so success
fully, just as we can never hope to cash in on our corn and wheat crops against the
fertile fields of the West and Middle West.
To raise cotton successfully it is necessary to control—if not entirely eradicate the Boll
Weevil—Fight and Keep it up. .
Palmer’s Drug Stores
Stores 4 in Athens
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