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About The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1923)
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 El 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 UOJi ,. - ... ^
