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LtONESDAV, NOV, 14.1 Ml
~ TBE BAHNER-BBRjgP. HBBW. CBOHCK
PlffytT
If *irciiiii ySI v#
Gathered By T. Larry Gantt
visited hi Athena
Sunday.*
Mr. William Spalding: of Atlan* Miss Julia Katherine Little of
ta was a visitor in Athens the past Elberton spent the week-era'
week-end. Miss Rosemary Whitaker.
- Miss Margarite Davis - v
Misses Mattie and Anabel Dow- Sunday a# her home, Commerce t >' *
Useless To Attempt To
Grow Cotton Without
Calcium Arsenate
Using
farmefr with the Intelll-$ with whom he Is brought Into com*
f a doodle knows that It Is municntion. Let the farmers in ev-
».f labor-to try and (row I fry cottba-growlng section meet
..... without the 'intelligent use I and organise and pass resolutions
[calcium areeanfe but by the ap- J pledging each member not to plant
of this poison In some»cotton unless be buys and
his plants, he can grov calcium arsenate in some form.
If a farmer neglects to use Then If any neighbor refuses to
nnniurr nunnrrnn main ® p® 1 * 0 **!*** that many*pro*
UUuilLL uUuULlUu wn n aylfs 0, re>allowcd , m t stanS
In the hot sun quickly f jrments.
A chicken that eats such sour (rain
generally becomes seriously III,
with its death following. Keep the
dry mash hoppers clean. Do not
l*ave any uneaten grain to spoil
... • . • ^and do not feed sour and mouldy
5 pn P* 8 °7 e »/» twelve. food. Once a bird Is effected
day-old^ chicks were j th** i» no positive cure. It some
j time's helps to give one a teaspoon
each bird.
s is nssum-
• considerable importance
OLDER THAN TUTANKHAMEN
brought into Oconee
7. j times neips to give one a i
5" d ^ nt fu*i run * of ^«tor oil to each
n Mr * A * hfo T rd « nd tha r The poultry business is
0c °nee. J. L. Boyd, of InB /considerable imi
n he cannot under any condi
make cotton himself and he
mis«s a crop of boll wevils tc
•oy the ^rops; of his heigh
who have gone to the expense
trouble of and buying and ap
Ins calcium '* arlenate. If your
lily ims some rpallgnant disease
can be quarantnad and pre
i contaminating the whole
Lhhorhood ;r but >'pu cannot quar*
. boll weevils and when they
|sh the squares In your patch.
wing for the nearest cot*
| a nd ftart the work of destruc*
that Nesfly every day
tell us tic flow they kept
ie weevil, *Mt just as they
a crop assured boll wee-
| from neifibotjig fields, whose
id tfift i|Mi poison, came
n them lUfanrUma of bees and
i night had ruined their cropr
k prospects.
sign or make thin pledge send
committee to reason and demon
strate with him.
lie cannot then defy the sent!
ment of an entire community.
We have carefully investigated
the boll weevil menace and find
that in communities where the use
of poison wac unanimous or prac
tlcally so. that fairly good cropf
of cotton were grown. In fact It
is now demonstrated that we cab
grow cotton under boll weevil con
ditions by the use of poison, and
we believe In time kre can control
the pest to a great extent. But In
every community where certain
farmers did not use polnson or of
to a very limited extent, the cot
ton crop ik a practical failure. Thus
one man planting a small patch of
cotton can nullify the labors of all
his neighbors.
This is a vitally Important mat
ter and farmers should start a
onco their fight against the boll
weevil for next year. Plow undef
your stalks and burn over wooded
land near the fields to be planted In
planting any.crop he seei [cotton and then go to work as a
on his own land, and no leg- J unit and secure a pledge from every
enactment can be framed farmer In five or more miles not
ch a man who will not use to plant a teed of cotton next year
. hut persists in trying 'toj unless he will use poison as dl*
r rotton. •-But it rests with the rected. Farmers have this year
i in every community to put learned a great deal about growing
|rad to sudh” practices. No one cotton under boll weevil condi-
> to live in - a neighborhood ttons and the most Important is
Ire he is looked upon as a pub* that the use of poison must bs not
|<nemy and dstrhdred by those general but unanimous.
Eastville. was one party to receivo
600 chicks, and he has met with
phenomenal success with them
[r. Boyd lost less than thirty of
:ks. selling the surplus
his
roosters at a good price when
frying sice, and some of his pul
lets began laying when Just a Jit*
, _ ....« Ji
tie over five months old.
This success encouraged Cashier
Ashford of the WatkinsyiUe Bank
around Athens, and It Is growing
all .the while. Our visit ,to the
Wintervllle Community Fair £ras a
revelation as to the growth and
importance of the poultry busi
ness. And a fowl expert says this
is - om- of the best sections
knows for chickens for our grav
el soli In Just what they require.
But it is important above all else
to carefully study the feed
* circular letter and! chicken.," or they will be dlnp.
which.we take very &reat pleasure poiptment. They must have a bah
farm page, as
reproducing on oUr ...
it will encourage othres to emu
late Mr. Boyd in embarking in the
chciken business. Mr. Ashford
•y»:
there ie no law to prevent
"Mr. J. L. Boyd announces that
he is now clearing sixty dollars a
month on 245- White Leghorn
hens.
"He is selling $100.00 worth of
eggs per month and his hens are
only seven month sold. His in
vestment is less than $500.00.
"Good authorities claim that a
one-man poultry farm on ten acres
and. with 1,200 hens should clear i
from $3,000.00 to $6,000.00 a year. \
a need ration and not only given
clean and wholesome food,
plenty of pure water. Tho vessels
from which drink should b«
kept clean and replenished seven*,
times each day with froth water.
Farmers Using
Lime, to Build
Up Their Soil
Several progressive farmers of
A few cows to furnish buttermilk j Clarke county are using lime on
sriment Made
i Farm of J. W.
coggins Success
(or the chicken, and butter and
milk for tho family are worth their
keep.
“There ia no hard labor nor lone
hours in the chicken business and
women can do most of the work,-
if you properly fix up the pens.
"Mr. Kampcr. of Atlanta, told
me to ahlp him all the en> I could
get at the market price, which ia
over 60 centa in Atlanta.
“There is no danger.of over
loading the marketa.
“The Oconee County Bank wants
or usad nearly $10 worth of poison Tho Oconee County
per acre and he applied It at thi 'to help aa much aa it can In ret
ag Oconee County free.
"Co-operate with us."
exact time, needfd.
few issues since we told
(arm p Ojga about Mr. J. W.
Direct proof this that things
other than cotton can be success
fully exploited and aa these facta
Wr. FWhatfglvan di aem. oth- irjumaatte.ted. wndi dip.ted, the
r interaatina facta about th. oot- mOteraent from the valley to the
ll'ng fOU$£$
the pil
■. countxjkri|
■have cultfr
i can
khc litoral
| under
} Scoggins
i 'jo «
cotton,
$onei! It
» given
t of ai
y told
i polHonli
liay we cfg
I office in*fl
• kindly 1
ling this
kndlture
1 yield,
jhered
i pounds
It is ;
■id*
[ pound
beeo
i four i
Jefferson orad,
b of cotton and
over to Mr.
rasUatlon a?er.t.
1 4 as a test of
ine growing cottoh
‘ calcium arsen-
Fvll conditions,
not limit Mr
ores or making
cultivated and
diree*
t U. 8. depart-
We have al-
ie cultivation
ila crop. Last
■Mr. Flror at
rt bouse, and
i the cost ol
ton, jrichuta* every
* expense aid also
gre yet to be
~ or three hun-
Firor’s stste-
the number <>f
thirty cents
staple. There
m this less
as a garden
ton crop. Before th. advent of jhili-top. will continue “"til our
the boll weevil th. over.,, n*'" SS?,J <,1 L|?iSi In Z
of lint per acre In Clarke couWf
was 319 pounds, a normal crop was <wt*freeJiappypeopIe^
2T5 pounds, n bumper crop 33$!**,,- _ *
pound*. Last .year Clarke county jRlObOfet CflnC Grown
co n ;r,„‘ T p e ^r*‘ r! Successfully Here
Zti'mLl ^brr^'W. notice . m m, farmer, ate
creaoe over that of hut year. II bringing ribbon cane to the curb
our Clarke county farmers will
consult Mr. Flcor about planting
cultivating and polaonlnr their
cotton, or any other crop and tho.
follow, hi, direction* to the latter,
they will meet with much better
$ucceaa. ,
market, and which can be grown
successfully around Athens. r Mr,
Marshall, of Oconee, haa met with
success in growing this cane, and
Mr. Harold Hulnte sold 1160 wojth
from about one-eighth of an acre,
and says he can grow it aa auc-
cesafully here as in South Ceoffcia.
This cane yield* largely of syrup
and will turn out from 300 to 700
gallons per acre. It does not aeed
and the stalk* are planted, that
rt and grew from tho Joint.
farmer* h*ve almost aban
doned planting the old-fashiqned
red and black top sorghums, and
new varieties of cane have ■ been
•VWD1B* uctv*«Mwt*« aitut# V»ID- ||*kf 1 te V l tv ,atel “ " ~
thorpe and other counties . hart l{"JJ5? ucea
visited Newton to see the pasture | ° Tho ', orehum u , valuable crop
Farmers Interested
In Better Pastures
Wo are giail to note that farm
er! from oeveral counties around
Athena are taking so much -inter
est In permanent pasture.. Lately
teverel delegation, from Ogle-
rt-ft and the .bade in that connty, and they are <>•- L|d„f«m avrup. When iSw-
EMW the yield-of a lighted with their vialt These eu-1-J cowpeaa it makes a aplen-
d '.vi'" 1 "° ttn ' ter P ri * l,, < farmer* wlU atart ** hay anTu feed to stock when
. fbla .canon turn- .. mHimm ' 1 . . .... ....
side
Ip of ground, v< —. — —
Colton h*> this season turn- once work on pastures. 'Results if—.hlv cut.
Ill about S, per cent lint and >n > heinr ..cured d the Invetaixa-1 1 . '-. _7.
t ton tor. the sted. This would
from this four hay crops by tho State Agricultural for"the "cane? — But for syrup
college. Certain plants have prov- | rcfa i, r South Georgia ribbon cane
en themselves capable of doing jj, preferable, as It yields, more
well under conditions that are pe- syrup an j commands a higher
collar to this section. Sumo live price. We can grow any crop in
through winter, other establish- ^ country around Athetis known
ling themselves On very poor lamLjto t ho temperate sone, and many
■nil nit nr it.m nroituce crons 1 Vn.o keen intro -
> bring
crop froi
, $719.26.
»k» were kept on this font
and the following ie the
at seed, preparing, cultlvst-
poisoning Yhd packing:,' 60b
ms add phosphate per scr.s
400 pounds, nitrate of soda,
; calcium arsenate, $1$; plow-
I and plantihg’-liOl cost of seed
i chopp'ag, $2#t,- picking St.*6
-is per 100, Mf.10. Total pro
Mlon coet. $132.21. Not operat
1 profit on four acres In cotton
UrnMMgm that It cost
i from li tp 30 cents per pound
I rat*, cotton' Hitnter boll weevli
JotUoas. Tip ’Shove expert
|nisl patch shows that wo
, xrow cotton at a profit
* ttick h to .iji, dlncttons gly*
and all of them produce crops nnt product, hare been
that are unusual In this section.
When It come, to retablMiln*
itself on all tends, Bahia grass—a
native of South America—deserves
honorable mention. This gras,
while It sends its roots deeply Into
tho soil, actually nuking a solid
mass of earth and roots. Is easy lo
eradicate. On the other hand. It
info
Is hardy. It Is strictly a P'.st
their soils, especially in the Win
tervllle section. It would be well to
have other farmers do the same. Of
the several effects of llmlnf
soils, so experts say. the jeorrec
tion of soil acidity is the-one most
commonly thought of. The pres
ence of decomposed organic mat'
ter Is essential to the fertile soil,
and organic matter is .added
soils in the form of fertilizers,
manures and cover crops for
purpose of being decomposed and
no fact is more clearly demonstrat
cd in connection with liming than
that the condition of lime In
soil promote* this decomposition or
tends to direct it in the way that is
favorable to the growth of crop
In Mississippi the State uses
convicts to crush lime rock anil
which is sold to farmers at coat,
eighty cents per ton. f. o. b. cars
at the quarry..
1 - ! tbtir
T HERE is a certain unexplaln* Whea rich,
able feeling that goes with
hale one! hearty old ago—it is
t feeling of happiness, of care un
known, of reborn youth.
But rheumatism—that deadly
malady whk-l\ haa caused bo inuny
to surrender to- tho woes of pain
and suffering—caused so many to
forego the pleasures of life —
caused So mauy to be dependent.
Why nnffer from it?
To be helped about—crutches,
•cnea and willing hands alwuys
needed to assist you hero and help
you there. Rheumatism will von
!sh the same-as skin disorders—
the samQ as'sallow complexion—
as that run-dowii# condi
tio a When'S. S. 8. is
used. S. S. S. builds
blood cells by the
The writer knew a number of
farmers who bought lime and cov-
< red fields with It and they say the
yield of crop* was greatly Increas
ed and not only for one year, but it
endures. The soil, in the county
around Athens Is destitute of lime,
and Vfn are satlslfled that it will
pay our farmers to use it; Try a
few' tons on a patch and the results
will be so beneficial that they will
continue Its use . The late CoLj
Smith said that lime was a great
soil improver ‘for it decomposed
vegrtable matter, but salt ^*ad a
directly opposite effect on soil.
He hauled out every year wagon
loads of salt from his smoke bou»*
es and would dump it In gullies,
for he said salt was ruinous to
land. With the scarcity of laboi
the most ImportsQt work for our
farmers Is to improve the fertility
like statue Is shown in the ac
companying photograph ruled over
tho land of the Nile some 2.000
years before the days of Tutankh
amen. The group contains the
King 1 Myccrinus and the Goddefts
Hathor, with one of the forty trl-
ada' Hathor Was the deity of tap
per, Egypt. King Myccrinus was
one;.of the early Egyptian kings,
probably dating back to the second
or third dynasty, for this bronze
monument, one 9f the most valu
able! that haa ever been found, was
taken from tho pyramid of Cheops,
built during the fourth dynasty.
Very little le known of that pyra
mid; the history of those days Is
sealed within the 8ph!nx, for the
Sphinx was undoubtedly carved
about the same time that the pyra
mids of the third and fourth dynas
ties were built.
An American excavator working
in tho vibinity of these pyramids
has uncovered the remains of the
ancient city, almost in,.the very
shadow of the pyramid from which
this tablet woq taken, but so far
no extraordinary And has been
made. King Mycerlnus. it is esti
mated, lived about 2,000 years be*
King Tutankhamen’s time.
This marvelous ster<hcusa.’ cf
Egyptian antfqultiea will be visited
this year by*a large pn.’iy of Amer
icans during the world nrnlpi* of the
American Exprejs Coum ny. which
will travel far up the
tho Botno
vs..*.* ,ac.», red, healthy hloo<V' ‘
courses through your veins, tlierj:.
Is no such thing as Inflammation-.'•
and%l*'
or neuralgia of the muscles and
Jclnta. S. S. S. Is what you need
to retain that old time vim and vL .,!
gor and vitality, when you turn
down tho Anal 11 retch of life.
Mr. M. A. Farmer, Elyria, Ohio,
writes:
S. S. relieved me cf rheumatism
and nervousness. It is the best medi- •- •
cine for building up the blood."
S. 8. 8. is made of carefully ac*. —.
letted and scientifically prepared
npd proportioned herbs and barks. •' * ■*
Only puro- vegetable ingredients "
urp Used. Utrongcr healthier ,
bodies—bodies ablo to withstand I
tho onslaughts of diseases ayo the
results of 8$ S. F. All leading diHOT *
score. .Your nervo stores carry S. S. S. Tho lurgo
power Is strengthened, size is tho moro ccoaomicaL !
^eWorld's Best
j ^jloodMedicine
Sure is
strong
rooo
OP ct
$*■«?
,oo4
The sir-tight siftar top keepi
th* ly# full - strength and
always ready for instant use.
Campus Chatter
Mia. Edith Nachman of Allan*
ta apant the week-end with Mifcn
Sara B. Simmons at Soule Hall.
Mias Julia Catherine Lowe of
Elberton apent the woek-bnd with
Mi,a Rosemary Whitaker at Soule
Hall.
Miss Mary Olive Whitehead of
p Atlanta wax the week-end guest
of the field, and make two bl.de, i of Mia. ' Rosemary Whitaker at
of (rare grow where one grew be- IS®" 10 Hall,
fore. You can. make heavy fer
tilisation take tbs place of labor.
Among our farmer, who are buy.
In/fcUfne for thair land. nr. Mrasr,
Oeorge O'Kelley and L. V. Edward.
Mr. Edward, aaya that Urn. coat,
him about $3 per ton at the Craw
ford depot, and It 1. hla beat apent
mono “
the a
provei
boll weevil. The .
new fruit being planted among ua.
This peer b said to be immune
from blight and is a fine shipper.
We have * wonderful country end
9. f...t katrinnimr tn
of the [ ar , cl
'pear ia a
plant.
oiir people are Juat beginning to
reelite the many new crap* they
can grow her. We caaalao make
upland rice, and for **«d l‘>*
A graia and forage cropfferable to that grown in the rice
let ahya tho Dalll* and belt. Our farmer* can produce nt
| “v ixpert. In the eervlce of
'rnnyanL aryl do not ip*-*.
But iryouTilartt « *•*“
In cotton than your fores
I 1 well cultivated and con 1
| nt b’ poisoned you win mako #1
’ I But you can grow the
If* 1 * at a good profit and with
f, hi Rh price it brings you jmn
p more money «n cotton than
f i'‘ar except during boom times,
V ih® staple’ brought fortji
' Pw pound,
r rp is wr guess work in th#
r •‘^tlmatr for every charge
"•e. Tbf»$ Jtod'from a bale ot
f ' n <oday will bring th# grows*
P ut as puch a# he, thn affinsr
’ f np® paid for a BOO pound bal<
^ ‘taplsjiiiBbt; Mr. Farmer
imagin* l thati you can plant
r r 'ntlr# plantation in cotton
r 'nak® a crop like they grow or
' p xi»f>ri*nental patch, and th»
^ ami poisoning supervised bS
^rt agriculturalist. Mr. Fir.
tftMir grasses are becomini fa-
moue.oa all-the-year-round .treat•
ea, 4hi even tho sorereat frets
of th» winter have no effect open
them; They Uiu* make It ro*a|-
bio for the livestock man of this
state'to have areei pgsturea every
day of tho year, solving one of the
met •ea'oua Uvwtock problem..
Both of these graaies aeem to do
well on any kind of MIL Napier
or Hulme grare takaa tint rang
an s soiling and nttego crop. Six
teen ton* of allege an acre has
been produced from two eutttinga,
one aeanon of thin great. It haa
produced 6$ per rent larger crop,
than aorghum and 200 per rent
larger than corn. It* chief advan
tage la that once planted It la
always planted. It. protein content
in very high, and It ytoldn enor-
mowly.
All tb# above graanen can. Iby
planted in into summer or fall,
Kt from Wto pnringdnto ipld-mim-
mer la probably the beat .time to
plant '-1116*.'bb\ ♦/jj nsi ' V
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home everything they need except
coffee, ten, sugar, inlt and apices.
Must Study Chickens
, To Make Fair Profit
at three tons to
manentiy im-
especially good
Ifa Lime also
factory crop
Mis Genveive Tucker had as her
week-end ffuest, Miss Nellie Gill’
and of Commerce.
Harlowe spent^ j^pndsy. in Htrt*
Mark Anthony was injured In
the Georgia-Virginta football game
.Saturday.
The Standard for Good Lye
Freshman Aderhold spent Sun
day in Atlanta with his parents.
The Square and Compksa club
meets Tuesday night from 7:30 to I
8:30.
Miss Irene Thomas and Rebec*
va Mormon of Atlanta were guests
here for the week-end.
For twenty yearn Red Devil Lye has been the
standard for good lye. Lye must do the hard,
rough work about the plate. The concentrated
strength of Red Devil assures quick results when
there’s real cleaning and work to be done.
The -S. A. E. Fraternity gave a
> guests Sunday.
dinner for its
Mr. Fieri Jackson pf Gainesville
ipent Sunday in Athens.
Asli your grocer for the can with the smiling Red Devi] on
the label. You can depend upon every can having the ,
same uniform strength. Red Devil is convenient to use, it in
economical it sure in strong—it is the standard for good lye.
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Mr. Harry Hnlpeet of Riverside
Miss Lucy Marion of Atllrrt. ■ ,
vlrited her lister at Soule Hall Saturday in Athena,
this week erui. j xj e ^ Jiri jjhydon Mays and Joe
Mis* Betty Vaughn had a, her! Holmes of Emory Uniwmlty
week-end gueat Miaa Sarah Young
Wm. Scltield Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo.
of Cartersvllle.
Do Heavy Meals
Begin To Tell?
Mizg Doroselle Sylvester return*
ied to Augusta Monday after
{spending the week-end with Miss
Dorothy Levy at Soule Hall.
spent the week-end in Athens.
Mr. John Lindsey of AtUnt*
RED DEVIL LYE
Follow Yeui; 'Meals With Stuart'.
Dyopopria Tab lots. Thoy Olvt
fills a
dy»P»l
One of our expert and auccres- | , uch
ful poultry rairera any* that , to
succeed with chlekene you mu.t
study them and by all moans look
closely Into thrir tomb He nyt
,ome people sometimes bsve pto-
mnln opleon, depending on their
Ogling ■ certain Infected food. But
this trouble Is not confined to hu
man brings Chickens often have
It If allowed to ent nny and at
kinds of tour or decoyed food
Symptoms fo this disorder .re
darkened combs, drooping wings
and feathers and relaxed nerves
that cause the birds to stagger and
■ore control of their head and
neck: Mld-sommer Id tiff aenion
when this trouble - le-' -most . pre
valent'. Jt haa wrongly-been reollsa
chicken .cholera, although gen
uine fnwl.chriexa Is rare In thir
country.' . The. condition of the
fn and mnah'in lb® hoop®r inn/'
considered the cause of pto-
alin# Effsct
Gauinets
\tinQU
iky eater# often
■ of milk or n
ich la heavy,
r and woefully
, it had juat
i. but they
the stomach
beat thing you
y your meals
»psla Tablet*
ch the alkaline
to digest food.
i!a to do this
Mis* Rena Erwin and Mizt Rulh
McMillan have returned . to their
homes, in Atlanta, after spending
th# week-end here.
didn’t
needs
can <1
with
They
'ffoct,
they i
with.
Idlty,
mnttei
cabbai
nnd b
Ion*. 3
dlstre*# and you have none of these
troubles due to indigestion or dys-
pepsia* Get a C0-cent box of Stn-
ftri’* pysptpsla Tablets at any
drug itore. Then eat and be mcr
ry-'—Advertisement. :
Mr .and Mrs. J. L. Rainey mo
tored over from Atlanta to v visit
their daughter, Louise, who ir-at
tending Lucy Cobb Institute.
Mftg Martha Best has returned
to her Jiome at Warson* N. C.,
after spending the week-end with
Mis 8 Van Wilkins.
Mr. William Felton, who is at
tending Emory Academy at Ox
ford, was one of thq visitors here
during the week-end. *
Miss Elanor Reid, has returned
to Breman, after spending the
» gas, atop sc. fweek-end in Athens.
rs, and n«:
i pork and | Misa Mnrgueret Exlcy has re-
eeae, sausaxee turned to Savannah after spending
rteak and on- |thc week-end in Athens,
works without ' —
" Miss Ann Spalding of Rtlanta
spent last week-end in Athens.
Misa Elisabeth Gunnels from
Tftont .apent last week-end in
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J Fred Williams spent Sunday in
Roy,<ton. j
A. D. Ridgewood and J. W.j