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TTtrRSPAY. JH-CEMflEft 27. 19W. I ! -
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Organized Effort Is
BeinffMade To Fight
Weevil Again In ’24
m I(jtei4r I
had other products to toll Jiver tWa 1 yeilr, but it will not. bo
upon • - . ■. ■ • Ipcucral, foe farmers know thaf if
■ Iuj 1H t wcj.hav, 4 wet spring and summer
New Contract For IfHrHHN. Iceep dqwn the weevil
aticnul Boll Weevil Control Asso-
utlon. The surprising thing
ut this organization is that'Its'
md members are) not only cot-
An orgunlset\yhd'-Serious at-i To control the boll weevil la too
mpt Is being made to turn the > big problem for the Individual,
‘tional sppt * he * billion for any organization, for the bank,
,ll;ir bandit, thr^MIbn boll weevU for the cotton exchange or 8tate*
h iror* wiMgtg the last o», to handle. It'must have federal
ictober in. by the backing, and this we believe It will
now receive, Irrespective of party
oo section. President Coolldge has
promised; his aid and several bills
have beep Introduced In CongrefS
on this lino. And Congress must
be brought to seeing the. wisdom of
conserving one of the nation’]
greatest and most valuable assets
>—the cotton crop. On® statlolan
says this bug costs the Southern
cotton-grower nppf oxlma’tely* • $1^
600.000 a day. This is'why the north
Is Interested In the cotton boll
weevil. Cotton means work for
millions of northern weavers—
clothing workera. automobile and
machinery builders and.. shoemakr
era . It means volumes for our
foreign trade for It la the South's
cotton crpp that has turne<f the
balance of trade In favor of our
Republic. - , , •
hi growers, but
,ciurers»; Valli
ul many othi
gaiiizatloit ;
moiiitratlng
rt of the
>11 weevil
e assistance’
II producers, manufacturers und
nsumers of cotton." Nobody Is
ft out; we nftknlf "consumers'
1 cotton. It l| droned that It Is
: much the PVwiftf the govern*
cut to provide protection against
Is m< nuce from «$(lln a. It i. lo
rovide protection against such out
ilc perils' as hulffpije plague.
The boll weevil problem Is not
only a t«ectjfln?JL.ProbIcm. It'. !*•
ie of iintlonu. scope, In the rolu-
>n of which the nation as u whole
v deeply -concerned. The loss
usd by the boll weovil during
e last five years Is estimated at
..*00.000,ObO by the secretary
o New drlcank Cotton Exchange,
ren if the loss, .was confined do
I* South It would W a huge nntl
ial low. lluk^hv<^ ton ncea now
xtends as‘ fnrtiiSrth as Missouri,
y tho effect^-pf^ |osse« are felt
i greater or leaser degreo through*;
t the entire country In enormous
iluction of buying power and of
tcntlal wealth.
Bfl*.
LL REALIZE
HIS FACT
In- MiprciiMUjyJluf,. th
in try as the greatest
dut-lug* wntfrw In jhe--
■ national In cons#*
re is threatened by the ravages
tils pest. It a estimated that
foil weevil -has cost the south-
farmer $3,000,000,000 since it
't appeared'in-Texas. Year be-
* last. it cut tie cotton yield
|fcn 35 to 40 fc>e^ (cent, and during
loss certainly curtails the
'rrhaslng power of 1 the South and
•N to limit- the trade betweer
.South ammdtrother sections of
country, Every one now real-
'.mi. tact. 5. 7l|: , (
It hag been demonstrated that,
the boll weevil can In a measure be
controlled by the general and In
telligent u*e of calcium arsenate
thb!r labor and money is lost.
Runfinn n f I cnrl South Georgia hu this year learn-
Kerning or Lana „> them a 1«»on.
! _i l . j -. | In speaking of the cotton held
r. EO Chirk of Cornelia Bn*‘by tho association, Mr. Morton
several fine farms In Oglethorpe says not niucji of it has been sold,
county and says he has rented The men who control this nssecla-
them for next year.to good tenants. Uon keep posted ns to market con-
Mr. Clarke made a contract with ditjons, et*., and know when to
hla hands that we think a dbcided ® n< * when to hold. The mem-
improvement on the old plan of thc>rship in the association has
isnd owner taking on. third of the M»ly JfZZ&ST.
iana owner uiaing one iniru or me —, .
grain and one fourth of the cotton. . th ” assoclationcancontml
about half the cotton grown in the
uiotifr Clark torntah« ,h! tand* » outh - thl!n the ttuthcrn tarm ' r
C t > rk ,urnl **'** 'k' lend, w jjj ^ j n y, e H!1( ] ( jj c ,nd .an fix
fertiliser], and poison tor the mak- th j 0 , h monu facturer must
nr nt »h«t rrnn nnrl th« l(>nnnf« *. . . . m. _ i
tng of the crop, and the tenants, ‘ lor hl lUpIe . Th. advanced
the stock, labor and feed them- ' t* .# r.n j„ Ann
farina and * sell, th.epi son ^ong time
and a »ow rule of interest,. lo jne
tenant c.uss so as to make / iltem
haVe a greuter interest lt$. 'their
tarn)*. It was shown that $1 per
cent Of all tenants in South Caro
lina moved la iau.
But In urder that these new land-
ownerx-can operate their forma and
be supplied with necessities while
they ore making a crop, the Cen
tral Assembly will be asked to sub
mit to the people the Issuance of
$1,000^000 of bonds, the credit of
the *tAtc underlying tljpm, and
these to be secured by r . mortgage
of the properf/ to be handled. Then
borrow of the sinking fund $100,*
000, for development of the first
land Settlement project to serve at
due
the stock, labor and feed them- £jc C *^f cittin This fall _
selves of course. largely to this organization.
When the crop la made Mr. Clark Mr> Morton says on his farms
,and his renters go fifty-fifty in the jn ciarke county he made much
division of all crops grown on the better cotton crops than In Oco-
place. This we consider a much ncc . He does not know the rea
better pirn for renting lands, as it Kon f or this, as he wprkcd and
Insures the use of fertilisers and pisned each about the same. Far-
poison In making the crop for the merg can grow cotton under the
renter of;,course will readily uso most adverse boll weevil condi-
thfeae essentials If they do not cost tiona if they will reduce their
him anything. The trouble with acreage, fertilize heavy and use
renting land Is that many renters poison intelligently. Most IWW*
have not the money or credit to ere in this section have grown food
secure fertilisers and polsgn, and stuff to run them next year ana
they use both very spa-lnriy. The they can make a good crop with-
Utid lord has the option of Maying out going: too much* in deutj «r.
how much of each he will supply. Morton has done a very'J great
but It Is to his Interest to furnish work for the farmers of Ws s^c
enough to make a good crop. If t,on an( i £ nt ^
every Urnl-owner would adopt thle PMt ycar hc h “* *' v0 ** d
policy In renting forme there would h,5 1 ‘“J* t .°. ™
b, ..more general and Intelligent help hu brother farmer,,
use of calcium arsenate. Since the!-, m
advent of the boll weevil there arc JjQcISOH TStVOFS
men with good farms who cannot ' n ... ««
get credit for cither fertilisers orj Ra|[ WCCVIlS
poison, and If they buy on tlmej
must pay an advanced price. By . .
And without the application of thlsj«* *•»<> owner ■ u PP , y ,n » Umse or- Ojc of 0 ^rSuUuralUts met us
polwn I. la Impossible to grow th.!^!-. he save, monsy to both hlm-'ob.crv.nt agripoUareUst, met us
Stapu under bo.l weevU conditions. ^rentar.^ ^
last spring will be eowed-down or,! 110 *»“' n " 1 f 1 “ ,l 1 e ciS!Li Thilemta
cultivated next year, ax everyone I® considerably lM>£M their cota
ha. hope of nuking a crop under!*"" "o-osge next year, llo added
boll weevil conditions and you will
see more heart and energy Instilled
In both hind owners and renters
ana croppers The unfavorable
Mason had something to do with
not sowing as much smsll grain ar
last season, but the prospect’ is
And yet this essential to' combat*
ting the pest Is controlled by a
trurtp that has fixed an extortion
ate price and said trust la aided
and abetted by a Republican con
trolled Congress that has by a tar*
Iff of six cents per pound forbid the
Importation of metalllcs - arsenic
from foreign countries. The first
act of congress should be to re
move the duty from this chemical
suggests Jet the government fur
nish poison free of .charge to far
mers who are not able to pay for
it and when they plant cotton sim
ply rnJs#s a crop of "boll weevils
for their neighbors who use poison.
The advent pf the boll pest has o
impoverished opr farmers that
many are not able to purchase cal
cium arsenate. Let congress now
enact legislation that will put poi
son at the command of every cot*
♦on grower and then put experts .at
work to devise means to # destroy
'd.:at this was the most important
use to which we could pdt our
space for 1n h»s rounds over the
country every sign pointed , to
farmers next year planting bumper
cotton crops to the neglect of di
versification.
This gentleman said. “At was
the weevil
iuild Up Soil
And Live Home
Warning From
South Georgia
Th*; npTciultiiral colleges of the
•uth have all issued a warning
farn*.era ngf to abandon soil-
e-at-homc pro-
'ihiir.g and
is, now
r to put
in cottoi
wi of Gci
;t<u ctop
<*i price
»>*on tl
favorable ,
there is
« thi s wise .
increased n^
We have mj
in
’arming
Kvcn
In the Lexington Echo of Dee.
14 appeared an article that we
wish every farmer In this section
could rrad. It la an Interview with
ider way, in, 0 Johnson, of Meadow, South
Georgia, a native of Oglethorpe and
who IM on a visit to his old home
lie was farming where they made a
f nd make a good crop, , , [ ttr garter, have been very avor-
_ . ' , I able this all. and there I, every
Putting Brakes Indication that a very large por-
On the Tenants
fair crop of cotton last year, and
thinking they had
Shipped, farmers this year put a
large acreage In cotton to the ex- h,d taken away~cheau la
elusion of other crops, and have
made an almost total falluro grow-
■■lag,cotton, ZMBHlPBV
ng a system) He urged the farmers of this
divmlfiai* j section not-lo make the blunder
iis sort of; next year that the farmers of hla
h economically' uctlon did this year, as he fears
und pricediojc the>advent of the, t j, C y may do from having made a
Morgan Oauldtng of- Colbert, H a
Urge Ur.d cwr.er and succ-Mfcl
farmer. We met him the other day
and talked over farming condi
tions .Morgan says farmers, as a
rule, are fn better fix turn In many
years. ; Nearly every one in Ms sec
tion, and'he thinks the same ap
plies to other communities, have
raised (denty of food stuff to do
them another year. Including moat.
Ills hands not only psld every dol
lar 8w bad advanced them to make
a crop this yet-\ but they cleared
money, some. J500 or more.
We asked Mr. Osoldlng about
whether or nut farmers next year,
encouraged by 0:e high price paid
for cotton, would not plant another
tig crop to the neglect of the food
trope. He said that every IntelUr
gent land owner realized that it
was a risky thing to grow cotton
under boll woevll conditions; and
then again 4 took labor to culti
vate cotton Und the otfodus of
But there are far me is who
never learn, and they will go In
big for octton fur no rotftralnt Is
put upon them. But It is In the
power of land owners, merchants,
and fertilizer dealers to pat bbe
brakes on such. He has' plainly
told his renters and croppers, and
weevil, the, country ba» ow*® 1 fairly good crop of cotton thls.'aU others over whom ho'haa con-
H terrater strides since^the boll yw> H e reports the South Oeor- trbL that they must not plant vocc
centage of weevils have gone Into
winter quarters. Should we have a
mild winter, with Hire Indications
In the spring o 1924 s'jnllar to
those of last spring, then we will
hftvn a big emergency of weevils
next spring. Farmers snonid bear
in mind particularly that the out
standing actor V» producing the
cotton crop fn 1923 was tho dry
weather. The crop was not made
because of any outstanding factor
on tho part of the farmer. Hid
this season boon a moist one, it
would have geen practically im
possible to make a profitable cot
ton crop In tbe counties around
Athens. But the weather wa» with
us, and made the crop for us. The
fact that we had a dry summer
is no guarantee that we will have
another next season.
Some say we. will have a mild
a demonstration. Two acts will
be requested for the formation of
(bo hind ownership board to su
pCrvUe/the entire system; tho eth
er providing for the formation of
land mortgage associations after
the Wisconsin model
No salaries or other commiasUms
would be allowed the five directors
beyond actual travelling expense*
The only salaried officer would be
a man.with-experience In land Set
tlement, work. All the other en-
lightenfd nations have some; such
land a^tlemeht commission as this
proposed, whereby men of the right
type can buy land on long credits
nnd such long interest rates that
they can live out of the premises
an Improve them while meeting
without strain their yearly pay
ments.
AIDS Fill
year.' This Is one of the moil
prosperous settlements around
Athens.
Last year Athens made rapid
strides. We erected several hand
some school buildings, the Oconee
street bridge established & curl
market, and'every kind of business
is rOaperlng. . Now let us resalve
With the New Year to keep our city
in the Van. Let ue'have a public
park, n library and organize tc
handle anfrehtp-fanh produce Al
so We should have g. cannery and
cheese factory. Then let us have a
tourist camp-ground and building
godo highways leading out In ev
ery direction.
By J. WILLIAM FIROR, County
Agricultural Agent
Rules for Mating Poultry; Now
le tho time to go over the chick
ens that are to be used Iq produc
ing tbe egg# that are going into
tho Incubators or under the hens
for hatching. Pure bred chickens
will soon become culls unless .cull
ing Is $practised..vigorously.. and.
cere Is .exercised in making up the
breeding f>ens of poultry. A few;
simple* rules are. given for tue
guldantifo of those .wishing to ;leep
their flock* up*to etkndard.
1. Tbe ihal^e are half the fl&ck
therefore take* extra care in se
lecting -tho males for the breedjnp
..
2. Cull out all btrdV having poor
color, foreign color in foatnors
and poor vitality. Look for su«1
defects n« > under size, crooked
beaks, knock knees, wry tails am
feathered shanks.
3. Establish an Ideal or standard
for tho flock and point Vue selec
tion towartl that Ideal or standard
4. Use a sufficient number
A dlspatdb from Quitman, Ga., _ ...... _
says that during the coming Year I maiesTo InsunT IfeiilUy’ViTeg**
tho D. A. Ill of t tthowataoln Ij*of the leghorns and other smal
the D. A. R.s of that town and of varieties use one malo to 12.to 1.'
Athens will mark the graves or
Oen. ElUnh Clarke an dhie wife,
Hannah, our county being named
for Gen. Clarko. The two graves
are located’ in' Lincoln county, on
a bluff on the Savannah river. Ttie
merker decided upon Cbo two
chapters will be a boulder of Stone
.Mountain granite, weighing abont
two tons. Gen. Clarke fought and
the battle of Jacks Creek in
Walton county on the highway to
Monroe, and which secured this
section to tho white settlera, the
Indians being defeated and crush-
(By Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Controlling the
purity of food* drugs, and stock*
feeds ilrpi'iO* the enforcement of
the Federal Food-and Drugs Act is
the gnftteat service the Bureau of
Chemistry of the United States
pepartnient of Agriculture
render the consuming public, ac
cording'to Dr. C. A. Browne, who
was recently placed In charge- of
a •*«*»«"■ 4° r that paper.
Mr. Faust Is an Oglethorpe boy nnd
greatest service to the farmer lies
In the develppment of chemical
technology in. its application to the
ba*lc Industry of agriculture.
The first eteps of the industrial
development of this country were
in rural technology," said ~
Browne. "The earliest technical
chemists were the agricultural
Pioneers. They made the first
leather, sugar, mall potash, and
soap; they were the first to ' ex
press oil from seeds, the first to
employ dyes for coloring their
homespun, and the first to use th#
pocesses of salting, smoking and
drying for preserving food. Later,
with the diversification which
comes from 'social advancement
there began to appear the special
chemical tndustrlM of tanning,
brewing, potash making, soap
boiling, etc.;, which transition
complete Industrial specialization
wa 8 gradual There was a long
co-operative period when the farm-
winter, othore cmpltat'clly pro- I *r took hi. horn,.pun to the dyer.
diet,a cold* winter. The safest
courao for any farmers to pursue
la to proceed on the assumption
a. at we are going to have a mild
wlntor and a moist summer. ThV*-
means that unusual efforts should
be made this winter In clearing up
tho arm. It means also the building
up of tho land and the use of the
best goed obtainable, (Ike that
grown by the Winterville Pure
his hides to the tanner and
tallow to the soap boiler for mak
ing Into the finished product la
Just the game way that he took
his corn to- a miller for grinding
Into meal. The unity of public
opinion upon national economic
questions, which resulted from the
Intimate personal, contact of farm
er ad manufacturer during this co
operative period, was the one great
A sure pointer to returning pros*
perlty are the many old fashioned
corn-ahucklngs, taking place
over this section. One n!g)it last
week Mr. Bullock, a progressive
farmer near Neese, In ; Madison
county, had a corn-shucking and
he stored away over 600 bushels
of: corn. We do not believe it will
be necessary to Import a carload
of corn next year.
Ths extra eeselon of the General
assembly cost the tax-payers about
$S7,S00 and It was that much raon-
eyy thrown away. But be it raid
to the credit of our Representa
tives, Messrs. DuBose and Holden,
that they did their duty well and
faithfully.
Rev .W. H. Faust lg one of thn
rising young ministers of-Georgia.
He has been selected by the edltoi
or the' Southern Ituraiist' fe writ*
females; for Reds and Rocks
other similar breeds, one male tc
10 to 12 females; for the large;
breeds one male to 8 females.
8. It ‘Will be necessary to wa*.
three weeks after mating with de
eirablc male: before egS'*
for hatching.
In reviewing the . agricultural
situation as> of December 1. the
United ‘ State* department of ag-
rifcultuc says In a statement to
county agents and other workers
of that department:*
"On the production ride, tbe key
to developments .of noxt four
months rests with the livestock
industry.
“The great money crops are now*
known factors. Cotton apparently
has a good outlook through the
period of farmer marketing. Corn,
potatoes, apples and tobacco are
in position of varying strength.
Wheat has beew weak and con
tinues so. The point Is that the
crop situation W now out wheer it
can bo aeen and reckoned on acr
cordingly.
'It la wltC* tho afritnala that the
great uncertainties He. The swine
Industry Is liquidating, probably In-
edent to heading out of a period
of very heavy production. The
dairy Industry seems heading Into
a period of heavier production.
Beef cattlo producers are try'ng
to catch their breath after th.ee
years of depression. The sheep In
dustry Is rlulng tho crest of a ro-
markablo wavo of prosperity. Just
where these varioue enterprises
are going to stand s'x months Is
Anybody** guess." . , *y-
t As to tho demand tor live stock
this statement says:
"On the demand side, prospects
«fll hold fair promise but not the
boom market of six months ago. f
In general, the-cities seem able to
take ’ more . fresh eggs and more
butter, but 'tariner,* who are r
ed to turn to heavier pork, market,
mjlkror lamb production for next
11‘rlpg should keep a close eye on
urban conditions. As livestock pro-
iucta go, so goes the agricultural
dtpatlon this winter."
Planting Pecan Trees: Pecan
'rees are not as easily transplant-
3d’ from nursery to orchard as
oeaches, apples, grapes and plums,
tt 1* well to pay particular atten- .•%* ..
ion to certain points In planting
3ut pecan trees. They cost much
noro tC-an other orchard trees.
The average los« during the irst
/ear Is relative high. The para
mount thing to remember V\
"Never let tho root* of the young
.rees get dry.” As they are re-*
reived from tho nurseryman, open
ho original shipping package at •,
•nee. If the trees can not bo plant
ed the same/ day, dig a trench In ' *
ha garden and spread Haem out.
in the trench, cdverfng
'
:
as soon as the trees are placed.
Just before planting cut off all
broken and diseased roots’ with a
sharp knife. In carrying tho trees
to the field or orchard for.plant-
h g, keep tho root systems covered
with wet sack or cloth. * Remove
the trees from under ths covering
Just before putting In the holo.
Holes should be plenty large.
Usually the holes should be dug
two to three feet deep md two foei
square. Place the X^o so that U
will sit at the sniif di
grew In the nursery. Cover th*
roots with top soil. Do not u«e clay
subsoil for placing around the .. ,,l
roots. As the soli 1,9 placed around
tbe roots work It up under the lat
eral roots and firm it with the feet
about tho entire roots system. Do
not place stable or * lot manure «.
next to tho roots but use tills lib
erally around the aides of the holes
and on top of the ground one or
two feet from tho t“ * - .*
trees. Do not place st
against the trunk or e
IWV IUCI ,
1 that U
th as it
>ver the
hia mother was a Howard, a rela
tire of Hon. W. M. Howard,
inherits brains on both side* of ths
house The Faust are a fine
Georgia family. Hla many friends
watch his career with pride.
C. J. Hardman, of Cornmerc^
who own* a herd of fine Brrkuhiro
hogs, exhibited fl at four <?(rft>r<-nt
fairs'the past fall had w*m ms
hundred prises. • An 8-month old
boar won three grand prizes. Tho
raising of fine hogs is a growing
business in tho counties around
Athens.
v The Northeast Georgia Motor
Club which will bo a combination
of motor club* and towns In this
section, will begin operation Jan.
1st. We are glad to tee the pro-**
of this section taking up this
gsnlsatJon and giving it publicity.
Washington Is enthusiastic over it
Seed Association. Such practices 1 factor which secured the establish
constitute the best insurance 1 ment of the protective system of
against a favorable weevil year In ‘
11 hi, and are praetIcing a more
nnd sane farming system.
»il building/ use legumes,
‘■over crops and needed fer-
ztr* is the basis. Without rich
1 ‘ no agriculture can be prof-
Live nt home by produe-
every manner of food crop
can l»c grown on your farm,
’ live atock, poultry and all
evil has brought the;'' question I f armer . 0 s in a* graat
“>My to tho attention of t»e| |rrcat9r fi nanc |al straits having
"r. Farmers are taken that risk as they were In
H-rlous trend of the one-crop , #20 tha ^.****11
destroyed the crop. He says that
he and other farmers of hln region
are n.vAr thoroughly convinced, af
ter t.'.cir experience of this year,
that cotton cannot be depended
long as w*» have tho boll weovil
with us. They have found out that
a. crop of cotton cannot be made
except under the most favorable
season con'dlllods; that on adverse
reason of a. week or so can give
tho weevil such advantage* that
their ravages cannot be stopped
«bd the crop saved (tom 'them.
That was the case in his section
this* year. Only a week or'so of
rain that prevented fighting the
weevil St ^he critical time gave
them such oji upper hand that do
what farmers may they could not
the crop from them and hence
the almost total destruction of
their cotton crop. The further fact
that farmers had more acreage in
cotton than they could handle as
should have been under the adverse
conditions, added to the destruc
tion.
Ami having planted full crops of
cotton the farmer had no other
crop to fall back upon or to save
them" after the faiure of ths col-
ton crop. They are in depperate
The boll weevil is Here,' and
r is always chance of another
avorabln cotton year like 1920.
af a!! of your work toward a
re "table, permanent garicul-
* w >n no thave .been in vain,
w ra are besought to’carry on
the above practices, and not> be
■ b y a good yield, and a good
■ *‘ suou « j*-—
cotton in '1923 to aban-
:il these thing,, that will so
place the production of
I-™ on a. solid and stable basis.
] ho a guarantee > of continued
f ferity. ,
otti r.tion ia called to the in-
l3r '*i !:■ relations between the
'cultural and businesa interests
country. What takes place
!«■ farms lottjucounty in this
t'on !. 0 f more Importance to
' ™nker, merchant or profes-
"*! man of that county that
*f happen, in Europe or on the
* '•* t0ct condition. Mr Jobam aaya If Ihn.
m Its preaent t? 11 *' 10 ?I hn<] continued Ih, rcglmo
fire acre. In cotton to the plow,
or he would not permit them to
work hla land or aupply them. Mr.
Gaulding aaya II every land owner
will do thin, and they are backed
by merdhanta. bankers an 1 fertil
izer dealer,, that we < can keep the
cotton acreage down lo what' D
was this year. If thera la a wet
summer and fall we cannot make.*
hale of cotton to fifty acre, tinder I J !?_„ ltd An
boll wesrll condition,, and lo plant LicxIlQ r Or iVlCll,
a bumper crop apelk, run for r itm-
ere. Bat If we continue to raise
plenty of food and feed, orpp,. and
make of’cotton a s .ru'ms cropafn
1024, and the beat cooree to imr-
ano In caae we have an vnfavorablo
year.”
We ca..not believe that the In.
telllfent. farmer, of Ibis section
will toll to profit by past experi
ence and thtt they will go wild
beceeae of the high price of cot
ton and lose, tbe advantage, they
have thia year gained by growing
food crops and dlverplfytng their
farming operaUona.
Men For Land
the next two or three year* our
farmers will be In the best and
he™u .'s Uw» J .n. -..u
SfirlSvau^deTat Awmal" ““"^' t'oemlwh..
tox.
Negro Exodus Kept
Down Cotton Acreage
; A movement bn* been started In
South Carolina that <lt would be
will .for this section, of Georgia to
emulate. « It is known as tti« Land
mirslon ho® first In mind for Intro
duction bito Isnd ownership the
native South Carolina farmers who
are now tenants; second , accep
table farmers from other states. II
_____ these sources should not ultimately
Mr. James White Morton is one 1 Jrl *' d 'nouah torm.r. tor th. sari-
of th. most pn>gt*Mlva and bretl'" 11 ?? 1 ; ,h * “mmlreloo
posted farpiers Hi thia aeetion. and! w ? u “ /*” r »«*"««
has done a great work In helping. »l*ct»d farmer, from England,
to organize the Southern Cotton Scotland. Ireland,- Denmark, Nor-
Marketing AsaocUlion. We had a **f 8w«d«n and O.rmany; all lo
It will be a big time for Athena
the holding of the seventeenth far
mers week and market conference
at the Btat« College of Agriculture.
January 31 to Si. Some
foremost authorities on marketing,
boll weevil control and tholr phone*
of farm problems In tho United
States will be present , to nddr«*«
the conference. Athena should bt
flllfed with farmers from all over
Georgia.
Work Is Viow progressing on trto
Hen're"CT«°ln7lJ4“from ,,l ’^hirh P“Kr. building recently Injured
!lm7ehemle.l in'.mitX m AJ.HeJ flr *’ «» will he remolollc.1 and
» S ■ hansome ntru.
flret n’lUonal* ’issuranee of lunnort « r *" ,l l r Improvlne that section
satlon In their respective Paid.I ** JS?- SZ
snapped th* bond, of union bMWMn ' b
agriculture and domestic Industry I ,h * ln,ur * ne * companies,
that thl, harmony of public senll j is. rk-i.iU.. mu..
m.nt wa. deetroved and that th,' ,h ' Cprl.tmas holiday!
ment was destroyed and that the . ™ ,
swtnnnmliv , . ,.i , , , . * XrWt PTOgTSmS Will ft# PUt Oft St
econpmlc troubl.s of a Utar day ^ th . p,,.„ stnin( , thutres
|6n Thursday and Friday of this
I week Pols Negri. '* popular fayorit*
| will appear |n Tfce Cheat." You
T.must pot*mle« this wonderful
11 tune. She will be assisted by a num
ber .of stars. Make tip your party
Around Athens
With Cel* T. Larry Gaatt
Judge Davis, of Lexington, tells
us titet be Lam a twok written by
Gov. Gilmer In which he tell*
about a visit that,his.mother, who
lived at% ford on Broad river, vis
iting Nancy Hart and gives an ac
count of that old heroine. Judge
Deris »ay%he knows the site of the
cabin of Nancy Hart, with the
■prim? near .-by, end the roots of
the tree on which the Torrle* she
captured were hanged are etlli seen
Judge Davis, the coming summer,
promises to take us on a pllgri*
__ m mage to the historic spots In Goose-
few words with Mr. Morton *U»t^ ,>e "orially nnd religiously ssslm-Jpond district, tbe first settled place
Friday. Ho says there tan be no with South Carolinians. It,In this section.
great increase n the cotton acre-1 wk« shown that In three years the
‘ *
Of. sow" the bui’iaesa J- X’Hhe
chip of our brained men. ih'y atfSpiwd «hen the
the tanker' an.I merchant | destroyed their crops,
that bore the cost o" ‘
mers how to fight th<
age to be planted next .year, forJ»*nd under cultivation In South Mis* J4a Calloway principal
the simple reason that* It takes | Caroling : hs«l decreased by 800.00o|*hp splendid school st .Novae, v ,ii
negro labor to cultivate rottomnerr". Mpr# than 33.000 famillWT Madison (county. Is., spending the
and the negro is not here. White-residing In Smith Carolina nowj holldnyn with her* family In the
eevll first (labor will work a limitod, acreage o^e tenant* lirss than r..ooo.ooo city. Mift Ida says there are fin#
i planted jin cotton, but the white man will *>f th** 19.ROO.OO acre# of land ln}p*opl<- nrouni Jieess nnd formart
the plow In the.|not plant and cultivate any the »t tT** I- under cultivation, it j«r* «H In a highly prosperous r^n*
balance of their i bum per crop. Oecasia.tal farmeis 1 pr»\p*.»iod t** **arve this vacan-! They raised the Brest***!
fn every settlement and town and
be sur®- and come to Athena and
see thin famous actremi an dgreat
Picture. Manager GIdley Is • - this
week putting on extra fine pro
grams etfhoth the False# and
Strand.- Sjiow Jrour appreciation of
his enterprfse by packing, these
theatres.
It was a great piece of work get
ting eighteen acres of the Erwin
property to add to the Normal
School and too much praise cannot.
be accorded Ihe public spirited la*I
dies and gentlemen whose effort*
secured this property. It was not
purchasel a day too soon. It was a
mistake selling off,about half the
tend belonging to the old Rock
College, and which once extended
across what Is now Oglethorpe ave
nue to the corner of Rrlnce
Appetite
human dynamo.
A templing, delicious looking
meal—all tho choicest mor
sels from a well stocked pan*
iry. Tho fragrant aroma of all
these good things falling to put a
keen edgo on your appetite—fall
ing to arouse. In any degree, n
hardy relish for tho food eo atlrac*
lively placed before you. Why?
Scores of men and women a
faced with tho Kimo jnlfifortuno.
After a day of toll—when they are
tired—when good things- to cat
should bo ravlshly zought to ro* cod elected ,
charge tlielr vitality and fit them blockheads.
for play time—their stomachs, turn.
Thoy aro worn down, played out.
lacking—energy gone — productive
qualities at tho lowest ebb. S. S. 8.
supplier tho red blood ccl!s---the
6p»r>; that recharges your system.
Mr, James Chaloupka, Sherman
School, Chilllcothe, Ohio, v/ritea:
/ tret like a neuJ n?cn after takxriq
S. S. S. It gave me a better appetite
'my skin of pimples and
Food bos no appeal. To them It is
idckcnlng. Tho aroma of appetie- great blood purifier.
jng things nauseates them.
Red blood cells arc mining. Red
Hood which should be coursing
through your veins strengthening
your vitality—adding to your
strength—keeping you healthy and
lit—Is not to bo found.
8. S. S. is what is needed. Your
blood needs purifying. What use
is an automobllo with
out a battery? What
advantage is It•’dyna
mo, without electrici
ty? Your body Is a
blood
supply tho energy which keeps
your body well and fit. Weakened
blood cell: make you like the stor-
ago battery with dry cells—
Carefully aclcctcd, scientifically
proportioned nnd prepared herbs
nnd barks mako up 8. 8. S.—tho
GIv
a helping hand. Get back tho lost
appetite—tho missing vitality—tho
keen, sparkling even—that look of
determination. Tho best way to
start back over the road to well
being is with S. 8. 8. Nerves will,
bccomo stronger. 8. 8 .S. will give
you more energy, vitality and rli
gor. and a moro “up and going'
appearance.
S. S. S. la aold at all leading dni"
Store,. Try a bottto and ace to-
yourself. Tho largo alzo hottlo tl
more economical. Get one today.
1 £ ^ wWakes You Feel
^ike.Yourself Again
irjwu/.-jfl
CASUNO I^INKUR.V a 0 «BL *100.
naa. Mslhr Lamar CoW* a
slice .of-'this land for $100 per acre,
am! th# r "tl*** mho ui>ntrol|sd the,.
—* waited
itjii d<n
n! **iicht<
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