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I TTtrRSPAY. JH-CEMflEft 27. 19W. I ! - " ^ -. i— 11 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. 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