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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1916.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Clarke County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
John H. Neal, of said state and
county, haa applied In due form for
Letters of Administration on the es
tate of Robert Neal, late of Clarire
county, this la to cite all and slngrflar
creditors and kindred of said Robert
Neal to be and appear at the August
Term, 191®, of the Court of Ordinary
of said county and show cause. If any
they can, why said Letters should net
be granted to John H. Neal, as applied
for. Witness my official signature
this 6th day of July. 1916.
R. C. ORR. Ordinary,
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Clarke County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Mrs. Alice L. Pittman haring made
application for additional years' sup
port for herself and minor children
out of the estate of R. L. Pittman, late
of said county, deceased and the ap
praisers duly appointed to set apart
said additional years' support for each
and every year since the granting of
said first year’s support haring filed
their return on June 23,1916, and that
said return of said appraalsers and
said application will be passed upon
at the next regular August Term, 1916,
of said court. This Is, therefore, to
cite all persons who may be concern
ed therein to show cause, If any, on
the first Monday In August next why
said return of said appraisers should
not be made the Judgment of said
court and the amount therein specifi
ed set apart as additional years' sup
port for said widow and minor chil
dren. This the 23rd day of June,
1916.
R. C. ORR, Ordinary.
NOTICE TO EXECUTE TITLE.
lA. B. Jones haring made applica
nt, tlon to require title to be executed to
v him to certain lands described in the
bond for title thereto attached purport
ing to be signed by Mrs. Mary E. Mc
Intosh, late of said county, deceased,
In which application it Is alleged that
said lands hare been fully paid for, all
parties concerned are hereby notified
that said application will be beard
before the Court of Ordinary of Clarke
County, Georgia on the first 'Monday
in August, 1916. This July 7tb, 191®.
R. C. ORR, Ordinary.
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Clarke County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Wesley Cheely, of said state, has
applied In due form for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the
tate of J. T. Cheely, late of Clarke
county, this Is to cite all and singular
creditors and kindred ot saia J. T.
Cheely to be and appear at the Aug
ust Term 191®, of the Court ot Ordinary
ot said county and show cause, It any
thsy can, why said Letters should not
be granted to Wesley Cheely as ap
plied for, Witness my official signa
ture this 7th day ot July, 191®.
R. C. ORR, Ordinary.
. CITATION.
GBORckA, Clarke County:
To all whom It may concern: Mrs.
Cora M. Hicks, the widow of and
Josephine, the minor child of P. W
Hicks, late of said comity, deceased,
hare made application for additional
year’s support, to-wM: from May 1st,
1915 to May 1st, 191®, and from (May
1st 191®, to (May 1st. 1917, out of said
decedent's estate, and the appraisers
duly appointed to set apart said ad
ditional two years’ support to said
applicants, haring made and filed
their return thereof In this office on
tbs 22nd day ot July A. D. 191®, said
return of said appraisers and said
application for additional year's sup
port will be heard and determined at
the neat regular term ot this court
of ordinary to be held on the 4th day
of September, A. D. 191®. And this Is
to cite all persons who may be con
cerned therein, to show cause. If any
they can, at said regular term of the
# September court to be held on the
first Monday of September, why said
return of the appraisers setting apart
out of the estate of laid P. W. Hicks,
the two years additional support to
said applicants for their support,
should not be confirmed and recorded
according to terms of the law. This
July Sind, 191®.
ttw R. C. ORR, Ordinary.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
GBOHOtA, Clarks County:
To all whom ft may concern: Mrs.
Susie T. Cm 1th of said stats and coun
ty, haa applied in due form for letters
of administration on the estate of
Mrs. R. z. Tolbert, late of Clarke
county, this Is to cite all and singular
creditors and kindred of said Mrs. R.
1 Tolbert to be and appear at the
September term, 191®, of the coart of
ordinary ot said county and show
cause, if any they can, why said let
ters should not be granted to Mrs.
Susie T. Smith as applied for.
Witness my official signature this
•rd day of August, 1916.
R. a ORR. Ordinary.
GEORGIA, Clarke County :
To all whom It may concerg: N.
H. Vickery, a resident of this state,
having In due form applied to the un
dersigned for the guardianship of the
person and property of Allen Ken
nedy, a minor child, under the age of
fourteen years, of Mrs. Earnest
Elizabeth Kennedy, late of satd coun
ty, deceased, notice is hereby given
that an application for said guardian
ship will he heard in the court of
ordinary for said county on the first
Monday in (September, 1916.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature this the 29th day of July, 1916
R. C. ORR. Ordinary.
INCREASE COTTON YIELD
BY-BREEDING GOOD SEED
State Department Of Entomology Will Help Farmers
Breed Seed To Ma <e Better Crops.
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Clarke County.
Whereas, Hugh W. White, Adminis
trator of John R. White, Jr., repre
sents to the court in his petition, duly
filed and entered on record, that he
has fully administered said John R.
White, Jr., estate. This therefore
cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, If any
they can, why said administrator
should not be discharged from his ad
ministration, and receive letters or
dismission, on the first Monday in Sep-
tember, 1916.
R. C. ORR, Ordinary.
CITATION.
GEORGIA, Clarke County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Mrs. Annie M. Johnson having ap
plied for guardianship of the persons
and property of Walter lx>we. Carrie
Lowe, -Phillip Lowe, William l/nve,
and George Lowe, minor children of
William Lowe, late of said county
deceased, notice is hereby given that
said application will be heard at my
office at 10 o'clock a. m„ on the first
(Monday In September, next. This
3d day of August, 1916.
IR. C. ORR.
Ordinary and ESrOfflelo Clerk Court
of Ordinary.
The Best Laxative.
To keep the bowels regular the
best laxative Is outdoor exercise.
Drink a full glass ot water half an
hour before breakfast and eat an
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also establish a regular habit and
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Tea and Coffee 8talns-
Old tea and coffee stains are some
times extremely obstinate and require
great pains to remove. Wet the stains
In cold water, then soak them In pure
glycerin, wash out In lukewarm water
and Iron on the wrong side until dry.
Or mix one tableapoonful of salt with
cupful of soft soap, rub on the spots
and lay articles on the grass or In the
sun to bleach. Wet the spots occa
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considerable length ot time.
Atlanta, Ga.—The time has come in
Georgia when successful cotton pro
duction demands careful and persist
ent attention to the breeding of the
highest type of seed, says the State
Board ot Entomology in a bulletin on
cotton breeding shortly to be issued
for the Information and advantages of
farmers ot this state.
Good seed, the department points
out, is not only imperative in planting
to meet boll weevil conditions, but to
produce strr.tna that are resistant to
the mary destructive diseases to
which the cotton plant Is subject in
different sections of the state.
For the benefit of Georgia’s cotton
growers the department employs a
number of experts in cotton breeding,
whose entire time is given to this
work. Among them are Ira W. Wll
liams and C. A. McLendon, both of
whom have furnished valuable data
for the bulletin soon to be issued,
These experts are at the service of
the farmer upon request, whenever he
may desire their assistance in the mat
ter of producing a higher and stronger
type of seed.
Every farmer should develop his
own cotton seed both to meet boll
vtl conditions and to resist disease.
The reason for this Is, as Mr. Mc
Lendon points out, that the cotton
plant is the product of two forces,
environment and heredity. Climatic
and soil conditions and methods of cut
ture vary In different sections; there
fore, the best seed for a particular
locality Is produced In that locality It
self. As to heredity, selection be
comes a comparatively easy matter,
because It Involves simply the choice
from year to year of the seed from
the plant or plants which grow the
strongest, mature the earliest and man
ifest the greatest degree of resistance
to black root or wilt disease and oth
er diseases attacking the plant.
For Weevil Conditions
Good "pedigreed" seed locally adapt
ed la absolutely essential, Mr. Wll-
liams points out, If weevil Infestation
is very great. By pedigreed seed Is
meant that which extends back for a
number of years and which haa been
developed as rapidly as possible from
single stalk.
‘‘The proper method Is to select say
fifty stalks of the variety considered
best and plant these fifty stalks In fif
ty different rows; examine carefully
and study the different rows, and se
lect the most desirable and most pro
ductive row. Increase this row Into a
block and from the block Into as large
an area as possible. If this large area
does not plant the entire field. In
crease again the next year. Select the
individual stalks each year from rows
or blocks ot previous selection and re
peat the method every year. By this
means the farmer will have pedigreed
seed coming as etoae 'back as possible
from one stalk, and continuing this
process from year to year, the period
of breeding will ultimately extend
through a long number of years.
“If a termer is not willing to go to
the trouble of developing his seed by
this method, he should purchase one or
more bushels of seed each year from
some man near him who doea do this,
and from such seed plant his entire
crop."
Adapted To Locality
The State Board of Entomology has
found by numerous tests that a va
riety ot cotton good In one section of
the state. Is a failure In another. That
is why it Is most Important to gst
a variety as well bred aa possible that
Is best adapted to the locality. The
seed chosen should be from stalks
which are absolutely free from any
signs of wilt or root knot. After a
wilt resistant variety Is secured, the
farmer should aee to It that Ma cotton
la free from other diseases. If be Is
oompelled to loss some cotton from
the boll weevil, he can not afford to
loss It from any other cause. Among
the most destructive of these diseases
are angular loaf a pot, or "black arm,'
as It Is known by sea Island planters,
which la a germ disease, and anthrao-
noso, a fungus disease, which Is next
to black arm, and. In conjunction with
it, the moot destructive agency to the
bolls of cotton. These two diseases
ere perpetuated to the seed, which
makes It of the highest Importance to
choose the saad from plants unaffeoL
•d by them.
The type of stalk to be chosen un
der boll weevil conditions is a small
stalk with as little folitge as possible,
but which should be equally productive
as larger a talks it should have me
dium sized bolls, because the greater
the number of bolls to tbe stalk, the
larger wiU be the number of them to
reach maturity free from, weevil at
tack. Unices a farmer Is breeding for
lenMh of lint and selling upon that
basis. It is batter to devote his energy
Why Endure Summer ColdsT
It lint necessary to have suffered
head, running nose. To cough your
head off as It were. All. you need
do is to use Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-
Honey. The sootMng and healing
balsams open the clogged sir pass
ages and In n short time yoa get re
lief sad start on the road to recovery.
Tour note stops running, yon cough
less and you know you are getting
better. Get a bottle, uao as direct
ed. Keep what is left as a congh and
cold Insurance. adv.
„.. iant variety on heavily infested
laud. From year to year tbe cotton
is thus rendered more resistant and
luore productive.
Straight Selection Best
The department recommends straight
selection of seed In breeding rather
timn the crossing of varieties or hy-
br.dlzing. It Is believed tMa will pro
duce the best and moat satisfactory
results under ordinary conditions.
"The possibilities In breeding cotton
according to tbe latest approved meth
ods are almost unlimited,” says Mr.
McLendon. "In the light of recent evi
dence in this work, it seems entirely
possible so to conduct the breeding
experiments with this crop as to
change the shape and size ot the plant
and Its fruit, free or nearly rid it ot
destructive diseases, Increase or de
crease its earllness and productive
ness, the length, strength and percen
tage of Its lint, purify the seed sam
ple, and otherwise alter or Improve all
the other inheritable characters of the
plant.
"The problem of cotton improve
ment through breeding operations re
solves itself into a strictly local prop
osition, If the beat results are to be ob
tained, as has been demonstrated time
and again in various experiments
conducted with this crop. The place
effect, or the combined effect of local
conditions, so controls the behavior
of the cotton plant that notMng short
of a thorough knowledge of the local
adaptability of a certain varlaty or
strain of cotton can serve as an In
dex to its possibilities for Improve
ment. That Is, each soil type with Us
attendant climatic conditions In the
state of Georgia, will carry a certain
variety of cotton better than will any
other type of soil, and so on for the
different soil and cllmatlo areas of tbe
state."
It Is further pointed out that while
In some sections big boll varieties pro
duce the greatest yield, In others the
small boll varieties give the best re
sults; from which It is apparent how
unreasonable it Is for the South Geor
gia farmer to expect the best resulth
from seed bred In the northern part
of the state, and vice versa.
Department Will Help
While the process of seed breeding
is comparatively a simple one. It In
volves many details which manifestly
cannot be given In the space of a brief
article. The forthcoming bulletin will
present all of these details and will
be furnished free upon application to
any farmer In the state desiring 1L
In the meantime. It is Important that
cotton planters all over Georgia should
have the general idea of the seed
selection process right now when the
time is approaching tor such selection
to be made. The farmer who has not
ed the best variety adapted to bis lo
cality can begin his seed selection pro
cess as tbe bolls ripen and open. For
this purpose, as already stated, he
should choose good, healthy, early
maturing plants which are unaffected
by wilt or other diseases.
Tbe department is ready to lend ev
ery possible assistance to the planter
In this work. It will furnish ths
bags In wMch tbe seed should
placed as gathered. This bag may be
tied directly to the stalk and tha cot
ton picked and put Into 1L Tha cot
ton should be picked as fast as It
opens and becomes dry. It will not
damage In tbe bag In ordinary weath-
‘ Just as soon as most of tha de
sirable bolls are open, the sacks
should be removed to some dry place.
Cotton to be used for seed should not
be left In the bolls any length of time,
as the seed are liable to damage very
rapidly.
When the cotton Is all picked these
sacks can be sent to the State Board
of Entomology, State Capitol, Atlanta,
Ga., or to tbe Entomological Experi
ment station at Thomasvllle, Oa.,
where tbe seed will be ginned and tha
par oant ot lint carefully calculated.
The seed will be returned to the fann
er tor planting with n table showing
ths per eent of lint from the different
stalks. The department will also gin
samples let any tima from different
progeny rows, and ealoulate ths per
coot ot lint In order to help tbe farm
er determine which of his seed makes
ths highest percentage.
Begin The Work Now.
ft is time now to decide upon the
variety and the spot In the field from
wMch tha start tor breeding is to be
made; and Just about the tima the
eotton begins to open the real work
ot selection should begin. Selecting
a tew superior early plants Is the first
step, and this should be done before
any cotton la pi eked from the patch
where you are to make tbe selection.
The seed should be separated from
the lint, preferably by a hand gin,
and under no dreams tan oea should
then be any other seed remaining in
to securing tha highest per eent of
lint. This Is largely a matter of In
dividual decision.
What Is known as "mass selection*
may ha practiced under certain condi
tions with good results. This consists
In going through the field and sdect-
tng the seed from tbe healthiest and
most productive stalks from a wilt re-
‘I die FOR MY COUNTRY,” were
THE LAST WORDS OF THE
IRISH LEADER.
Barber Was Executioner; Hopes for
Eleventh Hour Reprieve Were
Dashed to Earth.
Tbe department has band gins
for this nse and tor tbe benefit of any
fanner desiring its assistance in
breeding his seed.
Speaking for the Board. Stats Ento
mologist EL Lee Worsham Invites and
urges all Georgia cotton planters to
send to the department the seed they
have selected tor ginning and csleuls.
tlon of the per eent of UnL In this
way a beginning can be made now,
and from year to year the farmer's
supply of seed to meet boll weevil
conditions and resist disease, will be
larger and larger until be ultimately
haa enough to plant bis entire crop,
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“When our little boy, now seven
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gladly endorse it as a remedy of
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(By Associated Press.)
London, August 3.—Roger Case
ment, former British knight and con
sul, was hanged at 9 o'clock this morn
ing in Pentonvllle jail for high trea
son. He was convicted of conspiring
to cause an armed revolt In Irelana
and with having sought German aid
to that end.
Two hours before the execution
crowd ot men, women and children
gathered before the prison gates.
Twenty minutes before Casement
mounted the scaffold the great prison
bell commenced to toll. The sound
was greeted with cheers from the
crowd, mingled with some groans. At
9 o’clock the crowd had swollen
such proportions that It extended for
two blocks from the prison front,
one minute after 9 o'clock a single
stroke of the big hell announced that
the trap had been sprung. It was the
signal for a mocking, Jeering yell from
the crowd, which suddenly died away
Into dead silence.
Casement met his death with calm
courage, according to eyewitnesses
Early In the morning two priests
the Roman Catholic church adminis
tered tbe last rites In the cell of the
condemned man and shortly afterward
a little procession headed by the
clergymen with Casement following,
warden on either side, proceeded
the execution shed, only five yards
away. The priests recited the litany
of the dying, Casement responding In
low tones:
"Lord have mercy on my soul."
According to one of those present,
Casement’s last words were: “I die
for my country.”
Was Once Knighted.
Honored with knighthood—a title
since taken from him by King
George's order—for his many years of
service for Great Britain as consul
and consul general, Roger Casement
assumed leadership, at a period of his
country’s crisis, In the recent Irish
rebellion, the plans for which were
laid while Casement was in Berlin,
where be was reported to have nego
tiated an understanding with the Ger
man Imperial authorities.
British naval supremacy brought
an abortive close to Casement’s plans.
The German tramp steamship
which there was transported an arm
ed expedition from Germany nearly
to the coast ot Ireland in April ot this
year was blown up by its own crew
when the latter foresaw that it was
Inevitable that the blockading Eng
lish warships would capture 1L The
crew were made prisoners. The tramp
bad been convoyed from Kiel by
German submarine, from which Case
ment and a companion landed on Iriab
soil, where they were taken Into cus
tody before their plans matured.
In May, Caaement was given a pre
liminary hearing and was committed
for trial on the charge of Mgh trea
son. Late In June the trial was begun,
Casement pleading not guilty and ut
tering a denial that he had worked In
Germany’s Interests and that be bad
accepted German gold as a bribe.
The court's verdict was guilty, and
the sentence of death by hanging was,
after appeal by his counsel, confirmed
by the court ot criminal appeal, lata In
July.
The London press generally ap
proved, the fate legally fixed for Case
ment, but In America persistent ef
forts were made to save the noted
prisoner from death. In Washington,
resolution was Introduced In the
senate which would have President
Wilson Intercede with tbe British
government, and numerous petitions
received at the White House from
many sources asking that a plea for
clemency be cabled. The senate reso
lution was not adopted. President
Wilson took no official action. In
England, the Manchester Guardian
and a number of other papers pleaded
for mercy and petitions asking for a
reprieve were circulated in London.
Adherents of John Redmond forward
ed to Premier Asquith a petition sign
ed by six bishops, twenty-six mem
bers of parliament and fifty-one other
persons. Including a number of edu
cators.
Pope Interceded-
Pope Benedict Interceded In Case
ment’s behalf, endeavoring to obtain
grace for him from the British gov
ernment, Influential Irish National
ists having urged upon the Pontiff
that the prisoner was not a traitor
but was Inspired by Irish ps-rlotUm.
Remember This.
To remove rings fpom the fingers
swollen by their tightness, dip ths Su
gar in Ice cold soapsuds.
CASTORIA
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CASTORIA
Under Highway Commission Bill
Passed by House Georgia Could
Not Participate in Federal Aid
Banner Bureau,
Kimball House.
Atlanta, Ga.. August 3.—Corre
spondence received here by Repre
sentative J. A. Beazley of Taliaferro
county, from Congressman Carl Vin
son shows, by quotation from the di
rector ot public roads and rural en
gineering of the federal agricultural
department, carries the declaration
that no recommendation will be made
by that department for participation
by Georgia In the 12,000,000 road fund
appropriated by congress, under tbe
state highway bill passed by the
Georgia house of representatives. The
correspondence, which explains Itself,
Is as follows:
Washington, D. C, Aug. 1, 1910
Hon. J. A. Beazley,
House of 'Representatives,
Atlanta, Ga
(My Dear Sir: 1 have the honor to
herewith enclose to you a copy of a
communication received yesterday
from the director of public roads and
rural engineering ot the agricultural
department, upon whom will devolve
tbe administration ot the federal aid
road set, recently passed by congress,
I commend to your careful consid
eration what be has to say In re
gard to the -bill passed by the house
of the general assembly of the state.
Knowing the de4p interest that you
feel on the subject ot good roads, I
thought ft proper to acquaint you
with the views of the director In re
gard to this matter.
I remain,
Tours very truly,
CARL VINSON.
Will Not Recommend for Goorgla.
Director Page's letter to Mr. Vin
son Is as follows:
Washington, D. C., July 31, 1916.
Hon. Carl Vinson,
U. S. House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
My Dear Mr. Vinson: I am writing
you In connection with our telephone
conversation of today. In which you
ask me to tell you whether or not 1
eonader tbe bill, which has passed
the lower bouse of the Georgia leg
filature, such as will constitute, 11
enacted In (be law, a highway depart-
meat of the prison commission.
In connection with whet I
about to say on this subject, please
bear In mind that I have no power
pass upon legal questions involv
ed fn the operation of the federal aid
road set, as my duties are entirely
administrative, to that the best I
give you is my personal opinion.
Unquestionably K tbe matter should
coma up for decision, tbe official
whose duty K is to construe the laws
would pass npen the qsestlon.
I hare not received a copy of ths
bill, and my Information about ths
measure Is at I have obtained from
the Atlanta newspapers. If the news
paper account It correct, it is my
personal opinion thsit ths measure
will not confer sufficient duties and
authority upon tbe prison commission
to make It a Mghway department u
contemplated by the federal aid act
Beyond a doubt the federal law
meant to require tbat each state
agency should supervise tbe expendi
ture of the federal aid apportionment.
The law specifically states that the
applications are to be made by tbe
state highway department, and that
such department should make all
surveys, plans, specifications and es
timates, and actually supervise the
work of construction. The.law fur-
ther defines the state highway depart
ment *o as to Include a department
of another name, exercising the func
tions ordinarily exercised by a state
highway department. With the ex
ample! of dozens of states about ui
to show what functions are ordinarily
exercised by a state highway depart
ment It la plain that no mere legis
lative designation, without giving
retd substance to a state body deslg
nated as a state highway department,
would meet the requirements of tbe
federal aid road act. I feel tbat a
state highway department, If K is to
be such as contemplated by the fed
eral aid road act, must be an active
engineering department -made up of
experienced road builder*, thorough
ly qualified to make tbe necessary
surveys, plans, specifications and es
ttmstes, and to supervise construe
tlon.
Out of the 175,000,000 appropriated
by congress, Georgia will be entitled
to something over 92,000,000, and M
will be an Incomprehensible situation
If tbe legislature of the state were
by action or lack of action to d»
prhre the state of tbat very material
aid.
According to the newspaper sc
count, tbe bill passed by the lower
bouse provided for the apportionment
of the federal aid among all the
counties. I understand there are
about one hundred and fifty-two
counties in the state. It should be
easily apparent that such a minute
distribution would be utterly imprac
ticable from an admfnlatratlve or
constructive standpoint. The fed<«l
aid road set provides for constructoin
of a substantial character, and such
a distribution of funds would make
this utterly Impossible and would
make tb« cost of supervision and ot
federal inspection absolutely prohib
itive. I should certainly recommend
to the secretary of agriculture that
be grant no aid to the state of Geor
gia on any such basis. It would be
very unfortunate If the legislature
sbonld tie up the state fn any sue
tangle.
Trotting I h*Y« made these m*t-
tert dears and again emphasizing 1 6
fket that I am speaking from an id
ministrstlve and not from » Ie P>
standpoint, I am.
Very truly yours.
OSgned) L. W. PAGE. Director.
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