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BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA THURSDAY JULY 20, 1916
$1.00 PER YEAR
Ir.lt-:
ini urn sows
III BITES
^^ggesls Immediate
Replanting.
hi bottoin lands partially
^ with water it is pre-
Aiethat some crops planted
lands may suffer partial
, los ,. Where the water
and- thus remains
ieuiul a period of several
. the damage to plant life
'submerged must tend to
Action and the land left
n 0 f the crop thus planted.
Iter crop must therefore be
to retrieve the season
“compansate in some part
destroyed. On the
Jtand the deposit on the
jfrom the overflow rich in
Mjling qualities may stimul-
Lterially the growing of the
scd planting.
Or, Andrew M. Soule, presid-
leorgia State College
[Agriculture, with his usual
uptnoss and interest for the
jiltura! welfare of the citi-
i of southwest Georgia at
reviews the situation and
lers a timely and well selected
([of crops for successful fall
mtjng. He advises that in-
lad oi discouragement, farm-
i should replant flooded dis
pels with hay or forage crops,
eseason being yet sufficiently
b to mature full crops. Using
Jltext his advice follows:
I'Oneof the best crops suitable
r seeding this late in the year
! foxtail millet. There are
Irsial varieties of this millet,
mmon foxtail, German, Hun-
jrian and Siberian all do well
■ this section. Two pecks per
pe is the rate ot seeding most
merally used.
| "Another good forage crop
a mixture of Early Amber sor-
i and and early maturing
riety of cow peas, such as
Ihippoawill; twenty pounds of
prghum and three pecks of peas
lake an admirable mixture.
A number of early maturing
larieties of soy beans can be
Ised to advantave as a hay
fop. Asme, It os an yellow,
[ioilybrook and Wilson are ex-
lent varieties for late seeding
® one to one and one-half
mshels of seed per acre is re
fommended.
! Some of the quick maturing
farieties of corn such as are
father north will pro-
* u nave time to mature in
«t sections. Hickory King
cn exc dlcnt variety for this
purpose.
Two truck crops that can be
! "n to advantage on many of
pso soils are turnips and late
‘potatoes. The turnips can
krnn ? Zed . eit,ier as a truck
r p ' a suitable market c^n be
Ifeellf’r ° r they can be used
E f r , Caltl6 and h °gs- Late
Ltabi -° eS are - oftena P ro -
Need of Law to Protect Them
From Being Turned Out
of Houses.
Prish t
Ndv
1 e crop, and as a rule a
markey
can be found
. r SWIMMING PAST!
Ijg partv ta ned Wlt h a swimm-
IBrooks at n by Mr. Neal
Ijnv prxji^ ‘^NcCaskill swimm-
were:
■Smith p hleen Hancock, Jewel!
IAa Gl fe Smith - of Apa-
|Edr.a Soeni attle , Lou Cross and
l^t'a and Hfi r ’ ° T f Camilla, Hen-
l^inard G. en L°datt and Ruth
Ijfqres "a ‘ e ,| srs - Dunham Des-
llccatt’ \viii- Elmer
Rftf Battle, C. L.
|' :jK '».iitfc, J ;!S y Anr,aSmith
Shall the families ot Georgians
now in mobilization camp with
the National Guard be forced
out of their houses if they can
not pay their rent?
The state of Pennsylvania
passed a law in 1915 providing
that dependents o f National
Guardsmen could not be evicted
until 30 days elapsed from the
date when guardsmen were mus
tered out of the service, and the
law is now being invoked in that
state to protect the families of
men in their country’s service
from landlords’ warrants.
Quite a large proportion of the
men enlisted in the National
Guard of Georgia have families
dependent upon them, and if the
guard of this state is kept much
longer at Macon, or is sent to
the border, it is probable that
these families will feel the need
of some such protection.
The matter has been brought
to the attention of the general
assembly, and an effort will be
made to enact such laws as will
insure the families of National
Guardsmen a roof over their
heads while the men are in the
country’s service.
BOIL WEEVIL INVADES 34
GEORGIA COUNTIES IN 1916
125 BANKS AND 600 STORES CLOSED BY WEE
VIL IN COTTON BELT.
LIGHTNING KILLS
AT
BY EUQENK SOUTHWTCK
With the crop season at hand
when the character of the harvest
is to be determined in dollars
feating the weevil. School teach
ers to the number 1,100 were
written or called upon in person
Private Andrew Key, of Com
pany D. Struck During a
Thunderstorm.
and cents, and the trial balance: and furnished instruction to be
DEATH OF !
Bainbridge was saddened Sun
day morning by the announce
ment of the death of Mrs. Clif
ford Wilson. Mrs. Wilson had
not been ill but a short while
and her death was a blow to her
many friends and acquaintances
all over this section and they
will all learn with regret of her
death. Mrs. Wilson was the
youngest daughter of Hon. W.
W. Harrell, for many years a
prominent figure in this part of
the state and a man who served
his people in many ways with
distinction to himself and family
Her life was spent in this county
among her friends. She leaves
two children, Mr. Harrell Wil
son and Mrs. Sam Brooks to
mourn her departure. She was
buried in the local cemetery in
the presence of a large number
of friends Monday morning.
SPEAKSiINJJINBKE
^ Speaking to one ot the largest
and most enthusiastic audiences
since the time when Senator
Hoke Smith or ex-Governor Joe
Drown spoke to Decatur county
citizens, the Hon. Hugh Dorsey,
on Monday with his usual earn
estness outlined his platform for
governor to the people.
After being introduced by
Col. M. E. O’Neal, Mr. Dorsey
entered at once upon his theme
of proposed service to the state
and throughout his address he’d
his audience, which was compos
ed largely of the rural popula
tion of the county, with special
interest and attention.
Upon concluding his address
Mr. Dorsey was warmly and en
thusiastically received by many
of the men in the audience.
to be taken, it is then that the
various elements of profit or loss
to the value ot the crop is
specifically reviewed and deter
mined. All previous alarm against
invading crop enemies such as
cotton wilt, boll weevil, rust or
mildew is then analized in con
crete form and results are
measured according to well estab
lished commercial standards.
Speculation is eliminated in favor
concrete commercial calculation
and loss from such crop parasites
is estimated in terms of dollars
and cents. The damage is or
should be understood at least to
the extent that repetation from
same cause should be largely if
not entirely eliminated.
The boll weevil, as all cotton
growing farmers and planters
know, is the pest or scourge of
the successful growing of this
monetary crop. This parasite
strikes right at the root of the
system and chalenges the keenest
interest and most timely con
sideration both as to the grow
ing of the crop and the economic
situation generally. Based upon
authorative information 125
banks and 600 commercial or in
dustrial institutions in kind have
been forced to ciose their doors
during the past twenty four
years (the weevil entering Texas
from Mexico during the year
1892) on account of the destruc
tion of the cotton crop and its
corresponding commercial rela
tions. Mississippi, Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas, the chief
sufferers, incalcuable commercial
loss and almost unbelievable
presonal suffering and depriva
tion has resulted. The known
worst has never been told. Few
chapters in colonial history could
read into autual want and neces
sity greater incidents of personal
deprivation and suffereing than
have existed in some portions of
southern Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana consequent upon
4he destruction of the cotton
crop by the weevil.
WARNINING GIVEN BY GEORGIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Observing this devastation in
the neighboring states, the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
beginning with the fall and win
ter of 1913 sounded the alarm
throughout the southwestern
Andrew Key, a private of Com
pany D., First Regiment of In
fantry, was killed and T. F.
Schauffelle, of Dublin, company
clerk of the machine gun com
pany of the Second Regiment of
Infantry, had a narrow escape
from death when lightning
struck a pole in front of the Sal
vation Army tent, in front of
which the two were standing
during a terrific thunderstorm at
Wednesday after-
imparted to students; also’.large
posters were exhibited through
out this territory to give timely
warning of the approach. The
newspapers of the state were
then pressed into service where ji;45 o’clock
a large campaign was carried on noon,
in favor of intensive farming, Schauffelle escaped without
stock raising and crop rotation harm> excepting a slight shock
as the surest and best method of resulting from the experience,
both defeating the weevil and at but Key was instantly killed,
the same time assuring a sub-| The hospital corps attached to
stantial living, 'or over two j t he First Regiment, under corn-
years this campaign was carried mand of Maj> Lloyd B Taylor .
on resulting in some counties 0 j reachedthe scene of the acci .
complete defeat of the weevil, dent almost immediately , Maj<
through increased and more pro-j Tay]or< Lieut HoWard Exley and
fitable poduction of food crops; mem bers of the corps strived
and hve stock. The pomeer work earnes t] y f or about three-quar-
of the Georgia Chamber through terg of an hour t0 resU9citate
timely warning and crop sub- Ke y until a pulmoter was oper-
stitution has saved the faimers ated f Qr & s i m ii ar time, but those
of southwest Georgia crop values . - . ., ,
. . .... r 1 who gave first aid were at no
running into millions of dollars. 1
Furthermore the plans and time rewarded by the slightest
methods then introduced both as sign of life.
preventative and creative mea- ”
sures are the ones'later adopted nrpiTim P(VP DflAI1Q
and employed by state and ULUnlUn UU u lUJHUu
county authorities, agents and
demonstrators.
THIRTY FOUR COUNTIES INVADED
IN 1915.
According to information pre
pared by the Bureau of En-
OF TRADE
NOT RESPONSIBLE
Small Damage Done To
bacco and Other Crops.
The board of trade hereby
wishes to advise all people and
business interests in the county
that this trade body through its
secretary is in no way responsi
ble for the exaggerated and un
censured storm or river reports
which have been published in
the state papers. The only report
from the board of trade appeared
in the Post-Searchlight of the
13th. with the head line reading
“Decatur county suffers little
from the flood”.
In answer to the several let
ters addressed to the board of
trade from various business men
over the county stating that the
newspaper reports were entirely
false as to actual conditions as to
crop damages in their sections,
the secretary at once sent cor
rected reports to the papers ad
vising that the interests of the
county demanded a refutation of
these alarming reports and the
true situation stated.
That the board of trade might
be of the greatest possible service
to the interests of the county,
the secretary through the
courtesy of the J. W. Callahan
River Line, took a river trip of
investigation to the end of the
line, Apalachicola, making care
ful observation and diligent in
quiry at all landings relative to
crop or other damage from the
j sudden rise of the river. From
The rains and floods of the one point only and that from a
WITHSTAND FLOODS
last few days have furnished station in Florida was the loss of
proof positive that D e c a t u r , live stock reported. Crop damage
has a system of roads that are j from overflow is as yet undeter-
a ri ftn’ p assi'sterl hv the State bard to beat - ^ esp ' te tbe fact | mined but qareful estimates from
Agriculture assisted by the State that fjf teen j nc hes of rain fell in existing conditions under favor-
Entomologist an area covering , „ cnianv H nV s and the - ■ 1 ... . “
... oil,, oonnfioa less than as many days and tne, ing circumstances will place the
practically thirty four counties overfiow 0 f nearly every stream | total loss at a figure not to ex-
of Georgia including Decatur - n coun t y h as been poured
were visited during the year U p 0n them the roads are in a
1915 by *6 .weevil. Entering | passable condition in every part UQIIiajSC „„ UUI1C aa llIC UVC1 _
from the north with Polk county L f the county . Of course, along. fl ow waa slight and t he storm
and varying from one to four the , arger streams many turn- was not accompanied with strong
counties deep to the Florida line, pikes have been washed out and winds. Only where the overflow
ceed ten per cent of crop value.
In the tobacco district little
damage was done as the over-
the weevil during that year
established his presence and des
tructive force with sufficient en-
energy to be distinctly noted by
the government and state
authorities, if not by the farmers
themselves in this large territory.
However exceeding the usual
annual 65 mile speed limit during
1915 the energies of the weevil
seem to have been impaired to
the extent that crop damage in
its worst torm did not occur in
much of this vast territory. It
was not until the present year
that the full significance of the
presence of the weevil was
visibly felt and full action taken
to meet and defeat the cotton
enemy [by the methods of the
cotton growing counties of this Georgia Chamber of Commerce,
invading crop enemy. The weevil j picking up al , punc t ure d boils,
being but six miles from the | b urn j ng a || co tton stalks in the
Georgia line. Meetings were held talli clearing the edges ot the J in 8 to the number of progeny
many of the smaller bridges are ponded w r as material damage
gone, but with a little dragging 1 done to tobacco.
fetrJenfTS&rhSaR! river a,ill remain h«h
his forces making these needed h" 11 h strong current is running
repairs.—Albany Herald. | but with only the damage which
may occur from the water re-
“good farming” will more than maining longer upon the land, no
meet and defeat the cotton pest
at his game of eating and crown
the efforts of the farmer with
a sure and abundant harvest.
The weevil is an enemy to meet
further loss is estimated.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Miss Grace Halstead celebrat-
is now, today. Delay means cropped her fourteenth birthday with
loss and increase of the scope of| a party at the home ot her
the damage that will be done. If parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
the weevil is not already receiv
ing attention from you it may
be well to observe the following
figures taken from Bulletin 114
of the Bureau of Entomology,
U S. Dept, of Agriculture relat-
Mrs. David A. Cohen will leave
Monday for Meridian, Miss , she
will be accompanyed by Robert,
Florine and Dorothy to spend a
month.
in Macon, Columbus, Albany and
other cities in these counries
and funds raised for combatting
the approach of the weevil
through instruction of various
kinds direct to the farmers.
Fortunately the movement of
the weevil during the year 1914
eastward along the Florida-
Alabama line was the smallest in
the migratory history of the in
sect stopping practically with the
banks ot the Chattahoochee
river. However knowing that the
pest was sure to cross the
Chattachoochee the following
year, the Chamber of Commerce
wrote and mailed to the indivi
dual address of farmers living on
the river and adjoining counties
46,000 letters warning them of
the danger and enclosing printed
that may spring from one pair
ot weevils during one season:
First generation June 29th, 70
weevils; 2d, generation, Aug.
10th, 2,450 weevils; 3d, genera
tion Sept. 29th, 85,750 weevils;
4th, generation Nov. 4th, 3,001,250
weevils. Total for season,
3,089,520.
Early planting of early varities
fields of weeds and other hiber
nating material and then sub
stituting live stock, crop rotation
and food products in connection
with intensive cotton planting.
GOOD FARMING THE SOLUTION.
It is affirmed on good authority
that good practical ^farming is
the only real solutiod of the boll
weevil problem. The weevil must on the uplands with sufficient
be out generated, from lack of fertilizer and clean cultivation,
food, as he eats to live and lives the destruction of stalks in the
only to eat. Reducing the cotton; fall and hand picking of fallen
crop to a smaller area and this; squares with crop rotation and
planting intensified by early seed- the liberal introduction of live
ing and picking, with a destruc- j stock constitutes the proven
tion of the stalks in the early methods of successful or good
fall; then with a liberal introduc- \ farming despite the weevil with
tion to the remaining farm of food his ravinous appetite. Boll
crops with annual rotation of weevil charts and all state and
fields; these features practically government literature at Board
instructions for meeting and de-j and scientifically carried out in of Trade office.
Halstead on Tuesday July the
18th. There were many enter-
esting games played. After de
lightful refreshments were serv
ed. Those present were Misses
Grace Halstead, Rannie Griffin,
Florence Buckner, Emma Louise
Griffin, Evelyn Mayes, Evelyn
Ellis. Florence Grollman, Sibye
Martin and Gertrude Brainard.
Messrs. George Tucker, E. G.
Rich, Ralph Roberson, Douglas
Ellis Harry Crews, Arthur
Gaines, Raymond Morris Julus
Grollman, George Wilson and
William Battle.
BOOSTERS MEETING
The Boosters will hold their
regular monthly meeting on 'Fri
day evening the 21st. Let all
boosters be present as important
business will be presented.
Miss Littie Elders, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. E. Manor, of St. Andrews,
Fla., has returned home.