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BOARDOFEIiTOMOLOGY Rn.RS UOVKKNINO THIS HODT IN ITS KKKORT TO STAMP OUT INSECT PESTS. NEW REQUIREMENTS IN FULL Lawn and IG-gulatloriß That Are of Pupreinc Importance to Every Fruit Man In Georgia. Roles and Regulations For the Govern ment of the State Entomologist In the Enforcement of the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia Provid ing for the Control and Eradication of Insect Pests and Fungous Diseases Which Threaten the Fruit and Other Agricultural Interests of the State, and For the Prevention of the Intro duction of Dangerously Injurious Crop Pests From Without the State. Adopted Jan. 18, 1899. In pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, ap proved Dec. 20, 1898, amendatory to an act of Assembly approved Dec. 21, 1897, creatiuga Board of Entomology, and au thorizing and directing the same to take action for the suppression of certain hereinafter defined iujurions insects and fungous diseases, and for the prevention of the further introduction, increaaeand dissemination of the same; the follow ing rules and regulations are hereby enacted and promulgated: 1. In accordance with section 11 of said act, the following insects, fungous diseases and parasitic plants are hereby declared individually and severally, to constitute infestation in trees and plants; this list to lie revised at the will of the Board of Entomology: List of dangerously injurious iusects, fungous diseases and parasitic plant: The Sail Jose Scale (Aapidiutus per nicioHus). The New Peach Scale (Diaspis amyg dali). The Cabbage Web Worm (lltllula undalin). Black Knot (Vlvwriyhlia murbosa). Peach Yellwws. Peach and Plum Rosette. Mistletoe ( Phorodendrvnf.avescens) — parasite. 2. The State Entomologist is hereby eharged with the enforcement of the said act, and as Inspector is directed to lo cate by personal investigation, corres pondence and in such other maimer as he may deem best, the above named pests so far as they exist in this state, and give proper directions, and take such Steps iu accordance with the above cited act as he may deem necessary to con trol or eradicate tue suuie. 8. In aecordunee with section 5 of the above cited act, the State Entomologist is hereby endowed w ith power to condemn and destroy any infested trees, shrubs or other plants that iu his judgment are not worthy of remedial treatment, when such infestation is, or is likely to become a menace to the agricultural interests of any section of the state, or when the owner or owners of infested premises shall refuse or neglect to properly exe cute the treatment prescribed by him. 4. Any trees, shrubs or other plauts, commonly knowu as nursery stock, shipped within the State of Georgia, without each box, bundle or package in •very car load, or less than car load lot, being plainly labeled with an Official Entomologist’s certificate, to the effect that the contents of the same have been inspected and found to meet the require ments of the Board of Entomology, in accordance with section 10 of the act cited above, shall be liable to confisca tion upon the order of the Inspector. 5. Each and every box, bundle or package of trees, shrubs aud other plants commonly known as nursery stock, shipped iu car load lots, or less than car load lots, into the State of Georgia from any other state or coun try, shall lie plainly labeled with a cer tificate of inspection furnished by the Entomologist, Fruit Inspector, or other duly authorized official in the state or country in which said stock was grown, aud also with the official tag of the Geor gia State Board of Entomology, herein after provided for; said certificate aud tag to be valid for only 12 months from the date they bear, in accordance with sec tions 9 and 13 of the act cited above. Such shipmeuts not so labeled shall be liable to confiscation upon the order of the Inspector. 6. Upon the filing of the proper certi ficate as above prescribed in accordance with section 13 of said act, and upon re quest of any person or persons residing in states or countries outside of the State of Georgia, dealing in or handling trees, shrubs or other plants iu this state, the certificate of the State Board of Entomology will be issued to tne same without charge, and official tags bearing a fac simile copy of such certifi cate, aud the seal of the said Board, will be furnished such applicants at coet, viz: 60 cents for the first 100 or part thereof and 26 cents for each additional 100. 7. No transportation company or com mon carrier, shall deliver any box, bun dle or package of trees, shrubs or other plauts commonly known as nursery stock, shipped from any other state or country to any consignee at any station in the State of Georgia, unless each such box, bundle or package is plainly la beled with a certificate of inspection furnished by the Official Entomologist of the state or country in which said stock was grown, and also with the official tag of the Georgia State Board of Ento mology, hereintofore provided for. Sncb shipments of the nature designated above originating in the State of Geor gia, need only have the certificate of th* State Entomologist, and unless his cer tificate is attached to every box, bundle or package, of trees, etc., the® shall noi be accepted for transportation. 8. Transportation companies shall im mediately notify the State Entomologist (Atlanta, Ga.), when by oversight, neg ligence or otherwise, any shipment oi uncertified nursery stock is received at any station or wharf in the state, and it shall be his duty to proceed as speed-, ily as possible to investigate and dispose of such stock as provided for in the act cited above. 9. The State Entomologist shall have power to require any nurseryman of the state to fumigate his stock with hydro cyanic acid gas, when in his judgment, the presence of any pest in the nursery or in the neighborhood of the nursery warrants such treatment for the better protection of the agricultural interests of the state. Upon the failure of any individual, firm, or corporation to com ply with this requirement, the State En tomologist is hereby authorized to with hold his cirtilicate from the same. 10. Tii9 State Entomologist is hereby authorized to publish in the form of bulletins, reoorts, or through the press of the state, any matter pertaining to the distribution, life-history, habits, and treatment of insect pests and fun gous diseases, or other matter that may be instructive, or aid in the suppression of such pests. 11. The Board of Entomology may ap point temporary deputy inspectors when it appears to be necessary to as sist the Entomologist in the enforcement! of the act cited above, and such deputy imq>ectors shall have full power to enter on premises and inspect and report to tho State Entomologist. 12. Appeals from the decision of the Entomologist should lie addressed to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga., who shall notify the appellant of the time and place of hearing such ap peal. 13. All inquiries relative to the pro visions of the above cited act and the subject matter of the same, should be addressed to the State Eutomologist, Capitol building, Atlanta, Ga. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner of Agri culture, Chairman. P. J. Berckmans, President of State Horticultural Society. J. Pope Brown, President of State Agricultural Society. Board of Entomology. In order to bring the requirements of the law and these rules and regulations before interested parties, the following circulars were issued and sent out: Circular No. 1. Jam 18th, ’99. To Nurserymen and Florists of the State of Georgia: Your attention is called to sections 12 and 10 of the Act of the General Assem bly of Georgia, creating a Board of En tomology, approved Dec 20, 1898, which sections read as follows: Section 12. Be it further enacted that any person or persons residing in the State of Georgia, dealing in or handling trees, etc., shall be compelled to have his or her stock iuspected annually, ou or before Nov 1 of each year. If upou such inspection, such stock is fouud to conform to the requirements of the Board of Control, the Inspector shall fur nish a certificate to that effect, and any such person or persons making a ship ment before the tiling of such certificate with the Chairman of the Board of Con trol, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 10. It shall be unlawful for any grower, nurseryman, or corporation, to ship within the State of Georgia any trees, shrubs, cuttings, vines, bulbs or roots, without having been previously iuspected by either a State or Experi ment Station Entomologist, or Govern ment Officer, within 12 months of the date of said shipment, and certificate of inspection to accompany each box or package. Violation of this clause will be considered as a misdemeanor and punished as such. Attention is also directed to rule 4 of the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Entomology, Jam 18, 1899, which rule reads as follows: liuie 4 Any trees, shrubs, or other plants commonly known as nursery stock, skipped within the State of Geor gia, without each box, bundle or package in each cir load or less than car lon ! lo being plainly labeled with an Official Entomologist’s certificate to the effect that the contents of the same have been inspected and found to meet with the requirements of the Board of Entomol ogy, in accordance with section 10 of the act cited above, shall be liable to confis cation upon the order of the inspector. Immediate compliance with these re- I qnirements must be enforced, and we trust that we shall have your hearty co-operation. O. B. Stevens, Chairman of the Board. Circular No. 2. Jan. IBtb., ’99. To Nurserymen and Florists who are shipping >r may ship trees, shrubs and other plants into the State of Georgia: Yonr attention is called to section 13 of the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved Deo. 20, 1898, en titled “an act to require the Commis sioner of Agriculture to establish a special department of Horticulture and Pomology, to employ Entomologists, etc., etc.,’’approvedDec. 21, 1897, which section reads as follows: “Section 18. Each and every person residing in states or countries outside of the State of Georgia, dealing in or handling plants, cuttings, trees, vines, shrubs, bulbs ajid roots in this state, shall register his name or firm, and file a copy of his or its cei lificate of inspec tion, furnished by the Entomologist, Fruit Inspector, or duly authorized Gov ernment Official of his state or country, with the Chairman of the Board of Con trol (Commissioner of Agriculture, At lanta, Ga.). Upon failure so to do, said stock shall be liable to confiscation upon order of the Inspector.” Attention is also directed to rules 5 and 6 of the rules and regulation! adopted by the Georgia State Board oi Entomology Jau. IS, 1899, acting in ac cordance with the above cited act, which sections read as follows: Rule 5. Each and every box, bundle or package of trees, shrubs or othei plants commonly known as nursery stock, shipped in carload lots, or less than carload lots, into the State of Geor gia from any other state or country, shall be plainly labeled with a certifi cate of inspection furnished by the En tomologist, Fruit Inspector, or other duly authorized official in the state or couu try, in which said stock was grown, and also with the official tag of the Georgia State Board of Entomology, hereinaftei provided for, said certificate and tag ti be valid for only 12 months from the date they bear, in accordance with sec tions 9 and 13 of the act cited above. Such shipments not so labeled, shall be liable to confiscation upon the order ol the Inspector. Rule 6. Upon the filing of the propet certificate as above prescribed in accord ance with section 12 of said act, and upon request of any person or persons residing in states or countries outside ol the State of Georgia, dealing iu or hand ling trees, shrubs, or other plauts in this state, the certificate of the State Board of Entomology will be issued to the same without charge, and official tags bearing a fac simile copy of such certificate, and the seal of the said Board will be furnish ed such applicant at cost, viz: 60 cents for the first 100 or part thereof and 23 cents for each aditioual 100. It is not the purpose of the Board ta interfere iu any way with the sale of healthy, uninfected plants in this state, but it is insisted that these require ments must be complied with, and it is hoped that we will receive your heart} 00-operation. O. B. Stevens, Chairman of the Board. Circular No. 3. Jan. 18th, ’99. To Railroad, Express and Steamship Companies and Common Carriers do ing business in the State of Georgia: By virtue of an act of the General As sembly of Georgia, approved Dec. 20, 1898, creating a Board of Entomology and authorizing and directing the same to enact rules and regulations for the prevention of the further introduction, increase and dissemination of insects and fungous diseases injurious to plants, and for the government of common carriers iu the transportation of plants liable to harbor such pests, your atten tion is called to rules 7 and 8 of the rules and regulations adopted by said Board Jan. 18, 1899. Since no penalty is prescribed for vio lation of rules 7 and 8, it would be diffi cult to enforce them without your co operation, and inasmuch as the general interest and prosperity of the state in volves your interest, and since it is one of the objects of the Board to protect and bnild up the plants and other agri cultural interests along your lines of road, we request that you faithfully observe these rules, and we hope and believe that you will heartily co-operate with this Board in the discharge of the duties devolving upou them in the en forcement of the above cited act. These rules follow: Rule 7. No transportation company or common carrier shall deliver any box, bundle or package of trees, shrubs or other plants commonly known as nurs ery stock, shipped from any other state or country to any consignee at any sta tion iu the State of Georgia, unless each such box, bundle or package is plainly labeled with a certificate of inspection furnished by the official Entomologist of the state or country iu which said stock was grown, and also with the official tag of this Board hereintofore provided for. Such shipments of the nature designated above, originating in the Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad. SAMUEL C. DUNLAP, Receiver Time table No. 12, taking effect 5. 50 a. m., Jan. 6, 1899, MAIN LINE NORTH BOUND. Between Social Circle SOUTH BOUND. Read Downward and Gainesville . Read Upward. First Class. First Class. 93 91 85 83 81 STATIONS. 82 84 86 92 | 94 Sun- Snn- Daily Daily Daily dail\ daily daily San- Sun day day ex ex ex i ex ex ex ’ day dav only only’ Sun Sun "Sun | Sun Sun Sun only only O am amp m Lv. Ar a m ip m I amt 3 HOO 1100 450 SOCIAL CIRCLE 9151 30| 9 20 S' % 11 15 11 20 505 GRESHAM 855 3 10 9 05 o 2. 1130 1140 525 MONROE. 835 2 50 8 50 R g n4S 1106 CAM ETON 815 5530 835 p a S 12*0 557 BETHLEHEM 8 215 822 g, 5 1240 615 WINDER 745 200 C 0 07 JL 1)3 12 15 | x 4 56 j WINDER 7 , 0 j 3O T c )4 £7 12 30 | 1576 48 MULBERRY 725112 I' l 88 dTTifv 1245 e * 177 03 HOsCHTON 7.0 12 55 p 7?n ex I° B g 2407 23 HICKORY TREE. 6451* 30 g ‘ l9 daily *2“ P* P* Sun a U 1 12 25 „ u r=- 640 1 15 255 730 BELLMONT 640 JO 25 1 ,2 P 7 “a 645 120 300 735 KLONDIKE 635 10 20 I a? 7 6501 25 8057 40 CANDLER 63010 15 J loa 7101 45 3308 On GAINESVILLE. 6109 55 6 , n 700 am pm P m |p m Ar. Lv. a m a m a ™ 9TTSSTB3] 8i j ~ ~ j 82 j 84 | 86 j 92 | 88 No. 82 will run to Social Circle regardless of No. 83. No. 84 will run to Social Circle regardless of No. 81. No. 83 will run to Winder regardless of No. 84. No. 84 will run to Winder regardless of No. 83. No. 02 wi 1 1 run to Social Circle regarding of No. 91. JEFFERSON BRANCH. Time Table No. 12, taking effect 5.50 am., Jan. 0, 1899. NORTH BOUND Between Jefferson and SOUTH BOUND Read Downward Bellmont. Read Upward. First Class. First Class. STATIONS. Daily Daily Daily Da-.y except except except ex ept Bnn Sun Sun s nn B. iVI a. M. Lv. ' Ar. P. M. A~aT D35 550 JEFFERSON 810 11 10 12 00 615 PENDERGRASS 748 10 43 12 25 640 BELLMONT 730 10 25 P M. A. M. Ar. Lv. P M. A. M. No 90 will run to Jefferson regardless of No. 89. Palmer’s Cream Liniment Rheumatism, Sprains,'Bruises, Cuts, Stings, of Pois onus Insects, Stiff Joints, Toothach, etc. Cures the pains of Burns immediately and gives in stant relief .in Headache. For Sprains, Swelling ol the Joints, Saddle or Collar Galls on Horses. Pal mer’s Cream Liniment can not be equaled. It is put up in 4 ouuce bottles’, (the ns al 60c size) aud retails for 25c. Prepared only by H. R. PALHER & SONS, (Successors to Palmer & Kinnebrew.) DRUGGIST’S AND SEEDSMEN, 105 CLAYTON ST., ATHENS, GA. I ■A ■ H _ m ■ H ■ I I ■ This splendid three piece suit, mahogany finish frames, upholstered in fine snk figured damask fer $12.50. Wo cany the largest stock of Furniture, Car pets, Rugs, Mattings, ana Draperies in Atlai-ta and guarantee lowest prices. P. S.CRUTCBER FURNITURE CO., 53 and 55 Peachtree St.. Atlanta Ga. State of Georgia, need only bear the cer tificate of the State Entomologist (At lanta, Ga.). When by oversight, negli gence or otherwise, any shipment of un certified nursery stock is received at auy station or wharf in this state, it shall be his duty to proceed at once to investigate and dispose of such stock as provided for in the act cited above. Very truly yours, O. B. Stevens, Chairman of the Board. "Whimsical Advertisements. The author of “Pages From a Private Diary gives some whimsical advertise ments, as, for instance: “Respectable girls, about 18. wanted for bottling. ” And from a bookseller’s catalogue “Clergymen.—A fine collection of 200 clergymen, consisting of Protestant ministers, Roman Catholics, Wesleyan Methodists, Unitarians and Presbyteri ans, nice clean lot—-5 shillings,” A Lingering: Superstition. It is a curious comment upon the per manence of sailors’ superstitions in these days of steam, electricity and materialism generally that it was found necessary to ship the dead bodies of the drowned Americans in the Mobegan disaster across the Atlantic in carefully disguised cases labelled “Machinery.” The Marquette was the name of the steamship which carried this sad cargo, and there is no doubt that if the crew had suspected <what was contained in that shipment the greater number of them would at all costs have refused to leave port, not so much because sailors have any particular grievance agamsl the dead as because their presence on board ship is supposed infallibly to bring disaster. Even the safe arrival of the Marquette will probably fail to ex plode this particular superstition.— London News.