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WINDER GEORGIA COTTON INSECT TEE COTTON RED SWDER This small mite frequently floes nun'll damage to cotton in hot, dry weather. The best method of fighting this insect is to prevent its oecuranee hy destroying the weeds on which it spends the win ter, such as poke weed, Jimsoa weed, golden rod and cultivated violets. These may be destroyed by spraying with sodium arsenate, 1 pound to 20 gallons of water. If only a few plants are infested pull up and destroy, and spray the sur rounding plants with a 5 per cent solution of kerosene emulsion, or a 2 per cent soliMion of commer cial lime sulphur. After these in sects have spread over a large area it is not practical to control them hy spraying, as the cost is too great. Their progress in the field may be prevented by pulling up a strip of cotton about ten feet wide and plowing the land. Keep the surface of this well pulverized and the red spider can not crawl over it The Garden Web Worm or CaUr pillers. What the webworm looks like: The egg is very small, oblong oval, and about one-fortieth of an inch in diameter. The eggs are deposit ed in a mass on the foliage of the plant, and are covered and held together hy a thin, gelatinous fluid. They are so placed as partly to overlay one another, and the masses are almost transparent against the green background of the leaves, making them difficult < f detection. When first laid the egg is of a delicate cream color, and remains so until about one day before hatching, when the coiled body and dark-colored head f the tiny larva within causes the egg to become slightly darker. The larva, caterpillar, or web- worm stage is the one that causes the iujury to the plant. When ful ly grown this larva is of a green ish-brown color and is about tlure fourths to seven-eights of an inch in length. Open each body segment on each side of the back, arranged in triangles, are three tiny black spots, in each of which is inserted a short, stiff hair. The pupa or resting stage is that into which the fully matured larva changes after descending from the plants to the ground and inclosing itself in a tiny .silkencell in the trash and leaves on the ground or just beneath the surface. In this cell it transforms into a tiny light-brown chrysalis about three eights of an inch in length, cylin drical in the middle ami tapering to a point at each end. The adult is a small moth with a wing spread of about three fourths of an inch. The color ran ges from reddish brown to dark gray with varying darker and lighter markings on the wings. Seasonal Habits: In the course of *ts development tins insect pass es successively through the egg larva, pupa an 1 adult stages. In this latitude the moths appear in the alfalfa n*n’ other fields about May 1. After mating they uepcsito their eggs, tu/.illy in clusters of 40 or 50, upon the lower surfaces of the leaves, usually them so near the top of the alfalfa plants. These •eggs hatch in about 4 or 5 days into tiny larvae. k jSoon after hatching there lar vae begin feeding upon the sur face of the alfalfa and other plant leaves, and as they grew larger they reh together to tops of the plants and feed upon the portions within the web masses until noth ing is left of the plants except the spcletons of leaves and stems. Af ter the more succulent parts of in fested plants have been devoured the larvae move to other near-by plants. If larvae are presenting a field in sufficient numbers an en tire cutting of the crop, if alfalfa, may he ruined. An alfalfa field which has been badly damaged by this pest presents a scorched, with Tor owl ered appearance as if killed by frost. Many fields are injured only in irregular spots, those spots oc curring usually on sandy' upland. The larvae also feed freely upon corn, wheat, peas, soy beans, cot ton, miilett, careless weed or pig weed. lamb-quarters, and a num ber of other plants. If disturbed they swing quickly from the infes ted plant on silken threads and (endeavour to hide in the rubbish on the surface of the ground. They are very active, wriggling about rapidly if disturbed. After about 20 days, when fully grown, the larvae descends to the ground and form about themselves the tiny silken cocoons in which they change to the pupa or resting stage. During the pupa stage they remain inactive and take no food, although most remarkable internal 'changes in structure are taking (place. The length of the silken co coons, or pupal cells, depends up jon the moisture and texture of the ■soil and the amount of trash about the plants. In loose sandy soil they are often slightly more than 1 1-2 nches long, but in heavy, dry soil they usually are not more than (ne-half to three-fourths of an inch ong. The cocoons are about three sixteenths of an inen in length. They extend downward in a near ly vertical position the top and even with the surface of the soil. After about 10 days the pupal case splilts open and the tiny adult or moth issues from the top end of the silken cocoon. For several hours after emerg ing the moths do not fly but re main quietly waiting for the wings to become entirely expanded. They make only short flights, from 10 to 25 yards in length, when disturbed and usually alight on the opposite side of the foliage from the pur suer. The distance the moths may fly is not known, although doubt less they may migrate several miles. They are most active at night, and arc strongly attracted to lights. Individual females may deposite as many as 300 or 400 eggs. These eggs are placed on the alfalfa plants, also other plants From 3 to 10 days elapse from the time the moths emerge until they begin to lay eggs. The moths live only a short time—sometimes only a few days. They feed upon the nectar in the alfalfa aud other plant blossoms. In this latitude there are, appa rently, four generations annually. The moths of the first generation appear about May 1, those of the second appear about July 10, those of the third about August 10, and those of the fourth about Septem ber 10. Individuals of the fourth, or of a possible fifth, generation may he present in the fields for several weeks thereafter. The form or stage in which the insect overwin jters in this latitude lias not been t'efinitely determined. In the latitude of southern Texas the insects are present in he fields during the entire year. During the warmer months they complete all stages of their deve -1 ipment in from 30 to 35 days, period of their development is somewhat longer. Natural Enemies of the Web worm: Enemies of several kinds prey upon and devour the larvae of the garden webworm and assist to some degree in its central. The more efficient of these are common toads, herned toads, birds and j barnyard poultry, and certain spe cies of ants and beetles. The com mon toad is probably't'/ most use ful of these, as stomaches of indi vidual toads upon examination have been known to contain 70 or i lore webworms. Several para j ite enemies are also known to at tack the larvae of the webworm and many possibly assist in some degree in preventing its increase, as seven species of wasplike para sites and two species of flies have been reared from larvae and pupa. How to control the webworm in alfalfa fields: An excellent means of controling the webworm in al falfa fields is by properly time cut tings of the several crops. When the alfalfa crop in an infested field has begun to get well into bloom, or w hen the young sheets have be gun to appear near the cases of the plants, the cutting should be uade as quickly as possible. Re noval of the hay at this time will cause large numbers of larvae to perish through lack of food expo sure to heat and predacious ene mies. It Is a common practice of the farmers to cut any infested young alfalfa less than 6 inches in height as seen the pest is dectected upon it. The hay from such cutting has 10 commercial value, but its remo val from the field deprives the arvae of food and hastens their death. The webworm may be controled hy spraying or dusting the planlw with calcium arsenate, sedium nr f-enate, paris green, while the worm is in the larvae stage. Dur ing the larva stage is when the [worm does the most damage by catin the leaves of the plants and [hy spraying or dusting with a poison solution for a few days one may control them very well. I will be glad to help anyone in our county in trying to control the red spider, webworm, or any other insect or pest at any time. I am very sorry that some few of our farmers have the idead that f it were not for the Alfalfa there would not be any webworm here to attack our different plants or crops. I will agree that it seems in nost cases the worms attack the alfalfa before going to the other plants but I think this is because it is more tender than most any other plant and is also the best food. I have known of a few places this year where the web worm attacked the crop and ate was not alfalfa nor was there al falfa within a radius of two miles of this field. Alfalfa is one of the best feed crops that we may grow here and I do not think that we have or will have many more pests to attack this crop than we do to attack our other crops. If every farmer in our county had as much as an acre of alfalfa to each mule he has I do not think we would have to ship but very little hay into our county. Up to date this year there has already been about 65 carloads of HIGH PRICED HAY shipped into our county. We should bf" shipping hay out of our county instead of shipping it into our county. Yours for service. W. Hill Hoscli, County Agricul ural Agent. PENTECOST. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Lyle and lit tle son, and Mr. and Mrs. ,J. M. Wall and baby, spent Sunday with Mrs. H. A. Hardigree. Mr. Columbus Chandler and sis ter. Miss Rosa Lee, spent last week with relatives near Monroe. Misses Pearlie and Zora Ham mond were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob flaynie, of Car itliers Mill. Miss dowel Williamson spent Monday night with Miss Norma Hardigree. Mr. and Mrs. IX P. Chandler and little son, Bruuelle, spent j Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. M L. Williamsoa. Mrs. Adeline Bowman is very ill at this writing. Mrs. 11. A. Hardigree and chil- Iren, spent Tuesday with Mrs. G. W. Hammond at Winder. Sunday, occurred the marriage >f Miss Ruhv Clack and Mr. Claud Helan of "Florida. Miss Clack has nany friends here who wish for hem a long and happy married life. Several from here attended the llohley-Wall re-union last Wed nesday, all raport a fine dinner : iul a good time. THE BARROW TIMES GA LAWMAKERS PASS NEW LAWS Here is a list of the important general bills passed by the Georgia Legislature at the 1919 session: To reorganize anTT reconstitute the state highway commission. To Levy a tax on motor vehicles. To modify the school laws of the state. To require counties to levy a tax for school purposes (constitutional amendment.) To create the county of Lanier (constitutional amendment.) To require juries to fix maxi mum and minimum sentences in all except capital felonies. To provide for the consolidation of county schools and for county high schools. To create a state illiteracy com mission. To establish a state school for the feeble minded. To revise the state banking laws and create a separate department of banking. To create a state public welfare commission. To create state and commuHriity public service boards. To change the state reformatory to a state training school for way ward boys. To amend the state inheritance tax law. General appropriation bill of ap proximately $8,500,000. BETHABRA. Rev. F. E. Walker of Athns, and Rev. Paul Wheeler, of Rome, the enlistment champaign work ers were with us Sunday and ga l ? us some interesting and helpful talks t'cn if ’he .to**’;* as sm:'l. Miss Gladys Braselton spent last week in Gainesville with her grandparents. Miss Annie Wheeler has return ed from a visit to Rome, where she was the guest of her brother, Rev. Paul Wheeler. Mr. Marcus Freeman of Fort McPherson, spent a while in our midst Sunday. Miss Lourene Sims of Jefferson, spent a few days with her cousin, Miss Dell Sims. Messrs. John, Rufus and Atti cus Wheeler have made new im provements to their homes. Miss Lueile Portwood of Wash ington, returned home after spend ing a few days with Miss Annelle Skinner. We are sorry to say that Mrs. Emmerson continues ill. Remember Sunday School every Sunday at 10 o’clock and B. Y. P. U. every Sunday night at 8:30 o’clock. Old Familiar Discovery. Every now and then there comes a substitute for gasoline, amply filling the place of the old discoveries of per petual motion. —Ntw York Sun. Cheerful Conservation. Be cheerful. Mental depression rhecks digestion. Poor digestion vastes food. Cheerfulness is conser vation. BLACK-DRAUGHT STOMACH TROUBLE Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Ky., says: “For quite a long while I suffered with stomach trouble. 1 would have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most disagreeable taste in my mouth. If I ate anything with butter, oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have regular sick headache. I had used pills and tablets, but after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just seemed to tear my stomach all up. I found they were no good at ati for my trouble. I heard THEDFORD’S recommended very highly, so began to use it. It cured me. I keep it in the house all the time. It is the beat liver medidne made. Ido not have sick headache or stomach trouble any more.” Black-Draught acts on the jaded liver and helps it to do its important work of throwing out waste materials and poisons from the sys tem. This medicine should be in every household for use in time of need. Get a package today. If you feel sluggish, take a dose tonight You will feel fresh to morrow. Price 25c a package. All druggists. ONE CENT A DOSE un PICKPOCKETS ATTEND THE BARBECUE, AND SECURE SEVERAL POCKET BOOKS. Several visitors to the barbecue on Saturday were relieved of their pocket books by pickpockets, and the work is believed to have been done by professioruHs while the crowd surrounded the dinner table A pickpocket in Jefferson is an unheard of evil, therefore people were not careful with their valu ables. When it was found that sev eral people had been relieved of their purses, suspicious characters were remembered to have beem here, but they had already depart ed. Those losing money were: Dr. Mathews of Hawkinsville, who was visiting relatives and friends in this section, about $50.00; Mr. George Raiden, $15.00; Mr. Will Barnett, $3.50; and Mr. A. J. Mor gan about $50.00. The purses of these gentlemen, together with another one, were found in the corner of the dormi tory barn, near the place of the barbecue, with the money gone, but still containing other papers. Dr. Matthews purse contained his return railroad ticket to Hawkins-' ville, and this was not stolen.— The Jackson Herald. Drink Buttermilk Freely. The use of buttermilk Is largely a matter of habit. Southern cities con sume almost as much buttermilk as sweet milk. The difficulty of keeping milk sweet has been largely responsi ble for the popularity of buttermilk aa a beverage. COOL refreshing healthful. The beverage with the benefit. It makes you as fit as it makes you feel. ****** fir The Summer ' ' Best Beverage Each bottle of Bludwine con tains organic minerals and cer tain other vital elements of ten grains of wheat. 'TV Bindtrine farmnlr is tyimccl. pro tected and guaranteed fry rj-st Bluav.ice Company 4 , ' Athens, Ga. j f Altroya in £ t i Jvira the patented JP t>ludw : ne U i !!!j If i!i! j !j!R} i* t I It > i ’lf. 'f *i/ / ( I i i'/—•' ! < %wmfm lliw > phene your grocer for a case today Winder Bottling Works. Winder, Georgia. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 LEGAL NOTICES Administrators. Sale. Georgia Barrow County. By virtue of an order of the court of ordinary of Barrow County, granted upon the application of W. O. Perry, as administrator of the estate of 8. E. Sharpton, deceased, late of said County, to sell the property of the said 8. E. Sharpton, deceased, for the purpose of paying debts and distribution, there will be sold before the court house door, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, ui the city of Winder, between the- legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in. Sept. 1919, as the property of. the said deceased, the following described pro perty: All that tractor parcel of land lymg and being in the city of Winder, Cou* ty of. Burrow, state of Georgia. Begin ning at the Southeastern, corner of Broad Street and Laura Street running thence East along the South side of Broad stfeet one hundred (100) feet, thence South parallel with Laura street one hundred (100) feet, thence West parallel with Broad street one hundred (100) feet to Laura street, thehce North along Laura street one hundred (100) feet to Broad street, the point of be ginning. Being lots seven (7) and eight (8) in block seventeen (17) of the old Jug Tavern, survey and being the same property conveyed by John S. Smith, and others to S. E. Sharpton and L. O. Sharpton on Jan. Bth 1907 and record ed in Book “1" page 156 of the re cords of Walton County Georgia. Said property now known as the old opera house building now occupied by Barraw County for a court house. Terms one fonrth cash, SSOOO Nov; 15th, 1919 and remainder Jan. Ist, 1920 with 8 per cent interest on deferred payments. Also at the same time and place, the following described property will bo sold. One six room house and lot. in the city of Winder, County of Barrow, state of Georgia, and fully described as follows: Fronting on Bush Avenue, 90 feet more or less and running back a uni form width to May street a distance of 150 feet more or less. On said lot is a two story, six room residence now oc cupied by Mance A. Morns. Terms one fourth cash aud balance Nov. 15th, 19#). W. O. Perry, Administrator. Georgia, Barrow County. Mrs. Susan R. Thompson and Elisha H. Odum, executors of the will of James G. Thompson, deceased, having made ap plication to me for leave to sell the lands of the said James G. Thompson, deceased, this is therefore to cite all parties at interest to show cause before me on the first Monday in September, 1919, why the application should not be granted.' This the 4th day of August, 1919. H. G. Hill, Ordinary. G. A. Johns, Winder, Ga., Attorney for executors. Georgia, Barrow County. Mr. D. P. Lord having applied to me for permanent letters of Administration upon the estate of Mrs. Maggie Lord, late of said county, deceased, this is to cite all parties, creditors and kin, that f will pass upon this application the first Monday in September, 1919. Witness my official hand and signature on this the 4th, day of Auguust, 1919. H. G. Hill, Ordinary. Georgia, Barrow County. O. W. Smith as the administrator of the estate of Mrs. M. E. Smith, late of said county, deceased, having applied to me for leave to sell lands belonging to the estate of Mrs. M. E. Smith, in Oglethorpe County. This is to cite all parties at interest to show cause on the first Monday in September, 1919, why the application should not be granted. This August 4th, 1919. H. G. Hill, Ordinary. Georgia, Barrow County . G. W. McDonald and Ben Wall Ad nrinistrators of estate ot T. N. Wall, deceased, late of the said county of Barrow, having made application to me for leave to sell the lands of the said T. N. Wall, deceased, this is therefore to cite all parties at interest to show cause before me on the first Monday in September, 1919, why the application should not be granted. This the 4th, day of August, 1919. H. G. Hill, Ordinary. G. A. Johns, Winder, Ga., Attorney for administrators. Georgia. Barrow County. John V. Thomas having applied to the Ordinary by petition asking that Mrs. M. A. Wall, as administrator of the estate of .T. B. W’all deceased, late of said County, be required to make a deed to a tract of land described in a certain bond for title attached to said petition and marked exhibit “A.” the same being situated in Barrow County, Georgia, in persuance ot a bond for title made by said J. B. Wall, in his life time to F. C. Patat, and transferr ed by said Patat tosaid John V. Thom as, alleging that be has fully met his obligations in said bond. This is to notify Mrs. U. A. Wall, Desma Wall. Hortese Wall and John Wall heirs at law of said J. B. Wall, deceased, to be and appear at the Sept ember Term, 1919 of the Court of Or dinary of Barrow County, and show cause, if any they have or can. why said administrator should not be re quired to make said deed as prayed for by said John V. Thomas, petitioner. H. G. Hill, Ordinary of Barrow Coun ty. Wanted Company. Professor (la ehem. lab.) —"Thts Is a very explosive substance and It might blew us all sky-high. Coma closer, gentlemen, so you may be bet ter able to follow roe." m . Needa Grow. Most of us who haven't any. O.HV ]q •wr .pious way that all %v waui eey for la to be independent, but we notice, says the Ohio State Journal, that aa soon as anyone begins to get a few dob lara ahead he dawovers Hiatfhe needs lets mere Independence than be thought he did.