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MINUTES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC EXECUTIVE COM
Winder, Ga., Oct. 7, 1920,
The I >•.- 111 aici'iilic Executive t (ini
miller di I'.iimm enmity coiiven
.on thi lit 711 1 da> "1 < tetnber.
1920, fin the purpose of consolidal
inn tin* returns m tin- elertion ni
< >rl litli, and to transact such nth
ej’ business as may properly coine
before Ihe body, t'albd to order
by the ebainuan.
Motion ;is made ami carried
that \V II and Dr R.
P. Adams be elected delegates to
the State Senatorial convention
and that they be ohm authority
to name their own alternates.
The following resolution was
introduced and unanimously pass
ed.
“Resolved. That il is the sense of
this committee that Harrow county
should have the honor of miming
the niemher of the State Democrat
ic Executive Committee from the
Ninth Congressional District, and
t3ood Year
“SOLD BY”
>mith Hardware
Company
binder Georgia
COMMON SENSE SUGGESTS
I Ik* road by your farm or homo
I’ho s(*liool to which your children go
W otild never have hern built, if before building the road
and school you had been forced to convince a private cor
| >< ration that its stockholders would get a fat dividend
on watered stock by the building.
I cople must have roads and schools, and so you build
t hem.
<>ver 104,000 farms in Georgia are without electric light
and power.
Moreover, 3,345 and more towns and villages have no
i loetrioity
' * loped water power, equivalent to 21.528,500 tons of coal
liie labor ol 2.>.824.200 men. unused and thrown away ev
erv year.
bigbl and power are as necessary} as schools and roads
but tin* majority ot thhese farms, villages and towns
c;,n hope to gel no light and power. The Constitution for
bids the State to supply them. They must get current
irom the corporations. But to install the machinery and
run the wires necessary to serve a few farms or a hand
tut ot people in a village would not pay a profit on fioti
tioiis 'allies. I hereto re. no corporation will furnish
1 hem current.
I*ul the State, it the Constitution permitted, could de
\dop our watei powers and supply the service at cost
‘Oil build your own roads and schools and tax yourself
1" pay for them.
I your Constitution allowed, your State could develop
,'mii waterpmvers and bring electric light and power to
c t t a mis. villages and towns of Georgia, and pay the cost
Horn the earnings ol the plant without imposing one dol
lar of lax.
but the Constitution bars the way
'•'he < onstitution is vours.
'ion < an amend youi Constitution.
THE STATE
SHOULD ACT
* I uhlished b> the Municipal League of Georgia.)
It you will send 15 cents in stamps to 315 Connally build
ing, Atlanta. ;'ne League w ill send you map showing water
powers ol Leorg-ia and a pamphlet containing advertise
ments Nos. 1 to IT.
we. therefore, urge the election at
the Macon convention of Hon. IL
L. Woodruff, a prominent Harrow
county citizen, and successful bus
iness man well known throughout
North Georgia, to iill this position.
Moved and carried that IL L.
Woodruff he named as one of the
delegates to represent the county
at the State Convention to he held
in Macon October 25th. Moved
and carried that H. D. Ross he
elected a delegate to the State
convention. Moved and carried
that A IN'. Porter he named as al
ternate to (b f>. Ross and Rich W.
I laynie as alternate to R L. Wood
ruff.
Minutes read and adopted as a
whole On motion meeting ad
journed.
W. H Quartcrninn, IL O. Ross.
See Pro Tern. Ohm.
I want a two-horse crop that’s
for rent on halves.- W. T. Cook.
Winder, Ga., Rfd. 2. pd.
THE BAJK.ROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA.
TRANSPORTATION IS
BOTHERING FARMERS
Particularly True in Case of Per
ishable Produce,
Adequate Facilities Would Enable Pro
ducer to Pick His Market and Sell
When and Where It Is Most
Advantageous.
Regardless of the shortage of labor
and other production problems con
fronting the farmer, the main cautee
for Ills not securing the full profits due
him can still be traced to insufficient
transportation facilities, at the time
tie must get his crops to market. The
fanner who can convert the spoilage
on the farm into cash goes a long way
toward satisfactorily offsetting every
thing else eating into Ills returns.
This is particularly true in the case
of highly perishable produce, also that
width lias a high market value early
in the season. Another advantage of
adequate farm transportation is that
Gathering Potatoes in Field and Load
jng on Truck.
tt enables the farmer to pick his mar
ket. He can sell when and where it.
will be to his greatest advantage to do
so.
The farmers in Ihe potato growing
section of Maine have a period ot
about seventy days to market their
crop. The case of one man in Aroo
stook county and what lie did to put
his yearly returns In the plus column
is not only interesting but typical ot
how these men solved Iheir haulage
(difficulties.
This particular grower had a 1 tiO
aere potato farm situated seven and
one-half miles from a railroad. It
yielded about ir<> barrels to the acre
Ifor a total crop of around 24,000 bar
rels a year. Road conditions were
'such that one team of horses could
haul but 20 barrels to a load and make
but one trip a (lay to the railroad stor
age house. In other words, be required
20 teams to handle his crop if he got it
to the warehouse in the 70 days be
tween “digging” and snow. Of course
all the other farmers of the commun
ity were in the same position and nat
urally none of them could secure any
thing like 20 teams. Even if they had
the loads could not have been handled
at the loading platform. Incidently.
the haulage cost of the 20 teams would
have been $6,000.
The farmer in quexrion pul the prob
lem up to u truck concern. They pre
scribed a truck for his job. lie bought
it. 'Hits- handled 45 barrels of potatoes
to the load, made six trips a day and
more at night, put the potatoes in the
storehouse in 70 days and more than
paid for Itself while it was doing it as
the regular haulage rate by teams was
25 cents a barrel.
The motortruck is not a cure-all for
every transportation 111, but It has
barely scratched the surface as a fann
transportation unit. There are in
numerable eases of where it can go a
remarkably long way to give the farm
er more of the profits due him. This
siory illustrates hut one of them.
TO DESTROY JOHNSON GRASS
Crop of Oats or Wheat Will Keep
Plants in Weak Condition and
Prevent Root Penetration.
If during the early and raid part of
Hummer the Johnson grass can be kept
short enough to keep the plants in a
weak condition, comparatively few
root-stalks that penetrate deep into
the ground will he formed. An oat or
a wheat crop serves this purpose quite
well. When the Johnson grass is In
this weakened condition, plowing in
August will further weaken the plants
and will entirely kill many of them. If
the ground then is given clean cultiva
tion until fall, nearly all of the grass
that Is not killed by the cultivation will
freeze out during the winter. In case
a good deal of the grass shows tip
nfter this midsummer plowing It may
he advisable to plow In late fall so as
to further expose the roots to freez
ing.
SOY BEAN GOOD SUBSTITUTE
When Cured in Time Crop Makes Hay
That Is Quite Palatable—Yield
Is Satisfactory.
It will take two or three years to
get back to the normal amount of
hay land, and In the meantime the
soy bean is one of the host siihstitutes
for the regular perennial legume hays.
If cured in time. It makes u hay that
is very palatable and at the same time
gives a satisfactory return per acre.
Probably two and a half tons of cured
hay would be about the average yield.
STRIPED BEETLE
QUITE HARMFUL
Insect Transmits Bacterial Wilt
to Cucumbers, Squashes and
Other Plants.
SPRAYING IS RECOMMENDED
Insects Prefer Unsprayed Plants as
Food and Efficiency of Control
Would Be Enhanced by Use of
Early Trap Crop.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Infection with the bacterial wilt of
cucurbits does not occur through soil
nr seed. The striped cucumber beetle
and the 12-spot ted cucumber beetle are
both summer carriers, and probably
the only means of summer transmis
sion of the disease in the localities
that have been studied. Introduction
of virulent bacteria into the interior
plant tissues is necessary for infection.
These points are given tn a recent
United States department, of agricul
ture publication detailing the results
of studies ou the disease, which occurs
In 31 states, Including the territory
from Vermont and Canada to Florida
and west to Minnesota, Nebraska, Col
orado and Texas. The disease also
probably occurs in parts of California.
Of the common domestic cucurbits the
disease affects cucumbers, cantaloupes,
summer and winter squashes and
pumpkins, but not watermelons.
Use Bordeaux Mixture.
Spraying with strong bordeaux mix
ture and lead arsenate paste (4-5-50
plus 2) is recommended where the dis
ease is likely to be severe. Treatments
should begin ns soon as the cucumber
plants develop their first true leaves
and should continue at intervals of
about a week until the cucumber bee
tles practically disappear from the
field. In localities where downy mil
dew is also prevalent the treatments
should be continued later as a partial
insurance against this disease. The
beetles prefer unsprayed plants as
food, and undoubtedly the efficiency of
wilt control would he enhanced if a
slightly earlier trap crop, such aa
squash, were planted along the edges
of the cucumber field. The beetles
could be easily poisoned there with a
strong insecticide.
Pulling of wilted vines during the
first part of the season, or as long as
It can be done without mechanically
injuring the healthy plants, will great
ly assist in controlling bacterial wilt
If consistently done in all neighboring
fields. The diseased vines should be
buried, or otherwise removed from ac
cess by the beetles.
Where a few plants only are grown
in garden plats, screening the hills
with tine mosquito netting will prevent
the appearance of the disease.
Control in Greenhouses.
For control in greenhouses the bee
tles, in the first place, should be kept
out. Do not grow cucurbits nor pile
cucurbit refuse in the immediate vicin
ity of greenhouses, as this attracts the
beetles and many will later find their
way Into the houses. If the beetles
once gain entrance to a house filled
Large Cucumber Field
with growing plants band picking is
the only remedy to be recommended
until some fumigant is found that will
kill the beetles without injuring tire
cucumber plants. Besides destroying
the cucumber l>eetles, great care must
be exercised in disinfecting nil Instru
ments used in pruning wilted vines be
fore using them again on healthy
plants. This may easily be done with
a bottle of 1 to 1,000 mercuric chlorid
und a sponge.
MULCH IS NOT APPRECIATED
Practice Has Long Been Recognized
as Important Factor In Success
ful Fruit Culture.
Although mulching has long been
recognized as an Important factor in
successful small fruit culture, the
value of summer mulching in the veg
etable garden is not yet appreciated
by most home-acre gardeners, and it
is not practiced by them as generally
as It deserves to be.
INJURIOUS TO CROWD SWINE
Far Better Plan to Order Additional
Car Than to Pack Too Many
in One Compartment
liOSses of hogs in the past have
proven that It does not pay to try to
crowd a few extra in the car. It
would be far more economical to or
der an additional car, the freight rate
being no larger than the loss that may
be entailed by the overloading.
as INSURANCE
Your neighbor's borne burned only a few days or months ago, and a
cyclone is likely to strike this section at any time, so INSURE with US
anl lie down at night with a clear conscience and a peaceful mind. Don t
DELAY. It may mean the loss of your home. Any man can build a home
once. A WISE man insures his property in a reliable insurance company
so that when calamity comes he can build again- He owes the protection
that it gives, to ihs peace of mind and the care of his loved ones.
Kilgore, Radford & Smith (
Announcement
We wish to offer warehouse facilities to the farmers and
merchants of North Georgia, for the purpose of holding
their cotton, which will be stored in the Athens Bonded
Warehouse, (Custodian bonded for $100,000.00) in the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Balti
more Maryland) until the prices at least reach the cost
of production. We will be glad to make advances on con
signments.
We beg to announce that Mr B F. Hardeman, and Mr. C.
H. Phinizy, will be associated with us this season We
will be in position to give you the same class of service
as formerly and we hope that you will favor us with your
patronage.
BARRETT & CO., Inc
Successors to Hardeman & Phinizy
We Say to You
As We Say to All-
Let tone decide which phonograph you buy. Listen to
different instruments, ask to have different records played.
Compare The Brunswick with other phonographs.
Insist on a phonograph which plays ALL records, such
as the Brunswick. Be not content with a phonograph
designed for but one make of records.
The Brunswick playys ALL records, whatever make.
And plays them exactly • is they should be played, with
the proper diaphram, needle, etc. And our all-wood Tone
Amplifier gives them greater richness.
The new Brunswick Method of Reproduction is the most
advanced and finest way of playing yet devised. All old
standards are now discarded.
We will be glad to prove to you that The Brunuswiek
is the one phonograph you want. And to offer the same
way of proving that Brunswick Records bring new stand
ards. We abide by vour decision
t ffinmaivick
The Parker Furniture Cos.
WINDER, GA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1920.