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BUTTS COUNTY PROGRESS
VOLUME 26
VALUE OF GOOD
ROADS TO FARMERS
[From a Circular Newspaper Let
ter of President W. W. Finley,
of the Southern Railroad.]
The cost to the farmer of haul
ing his products over poor roads
is not always appreciated, for the
reason that it is rare that a farmer
pays for having his hauling done.
The United States department of
agriculture has made an investi
gation of this matter, however,
and the results show the cost for
cotton, for instance, to be an av
erage rate of 27 cents per ton per
mile for an average haul of 11.8
miles. That road improvement
would materially reduce this cost
is shown by the following strik
ing statement in the year book of
the agricultural department for
1906:
‘ ‘lf it were possible to increase
the average weight of a wagon
load of cotton in the United
States from three bales, as it now
is. to four bales, without increas
ing the cost of hauling the load,
the saving on a crop equal to the
one picked in 1905 would amount
to two million dollars, and if the
average load of wheat, now 55
bushels, were increased by ,20
bushels, the saving effected in
hauling a crop like that of 1905
would be more than $8,000,000.”
In addition to what may be
termed the commercial aspect
good roads, they have a highly
important social aspect as well.
They bring the farmer into closer
touch with the world-at-large.
He and his family are not forced
to remain at home for days at a
time because the condition of the
roads may make traveling un
pleasant, if not difficult. Good
roads insure efficient and prompt
rural mail deliveries, placing the
newspaper on the table of the
farmer early on the day of its
publication, enabling him to
transact much of his business by
mail, and to take advantage of
early information as to fluctua
tion in the prices of his farm
products.
Good roads moan that the far
mer and the members of his fam
ily can enjoy to a greater degree
the society of their neighbors and
friends in the town and country.
They mean that his children can
be more regular in school attend
ance, and can receive to a greater
degree the advantages of educa
tion. They mean the bringing
closer together of the town and
country, with advantages on both
sides, for, as the farmer is bene
fited by being brought into closer
touch with the town, so all the
the business interests of the town
prosper as the result of the facil
ity with which the farmer and
his family can do their shopping.
Good roads also benefit the in
habitants of towns and cities by
affording facilities for pleasant
country drives. They invite the
business man to the establish
ment of country and suburban
homes, such as he can enjoy only
when he is assureed that the con
dition of the roads will be such
as to enable him to reach his
place of business promptly in all
kinds of weather.
The interest of this company in
good roads as a means of aiding
in southern development was evi
denced in a very practical way
when, a few years ago, in co-op
eration with the National Good
Roads Association and the de
partment of Agriculture, it sent
a special good roads train over
the system, carrying road-build
ing machinery and expert road
builders, who built short stretches
of object-lesson roads and deliv
ered addresses at central points
where good roads conventions
were held. The land and indus-
That happiness is found within this bank, not
without, is attested by our happy and satisfied
depositors and patrons. To this end we might
submit an avalanche of facts attesting our su
periority. Among
these is HAPPINESS the fact
that we're FOUND
ganized as a national
bank in WITHIN your sec
tion With the mas
tery of detail for the handling of every
kind of legitimate banking, we extend you a
warm welcome to call with any business in our
line.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF JACKSON
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
MACON, GA.
October 27—November 7
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Very • Low Rates
VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
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Tickets will be sold daily from October 27
to November 6 inclusive and for trains
scheduled to arrive Macon before noon
Novemper 7. from all stations on the
Southern Railway in Georgia and from
Jacksonville, Fla. Tickets limited to
Nov. 9. 1908.
For further information ask Southery Ry.
Agents, or write to
J. L, MEEK, A, G. P. A. Atlanta G. R. PETTIT, T. P. A.
Atlanta . Macon, Ga.
FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT.
Georgia, Butts County:
Mrs. Maggie Maddox, having
made application for twelve
month’s support out of the estate
of Walter Maddox, and appraisers
duly appointed to set apart the
same having filed their return,
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1908.
trial department of the company
is keeping in close touch with the
good roads movement throughout
the territory traversed by its lines
and will be glad, at all timas, to
co-operate with the people of any
locality by giving information, or
in any other practicable and rea
sonable way.
W. W. FINLEY, President.
all persons concerned are hereby
required to show cause before the
Court of Ordinary of said county
on the first Monday in November,
1908, why said application should
not be granted. This, sth day of
October, 1908.
J. H. HAM, Ordinary.
PREVENTING
SMUT IN OATS
From ten to twenty per cent of
the oat crop is annually destroyed
by what is known as loose smut.
This dangerous parasite attacks
the heads and .leaves them in a
blackened condition, familiar to
all who have observed an oat field
near to harvest time. This
trouble can be effectually pre
vented by some three different
methods of treatment. The first
of these is known as the Sar
treatment, made by mixing 15
pounds of flowers of sulphur with
one-half pound of powdered resin
and wetting with sufficient water
to make a thick paste. Then add
ten pounds of dry powdered caus
tic soda, known as concentrated
lye. Stir vigorously while the
mass turns a reddish brown and
boils violently. Next add enough
water to bring the solution up to
six gallons. This stock solution
should be preserved in tightly
corked jugs. To treat oats take
one quart of the solution and di
lute with 50 gallons of water, al
lowing the oats to soak in the
mixture for twelve hours. For a
short treatment one gallon of
stock to 50 gallons of water may
be used, and in that case the
soaking period should not be over
two hours. The oats should be
stirred several times while in the
solution.
Seed oats may also be treated
with what is known as the form
alin solution which is made by
diluting one pound of formalin
with fifty gallons of water. The
formalin used must be a full
strength 40 per cent, solution of
formaldehyde. The grain to be
treated may be placed on the barn
floor or any smooth surface where
a shovel can be used. The solu
tion should be sprinkled over the
oats with a sprinkling pot. Use
about one gallon to one bushel of
grain. After the grain has been
thoroughly stirred it should be
left in a pile for two hours.
Where it is desired to treat with
hot water, proceed as follows:
Dip the oats, which may be
placed in a gunny sack, in water
heated to a temperature of 132
degrees to 133 degrees F. They
should be kept in the water for
about fifteen minutes; if the tem
perature is lower, the time must
be extended, but if it be raised
to 145 degrees a five minute treat
ment is sufficient. During the
treatment the oats should be low
ered and lifted in the water sev
eral times. Where steam is avail
able the hot water treatment can
be easily performed as there is no
cost for chemicals. A considera
ble bulk of water should be used
and the temperature must be
kept uniform which requires some
skill on the part of those doing
the work. It is necessary to have
a thermometer to guage the tem
perature of the water. This
treatment has the disadvantage
of wetting the oats and making
them difficult to handle through
the grain drill, but if they are
placed out in the sun for a little
while, they will quickly dry off.
While this method of treatment
requires some labor and time, it
is undoubted efficient for all kinds
of grain smuts if the work is
properly done.
By means of any of these three
treatments the loose smut of oats
may be destroyed on all grain in
tended for seed. This will result
in an increased yield of ten to
twenty per cent, and prevents
the spread of the disease over
eyer-widening areas of land from
year to year.
ANDREW M. SOULE.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Dr. J. H. Eakes will preach
Sunday night at 7:33.
The fourth quarterly confer
ence for the Jackson station will
be held at the church Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Rev. S. P. Wiggins will preach
Sunday morning, using as a sub
ject “The Conditions of Becom
ing a Real Christian”
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The Woman’s Home Mission
Society of the Methodist church
held and interesting and helpful
“Week of Prayer” and received
a large offering for their great
rescue work.
This society under the ♦presi
dency of Mrs. J. B. Settles has
flourished this year. Among
their many works they have just
sent a large box of clothes (the
result of a recent sewing at the
home of Mrs. Finley) to the De
catur Orphan’s Home. This box
would be valued at not less than
one hundred dollars.
The society holds it regular
monthly meeting next Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the
church. Every lady given a
cordial invitation.
The series of sermons for
young men being delivered by
t\e pastor of the Methodist
has proved quite interesting, as
evidenced by the large congre
gations attending and the appre
ciative attention given. The
last of the series will be, “The
Young Man and His Ideals.”
Dr. John Patterson was born
in Pike county, April 9th, 1927,
moved to Butts county when only
two years old, and workod on
his fathe’s farm until he was 20.
He spent several years in the
mercantile business. He married
Miss Emily Wilson of Madison,
and was a practising physician
for a number of years.
He was not rich nor poor but
had a sufficient income to live on
in his old age. He made the sun
set and twilight of his old age
his best days. He was one of
the best men I ever knew, was a
member of the Presbyterian
church, a profound scholar a kind
father, and Christian gentleman.
Sacred be his memory.
A Friend.
Any day that suits you will
suit us; the suits we’ll show you,
made for us by Hart Schaffner
& Marx, will suit your ideas,
your body and your price. They
are all-wool and right in style
and tailoring. The Jackson Mer
cantile Cos.
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