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IrfiEORGIA'S:
fcV SUMMER
■sa PLAYGROUND
The Delightful Country
The Tallulah Falls
Em** Attractive Mountain Resorts
With Moderate Prices
flllgPpgS&ffi Tallulah Falls, Demorest, Clarkesville,
Turnerville, Wiley, Clayton, Mountain
City, Rabun Gap, Dillard, Ga., and
Through Coach Service From
Atlanta Beginning July 4th
Best Route To Highlands, N. C.
For Information as to Schedules and
Boar^in * Houses
D. W. NEWELL, Superintendent,
Tallulah Falls Railway,
RoundQSl.O O Trip
ATLANTA
On Sundays
Until September 12, 1915
Southern railway
The Butts county fair will be
the greatest event of the year
for the people of Jackson and
Butts county. Get ready to make
an exhibit and help to push the
fair along.
“I Don't Feel Good”
That is what a lot of people tell os.
Usually their bowelaonly need cleansing.
will do the trick and make you feel fine.
We know this positively. wT&ke one
tonight. Sold only by us, 10 cento.
Slaton Drug Cos.
We carry a complete
&ock. Woods-Carmichael
Does the label on your paper
read e@“1916? If not, pay up.
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. J. H. Carmichael is in New
York and Baltimore in the inter
est of Carmichael-Mallet Cos.
Mr. H. J. Milier spent Thurs
day in Atlanta.
Mr. W. E. Merck was a busi
ness visitor to Atlanta this week.
Hon. W. E. H. Searcy, Sr., of
ficial court reporter of the Flint
circuit and veteran newspaper
man, was a welcome caller at the
Progress-Argus office Monday.
Curas Old Sorts, Otbsr Rtmtdits Won't Cura.
The worst cases, no matter of how lone standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Porter's antiseptic Healing Oil. It reliever
Pain and Heal* at the same tim. 25c. 30c. SI .Oh
COTTON RED SPIDER
DOING in DAMAGE
Insects Become Serious Pests In Geor
gia, Owing To Long
Dry Spell
Atlanta, Ga. —Numerous complaints
of damage done to cotton plants by
tne cotton red spider are being re
ceived by the State Department of En
tomology from various sections of
Georgia.
In many instances they are threat
ening serious harm to the crop, owing
to the fact that the prolonged hot
and dry weather has been favorable
to their propagation, and the depart
ment strongly urges farmers who
have this pest to deal with to lose
no time in applying the effective rem
edies.
It is only during excessively long
dry periods that the red spider prop
agates in great numbers, and only in
prolonged drouths, such as certain
sections of Georgia have been experi
encing this summer, that their rav
ages assume serious proportions. Rain
washes them from the plants, and
when frequent affects them to such
an extent as to make their injury of
minor importance. This summer, how
ever, they have obtained a start that
will mean serious harm unless their
ravages are checked by the applica
tion of poison sprays.
The department has made a careful
study of the life and habits of the cot
ton red spider, and from practical ex
periment has gained knowledge of the
most effective way to curb its ravages,
so that the farmer who conscientious
ly follows the suggestions made by
the department may be certain of ob
taining real results.
The Best Remedy
Of course, prevention in the first
place is the best way of handling the
red spider, State Entomologist E. Lee
Worsham points out, but where the
pest is already in the cotton plant
the only thing to do is to kill it by
spraying with the right kind of poi
son. •
The cotton red spider, as it is gen
erally known, is really one of the
“spinning mite” family, and as the
word “mite” indicates, it is extremely
small, less than the size of a pin
head, and does not usually attract at
tention until after the plants have
been injured. A careful examination
of plants attacked, however, will dis
close the mites or spiders and their
eggs, even to the unaided eye. The
color of the grown spider is red, while
the young are of a greenish color.
The red spider makes its home on
the underneath side of the leaves on
the cotton plant, congregating along
the veins and depressions. They feed
by puncturing and sucking the juice
from the leaves and tender branches
of the plant. They always show a de-
cided preference for the under foliage
of the plant.
How They Migrate
They spin a thin network of thread
or web over the surface on which
they feed, and the eggs are deposited
Immediately beneath this web, being
loosely attached to it, and touching
also on the leaf hairs. They do not
use the web like true spiders for
climbing or for descending from a
height. Their way of migrating from
one plant to another is by interlacing
branches. In no instance do
ever crawl from one plant to another
on the ground, and the isolated condi
tion of the cotton plants until July is
the reason why fields do not become
infested until that time.
The plants which are infested first
show slight yellow spots on the sur
face of the leaf. As feeding progress
es and the infestation becomes more
severe, the discolored spots enlarge
and the leaf begins to curl. Gradually
the leaf turns reddish brown, and a
field of cotton so attacked, in its final
stage, has a rusty red color. These
discolored leaves eventually drop off.
The spread of the pest is ordinarily
slow, but when disturbed or their
food is exhausted locally, they are
quite capable of rapid movement. Spi
ders that today cover only two or
three acres may sometimes spread
so' rapidly that in a week they infest
an area three times that large.
Details About Bpray
The only effective way to light the
cotton red spider when it once ob
tains a foothold, Mr. Worsham points
out, is to spray the infested fields
with an insecticide that is known to
kill this particular pest. The cheap
est and at the same time the most
effective insecticides for this purpose
are as follows:
Either a two per cent prepared lime
sulphur solution;
Or a two per cent Scalecide solu
tion.
Either of the above is to be used
as a spray. Further information on
this subject will be gladly furnished
at any time by the department of en
tomology.
As prevention is always better than
the application of remedies after
harm has been done, Mr. Worsham
recommends that wherever the cotton
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spiaer is prevalent, special care snouia
be taken to prevent its recurrence
next year. Clean culture is the most
important step in this direction; all
weeds and underbrush, especially
pokeweed and goldenrod, should be
grubbed out and burned. Cultivated
violets near cotton fields should either
be sprayed or destroyed. Trap bor
ders or thickly sown cotton along the
border of a field, which may be cut
off and burned are also good. In the
first stages the ravages may be check
ed, if discovered in time by removing
and burning infested plants. Where
the infestation has become general in
a field, however, the poison spray is
the only practical treatment.
Malaria a Blood Trouble
S. S. S. Conquers It!
S. S. S. Has Been the Standard Malaria Remedy for 50
Years. Relieves Malaria by Cleansing the Blood
Malaria does impoverish the blood, thereby weakening the entire eye*
tem. Once the Malarial germ gets into the blood it multiplies, saturating
the blood with Malarial poison and impurities. You immediately lose en
ergy. You are a constant prey to headaches, worn-out, tired feeling.
The complexion becomes sallow, the tongue coated. In order to get relief
you must administer an antidote directly to the poison, and a tonic—blood
nourishing food, to build up the wasted system. S. S. S. is the one thor*
oughly reliable blood tonic that will destroy the Malarial germs, and enrich
the blood. This building up and blood cleansing process go hand in hand.
You feel the effect immediately. S. S. S. begins right at the root of the
trouble. It destroys the germs and poison, revitalizes and restores the red
blood corpuscles. In a short time you feel the delightful sensation of relief
from ague, headache, chills and fever. You soon feel the full sepse of vigor
that goes with perfect health. There is nothing as good. Get S. S. S. from
your druggist.
Pay Roll of Butts County Chain
Gang For Month of July, 1915
Voucher No.
591 J S Lewis, provisions - $ 100
592 AH Lavender, free labor 5.00
593 Oglesby Grocery Cos., provisons •- 789 60
594 W J Thurston, repairs - 800
595 Standard Oil Cos., gasoline 483 52
596 J C Bartlett, free labor 300
597 Conner & Crawford, provisions 55 40
598 Jesse Holifield, tax collector. 10 00
599 M L Crane, free labor 10 00
600 J S Gregory, provisions f45
601 W D Lamar, rent for camp.. - 5 00
602 G I Watkins & Son, provisions 147 21
603 M T Lofton, provisions 15 00
604 H J Maddox, vegetables - f55
605 O A Knowles, vegetables 500
606 D B Duke, beef 15 70
607 J T McClure, warden 00 00
608 Jack Maddox, free labor 05 00
609 Sam Cook, guard- 45 00
610 J A McClure, guard 45 00
611 J C Duke, free labor 35 00
612 Walter Cole, free labor 40 00
613 Bud Reeves, free labor 28 32
614 Tom Singley, free labor 23 60
615 Hugh Mote, guard °26
616 W A Aiken, free labor 10 50
617 A E Davis, engineer - 28 97
618 Thurston & Harper, repairs 26 40
619 J H Pope, provisions 600
620 Newton-Carmichael Hdw Cos., tools 34 71
621 A H Lavender, provisions.. 85
622 * Jackson Mer Cos., stock food and provisions. 515 05
623 J S Edwards & Son, provisions 28 71
624 J T McClure, freight 1 84
625 L D Hoard, provisions - 42 41
626 Conner & Crawford, provisions 26 95
627 R 0 Stodghill, vegetables 180
$2674 80
J, : 0. GASTON. Com. JOSEPH JOLLY, Clerk
MR. J. A. CARMICHAEL
DIES AT MOLENA HOME
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bluma Carmi
chael have the sympathy of their
hosts of friends in the death of
Mr. Carmichael's brother, Mr. J.
A. Carmichael, which occurred
Friday morning of last week at
7 o’clock at his home at Molena.
Death was due to heart failure
and came without warning- and
while in bed. Mr. Carmichael
was 52 years old and a leading
citizen of his community. He is
survived by four children and an
only brother, Mr. J. B. Carmi
chael, of this city.
The funeral was held Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock at Molena.
LOST
One gold cuff button, engrav
ed “J. D. J.” Liberal reward
for return to this office.
For Rent
One four-room house, conve
niently located. Apnly to Mrs.
E. C. Robison.
8-20-2tp
For Rent
J. M. Finley has six-room house
on Covington street for rent.
Will make necessary repairs. J.
B. Guthrie Realty Cos.
8-20 2tc