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The 801 l Weevil Quarantine And the Necessity For It t ' Atlanta, December. —(Special.)— The new boll weevil quarantine line in Georgia has just been defined and marked out by the State Board of Entomology, effective Monday, Decem ber 6, and a rigid adherence to the rules and regulations laid down by the board will be insisted upon in or der to prevent the spread of the boll weevil at a rate more rapid than un der ordinary natural conditions. The Mexican cotton boll weevil, gays the department, entered Georgia in August, and, owing to the very late season and favorable conditions, spread more rapidly than anticipated. It has now been found in the follow ing counties: Decatur, Grady, Thom as, Baker, Lowndes, Berrien, Colquitt, Mitchell, Miller, Early, Baker, Worth, Tift, Dougherty, Calhoun, Clay, Quit man, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Webster, Stewart, Chattahoo ehee, Marion, Talbot, Muscogee, Har ris, Upson, Pike, Meriwether, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Campbell, Carroll, Douglass and Haralson, a to tal of forty, or more than one-fourth Of the cotton-growing area of the state. Conditions Were Favorable It has been an unusually favorable year for the weevil, and it has ad vanced uniformly through northeast ern Alabama and in southern Tennes see. If it had not been for the strict enforcement of quarantine regulations controlling the movement of cotton seed, hulls, corn in the shuck and such other articles as are liable to carry boll weevil, this pest would now be well established in every section of Georgia. At the first killing frost the weevil went into winter quarters, and one of his principal hiding places is in stored cotton seed. This creates the necessity for a strict enforcement of the quarantine regulating the move ment of cotton seed from infested into non-infested territory. * The present actual boll weevil line in Georgia as just established, enters the state from Alabama at Newsville in Haralson county, passes through Tallapoosa and Bremen, then through Horace in Carroll; through Bill Arp and Chapel Hill in Douglass county; slightly north of Red Oak in Camp bell county; then turns southward and passes through Brooks in Fayette ; just east of Molena in Pike and east of Thunder in Upson; slightly east of Junction City in Talbot and a few miles east of Ellaville in Schley ; thence • slightly west of Americus in Sumter, through Philema in Lee, through Shingler and east of Sumner ,in Worth; thence through Dosia in Tift; just east of Nola in Berrien and iNEAL OF THE NAVY" j TO RUN AT THE DIXIE ! Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 11, thie popular serial, “Neal of the N/avy,”' will he shown at the $48.30 was paid twice by farmer Thomas R.Kalm. He kept no bank account. He paid his bills in cash. The last time he paid a coal and feed blil he lost •the receipt. The clerk forgot to make a record of it. The firm sent Kalm another bill. He had no receipt showing he had paid it. The clerk had forgotten. Kalm was sued. He paid again. Had he kept his money in the First Farmers Bank his check would have heen his receipt. A check always tells who got it. Cash is silent. FIRST FARMERS BANK SAFE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE Your Account Is Invited slightly east of Valdosta in Lowndes and on to the Florida line. Seed For Crushing Only In fixing the new quarantine area for the shipment of cotton seed until the movement of the next crop begins on August 1, 1916, the state board of entomology has authorized the ship ment of seed from infested territory for crushing purposes only to oil mills that are situated within the 20-mile safety zone. This safety zone is an area 20 miles wide, just east of the actual boll weevil line. This applies solely to seed for crushing purposes, but these mills will not be permitted to ship cotton seed hulls to points east of the 20-mile safety zone until January 1 and after. There will be no restriction upon cotton seed hulls between January 1 and August 1, even from infested to non-infested territory, as there is practically no danger of carrying the weevil during that time. Articles which may not be shipped from in fested into non-infested territory, ex cept within the 20-mile zone, include seed cotton, cotton seed, sacks used for seed- cotton or cotton seed within eight months, cotton seed hulls be tween August 1 and December 31, Spanish moss and corn in shuck be tween October 1 and June 30, living weevils or weevil stages, household goods containing any of the forego ing. Where no time limit is specified the restriction is continuous. Articles whose shipment is not re stricted include baled cotton, linters and loose cotton lint, cotton seed meal, cake and oil, corn shelled or in the ear with shuck removed, cotton seed shown by affidavit to have been sacked for eight months or more, cot ton seed for planting after fumigation by an entomologist, hay and empty freight cars. May Delay The Weevil Strict observance of these quaran tine regulations may result in holding the weevil in check in this state for two or three years longer than other wise. Had it not been for the quaran tine against articles from infested states, the weevil would have spread all over Georgia long ago. It is im possible to prevent the spread of the weevil by natural means, but artificial means may be almost wholly con trolled. Everyone is warned not ro carry live boll weevils into non-infested ter ritory. There are very strict national and state laws against any person having live boll weevils in his posses sion, and the penalties for violation are severe. The state board of ento mology states that these laws will bc rigidly enforced. Dixie. Manager Williams believes this will prove one of the most popular features ever shown at the Dixie. This feature, which has attracted large houses where ever shown, will he seen at the Dixie evry Tuesday night. DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRUNING WILL BE GIVEN AT SCHOOLS The home orchard plays such a part in the happiness and health fulness of ourhomes that itis very important that we make the fruit garden one of the real issues of our farm. We have such a fine type for so manv of the best fruits and the climate is so adapted to so manv varieties that it would seem folly for every home not to have some home grown fruit on the table every day. Good soil, good climate, and good varieties do not make the best fruit themselves, they must be cared for, and now is the time to begin. There are two things that are most essential to better fruit growing: The pruning knife and the spray Pump. The pruning knife when proper]? used will shape the tree, keep the tree thrifty making each year a crop of fruit, and in many instances start the trees to bear ing. The spray pump controls the diseases that prey upon the fruit and keep the insects off. We all know the unpleasantness that runs over us when we bite into an inhabited peach. Most every orchard I have vis ited so far I have seen the trees growing out of shape, some of them never pruned and most of the trees badly infested with San Jose Scale. Such conditions make fruit unmarketable. It is very hard to give set rule for pruning, in fact, there is no set rules. Each tree is an indi vidual tree and has an individual problem to solve. It does not grow like other trees and cannot be pruned like other trees. However, there are some gen eral principles that will help us to better understand our work. First what is the object of prun ing and why is it necessary to cut the limb off? Second, when should it be done? We prune to shape the tree, to BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS MEETING TUESDAY The Butts County Board of Ed ucation, which met in monthly session Tuesday, fixed the sal; r ies of teachers and apportioned the money among the various schools. The board has decided to abolish summer schools. There was a full attendance of the mem bers of the board. venitlate the tree, to force the tree to grow faster or to check the growth, to thin the fruit, to make the tree stronger and many other reasons. The shape of most trees especi ally the peach and apples should be of the tripod shape. The peach should branch in to three limbs about 12 to 16 inches above the ground. These branches should be cut back when two or three years old to make strong arms for the tree to bear its load. The method of pruning then should be to keep the tree just like an inverted umbrella, keeping all ingrowing branches cut out, let ting the sun shine direct into the tree. The older trees that have nev er been pruned should be cut hack, thinned out from top to bottom, cutting out all ingrowing limbs and dead wood. Demonstrations will be given r KNOWING THAT 1 I they are getting the real, I 1 genuine article—under its I I I at the schools in some near by orchards where the larger chil dren will be instructed in prun ing and general care of the or chards. There will be a demonstration at Stark Friday morning at 10 o’clock and one at Cedar Rock at 2p. m. and I would be very glad to have as many of the far mers as are interested in making their orchards better meet with us. Come to the schools first where I will give a talk on prun ing and explain more fully, with the use of the black board, meth ods of pruning. Respectfully, G. W. Rice, U. S. Farm Demonstration Agent Six-Year-Old Had Croup ‘■l have a lit tie girl six years old who has a good deal of trouble with croup,” writes \V. E. Curry, Evansville, Ind. “I have used Foley’s 1 Loney and Tar, obtaining instant relief for her. My wife and 1 alo use it and will say it is (he best cure for a bad cold, cough, throat trouble and croup that lever saw.” The Owl Pharmacy. adv