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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS Vol 44—No. 41 BUTTS COimiTr'mn 13 DRAWING LARGE CROWDS Good Collection of Shows Afford Amusement For All Exhibits Judged Tuesday And Wednesday But Win ners Cannot Be Published Until Next Week —All Shows Will Remain Open Through Saturday Night—Fair Proving Success in Every Way Butts county is in the midst of its greatest fair this week. The crowds have been large and the attendance will establish anew record. The exhibits, in part, were judged Tuesday, and the remain der of the displays were judged Wednesday. It is impossible to announce all the winners in this issue, but the full list of prize winners will be announced next week. A splendid collection of shows are on the grounds and the peo ple as a whole seem to be pleased with the attractions. The mid way would do credit to a much larger fair. On account of engine trouble Aviator Monte Rolfe was unable to make a flight Tuesday. Later in the week he entertained the crowds with his stunts in the air. A popular feature of the fair is the fireworks display at night. Another drawing card is the high diving act. The high div ing act, the aeroplane flights and the fireworks display are free to the public, the fair association ihaving gone to considerable ex pense to provide the best possi ble entertainment. Wednesday was Confederate Veterans Day and a large num ber of soldiers were out to see the attractions as guests of the fair associations. Thursday was old Fiddlers Convention, when a large num ber of entries were registered and rare entertainment provided for the visitors. Friday is Colored Folks Day. There will be no gate admis sion Saturday but the shows will be open through Saturday night. AROUND THE WORLD Large quantities of Virginia tobacco are exported to Ber muda. There has not been a case of yellow fever in the United States since 1905. A small electric railroad has been constructed in one of the sewers of Paris. More than 23,000 women are employed in the hardware in dustry in England. Turkish women of the ad vanced class now discard their veils when they receive guests. Brazil owes Its profitable cof fee industry to a monk who planted two seeds in a monas tery garden in 1754. A peculiar feature of the rainy season in Cuba is thrit - the down pours always come in the after noon. JACKSON, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 13, 1916 STATISTICAL NOTES Japan has 400 hydroelectric plants. Nova Scotia employs 16,629 coal miners. France employs 109,300 wom en in munition factories. English colonies total 13,002,- 321 square miles in area. World’s turpentine output is 25,000,000 gallons yearly. Delaware college has. this year received $1,000,000 in gifts. Oregon last year marketed 36,000 pounds of cascara bark for medicine. Chile’s national forests cover about 7,000,000 acres of land. Spain annually plants about 19,800 acres in peanuts and raises more of them than any other European country. PROPULSION BY HAND POWER Ingenious Citizen of Far West Not Bothered by Cost of Gasoline— Uses Novel Device. When a certain ingenious citizen of the far West goes for a jaunt with his little canoe he forgets all nbout the rising cost of gasoline and engine trouble and propels himself up and down stream with a hand and foot operated bout of his own construc tion. Hand levers are connected with a crank which carries a gear, and this meshes with another gear which drives the propeller shaft. Pedal cranks are connected with the same crank which is operated by hand levers, so that the boat can be driven by foot ns well as by hand power. In this way the operator can use either one hand or two hands or both feet alone, or both hands and feet togeth er. The apparatus weighs about forty pounds. NOW HAVE AERIAL INSURANCE German Company Issues Policies Cov ering Damage to Property Caused by Bombs From Airships. A German Insurance company has organized a department of aerial insur ance. This company is issuing policies covering damage to all property, real or movable, caused by explosive bodies or other objects thrown or falling from flying machines or caused by airships or aeroplanes themselves in making voluntary or involuntary landings, or parts thereof falling from them. The policies, however, make no provision for injury to or loss of life. It is said that numerous air raids over German cities and towns near the battle fronts, particularly in the West, have caused a demand for such policies. On the Lord's Side. “Mother, what makes Mr. Porter make such long prayers?” complained Nettle. “Why, Nettie, I’m astonished. Mr. Porter was talking to the Lord, and it was your place to listen respect fully." “But, mother, the Lord must know all that —he has said it over and over so many tim°” Sacred Harp Singing The annual Sacred Harp sing ing will convene at Sandy Creek the third Sunday in October. Ail lovers of music are invited to at tend and bring well fined bask ets. MR. J. H. HASKINS PASSES TO BEYOND After an illness of several years, Mr. J. H. Haskins passed away at his home in Jackson Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. He had been critically ill for many weeks and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Haskins formerly resided at Fort Gaines and was a mem ber of a well known Georgia family. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Janie Duke before her marriage; one daugh ter, Miss Helen Haskins, who is attending school at Meridian, Miss.; several brothers and sis ters who reside in South Georgia. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, the ser vice at the grave being conduct ed by Dr. Robert VanDeventer. Interment was in the Citv Cem tery. Among those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Carmichael, of Monroe, Mr. H. B. Duke, of Cochran, Miss Annie Duke, of Atlanta. COPPER IS ALASKA’S STAPLE Shipments of Metal to United States Now Run Far Ahead of Canned Salmon and Gold. Sales made by Alaska to the United States in the fiscal year If>lo aggre gated nearly $50,000,000, according to a report on the Imports from Alaska for that period, just issued by the bu reau of foreign and domestic com merce of the department of commerce. No longer do salmon and gold occupy the first places among Alaska’s export staples, having given way to the ex port of copper, which In the present fiscal year hud a total value of $20,- 488,000, compared with $5,182,000 in 1915, and $3,876,000 in 1914. Ripe Fruits and Their Effects. The digestibility of fruits depends largely upon the quantity of cellulose they contain, their number of seeds, and their ripeness; also the fineness of their division when reaching the stom ach. Peach pulp forced through a sieve or scraped apple pulp is often easily digested when, if eaten in tin usual way and imperfectly masticated, it would prove a stomach irritant. When unripe fruits are eaten their excess of acids causes pain, colic, diarrhea and nausea. During the ripening of fruits their sugar Increases while their acids decrease. Ripe fruits act as a mild stimulant to digestion. Asa Comparison. “Women,” remarked the scanty haired man who had been up against the matrimonial game for years, “are a great incentive to manly courage.” "What’s the answer?” queried his friend, who was still doing a bach elor stunt. “Well,” explained the other, “since I’ve been trotting in double harness and have had a few arguments with my wife, the prospect of a scrap with the toughest man in town seems like mere child’s play to me in compari son.” The Obstacle. A little two-year-old hoy was at play on the beach. At every other step he would stumble and fall, only to pick himself up pluckily and try it again. His fond mother decided the beach must be rough, and suggested going to another spot. “There is no use, dear,” her husband replied, “he would stumble over a grnln of sand!” A New Toy. Mechanism sensitive to sound waves controls the apparatus that makes a wooden dog come out of a kennel when called in anew and ex pensive toy. For Amateurs. A motion picture camera that use* glass plates Instead of Aims and' also can be used\to project' pictures has been invented in Butope tot drhnteurs. Shade and Fruit Trees Need Spraying Now Against Scale Atlanta, Ga.—lt is almost time to get busy with the dormant season spray ing of fruit trees, such as peach, apple, pear and plum, which are subject to attack by the San Jose scale. It doesn’t make much difference to Georgia hortP culturists where the San Jose scale came from or how it got here; the all-important thing with them is to keep it down so as to protect their trees ami fruit. Another pest that is seriously de structive in Georgia, and for which the fall spraying treatment should be used, is the “Gloomy scale” on shade trees. There is scarcely a city or town in Georgia but has its shade trees, sometimes many of them, that are gradually being killed out by this pest, which is very much like the San Jose scale. The scientific name of the San Jose is “Aspidiotus Perniciosus,” while that of the Gloomy scale is "Aspidiotus Ob scura.” However that may be, it is indicative of the fact that they are closely allied, the only practical dif ference being that they attack dif ferent sorts of trees. It would take an expert entomologist to tell the difference between the two from the sample. Scale Killing Many Trees The shade trees most subject to at tack by this scale are oaks, maples and poplars. It is particularly severe on maples, and in almost every in stance, where these shade trees art found dying throughout the state, the cause may be traced to this insect. There is but one remedy, but one thing that will protect and save the life of the tree, and that is spraying But for effective work different sprays must be used on the two scales. The most effective spray for San Jose scale is the well known commercial lime-sulphur solution; hut (he gloomy scale is tougher and more difficult of penetration, and for substantial re sults the soluble oils, such as scale cide, must be used in proportions of about one of oil to twelve or fifteen of water, forming an emulsion. The State Board of Entomology recommends and urges both fall and spring sprayings against both these scales. The trees should be sprayed in the fall after ail the leaves have fallen, and again in the spring just before the buds open. It makes no difference whether one tree, one hundred trees or one hun dred thousand are involved, spraying is absolutely necessary, if they are to be protected and saved from I lie de struetive work of these insects. Machinery For Spraying The proper spraying machinery Is all-important. Assistant State Ento mologist W. W. Chase, who has made COODY Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. George Brooks and Mrs. Saliie Brooks were the week-end guests of relatives and friends near Woolsey. Mrs. Saliie, Misses Susie and Annie Lillian Washington spent Saturday in Jackson. Misses Ora Belle and SaliieMae Brooks spent Saturday night with Miss Hattie Lou Cooper. Miss Sarah McLendon was the week end guest of Miss Martha Jane Thaxion. Messrs. Charlie Tingle and Thomas Hale, Misses Florrie Ezelle, Emmaline Hale, Misses Mary Ridgeway and Julia Hodg es were the guests Sunday ot’ Miss Lizzie Hale. Messsrs. Blount McClendon, J. B. Ezelle and Durham Taxton were up from Camp Harris Sa:- urday night and Sunday. Miss Lizzie Hale honored the young folks with a singing Sun day afternoon which was well at tended and highly enjoyed. Mr. Paul Jor.es spent Saturday night with Messrs. Walter aid Fi ed Mar.gi am. Jackson Argus E stnMislie.l 1873} Buns County Proj-rcss I stubMsheil IRBJ Mrs. Mollie Evans and Miss Lou Barron spent Sunday with Mrs. Clyde Colwell. Misses Annie Lillian Washing ton and Annie Mae Thaxton din ed with Mrs. W. W. Washington Sunday. Messrs. Smith Kimbell and Boyd Martin were guests Sunday of Mr. Herman Washington. Mrs. Anna Thaxton spent Sun day with Mrs, Evie Flynt. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Thaxton spent Sunday with Mrs. Will Kitchens. Itev. Mr. Gilbert filled his ov ular appointment at Liberty Sat urday ami Sunday. The mem bers are pleased to know that he will serve the church again i xt year. Do your fall and winter trading with home merchants. They are a’ways willing to help in any worthy cause and deserve your support when you have money to spend. Atlanta is not a bit behind •! e time j . She hah bedh having A s\. ... c.,r strike 1 . Consolidated July’V. 1915 an intimate and careful study of Uio subject, has recently prepared sevtaral bulletins relating to spraying, partJcu larly for fruit trees, and these may be had by any one interested, upon application to the department. For shrubs, small shade and small fruit trees, Mr. Chase recommends th hand compressed air sprayer, wlUcla is slung over the shoulder. It will serve for hedge plants and small or chards, and the best type of complete* outfit may be had for about $6 orsß.oQ. But when it comes to larger shade trees and more extensive orchards, w different type of sprayer must be used. The barrel sprayer which may be mounted in a barrel, or bought sep arately and mounted at home, will serve for many shade trees and for orchards up to 2,000 or 3,000 trees. Tin- complete outfit with all accesso ries may be hail for about s2f>. For very large shade trees, pecan groves and the more extensive peach, apple and plum orchards, the gasoline* p.iwer pump should be used. This may be had in many sizes and at dif f.'.ent prices. It is possible to get a good pump and engine for about $125, and build a tank and set up the machinery at. home, whereas th complete outfit, ready-made, coat.-* from S2OO to $350. Get The Right Materials Care should be used in securing tbn best grade and suitable type of nozsle. For the small orchard 40 feet of 7-ply hose, with extension rod of varying; length used with the barrel pump, will answer. For spraying peaches, shrubs, hedge rows, etc., the “Mistry” typo of nozzle, giving a hollow conelißr* spray of fine mist, should he used. For spraying shade Irees use the* Bordeaux nozzle which throws a flat, solid stream to a considerable height. Orchardmen have practically aban doned the home-made lime-sulphur p-eparatlon, on account of difficulties attendant upon its manufacture, in fa vor of the commercial lime-sulphur cuirrn'.ri.vc, which t. be !-. S !r practically every city, and which, whet* used according to directions, is most effective in fhe spraying of fruit treesi against San Jose scale. One of the best sprays for gloomy scale on shade trees is what is known as “Senlecide,” a commercial, soluble 'll preparation, that has great pent*- Ira ing finalities. This is now general ly recommended for this purpose. The board of entomology, upon ap plication, will be glad to supply any information desired with reference ta spraying machinery, sprays, method.-* of application, etc. Fall spraying should be done with in the next few weeks, and It is par ticularly important that it be done thoroughly.