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ARMY DEMAND CDTS
DOWN MOLE SOPPLY
Serious Situation May Develop
In Georgia
Apparent conditions make it evident
that the available supply of horses
and mules warrants serious consider
ation on the part of farmers. Four
years of hostilities have demonstrated
that the horse is as essential in mod
ern warfare as at any other time in
the history of the world. In sp’te of
all the mechanical devices, it is a sig
nificant fact that one horse or mule,
besides the cavalry horses, is reckon
ed on for each four men put in the
field.
From September 1, 1914, to January
81, 1918, the United States exported
for war purposes 983,899 horses, an l
during the same period we exported
343,436 mules, or a total of 1,327,334
animals. Furthermore, it should be
remembered that, the United States is
practically the only country in the
world with an adequate supply of
horses at the present time.
Another significant fact that should
be borne in mind is that. Georgia is
ilargely a mule using state' and that
the mule supply is being exhausted at
a much greater rate than is the horse
pupply. On the first of January, 1918,
there were in Georgia, 130,000 horses
and 334,000 mules. That is, a little
more than two and one-half mules for
each horse owned within the state.
On the first of January, 1918, there
“were in the United ■States 21,563,000
horses and 4,844,000 mules. That is
to say, there were 4.4 horses for each
■mule in the United States, but, ac
cording to the most reliable figures, we
have been exporting 1 mule for each
2.8 horses. These figures indicate
that we are using up our total mule
Bupply twice as fast as we are using
up the horse supply and that normally
Georgia uses two and one-half times
as many mules a* it does horses. It
is believed by competent men closest
to the trade that the best mules will
sell at fully 31,200.00 per pair if the
war continues two years longer.
In the light of these facts the farm
erg In Georgia are urged to make defi
nite plans for increasing the number
of horses and mules raised within the
stated uring the next year. It is con
fidently felt that unless concerted ac
tion is taken at this time there will
be a serious shortage of work stock
after the war is over. It should also
be remembered that colts produced
from mares bred this spring will not
be available for regular hard work
until the cropping season of 1922.
Professor M. P. Jarnagin, State Col
lege of Agriculture.
QUOTAS FIXED FOR
FALL V. M. C. A. DRIVE
National Goal of $112,000,000 Includes
$15,000,000 For War Work Of Y.
W. C. A.—Southeast Asked
For $5,000,000
The quotas i'or the seven states of
the Southeastern Department for the
next tinancial drive of the National
War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A.
for $112,000,000, which will take place
late in the fall were decided upon last
week by delegates from each of the
states. Seven hundred delegates from
the seven states of the Southeastern
Department recently met with the na
tion’s leading Y. M. C. A. workers at
the Capital City Club of Atlanta, Ga.
The quotas for the Southeastern
atates, totaling approximately $5,000,-
000, were decided upon as follows:
Florida. $577,684; Georgia, $1,043.-
784; Mississippi, $280,000; North Caro
lina, $680,288; South Carolina, $644,-
896; Tennessee, $1,096,820; Alabama,
$604,000.
$15,000,000 to ths Y. W. C. A.
Of the total amount $16,000,000 will
be turned over to the Young Women’s
Christian Association in order that
they may carry on the many war ac
tivities that they have undertaken.
Every town and community of
the Southeast was represented by
its leading citizens at the conference.
Chief among the international figures
were Dr. John R. Mott, General Secre
tary of the National War Work Coun
cil. Geo. W. Perkins, former leader
of the Bull Moose party, a member
of the executive board of the United
States Steel Corporation and now
chairman of the Army and Navy Y.
M. C. A. bureau of finance. Others
in the party were A. H. Whitford and
Chas. S. Ward, directors of the na
tional campaign, and A. M. Cotton of
the Boys’ Earn and Give Campaign.
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with worms have an un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance
GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, Im
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
in perfect health. Pleasuat to take. GOc per bottle.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918
DIG-SOULED MEN
NEEDED INY.M.C.A.
For Overseas Work With Red Triangle
Forces 5OO Recruits Asked For
Out Of Southeast During July
"Pass the word on, and pass it
quickly, that 500 of the most capable,
earnest and big souled Christian busi
ness men are needed immediately out
of the Southeastern Department for
overseas work with the Red Triangle
Forces,” according to Dr. W. W. Alex
ander, director of the War Personnel
Bureau, Army and Navy Y. M. C. A.,
for the Southeastern Department. The
quota of 500 for the department for the
past month was exceeded by 128 en
listments.
The call now comes for executives,
of much business experience and spe
cialists in all lines. No man in Amer
ica is too big for the smallest Y. M.
C. A. job “Over There.” Today the
leading men of the nation are volun
teering for the work: Bank presi
dents, college presidents, office hold
ers, political leaders, religious leaders
and hundreds of corporation heads
are giving all time to the work with
America’s Sons in France.
State recruiting committees are op
erating in the seven Southeastern
states. Information as to the oppor
tunities and the work can be secured
through the state recruiting secreta
ries, as follows:
Chas. M. Norfleet, Y. M. C. A.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Heath Bartow, Y. M. C. A., Colum
bia, S. C.
W. E. Hearon, Y. M. C. A., Atlanta,
Ga.
O. E. Maple, Y. M. C. A., Jackson
ville, Fla.
Truman L. McGill, Y. M. C. A., Bir
mingham, Ala.
Dr. J. Watt Raine, Edwards Hotel,
Jabkson, Miss.
F. M. Massey, Y. M. C. A., Nashville
Tenn.
CROIX DE GUERRE GIVEN
TO Y. H. C. A. WORKER
Taking his Croix de Guerre from
his own breast, a French army cap
tain, by orders of his general, pinned
it on the coat of Edwin Ely, of No. 72
West Eighty-eighth street, New York
according to a cablegram just received
from overseas. Mr. Ely is a Y. M. C
A. secretary of a Foyer du Soldat.
Ely was later invited to dinner by
the Commanding General. When he
entered all the officers stood at salute
until he war- seated at the side of the
General. The General made an ad
dress thanking Ely and the Y. M. C.
A. for their work in France and ex
pressed regret that he was not able
to confer an official decoration.
The State Bureau of Mar
kets, State Capitol, Atlanta,
is maintained by the State
and asks that you list any
Georgia farm products that
you have for sale or wish to
buy. A market bulletin is
issued weekly and your
name will be put on mailing
list if requested. This ser
vice is entirely free.
MULES TO SELL OR SWAP. AL
SO WILL BUY MULES. CALL AT
SETTLE’S BARN.
RURAL CARRIERS GET
A RAISE IN SALARY
Dating from July 1, 1918, rural
free delivery mail carriers were giv
en a substantial boost in salary by
the post office department. This leg
islation vns recently enacted by con
gress and a considerable sum is in
volved. The pay of the carriers at the
Jackson office is as follows:
S. J. Watkins _.5132.00
S. M. Ridgeway 122.09
Gordon H. Thompson 126.00
Robert L. Grant 128.00
J. B. Watkins 126.00
John O. Minter 124.00
V. W. Fretwell 124.00
J. C. Redman 126.00
Bouquet for Hoke
Senator Hoke Smith fought the pro
hibition in the senate a few days ago.
He fought it to the last in the state.
And he Is the tnan that had the gal at
the fountain.—Commerce News.
Yes, and he is the same man who
wanted to stock Georgi a with a
flood of German immigrants.—La
Grange Graphic..
BUTTS BOY ON
WRECKED SHIP
Clarence Jinks Writes of
Collision
ALL ABOARD WERE SAVED
A Butts county boy, Clarence Jinks,
wa s on the United States steamship
Oosterdyk which was sunk in a col
lision with the San Jacinto. Mr.
Jinks has written his mother, Mrs.
Emily Jinks, the following interest
ing account of the sinking, which
occurred 1,000 miles off the coast of
Halifax:
Boston, Mass., July 21, 1918
My Dear Mother:
Guess you heard or saw in the pa
pers where our ship, the U. S. S.
Oosterdyk, sank. It went down 1,000
miles off the coast of Halifax. We
got in all right. A ship picked us up
about one hour after she went down.
I’m all right, feeling fine. Hope that
' you are well.
[ We came from Halifax to Boston.
Will be here a few days. Don’t write
until you hear from me. I don’t know
where I will be located. Will write
again as soon as I am located in some
place. We didn’t lose anybody. All
got off nicely. We sank July 10. Got
here July 21. Boston is some place.
I like it pretty well.
I have often heard people say “you
go to Halifax,” so I did. It is a right
pretty place. Lots of fine scenery all
the way down.
I’m sending you a piece of poetry
that an old doctor wrote. He was on
the ship that sunk us, the San Jacinto.
Am also sending you a piece of our
flag. Keep the flag for me, I want it.
A ship ran into us at night—not a
torpedo.
Love to all,
CLARENCE.
PLAN THE PRODUCTION
OF COWPEA SEED NOW
May Be Planted In Corn Or Af
ter Oats
Reduction in acreage usually follows
the high price of seed. Cowpeas have
continued to increase in price, and un
less provision is made to produce the
Beed on the farm a reduction in acre
age is very likely to follow.
Asa general proposition the early
seeded cowpeas produce more vine,
while those seeded later tend to pro
duce more food. When seeded in rows
as against broadcasting or planting
with a grain drill more seed is usually
secured.
A sufficient amount of cowpea seed
for the farm can usually be produced
in corn or after oats. This does not
take land that could be utilized for a
money crop, and for that reason the
production pf seed is looked upon with
more favor.
The labor situation will be some
what against harvesting the peas. This
can be overcome to and 'limited extent by
cutting the vines with a mowing ma
chine when the majority of the peas
are ripe, and running through a special
pea, or grain, thresher adjusted for
the peas. On an average about five
bushels of peas can be secured for
each ton of hay. When the crop is
so harvested the straw to left in ex
cellent shape for feeding. As to plant
ing, it would probably be easier to
put them after oats than in corn. Al
though by cutting and shocking the
corn, care being taken to cut the com
close to the ground, the hay could
be harvested in this manner even when
planted in corn.
It is well to treat ccwpea seed for
weevil soon after harvesting with car
bon bisulphide, at the race of one
pound per ton of grain This will be
a considerable help in keeping peas
in good condition. They should be
treated again early in the spring, the
last treatment leaving the cowpea
seed in excellent condition for seed
ing.—Prof. M. W. H. Collins, State Col
lege of Agriculture.
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER WRITES
Over work and worry cause kidney
trouble. When the kidneys are not
working properly, poisons accumulate
in the system, resulting in backaches,
sore muscles, stiff joints, rheumatic
pains, constantly tired feeling and
other distressing symptoms. George
McLain, Turtle Lake, N. D., writes:
“I am a locomotive engineer. I had
a bad pain in my back and my bladder
action was irregular. I took Foley
Kidney Pills and was relieved in a
couple of days.” Carmichael Drug
and Book Company, adv.
“TOP DRESSING” MAY
BE CARRIED TOO FAR
Soil Type Should Be Considered
In Applying Fertilizer
The practice of “top dressing” or
“side application” of fertilizers has
been common for many years and in
many instances is carried to extremes.
The object of dividing the entire
amount of fertilizer into two or more
applications is to prevent loss of plant
food by leaching down in the soil be
yond the reach of plant roots. Plant
food leaching Is most extensive in
soils of a sandy texture with rather
porous subsoils. These soils are rep
resented by sands or sandy loams and
soils with a predominance of sand in
the subsoil. Soils with a loam, clay
loam or clay surface or underlain by
fine textured subsoils of clay or com
pact sandy clay are not subject to
leaching to any great extent and,
therefore, will lose little plant food
from fertilizers by leaching.
Soluble phosphoric acid and potash
when added to the soil are not readily
lost through leaching. They are quick
ly fixed in the soil within reach of the
plant roots. Nitrogen is lost to a
much greater extent than any other
plant food and the more soluble the
form when added as a fertilizer the
more it is lost by leaching with the
drainage water.
Organic forms of nitrogen carriers,
such as cotton 3eed meal, dried blood,
tankage or fish scrap, are not as sol
uble as nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia, and are, therefore, not as
liable to loss from leaching. When
complete commercial fertilizers are
applied in amounts of 400 to 600
pouncfs per acre or less, it is doubtful
if more than one application need be
made. This is certainly true on the
soils of the Piedmont Plateau which
have heavy subsoils as shown by re
sults from the field demonstration
plats of the Agronomy Division of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture.
Complete fertilizer of a 10-3-4 compo
sition was applied at the rate of six
hundred pounds per acre on corn and
cotton. Corn showed the largest yield
where the fertilizer was all applied be
fore planting, while cotton showed no
advantage from side applications.
In the sandy soils of the Coastal
Plain section of the state where ni
trate of soda is used as the source
of nitrogen, side applications may be
made as a means of preventing loss of
nitrogen. However, where other
sources of nitrogen are used, this
method of applying fertilizer will have
little value. Care must be exercised
where side applications of fifty pounds
or more per acre of nitrate of soda are
made. These applications should not
be made late in the growing season.
The application of nitrogen tends to
extend the growing season and to de
lay maturity. Side applications late in
the season may decrease the yield of
corn by prolonging the growth of stalk
and leaves. Where boll weevil is pres
ent the susccess of cotton production
depends upon making the crop as ear
ly as possible, therefore, side appli
cations of nitrogen will tend to delay
maturity and will possibly cause a loss
In yield through injury by boll wee
vil to the late maturing cotton. —Prof.
George A. Crabb, State College of Agri
culture.
The "Y” Men Are To Be
Found Where Battle Is Hot
“If you want to know what the Y. M.
C. A. means to the soldiers, go where
the fighting is hot,” is the regular
reply of the American soldiers in
France, according to a cablegram re
ceived recently by the National War
Work Council telling of more secre
taries who have been under liquid
fire attacks, as well as gas and shell
fire. The American Expeditionary of
ficers have sent scores of letters to
the Paris headquarters of the “Y”
praising the work of the Red Triangle
workers, declaring them to be indis
pensable.
More than a thousand “Y” secre
taries are in advanced positions and
dugouts under constant shell fire.
There are no quitters and they re
fuse to be relieved, saying that where
the troops go the Y. M. C. A. will stick.
PREPARE FOR THE HOT WAVE
The hot sun is doubly dangerous if
there is a mass of undigested food in
the stomach, causing distress and
auto intoxication, casting congesting
poisons throughout the system. Fo
ley Cathartic Tablets give prompt
and sure relief. They act gently but
do their work thoroughly. They
cleanse the bowels, sweeten the
stomach and benefit the liver. Rec
ommended for indigestion, bilious
ness, bad breath, bloating, gas or con
stipation. Carmichael Drug and Book
Company, adv.
GEORGE PERSONS "
UNDER ARREST
Wanted For Murder of
j Negro Woman
CRIME COMMITTED 1910
With the arrest of George Bell alias
George Persons in Cedartown, the
officers have a prisoner who has been
widely hunted for the last eight
years. Persons, a negro, i s wanted
for the alleged murder of “Shug”
Carter, a negro woman, who was shs*.
and instantly killed at midnight Maf
23, 1910, between Flovilla and Cork.
Following the crime Persons made his
escape and efforts of officers to lo
cate him have failed until the pres
ent. Governor Joseph M. Brown of
fered a reward of S2OO for the arrest
of Persons.
Deputy sheriff W. F. Lavender left
Thursday morning for Cedartown to
bring Persons to Jackso,n where he
will be placed in jail. Officers at
Cedartown are confident the prisoner
is Persons. In case the prisoner
proves the man wanted, the trial will
probably come up during the August
term of superior court.
Baby had colic during night. For
tunately we had “Baby Percy Medi
cine” in the house. Baby likes it. adv
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
FOR SPECIAL TRAINING
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has issued a call for men of grammar
school training to enter special work.
Georgia’s quota is 190 men and the
selectmen will entrain for Gainesville
Florida on August 6. Any of the men
who registered on June 5, 1918, may
volunteer up until August 6.
This is a fine opening for men of
grammar school education. Courses
of instruction will be given in several
branches, the training to be held at
the University of Florida. The call
is for carpenters, auto mechanics,
chauffeurs, electricians, machinists,
radio operators and telegraphers.
Any Butts county boy who wishes
to volunteer should see Judge J. H.
Ham, chairman of the local board, at
once for full particulars.
GROWING HOGS
For a hog to be profitable he must
be kept growing from birth to mark
eting age. He cannot be profitable
unless he is healthy. He can always
be in a profit-producing condition if
he is fed B. A. Thomas’ Hog Powder.
We positively tell you that this rem
edy prevents cholera, removes worms
and cures thumps. If the powder does
not make good we will.
Carmichael Hardware Cos. dealers.
In an effort to capture Dave Wise
and Tom Belchum, two negro men
suspected of having liquor in their
possession, officers Lavender and
Thornton fired sveeral shots to fright
en the men, on Benton street Friday
night. Wise was caught, and the mule
and buggy used by the pair were also
taken by the officers after a hard
chase. Belchum made his escape.
PUT OFF OLD AGE
Many Jackson People Have Learned
the Secret
Some old folks are bent and shaky.
Others are straight and strong.
So it can't be mere “oldness” that
does such damage.
No—it is too often that uric acid
that weakens older folks.
Fight off this life-sapping uric acid
poison.
Help the kidneys take it from the
blood.
To aid them in this struggle live
carefully.
Stimulate the kidneys with a relia
ble kidney remedy.
None endorsed like Doan’s Kidney
Pills.
Read this Jackson testimony.
Mrs. M. E. Boyd, Pepperton Mill,
says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney
Pills off and on for a good many
years and think them the best kidney
remedy made. I am pretty well up
in years and my kidneys were weak
and caused me considerable trouble.
Nothing seemed to take the place of
Doan’s Kidney Pills as they certainly
relieved me of all these complaints.
I would not be vsithout a box of
Doan’s in the house. They sure are
reliable.”
60c. at all dealers. Foster-Milbum
Cos., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. advt.