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LET'S BOOST JACKSON AND BUTTS COUNTY VOL. 49—NO. 11 SHARP CUT WILL BE MADE IN FERTILIZER AND COTTON CROP FERTILIZER SALES IN BUTTS COUNTY WILL BE SLASHED AT LEAST SIXTY PER CENT WHILE THE COTTON ACREAGE WILL BE TRIMMED FORTY PER CENT ACCORDING TO RE LIABLE INFORMATION That the cotton acreage in Butts county this year will be cut at least 40 per cent, is the statement of men well informed on the business and farming situation. Fertilizer sales for this year will be slashed 60 per cent, according to dealers and those in a position to know. The reduction in fertilizers, taken in connection with the induction in acreage, means the smallest cotton crop that Butts county has known in a generation. The largest cotton crop in the history of the county was over 18,000 bales, in 1914. The yield last year was between 11,000 and 12,000 bales. The final figures will be available within a few days. This year it is confidently predicted the total pi-oduction of cotton in Butts county will not be over 6,000 bales. If this same reduction program is kept up over the entire belt the 1921 crop will be the smallest grown in many years. Many people, it is pointed out, are experiencing considerable diffi culty in obtaining fertilizers. To attempt to grow cotton under boll weevil conditions, without the lib BOLL WEEVILS ARE NUMEROUS SURVIVED THE MILD WINTER AND READY TO “GO OVER TOP” WITH FLYING COLORS. FLYING AROUND NOW That much abused pest, the boll weevil, came through the winter in very good Condition., thank you, and the bugs are reported in all parts of the county in great abun dance. They are to be found in fields, are often caught flying abound, and sometimes Invade houses and are to be caught on one’s clothing, on the windshields of auto mobiles and in other unexpected places. The specimens so far reported are vigorous and in the best of robust health, but quite hungry. They have not had a square meal since the frost killed the cotton the past fall. With whetted appetites they will be eager and anxious to pounce upon cotton as soon as it breaks through the ground and will stay with it as long as there is a sprig of greenery to be found. From all indications the boll weevil is going to play anew tune of “Marching Through Georgia” this year. The in vasion will be one that this part of the state will remember almost as long as the famous march of Sher man from Atlanta to the sea. A number of plans of attack on Mr. Weevil are being mapped out. His stay on Butts county farms wll not be one of uninterrupted joy, for many farmers will jet the weevil know they are round here and about here before the summer is over. Some will use calcium arsenate to poison the pest; others will pick up the squares and do frequent plowing and all the latest schemes and meth ods will be resorted to in an effort to kill if not frighten this aborigine of old Mexico. The best of all methods known to combat this pestiferous frequenter of the southern cotton fields is plen ty of food and feed crops and live stock. Many farmers will employ this mode of attack, bringing pres sure to bear to cut the weevil’s ra tions short, while growing something to feed themselves and family and livestock. More food crops will be planted in Butts county this year than has been known in years. Corn and peas, velvet beans, pea nuts, sorghum and sugar cane, and sweet potatoes, a great and increas ingly important crop, will be pro duced in abundance. At the end of the season the far mers who plant and grow plenty of food and feed crops and keep more live stock than usual, and the far mers who grow cotton to feed the boll weevil, will meet and compare notes. It will be a right interesting meeting. A proposed tax on sugar sent the price up. May be a tax on cotton Ufould have the same effect, THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS eral application of fertilizers, is al most a hopeless task, those n posi tion to know declare. It is admitted that many farmers would plant their usual acreage in cotton this season if they could get the fertilizer. But with high prices prevailing and the fertilizer dealers doing only a limited credit business, the sales vvll be trimmed to the bone. By many this is taken as the most hopeful sign of the cut in cotton acreage. Investigation reveals the fact that many farmers had their lesson from the boll weevil last year. There are still some who think they can grow cotton in spite of the boll weevil and are preparing to take another “plunge.” Reliable information from all parts of the county show that the largest food and feed crops in the history of the county will be plant ed this year. Unusual preparations are being made to plant corn, pota toes, peas, velvet beans, sorghum, /and these crops in addition to a large acreage in wheat and oats, means plenty of everything to eat regardless of the price of cotton another season. GEORGIA BANKERS TO ASSEMBLE IN MACON JOINT SESSION TO BE HELD BY GEORGIA BANKERS ASSOCIA TION AND COUNTRY BANK ERS. GOOD PROGRAM Atlanta, March 17.—Copy of the official program for the joint annual convention of the Georgia Bankers Association and the Country Bank ers Association of Georgia, which is to be held in Macon on March 22, 23 and 24, has been sent to every banker in the state. It is expected that nearly all of the bankers will attend this joint convention, inasmuch as it has been called for the express purpose of discussing financial ways and means for the business of the state during the coming year. The period of business depression through which the entire country has recently passed, said officials of the association on Saturday, has left the credit margin and the capital of many business undertakings some what depleted and it is felt neces sary for the bankers to carefully plan how to meet this situation. The greater part of the sessions of the conference will be executive, as it is felt advisable that the bank ers themselves feel at full liberty to discuss their problems with the ut most freedom. J. E. Frizzell, of Waverly Hall, president of the Coutnry Bankers Association, will make the opening address at the opening session on Wednesday fore noon. He will be followed by Court ney Thorpe, of Savannah, who will present the City Banker’s viewpoint after Mr. Frizzel has spoken from the country bankers side. There vail be a banquet on Tues day evening and an “agricultural luncheon” on Wednesday. Leading bankers of the state will make addresses and every banker who attends will also be expected to join in the open discusions and tell his problems and make his sugges tions for the benefit of the full at tendance. MAY BUILD POTATO HOUSE IN FORSYTH Matter It Now Unjder Contideration By Citizens There There is a possibility that a po tato curing and storage house may be built in ForsytfT at an early date. Messrs. W. H. and H. E. Newton have the matter under concideration and are willing to go to the ex pense of erecting the house if they find that the farmers desire it and will raise a sufficient supply of po tatoes to warrant such an invest ment. It thus appears that the raising of potatoes may become a way of escape from the boll w?evil in Monroe county. Fertilizer men state that they have had many in quiries concerning fertilizer suit able for potatoes. —Monroe Adver tiser. JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 18, 1921 Why Grow 4,000,000 Bales for Nothing? THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER What’s the sense—common sense, horse sense, or any other kind of sense—of growing 4,000,000 bales of cotton for nothing? That is the hard, practical, stubborn fact that cotton farmers of the South are now up against. We have got to answer it for ourselves; and upon the answer depends the welfare of ourselves, our wives, and our children. Everybody admits that an B*ooo,ooo-bale crop of cotton this yMar will bring just as much money as a 12,000,000-bale crop. What, then, is the sense of planting, chopping, nurturing, picking and gin ning 4,000,000 extra bales of cotton for nothing? Not only will it be for nothing, but for worse than nothing. We will not only get no more for a 12,000,000-bale crop than we should get for an 8,000,000-bale crop, but there is this other abso lutely certain consideration: If we make only an 8,000,000-bale crop we will BOOST the price of every pound of cotton we have carried over from 1920 and from previous years. On the other hand, if we make a 12,000,- 000-bale crop, we will absolutely RUIN the profits of every pound of cotton we are holding and have held. Which course will you follow? It is time to wake up. There is absolutely no chance for a 50 per cent cut in cotton acre age, but anything less tahn a 25 per cent cut will be disaster. And if we are to have a 25 per cent average decrease, a lot of people must cut far more than 25 per cent—for thousands are not going to cut at all. Sir Edward Paish, the famous English authority, is predicting that cotton may go to 4 cents next year without a heavy cut in acreage; it will certainly go low enough. In Heaven’s name, let’s plant only just enough cotton this year to pay taxes and absolutely necessary store bills and plant every other acre in food crops, feed crops, soil-improving crops, gar dens pastures, orchards, watermelons, and potatoes. Let’s live well at home—with home-made bread, meat, milk, butter, vegetables, fruits, chickens, eggs, watermelons, syrup, and honey—and absolutely refuse to ruin prices of 1921 cotton and of cotton already on hand by planting, cultivating, and picking 4,000,000 extra bales of cotton for nothing. That is the issue. What are you, Mr. Farmer, going to do about it on your farm? MILK DEPOT IS NOW CONSIDERED COMMITTEE FROM THE JACK SON ICE CORPORATION IN VESTIGATE MATTER. WILL REPORT WITHIN NEXT WEEK The movement to establish a milk depot in Jackson took definite form Thursday afternoon when the di rectors of the Jackson Ice Corpora tion were called together and a committee appointed to investigate all phases of the question and re port at another meeting to be held Thursday, March 17. Members of the committee ap pointed are S. P. Nichols, president, R. N. Etheridge, vice president, W. E. Merck, secretary and manager of the ice factory, and Hugh Mallet. The members of the committee were instructed to make an investi gation of the entire matter and gather all the information obtain able and report within a week. A trip to Atlanta and possibly other cities in this territory was made for the purpose of finding out all about the selling end, the distribution, the equipment needed and other useful information. As soon as this com mittee makes its report and collects all the information possible, a mass meeting of interested parties will be held. If the report is favorable it is likely that the milk depot will be established in Jackson at once. There is a great deal of interest in the matter, but it was first neces sary to obtain specific data on which to proceed. It is believed that a large and profitable business can be built up here in connection wi th the ice factory. The farmers would sell to the ice factory and the milk would then be shipped in large quan tities to wholesalers in nearby cities. A considerable amount of money would be turned loose in the community and just at this time this would be a great benefit to ev erybody in the county. Notice of the time and place of the mass meeting will be announced later. MONTICELLO VOTES SCHOOL BONDS BY BIG MAJORITY Ladies To* J< Part in Election And Much Interest Manifested Monticello, Ga., March 12.—The bond issue election in Monticello re sulted in a “howling success.” Out of 472 registered voters more than 400 voted and only ten votes were cast on the opposition. The bonds will be offered for sale as soon as validated. The construction of the school building v.'ll follow the sale of the bonds as soon as the contract can be let and material placed on the ground. This election was phenomenal be cause it was the first election in Monticello in which ladies have taken part. The school children showed much enthusiasm and inter est. The school turned out in masse led by large drum and displaying suitable banners. WILL NOT FLANT A SINGLE STALK COTTON MR. L. L. TISON WILL PIN HIS FAITH TO CROP OF SWEET POTATOES. GOING IN FOR LARGE YIELD Showing the changing attitude of farmers of this section as to trying to grow cotton under boll weevil conditions and at present prices, Mr. L. L. Tison, one of the best known farmers in the county, states that he will not plant a single cotton seed this year. Instead he will raise svr.set potatoes as a money crop. iMr- Tison, who is vice president oof the Butts County Products Com pany, organized here to build a sweet potato storage house, will raise sweet potatoes on a large scale this year. He states that he will raise from two to four thousand bushels and already has a large quantity of potatoes bedded from which to obtain slips. Under exist ing conditions Mr. Tison can see more money in growing potatoes at 60 cents a bushel than in attempting to grow cotton. Mr. Tison will probably erect a sweet potato curing house on his farm during the year, in addition to furnishing the storage house in Jack son with a large lot of potatoes. Judge H. M. Fletcher stated Sat urday that he and Prof. Van Fletch er would build a swset potato cur ing house on their farm during the year. They also have stock in the curing house to be erected in Jack son. From the present indications there will be a large number of individual potato storage houses built in the county during this year, which shows there is keen interest in the grow ing and saving of this important crop. Georgia should have more manu facturing enterprises. The move ment to make this a great industrial state is one worthy of the hearty support of every citizen. PACKERS WILL CUT WAGES OF 100,000 EMPLOYEES BALLOTING ON STRIKE. HOURS TO BE RE-AD JUSTED. EFFORTS MADE TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES Chicago—With more than 100,090 employees in the packing industry in all parts of the country balloting on a proposed strike, wage decreases amounting to 12 and 15 per cent, together vvth a re-adjustment of working hours, which were announc ed last week, will go into effect Monday. Both the packers and union offic ials Saturday agreed to meet James J. Davis, secretary of labor, who of fered his services as mediator in the hope of averting a strike. Sunday representatives of both sides said there was little prospect of an agree ment at the proposed conference. FARM LOAN BANK ESTABLISHED HERE $ ORGANIZATION PERFECTED AT MEETING HELD MONDAY. AP PLICATION MADE FOR OVER SIOO,OOO IN LOANS A federal farm loan bank has been established in Jackson and ap plication has been made to the re gional bank in Columbia, S. C., which serves this section, for loans, aggregating $106,250. The name of the nevs concern is the Jackson National Farm Loan Association. The officers elected Monday in clude H. M. Fletcher, president; C. T. Beauchamp, vice president; G. E. Rice, secretary and treasurer; T. J. Collins, assistant secretary and treasurer. The directors are H. M. Fletcher, C. T. Beauchamp, W. A. White, R. E. Evans, A. F. Taylor. Twenty-three applicants have ap plied for loans of $106,250. Other applications will be made later. The concern will have as its territory the counties of Butts, Henry, Mon roe and I.amar. The supreme court of the United States recently held the act creating the federal farm loan banks consti tutional. Since that time a number of the banks have been established in various parts of the country. Loans are made at a low rate of interest and extending over a long term of years. Loans cannot be made for a period of less than five years nor more than forty years. Loans are made for the following purposes: To provide for the pur chase of land for farming purposes; to provide for the purchase of nec.- essary farm equipment; to provide buildings and other improvements for a farm; to liquidate the indebt edness op a farm at the time the association is organized. Money cannot be obtained for speculative purposes. The borrower makes his applica tion to the association for member ship, stating the amount he desires to borrow. He agrees to become a member of the association and take stock in it to the amount of 5 per cent of his loan, which 5 per cent is the cost of securing his loan. Upon the association acting favor ably upon his application, he is made a member, and the application for a loan sent to the Federal Farm Loan Bank at Columbia, S. C. There the final investigation is made, and it is granted or not, ac cording to conditions. Loans can be made for 50 per cent of the value of the land, and 20 per cent of the improvements thereon. No person can borrow money who is not cultivating a farm, who will not in a short time begin cultivating one. Under the system of amortization payments, yearly or semi-annual payments are made, which cover not only the interest but the principal. These payments may be extended over a period of forty years, or may be paid in full at any time after the loan has run HAKE 1921 A YEAR OF HOG AND HOMINY $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ENLARGE CAPACITY OF POTATO HOUSE PLANT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO STORE 15,000 BUSHELS. CONTRACTS MUST BE SIGNED BY APRIL 15 At a meeting of the stockholders of the Butts County Products Com pany, held Saturday afternoon, it was unanimously voted to build a plant to take care of 15,000 bushels of sweet potatoes. It was the origi nal plan to construct a house to store only 10,000 bushels, but it was seen that this plant would not be large enough to care for all the potatoes that will be grown in this territory. After hearing the matter explained the stockholders went on record as favoring a larger plant. Stockholders in the sweet potato curing house will be taken care of first, on the basis of 25 bushels of potatoes for each share of stock. If the house is not filled on that basis the limit will be increased. Contracts must be signed and de livered to the general manager be fore April 15. Some of the contracts have already been signed. Those de siring contracts may obtain them from Mr. S. S. Copeland, the general manager. Mr. Copeland will also order po tato slips for any stockholder who deserves this service. He has prices from a large number of potato growers in South Georgia. Many of the stockholders, will bed their own potatoes and produce their own slips. It is likely that the crates will be made in Jackson. The Empire Bug gy Company is now figuring on this Work. By another season the com pany hopes to be able to manufac ture its own crates and special ma chinery for that purpose will likely be installed. ROLFE’S PLANE KILLS OLD LADY BIRDMAN WELL KNOWN JACK SON. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT PABLO BEACH. ROLFE FLEW AT FAIR GROUND HERE Jacksonville, Fla., March 13.—• Mrs. A. Wollenkoff, 70, of Van Wert, Ohio, was almost instantly killed today at Pablo Beach \Aien an airplane driven by (Monte Rolfe, of Augusta, Ga., struck her. Rolfe, with two passengers in the plane, was attempting to make a landing on the beach and apparently did not see Mrs. Wollenkoff, who was stooping to gather sea shells. The plane struck her in the side and she died a few moments later. A deputy sheriff took charge of Rolf* pending fcn investigation of the ac cident. ,Monte Rolfe is well known in Jackson. He made exhibition flights at the Butts county fair in 1916, using a Curtiss bi-plane. Later he savi service in the world war and established a school in Athens to train flyers. While in Jackson he tried to intrest a number of business men in establishing a school here to train flyers but received but little encouragement. Rolfe also sought an engagement at the 1920 fair, but no aviator was secured for that oc casion. When Rolfe made his flights here in 1916 he was quite young, and his “nerve” in trying the flying game at that time was the subject of consid erable comment. CITY FATHERS IN COVING TON HIT SWINE GROWERS Ordinance Require* That Hog* Be Kept away From Home* The city council of Covington has enacted an ordinance prohibiting the keeping of hogs within one hun dred yards of any residence in that city. Citizens of the Newton coun ty metropolis who intend to keep swine will have to remove them a safe distance from residences. The ordinance vvts enacted as a measure to safeguard the health of the citi zens and according to city officials will be rigidly enforced. for five years. It is believed the farm loan bank vuill do a large business in this ter ritory. There has probably never been a time vuhen the aid of the fed eral land bank will be received with as much appreciation ,as at the pres ent time. j ... I