The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, October 25, 1916, Wednesday Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text[wemwm | VOL. VIIi. BIG CROWD TUESDAY HEARD STATE ENTOMOLOGIST WOR SHAM AND OTHER SPEAKERS TELL ABOUT WEEVIL CONDI TIONS. 2 State Entomologist E. Lee Worsham and two of his assistants, W. W. Tur ner and J. M. Manis of Thomas coun ty, were greeted yesterday at the Crisp county court house by several hundred of the cotton growers of this section and their opportunity for pre senting the fight against the boll wee vil was as pleasing to them as they could have desired. Both white and colored farmers were present and the negro cotton growers manifested great interest along with the large crowd of white farmers. All three of the visitors made ad dresses that were full of interest and what seemed practical advice for the the farmers who must cope with the weevil next season. What they had to say was closely taken in by the farmers and great interest was shown by those present. The most important among the sug gestions given were those touching the cutting down of the acreage to half the normal crop so that it can be saved from the weevil by the proper attention in the fields. The farmer was urged to destroy his stalks now, by burning or plowing under, to clean up the farm of stumps and hedge rows where the weevil may find a winter ing place. The planter was urged tn nlant cotton after beans or peas and to start the crop as early as pos sible and rush it to maturity before sthe weevil has time to get in effective work.. Close attention to destroying those first appearing in the fields was also urged. Diversification, hog and cattle rais ing and grain crops were urged. One speaker said that when the smoke house is moved from the west to our own section we would have much of the weevil fight won. Much of the advice given has already reached the Crisp county farmer in one way or another and what the speakers had to say impressed those present as being practical and reasonable. A change of the old plan of making scontracts at the beginning of the new f year was urged as a necessity, for the ‘{eason that the farmer who would grow cotton still must have his ten ants at work in the early fall destroy ing the cotton stalks of the present sea son and making the necessary prepar ations before hand for an early cron. ?’!l‘he speakers mentioned several kinds of cotton seed which are best suited to the growing of cottton where the weevil is at work and gave abundance of advice. Farmers were in attendance from all sections of the county and the meeting indicated that there is already a strong determination to meet the new con ditions in such a way as to produce cotton in spite of the weevil. The watchword will be small acreage well tended and at least half the farm in grain and food crops, with more hogs and cattle. The farmers of Crisp at the meeting promised themselves to get right and work hard. SHERIFF WARD AND POLICE CHIEF SHEPPARD HAD CROWD OF NEGRO PRISONERS THAT CAME NEAR BREAKING JAIL. When a “skin” game was flushed at the home of Celestus Rice, corner of Sixteenth avenue and Eleventh street, eight negroes were arrested Tuesday. With the exception of Rice all of the negroes were from points other than Cordele. One came from Waycross and the others were from Wilcox county. The. raid was made by Sheriff John Ward, Chief of: Police Sheppard, Officers T. N. Turk and A. E. Persall, who went to the scene in an automo bile and surrounded the house before the men suspected that trouble was brewing for them. 1t appears that *clinning” was a froanent pastime at Rice’s home and that it was the meeting place for ne gro gamblers from over several coun ties. A deck of cards for each man arrested was found among the gam blers. The negroes Wwere lodged in the county jail last night and the Way cross negro came near affecting a wholesale jail delivery for himself and fellow gamers. Securing a piece of iron, a part of a bunk, he dug through the brick walls of the jail on the sonth side and a few minutes longer would have opened a way for freedom for them, when the sheriff discovered their intentien. They had been lodg ed in the eorridor of the joil, and the sheriff had to call on police officers to handie them in transferring them to another part of the jail. Al ee S o Queen Marie, Europe’s most beau tiful queen. whom King Ferdniand married in 1893 is of British and Rus sian descent. She is the eldest daugh ter of the Duke of Edinburgh and of the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia. She is thus a first cousin of both King George and the Czar. 5 TR CORDELE DISPATCH PLANTS ENCOURAGING PEANUT GROWERS—WILL PAY. GOOD PRICES FOR ALL OFFERED IN CRISP COUNTY. The information is given out from authoritative sources that the twoc Cordele oil mills operated by the Em pire (otton CQil company and the Southern Cotton Oil company, will be fully prepared next season to handle the entire peanut crop of Crisp and adjoining counties. Arrangements have been made for the installation of additional machinery for crushing the peanuts for oil purposes, while the peanut meal will be sold for feed ing purposes. The statement is au thoritatively made that plans can be nut into execution within twenty-four hours’ time to handle all of the pea nuts that it is possible for the farm ers of this section to produce. The local managers of the oil mills, C. L. McMillan of the Empire company and W. E. Haskell, of the Southern com pany, are encouraging the farmers to plant peanuts for a money crop and are lending their heartiest co-opera tion with that of numerous other bus iness men of Cordele to secure the varieties which will be more -adapta ble f.r this section for increased vields. The white Spanish peanut seems to meet with more popuiar ap proval than any other variety. It is anticipated by oil milling com panies that the price for peanuts next vear will be excellent. The manufac ture of peanut oil and bi-products is an industry already growing rapidly in favor among consumers, and the price of peanuts will of course be gaged by the consumption of the fin ished products, such as cooking oils, soaps and other innumerable articles. The growth of the peanut oil manufac turing industry will increase the price of the raw product fully as rapidly, state oil men say, as has been expe rienced from year to vear in the pro duction of cotton seed. Numerous farmers of the county are laying plans to produce peanuts next year on an extensive scale. Some of the large farmers will plant several hundred acres each in peanuts. With the general plan to prepare for the spreading of the boll weevil over the county next year with diversified farm ing, the farmers realize that the pea nut crop will turn them ready cash, in addition to extending the raising of hogs and cattle and there is scarce ¥ a farmer in the county who is not greatly interested in growing peanuts. McLELLAN--GETS ~ NATIONAL STOCK SALE TUESDAY GIVES LOCAL TEN CENT STORE STOCK OF OLD NA TIONAL CCMPANY. V. {i. Keller, representing the Mc- Lellan 5 and 10 cents stores, Tues day beught in the bankrupt stock of tlie National company’s store here, the price paid being approximately $9OO. The stock invoiced at more than $2,800. The sale was held un der the authority of the trustee, W. I Staten, of Valdosta. The bankrupt steck of the National company at Val dosta was sold by the trustee last Sat urday and the stock of the Waycross store was sold Monday. The Mcl.ellan company expects to immediately begin the removal of the stock from its present location on Seventh street to their store rooms on Eleventh avenue, and the manage ment exnects to inaugurate a bargain sale such as has not been experienced hefore in this class of goods. ) HIS “TIGER" CAREER SERVING SENTENCE FOKk SELLING LIQUOR JOSH PASSES TO BE YOND—WAS NOTED - “TIGER” OPERATOR. ® Josh Wiggins, of noted “tiger” fame gent up at the May term of superior court, this year, charged with liquor selling, is dead at the camp of the Chisp county chaingang. He suffered a stroke of paralysis. Wiggins bore the reputation of being a bold and unscrupulous ‘“tiger” op erator and on a number of occasions he was in the toils of the law. His last venture took him to Jacksonville on a summer excursion. 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SR ¥ 1 G inconod ',:;::'ff?:f::':l:‘:""‘Z:I:1?9,;2:35:§:;"'-1:f::2‘%{:3:257f:?:1$:'c\;}:1:$1’!~$5\'~, %m e L e Sagia : oo TR oRORT P o caspoone o i 0;&’3! RA R gXS ety ;-- re Gooe n o a 0 SRR S e B el NgWS i e S WW‘,M&WIR~%W?&% e The (unard Liner Alaunia, which left the United States the day the German U-53 appeared off Nantucket i.ight and sank six ships, was blown BIG GRAIN CROPS PLANTED IN CRISP CARE OF GRAIN TO KEEP OUT SWEAT IS URGED ON ALL WHO WILL GROW CATS AND WHEAT. The farmers of Crisp county are making arrangements to plant large quantities of oats and wheat the pres ent fall. The seed has been selected this time with greater care and much better results on this account alone will be expected. Farm Demonstration Agent J. A. Johnson has been watching the in creasing interest in grain with consid erable pride and is now, since consid erable care has been exercised in se lecting seed urging that these sced be treated before planting to keep smut out of the fields. Heavy losses are reported in some cases from smut. He is urging the treating of oats as strongly as he advocates treatment cf seed wheat before planting to keep out the smut. Hundreds of bushels of oats are lost every year through this preventable disease. Many lelds show an injury of 2 Oper cent of the heads. It costs very little and is worth so much. It helps make the acres do their best. The remedies are simple. Use one pint of formalin to 40 gallons of wa ter. Put seed in a clean floor and sprinkle with a sprinkling pot, one gallon of formalin solution to each bushel of grain. While sprinkling turn nats with siovel so all grains will get thoroughly wet. Cover the seed after heaping together with a canvass or with cotton sheets for two hours, after which they should be spread out to dry. If the seed are to be sown by hand immediately after treatment it is not necessary to dry. The planter may use with the same effectiveness 1 pound of bluestone in five gallons of water and sprinkle one gallon of this seclution on 4 bush els of grain. These remedies are just as good for wheat as for oats. If the farmer will use the bluestone on wheat just as the formalin is used on oats, it will be unnecessary to soak the wheat for a long period as is some times done in using bluestone solution. It is hoped that ovats and wheat groweis will use this preventative to add bushels of grain to the crop yield tlis year. HANDSOME HOME TO BE BUILT IN EAST CORDELE S. J. CULPEPPER LETS CONTRACT FOR SIX ROOM BUNGALOW NEXT TO E. A. VINSON RESI DENCE. S. J. Culpepwer, a local cotton brok er, and one of the county’s most pro pressive farmers, has given the con tract to the Crisp County Lumber com pany for the construction of a hand some residence in East Cordele, ad jacent to the residence of K. A. Vin son, on Fouriecenth avenue. The resi dence will cost between $3,000 and $5.000. The residence will be of the bunga low type. containing 6 rooms and will be one of the prettiest dwellings in that vicinity. SKIN GAME QUARREL b . ENDS IN SHOOTING Fugene Flall, a negro, was shot and seriously wounded Saturday night by Charlie Pate, another negro. Pate used a revolver and fired one shot, the hall taking effect in Hall’s chin, ranking to the right and breaking the iaw bone. Hall is improving and will fully recover, though may be slightly disfigured about the face. Pate has succeeded in evading the officers, who have some knowledge of his actions since the shooting. The difficulty originated in a quarrel over a ‘“skin” game. PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS The Primitive Baptist church, lo cated at the corner of Seventh street and Fifteenth avenue. is being re covered, repainted and otherwise re paired. A new heater has been in stalled and other comforts for the winter will be provided. The total jmprovements will cost several hun dred dollars. THE CORDELE DISPATC H, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1916. up in the English Channel, SBhursday. Cctober -9. She carried a number of American passengers who, however, had been left at Falmouth to go lo\ SUWANEE WINS PARTY CALLERS SUNDAY DINNERS FOR MOTOR ISTS BECOMIMNG FASHIONABLE AND MANY VISITORS STOP IN CORDELE. The splendid Sunday dinners being served at the Suwanee hotel, of which W. E. Vance has recently become manager, are winning a reputation for this hostelry throughout the entire section. Motoring parties are finding Cordele a pleasant mecca for their Sunday motor and outing parties, and many of the town folks are being at tracted to the Suwanee for their Sun day meal on account of the excellent menu being served. Last Sunday a number of parties dined at the Suwa nee. A party fﬁilm Tifton including the following: isses Archibal, Bennett, Wilson and Scandrett. Messrs. A. L. Norman, A. A. Cobb, G. P. McConnell and G. P. Williaius. Another party from Milledgeville included A. J. Carr, A JrCary, Ju.o B.CA: Tinger, D. S¢ Sanford, and still another party from Fastman composed Messrs. Fred Roberts, Fred Wynne, P. M. Roberts, Oscar Shelton and W, F. Ferrell. Mr. and Mrs. F. A, Vence and Mr. and Mrs. Johrn B, Vance, of Fort Valley, were also among the Suwanee’s guests NEGRO'S AUTO HIT BICYCLE RIDER LITTLE MARY CRUM RUN DOWN BY DOOLY COUNTY COLORED FARMER WHO HAD NEW AUTO. Charged with assault and battery because an automobile which he was driving ran down'little Mary Crum, daughter of Col. and Mrs. D. A R. Crum, when she was riding a bicycle on Eighth street Monday, Oscar Wil liams, a negro, was arrested and lodg ed in the county jail. He waived hear ing Tuesday and was released from jail under bond of $250 awaiting the meeling of the next grand jury. Williams lives near Pinehurst in Dooly county and several days ago he rurchased an wutomcehite. He pleaded when arrested that he was an ignorant driver and became excited when he saw that his machine was about to collide with the child’s bicycle. The little girl was thrown a consid erable distance, though escaped with slight injuries. Williams had just hought the car with a pocket full of cotton monecy he had saved from his vear’s work. His employer, a Mr. Jordan. advised him when he bought his car not to go to town with it till he could handle it, but the temptation was too great. UP IN NEW YORK IT BROUGHT RECORD PRICE TODAY. LOCAL GROWERS WAITING—JUST WAIT ING. Cotton 20 cents a pound! The unex pected has happened, thoug it happen ed really sooner than expected. The New York market opened this morning at 20 cents. basgis good middling. The market playved all around the 19 cents mark Tresday and closed considerablv above 19 cents. After opening at 20 cents this morning the price fluctnat ed below and above for some time, tnovgh ehanged little either way. There are 2 numbe *of farmers of the county who have been holding a pnortion of their erop for better prices and they have in these lots sta ple that wonid bring 20 cents on the market today. They do not want to he forced to go to New York for that price, FIRE IN COAL HOUSHA. A coal house in the rear of the home of Mrs. Golden on Fourteenth avenue caught fire this afternoon. The cause of the fire was not learned. Little damage was done. Belgians in England are making large quantities of wooden shoes. ll.ond(m by train. The liner was of 13,200 tons, and was one of the second ary fleet of the Cunard Line. B. N. WILLIAMS AND B. F. SHEP PARD SPENDING GOOD SUMS TO BEAUTIFY CITY HOMES. B. N. Williams has given the con tract to the Crisp County Lumber com pany to thoroughly remodel his home on Thirteenth avenue. The house will be reworked throughout and extensive improvements made, which will cost about $1,500. B. F. Sheppard has also awarded the contract to the Crisp County Lum ber company for extensive improve ments to be made on his Fourteenth avenue home. The residence will be repainted, a new veranda added and other improvenients made. The cost will be about $l,OOO. CRISP GOUNTY FARM HAS FINEST POTATO, CANE AND TUR NIP CROPS IN ALL CRISP COUN TY. WARDEN COX AND COM MISSIONERS SET PACE. Warden Cox of the Crisp counly convict camp as well as being oiie of the most scientific and dependable road builders in the state, is about to cop the honors of setting the pace in farming in the county. The pota to, cane, turnip and other crops on the county farm, located about two miles south of Cordele on the National high way, make somewhat of a revelation in farming. Warden Cox today has eight con victs digging and housing potatoes. A crop of slightly over 3 acres was plant ed this year in the Norton yam and other good varieties. Indications are that the yield will be, conservatively estimated, between 800 and 1,000 bush els. If some of Crisp’s good farmers want to get a few tips on cane grow ing it wilkpay them to visit the county farm. Three acres are planted this year in this crop. A cane mill is be ing erected for the purpose of begin ning grinding in a few days. It is ex pected that between 18 and 20 barrels of fine syrup will be made from the crop, reserving a half acre for seed purposes. The seed cane thus pre served for another year will plant be tween. six and eight acres, and cane growing will be participated in on an extensive scale. Another eve opener from a farming standpoint, is the turnip crop on the farm. One acre was planted in tur nips and the present yield is affording a “turnip” dinner for the entire camp almost daily. The supply is sufficient to afford turnips every day if so de sired. and the crop is growing larger and better all the time. The turnips were planted about September 1, and the growth of this, as well as all other crops, shows that somebody is doing some scientific and substantial farm ing on the county’s farm. The hoard of county commissioners have performed their full duty in tak ing an interest in the work on the farm and they are largely responsible for the success that has ben accom plished. S. J. HILL LETS CONTRACT FOR BRICK BUILDING—CONTRACTOR ALREADY MAKING EXCAVA TIONS. S. J. Hill has. given the contract to W. D. Benson for the construction of a brick building on Sixth street, adja cent to the stables of Frank E. Wil liams. The building will be fitted for a store. The cost of construction will be about $2,000. Work of excavating and layving the foundation has begun. Mr. Hill will occupy the building upon its completicn with a new whole sale grocery business. He has been engaged in the wholesale grocery bus iness in Cordele for a number of years and is known to the retail trade over an extensive territory. j | | | \ 'R. L. DEKLE HAS BEEN PUT FOR WARD AS MAYORALIT}Y PROS PECT CONSIDERING MATTER MIMS FOR COUNCIL. Political pot-simmering in munici pal quarters has given away to straight high temperatures and things look much like there will be many sides to the contest for office before the entries are closed. The name of R. L. Dekle has been handled all around about town for the past two days by friends who are yet strongly in hopes that he will consent to run for maycr. This lit ‘tle ripple has added a considerable amount of political dust raising for the week. Strong pressure is being brought to bear and it is being at least seriously considered. An an nouncement may soon be ready to be passed out to the public. And another man forges to the front in the aldermanic contest, not as an actual candidate, but as a live, pranc ing. finely groomed prospect. This is R. D. Mims. He has ben cornered and asked to let the public know about it. He may be in the running. The municipal contest is not by any meaas shaped and no one can tell what will develop yet. NMayor Jones has paid his candi- Jnte's assesment and Secretary Coker cf the ity executive committee has the first money in hand. The escre tary will be “at home” when the others get ready to pay up. WILSON CAMPAIGNING FUND TAKES LIVELY START HERE Citizens of Cordele and Crisp county who have donated to the national democratic campaign fund up to Wednesday noon are as follows: Jordele National Bank ....$5.00 Churchwell Brothers ..... 5.00 Wy Whippler eo= e 00l 500 Dr.. 3 A wand <o 50000 @M. McKenzie .. ..o 100 € B Brown .oo s 0100 B B Strozler .:...5.. .5 . 200 B A R-Cpum. a 0 1200 T H Jennings ..ii o 200 ¥ A Dittlefohn > o i 2000 Hngh Lagseter: ... ... 000 M. M. Bales ... wOO 1500 W, Domngl ... i 1400 Jas. H Brown ......:i.... 100 I, B Davis oo . oan s 10D B 3 MoAmthur . ..o 201200 R B Banfield . ... ..... .. 1.00 Alex o Mantinic. .. .. 00l oot 1000 GO, Parnys - s b 00 Vi O Wihiife oy dor sveoy 6 10D R.C. Boulwaye ..\, ........ 100 TR Hyegett i« .. 0o 200 @M. Rogers: . ... .. ... 100 Sam Toyett ..o 1500 J. € Batfen ... .. ... 0 100 Py Puncan s w e o 0D W W HiSpY <. 1000 TR Bradley .s e 00 W. W. McGollum: ;.= ... 100 O M Heard »=r = .. . 100 - W Behwn s cos e 00 Bricas Heard «.. ... .0 300 PotdseVillenrt oo 0 i 100 PIENC King Ly 0D SEWC@ONeY oo 1e0D) G B Wilkes: . ..., .. 1,00 EodeHenn 0 i s 1000 FINE FOOD MARKET A NEW ESTABLISHMENT A new meat market and grocery store combined is to take the place of the old Cordele Meat Market and is to be managed by G. P. Wright, a new comer. The new place will be known as the Pure Food Market. The man ager is now arranging the last detail of plans for opening an up-to-date fresh meat and fish and oyster mar ket as well as a more than creditable grocery line. NEW “HEIRS” ARISE AND FILE CLAIMS TO SMITH ESTATE Athens, Oct. 20.—The eighth group of claimantis to the millions left by the late James M. Smith has appeared in the intervention filed in the federal court for Mrs. M. A. Vaughn, Califor nia; Mrs. Susie Day, J. B. Boatwright, Mrs. Willie Ashley and Frank Boat wright, Mississippi, bv Hoke Smith agd the law firm of Little, Powell, Smith & Goldstein and a Texas at torney, E. E. Ballew. This petition declared the late Jas. M. Smith was the son of Phoebhe Boat wright, later Phoebe Mabry, and later wife of Zadock Smith, the generally believed father of the Oglethorpe coun ty man. This is the fifth woman alleged in affidavits by parties in the now fa mous case tc have been the mother of James M. Smith. AMBASSADOR SHARP RETURNS Col. E. M. House, Personal Adviser of President, Sees Him Leave. New York, Oct. 25.—William G. Sharp, American ambassador to France, sailed today on the American line steamship St. Paul, accompanied by his family to return to his post. Among those at the pier to bid him farewell was Col. E. M. House, per sonal adviser of thé president. | [resrens LOCAL WILSON CLUB ORGANIZED AND CAMPAIGN FUND COMES IN RAPIDLY—WANT BIG cLuUB MEMBERSHIP. Euthusiasm marked the delibera ‘ions of the meeting at the Crystal Cafe at noon Monday when at a lunch aon a Wilson club was formed and flicers elected. A fine manifestation f democratic loyalty prevailed and yne hour was given to brief addresses hat revealed a strong determination among local democrats to start things in Crisp county. A. L. McArthur served as master of seremonies. Those making addresses wvere Attorneys Hugh Lasseter and V. M. Eakes, C. E. Brown, E. A. Vin son, J. V. Dunlap, A. L .McArthur, Judge U. V. Whipple, and F. M. Coker. The portion of the lunch room set wgide for the luncheon contained three ‘ong tables and all places were filled. There were more than fifty citizens sresent. 'The speakers confined them selves to brief but forceful and enthu siastic addresses and the occasion was 1 lively one. Judge Whipple in a very strong appeal recounted the chief qccomplishments of, the democratic administration with President Wil son at the head of the national gov arnment. He reminded those present ‘hat two years ago Crisp county went ‘o the Bull Moose column. His ad iress was a logical presentation of the slaims of the demacrats and a strong sndorsement of President Wilson. Officers elected for the Wilson club were A. L. McArthur, president; C. E. Brown, secretary and treasurer. The sxecutive committee named to have charge of campaign interests until the wational election is composed of Judge Whipple, J. V. Dunlap, M. M. Eakes, 3. B. Wilkes, J. A. Littlejohn, C. E. Brown and A. L. McArthur. This committee will have charge of he funds which will be raised and sent forward to be used in strength sning the great national fund. The amount shown to have been gathered 1t the meeting was $57.00 and this has been increased since until it is now nearing the hundred mark. The elub membership took a jump at the meeting and twenty-eight of ‘hose attending the luncheon signed the club lists as members. The mem vership will be made to include as large a number of Crisp county demo erats as can be enlisted. There is no fee attaching and the secretary of the elub will take such names and list them as members as may desire to hecome enrolled. No funds need be sent with the name for membership if there are per sons who wish to register as members »f the club without.making donations. It is the purpose of the club, however, to.raise a creditable campaign fund and those who wish to donate their dollar are asked to be quick. Funds will be gathered from all over the county whenever any democrat wishes to have part in making up the fund. Democrats are urged to become members of the Wilson club. It is intended to represent the entire coun ‘v and it is hoped that more than a thousand voters will register as mem bers before the national election. Those joining the club at the lunch eon were as follows: % Mathew Yates, J. B. Carson; S. C. Byrd, W. J. Musselwhite, G. B. Wilkes, I. B. Felder, J. R. Taylor, Wm. Moors, J. 0. Anderson, L. L. Davis, M. M. Eakes, Hugh Lasseter. J. D.. Patten, J. V. Dunlap,>B. A. Vinson,! W. P. Fleming, G. S. Harris, Judge Whipple, Dr. Lee McArthur, Thos. J, McArthur, C. M. McKenzie, W. D. Wilson, W. L, Sheppard, W. H. Malone, W. H. Dor ris, F. M. Coker, C. E. Brown, E. T. Satcher. ' VERY FINE RECORD ’OVER SIXTY AVERAGE BALES | FROM FIFTY ACRES, MATT NEW . KIRK HEADS CRISP COUNTY ’ FARMERS. | . ’ \ T By ¢ Matt Newkirk, a negro farmer on the plantation of Fred Fenn, made a record in cotton growing this year that is almost in a class to ‘itself. He planted fifty acres of a two-horse farm in cotton and has gathered to date fif tv-geoven bales of good staple, averag ing considerably over five hundred nounds each. }e will get another large bale. His crop will amount to in total weight about sixty-five 500- vound . bales. The negro is a splen did worker and uses scientific meth ods of farming. He is farming on shares with Mr. Fenn. ® DEATH CLAIMED INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. J. G. LASSETER The 15-months-old infant of Mtr. and Mrs. J. G. Lasseter died Thursday af ternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of its parents on Northern Heights. The funeral services were conduct ed Friday morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. Walter Anthony, pastor of the Methodist church. and the remains were interred at Sunnyside cemetery. The longest will on record was made by a Glouchester engineer and contained 26,000 words. NO. 55